Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Help
On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:07 pm, Josh Peters wrote: Hi Everyone. I'm installing mandrake 9.2 on an ibm pentium 2, 450, 256 ram. It wouldn't boot from the cd, so I made a floppy. I got a little further, this error message: syslinux 1.67 mandrake linux boot failed I've tried using both disk 1 and 2 to boot from. Anyone have any other tips? BTW, I am very much a linux virgin, please excuse my idiocy. Josh If you have the space on your hard drive, you might consider making a partition and copying the 3 install disks to that, then make a hd install floppy, boot with that and install from there. That's the way I prefer to install, now, because I never have to put the disks in the cd drive again. You can only install with disk 1 in the drive, if you use the boot-from-cd or boot from floppy, install from cd method. And, it sounds as though your boot floppy may be faulty, because if an install fails, it will usually fail at the copying files from cd-rom stage--not at the floppy boot stage. Did you use the DOS utility on the first disk to make it? If the install fails at the part where the cd is accessed, it could be a faulty cd (also indicated by boot failure when the bios is set to boot from CD). Did you do an MD5 checksum on it? If the vid card uses shared memory, you may need to pass a Mem=xxx option. See, without more info, there could be a lot of different problems, any one of which can be a show stopper, none of which are insurmountable. Give us more info, and we'll try to help you get installed. This OS is way better than Windows, and your system should run 9.2 just fine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:09:52 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had some trouble accessing the help system I found out that Mandrake installs the help files here file:/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimpbase/ I couldn't get the i686 rpms to work. I have an athlon system - but when I try and invoke gimp 1.3 (changed the symlink to gimp-1.3) the thing stops with a sigill (illegal instruction). I didn't see athlon rpms on that site. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Interesting Article by Forbes
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:55:04 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't an executive of CNN/Time Warner describe fast forwarding past the ads as theft? So don't bet on it They will take any means to protect the revinue stream. Dunno if it was that person, but ISTR a bigwig from ABC trying to justify some kind of contractual agreement with the network to watch the commercials if we were to get their programs. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My network hates Linux ='(...how can I fix this?
My network, running on a linksys router, really hates my linux box. It uses no encryption, and has a DHCP server providing IP info for all of the connected boxes. The problem is, every time I boot linux, I have to reset the router by unplugging it then plugging it back in, kicking my whole family offline. Then I need to do a service network restart on linux, and then disable and enable the connection on another windoze box. I've downloaded a bunch of DHCP bugfixes and updates on mdk 9.2, and upgraded the firmware for my router. Anyone have a way around it? I'm on the verge of getting tech support from linksys, and I've had some nasty experiences with tech support. Thanks in advance, Marc
Re: [newbie] Interesting Article by Forbes
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:19:00 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:55:04 -0800 [Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [ [ Didn't an executive of CNN/Time Warner describe fast forwarding[ past the ads as theft? So don't bet on it They will take any[ means to protect the revinue stream. [ [Dunno if it was that person, but ISTR a bigwig from ABC trying to[justify some kind of contractual agreement with the network to watch the[commercials if we were to get their programs. This is what DRM is about protecting their revenue stream. Forget the Artist they have been Fscking them for years If i gave an artist $.10 for a download he would get 5 times more for my download than he would get for the whole album from traditional distribution channels [ [ [ [-- [- ---[David E. Fox Thanks for letting [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk.[ ---[ [ -- __ ( Bingo, gas station, hamburger with a ) ( side order of airplane noise, and) ( you'll be Gary, Indiana. - Jessie in ) ( the movie Greaser's Palace ) -- o ^__^ o (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:16:43 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:09:52 -0800 [Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [ [ I had some trouble accessing the help system I found out that[ Mandrake installs the help files here [ file:/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimpbase/ [ [I couldn't get the i686 rpms to work. I have an athlon system - but when I try and invoke gimp 1.3 (changed the symlink to gimp-1.3) the thing stops with a sigill (illegal instruction). I didn't see athlon rpms on that site.[ Try as a last resort as root urpme gimp (remove it ) then urpmi gimp (reinstalls it) this will usually pick up the failed dependancys. Gimp 2.0 is much better get the tarball from sourceforge [ [-- [- ---[David E. Fox Thanks for letting [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk.[ ---[ [ -- ( They will only cause the lower classes ) ( to move about needlessly. ) () ( -- The Duke of Wellington, on early) ( steam railroads. ) o ^__^ o (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
joe, ntpd is both the server and the client, though to check it use ntpq not ntpdate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ ntpq ntpq peer remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == LOCAL(0)LOCAL(0)10 l 55 64 3770.0000.000 0.015 *sherlock.excess LOCAL(0)11 u 105 512 3774.873 68.425 33.595 ntpq quit [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ in the above output sherlock is my firewall and time server for the lan, so ntpd is running on that machine and also on my workstation, mycroft. on mycroft i put the server ip into /etc/ntpd.conf and into the timeserver /etc/ntpd.conf i put the ip of one of manchester uni's timeservers , being a firewall of course i also have to allow traffic on port 123 in both directions! if i'm right ntpdate is a one off time setter, it won't keep the time correct and it won't calculate the 'tick' of the local machine compared to the time server so that if the timeserver goes down local time is still counted reasonably accurately at least i think ntpd does that :) bascule On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 5:36 am, JoeHill wrote: ...and seemingly communicating with NTP servers (Stratum 2): quit [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/joehill$ntpdate time.chu.nrc.ca 25 Jan 00:29:57 ntpdate[10642]: adjust time server 209.87.233.53 offset 0.034102 sec So, now what? Will my clock be set automagically, or is there something else I need to do? Followed this howto (google.ca/linux, I love you): http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/ntp.htm Seems I now have an NTP server running, but do I also need a client? -- Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds. (alt.fan.pratchett) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmule/amule?
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:06:20 -0300 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone offer any advice/tips/comments? What is a good P2P client for Mandrake? I tried eDonkey a while back, and I'm so far having the same problem as you - can't get it to download either. for more bare-bones p2p stuff, gnutella/mutella works rather OK. I at least have gotten files from out there. But in general, p2p is rather a useless tool. I would probably say the same thing about bittorrent (ps I did my first bittorrent yesterday, getting the 10.0 cooker betas). That worked prettywell. I was half expecting what I usually get out of p2p clients, which is waiting a week for a 50 meg file to trickle in a few bytes at a time. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmule/amule?
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:02:16 -0700 jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i like limewire but if u have a firewall or router u need to open your ports or it will limit your resluts.. you could try overnet also i use I like Usenet :) Haven't yet tried getting big stuff yet and I don't really grok rar postings yet. But for pulling down CDs it's done a good job. Anyway, limewire was OK but is pretty much a waste of resources and hogs way too much bandwidth. mutella at least IMHO is all right, but it's command line / menu oriented. both.. overnet is great for movies but alot arent what they say they are and end up being porn. I wouldn't be suprised. People are paid by riaa to fsck with p2p networks. They figure after you wait a week for that file, find out it's not as advertised, you'll quit. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html If you have trouble getting it working it may be possible that that manufacturer of your device is not known to the driver. In which case install the usbview package, and run KMenuConfigurationHardwareUsbview and let me know the manufacturer and product codes derek Derek, I've had a look at your website and I can see you've had quite a lot of experience installing wireless. Many thanks for the suggestions, I will try them and let you know how I get on. If it helps, I've found a link to the product http://www.cnetusa.com/product/specs/wl_cnusb611(g).htm It makes no refrence to linux, but I can assure it carries both RedHat and Mandrake drivers. I checked before I bought the product. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DrakXTools Errors...
Hi All, I am experiencing some problems running DrakXTools. For instance, when running mcc I get this (and similar) errors: Argument CheckItem isn't numeric in subroutine entry at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi/Gtk2.pm line 107. It seems to be a Perl error. I got similar errors running some other Perl scripts. I have no idea how to fix it. I tried to downgrade the perl-base package to 5.8.0 - no success. Too many deps. I want to use the DrakSplash tool, but I can't due to this problem. Any help? Thanks, .::. Amichai Rotman Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
On Sunday 25 January 2004 08:08, bascule wrote: joe, ntpd is both the server and the client, though to check it use ntpq not ntpdate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ ntpq ntpq peer remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter === === LOCAL(0)LOCAL(0)10 l 55 64 377 0.0000.000 0.015 *sherlock.excess LOCAL(0)11 u 105 512 3774.873 68.425 33.595 ntpq quit [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ in the above output sherlock is my firewall and time server for the lan, so ntpd is running on that machine and also on my workstation, mycroft. on mycroft i put the server ip into /etc/ntpd.conf and into the timeserver /etc/ntpd.conf i put the ip of one of manchester uni's timeservers , being a firewall of course i also have to allow traffic on port 123 in both directions! if i'm right ntpdate is a one off time setter, it won't keep the time correct and it won't calculate the 'tick' of the local machine compared to the time server so that if the timeserver goes down local time is still counted reasonably accurately at least i think ntpd does that :) bascule Bascule - so is ntp on the server then running continuously, or is it called by a cron job? 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] Re: Web server on 7.2 useing a p166
JJ Greive wrote: I am a novice linux user, and I am running Mandrake 7.2 as an Internet firewall and DHCP server. It is an old Pentium 166. Does anyone out there know if I can also use this machine as a web server? Anyone have a recommendation as to what software I should be use? thanks for your tips in advance. JJ Greive email [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ urpmi httpd ? Apache comes with that distro, I use it myself on a p200, 128mb Ram! That machine is also a file-server, and basically a playground for me. I've successfully run a java-servlet connecting to postgres, also running on that machine. It works, but don't be in a hurry :) It wont be fast, but usable for not to heavy applications with light traffic /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] strangness with PPP modem
I have done alot of research on google. This problem seems to be pretty widespread. I started with Knoppix 3.2 and purchased an External Creative Modem Blaster (I believe model 5621) because I could not get a winmodem to work. With Knoppix 3.2 Creative Modem worked. I installed Knoppix 3.2 to the harddrive and it still worked. Then I decided to try Mandrake 9.2. Thats when I started getting this error. I have since gotten a copy of Knoppix 3.3 and it is having the same trouble. I sent an email to the address provided on the error page and this is what he wrote back: I'd like to help but I don't know what to make out of this error: 16The link was terminated by the modem hanging up. If you ever find out, please tell me. So apparently they don't know what the problem is either. Sigh, Maybe time will produce a solution. I am thinking about trying a diffrent modem. I am curious what brand and model modem the mandrake 9.2 dial-up users in this group use. I want to make sure I dont end up having the same problem with a new modem. Thanks and Best Regards Bill --- Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:01 pm, Linux wrote: On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:21:24 +1300 some snippage... I've cranked up every setting in sight. I think I'm going to have to accept that this modem doesn't like Linux and either live with it or get a new modem. Thanks for the comments. Adrian Maybe you should try changing some settings in the modem string. Pick one that will slow your connection speed, and use it as a test. I have a string ATW2F+MS=V34B,1,0,33600, which uses the V34 protocol at 33600, even though I have a 56K V90 modem. Without this particular set I get sighup every time with one of my modems. I didn't notice a problem with it back when I used Windows. Do a google search for modem string to see what some of your options may be. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
anne, ntpd is a service running continously, it can be stopped/started with: service ntpd stop/start if it is installed bascule On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 10:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Bascule - so is ntp on the server then running continuously, or is it called by a cron job? Anne -- ...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring... -- Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 5:36 am, JoeHill wrote: ...and seemingly communicating with NTP servers (Stratum 2): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/joehill$ntpdate time.chu.nrc.ca 25 Jan 00:29:57 ntpdate[10642]: adjust time server 209.87.233.53 offset 0.034102 sec So, now what? Will my clock be set automagically, or is there something else I need to do? Followed this howto (google.ca/linux, I love you): http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/ntp.htm Seems I now have an NTP server running, but do I also need a client? No Just run the NTP daemon on all your client computers, but set them up to use your local time server as their source. Bear in mind the ntp daemon will not even try to change your time until it has been running for 15 minutes, and then will slowly pull in the local time until it matches the reference. (To make that quicker you can enable the 'step-tickers' by putting the name of your time servers in /etc/ntp/step-tickers , then when the ntp daemon starts it will immediately set to the time of the source in the step-ticker) You could also have configured the ntp server simply by running the ntp wizard in Mandrake Control CentreServer so long as you had the latest drakwizard installed from the update mirror. (The ntp wizard in the drakwizard on the CDs will fsck up your Timezone) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Interesting Article by Forbes
Aron Smith wrote: On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:19:00 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:55:04 -0800 [Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [ [ Didn't an executive of CNN/Time Warner describe fast forwarding[ past the ads as theft? So don't bet on it They will take any[ means to protect the revinue stream. [ [Dunno if it was that person, but ISTR a bigwig from ABC trying to[justify some kind of contractual agreement with the network to watch the[commercials if we were to get their programs. This is what DRM is about protecting their revenue stream. Forget the Artist they have been Fscking them for years If i gave an artist $.10 for a download he would get 5 times more for my download than he would get for the whole album from traditional distribution channels Very true. I remember watching an interview with Marillion, one of the first mainstream bands to cut ties with the record companies and distribute their music online (IIRC most of it was downloadable for free, or you could order CDs). When they were asked about the loss of revenues in royalties, one of them laughed and pointed out that for every CD sold, they used to get about 5p. Sir Robin -- It takes less effort to condemn than to think. - Emma Goldman 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] Riiiiiight...
JoeHill wrote: We'll End Spam in Three Years, Vows Microsoft By Lesley Richardson, PA News Microsoft chief Bill Gates has vowed to make spam emails obsolete in two years___ time, sources confirmed tonight. Link: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2448742 My favourite line was Mr Gates admitted spamming, which usually relates to pornography, pyramid schemes or financial scams, was innovative. Now where have we heard that word before? Mr Gates should be ashamed of trying to stifle innovation in IT ;-) Sir Robin -- It takes less effort to condemn than to think. - Emma Goldman 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] user menu items not available
ronald wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:49:53 + Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what I need to know is how to transfer this list of applications to the 'user' version of menudrake, so I can add them to the user menu. hey Margot, if you start menudrake as user there is an option to Use system administrator settings in the actions change-style tab HTH. ronald Thanks for the thought, but the 'system administrator' style has even less on it than the 'all applications' style that I've been using! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Saturday 24 Jan 2004 11:40 pm, Lexx wrote: X86 / 9.2 Trying to install a wireless USB dongle to connect my linux box to my LAN. (CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter) Linux drivers included. I have a EtherExpress PRO/100 card installed. I get various errors when trying to unpack the folder including this in text: these files are glibc internal and may not match the currently running kernel. They should only be included via other system header files - user space programs should not directly include or as well To build kernel modules please do the following. Driver readme can be supplied on request. The readme was written for Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk, Mandrake 9 And the name of the driver is? derek CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html derek Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 January 2004 12:26, Lexx wrote: On Saturday 24 Jan 2004 11:40 pm, Lexx wrote: X86 / 9.2 Trying to install a wireless USB dongle to connect my linux box to my LAN. (CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter) Linux drivers included. I have a EtherExpress PRO/100 card installed. I get various errors when trying to unpack the folder including this in text: these files are glibc internal and may not match the currently running kernel. They should only be included via other system header files - user space programs should not directly include or as well To build kernel modules please do the following. Driver readme can be supplied on request. The readme was written for Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk, Mandrake 9 And the name of the driver is? derek CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html derek Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? On one of my boxes this happens at almost every boot, but it has never caused me a problem. I suspect that it simply doesn't come up fast enough to show in the boot sequence or something equally harmless. Anyway, once the boot is completed the box can use the lan and Internet immediately. 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 Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the Internet. If you do not intend to use this interface, then :- MandrakeControlCentreNetworkDrakConnectConfigure Local Area Network and unselect 'Start on Boot' Alternatively if you do not have a built in Ethernet, then this will be the Wireless dongle. As my web page points out, by default the atmelwlan driver will try to grab the wireless dongle, and will call it ethx, but it will fail to configure it correctly, and so fail. Disabling the atmelwlan driver allows the at76c503 driver to grab the dongle, and it will be named wlan0 Once you see wlan0 appear in the logs or in response to an iwconfig command, then you will know that the driver is working, and it is only a matter of getting the configuration file right. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: snip If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the Internet. If you do not intend to use this interface, then :- MandrakeControlCentreNetworkDrakConnectConfigure Local Area Network and unselect 'Start on Boot' snip Yes, I looks like I have (under HardDrake) two USB Root Hubs (HUB A and HUB B respectively) and an unknown USB device (which will be the dongle). I ran dmesg and got this output (edited) Unfortunately my FDD has now decided not to work, so I cannot copy the file and paste it here in full. = hub.c: new USB device registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected hub-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 23 hub.c: new USB device registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected hub-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host controller Interface Driver usbdevfs: remount parameter error hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x1371/0x13) is not claimed by any active driver. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.11beta4 usb.c: registered new driver usbdfu = None of this (copied from your wesite) is here ../src/usb/vnet_kernel.c: Reseting Usb Device ../src/usb/vnet_kernel.c: Reset completed. usbvnetr: driver version 1.0.1, compiled Oct 19 2003 16:57:37 (dbg_mask x0) MAC addr 00:30:BD:63:BD:4E firmware 1.101.2.84 ../src/usb/vnetusba.c: usb eth0 initialized and registered at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.11beta4 at76c503-rfmd.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver v0.11beta4 Many thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transcode
On Saturday 24 January 2004 12:31 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: -That said, if the system can't run 'mprime -m', 17 overnite, -without stopping on hardware error, IMO the system hardware is -not stable enough for Linux use. If it can run cpuburn for an -hour its bulletproof. Many Windoze boxes will fail cpuburn, -specially ready mades (Dell, et al, and laptops). Shouldn't even -try it. Listen to what Tom says - we went thru this with my setup just a few months ago. Turned out to be overheating. I couldn't run cpuburn for longer than a couple of minutes without locking up hard. Added some cooling/mods and now it runs it for an hour or more... -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the snip iwconfig returns the following: lono wireless extentions eth0no wireless extentions Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rumoured to have said: On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx snip Alternatively if you do not have a built in Ethernet, then this will be the Wireless dongle. As my web page points out, by default the atmelwlan driver will try to grab the wireless dongle, and will call it ethx, but it will fail to configure it correctly, and so fail. Disabling the atmelwlan driver allows the at76c503 driver to grab the dongle, and it will be named wlan0 snip OK, I'm looking at the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory now and there is not a file called ifcfg-wlan0. I do have a file called if-up-wireless and a ifcfg-eth0, although I think that is the hub and not the dongle. if-up-wireless does not appear to be the same file as ifcfg-wlan0 on your instruction sheet. It contains only the following variables: MODE ESSID NWID FREQ CHANNEL SENS RATE KEY RTS FRAG SPYIPS IWCONFIG IWPRIV Followed by a string of IF statements for the above variables. Cheers Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 1:54 pm, Lexx wrote: snip OK, I'm looking at the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory now and there is not a file called ifcfg-wlan0. I do have a file called if-up-wireless and a ifcfg-eth0, although I think that is the hub and not the dongle. Cheers Lexx ifcfg-wlan0 will not exist. You have to create it. There will be a similar file for each network interface on the computer. Normally the drakconnect GUI will create the file. But because drakconnect will not work with usb wireless devices, you have to create it by hand. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cinelerra is ill
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 18:23, David E. Fox wrote:
I can get it to bring up the various windows fine, but don't try it on a
largish .avi file (like a movie rip) because it seems to be limited via
available memory and/or swap. I can deal with smaller avi's (up to about
50 megs) though.
Aborted
That's a clue. It doesn't really explain why -- no seg fault, etc.,
right? Sometimes for things like this it's nice to try running strace
(strace 2out cinelerra ) and see what might have gone wrong. But
interpreting the output of strace is not all that easy.
Hi, David. Thanks.
Yes, as you said, it's not easy and the output text is very long indeed.
I selected some lines which I thought were worth showing.
I think this is already off-topic and may be better dealt with on
cinelerra list...
Well, I think I'll wait for the next release.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
=
open(/etc/ld.so.preload, O_RDONLY)= -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/etc/ld.so.cache, O_RDONLY) = 3
==
open(/lib/i686/sse/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat64(/lib/i686/sse/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/i686/sse/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/lib/i686/sse, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/i686/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/lib/i686/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/i686/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64(/lib/i686, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open(/lib/sse/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/lib/sse/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/sse/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64(/lib/sse, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64(/lib/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
stat64(/lib, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open(/usr/lib/i686/sse/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/i686/sse/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/i686/sse/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/i686/sse, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/i686/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/i686/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/i686/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/i686, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open(/usr/lib/sse/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/sse/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/sse/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/sse, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/mmx/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib/mmx, 0xbfffc4f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open(/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64(/usr/lib, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=45056, ...}) = 0
=
open(/home/cyb/.Xdefaults-kali.localhost.localdomain, O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open(/home/cyb/.icons/default/cursors/top_left_arrow, O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open(/home/cyb/.icons/default/index.theme, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open(/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/top_left_arrow, O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
=
open(/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/top_left_arrow, O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open(/home/cyb/.icons/default/cursors/crosshair, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
open(/home/cyb/.icons/default/index.theme, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open(/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/crosshair, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
--
josenildo marques
icq #289971493
homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net
registered linux user #341648
*
Grande literatura é apenas linguagem carregada de sentido até o mais
elevado grau possível. Ezra Pound
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Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Lexx wrote: On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: snip Yes, I looks like I have (under HardDrake) two USB Root Hubs (HUB A and HUB B respectively) and an unknown USB device (which will be the dongle). I ran dmesg and got this output (edited) Unfortunately my FDD has now decided not to work, so I cannot copy the file and paste it here in full. snip hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x1371/0x13) is not claimed by any active driver. Many thanks Lexx OK You have a new variant of the CnetUSB611 You have the model 'G' version which requires a newer version of the driver than came with your Mandrake 9.2. I'll quickly compile it and send it to you separately. This driver will be compiled for the latest kernel version kernel-2.4.22.26mdk which is available from any Mandrake update mirror such as this one. ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS If you have no networking in Linux you can download it into a FAT32 partition with Windows, then in Linux just click on the rpm with konqueror and it will install. When you reboot you should then be running the new kernel. ( uname -r in a terminal will confirm your kernel version) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] user menu items not available
On January 25, 2004 07:05, Margot wrote: ronald wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:49:53 + Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what I need to know is how to transfer this list of applications to the 'user' version of menudrake, so I can add them to the user menu. hey Margot, if you start menudrake as user there is an option to Use system administrator settings in the actions change-style tab HTH. ronald Thanks for the thought, but the 'system administrator' style has even less on it than the 'all applications' style that I've been using! Hi Margot, Hopefully you can get a terminal going after logging in as a user. In that terminal you can run su - type in the root password when asked. Then type menudrake. As the menudrake program starts you will be asked to choose from from root menu and system menu (users). Choose system. Let the program build/sort the menu then save. Inside the the menudrake program you will see at the top right 2 radio buttons indicating system/root choose root this time then again let the program build/sort menus then save. Ignore the errors about DCOP server in term window where you started the menudrake program. Once this is done, your menus should be fine. Hope this helps and I apologize for not going into more detail in my previous post. Regards, Phil Savoie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Errors trying to compile kernel.
Running 'make menuconfig' while trying to compile kernel-2.6.1, I received the following errors: [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.1]# make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/fixdep In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:130, from /usr/include/limits.h:144, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:122, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/syslimits.h:7, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:11, from scripts/fixdep.c:105: /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35, from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24, from scripts/fixdep.c:107: /usr/include/bits/socket.h:305:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory scripts/fixdep.c: In function `use_config': scripts/fixdep.c:193: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/fixdep.c:193: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once scripts/fixdep.c:193: error: for each function it appears in.) scripts/fixdep.c:193: warning: unused variable `s' scripts/fixdep.c: In function `parse_dep_file': scripts/fixdep.c:289: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/fixdep.c:289: warning: unused variable `s' make[1]: *** [scripts/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts/fixdep] Error 2 Help would be nice, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 5:20 pm, Lexx wrote: On Sunday, January 25, 2004 3:05 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thus: This driver will be compiled for the latest kernel version kernel-2.4.22.26mdk which is available from any Mandrake update mirror such as this one. ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS That one had an invalid signature and I can't find another download site. Can anyone give me another please? Thanks Thats OK It just means you do not have the public key of the Mandrake Security Team on your keyring. Once you get properly online with Linux and have set up an update source the public key will be installed automatically. You can go ahead and install that RPM. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] help
On Sunday 25 January 2004 12:16 pm, Thiago (mandrak) wrote: i can use LNX4WIN in WINXP with FAT32? my win xp is in fat32 not in nfts thanks What exactly are you trying to do. lnx4win is obsolete since 7.2. If you want to try Mnadrake without installing it, download mandrake move iso or pclinuxos from Texstar. They are fully functional linux distros that run from the cd and wn't touch your harddrive. Just burn the iso to a cd and then boot from it. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Just got my first install of linux up and running questions updates and mouse problem
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:37:02 -0500 Steve Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Hello all, [ [I just finished the install and got my mail configured. I want to thank Anne [and Raj for their assistance. [ [A couple of questions: [1- Anne had said that I should run updater to make sure that I had all the [latest fixes. During the install in went through the step to do so but it was [pretty quick so I'm not sure it worked. How can I tell if it worked?[2. If it did not work then how do I do it manually?[3. I have a microsoft intellipoint trackball mouse which has a wheel in it. [During install I chose a mouse that had a wheel and it seemed to work on the [test screen but now that I am up and running the wheel doesn't work and the [trackball is very hard to control. Any help would be appreciated. I read [something about IMWHEEL but could not make heads or tails of how to [get/install/and make it work. Don't even know if I should do it or if there [is some other way to fix it. Please remember I am very new to this and will [need details please. [ --- Open a terminal, su to root run mousedrake the set up program for mouse configuration will appear. select your mouse (Generic wheelmouse seems to work best) don't forget to activate by rolling the mouse wheel smitty--- [TIA [Steve [ [ [ -- _ ( Windows NT: Only 64 megs needed to play ) ( Minesweeper!) - o ^__^ o (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transcode
On Saturday 24 January 2004 05:56 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2004 09:03 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I ran the desktop varient of mprime, I couldn't download the floppy job, which do you use ? John ftp://lettuce.edsc.ulst.ac.uk/mirrors/www.mersenne.org/gimps/m prime2212.tar.gz extract (it creates it's own dir) and run 'mprime-m' choose 17) on the menu. Hmm, No core dump at least, that's pleasing, but, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop/mprime2212 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime2212]# ls license.txt mprime2212.tar.gz readme.txt whatsnew.txt local.iniprime.ini stress.txt worktodo.ini mprime* prime.log undoc.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime2212]# mprime -m bash: mprime: command not found Now that shouldn't happen , according to the readme,as you say Tom, mprime -m is the correct command. How odd. I think I'll sleep on it overnight, maybe someone can point where , if at all, I'm doing something wrong. John You're in the directory the binary is in. You need to run './mprime -m'And run it as user, not root. The first time it'll ask you if you want to connect to the mprime server, say n, it won't ask again, and the menu will be displayed, choose 17. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list
me too -Original Message- From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jan 19, 2004 7:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list On Monday 19 January 2004 01:31 am, Rolla Kehrman wrote: REmove me from your mailing list You can remove yourself, you have the power. Check the message headers for a hint. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:20:21 + Marco Verheul disseminated the following: Athlon RPM's: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/weblinux/mandrake/9.2/RPM/athlon Remove the old Gimp first, as Aron suggested. I didn't follow the whole thread about Gimp 2.0, but can it be installed on mdk 9.1 as well or will it become a dependency nightmare? Your reactions here on the new Gimp are very promising!! Well, as you can see from the FTP path, they are built against 9.2, so you would *very likely* run into dependency probs, esp. more up to date libs. 'Course, you could always do a 'urpmi --auto-select' first, and upgrade your distro to *almost* the level of 9.2. Your best bet is to do as above (upgrade to all the latest libs, esp devel libs), then build from source. Might be a bit of a pain, but I'm more than willing to help you track down all the bits and bobs. Warning: 'urpmi --auto-select' can take a lng time, as what it does is update almost every package on your system. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.-- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi to svcd programs?
On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 18:06, Søren Neigaard wrote: Hi I'm new in using Linux on my workstation (have used it as server before), and I'm trying to find Linux versions of all the Windoze SW I used to use. The only thing I have left to find, is a program that can convert my DivX avi files to svcd files, and also include the subtitles onto the svcd. Can any of you guys recommend what is the best (and maybe easiest) program for this please? Best regards Søren Transcode is the best (about the only one) but it ain't easy. take a look at http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/ There are also Mandrake rpm available (are they on the cd's?). Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transcode
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:12:47 + John Richard Smith disseminated the following: big snip I would hereby like to nominate Mr. John Richard Smith for the Starter of the Longest, Most Relevant and Informative, Non-Flame War Threads Award. Sheesh. Well done, man. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Just got my first install of linux up and running questions updates and mouse problem
On Sunday 25 January 2004 15:37, Steve Kaufman wrote: Hello all, I just finished the install and got my mail configured. I want to thank Anne and Raj for their assistance. A couple of questions: 1- Anne had said that I should run updater to make sure that I had all the latest fixes. During the install in went through the step to do so but it was pretty quick so I'm not sure it worked. How can I tell if it worked? 2. If it did not work then how do I do it manually? From the K menu : Configuration--Packaging--Mandrake Update. Beware, there is a bug : When finished updating, your menus may be screwed up. To remedy this, open a terminal, become root (type su and give your root password) and type : update-menus -v (without the of course. Possibly the screen won't return to the command prompt. Ignore this, just press enter and then exit twice. 3. I have a microsoft intellipoint trackball mouse which has a wheel in it. During install I chose a mouse that had a wheel and it seemed to work on the test screen but now that I am up and running the wheel doesn't work and the trackball is very hard to control. Any help would be appreciated. I read something about IMWHEEL but could not make heads or tails of how to get/install/and make it work. Don't even know if I should do it or if there is some other way to fix it. Please remember I am very new to this and will need details please. TIA Steve This is a minor issue. Find mousedrake somewhere in your menus and give it a go. Or, buy an ordinary PS/2 wheelmouse (about $ 10). HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi to svcd programs?
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:06:19 +0100 Søren Neigaard disseminated the following: I'm new in using Linux on my workstation (have used it as server before), and I'm trying to find Linux versions of all the Windoze SW I used to use. The only thing I have left to find, is a program that can convert my DivX avi files to svcd files, and also include the subtitles onto the svcd. Can any of you guys recommend what is the best (and maybe easiest) program for this please? What I use is a script called 'mencvcd', I can't find the link to it right now, the site I got it from appears to be down. It's a pretty simple script that relies on MPlayer, Transcode, MJpegTools, and a few others, so: urpmi mplayer mjpegtools transcode I'll send you the script offlist, just put it in ~/bin, then in a term run 'mencvcd' to get all the various options. Try this link later on, it seems to go up and down. It'll give you more info on what software you'll need. Read the posts in the forums for tons of info on various scripts and methods. http://dvdripping-guid.berlios.de/Divx-to-VCD_en.html If it doesn't come back up, your best bet to find how-to's is to go to google.com/linux, and put in divx to svcd (with the quotes) as your search terms. In any case, if the subtitles are in the DivX file, they would undoubtedly be preserved in any conversion, since they have been made part of the video stream, as opposed to on a DVD. However, mencvcd will also rip DVD's to SVCD and *then* there are options for preserving the subtitles etc., IIRC. ***BTW, please get rid of your 'reply-to' setting, at least for the list. Thanks.*** -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Behind every great fortune is a crime. -- Balzac Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:38:14 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: You could also have configured the ntp server simply by running the ntp wizard in Mandrake Control CentreServer so long as you had the latest drakwizard installed from the update mirror. (The ntp wizard in the drakwizard on the CDs will fsck up your Timezone) The config file is so simple, really, no need for a Wizard. Now at least maybe I'll be on time to pick up my wife from work ;-) Thanks! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Rule #4: (Godwin's Rule) Any off-topic mention of Hitler or Nazis will cause the thread it is mentioned in to an irrelevant and off-topic end very soon; every thread on UseNet has a constantly-increasing probability to contain such a mention. Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called Nazi Clause is ineffectual. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:08:19 + bascule disseminated the following: in the above output sherlock is my firewall and time server for the lan, so ntpd is running on that machine and also on my workstation, mycroft. on mycroft i put the server ip into /etc/ntpd.conf and into the timeserver /etc/ntpd.conf i put the ip of one of manchester uni's timeservers , being a firewall of course i also have to allow traffic on port 123 in both directions! Actually, I never did open that port on my firewall, but it still seems to be hitting the time server OK. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/postfix$ntpq ntpq peer remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == *doghaus.cns.uto CLOCK.UREGINA.C 2 u 341 1024 377 38.383 -22.837 1.762 +time1.chu.nrc.c tic.chu.nrc.ca 2 u 476 1024 377 174.382 24.747 41.055 ntpq The second one is showing a high 'jitter', is that normal? -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
Put both files into /lib/modules/2.4.22-26mdk/kernel/3rdparty/at76c503 A file called usbdfu.o.gz file will already exist remove it and replace it with the attached usbdfu.o file. The at76c505-rfmd2958.o file is new. Then in a root terminal run depmod -a Then when you reboot your log should show the at76c505-rfmd2958 driver being loaded when your dongle initialises. If it does not try modprobe at76c505-rfmd2958 and then see if iwconfig shows the dongle is working. Note : This driver is only going to work with the 2.4.22-26mdk kernel. Ok, I did all those steps (including the last one!) and rebooted. iwconfig still shows: lono wireless extensions eth0no wireless extensions Any ides? Thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transcode
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2004 05:56 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2004 09:03 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I ran the desktop varient of mprime, I couldn't download the floppy job, which do you use ? John ftp://lettuce.edsc.ulst.ac.uk/mirrors/www.mersenne.org/gimps/m prime2212.tar.gz extract (it creates it's own dir) and run 'mprime-m' choose 17) on the menu. Hmm, No core dump at least, that's pleasing, but, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop/mprime2212 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime2212]# ls license.txt mprime2212.tar.gz readme.txt whatsnew.txt local.iniprime.ini stress.txt worktodo.ini mprime* prime.log undoc.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] mprime2212]# mprime -m bash: mprime: command not found Now that shouldn't happen , according to the readme,as you say Tom, mprime -m is the correct command. How odd. I think I'll sleep on it overnight, maybe someone can point where , if at all, I'm doing something wrong. John You're in the directory the binary is in. You need to run './mprime -m'And run it as user, not root. The first time it'll ask you if you want to connect to the mprime server, say n, it won't ask again, and the menu will be displayed, choose 17. So how can I run it as root ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 7:43 pm, Lexx wrote: Put both files into /lib/modules/2.4.22-26mdk/kernel/3rdparty/at76c503 A file called usbdfu.o.gz file will already exist remove it and replace it with the attached usbdfu.o file. The at76c505-rfmd2958.o file is new. Then in a root terminal run depmod -a Then when you reboot your log should show the at76c505-rfmd2958 driver being loaded when your dongle initialises. If it does not try modprobe at76c505-rfmd2958 and then see if iwconfig shows the dongle is working. Note : This driver is only going to work with the 2.4.22-26mdk kernel. Ok, I did all those steps (including the last one!) and rebooted. iwconfig still shows: lono wireless extensions eth0no wireless extensions Any ides? Thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 If you remove the dongle, wait 10 secs, and insert it again, then wait 10 secs and type dmesg You should see some messages relating to usb at the bottom. What are they? And if you type modprobe at76c505-rfmd2958 do you see anything appear at the bottom of dmesg? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
Hey Derek, Not acurate: I had the same problem, and my keyring is updated. There is a zero size sig file on all mirrors for that particular package. I have d/l it manually (using an FTP client) and forced the install (as Update). No my problem is this: every time I run MandrakeUpdate, I get the package listed, althogh I have it installed... Any way to update the DB for Mandrake Update? I tried rpm --rebuilddb - no work... Cheers, On Sunday 25 January 2004 19:53, Derek Jennings wrote: Once you get properly online with Linux and have set up an update source the public key will be installed automatically. You can go ahead and install that RPM. derek -- .::. Amichai Rotman Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
Ok, I did all those steps (including the last one!) and rebooted. iwconfig still shows: lono wireless extensions eth0no wireless extensions Any ides? Thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 If you remove the dongle, wait 10 secs, and insert it again, then wait 10 secs and type dmesg You should see some messages relating to usb at the bottom. What are they? usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 2 hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 3 at65c503-fw_skel.c: using complied-in firmware at65c503.c: Downloading external firmware failed: -22 usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x1371/0x13) is not claimed by any active driver. And if you type modprobe at76c505-rfmd2958 Nothing Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] user menu items not available
mike wrote: Margot wrote: ronald wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:49:53 + Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what I need to know is how to transfer this list of applications to the 'user' version of menudrake, so I can add them to the user menu. hey Margot, if you start menudrake as user there is an option to Use system administrator settings in the actions change-style tab HTH. ronald Thanks for the thought, but the 'system administrator' style has even less on it than the 'all applications' style that I've been using! Hi Margot, I had a similar problem with my kde, and everything I tried could not get my menus back to the way they were. update-menus -v generated some errors, I wasn'nt sure what to due about them. I did some searching and found a post on MandrakeExpert list archives by James Sparenberg heres a link. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg79939.html My problem under the file /home/mike/.menu/menudrakeentry was similar to below. ?package(menu): needs=fluxbox section=Fluxbox/Styles/usr/ icon=applications_section.png title= charset=utf8 The title= was my problem so I (knowing this is not the right way) looked at other entries guessed on what it should be so I used editer and changed title= to title=share saved the file and ran update-menus -v again and got all my menus back. Check your /home/Margot/.menu/menudrakeentry file and if you have a missing title= line post back and perhaps someone on list may have the correct entry for that particular line? Thats if, you have the same problem as I had. Thanks, but that isn't the problem. Perhaps I'm not explaining myself clearly... 2 snapshots attached, user and root versions of menudrake. The root version contains the list of available applications, the user one does not. I want to add some of these applications to the user menu, not the root menu - pointless having them on the root menu as I never log in as root. How do I get the available applications list into the user version of menudrake so I can then add them to the user menu? inline: mdroot.pnginline: mduser.pngWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Get the FUD
As many of you may already know, MS came out last week with a Get the Facts campaign about MS vs. Linux. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts/analyses.asp EWeek has a point-for-point counterpunch here: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1426514,00.asp Heh. Well, they keep tryin', I'll give 'em that. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.-- Timothy Leary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MOHAA Linux Client
For those not on the MDKGames list, I just wanted to point out there's a new beta (2) of the Linux client for MOHAA. Playing MOHAA natively in Linux. M. *And* the README hints at support for Spearhead as well! Check it out: http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=1846 I upped some screens of the Normandy Landing on Franki's screenshot site here: http://htmlfixit.com/mandrake/games/gallery.php?id=3 If you own this game...or, um, have it...somehow... it runs like a dream, in fact I think the graphics are a lot nicer in Linux than playing under WineX. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] strangness with PPP modem
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:49:05 -0800 (PST), Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have done alot of research on google. This problem seems to be pretty widespread. I started with Knoppix 3.2 and purchased an External Creative Modem Blaster (I believe model 5621) because I could not get a winmodem to work. With Knoppix 3.2 Creative Modem worked. I installed Knoppix 3.2 to the harddrive and it still worked. Then I decided to try Mandrake 9.2. Thats when I started getting this error. I have since gotten a copy of Knoppix 3.3 and it is having the same trouble. I sent an email to the address provided on the error page and this is what he wrote back: I'd like to help but I don't know what to make out of this error: 16The link was terminated by the modem hanging up. If you ever find out, please tell me. 01/25/04 I had this problem once when using 'kppp' (I've switched to 'wvdial'). Suggestion 1) Turn on the modem's speaker so you can hear what's going on. Tell anyone nearby that this is *really* necessary. IIRC, the noise stops when the connection handshake is completed. Suggestion 2) Increase *every* timeout setting you can find in 'kppp'. My problem was that the default 'kppp' waiting for a connection handshake to complete was 30 seconds. It was taking my modem 45 seconds to complete the handshake with the ISP. Hence my modem was 'hanging up' because it was never getting through the handshake due to 'kppp' stopping the handshake process at 30 seconds. I set the 'kppp' waiting to connect parameter (or whatever it's called) to 60 seconds and the problem went away. HTH, The Other Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What is CD3 for?
My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? Regards: Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for?
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:34:42 -0600 Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? Pop it into yer CD drive, and look at the contents of /RPMS, should give you an idea. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. -- Bakunin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for?
At 03:34 PM 1/25/04, Hoyt Bailey wrote: My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? CD3 for installing packages contained on that cd - browse it to find out what they are. Selecting OpenOffice and a language other than US-English will trigger prompt for CD3. Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to update menus
I just installed 9.2 and installed all of the programs I wanted. I was trying to find the program that installs them in the kde and gnome menus. I found something but forgot its name anyway it found 69 items and apparantly installed them in the menus. Now most menus have only one item each. I read the previous thread and went looking for an update command. I found an update update-resolvadv in /sbin so I ran both and while they appeared to run nothing happened. So could someone post the exact command to update menus, please? Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list
It's amazing that some people can open there mouth and not say anything. Much less be
of any help. In all that time you took to flame, someone could be helped. I've
reverted back to WinXP, because linux is not ready for prime time.
double sigh
-Original Message-
From: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 25, 2004 1:39 PM
To: Fig ('RL Cassidy') [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:30:26 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Fig ('RL Cassidy') disseminated the following:
me too
-Original Message-
From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 19, 2004 7:30 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list
On Monday 19 January 2004 01:31 am, Rolla Kehrman wrote:
REmove me from your mailing list
You can remove yourself, you have the power. Check the message headers for a
hint.
It's amazing that some people are perfectly able to type, spell, etc., but are
entirely averse to actually *reading*.
sigh
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Re: [newbie] user menu items not available
Margot wrote: Thanks, but that isn't the problem. Perhaps I'm not explaining myself clearly... 2 snapshots attached, user and root versions of menudrake. The root version contains the list of available applications, the user one does not. I want to add some of these applications to the user menu, not the root menu - pointless having them on the root menu as I never log in as root. How do I get the available applications list into the user version of menudrake so I can then add them to the user menu? Yes, I miss understood you. I looked at my settings under menudrake for root and system and I have all applications checked under menu style. Also running menudrake as user I have all applications checked. I do seem to have everything except some legasy apps, which can be added by issueing command kappfinder I believe. As far as applications under available apps in menudrake I have none in root,system, or user. I think they end up there if you remove them or use adminitrative settings. I dont know why they dont show up in your menus if you have all applications checked in your user menudrake. Disregard this if you have allready tried this. Run menudrake from mcc and set system to menustyle=all applications then save it, and exit. Then as user open a terminal and run menudrake and set menustyle=all applications and save it. Log out and restart Xwindows. -- Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to update menus
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 9:10 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I just installed 9.2 and installed all of the programs I wanted. I was trying to find the program that installs them in the kde and gnome menus. I found something but forgot its name anyway it found 69 items and apparantly installed them in the menus. Now most menus have only one item each. I read the previous thread and went looking for an update command. I found an update update-resolvadv in /sbin so I ran both and while they appeared to run nothing happened. So could someone post the exact command to update menus, please? Regards; Hoyt Not sure what it is you have done, but the command to update your menus is update-menus -v You need to do this in a root terminal. An easy way to do that is Ctl+Alt+F1 to give you a text console. Then log in as root Ctl+Alt+F7 will take you back to a graphical environment Then define an update source and run Mandrake Update to get the latest packages, and you will not be troubled by this bug again. If you do not know how to define an update source go here http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] REmove me from your mailing list
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:51:31 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Fig ('RL Cassidy') disseminated the following:
It's amazing that some people can open there mouth and not say anything. Much
less be of any help. In all that time you took to flame, someone could be
helped. I've reverted back to WinXP,
...and the Linux world was left no poorer for it.
The 'help' was already offered, if you had taken the time to read Greg's reply
you would have seen that you can get instructions on how to unsub by reading the
headers of the list mail.
What that has to do with Linux being ready for prime time is unknown to me,
however I suspect that it is more likely that Linux is doin' just fine, it is
you who are 'not ready'. Going back to XP means one of two things: that you are
enough of a sucker to have paid the 300 bones for it or are some warez punk
running Devil's Own. Pile on top of that the fact you would be compelled to
choose an OS because of one sarcastic comment on a mailing list...
Amazing how much you can tell about a person just by their reaction to a little
snide prodding :-D
BTW, what in the name of $DEITY is Earthlink Zoo Mail?
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most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.-- John Maynard
Keynes
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Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for?
- Original Message - From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 16:13 Subject: Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for? At 03:34 PM 1/25/04, Hoyt Bailey wrote: My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? CD3 for installing packages contained on that cd - browse it to find out what they are. Selecting OpenOffice and a language other than US-English will trigger prompt for CD3. Frank Thanke You. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for?
- Original Message - From: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 16:17 Subject: Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for? On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:34:42 -0600 Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? Pop it into yer CD drive, and look at the contents of /RPMS, should give you an idea. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. -- Bakunin Well I did . Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Remote Desktop
Hi All, I would like to know if there is a way for my M9.2 box to be able to bring over a Solaris desktop. Much like xwin32. What I would like to be able to do is run a program and have the Solaris login screen where I would be able to use the box as if I were in front of it. Is there such an animal out there? Thanks Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Desktop
On Sunday 25 January 2004 07:35 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, I would like to know if there is a way for my M9.2 box to be able to bring over a Solaris desktop. Much like xwin32. What I would like to be able to do is run a program and have the Solaris login screen where I would be able to use the box as if I were in front of it. Is there such an animal out there? Do you know about vnc? Mandrake includes it and you would have to set up the server on the solaris box, but then you would be able to connect and utilize your desktop as if you were sitting in front of it. I'm assuming that vncserver can be installed on Solaris. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Desktop
On January 25, 2004 19:47, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 25 January 2004 07:35 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, I would like to know if there is a way for my M9.2 box to be able to bring over a Solaris desktop. Much like xwin32. What I would like to be able to do is run a program and have the Solaris login screen where I would be able to use the box as if I were in front of it. Is there such an animal out there? Do you know about vnc? Mandrake includes it and you would have to set up the server on the solaris box, but then you would be able to connect and utilize your desktop as if you were sitting in front of it. I'm assuming that vncserver can be installed on Solaris. Roger that and thany for responding! I have done that. However, all I get is a terminal not the whole CDE enchilada. I know in Solaris at the login screen I can choose an option to display remote machines. Is there such an option with Mandrake? Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to update menus
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 17:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to update menus On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 9:10 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I just installed 9.2 and installed all of the programs I wanted. I was trying to find the program that installs them in the kde and gnome menus. I found something but forgot its name anyway it found 69 items and apparantly installed them in the menus. Now most menus have only one item each. I read the previous thread and went looking for an update command. I found an update update-resolvadv in /sbin so I ran both and while they appeared to run nothing happened. So could someone post the exact command to update menus, please? Regards; Hoyt Not sure what it is you have done, but the command to update your menus is update-menus -v You need to do this in a root terminal. An easy way to do that is Ctl+Alt+F1 to give you a text console. Then log in as root Ctl+Alt+F7 will take you back to a graphical environment Then define an update source and run Mandrake Update to get the latest packages, and you will not be troubled by this bug again. If you do not know how to define an update source go here http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php derek Thank you, got the refrence and should be good to go now. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client
On Sunday 25 January 2004 04:36 pm, JoeHill wrote: For those not on the MDKGames list, I just wanted to point out there's a new beta (2) of the Linux client for MOHAA. Playing MOHAA natively in Linux. M. *And* the README hints at support for Spearhead as well! Check it out: http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=1846 I upped some screens of the Normandy Landing on Franki's screenshot site here: http://htmlfixit.com/mandrake/games/gallery.php?id=3 If you own this game...or, um, have it...somehow... it runs like a dream, in fact I think the graphics are a lot nicer in Linux than playing under WineX. Thx, Joe .. will definitely give it a try -- RickS echo Linux user #338463 uname -rm The day you leave work early to make it to class on time, the sensei will be sick -- Murphy's Laws of Martial Arts n°4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Desktop
On Sunday 25 January 2004 07:54 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: On January 25, 2004 19:47, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 25 January 2004 07:35 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, I would like to know if there is a way for my M9.2 box to be able to bring over a Solaris desktop. Much like xwin32. What I would like to be able to do is run a program and have the Solaris login screen where I would be able to use the box as if I were in front of it. Is there such an animal out there? Do you know about vnc? Mandrake includes it and you would have to set up the server on the solaris box, but then you would be able to connect and utilize your desktop as if you were sitting in front of it. I'm assuming that vncserver can be installed on Solaris. Roger that and thany for responding! I have done that. However, all I get is a terminal not the whole CDE enchilada. I know in Solaris at the login screen I can choose an option to display remote machines. Is there such an option with Mandrake? VNC is most definitely graphical. If you start the server on your solaris box as the user you want to connect as, you can connect from a client machine and should have the whole CDE desktop. If this is not what you are getting or your understanding of vnc, you should read the docs. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] user menu items not available
On Sunday 25 January 2004 01:28 pm, Margot wrote: Margot wrote: Thanks, but that isn't the problem. Perhaps I'm not explaining myself clearly... 2 snapshots attached, user and root versions of menudrake. The root version contains the list of available applications, the user one does not. I want to add some of these applications to the user menu, not the root menu - pointless having them on the root menu as I never log in as root. How do I get the available applications list into the user version of menudrake so I can then add them to the user menu? Margot, are you absolutely sure you have all the update rpms installed for the update-menu fix? What's happening is exactly my symptoms before I (manually) installed the fix. There are 6 of them: popt-1.8-22.1.92mdk.i586.rpm popt-devel- rpm-4.2-22.1.92mdk.i586.rpm rpm-build- rpm-devel- rpm-python- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cdrecord not!
List, below I have included cue sheet from a dummy burn of cdrecord from gcombust 0.1.53. I'm trying to burn mdk 9.2 from ISO. I initially burned the first cd successfully? I can read it but am not sure if it is actually bootable.I'll try to get to that later. When I went to burn disk 2 extensions, I started getting the error message I have enclosed in the attachment. I've tried several different cdrs all 80min or 700MB PNY Black Diamonds (16x) and no go. As for setting up a bootable cd, I googled and found a post or two on using dd if=/mnt/fd0 of=/boot.img bs=18k. That appears ok to me. I'll use a 9.1 boot floppy create the image and wahla. But what about a boot.catalog file. Do I really need one? Where/how would I find/create one? Thanks, Terry cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' Driveropts: 'burnproof' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W1210A' Revision : '1.01' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1190112 = 1162 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 /usr/bin/cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status. Track 01: data 651 MB padsize: 30 KB Lout start: 749 MB (74:13/00) = 333825 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 4 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, low Beta category (A-) (2) ATIP start of lead in: -12444 (97:16/06) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type:unknown dye (reserved id code) Manuf. index: -1 Manufacturer: unknown (not in table) Manufacturer is unknown because of the orange forum embargo. As the orange forum likes to get money for recent information, it may be that this media does not use illegal manufacturer coding. Trying to clear drive status. Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in dummy SAO mode for single session. /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: Data may not fit on standard 74min disk. BURN-Free is ON. Sending CUE sheet... Writing pregap for track 10 at -150 write track pad data: error after 0 bytes BFree: 1162 K BSize: 1162 K /usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 52 01 00 00 00 FF 00 00 1C 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 240s /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 /usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 FF FF FF 6A 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x27 Qual 0x00 (write protected) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s /usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x27 Qual 0x00 (write protected) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s Track 10:0 of 651 MB written. write track data: error after 0 bytes Writing time:5.010s Average write speed 889.4x. Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 /usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 1 gets. /usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My network hates Linux ='(...how can I fix this?
On Sunday 25 January 2004 00:36, Marc Resnick wrote: My network, running on a linksys router, really hates my linux box. It uses no encryption, and has a DHCP server providing IP info for all of the connected boxes. The problem is, every time I boot linux, I have to reset the router by unplugging it then plugging it back in, kicking my whole family offline. Then I need to do a service network restart on linux, and then disable and enable the connection on another windoze box. I've downloaded a bunch of DHCP bugfixes and updates on mdk 9.2, and upgraded the firmware for my router. Anyone have a way around it? I'm on the verge of getting tech support from linksys, and I've had some nasty experiences with tech support. Thanks in advance, Marc Wish I could help with your problem, but I never had this problem with my Linksys router in over 3 years of use. I'm currently having to use an Actiontech combination DSL modem/router, which is also not having any problems, but feels way less secure. Thanks for the goofy toy, Qwest. Glenn -- 20:07:18 up 4 days, 3:23, running Mandrake Linux 9.2, kernel 2.4.22-26mdk on an Intel P4 1.8 Registered Linux user #324360 Everybody is given the same amount of hormones, at birth, and if you want to use yours for growing hair, that's fine with me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My network hates Linux ='(...how can I fix this?
On Saturday 24 January 2004 11:36 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: My network, running on a linksys router, really hates my linux box. It uses no encryption, and has a DHCP server providing IP info for all of the connected boxes. The problem is, every time I boot linux, I have to reset the router by unplugging it then plugging it back in, kicking my whole family offline. Then I need to do a service network restart on linux, and then disable and enable the connection on another windoze box. I've downloaded a bunch of DHCP bugfixes and updates on mdk 9.2, and upgraded the firmware for my router. Anyone have a way around it? I'm on the verge of getting tech support from linksys, and I've had some nasty experiences with tech support. Thanks in advance, Marc This may not help at all, but a friend of mine mentioned he had a problem with a Linksys router. IIRC, he said that one of the ports (4, I think) was shared with the outbound line, or something to that effect. He stopped using that port and the problem went away. YMMV Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] bittorrent: which version on 9.2?
Hi, May i know which version of bittorrent you are using on 9.2? I see there are 3.2.1b-6mdk, 3.3-2mdk, 3.3-3.92mdk, shadowsclient 5.8.7-1mdk available. The first one seems a beta version. The second one refused to install and apparently it is from unsupported. The third one want to remove kdelibs-commons before installing which i think is an important package so i should not remove it. The shadowsclient is an experimental one so not sure if it works OK. So which one would you recommend? Thanks, Ramin -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Computer Options
Have you checked www.ebay.com? Regards, Ramin On January 21, 2004 04:34 pm, Colin O'Connor wrote: Hello, I'm looking to buy a few cheap desktop systems to do development. I like what Dell has to offer in terms of specs and prices. I have one question to start: 1) Is there anywhere I can get a comparable system without Windows, possibly making it less expensive? Thanks, Colin -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bittorrent: which version on 9.2?
On Sunday 25 January 2004 10:44 pm, Ramin wrote: Hi, May i know which version of bittorrent you are using on 9.2? I see there are 3.2.1b-6mdk, 3.3-2mdk, 3.3-3.92mdk, shadowsclient 5.8.7-1mdk available. The first one seems a beta version. The second one refused to install and apparently it is from unsupported. The third one want to remove kdelibs-commons before installing which i think is an important package so i should not remove it. The shadowsclient is an experimental one so not sure if it works OK. So which one would you recommend? Thanks, Ramin Hi Ramin, I'm have these installed bittorrent-gui-3.2.1b-6mdk bittorrent-3.2.1b-6mdk I am currently running from the CL, its workin fine .. -- RickS Linux user #338463 2.4.22-26mdk i686 mdk 9.2 pgp0.pgp Description: signature
[newbie] heartfelt thanks
I want to let everyone on the list know how helpful lanman has been this week in getting me back up to speed. We completely took the server down to bare hardware, and slowly brought it back to working order. Along with it we redesigned my network so that I am nolonger hiding behind the gigafast router and instead am using my server to provide the job. Yes it took a few long distance phonecalls to canada to figure it all out *boy i'm dreading that phone bill* BUT, he spent his time when he didn't have to. He asked for nothing in return. He even told me that quite honestly I shouldn't have been having to do all the hoop jumping I was having to do to get things to work. He could have just thrown up his hands and said, I don't know its not behaving normally so I give up, but he didn't. Somethings he fixed, some I figured out, but we both had good laughs and I think I've made a friend. I just wanted this list to know how much I appreciate all the effort that was done because of this list. And I'm very happy to say "I'm BACK!!" Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.562 / Virus Database: 354 - Release Date: 1/16/04
Re: [newbie] My network hates Linux ='(...how can I fix this?
I think your right Erylon. Look for the port label'd uplink on the front of the router. if you have something plugged into there and the wan side, you will need to see if there is a flag you can set in the setup to disable it as an uplink port. Troy - Original Message - From: Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 2149 N6REJ Subject: Re: [newbie] My network hates Linux ='(...how can I fix this? On Saturday 24 January 2004 11:36 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: My network, running on a linksys router, really hates my linux box. It uses no encryption, and has a DHCP server providing IP info for all of the connected boxes. The problem is, every time I boot linux, I have to reset the router by unplugging it then plugging it back in, kicking my whole family offline. Then I need to do a service network restart on linux, and then disable and enable the connection on another windoze box. I've downloaded a bunch of DHCP bugfixes and updates on mdk 9.2, and upgraded the firmware for my router. Anyone have a way around it? I'm on the verge of getting tech support from linksys, and I've had some nasty experiences with tech support. Thanks in advance, Marc This may not help at all, but a friend of mine mentioned he had a problem with a Linksys router. IIRC, he said that one of the ports (4, I think) was shared with the outbound line, or something to that effect. He stopped using that port and the problem went away. YMMV Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.562 / Virus Database: 354 - Release Date: 1/16/04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client
ok wait, I'm confused, are you telling me i can take my pc version of MOHAA and install it under X? Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 - Original Message - From: RickS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 1922 N6REJ Subject: Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client On Sunday 25 January 2004 04:36 pm, JoeHill wrote: For those not on the MDKGames list, I just wanted to point out there's a new beta (2) of the Linux client for MOHAA. Playing MOHAA natively in Linux. M. *And* the README hints at support for Spearhead as well! Check it out: http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=1846 I upped some screens of the Normandy Landing on Franki's screenshot site here: http://htmlfixit.com/mandrake/games/gallery.php?id=3 If you own this game...or, um, have it...somehow... it runs like a dream, in fact I think the graphics are a lot nicer in Linux than playing under WineX. Thx, Joe .. will definitely give it a try -- RickS echo Linux user #338463 uname -rm The day you leave work early to make it to class on time, the sensei will be sick -- Murphy's Laws of Martial Arts n°4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.562 / Virus Database: 354 - Release Date: 1/16/04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best Softwares
Generally look at http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml On January 23, 2004 03:14 pm, André Tapxure Gabriel wrote: People, I'm trying to substitute Windows in all of my clients by Mandrake. First Step: Install mandrake on my computer and learn how it works By installing mandrake on my computer, I noted that a lot of software is missing or is not in the default installation so I decided to write to this list Somebody can tell me the list of most used software to replace Windows software? Microsoft Office Open office, Koffice, star office (propriety) Microsoft Outlook Mozilla messenger though i am using kmail and evolution. Microsoft internet Explorer Konqueror, mozilla, mozilla firebird, opera, galeon Ahead Nero Corel Draw Photoshop gimp Audio CAtalyst Download Acelerator Imesh Macromedia Studio Quick Time Sound Forge Trillian ICQ MSN MEssenger Kopete, Gaim JPEG Optimizer Thanks André Tapxure Gabriel -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:22:47 -0600 Troy T. Hall disseminated the following: ok wait, I'm confused, are you telling me i can take my pc version of MOHAA and install it under X? Well, you need to install MOHAA on Windows, then copy the data files over, or install it using WineX, then just untar and copy the Linux binaries into the root dir. There's no 'installer', but it's easy to do. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth.-- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Help
Ok, here's what I have so far. I installed mandrake 9.2 (my original cd was bad, had no problem with the second copy) When I boot the hd now, linux runs through the startup process, the monitor seems to go through a test, flashing 3 times or so, and it asks for a localhost login: Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Kernal 2.4.22-10mdk on an i686 / tty1 localhost login: I type my username and password and get to a command line. I type startx and it scrolls a couple of screens of settings or something. It gets to a monitor sequence (svga, different resolutions, etc.) then stops, giving me the following: Fatal server error: No valid modes found when reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. X10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server :0,0 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. back to a command prompt. I installed the recommended amount of items at the install, neither adding or removing any it defaulted to. Any suggestions? Thanks, Josh From: Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:03:11 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Help On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:07 pm, Josh Peters wrote: Hi Everyone. I'm installing mandrake 9.2 on an ibm pentium 2, 450, 256 ram. It wouldn't boot from the cd, so I made a floppy. I got a little further, this error message: syslinux 1.67 mandrake linux boot failed I've tried using both disk 1 and 2 to boot from. Anyone have any other tips? BTW, I am very much a linux virgin, please excuse my idiocy. Josh If you have the space on your hard drive, you might consider making a partition and copying the 3 install disks to that, then make a hd install floppy, boot with that and install from there. That's the way I prefer to install, now, because I never have to put the disks in the cd drive again. You can only install with disk 1 in the drive, if you use the boot-from-cd or boot from floppy, install from cd method. And, it sounds as though your boot floppy may be faulty, because if an install fails, it will usually fail at the copying files from cd-rom stage--not at the floppy boot stage. Did you use the DOS utility on the first disk to make it? If the install fails at the part where the cd is accessed, it could be a faulty cd (also indicated by boot failure when the bios is set to boot from CD). Did you do an MD5 checksum on it? If the vid card uses shared memory, you may need to pass a Mem=xxx option. See, without more info, there could be a lot of different problems, any one of which can be a show stopper, none of which are insurmountable. Give us more info, and we'll try to help you get installed. This OS is way better than Windows, and your system should run 9.2 just fine. 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
