Re: [newbie] MDK 10 runs, no Inet connect - similar but different
Pardon the late post...did you turn off network hotplugging? On Friday 04 June 2004 06:30 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 05:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, have similar problem, but a little different. Mandrake 10.0 is working fine but not Internet. I have linksys router and network printer, exactly the same configuration works on W2k and not on mandrake However I can log to router, and can print via home net, but no access to Internet. Conclusion hardware is working and problem is in software. My guess is DNS configuration, how to change dns servers because when using harddrake can't change them. Second guess is some firewall rules. I tried different solutions from previous posts and no luck. This is crucial for me, first really important obstacle in going in to the linux world. Adrian You say you have no problem using your local network so it might be a routing problem or a DNS problem. If you can ping an IP address in the Internet, then it is not a routing problem. If you can't, check that your default gateway is pointing to the router IP. You can use the route command to get this done. After solving any routing problem, you can check for DNS problems. Take a look at /etc/resolv.conf and make sure that there is at least one line reading: nameserver ipAddress.of.YourISP.DNSserver Good luck Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OpenOfficeWrite
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:16:57 +0200 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 June 2004 06:26, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 03:52:12 +0300 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you should forward these mails to some psychic research organisation. The only explanation I can think of now is that your computer is possessed. Sir Robin That is, indeed, my conclusion also. Time for a new box? Hmmm Lee, mayby this is a shot in the air, but nevertheless : In my Open Office (1.1.1) I have this screen (see attachment) : Although in Danish, I think you get the idea. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Yes, exactly. And mine has Microsoft Word/2000/xp where yours has OpenOffice.org 1.0 When I change mine to OpenOffice.org 1.0, it stays that way for that session, but when I close oo, then open a new session, the default is again Microsoft Word. My solution is to keep the darn program on it's own desktop for my work, but I've had to work on behavior modification somewhat (no easy task for this hardhead) to either avoid opening oo with a click on a file or change the default after the new session is open. Like I said earlier, it's not a major issue. Just an annoyance, but the list was quiet and I thought maybe an answer would pop up. Thanks Robin and Kaj and others for your input. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OpenOfficeWrite
On Friday 04 June 2004 09:08, Lee Wiggers wrote: snip When I change mine to OpenOffice.org 1.0, it stays that way for that session, but when I close oo, then open a new session, the default is again Microsoft Word. My solution is to keep the darn program on it's own desktop for my work, but I've had to work on behavior modification somewhat (no easy task for this hardhead) to either avoid opening oo with a click on a file or change the default after the new session is open. Like I said earlier, it's not a major issue. Just an annoyance, but the list was quiet and I thought maybe an answer would pop up. Thanks Robin and Kaj and others for your input. /snip Hmm not much help so far. Only thing I can think of is a permission issue : are you sure that the program can write to its configuration files ? - I remember having this problem in an earlier version of OO - or was it Star Office ?. Try checking the ownership and write-permissions in the OO directory. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems
Hi there, A collegue of mine is attempting to install use a Diva server (ISDN) card using Mandrake 10 official. The devices (3 of them) are found by Mandrake Device Manager, but we are so far unable to load the Diva server drivers from their website (www.eicon.com). As they didn't have any mandrake drivers available we chose the latest Redhat ones. However, they don't seem to work as the config script blurts out errors about invalid module format when it tries to insmod them. Has anyone succeeded in installing a diva server (ISND) card software on Mandrake 10 ?? Any suggestions for alternative software to use ?? (the idea is to use the card to send outgoing faxes) Thanks, Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITS Internal Extension : 5806 Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 ** E-mail Disclaimer ** This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Please note that any views, or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email and its attachments. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is an Incorporated Friendly Society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992. Registered No: 480F. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Registered Office: Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG. Tel 0870 7545 700 Fax 0870 7545 821 www.benenden.org.uk. *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] no MX found?
On Friday 04 Jun 2004 05:05, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi all, When I tried to send email from yahoo to my domain, I got error: Message from yahoo.com. Unable to deliver message to the following address(es). [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4) But, if I send email using my ISP smtp, it's OK. I also can dig it without error. What is likely the cause? TIA. Hmm Interesting. If I look up MX information on your host I get:- nslookup -query=mx -timeout=10 penabur.org Non-authoritative answer: penabur.orgmail exchanger = 10 server.bpkpenabur.or.id. Which seems to be correct. But if I ask for ALL information I get :- nslookup -query=any -timeout=10 penabur.org Non-authoritative answer: penabur.orgnameserver = server.bpkpenabur.or.id. penabur.orgnameserver = server3.penabur.org. Note this does not show the MX records. If i do the same thing to my hostname I get the MX record shown. As to how to resolve it I have no idea. Perhaps you should speak to your domain registrar. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Laptop choice
Hi laptop users, Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very..linux friendly? Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
On Friday 04 June 2004 08:10 am, Johan Sch wrote: It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very..linux friendly? Yes, I have a T41 that works great with 10.0. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] no MX found?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 04 June 2004 07:11 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: As to how to resolve it I have no idea. Perhaps you should speak to your domain registrar. derek I suspect so, thanks Derek! - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 19:26:55 up 11:46, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAwGqjkp5CsIXuxqURArScAJ0ZQZJBQQS7Ncwtwe2fCQmITPSDZQCfaZF5 IwPKFdVf+/Fj9C6Dc3d2DwU= =L3Of -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 10 and USB pens
Hi I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping to install Mandrake 10 Powerpack which I have ordered form Amazon. I was wondering if anyone has had problems with USB pen drives with Mandrake using the 2.6 kernel. Under Suse it either isn't recognised or it locks the machine up completely. I have tried two makes of USB pen drive and both have the same result. I have also had the same problem with two different PCs both running Suse. This USB pen worked fine with Suse 9.0 and Slackware 9.1, so I think the drive is ok. I think it something to do with the new submount facility in the 2.6 kernel. Also even with modifying the fstab file to do away with the submount on my floppy drive I can only write to it as root, I have changed the permissions etc. and have changed the fstab to what it was under Suse 9.0. So I was wondering before I wipe my Hard drive again, could someone tell me if they have had problems with USB Pen drives under Mandrake 10 ( 2.6 kernel ) and if they have been able to use the floppy drive as a normal user? Also the only way to burn DVD's with K3b on Suse 9.1 is to umount the drive manually from the command line first before starting K3b up, and then mounting it again to use the disc. Which is a bit long winded (like this post!). I have installed Mandrake community on a laptop, but didn't get chance to try the pen drive out. But I was impressed with the difference in speed between Mandrake and Suse. So hopefully this problem doesn't occur with Mandrake. Thanks a lot Richard G. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
From: Johan Sch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/06/04 Fri AM 08:10:16 EDT To: [Newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Laptop choice Hi laptop users, Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very..linux friendly? Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I have a Compaq Presario that works like a champ with ML10. Only I have not tried to use the onboard modem as I have a cable connection and use the PCMCIA slot for NIC card. HTH Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OpenOfficeWrite
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:28:11 +0200 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 June 2004 09:08, Lee Wiggers wrote: snip When I change mine to OpenOffice.org 1.0, it stays that way for that session, but when I close oo, then open a new session, the default is again Microsoft Word. My solution is to keep the darn program on it's own desktop for my work, but I've had to work on behavior modification somewhat (no easy task for this hardhead) to either avoid opening oo with a click on a file or change the default after the new session is open. Like I said earlier, it's not a major issue. Just an annoyance, but the list was quiet and I thought maybe an answer would pop up. Thanks Robin and Kaj and others for your input. /snip Hmm not much help so far. Only thing I can think of is a permission issue : are you sure that the program can write to its configuration files ? - I remember having this problem in an earlier version of OO - or was it Star Office ?. Try checking the ownership and write-permissions in the OO directory. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * I'll go there next, but I thought I tested this by changing other defaults. First I guess I have to find the individual .config file for that parameter. Sounds like more of a pita than the problem. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 8:36:36 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Johan Sch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/06/04 Fri AM 08:10:16 EDT To: [Newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Laptop choice Hi laptop users, Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very..linux friendly? Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I have a Compaq Presario that works like a champ with ML10. Only I have not tried to use the onboard modem as I have a cable connection and use the PCMCIA slot for NIC card. HTH Dennis M. My elcheapo Dell 1100 works fine on 10.0. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] no MX found?
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:27:13 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 04 June 2004 07:11 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: As to how to resolve it I have no idea. Perhaps you should speak to your domain registrar. derek I suspect so, thanks Derek! - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 19:26:55 up 11:46, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAwGqjkp5CsIXuxqURArScAJ0ZQZJBQQS7Ncwtwe2fCQmITPSDZQCfaZF5 IwPKFdVf+/Fj9C6Dc3d2DwU= =L3Of -END PGP SIGNATURE- I had the same problem with americanelevatorinspection.com until three weeks of painful dialog with my registrar. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] how do I open....
As far as I know, you can't open an Excel password-protected file in OpenOffice. Get the sender to save the file again, without the password, and send you the new version - then it should open OK. There are utilities to do this: http://lastbit.com/excel/default.asp else you can surf through www.astalabista.com and see if there's a free utility to take care of this issue... I know it´s a long time since I tackled the subject. Unless I am wrong, those programs only work with Windows. I don´t have Windows.and the person who sent it has no recollection of using a password Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Warning to windows users - virused message (Re: document)
This email contained the [EMAIL PROTECTED] virus. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please read the document. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. My DELL Latitude C840 installed Mdk10 without any problems. Runs great. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Warning to windows users - virused message (Re: document)
I had that particular one in my inbox too. But it came direct, not via the group. Same from address and all.. JRH - Original Message - From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Warning to windows users - virused message (Re: document) This email contained the [EMAIL PROTECTED] virus. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please read the document. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] user problems with Mandrake Linux 9.1
Hi I intstalled Mandrake 9.1 on a Dell Optiplex G1 PC, and discovered that if you add a user during installation, that is the only user who can login at startup. The same problem occurs for me when I create a user as root in Mandrake Control. How can I delete a user when I am the user and I login as the user I want to delete. It logically does not work, but I want an open login where any user can log in. Anybody know how to reset my computer to get rid of this user or make it so I can login as root into the graphical interface. I can log into another virtual console (ctl/alt/fn for function key). The graphical virtual console is f7. Chris Hallgren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user problems with Mandrake Linux 9.1
Chris Hallgren wrote: Hi I intstalled Mandrake 9.1 on a Dell Optiplex G1 PC, and discovered that if you add a user during installation, that is the only user who can login at startup. The same problem occurs for me when I create a user as root in Mandrake Control. How can I delete a user when I am the user and I login as the user I want to delete. It logically does not work, but I want an open login where any user can log in. Anybody know how to reset my computer to get rid of this user or make it so I can login as root into the graphical interface. I can log into another virtual console (ctl/alt/fn for function key). The graphical virtual console is f7. Chris Hallgren When you create a user, that user normally is not active until you give him a password. With the standard security settings, you can not have an empty password. (This is what you would need to have an open account.) What you can try is to log in as root at one of the virtual consoles, and type passwd user name where user name is the name of the user that you have created for an open loogon. Then just hit enter when prompted for a password. I am not at my Linux box right now, so I can not test it. It will ether give you a blank password, or exit without changing the password. I don't know for sure. You can leave the other user in place. In 9.2, you can set things up so that you have a user automaticly logged in to the GUI on boot. I would think you could do the same thing in 9.1. I don't know if this would do what you are after. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake community 10.0 updates
cheerz for that.. btw Spot is doing fine ;-)) On Thursday 03 Jun 2004 H:31, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Tony S. Sykes wrote: hi while updating my mdk community there are 3 files that cant be selected drakconf drakfirsttime drakwizard they all need some perl stuff ... anyone know where i can get the perl stuff so i can get the updates as they dont seem to be adding it to the updates list of files? LtcdData This may help. Updated Packages: Mandrakelinux 10.0: 1e8067073351157e566d4f95906187ef 10.0/RPMS/drakxtools-10-34.2.100mdk.i586.rpm 0595f4e35182cd2157ad704d13df4a1d 10.0/RPMS/drakxtools-http-10-34.2.100mdk.i586.rpm b29d74c16e0a1cdc3f63ebb395d3d6c0 10.0/RPMS/drakxtools-newt-10-34.2.100mdk.i586.rpm 0776db369580bde12f9f202d3a35c54d 10.0/RPMS/harddrake-10-34.2.100mdk.i586.rpm 476673b1214eb968be7bae74a7124f91 10.0/RPMS/harddrake-ui-10-34.2.100mdk.i586.rpm 8cc2bfb921f457390bfa63095034fba5 10.0/RPMS/perl-Libconf-0.33-2.1.100mdk.noarch.rpm 97f695c37d0d8e735ae830dd09026aa6 10.0/RPMS/perl-Libconf-gui-0.33-2.1.100mdk.noarch.rpm a1d37a134641a7839393d47795a2d6db 10.0/RPMS/perl-Libconf-samples-0.33-2.1.100mdk.noarch.rpm f66bd60060c0286e1a253e975f97fa07 10.0/SRPMS/drakxtools-10-34.2.100mdk.src.rpm d0212334638b3b6027adabf9a8251938 10.0/SRPMS/perl-Libconf-0.33-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm That fixes everything but drakewizard which is currently on it's way to the mirrors. Hey Data. How is Spot doing? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Acrobat weblinks and Linux
Is there a way to configure Mozilla to open a link embedded in a *.pdf. If I click on such a link I get a pop-up box offering to configure my browser, but when I point to the mozilla executable I get another box that says unsupported browser and telling me to install a browser that is supported. It looks as though my choices are only Netscape or IE. Any thoughts? e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] It has been long time
Dears, It has been realy long time since I ran Linux. I am back again. I quit using Mandrake when it was ver 8. Now I see that is ver 10. Anyhow, can I download the Power Pack 10+? Is Linux still free? OOzy
[newbie] cdrecord problem
I'm trying to use the backup facility in Mdk 10.0 Official, but after it searches for all the appropriate files for archiving, I get the following: Check for media in drive: cdrecord dev=ATAPI:/dev/hda -atip scsidev: 'ATAPI:/dev/hda' devname: 'ATAPI:/dev/hda' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha. Warning: There may be fatal problems. Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W1210A' Revision : '1.02' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R 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: -12508 (97:15/17) ATIP start of lead out: 359845 (79:59/70) Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 22 Manufacturer: Ritek Co. Check for previous session status: cdrecord -s dev=ATAPI:/dev/hda -msinfo 0,74902 Running mkisofs...: mkisofs -r -J -T -v -V '' -C 0,74902 -M ATAPI:/dev/hda -o /var/lib/drakbackup/drakbackup.iso /var/lib/drakbackup/backup_incr_sys_20040604_182831.tar.gz /var/lib/drakbackup/list_incr_sys_20040604_182831.txt /var/lib/drakbackup/backup_incr_user_root_20040604_182831.tar.gz /var/lib/drakbackup/incr_user_root_20040604_182831. /var/lib/drakbackup/backup_incr_user_chris_20040604_182831.tar.gz /var/lib/drakbackup/incr_user_chris_20040604_182831. mkisofs 2.01a27 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Rock Ridge signatures found mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - /var/lib/drakbackup/incr_user_root_20040604_182831. Running cdrecord: cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:/dev/hda -data -multi -pad /var/lib/drakbackup/drakbackup.iso cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. scsidev: 'ATAPI:/dev/hda' devname: 'ATAPI:/dev/hda' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha. Warning: There may be fatal problems. SCSI buffer size: 64512 Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W1210A' Revision : '1.02' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW 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 cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/var/lib/drakbackup/drakbackup.iso'. I can happily do the backup using K3b, so where exactly is it going wrong above? Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Keys not working
On Thursday 03 June 2004 23:30, SME Admin wrote: On Thursday 03 Jun 2004 19:34, chris wrote: I recently installed 10.0 Official, and I now find that the Delete key often doesn't work, and neither does the auto-repeat function. I cannot discern a pattern to this: sometime I boot up and they work, the next time they don't. Sometimes they will work as root, but not as myself. This affects both the console 'windows' as well as Kde functions. Chris Have you tried another keyboard in case it is a faulty keyboard? I confess I hadn't thought of that! It seems unlikely, partly as it's a quality Cherry keyboard that isn't too old, but the problem affects both the Delete and Del keys, and the auto-repeat affects all keys. But something to look in to. Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
On June 3, 2004 17:10, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt My desktop computer (an ancient Dell) won't power down properly. It goes through the whole shutdown process, but the power stays on. Worse, although I can hit the reset button to reboot, the power switch doesn't work! Apparently, it's not a real (physical) power switch, it just sends a signal to shut the power off, but Linux doesn't recognize this signal (or something like that; it worked with Windoze, so I'm just guessing here). If I want to power off, I have to actually pull the power plug! Fortunately, I don't power off very often (usually only during lightning storms or vacations), so I haven't bothered trying to fix it. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
Try holding the power button down for over 8 seconds and see if it shuts down. I've yet to come across a Dell that this didn't work for Ed Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On June 3, 2004 17:10, Walt Frampus wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt My desktop computer (an ancient Dell) won't power down properly. It goes through the whole shutdown process, but the power stays on. Worse, although I can hit the reset button to reboot, the power switch doesn't work! Apparently, it's not a real (physical) power switch, it just sends a signal to shut the power off, but Linux doesn't recognize this signal (or something like that; it worked with Windoze, so I'm just guessing here). If I want to power off, I have to actually pull the power plug! Fortunately, I don't power off very often (usually only during lightning storms or vacations), so I haven't bothered trying to fix it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Warning to windows users - virused message (Re: document)
I can't get this to run. Linux says it doesn't recognise the file suffix. Maybe I need to install an emulator. :) On Friday 04 Jun 2004 4:11 pm, John wrote: This email contained the [EMAIL PROTECTED] virus. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please read the document. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems
On Friday 04 June 2004 13:38, Jamie Kerwick wrote: Hi there, A collegue of mine is attempting to install use a Diva server (ISDN) card using Mandrake 10 official. The devices (3 of them) are found by Mandrake Device Manager, but we are so far unable to load the Diva server drivers from their website (www.eicon.com). As they didn't have any mandrake drivers available we chose the latest Redhat ones. However, they don't seem to work as the config script blurts out errors about invalid module format when it tries to insmod them. What script? Oh, I see, you are asked to run a script after installing the rpm. http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/MediaGateways/DivaServerforLinux.htm?dl=1regID=11401 mentions drivers for specific kernels from some distro's. Those drivers are compiled for those kernels and will not work for other kernels. You could try this: - If you require another distribution or kernel version, please fill in the Requisition form. Your information will be submitted to a pre-sales consultant who will be pleased to contact you to discuss your commercial and technical requirements. - When you click the Diva Server for Linux - Version 7.0 download link it says: Diva Server for Linux allows Eicon Diva Server adapters to be used with the Linux operating system for SuSE, Red Hat or generic Linux distribution and Source level RPM: Build Diva drivers or binary RPM package for custom kernel from source code Kernel 2.6.X Support so they suggest it is possible to compile the drivers for the Mandrake kernel you are using. I haven't found any source code but I probably didn't look good enough. If you can't find it either then maybe you should contact their technical support. They offer Linux drivers and some of their software is licenced under the GPL so they seem a Linux and FOSS software friendly company :) Another idea is to post to the Mandrake expert list. http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/MediaGateways/DivaServerforLinux.htm also metions isdn4linux ( http://www.isdn4linux.de/ ). I have no idea if that would give you fax functonality. Has anyone succeeded in installing a diva server (ISND) card software on Mandrake 10 ?? Any suggestions for alternative software to use ?? (the idea is to use the card to send outgoing faxes) http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/MediaGateways/DivaServerforLinux.htm mentions isdn4linux ( http://www.isdn4linux.de/ ). I have no idea if that would give you fax functionality. An external (not USB) modem for a normal telephone line is the easiest way to get sending faxes working. Just curious, is this for your workplace? Thanks, Jamie HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] It has been long time
On Friday 04 June 2004 10:45 am, OOzy wrote: Dears, It has been realy long time since I ran Linux. I am back again. I quit using Mandrake when it was ver 8. Now I see that is ver 10. Anyhow, can I download the Power Pack 10+? Is Linux still free? Yeppers ..and welcome back (so what have you been running? ) OOzy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. Something in that story smells like a M$ paid whinge... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- This was music that had not only escaped but had robbed a bank on the way out. It was music with its sleeves rolled up and its top button undone, raising its hat and grinning and stealing the silver. It was music that went down to the feet by way of the pelvis without paying a call on Mr. Brain. (Soul Music) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange boot options
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:58:06 +0100, Derek wrote: On Wednesday 02 Jun 2004 22:37, brian wrote: snip So most of those I understand, but anyone know what the numeric entries represent? Second question - 9.1 ran just fine on this PC (600 MHz PIII, 512 MB of memory) but once I'd installed 10.0 I noticed a lot of disk thrashing going on. I ran up KDE system guard (Im using the version of KDE which came with 10.0, and that's the only desktop I've installed) to find that I'd only got a couple of megs of memory free, which explains the thrashing, Linux uses all unused memory as a disc cache. It is perfectly normal for memory usage to be 100% After all unused memory is 'wasted' memory. Hmm. And a hard disk which is being *constantly* accessed is a hard disk that is likely to have a short lifespan - assuming you're not running server-class drives, which I'm not on my Linux box. I wouldn't have noticed the memory usage had it not been for the disk thrashing. As far as servers that I've installed are concerned, I have MySQL, ProFTP and Apache (that I'm aware of). I've also got Kylix on the PC, but that doesn't have anything sitting in the background until you actually run it. Anyway, what puzzles me is that I've got six copies of httpd2, one with a login of root and five with a login of apache, Perfectly normal. That is how more than 1 person at a time can hit your web site. OK, that's cleared that one up. six copies of mingetty, Hit Ctl+Atl+F1 through to F6 and you will see text consoles. These are the instances of mingetty. You could run fewer, but it would save virtually no resources. Any idle process eventually gets swapped out to swap and consumes insignificant resource. OK. five of saslauthd, Perfectly normal assuming you are actually using SASL (Possibly for email authentication) Not to my knowledge - unless it's by default. and a couple of other programs which show two or three instances. Can anyone tell me whether the footprint of 10.0 with KDE really is this large, or has something gone wrong with the update process? No its all normal. Do not worry about it. I'm worried about any system that shows constant disk access while idle. If there are services you have installed but do not use, then by all means turn them off or uninstall them. The only service I would recommend disabling is tmdns (Tiny DNS server) which is more trouble than it is worth and screws up lots of peoples net connection. The net connection, at least, is working just fine. As above, don't underestimate my ignorance of Linux. I used to write Fortran programs under some variant of Unix 25 years ago, and that's about the extent of my knowledge of Unix/Linux systems. Since then all my PC work has been with Billy G's offerings. At the moment, I know about enough of Mandrake to navigate round the file system and to fire up Kylix. Just enough knowledge to be dangerous ;-) Not really - the dangerous ones are those who know nothing but think they know something. I know the dangers of learning a new operating system from scratch, I've been through it too many times. :-( Some have been Unix-like, e.g. Hewlett-Packard's RTE-6 and RTE-A, but it's all buried by time under a mountain of Windows and VAX/VMS. Someone on this list used to have a good signature :- If your Linux system is not broken, you are not trying hard enough! Have fun No guarantees. ;-) I've really not that much interest in hacking around in the depths of the system, all I'm after is to learn enough to develop the same sort of software under Linux as I currently do under Windows. Had it not been for Borland's Kylix, I'd not even bother looking at Linux. In any case, I just don't like an OS that tries to beat hard drives into an early grave. Thanks for the info, but I'm still not convinced. If this constant disk access really is normal for a Linux system, I'm going to buy shares in some hard drive manufacturers! Brian. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 won't execute
On Thursday 03 June 2004 08:47 am, aron wrote: On Thursday 03 June 2004 07:32 am, Peter Mann wrote: Mandrake has come a long way since 7. 9.2 is very good 10.0 is also very good Use 64 only if you have a 64 bit processor if you have a 32 bit processor (most likely) down load mandrake 10.0 isos and burn your self a set of CDs http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ is a good place to start Download Mandrake 10.0 Enjoy I embarked with Mandrakelinux 7, which came in the back of Sam's Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours book. It installed itself OK, but then it wouldn't recognize my on-board modem, my LG CD Burner files, nor my Canon scanner, and although it could tell me what model of Canon printer I have, attempts to print did not work. ... and Canon scanners are hit-or-miss. I've, long ago, given up on getting my D660U working with SANE. Good luck with whichever model you have. Glenn -- 18:43:27 up 2 days, 1:02, running Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586, kernel 2.6.6-3mdk Registered Linux user #324360 SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out! -- Ken Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and USB pens
On Friday 04 June 2004 07:27 am, Richard Gelling wrote: Hi I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping to install Mandrake 10 Powerpack which I have ordered form Amazon. I was wondering if anyone has had problems with USB pen drives with Mandrake using the 2.6 kernel. Under Suse it either isn't recognised or it locks the machine up completely. I have tried two makes of USB pen drive and both have the same result. I have also had the same problem with two different PCs both running Suse. This USB pen worked fine with Suse 9.0 and Slackware 9.1, so I think the drive is ok. I think it something to do with the new submount facility in the 2.6 kernel. Also even with modifying the fstab file to do away with the submount on my floppy drive I can only write to it as root, I have changed the permissions etc. and have changed the fstab to what it was under Suse 9.0. So I was wondering before I wipe my Hard drive again, could someone tell me if they have had problems with USB Pen drives under Mandrake 10 ( 2.6 kernel ) and if they have been able to use the floppy drive as a normal user? Also the only way to burn DVD's with K3b on Suse 9.1 is to umount the drive manually from the command line first before starting K3b up, and then mounting it again to use the disc. Which is a bit long winded (like this post!). I have installed Mandrake community on a laptop, but didn't get chance to try the pen drive out. But I was impressed with the difference in speed between Mandrake and Suse. So hopefully this problem doesn't occur with Mandrake. Thanks a lot Richard G. My comp will not boot if a usb ext HD or a pen drive is attached. The HP printer does not seem to be a problem. -- Dennis M. Linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
On Friday 04 June 2004 05:00 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 8:36:36 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Johan Sch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/06/04 Fri AM 08:10:16 EDT To: [Newbie] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Laptop choice Hi laptop users, Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very..linux friendly? Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I have a Compaq Presario that works like a champ with ML10. Only I have not tried to use the onboard modem as I have a cable connection and use the PCMCIA slot for NIC card. HTH Dennis M. My elcheapo Dell 1100 works fine on 10.0. Lee John, Have had no problem with Toshibas (Tecra and Satelite). If you look on the list their are several issues that hunt laptop users: 1. Video 2. Sound 3. Shut down. I had no problem with them on toshibas. Go to http://www.linux-laptop.net/. It is a helpfull place with setting laptop. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com --- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
