Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
- Original Message - From: Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 07:30:31 + Thank you Derek for the reply. I am really new at this network stuff. :-) I have been using dial-up for all my years of computing, and I just started using braodband now that it has finally come here to the boonies. I edited some of the mentioned files, and my hostname is once again localhost. I changed my eth0: Broadcom Corp BCM4401 100Base-T connection to use DHCP Protocol, but now when I boot my comp, booting hangs at bringing up eth0 for a long while, and finally fails trying to determine IP configuration. :-( The part that puzzles me is that ppp0 comes up OK, and my connection is working great. What gives here anyway? Doesn't ppp0 use my Broadcom nic??? I am dazed and confused. [8/ Regards. --Angus Margot replied: I had the same problem - don't know what causes it, but the solution for me was to set the connection *not* to start at boot - once booted, open a terminal as root and do ifup eth0 (without the quotes) and everything works from then on. -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* * Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strangebut, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Take care. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.config files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 23:09, Derek Jennings wrote: hosts.config is not familiar to me. I do not have that file. Mine says order hosts,bind multi on This is the default as set up by Mdk 10.0 - I haven't touched it. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4PdVkFAvMr/nNX8RAn2zAKCDI6typ7Syb84id9aYUkOaPUHgDgCeIfes O9QJAJIXHJ0fUibTw4HHwk4= =MTHm -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
Re: [newbie] move on internet
On Saturday 08 January 2005 05:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Can a live cd of mandrake move be used to access the net? |I was exploring this evening and, actually using the manual for | lin 8.2, I sent the command cat/proc/pci as root. It was supposed | to return an io port and irq number for my pci modem. What it did | do, was tell me there was no such file or directory. Maybe I should | have entered cat /proc,pci. Cat being the command then space and | /proc/pci being the arguments. I was try to get linux to recognize | my pci modem so I could try to go online. I have never tried | anything like using a console so any suggestions as to what I should | would need to start from scratch. First--is your pci modem a hardware or a software modem? If it is a soft (Winmodem) you are out-of-luck. Most Lucent chipped modems (and some Conexant), have LinModem drivers, but you wouldn't be able to install them if you are running from disk. Any hardware modem and any Serial modem would be auto-setup and all you need to do is open and configure the kppp dialer. Even Lucents are a PITA on an installed system, because they must be recompiled every time you upgrade your kernel. I'm going through that with a Debian install right now. My modem worked fine until I upgraded my kernel, and my recompile of the driver seems to install, but crashes my system whenever the modem is brought up. AARGH! Don't do as I do, spend $20 on e-bay and get a Serial modem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:21, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strangebut, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Shot in the dark - maybe things were loading in the wrong order? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4QTzkFAvMr/nNX8RAgmgAJ9RHtsSTT2aj7JQOwWyvHe0ArvpxQCeK5Gq BOUcNqs3eg/BWIWfg8sECjg= =nF6O -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
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.config files
Check out this excellent tutie on the subject: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-hn/network-linux.htm It put the see in my TCP/IP. Brett --- Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I wonder if some kind soul here could instruct/inform me on how I can properly config these files?? What should they contain and how should they look on my 10.1 system? I just setup ADSL broadband, and I fear I messed things up a bit. ;-) My broadband is working OK, but my local hostname is now (none), as in #gus@(none) gus. I have been searching documentation and Google, but I'm still dumb on this (and lots of other stuff too). Help would be truly appreciated. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com = So anyway, check this out: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/farscape/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] urpme logging
Hi all Recently in attempting to compile Gimp 2.2, I urpme'd some gtk libraries, and in doing so have broken a number of gnome-requiring utilities (MK 10.0) Hence the question: Does urpme log what has been uninstalled? I can't find out what I took out so I can replace it, and didn't have enough sense or enthusiasm to back up my whole system before committing a yes to removing all those dependencies. Thanks Russell Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup
Kenneth Rhodes wrote: On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 01:13 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I've tried it for about a week now, and honestly, I can't tell any difference. Do you have Broadband? Dumb question - of course you do, but I wonder what the variable(s) could be that enables this to work for me and evidently others but not you? Besides, my conscience forbids me to send 30 request to a server in order to get one page. There's enough clogging the net already. But that's just me... I suppose my conscience might restrain my greed for speed too - my ignorance is a key factor here. If the download is significantly accelerated then shouldn't that contribute to less clogging of the net? Ken Rhodes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I think i have some effect on the speed of pages loading in my Firefox browser. The pages used to be downloaded fast earlier but the displaying would take up some significant time which is now reduced. Thanx Ken! Sanket Medhi. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure (2)
I understand that giving as root a command like urpmi.addmedia thac http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ./hdlist.cz , an urpmi repository will be set up in my system, and after that the urpmf command will hopefully be able to find, e.g., that the gconf-2.0.pc subpackage belongs to the libGConf2_4-devel superpackage. Is that right? Now, instead of using this 'urpmi.addmedia' command, is maybe there a web site with a search field where I can type 'gconf-2.0.pc' and get 'libGConf2_4-devel' as search result? I couldn't do such a search neither at http://urpmi-addmedia.org nor at www.eslrahc.com , and not even simply using google. Thanks, Rodolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:21, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strangebut, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Shot in the dark - maybe things were loading in the wrong order? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4QTzkFAvMr/nNX8RAgmgAJ9RHtsSTT2aj7JQOwWyvHe0ArvpxQCeK5Gq BOUcNqs3eg/BWIWfg8sECjg= =nF6O -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 Even I have the same prob...I have configured the eth0 conn *not* to start at boot but it *does* start when the x system is loaded! Is this normal or is there any solution to this??? ps - I am using mandrake 10.1. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] SMB connection
Trying to mount a share on a Win server I get the following error: cli_negprot: SMB signing is mandatory and we have disabled it. 11846: protocol negotiation failed SMB connection failed How to correct this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:18 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:21, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strangebut, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Shot in the dark - maybe things were loading in the wrong order? I seem to have the same problem. I can either boot into linux twice and the network comes up or I can use the ifup wlan0 command to get it working. Where do I change the order in which things load? -- Regards Trevor Rhodes === Powered by Linux-Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === 23:01:18 up 11 days, 13:07, 1 user, load average: 0.32, 0.48, 0.36 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure (2)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 11:09, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I understand that giving as root a command like urpmi.addmedia thac http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ./hdlist.cz , an urpmi repository will be set up in my system, and after that the urpmf command will hopefully be able to find, e.g., that the gconf-2.0.pc subpackage belongs to the libGConf2_4-devel superpackage. Is that right? Now, instead of using this 'urpmi.addmedia' command, is maybe there a web site with a search field where I can type 'gconf-2.0.pc' and get 'libGConf2_4-devel' as search result? I couldn't do such a search neither at http://urpmi-addmedia.org nor at www.eslrahc.com , and not even simply using google. Now's the time to read http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi Urpmi is multi-talented. I'm sure you will find all you need to get you started on that page. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4SivkFAvMr/nNX8RAonsAJ9ru5l3Kn3GQ4DAUlsN5KhbV8QJ+QCglv9d tZbKm3MJ9bwSWg+ZdinUauE= =8a4P -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
Re: [newbie] Install Question
On Saturday 08 January 2005 11:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mikkel, I will try subscribing to the expert list and see if someone can help. Cy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't remember if the standard install offers the option, or if you need to pick expert, but there is an option to have lilo install to the boot partition. I believe there is also an option to install to the MBR of the second hard drive, but that is probably only an expert option. Ether would work in your case, but installing to the MBR of the second hard drive is probably the better option. Then you can just have XP boot of the second drive, and lilo will take it from there. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Someone on this list may remember as well. My problem is that I don't do fresh installs that often. I know how to edit the /etc/lilo.conf to do it, but I don't know where the option show up in the installer. (Only 3 MDK installs so far - one 9.2 and two 10.1.) Mikkel in 10.0 and newer (maybe further back, I forget when it started), there is a window almost at the very end of the install, just before you reboot, it gives you a chance reconfigure damn near anything, including where lilo or grub is and how it is configured. -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:51, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Check for dust and dirt in the grove that the memory sat in. If that Does not help remove the two sticks that you have played with and see if that helps. Were you wearing an anti static wrist srtap when handling the mem sticks? Thanks, SW -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] move on internet
Good suggestion. I prefer an external modem myself. I think I can navigate to kppp but just in case, since I am so newbieish, how do I get there. I have an 8.2 boxed edition here waiting a new home with two hard drives. I got it in case I dld 10.0. It sounds to me that a console would be like a dos mode box in windows. I noticed It was a little difficult for me to read. This is an excellent second hand monitor with just one failing, It is just a shade on the dark side at full brightness. I did find though, that I could highlight the info and read it quite easily. Which leads to another question. Is there a way to change the colors used for the console that could make reading have better contrast. I believe there is in windows , so it must be possible in linux. Thanks for the help so far. On 9 Jan 2005 at 1:23, Erylon Hines wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 05:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Can a live cd of mandrake move be used to access the net? |I was exploring this evening and, actually using the manual for | lin 8.2, I sent the command cat/proc/pci as root. It was supposed | to return an io port and irq number for my pci modem. What it did | do, was tell me there was no such file or directory. Maybe I should | have entered cat /proc,pci. Cat being the command then space and | /proc/pci being the arguments. I was try to get linux to recognize | my pci modem so I could try to go online. I have never tried | anything like using a console so any suggestions as to what I should | would need to start from scratch. First--is your pci modem a hardware or a software modem? If it is a soft (Winmodem) you are out-of-luck. Most Lucent chipped modems (and some Conexant), have LinModem drivers, but you wouldn't be able to install them if you are running from disk. Any hardware modem and any Serial modem would be auto-setup and all you need to do is open and configure the kppp dialer. Even Lucents are a PITA on an installed system, because they must be recompiled every time you upgrade your kernel. I'm going through that with a Debian install right now. My modem worked fine until I upgraded my kernel, and my recompile of the driver seems to install, but crashes my system whenever the modem is brought up. AARGH! Don't do as I do, spend $20 on e-bay and get a Serial modem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 03:51 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW also consider that you may have moved the motherboard durring your changing of ram sticks (etc) and now may have a short to the case if your board is held down with metal screws and stand offs. -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.config files
On Sunday 09 January 2005 04:20 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 23:09, Derek Jennings wrote: hosts.config is not familiar to me. I do not have that file. Mine says order hosts,bind multi on This is the default as set up by Mdk 10.0 - I haven't touched it. Anne you might not be able to see the file, depending on some things like file permission and msec level, try the command in a text console as root cat /etc/hosts.conf -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Install Question
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 13:12, et wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 11:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mikkel, I will try subscribing to the expert list and see if someone can help. Cy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't remember if the standard install offers the option, or if you need to pick expert, but there is an option to have lilo install to the boot partition. I believe there is also an option to install to the MBR of the second hard drive, but that is probably only an expert option. Ether would work in your case, but installing to the MBR of the second hard drive is probably the better option. Then you can just have XP boot of the second drive, and lilo will take it from there. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Someone on this list may remember as well. My problem is that I don't do fresh installs that often. I know how to edit the /etc/lilo.conf to do it, but I don't know where the option show up in the installer. (Only 3 MDK installs so far - one 9.2 and two 10.1.) Mikkel in 10.0 and newer (maybe further back, I forget when it started), there is a window almost at the very end of the install, just before you reboot, it gives you a chance reconfigure damn near anything, including where lilo or grub is and how it is configured. Yes. After every thing is installed and just before the first reboot ( where you asked to remove the install disk). You can set up the boot manager from there. -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 13:41, et wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 03:51 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW also consider that you may have moved the motherboard durring your changing of ram sticks (etc) and now may have a short to the case if your board is held down with metal screws and stand offs. CPU fan turnning? -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kmail Problem
Ok 2 Kmail questions probably not related. 1, recently when I start kmail (when machine is first booted up) I get this message box KDEInit could not kontact-Kmail.sh. Kmail stil starts up and down loads any new mail and seems to work ok. I click ok and the error msbox goes away. There is generaly 5/6 konqueror and 1 gaim sessions starting up at the same time. 2, When I leave the Linux box alone for long periods running Kmail ( set to check for mail every 5 mins), and internet radio through amorok, Kmail seems to take for ever to complete a new mail check. I noticed this just berfore going to bed and so am shutting the pc down, so I dont know if it completes the new mail check. -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200.topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] move on internet
Erylon Hines wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 05:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Can a live cd of mandrake move be used to access the net? |I was exploring this evening and, actually using the manual for | lin 8.2, I sent the command cat/proc/pci as root. It was supposed | to return an io port and irq number for my pci modem. What it did | do, was tell me there was no such file or directory. Maybe I should | have entered cat /proc,pci. Cat being the command then space and | /proc/pci being the arguments. I was try to get linux to recognize | my pci modem so I could try to go online. I have never tried | anything like using a console so any suggestions as to what I should | would need to start from scratch. First--is your pci modem a hardware or a software modem? If it is a soft (Winmodem) you are out-of-luck. Most Lucent chipped modems (and some Conexant), have LinModem drivers, but you wouldn't be able to install them if you are running from disk. Any hardware modem and any Serial modem would be auto-setup and all you need to do is open and configure the kppp dialer. Even Lucents are a PITA on an installed system, because they must be recompiled every time you upgrade your kernel. I'm going through that with a Debian install right now. My modem worked fine until I upgraded my kernel, and my recompile of the driver seems to install, but crashes my system whenever the modem is brought up. AARGH! Don't do as I do, spend $20 on e-bay and get a Serial modem. Are 2.6.x kernels different in this then the 2.4.x kernels? I have used the same driver for 4 different kernels on my laptop. The RPM with the drivers added a directory off the modules directory for the version of the kernel it was packaged for, and all I have done if recreate the directory for the newer kernels, and create a links for the files in the directory. (hard link, so I can delete the origional directory when I clean out the old kernel's modules.) If this is going to be a problem, then I will have to think some more about upgrading it to 10.1. 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] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:18:27 + -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:21, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks Margot. :-)) I set the adsl not to start at boot and then rebooted. Bootup went fine, eth0 came up OK, and, ppp0 came up OK too. :-/ What's that about? When my x-session was fully loaded I also had my internet connection open on ppp0! This is kind of strangebut, it's working fine. It's really late, and I need to turn in. Tomorrow is another day for learning. Shot in the dark - maybe things were loading in the wrong order? Anne Anne, I think you are on to something there. The *order* of these devices coming up seems to be what was giving me the trouble. Since ppp0 is just a *software* device that uses eth0 to do it's thing, eth0 has to come up first, before ppp0. That seems to make sense to me. [8-} I removed ppp0 and eth0 from my configuration, and then added the adsl ppp0 back, using MCC. Things are working OK now, except I am not able to connect to my mail server with KMail using my new account. :-/ I wonder where the config file controling the boot order of eth0 and ppp0 resides? I can hardly wait to try to get my wireless working when my router arrives. ;-) Best regards to you Anne.you're a gem. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
Angus Auld wrote: ---[ SNIP ] I removed ppp0 and eth0 from my configuration, and then added the adsl ppp0 back, using MCC. Things are working OK now, except I am not able to connect to my mail server with KMail using my new account. :-/ I wonder where the config file controling the boot order of eth0 and ppp0 resides? I can hardly wait to try to get my wireless working when my router arrives. ;-) Best regards to you Anne.you're a gem. --Angus If you are going to hook the router to the ADSL modem, then you are going to have to redo things when you install it. The router will handle the PPPoE connection, and your Linux box will be a normal DHCP ethernet connection to the router. You have to let the router handle the PPPoE if you want to share the connection with other computers, unless you want to let the Linux box be your firewall. While this can be done one ethernet connection, I am not sure if your router would handle that. 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
[newbie] how to run ppp0 as *normal* user?
How would I go about changing the permissions to *normal* (I use this term reservedly in my case) user for my ppp0 interface? I'm the only user, and it's a pain to have to su to root to bring my connection up or down. Where do I look? TIA. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.configfiles
Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shot in the dark - maybe things were loading in the wrong order? Anne Anne, I think you are on to something there. The *order* of these devices coming up seems to be what was giving me the trouble. Since ppp0 is just a *software* device that uses eth0 to do it's thing, eth0 has to come up first, before ppp0. That seems to make sense to me. [8-} I removed ppp0 and eth0 from my configuration, and then added the adsl ppp0 back, using MCC. Things are working OK now, except I am not able to connect to my mail server with KMail using my new account. :-/ I wonder where the config file controling the boot order of eth0 and ppp0 resides? It's in the subdir here that corresponds to your init level: /etc/rc.d In my case: /etc/rc.d/rc3.d Since i boot into init level (runlevel) 3 eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 17:23, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW The blue flash came from the power supply box or near the m/board? -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 17:20, et wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply And a power supply is not an item to skimp on. They aren't expensive, so buy a good one. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4Wi3kFAvMr/nNX8RAtzlAJ9hy2DyA3pl5W5m/0tTlYoonXhxUgCfcbo1 zlFiuovxntCemJXUh4+8jb4= =JPJ2 -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] Ideal camera connectivity
I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a digital camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it would be as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else reccommended getting one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a pcmcia card reader for the laptop. Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there will be some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but the pcmcia option might be just as difficult in itself. Thanks, Jarlath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Burning music CDs
Hello, Since I use K3B I was never abble to burn a regular music cd that I can play in any regular music box or car player. The cds are playing on my computer but not even on a winBox. What shall I setup before burning? Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] starting fetchmail on boot
I'm sure this is a very simple question, but I have to ask it. After a restart I have to enter the below command to get fetchmail to start polling my isp, where do I put this command to automate the process? [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris]$ fetchmail -m procmail -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 11:36:30 up 14:16, 1 user, load average: 0.79, 0.59, 0.49 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Everything will be just tickety-boo today. Live - From Virgin Radio UK Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a digital camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it would be as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else reccommended getting one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a pcmcia card reader for the laptop. Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there will be some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but the pcmcia option might be just as difficult in itself. I borrowed a usb mass storage camera once, and it mounted automatically when i plugged it in. If i unplugged it an plugged it in a lot in a short amount of time, it had a little toruble, but you shouldn't need to do that (i was playing around). Card readers are usually a lot faster than the usb on the cameras. My Powershot A80 takes a long time to upload images compared to my firend's card reader (which is on windows, so i don't know how supported it is). As for software, i wrote some scripts (and mapped them to keys) to download from the powershot (which does not mount as mass storage), including a command to delete the pics. I never even fire up digikam. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
Re: [newbie] Kmail Problem
On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:00 am, John Bowden wrote: 1, recently when I start kmail (when machine is first booted up) I get this message box KDEInit could not kontact-Kmail.sh. Kmail stil starts up and down loads any new mail and seems to work ok. I click ok and the error msbox goes away. There is generaly 5/6 konqueror and 1 gaim sessions starting up at the same time. Can't speak to this, but I would try to uninstall and reinstall kdepim-kontact. 2, When I leave the Linux box alone for long periods running Kmail ( set to check for mail every 5 mins), and internet radio through amorok, Kmail seems to take for ever to complete a new mail check. I noticed this just berfore going to bed and so am shutting the pc down, so I dont know if it completes the new mail check. Perhaps you have chosen a stream that is eating all your bandwidth. What are your connection specs? Amarok has some pretty high quality streams by default, and a slow connection could become quickly bogged down. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] ViewSonic monitor A90f+
Three day old newbie. I am verifying my hardware is linux compatible before I install 10.1 official. All hardware checks out OK except my CRT. My CRT, ViewSonic A90f+ is a win-CRT. Does anyone know if a Linix user has already writen conversion software or drivers? How can I find out? Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 15:56, mike wrote: Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200 .topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4WhukFAvMr/nNX8RAp6yAJ0RjeSFMrODs89hp5Dbae+WJAGWEwCffWnX A/qNymyFkjoLmqQXKNzLkBA= =szp4 -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
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. a! I love the smell of ozone. :) -- /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] Burning music CDs
On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:59 am, Rhein Christophe wrote: Hello, Since I use K3B I was never abble to burn a regular music cd that I can play in any regular music box or car player. The cds are playing on my computer but not even on a winBox. What shall I setup before burning? Thank you Christophe A lot of CD players will not play CD-R or CD/RE disks but are you burning then as .wav files? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail Problem
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 18:11, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:00 am, John Bowden wrote: 1, recently when I start kmail (when machine is first booted up) I get this message box KDEInit could not kontact-Kmail.sh. Kmail stil starts up and down loads any new mail and seems to work ok. I click ok and the error msbox goes away. There is generaly 5/6 konqueror and 1 gaim sessions starting up at the same time. Can't speak to this, but I would try to uninstall and reinstall kdepim-kontact. Will give it a try when I have a bit of time. 2, When I leave the Linux box alone for long periods running Kmail ( set to check for mail every 5 mins), and internet radio through amorok, Kmail seems to take for ever to complete a new mail check. I noticed this just berfore going to bed and so am shutting the pc down, so I dont know if it completes the new mail check. Perhaps you have chosen a stream that is eating all your bandwidth. What are your connection specs? Amarok has some pretty high quality streams by default, and a slow connection could become quickly bogged down. Could be I have a 3/4 mb cable connection, but also run some other servers 24/7. I was wandering about the band width usage must look closer. Perhaps time to up it a bit. wheres that wallet? -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Wizards
I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions wizards I can't seem to find them on my installation. Did I miss something while installing? Or are wizards a add on feature? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Burning music CDs
No there is no problem with the players because I use cds burned with windows Nero. I just used K3B and used make a cd copy. What is the proper setup to burn .wav files? Because when I use the automatic burning mode I can not use the music cd on a regular cd player Thank you Chrtistophe Le dimanche 09 janvier 2005 à 10:19 -0800, Aron Smith a écrit : On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:59 am, Rhein Christophe wrote: Hello, Since I use K3B I was never abble to burn a regular music cd that I can play in any regular music box or car player. The cds are playing on my computer but not even on a winBox. What shall I setup before burning? Thank you Christophe A lot of CD players will not play CD-R or CD/RE disks but are you burning then as .wav files? pièce jointe Document plein texte (message.footer) 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] Re: FireFox speedup
On Friday 07 January 2005 04:53 pm, Miark wrote: On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:44:12 -0600, David wrote: I've tried it for about a week now, and honestly, I can't tell any difference. Besides, my conscience forbids me to send 30 request to a server in order to get one page. There's enough clogging the net already. But that's just me... This 'scheme' was proposed elsewhere last week to almost universal condemnation. There are pieces in it that are worthwhile (like #3), but as Kaj mentioned, there's a lot that's unethical as well: http://www.livejournal.com/community/linux/1065384.html I read the whole page (without following each thread) and quite honestly, I didn't read any compelling arguments against it. If 10 people hit a page with 10 items on it, that's 100 items that have to be served. Whether those items are served in big bursts (as with pipelining) or little bursts (serving 10 items 10 times for 10 users without pipelining) the CPU and storage drives are going to work just as hard. The only difference will be the distribution of the used resources. IANASA (I am not a sysadmin), but I believe the problem is not SO much with the CPU and HD, as with the outward bound pipes and access points for the website. You're familiar with the Slashdot effect, yes? By setting up your computer to access the same site with 9x, 19x, 49x as many pipes, you're simulating the effect of 9x, 19x, 49x as many users accessing the site at the same moment. It's for a briefer period of time (theoretically, although my experience with broadband vs. dialup is that if you've got more bandwidth, you're more likely to visit more pages on any given site, and more sites), but you're crashing the processes that serve pages out to the public. So while *your* experience is improved, everyone else may be getting Server unavailable messages, and the webmaster of that site may end up blacklisting you for it (DDOS is subjective, after all), and then your experience of the site will be vastly diminished. Perhaps someone can do a better job of explaining the problem. But in the meantime, I've changed mine to 9. It's a huge difference in performance, and it's low enough not to be construed as a DOS attack. I dunno. A lot of it flew over my head, but here was the bit that decided for me that it (everything but the page refresh piece) was a bad idea: The problem is that the settings are using a lot of resource in general, it's an abuse of common courtesy by maximizing the amount of resource used by you at expense of others. A lot of the internet is dependant upon good behavior by the majority. A common example is the general TCP protocol, where you are supposed to practically stop transmitting if you detect congestion on the link. (detection is done by seeing a lost packet due to overburdened router.) Theoretically you can improve your performance by continuing to send at maximal speed and thus ignoring the congestion. As everyone else will back-off to let the routers work through the congestion and will try again from low speeds, if you do not follow the convention your speeds would be maximized. However, such behavior is considered impolite and all major implementations of TCP follow similar standard behavior. Miark Regards, 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] ViewSonic monitor A90f+
Andy Yankovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Three day old newbie. I am verifying my hardware is linux compatible before I install 10.1 official. All hardware checks out OK except my CRT. My CRT, ViewSonic A90f+ is a win-CRT. Does anyone know if a Linix user has already writen conversion software or drivers? How can I find out? Thank you. Yes, I just checked with Mandrake Control Center and your monitor is supported. I use the G90f, never had any problems. -- RickS Registered Linux user #338463 Mdk 10.1 OE - Linux 2.6.8.1-12mdk@ http://counter.li.org gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 22:38, JR wrote: I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a digital camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it would be as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else reccommended getting one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a pcmcia card reader for the laptop. Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there will be some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but the pcmcia option might be just as difficult in itself. Thanks, Jarlath I acquired a JENOPTIK JDC 3.1 digital camera yesterday. It has usb and tv out and takes sd. I just this min plugged it into my mdk 10.1 box via the usb and a DigitalCam Pro icon came up which allowed me to copy 1/2 dozen pictures over to my home Dir. Reading the camera's manual it claims to comply to the DCF protocol. This is what Harddrake see's Identification Vendor: Description: DigitalCam Pro Disk identifier: DigitalCam Pro Media class: hd (Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)) Bus identification Vendor ID: 1843 Device ID: 8720 Connection Bus: SCSI (USB) (1) Channel: 0 Logical unit number: 0 Device Old device file: /dev/sda New devfs device: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Partitions Primary partitions: 1 (sda1) Misc Device USB ID: 3 Geometry: 3/255/32 (CHS) Disk controller: 0 Module: usb-storage (usb-storage) Identification Vendor: Description: DigitalCam Pro Disk identifier: DigitalCam Pro Media class: hd (Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)) Bus identification Vendor ID: 1843 Device ID: 8720 Connection Bus: SCSI (USB) (1) Channel: 0 Logical unit number: 0 Device Old device file: /dev/sda New devfs device: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Partitions Primary partitions: 1 (sda1) Misc Device USB ID: 3 Geometry: 3/255/32 (CHS) Disk controller: 0 Module: usb-storage (usb-storage) -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Burning music CDs
On Sunday 09 January 2005 11:31 am, Rhein Christophe wrote: No there is no problem with the players because I use cds burned with windows Nero. I just used K3B and used make a cd copy. What is the proper setup to burn .wav files? Because when I use the automatic burning mode I can not use the music cd on a regular cd player Thank you Chrtistophe Le dimanche 09 janvier 2005 à 10:19 -0800, Aron Smith a écrit : On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:59 am, Rhein Christophe wrote: Hello, Since I use K3B I was never abble to burn a regular music cd that I can play in any regular music box or car player. The cds are playing on my computer but not even on a winBox. What shall I setup before burning? Thank you Christophe A lot of CD players will not play CD-R or CD/RE disks but are you burning then as .wav files? Assuming you are starting a new project each time go toFile select Newproject --audio CD project Then drag and drop the .wav files into the box below (at least that's how it works for me) Hope this helps pièce jointe Document plein texte (message.footer) 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] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- Perhaps not. Some time ago I cleaned the box out with air and when I powered up, I had the blue flash experience. After getting my internal organs back in their proper places, I took the cover off the power supply and had to laugh. A spider had taken up residence in the power supply and built a web which apparently had been quite productive, judging by empty carcasses. The blast of air, I assume moved the web enough to create a short. Truly a computer bug, well, perhaps a computer arachnid). I replaced the fuse in the power supply and am still running. Be sure you use a fast acting fuse. Cheers John Montgomery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wizards
On January 9, 2005 01:30 pm, Owen wrote: I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions wizards I can't seem to find them on my installation. Did I miss something while installing? Or are wizards a add on feature? Thanks, Owen urpmi drakwizard should get you what you are looking for. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 9 14:12:36 EST 2005 14:12:36 up 2 days, 18:16, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.18, 0.11 Text processing has made it possible to right-justify any idea, even one which cannot be justified on any other grounds. -- J. Finnegan, USC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 18:47, J or M Montgomery wrote: On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- Perhaps not. Some time ago I cleaned the box out with air and when I powered up, I had the blue flash experience. After getting my internal organs back in their proper places, I took the cover off the power supply and had to laugh. A spider had taken up residence in the power supply and built a web which apparently had been quite productive, judging by empty carcasses. The blast of air, I assume moved the web enough to create a short. Truly a computer bug, well, perhaps a computer arachnid). I replaced the fuse in the power supply and am still running. Be sure you use a fast acting fuse. Cheers John Montgomery Glad it worked out ok. I once found a mouse nest in an old ICL mini computer ! -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] ViewSonic monitor A90f+
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Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 22:38, JR wrote: I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a digital camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it would be as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else reccommended getting one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a pcmcia card reader for the laptop. Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there will be some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but the pcmcia option might be just as difficult in itself. Most popular name camers support mass storage (a few use proprietary formats, like Kodak's). As long as they write to a common format storage medium - CF/SD/SM or whatever - you have the option of going to a card reader later. xD cards come on Olympus and FujiFilm cameras, and there are fewer card readers that include that format, but there are some around. To see what some of us are using, read http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/CaMerasHW Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4YvkkFAvMr/nNX8RAmtGAJ9RJQid2Wlu5gF/4pkv9OC1W4YBXwCfedaE N98MEip8AsKJcahWWEEYOcM= =DbKE -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
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
Most popular name camers support mass storage (a few use proprietary formats, like Kodak's). As long as they write to a common format storage medium - CF/SD/SM or whatever - you have the option of going to a card reader later. I may have mis-used mass strage. What do you call a usb camera (or any device) that mounts as a directory (usu under /mnt) ? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 19:57, Eric Huff wrote: Most popular name camers support mass storage (a few use proprietary formats, like Kodak's). As long as they write to a common format storage medium - CF/SD/SM or whatever - you have the option of going to a card reader later. I may have mis-used mass strage. What do you call a usb camera (or any device) that mounts as a directory (usu under /mnt) ? I meant that he could mount as a mass-storage device at first and buy a card reader later if he wants to. My daughter's Kodak, however, can't be used as a mass storage device, but can be mounted with gphoto. (I haven't tried Digikam) Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4Y+qkFAvMr/nNX8RAp3PAJ9CMsV7GMXLkx2MIluM7hptLJkDbQCfbBgm Ux0yBAPi/3JoV5MUnvDqotE= =8XIt -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
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 15:56, mike wrote: Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200 .topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne Ok, see will try. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 19:57, Eric Huff wrote: Most popular name camers support mass storage (a few use proprietary formats, like Kodak's). As long as they write to a common format storage medium - CF/SD/SM or whatever - you have the option of going to a card reader later. I may have mis-used mass strage. What do you call a usb camera (or any device) that mounts as a directory (usu under /mnt) ? That's what I would think of as a mass storage device, Eric. Did you mean something else? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4Y6DkFAvMr/nNX8RAkYCAJ48BSofOkq442qEqS/lQw0PU+9vrQCeN1qJ 1kwFPEup9uyxq8azjPg55pQ= =l09Z -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
Re: [newbie] move on internet
On Sunday 09 January 2005 08:15 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: |odem. | | Are 2.6.x kernels different in this then the 2.4.x kernels? I have used | the same driver for 4 different kernels on my laptop. The RPM with the | drivers added a directory off the modules directory for the version of | the kernel it was packaged for, and all I have done if recreate the | directory for the newer kernels, and create a links for the files in the | directory. (hard link, so I can delete the origional directory when I | clean out the old kernel's modules.) If this is going to be a problem, | then I will have to think some more about upgrading it to 10.1. | | Mikkel Debian is different--there is no pre-packaged ltmodem*.deb file for the 2.6.7 kernel (mine). And, with the various flavors of the 2.4 kernel, I've always used the binary installs because I can never find a package for my particular kernel (at least, one that works!). So, that means re-compiling the driver every time I change. And now, it appears that even that is messed up. I haven't had any problems with the modem with Mandrake, or SuSe for that matter--but the SuSe 2.6 kernel really makes a tediously slow system, for some reason. The Debian 2.6 kernel is fast--faster that Mandrake. I'm sure of this, because the development machine I'm running it on is a K6-233 with 256 megs, and KDE isn't a problem. SuSe really sucked on that one--Mandrake wasn't very good with KDE either, but Xfce made it pleasant to use. Anyway, I have several real machines here--I just use that one to test stuff. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] XMMS scip problem
I'm having a problem with xmms skipping while playing streaming audio and browsing with mozilla. I also notice this happening when switching between folders in Kmail, I have Kmail running standalone not with Kontact. I've attempted to change the nice setting for xmms to -10 but can't seem to get it right. Any hints on how to do this correctly? I didn't seem to have this problem before my upgrade from 9.0 over the holidays. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 14:00:39 up 16:40, 1 user, load average: 0.65, 0.75, 0.67 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed. -- Thomas Wolfe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] move on internet
Forgive me, I got rambunctious with the delete key so I have no reference post. for kppp, you probably need to install it: urpmi kdenetwork or urpmi kdenetwork-kppp would be the commands. You can change the colors for the terminal screen from the settingsconfigure consoleschema menu at the top (this may vary just a bit, depending on which console you are using). Don't forget to Save Settings when you finish. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] starting fetchmail on boot
Chris wrote: I'm sure this is a very simple question, but I have to ask it. After a restart I have to enter the below command to get fetchmail to start polling my isp, where do I put this command to automate the process? [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris]$ fetchmail -m procmail One place would be /etc/rc.local. Unless you want it to run as root, use something like: su -l chris -c fetchmail -m procmail The quotes around the fetchmail command are needed. 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] Ideal camera connectivity
On Sunday 09 January 2005 02:38 pm, JR wrote: | I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a digital | camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). | | I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it would be | as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else reccommended getting | one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a pcmcia card reader for the | laptop. | | Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there will be | some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but the pcmcia option | might be just as difficult in itself. | | Thanks, | | Jarlath Any camera that uses the USB Mass Storage protocol is absolutely the way to go. Stay away (far-far away) from any other protocol. USB Mass Storage will be recognized as any other usb drive when you plug the camera into your Linux box, and probably you will get an icon popping up for it on the desktop. Cool, huh? I love my Olympus. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XMMS scip problem
On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:04 pm, Chris wrote: | I'm having a problem with xmms skipping while playing streaming audio and | browsing with mozilla. I also notice this happening when switching between | folders in Kmail, I have Kmail running standalone not with Kontact. I've | attempted to change the nice setting for xmms to -10 but can't seem to get | it right. Any hints on how to do this correctly? I didn't seem to have | this problem before my upgrade from 9.0 over the holidays. Same thing here. I think it may have to do with the priority of the sound server settings, but I've had mine cranked all the way to low and all the way to high and it still does it. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 20:32, Erylon Hines wrote: Any camera that uses the USB Mass Storage protocol is absolutely the way to go. Stay away (far-far away) from any other protocol. USB Mass Storage will be recognized as any other usb drive when you plug the camera into your Linux box, and probably you will get an icon popping up for it on the desktop. Cool, huh? I love my Olympus. I have to say that my FujiFilm is much more powerful than my old Olympus, but I still think I got better photos with the Olympus. I'd recommend them any day. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4ZVWkFAvMr/nNX8RAr2IAJ0fakPoraXRwoOiuDAGuRJQZG1VBACcDYfc Q7w0K7hAeE6fRfP8pkBr+4A= =IWGX -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
Re: [newbie] Burning music CDs
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:46:13 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming you are starting a new project each time go toFile select Newproject --audio CD project Then drag and drop the .wav files into the box below (at least that's how it works for me) Hope this helps But if he is doing just a CD-copy, without encoding for example mp3-files with XMMS to wav, then he just needs to use the CD copy format...I haven't actually tried doing this with K3B for myself, however I have burnt music-CD's for my neighbour and for my mother with K3B without any problems (And with XCD-Roast as well) /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Burning music CDs
On Sunday 09 January 2005 10:59 am, Rhein Christophe wrote: | Hello, | Since I use K3B I was never abble to burn a regular music cd that I can | play in any regular music box or car player. | The cds are playing on my computer but not even on a winBox. | What shall I setup before burning? | Thank you | Christophe Don't know about k3b, but I use Grip for copying music CD's. You will need notlame (notlame-3.x) . I use the version from the plf site. There may be a new one, but my notlame-3.93.1-2plf.i586.rpm works just fine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
Most popular name camers support mass storage (a few use proprietary formats, like Kodak's). As long as they write to a common format storage medium - CF/SD/SM or whatever - you have the option of going to a card reader later. What do you call a usb camera (or any device) that mounts as a directory (usu under /mnt) ? That's what I would think of as a mass storage device, Eric. Did you mean something else? Nope, that is what i meant. Just making sure i didn't have it wrong. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
I meant that he could mount as a mass-storage device at first and buy a card reader later if he wants to. My daughter's Kodak, however, can't be used as a mass storage device, but can be mounted with gphoto. (I haven't tried Digikam) If you do try digikam, and you don't see files you downloaded, go up a directory. They may have fixed it, but when i tried it awhile back, it had that bug. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
Any camera that uses the USB Mass Storage protocol is absolutely the way to go. Stay away (far-far away) from any other protocol. USB Mass Storage will be recognized as any other usb drive when you plug the camera into your Linux box, and probably you will get an icon popping up for it on the desktop. But i case you end up with one like mine, i have some easy scripts that, now that i have used them for awhile, i actually prefer. I don't use any photo album software: i just organize them myself. Then i use gqview (or maybe xnview) to view them. The other feature i never used was deleting individual pics from the camera, so keep that in mind. It works out very well (for me). eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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] XMMS Skipping while browsing with Mozilla
I'm having a problem with xmms skipping while playing streaming audio and browsing with mozilla. I also notice this happening when switching between folders in Kmail, I have Kmail running standalone not with Kontact. I've attempted to change the nice setting for xmms to -10 but can't seem to get it right. Any hints on how to do this correctly? I didn't seem to have this problem before my upgrade from 9.0 over the holidays. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 16:18:09 up 7 min, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.43, 0.31 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk The so-called desktop metaphor of today's workstations is instead an airplane-seat metaphor. Anyone who has shuffled a lap full of papers while seated between two portly passengers will recognize the difference -- one can see only a very few things at once. - Fred Brooks, Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Watching DVDs with Caffeine and Totem not working
Hello, I have a other problem with MDK 10.1. I can not watch DVDs with Totem and Caffeine. I have installed libdvdcss2 but with no success. Is there something to modify in the configuration? Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
On Sunday 09 January 2005 04:45 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Any camera that uses the USB Mass Storage protocol is absolutely the way to go. Stay away (far-far away) from any other protocol. USB Mass Storage will be recognized as any other usb drive when you plug the camera into your Linux box, and probably you will get an icon popping up for it on the desktop. But i case you end up with one like mine, i have some easy scripts that, now that i have used them for awhile, i actually prefer. I don't use any photo album software: i just organize them myself. Then i use gqview (or maybe xnview) to view them. The other feature i never used was deleting individual pics from the camera, so keep that in mind. It works out very well (for me). eric Thanks folks. I cant find a pcmcia reader that does both cf and sd so I think I'll go for mass storage. Thanks for all the advice. Much better than the sales assistant! Jarlath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Watching DVDs with Caffeine and Totem not working
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 23:27, Rhein Christophe wrote: Hello, I have a other problem with MDK 10.1. I can not watch DVDs with Totem and Caffeine. I have installed libdvdcss2 but with no success. Is there something to modify in the configuration? Thank you Christophe I've just finished burning a DVD and went to try it out with kaffeine or totem - - neither would play it, but xine played it perfectly. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4bJckFAvMr/nNX8RAietAJ99BWHgX7Kh5BqOL4wwrCdNExONTgCePsYy H/Se3gdKmENdlbLeS1Lm7uE= =hB4n -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
Re: [newbie] Ideal camera connectivity
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 21:42, Eric Huff wrote: I meant that he could mount as a mass-storage device at first and buy a card reader later if he wants to. My daughter's Kodak, however, can't be used as a mass storage device, but can be mounted with gphoto. (I haven't tried Digikam) If you do try digikam, and you don't see files you downloaded, go up a directory. They may have fixed it, but when i tried it awhile back, it had that bug. Thanks, I'll remember that Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4bJ4kFAvMr/nNX8RAo8+AJ98XNBfUrgbxnuYm55PimPvW6SKhACeJUFj pNSlUZY3xVfWP3A733Wz0/U= =IG/6 -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
Re: [newbie] starting fetchmail on boot
Chris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm sure this is a very simple question, but I have to ask it. After a restart I have to enter the below command to get fetchmail to start polling my isp, where do I put this command to automate the process? [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris]$ fetchmail -m procmail I added mine to my .bash_profile so it only gets read when I login. # set fetchmail fetching fetchmail -d 600 This will fetchmail in daemon mode and check every 10 minutes. HTH some -- RickS Registered Linux user #338463 Mdk 10.1 OE - Linux 2.6.8.1-12mdk@ http://counter.li.org gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Your reply
Andy Yankovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I appologize if contacting you directly is not allowed by list rules. Should this have been sent to the list? No its ok, but it could help someone else, another newbie, never know. Always good to ask 8) So I sent it to the list and cc'd you. Where did you find ViewSonic A90f+ is a compatible monitor for MandrakeLinus? I opened the Mandrake Control Center, found the monitor settings and checked under vendors to see if it is in the list. Which it was. I did look on the Mandrake site Hardware list and got no results. You could try google first. search here: www.Google.com/linux/ Sometimes putting your hardware type in the search will give some other peoples experience, whether good or bad. But have a look here also, The Mandrake Community Wiki http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome Lots of good stuff from people on these mailing lists. Thanks for your help Andy Your welcome HTH -- RickS Registered Linux user #338463 Mdk 10.1 OE - Linux 2.6.8.1-12mdk@ http://counter.li.org gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Can't send in Evolution
Hi all- every time I try to send an email in Evolution I get an error: RCPT TO: email address: mailbox is unavailable. I've tried to send to mailboxes I know are available, including mine. I can reboot into WinXP and send through my Earthlink mailserver just fine. I've removed my connection, and created a new one--to no avail. I can receive mail fine, just can't send. MDK 10.0 KDE Evolution AMD Athlon xp 2800 cpu ASUS A7V880 board --onboard Enet controller 512 MB RAM Cable modem Anything I left out? I'm a real newbie; all help appreciated. Cam in Seattle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wizards
Thanks Dan, That did it. It also solved my connection problem. Owen At 11:13 AM 1/9/2005, you wrote: On January 9, 2005 01:30 pm, Owen wrote: I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions wizards I can't seem to find them on my installation. Did I miss something while installing? Or are wizards a add on feature? Thanks, Owen urpmi drakwizard should get you what you are looking for. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 9 14:12:36 EST 2005 14:12:36 up 2 days, 18:16, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.18, 0.11 Text processing has made it possible to right-justify any idea, even one which cannot be justified on any other grounds. -- J. Finnegan, USC. 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] winmodems
Hello everyone! I´m new to linux and I have installed Mdk 10.1 last week. And I have a winmodem and I can't make it work on my new system, I have searched all the web for information but I just got so confused, my modem's chipset is Conexant Hsfi cx 11252-11; I have tried many drivers but they dont work. I really need to connect to internet, please keep me away from Winbugs XP :) Any suggestions? Thanks everyone :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] winmodems
- Original Message - From: Ana Paula Samodossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] winmodems Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:41:40 -0600 Hello everyone! I´m new to linux and I have installed Mdk 10.1 last week. And I have a winmodem and I can't make it work on my new system, I have searched all the web for information but I just got so confused, my modem's chipset is Conexant Hsfi cx 11252-11; I have tried many drivers but they dont work. I really need to connect to internet, please keep me away from Winbugs XP :) Any suggestions? Thanks everyone :) ** Hi Ana...welcome to Linux! You should check here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ If you have a conexant hsf chipset winmodem there's a good chance that the Linuxant driver will work for you. I have a conexant hsf in my laptop, and previous to getting broadband I had been using the Linuxant driver, and getting very good results indeed. You can download a trial version for free to give it a try, but the full version isn't free unfortunately. It is quality software, and I feel worth the price. The driver installs easily, and works well. I believe it works better than the native MS drivers. That's only in my humble opinion.as always ymmv. Best regards to you Ana. :-) --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] winmodems
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] winmodems Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:02:52 -0300 - Original Message - From: Ana Paula Samodossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] winmodems Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:41:40 -0600 Hello everyone! I´m new to linux and I have installed Mdk 10.1 last week. And I have a winmodem and I can't make it work on my new system, I have searched all the web for information but I just got so confused, my modem's chipset is Conexant Hsfi cx 11252-11; I have tried many drivers but they dont work. I really need to connect to internet, please keep me away from Winbugs XP :) Any suggestions? Thanks everyone :) ** Hi Ana...welcome to Linux! You should check here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ If you have a conexant hsf chipset winmodem there's a good chance that the Linuxant driver will work for you. I have a conexant hsf in my laptop, and previous to getting broadband I had been using the Linuxant driver, and getting very good results indeed. You can download a trial version for free to give it a try, but the full version isn't free unfortunately. It is quality software, and I feel worth the price. The driver installs easily, and works well. I believe it works better than the native MS drivers. That's only in my humble opinion.as always ymmv. Best regards to you Ana. :-) If you are unable to get your winmodem to work, there are hardware modems available, some reasonably priced. They are OS independent, and will work. Regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] winmodems
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:09:10 -0300, Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are unable to get your winmodem to work, there are hardware modems available, some reasonably priced. They are OS independent, and will work. I think is the best choice, Im getting bored of winbugs and its winmodem :@ but Im so newbie and I dont know how to recognize a good hardware modem to make it work on MDK. How can I recognize one? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wizards
On January 9, 2005 07:03 pm, Owen wrote: Thanks Dan, That did it. It also solved my connection problem. You are welcome, glad I could help. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 9 21:14:50 EST 2005 21:14:50 up 3 days, 1:18, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.06, 0.01 No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving it. -- Hal Chadwick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: winmodems
Ok, thank you all guys for helping me! I´ll try to install a linuxant driver, I hope it work!! Anyway I´m interested in buying a new hdw modem. Thanks a lot!! :) -- Saludos from Mexico. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XMMS scip problem
On Sunday 09 January 2005 03:36 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:04 pm, Chris wrote: | I'm having a problem with xmms skipping while playing streaming audio and | browsing with mozilla. I also notice this happening when switching | between folders in Kmail, I have Kmail running standalone not with | Kontact. I've attempted to change the nice setting for xmms to -10 but | can't seem to get it right. Any hints on how to do this correctly? I | didn't seem to have this problem before my upgrade from 9.0 over the | holidays. Same thing here. I think it may have to do with the priority of the sound server settings, but I've had mine cranked all the way to low and all the way to high and it still does it. Good thinking, if you are outputting xmms to arts, try making sure it is set for real time priority, or try outputting xmms directly to alsa with real time priority. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Bandwidth limiting
I'd like a simple commandline or GUI app to limit outgoing bandwidth from my FTP server. Any suggestions? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Bandwidth limiting
On Sunday 09 January 2005 08:57 pm, Miark wrote: I'd like a simple commandline or GUI app to limit outgoing bandwidth from my FTP server. Any suggestions? Miark Hi Miark. I assume from your posts on the expert list that you're running ProFTPd. With that being the case, you're going to need to use the 'TransferRate' directive: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_TransferRate.html That directive should do all you need it to and then some... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.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] Bandwidth limiting
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:39:03 -0600, Randall wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 08:57 pm, Miark wrote: I'd like a simple commandline or GUI app to limit outgoing bandwidth from my FTP server. Any suggestions? Miark Hi Miark. I assume from your posts on the expert list that you're running ProFTPd. With that being the case, you're going to need to use the 'TransferRate' directive: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_TransferRate.html That directive should do all you need it to and then some... Excellent! That should take care of my immediate need. I am still open to other limiters, though, as I think I'll need to do it on other services later. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure (2)
Rodolfo Medina wrote: I understand that giving as root a command like urpmi.addmedia thac http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ./hdlist.cz , an urpmi repository will be set up in my system, and after that the urpmf command will hopefully be able to find, e.g., that the gconf-2.0.pc subpackage belongs to the libGConf2_4-devel superpackage. Is that right? Now, instead of using this 'urpmi.addmedia' command, is maybe there a web site with a search field where I can type 'gconf-2.0.pc' and get 'libGConf2_4-devel' as search result? I couldn't do such a search neither at http://urpmi-addmedia.org nor at www.eslrahc.com , and not even simply using google. Thanks, Rodolfo Then there are old codgers like me who simply open up www.vivisimo.com and enter libGConf2_4-devel into that search field. You usually find these things on the like of www.rpmfind.net or www.rpm.pbone.net that also have their own search tools. I just did a search on www.rpm.pbone.net for gconf-2.0.pc and the very first item of three pages was in fact libGConf2_4-devel Enjoy -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
