[newbie] OT websites
Hi I have a server here at home that I mess around with running a none too interesting family site :-) I have a second site that i would like to get up and running. I was wondering if its possible to run two totally separate websites from one server on the same IP. Cheers -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Range Rover just keeps getting newer and newer... every day I'm replacing something else that broke! 09:00:08 up 21 days, 12:39, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.16, 0.07 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 02:33, h k ball wrote: Yankl, Anne ... ... tried XFdrake, not there ... tried whereis X, find X, no XF's ... Did you do this as root? If you didn't it would report 'not found', as it is invisible to a user. To become root simply type su then give the root password. Try XFdrake again, and when you have finished, whether successful or not, type exit to get back to being a normal user. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFGvKkFAvMr/nNX8RAuuDAJsFVSEVtLLAxnKKmzquPxESnZza3QCgjk5L XhSt7+ze0tx0teFPBONXduU= =pExS -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] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In MandrakeControlCentreNetworlManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. How is your interface connected? 2/ If you select the 'Options' Tab on the same page, try unselecting 'Network Hotplugging' Network Hotplugging will automatically enable/disable interfaces when the plug is inserted/removed. Some devices get confused when hotplugging is enabled and contantly toggle up/down. 3/ A few devices fail to auto detect half/full duplex. To determine if you might have this problem open a terminal window, enter 'su' to become root user and enter 'ifconfig eth0' what do you see? What happens if you type 'service network restart' ? One other question. Are you certain it is not working? I ask this because on some boxes there has been that failure notice on boot, but if the network has been set up properly it can actually be used. This appears to be a timing problem, in that the module had not loaded at the time that boot checks it. For those boxes the failure notice can be ignored. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFG1ukFAvMr/nNX8RAhekAJwISZrs8kmjt3vNWZcMs5Hgf6S28wCbBalx JgjOJv/fuhJ8z8FY+XZfX/w= =cwJR -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] OT websites
On Thursday 17 February 2005 04:01 am, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi I have a server here at home that I mess around with running a none too interesting family site :-) I have a second site that i would like to get up and running. I was wondering if its possible to run two totally separate websites from one server on the same IP. Cheers sure is, just use webmin to set up a name based virtual host. I do the same thing. -- 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] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote: Kaj ... ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded (1) ... need to connect to the net in CLI mod (how???) (2) ... download the Nvidia Vanta video card (how ? ... put in what directory so Xconfigurator can find it ) (3) ... rerun Xconfigurator (4) ... maybe then stuff will work, although ... (5) ... XFdrake doesn't exist (6) ... nothing containing auth exists HK ... looked at your web page, photos ... lovely daughter ... article on healthcare, suits, accountants, etc made me laugh, we're not far behind you in our deterioration ... Thanks, h k Where do you live ? I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as root) : ifconfig eth0. That is if you use ethernet as your interface ? - Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies, just : mcc, then give root password. Go to Network Internet and make your choices. (2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode (frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things sorted out. (3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake. (4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root. Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks, h k Where do you live ? I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as root) : ifconfig eth0. That is if you use ethernet as your interface ? - Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies, just : mcc, then give root password. Go to Network Internet and make your choices. (2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode (frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things sorted out. (3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake. (4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root. Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ? Kaj, he hasn't managed to boot into X at all - that's where this all started. My theory was that there was a problem with graphics drivers and/or monitor and that he should run the drakes from the cli to get them set up right, but he hasn't managed to do that, either. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFH+QkFAvMr/nNX8RAgOGAJoCGWv3mKuBLFbGF6wL9G4hND6y2wCdGeWx Hb2A6KG+Dloo8944miaRrWE= =E5Bx -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] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In MandrakeControlCentreNetworlManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. It is set up for DHCP, but the network it's on has a hardware router with a DCHP server. How is your interface connected? Not quite sure what you mean here, but I have tried unplugging and then plugging the network cable severel times - it's cat5. 2/ If you select the 'Options' Tab on the same page, try unselecting 'Network Hotplugging' Network Hotplugging will automatically enable/disable interfaces when the plug is inserted/removed. Some devices get confused when hotplugging is enabled and contantly toggle up/down. When I checked, hotplugging was already unselected. 3/ A few devices fail to auto detect half/full duplex. To determine if you might have this problem open a terminal window, enter 'su' to become root user and enter 'ifconfig eth0' what do you see? What happens if you type 'service network restart' ? eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:BD:B4:15:FD BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:22 Base address:0x2400 Shutting down loopback interface: ./ifdown: line 73: kill: (5102) - No such process [65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m] Setting network parameters: [65G[[1;32m OK [0;39m] Bringing up loopback interface: [65G[[1;32m OK [0;39m] Bringing up interface eth0: [65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m] Bringing up interface eth1: [65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m] Yes, there are two network cards installed. Both use the same chipset, and nether works. For the moment, the network is plugged into eth1. One other question. Are you certain it is not working? I ask this because on some boxes there has been that failure notice on boot, but if the network has been set up properly it can actually be used. This appears to be a timing problem, in that the module had not loaded at the time that boot checks it. For those boxes the failure notice can be ignored. Yes, I'm sure it's not working. I've tried using Samba to access some of the Windows shared drives on the network to no avail. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Default Browser.
Hey Folks. I'm having an interesting (read that as strange) event happening. Using KDE's Component Chooser (KDE 3.3.2) I selected Mozilla Firefox as my default browser. For the most part, everything is fine. But when I click on a hyperlink in an email (using Mozilla-Thunderbird which is also set as the default email client in Component Chooser), Konqueror launches, then passes the request over to Firefox. The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or links embedded in applications), Konqueror doesn't even appear. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction on this. TIA, -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Maintenance, what if any?
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:17:44 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you fail to do your maintenance there will be no noticeable effect until one day you cannot boot because your disc is full. (Just like the poster last week) Well, if you're referrin' to my dilemma of last week, not quite just like, but the concept's the same, I suppose. In my case, my log files weren't huge through neglect or nonrotation, but rather were growing fast enough that one could actually see the size increasing quickly while watching HD usge via gkrellm ... error messages were filling them (the mail logs) up rapidly (apparently due to some IMAP setting that got turned on with a recent update), and turning off that daemon, manually rotating the logs to regain some space, and deleting some of the old dross left behind in the process fixed the problem and the logs remain tiny now. :-) But similar, yeah. :-) -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.2 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:36, Michael Hahn wrote: SNIP 1/ In MandrakeControlCentreNetworlManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. It is set up for DHCP, but the network it's on has a hardware router with a DCHP server. What happens if you type 'service network restart' ? eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:BD:B4:15:FD BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:22 Base address:0x2400 Yes, there are two network cards installed. Both use the same chipset, and nether works. For the moment, the network is plugged into eth1. SNIP The fact that ifconfig gives a display for eth1 tells us that the driver is loading and recognises the card. However the card is not getting an IP address from the DHCP server. I assume this interface works OK in Windows so we can assume the cabling is OK, and that the DHCP server does work. With some routers I have seen in the past the router has to be power cycled before the DHCP server will assign an IP address to a Linux computer which has recently been used with Windows. Can you confirm you still have the problem if the router is switched off and on? (No need to reboot your computer. This isn't Windows, 'service network restart' is all you need.) Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) If that works do not be surprised if you still cannot reach the internet. With static addressing it is also required to define a default gateway and DNS server addresses. The router is the 'default gateway', and your ISPs help page will list the IP address of their DNS servers. BTW: If your Mandrake firewall is enabled, it is best to disable it until you get the interfaces working. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
On Thursday 17 February 2005 14:36, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable After setting the static address did ifconfig show the new address? What address did you use? What is the routers IP address? Only the last 3 digits of the address should be different. Does ifconfig show the connection status as 'UP' ? If not does 'ifup eth1' make a difference? Do the little lights on the ethernet socket light up? (There is usually a light on each side of the socket, one indicates the cable is plugged in OK, and the other indicates the speed of the link. There will be corresponding lights on your router, either on the socket or its front panel.) Next edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 ( or ifcfg-eth0) and ensure it contains the lines MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes ONBOOT=yes (That file can only be edited by root user. To become root user hit Alt+F2 and enter 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. That will open up a copy of konqueror file manager as root user.) Finally take a look at the file /etc/sysconfig/network what is in it? It should contain the lines NETWORKING=yes GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (your routers IP address) GATEWAYDEV=eth1 (assuming eth1 is connected to the router) then 'service network restart' to apply the changes. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Preferred applications
how do i set the preferred applications, like the default web browser?. i'm using MDK10.1 and KDE 3.2.3 -- In a World without walls and fences who needs WINDOWS and GATES? - Jose Rafael Carrero Leon Linux User #355756 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable Double check to make sure shorewall firewall is off in MCC? I.E. everything box is checked. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software
On Thursday 17 February 2005 01:46 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Did you install OOo with MDK10... It has a reasonable WYSIWYG html editor - no need to worry about syntax. What's the name of it? H. Crissman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software
H. Crissman wrote: Did you install OOo with MDK10... It has a reasonable WYSIWYG html editor - no need to worry about syntax. What's the name of it? NVU, or it's predecessor OpenOffice composer. kind regards philippe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] keyboard problem
Hello Rosemary, It looks like your keyboard-language settings are not right configured. You can fix this by running MenuDrake-System-configuration-configure your computer in KDE. Enter your root password, and click: Hardware, than click Keyboard. Now you see a listing of counry's, select the country your keyboard is made in. (in my case it is US keyboard (international) I hope this will help you Regards, Joris Hooijberg On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:07:27 +1300, Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello listers, Sorry to have so many questions. I noticed that keys aren't producing the letters/symbols that I am used to. e.g. @ is not in it's usual place as indicated on the keyboard, seems to have swapped with . There are others also. I think I must have selected UK keyboard instead of US. Is there a way for me to remedy this? Thanks in advance Rosemary I have googled it but maybe my search terms are wrong because didn't get anything that helped. Will keep searching though. 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] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable Double check to make sure shorewall firewall is off in MCC? I.E. everything box is checked. Oh, and also a firewall on any windows machines seems to be a problem for each machine that has it. So temporarily turn them off? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got program not found ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed mcc then my root password, got type root pasword for maintenace ... one other thing, the other day I got locked up, had to bale out without logoff or exit ... since then, during boot-up, have gotten this (dev/hda5 is my root directory): dev/hda5 contains a file system with errors, check forced dev/hda5 unattached inode 108633 dev/hda5 unexpected inconsistancy, run fsck manually give root password for maintenance... ... maybe need to start over, re-install Mandrake ??? HK -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:27 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject:Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks, h k Where do you live ? I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as root) : ifconfig eth0. That is if you use ethernet as your interface ? - Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies, just : mcc, then give root password. Go to Network Internet and make your choices. (2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode (frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things sorted out. (3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake. (4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root. Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ? Kaj, he hasn't managed to boot into X at all - that's where this all started. My theory was that there was a problem with graphics drivers and/or monitor and that he should run the drakes from the cli to get them set up right, but he hasn't managed to do that, either. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFH+QkFAvMr/nNX8RAgOGAJoCGWv3mKuBLFbGF6wL9G4hND6y2wCdGeWx Hb2A6KG+Dloo8944miaRrWE= =E5Bx -END PGP SIGNATURE- File: message.txt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front ... (1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI (2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ? (3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried whereis XF, find XF ... nothing .. (lastly) .. I don't know what x server is, how do I tell if it's running ? HK -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:02 AM To: h k ball Cc: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject:Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode? On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote: Kaj ... ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded (1) ... need to connect to the net in CLI mod (how???) (2) ... download the Nvidia Vanta video card (how ? ... put in what directory so Xconfigurator can find it ) (3) ... rerun Xconfigurator (4) ... maybe then stuff will work, although ... (5) ... XFdrake doesn't exist (6) ... nothing containing auth exists HK ... looked at your web page, photos ... lovely daughter ... article on healthcare, suits, accountants, etc made me laugh, we're not far behind you in our deterioration ... Thanks, h k Where do you live ? I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as root) : ifconfig eth0. That is if you use ethernet as your interface ? - Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies, just : mcc, then give root password. Go to Network Internet and make your choices. (2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode (frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things sorted out. (3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake. (4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root. Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* File: message.txt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Desktop Background program
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:22 +, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 23:44, Travis Crook wrote: Hi all, Quick question: when I try and manage my desktop background I get the following error message. snip Have you tried renaming ~/.kde then logging in again? A new .kde folder will be created. You will have to re-do your preference settings, but it usually gets rid of problems like this. You can use the renamed folder to rescue your bookmarks, etc. I did try that. I still get the same error. It's almost as if the program is gone, but urpmi says that everything is installed. -- Travis Crook Visions Beyond www.VisionsBeyond.com (208) 478-7836 Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCExC/kFAvMr/nNX8RAunYAKCQlf2nywcaFklPc2g5XGqTQcPoIwCdEgvd DGkz3QFE2HE3iavSc9mmcoc= =It5A -END PGP SIGNATURE- Plain text document attachment (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] Web Page Design Software
BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Well my plans are moving ahead and I need to know if there is a user friendly web page design software package for linux that those of you have used and like. I'm using Mandrake 10.0. TIA B.J. Tracy I like Arachnophilia although if you are a complete novice regarding html, Mozilla Composer may suit you better. -- Graham Watkins It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable Double check to make sure shorewall firewall is off in MCC? I.E. everything box is checked. Oh, and also a firewall on any windows machines seems to be a problem for each machine that has it. So temporarily turn them off? You shouldn't need to turn off any firewalls. Before you get carried away here, lets do some basic troubleshooting. First, run lsmod | grep 8139 to see is one of the 8139 modules is loaded and working. With 2 NICs using this driver, you should have seen eth0 and eth1 in ifconfig. But with firewire also showing up as a NIC in some setups, the output of ifconfig does not mean the correct module is loading. The Network is unreachable message indicates that the network setup isn't correct. You should always be able to ping the router from any machine connected to it. (It is possible to turn it off on a full router, but the ones used as firewalls for DLS/cable usualy don't offer that.) Now, there are two drivers that work with the RTL8139 NIC, depending on the one you have. So if the driver isn't working, we can try the other one. They are 8139cp and 8139too. Both will work with DHCP, and that is the preferred way to set up the one connected to the router when it is configured to be a DHCP derver. The one that is not connected will need some special consideration later. Depending on how it will be used, or if it isn't used at all, we may want to configure it with a static IP, and make it not to be enabled. The other complication with 2 NICs is determining witch one is eth0, and eth1. You can wast a lot of time troubleshooting things when you are working with the one that is not connected to the router, when you thing you are working with the one that is. Another thing that wil help is to run ifconfig -a, as this will show the interfaces that are down, as well as the ones that are up. 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] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
h k ball wrote: Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got program not found ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed mcc then my root password, got type root pasword for maintenace ... one other thing, the other day I got locked up, had to bale out without logoff or exit ... since then, during boot-up, have gotten this (dev/hda5 is my root directory): dev/hda5 contains a file system with errors, check forced dev/hda5 unattached inode 108633 dev/hda5 unexpected inconsistancy, run fsck manually give root password for maintenance... ... maybe need to start over, re-install Mandrake ??? HK It is asking for the root password, so it can put you in the maintence mode. If you enter the correct password, and then run fsck -a /dev/hda5 to fix the problem. (I normaly don't advice using -a, but in this case, it is probably the best option.) Once you have that fixed, you can reboot, log in as root, and run XFdrake to configure X. 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] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
Mikkel, Anne, Kaj ... ... did as you said, Mikkel, then said y to all fix questions, rebooted cleanly just fine, right into my user ... then did su entered my root password, logged into root, typed XFdrake, got bash: XFdrake: command not found HK -Original Message- From: Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 17, 2005 1:48 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode? h k ball wrote: Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got program not found ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed mcc then my root password, got type root pasword for maintenace ... one other thing, the other day I got locked up, had to bale out without logoff or exit ... since then, during boot-up, have gotten this (dev/hda5 is my root directory): dev/hda5 contains a file system with errors, check forced dev/hda5 unattached inode 108633 dev/hda5 unexpected inconsistancy, run fsck manually give root password for maintenance... ... maybe need to start over, re-install Mandrake ??? HK It is asking for the root password, so it can put you in the maintence mode. If you enter the correct password, and then run fsck -a /dev/hda5 to fix the problem. (I normaly don't advice using -a, but in this case, it is probably the best option.) Once you have that fixed, you can reboot, log in as root, and run XFdrake to configure X. 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] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:41 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address. With a static address can you 'ping' the router? (ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the router. Ctl C will stop the pings) Ok, setup the static IP address, tried to ping the router, and got this message: connect: Network is unreachable Double check to make sure shorewall firewall is off in MCC? I.E. everything box is checked. Oh, and also a firewall on any windows machines seems to be a problem for each machine that has it. So temporarily turn them off? You shouldn't need to turn off any firewalls. Before you get carried away here, lets do some basic troubleshooting. First, run lsmod | grep 8139 to see is one of the 8139 modules is loaded and working. With 2 NICs using this driver, you should have seen eth0 and eth1 in ifconfig. But with firewire also showing up as a NIC in some setups, the output of ifconfig does not mean the correct module is loading. The Network is unreachable message indicates that the network setup isn't correct. You should always be able to ping the router from any machine connected to it. (It is possible to turn it off on a full router, but the ones used as firewalls for DLS/cable usualy don't offer that.) Now, there are two drivers that work with the RTL8139 NIC, depending on the one you have. So if the driver isn't working, we can try the other one. They are 8139cp and 8139too. Both will work with DHCP, and that is the preferred way to set up the one connected to the router when it is configured to be a DHCP derver. The one that is not connected will need some special consideration later. Depending on how it will be used, or if it isn't used at all, we may want to configure it with a static IP, and make it not to be enabled. The other complication with 2 NICs is determining witch one is eth0, and eth1. You can wast a lot of time troubleshooting things when you are working with the one that is not connected to the router, when you thing you are working with the one that is. Another thing that wil help is to run ifconfig -a, as this will show the interfaces that are down, as well as the ones that are up. Mikkel Your right, I was thinking of a problem connecting to the internet even though the nic is working. My bad. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MySQL
SOTL wrote:
Hi All
As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data base using
MySQL.
I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions that are
not answered in the book.
This computer is set up with all data located on a separate partition
called /home/trunk/Common_Data which allows both the Linux and MS OS to see
the data.. Yea I know strange location not using /mnt/Common_Data/{file name
or directory} but I like it that way. Anyway I would like to place my data
bases in the same location.
Currently when I create a db it is located in /var/lib/mysql/{file name} so I
preceded to copy one of the db I had made called testdb to my desired
location. Then I tried to access testdb or as the db people say connect to
testdb.
Anyway I tried the following
use /home/trunk/Common_Data/testdb
plus a few variations of this eachtime receiving the response that the db
which MC says exist does not exist.
Would some kind person please explain how one creates, connects, and uses a db
in any other directory except /var/lib/mysql/*.
Thanks
Frank
All of the following must be done as root.
Turn off your mysql server process:
*# service mysql stop
*Copy your databases to the new location:
*# cp -a /var/lib/mysql /home/trunk/Common_Data/
*Rename your current mysql directory to keep it safe until you know that
your changes are working properly:
*# mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_backup_20050217
*Create a symlink in /var/lib/ to the new location:
*# ln -s **/home/trunk/Common_Data/mysql /var/lib/mysql
*Restart the server:
*# service mysql start*
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Re: [newbie] MySQL
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
SOTL wrote:
Hi All
As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data
base using MySQL.
I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions
that are not answered in the book.
This computer is set up with all data located on a separate partition
called /home/trunk/Common_Data which allows both the Linux and MS OS
to see the data.. Yea I know strange location not using
/mnt/Common_Data/{file name or directory} but I like it that way.
Anyway I would like to place my data bases in the same location.
Currently when I create a db it is located in /var/lib/mysql/{file
name} so I preceded to copy one of the db I had made called testdb
to my desired location. Then I tried to access testdb or as the db
people say connect to testdb.
Anyway I tried the following
use /home/trunk/Common_Data/testdb
plus a few variations of this eachtime receiving the response that the
db which MC says exist does not exist.
Would some kind person please explain how one creates, connects, and
uses a db in any other directory except /var/lib/mysql/*.
Thanks
Frank
All of the following must be done as root.
Turn off your mysql server process:
*# service mysql stop
*Copy your databases to the new location:
*# cp -a /var/lib/mysql /home/trunk/Common_Data/
*Rename your current mysql directory to keep it safe until you know that
your changes are working properly:
*# mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_backup_20050217
*Create a symlink in /var/lib/ to the new location:
*# ln -s **/home/trunk/Common_Data/mysql /var/lib/mysql
*Restart the server:
*# service mysql start*
or,
stop mysql server,
edit /etc/my.cnf
change,
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
to
datadir=/home/trunk/Common_Data/
move the data to new location (including the system mysql database)
then restart mysql server
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Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies bascule On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 19:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: typed XFdrake, got bash: XFdrake: command not found -- And the child had a permanently runny nose and ought to be provided with a handkerchief or, failing that, a cork. (Lords and Ladies) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 21:36, bascule wrote: you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies That is su (root password) urpmi drakxtools-newt Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFRc2kFAvMr/nNX8RApdiAJ9QRh+r1icG2vsMrBBVdMCltYVV/wCfZWvW oze/PMlpOuEAJAeXbcCGqXk= =wJTu -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] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
On Thursday 17 February 2005 19:33, h k ball wrote: Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front ... (1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI (2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ? (3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried whereis XF, find XF ... nothing .. (lastly) .. I don't know what x server is, how do I tell if it's running ? ...h k maybe we should send some of our bean counters over, you know the bigger predator kills the smaller...OTOH I've read somewhere (Tom Clancy, perhaps ?) that within the American Police killing a lawyer isn't considered a crime at all... just an idea. The frame buffer question is a little hairy, depends on your graphics card, but take a look here : http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/BootPrompt-HOWTO-5.html In order to display a graphical interface Linux uses a X server. That's because Linux was designed as a networked system in the first place. You,ll definitely want one. Mandrake comes with a server from Xorg nowadays (earlier it was XFree86). It's on your CD's. At your command prompt (as root) try : urpmi xorg-x11 h k - Some recommendations : I think you'll need a few applications until you can get to the GUI. Just urpmi the following : slocate (a file database). After install, just (as root) run updatedb. Then, to find a file, type : locate filename. mc (Midnight Commander). A Norton-like file manager and editor. To display your system, type :mc. To edit a file, type :mcedit filename. When you have a GUI, you'll need the drakes. Those are graphical configuration tools. Their names are descriptive, like userdrake, menudrake, keyboarddrake etc.. You can install them by (as root) : urpmi --fuzzy drake and then select the ones you want. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] amaroK 1.2 final
On Mon February 14 2005 18:05, Greg Meyer wrote: Does it work correctly with a new user? If so, you might try removing or renaming the following files and directories, which will start over and lose all your stats, but might work. Start with removing ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc and then restart and see if that helps. It will restore all of the defaults. So far, that seems to have done the trick, Greg. Up to 52% of the collection built so far, and no crash. Thanks. Glenn -- 17:06:35 up 11:23, running Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Registered Linux user #324360 My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say. And then say it with the utmost levity. -- G.B. Shaw Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]10 Gmail Invites
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 February 2005 04:33, Amy wrote: Let me know if the original 10 offered are gone, I've got more than I can ever give out, and will be more than happy to share. ^_^ Why don´t you all get rid of these gmail invites at the site: http://isnoope.net/gmail but see this, as of today! [snip] Currently, we have 269,881 invites available to share. Thanks to the generosity of folks like you, we've distributed 313,948 invites since this page went up on Sep 13, 2004. [snip] AND: Now that you've gotten your very own Gmail account, please return the favor by sending invites back to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you get them. That´s the way I got my invite and got rid of all the ´spare´ ones!! HTH, Ricardo Castanho Brazil - -- == Linux user # 102240 = PGP: 748A9E35 = 100% M$ FREE == Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:55:00 -0200 22:55:00 up 11 days, 19:41, 4 users, load average: 2.08, 1.59, 1.43 A musical reviewer admitted he always praised the first show of a new theatrical season. Who am I to stone the first cast? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFT8JlyXj13SKnjURArLVAJ4nTyWYqZ6MX4FNSPQtC4RuzcOQ1wCZAQjj 5h4IuGZZpmslOu92UAAvO5o= =rKPF -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] amaroK 1.2 final
On February 13, 2005 12:29 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: For anyone that have been using my beta packages of amaroK, I have test packages up for 1.2 final. I have been testing all morning, and everything seems good, but before 1.2 final is officially announced by the amaroK team, they would like to see the packages tested more. Since I am the only Mandrake user on the amaroK project, I am appealing to the expert and newbie lists for a few brave souls who will test these packages. http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1 http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/amarok-1.2-3.101mdk.i586.rpm http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/libmusicbrainz4-2.1.1-3mdk.i586.rp m http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/libmusicbrainz4-devel-2.1.1-3mdk.i 586.rpm A few notes. - mysql is now a runtime option, so now there is only one package. Both mysql and sqlite users can use the same package. There is a configuration screen to select the database you wish to use. - when you first start this verson, it should drop your collection and rescan. This should not (and in fact did not here) screw up your stats. - There is a small update to libmusicbrainz, so grab those packages too, but libtunepimp and taglib did not change, so if you have been using my beta packages and have already installed them, you will only need libmuiscbrainz. Please let me know about any problems. Well Greg I have been using this since you released it and so far no problems to report, I'm not using any sql at all and it works like a charm. Tomorrow I'm going to load my whole list and let it play random all day if that works without any problem then i will be convinced that this is the killer linux juke box app. And thanks so much for the rpm's they have never given me any problem what so ever. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Feb 17 20:06:51 EST 2005 20:06:51 up 1 day, 4:44, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.15, 0.10 No people are all bad, just as none are all good. Tecumseh, (Shawnee) to his nephew Spemica Lawba 1790 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?
On Thursday 17 February 2005 13:33, h k ball wrote: Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front You may be a Redneck if your Linux system boot in CLI. What part of Atlanta. I may be can call you since I am in Marietta. E-mail me off line. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com --- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the network, but each time I boot up, the eth0 check comes up failed. After some searching, I found that I'm not the only one who has had problems with this particular nic chipset. The search finally lead me to this page: http://www.scyld.com/rtl8139.html, however, I'm not sure about using those drivers, as they specify that they are good up through the 2.4 kernel. Does anyone know how to get this nic to work? Try turning off hotplugging, it has given me trouble before, i think with that chipset. Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] About SpeedStream 5200 router
Hello all. I'm trying to set up an Internet server. I am connected through an ADSL, and the router is a Speed Stream 5200. The mandrake server is connected to such router, and this is connected to my phone line. However, I can't access my server's main web page (the server is Apache). Meanwhile I set up this, I'm using my actual dynamic IP address. So let's say that the IP address is 200.17.24.101. When I type this address into my web browser, it appears the web page... of the router! So my question is: does any body knows what can I do in order to redirect the access to my server? Thanks in advance, Fernando Gomez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux
From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the network, but each time I boot up, the eth0 check comes up failed. After some searching, I found that I'm not the only one who has had problems with this particular nic chipset. The search finally lead me to this page: http://www.scyld.com/rtl8139.html, however, I'm not sure about using those drivers, as they specify that they are good up through the 2.4 kernel. Does anyone know how to get this nic to work? Try turning off hotplugging, it has given me trouble before, i think with that chipset. Actually, I got it up and running. I reinstalled with noapic, and it came up just fine this time. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] NTP
Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp which: no ntp in (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/rosemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It doesn't appear to have installed. I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] NTP
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp which: no ntp in (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/rosemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It doesn't appear to have installed. I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them Thanks Rosemary Rosemary, This is because ntpd in in the /usr/sbin directory, and that is not on the path of a normal user. You would have to use /usr/sbin/ntpd -q instead. I am not sure, but I suspect you have to be root for it to actually change the system time. 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] NTP
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp which: no ntp in (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/r osemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It doesn't appear to have installed. I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them Thanks Rosemary Rosemary, This is because ntpd in in the /usr/sbin directory, and that is not on the path of a normal user. You would have to use /usr/sbin/ntpd -q instead. I am not sure, but I suspect you have to be root for it to actually change the system time. Mikkel Hmmm - it is in /etc and has ntp.conf there. Instructions say to add a line to that file but I can't find how to get into it - I am a newbie! Been looking at linux command pages but stuck. Solong as I don't boot to windows the time is fine anyway! Cheers Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] NTP
From: Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what
I
get in terminal.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q
bash: ntpd: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp
which: no ntp in
(/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/r
osemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$
It doesn't appear to have installed.
I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them
Thanks
Rosemary
Rosemary,
This is because ntpd in in the /usr/sbin directory, and that is not on
the path of a normal user. You would have to use /usr/sbin/ntpd -q
instead. I am not sure, but I suspect you have to be root for it to
actually change the system time.
Mikkel
Hmmm - it is in /etc and has ntp.conf there. Instructions say to add a
line
to that file but I can't find how to get into it - I am a newbie! Been
looking at linux command pages but stuck.
Solong as I don't boot to windows the time is fine anyway!
Rosemary, you must su to root, su -l then enter the root password.
Then you can edit /etc/ntp.conf. When you are done you must issue a
a restart to the ntp daemon, service ntp restart. Then you can ^D
out of the su session.
It is also best if you append noapic nolapic to the boot commands
so that the PIC is not in use. The APIC is supposed to make things
faster. So of course it makes it slower for ntp, or something. It gets
horrid jitter and time synchronization is poor without those commands.
{^_^}
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Re: [newbie] Maintenance, what if any?
Tim wrote: I noticed a few days ago somebody mentioned deleting log files tmp files, is this necessary? If so what else should i be doing? If i don't will it have an adverse affect on my system? The reason i ask is i,ve noticed Firefox Thunderbird are taking longer to load, only a few seconds longer but it's noticeable. I,ve spent an hour or so searching the official doc's on ML, It doesn't seem to imply its needed. Running 10.1 with all the updates. Hi Tim All operating systems require regular housekeeping. On Mandrake, you need to do less housekeeping than on some systems I have known, but the general principles are the same. Always check your /var/log directory for signs of problems. If your log files are getting too large, then you need to view them to see if there are any problems. A useful check is: (From the root prompt:) cd /var/log grep -y error * | less This will give you an idea very quickly if there are problems on the system. If there are no errors, then you can empty out individual log files in the following way: : logfilename (eg. : messages) : simply emptys a file, or, if you like, fills it with emptiness. Do this to all your log files every so often. You can also delete everything in your /tmp directory before you shutdown the system. Sometimes there is a lot of rubbish in there which lurks around taking up space. For example, if you use audacity to record music, you might end up with Gigabytes of rubbish in /tmp. I hope this gives you some ideas. cheers Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser.
On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or links embedded in applications), Konqueror doesn't even appear. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction on this. Check out this site: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/SetMailtoEvent Rob -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.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] Default Browser.
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or links embedded in applications), Konqueror doesn't even appear. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction on this. Check out this site: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/SetMailtoEvent Rob Rob; Thanks but that's not what I'm trying to solve. I've been using that particular fix for a while now. Your suggestion is designed to allow me to open my email client when I click on an email link in a webpage. What I'm trying to do is to open a web-link when it's included in an email. For instance, the link you provided above. When I click on it, Firefox should open and take me to the correct page. In fact, this DOES work, but in the process of opening Firefox, KDE launches Konqueror FIRST, (which shows the web-page link which I had previously clicked on), then it passes the link to Firefox, which also opens the link. The minor problem I'm having is that Konqueror stays open and I'm not so sure that it should be opening in the first place. That's what I'm trying to prevent, or as an alternative, I'd like to have Konqueror close itself after passing the hyperlink to Firefox. Hope that clears up the confusion and Thanks again for trying to help! -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Fwd: [Wylug-discuss] 'Firefox' Talk Notes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I thought this may be useful to firefox users Anne - -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [Wylug-discuss] 'Firefox' Talk Notes Date: Thursday 17 Feb 2005 23:13 From: Smylers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wylug Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, these are the promised notes from Monday's 'Firefox' tips and tricks talk. Sorry they're late -- the computer I do mail on suffered yesterday what I'm presuming is a power-supply failure. These are the 10 levels of 'Firefox' customization that I identified, with examples of each. Level 1: Using Built-in Features * Keywords for URL searching -- right-click on a textbox on a search form (such as a dictionary look-up) and choose 'Add a Keyword for This Search'. Pick a keyword (such as oed), then you can use that keyword in the URL bar to search directly on the site, for example entering just: oed cheese and having 'Firefox' turn that into something like: http://www.askoxford.com/results/?field-12668446=cheeseview=dev_dictbranch =13842570textsearchtype=exactsortorder=score%2Cname You can press Ctrl+L to get to the URL bar without having to use the mouse. The state of any other fields on the form, such as the only 'pages from the UK' radio button you get on Google UK is taken into account -- though if a form has multiple buttons it acts like you clicked the first one; to make keywords for other buttons (such as Google's I'm Feeling Lucky), see the Live HTTP Headers bit below. Here are some of the keywords I have: g Google guGoogle UK glGoogle I'm Feeling Lucky gul Google UK I'm Feeling Lucky giGoogle Images wiki Wikipedia map Streetmap postcode map2 Multimap postcode dqDirectory Inquiries oed Oxford English Dictionary dict Dictionary.com thThesaurus.com imdb IMDB film title gcGoogle Cache wmWayback Machine reg The Register cpan Perl module documentation rfc internet RFC Once you've set up keywords for searching you can save space by removing the search box that 'Firefox' comes with (right-click on the toolbar, choose 'Customise', then drag it from the toolbar to the window that's appeared with a palette of buttons). If you install the 'OpenBook' extension then you can configure it to make the URL textbox appear in the 'Add Bookmark' dialogue box which pops up when you choose 'Add a Keyword for This Bookmark'; that lets you see what's happening more easily. Level 2: Setting Preferences Go to 'Edit' | 'Preferences' on Linux, 'Tools' | 'Options' on Windows. * JavaScript restrictions -- on the 'Web Features' panel next to the 'JavaScript' checkbox choose the 'Advanced' button. You can then untick the first two options, and block sites from interfering with the size and position of your existing 'Firefox' windows. * Webpages from other apps in new tabs -- on the 'Advanced' panel in the 'Tabbed Browsing' bit set 'Open links from other applications in' 'a new tab in the most recent window', and avoid the situation that looking at a link in an e-mail clobbers whichever webpage you were previously perusing. Level 3: Setting Hidden Preferences. Go the special URL about:config to tweak prefs that don't have a gui. * No looping animations -- in the filter box type ani, and the preference image.animation_mode should spring into view. Double-click on its current value (probably normal) and change it to once. Animated gifs will not be allowed to repeat, so you won't have to put up with distracting movement on webpages, but each animation will run through once, so you do have a chance to see any animations that you want. Level 4: Extensions The main sites listing extensions are: http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/ http://www.extensionmirror.nl/ http://update.mozilla.org/ That third one is the most 'official', but often it lags behind the others by a few versions. Unfortunately newly installed extensions don't work till the browser has been restart at least once (but you can install a bunch of them then restart it and activate them all at once). * FlashBlock -- avoid webpages distracting you with continuously changing 'Flash' animations. Initially all 'Flash' content will be replaced by a grey box with an F in it, which you can click on to play the animation if it's one you actually want to see. * Session Saver -- re-open tabs when you re-start the browser. * Undo Close Tab -- right-click on the tab bar and choose 'Undo Close Tab' if you closed a tab that you now want back; do it multiple times for even older tabs. * Live HTTP Headers -- adds an option to the 'Tools' menu for watching HTTP as it goes past. Often is more useful when configured to exclude URLs of images and style-sheets. Comes in handy for spotting URLs on the way past for setting keywords for forms such as
Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software
Graham Watkins wrote: BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Well my plans are moving ahead and I need to know if there is a user friendly web page design software package for linux that those of you have used and like. I'm using Mandrake 10.0. TIA B.J. Tracy I like Arachnophilia although if you are a complete novice regarding html, Mozilla Composer may suit you better. If you installed openoffice then do: Alt+F2 Type ooffice ( without the quotes ) - select Run and once OOo is up and running go File New Html Document . 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
