Re: [newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers
On Feb 20, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Melissa Allen wrote: prerequisites for installation, I've discovered that I do not know what kernel source headers are. [...] Hugh Dixon wrote: The kernel source can be installed using urpmi. I think if you do a search for files named kernel-source they will appear in mcc [...] An easy way to install the kernel source is to run urpmi $(uname -r). urpmi install the package. uname -r produces the kernel name you are running. Using $(commane) runs command and feads the output to into the command line just as if you had typed it. Thanks to both Hugh and Mikkel for your help. I found the correct kernel source on the CDs and installed it via the control center. Then I tried urpmi $(uname -r) and received as output many files names containing the string kernel-2.6.8.1-12mdk. Does this output suggest that everything that was needed was successfully installed, or is it a list of choices of what is available yet to be installed? Also, once the package is indeed installed, how do I find/recognize the kernel source _headers_? Melissa -- If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it. -Tom Robbins, writer (1936- ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers
On Feb 21, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Hugh Dixon wrote: Melissa asked (paraphrased..) But where are the headers? 30 seconds, and I've already misfiled the original e-posting - D'Oh. The linux source is installed by default into a directory /usr/src/linux. Under this there is a tree, that I am not overly familiar with. The question becomes which headers (also known as 'include files') do you want? Have a look in /usr/src/linux and see if anything 'jumps out' as being appropriate. /usr/src/linux is a fairly standard path, so another application that requires the headers may 'know' to look there, in which case you should be OK, or may be happy being told the path is '/usr/src/linux'. - This I believe is how the nvidia drivers work, although I guess that's not much use to you :) Hugh Yes, with the kernel source installed, /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the kernel source tree. It usualy works. If it doesn't like that, then try /usr/src/linux/include or /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 - at least asm-i386 is what most people would be using... Again, thanks to both! I think I found what I am looking for under /usr/src. I'll give the installation a try tomorrow evening and report success or failure... Best wishes, Melissa Allen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers
On Feb 15, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Bryan Phinney wrote: Never hurts to learn something. Well mostly, anyway. g The only reason that I suggest external serial is that in a lot of cases, you have to install a lot of developer tools to get a winmodem working and even then, it is simply not as fast or good as an external serial. First of all, a belated thank you to Bryan and the others who have weighed in on my modem problem. I am beginning to see the wisdom of your advisement to buy an external serial modem. If the conversion of a winmodem to a linmodem was a pain for you, it may be nigh impossible for me.g Upon downloading the (free) driver for my particular SW modem and reading the prerequisites for installation, I've discovered that I do not know what kernel source headers are. My guess is that anybody who knows anything knows what these are and where to find them in the Mandrake 10.1 CDs, and that perhaps a person who is as ignorant as I has no business trying to do this installation. Nevertheless, if one of you out there could help me find the kernel source headers, I would be most grateful. Throw in the cost of the external serial models and you might want to get one despite getting the winmodem to work, which is what I did. ...and is probably what I will end up doing as well, but I would really like to try to make this modem work, just so I can say that I did it...g Thanks again, Melissa Allen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] modem problem (still!)
Dear All, I have been having a modem configuration problem (with Mandrake 10.1) similar to the one that Rosemary describes, except that I am still trying to configure the internal modem (56K PCI Data/Fax Modem) on my machine (Dell Dimension 3000-Celeron processor 320). I tried Brian Phinney's experiment with 'ln -s /dev/ttyS(n) /dev/modem' and have tried ports up to ttyS7 (the modem is on COM3 according to Windows, so I expected to be able to connect with ttyS2, but I tried all of these just to be sure). I have also visited the site that Anne Wilson recommends below. When I have tried various ports in KPPP and then used Query Modem, I am only able to receive query results for ttyS0, but the results show all of the fields (ATI - ATI7) empty. Finally, I have tried configuring the modem from the installation software. I received the following error message. An unexpected error has happened: Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /usr/bin/perl-install/network/modem.pm line 21. Does this suggest that I should try an external modem? Thanks in advance, Melissa Allen On Feb 14, 2005, at 5:40 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: I've never heard of an external modem being problematic, so I'm sure you/we will find the answer. Meanwhile, there is a thread http://dot.kde.org/1108262996/ in which there is the statement 'For those interested, an overview of KPPP including screenshots is available.' I suggest that you visit that thread and ask how to get that overview. It may be helpful to 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] modem problem (still!)
On Feb 14, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Bryan Phinney wrote: Melissa, my suggestion was strictly applicable to an external serial modem that connects to a hardware port on the computer. It won't work for an internal modem because that is not a real modem. A driver must be loaded to create the com port for an internal card modem. Thank you very much for this information! I had no idea... You should try to go to the http://linmodems.org/ site and try to get information about how to install the driver for your particular modem. Given your error, there is no way for me to try to figure out what is wrong. I would need to see the script you are running to see if there is a dependent package that is missing. I have located the download page for the driver for my particular Intel PCI modem and for Mandrake 10 and up. I'll guess that I need the version for the default configured Mandrake 10.0 system, but what is the SMP configured system? Or buy an external serial modem for $15 US, which is by far the less troublesome route. g Just because I might learn something, I'll try installing the driver first. If I can't make it work, I'll go for the external serial modem... Thanks very much for your help (and my apologies for misspelling your name beforeg), Melissa Allen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Reporting a bug.
Can someone please tell me how, in very simple steps, how to report a bug/issue. I had real problems trying to install mdk10.1 on a Tyan Trinity motherboard and AMD 500 Mhz K6 II CPU. The default kernel in mdk 10.0 and 10.1 and the 2.4 kernels will not load after the install. It gets to the Bios check text message after lilo boot screen then immediately reboots. (Details are on www.mandrakeexpert.com) I got round this problem by recompiling the kernel specifically for the K6 II processor and changing a couple of other things during makemenu config process. This custom buit kernel boots up fine. (Just takes forever to build it on this hardware ;-( ). I have also since found that for mandrake 10.0 and 10.1 the Tyan Trinity 1509S motherboard is listed as a 64 bit piece of hardware. There is as far as I can see no simple way to notify mandrake or these quite serious issues. Andy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Good news for Linux, bad news for Mandrake.
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:27, John Richard Smith wrote: Allen/Gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: On Thursday 25 March 2004 12:39, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:41, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: ...getting too close time for tea - wonder if I can grab some cornbread from the Woolies (along with the damn kernel sources for 9.2) MD9.2 on CD3 John Reckon I didn't look hard enough. Too much Guiness. stephen kuhn - owner _ Guiness, Oh God, Guaranteed to rot your gut. Only the Irish ! John Hey! I'm Irish! I don't drink beer or lager anyway. I like Cognac...That's about it for booze. Cognac, A bit sweet for my tast, but real booze Still this is getting a bit OT. John Cognac? Sweet? What did you drink? -- http://www.linux.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.irssi.org http://www.antionline.com http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Good news for Linux, bad news for Mandrake.
On Thursday 25 March 2004 14:24, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 06:18, Graham Watkins wrote: Allen/Gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: Hey! I'm Irish! I don't drink beer or lager anyway. I like Cognac...That's about it for booze. Nowt wrong with Bushmills 12 Yr Old. C'mon - I can think of a few better than Bushies. Like my own urine for example? ;) -- http://www.linux.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.irssi.org http://www.antionline.com http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Gateway BURN IN HELL!! RANT Kind of long
My Mom has a gateway from about 4 years ago. It came with Windows 98. I have gotten Linux to run on it fine, but to share your griefThere is NO FAN on the processor...Which is a celeron...Nice huh? After 20 minutes of being on you can feel the warmth from it...The power supply has a fan, that blows RIGHT ON THE FUCKING HEAT SINK FOR THE PROCESSOR...So putting a fan in would be a bitch, because the extra air coming on the fan would probably screw with the air flow...And either way, the fan blows out warm air! I have been saying gateway is shit for years. Hmm, did you keep the other HD they sent? That would be fun. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Gateway BURN IN HELL!! RANT Kind of long
On Saturday 20 March 2004 02:53 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 20 March 2004 19:28, Marc wrote: Ahh well enough of a rant for now. Marc, did you try any of the partitioning tools - Partition Magic, or the like? If it's a hidden partition causing the problem you could probably get rid of it that way. He shouldn't have to. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail clients
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:05:19 +1300 anton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi I suspect the general split will probably be between Sylpheed, Kmail, Moz Mail and Evo. mozmail for me. kmail seemed (3.1.3) a bit clunky, never seen sylpheed and evo is gnome. Cheers Anton I know Sylpheed comes with Libranet. If you ever install that, give it a shot. Or download it, I'm sure it's on the web. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft in trouble with EU
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:53:13 + Inhabitant of Zion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Heard a report on the radio that Microsoft are in trouble with the EU who are thinking of taking it to court it over its anti-competition practises or something. Regards -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: vicarofwibley Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 07:51:11 up 1 day, 22:21, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 =O Microsoft?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Anti competitive!?!?!?!?!??!!? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mail clients
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:51:29 +0200 Aaron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your tecnical question. Do you mean you log in to X as root? That is a no no and unneeded. To set up email do it as yourself. To do tasks as root use su or sudo. However if there is some strange reason you have that forces you to enter X as root then copy the .evolution or .mozilla directory to your home directory, making sure to change permissions using su or sudo. Aaron Actually, mutt is not an X client, and I run in in the CLI, but either way, it seems to depend on how good of a mood Tux is in lol. On the Mutt site it says this is a thing with permissions, but it does it sometimes, and sometimes not, it's odd. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] test
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:52:18 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 08:38, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:20:45 +1100 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN. Well, okay, if you want. Didn't want to embarass you unnecessarily ;-) I've been married twice, have immigrated to a strange country, been busted time and time again back home and chucked in the hoosegow countless times - ain't nothing can embarrass me, mate. stephen kuhn - owner What about your spelling and gram? ;) I'm sure somewhere, everyone has a picture that can spank them. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] howdy! solving problems this list,.....
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:28:35 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 00:17, Asa Rossoff wrote: Hi there, everyone! I've asked a couple questions on the list but haven't had any replies. I've also asked those questions some other places - like LinuxQuestions.org, with the same result. I know that this list and those forums have a lot of traffic, and I know that sometimes no one knows what to suggest, or doesn't have the time to help someone with a problem .. My question today is a little different: What's the best way to get help with a problem? On this list are there times of day that are best to post? Where's the best place to ask for help? I know enough to give detailed information, and I work hard to solve problems on my own, and I search the net for solutions before posting. Thanks. I look forward to also helping others solve linux problems once I know more myself. Asa Rossoff (In sweltering northern California, USA) Well...for one: Try mailing in plain text! That way you'll not be dropped in the with the daily spam. Good luck, HarM -- *** *-Please do NOT reply to this message in HTML-format, * as it will be deleted as spam- *** You can tell I could use some sleep. I thought your last name was Bathroom. ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] howdy! solving problems this list,.....
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:42:12 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 13:32, Allen/Gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: You can tell I could use some sleep. I thought your last name was Bathroom. ;) I'm in a worse conditionjust having my first coffee and trying to eat something. You don't want to know how I read your name when I'm in that state;-D Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org I'v had a lot of fun with names. On New Years Eve me and my cousin pranked about 100 people. I'd call up people with last names like Bigalls and ask for Mr BigBallsI made an Old Lady laugh. lol. I'v made so many GOOD prank calls, I should record some. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Linux vs Windos WAS : [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
On Saturday 06 March 2004 01:32 pm, David E. Fox wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:11:27 -0500 Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now if only HP would sell desktops and laptops running HP-UX :) I can get Linux and install it, hell this is an HP Why? :) Another problem these hardware makers have is using integrated hardwareFor Goodness sakes I absolutly That's why I put together systems from the ground up. My current box (3 yrs old), athlon 1ghz Asus motherboard, 256 megs ram, sb live, matrox millenium II video, etc. All in a nice blue case w/3 fans (not including the m/b cpu fans). Solid as a rock. The rest of the things, hd and such, just migrated from my even older system, which was a p/100 ca 1996. We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com I'v never built a system myself as my hardware skills are fairly on guru. Heh. With hardware I'm fairly new. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] vectorlinux?
On Wednesday 03 March 2004 01:40 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 03 March 2004 11:31 pm, rhein wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a light version of linux to run on a old MMX200 with 64 MB of ram. Is vectorlinux a good choice for a beginner? Thank you Christophe Absolutely, but on those specs a Slaclware9.1 would run acceptably (maybe even faster) too. Without the heavy weight Windowmanagers like KDE and Gnome even Mandracke9.1 will run OK providing there's not too many unnecessary services running. Good luck, HarM Slackware is a better choice. DebianAny version of Linux can run fine on the hardware you said, but yes, Slackware would be much better. Or Free BSD. If you can install Slackware, you can install Free BSD, they look the same and act almost exactly a like. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] vectorlinux?
On Thursday 04 March 2004 11:40 pm, Mike Fehse wrote: If you are an adventures type, you may want to consider Gentoo *Cringes* I really don't like most of there user base. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fwd: [spam] Symantec Mail Security detected that yousent a message containing a suspicious attachment.
On Friday 27 February 2004 01:39 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Friday 27 February 2004 12:02 pm, Allen/gore/ SlackWareWolf wrote: Actually, it is entirely possible for you to be infected running Linux. The virii won't harm your machine much itself, but the virii CAN send itself out when you send email. Which viruses are you referring to? If any of the recent Windows worms, then this statement is, in fact, incorrect. To my knowledge, a windows worm can not send itself out from a Linux machine. Even the MyDoom must execute on the target machine to begin to propagate out. If you are referring to the sparse numbers of Linux viruses, I don't know of any that are currently in the wild. Only way to tell for sure is to send it to a Windows machine and scan it. Remember, Linux may not have a problem with virii as most can not run, but it has had a couple worms. Actually, a much better way to detect a Linux virus would be to run a Linux anti-virus scanner. There are such applications, they may not get a lot of publicity since they aren't used much, but I currently run one on my system and there are more than a few available. When I first got into security I read a website that was teaching Linux security. This was BEFORE mydoom so call the dogs of justice off me. It said their were a few virii that even though they could not infect the machine, they could be sent to people who did not run Linux or UNIX. Like they would sort of stay resident on the machine, but unless you had a virii scan you would not knowAnd yes I'm quite sure of the fact that Linux virii scanners exist.The first time I had Linux and the internetA whole year ago...I already had installed anti vrii for my box. And of course myDoom wouldn't infect Linux, it was an anti-Sco virii ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Get Your License Now!
On Saturday 28 February 2004 08:03 am, JoeHill wrote: Finally, SCO has made it easy for us Linux users to be all nice and legal, since we are of course using their intellectual property, which they've shown...in... Well, never mind that, get your license here: http://www.thescogroup.com/scosource/linuxlicense.html Of course, be *very careful* not to enter any *wrong info*, like made up names and accounts, and don't do it multiple times, because if everybody did that... ;-) We talked about this in my Linux + class the other day. Me being a smart ass hit the table and said Darn! That's what I forgot to do today! It made my whole class laugh so I guess it was good the way I said it. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fwd: [spam] Symantec Mail Security detected that yousent a message containing a suspicious attachment.
On Friday 27 February 2004 07:29 am, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:11:54 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Fwd: [spam] Symantec Mail Security detected that yousent a message containing a suspicious attachment. Anders Lind wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:24:58 +0800 Anguo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Using Kmail, and of course GNU/Linux exclusively, I don't know how my email could have been infected. Actually, it is entirely possible for you to be infected running Linux. The virii won't harm your machine much itself, but the virii CAN send itself out when you send email. Only way to tell for sure is to send it to a Windows machine and scan it. Remember, Linux may not have a problem with virii as most can not run, but it has had a couple worms. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Linux vs Windos WAS : [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
If I remember right Gateway, Dell, IBM and I think HP will be selling new systems with Red Hat pre-install. That is one reason I tried Red Hat before Mandrake. Now if only HP would sell desktops and laptops running HP-UX :) I can get Linux and install it, hell this is an HP Pavilion running Slackware, but getting HP-UX is a bit harder ;) Another problem these hardware makers have is using integrated hardwareFor Goodness sakes I absolutly CRINGE when I see an integrated video card. When I buy a computer, dont want integrated shit in it! I want an Nvidia Video card, A Sound Blaster Live or better sound card, I want lots of RAM, a big HD, and some decent cooling for the system. Not that much to ask right? -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Quiet Tonight
- Original Message - From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Quiet Tonight On February 26, 2004 06:03 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: El jue, 26-02-2004 a las 06:41, Lanman escribió: On February 25, 2004 10:44 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: El jue, 26-02-2004 a las 00:40, Greg Meyer escribió: It's kind of quiet tonight. Everyone must be over at Groklaw watching Eben Moglen's speech at Harvard. Finally, the list has answered all remaining questions and no one has a single problem anymore. Mommy! Can I have a glass of water? ( And the world of reality subtly seeps back in ! ) You just HAD to ruin it.. Um, Yeah! Had to remind the list that there are other important things besides this list. Sorry to bring the peace to an end, but ,... Grin! -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Running Mandrake 10.0 RC1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com It was a nice calming quiet ;) Like we had helped so many people that they were quiet with amazement. I know I don't help half as many people here as some ofyou do, but I try to go for questions that I'm sure I can help on rather than answer something wrong trying to look smart and whacking someones box because I want to seem smart lol. Oh, my sig isn't here because I had to take Linux off my Mom's computer so She could do taxes with Windows softwareNOTE TO GNU PEOPLE, PLEASE WRITE A TAXCUTE FOR LINUX!!! ;) So I'm typing this from Windows 2000 ProfessionalWhich is still better than the Windows 98 that was on here ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
On Thursday 26 February 2004 04:28 pm, Lanman wrote: On February 26, 2004 03:56 pm, Allen/SlackWareWolf/GORE wrote: - Original Message - You sure that's coffee? I'v miss fired while playing slappy solitare before too ;) Yes Allen! I'm sure it was coffee! Do I even want to know what Slappy Solitaire is? If you have a sence of humor and aren't a prude, sure. I call it splatball sometimes. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
- Original Message - My bad! I meant to say 16MB buffer! I gotta learn to keep my coffe cup away from the keyboard! Damn thing's all sticky! Grin! -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Running Mandrake 10.0 RC1 You sure that's coffee? I'v miss fired while playing slappy solitare before too ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
- Original Message - From: Robert Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ray Hogaboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 6:47:52 PM, you wrote: Example My P3 450 mhz with 120 megs ram running XP Pro would run circles around my wife's Laptop P4 2.3 Gz with 512 megs ram Running XP Home. Hi Ray, My understanding of the Intel processor architecture strategy to push more speed out of there pentium line is to Superpipeline the core to ever increasing degrees (34 stages!! for the latest P4 Prescott architecture) to enable them to reduce the clock cycle. So a P3 running clock for clock is always faster than the P4M because the P4M has a deeper pipeline (cache misses hurt more). It is crazy that a clean architecture like that used in the PowerPC ISA isn't the dominant CPU type on the planet. Just like how Linux plays second fiddle to MS (because of 3rd party support problems). The P4M doesn't have the SSE extensions implemented in hardware. I compile my Linux kernels with the P3 switch for my Laptop (the closest match just now I understand). Also laptops use slow 5400RPM harddisks... When I switch between my P4M laptop and my P4HT Desktop with 15K RPM Ultra SCSI 320 drives it really hurts :-) -- Best regards, Robertmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux could be dominant if people used it first. Think about it, when you're in school, you use Windows, when you're at work, Windows, unless you work for people who are into technology, or go to school for *NIX, then you use Windows. People are used to using it so they never switch. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
IF Windows 95/98 will run on a 486, I'm quite sure you could use a GUI in Linux on a 486, even if it's pure X without a Window manager. Might not look like much, but still, I think you could. Also, TWM might run just fine too. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
No one would trust a techie in a suit. Sir Robin Damn right. Any techie who has time to learn a fasion sence obviously didn't learn enough about what they do. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Test
On Saturday 21 February 2004 06:54 pm, Bill Shirley wrote: Just testing that I can post to the list. Bill Shirley Roger that. Couldn't help it. I whipped some ass in Magic : The Gathering today :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Photo of the year ?
On Friday 20 February 2004 08:08 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 20 February 2004 21:07, Dan Gordon wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:28:27 + Kaj Haulrich wrote: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200402201316 26966 Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** ROFLMAO Thanks for the laff :-) Regards, Dan Gordon Actually Dan, there are more pictures of SCO property at : http://pbandc.dyndns.org/sco/ Enjoy ! Kaj Haulrich. For the person who Didn't get itDude, it was a dead end sign pointed right at sco. You run UNIXWARE don't you? -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings
On Thursday 19 February 2004 02:58 pm, Mike Begin wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on a Virtual drive and messed up the screen settings (color / resolution). Can I change that back at the command prompt? On bootup? It is very hard to see the screen at the moment. Thanks, Mike Hold down ALT and CTRL and hit backspace. Then type init 3 Then xf86config Or just type mcc and use Mandrake Control Center. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings
On Thursday 19 February 2004 03:38 pm, Mike Begin wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings On Thursday 19 February 2004 02:58 pm, Mike Begin wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on a Virtual drive and messed up the screen settings (color / resolution). Can I change that back at the command prompt? On bootup? It is very hard to see the screen at the moment. Thanks, Mike Hold down ALT and CTRL and hit backspace. Then type init 3 Then xf86config Or just type mcc and use Mandrake Control Center. Hmmm, That's odd, try the init 3 command, that will close X completly and put you in text mode. init 3 All text. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 10:22 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 17 February 2004 01:49 am, Happy wrote: subscribe newbie subscribe expert Happy: This won't work. The correct way to subscribe is to send separate emails as follows: If he didn't subscribe right, how was he supposed to see that? ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 10:52 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] On Tuesday 17 February 2004 10:08 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 17:13, Happy wrote: Okie Dokie Bushmills all round ;-) I hardly drink at all. When I do it's usually Cognac. But instead of bushmills, can I have Vicodin instead? :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Erm...where can I find that? Heh, the pharmacy. - --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 01:49 am, Happy wrote: subscribe newbie subscribe expert ... *Bangs head* -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bios upgrades
On Sunday 15 February 2004 10:08 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 11:15 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I will want to be looking to construct afresh. Whats your thinking about 64 bit architecture. I read recently AMD have a chip that runs both 32 and 64bit though I don't know what mobos will suit. Will Mandrake keep up with this developement ? Will anyone be shipping OS's for 64 bit by this time next year? There's already 64bit OS's includin Mandrake. You'll need somebody else to comment tho. I'm not interested in 64bit at this time. I think until there's a preponderance of software ported to 64bit, you're better off with 32bit hardware. I just don't have enough time to do the searching for equipement and such like, tend to leave that to others, and take advice, I'm afraid you'll need to do some of your own research. As I said before, to settle on a board that fits your requirements. As Charles' reply to this thread points out, 3d/acell for KT600 chipsets is a Linux (kernel) problem. Doesn't affect me cause I avoid closed source proprietary drivers. Actually there's a whole lot'a hardware that's goin to be a problem for a while with 2.6.x kernels and closed source drivers and software. Do you really actually gain anything with 64 bit? 32 bit is fast, and 64 bit can claim to be faster, but you're still executing larger instructions. It may be doing it faster, but the instruction is still larger, so is their actually a noticeable speed increase? I doubt most people who are running off to buy these have any clue what the hell they are talking about lol. This being faster is just like using the analogy for a road. The speed limit may be 64, but how many lanes does it have? Remember, a road with a smaller speed limit but more lanes will out perform as long as the speed limit isn't a LOT lower ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] This is why I love this OS...
On Sunday 15 February 2004 12:05 pm, David E. Fox wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:40:17 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slackware in text mode makes a wonderful server on a 386 right up to 9.1! That's for sure. I haven't used a 386 in years, but I had early versions of SLS and Slackware running on an old 386sx. Only had 4 megs (initially) in that thing, and it ran circles around anything else. I had a partial uucp news feed, news/mail connectivity, and this was when DOS/Windows couldn't even download at higher than 9600 baud :). Mostly I just ran in text mode, but even then, wow. You got to use SLS ??? Lucky bastard!! SLS is what SuSE and Slackware came from. Not many people Realise SuSE and Slackware were the3rd and 4th Linux companys. MC and SLS Linux were the first to, and then came SuSE and Slackware. All of this was LONG before I owned a computer. I just got my first one 4 years ago. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] on distributions...
On Saturday 14 February 2004 08:29 am, lanman wrote: On February 14, 2004 08:27 am, Margot wrote: H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 13 February 2004 19:32, Charlie Mahan wrote: This pissing contest over mc vs emacs vs vi vs what the hell ever is never going to go away, nor does it seem that it will ever change the decision of the person in charge of deciding what is included in the disks. I use Vi and Emacs almost daily, I'v had no problem with either. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] This is why I love this OS...
Slackware in text mode makes a wonderful server on a 386 right up to 9.1! Slackware 9.1 runs on 486 and higher, but 9.0 and back will rn on a 386. If you needan install helper I wrote a complete tutorial on installing it step by step. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake and 'triple boot'?
On Friday 13 February 2004 10:17 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: How would I go about installing Mandrake such that I have a triple boot environment? When it boots up from the CD, you need to resize SuSE. If you have Reiser FS it may be hard, but don;t give up. You need the SuSE partition to be smaller, and use existing free space for Mandrake. Just make it smaller by a few gigs and have a ball. Also, in case you get REALLy stuck, google for partitioning. Once done, how should the bootloader be handled so that I can choose any of the three to boot into? As far as I know, Grub should be ok with this, but don't hold me to it. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] This is why I love this OS...
On Thursday 12 February 2004 07:58 pm, JoeHill wrote: CPU's maxed out recoding a DivX as SVCD, GCombust just burned Aliens to CD and it's playing without a blip or skip, I'm composing an e-mail, downloading more movies (see eth0), and it's all smooth as silk, and on a crappy ol' P3866 Intel810. Try this in XP... http://www.orderinchaos.org/burnin.png This is why when I sit down at a Windows box, I feel like I'm looking at a block of useless goo. Oh yea! lol. Well I'M downloading a patch for X, and then I'll be downloading the one for Mutt, not because I can't do both at the same time, but because I have respect for the people who run the Slackware FTP, and rather than slurp the bandwidth up so no one else can update, I do it one at a time, sometimes two at a time ;) I have Gaim going, which was patched too, and been on since, I have my email loaded and being read, I have web pages going, and sometimes I have music playing lightly while watching a movie while looking at websites, while looking up things for homework, and actually doing my homework, then when I run low on space in KDE, I switch to a VC and log in on all 6 of those too and have each one doing something. Like Vi open doing my homework, well at least the text part of it, and in another downloading something with Wget ;) Yea, it's hard to make Linux or any *NIX OS say please slow down. Also, if I have to much going where I'm out of room, I log in with SSH from my other boxes ;) Not bad for only having 384 MBs RAM :) And of course I have damn near a GB of Swap, and an Nvidia card, and I'm an elitist about that lol. I saw we make this the I'm proud Linux message. Raise your coffe cup, mountain dew bottle, or whatever the hell you're drinking up high, and say YAY TUX! Lol ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] This is why I love this OS...
On Thursday 12 February 2004 11:33 pm, anton wrote: Yay Tux! -=-=- ... Pardon me while I laugh. Lol. Yea it does seem weird. But then again I'm an elitist about this kind of stuff. I have about 54 OSs, all of which I know how to use, and I STILL use Linux. Damn near 10,000 dollars in software and I pick the free one lol. I have Solaris, which is nice, but I have no sparc station, and the X86 version seems to be slower. I also have Windows 1.0 - Server 2003. And I also have PC-DOS 6.3 on the original floppies they came on. Not bad for someone who has only had a computer for 4 years now huh ;) I have BeOS pro 5.0 too. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 01:02 pm, GV wrote: many thanks for your valuable help. On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:40, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: GV [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:54 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm Hi there, where can I find and download the 2.4.22 kernel source rpm? Thanks ** Oopson second reading of your request, perhaps you were looking for kernel src rpm? If so, the kernel src rpm 2.4.22-26mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm is here: ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/u pdates/9.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm Regards. :-) --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** I thought the new kernel with all security fixes was 2.4.24 ? That's what I'm using on here. It's Slackware Linux 9.1. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake
I have never understood why people think Mandrake is a desktop distro, and RedHat is a server distro. All the server apps you could possibly want are included, mostly with sensible defaults already set up in their configuration fiiles. Mandrake also gives you several choices. For example both Apache1.3 and Apache2.0 are included, as is Samba2 and Samba3. For mail servers Mandrake defaults to Postfix which is more secure than the Sendmail RedHat defaults to. (Sendmail is included too) _ I can't stand red hat. They as a business piss me off, and their distro isn't great either. As for using Mandrake as a server; That's fine. I used Mandrake as one of my MP3 servers. Not like illegal mp3 server, but where I used it around my house for back ups and to listen to music. I can't see why anyone would think any Linux distro other than Lindows would make a bad server, hell Windows gets away with being called a server OS. Free BSD makes a good server too. But I have also known people who have installed Free BSD, went to sleep, and woke up to a rooted box. I have a friend who installed Mandrake as a server and got rooted too. Point being, it doesn't matter what distro you use, it matters how you use it. I use SuSE, Mandrake, and Slackware the most. I like them. I don't dual boot at all anymore, but this is my Slackware box. I use other boxes for each. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 04:53 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: Wednesday 11 February 2004 2:13 pm, Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: whack I thought the new kernel with all security fixes was 2.4.24 ? That's what I'm using on here. It's Slackware Linux 9.1. The new kernel with all the security fixes may be 2.4.24 for Slackware, but the latest update kernel for Mandrake 9.2 is $/updates/9.2/RPMS/kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm For Mandrake 9.1 $/updates/9.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.27mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm The latest 2.4 series kernel for cooker right now is the one in my signature, 2.6 is at $/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-2.6.2.1 mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Shall we try to keep the confusion to a minimum? Thanks. Charlie Sorry, I didn't know they used a different numbering scheme. I thought they all used a similar kernel version. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?
Hmm, you should have this DROP packets. Denying allows them to see you're at least up. dropping keeps them guessing. I have this same router. You should set it up for dropping packets insted of denying. :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft: Research shows DRM won't work.
You know, Gates may have money, but his reputation is about as good as Osama Bin Laden's. Both crash more than they need to. I say we lock both in a cage and gas it. ;) Please do not take offence to my odd sence of humor. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?
Damn, sorry. Didn't see someone already told you to just drop them. Oh well, it's almost 6 AM and I'v had a whole 5 ours sleep in 3 days. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Humor - - Fwd: Re: IE Phishing flaw has been fixed with a good twist (Humor)
Does anyone else just get a kick out of how they fix one thing but break another with their patches? -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
You might also want to check out a site called linuxonlaptops.com or something like that. I'm not sure about the exact email address as I don't have a laptop sadly. But I would love to get one to load Linux on. I write tutorials for installing Linux to help out. I can't program so I cant write open code, so I do my part by making Linux easier for people who are new to it. I'v written install tutorials for Slackware 9.1, SuSE 8.1, and Libranet, which is a Debian based distro. I plan on doing Mandrake when I get my other box back, which is hopefully in the next few days. I also take requests :) Sorry I'm rambling on lol. It's almost 10 AM and I'm still awake. If you want to see any tutorials I'v done, or want to ask me for a request to write a Linux install tutorial, just mail me :) I won't do Gentoo as I don't like them. I know how the install goes, but I just don't like them. Also it would be hard to make a good easy to understand tutorial for a newbie when you have alot of choices for install. My tutorials usually go step by step, to make it easy. :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT test
On Monday 09 February 2004 03:44 pm, Dave Ashmore wrote: Please forgive me for the test. Thanks Dave Ashmore Ok, just this once ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] um... where's the source?
I'm new to mandrake, but not new to linux. I just decided to download the 9.2 iso's and try mandrake and I'm quite impressed so far. The only hitch I've run into is that I need to compile the lucent modem driver from source but I can't without the kernel header files. I've skimmed over the 9.2 cd's and it doesn't seem to be there. I've also been unable to find a link to a mandrake ftp site where I can download it from. Can anyone tell me where I can get it? -- Allen Seelye [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- consciousness n. That annoying period between naps. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] um... where's the source?
On Friday 06 February 2004 8:28 am, Allen Seelye wrote: I'm new to mandrake, but not new to linux. I just decided to download the 9.2 iso's and try mandrake and I'm quite impressed so far. The only hitch I've run into is that I need to compile the lucent modem driver from source but I can't without the kernel header files. I've skimmed over the 9.2 cd's and it doesn't seem to be there. I've also been unable to find a link to a mandrake ftp site where I can download it from. Can anyone tell me where I can get it? Nevermind, found it. -- Allen Seelye [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- consciousness n. That annoying period between naps. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fwd: Speakeasy.net Virus Notification
On Friday 06 February 2004 04:48 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 06 February 2004 10:33 am, JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 10:03:19 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: What Got me was it was from a CVS resoporty Prolly spoofed. probably so but it gave me a scare anyway Virii don't bother me as much anymore. The chance of a Windows virii actually running on my box with Slackware 9.1 running is not very high :) Ahhh *NIX, the ultimate anti virus software ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Beta2 and KDE3.2
On Friday 06 February 2004 01:08 am, Jerry Barton wrote: On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:53:56 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This thing SMOKES! Granted it's lacking a lot of the normal things, but WoW! Is it fast! I can hardly wait for this to go to final release! Microsoft - Take note! There's a new desktop in town, and you just became history! OK, I'm done. Lanman I have it dl/installed too. Love it! when this thing's final it'll rock. Well... as long as they fix the internet connection sharing, it seems to be borked. I'v heard nothing but good things about the new Mandrake. I started really learning Linux on a Mandrake box. It's good to see something so GUI based be so speedy. I think SuSe and Mandrake will soon rival Windows on the desktop. I don't count redhat because I can't stand them ;) Currently, I use Slackware, Mandrake, and SuSE. I have about 53 OSs I use but these I use the most. If anyone is interested, I did write a Slackware tutorial for installation. It goes step by step, all the way down to how many times to hit the arrow keys for the install. Idea being I can help make Linux easier to install and disprove that myth that it was hard :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Beta2 and KDE3.2
On Friday 06 February 2004 03:35 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 06 February 2004 06:08, Jerry Barton wrote: snip If you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. This does not apply to users of MacOS*, Unix, or Linux. Thank you. /snip Jerry, I like your signature. Can I use it too, please ? Kaj Haulrich. That was cute lol. But why MacOS? Just kidding. I know they are more powerfull than given credit for ;) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.2 Install Good Update Bad
Greetings, My partner and I have now installed the Download version of MDK 9.2 on two different boxes. (PII 450 ABIT BH6 Athlon 1800 ASUS A7V333) Both of the installs went very well as we have come to expect with Mandrake. We noticed significant speed improvements over 9.1 on both boxes. When using the Mandrake Control Center to update the installation, things went bad. I installed the security updates first and there seemed to be no problems. However when bug fixes were selected, certain packages caused some unexpected problems. Both machines ended up with many items removed from the Kicker menu after the updates. Konsole seemed to missing altogether. Other programs that had been previously installed could not be found anywhere. Some packages, including Konsole would report a bad signature when attempting to re-install via the Mandrake Control Center. But would then install fine using urpmi. Is it possible to download and install bug fixes using the urpmi command instead of the Mandrake Control Center? PA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel Sourcea Space
Acording to www.linmodems.com, in order to install my winmodem (HSP56MR by PCtel) I need to have my Kernel sources. I looked for them and I couln't find them. I tried to install them from my Mandrake 8.2 CD's using the mandrake software manager, but when I clicked on Imstall option, a message was displayed: Not enough space. I made a 2GB partition for Mandrake-Linux (1GB for / and other for /home). Is there any posibility on installing the kernel source in /home. Also I need help with the modem installation. I would be grateful if you help me with the command line. Thanks for your attention. Kevin A. _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gvim/vimx misbehaving (set guifont)
yes, it was being overridden by the system. I became root and struck that from the init script. seems like a poor system default if I can't set a font in .vimrc. thanks Moshe Kaminsky wrote: Hi, Did you go through all of the initialization scripts, to see if it's not overridden there? (To see what these scripts are do :help startup inside vim) Moshe * Stewart Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020408 21:46]: I've just upgraded from RH 7.2 to Mandrake 8.2 and gvim/vimx is now ignoring the set guifont directive in my .vimrc file. What's extremely odd about this is that after vim is launched, I can manually issue the command and it sets the font appropriately (yes, I've tried many many different fonts). Something else seems to be taking precedent, but I don't know where. thanks, stewart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gvim/vimx misbehaving (set guifont)
I've just upgraded from RH 7.2 to Mandrake 8.2 and gvim/vimx is now ignoring the set guifont directive in my .vimrc file. What's extremely odd about this is that after vim is launched, I can manually issue the command and it sets the font appropriately (yes, I've tried many many different fonts). Something else seems to be taking precedent, but I don't know where. thanks, stewart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VCD/Mpeg Application
I'm looking for a VCD playing app alternative to xine. I've been trying to get the xine-ui rpm from sourceforge but the d/l stops dead at 24kb. MTV looks nice but it's _nagware_. Xtheater won't compile on my machine. Anything left out there for me? I'm still using 8.0. TIA. allen. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] First system crash, no more CDROM drive
complete
Jan 21 10:01:31 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:31 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:01:32 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:01:32 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:01:36 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:42 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:01:42 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:01:52 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:03 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:13 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:13 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:16 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:16 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:18 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:28 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:28 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:38 lucifer kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jan 21 10:02:38 lucifer kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb),
sector 0
Jan 21 10:02:40 lucifer kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy
}
Jan 21 10:02:40 lucifer kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
Jan 21 10:02:44 lucifer kernel: hdb: ATAPI reset complete
Jan 21 10:02:51 lucifer gconfd (jal-749): 16 items remain in the cache
after cleaning already-synced items older than 300 seconds
Jan 21 10:03:59 lucifer su(pam_unix)[911]: session opened for user root
by jal(uid=502)
I've done all the usual stuff:
1. Checked all the cables.
2. Checked the soundcard.
3. Checked possible resource conflicts.
Result is the same for cdplay, xine, xmms, and all Window Managers (irq
timeout)
What do I do now? That CDROM has been very reliable up to that point.
Hardware:
Intel Celeron 500MHZ
128MB RAM
ASUS Motherboard
Maxtor Diamond Max 15GB (100% 2.4.3-Mdk8.0[ReiserFS])
ASUS 50x CDROM
Creative SB 16 PCI
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[newbie] Viewing Winhelp
Can anybody recommend a viewer that can handle WinHelp on Linux? I've been scouring online for hours and can't find one that work. I can't make third-party binaries like HLP2TXT or HLP2HTML run on Wine. Any help is appreciated. TIA -- Holy smokes Batman, Robin exclaimed, the Penguin's taken over Gotham! Allen ZERO Hernandez[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [OT] For Anuerin G Diaz
Pare I found PLUG! In case you haven't yet, send a subscription to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, I lost your address when I uninstalled Edsamail and that other OS. -- Holy smokes Batman, Robin exclaimed, the Penguin's taken over Gotham! Allen ZERO Hernandez[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Rune errors my machine
I got a Linux magazine that had a demo software CD on it. I tried running a game, Rune, and had problems. When I run the run_demo.x86 or the run_demo it locks up my system. It looks like it starts to launch the game but just hoses my computer. How do I troubleshoot this? What could be wrong? Is it myMandrake8.0 config or the game demo? Thanks -Allen
Re: [newbie] SSHD not running
I installed over the internet What do I do now? -Allen - Original Message - From: daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SSHD not running On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:14:27 -0500 Allen May [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I just re-installed Mandrake 8.1 and found that SSHD didn't get installed. When installing, what module do I need to include to have it install? If I want to add it.. do I download OPENSSH RPM? Thanks -Allen May Alan, install all the openssh packages from your install Cd's and you're good to go. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 11:05pm up 10 days, 14:54, 2 users, load average: 1.03, 0.90, 0.76 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bandwidth Management - MAC Layer
I didn't get an answer to my question when I posted to [expert], let me try [newbie]. Is this off topic?... I want to build a Bandwidth Management box for my friends ISP. He tells me he is providing Wireless access and currently controls security by hardcoding the MAC address of each client (he owns the Wireless client hardware). He needs MAC Layer control over his clients. I have not done this before so this will be a learning experience for me. Can you do MAC Layer Bandwidth Management? Thanks -Allen message.footer Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Real Problems with Real Player
Can anyone give me some tips on how to make Real Player work on kde? Anytime I start it it just sits there.with some portions blacked out. I tried starting it from a console...same thing. I haven't tested the plugin with konqueror either. It starts fine on Gnomewhat am I missing? I haven't used Real Player on Linux before, just now. TIA, and Merry Christmas to everyone! jal __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SMTP Authentication (as a user)
My ISP requires SMTP authentication ... which I can do fine on Outlook Is there a way I can send a UserName/Password combo using postfix when I send mail? Or can anyone recommend a mail client that has this feature? Currently, I have to log on to yahoo mail to send anything and I hate it. TIAI',m so full questions today...no work(hehehe) jal __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Re: SMTP Authentification (As A User)
kmail I'm using Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 [LM 8.0 (2.4.3)]. Where's this feature Ed, I can't find a user/pass textfield on any SMTP-ish tab? I get mail from pop.mail.yahoo...but I can only send through smtp.mail.myisp.com . I don't think 1.2 has it yet(??) , and the integration with KControl doesn't work(or at least I can't get it to work). I don't want to upgrade coz everything's already workin fine save for outgoing mail. Any other recommendations? Can't I do SMTP auth using Postfix? Thanks. jal __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Re: SMTP Authentification (As A User)
kmail I'm using Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 [LM 8.0 (2.4.3)]. Where's this feature Ed, I can't find a user/pass textfield on any SMTP-ish tab? I get mail from pop.mail.yahoo...but I can only send through smtp.mail.myisp.com . I don't think 1.2 has it yet(??) , and the integration with KControl doesn't work(or at least I can't get it to work). I don't want to upgrade coz everything's already workin fine save for outgoing mail. Any other recommendations? Can't I do SMTP auth using Postfix? Thanks. jal __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test
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Re: Re: [newbie] Modem setup help required
Does if have jumpers on board? It'll be alot easier to configure if you set it to a specific com port like COM3, and maybe IRQ4, if it won't conflict with your serial devices. I've had problems with plug and play so I disabled it. If you're running a dual-boot machine look at its COM, IRQ and PORT settings on windows so you can set it up with setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 4 port yabadayabada. on /etc/rc.d/rc.serial, then do ln -s /dev/ttyS3 /dev/modem or better yet use modemconf, it'll do it for you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quaylar wrote: At 10:48 27.11.2001 +, you wrote: Can someone guide me step by step in simple language please how I install a US Robotics 33.6 Sportster Modem on 8.0? Many thanks Gordon gordon, try out this excellent guide : http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cppp.html hth --qu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Thanks - a very good explanation! __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File Size Limit Exceeded? Samba install/configure
Well, I have installed Samba but there are a few problems. First, after installing Samba, which appeared to go fine, I could not run SWAT by entering localhost:901 into Konqourer. Localhost was not found. So I tried logging out and back in. Still no luck. Next, I started Terminal and su to root and edited the smb.config file. I closed the terminal for some reason, and when I came back to it I tried to again start a terminal session. When I su - root and entered my root password, I now get the error message File size limit exceeded and it won't let me become root. So I logged out of Linux, and logged back in as root. I opened a terminal, and proceeded to start Samba which looked like it worked. But when I entered smbclient -L localhost to see the available shares on my system ( instructions from http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#ss ) it said connection refused. A couple of nights ago, I installed Bastille. I thought maybe the firewall was misconfigured and causing a problem. Since I am behind a (comparatively wimpy) hardware firewall in the form of a NetGear RT314 router anyway, I decided to just uninstall Bastille. Went to software manager, uninstalled Bastille, and all seemed to go well. But it did not help the above problems. I can not su to root and get the file size limit exceeded error when I try, and Samba can not connect to the localhost. Got to get to bed now, but any suggestions for tomorrow night would be much appreciated :) Thanks, Ron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File/Printer Sharing with Windows
Hi Dave, Wow, thanks for the detailed help! I'm going to try getting it set up tonight. Sorry for the lateness of the thanks, BTW, I wasn't at home last night and didn't get my email. Ron *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 10/22/2001 at 8:39 AM Dave Sherman wrote: Ron, Samba can do everything you need. It can act as a full-blown Primary Domain Controller, if you want (emulating an NT server). snip *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File/Printer Sharing with Windows
I need to be able to have two-way file access with Windows machines on the same network as my Linux box. I also must be able to print from my Linux box to a printer connected to a Windows machine on the network. Someone suggested I look at Samba, but I'm having trouble finding how to install it. I'm pretty much a total newbie on Linux, so maybe some general help in this area would be helpful. What I have read about Samba so far seems to say that it is used for sharing files coming in and printers that are attached to the Linux machine, but I need two-way file sharing and the only printer is connected to a Windows machine and can not be moved. Will Samba do what I want or do I need to look elsewhere? Setup: two machines running Windows ME and one machine running Mandrake Linux 8.0 (the Power Pack boxed set if that matters), on a standard ethernet network connected through a NetGear RT314 router. The printer, a HP LaserJet 5p, is connected directly to one of the Windows machines and is shared for all machines on the network to use. All machines are also connected to the Internet through the router, which is connected to a 3Com 'tailfin' cable modem on a 768K/128K pipe. The Internet connection works fine under Linux, so I believe the network is setup and operating correctly on the Linux machine. Thanks for any help, Ron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Conexant on Compaq Presario 12XL509 with mandrake 8.1
Did you receive the .inf file I sent you? Did it work? Or are you a totally different person? ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was reading the installation guide for the olitec drivers with the wrapper for kernel 2.4 and it says that the kernel must be without SMP support or I will receive the NO DIALTONE errorConsidering that that's the error I get this might be the pointdoes anyone know if the normal kernel which comes with Mandrake 8.1(I think it's 2.4.8-26mdk) comes with a SMP support??? Thanks Regards MAurizio __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Re: Conexant on Compaq Presario 12XL509 withmandrake 8.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I won't be installing Linux on my Presario 12XL3 laptop anytime soon (same modem). At 07:29 PM 10/20/2001 +0100, G.M.Laudone wrote: Hi there..no unfortunately the inf file you sent me didn't work and after playing around for a while i decided that my system was too messy and so I decided to reinstall mandrake 8.1 from the beginning. why these dependencies problems..I think I will have to play around a little bit longer ...But thanx a lot for your help Regards Maurizio You're welcome and... You know what, I just bought a used Actiontec PCI the other day and I get just about the same performance, without the system crashes. The deal was done for me when I got the HSF modem working, really. I'm happier, nevertheless and looking for some Windows user in my neighborhood to sell this to. Giving this advice has been criticized on the list before, but it's true: real modems are better, and will always be even if drivers are written for software modems. The performance is reliable and rock-solid, and driver support will always exist. It's time to give up on that half-baked device and start getting some sleep friend. Just my 2 cents.. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Digital Camera Quickie
Just another quickie: Has anyone used a Pretec DC-520 Dual-Mode VGA Digital Camera either as a webcam or as a digital camera on Mandrake, or any Linux for that matter? Or even heard of it? HardDrake doesn't know what it is, it just tells me its a USB device, which is right. How do I go about getting USB Webcams to work on LNX, how do I mount it, or go about mounting it, as I've read on the list? Anybody, any help, any time. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CONEXANT on compaq presario 12XL509 with MAndrake 8.1
The olitec drivers never worked for me and I also got those no dialtone errors after using hsfcompat. There are several inf files on the web, you have to look for them yourself, though. I've heard or read of some people who copy their Windoze inf files, but I'm sure that won't work. Here's what I used, but I haven't compared it with the one from Olitec, I don't know if there's any difference. I use it with a 2.2.17 Kernel on Mdk 8.0, but it works on all the 2.4 kernels I've compiled and used. I tweaked around a lot before I got it to work right, and destroyed alot of data. Just a small piece of advicedon't use this modem unless you're on a ReiserFS file system. Rebooting on an Ext2fs after a crash..shiver..sucks. Use vi to read it, I can't get gEdit or kedit to view it right. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Allen thanks for your help...i tried to follow your suggestion, changing the coun= try and country code in the inf file but now it doesn't recognize the modem anymore...while before it did (but it was impossible to dial cos it went on saying No DIALTONE)...do u know if compaq released any driver or inf file about their modems??? do u have any other idea i could try and experim= ent Thank you again Regards MAurizio -- Messaggio Originale -- You have to change the .inf file for your country specifically. Read the hsfinstall.pl(?) file if your country's there, if it is, then you have to change the United States to your own country and also change the country code entry. I changed this before doing ./ins_all and it worked. If you're using a 2.4 kernel, you need hsfcompat-.tar.gz to patch it somew= hat( or have you done that already?). It's at http://www.mbsi.ca/hsfcompat. I have a CN 5614 PCI modem and the manufacturers made drivers avai- lable with their own .inf file on their website, I used these drivers with the hsfcompat to make mine work after changing the two lines on the .inf file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I recently bought a new laptop compaq presario 12XL509 and ...SUrpris= e.=3D ...a nice comapq win modem with the conexant chipset came with it.the vend= or ID is 14F1 and the device ID is 2013I have Linux Mandrake 8.1 (kernel 2.4.8..i think!!!)so I tried to use the olitec driver with the wrapper to make it work under kernel 2.4.it recognize the modem now...which is a big resultbut it gives me the NODIALTONE errorany idea about it..=3D .please...i need help Cheers Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it __ www.edsamail.com __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it __ www.edsamail.com lin_hsf.inf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Question on SiS 6326
I have an old sis6326(AGP) card and have a question to anyone using it or has used the card. Why is it that I can't go up to 24bpp on 800x600, or even 16bpp on 1024x768 in X ? It won't work with any window manager, even blackbox; or doesn't this matter at all. I read somewhere on the web that it allegedly supports all the 3D bells and whistles, and can do 24bpp on 1024x768. Can anyone help me regarding the jumpers on this baby? There are a pair of jumpers on the card and I can't find any info on how or what they're used for? TIA. Any help appreciated(as usual). No hostility here whatsoever ;-). __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem
Noits the 3CP5699A, it says made specially for the Windows operating system on the box. I need 3cmlnkw.exe in Win to get it to work. I tried the PCTel chipset driver, loaded the serial and ppp modules and got the modem responding in minicom, but I get an I/O error when I try to dial with it. I've done setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 9 io e800 .., but no response, also in kppp. It's definitely a software modem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whata PCTel chipset is on your 3Com modem? I've using several different winmodems based on the PCTel chipset on several linux boxes and haven't had any problem. What problems did you have with the driver? Joe On Saturday 18 August 2001 12:33 am, you wrote: I'm using both COM ports already and my board only has 1 ISA slot, and I have a SBAwe 64 on it. Ok, I'm willing to do the setserial and symlink combo thingies But PCI is the only thing I have left...really. I have a 3Com winmodem and I hate it. I've even tried the PCTel driver, in desperation...no luck. I haven't tried USB externals, how do those work in MDK? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, his name is mario and he lives just down the street from here... :-) As for the Modem, externals are really no config.. linux conf has a modem detect that creates a symlink that links /dev/ttysX to /dev/modem and thats most of your config done there.. As for the internals, I have had some success with non PNP isa cards, but you would very likely find an external easier to get sorted. On another note, I have just bought my first linux distro,, I have been using links for many many years, but always got it from somewhere, never paid for it before.. but I just lashed out and preordered/prepaid 165 odd bucks AU for Mdk8.1 powerpack,,, I am sorta excited... :-) hopefully I will soon make a flawless leap from mdk7.2 and 2.2kernels to 8.1 and 2.4 on all our servers... (thats why I didn't swap with mdk8, we worry about major new releases on first versions) woooh not as good as buying shares in mandrake I supose, but at least I am supporting the movement. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of etharp Sent: Friday, 21 September 2001 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem I don't think you are gonna find a cheap OR a pci modem that does not require any configuration. you might look at e-bay and find an old 28.8 external cheap, and an external requires LESS config than PCI. I want a pizza maker that spits out a pizza on nights that i am to tired to fix dinner, without me having to even open the box or tell it I am tired too, and I want it to have the correct popings when the pizza is done,,, know where I can get one of those? grin On Friday 17 August 2001 18:10, you wrote: Anybody know of a cheap PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel 2.2.? While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx? I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make a suitable choice. I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to load any modules. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: __ www.edsamail.com __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Mysterious Behavior (Was RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem)
I've tried everything on it already, tried different drivers out of desperationutter desperation. BTW, I borrowed a Hayes Accura Faxmodem from my brother and got it to work a couple of times. Now, when kudzu tries to probe COM2, my box reboots! I tried turning it on once I entered linuxconf and the system hangs once I start a ppp session. Everything freezes. NOW, I removed the modem and use COM2 for my mouse, kudzu can't find the mouse. I have Windoze on a slave drive and it also can't find the mouse now. It also reboots once it probes COM2 on startup. Other times it says: Windows Protection Error...restart your system. What the hell is that? Everything started when I used the Accura on a ppp session. COM2 is busted and COM1 is starting to go on a fritz! I just bought this ASUS last year! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might try opening a terminal window and running modemconf (you'll have to su first). Then tell it unknown and to detect and see what it says. My PCTel modem showed up on something like /dev/ttyS15. If you tell it to accept, I believe it creates a link with /dev/modem. Out of curiousity, what made you try the PCTel chipset driver since that chip set isn't on your modem? Joe On Saturday 22 September 2001 02:39 am, you wrote: Noits the 3CP5699A, it says made specially for the Windows operating system on the box. I need 3cmlnkw.exe in Win to get it to work. I tried the PCTel chipset driver, loaded the serial and ppp modules and got the modem responding in minicom, but I get an I/O error when I try to dial with it. I've done setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 9 io e800 .., but no response, also in kppp. It's definitely a software modem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whata PCTel chipset is on your 3Com modem? I've using several different winmodems based on the PCTel chipset on several linux boxes and haven't had any problem. What problems did you have with the driver? Joe On Saturday 18 August 2001 12:33 am, you wrote: I'm using both COM ports already and my board only has 1 ISA slot, and I have a SBAwe 64 on it. Ok, I'm willing to do the setserial and symlink combo thingies But PCI is the only thing I have left...really. I have a 3Com winmodem and I hate it. I've even tried the PCTel driver, in desperation...no luck. I haven't tried USB externals, how do those work in MDK? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, his name is mario and he lives just down the street from here... :-) As for the Modem, externals are really no config.. linux conf has a modem detect that creates a symlink that links /dev/ttysX to /dev/modem and thats most of your config done there.. As for the internals, I have had some success with non PNP isa cards, but you would very likely find an external easier to get sorted. On another note, I have just bought my first linux distro,, I have been using links for many many years, but always got it from somewhere, never paid for it before.. but I just lashed out and preordered/prepaid 165 odd bucks AU for Mdk8.1 powerpack,,, I am sorta excited... :-) hopefully I will soon make a flawless leap from mdk7.2 and 2.2kernels to 8.1 and 2.4 on all our servers... (thats why I didn't swap with mdk8, we worry about major new releases on first versions) woooh not as good as buying shares in mandrake I supose, but at least I am supporting the movement. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of etharp Sent: Friday, 21 September 2001 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem I don't think you are gonna find a cheap OR a pci modem that does not require any configuration. you might look at e-bay and find an old 28.8 external cheap, and an external requires LESS config than PCI. I want a pizza maker that spits out a pizza on nights that i am to tired to fix dinner, without me having to even open the box or tell it I am tired too, and I want it to have the correct popings when the pizza is done,,, know where I can get one of those? grin On Friday 17 August 2001 18:10, you wrote: Anybody know of a cheap PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel 2.2.? While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx? I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make a suitable choice. I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to load any modules. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: __ www.edsamail.com __ www.edsamail.com __
Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem
I'm using both COM ports already and my board only has 1 ISA slot, and I have a SBAwe 64 on it. Ok, I'm willing to do the setserial and symlink combo thingies But PCI is the only thing I have left...really. I have a 3Com winmodem and I hate it. I've even tried the PCTel driver, in desperation...no luck. I haven't tried USB externals, how do those work in MDK? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, his name is mario and he lives just down the street from here... :-) As for the Modem, externals are really no config.. linux conf has a modem detect that creates a symlink that links /dev/ttysX to /dev/modem and thats most of your config done there.. As for the internals, I have had some success with non PNP isa cards, but you would very likely find an external easier to get sorted. On another note, I have just bought my first linux distro,, I have been using links for many many years, but always got it from somewhere, never paid for it before.. but I just lashed out and preordered/prepaid 165 odd bucks AU for Mdk8.1 powerpack,,, I am sorta excited... :-) hopefully I will soon make a flawless leap from mdk7.2 and 2.2kernels to 8.1 and 2.4 on all our servers... (thats why I didn't swap with mdk8, we worry about major new releases on first versions) woooh not as good as buying shares in mandrake I supose, but at least I am supporting the movement. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of etharp Sent: Friday, 21 September 2001 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem I don't think you are gonna find a cheap OR a pci modem that does not require any configuration. you might look at e-bay and find an old 28.8 external cheap, and an external requires LESS config than PCI. I want a pizza maker that spits out a pizza on nights that i am to tired to fix dinner, without me having to even open the box or tell it I am tired too, and I want it to have the correct popings when the pizza is done,,, know where I can get one of those? grin On Friday 17 August 2001 18:10, you wrote: Anybody know of a cheap PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel 2.2.? While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx? I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make a suitable choice. I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to load any modules. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem [OT]
Hehehesorry just did CMOS clear, problems overclocking my Celeron. Thanks for the info Carroll. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allen: Either your system date is set wrong or we're in some kind of a time warp. Regards, Carroll __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem
Anybody know of a cheap PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel 2.2.? While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx? I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make a suitable choice. I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to load any modules. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] En-TUX-icating a 15GB FAT HD
I don't. Anyway, I'm contemplating on just buying a new hard drive to avoid this problem. I have business data on the drivetoo off the edge for a risk. Will upgrading to 128MB be necessary if I DO run these large drives, 10GB probably? This system has a 500MHz Celeron so.. Any good MOBO recommendations on the S370 class? One with good chip perf despite the lower bus. Sevatio wrote: Do you have Partition Magic? Original Message On 8/18/01, 6:36:31 PM, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding=20 Re: [newbie] En-TUX-icating a 15GB FAT HD: Allan, What you describe is possible, and perhaps can be done (carefully) with low risk, but, not with no risk. I think you need to evaluate how important your data is, including what it would cost (in money, time, whatever) if you lost it, and seriously consider obtaining some means of backup. If it was me, Murphy would be sure to get me just out of spite. ;-) Randy Kramer Allen Joseph M Hernandez wrote: Situation: I have a 15GB Maxtor HD and no form of backup media whatsoever. The 15GB runs Win9X and is divided into 5 partitions equally [3G each], all of them FAT32.[CDEFG] I have about 6GB of important data (Media Files, PDFs) and my son's MP3s. I don't have a burner or an extra hard drive and 6GB is about as small as everything can get. Question: Is it possible for me to: 1. move all of this data into D and E, use C for Win (without resizing C,D,E); and 2. convert F and G to swap,/,/usr,/home using the auto-allocate thingy and into ReiserFS, while 3. still accessing my data without any problems in both Mandrake and Win9X. Does keeping the size of CDE constant maintain the integrity of my files? Is changing my partition table for only the F and G part going to affect my data? [make it useless, or invisible to either OS] The machine has 64MB of RAM, so would I still need a sufficient swap file size, or shouldn't I bother with it since what I'm trying to do with partition tables is impossible? Any and all help is appreciated. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] En-TUX-icating a 15GB FAT HD
Situation: I have a 15GB Maxtor HD and no form of backup media whatsoever. The 15GB runs Win9X and is divided into 5 partitions equally [3G each], all of them FAT32.[CDEFG] I have about 6GB of important data (Media Files, PDFs) and my son's MP3s. I don't have a burner or an extra hard drive and 6GB is about as small as everything can get. Question: Is it possible for me to: 1. move all of this data into D and E, use C for Win (without resizing C,D,E); and 2. convert F and G to swap,/,/usr,/home using the auto-allocate thingy and into ReiserFS, while 3. still accessing my data without any problems in both Mandrake and Win9X. Does keeping the size of CDE constant maintain the integrity of my files? Is changing my partition table for only the F and G part going to affect my data? [make it useless, or invisible to either OS] The machine has 64MB of RAM, so would I still need a sufficient swap file size, or shouldn't I bother with it since what I'm trying to do with partition tables is impossible? Any and all help is appreciated. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] a newbie using LM7.2 and cygwin
Hey guys! I use LM 7.2 on a dual-boot machine with Win98. Fact is, I use some software in Win98 but spend most of my time using Linux, too much time in fact that I'm mixing up ls, cat, less, etc. with M$-DOS. I wanted to get bash into windows so I looked around the web for bash ports for Win32. I just wanted to ask if anyone has used djgpp or cygwin on Win32? I've tried both and found cygwin easier to use but have a hard time finding new packages to use with Xf86 and configuring twm. Where can I find other window managers and help configing them. And lynx keeps looking for cygncurse5.dull which I can't find on the net. Can anyone refer me to where I can find packages for cygwin? Does anyone know of a better UNIX port to win32 other than these two? Any help is welcome including no help at all. Thanks a bundle for reading this. __ www.edsamail.com
[newbie] USR internal modem
Hello to everyone! Total newbie hereI need some advice. I have an old Celeron 400 system I just rehabilitated and I want it to run Linux. Problem is I only have cds for 7.1 [kernel 2.2.14]. Installation went well except that it's having issues with the only modem I have left that's any good. I just wanted to ask for advice on how I can get this machine connected to the net using the 3com PCI modem. Do I need a kernel upgrade or anything like that? I've heard linux has issues with internal modems but some people have had their modems work. I want to use this modem particularly coz it was pretty fast on my Win98 box. Also I'm interested in turning this machine into a web server, how do I go about doing this (possibly). Advice and URL links to info will be greatly appreciated. __ www.edsamail.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't work!!
Hi, Has anyone else experienced this problem? I had Mandrake 7.0 working fine and thought I would just install (not upgrade) to Mandrake 8.0 over the top. The installation finsihed sucessfully and there were absolutely no errors (event testing X worked). However, when I rebooted my machine I see the message welcome to Mandrake press I for interactive boot and then the system just freezes completely. I never had any problems before and my machine is less that a year old (Gateway 650 MHz processor with 30 Gig hard drive and 384 MB RAM). May be I'll just stick with RedHat as they seem to test theirs more thoroughly. I think Mandrake install is very unprofessional - I really don't know why everyone likes it. It looks bad and there are spelling mistakes - it just doesn't look polished to me. Also why is X configured at the end? This should be done way before you even install all the software! The reason I like Mandrake though is the desktop environments are better configured there is more software and it is up to date. If only they had a decent installation program like RedHat's it would be the best distro
Re: Re: [newbie] Just a newbie question
Found it.thanks for the tips! You might want to check out Object Central - you can download the whole VIDE (Visual IDE doe C++ and Java) help system including FAQs. http://www.objectcentral.com -- Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation __ www.edsamail.com
[newbie] Just a newbie question
*
I've been using Linux exclusively for the past two months and it's absolutely
given me a new direction.
My Exploration seems to have ended when I saw that little foot at the lower left
hand cornerand I saw not a START but a finish.
$ has become my symbol of control and no longer is anything (greater than) me.
*
Before this newbie starts ranting again, I gotta get this out.
I want to study C/C++. I'm just starting to fool around with gcc.
I tried using Visual C++ for a start but I think it's too self-centered...
if a piece of software can have a personality on its own.
main()
{
char answer;
printf("Would you use Visual C++? Enter Y\/N:\n");
scanf("%c",answer);
if (answer=y)
printf("Why?\n");
else
printf("What would you rather use?\n");
)
So what "would" you rather use?
And what stuff "would" you read?
Which URLs "would" you browse?
Newsgroups? Mailing Lists?
Web Communities?
Or "would" you rather dive head first into Java [w/c is easier as I've heard]?
Any answer would be greatly appreciated..
AND
Yes I'm a schizo...
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[newbie] Re: Linux Sound I saw Ure addy on the Newbie List
What other sound cards do you have? Have you tried looking at the mixers (kmix and the like) to see if your sounds are muted? It also depends on which X win you use, I like the kde themes and use em alot. There's a check box in KDE Control Center where you can enable system sounds. In Gnome, the gnomecc has two widgets which you have to click to enable sounds. One is way down below the list asking if u want to enable sounds for window manager events. You should enable this and the other option where it asks if you want to enable sound server startup. That's all I can say for now. Pls give me more info so I can give better advice. [Sorry I posted this here, received failure when tried "REPLY"] Linatic wrote: Hi, Can U offer me any help on getting Sound to work in Linux? How did U do it? Did it work right out of the box? I have a bunch of different sound cards and only one was I able to make anything work that was SB16.. I could hear sounds when configuring with sndconfig but no sounds anywhere else. Any ideas? __ www.edsamail.com
Re: [newbie] Fwd: Would someone help me get some sound? I promise I'll make a doc on it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found two threads in the archives similar to my problem - I almost got some sound to work. The possibilities I have are VIA onboard sound which is detected in HardDrake, YMF724, also detected, and an old ISA stock Sound Blaster 16 not detected. I used to have a VIA82blahblah on board but there was something screwed up about the BIOS settings and the MOBO itself wasn't quite dandy I had to allocate irq5/dma1 as legacy, and it was loading the wrong module(SB) instead of via82cxxx; When I finally had that codec working the sound wasn't worth all the tweaking time I spent. My tip...disable the VIA and buy a better, A REAL card. Even I should take this piece of advice. I tried my cousin's Ensonique and sound came almost automatically. I changed boards to one that doesn't have any on-board audio and now I use an old CMI8738. Its a real cheap card but I can use up to 6 speakers, which is what I really dig. The first two are detected by hard drake, but produce no output when running "configuration tool". I disabled onboard sound and put in SB16. Even tried allocating irq5/dma1/5 as legacy. I got the SB to produce marginal output using sndconfig and setting SB16 up manually. But no sound anywhere else. (if it helps, Win2k not 98 makes SB16 work, I can set it to any irq and snd still comes out) (I have no docs on SB16 jumpers) Win 2000 b.c. comes with tons of drivers,so it's no surprise. That SB16 should work on Mandrake I think there's a BIOS entry for VIA chipsets where you can disable onboard sound; You should jumper-disable and BIOS disable that stubborn chip. I noticed on my old board that moving PCI cards a slot down also made a difference volume-wise, try that too. Don't mess around with those IRQs too much though, you might end up in IRQ limbo. I believe Linux is smart enough to figure out which piece of hardware is where, you just have to help it along. Any suggestions? I've found hints:: 1. "Setting BIOS to non-PNP" already was 2. rmmod everything sound related, then run sndconfig (tried that, SB16 now gives me errors: Device or Resource busy, insmod, failed, insmod sound-slot-0 failed) Is this because I didn't "remove everything x-related"? I tried "ps-aux" then "kill" one thing, what all do I need to remove? rmmod is correct. Linux automatically tries to load a sound module depending on what it sees there for the first time. You should remove any module that was loaded before running sndconfig. If you tried that then something else may be blocking that soundcard. I would say IRQs and DMAs but I guess you already tried that Hmm. Maybe the wires are misjacked...check the other basics too, I've read that on this list alot. 3. Recompile Kernel -this seems like awfully complicated process.. I don't think my kernel doesn't support sound as other people with 7.2 said sound worked after install. I think I'm close since I heard sndconfig play .wav and midi on sb16. How do then make OS use it? Is this because ALSA comes with 7.2 and doesn't have SB16 listed in harddrake? -linatic I found two threads in the archives similar to my problem - I almost got some sound to work. My CMI worked with 7.1 after install and my friend had the same result in 7.2 with a Yamaha. We always thought it was pure dumb luck. Recompiling isn't that difficult, and isn't that necessary either. If your not too conscious about the size of your current kernel and happy with the per- formance you're getting, you don't have to make xconfig, make dep, or make anything. I recompiled and it didn't change much System got a little faster, sound worked though after I installed a driver I downloaded from the manufacturer's website; I guess I wasn't much help.but If you're already hearing certain sounds that's a hint that all your tweaking's going somewhere. Try the different Window Managers if you can get sound on some of them, like AfterStep, you're golden!... To resolve that ALSA issue, though, you got me blank. I got sound to work in AfterStep initially, then Gnome [after I found the checkboxes in gnomecc] now I use KDEjust can't get enough of those themes! Hope everything goes well __ www.edsamail.com
Fw: Re: [newbie] Fwd: Would someone help me get some sound? I promise I'll make a doc on it.
Original message X-Mailer: Edsamail 1.31 (Build 1024) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:04:36 -0800 From: "Allen Joseph M Hernandez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Fwd: Would someone help me get some sound? I promise I'll make a doc on it. Content-Type: text/plain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found two threads in the archives similar to my problem - I almost got some sound to work. The possibilities I have are VIA onboard sound which is detected in HardDrake, YMF724, also detected, and an old ISA stock Sound Blaster 16 not detected. I used to have a VIA82blahblah on board but there was something screwed up about the BIOS settings and the MOBO itself wasn't quite dandy I had to allocate irq5/dma1 as legacy, and it was loading the wrong module(SB) instead of via82cxxx; When I finally had that codec working the sound wasn't worth all the tweaking time I spent. My tip...disable the VIA and buy a better, A REAL card. Even I should take this piece of advice. I tried my cousin's Ensonique and sound came almost automatically. I changed boards to one that doesn't have any on-board audio and now I use an old CMI8738. Its a real cheap card but I can use up to 6 speakers, which is what I really dig. The first two are detected by hard drake, but produce no output when running "configuration tool". I disabled onboard sound and put in SB16. Even tried allocating irq5/dma1/5 as legacy. I got the SB to produce marginal output using sndconfig and setting SB16 up manually. But no sound anywhere else. (if it helps, Win2k not 98 makes SB16 work, I can set it to any irq and snd still comes out) (I have no docs on SB16 jumpers) Win 2000 b.c. comes with tons of drivers,so it's no surprise. That SB16 should work on Mandrake I think there's a BIOS entry for VIA chipsets where you can disable onboard sound; You should jumper-disable and BIOS disable that stubborn chip. I noticed on my old board that moving PCI cards a slot down also made a difference volume-wise, try that too. Don't mess around with those IRQs too much though, you might end up in IRQ limbo. I believe Linux is smart enough to figure out which piece of hardware is where, you just have to help it along. Any suggestions? I've found hints:: 1. "Setting BIOS to non-PNP" already was 2. rmmod everything sound related, then run sndconfig (tried that, SB16 now gives me errors: Device or Resource busy, insmod, failed, insmod sound-slot-0 failed) Is this because I didn't "remove everything x-related"? I tried "ps-aux" then "kill" one thing, what all do I need to remove? rmmod is correct. Linux automatically tries to load a sound module depending on what it sees there for the first time. You should remove any module that was loaded before running sndconfig. If you tried that then something else may be blocking that soundcard. I would say IRQs and DMAs but I guess you already tried that Hmm. Maybe the wires are misjacked...check the other basics too, I've read that on this list alot. 3. Recompile Kernel -this seems like awfully complicated process.. I don't think my kernel doesn't support sound as other people with 7.2 said sound worked after install. I think I'm close since I heard sndconfig play .wav and midi on sb16. How do then make OS use it? Is this because ALSA comes with 7.2 and doesn't have SB16 listed in harddrake? -linatic I found two threads in the archives similar to my problem - I almost got some sound to work. My CMI worked with 7.1 after install and my friend had the same result in 7.2 with a Yamaha. We always thought it was pure dumb luck. Recompiling isn't that difficult, and isn't that necessary either. If your not too conscious about the size of your current kernel and happy with the per- formance you're getting, you don't have to make xconfig, make dep, or make anything. I recompiled and it didn't change much System got a little faster, sound worked though after I installed a driver I downloaded from the manufacturer's website; I guess I wasn't much help.but If you're already hearing certain sounds that's a hint that all your tweaking's going somewhere. Try the different Window Managers if you can get sound on some of them, like AfterStep, you're golden!... To resolve that ALSA issue, though, you got me blank. I got sound to work in AfterStep initially, then Gnome [after I found the checkboxes in gnomecc] now I use KDEjust can't get enough of those themes! Hope everything goes well __ www.edsamail.com __ www.edsamail.com
Re: [newbie] Yet another question.
While I'm still around, why not I use halt on an ATX.[/sbin/halt] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I am a total newbie to linux, I have a question on how exactly do I use the shutdown command to shutdown the computer. Right now I have to just let it reboot and shutdown as soon as it resets. Thanks. Matt __ www.edsamail.com
