RE: [newbie] Problem with Lynx
Hi Ephrem - you need to have a tmp directory in you home directory. Do a mkdir tmp from you home directory. Bill -Original Message- From: Ephrem Hugh Bensusan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 7:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Problem with Lynx Can anyone help me? I have installed Mandrake 6.0. When I invoke Lynx it fails with the error message: metamail: Can't open temporary file! I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and can't seem to find the answer. Thanks in advance, Ephrem
RE: [[newbie] HP 722C printer no fly.]
Try checking out : http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ It's only black and white printing, last I looked. Bill -Original Message- From: Michael Scottaline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] HP 722C printer no fly.] Jaybird X [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My HP 722C won't even flinch on any of the HP prfiles in printtool. They cover the 5xx, 6xx, and 8xx series machines though. Is there a reason this model isn't supported? === Winprinter. I'm not sure there's a workaround yet. Perhaps one of the gurus on this list can suggest a fix. Mike Jay Deacon -- Be the first one on your block to put a Penguin in your box. ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
RE: [newbie] screen size
Ed - In the /etc/XF86Config file, down near the bottom of the file, is the "Screen" subsection. Within that subsection are definitions for the various video modes. If you look at each, there is probably a 'viewport x y' line. If you set the x, and y to both be 0, you will disable the viewport capability - the ability to have a larger display than will physically fit on the screen. Bill -Original Message- From: Ed Santiago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] screen size I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others have had. I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing. I use KDE almost exclusively. I have a 17" monitor. I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card. I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver. I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator. But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen? Thanks in advance, Ed Santiago
RE: [newbie] MANDRAKE WINS 2 LINUXWORLD AWARDS!
Congratulations! You and the team of Linux-Mandrake deserve it! Bill Moshier -Original Message- From: Gael Duval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 5:32 PM Subject: [newbie] MANDRAKE WINS 2 LINUXWORLD AWARDS! Hello everybody, this is a great day! We are very pleased to announce that we have won: * the "Product of the Year" Award with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 * the "Distribution/Server" Awards with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 we are also in second position for the "Distribution/Client" Award! Details from Nicholas Petreley on: http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-08/lw-08-penguin_1.html MandrakeSoft is not the only winner: you - users and contributors - have won those prices with us! :) Greets, Gaël. -- Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake 6.0 on http://www.linux-mandrake.com
RE: [newbie] File operations and Zip archives
Hi James zip, and unzip work for zip files. also gzip, gunzip for .gz files see: man zip or man gzip as far as copy/and move files, use cp mv (of course, you can us the 'man cp' to get info) Bill -Original Message- From: James Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 3:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] File operations and Zip archives A colleague using a windows machine has e-mailed me some graphics in a zip file. Is there a good linux unzipper? Also, what are the commands to rename, copy and move files? I've tried saying ln and then removing the previous file, but this hasn't worked. James. -- James Stewart ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Britlinks ... http://www.britlinks.co.uk - web site, web design and more The Phantom Tollbooth ... http://www.tollbooth.org
RE: [newbie] Linux and the modem
Right now, its useless If you need to buy one, diamond was having a clearance on an external modem, which came up and worked without a hitch. (about $50) http://www.diamondmm.com/products/current/clearance.cfm Bill -Original Message- From: Toby Sheets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem Hi: My modem is a built in LT Winmodem (56K v90). Is this useless? It has yet to be found by my Mandrake. Toby Ty Mixon wrote: There is ONE known good PCI modem. The actiontech(sp?) one. I saw it at best buy - about us$100 and it was in a dark colored box with 'Call Waiting Modem' in big letters. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/12/99, 6:07:57 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Greetings: I am new to this list and new to Linux. I have installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC but am currently looking for easy directions to have Linux recognize my modem and dial in. I have seen some "simple" explanations that leave me a bit uncertain. Any suggestions on some easy (or less technical) step by step instructions? Thanks Is this a PCI 56k internal modem? If so, chances are it won't work. Give us some details on your system, especially modem brand, model, etc and maybe someone here can help. From what I've read, you should disable PNP and set the comm port, I/O address and IRQ with jumpers, if such are available for your modem. IIRC, after that, you'll need to run "setserial" and see what comes up for that modem. BTW, ttys0=com1, ttys1=com2, etc.
RE: [newbie] Weird problem
I'd keep a very close eye on the drive. Bill -Original Message- From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Weird problem Hugh wrote: Hi All I just had a strange problem where my computer couldn't find my operating system. After an attempt to use the emergency boot disk ( with no success I might add ) It suddenly started like normal with the LILO prompt coming up as normal Can anyone shed any light on what might have happened? Well thanks Lunar flares? Infrared radiation? Need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus? Just a few ideas tossed out by the BOFH app on my Palm.. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] boot disk
You might want to try to do a virus scan on your system. There have been some that behaved this way. Otherwise, to write the img file to your floppy, do rawrite boot.img from dos (win95/98) Bill -Original Message- From: Amit Khandelwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] boot disk i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next? thanks for the help
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs
Colin - You'll probably get quite a few replies, but in any case, the Mandrake 6.0 linux is one of those that is compiled to run on a Pentium chip. You won't get it working correctly on a 486. The earlier Mandrake 5.3 however, should work correctly. I've loaded it on a 486dx2/66, and had it up and running without problems. Bill -Original Message- From: Colin Eddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do the exact same thing and hang in the same place. Plus I wouldn't think that pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything really happens. What kind of a processor _do_ you have? If you don't have a Pentium, what is it supposed to do when it received an unrecognized opcode? Some processors just stop working. Others call some bad-opcode-handler interrupt. Even if your processor calls an exception interrupt, the setup may not have made it do anything besides hang the computer. I am using a 486DX2/66 for this. I have read all the Mandrake and RedHat documentation/hardware compatibility lists and they both say that anything Intel above a i386 are fully supported. Although on another list, Mandrake says all Intel and compatibles, but they only specifically list Pentiums and above. Both distributions apparently now give you the option during the install process to choose the type of prebuilt kernel you want to install. At this point I could see how if I chose a pentium kernel instead of a 486 one I would have a problem. Since I don't even begin the install before it hangs, this should not be the problem. The kernel running from the boot disk should be a completely backwards compatible 386 kernel or else they should not/could not claim to support the older processors like they do in their documentation. As far as other hardware related issues, since I'm already running RedHat 5.0 with absolutely no problems, the only issue would be if the newer distributions decided to no longer work with my hardware which I haven't read anything about anywhere. All my relevant hardware seems to be on the lists anyway. ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Large HD install
Right. If you have a small /boot partition (~25 MByte partition) in the first 8Gig area of your disk, you will be able to boot OK. The rest of the linux can go anywhere. Bill -Original Message- From: James J. O'Keefe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Large HD install Doesn't this problem have to do with the size of the first partition exceeding 1023 cylinders and dos is not able to see the second partition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pr. Robert Wurst Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Large HD install I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA Rob
[newbie] RE:
If you are running Mandrake 6.0, the 64 meg limit does not apply. On the older kernels, 2.0.x, you can set a mem="128M", in your lilo.conf file, and rerun lilo. Lilo.conf is located in your /etc directory. You can use pico, or vi, to edit the file. You then must run lilo (type lilo at the prompt) to activate the changes. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:28 PM Subject: I have heard htathat linux can only use 64MB of memory by deafault. Is this true? Where can I change this optioinn?
RE: [newbie] Kppp question
Thanks, both to Civilme, and Axalon - I'll digest this, and see what happens. Bill -Original Message- From: Axalon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 6:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kppp question On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: OK, the IP addresses are for the INTERFACES, not for the systems. What I understand is that you have two computers connected by ethernet. One has a ppp connection to an ISP for internet connectivity. You need several simple things: 1. Your local static IPs had best be class A, B, or C addresses reserved for local networks (Class As are 10.x.y.z Class Cs are 192.168.x.y (256 networks back to back) and I don't recall the Bs since I never use them) Of course, the host with the gateway could be 10.0.0.1 and the other could use DHCP if you are set up to run it. 2. Go to K menu Choose Personal Choose Linux-Mandrake Choose Network on the machine with the PPP interface Names should show your hostname your domain and the DNS addresses Hosts should show only 127.0.0.1 (loopback) and the static IP for your host Interfaces should show 127.0.0.1 as lo Your static IP as eth0 and ppp0 without any IP To set up ppp, click on ppp0 and choose Edit Routing is likely where your problem is. Default gateway SHOULD be blank gateway device should be ppp0 No other entries should be present Save and Quit--should work. Might try ticking the Ipv4 packet forwarding in routing as well. Don't do this unless you are sure you need it it is off by default for a reason. You need it if your a router, or building a masqurade router which i guess is covered under the first reason. For a service to connect both nodes to the internet, look at the doc for ipchains or get PaNTs via www.Freshmeat.net Civileme Bill Moshier wrote: I wanted fixed-ip addresses for the local network. But I need dynamic IP for the isp. -Original Message- From: Lloyd Osten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kppp question On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote: I've a small 2-node network, with fixed IP addresses. When I start Kppp, it connects and authenticate correctly, but will not connect to any sites. The details screen shows that it is using the fixed IP address for the system. Yet in the Kppp setup, I have Dynamic IP checked, auto-configure host name is NOT checked, the domain and dns address lists are correct (xxx.net, and two xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ip addresses). The gateway default is checked, assign default route to this gateway is checked. What's the next stage necessary to get the system to use the dynamic IP address assigned from the isp? (or what have I mis-configured?) Thanks for the assistance. Bill If you really do have fixed IP addresses, why do you have dynamic IP checked? -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Civileme Say: "One who buys dual scan display soon gains Optometrist for best friend."
RE: [newbie] Colors in VIM
Try adding a 'syntax on' line in your .vimrc. Bill -Original Message- From: Dominique Deleris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Colors in VIM Hello. Does anybody know how to enable colors in VIM? I just moved from Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, and I liked this feature... I've seen a .vimrc file in my home directory, but I couldn't find any section relative to colors ??? Dominique
RE: [newbie] Kppp question
I wanted fixed-ip addresses for the local network. But I need dynamic IP for the isp. -Original Message- From: Lloyd Osten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kppp question On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote: I've a small 2-node network, with fixed IP addresses. When I start Kppp, it connects and authenticate correctly, but will not connect to any sites. The details screen shows that it is using the fixed IP address for the system. Yet in the Kppp setup, I have Dynamic IP checked, auto-configure host name is NOT checked, the domain and dns address lists are correct (xxx.net, and two xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ip addresses). The gateway default is checked, assign default route to this gateway is checked. What's the next stage necessary to get the system to use the dynamic IP address assigned from the isp? (or what have I mis-configured?) Thanks for the assistance. Bill If you really do have fixed IP addresses, why do you have dynamic IP checked? -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] a good modem
An earlier message said: Diamond is having a clearance on several SupraExpress Modems, both internal and external. The external is under $50. http://www.diamondmm.com/products/current/clearance.cfm Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 8:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] a good modem who here knows of a good modem for linux. thanks, jerrud (ps- my dsl line wont be coming for 6 weeks thats why i need a modem. grrr analog :(
RE: [newbie] command prompt
Sure. Login as root, and edit /etc/inittab. About 17 lines down, is a line: id:5:initdefault Change the 5 to a 3, and you will now boot to the init level 3, which is the command prompt. Take care. Bill -Original Message- From: Bert Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] command prompt Hello. By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight to a command prompt?
RE: [newbie] Re:
If you are interested in playing some of the newer games, I would recommend one of the 3DFX chip set based cards. Bill -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Joseph Gardner Subject: [newbie] Re: On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote: I am in the process of setting up my first linux box and have the opportunity to select a new graphics adapter. I have an STB Lightspeed 128 available which appears to give reasonable output with the SVGA server however I am unsure about the differences between the various servers. Could someone recommend one server over another (and for that matter a graphics adapter) or do I have a decent combination already. My principle usage at this time is internet browsing but anticipate the need for higher quality graphics. www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html is the site you need to visit to see if your card is supported by the current version of the FREE X-server, xf86. If it is not, you'll need to decide if you want to BUY an X-server or buy a new card.
RE: [newbie] Which printer should I buy?
Don't get the HP 720 series - these are winprinters, and not generally supported by Linux. Bill -Original Message- From: David Dameron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 8:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Which printer should I buy? Hello Everyone, I am buying a printer next week and I am wondering if anyone can suggest a printer. I want one that works with Linux. Thanks
RE: [newbie] Lynx question
Brian - I asked the same question. What you need to do is to create a ~/tmp directory. Bill -Original Message- From: Brian Garel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:39 AM To: Newbie Mandrake Subject: [newbie] Lynx question I have recently installed my system and have been sailing along quite smoothly. All was going well until I tried to view a web page from the console. I get the error message... [bgarel@pitstop ~]$ lynx metamail: Can't open temporary file! [bgarel@pitstop ~]$ Now I've been reading man pages after man pages...any and all help here would be appreciated! :-( Brian Garel Network Administrator Primus Canada _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
!!RE: [newbie] Review of Mandrake 6.0
Also, Circadian was very prompt in sending out the boxed set. see: http://www.ccsoft.cc/ (yes, the .cc is correct :) Bill -Original Message- From: hevnsnt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Review of Mandrake 6.0 try ebay or amazon.. -Bill On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, jsm wrote: Anyone know who has the box set in south Florida ? jsm Art Rowe wrote: I read the review earlier and thought it very good. I just saw this boxed Mandrake set at Costco for $29.99 Canadian. You can't hardly get an update OS disk from Microsoft for that kind of money. This should lure a number of people who have never really heard of Linux to try it out. I am a Newbie but find Mandrake 6.0 easy to install and I downloaded most of the updates from mirror sites without any trouble. The three electronic books in the box are not recent but should have the basic stuff. I think I read the Sam's book from the local library and thought it was the most helpful one I had come across as a beginner. Art - Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:30 AM Subject: [newbie] Review of Mandrake 6.0 (URL) Just read a review of Mandrake 6.0 that is being distributed by Macmillan Publishing over at http://www.cpureview.com/rev_mndk6_a.html . You guys might enjoy the read. Mandrake gets high marks. .. I recommend everyone to buy the boxed edition when possible to support your favorite Distro. Thanks for all the great support on this list!! Brian
RE: [newbie] Graphical Login
Troy - login as root ( or use the su command ) and edit the /etc/inittab file. About 15 lines down is a line: id:3:initdefault: change the 3 to a 5. That changes the starting run level to 5, which is the one configured to start the graphical login. If you want to try it BEFORE editing the inittab file, when you boot, and have the LILO prompt, just type: lilo: linux 5 (add the run level after the boot os selection.) This will boot linux into run level 5 so you can try it first. You can also try it from the root command line command: init 5 Take care, Bill -Original Message- From: Whittaker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 12:09 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Graphical Login I chose not to start x on bootup while I was configuring my vid card. How do I configure mandrake to present me with the gui login now? And also, where in my x86config file can I set it to start x in a certain resolution.. i.e.- 1600x1200/32bpp? thanks Troy
[newbie] Setting up KDM defaults
When the initial kdm login prompt appears (the graphical prompt), you can select kde, gnome, etc. Is there a mechanism where you can have a specific selection appear so all that is necessary is to type in login, password, and hit go? for example, having 'default' as the string as the default string? Bill
RE: [newbie] HTML editor
You might also try Amaya, on www.w3.org. I havn't used it, but the information looks good. Bill -Original Message- From: Mike Julien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 6:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HTML editor Richard wrote: Can anyone recommend a good HTML editor suitable for M6.0/KDE (other than NS Composer)? Cheers! Richard (I'll leave you all alone now!) To avoid problems with netscape I download a fresh copy from netscape as a .tar.gz file...not only can I get a high encryption version..but it will also color co-ordinate with KDE themes as well. Also I do not have the problems that you mentioned. Mike Julien
RE: [newbie] lynx
Thanks Matt! -Original Message- From: Matt Stegman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] lynx - Original Message - From: Bill Moshier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: [newbie] lynx On Venus, I tried to run lynx last night, and had an error regarding a tmp file. To fix it, "mkdir ~/tmp" For some reason, Lynx likes to use a temporary directory in your home directory, instead of the system-wide one (at /var./tmp). -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake
I had decided that since I liked the Mandrake 5.3 (I had downloaded the .iso file, burnt a cdrom, and installed it from there), I would actually purchase the Mandrake 6.0 Power-pack from CCSoft at about $50 - Hopfully Mandrake will see some revenue from it. Bill -Original Message- From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 4:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake In response I muttered a couple of things about extra tidbits that come with Mandrake but I did not sound very convincing, even to myself. Are you forgetting about cost? RH 6.0 Official is $80.00 with the core version $40.00. I paid, like, $1.89 plus SH for Mandrake 5.3. Big difference! Doug Brown.
RE: [[newbie] Wordperfect 8 leaves mouse droppings]
If you don't mind spending a little money, you can go to www.ccsoft.cc (Circadian software), and buy their Mandrake Powerpack at around $45. Bill Moshier -Original Message- From: M. Bull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] Wordperfect 8 leaves mouse droppings] On 16 May 1999, Michael Scottaline wrote: Sam Silverman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Mandrake RH 5.3. The system seems to be up and running fine. I installed WP 8 for Linux and the program runs fine except Where can one get WP8 for Linux? Is there a store it can be mailordered from...?
RE: [newbie] Re:Printer
Hi. When I searched the HP Deskjet support user community forum, a web site was listed that at least has correct b/w support for the 722C printer and Linux. The site to get the driver/information is: http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ Along with that, with HP saying it will be supporting linux, you should also log onto the HP deskjet support site, and ask them for a linux driver, or at least for HP to release the specifications of the PPA printer language that is used by the 722C, and other HP printers. Take care, Bill Moshier -Original Message- From: Linda Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re:Printer I did check for the most up-to-date Ghostscript package and it would appear that my printer, the HP722c is not supported yet. The HP690's and the 800's are on the list, but not the 720's. I really hate the idea of having to buy a new printer just for Linux. Linda Hatch help and make sure that I print out this information. Since my printer is unusable in Linux, I have to do all my questions on Win98. I have a HP Deskjet 722c, and have already found out that it is handled like a winmodem. Bummer!!! You might try finding updated Ghostscript packages. I know they've done alot of work supporting HP WinPrinters, so it's possible that you'll be able to use it under Linux. WinPrinters are a bit different than WinModems, so they are supported for the most part. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Klogin?
Paul - when you come up to the lilo prompt, when booting, type the linux label followed by 3, which will boot you back at the run level 3, which is the text-based console. example is: lilo: linux 3 You can then edit the etc/inittab file and set the default back to 3. By the way, this also works to test the graphical user logon. Simply boot with linux 5 to set it at the run level 5, and verify that you can log in that way before you change the inittab. take care, Bill Moshier -Original Message- From: Paul A. Bernicchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 7:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Klogin? OK, so what do I do if I accidentally set my runlevel to 5 BEFORE reading your warning, Gael? ;) I am indeed caught in a loop... and can't exit the X server without rebooting. Paul - Original Message - From: Gael mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Duval To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Klogin? Kuraiken wrote: Sorry for butting in like this but could you send my the /etc/inittab modifications? Running tha above script alone does not have the desired effect. I think it's because, unlike Lawrence, I installed clean with Mandrake. I'd imagine that Lawrence also ended up doing a clean install and formatting the partition that SuSE was previously on. It's rather odd that the instructions didn't work for you. Have you tried rebooting since the change? or typing "telinit 5"? You'll need to do one of the two to cause the change to take effect. If neither of those solutions fix it, here's what you need to change in /etc/inittab. Find the line that reads: id:3:initdefault: and change it to read: id:5:initdefault: Then find the line that reads: x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon and change it to read: x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon Then do the reboot or telinit command mentioned above. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Steve, Thanks for the tip. I did run /opt/kde/bin/kdm_on And then, as instructed "telinit 3 ; telinit 5" Which switched to the klogin screen. However, upon reboot, it went back to the normal (penguin) login. So I checked the /etc/inittab. What I found that the last line did indeed say: x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon But, the line: id:3:initdefault: remained at 3. It was not set to runlevel 5. Perhaps kdm_on does not set this properly? So I checked (opened it in kedit). Now...I don't understand the commands "sed blahblahblah" etc but under the "# make modified inittab" line (which is a comment, I know) There is no "id:5:initdefault:" string in the script file whereas "x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon" does exist. So it would seem that you will still need to change the inittab by hand? The other longer term solution is of course to edit kdm_on in the main dist for future versions of Mandrake. Did I find a bug? :-) no :-) we cannot actually set /etc/inittab to runlevel 5 by default because there is a risk of non recoverable loop error at boot time if the graphics hardware is not recognized or badly configured. However, there will be big changes about that in the next Mandrake (6.0) ;-) Greets, Gael. -- Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://linuxmandrake.com http://linuxmandrake.com QPL : "With the release of this license, KDE and the Qt Free Edition are truly Open Source(tm)". Bruce Perens, Opensource.org.
RE: [newbie] Book?
I've found the "Running Linux" by Matt Welsh is an excellent book to both learn linux with, and to use as a reference when the usual problems arise. Bill -Original Message- From: Paul A. Bernicchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 6:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Book? I would recommend "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux" -- I don't have a ISBN or anything, but it's a very well-written book. Unfortunately, it concentrates on the Caldera distribution, but there are very few differences between that and Mandrake; and focuses mainly on KDE and basic commandline functions. It is part of the "Complete Idiots" series (a la '... for Dummies'). Even comes with StarOffice (as well as Caldera OpenLinux 1.3, which you can forget about) g Paul - Original Message - From: Shawn M. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pierce To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 7:39 PM Subject: [newbie] Book? What book does everybody recommend for running Red Hat/Mandrake, that also is more general to Linux as a whole. I just started learning this, and I need to find a good book. Shawn Pierce
RE: [newbie] Before I Start:
Dave - I have an older system running 95, and I was unable to upgrade to 98 and get everything working. I ended up reformatting the 95 partition, and doing a clean install of 98. In regards to linux, The mandrake 5.3 install was simple (since I chose a default install), worked well with my 98 dual booting, and linux 2.0.36 handles the fat32 quite well. I found that the Running Linux book, by Matt Welch, an excellent reference, and it has helped me several times. Bill -Original Message- From: Pat David Leathers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 1999 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Before I Start: Hi: Right now I'm running win95. Within the next week or so I plan to upgrade to win98. I have also ordered a disk with mandrake-5.3. What I would like to do is to set these up so I can dual boot into win98 or linux. My question is where can I go or how can I get all the information that I will need to do this? What information do I need to have before I start the installation of linux? Does Linux support fat-32? I will end up with two separate hard disk one 3.2 gig and one 3.2 or 6.4 gig. Would it be better to put win98 on one and Lunix on another? After I get win98 up and running good, will it be possible not to mess it up when I install Linux--So I can ask questions online if I need too? One thing that bothers me is that most folks seem to have big problems getting Linux installed. I have been reading some news-groups and there are numerous horror stories. But from what I have heard it is very hard to install Lunix. I thought that it would be best to prepare as best as I can. Thanks David:
