[newbie] partition woes
Question about partitioning.. Friend has brought his pc to me a few times to install Linux on it with mandrake 8.1 being the most recent. Now his comp has a 20gig and a 600meg drive. The 20gig is master and is broken up into a 4gig partition and the remaining is a windows data drive. I used partition magic 6.0 to resize the roughly 15 gig partition down to something like 8 or 9gig so we will have enough to install Linux. after the resizing is finished we booted into windows to make sure that his data is still there and the old E drive is down to the proper size and it is fine. Now on to installing Linux. I break the remaining free space using mandrakes partitioner during the install. 3gig or so for /, 256M for swap and remaining for /home. LM81 installs just FINE (solo-1 audio not supported yet not withstanding). Problem is, when he boots windows now his old E drive is GONE. Not there.. All we have is C and D. Since we need the drive for windows (accounting software is there as well as some games Linux does not run yet) I end up having to kill the Linux , make a fat-32 out of the free space and join with the old partition (all this in partition magic) to get his drives back. What are my options to getting his system working. I fear it is because Linux makes that extra space into a primary partition. and that confuses windows to death... Is my only option to resize the C drive to a larger size, kill the E partition and install Linux in that remaining extended partition?? Just looking for ideas here. -- I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SSH problems
did you make sure that you told putty to use ssh protocol? and you need to turn off telnet since ssh is much more secure. I use putty quite often and one of my main bugaboos is forgetting to tell it to use ssh when I go to my machine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dragon . Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SSH problems I have a computer I thought SSH was working on. I used Putty to log in but it never asked me for my pass phrase, just my username and password. I don't know if that was encrypted or not. I'm starting to think not. Anyway, I installed Bastille and told it to keep the ssh port and port 22 open, you can specify both name and port. After that it won't connect at all. Putty mearly closes the window out and tells me it couldn't connect. Am I missing a file, setting or something that will allow me to connect? I would really love to work on my home box from work. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SSH problems
Not familiar enough with bastille to be able to offer any suggestions. my only time installing ssh was on a slackware box that didn't have it bundled. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dragon . Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] SSH problems When I open Putty, I type in the address and click the dot for ssh. Telnet is turned off, Bastille seems to have turns off all ports and my machine doens't respond to ping, telnet, tracert or anything else. My supervisor wanted to know why he couldn't ping it. From: Carl Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] SSH problems Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:40:39 -0500 did you make sure that you told putty to use ssh protocol? and you need to turn off telnet since ssh is much more secure. I use putty quite often and one of my main bugaboos is forgetting to tell it to use ssh when I go to my machine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dragon . Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SSH problems I have a computer I thought SSH was working on. I used Putty to log in but it never asked me for my pass phrase, just my username and password. I don't know if that was encrypted or not. I'm starting to think not. Anyway, I installed Bastille and told it to keep the ssh port and port 22 open, you can specify both name and port. After that it won't connect at all. Putty mearly closes the window out and tells me it couldn't connect. Am I missing a file, setting or something that will allow me to connect? I would really love to work on my home box from work. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) That would be cool!! Now we will install microsoft office xp on your machine :) /me ducks outta way of heavy thrown objects:) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!
Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) You obviously don't know I am cold blooded so there ya go. :) hehehehe:) Seriously have you tried the IPX stuff with starcraft yet?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem
When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? What do you mean it keeps pinging forever? does it return numbers like this?? Splinter ~ ping 172.24.38.37 PING 172.24.38.37 (172.24.38.37): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.7 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms 64 bytes from 172.24.38.37: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=0.5 ms but keep going?? If so, then that is fine. hit CTRL-C to end it and it should give you something like --- 172.24.38.37 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.5/0.6/0.7 ms default ping in linux goes on slightly less than forever unless you limit it. Default ping in windows is only to do it 4 times. Hope this helps. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] It connects... but I cannot surf!!!
Hi. If you are running a networked setup, you may have to (as some of have had to do) a: ifconfig eth0 down (as root/su) If I don't do this first, I have the same symptoms you do. Afterwards, I can restart my network with: ifconfig eth0 up Ron, I have no idea why your network is like this. mine worked fine when I was the server AND when I am a slave on our ICS setup at home. Switched wife to be ICS machine so that I could tinker with mine and not mess her up too bad when I do it tho :) I suppose the system reflects the personality tho Mr. Hall :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] It connects... but I cannot surf!!!
Seriously though, I've got it fixed! I followed the tip on the list from one of the other users and changed my /etc/resolv.conf file and bingo! It was: Why didn't I have to do that??? Cause I was running the firewall/ICS server? So hurrah! ;-) PS --- WHICH --- personality do you think is being reflected in my setup? Hard to tell. Your middle name is cybil after all :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installation with 24 megs of ram?
Hey guys, what abou the 7.0 distro that is setup to run on a 486? Might that not be the answer to his problem? Did you mention this one to me when I was trying to install on my laptop?? I think so since I had to do a network install (laptop is OLD, P133 with floppy OR CD-Rom and no ability to boot from CD, and 24meg ram) In my case, it wouldn't work because mandrake needed/wanted 32meg ram. Of course it COULD have been 7.1. -- Not hitting on all pistons this morning. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installation with 24 megs of ram?
Just this morning??? grin ha ha:) Seriously though, I don't remember...Didn't u also try the Linux on a floppy thing as well? Ive installed slackware on a floppy before but don't care to repeat the process of creating the floppies again. Thought there MAY be a way to install mandrake from zip carts but while my parallel port zip drive works with EVERY computer I have ever tried it on , it will NOT work with my laptop in DOS mode. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sound card oddity
Maybe LM8.1 chooses an OSS/Free driver for some sondcards and an ALSA driver for others. Muting everything by default is an ALSA tradition :) Any way I can tell, so I can know what is going on?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sound card oddity
/mnt/zip to the usual /dev/hdd4 and its fine. Until I reboot. Then its the same way again. Checked fstab of course - it shows /dev/hdd4! Ive not tried my zip 250 yet but I will attempt it tonight. 2. XawTV has no sound. Picture perfect. Took tv card out so no be able to help there. 3. XawTV icon (from Hell) is still on my desktop. Squatters rights, I guess. U can delete the dickens out of it, each restart brings it back. Got to be some kind of dynamic link. I'd search my init scripts for something that may be doing a link.. -scanbus which normally brings up your position in the SCSI chain/lun and whatever device you are using. Mine says. run cdrecord -scanbus as root. ;-) it hates you ron:) Gonna try my burner maybe tonight as well. Lots of problems as u can see. I'm going to wipe /home and reinstall. Wish me luck...Methinks I'll need it. Should have a problem. installed perfectly for great 3D acceleration. Networking, except for my 'Nix box showing up in Network Neighborhood, is good. We can fix the sharing but it works the way you want it right now so you can see the 2 windows machines and such so the rest is just mental candy :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound card oddity
Thanks!! [carl@starfury carl]$ cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.5.11. Compiled on Oct 16 2001 for kernel 2.4.8-26mdk with versioned symbols. [carl@starfury carl]$ Looks like me adding the new drivers from alsa-project MAY have worked after all. - -This is a multi-part message in MIME format... - -=_1003442080-1734-1389 -Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - -Carl Lafferty wrote: - - Maybe LM8.1 chooses an OSS/Free driver for some sondcards and an ALSA - driver for others. Muting everything by default is an ALSA tradition :) - - Any way I can tell, so I can know what is going on?? - -[frans@localhost frans]$ cat /proc/asound/version -Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.5.10b. -Compiled on Apr 15 2001 for kernel 2.4.3-20mdk with versioned symbols. - --Frans - - -=_1003442080-1734-1389 -Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer -Content-Disposition: inline; filename=message.footer -Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - -Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? -Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com - -=_1003442080-1734-1389-- - -- 'Tis some script kidd3z, I muttered, tapping at my server port- Only this, and nothing more. - Edgar root Poe. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SCSI CD-R (was Re: [newbie] Sound card oddity)
- -Looks like thats what I got too... ;-) - - take a look at this and see if it look familiar:) [carl@starfury carl]$ su Password: [root@starfury carl]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. [root@starfury carl]# What did you tell me you did??? -- 'Tis some script kidd3z, I muttered, tapping at my server port- Only this, and nothing more. - Edgar root Poe. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound card oddity
Why, when I installed lm81 on a comp with a sb64 in it did the sound start with mixer setting that allow me to hear the KDE jingle and yet when I installed on my home system with a Yamaha 724F (DS-XG) card the mixer settings were set so that EVERYTHING was muted by default?? beat my head on the wall for 2 days till I tried loading kmixer on a lark and saw it was set all the way down on EVERYTHING. Oh well. Live and learn. Was happy to see it supported so well! I can hear multiple sounds and such (LICQ sounds over mp3 and such) so I am happy!! -- I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] chromium
does anyone have any cheat codes for chromium??? what is the highest score you have gotten? -- ^-m-^ Haven't you heard? Chromium's design philosophy is that few survive beyond the first 5 mins! grin Don't remember my score, but 3rd level is about as far as I get. (hate those swarming bubble thingys!) ;-) Nice looking/sounding game though. I love putting some Metallica or early Def Lepard in the CD and using it for the soundtrack! ;-) enya is also a good choice!! Relaxing so you are not jerking around :) Metallica BAD! Lars BAD!!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] attachments in every message??
I recently signed back up to the expert and newbie lists for mandrake in anticipation of the new 8.1 release and find that something is different with the list. It may have been discussed before but now EVERY message I have gotten today has had a 'message.footer' file attached to it. Is this normal?? -- Carl Lafferty Sys Admin Floyd County Public Library www.fclib.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] network card woes
I have an Intel pro 100+ Network card (that's what windows idents it as) and since I upgraded my mobo from an asus p5ab to a p3b-f I can't get it to work in linux at all. everything APPEARS to work fine however. it is apparently detected and it USED to work... I even did a complete reinstall of linux mandrake 7.2 and no go. I used the dmesg command to obtain some info: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:D0:B7:7E:19:75, I/O at 0xd000, IRQ 0. Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around. Board assembly 727095-007, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). I am unsure why it is showing the card as having IRQ 0. Windows says it is on irq 9.. this is important since when I want to do things in linux at home my wife still has to be able to get out to the net thru internet connection sharing. Any help is, as always, appreciated. -- Carl Lafferty System Administrator, Floyd County Public Library Registered Linux User #201131
[newbie] dialin ppp connection
Maybe I am being dense but I want to find a way to dial into my LM 7.2 box at work from him and establish a PPP connection that will allow me to use that connection to surf the net and such. I have tried looking for 'dialin' in the list archives and possibly that is not what I should be looking for.. My purpose is to have a 'backup' internet access point thru work as well as a way to dial in and diagnose local network problems if our main connection is down. -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake for Alpha processor
-as much as i hate to admit it linux is getting to stand on its own -but for your alpha server i would really recommend either -freeBSD or netBSD "unix type OS" either one is really stable -and can't go wrong.. Well the machine will be a test machine at first. if mandrake proves to be unstable on it, I will switch to one of those. thanks -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
[newbie] Mandrake for Alpha processor
I soon will have back in my possession an Alpha server 800/400 with 64meg and 6gig of space. This USED to be an NT (phewy) server that I would like to get back into use as a more useful linux server where I work. what I would like to know is if anyone has any experience in installing on this system. I tried to install northern linux from hard-data on this beast and it was a dismal failure from the get-go. What kind of problems am I going to run into and more importantly will someone here have some answers?? I understand from trying this before that this particular alpha is kind of an oddball of alphas.. comments?? -- "It's nice to be important but it is more important to be nice." -Ziggy
[newbie] kwintv and ML7.2
I have tried everything I know to do (very little I suppose) to get kwintv that ships with ml7.2 to work. (xawtv works fine after reading the manpages) but can't seem to get it to work. Anyone have an idea I can try?? -- Man lives in the sun lit world that he believes to be reality
Re: [newbie] Hostname problems...
- -Its probably trying to lookup hostname "darkforce" from the network and -can't find it? - -Same thing happens to me when I change mine. - -For example the Floyd County Library here in Prestonsburg uses netins.net -as the hostname. It can look that up on the network. - No I don't. I use starfury.netins.net as my hostname for linux as well as my windows boot on that machine (got the 30gig installed friday) netins.net simply is the email service I have used for the last 8 years and since you know I hate change, I don't wanna switch. tho you are probably correct in the actual diagnosis. probably a hosts file that needs to be updated but since I have never installed linux without a network to put it on (even my home network) I have had no problems like this. -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
RE: [newbie] kicq2.0.0b1 make
I did that. at first it complained about not having icqlib, so I go get icqlib, install it and then the configure script executes just dandy as I stated. Still got the message described below. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kicq2.0.0b1 make yeah...how about just plain old ./configure ? -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ##!-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 Carl Lafferty spake passionately saying: Got the 2.0.0.b1 tar.gz of kicq as well as the new icqlib that goes with it. the icqlib compiled/installed perfectly and now my configure script runs just dandy.. However when I run make I get the following error. [carl@starfury ~/kicq-2 .0.0b1]$ make cd . make -f admin/Makefile.common configure.files make[1]: Entering directory `/home/carl/kicq-2 .0.0b1' make[1]: *** [configure.files] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/carl/kicq-2 .0.0b1' make: *** [configure.files] Error 2 Any ideas for a fix would sure help!!
Re: [newbie] kicq2.0.0b1 make
-to see about Kicq. The next thing I knew when I browsed through the bin -directory and there is was kicq. How weird, after all this time I never had -a clue that kicq was already installed. I just dont understand why isnt it -in the Kmenu. - I have found licq things there but nothing for kicq at all. would it be somewhere else besides /usr/bin ?? (I did a find from a command shell and didn't find it in the /usr at all anywhere) still stumped. :( Z -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
Re: [newbie] Zip Drive, Part II
-my Zip carts (even though they came from the factory pre-formatted). So...I -thought I'd be creative and leave the partition number off from the fstab line. -Heh, then it wouldn't read *any* Zip carts. smile - If it helps I was the system admin at the local library and saw with my own eyes. I, of course, have zip drive problems of my own that no one has been able to comment on (ron posted them for me before I joined the mailing list) Needless to say, if it can be screwed up, I will succeed in doing it:) -- Carl Lafferty | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.netins.net/showcase/carl -The-UQWK-guy-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fclib.org Need your daily fix of B5?? Check amazon.com or your local bookstore for B5 in print.
[newbie] kicq2.0.0b1 make
Got the 2.0.0.b1 tar.gz of kicq as well as the new icqlib that goes with it. the icqlib compiled/installed perfectly and now my configure script runs just dandy.. However when I run make I get the following error. [carl@starfury ~/kicq-2 .0.0b1]$ make cd . make -f admin/Makefile.common configure.files make[1]: Entering directory `/home/carl/kicq-2 .0.0b1' make[1]: *** [configure.files] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/carl/kicq-2 .0.0b1' make: *** [configure.files] Error 2 Any ideas for a fix would sure help!!
[newbie] Compiling KICQ with kde2
Did a fresh install saturday and decided to try out kicq at the prompting of Ron "darklord" hall so I download the src and the src for icqlib that it suggests. ICQlib compiles/installs just fine but kicq will NOT compile. I configured it with ./configure --with-kde-version=2 and it worked OK or appeard to (no errors anyway) but when I run make afterwards it complains that there is no configure.files and bombs out... I am away from my linux box right now or I would have included an exact screen shot.. Any help appreciated.
RE: [newbie] Netscape-kppp weirdness
desktop, but as soon as I reached the desktop the "Internet" icon started to show a "starburst effect" (no kidding) and multiple copies of the connection window began to appear--like really fast, filling up my taskbar and continuing to spawn the app way faster than I could hope to kill it. In desperation I killed the X-server. In 3 years of using linux this hasn't happened before, and I hope it doesn't again. I have had this happen to me as well. Just surfing along and its like I am hijacked but I am sure none of the pages I am on do that.
