[newbie] XFree 4.0.3 freezes in LM8.0
I have been having problems with the installation of LM8.0 the worst has been that the Xservers freezes without any pattern at all. I think someone had posted it was related to some gtk packages, but I dont remember which ones. Please HELP Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] 7.2 iso's
i don't know if these are the latest ftp://linux.mty.itesm.mx/pub/mirrors/mandrake they are at my local university at Mexico
[newbie] LM8.0 question/problem
Hi all I recently installed LM8.0 in my home box ( i already have a laptop running LM7.2) with this conf AMD motherboard PIII-750MHz, 192MB RAM 20 GB HD (15 for windows, 5 for linux) Nvidia TNT2 card with 16 MB shared ram memory, which leaves 176MB of ram Sony CD-RW 8X Creative Labs CD 52X +soundcard, ethernet card, modem cable i set the swap partition to about 400 MB (is this too much?) recently someone posted that there is a 256MB maximum Also the Xserver has been freezing a lot, i think someone posted something related to a few gtk packages what should i do with the swap (resize or leave it like that?) and HOW CAN I STOP THE XSERVER FROM FREEZING? Carlos
Re: [newbie] Do I have to download everything in RPMS
the minimum install is about 400MB (a lot for a 56kb modem), so i would recommend you to ask a friend with more bandwith to download the isos and then burn the CD's or maybe buy the cds at a local store if you still want to try the modem installation, I think you can download the network image (inside the images directory), make a boot floppy of this image with rawwrite (it is in the dosutils directory) and give it a try. this image is made for a network card, so i am not sure if it would allow you to dial. READ THE INSTALL.TXT INSIDE THE IMAGES DIRECTORY. Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] Ho can I create a demo .AVI or similar to show how OS operates?
i haven't found an app for making avis, but there seems to be several for making mpegs. i have used xvidcap (look for it in rpmfind.net, or I can send it to you)... firts it takes snapshots of a window, the desktop, an area, etc... then with all the images you can use this software or gimp to make the movie the time I tried to use this app was on my laptop, but the ram/swap couldn't handle so much info (about 1000 images), so i betrayed our cause and used quicktime pro in my home box with w98se to make a mov file, which was pretty easy (i recently installed lm8 in that box) Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] Crystal Semiconducter CS4236B Audio Codec
i couldn't set up my cs4232 card properly, so i tried installing it as a SoundBlaster 16 and IT WORKED! io=220 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=5 mpu=330 if the sound sounds crappy, triy modifying this parameters...
[newbie] Gnome-alt key problem
I recently reinstalled LM7.2, with gnome as graphical desktop i found out that my Left Alt Key tries to raise the window in the xserver and haven't been able to fix it any help?
[newbie] LM8.0 bug fixes
as i said a few days ago, my LM8.0 installation failed because of my thinkpad's ps/2 mouse. have someone installed this new version perfectly with this kind of mouse/computer? if not, does any one know if there is a way to patch the kernel or when 8.1 is being released? Carlos
[newbie] LM 8.0 installation failed
Lastnight i tried to install LM 8.0 on my laptop IBM ThinkPad 380XD P233 Neomagic graphic card 64MB RAM 4GB HD Ethernet card USB port Serial and parallel port Toshiba CDROM I booted directly from the CD, installation started fine at first, but i couldn't get the mouse to work properly... i tried all (really all) the mouse devices listed at the beginning, but none of them worked finally i decided to do a no mouse install and worry about it later the installation continued, but at the very end the computer frozed i rebooted it, aurora started, and then couldn't get into Xwindows After 5 hours i got very frustrated and installed back good old LM 7.2 which works perfectly on my computer Carlos
Re: [newbie] problems installing runtime environment file from Sun
I think you should do this as user, not root for the .bin, first do a chmod 744 filename.bin, then ./filename.bin for the .rpm do rpm -i filename.rpm tazmun wrote: Hi All I am very new to Linux and the command line is very intimidating yet. I have downloaded a supposedly self extracting file (.bin) as well as the rpm version of the file. They suggest in the install directions that this be done from the command line and tell you that by using a command(./) on both of the files will start a script asking if you agree to their agreement first. This command on either file just gets me a permission denied error whether I'm logged on as a user or as root. This file is to install the runtime java enviroment required by Staroffice for any java applications to function. The file will not run in kpackage in the rpm version either..if you try to execute it it will error and say is it not executeable. I am running Mandrake 7.1 for now. I've also tried the rpm -ivh and -iv commands to no avail either.help please.I hate the Redmond gang but this is driving me nuts too!! Anyone helping here please assume I know nothing of the command line in their directions. Tazmun
Re: [newbie] charecters in Mandrake 72 - Spanish
Hola Edelmiro. Yo tuve problemas similares para configurar mi teclado. Antes que nada, puedes usar todas las teclas de tu teclado correctamente? me refiero a que si los acentos y caracteres especiales funcionan bien? si la respuesta es afirmativa, el teclado latinoamericano tiene la @ al presionar altgr-q Carlos Edelmiro Guerra wrote: Stupid question: I am very new newbie in linux. How can I get the character @ in Mandrake 7.2. I am using KDE, lengauge is spanish (from mexico) and the keyboard is configured as latinoamercan. I tried using the key Alt and 64 at same time as in Win95/98, but there is no answer Help will be appreciated. Edelmiro Guerra E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] rebuilding the kernel
Hi all 1. What packages do i need to download to rebuild my kernel 2. Where can i find a guide or how-to to rebuild my kernel Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] Gzip
tar -zvxf tarfile.tar.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to Linux and I forgot how to extract .tar.gz files. Can someone offer me some assistance?
Re: [newbie] Wine
type at a terminal wine --managed /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Office/Office/winword.exe or whatever your program path is Matt Harrison wrote: One more questionHow exactly do I use Wine? I did a full Install of Mandrake installing every package and I know wine got installed. I want to try using Word to show my boss ways of helping old Microsoft Users that Linux is capable of running Microcrap software.
[newbie] video capture
Hi all can somebody recommend me a video capture app to make a movie from a running app. Carlos Berardi
[newbie] aurora images
for those who haven't noticed, when aurora is booting or shutting down, left click on the penguin and an image will appear at the bottom of the screen. Carlos Berardi
[newbie] Pstricks
i'm making figures in LaTeX with PsTricks. When watching the dvi file, figures (the ones made with pstricks) look good, but when translating to PostScript, they scramble a little. Does anyone have an answer for this? Carlos Berardi
[newbie] a question that doesn't belong here
Hi all. I know this question doesn't belong here, but since there is a lot of people reading this, probably it's the best way to find out. I'm lookinf for a song, but don't know the name and/or artist. I just remember the video where some guy (a movie actor) is a fugitive running through a forest, then he hides in a farm's barn and the farmer children start feeding him; then all of a sudden the farmer realices and starts chasing the guy with a shootgun throgh the country. i know this is worst than mission impossible, but who know, one of you might remember the song name or artist i'm referring to. Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault
i'm using netscape 6.01 without any problem... it has crashed some times, but not as much as 6.0 Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: 1) My system is an AMD K6-2 400 with 128 megs of real RAM (and a 256 swap file on LM72). 2) I am using the new Netscape 6.01, which just came out a few days ago. This 6.01 version is based on the stable Mozilla .7, which came out in January, while Netscape 6.0, which came out in November, was based on the unstable Mozilla Milestone 17 of mid-September. In other words, three milestones separate Netscape 6.0 and 6.1, namely, Mozilla Milestone 17, 18 and Mozilla .6 and now Mozilla .7. You might wish to check out the new Netscape 6.01. I used Mozilla .7 for quite a while, and it was very stable (for many hours at a time) and reliable. Please try it and let me know if you have this same segmentation fault. I have this segmentation fault even when I use Netscape 6.01 ONLY (i.e. without Netscape 4.76). My thanks to all of you for your kind help. Benjamin
[newbie] flash in netscape 6
Hi all To those who have been wondering about flash in netscape 6: i got flash working installing the ShockwaveFlash.class and libflashplayer.so in my netscape 6 plugins directory, which is /usr/local/netscape/plugins/ i'm using netscape 4.76 too, and i had to do the same at /usr/lib/netscape/plugins probably there is a better way than copying the files twice, but this works anyway. Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] realplayer install; different architecture
i had the same problem with the rpm package the only way i found was downloading the .bin file since then i succesfully got real player 8 installed rootbus wrote: Downloaded an rpm for RealPlayer-8.0-1. Clicked and got Kpackage for rpms. When the install started I got the message "Realplayer-8.0-1 is for a different architecture." Looked for other rpms and found none. Anyone found a good way to get RealPlayer in? Or any other way to stream ra format?
Re: [newbie] Flash in Netscape-6.01 -- How?
try running netscape 6 this way: /usr/local/netscape/netscape if from a terminal you type "netscape", it will run the command in the PATH. i have both netscape 6 and netscape 4.76 installed, and have to run the 6.01 version manually (actually i placed a shortcut in a panel) Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Mike and friends: OK, here is the lowdown on Netscape 6.01: I initially installed it in /usr/local/netscape. But after installation, when I tried to run it by typing in xterm "netscape", it would invariably bring up Netscape 4.76 (which is located in /usr/bin/netscape). So, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it in my home directory under NET6. Well, that has apparently caused other problems. So, I have uninstalled it once again and reinstalled by default in /usr/local/netscape. However, there is no Netscape 6 or any Netscape executable in /usr/local/netscape or /usr/local/bin. But I did copy the plugins from /usr/lib/netscape/plugins into /usr/local/netscape/plugins (without overwriting the ones that were already there -- thanks for the tip -- but I still don't know how to launch Netscape 6. Please remember that I have both Netscape 4.76 and Netscape 6 installed on my LM72. How do I now launch Netscape 6, please? Thanks so very much. Benjamin
Re: [newbie] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?
in the xterm type /usr/local/netscape/netscape Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Just installed the new Netscape 6.01 into the default directory /usr/local/netscape. How do I launch Netscape 6. When I type "netscape" in xterm, it launches Netscape 4.76, which I also have on my system. Would very much appreciate your help. Thank you. Benjamin
Re:[newbie] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?
Benjamin: did you install it as root? you might change the netscape folder permissions to 755 as i said before, there should be a "netscape" entry in the /usr/local/netscape/ Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Carlos and friends: There's the rub. Installed Netscape 6 in /usr/local/netscape but there is no netscape6 executable. Would really appreciate your help: [sher@sher sher]$ /usr/local/netscape/netscape bash: /usr/local/netscape/netscape: No such file or directory [sher@sher sher]$ [sher@sher sher]$ cd /usr/local/netscape [sher@sher netscape]$ ls plugins/ [sher@sher netscape]$ Thanks so much. Benjamin
[newbie] shutdown image
hi all. a few days ago i was shuting down my computer (aurora showing up status), then accidently hit some key (i don't know which one) and an image (a sunset) appeared at the bottom of the screen. does anyone know that key stroke that activates the image? i guess this is a very stupid question, but i would like to know how it got activated Carlos Berardi
[newbie] Netscape 6
I have been using Netscape 6 for a month and every now and then it crashes. I already tried re-installing it, but its the same. have anyone found a way to fix it? Carlos Berardi
