Re: [newbie] How to upgrade versions with CLI?
On Mar 12, 2004, at 10:20 PM, Alaa The Great wrote: you can add rpm package sources using urpmi.addmedia (usr the wizard in http://www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php) then upgrade the system by running these commands urpmi urpmi urpmi --auto-select the kernel has to be installed manualy urpmi kernel more info from http://www.urpmi.org/ and of course tha man pages for urpmi, urpmi, urpmi.addmedia, urpmi.cfg, urpmi.update, urpmi.removemedia Thanks, I'll look into this. Looks good Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No manual entry for XXXX for non-root users
On Mar 12, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Alaa The Great wrote: msec will probably change it back so I will probably have to figure out again (for the 3rd or 4th time) how to manipulate the msec tables :-) to get it to stick But should /usr/share/man be owned by rpm:rpm? yeah for some strange reason /usr/share/man is owned by RPM on high security levels. you can fix this by modifying the msec table relevant to your security level /usr/share/msec/perm.[0-5] the line would look like this /usr/share/man rpm.rpm 710 either change the permissions or change the groups /usr/share/man rpm.man 755 hi Yeah, I just changed it to read /usr/share/man rpm.rpm 711 And that works fine. Since man refers to this directory inside a longer path, it only needes e(x)ecute privilege... Thanks for all the replies! Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to upgrade versions with CLI?
Here is another newbie question: My friend's machine I am helping with is running Mandrake 9.0. I have done some security updates and stuff through the GUI. But the machine is in a remote data center and so I would like to be able to update stuff as automatically as possible with the CLI. How does one go from 9.0 to 9.1 or 9.2, with or without the GUI tool? Is there something similar to the FreeBSD cvsup or the gentoo emerge? Those two are the ways I am familiar with with my own FreeBSD systems and a gentoo system I got. Thanks Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: NVIDIA_GLX and NVIDIA_kernel Re: XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
If your trying to have the NVIDIA drivers work in both 2.4 and 2.6 on the same machine it's easy enoughyou just need to use the same version of the kernel driver. eg 5328. you simply install the 2.4 one which updates glx to 5328 version. Then extract the source for the header for the kernel driver patch them. reboot into 2.6 and compile them by hand. The kernel drivers install in /lib/modules/kernel-x.x.x-x/drivers/video with the 2.4 being in /lib/modules/kernel-2.4.xx-x/drivers/video and 2.6 in /lib/modules/kernel-2.6.xx-x/drivers/video I've got them quite happily existing side by side. As long as you use the same nvidia drivers version they're quite happy with sharing GLX. If I've totally missed the plot just ignore me :) Chad On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:01, Anguo wrote: On Friday 19 Dec 2003 4:44 am, JoeHill wrote: Can you not have two sets of drivers installed, kernel *and* GLX, as long as they are installed into seperate kernels? Seems to me, as I indicated below, he should be able to install both kernel and GLX drivers and have 3D acceleration in both kernels... I have now been able to get my new kernel working, and X and 3D acceleration. I have noticed that NVIDIA_kernel, just like the kernel, are installed side by side but the NVIDIA_GLX are upgraded. So the answer is no: we cannot have 3D accelerations in both kernels with the nvidia drivers. Thanks to all who helped. Augustin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dyndns setup and apache
Jeff, Your URL from the outside is only http://bustedbox.homelinux.net . There is no www in front of it. Your site is working. If you want to be able to use both the bustedbox.homelinux.net and the www.bustedbox.homelinux.net names, you have to set up a ServerAlias in your httpd.conf file. For instance, if my server host name is fred.flinstone.homelinux.net , I would setup the server in apache to respond on port 80 to any of the following... ServerName www.flinstone.homelinux.net ServerAlias flinstone.homelinux.net ServerAlias fred.flinstone.homelinux.net That should help you get started. At 7:40 PM EST, http://bustedbox.homelinux.net/ was working. Jeff's Information Tech Site. However, http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ is not working. Chad Quoting Ian Trickett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 7 pm EST - 404 on http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ Ian - Original Message - From: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: [newbie] dyndns setup and apache Hello Everyone, I am attempting to setup a personal website from my SBC Ameritech/Yahoo internet connection. I have a dynamic ip. I am also doing network address translation, but I have access to port forwarding in the router. After signing up for dyndns.org service and starting port forwarding from incoming 80 on the router to incoming 80 on my linux box I was in shock that it seems to work. I thought that Ameritech (or SBC whoever they are now) would block it since all I have is the cheap residential service. Any way I have two questions: Is there any utility bundled with Mandrake 9.1 to update my dynamic ip with dyndns.org (it must get the address from the router). Also is there any gui tools for apache. I am reading the docs now, but I think it will be awhile before I fully grasp it. Yes I know it's a very insecure setup since I don't fully understand what I'm doing, but I must learn somehow. If someone could also check http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ and let me know that it's not just being served in my lan I would also appreciate it. TIA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com 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] 9.1 final has been released
Hey, I have nothing to complain about. I had both ISO's inside of 2.5 hours. I was averaging almost 400 Kbps from carroll.cac.psu.edu. Of course, I live within 50 miles of the Penn State campus. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of stormjumper Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.1 final has been released wow. thanks to Anders Linds, bob, and David E Fox for all the ftp sources. never expected to recieve such helpful replies for an offhand remark on how slow my download was. anyway, now dl'ing at 10-15kb/s. nothing to rave about, but compare to the original 1-2kb/s. :) thank - Original Message - From: David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:37 Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.1 final has been released This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1048616959-1281-2324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit and every mirror i know is absolutely bombed out. i'm getting trickles of 1-2kb/s. lol, i wonder if there're any internet traffic monitors out there that can tell me if the release of mandrake 9.1 caused any great internet disruption. :) Nah...ftp.sunet.se gives me 40 kb/s approx I was getting rather good performance last week (and before) from ftp.nluug.nl. I'm in California BTW, but was pulling 150kb/s on my DSL line. Who knows what it might be now that final is out... /Anders 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] OpenOffice 1.0.1 menu items gone
I've searched with Google and through the Newbie/Expert archives for this, but to no avail. On my parents stock LM 9.0 install, OpenOffice installed just fine and ran great for a while. Now, when any user logs in at the desktop and starts up any OO application, the File, Edit, Format, etc. menus are all gone. There is a space for them and the drop down menus still work, there are just no words in them. It's tough to explain, so I took a screenshot with Gimp and posted it on my web site here: http://dilbert.dnsalias.com/graphix/oo_menu_gone.jpg Now, I also use VNC to admin it remotely (from my bedroom to the family room). When I start a VNC server (vncserver :5 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16) and access the machine that way, I can start OO and the menus display fine. The only difference that I see is when using VNC, it's using VNC's X11 server instead of XFree86. The resolution is also different. My parents use 800x600, depth 16. The things that I have tried are as follows: 1. When the problem first appeared, I shut down OO, logged out, restarted the X server, logged back in 2. Tried restarting the dm service 3. Tried removing the .openoffice directory from users home dir, then running OO 4. Tried rebooting the PC (years worth of Windows training taking over) 5. Tried removing the whole OO package, rebooting, re-installing None of the above have worked thus far. I have some more ideas to try, but they are fairly in-depth. No other application has this problem. I'm about ready to wipe re-install. I have /home separate, so it won't be a real big deal. Just the time to do it. I would however like to find a solution to the problem. I hate giving up and doing a re-install. I have been performing weekly updates through MDK Update. Any bug fixes, security patches normal upgrades I automatically download. One of those might have been the culprit. The specs on the machine are: Compaq Deskpro, 233 MHz, 192 MB, 3.2 GB, S3 Trio 64V2/DX (built-in) and Intel 82559 Ethernet (built-in). If anybody needs any other hardware specs, let me know. Anybody run into something like this before? Any solutions would be greatly appreciated. Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] newbie
how do i take my email off this emailing list. it is good information and all, but I am getting over 100 emails a day. i still have dial-up and it takes forever. I am about to change my email address. will someone email me and please let me know where i need to go to take my email address out of the list. Thanks. chad(newbie) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making rpm installation easier for newbies
robin: For us new to linux wanting to get away from windows and microsoft. Atleast make it where when installing and rpm to give us an option to an easily accessible icon or entry to the program we are trying to install. Heck, if linux would make things easier then there would be no such thing as microsoft or windows. All I am trying to say is that we need to have the option if we want the icon or not, you can always delete it? chad (newbie) robin wrote: tek1 wrote: i've been using windows quite a bit, but slowly making the move to linux. :) lately, i installed opera6 on linux. downloading the rpm and installing it was easy, but post-installation, i wasn't able to find where the opera executable was. knowing rpm command line and other commands, it's easy to find where opera was installed, but for someone completely new to linux, i think that they would be lost. one suggestion for improving rpm and other installation programs for linux is to put a icon on the desktop for the user to easily find. also, somehow placing the icon somewhere in the kmenu (for kde) or asking the user in which folder (i.e. applications) a shortcut should be made would make newbies transition to linux a lot easier. this installation problem/situation is not limited to opera, but is related to all gui-based software installed on linux that is to be used in the point-and-click fashion by end users... i think that the above would be one of the first problems faced by individuals and companies making the switch from windows to linux... anyone know if there are future plans for rpm to include an icon on the desktop and/or in the desktop environments' (kde/gnome) folders upon package installation? Menu integration is more to do with the people who write the packages - some packages will add KDE or GNOME menu entries; most do not. Package writers could, I suppose, add icons to be put on the user's desktop, but most people probably wouldn't want this. Remember that Linux is designed as a multi-user system, and a lot of users would object to icons popping up on their desktops every time the sysadmin installed a new program. An easy way to find files in RPM packages is to use the Software Manager (in 9.0 you neeed to select "uninstall software"; in 8.* you just click on the "installed" tab). Remember also that nine times out of ten the command to run a program is the same as the name of the package (usually in lowercase). Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.0 rc2 display manager
System: Compaq Deskpro, P-233 MMX, 192 MB, 4.2 GB, 1 MB Video on board, standard PS/2 2 button with scroll wheel (as middle button), using Mandrake Linux 9.0 RC2 iso images. After installing RC2 on a test machine, I was having all kinds of good luck with it, until there was a power cutoff while logged into KDE. After any successive reboot, it starts /etc/init.d/dm and I can see it loading. It then displays the login panel of kdm (my preferred login manager). After a few seconds, the screen blanks and drops down to the C-A-F1 login screen as if init 3 had been issued. C-A-F7 is a blank screen. I have been into the Mandrake Control Center and made sure that KDE automatically starts but does not auto-login a user. I even changed it to not start X upon boot (init 3), saved it, then changed it back to init 5 on boot and re-saved just to make sure it took. If I login as any user on the F1 screen and issue a startx, it comes up just fine. If I login as root and issue a /etc/init.d/dm restart the display manager comes up and stays up. Users are able to login use the machine as normal. When a user logs out, it stays on the kdm login screen as it's supposed to. However, on reboots, it does the exact thing as described in the 3rd paragraph. Here is some pertinent info from /var/log/message towards the end of the boot process: kernel: Splash status on console 0 changed to off echo: 0 rc: Disabling Boot logo succeeded kdm[957]: Unknown session exit code from manager process kdm[957]: Rescanning all config files gpm[798]: info: [mice.c(1751)]: gpm[798]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2 Before, I was getting errors dealing with problems with mice.c on the boot process. It is either something blowing up with dm or mice.c from what I can tell. Any help or ideas would be great. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux forwarding Windows viruses
Must you incorporate it: No Should you incorporate it? Depends on your moral obligation. Some people take the high road and say, They are running Windows. They deserve what they get. Virus's and all. Some take the low road. Some of my friends still run Windows I don't want to pass on an infection to them. Your results may vary. My personal experience is that I do not have any anti-virus on my Linux workstation. Most of the forwarded messages I get are text. I have a VMware installation of Windows 98 2K, running Norton A/V to test messages that are questionable. I've found that common sense is usually the best defense against virial infection. Chad Vogelsong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Miark Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux forwarding Windows viruses Paul M. Bucalo [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: My original question than stands as this: Must I incorporate anti-virus software on my Linux machine(s) to protect my Windows clients from ever mistakenly getting a virus from me? It would seem that the answer is going to have to be yes, for their sake, not mine. Do you concur, Chad? What about the rest of you? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Suggestions for a good avi/divx player
Try XINE. I use it to play my avi's, DVD's, and divx format. Although you will have to add the codec's yourself, it's moderately easy to setup. The documentation is really good. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mithrilhall2000 Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Suggestions for a good avi/divx player Can anyone suggest a good avi/divx player? * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ATI All-In-Wonder Rage Pro 128 16MB 2xAGP, can't install
Greetings all, I have been stumped at this problem for a substantial amount of time. I've searched through Google, Yahoo, the expert newbie mailing list archives and anything else I can think of. My hardware: Biostar M7VIB, AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz (266 FSB), 512 MB RAM, ATI All-In-Wonder Rage Pro 128 16MB 2xAGP, 3 HDD's (160 GB total), a Promise Ultra 100 IDE controller for disks /dev/hda - hdd, onboard IDE controller for /dev/hde (boot drive) - hdh, Dell Ultrascan 21FS 21 monitor. My Problem: Back in the day, I was running MDK 7.2 on this hardware and MAYBE 8.0. I have tried upgrading to 8.1 now 8.2. The problem has always been with the video. On my most recent run through with MDK 8.2, everything goes fine until I reach the video setup (in Expert/Install mode). It gives me the choice of Xfree86 4.2.0 w/ 3D, 4.2.0 w/o 3D or 3.3.6. If I choose either of the 4.2.0's and go with the correct monitor, Dell Ultrascan 21FS, it apparently succeeds in finding the right video card, then I choose a conservative resolution (16-bit, 800x600). If I go to test, the screen blanks and the light that *blips* when I use the brightness or contrast control starts flashing. Nothing is displayed on the monitor ever again, until a reboot. I have tried dropping down using C-A-F1 through F8, C-A-DEL, C-A-BS, pushing all the keys, crying on the keyboard, etc. It doesn't make a sound, a beep or anything. The screen is blank and it will stay that way for up to an hour (after which I rebooted). If I try the 3.3.6 version, I get an error of XFree86- rpm not found. I'm using the downloaded 3 CD set for MDK 8.2. MDK 8.1 gave the same type of problem. I know the video card is good. It works full featured when I boot into Win98 Win2k. Any suggestions? If you need more info, I would be happy to provide it. Thanks, Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] applications start at KDE startup
Shut down all the applications, go to log out of KDE and pick to save the session or save xxx xxx. Whatever it says on the logout ok, cancel dialog box. Chad -Original Message- From: Hanan Shargi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] applications start at KDE startup Hi, I'm running LM 8.1 and KDE, 2 weeks ago for somereason (I cant remember it now ) I killed X while there was some applications running ( Dia, gaim, and Konqueror ) and ever since after that, everytime I startup KDE those applications startup automatically !!! I kept up with this situation for 2 weeks but now I just cant go on like this !! and I haven't got the slightest idea where to start looking to stop this... any idea anybody ? Thanks, - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Removing RPM's Mandrake 8.1
You call always force it to uninstall. If the command line was rpm -ivh package-name.3.4.8-11a.rpm, try the rpm -e package-name basically without the numbers. If it says it can't do it because of dependencies and you are sure you can get rid of it and things will be OK, try rpm -e --force package-name. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of DJW Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:27 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Removing RPM's Mandrake 8.1 I did an install of NVidia drivers that are not working right. (install was from the command line as root, not in a term window or with one of the package managers with the X system shut down) with the command rpm -ivh package name When it didn't work right I tried to unistall it from the command line (rpm -e package name). It says package not installed. If I try to reinstall it, it says package already installed. When I looked at it with one of the package manager's it shows the packages, but wants to unistall a whole bunch of dependencies that I know I need. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Donald Wright Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Licensing, Windows and Mandrake
I believe this all depends on what you are using the Win2k Server box for. If the server houses user data, a web site/server, a ftp site/server or something to that effect and you need your windows clients to access this data, you can setup the Linux box as an intermediary. For instance, say there is user data (My Documents, Favorites, Outlook mailbox) on the Win2k server. Generally with Win2k Server, you get so many client licenses, either xx simultaneos connections or xx many users/computers connecting. If you setup sharing of the directories on the Win2k Server with user authentication and then are able to mount those directories with Samba, NFS, etc. under /home/user/windowsdata/mydocuments or /home/user/windowsdata/favorites then the windows PC's will also be able to login to the samba/linux server and have access to those directories. Now, if you need to run applications directly from the server or need windows only things done, I don't know if I can help you there, besides telling you to look at your apps and seeing if they will all run off of Linux. Then just keep your win clients but ditch the server. Chad Quoting Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kevin Old wrote: Thanks for your reply. I'm not worried about Linux. I'm a linux nut and have been working with it for years. I'm worried about Windows. For instance, a client machine requests something from the Win2k box. The request is received at the Linux box. The Linux box passes and receives the request to the Win2k box. The Linux box returns the data to the client machine. Given this senario, do I need client licenses for the Win2k Server if they are not going to be directly connecting to the Win2k box. You might need a lawyer, but my guess is yes, you will need client licenses. You'll have to read the (relevant) Windows licenses very carefully. There might be a loophole in a chain of reasoning that tries to say there is only one client of the Windows box, it is the Linux box all the other clients are clients of the Linux box, but *Microsoft* and *loophole* don't go together. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Command line updater
I've just started playing around with the latest beta(also first time using Mandrake). Since I don't use any X programs, is there a command line updater with Mandrake? Something similar to up2date with redhat. Thanks Chad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] DHCP client
Paul, Try not giving it a gateway address. If you give it a gateway, it will assume that all the other ethernet configuration is supplied, such as the IP and subnet. But if nothing is filled in, it will take the user supplied information (nothing) over the server supplied information (correct IP, subnet, dns, etc). If you choose DHCP, do not give it any other information. The box will send out a general DHCP get request and if the Sygate server is the only server that is listening to those requests, then it will send a reply with the supplied information (IP, Subnet, Gateway, DNS, etc.). Chad -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul SharpSent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:46 PMTo: MandrakeSubject: [newbie] DHCP client Hi, From a brand new newbie to Mandrake. Previously used Caldera. Have a Microsoft network neighborhood at home with half dozen computers and an old Pentium 233 box running win98 and Sygate Home Network as a gateway with a cable modem. Goal to replace that gateway with a linux box eventually. But for now I am in a Linux network class and I am trying get a Mandrake Linux box to work as a client on the existing network. Configured the network card with draknet in Xwindows. Set it up with no IP or mask and the DHCP box checked. Gave it the gateway address of 192.168.0.1 where the Sygate resides. Sygate provides a DHCP server at that address. It all ends up with eth0 running but it never gets an IP address assigned to it. However, when the dhcpcd starts up it gets valid information from Sygate which appears in /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info Some how something is missing because this info never shows up in the Linux routing tableor in the info provided by ifconfig -a for eth0 and thus there in no network access. If I configurewith astatic IP address such as 192.168.0.33 I haveInternet access and can browse the web. What is missing?? Regards Paul
RE: [newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0
I think this would be the best way, to install it off a LM 8.1 CD because it would have any dependencies taken care of. Do a 'rpm -Uvh --test samba*.rpm' on the samba RPM first though, to see if you get any errors or are missing any dependencies. Regards, Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jean-Christophe Berthon Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0 Hello, I'm would like to update my Samba Server (on a x86 Mdk 8.0) to the new version 2.2.2 I've seen that Mdk 8.1 has a Samba package (rpm-ized) 2.2.2 Is it possible (and recommended) to install this rpm package on a 8.0? Thanks, Best regards, --- Jean-Christophe Berthon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar?
I think you may have misunderstood the previous help. Let me try. If you are in Star Writer and would like to save a file to a floppy disk: 1. Put the floppy in the drive. 2. Open a terminal window as you have done before when trying the previous help. 3. Type 'mount /mnt/floppy' or if that doesn't work, try 'mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'. 4. You should see the floppy disk light come on momentarily. 5. If no error messages are recieved, then the mount was successful. 6. In Star Writer, go to the Save As function. 7. Choose '/mnt/floppy/' as the directory. This is just like selecting A:\ in Windoze. 8. Type in a file name and Save. To open the file, perform steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 before starting or right after starting StarWriter. Then just go to OPEN in Star Writerand do step 7 and then find the file. I don't believe there is a direct way of getting a terminal from Star Writer. Just use the one in your K or GNOME bar. Hope that helps. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Wildeman Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Hello, I couldn't find a terminal icon in starword. But i can find one on the tool bar, so I used it to type in: /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke1.doc Yet I got an error saying the directory or file doesn't exist. What did I do incorrectly? i can see clearly using the file browser that it is existing. Btw is there a direct way of accessing this terminal in starword? Thanks for any help, Thmswldmn From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:15 -0600 On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: Hello, Thanks for the help and the replies. This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or write in the words: /mnt/floppy/name of file ? I apologize for asking such a basic thing ahead of time. Respectfully, thmswldmn don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in learning, someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default there is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a whole new world. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] i486 binaries
Is the i486 optimized distro for 7.0 included in the Power Pack CD's? I have looked at the box and it doesn't say if they are or not. I have tried numerous times to d/l the iso image from the ftp sites that have it but it always seems to drop connection at about 25% (160 Meg) and the ftp sites the image is on doesn't support resume. I don't mind paying for the package if it has what I need in it. I saw it at CompUSA yesterday on sale for $29.00 = Chad Lumpkin IT Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com
[newbie] installing network from scratch
when you have a system without a network card and you want to install one what do you type to get into a configuration mode
[newbie] Setting up a DNS server
Where can I find good information on setting up a linux DNS server Thanks Chad
[newbie] How do I quit
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[newbie] Netscape won't browse
I can connect to my ISP but netscape won't browse. I have done the following - *changed the resolv.conf file to say search flashnet.com nameserver 209.30.0.9 nameserver 209.30.0.100 Did I leave something out? What else can I do? Please remember that I am new to Linux and need everything spelled out for me. Thanks Chad __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] How do you UNINSTALL stuff???
I have been wondering the same thing myself...is there a simple way to uninstall a program? - Original Message - From: The Postman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 10:48 PM Subject: [newbie] How do you UNINSTALL stuff??? I have seen (fist over hand) a ton of FAQs on how to install various program by compiling or through RPMs. So is there a way to uninstall? Is there a FAQ for it out there. And I am not JUST talking about RPM stuff either. I have installed many things with source code. I have NEVER seen anyone address this issue. Postman
Re: Re: [newbie] virus
I have the same problemBoth with JAVA and the newsgroups. Chad Warren Begin Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:31:43 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] virus On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 07:46:07AM +, Andre Baron wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 08:45:01PM -0500, Lloyd wrote: I just found an attached file in this mailing list (I've seen this file in newsgroups, too) called Happy99.exe. I'm pretty sure this is either a trojan horse or a virus. Open it at your own risk. If you just delete the message without opening it, you won't have any damage. And if you read it with a real operating system, you can laugh maniacally at the thought of all the Windows users who have just hosed their machine. Come on, doesn't anyone use Linux to read this mailing list?! Sorry Steve, I used a Mac to retrieve that one It had no problems, just chewed up the virus and spit it back out... ;) That's only at work, I'm proud to say that I have no Microsoft products on this machine hehe.. Hmmm... only because I have some strange attraction to Macs will I consider that even remotely close! :) I want one of those G3 servers so bad I can taste it. And this WAS written from Netscape un Mandrake. I don't everyone who says netscape for linux crashes, the only time this has crashed on me is when I've run outta memory... I can't say that I've never had it crash, but in the instances that it did crash, it was always Java/Javascript that caused it. Once I turned both of those off, it's been rock-solid. Speaking of which, does anyone else have problems with 4.08 double-loading news articles occasionally? It's not so bad on text articles (since the reload time is relatively quick), but when I'm tryin' to look at the nekkid chickies it's a little annoying! :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] End Original Message Get your Free E-mail at http://deepspace6.zzn.com ___ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Netscape in BW?
Im using a web based email service, and it formats email weird. I have tried loading x with 8,16,24,and 32. It does the same on all but 8. On 16-32 everything looks perfect except for the netscape icons. Its no biggie, just looks weird. --- On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 10:16:37PM -0500, Chad Warren wrote: First of all I would like to thank all of you who have posted lately, and answered the posts, Im NEW to linux and installed mandrake a few days ago. With help from some of the emails to this group I was prepared for all the problems. Got it all installed everything works. The only thing is, when I bring up Netscape in KDE, it is in BW, the pages are all fine(in color), but all of the icons in netscape are black. It only happens in Netscape any ideas? First of all, please limit your line length to something that might reasonably be expected to fit on a normal monitor. Netscape can do this by setting a checkbox in the Preferences settings. Something around 72 to 78 characters works well. As fo your question, it sounds like X is running out of colors and is unable to display the color icons. Try using 'startx -- -bpp 16' and see if it fixes the problem. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] End Original Message Chad Warren Webmaster - DeepSpace 6 ( http://cwarren.snider.net ) Get your Free E-mail at http://deepspace6.zzn.com ___ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com
[newbie] Remove
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Re: [newbie] remove
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