Re: [newbie] modem installation
d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote: Hi, I'm using a U.S Robotics 56k modem and I can't get it to work. I set it up and rebooted then I ran the query and it found it. I tried to connect to the internet and it stays on initializing modem. From, Steven HI Steven, You may need to use the 'setserial' command to set up the serial port. What is the model # of your modem? Mine is 5610 and it uses port /dev/ttyS4. Lots lots of infomation avialable on the internet. Use google to search for the information. If you have no luck finding the information the modem is model 5610, I can send you what data I use with 'setserial' HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to find files and look everywhere except /mnt?
Merlin Zener wrote: Hi, I wonder if it's possible to make the find files look everywhere *except* in the /mnt directory? I notice that it takes ages to find anything, and it seems to be when it get to the /mnt part of the search - it rattles the floppy and click-clicks the CDRW, even though there's no disk in either. I just thought is might speed things up a bit if I could tell it not to even try... TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Try the -xdev option. See 'man find'. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lost New Mozilla
Margot wrote: I finally took the plunge this morning and upgraded from the Mozilla 1.1 that came with my Mandrake 9.0 to the Mozilla 1.4. I downloaded it, unzipped it, untarred it and installed it following the instructions it came with - and now I can't find it! For the 1.1, I had some desktop icons that I'd dragged from the K menu. The icons are still on the desktop, and still bring up 1.1. The K menu still brings up 1.1. The only way I can access 1.4 is by going to a Konsole, doing cd /usr/local/mozilla, then doing ./mozilla. How do I get the new version on to the K menu? On the far left hand side of the pannel there is an icon of a small grear with an K on it. Select this icon and then select settings. You should see 'KAppfinder (Menu updating tool)'. This is on KDE 3.1. HTH] Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?
Erylon Hines wrote: ]On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:21 pm, ThinKer wrote: Hello All, I've just inherited two very old machines (Original Pentium with 16MB RAM each). I was wondering if there was anything I can download and install on these machines. They are currently running Windows 95 and they have Network cards already installed. I can put them on my network and browse the Intenet. I would like to install some flavor of Linux. Maybe a network or boot-floppy installation (since they only have 3.5 inch floppies) that will help me get more familiar with the way Linux works. Debian 'woody' requires only 12 mb of ram and 110 mb of hard disk space. Debian will run on 386 or higher. Of course this is an cli (command line interface) only system. Such as not an gui (graphical user interface). But if you are trying to learn 'linux' the cli is what you want. You can download with windows everything you need to get started. Debian is NOT an auto-install system, but the installation manual is very thorough. Be prepared to do a lot of reading learning. Debian is a throughly modern 'linux'. It has the best 'package' system. Once it is installed. you should never have to install it again. It can be upgrade to a new release 'in place'. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install Problem
jeepcreep wrote: Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening? Need to know a little more about your system. 1. Are using lilo? 2. If yes, post your lilo.config file. 3. Post your partition scheme. 4. How old is your computer? If it is somewhat old it may not be able to boot past 1024 cylinder. Did you make a boot floppy during the install? If you cannot boot into 8.1 you can download 'tomsrtbt' (from windows if necessary) and then you can access the new 8.1 system so you can 'look' at things and repair them if necessary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network activity indicator
Burrows, Scott wrote: Hi all, I'm using MDK 9.1. Love it. Is there any way to have a network activity indicator in the task bar at the bottom, similar to to the two network computers that turn on/off when there is network traffic on a Windoz box? That is one small feature about Windoz that I liked. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you use kppp to start your internet connection there is a ckeckbox during setup that make kpp dock to the panel. Then you can see the red dots blink. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS
John Richard Smith wrote: Charles Roberts wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: I'm thinking about dual booting the same OS but updating the second to test. I'm not sure of all the implications. I have a /boot partition. That means I will be overwriting the first kernel init etc, with the same, cannot think that is likely to be any problem. Lilo will still be in the MBR, but it will have the script from second install, because there is no option available these days to skip lilo install.Developers please note. Second install will use it's own /etc/lilo.conf file. but this is likely to be the naff OS , especially if it goes wrong with the updates. Not, to my mind, a satisfactory state of affairs. I want to be booting everything from the first OS /etc/lilo.conf. Question is how to do that. F1-rescue - install new bootloader , but it's going to have two identicle OS's each with it's own /etc/lilo.conf how will it know which to choose ? In otherwords how do I tell it which OS /etc/lilo.conf script it's to use ? each OS will have it's seperate partition, lets say for arguements sake, M9.1 OS1 on /hda7 M9.1 OS2 on /hda6 can I pass some arguement in the F1 -rescue - install new boot loader , to tell it which partition to look for an /etc/lilo.conf ? Does say, F1 - rescue /dev/hda7 make anything useful happen to where it reads /etc/lilo.conf ? I bet there is a way round this anyone ? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi John; Not sure if I understand all you have said! But to boot two OS: 1st OS install lilo in MBR 2nd OS install lilo in the 2nd OS's hard disk partition. like this root=hda5, boot=hda5 Change hda5 to where ever you installed the 2nd OS Add an 'other' line in the 1st OS lilo to point to the 2nd OS. like this: other=/dev/hda5 label=Debian or whatever In the 2nd OS lilo; boot=/dev/hda5 root=/dev/hda5 everthing else normal Now when you boot, select 'Debian' which will take you to the 2nd OS lilo. then select what you want from the 2nd Os. If you want I will send you my 2 lilo.conf's. HTH Charles So if I've understood you correctly, in effect you're chainloading two lilo's , one stored in the MBR(to work with windblows , chainloader fashion)and booting M9.1 OS1 from it's /etc/lilo.conf and a second lilo in the M9.1 OS2 situated in it's / partition,it seems a mite complicated. In addition I'm not too sure how you get the second OS install to put the second lilo in it's / partiton, when the installer will be conscious of the windblows/OS1 lilo MBR presence and wanting to shove lilo in the MBR again. currently I have, /dev/hda1 W2000 /dev/hda7 M9.1 (straight install, no updates) /dev/hda6 M9.0 (to be replaced with M9.1 , together with cooker updates) At the moment so long as I have two Different linux OS's I can switch which OS /etc/lilo.conf file is read and run at boot time, by replacing the lilo in the MBR with either F1 - rescue - install bootloader from either CD1 of each OS. The problem here is that I have two identicle OS's and I'm affraid that having just the one CD1 to do the F1 - rescue - install bootloader it will not know which /etc/lilo.conf to run at boot time. This is because each OS has it's own /etc/lilo.conf in the relevant / partition. Maybe it doesn't matter so long as each /etc/lilo.conf is constructed to boot either OS, so that whichever /etc/lilo.conf it chooses to run , it will still have enough script to boot either OS.Still I'd like to be a mite more precise about it. Maybe you are right though. Having two Identicle OS means having to lilo's to boot with. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yes. This way uses 2 lilo.conf. One in the MBR (by having 'boot=/dev/hda' in the 1st OS lilo.conf, and the other lilo.conf goes in /dev/hda9 (by having 'boot=/dev/hda9' in the 2nd OS lilo.conf. If you would like to be more precise about it, read 'man lilo.conf'. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS
John Richard Smith wrote: Charles Roberts wrote: Yes. This way uses 2 lilo.conf. One in the MBR (by having 'boot=/dev/hda' in the 1st OS lilo.conf, and the other lilo.conf goes in /dev/hda9 (by having 'boot=/dev/hda9' in the 2nd OS lilo.conf. If you would like to be more precise about it, read 'man lilo.conf'. Charles Oh, yes , I've read that a few times before. Constructing the lilo.conf file is not the problem. I want a way that will work with a /boot partition and give me DUAL M9.1 choice, and be easy to install and configure. The question is this . Install 1, OS M9.1 on /dev/hda7 lilo in MBR.fine, this reads /etc/lilo.conf from partition/dev/hda7 Install 2, OS M9.1 on /dev/hda6 lilo still in MBR but overwrites previous LILO this will read which /etc/lilo.conf ? because now you have two /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf on /dev/hda7, or /etc/lilo.conf on /dev/hda6, and what is more, if I want to make it read /etc/lilo.conf on /dev/hda7 how do I do that ? Is it possible ? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi John, If I understand correctly, you are booted from /dev/hda6 and wish to execute lilo using the lilo.config file from /dev/hda7! Presumeably as if you were booted from /dev/hda7??? If so: from /dev/hda6; make a mount point in /mnt with this command: mkdir hda7 now mount hda7 thus: mount /dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 now 'cd /mnt/hda7' now issue this command 'chroot /mnt/hda7 /bin/bash' This will make this vt ( this vt only) as if it were another OS at /mnt/hda7 (root starts at /mnt/hda7) 'edit' etc/lilo.conf (notice no '/' before etc). this will edit the lilo.conf for /dev/hda7. now execute 'lilo' and it will use lilo from /dev/hda7 the lilo.conf from /dev/hda7. Whatever you do in this vt, it will act like 'root' is anchored at /mnt/hda7. To get out of this 'chroot' vt, just type 'exit'. I hope this is what you need. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS
John Richard Smith wrote: I'm thinking about dual booting the same OS but updating the second to test. I'm not sure of all the implications. I have a /boot partition. That means I will be overwriting the first kernel init etc, with the same, cannot think that is likely to be any problem. Lilo will still be in the MBR, but it will have the script from second install, because there is no option available these days to skip lilo install.Developers please note. Second install will use it's own /etc/lilo.conf file. but this is likely to be the naff OS , especially if it goes wrong with the updates. Not, to my mind, a satisfactory state of affairs. I want to be booting everything from the first OS /etc/lilo.conf. Question is how to do that. F1-rescue - install new bootloader , but it's going to have two identicle OS's each with it's own /etc/lilo.conf how will it know which to choose ? In otherwords how do I tell it which OS /etc/lilo.conf script it's to use ? each OS will have it's seperate partition, lets say for arguements sake, M9.1 OS1 on /hda7 M9.1 OS2 on /hda6 can I pass some arguement in the F1 -rescue - install new boot loader , to tell it which partition to look for an /etc/lilo.conf ? Does say, F1 - rescue /dev/hda7 make anything useful happen to where it reads /etc/lilo.conf ? I bet there is a way round this anyone ? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi John; Not sure if I understand all you have said! But to boot two OS: 1st OS install lilo in MBR 2nd OS install lilo in the 2nd OS's hard disk partition. like this root=hda5, boot=hda5 Change hda5 to where ever you installed the 2nd OS Add an 'other' line in the 1st OS lilo to point to the 2nd OS. like this: other=/dev/hda5 label=Debian or whatever In the 2nd OS lilo; boot=/dev/hda5 root=/dev/hda5 everthing else normal Now when you boot, select 'Debian' which will take you to the 2nd OS lilo. then select what you want from the 2nd Os. If you want I will send you my 2 lilo.conf's. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Control Center configuration
Are there any configuration files for Mandrake Control Center. Specifically for Software Management. I would like to make the 'Software Install' window come up in 'show all files, alphabetical' mode. Charles Roberts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 56k modem
Anonymous wrote: I've reinstalled mandrake 9, and now the modem works; however, the symptom (being able to surf for awhile, then for some odd reason not) remains. This happened with Redhat 8 as well ... I'm testing an old machine with Mandrake 9 -- it has an ISA internal 56k modem, and DOES NOT have that symptom...I'm using the 2 machines simultaneously (2 different phone lines, same outlet) ... I also bought and tested another modem, and the symptom began immediately when I connected. Mandrake 9 must not like PCI modems? Or what do you think? BTW, both modems are HARDWARE modems. What are the troubleshooting steps I need to take (if there are any, please be specific rather than general about how to do these tests. I'm very much a newbie). Rita __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Rita: I have been using this modem for several years with no problems. If you would like, I can send you the output of 'setserial'. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No icons in KDE 3.1
robin wrote: I'm sorry if this was dealt with when KDE 3.1 came out, but after trawling through the archives for a while, I haven't found anything. (That reminds me to plead once again for people to start a new thread when the topic changes - it's a minor irritation when I'm reading my mail, but a major PITA when searching the archives.) I've just installed KDE 3.1 from Texstar's RPMs. Most everything works OK, except that I have no icons and my wallpapers don't show up. It looks almost like the background is appearing on top of the desktop. Even if I delete .kde and start from scratch, I can't get icons by dragging from the menu, and right-clicking the desktop does nothing. Is there something different about KDE 3.1 I should know about, or something else I should have installed (or alternately, uninstalled)? Sir Robin (who foolishly upgraded KDE just before noticing that Mdk 9.1 is due out soon) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I have the same problem Robin. Think I will just live with it until 9.1. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] petroglyph wallpaper
In Mandrake 7.0 there was a wallpaper named petroglyph. It was a reproduction of the southwest American Indians rock painting of a dancing man playing the flute. It is not in Mandrake 9.0. Does anyone know what happened to it? Where can I find a copy of it? tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] maudio
Hi, I am running Mandrake 7.0 /proc/pci shows : Bus 0, device 12, function 0 Multimedia audio controller: Unknown vender Unknown device (rev 16) Vender id=13f6 Device id=111 Medium dvsel IRQ 10 Master capable Latency=32 Min Gnt=2 Max Lat =2 I/O at 0xde00 [0xde01]. I hope this would be what someone would need to help me on my problem. If you need something else, please just ask. I am a newbie so please be concise and verbose. Now for the problem. Occasionally when I start kppp (I have to have Task Manager started to see the following) maudio uses about 93% of the cpu and never stops!!! the task tree is kaudioserver | maudio. I must kill maudio. This does not seem to bother any thing?? Except maybe the audio! Another symptom is if I change virtual windows, start a terminal windows or and do anything that changes windows fast, the system sounds stop. Such as opening or closing windows (in linux not win9x). I do not know if these symptoms are connected but I thought I would include all the info I had. Any help would be appreciated. Charles
