RE: [newbie] Maximum Linux magazine
There is a list of places that carry the magazine at www.maximumlunuxmag.com. I wouldn't classify myself as a complete newbie. I have installed and configured four different distros before settling on Mandrake. I have also updated a few kernels but only via rpm packages. I have recompiled the kernels on both my Mandrake machines and I have also installed support for various hardware not supported in the Mandrake release. I am presently trying to find out how I can make certain things load at startup so I don't have to type in the commands each time. Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 10:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Maximum Linux magazine > > > Hey, Cindy: > > I caught your post about 'Maximum Linux' and my question is: > > Where can it be obtained? > > This is the first time I've heard about it. > > Aro you a fairly experienced Linux user? > > > > At 09:30 PM 9/23/99 -0700, Cindy Pearce wrote: > >Just thought I would mention that I found the Premiere issue of Maximum > >Linux excellent reading. The article on networking was > fantastic, especially > >the part about masquerading. I was able to use it to set up my > Mandrake box > >as a gateway and access the net from my two other computers > attached to my > >ethernet network. The other two machines are running Windows 98(kids and > >their games)and Windows NT(I use my laptop for work and we use > MS Office). I > >can't believe how easy it is to set up! If more people knew they > could use > >Linux to do this I think you would see more people using it. Spread the > >word! > > > >Cindy > > > > > > > Richard
[newbie] Maximum Linux magazine
Just thought I would mention that I found the Premiere issue of Maximum Linux excellent reading. The article on networking was fantastic, especially the part about masquerading. I was able to use it to set up my Mandrake box as a gateway and access the net from my two other computers attached to my ethernet network. The other two machines are running Windows 98(kids and their games)and Windows NT(I use my laptop for work and we use MS Office). I can't believe how easy it is to set up! If more people knew they could use Linux to do this I think you would see more people using it. Spread the word! Cindy
Re: [newbie] fstab
On Fri, 06 Aug 1999, you wrote: > Can someone give me an example of their fstab entry ( preferably one > with an entry for mounting a windows partition) so that i can see what i > am doing wrong. Thanks. /dev/hda8 /mnt/data vfat exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1 The line above mounts a partition on my first drive. I have Windows NT/98 on hda and Mandrake on hdb. Gator
RE: [newbie] SBlive! in Mandrake 2.2.9
Well, none of that works so I'll just stick to loading the module manually. Thanks anyway! Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin White > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 6:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] SBlive! in Mandrake 2.2.9 > > > Have you tried inserting either 'options emu10k1 -f' or 'insert emu10k1 > insmod -f emu10k1' into your conf.modules. > > Either of these should do the trick although both are specifically NOT > recommended by Creative - no idea why as it seems to work for everyone - > just covering there backs i guess. > > Martin. > > - Original Message - > From: Cindy Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 4:17 AM > Subject: [newbie] SBlive! in Mandrake 2.2.9 > > > > I have been following this thread and have been able to get my > SBlive! to > > work but only by typing modprobe soundcore and insmod -f emu10k1 in a > > terminal window in KDE. I tried adding the recommended lines to the > > conf.modules file( the pre-install and post-remove lines) but I get > nothing > > but errors and the sound doesn't work. > > Any ideas or do you need more specific info? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Cindy > > >
[newbie] SBlive! in Mandrake 2.2.9
I have been following this thread and have been able to get my SBlive! to work but only by typing modprobe soundcore and insmod -f emu10k1 in a terminal window in KDE. I tried adding the recommended lines to the conf.modules file( the pre-install and post-remove lines) but I get nothing but errors and the sound doesn't work. Any ideas or do you need more specific info? Thanks, Cindy
RE: [newbie] Adding Mandrake to NT Boot loader
Hi Michael, I use another distribution of Linux so I can't guarantee this will work but here goes... Assuming that NT is installed and the boot partition is FAT so Linux can write to it, install Linux and put LILO in Linux's root partiton, not in the MBR. You then have to mount the boot partition in Linux and copy the LILO boot sector to it. Afterwards, you can add a line to boot.ini to include Linux in the menu. For example: MBR is /dev/sda Linux root partiton is /dev/sda3 Mount the boot partiton to /mnt/dos Use the following: /bin/dd if=/dev/sda3 bs=512 of=/root/bootsek.lin Copy bootsek.lin from /root to /mnt/dos Boot NT and remove the read-only and archive attributes from boot.ini so you can edit it. Open boot.ini in Notepad and add this line: c:\bootsek.lin="Linux" Save boot.ini and reset the attributes. YMMV and all comments and criticism welcome. Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Rich > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Adding Mandrake to NT Boot loader > > > How do I add an entry to the NT boot loader so that I can boot Linux > straight from it instead of from my boot floppy? Seems like there is a DC > or some sort of command to grab the boot sector and write it to a > file, but > i'm not sure exactly how to do it. > > Anyone know how? > > Michael Rich > http://alphax86dev.cjb.net > >
RE: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)
I haven't tried ncftp. I am a real newbie so I tend to use KDE to do everything. I also downloaded the source files and recompiled kernel 2.2.5-ac3-mdk5 as well. Bad move, though. My SBlive driver doesn't work for that kernel. Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gilbert Espinosa > Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 8:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message) > > > Cindy Pearce wrote: > > > I have seen various messages on this list about updating the kernel so I > > thought I would share my experiences. IMHO, the easiest way is > to use the > > RPMs built by Mandrake from BIG SNIP Is ncftp still working after the upgrade? I tried this a few weeks ago and ncftp stopped working. My old sound configuration for 2.0.36 also was not accepted by the new OPL3-SA2 module that came with the 2.2.5 ac3 kernel. Gilbert
[newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)
I have seen various messages on this list about updating the kernel so I thought I would share my experiences. IMHO, the easiest way is to use the RPMs built by Mandrake from ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM S/kernel/ I downloaded kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 and kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 into a directory I created on my hard drive. I checked both by changing to the directory I downloaded them to and using the command: rpm -K --nopgp *rpm Both should return a "size md5 ok" . I then installed both of them using the commands: rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 rpm -ivh kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 This automatically installed a directory in /usr/src called 2.2.5-mdk and a file in /boot called vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk. I then downloaded all the file updates from: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM S/updates/ and checked them using the same command as before then installed them using: rpm -Uvh *.rpm I then edited my /etc/lilo.conf file to add the following lines right after the "timeout=50" line: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk label=new root=/dev/hda(whatever your boot partition is) read-only I then issued the command /sbin/lilo and received confirmation that "new" had been added. It should be noted that I do not boot from a SCSI disk so I do not need a "initrd=" line in my lilo.conf file. I then rebooted and selected "new" at the LILO boot prompt and booted a preconfigured kernel. If you want to recompile the preconfigured kernel, you must also download and install kernel-source-2.2.5-5mdk.i386.rpm. If you do not have pgcc installed as your compiler, you need to make the changes listed at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/kernel2.2-upgrade.html There are also various fixes for post kernel installation problems found there. YMMV and corrections to my method encouraged, HTH, Cindy
RE: [newbie] Recompile kernel
You were right on the money, I was in the wrong directory. I untarred the kernel in the correct directory, installed the necessary rpm files and was able to install the new kernel. Thanks, Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hidong Kim > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 3:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Recompile kernel > > > Cindy Pearce wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I installed Mandrake 5.3 using the stock Workstation install. > My printer is on > > LPT1 ,which I think is lp0, and I would like to enable parallel > port support in > > this kernel. When I try to run "make xconfig" as instructed in > the Kernel > > HOWTO, I get an error message as follows, > > > >make: ***No rule to make target > 'xconfig' . Stop. > > > > I am running the 2.0.36-3 kernel. I tried to install the 2.2.1 > kernel present > > on the CDROM but for some reason my edits to the /etc/lilo.conf > file did not > > work even after removing the "preferred" folder in /lib/modules > and running > > /sbin/lilo. Needless to say I had a real mess since I had > upgraded some of the > > packages. I did have a boot disk with the old kernel so I was > able to recover. > > I would really like to use Linux with Word Perfect but I need > my printer to do > > this. Any ideas? > > > > TIA, > > > > Cindy Pearce > > > Hi, Cindy, > > When recompiling a new kernel, you have to issue the commands within > /usr/src/linux. This is the new directory that's created after you > unpack the kernel source. The error you're reporting makes me suspect > that you weren't in /usr/src/linux when you issued 'make xconfig'. > Also, did you do 'make mrproper' before 'make xconfig'? If you're going > to recompile a kernel, I suggest you dive into the latest 2.2.6. If > you're running the stock Mandrake 2.0.36 kernel, it should have printer > support. Once you recompile a kernel, you may lose printer support. > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/parport.txt tells you how to regain printer > support, but I have to confess, I haven't been able to get my printer > back after recompiling 2.2.6. OK, good luck, > > > > Hidong >
RE: [newbie] Recompile kernel
Well, the fact that I can't print anything makes me think that something is amiss. Cindy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Brown > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 1:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Recompile kernel > > > Cindy Pearce wrote: > > > I installed Mandrake 5.3 using the stock Workstation install. > My printer is on > > LPT1 ,which I think is lp0, and I would like to enable parallel > port support in > > this kernel. When I try to run "make xconfig" as instructed in > the Kernel > > Why do you think parallel port support isn't enabled > already? At least > in my installation (also of Mandrake 5.3), the printer is supported just > fine, and it sees the printer port. > > -- > Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Recompile kernel
Hi, I installed Mandrake 5.3 using the stock Workstation install. My printer is on LPT1 ,which I think is lp0, and I would like to enable parallel port support in this kernel. When I try to run "make xconfig" as instructed in the Kernel HOWTO, I get an error message as follows, make: ***No rule to make target 'xconfig' . Stop. I am running the 2.0.36-3 kernel. I tried to install the 2.2.1 kernel present on the CDROM but for some reason my edits to the /etc/lilo.conf file did not work even after removing the "preferred" folder in /lib/modules and running /sbin/lilo. Needless to say I had a real mess since I had upgraded some of the packages. I did have a boot disk with the old kernel so I was able to recover. I would really like to use Linux with Word Perfect but I need my printer to do this. Any ideas? TIA, Cindy Pearce
