[newbie] How to get right ALT key to work.
The left Alt key works fine but the right Alt key is ignored. It is like the system doesn't recgonize it as a shifting key. Mdk 10.0 Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux Tutorial
From: OOzy Anybody knows a good tutorial for Mandrake Linux or Linux in general? The Linux Documentation Project is a good place to start. http://www.tldp.org/index.html I would suggest you start with the guides. Here is a good one. Introduction to Linux A Hands on Guide Machtelt Garrels CoreSequence.com http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html If you need help on a specific topic, I recommend using google to search TLDP site. I never have much luck with the search on the site. For example typing this into google: compile kernel site:tldp.org will take you right to the document on how to do this. Something that I just found out was that you can read man pages in Konqueror. For example, entering this location in Konqueror man:mount will cause it to bring up an easy to read HTML view of the man pages. Much of a Linux/GNU distribution is GNU software. They have many execelent and detailed manuals here: http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html Enjoy...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dell C400 laptop
From: Mike Coppins Has anyone here tried installing Mandrake 10 on a Dell C400 laptop, or a similar Dell laptop? I'm considering giving it a try, but as my efforts to install a *NIX variant on my laptop in the past have always failed, I thought I'd ask first :) Mdk10oe installed on my Dell C840 perfectly. It actually went smoother than my upgrade to XP (I dual boot). Good Luck...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop choice
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. My DELL Latitude C840 installed Mdk10 without any problems. Runs great. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] AMD64 and K8V Bios Issues - help!
From: Rory Gleeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't get MDK10 to do a full install. I've used these discs before without issue. It starts to install correctly. However, after partitioning (I've tried this on two HDs with the same result), it starts to install the files. During this copying period, each time it stalls, the CD stops having files retrieved and the HD stops working. It stops at a different place each time. I am very new to Mdk so these ideas might not be useful. Are you sure the CD's are good? I have burned CD's that didn't mention errors during the burn but when I compared the ISO to the CD there were files that didn't match. Can you see any error logs? Some times you can see error logs if you press Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or Ctrl+Alt+F4 I can't remember which). On my system I have to use the Ctrl+Alt on the left side of the keyboard. The Ctrl+Alt on the right side have no effect. These keys switch to a text mode console that shows error messages. To get back to the graphic I use Ctrl+Alt+F7 (or F6). Have you tried installing in text mode or expert mode? There might be some more diagnostic information. Are you partitions Ok? Maybe WinXP setup a partition that MDK doesn't understand. Since you have removed all the software from the disk anyway, why not try deleting all the partitions, during setup, and the repartitioning with the defaults. Have you googled for the problem? Try listing your computer name and a Mandrake 10. Stick with it mdk10 is very nice. It is much, much, much better than the last version I looked at. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Debian's Apt-Get or Redhat's RPM ???
- Original Message - From: The Other [EMAIL PROTECTED] Given Tom's comment that removing old kernels is better done with a package manager, I thought I'd ask for opinions on the best package manager, and then I'll build in that package manager. I am new to Linux and mdk but it appears that MDK uses RPM for manual installation and URPMI for automated package updates. apt-get appears to be use by Debian. I have never use apt but the rpm/urpmi has work very well for me. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange boot options
From: brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] First question. I use GRUB as a boot manager, and this box only runs Linux. After the update, I find the following in the GRBU boot menu linux linux_nonfb floppy old_linux old_linux_nonfb 263-7 2421-013 failsafe So most of those I understand, but anyone know what the numeric entries represent? I am a new user, but I would guess that 263-7 would boot vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk (version 2.6.3) linux is probably just a symlink in /boot: vmlinuz - vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk 2421-013 is probably your old linux vmlinuz-2.4.21-013mdk I don't know where the GRUB config files are /boot/grub or /etc/grub but looking at it should clear up the relationships even if you don't understand all the grub configuration. which explains the thrashing, but what puzzles me is some of the entries in the task list. I seem to have multiple copies of a whole bunch of things running. You might try using the Mandrake Control Center to stop duplicate services. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How make a server ftp
From: Donato [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone tell me how to install a server ftp in mandrake 9.2? Try proftpd-1.2.8-4mdk.i586.rpm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dead Laptop
From: Asa Rossoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sunday 23 May 2004 03:51 am, Asa Rossoff wrote: From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: i have a laptop here that belongs to a friend it is dead no OS i do not have a floppy for it I have set the BIOS to boot off the drive. I need tom get mandrake on this box (hey she's cute) Laptop is a Toshibatecra 550cdt any way to force it to read the CD? Alternatively...does the BIOS support PXE and network booting? David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to format install Mdk10oe on JFFS2?
How to format install Mdk10oe on JFFS2? I would like to put Mdk10 on a small (100MB) IDE flash drive but JFFS2 is not listed as one of the standard options. How can I format the drive as JFFS2 and install Mdk10oe? I was thinking to along these lines: 1. Install Mdk in ram disk 2. Use fdisk/mkfs/et al to format the drive 3. Reboot/reinstall to the already formated drive Problem is I don't know how to do step 1, dooh. :) Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Option to select eth0 during install?
Option to select eth0 during install? Mdk10oe selects the wrong ethernet driver during installation. I install/boot via PXE. I can get around the problem by adding the expert option. The expert option will let me pick the network driver manually. It works but then there are a lot of other questions that I would rather not deal with. Is there some option syntax that will let me pick the ethernet driver? Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Why does my eth0 show failed?
From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp try changing this to =static I will give it a try, but ultimately I will need to use DHCP. What is weird is that the network actually works. The trouble I have is that I don't know what log file to look to narrow down what thinks there is an error (is it hardware configuration, TCP/UDP net access, server trouble, DNS negotiations, DHCP negotiations, etc.) Is there a place to look to find out what is causing the FAILED message? Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Marc - Thanks - that is the type of info this newbie needs. Assuming then that I install just one distro, what directory/partition structure should I use and what size should they be? Preston At 09:31 AM 5/19/04, Marc Hultquist wrote: You want to install both MDK and Fedora on 1 6 Gig harddrive? I don't know how others feel, but I personally feel that you are pushing the limits here in terms of space :\ Last time I tried fedora on a development machine, it took up a decent amount of space, and well I just don't think I would have been able to survive with a 6GB hdd ! The easyest thing is to have one swap partition and one partition mounted at '/'. This has the advantage of not forcing you to guess how much space to allocate to / v.s /usr. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mdk 10 official (public) download?
From: Björn Lundin [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is it I see when i browse an offical mdk 10 dowload site such as ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.0/i586 ? Is it something that should be burnt on a dvd? Are there no iso-images anymore? I think you have to be a club member to get the three iso's, but I am not sure. You could burn a cd from i586/images/boot.iso boot from it and install from the network. You would need a fast connection though (DSL, cable modem). Alternatively, you could download i586/* to a spare computer and then install from that. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted
From: Damian Gatabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Damian Gatabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's probably not corruption. You are just experiencing one difference between windows-like linebreaks and Unix-style linebreaks. When you open the textfile on windows you see a small square where the line should end, right? This is normal. If you need to convert a file to windows style, try importing in in ms word. It is not the line endings the /file system/ is corrupt. When I reboot to Windows and attempt to access any file, Windows warns that the directory is corrupt and I should run chkdsk. When I do chkdsk reports cross linked files, unowned blocks and truncated files. David Then you should check your system for bad RAM or bad disks. FAT support on UNIX systems has been stable for many years now. (btw, do you check /var/log/syslog for weird records while writing to these partitions?) Thanks for the tip. I will look in syslog the next time it happens. I ran a surface scan of the disk and it said ok. I don't know how to test the RAM but I haven't had any other problems at all so I would bet the RAM is fine. Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How to trouble shoot 'eth0 FAILED'?
From: Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 15 May 2004 18:40:59 -0700 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 15 May 2004 09:53 am, David A. Ferguson wrote: Where can I read detailed error messages on my network card initialization? When my computer boots I see this line: Bringing up interface eth0: [FAILED] The network seems to work ok though. However, the lights on the hub indicate that it is operating in half-duplex. I don't know how to go about trouble shooting this. Are there more detailed log files some where? I am running a fresh install of Mandrake10 official. Thanks...David I'm interested also. In 9.2 I get the same boot-up message. Network works fine, however, so I haven't pursued the problem, if it is one. Same here since on mdk 10..gateway and workstation on static IP..been on the net for 36 hrs..no problem. Thanks to several tips I found my problem. Turning off 'Network Hotplugging' in MCC networking fixed it. One poster mentioned you could get the same effect by setting MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. The clues were in the /var/log/message. I found this tid-bit in mine: network: Setting network parameters: succeeded network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded ifplugd(eth0)[681]: ifplugd 0.21b initializing. ifplugd(eth0)[681]: Using interface eth0/00:E0:4B:04:3D:17 with driver dmfe (version: 1.36.4) ifplugd(eth0)[681]: Failed to detect plug status of eth0 ifplugd(eth0)[681]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'. dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.23 dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.23 ifplugd(eth0)[681]: client: Determining IP information for eth0... done. ifplugd(eth0)[681]: Program executed successfully. ifplugd(eth0)[681]: Exiting. network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed It looks like 'ifplugd' can't see the link so a failure is noted, even though the 'ifup eth0' worked. Cheers...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] problen in shuting down mandrake 10 power pack +
I Have bought MANDRAKE 10 POWERPACK PLUS The problem is that every thing woks well on booting but if i wanted to stop the system or restar the computer or even log out; the screen goes black while the system remains working but without any reaction with me. I am no expert but here are some things to try. - Look in your /var/log/message to see if there are any errors. - Try booting into text mode only (no X) and see if a shutdown for here works fine. If so, it may be a problem with your X configuration. Good Luck...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How to trouble shoot 'eth0 FAILED'?
Thanks to several tips I found my problem. Turning off 'Network Hotplugging' in MCC networking fixed it. One poster mentioned you could get the same effect by setting MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. I have a similar message in /var/log/messages. But, what is Network Hotplugging and where is it located? I can't find any reference to this in MCC (I'm on 9.2, remember). I have installed Linux for the first time and Mdk10 official is the only version I have ever seen. So, I have never seen any other version. For 10 you pick Configure Computer/Network Internet/Manage connections. At this point a dialog about eth0 is displayed. You can change the IP address, DHCP, etc. There is a tab 'Options' and it has a check box labeled 'Network Hotplugging'. I had to uncheck it to fix my problem. Another use told me you can get the same effect by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and adding/modifing these line ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes I have no idea what those lines mean or if they work. HTH...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Newbie network question
From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] LW And when you're ready, post those necessary Windows progs and LW we'll point you to the replacements. I would love to find a replacement for DTsearch. It indexes disk files with most popular formats (txt, doc, xls, pdf, and many others), and can perform sophisticated searches (multiple proximity, for example) to find content in this collection of files. The found items are listed, and the search text can be viewed (in whatever format) as each document is highlighted. It is FAST, too - 50,000 files/10+ gigs in 1 sec! I asked about his before, but nobody came up with a real equivalent. Still looking and hoping... Have you looked into htdig (http://www.htdig.org/)? David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: Re:[newbie] Floppy under 10CE]
From: rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 12:34, David A. Ferguson wrote: I am unable to do anything with the floppy drive under 10CE except read it, even as root. If I attempt to copy anything to floppy I get a 'permission denied' message. Anyone have a clue as to how to get it to work Rich Is the disk write protected? What does the /etc/fstab line look like? Does it have 'rw'? David No 'rw'. And am now having the same problem with the CD-ROM drive. Here's the fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2,--,umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,ro,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Dick Well I am a new user myself. So, I am not sure what all the parameters mean. But, here is a copy of my floppy fstab line and some comments. MINE none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0 YOURS none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2 ,--,umask=0,user \___/\__/ this probably lets it read DOS and Linux disks__// / this is probably your problem, the user flag turns off __/ a lot of other flags (see man mount for details) MINE ,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 YOURS ,iocharset=iso8859-1, codepage=850 0 0 \__/ / I think this causes all writes to occure immediately. Try removing the 'user' flag and see if that works. I would guess that the sync flag would be good for floppies since you might remove a floppy while there was still some buffered data. HTH...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to trouble shoot 'eth0 FAILED'?
Where can I read detailed error messages on my network card initialization? When my computer boots I see this line: Bringing up interface eth0: [FAILED] The network seems to work ok though. However, the lights on the hub indicate that it is operating in half-duplex. I don't know how to go about trouble shooting this. Are there more detailed log files some where? I am running a fresh install of Mandrake10 official. Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted by Linux?
I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a FAT. Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up corrupted. Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or something? It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything special just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. Thanks...David David, You may already know this but.. are you sure its FAT and not NTFS .. I dont have W2K, but IIRC it uses NTFS and Linux can't write to it. It can read NTFS .. just no writing to it. or it could be that kwrite is saving it in unix format which has a different EOL character, so you could look into dos2unix, which will convert between the 2 different types. or I could be way off with my guessing HTH .. somehow 8) RickS Thanks for the reply. I am sure its FAT. I create a 1GB FAT partition (hda1) for file tansfer. W2K is NFTF (hda2). I also boot to DOS on that partition to run some old programs that only run under DOS. Its not line endings or anything like that. It file system corruption. When I run the DOS scandisk, it complains about cross linked files, unused sectors, etc. The directory is messed up. I regularly lose data for linux writes. Its is wierd because sometimes even Linux will realize that the directory is hosed (while I am working in a Linux session). Thanks for the tips...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted by Linux?
- Original Message - From: Marc Lijour [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted by Linux? Le May 13, 2004 05:00 pm, David A. Ferguson a écrit : I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a FAT. Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up corrupted. Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or something? It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything special just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. Thanks...David I use the same config. My entry: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,uid=500,umask=0 0 0 You should definitely check twice, is it really FAT32? I thought it would have thought it was FAT16 or FAT12. I formated it with a Win98 (DOS booting) floppy and selected *no* big partions. It is only 1GB in size. Maybe I should try specifing FAT16/FAT12 in the fstab and see if I get better results? David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy under 10CE
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am unable to do anything with the floppy drive under 10CE except read it, even as root. If I attempt to copy anything to floppy I get a 'permission denied' message. Anyone have a clue as to how to get it to work Rich Is the disk write protected? David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted
I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a FAT. Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up corrupted. Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or something? It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything special just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted by Linux?
I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a FAT. Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up corrupted. Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or something? It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything special just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to get indexed help to work in KDevelop?
How to get indexed help to work in KDevelop? I have brand new installation of KDevelop (from the Mandrake 10 offical distro). The help search doesn't work. I have installed the htdig rpm, but no joy. Has anyone gotten the help to work? Thanks...David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
