[newbie] Upgrading glibc on mdk8.1? Possible?
Hi everybody, Many times, when I want to install new apps (whether in rpm format or by building from source), I need a newer version of glibc. For example: error: failed dependencies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) Is there a way to install these libraries without breaking the system? I don't want to upgrade the whole distro right now because to system is basically a box without a monitor, keyboard or mouse (only way to interact is through ssh and vnc), but I'd like to have more recent versions of some applications. What is the limit to the upgrade process before you have to upgrade to a newer distro? -- Éric Caron eric.caron(at)videotron.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using ISO's without burner? rewrite
There is a program called daemon tools available for windows (maybe linux too, I haven't checked) that can mount an iso image as a drive. You could then share the drive using samba and use that as the source to install the additional packages. Hope this helps! Good luck! Eric - Original Message - From: "Brandon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Using ISO's without burner? rewrite > Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to use ISO's without a > burner,my burner just recently broke, right after i got CD1 for mandrake > and installed it. Now i have downloaded the other CD's ( 2 and 3 ) but i > have nothing to burn it with, is there a way I can use these ISO's > without the burner? > > > > > 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] lost drive?
You must create the directory before you can mount something in it. mkdir /mnt/ohd try mounting again after that. hth. - Original Message - From: "Eric Budinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] lost drive? > I tried the mount command listed at the bottom cause the other hard > drive should be hdc but it didn't come up. It said "mnt/ohd does not > exist" > > How do I see if linux even see's the other harddrive? > > Eric > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave Sherman > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:02 AM > To: Mandrake-newbie > Subject: Re: [newbie] lost drive? > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 08:47, Eric Budinger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just re-installed Linux on my 4 gig hard drive. I have a 4 gig, My > > Cdrom and a 1.2 gig. On my 1.2gig is my OLD linux system with my old > > HOME directory. Well I don't see my old drive. My 4 gig is my Pri > > Master, My CDrom is my Pri Slave and my 1.2 gig is my Sec Master. > Help? > > > > Eric > > Linux is not like DOS -- you can't just access a drive by its letter or > anything like that. Instead, each drive must be mounted on your root > filesystem. > > You can probably access the drive by mounting /dev/hdc (or maybe > /dev/hdb, depending upon how the cdrom was detected). The hard drive > devices are named 'hdx' (for hard drive x, where 'x' is a, b, c... in > order of primacy on the IDE channel). cdrom's sometimes appear as a hard > drive if they are ordinary ide drives, or will appear as scsi devices if > they are cd burners. > > So, assuming your second hard drive is /dev/hdb, you can mount it on > your root filesystem as a directory, maybe call it /ohd (for 'old hard > drive'). Once it is mounted as a directory, you can access it and do > whatever copying or transferring of data you need to do. Then, just > unmount it and you are ready to go. > > The mount command might be something like this (must be done as root): > mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc /ohd > > There are lots of other options to the mount command, 'man mount' for > more info on it. > > Dave > -- > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good > with ketchup. > > > > > _ > 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 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Intel or Realtek?
Hi everybody, I need to replace one of my network cards and I was wondering which model would be better between one that has the very popular Realtek 8139 or one that has the Intel 21143 (is that the one called 'Tulip'?). Both are by Intellinet and they are in the cheap and affordable category of product (because I'm on a tight budget right now). Any advice would be appreciated on which would work best under Mandrake and/or Red Hat. Thank you! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kernel updates...
Ok, so I did try to update the kernel using mandrake-update. Everything went well (or so I thought) until I rebooted my machine. A lot of things were missing in the new kernel, such as mounting fat drives and networking. Is there any way to restore these features? Do I need to re-install or venture into the wonderful world of kernel compilation (although that would be a new domain to explore for me). Fortunately, I downloaded the source of the kernel too, so I can recompile if need be. I'd like to be up to date on this, but I'm very newbie in the area of kernel modules and kernel compilation. I checked out kernel.org, but there are no informations regarding the actual compiling part, just an archive of kernels. Any help on this topic would be appreciated. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation with 24 megs of ram?
That's what I wanted for this box. Just a little firewall, no gui, no nothing. The installation program itself was in text mode because of the lack of ram. But it crashed at the end anyway... Gonna have to try red hat of one of the bsd family members. Thanks - Original Message - From: "Anthony (¦w±e¥¿)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation with 24 megs of ram? > Actually, I think if you stick to command line mode 24MB should be > adequate. It's the eye candy that really demands all that memory. > > Anthony > > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > On Thursday 08 November 2001 08:24 am, Eric Caron wrote: > > > > > I tried to install mandrake linux on a pentium 100 with 24 megs of > > > ram and I couldn't get to the end of the installation. The > > > packages are installed, but either when configuring the network > > > parameters or when installing lilo (depends on if I choose low, > > > medium or high security), the installation dies with a segfault, > > > saying I don't have enough memory. > > > > AFAIK from lurking on the cooker list, 32 mb ram is bare minimum > > to install Mandrake. > > -- > > Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA > >chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban > > > > > Name: message.footer > >message.footerType: Plain Text (text/plain) > > Encoding: 8bit > > > 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] kde 2.2
Hi everybody, I'm trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2 just to get some experience in installing new stuff on my box. I managed to find most of the dependencies I need, but the libSDL1.2 is giving me trouble. It needs XFree 4.1.0 and I have XFree 4.0.3 (from my distribution ISOs). How do I go about upgrading a package? If I do a "rpm -qa | grep XFree", I have several packages at version 4.0.3-7mdk. I don't understand how to use the -U option to "upgrade" a package. Do you give the command the name of the new package (let's say in this case XFree-4.1.0-10mdk.rpm) and it will find and replace the old one (XFree-4.0.3-7mdk.rpm)? I also have some questions about packages and their names. I am using rpmfind.net to get them. Am I right in saying that the packages labeled Mandrake Cooker are beta versions that might be buggy and those labeled Mandrake only are the current stable versions? And how does the versioning works in these filenames, is there a standard or each author uses any numbering scheme they want? Finally, any help with upgrading to KDE 2.2 will be appreciated. =) Eric, newbie in the installation realm. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Coding resources?
Hi everybody, I installed Mandrake 8.0 on my old P166, 64M because I want to do some portable C code. Maybe my question will be a little bit off-topic, but I'd like to know if there are websites for newbie programmers on Linux. I knew how to use the display under dos by accessing the memory directly or using the dos libs, but the functions I knew so well were only available under dos also. I heard that you have to use n/curse to do the same things, but I don't know where to start. Any help would be great. Eric. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
