Re: [newbie] modem and soundcard
On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I tried minicom and it came up with /dev/modem no such file or directory. You could use "modemtool" (no quotes) from a command line to make the link between the port the modem is connected on and /dev/modem. Or if you use KDE, you could set the modem up using KPPP. Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Netscape very unstable...
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, Warren Doney wrote: | Eric Hanks wrote: | | I'm sure someone has addressed this problem before,(though I haven't | been able to fnid any threads on it) Nescape seems very unstable in | linux-Mandrake 6.5... | I tried using the "auto-update" but run into problems..."Missing | libs"...How can I get the newer more stable version of netscape | installedThanks for all your help... | | Eric | | The RPM's might still be in your /tmp directory, if they are, just | click them to install (common 1st). Unless you've deleted other | libraries that is (then 4.61 wouldn't work!). If you haven't got | them anymore, IMHO get them again. 4.7 is worth it. If they still | complain of dependencies, uninstall 4.61 - communicator 1st. | -- | Full plate packing steel! - Minsk The 4.7 Netscape packages in the updates folder on the ftp sites require a library package which may not be installed by default. I do not remember which package it was, but if you get the package name from the error message, then go to a Mandrake ftp mirror and d/l the package install it, you should be able to install the netscape update without problems then. The thing is that you did not install any packages which need the lib package in question, so it was not installed. I think the package may be on your CD in the /Mandrake/RPMS folder too, but since the 6.5 version is a Macmillan release of Mandrake 6.1, and is not the final release (uses kernel-2.2.13-4mdk not kernel-2.2.13-7mdk for example), I do not remember if I got the library package from the ftp mirror or the CD. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Seem to have some problems
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, M Thompson wrote: | Try reading the following: | http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html | | It sounds like the ethernet card is hogging the resources. I have an AWE32 | PnP ISA but I don't have a NIC. I simply ran sndconfig. I received a | message that I had to setup the soundcard resources manually. I clicked OK, | left the Mandrake defaults alone, clicked OK again, and had sound on my | system. | | | HTH, | Matt Also, make sure the resources used by the NIC are listed in the /etc/isaapnp.gone file. If so, rename the /etc/isapnp.conf file to /etc/isapnp.conf.backup or some such name, then in a command line as superuser (root) run "pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" (no quotes). Run "sndconfig" (also no quotes). I think this will eliminate any conflicts between the sound card and the NIC. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | | | From: Etien VanDenBroecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [newbie] Seem to have some problems | Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 11:49:51 + | | I have a AWE32 PnP ISA card that just simply will not work with my nic.. | have compiled a new kernel to support both of them but as soon as I put my | Sound card in the box and boot up again, neither the nic or the sound card | work tried to setup the sound card in setup, but still the damn thing | will not work, and having no sound on my system is like having no ears! | | | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] users and resolution
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, Dave Gunter wrote: | I need to create a new user I can not seem to find the solution. I also | need change my resolution from 800x600 60Hz 8bit to at least 16bit or | more can't find solution to this eighther. | | On a good note my modem works SUPRAEXPRESS 56k spi | thanks | Dave Gunter From a command line as superuser (root) do "useradd username" (no quotes) to create the new user. Then also as root to provide the new user with a password, do "passwd username" . You will be prompted for a password, and you will have to give it twice. This will create a new user account complete with password. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] sndconfig program missing entry for Sound Blaster 32/64 for manual config
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | LINUX Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) | | 1. from root: /usr/sbin/sndconfig | 2. configuration program starts. Sound Configuration Utility 0.34, 1999 Red | Hat Software | 3. program probe returns: Creative SB AWE64 PnP | 4. test for sound fails. Sound works in Windows 98. | 5. Manual Configuration. | | Program configuration options: | I/0 Port IRQ DMA 1 DMA 2 MPU I/0 | - --- -- | 0x 220 5 0 0 0x 330 | 0x 240 7 1 1 0x 300 | 0x 260 9 3 3 | 0x 280 10 5 | | Reading from Windows 98 System Resource Report, sound card is using: | | Class: Creative AWE64 Wavetable MIDI (AWE32 compatible): I/O port: | 0620h-0623h, 0A20h-0A23h, 0E20h-0E23h | | Class: Creative AWE64 16-bit Audio (SB16 compatible): IRQ 10: I/O port: | 0220h-022Fh, 0300h-0301h, 0388h-038Bh: DMA: 03, 07 | | DMA entry 07 in DMA 2 is missing. | -- | I went back and reran /usr/sbin/sndconfig. When I clicked the entry for heard | sound, in the next window I heard a MIDI sound play through my speakers. | | John F. Vogele | Shoreline Computing If you have gotten this far, try running in KDE K Multimedia Sound Mixer Panel. Turn the volume up in the panel and play a .wav file with MediaPlayer (also in the Multimedia menu) to test the level and operation. It has been a while, but when I set up my sound card, I think I had to do a restart so isapnp could set up the card for the system to work with. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] MP3 software for Linux
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: | "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: | | Nope! I'm with Mike. Ya gotta take care of the kids first. At least that's how | we do it here at my house. | | Just lettin ya know yer not alone, Mike! | | Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | | [snip] | | Hey guysyou're making sound as if I ignore my kids. Not so!! | There's a six system peer-to-peer lan in our house. The 15 year old has | a PIII/500, the 17 year old a PII/233, the wife a Pentium MMX/200 and | I've got...er...um...the other three systems :-) | | Alan Not at all. It's just good to get a little less serious once in a while. We have two machines here - youngest son (19) has a AMD k6-2 350 wh 20 Gig hd home-brew (note me pat myself on the back - I showed him how to build his own machine). I use my old AMD X5-133 wh 8Gig HD 486-style home-brew. Oldest son (24) not interested in computers. He's my home improvement expert / painter. Wife also not interested in Computers - she works for a bank and spends enough time looking at a screen there - her words not mine grin. Youngest son also has his own web page which is dedicated to Win31 and the Calmira shell et all. Can ya see the proud Papa sittin here beamin and all? Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] New Millenium
Sad to say that the counter argument is as follows: at the time the gregorian calandar was greated, the concept of a year zero or of the value zero as a number did not exist. Therefore even though there was no year zero in the first millenium, the second millenium still began with the year 1000, and the first millenium had only 999 years. A truely convoluted argument, but not entirely without merrit. Personally I do not see what difference it makes, one year in 1000 is one tenth of one percent of the whole. We expect greater variations in value from nearly every device created by man. For example a resistor for a circuit board is normally plus or minus ten percent of the rated resistance as indicated on the package. The specifications for the average automobile engine around 1968 was plus or minus three tenths of one percent (or +/- .003). My only point here is if we can tolerate such variances in our every day lives, why not with whether or not this is the third millenium. On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Daniel wrote: | There is no argument the new millenium does not start until 2001. A | millennia is 1000 years, there was no year "0", so 1 AD through 1000 AD was | the first millennia, 1001 AD through 2000 the second (see a pattern | forming?) and the third millennia starts 2001. Just some food for | thought... | | Dan | | | - Original Message - | From: "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 07:25 | Subject: Re: [newbie] New Millenium | | | On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Warren Doney wrote: | | 00.32 01/01/00 NZDT | | Happy new Millenium all... | | | | -- | | Full plate packing steel! - Minsk | | I've heard all the arguments about the new millenium not starting until | 1/1/2001, but I think we should all compromise, and make the entire year | of | 2000 a celebration of our miraculous survival for two millemia. This way, | by | the end of the year, no one will care when the third millemium starts. | | The finest the new millenium has to offer to all, | | Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) |
Re: [newbie] Major LILO screwup
On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Payne Stanifer wrote: | I accidently forgot to setup a dual boot with windows on my install. What | entries do I need to add to my lilo.conf to get it allow me to choose | windows at the boot up. PLease help ASAP. I am in dsperate need of some | critical files! THANKS! | Payne | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com As a default, the Mandrake installer sets up LILO to boot both OS's for you. Linux is the default if you let LILO time out, but to boot Windows, simply enter "dos" (no quotes) at the LILO prompt. To chamge the LILO default, you have to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file. Re-arange the sections so the dos section is ahead of the linux section. I have included my lilo.conf file as an example, but I have edited my configuration a little. The "dos" section starts with the line "other=/dev/hda1" and includes the two indented lines following. The Linux section starts with the line "image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk" and includes the three indented lines following. You may note that my two "label" lines (one for each OS) indicate "w" for the "dos" section (short for Windows), and "l" (lower case L) for Linux.. This is because I am a lazy man and do not like to key any more than I need to. Finally, if you change your /etc/lilo.conf file, you must run the lilo command from a command line to record the changes in the MBR, and they will be in effect the next time you re-boot or start your system. boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt linear timeout=50 other=/dev/hda1 label=w table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=l root=/dev/hda5 append="mem=80M" read-only HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] MP3 software for Linux
Nope! I'm with Mike. Ya gotta take care of the kids first. At least that's how we do it here at my house. Just lettin ya know yer not alone, Mike! Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: | Mikeya' gotta' make the rules ;o) | | Alan | | | Mike Perry wrote: | | Hi Alan | I wish it worked that way in my family :-( | What usually happens is that my eldest son gets the bleeding edge machine, | His younger bro gets a good one, my daughter gets a reasonable one, and I | get to build my computer from the leftover bits. | | Michael Perry. | RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. | Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack | |-Original Message- |From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Sun 02 January 2000 10:04 |Subject: Re: [newbie] MP3 software for Linux | |Dantell him it's time for him to upgrade (PII or Athlon) to a more |modern computer and pass his present one on to you. That's what I do |with my 2 sons ;o) | |Alan | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | DanI use Kmpg which is included in mdk 6.1 and is on the |multimedia | menu as Audio Mpeg Player. It works fine right out of the box. My | system is an Intel PII/400. | | I would hope it works fine on a 400 mhz Pentium 2but I am running |mdk 6 | on an Intel pre-Pentium 486DX2/66 :( | | I wish I could try it on this computer, which is 300 mhz but my dad's |annoyed | at the way I go through hard drive space like I do food :) And also |there's | the fear of me goofing something else and erasing the 6 gigs of data |already | on this machine | | Dan
Re: [newbie] stop email please
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, marcelo pimentel wrote: | I recive more de 80 e-mail day from linux news.. | I don't like please stop. But then you get stuf like this (reguarding the "Unsubscribe" e-mails sent to the list). If you want off the list, just go to where you got on the list, and unsubscribe from there, or read the confirmation email you got when you subscribed, and follow the instructions to unsubscribe. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] RE: stop email please
The Winmodem will not work in Linux, because part of the firmware for the modem is simulated in software. Any ISA modem with jumper or dip switches for port and IRQ configuration should work OK. You do not have to use a 56K v.90 modem if you do not want to, however, you will get better connect speeds if you do. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, marcelo pimentel wrote: | I recently purchashed Linux-Mandrake 6.5 and I am not able to configure the | modem so that it connects to the internet. Maybe it's because I have | winmodem. Also my provider is ATT. Which modem do you think I should use so | that I can connect to the internet? | Does the modem have to be the technology V90 to be used with Linux?
Re: [newbie] startup error
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, Ken Harbit wrote: | I have Mandrake 6.0, it is installed on /dev/hdb1. Every once in a while I get the following error when starting up. "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced." It then goes on and loads fine. It also operates fine. | | Should I be concerned about this? | | Ken Harbit | [EMAIL PROTECTED] No. This is simply Linux taking care of you as Windows can or will not. About each 20 (do not know the exact number) mounts, fsck is instructed to check the filesystem for errors in the init script file which runs at start up. If any are found, they are either repaired for you (minor things), or you will be dumped to a shell. At this point, you enter your superuser (root) password, and you can then run fsck to repair the partition which contains the errors. AFAIK, the command is fsck /dev/hd%# (%=physical drive leter - first is a, second is b #=partition number). Also from this shell, you can run "man fsck" (no quotes) for better information on fsck. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Console trouble
On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, jerrud wrote: | OK, I know this is *very* newbie, but here goes. | I installed Linux on another computer of mine, and after installing X and | all that good stuff, i chose for X to start at boot. | Well the thing is, is that i need to use the *real* console to setup my DSL. | It seems netcfg just doesnt want to work in X, but i can get DSL linked up | in 2 seconds if i use it in the real console when you boot up. My question | is this: how do i bypass the starting of X at boot, and go right into the | console?? | Oh yeah, ctrl + alt + backspace doesnt work. just brings me into the "login" | GUI promt. | thanks! | jerrud | | ***Whats the diffrence between Microsoft and a man w/ a gun in your face? | Nothing. They both want your money.*** Log in to your X-windows GUI session as normal, then try CTRL+ALT+F2 - this will put you at a console log in screen, and you can log in, get connected, and switch back to the GUI with CTRL+ALT+F7 to do things the easy way. You can also use linux 3 at the LILO prompt if you want to start without X running at all. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Help with modem....
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, Andy Foote wrote: | Im pretty sure i don't have a winmodemso i don't need to be told | thati just don't know how to get my modem working in linuxcould | someone tell me how? thanks I use KDE, and this is simple here. In the K Internet menu start KPPP, select the "Setup" button. Then select "New" in the "Accounts" tab. In the resulting Dial tab, give the new account a name, and provide a phone number to dial into your ISP, and be sure the "store password" box is checked unless you want to enter your password each time you log on. Now select the "IP" tab, and be sure the "dynamic IP" radio button is selected, and that the "Auto-configure host name from this IP" is NOT selected (quite important). Select the DNS tab, and enter the DNS addresses provided by your ISP in the "DNS ISP address" text box, then select the "add" button for each address. In the "Gateway" tab, select the "default gateway" radio button and "assign the default route to this gateway" check box. Unless you need to use a special script with your ISP to log on, or you need to watch your connect time (for example your service is not unlimited, or you have connect time charges you do not need to make any changes to the last two tabs. Select the "OK" button at the bottom of the window. You have now set up your ISP account. Next in the "Setup" window, select the "device" tab and be sure the appropriate information is entered in this window. You must tell KPPP where the modem is connected (COM1,2,3,,4) by using the Linux port designators "ttys0,1,2,3" respectively. The "flow control", and "line termination" can usually be left alone, but the connection speed may be able to be set at 115200 rather that the 57600 which is the default (works OK on my system - no telling on other's). Now select the "Modems" tab. I set the modem volume in the middle of the slider. Select the "Query Modem" button. This will allow you to check that your modem is conected where you expect it to be. You will get an error if the modem is not connected at the port you selected, or you will get an information box telling you about your modem if it is found. You can also edit the modem commands under the "Modem Commands" button or start a terminal session using the "Terminal" button. I have left these two alone for now. Select the "PPP" tab to configure how KPPP will behave under specific conditions, and set the pppd timeout. The last tab you may want to work in is the "Graph" tab. Here you can set up the colors used in the "detailed" display for the throughput graph. When you are satisfied with the settings, select the "OK" button at the bottom of the window. Finally to check the setup, select the "Connect" button. You should connect to your ISP. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: | On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | writes: | | Could you please explain a few things really quick? | |I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode | | Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, | I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a | level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in | the level beneath? | | There are four runlevels you need to keep in mind: RunLevel 1 which | is a single-user, no network, no GUI boot up. Run Level 3 which is a | multi-user, networked boot up, and Run Level 5 which is the GUI, | multi-user boot up. Now, these are different for each distribution of | Linux. Also, Run Level 6 is the "reboot" run level, so if all else | fails and you can get a command prompt, but need to shut things down, | you can init 6 and reboot. :-) | | type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all | day. you only have a few |seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. | | How did you know this? | | Experience. :-) Trust us... the default boot delay is something like | 15 seconds... VERY short! | John Also, other more knowlegable users have helped us out by telling us these little gems when we asked "how do I do this???" Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] New Millenium
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Warren Doney wrote: | 00.32 01/01/00 NZDT | Happy new Millenium all... | | -- | Full plate packing steel! - Minsk I've heard all the arguments about the new millenium not starting until 1/1/2001, but I think we should all compromise, and make the entire year of 2000 a celebration of our miraculous survival for two millemia. This way, by the end of the year, no one will care when the third millemium starts. The finest the new millenium has to offer to all, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | Hi All | | Thanks to all for all the help...as for Ernie my comments follow... | | On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | | I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the | CD after | | installing Linux? | | I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome | and | | Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go | back to | | the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes | I'm an | | old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application | packages? | | | | Doug Roberts | | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |-- | -- | | - | | Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way. | | rpm is the RedHat Package Manager and it is included with Mandrake. To | learn | about rpm, read the rpm HOW-TO, or use "man rpm" from a command line (No | Quotes). | | I've been reading all I could get in teh HOW-TO sections for the last 3 | months. It's been a struggle with this small monitor I have (my real 17" | monitor is in the shop under warranty repair). | | | IIRC the command line is | | rpm -Uvh filename.rpm. | | U=update package - installes or updates packages | v=verbose output - more detailed explanations | h=use 50 hash marks to indicate install/update progress | | AH HAH!!! Somebody finally explained the switches. Thank you.thank you. | I couldn't find the syntax explained in anything I've read yet. | | You need to have the CD-ROM mounted when you try to use rpm with the files | on | the CD. | | FYI, the folder on the CD should be | | /CD mount folder/Mandrake/RPMS/filename.rpm. | | You will neen to include the path information so rpm can locate the file | to be | installed. | | Something else I've missed in all my reading or maybe I read it and haven't | gotten it pounded into my brain enough...just how do you know which is an | executable and which are accessory files to the executable? In dos/win there | is .exe, .dll, .txt etc. and it is easy to tell which does which. | | | HTH, | | Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | If you use the KDE desktop as I do, you can hover the mouse cursor over a file's icon in kfm (filemanager), and the file type will be listed in the status bar at the bottom of the display. From the command line, it is listed in the permissions of a "ls -al" (no quotes) display. I do not know how to read the listing, because I use the GUI too much, and so I neglect the command line (shame on me). HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Best of the new millenium to you and yours.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: | Hi, Gary, | | Yes, I do have a dual Pentium II machine. smp was working fine when I | was running mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9. I think much of my difficulties | here are due to my unfamiliarity with recompiling kernels from rpms. I | had always compiled kernels from tar.gz. On the mandrake 6.1 | installation cd, there are several kernel rpms, like kernel, | kernel-source, kernel-headers, etc. Which of these packages are needed | for compiling an smp kernel? From the mandrake web site documentation, | it seems like kernel-source and kernel-headers are all that you need. | But then what about kernel-smp and kernel-smp-fb? I tried recompiling FYI - the kernel-smp and the kernel-smp-fb are installable kernels which have been compiled for you. You install the rpm, then edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo to write the boot loader to the HD. If you need better documentation on lilo, it has been covered in great detail and should be available in the archives. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | an smp kernel with all of these packages installed, and still no success | getting a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. For all of the people at | mandrakesoft, is there a tar.gz of 2.2.13-7mdk? Right now, a tar.gz of | the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel source is more to be desired than gold by me. | Thanks, | | | | Hidong | | | Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: | | Do you have a multi-processor motherboard? | The smp kernel is for mult-processor systems. "Thanks M Thompson at Hot Mail" | | I had a problem with installing a driver for my sound card, I know this is | completely different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp | kernel. | | After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a | problem. | | Later, | | Gary | | Warren Doney wrote: | |Hidong Kim wrote: | | Hi, Axalon, | | I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging | during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a | 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, | | |move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder |/lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) |or whatever before you make modules--lnstall--depmod etc. Before you |reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules |so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made |sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly |compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same |version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod |still |spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. |I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make |mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp | |Warren.
Re: [newbie] Welcome to list newbie
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This came to my inbox addressed to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". This looks like a loop waiting to happen. Maybe it can be fixed b-4 it gets out of hand? Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | Welcome to the Cooker List. | | | You just have been subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | More information on http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 | | To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the | subject : | | unsubscribe newbie. | | or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. | | -- | Mandrake Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after | installing Linux? | I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and | Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to | the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an | old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages? | | Doug Roberts | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | - | Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way. rpm is the RedHat Package Manager and it is included with Mandrake. To learn about rpm, read the rpm HOW-TO, or use "man rpm" from a command line (No Quotes). IIRC the command line is rpm -Uvh filename.rpm. U=update package - installes or updates packages v=verbose output - more detailed explanations h=use 50 hash marks to indicate install/update progress You need to have the CD-ROM mounted when you try to use rpm with the files on the CD. FYI, the folder on the CD should be /CD mount folder/Mandrake/RPMS/filename.rpm. You will neen to include the path information so rpm can locate the file to be installed. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Icon problem...
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Chris Cable wrote: | Has anyone had problems with the first four icons on | the home folder window toolbar appearing all blurry | and distorted. When I exit X i get four error messages | about not being able to load the icons. I'm using a | mandrake 6.1 cd. Is this a video color problem or is | something wrong with the actual install. | | any help is appreciated. | | thanks | Chris Cable | | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. | http://messenger.yahoo.com This has been covered and should be in the archives, but I'll do it again. Sounds like a known bug. There is a conflict between the kcmclock and kdelibs packages. To work around this problem, remove the kcmclock package, then re-install the kdelibs package. You can use either the command line rpm utility, or kpackage in the KDE desktop to complete this task. IIRC the command to remove kcmclock would be rpm -e kcmclock and the command to install the kdelibs package would be rpm -Uvh /CD-mount-folder/Mandrake/RPMS/kdelibs-version-numbermdk.i586.rpm HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Re: [newbie] changing font] WOW whata dif
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: | Ed Santiago wrote: | | Ok, I changed the font to 100dpi and wow what an improvement. | I had to go to the /etc/X11/fs/config file with the advanced text editor and | switcheded everything that was 75 to 100 and all that was 100 to 75. Of course | you have to install the 100dpi fonts off the installation CD. Then I shut down | and restarted and it is wonderful. Thanks Tom for the hints toward the right | direction. | At 800X600 the 75dpi fonts are fine, but above that the 75dpi fonts are too | small on my 17" monitor. Now it is great. | | snip | | OK, so how does one tell if the 100 dpi fonts are installed?? | | TIA | -- | Joseph S. Gardner | Senior Designer / Technical Support | Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH | [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm -q XFree86-100dpi-fonts The above command should query the rpm package, and report the package's version number if it is installed, or that the package is not installed. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Internet Access Problem
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Clifford Goodman wrote: | I've installed Linux Mandrake ver 6.1, installed a modem, and can | successfully dial my ISP using Kppp, and can ping it using Network | Utilities. When I try to bring up a web page using Netscape Navigator 4.5, | nothing happens. Any suggestions on what else might need to be configured? Edit your account information in kppp's setup, and in the DNS tab make sure that you have entered the DNS addresses provided by your ISP (most provide two). Your web browsre needs a Domain Name Server to convert the Domain Names you type into the address bar into numerical URL's such as 198.25.385.11. This is a made up number, but should show you the general form of a DNS address. Most have four components consisting of two or three digits each, and separated by dots (periods). HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Adding a HardDisk
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Mike Perry wrote: | Just a quick query here :-) | | If I want to add an additional Hard Drive to an existing mandrake 6.1 box, | can I just partition it as a single linux native partition and then will it | be detected on boot and be usable?, or is it more complicated (or simple) | than that?. | | | Cheers: | | Michael Perry. | RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. | Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack Not quite that simple. You have to tell Linux where to mount any new partition(s) on the filesystem. Simply create a new folder using the name of your choice, perhaps "storage" (No Quotes). Then mount the partition with the mount command as "mount -t ext2 /storage" (No Quotes). You can set up the mount in fstab if you wish, or you can use linuxconf to do the fstab edit. If you want to use the new partition(s) for existing elements of the filesystem, then you have to mount the new partition on a temporary folder, copy any existing data or files to the new partition from the intended filesystem branch, unmount the new partition, delete the original data and folder(s) (not the top level folder which will still be used as the mount point for the new partition), then re-mount the new partition(s) using the permanent mount points you just cleaned out. Now you can use linuxconf to set up the mounts at startup, and all should be well. Note: Be very carefull to duplicate any original file/folder structure onto the new partition if the chosen mount point is an existing branch of the filesystem. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] More RAMproblems
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Payne Stanifer wrote: | I added the line append="mem=128mb" to my lilo.conf and I ran the /sbin/lilo | , but Linux still doesn't see my 128 MB of RAM. Do I have to reboot before | it will see the RAM, or what? Someone please help. | Payne | | PS | Thanks for all the help so far. | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Yes. Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [newbie] RE: Source Code
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: | I am going to hazard a couple of guesses here. One is it is more than | likely written in C. The second is that the files you want to view | follow the standard Unix convention for text files and have only a | single linefeed/carriage return (can never remember exactly which one it | is, might even be an EOL) and not the carriage return/linefeed | combination used in a windows world. | | -Original Message- | From: Jennifer Ricki Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: December 25, 1999 10:10 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [newbie] RE: Source Code | | | I tried to take a look at the source code for Mandrake using the source | code cd. | I was unsuccessful, I tried to open it in Borland C++ but could not find | any files that would display anything. | Could someone please tell me how I can see the source code and which | language it is written in. | Thanks and Season's Greetings | Jennifer Wise | ICQ:6765592 Also, the source files are stored in the .rpm format just as are the binaries. Windows will not recognize this file format - who'da guessed? - I think MS is unwilling to recognize anything Linux. To look at them, you will need to extract the contents from the .rpm's. Sorry I'm unable to be more help, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Modem
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Ganesh Subramanian wrote: | I installed linux 6.5 on my pc which contains | windows 98. | | linux does not recognize my modem. | My modem is conexant soft k56 PCI Modem. | ( I am able to use it from windows 98) | | Any set up needs required to acheive this. | Any pointers would be appreciated ? | | Thanks in advance | | ganesh | | | | _ | Do You Yahoo!? | Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Sad to say, the term "soft" in your modem's moniker is a dead givaway if the "PCI" isn't. I am afraid that you have what is called a "win modem", and this is not good if you wish to connect with Linux. The problem is that a part of the modem's hardware is emulated in software. Windows supports this rather cheap method of manufacturing, but Linux does not (at least to my knowlege). Others may be better informed on this issue, but my suggestion is to get either an external modem, or an internal device which allows you to manually set the COM port on which it will run with jumpers, and will plug into an ISA port. Be quite specific with the sales person that you want a modem which is compatible with Linux, and that it can not be a "winmodem" or any similar device. There are a few names under which these modems are sold, but never having owned one, I cannot be as helpfull as I would like to be. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] NIC Problems
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Wass wrote: | Hello Fellow Mandrake Fans, | | I'm running into a problem trying to set up my linux-based | proxy. Basically, my NIC cannot see the cable modem, or vice versa. | Read on for more details. | | I've got a cable-modem, which I've successfully used with linux | for several months now, with a Acer card (compatible with Via-Rhine). | After getting a new computer, some NIC's, and an 8-port hub, I decided | to try my hand at setting up a LAN. | | So, I've got two 3c905 "Boomerang" PCI cards in my proxy box. | Two weeks ago I decided to try setting up a proxy with OpenBSD, and during | the install the NIC's were detected, and I'm fairly certain I had a working | connection to the cable modem with one of the NIC's. However, I know BSD | far far less than I know linux, so I decided to install Mandrake 6.1 on my | proxy instead (I've got mandrake on my other desktops, as well). | | My current desktop uses the Acer card to connect to the cable modem, | and this was set up during the Mandrake 6.1 install. It worked like a charm | with the setup, and I didn't even have to think about any of the settings. | | I then installed 6.1 on my proxy box, and had it disconnected from | the network, such that I could configure the tcp_wrappers and secure other | things before connecting it. So I declined networking during the install. | now, however, I've gone back to try to configure it, and am running into | problems. | | I've gone through the dhcpcd mini-HOWTO to get things started. | This thing is very out of date! Are there any plans to add entries for | Mandrake 6.x to it? I'd help out with his task, if I can get my box running. | | Firstly, I set up my resolv.conf to mimic my desktop's resolv.conf, | with the automagically-determined name servers and other parameters. I then | set up the network script to set ONBOOT and the protocol to DHCP. However, | on reboot, the cable modem doesn't acknowledge the NIC trying to establish | it's IP. | | I've connected the eth1 NIC to the hub, and if I try "dhcpcd eth1" | for kicks, I can see the packet LED's lighting up on the hub, so I know | something must be working with the hardware. Even if I connect eth0 NIC | to the hub, and type "dhcpcd eth0", I still see the LED's. However, these | cards are 100baseT, and I believe the hub is as well. But I think the cable | modem is only 10baseT. Using dmesg, I get: | "eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0x6100, "blah blah. The MAC | address is listed there for both cards, so linux can see the hardware. | What worries me is that "100baseTx" segment, could this be the problem? | | It alludes to this possibility in the dhcpcd mini-howto, but | says that if the card is set to 100baseT, just change that setting. there | is no detail/info about how to go about this. | | I searched through the archives here, and found one message | previously, but with no followups, that described setting options in the | /etc/conf.modules file to set the speeds of the card. I've glanced through | the C code for the driver, but cannot find any documentation of these | options, where is this stuff documented? | | I've also played around with various module commands. Trying | "insmod 3c90x" I get an error: "3c90x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy" | Why could this be? ANd I've seen vague implications that I may also | need to include the 3c59x module, is this true too? | | I'm not sure how to fix this. One solution may be to re-install | mandrake and setup the NIC during the install, but I'd like to know what | the installer is doing here behind my back, such that I can configure this | myself, too. | | Thanks to any help that can be offered! | | - Wass Please do not take this the wrong way, but it would seem to me that you should look in the documentation which came with the NICs to find out how to change the speed setting, not in the Linux documentation. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Scanner
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, John Aldrich wrote: | On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Alejandro Arredondo wrote: | Hello Everybody, | | I have an HP ScanJet 3200C. How can I make it work with Linux? | | Paralell or SCSI? If the former, forget it. If the latter, it very | well may work. There is almost NO support for Paralell printers under | Linux. | John I have a HP DeskJet 500 bw printer attached to my LPT1 (DOS) paralell port. It was detected and installed wothout a wrinkle. Now I must admit that this is an older printer, but it is still a paralell printer, so there are at least some that work ok. Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Uninstall? Please Help a Newbie!
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Tyler Hansen wrote: | I have just purchased Linux-Mandrake and decided to install it on one of my | computers. I decided to let it have all three of the HDD's. Now that I | have installed it I want to try other things such as a duel boot, but all I | have is Linux right now. If I try to format the HDD's and install NT, when | I boot it comes up with "LI" and then freezes. | | It appears that "LILO" (which I have no experience with) somehow is still on | the computer, yet I fdisked and formated the HDD - So why won't it boot? | I'm mistified! Obviously Linux operates at a lower level than what I am | used to working with. I don't mind learning how it works if there's | adequate documentation, but for now I just want my system back. | | Basically, I was wondering how to UNINSTALL linux and why does it seem | impossible to find information about uninstalling Linux? I feel that | uninstalling is as important as installing. | | Anyways, any help on the subject is a blessing and I thank responders in | advance! | | Tyler | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To remove the lilo boot loader, run the DOS fdisk /mbr command using a DOS boot disk. If the DOS boot disk is not available, a more complex way to get rid f Linux would be to reinstall Linux, then from a command line use "lilo remove" (without the quotes) to remove the lilo boot loader. Now re-run the Linux Installer but this time when you get into disk druid, delete your Linux partitions, then back up to the previous step - this should ask you if you want to write the changes to disk, and you click "yes". Next remove the Linux boot disk, and power off your system. You should now have an empty HD with lilo removed from the mbr. Please note that backing up to the previous step from disk druid worked in RedHat 5.2's installer as I discribed here. I have not tried it with any version of Mandrake so I can not promise that it will work the same way. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Kernel
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Adam Koch wrote: | Original message from: John Aldrich | My take on this whole "newbie who doesn't want to learn | Linux" is as follows: | If you don't want to learn Linux, then hire someone who | knows or will learn Linux to administer your system for | you. If you're too cheap or just can't afford (like a kid | who downloads and installs Linux) to hire someone, then you | MUST learn Linux, whether you like it or not! | | It's that simple: | 1) Learn to administer your system | or | 2) Hire someone to administer it | | Can't afford #2? You got two choices: | | 1) Learn Linux yourself | 2) Format the hard drive and go back to Windows! |John | | | I think that's a valid opinion, except that if people want Linux to become a mainstream, well-accepted OS, then it's going to have to take some cues from MS. I | mean, really do you expect a person that uses a computer for work and a little at home to write reports, surf, check email, etc to have to learn everything that | goes into getting Linux up and running. Not only that, but with hardware compatability issues it's kind of difficult to convince someone that their new machine that | they paid good money for is all but useless if they want to use something other than Windows. I know that a lot of this is not the fault of Linux, but we also can't | be a cadre of snobbish techno-elitists and say that you must know your machine inside and out in order to use this OS. That only accomplishes one thing; turning | a lot of people off to a viable alternative. | | Adam Koch | "Nothin in here 'cept a trunkful of dead bodies" I have to agree with John on this one. I am well aware that Linux needs to become more user friendly in the area of instalation if it wants to become a major contender in the OS wars (did I say wars?). I also question whether Linux should be such a contender. If, to be a major player in the OS arena, Linux must make itself into a Windows clone, then what is the purpose of having another OS in the first place? Linux and Windows are two diferent animals. Windows is a propriatary OS with all the copyright laws in the world protecting the rights of the owners. Linux on the other hand, is an open source OS, with all the copyright laws in the world protecting the rights of the users and the authors. Yes I said the rights of the users. When you take a look at the License which accompanies most of the GNU software, it protects your right to have the source code, and it protects you from some other individual, or group taking your right to have or use the source code as permitted by the author. The realities of the maner in which Linux is developed can not be ignored. The OS is produced by literally hundreds, perhaps thousands of individuals and groups of individuals developing small components for Linux, which are put together by those wonderfull folks like RedHat, Mandrakesoft, Suse, Debian and countless other companies who hope to generate a reasonable income from the efforts they put in gathering up all the components needed and putting them all together on a nice neat CD for us to install. Add in the fact that only a portion of the hardware manufacturering companies are willing to provide the GNU with the specifications for their hardware devices, and we have a situation where the Linux community is unable to support all hardware devices. This is unavoidable, and inevitably must lead to installation difficulties. The solutions to such dificulties are to learn how to work around the problems, or use hardware which is supported by Linux. If a user does not wish to persue either alternative, Tech support can be purchaced, or the user can go back to Windows. If you want a ready-made fully automated OS with all the bells and whistles the manufacturer has decided you need already set up for you, then run the Windows OS. It has been produced with you in mind; or perhaps get a Mac. Both systems do-it-all for you, you do not need to learn a lot to use them, and they are easy to use. There is nothing wrong with this, but there are a growing number of people who want a true alternative, not just another clone of what it was that made them go looking in the first place. This I think is one reason for the rise in the popularity of Linux. It is not a Windows clone. It approaches the job of being an OS from a diferent perspective than Windows. While Windows wants to make each process a part of the OS by loading application functionality in the form of .dll files, and keeping that functionality loaded, perhaps for the rest of the session (I think), Linux does the exact oposite, it sort of hosts the application, and provides the resources the app requests and facilitates the applications ability to do its job, but not at the expence of the OS itself. No application is a part
RE: [newbie] Startup issues.
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Mark Dawkins wrote: | | Hey I am a new Linux user (Linux mandrake 6.0 or 6.5 I forget) and I am | trying to configure my modem but I keep getting an error message that states | can not open modem. The users guide states that I have to setup permissions | for a user to be able to use the modem . I have a users called Marcos the | home directory is /home/marcos . How do I setup permissions for this user to | be able to access the modem so that I can then setup a PPP account to | access the Internet through my ISP. | | | Any suggestion or ideas are appreciated. | | | Rgds | | Mark Dawkins | Phone (301)838-5047 | Pager 1(888)371-8470 | email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Mark, Log on as "root", then run linuxconf either from a command line or by clicking the icon on the KDE desktop. Next select "networking", then ppp at the bottom of the list. If the button is not visible (in KDE), hold the ALT key while draging the linuxconf window up until you can see the ppp button. As you set up pppd, you will see a check box to allow users to connect, click it if there is not a check mark in the box. Finally, exit back out of all the opened levels, and linuxconf will ask you to "activate the changes". Do so and the job is done. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Monitor Configuration
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Joe Brault wrote: | Hello again | | I have a question for you all. I recently did a dual boot on my Gateway | Solo laptop with Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5. I had an easy time | installiing the operating system, however, I need to change my monitor | settings. Is there an easy command to use for this? I can see my screen, | but it is quite large as is now... Thanks in advance as always! | | Joe :) | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com "Xconfigurator" (without the quotes) from a command line. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Two systems
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Robert Thrall wrote: | I am running both Windows 98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5 on my machine, but | Windows is on one hard disk with these specs: Partition -1 Statis- A | Type-PRI DOS Volume Label- My Computer Mbytes-8025 System-Fat 32 | Usage-100%. I have loaded Mandrake-Linux 6.5 on a second hard disk with | these specs: /dev/hdc3579M409M-used Avail-140M Mounted on / | | /dev/hdc1 547M 32K-used Avail-547M Mounted | on-mnt/DOS_hdc1 | | My local cabel company COGECO informs me that no Linux system is | compatible with their modems so I can not connect to the Internet | through Linux. However, can Linux read Windows 98? Can I still dowload | software in Windows and somehow transfer it to Linux. The word | 'transfer' may be wrong, but can I use the two together somehow so that | I can download software to the Linus system. Any help would be | appreciated. | | Robert Robert, You should be able to do your downloads with Windows, then restart to Linux, and mount the DOS partition you did the download to, then do as you will with the downloaded file. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Various questions
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | 1) I'm a COMPLETE newbie to Linux, what books do you recommend that I should | read? I already ordered Running Linux by O'Reilly but it hadn't arrived yet | but some of the recommendations on Amazon said it wasn't really aimed at | newbies. | | 2) Linux says it cannot open my modem - so does that automatically mean that | is a winmodem (it's an OEM modem w/ my Compaq Presario 4550)? And if it is, | are there any other ways to make it work w/ Linux other than buying a new | modem (such as finding a driver even if it is a winmodem)? If you look on your modem card, and there are no "jumpers" used for configuring the port the modem will use, and if it is on a PCI slot, then it most probably is a winmodem, and will not work with Linux. If you do not want to open the box to see what kind of modem you have, you can try to access your modem with kppp (assuming that you are using KDE). Open kppp, select setup, click the modem tab, then select the query modem button for each port available (ttys0 thru ttys3). If you get a responce window from the modem identifying the modem and its features, then you should be able to set up and connect with kppp. | | 3) I've just installed Corel Wordperfect 8 and I wasn't too sure what | directory I should install it in so i installed it in /dev/usr/wordperfect | (I logged in as root), so would that be ok or should I install it in a | different directory. Most software gets installed under the /usr folder, but it will not hurt anything for you to put the files where you want them (dev/usr/wordperfect is ok). The one thing you should do however, is to go to the corel site, and read the security note about installing the suit as root (I think it's WP8 that has the warnings). Unless I am mistaken, WP8 should be installed as a regular user to limit permissions on the system, particularly if you will be connecting to the internet with WP8 (I think it does that, or am I confused with SO51a?). At any rate, it will not hurt to go check. | | Thanks for an help. | | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. | Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] newbie horrors (was Kernel)
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Boy, all this dispute over ease of use, support, configuration problems, | drivers, market-shares, blah blah blah. Just wanted to add that my | install went fairly painlessly, got my modem to work w/ a little | trouble, been figuring out how things work "under the hood", got my | printer to print, screen resolutions are good, no BIG problems. It | seems that I'm getting the hang of Linux, and I'm pretty happy about | that. I really don't miss W95 now. Still have some reading to do, but, | call me crazy, I LIKE learning how things work. And if I know how | something works, I have to mess w/ it (sometimes screwing it up;-) to | make it work better (or differently). I've only had a computer for a | little over 3yrs now (I'm 22), and half the fun has been about problem | solving. I'm not the network administrator in an office and I don't | have to have the hottest new games... so, where do I fit in? Am I just | a geek or what? | Later | -Josh Josh, You at 22 seem a little like me at 50 - I have always liked putzing around with my 'puter since I started with a Comodore Vic 20 (boy was that a long time ago!). I think though that we most likely fit the discription geek-wannabe, since we have no formal education to qualify us as certified geeks. M2C, Ernie
Re: [newbie] login probs
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Fortunatas Dirgincius wrote: | | Hi, | | Just installed Mandrake 6.1 and... cannot login as "root". | When I type in line: | login: "root" (I type just plain root) I am back at the same line | "login:" | | Where is the problem? | Thanks | | Fortis | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Don't take this wrong, but are you sure that the second prompt is not "password"? When I log into a character interface, I first enter my username, then my password. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hello | I had to uninstall the older version of Netscape communicator (4.6) | before I could install the new version. | Suggest you use the REDHAT package manager to uninstall. | Regards, | Ron | Howard Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: | | Hi guys, | | I tried to update my netscape to ver. 4.7 (by clicking on update icon on | the desktop), and it fetched the package but when it tried to installed | it, it said "compat-libs" is needed by netscape-common-4.70-1mdk". Where | can I get this compat-libs? Thanks. | | Howard | | | | | | Ilmainen Internet @ http://www.nic.fi/ You need the compat-libs package too. You can find it either on the Mandrake 6.1 CD under /Mandrake/RPMS/ or at any Mandrake mirror (if you have the Macmillan release of Mandrake 6.1). I believe the file is compat-libs.i586.rpm but I am not sure. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] help me please(internet)
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Can some please help me . l'v tried to connect to the internet with Mandrake 6.5 | everything go,s well press connect and then it happens "initializing program" (or something like that ) and then nothing. and now l'm left with windoze lnter explorer.(great). thanx. | | | G@vin | -- | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: The most dificult part of this responce is reading thru the HTML. I use a text-only mail reader, and I'd appreciate it if you would turn off the HTML when sending to this list, it'll save me a headache or two. If you are using kppp to connect to the internet, you can click the setup button , then the Modem tab, then the Query modem button to make sure that you are accessing the modem. You should get a window indicating the responces from your modem which will include the modem name, firmware version, features, etc. You must also set up your modem to dial your ISP - if you use AOL, there may be a problem, but I'm not sure of that - and DNS info etc. If you do not get the previously indicated information, you should make sure that kppp is trying to use the ttys port (COM port) your modem is connected on. If you are using a winmodem (most PCI modems are Winmodems), sorry you are out of luck - they do not work with Linux as far as I know. If you do not use KDE or the kppp utility, I can not be of much help since I have been using kppp since I started using Mandrake - it's just so easy to set up and I'm sooo lazy! HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Kernel
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Martin Cleaver wrote: | | Okay, I downloaded and installed the new kernel I suppose... but it gives me this cryptic message about changing lilo.conf. Unfortunately it does not tell me WHAT to change. It may sound silly, but I use Mandrake because I don't WANT to have to change things like lilo.conf, and if I am to, I will need very precise instructions... :-( | | I sound like a newbie, am a newbie and want to remain a newbie... life's too short... Can anyone help me with the necessary change and also ask the powers that be to be a little more informative in the future? | | Rgds | | Martin | | | -- | Martin Cleaver MC Translations | +31 (20) 6162224 fax: +31 (20) 8841230 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cleaver.nl | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Martin, As reguards your newbie status, I am afraid that you will have to get your hands a little dirty from time to time if you want to add things such as a new kernel. This is the nature of Linux, and it can not be helped. If you use KDE, log on as the root user, open a kfm window, and navigate to the /etc folder. You can drag the left edge of the kfm window to the right to expose a tree display of your filesystem's folders. If you left-click a right-pointing arrow, it will become a down-pointing arrow, and any sub-folders will be displayed. To get to /etc you may need to click the /root (/) arrow to expand the tree then click the /etc folder icon. In the right display area, folders will be displayed first then files. Scroll down untill you see the file lilo.conf, right-click it, and in the pop-up menu, select "Text Editor". This will open a simple text editor with the lilo.conf file displayed. You will want to select the entire section labeled "image=" then with this section still highlighted select "Edit copy", then move the curser to the bottom of the file, select "Edit paste". This will duplicate the image= section of your lilo.conf file. Now edit the LINE image=/boot/vmlinuz-*mdk to match the version information for the new kernel - for example if you have version 2.2.13-7mdk and your updated kernel is version 2.2.13-22mdk, you will change the line from image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk to image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk. You will also need to change the next line label=* to indicate a unique label name, perhaps "new kernel". You can use any label you wish, but for practicality's sake, you will want to keep the labels short and sweet. As you can see, I have edited my lilo.conf file to use "l" for Linux, and "w" for DOS (Windows 95). When I add a second kernel, I simply use the letter "k" for the new label (my own preference). Save the edited file when you are finished, and open a console window. Use the "su" command to become the superuser (without the quotes), you will need to provide your root password then. Finally, enter "lilo", (again without the quotes). This will write the updated information to the boot loader, and you will then be able to choose either the new kernel or the old one if you wish. To finish up, enter "su regular username" to close the superuser session, then close the console window. This procedure sounds more complex that it is, and I told you to add the second label and such so you could get back into Linux with the old kernel if there are any problems with the new one. After you have used the new kernel for a few days or a week or so, if you decide you want to continue using the new kernel exclusively, you can remove the information in /etc/lilo.conf which addresses the old kernel, and re-run lilo to write the changes to the boot loader. Filally, you can remove the files related to the old kernel in the /boot folder - but be carefull not to remove anything which may be used by the new kernel. Only those files which contain the old kernel's version number in their names are safe to remove. Bear in mind that I am a relative new user too and while this information is correct to the best of my knowlege, I may be in error or have forgotten something. Give it a day or two to see if any one else has corrective information for you, then the next step is up to you. boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt linear timeout=50 other=/dev/hda1 label=w table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk - label=l| root=/dev/hda5| image= section - duplicate 5 lines append="mem=80M"| read-only - HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect
| Dennis, | | I am not trying to be smart or anything like that, but did you connect with | pppd first? Or perhaps kppp? It has been my experience that Linux does not | automate things like connecting to the web for you. Personally I like this | policy. It takes a little more concious thought on my part, but in the end I am | more secure with my system. Make sure that you are connected to your ISP then | try the SO51a stuf again. | | HTH, | | Ernie | | Ernie, | I should have said that I was already connected. Just now I got a | different message that SO was unable to connect to the pop3 server and | then it crashed when I clicked retry. Now it has evidently damaged | something because SO will not launch. This has happened before and | forced me to re-install. I dunno what is going on. Thanks. | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Appologies, I mis understood. Look in the untar'd distribution for the SO51a installer, and see if there is an uninstall script (seems to me the readme said something about removing). If there is run it - I think it should remove all the SO51a files from your system. If there is not, check the Sun site where you downloaded the .tar file for removal information. In either case, make sure you do the removal as the same user as when you did the install. Then while logged on as a regular user, try re-installing again. I know there is a security issue with installing as "root" - and it is not a good idea. I do not know enough either about Linux or SO51a to be of any more help than this - sorry. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Startup issues.
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Sam Roza wrote: | Ernie, | | I am past this now...I know the chipset(GD5436), and the RAM is at least 2 | MB(there's a Kingston VRAM upgrade on the motherboard). I've run xf86config | and Xconfigurator so many times I can enter all responses without looking | now. I also have the specs for my monitor, and setting the correct | settings does nothing but give me a screen so huge in size that I have to | scroll my mouse in all directions to see it. I am not familiar with the Kingston VRAM upgrade - I wonder if this is the source of the problem? I have a PCI video card which uses the GD5430 chipset, and 2 meg EDO RAM and all works well. Hrmmm ... are you able to remove the Kingston VRAM upgrade from the MB? If nothing else, this may tell you if this is where the problem is comming from. If not, maybe someone with greater knowlege than I can tell you how to get X-Windows to understand the VRAM on the MB. Sorry I can not be of any more help. Ernie | | Still nothing(as my last posts say)...I've updated my config file just like | the readme's say and I'm at my ropes end. | | I don't think I've ever had this much trouble with Win95... | | PLEASE HELP, I'm feeling like this was a huge waste of time and money and I | really want this to work for experience sake. | | Sam ROza | | I will try starting in Linux 3 and running setup | - Original Message - | From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 3:35 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Startup issues. | | | On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Sam Roza wrote: | | Hello All, | | | | I am new to the list, and am having difficulties. | | | | Last night I tried to install Linux-mandrake and it went GREAT, until | I got | | to X setup. I just can't seem to get my settings right. I am | installing on | | a Compaq Deskpro P166 with a soundblaster(this worked in the | installation) | | and a Cirrus logic video board(I don't know what chipset or RAM). | | | | The first time I loaded it, I got into KDE(X?) but the screen was so | messed | | up I couldn't use it, and I couldn't find a way to reset the video | | settings. I was reserved and I ended up re-installing linux a few | times | | before I got a successful install. | | | | Now that everything is complete, and I can use unix(with my limited | | knowledge of unix it is difficult for me), from a console to be ROOT, | and | | run Xconfigurator. After setting up Xconfig with my monitor's | settings, and | | having it probe my adapter(when it probes, the specs sound right), | but then | | the test screen comes up and asks "Can tyou read this message?" and I | can | | read the message, but the boxes below are all skewed... | | | | I got it looking decent and selected yes when it asked my if I could | see | | the message. Now it freezes when going into X...PLEASE HELP!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Regards, | | | | Sam Roza | | Lead Customer Service Representative | | (408) 527-2926 | | GE Capital - IT Solutions | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Sam, | | When you start your system, at the LILO prompt try "linux 3" (without the | quotes). This will start you in the command line mode. Then try "setup" | (again | without the quotes) as the "root" user. Now you can select the option to | set up | the X-server for your system. You will need to know the verticle and | horizontal | refresh rates for your monitor, as well as the information for your video | controler. If you have this information available, use it and do not probe | the | video device. I have heard that this has helpped several users get things | set | up ok. | | HTH, | | Ernie |
Re: [newbie] Netscape questions...
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Sam Roza wrote: | How do you get NutScrape to load all images in a web page without having to | click them, or right click and ask to have them loaded? | | Oh, one more thing...how do you create a new user from root? | | Thank a million! | | Sam Roza From a command line as the superuser enter, useradd name where name is the new user name for the new user account. Next, also as superuser, and from a command line enter, passwd name where name is the same new user name as above. You will be prompted with "New Unix password", at which point you should enter the password you wish to use with the new name. You will then be prompted to re-type the password. Do so, and you should get a responce such as: all authentication tokens updated successfully then you will be returned to the root prompt. That's all there is to it. You can now log in as the new user. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] KDE screen help
The problem is that there are simply too many entries in the utilities menu to be displayed in one column on the screen. You have to use the menu editor to create a second menu such as utils2 or whatever you wish for a name, then move the entries from the original menu to the new one (perhaps the last half of the entries). I saw a good description of the process some time back, you may be able to find it in the list archives. Sorry I can not be more helpfull, Ernie On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, funboy wrote: | Thanks for the suggestion, but there is a slight problem... | I am already _at_ 1024 X 780. | sigh | Even if I knew _how_ to go finer, I wouldn't do it... on a 15" monitor, it's | already small enough (strangely enough my ctrl-alt-numpad+,- thingie doesn't | change my display) | grrr... | there must be some way to access these menus... | Any other suggestions? | | Awash in a sea of unknown shortcuts, | ~phil | | Cyndi Dwayne Hillier wrote: | | Hi Phil, I did the same thing myself. Only way I could fix it was to | change the resolution to at least 1024 x 780. Though that is drastic, but | it did the trick. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of funboy | Sent: December 20, 1999 10:02 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [newbie] KDE screen help | | First off, I just want to say that i installed my first LINUX system a | few days ago, and apart from a few hangups, everything has been running | great. I am very happy with the learning curve. Just sitting back and | watching the emails has been a great catalyst for my own solutions. But | there is one annoying little problem I still have and can't figure out | how to fix | | Can you please tell me how to see the bottom (unviewable) portion of the | KDE popup menus? My Utility menu is too large (vertically) to fit on | screen, and, while it may be amusing for you all to contemplate, I have | been forced to count and memorize how many arrow hits I made from the | moment the focus went off-screen in order to access these apps. | | I'm sure the answer is quite obvious, but I just can't get it. | | thanks, | ~phil
Re: [newbie] Getting out of X-Windows and into BASH
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Christopher M. Kopp wrote: | | How do I get out of X-Windows and into bash... my display is messed up in X-Windows because I have a different monitor where I am right now... I cannot work in X-Windows because I am unable to see half of the screen. | | Please help. | | -Chris | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Chris, There are several ways. If X is already running, you can do CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE, or to get to an other console you can do CTRL+ALT+F2 and CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back into X. Or if you are starting at the lilo prompt use linux 3 - this will start you in a text only console with X not running. BTW, the HTML is rather dificult for us text only mail client users to read. If it is at all possible, can you disable the HTML when sending to this list? It will be greatly appreciated by all who attempt to be of help. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] System Sound
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, nestar wrote: | Hello | I setup my sound and i clearly hearing sound from linux. | so i going to setup system sound, I set system sound for "logout""logout | message" "close windows" and also i test sound for all this system. | my testing sound is ok but when i login and logout i didn't hear any sound | from linux. please help how can i hear sound from linux ? | how can i add sound icon in my status bar ? | | please reply. | satyajit If you are using KDE, make sure you have checked the "Enable Sound" check box in the system sounds configuration window (then the "OK" button at the bottom). Also you may need to adjust the sound level using the Sound Mixer Panel which can be found in the Multimedia Menu item of the "K" menu. If you are using Gnome, I am afraid I can be of no help as I am not using it. I hope this is of some help, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Modem!
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Qudern wrote: | Hi there I want to know that izit...Linux cant support U.S Robotics Sportster Winmodem 56k... I cant really get any responce with my modem?Can you tell me wat happen to it? Thank You.. | | Alan | | -- | Totally Amazing Search Results - Just C4 Yourself! | http://www.C4.com - Total Search Technology If your modem is a "winmodem", it most likely will not work with Linux. The problem is not Linux, it is that some of the hardware normally found on a modem card has been replaced by software devices which have been included in the Windows drivers for these winmodems. My best suggestion is to purchase either an external modem, or an internal one which is not a Winmodem. If you elect to use an internal modem, make sure it plugs into an ISA slot, and that you can manually configure the COM port (and IRQ) it will use with jumper settings on the card. These two precautions should ensure that you get a genuine hardware modem, and not another winmodem. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Red Hat
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Tom Hicks wrote: | I had Mandrake on my system. I just formatted it and want to install Red | Hat. I am getting a loader error. It will go through the boot. I type in | expert. | says loading initrd.img. | loading vmlinuzboot failed. | | Any suggestions? | | | Thomas Hicks | Eng. Innovative Solutions | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Phone (916)649-4548 Create a new Install disk using the .img files in the /images folder on the CD, or start in DOS, then switch to the CD, and in the dosutils folder run the dosstart.bat file. That should get the installer running too. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] A question
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Dan Ferris wrote: | I have a question. | | After spending my day at work fixing some problems with Windows it lead me to | think about this. | | Why is Linux more Stable than Windows??? | All I hear about is how great Linux is compared to Windows but none of my books | really explain WHY except that it is free. | | Linux is multi-user preemptive multi-tasking, multi-threading, and has memory | protection between applications. | | Windows is multi-user multi-tasking and multi-threading, and has memory | protection between applications. | | Linux never crashes. Windows crashes all the time. | | Now before you anwser. I want REAL anwsers. Not anwsers like "Well, Windows | sucks because Micorsoft is big and rich." | | Anwsers like "Windows sucks because applications don't check to see if they | should give up the CPU for another application."(JUST an example) are more | acceptable. | | I have run Linux for almost a year with no real problems at all. I have run | windows for several years with nothing but grief. | | Just curious thanks. | Dan Dan, I am no expert by any means, but two things ocour to me as to why Linux seems to be more stable than Windows. First there is the reason Linux is so dificult for the new user. Linux does not try to support all hardware combinations imaginable, and it only installs support for what is really needed on the system (I'm guessing here). Second and I suspect the real reason for stability is the fact that Linux starts in "protected mode" and remains there throughout the session, while Windows 9x starts in "real mode", then switches to "protected mode" when it starts the GUI. But then at the same time, DOS is still running in "real mode" underneath the rest of Windows 9x - which is operating in protected mode?! Maybe someone can explaine better than I. It just seems to me that Windows is going about the thing in too complex a maner, while Linux is doing it the simple and elegant way. The one thing I do know is that when I get something to work in Linux, it keeps working. I may have to put out great effort, blood, sweat and tears to get a thing to work, but when a thing works in Linux, it keeps working unless I bolox it up. I also know that since I have started using Linux, I have not had a single system crash, and I started playing with Linux around 6 or 7 months ago. Note that I have done some pretty vulgar things to the OS trying to understand it - it either complains about what I have done, or refuses to do some dastartly deed I have inadvertantly set it up to do - so I get out my trusty back-up I was smart enough to create and un-do what I did wrong, and so far all has been well. I count myself lucky. I also count Linux resiliant. By contrast, my Win95 OS hickups about 3 times a week, and gets real skitzoid about once a month. That is Explorer performs an illegal operation and will be shut down about 3 times a week. About once a month, the BSOD puts up its ugly blue head at start-up and forces me to fix thing up before I can use the OS. G, am I sounding a little prejudiced here? Must be time to stop this then, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Startup issues.
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Sam Roza wrote: | Hello All, | | I am new to the list, and am having difficulties. | | Last night I tried to install Linux-mandrake and it went GREAT, until I got | to X setup. I just can't seem to get my settings right. I am installing on | a Compaq Deskpro P166 with a soundblaster(this worked in the installation) | and a Cirrus logic video board(I don't know what chipset or RAM). | | The first time I loaded it, I got into KDE(X?) but the screen was so messed | up I couldn't use it, and I couldn't find a way to reset the video | settings. I was reserved and I ended up re-installing linux a few times | before I got a successful install. | | Now that everything is complete, and I can use unix(with my limited | knowledge of unix it is difficult for me), from a console to be ROOT, and | run Xconfigurator. After setting up Xconfig with my monitor's settings, and | having it probe my adapter(when it probes, the specs sound right), but then | the test screen comes up and asks "Can tyou read this message?" and I can | read the message, but the boxes below are all skewed... | | I got it looking decent and selected yes when it asked my if I could see | the message. Now it freezes when going into X...PLEASE HELP!! | | | | | | Regards, | | Sam Roza | Lead Customer Service Representative | (408) 527-2926 | GE Capital - IT Solutions | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sam, When you start your system, at the LILO prompt try "linux 3" (without the quotes). This will start you in the command line mode. Then try "setup" (again without the quotes) as the "root" user. Now you can select the option to set up the X-server for your system. You will need to know the verticle and horizontal refresh rates for your monitor, as well as the information for your video controler. If you have this information available, use it and do not probe the video device. I have heard that this has helpped several users get things set up ok. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: | Hello List, | | Well this is really strange. I have 5.1a for Windows and it connects, | downloads email and browses no problem. Apart from some minor cosmetic | improvements it looks the same as 5.1a for Linux. Only problem is the | Linux version with exactly the same settings will not connect. It says | connecting to mail server etc and just sits there. If I click the SO | icon it says unable to resolve address. When I shut down I get an | unrecoverable error message. Anyone Know what is going on and how to | fix it? BTW I have researched the archive and have Sams Teach yourself | Star Office 5 for Linux. I am just not connecting somehow. | Thanks. | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Dennis, I am not trying to be smart or anything like that, but did you connect with pppd first? Or perhaps kppp? It has been my experience that Linux does not automate things like connecting to the web for you. Personally I like this policy. It takes a little more concious thought on my part, but in the end I am more secure with my system. Make sure that you are connected to your ISP then try the SO51a stuf again. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Annoying Error Messages
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: | Hello List, | I am trying this post again in case someone new can help. When I select | Kppp as user I get an error message to the effect that the kernel (the | latest update -22mdk) has no Kppp support and to consult my system | administrator or use a kernel with Kppp support. When I click OK I get | a fully functioning Kppp panel. Anyone know how to zap this message? You get this message because the updated kernel was not compiled with pppd support. The only way I know to kill such a message would be to re-compile the kernel with pppd support. If you have the header and source rpms, you should be able to do this. If you still have the -7 kernel available you can use it instead, it's working fine for me - but then I have no need for RAID support at this time. | | Also, as user, when I close down Star Office I get an error message: | Error opening configuration file. I click OK and SO shuts down. I had | a disaster installing SO as User so I uninstalled and reinstalled as | root. Maybe I screwed up doing that. Can anyone help? ( I am posting | to this list because I feel it is not an SO-specific problem.) | Thanks. Go check out the sun site, there is a security notice there you will want to read. SO5.1a should be installed as a normal user, not as root for system security reasons. This is explained on the SO home page, and they also provide a procedure to change the permissions for SO and all its files. This perhaps will fix the error you are getting when you shut down SO. From what I read here, your system is working correctly. It's telling you about two problems which are not critical, but they could lead to other more serious things later. HTH, Ernie | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] mandrake for 486
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Jeff Shaw wrote: | the mandrake readme says that thare was going to be a version of mandrake | 6.1 that would work on 486 computers. Where can I find this? | | Thanks, | jeff Hrmmm... I am using Mandrake 6.1 with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk on a 486-style AMD X5-133Mhz powered system. It is not exactly a i486 system, but it's close. The only thing I had to do to use Mandrake was to edit the rpmrc file so rpm would allow me to install updates and new rpm packages: FYI: the file is at /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc and you edit the appropriate lines to look as the following: arch_compat: i486: i386 i586 arch_compat: osfmach3_i486: i386 osfmach3_i586 buildarch_compat: i486: i386 i586 when you see the rpmrc file, what to edit becomes obvious when armed with this information above. Mandrake with the KDE desktop does run a little slow on my old beast, but I am a patent man, and I think the trade off between convenience (I'm lazy!) and speed is well worth the slight amount of extra load up time. Mandrake may be optimized for the pentium machines, and if you are not using one, you will not be able to take advantage of the optimizations, but you should still be able to use Mandrake on the 486 machines. It will simply run a little slower that on the pentiums. Hope something in here has value, Ernie
Re: [newbie] StarOffice install
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Jeffrey L Sawyer Jr wrote: | I didn't want to show how ignorant of linux or unix I am but I have to. I | downloaded StarOffice and it is in my home DIR as so51a_lnx_01.tar . I can | click on it and it opens up to show many other .tar folders. I am | using KDE and can't figure out how to install or setup StarOffice. Please | don't laugh to hard when replying. | Jeffrey Sawyer | Information Systems Services | Computer Support | Phone 814 863-2319 | Fax 814 863-2215 For what it's worth no one's laughing. To get the files out of the tar ball, open a terminal window and use tar -xpvf so51a_lnx_01.tar at the command prompt. Note that you will have to be logged onto the folder where the tar ball is located when you use this command. This will extract the contents of the .tar file. You can then use KFM to read the readme file for instructions. It will tell you to run ./setup or ./install or something like that. That's dot (.) slash (/) setup or install. The dot(.) is easy to miss, but needed. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] LILO
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | can someone briefly explain in depth about lilo? and if i use bootmagic to dual boot |my pc, do i still need to use lilo? | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: First, please turn off the HTML when sending to this list. Many of us use text-only mail readers, and the HTML makes it nearly impossible to read. LILO is the LInux LOader. That is the software can install the needed code in the MBR to allow you to make a choice of which OS you want to run. If you are using BootMagic, you will need lilo installed in the Linux partition. That is because lilo still needs to load the linux kernel when you boot Linux. I use LILO as my boot manager, so I always see it run at startup, however I think lilo works transparently when used only to load Linux and not as a boot manager. If this is wrong, some one feel free to jump in and correct me. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] kernel-update loaded, but installed?
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999,Chris Hanning wrote: | Hi, I'm a newbie - my first mail was sent a few hours ago and I see | Ive signed it root, e-mail : hostname etc | | Well, the problem with downloading the kernel update has me puzzled | quite frankly. I tried another ftp and it didn't skip me with an | error message but it DID use a local file because it never downloaded | 6MB in 10 seconds via my 28.8 modem?? | I took note of the lilo.conf manual update warning and guessed that | it required the line to be retyped *22mdk from the previous *4mdk. | The new files are in theboot dir along with the old ones but it | continues to boot vmlinuz-2.2.13-4mdk. | Could somebody please explain what I need to do here - I noted | Richard T Waters posting where he leaves an option to load either - | this may be useful for future hardware compatibility issues. | My apologies are proffered to those bored by my astounding ignorance | in matters linux; It is stable and so far the problems like sndconfig | etc have been more stimulating than w95-frustrating. | cheers Chris Hanning The solution to your problem is to run "lilo" from a command prompt as the "root" user. This will update the MBR. LILO uses the /etc/lilo.conf file as a script to write the boot loader. This gives you some ability to control how LILO works with your system, and how Linux is loaded, including which OS (if you choose to dual-boot) is the default, and which kernel is used (if you have more that one installed). To get more information on the use of LILO, try "man lilo" form a command line, or look in the HOW-TO's. Note that all command line commands are wrapped in quotes here. Do not use the quotes when entering the commands on the command line. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] sound line in
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999,Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia wrote: | To those who might be able to offer some help, | | I hooked up a cassette player to the "line-in" of my sound card. In | windows, i have a program that lets me listen to what ever i play through | the "line-in" but this program crashes when i try to use it through linux | through wine. Is there any way i can listen to the "line-in" in linux? | | Thanks in advance, | jas If you use KDE, start the sound panel in the Multimedia menu. This should allow you to turn on (or up) the sound level on the line in connection. Then if something is playing on "line in", you should be able to hear it. Then simply use the player's controls to turn it on or off etc. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [[newbie] Macmillan Mandrake Books (was Mouse Driver screwup in KDE)]
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999,Mark Fitzgerald wrote: | Hello, | | I've sent to post to the list and neither have come back down. | | Just a test message and the other an intro. | | I'm sending them to the address below. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mark Fitzgerald | | So, I'm trying a reply this time. | | (Any ideas on why I'm not seeing them?) | | Thanks! | | Mark Fitzgerald | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - Original Message - | From: Alex V Flinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: November 27, 1999 10:21 PM | Subject: Re: [[newbie] Macmillan Mandrake Books (was Mouse Driver | screwup in KDE)] | | | On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: | This is probably outdated by, I'm late getting to my backlog of | email. | It's been my experience in reading books from Que and Sams that | they contain | a lot of typos and misleading if not to say incorrect information. | Perhaps they | have better publishers now, but I don't really care for them. | | My experience with sams has been highly varied. Some books are great | and | accurate, others are pure cr*p. There seems to be no middle ground | on their | publications. | | | just one geek's opinion. | | just another's | | | -- | Alex It can take a while for your posts to come back to you, just be patient, and welcome to Linux. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] No Sound
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999,Ger-Bil Jinn wrote: | For those who told me to type sndconfig in root, thanx, but I | got one problem: how do I get into root? It's locked so how do I get | into it? | | :3)~~ | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. | Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com If you are loged in as a regular user in any GUI or text screen, you can open a command line window (from GUI), and enter "su" at the command prompt, then the root password at the resulting prompt, or simply use the "su" command at the text screen prompt. The root user is the admin. account for the OS. Be carefull what you do in root, since the OS will let you do most anything you want to. For the most part, the safeguards provided for "normal users" are non existent for the root user. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] lilo
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999,Jeff Mason wrote: | | When you update the kernel you have to put what in lilo so it uses the | new kernel? | | -- | Go Linux | | Jeff Mason | | | Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Edit the /etc/lilo.conf file. Clone the "image =" section including any indented lines under it. Next edit the new "image =" line to indicate the new kernel. Save the file, and run lilo from a command prompt to update the boot loader. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [Re: [newbie] MSIE when?]
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999,Tom Jacobs wrote: | My two cents: | | Being a brand new Linux user, I still wonder "hmmm why | do I have to mount my CDROM just to use it. Why can't | I just click on a picture or type d:\". | While I am no lover of M$ products in any way. Out of | the box, with no other knowledge of computers, | Winbloze wins hands down in the usability department. | I haven't had a chance to use KDE yet because I still | have to figure out how to get it to connect to my "X | server" and other such stuff. It's a learning curve | yeah, and I welcome the challenge. But even DOS's | command line is easier for a newbie to figure out. | I have yet to have Linux break on me, or hang even. | Being an experienced Winbloze troubleshooter makes me | yearn for something more stable. | | Tom Jacobs | P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the | directory contents to stop at the end of each page so | I can read them? This'll seem familiar to you if you know DOS. Use ls [options] | More The [options] is a place holder for any command line arguments you wish to use with ls. | --- Joachim Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On fre, 26 nov 1999, you wrote: | "Thomas J. Hamman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: | | stable manner. But you have to admitt that | they have done a great job with | the | installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now | if they'd just stop trying | to | | Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but | just about ALL new mother | boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to | install Linux AND Win9X. | Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user | friendly after first install, | all most all components ARE installed WITH their | driver's. | | OK.. So you mean that CD-Writes are installed with | drivers ?? All Graphic cards | are installed with drivers ?? Sound cards are | installed with drivers ?? | That's a change. The last time I was forced to | install win98, it didn't. | | | Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness | for installing programs and | WHERE the heck they are after that, I will | continue using Win98 as my primary | OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's | favor, the foremost one is | that it is a free OS, and more important...very | stable. | | To find the location of a file, try whereis. If | Mandrake supports the RedHat | filesystem scheme, most files will be installed in | either /usr/bin or | /usr/sbin. Cinfig files go in /etc. | | /Jocke! | | -- | | ... The free UNIX operating system |:::' ... .. |::: * ::.::' |::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: ::. :' |::: :: :: :: :: :: :::. |::: .::. .:: ::. . .:' ::. | ..:::.::' .. | | | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. | Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: A place for LinModems? [Long-OT] (was: Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem)
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999,Michael R. Batchelor wrote: | I'm not so sure this a good long term strategy. I agree that using a | $200 CPU to replace a .50 chip is pretty stupid, but some of the DSP | based software modems are very robust at call management in the MS | windows environment. | | At the risk of flames, let's think about the discussion that was raging | through here a few weeks ago about browsers. I made a strong point that | the browser and email client were crucial for maintaining a desktop | presence. I'll be willing to stick my neck on the line and make a | similar statement that the same is true for telephony applications. And | there are surly others I haven't thought through yet, all of which will | be "crucial" to the long term success of Mandrake as a desktop. | | But how can they all be "the one crucial app" you ask. Well, they're not | all the "single" crucial application (but I think the browser is | probably most important user application). The crucial application is | the whole system. If we think about an automobile for a minute I'll | explain. | | In an automobile the user expects to be able to use the "entire" package | upon delivery. But no individual piece of the package is suitable to the | drivers purpose, only the entire package. No automobile salesperson | would think of trying to get me to settle for only an engine or only a | transmission or only tires. None of those individual components is | sufficient to meet my transportation needs. Likewise, no salesperson is | going to try to convince me to accept a vehicle without an engine or | without a transmission or without tires. Each of those components is | necessary for the package to function as intended. | | These are the analogous parts for the browser and email client. Like it | or not, most of the millions of PCs which will be sold this holiday | season are for people to surf the net and exchange email. Neither is | sufficient; both are necessary. Period. That's life. Get over it. | | Now, lets go back to the automobile. As I'm standing on the lot looking | at the various items for sale, I notice that some of them have cute | little map lights and rear window defrosters. I decide I like those | touches, and I'm swayed by emotion rather than logic. The truth is I | almost never need the cute little map light and the rear window | defroster, but I buy then anyway. (OK they're crucial for some drivers, | but not most.) | | The call management functions of a WinModem will be available to about | 90% of those PCs sold this year, and almost nobody will ever use them. | I've personally bought 5-6 computers/modems with all that stuff in the | past few years and never turned any of it on. But I would guess that 10% | of the people who buy the stuff try to use the call management | functions, and perhaps 5% of the people who try it actually continue to | use it. So, in the long run, lets assume that 0.5% of the users actually | find the call management function useful, and everybody else abandons | it. So, do we say, "Well, nobody uses it in the long run, so we'll leave | it out." Or do we acknowledge that, "Despite that fact almost nobody is | going to use this, it's a major selling point on the front end. So we | need it, or we'll be shut out." | | Now, let's finally consider one more totally unnecessary option | available on modern automobiles. Back in the 1920's Cadillac developed | an "electric starter" for their vehicles. At that time it was an extreme | luxury. These days, however, you cannot buy a production automobile | without an electric starter. And if we started the "Mandrake Automobile | Company" making cars without electric starters we'd go out of business | fast. Even if we made astonishingly beautiful vehicles with map lights | and rear window defrosters, ordinary people will still flock to the | "inferior competitors" who have those convenient electric starters | instead of a crank. | | Well, the electric starter is the installer routines. And, while it's | true that Mandrake may be a far technically superior and elegant choice | to many of the other Linux distributions, and to that "other" OS, it's a | bitch for Grandpa to get set up compared to taking an HP Brio with Win98 | preinstalled out of the box from Wal-Mart. If anyone wants to help with | that aspect, I'd suggest that it's probably the most crucial hurdle to | overcome. (There is a group named SEUL - Simple End User Linux, | www.seul.org, but I don't much about them.) | | So, I've ranted enough. More OT comments? | | MB Michael, You have a point, and I agree that there is room for improvement - especially in the web-related software. However, we as new Linux users must remember that the Linux community is not a tightly organized one, and that the people who produce the software we are
Re: [newbie] /home install -- Success!
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | First, my thanks to everyone who went out of their way to help me with | all the little questions having to do with installing a /home partition, | including questions about swap partitions, etc. Everything went fine as | you can see below: | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ df | Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda1 2.6G 1.4G 1.1G 56% / | /dev/hda3 1.2G 330M 793M 29% /home | /dev/hdb1 2.9G 422M 2.3G 15% /bs | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ | | One question: I updated my Mandrake 6.1 CD using MandrakeUpdate. | Everything went more or less smoothly (you need to add "kdesu -c" to the | Properties. Execute of MandrakeUpdate to make it work as root, thus | "kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate" without the quotes). This included updating my | kernel (all 8 files along with "initscripts" (I think that's the name of | the file). Well, as you can see below, my new kernel is indeed | 2.2.13-22mkd, and I made a bootdisk with that new number after | installation (and updated my /etc/lilo and /sbin/lilo) and everything | works fine. But the first entry for the kernel includes BOTH kernel | numbers, the original one and the updated one. | | Can anyone explain this? | | Thanks again to everyone. | | Benjamin | | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel | kernel-2.2.13-7mdk | kernel-2.2.13-22mdk | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-headers | kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-source | kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk | [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ | | | Recommendations to Mandrake: | | DURING INSTALL: | | 1) Explain to users what SMP means. By the way, the autodetect insisted | that I had an SMP, when I only have one AMD k6-2 400 Mhrtz processor. | | 2) Explain to users what all those acronyms in "Which processes or | programs do you want Linux to automatically start?" (such as amd, httpd, | innd, etc. etc.). A newbie is likely to feel that he has just landed on | the moon when seeing these cryptic acronyms without any explanation | and/or advice on whether he/she needs it or not. I do however, | appreciate the tremendous advance over the old RH 5.2 and 6.0, I think, | where none were checked off at all. At least here you can accept the | defaults. You can press the F1 key here for an axplanation when the cursor is on the item you do not understand. | | 3) Suggest that the user add ALL : ALL to /etc/hosts.deny and ALL: LOCAL | to /etc/hosts.allow or add that tot he final stage of installation to | give the user some basic online security right off. | | 4) It's about time that sound configuration was included along with | video and printer and everything else. I've reinstalled RH and Mandrake | several times, yet, believe it or not, it took me a while to figure out | after installing RealPlayer and getting no sound that I had clean forgot | to do my sndconfig sound configuration. | | 5) When updating, you need to choose an FTP site. Fine, I chose | rpmfind.net. But the next time I opened Update, it returned, unless I am | mistaken, right back to the first site on the list, someplace in | Belgium. | | 6) Why not spare us the Utilities agony (all the more so because it is | such a minor inconvenience) of having to figure out how to view all the | Utilities (by creating an extra Utilities subfolder, then copy and | paste). | | 7) What do you do if you DON'T want or need to accept certain updates, | e.g. Netscape or the new and defective lpr? How do you keep it from | appearing every time you open Update? | | Otherwise, I am very pleased with Mandrake 6.1. Just thought that these | suggestions may help to make Mandrake even more user-friendly. | | Thanks so much. | | Benjamin | | | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
RE: Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999,ben bradley wrote: | i believe, and this just might be me... but i don't think that you can use winmodems with linux hence the name winmodem i think they will only run with windows i know they won't run under dos anyone know if this is true? || ben | | | | | | I Got My Free E-mail Account, Get Yours! - http://www.AntiOnline.com | AntiOnline - The Internet's Information Security Super Center! Yes it is. Winmodems use software emulation for some hardware, and the code is not on the modem, so the "drivers" are required. As a result I am told they are SLOW! Best to get a "real" modem - meaning one with all the hardware in hardware form. MTC, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Macmillan Mandrake Books (was Mouse Driver screwup in KDE)
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999,Charles Raymond wrote: | Anyone happen to know if these are available online somewhere | for my poor self to access? :) I've been using my work's T1 after | hours to get additional resources (ie, aside from purchasing | Mandrake, I downloaded it), so size isn't much of an issue. Thanks. | | --Charles | | Sams Teach Yourself KDE 1.1 in 24 Hours | Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours | Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours Second Edition | QUE Special Edition Using WordPerfect 8 for Linux | QUE Special Edition Using StarOffice 5.0 | QUE Special Edition Using Linux | Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed You could try a search for macmillan on the 'net. They may have e-books for your parusal, not sure of it though. Jusat an idea. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Modem settings.
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999,Josh McCaffrey wrote: | On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: | On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, coin fingered: | I had that and it turned out to be a win modem | I had to take it out and look at it | I do not know if yours is or not | | The Prolink has been nothing but trouble since it's first iteration. I | remember one ISP practically giving it away with a paid subscribtion. | I don't know if things have changed much now, but I found out that it | could not be used with NT. SOme knowledgable vendors will warn you | away from them. Get a real modem - like a 3Com :-) | | My ZOOM 2919 dualmode (V90/56k flex) has been a great modem. Was a little | tricky getting to get running under Linux, but once I figured out that the | plug n play wouldn't work, setting the jumpers was a breeze. Even easier if | your 'puter is in a place where you don't have to disconnect everything to pull | it out. I run my 'puter w/o a cover and vaccum it every so often. Just a note from "back in the day". This may no longer be true, but it was in the past. It is not a good idea to run the system with the cover off for long periods of time as the air flow past heat producing components is not being controled by the system cooling fan and the enclosure as there is no enclosure. As a result the previously mentioned components may/could overheat, and become undependable or fail completely. This may still be true for the newer ATX system configurations as the larger manufacturers do not need to include a CPU cooling fan - the heat sink is designed for the case (box), and the proximity to the main cooling fan is such that no additional cooling is required. This is something I read in one of my "Fix your own Computer" books a while back. I am not any kind of a "technician", just an "older guy" trying to learn about this box I use, and am only passing this along as friendly information. If your system has worked OK for a significant period of time, my info may be off target in your specific situation, and your box is after all your box. I do not want to tell anyone how to use their own stuff, but the idea of running a system with no cover does not sound like good practice to me. Hope this is not as offensive as I am afraid it is comming out, as again that is not my intention. | | | | | | CAn anyone recommend any good simple documentation on connecting to the | singapore isp | using Mandrake 6.0 ??? | | You could try kppp. Most ISP's setup shouldn't differ that much. | Can't say specifically for Cyberway, but I know of friends who have | been able to connect to Singnet and Pacific, with Linux, though I've | read that there was some problem with Magix. All you need would be the | DNS and dialup numbers which should be available from your Wndoxe setup. | | Good luck. | | | Luff(x3) | coin | -- | Ronald Yeo | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] need help
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999,hugahog wrote: | Ernie, | Thanks for that info. I ended up fdisking and recreating the swap | files on both hard drives but that did no good. As you may recall | when booting hdc it stalled because it didn't like the swap partition | on hdb (which was booting fine). So I ended up wiping hdb clean | and reinstalling, since it was just installed there was no loss. | | This solved the problem, whatever the problem really was :-) | | Both drives are booting fine. | Larry Most happy you got it working. Hrmmm, perhaps some error in the earlier install? Strange things like that can happen for no comprehensible reason I guess. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] audio in K
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999,Gregg Carrier wrote: | On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: | have you run sndconfig? | | Ran it, found my soundcard chipset. Guessed at the settings and tried every | possible combination I think. The problem is, I don't know those settings. | Plus, in the same way that Xconfigurator (is that it?) failed to get video | working without further manual tweaking, I kind of don't expect sndconfig to | solve the issue. Any help on where I can find the answers to those setting | questions in sndconfig? From somewhere in Windoze? I have dual boot, so I can | get into Win and find out what it is, but have not been able to find anything | useful. |On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote: HI, Can anyone point | me to a help file on setting up sound for XWindows. I'm basically just | taking a stab in the dark at those settings it asks for, but to no avail. | Thanks! Gregg -- | PadLocke the Ogre | There are three types of people in this world... | those who can count, and those who can't! If your sound card is not PnP, you can look on the card to get the set-up by looking at the jumpers. If it is PnP, the job's a little harder. You may have to run (as root) "pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" (without the quotes from a shell prompt). Then edit the resulting file to meet your needs (controle resource conflicts etc.). Usually the suggested default settings in the users manual will work ok (hopefully you have one). One thing to note - the /etc/isapnp.conf file can be intimidating. Read the documentation for isapnptools prior to trying my suggestion. Next you run "isapnp" (as root - no quotes). Then you should be able to run sndconfig after a restart (not sure if the restart is needed, but maybe to set up the card - isapnp will/should do that automatically on start-up after the previous proceedure is performed). HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] /home -- final question
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999,Benjamin wrote: | Dear friends: | | I notice that my hda, which is supposed to be 4.3 gig, is actually 3.8G, | and my hdb, which is supposed to be 3.2 gig is actually 2.9G. | | Could someone please explain to me what's happened to the missing 500 | meg and 300 meg respectively? | | Thank you so much. | | Benjamin | | [sher@adsl-77-232-138 sher]$ df | FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda1 3.8G 1.6G 1.9G 46% / | /dev/hdb1 2.9G 427M 2.3G 15% | /bs | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net Benjamin, The reduction in size is due to the fact that the HD itself must store information about the partitions (MBR), and each partition stores information about the data it stores (Partition Table). The names may not be correct, but the idea is that this information requires space, so while hda may be a 4.3 Gig HD, the available space after partitioning is 3.8 Gig., and for hdb the capacity may be 3.2 Gig, but the available space is 2.9 Gig. Hopefully I have answered your question, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Retriving files in windoze via Linux
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999,David Loke wrote: | Hi, | | I read on Linux Mandrake website that its possible to get files from my | windoze partition from Linux . How can I do that? I am not able to see my | windoze directories from Linux file manager. What kind of software should I | use? | | Rgds You must have dosemu installed I think - not sure of that but I do. Then you mount the desired partition (on the same machine in my case) with: mount -t vfat /dev/hd#$ /FolderName where # = HD letter as a-1, b-2 etc., $ = partition number as 1-first partition, 2-second partition etc. and FolderName is the folder you wish to mount the partition under. Then xfm will "see" the partition you have mounted. HTH, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] 900 MB too small partition?
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999,drx wrote: | It can't be correct that the root partition has to be at least 1426 | megabytes, can it? That's right -- one thousand four hundred and | twenty-six megabytes? | | The reason I ask is that this is what I am told during installation. | I'll take it from the beginning: | | I have an EIDE disk, 4.3 GB, onto which I would like to install | Mandrake. On the disk I have created three partitions, using fdisk which I | ran from a DOS floppy disk. The three partitions are 902 MB, 1953 MB, and | 1200-something, respectively. I had intended to use the 902-megabyte | partition for Mandrake's root partition, and the 1953-megabyte partition | for the /home partition. On the final 1200-something partition I had | intended to install Solaris 7 for Intel machines. | | When I came to the Disk Druid part of the installation, I finally | figured out that I had to delete these partitions and then add them again. | Once I had done this, they became "Linux Native" and I could allocate them | to the purposes I wanted. When the time came to choose which packages I | wanted to install, I chose "everything," in the belief that I would have | space enough for this. A little after this, installation failed however. | The error message I was given read like this: | | "You don't appear to have enough disk space to install the packages | you've selected. You need more space on the following filesystems: | |mount point space needed | / 524 M " | | Since I already have 902 MB for the root filesystem, and Mandrake | wants an additional 524 MB, it seems that it wants at least 1426 MB. I was | asked if I wanted to go ahead and install anyway, but it seemed to me that | I something had to be wrong, and I tried the other options instead -- "try | again," and "menu." In the end I had to abort installation altogether and | try to do it again from the beginning, but it always fails at this same | point and for the same reason. | | When I come to the Disk Druid part, everything looks OK: | | requestedactual | | / hda1 902902 | /home hda61953 1953 | | Despite this, it seems that Mandrake must have changed its mind at the | last minute, and tried to use some other partition for the root | installation -- a partition too small for it to fit. | | How do I fix this? | |DRX Hate to say it, but if you try to install "everything", you may need the 1 1/2 Gig. Try taking the time to select the individual packages you want to use instead. This will take less space, and you will have a more secure system when finished. After all, if you are not going to use the Apache web server, why have it installed? Just my 2 cents worth, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
[newbie] kppp wants module support ...
Just installed the Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk from the /Updates folder of a Mandrake mirror. All works as before, except that when I start kppp as a regular user, I get a message that this kernel does not support ppp, and that I should consult the sysadmin (me) or recompile the kernel with ppp support or as a module. I click the "OK" button and kppp starts as usual from here, but doing this each time I log on is a hassle. If anyone can explain whats up I'd be gratefull. Note: When I run /sbin/lsmod I get the following: Module Size Used by ppp20908 2 (autoclean) slhc4312 1 (autoclean) [ppp] autofs 9380 1 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2052 4 (autoclean) nls_cp437 3548 4 (autoclean) vfat 11100 4 (autoclean) fat33664 4 (autoclean) [vfat] opl3 14312 0 cs4232 2440 0 ad1848 24592 0 [cs4232] uart401 6448 0 [cs4232] sound 66072 0 [opl3 cs4232 ad1848 uart401] soundlow 304 0 [sound] soundcore 4004 5 [sound] Now correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks as if a ppp module is loaded. Guess I'm still a real newbie, 'cause I'm confused! -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
[newbie] Test
This is a test. It is only a test. Please Ignore -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] need help
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,hugahog wrote: | -Original Message- | From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:00 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] need help | | | On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: | Hi Gurus, | | I have been running LM 6.1 on my ide drive c (hdc) and have it | somewhat configured enought to get online, print, etc. | | Today I installed another copy on a clean drive which is hdb. It | boots OK but I don't have it configured as yet. | | My problem is now my original (hdc) won't boot, drops me to a | shell for maintenance :-( | | So, what happens when you fsck the drive/partitions? Does | that fix it or does it continue to drop you to a shell for | maintenance? | John | | | John, | When I fsck the partitions they all check clean except if I | fsck /swap or / . When I check / a warning note comes | up saying If I fsck a mounted file system serious damage | could occur so I backed out. | Thanks | Larry When you are dropped to the shell, do fsck -t ext2 hdc# (where # = the partition number you want to check). This way you are telling fsck which partition to check. If you use / or /swap, you may be trying to check a partition on the hdb drive which may be mounted in read - write mode. For better information you can do man fsck while in the maintenance shell. Don't know if this will help, but it looks right to me. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999,Martin White wrote: | - Original Message - | From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:44 PM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake 3 Arena video cards | | | On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Lionel Barrow wrote: | | um, line length needs a little fixeing :) | | [SNIP] | | Um, i hate to bite the hand that feeds and all that, (i have a fair bit of | time for you as you have solved a few of my problems in the past), but you | seem to be the only one i have ever heard complaining about line lengths | needing fixing (and yes this reply probably suffers the same). | | Everyone else either doesn't have the problem or quietly puts up with it !! | | Anyhow, fully expect to get flamed for that, but just had a bad day and | snapped ;o) - BTW, been quiet of late as all i seem to have been doing is | hitting delete 2/300 times a day. The list seems to have gone very off topic | and/or hostile - or is that just my impression ?? | | Martin. AX really talks for us all who use text based readers. It's just that he has more patience than most. When I have to try to read something eithr in html or too long for my screen, I just hit the DEL key and ignor the post. Why should I be requires to go to extreme lengths to help another when it is not really necessary. I don't mind doing a little research when needed, but why should reading the request be more dificult that needed? Just my 2 cents, -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor ...
[newbie] Re:
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Dreja Julag wrote: | is there an easy way I can see what com ports are open on my system? I want to | install a new modem, yet I have no idea which port to install it to. | -- | Drew Jackman | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ - 20177604 Does the same machine boot Win9x? If so you can go into the device manager in the control panel there and see what's in use, or better, what the current one is using. Else, if there is a modem allready connected to your machine, you may be able to look at the jumpers on the card, to determine which port is being used (unless it's a PnP modem). Finally, you could try the setserial command from a command line in Linux, but you will have to run it on each of the four (I think) COM ports available. Read the setserial man page for more information on using the command. I did learn that to exit the setserial display, you use the CTRL+C key combo. There may also be a HOWTO for setserial. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999,John Aldrich wrote: | On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote: | Nope. The common package is needed for either the communicator or the netscape | (browser only) package. | | Umm...isn't that what I said? ;-) Seriously. I said you'll | need netscape-common and your choice of netscape-navigator | or netscape-communicator. "netscape-navigator" is the | browser-only package. Netscape-communicator is the | all-in-one package. :-) | John You, but I didn't get this one 'till today, and didn't see your responce 'till after I sent this shrug grin -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor
Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999,Gustavo Viola wrote: | - Original Message - | From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:35 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf | | | On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Gustavo Viola wrote: || Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is | misbehaving. || || I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I | am not || sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it || lately -- that have been mentiond in the list so often. As root, I | wrote || the 2 DNS nameservers to resolv.conf. As user, I use kppp, log in | fine, but || can't use any app since they can't find the server. Log out, go check || resolv.conf and it is entirely empty! || || Any suggestions? Because I can't really deal with Outlook Express | much || longer. ;-) Thank you, || || /Gustavo. | | Don't know if this answers your question, but I set up kppp as a regular | user | since I try to do most of my on-line stuff as not root. The only thing I | have | noticed with kppp is that it does not save my user name or my ISP password | even | though I have the checkbox checked (for saving the password). As a result, | I | have to enter this information each time I log onto the internet, but it | is | only a minor inconvenience. | | I prefere working online as user as well. About the password issue, I | suppose that if you logged in as root (setting the options for saving the | password) once, kppp should be able to "remember" your password next time | you logged in as user (at leat theoretically -- all I have read about kppp | tells me that I have first to log in as root, set everything correctly under | root, etc, and then try logging in as user). Well, it did in L-M 6.0, but since the uograde to L-M 6.1, kppp requests my username and password each time I start it to log on to my ISP. I just took it as a change in security (Linux is after all a multi-user / multi-tasking OS), and yes, I did set it up in "root" first, but I also had to set it up as my regular user as well (the set-up window pop'd up the first time I started kppp as regular user). shrug Ernie | | | If yoy start kppp, then select the "setup" button, the acounts dialog will | appear. Select the account for your internet connection, and then the | "edit" | button. In the dialog that pops up, select the DNS tab, and enter the | needed | information there. Maybe kppp is removing the DNS information from your | resolve.conf because this information is not in kppp? | | Just checked this info, it is placed there correctly, but kppp refuses to | work. | | Thanks, | /Gustavo. | | | | HTH, | | Ernie | | | | -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor
Re: [newbie] Wine
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999,Foris Gabor wrote: | Dear Sirs, :) | | I would like to set up Wine under my linux mandrake and I have downloaded | a file (Wine990131-ja.tar.gz). I could unpack it with gunzip and then I | could copy README.jis and Wine990131-ja.Patch from it with midnight | commander. | How can I gon on or am I on the wrong track? | | FG I think ther'e a rpm for wine on the L-M CD, or you can download it from one of the Mandrake ftp mirrors. -- Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The measure of a man is in his honor
Re: [newbie] executing programs
Don't know about the "sh", but try using the full qualified path to the program. The folder in which the application is located may not be in the system search path. HTH, Ernie On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,M L Cates wrote: | I am trying to learn how to do some C programming and my question is this: How | do I execute the program after it is compiled? I have tried typing the name | of the program in at the prompt and it says "command not found". I have tried | to type "sh" before the filename and am told "cannot execute binary file". | | Any help would be appreciated, also, what does the "sh" before a filename do? | | M L Cates
Re: [newbie] executing programs
This is second reply. Read the post again. You may have to make the program executable, unfortunately, I do not know how to do this, as I have never had the need to do so - I am not a programmer as yet - maybe someday. Sorry, Ernie On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,M L Cates wrote: | I am trying to learn how to do some C programming and my question is this: How | do I execute the program after it is compiled? I have tried typing the name | of the program in at the prompt and it says "command not found". I have tried | to type "sh" before the filename and am told "cannot execute binary file". | | Any help would be appreciated, also, what does the "sh" before a filename do? | | M L Cates
Re: [newbie] Floppy CD icons w/KDE
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,Joe Marcom wrote: | Good day, all: | My L-M 6.0 user guide claims that the icons in KDE allow one to mount | and unmount floppys CDs without using the command line. However, I | only get the error message: " KFM error - could not mount mount: you | must specify the file system type." What does it mean by this? Try checking the icon's properties (right-click the icon, then select the "properties" item in the pop-up menu), then look in the device tab. In my L-M 6.1 icons it reads /dev/hdxy (where x=disk letter, y=partition number). There is also a folder under the /mnt folder for each partition which can be mounted. I didn't (and still don't) know how to set up the partition mounting icons in KDE under L-M 6.0, so I simply used the console window to mount partitions when I needed to do so. After the first time I mounted a partition, I used the up arrow to return to the command when I needed it again. However, in L=M 6.1 the icons work as advertised (at least on my system). Ernie
Re: [newbie] Creating directory in KFM?
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | Am I imagining this or is it true that there is no way to create a | directory in KFM? I don't see an option for that anywhere. I have to do | it in xterm. Is that true or am I missing something? Surely, I must be | missing something. This can not be. | | Benjamin | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net Benjamin, In KFM, right-click an open area of the KFM window, then in the pop-up menu move the cursor to "New" (the top item), then select the "folder" item in the pop-out menu. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
Oh! My! Thats rich!!! Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Benjamin Sher wrote: | Dear friends: | | The answer is right here below: | | http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ | | | Type: | | www.hotmail.com | | and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their | 50-million user Hotmail service. | | Benjamin | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Clean uninstall
Karen, Unless I am mis-informed, when you remove a partition, all the information in the partition is irrevocably lost - forever! To my knowlege, Linux does not put any kind of information in the CMOS, or re-do the BIOS. If you remove the Linux partition, then do the DOS fdisk /mbr, that should remove any trace of Linux. Then reinstall to your hearts content. On the other hand, if the problems are persistent, then you may have either a hardware problem, or some incompatibility. KFM, unless I am sorely misinformed is the KDE file manager (perhaps a typo?). Since it is a KDE app, are you using it in KDE, or GNOME? If you can give more concise information, perhaps someone on this list can assist you. Please include hardware information too. Sorry I could not be more helpfull, Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I would like to know how to cleanly uninstall Linux. I'm having peculiar | problems that I think can only be fixed with a clean install. | | Here's what I've tried *several times over* but still does not work: | | 1.) Deleting the Linux partition from Windows | a.) (In Windows 98) filling up my hard drive with junk--totally, then | deleting the junk (just to make sure anything of Linux that might still | be there is overwritten) | b.) scandisk (Windows 98) and defrag (Windows 98) | | or | | c.) formatting the entire hard drive (with DOS "fdisk") and reinstalling | Windows 98, repartitioning it for Linux (Partition Magic) and then | reinstalling Linux | | 2.) Going into Linux as root, going to /, and typing the rm -fr /* command, | which | a.) gets stuck even if I wait a couple hours, I don't see anything | happening. | | 3.) Going into runlevel 3 as root, going to /, and deleting each directory | individually with "rm -fr nameofdirectory" | a.) (However: I can't delete /proc | b.) and I can't delete /lib) | | then, | | c.) I boot to DOS with a disk and using "fdisk \mbr" to delete LILO | d.) I reinstall Linux | | All three methods fail to get rid of my problems. For ex., KDE freezes when I | use KFM to browse the /mnt directory. No other file managers (Gnome, KDE file | manager, or any terminal) freeze, and it is not a permissions problem. It's | just KFM/KDE! When I click the /dev directory in KFM and look at its | permissions properties, the text (User, Group, Other) is grayed out but the | checkboxes are nonfunctional but the proper permissions are assigned. Same goes | for everything else in /dev. I can use chmod or any other file manager to | modify permissions and have done so. | | GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list, when that | should never happen if it were a clean install. This is not a problem, per se, | but just an indicator that I still have old information from previous | installations haunting which are likely the cause of my persistent | problems. | | Gnome's "Settings" on the panel is kaput. I can click Gnome Control Center and | get it running, but if I click anything else on the Panel under | Settings, (Multimedia, Peripherals, etc. ) nothing happens. That's just a | minor annoyance since I can use these from Gnome Control Center anyway, but | annoying nonetheless. | | During installation, I am never asked certain questions that I vaguely remember | being asked the very first time I installed Linux, such as how much RAM do I | have, etc. It seems to install as if it knows or thinks it's installing on top | of another installation of itself. | | What gets me is that after I tried Route #1(above), by filling up my hard drive, | I should have written over anything hard drive clusters that had Linux in them | at one time, right? Even the boot record was re-made with a new LILO. How come | old Linux glitches are still haunting me? Why is my GAIM contact list still | intact when it shouldn't be? | | I really want to cleanly install Linux to solve some of my problems and give me | peace of mind and solid footing for more learning, but I have a problem doing | so when I know this machine isn't as pure as I'd like it to be. That is, when | something goes wrong, how do I know whether I'm doing something wrong or if | it's just a bad installation? That's tough on a newbie. Any ideas would be | helpful. | | Thanks, | Karen
Re: [newbie] Which server and OS is your site running on?
Yeah, but it was new news to me! Thank you Benjamin, I needed a chuckle. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Brett Jones wrote: | Old news | | Benjamin Sher wrote: | | Dear friends: | | The answer is right here below: | | http://www.netcraft.com/whats/ | | Type: | | www.hotmail.com | | and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their | 50-million user Hotmail service. | | Benjamin | | -- | Benjamin and Anna Sher | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sher's Russian Web | http://www.websher.net | | -- | Brett Jones | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
Nope. The common package is needed for either the communicator or the netscape (browser only) package. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Vic wrote: | Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape | files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? | | Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? | | | On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote: | On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote: | Thanks John... | | So when you say "don't install the tarball version", are you referring to the version that was installed by Mandrake6.1? Secondly, | where does one find the Mandrake RPM version? | | NoI mean the one you can download from Netscape. The one from | Mandrake should be available from ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com You'll | have to search around, but you'll need at least the "netscape-common" | rpm and your choice of "Navigator" or "Communicator." |John | -- | Vic | Student Of Linux
Re: [newbie] Clean uninstall
In your first post, yopu mentioned PartitionMagic. Try creating, the formatting the Linux partition(s) with PM (presuming you have the full PM v4.x). If anything can do it, PM should be able to, else try fips. Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I have had someone else email me from the newsgroup, saying that the Mandrake | installation's re-formatting process also did not work... Any insight into | this? Here's what he wrote: | | | I have had the same thing happen several months ago. The regular | | format did not clean the partition. To make sure it is clean, do | a | "check for errors" when formatting. This will take a longer | time. | | It was the strangest thing. I had got past the format and had | selected | packages to be installed, when the computer seized up. I was | worried | about one ext2 partition that I had not formatted to make sure | it was | still ok. I ran tomsrbt and found my entire linux still intact. | The | three partitions I asked to be partitioned (I even watched the | display | and drive lights working) were still there. | | I also was able to view them from Windows with "explore2fs" | | | Just wondering, because I tried this in addition to everything else I mentioned | before, and it did not work (during installation, checking the option to format | hda2, my Linux native partition). | | Thanks for the help, | Karen | | | | | Bero wrote: | | On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: | |Ok first off, if you allow it to format the drive during install it's |gone, not sorta gone but gone, it would cost big money to retieve even a |small piece... | | I tell it to format my Linux native partition but I swear it's keeping stuff. | | Can't happen. Unless of course you're using several partitions and | formatting only one of them. | | GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list | |Knowing AOL they don't trust you to keep track of your Buddies, so they |store it on the server.. | | No, this can't be the case. | | It is the case. Try installing gaim on another machine and you'll see you | have the contact list there too. | | I also have Windows 98 and every time I reinstall | AOL IM, I have to re-add buddies. | | That's because their own implementation of their protocol is quite broken. | | LLaP | bero
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
I do not know if this works anymore, but when I did L-M 6.0, I was able to first remove any partitions with disk druid, then go back to the previous screen - at which point disk druid would ask if I wanted to write the information to the dosk, and I said yes, then went forward again into disk druid, and set up my new partitions - no errors. Dunno, but HTH, Ernie On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | Hi, | | I followed the Ebooks instructions for partitioning in Disk Druid so I | could make a separate partition for /home. | | I chose my native partition which was 5GB and deleted it, and tried | adding two partitions--one 2GB, one 1.5GB (allowing for lots of extra | room, even) one "native" mounting at / and one "native" mounting at | /home. But as soon as I add the second partition it tells me it was not | allocated, not enough room. I figure I must be doing something wrong. | Any advice? | | Thanks. | | Karen
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,John Aldrich wrote: | On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: | Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape | files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? | | Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? | | Don't know why they did it that way. I assume you're | correct in the assumption that they did it that way to | reduce the download time and to make it more "modular." You | download two of the three for a complete install | download the "common" RPM and either the "communicator" or | the "navigator" depending on which you want. | John They did it to eliminate duplication, both communicator and navigator use the stuff in common, so why put it in both packages, saves storage space. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Resolv.conf
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Gustavo Viola wrote: | Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is misbehaving. | | I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I am not | sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it | lately -- that have been mentiond in the list so often. As root, I wrote | the 2 DNS nameservers to resolv.conf. As user, I use kppp, log in fine, but | can't use any app since they can't find the server. Log out, go check | resolv.conf and it is entirely empty! | | Any suggestions? Because I can't really deal with Outlook Express much | longer. ;-) Thank you, | | /Gustavo. Don't know if this answers your question, but I set up kppp as a regular user since I try to do most of my on-line stuff as not root. The only thing I have noticed with kppp is that it does not save my user name or my ISP password even though I have the checkbox checked (for saving the password). As a result, I have to enter this information each time I log onto the internet, but it is only a minor inconvenience. If yoy start kppp, then select the "setup" button, the acounts dialog will appear. Select the account for your internet connection, and then the "edit" button. In the dialog that pops up, select the DNS tab, and enter the needed information there. Maybe kppp is removing the DNS information from your resolve.conf because this information is not in kppp? HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update not working
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | I select all of the updates and click "GO". I get the explanations for each | update, click "OK". I enter my root password and click "OK". | | I get the "Please wait..." dialog box for a split second, then it disappears. | It isn't updating anything. | | Any help would be appreciated. | | Karen This is assuming that you are using KDE as your desk top. Check the "updates" icon's properties by right-clicking the icon, then selecting "properties" in the pop-up dialog, then select the "execute" tab. In the text box which contains the MandrakeUpdate command, edit it to look like "kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate" (without the quotes). I did this and all goes well. I enter my superuser password when I start the update program (make sure the "keep password" check box is checked), and I am not asked for it again untill I run the program again. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote: | What about swap space? Also, you need to leave a bit of | room for "overhead." Linux reserves a few k of each meg for | "bad spots" which may crop up later and uses that to fix | itself as needed. I'm *guessing* you didn't tell Linux to | make the /home on an "extended" partition, did you??? |John | | | Of course, I know about having to have a swap partition and I'm not having a | problem with that. It's only 128Mb. | | I deleted a 5GB partition and tried to make one 2 GB and | one 1.5 GB partition which only totals 3.5GB. That would leave 1.5GB for Linux | to use to reserve space for the bad spots you mention, wouldn't it? Is there any un-partitioned space in your extended partition? I think you are allowed four partitions in the primary space, one of which needs to be an extended partition. If you want to use any non-booting partitions, they have to be in the extended partition. When you removed the 5 Gig partition, it was most likely in the primary partition area (outside the extended partition), so when disk druid tried to write the second Linux (/home) partition, it could not find any free (unpartitioned) space in the extended partition. To change this situation without doing yet another re-install of Win98, you could try fips to set up or resize your existing partitions, or if you have the full version of PartitionMagic 4 (my personal preference), that will work well too. I am not familiar with fips, since I use PartitionMagic here. Unfortunately, the limited version of PartitionMagic that comes with the Macmillan publication of L-M 6.1 will not produce more than one Linux partition, and I do not know if it will re-size your DOS partitions in the extended partition or not. The advantage of fips is that it is free, and should be on your L-M CD. Sorry I couldn't be more helpfull, Ernie | | I don't think the Disk Druid (used during Mandrake installation) asked me | whether i wanted the partitions to be extended or primary. It just asks if I | want "native", "swap" "DOS" etc. But then I'm all confused anyway. I know | fdisk (Linux) asks that, but I didn't use that. | | ;-) | | Karen | | | | | On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: | Hi, | | I followed the Ebooks instructions for partitioning in Disk Druid so I | could make a separate partition for /home. | | I chose my native partition which was 5GB and deleted it, and tried | adding two partitions--one 2GB, one 1.5GB (allowing for lots of extra | room, even) one "native" mounting at / and one "native" mounting at | /home. But as soon as I add the second partition it tells me it was not | allocated, not enough room. I figure I must be doing something wrong. | Any advice? |
Re: [newbie] Setting up sn ISP
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999,Rlongo wrote: | Hi I'm Rob, | | New to the list and using Linux, what's up dudes! Power to the | Penguin!!!? I guess =)I'm lookin for some straight forward step-by-step | information on how to setup an ISP. I have been reading all the How-Tos | that came with my distro but I'm getting really frustrated at how they all | say goto this How-To or this How-to while your in the middle of reading one | How-To. Is there any site or really good book out there that can help me | out. Any Ideas? | | | TIA - Peace | Rob Longo I am going to make some assumptions with the following steps: 1) You are using a modem connected to a telephone line a) You know what port the modem is connected on b) Your modem is NOT a Winmodem (PCI bus modem) c) Your modem is not PnP, and/or uses standard Port resource allocations (IRQ etc...) 2) You have an existing account with an ISP 3) You have the following information from your ISP a) Your user name for your ISP account b) Your password for your ISP account c) 1 or 2 DNS addresses for your ISP d) if your ISP uses "dynamic IP's", and if not, the IP adderss for your ISP All the following need to be done as the superuser "root" I will assume your modem is not set up in Linux, if it is skip this part First run modemtool from a command line, (or if you use KDE right-click an open area of the desktop, and select "execute command" in the context menu) then select the port on which your modem is connected. Click the "OK" button to save the information. This tells Linux where the modem is connected. Next, run linuxconf, and select the "networking" button. Then select PPP/SLIP/PLIP at the bottom of the resulting window (if you can not see the entire window, hold the ALT key and left-drag the window up). A small window will appear, select add, then select ppp. and follow the prompts. They are pretty self explanatory, and I cannot step through them, as my ppp is already set up. An easier method is to use kppp in KDE. in the KDE panel, select the "K" icon which opens a menu, select "internet", then kppp. In the kppp window, select "setup", then in the resulting window select "new", and in that resulting window enter a name for the connection, and the telephone number to dial. If you wish, you can enter the path to an application you want to run when kppp connects (perhaps a web browser, or email client). Select the "IP" tab, and check that "Dynamic IP address" is selected. This should be the default, and should work with most ISP's. Select the "DNS" tab, and enter the promary DNS address provided by your ISP in the DNS IP adress dialog box, then select "Add", and repeat for the secondary DNS IP address if one is provided (by your ISP). You should leave the "Disable existing DNS servers during connection" checkbos unchecked for most connections. Select the "Gateway" tab, and check that "Default Gateway" is selected (this should work for most ISP's), and that the "Assign the default route to this gateway" checkbox is checked (this should be checked by default). Unless you need to use a "Login Script" to connect to your ISP, or keep track of your connect time (Your service is not "unlimited"), you can let the remaining tabs alone. Select the "OK" button at the bottom of the window, then select "OK" in the remaining window. You may need to exit kppp to enable the information you just provided, if so restart kppp, and enter your Login ID, and password, then select "connect", and you should then connect to your ISP. I hope this is of help, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Spell checker Gone?? 6.1
Dunno, It's working fine here! Ernie On Sat, 30 Oct 1999,G_REEPER wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Has anyone noticed that when u run the spell checker in kmail it just pops up | and goes away? Or am i the only one with this. | Steven | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- | Version: PGP 6.5.1 | | iQA/AwUBOBsr2cu0Jnj1RPEREQJmIgCgqvmadRnvuK0apQ7qUpfKk/p+VGMAoPjQ | PLQv61wOFGha85Uo5+n1cJ5M | =rjY6 | -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Reinstalling Win98
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,Tom Brinkman wrote: | On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: | Yup, when you re-install Win98, it's gonna wipe the MBR, and LILO won't be | there any more. Make sure you have a boot dosk if you keep LILO in the MBR so | you can get back into Linux to fix it. | | Ernie | | I was gonna stay out of this, but Oh Well. There's a coupl'a | things I just don't understand what the big deal's about. One, is | LU's aversion to re-booting. The other is Window's users afinity | for re-installs. Many Linux users choose Linux simply because they do NOT have to re-start the system each time they make a change in it as seems to be necessary in Win9x. This is considered an advantage as well as a time saver. As for the Win users affinity for re-installs, well when something goes wrong - as it all too frequently seems to do - and the user can not figgure out how to fix it, the easiest option is a re-do. Ernie | | I was a W95 beta tester, but they wouldn't accept me for W98. | So I downloaded various builds thru 1721 (RC1), mostly from Russian | ftp sites. Now before y'all chastize me for WaReZ, when W98 was | released, I bought a legitimate copy, build 1998. I just managed | to have W98 for 8 months before they released it ;-) | | My point in all this ? My oldest HDD is my current C:\ | drive. It's had several beta builds of W98 on it and now the | retail version, all installed over the preceding build. That HDD's | been in two different systems since W98 was first installed about | 1/98. I'm only waiting on a new motherboard to arrive, and then | it'll be in the 3rd new system. I don't plan to re-install either | W98 or Linux and I'll bet'cha I don't have any big problems | either. Yeah, I know, 'famous last words' :) | | pontificate on ; | I approach computer problems in this order, 1) I'm doin | somethin wrong 2) the application is the problem 3) it's | a hardware problem 4) it's an operating system problem. This | order seems to serve me the best. It appears to me that those | that have the most computer problems, attack them in _exactly_ | the reverse order. | -- | .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] . | | On Wed, 27 Oct 1999,Seth Gibson wrote: || Greetings all! Im about to wipe my Win32 partition and reinstall everything. . || .is there anything i should be aware of, ie lilo issues or anything of that || nnature? Thanks all! -- || || Seth Gibson || www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 || members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) || Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] Updating Mandrake v6.0 - 6.1 = HOW?
The version number is a way of identifying the distribution. For example, Mandrake 6.0 has an older kernel, and older releases of some if not all the software included in that distribution, as compared to the Mandrake 6.1 It is just simpler to use a CD to upgrade the entire distribution in one process. If your kernel version is 2.2.13-7mdk and there is a name (Helios) on the log in screen for the text mode, then I'd guess you have the 6.1 version. Interesting that you didn't have any problems doing the upgrade that way. I've seen several posts indicating that this may lead to problems. Ernie On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,PC wrote: | Installing ALL the updates (available via any one of Mandrake's FTP *mirror* | sites) will update my system to Mandrake v6.1?? | | I had read (I cannot recall where, perhaps even on this mailing list, | perhaps a WWWeb page about Linux/SoundBlaster) that after upgrading to v6.1, | "sndconfig" installed their SoundBlaster 16 AWE32 just fine. So I installed | every update my friend put on my machine, and then "sndconfig" worked! ;-) | | So now I am left wondering... just how to I determine what constitutes Linux | Mandrake v6.1. | | Take Care
Re: [newbie] Modem Setup, Help!
First, you can use modemtool to tell Linux where to find your modem, but you must know to which COM port the modem is conected (modemtool will show you the DOS equivalents on the same line with the Linux designations). If your modem is a PnP device, it may not be using the same resources as it does in Wondows (although it is possible that it will, you can not coun on it). From what I have read when setting up my modem, if at all possible, turn off the PnP feature and manually assign the resources it will use (you can use the resource information from Win9x for this), You will then need to remove the modem in Win9x, then use Add New Hardware in Controle panel to install the COM port, then install the modem again. It's a bit of putzing around, but it made my modem work better in Win9x, and it was easier to set it up in Linux. Then you need to set up either ppp in Linuxconfig, or KPPP in the KDE desktop to connect to your ISP. You will need your username, password, and the ISP's DNS address(es). HTH, Ernie On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,John Aldrich wrote: | On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote: | I have a USRobotics pnp ISA int modem. My objective is to be able to dial into an ISP. | | Now, I've gone over a pile of word-gravel (a.k.a. HOWTOs) and I don't want to know what a modem is or what a com port is or the | history of so and so... | | Where can I go to get the straight answer on how to get my modem to dial up my ISP? How do you get it to recognize the modem? How | do you assign the com port to the modem? | | Ok...it should work under Linux. I hate to say this, but we | HAVE to know which com port it is set up for in order to | get it to work under LInux. | John
Re: [newbie] Partition setup help
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,Matt Stegman wrote: || The solution, then is to create the partitions using the DOS fdisk utility, || including the ones you want for Linux. Then restart the 'puter, and run fdisk || again, but this time remove the partitions you want for Linux. Install Win9x, || then install Linux, recreating the partitions with disk druid. I think this will || work. || || The problem with this, is that it makes the Linux || partitions visible to Windows, which, I've heard, can cause || corruption, as Windows tries to "fix" the "grunged" file || system and can't. | | ... what? This should definitely not happen! Windows ignores partition | ttypes that aren't FAT or FAT32. Windows can indeed see the partitions, | but fdisk for DOS is so limited that it doesn't display them correctly. | If Windows does not recognize the partition type, it ignores the | partition. I've never seen Windows try to "fix" a Linux filesystem. When | did this happen to you? | | You should not create partitions for Linux under Windows. Well, you can, | but you'll have to edit them later. Windows will automatically set the | partition type to FAT. In order to create an ext2 filesystem on the | partition, you first must change the partition type to Linux. It's better | to simply not create partitions from Windows' fdisk unless they are | partitions to be used by Windows. | | Even if yoy create the partitions in DOS, restart in DOS, remove the partitions | for Linux, restart in DOS, Install Win, restart with Linux installer and create | the partitions again with disk druid, DOS will still see the Linux partitions, | and try to "fix" them? Hmmm... I didn't know that. I never tried it before for | Linux, but it sounded right. I just thought that when the partitions were | removed in DOS, they would just be empty space on the disk, or extended | partition. Then you could do anything you wanted to with the space. Guess | I gave the Redmond boys too much credit this time. Thanks for seting me | straight. | | You sure are going about this the long way. Why create partitions when | you're going to delete right away? It's not like you have to fill up | the whole disk for DOS or anything. Just create the partitions you need | for DOS in DOS, then format them and install your OS, then install Linux. | Disk druid or fdisk will let you create the Linux partitions during the | installation. DOS/Windows should not try to touch your partitions at all. | The only problem might be if they have a FAT label in the partition table, | but a non-FAT filesystem on them. That may cause Windows to "fix" the | partitions. But it shouldn't happen, as long as you stick to creating an | OS's partitions with the right tool- DOS fdisk for DOS partitions, Linux | fdisk (or disk druid) for Linux partitions. | | -Matt Stegman | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yup, that's correct, but the original poster was trying to set up the partitions in a particular order on the HD, and I was just trying to help with this. I dunno if there is a compelling reason to do that on his/her system, but it was a good mental exercise grin. I just figgured that if you want your DOS and Linux partitions in a particular order for whatever reason, then the way to do it is either with something like PartittionMagic, or mak'em all with DOS, remove the ones where you want the Linux partitions, then create them again with disk druid. I told the poster I'm not a tech, but I figgure that if you want to set things up in some particular order, or configuration, then it's your system, and it's not my problem to wonder why. If you want to do things in a particular way on your own system, you should be able to do it, and that's what these help lists are all about, helping each other work out how to do whatever it is we want to do, providing we are not hurting anyone else in the process, or that the doing is not with malice. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Why does setup say my partitions are too big?
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,John Aldrich wrote: | On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: | What are all the linux partitions I should setup for Mandrake ( min/max size)? Also, everytime I | setup the partitions, it'll say that one or more of them are "too big", even if it's only set to be 1MB! I | can't figure that out. The way I got past it the last time was to add additional partitions beyond what | I planned to use, and then only these additional, unallocated partitions would be "too big"! | Thanks in advance | | FWIW, my /usr directory is just over a GIG in size. | John Is there any free space on the drive (non partitioned)? If the HD is 100% partitioned, then this would cause the error. Ernie
