[newbie] Installing 10.1 from HD- questions
I'm downloading the DVD-ISO and am going to copy its contents into an empty partition. I plan to add a line to the boot loader pointing to that partition. 1. I have two paths to vmlinuz in the isolinux directory, alt0 or alt1. Does anyone know which I should point to, or how to determine the correct one? 2. When I tried to do this using a floppy with a grub image, I kept getting an error showing file not found. It was also showing Filesystem type ext2fs partition type 0x83. But I have, according to MCC, Journalised filesystem ext3 (0x483). Do I need to reformat in ext2fs for the installation, or should the install kernel support the ext3 partition? Couple of reasons behind all this -- CD burner not working in linux, and I have maybe just enough room on the old MS partition (burner works under their windowing OS) for 1 CD-ROM ISO at a time. Not worth fixing CD burner if the new install will do it for me, and certainly not worth rebooting six times and twiddling my thumbs while the CD burns. Thanks, Fred Now if I could just remember why I made a 14 gig root partition last time. 121 megs used. H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] DSL modem/firewall/router vs. Firewall vs. ???
Should I rely on a DSL gateway with NAT, or do I NEED a dedicated destop for a firewall? I recently got DSL with a Westell Versalink 327W modem/router/hub/gateway, which has a built in firewall with NAT. The Versalink has a DHCP service built in. I also have the option of disabling the firewall and passing through the IP address. This, if I understand correctly, would make the Versalink simply a modem/hub and my desktop machine would be directly accessible to/from the DSL connection. Assuming I am connecting two more desktops, both normally running linux but with a MS(tm) windowing(used generically) OS installed, which is the better arrangement? I am not planning on running any servers except as may be necessary in the house (printing, sharing files). Since the MS OS will undoubtedly run occasionally, I am inclined to run the security as much as possible beforehand, from the Versalink. I'd rather not run a dedicated machine for a firewall. I'm not planning on doing anything fancy and am not all that inclined to devote a lot of time to it, though I do have a couple of older boxes with NICs laying around. Opinions? Thanks, Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Bittorrent setup
Is anyone familiar with seting up a sevice for Bittorrent on a Westell Versalink 237W? Thanks, Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Where does grpmi go w/o Update?
Running Mandrake Update, grabbing 29 megs or so over 56k modem. Got an error message box, now Update is gone according to the process list in ksysguard. The DL is chugin merrily along according to the grpmi progress bar, though. So, I'm trying to figure out how it will end up. Will the update miraculously happen? Will the rpms end up in a cache somewhere? Or will I have to wait out another download? If I get a response in time, is there something I should or can do to rescue the downloads? Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Coordinating dialup and cable connections
Just called my dialup ISP and asked how to route all connections to their news server thriough my modem. I want to use my cable connection for all other addresses. Told them I was using Mandrake 9. Their tech support said the only practical way was to physically disconnect the cable modem when using the modem connection, since my computer would not handle both when accessing the news server. I repeated it back, stressing physically disconnect the network cable?. Yep. I could not use the two connections simultaneously I thought there was a routing table I could edit to say go here via /dev/eth0 and go there via /dev/modem? Help? TIA!! Background -- my longtime dialup ISP has a newsserver accessible only if connected through one of their IP addresses, and inaccessible if connecting with a foreign IP address. IOW, I could use my cable connection, telnet to APK.net, login and read through the shell connection since the news server would see an internal IP, but cannot DL the posts into Pan since it sees the connection from Zoominternet. I prefer an offline reader. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 16:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Something you could try is to delete all the .kde* files from your ~/home/yournamehere/ directory as well as and files in the /tmp that have DCOP or .KDE-YOURNAME in them - then after that, try starting KDE again... It could be several things - path statements, lib path statements or environmental variables that cause KDE to lag when starting up...try the above resolution and see if that fixes ya. OK, I ended up doing this, KDE now loads within 10-12 seconds from the time I log in. Big change from 3 minutes or more. I did lose quite a few preferences, bookmark lists, histories, etc. on the KDE apps like Konqueror, Kmail, and such. So if I do it again I'll find a way to preserve those first. Or try one of the less aggressive solutions before I get so frustrated g. BTW, this probably rules out Crossover Plugin as a culprit, since I doubt it makes changes to the KDE files EXCEPT Konqueror, I need to explore that a bit more. I bring it up since Crossover was mentioned a couple of times, and I don't want them implicated unjustly. I paid for and use the product often, and have been very impressed with how quickly I get responses e-mails asking for support even on weekend afternoons. Jeremy White is one patient, accessible, and newbie friendly person. Thanks to all, Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome
Many, many thanks to all for the sugestions. My thoughts as I sort through them... I am using a Duron 850 with 512 megs. The system boots fine. KDE through Debian loads MUCH faster on a slower machine with less memory, so to me that rules out memory/CPU and points to configuration, either software or hardware. This seems further narrowed to software by nearly instantaneous loading of IceWM and WindowManager, and for that matter faster loading of KDE and Gnome a while back. The fact the problems exist only with the desktops as opposed to plain window managers and X11 itself seems to me to rule out kernel problems. But a question -- am I understanding correctly that a desktop does not interact with the kernel services directly, but only through other managers/libraries shared by other programs? Sorry, I started too late in life to have an instinctive grasp of the details. The Crossover thing, along with another mention of stopping the scan for nsplugins, seems a good point. I'll try that this weekend. Deleting my user specific KDE config files and letting it rebuild them is another do-it. I'll see how another login on this same machine works first, but the root install of Crossover may obscure differences caused by Crossover or the plugins. What works better on KDE and Gnome? Mainly the more integrated menuing system, taskbar, configuration of personal preferences, etc. It's easier to get what I want how I want it. I'm sure the plain window managers will do it, just a bit harder to get there and may involve installing more geegaws. All in all, I want it simple to use, small, and full-featured. Typical Yank, I don't want to settle for two of three ;-) Still open for suggestions, and I'll try to update what happens with the two most obvious maybes. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome
When I start KDE, from the graphic login screen, it takes 1:10-1:15 before I get to the KDE splash screen, then another 1:00 on just the loading peripherals section. Everything else seems to load fairly quickly. Gnome is about as slow, but I haven't timed it. IceWM and WindowMaker load in just a few seconds. Is there any way I can generate a log file showing each item loaded with the time so I can see where the delay is? Anyone with another suggestion? I use IceWM most of the time, but some things just seem to work better on KDE or gnome. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:07, et wrote: I wonder if either of you have installed crossover plugin demo? and did you install Quicktime? I noticed this after I killed a failed install of quicktime via the plugin, but only as root. Actually, yes. But it was the full install, not a demo. And Quicktime doesn't work for me. Wanting to wean teen daughters from MS, I installed it as root. It had been working find installed for individual users. Hmmm... Anyone else? Maybe I need to ask someone from CodeWeavers to follow this thread? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Asking for CD - What file does it want?
When I try setting a HP Laserjet IIp+ up through MDK Control Center it asks Please insert the medium named disc 1 Mandrake Linux 9.0 beta4 Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1) on device [/dev/hdc] . Now, that's fine, except I don't have that CD, or even the ISO, anymore. How can I tell what file or package is really needed? I surely, between the final release and a mirror of Cooker, have whatever file it needs or a newer version of the whole package. What I can see in the output window is: Sep 26 14:01:08 acs-24-154-2-202 drakconf[3806]: ### Program is starting ### Sep 26 14:01:15 acs-24-154-2-202 drakconf[3816]: ### Program is starting ### Sep 26 14:01:22 acs-24-154-2-202 printerdrake[3827]: ### Program is starting ### Sep 26 14:01:26 acs-24-154-2-202 printerdrake[3827]: installed packages foomatic printer-utils printer-testpages nmap scli gimpprint So it says things were installed, not installing. BTW, the printer set up fine through CUPS, but printed only a little gibberish each page. It works OK under thatwhichshallnotbenamed. So I want to try it this way. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing hda
Last time I tried this I managed to lose my /home partition, so I'm going to ask for help first, this time :-) How do I manage this without losing anything? I'm going to remove /dev/hda, the original 30 gig HD, from this machine. I am keeping /dev/hdb (60 gig), which will become the only HD on the system for the moment. At this time the system boots from hda. hda has everything on it except one user's home directory, /home/dad. I have plenty of room to play with while switching things. Usage is: [root@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ffraley]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 41% / /dev/hda6 15G 9.6G 4.4G 69% /home /dev/hdb1 11G 132M 11G 2% /home/dad /dev/hda1 11G 8.7G 1.4G 87% /mnt/windows I am not going to be reinstalling MSwindows on this machine but it does need to be on the 30 gig HD and working (a relative term) when things are finished. I will also be dual-booting MDK from the 30 gig after installing it on my wife's new machine. Can someone point me to a cheat sheet for this, or list the steps? Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] An apology to daRcmaTTeR and the list
I'd like to offer an apology for my tone to daRcmaTTeR and the list. I posted a message Problem with updates at end of installation, and got a bit, well, pissy at daRcmaTTeR's response to me. On another users tip, I looked back at daRcmaTTeR's posts and see he is not a typical newbie kicker, but very helpful indeed. Though I scan through the collected posts every couple of days, I don't usually take the time to note the sender and had not noticed his history. In hindsight it might not have been clear I ws not asking for updates, only commenting on a part of the installer and asking whether I would be missing anything significant if I blew it off. It may indeed have appeared I was asking why there were no updates for a beta release. Fred -- I've gone to find myself. If you see me first, please ask me to wait until I return. It's time for our medicine. Thank you Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.0.b3-Problem with updates at end of installation
Has anyone else had a problem with the update part tripping up if they selected an item from the list? One example, autoconf was checked, and I also checked autoconf.x.x.. It immediately tossed me an error mesage and took me back to the start of the update process. Happened with several items several times. So many I (thought I) had the keystrokes memorized. (the following is purely my fault, the flaky fickle fingers of fred strike again. Well, actually the thumb.) Eventually, I clicked the wrong button and did not update the installed packages. And, as in some of the previous betas, the update utility does not seem to work. Is there any way, short of sitting through the entire install again, to get the updates? Does anyone know of anything significant in the updates? I noticed there were quite a few items checked, including some I use. Thank you, Fred -- I've gone to find myself. If you see me first, please ask me to wait until I return. It's time for our medicine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0.b3-Problem with updates at end of installation
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 09:19 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Hi Fred, Please keep in mind that what I'm about to say is said with the best of intentions and no offense is meant. But, which part of bleeding edge, _Beta_ release isnt' quite clear? first, since it's a beta release you're guaranteed there are going to be things that don't work. second, it IS the very bleeding edge of the cooker release so what updated packages are you expecting to find for this? Thou should remain calm. I'm not complaining, only asking. First, I am under the impression beta releases need to be used to find bugs. Users installing betas in non-critical settings and discussing problems is a desirable thing in linux. Late betas should be tested by a cross-section of all users to simulate the final release. Iimproving the install and configure routines is a major target for Mandrake. What part of that is wrong? Second, I don't know what packages. Mandrake included the update function in the beta installation routine. Youi'll have to ask them, it was their idea. Third, I thought this list was for asking if someone else shared a problem and knew a workaround. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] msec settings
I have a single machine, no local network, with a broadband (cable modem) connection. Using msec,level 3, which uses a default umask of 022. Is there any reason to create a perm.local file rather than simply edit the settings in the /usr/share/msec/perm.xx files? I want to change the umask for the entire /mnt/windows tree to allow rwx for all local users. Currently is is controlled in perm.3 by (I think) /mnt/ root.root 755 so could I just add /mnt/windows/* root.windows770 to give rwx access to local users of the group windows and wall off as far as possible all access to someone who managed a remote login? If not, a brief explanation of why would be greatly appreciated, along with a pointer to further explanation. And a second question. When I get the household network up I will be using SNF, smoothwall, or something similar on a P-133/32 megs ram/1.2gig HD for a router. Should each of the local machines continue to use msec, will it be unnecessary, or can I obviate msec by running something else on the router? Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] msec --PERM.LOCAL file format
Can someone point me to the format for the perm.local file for msec? I find references to same as ... but the files referred to don't exist on my system. Specifically -- at level 3 the umask of 022 doesn't allow write access to my /mnt/windows directory for wine. I have created a windows group and added the group to user profiles Now I want to change the umask to 007. I can umount and remount to get things working, but msec's resetting back to the defaults is frustrating. Tnx, Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound problems forever-- I'm lost
SuperMethaneBrothers game -- works xmms -- works GnomeCDplayer -- works Grip -- works Ogle -- works RealPlayer -- ERROR Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it Click more Info button nothing happens Quicktime via CrossOver Plugins -- no sound at 8 bit At 16 bits pops at start of each scene, humming consistent with hard drive activity at times. === From harddrake: (8-bit sample plays fine) Vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. Model: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] Kernel Module: via82cxxx_audio Bus Type: PCI === [root@xx ffraley]# /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used byNot tainted isofs 25792 1 (autoclean) inflate_fs 19328 0 (autoclean) [isofs] sr_mod 15160 0 (autoclean) (unused) parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean) lp 6464 0 (autoclean) parport23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] via82cxxx_audio18144 0 uart401 6336 0 [via82cxxx_audio] ac97_codec 9568 0 [via82cxxx_audio] sound 57292 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401] soundcore 4068 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound] af_packet 12488 1 (autoclean) keybdev 1856 0 (unused) mousedev4160 1 hid18528 0 (unused) usbmouse1984 0 (unused) input 3616 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse] ipt_REJECT 3264 2 (autoclean) ipt_limit 1184 11 (autoclean) ipt_state832 13 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3712 11 ip_conntrack_ftp3680 0 (unused) iptable_mangle 2336 0 (autoclean) (unused) iptable_nat15988 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_conntrack 15180 3 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_conntrack_ftp iptabl e_nat] iptable_filter 1952 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 11584 9 [ipt_REJECT ipt_limit ipt_state ipt_LOG iptabl e_mangle iptable_nat iptable_filter] printer 5824 0 usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused) usbcore59072 1 [hid usbmouse printer usb-uhci] 8139too14336 1 (autoclean) mii 1360 0 (autoclean) [8139too] nls_iso8859-1 2816 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4352 1 (autoclean) vfat9788 1 (autoclean) fat31384 0 (autoclean) [vfat] supermount 62180 3 (autoclean) ide-scsi8032 0 scsi_mod 92488 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi] rtc 5912 0 (autoclean) --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all
US - Great Lakes region Akron-Cleveland Ohio area Medina, Ohio, US to be specific But I miss the Eastern Kentucky mountains. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:48, Hanan Shargi opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Walnut Creek (bay area) California here and bar hoping would _not_ be a good idea. can see a bunch of rowdy linux geeks in one bar? ;-) Gee, I recall a special Linux tour to Germany a couple of years ago. Really, you could probably find it in the archives of comp.os.linux.announce. Linux lectures during the day and Brauhauses for the evenings. Unfortunately, my commitments and finances did not permit. I visualized it as either as extreme fun or extreme, um, well, let me just say I saw no middle ground :-) Now this bunch sounds as if a few days could be interesting and relaxing. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cable connection glitch
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:56 pm, you wrote: I am using Mandrake 8.0. I just got hooked up to cable. I got an SMC 1211TX ethernet card and an RCA DCM245R modem. I was able to get the snip status: not connected Any help appreciated. Thanks, I had a problem with connecting with 8.0, just got a cable connection 2 weeks ago. In my case it was because I was configured to get my IP address by DHCP and had not installed a DHCP client. I DL'd one from Tucows (dhcpcd-1.3.21-pl2.tar), but I suspect there was one on the CDs. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Single Network Firewall
Anyone here using it? I'm thinking about it for a 4 desktop home network with a cable connection. I have a 166mmx w/32 megs and a 3 gig HD laying around I can use. (laying around! and it was only last spring I was still getting by with a 486/25, 8 meg, 540 HD. Sheesh!!) Wide open to other suggestions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How do I get a Wine app to run from icon?
Running Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, wine 20010305 Gray haired grandfather ( so be gentle:-) started with Apple //e, DOS experience back to 3.3, WIN to 3.1, new to really using Linux, though I installed it all the way back to Slackware and Yggdrasil from floppies (kernel 0.9something as I recall) Wow, what progress!! My current problem: I can open Agent from a terminal (Konsole) with the command line /mnt/windows/program\ files/agent/agent.exe I tried that as a script (never wrote a script before). did chmod -e agent did chmod a -e agent added #! to beginning of line and other items from various books I have lying around. I am shown as the owner. User, group, and all have read and execute permissions. User also has write permission set. Tried checking needs terminal to run. Terminal ends up with error message Gdk-Warning **: locale not supported by C library I came to the conclusion that command won't work alone because I must have a terminal session open to execute the command line from. As Run in DOS Window (Don't be shy about correcting that assumption, because I think I already addressed that above) So I tried Plan B. Create new link to application on desktop. Set permissions as above. Command line as above returns Couldn't launch /mnt/windows/program\ files/agent/agent.exe Command line Konsole -e /m-e /mnt/windows/program\ files/agent/agent.exe flashes an open window and closes it. Task bar shows Agent, changes to Konsole, and disappears. Command line xterm -e /mnt/windows/program\ files/agent/agent.exe returns Can't execvp /mnt/windows/program\: No such file or directory Interesting that the window stays open, the error appears to be quite different, and the error appears to occur at the \, which here is a release for the following space in the command line and seems handled with aplomb with the other approaches.. So I am becoming tired, confused, frustrated. Hints greatly appreciated. Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
