[newbie] iBook boot issue Mandrake 9.1
I recently installed Mandrake 9.1, and everything went fine, though I was given a message: hold down command option O F at reboot and enter: setenv boot-device hd:2,\\:tbxi Then Type: shut-down Which I did, yet when the ibook starts up, I get a flashing folder with the ?. I tried also to reset the PRAM, but that also did not work. I searched the archives and saw the exact same thing happened to someone else with the same model iBook, but the problem was not resolved. Also, I told the installer to erase the entire hard drive. I am using only Mandrake on the iBook, so the partitions were set to the defaults of the installer. I had previously attempted to install Gentoo, so those partitions were still setup, but I had hoped the mandrake installer would re-partition and reformat the hard drive. Model: iBook first edition, 300Mhz, original 3GB hard drive. Jeremy Bell WolverineSoft Project Coordinator www.umich.edu/~wsoft WolverineSoft is a student game development community at the University of Michigan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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[newbie] usb cd burner
I can't get my usb cd burner to work (read or write). It's a Melco-Bufallo J1610U2, and I'm running ML 9.0 on a i586. The crazy thing is that I installed linux from this cd burner (made a boot floppy to point to the cdrw) and now I can't access it. When I try, I get this error message: Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom2. You do not have access rights to this location. I checked though, and the access rights are rwx for all users. Am I missing something really simple? Thanks in advance for your help. Jeremy __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD PReparing PLS Help
- Original Message - I have downloaded the mandrake8.1/i586 from the ftp server, it is 942MB, one dirctory is 823MB (\mandrake\Rpms) I need to copy the files to CDs, which should i take and how to distribute the files between more than one CD It might be easier to download the ISO images and burn them into CDs. Mandrake 8.1 comes with 3 images. The seond and third CDs, although nice to have, are nevertheless recommended as they contain lots of goodies too. If you don't like the idea of downloading those CD images, perhaps some other gurus in this list might give some pointers on how to install from the actual directory tree itself. Cheers! Jeremy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Broadcast 2000 performance
I'm hoping this isn't too off-topic -- the software is packaged with LM8.0. I'm currently having trouble getting any decent performance out of Broadcast 2000 on my T-bird box. Particularly, I can't seem to get video capture to work without dropping more frames than are captured. I know my system (HD speed, proc, mem) are up to it as I can do it in win. I'd really like to get Bcast to work as I don't feel like spending $200+ for a real video editing program like Premiere (I'm currently managing with a collection of freeware apps). Here are my system specs: Athlon T-Bird 1.113Ghz 256MB RAM 30GB HD (~8GB for Linux) Asus GeForce2MX vid card Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI capture card (detected in LM8.0 at install -- Brooktree chipset) Creative Labs Ensoniq PCI sound card (works fine) I'm trying to capture at 640x480@30fps -- can do it in win if my HD's defragged. 'Would appreciate any ideas. Jeremy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Zip drive on 8.0
Are you adding the drive to your machine (i.e. post-install of Mandrake)? My parallel port Zip100 drive was detected during installation (v8.0) -- works great! I had fewer problems with it than I had with my floppy drive (permission stuff if I remember correctly). All the necessary drivers should be installed when you set up Mandrake. Jeremy --- Gordon Burgess-Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me how to do this please? Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] enabling ATA100 drives
I have an IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30GB drive which is ATA100 compatible, but I have a feeling that MDK8.0 is not taking full advantage of this feature. My motherboard, an Asus A7A266, also supports this. A line showed up during installation (might during boot-up too -- haven't checked) that says ide bus is assumed to be running at 33Mhz, and it gives some variable name to use for changing it. Is this what I'm looking for, and if so, how do I change it? I'd really like to be able to get it working right -- Broadcast 2000 is having fits with video capture, and I'm attributing part of the problem to slow disk access. (I've clocked the drive at 29MB/sec in Win). TIA Jeremy _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Jeremy Original Message Follows From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how to play mov files? Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:45 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD5B9FC6004640043888D8475423786B0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0700 Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16553;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:48:24 -0500 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id 9DC6A87E56; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (ha1.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au [203.164.2.50]) by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13887DD9 for [EMAIL PROTECTED];Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there ([203.164.95.102]) by mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:56 +1000 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:40 -0700 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: 20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there X-Loop: newbie@ X-Sequence: 332 Precedence: list X-Validation-BY: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:04, hellmut wrote: hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] resizing partitions
I've decided to give LM8.0 a try as a dual-boot system (previously I'd been swapping HDs to keep it separate from win). How much risk is involved in trying to resize my fat32 partition (using the LM8 install program)? I have an IBM Deskstar 30GB drive (IDE) on a T-bird system. I've backed up pretty much everything, but I'd still prefer not to lose anything if I can help it. If something does happen, I guess it's not a really big deal. I'm planning on reformatting and reinstalling win anyway -- 'just don't want to do it now. Thanks in advance for any advice. Jeremy _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] tuxracer getting bad framerates
I finally got Tuxracer to work -- had to tell RPMDrake (Software Manager?) to install the mesa packages. Now, however, it runs at about 1-2 fps. I looked around for a mesa config program, but I haven't run across anything yet. What do I need to do to get it working better? I've got a 1.13Ghz Athlon T-Bird system with 256MB RAM and an Asus AGP videocard (GeForce 2 chipset). I think Mandrake (v8) is using the generic nVidia GeForce 2 drivers. XWindows is set up to use 1024x768@32bit. Thanks! Jeremy _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Software Manager not really installing
Well, I'm back with more questions. This time I'm trying to install a couple packages off the CD (namely Samba and Tuxracer). The program appears to run properly, and the KDE menu is updated with links to the programs. The programs themselves, however, never seem to really get installed. I checked the /usr/local folder (please excuse my win9x terminology), and there was no samba folder. Also, I can't get into SWAT at http://localhost:901 -- it tries to send a request to my proxy server instead (I have a proxy on another computer for internet sharing). Tuxracer wouldn't do anything when I tried to run it, either. The Software Manager shows that the programs have been installed properly -- they get moved to the Installed tree listing. Removing them seems normal too. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? On a similar note, I tried installing the RPM for Imici Messenger, but it wouldn't let me. Clicking on the RPM file (imici-0.9.4-1.i386.rpm) gave me the installer program, but clicking Next brought up an error saying that the package had already been installed. 'Don't know if there's a connection here or not -- if not, I have two problems I guess. I'd appreciate, as always, any thoughts and ideas anybody might have. Thanks for the support so far! Jeremy P.S. While I'm here, could somebody tell me how to check how much drive space is still free on my hard drive? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] LILO freezes up on bootup
I'm a new Linux-mandrake user (just installed 8.0), but I'm having trouble getting it to boot up. Whenever I start it up, I get a LI on the screen (as though it started to say LILO or something) where it used to say things like Starting Win The computer just stops right there. I've tried installing three times, and it's the same every time. Once I did an expert install, during which I chose to create a bootup floppy. The floppy works fine -- I can boot Linux up and get everything to work. Is there some way to restore the hard drive boot sector or something? Here's my computer specs: Asus Socket7 motherboard with Cyrix 333Mhz chip 24MB RAM (with 1MB stolen for on-board video) 420MB HD (used for Linux install) 384MB HD (hopefully be able to use for extra data) Thanks for any help anyone might have! Jeremy _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VLSI Chipset for Philips Seismic Edge PCI soundcard
Dear Friends and Fellow Users of Linux, Is there anyone who knows how to get my Philips PCI soundcard to run in Linux? I am using a SB16 now, but the issue is if I have my system sounds enabled in enlightenment, or any other gui I cannot use any multimedia applications. Linux tells me that my card is being used by another program. I want to fix this or find a fix for my PCI sound card. I know that I should be able to do both enable sounds and use the sound apps that come with Linux. Not just one or the other. Some help would be appreciated. TIA, Jeremy Hughes Mandrake User
Re: [newbie] wine
www.winehq.com - Original Message - From: linuxmaxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:08 AM Subject: [newbie] wine I want to run windows appz on LM 7.2 and I installed wine. When I will try to run it always conf file error, could not run the program. Do some one knows a better, more easy to use program or do some one know anything about conf file of wine. Thx anyway -- Greetings; Linuxmaxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ... 6090411
Re: [newbie] I've lost all DNS !!!! Help...
maybe the sites that you are pinging are set to reply to ping... can you ping by IP addresses ?? - Original Message - From: "Franki" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:20 AM Subject: [newbie] I've lost all DNS Help... Hi all, I have a probem that is driving me nuts... For no apparent reason, I have no DNS on my server.. I am not running a DNS server, it is just supposed to pass on requests to my ISP's DNS server... I can ping my ISP's name servers IP's no problem... but if I try to ping anything else, like hotmail.com or whitepages.com it comes back "host unknown" my isp has 3 name servers and I have tried them all and none make a difference... can anyone make any suggestions with regards as to where I might look to find the problem? I am abit lost as to what to try next,, the only thing that works, is to put ALL possible domains in the /etc/hosts file as that works,, but its not my idea of fun. Can anyone give me some suggestions to try? kindest regards Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions.
[newbie] GnuPG
RPMDrake is telling me that GnuPG is not installed right.. but i have used it fine in the past.. What is wrong here.. It just crapped out on me for no reason.. I was trying to get SAMBA to work I don't think that could have killed RPMDrake??
Re: [newbie] Telnet vs SSH
you have to download for windows SecureCRT - Original Message - From: Nadin Merali [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: [newbie] Telnet vs SSH What is the difference and does every os have ssh? For example windows has a telnet program. Will windows also have a ssh program? Thanks Nadin
Re: [newbie] Linksys coding line
there is not really a need to compile the driver.. if you use drake config=linxconf=network tab=select the adapter1=choose eth0=then choose tulip from the drop down for the module.. enter in the ip address, host name etc.. then restart you network.. this will work. it worked for me at least.. I hope that this will help you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Christopher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 8:43 AM Subject: [newbie] Linksys coding line Hello all, Thanks to those of you who have responded to my call for help with my Linksys 10/100 card. I'm trying to compile the code via the info provided in one of the links (the heart of Linksys). The code reads as follows: gcc DMODULE D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet Wall Wstrict-prototypes O6 c tulip.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] echo DMODVERSIONS` Everytime I type in that code above, I get errors out the yeeng yang. I think it's a matter of not adding a (spacebar) where needed. I used the archiver program to extract all of the files found in the tgz file foundon my Linux drivers diskette. I finally figured out that the (O6) is actually an uppercase "o". Can some one modify the code above putting the word (spacebar) where I should be adding a space. And also note if those are 2 underscores together "D__kernel" or is it supposed to be only one. Thanks for your time and patience, Christopher.
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
yes, please tell us.. - Original Message - From: Sparks, Charley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter
because the MS agent wears black! - Original Message - From: Paul Aprendiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter Actually, why the hat of RedHat is Red ? =) paul From: Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 10:25:27 -0700 The result of billions of years of flying thru space.Aerodynamic whittling if you will... Lee At 06:39 PM 4/3/01 +0930, you wrote: Why is the world round??? On Tuesday 03 April 2001 18:34, you wrote: Sorry for this question, but why you need it? Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, michael wrote: G'day Is it possible to install Mandrake RedHat on the same drive using seperate partitions, if so how??? -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~mtd _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?
Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC?
Re: [newbie] No-- kisocd in MD8.0
Could you install eroaster? - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 10:17 PM Subject: [newbie] No-- kisocd in MD8.0 hi i used to use kisocd in mandrake 7.1 which i liked very much, however it does not seem to be on Mandrake 8.0 beta2 nor will it install. the other 2 xcdroast and gtoast look like cd music only burners and no good for doing file backups from the harddrive. is there anything else that will do the job for linux mandrake 8.0??? cheerz David
[newbie] System sound config not working...
I am needing to get help with making my system sounds work in KDE w/MD 7.2. All other sound is working. CD,MP3, WAVE, MIDI, etc. I have assigned the system specific .wav files in the control center, but cannot use them... I have an old SB 16 ISA card. Thank You.. http://www.funknpunk.com
Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendations?
Be sure that you are not using a VIA chipset. On certain version of the VIA chipset it hangs wave files. Even with the latest drivers for the system board. Just some input on this.. - Original Message - From: Yogindra Persaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendations? I would definitely recommend an SB Live! card. Whether you want the mp3+, xgamer, or platinum is up to you. They all work just fine. I personally have mp3+ 5.1 version, and I've never had any problems with it. YP - Original Message - From: Revenant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie List - Linux Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Sound card recommendations? I'm tired of Linux freezing up when I play sound using my Aureal Storm Platinum and I want to replace it. What would you recommend as a replacement ? It has to be at least as fully featured as the Aureal Vortex 2, and _fully_ compatible with Mandrake. Any suggestions? Thanx. --- Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.
RE: [newbie] Good word for Mozilla .8
remove me Jeremy Yeung Staff Engineer AspenTech process. to the power of e. 10 Canal Park Cambridge, MA 02141 617-949-1000 (Phone) 617-949-1030 (Fax) email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.aspentech.com -Original Message- From: Adam Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Good word for Mozilla .8 Active Server Pages are is a Server Side Script that uses any Active Script Language (ie. VBScript, JavaScript, PerlScript, etc) also with ActiveX Objects to provide interface to Databases, MS Exchange, and Business Objects, etc. It is a Microsoft Technology but Apache has some kind of support for ASP. - Original Message - From: "michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Good word for Mozilla .8 .ActiveServerPages ( i think) is proprietary microsnot technology designed to hide scripts and zoomy stuff so you have to pay for it. BTW it reenders perfectly in Windows' Netscape 4.76--since i can't seem to load linux on my box Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: snip But Mozilla .8 renders this .asp format SUPERBLY, at least on this page. Really astonished. What, by the way, is this .asp format that eludes Konqueror and Opera? Whatever it is, Mozilla does a great job at rendering it. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list
man, i love people with class.. Thanks.. for all of the people with nothing to say but rude things. well i am not usually in this manner, but i guess this is as good a time as any to use this.. "GO 'BASH' YOURSELVES" Jon Dowd wrote: Am I right... it's always the friggin' pious ones isn't it !? If * I * were to respond to anyone's query posted to a mailing list with the word "newbie" in it, I'd try to be helpful because I'd assume they would be new and could use some help. Nobody was born knowing how to use Majordomo lists... If you want to help, then help. If you want to be a big shot, beat it. (btw, kom*@*.net my Registered Linux User number is lower than yours. Naner, naner. Naner.) - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list they are just angry...because THE TRUTH HURTS they will calm down...after they really think about it. Ed Tharp wrote: let's not start banning people.. I might be next... - Original Message - From: "Miark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list Hans! That is an excellent idea! I'm gonna do that immediately, too. Which brings up a question: is there some way to ban people Miark - Original Message - From: "Hans N." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:35 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list Everything you say is so annoying and disrespectful, I'm going to filter you to my trash. Have a great day. Sincerely and respectfully, Hans N. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of KompuKit Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 4:38 PM To: Linux-Mandrake Subject: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list GO BACK to where you joined this list... THERE, you'll also find (if you'll ONLY read) a way to get off the list. OF COURSE, " IF " you can READ -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) (US EST) -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) (US EST) user #76891 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 2/12/2001
Re: [newbie] Hi everybody, need you people to say something.
how do i get off of the mailing list? - Original Message - From: Ritesh Ahya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: [newbie] Hi everybody, need you people to say something. Hi everybody, newbies as well experts. I am getting everybody about 100 messages, i dont' mind with it. i love to read all of them, try to understand the problems that our linux-brothers are facing, like to ask sometimes, like to reply sometimes. but it's a good feeling. All i have to say it, can not we make a Uniform format for writing and replying mails to each other. Like when you reply, the person's whom you are replying, mail sometimes is at top or sometimes at bottom. sometimes three or four people's are replying.so can not understand quickly who has asked and who has replied ? can not everybody decides to answer and ask quetions in some defined uniform formats, so everybody can communicate with each other easier and quicker ? Thanks everybody, if you like suggestions, please come forward and let's decide. Thanks all of you everybody in advance. I dont' mind if you people don't like the suggestions too. Ritesh Ahya. - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Java in KDE 2.1 -- SOLVED! On Saturday 10 March 2001 08:41, you wrote: Dear friends: Well, the Java madness in Konqueror is finally over! I never could get KDE 2.0.1 to work with any of the Java Virtual Machines that I installed. This doesn't mean that it won't on other people's systems. It's just that they failed on mine. So... I upgraded to KDE 2.1 and tried out all four Java Virtual Machines on my system: Sun's 1.3.0, Blackdown's 1.3.0, IBM's 1.3.0 and Sun's JDK 1.2.2. And the winner is... IBM 1.3.-6 The exact file is: IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm Benjamin, where or how exactly did you find the IBM Java, I went to the URL you posted and searched all over for the jre-1.3 download and found nothing. What am I missing here. TIA for the info, -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Hi everybody, need you people to say something.
how do i get off of this mailing list? - Original Message - From: Ritesh Ahya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: [newbie] Hi everybody, need you people to say something. Hi everybody, newbies as well experts. I am getting everybody about 100 messages, i dont' mind with it. i love to read all of them, try to understand the problems that our linux-brothers are facing, like to ask sometimes, like to reply sometimes. but it's a good feeling. All i have to say it, can not we make a Uniform format for writing and replying mails to each other. Like when you reply, the person's whom you are replying, mail sometimes is at top or sometimes at bottom. sometimes three or four people's are replying.so can not understand quickly who has asked and who has replied ? can not everybody decides to answer and ask quetions in some defined uniform formats, so everybody can communicate with each other easier and quicker ? Thanks everybody, if you like suggestions, please come forward and let's decide. Thanks all of you everybody in advance. I dont' mind if you people don't like the suggestions too. Ritesh Ahya. - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Java in KDE 2.1 -- SOLVED! On Saturday 10 March 2001 08:41, you wrote: Dear friends: Well, the Java madness in Konqueror is finally over! I never could get KDE 2.0.1 to work with any of the Java Virtual Machines that I installed. This doesn't mean that it won't on other people's systems. It's just that they failed on mine. So... I upgraded to KDE 2.1 and tried out all four Java Virtual Machines on my system: Sun's 1.3.0, Blackdown's 1.3.0, IBM's 1.3.0 and Sun's JDK 1.2.2. And the winner is... IBM 1.3.-6 The exact file is: IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm Benjamin, where or how exactly did you find the IBM Java, I went to the URL you posted and searched all over for the jre-1.3 download and found nothing. What am I missing here. TIA for the info, -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Startup services, which are necessary?
Paul Rodrguez wrote: Hi, I'm in the process of trying to secure my system. I have pmfirewall set up and working well, but there are a lot of holes still. One of the things that I am trying to do is minimize unnecessary startup services, both for speed and security. I've shut a bunch down, mostly servers that I'm not running, but there are a few that I'm not sure about. Namely: xfs rawdevices network irda fetchmail Do I need these to run a home workstation, (connected to the internet, but not wanting to run any servers or anything like that at this time)? -Paul R i am also trying to figure out which i need for a workstation. I you get an answer please forward to my also. Thanks.. I will do the same... Jeremy begin:vcard n:Hughes;Jeremy x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:Be sure to visit funknpunk.com for=0D=0Aupdates on spiritual teachings and =0D=0Afor the latest mixes by Jeremy. x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Jeremy Hughes end:vcard
RE: [newbie] dear god!!! please take me off this is crazy.....!!!!
Try. http://www.microsoft.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Jeremy Yeung Staff Engineer AspenTech process. to the power of e. 10 Canal Park Cambridge, MA 02141 617-949-1000 (Phone) 617-949-1030 (Fax) email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.aspentech.com -Original Message- From: philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] dear god!!! please take me off this is crazy. It was there about 30 minutes ago but 404 now - hopefully someone did save it as somewhere else - it was priceless ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess I missed the boat, I just get error 404 On Saturday 24 February 2001 13:13, you wrote: Maybe this link will help you to unsub: http://www.microsoft.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pub/mskb/Q209354.asp (You're Welcome.)
Re: [newbie] BANG!!! its dead! g g L - DIE THREAD DIE!
Do Not Pass Go! Do Not Collect $200.00 Bad Windows No Doughnut!! - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] BANG!!! its dead! g g L - DIE THREAD DIE! Vic wrote: Its dead dead dead dead dead. Excellent, excellent... -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Energy Penguin Powered Email
[newbie] C++ resources
Hello everybody, I was wondering if you know any good C++ resources on the web. I am trying to learn now that I have gcc configured on my system at home. TIA
Re: [newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server
Agreeably so, but at the moment I am forced to go through the NT machine. I got samba up and running without a hitch, in fact my boss was amazed that in 37 minutes I had done a complete install of MD7.2, had it up on the network and printing through the NT server. Now if I could just get it on the net they would be sold on Linux forever. Another small bit of info is that the Linux box does not resolve names or get an active ping outside of the network. Thanks, J - Original Message - From: "Jose M. Sanchez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:22 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server Linux can participate in an NT domain using Samba. Must you use socks? Why not use Linux as a SOCKS, Masq machine? This works quite well and is easier to set up. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Sudderth Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server Are you trying to use MS Proxy from Linux clients? Yes, The Linux boxes must go through the MS Proxy to gain access to the outside world. If so you have to remember that MS-PROXY uses NT authentication before enabling Windows machines. I.E. the Windows machines have to login to the NT domain/server before they have access to services. Sounds like that could be the problem, now any idea on how to make NT let the Linux boxes login. I Know NT is afraid of Linux, If I were NT I would be afraid to. Thanks, Jeremy The IT man
[newbie] The text only version: Internet access through MS proxy server
Again, Sorry about the html email, I forgot the Outlook defaulted to html based email. So here is the question again. Thanks. Here is a situation that I think you will all love. My company is sick and tired of Windows. They just hired me and after hearing that I said we should go to Linux ( Yippee ). The problem is that they are not totally sure of me yet, which I can understand, so they want a couple of test machines to try it out on. I have them all setup with samba working. The problem is the Microsoft Proxy server 2.0 will not let them access the internet. Any idea why. They can ping the proxy server and even transfer files to it, but the socks service won't let them connect. Thanks in advance, Jeremy The IT man
[newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server
Are you trying to use MS Proxy from Linux clients? Yes, The Linux boxes must go through the MS Proxy to gain access to the outside world. If so you have to remember that MS-PROXY uses NT authentication before enabling Windows machines. I.E. the Windows machines have to login to the NT domain/server before they have access to services. Sounds like that could be the problem, now any idea on how to make NT let the Linux boxes login. I Know NT is afraid of Linux, If I were NT I would be afraid to. Thanks, Jeremy The IT man
[newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server
Hello Everyone, Here is a situation that I think you will all love. My company is sick and tired of Windows. They just hired me and after hearing that I said we should go to Linux ( Yipee ). The problem is that they are not totally sure of me yet, which I can understand, so they want a couple of test machines to try it out on. I have them all setup with samba working. The problem is the Microsoft Proxy server 2.0 will not let them access the internet. Any idea why. They can ping the proxy server and even transfer files to it, but the socks service won't let them connect. Thanks in advance, Jeremy The IT man
Re: [newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server
Sorry about that folks. Forgot that the default setting on Outlook Express was to send html. Fixed it now so every thing should work fine. Jeremy The IT man - Original Message - From: "Tom Brinkman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet access through MS proxy server On Tuesday 12 December 2000 03:37 pm, Jeremy Sudderth wrote: Hello Everyone, Here is a situation that I think you will all love. Not one bit, it was practically unreadable _very small_ text Jeremy The IT man Not to single you out Jeremy, there's a lot of newbies posting in HTML lately. So I'll remind y'all of the email you were sent when you joined this list (and similar rules for most all lists since email began): "Welcome to the newbie List. You have just subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read this e-mail, and keep it for a future reference. snip * Please, try to keep the folowing general rules in mind before posting: 1) Use straight ASCII (TXT) format." = No.1 rule, html (and M$'s rtf) is for webpages, never for email. It's a matter of Netiquette, always has been even since the days of BBS's before the Net got popular. HTML might'a looked great on your monitor with MickeyMou$e Outlook Express, but it almost certainly doesn't on most everybody elses's. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[newbie] Help: Sound and Iomega Zip drive
Hello, I am new to Llinux and am working through reconfiguring my system. Although I have been able to solve many of the problems myself, I am still stuck on a few things. First, I cannot get sound to play. There are no error messages and I cannot figure out what the probelm could be. I used to get an error using mtv saying No such device (Muting), but I have overcome that and get no errors from any program I try. Also, on my Iomega zip drive [interal] once the disk loads, I cannot eject it until I log out. Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide. -Jeremy Lopett _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
[newbie] ISA ethernet card Tx timeout
After moving one of my computers from redhat 5.2 to Mandrake 7.1 I am having problems with the ethernet card. As the subject says, it's an ISA card, using the ne2k module. io and irq are correct, as it detects the card and gives the correct MAC address. pings to the machine's ip (192.168.1.2) work, pings to and from another (192.168.1.1) do not work. Before the upgrade it was fully functional. I've seen some literature saying an older PCI card may have this problem, and to use the ne.c instead of the ne2k-pci module. So what should I do if I'm already using the ne.c? Thanks for any help -- "The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world." -- Drakmere
[newbie] USB
This is my problem... and I need help badly When I installed 7.2 half way in the installation my USB keyboard stopped working, but my USB mouse was ok all the way. When The system rebooted the keyboard worked fine but the mouse was dead. In the aurora booting section the mouse didn't move, and when I logged in still no mouse. At least I have the keyboard... Can anyone help me with this mouse problem Jeremie
[newbie] cd wrinting soft
I would like to know what is th most simple to use cd writing software for duplicating audio cd's. I have a cdrom and a writer.. I just want to make a direct copy. I don't want a program where I need a special filesystem to put the iso image... Just something like input = output = BURNIT Jeremie
[newbie] lexmark
Is there any drivers for the new lexmarks series of printer outhere...?? The Z series Jeremie
[newbie] installing 7.1
Hello... I'm new to linux in general... I've had 7.0 for a wile now.. and it worked perfect for me.. I was happy when 7.1 came out But when I tried installing it I got in to problems.. In the beginning of the install.. I have mouse and keyboard control ( USB both ) When the install tried scanning the SCSI bus for devs. my keyboard lights flashed and I lost control of my mouse, the keyboard still worked... I went through the install with the keyboard. When I rebooted I still didn't have mouse acces and once in a will the keyboard would start acting up. Has anyone seen this... Need help fast.. Or I'll half togo back to redhat... Thanks Jeremie
[newbie] xfs
Any support for XFS in mandrake 7.1 Jeremie
[newbie] Can't install NIC's........
Hi gang, I just subscribed to this list, and hope that someone can help. I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe on a Celeron 333 desktop computer. The install went very smoothly. Unfortunately , the install didn't 'detect' any of my two NIC's that are installed. I've had no luck finding any information about how to 'manually' install a NIC, even after searching hundreds of websites etc. Any info out there usually has to do with installing drivers AFTER Linux has already detected your NIC initially. i.e when I go to HardDrake and see a list of my hardware, there is no plus sign next to Network Interface device etc. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, since the NIC's are the most important part of me using Linux in the first place! Thanks, Jeremy Wood p.s Both my NIC's aren't listed in the compatible hardware list at Linux-mandrake.com, however they both come with Linux drivers...and colleagues have used them in their machines with Linux without a hitch.
[newbie] Fwd: deleted my swap partition
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Subject: Fwd: deleted my swap partition
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:37:49 -0500
From: jeremy rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hey all...
just another minor trauma here the other day i was trying to
redo my bootmanager (dont like the bootmagic boot prompt and tried to configure
grub with no luck) and decided to go back to the beos bootman (thats the best
one ive seen yet) anyway.when i installed be, i figured i could
install it in the linux swap partition (since id be recreating that partition
as soon as i had the be bootloader working well, got that all taken care
of and am now trying to figure out how i can recreate the linux swap files...
i tried to configure them in drakconf, but am unable and partition
magic insists that i cant create a single 243mb linux swap there.the best i
can do is create 2: a 130mb and a 110mb. could i make do with the
130mb, and just increase my /home partition to "fill in the gaps"?not
having a swapfile at all doesnt seem to be efecting my comuter im just
tired of the "unable to find swap-space signature" when i boot..
any ideas anyone?
jeremy
(and yes i am an idiiot for doing this)
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Re: [newbie] Another Firewall Question...
hey joe, the easiest, and cheapest firewall for windows ive found can be downloaded from www.grc.comits called zone alarm ive had it running on my windows partition of this 'puter for as long as its been out and has worked great! (before i installed i never knew how many times my machine was pinged by random hosts.. jeremy If PMFirewall only works for Linux, is there a separate Firewall that my work for Windows? Thanks again - - Joe :) -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered Linux user #183248 | -- Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel probs
heya dave its me again...(had to get a 2nd email account for this list to keep the wife happy)i was wondering...is there any way to run imwheel on *both* my root account and my other account(s)? thanks again, jeremy On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, you wrote: had this prob 2 days ago. delete the /tmp/imwheel.pid file and restart imwheel with the user id u want to use imwheel with.. this sets permissions on imwheel.pid to the user u are currently running and u can place imwheel -k in your autostart folder to start it everytime u start x regards.. --dave At 09:14 18.07.00, you wrote: greetings.. i am new to the group and am having probs with imwheel i can only get it working on my root accountbefore i upgraded to 7.1 i could use it on both root and my normal account why is this? ive tried to change permissions, but when i use the "imwheel -k" command i get this bit about being nable to write pid file nonsense i was able to get it working on 7.0 (though i dont remember how exactly) grrr any help will be greatly appreciated.. jeremy
[newbie] imwheel probs
greetings..
i am new to the group and am having probs with imwheel i can
only get it working on my root accountbefore i upgraded to
7.1 i could use it on both root and my normal account why is this?
ive tried to change permissions, but when i use the "imwheel -k"
command i get this bit about being nable to write pid file nonsense
i was able to get it working on 7.0 (though i dont remember how exactly)
grrr any help will be greatly appreciated..
jeremy
Re: [newbie] imwheel probs
hey thanks! i knew it would be something basic like that but i was looking for bigger problems.. did what you said and it works fine on both accounts now!! thanks again jeremy On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, you wrote: yo jeremy. had this prob 2 days ago. regards.. --dave
[newbie] help! cant get mysqld working
Hi everyone, I have read the READMEs the FAQs and the excellent beginners tutorial at www.devshed.com but I cant get MySQL working. when I run mysqld as root it gives 'cant change dir to /var/lib/mysql errcode:2' and that directory doesnt exist. I have installed all the mysql RPMs off the Mandrake 7.0 CD except for some of the developer ones. someone suggested this is because I dont have a database for it to work with, so I did mysqladmin create testdb but that returned connect to server at '' failed; error: 'Cant connect to local mysql server (111)' presumably because the daemon bit wasnt running. any ideas?? thanks!!
Re: [newbie] subscribing to digest?
seems this is an FAQ, maybe it could be added to the welcome note from sympa after the authorisation is complete? just my $NZD0.04 worth :-) Jeremy Denis HAVLIK wrote: :~how do you digestify this list? i tried the digest option on mandrake.com, :~and it said the list didn't exist! thanks by sending "SET newbie DIGEST" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- visit our new discusion forum: http://linuxpole.com
RE: [newbie] boot disk won't boot
On Wednesday, May 31, 2000 5:00 AM, Andrew Scotchmer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote: I created the boot disk during installation and it won't boot. Can you boot other systems from floppy ie: Windoze? If not press F2 ( or F1, I can't remember off hand ) during Bios to enter setup mode and add the floopy drive as one of the bootable options. Otherwise I haven't got a clue 8^) -- Andrew Blackburn England --In the pursuit of knowledge Everyday something is aquired-- (Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching) ICQ 50762100 I had the same problem with my boot disk that I dl'ed from the mandrake site. What I did was when the iso was done, I wrote the cdrom.img from the CD as the boot disk, instead of the one I downloaded... after that, it works! Hope that helps
Re: [newbie] had drive woes
Paul wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Jaybone wrote: Here is my problemo. I have a Compaq 2266 desktop. I have a 4 gig hard drive and a CDROM attached to it (obviously). I purchased a 18 gig drive to add on to it. Now the problem is, Compaq's support is basically a bunch of blubbering idiots (Compaq, please don't sue me for slander!). I am having a hell of a time trying to find the correct jumper settings for my pre-installed drive. Can anybody maybe help me out or lead me to a good starting point to find this out? I know this is a hard question to answer given the situation. The hard drive is the master and the CDROM is slave. What should my second hard drive jumpers be at, and then what do I have to do to the other IDE drives? whew!! A bit of info on the brand of the new HD would help, but usually you can hook up the new HD to the second IDE bus, and configure it as single/master. Usually that setting is labeled M/S. Good luck Paul But the CD may be the primary on the second channel... Find your mke and model of the hard drive and check the websit of the manufacturer. Most have data sheets on the web
[newbie] RELAY All in Mail Server
Hi all, I just got a question duringconfiguring the mail server (sendmail). How can I configure the mail server to accept any request from any valid userson any host? Actually, I think it should be sth like that " RELAY" in \etc\mail\access file?! Best Rgds, Cheung Chun Ming
[newbie] boot disk
Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com
Re: [newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?
Sven Vermeulen wrote: hello, Is it necessary / useful to use a swap partition with 128 meg RAM and a PIII 667MHz to run Linux mandrake 7.0? I didn't found information in the installation guide or howtos. If so, how big should this swap partition be128 meg? bye, Sven. I have 128 too, and I have a 256 meg swap partition. With disk space as cheap as it is now adays, what's 256 meg? You'd probably be fine with a 128 meg swap, but the way I see it is if you want it in the future it's more difficult to repartition ;-) (I don't know that I've ever used even 128 of it yet, but it doesn't hurt to have surplus)
Re: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help(numbers on usage)
Charles Ulwelling wrote: My mem usuage is this X 38M kfm 9M kbgndwm 7M kdm 7M Kpanel 5M and various others at 5 to 6 M until all the memory is used up, another thing is there are 10 instances of httpd taking up over 3M's each. I don't know what this process is but I can't kill any of them, I get an error when I try. As for the CPU its utilization is down around 10% or so and ktop is what is using it. Unless you are running a web server, you probably want to get rid of httpd - because that's what it is. You probably have other services running that you don't need as well after the stock install. For example, if you just connect to the 'net with a modem and are not on a LAN you may have some networking services you don't need. But even with these extra services, it shouldn't be bogging down your system like that. It may be possible, however, that one of them is acting up somehow...but thats really just a guess on my part... I think you said in a previous post that you have 256 megs...that should be more than enough, and I bet some people here have systems don't have that much with real memory and swap COMBINED. I doubt your 256 megs is completely used up except for being used for cache. The K Process Manager shows a memory usage summary up top in the form of a bar. Black is memory used, and grays are buffer and cache. I am willing to bet most is light gray. (Clicking on the bar shows actual numbers) BTW, my KPM for some reason doesn't show swap usage, or that I even have swap...maybe yours is the same way - in which case you can see that with xosview or "swapon -s" as root. If anyone knows why my KPM doesn't show this with mandrake 7, I'd like to fix that! (It did with 6.0 - is this a bug with this version of KPM?) Does your computer boot directly into X? If not, is it slow in text-mode consoles w/o X running? If it does, try booting into the console for once. HAve you tried using the basic VGA16 X server? I'm thinking that maybe the X server could have something to do with it in your situation. That abit BE6 board is common among linux users, so I don't think that should be a problem. I think that board is simular to the BP6 dually that I've been slobbering over for some time as well. What other components do you have in your computer? Maybe one of them or its configuration is causing the problems... I would try using the basic X server, and then maybe trying to get rid of a few components to see if you can narrow down the problem. Since nobody else seems to have helpful advice for you, you are probably starting to get desperate right about now. I did have my X get slow once... I had ran Lothar under Drakconf, and it was bogged down afterwards. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was doing it. Quitting X and restarting did not fix, and I think I may have brought the system to a runlevel 2 then back to 3 without luck too, but rebooting did bring the performance back. I guess I should have listened to the warning and closed all other windows before the ISA scan, but I just like living dangerously I guess ;-) Just out of curiosity should linux run as smoothly as win98 as far as opening apps, and moving the app window across the screen or is it naturally jumpy and something I should get used to. DEFINATELY NOT - I've always found it to be much smoother! I hate to see you get the wrong impression of linux from this. (I saw your other post) My system is a PII300 with 128megs. Currently I have running: Netscape (afew windows of it), XMMS listening to internet radio, various terminal windows and file manager windows, KPM, and the real dog is OFFICE 2000 INSIDE WINDOWS 2000 in a VMWare WINDOW. And my system is just as responsive as ever. Now, switching back to win2000 will require a load from the swap partition because I haven't touched it in a while, but hey, I only have 128 megs so that's expected! ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] color depth
Kirk McElhearn wrote: How can I change the color depth of my monitor under KDE? Kirk I don't believe that you can change color depth on the fly, you have to restart X with the new color depth. you can place multiple color depths in your /etc/XF86Config file so you can startx with an argument like "-- -bpp 16" to override the default. If you're one of those people who boot directly into X it may be more difficult ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote: On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:09:43 -0600, you wrote: ujeevan wrote: HELP ME PLEASE !!! my friend has a 14g HD (FUJITSU) and he is trying to install Mandrake 7 on his computer. we tried to boot the computer with 14G, but the computer just hung. The HD has option to use only 2GB so that the old computer can use the drive, but i want to set it up so that he could use whole 14G. Please help me... Thanks in advance!!! Sujeevan R Toronto, Ontario Canada. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:30:54 I assume you are using W95a on a first generation Pentium here( as you gave very little info) if this is true you can use your drive... I just went through this with a 13 Gig WD new hard drive...the only thing that is limited to 2gig is the fat 16 file system that W95a must use.I did not want to update to a newer ms windows system, or use that overlay program that always makes trouble and I did not want to upgrade flash my Bios in this old p-166 I installed windows 95a as usual and partitioned the rest of the drive for Linuxit works really well as linux does not use bios calls to access the disc like w95a does. the only thing you must do is to put your boot partition below the 1024 cylinder limit so LILO can boot the kernelif you use one 2gig fat 16 partition for windows and start your linux from there you will have no problem with that my W95 works just as it did on my old two gig drive, but now I have a full MDK 6.1 helios system with more room than I will ever need... dual booting with LILO in the MBR...It works great and I have the whole 13gigs with no problem. if you need the gritty details, post back and I will be happy to help you. Olly P Biloxi Mississippi If that works for you, you got it easy. I swear though, that I couldn't do that when I tried it years back. I know I had to use OnTrack on my old overdriven P60 and old 486. I've had western digital and seagate drives that came with versions of ontrack that were limited to only work with that particular drive. Here's what I remember from using OnTrack: First I had to start it in manual mode and some sort of bios mode, with command line arguments, and ignore all the warning messages it gives you. And I had to partition the drive through OnTrack, which does let you specify the filesystem types albeit in decimal. I got the listing from linux fdisk and used my calculator to convert them from hexidecimal. This included ALL linux partitions, down to the swap. I think I found that the best way to set up partitions was to put OnTrack in the MBR, a small DOS partition first, then the linux boot partition, and the rest of linux in an extended partitions. I installed LILO to boot out of that small linux boot partition and not the MBR. I told OnTrack to boot the linux boot partition after it did its thing. Then, you can use LILO to either boot linux or that DOS partition. Install ontrack in the small dos partition. I remember that took me a little trial and error because the docs not only didn't cover any of this but I think it even specifically said it wouldn't work for other oses, listing unix as one. And I know I tried just installing linux right off the bat without luck. I think this was around RedHat 5 timeframe, and I took an 800mb drive from the P60 and put it in the 486 when I got a 6gig to put in the P60. It's possible though that they were both subject to the 500mb limitation and not the 2GB one. I know the 486 is, and I can't remember if I had to install ontrack for my dad when he first got the 800mb drive for his P60...which all got passed down to me when it was obsolete ;) I just stole the 6gig and put it in my PII as /dev/hdb last weekend. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] FW: FTP
Ernie wrote: -Original Message- From: Ernie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:23 AM To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com Subject: FTP Hello, I am trying to set Up the ultimate bulletin board system on my machine, and when I create the folder and unzip the files, they don't show up when I brows them in kde, but I can see them at the command prompt with ls and dir. why is this, and also, when I ftp in, it won't let me upload and I bet you didn't hit the refresh/reload button. overwrite the files that I had to modify?? why. I did chmod from the command line and all the permissions are 777 or 755. I really don't know what's going on. and I can't open my browser and type in the ip address and view the pages (http://125.125.125.1/ubb/cp.html) for example on my local network. Please help if anyone has any ideas. Ernie
Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Anthony: Out of curiosity, I just went to the https://reg.freewwweb.com/cgi-bin/signup.cgi site you mentioned. Here is their home page: FreeWWWeb: http://www.freewwweb.com/pricing/pricmain.html http://www.freewwweb.com/register/ordmain.html You'll find on the above page specific information about the OS's supported. They include only Windows and Mac. Someday we'll have our own free ISP, but not yet. Yours, Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net But did you actually read the setup details and/or try it yourself? I read through them, and although I haven't tried it firsthand, I can't see a reason why this wouldn't work for other OSes. You can derive the information you need out of the stup information for windoze. The ones that you definately can't use (and probably wouldn't want to use anyways) are those that require a special browser to constantly view their spam^H^H^H^Hadvertisements. I shouldn't say definately, because I've heard that sometimes people do get them working, or can have a 2nd windoze box or vmware session and then share that connection with linux (Id rather pay than do that) ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners
bluebottle wrote: I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At about 4kb/s download speed that is at least 9 minutes of time for an attachment that most of us won't open. The person knows who they are and I would ask that the majordomo suspends them from the list. That's excessive, but that wasn't cool. Maybe one of those initial messages from majordomo that you get when you sign on should cover some basic rulez such as: 1) no binary attachments unless there's a damn good reason (hint, hint: a 2mb mp3 isn't) 2) list that message length limit now in effect (100k) 3) turn off your !#@$# request for receipts that's annoying 4) try not to post in html not everyone's mailreaders support it Messages from this group didn't reach me from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon, I don't know why because expert messages did. I think maybe it has to do with that 2mb attachment. Anyone else with me on these? Some of us think know this is common curtosy, but obviously not everyone knows this. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Comments on Graphical Installation
RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote: A few days ago I got a copy of the MacMillan version of Mandrake 7.0. I have a couple of things to say about the new graphical installation. First, generally, I'm not impressed. I actually found the old installation method easier to use. The installation of packages seems to be a crapshoot. I did 3 different installs because each time packages were left out. Each time, the packages left out were different! Each installation was the same: customized, development. One time, gcc was completely left out! Another, kdevelop was omitted. Why would this be happening?? Are you sure you had those packages selected to install? I love the graphical install, and fiound it easier to navigate then the old redhat text install. Selecting packages was easier too, once you get the hang of it. A problem I had at first was pressing the left mouse button on a catagory to shrink/grow and that would select/unselect all non-required packages in the tree underneath. After having to go back through the lists a few times after screwing it up I learned to stop doing that. Second, at no time during the installation was I able to get X configured properly. Each time, I had to quit the configuration of X. It would try to test it and then hang. I would have to CTRL-ALT-BKSPCE to get out of it and complete the installation. Once the installation was completed, I would then use XF86Setup to configure X. XF86Setup worked like a champ. It was, and still is, my favorite method for configuring X. I don't remember an install that did setup x the way I wanted it, so I guess I had lower expectations than you. Funny thing is tha in the install, my exact mouse was listed. In XF86Setup it wasn't. I ended up using xf86config because it is much better at creating a list of resolutions and color depths for your display. Then good 'ol vi lets you tweak everything, including adding the exact mouse driver, ZAxisMapping, and whatever else. Third (not really part of the graphical installation but what the heck), I tried using Lothar to configure sound but it showed a message saying something like the PnP device is not identified. But then it said something like the PnP device identifier is CS4235. Anyway, I used sndconfig to configure it properly. Once again the older method succeeded where the new one didn't. I don't know for sure, but there may be a good reason for the manual stating that you should run sndconfig to setup sound. I didn't even know that drakconf and lothar existed for a few days ;-) I don't know if I'll use lothar again, it brought my X to a near-screeching halt. Quitting, logging out, and restarting was still VERY SLW...I ended up rebooting. However it seemed to give my swap partition a swift kick in the ass by just _looking_ at the settings. It didn't seem to be working previously to that (even when my memory weas near-full) KPM still doesn't report swap usage or swap existance, if anyone has a clue why please let me know. xosview and swapon (-s?) do report it though, Anyway, that's my .02. Here's mine. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote: On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:22:06 -0600, Jeremy wrote: If that works for you, you got it easy. -- Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:54:40 Well Jeremy, it wasn't that easy grin, but it is working really fine.. I did not intend to put any money into this old P-166..it has the antique BIOS dated DEC 1995...I was warned off of the overlay programs by good people on the Packard Bell newsgroup.. I did not want to put a bullet in the brain of this old computer with a BIOS flash gone bad When I installed the 13gig WD it showed as a 2Gig. I just installed W95a with the PB recovery floppy that fdisk two gig fat 16...as far as the bios was concerned that was a full load... Then I installed MDK Helios 6.1 using the expert mode which lets you partition manually with Linux Fdisk.no disc dude or any of that automatic stuff...I just put hda2 as an extended partition all the way to the end of the 13 Gigs and started the logicals with boot first and sectioned them on out, made my swap and native and loaded the mandrake. I did scotch my partition table with a dumb move I will not expound upon g..as I was trying to partition Linux .and I was locked out of a brand new unbootable disc, with a 95a system that I had just put many hours intofortunately I had been looking around with FIPS 2.0 prior to that and had made a backup file on the FIPS floppy...I did not use it for any thing else...so I ran the FIPS recovery file and it reconstituted my W95 table and luckily nothing was harmedthe second attempt at loading the mandrake went like a charm...and I have unbelievable room..smile. Olly P Biloxi Mississippi. Man, I still swear that I couldn't see the whole drive when I tried that. And I had crossed my fingers that fdisk in linux would see it and work. But I wasn't so lucky. Maybe it has to do with the system, and maybe redhat 5.0 didn't have something that newer madrakes do. Anyone who's trying to upgrade their antique, by all means try this first... BUT if it doesn't work you may need to use OnTrack. There are commercial versions if it didn't come with your drive, and you might even need to find an older version if they've changed things since. My previous tips could save you some time and frustration in that case. Sooo, how long until mandrake ships on a roll of scotch tape? hehehe (see the recent story on slashdot.org, someone got 10gigs capacity on a roll of scotch tape-I shit you not! Now that's a hardware hack) ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] linux-mandrake
"Tony Velez - Charter @ Home" wrote: I just got a Mandrake Deluxe Linux OS ver 6.0 and I am trying to load it on a new hard drive but I keep getting a boot failure error from the Linux boot diskette. Does this mean the boot diskette is bad and if so how do I get a new one. Thanks for any help you can give me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes it's probably bad RTFM for details, but here's the jist of it: there's a program called rawrite on the cd and an image file of a boot disk. I know for a facrt there's at least a readme if you casnt find the manual. Funny story when I bought 6.0: The packing list said there was supposed to be a boot disk, and I didn't get one. It was shoortly before the store closed so I rushed back to exchange it. I decided to make sure the next one I grabbed had the disk with it...none in the stock did, and I _really_ pissed off best buy security while checking every one. I then decided to take one home anyway figuring I could find a way to install. I felt mighty stupid after I saw the boot disk image! On second thought, I think this was redhat 5.0 because I had windows on that computer for a short time before I got redhat 5.0. (the only reason I had windows on it was because it was on it when it got passed down to me, and the only linux I had was an archaic one on my 486 with no install disks. Other than that Ive been M$ free since 93/94, until I recently installed vmware) Once you start using linux it's hard to go back to windows! I aways have this small partition free where I plan on installing windows but never get around to it... ~Jeremy
[newbie] check this site out
www.kmfms.com Microsoft bashing, linux, all to a KMFDM-ish (a cool band) theme. Gotta love that graphic! I know this isn't really Mandrake related, but I'm willing to bet some of you will like. Ok, to keep this on topic, I'm thinking about adding a graphic to my LILO prompt. Mandrake 7.0 boot disk does it. Is it possible for me to do this as well? I'm going to be playing around with this, if anyone has some hints please post. If I figure it out I will post how here. Or, better yet, is it possible to make my console login prompt a graphic? (no, not PC ASCII characters) I'm thinking the above graphic would be cool until I get sick of it. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166
Sujeevan wrote: HELP ME PLEASE !!! my friend has a 14g HD (FUJITSU) and he is trying to install Mandrake 7 on his computer. we tried to boot the computer with 14G, but the computer just hung. The HD has option to use only 2GB so that the old computer can use the drive, but i want to set it up so that he could use whole 14G. Please help me... Thanks in advance!!! Sujeevan R Toronto, Ontario Canada. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What, you don't want to use only 14% of the drive? Neither would I... Did it come with software (labelled as being for DOS) such as OnTrack? You do need this and you MAY be able to get it to work with linux. If your BIOS only supports a 2 gig drive you are SOL unless you have such a program. I've set up 2 antique computers over the years using larger than supported hard drives AND linux. And was successful at it too, although ripped my hair out at times. I might be able to give you some hints if you have such software. (Hope it's Ontrack, but I never owned a Fujitsu) It can be tricky, I'm warning you now. ~Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
Denis Havlik wrote: :~I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g :~ :~I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in Mandrake, I couldn't find the java files that needed to be there. I was amazed that an "everything but the kitchen sink" installation didn't include Java. :~ :~So, are any of you running Java apps in 7.0? How did you manage it? :~ Where can I get this app. Have to try it out to see why it doesn't work I remember hearing that it works well with IBM's Java, which is available for free.
[newbie] problems with KDE that came with 7.0 (HELP! please)
HAs anyone else had problems with the KDE packages that came with 7? Its seems quite shitty in the stability aspect compared to the LDE in 6.0. I originally started using KDE 'cause gnome was instable back then... I never had a problem with KDE in 6.0 KFM can no longer go into .tgz's and display contents. It just has a bunch of folders that don't really exist. I really miss being able to read a text file inside a .tgz with only a few mouse clicks. Even the Archiver program sucks for this now too. It'l display the contents of the archive, but you can't read a file...it just gives an error saying the file doesn't exist. aKtion doesn't play all the same movies that the previous version. KPM doesn't display my swap. Kpackage doesn't prompt for the root passwd anymore when needed, but this is prob just a security thing and may be possible to set it up that way still. * REAL PROBLEM STARTS HERE! * I've also had serious problems with windows not being able to connect to the display. I don't think this is the server, 'cause I've tried 3 different ones! The bundled 3.3.6, the bundled 3.3.5 for 3dfx, and the slightly-newer 3.3.5 on the 3dfx website. I went back to 3.3.6 SVGA because the server on 3dfx's site was SVGA too... Left screen locked overnight, came back today to kpanel gone. Started kpanel in terminal and logged into internet. Tried to start netscape couldnt connect to display. Trying to open other windows told me KFM wasn't running. I decided to start keeping track of all this to help find the problem. I tried starting it at the prompt, as you can see here: ERROR: KFM is not running KFM NOT READY ERROR: KFM is not running KFM NOT READY ERROR: KFM is not running KFM NOT READY [jeremy@fdialup185 jeremy]$ kfm [2] 6801 [jeremy@fdialup185 jeremy]$ Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kfm: cannot connect to X server :0 [2]+ Exit 1 kfm [jeremy@fdialup185 jeremy]$ cat xerrorlog - These are the errors displayed in the virtual console window where I started x windows in: AUDIT: Wed Mar 15 18:29:21 2000: 1709 X: client 17 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display: :0 AUDIT: Wed Mar 15 18:29:55 2000: 1709 X: client 17 rejected from local host [1]+ Stopped startx [jeremy@localhost jeremy]$ cat xerrorlog -- I had to restart xwindows. I shouldn't be having to do this. I've had this probelm a few times now, usually when trying to open netscape. But not always is it netscape that screws everything up. I hate having to restart x. WTF is going on here? Is this a KDE thing or what? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP BECAUSE THIS REALLY SUCKS!!!! ~Jeremy One last gripe: Why the @#$%$ is the .kderc created by default w/ root ownership in the user's home directory AND NO WRITE ACCESS FOR THAT RESPECTIVE USER?!?! Now, I can see that if it were the system-wide one, but come on! It took a while to figure out why I couldn't change my @#$%@#$% colors! That was pure stupidity on someone at Mandrake's part...
Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks?
George Jones IV wrote: U Jeremy, could you please refrain from using any racial slurs here? Thanks. My bad...sorry...didn't mean it like that...honestly! hope noone was offended
Re: [newbie] RPM
But don't let that discourage you from linux too much, I think RedHat or others will work fine. Just remember it's not really a pentium, and you can't do everything a pentium will. (anyone remember the 386sx?) Jon Hunter wrote: That would not be an AMD 5x86 133 would it? I have one of those in another box. Here's the deal This is the fastest 486 chip (That I know of) that was ever made. Your system bus speed is 33mhz but the chip itself is running 133mhz. The name is a bit of "slight of hand" from AMD. It was put out when Pentiums were first coming out. To the uninformed it would look like 586 (Meaning Pentium). So if this is your chip, no you can't run mandrake. And no, you can't just "Stick a new chip in" either. To use Mandrake you will need a whole new system, (Or at least a new motherboard to go with the new processor). Don't throw this thing away though, it will make a great fileserver! I love my old 486 because: The one that I hand built and a Compaq Deskpro 2000 sitting side by side. Deskpro (Compaq's "Business Solution") = Pentium 200 64 meg ram 2.1gig Western Dig HD Homebrew = AMD 5x86 133 (A 486) 64 meg 1.08gig Both running Windows NT Server 4.0 with same services running, the 486 was faster in everything but drawing the opengl screensaver. Had I upgraded the graphics card it probably would have kicked butt there too. X-Mailer wrote: I have mandrake 6.1 installed, on an AMD 133 mhz, and everytime I try to install any rpm from the mandrake CD, with an i586 extention, it says that the package is for a different architecture. Any ideas what I can do? (i386 files install fine)
Re: [newbie] Conf XFree86 in text mode
Emilio Correa wrote: Hi, I want to know a text mode utility to configurate the XFree86. I have probe with xconf but it disn't run on my MDK 7.0. Thanks in advance Emilio Correa TEL mensajes: 02932-4-21305 o 02932-4-23486 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] xf86config - works truely in text mode XF867Setup - works outside of x windows, but goes into a low resolution GUI for you to configure. the second is easier. the first is better for multiple resolutions.
Re: [newbie] problems with KDE that came with 7.0 (solution?)
Jeremy wrote: [jeremy@fdialup185 jeremy]$ Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server ^^ Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kfm: cannot connect to X server :0 - AUDIT: Wed Mar 15 18:29:21 2000: 1709 X: client 17 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display: :0 AUDIT: Wed Mar 15 18:29:55 2000: 1709 X: client 17 rejected from local host [1]+ Stopped startx [jeremy@localhost jeremy]$ cat xerrorlog ^ -- I think I *finally* figured this out. Here's my hypothesis: Note my 2 different prompts with different machine names... the first was from a konsole window and the 2nd was from the virtual console. I had my machine name automatically change when I log onto the 'net (via kppp). I log onto the net from a x session I start from "localhost", but then the name changes to "fdialup185". When I then try to open a window my x server (presumably) sees the request is coming from something other than localhost and basically says "get the hell out of here, you can't use that!" I then quit X, and restart it as fdialup85. It then expects requests from fdialup85 and subsequent requests to open a window are granted. The thing is that I don't know (can't remember) if it always failed on me right away or all the time I guess time will only tell if this fixes it. I'm interested in hearing any thoughts from anyone in the meantime, like whether I am making any sense here or am just overtired. ;-) Does anyone else have their machine name change? This still doesn't explain why kpanel died, or other little things in kde like the viewing of archives... any ideas there? Man, it's midnight already, I need to get up early, and I still haven't ironed clothes for tommorrow. ~Jeremy
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[newbie] Enlightenment ALT-Fx Problems
I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 to test it out on my laptop. I like to make use of my virtual desktops. In Enlightenment you can setup the ALT-Fx keys to switch desktops just like virtual terminals. However this does not work with Mandrake's setup. Any ideas on how to fix this? I believe there is some other problem that already claimed those keys but don't know how to find out help... -- Jeremy Collins LinuxMall.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Mandrake 7 download
I am downloading Mandrake 7.0 as a fix for my Rage 128 problem I posted about earlier. I couldn't find a true .iso image to burn a CD from so I am downloading the whole file structure from a mirror. Of course there have been a couple of breaks in the download (even though it is over a DirecPC dish , it is taking several hours obviously...) and I want to make sure that I have not missed anything. What is the easiest way to check the directory that I have downloaded to make sure that I have gotten everything required... If you say print out a list and start checking I'm gonna cry!!! Also can I install someway from a windoze partition directly to my Linux partition (Downloaded files are on C: drive...) or do I need to burn a CD and make a boot floppy. (Or will the CD be bootable , if not can I make it bootable???) Thanks a ton... Jeremy Casey [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. I have read what little info I could find on the Linux-Mandrake site about downloading and installing 7.0 and that wasn't much...If it is already written up in a HOW-TO please let me know ...I don't mind researching , I've just hit a brick wall on some basics here...
[newbie] NIC suggestions
Season's Greetings! I'm considering setting up little LAN in my home and, since I'm completely inexperienced in networking, would like everyone's input regarding which NIC(s) to choose. I am only in the planning stages and have no NICs or Hub. Here is my situation: 1 PC dual booting L-M6.0 and Win98 1 PC with Win98 Both PC's have more than 1 of each PCI and ISA slots open. I intend to use the LAN for sharing files, and maybe the printer on the Win98-only PC if I can get Linux to do it. I would also like to be able to share the modem (and therefore Internet connection) in the Dual-booting machine (preferably while its running Linux). Even though I only have 2 PC's, I want the abillity to easily expand (although I'm not likely to go beyond 4 systems), so I will be getting a hub in stead of using a crossover cable. Here are my questions: (1)What would be easier to configure in Linux, a PCI or ISA NIC? Remember, I will be installing a NIC in a machine that previously had none. (2)Will 10-BASET be enough for me, or shall I aim for a 10/100 network? (3)Is there any benefit to having identical NICs in all the PC's on a network? Thanks for any info! Jeremy
[newbie] Cannot compile
I'm running L-M6.0 and cannot compile any source code. I've been trying to get it to work for several weeks and still haven't found all the problems. Here is my latest problem. I'm trying to compile the source for the Spruce email client, and here is the output of ./configure: creating cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... yes checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for working aclocal... missing checking for working autoconf... missing checking for working automake... missing checking for working autoheader... missing checking for working makeinfo... missing checking whether working makeinfo... missing checking whether make sets $[MAKE]... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking wheter the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: insallation or configuration problem: C ompiler cannot creat e executables. Yes, I'm running as root. I thought that compiling source code was a basic activity in Linux, but I've been using L-M6.0 for six months on 2 different PC's and have never been able to compile anything. How shall I fix this? Jeremy
[newbie] make?
Hello, I left this list a few days ago thinking I'd run out of questions. Silly me... I'm attempting to install a program that is only avaiable as source code, and not as a binary. I've read the file's README and followed it's instructions regarding compiling, but it doesn't work. I can run the Makefile.PL, but "make" isn't a known command. What packages do I need to install so I can compile this program? According to the readme, it is written in C. I've already installed these packages from my L-M6.0 CD, and it has not helped: cproto4.6-3mdk.rpm cdecl2.5-10mdk.rpm cpp1.13-3mdk.rpm Thanks, Jeremy
Re: [newbie] make?
Here are the instructions from the README: --- Become root, open a terminal window, and enter the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install --- Step 1 works. "perl Makefile.PL" makes a "Makefile". But Step 2 is "make". This is the instruction that doesn't work. Out of curiosity, I also tried "Makefile", but it does also nothing. Jeremy On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Mike Fieschko wrote: [snip] "Makefile.PL"? Does this work? perl Makefile.PL -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA
[newbie] dropped modem connections with Linux
Hello, I'm having what would seem to be a rather strange problem. My modem almost always disconnects suddenly from my ISP after a few minutes online. The time varies -- sometimes 20 seconds sometimes 45 minutes. KPPP gives me the message "pppd died". Here's the strange part: using the same modem in Windows on the same machine calling the same ISP works fine. The modem is a USR Sportster 28.8 External. I do have debug for pppd and kppp enabled, and nothing abnormal shows up in the log(s). Linux thinks that the modem simply hangs up and sees no errors. Also, on the rare occasion when the connection in Linux lasts, the throughput is greatly slower than with Windows. I only average 1.3K down with Linux and the same setup with Windows get me an average of 2.2K. Then, too, I have the registry tweaked up in Windows to adjust the MTU, TTL, RWIN, MSS, and NDI Cachesize. BTW, is there any way to adjust these values in Linux? I already know how to do the MTU and MRU settings, but what about the others. (These two alone seem to make little if any difference). I've already contacted my ISP (who supports Linux) and he says my problem is likely phone line noise (I live out in the country). This is quite possible, but then why is Linux so much more picky about it? I have had occasional disconnects with Windows, but only a fraction of the number as with Linux. I am using this initialization string with Linux: ATZ. I do not have a string specified in Windows. Is there some remedy for this? Do I need a new modem? or do I give up and revert to Windows for my surfing and emailing? Thanks for any suggesions, Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Network is unreachable
Axalon, In the process of retrieving the necessary messages, I happened to try the internet logged in as root (which I hadn't tried yet) and it worked fine. Should have tried this sooner, I guess. But I still get the same problems when logged in with either of my two user accounts. So the data below is from attempts from the non-working user account. Of course, as user, I could not use ifconfig or route to determine their output. And, since the root account is working properly, I assume that their output from the root account would be irrelevant, so I have not included it. How shall I go about getting the user accounts to work like the root one is? OK, here is a relevant exerpt from var/log/messages from the nonworking user account "Jeremy": Dec 1 07:42:09 localhost PAM_pwdb[614]: (kde) session opened for user Jeremy by (uid=0) Dec 1 07:44:52 localhost pppd[684]: pppd 2.3.8 started by Jeremy, uid 501 Dec 1 07:44:52 localhost pppd[684]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 1 07:44:52 localhost pppd[684]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0 Dec 1 07:44:59 localhost pppd[684]: Remote message: Login ok Dec 1 07:44:59 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered Dec 1 07:44:59 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered Dec 1 07:45:03 localhost pppd[684]: local IP address 216.96.114.233 Dec 1 07:45:03 localhost pppd[684]: remote IP address 216.96.114.225 Dec 1 07:45:06 localhost pppd[684]: local IP address 216.96.114.233 Dec 1 07:45:06 localhost pppd[684]: remote IP address 216.96.114.225 Dec 1 07:45:52 localhost pppd[684]: Terminating on signal 15. Dec 1 07:45:52 localhost pppd[684]: Connection terminated. Dec 1 07:45:52 localhost pppd[684]: Connect time 1.0 minutes. Dec 1 07:45:52 localhost pppd[684]: Sent 766 bytes, received 1115 bytes. Dec 1 07:45:52 localhost pppd[684]: Exit. Dec 1 07:46:35 localhost PAM_pwdb[614]: (kde) session closed for user Jeremy Dec 1 07:46:35 localhost kdm[459]: Cannot open server authorization file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/A:0-OmlKJZ -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Network is unreachable It's not the modem lets just everybody take that off the list, were the modem flaky he'd have speratic(yep ax's spelling sucks) connection to sites outside his isp. enable the debug for pppd and kppp (we're interested in the "remote ip" "local ip", send portion of var/log/messages with these) also the output of "ifconfig ppp0" "route -n" and contents of "/etc/resolv.conf"
Re: [newbie] Network is unreachable
Dennis, Well, unlike a lot of Linux (relative) newbies, I can guarantee you that it is not a winmodem. It's a USR Sportster 28.8 EXTERNAL. And I doubt that the problem is in the modem itself as this modem works with Win9x. The irq might be wrong, I've been spoiled by PnP in Win and have little experience in the nuts and bolts of irq's and the like. How do I tell if I have the wrong irq and, if I do, make it right? Thanks for the suggestion, Jeremy On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:27:52 -0600, Dennis wrote: It sounds like a modem problem. Such as wrong irq being selected, or other. If it was a winmodem it shouldnt work at all in linux, but it really sounds like it can be traced pretty much to a problem either in the modem itself or the configuration of same in linux. __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, Fun !!!
[newbie] MVP3 chipset and L-M 6.0
Hello, I've been happily using L-M 6.0 on a single-boot system for a couple months. Now I'm in the process of assembling another system from spare parts and would like to configure it as triple boot setup with 2 installs of Win98 (one for games the other for everything else) and Linux Mandrake 6.0. Question #1: Can LILO handle the two different installations of Win98, or will I need a different boot loader? I have seen in the archives that the kernel will need to be recompiled to take full advantage of the VIA IDE controller on the MVP3 chipset on my motherboard. Here is a list of my hardware: Motherboard: Soyo 5EHM SuperSocket7 with the VIA MVP3 chipset CPU: AMD K6-2/300 (for a 100 mhz FSB) RAM: 64MB 72pin EDO (I'll get PC100 DIMMS later!) Video: Creative Labs Graphics Blaster TNT 16MB AGP Sound: Creative Labs AWE64 HDD: Maxtor 8.4GB w/UDMA33 and an old IDE Quantum Fireball 1.6GB CD-ROM: old (but reliable) IDE Toshiba 4X Modem: External USR Sportster 28.8 Question #2: Are there any other special precautions to take before/during/after installing Mandrake 6.0 because of this hardware? Thanks! Jeremy
Re: [newbie] make xconfig error
Hey I get that too! I thiink it has something to do with ncurses?? Are you running Mandrake 6.1 ? J On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I want to recompile my kernel with support for my SoundBlaster CD-ROM, but when I run "make xconfig" I get the following error: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts' gcc -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -pipe -s -mpentium -mcpu=pentium -march=pentium -ffast-math -fexpensive-optimizations -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -c -o tkparse.o tkparse.c make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts' cc1: Invalid option `preferred-stack-boundary=2' make[1]: *** [tkparse.o] Error 1 make: *** [xconfig] Error 2 What does this mean? -- Be careful what you wish for...you might get it.
Re: [newbie] downloading
Hey guess what. I let it finish downloading the gobbly-guk and then went: file-save as netscape saved it as a .tgz pretty cool. by the way it was that Amaya browser. It looks cool but I can't search for anything or actually use my keyboard. Oh well i'll figure it out and let you all know what the problem is. j On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote: do a right click on the file and then click save link as - Original Message - From: jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:08 PM Subject: [newbie] downloading I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the code? j
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
I was doing some searching and found that Opera is moving to port their browser to Linux in a couple of weeks(www.opera.com i think thats where i was). also Sun has HotJava. but I do not know what that is. it seems like a browser. i have not downloaded it yet (www.download.com type "browser"). J On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote: "Brian K. Garel" wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: snip I do have Netscape 4.7 and it crashes a lot less. But I am still getting this weird bookmark error. "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". I have to click "OK" to make it go away. It pops up about every 5 minutes, in a window. Very annoying. But no crashes, and yes, I have 4.7. The error happens when I'm reading mail as well as browsing, and I haven't made any bookmark changes. Thanks, Karen Have you tried downloading _only_ navigator (not communicator)? I agree with you that netscape sucks but that seems to be about the only choice if you wan't to take advantage of as much of the web as possible. When I upgraded, I installed just navigator and haven't really had any trouble with it other than its horrible shockwave capabilities. DvB
[newbie] frontpage98
hello all, is there a program like frontpage98 for Linux?
Re: [newbie] [getting OT] Reinstalling Win98
Perhaps the "afinity" some current and former Windows users have for reinstalling is more legitimate than you seem to think. My example: A few months ago I built a brand new PC. All band-name, brand new components and I proceeded to do a clean install of Win98 (first edition - build 1998). Well, Win98 ran for 2 weeks. Then one morning it gave me an invalid page fault in explorer.exe while booting up. After running scandisk and finding no errors, I had to reinstall because I repeatedly got the page fault even when attempting to boot into safe mode. So, I attempted to reinstall, and the setup process locked my system up (something that didn't happen the first time). That was it -- I'm done with Windows and have installed Linux Mandrake 6.0 and have run it flawlessly for 2 and a half months on the same hardware. (1) It wasn't anything I did wrong -- one day the system ran fine and I shut it down without problems; the next time I booted it, it choked. (2) No application to be a problem. I didn't install anything new, and had nothing running at startup but the Windows components. (3) Hardware problem? Everything was less than 2 weeks old. (And runs Linux flawlessly) (4) A problem with the OS? I think so! Goodday, Jeremy Kersenbrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Brinkman wrote: 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. 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] .
Re: [newbie] Modem is busy, but it really isn't
Mike, First of all, I hope your modem has jumpers. If not, I can be of no help. I had the same problem with my PnP USR Sportster 33.6. Everybody told me that isapnp would work, but it didn't. I even did the confusing setserial stuff everybody told me to do and nothing worked. My modem has jumpers, so I just jumpered it to the COM # and IRQ instead of leaving it jumpered as Plug and Play. If yours has jumpers, jumper it to COM1 and the generic IRQ 3. I don't know how to tell what IRQ to really use, mine was already set to 3 so I used it and got rid of the "modem busy" messages immediately. Most likely you can just change the COM jumper and leave the IRQ jumper alone. I don't dual boot, so I don't know how this will affect Win95 -- you might have to remove the modem configuration and let it detect and reinstall it again as a non-PnP device. Hope this helps, Jeremy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been fighting with my modem till I'm blue in the face. kppp reports that "modem is busy", but it's just sitting there. I made sure when I bought it that it was not a WinModem. I have an internal ISA PlugPlay US Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem, model 5685. I have tried isapnp. I've set IRQs etc to what works with dual-boot 95. I've used modemtool. I'm using /dev/ttyS0 since I use COM1 on 95. But I tried the other /dev/ttySx devices as well. No joy. PLEASE HELP ME. Thanks, Mike Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Backspace doesn't work
I have a small problem that has been bugging me ever since I installed Mandrake 6.0. I thought I'd get used to it, but i haven't; so somebody help me fix it! The problem: the backspace key and delete key have the same function! It is quite inefficient to have to lift the typing hand and drop down to the arrow keys to back up to fix typos. Yes, I have already searched the archives on this and didn't find any help. It looks like several people have had this problem in the past and no one has replied -- or at least with worthwhile information. Thanks for any help, Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Star Ahhh!-fice
David, I installed Star Office 5.1 successfully from a CD-ROM yesterday, so perhaps I can help you out. I installed is as a single user installation, so if you want a network installation or something else maybe someone else will help out. First of all are you shure you downloaded the version for Linux? It could be in a zip file, but I would have expected a .tar. Here are your steps: 1. Log in as a regular user (not root) 2. Start X-Windows -- unless it starts automatically. (either the Gnome or K Desktop environments should work -- I have KDE) 3. OK, you don't need to worry about the "SETUP.BIN", you need a file simply called "setup". It's a script, as if you needed to know. If the downloaded files are like the CDROM, it will be in the /linux/office51 directory of the directory where you unzipped the archive. If you have KDE, try it this way: click the K ButtonDisk NavigatorHomeThe Directory Where you Unzippedlinuxoffice51 then press Shift while you click on "Open Folder" at the top of the menu. This will open a terminal window already in the right directory. If you don't have KDE, you'll need to use a terminal emulator and cd to this directory before proceeding. 4. Last step: type "./setup" That worked for me. Hope it helps you out. I'm a nebiew as well and didn't do this the first time. KDE locked up with my initial attempt (clicking on the "setup" file), but the installation only took about 4 minutes when I used these steps. Jeremy Kersenbrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] "David P. Greenberg" wrote: --We've all heard tales of woe regarding that mess, Star Office. Well, here's my sad story. I downloaded the thing from the new Sun page. it took me 7 and 3/4 hours!!! That's at 33.6 connected at 31200. I'm NOT exagerating. After getting it, I cracked the tarball w/ kde and it unzipped. I opened the setup.zip file with karchiver and unzipped to a directory in my /home directory I ended up with 40 files in a so51 directory. At the bottom of the heap is a SETUP.BIN (exe. gear) . I have set permissions but the gear does nothing. In fact none of the files do anything. Now, before the flames roll in, let me just say this. I have succesfully installed both rpm's and tar's on this system. Also I did read the .pdf file that came with the download, and it was of absolutely no help. I also would like to point out that I have not been able to make SO work since version 4.0. I keep trying because if us Linux users didn't like challenges we'd still be using Windows. Has anybody out there gotten this thing to work? Please post a nice, dumb step by step for us newbies out there, unwilling to concede. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!*
Thanks! That got it! But my graphics still don't look as good as I expected. I selected 24bit color and 800x600 and graphics still have speckled color. I thought 24bit was supposed to be "True Color"! Jeremy -Original Message- From: Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 3:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!* You are still at 640x480 8bpp because you are probably using the vga16 server, not the XBF_i740 server. To solve this, go to /usr/X11R6/bin and make a symbolic link to the XBF_i740 file as follows: cd /usr/X11R6/bin ln -s XBF_i740 XF86_SVGA Then run Xconfigurator and select unlisted card, select SVGA server, select the proper settings for your monitor, and answer "don't probe" when it appears. Then you'll be asked for the video ram, my Stealth II G460 has 8mb, you specify what's right for your card. After that select "No clockchip", "skip" probe, and finally select your desired resolution and color depth. It's recommended that you select only the resolution you want to work with, and not the lower ones. After that just say "ok" and you're done! El 18 sep 1999, escribiste: OK, now that I have installed the i740 xserver and rerun xf86config, what good is it? My system is still loading the generic VGA dirver at 640x480. I've managed to figure out how to comment out the annoying virtual desktop settings in the config file, but I need to know how I can force the system to load up the accellerated driver in something other than 640x480 screen resolution and (hopefully) something a bit sharper looking than level 8 color depth. I've tried the ControlAlt+ and ControlAlt- thing mentioned in the xfree86 FAQ, and nothing happens. Any suggestions are appreciated. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!* I use the one supplied on the Mandrake 6.0 Cd and it works fine. There is a readme file in the same directory that tells you exactly how to set this up, just make sure you use the instructions for redhat systems 5.0 and above, not the 4.0 instructions. Also note that the created XF86config file will placed under /etc/ not /etc/X11. Have Fun, Ben
Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!*
OK, I'm lost. So, do I need to download an install the entire current version (3.3.5 -- the PCI Starfighter is supposedly supported in it) or can I just use the i740 server that came on my Mandrake 6.0 CD? It is in a subdirectory on the CD, but wasn't part of the installed package doesn't show up on the card list in Xconfigurator. Either way, can somebody give me some pointers on installing? I'm a pathetic newbie that can handle RPM's but still need some help with other installations. Thanks! Jeremy -Original Message- From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!* I have the 24meg Starfighter. Works fine with the XBF server, and is supposed to be inlcluded in the new xfree86 release. ( As a side note, I have reinstalled so often, I know the Real3d PCI card is #414 during setup..tada ) Ben Also, has anybody tried the i740 X-Server on a Real3d Starfigher PCI? Thanks Jeremy __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, Fun !!!
Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!*
OK, now that I have installed the i740 xserver and rerun xf86config, what good is it? My system is still loading the generic VGA dirver at 640x480. I've managed to figure out how to comment out the annoying virtual desktop settings in the config file, but I need to know how I can force the system to load up the accellerated driver in something other than 640x480 screen resolution and (hopefully) something a bit sharper looking than level 8 color depth. I've tried the ControlAlt+ and ControlAlt- thing mentioned in the xfree86 FAQ, and nothing happens. Any suggestions are appreciated. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!* I use the one supplied on the Mandrake 6.0 Cd and it works fine. There is a readme file in the same directory that tells you exactly how to set this up, just make sure you use the instructions for redhat systems 5.0 and above, not the 4.0 instructions. Also note that the created XF86config file will placed under /etc/ not /etc/X11. Have Fun, Ben
Re: [newbie] Recoverable disk space
Ken, Thanks for the warning. It has been noted. This isn't my primary system -- so it would be little more than an inconvenience should I wreck it and have to reinstall everything. I still have a question. How do I tell exactly what files are in the disk clusters which I am battling. I see little benefit of playing with a hex editor when I don't even know what files to open with it. I know they exist and that they include approximately 2500 disk clusters too close to the end of my drive, but they could be anything -- Windows Registry, old temp files, something from software I've previously installed, or maybe even Windows core components. I need to be able to find out what files to tinker with before I can open them in a hex editor. Can I do it, and, if so, how? Thanks. Jeremy - Original Message - From: Ken Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 7:32 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Recoverable disk space Not wanting to seem like I'm talking down to you but I might think you wouldn't want to be using a hex editor yet if you have to ask what it is. That said, it is a tool, much like a regular text editor, EXCEPT, it lets you play with the individual bytes as hexadecimal values and arbitrarily change them to any value you wish. As you can see, doing this to a simple text file might not be so bad, doing it to an executable or a specially encoded file could be deadly. It's located off one of the utilities menus in your desktop. Take a peak at a file with it if you wish. Play with it if you're brave, but don't say you weren't forwarned. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Re: [newbie] Recoverable disk space
Bob, I've never had a Norton product on this machine. What do you mean by "running"? Do you mean those programs running on the system all the time, or all the software on the machine? I hadn't thought of this yet, but it does make sense that the clusters that the defragger cannot move are those programs that are running while the defragger is operating. I only have 4 that are supposed to run all the time (I have disabled 3 of them with Registry hacks); they include: MS Office "Findfast" disabled MS Office "OSA" disabled Visioneer Paperport "Flatbed" (scanner software autolaunch) disabled Windows Printing System (Windows95 driver/print manager for Canon printer) running I think I'll try killing the Printing System. Thanks for the tip (still open for more). Jeremy - Original Message - From: Bob Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Recoverable disk space Jeremy If I recall correctly the files at the end of the disk are put there by certain programs. I'm not sure but I think it's things like Norton Commander and similar progs. If anybody can correct me or shed more light on this, please do. What programs are you running? If you can kill these maybe you can delete those pesky files. You can always fire them up again after you get Linux installed. I've got win95 and I stripped all non-essentials before I installed Mandrake. The defrag/partitioning went smoothly. Bob Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] video accelleration in Linux
I remember hearing somewhere that one gets no harware video accelleration when using a TNT2 based video card in Linux, but Voodoo3 users do. Is this correct? What about the Voodoo Banshee (Creative Labs 3D Blaster AGP)? Will I get the benefit of hardware acceleration with this card in Linux? Thanks for the info. Jeremy
Re: [newbie] Fwd: Re: [SATLUG] more networking help
On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, you wrote: *DO NOT* remove the tee's and caps. They're a design part of the hardware known as the "physical link layer" and that part is working fine. Remember, you can see packets on the other machine. And never plug together two tees to get a junction with three connections. (At least not if you need it to be reliable!) Thanks, but the problem was my NE2000 card. I simply swapped it for another 3c5090 I had laying around, and bingo, it worked. Now I know by using BNC connectors I don't need a hub of any sort, so is there a limitation on the amount of computers I can daisy-chain? Jeremy
