Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
I can't even seem to load the program from the disks I bought is there any driver issues with my hardware? It haults and asks me to reboot when I'm loading the packages. Specifically when it gets to Fonts. mandrake 10 64 version athlon 64 3000 asus K8V 2 raptors 70 gigs apiece 9600XT sony CDRWDennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:54 pm, Chris wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 31 August 2004 08:25 pm, Chris wrote: This an odd question and there may not be a valid answer, but here goes. About every 10days the system locks up for seemingly unrelated reasons. For instance, last time it happened it locked up while one of have you checked the syslogs? Kinda sounds like something is being saved to say /tmp until there is no room and /tmp is only cleared on reboot. Just a wild guess. Dennis, in the /root/tmp are 192 hidden files called .drakx-stdout.(a number here, ie..11153. The contents of these files are: alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off linuxconf 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off postgresql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rwhod 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off routed 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off mysql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ipvsadm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off upsmon 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off prelude 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off internet 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off ypserv 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ypxfrd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off oki4daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off firestarter 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off mtink 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp: off chargen: off daytime-udp: off daytime: off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers: off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off xadmin: off fam: on linuxconf-web: off rsync: off cvs: off I'd hazard a guess and say the above is not the 'tmp' you're referring to, however, now that I've mentioned these files, what are these and can they be deleted? My actual /tmp is 125.5mb with 124mb free. I assume that this was the /tmp you were referring to? I'll keep an eye on /tmp over the next few days and see if it grows.The above are the current xinit settings that your system is running. As 1-off is init 1 and alsa is off and so forth. Bad explanation, maybe someone can jump in here and explain better. And /tmp was what I had in mind but other tmp files could be causing a problem, like /home/your usr/.tmp could be acting up. Not real sure but a memory leak might end up tying up all of your ram also. Anyone else have a thought? Slap me if I'm leading down the garden path. : )-- Dennis M. linux user #180842Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!
Re: [newbie] motherboard advice.
frankieh wrote: Also of interest to me is the SATA raid as I'd like to setup future servers to use striping/mirroring, but only if its software transparent. (So I mean is the RAID provided by these boards the same as pluggin in a SCSI raid controller such that linux will then see the drives as one, without using software raid.? ) the board specs on SATA: Serial ATA Interface - Support 2 serial ATA plus 1 ATA133 - RAID O or 1 is supported - RAID function works w/ATA133+SATA H/D or 2 SATA H/D The board I am looking at, is the top of the line MSI board. http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K7N2_Delta-ILSRclass=mb The onboard RAID chips are software RAID, same as the cheap PCI IDE RAID controllers you can buy. I.e. the motherboard CPU is responsible for addressing each of the drive controllers in turn and telling them to write to the drive. As such, there is a performance hit. You can run them in a transparent mode. During boot you are presented with the usual BIOS startup together with Press DEL (or whatever) to enter setup. Ignore that and another screen follows which is the same sort of thing but for the RAID controller. If you enter the RAID controller setup screen there, then you can format drives and setup RAID sets. This then presents your operating system with a single logical drive and lets the RAID BIOS handle all the fiddling about. I suspect I'm probably telling you a lot of stuff you already know, but... when your OS (be it Windows, Linux or anything else) calls the BIOS disk write routine for your logical drive, it sends the appropriate info to each of the physical drives setup in your configuration. As far as the OS is concerned you've only got one drive but as far as the processor is concerned you've got two (or more) - it's still doing the same work in the same way as if you had configured the RAID array in your operating system, just on the other side of the OS/BIOS dividing line. So the answer to your question is both YES (you can make it software transparent) and NO (it's not the same as a SCSI hardware RAID controller). Additionally, it's generally accepted (i.e. people tell me but I haven't done any tests myself) that the software RAID in the Linux kernel is faster than the transparent software RAID you get through an onboard RAID controller. If you ARE going to go this route then my recommendation would be to grab a copy of mdadm and do it in Linux... but I know that isn't what you want to do :-) Another advantage of doing it in Linux is that you can use RAID-5 which the motherboard RAID chipsets and the cheaper hardware RAID cards don't support. Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Googling
It works fine for me. Try 216.239.39.99 to get to it. If this works, you can add it too /etc/hosts as 216.239.39.99 www.google.com to always connect. It could be some problem with the dns servers at your isp not resolving the name for some odd reason. I would try contacting them. Len Lawrence wrote: Is Google still alive? For several weeks, or maybe months, mozilla here has been timing out on www.google.com, so some of the links posted in the list have been failing. Has anybody else seen this problem? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] tar CD
You can make one big archive and then use the split command(split -b 700m filename). You can then use cat to put them back together. Michael Adams wrote: Does anyone have a one liner that will tar.bz to CD sized volumes. TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New hard drive
Hi Stephen and others, Thanks for the reply. It sounds promising. what, just /home directories? And how do you plan on laying out the data on the disk in the first place? The disk itself consists of several mount points. One of the mount points is /home, others include /web (for web stuff), /warehouse and a mount point for windows crap (i.e. the games - what else would you use windows for :-)). Oh, a small partition for swap as well. Nothing particularly significant - just a pain if I had to re-install from scratch. Since I have a new, larger disk I'm at least planning on tarring up all the Linux mount points and placing it on a my initial disk (not the one being replaced). I'll then replace the dodgy disk with the good one. I am presuming I will need to reformat the disk and since it is a much larger disk I will look at repartitioning (to devote more space to /home, the games partition, etc). I have never really done this (I usually only touch this when I am upgrading the O/S and then I leave it up to Mandrake to work this out) but I have a vague understanding of how this will be done and was seeking something more concrete. Although I am comfortable with the Linux side of this (because it's such a wonderful thing) I'm not so sure about the windows side and was hoping there may be a set of instructions that shows how you can do all of this from the Linux side (i.e. don't have to switch back and forth from Linux to Windows). Hope that makes sense. Jon. On Saturday 05 July 2003 02:16 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:18, Jon wrote: HI, One of my hard drives is starting to bite the dust and I'll be replacing with a newer hard drive. Since the old drive consists of both linux and windows partitions and I want to copy the data across to the new hard drive (which is bigger) how do you do it? Also what's the correct sequence in formatting the hard drive? If this is covered in a FAQ somewhere then please just point me in the appropriate direction. Thanks. Jon. There are several strategies that you can follow - but I'd need to clarify what you mean by copy the data over - what, just /home directories? And how do you plan on laying out the data on the disk in the first place? Just checking mate. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] New hard drive
HI, One of my hard drives is starting to bite the dust and I'll be replacing with a newer hard drive. Since the old drive consists of both linux and windows partitions and I want to copy the data across to the new hard drive (which is bigger) how do you do it? Also what's the correct sequence in formatting the hard drive? If this is covered in a FAQ somewhere then please just point me in the appropriate direction. Thanks. Jon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Comparing CDs - whats the best way of doing it?
Hi, I am making some backup CDs for some of my data CDs but would like to check that all the files on one CD matches the same on another CD? What's the best way of doing such a comparison? I could run md5 against it but I would have to do it for each individual file - I am guessing there's a better way of doing it. Thanks. Jon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kmail - when I upgrade?
Hi, At this stage I am quite happy with Mandrake v9.0. However at some stage I will go to Mandrake v9.1. Usually when I do I save the files I want and then do a re-install (rather than upgrade). SInce I have just started to use Kmail what's the best way of migrating the folders across (when I do make the move)? Thanks. JOn. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Low volume sound
Hi, I have a sound blaster card that Mandrake 9.0 has detected. Whilst the sound is coming through the volume level is very low. How can this be changed? Thanks. Jon.
[newbie] Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB and Linux
Hi, I have finally got my machine to talk to both by CD burner and webcam (both USB). Yay. It's only taken about a year (and a new version of Mandrake). Does anyone know how to get Linux to talk to Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB (v 1.0). A lsusb shows me that it is picking it up but utilities like xawtv don't seem to sense it. I have checked the web and seem to get links that don't seem to help. Jon.
RE: [newbie] OT Adobe
Haven't heard of anything, which doesn't necessarily mean anything... I know I can do it using OmniPage on the 'doze box...:-( Jon I have several utilities to convert to .pdf and use them with success when I'm not sure which wp the recipient is using. But. Is there any way to convert from .pdf to any wp standard file format? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing Mandrake 9.0 - what should I back up first
Hi, At some stage I am intending on upgrading my machine to Mandrake 9 (groing from Mandrake 8.2). Rather than just do an upgrade I am planning on just installing Mandrake 9.0 (i.e. re-do everything). However I am wondering what I should back up to cd before I do it. I have backed up my home directory but is there anything else that should be done as well. Is there anyway of getting system information (such as monitor settings, sound card, etc.) and saving to file too? Thanks. Jon.
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Re: [newbie] 9.0 believed to be out (in mild disguise)
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:00:54 +0200, Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It changed: MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso558368 KB 09/23/2002 09:09:00 PM has now become: MandrakeLinux-9.0rc3-i18n.i586.iso467296 KB 09/24/2002 08:06:00 AM Any info on that? TIA, At first glance, it looks like the first ISO had a stack of RPMs the boot/documentation/tutorial stuff that's also on CD1. Looks like the boot/documentation/tutorial stuff has been removed for the second ISO, leaving just the RPMs. The RPM directory has same number of files same size on the second ISO so I'm assuming that nothing's changed in there... Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] giving up the ship?
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:43:48 -0700 (PDT), Ibly Piblo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you block Nimda attacks from your logs? Really, now, there must be a way, I have tried script after script, I am still getting attacked by this IP: 65.192.141.115 Who are these criminals? Usually they're not criminals, they're just idiots. a) they're running IIS so they're not the sharpest tool in the box b) they've not paid any attention to the media outpourings over the last 12 months about Nimda, Code Red, IIS viruses in general c) they haven't taken the trouble to follow up on the reports and find install any protection d) they're paying no attention to the behaviour of their server and the fact that it's probably running like an asthmatic snail at the moment I guess you just can't run a web server anymore. Oh yes you can. Remember that these attacks generate IP addresses then attempt to connect to them on port 80. I moved my server from port 80 to port 81 about 6 months ago. Prior to that I was getting Nimda/Code Red hits in the logs every hour. Since then I've had ONE dodgy access that was someone attempting to use me as a proxy! Now people just access my website as http://www.domain.com:81/page.html rather than http://www.domain.com/page.html I live in peace once more :-) Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive ???
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 01:31:26 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they were the same price,same size 5400 rpm are 7200 IBM .Which would work best for me??I,m running Mandrake only on this system 950 duron,320 MB ram,voodoo 3000 video.I,ve alway used W/D and there is a sale at a fair price but I,ve never had a 7200 rpm are a IBM .Is it noticeable ? All other things being equal, yes. Seek time will always be slower on the 5400rpm, but data transfer rates might not necessarily be as severely affected as appears at first glance. For example, I've just bought a couple of new Maxtor drives. 5400rpm and 7200rpm. Specs: 5400rpm 7200rpm platters3 2 heads 6 4 seek12mS8.5mS sectors/track 486-950 481-882 media xfer 43MB/s 54MB/s 7200rpm gets you 33% faster rotational speed but 26% faster transfer rate. The extra heads on the 5400rpm (and the small increase in sectors/track) means that it can pull more data off per rotation than the 7200rpm... although it takes longer to do that revolution. (Assuming that we can ignore interleaving - although I'm not sure if that's a valid assumption...). Your mileage may well vary on the IBM parts. If you've never had a 7200rpm before, be prepared for a shock at how hot they run! For same price same size, it's a no-brainer. You don't lose anything by stepping up in speed. But personally I wouldn't be buying either... or even accepting them as a free gift - see below. I,ve heard IBM is going out of the harddrive business.Are they OK ? Are is there a problem? Put ibm gxp drive failure into Google make your own mind up. I used to buy almost exclusively IBM drives... not any more. Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot
A couple of weeks back I was having problems with a 120Gb Maxtor D540X Mandrake 8.2 (well, any flavour of Linux as it turned out) and an old Pentium 233MMX machine with an ALI 5229 IDE controller. System would hang during boot with the drive installed, even though it wasn't yet configured. Change any one of - Linux to Win2000 - 120Gb to 80Gb - motherboard to Abit BP6 ... and it all worked fine. My last resort before defecting to Win2000 was to change the IDE controller by installing this cheapie ATA133 card: http://www.ivmm.com/eio/products_ap1680.html Just reporting back to say that the card is in running and LM8.2 works fine again. Boy, that makes me a happy bunny! Must have been some strange interaction between the Linux IDE drivers the controller. In the meantime, I've also upgraded my network added a new network card (D-link DFE-538TX - Realtek 8139 based) which HardDrake hangs on trying to configure, but I'll wait for LM9.0 to come out do a fresh install before I worry too much about that. Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Error
When I trying to instal Mandrake Linux I get an error message: "cannot uncompress second stage ramdisk" or somthing like this. What is wrong?
Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:09:05 -0400, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
as with any network, the defination of new storage is probley part of the
problem, in fact defining the new storage to the OS is about the whole
problem, my guess. If it were me, I would have first decided what OSs I want,
then go from there.
Mandrake was the OS I wanted.
The machine was running Mandrake 8.2 before with ext2 and ext3
formatted drives. I don't want Windows of any description on that
machine.
if I had a computer that had a winblow OS on the first
disk in the first hard drive, I would then add my new disk as a slave to the
first IDE cable, still booting with with the Mandrake install CDrom, and
install from there.
The reason I got diverted into Windows was an attempt to put something
new on the drive in the hope that that would help Mandrake 'see' the
drive. One of the drives I had in there before had FAT partitions on
it so I reasoned that Mandrake could happily continue the boot after
seeing FAT. Although I suspect (guess!) that the IDE driver is
probably just enumerating the drives at this point checks the file
systems a couple of lines further on.
What you suggest is partly where I started from (existing drive still
on cable, new drive added as slave) except that the master had
Mandrake 8.2 on it I was trying to boot from that.
After trying the drive as secondary master, then primary slave, I
grabbed a Win98 boot disk put a primary partition on it, formatted
as FAT32.
did you use MSdos fdisk for this? then format c: /s?sx
Yes and no.
Win98 boot disk fdisk to partition it, can't recall whether or not I
actually formatted it (!).
What I did do later was put an 8Gb partition on it I DID format that
(without /s though) - still no luck.
Next line of attack was to try the 120Gb drive on another machine.
I put it in an Abit BP6 (dual celeron) as slave to the existing
Win2000 FAT boot drive. Sure enough Mandrake CD booted saw the
drive! So I followed through did a full installation onto the 120Gb
drive. Of course the boot loader stage had to go and spoil my day by
overwriting the Win2000 MBR on the master drive so that I couldn't
boot Win2000 any more - despite me telling Mandrake NOT to install the
bootloader!
But anyway, I moved the now Mandraked drive back into the old machine
booted from CD...
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision 6.31
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
PCI: Assigned IRQ 10 for device 00:0f.0
ALI15X3: chipset revision 32
ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2000-0x2007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2008-0x200f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: probing with STATUS(0x50) instead of ALTSTATUS(0xff)
hda: Maxtor 4G120J6, ATA DISK drive
hdb: probing with STATUS(0x50) instead of ALTSTATUS(0xff)
hdb: probing with STATUS(0x51) instead of ALTSTATUS(0xff)
hdb: probing with STATUS(0x51) instead of ALTSTATUS(0xff)
hdb: CREATIVE CD5220, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
hda: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CMS=14946/255/63,
(U)DMA
Partition check:
hda:hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
(that's if I boot from the Mandrake CD - if I attempt to boot from
the HD then I get boot failure - which is only to be expected as I
didn't write the boot loader there).
That looks like I've actually made things worse.
H - gotta think about where I go next.
Seems to be something special about this controller this drive in
combination that upsets Mandrake. Although I know that the combination
will work cos Win2000 installs OK there...
Time to think some more.
Jon
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Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:12:15 +0100, Jon wrote: H - gotta think about where I go next. Seems to be something special about this controller this drive in combination that upsets Mandrake. Although I know that the combination will work cos Win2000 installs OK there... Time to think some more. Next idea was to download the boot CD for version 9b4, just in case anything's changed. Same hang in same place :-( Only options I can think of at the moment are: a) go pester the kernel team b) look at the pci-ide code myself c) buy an IDE controller card d) throw Mandrake away go back to Win2000 I doubt there's much point me trying (a) and I'm not sure I'd know what I was looking for in (b). I think I might try this cheap ATA133 card: http://www.ivmm.com/eio/products_ap1680.html it says all the right things: - supports up to 137Gb - Linux support - coexists with onboard controller It's worth £20 to not have to resort to option (d), but if it fails... *sigh* Can someone point me at a list of boot-time options that I can pass to the ide module? I'm wondering if there might be anything useful in there. Thanks Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:19:42 -0400, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is your win2k an ntfs drive? how much did you partition for win2k? is there free space left? when you partitioned it for win2k what tools did you use? My first attempts involved just attaching the raw unformatted drive. If this doesn't work, how does someone go about adding new storage to a Linux system? After trying the drive as secondary master, then primary slave, I grabbed a Win98 boot disk put a primary partition on it, formatted as FAT32. Still no luck, although I'm not 100% convinced that Win98 dealt with the drive correctly - it thought the drive was 51704Mb. Then I attached the drive to an existing Win2000 system, put a 120Gb extended NTFS partition on it using the Logical Disk Manager Service (Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management-Storage-Disk Management). The idea was to just get something on there so that Linux could see the drive - I'd then scratch the partition during installation. Still no luck. Then rebuilt the server using just the 120GB drive installed Win2000 from CD - it was quite happy to see the drive reformat it as NTFS. It wouldn't work with the existing NTFS partition - presumably because it needed a primary partition to boot off. Booting Mandrake from CD hangs at the same place after that though. The drive is set as auto in the BIOS. The BIOS recommendation is for 14946/255/63 (which is what Linux says shortly before it hangs). When I overruled that, Linux noticed said: hda: C/H/S=58853/16/255 from BIOS ignored I've just tried the Win98 boot disk again. This time putting an 8GB primary partition on it. Still no luck. I tried downloading the SuSE boot floppy - but that hangs on boot too with rather less information than Mandrake: SYSLINUX 1.62 0x3cb70305 Boot failed ...is all it says! I got a private email pointing me at the Large Disk HOW-TO. I knew that I was past the usual drive size limitations, but I didn't know there was a new one at 137GB - ouch! But again, that shows no limitations between 33.8GB and 137GB. A google search for linux 120gb install produces lots of positive responses. So I know that there's not a basic problem in the kernel. I think I'm going to have to strip down another machine try booting Mandrake the 120GB drive on that. I can't SEE that there can be a limitation on the existing system, but this'll at least remove that from the equation. Regards Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot
Hi everyone, What is it they say on all the talk shows? Long time listener, first time caller :-) Anyway, I have a file server on my home network running out-of-the-box Mandrake 8.2 I'm trying to upgrade the drives put a 120Gb Maxtor in there. I initially tried putting it in alongside the existing drives so I could boot my existing Mandrake partition/format/mount the drive from in there - but it hung on Partition Check during the first boot. In an effort to isolate the problem, I've now pulled all the other drives out it's: hba:Maxtor 4G120J6 120Gb hdb:Creative 52x CDROM and I'm trying to do a fresh install from CD onto the new drive. And still it hangs as it loads the initial kernel from CD (i.e. straight after the Press ENTER to install screen). The IDE part of the boot process reads: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision 6.31 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78 PCI: Assigned IRQ 10 for device 00:0f.0 ALI15X3: chipset revision 32 ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2000-0x2007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2008-0x200f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: Maxtor 4G120J6, ATA DISK drive hdb: CREATIVE CD5220, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CMS=14946/255/63, (U)DMA Partition check: hda: ...and then it hangs there for as long as I leave it. I know the drive is physically fine and the hardware is up to supporting a drive of that size cos a) Mandrake's happy with 60 80Gb drives on that machine. b) In this new minimum configuration, I did a successful install of Windows 2000 onto the 120Gb drive It's a Pentium 233MMX on an S7AX motherboard with an onboard Acer M5229 IDE controller. BIOS identified the drive as: Maxtor 4G120J6, LBA ATA 33, 122Gb So my question is: what's Windows 2000 doing that Mandrake isn't and how can I steer Mandrake in the right direction? I really don't want to run Windows 2000 on this machine. Regards Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB CD Burner
Hi, I have a USB CD Burner (Kodak CD-R/RW) but I haven't been able to get it to burn and as I understand it Linux (Mandrake 8.1) isn't capable of directly talking to such burners it can only talk to SCSI/IDE burners? Is that correct? However I think I read somewhere that you can fool Linux so that it appears to be a SCSI burner? Is that correct, has someone done it and how have they done it? Thanks. Jon.
Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:39:28 -0500 Dan W. Dooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the full featured aspect of KDE and though I haven't examined Gnome that closely, it looks interesting. I would not want to go to something severely stripped down. Not if I'm ever going to think in terms of a Windows replacement, which I'd like to think of. I am sure I'll get flamed for this, but I don't think Linux is a replacement for Windows. Linux is a robust *nix clone. I think you can use Linux instead of Windows. But I personally hope that Linux is never a replacement for Windows. I don't like Windows and don't want Linux to be just like Windows. IMHO LinuxGeek -- Contact me: AIM: LinuxRulezMan ICQ: 27396393 http://linuxgeek.shacknet.nu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:13:05 -0500 Dan W. Dooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something doesn't have to be just like something else to work the same way. What I mean by work the same way is, to be an environment within which I can run the applications I need to run to fulfill my reasons for using the computer in the first place. I'm with you, I know what its like not liking MS. But the point I'm trying to make is, 1. If you don't like the speed of linux use something else. This is not a personal attack, so please don't take it that way. I just get tired of hearing people bashing linux and saying well I can do it in windows. Great! Then use windows. Linux and windows are NOT the same OS. They don't work the same way, they don't call on hardware the same way and therefore can NOT be campared the same way. Apples are Apples and Oranges are Oranges. Would go to your grocer and say, hey I don't like these Apples they taste like oranges? Again Linux is NOT a replacement for Windows. As Linux is NOT a replacement for Unix or BSD. You can USE linux, just as you can USE windows or Unix or BSD. What you can't do, is expect Linux or Unix to work and act like Windows. Again, Linux is not a replacement for windows. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is openfind?
On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 08:04:56 -0500 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: found these websites http://home.sina.com.hk/service/about/press/article45.html LOL, highest quality Chinese websites? My site is 100% english. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 05:12, civileme wrote: Ummm, Miark, in august 1999, cryptonym corporation was examining a Service pack release of NT4 from which microsoft had inadvertantly forgotten to strip the data tags. Microsoft has (or had) in Win9x and WinNT cruyptographic keys for cryptographic services and no services would work without passing the appropriate key. This was to comply with export restrictions at the time (128 bit encryption was considered a weapon). This is when I took serious interest in Linux. I was just plain tired of having to update and then still not know if there was a backdoor for the NSA or MS or whoever. I realize computer security is an ongoing practice regardless of OS, but I sure feel safer with Linux than I did with Windows. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re:OT
On Thursday 02 May 2002 09:21 pm, Nick Andriash wrote: On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: A fool and his money are soon using Windows. I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How typical of Linux Users... and almost enough to make me gag and want to wipe Linux off my Computer. Hmm, many Widnows users call linux users communists, will this make you wipe windows off your computer? Maximum PC just published an article where the author called linux people: commie, penguin-loving, free-software nuts Authers name is Dick Matthews if anyone is interested. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format?
- Original Message - From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format? On Sunday 21 April 2002 07:19 pm, Lee wrote: On Sunday 21 April 2002 06:28 pm, you wrote: On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 09:27, Randy Kramer wrote: Michael wrote: I thought double spacing was outdated anyway in modern business communications. Still personal preferences are what life thrives on. Hmm, I'm on the old side, but I never saw any reference to double spacing being outdated except in Internet / HTML / computer related discussions -- it makes me suspect that somebody decided putting two spaces after the punctuation ending a sentence would be too difficult for a computer to deal with (or didn't even know it was the established practise) and simply ignored it. (KISS?) I agree with your suspicions Randy; with the qualification that perhaps it had a little more to do with people than computers. That suspicion sort of destroys my faith in computers / programmers. (Well, it might have been destroyed before then ;-) (sorry, not intended to sound like a rant) (Two spaces are still used in all the business correspondence I send and receive.) I've also been using two space sentence endings in all my emails, correspondence, business letters, reports, etc etc for years because it is the correct method, and I've never had a problem with rivers of white. I note that most other recent books that I have here on the shelves also have the correct sentence end spacing also; including Kernigan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language. This two space controversy sounds much like what I've heard this before; newer is good, old is bad. Only the new concepts should exist, and are not compatible with the stuff that evolved from the past; GUI's are more advanced than CLI's; music of this generation is better than the last generation's crap, blah blah blah ad infinitim. For me, some sentence separation is easier to read as opposed to run-on sentences. Randy Kramer LX Something else to consider. When a letter crosses my desk, my first urge before reading is to throw it away. Traditional appearance could well make the difference. Us old timers are comfortable with 2 spaces. Then there are days when everything goes in the round file. After all, if it's really important, they'll try again. Lee Lee: Guess I'm not the only cranky old bastard on the list :^). Reading through these posts, I had a flashback to a print shop class in junior high where we learned the basics of setting type by hand. I have a vague recollection that en spaces where used between words and em spaces between sentences. Then, at the end of the line, thinner spaces were inserted at various points in the line in order to justify the type. This was for not just esthetics, but for a very practical reason, as well: If the type was not properly justified it would fall out of the stick or, worse yet, fall apart in the press. For those who have no idea what an em and en are, an em is a space whose width is equivalent to the height of the type, and an en is half the width of an em. -- cmg I had the same class in Junior High (middle school was a grassy area called the quad). We made business cards, it was messy fun. JRD/ms Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] (in desperation, I repost) 52MB limit
Hello List, I have an Mitsubishi Amity CN notebook, Pentium 133MHz 48MB RAM (which is it's maximum capacity), with a 1.5GB hard drive with which I'd like to dual boot Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 8.2. I can connect to the Internet and LAN via a Netgear FA411 PCMCIA NIC under Win9x. I have set aside 128MB for swap space and 550MB for / (I am not interested in trying to run X on this little thing). I'd like to do a network install. I can mount the CD in another box and make a network connection to it but I get an error message stating that 52MB RAM is needed. The drakx README might be saying I could use a ramdisk but I don't know what that is or how to set one up. I've included some of the README below. Maybe you can help me. Thanks, Jon * PCMCIA install *** If the media you use to install is a pcmcia device, use the pcmcia boot disk. * Ramdisk or not *** The DrakX install is much bigger than the newt one. So the ramdisk which was used is getting big, and costs a lot in memory (eg: the mdkinst_stage2 is 14MB - 23/09/99) (update! now size is 21MB - 24/01/01) | | newt| DrakX |---+-+- - | nfs | live| live | ftp | ramdisk | ramdisk | http | ramdisk | ramdisk | hd| ramdisk | live if Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/runinstall2 is a link, | | | ramdisk otherwise | cdrom | ramdisk | live if memory 52MB, ramdisk otherwise Where ramdisk is needed, if detected memory is below the limit allowed for ramdisk (maintained in file gi/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h; currently 52 Mb), a failure dialog will be printed explaining that there is not enough memory to perform the installation. When i say live, it means that the stage1 will *mount* the Mandrake/mdkinst and use it that way. The ramdisk is used in place of the live in some cases. This ramdisk is filled with mdkinst_stage2.gz For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite high on cdrom drives) For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. * Thanks, Jon --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.350 / Virus Database: 196 - Release Date: 4/17/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install on laptop no cdrom, 48MB RAM Net install error 52MB RAM needed
Hello List, I have an Mitsubishi Amity CN notebook, Pentium 133MHz 48MB RAM (which is it's maximum capacity), with a 1.5GB hard drive with which I'd like to dual boot Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 8.2. I can connect to the Internet and LAN via a Netgear FA411 PCMCIA NIC under Win9x. I have set aside 128MB for swap space and 550MB for / (I am not interested in trying to run X on this little thing). I'd like to do a network install. I can mount the CD in another box and make a network connection to it but I get an error message stating that 52MB RAM is needed. The drakx README might be saying I could use a ramdisk but I don't know what that is or how to set one up. I've included some of the README below. Maybe you can help me. Thanks, Jon * PCMCIA install *** If the media you use to install is a pcmcia device, use the pcmcia boot disk. * Ramdisk or not *** The DrakX install is much bigger than the newt one. So the ramdisk which was used is getting big, and costs a lot in memory (eg: the mdkinst_stage2 is 14MB - 23/09/99) (update! now size is 21MB - 24/01/01) | | newt| DrakX |---+-+- - | nfs | live| live | ftp | ramdisk | ramdisk | http | ramdisk | ramdisk | hd| ramdisk | live if Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/runinstall2 is a link, | | | ramdisk otherwise | cdrom | ramdisk | live if memory 52MB, ramdisk otherwise Where ramdisk is needed, if detected memory is below the limit allowed for ramdisk (maintained in file gi/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h; currently 52 Mb), a failure dialog will be printed explaining that there is not enough memory to perform the installation. When i say live, it means that the stage1 will *mount* the Mandrake/mdkinst and use it that way. The ramdisk is used in place of the live in some cases. This ramdisk is filled with mdkinst_stage2.gz For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite high on cdrom drives) For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 482-TECH (8324) or, 1-800 419-4804 InfoStructure IVO http://www.mind.net - 8am-11pm M-F, 10am-7pm SS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] pan trouble
On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:26:46 -0400 Jose M. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well it's neither a problem with 8.2 or PAN. There is a new encoding scheme that is getting pretty hot and well used on usenet called yenc. Older versions of pan arnt' able to decode this method, one of the pan versions had some problems decoding it also. I beleive the newest version is doing ok with yenc now. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New silly Question. ;) Recommend good file manager?
how about filerunner? Not sure if its on the mandrake CD's or not. I am using SuSE right now, just type fr in a console and you'll know if its in there! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] bash script to enter su password?
I am looking to make a script that can be run as a normal user in su mode with out having to enter su password. Basically I want to be able to mount my usb digital camera without having to log in as root. Any suggestions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mkisofs and boot.catalog?
How do I make a boot catalog with mkisofs? I can't seem to get it do what I want. I am trying to make bootable win98 CD. I made a boot.img from a win98 floppy with: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot.img But everytime I try to burn it with the win98 CD in Xcdroast I just keep getting an error saying that mkisofs can't find the boot.catalog. Everytime I try to make a boot.catalog with mkisofs it just shows me the help again. Any suggestions? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?
I have a script I use to backup some important files in my home directory. It works fine but I would like it to add the curent date to the file name IE: backup-03-26-02.tar.gz instead of just backup.tar.gz Any suggestions on how to do this? I looked in the tar man and tar howto but couldn't find exact syntax for the current date. thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?
Thanks! Thats exactly what I was looking for! Reading man date right now :) Sheesh, been using linux for over a year now and still feel like a newbie...lol. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:50:09 -0500 Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jhon, Wold you do me a favoure and post that script ? if you dont mind that is :) - Hanan AL-Shargi I don't mind at all. Just keep in mind that this is a simple backup for my bookmarks and a couple other things, not an entire system or home directory backup. I'm sure there are plenty of better ways to accomplish this also. This just happens to be one that I figured out on my own (aside from the date thing :)) #!/bin/sh backupname=backup-$(date +%m-%d-%y) mkdir /home/jon/backup/sylpheed/ mkdir /home/jon/backup/gaimlogs/ cp /home/jon/.netscape/bookmarks.html /home/jon/backup/ cp /home/jon/.gaim/logs/* /home/jon/backup/gaimlogs/ cp /home/jon/.kde2/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml /home/jon/backup/ cp /home/jon/.sylpheed/* /home/jon/backup/sylpheed/ tar -czf $backupname.tar.gz backup rm -r /home/jon/backup/* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:48:30 -0500
Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why dont we people post in what part of the world r we ??
Findlay, Ohio USA
We haven't seen winter for several years now...lol.
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[newbie] boot.img to floppy?
How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to boot my PC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] par for linux?
does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I can't find it now. It rebuilds rar files that are missing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux Video and Pinnacle Systems
Hi, Has anyone got the Pinnacle System TV Capture module (on USB) working with Mandrake 8.1? Jon.
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:23:17 -0500 Terry S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? Thanks! Terry Yep, go here: http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/nvidia/mandrake8/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software for avi files?
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:06:25 -0300 Carlos Jimenez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best software for avi files? Well I might as well chime in also, I prefer avifile. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] in runlevel 3 - screen goes blank after a time
Hello list, While I am running in runlevel 3 (not X) the display or screen will go blank after a while of inactivity. What file should I edit to stop the screen blanking or whatever is causing the screen to go black. Again, that's in init 3. The only things I can find on the subject talk about changing the value for xset in xinitrc. Thanks, Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avifile
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:47:32 -0200 Rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to play avi files, so I installed avifile by rpm. My problem is, what do I do to make it work ? I don't find any executable called avifile or playavi or something alike. I only found a script avifile-config, what is it ? Did I make anything wrong ? Is there a better or easier player to use ? Thanks, Rodrigo In a terminal window type aviplay. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.2 beta, :) very impressed
Well I installed the mandrake 8.2 beta last night. Why is it called beta? It installed on a test computer that has never been liked by mandrake. Could never get any version installed on it before 8.2. Kudos to the mandrake team! My i810 chip works great! I have only found one problem so far(granted it was only installed last night) the sound. It says it found the card and its the correct card but I get an error at every boot saying it can't open sound server and obviously I don't get any sound from the speakers, but hey thats just minor! Just my .02 cents. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: Video mode
Hi, I am trying to set up the video mode on my computer but seem to be having problems. I have checked through some of the documentation on the Mandrake web site but I am not sure about the relevancy/currency of the information. The TV/Video capture system is based on the Pinnacle systems module (via USB) so has anyone done it and if so, is there a particular set of instructions I should be looking at? TIA Jon.
[newbie] Apache problems
Still having apache permission problems. I can't find the messages that were just sent to the list on how this was fixed. I am not even sure if its a permission problem, everytime I type in my webaddress it changes to 192.168.0.3 which I thought was how my windows box connected to the network, any one have any clues? -- Got Root? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:21:00 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: hmm, i didn't think you could use ICS with a dial-up connection. u know? w/ something like net zero. can this really be done? joe Yup, you can use ICS regardless of connection speed. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
On 06 Jan 2002 23:45:18 -0500 Noah Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: You can dialin and view only netzero pages but they have configured the dns servers to only work with their software to prevent users from getting around it. and they use an encrypted password too. On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 22:39, Roberto Armenteros wrote: During my winter breaks I am away from my school network and my only internet access is through netzero. Is there a way to connect my linux box through netzero? Can I share my netzero internet connection from my Windos XP box with my linux box? This may be nonsense, but you never know ;) Please if anyone gives me a hand on this I would really appreciate it. Roberto... If your run the linux box through the widnows box and use ICS(internet connection sharing) on the window box, Netzero won't know the difference. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:44:02 -0800 (PST) Roberto Armenteros [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: I was trying to do that my windows networking experiences are not that great. By any chance do u know how to to setup internet sharing from windows, and then what equipment should I need to connect my linux box to the windows one. I have a little netgear switch four ports I would really appreciate your help. Roberto... This site has step by step instructions for Win9x, Win2000 and WinXP. I beleive it also tells you the hardware you need. I have never personally setup a winbox to share access, my linux box does the sharing for windows, but I am asuming it will work basically the same in reverse. I am pretty new to networking myself, so I hope this works for you. Keep us/me informed on your progress. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 01:26:42 -0800 RCN Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly appreciated. 1. How many hours a week do you spend online? 40+ 2. What is your age? 31 3. Sex? M/F M 4. What type of Internet connection do you have? Cable 5. How many computers do you own? 3 -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ES1989 sound card
On 03 Jan 2002 16:03:23 -0500 Noah Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: http://www.clearwater.com.au/pcm-9574/index.php?page=journal.html The kernel does seem to have driver support for the ESS1989 audio chip set, via the maestro3 module. The source code identifies it as ESS Maestro3/Allegro driver for Linux 2.4.x by Zach Brown. I don't know if this will work for you, but it did for me. I had a computer with the ESS1989, I used sndconfig and chose the last ESS? on the list. Can't remember if it was 1869 or 1698 or something like that. I had to adjust the DMA or whatever it is to 1 and either 3 or 5 and then it would work. Sorry I can't remember exactly but I no longer have the PC to test and see what it was. Hope this helps some. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: OpenBios?
I know nothing about BIOS, but my question would be can openBios be installed on any computer? -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RPM or just a script?
I am trying to make some sort of package for a friend who is new to linux. Basically I want replace the KDE splash screen with different screens. I made a script that will move the default png's to a new folder called old. This is as far as I got, I wasn't sure how an rpm worked, if it reads a script or what. What would everyone suggest to accomplish this? The easiest way for the newbie to get the pics in the right place. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner
Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms? -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Two apache questions
I know I have asked these before but I can't seem to find them in the archives and I have somehow lost them. 1. How do I setup a password protected site? The .htaccess file goes in the directory you want protected? What goes in the .htaccess file? What goes in and where does the .htpaswd file go? Or is that even the right file? 2. How do I create my own certificates for my site? I know it has something to do with mod_ssl right? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:49:47 -0500 Anuerin G.Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what version of java do you want to use? im using the one from sun and its working fine. classpath is defined in the .bashrc (single person) or in the /etc/profile (all users). my .bashrc entries look like this: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/ export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib and ditch the kaffe if you dont need v1.1.x support (i use the blackbox port when i want that kind of support). HTH Well I had add a link to the java executable into my home directory but it worked! Thanks alot! I did ditch kaffe by the way. -- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure. -Murphy's Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:46:37 +0900 tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what exactly are you trying to do? you usually run .jar, if it has a class in it that defines the main() method, as: java -jar FILE.jar That is what I am doing, this is what I get and it doesn't have anything to do with this particular file, I get this error for any .jar file: [jon@linuxgeek jon]$ java -jar JAP.jar Internal error: caught an unexpected exception. Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation. java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: JAPView at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:native) at kaffe.jar.ExecJarName.main(ExecJarName.java:70) at kaffe.jar.ExecJar.main(ExecJar.java:59) Aborted How do I set the classpath? Or is that even gonna fix it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to view html requests?
I am not sure what its even called, but I have seen/used programs on windows that kinda sits between the net and your browser and you can watch live what webpages are sending and getting from your browser. Is there a simple way to do this in linux? -- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure. -Murphy's Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:52:59 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:23:36 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. If you are still using the stock rpmdrake you need to manually download and install the lastest release from cooker: rpmdrake-1.3-106mdk.i586.rpm I usually have good results from this site: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Once you have it installed you should not have any problem adding a Cooker source. Or if you prefer you can manually also dl the XFree rpms into a special directory such as /home/jon/xfree. Once you have dled all the rpms you need, cd to /home/jon/xfree, su to root and rpm -Uvh *rpm and this will install all the rpms residing in that directory. Charles Well that just blew things up...lol Broke the netowrk connection. Ended up having to reinstall 8.1. I did notice that Auruor or whatever it is called is installed by default. I choise not to install it and I guess we will see what happens now. Thanks for your help though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...
On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 03:56:54 + Damian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP this time these are my questions.. i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs repeated attempts from a single IP address trying to connect to my computer ( repeated = HUNDREDS of times ). note that it is always the same source ip, and same port it tries to connect to. it's a high port so i guess it's not trying to access any regular service. now, this led me to a question.. was this port open when i was using linux? ( port is over 27900 ) How can i tell about this in linux? like, people trying to connect to my computer, connections accepted/rejected/ignored... from what ip, etc... Not sure. my second question was asked before by other people but i forgot to write down the answer and i ended up forgetting.. how can i see all the processes running in my pc? like the task manager on windoze..? top, gtop, gps and there are some KDE GUI's for this also. Under ApplicationsMonitoring in your menu. thanks for your patience! ;o) see ya. _ 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] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:59:42 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so which version of mandrake are you using, and what are you doing at the time? Using mandrake 8.1 and KDE. I don't run any screensavers. I don't run Auora either. I'm going to try the XFree upgrade that Mr. Edwards recomended and see how that works. I was planing on buying a graphics card if I couldn't get it figured out, but would prefer not to get one if I don't have too. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFree upgrade question
What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux
Help! I'm tired of this computer freezeing! My XP box never freezes, my Mandrake box freezes multiple times a day. I know mandrake is better than this. I am pretty new to linux and don't know where to start checking, but somthing has to be done, I can't rely on this linux box anymore. I was thinking it was the eth1 but now I'm not sure. Here is my system info: HP Pavilion 8655c 318mb Ram Genuine Intel P3 (coppermine) 535 Mhz Intel 810 82810E Graphics Creative Labs SBLive Eth0 Linksys LNE100TX Eth1 Linksys LNE100TX Anything else? Please someone who has a clue help me get this worked out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] crash on exit all the time...
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 04:13 pm, you wrote: Greetings, Mdk 8.1 is up and working (from what I can tell) correctly for the most part. However, it crashes (hangs really) on exit. The last thing I see on the screen is that the eth0 is shutting down (and stays that way until I reset the PC its self with a hard reset --gasp!). I am not sure which log to look at to determine what I haven't done (this system was freshly reloaded from the downloaded MDK8.1 CDs without mods and does this). snip Any helpers out there? I will send configs as requested (try to be specific what you want so I can find it.) The solutions is very complicated :) you have to backspace 4 characters out of your modules.conf file. I can't remember the web address for where it is, but I copied and saved it as a text file: Error scenario: The computer locks up when shutting down or when stopping the usb service. Why: In certain cases, the usb-uhci module is broken for some usb devices. Solution: Modify your /etc/modules.conf file and change the line alias usb-interface usb-uhci to alias usb-interface uhci. The change will take effect after the next shutdown and will prevent the usb service from locking up the computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HardSoftWare
Dear Andrew, Be cautious regarding the limitations of the motherboard. There is the possibility the board will only take 128MB ram for instance or the BIOS on the board will limit the allowable size of the hard drive. Look on the internet for information and specifications for that particular model of motherboard. I run an Apache machine that hosts many virtual sites using only the software that was packaged with Mandrake-Linux 8.1 (Free downloaded iso files). I do this on a machine which has 96MB ram (72 pin simms) a few small hard drives and a Pentium 200. The fun part is the machine is *not* housed in a case. As you may know you can run a computer with all the components scattered about on a table... My web server is suspended from the ceiling as a breeze catching mobile ! Dangling and clanking... :-) Jon Dowd, www.jondowd.com - Original Message - From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: [newbie] HardSoftWare Hello, I have a P150 (Mboard from M Technology has 3-PCI 4-isa) and want to make a file server. At the moment it has 32 meg ram. The mother-board has ram four slots. I am not sure what the best way is to configure additional ram. Or how much to get, is there a point it is wasted? 512? 256? Once I get it set up I hope it will be long term. Now it has only a 20G ide HD. I hope to add two 40G or 60G HD's and a have a Promise hardware raid card. Any and all coments welcome. Andrew Mdrake 8.0 Have an extra nice Day!, Andrew Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the Ashland Fiber Network This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month ! This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the same). I was on line at the first boot and still am. If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: Harry Ablejoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Set PATH and CLASSPATH?
How do I setup the path and classpath for java? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ogg to cd format?
I like the ogg vorbis media format but is there a way to convert the ogg files to a format read by a normal cd player(car stereo)? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Question about accessing windows mount
I finally got my brother-in-law installed with linux. He is dual booting Linux and WindowsXP. For some reason linux didn't automatically pick up the windows NTFS partition. How do I go about setting up the mount point for his windows partition? I'll have to talk him through it on the phone so using linuxconfig or a GUI would be best. The two things I am stuck on is what partition the windows is on and what should the file system be? vfat or do I put in NTFS? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Question about kernel update
On Monday 29 October 2001 01:56 pm, you wrote: That's the update for the 2.2 series of kernels. You're using an 2.4 series. Generally bad news to try to go backwards like that. =) Updated kernels for 8.1 are in the works, just be patient. There was another problem discovered after the ptrace and symlink problems. Well thats what I thought, I got that email from Mandrake saying to update my kernel and I thought I had heard there wasn't one yet for 8.1. Hopefully the new kernel update will stop this box from crashing atleast once a day, its getting very frustrating. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Question about kernel update
I am using kernel 2.4.8-26mdk, what kernel am I supposed to update too? The kernel22-2.2.19-19mdk.i586.rpm? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Named and internet connection sharing question
I have port 53 open for some reason. I want to close it, but I can't seem to use the built in firewall on mandrake 8.1 to close it. If I shut off named the port closes but I no longer can access the internet with my window box. Is there a way to solve this and have connection sharing and port 53 closed? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Named and internet connection sharing question
On Friday 26 October 2001 09:54 pm, you wrote: Doing this would prevent named/DNS from getting responses back on it's queries to other servers. If you want to prevent inbound queries you need only avoid defining the internet side interface, for named to use. -JMS Thanks for your reply, unfortunately I am still getting the freeze ups with mandrake. I am downloading and going to install RedHat to see if it changes. My WinXP box hasn't crashed once since I set it up two weeks ago, the mandrake box has had 3 fresh installs and a dozen total freezes to the point I had to power down to get out of it. lol can't have that, I know linux is better than that. Must just be something with my 8.1 cds or with 8.1 in general. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 freezes again!
Ok, I did a new fresh install of mandrake 8.1 and again today I got the full blown windows freeze. The computer was not doing anything at the time of freeze, well I wasn't doing anything that is, I tried the ctrl-alt-backspace and ctrl-alt-F[1-6] and got nothing. Actually I take that back, I was loading the MS webpage in Netscape 4.77, but this has happened even when I am away from the computer. Is there a log file or something I can look at that might help in diagnosing this problem? I can't have this happening, I'll have to go back to redhat or something if it keeps up and I can't get it fixed and I really don't wanna do that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xwidnows or KDE problem
I am all sorts of problems with either the xserver or KDE, not sure which. At times it just decides to freeze and I mean full blown windows freeze. I have to power down to get out of it. Then sometimes if I open konqueror file browser the scroll bar just goes crazy and no files show up, have to use xkill to get rid of it. Then atlaest half of the time when I try to shutdown my PC, I click logout and the screen just goes black and does nothing. Any one having this same problem? Anyone have a clue why it is happening? I am about ready to just reinstall, though I know it happened with my last PC a few times too. Confused Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where did Shred go?
Where did shred go in KDE 2.2.1? Did they take this feature out or do I need to enable it somehow? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't run any GUI from root shell?
What would cause this? If I open a terminal window, su to root and type say kpackage, I get this error: Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0.0 Happens with nmapfe and any GUI program. I can't even run Mandrake Control Center as su to upgrade. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't run any GUI from root shell?
What would cause this? If I open a terminal window, su to root and type say kpackage, I get this error: Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0.0 Happens with nmapfe and any GUI program. I can't even run Mandrake Control Center as su to upgrade. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall Testing
On Saturday 20 October 2001 10:04 am, you wrote: On Saturday 20 October 2001 2:48 pm, you wrote: OptOut's site is one of the best. Thanks for that. There is no longer support for OptOut. I am really looking for something that can try and hack me, and give me an unbiased result, as opposed to a commercial setup who, if they are unsuccessfull, may be trying to sell me a firewall when mine is perfectly secure. I'm not saying that using Bastille Firewall won't make my PC secure, just I'd like to play with something that can assure me its as secure as possible. My wife's PC running ME regularly has 40 to 50 'hits' an hour. This is detected and reported by Zone Alarm. However when I can convince myself that my Linux machine is hack resistant I will move at using it as the gateway, firewall and router. Thanks again. Mark A This is the firewall test site I use. http://www.mycgiserver.com/~kalish/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] veiwable file names in Apache
Ok, I have a direcotry with files in it, the file names are kinda long and don't completely show up. What file do I have to configure to lengthen what is shown as the file name? I know you can do it with webmin, but everytime I use webmin, apache seems to break...lol. So I would like to just edit a file by hand to do this. Any help? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speed up bandwidth for Apache?
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 12:43 pm, you wrote: Pay for more bandwidth. Are you sure you have a problem though? How many concurrent hits do you get on your site - maybe you'd benefit from increasing the number of server threads running. I only have 3 users that do any downloading. One is on a dial up connection, I realize he is slow but that is his problem not my server. The other have cable and say they can only ever get 45 kbps. I just thought that was kinda slow when I can get downloads at 215kbps. Not sure if kbps is the correct term, but I think you understand what I mean. Serving webpages are totally new to me so I don't know if that is normal or not. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Speed up bandwidth for Apache?
Is there a way I can speed up downloads for people on my apache webserver? Or is this controlled by my ISP? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] found in apache logs
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 10:46 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Jon Doe wrote: Is this some kind of worm? I found this in httpd access logs: It's more of the microsoft webserver junk. No need to worry. Thats a relief, thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Download accelerators for Linux?
I personally havn't tried Downloader for X, I have always used and been happy with Aria. Any one out there that has used Aria? How does it compare with Downloader for X? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] soundrecording
On Monday 01 October 2001 11:36 pm, you wrote: Dear All, I have LM8 and I use KDE. I would like to use my microphone to record my voice and to playback. I am practicing for a public appearance and would like to try this approach for practice. What software would I need to use to sing into a microphone and then do a recording and playback of my voice? Thanks very much. Sincerely, Marcia Open a terminal window and type man rec without qoutes. Its primative looking but it works! :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1
I think overall it is a great improvment. I'm having some Kmail and password problems but that is just a small problem. I think the thing I like the most about it is the fact that it comes with htmldoc. I used this program for my .pdf creations up till the 8.0 version when I had problems getting the FLTK installed. Works like a charm now though. Thanks Mandrake and all those who worked on this version. Will be ordering my powerpack version very soon! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LimeWare Install issue
On Saturday 29 September 2001 10:58 pm, you wrote: I finally got it installed and working, but a tip to everybody real quick. Make sure, if you're running the script as a user, that you have the correct permissions on the directory that you chose to house the downloads. Running it as root, I had no problem, I downloaded two songs I was looking for, then I quit out of it. I then tried to see if I could run it as a user, since it didn't really install the app at all, and it would just say, can't download. It then hit me, the folder that it was putting the files, was NOT accessable by the user. So I could run it, but I couldn't actually download anything. So keep that in mind! Make sure, if you're not running it at as root, and you never should run that as root, that you have the correct permissions on the download folders. tdh Good Tip. I just figured that to be obvious. I tend to overlook things like that when explaining. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] YES! LimeWire 1.7 on LM 8.0 OT?
I finally did it! I got LimeWire 1.7 installed and working on LM 8.0! Just had to tell someone about my accomplishment! Sorry for OT Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apache question
Ok, at one time I had apache up and running and serving pages. For some reason now I always just get a: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.htm on this server. Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 443 error. What am I doing wrong? I want to setup SSL and have usernames and passwords for each user. The users are not on my network they will use Internet access to get the pages. Any help? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux?
Anything availible in linux to read MS PowerPoint presentations? -- They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty. -- Benjamin Franklin http://home.woh.rr.com/thecraig/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CD info question
Ok, in windows you just right click on a cd and you get the info such as : CD title, CD publisher and all that good stuff. How do I do this in linux? -- They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty. -- Benjamin Franklin http://home.woh.rr.com/thecraig/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Save Realplayer stream?
Ok, I am haveing some problems streaming realplayer video. If I can download the video, it plays fine on realplayer. So my question is, is there a way, or utility that can find the link for the java scripts that open the realplayer? If I use the right click menu it usually just saves a javascript or an html link. -- http://home.woh.rr.com/thecraig/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: breaking news in USA
Firstly I would just like to say that my prayers go out to all the families on this dark day in America. I don't personally know anyone that was injured today. But to show just how much this affects people in many other ways, here is my story. My brother-in-law was working on a military base in NY today. He was on the roof of a building when it happened. He didn't hear or see it, but was told by the military that they had to leave. He couldn't contact us all day today, his first message wasn't until 6pm tonight. My sister was married on Sept. 1st of this year to a Marine. She is 19 and they moved to NC. This is her first time away from home. Her husband was called to the base tonight and the base was on lockdown, which means he can not go home to his wife, my sister. She is sitting at home all alone not knowing the future of her husband of 10 days. Lets not point fingers just yet. Lets first save those who can be saved and console those who are scared and have lost loved ones. Lets search and find the parties responsable for this terrible days attacks. Then we can punish them (the correct people) and anyone who tries to harbor them. Me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing
On Monday 10 September 2001 01:58 pm, you wrote: then you need to configure x... I am surprised you didn't do it when you installed Mandrake.. He may have configured X during install. I had the same problem with mandrake 8.0. For some reason x would just crash even though I configured it and it picked up the right graphics card and monitor. I ended up just doing a reinstall and after about 3 reinstalls it finally worked. I have reinstalled since then and have not had that problem. Go figure. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] accessing the floppy drive
On Monday 10 September 2001 02:37 pm, you wrote: Hi, I have recently installed mandrake 8, whenever I try to access the floppy drive when it has a disk in (tested on boot disk in case non linux file system was the problem) I get the message - Unable to enter file:/mnt/floppy. You do not have access rights to this location. I have not altered any settings since installing and this error is given even when logged in as root. Can anyone help? thanks in advance lee I had this same problem with my floppy drive and my CD-Rom drive. The solution that worked for me was to delete the desktop icon that mandrake supplied and create a new floppy device, then under the device tab I selected my floppy device and it worked fine. Hope its that easy for you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to run ntp?
I installed ntp from rpm, and I can't get it to run, the only place I find it on the computer is /etc/ntp and the only thing in this directory is a text file called keys Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
