Re: AW: [newbie] newbie books
I hated Unix for Dummies! It was the only Unix book in my town and I needed to look up some commands. After being told I was to stupid to learn the command I was interested in and that I should go find a Unix Guru and offer him pizza, it hit the wastecan at high velocity. Drazenko Djuricic wrote: I started with "UNIX for Dummies", that was three years ago. It's a lot of fun to read but it can also teach you a lot. Meanwhile I'm a UNIX admin myself :-) Still lots to learn, though, but with the " ... for Dummies" books it's at least fun and amusing and gives you an easy start. You should give "Linux for Dummies" or "Unix for Dummies" a try. DJ. Switzerland, Europe -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Dienstag, 21. März 2000 15:48 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [newbie] newbie books Hi all, Can anyone recommend a few good startup Linux books ? There are too many out there now to start sampling. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, philomena
Re: RV: [newbie] 3Com 3CXe589E PCMCIA ETHERNET CARD
You have discovered the answer to your own question! Use kpackage to open the RPM for the kernel you have installed and you can read it for yourself. Install the kernel marked kernel-2.2.14-15mdk.i586.rpm instead. Carlos Salazar Mtz wrote: Hi, I've been spending 2 weeks trying to install my 3Com 3CXe589E PCMCIA ETHERNET CARD on a TOSHIBA 2500CDS with MANDRAKE 7.0, and just can't do it. FIRST, at linux installation (when it asks if you want to configure the net),it recognizes the card and actually it is supposed to make it work in order to download something (crypt...) from an ftp site. It says pcmcia probe found 1 net devices, found driver for 3c589_cs insmod /modules/pcmcia_core.o.insmod/modules/3c589_cs.o ... it finishes installing linux succesfully and restarts.. WHEN it tries to find module dependencies it shows nothing about pcmcia, and when it comes up to network inicialization it says: network inicialization delayed...[failed] AFTER logging in, if I run "cardctl ident" it says "no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices", and when I run "cardctl config" it says the same thing, when it is supposed to say something about the cards it detects. WHAT i think is that this kernel version (2.2.14-1mdklinus) does't support pcmcia or at list doesn't have the correct modules, because it doesn't even have a "pcmcia" subdirectory (/lib/modules/2.2.14-1mdklinus/pcmcia) where i can find "pcmcia_core.o" and "3c589_cs.o" in order to run: "insmod [directory] pcmcia_core.o" What I tried is: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14-12mdk/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o, and the answer was: "kernel-module version mismatch /lib/modules/2.2.14-12mdk/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.14-15mdk while this kernel is version 2.2.14-1mdklinus" BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT MY VERSION (2.2.14-1mdklinus) DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE "pcmcia_core.o" or "3c589_cs.o" IN ITS LIBRARIES. PLEASE HELP ME !!!
Re: [[newbie] Yamaha OPL3-SAx Sound Card]
I also have an OPL3-SAx built into a laptop. Works great but I had to switch the DMA settings. Try flipping the two settings. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a Yamaha sound card in my laptop and haven't had any problems with it in linux. I just configure it and it runs like a charm. Jaguar writes: Not long ago Denis of MandrakeSoft stated categorically that Yamaha sound cards are not well supported in Linux. Maybe just spend $10 or $20 for a different sound card. HTH Jaguar Simon Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I run 'soundconfig' in an Xterm each time i configure my sound, it brings up a Yamaha OPL3-SAx driver which it is, and thus makes a mixer available to adjust volume and the CD-Player then works. Though enabling sound in KDE Control Centre and trying to play any sounds or having sound enabled in Windows through VMware, freezes linux at a point when sound and a command are occuring at the same time. The only way to escape this freeze is to totally reboot and go through a forced check, very time consuming. I have compiled several kernels in the past, but each time I select my sound card either modulized or not, or even with different settings, everytime it is failing and eventually I need to recompile with no sound card selected and use 'soundconfig' in an Xterm. Lothar was just the same, could see the card, knew the settings, but as soon as you press enter a 'FAIL' comes up and no matter what changes you make to the settings it always comes back the same. Does anyone out there have any suggestions or know if Kernel 2.4 is going to be any better. Thankyou, if you can help, Simon. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Drake Config
su not = 2 "superuser" You can su to other names. su freddyk password slasher I perfer to think of it as "Switch User"... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about all of these probs with finding thingys like logons as root (su) or linuxconfig. If I don't find thingys on the screen or window the next place I go is to the "Command Line" in what ever shell you prefer using and then either login as "su" (superuser) and the root password then run what ever needs to be done for what ever you are having probs with. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:34:44 -0800 jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just upgrade the server at work. All went well, but after install I went to the KDE and there was no linux config and drake config was there but it wouldn't come up. Any clues ? YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] halt , then crush
ASCII_table wrote: Hi. after i type "halt" and the linux outputs all those [OK]'s, it suddenly dumps registers and the likes (after the lines "Power off" or how it is there exactly i dont remember). what could be the reason? Same thing happens to me on one of my machines. It is an AMD K6-2 450mhz processor on a motherboard that will do both AT and ATX power supplies. Since it happens after the filesystem is unmounted I figure it is doing no harm. I think it is telling my system to power off the ATX power supply when I don't have one. No big deal. I usually just do a reboot on that system and hit the power button during post.
Re: [newbie] pcmcia ethernet card
I also have an ect2 from linksys. It works great and always has. It is a NE2000 Compatible. This makes me think that your problem might be your pcmcia services. Do you have any other cards working? Below is my setup Toshiba 315CDS Linksys Ect2 Xircom modem Bios is setup for Controller Mode PCIC Compatible not CardBus/16bit lsmod listed these mods loaded: (I have derandomized the order of these.) Module Size Used by pcmcia_core41280 0 [serial_cs pcnet_cs ds i82365] serial_cs 5232 0 (unused) pcnet_cs8364 1 83906020 0 [pcnet_cs] ds 6252 2 [serial_cs pcnet_cs] nfs31832 1 (autoclean) lockd 33256 1 (autoclean) [nfs] sunrpc 56612 1 (autoclean) [nfs lockd] i82365 22304 2 supermount 14880 2 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2052 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 3580 1 (autoclean) vfat 11004 1 (autoclean) fat32640 1 (autoclean) [vfat] opl3 13896 0 (unused) opl3sa2 3752 0 (unused) ad1848 23600 0 [opl3sa2] mpu401 20688 0 [opl3sa2] sound 64184 0 [opl3 opl3sa2 ad1848 mpu401] soundcore 3524 7 [sound] soundlow 300 0 [sound] hello wrote: Hi All Howz id goin? I am having trouble getting my linksys ec2t pcmcia combo card working under mandrake 7.0 If anyone could give me any advice I would be most grateful. My computer is a compaq presario 1230 laptop (SUCKS) Someone on this list mentioned using "ranish partition manager" to shrink a partition. thank you thank you thank you. Although the message was not directed towards me I thought it wouldn't hurt to give this excellent program a try. I have tried "partition resizer" and "partitionmagic" from powerquest with no luck. My compaq has a "quickrestore" disk that formats the harddrive and removes all partitions and restores the computer to original factory state. I know the topic of attachments and large file is over with but my two cents is this: I have a cable connection but I always delete attachment right away, I don't know where they come from or what's in them until I open them, but 30 minutes to download one email, I would be pissed too.
Re: [newbie] halt , then crush
ASCII_table wrote: Hi. after i type "halt" and the linux outputs all those [OK]'s, it suddenly dumps registers and the likes (after the lines "Power off" or how it is there exactly i dont remember). what could be the reason? Same thing happens to me on one of my machines. It is an AMD K6-2 450mhz processor on a motherboard that will do both AT and ATX power supplies. Since it happens after the filesystem is unmounted I figure it is doing no harm. I think it is telling my system to power off the ATX power supply when I don't have one. No big deal. I usually just do a reboot on that system and hit the power button during post.
Re: [newbie] check this site out
Might tick off those of us without a broadband connection... Please don't post binaries. If you want to share a file, post it on the web. Tony wrote: Might amuse those who have not heard it yet! "Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user) - Original Message - From: "Jeremy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Newbie List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 12:42 AM Subject: [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 Name: win95sux.mp3 win95sux.mp3Type: Winamp media file (audio/mpeg) Encoding: base64
Re: [newbie] Recommend Serial Mouse instead of PS/2
Difficult to say without sitting in front of your machine but a lot of bios will allow you to remove an IRQ from the pool. Maybe you can set IRQ 12 = ISA not pnp/pci Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Alan: Thanks so very much for the comment. Yes, that IRQ 12 was conflicting with other PnP IRQ's. It was driving the mouse and me nuts. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Cable modem help
The "I wanna get my cable modem working" Howto Your cable modem works in Windoze, but not in Linux? Boot into Windows and open your email or web browser and make SURE it is working. --- Win98/Win98se/Winnt/Win2k Users (Win95 see bottom) Start,run,command.com Command window opens, type into window ipconfig /all (If you do ipconfig /all \settings.txt you can open/print the file made or open it in linux to get and keep your settings handy) And something like this will appear: Windows 98 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . : [EMAIL PROTECTED] DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.23 192.168.0.1 Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . : IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : Yes 0 Ethernet adapter : Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter. Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Primary WINS Server . . . . : Secondary WINS Server . . . : Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 1 Ethernet adapter : Description . . . . . . . . : Novell 2000 Adapter. Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-40-05-30-26-ED DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.224 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 Primary WINS Server . . . . : Secondary WINS Server . . . : Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : Lease Expires . . . . . . . : - Take a look at your Adapter (In my case Novell 2000 Adapter). You are interested in IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DHCP Enabled (yes or no), DNS Servers (at the top). Okay, now open your browser and look for proxy info, if you find any copy it down. (Netscape is under edit, preferences,advanced,proxies, Manual proxy configuration (on mine)) (In Internet Exploder I will not even try to suggest where it might be, they change location like I change my sox) Open your email client now and look for name of mail server (Something like mail.home.net) Open a command window again and ping the name they give, write the name and number down! example: ping mail reply from 192.168.0.50 ping news reply from 192.168.0.51 If your mail server is named mail and not mail.something.somethingelse then your provider has an ALIAS on his DNS server and you either must use his DNS numbers or manually put in the ip number for "mail" yourself. I suggest you use his DNS numbers because they may change the numbers for the alias "mail" and then your mail will stop working. Reasons they might have to change number? Server crash, load balancing, just because they can... Same kinda thing goes for news. Remember, if this alias exists it is not a real address. If you go to another machine and try to get your mail you will have to put the numbers in manually. Ok, now that you have all this info boot up linux and put all those settings into linuxconf. If DHCP Enabled said yes then use it in linuxconf, probably not a good idea to static your address if under Windoze it was dynamic. After close of linuxconf you should be able to ping your mail and news servers by name. If not, try by number. If you can ping by number but not by name then go back into linuxconf and fix the DNS entries. If you can't by number either then ping your "Default Gateway", Still no joy? Do ifconfig and check numbers for card. Open up netscape and input proxy server settings if any. If you are going to use Netscape for mail and news you can set up the servers now. If you want you can edit /etc/hosts to make your own alias to mail and news. 192.168.0.50mailmail.home.net 192.168.0.51newsnews.home.net Since Netscape will not let you remove the default of "news" you might as well use it for your news servers name. Hopefully this got it for you. You now know more then many 1st tier Tech Support people. (The ones YOU get to talk to) Usually He/She has a database of common problems dealing with M$ Windoze and very little knowledge of his/her own to work with. If they are asked a question not in the database they might call 2nd tier, who knows a little more, etc. Jon Hunter Computer Consultant / PC Fixit Dude ---
Re: [newbie] f*cking MOUSE! @#24!! -- Please help!
Sorry Bosco ~ is another way of saying $HOME and means your home directory. in term you can: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config $HOME and it will show up in your home directory bosco wrote: Thanks for the tips.. That's something I haven't tried and I'm certainly willing to try ANYTHING.. :) But, excuse me for being a newbie.. When you say copy it to ~ what do you mean? And also, I've heard people speak of $HOME, but I'm not sure where it hides.. :) Thanks, bosco(). "Linux, it's like throwing everything you know away... But worth it.. " Jon Hunter wrote: bosco wrote: Greetings all, I wrote once before of the problems I'm having with this blasted mouse. Everything I change in my centrally located /etc/X11/XF86Config file seems to take. I just got done swapping my 75dpi and 100dpi fonts around and they work like a charm.. However, FOR SOME REASON, my mouse WILL NOT stay configured.. After I "startx" it's not working. If I run "XF86Setup" in a "konsole" and configure my mouse and hit apply it starts working. But it WILL NOT stay configured.. I've tried as root and user.. I've changed permissions, write and read access, hand editing and other not so wise things.. PLEASE HELP.. this is driving me MAD.. BTW, on previous installs of this EXACT same ISO ( mandrake v7.0 ) I've configured it to work fine.. Accck! I I love Linux soo much.. yet sometimes... thanks, bosco(). Get it working once and cp /etc/X11/XF86Config to ~ One of the oh so helpful fixits like linuxconf is probably changing it back. Had lots of problems with linuxconf changing my settings to what it thought was right. So annoying I finally disabled it. If you have a copy of XF86Config in $HOME it will take precedence over the one in /etc/X11 Jon
Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?
The old version had to be active to work, PQMagic 4 came out with new version and I
didn't like it so never bothered to reinstall it (Boot manager portion that is)
Learn something new every day...
Thanx
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
JonThe host partition doesn't have to be active for Boot
Magic to work. The Boot Magic configuration program has a check
box to enable/disable Boot Magic. It keeps a copy of whatever
original boot loader was on the mbr and when it's disabled it
writes over itself with the saved copy of the original boot
loader, when it's enabled then it writes its own bootloader to
the mbr.
Alan
Jon Hunter wrote:
go into fdisk and check to make sure that the "Active"
partition is the one where bootmanager resides.
Funk Soul Brother wrote:
Hi! How do i get boot magic to boot up ? i have selected
what OS's i have and it doesn t load up when i boot it
just goes to lilo.?? any help would be
appreciated. thanks.Paul--
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Re: [newbie] where do I find components
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS Cory Hirano wrote: Hello there I was wondering where do I find components like qt and gimp the system components. Cory
Re: [newbie] no ftp access with Netscape !!!
If you have ever used CuteFTP under Windoze gftp is similar and does resumes also. Jeremy wrote: max wrote: i´m using a NT server with wingate for connecting to the web browsing http sites works perfect !! but wehn i click on an ftp link only the error message " the port u tryed to access is vorbidden " what can i do ?? mfg max On all ftp sites or just one? Try the same site addresses with ncftp or gnome's ftp to see if its netscape or the site or some NT setting (u maybe SOL there if you're not the admin). I like ncftp better than netscape anyways because you can resume transfers when they die. Nothing like being 99% through a 20mb download and having it die on you. ~Jeremy How about 99% of that new distro @ 650 meg? @ 14400bps ; Jon
Re: [newbie] f*cking MOUSE! @#24!! -- Please help!
bosco wrote: Greetings all, I wrote once before of the problems I'm having with this blasted mouse. Everything I change in my centrally located /etc/X11/XF86Config file seems to take. I just got done swapping my 75dpi and 100dpi fonts around and they work like a charm.. However, FOR SOME REASON, my mouse WILL NOT stay configured.. After I "startx" it's not working. If I run "XF86Setup" in a "konsole" and configure my mouse and hit apply it starts working. But it WILL NOT stay configured.. I've tried as root and user.. I've changed permissions, write and read access, hand editing and other not so wise things.. PLEASE HELP.. this is driving me MAD.. BTW, on previous installs of this EXACT same ISO ( mandrake v7.0 ) I've configured it to work fine.. Accck! I I love Linux soo much.. yet sometimes... thanks, bosco(). Get it working once and cp /etc/X11/XF86Config to ~ One of the oh so helpful fixits like linuxconf is probably changing it back. Had lots of problems with linuxconf changing my settings to what it thought was right. So annoying I finally disabled it. If you have a copy of XF86Config in $HOME it will take precedence over the one in /etc/X11 Jon
Re: [newbie] Fix ? Mandrake 7 install - Is it a xconfiguration*issue*
Pat Mellema wrote: your problem is caused by some setting in Xconfiguration. I had the same problem and had changed a setting that was probed. I rebooted from the floppy that I made and went back in and changed it back and the system came right back up. Pat --- Chuck Seiders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Type faster. :- 7 Do you have another instance of X still running (ps aux | grep X)? xfs3730.04.337722752?S Mar150:00 xfs -port -1 -dae root115080.01.32440856R 01:130:00ps aux root blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah,blah killed 373 (between blinks)... entered startx same error message as before and still blinking Did you have your system set to go to X Window when you rebooted? Don't know, maybe ?? Is that the default from a *recommended* install? (cat /etc/inittab) snip to last line x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon ---Original message Strange thing occurs After install system rebooted now the screen display is flashing/blinking on and off ??? I can type 2 characters at a time while the display flashes on the screen (Takes way to long to login in this mode ;-) After login(console) this condition continues. Login as root, entered, startx localhost replied: xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running fatal server error: cannot establish any listening sockets - make sure an x server isn't already running _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up xinit: Connection refused (errno 111) unable ot connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3) : Server error. Suggested solutions ? box spec's P5 75mhz , 64mb ram, ATI mach32 video card, Zenith ZCM -1450 - DT monitor __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Been Here, Done this... Loop caused by bad configuration file and you are locked into starting X. X won't run, /etc/inittab has set to respawn, you go in circles. At the lilo prompt linux init 3 then it should dump you at a console. run Xconfigurator or XF86Setup or xf86config once you have a good /etc/X11/XF86Config startx to test. If it's good reboot and you will be back to normal
Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question
Tony wrote: never done it this way but your image source in this case would have to be C in whatever directory you downloaded to."Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user) - Original Message - From: Ronald Brown To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:25 PM Subject: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question Hi Group, I do apologize for being so novice. That is what one gets for working on this all night without rest and I must say thank God for adsl :) It seems that many people are missing my point. I do not have the installation of Mandrake on a CD-ROM. A plain download to my local hard drive. My problems seems to come from trying to do a RAWRITE.exe I have never ran into this before, so it's a learning process. I followed the directions, but the files I need to write to the floppy want write there. In my mistake of downloading the ISO and using winimage, it worked perfect. When click the RAWRITE file, it asks for the image source fileI enter hd.image a:: but nothing. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Ron Brown Are you saying that you are able to reach into the iso image and grab files out? You can do this in linux but I haven't seen it in Windoze, tell me more...
Re: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!!
Donny wrote: Really? How can i get it to join it again? At 05:33 PM 3/16/2000 -0600, you wrote: If you reinstalled your Primary Domain Controller then you changed the SID. It won't rejoin that Domain. Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Donny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:15 PM Subject: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!! Hey everyone! OK, heres my weird story: I have a home network, with windowz NT as a domain controller. I was always able to get linux up and running on the network, using "linuxconf". Well i had to re-install NT. This happened the day before my Mandrake 7 arrived in the mail. I get NT up and goin, and now I go to install Linux. I set up the network stuff, and low and behold, no network!! I cant even ping other computers, and they cant ping the linux box. So i figure, "Hey, it must be Linux's fault", so i put redhat 6.1 on, and still get the same problem. This has me sooo confused!! Is Linux or NT the problem?? Please help!!! Thanks alot in advance! If you can't ping the numbered address (192.168.etc) then it is not a Join the Domain kind of problem. It is a configuration problem with the NIC. You say other computers so I am assuming that you have checked the "other computers" against each other (Including the new NT install) and that they will ping and answer each other. To me this means to check the linux box. Pinging an address (not a name) has nothing to do with M$ Workgroups or Domains.
Re: [newbie] RPM
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] How can I read Macintosh disks?
It is built into the system(I believe). Although I have not done this, if I was gonna try this I would as root: insmod hfs mount -t hfs /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Try it, can't hurt. ; Jon Hershel S Robinson wrote: Does anyone know if there is a free utility to allow me to read Macintosh floppies from Linux on a PC? I have looked but I have not found. Thanks,Hershel Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Cyrix CPU problem
A little more info please. Who made your computer? If it was done by a shop or a friend it might have been jumpered wrong. Windoze just askes the chip"Hey what kinda chip are you?" Linux actually measures it's speed... Grab your motherboard book and open the case to check jumpers. Be VERY careful if you change something... Triple check it and maybe have a friend check it too... It is way too easy to burn out a cpu! jeff wrote: Just installed Mandrake 7.0.2 and it reports my cpu as a 150mhz but it's a 200mhz. It's also very slow. Any info on this ?
Re: [newbie] Re: Fatal Server Error
If you don't have a mouse in Console mode do gpm -k (To KILL the mouse driver) gpm -h to get help Jeremy wrote: James wrote: Nightstalker wrote: :Have you looked in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, at the Pointer section :- It should look something like this: : Section "Pointer" : Protocol"MouseManPlusPS/2" : Device "/dev/psaux" : BaudRate1200 : ZAxisMapping 4 5 : EndSection This part is ok in my XF86Config. :Are your values still valid for your hardware? (ZAxisMapping only if :wheel btw) Is your device still in the /dev directory? Do you have a :mouse in console mode? When I do an "ls mou*" I get "mouse@" but I have no mouse in console mode. Your next suggestion might be to see if the mouse is connected, but I've done that and it's connected. Though, it is connected through a switcher box so I can use the keyboard and mouse on both my NT box and my Linux box. It has worked well up until today, and I am not sure what I might have done to change things. :Running XF86Setup (as root) might help restore this file if you don't :want to do it manually. Maybe make a backup (cp XF86Config :XF86Config.backup) too before doing anything. How do I run XF86Setup? I typed XF86Setup to no avail. james "mouse@" is something called a symbolic link, its not actually the device but it points to it. Mine points to /dev/psaux 'cause its PS/2. if you "ls -laF /dev/mou*" it will show the device it actually points to. MAke sure that device is listed in /dev. Then make sure that device is what you're actually hooked up to. If its serial it will be something like ttyS0 or ttyS1 for com1/com2 respectively. I think the mandrake install programs usually setup XF86Config to the actual device and not the sym links...but I've never used 6.1 just 6.0 7 so I cant be sure. To double check the exact protocol, there is a list in the man page "man XF86Config" about a dozen pages into it. Make sure the spelling/capitalization is correct. Note that all these protocols might not show up in configuration tools. Did you _ever_ have a mouse in console mode? This could help narrow down the problem to X specific or the whole Linux box in general. XF86Setup should be in your path, but if not it is probably located in /usr/X11R6/bin. "locate XF86Setup |more" could help you find it. You could also use "xf86config", which is a text mode tool and less user friendly. Both have their strenghts, the latter is better for setting multiple resolutions and color depths. But for just changing mouse settings "vi /etc/XF86Config" would be my choice. I don't think that you would get this error if the mouse wasn't physically plugged in. You just wouldn't be able to move the pointer. You could have done something inadvertantly last time you were in X, and just didn't notice it until you tried to go back in. Take a good hard look at the /dev directory and your device line in XF86Config. It really won;t hurt to double check the protocol either. Let me know if you get it. NightStalker
Re: [newbie] Help Please
Hi Ronald! Ignorance is ok, we all start somewhere :) If you are using a floppy to boot this please check which image you used. I think you need to change your boot disk image, sounds like you are attempting to do a network install. As for the numbers: NFS stands for Network File Server (Usually a Unix / Linux server) The numbers a normal disk based install would ask for are DNS (Domain Name Server) an IP Address for the box netmask (255.255.255.0) probably gateway (your router) ipconfig /all would give your these three but not an NFS number Ronald Brown wrote: Hello Group, I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0. Ok...I am in the installation process and when I get to the part that ask for the following information: Please enter the following information: 1. the name or IP number of your NFS server (Since I am running adsl, I choose DHCP and enter the IP numbers from the ipconfig /all for my dsl server) 2. the directory on that server containing Linux Mandrake for your architecture (Here is my problem, that server does not contain the Mandrake files, it is on my local hard drive.) Have I done something wrong in the download process? When I downloaded the files, I setup a directory on my hard drive and all the files are there. How can I point question #2 to those files? I have also tried the static IP and the same questions are always presented to me for the directory server containing those files. I would appreciate any help here. I am dying to try Mandrake as an OS system Thanks, Ron
Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 2000
Almost true, What I would do if I had a clean disk is start the linux install just enough get a shell by doing alt F2 - F6 until I found a console that would allow me to type fdisk /dev/hda I would make a 16meg linux partition at the front of the disk. and then I would reboot and use Windoze fdisk to make my WinDOS partition as big as I wanted it (Fat32 doesn't care about the 1024 cylinder boundary) Set up windoze and then set up Linux. When it asked me where to put lilo I would then put it in /dev/hda1. NOT the Master Boot Record. You want to set the 16meg linux partition to mount at /boot. I say almost true because lilo wants to be within that first 1024 cylinders. "Pittman, Merle" wrote: As long as you install windows first (on the first partition of your harddrive) and then install Linux you should have no problems. -Original Message- From: Ron Burns [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 2000 How can this be done? I have tried Linux as the first installed OS and then tried Win 2k and then I tried the reverse. I cannot get Lilo to function (install). This was not a problem with '98 and worked well. Any help would be appreciated. BTW...my drive is formated fat 32 at this point. Previously, it was fat32 and I allowed Mandrake to do the rest. Thanks Ron
Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?
go into fdisk and check to make sure that the "Active" partition is the one where bootmanager resides. Funk Soul Brother wrote: Hi! How do i get boot magic to boot up ? i have selected what OS's i have and it doesn t load up when i boot it just goes to lilo.?? any help would be appreciated. thanks.Paul-- W A R N I N G ! ** Linux should not be used by those under the influence of MicroSoft. May cause dizziness or vertigo. Consult your tech support before using Linux. (note--after using Linux, you may notice extreme discomfort when using MicroSoft. Discontinue use of MicroSoft.) ** W A R N I N G !
Re: [newbie] problems with KDE that came with 7.0 (solution?)
I agree with your diagnoses doctor ; kppp has a place in setup where it ask if it should get it's domain name from DHCP. Uncheck the box and it will probably fix this problem. Jeremy wrote: 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
Re: [newbie] Quick Zip question
WINZIP can read tar files... and they make tar for windoze also... my $02 Audrey Beck wrote: "Michael D. Kirkpatrick" wrote: I have a 4 gig and a 27 gig hard drive on my web server. Everything is ran off of the 4 gig hard drive. The 27 gig hard drive is basically for storing daily backups (Up to 2 weeks worth). Is there a way to tell zip to treat all shortcuts (links) as only links, not as files and directories? Example, when I go to zip a directory that has multiple links it adds all the directories and files under the links as well. This makes for a rather large zip file since I can have 10-20 copies of directories and files because of all the links I have. I basically want to make mirror copy of a directory structure in a zip file. That way I can restore it in a directory on my 27 gig hard drive and move the necessary directories, sub directories, files, and links to the 4 gig hard drive (thus restoring what was messed up or lost). When I am done, I will have a zip file for each directory on the root level. That way I only would have to restore what I need. I need to be able to restore all the links as links, not as actual files and directories. If this is not possible with ZIP, could you possibly suggest a good free utility that I can use to accomplish this. I just want to use zip since I can also open the file on a windows based machine upon need and also for the space savings. Thanks in advance Mike Don't know about zip, but you can do this with tar and tell it to compress so you get a smaller archive (you hope) than the actual data. Something like: cd /27gig/week1backupdir tar --same-owner -czvpf week1.gz /whateverdir /anotherdir /etc Check out info tar. I don't remember if man tar has all the switches and what they do. I believe p is the switch you want, but check the docs.
Re: [newbie] Help Please
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Ronald Brown wrote: Hello Group, I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0. Ok...I am in the installation process and when I get to the part that ask for the following information: Please enter the following information: 1. the name or IP number of your NFS server (Since I am running adsl, I choose DHCP and enter the IP numbers from the ipconfig /all for my dsl server) 2. the directory on that server containing Linux Mandrake for your architecture (Here is my problem, that server does not contain the Mandrake files, it is on my local hard drive.) Have I done something wrong in the download process? When I downloaded the files, I setup a directory on my hard drive and all the files are there. How can I point question #2 to those files? I have also tried the static IP and the same questions are always presented to me for the directory server containing those files. I would appreciate any help here. I am dying to try Mandrake as an OS system Thanks, Ron Ron, When asked for your IP address during install linux wants the address to be give to that machine not those of your ISP's. There are a set of IP addresses that can be assigned for a private network however I don't recall what they are off the top of my head. You should be able to search the 'net for them though. 192.168.0 though 254.1 through254 255.255.255.0 my box is 192.168.0.1 also open is 10.0 though 254.0 though 254.1 though 254 There are others but I think the first is enough... If you are on a private network with a M$ win98se or W2k box with "Internet Connection Sharing" turned on then you can't be on 192.168.0.1 but you have 252 other addresses in that range. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ #63389227
Re: [newbie] Music Composer?
Richard I have a PDF of the page he tried to send you to. 83k will fit on a floppy 'til you find a machine will adobe acrobat reader (Available in DOS,WINDOZE,MAC,UNIX,LINUX and maybe a few other platforms) I lost track of your email address so if you are interested in this file mine is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also at times have had email only access. There are servers that will download and send you software through the email. IF anyone remembers the address of those beasties, Feel free to JUMP RIGHT IN!!! C-ya Jon Seth Gibson wrote: On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote: Thanks. I was hoping someone could give me a lead on some software available commercially since, at the moment, I don't have Internet access other than email. http://linux.com/columns.phtml?sid=94aid=7619 That mentions some different packages. I think youre gonna be out of luck as far as commercial pakcages. I believe Logic and Nuendo are going to hit BeOS but no word for linux. . .
Re: [newbie] Permissions on a directory
Have you tried smbclient? I have found it very helpful in the past. If you can smbclient -L servername_here and see something you at least know it is not a closed port on the router... Ernie wrote: I'm having a hell of a time getting my win and lin machines networked, I know the networking is set up and working, I'm using an isdn router for internet access and I can get out with both machines, but then don't see each other, I can ping both from the other, but that's about it Ernie
Re: [newbie] Appending Ram
I don't know if it is too long but perhaps it is the two (2) copies of ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 throwing you off... Perhaps you should copy the linux labeled area to a new name, remove the second copy of IDE statements. Rerun lilo, boot it, try it, and see what happens... Bob wrote: I've read several posts on memory. Linux only recognises 64mb instead of 128mb of my memory. Below is lilo.conf boot=/dev/hde8 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe other=/dev/hde1 label=dos table=/dev/hde image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hde9 append="ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 mem=128M" read-only As you can see the append line is rather long. To long? I think the other stuff in the append line refers to my ata66 HD but not sure.Any help Please Thanks Bob
Re: [newbie] cannot mount ZIP
Here's a couple of things you can try. fdisk /dev/sda now hit p to "print" to screen the partition table. Preformatted zip disks come from the factory with a primary fat partition of 4, hence /dev/sda4. However, now that we know a little history of the disk we can see that the previous owner HAD to change to partition table on the disk and then reformat it. Since it was done with linux he may have put the partition number to anything he had a fancy to, and then formatted it to anything he wanted to. Ext2 comes to mind... Once you figure out which partition he changed it to, try: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/zip Change the 1 for whatever you saw it was in fdisk. If this doesn't work, use the -t and try it with ext2,vfat,msdos etc. Claus Atzenbeck wrote: On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Vic wrote: I wonder, why does the zip drive on Linux use sda4 rather than sda1? Neither sda4 nor sda1 is working for me. sda4 is what Mandrake was writing into fstab by installing the system. I noticed that a mac using "pcexchange" formatted it to sda1. What does a Windows box format a zip disk to? My zip was formatted originally with a Mac. But this is not the problem. Someone already was writing on it using Mandrake. Still the question: How can I mount my SCSI Zip? Thanks again for your help! Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de If a man has a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Re: [newbie] ATI Rage support
George
Have you tried the Frame Buffer server?
If not that, then you could use VNC and svncviewer
I have a Slackware installation (Also) running the Xfb server with my
Diamond S540.
Expensive card that wasn't covered by Xfree86 3.3.5 works upto 1600 x 1200
x32bit
If you opt for the VNC / svncviewer approach you will probably need to
uncomment
in /etc/vga/libvga.config the line for setting chipset to VESA
Worked great for 5 different video cards of mine. Also fixed my Quake
steve harris wrote:
SUSE has a ATI128 video server.
Works great.
http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/updates/63_update.html
It's at the bottom of the page. I have used it on Mandrake 6.1
Original Message Follows
From: George Fotis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] ATI Rage support
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:26:11 -0800 (PST)
Hi :-)
I'm looking for help on setting my ATI Rage 128 AGP 32MB card in
Mandrake.
My system is AMD k6-2 450Mhz ,128MB , Rage 128 AGP ,2x13GB HDDs ext 56k
modem,miro DC10plus.Monitor 17'' Amaga that does 1024x768 @ 87Hz
,800x600@100Hz
Well let get to the point.I can't get this thing work properly in any
of Linux distrs I own (Debian 3 ,Red Hat's 4.0 ,5.0,5.1 Suse's 6.0 ,6.2
Mandrake 7.0 and a few other I bother mention noe .Beleive this or not
, I have tried all of these in the past...thats what my Linux
experience is...also having read an excellent book (Using Linux Special
Edition)
And last night I tried to install the "monster" to make it work with
Mandrake.No bonus.What I get is a stuck system ,or in the best case a
60hz 800x600@8bit color.Now if THATS what Rage support means.Anyway...
Questions
1.Is there something I miss ? Do I need to select a specific Server (in
case Drak doesn't recognise the hardware properly)
2.K info panel shows me an amazing 3.3.FIVE X server...but the CD is
labelled Mandrake Linux 7.0.I thought there should be included X 3.3.6
!!!
3.X free site doesnt refers to "Rage" server.They are talking about
mach64 server in 3.3.6 that supports Rage 128
4.Whats going on with programmable chip ? Is there anything like this
to my card ?
5.How about the clocks ? Mysterious world isnt't it ?
Why is SO difficult to write an extensive guide on this ? I've already
check the Linux Documentation Project.AND my books.AND the FAQs
The best results with mandrake 7 is an 800x600@60Hz/256 colors.I won't
get blind by using my screen in such a refresh rate...so please help.
Another note : I'm currently setting up dialup Remote Access into my
works network.Thought a Linux server would be cool so I've tried a few
minutes ago find related informationbut no luck.
{Question : would YOU recomend an OS that you can't install properly at
home to your boss for Remote Access ?}
Any help will be greatly aprpreciated :-)
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Re: [newbie] mail server
Time to throw my oar in... Cable modems give you an address via the DHCP protocol. Some of the numbers they give you are: IP address DNS server ip address gateway The Domain Name Server address they give you gets you on Their Server. Their server has an alias for "mail" and "news" to point to their mail and news servers. Netscape comes with an account set up for mail at "mail" and news at "news". You can open a command prompt on your WinDoze box and type ipconfig /all to get all the numbers given you (Win98, Win98SE, Winnt, Win2k). For Win95 you must use winipcfg. Once you get this number, you could put it into /etc/hosts If you have noticed your netscape will not allow you to erase the server "news", you can use this trick yourself to just use the unremovable default to make your connection (Rather than have two servers listed). Without the DNS server, there is nothing "Local" about anything on a LAN. Your machine won't find anything without an address server of some kind. Even if this is only an entry in /etc/hosts. Here is a funny: On one of my Mankdrake 7.0 boxes my /etc/hosts file reads 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomain and when I start X it complains it can't find it's own address. Simple fix but I find it amusing... Jon Hunter NT Domain Administrator / PC fixit dude bosco wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by this either.. But in my netscape in Windows it just says "mail", for news it says "news". It's because with cable modems it's similar/the same as being on a LAN and you wouldn't need a DNS appropriate address to access the "local" mailserver.. thanks, bosco(). Todd Guse wrote: When you say "mail" you mean "mail.netscape.net" right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bosco Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 3:59 PM To: newbies Subject: [newbie] "mail" server Greetings again, Here's yet another problem. I'm an @home user. In WinDOZE the mail server in Netscape is merely "mail". Well I've tried this in Netscape in Linux to no avail. Anyone know what to do?! Currently I am using netmail.home.com as my mail server, and it works mostly, but I'd like to use the "intended" one if possible.. Thanks! bosco().
Re: [newbie] re : Explain this if you can
An easier way to fix this is to go into KDE and use the "Desktop Switching Tool" or instead of using Startx use KDM I love KDM as it allows you to browse through the different managers and choose the one you want for that session. It remembers your last choice and displays it in dropbox for the next time you log in. Log out and your machine is locked 'til an authorized user logs in, and it has a shutdown button right there. Tony wrote: version 70-2 will install giving choice to startup in Xwindows and that loads KDE as default - Original Message - From: "gary williams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 1:50 PM Subject: [newbie] re : Explain this if you can i had the same problem. i e-mailed mandrake support to ask what was going on, the answere they gave was. If you want mandrake to boot up with a different GUI use the custom install. now i could be wrong but wasn't the point of mandrake the integrated kde interface? anyway, i think there is a program called startkde that will, well, start kde. but i don't think the server install actually installs kde anyway so you will have check and see if it did then you may have to install the rpm's off the install cd.
Re: [newbie] FTP install issues
Two suggestions: 1. Try ne2000 for your nic driver or 2. Copy the kernel off the disk onto your small DOS partition and use LoadLin J Michael Graham wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support disk. (linksys etherfast 10/100) So, I tried copying the cdrom boot disk onto the HD, but of course, that won't boot I have a fair bit of investigating as to how to get my NIC working, but of course, I can't compile the module until I have Linux running. Anyone with any suggestions (other than just go buy a different NIC =P ), I would greatly appreciate them. Sh0GuN NT Mastah/Linux Foo
Re: [newbie] X problem
At the lilo prompt: linux single log in as root and change /etc/inittab to go init 3 (Read this file, it is interesting) Sounds like you are converting an old Compaq. I have one I use as a file server. Works much better in Linux. Major crash every 3 months under Windoze. Hasn't crashed yet in Linux... Victor Richardson wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same thing to happen again. Is it possible or how do I get the OS not to launch X, and then how do I reconfigure it to the proper video card(S3 Trio 3D) and monitor? My monitor is an old Compag Presario 1500 and I'm not really sure what the right resolution and refresh rate is, so I think setting it to standard SVGA 800 x 600 should work. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor
