Re: [newbie] New Modem Problems ;(
Try messing around with the flow control Mads - Original Message - From: Kandace Little To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: [newbie] New Modem Problems ;( I got a new to me modem, it is a 33.6 USRobotics Sportster and it works great in windows. I can query it in Linux and it give me some stuff but when I try to connect to the net through kppp it hangs on initializing and it goes not father. I hope somebody can help me out with this. Stephen
Re: [newbie] a few problems of my own
Try disabling the toshiba panning device when starting up, in the bios I think. Mads - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: [newbie] a few problems of my own i have a toshiba satellite 1675cds notebook: 800x600 13.5" lcd display 550mhz celleron v.90 conexant modem ati rage 3d lt pro crystal sound fusion 4281 well i have 3 problems 1...mandrake cant identify my modem as anything other then the hardware id number 2the same thing with my sound card and usb camera and for #3 the windows are huge i cant move them around very well to click any of the buttons and i managed to get the kde bar to be tiny but everything else is huge, i tried changing the resolution and it looks exactly the same. any ideas?
Re: [newbie] ISP
Try accessing from a windows machine and running the program Winipcfg (in c:\windows) It will tell you your current ip number but more important also your DNS numbers. Write them down. In your setup of kppp in linux you can now enter this information but only fill in info about DNS and perhaps gateway. Let it decide the ip number itself. This is really all you need. regards Mads - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP any ISP will function under linux except perhaps aol. all you have to do...is configure your kppp app correctly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: where is there an isp for linux, and dont send me to whatever.UK im referring to the states, near chicago, in this god forsaken naval base -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit= Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designerhttp://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S S 12pm-12am EST) =KompuKit=
Re: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning
4 GB should be enough for a first time linux installation. I would recommend using this partioning: Swap = size of ram on computer /boot = 100 Mb /= 200 Mb /usr= 2,5 Mb /usr/local = the rest You do not need much space for users (home) when you are the only user With regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Gordon Burgess-Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie Linux Mandrake (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning I am a VERY new newbie in Linux. I have installed 7.1 using the windows install successfully, but I feel that it doesn't give Linux "free rein" and thus am going to attempt a complete install on its own partition. When I run the complete instal, what do I have to tell it about the partitions that it will make? I have a 13 GB HD, and am currently running Win98. I would ideally like to have 8GB for windows, and 4GB for Linux (or may be 7 and 6 as I don't use a lot of storage-hungry apps) Many thanks Gordon
Fw: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning
Sorry, that should of course be /usr = 2,5 GB Regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Mads Rasmussen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning 4 GB should be enough for a first time linux installation. I would recommend using this partioning: Swap = size of ram on computer /boot = 100 Mb /= 200 Mb /usr= 2,5 Mb /usr/local = the rest You do not need much space for users (home) when you are the only user With regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Gordon Burgess-Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie Linux Mandrake (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning I am a VERY new newbie in Linux. I have installed 7.1 using the windows install successfully, but I feel that it doesn't give Linux "free rein" and thus am going to attempt a complete install on its own partition. When I run the complete instal, what do I have to tell it about the partitions that it will make? I have a 13 GB HD, and am currently running Win98. I would ideally like to have 8GB for windows, and 4GB for Linux (or may be 7 and 6 as I don't use a lot of storage-hungry apps) Many thanks Gordon
Re: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning
Hi Mark, You´re right ! Boot should be smaller :o) /home ??? - I don´t think that it´s that important for a single user system (workstation) but I would confess that I myself have a huge home partition. It is as you say nice for data files and projects. I like splitting up / (root), /usr and /usr/local because I can upgrade my system more easy without reinstalling all packages. When I started out on linux I had the setup you recommended but I found it tedious to reinstall everything every time I had to upgrade. It´s just a suggestion, your setup will work nicely, no doubt about that, and after all that was just what the guy was asking for. Regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning Mads Rasmussen wrote: 4 GB should be enough for a first time linux installation. I would recommend using this partioning: Swap = size of ram on computer /boot = 100 Mb /= 200 Mb /usr= 2,5 Mb /usr/local = the rest You do not need much space for users (home) when you are the only user With regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Gordon Burgess-Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie Linux Mandrake (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Very simple question on Partitioning I am a VERY new newbie in Linux. I have installed 7.1 using the windows install successfully, but I feel that it doesn't give Linux "free rein" and thus am going to attempt a complete install on its own partition. When I run the complete instal, what do I have to tell it about the partitions that it will make? I have a 13 GB HD, and am currently running Win98. I would ideally like to have 8GB for windows, and 4GB for Linux (or may be 7 and 6 as I don't use a lot of storage-hungry apps) Many thanks Gordon You've got the right idea, but your numbers are WAY off. /boot = 15MB you only need enough room for the kernel and it'll bever be big enough to need all 15 MB. Not to mention that anything more than that will be bigger than the kernel will ever get. /home = at least 500MB / (root) = /usr = } I would split the remainder up amongst these three, although there really isn't any reason to have these three separate. a config like this will work great on 4GB /boot = 15 MB /home = 500MB# mine is 3GB - planning for the future never hurts. / (root) the rest having the /home dir on it's own partition affords me the luxurey of refomatting and doing a fresh install and leaving ALL my data files intact and untouched when doing so. /usr/local = -- Mark
Re: [newbie] whois nslookup..
nslookup should be in bind-utils as far as I remember but if you use the kpackage to install rpms you can locate single files using the menu. I don´t remember correctly but I think it is under Edit - pull down each menu and see for yourself Regards, Mads - Original Message - From: "Robert Griffiths" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 6:02 PM Subject: [newbie] whois nslookup.. For all those that helped me with my traceroute problem...thanks. I've been trying to locate 'whois nslookup' which i can't find although i've seen fwhois on the installation cd, my question is, is nslookup on the cd under a different name because i can seem to find it, also is there a whois instead of fwhois, as kpackage tells me that there is a difference between them. I know this is a dumb question but any help would be great. Thanks in advance. Robert. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] Traceroute...
You might consider looking at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/ashell2.html#Path Regards Mads - Original Message - From: "Robert Griffiths" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:24 PM Subject: [newbie] Traceroute... Hi, when i try to use the command 'traceroute' i get a command not found reply but i searh for traceroute i find it in /usr/sbin/traceroute, I've only been using linux for a couple of days so help would be great, also does 'whois nslookup' come with linux cos i get command not found with them aswell...i'm running mandrake 7.1. If you can help, thanks in advance. Cheers... _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] linux to unix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You have to redirect your display and allow access via xhost lookup you IP number using ifconfig allow access using xhost school.edu login using telnet like: telnet scool.edu export display to your current IP number: export $DISPLAY IPnumber:0.0 try running xterm like this: \xterm The \ is to avoid aliases Still confused???, try having a look at: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xnet.html Regards, Mads Rasmussen - - Original Message - From: "Nijs, Vincent" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Newbie Linux List '" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: [newbie] linux to unix Dear Mandrake user, I had assumed that if I would telnet to my schools Unix system from within Gnome i would be able to use emacs, xemacs, nedit etc. without needing any additional Xwindows system for the graphical display. Shouldn't this be the case (?) and if not might someone suggest a possible solution/program ? Thanks in advance, Vincent -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBObAS9VgG9G4szMj4EQKGNwCePAz9OwdwwE1RHXney1NhrW8OkbwAnRE2 gF/UzpJrC3QlO4XAYMkgsYgf =9iD+ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Traceroute...
It looks like a path problem, what security option did you choose when installing? You can change your search path in the .bashXXX files in your home directory, just start up emacs and add /usr/sbin Regards, Mads Rasmussen - Original Message - From: "Robert Griffiths" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:24 PM Subject: [newbie] Traceroute... Hi, when i try to use the command 'traceroute' i get a command not found reply but i searh for traceroute i find it in /usr/sbin/traceroute, I've only been using linux for a couple of days so help would be great, also does 'whois nslookup' come with linux cos i get command not found with them aswell...i'm running mandrake 7.1. If you can help, thanks in advance. Cheers... _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
