[newbie] I keep having problems with X windows
I installed Linux on my computer only to find that it did not have the C++ libraries, so I downloaded the tar file for that and then followed the instructions to install gcc on my computer. All went well until I rebooted my machine. Now I can not get it to go into the GUI mode. I have tried the command startx and that does not work. How can I get the GUI to start when I start Linux? Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
OK, I finally had the time to try what you suggested, but when I opened the mini terminal, it would not let me type in the terminal window. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but when I try the modem, I do not get a dial tone. Mark - Original Message - From: "John Rye" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem Mark Thurston wrote: I do have a serial mouse, but the modem is on COMM3. I actually found the modem now, and Linux says "initializing modem" but it never even dials. I can not figure out what is wrong. When I go in to query the modem, it finds it, then runs through about 7 different tests but nothing ever shows up in the results. Do you have the speaker enabled?? Any noises?? Run the mini terminal you'll find in the Kppp setup type the following (Without Quotes..) cr= Hit Enter/Return AT cr ATE1 cr echoes output to terminal ATI cr record this output for us ATZ cr AT L2 M2 X4 S6=1 cr - this turns the speaker on Permanantly - Fix it later and says wait one second before dialling - fix it later Then ATDT x cr (Where x is your own phone number preferably the number of the line from which you are calling) Do you HEAR dialtone Do you HEAR the modem dialling Did you HEAR the busy tone Did the modem return a message like 'BUSY' and go quiet? Post these results Cheers - Original Message - From: "John Rye" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 1:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem Mark Thurston wrote: I have a US Robotics 56K Sportster modem, it is about 3 years old so it is not a winmodem. Anyway, I can get linux to find the driver and query the modem, but it always says "the modem is busy." I need to get this running as soon as possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mark Mark I have the same modem and it works fine in both Linux and Windows. Tell what Com port and Irq you are using. Is the modem internal or external Do You have a USB or serial mouse?? Be aware that Linux appears to assign the mouse regardless of it's type to Com 1 (Dos/Windows) or /dev/ttyS0 (Linux). As a result of this your modem should _NOT_ be assigned to /dev/modem or /dev/ttyS0 - it will conflict with your mouse. Cheers -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] More C++ problems
Yes, I wrote a simple "hello world" program and it would not compile because it could not find iostream.h. Mark - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] More C++ problems Mark Thurston wrote: Alright, I was finally able to install the developer version of Linux, I just used the one CD and it worked. Anyway, now I use g++ (part of the gcc) at school. What happens now is that none of the libraries are there. I checked using whereis iostream.h -- nothing. I know that I can download it from the internet, any ideas on where to find it? Is it in an RPM file or will I have to use a tar? Anyway, hopefully by tomorrow this will be solved. Thanks Mark Mark, Have you tried to compile a program with g++ yet cause attempting to locate iostream like that using whereis is not going to find the library file. Whereis doesn't work that way. It's primarily a tool for searching for and find and displaying the FS path of binarys on your system. You would have to perform a regular file search to check for iostream.h's existance. Or, you could just physically check the library yourself. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496
Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
Actually, I just tried to change the settings on my modem, it uses jumpers.
The problem is, when I changed it to COM2, no matter what I tried, I could
not get it to work in NT. I tried everything I could think of and nothing
worked. I tried to detect it and NT said that it did not exist, I know that
the jumpers were set correctly, I still have the manual, and it is quite
specific. I had to change everything back in order to send this email. At
any rate, NT is just driving me crazy. Of course I am having trouble with
Linux too, so I guess that I should be used to this frustration by now.
Mark
- Original Message -
From: "John Rye" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
Mark Thurston wrote:
I do have a serial mouse, it is connected right next to the printer and
under the keyboard. I have a PIII and the motherboard is an ABit BH6.
According to the manual, the mouse is on COM1 the keyboard is connected
using the PS/2 connection. I am dual booting Linux and WindowsNT, is
there
going to be a problem if I do move the mouse to COM2? Thanks for the
help.
Mark
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
I haven't checked the latest mail, so if this has been covered
already
please pardon my duplication, but:
Do you have a serial mouse on COM1 [the
typical
hookup uses the 9-pin D-shell connector on the back of your computer]
(or
anything else on COM1)? If so you have an IRQ conflict. COM 1 AND
COM 3
share the same interrupt (IRQ4), as COM2 and COM4 likewise share
another
(IRQ3). I don't know whether this is alterable in the CMOS (the
motherboard
BIOS configuration), but the standard fix is to put the modem on COM2
so
that
it uses a different interrupt, assuming that COM2 is available for you
to
use
and that you know how to change the modem settings. If your
motherboard
is
set up for it you could also change to a ps/2 mouse [a round connector
about
the size of your little finger], which uses a different interrupt (IRQ
12?)
but the mouse may need configuration in your o/s.
The suggestions that others have made for your problem may well
(also)
be
necessary, and they might even get your modem dialing and on-line even
if
you
do have an IRQ conflict, but if you do have an IRQ conflict modem
operation
will not be reliable until it is corrected. -Gary-
In a message dated 9/10/2000 5:54:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Thurston" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
I do have a serial mouse, but the modem is on COMM3. I actually
found
the
modem now, and Linux says "initializing modem" but it never even
dials.
I
can not figure out what is wrong. When I go in to query the modem,
it
finds
it, then runs through about 7 different tests but nothing ever
shows up
in
the results.
But as I understand - your mouse ain't broke grin - so I'd leave that
as is.
You mention (way down below here) that you modem is showing up on Com3.
If we were discussing that other popular opsys, I be shouting very loud
that that was the problem - under DOS Com1 Com3 BOTH use irq4 and
almost invariably cause conflict problems.
And I would definitly adjust the com port from 3 to 2 - NT should
eventually recover from such a major bit of surgery - yes??
My remamory is not wot it used to be and I've lost the beginning of this
thread - so I don't remember what modem we're discussing. Is it able
to configured via jumpers?? Or maybe configured via a setup disk which
threw out with the packaging??? very big silly grin
cheers
John
--
ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] More C++ problems
Alright, I was finally able to install the developer version of Linux, I just used the one CD and it worked. Anyway, now I use g++ (part of the gcc) at school. What happens now is that none of the libraries are there. I checked using whereis iostream.h -- nothing. I know that I can download it from the internet, any ideas on where to find it? Is it in an RPM file or will I have to use a tar? Anyway, hopefully by tomorrow this will be solved. Thanks Mark - Original Message - From: "Mark Thurston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] More C++ problems That being the case, I have a ABIT motherboard that is about 10 months old and it is made for a PIII. How can I change the installation so that it uses Grub or change the bios settings so that it supports Large Harddrives? I had previously installed the automated version and it worked just fine, why is there a difference when I install the development version? Mark - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] More C++ problems Mark The LBA is causing your problem NOT the # of CDs you install from. I did the Dev. install on 2 machines and on both used all 4 Cds with no problems. If your BIOS does not support LBA(Large Block Address) which is a fancy way of saying Large Harddrives then the bootloader you choose to use and were you install it are critical. Grub has no problem with it but the LILO as shipped with 7.1 does. Charles (-: - Original Message - From: "Mark Thurston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] More C++ problems That sounds like a good idea, I am using the Complete 7.1 installation. So what packages are on the applications CD? I know that Star Office is there, what else is on it? Thanks again. Mark - Original Message - From: "Patti Wavinak" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] More C++ problems Mark -- which distro are you using? Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe? ISO images? With the errors you are getting I am guessing the Deluxe package and using all 4 CD's (install, ext, application 1 and application 2) It has been my experience when you use all 4 CD's you will get this exact error. Try installing the developer version with only the install CD and the Ext CD -- NOT any of the application CD's and you shouldn't have any problem. That is what I had to do anyhow on all 3 of our computers. :-) Let me know how it works out. Patti -- Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message dated 9/12/00, 6:06:08 AM Author: Mark Thurston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [newbie] More C++ problems: This is Mark again, I tried to install the developer version of Mandrake-Linux so that I could get the developer utilities. Everything went smoothly until I tried to make a bootdisk, it said that the bootdisk program had failed. I thought, well I will just make one later then. So on I go to the Bootloader... I tried every possible combination, and I tried installing it twice, the same problem came up, at the Bootloader main options screen I got the following error: "LBA (doesn't work on old BIOSse)" Now this is rather perplexing to me, because I installed the "Automated" version before and I had no such problem. What am I doing wrong? I have to get this working as soon as possible. Thanks Mark
[newbie] Is there a C++ compiler somewhere?
I need to do some C++ programming and I would prefer to do this on a Linux machine, is there a C++ compiler and editor in Mandrake-Linux? I have Linux-Mandrake 7.1 complete. Thanks Mark
[newbie] I am having problems with my modem
I have a US Robotics 56K Sportster modem, it is about 3 years old so it is not a winmodem. Anyway, I can get linux to find the driver and query the modem, but it always says "the modem is busy." I need to get this running as soon as possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mark
[newbie] Printer problems
I have an HP Deskjet 722C printer and I can not get it to work in Linux. The system finds the printer, tells me what it is and the selects a driver, but the driver does not work properly. The test page prints, but very very slowly and it is all jumbled up and unreadable. I have tried some of the other drivers, but none of them seem to work either. Does anyone have any ideas? Mark
