Re: [newbie-it] che fine ha fatto howto?
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Michele Cascella wrote: Ciao ragazzi, nuovo utente a bordo pronto a fare domande. Inizio con una semplice: che fine ha fatto howto? Gli howto, se li hai installati sono in /usr/doc/HOWTO Ora andiamo sul complicato. Come funzionano gli rpm? Leggiti il capitolo 8 o 9 del manuale di installazione della RedHat/Mandrake (c'e' da qualche parte nel CD). Altrimenti usa Kpackage (Mtico!). OK... scarico un file rpm, lo metto da qualche parte dentro /usr/rpm, da gnorpm clicco su installa, seleziono il file, compare la schermata che mi dice che sta copiando i file giusti al posto giusto... e poi? Come trovo l'applicazione? rpm -qf pacchetto-installato | less -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://www.ferrara.linux.it
Re: [newbie] Booting problems...
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Adam Wright wrote: I have just installed Linux Mandrake 5.3 and am very pleased with it, However I do have a question that I hope someone out there can help with. I am able to boot my system with a floppy diskette, but not from the hard drive. I realize that I have done something incorrectly in my installation (I am a definite Newbie to Linux). Now I need to know how to install LILO to my MBR on my hard drive. The boot disk I have is not able to be mounted. Thanks in advance, Adam Wright You have to edit/etc/lilo.conf and add the following line: boot=/dev/XXX at the beginning of the file (where XXX is the drive where you have installed linux -- e.g. /dev/hda). Then launch /sbin/lilo to reinstall lilo. Take a look at my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt image=/boot/zImage label=linux root=/dev/hda1 read-only vga=4 alias=1 image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage label=new root=/dev/hda1 read-only vga=4 alias=2 For more informations: man lilo man lilo.conf -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] Video Cards
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Internet Service Jeremy wrote: I am looking to get a 12 or 16 meg video card. Does anyone know where there is a got unix/linux hardware compatibility site. I am looking for a 12 or 16 meg 2d/3d card, so anyone recommend me get a certain one. Thanks in advance www.xfree86.org -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] linux penguin
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Bruce Newland wrote: How do I get rid of the penguin after boot-up on my mandrake 5.3 box? I like the compilation info and the processor+ ram info, but the penguin is getting on my nerves. Bruce Newland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and delete all the lines containing the linux_logo command ;-) -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Jeffrey M Wolfe wrote: Ok - I know this may not seem like the wisest thing to do - and I have to admit that I'm impressed by the KDE environment, but where do I start to find out how to experiment with the other graphical environments? I admit it - I don't know how to switch from KDE to one of the other graphical setups. Any suggestions on where to start looking? (Please be gentle) /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker.inst Of course, it will work only if you have installed WebMaker. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/~keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
RE: [newbie] Broken kernel-source-2.0.36 in Mandrake 5.2
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Vavruska Jindrich wrote: When it starts compiling sound files (.../sound). Sound configuration also does not work, obviously it has the same reason. I copied sound configuration defs from 2.0.35 to .config (to complete the configuration manually) an then started make dep make clean make zImage make modules. It ended with an error while compiling the sound things. You cannot just copy your old 2.0.35 .config file into 2.0.36 and recompile. Too many things are changed, especially in sond configuration (in 2.0.36 there are OSS/Free sound modules and misc stuff). -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/~keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: However there seems to be a small problem wit the task bar, it slides all the time ( form left to right and viceversa), I had some fun with it but now it is a bit annoying. How do I fix this? Hmmm... I've never had such a problem, but I think it is a problem with the mouse configuration. Probably you are using a 2 button mouse with a 3 button protocol or viceversa. I shall probably submit something on the configuration of the sound, but I am yet to try by myself and see whether I can get the beast to work. I get absolutely no sound from any audio CD. Have you tried the sndconfig program? To mount the floppy: mount -t FS /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy where FS is ext2 or fat (I suppose), depending on the filesystem you have on the floppy disk. Of course you have to be root to do that. If you want to be able to mount the disk as a normal user, you have to add the following line to your /etc/fstab: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppyautosync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide,rw 0 0 In my computer it seems to work perfectly, recognizing the filesystem you have on the disk. Then, to mount the disk, you only have to digit: mount /mnt/floppy For the cdrom it is just the same. Add the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdromauto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 and then give the command: mount /mnt/cdrom If you use msdos floppies, probably the best thing for you is to use the mtools: mcopy, mdir, etc If you experience problems with auto configuration of filesystems, let me know. ;-) -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/~keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] installing RPM all files are treated like documents?!?
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Clay wrote: when i install a file from an rpm or tar.gz it seems that all the files in the rpm or tar.gz are treated like text files instead of executables like they should be! what gives?! i downloaded these files under windows 98 then mounted my fat 32 partition under linux got the files from the fat 32 partition put them on my linux partition and tried to install them and it extracts them ok and everything just none of the files are treated correctly they are all treated like executeables! someone please help me! When you mount your FAT32 partition you have to use the option noexec of the mount command. See man mount for more information. If you mount the partition using an entry in /etc/fstab, then you have to add the noexec option in the 4th field of the entry. Something like: /dev/hdXX /mnt/WinXX vfatdefaults,noexec,nodev 1 1 -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ing49.unife.it/~keyser Ferrara Linux User Grouphttp://flug.unife.it
Re: [newbie] total newbie q
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Keith Robinson wrote: documentation says any kernel over 2.0.34 will support vfat You have to enable this option from within the kernel configuration, and then recompile the kernel. I suggest you to build it as module. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
Re: [newbie] Installing from Hardisk problem
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, John Robie wrote: I'm failing to install Mandrake 5.3 from a Win95 partition (d:) on my hardrive. It happened to me too! It said the file install3.tr was unreachable. Probably a bug in the bootdisk. Maybe it does not work with FAT32 partitions? -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
Re: [newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Clay wrote: how do you get linux mandrake to see my fat 32 partition i have used linux slackware and was able to get it to see my fat 16 partition on my older computer but didn't see a way to get my fat 32 visible under linux...again any help would be appreciatied Compile the kernel with VFAT fs module, and add the following entry to /etc/fstab: /dev/hdXX /mnt/Win98vfatdefaults,user 1 1 where /dev/hdXX is your FAT32 partition. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
