[newbie] Can't start X, No Devices
Fellow Linux users, I'm trying to sell a Compaq Deskpro 2000 (Pentium 200MMX w/96M RAM, 1M Video), and I have a buyer if I can get Linux on it. The thing works fine under Win 98, Win ME, Win Pro. Under Linux my first hurdle was the sudden appearance of a bad track, resolved by installing the HD on another machine (no bad track there), installing MDK9.1 and transferring the drive back. Everything seemed fine, I was using WindowMaker and IceWM, and it was groovy. But something happened along the way and now it doesn't auto-login, and once logged in, it won't run X (or any other GUI I've tried). The display information is correct. The init level is 5. When I try to run X, there are several lines dealing with authority stuffs, and then there is the error message No Devices Found. I thought Linux's strength was that it could run on almost anything from watches to supercomputers, so the limitation here must be my ability to modify Linux for this machine. BTW, the bad track is apparently back because fsck finds a bunch of bad blocks in a row. It finds the same one each time run, and I've tried employing the -l/-L switches, but must be doing something wrong there too. It must be a BIOS issue, and on these Compaqs there's no convenient access to the BIOS. BTW, I spent 11 hours on this and look at recieving $60 for the system grin. Also, the bad track thing had me throw away a harddrive a few weeks ago, same tracks reading as bad on this drive, so that drive was probably ok too. sigh Is the answer: Nope, MDK9.1 won't run on that piece of junk, install Win and sell it for less? Or is it: Sure, just adjust the Kaiser Module and MDK9.1 will be fine on there? Bah!, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't start X, No Devices
HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 11/03/2003 11:26:48 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Can't start X, No Devices On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:51:01 -0800 Aronsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Did you try F-10 on boot , that will access the bios on most Compaq's I had the same machine, there ain't no way in hell you are going to access the BIOS without the proper util from the Compaq site. They have floppy images which will give you access to the BIOS to turn off features such as anti-virus, PNP, or whatever. The BIOS has probably overwritten some part of the boot or other sector of the drive, and this may be what is causing the prob. -- It is correct that the BIOS utility is normally written to a partition on the harddrive on this model of Compaq, F10 accesses that partition at boot-up. The partition was overwritten during one of my many attempts to install MDK91. It wasn't much good anyway -- there's no real BIOS control in there, just a description of the various hardwares and some minor testing software. There's no access to the important BIOS features found on modern computers (ie, no PNP, no Energy Savings, no timings, etc.). What does it mean when X claims No devices found? Does that mean it can't find the videocard or that it can't find a window manager? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Display Manager FAILs to close
Greg, Yes, it sounds right. With Mandrake 9.1 and KDE (default version) where do I find the second autologin setting? The one I know about is in MCC:Boot, if I remember right. Thanks. Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]@aurora.gkmweb.com on 10/27/2003 10:42:27 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Display Manager FAILs to close On Monday 27 October 2003 01:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two issues here, but I think they're linked. When I shutdown the process is described on the shutdown screen and everything says Success, iirc. There is one step in the process however which fails: Closing Display Manager. This bothers my sense of order, and may be a symptom of other problems. Probably related is that when I log off, instead of going to a login/reboot/shutdown screen, I'm returned right back into KDE. The second time I log off, it works properly. This double logoff pattern holds over and over. I could turn off automatically log this user on in MCC:Boot:Bootdrake, but then I'd need to logon everytime. I'd rather not logon every time, and I'd rather not have to logoff twice. Any ideas? Yes, you are using autologin. When you use autologin, the dm is never started because autologin is handled elsewhere. You probably have autologin set in your dm too, which is why when you logout out and the dm starts, it logs you back in right away. Subsequent logouts present you with a login dialogue because the dm autologin only happens when the dm is first started. Does this sound right? -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx 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
[newbie] Serial port problem
I'm having a problem with my serial ports. Mandrake 9.1, Fujitsu L-470 PII w/192M. This has a built-in modem, infrared port, and a serial port. When I set the serial ports to AUTO in BIOS then I'm unable to synch my Palm device using either ttyS0 or ttyS1 (Kpilot). When I disable the IR serial in BIOS, no change. When I manually define IRQ4 and 3f8 in the BIOS for the non-IR port, then DMESG lists it as ttyS0 with that information. That all seems good, but then I'm able to synch with either ttyS0 or ttyS1! Both ports seem to have the same information, somehow the port is split. I'm concerned when two software ports point to the same hardware because it may indicate that I've munged something, and it may reduce the efficiency. Thanks for your help, Max P.S. I have another problem which I believe is unrelated. In keeping with the FAQ I'll put it in another message. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Display Manager FAILs to close
Two issues here, but I think they're linked. When I shutdown the process is described on the shutdown screen and everything says Success, iirc. There is one step in the process however which fails: Closing Display Manager. This bothers my sense of order, and may be a symptom of other problems. Probably related is that when I log off, instead of going to a login/reboot/shutdown screen, I'm returned right back into KDE. The second time I log off, it works properly. This double logoff pattern holds over and over. I could turn off automatically log this user on in MCC:Boot:Bootdrake, but then I'd need to logon everytime. I'd rather not logon every time, and I'd rather not have to logoff twice. Any ideas? Thanks, Max Mandrake 9.1 KDE 3.1 Fujitsu L-470 PII w/192 RAM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Evolution
I like the look and feel of Evolution as a mail reader, but I have a couple of questions for ya'll: How can I cause it to open Konquerer as a browser rather than Mozilla? Konq is listed first under KDE file associations, and I can't find anywhere in Evolution where there is a place to make an Evolution-link-to-browser change. Many of the current mail readers also allow us to set filters based on whether the sender is our addressbook. Sure I can probably do that with arcane fecthing and processing programs, but is there no provision in Evolution (I'm using whatever version comes with MDK 9.1) to do this? I've looked at every tab, every menu 4 or 5 times now and can't find it, but sometimes I miss stuff. grin Those of you who have upgraded to 9.2, is there a newer version of Evolution with this ability included? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
Ok, we now know which wallpaper this is, but which KDE theme is it? Thanks, Max Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 10/12/2003 03:26:24 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] wallpaper hi does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg remo 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
[newbie] rwho
The rwho service is running on my system by default, and it seems that this is responsible for giving information about my system in the event that someone finger's this IP. Only thing is that since I'm using a hardware firewall, I don't think this will work. Am I correct in believing that I might as well turn that service off or does it have some other function? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] pilot rpm corrupt?
After having the palm/mandrake 9.1 sync working well for a week or so with
Kpilot I seem to have bolluxed it up by trying a sync with Evolution.
Instead of transfer-pilot (or whatever the name of the Kpilot deamon is)
it's now using gnome-pilot.
And it's not working, so after playing around with it a bit, I decided that
I'd mucked it up enough to deinstall the gnome-pilot stuffs and reinstall
them. Used MCC to remove everything with 'pilot' in it, and tried to use
MCC to install evoluton-pilot. This spurs the system to add about 4
necessary additional packages, which was fine with me. But after a brief
period of apparent file transferring I get the following warning:
Signature libgnome-pilot1-0.1.71-3.1DK.i586.rpm not correct, continue
anyway? to which I say yeah. Then there's an error Could not read
signature block ('rpmReadSignature' failed), and finally an error that the
file is corrupt. I've tried this 3 times over a 12 hour period, so it's
not some transitory error.
I have distro cdrom 2 in the drive, and am using dresden for main, usc for
contrib, ibiblio for updates (never any in 3 weeks -- does that seem
right?), and zarb for plf. Is this error telling me that the files are
corrupt at the source? Which source is it? (I didn't have any problem
with the cdrom at installation - but I seem to remember there was a CDROM
access error in dmesg . . . )
By the way, with no obvious deamons runnning, dropping the palm (Kyocera
7135 Smartphone) in the cradle and hitting the hotsync button on the
cradle, nothing appears to happen at the desktop, but the palm does some
synching stuff (not all, just the stuff that was set up in gnome-pilot).
As a semi-unrelated question -- when I just try to synch while in Evolution
it seems ok until it errors out unable to open gnome-cal. What should I
look for there?
Thanks,
Max
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[newbie] Desktops and their progs
Greetings, The default install of Mandrake 9.1 has provided us with a number of different desktop environments (7?), and I understand that the variety is there because of personal preferences in decoration and performance. But it has also provided us with some programs which seem keyed to specific desktops (Evolution for Gnome, Kpilot/Korganizer for KDE, etc.), and this implies that those programs will run well in all desktops (for example, the Gnome Configurations Manager is not available in KDE, so someone has taken the care to select what's pertinent). The Gnome environment doesn't work well for me -- it is much slower and uses a lot more CPU than KDE in my installation. I've spent the last several weeks customizing KDE's appearance and behavior and now have a highly responsive, visually pleasing working environment. But I really like the way Evolution, specifically, looks. So my question for ya'll today is: is there any reason that I need to stick with KDE native (would that be the right term?) applications, or can I freely use those Gnome applications I like in KDE (and, presumably, vice-versa)? The reason I'm suspicious is that after having a working palm sync scheme with Kpilot, and then trying it with Evolution, Kpilot had a lot of trouble and it seemed to be because Evolution had switched the deamon to gnome-pilot . . . Thanks, Max Fujitsu PII L-470 Lifebook with 192M RAM Mandrake 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?
(I'm 3 days behind in my reading, apologies if this has been covered to death). Thanks Ed. I'm new here these last few weeks and felt it wasn't my place, but I wholeheartedly agree. Too much unrelated blathering going on. ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 10/05/2003 04:51:07 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Mandrake Off topic [EMAIL PROTECTED], newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] have we killed the reason we are here? My patience with newbie is wearing somewhat thin too. I find myself frequently just marking all messages as read without reading them because so many are OT of just personal conversations. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] .directories
So last night I was trying to cajole Kpilot into syncing my PDA with Korganizer's calendar and the manual said that I needed to point the configuration to the calendar file, normally the default file in /.kde/usr/share/somethingorother [going by memory here]. So I looked around and couldn't find the file it was mentioning, nor any file anywhere with the suggested extention, nor even the directory. So I (correctly) reasoned that I needed to open the calendar program and save out a calendar, and I did. But I still couldn't find that directory. What-the-hell, give-it-a-try I manually typed in the /.kde/whatever stuff and was suddenly in the missing directory with all the expected subdirectories and files sitting just where they were supposed to be. I'm reckoning that a .directory is a hidden directory. How may I coax Konqueror to reveal existing hidden directories? Why would the /.kde/ directory be hidden? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast
Someone said yesterday All of these commands need to be run as super user or root These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: USB PALM sync woes continue
HaywireMac wrote: =-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I doubt that visor usb-uhc1 should be unused. I've spent over 10 hours trying to get this to work, scouring google, and I've come to the conclusion that something's good and broken. The palm is set to use USB for sync, every instruction has been followed and refollowed. I'm out of ideas. I'm really really sorry if this is a repetition or if it's been tried already, but just in case, you may need to type first: export PILOTPORT=/dev/ttyUSB1 =-=-=-= Well, I spent most of Saturday working on this some more and here's what I discovered to be the cause: While this device is a Palm based device, it is not a Palm. It's a Kyocera 7135 Smart Phone with Palm software and I'd thought that since it's a PDA with Palm software, that it would be the same procedure. Indeed, when using the serial port, it is the same procedure as with a Palm PDA, but the USB sync has greater demands. The upshot of it all is that there exist 2 files, drivers, which the USB synch calls to get manufacturer information and starting addresses, etc. These files, VISOR.C and VISOR.H need to have definitions of the device being used, and that information is lacking for many non-mainstream devices. Scouring the Web some more results in a number of other people who have had the same problem with a number of devices, and contacting some of them reveals that no updated files are known to exist for the 7135. I may be able to modify these files with the appropriate information, but that will have to wait until this weekend. Until then it's serial sync for me. I mention this in case anyone else runs into the same problem with a USB device. Thanks to all of you who tried to help, especially HaywireMac. Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)
You might also look at your BIOS settings. I seem to remember that changing mine from P-n-P to non Plug-n-Play made a difference (or was it vice versa?). Max yankl [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/29/2003 05:31:22 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?) On Monday 29 September 2003 05:37 am, Margot wrote: Thanks to all who have tried to help with this. Still no sound, but I don't have any more time and energy to devote to this problem right now. It seems I messed up on my reinstall when I was trying to get the internet connection going - succeeded in that but broke everything else! I'm still running 9.0 - 9.2 will be ready soon, and I can live without sound until then, and then perhaps someone can point me to a checklist so I make sure I get the 9.2 installation right! Thanks again for all your time and patience - even though we din't fix it, I've learned a lot of useful stuff! Margot Margot, I am sorry that you gave up on your sound. I have one more idea may be you like to try it. In the past I had a problem where too much time where assigned for a process to hold a sound device. So in the kde control center (kcontrol not mcc) you need to change parameter in Sound - Sound System. Check mark auto suspend if idle for: and change time to about 1 second . Then in the LookNFeel - Sytem Notification disable all sound notifications. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com 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
[newbie] USB PALM Sync woes continue
Thanks very much for the helpful links with instructions on how to set up a Palm USB Mandrake sync, but I'm still unable to do it. Here is the error message I get when I press the hotsync button first and follow all the other directions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b visorbackup ERROR: No such device (19) Press the HotSync button first and relaunch this conduit.. Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyUSB1 Please use --help for more information =-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] random]# lsmod Module Size Used byNot tainted visor 10440 0 (unused) usbserial 21468 0 [visor] ... usb-uhci 24652 0 (unused) usbcore72992 1 [visor usbserial usb-uhci] =-= I doubt that visor usb-uhc1 should be unused. I've spent over 10 hours trying to get this to work, scouring google, and I've come to the conclusion that something's good and broken. The palm is set to use USB for sync, every instruction has been followed and refollowed. I'm out of ideas. Thanks for any help, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] load average
Ricardo's signature wrote this in a message on Saturday morning (00:50:14): =-=-= Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:45:00 -0300 00:45:00 up 2 days, 13:35, 3 users, load average: 1.86, 1.72, 1.37 =-=-= What is this load average? I thought that it was a percentage of CPU use, but then he's at 186%, so that's obviously wrong (unless he typed this as a joke . . .). Also, what are the other 2 values? They seem related to the first, I'm thinking [avg last minute], [avg last hour] Curiously, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Damn newbie user!
Everytime I get one I reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Fix your email. Doesn't bounce back, but it might go to /dev/null, I suppose. =-=-= Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] @english-quest.com.br on 09/20/2003 01:06:44 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] Damn newbie user! What's up? Whenever I send an email to Mandrake newbie list I get this: Short Message delivery report From: Sms Message [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Today 00:52:17 There is no such user (newbie). === Can anyone help me outa this? Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] user = [EMAIL PROTECTED] == AntiVir for UNIX Copyright (C) 1994-2002 by H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH. All rights reserved. For more information see http://www.antivir.de/ or http://www.hbedv.com/ Sat, 20 Sep 2003 01:00:00 -0300 01:00:00 up 2 days, 13:50, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.21, 1.32 It's a .88 magnum -- it goes through schools. -- Danny Vermin 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] My clock is fast
Sorry Margot, I can't help you, but I suffered from a similar problem (my laptop would gradually lose about 10 minutes a week) under Win95, Win98 WinMe, and it bugged me pretty serious, but I just installed a clock-syncher and figured it was a problem with the laptop's motherboard. But since installing M9.1 a couple of weeks ago, my laptop clock has been spot-on accurate! Good luck, Max Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/19/2003 12:13:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] My clock is fast My clock is set to the right timezone (London), and shows roughly the right time, but I have to remember to reset it once a week because it gains around 10 minutes a week. It is annoying, because I look at the clock on the screen, get the approximate time, then have to get up from my desk and go across the room to find out what the exact time is - I've moved the furniture so I can't see another clock from here! Is there some way of adjusting the clock so it stays right? Or do I have to use the workaround and remember to wear my watch? Margot 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] My clock is fast
In the special relativistic frame of reference you describe time would appear to slow as you *approach* the speed of light. Exceeding it would not be necessary and, iirc, time would seem to reverse if you somehow did manage to do it. Doesn't much matter since there's all sorts of asymptotic behavior as you approach that value, infinite energy requirements, infinite size results, etc. (Which is why most modern SF doesn't bother with lightspeeds and instead folds space, creates additional dimensions or hyperspaces, of simply has things move from hither to yon without explanation.) =-=-= Being that time is relative, you might be in a situation where you're actually travelling faster than light, which would cause time to appear to slow down. If that is, in fact, the case, then you'll have to throttle back your space ship so that you're within normal operating bounds and time will again settle back into it's pace. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Palm USB sync
Fellow Mandrakers, I'm trying to sync my Palm (not Visor, not Zaire) device using a USB cradle and encountering difficulty. I had been successful in sync-ing with the serial port, but that was very, very slow (20 minutes including Avantgo). I've scoured the net using keywords such as USB Linux Mandrake Palm Sync and various permutations there-of, but without much success. I'm concerned that I may have deleted the USB driver or somesuch. Here's what happens when I follow one instruction I found (creating a symbolic link): [EMAIL PROTECTED] random]# ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot [EMAIL PROTECTED] random]# chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1 chmod: failed to get attributes of `/dev/ttyUSB1': Too many levels of symbolic links *Here's what a listing shows (all the data after the date is white flashing letters on a red background -- alarming): [EMAIL PROTECTED] random]# ll /dev/pilot lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 12 Sep 18 03:48 /dev/pilot - /dev/ttyUSB1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] random]# ll /dev/ttyUSB1 lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 10 Sep 17 19:32 /dev/ttyUSB1 - /dev/pilot *Here's what dmesg reports (snipped): Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:32:56 Mar 14 2003 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:07.2 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xf460, IRQ 9 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usbdevfs: remount parameter error EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,6), internal journal *[at end of dmesg, after having tried the above linking, chmod:] Splash status on console 0 changed to off hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xc88/0x21) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-2 address 2 Can anyone direct me to a working solution? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Palm USB sync
HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/18/2003 05:29:34 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Palm USB sync On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:08:03 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I'm trying to sync my Palm (not Visor, not Zaire) device using a USB cradle and encountering difficulty. I had been successful in sync-ing with the serial port, but that was very, very slow (20 minutes including Avantgo). I've scoured the net using keywords such as USB Linux Mandrake Palm Sync and various permutations there-of, but without much success. I'm concerned that I may have deleted the USB driver or somesuch. this is what got me going, it shouldn't matter whether whether it's a Palm or Visor, they are all supported by the same module/driver. http://www.linuxpda.com/visor/howto/current/introduction.html there's a section on how to load the driver modules if yours are either deleted (how the heck would you do that?) or not present. BTW, what version of MDK are you running? =-=-= Mandrake 9.1 w/KDE (I know you don't like that), thanks for the link, I'll try it when I get home -- it's what I've been looking for! I'd not realized that Visor and Palm used the same module. Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI again
What are you using to display the system status in the upper right corner of that screenshot? Max =-=-= HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/15/2003 06:53:52 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] URPMI again On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:37:04 -0500 Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I know I'm talking to the wrong person about KDE! LOL! I was cleaning up some stuff in my ~/tmp dir and I found this screenshot, chat with the guys on #pekwm, KDE came up... www.orderinchaos.org/chat.png -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. -- Euripides Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions
Is there a significant difference between chmod 666 /dev/nvidia1 and chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia1? Max Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/11/2003 03:17:13 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:mandrake newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions Serge wrote: to get 3d back you have to type as toor in a shell: chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* chown root /dev/nvidia* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Just bragging.
How many There is no such user as 'newbie' messages did you get from some SMS in Russia? =-=-= HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/09/2003 12:29:29 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Just bragging. On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:57:31 -0400 HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Bet that sucker's hooked up to a UPS! wtf?! this list is crzy sometimes, LOL! only one in my sent folder... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The savior becomes the victim. 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
[newbie] Number of users than created
When I run tops in a terminal it tells me that there are 3 users. One is root, one is my current logon, what would the other be? I created only one account when I installed 9.1 on Sunday. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 3 simple questions
This is a PII 366 Mhz Fujitsu Lifebook L-470 with 192M RAM and a 30G Hitachi harddrive, Neomagic X128 video, ESS soundcard, and Mandrake 9.1 (dual booting w/W2K Server): First, thanks to Mr. Bathoorn and the list in general for the help in getting my installation to operate efficiently. It's mostly good now, I'm not sure what I did, but I did go to Mandrake Config and turn off CUPS, that seemed to make a big difference. Then I went through and reconfigured most things and, whatever, it's working quickly now. Gnome Monitor still doesn't work -- it still starts the program and then kills itself before it shows the screen (well, actually it's not dead, it's still running, but there's nothing showing). I can live with that by not using it. One other oddity -- when I change the resolution and it offers to test the new resolution, no test appears, I'm just returned to the previous screen. I can't seem to switch away from Gnome to KDE. I've selected KDE in Mandrake Config:System:Interface (or similar), I've played with the Mandrake Config: Boot section, I've played with all the configs I can find and set all to KDE and rebooted, but even though they still say KDE when I check them, Gnome is booted up. I don't want to delete Gnome, I do want to try other interfaces to see which suits me best. I installed 9.1 from disks I burned myself from the Mandrake website. 3 disks were called for, but there were 5 disks. What's on those other 2 disks? I've looked around and can't seem to find descriptions of the disk contents (one seems to be an additional international data, the other is 'extras?). Finally, since it looks like I've no plans for tomorrow (except as subject to change by the /dev/wife), I've been thinking about installing 9.2. Anyone here have bad experiences with this yet? Should I wait 6 months? Since Mandrake 9.2 was released the day after I installed 9.1, would I be doing the linux community a disservice to install 9.2 tomorrow and thus spur the release of 9.3 for Monday? grin Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I need more info before I do it ( Ice cube)
Is there a list/chart of the various keystroke options? You can hit ctl-alt-F7 and it should return to the xserver screen you had been in. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT - [newbie] somebody disliking mandrake - stupid newbie
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off! Douglas Bainbridge [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/04/2003 01:13:10 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Beginners' Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: OT - [newbie] somebody disliking mandrake - stupid newbie On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:13, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: snip ROTFLMAO! I'm very thick, and I haven't been able to find it in the jargon bible. What is ROTFLMAO? DougB 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
[newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow
I've installed Mandrake 9.1 on my Fujitsu Lifebook L-470 (192M RAM, ESS sound, NeoMagic X128 (iirc) video) and everything seems to be working quite well. This is a PIII (Mobile) 366 Mhz system. But there are two problems which I suspect are related. I've scoured the net and can't find anything relevent, so I'm hoping someone in here can help. The system is very, very slow. It starts out fairly slow and gets worse. It becomes so slow that I can see the screen refreshing (not the several times a second refresh, but there are pauses as the screen changes from one screen to another). The second problem is that the laptop get's quite hot (not the battery area, not the harddrive area, not the memory area, so I'm thinking it's the CPU area). It seems to me that the CPU is overloaded with some process taking more and more of its capacity, and that this is causing it to hot up. What I've tried: I'm running the Gnome GUI, but the same happens in KDE and also if no GUI is used at all (command line only). Gnome system monitor: starts to load, seems to finish loading, then disappears entirely. KDE system guard: loads slowly, once loaded shows nothing on any of the graphs and all the status items on the bottom line (system memory, used memory, etc) read 888. jobs: shows no jobs MMC: there are a number of services, disabling some seems to help, but not cure, the problem. btw, it takes MMC 3+ minutes to open. Ximian opens in about 1 minute, Gnome's web browser (forgive me, I've forgotten the name) takes 2+ minutes to load and each page thereafter is at least 45 seconds. Syslog shows that the system is unable to enable APIC (iirc) because it's disabled in the BIOS and it tries to enable it but fails. I poked around in the BIOS and found nothing which was obviously APIC related, so I suspect that the BIOS is unable to enable it (too old). I did change the BIOS to make all IRQs determined by the OS since that seems to be the function of APIC, no help. When shutting down the OS is unable to dismount the /home resource. It tries 3 times and fails 3 times. I suspect this is because the OS itself is using that resource, but maybe it's related. Any advice on what to look for, or to fix, is greatly appreciated. I hope I've included enough and the right kind of information. Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow
I have installed the driver which corresponds to the video card (by manufacturer and model), I checked that. I have not (nor do I know how to) tweaked the kernal parameters for the bus or drive access. I have turned off various services (using MCC) and it seemed to help, but not one in specific service was obvious. Is there a difference between turning off services and deamons? By fs, do you mean file system? I dunno, I left that portion of the drive unformatted when I installed W2kServ and let the Mandrake install handle the Linux partition. (It's dual boot, 30G Hitachi). Thanks, Max Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 09/03/2003 04:22:30 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 07:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed Mandrake 9.1 on my Fujitsu Lifebook L-470 (192M RAM, ESS sound, NeoMagic X128 (iirc) video) and everything seems to be working quite well. This is a PIII (Mobile) 366 Mhz system. But there are two problems which I suspect are related. I've scoured the net and can't find anything relevent, so I'm hoping someone in here can help. The system is very, very slow. What I'd want to know is have you installed the proper drivers for the video card, have you tried to tweak the kernel params for the bus, have you tried to use hdparm to tweak the drive access, have you turned off any unnecessary services/daemons...what fs are you using... stephen kuhn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
