Re: [newbie] DSL connection (SBC)
On Monday 11 August 2003 08:05 pm, Julien Sobrier wrote: > Hello > I have a SBC connection under Windows, but I am moving onto Linux. I > read some articles, and see that my ethernet modem should work under > Linux. But what information do I need to set up my DSL connection under > Linux? How can I know how to connect to SBC? > > Thank you > Julien Its actually much easier to set up in Linux than windows. In the Mandrake Control Center, go to Network & Internet, then Drak Connect and click the Wizard. Pick ADSL connection, click use pppoe, then fill in the following: Provider name sbcglobal.net Account Login: [EMAIL PROTECTED] account password: [your secret word] THEN do you want to start the connection at boot? more than likely YES. then you should be on your merry way. Jack Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] two Mandrakes on two harddrives
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 05:21 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > >Has anyone installed two MLinux on two separate HDs on the same comp and > >figured out how to get lilo to read them both at boot? I am trying to do > > it so that I can beta test and yet run the regular system when I am not > > running tests. Any hints or manual suggestions are appreciated, I have > > not found anything to help. > > I have a small 8GB drive with lilo installed, It has win98 and mandrake. I installed on this drive because my second drive is a raid 0 array. When I got the kernel compiled with the raid drivers I then copied the system to the raid array and added a section in lilo for it. On the array is win98, win2k, and mandrake each with an entry in LILO. THese are the ones I use. If the array gets hosed I can boot win98 or mandrake off the small drive and fix the problem i.e. re-compile the kernel or whatever. The main reason I do this is because I never could get lilo on the raid array, the 2 times I tried broke the array and lost the partitions. Or when I'd upgrade the kernel the raid driver had to be re-compiled. Jack Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
skinky wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:12, Jennifer wrote:
> > rm -r usr/bin/laden
>
> Hehe... and just to be on the safe side: # rm -Rf /bin/laden
>
> skinky
> --
> But what ... is it good for?
> (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
> commenting on the microchip)
>
>
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Or...
cat justice.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
if (-x /bin/laden) {
unlink '/bin/laden';
}
sleep $peacefully;
--
Open Source Web Developer
Unix/Linux Web Server Administrator
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 DHCP problem, pleeeease help!
ok, i just installed mandrake 7.1 and have chosen to use DHCP.I have tried it both manually and via the netconf gui. The system DOES detect my NIC which is a 3com etherIII 3c509...I chose to use DHCP, and dhcpd is run, i see the link light light up on my switch as it polls my sonicwall pool of addresses (Sonicwall is a vpn/firewall/router which sits behind my cable modem and distributes my internal DHCP and acts a the gateway to the net) but mandrake always sits there for about 45 seconds then FAILS!!! uhhg... same during boot...i've read several references to changing ifup scripts and/or ifcfg-eth0config files, but none of those options worked... now, please!!, can anyone help me troubleshoot this issue?!?!? and i mean step-by-step.. because im a newbie from hell... thanks.-stuck dude.
Re: [newbie] Stuck! Can't update anything with Mandrake Update.
Try typing this into a terminal: rpm --rebuilddb On Monday 29 January 2001 10:19 pm, you wrote: > How do you rebuild the rpm database for mandrake update? > - Original Message - > From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:53 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Stuck! Can't update anything with Mandrake Update. > > > I've actually had this problem. Have you tried rebuilding your rpm > > database? > > > That's what fixed it for me. > > > > The reason mine froze up was because I terminated it abnormally during a > > prior installation and screwed up everything. > > > > On Monday 29 January 2001 01:25 am, you wrote: > > > I have had no end of trouble with MandrakeUpdate freezing up > > > everything. I sent a note to Mandrake support, and they replied I > > > should install 'MandrakeUpdate-7.2-19mdk.i586.rpm' which I tried to > > do. > > > > It requires 'librpmio.so.0' which I found in 'rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm'. > > That, > > > > however requires 'libc.so.6(glib-2.2' which is not yet available on > > any > > > > Mandrake update servers. It IS available from Red Hat and I'm wondering > > if > > > > I should install that, or will it just require an endless list of > > > dependancies. > > > > > > Meanwhile, I'm stuck and can't update anything. MandrakeUpdate locks me > > up > > > > solid EVERY time I attemt to inatall anything and I have no option but > > to > > > > pull the big switch. > > > > > > Many thanks to anyone who may be able to shed some light on this. I > > > have installed 7.2 Deluxe Powerpack (McMillan)
[newbie] Installing a module at startup
I've just compiled the ov511 module for my webcam. Now, in order to start the webcam I have to do a modprobe manually each time I reboot (which is often because the computer is in my room and if I leave it on at night, the fans interfere with my sleeping). I was looking around modules.conf man pages and modprobe man pages to see how to install a module at boot time. This way, I can also start up apache at boot up and have the webcam running on my webpage the instant I boot up, if I wished to. Could someone help me out here? What would be the proper way to get the ov511.o module to be modprobed at start-up?
Re: [newbie] partitions for Mandrake 7.2
On Monday 08 January 2001 02:40 am, you wrote: > This is my very first post. hope it doesn't violate any of your rules. > > When I try and install my 7.2 powerpack deluxe distro I get to the stage of > repartitioning my hard disk. The software gives you a choice of three > options. The manual says that if you choose the middle option it will > automatically repartition your hard disk for Linux use (I don't want to get > rid of windows). When I select the middle option (use free space on the > windows partition) it gives me this error message: > Partitioning failed: The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition, > the following error occured: Can't locate object method "new" via package > "resize_fat::main" at /usr/bin/perl-install/install-interactive.pm line > 108, <> line 6. > > Whats up? > If the installation software can't repartition my hard drive then I'll have > to do it myself. How many partitions do I need to make with diskdrake and > what do I need to set the mounting points as? Now, I'm a newbie myself, but I somewhat grasp how this partitioning thing works. At a minimum, you only need one partition mounted as /. You can create as many as you want and mount them as any other folder. Also, I've never used any partitioning software in Linux so you have to make sure it resizes the other partition(s) on that disk in order to create your partition and not just deletes it since this may make your other OSes or programs in the OSes not work correctly.
Re: [newbie] Configure X problems
you could try changing your video card to the matrox g200 since from what i've been told most matrox cards are universal except for a few things like if your card has a tv tuner on it e.t.c as i'm running x with the g200 and had no probs so try telling x you ahve a g200 in the cardn selection screen might work On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > I'm very new to the Linux world, and as such, I have decided to try > installing Mandrake Linux 7.0 on one of my machines. > The install runs fine up to the point of Configure X. At this point the > auto-setup of my video card/monitor fails with the following error: > "Could not open default font 'fixed'" > > I'm running w/the following: > Optiquest V775 monitor > Matrox Mystique 2 Meg video card > 64 Mb Ram (if that even matters) > PII 233 (again probably doesn't matter) > > It asks me to 'change some parameters', which of course, I've tried > everything I could think of but to no evail. Anyway, I'm not sure if this > is a function of it failing to detect my hardware or the install not > correctly configuring/copying the 'fixed' font. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith Stacks > > > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- to the future of linux together let's crush microsoft and free our desktops forever
Re: [newbie] voodoo3 troubles (not X)
doomdorf wrote: > > OK, here goes. I have a problem with my Voodoo3 card... Now I have installed the > X server w/ the MDK 6.1 installer, and everything with that works fine. Now this is > my problem: When got a downloaded the 3d GLIDE stuff from the linux.3dfx.com site (or > whater it is) and installed the RPMs, everything went just peachy. But when i try the > final step of setting up the voodoo, it fails. All this last step is, is running a > simple program called "test3Dfx". It makes sure your card works. All i get when i run > the program is " video memory is unprotecting" "Could not open display (640x480) > Application Aborted. " > > i have no clue what makes this do what it does.. > > please help.. (programming GLIDE is what i do on my windows box, but i want to use my > voodoo3 on my linux box. thats why i bought it :) > > thanks > > Jerrud Works O.K. for me with 7.0, did you rebuild the device 3dfx src RPM & install the new one? it errored out on me with 6.1 & I had to do it manually. IIRC they advised that you reboot so that the module is loaded too. Try it as root as well, there might be a permission prob. HTH Warren
Re: [newbie] Intel-810 chipset not supported by Mandrax 6.5
Niraj Bajpai wrote: > > > > > Hello after loading the drivaer software for iNTEL-810 chipset(using command rpm - i > ), > and running Xconfigurator, I couldn't find iNTEL-810 chipset option in > Xconfigurator.Package was successfully > installed but still no progress as I can't use it with Xconfigurator. > > Please Opine, > Niraj There Should be a readme with the package that tells you how to install it (try the website you got it from too). Also you probably have to use xf86config, not Xconfigurator. -Warren.
Re: [newbie] modems
I've a Zoom ISA PnP modem and it works just fine. Just make sure to disable the PnP on the modem and disable PnP in your computer's Bios. On Tue, 04 May 1999 15:03:23 -0700, Andre Baron wrote: >>it is an ISA modem >>when i try to dial it will say "modem ready" >>and then "setting sound level" >>and do nothing else... >>it is set up for plug and play (all jumpers off) >>but i can easily change that if i need to >> > >Do you still have the packaging/manual for it, dowes that say if it's a "win >modem" or regular? if it's got Plug 'n pray jumpers on it it's most likley >a winmodem in which case it will not work > >|~~~| >|It's not the size of the dog in the fight -| >| It's the size of the fight in the dog| >|~~~| >
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 5.3 or RH 6.0?
You pre-ordered the GPL single cd version, not the official 6.0 version. On Sun, 2 May 1999 07:16:04 -0800, Doug Brown wrote: > > >> Well, I'm kinda anxious to jump into the whole linux rig, but I'm not sure >> if I should go ahead and order a Mandrake 5.3 CD or wait a few weeks and >> grab RedHat 6.0. Any suggestions? Thanks... >> >> -soco >> Britt Selvitelle > > >I just pre-ordered Mandrake 6.0 (based on RH 6.0) for $4.95 (+$4.00 >shipping) from Circadian (http://www.ccsoft.cc/software/linux/6now.html). >If you check the Red Hat site (http://www.redhat.com), you'll see that the >basic version of Red Hat 6.0 is $74.95 (+shipping). I dunno, seems like an >obvious choice to me! > >Hope this helps... >
[newbie] network
anyone know why Linux doesnt see the win98 box and why win98 keeps saying a password is required to access the linux box? I can ping both machines and login via ftp to the linux machine, but that is the extent.
Re: [newbie] make file
./configure make make install On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:38:46 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What is this make file I keep getting ask for to use to install things? I cant >find it anywhere. Have I missed something? >
No Subject
anyone using a Linksys EtherFast PCI network card under Mandrake?
[newbie] Creative SB16 PnP
Just installed a Creative SB16 PnP Soundcard into one of our test machines. Anyone have experience with this card? Linux fails to set it up correctly. PnP is turned off btw.
Re: [newbie] sound card
Strange, we just added a Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 to a test system and cannot get it work correctly. Skipping, choppy noises and have checked all irq,dma, i/o settings for all hardware in the box. On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:33:40 -0400, ndk | Ralph | wrote: > >Hey, >Can someone plz tell me how to get my sound blaster pci 128 to work >under the 2.2 kernels? It works great under the 2.036 one's. > >Thanks, >Ralph >
Re: [newbie] Mandrake CD Cover?
The version of Mandrake Linux we are producing includes a quad jewel case with artwork. Expect to see it for v6.0 of Mandrake. John Brack President / Ceo Belly Entertainment www.bellyentertainment.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:44:18 -0700, Alan Webster wrote: >If you mean of the cover art on the jewel case, I doubt anyone can help... >There are no jewel cases, at least I didn't get any. The box art is just the >top hat and wand. > >At 04:31 PM 4/17/99 -0500, you wrote: >>I was wondering if anyone has or know where to get a Linux Mandrake 5.3 cd >>cover. I downloaded the free ISO image of the CD, 550 meg or so, and burnt >>off a cd. But I was wondering if anyone can give me a picture of the cd >>cover so I can print it off and stick it in my cd case...If anybody does, >>cool...if else, I'll probably just take the LM logo and print that off :( Thx >> >>- >>Signed, >> >>Bob 'Reveral' Bonifield >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Fraggin' in the Heartland >>http://lan.quakecity.net/ >> >> >
Re: [newbie] Wow - another one
I *think* this chipset maybe supported in XFree86 3.3.3 which you will have to download yourself. --Original Message Text--- From: Paul A. Bernicchi Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:13:33 -0500 What a response to my last problem -- I did finally deduce that passing "hdc=cdrom" on to the kernel before install fixed the problem -- now, two more. 1.) I have a Quantum3D Raven (Voodoo Banshee chipset) 3Dfx card -- How can I get it to work with KDE? Besides Generic VGA 640x480... 2.) Is there a simple way to recompile my kernel with the 486/Pentium instruction sets? I understand that distribution Linux is made to work on the lowest common denominator -- the i386. I have tried "make menuconfig" but it says something about not being able to find makefile. Any EASY way to do this (without cryptic HOWTOs) would be appreciated. Thanks again for your help! Paul
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 5.3
recompile your kernel to support vfat On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:05:06 -0500, William Oswald wrote: >Steven J Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I'm just donwloading now, but I noticed that you use the kernel-2.0.36-3 >>package; I upgraded to this recently, and was annoyed that it doesn't have >>vfat support, so I couldn't access my Windows partitions. (I'll be putting >>kernel-2.0.36-1 back in before I burn it to CD). > >Is this true about vfat, i.e. no support in the kernel that comes with >Mandrake 5.3? > > |= > |~~ William Oswald (and family) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |= >
[newbie] Linux Mandrake on CNET.COM
Just thought I'd let everyone know that CNET.COM has a link to Linux Mandrake up, amoung others. check it out at - http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reports/Special/Linux/ss01.html John Brack Belly Entertainment http://www.bright.net/~belly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modem problems [was[newbie] PPP, sound, CD drive, and modem]
Sounds like it's a WinModem to me. On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 11:39:05 -0500, Idris S Hamid wrote: >Happy New Year, everyone. > >Fabio Coatti wrote: > >> >> > > You should see 2 serial ports... >> > >> > Well, I only have one serial port being recognized during bootup: >> > tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A . >> > >> > I believe that this corresponds to COM1. Could this be the source of my >> > problems? I ran `make xconfig' which, under `Character devices', listed >> > `Standard/generic serial support' for ALL standard serial ports as being loaded >> > as a single driver. So why does Linux only recognize one of my serial ports? >> > >> >> This is a strange thing... > >Another strange thing: under W95, only 1 serial port (0x03f8) is recognized upon >bootup. The W95 Control Panel, under >System/Device Manager/Ports (COM&LPT) lists only COM1 and LPT1 as present. Yet under >System/Device Manager/Modem the modem is said to >be installed on COM2. And the modem works fine on W95. So there is something going on >independent of the operating system. Of course, >this does not explain why the modem works under windows, so I am no longer convinced >that this is the problem under Linux. > >Sigh. And I had so many Linux/KDE plans for the holidays... > >Thanks for your present and future help. >Idris >
Re: [newbie] Xwindows and Diamond G460
Check the readme file for upgrading XFree86. On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:26:49 -0500, zipht A. pHrrk wrote: >i also have a Diamond Stealth II and found support lacking... >but there is a server for it, look @ the readme in Xservers/XSuSE dir ( on >the mandrake cdrom). i hear that Xwindows 3.3.3 has better support for the >Diamond Stealth II... on that note i'm upgrading X to 3.3.3 and for some >werd reason XF86Setup can't find my installation of X. it conplains that >XWINDOWSHOME hasnt been set. what is this? and how do i set it? has anyone >else upgraded to 3.3.3? > >tanks, >are fun... > >zipht > >-Original Message- >From: Jason E.J. Manaigre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 10:07 PM >Subject: [newbie] Xwindows and Diamond G460 > > >> >>Hello everyone, just ran an install of Mandrake, however, does anyone >>have the info necessary for configuring Xwindows for a Diamond Stealth >>II G460 video card? >> >>Thanks people... >> >> >> >> > > >
Re: [newbie] mounting cdrom with iso9660
What file systems does the kernel support at present? mount /cdrom (if you have it setup this way) should work just fine. On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:42:51 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >When I try to mount my CD-ROM drive, which is /dev/hdc, using: >mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom > >it gives me an error that says something like, this format is not supported by >kernel. >Waht is going on and how can I fix it so I can use my CDRom drive in Linux? > >Thanks >
[newbie] Holidays
Hope everyone is enjoying thier holidays this year. John Brack Belly Entertainment http://www.bright.net/~belly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] second processor
Try using linuxconf
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:02:36 -0500, ndk {Ralph} wrote:
>thanks
>i got rid of the lock message can't get ppp to work yet
>-Original Message-
>From: Idris S Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Friday, December 25, 1998 12:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] second processor
>
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>>ndk {Ralph} wrote:
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>>> also in ppp it say's my modem is locked how do i unlock it?
>>
>> I have not been able to get ppp working yet but I know that you have to
>>delete the word `lock' from the /etc/ppp/options file. I did this and no
>>longer get lock messages.
>>
>>Idris
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>
Re: [newbie] 320x204 with X! Yuk!!
Download the newest XFree86 check out their website www.xfree86.org On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:59:48 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have Linux Mandrake 5.2 and installed it the other day. It works great, >except for X Windows and KDE, which was the main reason I installed it. It >seems like I configured it correctly but X isn't letting me get better than >320x200 with 8 bit color! The KDE Taskbar takes up half the screen! Help!! I >have a brand new computer with 128MB ram and an STB Velocity 4400 (16MB TNT). >I would like to run X at at least 800x600 with 16 bit color. Thanks!! > >Jason >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] lilo problems
Ha! Come to think of it now, I never did set a bootable partition for it! :) Thanks Gael. On Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:53:56 +0100, Gael Duval wrote: >Hello! > >me wrote: > >> Upon installing Mandrake 5.2 on a clean system >> using "Custom" option I've found that it will not install >> lilo on the partition I want, not on the master boot record. >> I had to create a boot diskette in order to complete >> the installation. >> >> Has anyone else had this problem? > >was it a "not active partition" problem? >In this case, you need to boot with a LILO diskette, run fdisk, then >select "toggle a bootable flag" for your primary linux partition and run >lilo again. > >This problem should sometimes occur with RedHat 5.2 systems too >(Mandrake 5.1 too). > >Greets, > >Gael. > > >
[newbie] lilo problems
Upon installing Mandrake 5.2 on a clean system using "Custom" option I've found that it will not install lilo on the partition I want, not on the master boot record. I had to create a boot diskette in order to complete the installation. Has anyone else had this problem? John Brack Belly Entertainment
