Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade, kppp problem
- Original Message - From: Avionix [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 6:07 AM Subject: [newbie] Kernel upgrade, kppp problem Hi.., I've recently upgrade my kernel and follow the instruction at www.linux-mandrake.com for kernel 2.2.3-ac4 but after upgrading, I cannot use my kppp anymore. I always had this 'timeout expired' error message even I manage to dial the server. Now what is the problem? Script? ~~ Avionix ~~ I have had the same problem with 2.2.3-ac4. Try upgrading to 2.2.5 and see if it fixes your problem, as it did with mine. Paul +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
[newbie] Cleaning up the ol' hard drive (Springtime!)
Hi all. Those of you that know me know that I've only been with Linux a few months now... and my learning curve has grown exponentially in that time. I started with Mandrake 5.2 (2.0.36) / KDE 1.0 and have upgraded systematically since - I am now using 2.2.3-ac4 and KDE 1.1 with the latest packages to boot. I fear that since I had to force a few installs in the past via RPM, and that I am still not totally familiar with directory structures (read: half-assed, jury-rigged installs grin), that I have, for lack of a better word, a tons of crap on my hard drive. My God, the source code for 2.2.3ac-4 takes up like 50+ megs! ;) Reason I'm asking is that, other than being a tidy guy that organizes on a regular basis, I also have my install on a 450 meg hard drive - not that I don't have access to about 6 gigs in other mount points, but you get the point. Any suggestions on how I can freshen up my installation, short of starting from scratch? Also, I know that, by nature, ext2 is efficient, but is there a defrag program out there? Thanks for your help. Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
[newbie] Re:
Tomasz, I'm not sure about DPMS support - make sure you have a newer kernel that supports DPMS/APM. As for your question about virtual desktop, in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, toward the end, you will find a line that reads _something_ like: (pardon my paraphrasing; I'm in Windows NT right now g) Display 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 Anyways, the bottom line is important; for the largest resolution in this line is the "virtual" one used for the others. FOR EXAMPLE -- if you have 1280x1024 like above, if you use CTRL-ALT-- to switch to 1024x768, etc., it will be a virtual 1280x1024. My solution for your situation (14" monitor) would be to just list 640x480 as the ONLY resolution. It's when you do add the 800x600 that you enter "virtual city." ;) Hope this helps - email me for more detailed information and I'll make sure I'm actually IN Linux. Paul +-------+Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ #1287814http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi+---+ - Original Message - From: Tomasz Wzietek To: Linux Mandrake Mailing List Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 5:39 PM Hello everyone,I've been using Mandrake 5.2 for 5 days now and had no problems whatsoever. Configuration went OK and I got most of the things I wanted to work. I still have a few questions though and I hope someone can help me out:1) how to enable DPMS features? I want my monitor to shut off after a specific time. I put 'OffTime 30' in XF86Config but the DPMS is not enabled. If I do 'xset +dpms' in X, it works alright but I want to have it set automatically. The manual for XF86Config says that "power_saver has to be enabled". How?2) how to turn off the internal modem speaker (mine is USR Sportster v.90/INT/D/F/V) so that it's silent when it dials out? Is it posible at all? I often use my machine at nights and don't want to wake up my wife :-)3) how to get rid of the Virtual Desktop feature in KDE? I commented out all the instances of 'Virtual' in XF86Config which fixed the problem partially. Everything is OK in 800x600 but in 640x480 my screen behaves as if it were in virtual 800x600. (I have a 14" monitor so I can't use anything higher and sometimes need 640x480)
Re: [newbie] XServer for 3dfx chipset?
Hi Agi, Well, there is. You can setup a late version of the Linux kernel (anything newer than 2.1.119 should do) with vesafb and use the XF86_FBDev server with it. Anthony D'Amico has a nice introduction how to do this at http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/, where he describes how to get the Banshee to work. Note that the section there about installing the XF68_FBDev X server can be omitted. Instead use the XF86_FBDev that is provided as part of XFree86 3.3.3.1. This works in a very similar way for other VBE-2.0 compliant cards as well. Hope this helps - it worked like a charm for me... as I am running KDE @ 800x600x32bpp with no problems. Take care, Paul - Original Message - From: Agi Subagio To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 12:45 AM Subject: [newbie] XServer for 3dfx chipset? How to run Linux Mandrake's XServer (XFree86) with 3dfx Banshee Graphics Card?
Re: [newbie] installing RPM all files are treated like documents?!?
Are you downloading files as SOURCE or TEXT? I know Netscape Communicator gives you the option, I forget if kfm does. This owuld be the equivalent of GETting a .ZIP binary from an FTP with ASCII mode set. Paul - Original Message - From: Clay To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] installing RPM all files are treated like documents?!? no i meant all files are treated like text files instead of executeables...sorry was in hurry when writing thisSteve Philp wrote: 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! What do you mean by they're treated like executables? Are you able to install them? It's possible that the permissions on the files are being munged because you're putting them on a FAT32 partition that has no idea about file permissions or ownership. I've noticed that when using my FAT32 partition under Linux all files are listed as executable. I doubt that it's going to cause a problem for you, since even if you ATTEMPTED to execute them nothing would happen. If it bothers you, simply chmod them to be non-executable (chmod -x filename) and you're all set. -- Steve Philp Oh Lord, I go for penguins. 'Cause penguins are [EMAIL PROTECTED] so sensitive to my needs... --Lyle LovettNetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you?Get your FREE Internet Access and Email athttp://www.netzero.net/download.html
Re: [newbie] Compiling kdenonbeta package
On Tue, 02 Mar 1999, you wrote: I am now TOTALLY baffled as to how to get this kdenonbeta installed, and how many packages I'll have to compile manually to get there... oh, and my source directory is still installed (2.2.1) as /usr/src/linux. Any ideas? I just want the ktheme manager... ;) From the error messages in the compile, it looks like you don't have some kernel sources installed. The items it's looking for can be provided by one of two packages. Use the kernel-headers package if you don't intend on compiling a custom kernel. Use the kernel-source package if you think you might be interesting in compiling your own kernel at some point. I don't know whether either of these two packages set the symlinks that you'll need, though I'd imagine that kernel-headers probably does. In any case, after installing either of the above packages, use the following commands (as root): cd /usr/include ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 asm ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi Retry your compile and everything should be peachy. Steve, OK, it seems my symlink "asm" was invalid... I deleted it a created a new one. The compile for kdelibs went smoothly, but still no luck with kdenonbeta. Would you happen to know which package the file k2url.h is a part of? Mayeb someone can just email it to me as a band-aid fix ;) Thanks, Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] 3DFX Voodoo Banshee (Diamond Monster Fusion AGP) support
On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, you wrote: There is a blurb about Voodoo Banshee cards in the XFree86 FAQ (http://www.xfree86.org) - there is a link in that FAQ to a site written by a gentleman who has developed a patched SVGA server, as well as an XF86Config which will work. I have both, if you cannot find them, email me privately, and I will pass it on to you! Take care, Paul Thanx I think I've fount what you meant though. Just one more question. Will existing drivers work for the 2D portion of my card or will I have to go with "Beta" drivers or the other meathod witch apparatly involvs editing the Kernal (I'm an advanced Win user but am just starting w/ Linux so that could be just a bit beoyond me right new)? Robert -- No, everything should work with the 2D portion of your card. Recompiling your kernel is *NOT* necessary (besides, it's a function of XFree86, not your kernel). Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] one more question i almost forgot...
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, you wrote: Linux does not use fat 32 only fat 16 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 NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html WRONG... Clay, you would need to find a recent kernel (at least 2.0.36 that comes with Mandrake 5.2) and recompile it to include VFAT support. You would then add an entry to your fstab and/or lilo.conf to mount the FAT32 partition. It is possible, as I have done it. Paul -- +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
Re: [newbie] Virtual Desktop
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, you wrote: I have been attempting to get KDE to function properly since the release of Mandrake 5.3. I have tried a Matrox G200, two brands of RIVA TNT cards, a Matrox Millennium II, and an ATI Rage Pro AGP, and the result is always a virtual desktop in KDE. I have tried editing out the XF86Config file to remove the virtual settings, but I have had no luck. With Mandrake 5.2, the Millennium II was properly found and worked fine. This is happening on more than one machine, and also with Red Hat 5.1. I can't figure it out, can someone shed some light on this? Thanks, Nick -- Nick, If you have more than one resolution specified in XF86Config, the highest one will be used as a virtual desktop, regardless of the current. Confused? Example: "800x600" "1024x768" "1200x1024" will yield a virtual desktop of 1200x1024 in 800x600 or 1024x768. So the highest one will be used no matter what. Solution? Find a resolution you like, and make that the only entry in XF86Config. It'll be the "true" resolution without having to scroll. If you like to switch on-the-fly, however, I'm afraid you're stuck (unless anyone else knows a workaround?) Paul +---+ Paul A. Bernicchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #1287814 http://www.ascend.net/jacuzzi +---+
[newbie] OK - Mandrake 5.2 and KDE
Thanks to all of you that graciously helped me out with my previous problems. I've asked folks on #kde and #linux (EFnet IRC), but I can't get a straight answer, and since Mandrake's support area is seriously lacking (unless I'm missing something)... I currently have 5.2 installed as follows: /win98 on /dev/hda1 (VFAT compiled into 2.0.36) / on /dev/hdb1 (ext2) /swap on /dev/hdb2 KDE runs well, even though I can't run it as root! I for-some-reason get a fatal error #11when I 'startx.' I'm trying to upgrade my K to 1.1 - for the themes, etc... (plus the allied menubar looks neat) - I downloaded the ca. 30 megs of RPMs from the FTP site. My problem is this: - qt 1.40 is installed, as you know, by default on a KDE 1.0 installation. I'm trying to RPM -Uvh the qt1.42 files, but I get an error to the effect of qt 1.40 is needed by (kvt, kconsole, aktion, kzip, etc.) I have also tried RPM -i. When I got frustrated and tried to --force it with --nodeps, I got error msgs. galore, and my 'startkde' was somehow deleted. I know the correct order to install KDE 1.1 is QT -- KDESUPPORT -- KDEBASE -- KDEAPPS. When I try to install qt 1.40 again from my Mandrake CD, RPM says 1.40 is already installed! What gives? Has anyone else here had a similar problem? Thanks, Paul
Re: [newbie] Two Drives
Definitely! If you like I'll send you my lilo.conf file that you would install into the MBR by lilo -v -- as I have virtually the exact same configuration (drive capacities are different). You'll want lilo on the /hda1, which will either pass control onto the Windows partition, or load the vmlinuz boot image on /hdb1. Let me know if you want it.. Paul - Original Message - From: John Burnette To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 2:52 PM Subject: [newbie] Two Drives Seeking the lists advice:I currently have two hard drives in my machine, a 2.5gig and a 1gig.Windows 95 currently resides on the 2.5gig drive. I would like to installMandrake on the 1gig drive and be able to have dual booting system. CanLILO reside on the MBR of the 2.5gig and pass off the boot process to the1gig drive? If not, is there a way to go about doing this?Your thoughts are appreciated.JohnIndianapolis, IN
Re: [newbie] Two Drives
Michael, I have FAT32 on my primary partition, but I have had no configuration problems whatsoever. Of course, in order to access the partition once you're in Linux, you'll need VFAT support compiled into your kernel. My advice would be to stay away from Partition Magic or similar utilities unless you're venturing into dual/triple-boot territory... ;) (in other words, unnecessary) Paul - Original Message - From: Michael Beaver To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:21 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Two Drives John,It would depend on wether or not you have formated the 2.5GB disk as FAT32(incld. w/Windows95 OSR2) If you have you would need a 3rd party tool likePartition Magic.But as always... backup first.Michael Beaver, MCPSenior Systems ConsultantPhase Forward, Inc.(781) 522-3326(617) 230-0107 Cell Phone[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.phaseforward.com-Original Message-From: John Burnette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Seeking the lists advice:I currently have two hard drives in my machine, a 2.5gig and a 1gig.Windows 95 currently resides on the 2.5gig drive. I would like to installMandrake on the 1gig drive and be able to have dual booting system. CanLILO reside on the MBR of the 2.5gig and pass off the boot process to the1gig drive? If not, is there a way to go about doing this?Your thoughts are appreciated.JohnIndianapolis, IN
Re: [newbie] copying and linking files from partitions
Is your Win98 partition mounted in Linux? If it's a FAT16 drive then you'll need to mount is as 'mount -t msdos /dev/hdxx (fill in 'xx' with your Win partition) /win98' If it's FAT32, make sure you have VFAT support compiled into your kernel, instead of 'msdos,' plug in 'vfat' -- this is what I did. All you need to do now is make a /win98 directory for your mount point. Should be all set. Paul 5 days' experience with Linux ;) - Original Message - From: agent25 To: newbie Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 11:58 AM Subject: [newbie] copying and linking files from partitions Is it possible to copy or link to files on my win98 partition and copy them to my linux partition? If its possible please respond thanks
[newbie] KDE reinstall
Well, I got everything working as far as running X with my Voodoo Banshee card... my problem now has to do with KDE. I downloaded the 1.1 update from the FTP site (all of the RPMs from the distr. directory) - it asked for qt 1.42, which I installed -- Something went wrong and I can't load X Windows - says command not found - startkde. Sure enough, no startkde file in /opt/kde/bin How can I reinstall KDE from scratch w/o having to worry about dependencies, etc.? I want to put 1.1 on and forget about it. Thanks, Paul
Re: [newbie] Wow - another one
Fabio - buona sera -- I tried to again, compile the kernel to my liking - there is no /usr/src/linux directory; rather a /usr/src/i386-linux-3.2 (if I recall)/include. Either way, I type 'make' or 'make menuconfig' or even 'make clean' and I get a 'no rule specified -- no makefile' I tried Caldera and was able to recompile - but I want to stick with Mandrake. How do I upgrade my XFree86 to the latest 3.3.3? For 3Dfx support? Thanks, Paul - Original Message - From: Fabio Coatti To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wow - another one On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 08:13:33PM -0500, Paul A. Bernicchi wrote: 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.be sure to be in /usr/src/linux directory and be sure to have installed all kernel source packages. If you are tring this within a graphical console,use make xconfig instead of make menuconfig.-- Fabio Coatti http://felix.unife.it/~covaFerrara Linux Users Group http://flug.unife.itGnuPG fp:6AB9 277E 9AA7 9D20 E82C 9EE7 2D17 E351 3DCB 0CDCOld SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
