Re: [newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM (fwd)

[Pixel]

Jonathan S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[...]

> in order to get the smc 9432 to work in linux, use the rtl8139 driver. i have a
> 9000 series card from smc and this is the driver you have to use. For the 8000
> series it is the wd driver.

which one is it,

0x10b8  0x0005  "epic100"   "Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC]|83C170QF"
0x10b8  0x0006  "epic100"   "Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC]|LANEPIC"

?  send the output of lspcidrake


thanks.

Re: [newbie] HELP!

[Pixel]

Pablo Lantigua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I need help!
> i have a SIS 6326 AGP card , and i have mandrake 5.3
> what i have to download to have my linux running properly?
> when i run my GUI i see a lot of black squarez, my kde menu is black.

try 24bpp 

[newbie] Kde & Template/Autostart

[Pixel]

Hi,

Is there anybody here who uses the Template or/and Autostart folders in KDE?

(otherwise we're gonna remove them!)

cu Pixel.

[newbie] Re: [expert] Important: Intel 810 Chipset and Mandrake

[Pixel]

"Patrick Putteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
> My boss is pulling is hairs out because of the NT crashes, but I don't =
> want to dismantle his PC before being sure that linux will run on an =
> I810 chipset with 128megs of ram, 18GB hdd and a celeron466... so, to =
> all of you... will it?
> 

short answer: it won't :(

even with framebuffer. Only XF86_VGA16. It is the most dreadfull card!

[newbie] panoramix must change its name

[Pixel]

YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done...
so answer fast :)

the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-)
so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to!

some ideas:
- pearl (perl+a, maybe too generic)
- cameleon (camel=>perl, alas SuSE)
- koala
- mangoose (snake killer)
- WizDrake
- MagicDrake
- pixdrake
- MagiX
- DragonFly
- Houdini
- Sandbox
- Isix
- Easix
- easX
- easyX
- isX 

Please tell me the one(s) you prefer or give marks.
If you have a truly cool name not listed here, you can give it.

Re: [newbie] updates icon

[Pixel]

Todd Linnertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Subject: updates icon
> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:20:04 -0500
> From: Todd Linnertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> When I click the updates button on the KDE desktop I get an error: Could not
> execute program MandrakeUpdate.  What is this suppose to do and how do I get
> it to work?
> 

it's a click&install program for upgrades of Linux-Mandrake.

it's strange that you don't have it. To make it work install the package
MandrakeUpdate (and also grpmi, gsu, wget)

cu Pixel.

Re: [newbie] Connecting Mandrake Update to Cooker

[pixel]

Ty Mixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I think this has been coverd before, but how can I get Mandrake Update 
> to connect to Cooker rather than the default Update directory?
> 

Here is what i posted some time ago:




> 
> Is it possible to edit the MandrakeUpdate.pm script file so that it will
> update the system using the rpms from the 'cooker' directory instead 
> of the 'updates' directory?
> 

well, yes, though not very easily...

but i'm in a nice day :) here is patch for /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pm :


--- /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pmWed May 19 02:50:52 1999
+++ /tmp/MandrakeUpdate.pm  Thu Jul 22 15:32:14 1999
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
open F, "find . -name '*.rpm' |";
@to_update = map { chop; $_ } ;
 } else {
-   open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/updates/$version/ls-lR -O - |";
+   my $sub = "cooker/Mandrake/RPMS";
+   open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/$sub/ -O - |";
foreach () {
-   if (/^([^ ]+):$/) {
-   $rep = "updates/$version/$1";
-   } elsif (/^-/) {
-   $rep =~ /SRPMS/ and next;
-   $name = (split ' ', $_)[8] and push @to_update, "$rep/$name";
+   if (m|>([^<]*)|) {
+   push @to_update, "$sub/$1";
}
}
 }


you also have to manually edit your ~/.mandrake-update to point to a cooker
directory (eg mirror: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel)


> Also, is there any way I can get the script file to clean-up and delete the
> files from the '/tmp' directory after the update is completed.
> 

well, yes, though not very easily...

you must modify the MandrakeUpdate.c and recompile it. You just have to add an
unlink...

But maybe you can wait until i release a new version :)

removing the files from tmp we'll be one of the new ``feature''.


> Thanks in advance..

Hope it helps, cu Pixel.

Re: [newbie] boot disk

[pixel]

Amit Khandelwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO
> file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img
> file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every
> disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some
> whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have
> tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in
> addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next?
> 

strange, how do you put the boot.img on the floppy. you should do either:

  dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 (linux)
or
  rawrite boot.img  (dos)

(i'm wondering if you're not trying to put the *file* on the floppy with some
mcopy boot.img a:)

Re: [newbie] Loading modules?

[pixel]

Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > "Dan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > > Where do I specify what modules to load at boot time?  Currently,
> > 
> > /etc/conf.modules
> 
>   Currently, I have one active, and three commented, lines in
> conf.modules.  One commented line reads "# alias eth0 tulip", and I
> assume uncommenting this line will allow the system to autoload the
> tulip module.  However, there's no reference in there to the sg module,
> which appears necessary to run xcdroast.  How would I add that?  Or,
> alternatively, where is this all documented, so I can stopp bothering
> the list?  Thanks again for any info!
> 

less /usr/doc/HOWTO/unmaintained/Module-HOWTO

man modprobe
less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt


hope it helps, Pixel.

Re: [newbie] Loading modules?

[pixel]

"Dan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Where do I specify what modules to load at boot time?  Currently,
> some modules load, while others do not.  Particularly, the tulip and sg
> modules do not load.  I can manually load them as root by typing
> /sbin/insmod, but that's a bit of a pain.  Thanks for any info!

/etc/conf.modules

Re: [newbie] Tar options

[pixel]

Dominique Deleris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello again.
> 
> Is there an option of tar, to include hidden files (the one beginning
> with a dot) when creating an archive. I've lost all my netscape
> bookmarks when moving from Caldera to Mandrake (they are stored in the
> .netscape hidden directory...).
> 

well tar include dot files by default. But you should not do:
  cd ~ ; tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz *
but
  cd ~ ; tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz .

Re: [newbie] Colors in VIM

[pixel]

Dominique Deleris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello.
> 
> Does anybody know how to enable colors in VIM?
> I just moved from Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, and I liked this feature...
> 
> I've seen a .vimrc file in my home directory, but I couldn't find any
> section relative to colors ???
> 

syntax on

does the trick

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

[pixel]

Morpheus The Sinful Weeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> tar xvcf 
> 


uh

x and c in the same command :-o

Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File

[pixel]

"<-=Memphis=->" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> How do I extract or decompress a gz file?
> For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be
> looked like?
> thanx

gunzip file.gz for extracting.
zcat file.gz for reading it.
or zless file.gz

[newbie] Re: none

[pixel]

Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have a little log analysis perl script that I am trying to run. When starting form 
>a terminal it works fine with the following in an executable script;
> #! /bin/bash
> echo "Mail Stats Log Analysis"
> echo ""
> su - root -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY; export DISPLAY; aterm -bg black -fg yellow -e perl 
>/usr/bin/sm.logger"
> When I setup a desktop shortcut and run the same thing with terminal window checked 
>I a quick screen flash of the window and it is gone. How do I keep it around?
> 

pipe it through less, or add '' at the end of the script

cu Pixel.

[newbie] MandrakeUpdate.pm Script File

[pixel]

> 
> Is it possible to edit the MandrakeUpdate.pm script file so that it will
> update the system using the rpms from the 'cooker' directory instead 
> of the 'updates' directory?
> 

well, yes, though not very easily...

but i'm in a nice day :) here is patch for /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pm :


--- /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pmWed May 19 02:50:52 1999
+++ /tmp/MandrakeUpdate.pm  Thu Jul 22 15:32:14 1999
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
open F, "find . -name '*.rpm' |";
@to_update = map { chop; $_ } ;
 } else {
-   open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/updates/$version/ls-lR -O - |";
+   my $sub = "cooker/Mandrake/RPMS";
+   open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/$sub/ -O - |";
foreach () {
-   if (/^([^ ]+):$/) {
-   $rep = "updates/$version/$1";
-   } elsif (/^-/) {
-   $rep =~ /SRPMS/ and next;
-   $name = (split ' ', $_)[8] and push @to_update, "$rep/$name";
+   if (m|>([^<]*)|) {
+   push @to_update, "$sub/$1";
}
}
 }


you also have to manually edit your ~/.mandrake-update to point to a cooker
directory (eg mirror: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel)


> Also, is there any way I can get the script file to clean-up and delete the
> files from the '/tmp' directory after the update is completed.
> 

well, yes, though not very easily...

you must modify the MandrakeUpdate.c and recompile it. You just have to add an
unlink...

But maybe you can wait until i release a new version :)

removing the files from tmp we'll be one of the new ``feature''.


> Thanks in advance..

Hope it helps, cu Pixel.