[newbie] Linux with a PCI modem
All: is it fact that a PCI modem can't be used to dial and connect to the Internet? The modem I have is a 3Com 56K V.90 Mini PCI Modem. I get the following error whenever I try to dial Feb 7 19:16:31 linuxravi pppd[2386]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0Feb 7 19:16:32 linuxravi chat[2387]: Can't get terminal parameters:Input/output errorFeb 7 19:16:32 linuxravi pppd[2386]: Connect script failedFeb 7 19:16:33 linuxravi pppd[2386]: Exit. TIA Ravi
[newbie] pppd dialup error: terminal parameters: Input/output error
Hi: I am trying to configure my mandrake linux machine to connect to internet using modem. I followed the instructions at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cppp.html and created/editing the /etc/ppp/peers/isp1, /etc/ppp/chat-isp1, chap-secrets and options files. I get this error when I run pppd debug call isp1 Feb 7 19:16:31 linuxravi pppd[2386]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Feb 7 19:16:32 linuxravi chat[2387]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error Feb 7 19:16:32 linuxravi pppd[2386]: Connect script failed Feb 7 19:16:33 linuxravi pppd[2386]: Exit. Anybody has seen this problem. Please help Thanks Ravi _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] changing mouse pointer?
Hello: when my computer boots up, the mouse shows up as a big square instead of a arrowed pointer. How do I change the mouse pointer? Thanks Ravi
Re: [newbie] changing mouse pointer?
Thanks Kaj and Charles. That fixed it. Ravi - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] changing mouse pointer? Ravi Malghan wrote: Hello: when my computer boots up, the mouse shows up as a big square instead of a arrowed pointer. How do I change the mouse pointer? Ravi, you may try this : 1.As I suppose you can get into a terminal/console, type su (without the quotes) to become root. 2.Open a text editor of your choice (I prefer Midnight Commander - type mc). 3.Open the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and scroll to this section : # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section Device Identifier Generic VGA Driver vga EndSection Section Device Identifier Trident CyberBlade (generic) VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown Driver trident #VideoRam4096 # Clock lines # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block # instead of the cursor! Option sw_cursor Option DPMS on EndSection # * Here, you'll probably see a #-mark in front of the Option sw_cursor - Remove it ! 4. Save the file and quit the editor. 5. Logout or kill the X-server (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace). 6. Login again, and you're done - I think. HTH Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] nautilus takes up too much memory
Hello All: I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on my machine. I have only 128M of RAM and machine seems to be already using up about 87MB. When I run top I see 5 processes of Nautilus each taking about 11MB of RAM. When I run other applications and close them (like the nautilus window that pops up when a CDROM is inserted etc), more of this nautilus process start coming up each taking about 11-15MB of memory. 1. Is Nautilus required for proper running of the GNOME? 2. If I remove this from the Startup Programs, what am I going to loose? Anybody have experiences with this? Thanks Ravi _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] new installation questions
I did a fresh installtion of 8.1 on a Mircon laptop. I have the following queston/problems 1. The installation does not seem to recognizing the mouse correctly. It always shows up as big white square instead of a pointer. 2. It default logs in in as a user userx. How can I change this to ask for a login and password. 3. Whenever I login, I see 4 nautilius processes running each taking about 7M of memory. Do I need this nautilus? How do I disable it. I have been a RedHat user for a while. Never seen this. Any help appreciated. TIA Ravi
[newbie] how to change property: default user login without password
My linux installation logs in with a specific user without prompting for a password. How do I change this so that it will ask for a username password? Thanks Ravi
[newbie] install does not recognize keyboard/mouse
Hello: I am trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on a laptop (Micron Transport XT). After the first screen comes up (graphical screen asking me to choose the language), I cannot go forward since the installation script does not recognize any keys from the keyborad nor the mouse? I tried disabling Plug and Play feature from BIOS, but still no luck. Any body has come across this? Please help. TIA Ravi
[newbie] install does not recognize keyboard/mouse
Hello: I am trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on a laptop (Micron Transport XT). After the first screen comes up (graphical screen asking me to choose the language), I cannot go forward since the installation script does not recognize any keys from the keyborad nor the mouse? I tried disabling Plug and Play feature from BIOS, but still no luck. Please help. TIA Ravi
[newbie] How to put linux into sleep mode after 4 hours of idel time
Hello: I want my linux machine to go into sleep mode (similar to Stand by in W2K) after 2 hours of idle time. Is this something I can do and how? Thanks Ravi
[newbie] How to put linux into sleep mode after 4 hours of idel time
Hello: I want my linux machine to go into sleep mode (similar to Stand by in W2K) after 2 hours of idle time. Is this something I can do and how? Thanks Ravi
[newbie] gnome taskbar icons donot come anymore
X : gnome Hello: when I run an application, an icon used to appear in the panel (like it appears in the taskbar of winodows). It doesnot appear anymore, so when I minimize the application,I lose that window. I still have the panel though. When I login as a different user it's normal, the icons do appear in the panel. So I am assuming it's somekind of panel setting. Anybody had a similar situation? Thanks Ravi
[newbie] How to write to FAT32 patition
I have the window2000 partition mounted onto my linux in a readwrite mode. I am able to write only as the root user. What do I need to do so that a normal user can also write. I have tried chmod -R 777 /win. When I try to write as a normal user I get the error: "can't open file for writing" in the vi terminal Thanks Ravi
Re: [newbie]will Konqueror run on a gnome desktop?
can Konqueror be run on a gnome environment? Thanks Ravi - Original Message - From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Best browser for linux? Konqueror is my fave. Opera, mozilla, galeon, and slipknot (or something or other that comes with the power pack) are all adequate enough, but konqueror is undoubtedly the best (imo). And if you like a netscape, get 6.1. It is very stable and useable, cause your right, 6.0 will crash every dern time you open it. If you like text only lynx is neato in a terminal (I like to play with it sometimes and it's handy if your X won't boot - so remember it for future reference), and then there's links. -s On Thursday 19 July 2001 10:25 am, you wrote: Hello: I have Mandrake 8.0 and use the default browser Netscape which comes with it. But this sucks specially on pages where there are some applets. I tried installing Netscape 6.0, it works great but crashes very often. Does anybody have any suggestion on which broswer works great? Thanks Ravi
Re: [newbie] Internet Problems
I think the problem is with the default gateway on ur machine. When u are not connected to the internet having the default gateway set to 192.168.1.1 is all right. Before dialing to the internet delete this static route and u should be able to browse the internet. FYI to delete the route route delete 192.168.1.1 defaultgateway (this syntax may incorrect, all u have to do is delete the default gateway) HTH Ravi - Original Message - From: George Petri To: Ravi Malghan Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Problems This output is with my other computer (tux166) off: netstat -nr output: - Kernel IP routing tableDestination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface192.168.1.0 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 route output: -Kernel IP routing tableDestination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface192.168.1.0 tux350.reisersu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lodefault tux350.reisersu 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Thanks, George - Original Message - From: Ravi Malghan To: George Petri Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Problems can you send the output of netstat -rn command. Ravi - Original Message - From: George Petri To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:27 AM Subject: [newbie] Internet Problems Hi! I recently set up a network and fooled around with my networking config files and now DNS lookups don't appear to work :(, which explains why I have been recently using Outlook Express to send emails... Basically, I can connect to the Internet with no problems but once I'm online, I can't do a thing. If I type ping www.any website.com, this message pops up on my screen:YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound And ping just sits there waiting forever. If I run Konqueror or Netscape and type in www.any website.com, they also just sit there forever and never load. Before, I changed my config files, Internet in Mandrake (I'm using 7.2) worked fine. I have always used kppp to connect to the Internet. I have always been using the LT WinModem 5.78D driver. What is wrong? I want to use the Internet in Linux, not Windows! Perhaps, my config files have something to do with this, so here they are :) --/etc/hosts:(btw, I have named my computer "tux350" and theother one on the network, "cups166", in my pretend domain "reisersun")--127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost192.168.1.1 tux350.reisersun tux350192.168.1.2 cups166.reisersun cups166 -/etc/HOSTNAME(note: this file did not exist before I made it!):-tux350 --/etc/host.conf:--order hosts, nis, bindmulti on --/etc/resolv.conf (note: I use an isp called Bigpond, which has everything- ip addresses, that is - starting with 139)--# search reisersun# search localdomainsearch localdomain# nameserver 192.168.1.1nameserver 139.134.5.51nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entrynameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entrynameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entrynameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entrynameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry END CONFIG FILES - I can't remember the numerous other config files that I changed so please tell me if you need any others to help diagnose my problem. Before I changed anything, my computer used to be called the default "localhost.localdomain". Please help me fix my config files so that I can use my Internet connection again in Linux! Thanks,George
[newbie] Best browser for linux?
Hello: I have Mandrake 8.0 and use the default browser Netscape which comes with it. But this sucks specially on pages where there are some applets. I tried installing Netscape 6.0, it works great but crashes very often. Does anybody have any suggestion on which broswer works great? Thanks Ravi
[newbie] looking up internet address for hostname hangs up my machine after gnome login
Hello: I use linux on my laptop at home and work. It usesthe samefixed IP address both at home and office. I recently installed the IBMJDK (using rpm) when I was connected to my office network and the installation was smooth. But when I took my machine home, it will go through the start up process (all processes start fine), but it takes a long time (almost 1 minute compared to few seconds before I started having problems) for the gnome login window to come up. Now when I login, a new window comes saying "looking up internet addressfor linux_ravi" (linux_ravi is my hostname)with a moving bar below. Eventually this window disappears and then the machine hangs. But back in the office network, it works just like before. I donot know what does it mean by "looking up internet address for linux_ravi". I have a fixed IP and the same default gateway everywhere. Looks like the gnome configuration is screwed up somewhere. or I am not sure about the cause I booted into text mode and removed the IBM JDK, but still see the same problem Could some one help me. Thanks Ravi
[newbie] default router?
Hello all: which file has the default router entry? When I do a netstat -rn, it shows me two entries for the default router. I am using xinetd (most recent version). Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] startx at boot up time
hello: everytime I login I have to run startx to get the xwindows. I believe there is a file where you change this so that this automatically. Which is that file? Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] any burner/DVD RPM?
I have installed Mandrake 8.0 on a laptop which has a CD-RW/DVD drive. Does 8.0 have any rpms already in it or do I have to install them separately? What is the name of the rpm? Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] laptop monitor - Mandrake not using the full screen
Hello: I installed Mandrake 8.0 on my laptop which has a 15 monitor. The linux OS seems to be only taking about 12 of that. The laptop is a HP n5470 model. Anybody has figured this out ? Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Mandrake linux with windows me, help...
Hello: I am tyring to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 on a laptop which has one 20Gb and windows me installed on it. Do I have to use partition magic and partition the drive first or can the installation process use (say 5Gb) for the linux during the installation process. I am stuck at the place where it is decides about the mopunt point/partition etc? I want to have dual boot with Windows me (15G) and linux (5GB) Could somebody help me or provide me pointers. Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
