Re: [newbie] Sound card recommendations?
I've done this, but now Mandrake doesn't seem to be detecting my soundcard. Is there extra configuration I need to do? Thanx. "Jose M. Sanchez" wrote: Before you throw away your sound card, you may want to open your system and install it into another PCI slot. Often the a PCI slot may be sharing an IRQ with another device which is spending too much time handling IRQ requests causing the freezing... Simply moving the card can often cure this problem. Give it a shot, you have nothing to loose. Let me know if you have any luck. -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Revenant Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:21 AM To: Newbie List - Linux Mandrake Subject: [newbie] Sound card recommendations? I'm tired of Linux freezing up when I play sound using my Aureal Storm Platinum and I want to replace it. What would you recommend as a replacement ? It has to be at least as fully featured as the Aureal Vortex 2, and _fully_ compatible with Mandrake. Any suggestions? Thanx. --- Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship. -- --- Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.
[newbie] Sound card recommendations?
I'm tired of Linux freezing up when I play sound using my Aureal Storm Platinum and I want to replace it. What would you recommend as a replacement ? It has to be at least as fully featured as the Aureal Vortex 2, and _fully_ compatible with Mandrake. Any suggestions? Thanx. --- Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.
[newbie] GIMP mysteriously crashing.
I'll be working in the GIMP and it will mysteriously crash - with no warnings, no error messages, nothing - it's just not there anymore! I assume there's an error log or something somewhere that will help me isolate the cause. Where can I find it please? -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Screen not redrawing properly?
The screen does not appear to be redrawing properly in GNOME. "Rubber-banding" leaves a trail of rectangles and changing the gamma in the GIMP did not take effect until I dragged the window off the screen and back on. I do not know if this is GNOME specific or not, as I've not used any other manager/Desktop long enough for it to manifest. Any ideas? Thanx. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight answer please
Joseph Red wrote: Well, for myself, I got sick of rebooting whenever I wanted to play a game. And the crashes. Since I was rebooting for games anyway, why not dual-boot? Then I started discovering how far Linux has come (the last time I used it was a pre-1.0 version of Slack). Heck, there was support for my USB webcam, and my digital cam. The only thing I haven't found a replacement for is my Timex Datalink watch software (to be fair, I haven't looked:). And since I've started running Linux (4-5 months) I've booted Windows about 5 times. Mainly to double-check hardware IRQs I/Os. Joseph Red Okay, explain this to me: You switched from Windows to Linux because you wanted to more easily play games? Surely this is one of Linux's weakest areas? (Well, that and its font system). Didn't you find yourself unable to play the games you wanted to under Linux? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight answer please
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 29 December 2000 04:41 am, David and Alicia wrote: ok, here is the real question: why do people try running linux?, the impression i had gathered was that it was a lighter os and could be used on older machines, (i386 etc). I was a little dismayed when i saw the download size. How much disk space will a bare install need? From zero (you can run Linux on a floppy) to as much as you care to let it have. Keep in mind that only the kernel is Linux, everything else is (GNU) applications and the various configs, libraries, etc, that they need. Read /. and you'll hear of people running Linux on a wristwatch ;) Some bloke got it going on a Dreamcast too. My reasons for running Linux: (1) It's free (as in beer, not speech). And not just the OS, but the software. The GIMP alone saves you $1,000+ over using Photoshop. (2) It's free (as in speech, not beer). (3) "It's more stable". In my experience, what this has meant is that the OS won't glitch or die on you for no discernable reason - but it can and will glitch or die on you for reasons that are obscure at best to the newbie. Essentially, Linux will let you into its guts to fix the problem when something goes wrong while Windows doesn't. I hope to learn enough to take advantage of that. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] REALLY basic question.
What is the tool Mandrake uses to add/remove packages and modules. I need to check if the sound modules are installed. Thanx. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:47 PM On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Revenant wrote: Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. shrug Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have additional functionality. But not more speed. Lotus 1.2.3 version 1 that ran on the original 8086 is equally fast as excel2000 on the 800Mhz P-III. Paul Perhaps. But given that Excel2000 is running graphically at 1024x768x32 or higher under a multi-tasking operating system, while Lotus 1.2.3v1 is running under a single-tasking text-based OS, this is more impressive than it sounds. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Please help, can't get into Mandrake7.2!!!
My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until the point where you would normally enter your login and password. What used to happen was it would display the shell login screen, then open the graphical login screen over the top. Now, once it reaches this stage, I get a blank black screen. Ctrl-Alt-F2 does nothing, nor does Alt-F2.. I've checked the messages log and I think the problem is stated here, but am not sure what to do about it: Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 PLEASE help! Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Fast CPU
John Arkoulis wrote: Can you please point me at a site (independent) that I can compare the new fast CPUs (P4 1.4, Dual G4, Athlon) Yes I know G4 is a MAC. Which one do you think is best for Linux??? Thanks http://www.tomshardware.com is pretty good. Doesn't cover the Mac, but of the other two, the short version is: Intel chips perform slightly faster at the same MHz, but can cost as much as 2.5x as much. Intel have also been having a few stability probs lately. Re: The P4s, they seem to be roughly the equivalent of P3s of the same MHz (if there were such a thing). They get a big performance boost if the software is P4-optimised but, as none of it is at the moment, that's a fairly nebulous advantage. http://www.tomshardware.com has more on this. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [Re: [newbie] Fast CPU]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. SNIP How do you recompile for an Athlon? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] TEST
Are you recieving this? I'm recieving zero replies to my (somewhat desperate pleading) requests for help. Are they getting through alright? Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Romanator wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. SNIP Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be - the fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Romanator wrote: Revenant wrote: Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be - the fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are pushing our resources to their limits. shrug Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have additional functionality. That said, Windows *does* seem to have more than its fair share of bloat... Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Please help, can't get into Mandrake7.2!!!
I recently installed the Aureal soundcard drivers from Sourceforge. Do you think that is the problem? Is there a way to cure it short of reinstallation? Please remind me - what are tty0 and ttys3? Thank you. Revenant. civileme wrote: On Thursday 28 December 2000 04:24, you wrote: My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until the point where you would normally enter your login and password. SNIP Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 file:/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/devices.txt says char-major-4 minor 0-63 are your /dev/tty0, 1, the next numbers are for /dev/ttys0-/dev/ttys3 Total is 67. So you have no launch pad for your Graphical login. file:/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/modules.dep has nothing labeled 'char', so it should not be looking for this as a module. My friend, it is time to experiment with replacing memory or to take a hard look at your HDD. The kernel is showing some damage here, trying to load as a module what is built-in (no modular options in a kernel compilation). A temporary cure is reinstallation, but this sort of behavior means serious trouble, most likely with hardware. rgrep -r -i "modprobe char" /etc showed nothing, so Mandrake initscripts and /etc/modules.conf are not causing this behavior. Did you install anything recently, like right before this happened? If not, look at your hardware. Civileme char Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] BIG problem on bootup. :( Please help.
I have Mandrake 7.2 setup and configured to boot and log in graphically. It seems to work as far as it goes, which is up to the shell-login screen. After that, the screen just goes black. :( :( :( the tail of my /var/log/messages says: Dec 27 18:57:15 revenant anacron: anacron startup succeeded Dec 27 18:57:15 revenant anacron[772]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2000-12-27 Dec 27 18:57:15 revenant rc: Starting kheader: succeeded Dec 27 18:57:15 revenant netconf: Checking kernel configuration Dec 27 18:57:16 revenant anacron[772]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Dec 27 18:57:16 revenant linuxconf: Running Linuxconf hooks: succeeded Dec 27 18:57:24 revenant PAM_unix[806]: (system-auth) session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Dec 27 18:57:24 revenant -- root[806]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1 Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present. Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 What please can I do to get this working again? Thank you, Revenant. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Mark Hillary wrote: I wasn't making a comment about the thread. I just don't like it when people join, get the help that they are looking for the leave not helping anyone else. SNIP Yes, I agree. The Debian mailing list made the interesting choice of having just one list rather than dividing by expert/newbie. This meant a lot more of the traffic was useless to any given individual, but it also meant that there was always someone available to answer most any question. 'Newbie' lists do tend to disinterest more expert users after a while - then who's going to help the newbies? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Freezes when playing MPEGs?
I'm getting freezes in Mandrake whenever I play MPEGs, but given the below log, I suspect the culprit is something to do with the sound. I'm using the Sourceforge Linux Aureal Drivers. I have a Storm Platinum. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanx. -- Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant syslog: klogd startup succeeded Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: klogd 1.4-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Loaded 7650 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.2.17-21mdk. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.17. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Loaded 131 symbols from 9 modules. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Linux version 2.2.17-21mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)) #1 Thu Oct 5 13:16:08 CEST 2000 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Detected 651171 kHz processor. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 1297.61 BogoMIPS Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Memory: 127600k/131008k available (1136k kernel code, 424k reserved, 1720k data, 128k init, 0k bigmem) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K L1 D Cache: 64K Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 512K Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 01 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb450, last bus=1 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd000, mapped to 0xc8009000, size 32768k Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: vesafb: mode is 800x600x16, linelength=1600, pages=3 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:0a15 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: vesafb: scrolling: redraw Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.13) Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 16 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: VT 8371 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Chipset Core ATA-66 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: Split FIFO Configuration: 8 Primary buffers, threshold = 1/2 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel:8 Second. buffers, threshold = 1/2 Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant kernel: ide0: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success Dec 24 08:56:40 revenant
Re: [newbie] GeForce 2
I have a GeForce2 and Mandrake Linux 7.2 and it works well, so maybe that's your answer. (Well, actually it freezes every time I try to use it but I'm pretty sure that's a soundcard problem. :) Barýþ Evrim Demiröz wrote: I cannot run X. Whenever i try to Xconfig (at the test step) it displays strange characters and colors. If i use a different Display Card it works perfect. what must i do? (i have GeForce 2 and using Mandrake linux 7.1) -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Freezes when playing MPEGs?
Stefaans Mostert wrote: Revenant wrote: When I play MPEGs my computer freezes _hard_. I can't switch to other shells and the only way I've found to escape it is to reboot. SNIP Go look in /var/log/messages/ Tell us what it says there Thanx. It says: Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:33:59 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:00 revenant syslogd 1.4-0: restart. Dec 24 08:34:43 revenant kernel: cdrom: open failed. Dec 24 08:34:49 revenant kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Dec 24 08:36:51 revenant PAM_unix[1201]: (system-auth) session opened for user news by (uid=0) Dec 24 08:36:51 revenant PAM_unix[1201]: (system-auth) session closed for user news Dec 24 08:36:52 revenant anacron[789]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (mailing output) Dec 24 08:36:52 revenant anacron[789]: Normal exit (1 jobs run) Dec 24 08:40:00 revenant CROND[1216]: (root) CMD ( /sbin/rmmod -as) Thank you very much...
Re: [newbie] Playing CDs: great controls but NO SOUND...!
Did the CD sound work under any other operating system. e.g. Windows? I've had the same problem a couple of times. Every time it has been because I'd been working inside my computer and forgotten to reconnect the sound cable from the CD-ROM to the sound card. Revenant. Michael O'Henly wrote: Hi... Here's what I'm using: - brand new LM7.2 install - 1 CD device which happens to be a CDRW drive (HP8100) - garden-variety Sound Blaster using the Esoniq 1371 driver I have no problem playing streaming audio or .wav sounds. When I load a CD and launch the CD Player application, it displays info about the CD (track length and other stuff), ejects when I click on the Eject button, etc. -- but there's no sound. What am I going wrong? Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Modem problems :*(
More information please. What sort of modem is it? Brand, model name, internal/external? Mike wrote: hi, ive just installed mandrake 7.1. my modem dont respond or anything what shall i do? thanks mike -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Im Sorry,
Roger Sherman wrote: Is it just me, or does this sound a little sarcastic? It's hard to tell in email. I tend to respond as if it were serious. If it was serious then it's the right response. If it wasn't serious then your pleasant reply will be irritating. You can't lose. :) Sorry, I'm Sorry, Please forgive me. I'm SOrry. Please Forgive Me. Please I'm SOrry. Sorry. Please. Oh Please forgive my mistake. Oh HTML Sorry Oh Please. Sorry... I'm Sorry. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Recognising a partition?
I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and selected "Supermount" during install. I have since added a Windows HDD partition that I want Linux to be able to access. How do I do that please? Thank you. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] --- mbr in the windows partition (Alan)
IIRC, Debian used to have a DOS/Windows tool that could create a LILO MBR. Perhaps you could find something like that? "Mr. Smith" wrote: Install linux and then Windows and create a boot floppy next time...but besides that nope. Sorry...I had the same problem at one point in time...back with Redhat 5.2 I accidentally did the same thing you did...but I didn't have an internet connection or anyone to ask so I just formatted it and started over. Mr. Smith well, thx Alan but my problem is that I have the mbr in the windows partition cause I had to format (...) and now i cant access the linux partition. Any ideas? -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Freezes when playing MPEGs?
When I play MPEGs my computer freezes _hard_. I can't switch to other shells and the only way I've found to escape it is to reboot. Can anyone tell me please how to isolate and identify the cause of this problem? Thank you. P.S. Thanks to the people who provided advice on detecting my new partition. It worked brilliantly. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] --- mbr in the windows partition (Alan)
My understanding was that his master boot record had been overwritten with the standard Windows one, meaning he could not boot into Linux. ie. What he wants to do is install a new GRUB MBR. The tool I was thinking of was "rawrite". This is available on the Mandrake CD, along with "rawwritewin" (same thing, but for Windows rather than DOS. You need GRUB disk images, and once you have them, it tells you how to install them here: http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub%40gnu.org/msg00500.html Daniel Velzi wrote: Well, I wasn´t followed all post. But I believe the real problem was Sousa have some files in linux he need. And is difficult to access to ext2 partition. And what´s about to access ext2 partition from windows to rescue files ? I believe (but don´t know) exist any soft that can access to ext2 partition from windows. It´s possible ? (sorry for my bad english). Daniel - Original Message ----- From: "Revenant" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] --- mbr in the windows partition (Alan) IIRC, Debian used to have a DOS/Windows tool that could create a LILO MBR. Perhaps you could find something like that? "Mr. Smith" wrote: Install linux and then Windows and create a boot floppy next time...but besides that nope. Sorry...I had the same problem at one point in time...back with Redhat 5.2 I accidentally did the same thing you did...but I didn't have an internet connection or anyone to ask so I just formatted it and started over. Mr. Smith well, thx Alan but my problem is that I have the mbr in the windows partition cause I had to format (...) and now i cant access the linux partition. Any ideas? -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- -- Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] C++ resources
Mark Johnson wrote: check out www.ibooks.com they have a book called, Thinking in C++, I think they are offering it free as a special promotion. They also have all the linux books from the LDP for free too. Last I looked, this book was available free off the author's website too. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
[newbie] Adding an HDD?
Since I've installed Mandrake (all of a day ago) I've added an HDD. How do I get Mandrake to detect it? I'm using Supermount. Thank you. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
