[newbie] Display Problem
I'm a newbie to Mandrake. I'm in the process of reinstalling 10.0 from the PowerPack. The first time I installed 10.0 (in firewall mode, the latter being the anticipated future use along with Nessus workstation) the background of the display was this gaudy red and greenish stripe display. The font was also very hard to read. Did I miss something or did the installation choose the incorrect monitor/video card type? I'm fairly familiar with RH and haven't had similar problems with it. This system is running on a Belkin OmniView Pro KVM switch. richlich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Monitor Problem Resolved
It was the default resolution set by the installation. I backed down to 1024x768 and now all is well. richlich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Internet Configuration
I'm trying to configure my Internet connection. I open the MandrakeLinux control center and click on Network Internet, then Internet Access. I get a warning that there isn't any Internet connection configured and to run Internet access in the control center. When I click on ok, the Internet Access configuration window goes away! How can I configure my Internet access? Rich Lichvar Director, Operations Knowledge Resource Center, Inc. 6901 Rockledge Drive Sixth Floor Bethesda, MD 20817 Cell: 571.221.3430 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Interupt Lost
Yesterday my computer (Mdk10) wouldn't boot. The error message was hda interupt lost . It kept trying to boot but kept pausing with the same message over and over. I shut down and tried again and it booted normally. Today, the same thing only I had to power down and up 3 times before it finally booted. Anyone have any ideas about what's going on? Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Interupt Lost
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 16 July 2004 10:41 am, Rich wrote: Yesterday my computer (Mdk10) wouldn't boot. The error message was hda interupt lost . It kept trying to boot but kept pausing with the same message over and over. I shut down and tried again and it booted normally. Today, the same thing only I had to power down and up 3 times before it finally booted. Anyone have any ideas about what's going on? Rich You could have a hardware problem with your hard drive Your IDE cable between the motherboard and the drive could be bad or not connected properly Some chipsets have a problem with kernel support for the APIC, which sometimes affects the IDE controllers, so the kernel must be started with some combination of the noapic, nolapic and acpi=ht boot parameters. Try some combination of those (I need all three) The WinXP partition doesn't have a problem booting and neither did Mdk10, until yesterday. This is something that just popped up. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 06 Jul 2004 3:02 am, mike wrote: What does mtab say cat /etc/mtab here is mine below. none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--, umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 Also see what ls -al /mnt/floppy here is mine below. drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 0 Jul 5 18:30 floppy/ The output of ls -l/dev/fd* would be useful too. Here 'tis: lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root (date) /dev/fd0 - floppy/0 Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Floppy Problems
This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0, fs=auto,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab Kaj Haulrich. fs=ext2:vfat didn't help either. This is looking more and more like a permissions problem. The same problem exists with the CD and I've discovered that I can't copy the files to any of my Windows folders either. I'm living in at an interim address until the Fall and my 9.2 CDs are in storage 1200 miles away. If I can't solve this problem this week I'm going to have to abandon Mandrake. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re:[newbie] Floppy under 10CE]
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 12:34, David A. Ferguson wrote: I am unable to do anything with the floppy drive under 10CE except read it, even as root. If I attempt to copy anything to floppy I get a 'permission denied' message. Anyone have a clue as to how to get it to work Rich Is the disk write protected? What does the /etc/fstab line look like? Does it have 'rw'? David No 'rw'. And am now having the same problem with the CD-ROM drive. Here's the fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2,--,umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,ro,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Dick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.0 Community Install ?
Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 11 March 2004 07:26 am, Ray Hogaboom wrote: HI I downloaded Mandrake 10.0 yesterday from ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/linux/mandrake-iso/i586/ it took about 5 hours to download the 3 iso files. Can 10.0 be installed from ISO files on my hard drive. (I want a complete install of 10.0 not upgrade.) As long is home is a separate partition and you have no plans to resize, you're safe there. I would really just keep a copy of /etc since all config info is there and my /boot/grub/menu.lst because I use grub. The only other thing you would probably need is /usr/local if you added anything there. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I don't think you can install directly from ISO image files, they have to be expanded or whatever you do to ISO files before you can use them Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] bit torrent
Ok, I paid my 60 bucks to join the club. My bit torrent client says I downloaded 2085 megs in two files. One file is 256k and the other is 0k. Easy CD creator finds three .iso files of 0k. What did I download and where are they? Is there an ftp site where these iso's can be found? Bit torrent is a terrible way to distribute data. Thanks, Richard Swanson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bad install
Greetings I am trying to get 10.0 RC1 installed but to no avail. The last beta installed just fine. The RC1 install goes along fine until I get to the installation of the boot loader. LILO is installed without my input (i'd rather use GRUB) then I get the initial install screen as if I were just starting the install again with no input from me. This is all happening during CD #3. I am doing a fresh install with a new mbr and format. Maybe I have a bad burn on CD 3? Thanks for everyones help Richard Swanson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Time Setting in KDE
Yesterday I noticed that the time setting in KDE was off by 4 hours so I right clicked on the clock and adjusted to the correct time setting. Today, when I booted the computer it was once again off by 4 hours. The other thing that happens is that when I click on the Apply button, the monitor shuts off until I hit a key! Any ideas about why this is happening all of a sudden? The only new thing installed was Opera. Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gnome Search
I've used the Gnome Search tool since Mandrake 8.0 but have run into a problem since installing version 9.0. It ran OK for awhile, but now an error message pops up whenever I run a search that the slocate.db database is more than 8 days old. I thought that this database is supposed to update every time the system boots and I've been running 9.0 since a month after it came out. What's going on? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Epson Printer
I'm in the market for a new printer and am considering either the Epson C60 or C80. I'm running 8.2 and will be connecting parallel. Are there any known problems connecting either of these printers to Mandrake 8.2? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opera 6.02 and Java
On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 11:12, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I have a strange problem. Java has stopped working suddenly in Opera 6.02. It was working perfectly before and it is working perfectly in other browsers (Konqueror and Mozilla). I have j2re-1.4.0 installed correctly. What happens when I try to load a page that has java is this: the Java Console window opens and, on the page, I get the usual Loading class something message, but the class never gets loaded. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I have tried removing Opera and re-installing it, and also hitting Find Plug-ins in Preferences again (the plug-in path is set correctly). I've had this problem with Java in Opera since 6.0 came out. I've since switched to Netscape 6.0 and everything works just fine, albeit a little slower. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opera
On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 16:20, s wrote: On Wednesday 15 May 2002 09:19 am, Rich wrote: Opera is my favorite browser, but since installing Mandrake 8.2, it won't work. I downloaded the latest version of Opera 6.0, but still no luck. It opens and then freezes while trying to contact the home page. Any ideas? Rich Well, mine did that since about opera's beta (or rc) 2. Found out that checking Synchronous DNS in preferences network fixed mine. Hey, that worked for me too, thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reboot Problem
On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 11:06, bascule wrote: in 'normal' operation does the machine not skip booting from a cd if it doesn't find one and then go to the next one one in your bios specified list? It doesn't appear to do that on this machine. how do you dual boot? with lilo? Yes, lilo. i don't have a vaio so i'm unfamiliar with the 'sony splash' screen, assuming this is nothing to do with the sony installed xp but is os independent Yes, OS independent. then what you describe is a machine that retains cmos settings only if the machine is switched off between boots? but not if the os (both xp and linux?) does a reboot? Not so, it only happens when rebooting from Mandrake, not from WinXP. if you are certain that rebooting alters cmos settings and that otherwise they are retained with the machine switched off then i suggest you get the machine serviced or look into bios upgrades 'cos i can't see that lm will be messing with that, I'm not 100% sure that the cmos settings change, it only seems that way. on a desktop my first thought would be the cmos battery but i make no comment about what may under the skin of a vaio or what parts may be servicable by the user, for all i know notebooks don't have a cmos battery, using instead the main one? There is a cmos battery and it's OK. perhaps there is something going on with your boot manager setup though, lilo config maybe? what happens if you reboot from xp? to get my xp to dual boot properly i had to tell lilo to set certain properties of partitions upon booting (change active partition etc.) but i suspect my arrangement on my desktop is more complex than what you describe, As I said above, it reboots just fine from XP. It's just a minor annoyance, I don't have to reboot that often. Thanks for your interest. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IDE for C/C++
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 08:06, rsch77 wrote: Hello all, I need an advice. Does anybody know a good IDE for C/C++, and where I find it ? Thanks in advance, I like Anjuta, which can be foune on Sourceforge... Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Organizer
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 12:56, Gary Montalbine wrote: Can anyone recommend a simple organizer that has a date and to do list and a telephone list. Korganizer does not have a telephone capability that I can find. I'm using Evolution (Ximian) 1.0.2. It's an organizer, address book and mail client. Works well for me. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] databases
On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 07:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi newbies and not-so-newbies, may your tribe increase, I don't need to serve the world. I just want an ordinary db to keep track of my reading habits. I have around 20,000 records saved (not all here, it includes those just read, borrowed, discarded, and stuff). In another incarnation I managed to keep track of them in Access .. which astonished me 18months after I converted to Lotus Approach, as it is not that friendly ... I digress). I have an old (pre-99) Lotus Approach (given to me by a friend who upgraded - I can't afford Smart Suite) on my WinME partition. I can export (for example as a comma delimited text file) it and import it to Approach (and to Access if need be). I like Approach - easy to add/search for items, and report generation (don't need Crystal Reports) is dead easy too. What is my best choice in Linux? I don't need to share across a network. I have used Ingres/SQL (and Total Database g) in the past, but think it is overkill for my modest requirements. Yes, I checked out the db apps, but this is only little (although perhaps a little more than keeping track of one's CD collection) and I'm overwhelmed by the selection. The info is geared towards websites and servers ... Any help? M8.0, PIII866, 256 RAM, dual boot with WinME (going, going ...), around 10gigs for Linux. -- Cheers, Helen (who reads this list and saves all great info for later! Thanks, You might want to check out MySQL, which is supplied with many of the distros, or SQLite which can be found by your favorite search engine. The interesting thing about SQLite is that it doesn't require a database server overhead (almost 5 mB in MySQL). Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problems
Never mind. :) I did a little more research and found the CUPS administrative tool. CUPS required that I log on as root before it would let me delete the job. Maybe that was the problem with the Print Job Admin tool, I wasn't logged in as root. All is well... Rich On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 10:22, Rich wrote: I have an HP 930C printer, but I don't think my problem is related to the printer. I believe the problem is software/driver related. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and was printing a large job that I didn't want to finish. I stopped the printing at the printer and went into the Print Job Administrator to delete the rest of the file in the spooler, but it won't delete. I click on the Remove button and the confirming dialog box asks if I really want to remove the job from the spooler. I click on Yes, but nothing happens, an hour later the job is still there. Whenever I turn on the printer now, it starts to print the old job, I have to cancel at the printer and move any new printing jobs to the top of the list in the Print Job Administrator. Any ideas on how to get rid of the old job? Also, are there any HP print utilies out there similar to the one that HP supplies for Windows systems? TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer Problems
I have an HP 930C printer, but I don't think my problem is related to the printer. I believe the problem is software/driver related. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and was printing a large job that I didn't want to finish. I stopped the printing at the printer and went into the Print Job Administrator to delete the rest of the file in the spooler, but it won't delete. I click on the Remove button and the confirming dialog box asks if I really want to remove the job from the spooler. I click on Yes, but nothing happens, an hour later the job is still there. Whenever I turn on the printer now, it starts to print the old job, I have to cancel at the printer and move any new printing jobs to the top of the list in the Print Job Administrator. Any ideas on how to get rid of the old job? Also, are there any HP print utilies out there similar to the one that HP supplies for Windows systems? TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rules for evolution
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 14:13, Damian G wrote: hi..! does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email from different senders in different directories? thanks! damian I don't know which version you're using, but in v1.02 you can set up new folders in File - Folders. You can set up filters to put certain mail in the new folders in Tools - filters. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo Problem
I had already tried the Boot Config and Boot Loader, anything that I do there is ignored. I'm not sure that I understand the second part of your answer. Where exactly do I put those statements? In the boot loader? Rich Kaj Haulrich wrote: Rich wrote: I just installed a second copy of Mandrake 8.1 on some extra space I had on a second hard drive. The problem is that lilo is now completely ignored on boot, the latest install is booted every time, lilo never shows up at all. What do I have to modify to get lilo to show up? Rich, two suggestions : If you run KDE or GNOME, open Control Center, type in your root-password, and select Boot. Then, select Boot Config. Now, in the upper right corner, click Configure. This opens a dialog-box, called Bootloader Main Options. Here, you can select the boot device. I guess you can choose whatever here. If still in trouble, post two files to the list : 1. : /etc/lilo.conf 2. : /etc/fstab Then, I'm sure you'll be up and running in no time at all. HTH Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Icon Question
KDE On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 22:21, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Which window manager are your running? On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 07:59, Rich wrote: I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type. Unfortunately, this also changes all of the other, similar, non-embedded icons on the desktop. Rich On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 06:43, Rodrigo wrote: One way to do it is to right-click on the icon and then click on properties. A dialog box will open with the icon on it, so click on the icon now and another box will open. There you will see a lot of other icons or you can choose a .png or .xpm file. Pick up a new icon and it's done. Hope it helps you, regards. Rodrigo Rich wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com 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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lilo Problem
I just installed a second copy of Mandrake 8.1 on some extra space I had on a second hard drive. The problem is that lilo is now completely ignored on boot, the latest install is booted every time, lilo never shows up at all. What do I have to modify to get lilo to show up? Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Icon Question
I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Icon Question
I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type. Unfortunately, this also changes all of the other, similar, non-embedded icons on the desktop. Rich On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 06:43, Rodrigo wrote: One way to do it is to right-click on the icon and then click on properties. A dialog box will open with the icon on it, so click on the icon now and another box will open. There you will see a lot of other icons or you can choose a .png or .xpm file. Pick up a new icon and it's done. Hope it helps you, regards. Rodrigo Rich wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xscreen saver
On Thursday 14 February 2002 10:42 pm, christiyono wrote: hi all, is it any tricks to put xscreensaver from another distro to be activated in my mandrake 8.0? let say I have xscreensaver rpm from redhat and how to do it? so I can select and activate it from mandrake control center. thank's a lot chris Install xscreensaver (in a terminal, cd to the directory containing the rpm and type (without the quotes) rpm -Uvh xscreensaver*); As a user, type (without the quotes) the following in a terminal xscreensaver-demo This will bring up the xsreensaver configuration tool where you can set up when and how the xcreensaver will come on. You'll also need to disable the default kde screensaver in the kde control center. Finally, add the following line (without the quotes) to your home .baschrc file: xscreensaver Xscreensaver should now be activated and ready to run everytime you log in as user. Hope this helps. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Laptops
Marcia wrote: On Wednesday 06 February 2002 10:05 am, Rich wrote: I'm considering getting a Sony Vaio FXA-36 laptop which will run both Windows and Mandrake 8.1. Does anyone here have any experience with the Sony laptops, or with laptops in general? Rich Dear Rich, I have LM 8 on my Compaq laptop dual booting with Windows 98SE. I used System Commander to partition and set it up which made if go very well. All things were detected without a problem. I'm also considering System Commander for the partitioning. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Evolution Problems
I started using Evolution 0.13 that came with the Mandrake 8.1 distro and really liked it except that the Reply function was flaky, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I downloaded a copy of version 1.0 and couldn't get it to work; the error message was Cannot initialize the Ximian shell: Configuration database not found. I finally gave up and tried to re-install version 0.13, but that now gave the same error. Taking to heart some of the information on this list, I downloaded Red Carpet from Ximian and, after a very long update of the files on my machine, I gave Evolution 1.02 a try and, it worked! I've spent some time the past two days getting it set to my likes. This morning I booted up and clicked on the Evolution icon and up popped the same Cannot initialize the Ximian shell: Configuration database not found error message! This complain has been on this list and others, so I know that I'm not alone with this problem. Has anyone been able to determine what causes the problem, especially after successfully running the program for two days, and if there's a fix? Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake and Laptops
I'm considering getting a Sony Vaio FXA-36 laptop which will run both Windows and Mandrake 8.1. Does anyone here have any experience with the Sony laptops, or with laptops in general? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Laptops
Rick [Kitty5] wrote: I'm considering getting a Sony Vaio FXA-36 laptop which will run both Windows and Mandrake 8.1. Does anyone here have any experience with the Sony laptops, or with laptops in general? http://www.linux-notebook.org/laptops/by_brand/?searchbrand=sony http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclientq=linux+viao http://groups.google.com/groups?q=linux+viaonum=100hl=ennewwindow=1sa=N; tab=wg Also: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another Wine Question
On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 16:14, Miark wrote: gnucash - Original Message - From: Seedkum Aladeem [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Another Wine Question Why do you want to use the windows quicken when there is the compatible native GPL Linux application. I forgot what the application is called but it exists. Maybe someone else can tell us what it is called. I'll take a look at Gnucash, but I've heard from others that it doesn't have all of the Quicken features. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Another Wine Question
I have Wine (CodeWeaver's) set up and it runs most of my Windows apps OK, the one problem is Quicken 99. The application opens OK and I can open any of my Quicken files, however, if I select anything from the account list the program crashes with an error message from Dr. Watson: Fatal error. Could not attach to the application. WinNT error code = 5. Also, WinNT 4.0 does not appear in the Wine configuration list; is there a reason for this? I'm running Mandrake 8.1. Any help in solving this problem would be appreciated. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wine Question
I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine Question
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 10:40, Joe Wittmer wrote: Hi Rich, Which version of Wine are you running? I just installed the CodeWeavers installation and it works great. But, you do have to install the xmessage package. There is more on the web at: http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/help.php Read Item #6. I'm also running the codeweavers version and I'll check out the site - thanks! I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --Boundary_(ID_g3CHU6fITcm8JCX6aO/m4A) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] harddrive swap
Hi everyone, Right now, I have Linux Mandrake installed on Computer2 (PII-266 256MB Ram, etc) and Win2000 installed on Computer1 (Athlon 900 512 MB Ram, etc). My question is, I know windows can handle it if you take the harddrive out of Computer1 and put it in Computer2 and boot to it. It will detect all the new hardware and such. Will Linux be able to handle the same (ie. taking the harddrive from Computer2 and putting it in Computer1 to boot to)? Thanks, Tony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Shell Script
I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and a couple of the applications that I've downloaded and intalled (using RPMs) have installed as shell scripts, rather than binary executables. Is there a way to convert the script to an executable that can be launched using an icon from the desktop? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Default Browser
Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 09:59, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? Rich, In Galeon, click the Settings menu, then Preferences. Choose the User Interface tab, and then the Windows sub-section. Un-check the box marked Keep fullscreen window above all other windows. That should take care of Galeon wanting to be on top all the time. It doesn't respond to that setting. As for preferred browser settings, are you using KDE or Gnome, or something else for your desktop? In Gnome, open the Control Center, look under Document Handlers and click URL Handlers. On the right side of the window, click 'http' and edit the text box to say: galeon --new-tab '%s' Do the same for 'https', and you will be set. It is probably similar in KDE, but I don't know. Using KDE and, so far, haven't figured it out. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Missing Task Bar
I recently had to reconfigure my KDE desktop (using Mandrake 8.1) due to a dumb error on my part. It went well and everything went back to normal until I rebooted my computer the next day. Every thing was normal except the task bar was missing! Without the task bar I'm unable to access the desktop look and feel window. How do I get the task bar back? TIA Rich Luchor -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing Task Bar
Never mind, it came back all by itself!??! On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 09:46, Rich wrote: I recently had to reconfigure my KDE desktop (using Mandrake 8.1) due to a dumb error on my part. It went well and everything went back to normal until I rebooted my computer the next day. Every thing was normal except the task bar was missing! Without the task bar I'm unable to access the desktop look and feel window. How do I get the task bar back? TIA Rich Luchor -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon and Java
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 12:27, Mark D'voo wrote: to get java working, run mozilla as root (is this safe ?), go to java.sun.com, it will tell you that you need the java plug-in, say ok, when it takes you to the new web page, click java for linux, it should download and install, restart mozilla, and java should work, java should now also work in galeon as regular user Hey thanks! I was having the same problem and it never occurred to me to run as root. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mounting WinNT Partitions
Is it possible to mount WinNt NTFS partitions in linux? If so, what is the correct format to use in fstab? mount -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 work only after I run sndconfig
On Thu, 2001-11-15 at 15:51, Robin wrote: Thanks to Ed Frans and Terry. I did what Terry suggested and copied the entry in /etc/modules.conf into /etc/modules and just like Terry said, presto it works now. I am still kind of curious this, since the reason to run sndconfig would be to get the sound card working, once it's working why would sndconfig write the info to a file which would not be loaded? I did the same thing and it now works, except the opening wave file plays 2-3 minutes after Mandrake is up and running! Go figure. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Disabling lilo
Where do I go to temporarily disable lilo? I think that it's interfering with my attempt to reinstall WinNT. The install hangs up on the blue install screen. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Copy Paste
On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 14:50, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Thursday 08 November 2001 14:34, you wrote: I'm using Mandrake 8.1 and have a problem with Copy and Paste commands, they don't seem to work at all between applications and only occasionally within an application. The info copied does appear in the clipboard, but will not Paste. This is true of apps like Evolution and Sylpheed. You are probably trying to paste between KDE, Gnome and other X apps, which can be a real pain in the ass, because they don't generally use the same paste buffer (They could if they really wanted to...). No, within the same applications, in this case Evolution or Sylpheed. In their defense, they're both in early development, BUT... BUT, 95% of the time, what you want to paste is just plain text. So try this: select the text to be pasted with the mouse. Don't hit CTL-C. Move the focus to (click with the mouse in) another window, but be careful not to move the mouse with the button down and create a selection in the new window. Hit the mouse *middle* button to paste the text in. If you have a 2-button mouse, hit left and right button simultaneously. In a standard installation you can even paste to and from terminals like this. ...THIS WORKS! Thanks for the tip. It takes about 5 minutes to get used to this, after which there will be much slapping of foreheads and exclaiming But this is so much easier than windows! I find cutting and pasting in windows intolerably clumsy now. For example, If I click on a URL in Kmail, it automagically opens it in Konqueror, which is fine. But if I want to open it in Mozilla, I select the address in Kmail, FIRE up Mozilla and middleclick the address into the Mozilla's address edit box. Try it. You'll like it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD-player
On Saturday 15 September 2001 06:26 am, Jonas Jacobsson wrote: Can anyone recomend a dvd viewer for Mandrake 8.0? xmovie needs kernel 2.4.7 and I only have 2.4.3. /jonas xine, videolan, and mplayer are all pretty good. I prefer xine; videolan sometimes has problems with synchronizing audio and video, and mplayer doesn't have a gui. You can find xine and mplayer by going to freshmeat.net and searching for them there. You can get videolan at www.videolan.org. videolan is packaged in rpms as well as source, and as packaged contains everything you need to play encrypted dvds. The current xine, I think, only is packaged as source, but you can get rpms for older versions. mplayer, I think, is only packaged as source. With xine and mplayer, you need plugins to play encrypted dvds. You can get the xine plugin by going to the captain css link on the xine home page, and the mplayer site tells you what plugins you need and where to get them. I think there are some gcc issues when you try to compile mplayer that require you to use certain options with the ./configure command, but I can't remember what those options are. The easiest way to get something that works, I think, is to get the videolan rpms. If you're comfortable installing from source, I'd go with xine. If you're comfortable both with installing from source and a command line only program, then you might want to give mplayer a try. Hope this helps. -- Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
to provide me with such references by e-mail off the list. Regards, Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
as a whole are belligerent. I certainly am an American, and other than saying that I regard your posts (not you) as belligerent, I have tried hard not to make personal attacks in this post even though I am offended by much of what you have said. On your point that the best way to get into government in the US is through the military, I offer the following (which is based on my understanding, not research, and so may be inaccurate): Kennedy: Served on a PT boat in WWII; certainly never a career military officer. Johnson: No military career that I'm aware of. Nixon: No military career that I'm aware of. Ford: No military career that I'm aware of. Carter: No military career that I'm aware of. Reagan: No military career that I'm aware of. Clinton: Won despite being branded as a draft dodger. [snip] |Similarly, the root of these bombings is US allowance |and support of practices which lead to poverty and brutal, |authoritarian rule. How can you possibly know this? We don't know yet who did the bombing. If in fact it was Bin Laden, then the root the bombings is, in my opinion, a religious fanaticism that the US is and always will be utterly powerless to affect. By the way, I understand Bin Laden is in Afganistan. What country was it that attacked Afganistan? [hint: it wasn't the US but those initials, along with an SR appear in its name]. In any event, until we know who is responsible for the bombings, no one can say what lies at their root. Only someone biased against the US can blame the US for the bombings under the current circumstances. [snip] |Many Americans appear to be afraid of mentioning that point, |despite the fact that their children cannot receive a decent |education in government schools. [snip] When I was a child, we were very poor. I went to government [we call them public] schools. With the education I got there, I was able to go to an inexpensive college. With that education, scholarships, and loans from the government [which I have since repaid], I was able to go to law school. Even though I could afford private schools for my children, they go to public schools. Kids who show promise from economically disadvantaged areas are bussed into those schools so they have better educational opportunities. By going to public schools, my kids are getting an opportunity to grow up in a more diverse environment than they would get in private schools, while still getting a good education, and are, I think and hope, growing up in an environment that will minimize racial and ethnic sterotyping and disputes. [snip] |Note that while I'm focussing on the USA here (because of the |terrorist attacks), this hardly means that other nations have |a clean sheet. On the contrary, all of the advanced |democracies (including my own country, |Australia) are to blame, but the USA is by far the worst of a |bad bunch. Don't you think any blame lies with countries who make the decision to harbor terrorists (e.g., Afganistan and Bin Laden), with countries who attack their neighbors (e.g., Iraq), or with countries who put out death warrants on foreign novelists who write books that the country's government doesn't like (e.g., Iran). Don't you believe at all that persons and nations should take at least some responsibility for their own conduct? [snip] | |If you wish to know where I'm coming from, I'm writing with |several years of geography, economics, government and |international relations training under my belt. There is far |more to this than the Anglo-American neoliberal standpoint |(which is what they usually teach you in schools in nations |like the US and Australia), and it is important to try to |approach the problem from different angles in order to |understand it properly. I would hardly call myself an expert, |but I feel that I know what I'm talking about here. [snip] Just curious. Where did you receive these several years of geography, economics, government and international training? Just my opinons. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Unreal Tournament
thanks. :L) -Original Message- From: Matthew Faubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:41 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Unreal Tournament Yes Loki software has a port for unreal tornament. Here is the wbesite http://www.lokigames.com/ Hope that helps Matthew Faubert -Original Message- From: Wehling, Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:24 PM To: Newbie (E-mail) Subject: [newbie] Unreal Tournament Does someone make Unreal Tournament for Linux?
RE: [newbie] HP CD Writer 9500
Thanks . thought I would not be able to use the new cd burner for a while ... I take it there are "generic" drivers in the 7.2 distribution for HP cd writers .. -Original Message- From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HP CD Writer 9500 I have the HP 9150i cd-writer... had the same problem til I re-installed again, mandrake 7.2. now it works fine...but there's a bug fix once you re-install that needs fixingit's located here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ just re-install linux...but do NOT format your /home partition and upon reboot,after reinstall...the drive will be emulated...and seen. "Wehling, Rich" wrote: I have a 9500 cd writer and would like to try burning cd's with Linux but haven't a clue how to get started . I have installed the cd rom burner into the system that is running Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have plenty of blank cd's . I tried the CDROAST program but it looks at the folder I have selected and scans the files then gives an error "broken pipe" I don't rmr the exact error but I was dinking around with the settings of the program and came across a section that looks like it needs a lund number and address for the cdrom burner I am guessing that the burner is too new to be seen by the software as a burner but it reads cd's fine .. in the app hard drake it sees the burner as well as its information ... is there a place that might have a driver file (not sure what its called in Linux) or do I just need to find the id/lund/??? information ( of witch I do not know how to do ) . I tried the cdrecord command with the -scanbus delimiter from the terminal but it did not find a drive . do I have the cd installed correctly? I removed the old cd that was in the system so as to just have the cd rom burner any help in this would be greatly appreciated .. -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) (US EST)
[newbie] HP CD Writer 9500
I have a 9500 cd writer and would like to try burning cd's with Linux but haven't a clue how to get started . I have installed the cd rom burner into the system that is running Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have plenty of blank cd's . I tried the CDROAST program but it looks at the folder I have selected and scans the files then gives an error "broken pipe" I don't rmr the exact error but I was dinking around with the settings of the program and came across a section that looks like it needs a lund number and address for the cdrom burner I am guessing that the burner is too new to be seen by the software as a burner but it reads cd's fine .. in the app hard drake it sees the burner as well as its information ... is there a place that might have a driver file (not sure what its called in Linux) or do I just need to find the id/lund/??? information ( of witch I do not know how to do ) . I tried the cdrecord command with the -scanbus delimiter from the terminal but it did not find a drive . do I have the cd installed correctly? I removed the old cd that was in the system so as to just have the cd rom burner any help in this would be greatly appreciated ..
Re: [newbie] USB Hubs
On Monday 12 February 2001 08:13 am, Aaron Benedict wrote: Are there any 4 port USB hubs that can be recommended for use with LM 7.2? Is the Linksys one any good? Thanks, Aaron I have a Linksys 4 port USB hub working under LM 7.2. My Zip drive works fine through it. The only problem with it is that, on my system, LM 7.2 won't automatically recognize my Zip when it's hooked up through the hub, but will recognize it if the Zip is hooked up directly to the PC. That's was easily solved just by editing rclocal to directly load the usb-storage module. Other than that, my Linksys works fine. -- Rich
RE: [newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network? cont Telnet
Thank you so much for that little clairification. Show's empathy and understanding. ;) I have 30min available today to figure out how to do this. heh Ok, great SMBclient is up and running. Mission accomplished. So I understand I have to figure out how to mount them. Nothing in the SMB man, maybe man mount. No nothing there.Syntax "mount type device dir" I've tried "mountntfs mailserver c$" and several variotions. There is no example of mounting an NT network share. Is there a one liner that could help here to get the NT shares accessable via command line or better yet through the GUI? How about enabling others to telnet and ftp into the linux box. Is there an easy starting point, or just man telnet? -Rich Auriemma Information Services/Development Engineer/Database Engineer/Security Manager/Network Babysitter -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jose M. SanchezSent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:58 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network? Instead of pouring thru the entire Samba installation and documentation... Try "smbclient -L NTBOX -U USER" where NTBOX is the name of your NT server and USER is the name of the authorized user you have set up on the NT machine. This will produce a list of shares. If you can see them, you're set to go. Then, "man smbclient" to learn how to mount the shares... -JMS -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rich AuriemmaSent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:02 PMTo: Linux Newbie (E-mail)Subject: [newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network? Can anyone direct me towards to the quickest way to figure out how to get my linux box to see my WinNT shares? Same with allowing telnet access into the Linux box? I've got the network card drivers loaded and I can get on the internet through the LAN.. just don't know how to see my NT boxes. I've gotten suggestions like read the man pages. So I found at least a 100 of them.. they have commands like netconf, linuxconf... but there are no descriptions next to the links. Thanks for your help!
[newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network?
Can anyone direct me towards to the quickest way to figure out how to get my linux box to see my WinNT shares? Same with allowing telnet access into the Linux box? I've got the network card drivers loaded and I can get on the internet through the LAN.. just don't know how to see my NT boxes. I've gotten suggestions like read the man pages. So I found at least a 100 of them.. they have commands like netconf, linuxconf... but there are no descriptions next to the links. Thanks for your help!
[newbie] Help with Intel PRO/DSL 2100 modem
Has anyone successfully installed an Intel PRO/DSL 2100 modem on their linux system? I got it as part of a DSL package from US West (now Qwest), our local telephone company. It works great in Windows 98, but there are no Linux drivers that I can find. Mandrake Linux does not find it when looking for Plug-n-Play devices. It's an internal PCI card and, with the service I subscribed to, it is using PPP for it's Internet connecting protocol, even though it doesn't actually dial a phone number to connect (all it says in the phone number field is 1,1). Thanks in advance for any help! Rich
[newbie] How get TBS Montego II Sound Card to Work
Hi all, I'm trying to get my TBS Montego II Sound Card to work. It came with my Dell system 1 year ago. I've run 'sndconfig' and tried setting it to all the Sound Blaster types which didn't work. (see details below.) In 'sndconfig' I also tried setting it to a different Turtle Beach System (TBS) sound card and got a message to ftp down a file but I didn't think that would work since its not the proper sound card(see details below). So, do I need a driver specifically for my sound card? Any idea where I could find the driver? Thanks, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] DETAILS: -- WINDOWS 98 Reports the following for my sound card: TBS Montego II Sound Blaster Pro Emulation Input/Output Range 0220-033F Interrupt Request 05 Direct Memory Access 01 Direct Memory Access 03 Input/Output Range 0388-038B TBS Montego II PCI Audio Memory Range F400-F403 Interrupt Request 10 Input/Output Range 1038-103F Input/Output Range 1030-1037 TBS Montego II MPU-401 Interface Input/Output Range 0330-033F TBS Montego II Gameport Interface Input/Output Range 0201-0201 -- When I run "sndconfig --noprobe" I choose "Soundblaster Pro" with the following "Card Settings": IRQ 5 DMA 1 I/O Port 0x220 I/O Port 0x240 I receive the following error: MODPROBE ERRORS The following error occurred running the modprobe program: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: failed /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed -- When I run "sndconfig" with out any options it says: "A PCI Sound card was foundon your system. Model Aureal Semiconducctor/Vortex2 is not supported. -- When I run "sndconfig --noprobe" and if I choose either of the following sound cards to configue, I receive the message listed below it. Turtle Beach Multisound classic/Monterey/Tahiti Turtle Beach Multisound Pinnacle/Fiji To use the synthesizer on the cards, you need to obtain the firmware files. Download to /tmp and unzip the following file from Tutle Beach: ftp://ftp.tbeach.com/pub/tbs/msndcl/msndvkit.zip When unzipped, unzip the file name MsndFiles.zip. -- Below is my file /etc/conf.modules alias scsi_hostadapter1 ide-scsi post-install usb-storage modprobe usbkbd; modprobe keybdev alias scsi_hostadapter usb-storage alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 /proc/parport/0/irq alias block-major-11 scsi_hostadapter alias usb-interface usb-uhci pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start post-install supermount modprobe scsi_hostadapter ; modprobe scsi_hostadapter1 options msnd_classic io=0x3e0 irq=10 mem=0xe8000 post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2 options msnd_pinnacle io=0x3e0 irq=10 cfg=0x250 mpu_io=0x330 mpu_irq=5 mem=0xb options adlib_card io=0x388 alias sound-slot-0 sb options sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 -- Below is my file "/proc/pci": PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 3). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xf808]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 3). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=128. Min Gnt=140. Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0x1020 [0x1021]. Bus 0, device 7, function 2: USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0x1000 [0x1001]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Bus 0, device 14, function 0: Multimedia audio controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 254). Vendor id=12eb. Device id=2. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=12. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf400 [0xf400]. I/O at 0x1038 [0x1039]. I/O at 0x1030 [0x1031]. Bus 0, device 16, function 0: Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1). Vendor id=12b9. Device id=1008. Medium devsel. IRQ 9. I
[newbie] sorry
sorry about my little outburst.. It's just that one of my pet peeves is when someone demands to be taken off of a mailing list that they subscribed to How hard is it to remember where you subscribed at and go back and take themselves off the list. Rich Foreman
RE: [newbie] cable modem troubles..
I found it in the windows registry under the program that causes the cable modem to dial... Anyone have any clues for how to get the modem to dial in linux... It is a hybrid model N-202XS cable modem with telco return. The connection configuration (at least I think thats what it is) is listed below. The modem has the phone number to dial programmed into itself. The program in windows to make it dial is called CCMInfo Thanks, Rich Foreman -Original Message- From: Michael R. Batchelor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 4:39 AM To: Rich Subject: Re: [newbie] running windows in linux Where did you find it? It's obviously a chat script to make something happen. Somehow we've gotten out of the list into private mail. Format all of this into a message to repost to the list. It's better to give more details than not enough. I'm not really familiar with this, but someone else might be. Michael -Original Message- From: Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael R. Batchelor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 11:04 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] running windows in linux Hi, You are correct in that the cable modem is plugged in through a patch cable and the phone line plugs into the cable modem. I dug around and found the following. Is this what makes it dial?? If so, how would I do it with linux? NAME: PAP ISP ppp sl0 pap user richfore venture control down wait 1000 speed 38400 control up wait 800 send "atdtMODEMNUM\r" wait 45000 "CONNECT" hybkeyexch 166.117.87.1 0 Thanks, Rich Foreman -Original Message- From: Michael R. Batchelor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:32 PM To: Rich Subject: Re: [newbie] running windows in linux Plunder around in the windows configuration and see if you can determine how windows spawns the dialing. Unless the number is hardcoded into the modem then there must be something to offer a clue how it works. Windows isn't magic or anything. My assumption, from what you've said, is that windows connects to the cable modem with an Ethernet patch cord and no serial port, then the phone line plugs directly into the cable modem. Is this correct? MB
RE: [newbie] path
Mike, If I just type mozilla, it gives an error.. I am not at the linux box right now, so I can't give the exact error. Thanks, Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Corbeil Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] path rich wrote: I know this is probably a dumb question, but how do you add a directory to the path For instance, instead of going to /root/mozilla/ to run ./mozzila, I would like to be able to type ./mozilla in any directory. I don't know if your question's been answered, yet, or not, because I'm ripping through the many emails I have; however, no, you would not like to do that. ./ always means the present working directory. What you would like to do is to be able to simply type mozilla without the ./ or any / or dot. Try this. If mozilla is installed, then this should work. If this doesn't work, then more direction is needed, but will wait for your reply. mike
[newbie] font question
Hi, I have noticed that in netscape and mozilla, my fonts are all REAL small unless I go change the size, then it still isn't right. Is there any way to change this in the system. It seems like it is coming from Linux, since I installed mozilla on windows also and it works fine there. Thanks, Rich Foreman
[newbie] gnome, enlightenment, etc....
ok.. really dumb question this time... What is the main difference between Gnome, Enlightenments, KDE, etc... I am really confused about which one to use and don't know what the difference is.. I do know that I used enlightenment yesterday and everything disappeared off of the desktop.. I had to log in as root, delete me user account and create a new account in order to get the desktop back... Thanks, Rich Foreman
[newbie] printer and mouse questions
Hello everyone. I have a couple of questions. I have a Xerox XJ8C inkjet printer and need to get it working in linux. I don't care if it prints color, all I need is black. ALso, I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (The one with no ball). It shows up as a Generic Mouse PS/2 if I run DrakConf and go to hardware configuration. How can I get it to work. I want the scroll wheel to work. Also, where is a good source that I can find answers such as these. I am very new to Linux and just installed mandrake 7.0 last night. Thanks, Rich Foreman
Re: [newbie] printer and mouse questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it work otherwise? Or is the whole thing kaput under linux? Just want to know, b/c I want one. I do wish all the buttons would work tho . . Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713 It works otherwise. I can use the mouse, but just not the extra two buttons or the scroll wheel. Thanks, Rich Foreman
Re: [newbie] ByeCycle (Mouse and Mozilla)
Thanks, I downloaded the update for the mouse, but to no avail.. Is there any command from the console to set up the mouse? sndconfig worked perfectly and I am downloading mozilla 14 right now (not sure if I want to use the nightly build yet) I appreciate all of the help! Have any clue how to get a Xerox XJ8C to print at least black and white?? Rich Foreman Oliver Stieber wrote: theres an update for the mouse from the updates thing in x or on a mandrake mirror, and my AWE64 wasn't detected either, but sndconfig from console should sort that out. hmm not sure about the netscape one, iv'e been using mozilla 15 instead (aka nightly build), from www.mozilla.com
[newbie] running windows in linux
Hi, I saw a screenshot on the mandrake site that had the linux operating system running with a window open running windows. I need this because I have one of the only cable modems in the dang country that you have to force to dial (it sends through phone, receives through cable). It works fine if I boot to windows and force it to dial, then restart in linux while it is still connected. If I could open windows while in linux I could make it dial that way. Can someone help me? I also downloaded and installed mozilla 15 today... Is there any way to start it without typing the command in the console? It keeps the console open that way... Thanks a lot, Rich Foreman
[newbie] path
I know this is probably a dumb question, but how do you add a directory to the path For instance, instead of going to /root/mozilla/ to run ./mozzila, I would like to be able to type ./mozilla in any directory. Thanks, Rich
RE: [newbie] ByeCycle
Quick question.. I am VERY new to linux. I just installed mandrake 7.0 It detected my mouse as a 'default mouse' I have an intellimouse explorer pro and would like to use the scroll bar. Ho do I change it to the correct mouse. It also didn't detect my Creative Labs AWE64, is there any way to use this card or will I have to get another card? Also, I downloaded netscape 4.7 for linux and don't know how to install it. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Rich Foreman
[newbie] Xconfigurator problem...
Can't get Xconfigurator to work. My monitor (Viewsonic A-90) is not in the list and neither is my video card (Voodoo2000). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. -Original Message- From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 3:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Free Internet The windows command is winipcfg for ip/dns/gateway info FlipZ I saw it posted somewhere that you can run I believe "ipconfig" under windows to get your DNS once you are connected to your free ip. Whether this is legal and/or works for you I don't know.
RE: [newbie] CDROM and Writer
I as well have just installed mdk7.0-2, but I did not use the supermount option. No matter what I do I can't ls the cdrom. at console, I mount /mnt/cdrom cdrom and I get an error telling me that the drivers aren't in the /dev dir. Arrgh! Plz help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neville Cobb Sent: February 17, 2000 3:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] CDROM and Writer Overall I was pretty well impressed with Mandrake 7-0-2, it was one of the first distribution where I did not have to spend a couple of hours tweaking it to my liking - well done. However there were some minor problems: I was amazed it detected my 40x cdrom drive as an IDE drive and the cdrom writer as a SCSI device without me having to compile the kernel. However I could not access the writer via the supermount icon mandrake placed on the desk top. After playing with kfstab and telling it that it was a SCSI device ie. /dev/scd0, it mounted and I could access it via the desktop icon. I hope this was the right way to go about it. I experienced a little bit of trouble with automatic install in that I would have liked to see a picture of where Mandrake was going to load the system and I would have also liked to see where it was putting Lilo. But the second time around I used the non auto install and it went well as I could direct and confirm all the above. This is lots better to drive than SuSE as I had to compile the kernel to achieve what came standard with Mandrake. I also experienced that it detected and set up the drives and windows partition better than Caldera (to my surprise as I though it was pretty good). Nev
[newbie] Re: [expert] looking for software
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote: Hi all: I'm looking for a circuit simulation program like "Electronic Workbech for Windows" that works under Lunux. Is there such a thing? If I could find a program like that, it would help me a lot. Any help appreciated. Thanks. I just searched "electronic circuit" on freshmeat.org and found about 58 matches. Try it, I'm certain you'll find something to help. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [newbie] test
Mike, Message received. On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: Can't seem to send messages to this list :-( trying again.. Mike
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
Damien, A new Linux browser with KDE2? That's news to me. When will that happen? Have any idea? Richard On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi Dreja Julag ! On 11/10/99 6:49:48 PM, you wrote: Does anyone know if NeoPlanet has a port yet? NeoPlanet runs on top of Internet Explorer, so I severely doubt it. You may just have to wait until KDE2 for a good Linux browser.. Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
[newbie] Two drives
I have two physical drives on my computer. One, hda, is for the Linux op system, the other I would like to reserve for Linux programs. Question: Is it possible to install Linux programs on a different physical drive? Has anybody done this? Would like to know. Thanks, Richard
RE: [newbie] ADSL~installation through linux
What DSL modem/router did you order? Also what mode will you be running in? PPP or Bridging. Hopefully it is an external router that you have coming. If it is a PPP USWest account, I can help you get it up and running using the Cisco external they offer, and connecting it to your hub.. Good luck and let me know if I can help. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ADSL~installation through linux Well I am getting dsl in a few days, but i will only be able to use in in win98 because i cant find out how to set it up in linux. yeah it will be cool and all, but i realy realy want it to run under linux. i have searched all over the net how to set it up in linux, but to to luck. can anyone help out? thanks jerrud
RE: [newbie] icq
I am not sure what advanced functions you may use in ICQ, but for me LICQ does fine. It has a few features that ICQ does not. You can spoof messages with it (not that I would) and it always shows the other parties IP even when they do not allow it. You can D/L skins for it and make it look however you desire. It works for me ! Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Manny Styles Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] icq - Original Message - From: Mike Julien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] icq there is no need for wine to do that.. go to ftp://ftp.freshmeat.net go to the RPM section and take your pick of icq clones or anything else that is of interest Yants wrote: Is it possible to run ICQ on Linux using WINE? If so, how..? A good idea, but from what I have heard, none of the clones yet have the full functionality of Windows ICQ ... not to mention that you need to have a UIN before you can use any of the linux ICQ clones. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You have to watch out for yourself, because nobody else is going to. Especially during dodgeball. NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
RE: [newbie] Need Files
Greetings, If you have not received them by this evening let me know. I have them at home and have a 640K ADSL connection so sending them is not a problem. I should be home at 5:00 central time. Let me know Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of -=Memphis=- Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Need Files Hi Everyone. I need some help from someone who has just recently installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0. I need all the files in the directory of "/usr/share/gettext/intl/". I accidentally deleted the whole folder. So anyone with a new LM 6.0 please send me all the files in side the folder. I don't think there are alot. About 22 and they are all mini-size. Thank you!
[newbie] Network printing
I can not seem to get my printer (physically attached to Mandrake box) to print from a network machine. It prints fine from Linux, but when I try to print from Win98 nothing happens. When I add the printer in Windows, I choose network printer and browse to the linux machine printer. It seems to install without problems, but doesn't work. Rich
[newbie] Adding Mandrake to NT Boot loader
How do I add an entry to the NT boot loader so that I can boot Linux straight from it instead of from my boot floppy? Seems like there is a DC or some sort of command to grab the boot sector and write it to a file, but i'm not sure exactly how to do it. Anyone know how? Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
RE: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0
anyone know where I can get a driver that works with the 3.3.5 SMP kernel? The 2.2.5 that is in the package listed below complains it wasn't compiled for the SMP kernel even though the readme talks about it. --mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin White Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0 Glad to see someone's managed to work out that you can force the SBLive module to load under all the kernel versions so far (i'm not going to be brave enough to say any kernel!!) Just to add - if you make sure the 'conf.modules' file contains the following lines (the first being the standard one) you can automatically force it on every boot up so nothing ever appears to be wrong ;-) 'alias sound sblive' #Setup alias 'insert sblive insmod -f sblive' #Explicitly tell the kernel to use the insmod -f #command - could be any command you like BTW - am i the only one whose having problems with the SBLive and sound under enlightenment/X windows since upgrading to the 2.2.9-27 kernel ?? It just makes my speakers click away to themselves and X needs to be killed. All worked okay up until the kernel upgrade. I have taken notes of the thread about upgrading various RPMS a while back - does it sound like that would help me? Martin. - Original Message - From: Patrick Putteman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0 You will find a SBlive driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux The driver is for 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels but can be made to work using insmod -f sblive. Works flawlessly for me, bu... no midi yet :/ Just folow the manual installation procedure and use the 2.2.5 kernel module. Patrick - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 5:24 PM Subject: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0 Is it possible to have a SoundblasterLive under Mandrake6.0? There is a driver for SBLive, but just for kernelversions 2.0.36 and 2.2.5. Is it possible to use these drivers, and how can this be done!? I also tried to set up a 2.2.5kernel, but it doesn´t boot properly. I think the problems are caused during the loading of the modules. Is it possible to run different kernels of different kernelversions on the same system!? Can anybody help me with this! thanks stefan
RE: [newbie] mounting other drives
any ideas on how to enable kernel support? I did something like: mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /winnt and it always says the kernel doesn't have ntfs support. I just upgraded to the 3.3.5-22 SMP kernel from RedHat, so i would think it should support it. Do i need to enable something first? --mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Axalon Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 2:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] mounting other drives Yes it includes the ntfs module On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Rich wrote: Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting other drives To see what's on the windows partition start a console and type: mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /whatever replace the x in hda according in what hda is your windows partition mine is in hda1 so it's mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98 the last part correspond to a directory where is going to be mounted the partition, so when you access that directory the partition is visible... make sure that the directory exists before mounting the partition. hope this helps.
[newbie] Kppp DNS
anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could check, or do to maybe fix this problem? TIA Michael Rich http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
RE: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution
hey, that snake game that installs with KDE kina rulez. Since we have it, why would we need Quake! :) hehe I believe the Quake3 Test runs on Linux now right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 9:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution Other than the demo QuakeII that comes with the boxed version of Linux, is it possible to play very many games on this OS? If not, then would using a virtual machine software like wmware enable a Mandrake Linux user to play MS-Windows based games? Richard
RE: [newbie] mounting other drives
Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting other drives To see what's on the windows partition start a console and type: mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /whatever replace the x in hda according in what hda is your windows partition mine is in hda1 so it's mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98 the last part correspond to a directory where is going to be mounted the partition, so when you access that directory the partition is visible... make sure that the directory exists before mounting the partition. hope this helps.
[newbie] Kernel upgrade
Hello, I Just upgraded from kernel 2.2.9-19 to 2.2.9-27 because of many disk fragmentation errors. Now that I have 2.2.9-27 up and running it appears to be more stable and almost everything works except my Zip drive. I have a Zip 100 SCSI which worked in 2.2.9-19 and give the following error in 2.2.9-27: Mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device. (maybe "insmod driver") Does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem, or is it a bug in 2.2.9-27. Also, one more question, how do I get LILO to boot to the new kernel as I have both listed in the LILO booter?...what do I do to lilo.conf? Thanks in advance. Rich Bendorf, O.F.M.
RE: [newbie] DSL and Mandrake
Thanks Dan and Axalon, I will give that a try in the morning. And Dan the Cisco is plugged directly into the hub and I will be sending this E Mail with it. It works OK but I want to use IP masquerading on the Linux box and have everything go through it. Maybe not needed, but my experience so far with dial ups has been the Linux machine communicates better with the internet than a windows machine direct. I can explain it (maybe you know) but my web surfing has been faster on my windows machines when I route through Linux.. Faster than a direct modem connection. No Kidding. Besides, I have to "out cool" my buddies. A Linux box sitting there with TCPDUMP and a couple throughput graphs running make everyone go. Awe!!! Thanks again guys. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Brown Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 6:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DSL and Mandrake From: Rich McCabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will give that a try. I am not sure what you meant by "where 2=x=254". I think maybe a typo in there. No typo -- x should be at least 2, but not more than 254. Unfortunately, the standard keyboard doesn't have a "less than or equal to" character, so I use "=" or "=" as I learned when programming in BASIC several years ago. The reason for two ethernet cards is because the Cisco 675 is an external router and it hooks up to a NIC with a crossover cable. So the first one is for the router and the second is for my small home LAN. Seems like you should be able to run the router to a hub, but I won't swear to that...
RE: [newbie] Kernel.
I installed the 2.2.7 kernel and did not install anything else. When it booted after the new kernel was installed I received some errors. I installed modutils with nothing else and the error went away. I was able to get my IP masqerading going and all worked well. So I didnt touch anything else. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James J. Capone Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:42 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Kernel. I had to start a new thread sorry. I went the Mandrake website, They reference to the 2.2.3 kernel upgrade not the 2.2.9 kernel. Any which way. The file I DL for the kernel is kernel-2.2.9.tar.gz I did not DL and .i386.rpm or kernel-headers-2.2.x-x.i386.rpm does this matter. If I Downloaded the .tar.gz file does not that contain it all. Please let me know. Also It says to upgrade initscripts-3.91-3 and modutils-2.1.121-4 is that also really needed. Has anyone upgraded to the 2.2.3 or higher without upgrading the modutils or the initscripts files. Thanks, James
RE: [newbie] a suggestion needed from someone knowledgeable in Mandrake---PLEASE!!!
JM it is not to bad if you take it slow. The tricky part is knowing what options to compile into the Kernel. Once unzipped, and after you run make mrproper, you can run make config and determine what you want compiled into the kernel. IE Soundblaster support, PPP support, plug and play,IP masq.,etc The list of options is about 200 pages long. Really ! I would recommend you use the make xconfig command if you are using X windows. It is much easier and gives you a nice graphic summary of each item if you like. With "xcongfig" you will have to save it as a file name. I picked kernel-2.2.7. Once "configured" you run make dep make clean make zImage (or maybe make bzImage if it is a big kernel) make modules make modules_install When make zImage is done it will tell you what the new kernel name is. I renamed mine to kernel-2.2.7 and moved it to my "boot" directory. Edit a file called lilo.conf and change the line that shows the path to the old kernel to the new name (kernel-2.2.7). Save and at a shell, type lilo. You should be able to reboot and hopefully everything will work. There are several programs you need to upgrade to. There is a list at www.linuxhq.com/change22.html I received a couple errors on boot until I installed a couple of the updates. I think kernel-utils was one. I hope this helps. I am a newbie too SO if anyone see I am leading another newbie astray here, please chime in and set me straight... Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Boon Kee Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] a suggestion needed from someone knowledgeable in Mandrake---PLEASE!!! How do you recompile the kernel? I am try to recompile linux 2.2.7 downloaded from the web. The readme file simply confuse me JM wrote: Maybe you need sound support in the kernel? How did you install Mandrake? Maybe you left something... Workstation installationi the best for me for now. I remember I could not get sound once (messing with the system) and I just rebuilded the kernel and when running sndconfig after that it worked. Maybe your problem is different. On Thu, 13 May 1999, you wrote: yeah right. everything being "win" is the main reason i'm trying to get out of the microsoft lockdown. no the modem is an external netgear xm128 isdn modem, bri, standard all the way around. also the sound is quite tricky. this is the second card i've tried. both times sndconfig found the correct sound card but hangs when attempting to play the sample sound. i've tried manually installing it (sndconfig --noprobe) and tried many like and unlike cards(within sndconfig), all with different values. i cannot get the sound. i've reinstalled to no avail. if someone has an ensoniq pci 1371 chipset card (i think linux calls it creative\ensoniq 1371?) and it works fine, is there a way i could just use the settings you have? i don't know. this is my 3rd day with the os. thanks for any help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James J. Capone Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 11:15 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] a suggestion needed from someone knowledgeable in Mandrake---PLEASE!!! Is your modem a WinModem James J. Capone Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com Co-Author Linux for Newbies bundled with Linux-Mandrake. To Be out in summer "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment Next To Yours!" On Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:16 PM, Glenn C. Ewen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: A buddy of mine gave me this linux-mandrake cd because I've always been interested in linux. Now I've installed it fine and even got my nic and printer to work but that's about it. I can't get my sound or modem to work and I don't know my way around or anything. So I was wondering if anyone knew of a book I could get to help me along. I'm pretty knowable with pc's if that helps. Thanks for any help given --s3x---
[newbie] Re: A virus for Linux
An example of a Linux virus would be Linux.Bliss More information can be found at the following website: http://www.avp.ch/avpve/newexe/unix/bliss.stm -Rich Lionel Siau wrote: Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 08:45:01PM -0500, Lloyd wrote: I just found an attached file in this mailing list (I've seen this file in newsgroups, too) called Happy99.exe. I'm pretty sure this is either a trojan horse or a virus. Open it at your own risk. If you just delete the message without opening it, you won't have any damage. And if you read it with a real operating system, you can laugh maniacally at the thought of all the Windows users who have just hosed their machine. Come on, doesn't anyone use Linux to read this mailing list?! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sure was laughing...I've been on Linux full time since I wiped NT's stink off my HD plates :) What a stupid joke, that virus is..."Practice safe computing, use Linux!" Erm..it is just as easy to write a virus on Linux thought the damage would be far more limited if u don't log in as root. I wonder why there hasn't been a Linux virus...yet? Could it be that all virus writers are anti-MS?
[newbie] In seek of some installation advice
I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 5.3, and for some reason I am having a great deal of difficulty. I am trying to put it on a system that currently runs Redhat Linux 5.0, and in a sense 'upgrade' it. It doesn't seem to want to work. I have the CD, and I made the boot disk from the CD, as I did with Redhat 5.0 (since the original got stepped on..). The system is an older 486 66mhz with 16mb ram, and all the hardware is currently supported and works fine under Redhat 5.0. It will not boot into the CD automatically. Here are some of the things I have tried: Creating the boot disk from 5 different disks. Some I formatted under Windows 98, some under Windows 95. I run Scandisk on them as well. None worked. I tried 'dd boot.img /dev/fd0' under Linux. Didn't work. I tried using a boot disk from Redhat Linux 5.0. Didn't work. I downloaded a copy of boot.img )off of the Linux Mandrake site) and used that for the boot disk eventualy, (using rawrite) figuring the cd copy might be corrupt. Didn't work. When the 'Welcome to Linux Mandrake 5.3' comes up, I've also typed in 'expert' thinking I may have unsupported hardware (Remember this system works fine with Redhat 5.0 though). Still didn't work. I have read through various info at the Linux Mandrake homepage (http://www.linux-mandrake.com). This includes the Atapi FAQ, The Linux BLFAQ, etc. I've worked on this for literally 10+ hours in thelast 2 days, and I am really looking forward to getting it going. (I can use it just fine under RH 5.0 still though). The systen hangs after I boot from the boot disk, and it starts to say: 'Loading initrd.img" After four dots, the system hangs and I am forced to reboot. Does anyone have any ideas to help me out? I'd really appreciate it. -Rich
Re: [newbie] Kernel update
Richard, I hope you won't see this as a silly question but what's the website address from where you downloaded the Mandrake RPM kernel? Richard On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: I just downloaded the RPM (kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm) update kernel for Mandrake. When I try to install it with either "-ivh" or "-Uvh" it says: kernel 2.2.0 conflicts with nscd-2.1.1-16mdk kernel 2.2 conflicts with raidtools-0.90-5mdk I'm just curios what this is about. If the RPM won't let me install, I'll just have to compile a kernel from the new sources. Richard
[newbie] Linux support for AMD K7
Does anyone know if the AMD processor, K7, is supported by any distro of Linux? Richard
