Re: [newbie] where is xfree86-4.0
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/contrib/RPMS/ XFree86 4.0 stuff is there. Richard On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote: I have have spent 6 hours chasing links to download xfree86-4.0 so that i can update the riva drivers that i downloaded llast night and one link just run to anorther and another where exactly is the rpm or the tar ball so that stupid linux users like myself can update his system. I am currently using the stable mdk 6.5 or(redhat 6.1) and need to install the drivers for my card to play q3areana that I have bought for linux but i need xfree86 -4 . could someone help me or email it to me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XFree86 4.0 Server RPM
For your TNT2 card, get the XF4 drivers Nvidia just released: Kernel module: ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9.tar.gz GLX module: ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/NVIDIA_GLX-0.9.tar.gz From some else's email, you will need to add this to the DEFINES line in the Makefile: "-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES". in order to get the module to compile. Richard On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hello, Heh...I seem to have a bit of a problem. I downloaded the Cooker contrib RPMs for XFree86 4.0 and installed them, only to find that I'm missing the XFree864.0 server RPM. Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere. RPMFIND can't grab it from either of the hosts it says have it, and I have checked all of the North American Cooker mirrors and they don't have it either. I remember reading a message or two with other people having the same problem. Can someone please send me an email telling me where I can find it so that I can install it? Console is nice, but I was looking forward to trying out the new accelerated drivers for my TNT2 card. Thanks... -Chris
Re: [newbie] KDE intrusion on Gnome
I'm not sure how to stop it, but I think I know what causes it. Some programs seem to he hard coded to use kfm(KMail uses it for links). When ever such a progam is run, AFAIK starting kfm pretty much starts KDE. Richard On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: All, I use Gnome with sawmill as my preferred choice. When I use some kde programs (kmail for example) my desktop gets filled with the kde icons. This happens some times and not others. Is there a way to stop this? Wayne *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
Sorry about the mix up. Guavac is free java compiler while kaffe is a free virtual machine. It seems that when using kaffe, you have specify the class path. I don't know where the class files are and thats probably why I never got it to work. Richard On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, you wrote: Richard said: I think LM 7.0 ships with gauvac(?). Since I do a little Java programming I downloaded the latest 1.2.2 release candidate from www.blackdown.org. Try that. Other than that, what errors are you getting? Is guavac a Java runtime? The error that my script gives is: Couldn't find or load essential class `java/lang/Object' java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError java/lang/Object I notice that if I just run java, I get: [root@localhost /root]# java usage: kaffe [-options] class So what's kaffe? Should I be pointing my script there for classes and such? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [newbie] bz2?
At the shell prompt type "bunzip2 [filename]". Then run it through tar without the "z" parameter. Richard On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, you wrote: I said: Well, since I don't do any programming, I just need a Java runtime called JRE. I'm downloading the one from blackdown as Richard suggested, so here's hoping. Hmm, the file came in as a .tar.bz2, and tar doesn't recognize it. I'm not sure I've ever encountered a .bz2 before. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java
I think LM 7.0 ships with gauvac(?). Since I do a little Java programming I downloaded the latest 1.2.2 release candidate from www.blackdown.org. Try that. Other than that, what errors are you getting? Richard On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote: I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in Mandrake, I couldn't find the java files that needed to be there. I was amazed that an "everything but the kitchen sink" installation didn't include Java. So, are any of you running Java apps in 7.0? How did you manage it? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: Fw: [newbie] Fw: CDRproblems
Try "cdrecord -scanbus" as root. If that shows a burner attachted, edit /etc/fstab and see where the line for your CD-R is trying to mount the device from. It should probably be changed to /dev/scd0. If you've got 7.0 just try to change the line dev=blah to "dev=/dev/scd0". Richard On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, you wrote: Denis Havlik wrote: :~well, I reinstalled The entire OS; made sure I included all the necessary :~packages for kernel recompilation. I was able to make the changes but now :~am stuck ,because the instructions say to change LILO. :~I didn't install LILO, I use a boot disk to boot to Mandrake. How do I :~change the boot disk. "make zdisk" Read the /usr/src/linux/README for more details cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- February 17-th 2000: The Linux Demo Y2k Day!!! after making all the necessary changes to the kernel ( i.e. scsi emulation for the cdr drive and cd romdrive) making a new boot disk, when i try to mount the drives i'm still receiving the same message " mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, ( or, /dev/cdrom2,/dev/fd0), or too many mounted file systems" I have a Plextor CDR/RW atapi/ide, and a generic CD Rom drive,atapi/ide any idea what i can do now? I'm at a loss and way past frustration. Thanks for your input
RE: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work?
This is assuming you have an ide burner. It seems that during the install of LM 7.0 or the the first time I booted, the system recognized I had a CD-R. So it must have set up the CD-R on "/dev/scd0". Try "cdrecord -scanbus" as root. That should show that the systems sees your CD burner. If that works, edit "/etc/fstab" and look for the line for your CD drive. Change it so that the part where it says "dev=/dev/cdrom" reads "dev=/dev/scd0". Try and read a disk, you may have to umount the device by hand first. I don't know why this works. I got errors when I tried to mount "/dev/hdc" which I think should have worked since that is where the kernel identifies it as being at start up. If cdrecord doesn't find any drives, you will have to setup SCSI emulation by hand, although neither the install nor the start up procedure told me it did. Hope this helps. If this works, please let me know. Richard On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, you wrote: I have a CD-R and running MDK 7.0. Please post what you did so I can try setting my to work Thank you Foyah -Original Message- From: Richard Yevchak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 1:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work? Do you have a CD-R? If so, I can tell you what I did. If not, maybe someone else can help. Richard On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, you wrote: The Supermount for Mandrake 7.0-2 has never worked for me. How do you get it to work? Seve Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] colors for ls
I'm using a transparent shell in Window Maker and I would like to know if it is possible to specify the colors to use. I can do some basic setup with the command line arguments passed to rxvt but there is one color that is particularly hard to read. Is it possible to configure the colors that are displayed for directories and different file types? If so, how? TIA Richard
Re: [newbie] Supermount for MDK 7.0-2 ... How Do You Get It To Work?
Do you have a CD-R? If so, I can tell you what I did. If not, maybe someone else can help. Richard On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, you wrote: The Supermount for Mandrake 7.0-2 has never worked for me. How do you get it to work? Seve Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] MDK 7.0-Do you like it?
On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, you wrote: How did you fix the supermount problem? About supermount as a new feature, if you know how to recompile your kernel, go to freshmeat.net, and search for supermount, there is a patch for supermount... It seems that during the install of LM 7.0 or the the first time I booted, thesystem recognized I had a CD-RW. So it must have set up the CD-RW on "/dev/scd0". Try "cdrecord -scanbus". That should show that the systems sees your CD burner. If that works, edit "/etc/fstab" and look for the line for your CD drive. Change it so that the part where it says "dev=/dev/cdrom" reads "dev=/dev/scd0". Try and read a disk, you may have to umount the device by hand first. I don't know why this works. I got errors when I tried to mount "/dev/hdc" which I think should have worked since that is where the kernel identifies it as being at start up. You may also have to setup SCSI emulation by hand, neither the install nor the start up procedure told me it did. If it means anything I was installing over not upgrading a working LM 6.1 installation. Richard
Re: [newbie] Lilo 1024 Cyl 64RAM limit
I'd have to say you are stuck with loadlin. You can have Windows/Dos display a menu at startup giving you the choice of O/S. Look at the Loadlin+Win9X howto. Just put the "mem=256M" on the line with loadlin. Here is what mine looks like: c:\linux\loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz1 root=/dev/hda6 ro mem=128M hdc=ide-scsi ether=10,0xb400,eth0 Richard On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, you wrote: Hello, I have the linux partition starting about 1404 cyl on a 13GB HDD. I tried to make lilo put the boot on every partition on my disk (some of them under 1024 cyl of course) but I still get the message Warning, 14041024 blah blah. So the problem is that he cannot address my linux partition? I cannot move my partition, that would mean to scramble my whole sistem. I'm wandering if there is some workaround. Also it does not see more than 64RAM. I have Mandrake 6.0 with 2.2.14 kernel and I recompiled it with up to 1GB RAM option. But it does not work. I read that I can pass with lilo some parameters to the kernel, something whit append="mem=256MB" but since I can only start with loadlin from dos I cannot do that. Im stuck. Please, can anyone help? Thanks, Alek
Re: [newbie] MDK 7.0-Do you like it?
It seems that during the install of LM 7.0 or the the first time I booted, the system recognized I had a CD-RW. So it must have set up the CD-RW on "/dev/scd0". Try "cdrecord -scanbus". That should show that the systems sees your CD burner. If that works, edit "/etc/fstab" and look for the line for your CD drive. Change it so that the part where it says "dev=/dev/cdrom" reads "dev=/dev/scd0". Try and read a disk, you may have to umount the device by hand first. I don't know why this works. I got errors when I tried to mount "/dev/hdc" which I think should have worked since that is where the kernel identifies it as being at start up. You may also have to setup SCSI emulation by hand, neither the install nor the start up procedure told me it did. If it means anything I was installing over not upgrading a working LM 6.1 installation. Richard On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Steve Wright wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Richard Yevchak wrote: LM 7.0 for the most part works fine for me although, at first I had some super mount problems with my CD-RW. I seem to have this problem too. Can you explain how you overcame it please :) Regards Steve Wright
Re: [newbie] Openint tar files
Try: tar -xf [filename] Without the "f" switch, I think tar is waiting for input from the console. Richard On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote: I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it unzipped. But I cannot extract it for anything. I can enter: tar -x [filename] Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the window and try again, getting nowhere. When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it tells me the file is not local. I cannot find anything about "local" vs "non-local" files. Any ideas? What am I an idiot about? Alaskan Ken
Re: [newbie] Realplayer G2 Beta for linux
Search for it on freshmeat. Richard On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote: I've reinstalled linux (upgrading to mandrake 7.0) and have lost my copy of realplayer G2 Beta for linux. Can anyone mail me a copy, or point me to the download location. If their is a version of G2 not in beta I would prefer that of course. Thanks Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea" JB
Re: [newbie] Hello!!!
Do: tar zxvf [file name] to untar a file. Richard On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hello everybody!!! What 's going on? First of all sorry for my horrible English.I'm a new linux user from Spain,and I'm having a lot of problems in order to install Linux programs. How can I install "tar" files? I'm trying to install Gnome Chess,which contains a file called "gnome -chess-0.2.2.tar"
Re: [newbie] loadlin.exe
You need to add "mem=128M" to the loadlin line. Here is what one of my lines looks like: c:\linux\loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz1 root=/dev/hda6 ro mem=128M hdc=ide-scsi ether=10,0xb400,eth0 Richard On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hi, I am using loadlin.exe to boot into linux because my /boot partiton is well beyond the 1024th cylnder. I am concerned because when i do this it says i only have 64 mb of ram when i in fact have 128 mb. The strange thing is that when i boot off of the boot disk, it says that i have 128 mb of ram. What can i do so that when i boot into linux using loadlin.exe it shows that i have 128 mb of ram. thanks, Jas
Re: [newbie] Please Help! Unable to mount Yamaha CRW4416E (read only!) in Mandrake 7.0
I had a similar problem. First make sure you can mount the CD-RW manually. I
think the installer is smart enough to determine the drive is CD-RW, so it
sets up the SCSI emulation for you. It just doesn't change fstab to reflect
this. Try (assuming you want to mount it on /mnt/cdrom2):
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2
You may have unmount /mnt/cdrom2 first. If this works, change the following
line (again assuming fstab is trying to mount your CD-RW on
/mnt/cdrom2/):
mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0
to:
/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/scd0 0 0
You are changing the "dev=" portion to point at "/dev/scd0".
Hope this helps.
Richard
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, you wrote: I just installed Mandrake 7.0 yesterday, but
have been unable to mount my Yamaha CRW4416E CRW drive! (I have no problems
with NT or Win2K doing so!) BTW, I am only trying to use the drive as a cdrom
in Linux (so far!)In my system I have an older 12x CDROM drive which
mounts fine with the "supermount" arguments given to it by the /etc/fstab
file (I can access it by single-clicking on the "Cd-Rom" desktop icon in
KDE):-
/dev/hda1 /c vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/hda5 /d vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/hda6 /e vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/hda7 /f vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/hda8 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda10 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda11 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0
-
The permissions on the /dev "files" are as follows:
[tom@fiend tom]$ ls -lsa /dev/hdb /dev/hdc
0 brw--- 1 tom disk 3, 64 May 5 1998 /dev/hdb
0 brw--- 1 tom disk 22, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/hdc
[tom@fiend etc]$ ls -lsa /dev/cdrom*
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root3 Jan 21 16:47 /dev/cdrom - hdb
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root8 Jan 21 21:51 /dev/cdrom1 - /dev/hdc
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root3 Jan 21 16:47 /dev/cdrom2 - hdc
-
When I try to access the Yamaha CRW4416E (by single-clicking on the
"Cd-Rom 2" icon on my desktop), an error box pops up that states:
KFM Error
Could not list directory contents
file"/mnt/cdrom2
-
A little more detail can be seen in the /var/log/messages file:
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command in request queue
(0)
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00,
iso_blknum=16,
block=32
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command in request queue
(0)
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00,
iso_blknum=16,
block=32
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command in request queue
(0)
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
Jan 22 15:20:52 fiend kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00,
iso_blknum=16,
block=32
-
I don't think there is an issue with permissions, since I get the same
results when logged in as root. Strangely enough, I also had problems with
RedHat 6.1, spitting out the following message (when I had it installed) in
the /var/log/messages file:
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x00
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06)
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: Not ready to ready transition, medium may have
changed --
(asc=0x28, ascq=0x00)
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: The failed "Test Unit Ready" packet command was:
Jan 11 21:45:31 fiend kernel: "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
Jan 11 21:45:45 fiend kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Jan 11 21:45:45 fiend kernel: Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02)
Jan 11 21:45:45 fiend kernel: (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x04, ascq=0x07)
Jan 11 21:45:45 fiend kernel: The failed "Test Unit Ready" packet command was:
Jan 11 21:45:45 fiend kernel: "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
Jan 11 21:45:46 fiend kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Jan 11 21:45:46 fiend kernel:
Re: [newbie] auto startup
Sounds like you changed the default run level. Edit /etc/inittab and change the line (x is probably a 3): id:x:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: Just be careful with that file. Richard On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Gina wrote: Im stuck on something else now, On startup, how do I get the login dialogue where you get the login name and password and the dropdown box to choose either kde/gnome/firststep etc. I used to get this but I must have changed something where now Im getting a login prompt and after entering username and passwrod it brings up another prompt - [root@localhost /root]# How do I get it back to automatically continue past the login prompt and bring up the dialogue box options intead of the prompt? regards Gina
[newbie] Supermount problems
I move up from 6.1 to 7.0. The only problem I'm having is with my CD-ROM drive. When ever I try and use my CD-ROM I get: bash: cd: cdrom: Input/output error I tried manually mounting it with: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom and: : mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom the resulting error message was (substituting /dev/cdrom from /dev/hdc for the second mount command): mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,or too many mounted file systems The disk I'm trying to mount is the CD I installed LM7 from. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Richard
Re: [newbie] loadlin.exe
The loadlin how to is at: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95.html Richard On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, you wrote: how do i use loadlin.exe to boot up linux. My lilo is not working correctly because linux is installed after the the 1024 cylnder. Thanks Jas
Re: [newbie] Supermount problems
I figured this one out after I posted. The install routine seems to have set up my CD burner at scd0 and enabled scsi emulation but did not adjust fstab accordingly. Richard On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, you wrote: I move up from 6.1 to 7.0. The only problem I'm having is with my CD-ROM drive. When ever I try and use my CD-ROM I get: bash: cd: cdrom: Input/output error I tried manually mounting it with: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom and: : mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom the resulting error message was (substituting /dev/cdrom from /dev/hdc for the second mount command): mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,or too many mounted file systems The disk I'm trying to mount is the CD I installed LM7 from. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Richard
[newbie] OT - uptime
I know this is off topic(at least some what), if you disprove don't respond and I'll get the hint. But, I am really curious about how many of you leave your personal systems running all the time. I shutdown everynight. I've heard the system isn't designed to be shutdown everynight. If you leave your system running, do you turn your monitor off at night or just leave it on. If you leave it on all the time, how often do you reset your computer (how do you decide when)? Richard
Re: [newbie] Kde Template/Autostart
I use Autostart (to run kgoodstuff and kwikdisk) when I run KDE, although I've been using Window Maker lately(I think I just switched window managers). If there is a comparably easy way to start programs when KDE starts take them out (something like .xinit right?). Richard On Thu, 09 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi, Is there anybody here who uses the Template or/and Autostart folders in KDE? (otherwise we're gonna remove them!) cu Pixel.
Re: [newbie] Window Managers and xdm
Since I first posted I've done some more checking after finding out about kdm. "/usr/share/config/kdmrc" appears to be the file in question. I added blackbox to the line containing session types. It appears to keep the changes. Richard On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote: From: Ronald A. Yacketta I am haveing the same problem I use the config tool on kde , but after I make the changes save and logout nad back in the drop down DOES NOT show the new option. also in the config tool, where do you place the commands to exe the new menu item? IE: I want to add XFCE to the drop down, I went into the config and added the item XDFCE and saved, but where do I place the exec xfce commands better yet, screw the darn gui config ;-P what files need to be modified to add options? I tried the /etc/X11/xdm/ (think it was xserver or xclients or something like that) but no help seeing init 5 uses prefdm which is linked to kdm.. where ar ethe kdm config files Regards, Ron Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/01/99 09:07:32 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: Re: [newbie] Window Managers and xdm You'll also need to use KDE's "kdmconfig" tool to add it it to the drop-down box. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Richard Yevchak wrote: I download blackbox and I was wondering how to add it to the list of wm's I am presented with when booting into run level 5. From what I can tell xdm is run at start up. I tried adding it to the the Xsessions file in /etc/X11/xdm but that didn't work.
[newbie] Window Managers and xdm
I download blackbox and I was wondering how to add it to the list of wm's I am presented with when booting into run level 5. From what I can tell xdm is run at start up. I tried adding it to the the Xsessions file in /etc/X11/xdm but that didn't work. Richard
Re: [newbie] root user unable to access user X server...
Before you run an application in a terminal as root, you need to type: xhost localhost If you close that terminal, you will have to retype it to run apps in another terminal as root. I think you can also add it to .xinitrc to have it executed every session. Richard On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm finding that when I'm logged into X as a normal user, and try to run an application in a terminal as the "root" user, I get an error... It will tell me this... Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 Anyone have an idea of what is causing this Thanks. Anthony Speagle Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com
Re: [newbie] TNT 2 Ultra
You either have to download the new version of x (3.3.5) from LM 6.1 or go to www.nvidia.com and download their x-server updates. Richard On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi all, I´m not sure this subject has already been discussed, but here it goes. Does the mandrake 6.0 include support for the TNT untra? I tryed using the RIVA TNT in the Xconfigurator setup, but whatever I do, the X-windows doesn´t show corretly. The screen appears completely messy and I have to reboot. Any tips? Thank you, Fabricio Tofoli
Re: [newbie] desktop
I use KDE but I'm thinking of trying other out. Richard Ribbo wrote: do you guys using KDE/GNOME for desktop? all of you? here i'm using WindowMaker -- Rib
Re: [newbie] Stretching Xwindows
Use your monitor's image controls to center and then expand the screen size using the horizontal and vertical controls until it looks good. Richard cssb wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 6.5 and for some reason my xwindows session is only using about 3/4 of the screen it's like watching the letter box version of a movie, very annoying! Running in command line mode uses the whole screen as do screen savers from KDE, I have changed my screen resolution several times and that does not solve the problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chad
Re: [newbie] system crash after installation on AMD K7
I don't have a K7 but I read an article at www.cpureview.com/rev_k7-linux1_a.html. It appears that the Pentium optimization specifically the MTRR prevent it from loading. I guess until an Athlon specific compilers come out, the only way to use an Athlon is with a kernel compiled for use on a 386. Richard Paul-Henri 's Heeren wrote: Hello, I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on this system: AMD K7-600 128 MB RAM disk1: WD AC29100D (Western Digital, 8.5 Gb) as master on IDE1 * disk2: ST 36531A (Seagate, 6 Gb) as master on IDE2 * Diamond Viper V770 AGP (32 Mb) Sony DC_RW CRX-120 as slave on IDE2 soundblaster 128 PCI * modem Rockwell HCF 56K PCI The components marked with (*) were in my previous PC (DELL PII-400) on which I could install Mandrake 6 without problems. Disk1 contians a primary NTFS partition (which contains WinNT4) and an extended partition which is divided into two NTFS logical drives. Disk2 contains a primary FAT partition that contains Win98, and extented partitions for win98 data (fat) and Linux The installation runs without problems. After the reboot, however I get a system crash (every time). The last lines before the crash occurs are: checking POSIX conplyance mttr These are the things that I have tried: - replace the CR-RW with the CD_ROM from the DELL PC - remove the HDD on IDE 1 - empty the HDD on IDE 2 (no win98). So the problem has nothing to do with the presence of Win98 on disk2. It occurs also if Linux has the disk all to itself. Anyone out there have any idea what goes wrong? Thank you Paul-Henri 's Heeren __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] video card support
Go to www.nvidia.com and go to drivers. You have to download the X-server for the TNT,TNT2 chipsets. Richard manuel gonzalez wrote: anyone get a nvidia riva tnt2 ultra 32mb to work with mandrake6?any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks.
Re: [newbie] kde Desktop
I have the same problem. I hope someone nows of a fix. Richard Sean King wrote: I am having the strangest error with kde under mandrake 6.1. I just up graded my system from 6.0 to 6.1 and now every time that i log in I get all the icons that I deleted from the desktop file back in desktop file. I was wondering if any body is having these errors and if anyone knows how to fix this problem. Sean
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! and Mandrake
It works just fine. You have to go to ftp.soundblaster.com/pub/creative/beta/ and download emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz. For 2.2.9-19 use the module for version 2.2.5. If you upgrade to 2.2.9-27 use the module for ver. 2.2.10 Richard Katie Condon wrote: Has anybody had experience with the Creative Blaster Soundblaster Live! (Value) and the mandrake-linux kernel 2.2.9-19mdk ? Katie Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! issues
You have to go to ftp.soundblaster.com/pub/creative/beta/ and download emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz. For 2.2.9-19 use the module for version 2.2.5. If you upgrade to 2.2.9-27 use the module for ver. 2.2.10 Richard Barry Marler wrote: Someone posted the Creative ftp site where various versions of emu* are available, one of which works with the 2.2.9 kernel in Venus. Would you mind reposting? I accidentally deleted the message. Thanks. /b - Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (voice) (706)542-0059 (fax)
[newbie] Kernel update
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
Re: [newbie] Kernel update
I downloaded it from one of mirros listed on Madrake's update site. I think it was ftp.sunsite.utk.edu. On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: 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
