[newbie] Gmail Test Only
Hi Newbians just trying Gmail on the sympa server. they've made a lot of changes, I was hoping the reply-to fields are working now. Regards, /Sean Pritchard -- Registered Linux User# 156507 Mandrake User Since May 1999 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Gmail Test Only
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:12:16 -0400, Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 October 2004 05:42 pm, Sean Pritchard wrote: Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:42:00 -0400 From: Sean Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Sean Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nope. -- /g Thanx Greg,, I can't see their reasoning on not allowing blank reply-to's, for mail lists like sympa too work properly. I suppose I can use Gmail for one of the sympa accounts exclusively by setting the reply-to to the perticular addy. If you'd like a Gmail Account I have 3 invations left. Regards, /Sean -- Registered Linux User# 156507 Mandrake User Since May 1999 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Odd Internet problem...
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:37:13 +0100, Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 25 Sep 2004 4:55 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Saturday 25 September 2004 07:33 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: | But for all the *newbies* here reading this, statically wounded | circuits can show weird symptoms months after installation. | Sometimes weird stuff like what Ron is seeing. That includes | (especially) motherboards. It's best to have a grounded static | wrist band on when you are inside your computer and before you | remove the static packaging from any new component. (static | packaging isn't there because it's pretty.) If you always do this, | you can be sure that you've kept your equipment in mint condition. | | LX A note on grounding. Most times when I see instructions for this it says something like, Unplug your computer. DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR COMPUTER. If you do, you will remove the machine from the system ground and your box will be floating. Any time equipment is floating, there is a chance that it's potential will be different from ground potential. Turn it off, but leave it plugged in and the case will be bonded. If you are not on a workbench with a known good bond to ground, attach yourself to the metal part of the case, and you are good to go. I think Which was told off and had to publish a retraction not so long ago for publicly giving that bit of advice. Some things to bear in mind: 1. If there's an earth fault the live wire is connected to you. 2. The switch is in the live wire. If, like I did, you have an extension cable with the live and neutral swapped, then the live parts are still live. It may still be a problem with a properly wired connection if your neutral is at a different potential to your earth. OK, not such a problem with a PC because the PSU is enclosed. 3. Anti-static straps have 1MegOhm resistors in them. Without such they are considered serious health and safety violations. Since every piece of anti-static equipment has that, the actual resistance to earth of professional gear is usually several meg ohms. Personally, If I have my wrist strap with me I leave the box plugged in and use it. If I don't then I still leave it plugged in, but just touch the case frequently to keep myself at the same potential. I think very long and hard before I decide to connect myself to the case with a piece of wire. Another word of warning: some PSUs do not have an off switch. The button on the front of an ATX case leaves power to some parts of the motherboard. If there isn't a rocker switch on the PSU, you can not leave it plugged in without having an external switch somewhere. The best external switch, for boxes without an external (rear) switch, is using a good quality powerbar that has a switch - not just a fuse yikes cross wiring is one thing, but stay away from carpets altogether. Of all things to happen a number of years ago (1994 or 95 I think) was I killed a keyboard as I stepped away from my grounded box, walked across the carpeted room, picked up the keyboard (zap) and I couldn't get the box to boot. Puzzled for several days, I had to bring it in to a shop, twice for them to tell me the box was perfect. Lo and behold I wasn't bringing in the peripherals. I stuck in a floppy and OS2-warp disk, powered up, only for the install program to tell me I had keyboard errors - buffer overflow. I didn't even know I zapped the KB but walking about 16 feet on hair-raising carpet must have overloaded it, and yet I was so careful with installing the new drive. Regards, Sean Pritchard -- Registered Linux User# 156507 Mandrake User Since May 1999 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] VIA Apollo Pro 7.2
What happened to the VIA Chipset and 7.2? I have 7.1 Running on my SOYO 6VBA133 M/B with the VIA Apollo Pro Chipset. Yet while attempting a fresh install of 7.2 or an upgrade through FTP install, I can't get past the hard drive partition setup portion of the install. Using the expert mode on one occasion I was at least able to read the notes on why it wouldn't install. The installer did not recognize any VIA Chipset, Bridges, Controllers etc. at all, it's option was to ingore them. WHY? Yet it did recognize my VIA Rhine NIC for the install. Regardz, Sean
Re: [newbie] Bug in Dynamic Linker?
Any body catch this post at all? I haven't seen any responses in a few days. Regards, Sean Sean Pritchard wrote: This might be a new one: I was about to upgrade Mdk 6.0 to 6.1 on my laptop with a Cdr. It gets as far as "Initializing CDrom..." and then this --- BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed! install exited abnormally Anybody have the scoop on this one? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com
Re: [newbie] StatrOffice 5.1
Download the *.tar file I couldn't get "un"tar in KDE for some reason. In Gnome at file browser find *.tar file, double click find "so51inst" folder in the directory you found the *.tar find the "documentation" folder, it has a *.pdf file in it double click on the PDF file from file browser open a terminal follow the installation directions step-by-step works without a hitch... The PDF file is in plain English and has screenshots. I did a Network install with 2 separate users as well and I found no complications except one. After install is complete. Reboot.. Use KAppFinder... it will justify your menu for you. I had to drag and drop an Icon and link to the executable file name. The installation doesn't do this for you. But for some reason StarOffice is a bit confused between Gnome/KDE installations. I found StarOffice in the Gnome section of the main menu. Or you can drag and drop an icon from the file browser found in /?/Office51/bin/ /?/being the directory of your user home. Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com/ Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Barry Marler wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: If I understand the situation, software is installed on a per user basis in Linux. Hmmm. Download any tarball, tar -zxvf filename, ./configure, make, then 'make install' as a non-root user and see what happens. It _can_ be installed on a per user basis. (ex. ./configure --prefix=~/opt) in this case it's a switch to the install script provided. ( /net i believe someone said )
Re: [newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1
Here's the entire content of my esd.conf file: (esd) auto_spawn=1 spawn_options=-tcp -terminate -nobeeps -as2 What seems to be occurring is that I lose sound functions when switching between users, I can go in fresh of a reboot to any user and have sound. But if my wife jumps onto the 'puter and logs in after I log out then Esound errors come up -- NOTE this only occurs in the Gnome desktop. KDE works fine. Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Sean Pritchard wrote: I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted) the string on the archives of this list. Could someone please repost or email me direct? Don't know of a fix, but check the process list after shutting down GNOME as the root user. esd keeps running, blocking others. Kill it and sound should work for your normal user. if esd doesn't shut down. whats your /etc/esd.conf or ~/.esd.conf look like? it should have an '-as #' in it's spawn_options= I assume this is a 6.1-ism? Neither file exists on this 6.0 system. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1
I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted) the string on the archives of this list. Could someone please repost or email me direct? In the meantime, I'll keep digging for a fix... OH Ya WARNING: GTK+ theme hangs system in Gnome. (I was a real bonehead in trying that theme while I was in root user, got some buggy things to work out.) TIA, regards Sean http://www.sjptech.com
[newbie] FTP - Install SUCCESS !!!
Greetinz NEWBEEZ, FTP install working just fine - 25% Complete after 40 minutes. Here's a tip: 1. Select an FTP site that has the distro only. Too many people fighting for connections to download the iso. 2. Pick a ftp site located in a highly populated area of the world where most people would be sleeping. 3. Be patient and wait one more week for the server traffic to slow down, the 6.1 release is still only a couple days old. Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC Canada http://www.sjptech.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Explorer
Wait a minute Fellow Newbies! I thought that one reason we started converting to Linux was to break away from MS systems and Apps? If we start putting in requests for MS Apps, MS will bungle up the beauty of this OS and it's community. I am not a purist, but in look at it this way. If I own a Dodge Ram, I don't want Ford redesigning and building accessories for my truck, nor do I want them to do any maintenance on it. But, third party mechanics can take a look, and do service on it if they are qualified and respect my property. They'll have warrantee liscensing to be qualified, to ensure the customer satisfaction and protection. MS was to OS's and computers as Henry Ford was to cars. Big Bad Bill setup the mass production and implementation but Ford does not have the most dependable vehicles, nor were they the inventors - BENZ has a product that is fast and decades durable and dependable and the engineering is out reach for Ford to impliment in there vehicles. There were hybrid vehicle corporations out there that died - AMC=Ford+GMC, they couldn't even take the best of both to do it. So CHRYSLER had a mind to buy it up and revamp it. They had the brains for marketing and technology to do it. DOes Linux have the edge to do something like this to MS?, we'll only see in the decade ahead. Sorry for the deep philosophy... Regards, Sean David van Balen wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Donny wrote: Hey, does anyone know of a version of IE for linux? Or if any of the Unix versions of IE will run under linux? I believe the only versions of Unix supported by IE are HP-UX and Solaris. I very much doubt that MS has any plans to port their product to Linux for obvious reasons... then again, I may be wrong :) Neither of the above versions should work with Linux as far as I know. Thanks! David van Balen mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XFree86 3.3.5 ???
Hi AXALON: I guess my mistake was trying to install them in KDE from the file browser by clicking on the icons. Too many conflicts and would not install at all. Aparently there's an order to install them as well. I have a Generic i740 8meg Card - which RPMS should I install and which order, i.e. fonts,specific servers and XFree86 3.3.5? As for the 3.3.5 not being on the iso, I'll slap someone upside the head in our Usergroup for downloading from the wrong mirror site. ;-) and put them through the ringer this Tuesday's Meeting. Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Sean Pritchard wrote: OK here's one for us all - - Where's the latest 3.3.5 Xserver in the 6.1 iso? It's on my iso, make sure you got yours from an official mirror Xservers 3.3.5 are on the RPMS directory on any mirror site, yet not on the iso image for CD-install - - What a drag. I think the 3.3.5 files were not ready when the iso was cranked out. Question: will these 3.3.5 files install fine over the 3.3.3.1?? I had conflict messages trying to install them, so now I have done a complete fresh install of 6.1, versus the upgrade from 6.0 I did at first -(thinking 3.3.5 was selectable in the installation) -NOT! Nothing is "selctable" when doing an upgrade, it querys whats installed and updated just those packages (I don't remeber if the gnome question from 6.0 is in 6.1's install, if it is it's the only "selectable" package) Did you install them all in one command line? Anybody have a word on that? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] XFree86 3.3.5 ???
OOOPS Sorry Man, forgot to configure Netscape to text format instead of HTML since the lates installation. My Apologies. Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Sean Pritchard wrote: OK here's one for us all - - Where's the latest 3.3.5 Xserver in the 6.1 iso? It's on my iso, make sure you got yours from an official mirror Xservers 3.3.5 are on the RPMS directory on any mirror site, yet not on the iso image for CD-install - - What a drag. I think the 3.3.5 files were not ready when the iso was cranked out. Question: will these 3.3.5 files install fine over the 3.3.3.1?? I had conflict messages trying to install them, so now I have done a complete fresh install of 6.1, versus the upgrade from 6.0 I did at first -(thinking 3.3.5 was selectable in the installation) -NOT! Nothing is "selctable" when doing an upgrade, it querys whats installed and updated just those packages (I don't remeber if the gnome question from 6.0 is in 6.1's install, if it is it's the only "selectable" package) Did you install them all in one command line? Anybody have a word on that? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Re:
When you join a mailing list you're supposed to read the agreements and instructions before joining. I copied this directly from the linux-mandrake site: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE? To unsubscribe, please do the same as above but you need to replace "subscribe" by "unsubscribe". For example, to unsubscribe from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body of message "unsubscribe newbie" without the quotes. Try exercising your memory, not your RAM type either, Regards, Sean Martin Cleaver wrote: What am I supposed to do with these? WHen you join mailing lists, you are expected to know what to do to get off, and not to spam all its users. -- Martin Cleaver - Original Message - From: Joseph L. Czapiewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 1:07 AM newbie remove __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com Name: Message 1.eml Message 1.emlType: message/rfc822 Encoding: 7bit Name: Message 2.eml Message 2.emlType: message/rfc822 Encoding: 7bit Name: Message 3.eml Message 3.emlType: message/rfc822 Encoding: 7bit Name: Message 4.eml Message 4.emlType: message/rfc822 Encoding: 7bit Name: Message 5.eml Message 5.emlType: message/rfc822 Encoding: 7bit
[Fwd: [newbie] 6.1 ftp isntall via pcmcia net card]
I had the very same problem. I dropped the FTP/HTTP attempts at installing, I download the whole installation and tried a HD-install = NO GO dumped that idea too, the Boot.img when after dd doesn't work. I got a CDr off a friend that worked. Regards, Sean http://sjptech.com Greetings: Has anyone experienced a problem installing 6.1 with bootnet.img and pcmcia.img. Here is my problem, (exclusive to 6.1 mandrake not previous versions) Second stage install fails. Changing consuls and following the sequence of events as they unfold indicates that the card manager fails. Error displayed on consul one is that file system has cannot be written to disc., consul 2: writing network info to /tmp/ifcfg -eth0 state save to /tmp [cardmgr] :executing: '/.serial check ttys1' :+cat: not found :+fuser: not found further probes as errors :cant open ./network.opts exiting card manager back on console one error is described as: error: cannot create /modules/modules.cgz read only file system. As stated this only happens in 6.1 not 6.0 mandrake, or SuSE, and Caldera. Not checked redhat 6.0 yet? Comments? TIA Chris Herrnberger
[newbie] XFree86 3.3.5 ???
OK here's one for us all - - Where's the latest 3.3.5 Xserver in the 6.1 iso? Xservers 3.3.5 are on the RPMS directory on any mirror site, yet not on the iso image for CD-install - - What a drag. I think the 3.3.5 files were not ready when the iso was cranked out. Question: will these 3.3.5 files install fine over the 3.3.3.1?? I had conflict messages trying to install them, so now I have done a complete fresh install of 6.1, versus the upgrade from 6.0 I did at first -(thinking 3.3.5 was selectable in the installation) -NOT! Anybody have a word on that? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com
RE: [newbie] Written material about Linux online
There is a new version of "Linux for Dummies" on the shelves [it covers RH5.2 I believe], there could be some simplistic instructions on your subject, although I have not bought it myself. (the title was not directed at you) Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC http://www.sjptech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 11:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Written material about Linux online Is there any book written about unpacking and installing programs downloaded from the Net, or generally speaking, about Linux online? I am looking for any kind of written material about this subject. Anyone have any ideas about it? Thanks, Richard
[newbie] Laptop Sound
Greetinz, I recently installed Mandrake 6.0 on my laptop. Yet I have a problem with my sound card. The ESS1688 is supposed to be supported, yet I get sound in a strange way. Every sound gets played twice, the first instance interrupted by the second. This is like an echo effect. Anybody have clue? Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC http://www.sjptech.com
[newbie] Halt/Reboot
During a reboot or halt I get a "non-fatal" error regarding the keyboard in relationship to the Xserver. (Since updating the files of Mdk6.0) Has anyone run into this, and is there a fix? Though I have no aparent problems using any desktop and keboard conflicts, what might this be? Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC http://www.sjptech.com
Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot
I am about to get 6.1 on my machine, so this string might be redundant, but since it is in the shutdown sequence it will be difficult to copy, I'll do it by hand... someone else may need the help if you run into it.. as soo as I can. Regards, Sean Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Sean Pritchard wrote: During a reboot or halt I get a "non-fatal" error regarding the keyboard in relationship to the Xserver. (Since updating the files of Mdk6.0) Has anyone run into this, and is there a fix? Though I have no aparent problems using any desktop and keboard conflicts, what might this be? Never seen it before, pehaps you can copy the error message? Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC http://www.sjptech.com -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] HD-Install vs. FTP-Install?
Thanx Steve, I have a feeling an FTP, might work because of the type of NIC that I have. I have a DFE-530TX (D-Link 10/100 pci). It uses the via-rhine module, yet at installation in MDK 6.0 it (the download process) wouldn't recognize it as such. In Linuxconf, I simply had to type in via-rhine as my eth module, though if you read the list provided in Linuxconf, via-rhine wasn't there. But if you could tell me if D-Link drivers are there in the Bootnet.img, it could work for me I guess. I am downloading EVERYTHING right now, in the RPMS I am alphabetically in the list at "i", after only 2 hours. But I downloaded the other folders under Mandrake/ before getting the RPMS. One question though, I do need a separate partition to put "Mandrake/" and it's contents into correct/ and then boot with the floppy? Regards, Sean Steve Philp wrote: Sean Pritchard wrote: OK I found some vague documention to HD Installations, and NFS/FTP/HTTP Installations. With cable internet access, I should be able to do an FTP install, but I could use someone's opinion on wether I should do a HD download and install versus an FTP install and which of the two is more reliable. I have copied both the Boot.img and Bootnet.img to floppies and I am ready to toss a coin on how to install 6.1. [I should go out and buy a CD-r though, a little more costly, but probably the easiest method vs. buying the boxed version] Since cable is an always-on technology (as opposed to PPP which requires outside assistance to bring up), you should be able to do an FTP install. The benefit of doing that is that you can download only what you actually install. The downside is that you'll have to download piecemeal if you decide to install new packages. The HD download is great if you've got an extra partition that you can leave packages in for the duration. Beyond that, I suppose the only benefit to an HD install is that you can do it with just a floppy. I'd give the FTP install a try... though it might be a bit slow since it's release day and all... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 6.1 Download/Install
Hi Richard, Sorry I haven't, nor would I really consider it, but there are Dos utilities for installing from the hard drive. Check out Mandrake's site I saw something there on it but can't remember where. Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Richard Salts wrote: Hello, Sean: Say, something I'm curious about. Did you ever try to download and unpack a Linux program using Windows 95/98 and Winzip for unpacking? How did it go if you did? I tried that one time with no success. Just wondering. Richard At 07:13 PM 9/17/99 +, Sean Pritchard wrote: 1. If one doesn't have a CDr, and would like to download MDk 6.1, how could one do a Hard Drive Installation? 2. I also remember some time ago, reading a document about online installations, can this be done? (somewhere on the RedHat site, but now I use Mandrake) I am ready to tackle this if it is possible. I have Cable internet access so the download should be pretty quick. StarOffice 5.1 took me about 25 minutes to download at 70Megs - that would calculate to approx. 4.2857142857 hours at 70Megs per 30mins for 600Megs of data.. :-) In the meantime for a response to this I will dig into the search engines on the Mandrake Site Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, British Columbia http://www.sjptech.com Richard
Re: [newbie] 6.1 Download/Install
Tom: There is a separate Xserver for that vid-card, under "apps" Directory somewhere in the tree for download of 6.1. Mandrake has posted the SUSE Xserver for that ATI 128. Sorry I don't have any more, maybe someone else can re-direct you. BUT I did see it on one mirror (Linuxberg i think). Regards, Sean http://sjptech.com Caymen wrote: I havent a clue. I am having a hell of a time trying to get Linux to work. I guess Mandrake 6.1 does not support the ATI Rage Fury 128 videocard. This is driving me nuts. I am almost tired of it. I look into my Linux book, but I can understand what to do. I know someone out there has got Mandrake to work with the Rage Fury card.PLEASE HELP ME. I am starting to loose hope. I know it will work.HELP. TIA, Tom Sean Pritchard wrote: I Here you Caymen, Except for some reason the transfer rates bite, on our local cable network. For some reason I only get about 25-30k per second. The Cable Provider has subcontractor the networking to a local ISP, who has all the DialUp accounts rigged into the same network. This drags down the cable access big time. Any hints on how to get the ISP to speed things up, I think they have a 256K Pipe? Regards,\ Sean Caymen wrote: I am downloading it right now. It is 600 MEG and I am downloading it at about 110 KB/sec. The timer shows it will take about 95 minutes. Yours should be the same. Tom Sean Pritchard wrote: 1. If one doesn't have a CDr, and would like to download MDk 6.1, how could one do a Hard Drive Installation? 2. I also remember some time ago, reading a document about online installations, can this be done? (somewhere on the RedHat site, but now I use Mandrake) I am ready to tackle this if it is possible. I have Cable internet access so the download should be pretty quick. StarOffice 5.1 took me about 25 minutes to download at 70Megs - that would calculate to approx. 4.2857142857 hours at 70Megs per 30mins for 600Megs of data.. :-) In the meantime for a response to this I will dig into the search engines on the Mandrake Site Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, British Columbia http://www.sjptech.com
Re: [newbie] HD-Install vs. FTP-Install?
OK STEVE: I now have all the files for 6.1 (Did I need to download the whole Mandrake/ directory? as /Mandrake/ /RMPS/ /base/ /instimage/ /lib/ /modules/ /usr/ /bin/ /etc/ ?? Do I now just stick in the floppy with the Boot.img on it and Reboot? At which point will I have tell the Install program where the Mandrake/ directory is [I have a feeling it is all self explanatory from here as a regular install. Will I be selecting "Install" / "Upgrade, as in the regular CD installation? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Steve Philp wrote: Sean Pritchard wrote: Thanx Steve, I have a feeling an FTP, might work because of the type of NIC that I have. I have a DFE-530TX (D-Link 10/100 pci). It uses the via-rhine module, yet at installation in MDK 6.0 it (the download process) wouldn't recognize it as such. In Linuxconf, I simply had to type in via-rhine as my eth module, though if you read the list provided in Linuxconf, via-rhine wasn't there. But if you could tell me if D-Link drivers are there in the Bootnet.img, it could work for me I guess. Not a clue, it'll probably be a month or two before I move to 6.1. I am downloading EVERYTHING right now, in the RPMS I am alphabetically in the list at "i", after only 2 hours. But I downloaded the other folders under Mandrake/ before getting the RPMS. One question though, I do need a separate partition to put "Mandrake/" and it's contents into correct/ and then boot with the floppy? No, no need for a separate partition. Regards, Sean Steve Philp wrote: Sean Pritchard wrote: OK I found some vague documention to HD Installations, and NFS/FTP/HTTP Installations. With cable internet access, I should be able to do an FTP install, but I could use someone's opinion on wether I should do a HD download and install versus an FTP install and which of the two is more reliable. I have copied both the Boot.img and Bootnet.img to floppies and I am ready to toss a coin on how to install 6.1. [I should go out and buy a CD-r though, a little more costly, but probably the easiest method vs. buying the boxed version] Since cable is an always-on technology (as opposed to PPP which requires outside assistance to bring up), you should be able to do an FTP install. The benefit of doing that is that you can download only what you actually install. The downside is that you'll have to download piecemeal if you decide to install new packages. The HD download is great if you've got an extra partition that you can leave packages in for the duration. Beyond that, I suppose the only benefit to an HD install is that you can do it with just a floppy. I'd give the FTP install a try... though it might be a bit slow since it's release day and all... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Rogers@home
Hi Daniel, Well here goes... I am not on Rogers@home, but our little cable company here in Vanderhoof, BC (pop.5800) is independant from the big networks. But we do use the LanCity Cable Modems. I'll be brief as possible and write this in point form from the GNOME Desktop. Control Panel_Linuxconf_Networking_Basic host information -- change your machine's host name at this point to be the same as your Windows computer name, so that you're recognized an no confilts arrise. -- select the related adapter tab to your NIC -- make sure the "enabled" option is selected -- make sure the "dhcp" button is selected -- Accept Control Panel_Linuxconf_Networking_Name server specification (DNS) -- make sure "DNS is required for normal operation" is selected -- in the "nameserver 1" field, type in your @home network server address, and any additional optional servers they gave you -- Accept from Host Name Serach Path -- enable "Multiple IP's for one host -- select "hosts,dns" from the list -- Accept -- Quit, Activate from the Control Panel, click on the Network Icon -- under the "Names" tab hostname=the anme of your machine -- "Domain" must be written as Roger's has provided you -- "Name Servers" should be the same as the servers you edited in Linuxconf, if not then edit here and add the correct ones -- under the "Interfaces" tab make sure your "eth" shows "dhcp" and that it is "active" If Rogers' uses a Default Gateway of static origin, as well as static IP's (although I tink they use DHCP) you can hardwire your NIC to @home under the "Routing" tab by simply filling in the blanks. Best Regards, (note I was slapped on the wrist once for using HTML mail, gobbles bandwidth on the list server) Sean Pritchard sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC http://www.sjptech.com Daniel Knapp wrote: Does anyone know how to set up Rogers@home cable modem service. I have been able to set up my ethernet card (using tulip), but as of yet, have been unable to get my ethernet card to connect (through the Lancity cable modem) to the internet. I am using Mandrake Linux 6.0. Thank you, daniel Subject: (no subject) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:45:59 -0400 From: Daniel Knapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: @Home Network To: l [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know how to set up Rogers@home cable modem service. I have been able to set up my ethernet card (using tulip), but as of yet, have been unable to get my ethernet card to connect (through the Lancity cable modem) to the internet.
RE: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards
Hi Simon, DO you have an available (Man I hate asking this question) Windows95/98 machine? If so goto (again I don't like saying this, somebody slap me upside the head ... :o) http://www.winfiles.com or some other shareware/freeware site and do a search for "SiSoft Sandra". It is a utilities app that does benchmarking etc., yet it also probes all hardware devices and their chipsets and then displays a report. It even gives names of chipsets, revision dates, manufacture dates etc. It's a bit more like Sherlock Homes, than a piece of software. If this file is no longer available and you have an ICQ number I can direct transfer you the zipped file. This version is a limited trial version yet it still does the job. Email me directly if you need a download from me. Regards, Sean Pritchard http://www.sjptech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Norris Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 6:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards Thanks for the pointer, I'll take a look. Basically, the cards I'm using are listed as NE2000 compatible, in fact that's what the Preceding Windows install was using. Unfortunately, that's all I've got to go on. The cards are completely unmarked, not even a serial number. The software that came on the associated hard drive didn't make a dent, and basically I was short of basically every bit of info I could have had!! I got one in a 95 machine, and just about managed to identify the IRQ and memory IO (Did anyone know how many combinations there are, and how many reboots it takes to test each one??!!!), but attempting to transfer that into Linux got me falling at the first hurdle. It's interesting that someone has mentioned that Netgear card, as that is the card I'm using in my main 95 PC, and I agree, that doesn't configure in Linux either!!! I'll have to keep an eye out for the 3com cards, at least then I might get my network working!!! I've just checked my favourite supplier, and saw them for 42 UK pounds, a little high for a hobby!! The DE-220 might be more suited, only 9 UK pounds. - Original Message ----- From: Sean Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards The best bang for the buck, or pound in your case, would be the D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet model DFE-530TX pci. I paid $46 dollars Canadian for mine at London Drugs, a drug store computer department - go figure. It uses the via-rhine module driver, (and a Linux driver is on the provided floppy, but needs to be compiled) but don't configure it at installation. After Linux is on your machine, use Linuxconf and the inside the Network Configuration goto adapter 1 (or which ever device it is on your machine) at "kernel module" selection, type in "via-rhine" (no quotes) and don't select any other. Save, Quit, Activate and your running. D-link has a really good ISA as well, which I think you're looking for, it would be the D-Link DE-220, simple installation - use the "ne" module signify it's IRQ and its I/O and it works perfect. I think they run $29 CAN retail, if you can find them on the shelf as most only stock 10/100 cards. But you can find this card in a Network Kit by D-Link. Two DE-220's and a 5 port hub for about $169 CAN. I think you may be able to get your present card going though if you go here (I lost the string of emails to know which card you're using): http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ There's just about a configuration for every card available in there, for Linux. I hope that helps, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC CAN http://www.sjptech.com Original Message On 9/13/99, 4:46:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards: 3Com 3C509b or Intel Pro(100) which is a bit more. I have had no trouble with either. If someone as dangerous at a keyboard as I has no trouble, noboby should. Bryan "Simon Norris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/13/99 06:57:16 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards Thanks to my fruitless exploits in getting my unidentifiable NIC's to work, I am now in the market to purchase some new NIC's. Can anyone recommend any 10baseT ISA NIC's that are reasonably easy to set up in Linux, IE not Windows specific? Oh, and cheap must be the prime consideration. I'll be buying from the UK. Simon
Re: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards
The best bang for the buck, or pound in your case, would be the D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet model DFE-530TX pci. I paid $46 dollars Canadian for mine at London Drugs, a drug store computer department - go figure. It uses the via-rhine module driver, (and a Linux driver is on the provided floppy, but needs to be compiled) but don't configure it at installation. After Linux is on your machine, use Linuxconf and the inside the Network Configuration goto adapter 1 (or which ever device it is on your machine) at "kernel module" selection, type in "via-rhine" (no quotes) and don't select any other. Save, Quit, Activate and your running. D-link has a really good ISA as well, which I think you're looking for, it would be the D-Link DE-220, simple installation - use the "ne" module signify it's IRQ and its I/O and it works perfect. I think they run $29 CAN retail, if you can find them on the shelf as most only stock 10/100 cards. But you can find this card in a Network Kit by D-Link. Two DE-220's and a 5 port hub for about $169 CAN. I think you may be able to get your present card going though if you go here (I lost the string of emails to know which card you're using): http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ There's just about a configuration for every card available in there, for Linux. I hope that helps, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services Vanderhoof, BC CAN http://www.sjptech.com Original Message On 9/13/99, 4:46:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards: 3Com 3C509b or Intel Pro(100) which is a bit more. I have had no trouble with either. If someone as dangerous at a keyboard as I has no trouble, noboby should. Bryan "Simon Norris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/13/99 06:57:16 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] Recommendations for network cards Thanks to my fruitless exploits in getting my unidentifiable NIC's to work, I am now in the market to purchase some new NIC's. Can anyone recommend any 10baseT ISA NIC's that are reasonably easy to set up in Linux, IE not Windows specific? Oh, and cheap must be the prime consideration. I'll be buying from the UK. Simon
RE: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!!
HI RIP, All the Web doesn't know ALL THE WEB, :-) here's a site that has deep, secret info on NICS - from NASA http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ripcrd6 Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 8:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!! I did a search at www.alltheweb.com and came up with *only* this one direct hit. See below for the cut and paste. Check out the page on configuring nics for info on this card. It is a D-Link and has NE2000 compatible chips on it. Brian Subject: Re: PCI Eth Card w/ IRQ=5?Date: 17 Jun 1999 22:36:04 -0500 go to a dos machine and turn plug'n'play off and hard set the cards to the irq and io that you want... then you will be find I've found this to work with ISA cards, not PCI cards. I just did a fresh install of RH 6 today and got a new D-Link DFE-530 TX PCI 10/100 nic working with the via-rhine kernel module. If you *really* need to turn off PNP and manually set IRQs, then try an ISA D-Link DE-220 PCT nic, after using its DOS configure program to disablePNP. My page on configuring nics: http://www.scrounge.org/linux/nics.htm Red Hat 6 page of supported nics: http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/60/rh6.0-hcl-i.l d-12.html #ss12.3 Linux Ethernet howto: http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html Wayne Larmonhttp: //www.scrounge.org/ -Original Message- From: Kyle "Orange" Spahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey everyone, sorry... I've asked about this before but I still need help. I'm brand new to Linux and don't know much about it, but my DE-220 PCT NIC isn't working with the installer program.. Could someone tell me what I should do to get it to work? That would be SOO awesome if you would! -Kyle Spahn
RE: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!!
Hi Kyle, I guess some government sites have some good stuff on them this is from NASA, the ins and outs of basically any NIC card as they configure them http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sean Pritchard Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 8:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Card- Please Help!!! Kyle \"Orange\" Spahn wrote: Hey everyone, sorry... I've asked about this before but I still need help. I'm brand new to Linux and don't know much about it, but my DE-220 PCT NIC isn't working with the installer program.. Could someone tell me what I should do to get it to work? That would be SOO awesome if you would! -Kyle Spahn Hi Hyle - don't worry about configuring it during installation. Is this an ISA or PCI version of the D-link 220? IN any case this should work fine I'll use the Gnome Desktop for working on this in Root... Open "Control Panel" from the Main Menu under "System" Click on the "LinuxConf" Icon (the conductor withe the blue shirt)... On the Config page of Linuxconf (the first page revealed) press on "Networking"... From the next window press "Basic host information"... Under "Host name" this is where one could change the name of their host machine from localhost to something they prefer to call their PC Select "Adapter 1" page, unless this is your modem configuration select an alternative page Make sure "Enabled" selected, "Dhcp" is selected. I am not sure of your network setup, or if you might be on cable internet access like myself, but that shouldn't matter at this point... so disregard Primary Domain-Aliases-IP address (unless you have a fix static address you need to use), disregard Netmask... For " Net device" if this is your only NIC Card select "eth0" from the list. Next is the Kernel module selection - if the card is an ISA 16bit then select "NE" from the list or alternatively "NE-2k pci" for a PCI card Come to think of it I don't recall there being a DE-220 pci, it must be ISA, I had one in my machine 2 weeks ago before upgrading to a DFE-530TX pci Note for anyone using the D-Link 10/100 - DFE-530TX the kernel module to use is not listed in the Linuxconf, and is not recognzable at installation because it uses a different kernel driver - these cards use the "via-rhine" module simply type in "via-rhine" in the Kernel module option, for this card I/O and IRQ aren't neccessary to input for configuration. Two last things to do for configuring. input the mem base address I/O port the card is using and the IRQ number. Hit "Accept", Quit out of Linuxconf - Activate changes as exiting. Here are some final quick tests to see if it installed. Open a terminal type " lsmode" that comand will produce a list of modules running on your system, the most recent should be the "ne" we configured. Second from the same terminal now type "ifconfig" a list of two items should come up "lo" and "eth0" If they do that's great, if they don't there's one more thing we may need to do, and wouldn't hurt to do any at this point.. from the terminal again type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" you should see your "lo" and "eth0" refresh themselves, if they came up on this command then you're all set. Hope I was of help, Regards, Sean sj.Pritchard Technical Services http://www.sjptech.com
[newbie] USB Support..?????
Anybody have an idea when USB support will be available in Linux? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com
