Re: [newbie] Update Program
Click on the home icon on desktop select browser options from the options menu you may have to enable proxy settings enter your wingate ftp and http proxy setting And you should have it good luck Steve - Original Message - From: James Mellema [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 5:11 AM Subject: [newbie] Update Program I have a Mandrake 6.0 setup behind a Wingate 3.0 proxy server connected to a cable modem, and am unable to connect with the Mandrake mirror sites to obtain updates. According to the Wingate information, I need to change the port on my FTP client (Mandrake Update?) from port 21 (standard FTP port) to port 80 to connect through my firewall. I have been unable to discover how to make this change in the Mandrake Update program. I would appreciate any suggestions. TIA Jim -- James Mellema, CRNA MA - The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns or power saws). (Thanks to Mike Marion - Unix SysAdmin/Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.)
[newbie] apm
Hi All, Not a serious problem but one which makes life harder. I've got to machines both Intel P2 both ATX One will shut down automatically when requested (just like win95/98) and the other a Gateway 2000 system will instead of shutting down will restart when using Linux. I have to wait till Linux says shut down to physically power down the system. Any ideas are welcome. TIA Stephan Rex
[newbie] APM problem
Hi All, Not a serious problem but one which makes life harder. I've got to machines both Intel P2 both ATX One will shut down automatically when requested (just like win95/98) and the other a Gateway 2000 system will instead of shutting down will restart when using Linux. I have to wait till Linux says shut down to physically power down the system. Any ideas are welcome. TIA Stephan Rex
Re: [newbie] Networking
hi Civilme, Being a newbie I don't understand fully what you have said here. Where do I define the gateway device as ppp0 and my NIC already has a IP of 192.168.10.10 do I change this to 10.0.0.1 Thanks Stephan - Original Message - From: Civileme To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Networking If I understand you correctly, you have a P90 linux box and it has a modem to an ISP while you have Ethernet connections between the computers. Well, define your gateway device as ppp0, and leave gateway address blank No real reason to set up dhcp with so few machines. Make your Linux box look at eth0 as 10.0.0.1 On your windows box Right Click Network Neighborhood Click TCP/IP and select "properties" Give it the IP address 10.0.0.2 Tell it the gateway is 10.0.0.1 Disable WINS reolution Type in the IPs of the DNS servers your ISP gave you after you ENABLE DNS and put in the hostname of your linux box. If your ISP didn't give you any, run a traceroute to, say, 195.186.30.244 and pick stuff six or seven hops from you, likely to be near the internet backbone and put THOSEIP numbers in your DNS list. Then take a browse to http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 And those instructions should make everything work, provided you have set up Kppp properly for your modem If you want to get fancy... Make this file, or one similar to it #!/bin/sh ipchains -P forward DENY ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward and Save it in the appropriate /etc/rc.d/ directory or Save it to your home directory, chmod to make it executable and drag it to the Autostart folder on the K desktop. After all of that, your windows machine should be able to access the internet with little to no protection from all the exploits out there. Since you have the URL to look at ipchains, read on and discover how to protect it better and maybe eliminate some of the annoyances from imgis.com and doubleclick.net from that important resource. Good luck Civileme Paul Hendrick wrote: Hello, Does anyone know how I culd solve this problem, or provide the URL with a guide, or a better solution? "I've just picked up a New Machine and a Ethernet Hub (100Mb/sec) Netgear FE-104 as well as two PCI Network cards with it (Both Netgear 100 Mb/sec) and wanted to turn my P90 into pure Linux box to use as a Dialup machine and a Host for my MUD's Development site so I code offline.. The other machine is Win(ahem)dows as It's more or less a game's machiine.. What I'm having trouble with is the actual networking to get TCP/IP connection outside from the Windows machine.. I've been told to use Squid but other then that nothing.. And Squid being a bitch to work with.. Was wondering if you knew of a better way or a Guide for SQUID" Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]-- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
Hi Richard, I am a linux newbie, but have been in IT for 5 years no and from that back ground I would say Linux is in the stage "coming of age". I believe it is not for the new computer user but is definitely for the average- advanced computer user. Someone with a little computer experience under their belt. With a few more click and pick interfaces, and support for more types of devices eg usb and more divervse device support it will become a Windows killer. If linux developers got the support from hardware and software manufactures that Microsoft does, Linux would have already beaten Microsoft for the most superior OS. These are my thoughts only and do not represent anyone else. Stephan Rex - Original Message - From: Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 3:16 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux for home consumers? Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve. What do the list subscribers here think? Think Linux-Mandrake isn't ready for Prime Time yet? I wonder. Are there any home users on this list? Thanks for any replies, Richard
Re: [newbie] ram problem
Hi
It only hangs when I use "linux mem=128" at the lilo prompt. After I added
the append mem=128 to the lilo.conf file in the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel section
it boots fine but still does not detect any more than 65 meg. And no I am
not over clocking I have a genuine Intel PII 400 and 128 meg of ram.
Since posting my this list I have re-installed from the cd-rom and applied
the updated. This has made no difference. It still hangs or not detect the
ram above 65 meg.
TIA
Stephan.
- Original Message -
From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] ram problem
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote:
Hi
it hangs on the following line:
calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS
Looks like your over clocking yes?
any ideas?
does this process take longer than 10 minutes?
No it's instant
TIA
Stephan
The next step is the Ram detection, does it boot if you do not append
the ram=128M?
- Original Message -
From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] ram problem
On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote:
Hi all,
Since upgrading the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk I can not get linux to
recognise anymore than 65 meg of my 128meg of ram . I fixed the problem
when
using 2.2.9-19 by adding the "append = mem=128" to the lilo.conf
section
for that kernel. This time however it does not work. I have also tried
linux
mem=128 at the lilo prompt. This only causes the bootup sequence to
hang.
Any ideas?
TIA
Stephan Rex
P.S. I have also "clean" re-installed linux multiple times in an
attempt
to fix this problem.
At what point does it stop?
Re: [newbie] booting to GUI
Thanks to everyone who responded. Problem fixed. I also tracked down what did the change. I install the initscripts update using rpackage with the replace files option checked. Thanks again. Stephan. - Original Message - From: Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] booting to GUI From: Stephan Rex [EMAIL PROTECTED] I updated some files yesterday, and now linux only boots to the command line login prompt and not the KDE login. Some which file and what options do i need to change to fix this? Can you get into X at all, like with startx? If that works, try running (when logged in as root) "init 5". If that gives you the KDE login, then change the initdefault line as Axalon suggested. If not, what happens?
[newbie] disappearing cursor
Hi all, Yet another problem, at what seems let random times the cursor disappears. This has only happened since updating the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk from 2.2.9-19mdk. All idea welcome TIA Stephan
[newbie] Ram problem fixed
I got a mixed bag of answers but heres what happened I was using a lower case m instead of a upper case M for the ram size Thus at lilo prompt: linux mem=128m should be - linux mem=128M or in /etc/lilo.conf append = mem=128m should be - append mem=128M sorry to try everyone up on such a stupid mistake. thanks all Stephan
[newbie] ram problem
Hi all, Since upgrading the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk I can not get linux to recognise anymore than 65 meg of my 128meg of ram . I fixed the problem when using 2.2.9-19 by adding the "append = mem=128" to the lilo.conf section for that kernel. This time however it does notwork. I have also tried linux mem=128 at the lilo prompt.This only causes the bootup sequence to hang. Any ideas? TIA Stephan Rex P.S. I have also "clean" re-installed linux multiple times in an attempt to fix this problem.
Re: [newbie] ram problem
Hi it hangs on the following line: calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS any ideas? does this process take longer than 10 minutes? TIA Stephan - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ram problem On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk I can not get linux to recognise anymore than 65 meg of my 128meg of ram . I fixed the problem when using 2.2.9-19 by adding the "append = mem=128" to the lilo.conf section for that kernel. This time however it does not work. I have also tried linux mem=128 at the lilo prompt. This only causes the bootup sequence to hang. Any ideas? TIA Stephan Rex P.S. I have also "clean" re-installed linux multiple times in an attempt to fix this problem. At what point does it stop?
Re: [newbie] Module.
I also have similiar problems with my via-rhine dlink dfe-530 tx NIC. I have tried 1. using the built in driver but the card can not be found by the probe during installation 2.downloading the driver source code compiling. after which I then configure the card and eth0 setting All of these cause errors, usually the card can not be initialised during bootup. Weeks later I gave up and bought a 3com NIC and NO MORE problems. If you decide to continue here is the source code http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.c and a really good starting point for all NIC problems any brand or model. http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ good luck Steve p.s. if you do get it to work let the list know - Original Message - From: Lolo F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 3:51 AM Subject: [newbie] Module. Hi. I've got a problem with my net card at boot time when the system tries to load the module (via-rhine.o). It isn't loaded since I get some "unresolved symbol" errors. This problem appears when I also try to load ppp.o. How can I solve this problem ? Thank you. Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] sndconfig utility has misleading information
Only genuine mandrake-linux distro will have the rego number.Others like Macmillan press distro which is a distro derrived from the genuine Mandrake-Linux do not, but are marketed as Mandrake-linux. regards Steve - Original Message - From: Theo Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] sndconfig utility has misleading information Joe Patton wrote: One other question for Mandrake: Where do I find my registration number? I tried to fill out the online registration form, but I cannot find any information in the documentation that came with the software to tell my what my registration number is. Can't help with the first part, but when I got my boxed Mandrake 5.3, it came with a couple pieces of loose paper, one of which had the registration number on it. (I don't know if it's the same for 6.0 or not.) - Theo
Re: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup
Hi I am also a newbie The post sent by pup has a file attachment called "happy99.exe" it may be a virus. So beware!! If it turns out not to be a virus I apologise. regards Steve - Original Message - From: pup [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Man ?
Re: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup
Hi James, After reading the rest of the posts yesterday, it turns out to be a virus. I did not open it, I just deleted the e-mail, so sorry I can't forward it to you. regards Stephan Rex - Original Message - From: James J. Capone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 8:27 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup Forward the file to Me. I can scan it. Also if it is a Virus I think actions need to be taken... In most cases Happy99.exe is a virus and can really harm your computer. It will send the virus to all the people in your Email Address book. So do not open it. It will then attach to your friends email address books and attempt to do the same etc.. James J. Capone - \/\/ebmaster http://www.teammajestic.8m.com \/\/ebmaster http://www.linuxuser.8m.com Asst. \/\/ebmaster http://www.ptm.com Asst. Internet/Intranet Security Advisor for Pro Tech Monitoring. -Original Message- From: Stephan Rex [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup Hi I am also a newbie The post sent by pup has a file attachment called "happy99.exe" it may be a virus. So beware!! If it turns out not to be a virus I apologise. regards Steve - Original Message - From: pup [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Man ?
