Re: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked!
Bryan, it's supposed to take you back to the log in screen - from there you are given several choices: to shut the system down; to restart X; or the reboot the system. Click on the shutdown button and you should see these choices. This is similar to the logging off dialog box you get in MS Windows. Hope that helps. At 03:44 PM 2/25/00 -0500, you wrote: I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine. What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set to load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X login screen again. I have just been hitting the reset button to reboot, but Linux yells at me the next time I boot it up. Thanks.. this is really the least of my concerns/questions at the moment, but I'll save the other ones for later when I've learned a bit more.
[newbie] Excellent replacement for Printtools.........
For those having trouble getting their printer to work in Printtools, go to http://www.rpmfind.net and download APSfilter. It says it's for the Suse distribution, but on the recommendation of someone on a Linux forum, I downloaded and successfully installed it, and was instantly able to print! No more headaches from Printtools, and I didn't even have to set it up 1st - I just installed and started printing! The last time I had Mandrake installed I was never able to get it to print, so this time, when I had to reinstall Mandrake, I didn't even bother with Printtools, I immediately went and got APSfilter. It seems to be more of a simple print utility than what comes with MS Windows - there doesn't seem to be a way to reduce the print quality to save ink. But atleast it works!
Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
Thanks, that did it! It's finally working, and no jumpers to worry about! At 09:13 AM 2/17/00 -0500, you wrote: Your modem may still be able to be on com 2. Since this is plug and play, it doesn't HAVE to be on thhe same port as it is in windows. As long as com2 is open(and the irq associated with it), you can configure it to be on com2 in your iaspnp.conf file. - Original Message - From: Steve Leseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings Hi - I followed your instructions for getting Plug Play to work for my PnP USR modem, and everything went as you laidout, until I rebooted. In red text, it roughly said, "don't know what to do with start dependent functions no action taken can't parse isapnp.conf... around line 64 or priority acceptable". It was only on the screen for a brief amount of time so I might not have it typed out exactly right, but it's close. Here's what the section of the isapnp.conf file I modified looks like: start dependent functions: priority acceptable # logical device decodes 16 bit io address lines minimum io base address 0x03e8 maximum io base address 0x03e8 # io base alignment 8 bytes number of io addresses required: 8 (io (size 8) (base 0x03e8)) # IRQ 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 15. IRQ 2 high true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) (int 0 (IRQ 2 (mode + E))) and the line I added to the end of the rc.local file reads: setserial dev/ttyS2 port 0x3e8 irq 2 spd_vhi autoconfig I really appreciate any further help! I've been trying to get it working for over 2 hours tonight alone! The strange thing about it though, is that before my computer was upgraded the same modem worked fine in the same version of Mandrake (6.0). But the shop installed it back in a different slot, and now it is on COM 3 (it was COM 2 before). Thanks!!! At 11:02 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote: For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k internal ISA modem to work pnp: 1.Type "/sbin/pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this loads info on your ISA PnP board(s) into the appropriate .conf file. 2.Type "/sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this makes your existing ISA PnP configuration active. 3. open your isapnp.conf file. You will have to remove the comment line from a couple of the resources listed, depending on how you want to set it up. Half way down the file you'll see a comment that says multiple choice time. You have to choose what IRQ and com you want to use. Com1=0x3f8, Com2=0x2f8, Com3=0x3e8, Com4=0x2e8. Here is an example of what I uncommented: # Start dependent functions: priority preferred # Fixed IO base address 0x02f8 # Number of IO addresses required: 8 (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8)) # IRQ 3. # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) (INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E))) This put me on Com2 IRQ 3. After you know what com port and irq you set it to, you can go onto the next step 3.Type "setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig" ##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2, 2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port, e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usually 4 or 3; thus, if your modem is on COM1 with a standard address IRQ, the line would read "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3f8 irq 4 spd_vhi autoconfig" . Oh, yes:"spd_vhi" is optional, I'd advise using it with a 56k modem, mine runs faster with it, but you could leave it off without a problem. 4.Type "rm /dev/modem" ##you may get a "not found" message, which is fine; if a /dev/modem" is found, you'll be asked to confirm this removal, type "y" to proceed. 5.Type "ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem" ##this establishes the linkage needed for your modem, not essential, but conventional; again, "x" here is the same as "x" in item 3 above. 6.With a text editor, open your "/rc.local" file, add the "setserial" command defined in item 3 above at the end of the file, save the file and exit the editor. ##For example, if your editor is xemacs, you'd type "xemacs /etc/rc.d/rc.local", then add the "setserial" command line. 7.Exit, logout, and reboot (not just restart Xserver). You should see a line for ISA PnP devices as you boot up. That should do it :) Thanks to Alan for help via his previous message - Original Message - From: "Ron Sinclair" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings At 01:38 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote: Is there
Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
Hi - I followed your instructions for getting Plug Play to work for my PnP USR modem, and everything went as you laidout, until I rebooted. In red text, it roughly said, "don't know what to do with start dependent functions no action taken can't parse isapnp.conf... around line 64 or priority acceptable". It was only on the screen for a brief amount of time so I might not have it typed out exactly right, but it's close. Here's what the section of the isapnp.conf file I modified looks like: start dependent functions: priority acceptable # logical device decodes 16 bit io address lines minimum io base address 0x03e8 maximum io base address 0x03e8 # io base alignment 8 bytes number of io addresses required: 8 (io (size 8) (base 0x03e8)) # IRQ 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 15. IRQ 2 high true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) (int 0 (IRQ 2 (mode + E))) and the line I added to the end of the rc.local file reads: setserial dev/ttyS2 port 0x3e8 irq 2 spd_vhi autoconfig I really appreciate any further help! I've been trying to get it working for over 2 hours tonight alone! The strange thing about it though, is that before my computer was upgraded the same modem worked fine in the same version of Mandrake (6.0). But the shop installed it back in a different slot, and now it is on COM 3 (it was COM 2 before). Thanks!!! At 11:02 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote: For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k internal ISA modem to work pnp: 1.Type "/sbin/pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this loads info on your ISA PnP board(s) into the appropriate .conf file. 2.Type "/sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this makes your existing ISA PnP configuration active. 3. open your isapnp.conf file. You will have to remove the comment line from a couple of the resources listed, depending on how you want to set it up. Half way down the file you'll see a comment that says multiple choice time. You have to choose what IRQ and com you want to use. Com1=0x3f8, Com2=0x2f8, Com3=0x3e8, Com4=0x2e8. Here is an example of what I uncommented: # Start dependent functions: priority preferred # Fixed IO base address 0x02f8 # Number of IO addresses required: 8 (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8)) # IRQ 3. # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default) (INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E))) This put me on Com2 IRQ 3. After you know what com port and irq you set it to, you can go onto the next step 3.Type "setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig" ##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2, 2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port, e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usually 4 or 3; thus, if your modem is on COM1 with a standard address IRQ, the line would read "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3f8 irq 4 spd_vhi autoconfig" . Oh, yes:"spd_vhi" is optional, I'd advise using it with a 56k modem, mine runs faster with it, but you could leave it off without a problem. 4.Type "rm /dev/modem" ##you may get a "not found" message, which is fine; if a /dev/modem" is found, you'll be asked to confirm this removal, type "y" to proceed. 5.Type "ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem" ##this establishes the linkage needed for your modem, not essential, but conventional; again, "x" here is the same as "x" in item 3 above. 6.With a text editor, open your "/rc.local" file, add the "setserial" command defined in item 3 above at the end of the file, save the file and exit the editor. ##For example, if your editor is xemacs, you'd type "xemacs /etc/rc.d/rc.local", then add the "setserial" command line. 7.Exit, logout, and reboot (not just restart Xserver). You should see a line for ISA PnP devices as you boot up. That should do it :) Thanks to Alan for help via his previous message - Original Message - From: "Ron Sinclair" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings At 01:38 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote: Is there a way to get linux to detect my USR internal 56k modem when the cards jumpers are set to PnP? Right now I have to set the jumpers to PnP to work with windows and set the jumpers to com2 to get it to work with Linux. Hi, Could you let me know if you get any answers to your PNP problem? I'm having the exact same problem. Thanks, Ron Sinclair AKA NipponDSM __ ICN 3765104 http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html http://www.dsm.org
Re: [newbie] Modem won't work anymore in Linux......
Thanks Seve. I'm actually using version 6.0 of Mandrake though. At 12:42 AM 2/15/00 -0800, you wrote: Steve, You're going to run into a slew of problems trying to get your modem to work in Mdk7.0. As far as "sorry, modem is busy", I had to initiate the following sequence to fix it: (assuming your "isapnp.conf" is already set) #setserial /dev/ttyS1 UART unknown #isapnp isapnp.conf #setserial /dev/ttyS1 UART 16550A The trouble begins after you're able to communicate with your modem. PPPD gets real screwwy. I keep getting: "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't find any secret (password) which would let it use an IP address." It would be able to handshake but not login completely. Russ Johnson - "I spent hours trying to fix this - I've reached the point that I think there's a bug in ppp-x.x.x-10. My fix was uninstalling x.x.x-10 and going back to x.x.x-8 from my 6.1 CD. All the problems disapeared and it works great." You can follow the thread titled "[expert] PPPD dying" and it should document the problems encountered. I haven't tried Russ' idea since I burned up too much time wrestling with this problem. But it seems to be the solution. Good luck and let us know how you did. Seve -Original Message- From: Steve Leseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:00 AM Subject: [newbie] Modem won't work anymore in Linux.. My modem used to work fine before reinstalling Mandrake following a system upgrade. My USR internal modem worked under both Mandrake MS Win when the system was a Pentium 133. But now the same modem won't work with Mandrake in what is now an AMD K2-6 450, although it still works fine in MS Win. I don't get it. In PPP I get "sorry, modem is busy" and similar messages. Sometimes the Modem Query button finds it, sometimes not. But it never dials. I also tried Netconf to no avail. Someone mentioned earlier that you have to disable Plug and Pray for this problem, but since it worked before, I don't see how that could be the answer. The only other possibility I could think of was maybe the computer shop swapped in a USR Winmodem. But it otherwise seems the same as before - how would I know? Thanks!
Re: [newbie] sorry,modem is busy
I'm having this problem now after reinstalling Mandrake following a system upgrade. My USR internal modem worked fine under both Mandrake MS Win when the system was a Pentium 133. But now the same modem won't work with Mandrake in what is now an AMD K2-6 450, although it still works fine in MS Win. I don't get it. I have a Zoom that is PNP that works fine in windows. Linux will not pick it up with play and play, I will get modem busy as you did. If I disable the plug and play on the modem card it will work in Linux Mandrake. Mandrake boots up and sees it as a generic modem and it works fine. Also remember when selecting port option in PPP settings that if you were on port 2 in windows it would be either cua 3 or ttys3 in Linux.. Most cards work with CRTS and I would go back to using that and adjust your ports, more likely your problem. John
[newbie] General Protection Faults = overclocked CPU?
I just attempted to install Mandrake 6.0 and keep getting General Protection Fault and Kernel Panic messages. I'm using the CD to boot it on a new AMD K6/2 450 MHz which I just had put together almost 2 weeks ago, and it's been running Win98 with no problems. Part way through the boot process It says: "General Protection Fault: 000" "CPU: 0" Then after several more lines it says: "Kernel Panic: attempted to kill the idle task!" "In swapper task - not syncing" Just for comparison I tried ZipSlack, and got exactly the same results! On another forum I saw a similar discussion where it was suggested this type of error could indicate overheating. The clock speed is higher than I had expected (was supposed to be 400 MHz), and I just assumed that I got lucky with a faster processor. Still, it works fine otherwise, no significant Win98 errors (fewer, infact, than I had with my old Pentium 133). Any ideas? I hate the idea of having to lug it back down to the shop again. But the same shop did under clock my 133 to down to 120 when I 1st picked it up 4 years ago! Thanks!
Re: [Re: [newbie] Printing Problems in 6.0]
Thanks - here's the contents of my printcap file:
## Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
doing!# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.## This file can be
edited with the printtool in the control-panel.##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL cdj550
300x300 letter {} DeskJet550 24 {}lp:\:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp:\ :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\ :sh::\ :lp|lp0:
I've tried the driver for the HP500-600 range, and also the one just before
that (I forget what it was now), from the list in PrintTool's printer setup.
At 06:59 AM 1/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
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The HP 7xx series printers are all winprinters, but he 69x series should work
just fine. I rune two diffeent 695c's and they print perfectly. did you try
to run printtool?? what driver have you tried? Send the list you printcap
file. someone will see the problem.
Mike
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Michael Scottaline
Linux 2.2.13
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I have an HP 693C, and the 600 range is listed as supported under
PrintTools; When I test it from PrintTools it only works from the option
to print directly to the port, the other two only result in a message that
it's printing to the print spool. When I try to print from Netscape or
another application, it says something about access denied. Thanks!
[newbie] Taskbar clock DUN icons - how?
How do you get the taskbar time and Dialup Networking icons to display? Is there a plug in to do that? Thanks!
[newbie] Re: Where's the Sound?
Yeah I tried it as root. Any other possibilities? Thanks. At 11/8/1999 9:52:00 AM you wrote: On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now runs, but sound still doesn't work in Xwin. In KDE Genome, when I try to setup system sounds, nothing happens. The default beep test button only makes the simple internal pc-speaker respond. Yet, when the system starts, it starts the sound server and the speakers make a brief pop sound. So I tried the "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" command in the terminal, and it said "invalid mode". Any ideas? I can't think of anything else to try. Thanks. Did you try the chmod as root? If not, it won't work. John
Re: Re: [newbie] Where's the Sound?
Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now runs, but sound still doesn't work in Xwin. In KDE Genome, when I try to setup system sounds, nothing happens. The default beep test button only makes the simple internal pc-speaker respond. Yet, when the system starts, it starts the sound server and the speakers make a brief pop sound. So I tried the "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" command in the terminal, and it said "invalid mode". Any ideas? I can't think of anything else to try. Thanks. At 10/31/1999 12:04:00 PM you wrote: On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote: What do I need to do to get sound working? It gives a sound mixer error, and says to type: "a+rw /dev/mixer " with a tiny, tiny x behind and above the last r. It says to do this in root, I assume in the console. I tried it in root, except I had no idea how to recreate that tiny x. All I get is an error message - command not found, or something like that. I have a Sound Blaster card. Thanks. What you need to do is type "chmod a +rw /dev/mixer" Also, make sure you have sound enabled. Did you ever run "snconfig"?? That's how you set up your sound system-wide in Linux, although you may still need to chmod the mixer... John Regards, Steve Leseman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Re: What partitions does linux need?
Thanks. Any idea why Disk Druid would always say the "/" partition is too big? At 10/28/1999 2:48:00 PM you wrote: On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: What are all the linux partitions I should setup for Mandrake ( min/max size)? Also, everytime I setup the partitions, it'll say that one or more of them are "too big", even if it's only set to be 1MB! I can't figure that out. The way I got past it the last time was to add additional partitions beyond what I planned to use, and then only these additional, unallocated partitions would be "too big"! Thanks in advance MINIMUM, depending on your drive size, you need a "/" and swap space. Other recommended partitions might be a "/boot" (for larger hard drives to ensure that the kernel falls within the first 1024 cylinders) of about 10-15 megs; a /home directory, a "/" directory and a /usr directory. If you plan on storing RPMs that you've installed and such, you might consider a /storage partition. As for size, a "/home" might be 250-500 megs or more depending on how many users you plan to support. I'd suggest something on the order of 50-100 megs per user you plan to have so people can have utilities and such installed in their home directory. For /usr I'd suggest at least 500 megs, if not more like a gig Swap space size depends on your memory. The more memory, the less swap you need. I'd say 64-128 megs SWAP wouldn't hurt. 128 or more if you have less than 128 megs of RAM (basically, double your RAM up to 64 megs, and then, I wouldn't see any advantage to MORE than 128 megs unless you're doing something like serving up web sites, and then what're you doing serving up web pages with only 128 megs of RAM!? G) John Regards, Steve Leseman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Disk Druid says / and /boot too big!
Everytime I setup partitions with Disk Druid, it says my "/" partition is too big, no matter what size it is set to, and then it can't be allocated. Same for "/boot". Only way I know around it is to have both "/" and "/boot" at same time - it only seems to call one of them "too big", usually it's "/boot". Anyone know what's going on? It always happens, so it must have happened to someone else. Thanks.
[newbie] Where's the Sound?
What do I need to do to get sound working? It gives a sound mixer error, and says to type: "a+rw /dev/mixer " with a tiny, tiny x behind and above the last r. It says to do this in root, I assume in the console. I tried it in root, except I had no idea how to recreate that tiny x. All I get is an error message - command not found, or something like that. I have a Sound Blaster card. Thanks.
[newbie] Why does setup say my partitions are too big?
What are all the linux partitions I should setup for Mandrake ( min/max size)? Also, everytime I setup the partitions, it'll say that one or more of them are "too big", even if it's only set to be 1MB! I can't figure that out. The way I got past it the last time was to add additional partitions beyond what I planned to use, and then only these additional, unallocated partitions would be "too big"! Thanks in advance
