[newbie] sound in mdk 10
All, I have finally got mdk 10 working on my Asus M6 laptop, but frustratingly am missing the sound. Can anyone tell me how I might be able to get around this? Mdk picks it up as a Intel Corp ICH4 845 G/GL Chipset AC97. It is the only aspect (apaer from my soft modem) that I cant get to work. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Wayne
RE: [newbie] sound in mdk 10
Stevie, I wish! It doesn't exist at all, in fact the arts sound server crashes on startup. It only really gives me two options for the sound card. I am going to reinstall and try again today. Wayne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sweeney, Stephen Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2004 8:35 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] sound in mdk 10 Hi, I had the same sort of problem with my Vaio... Let me guess - XMMS won't play, KDE crashes on startup, Mplayer is flakey? Check your sound driver in DrakConf (go to Hardware and configure the sound driver from there). I noticed that the sound driver that Mandrake was using was different to the one I had used to MDK9.0... I picked the original one and rebooted. Everything works perfectly now. (I also screwed about with sound other things, but it's likely was I barking up the wrong tree). Stevie :) -Original Message- From: Wayne Petherick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] sound in mdk 10 All, I have finally got mdk 10 working on my Asus M6 laptop, but frustratingly am missing the sound. Can anyone tell me how I might be able to get around this? Mdk picks it up as a Intel Corp ICH4 845 G/GL Chipset AC97. It is the only aspect (apaer from my soft modem) that I can't get to work. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Wayne -- This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Soundblaster Audigy2 and MDK 9.1
I have a SB audigy 2 and I am using MDK 9.1 I cannot get any sound does anybody have a suggestion for me Kind Regards Wayne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ATi Radeon 9500 and MDK 9.1
When I installed Mandrake 9.1 it asked if I wanted to install X with 3D Acceleration so I naturally said yes, although my X is working fine Quake 3, Tuxracer and UT2003 all perform pain stakingly slooow. How can I get full acceleration in X Sorry I am so dumb Thank You Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Way OT Celeron vs Duron
It wont work AMD CPU´s use socket 462 Intel CPU´s use Socket 370 there is also a voltage difference you will just F*( up your cpu and MB Cheers Pigdog On Friday 08 Aug 2003 1:11 pm, Marc wrote: I am putting a couple of machines togather from a pile of left over parts. This is probably common knoweldge but it is from a time before I did much with computer hardware. Will a Celeron socket 370 processor generally work on a moutherboard where a socket 370 Duron processor of similar speed was removed? Sorry to get off topic but I have been Googleing around for quite a while and have been unable to find a answer. I figured some of you folks would know. Thanks Marc KM5KW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing icons
All, I have downloaded some awesome icon themes from the net (I really want to install crystal). I have followed the instructions to the letter (pasted below), but these do not work. Can anyone tell me how to install icons you get from the net? Thanks, Wayne Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center Click on Look and Feel and Icons Browse to the location of the new icon theme by clicking the small folder button Click on Install New Theme to add the new icons Click Apply Have fun! :-) http://careers.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Careers - 1,000's of jobs waiting online for you! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't login the SNF
Hi, I installed the single Network Firewall on my network but I can't login from my other computer. I can ping the other computer from the firewall though. I have entered the https://192.168.0.1:8443 in a browser but then I can't login and get only a time out error. Does someone know what the problem is? Thanks, Wayne Bornall _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't login the SNF
I've got it fixed now. I forgot the / at the end of the adress. From: Wayne Bornall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Can't login the SNF Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 15:23:06 + Hi, I installed the single Network Firewall on my network but I can't login from my other computer. I can ping the other computer from the firewall though. I have entered the https://192.168.0.1:8443 in a browser but then I can't login and get only a time out error. Does someone know what the problem is? Thanks, Wayne Bornall _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Is the Speedtouch USB supported on the SNF?
Can someone tell me how I can configure the Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem on the Single Network Firewall, or is it not supported? Thanks, Wayne Bornall _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMWare 3
Thanks to all who suggested fixes for my problem. There were some bios settings that were wrong by default and I had to change the cdrom device from /mnt/cdrom to /mnt/cdrom1 to get it to work. Now all I need to figure out is how to get my network connection going. It has installed the network card drivers and I have configured the network settings in config, but still won't install my cable software through my lan. Previously I have had to only install vmnet 0 and none of the others to get it to work. I have done that this time and it still won't work. Any ideas there? Thanks, Wayne --- Damian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El jue, 28-03-2002 a las 10:40, Wayne Petherick escribió: Damian, thanks for the reply. I have gotten it to work, but I get errors related to not being able to find a bootable cd-rom or floppy. Restart and try again. I didn't have these probs before and figured it was something to do with the recompilation. The devices are set up and there, they just won't boot. Without being able to do this, I can't install an OS. Got any other suggestions? Thanks, Wayne i can think of only one.. go to vmware configuration and make sure cdrom is pointing to the right device.. i never tried to install as a guest OS and always used vmware to boot a real installation in my second HD... anyway, does vmware even try to read from floppy or the cdrom before popping the error? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMWare 3
Damian, thanks for the reply. I have gotten it to work, but I get errors related to not being able to find a bootable cd-rom or floppy. Restart and try again. I didn't have these probs before and figured it was something to do with the recompilation. The devices are set up and there, they just won't boot. Without being able to do this, I can't install an OS. Got any other suggestions? Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VMWare 3
I just installed 8.2 and went to install VMware 3, but it tells me it was not built for this kernel version. It does allow you to try and rewrite the softare for vmware, but it then tells me that gcc v. 2.96 is not supported by the development team. Is anyone else out there using VMWare 3, and does it work OK? There are some windoze programs that I still need to use, but if I cannot get them to run here, it looks like it will be back to a windoze install. Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] vmware 3,.0 and samba
Has anyone here got vmware 3 and samba to work? I have been through the setup shown in three different texts, as well as half a dozen websites. I cannot get XP to recognise the host filesystem. I have been trying to use the support section on vmwares site, but the whole site seems to be down. Anyone who could help me out here? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] now onto the cdrom's....
All, I am still having problems with my floppy, and in trying to fix the problem today found that my cd rom's don't work either! This is what I get when I try to mount one (also found this out trying to play a music cd). [wayne@CPE-203-45-210-121 wayne]$ cd /mnt [wayne@CPE-203-45-210-121 mnt]$ mount cdrom2 [wayne@CPE-203-45-210-121 mnt]$ dir cdrom cdrom2 disk floppy win_c win_d [wayne@CPE-203-45-210-121 mnt]$ cd cdrom2 bash: cd: cdrom2: Input/output error [wayne@CPE-203-45-210-121 mnt]$ Again, my fstab if anyone can help me out. I need to reins/dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,exec,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=iso9660,exec,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 I have to reinstall VMWare and need floppy and cdrom to do so. I don't want to have to reinstall Microsucks Windows fully if I can avoid it. /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,exec,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=iso9660,exec,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] fd0 not installed? available?
All, I have just installed LM 8.1 and like it very much. Except...I can't get my floppy disk working. I need it under Vware to be able to boot into Win2k, and I need it to be able to transfer files from one machine to another. When I try to access it, it tells me fd0 is not a valid block device or something similar. Below is a copy of my fstab /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 This is what I get when I try to mount the floppy mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device]# mount floppy mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device Can anyone tell me what is going wrong? Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] system slow
All, I recently used the ximian install script to update to gnome 1.4. Prior to this I had used red carpet to update the system but owing to a few problems ended up using the script instead. After using the script, the system started to work very slowly (click netscape button, hard drive light flickers, goes out, flickers, goes out and about 20 seconds later starts). It has never been this slow before. Owing to this, I had to reinstall LM 8.0 (I am not yet a competent troubleshooter!) and ever since doing this my system has been running the same. I repartitioned the hard drives, formatted, etc. There should be nothing left to screw things up. I had really just started to ditch M$ too, and now my LM system is running so slow it is frustrating. Even a terminal takes 20 seconds to open. I have a 40gig HD and a P4 1.6 so it is not a slug. Any suggestions? Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't upgrade Mandrake with the Single Network Firewall.
Hi, I wanted to install the Single Network Firewall on Mandrake 8.1, but it doesn't upgrade, it replaces Mandrake 8.1 with Mandrake 7.1 and the firewall. I've noticed this after ending an incomplete install. The install is incomplete because I couldn't choose my adapter because it wasn't listed. I've chosen to skip that step but the screen keeps coming back again. I can't just click on ok. I chose to manually go further with the install, but this din't help. How can I dissolve this? Thanks _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RPM Version 3 / 4 problem
Hi, Im running Mandrake 7.1 and have come across a problem with the Version of RPM I am using. It seems many packages are now prepared using version 4 which is not compatible with 3 I just get an error message stating words to this effect. Fun part is, I cant install the version 4 RPM as its packed with 4! (Or so it seems) Anyone else come across this and solved it? Dont know wether to uninstall this and get a tarball, any ideas please? TIA Wayne.
Re: [newbie] HELP... please
Hi, Sounds like PPP is the problem, I think you need root privileges to run ppp so it terminates. Way around this is to set the 'Setuid' bit so anyone who runs it , runs it with root privs. Check these files: /usr/bin/kppp /usr/sbin/pppd then as root do the following: do a ls -l to find the permissions, you should get: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root on both files, notice the 's' if its not set to s then do a chmod u+s [filename] to both files make sure root is owner and group if not do: chown root root [filename] try this, if it doesnt cure it dont despair as there are a few more things which might need checking ;-) Regards Sard. On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, dan burrows wrote: hi all i need some help i have managed to solve my winmodem problem by getting an external modem is an usr sportsterflash modem it connects fine in both windows98 and 2k bur i cant seem to successfully connect in linux i am using mandrake 7.2 with kde2 and kppp it dails, handshakes and appers to get to authentication then fails! i am using NTLworld as my isp. i am using the correct user name and pass and i am using PAP which i belive to be correct.. anyone any ideas? thanks dan '(Wales is) a ghastly place, huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roaming the valleys terrifying people with their close-harmony singing. You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names. Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick - you'll be washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight.' -- Blackadder, Amy And Amiability
[newbie] Spare partition
I have a 3 gig partition I would like to give to linux to use (currently vfat) and was wondering as it is mounted already as WINDOWS, if I was to change it to ext2 would I have to messa round with my fstab or would MDK7.2 pick it up and make the appropriate changes for me? Would this cause any problems with my system? Thanks, Wayne _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] 128MB memory and NTLoader
All, I have attached my lilon.conf file, and if anyone could help me recognise the 128MB memory I would appreciate it. At the moment, the only way I can get it recognised is by typing linux mem=128M at boot time. Also, will the NTLoader recognise linux if linux is installed on hdb first, the Win2K installed on hda second? Appreciate any help, Wayne boot=/dev/hdb map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="mem=128M" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe" read-only other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Asus A7V Ata 100 Controller
Hi there, I need to know how to get linux mandrake 7.1 to see the drives on my ATA 100 controller, when I run the commands ide2=0x8400,0x8002 ide3=0x7800,0x7402 my system will see the drives attached to the controller then give me will just "hang there my kernel will not boot any further. Can anyone tell me what to do. Kind regards Wayne Rolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Aurora
Dennis type 'pico' followed by the file name. This is a terminal editor. Wayne
[newbie] Optical mouse
I have just bought an optical mouse (LOgitech and USB) and cannot get it to work under 7.2. Does anybody know how I can get this to work? Thanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] XFree86 on 7.2 with s3virge/mx freezes system totally
John, are you saying that with my Savage 3D to turn off acceleration in the XF86Config file will get the card to work? I have tried the framebuffer device and it works (though a little choppy and unaccelerated) at least I can use my Lappie for Linux :) I am happy yo give this a try if you think it will work. Thanks, Wayne On Saturday 11 November 2000 08:00, you wrote: I am running mandrake7.2 on a compaq armada 7800. I have the same video card, and I had the same thing happen as well Here is the pertinent code...from my 86config. Section "Device" Identifier "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" # Option "fast_dram" # Option "pci_retry" VideoRam4096 # Clock lines #Option "sw_cursor" #here are lines that fixed it, my source wasnt sure #which command would work on Mandrake, and I've never #taken the time to find out. ) one of the Xaccels #will hopefully work for ya.. Option "noaccel" Option "no_accel" Option "power_saver" EndSection john = __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Laptop and MDK 7.2
Thanks very much for the help. I appreciate it immensely and will give this a try. Vive le Linux. Wayne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of - - Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2000 4:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop and MDK 7.2 enter as root type password when command line apear type XFdrake --expert (XF as too be in big letters) choose xfree 3.3.6 then all the rest you normally select (same as 7.1 if you add 7.1) video screen etc.. shutdown computer restart it and all should be ok (maybee no garantee here) __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Laptop and MDK 7.2
I am after someones help in setting up 7.2 on my laptop. I have an Asus L8000 series with an 8MB S3 Savage MX/VX video card. I cannot get 7.2 to work with my video card even though it installs fine, but does die at the install and configuration of XFree. Every resolution I try comes back with a "this resolution is not supported by your chipset". I have tried all combinations of resolutions and card. It still does not work even though I use the S3 Savage video driver. I would REALLY appreciate any advice anyone could give. Thanks, Wayne
[newbie] Quake2
I recently bought Quake 2 for linux only to fidn that I can't get it to work. If I run it in software x11 mode, the screen is the size of postage stamp, if i try to use any of the other acceleration modes (I have a Gefore 256 vid card) it seg faults or core dumps and says that to run it in those other modes I need to own the video console svgalib. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone help me with it? Cheers, Wayne
[newbie] Laptop woes
I would REALLY like to install LM MDK 7.2 on my laptop but I got to the installation of XFREE and hit some problems. When I tried to set my resolution, monitor etc it kept telling me the device was busy or that the colour depth I had chosen was not supported by my chipset. I run windows at 1024x768 at 16bit colour, but trying to set 7.2 to that ended in error messages. I tried all resolutions and all colour depth combinations, but now luck. If anyone cold help me I would really appreciate it as 7.2 is the release I have been waiting for to put on my laptop. I have an ASUS L8400, with 128MB Ram, P3-600, 8MB S3 Savage MX/VX video card and an active 14.1" LCD. Thanks, Wayne
[newbie] BT848 video capture card and MDK 7.2
I have just upgraded to 7.2 and cannot get my BT848 capture card working. I love the new distro, but when I launch kwintv or xawtv it either locks the machine up, or won't let me change any settings, even as root. Any thoughts? Thanks, Wayne
[newbie] USB Scanner
Howdy, does anyone know whether or not I can use my usb scanner with Mdk 7.1 yet? If so, what programs are usable to capture images? Thanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] Asus AGP V6600 Geforce and Mandrake
Quaylar, I can and do. You have to use the SVGA XFree server. Wayne - Original Message - From: "Quaylar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:26 AM Subject: [newbie] Asus AGP V6600 Geforce and Mandrake hi all ! i recently searched the graphics chip compatibility database for xfree 3.3.5 and didnt find any entry for ASUS cards or Geforce chips... but i think i read somwhere that linux supports geforce chipsets...does anybody of u know whether it is possible to use an Asus AGP V6600 Geforce card under Mandrake ? thx --dave
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Re: [newbie] Bottom panel configuration
Hugo, I have the same problem. There is no open windows buttons on my task bar. The only way to restore them is to open my pager and do it that way. I would much prefer to have the buttons back though. If anyone knows a fix, [we] would aprpreciate it. Wayne
[newbie] Just purchased Mandrake 7.0 complete
Hello, I have not opened the box for 7.0- should I return it or is it possible to upgrade (reasonably) all apps (including staroffice 5.2) over the Internet? SOunds like 7.1 has many more desirable features. Any help greatly appreciated, Thanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] Re-partitioning the hard disk
Playing devils advocate her but when I originally installed MDK, I let diskdrake do the work and it worked like a charm. Even did a fresh install of windows after my last linux reinstall and everyting went sweet. Sorry! Wayne On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, bascule wrote: i second that, diskdrake really messed up my disk after i decided to let it do the job instead of pm, went back to pm and had no problems bascule Ron Peake wrote: Hi Dick I have experienced the same problem and in my case it resulted from letting Mandrake's Diskdrake 'fiddle' with the partitions created by Partition Magic. The only solution that I found was to let Nortons DiskDoctor fix the partition tables, then resize the partitions again using Partition Magic 4,01. Mandrake Sofware suggested in January or February of this year to use a later version of their Diskdrake program instead of the one which was in release 7,0. But in my PC, there was no improvement. So from my experience, Mandrake's program is still unable to alter vfat or even linux partitions safely, in a way which allows other operating systems such as DOS/Windows to also use them. Ron
[newbie] Changing partition type
I recently purchased Corel WPO2K and think it is great. It comes with the latest version of Corel Linux with it and I was wanting to install this to a spare 3GB partition I have currently allocated to Windows. I ghave partition magic 5 and so changing the partition is easy. Last time I did this without telling Linux it failed to boot owing to an unrecognised partition or something similar and would like to know if I need to change the type in my fstab so it will boot correctly if I change my 3GB to ext2 before booting back into mandrake. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] Command execution
Barry, in command line terms the . is the functional equivalent of "this directory". The / means the root or main directory off of that indicated. So in effect the ./means the root of the current directory. IN simple terms, it means the directory you are in! The reason you do this is because the program you are executing is not identified as being in the path so you have to rely on your command line arguments to tell the computer where the program you are executing resides. Cheers, Wayne
[newbie] XFree86 v4.0
I am looking at upgrading to XF86 v4.0 and was wondering a few things. First of all, is this release stable yet, and second, there are a few version for Linux iX86 systems. Linux-alpha-glibc21/17-Mar-2000 09:55 Linux-ix86-glibc20/ 17-Mar-2000 23:25 Linux-ix86-glibc21/ 26-Apr-2000 03:44 Linux-ix86-libc5/ This is pasted from the XF homepage and I was wondering which one I need. I am running MDK7.0 on an Athlon 550 with the same kernel version that came with the distro. Any help would be appreciated. Wayne ** ** Wayne Petherick Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University ** **
Re: [newbie] Down with LILO!
After installing LILO in my MBR I was wondering if there is any way you can move it from there to the start of the linux partition. I have some boot manager software I would like to use but can't while LILO is sitting in the MBR. Thanks., Wayne
Re: [newbie] Down with LILO!
Alan, thanks for the tip though I found a much easier way to do this. For anyone else who needs to change their lilo config., either boot into KDE or open a terminal window and as su type "klilo". It is a GUI configuration tool for lilo and is VERY easy to use. You can change the option there to boot from floppy, MBR or root partition. I did this, installed my boot manager software and voila, worked like a charm. Thanks again, Wayne - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Wayne Petherick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Down with LILO! Waynein /etc/lilo.conf's first line, add the partition number that you want lilo to install on, to the end of the device specified (say it says boot=/dev/hda then change it to boot=/dev/sda1 or whatever the actual partition number is). Save the file, and as root, type /sbin/lilo and you're done. Alan Wayne Petherick wrote: After installing LILO in my MBR I was wondering if there is any way you can move it from there to the start of the linux partition. I have some boot manager software I would like to use but can't while LILO is sitting in the MBR. Thanks., Wayne
Re: [newbie] Down with LILO!
If I do this will BootMagic still boot Linux OK? I thought LILO was the program required to actually boot linux and if I do this won't it stop Boot Manager picking up that Linux is installed? Wayne - Original Message - From: Robert F. Trettel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Down with LILO! Hi, You can run fdisk /mbr that will take Lilo out , then install your boot manger of chose. That's what I have done. Hope this helps Robert F. Trettel Wayne Petherick wrote: After installing LILO in my MBR I was wondering if there is any way you can move it from there to the start of the linux partition. I have some boot manager software I would like to use but can't while LILO is sitting in the MBR. Thanks., Wayne
Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7
Gary, I would hate to tell you this but I have installed and still use WP and SO together on the same machine, same Linux distro without a problem. I would suggest it may be a problem with your graphics card perhaps. Wayne On Thu, 11 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas on getting WP and SO to peacefully co-exist? Several more full installs of Mandrake-Linux 7 has determined that Word Perfect and Star Office will not co-exist. Clean installation configurations (fresh wipe and install, with no alterations and no other RPMs) show either alone will install, but together (installing them in either order) they corrupt X windows [both are from the RPM CD included with the Mandrake 7 deluxe package]. An "update" install to correct X windows hangs at "writing RPM database". What is the correct method to refresh X windows [it's obvious that what I'm doing is not the way]? Gary Prichard -- * ***** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University * *
Re: [newbie] installing acrobat reader
Kpackage is for .rpm files. For the tar.gz file you will need to run tar -xzvf filename This will untar the file and from there you will need to run the install for the linux version of AR. Do you know xpdf can also read .pdf files and is packaged with linux? Wayne At 09:20 AM 5/10/00 -0700, you wrote: im a new user of linux and i want to install the acrobat reader, the extension name is something like tar.gz . i try to install this many times using kpakage but untill now no luck from me :-(...what will i do?
[expert] Mutt or Pine
Howdy all, I have read all of the mutt and pine how to's and man pages that exist and still cannot get either to work. I appear to have my fetchmail set up properly in that it downloads my mail fine, but I do not know where to!!! I am guessing that where it downloads it to is where I have to point my Pine MUA to, but I cannot find in any how to's where this is and how to set it up. I would appreciate if anyone would avoid the temptation to point me to another how to (unless of course it is written for a complete spoon!) and give me some straightforward settings so I can get (preferably Pine) my mail up and running. I am gettting frustrated with underdeveloped GUI's. TIA, Wayne
Re: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations?
Joe, you could always try the various TNT cards that are out there. Most of them will come in PCI and AGP so you should shop around. Wayne At 02:47 PM 5/3/00 -0400, you wrote: The only decent PCI video cards on the market are the 3DFX VooDoo cards but even with those I don't think you can get video out on anything but there AGP cards not on their PCI cards. The Viper 550 and all the ATI cards are AGP. Sorry Charles - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations? I am looking for a good video card with video-out jacks (don't really need PC TV). I have been longing for a Diamond Viper 550 card for a long time, now, but since I have been toiling with Linux, I have heard some disparaging comments about S3 cards in general not being Linux Friendly - Does anyone know if this is true for the Viper 550? If so, what card would you recommend? I need speed - good gaming and 3D performance - I don't have an AGP bus, so it would have to come in PCI flavor - I've been hearing good things about ATI's All-in-Wonder... any opinions?
[newbie] VCD Player
Anyone know of a good FREE vcd player for linux? I am trying to use an unregistered MTV at the moment but the audio cuts out until it is registered. THanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] OT - Partition magic
Nice try Andy, though wrong. For those of you who are dying to know I lost some documentation in a recent move and wanted to know a few things about re-installing the software. Wayne - Original Message - From: andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT - Partition magic Wayne Petherick wrote: This is OT so I will take it OLcould anyone here who has partition magic v5 contact me off list please. Thanks,Wayne Why is that OT? The subject is pertinent to this mailing list, because this list is about supporting people with installation and configuration of Linux, which is an OS which comes with a boot manager to handle booting into multiple and or different OSs. Others here could probably benefit from the question and answer(s); therefore, I'ld like to suggest posting such questions and answers here, instead of keeping such information private or "proprietary". Unless of course, the thing he wanted to ask was along the lines of.. 'Hey, I'd like to use this product but I can't afford it..any chance you could FTP it over to me!!!' Which, of course, we all know no one would EVER do!!! Just a thought Andy
[expert] OT - Partition magic
This is OT so I will take it OLcould anyone here who has partition magic v5 contact me off list please. Thanks, Wayne
[newbie] TV Cards
I have just picked up a Studio PCTV Rave card which is based on the BT848 chipset. I have installed this in myt machine and cannot get it to work. I know this is a bit OT, but if anyone here has a card like this, if they could contact me off list to help me out I would really appreciate it. I bought it to ditch windows, but the only way I can get the card to work is through windows!!! I would really appreciate any help anyone can give. Thanksm Wayne
Re: [newbie] bootloaders
Kirk, be careful with boot magic. I used it recently, removed one of the partitions it had listed as a boot partition (which wasn't, ot was my primary slave - a drive full of windows games!) and so removed the entry. It trashed the whole disk and wiped all of my programs. I will never use it again. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Installation/Cylinder 1024/and/Boot Magic
b/web, I will tell you how I set up my machine and hopefully this will help. I tried setting up a small partition for the /boot information, a partition for wind'ohs, and one for linux. As my /home directory is on another drive this proved to be somewhat confusing. In the end, what I did was this: I split my primary hard drive in two, straight down the middle. I formatted the second partition and run the windows install, having this as my c: drive. I then installed linux, formatted the other partition and my other linux partitions using disk drake. The I installed linux. When LILO installed it picked up windows and linux first time. I have not had a problem since. Hope this helps. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Installation/Cylinder 1024/and/Boot Magic
b/web, I used the dos fdisk to split the disk originally. Then I used a standard format program to format the drive. It would be good if diskdrake was available for general use but I don't think you can run it outside of a linux install. After Windows was installed I ran the setup for linux and used diskdrake to format the remaining drives and allocate the drive for /home etc. I reinstalled windows from scratch, so that doesn't really fix your problem though, unless you have a burner or zip drive??? My swap partition is on a different drive to my linux partition so this wasn't really a problem for me but the best way to go for you would be to allocate some of your unformated partition to linux swap during the diskdrake step of the install. That is (you have a 17gig HD?) split it in two using fdisk, format the second partition, install windows, then run linux setup, use disk drake to split off another 250MB of what remains as swap and allocate the rest to linux. DD will format your linux drive and swap for you during the install, and set all other parameters based on the drives usage. LILO will still pick up your windows drive when it installs, and will give you this option once you install. Let me know how you go. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff
Patrick, if you installed from a tar file you can use the make uninstall command. Wayne On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: Thank for the assistance,but what about zip files. How do I uninstall those. --- flupke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick Dyer wrote: Can someone tell me how to uninstall software in Linux. I have downloaded and installed a few programs for trial purposes. Now I want to remove them. How exactly is that done. I am running Mandrake 6. If you installed rpm packages, you desinstall it with rpm -e. HTH Flupke Patrick __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com
[newbie] Scanner
I have just been given a scanner for my birthday (21 again) and it is a Canon USB model. Does great scans BTW. I was wondering whether I could get it to work under Linux? I know that USB support is experimental but I would really like to at least give it a try. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Wayne
Re: [newbie] windows mouse possition sensibitlity
Gustavo, if you use the Sawmill window manager, you will get this effect. Wayne On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hello I want that the windows sensibility in my linux ( mandrake 7.0 ) will be like in UNIX , I mean when is the mouse is the current window , and no like Windows I mean for change current window I need push left mouse button in the new current window -- _/_/_/_/.._/. _/._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/ _/.._/._/_/_/_/.. _/..._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/.._/_/.._/._/... ..._/..._/_/.._/._/._/_/_/_/..._/..._/_/_/_/..._/..._/.._/._/ .._/.._/.._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/_/._/..._/._/. __/_/_/_/.._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/.._/..._/.._/._/_/..._/_/_/_/.. .Gustavo Halperin... ..Paradigm Geophysical..\\\Y///. [EMAIL PROTECTED]\\ ^ ^ // ..972-9-9709318..(/ @ @ \).. --oOOo-(_)-oOOo- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Re[2]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
Just a question...how did you do this? My box is sitting on a netwrok full time which is protected by a firewall. Will this stop intrusions into my machine or do I need to set up individual level security? I have tried various ip logging programs but for someone whio is fairly illiterate to network security, the outputs of these programs mean nothing to me... Thanks in advance, Wayne At 08:22 PM 4/10/00 -0600, you wrote: A side note, but related: I haven't even TRIED to make my box secure - just followed directions in various how-to's. Apparently someone tried to hack/crack my box while I was sitting here. I saw my eth0 (dsl) connection suddenly spike for a few minutes. Asked my buddy if it was him, did a last on each of the user names to see who was logged in, couldn't find anything. Later I was looking in the samba logs - sure enough, a denied ip was there. Ain't linux great? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Two questions
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Re: [newbie] Netscape 6
I used the pre-release version. It is still pretty buggy. Wayne At 07:05 PM 4/5/00 +0100, you wrote: Is there a beta of Netscape 6 for Linux, or is there only one for Windows at present?
Re: [newbie] Home recording with Linux?
Toni, I am no expert but I will tell you that unless you are willing to learn at least a bit of how Linux works then you really shouldn't be using it. First of all, you will drive yourself insane, second of all, it does not run like Wind'ohs. YOu will HAVE to learn about Linux file systems and the like, how to run programs, and how to install them. If you don't learn these basic things you will be pulling your hair out. I can almost guarantee you that the problems you are having with the install is because you don't quite understand the way the bootloader works or the configuration of your machine. YOu may be getting 0101010 or LI appearing on the screen at reboot. To know how to fix these, you need to know a bit about how Linux works. My recommendation would be to take the time to learn because it will pay off in the end. Wayne
[newbie] Uninstalling tar files
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[newbie] First Verdicts: Netscape 6
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[newbie] Netscape 6
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[newbie] Soundcard
I have a soundblaster live card and while it works for cd playing and playing mp3's I cannot get it to run for systems sounds. I have tried both lothar and sndconfig but cannot get the system sounds to work. It worked previously but now it doesn't. When I run lothar it just locks up and lately so has sndconfig. I have just tried the mp3 player again and that has locked up too though. ANy help would be appreciated. Wayne ** ** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast ** **
[newbie] Further problems
Since I have had the prior mentioned problem with my soundcard my machine is very slow to start up. I get to the login screen and find I have to sit and wait a good 30 seconds for the whole thing to start. This has never been the case, as it has always started first time and very quick. What has happened to slow things down like this? It would appear to be something to do with the sound configuration given that this is what I played with right before the problem started. Wayne ** ** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast ** **
[newbie] CD Audio
Does anyone know of any programs available for making MP3's from CD music? I am old mandrake can do this natively from the command line. Can it and how? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] color depth
Kirk, if you are using mdk 7 try running DrakConf. Just about everything you need is under there. Wayne ** ** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast ** **
Re: [newbie] Install
Michael, I would strongly recommend against using lnx4win to install on a windows 98 partition if thius is what you have in mind. The install and operation of linux are slow and very painful. YOu are much better off installing and running on a separare partition. If you aren't familiar with this, grab a coffee, some cigarettes and a heap of patience but the end result is oh-so-worth-it. Wayne At 05:58 PM 3/22/00 -0800, you wrote: A M wrote: To anyone who can help: I just ordered the GPL version of Mandrake 7.0 on CD. I have no idea how to install the program, and I don't understand the installation procedures. CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME INSTALL LINUX ON WINDOWS 98??? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.comFirst, congratulations! Mandrake - Linux is a great distribution. Second, you don't install on windows 98; you could repartition your hard drive and dual boot both operating systems separately however. Third, if you've never worked with Linux or Unix, I would suggest that you pick up a couple of books to get started; I like 'Linux for dummies' from idg press. It covers some of the basics, like exactly how to set up your hard drive, installation and setting up an internet connection. When you're ready for some more in-depth stuff, O'Reilly puts out some great books on just about any topic (just head down to your local Barnes Noble), and finally, I've got a copy of 'Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed' (though some of the features will vary from Mandrake) and it gives a general overview of most topics. Good luck! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Penguins are coming!!
[newbie] KDE intrusion on Gnome
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 *** ***
[newbie] BJC-2000
The Canon BJC is the model that has taken over from the 4000 series. I was wondering if anyone has got this to work under MDK 7.0 yet and how they did it. Did you use the 4000 series driver or does it need to be done a different way. Wayne *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
[newbie] Error message
When I try to do a floppy format using KFloppy I get the error message "cannot create filesystem on /mnt/...Device or resource busy" or something along those lines. What does this mean? It is not busy, there are no other programs accessing the floppy and a brand new disk is in there. Also, when I try to write programs to it (less than 1.44MB) I get another message that says similar things. Any help? Wayne *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
Re: [newbie] PalmPilot?
KDE comes with kpilot which is sync software for linux Wayne On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, you wrote: hello all... just wondering if MDK has support for palm pilots... thanks seth -- _ (_'_ .. -- *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
[newbie] First...apologies
All, after a bad crash this morning after trying to install my new HD I had to reinstall Mdk 7. I have forgotten the command you add to append section of your lilo.conf file to get it to recognise more than 65 MB of RAM. ANy help? Wayne *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
Re: [Re: [[newbie] First...apologies]]
Michael, Yes, the quotation marks are around the 128M and i can't think for the life of me why it doesn't boot with the lilo.conf file. If i do it manually, it will boot, if it try to boot automatically from lilo.conf it will not work with my 128M. It did this previously with 128M but for some reason with this install will not. I am really confused at this point why this happens. Cheers Wayne On Sun, 20 Apr 2036, you wrote: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I start Linux with linux mem=128M it boots and reports 128M of ram. When I boot from the lilo.conf file (which has the mem=128M in the append section), it only boots with 65M. Any reasons why this would be so, and is there a way aroudn this/ Wayne PS: it worked first time last time! === Did you remember to use the quotation marks around "mem=128M"? append="mem=128M" Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
[newbie] Error on rpm -e
All, When I try to uninstall any RPM packages I have on my machine I get a "XXX package not installed". Is this typical? DO you have to run the uninstall from the directory where the package is installed? Wayne -- *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** ***
Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
If you are using nortons it will dump your infrequently used files at the end which will give your partioning software the impression your drive is full. Try either telling it to place all files at the beginning (or alternatively, none at the end) or remove it and then run normal defrag which is a little more time consuming. It thinks it is doing you a favour by doing this but it is a pain in the ass. Wayne At 09:02 PM 3/14/00 -0400, you wrote: 1) are you using Norton 2000, dumps stuff at far end of drive 2)run defragment and try again? Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise. (The linux user) - Original Message - From: Enterprise2001 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time) You probably have all of your drive partitioned already. (This is always the default if you don't do the partitioning yourself) Get a non destructive reparation tool (Partition Magic) and try that. Knowledge is Power [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: remove NOSPAM to email me. - Original Message - From: Kyle Orange Spahn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:16 PM Subject: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time) Hey Everyone, I keep trying to partition my hard drive so I can use Linux, but when I do so, it says that the last cylinder of my drive is full. So it thinks my entire drive is filled up, which it isn't. I have a 27.3 GB Hard Drive which I've maybe used 5 GB of. It's definitely not full! I need help!!! PLEASE! -Kyle Orange Spahn Freespace 2 Coordinator Lead Reviewer Descent Chronicles - http://descent.gamestats.com News GameLordz Network - http://www.gamelordz.net News Summoner Homeland - http://www.summonerhl.com
[newbie] Q re: HDD
I have a question regarding my hard disks. After some trouble trying to cfdisk my HD this morning, Linux wouldn't work and I had to reinstall it. It has picked up the hard disk I partitioned to give me 3 gig of space to use for personal files etc and has mounted it is /home. Does this mean when ever I do a cd /home this is where it takes me? If not, how do I access this disk to store files on and install programs on it etc? If this is the case, is my entire home directory on this 3 gig disk and is it mine to do with as I please? Wayne
Re: [newbie] Q re: HDD
Alan, thanks for the tip. I guess that is what another subscriber was referring to as allocating X MB for /home, X MB for /usr etc etc...I didn't know you could do that with Linux. Also, whilst I have the soapbox, I would just like to say there has been some flaming going on about people asking questions that might be provided in the documentation. Some of the docs with Linux are obscure and written by Linux gurus and therefore hard to read and understand for us newbies. I am a one time computer tech from Dos/Windows days and still have trouble understanding much Linux stuff. I have been using it full time for over a week now and have come to appreciate the power and versatility of the OS and will make a total migration to it for everything but games (for obvious reasons). I love it, it works well , and on the odd occasion it does hang, just type xkill and away you go. Not like Wind'ohs.. Any more advanced users out there, just tolerate my spupidity and other stupidity like it for a while and eventually we will be teaching the new users to the list what you have taught us. Alan, thanks again so much for the tip. It answered my Q exactly. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
Kyle, I can tell you for a fact it will work...it happened to me!!! Wayne On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, you wrote: Hey thanks! You're right, I am using Norton Utilities 2000, I guess I'll remove it! Thanks a ton! I hope this works! -Kyle "Orange" Spahn Freespace 2 Coordinator Lead Reviewer Descent Chronicles - http://descent.gamestats.com News GameLordz Network - http://www.gamelordz.net News Summoner Homeland - http://www.summonerhl.com - Original Message - From: "Wayne" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time) Kyle, at a guess I would say you are running a Windoze box with probably the latest version of Norton's on it. WOuld I be correct? If so, the problems you are having is that Nortons will write infrequently used files to the last part of your hard disk to make the file access quicker. What you will have to do is either remove NOrton's from your system and then run a slow windoze defrag, or, find out whiat files these are, then under your Norton's options tell it to place them first on the disk. Hope you are using Nortons and I hope this helps. Wayne -- **** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
[newbie] Hmmm
Sorry guys. Further to my last, I have cheked the ownership of my device (hdd1) under my /dev directory and have found that it is owned by me (wapether) and not by root, yet root owns all of the directories on it and I cannot change the attributes as root or myself. HELP! Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Fwd: Re: [Re: [[newbie] Swap space 128 Mb?]]
Mike, I amended my lilo.conf file and put in the 128M bit. Worked like a charm, I can now open more windows, run more apps, and to more stuff that before without the speed of my mcahine suffering. Thanks, Wayne On Thu, 17 Apr 2036, you wrote: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a related topic, why would my machine only detect 65MB of my RAM when I have 128 MB? When I did try to change this manually, my machine crashed during boot. Wayne = What did you try?? Did you amend /etc/lilo.conf with append="mem=128M" The run /sbin/lilo Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- **** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University --- -- **** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] mpg123, esound, and Mandrake 7
It looks to me like the esd file it needs to access or modify cant be touched by user. Try loggin on and running this as root, or changing the persmissions on esd. Wayne n Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: I decided to upgrade mandrake 6 - 7 (actually I did a fresh install, not upgrade), and Ive got most things working, but mpg123 isnt :( It worked finewhen I had mandrake 6. The error I get is: [quency95@xena remixez]$ mpg123 benefit\ ft\ eminem\ -\ proceed\ with\ caution\ \(check\ remix\).mp3 High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! /bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: Permission denied I found out esd is the enlighment sound daemon. Did the mpg123 that came with mandrake 6 use esd? If so how. Or if the older mpg123 used something different, how do I set this? -q95- -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] where's staroffice
Are you trying to download it is one huge file or as several small files? I had the same problem until I downloaded it in pieces. If this doesn't work, try a mirror.aarnet.edu site. They all have it listed. Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: sun.com...won't download staroffice...for some reason... where else can I download it.? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7) -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
[newbie] Colour scheme in KDE
All, I have the stock standard colour scheme running in KDE (Yellow title bars etc...ich!) I love the manager, but hate the colours. HOw do I change them? WHen I go into the COntrol centre/Colours area it allows me to change them within the window but won't apply the changes to kde in general. When I log in as root through, my colour scheme changes and stays chage. Log back in as user...same old colours. Any suggestions? Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
RE: [newbie] ata66
I too have an ata 66 drive but did some research on using this under linux. MOst of the places I visited said that the patch for ata66 requires some knowledge of kernel and configuration and would reuiqre same. If you haven't fiddled with your kernel, chances are, it won't work. Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] Disableing PNP IN BIOS
Matthew, if you are talking about disabling PnP for the instal, don't be overly concerned with it I think. I know all of the documentation says you have to do it, but I didn't and had no troubles detecting all of my hardware (including SB Live and GeForce video card). Wayne On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: Matthew Loschmann wrote: What is PNP os and how do I get there. I am a NEWBIE, everybody starts somewhere. Depends on your BIOS (BasicInputOutputSystem). This is what ultimately controls your hardware. PNP is Plug 'n Play which is exactly that "plug it in and it's ready to go". This is really only true for Windos. When your computer boots, you'll probably see a logo for your BIOS manufacturer (Such as Award or American Megatrends) and maybe something that says "hit this key to enter setup". You only have about 2 seconds to do it, so be quick. Mine is del and my mom's Compaq is F10. Hope this helps. -Josh At 12:18 AM 3/9/00 +0100, you wrote: pnp os - - Original Message - From: Matthew Loschmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 3:12 AM Subject: [newbie] Disableing PNP IN BIOS I now know how to enter bios even though there is no prompt but I could not find this PnP setting everbody is talking about. Where is it? Please share Matt -- **** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
[newbie] koffice
I have a koffice rpm on my contribs cd that came with mdk 7.0. It is only 3MBin size. Is this likely to be a part of it or just a very basic WP programming? I am trying to install it but it says I need some libraries and don't know which I need to install or where to get them. Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] Colour scheme in KDE
Sure did, nothing happens. As root, I can do whatever I want with the colour scheme. As user, I have no hope of changing anything. I can however, change the themes. Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: Did you click on Apply and then OK in that order? On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Wayne mewed: All, I have the stock standard colour scheme running in KDE (Yellow title bars etc...ich!) I love the manager, but hate the colours. HOw do I change them? WHen I go into the COntrol centre/Colours area it allows me to change them within the window but won't apply the changes to kde in general. When I log in as root through, my colour scheme changes and stays chage. Log back in as user...same old colours. Any suggestions? Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: RE : LICQ on Mandrake v7.0 CD ... was Re: [newbie] umm qt 2.0.2
Anyone know how to get around a firewall so I can use the IRC and ICQ programs that come with Linux? Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: Thanks bosco(). KompuKit wrote: yeah...it's on the CD...I just checked...I have 7.0 also... -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [Fwd: Re: [Re: [[newbie] Swap space 128 Mb?]]]
Mike, I have said it before and I will say it again. The more I use Linux, the more I dread going back to Windoze. UNfortunately I have a Windows printer (GUI) and it WILL NOT work under Linux. I have thought about gewtting VMWare but cannot afford to buy the license for version 2 which I need because of my video card. ALso, I am still a bit of a gamer and I need Windows for this. I also have a Windows TV tuner (box) for my Asus GeForce. Any one know of a way I can get this running under the Penguin? Wayne On Thu, 17 Apr 2036, you wrote: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, I amended my lilo.conf file and put in the 128M bit. Worked like a charm, I can now open more windows, run more apps, and to more stuff that before without the speed of my mcahine suffering. Thanks, Wayne = That's GREAT Wayne!! You're most welcome. Next time you see such a request for assistance, just pass it on!! Isn't Linux GREAT??? Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me." --Winston Churchill Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- **** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] looking for app
Kit, just type kab in a terminal window. This should start it automatically. Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: al...where is it...on the system? usr/bin ? Alan Shoemaker wrote: KompuKittry kab, it's probably already installed on your system. Alan KompuKit wrote: anyone know of a good cardfile app...for linux? one that I can easily SAVE data on a floppy? also still looking for help to setup my apache... -- KompuKit= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.myip.org (does not run 24/7) KompuKit= -- KompuKit= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.myip.org (does not run 24/7) KompuKit= -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: RE : LICQ on Mandrake v7.0 CD ... was Re: [newbie] umm qt 2.0.2
I was trying to use licq but I cannot find anywhere to enter the settings for it.. ANy other suggestions? Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: there should be OPTIONS settings inside your ICQ...version for setting firewalls what are you using...LICQ, KICQ, KXICQwhich one? Wayne wrote: Anyone know how to get around a firewall so I can use the IRC and ICQ programs that come with Linux? Wayne On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: Thanks bosco(). KompuKit wrote: yeah...it's on the CD...I just checked...I have 7.0 also... -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University -- KompuKit= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.myip.org (does not run 24/7) KompuKit= -- Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
[newbie] floppy disk problems
All, I am having problems with my floppy disk and was wondering whether anyone had encountered this previously or whether anyone knew of a fix for it. WHen I try to access my floppy under a console window using a cd command I get the following error: [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# cd floppy bash: cd: floppy: Input/output error [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# Then, if I try to format the FD I get the following: [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB. Formatting ... ioctl(FDFMTBEG): No such device [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# I have used the drive about one hour ago and it worked fine. WHy now do I have these problems and what does it mean? Wayne Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University
Re: [newbie] supermount and fstab
Mike, this is my cdrom entry for fstab. Hope it helps. Wayne /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
Re: [newbie] Ram Problems
Pendragon, I have similar problems. As yet, I do not have an answer. HOwever, Linux does seem to report an unusally high amount of memory for my system in other areas. I am just wondering if it uses the 64 area for something else. Wayne
[newbie] Accessing Windows Drives
I am learning more and more that I can do just as much if not 100 times more with Linux than Windoze. One problem I have not been able to overcome though is the ability to access the network here at Uni. There are some really good files on the server and on th PC's connected to it, and I cannot figure out how to access these yet. I have tried to follow the somewhat obscure directions given for samba but have had no luck to date. Does anyone know how I can access the network? I found a utility inder kde that was basically a network tool allowing you to map network drives, but cannot remember the name of it or where it is. Does anyone know how this can be done? Wayne
[newbie] kde 2.0
Someone asked about kde 2. I have done some searching and it is under heacy development so it won't be available for some time. Watch the skies... And just to wet your appetite... Wayne kde2.jpg
Re: [newbie] telnet
Have a look at these files: /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny They are probably configured to deny access to everyone except localhost. To change this, read the man page on hosts.allow by enterning the following command at a shell prompt... man hosts.allow Then edit the host access files (as root) and grant access as you see fit. On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, you wrote: Yes, I can telnet out. I went to the CD and the package is client/server. When I attempted to install, there was already a newer version on my cpu. Ideas? -David
