Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
It is the business world that has the deep pockets. They ought to know about this. Z.S. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] best way to update apps in Linux?
Hi, I am a newbie and I'd like to know what is the best way to update applications in Linux? I've heard something about urpmi but I am not really sure how it works or what it is. I've attempted to compile sources of newer versions of software (i.e. alsa-snd-cards), without ever removing the currently installed version and I had a lot of compiling errors. I don't know if it is better to compile than to install an RPM. There should be a generalized standard in Linux that all applications adhere to (I.e. the registry in Windows). Of course whatever it is, it should be better than Winblows. Regards, ZS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rpmdrake not showing manually installed packages ?
Hi, I was wondering whether any packages that are installed manually by the user (i.e. tar, gzip, make, etc...) can be displayed as installed package in rpmdrake? I do not get it but maybe there is a way. The reason for this is simply because some rpm packages that I install using rpmdrake check their dependencies __IN___ rpmdrake ___only and always say that they are missing the packages I installed manually. How can I avoid that problem? Regards, Zlatko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] enlarge a linux partition?
Hey everyone, my question is simple but solution might not be. I have installed some time ago MD 7.2 and have only / and /home mounted on two partitions. I need to enlarge my / (root) partition because I continue adding applications but there is not much space left. Should I simply use Partition Magic and enlarge it, or maybe create another partition and mount it on /usr or /etc or any other space-consuming partition? Thanks for any help, Zlatko --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] unusual partitioning question
hey everyone, i have a weird question and i am trying to ask it without confusing everyone, even myself. I installed my MD 7.1 some time ago with the following setup: /(root) on /dev/hda5 swap on /dev/hda6 /home on /dev/hda7 Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: /boot on /dev/hda5 /(root) on /dev/hda6 swap on /dev/hda7 /home on /dev/hda8 I have played around previously with some ideas and they all lead me to a complete reinstall of the system so that is why I am asking for your help. The reason for this question is my desire to make a dual linux boot without completely deleting my current linux install. Thanks in advance, Zlatko Savic Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] soundcard detect?
Hey everyone, I would really appreciate it if someone would give me some tips to how to go about in finding out about the soundcard that I have. I cannot get it to run, but the problem is I don't know what type nor what the specs of it are. It is CS 4263 (or similar) in Windoze but where can I find out more about it in Linux? (IRQs, DMA, ...etc.) Thanks to everyone! Zlatko Savic --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Forceful umount or PARTED help?
Hey everyone, I used the 'rescue' option from the Mandrake Install (8.1) CD and after it was loaded and all partitions were mounted, I tried to unmount my /dev/hda5, which is my root during normal usage. However, the response was that the 'device or resource is busy'. I tried umount -f /dev/hda5 but without any success. I am trying to unmount all linux partitions on my hd so that I can move them from one place (sector) to another (sector) using 'parted' which is included in the rescue mode. Any ideas how to go about this? Thanks to all helpers out there! Zlatko Savic Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where are the sources???
Hey everyone, I downloaded MD 8.1 (all 3 cds) recently but i noticed a backdraw...the source rpms for my apps are missing. I checked the rpms on all 3 cds and the only source i found was apache source. Isn't it required by the GPL and all the other licenses to INCLUDE source codes in the the distro cd? Correct me if I am wrong. Regards, Zlatko Savic --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] execute in shell?
Hey everyone, this question is probably very simple to answer but as a newbie it's not easy. =) As root I must enter ./ (dot-slash) in front of any command or app i want to execute from the shell. However, as a regular user, I don't have to. I looked into my .bashrc but I cannot see a line of script that does that. I'd like to know where that line is so i can set it up for my root account too. thanks for any kind of input, Zlatko Savic --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] dual linux boot from one hd?
hi everyone, I am not sure if this can possibly work but I would like to have MD 8.1 and 7.2 on the same harddrive and i would like it to boot both from Lilo (or Grub). I installed MD 8.0 next to 7.2 but the 8.0 simply took over mounting of / and /home and left the 7.2 partitions unmounted. However, it did take their partition names (dev/hda6 and /dev/hda7). I set up Lilo to give the option to boot old_linux pointing correctly to the image of the new /dev/hda13, etc. However, when I choose it, I get a dark screen and everything freezes. How can i solve this? Do I have to have separate file system types (ext2 for 7.2 and ext3 for 8.1?) or must i somehow instruct Lilo to mount BACK / and /home to these new partitions? Thanks for all help i can get, Zlatko Savic --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] resizing partitions
Yes, you can resize the SWAP partition using DiskDrake, ofcourse you must be root to do that. Just load the DiskDrake, click on the (green) swap partition and then on the left-hand side of the DiskDrake the option 'resize' (or similar) will appear. click on it and it will give you a 'drag bar' (or you can enter the number) that will allow you to choose how much space you need to have allocated for your swap partition. It doesn't damage your system since you have plenty of RAM memory. I have reduced mine to 100mb swap (from 200) with 128 MB RAM. Works perfect. However, the free space will probably be left in between your new swap and your (i am assuming you have it setup like this) /home partition. You might wanna mount that free space in between to a new /directory. Hope that helps, Zlatko Savic --- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 01 March 2002 21:00, you wrote: On Friday 01 March 2002 01:53 pm, you wrote: How do I resize partitions on an existing install? I allocated way too much space for swap, and with 512MB Ram, I have yet to even touch the swap space. So I want to reclaim some of that space. Can I resize it without trashing everything? __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Trackpoint support on TP600E w/ Mandr. 8?
Hi everyone, since the installation with DrakX my trackpoint on my Thinkpad 600E laptop could not be detected. I tried every possible mouse choice from that menu and it didn't work. Besides Mandrake 8 I have on the same harddrive Mandrake 7.1 and here the trackpoint is detected always. What can I do to get the trackpoint working? Do I need a driver for it? Any help greatly appreciated! Zlatko Savic __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
