Re: [newbie] Sound Driver Error
From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Driver Error Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:45:32 + -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 Dec 2004 19:32, care free wrote: > Go here http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0292 for nForce 2 > driver > Could you please add that tidbit to the TWiki? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/SoUnd Anne It's done, Anne. J.T. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Output of 'ls -l ...'
Do a google search and you will see the info for yourself. But I'll include an explanation from http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/unix/ls-l.html. If you would like more information about each file, use the -l option. Here is an example: % ls -l total 3 -rw-rw-rw- 1 john 1659386 Feb 3 08:15 groceries -rw-r--r-- 1 john 1659 97 Mar 10 23:46 schedule -rw--- 1 john 1659123 Mar 11 13:39 todo This sample output shows three files. The fields on the first line are: 1. The first column is - for normal files. 2. -rw-rw-rw shows the current permissions for the file. 3. The digit 1 shows the number of links to the file. This is almost always 1. 4. The next field, john, shows the account name of the owner of the file. 5. 1659 is the ID code of the group that owns the file. 6. 386 is the size of the file in bytes. 7. Feb 3 08:15 shows the time and date when this file was last changed. 8. The name of the file comes last. J.T. From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [newbie] Output of 'ls -l ...' Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:13:00 +0100 When I do ,e.g., $ ls -l / , I get: total 52 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:44 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 18 21:32 boot/ drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3800 Dec 18 21:32 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 Dec 18 21:32 etc/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:45 home/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 15:18 initrd/ drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Dec 18 14:38 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jan 5 2004 mnt/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 5 2004 opt/ dr-xr-xr-x 78 root root0 Dec 18 21:32 proc/ drwx-- 9 root root 4096 Dec 18 15:24 root/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:38 sbin/ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root0 Dec 18 21:32 sys/ drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 Dec 18 21:33 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:46 usr/ drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:38 var/ . Now, the first column says it's a directory and shows the permissions; the third and the fourth columns should tell respectively who are the user and the group that own the file or directory, whereas the sixth coulmns shows the date when the file or directory was created; but what about the numbers that appears in the second and in the fifth column? What's their meaning? Bare with my ignorance, thanks, Rodolfo Regala e regalati Libero ADSL: 3 mesi gratis, navighi veloce e scarichi a 1.2 Mega. Abbonati subito senza costi di attivazione su http://www.libero.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] help on port forwarding
Is your webserver on the same internal network as your localhost or on DMZ, which means on a separate network? If it is on a separate network you have to bridge the 2 networks. I am using IPCop as firewall and my servers are on DMZ, so I have to put the internal IP addresses and hostnames of my servers in the /etc/hosts file of the firewall for the two networks to talk to each other. Then you can type in either the server's internal IP address or its hostname. Hope this helps! For the world to see your webserver, you have to have portforwarding port 80 from your external IP address to the internal webserver IP address. Cheers!!! J.T. From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] help on port forwarding Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:47:04 + On Saturday 18 December 2004 21:47, amalasingh wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: >>> On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:23, amalasingh wrote: >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> I am a mdk10.1 user. I am trying to access my localhost by >>> typing my WAN IP address. >>> But it just goes to the Router firewall page. I checked my >>> router settings(especially virtual server configuration) all >>> set correctly. Also confirmed with the router vendor. >>> The vendor says we need technical expertise to forward the >>> local server. Is that true? Do I need to have some networking >>> knowledge to do forward even my http local server?? >>> I use just default ports(80) >>> Please help me. >>> Cheers >>> Amala Singh > >> Didn't you already ask this question? >> The answer remains the same. >> >> If you want people from the internet to reach your web server you must >> disable access to your router administration from the internet, and >> configure your router to forward port 80 to your local IP address. That is >> all internal to your router configuration. Nothing to do with Linux. >> Have you configured port forwarding in the router? How is it set up? >> >> Be aware that if you are trying to access your web server from inside your >> local network by entering your WAN IP address, your router is probably not >> going to forward the connection and will always display the admin page. So >> just because you see the admin page does not necessarily mean that other >> people see it. >> >> derek > Derek, > > You are the man. Yes, I asked the question before. I am trying to access my > web server from inside the local network only. I hope that that should be > the problem. I will ask some body else to see that from outside. > > Tnx for the help. > > Cheers > Amala Singh Well if you are using the same IP address you sent this mail from (213.40.155.128 ), then I have already tried it. The response is no reply. The good news is that I do not get your router admin page. The bad news is I do not get your web server either. Before you ask. The easy way to enable a web server in Mandrake is to install the drakwizard package and then start Mandrake Control Centre. There will be a new server section in which is a wizard to set up an Apache web server. There will be a default home page provided. To add new pages insert them into the directory /var/www/html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Sound Driver Error
Go here http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0292 for nForce 2 driver J.T. From: Ayn Newin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound Driver Error Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:22:31 -0500 I've just install Mandrake 10.1 and i've been receiving an error message saying there is a problem with my sound card/driver. I've seen this error message twice, once when trying to start KsCD application and once when starting linux. I've not been able to make the error reappear and have not seen it appear at any other time. From memory the error simply states there is a problem with my sound card/driver, and that the directory /dev/dsp cannot be found. I've tried creating this folder within /dev and it says access is denied. Also, when trying to start Audacity i am prompted with the error message: There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record audio. Error: Host error Obviously i cannot hear music CDs, or any sounds for that matter, and cannot begin to realize what the problem is. That's where you come in. For reference my sound card is described as nForce2 Audio Codec Interface in HardDrake, with the driver listed as snd-intel8x0. ~ Ayn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Sound Driver Error
From: Ayn Newin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound Driver Error Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:22:31 -0500 I've just install Mandrake 10.1 and i've been receiving an error message saying there is a problem with my sound card/driver. I've seen this error message twice, once when trying to start KsCD application and once when starting linux. I've not been able to make the error reappear and have not seen it appear at any other time. From memory the error simply states there is a problem with my sound card/driver, and that the directory /dev/dsp cannot be found. I've tried creating this folder within /dev and it says access is denied. You cannot create the file /dev/dsp. It's device driver file which is soft linked to the file in /dev/sound/dsp. Also, when trying to start Audacity i am prompted with the error message: There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record audio. Error: Host error Obviously i cannot hear music CDs, or any sounds for that matter, and cannot begin to realize what the problem is. That's where you come in. For reference my sound card is described as nForce2 Audio Codec Interface in HardDrake, with the driver listed as snd-intel8x0. What driver do you use? alsa, arts, oss? You can go to www.alsa-project.org to check for possible solution. J.T. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update)
I know the frustration. I don't know why mdk10.1 does not turn off you computer. I have an Athlon 800Mhz box with a very buggy FD11 mobo, and mdk10 turns it off after shut down, but not rh9 or any of Fedora Cores. Rh9 says that my bios has a way too old acpi, so it turns off that function automatically. I wonder if it has anything to do with the bios. J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:14:26 + Things have changed regarding my shutdown problem, but have got even more confusing. But first, I have just connected for the first time today, to get my e-mails and postings. I have found that there is nothing from the list between about eight o'clock last night (GMT, or UTC) and mid-day today. I have no idea where any postings between those times have gone to, so if anyone has been kind enough to send me a reply, I am afraid that it has "gone" :( I'll look in the archives to see if I can find the missing postings. I have been busy trying to sort things. I have installed several distributions in turn, on my spare hard drive to see what shutdown problems there are with other distros. There were none with two of them, so I installed Mandrake10.0 Official. That gave me the choice of several boots: Linux (no shutdown problems) Linux-smp (wouldn't shut down) linux-nonfb (no shutdown problems) 263-7 (no shutdown problems) Failsafe and floppy, which I didn't test. Before, with 10.0, I have only had the choice of Linux, 263-7, failsafe and floppy. So, I did a clean installation of 10.1. That gave me the choice of: Linux (wouldn't shut down) Linux-nonfb (wouldn't shut down) Failsafe and floppy So, I am back to 10.0 on my spare hard drive to send this, and will use that unless someone could please give me some advice about the "work-around" needed with 10.1. Does it still look like hardware problems? By the way, sorry if I went a bit "over the top" last night, but I was tired and the information I was given was a real blow. I had only got my new computer the previous day. Any help will be very gratefully received. Thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Shutdown problem
I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Shutdown problem Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:37:13 + I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, there is something to change in the lilo.conf file, but I can't remember what it is - not having needed it before. Please, what is it? Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Partitioning Question
From: "John Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning Question Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 21:24:31 - - Original Message - From: "care free" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning Question > Do research about the ide raid to see if it is supported in linux. If you > have dough to burn, consider 3Ware ide raid cards. They are real hardware > raid unlike Promise ones. > > J.T. > > >From: "John Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [newbie] Partitioning Question > >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:33:52 - > > > >I have got a machine with 2 hds a 80 gb and an 160gb. The 80 gb dsk has a > >20 gb ntfs partition for that other o/s! What I would like to do is set up > >linux (MDK 10.1) on the rest of the 80gb dsk for the user of that pc and > >have the 160gb dsk can be used by all the other machines on the network > >using samba. I want to set the linux machine up as a central file storage / > >print server for all the rest of the networked pc's. I am thinking of > >putting an ide raid card in latter on (after xmass) and adding dsks to the > >shared space as and when I can afford it. Any advice ? > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Yes will do. I also have a gigabyte ga7n400 pro mother board with on board sata and ide raid. The gigabyte web site has drivers for mdk 9 and rh 8 - 9 for the ide raid but no sata raid drivers. so i presume mandrake have updated ide raid drivers or the driver for mdk 9 works. I don't think the driver for mdk 9 and rh 8-9 will work on mdk 10.1. The promise ide raid that I have has only drivers for mdk 9. I have tried it on mdk 9.2, but not good. It is so since the binary driver module is compiled only for mdk 9 kernel. Thought I would try MandrakeMove on it first.Fingers crossed. This should be good. If gigabyte has the whole source code of the driver, not the source code for the hooking (or whachamacallit) program which is just used for linking the binary driver module and the kernel, then I believe mdk 10.1 has it. J.T. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Partitioning Question
Do research about the ide raid to see if it is supported in linux. If you have dough to burn, consider 3Ware ide raid cards. They are real hardware raid unlike Promise ones. J.T. From: "John Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [newbie] Partitioning Question Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:33:52 - I have got a machine with 2 hds a 80 gb and an 160gb. The 80 gb dsk has a 20 gb ntfs partition for that other o/s! What I would like to do is set up linux (MDK 10.1) on the rest of the 80gb dsk for the user of that pc and have the 160gb dsk can be used by all the other machines on the network using samba. I want to set the linux machine up as a central file storage / print server for all the rest of the networked pc's. I am thinking of putting an ide raid card in latter on (after xmass) and adding dsks to the shared space as and when I can afford it. Any advice ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts
I just copy all windows fonts onto a usb drive and use mcc to import all the files with extensions ttf. That's it. J.T. From: SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Fonts Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:37:48 +1300 Amy wrote: I'M A GMAIL USERS! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT ADDRESS YOU REPLY TO. THANKS. Okay, so there's this one font I absolutely loved to death when I was still using windows. Is there any way to make it work with Mandrake? I've still got the file for it from windows, so if there's a way to convert it to work, I'd be very happy to do what's needed for that. Thanks much in advance! Amy ~~ >^..^< ~~ I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your reply. Thanks much! ^_^ ~~ >^..^< ~~ http://deathkitten.net "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." ~Rudyard Kipling "Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me." ~Greg Palast Do you have Windows still installed on the same machine? I have and I simply used the font import feature of mcc. If you have only the file then you might like to give the font import a try anyway. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sound problem
What brand of soundcard do you have?What version of MDK do you have on your box? I have so much sound problem and CD-ROM drive lockups with no CD in them for no reasons with 10.0. I've switched to 10.1 Community recently and it solves those problems. I'm going to upgrade my box to 10.1 official soom. My soundcard is a Creative Blaster64. Do you choose auto detect or other options? J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound problem Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:06:09 + care free wrote: > First, do you have any analog sound at all? > How many users do you have on your box? Issue ls -al in /dev/sound > to see who owns the files in that directory. I had quite similar > problems with mdk 10.0. After logging into the box, a user own those > device files. However, those files are not released. So when the > next person logs into the system, those files are still owned by the > previous user, and the sound system does not work at all. I have to > log in as root and issue chmod 666 * in /dev/sound/ so that other can > read and write to those device files. I close the mixer and then > restart it. There is sound again. /dev/dsp is a soft link > to /dev/sound/dsp. > > JT > >> From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [newbie] Sound problem. >> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:43:26 + >> >> This has probably been answered before, but I can't find it in the >> archives, on twiki or on Derek's site. >> >> I have a program which needs to access the sound system for a >> digital output. When I try to run it, I get the error messages: >> >> Unable to open the audio device. /dev/sound/dsp >> >> There is a /dev/sound/dsp and also a /dev/dsp (to which I have tried >> changing the setting in the error box). >> >> Starting it in a terminal, gives: >> >> inexact sampling rate: request for 8000 resulted in 48000 Cannot >> open audio device /dev/sound/dsp: Invalid argument >> >> I have tried changing >> System->Configuration->KDE->Sound->sound System->Hardware >> to a custom sampling rate of 8000, but still the same error >> messages. >> >> Until I upgrade the computer, it is on-board sound, not a sound >> card. >> >> Any advice, please? >> >> Many thanks >> >> Keith >> Thanks for your help, carefree. I do have analogue sound - well I did until a few days ago when my CD drive packed up. A replacement is on the list. There is only me uses the computer. My wife isn't interested in using it. Sorry, but I have done as you suggested and there are still the same error messages. I have even tried running the program as root. No difference. However, on starting the computer now, I get this additional error message, titled Informational - artsmessage: Sound server informational message. Error while initializing the sound driver. can't get requested samplingrate (requested rate 8000, got rate 48000) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. Originally, ls -al showed that root owned everything in /dev/sound Any further advice, please? Cheers Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Sound problem.
First, do you have any analog sound at all? How many users do you have on your box? Issue ls -al in /dev/sound to see who owns the files in that directory. I had quite similar problems with mdk 10.0. After logging into the box, a user own those device files. However, those files are not released. So when the next person logs into the system, those files are still owned by the previous user, and the sound system does not work at all. I have to log in as root and issue chmod 666 * in /dev/sound/ so that other can read and write to those device files. I close the mixer and then restart it. There is sound again. /dev/dsp is a soft link to /dev/sound/dsp. JT From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound problem. Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:43:26 + This has probably been answered before, but I can't find it in the archives, on twiki or on Derek's site. I have a program which needs to access the sound system for a digital output. When I try to run it, I get the error messages: Unable to open the audio device. /dev/sound/dsp There is a /dev/sound/dsp and also a /dev/dsp (to which I have tried changing the setting in the error box). Starting it in a terminal, gives: inexact sampling rate: request for 8000 resulted in 48000 Cannot open audio device /dev/sound/dsp: Invalid argument I have tried changing System->Configuration->KDE->Sound->sound System->Hardware to a custom sampling rate of 8000, but still the same error messages. Until I upgrade the computer, it is on-board sound, not a sound card. Any advice, please? Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE
From: "Teilhard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:31:46 -0600 On Thursday 02 December 2004 1:27 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Bad news, Rob. I can uninstall the package kdebase-kdm, but when I type "urpmi kdebase-kdm", I get an error message telling me the package has the wrong signature, and it is not installed. What to do now? NO biggie, all the initial packages for 10.1 were not signed properly or urpmi was not able to understand the right signature. Just say you want to go on, and it will let you. Or run "urpmi --allow-force kdebase-kdm" Rob, I am able to start KDE if I go to the first virtual console (Crl+Alt+F1) and type: "startx -- :1". Can this help to be able to autolog on boot? I wonder if you can log in as root and edit /etc/inittab file. At the first line without # sign, it says "id:x:initdefault:" What can you see for x? Is it 3 or 5? If it is 3, change it to 5. If it is 5, I have no idea. The numbers are explained in the comments right above this first line. Hope this help. JT Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] (Newbie) Another M/Board Q
Check to see if the raid controller is supported in Mandrake 10.1. I bought an off board promise ide raid and did not do a deep research on it early this year. I just checked promise website and it said that the card is supported. After buying the card, I tried to install mandrake 9.2. It did not recognize the card. So I did a deeper research and found out that promise only has proprietary drivers for Redhat, SUSE, and Turbo. Mandrake is only supported at version 9. So I was out of luck. I searched on Google and others said that the card is only recognized as ide controller under linux not raid since it is not real raid. I don't know if it works when you install mandrake on a separate hard drive on the same raid controller. It 's just my thoughts. J.T. Just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mother board. It has an on board ide raid controller, ITE 8211 i think. I have 2 X 250GB maxters set up with raid 0 . Will Mandrake 10.1 (Linux Format mag version) detect and set it up OK. I already have win 2000 pro on it. Also will it make much difference performance wise, booting and running mandrake on a raid setup against running it on a standard ide master / slave set up. I ask as i still have ide channel 0 empty and I am thinking of chucking in another drive to run Mandrake on instead of the partition I have set aside on the raid drives. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] need help installing 10.1
From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] need help installing 10.1 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:26:48 -0300 - Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] need help installing 10.1 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:10:36 + > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 04 Dec 2004 21:05, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, > > I just got my 10.1 cd's from Cheapbytes, and I am trying to get it > > installed on my Dell Inspiron. Trouble is, I can't seem to figure out how I > > can access the option to choose another type of filesystem other than the > > default ext3. > > > > Could someone here give me the lowdown on choosing to install with reisers > > fs??? I can get a screen where my choice is requested, but when I type in > > reisers, it just ignores my choice and reverts to default. > > > > Help please? > > > Have you selected 'Expert' on the partitioning page? I think that as well as > allowing you to set partition mount names you are also given the choice of > filesystem. I use ext3 myself, though, so I could be wrong. > > Anne > Thanks Anne, I reinstalled, and just allowed the defaults to prevail. I have installed and used Mandrake through several versions now, but I still find the *expert* install option quite cryptic. :-/ Just confirms my *newbie* status. I seem to be having a problem with kded sucking up a lot of cpu cycles...upwards of 75% or so. I have disabled kded, but I wonder if I need it for anything. It may be a bug perhaps, and I haven't done any updating yet. Anybody note any similar issues with kded? Best regards. --Angus I just installed 10.1 Community Ed with reiserfs without toggling to expert mode. I don't remember exactly what I did. But toggling to expert mode definitely gives you more options. It seems to be straightforward to me. J.T. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Changing hostname
From: "Vegard Lundby Rekaa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing hostname Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:43:29 +0100 (CET) Re: [newbie] Changing hostname > Actually the statement he needs is > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > > derek > > -- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > You were quite right Derek. It was NEEDHOSTNAME wich was ment to be configured... But then again, opening the /etc/hosts file I see this line: 127.0.0.1 localhost At first I erase this line, replaces it with the hostname I want, then restart my network using the command Ugh! You should not erase this line.Leave it as it is and then put in the IP address and the hostname you want. This line is the loop back address needed for your box to talk to itself even though your box is not on a network. JT [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /sbin/service network restart Stenger ned grensesnitt eth0: [ OK ] Stenger ned loopback-grensesnitt: [ OK ] Setter parametre for nettverk: [ OK ] Bringer opp loopback-grensesnitt: [ OK ] Bringer opp grensesnitt eth0: [ OK ] (its norwegian if you whould wonder) Then typing hostname gives my the same old result. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hostname 062016248092.customer.alfanett.no [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Where am I going wrong? Thanks, Vegard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts
No problem. Glad that helps. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:24:14 + Thanks JT, Appreciate it - I messed about trying to do that figured it out yesterday evening, and everythings working smoothly. Thanks for taking the time to respond ;-) Darragh >-- Original Message -- >From: "care free" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts >Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:01:00 + >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >in /etc/hosts you can put the following entry at the very first line >127.0.0.1locahost.localdomain localhost > >J.T. > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts >>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:38:28 + >> >>Hi everyone, >> >>Sorry about this - complete newb to linux. I changed network settings >>trying >>to install a wireless network card, and another lan connection using the >>gui interface in KDE, now I can't access the system at all. >> >>I think the problem is that the files /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts both >>show http://thesite.com instead of localhost now. I can access the >>failsafe >>program and I can read these files, I can open emacs but I've no idea how >>to change this so I can get into the gui interface again as localhost. >> >>Hope this is specific enough, struggling!! >>Thanks, >>Darragh >> >> >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com >> > > > > >Attachment: message.footer > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts
in /etc/hosts you can put the following entry at the very first line 127.0.0.1locahost.localdomain localhost J.T. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RE: /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:38:28 + Hi everyone, Sorry about this - complete newb to linux. I changed network settings trying to install a wireless network card, and another lan connection using the gui interface in KDE, now I can't access the system at all. I think the problem is that the files /usr/sbin/pconf and /etc/hosts both show http://thesite.com instead of localhost now. I can access the failsafe program and I can read these files, I can open emacs but I've no idea how to change this so I can get into the gui interface again as localhost. Hope this is specific enough, struggling!! Thanks, Darragh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Help
Have you tried the old card yet? I really wonder if ATI has released drivers for 9800 pro AIW under linux yet. IMHO, I think you are better off with an NVdia card if you want to play UT2004. J.T. From: "Gilligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] Help Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:53:51 -0500 The only card I have is an ATI 7500 AIW. Hopefully I will be able to find a fix so I can use the 9800. I got it so I can play UT2004. Or is using the 9800 a lost cause? Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of care free Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Help Do you have spare older video card that is supported by linux? If you do, pull out the ATI 9800Pro and install the other. I have a Tyan Tiger MP and cannot even start the box with an ATI 9700 Pro. I have to use a different card. J.T. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Help
Oh, by the way, please be more specific about you subject! J.T. From: "Gilligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [newbie] Help Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:46:08 -0500 I am having a major problem installing Mandrake. I have an ASUS A8V-Deluxe WiFi MB and an ATI AIW 9800Pro video card. When the install starts it hangs as soon as I hit enter. Screen shows the moving bar and then screen goes black. If I try hitting F1 (after rebooting) and do a text install(ugh) I get the start of loading and then it gets to this: PCI: Via IRQ fixup for :00:10.0, from 11 to 5 and the pauses. I can remove the CD and reload it, the DVD drive lite comes on then goes off. Actually several of the line above. Any suggestions? TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Help
Do you have spare older video card that is supported by linux? If you do, pull out the ATI 9800Pro and install the other. I have a Tyan Tiger MP and cannot even start the box with an ATI 9700 Pro. I have to use a different card. J.T. From: "Gilligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [newbie] Help Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:46:08 -0500 I am having a major problem installing Mandrake. I have an ASUS A8V-Deluxe WiFi MB and an ATI AIW 9800Pro video card. When the install starts it hangs as soon as I hit enter. Screen shows the moving bar and then screen goes black. If I try hitting F1 (after rebooting) and do a text install(ugh) I get the start of loading and then it gets to this: PCI: Via IRQ fixup for :00:10.0, from 11 to 5 and the pauses. I can remove the CD and reload it, the DVD drive lite comes on then goes off. Actually several of the line above. Any suggestions? TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
