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Re: [newbie] Installing ATI-TV wonder ...
Mark: Thanks for your email. I was able to configure .pinerc successfully and read mail, but I was not able to send mail. It gave me an error everytime I tried it, including after a shutdown and reboot. Unfortunately for me I am typing this email from Windows :( . Mary. > [Original Message] > From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mary-Carol Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 09/23/2000 10:40:32 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing ATI-TV wonder ... > > Mary, > > As far as configuring sendmail in order to use it there really isn't > anything you do other than just use it. In the Pine config if you don't > specify an SMTP server then the default is Sendmail. It's already > programed with what it's supposed to do with the messages. > > -- > Mark > > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496 > ---- > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Mary-Carol Thompson wrote: > > > > > Hello fellow newbies and resident gurus: > > > > Problem 1: > > I have an ATI-TV Wonder card installed on my computer that works well in > > the Windows95 environment. I also have Linux Mandrake 7.0 installed on the > > same computer and would like it work on it too. I saw the relevant files > > for it when I clicked on (1) DrakConf;(2) RPM and then (3) Multimedia. > > > > The config file is called gatos.conf which I believe is the group that > > created the drivers for this card. But how do I enable the drivers? I only > > see an uninstall option when I go through this path. > > > > Problem 2: > > > > I have successfully enabled fetchmail and pine following the advice of some > > of you. Now how do I 'send' a mail using pine. There is no smail in my > > Linux-Mandrake 7.0 version - only sendmail. How do I configure this? > > > > Thanks, > > Mary > > > > > > --- Mary-Carol Thompson > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > > > > > > > > --- Mary-Carol Thompson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
[newbie] Need Printer Help ...
Hello folks! Is there no one who knows how to configure an machine running linux-Mandrake 7.0 to print postscript files on an EPSON STYLUS Color 740 printer? I wrote more than 3 days ago, but not one person has addressed the problem, so I guess not many people are dealing with Epson printers. Please write if you do know. Mary. --- Mary-Carol Thompson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
[newbie] FW: Printer + mail problems ....
> > Hello World! > > I am the newest newbie in this list. Thanks to the archives of this list, I finally figured out how to connect to my ISP (Earthlink). This after 3 years of struggling with various (Red-Hatx.y, Corel) linux versions and reading several books!! > > Now I need to progress to the second step - how to get my Epson Stylus Color 740 to work. I have checked the /etc/printcap file and the /var/spool/lpd sub-directory and the printer names match. When I try to print a postscript file, I get the message > "lp is ready and printing" (Now I don't remember what I did to get this message, but it must have been in some log file) but there is no output. I know my printer can print PS files as I have done it through Win95. Can anyone tell me what is going on? Appreciate it... > > The other problem I would like to solve is : how to read mail using pine once I have connected. > > Thanks for your help. > > Newbie#1, > Mary. > > > --- Mary-Carol Thompson > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. --- Mary-Carol Thompson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
[newbie] Mail Password Problem
Hi, again I have a problem: In Kmail I can't receive mail, I haven't changed the settings at all and now it says INCORRECT PASSWORD, I've checked it many times and it's ok, so what's happening??? Does anyone know what it could be? Ah! the same thing happens in W98/Outlook, so I guess it's not MY problem, but something to do with the mail server. I supose I'll have to wait until someone repairs it. I'm sending this message with another mail account.
RE: [newbie] RV: Screen Problem, please help!!!
Hi Greg and Mwinold (I dont know your name, sorry), Thank you for your help, I'll try all what you've said and I'll let you know if it works. I hope I can do all that, the typing is really difficult, I have to type letter by letter taking care of when I have to type it or if not it doesn't work, the hardest part is to type the password. Just one more question: How do you get into single user mode??? TIA Carol^ -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Greg Stewart Enviado el: sábado, 16 de septiembre de 2000 3:22 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] RV: Screen Problem, please help!!! Strange... The S3's are fairly well supported cards... maybe you had misconfigured your monitor and X went screwey from this? I'll assume you are(were) running XFree86 3.3.x. You'll want to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the lines that say "HorizSyncxx-xxx" and "VertRefreshxx-xxx". You'll want to change the values you see in x's. these are the ranges of Horisontal and Vertical sync rates. I would try to find the correct ranges on the internet, or maybe they are written on the back (of course, if you still have the manual, that would be the first place to look). I looked on the internet, but the only pages I can find with anything resembling specs for Olivetti monitors are in German, and I cannot understand German. Anyway, if you can find the correct values, enter them in the XF86Config file, and try to restart x. The monitors that i could find that had specs following the names mentioned 64Khz... so I'd start with ranges that don't go too far above that. At thr first sign of trouble, hit CTRL-ALT-Backspace, and try something else. That's about as much as I can offer in this arena. --Greg - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a message dated 15-Sep-00 16:09:37 Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > Hi everybody, > I had my Linux working fine, only that I wanted to change the screen > resolution to 800 x 600 (it was setup to 640 x 480 and some windows are too > big and I can't see the OK, CANCEL, HELP, CONNECT, etc... buttons and can't > change the size of some of those windows). So from DrakeConf I tried to > change it to 800 x 600, and something terrible happened: > the screen keeps blinking all the time and it won't start XWindows, it stays > in the login screen (text mode)and it's almost impossible to type anything > unless I do it very, very slowly and making sure I type each letter just in > the exact moment that it blinks, which is every 2 seconds approx. > I've tried a new install of LM 7.0 (Air), but it hangs after it gets to the > second stage install. > > Is there a command or a way that I can get back into de screen configuration > again and change it back to where it was?(although its gonna be very > difficult to type, but I don't mind trying) > Or, > Is it better to download (with W98) LM 7.1 and install it over the old one? > > I've also tried to boot with the boot disk but no way, it doesn't work, I > guess I didn't make it correctly. > > If someone could help me it would be really great. > > My pc is: > Pentium 133mhz > 2 hard drives (one with W98 and the other LM 7.0 (Air)-kernel 2.2.14-15) > 24M of RAM > CD-ROM OTI-Hermes 10x > Monitor: Olivetti DSM 28-142 PS / LOW EMISSION > Graphic Card (or whatever it's called): S3 Trio64V+ PCI(765) > > In Linux Mandrake list of Monitors the olivetti doen's show, so it was set > as Generic SuperVga something (I don't remember the rest) > > Another thing: I tried with another old Compaq Monitor I have lying around > unused, but exactly the same problem. > > TIA > Carol^ > > P.S.: I was so happy with my Linux working, included the internet > connection. I don't why I had to fiddle with the screen resolution, it > wasn't so terrible. Now I don't know what to do!!! > > >> > well you did what i did once for some reason the refresh rate is not > configured properly the only way to fix it is to use the "xf86config" program > i dont know why they named it the same as the file it creates but ohwell, the > other way you might be able to do it is load linux in single user mode i > believe you could also use failsafe in the grub menu it should work, at the > command prompt log in as root, type "login" just in case you havent loged in > like this my comp loads x at start up here you will have something like > [$root@ /root] something like that i dont remember basically it says your > loged as root and your current location, type "xf86c
[newbie] RV: Screen Problem, please help!!!
-Mensaje original- De: carol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: viernes, 15 de septiembre de 2000 12:28 Para: newbie Asunto: Screen Problem, please help!!! Hi everybody, I had my Linux working fine, only that I wanted to change the screen resolution to 800 x 600 (it was setup to 640 x 480 and some windows are too big and I can't see the OK, CANCEL, HELP, CONNECT, etc... buttons and can't change the size of some of those windows). So from DrakeConf I tried to change it to 800 x 600, and something terrible happened: the screen keeps blinking all the time and it won't start XWindows, it stays in the login screen (text mode)and it's almost impossible to type anything unless I do it very, very slowly and making sure I type each letter just in the exact moment that it blinks, which is every 2 seconds approx. I've tried a new install of LM 7.0 (Air), but it hangs after it gets to the second stage install. Is there a command or a way that I can get back into de screen configuration again and change it back to where it was?(although its gonna be very difficult to type, but I don't mind trying) Or, Is it better to download (with W98) LM 7.1 and install it over the old one? I've also tried to boot with the boot disk but no way, it doesn't work, I guess I didn't make it correctly. If someone could help me it would be really great. My pc is: Pentium 133mhz 2 hard drives (one with W98 and the other LM 7.0 (Air)-kernel 2.2.14-15) 24M of RAM CD-ROM OTI-Hermes 10x Monitor: Olivetti DSM 28-142 PS / LOW EMISSION Graphic Card (or whatever it's called): S3 Trio64V+ PCI(765) In Linux Mandrake list of Monitors the olivetti doen's show, so it was set as Generic SuperVga something (I don't remember the rest) Another thing: I tried with another old Compaq Monitor I have lying around unused, but exactly the same problem. TIA Carol^ P.S.: I was so happy with my Linux working, included the internet connection. I don't why I had to fiddle with the screen resolution, it wasn't so terrible. Now I don't know what to do!!!
[newbie] RE: Learning Linux?
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > The BEST method to learn this OS is to use it and get your own understanding > > of what you need to know. I couldn't tell you what you need to know, > > because other than the brief 'I know windows pretty well', I don't know what > > else you're familiar with. You might be a general user of Windows 95/98 or > > a systems admin of a small (or even large) Windows NT domain. That means > > you know Windows, both of them. > > > > I don't think that you can g wrong with most of the people's suggestions, > > but to them I add that you need to get used to doing things a little > > different, and mostly, use the resources here and at other mailing lists, > > and mostly, be patient in your expectations. You will have little trials > > and errors, because this is new to you, and you'll develop confidence after > > you begin, but only unanswered questions before you begin. Get your feet > > wet. Download (or order a copy of Linux like I do every time) a copy and > > burn some CDs. You'll have fun once you get things going a little at a > > time. Enjoy the victory(ies) of successful installs and correct > > configurations. This isn't childs-play just yet. It still requires some > > fortitude to get it right all the time. > > > > The best part of all is that you are not alone in this. Write for help > > often, even when you think that it's a simple question. Look at the > > archives of this message list. You couldn't go wrong with these people. > > Even though we have our minor disagreements, I am very glad that they are > > here! They are here (as well as me) for your support. Mostly, just enjoy > > the journey and the learning experience. It's something that not everyone > > can do (lots of reasons), but something that everyone could do (if they > > wanted to). > > > > This is only my opinion and I really have a great time with Linux. It's a > > great tool to learn from and use. > > > > Steve Weltman > > (from Los Angeles) > > > this post is so well done i almost thought i was reading a very > good book :) > > > I agree with you and also with Steve, I also enjoy learning Linux a lot. I even think it's become some sort of an addiction. I spend absolutely all my free time learning and trying to make Linux work properly. Sometimes it takes me days to get things going, but when finaly you get it going it's really great. By the way, this is my first post wiht linux ! Cheers, Carol^ > >
RE: [newbie] Hacker on Licq
Hi Rob, I want to ask you something about this hacker: How did you notice it? How do you know he is from Spain? I have no idea about these things and I would like to know how you can tell if someone is breaking into your PC, just in case it happens to me. Thank you, Carol^ -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: martes, 12 de septiembre de 2000 20:53 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] Hacker on Licq "Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/12/2000 01:29:59 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Lonny Selinger/SaskPower) Subject: [newbie] Hacker on Licq Hi Rob, Open ports can be filtered for specific IP's etc through the use of IP chains... however, if they actually gained access _becasue_ of licq this would have to be something you _might_ have to report to the developers as a security hole. However ipchains is still a good idea (Search for the howto on ipchains) ... Another suggestion (until you can set up some rules in ipchains) is to grap some utilities from psionic .. namely "Port Sentry" This will not only log break in attempts based on ports you specify to monitor ... but will also drop IP's from your routing table preventing future attempts (I think the URl is www.psionic.com) Good Luck! Lonny Selinger Yesterday, some hacker from Spain got into my system and started to hacking away at some of my linux files especially in Licq files. Also I know that some of my files in the /usr/share directory has also been manipulated. There were features that were useless. How do I prevent this from happening again? Is there a good firewall program I can use? Rob
[newbie] Sorry, mistake
Hi, I sent a message about help with internet connection which was suposed to be private, to the list. Sorry about that, it was a mistake. Cheers, and thank you for your help Carol^
RE: [newbie] Help with Internet conection
Hola Ricardo, me parece estupendo que podamos escribirnos en español y que estés dispuesto a echarme una mano con esto de la conexión que me tiene loca, llevo varios dias dandole vueltas al asunto, y como soy muy cabezota, hasta que no lo consiga no pararé, hasta sueño con cosas del ordenador y me levanto en medio de la noche a seguir intentandolo. Jejeje. Bueno, vamos al grano: No uso Kppp, la verdad es que no se ni como se llama lo que uso. Desde la línea de comandos le digo linuxconf, me sale lo que supongo que ya sabes, voy a configuracion de red o algo así, ahora no me acuerdo muy bien de cómo se llama, y entro en lo último de abajo, lo de ppp; ahí le pongo todos los datos de que dispongo, nº al que llamar, nombre de usuario y password y luego abajo le digo conect, siempre me sale o bien que no es posible, error 2 ó que ppp0 ha quedado corriendo aunque extrañamente ha tardado más de 15 segundos en ejecutarse el comando (esto lo dice así, literalmente). ¿Cómo sé si estoy conectada a internet o no? Intenté abrir una pagina con netscape pero imposible. Otra cosa, yo conecto con eresmas (lo que antes era alehop, pertenece a Retevision) el nº desde lanzarote es 1050928000123, nombre de usuario 050@alehop y password gratis, la puede usar todo el mundo. Lo que es curioso es que nunca he tenido ni me han dicho qué DNS ponerle, en Windows siempre hay que decirle que las pone el servidor, igual que la del usuario. O sea que no es como con otras conexiones que he tenido, por ejemplo teleline,(de la que aún continuo usando el correo porque con alehop es webmail y no me gusta, prefiero el pop3) en la que hay que ponerle las DNS del servidor, o por lo menos una. De todas formas he mirado a ver qué DNS usa alehop o eresmas que es lo mismo, a traves de winipcf en c:/windows (ya sabes, ¿no?). La DNS del usuario es dinámica. El modem es interno, lo he configurado con setserial, está en ttyS1, IRQ 3, aunque yo lo había puesto en 9 y luego que me salía que se quedaba puesto en 2 que iba como dirigido hacia el 9, la verdad es que no entiendo mucho de esto. De hecho estoy en ello, estoy intentando aprender Linux y todo lo que pueda de informática porque me encanta, si por mi fuera estaría las 24 horas con el ordenador. Incluso podría decir que me ha salvado la vida mi descubrimiento, algo tardío, de la informática, ya te contaré otro día porqué, ahora no que si no me enrrollo demasiado y no paro. Creo que no tengo kppp en mi ordenador porque cuando pongo kppp en la línea de comandos me dice command not found. Voy a ver si lo encuentro por ahí por la red para bajarmelo. Lo que no sé es como se instalan las cosas en linux, ya te digo no tengo ni idea, a ver si me las apaño. Aunque si te apetece darme alguna pista te lo agradeceré eternamente, :) Hace poco compré una revista que traia linux mandrake, compre un disco duro usado y lo instalé yo solita, cosa que hizo sentir muy bien, e instalé linux, al principio no funcionaba, pero me puse a buscar informacion por la red hasta que me di cuenta de que era cosa de la bios, cambié una cosilla y funcionó, me puse supercontenta. Hacia tiempo que quería poner linux pero como no tenia mucho espacio y no queria deshacerme aún de windows, por lo menos no hasta que controle un poco mas linux, sobre todo lo de internet que es de donde saco casi toda la información que necesito y para poder comunicarme con algunas personas, lo demás me da más o menos igual, eso ya se irá resolviendo poco a poco. Cuando veo los equipazos que tiene la gente de la lista alucino, deben de pensar que mi ordenador es algo prehistorico, pero en el fondo a mi me gusta, creo que al ser mas antiguo y mas lento, es todo mas dificil y por lo tanto aprendes más. Ademas me da igual lo que les parezca yo lo quiero muchisimo, vamos como que es casi lo único que poseo aparte de un coche todo destartalado. Bueno, me voy a 'callar' ya de una vez que si no al final de vas a arrepentir de haberme escrito a mi directamente. Espero que no :( Bueno, voy a dar un paseito por el ciberespacio a ver si encuentro al famoso kppp y espero que la próxima vez que te escriba sea desde linux, aunque la verdad es que lo dudo, dudo que me resulte tan fácil o tan rápido. Un saludo desde Lanzarote, la isla de los volcanes, Carol^ -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: martes, 05 de septiembre de 2000 12:21 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] Help with Internet conection carol wrote: > > Hi everybody, > I managed to make my modem work, I think ?? > I've been trying to connect to the internet for a couple of days but it's > been impossible. > > I wanted to be able to solve this by myself, but obviously I can't so at the > end I've decided to ask you for some help. I would be really gratefull if > you did. > I have a very old computer but it works ok in Windows98, including the > internet connection. > > - Pentium
RE: [newbie] Modem doesn't show up in HardDrake
Hi, exactly the same happened to me. I don't know much about that but, have you checked your port, irq and interrupt settings? You can set that with setserial. I am not very sure, but I think that's how I made my modem show in HardDrake. Here are some links about modem installation: http://www.linhardware.com/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/gs/node8.html#SECTION0080 http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/ I am still trying to connect to the internet with Linux M 7.0, but at least I managed to find the modem and I think it works because I can see it in Minicom. I'll keep trying but if you manage to connect to the internet it would be nice if you tell me how. Cheers, Carol^ -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Craig Westerman Enviado el: sábado, 02 de septiembre de 2000 21:38 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [newbie] Modem doesn't show up in HardDrake Hello Guys and Gals, Just installed Mandrake 7.1 a few hours ago. Was running SuSE 6.4 for about 3 weeks prior. My system is: ASUS P3V4X motherboard 800 Pentium III 256 - 133 MHz RAM 2 - 29 gb Seagate UDMA 66 hard drives Sony CD Sony CDR SoundBlaster 128 US Robotics 3CP5610A Matrox G400 video card ViewSonic G810 - 21" monitor I'm running Win 98 and Mandrake 7.1 through System Commander 2000. I have 17 gb on 1st HD allotted to Linux Having trouble with modem installation. Here is some screen shots showing what I have. http://www.chanuteks.com/usa/images/modem03.gif http://www.chanuteks.com/usa/images/modem04.gif http://www.chanuteks.com/usa/images/modem05.gif Thanks Craig ><> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] i486 install problem
Hello, Its the first time i write to this list, actually I subscribed yesterday, and after just a couple of hours I found the solution to my problem. And I didn't even ask for help!!! I also had this 'signal 11' error problem with the instalation. I was starting to think that the linux cd was bad, I got it with a Pc magazine. I went to this link that Tom suggested (http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/)and I really didn't understand much about it, I'm new to Linux and not really very experienced with computers in general although I love them. So I did the only thing that I knew I was able to do, from what was listed in that page, and it worked, I was really surprised that the solution was so easy. This is what I did: Entered Bios Setup and changed RAM timing to 70 ns instead of 60 ns as it was by default. I reset with the startup floppy (which I made with Rawrite in Dos) and the Mandrake CD in their respective drives, and Linux started with the instalation. I was so happy.. I just wanted to tell you in case this could help someone with the same problem. I also have to say that my PC is an old Pentium 133 mhz, with 24 mgs Ram, and 2 HD drives (one of them only for Linux, and the other for Win98, both 1,2 Gigs.) Good luck to everybody Carolina Kohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Mensaje original- De: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: sábado, 19 de agosto de 2000 0:43 Asunto: Re: [newbie] i486 install problem >On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote: >> from my experience with "signal 11" it's usually some sort of hardware >> conflict. I can't remember any further information besides that, but I >> hope just knowing it may be a hardware conflict will help. > > mine experience too, here's a good link to start with > > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ >-- >~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> bascule wrote: >> > >> > i have finally managed to get a copy of the i486 iso that passes the >> > md5sum, but everytime i try to install it on my 486 i get an error: >> > >> > install exited abnormally - recieved signal 11... >> > >> > is 'signal 11' just a kill signal or does it tell me anything about what >> > might have happened. i have made a cd of the iso and tried to install >> > that way and also i have set up the cd as an nfs mount and tried that >> > (thanks to all those who helped me out a while ago with networking >> > questions!) >> > >> > doing an altf3 after the install stops shows the last line of that >> > console as *removing device file /proc >> > >> > alt f4 gives (6)Adding Swap: 25196k swap space (priority -1) >> > >> > alt f5 gives Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: >> > done >> > >> > the install fails after choosing the packages and letting the install >> > get on with formatting etc. >> > >> > i think i have a hardware prob but i'm not sure where (an install of >> > win95 went ok!) >> > >> > there is an outside chance that i did not burn the cd right but i only >> > say this because depite burning such things for a while i noticed that >> > unlike the i586 cd (a pressed one) the long filenames on the i486 cd are >> > only completely displayed on my other mandrake box, in win98 they are >> > shortened which the i586 names aren't - does this mean a mistake in >> > burning? >> > >> > sorry to ramble on a bit but this is frustrating! >> > any ideas? >> > >> > bascule >> > >> > p.s. anyone care to correspond direct who knows about staroffice5.1 and >> > macros? >
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