Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:43:36 -0800, John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On March 26, 2005 09:42 am, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson Follow the menu System|Configuration|Packaging|Remove Software and then query it for the file(s) Konsole. That will tell you which package needs to be removed. Then urpmi the newest version of the package and install that one. Here's hoping it works. :-) ttfn John I tried that but it wanted to uninstall lots of different packages in addition to the packages directly related to Konsole. I did manage to get things working by installing some packages that urpmi said it couldn't install. Thanks for your help. Eric -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On March 26, 2005 08:11 am, eric jackson wrote: I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Is there any other message from KDEinit about why it won't open Konsole? That might be helpful. I've not had that problem before. KDE has refused to open other programs but never that one. :) ttfn John No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Konsole won't open
I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Tux Magazine
I just wanted to alert people to Tux Magazine. I stumbled on a link to it somewhere. www.tuxmagazine.com. It is a free linux magazine distributed in PDF format aimed at new users. There is a lot of coverage of software, again aimed at the newbie. They are also looking for people to submit articles. The first issue is on the website now. Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kde desktop disappeared
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:18:24 +0100, Michel Leunen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SOTL wrote: Please supply info on usual components. Equipment make video card et. Linux Distribution and version et. Mandrake 10.0 updated regularly. I don't think the card installed matter. You didn't say if you had a command prompt or not. If you do have the command line, did you try startx? I lost KDE once and I think that's what I did to get it back although I admit, I'm not sure. Eric -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB Card Reader
I just bought a USB Multi-card reader. I plugged it in, expecting Mandrake to find it but it didn't. What do I have to do to get my computer to recognize my card reader? Thanks for any help you can give. Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] GPG
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:24:15 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 21 Jan 2005 19:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 20:12, eric jackson wrote: > Forgive me but after reading through the archives I can't seem to > find an answer to my question although I'm sure it's been asked > before. > > When I try to install an rpm I often get an error saying "The > following packages... have bad signatures... I know that means > that means the GPG key is missing but I don't know what to do to > correct the problem. > > Thanks for your help. > > Eric Jackson It means you haven't downloaded the key. You can do so, or just ignore that message. If your sources are Ok (never heard the opposite), just continue. I do it all the time. If you say which sources are giving the error, someone may be able to tell you which key you need and where to get it. Anne Thanks for offering to help. I managed to get things striaghtened out by going to the directory on my computer where the files had been downloaded by urpmi and I got all but one to install by just clicking on it. Eric Jackson - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB8VbfkFAvMr/nNX8RArkDAJ9EFsvZ8F9EtXBbr/paW17xpheXtgCdH2yL njJoNhKFNpQCqGvVsVyPsvQ= =M8gU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] bash: urpmi.addmedia not found
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:37:49 -0500, Andy Yankovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: when I go to the site easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and, at step 3, add the suggested command into a terminal/konsole I get "bash: urpmi.addmedia. comand not found". Can someone tell me what went wrong and how do I fix it. Thanks, Andy Are you doing this as root? I think you get that error if you run that command and you aren't root. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] GPG
Forgive me but after reading through the archives I can't seem to find an answer to my question although I'm sure it's been asked before. When I try to install an rpm I often get an error saying "The following packages... have bad signatures... I know that means that means the GPG key is missing but I don't know what to do to correct the problem. Thanks for your help. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] DVD Burner not recognized
Hi, When I installed 10.1, my computer no longer recognized my Sony DVD burner. Any one know what I should do to get this drive working? I believe it's a Sony DRU-530a Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] using k3b to append files to a cd -rw
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:11:20 -0400, Ronald Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am pretty new to burning CD's. I was wondering if there is a way to use k3b (or some other tool) to append files to a cd-rw. I thought this would be easy, but if I drag and drop a new file onto a cd-rw it wants to erase the disk first. Any suggestions? I'm sort of wondering out loud but isn't what you are asking to do called packet writing? With that you can use a CD like a hard drive and add files unto you close or finalize the disk. If that's the case, I'm not sure how well that's supported under linux. I installed something called UDF Tools but I've never been able to figure out what to do with it. I'm pretty sure I remember someone posting saying the same thing and I don't recall them getting an informative response on how to use UDF Tools. Eric Jackson Thanks, R Haynes Dr. Ronald Haynes Mathematics and Statistics Acadia University HSB 153 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:31:58 +1300, SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 30 December 2004 07:59 am, eric jackson wrote: Hi, I just installed 10.1 Official. When I finished I set up some sites to use with urpmi and I did an update. Urpmi was updated in the process. Since that time I have been unable to get urpmi --auto-select -auto to work. Yesterday after I entered that command the computer never gave me the prompt back even after 6 hours. Anybody know how I can straighten this out? Thanks for your help! Eric Jackson Try "urpmi auto-select -a" and see if that works. HTH ANd now back to the original thread. Did the above work upon yoy updating urpmi? Sorry, I thought I answered this already. Things seemed to work after I updated the database with urpmi.update. I had updated the database with the Software Media Manager before I ran urpmi --auto-select but that didn't fix the problem but urpmi.update straightened things out. Thanks for the help. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:43:20 +1300, SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mike wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: And while we are on urpmi problems can someone tell me why I cannot wholly add another media to my list. I did: # urpmi.addmedia myrpms file://home/frank/MYRPMS and : # urpmi.addmedia -f myrpms file://home/frank/MYRPMS I get some entries in the /var/lib/urpmi directory but when I do : # urpmq --list-media the new media doesn't appear in the list and trying to install the rpms downloaded to the ~/MYRPMS directory, I get the 'Not found' reply. I have tried: # urpmi --update -a But this did not get my new media added either. Hopefully I'm missing something 'no-brainer'. Sorry for jumping in on this thread put I thought to keep the subject matter relevant. I just tried adding a local source as you descibed above, and all turned out well. I used some rpms I downloaded. Could it possibly be something wrong with the rpms themselves. I think rpm looks at the rpm's header for info to generate the hdlist. Maybe download some different rpm's in a new directory and try adding them as locale source to see if it works. Mike I tried by moving or deleting rpms that though they went through before, this time they kept coming up with errors. [EMAIL PROTECTED] frank]# urpmi.addmedia -f myrpms /home/frank/MYRPMS/ using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 2 (x86)" using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 1 (x86)" using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 4 (x86)" using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 3 (x86)" added medium myrpms examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04club.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04updates.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.eslrahc.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 4 (x86).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04main.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.frankplf.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.frankupdates.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.eslrahc10.1.cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.dec04contrib.cz] reading rpm files from [/home/frank/MYRPMS] writing list file for medium "myrpms" building hdlist [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz] choosing compression method with "gzip -4" for archive /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz real archive size of /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.myrpms.cz is 1707821 no info available for package flightgear at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Build.pm line 465. As you can see, when I installed the flightgear package I had no problems and at that time this directory was a listed media. I simply did a urpmi.removemedia, deleted some old stuff and then ran into this problem when I went back to urpmi.addmedia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] frank]# urpmq --list-media Installation CD 2 (x86) frankcontrib dec04club dec04updates frankmain Installation CD 1 (x86) eslrahc Installation CD 4 (x86) dec04main frankplf updates Installation CD 3 (x86) frankupdates main2 eslrahc10.1 rediris dec04contrib As you can see - no 'myrpms' media. I have even tried a new directory with only the latest download ( and successfully installed ) rpm in it. The same thing is happening. It's driving me nuts. Unless there is a simple way of getting all my media back up should I scrap the lot and start again, well, I may as well be back fighting windows as this is the type of problem I left windows for. Any other ideas anyone? Did you try adding "myrpms" using the Software Media Manager? Try that and see if things work better. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:45:42 -0600, Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 30 December 2004 07:59 am, eric jackson wrote: Hi, I just installed 10.1 Official. When I finished I set up some sites to use with urpmi and I did an update. Urpmi was updated in the process. Since that time I have been unable to get urpmi --auto-select -auto to work. Yesterday after I entered that command the computer never gave me the prompt back even after 6 hours. Anybody know how I can straighten this out? Thanks for your help! Eric Jackson Try "urpmi auto-select -a" and see if that works. HTH I managed to get things working after I did an urpmi.update. Thanks for your help. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:03:39 -0500, JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm no guru, but did you try urpmi.update -a first? I had to do this just yesterday to get a package. Jarlath I had done an update using the Software Media Manager. That didn't help. Your suggestion seemed to straighten things out for me. Thank you. Eric Jackson On Thursday 30 December 2004 08:59 am, eric jackson wrote: Hi, I just installed 10.1 Official. When I finished I set up some sites to use with urpmi and I did an update. Urpmi was updated in the process. Since that time I have been unable to get urpmi --auto-select -auto to work. Yesterday after I entered that command the computer never gave me the prompt back even after 6 hours. Anybody know how I can straighten this out? Thanks for your help! Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] urpmi problem
Hi, I just installed 10.1 Official. When I finished I set up some sites to use with urpmi and I did an update. Urpmi was updated in the process. Since that time I have been unable to get urpmi --auto-select -auto to work. Yesterday after I entered that command the computer never gave me the prompt back even after 6 hours. Anybody know how I can straighten this out? Thanks for your help! Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] No hdlists found during installation
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:04:22 -0600, Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 27 December 2004 10:38 am, eric jackson wrote: Hi, I just tried to do a clean install of 10.1 official. The installation gets as far as the partioning section with no problem. However no matter if I choose Use existing partitions or Erase entire disc, I get an error message saying, An error occured. No hdlsts found. Basically, it then gives me the same partioning options I had before. Any ideas what the problem might be or how I can fix this? Eric Jackson Eric, did you run an md5sum on the .iso, it sounds like a bad disk. Any other errors show up. Try a text install and see what error messages occur? Thanks for replying. I restarted the installation and it went fine. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] No hdlists found during installation
Hi, I just tried to do a clean install of 10.1 official. The installation gets as far as the partioning section with no problem. However no matter if I choose Use existing partitions or Erase entire disc, I get an error message saying, An error occured. No hdlsts found. Basically, it then gives me the same partioning options I had before. Any ideas what the problem might be or how I can fix this? Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Manuals?
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:30:37 +1000, Scott Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "eric jackson" When I first started using Mandrake I printed out Mandrake's online documentation. The only on-line documentation is basicly the install manual... not the user manual... is that all there is? Thanks Scotty I bought a copy of the manual for 9.1. I just checked http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc.php3 . The docs for 10.0 are there. I checked the table of contents of the online documentation against the table of contents in my copy of the 9.1 docs. It seems to me that they are just about the same. In other words, it appears that the docs online are the same as the manual. If you are looking for something else, try usr/share/doc. I think The Linux Documentation Project Files (not Mandrake specific) comes with Mandrake, even when you download it. If you can't find them there, Google for the Project and you should be able to find it. Using Google you can often find docs for specific software. Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Manuals?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 27 Nov 2004 00:10, Scott Manning wrote: I am having more toruble than I thought with MDK10 and I was thinking that getting the box set with the manuals might be a big help. Does anyone have the box & manuals? Are they very helpful or like most manuals these days refer you to the how-tos or mandrakeclub? Maybe the best thing is to get a Mandrake Club membership? When I first started using Mandrake I printed out Mandrake's online documentation. It took a little while but it was easy enough. I then took the printed material to Staples and had them bind them. They would only bind 200 pages in one binding so I ended up with 3 or 4 books but I'm pretty sure it cost me less than $10 US dollars to get them bound. Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Can you resume a bittorrent download?
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:13:13 -0400, Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 19 September 2004 08:01 am, eric jackson wrote: Hi, I live right outside of Boston. Friday afternoon at about 3 PM I started downloading the first 3 CDs from the latest Mandrake release. After a few minutes, it was indicating that it as going to take over 30 hours to download. I went out for a few hours and when I got back it was saying 56 hours remaining! Last night I went to bed at about 1 AM. The download was 50% completed and was showing it had over 34 hours remaining. I just got up a few minutes ago at about 7 AM. It was 54% complete but it is still saying 34 hours remaining. Are you sure you have the right ports open. Slow downloads are usually I'm pretty sure I have the right ports open. I'll check. Recently several people posted saying they had the right ports open but the downloads were extremely slow. because the tracker cannot talk to the client, so it thinks you are not sharing and it reduces (greatly) the rate at which the download occurs. The idea being the more you share, the faster you're download will go. If you are behind a NAT device, forward ports 6881-6999 to your client machine. If you are directly connected to the DSL modem and have shorewall on, open those same ports. Thanks for the tip. I'll check. I have to go to work Monday evening and I leave my house about 6 PM. AS of right now, it should finish just before I leave for work. I am concerned that if it slows down, I'll have to disconnect my laptop so that I can take it with me to work. Is it possible to resume my download when I get home? Yes. This is one of the huge advatages to BT. If you retain the same IP address, just restart the torrent. If you get a new one, you'll need to download a new torrent from club, but it should still resume from where it left off. I think I'll try again using one of my other computers so that if it takes forever again I won't tie my laptop. I know Mandrake claims that using bittorrent is a benefit of membership but my experiences using bittorrent doesn't make me feel like I'm getting any benefit. In the past I have downloaded files using this method and it took days to download only to find out the CDs were corrupt. I just refused to download 10.1 using bit torrent because of the speeds I got when I tried but I figured I'd try again with this new release. I have a broadband connection and I can normally download an iso in about 45 minutes. So when I use one of my Mandrake Club benefits and it tells me it's going to take days to download what I want, I really don't see that as a benefit. I told my wife I thought it was punishment. It may take longer to download, but you're still getting it a month earlier than when the ftp downloads are available. I've never really understood the logic of people that want the new isos, but will wait a month to download them in two hours rather than download them over a day or two with BT and have them 28 days before everyone else. I guess it is just a by-product of our instant gratification society. Well I was wiling to wait a day or two but it's been downloading since Friday afternoon and it still has 30 hours to go. Having a broadband onnection I just find it frustrating to get speeds that are slow even by dial-up standards. Unless some one really needs the isos immediately I can certainly understand not wanting to download something that is going to take forever. Maybe I'm spoiled because I have a broadband connection. As I mentioned I can download an iso normally in about 45 minutes. The advantage bittorrent offers is that I can get it a month earlier if I'm willing to spend several days downloading. I didn't get a broadband account so that I can take forever to download a file. By the way it's just about 8 AM now and it's saying 55% downloaded and a little less than 34 hours to go. Kill it, wait a few minutes and restart it. The first thing that will happen is that the portion already downloaded will be analyzed, and then the client will try to reconnect tot the tracker. Then it will start downloading from where it left off. As I mentioned, I think I'll try it on one of my other computers first. If that is just as slow then I'll try to resume the download I'm doing now. Thanks for your suggestions. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - stereo vs. puter cd players
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:04:28 -0400, Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My daughter got hold of an audio cd and scratched it all up. Thinking it would be for the trash, I nevertheless gave it a shot and cleaned it and put it in my stereo's cd player; to my surprise, nary a skip! I thought I'd best back it up so I tried ripping it with cdparanoia to encode to flac, but it just hangs with all sorts of problems. So, why the diff? Any way to rip it from my stereo's cd? (Technics SL-PG480A) You can attach a cable from the audio out on your CD player to the line in on your computer. There are several programs you can use to record. I often use Audacity myself. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Todd -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Webmin
Hi, I've just gotten back online after my "always on" broadband conection stoped working because of some problem outside my house. I was looking at Webmin but I don't see any docs. Anyone know where the docs are? Or does anyone know of a good article on using Webmin? I don't know what to do first. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Sound Blaster MP3+
Hi, I have a Sound Blaster MP3+ USB soundcard installed on my Windows laptop. It runs fine. I tried to unstall it on my linux box running 10.0 Official. Mandrake recognized it as an unknown audio device. Has any one gotten this soundcard to work under Mandrake? If so could you please tell me what you did to get it to work? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] recording to my hard drive
Hi, I have recorded several lps to CD over the last few weeks. Yesterday when I tried to do some recording, nothing happened. To clarify, I could hear the sound but it wasn't recording. I tried using both Audacity and Gramofile and no luck with either. I have 3 mixers installed (at least). Kmix, AlsaMixer and Aumix. (Should I uninstall some?) When I look at the mixers I don't see any reason why it won't record. Anybody got a clue what the problem might be? I'm not sure if this is relevant or not but since the last time I recorded an lp I installed a DVD burner and a second hard drive. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:43:00 -0400, Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Try this. Mandrake 10.X carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.15cnc5-4mdk.i586.rpm I think apt-get is part of this package. I found the package by doing a search at http://rpm.pbone.net/ Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
- Original Message - From: "Raffaele BELARDI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised > John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > Go to the mobo website and start digging , especially in the bios > > update sections, look up your bios version, and it invariable says > > something about having upgraded the bios to detect HD size XXXgigs, My > > bet is yours is 130Gigs, and then some time later they bring out a later > > bios vesion that upgrades it again to maybe 260Gigs and so on and so > > forth. You may be unlucky and no mention is made of the HD size > > limitation, if so you need to contact your mobo manufacturer support > > desk and ask them what the HD size limitations are on your bios version > > and can you upgrade. > > The BIOS settings is not so important to Linux. I have a disk which is > set to 'none' in the BIOS, Windows doesn't see it but it works just fine > with Linux! > It's only important for the boot - it's the BIOS that loads LILO from > the MBR. After that, Linux uses it's own code to access the disk. > > > > > Before you do though look up what the bios is saying about your HD size > > , if it sees it all it, it ain't a bios limitation, but if it sees 130G > > then I would think this is where to start. > > > > Sometimes the OS itself has HD limitation but I don't think it is your > > case . > > Not for decently recent Linux kernels. For sure not an issue from > MDK9.2 on. > > > Some modern HD's also have a "cap limit" Jumper and yours may have it > > set up as limited to 130G, but that is a large "cap limit" in my > > experience. John > > That is a good point. If that is not the issue, then I'm afraid it's a > motherboard issue, and there is no cure for that :-( > > What motherboard are you using, Eric? I'm using a Gateway 1200. It has an MSI Athlon motherboard. The bios is Amibios 7.00.xx.. Eric > > raffaele > > > > 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] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
- Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised > eric jackson wrote: > > >- Original Message - > >From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:07 AM > >Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised > > > > > > > > > >>eric jackson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I just had a Maxtor Ultra Series 250 GB hard drive installed as a > >>>slave. The box says it operates at 7200 RPM. It also says Ultra ATA/133. > >>> > >>>Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB. The > >>>installation guide lists certain ATA cards that will only recognize > >>>137 GB but the Ultra ATA 133 is not listed as having that restriction. > >>> > >>>Anybody else using this drive? Does anyone have any clues why this is > >>>happening? > >>> > >>>Thanks for your help. > >>> > >>>Eric Jackson > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>>Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB > >>> > >>> > >>Bios limitations ? > >> > >> > > > > > >Yeah, I wondered about that myself. I can't seem to fnd that out from the > >manuals that came with my Gateway. > > > > > > > >>What does your mobo manufacturer say the bios version limit on HD size is > >> > >> > >? website > > > >Again I can''t find that information in a manual but I will try to find the > >website of the motherboard manufacturer. Thanks for the tip on where to > >look. > > > > > > > >>You can often updated bios to recognise larger drives. > >> > >> > > > >I'll try that. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Eric Jackson > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Go to the mobo website and start digging , especially in the bios > update sections, look up your bios version, and it invariable says > something about having upgraded the bios to detect HD size XXXgigs, My > bet is yours is 130Gigs, and then some time later they bring out a later > bios vesion that upgrades it again to maybe 260Gigs and so on and so > forth. You may be unlucky and no mention is made of the HD size > limitation, if so you need to contact your mobo manufacturer support > desk and ask them what the HD size limitations are on your bios version > and can you upgrade. Ok. I'll check into the information you suggested about my motherboard and bios. Thanks. > > Before you do though look up what the bios is saying about your HD size > , if it sees it all it, it ain't a bios limitation, but if it sees 130G > then I would think this is where to start. I'll take a look. > > Sometimes the OS itself has HD limitation but I don't think it is your > case . > > Some modern HD's also have a "cap limit" Jumper and yours may have it > set up as limited to 130G, but that is a large "cap limit" in my > experience. Okay. I'll get to work and look into the things you suggested. Thanks for the information. > John > > > > -- > John Richard Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 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] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
- Original Message - From: "Raffaele BELARDI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised > eric jackson wrote: > > I just had a Maxtor Ultra Series 250 GB hard drive installed as a slave. > > The box says it operates at 7200 RPM. It also says Ultra ATA/133. > > > > Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB. The > > installation guide lists certain ATA cards that will only recognize 137 > > GB but the Ultra ATA 133 is not listed as having that restriction. > > Eric, > > You say the drive is UATA/133, but does the *motherboard* support > UATA/133? If not, there is little you can do, except using only the > lower 130Gb of the disk. Bios upgrade will not necessarily cure the problem. > > I had a similar issue with a Maxtor 160Gb when I installed it on my > 5-years old Asus P5A-B last winter. You can fine more info in Twiki > (http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ProBlems) under "Large Drive" > > BTW, I noticed that the kernels included in 10.0 (both the 2.4 and the > 2.6 series) do test the system for large disk compatibility and print a > message to syslog if incompatibility is found, you might want to check > the syslog to be sure. The kernel in 9.2 was not so smart so I lost some > gigs of avi's before finding out! > > raffaele Thanks for the information.I'll have to dig around and find out if the motherboard will support my drive. I'll check syslog also. I'll let you know how things worked out in a few days. Thanks again Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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] Packages Installer
- Original Message - From: "EE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: [newbie] Packages Installer > Guys/Gals > > I Installed freetype-1.3.1-20mdk.i586.rpm* I got few error but later I > lost my menu System|Configuration|Packages|Install Package > > Any idea When this happened to me updating the menus didn't help. Most of the Packages stuff was no longer installed. Does urpmi still work? If so try to install rpmdrake. It will offer to install several other packages or at least it did when I lost my menus. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > 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
[newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
Hi, I just had a Maxtor Ultra Series 250 GB hard drive installed as a slave. The box says it operates at 7200 RPM. It also says Ultra ATA/133. Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB. The installation guide lists certain ATA cards that will only recognize 137 GB but the Ultra ATA 133 is not listed as having that restriction. Anybody else using this drive? Does anyone have any clues why this is happening? Thanks for your help. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] LM10 and AMD Athlon 1.3 MHz
- Original Message - From: "OOzy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:04 AM Subject: [newbie] LM10 and AMD Athlon 1.3 MHz > Would LM10 work with my old AMD Athlon 1.3 MHz I have 10.0 installed on an Athlon and a Duron. Both are 1.2 Mhz and they both work fine. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 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
[newbie] sound card error when booting
Hi, I get this error message in /var/log/boot.log. alsa: succeeded ericsoldpc alsa: succeeded ericsoldpc alsactl: alsact: load_state:1134: ericsoldpc alsactl: No soundcards found... ericsoldpc sound: Setting mixer settings failed As the computer is booting I get this message: Start Alsa version 1.0.2c trident doing alsact to restore mixer settings... can't open alsact - no soundcard found alsact save state:1061 can't open /root/tmp/asound.state_tmp:no such file or directory setting mixer setting: alsact load state 1134: no soundcard found When I tried to run Audacity, I got this error: There is an error initializing the audio i/o layer You will not be able to play or record audio error:host error Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate. I assume the Audacity error is caused by the other error. Any ideas on how to straighten this out? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped
- Original Message - From: "Amy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] URPMI wiped > Johan Sch wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of using and trusting it I was let down. > > > > Well I have seen this some time ago. > > > > Kindly point me to site were I can try to find the mail please. > > Maybe if it is short kindly explain please. > > > > I did a repair by popping cd 1 and upgrade same system .. some side effects .. nvidia must be re-istalled .. urpmi in MCC additional sites wiped .. maybe something else I stiil have not discovered. > > > > Thanks > > I've had that happen to me. Basically what you have to do is go find the > rpm packages to install yourself by spelunking through ftp and stuff, > and install everything package by package. Annoying, but I managed to do > it with the help of my friend, and I'm fairly new to all this stuff. I had the same thing happen to me this morning. I don't have urpmi or rpmdrake any more. I found both packages but when I click on the icon it asked what program it should use to open the rpm with and I don't know what to answer. The whole menu entry for Packaging has disappeared. How do I deal with that? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From what I was told, urpmi is a fairly simple program, so it just > removes what needs to be removed, then installs the new stuff. But when > one of the things it removes is one of it's dependencies, it'll remove > itself too because it wasn't told ~not~ to. > > Good luck on getting that rolling. I haven't had a problem with it again > since I had to reinstall it the hard way. > > > > 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] boot log?
- Original Message - From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] boot log? > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 12:11, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm getting an error from my soundcard when I boot up. I'll post > another message about that in a few minutes. > > > > Is there a way to access the information that scrolls by as you boot > up after booting is finished? If so, please tell me how? I rebooted > several times trying to copy the error message I mentioned. There must > be a better way to access that information. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I think you will find that in /var/log/dmesg > -- > Regards; > Hoyt I'll take a look. Thanks for the tip. Eric Jackson > > > > 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] boot log?
- Original Message - From: "Frans Ketelaars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] boot log? > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 19:11, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm getting an error from my soundcard when I boot up. I'll post > > another message about that in a few minutes. > > > > Is there a way to access the information that scrolls by as you boot > > up after booting is finished? If so, please tell me how? I rebooted > > several times trying to copy the error message I mentioned. There > > must be a better way to access that information. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 'dmesg | less' . > > HTH, > > -Frans Thanks for the information. Eric Jackson > > > > > 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
[newbie] boot log?
Hi, I'm getting an error from my soundcard when I boot up. I'll post another message about that in a few minutes. Is there a way to access the information that scrolls by as you boot up after booting is finished? If so, please tell me how? I rebooted several times trying to copy the error message I mentioned. There must be a better way to access that information. Thanks in advance! Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source
- Original Message - From: "Marv Boyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source > Hello, all. I have so far had absolutely rotten luck getting much of > anything I've compiled from source to work on my Mandrake 9.2 machine. > Luckily, I've either a) decided I can live without the latest > bleeding-edge versions of my favorite apps; or b) been able to find > Mdk-ready RPMs on rpm.pbone.net and/or RPMFind for most of the stuff I > want to use. It really bugs me that I can't use 90% of what I've tried > to install from source, as compiling and installing software the way _I_ > want it was one of the big draws of Linux in the first place; but I've > read everything I can find on the subject and still haven't the vaguest > notion of what I might be doing wrong. I recently got a copy of Linux Magazine's July 2004 issue. I'm new at all this stuff myself but there are several articles you might find helpful in the magazine. One is called Perfect Configuration. It deals with Configure scripts and possible problems. The other is called Hand-Built. It deals with errors from running Make and Make-Install. Both articles offer tips on how to straighten out those error messages you get. The configuration article has a chart that lists certain packages that it says you should have on your system if you want to compile programs. On their website they publish some of the articles from the latest issues and, incidently, eventually all of the articles from the magazine show up there. Their address is www.linux-magazine.com. Eric Jackson > > Anyway, my question (there IS a question) is this-- is there a > convenient way to uninstall programs I've installed, or (more often) > tried to install, from source? There's probably a lot of crap strewn all > over my hard drive, and I'd like to be able to clean some of it up. I'd > also like to know for any future failures to run things I've compiled > from source. > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. > > > Marv > -- > Help in the research to fight devastating diseases like > Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's-- donate your computer's > leisure time to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ > -- > > > > > 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] *.iso.bin??
- Original Message - From: "PM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] *.iso.bin?? > On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 22:58, eric jackson wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not sure about this anymore but doesn't the bin extension indicate > > a > > compressed file? And it's used mostly by Macs. > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > iso & bin are image files. Doesn't binhex produce files with a bin extension. I rarely use a Mac anymore but it seems I remember that from running Shapeshifter on my Amigas. If it does, can he run a program under linux that will perhaps decompress binhexed files? If so maybe that will leave him with an .iso that he can burn onto CD. Eric Jackson > > Try k3b > > > > > -- > Paul M. > _ > In the beginning, man created god. > > > > > 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] *.iso.bin??
- Original Message - From: eric jackson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 3:56 PM - Original Message - From: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:14 AMSubject: Re: [newbie] *.iso.bin??> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:09:21 -0500> "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > Curt wrote:> > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:38:47 +1000> > > Paul Harradine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> > >> > >>Curt,> > >>> > >>try renaming it to .iso (take the .bin off) and you should be> > >able>to burn it with anything> > >>> > >> > > Should have mentioned that I tried that - it's still shows as> > > file> > > type BIN - and CD Creator still doesn't see it.> > >> > >> > I have had problems with Windows not wanting to remove the file> > type before. If I remember right, you can select all files when> > searching for an image file to burn. You should be able to burn it> > that way, without any problems.> >> > Mikkel>> Tried that too - the drop down doesn't show anything except .cif> and .iso types.> Thanks anywayI'm not sure about this anymore but doesn't the bin extension indicate acompressed file? And it's used mostly by Macs.Eric Jackson>>>> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com> Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com> >
[newbie]
- Original Message - From: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:14 AMSubject: Re: [newbie] *.iso.bin??> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:09:21 -0500> "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > Curt wrote:> > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:38:47 +1000> > > Paul Harradine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> > >> > >>Curt,> > >>> > >>try renaming it to .iso (take the .bin off) and you should be> > >able>to burn it with anything> > >>> > >> > > Should have mentioned that I tried that - it's still shows as> > > file> > > type BIN - and CD Creator still doesn't see it.> > >> > >> > I have had problems with Windows not wanting to remove the file> > type before. If I remember right, you can select all files when> > searching for an image file to burn. You should be able to burn it> > that way, without any problems.> >> > Mikkel>> Tried that too - the drop down doesn't show anything except .cif> and .iso types.> Thanks anywayI'm not sure about this anymore but doesn't the bin extension indicate acompressed file? And it's used mostly by Macs.Eric Jackson>>>> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com> Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com> >
Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit
- Original Message - From: "James Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit On Tuesday 01 Jun 2004 20:58, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Just a guess - automount (or equivlent) has the CD or DVD mounted, and > the drive locked. Try using the eject command and see if that works. > If you have any programs that are accessing the drive, it will not work. If not, try right clicking the Desktop Icon, and selecting "Unmount". Red Hat was a beggar for doing that to me.. JRH When I tried that it gave me an error message saying that only root could unmount the DVD. I didn't have this problem with my old DVD. Any ideas on how I can set up my computer so I don't have to unmount it manually? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10CE "Microsoft: Which Virus Would You Like to Catch Today?" Registered Linux User #340061 21:52:53 up 10:45, 0 users, load average: 0.78, 1.00, 1.13 > > 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] dvd drive won't exit
- Original Message - From: "Kaj Haulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit > On Tuesday 01 June 2004 21:35, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yesterday I bought and installed a Sony DVD burner. I haven't > > tried burning anything yet but I did run into a problem. After > > I've accessed a CD or DVD I can't get it to eject. When I push > > the eject button, nothing happens. > > > > Any idea what is causing this problem? > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Probably you will have to unmount it first. > > In a terminal,cd /etc/mnt, su to root, type "umount cdrom" or > whatever it is named in your /etc/fstab. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. Thanks. I'll try that. Eric > -- > * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * >* http://www.haulrich.net * > * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * > > > > 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
[newbie] dvd drive won't exit
Hi, Yesterday I bought and installed a Sony DVD burner. I haven't tried burning anything yet but I did run into a problem. After I've accessed a CD or DVD I can't get it to eject. When I push the eject button, nothing happens. Any idea what is causing this problem? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] apes and flacs, I'm a dummy
- Original Message - From: "Todd Slater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] apes and flacs, I'm a dummy > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 09:54:20AM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 May 2004 10:11 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > > ape is another lossless codec, and you can use it on Linux. > > > From the homepage you have to visit the developers page I think > > > and you can find the source or links to a binary; also search > > > the forums. There's also an xmms plugin for ape, but I usually > > > decode them to wav and convert to flac on general principles. > > > > > > OK, I did your homework for you: > > > http://www.personal.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpp/index2.html#ape > > > > > > Todd ;) > > > > I got that file yesterday (precompiled 'mppdec' for linux), > > but haven't had much luck with it. I was hopin some of y'all knew > > of better options than an app targeted to Windoze users. But > > thanks. Guess I'll try the source code at www.monkeysaudio.com as > > Charles noted, or the source at your link Todd. > > For ape what you want is mac, which will encode/decode apes. > > Todd > > -- > Name that tune #21: I live in the ghetto, you just come to visit me > around election time. It's a Stevie Wonder tune. I think it's You Haven't Done Nothing. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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] recording records to hard drive
- Original Message - From: "Josenildo Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] recording records to hard drive > On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 18:28, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to record some of my old record albums to my hard drive. > > I've tried using Gramofile but I didn't get great results and it isn't > > being developed anymore. > > > > Anybody know of software I can try for this? > > > > Eric Jackson > > Audacity Yeah, I've tried that. Gramofile tries to save you the editing by identifying seperate tunes from an lp that you've recorded as one big wav file. I was wondering if there are other programs that work like Gramofile. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > HTH > > -- > josenildo marques > icq #289971493 > homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net > registered linux user #341648 > * > "O real nÃo està na saÃda e nem na chegada, està na travessia." JÃao > GuimarÃes Rosa > > > > > 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] recording records to hard drive
- Original Message - From: "Aron Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] recording records to hard drive > On Monday 17 May 2004 02:28 pm, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to record some of my old record albums to my hard drive. I've > > tried using Gramofile but I didn't get great results and it isn't being > > developed anymore. > > > > Anybody know of software I can try for this? > I'm using audicity myself (line level output on amp (tape monitor) I do have Audacity installed. I'm just guessing but unless I missed something, you have to record each song seperately or record one large wav and then edit it. Gramofile, certainly not a very fancy looking program, will record the lp as one big wav file. It then has a function that is supposed to identify the number of tracks in that wav file. I've only tried it 3 times but the results weren't good. The original author hasn't worked on this program in several years but I did find a Mandrake RPM. There is a patched version by someone else that you can compile. Yesterday I found a program on the DVD that came with the May 2004 issue of Linux Format called wavsilence. It's supposed to break up a large wav file into seperate tracks also. It doesn't have the ability to record the original wav so you have to use another program for that. I couldn't get wavsilence to work. Basically, I ended up with another big wav file with another name. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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
[newbie] recording records to hard drive
Hi, I'm trying to record some of my old record albums to my hard drive. I've tried using Gramofile but I didn't get great results and it isn't being developed anymore. Anybody know of software I can try for this? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Tv tuner card help needed
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Tv tuner card help needed > On Sunday 09 May 2004 02:00 pm, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just bought a WINTV USB. I bought it because I was sure that I read here > > that some people had gotten this to work in Mandrake. > > > > One program I tried with said it couldn't open /dev/video1. Another program > > I tried asked "Are drivers loaded?" > > > > Can anybody help me to get this thing working, please? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Try going into Mandrake Control Center>Hardware>tvcard and check the > configuration. you may have to select the set up such as "us-cable" or > "us-broadcast" and let it find the stations. It should then work. HTH > -- > Dennis M. Linux user #180842 Hi, Okay. I do see the TV card in MCC. I just can't get it to work. This is the error message I get from motv. I have tried TVtime. KwinTV and maybe some others but I always get errors. This is motv-3.91, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.3-7mdk) Warning: Actions not found: Remote can't open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory v4l: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory no video grabber device available Any help you can give is appreciated. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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
[newbie] Tv tuner card help needed
Hi, I just bought a WINTV USB. I bought it because I was sure that I read here that some people had gotten this to work in Mandrake. One program I tried with said it couldn't open /dev/video1. Another program I tried asked "Are drivers loaded?" Can anybody help me to get this thing working, please? Thank you! Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] compile error - gcc not found
- Original Message - From: "cdrack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] compile error - gcc not found > Can you mail us the message from youre compile > attemp...? Sure. Creating Cache ./config.cache Checking For gcc - no Checking for cc - no Configure error No acceptable cc found in $PATH I have gcc-cpp installed. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cdrack > --- eric jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried compile some software today. It was my first > > attempt. I got an error saying no compiler was > > found. > > > > I checked and gcc-cc is installed. > > > > What do I have to do to have it found when I try to > > compile some software? > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ > http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash > > > > 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
[newbie] ...is not a symbolic link
Hi, I'm using 9.2 and I just installed a couple rpms using urpmi. One of the packages urpmi tried to install gave a message I don't understand. It said 1. libsndfile1 /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/Lib/libgfl.so is not a symbolic link Can someone please tell me what that means and what I need to do to straighten things out? Thanks for your help! Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared
- Original Message - From: "Margot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > On Sunday 04 April 2004 14:14, eric jackson wrote: > > > >>- Original Message - > >>From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:58 PM > >>Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > >> > > > > > > > >>I had already tried typing mcc before I posted my problem.Bash gives > >>me an error that says it doesn't know anything about a command named > >>MCC. > >> > >>Someone suggested the update-menus command so I tried that. That > >>seems to be doing something because the output the command gives > >>seems to indicate it's working but there is no visible change in my > >>menus. > >> > >>Eric Jackson > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > Then I don't have any more ideas. If it was happening to me at this > > time I would reinstall. Before you do however you might wait a while > > until someone tells us why that is the stupidest thing you could do. > > It seems that you have some important packages missing from your > original installation, including the "drakes" - the packages that > make up MCC (the Mandrake Control Centre). Rather than doing a > complete reinstall, you might be better off just installing the > missing bits. You should be able to do this through Konqueror from > your CDs - if you don't know how, ask, and I'll send the instructions! > > Once you've got all the vital packages, I can talk you through > sorting the menu problem - I had the same problem myself with menus > on 9.2 and I've still got all the details on file. > > Margot First of all, thank you for your help. I realized that either the "drakes" had disppeared off my system or else they were no longer in my Path. I would be happy to reinstall the missing bits if you could please tell me how. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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] menu items disappeared
- Original Message - From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > On Sunday 04 April 2004 08:18, eric jackson wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 5:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > > > > > On Saturday 03 April 2004 14:04, eric jackson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Yesterday I used urpmi to update my 9.2 system. When I booted up > > > > I was unable to find a menu entry for Mandrake Control Center or > > > > for any of the selections that are usually listed under > > > > Packaging. > > > > > > > > Anybody know what I need to restore my menu back to the way it > > > > was before I updated? > > > > > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > drakemenu avilabele in mcc or welcome icon on desktop under > > > systems. -- > > > Regards; > > > Hoyt > > > > Hi Hoyt, > > > > As I mentioned I don't have mcc listed as a menu option. I don't know > > how to access drakemenu or MCC without using the menu. > > > > When I click on the Welcome icon I get a link called This Computer > > that says it will configure the computer. If I click on this computer > > I get this error message. "Unable to run the command specified. The > > file or directory file:/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Configuration/Configure > > your computer.desktop does not exits." > > > > Any thoughts on what's wrong and what I need to do to fix it? > > > > Thanks for any help you can give. > > > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Ignore the past and you will fail! > > > Ignore the future and you have already failed! > > > > - > >--- > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > > > Open a terminal and type mcc. If you don't have a terminal try > ctl-alt-F1 and try it from CLI. You might also try update-menus -v from > CLI. My welcome icon has done that to me as well. But it came back. > -- > Regards; > Hoyt I had already tried typing mcc before I posted my problem.Bash gives me an error that says it doesn't know anything about a command named MCC. Someone suggested the update-menus command so I tried that. That seems to be doing something because the output the command gives seems to indicate it's working but there is no visible change in my menus. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ignore the past and you will fail! > Ignore the future and you have already failed! > > > > > 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] menu items disappeared
- Original Message - From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > On Saturday 03 April 2004 14:04, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yesterday I used urpmi to update my 9.2 system. When I booted up I > > was unable to find a menu entry for Mandrake Control Center or for > > any of the selections that are usually listed under Packaging. > > > > Anybody know what I need to restore my menu back to the way it was > > before I updated? > > > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > drakemenu avilabele in mcc or welcome icon on desktop under systems. > -- > Regards; > Hoyt Hi Hoyt, As I mentioned I don't have mcc listed as a menu option. I don't know how to access drakemenu or MCC without using the menu. When I click on the Welcome icon I get a link called This Computer that says it will configure the computer. If I click on this computer I get this error message. "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory file:/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Configuration/Configure your computer.desktop does not exits." Any thoughts on what's wrong and what I need to do to fix it? Thanks for any help you can give. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ignore the past and you will fail! > Ignore the future and you have already failed! > > > > > 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] menu items disappeared
- Original Message - From: "Marc Resnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared > eric jackson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Yesterday I used urpmi to update my 9.2 system. When I booted up I was > > unable to find a menu entry for Mandrake Control Center or for any of > > the selections that are usually listed under Packaging. > > > > Anybody know what I need to restore my menu back to the way it was > > before I updated? > > > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > It's a well-known problem with 9.2 systems. If you just updated, all you > should need to do is open a terminal, 'su' to root, and enter the > command 'update-menus -v'. Your menus should be back when that process > is finished. > > --Marc > Hi Marc, I tried issuing the command you suggested but it didn't change anything, as far as I can tell. Any other suggestions? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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
[newbie] menu items disappeared
Hi, Yesterday I used urpmi to update my 9.2 system. When I booted up I was unable to find a menu entry for Mandrake Control Center or for any of the selections that are usually listed under Packaging. Anybody know what I need to restore my menu back to the way it was before I updated? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] no CD audio
> On Sunday 14 Mar 2004 02:44, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just > > mention one of them for now. > > > > I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear > > mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer > > and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Try playing CDs with Totem > It uses the IDE interface instead of the audio cable. > > derek > > Thanks. I'll try that and report back to the list in a little while. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no CD audio
> Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Sunday 14 Mar 2004 02:44, eric jackson wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just > >>mention one of them for now. > >> > >>I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear > >>mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer > >>and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. > >> > >>Any ideas? > >> > >>Thanks for any help you can give! > >> > >>Eric Jackson > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Try playing CDs with Totem > > It uses the IDE interface instead of the audio cable. > > > > derek > > You do have the CD audio cable plugged in from your CDROM drive to the > sound card, don't ya ? Just checking! > > Lanman I haven't had time to check yet but I will. I think it's connected but maybe I'm wrong. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no CD audio
> On Saturday 13 March 2004 09:44 pm, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just > > mention one of them for now. > > > > I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear > > mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer > > and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. > > > > Any ideas? > > > Missing wire from cd player to sound card perhaps. > -- > /g Thanks. I'll check that as soon as I can. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no CD audio
> On Saturday 13 March 2004 06:44 pm, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just > > mention one of them for now. > > > > I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear > > mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer > > and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sounds like you don't have an audio cable between your CD and the sound card > (just guessing). There are ways around this, but trust me, just install the > cable. Okay! Thanks for the information. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no CD audio
> On Saturday 13 March 2004 09:44 pm, eric jackson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just > > mention one of them for now. > > > > I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear > > mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer > > and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Eric: > Do you have a 3-wire connection between the CD-ROM and the sound card? > -- cmg I think I do. I'll check as soon as I can. Thanks. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2.1 ?
> > Can any one please tell me where to find the 9.2 > > special update CDs? I tried using bit turrent and I > > never got a decent .img. > > I would rather download Mandrake 10. and bittorrent > didn't work for me either. it didn't download single > KB in 10 minutes. it just keeps establishing peer > connections with mirrors and shows the total transfer > rate of about 500 to 600 kbps but download rate is 0 > to 1 kbps. I used ftp and I finished it in 1 and half > hour. all three cds. (I used bittorrent for windows) I already have downloaded Mandrake 10. I got it pretty easily by ftp. I haven't installed it yet. I have two PCs running Mandrake Linux. One is running 9.1 and the other 9.2. I was going to update my computer runnng 9.2 with the 9.2.1 update and install Mandrake 10 on the other computer. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] no CD audio
Hi, I have sound problems on both my PCs that are running Linux. I'll just mention one of them for now. I have 9.2 installed. I don't hear any audio when a CD plays. I can hear mp3s when they play but there is no sound from my CD. I checked Alsamixer and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you can give! Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] 9.2.1 ?
Hi, Can any one please tell me where to find the 9.2 special update CDs? I tried using bit turrent and I never got a decent .img. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Where is my e-mail
Hi, I'm not sure what's going on but I haven't gotten anything from this list in about 14 hours. Will this get to me? Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rename my computer
While installing Linux or setting up my network, I gave my linux server the same name as a computer I already had on my network. Does anyone here know how I can change the name of my computer so that the right name shows up when I use LinNeighborhood and Samba? Thanks for any help you can give. Eric Jackson
Re: [newbie] Hardware compatability list - web cams
Joan Tur wrote: >Es Dijous 01 Agost 2002 15:38, en eric jackson va escriure: > >>Hi, >> >>I'm looking for a list of web cams that work with Linux. I didn't see >>any cameras in the list at Mandrake's site. >> >>Anyone have a link to a hardware compatability list? >> >Have a look at http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ > >Mine is Philips PCVC730K and works fine out of the box... > Thanks for the information! Eric > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kpanel doesn't reload
shane wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Wednesday 31 July 2002 9:56 pm, eric jackson did speak unto the huddled >masses, saying: > >>I can't figure this out. I'm using 8.2. I have lost my Kpanel when >>seting up at least 2 different users. It's there when I shut down but >>it's not there when I reboot. I do see the message saying "Loading >>panel" but it doesn't load. >> >>Anybody know why this happens? Is there a command I can enter at a shell >>to get the panel back? >> > >well the file that customizes the panel can get all fubar. if so try >renaming it, and if all is well delete the renamed file. it is likely >.kde/share/config/kickerrc > >you might also try seeing if kicker is simply zombied. hit ctrl-esc and >look for kicker. you might need to kill it. to start it again hit alt-f2 >and type kicker. > >hope that does it. > Thanks for your help. I'll try that in a little while. Eric > > >- -- >Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. > >shane >Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html >Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 >Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ >Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iD8DBQE9SU3qBwq+ZwvIN/oRAlkxAJ9GsTdRmVJpyBETpxerClEpnA3+xgCggCXI >w9+izzrM+LvKjH0bLpHoWLk= >=Fz+t >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kpanel doesn't reload
I can't figure this out. I'm using 8.2. I have lost my Kpanel when seting up at least 2 different users. It's there when I shut down but it's not there when I reboot. I do see the message saying "Loading panel" but it doesn't load. Anybody know why this happens? Is there a command I can enter at a shell to get the panel back? Maybe it's time to install a newer KDE. Thanks for any help you can give. Eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandarke won't boot anymore!
> >
> >I tried to reinstall and I got to this screen:
> >
> >Choose the petitions you want to format
> >
> >hda 1{C:} (15MB, /mnt/win_Dos Fat16
> >hda 2 {D} (12 GB, /mnt/Win-2, Win98, Fat32, LBA-mapped
> >
> >The options below are preselected
> >
> >(400MB, /Journalised FS: Ext 3)
> >(50MB, Swap Linux Swap)
> >
> >Could hda have been my bootloader? I only had 1 drive before I installed
> >Linux.
> >
> >Any help you can give to staighten out this mess will be appreciated.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >
> Ummm you installed linux on a FAT32 partition? Or did disk Doctor
> convert it?
I guess Disk Doctor converted it. I did the recommended install originally
so I didn' t choose it. Mandrake "chose" where to install itself.
>
> You should use ext2 or ext3 for linux. It is far more efficient and
> basically never needs defragging.
This is the error I get on bootup. I'd guess it was Ext3 at one time.
>Ext3-fs- unable to read superblock
>mount: error 22 mounting Ext3 flags noatime
>well, retrying without the options flags
>(a repeat of line 1)
>(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime)
>well, retrying read only without any flags
>(a repeat of line 1)
>(a repeat of line 2 without the words flags noatime)
>pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed :2
>kernel panic: no init found. try passing inits option to kernel
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> And it is invisible to windows. so no programs can mess with it.
Something messed with it!
Thanks for your help.
Eric
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> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
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Re: [newbie] Mandarke won't boot anymore!
- Original Message -
From: "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandarke won't boot anymore!
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:41:18 -0400
> "eric jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I suspect I really messed things up yesterday!
> >
> > I ran Norton's Disk Doctor's Scan Disk program on the drive where I have
my
>
> just for the record, when you run norton windoctor on a drive that has
> partitions of unknown type to windows ( i.e. your linux partition )
> diskdoctor will barf some BS about your partition table needing to be
> "fixed" and ask you if you wanna "correct the problem" always remember
> to say "no".
I did say no. I had already run Norton's Scandisk and Disk Doctor earlier.
Disk Doctor gave me the message you are referring to almost immediately. I
cancelled out. Later, I tried to boot Mandrake 8.2. and I got the error
message I posted earlier so I came here to ask for advice.
I also tried Mandrake's Repair option and it said it couldn't fix my partion
table problem.
I tried to reinstall and I got to this screen:
Choose the petitions you want to format
hda 1{C:} (15MB, /mnt/win_Dos Fat16
hda 2 {D} (12 GB, /mnt/Win-2, Win98, Fat32, LBA-mapped
The options below are preselected
(400MB, /Journalised FS: Ext 3)
(50MB, Swap Linux Swap)
Could hda have been my bootloader? I only had 1 drive before I installed
Linux.
Any help you can give to staighten out this mess will be appreciated.
Eric
>
> Damian
>
>
> --
> Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk?
>
>
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