RE: [newbie] Test of Wine with Win98 and WinMe
Because as you have heard Windows ME isn't dos - based anymore. Yes some of the dos functions exist but basically Windows ME acts on its own. I have windows ME and its networking and other features are much much better. Even with the extensive tweaking of the win 98 SE machine. I can get no where's near the speed of downloading that WIN ME is getting. ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Test of Wine with Win98 and WinMe ** Original Sender: "pablito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:57:23 -0600 ** Original Message follows... Sorry about cross-posting, but note: anyone who was thinking of upgrading to Windows Me. I tested Wine build 2909.1mdk.i586.rpm on a computer with win98 installed, and my computer with Windows Me installed. Results: Wine worked a lot better with Windows 98. I got some programs running and almost got MSWord running without fooling with the wine.conf file. All of the simple Windows programs worked fine. Tested with Windows Me, Wine doesn't run anything. Everything crashes, even the program sol.exe that the Wine people tell you to use as a test fiel, even with extensive tweaking of the windows.conf file. I also tested the latest build wine-cvs-stripped 112500-1.i386.rpm from Dataparty on both computers. result: Got lots of programs running on the Windows 98 machine including microsoft excel! On the Windows Me machine, I was able to run solitare without crashing (sol.exe) but nothing else would run. ** - End Original Message --- ** ]XAN[animalTK
RE: [newbie] netgear ea201 stopped working in 7.2?
Same problems I am having... HMMM Can anyone say rushed release? ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] netgear ea201 stopped working in 7.2? ** Original Sender: bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:33:29 -0600 ** Original Message follows... i have the above card in my box, under lm7 and 7.1 it worked fine but now i've installed 7.2 i cannot get get the card to initialise, i have not changed the cards internal settings (full duplex non pnp) i have entered the io and irq in the linuxconfnetworkingnetwork devices section but when i run ifup eth0 or when the machine boots the error message 'delaying eth0 initialisation' comes up, i'm sure the card is fine and i have just missed out a simple step, but lms 7 and 7.1 were so simple hardware wise that i'm not aware of what else i should be looking at, what are the services needed to get the card working (as opposed to actual network service like nfs etc.) bascule ** - End Original Message --- ** ]XAN[animalTK
RE: [newbie] 7.2 installs and stuff
4x lmfao and you wonder why it took so long takes about 22 mins on my machine for full install ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] 7.2 installs and "stuff" ** Original Sender: eryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:59:16 -0600 ** Original Message follows... I've installed 7.2 on two different boxes, now (developmental), and both installs took 3 HOURS! These boxes are probably minimum, P200mmx with 64M of ram and scsi 9 gig drives with 50x ATAPI cdroms. Three hours seems out of line for an install on a clean, formatted HD--at least to me. The longest 7.1 took was 70 minutes, or so--I was using scsi 4X cd's with those, though. Would a scsi CD make that much difference? So far, kde2 is definitely prettier than its predecessors, and a bit slower to load. Apps are somewhat slower to load too (ala Win98)--I guess that's the payment for the eye candy. Some stuff is not totally stable, imo. So far my crashes have only happened when I CLOSED an app, never while running one or while loading one. I get a consistent crash when I close the background manager if I choose a background from a source other than kde's default sourcefile, and I get the "app has crashed" window when I close any Gnome game that I'm running in kde. Minor annoyances, but I don't think I'll do any more 7.2 installs until the bugfixes come in the next month or so. CUPS was kind of a headache for me, but I've got it figured out now. In fact, I think I like it, now I've got the StarOffice printing sorted out. Like anything new it requires some getting used to. My one real complaint is the Konquerer network ran really slow copying from Windows machines to the 7.2 machines. I don't have a clue why, it was fine going from Linux box to Linux box. I installed the LinNeighborhood rpm and now both Linux and Windows files copy fast. Anyone know why this happened to me? Has it happened to anyone else, and if so, how did you fix it? Eryl ** - End Original Message --- ** ]XAN[animalTK
RE: [newbie] dhcp
same here ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] dhcp ** Original Sender: Ewcapada Ewa Kaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:59:22 -0600 ** Original Message follows... I can't get my linux mandrake 7.1 to use dhcp to detect the network settings. I am currently set up on a network and it recognizes my ethernet card, but doesn't actually get the connection. I have tried dialing up using the modem. It connects to my local isp, but still doesn't respond. I have tried to install one of the dhcp programs off from the cdrom that came with mandrake, but it doesn't install, it just brings up the rpm manager. ___ Get more from your time online. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com What will surely help is reinstalling your Linux Mandrake, or installing 7.0, or installing 7.2 (not upgrade, just remove everything). Chose the right network settings when installing (choose BOOTP/DHCP and leave all fields blank). Works with no problem Ewa ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
RE: [newbie] Staples 7.2
I registered at the mandrake site and they are sending KDE 2 out for free... Just enter your serial number and sign up for support and they automatically ship you the new kde for free :) ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Staples 7.2 ** Original Sender: skidley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:20:31 -0600 ** Original Message follows... On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, John Arkoulis wrote: I found today in Vancouver at Staples Mandrake 7.2 The box contains 7 CDs and it says that includes KDE 2 Beta. Is this the same version as Wall Mart was selling in the States??? The boxed release doiesn't seem like it will have the KDE2 final yet only the d/l version, its a ruash job by mandrakesoft to get boxed pkgs out for christmas- marketing tactics :( and even the Final is buggy I gave up on it, its trying to copy a winblows interface too much in my opinion anyhow. I hate it. -- Chad Y. Registered Linux User #195191 ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
RE: [newbie] Problem with Telnet
Well, why dont you tell them how to access this information. That is why this is the newbie linux help. I won't tell them because you are the one that brought up the issue. IF you want them to educate themselves you must first help them by at least educating them to find this information. Yes, one is manual, but if you are an expert you will tell them other ways of finding this information. Such as trying to lock the screen as root... You can see which process isnt running *the name of it* and in the terminal type the name of the process or program that isnt working that go and look for information on that problem. Such as xserver says if you look in the help area that you cant lock the screen as root but goes about telling you how to manually set this, so you can lock the screen as root. ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Problem with Telnet ** Original Sender: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:29:50 -0600 ** Original Message follows... You guys don't do a lot of reading do you? There is a TON of HOWTO's and documentation spread all over your HDD's that Linux has placed there for the sole purpose of educating folks in the proper usage and operation of the Linux operating system and it's related application such as telnet and other's that are considered system critical apps. I would strongly recommend that you begin to seriously devour this documentation so that you don't find yourself in a position where you unknowingly compromise the security of your systems to the point that you can no longer control who get's in and what little "gifts" they leave behind. You may be awakened some morning by men wearing cheap suits and badly made dark glasses wanting total access to your hard drive(s). It isn't hard to turn some poor unsuspecting users system into a relay station for all kinds of crap data without the users knowledge if they've left the security doors hanging WIDE open. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ *REPLY SEPERATOR* On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 Sen Peng had this to say! Hi, I am having a problem with telnet into my linux box too. I can telnet into remote sites, but cannot do it other way around. It always tells me that "connection closed by foreign host". In my /etc/inetd.conf I had it setup like following. telnet stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd -l -a Can some one give me idea? what does "-l" and "-a" mean ? oh... i setup security as medium when I first install the system. Thanks Charels On 20 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YOU CAN never ever telnet in as root... it is a security measure that the linux developers took. and yes the switch user is the right way to get to root. You must know a user first to get to root or be able to SU... Just another step in the security area ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Problem with Telnet ** Original Sender: Fabio Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:37:19 -0600 ** Original Message follows... Hello ALL Here I am having a little problem trying to access the linux with telnet. Its strangeous when root can' t access but any other commom user can normally. And if I access like a normal user and after this switch to root with su command, I get root access normally. Why I can't access as root in telnet directly ? What may be wrong or misconfigurated ? Thanks for any help. Fabio from Sao Paulo, Brazil. ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
RE: [newbie] Optical mouse
you have to manually configure that... i havent even got there yet because I am fighting to configure my net... ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Optical mouse ** Original Sender: Cyphfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:51:23 -0600 ** Original Message follows... I use a microsoft USB intellimouse explorer. I use it in the USB port. The mouse is regonized in the BIOS on the TYAN Thunder 100 Dual Pentium II 400 equipped mother board. Mandrake 7.2 recognized it and set it up as a generic 3 button mouse. It works, but the wheel function is ignored. On Wed, 22 November 2000, -michael- wrote: On Wednesday 22 November 2000 16:26, you wrote: On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote: I have just bought an optical mouse (LOgitech and USB) and cannot get it to work under 7.2. Does anybody know how I can get this to work? I just potta new one usb mouse today an Intellyeye fromO Thanks, Wayne go to www.linux-usb there is detailed explantions haow to get usb mice to wor Mine came with a ps2 adapter! -- -michael- Registered Linux user # 195773 "Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited email message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community." ___ Free Unlimited Internet Access! Try it now! http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/index.html ___ ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
RE: [newbie] Problem with Telnet
I ran into that problem today too... I set up another linux box with my friend and we we telnetted into eachother ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Problem with Telnet ** Original Sender: xaos [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:54:11 -0600 ** Original Message follows... On Tuesday 21 November 2000 00:05, some strange person did etch this in stone: Hi, I am having a problem with telnet into my linux box too. I can telnet into remote sites, but cannot do it other way around. It always tells me that "connection closed by foreign host". In my /etc/inetd.conf I had it setup like following. telnet stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd -l -a Can some one give me idea? what does "-l" and "-a" mean ? oh... i setup security as medium when I first install the system. comment out the localhost part in the /etc/hosts.deny -x. -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244 ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
RE: [newbie] Cant connect to internet Plezz help
I need this same help too but for sdsl... somebody help it doesnt seem that it is using dhcp correctly and manual addition for the entries doesnt help but it recognizes my card and has teh driver the ethernet on my dsl modem is also on... please someone give help I had sent a message about something similar earlier ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Cant connect to internet Plezz help ** Original Sender: "Albert Davis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:15:16 -0600 ** Original Message follows... Ok I have installed Mandrake-Linux with no problems on my system, 5 times now. I am installing the lnx4win version. In windoz I got the DHCP, Default Gateway, my IP, my subnetmast, which is 255.255.252.0, notice the 252 there?, and my DNS. I have used the ifconfig -a function and my card is being reconized. BTW I have Road Runner cable connection I have tried most every variant I can to get the internet connection up. I am a true newb to Linux but frow what i understand the DHCP should configure my system for me. I have before set up a NetMax server but when I did that it used a static ip. Is there a function of sometype that i can run to set up my connection? Im lost here. Thx for anyhelp ** - End Original Message --- ** animalTK
[newbie] SDSL CONNECTION
Anyone have any experience with configuring net connections on linux-mandrake? I have a D-Link DFE-530 TX pci nic card that is a 10/100 card i also have a usb 3com 10 nic that doesnt work in linux. I have the d-link configured in linux. I am using gnome as my main desktop. I have everything for the net configured but.. I enable dhcp and it looks for it on the installation disks and then quits. Can I download DHCP from the net *the packages* so I can configure them in linux? Of course, one of the main reasons to have linux is to have access to the web with it. It's bugging the hell out of me. I have linux mandrake 7.2 . and linux-conf. I can use for configuring. Anyone that helps me out would get a big thanks. Also, I have my nic on eth 0 in linux and all I configured is the domain name which is something.com (I have that configured right) and I selected E0 and DHCP and no my isp doesnt use pppoe. But I dont and on my sdsl modem the ethernet light is on so I know its ge! tting a connection its just linux that can't "read" that connection. I really need to get DHCP configured Yes I am dual booting with windows. I have 3 partitions. WELL four. One for my mp3's. One for windows. One for the linux swap file and one for the linux native file. animalTK
