[newbie] my turn to test
hmmm twenty hours with no mail from the list 1. the first president of the US was? 2 the president of the US lives in what city? 3 why are you reading this? 4 why am I typing this? 5 what is the meaning of lfe? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing
On Thursday 29 August 2002 04:33 pm, you wrote: Hello, I can't seem to get my printing to work. I've got Mandrake 8.2 and I'm trying to print to a networked HPLJ4SIMX printer using LPR. It says it's printing but nothing every comes out. I've deleted and re-added the printer several times using Mandrake Control Center. Any ideas on what I could try? David Seuferer, CNE Ames Laboratory Information Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: (515) 294-5638 phone: (515) 294-6053 It comes in pints!?Pippin h, try printing with cups? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HardDrake not liking nForce?
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 02:18 pm, you wrote: It just gets worse and worse... I just fired up HardDrake to see what kind of disks it thought I was using and it killed X. Tried it in single user mode without X and hung until I hit ctrl-alt-del and rebooted. This is happening with or without the nForce drivers installed. This is with my Abit NV7-133R, an nForce 420-D board. Anyone else having any problems with an nForce board? I know civileme had mostly good luck with a little Asus A7N266-VM which is an nForce 220- D board. Any other positive experiences? cheers, ::mark have you tried (when you reach I just fired up HardDrake to see what kind of disks it thought I was using and it killed X) Ctrl+Alt+f7? or any of the other fx (x=8) keys? when harddrake kills my ideo, I Ctrl+Alt+f7, and wow... right back where I was... maybe X is not reay killed? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HardDrake not liking nForce?
typo... should da been. video On Wednesday 28 August 2002 05:29 pm, you wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of etharp Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HardDrake not liking nForce? On Wednesday 28 August 2002 02:18 pm, you wrote: It just gets worse and worse... I just fired up HardDrake to see what kind of disks it thought I was using and it killed X. Tried it in single user mode without X and hung until I hit ctrl-alt-del and rebooted. This is happening with or without the nForce drivers installed. This is with my Abit NV7-133R, an nForce 420-D board. Anyone else having any problems with an nForce board? I know civileme had mostly good luck with a little Asus A7N266-VM which is an nForce 220- D board. Any other positive experiences? cheers, ::mark have you tried (when you reach I just fired up HardDrake to see what kind of disks it thought I was using and it killed X) Ctrl+Alt+f7? or any of the other fx (x=8) keys? when harddrake kills my ideo, I Ctrl+Alt+f7, and wow... right back where I was... maybe X is not reay killed? Hmm. I'll try that. HardDrake is killing your ide0? When Ctrl+Alt+F7 makes X reappear is HardDrake running or...? cheers, ::mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install something from cD
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 02:03 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 28 August 2002 12:03 pm, David Sexton wrote: Well first you need to mount your CDROM with the mount command so type mount /mnt/cdrom Some people find the whole mount/unmount thing hard. In that case, you can add the Kwikdisk/Kdiskfree button/applet to your KDE menu (if you're using it)... Click on the entry, and choose mount...KFM/Konq opens automagically. VERY slick. Really nice for when I can't reach my keyboard (I use my computer from my bed)... B w to much information there. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Antivirus for Linux?
is true, and the best antiviri' for Linux is not having M$ products in the same network (ohh I crake myself up sometimes ..I am so damn funny) On Friday 02 November 2001 11:40, you had thoughts to the concept of: I read that it's not necessary to install an antivirus for Linux. Is that true? And if it wasn't, what's the best antivirus? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
bub, I bee's a mechanic too... you will just have to READ,read, read, and read some more. this list is comprised of realy smart (read; head of MandrakeSoft Quality Assurance team, tech for UUnet (the people that run the point of presence that AOL and EArthlink connect and contract to), (and probly 75% of who dials up the internet other than local Telephone Co.) and regular folks that have decided that really they ain't one of the Sheep with a tithe to give M$. any question you can think to ask, I bet you can find an answer on this list. WELCOME. On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:20, you had thoughts to the concept of: I appreciate everybodies help it's just some of the emails I get I am clueless to. Talking about codes, mounts, etc etc etc. I'm lost. I ask a question and I get a breakdown of the system and how to manipulate the code. Not that I don't appreciate it, but I'm confused even worse. I'm not a programmer, I'm a mechanic with no intentiions of becoming a programmer or network administrator. I just like using the computer alot. Playing games, surfing the net and chatting. I'm just sick of windows fubaring every 20 minutes or my downloads are lost because I got disconnected because windows used up all my ram. And I think thats your problem wasn't meant as a slam or anything. It was just in general as in that's my opinion of the problem. Example: I think you have a problem with your lifters slapping the top of your pistons. It's not you it's the car. Don't take it personal wasn't directed at you. But anyways I am pleased with Mandrake, it just seems that most of the newbies are wicked smart with linux, unlike me. Metamorphysical a.k.a. Clueless On Tuesday 30 October 2001 14:39, you wrote: I don't know to whom you implied the I think thats your problem. Personally, many here and everywhere would love to see Microsoft disappear from the face of the earth. Personally, I am currently running Linux-Mandrake 8.0, MacOS X, and WindowsXP. I love them all. Personally, I wish I could get them in all into one box and just shift between all three. I have Mandrake newbie since the beginning of March. I am learning and will be learning this and many other things until the day I die or go into a coma. Its only hard until you learn and someone takes the time to help. This list is very helpful, but like anywhere else there are those with the patience while others with the best intentions don't quite have that understanding patience with you. Anyone can learn anything if they are committederr dedicated not locked up in an insane asylum. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
shouldn't that be rm -rf usr/bin/laden (without the quotes, of course?) On Tuesday 30 October 2001 21:12, you had thoughts to the concept of: rm -r usr/bin/laden Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows on linux
BIGGA SNIP that's right. I am the only one around here with a viable excuse to be an ass, (being as I _AM_ an ass, and if you don't believe it, ask my kids.) PARTICK_u_lurly for no reason. (permission to see the doctor to remove toungue from cheek sir?) What's with the unnecessary attitude? Last I heard, being in a pedantic mood and wrapping your post with cute little tags is not a viable excuse to be an ass for no reason. Matt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem problem
a question with out the error message or hardware spec (make, model, etc.) is some3 times very hard to provide a complete answer for. what type of internal modem? what is the error message? some internal modems sing in Linux and some will cause you a steep bit of learning On Tuesday 23 October 2001 04:50, you had thoughts to the concept of: hi everybody... I have linux mandrake 8.1 installed on my computer. I have an internal modem and as you know I can not connect internet using my modem... I heard that some programs are developed to solve this problem, but I couldn't find any information anywhereç... If there is somebody there who knows anything about that please reply:) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-9; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does computer with dual PIII 700MHz good enough to run Web mail server?
and may I ask, how (who) does the dns for those domains, and what is the expense?? On Wednesday 03 October 2001 22:51, you had thoughts to the concept of: I run 3 domains/internal file server/mail server/sql server...all from a dual PIII 500 with 512meg of ram. And it barely stress's this machine. Your dual PIII 700 should be more then fine =) And i run this all off of a 2meg up and 4 meg down connection. h3rb On Wednesday 03 October 2001 21:54, Tuan Tran wrote: Can any one tell me if I can use dual PIII 700MHz to run web, mail intranet file server? How fast is it? My cable company provides 2MB download and 380Kps upload. Is it good enough to run web server with about 50 people access at a same time? Thank you Tuan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MODEMS vs Winmodems
so, Joe, can we count on you to be the resident win-modem in Mandrake at newbie helper? what we REALLY need is someone to help out all the winmodem owner/newbies when they write. Can I give them your e-mail address should they not receive a positive responce within say 48 hours? bigga snip For the record, the purpose of my post was not to say that everyone should embrace soft modems. The tendency on the list has been to slam them outright instead of offering support to the person requesting help. That does a disservice to the person asking the questions, discourages them from seeking further help from this forum and ultimately discourages trying linux as an alternative. For the benefit of those who pay per minute for internet access and those with slow connections, I do think it is time to let this topic die off. Let's just agree to disagree. Joe It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Ed Tharp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hello Everyone!!
ahhh... (humped back old crone, rubbing hands together stirring bubbling cauldren) another tasty newbie morsal, you'll never getaway now newbie.yuk, yuk, yuk, On Wednesday 03 October 2001 08:02 pm, Mark Wilson wrote: Hello List.. I am a new to Mandrake.. My name is Mark, and I have been using Linux for about 6 months.. I have loaded it on one machine and I am currently loading it on my other machine, as soon as I get my new Motherboard and processor.. I have been using Redhat Linux 6.2 for about 9 months now.. This is what we use at work.. I am a Systems Support analyst for a company, in Richmond VA, and I am sure not the most experienced Linux user out there, but I hope i will be able to help out someone, and vice versa.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MODEMS vs Winmodems
snip Joethe real winmodem problem is better explained below by the two selected quotes from Rick Moen's linuxmafia.com website: http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/ good link, thanks 'nother snip Theoretically, programmers could write substitute engine software for non-MS-Windows operating systems. This would have to be done separately for each OS and for each modem-type crippled in some distinctive way. Further, it would entail reverse-engineering each such design's programming interface, without cooperation from manufacturers who classify this as proprietary information. In any event, programmers seem highly unlikely to bother, because they find it far easier to buy real modems, instead. not to mention a jail term in the USA due to the DCMA. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] attachments in every message??
yep you are correct it was discussed befor, and it is new since sometime after 8.0 came out On Wednesday 03 October 2001 14:45, you had thoughts to the concept of: I recently signed back up to the expert and newbie lists for mandrake in anticipation of the new 8.1 release and find that something is different with the list. It may have been discussed before but now EVERY message I have gotten today has had a 'message.footer' file attached to it. Is this normal?? -- Carl Lafferty Sys Admin Floyd County Public Library www.fclib.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: RE: [newbie] Aurora
mayBE you could deduct that; since the only pourpose anyone can come up with is eyecandy, the porpuse is eyecandy and any other help is not likely to be forthcomming. you or I could guess that by purpose you mean added functionality. and no would be my guess. On Tuesday 02 October 2001 00:49, you had thoughts to the concept of: No that I can tell either what it's purpose is, but I just turn it off. I'ts maybe nicer looking but doesn't tell me much. On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, etharp wrote: is pretty... (and while not to bash m$ [no really]) it is much neater to watch than a blue to white stripe on the bottom of the screen. - Does Aurora serve any useful purpose at all? Cheers --- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kmail configuration
when I put in the info, as a general rule, i do not use the words Password or login since caps make a difference. I usally use the expect as assword and ogin and then put the user name, Earthlink changed the way you need to sigh in a few weeks ago from a format with ELN/username to [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 28 September 2001 13:01, you had thoughts to the concept of: Dave Sherman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 28 September 2001 11:10 am, Charles A. Punch wrote: Sorry I can't help, but I do have another problem Kmail. It will not recognize my passsword or username. These same settings work fine in Mozilla. I got it to work once a long time ago, and I don't think I am doing anything different. I have tried just about every variation on the settings that semed anywhere near logical and nothing changes. Any specific error messages? Failed authentication? Something else? Could not login to earthlink.net I said PASS your password Then the server said; -ERR bad password or username Thanx for any help you can give me. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user #217118 Dave - -- Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit. (No fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money.) - - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7tLG1A68l26XsZUYRAuoWAJ9aiM3MUHH22eJywiFwBGivWAnrswCg3diY 8qor2b4q7u+Zdl070XG8FCw= =fog0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing onto a Primary partition?
I am not sure about that,,, he seems to want to install linux, without lin4win, in a fat32 partition. I URGE you to reconsider, and use the much stronger and more choicefull, not to mention professional quality backup software available for Linux systems, and to consider that linux really needs a linux native FS partition for things like /boot the Linux backup software should have no problem backing up a fat32 partition. On Friday 28 September 2001 13:02, you had thoughts to the concept of: On September 28, 2001 10:42 am, Lin wrote: Hi, I am trying to install Mandrake onto a Primary partition that used to be for windows Fat32 without increasing the Ext Partition - so I could use disk imaging software in the FAT32 partition to backup my linux on a constant basis - but I don't know how to install Mandrake onto a Primary partition because it doesn't really let me. But is it possible? You betcha! A few words of caution first: You must chose an already empty partition. There is no easy way to preserve any existing data. Also, you are limited to four primary partitions per hard drive. This is a hardware thing, not a Windows or Linux thing. Again, for the sake of preserving your existing data if you're unsure of anything-- any doubt at all, abort before you commit your changes. There is lots of documentation out there about preparing your partitions for Linux. Try a search on Google for 'Linux Partition HOWTO'. Do an install in Expert mode. When you get to the point where you're selecting the your primary Linux partition, click the 'Type' button and you get a bunch of options, below the drop-down list of partition formats is another drop-down list that lets you chose between 'Primary' or 'Extended'. Good luck! Richie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: RE: [newbie] Aurora
is pretty... (and while not to bash m$ [no really]) it is much neater to watch than a blue to white stripe on the bottom of the screen. - Does Aurora serve any useful purpose at all? Cheers --- 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] happy binary day
as today is one of the few true days every century that are truly binary I jest thought I would offer a happy binary day to every one and every 0. 10-01-01 (see you again in 9 days) GRIN Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble understanding
may I ask , under what install did you do? On Thursday 27 September 2001 00:21, you had thoughts to the concept of: Okay, I finally got online. I figured my email settings for retrieval. Now the problem is I can't do squat as a user running Netscape, but as a root the Netscape loads up fine not as quick as IE under Windows. How do I change that so I don't have to log on as root everytime? Any advice is appreciated. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?
we have answered this so many times, you know we should come up with a better answer, something with a little humour, kinda like the unsub fee for folks trying to unsub on list. On Wednesday 26 September 2001 08:05, you had thoughts to the concept of: It's been done to death loads of times. The overall result is don't worry about it, it's an idle task which soaks up unused cycles for accounting purposes. It's not really using ANY of your processor cycles. Look at the output from 'top' in a console. Check out the CPU utilisation figures at the top of the display. See? Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Rick Commo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [newbie] kapm-idled? The characteristic as seen on my 8.1b3 machine - 850Mhz Duron with 512MB - is that if nothing else is happening I see a background usage of about 45% utilitzation if I am eyeballing the little usage display accurately. However, as soon as I move the mouse or do any real work and stop, the CPU usage is flat for a bit then kapm-idle kicks in. I was going to ask the same question my self if I couldn't find an answer in the archives. Cheers, -rick File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 16:22, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Tuesday 25 September 2001 13:10, you spoke unto the masses thusly: Yeah, that reminds me - a few days ago someone on a NZ linux list said that anyone using Mandrake with gui may as well stick with MS Windows. I found that quite insulting. Besides, I reckon Mandrake is the perfect solution for learning linux when migrating from MS. you must be kidding? clearly not someone who has suffered from ms use recently! I recently saw a suggestion that if anyone was ever gonna be a microshaft killer it would have to be a aol-timewarner/mandrake distro. coaster,, err CD is in the mail. maybe it is almost as friendly, but in speed, price, power, stability... ok so anyone here could go on and on with the list, but really. someone said that? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sound not work
tried turning off plug and pray aware OS in the BIOS? On Tuesday 25 September 2001 18:20, you had thoughts to the concept of: Hi, I am using mandrake 7.2 and using intel82801AA AC97 Audio. but I get the following error messages when loading the sound module. do you know why?? /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-intel8x0.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-intel8x0.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-intel8x0.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-card-intel8x0.o: insmod snd-card-intel8x0 failed thank you vic Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] a couple a things
thnk you, but as far as I can tell, the user was a member of the cdwriters group. I thnk I must have had a bad cdrom in the drive. On Saturday 22 September 2001 23:32, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:56:10 -0400, etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a couple of weeks ago I had an e-mail config problem, and I started a new user, as that new user I have not been able to add a name in the kmail address book. it seems to be in there, but the next time I open the address book it is gone, I am guessing a permissions problem, but where? Check the status (permissions, etc.) of your /home/yama/.kde/share/apps/kmail/addressbook file. also I have not been able to access my usb cdwriter as the new user. at least not to burn in Gcombust any more. Use userdrake to add that user to the 'cdwriter' group. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video cards - Radeon
my bet is that until you read about PCTel opening up the source, and that won't happen until after M$ opens their source for the windows9x kernel. (read: NEvEr). I believe it has MUCH less to do with linux and it's development that it does with the DCMA and US law. (we in America are out to make friends and influence people to be our friends, as long as you don't talk about how sloppy our methods of encryption are or try to steal our corporate secrets. heck maybe we could solve the terrorist problem by checking Bin Ladens licenses for M$ products?) On Sunday 23 September 2001 06:43, you wrote: I run the Radeon 64Mb DDR card under Linux-Mandrake 7.2 without incident. Is there any change with winmodem in either 8.0 or 8.1? I would like to just plug and play with my winmodem without having to get a new real modem. you might be pleased with the improvments in getting winmodems to work (but really is not plug and pray), but you might also like the way M$winders runs after you get rid of the PCTel modem and the software that goes with it (not just the driver, but other PCTel stuff loaded at the same time as the driver). Just my experiance. I am sure PCTel MUST have gotten better since I dealt with them, since I have not bought another PCTel or HSP modem in about 4 years, and still have 2 hanging around the house, not in any box, but my personal feelings are that I would NOT give one of these away to an enemy, much less sell it to someone I don't even know on e-bay. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how do I set lilo.conf for 3 cdroms,USB burner?
in my box, I have hda as winders and /home (8 gig hd), hdb is a dvd-dcrom, hdc is my (winders d: (data)and LM /) second hard drive, hdd is a plain ide cdrom, and my USB cdwriter shows up as scd0. I would like to edit my lilo and what ever else to be able to emulate scsi on the other cdroms, so as to be able to see (and read) them as a scsi device. could anyone correct my append statement in lilo so I do not get an error message about the line when I run lilo as an executable to update? It sees the usb writer just fine as both scsi 0,0,0, and as /mnt/cdrom3, and reads fine from /mnt/cdrom3. The current line reads; image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdc5 append=scd0=ide-scsi quiet hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi vga=788 read-only the error I get after running lilo (as root) is; Syntax error near line 15 in file /etc/lilo.conf line fifteen is the append statement. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware help
jumper settings are even more specific than that, they are specific to that model and serial number dreive. however, if the question was do most all ide drives have a setting for master and slave or cable select I can say from experiance that all but the oldest ide drives do, and the older ones just do not have cable select as a setting. is the BIOS set to regognize the drive? or is this an scsi drive? On Saturday 22 September 2001 06:35, you wrote: Just finished building my Linux box a few days ago. I took an old 4Gb Quantum Fireball which suddenly Linux doesn't recognize and keeps asking me for SCSI drivers and gives me a list to pick from. Nevertheless, I just want to turn this 4Gig drive as extension for raw data such as photos and music. I have manuals with jumper settings for another harddrive, but I wanted to ask if anyone knew if jumper settings are standard among all harddrive makers or specific to each manufacturer. Thanks in advance. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Giving permission to /mnt/windows
fat file systems do not allow the same permissions as Linux. what are you tring to do that you want to change the permissions? On Saturday 22 September 2001 15:42, you wrote: I'm trying to give permission to a user to /mnt/windows (specifically /mnt/windows/mp3) but can't seem to figure out how to do it. I've tried using chmod 777, 755, etc... but it gives me back 'invalid mode' Idea's? Thanks. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] a couple a things
a couple of weeks ago I had an e-mail config problem, and I started a new user, as that new user I have not been able to add a name in the kmail address book. it seems to be in there, but the next time I open the address book it is gone, I am guessing a permissions problem, but where? also I have not been able to access my usb cdwriter as the new user. at least not to burn in Gcombust any more. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?
it is a measurement of the IDLED (as in not running, sitting still) CPU for the reading of AdvancedPowerMangagment. and is not an illusion, it is required for Mandrake8.0+ On Saturday 22 September 2001 01:19, you wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, s wrote: On Friday 21 September 2001 10:46 pm, Manuel Drake wrote: What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? Please do a search, this has been discussed to death on all the forums. Ok, read up... Hrmm, so I guess it's only an illusion? Eek. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware help
there are drivers that take a little work on your part...see www.linmodems.org On Saturday 22 September 2001 09:05, you wrote: I managed to answer my own question. The problem is that for whatever reason WindowsME and Linux couldn't see the old drive. I looked it over and made sure the jumper settings were correct. I kept at it until BAMM! Linux and Windows saw it. On a side note I really wish someone would get a driver working for winmodems. I don't really want to spend the money on an external one since this one works just fine. Oh well keeping the faith going. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Will Ximian install fix Gnome?
ehhh.. I could have sworn it stood for SWITCH user and the defualt user to switch to is root, since I can su to any other user by su anyotheruser and it asks for and confirms the password. On Thursday 20 September 2001 20:40, you wrote: Hi, su stands for Super User; David Charles On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I assume that by localhost you mean the login prompt. If so, you need to log in as root, not su. su is a console command which stands for switch user; it is not a user in itself. On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:36:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You answered all my questions and It hinders on one factor only. Initial installation I left almost all checkboxes unchecked. I did not want items installed that I do not need. So I must assume when I cannot log in at localhost as the su, something is lacking. So it is best to add all then go back and remove. I assumed doing it the other way would work. A good learning experiment. Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:14:22 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope you have broad shoulders. I am getting no where and it may be your fault. You are helping me, because of the problems you are dealing with. Is it possible to have more than one desktop? Of course. GNU/Linux is all about choice :-) KDE bye, bye. The help section is beautiful. As I get to items such as type in the following command, it is unreadable. (special code?!!) I have no internet hook up on the linux yet. Checking out Gnome, I visited there site. Is the version you downloaded the one that has all the Java capabilities? Java has nothing to do with the desktop environment. You can get a Java Runtime Environment at java.sun.com. Is it possible to log in as su at localhost instead of user? Localhost is your computer name, not a user name. You _can_ log in directly as root (that's the superuser's name), but it is recommended that you do everything as a user and su (switch user) to root only when you need to (e.g. when installing RPMs). I am getting lazy. I too have the CD's. I noticed when checking out the rpm's installable, installed windows nothing that I have installed is showing. If the RPM is on your system doing an upgrade manually will ignore or override RPM? I guess we are to assume that the RPM and manual installs if done correctly will place files in the same locations on the file system? I did find a site that explained the drawbacks of using RPM. Do you know of a way to get the items off of the CD's without using RPM's? I'm not too sure what you mean here. If you want to look _inside_ RPM packages, you can do this with mc (Midnight Commander), a console file manager. Tools like Mandrake's Software Manager, GNOME's gnoRPM and KDE's KPackage all interface with the RPM system, and so can correctly install RPMs. Upgrading Mandrake as a whole (e.g. from the CDs) respects the existing RPM database, and upgrades rather than replaces it. Also, you can use the console RPM app to install packages. Kathy Peter Rymshaw wrote: The serious problems with gnome seemed to be fixed (I did find still another gnome RPM. Maybe that did it I still can't understand why it was necessary to do it manually, though. --- Peter Rymshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've decided that I like Gnome more than KDE and want to learn and begin using it. But I'm having problems beyond the normal (like getting CD floppy access from the desktop or panel. I won't have to manually monunt/unmount will I?) That's not the problem. When I try to select many of the Gnome features, the computer freezes--completely, I have to turn the power off and on (which I worry about each time). I've found that some of these problems have gone away after I've installed more gnome files from the RPMs on CD-ROM, so that might be the heart of the problem (and also what I would consider a serious bug in the program). But I have installed everything that I can find named gnome and there are still problems. (And shouldn't the initial installation of Gnome from the install CD have worked even without what I've done?) What I've done now is gone to the Ximian signt and downloaded their gnome files (and also gnuCash which I had tried to install earlier without success). I figure I should install -core- first, then perhaps -applets-, -libs-, -utils- and the others I found. Ximian says that it is based on gnome 1.4, and
Re: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem
I don't think you are gonna find a cheap OR a pci modem that does not require any configuration. you might look at e-bay and find an old 28.8 external cheap, and an external requires LESS config than PCI. I want a pizza maker that spits out a pizza on nights that i am to tired to fix dinner, without me having to even open the box or tell it I am tired too, and I want it to have the correct popings when the pizza is done,,, know where I can get one of those? grin On Friday 17 August 2001 18:10, you wrote: Anybody know of a cheap PCI non-winmodem supported by kernel 2.2.? While I'm at it, how about for 2.4.xxx? I've been to http://./~gromitkrc and linmodems, but can't make a suitable choice. I want one that configures itself...doesn't make me have to load any modules. TIA. __ www.edsamail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem
zoom and aktiontec both make less expensive pci (and linux compatible) modems. the call waiting from actiontec wipes a$$ in linux, in my opinion and experience Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] another 5.25floppy question
did you set the BIOS to recognize the other size drive? ]On Friday 21 September 2001 22:47, you wrote: I am testing a bunch of floppy drives on my system. With the 3.5drives, all I had to do was swap them and my system couldn't tell the difference. With the 5.25 disks, I just get a input/output error. Is there anything I need to do to get my system to recognize it or should it not be making a distinction? -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ISA sound balster card not decated
turn Plug and pray aware os off in bios, in a text console, as root, run (type at prompt,without the quotes) sndconfig and follow the directions. also note that on that sound card, the default mixer settings might be so low that you can not hear the sample, if that is the case,no errors just no sound, you might go into the multimedia sound kmix on the K menu (assuming you are running KDE and set the settings all about 2/3 up and makesure none are muted. On Thursday 20 September 2001 21:52, Roderick Scotto wrote: hi ppl! I need to now how to configure a 16bit ISA sound blaster with linux mandrake 7.1 It is not detecting it in the HardDrake thanks in advaced Scotto _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without overheating
it has been my understanding for some long time that Linux (as a server OS first) was designed to run 24/7 and infact will run some services in the middle of the night (3AM or so) that speed it up the rest of the time, like updating the locate data so it can find files faster On Thursday 20 September 2001 09:09, you wrote: Eric Lin wrote: Most computers in school are ran 24/7, but they are mostly all air conditioned and mostly are not placed near books. Does anyone know if it is safe for a home user to leave his/her computer on continuously? It can be safe, presuming you take suitable precautions and understand the hazards and tradeoffs. (And, offering advice on a subject like this can be risky. You need to understand the risks and make your own decision. The following may not include all the factors or information you need to consider. There are several things to consider: * Safety of the computer * Safety of your home * Energy consumption Safety of the computer: A potentially big topic, there is a difference of opinion -- some people think that leaving your computer on all the time will prolong its life, as opposed to turning it on and off. Each on and off cycle tends to strain various components associated with the computer (like power supplies, the CRT (monitor), etc.) Leaving things like disk drives running all the time will tend to wear them out. Ideally, you want to configure some things about your system -- set the power managment features of your computer to: * spin down your hard drive after some appropriate time (1 to 5 minutes of no activity?) * put your monitor into suspend or whatever they call it after some appropriate time * suspend your computer afer an appropriate time (contents of RAM is written to the disk, and the processor is stopped or slowed down significantly) You might also consider getting a Transmeta Crusoe chip as your next CPU, in a motherboard that can support its power management features. The enemies (sp?) of electronic equipment are heat and surges. Surges come from turning the equipment on and off (as well as from external sources). Heat comes from leaving the equipment on. Safety of your home: Make sure your computer is positioned in a place where ventilation is adequate, and ventilation ports in the cabinets (especially the CRT) are not blocked, especially not blocked by combustible material like piles of paper. Maintaining good ventilation and avoiding heat build up helps to prolong the life of the computer and your home (from fire). But, nothing can guarantee that something won't happen to cause a fire, so take appropriate precautions. A fire alarm is important. I haven't heard of fires being started by a home computer, but it is an electronic device which uses electricity, creates heat, includes combustible components, and includes components (plastics, for example) which can produce poisonous gases (phosgene) during combustion. (Note that all of the same things are true of your TV, stereo, microwave, etc.) You may not want to have the computer running when no one is at home. Energy Consumption: If you have a computer with a 300 watt power supply that happens to use all 300 watts continuously (unlikely, especially if no one is using the computer), and a monitor, external modem, whatever, you could conceivably use 500 watts of electriciy per hour, which at $.10/kwh would be $1.20 per day or $36 a month in excess energy costs, and the creation of pollution etc. associated with the creation of that electricity, depending on how it is made. Realistically, I think it is more likely that a computer uses 100 watts or less (much less if in standby or suspend) with the monitor and so forth turned off. So now maybe you are looking at $7 / month in power costs. (The 100 watts is strictly a guess -- I've never tried to measure it or seen any published figures. -- I happen to run 5 computers during the day and 2 on a 7/24 basis, and I don't think I see an extra $30 per month in cost. (But I've been doing it for so long, I don't really have valid old figures to compare against.) Conclusion: I can't make the conclusion for you, you have to consider the hazards, risks, and costs, and make your own decision. Others may have additional points that I've overlooked. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail pine not receiving (still, again, always)
not to seem to dense... but for sure you only have 1 network card in this computer? On Wednesday 19 September 2001 02:20, you wrote: Hi Mark (and anyone else who might be entertained by/curious about this saga)! Today I did a complete re-install of Mandrake 8.0 and the picture below represents my current state. I will yet try again on the morrow! I recently got a message from Postfix (YEAH!) from the system. So I get internal mail now. First, here is my .fetchmailrc file: = SNIP = set postmaster WeAreUs set bouncemail set no spambounce set properties poll home.com proto POP3 via eth0 user 'WCBaker' there with password 'xxx' is WeAreUs here = SNIP = Issuing fetchmail with -v flag: message that comes back is: fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of home.com Issuing from the console: fetchmail mail.home.com message that comes back is: fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of mail.home.com Issuing from the console: fetchmail home.com message that comes back is: fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of home.com For all the attempts above, I watched both the status lights on the ethernet card attached to the cable modem and also the desktop Network Monitoring tool, and fetchmail does appear to be doing the DNS query (well, it is certainly doing something on the net but I have no certainty about what it is doing). Neither my host name nor my domain name on the Linux box are home.com (which I figure would really shoot me in the foot, or even higher up). I did call myself WarrenB.com, if that is ok?? It does appear that there's something scwewy going on awound here! Those wascawy winux pwobwems. . . Thanks to all for tolerating this continuing (seemingly forever) thread. . . Cheers! -wowen (that's warren if you are not a bugs bunny fan) - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] fetchmail pine not receiving (still) WC, try typing the fetchmail command and use the -v flag and post the results of the attempt. It sounds as though you're not telling fetchmail the correct information, or theres something scwewy going on awound here! -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is this a joke?
damn, I bet you wish you had read the directions, since if you had, it would have warned you NOT to use the UPDATE to update a kernel. now you can either reinstall, or compile a new kernel. let me ask you, did you take the time to learn how to drive, or read the drivers handbook they give you before you decided you could drive a car, or did you not have time for that either? I always like the sign I have over my desk that says how can there be not enough time to do the job right the first time, if there has to be time to go back and do it right as warrenty? On Wednesday 19 September 2001 03:17, you wrote: Hi all, running Mandrake 8.0. Yesterday I UPDATED the kernel (Using the MandrakeUpdate utility) to be 2.4.3-20 All at a sudden, iptables is not working (cannot share internet and ALSO the DHCP does not work...). But what is worst, my beloved modem does not work anymore (well, KPPP is guessing that ppp is not supported by the kernel...) I am now in the position of not being able to use my Linux machine which was hosting the FATS Modem as well as the PRINTER. Is this a joke or a nightmare? I am a user, not a guru. I have no time to read and study the Kernel howto and so on. Which is the QUICKEST AND SAFEST way to have a system working again? Thanks a lot indeed. /stefano Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] åÓÔØ ÔÕÔ ËÔÏ, ÇÏ×ÏÒÑÝÉÊ ÐÏÒÕÓÓËÉ!
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 17:02, you wrote: In reply to ëíó's words, written Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:35:08 +0600 åÓÔØ ÔÕÔ ËÔÏ, ÇÏ×ÏÒÑÝÉÊ ÐÏ ÒÕÓÓËÉ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] I could not agree more. Paul as Sly says Abibsoooluutlly. -- Blessed are the Geeks, for they shall internet the earth. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Text only, UGH!
as far as the localhost comment, DO NOT change it. that is for the loopback or lo interface, and the computer needs it to talk to itself. copy the format on the next line, but change the local.localdomain to whateveris.yourdomain or what ever you call the computer and domain, orlocalhost works good too, but you will want to change the IP number from a 127.x.x.x number to a 192.186.0.x number (these are reserved for small networks with the submask 255.255.255.0, and will not go out into the Internet) when eth0 (the first ethernet connection) is delayed, it maens you ain't got the card setup right. do you have Plug and Pray aware OS set to off in the computer bios? have you tried linuxconf to setup the network? On Tuesday 18 September 2001 00:00, you wrote: Hi all, I am three weeks into using Linux after using only Macintosh for the past 10 years. I had a computer store install Redhat 7.1. This 150 Pentium w/40m Ram 20gb hd should make a good first file server. I don't want to buy a color Video card or color monitor. I have a old monochrome monitor When starting, it informs me eth0 initalization is delayed. everthing else is listed as OK. I tried /ect/hostname in Pico and found the text: saying Do not erase the lines below. It read 127.0.0.1 host_name. Local domain Should I coment this out (#). Or replace it, with my IP and host name ect.? I am concerned about erasing it. *Is this likely to be the reason for delay eth0 initalization I put my info directly under the 127... line and it does not show up anywhere. It is a isa card, I read where autoprobe may malfunction. *Exactly* how does one go about disabiling auto probe for the ethernet card Andrew Have an extra nice Day!, Andrew Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??
my advice is to run appache on the home computer, set any folders you want to be allowed to get into in the config, and run a connection thru a Dynamic DNS server, so you could log into linxbox.ods.dyn.dns.org (or whom ever you sign up for the service with, you can search google for dynamic dns servers and find a few). that way, you dial in, connect to the dynamic dns server to set the name to yor current dns, and you can go from there and look like you were savy enough to have created AOL if you had the time a few years ago. it really is easy (about one saterday day to learn how, since if you have installed all the toys with Mandrake 8.0 powerpack it will already be installed and waititng for you to setup the configuration. you can then set up a cron job to check the dialin connectiopn and connect to the Dynamic dns server and make sure it is correctly updated. you can also set your PPP conncetion to redial if the signal is dropped, and the cron job will reconncet to the DNS and update automagiclly. I personally think that you might then want to check out PHP-Nuke after you get the server setup and your folders accessable. On Tuesday 18 September 2001 06:40, you wrote: I'm at work today, and realised that I needed a file which is on my machine at home -doh! Today it's ok because I've asked my wife to email me the file. But she's always reluctant to do this, as she's got her hands full with our twin boys. :-) How easy would it be to turn on my home computer, log on to the net (with a modem) and access it from work? At work, I can use ftp etc-with windows. The file I'm after is Staroffice5.2, which shouldn't cause any problems. Would it be a case of ftping to the IP number that was assigned at home when home computer logged on the net? Or is it much more complicated than sending an email? Any advice is gratefully received. Thanks Adam __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quick help with pine and selecting not working
are you sure it is not copied to the clipboard, but whebn you mouse click the other window you remove the check mark for the item you wanted to paste? it ain't winders, you gots lots more than just the last copy in the klipper buffer. once it is copied you can go back to it. On Tuesday 18 September 2001 10:22, you wrote: Greetings all, troubled am I, but that will start later. I have a quick question about terminal stuff: PINE, when running, somehow disallows select of it's text, which puts a big crimp in my use of GClipper, something which I've become pretty reliant on. I'm a copy-paste kinda guy. How does PINE do this, and how can enable the ability to SELECT in pine? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel panics
when you compile do you use make mrproper?On Tuesday 18 September 2001 09:25, you wrote: Hey folks, Lately I've been fiddling a lot with compiling the linux kernel 2.4.3 (both the vanilla one from kernel.org and the mandrake-customized version) and with both I seem to be getting lots of kernel panics and oops messages (actually none of the kernels get much past the INIT Loading message). While I don't expect anyone to give me the solution, I'm wondering what sort of factors would go into producing these sorts of errors. The vanilla kernel for 2.4.9 works fine, it's just that it seems that NVIDIA drivers for my geforce2 mx/200 card don't seem to work with 2.4.9 and I want to get it working. So yeah, if anyone could explain to me some possible reasons why I can produce a faulty kernel. Thanks, Marcin Jendrzejewski Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bogomips?
it's a made up speed rating bogo as in the excellent adventures of bill and Ted bogus dude MIPS as in Million of Instructions per Second On Sunday 16 September 2001 13:21, you wrote: Does anyone knows what are these? Ragno The Spider Stefano. Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ip masquerading, help
it is setup, tcp/ip is native to the network OS that linux really is On Sunday 16 September 2001 14:46, you wrote: sorry i keep asking so many questions..i just want to find the best way to go about this! i -do- have an actual router (which i was using before when both computers were running windows). my router is linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router. it doesn't provide information about setting it up on a linux box...i have my adapter (ie hardware or MAC) address, ip address (and alt. ip address), subnet mask ip, dns server ip, authentication ip, gateway ip, and domain name. i need (i think) to know how to setup TCP/IP under linux. however i'm not positive about any of this..thanks, angela From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ip masquerading, help Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:37:31 -0400 Yes, the server computer must be running whenever either computer wants to connect to the internet. If it's not, the network cards don't work, and the tcp/ip protocols on thserver aren't enabled, thereby eliminating the Internet coneection. That's one of the big reasons that many people find an old 486 or early generation Pentium pc and set it up as the Internet server or Gateway/Router. The only way around this is as I suggested or to by an actual router and configure it to do the same job as your windows box. One of the nice features of using an old PC is that there are a large number of linux-based gateway/routers that can also be used to act as a firewall, thus protecting you from most types of hacks. You can also run a web-site on many of them. Lanman On Sunday 16 September 2001 02:19 pm, you wrote: is it true that i have to have the server comp. (the windows running one) always on? anyway around this? From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ip masquerading, help Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 13:38:56 -0400 Nope. It won't run on Linux. You shouldn't need it at all. Just make sure you put in the other info I mentioned, and you should be fine. The floopy just contains the same info you have to put in manually,...Gateway and DNS. But of course, Microsoft thinks we're idiots, so that floppy contains a Wizard to transpose the info. Think of it as ICS for Dummies who only use Windows. Obviously, you don't (just use Windows, that is). Once the gateway and DNS are set on the linux box, the most you'll have to do is restart, but it shouldn't be necessary. Just run the network wizard in Mandrake Control center, and it will restart your network connection to the Windows box on it's own. Have fun! Lanman On Sunday 16 September 2001 01:13 pm, you wrote: i'm setting up the internet connection sharing on ME and it's asking if i'd like to make a setup disk for computers using win95 and98...should i make this setup disk (ie will it run on mandrake)? From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ip masquerading, help Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 12:59:57 -0400 Once it's set up, your linux box should be good to go. If not, change the network config to allow for DHCP, restart the network (on linux box), and you shold be in business. Make sure you enter the gateway Internal Ip of Me station, and DNS numbers of your ISP. Lanman On Sunday 16 September 2001 12:50 pm, you wrote: i'm using a road runner cable connection. once i set up internet connection sharing on ME, how do i set up the connection on my linux box? From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ip masquerading, help Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 12:35:06 -0400 Angie - No Problem. Me has something called Internet Connection Sharing. What type of connection do you have? Keep in mind that even though Me will enable DHCP, you can leave your Ip on the Linux box as Static - ie; fixed number. Lanman On Sunday 16 September 2001 12:23 pm, you wrote: i'm relatively new to linux..before i set up linux on my secondary box i was running one cable ip for both computers by way of a router and ethernet card. my primary box is now still running windows (ME) but i can not figure out how to get internet connection to my secondary (now) linux box. i was referred to ip masquerading and
Re: [newbie] MODEM
an external that connects to the serial port On Sunday 16 September 2001 20:10, you wrote: I would appreciate any suggestions as to a suitable modem for a dual boot setup. Using Windows 98 and Mandrake 8. Thank you Ivor Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Really Stuck On Internet Sharing
in a text console type, as root, without the quotes InteractiveBastille and allow the ports 25 and 110 for mail On Sunday 16 September 2001 20:24, you wrote: I have my internet sharing enable to 2 windows cpu's which does seem to work a little. I can surf no problem but I'm unable to pick up my @home mail and net. I can receive it from the Linux mandrake 8 box. I have not been able to find a config file for it only gui. any direction would be great. Best Regards mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] maximal mount count error
set back and let it run. that is the check that iss run when you reach the max count. kinda like in windblows when scandisk runs at boot when you don't shutdown correctly On Saturday 15 September 2001 04:45, you wrote: Thanks guys for the help, but I got another question on the topic. The kernel then told me to run e2fsck. How do I let it run e2fsck automatically during bootup when it detects maximal mount count? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] burning iso
On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:28, you wrote: In reply to D.'s words, written Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:45:14 -0700 I'm so newbie I don't know if linux is pronounced lin like sin or line like sine. to hear Mr. Linus Torvalds say the name (and since he did make up the name, he can decide how it should be pronounced, you can (in a text console, as root) type sndconfig and check the settings on your sound card by hearing him say the way to pronounce linux is linux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list? NO I are to fatheaded to read e-mail from my ISP
I owe everyone a large appology I had failed to change the pop server name in my k-mail configuration by the date my ISP said they would no longer have the old name in service. MY BAD. I am s verry sorry to have made such rash statements without Throroughly checking all other possibilities This list *is* supposed to be unmoderated after all. I have already created such a list on YahooGroups. Sridhar posted the URL. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GNUlinuxgrief Join and post away. Guaranteed unmoderated. The only rule is remain friends by forgiving each other's posts. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting programs at boot
by inserting the command to start the program in /etc/rc.d/rc.local as the LAST line. by putting it last it will give all the other commands a chance to load too. On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:30, you wrote: I know this has been asked thousands of times before, but a look throught the newbie archives doesn't come up with the answer. How do I set a program to start at boot time? Specifically, I would like rp-pppoe (the adsl connection program, requires root to start), to start and connect me to the internet whenever any user logs in. Ideally, it would be nice if there was some sort of popup error message if this fails. This is for my mother's computer, later for my grandmother's computer. I want it to connect to the DSL modem automatically so that they don't have to worry about su'ing to root and connecting etc. Just login and start surfing. Thanks a bunch! -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using postfix pine on Mandrake 8.0. Can send. Can't receive.
ehh, I just had a simalar problem, but mine was with the pop settings from my ISP mail server. but if you ain't recieving how you gonna get this? On Saturday 15 September 2001 18:38, you wrote: I set up postfix pine on Mandrake 8.0. I can send messages out but I can't retrieve anything. Does anyone have ideas? thx! -w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NOTRADAMUS
no. he did not even speak english. On Saturday 15 September 2001 16:08, you wrote: Even so, he still made that very same prophecy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 2:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] NOTRADAMUS In a message dated 9/12/01 2:34:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - Nostradamus 1654 Nostradomus died in the 1500's, this is a hoax. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list
Rog and everone else that cannot find the delete key. Please do not abandon this list, and do not ask to be killefiled or otherwise put your heads in the sand. world wide co-operation and humanization is almost the only way we have to prevent the types of tragedies we are living thru. I KNOW you all knew that at one point without even discussing it. true we do NEED to keep this focused on Mandrake Linux as our tool to have a chance to offer human kindness to individuals world wide. if we close ourselves off, we have a much more difficult time making others realize we are as human and caring as they are. That said, the delete key can be found on most keyboard right below the insert key, and to the right of the carriage return or enter. (you know, the one you use in M$winder$ [along with the Ctrl and Alt keys] to fix a freezeup). Big really stupid redneck Grin On Friday 14 September 2001 00:49, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:15:03 +0200 (CEST), you wrote: FYI, I'll take a look at the list tomorrow, and blacklist everyone who is still talking about politics there. You are still welcome to discuss what happened in one of these threads: Just curious - do you run this list? You've said twice how you'll blacklist anyone still discussing it tomorrow as though you have the ability to have us thrown off the list. If you are just talking about killfiling people, please killfile me now, as I have no need for discussion with you, about Linux or anything else. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?
I have not received any mail from either the newbie list or the expert list since this morning, when I asked everyone to stay on the list to learn what we can. I hope we have not decided to take such measures at this time, when cool heads MUST prevail. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fwd: FW: Light a Candle for Unity
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: FW: Light a Candle for Unity Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:10:24 -0400 From: Weis-Tharp, Kimberly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Though terrorists may have struck out at us as Americans, let us come together and show our unity. Let us show that though our arm may have been hurt, they can not dim the heart of America which rages bright. On Thursday September 13, 2001 at 10:30 pm EST, walk out your door and light a candle or lantern to show the world that our spirit burns bright. Gather with loved ones or gather with neighbors but let our light burn in the night to show that we are united and that we remain strong. Please pass this on to anyone you know. Print it up and pass it to neighbors who may not have internet access, post it to message boards, clubs, news stations, anywhere and everywhere there is a PROUD American! --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA
seems like they changed the list server to make a reply go to the list first (to cut down on questions asked to the list but reply sent to the individuals and not the list so we don't see the correction, and don't need to reply to all) and you will have to hit reply all and delete the list name if you want it to go just to the person. it ain't just mozy mail, it is k-mail too On Tuesday 11 September 2001 17:33, you had thoughts to the concept of: My bad! That's weird, I'm using the reply button (rather that reply all) in Mozilla. Good thing I have nothing to hide eh? Sorry, I don't mean to clog up the list, but it seems that I am not alone in that today anyway. I guess I'll have to cut paste the address to send a new message and get it to go off list . If this one goes on list, it's definitely my browser. If it don't, I must have hit the wrong button last time. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user #217118 Randy Kramer wrote: Charles A. Punch wrote: I'm replying off list, Charles, Your off list replies seem to be appearing on the list. ;-) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com message.footer Content-Type: text/plain Content-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 00:20, you had thoughts to the concept of: this is only a start people, there is more to come... but yes these bastards made the wronb bear angry and they will pay, be sure of that i know we should not toss our morals aside but for the safety of democracy... we might have to Nope, the moral high ground MUST be where a battle is fought from, other wise the winner of the military battle will have lost what the war was over. we do not have to fight for God, or Democracy, we DO have to fight for the right to live. lets be honest tho, we in the USA do NOT have democracy, heck it does not even qualify as a republic democracy, our President was appointed by the court. His Father was head of the CIA during VietNam (ever see Air America with Mel Gibson?, research Southern Air, (still in existance and flying C130 to So. America from Miami) Flying Tigers (merged with Fed-Ex to create fed-ex air), Evergreen air, and see where they got thier money to buy the planes and insurance) and might well be one of the people the world court would like to try for crimes against humanity, maybe even one of the reasons the US will not sign the treaty. If we ever do get democracy again, I might calm down. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
Nope I won't let you wrap it up, just because It bugs me to hear anyone say we have an elected president in the USA. Heck, let us not forget he was appointed, not elected, and let's not ever forget it was his father that ran the CIA during the Vietnam war, as well as being an vice director of the CIA when the Kennedys and M.L.King were killed. next time someone asks if you want to live in Russia, ask them if they think you like the cold, and then ask them if the want to live in Somolla. it is about as relevant. Anyway, I shall wrap it up there. Thanks, Sridhar. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA
I sware I do NOT have the power to stop any of this. We did NOT elect this president. I am no more to blame for the things the Bush family has perpetuated on the world than the farmer in the field in Afganistan, only trying to feed his family. I have even elected to take my own personal vow of poverty to not accept anything that may have been ill gotten by my people. I am more than willing to remember and apologize for the genocide of American Idians, (and if reparations are to be considered, I would say that both White and Black Americans MUST put the indeginis people who's land we stole and whom the US goverment perpetuated Gernocide against FIRST. Then we can Apologize for the lesser crime of Slavery. (and while I do not thinks slavery is a small crime, I believe most folks would consider Genocide worse.) that Americans have elected. The American people have the power to stop this horror, yet they do not exercise it. Maybe you could expound on how we could stop it, I am ALL ears. Are you any better than the 'terrorists'? -- kiran -Original Message- From: nathan wainwright [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA one thing is, if i am needed i will defend my country (cdn), and anyone elses from these bastards... sorry all, but when every anyone does something like this i hate them more so for childeren that had noe even started their lifes -- nathan From: jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],nathan wainwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:16:32 -0400 Yes, i hear you about being scared...I'm from boston and was evacuated today from work. I just hope that fear does not drive us to succomb to the same hatred that has been bestowed upon us today. This is a delicate situation. I truely hope that it was a terrorist group and not a nation that attacked us. I certainly don't want friends or family to have to go to war over this. We have enough sadness to deal with. I think the best thing we can do is recover as quickly as possible. Send the message that we are stronger than they are...morally an spiritually. If we stay together as a nation, justice will prevail. This has certainly reminded me to value America and renewed my national pride. Ans thank you to all the people on this list from all nations who have shown support for us whether we were personally affected or not. On Tuesday 11 September 2001 23:50, nathan wainwright wrote: i now i added once.. im canadian.. and i am scared, and sorry for everything that happend for the man that talked to his wife before she died... to all the childeren that are dead, and the others that no longer have parents... i want those bastards to pay dearly for what they did, ill keep it simple President bush... go nuts -- nathan From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:48:14 -0400 Jon; Good sense is never Off Topic. Tell your sister that we're rooting for the quick return of her husband. Absolutley right by the way. Save the ones that can be saved, bury the dead and mourn their loss, then find the ones responsible. I'd like to think that Punish is a far lighter term than most of us would use, but you've got the right idea. Lanman On Tuesday 11 September 2001 09:45 pm, you wrote: Firstly I would just like to say that my prayers go out to all the families on this dark day in America. I don't personally know anyone that was injured today. But to show just how much this affects people in many other ways, here is my story. My brother-in-law was working on a military base in NY today. He was on the roof of a building when it happened. He didn't hear or see it, but was told by the military that they had to leave. He couldn't contact us all day today, his first message wasn't until 6pm tonight. My sister was married on Sept. 1st of this year to a Marine. She is 19 and they moved to NC.
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
my first thought was that they had played a little too much with M$flight sim, since when I get bored with it I too fly into the wtc to crash and get out of the game. a few too many hours with M$ Flight sim, and they would not have that much trouble spotting the target and knowing how to fly (not land or takeoff mind you) a passenger Jet. I disagree. People hate us because we are successful. (microsoft comes to mind) My thoughts are that the US needs to obliterate a few countries to get the point across that we will not tolerate this type behavior against ourselves or our allies. (assuming we actually have any) and that sure did end the problem with Iraq didn't it? no? you mean Ben-Laden is mad that we did not get out of Sudi-Arabia after we wooped ass on Iraq (and isn't it intersting that IRQ problems have the same constanates and IRaQ? and most the hardware problem I run inot are cuased by IRQs? is co-inky-dink? I think not. This is yet another stereotype that I had expected. Why are Americans, on the whole, so belligerent? Serving a military career appears to be the best way to get into government in the USA. With presidents like Eisenhower (who was a general) and Bush (Snr, who held a high position in the CIA), it is no surprise that US foreign policy has been so confrontational during the past fifty years. What scares me most is that people actually _vote_ for these guys and not for somebody who is more responsible. I am being a realist here. If world leaders were as emotional as you are here we would have wiped each other out through a global war. I said that I sympathise with the victims' families, and that I don't condone such violence. I stand by that. However, is 10,000 dead people really that many, when you take into account that US foreign policy is responsible for the suffering and deaths of many millions worldwide? Read my other posts in this thread for details on this. Do you really believe that you can fight fire with fire? Violence begets violence, and the first to suffer are the innocent. This has been seen time and time again in wars worldwide, including the two world wars, the Korean War, the Third Indochinese War (often called the Vietnam War), Iraq and the Balkans wars. In today's age of guerilla warfare, drug trafficking and terrorism, the distinction between soldier and innocent has blurred to the stage where traditional military strategy does not work, unless you wish to massacre entire villages (as American troops have done in Korea and Vietnam). We need to tackle the _root_ of the problem. The main root of crime is poor education and poverty. Therefore the best way to tackle crime is to improve education and the standard of living. Similarly, the root of these bombings is US allowance and support of practices which lead to poverty and brutal, authoritarian rule. The US government (not necessarily the people) supposedly has ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but only for their own people. They couldn't care less about the world's underprivileged, because exploiting them can lead to the pursuit of happiness for Americans. The United States government gives about 1% of its annual budget as foreign aid, far lower than any other industrialised nation, despite it having the largest economy in the world. The Bill and Belinda Gates foundation donated more money towards world health issues in 2000 than did the US government. The hallmark of over-capitalism is massive inequity, and we are seeing this occur both within and outside the USA. Many Americans appear to be afraid of mentioning that point, despite the fact that their children cannot receive a decent education in government schools. I read recently that the education system in a particular state (I forget which one, I think it started with P) was bankrupt, and at the same time Microsoft was auditing them for software licenses. Of course, with such a cash-strapped system, they had been forced to pirate software, and now they owe millions to M$. I shall now expect to be labelled as a communist simply because I am concerned for my fellow human beings :-) Note that while I'm focussing on the USA here (because of the terrorist attacks), this hardly means that other nations have a clean sheet. On the contrary, all of the advanced democracies (including my own country, Australia) are to blame, but the USA is by far the worst of a bad bunch. If you wish to know where I'm coming from, I'm writing with several years of geography, economics, government and international relations training under my belt. There is far more to this than the Anglo-American neoliberal standpoint (which is what they usually teach you in schools in nations like the US and Australia), and it is important to try to approach the problem from different angles in order to understand it properly. I would hardly call myself an expert, but I feel that I know
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
On a couple of notes here, as an American who has served in the Military, and been in Spec. Forces, and studied a little current events and history, I wonder if we could appear to have learned something from WW1 and WW2, in that the way to _END_ (regardless of the military outcome) the war is to give hope and a future to those whom considered you the enemy. Look at the marshal plan and what it did for Europe after WW2. Do you believe the proud German people would have not started another war in 20 years if they did not recognize that they had more hope with commerce than bullets? I wish we had the sense to help the common folks in the countries that will be attacked BEFORE we have to attack them. Making a peace that would last with the same people whom are still upset about the crusades would not be _easy_, but it might be worthwhile. The real problem (as I see it) is that they might have to agree that I have as much right to the air to breath as they do. On the same but slightly different note, if MY genocide is the only thing YOUR religion will allow for ME, then where do I draw the line as far as YOUR genocide? If you want to kill me, you are gonna have a bloody mess on your hands before one of us is dead, and what happens afterwards with both the bodies? I see a lot of room for comparison between the Vikings in the first thousand years AD and these terrorists. How hard is it to fight a foe that believes that by dyeing in order to kill you they get to go to heaven? War on any Nation that believes that my children do not have the right to exist, and is willing to raise and wage war in order to prevent my children from living and sharing the air, is not only justified, it may be the only choice other than laying down and dyeing. The real question at some point becomes, at what point do we acknowledge that we only have those choices. I have never wished to killsomeone, but even if the war has questionable beginings, (and I don't think to many questions will be asked by history any more than we asked if we were correct to battle Japan in WW2) I would not hasitate to kill anyone that I believed intend to harm myself or my family. I would LOVE to see (and the chance of this happening are damn slim) Pres. Bush decide to back the world court and allow American and any other head of state to be tried for war crimes. I am pretty sure that might give the enemy a chance to show themselves, and release some frustrations on the proper people in an lawfull and orderly fashion, and not on people considered to be innocent. I was upset by the Afgan Gov. statement warning the US Gov that if INNOCENT AND SINLESS people are killed, more suicide bombings will occur. I am pretty sure that some innocent and sinnless peple (as sinless anyway) were killed. I do agree that if you protect the people whom want to kill me, you might be protecting people whom you do not really have the ability to protect. in fact, by my standards, if someone is shooting at me, and hidding behind you, and you say, do not shoot in my direction, because the person behind me trying to kill you is a friend of My Gods, then if you do not denounce HIS right to kill me, I may as well send you both to meet your God. I want peace as much as anyone, and have more disrespect for my countries Goverment than most ex-GIs and I have been out of the Military for 20 some years, but if I can not help you to respect me and allow me my peace, then I will treat you as equal to how you treat me. If I am not allowed life, then neither are you. No Person should be more important or less allowed life and joy than any other. One Of the greatest problems I am aware of in America, and the point of MY hositilty towards my own contry is that I FIRMLY believe that a persons right to joy should trump a corporations right to profits, and in America, not only have our Courts and Goverments decided that profit is MUCH more important than indivduales right to joy, but we have made laws that prevent a corporation form being put out of business, even if the intentally kill people for the sake of profit, and even if the profit (after expensises including exec. salary) is miniscule and not enough to compensate for the life taken. WE must have accountablility even in OUR leaders. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing
have you tried to ping the winders machine ip? there is a lineighbothood in the KDE menu under networking other, also you might check out komba2. In Linux, it is neccassary to mount drives or shares and smbclient nameofwindersboxorIP should get a list of available shares on that windows box On Monday 10 September 2001 23:19, you had thoughts to the concept of: s wrote: What you need to do is ifdown eth0 first then dial up. (and ifup eth0 to restart it) -s Hey there! I was wondering about that. I've been trying to get my 3 computer systems setup with 2 windoze boxes and my Mandrake setup. I've configured a few things (with mucho help from etharp and others on this list). Anyways, I have to do the ifconfig eth0 down thingy to connect to my ISP as well. So, this is the normal/accepted way to do it? Now the hard question. How do I wind up actually getting to the Windoze machines? Its not like I can go into network neighborhood or anything like that! grin Etharp said to use samba. Have no experience with it. He also mentioned webmin, which I found. Very awesome looking setup! (more than I know what to do with. ;-) I'm posting some stuff here, maybe you and others can see what is (or is not) going on... Thanks! ;-) [darklord@darkforce darklord]$ su Password: [root@darkforce darklord]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:6D:19:C1:B3 inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:21268 (20.7 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd800 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:8453 (8.2 Kb) TX bytes:8453 (8.2 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:209.209.188.185 P-t-P:209.209.170.33 Mask:255.255.255. UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1524 Metric:1 RX packets:803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:852 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:376171 (367.3 Kb) TX bytes:48689 (47.5 Kb) [root@darkforce darklord]# ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=103 usec 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=99 usec 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=97 usec 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=99 usec 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=99 usec --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.097/0.099/0.103/0.009 ms [root@darkforce darklord]# [root@darkforce darklord]# ping 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) from 192.168.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=105 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=107 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=104 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=118 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=116 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=92 usec --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.092/0.107/0.118/0.008 ms [root@darkforce darklord]# Any ideas? Thanks! ;-) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A meaningfull Subject-line would help us all
so why don't you save Civilme's posts as html files, and post them on a free website like geocities?. On Tuesday 11 September 2001 14:12, you had thoughts to the concept of: I do something similar to what you are talking about. I roll my own help files, by saving those posts that I think will be of any help in the future. In the open source spirit, I read them or at least skim over them enough to get an idea of what to title them. I then save them as a file (with my new title and the ext _info). What you are suggesting, is probably not going to happen and even if it did, I would continue to make my own titles, so that they will have *my* idea of what they should be titled, rather than someone elses. After all, *I* will be the one that has to find it when I need it. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user #217118 Idea.listBT wrote: Hi all As a 'taker' from this group rather than a contributer I suppose I have got a cheek commenting here. I do so in the hope that one day I might have learned enough to be able to contribute :-) I find this list very helpful in my struggle to learn Linux and even though some of the topics are rather advanced for me at the moment I save them all for future reference as, I am sure, many others do. The big problem is that, as a reference-archive, it sometimes stinks - wth subject headers such as 'Lets go' and 'Nearly got it' Why not pay this superb list the respect it deserves by supressing the comedian that lurks inside all of us and *always* use a meaningfull Subject description. Then, even in years to come, we could fairly easily find some obscure technical solution or whatever. All elementary really. If you disagree (perhaps you believe that Linux *should* be as difficult as possible to learn and that even these helpfull messages should be cryptic) then fair enough. I'm sorry I mentioned it. If, on the other hand, you feel that we might all benefit from this brilliant suggestion then why not give it a try. Oh yes - and tell a friend :-) Incidently, it's normal to courteously ask someone not to use HTML so why not ask them to use a meaningfull header line for future posts. Anything to make life easier. Dave S. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com message.footer Content-Type: text/plain Content-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Well, Hell
Ahhh,,, come on if you at least give us some clues, we might be able to waste your time,,, err,, get you connected to the net, after all some of use are connected thru Mandrake to the internet. (damn how I wish I had gotten this mail when I had dual booted into winders, but ever since i quite being connected to the net in winders I hardly get any e-mail when in winders) On Friday 24 August 2001 07:15, John Simmons wrote: After pounding on LM8 for two weeks trying to get something other than ping to work (problems connecting to the internet), I tried reinstalling all over again. No dice, no workee. I guess I'm just not destined to run Linux. /*===*/ There are three types of lies... lies (You'll never need more than 64K), damn lies (Windows is more stable than Linux), and press releases (It will be released as scheduled). John Simmons (Redneck Techno-Biker) http://www.paddedwall.org/john John Simmons (Barbarian Diecast Collector) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast/diecast_index.html DeMONS/2, Nascar 4 Online Race Scheduler http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 /*===*/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake over windows selection
not a problem, delete the lin4win folder, set the BIOS to boot from the CD and allow it to setup the partitions automagiclly, send your friend a few sticks of ram, and tell him not to install over windows, but to give linux it's own file system. emulation is bound to slow down any system On Tuesday 11 September 2001 18:47, you had thoughts to the concept of: Someone I am trying to help via email has installed Mandrake, one of the later versions, over his windoz. Now he has trouble cause it is evident he installed everything and he does not have enough memory. I think he mentioned 56meg but not sure. His big problem is StarOffice and the extreme slow bootup and action overall. He did manage to send me what his df replied, The main thing I noted he has a partition for lin4win (sp) and I wonder if that is what happens when installing over windows option ?? He tried doing a rpm -e staroffice and got an error. Is there anyway to remove the whole install and start over ?? Any help appreciated as I do not use Mandrake but RedHat. Warren --- * | Warren Hrach, San Diego, CA 92107 | * * | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux BBBS on an AMD K5 | * * | BBS at (619}224-4878 | * Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HP-8200 CD-Writer doesn't work
I have a USB HP 8210e, and while i wish i could help you, it was found and setup on the install so that all I had to do was start gcombust from the kde menu and burn. what speed are you trying to burn at ? are you running anything else off the USB bus? (I have found that I get errors when using the USB scanner at the same time as burning cds) how long did you wait? some times it may just be that you have run outa memory and it mike take a few min before linux finds the memory for what ever is going on, heck could be any of a million runaway processes. can you drop to a differnt console by way of ctrl+alt+f4 (or any f1 to f6 key, ctrl+alt+f7 should bring you back to the X-window) and run top? On Monday 10 September 2001 15:27, The Spider wrote: Hi all, I can't get my USB-Hp8200a CD-Writer working on Mandrake 8.0. After some seconds of writing it stops and the entire system hangs up , forcing me to power of the computer . Has anyone a similar experience or a trick to succede? PS Under Redhat 7.1 it works fine, so i presume the problem can be related to the kernel or to Mandrake hardware detection! Thanks to all, Ragno The Spider Stefano. Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card
thanks for all the info. do you have and use USB devices? can you disable USB in BIOS? have you disabled the serial ports? do you not have a modem, and have a high-bandwidth? looks to me as if the cards are not setup in netconf. i also wonder why your video card does not show up in the cat proc/interrupts, do you have a setting in BIOS that saves an IRQ for video? needs to be enabled I believe for that card. can we MAKE sure that plug and pray aware OS is set to OFF in bios? On Sunday 09 September 2001 00:27, you had thoughts to the concept of: OUTPUT dmesg Linux version 2.4.8-12mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release / Linux-Mandrake 8.1)) #1 Fri Aug 24 16:18:19 CEST 2001 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 0010 - 0400 (usable) BIOS-e820: fff8 - 0001 (reserved) On node 0 totalpages: 16384 zone(0): 4096 pages. zone(1): 12288 pages. zone(2): 0 pages. Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=301 devfs=mount Initializing CPU#0 Detected 265.912 MHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 530.84 BogoMIPS Memory: 61572k/65536k available (1068k kernel code, 3576k reserved, 393k data, 708k init, 0k highmem) Dentry-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0080f9ff , vendor = 0 CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 512K Intel machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0080f9ff CPU: After generic, caps: 0080f9ff CPU: Common caps: 0080f9ff CPU: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 03 Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfda11, last bus=0 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds. isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: Card 'OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip' isapnp: 1 Plug Play card detected total PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00fa1b0 PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f:a2b0, dseg at 400 PnP: 14 devices detected total Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT netlink socket apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14) Starting kswapd v1.8 VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.5.0 initialized devfs: v0.113 (20010820) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) devfs: boot_options: 0x1 pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled block: queued sectors max/low 40602kB/13534kB, 128 slots per queue RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: chipset revision 0 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL1280A, ATA DISK drive hdc: ATAPI 48X CDROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: 2503872 sectors (1282 MB) w/83KiB Cache, CHS=621/64/63, DMA hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, (U)DMA Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 ide-floppy driver 0.97 Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p5 p6 p7 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 ide-floppy driver 0.97 md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096) Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 708k freed PnPBIOS: Parport found PNPBIOS PNP0400 at io=0378, irq=7 dma=-1 parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP] parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38) parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38) parport0: cpp_daisy:
Re: [newbie] KDE Desktop Modifications
Oh (he said sheepishly) and will they all have their own login? and can not all be a member of group samedesk? On Sunday 09 September 2001 17:08, you had thoughts to the concept of: Normally I would agree with you, but in this case, there will be upwards of 18,000+ users. That's the membership of the place I work (normal real job). That's the reason I need to lock the desktop down. That way, it'll be consistent (although somewhat limited ) for all users. Lanman On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:00 am, you wrote: I would wonder if it might be easier to allow each user to have their own desktop the way they want, and remove or add them to groups that have device permissions? On Sunday 09 September 2001 09:20, Lanman wrote: I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out with 2 small problems. I'm in the process of trying to Lock Down KDE on Mandrake 8.0 . In other words, I'm trying to remove some functionality. If successful, users will only have the ability to click on designated icons on the desktop. So far, I've been able to get rid of the panel (taskbar), I've made the desktop read-only, gotten rid of the right-click option on the desktop, and changed permissions on the remainig icons to read and execute only. My last few problems are as follows; 1) After removing the panel and right-click menu, I no longer have a simple way to Log-Off the users, short of using the CTRL-ALT-Backspace keystroke. I assume that since log-offs can be done by clicking a button on the panel, that there is a command that will work, but I have no idea what it is. The logout command - when run from a console will not work, and it suggests that I use exit, which only closes the console. What I need is a command that will start the log-off process by using an icon. 2) I need to eliminate the right-click option when the mouse-pointer is positioned over an icon. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Lanman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?OT
I read on one of these lists that because there is so much to learn, linux helps prevent oldtimers dease, and if you remember it in the morning, it helps prove you don't have it yet. On Sunday 09 September 2001 17:26, you had thoughts to the concept of: Hey, what about us 65 year old Linux fans? Art - Original Message - From: Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I read these lists with great interest and learn a lot, but as I'm already 57 yrs old I don't think I'll make it onto the experts list. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] partitioning and formatting harddrives
have you tried diskdrake? for me, I find it in KDE (mdk 8.0 powerpack KDE default desktop) mandrake control center hardware disks run confiuration tool (radio button in lower right of window) On Sunday 09 September 2001 21:40, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Sunday 09 September 2001 20:24, you wrote: are you using M$ fdisk? or linux fdisk? Oh, whoops. Forgot about MS fdisk. It's linux fdisk, whichever is installed with Mandrake 8.0 Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] partitioning and formatting harddrives
are you using M$ fdisk? or linux fdisk? On Sunday 09 September 2001 19:26, you had thoughts to the concept of: I have a hard drive which was previously used for Windows that I'd like to convert over to ext2. But when dealing with mkfs and fdisk, I'm getting a couple of contradictions. When I first ran fdisk it reported there was one partition and a fat32 file system on the disk, which at the time was true. The disk originally had two partitions on it before this check. /etc/fstab reports the disk still has two partitions. is fstab a static file or is it dynamically created based on how my computer is currently set up? Do I need to alter it? I then ran mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1 and it proceeded to format the drive, which appeared to go ok. But going back to fdisk, it still reports the disk is fat32. What am I doing wrong? I don't want to use this disk until I'm sure it's alright. Thanks, Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already
about a million people are going to tell you (and they are correct) that the GIMP is every bit as good as photoshop, and they do not have the US gov. put people in jail for talking about how poor their encryption is under the DMCA. you might also consider that while dreamweaver sites appear just hunky dory in IE5.x, they are NOT standard HTML and do NOT appear the same in all browsers, which is one of the goals of the HTML spec. I am not all that familiar with the abilities of UltraDev, so I really can not comment on that. but like I say I am not a big fan of flash, bells and whistles taking up the bandwidth when really what i want is informantion Plug and Pray in Mandrake is pretty good, (try kudsu) but it uses the pci spec, (as opposed to M$ closed source (protected secret) PNP specs) and so you have to turn off plug and pray aware OS in the computer BIOS so that the BIOS will go ahead and initialize the cards and assign Irq. in your case, I would think you might have to have the BIOS assign (or reserve) the IRQ for your network cards isa slot. On Friday 07 September 2001 20:59, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Hi, I would want applications like Dreamweaver UltraDev and to a lesser extent PhotoShop before I could comfortably abandon Windows. Someone ought bring pressure to bare on Macromedia and thier ilk. Another issue would be that of plug n play. If LINUX could have that and take the headache of driver configuration it would be a real dream come true. I still have not managed to install Mandrake 8 yet on account of NIC detection/installation. It's an old ISA 3COM 10 MB ethernet ( none combo ) that is easily picked up in windoz. I am very new to LINUX. Siavash -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dr. Evil Sent: 07 September 2001 04:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently quite a few Windows games run under Wine. The other exception is that there are quite a few applications that can ONLY run on Windows for some specific purposes. Perhaps you need Autocad, or some other specific app which is Windows only. But if you're just an ordinary user who surfs the web, does word processing, this kind of thing, you don't need Windows at all. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card
gee,, I had always guessed th parport stuff refered to a parralle port (also known as printer port. what does (in a text console,without the quotes) cat /proc/pci say? On Friday 07 September 2001 23:10, you had thoughts to the concept of: The network cards are not next to my video card. In my bios I have the option of turning plug and play off, but the only assigment I can seem to do is locking the IRQ for An ISA card. I'm not sure how that relates to PCI slots. The other network card is a D-Link 530TX+, and seems to need module 8130too. The only errors I'm getting during boot up come from insmod and don't show up in dmesg, which is why I haven't posted them; I don't know how to capture them. I also have onboard sound which is auto detected and seems to run on IRQ 7. (Based on the line: PnPBios Parport found PNPBIOS PNP0400 at i:0370, irq=7 dma =-1) The mother board, and most of the hardware, come from a Dell Dimension XPS_h266 if that helps. Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 00:49:19 -0400 From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ryan_steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 07 September 2001 17:27, ryan_steffes wrote: I just tried to upgrade to Mandrake 8.1 beta (but I had the same problem with 8.0) to fix some problems I was having with x windows. After having installed Mandrake successfully, I needed to add a network card to my setup, a 3com 905 series card. It was working fine under Mandrake 7.0. What happens is this, I turn the box on, it boots up, does the Harddrake probe, then goes into the detected new hardware. I hit enter to configure the device, it tells me it is about to, then the screen goes blank and nothing happens. I can reboot the computer with ctl-alt-del and that's about it. I don't have any trouble running X from the command line, if I skip the detecting new hardware stage. Any advice? Ryan Steffes It is pretty obvious that you have a conflict in IRQ between your graphics card and your video. Windows assigns them different interrupts through Plug'NPray, but linux does not, depending instead on the BIOS and on the PCI 2.0 specification that says devices can share interrupts (not all devices comply though the 3C905 models do). The easiest solution is to move the network card to a different slot in your box or to play with the assignment of IRQs to PCI slot numbers in the BIOS setup. If the network card is next to the video card, there is your problem. Civileme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: FW: [newbie] Network Card compatibility
this is ISA? reserved a irq? set the jumpers or use the software that came with the card to setup pnp to no On Friday 07 September 2001 21:19, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Hi again, I just booted into windows and saw my NIC is listed as 3COM Etherlink III ISA 3C509B-Combo. Apologies for lack of observance on my part. S now, can anyone tell me if this NIC is supported by Mandrake 8 and if so, why is not being picked up.? Thanks guys. Siavash -Original Message- From: Siavash Sefidvash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 September 2001 02:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Network Card compatibility As I mentioned in my previous mail, I still have not managed to install Mandrake 8 on my system. The installation gets to the point of asigning root and user password. The problems arise at the NIC detection. My card is 3COM ISA Ethernet 10 MB per sec ( not a combo ). I don't know much else about the model. It gives me a choice of the following. 3COM 3c90x ( Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado ) 3COM 3c501 3COM 3c503 3COM 3c505 3COM 3c507 3COM 3c509 3COM 3c515 3COM 3c59x(Vortex) I have tried all of the above and none of them seem to work. Sirdhar was kind enough to suggest I should go into BIOS and set plug play to NO. I cheked and it was already set up that way. Since I don't know the exact driver name of the NIC I don't know how to check whether Mandrake 8 supports it. People in the know tell me that Mandrake 8 is so well supported that if I don't find the spacific drivers under its list, then LINUX does not support it. This strange since my card is anything but cutting edge to be supported. Unfortunately I cannot check the exact driver name in device manager since Mandrake screwed up triple boot menu. I could not boot into anything. Kept getting messages to the effect ...This is not a bootable device, insert a bootable floppy and try again Since I neglected to create a Windows 2000 repair disk, there was nothing else I could think of but to wipe everything and start again. This is not my main machine ( just for practice ) so even though drastic, it did't have huge loss implications. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Siavash -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael D. Viron Sent: 07 September 2001 15:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Cards I do want to start using Mandrake, and I'm willing to pick up a new network card if that's what I have to do. If I do, I was wondering if there was a list somewhere that I could bring into a shop so I would choose a card that Mandrake would recognize. If you can't get the dlink card to work (and I remember having problems with dlinks and the ne cards), you should pick up a 3com card. I've never had any problems with everything from the early 3c509's to the newer 3c905's. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: What is a Gateway? - WAS Re: [newbie] Internet Problems and [expert] wuftp server is unresponsive
On Saturday 08 September 2001 20:01, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Wednesday 05 September 2001 20:53, etharp wrote: that gateway is for the computer you are on, so the gateway would be the IP your ISP assigns via dhcp, the gateway to the client computers (the rest of your home network that is connecting to the Internet) would be the linux box eth0 IP. So why can't I set the gateway of my linux box (192.168.1.1) to itself? cause it ain't going outside itself that way, and are you on a dialup connection? on a dialup connection, most often (everytime I ever checked) the server assigns an IP based on an available pool (dhcp). a GATEway is a route to the outside. if you were to build a door that only went inside the same building, you could never leave. kind of an esher-esque 2 deminisonal concept don't you think? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card
sorry if we seem to be going over the same stuff, but what does (in a text console, without the quotes) ifconfig say? On Saturday 08 September 2001 18:16, ryan_steffes wrote: Clarification, it's modprobe that won't work, but I can insmod 3c59x. Original Message Subject: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card] Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 17:53:45 -0400 From: ryan_steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbies List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Very helpful, thanks. cat /proc/pci says, in abstract Device:IRQ Video card:11 3com LAN:10 Realtek (which is actually my D-link LAN, go figure):9 USB Controller:3 The on board sound and or parallel port (I think you are right, since shortly after it mentions lp0, even though I don't have a printer) aren't mentioned. By the way, after having watched it a dozen times, I can figure out that there do seem to be two errors in the insmod for the eth0 and eth1 at boot. (If anyone has a good way to see boot errors besides dmesg, I'm all ears). One of the errors is a device does not appear to be present, and the other is that the irq_param is invalid. If I do an insmod 3c59x as root, I can ping the internal network. However, insmod 8130too messes that all up, and doesn't bring up the outside network. Thank, Ry Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:11:49 -0400 From: etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gee,, I had always guessed th parport stuff refered to a parralle port (also known as printer port. what does (in a text console,without the quotes) cat /proc/pci say? On Friday 07 September 2001 23:10, you had thoughts to the concept of: The network cards are not next to my video card. In my bios I have the option of turning plug and play off, but the only assigment I can seem to do is locking the IRQ for An ISA card. I'm not sure how that relates to PCI slots. The other network card is a D-Link 530TX+, and seems to need module 8130too. The only errors I'm getting during boot up come from insmod and don't show up in dmesg, which is why I haven't posted them; I don't know how to capture them. I also have onboard sound which is auto detected and seems to run on IRQ 7. (Based on the line: PnPBios Parport found PNPBIOS PNP0400 at i:0370, irq=7 dma =-1) The mother board, and most of the hardware, come from a Dell Dimension XPS_h266 if that helps. Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network card Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 00:49:19 -0400 From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ryan_steffes [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 07 September 2001 17:27, ryan_steffes wrote: I just tried to upgrade to Mandrake 8.1 beta (but I had the same problem with 8.0) to fix some problems I was having with x windows. After having installed Mandrake successfully, I needed to add a network card to my setup, a 3com 905 series card. It was working fine under Mandrake 7.0. What happens is this, I turn the box on, it boots up, does the Harddrake probe, then goes into the detected new hardware. I hit enter to configure the device, it tells me it is about to, then the screen goes blank and nothing happens. I can reboot the computer with ctl-alt-del and that's about it. I don't have any trouble running X from the command line, if I skip the detecting new hardware stage. Any advice? Ryan Steffes It is pretty obvious that you have a conflict in IRQ between your graphics card and your video. Windows assigns them different interrupts through Plug'NPray, but linux does not, depending instead on the BIOS and on the PCI 2.0 specification that says devices can share interrupts (not all devices comply though the 3C905 models do). The easiest solution is to move the network card to a different slot in your box or to play with the assignment of IRQs to PCI slot numbers in the BIOS setup. If the network card is next to the video card, there is your problem. Civileme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description
Re: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0
try a web search on google for openh323 and openphone and openmcu. On Thursday 06 September 2001 00:58, Rob wrote: On Wednesday 05 September 2001 11:24 am, you wrote: there is a quickcam express driver in development at www.sourceforge.net. Right now it's in Alpha development (seems it been for in development for over a year) I've manage to get it working for my cam. just wish there were a netmeeting for linux or something like compatible like to work with a windows conferencing versions. I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro (light ring). This device is Recognized in Mandrake 8.0. My question is, now what? How do I retrieve images with it. I have been going around in circles Installing gqcam, xawtv, etc. I get errors with xawtv, with /dev/video0: no such device. Thanks, Mark Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?
enough RAM and Enough Money are myths. they do not really exist, you always want more. On Tuesday 04 September 2001 17:08, Charles Punch wrote: Arthur H. Johnson II wrote: I would recommend 128 Megs. You may be able to get away with 64 on the k5. Arthur H. Johnson II On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Warren Post wrote: I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more RAM, but how much is enough? Enough??? Too much is enough in my opinion? Seriously though, I think it depends on how much you can afford and also what you plan to do with it. I have a Toshiba laptop with 80MB and it's tolerable, but kind of aggrevating after using my desktop with 512MB and I don't use networking or anything fancy. I do a lot of graphic editing. I suppose that's the most demanding thing I do other than a few progs I watch on real player or playing MP3s.I have been told that my 512MB is overkill for what I do, but it sure beats underkill. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 The most serious doubt that has been thrown on the authenticity of the biblical miracles is the fact that most of the witnesses in regard to them were fishermen. -- Arthur Binstead Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File manager?
heck really lite try typeing mc for Midnite Commander (without the quotes) in a text winder On Wednesday 05 September 2001 10:14, Lionel Pitaru wrote: Hi there! Me again, asking and asking. This time the issue is File manager. I need one! Think this, I'm using BlackBox, I love the light weight interface . . . nothing that begins with K or G, something more X. Do you know about a file manager (with graphic interface, of course) of this caracteristics? What about mail clients? Thanks Lionel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm confused (normal situation). ;-)
this sounds like a few configuration problems, first what does the /etc/resolv.conf show the correct dns of your ISP? do you have samba up and running? what about the IP numbers for your eth0? On Wednesday 05 September 2001 21:02, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay...I tried to configure my Linux box to network with my 2 sons Windoze boxes...and...dunno. I can do a: ifconfig eth0 and I get the message about UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST so...I guess its running? Afterwards though, I could no longer use kppp to connect to the Internet. It kept asking for a root password for network monitor. So I reinstalled kppp (draknet). I could dial out then, and connect (seemed 2 anyways) but Licq and Netscape could not resolve... I played around with it some more (yeah - I know - dangerous) and finally wound up with Network monitor connected to the 'Net (right now, AAMOF), and Netscape/Licq work... Its a graph though. Odd...not kppp. Any ideas on what I did wrong, how to fix it, if necessary, and how do I see the 2 Windog machines? They are darkforce2 and darkforce3 under the Windows side of networking... Thanks much... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: Remote Administration
might help to know what version of MDK you are using, but lets assume it is 7.2 or newer. I know you want an x window under M$ winders, but for the real admin WEBMIN is your friend. you can access it from any graphical web browser that can connect through the firewall to your Linux box. in the brwoser input HTTPS://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1, where xxx is the IP of your linux box On Tuesday 04 September 2001 22:11, Nelson Bartley wrote: - Original Message - From: Nelson Bartley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:11 PM Subject: Fw: Remote Administration - Original Message - From: Nelson Bartley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: Remote Administration Hi guys, I'm looking for options about remote admining my linux box from my win box. I've currently got it running as a server, however I enjoy using the X interface to manage the computer, using specifically the Mandrake Update utility. Now I've tried configuring VNC and I've failed miserably, and I was wondering if there are any tutorials on it, or whether anyone knows of another good remote administration tool like it. AND PLEASE DON'T START TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF TERMINALS! This is an internal network thing where security is the furthest thing on my mind. Thanks, Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: What is a Gateway? - WAS Re: [newbie] Internet Problems and [expert] wuftp server is unresponsive
that gateway is for the computer you are on, so the gateway would be the IP your ISP assigns via dhcp, the gateway to the client computers (the rest of your home network that is connecting to the Internet) would be the linux box eth0 IP. On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:29, George Petri wrote: Hello again! As you may be aware, a few months ago, I sent a message to the newbie list concerning how my internet connection could not resolve host names. A big thank you to those many people who sent responses to my call for help. But unfortunately, none of the suggestions worked. The day before, I sent a message to the expert list about wu-ftpd being extremely slow to respond to ftp requests... Finally, yesterday, I tracked down the source of *both* problems (until now, I have been forced to use another install of Mandrake, and Windows to use the internet): It was in /etc/sysconfig/network: NETWORKING=yes FORWARD_IPV4=no HOSTNAME=tux350.reisersun DOMAINNAME=localdomain GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 GATEWAYDEV=eth0 Basically, if I remove the GATEWAY= and GATEWAYDEV= lines and type service network restart, my internet connection works perfectly and wuftp is now very responsive. But I was wondering if anyway knows why the GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 (the IP of my main computer, tux350.reisersun) line ruined my internet connection and ftp server? I HAD put that line in so that later, I could do internet connection sharing. Isn't that what a gateway is for -- so that TCP/IP requests to outside networks (e.g. internet) go through the gateway to the outside world? I mean making my machine a gateway for the other computer shouldn't ruin my internet connection and ftp, shoutd it? Thanks again, George On Friday 20 July 2001 22:27, I wrote: Hi! I recently set up a network and fooled around with my networking config files and now DNS lookups don't appear to work :(, which explains why I have been recently using Outlook Express to send emails... Basically, I can connect to the Internet with no problems but once I'm online, I can't do a thing. If I type ping www.any website.com, this message pops up on my screen: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound And ping just sits there waiting forever. If I run Konqueror or Netscape and type in www.any website.com, they also just sit there forever and never load. Before, I changed my config files, Internet in Mandrake (I'm using 7.2) worked fine. I have always used kppp to connect to the Internet. I have always been using the LT WinModem 5.78D driver. What is wrong? I want to use the Internet in Linux, not Windows! Perhaps, my config files have something to do with this, so here they are :) -- /etc/hosts: (btw, I have named my computer tux350 and the other one on the network, cups166, in my pretend domain reisersun) -- 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.1.1 tux350.reisersun tux350 192.168.1.2 cups166.reisersun cups166 - /etc/HOSTNAME (note: this file did not exist before I made it!): - tux350 -- /etc/host.conf: -- order hosts, nis, bind multi on -- /etc/resolv.conf (note: I use an isp called Bigpond, which has everything - ip addresses, that is - starting with 139) -- # search reisersun # search localdomain search localdomain # nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 139.134.5.51 nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry nameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entry nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry nameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entry nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry END CONFIG FILES - I can't remember the numerous other config files that I changed so please tell me if you need any others to help diagnose my problem. Before I changed anything, my computer used to be called the default localhost.localdomain. Please help me fix my config files so that I can use my Internet connection again in Linux! Thanks, George Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Mounting CD burner
SCSI Emulation is in two parts--first a message to the kernel to tell it to assume emulation is done Second is a modprobe of scsi and a link to the appropriate SCSI device The first part is simple in /etc/lilo.conf or in drakboot (Control Center Boot Config) make sure you have this in the append hdc=ide-scsi if for example it is hdc. Now in /dev you need to do the following cd /dev rm cdrom2 ln -s scd0 cdrom2 if, for example, the /etc/fstab entry uses /dev/cdrom2 for your CDRW. Finally somewhere you need a modprobe ide-scsi It can be dropped int the next to last line of /etc/rc.local (an extra one won't hurt if your system is already doing one) It is a little known fact that ordinaty plain vanilla CDROMs can also be scsi-emulated in the same manner. Our tests over the past 5 months show this works just as well as the dual structure we now support. Civileme On Monday 03 September 2001 23:45, Mark wrote: I am having the same problem as David. No matter what I try, I cannot get my CD-RW drive to work under Linux. This how-to by Civileme, could you send it to me? I would really appriciate it. Mark s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 31 August 2001 07:08 pm, David Park wrote: I am currently having trouble mounting my CD Burner. Can some one please tell me how I should define it in fstab. I have created a directory under /mnt but I am confused because under Harddrake,it is listed twice - as an IDE device and SCSI device. ie hdd and scd0 TIA David Well, mine looks like: /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 it's on another machine that still tries to use supermount obviously, that's with 8.0 and kernel 2.4.3-20mdk. If you've disabled yours, you can copy/paste then supermount -i disable. You're supposed to have two entries for burners in your harddrake. It's the links that probably make the difference. /dev/cdrom2 is linked to /dev/scd0 with permissions like: lrwxrwxrwx and then in lilo you need an append= hdc=ide-scsi Then as root, open userdrake and put cdwriter in your user's group. If that don't do it for you, I've got a how-to written by civileme somewhere I can dig up for you. -s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?
Also good to remember that connect speed and file transfer speed are two different things, you might only connect at 34364, but depending on a thousand factors from sun spots to construction in L.A. Calif. to a racecar running near your phone lines to a neon lightbulg going bad in a walk/dont walk sign near the corner your actual download and upload speed can vary considerabley. On Tuesday 04 September 2001 05:23, Ronald J. Hall wrote: My Creative modemblaster is working now, under kppp, although I'm not getting full 56k connect speeds. I did enable kppp's log, and right after it connects, it shows a LAPM protocol message. Anyone have any idea what that means? Thanks! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem
not to seem like the wise a$$ I uassly am, but we are not typing ttySX in this space are we? 4. ln -s ttySXenter I needs a number to corrasponde to the correct com port in Linux where the X is should be ttyS0 for com1, ttyS1 for com2, ttyS2 for com3, etc. On Monday 03 September 2001 17:24, Ben Bayer wrote: Admin, Getting a modem to work in Linux can be a pain. I have an internal Actiontec real modem, and whenever I switch it around from one computer to another, I have to follow this basic sequence: Plug in, boot up In a terminal: cat /proc/pci Examine for the modem, noting the first I/O address and IRQ In a terminal: setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0x ( determined from cat /proc/pci) In a terminal: setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq ?? (?? determined from cat /proc/pci) In a terminal: setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Then I can connect using Internet Dialer in the menu under Networking, Remote Access. In my case I use the serial port ttyS3 not modem to connect. Internet Dialer is KPPP. Why KPPP is called Internet Dialer in the menu is a mystery to me. In one case, using a beta Mandrake 8, I also had to manually modprobe ppp_async to get the ppp modules loaded. For all modems, those modules have to be there for a ppp connection to work. Applying some of this to your situation may be helpful. What I don't know about is the kernel modules you seem to need to operate your modem. That seems pretty unusual, unless 3Com means the ppp modules (modprobe ppp_async actually loads several ppp modules). Ben On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:47 pm, you wrote: Carroll: Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem, but then nothing happens. If I log the answer obtained from the modem, it looks something like: M}W[_mm The initialization string is ATZ. I tried adding ^M to it, but it did not have any effect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dexter Dexter: What modem are you trying to connect using what version of Mandrake? And how are you trying to do it? (CrystalBall is still in early alpha stage -- look for it in Mandrake 10.1.) Carroll Carroll: I am trying to get a 3Com(us robotics) model 5610 to work under Mandrake version 8.0. Below is a copy from an earlier posting today. Since the posting below, I have been able to get LM to try and initialize the modem, but the process is not working properly. Dexter I think I am getting closer to solving my problem, but I am not there yet. I went out and bought a 3Com 5610 modem. It is linux compatible, as stated on the box and in the literature inside the box and the only modem I found in the three stores I visited which made such a claim. It also states and I quote All 2.3 and higher Linux kernels contain the 3Com Linux modem drivers. And as long as the kernel's plug and play (and I assume it is not referring to the BIOS plug and play) is enabled, it should install without any problems. I just installed LM 8.0. Well, I went ahead and physically installed the modem, turn the pc on and let LM do its' magic. The results were mixed. It did recognize the modem and it is now listed under hardware under the proper manufacturer and model number, but it has unknown under the kernel module setting. I clicked on the configure, and again it has the proper brand name and model number, but if I click the OK tab it tells me it can't configure a winmodem. Go figure. I went ahead and tried to connect to my ISP to see what would happen. Here I have some good news and some bad news to report. The good news: instead of getting the modem is busy error message I had the modem is ready message. Very encouraging. The bad news: the modem is ready message is quickly followed by a modem not responding error message. I tried using the different serial ports, but did not have any luck. Then I followed a set of instructions to check for modem installation and written by the folks at 3Com. Here is what they say: 1. launch terminal shell 2. cd /dev enter 3. rm modem enter 4. ln -s ttySXenter 5. type minicom enter 6. if modem initializes, type AT enter and if everything is ok, i should get an OK. Well, I followed the instructions and i did not get the ok. Any suggestions as to what might be going on now? I am thinking a possible irq conflict, but I don't know how to check for irq's. I have not reached the chapter yet. ;). If I go to /dev I can see a file by the name of modem ttyS1. Not sure what it means, but it seems like the modem is on serial port 2. I have an additional device in serial port one (as assigned in windows) which LM does not recognize and at this time it does not matter, but could it be
Re: [newbie] Well, Hell
Ahhh,,, come on if you at least give us some clues, we might be able to waste your time,,, err,, get you connected to the net, after all some of use are connected thru Mandrake to the internet. (damn how I wish I had gotten this mail when I had dual booted into winders, but ever since i quite being connected to the net in winders I hardly get any e-mail when in winders) On Friday 24 August 2001 07:15, John Simmons wrote: After pounding on LM8 for two weeks trying to get something other than ping to work (problems connecting to the internet), I tried reinstalling all over again. No dice, no workee. I guess I'm just not destined to run Linux. /*===*/ There are three types of lies... lies (You'll never need more than 64K), damn lies (Windows is more stable than Linux), and press releases (It will be released as scheduled). John Simmons (Redneck Techno-Biker) http://www.paddedwall.org/john John Simmons (Barbarian Diecast Collector) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast/diecast_index.html DeMONS/2, Nascar 4 Online Race Scheduler http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 /*===*/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The myth that is Mandrake Support.
LOOOK A TOP POSTER!! just me getting my... yayas out. I have had a problem sendin from -kmail for about a week now. and since I personally do not like to scan throu the whole e-mail for the latest info, I will keep on posting at the top and welcome any one it bothers to either hit the delete key, or add me to the filters list, just don't expect to learn from that what you can not see. In my very humble opinion, this e-mail list is one of the best sources of support you are likly to find for any OS and if help can be had, you is likely to find it here. but first, we need som more info about the problem. which type of install did you chose? (recomended or expert? server, developer or workstation/desktop? On Monday 03 September 2001 16:45, skinky wrote: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 07:56, you wrote: Everybody, Ever' once in a while I feel compelled to post this opinion. Most problems are _USER_, then software applications, then the OS, even if it's Windoze. I'd place the USER fault at about 80+%, apps maybe ~10% (more if it's Windoze, less for open source like Linux), and the OS last at less than 5%. I consider use or ignorance of Win(tel)-hardware or other marginal hardware as a USER fault, as I do the introduction of the closed source and/or proprietary drivers they almost always require, even with Windoze. Is that a useful opinion? You be the judge. BUT, I've experienced over the years that when I approach problems as USER (me!) then application then OS, my results are far better at getting a resolution, than the reverse. I've also noticed that those that seem to always have the most problems, always want'a try the reverse order, considering lastly, that maybe they just might be the problem, and inventing all kind's of misconceptions to back it up.. It's called the interface between the keyboard, chair, and mouse ; Yeah, YOU, and me. !! If you need OS support or hand holding, I suspect you're approaching problems bass-ackwards. As always, YMMV ;) I suspect if you ask a support person, they'd classify it as USER USER user ;~ Yeah, that's why I love this mailing list! - it's awesome, esp when you spend hours or maybe even days going around in circles and then someone points you in the right direction. I agree, and certainly in my case anyway, its ALWAYS the user that's the problem. I don't know enough about how linux works to even consider thinking it might be an OS or app problem! Learning... learning... learning... great fun :-) skinky _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 23:37, Glenn Holden wrote: Thanks Matt ifconfig and ping both return some data, but I think it's just a local loopback. When I ifconfig eth0, I get No such device. Where/how do I configure the eth0? Glen first, the command to start an interface is ifup so if you try ifup eth0 you would get a message that could not start, then type netconf as root, in a text console. you will be able to steup your network, if you know all the settings anf type of card, etc. MAKE SURE your bios is set to plug and pray aware OS to off -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Greer Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC? --- Glenn Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My NIC tests ok with it's software. How can I be sure the correct drivers, etc. are configured? How do I test it? as root, type ifconfig from a console. Your nic should pop up with an ip address. Then i'd ping the loopback address (ping 127.0.0.1) and your nic's ip address for good measure. If you pass all three tests you should be good to go. Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
thank you very much, abso-ltly correct sir On Thursday 23 August 2001 17:42, DStevenson wrote: You don't need to su to root to view ifconfig data. /sbin/ifconfig as normal user to view the data. Least time spent as root the better. Just my cents worth! On Wednesday 22 August 2001 23:01, Matt Greer wrote: --- Glenn Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My NIC tests ok with it's software. How can I be sure the correct drivers, etc. are configured? How do I test it? as root, type ifconfig from a console. Your nic should pop up with an ip address. Then i'd ping the loopback address (ping 127.0.0.1) and your nic's ip address for good measure. If you pass all three tests you should be good to go. Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
this reminds me of not having plug and pray aware OS to OFF in BIOS. and maybe while in BIOS setting the ISA IRQ to reserve it. On Thursday 23 August 2001 17:19, Glenn Holden wrote: Thanks Charles the result from cat /proc/pci is what looks like four entries. None of them are a NIC and none of them are using IRQ 10. This NIC is an ISA device. Earlier I tried another (newer) 3Com 3c905 instead of this 3c509. I was just installing the system then and it prevented the second stage install from completing. Plus, the bundled drivers don't appear to include the 3c905. I am trying to scrounge up this machine but if a new NIC is the answer, that's not too bad. Thoughts? Glenn What is your output from cat /proc/pci for network controller. If it is sharing an IRQ with either your graphics or sound card that my be causing the problem. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Glenn Holden Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I test my NIC? Ok - When I ifup eth0, it returns Delaying eth0 initialization I checked my ifconfig - it is setup When I cat /procs/interrupts, eth0 is still not listed. Reboot doesn't do anything. (Too used to using Win, I had to try it.) Thanks Glenn -Original Message- From: etharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Glenn Holden Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC? On Wednesday 22 August 2001 23:37, Glenn Holden wrote: Thanks Matt ifconfig and ping both return some data, but I think it's just a local loopback. When I ifconfig eth0, I get No such device. Where/how do I configure the eth0? Glen first, the command to start an interface is ifup so if you try ifup eth0 you would get a message that could not start, then type netconf as root, in a text console. you will be able to steup your network, if you know all the settings anf type of card, etc. MAKE SURE your bios is set to plug and pray aware OS to off -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Greer Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC? --- Glenn Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My NIC tests ok with it's software. How can I be sure the correct drivers, etc. are configured? How do I test it? as root, type ifconfig from a console. Your nic should pop up with an ip address. Then i'd ping the loopback address (ping 127.0.0.1) and your nic's ip address for good measure. If you pass all three tests you should be good to go. Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] just wondering
damn, I thought he was talking about being able to identify those whom provide the most correct answers as the ^top^ posters. html body boldflashingblink SHoOt MeeEEee!!/bold/flashing/blink /body /html On Thursday 23 August 2001 21:53, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 23 August 2001 08:40 pm, Carroll Grigsby escribió: OK - I won't do it anymore. I didn't realize that top posting was a sin; I don't recall seeing a post about it before. Carroll Don't get me wrong now : It's not a sin. A few people don't like it. Like I said, sometimes I think it's a better way to respond to some posts. Personally I think people who complain about top posting are in the same group as the spelling punctuation police ; OTOH, those that insist on using HTML ought'a be taken out and shot ; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?
either that or we (I) don't have a clue as to what your message was, and why you need to know about .a files and what they have to do with modules etither, anyway. On Wednesday 22 August 2001 12:24, Tim Barnard wrote: People aren't replying because you're probably doing what I did on my first posting, sending HTML formatted email. Try resending as Plain Text. Tim - Original Message - From: Solver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:12 AM Subject: [newbie] Why won't you help me? People, why didn't anybody reply to my message, .a files for modules? I would like some clue as to what the problem is, please, not necessarily the solution for it. Please reply to it. Solver --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1257; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux
Ok, for _my_ wise a$$ rply; yes.; why?; are you trying to be insulting (?windoze explorer browser?). yes, that's understandable, none of those MP3s are illegally ripped are they? now the real stuff we are always glad to help someone just learning, and we are learning too, (I ain't nothing budda Neeewwwbeee) you are going to need to access the fstab file and edit it as root. or run diskdrake, I believe it will bo it for you in a GUI. will be important to know the type of filesystem installed On Wednesday 22 August 2001 15:18, Joe Brault wrote: Hello, I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all might be able to help me with my problem. I purchased a hard drive yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze. I can see and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup (Linux Mandrake 8.0, running KDE; I have a dual boot system using grub) I can see the drive when I look for it in the windoze explorer browser (can't remember name?) but the size shows as 4kb and I can't see any files on it... its like a blank drive... Does anyone know how to configure Linux to see this drive in kde so I can read/write to it? I've got all my mp3's on this drive... so it's kinda important to have it up:) no music until it's working! Thanks in advance! - Joe :) -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered Linux user #183248 | -- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?
It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman On Wednesday 22 August 2001 19:20, Tim Holmes wrote: Well the only response to the message you sent was the best on. The reason why I didn't respond to your post. The solutions that would cause the least amount of headaches would be to buy a REAL modem. Even if you did get the WinModem working, you'd be sending posts asking why it disconnects like it does. All because poorly written beta drivers for something never intended to run under a real operating system. But, just to humor you, since you seem to feel neglected at the lists failure to help you, I'll offer some help for your problem. You may need a newer and/or recompiled kernel to accept the module for your modem. Not knowing which version of Mandrake, or what kernel you're using, I couldn't speculate as to what is needed. When you found that your modem actually has a driver for Linux, still doesn't mean it will work for your machine, with your kernel, or even with Mandrake. Mandrake is becoming more and more popular, and more mainstreamed (As much as Linux can be at this point in time.) but those drivers were written and compiled for RedHat 6.2 or RedHat 7.0. Maybe even Debian, so you may even need to compile the driver yourself in hopes of getting it to work under your Mandrake machine. But let's not get into the state of mind where people think if there's a driver, especially beta, then it's supported under Linux. And this is a Users List. Just because you post an question, doesn't mean it's going to be responded to. If you don't get a response, try posting it to the EXPERT list. Or try going to MandrakeCampus.com, or going through more doc pages. I've posted quite a few questions to the board that nobody replies to. Either they don't read it, or they have no clue on how to help. Keep that in mind as well as take some recommendations with a grain of salt. What worked for them, may not work for you. As well as any sort of formated text is the first kind of email to get deleted. For those of us that use console based mailers like pine, elm, or mutt, HTML emails aren't worth the ~/.mailcap entry. tdh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- It's also important to understand that there's no answers available from this list, only opinions. Some of them just happen to be, or are intended to be helpful ;-} *Tom Brinkman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PPC version
wrong, for real with all the stuff that makes ManDrake great. find it at linux-mandrake.com On Tuesday 21 August 2001 23:25, Matt Greer wrote: --- Mike Borrelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I have an Apple, and would *love* to run Mandrake on it, but I don't have access to a CD burner at the moment. As far as I know there is no Mandrake for the power PC. Linuxppc and all the other ppc distros are made by different companies. Is there some way that I can setup a harddrive partition to be a gig or something, copy the installation there and install it? I'd try downloading the iso and mounting it. Disk Copy or Toast Pro (even if you have no burner) should be able to mount it. Then run the mounted iso as if it's a CD and when it asks where you want to install, tell it to go to the new partition you made for Linux (I'm assuming linuxppc will ask you that, I don't know first hand). If you have to buy Toast Pro, you're probably better off just buying a copy of Linuxppc. I'm thinking of getting a powerbook and putting linuxppc on it myself. Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
I have a suggestion, _buy_ the Mandrake 8.0 power pack, and read the books that come with it, both books. read them again after you install it, then again in three months. On Monday 20 August 2001 10:44, Matt Greer wrote: on 8/20/01 7:34 AM, Adrian Lynch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) If you're new to Unix in general, then Linux isn't going to be easy no matter what :) But, from what I've experienced, mandrake takes the edge off the most. I recommend grabbing Running Linux from O'Reily Press. It's a bit outdated, but will get you up and running and comfortable in Linux a lot faster. Matt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] U.S.Robotics/3Com
one note would be to add the setserial line at the END of rc.local On Saturday 18 August 2001 13:35, Oliver L. Plaine Jr. wrote: On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 02:25:36 -0500, you wrote: Am I missing something? Also, when I go to setup in dialup, I notice the list of devices range from ttys0 - ttys3, but I noticed that the modem was using com 5! I'm getting there but I get in deeper and deeper into confusion. :) 18Aug01 1210hrs I had the same response from Mdk 7.2 as you outlined above Roger, the key is to add a setserial line... mine looks like this: # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550a port 0xa400 irq 4 (of course you will have to use your 0x? and irq number) when it works you can add the above setserial line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local ...it will work on bootup thereafter. check it with this: [root@localhost olly]# setserial -a /dev/ttyS3 /dev/ttyS3, Line 3, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xa400, IRQ: 4 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000 Flags: spd_normal Rather than try to recreate a complicated procedure in this mail to give you the particulars on finding out all this information...I am going to send you an article written by Bill Unrahwho knows more about the modem setups than anyone else on the planet 8-).(my opinion).,,, to the addr you have listed above.. this article really helped methanks Bill Unrah. don't pay any attention to the fact that Linux says you have a winmodem.is this particular case it is speaking with a forked tongue grin. look for another mail with Bills article. later Olly P Olly P RV Char 257 Biloxi Mississippi Mailed W98 via Forte Agent mailer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
