[newbie] FTP Installtion Problem
Hi, I am trying to install Mandrake 10 from my own Suse FTP server where I have downloaded all the files,I boot thru the boot floppies and give the path of the madrake directory, but I get an error cant find mdkinst-stage2.bz2. I am amazed this file does exsist in the base diectory but I still get this error. I have been seraching the net but no concrete solution? Any help will be appreciated. Harry "In all this world, there is only youWhen all else ceases, there is only you" -- to my MASTER! Harish[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] installation with laplink...
thanks to Franki, I will install 7.0 version on my laptop!! it only has 16mb RAM. could anyone help me figure out how to transfer the installation file onto the laptop hard drive via laplink? that is all I have, aside from 1.2 gb hardrive installed with windows 3.1 and Dos and 7.0 Mandrake CD... thanks, Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Pentium 133 mhz laptop installation
hi, I want to get ride of Windows 3.1 from my laptop and replace with Mandrake running X-Windows should I go with Mandrake 9.0? or should I go with earlier versions of Mandrake? I bought Mandrake 7.0 and still love it! how do we install it without CD-ROM nor Network capabilities? I have a link that connects to my printer port and can transfer files under dos... thanks so much for your help! Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Burning frustration
hi, I have the same problems with my linux... I think it is still not very stable... I use windows whenever I need to burn a cd... harry - Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Burning frustration I've got the same crap going on here. In the last three CDs I've burned * The CPU meter hits the roof. It maintains 99% usage the entire time. Under 8.2 burning duties never exceeded 1.5%. * A 16MB fifo buffer while burning a 600MB CD, stuggles to keep full, rarely maintaining 25% content. During my last try, it emptied 90 times! The drive was 6% away from having to employ burnfree. The CD before that did use burnfree 15 times. Other points: * xcdroast, eroaster, and cdrecord get the same results (duh) * My USB SmartMedia reader is device 0,0,0. My burner is 1,2,0. * Nero had no problems in WinXP with the same hardware and media. What's going on? Miark On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 03:38:33 -0500 (EST) gikoreno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I hope you had a nice weekend. I've been trying to burn ISO images on my burner. It's the first time I try this on Linux, and so far it's been quite the disaster... The command I am using is the following: cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 driveropts=burnfree dev=1,2,0 /tmp/s.iso I started with speed 16, because on windows I could run it at speed 16 or above without much trouble... but then I thought I might have been getting buffer underruns... so I tried speed=4. The output error is the following: I don't understand what the problem is. I tried to trouble-shoot a bit with different options, but all I am getting is coasters. Thanks for the help in advance, gikoreno ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! 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] learn to system program Linux
...what is the best way to learn Mandrake Linux System programming? should I take a class in college? but the course such as this is quite stressful... I am in my last semester, hoping to have easier workload... Is there a good book teach us about system programming such that we don't really need to take a class for it? thanks so much Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde startup sound
Jason, I changed the permissions in pics to include execute as well. Not saying I should have but it seemed to do the trick. I think I put an x in every box I could find as a matter of fact. (Not running 8.1 now. Can't check.) Would like to hear what they say on the KDE newsgroup. Good luck, Harry - Original Message - From: Jason Jesso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kde startup sound Looks like all permissions are fine to me. I still don't see anything in kmix (just a grey window). Only one person has replied so I am assuming very few people have had this problem. (why me?) I will take this to a kde mail list and get back to this list in case someone else has this problem. [jason@cahill pics]$ ls -l /usr/bin/kmix -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 134524 Dec 6 10:25 /usr/bin/kmix* [jason@cahill pics]$ pwd /usr/share/apps/kmix/pics [jason@cahill pics]$ ls -l total 52 -rw-r--r--1 root root 461 Jun 5 2000 kmixdocked.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 323 Jun 5 2000 mix_audio.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 334 Jun 5 2000 mix_bass.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 489 Jun 5 2000 mix_cd.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 331 Jun 5 2000 mix_ext.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 350 Jun 5 2000 mix_microphone.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 337 Jun 5 2000 mix_midi.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 344 Jun 5 2000 mix_recmon.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 265 Jul 20 2000 mix_surround.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 350 Jun 5 2000 mix_treble.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 340 Jun 5 2000 mix_unknown.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 164 Jul 20 2000 mix_video.png -rw-r--r--1 root root 323 Jun 5 2000 mix_volume.png [jason@cahill pics]$ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] autologin to wrong desktop
My Mandrake 7.2 automatically boots to user Harry, which is good, and Enlightenment, which is inconvenient. I want to end up in KDE. It always did until I played around with Enlightenment for awhile. The odd thing is that if I ever change users, KDE shows as the default, and the computer loads into KDE when I type my password without me having to change anything, 1. I have logged out of Enlightenment, gone into Harry with KDE, played around, logged out, unchecked and rechecked save session, and shutdown. The autologin on a new boot goes directly to Enlightenment. 2. If I change to Harry from anywhere, KDE is the choice showing. I never have to select it. It loads KDE. But not at boot time. 3. When I looked in /etc./sysconfig/desktop with an editor, it says KDE. 4. If I go through KDE Control to systemlogin manager, there is no convenience, as apparently there is in later KDE's. (Mine is 2.0). I can find no gui for autologin, if that's what it's called. 5. Looked at /home/harry/.wmrc with an editor and it says KDE. Now I am willing to live without Autoload if I can go straight to my penguin heads (the technical term for those who didn't know it) so I can choose the user.But I don't know how to do this either. That would be quicker than going in and then out of Enlightenment. But I would prefer an autologin to Harry with KDE. Anyone familiar with this problem? Harry the mildly depressed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
Hi Newbie I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt for 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer Network address IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY/ROUTER HOST: DNS/ NAME SERVER 1 DNS NAME SERVER 2 DOMAIN THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK. Good Luck and sorry for the caps. Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gerome Help
Hi I use gerome with mdk 8.1 and after a while my mouse pointer turns into a watch how do i get rid it ? Very distracting Thanks Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Star office ?
Hi need a little help. Installed star office 6.0 but not anywhere on my desktop kde . I can't make it work at all any help please Thanks Harry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] re: staroffice
Dave i did default install and clicked on soffice still will not open like linux but installing software will take a little time for me. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] can't compile - please help
Thanks for the tip - I will check out the kernel header situation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David E. Fox Sent: 08 September 2001 05:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] can't compile - please help Seems to be looking for: string and asm/socket.h and fstring and map and list and.. many more. Do you haev the kernel source code loaded? Often there are includes in /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm that symlink to /usr/src/linux/ include, and if so, you'll need the kernel source - or at least the kernel headers installed. Harry Burgin David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Testing tinyfirewall
OK, I have set up my firewall. What do I need to test it? Also, should Bastille firewall be disabled at startup? Harry G
Re: [newbie] sound card help
Harry Kim wrote: hi, still having problems with my sound card... i have tried removing the sound modules before running sndconfig but that didnt seem to work. I also tried just pressing ok to the settings several times, and that didnt work either. And I did not run it in X and ran it as root. I don't know, it works when I use windows... i am using a sb 16... isa i believe and i cant use the linux single command since i am using grub
[newbie] sound card help
hi, still having problems with my sound card... i have tried removing the sound modules before running sndconfig but that didnt seem to work. I also tried just pressing ok to the settings several times, and that didnt work either. And I did not run it in X and ran it as root. I don't know, it works when I use windows...
[newbie] soundcard help
hi i am having problems with my sb16 sound card... im running mandrake 7.2 when i run sndconfig i get the following error when it tries to play a test sound modprobe error The following error occured running the modprobe program: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed any help or suggestions would be helpful thanks harry
[newbie] xmodule ??
Ive problem with xmodule(?) i cant execute the startx command when i typed starx , there is error message like this : FontTransSocketUNIXConnect : Cant connect : errno = 111 fault to set default font path 'unix/:-1' fatal server error : couldnt open default font 'fixed' xconnection to : 0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) when i typed startx -- -bpp16, the error message is : X11TransSocketUNIXConnect CAnt Connect : errno=111 giving up xinit : connection refused (errno111) : unable to connect to x server xinit : no such process (errno 3) : server error whats going on here ? how can i fix this problem ? thx __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update
Paaul, Wwill give it a shot. I appreciate your help. Harry Paul wrote: On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: Still getting the error message 'can't fetch list of servers'. The program doesn't even appear to go out across the net. I've tried it from the terminal, and from drakconf.both as root. This has me baffled. Harry Hi Harry, I remember this happened to me one time also. What I did was remove the package (kpackage, as root) and reinstall it. Then it worked. I use it only to show what's new, then I download things by hand, one at the time (online time = money here). For instance, I just downloaded the kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm package and installed that offline. I don't take chances with things like that. (btw, the upgrade went purrrfectly) Paul -- All problems can be solved by salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=- -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update
Paul, Thanks, the clean install of maandrake update worked for me. -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Mandrake Update
Still no go on mandrake update. What is the command from the terminal screen to run this beast. The last time I checked it, a month ago, it was working perfectly out of kde. Now it's coming up saying it can't find a list of servers. Someone suggested I run it from a terminal, only thing is, I don't know the command. Thanks Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update
Still getting the error message 'can't fetch list of servers'. The program doesn't even appear to go out across the net. I've tried it from the terminal, and from drakconf.both as root. This has me baffled. Harry Paul wrote: On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: As 'root' run MandrakeUpdate (case sensitive). Works for me: [root@internet temp]# which MandrakeUpdate /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate Paul Still no go on mandrake update. What is the command from the terminal screen to run this beast. The last time I checked it, a month ago, it was working perfectly out of kde. Now it's coming up saying it can't find a list of servers. Someone suggested I run it from a terminal, only thing is, I don't know the command. Thanks Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769 -- All problems can be solved by salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=- -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[expert] Mandrake Update
I have been having a problem with mandrake update. It seems like it won't connect to any servers. I have tried running it out of kde and gnome, and still get no response. I have tried running from a terminal, and nothing happens. Is there a new version of the program that I'm missing. This is a real problem. Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Helix Gnome Sounds
I've tried disabling sounds in the gnome control panel, but I still get sounds in helix. Is there another way to do this? These sounds are driving me nuts. Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe
Another app is Corel Photopaint. I have this up and running and it seems to do a fair job. Harry Paul wrote: On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Philomena wrote: Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the linux side. That is the GIMP. Comes with every linux distro that I know of. Run "gimp" and see if it runs! Paul -- I guess a real radical is someone who has the guts to apply their beliefs to their everyday life. - Alison Bechdel )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=- -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Freshmeat?
Melinda Shoop wrote: Hello All, Has anyone else besides me had trouble getting to Freshmeat.com the past few days? I keep getting a server busy/unable to connect message from NS. I am unable to access it from site links, as well as from a search engine. I'm having no trouble with anything else. Thanks for the help, Melinda Shoop Thinking about getting a Tux tattoo Hi Melinda... It's freshmeat.net not .com. It seems to work fine lately. Let me know if you have any other questions. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.74
Patti Wavinak wrote: I downloaded Netscape 4.74 gzip compressed Communicator tar archive. I then uncompressed and extracted the tar file and ran ./ns-install. It showed me which directory it was installing this in and per instructions I then ran "cd the_directory_I_just_installed_to ./netscape" (without the quotes). When I go into netscape it is still bringing up 4.73. I even rebooted (okay, some things from WinBloz die hard) and it still comes up as Netscape 4.73. I'm thinking that perhaps the instructions were wrong and instead of cd the directory that I just installed to ./netscape maybe I should have mv (moved) the directory I just installed to ./netscape. I am really hoping that someone can give me some guidance here -- I have obviously screwed something up. I thank you in advance. Patti Registered Linux User 184611 Patti, It sounds as if you haven't removed the version of Netscape that came with the ML distribution. You need to do an rpm -e netscape, from a console window, as root. Then, you need to point your launcher to the file /opt/netscape/netscape. That should do it. I had the same thing happen with my distribution. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Helix Gnome
Jim Dwyer wrote: Is anyone using Helix Gnome? If so i got a few questions: 1. Which environment (KDE, Gnome, ...) should i be using when i install it? 2. Will it mess up my current gnome configuration? 3. Do you like Helix Gnome? 4. Do you recommend it? I can't decide whether or not to install it. Hmmm well i'll just wait to see what all of you say. Thanks -- Jim Dwyer Registered Linux User# 184760 I am trying to upgrade to Helix, but have no idea how toIf someone could point me the way -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Cannot download with Netscape?
Jeff Malka wrote: I know this is a dumb question, but using Netscape under Mandrake 7.1, I cannot seem to download. When I click on a downloadable file link I get the ASCII text on screen instead of normal downloading. What should I be doing to get Netscape to download into a directory? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 Jeff, Hold the shift key down when selecting the file to download. Sometimes, Netscape doesn't recognize the file as a downloadable. The shift key will force it to. This is fairly common for linux files, for some reason. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Pine Config
I haven't used Pine in quite awhile. I can't remember the configuration line that will make Pine read from a remote mail and news server. I know that I had this working years ago, when I first started with Linux. Can someone help me to configure Pine for remote retrieval, without using fetchmail or sendmail? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] 4.01 and no xterm
I just installed 4.01 out of the cooker, and it's working well, after some minor problems with a corrupt rpm file. The only thing I noticed is that xterm won't come up, and neither will any terminal based applications. I am at a loss for explaining what has happened. When launching xterm, there are no error messages that pop up, just that the terminal won't open. I have tried opening from various places, such as the menu, and nothing. If anyone else has experienced this and knows a workaround, I would appreciate some feedback. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] X
The list appears to be back today. My posts have been showing up in minutes...not hours as usual. Or days, as is of late. Harry Paul wrote: On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Jim Hogarth wrote: testing Test arrived. ping back, is the list dead, server overthrown? Paul -- Politics: where friends are fake and enemies are real )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake=- -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Sound in 7.1 Again
Well, I've just upgraded to 7.1 and am having one heck of a time getting sound config'd, which worked in 7.0, with the SB PCI512 card. I have used drivers from the Creative site, which worked under 7.0 and under 7.1 before I had to reinstall due to a disk problem. Can someone give me some tips on this, or point me to the list archives where I can read up on this? Also would appreciate the URL for the Creative opensource site again. Thanks! Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Xmms
You should be able to right click on any part that is left, and check the main window. There should be three window options, with one or more of them unchecked. Just check them and the windows will appear. Harry Richard Kim wrote: I accidently unchecked the main window for Xmms can anyone help me get them back? like somesort of hotkey or prefrences. --- \ | | / (@ @) -oOOo--(_)--- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Richard Kim | | No Website (YET)| |__oOOo___| --- -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Upgrade MBR of HDA
First of all, fdisk /mbr wouldn't fix the damage that the installer had done. I got an invalid media type on drive c:. The directories wouldn't list. Norton 2000 wouldn't fix it either. How do you figure it is user error, when GRUB wiped my mbr and it wasn't repairable. I tried all to get that drive back, but couldn't. Harry Tom Brinkman wrote: -- bottom line in most of these install complaints I've see in this thread is user error/misunderstanding (ie, 123, where 3 = not a Linux or Mandrake (7 or 7.1) problem at all). In this case if he had successfully run (DOS) fdisk /mbr, his system couln't possibly have booted GRUB, since the entire mbr would have been overwritten, and Winblows would then boot, since if it finds a blank mbr on boot, it writes one. Since he can still 'see' his Windoze files from Linux, a Winsux re-install isn't neccessary.. a proper fdisk /mbr from a clean dos prompt is. there's 3 levels of dos prompt in Winsux... DosMode, Dos by mashing F8 on boot, and a real DOS 7.1 prompt obtained by preventing any win files from loading during the initial boot up. The latter is suitable for flashing your bios, or successfully overwriting the master boot record, or running old DOS games that W9x doesn't get along with anymore. The boot disk made during a Winblows install should produce a clean DOS 7.1 prompt (W95 = DOS7.0). If that's not available there's sites on the Net where a DOS (5.0 thru 6.22) boot disk containing fdisk can be downloaded. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] USB 7.1
What sort of USB devices are supported by the kernel in 7.1? I was wondering. Now, since upgrading to 7.1, my USB hub has lit up, apparently being detected properly. I have a USB scanner and webcam...don't have any idea if there's a way to get those working in 7.1. I've read in Maximum Linux that the new development kernels are the only ones with true USB support. Is this true? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] KDE 7.1 Upgrade
I have just upgraded my system to 7.1 and have found, upon starting KDE that I am missing items that used to be there. The KDE Control Panel, for backgrounds, power mangement, etc. is missing. I have lost the ability to open a term window from the panel. Is this a different version of KDE than came with 7.0? Just curious. I had backgrounds set in KDE and now they are gone. Thanks for any info. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] 7.1 Upgrade MBR of HDA
Well, here's another problem I ran into upgrading to 7.1. I tried specifying LILO when DrakConf asked me which bootloader to use. The lilo configuration returned a syntax error. I went ahead and chose GRUB. when I booted to my first hard driveLILO stopped after the I, so I used my handy dandy dos boot disk to do a fdisk /mbr. C: drive returned an error, and I couldn't get a directory listing on it. Upon rebooting...I got GRUB, and tried to choose windows to boot from, and I get a loop...no winslows boot. GRUB booted me into linux, and upon examining HDA1 there, all of the winslows data files are accessible. I just can't get fdisk to do anything to the drive now, and can't boot into winslows. There are a couple of utilities there that I use from time to time. Has anyone run into a similar situation? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Upgrade MBR of HDA
Thanks for the response Torrey. This is the third time I've wiped winslows in a year. I have all my critical stuff on cd/rw..so it won't be a big deal getting what I need back. I hate to use that os anyway...it's too slow and inflexible. Norton 2000 couldn't fix the GRUB problem. I just reformatted the whole 20 gigs. Let this be a warning to anyone upgrading a dual boot system to 7.1. Harry Torrey Peacock wrote: I have had the exact same situation. I have two hard disks, with Windows on hda, and Linux on hdc. Normally, I install LILO to the MBR of hda. After installing Mandrake 7.1, I could boot into Linux through GRUB, but Windows was inaccessible. I could boot DOS with a floppy disk, but the C: drive was no longer readable from DOS. Using System Commander, I was able to restore the Windows boot record, but System Commander can't do anything with GRUB (it recognizes LILO just fine). Quite a mess. I can boot Windows normally again, but have to use a boot floppy for Linux. I tried resetting GRUB, and also using LILO, but it just trashes the boot record, and I have to restore with System Commander once again. Whatever GRUB does is apparently not so easy to undo, and there is no way I can find to uninstall it. I have *never* had these problems with any other distribution, including Mandrake 7.0 Seems rather irresponsible of Mandrake to use alpha software for its default boot loader, but that's what they did. Sure doesn't seem ready for prime time to me. Torrey At 06:48 PM 7/22/00 -0400, Harry Flaxman wrote: Well, here's another problem I ran into upgrading to 7.1. I tried specifying LILO when DrakConf asked me which bootloader to use. The lilo configuration returned a syntax error. I went ahead and chose GRUB. when I booted to my first hard driveLILO stopped after the I, so I used my handy dandy dos boot disk to do a fdisk /mbr. C: drive returned an error, and I couldn't get a directory listing on it. Upon rebooting...I got GRUB, and tried to choose windows to boot from, and I get a loop...no winslows boot. GRUB booted me into linux, and upon examining HDA1 there, all of the winslows data files are accessible. I just can't get fdisk to do anything to the drive now, and can't boot into winslows. There are a couple of utilities there that I use from time to time. Has anyone run into a similar situation? -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] KDE2
Thanks Chris. Will wait for your posting. Harry Christopher Molnar wrote: Please wait a day and I will post it in here The version currently available is pretty buggy. -Chris On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: Can someone give me an up to date URL for downloading KDE2? Thanks. Harry -- --Chris -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Netscape Install - Help
I have been trying to install Netscape 4.74 today. I am running into problems after the install. I get the error message that resources are Netcape 4.7 and I'm trying to run Netscape 4.74. I don't know where in the heck to locate these resources, or replace them. I thought that the install script would just install it clean for me. Are there any ENV variables or the like that need to be set? Now, all I get when trying to run 4.7 that it's not installed. I can't even revert back to that. Help please! -- __ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] KDE2
Can someone give me an up to date URL for downloading KDE2? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] RPMs Causing Grief
I have been having problems with install RPMs where it seems the install is abending and hogging memory on my machine. I've recently tried installing the KDE2 rpm's on my machine. If I do it from a console, I eventually get a message 'can't load interpreter' scrolling down the screen, and the rpm install just stops. I have to force a shutdown, which is scary. This happens with other rpm's as well. If I install from kpackage, I get the same thing. X-windows crashes back to the console with the message, 'can't load interpreter'. It appears, by watching xosview, that all my physical and swap memory gets full. Am I missing a switch here to install these things properly? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] RPMs Causing Grief
I installed them in the order that was recommended..qt, kdesupport, kdelibs, kdebase, then no specific order for the rest. Can't get even QT installed, it abends. Harry frank wrote: from where, and in what order were you attempting to install them??... frank On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: I have been having problems with install RPMs where it seems the install is abending and hogging memory on my machine. I've recently tried installing the KDE2 rpm's on my machine. If I do it from a console, I eventually get a message 'can't load interpreter' scrolling down the screen, and the rpm install just stops. I have to force a shutdown, which is scary. This happens with other rpm's as well. If I install from kpackage, I get the same thing. X-windows crashes back to the console with the message, 'can't load interpreter'. It appears, by watching xosview, that all my physical and swap memory gets full. Am I missing a switch here to install these things properly? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] RPMs Causing Grief
Jose, thanks for the info. I did it and it solved the problem. This should have been a 'man rpm' solution. Sorry. Harry "Jose M. Sanchez" wrote: rpm --rebuilddb -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Harry Flaxman |Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 7:43 AM -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] SCSI Card and Yamaha 4416s
I have been having a problem with scsi being recognized in ML 7.0. At one point, my scsi card and 4416s were being recognized properly by ML. I have since lost that. Linux doesn't see my card or drive. How would I go about having ML scan and reinstall the drivers for the card, drive, ... both. Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] [Fwd: Xfree 4.0 on ML 7.0]
-- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769 I have been trying to locate the proper binaries for the kernel I am running on ML 7.0. I download the glibc2.1 version, which I thought I had. I run a sh Xsetup -check, to see if I have the proper binaries. I get a message of ELF binaries libc6 as my os libs type, and dist type glibc2.1. They apparently do not match. I was just wondering where I can locate the proper binaries for my kernel. I see only libc5 on the Xfree ftp site. Is there a site with other binaries? Thanks for helping a new person. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Posts
For the last 3 or 4 days, I haven't been seeing my own posts on newbie. I have had to go unsub from the list and sub again to get mail to it. Just curious if this has affected other users? Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Graphical FTP client
Check out IglooFTP PRO. I believe you can find the link at http://freshmeat.net. It seems to be a nice client. I've been using the newest release which is 1.0. Harry Pedro _ wrote: Hello! I have mandrake 7.02 Air and I am using the gFTP FTP client but I am not happy with it. Is there any nice FTP client? (like WSFTP-LE) Thanks in advance Pedro Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1
To upgrade my Mandrake to 7.1, should I need anything more than the floppy images in the distribution? I know there are cd's images available for download, but if I can get the system by using floppy images, it would be quicker for me. I run on a 56k modem. Thanks for any response. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Xfree 4.0 on Mandrake 7.0
Just a newbie. Is it possible to install Xfree 4.0 on ML 7.0? Do I just need the 4.0 binaries to do this? Just curious as I've never upgraded X before. Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Which Lib package
Which lib package is ML 7.0 based on, which glibc or lib5 or whatever it is. I see software specific to these libs and being so new to itI don't know where to find this info. Thanks Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on the physical device. I can read all of the files from the D: partition in linux as DOS_hdc2...but can't access them from Windows. Guess it's another m$ heartache. Harry Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to access the D windows partition before i installed Linux. Sean -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Modem Problems
Hi Charles, Yes, my provider helpdesk says they do use PAP. Pls excuse unclear wording in my letter. As for trying each and any setting in all their combinations... well, I would prefer to know what I am doing and why, and my time is somehow limited... That's why I paid for "official" Mandrake hoping I would get some E-mail support. Oh yes. Besides, IMHO default configuration should work or at least be not too far from working one. And - yes, I do know about help button ;) in more than just one or two different systems... Didn't find right answer there but sure tried before asking Support (which didn't answer) and now asking this group. As well as did several web searches and found lot's of questions about the same problem but quite few real answers... My guess is that lot's of potential Linux users might be scared away and not asking/trying anymore after being unable even do this simple thing - connect to their Internet providers using default (or close to default) configuration and methods. Thanks for trying to help, anyway. Harry At 09:42 00.07.09.e -0400, you wrote: Harry I might also help us to know what ISP you use. You can not simply take the word of the person you spoke to at your ISP that PAP is "acceptable". They either use the PAP protocol or they don't. 5 will get you 10 that if you tried each of the other settings as well as increasing the time-out value you Would find one that worked and from your log that is your problem. As for FAQ, when you were setting up your connection did you happen to notice a button in the bottom corner of the window labled Help and if you did, did you bother to use it.? Charles :-) - Original Message - From: "Harry Bush" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Problems At 12:48 00.07.09.. +0200, Paul wrote: On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Dariusz S Stochmal wrote: I have installed Mandrake Linux 7.1 for the first time. [...] During connection process, there is a brief handshaking going on, and then my connection will drop and error appears PPPD Demon Died Unexpectedly. This has come up before on the list. Set your timeout value (or something like that) higher, from 60 to 400 seconds or so. That apparently is helping many people I have absolutely the same problem, and unfortunately increasing timeout value to 400 doesn't help. Connection seems to start normally, then it pauses for a while and brokes telling daemon has died suddenly. Kppp's diagnosis is just "Sorry. Can't help you here" (how clear, isn't it...) PPP Logfile tells something also not fully understandable for me: Jul 8 14:14:18 linu2 pppd[4560]: By default the remote system is required to authenticate itself Jul 8 14:14:18 linu2 pppd[4560]: (because this system has a default route to the internet) Jul 8 14:14:18 linu2 pppd[4560]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. Jul 8 14:14:18 linu2 pppd[4560]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.) Username and password is definitely OK, I have repeatedly tested them. Installation now is US English to avoid possible locale problems (there are plenty of them in other parts of Mandrake). I haven't changed any other kppp parameters besides Account name, Provider phone No., two DNS server addresses given by provider, my username and password. Now temporarily also timeout value which didn't help. All other parameters set by Mandrake installation seem to be OK. Dialing and modem handshake is OK. I use DHCP. Provider confirms that PAP is allowed, however they don't have any Linux specialists to help me. Modem is decent external USRobotics. All hardware works OK on the same machine with Windows NT 4.0. Besides, I can easily connect same provider using same username and password in WinNT environment on the same machine. Unfortunately Mandrake support is very slow to respond - if ever, don't know, haven't received yet any reaction from them, being registered Mandrake Essential 7.1 and Powerpack 7.0 user. Two questions, one for each system, both are still unanswered. (so folks CD's from Cheapbytes are absolutely as valuable as "official" box...) There is no FAQ on Mandrake website either, even for 7.0 not to speak about 7.1 . Seems that popularity is playing bad scaling games with Mandrake... So hopefully somebody who has already solved this dialup problem will please explain what to do. One thing is sure - there definitely _is_ nasty Dialup problem in Mandrake with default installation and it is more complex than just modem or timeout settings. I have seen more then few people asking in networks about this "suddenly dying" pppd but no working answers beyond "man pppd" - which might be good way but not for the very first s
[newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver
I know that Mandrake 7.0 comes with a wheel mouse driver. How do I enable this under KDE? Supposedly, that was one of the last updates was for it. Is it possible to use the wheel mouse under KDE? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver
Thanks for the info Paul. I have imwheel installed. It starts, but still I get no wheel support in KDE. Is the package supposed to be started before KDE comes up? I haven't tried that yet. Again, thanks. Harry Paul wrote: On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: I know that Mandrake 7.0 comes with a wheel mouse driver. How do I enable this under KDE? Supposedly, that was one of the last updates was for it. Is it possible to use the wheel mouse under KDE? Log in as root, (or do "su"), find "imwheelrpm" on the distro-cd and install that with rpm -i path/imwheel...rpm (or use kpackage / GnoRPM) Sure it is possible, after installing this. Paul -- In every loss there is gain, as there is gain in every loss... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden. Harry Alan Shoemaker wrote: Harryit sounds as if your D partition is set as hidden, if so use PM to unhide it. Alan Harry Flaxman wrote: When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on the physical device. I can read all of the files from the D: partition in linux as DOS_hdc2...but can't access them from Windows. Guess it's another m$ heartache. -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access (Dana)
Charles, I just repartitioned that drive that I was having problems with. I put the swap partition at the end of the drive and the windows partition at the beginning. All of my problems have disappeared. Windows always recognizes that drive now. Maybe it's because it is a large drive, I don't know. I just know that that solved my problems. Running dual with Windows 98 SE, and ML 7.0. Harry Charles A Edwards wrote: Dana Windows could care less when you install it or were you install it. On diferent drives and systems I have bootable Win partitions on the beginning, middle, and ends of the drive mixed in between BeOS, Linux and multiple versions of Win. Win might like to think it is the boss but what it doesn't know won't hurt it. Charles - Original Message - From: "Dana" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Windows does not play well with others. It has to be installed first in a dual boot system. - Original Message - From: Harry Flaxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden. -- ____ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] X Screen Resolution
When I tried to select a higher screen resolution than I have 1280x1024, X won't do it for some reason. My card has been properly configed by drakconf during the initial install, but I can't for some reason change the res. Can anyone provide me with some tips as to where I can look for something askew? Thanks, Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] X Screen Resolution
Oh yes, forgot to say that I can do 1280x1024, it's done under winslows. I just can't for the life of me get it going under Linux. Maybe the monitor wasn't selected properly? Where would I find that info? Thanks. Harry Flaxman wrote: When I tried to select a higher screen resolution than I have 1280x1024, X won't do it for some reason. My card has been properly configed by drakconf during the initial install, but I can't for some reason change the res. Can anyone provide me with some tips as to where I can look for something askew? Thanks, Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769 -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[newbie] Screen Resolution
Thanks, I found what I was looking for in my last post. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[expert] [Fwd: [newbie] Alsa Sound Drivers]
-- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769 I just installed the Alsa sound drivers, but found they were compiled for 2.2.14-15mdkfb. I am currently using 2.2.14-1mdlinus as the compiled kernel How do I switch kernels or compile the new one. I used to use SuSE and remember how to compile that SuSE kernel,but can't for the life of me see where all this stuff is located in Mandrake. Can someone please walk me through what I need to do to start using these sound drivers. Thanks for being patient. -- Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [expert] [Fwd: [newbie] Alsa Sound Drivers]
Well, this is a little follow up to my kernel stuff. I have noticed in /boot that there appear to be kernels for all of the versions of linux that come with the 7.0 distribution. How do I change the system to boot from an alternate, different version kernel. I guess that's what I've been looking to do so that the Alsa sound drivers work. Thanks -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] Alsa Sound Drivers
I am really having one heck of a mess with the sound stuff on my machine. I notice, now that Alsa sound starts when I IPL. Two modules get loaded, soundlow and core. Apparently, I am missing some drivers here. I am trying to replace the original Mandrake sound stuff so that my sound card works. I am having no luck. Can someone either email me, with their experience, or shed some light on this thing. I would really appreciate it. Would like to get my PCI 512 up and running. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] Boot Image
How do I boot a different version of the kernal? Is it simply a matter of changing links on the /boot device? I have noticed that there are 4 links to the same linux kernel versions of files. Can it be this simple? -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[expert] Apology
If it seems as if I have bounced double messages to the lists, I am sorry. This was a screw up with my ISP over the last couple of days. I have had contact with them and it appears this has been resolved. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] Boot Disk
I know I've seen this here, but I've lost all of the archives of messaging for the past few days. How do I create a new bootdisk for a new kernel version? Is there an easy way from the desktop (KDE), or is there a command manually to do this? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] Alsa Sound Drivers
I just installed the Alsa sound drivers, but found they were compiled for 2.2.14-15mdkfb. I am currently using 2.2.14-1mdlinus as the compiled kernel How do I switch kernels or compile the new one. I used to use SuSE and remember how to compile that SuSE kernel,but can't for the life of me see where all this stuff is located in Mandrake. Can someone please walk me through what I need to do to start using these sound drivers. Thanks for being patient. -- Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[expert] Sound Device
Well, I had a few things going on with my new install, so I just re-installed from disc. I still am having problems with configuring my Soundblaster PCI512. I noticed yesterday that someone posted a URL for the linux/unix sound drivers from Creative. I would appreciate it if they could post it again. I still get device or resource busy when I try to configure the card. I have tried installing OSS from disc, to no avail. This thing is driving me nuts. Any help appreciated! Harry -- Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] StarOffice5.1KpackageInstalling
You can just click on the package out of kfm in kde. That brings up the package program and offers you options. Harry Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, Thank you for your help. I found the installation file because of your input. I still do not know how I go the StarOffice installed from the kpackage into the /opt/office but somehow I did. I imagine the other programs need to be installed the same way so I hope I can figure out what I did. Could anyone tell me exactly how to install a program from kpackage into a file? Thank you very much , Marcia -- ___ Harry Flaxman http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907
[newbie] [Fwd: Swap Device]
-- ___ Harry Flaxman http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 I originally configured. my Mandrake 7.0 accidentally with NO SWAP device. It was misconfigured and somehow the system thought it was on hda6, which it is not. I have repartitioned one of my hard drives , hdc1, to be the swap file. The fstab entry is proper. The device has been partitioned and formatted under DOS. I have tried this with no formatting and formatting. I get an error message that the kernal doesn't support the filesystem swap. hdc1 is not mounted, and the OS goes to turn on swapping and fails. If I look at linuxconf under KDE.it shows the device being set up for swap. I get no swapping at all, and my system just keeps grabbing real ram until it fills up. Oh yes, I have tried mkswap and get an error that 130048 is larger than device which has 0 size. Wondering if there were any tips on this one, that someone could give me. Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907
[newbie] StarOffice and rpmDrake
I used the program rpmDrake to install StarOffice from the first apps disc of the 7.0 distribution. Now I can't find where any of the binaries are. The program says it's installed. This is a pretty lame question. I am used to installing rpm's by hand, so this is the first time I've used the graphical program. Where in the heck did the binaries and installer files go to? Thanks. Harry
Re: [newbie] StarOffice and rpmDrake
Nevermind this question. Found the sucker...right in front of me! Harry I used the program rpmDrake to install StarOffice from the first apps disc of the 7.0 distribution. Now I can't find where any of the binaries are. The program says it's installed. This is a pretty lame question. I am used to installing rpm's by hand, so this is the first time I've used the graphical program. Where in the heck did the binaries and installer files go to? Thanks. Harry
Re: [newbie] Modem Audio
Barry, Out of curiousity, which driver did you use for your SB128? I have a 512 and have been unable to get it to work yet. Thanks Harry Barry Premeaux wrote: On Monday, I replaced Calderas Open Linux 2.2 with Mandrake 7.1. Really love the install. It went smoothly with Mandrake finding all my hardware, including my Stylus Color 850. My SB128 sound card performs far better than it ever did with COL 2.2. The only problem I have is the small internal speaker that plugs in the ASUS P5A motherboard does not seem to be operational. The only reason I miss it is that I can no longer listen to the modem dial out and hear the handshake. The modem is an internal 56K with the Rockwell chip set. It came with the PC from QLI-Tech. Neither the modem board or the little user manual identify the manufacturer. The modem works fine and the log screen shows the 'ATM0L1" initialization string. It isn't a major problem, but I'm clueless as to where I should go to resolve it. -- Barry :-) -- ___ Harry Flaxman http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907
Re: [newbie] LILO
Phil, Thanks for relaying your lilo.conf. I think this will help with solving the problem. Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you show us the contents of your /etc/lilo.conf we might be able to help. Mine reads as follows: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=windows keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda2 append="" read-only Phil
[newbie] Viper II and X-Windows
Anyone out there have a Diamond Viper II working with x-windows? I have had to revert to an old ATI Rage LT pro to run X, so I lose my 32mb Viper II. Mandrake can't for the life of it find a driver. I don't know if anyone has had similar experiences or not. Thanks Harry
[newbie] SCD0...Reading Not Properly
I made an fstab entry for my first SCSI cd-rom drive...which is a r/w drive. I can mount it, however, whenever I have a cd in it, it is not being read properly. Perhaps this is because I don't have the fstab entry correct for the SCSI device. I copied the entry for the IDE cd-rom drive I have...all execpt for the device and mountpoint. I see it is reading part of the directory, but next to each entry it says...file or directory does not exist. Don't know what's causing this. Any help appreciated.
[newbie] Sound Configuration
I have been trying to configure my Creative Soundblaster PCI512 with soundconfig. It autodetects a soundblaster live. After I set it, I have no sound. If I try to reset it, it can't find the drivers for the other Creative cards. Any info on this configuration would be helpful! Thanks. Harry
[newbie] changing from large to normal icons w/kcontrol panel
Hello all, Problem, after installing 7.0 v2 I am unable to change the size of the desktop or window icons from large to normal as a user from kcontrol. I had this trouble with the betas also, but finally got it to work. Of course I forgot what the solution was. Any Ideas? Thanks. Harry Miktarian Resnet Manager San Francisco State University Housing Residential Services (415)338-6979
[newbie] Muffed XF86config
Hello all, I was messing with...ahem...learning about different XF86config settings. The last one I tried was invalid. This I know because now when Linux boots it starts X and X crashes with an error concerning an invalid setting. The problem is is that I have my box setup to automatically boot into X. When the server crashes the console with the X server error just keeps flashing over and over. I am unable to get to another console or get it to get out of the loop it is in. Is there a way that I can override the automatic booting into X at startup? Any Help much appreciated! Kind Regards, Harry Miktarian
[newbie] Kppp and password
Kppp remembers my user ID and password in root and for one user. When I create more users through Configurator, the Kppp wont remember . In all cases I'm using the same ID and password, and the box is clicked to ask it to remember. (And the user that it works for was created through Configurator.) Harry
[newbie] Netscape a memory hog?
Once in awhile in Netscape, especially when offline, the system freezes. I suspect I've run out of memory. I'm running with 32 megs of ram and a swap file of 96 megs. There doesn't seem to be much evidence of swapping going on however. (No hard drive activity.) Is lack of memory the likely culprit, or is this something more serious? Harry
[newbie] Netscape 4.61 load problem
I downloaded the new Netscape 4.61 through the Updates site (and a very easy process it is!) but now the Netscape program seems to load only when I'm online. When I'm not online, sometimes it shows up when I click the icon, but other times the hard drive light flickers for awhile, but the program doesn't show up. When I go online it usually shows up after a bit. Is this an accepted feature of Netscape on Linux, a bug, or something wrong with my config? I like to work offline because we have only one phone and I'm married. Need I say more? Has anyone else experienced this? Harry
[newbie] Netscape address book
I sent myself a copy of my email addresses in a letter from my Win98 computer to my Linux computer. I'm pretty sure that when I was root I could click on these addresses while in Netscape and easily transfer them to the Netscape address book. Anyway, my address book is fine in Linux root. But now, in my non-root access, I can't find any way to get them to jump to the address book from a similar letter. I don't know if I'm missing something or the new Netscape 4.61 I downloaded has a problem with this. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Harry
[newbie] StarOffice 4.0
I can get a free copy of StarOffice 4.0 on a cd from our library. The book it comes with suggests it needs linux library version libc 5.4.22 or higher to 6.x, but EARLIER VERSIONS MUST BE AVAILABLE to StarOffice. I have installed Venus 6.0. So is the library version I have "backwards compatible" with StarOffice 4.0, or do I have to download libc 5.4.22 and make it available to the office suite? Or should I get a friend to download the new version, which is unfortunately even larger (I'm running out of space), but presumably compatible? Thanks in advance Harry
[newbie] Modem connects; no Internet
My US Robotics 33.6 modem dials my ISP, they "talk", the Kppp reads connected, but nothing works. I've installed Venus 6.0 as the only os on a stand alone pentium, trying both the Linuxconfig and the Kppp to connect. I'm hoping someone will recognize this as a problem they've previously solved. I can see packets going out when I ping with a remote DNS, or try an Internet address in Netscape. Same with mail. But when I check "details" while connected, the information is always the same: 19 packets in (always), no more packets in, and a growing number of packets out while my computer keeps sending. I've talked to my ISP (they were not excited about Linux) and apparently PAP, Dynamic, DNS,Domain Name, News, Mail are all correct. On the website of US Robotics I found the dip switches for my modem are apparently correct for Linux (at least for Slackware). My ISP, Sympatico.ca, says that Linux can be hooked up to their service, but they don't say it very enthusiastically. I'm hoping there is a box I can checkmark, or a number I can change, and magically this problem will go away. I've reinstalled a few times to clear out any mistakes I've made, and I even installed an older Redhat (5.2) and hooked up using Linuxconfig with the same one way results. Two weeks of reading and searching has not helped me. The Mandrake creators have put together an attractive, easy to install package, and I especially like the KDE gui. But if I can't get online I can't really use it. And that would be a big disappointment for me. Has anyone seen anything quite like this? I've noticed similar problems in the letters but not quite this one. Here's hoping Harry
