Re: [newbie] Pre-newbie here!
When you go to install Linux, it will ask you which drive and you will have the opportunity to set up the required swap file as well as the Linux file system. The installer routine will format everything as you request. I will leave it to others to tell you WHICH specification to use for determining how to format your old drive - don't want you mad at me! I installed MDK 9.1 on my desktop and my new laptop without a hitch - well without any serious hitches. It is so much easier than the earlier releases! LeRoy -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, This is my first post to this list (I've been lurking for a few days...it sure is a busy list! :-)). After trying to figure out if my assorted bits of hardware can be expected to play nicely with a fresh Linux distribution installation, I've decided that the only thing to do is to take the leap and see what happens! :-) I've just ordered the Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack, and anxiously await its arrival! This is a new computer, with *mostly* new hardware inside (there is, from my old computer, a spare 20 GB hard drive and an older model GeForce2 MX-400 graphics card with 64 MB video RAM), and there are a few external hardware bits from my old system as well (a four year old Lexmark 3200 printer, and relatively new Creative I-Trigue 3500 speakers). I'm also currently using a Linksys external cable modem that some have told me might be a problem with Mandrake, so I'm looking into a proper ethernet card. Anyway, here's my plan... I have two hard drives in this machine: C:\ is an 80 GB drive with WinXP installed D:\ is a 20 GB drive, onto which I intend to install Mandrake 9.2 As I mentioned, the 20 GB drive is from my old computer (other than size, it's got the same specs as my new 80 GB drive (Seagate 7200 RPM ATA-100). Here's my essential question of the moment... I'm finished copying over all the files I want to save from the old drive to the new one, and I'm ready to clear the old drive in preparation for my Mandrake installation. I've been told that the Windows method of formatting the drive will not be the thing to do here. So...how do I clear this old drive to get it ready for a clean installation of Mandrake? I'm sure that once I've installed Mandrake, I'll have at least 5000 more questions for this already busy list! :-) Thanks! - -- Melissa PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Body=Please%20send%20keys -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iD8DBQE/r/zHjVbXUvsE8ukRApssAKCHnQ8DftTdntHRLOHpyAvCYWndIwCgytmm CIB7nrnoZsASIpVLFEtt5qc= =OuZ+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! I had the same problem, but (probably) with a different program. I don't remember which program, but there were inter-dependencies between two or three sets of files, and none of them would install because they all needed each other. What a pain! I finally got fed up and told rpm to load all of the programs - and the darned thing went on and installed everything just as smooth as could be! Sorry, I only had this one experience, and I don't normally use rpm from the command line, so I can't give you the details on what I did - but instead of trying to install A and then install B, I gave the command sequence to install A B - and it worked! Let us know if it works for you! Good luck! LeRoy Hi, I know I'm not the first to have problems with dependencies, but it's the first time for me and I've been unable to find a page that tells me actually what to do in this case. I'm trying to install Mplayer. I downloaded mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1.i386.rpm and double-clicked on it. and Kpackage reported the following: error: failed dependencies: mplayer-skin is needed by mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1 mplayer-common = 1.0pre2 is needed by mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1 libpng.so.2 is needed by mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1 RESULT=1 so I went googling and found the first two files. [Oh btw what's up with the whole program being 1.8M but the SKIN IS OVER 4M???] mplayer-common was the first one to finish downloading, so I double-clicked on it and got: error: failed dependencies: mplayer = 0.92 is needed by mplayer-common-0.92-1 RESULT=1 so now it seems I've got two programs saying they need each other, but neither will install first... What should I do next? TIA for your help... :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] duel booting help
I think it was either Linux Format or Linux Magazine that had an article on this a couple of months ago. Check out their websites and see if the article on how to set up a multi-boot system is posted. LeRoy What is the best wa y to set up a duel boot between two different Linux distros? I have Mandrake on hda and suse on hdc. tia walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] teething problems with 9.2
When you are in command line/text mode, does the GUI start if you type startx? LeRoy I have just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.2 and My computer is now running about as well as when I ran windows :o( Firstly, In lilo if i select linux 9.2 boots ok, but into text mode. The nice pretty GUI has gone and I don't know how to start it again. If I reboot and select old_linux, the computer boots into 9.2 with a working GUI. Is this major reason for concern? If not, how do I re-configure lilo to boot old_linux as the default? Secondly, I cannot use GnomePPP to connect to the internet (does the fact that I operate in KDE have anything to do with it?) GnomePPP dials ok and then says that it's connected, but a few seconds later spits out an error message saying it's unexpectedly quit. When I go through the mandrake control centre and use DrakConnect things work OK (hence this email!). Is there an easier way to launch DrakConnect, or is there a way I can get KPPP back again? Sorry about asking so many questions, I hope somebody can help. -Aidan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfree86 nv vs. Nvidia drivers (was: Why do I have to start KDE manually?)
When I installed the Nvidia drivers for my Dell Inspiron 8500 the image went from having a 3-4 cm black band on the left and right sides (with the nv driver) to completely filling the screen! I don't play games under Linux (yet) so I can't address any possible fps changes. Also, a very important point, it was more work reading the instructions than it was to actually install the drivers! It was a snap! LeRoy On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:20:56 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:04 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: What is your hardware? If you have a nvidia geforce4 have you installed the drivers? Tony. I don't believe that's the problem. I have a GeF4 and it works out of the box with the Xfree86 'nv' driver. No need to install any drivers. OTOH, there's no tellin what kind of bugs installin the proprietary nVidia driver can cause. schnip Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas My box is equipped with a GeForce 4 Ti 4200. With the Xfree86 nv driver some of the screensavers in Xscreensaver had an fps rate of just 5 to 10. When I installed Nvidia's driver I saw an increase to about 40 fps. So maybe the choice of driver isn't the problem in the above-mentioned case, but the right driver can certainly mean a lot to performance. -- Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Elsewhere in the news
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 04:05 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 09:05 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: According to this article, Novell has just purchased Suse for $210 million: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101680.html -- cmg I think this is A Good Thing for Linux. Not so good for Red Hat or Mandrake's enterprise efforts. But, the first thing that crossed my mind (actually Novell - SuSE acquisition has been rumored for a while), is how will this affect the SCO fiasco? Novell has rights to Unix code licensing, and can amend SCO's rights, which are subordinate. Or so Novell claims, and SCO is reluctant to admit. And now, what's next ? - IBM buys Mandrake ? Kaj Haulrich. That would be a new twist! Could that mean I would eventually, after all these years, start using an IBM product! :^( Debian, here I come? LeRoy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions on Mandrake books
I looked high and low for a Mandrake-specific book. The only one I could find was the Definitive Manual. I got it and it appears to be very comprehensive - but I have only looked at parts of it - not had it long enough to give an overall impression - but at least for my needs it is the only book in town. You might want to check out one of the various linux command references. I have one that is cross-referenced to MS-DOS commands - useful if you know MS-DOS. However it is not a clearly laid out as one would hope, and as always the case, there are commands that I hear/read about that are not listed. Don't know if those are distribution-specific or not. LeRoy I think its best for me to get a book to help me with learning mandrake 9.1/linux in general. MI'm ccompletely new to linux and would say I'm an intermediate - advanced windows user. I'm bad with technical jargon like math books, so a nice easy guide would help me the best. Any suggestions? How is the 'The Definitive Guide to Using Mandrake Linux' i see on their store web site? I see that you can get the one with the included cd's or dvd. Anyone have experience with those? Thanks boardrider Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions on Mandrake books
Without a doubt there are numerous web sites that have lots and lots of valuable information - much more useful at times than a whole library of OS books! However, they are hard to read when (1) the computer is down, traveling, or whenever going on-line is not convenient. LeRoy On Tuesday 28 Oct 2003 11:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked high and low for a Mandrake-specific book. The only one I could find was the Definitive Manual. I got it and it appears to be very comprehensive - but I have only looked at parts of it - not had it long enough to give an overall impression - but at least for my needs it is the only book in town. You might want to check out one of the various linux command references. I have one that is cross-referenced to MS-DOS commands - useful if you know MS-DOS. However it is not a clearly laid out as one would hope, and as always the case, there are commands that I hear/read about that are not listed. Don't know if those are distribution-specific or not. You will also find much information on the TWiki, reached via the url in my sig. The special newbie-friendly links page is at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/NewbieFriendly Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - resolving host
A quick test with Mozilla and IE comes up with the same upmquabank not found. Thus I would be inclinded to think their server is down. LeRoy On Saturday 25 October 2003 10:58 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Friday 24 October 2003 19:22, Russ wrote: Hi Rob, The 2 that Mozilla won't go to anymore are Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) and Umpqua Bank (www.umpquabank.com). I use Yahoo BillPay and of course Umpqua is the bank I go through. I have been to both sites with Mozilla. Why would it suddenly say say nope? MD 9.1 and I hook to the net via cable (if that makes a difference) I cannot resolve the host with umpquabank.com. Yahoo should be easy, and it was for me with both browsers. With Yahoo, I would try clearing Mozilla's catch: Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Cache/Clear Cache. With Umpqua Bank, I would try giving them a call and seeing if they need to reboot their web server. If this does not fix it, I would check with the Mozilla project folks, because they may be more familiar with it. Russ: Another possibility is that Umpqua may have changed their filters to reject Mozilla. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] BitTorrent
I am curious. Are you a member of Mandrake Club and trying to downlaod through the Special download mirror list exclusively for Club members? I ask as a non-member who has been thinking of making the commitment. However, I am quite pleased with 9.1, so . LeRoy Duvall Registered Linux user #258988 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am sorry to have to report it, but for me the BitTorrent download of 9.2 has been a bit of a disappointment: For 2 days I tried several versions via Mozilla without success. My own fault, I should have tested it earlier when I had a chance. Then I happened to find the BitTorrent-shadowclient plus I gave it a go with Konqueror. At last it worked and it started out reasonably well. The first 2 or 3 days my download rates sometimes went as high as 12 or 14 kb/s. Then it trickled down. My highs became 3,4 or 5 kb/s. Sometimes a little bit more, but never longer than a few minutes. snip Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM fails on detection
As a former tech support person for the evil empire I find this thread somewhat interesting. We used to say that software does not break hardware - then we had video card settings breaking monitors. Now we have Linux taking it to a new level LeRoy Duvall Linux user #258988 On Wednesday 22 October 2003 03:48 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:20:12 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis: SNIP Anyway, I am watching to see what drives actually will work and not get fried. Thanks for the info. Makes me feel not so stupid. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Plextor rocks. So does Teak Velo. Femme Yes, I like Plextor. BUT, when this first came up on the cooker list, the only drives involved were LG CDroms, at $19.95, that were mostly all blacklisted by kernel.org. It's not a widespread problem. Well, other than many Linux users not being aware that not all hardware is suitable for anything but Windoze. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
