Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing
Of course if your fan pushes 131.5 CFM that is a good thing it squeaks :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing Thanks! The fan isn't actually squeeking, it's more like vibrating--not quite so much as those quarter-fed beds in an hourly motel, more like a sex toy, if you know what I mean (Ooops, this might get too suggestive!) I do have a backup power supply if I need to change it, but that one makes almost as much noise. I'll probably clean both out, and try the 'drop-o-oil' on them to see how it goes. Didn't know anything about checking fan motors and bearings before...thanks for the info! But, I kinda' figured a power supply without a fan would feel a bit unhappy--which is why I didn't just cut the wires to the fan (which has crossed my mind on occasion!). :-) --Greg - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greg, Mark's advice is good. And do it now while the fan is still squeeking. This won't work once the fan seizes, which is coming soon. When seized you will probably want to replace it. [*speaking of computer chassis from here down*] It: it's normally easier and better to replace the entire power supply rather than the fan inside. Once the fan has quit there are lots of reliability questions that have to be considered. And anytime you have the case open and the machine off, check the CPU fan. Do not remove the CPU fan and heatsink unit unless you are replacing it or are prepared to redo dried heat-sink compound you might find beneith it (a GOOD idea). It should turn so freely that when spun it locates to the magnetic poles of the motor [also a good test of a new CPU fan to find ball-bearing type fans]. If it doesn't locate try one carefully placed drop of 3in1 oil to free it (after cleaning, of course). Note that a sleeve-bearing motor won't "notch" with this test. If it won't, then replace it (ball-bearing motors are much more reliable). And, of course, blow out the CPU heat sink, if not replaced, with canned air as part of the internal clean up. -Gary- In a message dated 10/11/2000 7:42:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greg, Take some canned air and blow the crap out-a the fan. Then put a few drops of 3-in-1 oil on the fan shaft and no more noise. I've had to do this for a few of the older PC's in our building and the users think I'm performing some kind of magic! works great. -- Mark __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
[newbie] Fastest X for linux to use?
I was wodnering which uses less resources for linux, i heard Windowsmaker used only a few megs, while KDE used like 20 megs to run. I am planing on running some Memory intensive stuff in Linux and would like the fast most Resource freindly one out there. Also a few suggestions of web browsers that are good to use for my likes would be helpfull. markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] asx?
asx is for windows Media Player markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] asx? No idea cause I don't know what program that file came from or what it's associated with. -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux user #182496 * Pine 4.21 * On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 1:19pm ,Hellmut spake passionately in a message: Hi! A friend has sent me a file ending on .asx. I don't know how to open it, does anybody know which program I need? Thanks in advance, -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
Re: [newbie] connecting via ppp
I am having the same problem as Marc is, to clear up our problem i got a error messages like this: The pppd daemon died unexpectedly! Oct 7 18:49:54 localhost pppd[811]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0 Oct 7 18:49:54 localhost pppd[811]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 7 18:49:54 localhost pppd[811]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS3 Oct 7 18:50:24 localhost pppd[811]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Oct 7 18:50:24 localhost pppd[811]: Connection terminated. Oct 7 18:50:24 localhost pppd[811]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Oct 7 18:50:24 localhost pppd[811]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 Oct 7 18:50:24 localhost pppd[811]: Exit. If anyone can help us out it would be great, if i could get Linux to connect to ISP I would get more intrested, as of no i have to download through windows, and copy to linux :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Marc Popejoy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: [newbie] connecting via ppp I've been unable to get MD 7.1 to log on to my ISP, (open 2.4 will). I posted a message earlier this week about a message in /var/log/messages that said "all had bit 7 set to 0" and it was suggested I add "noauth" to my ppp/options file. The only other entry on line one is "lock". I was able to log on today via minicom, so I'm convinced that it's not a hardware issue. But I'm growing wearing of trying to solve this. Any ideas would be appreciated. Marc
Re: [newbie] Setiathome
I have not run seti in Linux yet, but when i run Distributed.net, it runs much faster in windows than it does linux. Like OGR is just a little faster in windows, than on linux, but Rc5 is like a million more packets a second faster in windows. Kinda odd i would of thought the opposite. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Trevor Reynolds" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Setiathome Hi, To speed up seti in Windoze you have to change the setting on the screen saver to blank out the screen. I think it's in the advanced settings. All that graph drawing the screen saver uses up tons of resources. Even with that Mandrake 7.0 is about 2 hours quicker (16 vs. 18) per unit on my Celeron 333@417 with 96 meg ram. Trevor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 12:39:26PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: The AMD K6-2 at 400 Mhz is taking about 15.5 Hrs per work unit, the AMD K6-2 333 on windows 98 looks to be about 31 hrs. ? Don't understand that, nothing else is running. Just shows that the Penguin is superior in just one more way. Everything seems to run faster on linux. Search on, I have noticed the same thing. Seti in Windows on my machine also takes a lot longer. Literally hours longer, like 18, compared to 12 now. Paul -- Q: Why did witches stop flying on brooms? A: Splinters... http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!!
That is odd, i remember reading that they just moved Hotmail over to win2000... markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Robert Griffiths" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:00 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! Talking about MS Linux, when Microsoft first took over hotmail it was running on Solaris, microsoft moved it over to NT, found out that NT couldn't handle worth a damn, so what did they do...moved back over to solaris...bottom line, microsoft do use *nix. Robert. From: Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "LinuxNewbie (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:05:50 -0500 In my mind, it seems like running something in wine is a bit of a kludge - especially a full blown productivity app... -Original Message- From: Larry Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! hmm, maybe i'm just naive but so what if MS bails out Corel as far as linux goes. There is/was nothing stopping MS from creating their own distribution of linux nor stopping them from building applications for Linux. I can't believe that there aren't any MS programmers running linux at home (or at work) and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that apache is running somewhere in that company. Just a thought here. Corel has successfully (not in my opinion but in the minds of some) ported their Office suite to Linux using Wine. If you dig very deeply you find that within MS there's a debate about whether they should/shouldn't produce MS Office for Linux. Could there be a connection? Spin is everything these days it seems. Just thought I'd suggest that this story might have a positive spin in the end. Cheers --- Larry _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] RPM download site for kernel.
I allready said i can't run Mandrake Update cause I can't Dial out for some reason to my ISP... markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM download site for kernel. MarkO Just run MandrakeUpdate and choose the kernel as the package you wish to update. That's all there is to it. -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux user #182496 * Pine 4.21 * On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 4:59pm ,markOpoleO spake passionately in a message: I heard someone mentioning they up ugraded from 2.2.15 kernel to 2.2.16 by just downloading some RPM files..i looked everywere and can not locate these files. I looked at ftp.mandrake.com, rmfind.net, and any other place i could think of. Could someone give me the complete link to a ftp site i can download the RPM to update Kernel please? BTW is there any major change from 2.2.15 to 2.2.16 besides some security stuff...kernelnotes and kernel.org does not mention anything about 2.2.16 changes. Thanks, markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!!
There is a company in St.Louis that made some sort of Database Software for Linux to manage there ENTIRE database for there manufacturing plant, and they made it opensource of course and he mentioned in article after it was put up for download it was downloaded 10 times from someone at Microsoft.com. Though that might intrest you users wondering if Microsoft uses Linux. :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Mark Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:11 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! hmm, maybe i'm just naive but so what if MS bails out Corel as far as linux goes. There is/was nothing stopping MS from creating their own distribution of linux nor stopping them from building applications for Linux. I can't believe that there aren't any MS programmers running linux at home (or at work) and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that apache is running somewhere in that company. -Original Message- From: Mike Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! That really sucks!! I bought the Corel 2000 deluxe office suite last year when it came out, and now I'm going to have to call Micro$oft for support! (I know, there won't be any support. I just don't believe they're allowed to suck up another company!) Mike Thought this was an interesting article that you might want to look at...http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2635894,00.html?chkpt =zdhpnews01 Here is the opening paragraph Microsoft says it gets a great new .Net partner. Corel says it gets badly needed financial backing. No one utters the word "Linux." Patti Registered Linux User #184611
Re: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
I read MANY places, including the manual with Mandrake that you should set SWAP file to the ammount of ram on your system. SInce you got 128 ram you should have it set to 128. Not sure if that is the problem. But apps load fine for me and i got 256 ram with swap set to 256 markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Mark Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:34 AM Subject: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for applications to startup using a window manager (KDE/GNOME). I've got my swap set for 256MB. I figured I have a pretty strong machine (PII400/128MB) but linux is just dogging it. I was thinking about getting a second machine somewhat smaller (PII266/64MB) but at this point I can't believe that it would be useful as a desktop... Also, is this just a bad habit I picked from the windows world or does it bug y'all too when you think you clicked to start an application but nothing happens then after a while you realize that your mouse click wasn't successful so you try clicking a again. It takes so long for these apps to startup, I wish that there was a "wait" cursor to let me know that I did successfully start the application and then I can go about my business until it finally comes up. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] .bin files - Original Message - From: "Pat McCauley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: [newbie] .bin files I just downloaded Star Office 5.2 and it came in one .bin file. How do I install, run, or decompress this? It is an automatic installation program. Just double click on the downloaded file and it will launch the installation program.( It takes it about 15-20sec to ever start.) Charles
Re: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
I noticed when i had 128megs of ram Mandrake 7.0 Set default SWAP file to 128, and when i installed MD7.1 with 256ram it made Default 256. That was mine indictionbesides reading it places. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Austin L. Denyer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications I read MANY places, including the manual with Mandrake that you should set SWAP file to the ammount of ram on your system. SInce you got 128 ram you should have it set to 128. Not sure if that is the problem. But apps load fine for me and i got 256 ram with swap set to 256 Interesting. I had heard that the swap should be twice the physical RAM. I've just RTFM for Mandrake (6.5) and it says on page 23: "In Linux, partitions of type SWAP cannot be bigger than 128Mb. If you wish to use more swap, you should create several. Too much space allocated to swap will always be useless. In general, it is considered that for a RAM memory of less then 64Mb, you should have 128Mb of swap. For RAM memory greater than 64Mb, 80Mb of swap is sufficient." Personally, I have always gone for twice the RAM. Regards, Ozz.
[newbie] How to find Info about Hardrive.
I got MD7.1 installed and was wondering how do i find out about the hardrive, like Size, Space used, space avaliable? markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] Just one quick point
SHUT UP! Takes this sissy crap someplace like CNN. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "David Lay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Just one quick point While we're on the subject of Bush and all, what's everyone's view of the Iraq sanctions? I work with Voices in the Wilderness (www.vitw.org) which is working to end the sanctions. I wouldn't mind seeing what people's opinions are. dave. On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, hugh wrote: I don't care who owns guns. The majority should never be allowed too. See it wasn't the gun issue that got me to write. Its the elitist bull that was posted. When you call others names, I get angry! I don't allow my daughter or niece to act that way.It shows how far down we as a country have come. I don't care who runs this country. But I wont put up with distortion of truth. If you cant offer suggestions to fix a problem Then you should keep your mouth shut. Home, work or at play! Maybe thats the problem! Parents don't want to take the time needed to raise there kids? But I will be damed if I will let a " Village" raise mine :) Or will I ever allow people who insult others to suggest how I can improve as a parent. -- --- David Lay : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop the Iraq Sanctions! http://www.vitw.org ---
Re: [newbie] 3D Prophet II GTS 32 MB
I have a 3d Prophet Geforce 1 DDR, it should detect it automaticlly during install. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "James Boeck" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:02 PM Subject: [newbie] 3D Prophet II GTS 32 MB I just bought a new graphics card the 3D Prophet II GTS 32 MB, does anyone know of any drivers or way to get this card to install in Mandrake Linux 7.1. I currently have a Matrox Millenium II in the machine so it will still operate but it would be nice to use a decent graphics card. Nvidia's drivers only cover Geforce One's and they mention the 2nd edition but does not give instructions on how to install them? Any help would be appreciated. James Boeck _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver
Mandrake 7.1 uses the same drivers for Geforce 1 and 2...it is just the same Nvidea drivers..DUH. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Hignight" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver Maybe because you have a Gforce 1 and not a 2 (as the original poster asked about). Duh! Why don't you read some of the faq's I pointed out in the previous post. It might help you out a bit. I'm also going to assume that your XF86Config file refers to a 'nv' driver and not the newer 'nvidia' driver. Larry markOpoleO wrote: Ok so explain to me why MD 7.1 detected my video card a Geforce 1...duh. LOL markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Hignight" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver MarkO, Well that's kind of funny. Because if you go to the supported hardware section of the linux-mandrake web site there is a link to instructions that are awfully similar to the ones I posted below. But just to be sure. I ran over and checked the Linux Drivers page ... funny thing. Requirement 2.1 says that Nvidia drivers require XFree4.01 to work. Directly above that it says that the Riva and NV1 chips are supported under XFree4.0 ... not Gforce 1 and 2. Which would probably explains some of the threads we get around here about once or twice a month bitching about installing XFree4.01. If you don't believe me go to irc.openprojects.net channel #loki and ask jlundy if nvidia drivers are supported by Mandrake 7.1 he works in the driver dept. at Nvidia so I think he should know. Larry markOpoleO wrote: What are you talking about?! MD 7.1 Supports Geforce 2 and 1 cards right during install. You can allways upgrade to 4.1.0 if you want.. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Hignight" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver Dominus Paparum wrote: quick question before I install LM, does it come with drivers for the geforce2? i can download them from nvidia how do i install these drivers? the file extention is .rpm what do i do with it? Get Email, News, Links and The Best Selection at http://AnimeNation.com Dominus, First, do us all a favor and set your email client to wrap outgoing messages at 72 characters or less. Thanks. If your new to Linux and not comfortable working from a command line then forget about it for right now. I don't think any distro currently has support for Nvidia "built in". That may have already changed with the release Red Hat 7 though. I'm sure Mandrake 7.2 will also support Nvidia cards out of the box. If you still feel up for a project here is what I did in a nutshell to get my Gforce working. A. Your gonna have to upgrade to XFree4.01 .5 Almost forgot ... mv /etx/X11 and /usr/X11 to /etc/X11-old and /usr/X11-old 1. goto www.xfree86.org and download Xinstall.sh and extract 2. take a look at the readme files while your there 3. run 'sh Xinstall.sh' then download the correct binaries 4. install the binaries 5. run /usr/X11/bin/xf86config ... be sure to have your monitor manual handy B. Install the Nvidia drivers 1. Install the both rpm's ... no sweat here. I had to --nodeps one of them. C. Tweak XF86Config 1. Refer to the faq at Nvidia under linux drivers 2. I recall having to uncomment the glx line under modules 3. Had to change the driver from nv to nvidia voila ... your done for now. I'm just leaving my machine on inittab 3 for now. Whenever I want to play a game I simply 'startx' and run the game from inside of twm which seems to be more stable then before I had a Nvidia card. Incedently, I'm also getting fairly significantly higher frame rates under this setting then under WinME. -- Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4 12:45am up 1 day, 8:49, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 -- Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4 12:45am up 1 day, 8:49, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 --
Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver
What are you talking about?! MD 7.1 Supports Geforce 2 and 1 cards right during install. You can allways upgrade to 4.1.0 if you want.. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Hignight" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver Dominus Paparum wrote: quick question before I install LM, does it come with drivers for the geforce2? i can download them from nvidia how do i install these drivers? the file extention is .rpm what do i do with it? Get Email, News, Links and The Best Selection at http://AnimeNation.com Dominus, First, do us all a favor and set your email client to wrap outgoing messages at 72 characters or less. Thanks. If your new to Linux and not comfortable working from a command line then forget about it for right now. I don't think any distro currently has support for Nvidia "built in". That may have already changed with the release Red Hat 7 though. I'm sure Mandrake 7.2 will also support Nvidia cards out of the box. If you still feel up for a project here is what I did in a nutshell to get my Gforce working. A. Your gonna have to upgrade to XFree4.01 .5 Almost forgot ... mv /etx/X11 and /usr/X11 to /etc/X11-old and /usr/X11-old 1. goto www.xfree86.org and download Xinstall.sh and extract 2. take a look at the readme files while your there 3. run 'sh Xinstall.sh' then download the correct binaries 4. install the binaries 5. run /usr/X11/bin/xf86config ... be sure to have your monitor manual handy B. Install the Nvidia drivers 1. Install the both rpm's ... no sweat here. I had to --nodeps one of them. C. Tweak XF86Config 1. Refer to the faq at Nvidia under linux drivers 2. I recall having to uncomment the glx line under modules 3. Had to change the driver from nv to nvidia voila ... your done for now. I'm just leaving my machine on inittab 3 for now. Whenever I want to play a game I simply 'startx' and run the game from inside of twm which seems to be more stable then before I had a Nvidia card. Incedently, I'm also getting fairly significantly higher frame rates under this setting then under WinME. -- Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4 12:45am up 1 day, 8:49, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00
[newbie] How do i update hardrake?
I tryed to update my Hardrake from the "old" one with MD 7.1 and it said it required the other 2 files you download from mandrake website. But, the files it required were in the same directory, each one keep saying it needed the other one. I don't recall the file names, but they are on the Hardrake webpage. Any idea? Thanks, markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
I just Cut and Paste to a text file and save in on C:\..then in linux you can just open it up from there. I named it like LINUX STUFF.txt so it is easy to find. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:15 AM Subject: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux While in transition as I learn Linux, I am still have a load of received emails in Outlook Express under NT. A number of these are email responses to questions I asked about Linux. Rather than print them all out on paper, is there a way for me to be able to read these (already received emails, now on my HD) from within Linux where I need to access them to try the various suggestions made? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Instilation of Linux Mandrake for Windows
www.linuxforum.com just had a thread about this...fo read it i think it is still there. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Adam s" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 8:08 AM Subject: [newbie] Instilation of Linux Mandrake for Windows Dear Sir/Madam I have a copy of Linux Makedrake 7.1 and I would like to install it as linux for windows but when I click on the button when the cd has autorun it says that the program runs in real dos mode that this versionof windows does not support. I suppose this is because I run Windows me but there must be a way round it. Please help as I am desperate to install linux. Thanks Adam Sanders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Get Free Internet Access and WebEmail at http://www.address.com Click on this link http://www.address.com/giveaways/free.asp for great offers.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ....too many bugs
IE does not crash as much as netscape, in fact it is common knowledge that IE is more stable than netscape..I only had IE crash once, and in MD 7.1 version of netscape it crashed first time i tryed it out. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Jay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 too many bugs On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, you wrote: My opinion of Mandrake 7.1 is that alot of the applications/services are just to buggy and not thoroughly tested before release. I would suggest if you like Mandrake to get a copy of 7.02 and alot of problems will go away. John...could you be a bit more specific? I haven't had many problems with 7.1 (though Netscape has crashed my system hard twice). Maybe I'm not trying hard enough (grin). Cheers --- Larry -- In reference to 7.1 being buggy, I disagree intensely. Netscape does crash a bit too much, but still not as much as Internet Exploder from Microcrap. In fact, 7.0 gave me problems that were annoying and the upgrade to 7.1 fixed all of them and the amount of apps pre-installed in 7.1 is mind-boggling. Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after." "May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend." http://www.mrsnooky.com
Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still!
Perhaps if you looked at my problem, you could give a helpful answer...that was a good reason to ignore your message last time, just like now. "if you would enter the proper set- serial commands"..great, what are they? I/o is 0xd400 IRQ is 10 markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! - Original Message - From: "markOpoleO" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! Yes I know all this stuff, but my modem in WIndows was on COM 5, so that is why i am looking for ttyS4...i though i made myself pretty clear :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! Ok i tryed all your suggestions so far, I finally got linux to reconize my modem. All communication programs show it working, But i still can't get kppp to dial my ISP..cause there is NO ttyS4 listed (only ttyS0-ttyS3). Does anyone know the procedure to get Kppp to reconize ttyS4 from the list? You're looking for ttyS4 because? If it's the equivalent of COM4 that you're looking for, use ttyS3. What's curious is how you know that "all communications programs show it working" if you haven't even set the port that it's connected to :-) In any case: com1 = ttyS0 com2 = ttyS1 com3 = ttyS2 com4 = ttyS3 I had previously posted a response to your question. You either did not see it or choose to ignore it, so I will try 1 more time. I have an Actiontec PCI modem. In Windows the modem is on Comm5, in Linux the modem is Comm4, ttyS3. THERE IS NO ttyS4. If you will enter the proper set-serial commands you should have no problem getting your modem to work in kppp as ttyS3. If you continue to insist on trying to set-up your modem using a value that does not exist then you need to go out now to your nearest computer store and buy an external modem, because you will NEVER be able to get your PCI modem to work Charles
Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still!
Yes I know all this stuff, but my modem in WIndows was on COM 5, so that is why i am looking for ttyS4...i though i made myself pretty clear :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still! Ok i tryed all your suggestions so far, I finally got linux to reconize my modem. All communication programs show it working, But i still can't get kppp to dial my ISP..cause there is NO ttyS4 listed (only ttyS0-ttyS3). Does anyone know the procedure to get Kppp to reconize ttyS4 from the list? You're looking for ttyS4 because? If it's the equivalent of COM4 that you're looking for, use ttyS3. What's curious is how you know that "all communications programs show it working" if you haven't even set the port that it's connected to :-) In any case: com1 = ttyS0 com2 = ttyS1 com3 = ttyS2 com4 = ttyS3 Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] why only ttyS0-ttyS3?
that is as far as i got so far, do you know how to ADD a ttyS4 in mandrake 7.1? This would be 90 percent of my problem solved I "think" to get modem working. AND get /dev/ttyS4 shown as a option in Kppp? btw thanks all who responded so far. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "John Rye" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] why only ttyS0-ttyS3? markOpoleO wrote: The question is the Subject..why do they only have 0-3 when most modems I have installed have more the 4 "com" ports in windows...is there a way i can add ttyS4 so linux reconizes it? I saw it listed in /dev but does not show up i ppp modem setup. markOpoleO Mark I assume you are coming from a windows environment Things are just a little bit different and normally number from 0 (zero) and up Linux also has four (and even more) ports. They are number 0 to 3 which is the same as 1 to 4 Remember Com1 = ttyS0 Com2 = ttyS1 Com3 = ttyS2 and Com4 = ttyS3 Does this help?? -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem
Ok here what i tryed, i noticed that it only goes up to ttyS0-ttyS3 in Mandrake 7.1..BUT my modem is on COM 5 in windows..which would be ttyS4 right? I tryed changing it in windows but it still goes back to com 5. I also tryed doing the instructions with modem that says: #./MAKEDEV ttyS4 ,it does not give a error or anything after i do that but does not show up in Internet setup still. Any other Ideas? I noticed in the /dev folder there WAS a ttyS4 listed but it said there was no files or something like that. BTW, the modem i have is the new PCI Zoom Model#2920 thanks, markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem I do not want to argue with anyone but I have an Actiontec PCI modem. It is on Com 5 in both Windows and BeOS but in linux (any distro) IT IS ttyS3. Charles - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem markOpoleO wrote: I got MD7.1 installed and was trying to install my Zoom PCI (NON-winmodem) card, it came with instructions on how to set it up in linux, so i followed them BUT there are only 4 serail ports on linux and my modem happens to be on COM 5..ttyS5 i think it would be? Is the correct? So it tells me to type in this command to make it # ./MAKEDEV ttyS5 so i do it..but it still does not show up in the Internet option to choose to connect to the net. Do i have to compile the kernal again to get it to reconize it because it mentions "some" distributions you have to. markOpoleO If your modem is on com 5 (windows reference) then it would be on ttys4 (linux reference). So edit the ./MAKEDEV file that you made and see if your modem shows up. Good luck, Dennis -- Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842
Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up
im a idiot, i figured it out, i have no idea why i was trying to boot from hd and not the CDROM. hehe markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up Do you have the Bios set to read CDROM, C, SCSI? It sounds like you are still booting from the main Hard drive. If you don't know how to get in bios just hold down the delete key when the computer is first booting up like when it is reading ram, primary master, secondary master etc. Some motherboards want you to hold down a different key so instead of delete hit the Pause key on your keyboard and look at the bottom of the screen. It should tell you down there somewhere to hit "somekey" to enter setup. Once in bios the configuration for boot up is in the "Bios features setup". You will see a selection "boot sequence" arrow down to that and hit the keyboard Plus key (the one next to the Number pad group) and change the setting to CDROM etc as shown at the begining of this post. Once you have changed hit esc key and then F10, Y for yes and "enter" key, the computer will start booting and you should have the CD in. This should start you into the installation program and your off and running. Sorry if I have included more info here than you needed but I couldn't tell from your post if you knew all of the above. Luck, Dennis markOpoleO wrote: Ok i got a second hardrive for linux, had 7.0 installed on it but some reason is said Kernel was corrupt, so i get 7.1 in mail and when i try to boot up from CD it just goes to LILO and not the CD, how the heck do I format my linux drive so i can do fresh install on 7.1? markOpoleO -- Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842
Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]
Your not down with www.hardocp.com then eh? :) Overclocking is the best thing since sliced bread, when i got a 700mhz and O/ced to 840mhz it was awsome, tests showed it. :p markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Abe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:32 PM Subject: RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100] Yes, the sentence "How much faster is it going to be at 800mhz or even 900mhz then it is now?" from my previous email was intended as sarcastic irony not a true question. I have experience with over clocked ram and cpu's. Like you I've learned that it is not worth it. If I need pc-150 performance I will buy pc-150 DIMMs. If I need a gig processor I'll buy one. Abe = Original Message From John Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abe, The extra speed that comes as a result of overclocking IS noticable, but not a big change. A more significant question is: if a system is overclocked but stable, how long will it remain stable, and what will you go through before you find the culprit: how much trouble will it cause you and is it worth it. I include a copy of a posting I sent to newbie in May. The relevant sentence is : " These things [ referring to 15% overclocking ] were OK and had worked well for a year and a half." I've done it, and my answer is that I doubt I will overclock again. As always, remember that your mileage will vary. -Gary- Subj: [newbie] beware old hardware optimizations Date: 5/27/2000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had taken hardware optimizations for granted; this is a reminder that things can change over time. Having read here a while back that Linux is very demanding of hardware set me thinking. For the last six months I've had problems with Windows Scandisk completing. I suspected my hard drive was heading toward failure [before I was disabled I was a computer technician, and this IS one of the first signs of hard drive failure a user will see], and before I installed Linux Mandrake 7 I installed a new HDD. The Windows Scandisk problem remained. In trying to solve Linux WordPerfect vs. StarOffice installs corrupting X windows, and sound configuration failures it occured to me to remove my 15% overclocking and accelerated DIMM timing from my hardware. These things were OK and had worked well for a year and a half. Removing the overclocking solved the Scandisk problem. The DIMM timing changed nothing and was reset. Too bad this didn't fix my Linux problems. -Gary- In a message dated 9/13/2000 11:42:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How much faster is it going to be at 800mhz or even 900mhz then it is now? And how unstable will it be? Bottom line is, I don't need to over clock it to feel like I got my moneys worth. If it ain't broke it works just fins and should be left alone. Gary if you've been round the industry long enough you'll remember the good old Z-80. We used to run Z-80 based S-100 boards in multi-user MPM systems. The boards (manufacturer forgotten) supplied 1Mhz Z-80's and clocks on the boards which we replaced. We clocked all of the cards on the buss to 10Mhz and got fantastic performance And it worked well on these beasts. We had several very happy customers how really loved the 5 times thru-put increase. Multiple fans the whole 9 yards to keep them cool. However there was a downside. Really pungant smells throughout the offices, smoke detectors going off for no apparent reason, inexplicable loss of data, and what was really strange was the lovely green laquer on the boards went a really dark brown !!! Now that's overclocking!!! I should add that none of these systems lasted more than 6 months !! I couldn't agree more with your suggestion that overclocking may be detrimental to the performace of the system.. I wonder how I get my tongue out of mt cheek now.. any suggestions? Cheers PS I guess I should advise any contenders for the Americas Cup that we Kiwis still don't overclock grin -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
Re: [newbie] Bad News, Napster is dead
I got on it just 2 seconds ago.. - Original Message - From: "Vic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: [newbie] Bad News, Napster is dead Well I guess its official, I tried to commeckt (fuck typeos)\ to Napster and it would not connect, so its dead. the website is still up, but according to my connections, Napster servers are all dead. Guess there is always Gnutella
[newbie] Distributed.net question..
I was wondering what program do I download for Distributed.net...there are lots of Linux versions on there webpage and was not sure which one works for Mandrake on a Piii800mhz computer. btw, what are other Distributed computing program that work for Linux nowadays? I know of Parbon will be soon, any others..? markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] nic card
I got a Linksys 100TX 10/100 card and the version says it is 4.20 THis work under Linux anyone know? - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] nic card | If you get a Linksys card be sure to get the LIN100TX Version 2.0. Do not | get the LIN100TX Version 4.0. The 4.0 will not work unless you download an | updated driver mod and re-comple the kernel. | |Charles | | | - Original Message - | From: "mark willenbring" [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:21 PM | Subject: RE: [newbie] nic card | | | Thanks! | | --- Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I bought a PCI netgear FA311/312 ($25) which | Mandrake DOESN'T seem to | recognize, however Mandrake (7.1) instantly | recognized my PCI Linksys FAST | Ethernet 10/100 ($15) and setup it up without a | hitch... So far I've had | the most luck with Linksys cards which surprised me. | | |-Original Message- |From: mark willenbring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:02 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] nic card | | |Hi |I am Running 7.1. Do you guys know of a good nic |card |ISA or PCI that is reasonable and works well with |Mandrake? Thanks for your help |Mark | |__ |Do You Yahoo!? |Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from |anywhere! |http://mail.yahoo.com/ | | | | | __ | Do You Yahoo!? | Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! | http://mail.yahoo.com/ | | | |
Re: [newbie] 7.2 beta
damnit man, stop yelling at everyone, the is is for newbies if you wanna make everyone seem dumb at linux go should in a windoze mailing list. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.2 beta | reasons i avoid betas and alphas, their more of a pain then the finished bug! |
Re: [newbie] Modem Problems
I got the new PCI Zoom Controler based (non-winmodem)Model 2920 and it works like a charm in Linux and it is only 70 bucks. In the box it even has papers to help set it up in linux. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Carroll Grigsby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem Problems | Jason Ashman wrote: | | On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote: | winmodem???!??!???! | this is supposed to be linux bud | now windows wont allways identify a modem off of a port so this is where you | manually install it using the disket that came with that thing. use add hard | ware and specify what it is | | as far as linux goes your sh** out of luck! | winmodems are 100% compatible with windows and windose and did i mention | windose?? | -- | But, very few winmodems have linux drivers available. I suggest checking the | manufacturer's website or any other Linux driver site and see if a driver is | available. If not, fork up the bucks and get an external modem. It is a safe | assumption to say that the majority of internal modems are winmodems. | | Jay | "Every man dies, not every man really lives." | http://www.mrsnooky.com | Jason: | While many internal modems are winmodems -- especially the $39.95 blue | light specials -- not all of them are. I have a Zoom 2919 ISA internal | modem that works just fine. (I disabled the PnP feature and jumpered it | to COM4, but I had to do that to get it to run under Windows. [It | plugged OK, but it didn't Play!]) I also got an older Zoom modem -- with | PnP enabled -- to work with Mandrake. | Unfortunately, one problem that newbies face is that most manufacturers | (including Zoom) don't put anything on the box to indicate that their | product will work with anything other than Windows. I agree with you | that it would be best to get an external modem unless there is some | compelling reason to go with an internal unit. In addition to the | guaranteed compatibility with any operating system, you get all those | neat flashing lights. | -- Carroll Grigsby |
[newbie] Were can i find whats new in 7.2 Beta?
Were can you find changes in beta 7.2? Also, is it been out awile, cause I don't want to order 7.1 on CD when 7.2 might come out quickly.. thanks, markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] Hard Dive info. pleas
"most people can add 4 OS on 20gig" is like maybe 20 percent of people :) SInce "most" use win98 or in my case windows me for games, you can easily use 3 gigs after windowz is installed. Linux requires alot in most cases cause people just install all the extras on CD. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 8:41 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Hard Dive info. pleas | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kathleen Dickason | Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 3:21 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard Dive info. pleas | | | 20 gigs is ample room for 2 OSes or more. is there a reason you don't | want to partition the main drive? are you only running windows now? | | Kandace Little wrote: | | My hard drive now is 20 gigs and the one that I canadd is only 4 gigs. | I was thinking it would be nice tohave Linux on its own drive all | together. I guess I woulduse the whole Hard drive for Linux, unless | that wouldcause problems? Stephen | | -- | Kathleen Dickason | Registered Linux user #182139 | | | Absolutely, you can easily add 4 OSs on a 20 gig drive. | | Roman | Registered Linux User #179293 | | | |
[newbie] How do i go about doing a MD7.1 install on 2nd drive
I just got the 7.1 Inst and Ext CD in mail, I built a new computer was was going to get a second hardrive to put linux on and keep the other for windows (for games of course). How would I got about making it so when i turn on computer I get a option to go into Linux or windows? The way I understood it was LILO and Grub were just for Partions on 1 drive..is this correct or would i still use them with the seond drive? Thanks, markOpoleO
Re: [newbie] Internet configuration for Mandrake 7.0
I went through 2 cable modems and 3 nic for my service. The MAC is located outside box i was told...*shrug* I got a new cable modem cause they used a no name brand i never heard of, got a us robotics and like it better. hehe markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Dan LaBine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet configuration for Mandrake 7.0 | Nope, I'm not using your provider. But this is the first I hear of a | cablemodem having a MAC address, too, so you could be right. It's either an | extra EEPROM chip in the cablemodem or some such piece of equipment if thats | the case. With mine, you need to contact them if you change your NIC. Then | they scan your system, get the MAC, and your back up. Here, it's actually | the MAC address that ID's you to them, and then they can connect you. It's | probably the same 4 U, but as you say, the address comes from your | cablemodem. Hmmm,..you just never know, do ya? | | Dan | - Original Message - | From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 10:36 PM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet configuration for Mandrake 7.0 | | | The first thing to remember is that you MUST use that network card ! | Each | network card ( No matter who built it ), has a distinct MAC ( Machine | Access | Code )and it is how your ISP identifies your computer when you're | connecting. | | Are you sure this is necessary? I've changed NICs three times since I've | gotten my cable modem (configuration screwey-ness), and nothing | detrimental | has happened to me... Actually, the MAC address that was recorded on the | optonline website was that of the *cable modem* not a NIC! Are you | positive | it's not just a quirk of your particular cable provider? (unless you're | with | optonline also.) | | --Greg | | - Original Message - | | The first thing to remember is that you MUST use that network card ! Each | network card ( No matter who built it ), has a distinct MAC ( Machine | Access | Code ). That code is only used on your card. It is not transferrable to | another card and it is how your ISP identifies your computer when you're | connecting. I just learned this the hard way 2 days ago. There is almost | nothing to configure in Mandrake. Go to Drakconf, Network Configuration, | find your NIC (Network Interface Card). You don't need to put anything in | for Host Name + Domain, or Alias. Make sure that the "Enabled" button is | turned on (Pushed in), and make sure that you've selected DHCP as well. | That | should do it. You can also enter your DNS numbers which you will find on | your ISP's web-site. If you have all of that configured, everything should | be fine. Make sure that you have not enabled ADSL, PPPOE, or ISDN anywhere | is Drakconf. At the worst, you may want to reboot, just to make sure | everything is O.K. | | That's all. | - Original Message - | From: Mifune | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:59 PM | Subject: [newbie] Internet configuration for Mandrake 7.0 | | | Hi, | I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my computer. | I would like to configure my internetconnection using a cable modem. | The only information to do so that I found concerns Mandrake 6.0 | This tells me to go to control panel, select network configuration (of | course), | and then select interfaces. | But the network configuration panel of Mandrake 7.0 gives me no such | option. | I get the options: Basic host information, Name server specifications, | Routings and gateways, Host name search path, NIS, IPX interface and | PPP/SLP/PIP. | Can somebody help me? | | | | | __ | message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com | emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris | (bookmarks)-forums | Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement) | | | | |
Re: [newbie] OT Linux has on up on windows
I have that same mouse, and WIndows Detects it but Linux does not under 7.1 Score is tied :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Mark Hillary" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: [newbie] OT Linux has on up on windows | Now i know that this is not very usall, that is why i am going to tell you all. | Right now we all know how windoze has better hardware support than linux, well have | something to tell you. When i install windoze on my p.c I have to use the keyboard | for every thing, because it does not see my mouse. Mandrake 7.1 does see my mouse | at setup. WOW!! | | I have the microsoft inteleye mouse which is usb. (youm know the £50 one with 5 | buttons and a little laser) | | So yes linux is wining, | | Mark Hillary | | |
