Re: [newbie] Update
yeah, this happens to me as well. update frequently quits instead of finishing the install. just become root, go to the /tmp directory, and your downloaded rpms are there. for each one do rpm -Uvh file.rpm to get it to work. :P Tom Poturica wrote: I took someones advice to use the tool on the KDE desktop to update Mandrake. I selected all and said GO. It showed all the modules being downloaded and the percent complete but when I expected that the Install would happen, the screen disapeared and nothing further happened. Is there another process that needs to be run to then install? It gave me the impression that it would Download then install. Tom E. Poturica [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
Eric Mings wrote: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. as was recommended to me the other day, check pricewatch.com. i just ordered a new processor and memory for much less than the price of other sources. good shopping! :P
[newbie] strange bug on system login
i noticed today that when i login through mingetty, when i give my password, if i type extra letters after my password, then it still lets me in. is this supposed to happen? for instance, if my pass is 'asdfqwer' and i type 'asdfqwertyuiop', then it still lets me in. the first part has to be the right password but after that it doesnt matter. :P
[newbie] smp questions
i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place to compare prices than cnet.com? tia :P
Re: [newbie] .asx player
well, what are .asx files? beware, microsoft is known for inventing new file structures to try and create monopolistic standards. :P alann wrote: Does anyone know if there is anything out there that will play a win .asx file for linux?? I looked for about and hour on my sys and the net and came up with zero. As usual, the answers probably on my HD, but I couldn't find one.. Thanks! Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
Re: [newbie] Message of The Day
when i login, i like having the fortune pop up too. however, i have found that it pops up wheneverthe profile script gets called, which includes finds in kde, as well as starting xterm. here is a simple fix. add this to the bottom of ~/.bash_profile. now it only comes up when you first login to terminals 1-6. TERMINAL=tty | grep /dev/tty if $TERMINAL; then echo; /usr/games/fortune; echo fi :P
Re: [newbie] Lexmark 3200
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: Well, I know there aren't any drivers for my Lexmark printer yet, but someone told me that as long as I had it set up as a plain text printer, it would print. Is this true? I set it as a plain text printer during install, but it won't print anything. Just wondering... I've read that Lexmark printers are "Win Printers" (printer version of a WinModem) i.e. it ONLY works under Windows. John go to http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ and you will notice that the 3200 is listed as a paperweight. however, my lexmark optra e+ works great in linux. :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Damien Mc Kenna wrote: Hi pete moss ! On 11/9/99 3:33:33 PM, you wrote: if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel perfectly in linux. the best mousy thing i have ever used! How does it compare to the FirstMousePlus, I assume its just bigger? i dont know, never seen a first mouse plus. its an optical trackball with the ball at the thumb. there are three buttons with the middle button a wheel. i have large hands and it works great for me. (much better than that damn small iMac mouse!) because of its design, it might be a problem for left handed mouse users. i havent seen a lefty version. Does Mandrake (6.1) have imwheel as standard? yup! :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-) actually i prefer using the keyboard for quake. or a joystick! :P
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Thanks for the tips Alan John. I put "modprobe ppa" at the end of my rc.local file and guess what? It works! Just like you guys said it would. Now, does anyone know how to get "imwheel" to invoke during bootup? I tried putting that in the rc.local file and it didn't work. I use an MS IntelliMouse, I like the scroll wheel function and I need "imwheel" to make that work. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks, A newbie just set it up according to the docs in /usr/doc/imwheel*. i am not sure about using it in the console, but it works great in X. you just need to make a few changes to your XF86Config. :P
[newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P
Re: [newbie] Hardware recommendations
John Aldrich wrote: Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. As for a if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel perfectly in linux. the best mousy thing i have ever used! :P
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i tried that idea. doesnt show up in ps. i also rebooted just to be sure everything was clear. seems like there is a problem with opening the rpm database, even though i have installed things before and since then. :P Lionel Barrow wrote: My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to close every window of it down first before you can continue the installation. De Salty1 - Original Message - From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:36 PM Subject: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system. i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i need to remove or can i install the netscape rpms manually (if so, where are they on my system?)? thanks :P
Re: [newbie] cannot get shared lock on database in MandrakeUpdate
i found the rpm files in /tmp (couldnt figure out why they werent in /var/tmp :) and i installed them from there just fine. does netscape 4.7 do anything differently? :P pete moss wrote: i tried that idea. doesnt show up in ps. i also rebooted just to be sure everything was clear. seems like there is a problem with opening the rpm database, even though i have installed things before and since then. :P
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: It's just that every time I want to use the Zip drive I have to go into terminal and type "modprobe ppa", and then mount it. I guess I would be happy if I could just get "modprobe ppa" to run automatically at boot up. I guess your right, automounting a removable media device at boot up could be a questionable practice. I just get tired of running "modprobe ppa" every time I boot up my system. Any thoughts?? sure, just put the command at the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local this can be used like autoexec.bat in dos. just be careful editing rc.* files, you can make your system unbootable if you go changing things! :P
Re: [newbie] Fwd: KPalm with Handspring Visor?
well, finally, other palm people on this list! something i know about! all of the palm devices are use serial connections to connect to the host computer. (except mac people have to get special stuff to connect) the new handspring units come with USB cradles by default, although you can purchase a separate serial -based cradle. since i dont have any USB devices, except for two ports on my mboard, i havent quite figured out if linux is USB friendly yet. is it? do you own a visor yet? if so let me know how it is. i have developed a few apps for palm os, but one thing i havent got running in linux is the special version of gcc for compiling my apps. anyone done this? is it difficult? :P Steve Philp wrote: John Aldrich wrote: Has anyone tried using KPalm with the Handspring Visor? That's the new Palm-OS PDA. It's got a hot-synch cradle just like the Palm Pilot series and everything. My understanding is that the cradle is serial-based. Is that different than 3Com's products? thanks... Shouldn't be any different. My Palm IIIx cradle is also serial-based. Haven't tried kPalm, but the pilot-link tools work very well for getting things into and out of the Palm. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] terminal related lockups
Jackal wrote: I am not sure if our problems are one and the same but I had this problem on my laptop. Occasionally, the system will lock the keyboard and the mouse and I had to switch it off and on to continue...but a quick look at the clock showed that the system is still running. i think the clock runs all the time anyway. the clock is in your hardware and it has a battery. thtas why the time is correct if your computer has been turned off for days. I was desperate and wrote a script that will reboot the machine if it cannot find a certain file in the /tmp directory. every now and then it checks the directory and removes it if it is present and checks back after an interval...which means every now and then i have to touch the file in the directory...i know it seems stupid but at least the machine can shutdown cleanly without me having to sit through an fsck whenever this happens The wierd thing is that since i implemented this script the problem has been so infrequent that is has almost (touch wood) disappeared! sounds odd, but i am desperate too. any chance you could lend me a copy of that script? I cannot explain this X-filish phenomenon but this is just my 2 cents... On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:57:39AM +, pete moss wrote: i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems. anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X, the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i start the terminal from a virtual terminal (alt+F2) then it runs fine. i am running mandrake 6.1. i didnt have this problem with 6.0. i have reinstalled several packages that seem to be affected, but no luck. it seems like there is a software problem outside of the affected programs that might be causing this. anyone know how i can track down this problem? it is hindering some of my work in linux. please pass the slightest bit of info! thanks! :P ps - is there a quick way to reinstall all of the currently installed packages from the cdrom? i would like to avoid redoing a fresh install. == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 ==
Re: [newbie] cdrw
as a followup, i wrote to the author of the cd-writing howto. i asked if one wrote to a cdrw the same way one writes to a cdr. he replied that there was no difference in writing but that the cdrw should be blanked before rewriting. i asked the original question because when i was in windows, i had to use special software to write cdrw. i have now discovered, like so many other windows products, it is unneeded. thanks for the replies guys :P John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote: since i dont want to mess up a perfectly good cdrw disc, is it alright to write to them as i would any cdr? in other words, are there any special tricks or is it business as usual? [yes or no would be an appropriate answer, not a lecture on my reading skills] Caveat: I don't have one yet, but I intend to purchase a CDRW. :-) It should work just fine to use a CDRW as a plain CDR. At least from what I've been reading here. :-) John
[newbie] gs printing not centered
i just got my printer setup (easier than i thought!). my only problem is that when i print by means of ghostscript (my printer speaks PCL not PS) the output is printed about 1/8 inch left of center. i tried altering the margins, but it is still the same. i have read up on the ghostscript site and docs, but i think i am too stupid with printer ideas to understand how to fix it. any ideas out there? relevant details: mandrake 6.1, lexmark optra e+ laser printer. the mandrake postscript test page prints 1/8th inch too far to the left. thanks :P
[newbie] terminal related lockups
i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems. anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X, the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i start the terminal from a virtual terminal (alt+F2) then it runs fine. i am running mandrake 6.1. i didnt have this problem with 6.0. i have reinstalled several packages that seem to be affected, but no luck. it seems like there is a software problem outside of the affected programs that might be causing this. anyone know how i can track down this problem? it is hindering some of my work in linux. please pass the slightest bit of info! thanks! :P ps - is there a quick way to reinstall all of the currently installed packages from the cdrom? i would like to avoid redoing a fresh install.
[newbie] cdrw
this is a bit off topic here but, when i was in wondows i could use my cdrw drive to make cdr and cdrw. now that i am in linux, i only see mentions of cdr. has anyone successfully written a cdrw in linux? how? have you rewritten one as well? do i write it like a cdr, or is there a special method? thanks for any tips or links to howtos. the current cd-writing howto doesnt mention cdrw. :P
Re: [newbie] Iomega zip plus (insmod imm unresolved symbol ?)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. I have to rereun modprobe ppa on subsequent bootups. Don't know of a way to make it "stick". put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local at the bottom. this is a good place to put anything that needs to be loaded every time that you dont want to type. :P
Re: [newbie] zip drive help
i believe the file in question is called /etc/rc.d/rc.local put your insmod commands at the bottom. :P Joe Brault wrote: Hello, I am in the process of installing my zip drive, and have hit a snag. I have linux mandrake, and while following the mini-howto, I hit this problem: I cannot find the file mentioned as local.boot the howto says: You also need to load the modules somewhere. On my system I just added a couple of lines to the boot.local file. insmod ppa insmod lp My system is Suse 5.3 and this file is in /etc/rc.d. The location of this file will vary by distribution, but there will be a file somewhere, for local changes to be made at start up time. You should use the file that is applicable for your distribution. I have looked all over my system, but cannot find the file anywhere, is this named differently for mandrake, or do I even need to include this step at all? Thanks in advance!!! Joe :)
[newbie] still strange terminal problems
i am still having strange problems with gnome-terminal in mandrake 6.1. if i start it from within X, then it always locks up my machine completely, even the keyboard. num lock wont even turn on. however, it works fine if i run it from console. does anyone have any idea why this happens? what is X doing differently (or wrong)? also, i have seen mention of mandrake 6.1.1. does anyone know if this has a newer version of gnome in it? :P
[newbie] losing memory
hi, i have been checking my memory usage lately. i am curious about my memory consumption right after boot. the first thing i do is log in a root and do # free one of two things tends to come up: **mem condition 1: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 63056 28552 34504 8448 2480 19860 -/+ buffers/cache: 6212 56844 Swap: 104384 0 104384 **mem condition 2: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 63056 61508 1548 7728 44940 6436 -/+ buffers/cache: 10132 52924 Swap: 104384144 104240 condition one seems really bad as nearly half my memory is gone before i have even done anything. condition two is even worse. why the huge consumption? and why do two different boots use two radically different amounts of memory. if i do 'ps aux' on either of these conditions, then i always get similar results. USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 2.6 0.7 1148 492 ?S21:04 0:04 init [3] root 2 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW 21:04 0:00 [kflushd] root 3 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW 21:04 0:00 [kupdate] root 4 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW 21:04 0:00 [kpiod] root 5 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW 21:04 0:00 [kswapd] root 213 0.0 1.0 1344 648 ?S21:05 0:00 syslogd root 223 0.0 1.2 1424 768 ?S21:05 0:00 klogd daemon 238 0.0 0.8 1172 512 ?S21:05 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 253 0.0 1.0 1368 644 ?S21:05 0:00 crond root 268 0.0 0.9 1360 600 ?S21:05 0:00 lpd root 306 0.0 0.7 1180 460 ?S21:05 0:00 gpm -t ps/2 xfs330 0.1 2.3 2588 1476 ?S21:05 0:00 xfs -port -1 root 353 0.0 1.6 2228 1064 tty1 S21:05 0:00 login -- root root 354 0.0 0.6 1124 424 tty2 S21:05 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 355 0.0 0.6 1124 424 tty3 S21:05 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 356 0.0 0.6 1124 424 tty4 S21:05 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 357 0.0 0.6 1124 424 tty5 S21:05 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 358 0.0 0.6 1124 424 tty6 S21:05 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tt root 361 0.0 1.9 2088 1216 tty1 S21:05 0:00 -bash root 384 0.0 1.2 1544 776 ttyS1S21:06 0:00 pppd root 434 0.0 1.3 2512 860 tty1 R21:07 0:00 ps aux where is the big memory hog? is ps right or is free right, they both are reporting different things? and why would a freshly booted system use 61 megs ram? please help me understand this! better yet, please help me fix this! :P
Re: [newbie] desktop mouse clicks
yes! thanks! now, can you tell me why gnome-terminal locks up my system? :) :P Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, pete moss wrote: in gnome on 6.0, i could click the right mouse button to bring up a menu to do a few things, including rescan the desktop. now i am using 6.1 and the right mouse button brings up the application menus for enlightenment. does anyone know how i can get the gnome menus back? :P I'm pretty sure your 6.0 was out of date then, i destinctly remeber patching that for 6.0 in the 6.0 prerelease s everyone had time to adjust to it. But anyway, it's on shift-button3 -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] DMA ??'s
reading this made me realize that i have no idea about how to do system optimization. i will definately look into this 'hdparm'. do you know of any howtos or such on system opt? it would be interesting if someone gave a list of what you need to do to get your system in tip-top shape. :P
[newbie] preventing software lockups
can someone in the know give me any hints as to what to do about some software that locks the computer. everytime i run the gnome-terminal, it locks the computer so that nothing works except for a hard reset. i have tried reinstalling gnome-core*.rpm by overwriting or deleting and then reinstalling. i am also having trouble with some of the screensavers that lock up the system as soon as they start. is there something i can do about it? deleting and reinstalling doesnt do it. would recompiling help? why is it locking my machine but not others? i have checked my system logs and nothing is mentioned about the offending software. i am running 6.1. :P
[newbie] compiling for pentium computers
what are some of the compiler flags that you guys at mandrake used for pentiums? i have some new software that i want to compile to take advantage of my i686 chip. are there specific flags i need to set, or does pgcc do this automatically? :P
[newbie] desktop mouse clicks
in gnome on 6.0, i could click the right mouse button to bring up a menu to do a few things, including rescan the desktop. now i am using 6.1 and the right mouse button brings up the application menus for enlightenment. does anyone know how i can get the gnome menus back? :P
Re: [newbie] loading imwheel at x startup?
well, it wont work correctly if you dont have XF86Config setup properly. re-read /usr/doc/imwheel*/README and make the changes he recommends. the relevant info is at the top of the file. i used method #1 and it work perfectly for me in every X app. :P I installed the imwheel program when I installed Mandrake. I type imwheel -k and its says the program is running but the scroll wheel does not work. All the other information in the read me has to do with compiling imwheel? I used the rpm that comes with Mandrake. It is installed and running but the scroll wheel is not working? Jeanette
Re: [newbie] preventing software lockups
ok: 1) Free drive space about 300Mb free on / several gig free on /home 2) Memory (free and total) at this moment: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 63056 61492 1564 17856 1308 14268 -/+ buffers/cache: 45916 17140 Swap: 104384 6212 98172 is there a way to free up more ram? i am planning to purchase more, but it seems that 1.5 meg free is a bit bad. i am running X though. 3) Hardware -- processor, video card, motherboard/chipset, etc Pentium II 350MHz 64 meg ram linux lives on a 6.4 gig WD hd, windows lives on a 4.3 gig WD hd Diamond stealth 3d video card (S3 virge gx2 video chipset) dont remember the motherboard, but i can look it up if necessary 4) SCSI or IDE ide 5) Anything else even remotely relevant! this didnt happen with these particular programs in 6.0. i did a clean upgrade to 6.1. i dont have another machine handy (except my Palm IIIx!) to telnet in with. regular xterm locks sometimes too. :( its getting to the point where i cant run a terminal in X. i dont need to tell you why that sucks. another thing i might try is to use the old gnome-terminal from 6.0 and see if that works. anyone know how to get a single file out of an rpm? :P John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 03 Oct 1999, you wrote: can someone in the know give me any hints as to what to do about some software that locks the computer. everytime i run the gnome-terminal, it locks the computer so that nothing works except for a hard reset. i have tried reinstalling gnome-core*.rpm by overwriting or deleting and then reinstalling. i am also having trouble with some of the screensavers that lock up the system as soon as they start. is there something i can do about it? deleting and reinstalling doesnt do it. would recompiling help? why is it locking my machine but not others? i have checked my system logs and nothing is mentioned about the offending software. i am running 6.1. Please give us some information about your system: 1) Free drive space 2) Memory (free and total) 3) Hardware -- processor, video card, motherboard/chipset, etc 4) SCSI or IDE 5) Anything else even remotely relevant! As a suggestionif you have another machine handy, try telnetting to your "locked" machine (or get and install SSH if you don't want to leave Telnet open) and issue the reboot command remotely. John
Re: [newbie] seeing above the screen?
well, it works for me now. not sure what i was trying earlier. but it is either shift+pageup/pagedn thanks! :P John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote: i used to run slackware and there was a method of viewing previous text on one of the consoles. it was something like shift+pageup or ctrl+pageup. i cant find a method that works in mandrake. anyone know how to do this? Left-shift + pageup. Works here... John Works with both left and right here. (in console) Well, since I use my right hand to do page-up/down, I typically leave my left hand where it is on the "home" row (over ASDF) and just reach down and hit "shift with my left hand. :-) Never tried it with Right shift. It's my understanding that some commands are particular if you use the left shift or right shift or left control or right control, etc. :-) John
[newbie] what are these daemons?
i just got mandrake 6.1 installed and running great. i am trying to customize my system performance a bit. i have been removing unnecessary system daemons from the startup. i cant find docs on these: inet keytable linuxconf netfs can anyone shed any light on whether these are ok to disable and what their function is? :P
[newbie] gnome terminal lockup!
i just got 6.1 installed and it runs great. one small problem though. i run gnome and whenever i start the terminal, my whole computer locks up. i have to hit the reset button to get out of it. any tips on how to take care of situations like this? shure would be nice to use a terminal in gnome. :P
[newbie] loading imwheel at x startup?
what do i need to do to get imwheel to startup whenever i startx? :P
[newbie] seeing above the screen?
i used to run slackware and there was a method of viewing previous text on one of the consoles. it was something like shift+pageup or ctrl+pageup. i cant find a method that works in mandrake. anyone know how to do this? :P
Re: [newbie] Modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root5 Sep 14 07:52 /dev/modem - ttyS1 (the modem is on COM1). be aware that com1 in windows corresponds to ttyS0 in linux. ttyS1 is com2. :P
Re: [newbie] say it isn't so...
i check the printer database at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ and it doesnt list any compaq printers at all. are you sure it is a compaq? maybe check that site yourself. also, most all PCI modems are winmodems and wont work in linux. :P Dan Brown wrote: The Drake's wrote: printer and modem. Does anyone know if I can run my Compaq IJ900 printer or Rockwell HCF Data Fax PCI modem from Linux. I was hoping to Your modem is a Winmodem, and there is no way to use it with Linux, unless and until somebody writes a driver (don't hold your breath). Don't know about the printer. Oh, BTW, please turn off HTML in your mail client... -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Re: [newbie] BW Netscape
im not sure, but if you find this out, please post it to the list. i would love to have color in my netscape. :P Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate. ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
Re: [newbie] BW Netscape
i am running a s3 virge gx2 chipset with the svga x server. :P Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate. Sure, run 32 bpp! :) You're right, it's a smart-ass answer, but I haven't figured out how to do Netscape+24bpp either. I think Axalon mentioned that HE had problems with KDE+32bpp, so even that's not a real solution. I run 24bpp i think (yeah you'd think i'd know that but i dont), the only time i have color problems with it is while useing the FBDev server, the tool bar goes this funky inverse bw, but like i said ;) sure does look neater than the normal ones. What server and video cards is everybody running? -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration
i have a logitech trackman marble+ using imwheel. if you follow the instructions that come with imwheel for setup, then it will work as both a three button mouse and the scroll button will work. it works better for me in linux than it ever did in windows. :P Jeanette Russo wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi John, Do you mean IM Wheel? I have that installed. How do you get it to work? The mouse wheel does not seem to scroll anything. Nope. When you set up your mouse originally, did you choose "Microsoft Intellimouse"? That's an option in Mandrake 6. It works fine for a "paste." However, it doesn't scroll or anything. I suspect that if you didn't select "MS Intellimouse" (or whatever it's called) you will find that IMWHEEL doesn't work... :-) John No I set it for a PS2 Mouse. Its a Logitech mouse so I didn't think it would be good to set it as an Intelmouse? BTW, I am back on Mandrake 6 thanks to people on the list. Jeanette
Re: [newbie] RPM's without docs?
i too have had these problems. every package i installed when i first installed mandrake has the docs. packages i have installed since then have the doc directories built, but they are empty. i have only used kpackage for installation, so i wonder if there is a bug? :P "R. David Whitlock" wrote: Ok, second question: I recently downloaded the SSH package available from one of the sites linked off the mandrake web page. I used Kpackage to open and install the rpm, and everything worked successfully, as far as the program goes and all. However, when I look at the installed package for ssh, under ApplicationsInternetSSH, at the file list, I see many files listed which are NOT installed, namely all of the documentation. All files have a green check next to them, the package installed correctly, and all the directories referred to were created, but none of the man pages, or files under /usr/doc/ssh-1.1.27/ are there (this is a blank directory!). Did I do something wrong, or is it that the files were somehow omitted? If so, why do they show up in kpackage's list as there? Thanks, David
[newbie] redundant partition question
i know this has been addressed several times, but i want to ask it again. when 6.1 comes out, i plan to wipe my drive and install it. my linux drive is 6 gigs. right now, i have one big / partition. i want to create three partitions next time (in addition to swap): /, /boot, and /home. can some one give some ideas of partiton sizes for these? i figure /boot will be 10 or 15 megs, maybe less since i wont have too many kernals on it.what are good sizes for / and /home? thanks for your tips. :P
[newbie] 6.1
when will 6.1 be out of beta? :P
Re: [newbie] Print quality
same thing happens to me, in X or out. :P Andy Goth wrote: I printed three pages of graphics (actually HTML), and it took FOREVER!!! How can I tone down the print quality and (consequently) save time and ink? Run printtool as root and adjust the resolution for that printer. This brings up another problem. I thought this would work: -Start rxvt -Type in su -c printtool -Enter my root password Alas, it doesn't: [andy@localhost andy]$ su -c printtool Password: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" Couldn't load bindings.tcl Start from control-panel or set environment variable CONTROL_PANEL_LIB_DIR to the control-panel library dir. (normally this is /usr/lib/rhs/control-panel) [andy@localhost andy]$ ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
[newbie] seti at home
anyone using seti@home? i have the unix version running as a cron job. what does the -nice option refer to. the default is 1, but it recommends setting it to 19 if run by cron. what is the difference? i have sent this same quesion to seti at home, but i dont think they are ever going to get back to me. :P
[newbie] virtual terminals
so hiting alt-F[1-6] gives me six virtual terminals. if i am running x, then it lives on 7. does eight or higher do anything? i can flip to them, but there is just a flashing cursor at the top of the screen. :P
[newbie] pine installation (related to: netscape defaults)
--Yes I agree that Navigator alone works better than Communicator. Any way I'm in the process of following ricks advice (please exscuse me if I got the wrong poster). I reinstalled Netscape (Nav. only+common files only) and am downloading the upgrade now as we speak. We'll see. i too want to just have netscape running. i have been using it for mail, but i think i want to switch to pine. i have a few questions first. does pine do message filtering? can pine read my existing netscape mail files (i have ALOT of saved mail)? what exactly do i need to install to support pine? sendmail, fetchmail, what? not sure what i need. does anyone know of a better program than pine for email that has similar features to netscape mail? P.S. I just wanted to say that I've spent a lot of time on the NG's looking for help in learning Linux, and so far I think this list is absolutely awesome! It's really refreshing to have a forum to go to as a newbie where people are helpful without being condescending. agreed. i was on another linux newbie list before that was just a bunch of newbies and one genius. on this list there are alot of semi-genius types, which makes it much easier to get problems solved. :P
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
use something like kpackage to uninstall it. or better yet, learn how to do it from the command line. 'man rpm' then install the new version. :P Murray Strome wrote: OK I downloaded the Alpha G2. However, I have not yet uninstalled the old rvplayer (as I really don't know the correct procedure to delete it cleanly -- can you help?) Until I have deleted the old version, I will hold off on installing G2. Murray pete moss wrote: uninstall what you have and go to the website listed below to get what you want. dont go to any other page! then follow the setup directions given below and it should work right. you dont currently have the same version everyone else is talking about. :P Murray Strome wrote: I originally installed RealPlayer 5 using rpm -i package nothing seemed to happen I tried again to install it using rpm -Uvh It said that "rvplayer 5.03 is already installed" (rvplayer is in /usr/bin and is executable). I set up the preferences as you suggested. In Netscape, I get an error box: Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '" sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file OK I had earlier tried to set the application to /usr/bin/rvplayer I did not get any error message or anything, but nothing happened (at least no sound and no RealPlayer console like you get in Windows). Any suggestions? Thanks Rick Murphy wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: JK wrote: WHERE did you get G2 for Linux? The only thing I could find from Real.com was RealPlayer 5. :-( John Thats the web page you should go for the linux version of G2 http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html I can confirm that the package works well. 1) Download the package. 2) 'su' to root 3) rpm -Uvh package 4) Exit from root 5) Open Netscape 6) Click Edit, Preferences, Navigator, Applications 7) Find RealAudio and highlight it, click Edit 8) In the suffixes box, make sure it reads 'ra,ram,rm' 9) Click the Application radio button and enter 'realplay %s' 10) Click OK to close the window 11) Click OK to close the Preferences window 12) Close Netscape 13) Reopen Netscape Waa laa! RealPlayer baby! \ Was indeed, real audio is one of my favorite programs. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427 -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
Re: [newbie] imwheel for logetich mouse not working
be sure to reread the docs that come with imwheel to make sure it is set up properly. i followed these and my logitech trackman marble+ works like a charm! also, make sure 'imwheel -k' gets executed whenever you start an x session. :P Sean King wrote: I was wondering if anybody out there could help me with this mouse problem that I am having. When I first installed 6.0 I had my mouse wheel working, but now I am having problems. I first used the mouse wheel under Gnome. After a while in Kde my mouse wheel stoped working in both kde and gnome. I was wondering if anybody could help me get this thing working, agian. I am think that this could be a kernel problem. Please help me! I love that wheel. So sad.
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
uninstall what you have and go to the website listed below to get what you want. dont go to any other page! then follow the setup directions given below and it should work right. you dont currently have the same version everyone else is talking about. :P Murray Strome wrote: I originally installed RealPlayer 5 using rpm -i package nothing seemed to happen I tried again to install it using rpm -Uvh It said that "rvplayer 5.03 is already installed" (rvplayer is in /usr/bin and is executable). I set up the preferences as you suggested. In Netscape, I get an error box: Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '" sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file OK I had earlier tried to set the application to /usr/bin/rvplayer I did not get any error message or anything, but nothing happened (at least no sound and no RealPlayer console like you get in Windows). Any suggestions? Thanks Rick Murphy wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: JK wrote: WHERE did you get G2 for Linux? The only thing I could find from Real.com was RealPlayer 5. :-( John Thats the web page you should go for the linux version of G2 http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html I can confirm that the package works well. 1) Download the package. 2) 'su' to root 3) rpm -Uvh package 4) Exit from root 5) Open Netscape 6) Click Edit, Preferences, Navigator, Applications 7) Find RealAudio and highlight it, click Edit 8) In the suffixes box, make sure it reads 'ra,ram,rm' 9) Click the Application radio button and enter 'realplay %s' 10) Click OK to close the window 11) Click OK to close the Preferences window 12) Close Netscape 13) Reopen Netscape Waa laa! RealPlayer baby! \ Was indeed, real audio is one of my favorite programs. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
[newbie] netscape defaults
is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P
Re: [newbie] Large, unmanageable screen objects
im not sure what the XF86Setup is, but there is xf86config. it will, create a file called XF86Config that will tell your x windows how to work. i recommend running this. there is a setting to disable the virtual desktop size. also, turn off your html in your email. :P Richard wrote: After this latest installation, I endeavored to get into XF86Setup via the console but I was told by the system,' no such command'. I logged in as root doing this. So how do I get this XF86Setup to come up so I can use it and I hope it's not too big on the screen or I won't be able to use it and this XF86Setup will have been all for nothing. I see I have KDE, GNOME, etc but they are all beyond control due to very large screen size. Is there some way short of still another installation that I could get a 640 X 480 X Windows screen going so that maybe I could get XF86Setup going and be able to make necessary changes to bring my screen display down to a more manageable size? Like maybe 640 X 480. When I selected during my Workstation installation a standard VGA monitor it was with 640 X 480 screen size. But when the X Window came up, it was as large as it's always been since I've so recently gotten the hard drive to install Linux-Mandrake on. I simply _cannot_ bring the screen image(s) down to where they are small enough so I can see all that is on the screen. Haven't been able to do that, yet. I'll be thankful for any pointers. Richard
Re: [newbie] Netscape won't browse
as a past employee of flashnet, i did notice one problem here. it is not flashnet.com, it is flash.net. the dns numbers are correct. i dont know if that will help you, but it might. :P Chad Young wrote: I can connect to my ISP but netscape won't browse. I have done the following - *changed the resolv.conf file to say search flashnet.com nameserver 209.30.0.9 nameserver 209.30.0.100 Did I leave something out? What else can I do? Please remember that I am new to Linux and need everything spelled out for me. Thanks Chad __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
[newbie] how about my bjc-5000? was:Re: Can Cheapo Lexmark Printer Work with LINUX?
my relatively new canon bjc-5000 is also listed as a paperweight. do you know if i might be able to use other drivers with it to make it work, or am i SOL? also, i checked the bimbo page, but it got a 404. :P Civileme wrote: The Lexmark 2050 is classified as a "Paperweight" at Grant Taylor's page http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ HOWEVER You are in luck. There is an ACTIVE project on it, and they are looking for some owners/users to help out. http://bimbo.fjfi.cvut.cz/~paluch/17kdriver read their news, then perhaps drop them a line if you feel inspired.
[newbie] parallel scanners?
anyone know if there is any support for parallel scanners in linux? i have a mustek 1200 III EP that i might like to try soon, but i havent seen any info about parallel scanners, just scsi. :P
[newbie] c compiler doesnt work!
i am trying to install some new software by compiling source. when i run the configure script that comes with the source, it checks for several things. one of the things it checks for is whether i have gcc, then it says ok. next it says 'checking whether c compiler worksno' then it wont continue compilation. is there more configuration that needs to happen for (p)gcc to work? i am trying to run it 'out of the box'. :P
[newbie] rpms for gcc?
what rpms do i need to install to get gcc to work? i have several installed but i cant get it to work right. any info or tips? :P
Re: [newbie] Newbie Asks: What Is The Thumbtack For?
what is AutoMount? and Sticky? :P Rick Fry wrote: Now that I know about AutoMount and Sticky, how do I tell Linux to use AutoMount? Which one of those wonderful .config files do I have to edit? Also, how do I change from that KDE back to Gnome? I think I prefer that to KDE. Thanks. Original Message Follows Sevatio Octavio wrote: In KDE... What is "Sticky" the Thumbtack used for? To keep that specific window on the screen if you change virtual desktops (clicking on the 'One', 'Two', etc) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] noise in 24 bit color
I've got a Stealth 3D 4000 also. Mine's got 4MB RAM, is AGP, and I get noise on 1152x864, 24bpp- not lower. I believe it has to do with the refresh rates that the card supports. You might try manually tweaking modelines in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I mean to do this eventually, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Other than this, I don't know how to fix it. I'd suggest learning to live with it, or stick to a lower resolution/color depth. yup, ive got the same card. what exactly do you mean by tweaking? what do i tweak? i intend to figure this out because i really cant stand that noise! if i find that it is unfixable, then i will consider getting another card. please give me details on what i should change about the modelines. well, i figured it out. my monitor has an onscreen menu for making settings. it also shows the current hsync and vsync. i looked at it while running the noisy x. i then booted into windows and compared the values. they were very different! so i edited XF86Config and commented out the modeline that was causing the noise. i then ran x and there was less noise than before. after a few more '#', i finally found a modeline that boots up perfectly and gives no noise. my screen looks better than ever! even better than it looked in windows! give this method a shot and i am sure it will help your problems too. :P
[newbie] num lock
i know this is minor, but does anyone know how to make the num lock activate automatically when i boot kde? :P
[newbie] word processing and finance apps
anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake 6.0, but it wont run and gives lots of errors. :P
[newbie] AWE64 problems
i have mandrake 6.0 and and awe64 gold soundblaster. i am having problems getting sound. i only get souind under two conditions. first is when kde does its system sounds (startup, shutdown, etc.). second is when i run 'cat blah.au /dev/audio'. any programs such as x11amp or the kde media player act like they are sending otu sound, but i dont hear anything. i cant run sndconfig, because it overwrites my isapnp.conf with a default version that crashes with my modem. does anyone know what else sndconfig does other than write a isapnp.conf file? i may have to set this up by hand so that my soundcard will work. anyone got any tips? i am a computer musician and i _really_ need to get this thing to make sound. i had it working with rh 5.2, so i know this is possible. :P
Re: [newbie] arrgh vfat and msdos unknown?
ok, one last side-question: of the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems, which is superior in file read/write/transfer speed and efficiency? I purposely created another 2 gig FAT16 partition (faster than a 13 gig FAT32 partition) to hold all the stuff I want to host with linux. I'm under the impression that the smaller a partition is the faster and more efficient it becomes, and I feel this would be very important if I'm hosting and files are constantly being created/written/removed. please correct me if I'm wrong. if your windows can handle fat32 (win95b and up) then you should probably use it. it offers many enhancements over fat16, and is supposed to run faster. plus linux can read it as 'vfat' so you dont have to worry about settings up a fat16 partition. :P
Re: [newbie] Console text not displaying properly
However, I continue to be unable to launch 'startx". I consistently get an error: I128: ibm526 Ramdac not found I have run though xf86config with many different combinations. I was able to get confirmed numbers on the vert/horz scan... on my monitor so feel pretty good about that. Do you have any suggestions for how I can proceed? a ramdac is something to do with your video card. i guess that means that your card or the drivers are having trouble. when you do xf86config, and go into the card def stage, be sure you select your video chip set, and NOT the card name you are using. look in your cards manual for the chip set that it uses, and find that in the list. for instance, i have a diamond stealth 3D 4000, but when i set it up i just use generic s3 virge gx2 chipset with 4 meg memory, and it all works fine. just follow its instructions for what xserver to use, and also if you should probe clocks and such. let me how that works. :P
Re: [newbie] Trouble ftp'ing Mandrake 6.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're going to d/l it, why not just install it as you download? I'd love to, except I don't know how! Well that, and I intend to install it on machines other than the machine I downloaded it with. Right now I just have the one machine, but soon I'll jave one other neworked to it. If there is a way to install while I download, however, that sounds like a good idea - I could just wait till I get the other machine and do it then. I've actually been meaning to post to this list, asking "Okay, I've downloaded - NOW what do I do?" But I haven't read enough on Mandrake's site to warrant a posting. - Chris if you are going to use it on multiple machines and you have a cdr, then d/l the ISO image file of the distro and burn that to cd. then you can install from that. gotta have a cdr though. :P
Re: [newbie] symbolic links
RReed wrote: Well I can't get the voodoo3 goods to install it keeps saying it can't find vga16. So I guess I will just use startx -- -bpp 32 to start x in 32 bit.. i edited the config to use only 800x600 and nothing lower. A question I have is can i setup a symbolic link to run startx -- -bpp 32 from a name like xwin? and if so how? Freedom means defending the expression of the very words and ideas that make you sick. i do this same thing by using an alias in my .bashrc file. edit .bashrc to include this line: alias xwin='startx -- -bpp 32' then logout and login and it will work. just, before you do this, make sure the 'xwin' command doesnt activate another program. :P
Re: [newbie] Configuring for 100dpi screens
WOW!!! thanks for this info. i had never thought about it before. everything looks so much better. i recommend everyone try this! :P Richard Lamont wrote: Having just installed Mandrake 6.0 (including KDE) on my system I found that I had a lot of trouble with font sizes. Everything seemed to be geared towards an assumed display resolution of around 75dpi. This seems pretty old-fashioned, given that most monitors and video cards can support better resolutions. Even with a 2MB video card and a 15-inch monitor you can get 1024x768 at 16 bpp, so a lot of people must be wanting to work at around 100 dpi these days. I have written a brief explanation of how to configure Mandrake for 100 dpi resolution at: http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/linux/100dpi.html -- Richard Lamont [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/
[newbie] noise in 24 bit color
when i run x windows in 24 bit color mode, i get horizontal lines of noise on the screen whenever i move a window or something on the screen. i have a diamond stealth 3d 4000 card with a s3 virge gx2 chipset. i am running the svga xserver. my card works fine at that depth, looks good in x windows (aside from the noise) and worked fine in MS windows. anyone have any tips or ideas on how to fix it? it doesnt do this in lower color depths, or at screen res lower than 1024x768. does anyone have a similar card or chipset that might know how to fix the problem? :P also, why does the buttons in netscape go grayscale when i do -bpp 24, but they are color at other times?
Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
i am a music composition and electronic music grad student. i got into linux because of the stereotypical MS windows hatred. i think it is great, but i wouldnt recommend it to the average joe. i worked for flashnet tech support for a while, and i definately wouldnt recommend it to most of the users calling up with computer trouble. now, if only i could get my soundcard to work :P
Re: [newbie] noise in 24 bit color
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Aug, pete moss wrote: when i run x windows in 24 bit color mode, i get horizontal lines of noise on the screen whenever i move a window or something on the screen. i have a diamond stealth 3d 4000 card with a s3 virge gx2 chipset. i am running the svga xserver. my card works fine at that depth, looks good in x windows (aside from the noise) and worked fine in MS windows. anyone have any tips or ideas on how to fix it? it doesnt do this in lower color depths, or at screen res lower than 1024x768. does anyone have a similar card or chipset that might know how to fix the problem? I've got a Stealth 3D 4000 also. Mine's got 4MB RAM, is AGP, and I get noise on 1152x864, 24bpp- not lower. I believe it has to do with the refresh rates that the card supports. You might try manually tweaking modelines in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I mean to do this eventually, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Other than this, I don't know how to fix it. I'd suggest learning to live with it, or stick to a lower resolution/color depth. yup, ive got the same card. what exactly do you mean by tweaking? what do i tweak? i intend to figure this out because i really cant stand that noise! if i find that it is unfixable, then i will consider getting another card. please give me details on what i should change about the modelines. also, why does the buttons in netscape go grayscale when i do -bpp 24, but they are color at other times? Because of a bug in Netscape. any idea on a workaround to this? will this ever be fixed? i had this same problem on an older version. sad to see it hasnt changed. :P
[newbie] two problems
i just got mandrake v 6.0 installed yesterday. i have been setting it up for quite a while now. i have two problems that havent been able to fix. first the (hopefully) easy one: i am running kde and the mouse resets to slow speed whenever i come back into it. i set the speed in the control center in every session, but it always goes back to the defaults. any tips? is gpm affecting this. the default mouse setting is way to slow to use, so i must set it everytime. next, the more difficult problem: i am getting no sound out of my sound card. i have a AWE64 gold soundblaster. i have the isapnp.conf set correctly with the card on irq 9. all the modules on boot up load properly with no errors. i did a dmesg to see what might be happening that i missed. here is the relevant section: --- Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 SB 4.16 detected OK (220) sb: Interrupt test on IRQ5 failed - Probable IRQ conflict SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM4096k) --- it says it tries irq 5, but my card isnt on 5, it is on 9. i havent been able to find what this driver is or what config it uses. i would like to change its config to irq9, and i bet that will fix my problem. any ideas on how to fix this? :P
Re: [newbie] two problems (now just one)
Richard Lamont wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am getting no sound out of my sound card. i have a AWE64 gold soundblaster. i have the isapnp.conf set correctly with the card on irq 9. all the modules on boot up load properly with no errors. i did a dmesg to see what might be happening that i missed. here is the relevant section: --- Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 SB 4.16 detected OK (220) sb: Interrupt test on IRQ5 failed - Probable IRQ conflict SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM4096k) --- it says it tries irq 5, but my card isnt on 5, it is on 9. i havent been able to find what this driver is or what config it uses. i would like to change its config to irq9, and i bet that will fix my problem. any ideas on how to fix this? /usr/sbin/sndconfig that wont do it for me because it always tries to write a new isapnp.conf file and the default that it writes crashes because of my modem. i had to hand configure the modem to make it work. besides, i found part of my problem. conf.modules contains the settings for the sb audio driver. i set it to 9 and now i get sound out kde sound control panel. unfortunately no other apps give me any sound. kmpg says it cant open the audiodevice when i play a sound out of /usr/share/sounds/ i am a bit confused why one part of software can play sound, but all other cant. is the more setup i need to do? anyone got any great ideas? btw, now kde is keeping my mouse settings. odd. :P
Re: [newbie] two problems (now just one)
pete moss wrote: Richard Lamont wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am getting no sound out of my sound card. i have a AWE64 gold soundblaster. i have the isapnp.conf set correctly with the card on irq 9. all the modules on boot up load properly with no errors. i did a dmesg to see what might be happening that i missed. here is the relevant section: --- Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 SB 4.16 detected OK (220) sb: Interrupt test on IRQ5 failed - Probable IRQ conflict SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM4096k) --- it says it tries irq 5, but my card isnt on 5, it is on 9. i havent been able to find what this driver is or what config it uses. i would like to change its config to irq9, and i bet that will fix my problem. any ideas on how to fix this? /usr/sbin/sndconfig that wont do it for me because it always tries to write a new isapnp.conf file and the default that it writes crashes because of my modem. i had to hand configure the modem to make it work. besides, i found part of my problem. conf.modules contains the settings for the sb audio driver. i set it to 9 and now i get sound out kde sound control panel. unfortunately no other apps give me any sound. kmpg says it cant open the audiodevice when i play a sound out of /usr/share/sounds/ i am a bit confused why one part of software can play sound, but all other cant. is the more setup i need to do? anyone got any great ideas? btw, now kde is keeping my mouse settings. odd. :P also, when i cat sample.au /dev/audio from the sndconfig dir, i get playback. it is just the apps that arent playing back. once again, any ideas? :P
Re: [newbie] Keep modem connection alive
"Morrell, Mike" wrote: How do I keep my modem connection to my ISP alive when the computer is idle? i set up my crontab to run pppd every ten minutes. if it already connected, then no change. if not connected, then it dials in. :P
