[newbie] tar again
ok I tried to run the command to a tar file mldonkey in particular and I got this error. It makes no sense to me tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors this is the name of the tar file exactly that I'm trying to do "mldonkey-2.00.shared.i586-Linux.tar.bz2.tar" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM access
Try Mounting it as root in shell. That should solve the problem. Cheers! Erik At 04:56 PM 7/7/2002, you wrote: I recently installed MDK 8.2. I can read a data CD without problem (see the file list) but when try to access an Audio CD clicking at CD-ROM desktop icon I receive the message: Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You do not have access right to this location. How can I fix this problem ? Thanks Filipe Dutra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cannot get modem device ID with cat /proc/pci
For a Conexant winmodem you can find drivers for Red Hat and Mandrake at www.olitec.com ! Good luck ! Walter > On Sunday 26 May 2002 02:23 pm, you wrote: > > Hi, I'm using Mandrake on two computers. On the first, with cat > > /proc/pci, I got vendor and device ID's of the communications controller: > > > > Communication controller: PCI device 10b7:1007 (3Com Corporation) > > (rev 16). > > > > Using this, I was able to search the WinModem docs on the Web and > > conclude that my modem doesn't work under Linux. > > > > On the second computer, Windows calls the PCI modem "Lucent WinModem", > > and cat /proc/pci returns the bus number, IRQ, and > > Communications Controller Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem (rev 1). > > > > No vendor or device ID. I've heard people can maybe use some Lucent > > modems, but how can I tell which driver I need? > > > > Alan > > Alan: > The first thing to do is to find out exactly what modem you have. Linux > drivers have been written for some Lucent chipsets, but others are > not going to work. The best way to ID your modem is to open up the box and > look at the modem. Note the FCC number, and any part numbers that are on > the Lucent or whatever chip. You can go to www.fcc.gov.oet/fccid/ and > determine the manufacturer and model number. Your next stop should be > www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. Part way down the page, click on the > Download Entire Table link and run a search for the FCC number. If that > doesn't work, try searching for Lucent. You'll also find links to other > information about Lucent-based modems on the first page. > Good luck, > -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] console application in terminal
Hi ! I check incoming mail and files with F-prot for Linux, which allows a very selective action. I made a desktop link to the application and added the necessary options. I made it run in a terminal. Mandrake version 8.2 is used... My problem is the terminal disappears (closes ?) as soon as the scanning is ended. I have to provide a log file to see what happened ... It would be much easier if I simply could keep the terminal screen ... Anyone seeing a solution (option to add ...?) ? Thanks ! Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem setup under linux mandrake.
On Monday 20 May 2002 09:20, you wrote: > On Monday 20 May 2002 08:49, Nashib .J. wrote: > > Can someone help me to change the modem under Mandrake linux.I got > > a connexant modem and linux detected a rockwell modem instead. > > AFAIK, they use the same chipset, so it shouldn't make any difference. > > Sir Robin May be your connexant modem is a winmodem ... In this case goto www.olitec.com to find a driver for Linux (exists for Red Hat and Mandrake). My Connexant works well ! Good luck ! Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start-up making Linux-Windows mix
>From what I heard it "WINE" being repackaged and sold for a price. Kinda of like the pet rocks for those of you who can remember that...lol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] net config
Hi... I want to configure my mandrake 8... because I want to use them like a proxy server and file share server (samba) I configured my lan card, and when I try it with ping command, work fine... but I can't config ip-masq and samba... can anyone help me...? I want to know how to configure proxy server and samba server with mandrake 8... Gustavo PD: sorry... my english it's no so good..
Re: [newbie] login problem
On Saturday 28 July 2001 08:40, etharp wrote: > have you ever tried to compile a kernel? on this machine? did you have this > problem before that? > nope. I reformatted my linux partititions and installed 8.0 clean, avoiding expert mode because I'm not an expert. -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
Re: [newbie] login problem
On Friday 27 July 2001 08:47, etharp wrote: > well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user > from the text prompt, and see how it logs in. per this suggestion, I pulled /var/log/syslog and compared a failed login to a good one, and see one difference. Below are the last few lines from a failed login. I have more if we need them: Jul 28 06:55:34 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 Jul 28 06:55:38 localhost last message repeated 35 times Jul 28 06:55:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-180 Jul 28 06:55:40 localhost last message repeated 24 times Jul 28 06:56:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Jul 28 06:57:03 localhost last message repeated 3 times On a successful login, "localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-" is repeated only two times, then I get the same messge for a collection of sound-* modules. The "can't find char-major-*" message repeat the same number of times regardless of whether the login works or doesn't. Meanwhile, I am successful in logging in via console mode if I do a 'restart in console mode'. Incidentally, the failed login has gone from the previous exception to the rule, to where I have to make multiple attempts, including powering down, to get signed in. I did reinstall my printer last night, and fixed my halt problem per someone else's documentation here. I assume the "now it is safe to turn off your computer" is a windoze specific message, since I never see that. I get to a message saying that the system is stopped after what seem to be all the shutdown messages complete ok. > > On Friday 27 July 2001 09:05, root wrote: > > On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: > > > is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security > > > and what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you > > > expecting? > > > > i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of > > logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would > > enter root and my password and hit go. > > > > The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, > > I sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged > > in, and when that happened had to reboot before being successful at > > logging in. > > > > When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. > > Before altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs > > only some of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a > > security or firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of > > sporadic. > > > > > On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote: > > > > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: > > > > > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) > > > > > and log in? > > > > > > > > nothing. no reaction at all > > > > -- > > "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting > > you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally > > useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface > > to the deja archives) -- -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
Re: [newbie] login problem
On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: > is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and > what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting? i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would enter root and my password and hit go. The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, I sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged in, and when that happened had to reboot before being successful at logging in. When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. Before altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs only some of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a security or firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of sporadic. > > On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote: > > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: > > > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and > > > log in? > > > > nothing. no reaction at all > > -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
Re: [newbie] login problem
On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and log > in? > nothing. no reaction at all > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:30, root wrote: > > running mandrake 8.0 > > > > on occasions following what is currently an undectable pattern, I get to > > the login window where i would enter root or my user name and password, > > enter the uid and password correctly, the system thinks for awhile and > > bounces me back to the same login window. > > > > I have to reboot under those circumstances, sometimes several times, > > sometimes powering off entirely and waiting for bios to clear, before the > > system accepts my uid and password. > > > > I'm careful to comfirm that I have entered the password correctly, and > > caps lock is off. The password is simple enough that mistyping multiple > > times is not a likely explanation. > > > > I've never had a situation where one (root or user) accepts but the other > > doesn't. > > > > login is set to start kde. I do not get to the kde loading panel before > > the bounce occurs. > > > > ideas? > > > > -- > > "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting > > you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally > > useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface > > to the deja archives) -- -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
[newbie] segmentation fault at shut down
when shutting down, not rebooting, I am getting an odd segmentation fault. I don't get it on warm reboot since the problem occurs after the path diverges for reboot vs shut down. I have to power off to get out of it. message sequence in log is: halting system stopping all md devices power down general protection fault: f000 CPU:0 EIP:0050:[<872b>] EFLAGS:00010047 bunch of registers elided here Process Halt (PID:1319 Stackpage: c5add000) stack dump elided here CALL TRACE CODE: BAD EIP VALUE /etc/rc0.d/s01halt: line 1: 1319 segmentation fault halt -i -d -p tia -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
[newbie] login problem
running mandrake 8.0 on occasions following what is currently an undectable pattern, I get to the login window where i would enter root or my user name and password, enter the uid and password correctly, the system thinks for awhile and bounces me back to the same login window. I have to reboot under those circumstances, sometimes several times, sometimes powering off entirely and waiting for bios to clear, before the system accepts my uid and password. I'm careful to comfirm that I have entered the password correctly, and caps lock is off. The password is simple enough that mistyping multiple times is not a likely explanation. I've never had a situation where one (root or user) accepts but the other doesn't. login is set to start kde. I do not get to the kde loading panel before the bounce occurs. ideas? -- "Gentlemen, it's in beta. That means it's like Windows. They're letting you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless." (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja archives)
Re: [newbie] Log files redirect to root mail
Try setting up logcheck, it's a pretty standard package and will do much of the same for you. Otherwise, next time you install/update choose MEDIUM security, and this function will deffinately be restored. > > I remembered in my old Mandrake 7.2 everyday on my root mail account I would receive >several mails that includes daily logs, security warnings, and all. In my currect >Mandrake 8.0 I could not find the same function. Is there any way to have daily logs >forwarded to root (or other local user's) mail account? >
Re: [newbie] FW: Xinetd problem?
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Jason Chan wrote: > I have xinetd running pop3 on one server (Server A) , and have another > server running fetchmail (Server B) and \ > would poll Server A 's mail message in 60 seconds interval. At first, > both ran no problem, until after several hours Server A would deny Server > B's connection. After some investigation I found that the xinetd on > Server A would add an entry to hosts.deny file to bar Server B's access > on all ports.. Have you check your secure and/or messages logs to see what service/port is causing the ban?
[newbie] Re-routing mail via pine
I wish to apply a mail filter that will take all incoming mail from a specified address and re-route it to a different address. I am using pine to read my mail along with postfix. How do I do this?
[newbie] Tiny Firewall
Hi All: Can anyone tell me where the script, which the Tiny Firewall configuration tool writes, is then stored? I am interested in seeing how the script compares with IPChains and IPTables scripts. Thanks, Dennis in Waco
[newbie] Please respond need help Mandrake 8 nearly inoperable
User administration is broken in 8 I can't create user ntr because stupid userdrake says "close to group" or some stupid poop like that, I want it to OBEY my command and stop giving me crap when I tell it to do something. I had to install sendmail from the old 7.2 discs because dumb postfix has no spam controls, o sure it works fine as a regular MTA but I did not see any spam bouncing options in webmin and absolutely NOTHING in linuxconf, bad bad bad. I willl just have to run as root forever unless someone has the heart to tell me what the gunk am I supposed to do to get this pooping thing working??? Please help I am desparate or just have to go back to 7.2 and determine that 8 stinks.
[newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1
Help! I was unsuccessful in obtaining a cd which burned correctly to install 8.0 beta 2 or 3. So I tried upgrading to KDE 2.1 via the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages off of Sourceforge.net. How do I get it to work? I click on one of the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages, it downloads then stops the install saying unsatisifed dependancies and list thems. I then try and download the RPM that has some of the dependancies, but then that tells me it has unsatisfied dependancies, so i try another and get same result. Helpp. This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend
Re: [newbie] What am I missing?
Le Dimanche 18 Mars 2001 17:52, vous avez écrit : > I'm getting a little frustrated here. I don't remember going through so > much trouble with RedHat as I am now with LM 7.2. To be specific, I can't > connect to LOCALHOST, and Apache. > > Tried to connect to WEBMIN by entering http://localhost:1 and all I > get is unable to connect to localhost error message. > > IPCHAINS default policy right now is ACCEPT. > > HOST.DENY is not denying anybody, I commented out the entry added by LM. > > My HOSTS file has 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost > andxx.xxx.xx.xxmymachine.mydomain.com > mymachine > > > I can ping localhost and mymachine.mydomain.com from a terminal and from a > DOZE machine. > > > So, what am I missing??? > > Oh, and yeah, I can't recieved mail too. > > Tech R You should type https://localhost:1 as Webmin now needs a secure connection. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Pièces jointes : 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] Anybody know how to get Sane working?
I've just installed MD7.2 and I was hoping to get my scanner working with it. Although Sane is definitely installed, it does not seem to be able to recognise my scanner - a parallel port Plustek OpticPro 9630P. The scanimage command tells me that "No sane devices detected". The documentation on the Sane homepage is somewhat sketchy, so I haven't figured out if I need to configure anything further to get it to work. If anyone knows how this is done or can point me in the direction of a "Sane for the digitally retarded" document, I would be most grateful. Graham Watkins
[newbie] Anybody got Sane working yet?
I've tried to use Sane under MDK 7.2 but with no luck so far. It tells me that no sane devices are detected. I have a Plustek 9630 parallel port scanner and there appears to be a Plustek back end. Is there anything I need to configure to get a result? All advice welcome. Graham Watkins
Re: [newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
Jon Doe wrote: For those of you who are interested in this problem, I got the following message from Mandrake today: > As root in a shell, type : > > supermount -i disable > reboot > then you'll have to mount manually your devices : > for instance : > mount /dev/cdrom > umount /dev/cdrom > > Concerning your cd-writer > Edit this file : /etc/fstab > locate your cd-writer's line (may be cdrom2) > change /dev/cdrom2 to /dev/scd0 > save your changes. > > > Best regards, > > The technical support team. > If you don't hear from me again in this thread, you can assume it worked. Graham Watkins
[newbie] Can't Access CD Drives - even as root
Here's a funny thing! Whenever I try to access either of my CD drives, whether as root or user, I am refused access. Using Konqueror, I get the message: "Unableto enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You do not have access rights to this location." - if root doesn't have access, who does? My CD drives are shown under /mnt with little padlocks on them. Using a terminal command: ls /mnt/cdrom, I get the message "Input/output error". The only way I have ever been able to get round it is to boot from a floppy rather than LILO - this is a hassle. If anyone has encountered and solved this problem, I would be grateful for guidance. I am running Mandrake 7.2 (never had this problem with 7.1) and my drives are a Mitsumi 4802TE (re-writable) and Samsung SCR232
[newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
Here's a funny thing! Whenever I try to access either of my CD drives, whether as root or user, I am refused access. Using Konqueror, I get the message: "Unableto enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You do not have access rights to this location." - if root doesn't have access, who does? My CD drives are shown under /mnt with little padlocks on them. Using a terminal command: ls /mnt/cdrom, I get the message "Input/output error". The only way I have ever been able to get round it is to boot from a floppy rather than LILO - this is a hassle. If anyone has encountered and solved this problem, I would be grateful for guidance. I am running Mandrake 7.2 (never had this problem with 7.1) and my drives are a Mitsumi 4802TE (re-writable) and Samsung SCR232
[newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
Here's a funny thing! Whenever I try to access either of my CD drives, whether as root or user, I am refused access. Using Konqueror, I get the message: "Unableto enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You do not have access rights to this location." - if root doesn't have access, who does? My CD drives are shown under /mnt with little padlocks on them. Using a terminal command: ls /mnt/cdrom, I get the message "Input/output error". The only way I have ever been able to get round it is to boot from a floppy rather than LILO - this is a hassle. If anyone has encountered and solved this problem, I would be grateful for guidance. I am running Mandrake 7.2 (never had this problem with 7.1) and my drives are a Mitsumi 4802TE (re-writable) and Samsung SCR232 Graham Watkins
?p: [newbie] ReiserFS, Nvidia Driver, X 4.0.2 and 3d acceleration
I have the same proble with my system (PII 350 TNT 16mb 64mbRAM) i have installed all the patches for nvidia and with xfree4.0.2 but when i start X seems to start but my screen is black and i cant see nothing... i have change xf86config about 54435454 times and i steel cant make it work :/ its not high priority for me but i would like to solve this small problem. Any ideas? if no nevermind unix based systems like Mandrake7.2 the main use is for servers ;) > I did but I'll double check. Thanks for the idea! > > > Abe > > > Adam Greene wrote: > > > > Kill the non-NVidia GL libraries as per NVidia's FAQ. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Digital Wokan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] ReiserFS, Nvidia Driver, X 4.0.2 and 3d acceleration > > > > > Everything but ReiserFS on my system going fine. Did you do anything > > > about the non-nVidia MesaGL libraries so they wouldn't conflict with > > > nVidia's drivers? > > > (I'll let you know about ReiserFS someday soon, but it won't be under > > > Mdk7.2.) > > > > > > abe wrote: > > > > Does this work? Any body have this working on their machines? I > > > > reinstalled to convert to ReiserFS and now X crashes everytime I start a > > > > 3d accelerated application. No messages left in the logs except that X > > > > caught a signal 11. > > > > X 4.02 > > > > Nvidia driver 0.9.6 > > > > mandrake 7.2 > > > > Please help! > > > > Abe > > > -- > > > Digital Wokan, Tribal Mage of the Electronics Age > > > Guerilla Linux Warrior > > > > > > > >
[newbie] Re: soundcard
I tried 'sndconfig' as suggested but it just detect the card and said that it is not supported. Does anyone know of a Linux driver for ESS allegro-1 card? Please help thanks
Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight answer please
Hello, I don't blame linux for not having drivers or surport for my hard ware. I believe that the company that makes the device should do this not mandrake or any other distro. Like you said M$ put the companies on the spot and they should not be aloud to do this. If only our politations would do the right thing and look after the people. My video card has linux drivers on the cd. But I did not need them as mandrake 7.1 worked first time with no problems at all. I have three distros and am playing around with them to see which one I like. Why use linux cause windoze costs heaps and crashes heaps. I am going to learn linux even if it kills me. I am having fun trying to upgrade kde 1.x to kde 2.01 I have all the files on cd for suse 7 but now the fun begins how do I use them. I did try kpackage but it won't look at the rpm files, I think it might be me not knowing how to use it, but I'm not complaining about this as this is part of the learning curve. And having a lot of fun learning. Anthony Daniell Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Friday 29 December 2000 11:57 am, Hipolito Lopez wrote: > > That's a fact. > > I don't have anything against microsoft, but the reality is that the > > windows based operating system (win2k, win9x) it doesn't deserve to > > be called operating system. > > Leaving out Win2k, you're right as far as you go. WinX.x -> Win ME > is a GUI that runs on top of DOS. The combination can be just as > effective for many users, as using KDE or Gnome (and other GUI's) on > Linux. The caveats are the same with either GUI/OS, including Win2k. > The user must take reponsibility for learning and maintaining both his > hardware and software. For most Windoze users this is actually easier > than for most Linux users. Usually revolves around keeping the > Registry cleaned and optimized using native DOS tools that come with > Windoze. EG, scanreg /fix and scanreg /opt run from a pure DOS > environment, no Win GUI overhead active or present (ie, NOT an on > boot). Most all Windoze users don't/don't know how to do this. There's > similar situations with GUI/Linux users. > > The main problems for M$ users is the binary only, closed source, > proprietary nature of the device drivers, many of which aren't M$ > certified, and the system problems and security issues they introduce. > But guess what, this is also becoming a similar situation and large > problem for the GUI/Linux community. Actually, it has been for some > time now. > > M$'s real disservice is not the quality of their software, but the > influence they exert on hardware manufacturers. The result has caused a > quick deteriration in the quality and capability of available hardware. > 'Specially from the manufacturers and venders most often pressed the > hardest by M$, the big ready mades (Dell, Gateway, Compaq, etc.). It > also is extended upon high volume specialty manufactures (motherboards, > modems, video/ sound cards, etc.) This deterioration is also a large > problem for Linux users, particularly the ones that blame problems they > experience on the distro they just failed to install/setup. Those that > say "but it works fine with Windows", or complain when they have to d/l > binary drivers for their new video card, and blame Mandrake for not > providing them when they can't get 'em working properly. > > Oh, well... another of my hardware, user reponsibility rants ;> > -- > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Hi Roman, Have a happy new year. I'm going to. I am playing with kde now trying trying to upgrade to 2.0.1 and having a ball. Anthony Daniell (Tony) Romanator wrote: > > Hey Tony, > > Have a Happy New Year. > > Cheers! > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 > > Anthony Daniell wrote: > > > > Ok I think you can contact them at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I am still waiting for a reply to my email about there > > cameras and that was three weeks ago. > > > > Anthony Daniell. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 2:19 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux > > > > > Does HP make their own printer drivers as well? > > > > > > If I had the e mail address I would > > > e mail them and tell them they need > > > to write linux drivers for their mice > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Anthony Daniell wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:17 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux > > > > > > > > > > > > I am locked into bad mouse support by 2-button mouse users. Linux mouse > > > > support is hardly configurable at all. I have seen the sawfish mouse > > > > dialog. Ridiculous. > > > > > > > > Very true indeed. Kde should build a special mouse driver for mice that > > have > > > > a scrol wheel and side buttons. Mine has four buttons and a scroll > > wheel. > > > > And the people who make the mice should write software for linux also. > > After > > > > all there are a lot of people using linux today. > > > > > > > > I feel that if every one using linux sent email to the logitech company > > > > asking for drivers/software for there products then they might do > > something > > > > about it. i just bought a new printer, a lexmark Z32 because they have > > > > drivers for linux. And the Z52 has drivers for linux also. > > > > > > > > My mouse is a ms intelli mouse explorer and whith the software for > > windoze I > > > > can get the buttons to do what ever I want them to do, and I can change > > the > > > > icons as well. But I bought it because it does not have a ball in it and > > can > > > > use it as either ps2 or usb. > > > > > > > > I also feel that linux should have surport for IDE CD Burners, not just > > > > SCSI. > > > > > > > > Regards Anthony Daniell > > > > > >
[newbie] Library Paths needed during install
I'm installing some software that gives the error "libexpect5.28.so is needed by...". I know that it is looking for Expect v 5.28. I have Expect 5.31 installed. I have even tried creating a symbolic link using the name that the software is looking fordoesn't work. :-( How can I find out which library_path the RPM software is looking for? And how/where do I globally set it? Roger
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot
add this lines to your lilo: other=/dev/hdxx label=w2k table=/dev/hdx map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 note that you need to put the right xx in other and table. this work for me. good luck. erylon hines wrote: > On Sunday 03 December 2000 23:35, you wrote: > > I have a dual boot computer with W2K and Mandrake 7.2 on it. The Windows > > boots from drive C: and the Mandrake is on /dev/hdb5 . When it was > > installing I was asked which drive the Linux was booting from and I said > > /dev/hdb5. I then made a backup boot disk for the Linux. The problem is > > that my computer will only boot Linux from the floppy and if I try to boot > > it from the Lilo in the MBR I get an error message that /dev/hdb5 is not > > bootable. How do I make my Linux partition bootable so that I won't need > > to use the rescue diskette to boot it. Both W2K and Linux show up as > > options in the lilo menu. I have checked the lilo.conf to make sure that > > the Linux is pointing to /dev/hdb5 and have rerun lilo several times. > > > >Thanks. ...Dave > > Stop right where you are!! Don't hose anything--it's not that hard, I dual > boot NT and W2K with Linux on lots of defferent boxes. From your > description, it looks like LILO may be installed exactly where it should > be--hdb5. My experience has been that NT/W2K doesn't like to boot from LILO, > so you'll need to use the NT bootloader to boot and choose your operating > systems. So, once you have your system booting W2K perform the following > steps: > > Do everything in Linux as root > > 1. Boot Linux with your boot disk > > 2. Mount your floppy drive (its probably already mounted, but just in case > it's not the command is #mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > 3. Put a DOS formatted floppy in the drive and type: > > dd if=/dev/hdb5 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/floppy/boot.Lnx > > Remember, if LILO ain't on hdb5, you'll have to change the command to > reflect where it actually is. What you did is copy LILO to a DOS floppy and > named the LILO file"boot.Lnx" > > 4.Close Linux and reboot into W2K > > Now you need to write the floppy's boot.Lnx to the W2K "boot.ini" > > 5. Open Explorer and copy the boot.Lnx file to the root of your W2K drive > > 6. Using Notepad, open the "boot.ini" and add the line > c:\boot.Lnx="Mandrake 7.2 " > to the end of the file > > This is what mine looks like: > > [boot loader] > timeout=10 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINNT="Microsoft 2000 Professional" /fa > c:\boot.Lnx="Mandrake 7.2" > > 7. Right click on "My Computer", click on "properties"--this brings up the > System Properties window. Click on the "Advanced" tab and the "Startup and > Recovery" button at the bottom. If the first check box is unchecked put a > check in it and then set the number of seconds to display before booting into > the Default OS. > > 8. With no floppies in the drive, reboot and you should see your operating > system choices. > > For anyone using WINNT, you might have to write your boot.ini file, because > your's may be blank. Then at step #6 you'll need to drop to an MSDOS prompt > and type: > C:>attrib -s -r boot.ini > > Then write your boot.ini file and reset your attributes by typing: >C:>attrib +r +s boot.ini
[newbie] cannot send mail with kmail
Hi all, does anybody have any idea why the kmail "send" button stopped functioning. i use mandrake7.0. thanks for any help.
[newbie] vmware
Dear All, I just purchased and downloaded VMware 2.0.3 for my Linux-Mandrake 7.2. I downloaded the rpm file. In the process installation could not proceed because I needed some C compiler files? I do not think I did install anything for programming during installation. What C compiler programs would I need for this and would they be on one of my Linux 7.2 disks? Thank you for your help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Registered User
That was S funny...mark... Mark Weaver wrote: > > You send $1 to every person on this list and then we all get together in a > quarum and decide upon what number to issue to you. then you point your > browser at this site: > > http://counter.li.org > > -- > Mark > > / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat > * in order to get the rats up from below decks > * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! > * > * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 > */ > > <*REPLY SEPERATOR*>> > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 Dickman, Jeff had this to say! > > > > > How do I become a registered Linux User? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > > >
Re: [newbie] No NUMBER lock?
I was looking for a solution to this earlier and came across the following : http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg30698.html http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg30762.html and http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx/ But, if you are (like me now) using Mandrake 7.1, it is turn on when you start xwindow. HTH
Re: [newbie] supermountZipdrive
Dear All, I have been able to use my zip drive in 7.2 with no problem however all of a sudden I cannot open it. I get a message that I have no access rights and this is in root or as a user. I went to Drakconf already to change permissions but it has not changed anything. It was working fine until I calibrated my printer. I am sure there is no connection however that is all that I did tonight. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Oh, I have an internal Atapi zip drive and I have 7.2LM. Thanks, Marcia
[newbie]7.2 gnapster
Dear All, Has anyone tried any of the napster clones with 7.2 yet? I have the gnapster and it seems to get the music fine . Unfortunately Kaiman does not work at all for playing the music. The Xmms player works except the music fades in and out. I do not know if the problem is with KDE2 downloading music or with the players themsselves. I certainly would like this up and running well in 7.2. The music player in 7 worked very well. Is there another player I can try? Thank you. Marcia
[newbie] 7.2 printing
Dear All, I went to the console and typed xpp and got a sign that no printer was found. My printer is not being recognized. It was working fine in 7. I have read all of the printer help pages and tried all of the setups and none are working. Any ideas? Clue: When I still had 7 I downloaded cups. I got a note that it could not be downloaded because of some kind of conflict. That is when my computer went haywire. I could not send out email after that then I could not print either. I shut down, rebooted then I found that X did not work. I decided to reinstall 7 the next day. The printer worked again in 7. Later that day I received my 7.2 and installed that the next day. Ever since I have not been able to print. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Screen Dies When X Boots Up
root wrote: > > This is a strange one to me. I just installed Mandrake 7.2 GPL(clean > install). When I boot up with LILO and select the default (linux), my > monitor goes black when X starts up. The led on the monitor goes amber > like it's no longer recieving signals from the video card. > BUT, when I boot up and select FailSafe, and change absolutly nothing at > the config screens (I just hit enter when it pops up) it boots into X > just fine.? > > Info: Pentium MMX 200 > WD 33100 3.1Gig HD > WD 36400 6.4Gig HD > Diamond Stealth2000 Pro (Virge Chipset) > Realtek 8029 PCI Ethernet > 3Dfx VooDoo2 3D Accelerator > SB16 SoundCard Model#CT2940 > Creative 52xMx CDRom > Optiquest V775 Monitor > Logitech FirstMouse+ Serial > > If you need any other info, let me know. Thanks! You know, it is funny that you mention that. The same thing happens to me when I boot using loadlin or BootMagic. Same thing happens with Red Hat, too. I don't have a problem with Lilo, though.
[newbie] Screen Dies When X Boots Up
This is a strange one to me. I just installed Mandrake 7.2 GPL(clean install). When I boot up with LILO and select the default (linux), my monitor goes black when X starts up. The led on the monitor goes amber like it's no longer recieving signals from the video card. BUT, when I boot up and select FailSafe, and change absolutly nothing at the config screens (I just hit enter when it pops up) it boots into X just fine.? Info: Pentium MMX 200 WD 33100 3.1Gig HD WD 36400 6.4Gig HD Diamond Stealth2000 Pro (Virge Chipset) Realtek 8029 PCI Ethernet 3Dfx VooDoo2 3D Accelerator SB16 SoundCard Model#CT2940 Creative 52xMx CDRom Optiquest V775 Monitor Logitech FirstMouse+ Serial If you need any other info, let me know. Thanks!
[newbie] Wheel mouse
> Hi everybody. I have just a quick question for you all. I have a > Logitech MouseMan Optical and I was wondering, how do you make the > wheel work on it? Thanks a ton! Joe
Re: [newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux
Thanks to all fro the replies. I''ll try the expert list Regards, Colin Close Doug McGarrett wrote: > > I think you're asking on the wrong list. Try the "expert" list. > Probably most of the folks reading here do not even understand > the first of your questions! (I speak for myself, of coourse.) > --doug > > At 11:48 AM 10/25/2000 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I'm new to Linux but I cut my teeth on SVR4 so I'm pretty familiar > >with Unix like systems; but I'm stumped on this one. > > > >I'm trying to build a program that uses the mesa3d libs the package > >(freedraft-0.38) uses the standard GNU configuration tools which are > >normally very effective. In this case however it is not finding the > >requisite libraries even though they exist. The problem seems to be due > >to library versioning I can make the configure scripts work by > >symbolically linking (for example) libGLU.so.1 to libGLU.so but this > >seems to me to be wrong in that I shouldn't have to do this if library > >versioning is working properly. I have run ldconfig as well as checking > >that /etc/ld.conf.so contains an entry for the path where the libraries > >are stored all to no avail. > > > >Can anyone help here??? > > > >I also have a minor configuation query. When working on SVR4 it was > >possible to run man on the console and then press the DEL key to kill it > >and get back to the command promt without the screen being cleared. This > >was very conveniant because the remnants of the manual page were left > >displayed thus making typeing the syntax of an unfamiliar command less > >of a memory feat. I can do this in any of the terminal windows supplied. > >As soon as I press q to get out of less the screen is cleared. I would > >like to change this behaviour but I don't know whether it is a function > >of man less or the terminal app. > > > >Any ideas??? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Colin H. Close > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux
Hi, I'm new to Linux but I cut my teeth on SVR4 so I'm pretty familiar with Unix like systems; but I'm stumped on this one. I'm trying to build a program that uses the mesa3d libs the package (freedraft-0.38) uses the standard GNU configuration tools which are normally very effective. In this case however it is not finding the requisite libraries even though they exist. The problem seems to be due to library versioning I can make the configure scripts work by symbolically linking (for example) libGLU.so.1 to libGLU.so but this seems to me to be wrong in that I shouldn't have to do this if library versioning is working properly. I have run ldconfig as well as checking that /etc/ld.conf.so contains an entry for the path where the libraries are stored all to no avail. Can anyone help here??? I also have a minor configuation query. When working on SVR4 it was possible to run man on the console and then press the DEL key to kill it and get back to the command promt without the screen being cleared. This was very conveniant because the remnants of the manual page were left displayed thus making typeing the syntax of an unfamiliar command less of a memory feat. I can do this in any of the terminal windows supplied. As soon as I press q to get out of less the screen is cleared. I would like to change this behaviour but I don't know whether it is a function of man less or the terminal app. Any ideas??? Regards, Colin H. Close [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Email server suggestions
Hello, I am currently running hawkeye to do my web page server and email server stuff. I would like to switch to Apache for the web stuff but an unable to find any info for programs to do pop mail for me. Do any of you have suggestions? Thanks Eric
Re: [newbie] Ulysses-3 iso
shouldnt be listed as root it is not in my preferences Salane Larry Hignight wrote: > I'm able to dl them from rpmfind you may want to stop loging in as > root. Someone might be tempted to play a joke on you. ;) > > root wrote: > > > > anyone got another mirror of ulysses-3 iso's > > > > -- > > If you have to ask you can't afford it. > > -- > 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 > -- If you have to ask you can't afford it.
[newbie] Ulysses-3 iso
anyone got another mirror of ulysses-3 iso's -- If you have to ask you can't afford it.
Re: [newbie] penguin icons
Larry go into the drakconf click user addition and at the bottom you will see icon and a down arrow. you can select the icon to use with the user...unfortunately I don't know how to change an existing user. Larry Marshall wrote: > I stumbled on a "simple" thing today that had me scratching my head. > I helped a buddy install Mandrake 7.0 today. In doing so we set up an > account for him (his name is Bob) and Mandrake decided to make his > login icon a girl. I did point out to him that it was a cute girl but > he preferred the bald penguin as it more resembled his own dome. > > Anyone know where this info is held and how Mandrake is deciding what > icon to use? I'm presuming there's some sort of look up table > somewhere as if we called him Rob he suddenly became a guy penguin :-) > > As an aside, I didn't realize until I got home that my installation > doesn't even have icons, which suits me fine but what did I do to get > rid of them (or lose them if that's your view)? > > Not the most pressing of Linux questions but certainly a curiosity. > "man silly penguin icons" didn't generate any answers :-) > > Cheers --- Larry
[newbie] umm i have no sound!!
Well it appears as if the install worked fine except that my sound card doesn't work. I have no idea what could be wrong with it as this is the first time i have ever worked with linux... please someone i need some help! - Stickus -
Re: [newbie] Linux4Win - never again
I didn't have the same experience, but i thought It was very slow. It also limits the number of packages you can install. I believe it has a 1GB limit. Better off Dual booting. Veikko Mäkinen wrote: > I downloaded Mandrake 7.1 yesterday, burned a cd and just (4 hours ago) tried to >install Linux 4 Windows... Setup crashed and after that I wasn't able to boot Windows >or Linux. After four hours of struggling I finally got Mandrake uninstalled (the >uninstall programme didn't work from DOS) and Windows back to normal. > > That was a bit frightening experience and I really can't recommend Linux4Win after >this. > > Anyone had better luck? > > -veikko £:-) > > P.S. I'm using Win95 by the way. Anyone tried with 98 or 2000?
Re: [newbie] X setiathome
Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen. > I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version > to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now. > > Thanks in advance Hi Andrew. I'm running Seti@Home myself. In order to run the X version (graphics) to work, you need the following command line: ./setiathome -graphics & ./xsetiathome The -graphics option tells the setiathome prog to send it's output in a format readable by the xsetiathome bit. I also run a text-only version in another directory, i.e, two copies at once, although the x client can only see one at a time. Incidentally, have you tried look@seti - this enables you to see multiple instances simultaneously - even if they are on remote machines. There is even an option to view a skymap showing the area that your signals came from! Hope that helps. Regards, Ozz.
[newbie] Dependency Problem
Re-set due to bounce... > Hi. > > I am trying to install modutils-2.3.14-1.i386.rpm but I'm getting the > following error: > > Dependency Problem: > /sbin/is_depmod_necessary is needed by initscripts-4.72-13mdk > > Does anyone know where I can get this file? > > Regards, > Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Ipchains - i have a question...
with ipchains i would like to take all incoming traffic on port 21 and send it to a peticular machine on my network. my linux box is mandrake 7.1 and i have 2 nic's in it. PMFirewall is installed and working smoothly, no problems there. anyone know the syntax? i was reading through but its a lot to take in for a newb like me. ipchains -A input -s $REMOTENET -d $OUTERNET 21 -j ACCEPT well this didnt exactly work, im not sure what $OUTERNET is in comparasin to $REMOTENET well, can anyone help please? and yes i am about to try to join pmfirewall list but this is still ipchains stuff... thanks On Tue, 08 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Hi Kelly... > > You will need a dialer program like kppp to dial your modem. You use ipchains to >prevent users-hackers- (outside of your network) from using your resources through >your dialup connection. > > Best of luck! > > Steve Weltman > - Original Message - > From: Kelly > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:06 PM > Subject: [newbie] Ipchains > > > Is there a way to make ipchains dial (modem) on demand? > I want to set up a server to dial and log into my isp when ever we open a browser >or email. > Thanks > kelly > > Visit my web site > Kelly's Vikings page > http://www.mnsports.addr.com > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] *delicate cough* - some constructive suggestions
Hi guys. I must admit that I am sending much of my e-mail from root. You are correct in that this is generally a Bad Thing. However, I am making so many changes to my system at the moment, many of which have to be done as root, that it is impractical to keep changing. Once I have got this laptop sorted I'll be back to my user account. Thanks for your concern though guys #;-D Regards, Ozz. "L. H. LOO" wrote: > > I do not believe he is "sends e-mail from the root account". More likely > he is just advertising himself. ( Ozz, I am just joking ;-), no hard > feelings please) > Regards > > At 14-08-2000 08:17 PM, you wrote: > >hey Austin, this is way of topic, but what kinda sysadmin sends e-mail from > >the root account? kinda dangerous if you ask me (of course no one would ever > >ask me, I are a newbie and proud)
Re: [newbie] *All coughed out*
You are right - I made a typo for hda4 - that should have read hda5. It is hda4 that does not exist on this system. Thank you for pointing out my error. Regards, Ozz. "L. H. LOO" wrote: > > PMJI, I thought you should have a hda5 partition ? But I could be wrong, > since I am such a "sin kek" (aka newbie) myself ;-) > > At 13-08-2000 10:43 PM, you wrote: > >My configuration has three FAT32 partitions on a single 6Gb disk, plus > >the suspend partition, plus three Linux partitions! > > > >hda1 - suspend to disk > >hda2 - Win98 C: (FAT32) > >hda3 - Win98 D: (FAT32) > >hda4 - Extended, contains: > >hda6 - Win98 E: (FAT32) > >hda7 - Linux Swap > >hda8 - Linux /boot (ext2) > >hda9 - Linux / (ext2) > > > >Regards, > >Ozz.
[newbie] Mail Bounces
I don't know about you guys, but my last few posts have been bouncing... Regards, Ozz.
[Fwd: Undeliverable: Re: [newbie] modem]
System Administrator wrote: > > Your message > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] modem > Sent:Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:42:58 +0100 > > did not reach the following recipient(s): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:16:09 +0100 > The recipient name is not recognized > The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a= > ;p=NTDOMAIN1;l=NTSERVER10008141216QXLLCKXY > MSEXCH:IMS:NTDOMAIN1:NTSERVER1:NTSERVER1 0 (000C05A6) Unknown Recipient > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] modem > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:42:58 +0100 > From: "Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Collin Schroeder wrote: > > > > hi my name is collin I am having trouble installing my us robotics 56k > > internal voince fax modem. when I use hardrake and detect isa devices it > > says that it detects a modem but under kppp I am unable to dial in. I know > > the modem uses com2 and irq3 under windows but when I checked the irqs in > > mandrake irq3 was not being used. this let me know that the modem indeed > > wasn't installed but hardrake wont install it either. > > I went into setup under modem and made sure that it was set to tts3 (com2) > > and I did the same thing in linux conf but i am still unable to dial out > > under mandrake. > > When you say you are unable to dial out, what exactly is the problem? > What error message (if any) do you get? > > I have a problem with my PCMCIA modem in that it says the modem is > busy. However, I can get round this by setting it to irq polling mode. > If that is your problem, then try using setserial as follows: > > setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 0 > > remember to change the ttyS1 to suit your port... > > Regards, > Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Wrong Kernel Reported
Cindy Bartorillo wrote: > > My lilo.conf reads: > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > which is a link to the new kernel. So I figured I shouldn't have to change anything. > Does lilo need to be rerun anyway? I'd really like to understand what goes on here. Yes, lilo does indeed need to be rerun anyway. Regards, Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Wrong Kernel Reported
Cindy Bartorillo wrote: > > I just took a deep breath and updated my kernel from the 2.2.15-4 that came > with my brand-new Mandrake 7.1 to the 2.2.16-9 that the Update feature said I > needed. As recommended I downloaded the rpm's myself and installed them by > hand. Everything seems to have gone OK. > > But when I rebooted, the opening screen says I have 2.2.15-4, and so does the > KDE Control Center, and so does the Netscape site. > > I have the new 2.2.16-9 directory and the links in /boot definitely point to the > new kernel. So why won't anyone acknowledge it? > > CindyB Did you make sure that lilo is aware of the new kernel? You need to edit /etc/lilo.conf to point to your new kernel, then re-run lilo to enable lilo to find the new kernel. Regards, Ozz.
Re: [newbie] modem
Collin Schroeder wrote: > > hi my name is collin I am having trouble installing my us robotics 56k > internal voince fax modem. when I use hardrake and detect isa devices it > says that it detects a modem but under kppp I am unable to dial in. I know > the modem uses com2 and irq3 under windows but when I checked the irqs in > mandrake irq3 was not being used. this let me know that the modem indeed > wasn't installed but hardrake wont install it either. > I went into setup under modem and made sure that it was set to tts3 (com2) > and I did the same thing in linux conf but i am still unable to dial out > under mandrake. When you say you are unable to dial out, what exactly is the problem? What error message (if any) do you get? I have a problem with my PCMCIA modem in that it says the modem is busy. However, I can get round this by setting it to irq polling mode. If that is your problem, then try using setserial as follows: setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 0 remember to change the ttyS1 to suit your port... Regards, Ozz.
Re: [newbie] *All coughed out*
Romanator wrote: > > I must have spent half a day formatting and repartitioning. Windows 95, > Windows 98 require > a single DOS partition for M$ Setup to continue. I always make a single FAT > partition just in case. For some bizarre reason, if you have multiple > paritions with FAT32, Win98 will not install. I recently re-installed Win98 SE on my laptop (I still need access to my USB accessories!), and other than blatting lilo it worked fine. My configuration has three FAT32 partitions on a single 6Gb disk, plus the suspend partition, plus three Linux partitions! hda1 - suspend to disk hda2 - Win98 C: (FAT32) hda3 - Win98 D: (FAT32) hda4 - Extended, contains: hda6 - Win98 E: (FAT32) hda7 - Linux Swap hda8 - Linux /boot (ext2) hda9 - Linux / (ext2) Regards, Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Install to a laptop without a CD drive?
Carjam wrote:
>
> Yes. It is expensive. It is also free, if you know where to look. Not sure
> how much it costs for an official copy. Interlink, however, is free. It
> comes with dos, and it is technically illegial to download or distribute it.
> But it is not for sale anywere, so your not doing anything wrong, right?
However, Interlnk does not handle long filenames - only the old
DOS-style 8.3 format. Also, it gets unreliable when used with large
disks ('large' in this case being a gig or so, IIRC).
It requires both machines to be running DOS - not exactly ideal for
installing a 'real' operating system #;-D
Regards,
Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Freshmeat?
It's freshmeat.net, NOT .com Regards, Ozz. A V Flinsch wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Works fine for me. > > > > > Has anyone else besides me had trouble getting to Freshmeat.com the past few > > > days? > > > > I have been having problems on and off for the past week. It seems to depend on > which of my isp's dialup numbers I use. I can get to freshmeat using one, but > not the other, while I can get to my newsserver using the dialup that can't > connect to freshmeat, but not on the one that can connect. Seems to be a > routing problem somewhere. > > -- > Alex > (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
[newbie] slow sound (mp3) playing
Hello ! I have installed Mandrake 7.1 and then started problems with sound (when I had RedHat 6.0 there was none). The main problem is that MP3's are playing about 2 times slower. You hear it like tape in slow-motion. I've been checking almost everything, and couldn't find why is it hapening. Sound Card is set properly, no conflicts, MIDI's are playing OK, but MP3 ... not. Maybe it's MPG123 problem (xmms is using it too?). I have got kind of old computer : P233 Notebook with ESS1688. I was using sndconfig to configure sound. If someone has any ideas of solving this problem, help me. Please ... Przemek Maciolek Europe -> Poland -> podkarpackie -> Gnojnica
[Fwd: [newbie] Star Office Install]
Re-sent due to bounce (!)
> Tim wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just spent FOREVER downloading Star Office 5.2 from the Sun site ("only" 100
> > MB ... dunno why it took all day. My ISP will blame net-congestion, Sun
> > would blame my ISP ... in any case the file's here).
>
> Me too - I'm on a 56k modem ;-(
>
> > It's a file ending in .bin I can guess "binary" BUT double-clicking (or
> > just clicking) gets me nowhere(!). Nothing is associated w/ ".bin" files.
>
> That should work - although it takes a while to start up. It took best
> part of a minute to do anything on this machine (Laptop, AMD k6/2 @
> 380Mhz, 64Mb RAM).
>
> Other than that, try checking the permissions (chmod 755)
>
> Regards,
> Ozz.
[newbie] [Fwd: No messages for 2 days]
Re-sent due to bounce(!) > > You and me both. I've just received a copy of a post I made five days > ago (Sunday)! > > Regards, > Ozz. > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > I don't know but I wish I did. > > > > -- > > Mark > > > > ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** > > > > > > > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Paul Marriott wrote: > > > > > Looks like it's a general problem. Nothing (or very little) is coming > > > through... > > > ¿Waz 'appening?? > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Have I unwittingly unsubscribed or is there a problem with the list ? > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] No messages for 2 days
You and me both. I've just received a copy of a post I made five days ago (Sunday)! Regards, Ozz. Mark Weaver wrote: > > I don't know but I wish I did. > > -- > Mark > > ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** > > > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Paul Marriott wrote: > > > Looks like it's a general problem. Nothing (or very little) is coming > > through... > > ¿Waz 'appening?? > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Have I unwittingly unsubscribed or is there a problem with the list ? > > > >
Re: [newbie] Star Office Install
Tim wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just spent FOREVER downloading Star Office 5.2 from the Sun site ("only" 100
> MB ... dunno why it took all day. My ISP will blame net-congestion, Sun
> would blame my ISP ... in any case the file's here).
Me too - I'm on a 56k modem ;-(
> It's a file ending in .bin I can guess "binary" BUT double-clicking (or
> just clicking) gets me nowhere(!). Nothing is associated w/ ".bin" files.
That should work - although it takes a while to start up. It took best
part of a minute to do anything on this machine (Laptop, AMD k6/2 @
380Mhz, 64Mb RAM).
Other than that, try checking the permissions (chmod 755)
Regards,
Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Where is the serial number for Boot Magic installation?
Romanator wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Boot Magic but the installation is prompting me > for a serial number. > Look on the sticker. It came on a CD with: "The Multi-Boot Configuration > Handbook" > > I would like to check out this boot loader for my Linux MDK7.1 and > WinNT4. > > Where can I find the number? Do I have to buy the software? > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 Mine was on the "Getting Started Manual" that came with Mandrake. At least, it was with 6.5 - my upgrade to 7.0 was downloaded... Regards, Ozz.
Re: [newbie] Linux resources online
> Anybody else on this list old enough to remember when the "suits" > didn't run things, and games/software were ported to every single > platform, just because they could/it was neat? Circa '80's with > names like Tandy, Atari, Amiga, etc, etc,... ;-) Oh yes - those were the days! I remember thinking all my birthdays had come at once when I managed to upgrade my Sinclair ZX81 from 1kb to 16kb RAM. And, that 16kb cost me more than 64Mb would today... The printer was a small thermal affair that printed on what can only be described as silver toilet tissue at 50cps. One generally printed about 4 copies, and then created one readable copy by the liberal use of scissors/tape... ObOldFogie - I seem to remember a GUI bearing more than a little resemblance to Windoze that ran on a 48k Sinclair Spectrum... Regards, Ozz. "640K RAM is enough for ANYONE." - Bill Gates. PS - The old ZX81 now functions as a very useful doorstop ;-D
Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?
Hi Jeff. The directory in which you installed Star Office should contain a program called 'setup'. Run this and you will be given the option to uninstall. Hope this helps. Ozz. Jeff Malka wrote: > > I would like to uninstall staroffice, which I installed from the mandrake > disctibution CD by clicking on its rpm which brought up "kpackage" which > then installed it. However when I click on kpackage it tells me star office > is not installed, even though it is. What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks. > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered (Newbie) Linux user 183185
[newbie] sending mail problems
I am sending this mail out of a different user profile, because my usual profile gives me an error message saying " netscape cannot create a temporary file", does anyone know how to fix this problem? It is only in my normal user profile and I cleared the caches in that profile. Thanks, I know this is a netscape problem and not linux but I don't belong to any netscape e-mail help groups/
[newbie] How to configure Linux to use TRN
I have installed TRN and would like to use the program. When I run trn I get: no default: Unknow host. News Server no default unavailable, try againn later. I have not setup NNTP on Linux for my News Server. Could someone tell me where I can set this up to add my news server? Thanks!
Re: [newbie] Help!
Mike Dempsey wrote: > > I need to install mandrake without an X based setup. My alpha box won't do > X. > > Please help > > Mike Just do a custom install and when it comes to select the packages to install check the individual package selection box. Browse through the packages and don't install the package related to X. E.g. all the window managers. Xfonts etc LarBor
[newbie] libasound.so.o
Anyone know where I can find the file libasound.so.o. I need it in order to run GLHeretic. Thanks all!
Re: [newbie] TNT2 on X4.0..
Positive. The only difference is that I'm running 7.1. Are you running 7.0 or 7.1? Necrotica wrote: > The Nvidia drivers work great on my machine. I followed the instructions on the > linuxnewbies.org site and they worked flawlessly. > > Are you sure you followed the instructions correctly? > > -Chris > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > Does anyone have a tnt2 set up on X4.0 with opengl working correctly. > > All of my mesa demos work just fine but Soldier of Fortune and Quake 3 > > are terribly slow. The mouse cursor hardly moves across the screen. > > I can set the gl driver with command like "./sof +set gl_drver > > " > > but it does no good. I have tried the new nvidia drivers using Avartar's > > NHF on Linuxnewbies.org but then I get dumped to a command prompt when I > > try to run and opengl stuff. Any suggestions? ;-)
[newbie] Install did not load Linuxconf (desktop icon)
Greetings, group...I have a question about the recent install that I completed... My PC is a TP600, 300MHz, 96MB, 6.4GB, xircom cardbus (tulip_cb) 100+56k, and Linux Mandrake 7.02. Running pretty well, except the icon for the Linuxconf on the desktop is dead...Can't excecute it, nor does it show a process running when I attempt to run it (by clicking on it or executing it by command). I looked in the RPM list and it is loaded. I unloaded it and reloaded it with the CDROM, no change. I even tried upgrading (and restarting) from the web. I have access to the text version, and I am pretty comfortable with it, but I really like the graphical one. If anyone has a suggestion (other than be happy that it works!! ;) ), please let me know. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration, Steve Weltman
[newbie] lilo troubles again (sorry!)
i'd like to thank dave & charles & the folks that offered help my lilo/ win2000 problem. unfortunately, i'm still having trouble with it :( i installed the latest lilo build and went into linuxconf and told lilo to use the linear option (which supposedley takes care of reading larger hard discs like mine - a 20gig with win2000), I reboot and get the 1's and 0's...i then edit my /etc/lilo.conf file by adding the lba32 line before my win2000 drive entry, saved, restarted, and 1's and 0's again. I have tried installing lilo to the mbr, to the root dir, and to hda1 where my win2000 partition sits on the 1st hdd without any luck; when i run /sbin/lilo in a term it gives the following output: Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Added linux Added windows Added floppy so that's it...does anybody have the slightest idea as to why this is not working? my win2000 part is FAT32, and not NTFS! i've done 4 linux installs on 4 different win95-98 machines without any problems and cant figure this one out. please, for the love of god somebody help! p.s. i know there is a NHF at linuxnewbie.org for this, but if there's any way i can get through this without adding another partition on my win2000 drive for lilo, it'd be great (if no, then ah wellhell with it - boot with the floppy :(
[newbie] Gnome problem
Just installed Mandrake 7, the second time I booted the machine the Gnome taskbar is missing. Does anyone know how to fix this ? cheers, Scott.
Re: [newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Drake X wrote: > Anyone know anything about VMware? I was looking at their website > (vmware.com) recently. They say you can run both Linux and MS Windows on 1 > computer at the same time in their own virtual desktops! They have a 30 day > Linux trial copy to download. I don't know what happens after the trial > period ends though. I have VMware, and it's pretty cool. it boots windows in its own virtual machine, in a window. It does work, but the performance is quite slow (as can be expected, it IS windows, after all.) I think it just stops working after the trial. haven't gotten there yet.
Re: [newbie] No sound for Desktop!
Paul wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2000, root wrote: > > >I have installed Mandrake 7.0 as a dual boot with Windows 98. The only > >problem I am having is that I get sound ok for my cds but I cannot get > >any sounds for my desktop! I am using a sound card that I got with my > >Packard Bell Platinum 4400. > > Did you select "Use system sounds" in the desktop config (sound section)? > That is what I had forgotten... > You also need to assign sounds, it does not do that by itself in KDE. > > Paul > > )0(---)0( > > Those who live by the sword > get shot by those who don't. > > )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > Registered Linux User 174403 I tried both, and where you can press test, I still get no sound! The funny thing is the cds play just fine!
[newbie] No sound for Desktop!
I have installed Mandrake 7.0 as a dual boot with Windows 98. The only problem I am having is that I get sound ok for my cds but I cannot get any sounds for my desktop! I am using a sound card that I got with my Packard Bell Platinum 4400.
Re: [newbie] blackbox
Mike Blackbox is fast plus the sounds are great Louis > I just saw the message about blackbox. Has anyone tried it > and if so how does it compare to say a more standard X? > > Mike > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com
[newbie] Lost my kde icons
I reinstalled Mandrake 7.02 yesterday. An indicaation of insufficant memory created an uncontrolable desire to delete large files. :) Not something I will take lightly in the future. Would someone tell me which file I should to reinstall the DrakConf/icons file. Thanks in advance. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Re: Linux Modem Drivers
Thank you for your response. I wish to encourage your company to develope Linux drivers. I use other products, developed by Lucent, and am well satisfied with their performance. > > Unfortunately, Lucent does not yet have a Linux driver. The drivers > available are freeware drivers, which are not developed nor supported by > Lucent. We are not sure when our driver will be available. > > Thank you. > Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group > > > > -- > > From: Bob Root[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 10:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Linux Modem Drivers > > > > Do you have a driver(s) for your LT5.56? > > > > The modem is installed in a Gateway 500P, that I recently acquired. > > > > Thank You. > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] MODEM WORK AROUND
Was just going shopping for a modem this afternoon. Nov I have brands to look for. Thanks Evan. See you later. - Original Message - From: Evan Holt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] MODEM WORK AROUND Hi there, Thanks for the link, I have already put it on my web page because it's an excellent site that I refer to every once and a while. I'm slowly collecting good Linux web links and hope to put up a good Linux page on my site when I get some more time. Unfortunately people have been working on the elusive Winmodem to Linux drivers for quite some time and since Winmodems aren't real modems, I think I'm still going to go support a company such as Diamond or Viking that made 'real' (external/Linmodem) modems and make them look nice. It could be some time before a driver is finished and all of the bugs are worked out. Evan Holt - Original Message - From: Bob Root Evan, I identified my win as a Lucent(DSP) and from a link on the below site found that there are several manufactures that are writing drivers for Linux. Lucent Tech. is one of them. Suggest not buying another modem until you look into Linmodem.com.
Re: [newbie] MODEM WORK AROUND
Evan, I identified my win as a Lucent(DSP) and from a link on the below site found that there are several manufactures that are writing drivers for Linux. Lucent Tech. is one of them. Suggest not buying another modem until you look into Linmodem.com. - Original Message - From: Evan Holt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] MODEM WORK AROUND Hi there, Is there a rpm or program that is a work around for the winmodem problem? I wish, I bought a new IBM Aptiva and it has a Winmodem too :-( You could take a peak at this wonderfull page here http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html it lists most modems and if they are compatable with Linux or not. I'm currently looking on the online auction eBay to see if I can find a good cheap one. Hope that helps, Evan Holt
Re: [newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems
I'm installing LM 7.0 via ftp install and all goes well until the installer tries to retrieve mdkinst_stage2.gz - I always get the error message: "Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Bad server response". Can someone enlighten me as to what I am doing wrong? I have tried every combination that makes sense to me wrt the ftp site name and Mandrake directory location.
[newbie] MODEM WORK AROUND
Is there a rpm or program that is a work around for the winmodem problem?
[newbie] GATEWAY ONLY INSTALLS WINMODEMS ON THEIR SYSTEMS
Just talked to the tech at Gateway. I have a winmodem.:(. In fact it seems that Gateway only installs winmodems on their systems. As I have to replace current modem can anyone recommend a good one?Thanks
[newbie] Still unable to invoke modem.
Where would be a good place to begin to determine problem and make the necessary correction to modem set up. I am able to invoke Drakcomp, but do not seem to run the set up properly. System is a Gateway 500p, 4.2gig. purchased 60 days ago. Howtos, man, available, but I must be overlooking something. Do I rerun setup, from the cd, again, or just attempt to upgrade. I have Linux Mandrake 7.02 on a separate HD, hdb. Another problem is that Linux seems to take 4 or 5 minutes to start, from the boot disk. Thanks in advance.
[newbie] templates-cdrom-floppy
I've just installed Mandrake 7.02 (workstation) but I don't have templates, cdrom and floppy icons in my desktop. what should I do to correct this problem? Thanks in advance, Oder.
[newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems
Hi, just installed 7.0 from the CD that comes with the Sams "teach yourself mandrake in 24 hours". The install went pretty well- partitioned my drive, picked up my network card, zip drive (i think!), network config worked first time, IDed all the available memory - everything seems fine so far except the three basic things - sound. floppy drive and CDROM drive My sound card was correctly identified, but any sounds come out as tones - no bells, roars, crashing windows - just flat tones. The card is an SB Live!. Neither the floppy nor the CDROM drive will mount - any attempt comes back with the error msg like (for the floppy) "mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device" Help ! I would really like to find out what is happening here. Thanks, philomena
Re: [newbie] Internal ATAPI Zip drive
Martin; To mount your internal zip drive; 1st - open a terminal window; 2nd - change to directory "/mnt"; 3rd - make a directory for it (I used "zip"); 4th - now mount it. i.e. cd / cd /mnt md zip cd / mount t- vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip The "sda4" in "/dev" maybe different on your machine. Check the "/var/log/dmesg" file to see what your system thinks it is. Also note that you cannot eject your zip disk until you umount the zip drive. Hope this helps; Bruce :-) Martin Foster wrote: > Hi! > > Just having spent a couple of days installing and configuring Mandrake, I find > that I can access all my drives *except* my internal ATAPI Zip drive. Can > someone please tell me if it's possible to access it and if so, how? > > Regards, > Martin
Re: [newbie] hda/hdb
False Alarm, Setup was successful, now to learn the new language of Linux. - Original Message - From: " Bob Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: [newbie] hda/hdb > Attempting to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Gateway 500p, Linux will have it's > own HD(B). The conflict is that while attempting to install partitions the > boot finds HD(A) and locks up, which is as it should be, I think. > > How do I correctly direct the setup to find HD(B) and ignore the (A)? > > Using the partition program, Disk Druid. > > Bob Root > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
[newbie] hda/hdb
Attempting to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Gateway 500p, Linux will have it's own HD(B). The conflict is that while attempting to install partitions the boot finds HD(A) and locks up, which is as it should be, I think. How do I correctly direct the setup to find HD(B) and ignore the (A)? Using the partition program, Disk Druid. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Lexmark /CAD frustration
Run a search on "LinuxCad". There are also others out there. I may self have been looking. Just now beginning to attempt my first linux setup. - Original Message - From: "Leanne Leith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: [newbie] Lexmark /CAD frustration > Okay, I can't print in beautiful, beautiful, 1200 dpi color anymore, and I can't make money with my cad program anymore. I've already reformatted my entire hard drive for Linux and kissed them all goodbye. See? I was really committed to this! > > I knew you could load Mandrake from windows and partition for Linux, but my question is, now that Linux is my only OS, can I repartition and load Windows on that? Is there an order of operations I'm violating that Linux doesn't like? (Linux devotees - please don't hate me-I can't afford to buy another decent CAD program right now, and it's extra income) > > Thanks! > > > > > *** > chickclick.com > http://www.chickclick.com > girl sites that don't fake it. > http://www.chickmail.com > sign up for your free email. > http://www.chickshops.com > boutique shopping from chickclick.com > *** >
[newbie] Any problems with Gateway's 500
Getting ready to attempt my first installation, this is going to be fun :). wondering if anyone had any advise with regard the Gateway 500. Machine has 128mgs of RAM, and 4.6 HD. Any assistant is appreciated. Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Intel i810 video and Mandrake 7.0
AlrightI need a little more help :) I am running linux Mandrake 7.0 on a box that has the intel i810 graphics chipset built into the board. (Note: I would NEVER purchase a mobo with anything like this built in for myself, but this is my box at work, and I didn't have a choice in that ;) ) Now, the problem is: I can't get the thing to work properly. I've gone to the intel website and gotten the two .rpm's needed for the install, and I've followed the intallation directions as far as I could. Here is where I get hung up. The directions call for me to edit the XF86Config file, to add in the intel chipset. I have done this, and rebooted, only to have the system hang upon restarting the Xserver. I gives me a message about the XF86Config file, and it not recognizing some setting with "My Video Card". Now I have checked and re-checked the XF86Config for errors in my editing, but everything was done just as the directions called for. Does anyone have any insight as to the problem? Have any of you experienced this yourself? Any soulutions whatsoever? Thanks in advance! Travis P.S. - Thank you to those that helped out with the network card (3c905b) problem, I now have that resolved!
Re: RE: [newbie] FTP Sites
I will certainly keep this advice in mind. thanks :) Subject: Re: RE: [newbie] FTP Sites > > In an secondary note: If you let Gateway know that you installed Linux, all > your free phone support is gone. > > Trust me . . . O}:)
