[newbie] login problem
Hello, My son recently installed Mandrake 10.1 over 9.2 on my machine. While most things seem to be going smoothly, sometimes it takes a long time to log in. The machine has a p3 and 256MB RAM. It gets to the GUI login screen. I log in, but it then sits there and does nothing for sometimes over 10 minutes. It does it for other users as well, using both KDE and Gnome. It doesn't do it all the time, nor can I see a pattern. Can anyone help? Steve. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] lost drive?
The kernel will recognize all drives at boot. Do a: dmesg | more You can look thru it and see which drives and partitions it sees. or redirect it into a file: dmesg 2 test.txt - Original Message - From: Eric Budinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] lost drive? I tried the mount command listed at the bottom cause the other hard drive should be hdc but it didn't come up. It said mnt/ohd does not exist How do I see if linux even see's the other harddrive? Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave Sherman Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:02 AM To: Mandrake-newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] lost drive? On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 08:47, Eric Budinger wrote: Hi, I just re-installed Linux on my 4 gig hard drive. I have a 4 gig, My Cdrom and a 1.2 gig. On my 1.2gig is my OLD linux system with my old HOME directory. Well I don't see my old drive. My 4 gig is my Pri Master, My CDrom is my Pri Slave and my 1.2 gig is my Sec Master. Help? Eric Linux is not like DOS -- you can't just access a drive by its letter or anything like that. Instead, each drive must be mounted on your root filesystem. You can probably access the drive by mounting /dev/hdc (or maybe /dev/hdb, depending upon how the cdrom was detected). The hard drive devices are named 'hdx' (for hard drive x, where 'x' is a, b, c... in order of primacy on the IDE channel). cdrom's sometimes appear as a hard drive if they are ordinary ide drives, or will appear as scsi devices if they are cd burners. So, assuming your second hard drive is /dev/hdb, you can mount it on your root filesystem as a directory, maybe call it /ohd (for 'old hard drive'). Once it is mounted as a directory, you can access it and do whatever copying or transferring of data you need to do. Then, just unmount it and you are ready to go. The mount command might be something like this (must be done as root): mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc /ohd There are lots of other options to the mount command, 'man mount' for more info on it. Dave -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lots of crashes???
Since it's the weekend, :o) rant on Linux is very stable and beats windows all over the place. But, until the Linux community gets this web browser "crap" resolved, to me, Linux ain't worth the CD it is shipped on. 90% of my usage is surfing the internet. IE 4 has problems, and 5 is worse, but Netscape dying at random is unacceptable. M14 sucks and Netscape 6, well, ain't much better. rant off And we thank you for your support.. Original Message Follows From: Ribbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] lots of crashes??? Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 20:50:30 +0700 On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Mohamed Saad wrote: well... here are the crashes! KDE: I was opening 2 windows of Netscape. And suddenly, the whole system freezed! I just could move the mouse! but i can't do anything! I had to press ctrl+alt+backspace to log out! and it worked! well that means your linux still worked and not crash. just one application crashed, it was X problem. KDE: I pressed Log Out, the screen turned black, and i couldn't Do any thing! i had to press "Reset" Xfce3: It was my first time to even see it! i just used it for 15 seconds!! :) i pressed the button with the penguin, and the whole system freezed!! I had to press "reset" next time try to log from another console and kill the X. Gnome: I was just moving around... It suddenly made a GPF, and told me that this may be due to a bug, and they gave some email to report at! (this is not really serious, as it didn't really crash the system!) try to reconfigure your X server. run Xconfigurator or XF86setup. make sure you choose properly The point is... Why do people say that linux is "ROCK SOLID"?? it is NOT "rock solid"! It is just," more solid than Windows!" I was just wondering!! :) sure linux is ROCK solid. my school server runs with linux and it have 2 year uptime now. -- Rib During the voyage of life, remember to keep an eye out for a fair wind; batten down during a storm; hail all passing ships; and fly your colors proudly. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Can't shutdown
yes it is. what i do is exit from xwindows as the user then at the user prompt "su", then "shutdown" normally. this saves you from logging out and back in as root to shutdown. Original Message Follows From: "Glen M. Chambers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Can't "shutdown" Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:15:08 +0100 Hi all, This seems a strange problem but whenever I'm logged into LINUX as a user I can't shutdown, i..e go into a terminal - says no command. But if I log in as root, I can. Is this right? :( Glen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] amd chip
MDP, I use RH 6.0 and Win98 dual boot on a Packard Bell 955 K6-2 333 system. On board audio and video. 96meg ram. Runs all day, I use it for a gateway/firewall and client. steve Original Message Follows From: "Pittman, Merle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] amd chip Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:21:33 -0230 This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? Thanks. MDP __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] URGENT HELP NEEDED
John, I know it isnt much help, but what I did was load 6.0 back on my machine and get a refund. :o) No, really, there are some problems for some people (like me) on the new 7.0 MacMillan Mandrake. My install was 2:40 using the new or old install methods. I didnt have time to waste, so MacMillan quickly and promptly refunded my purchase price. Original Message Follows From: John N [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] URGENT HELP NEEDED Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 21:10:58 -0700 I installed, from scratch, Mandrake 7. It took 2.75 HOURS - usually takes 35 minutes. The system is now glacially s-l-o-w with far too much hard drive activity. It is also reporting a 2.2GB hard drive as about 5GB !! Have I activated any compression system, like the DOS DoubleDisk, by mistake? I have to have sendmail configured and running by morning so please H-E-L-P !!! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] upgrading RedHat 6.1 to Mandrake 7.0
frank, RedHat 6.2 will be out April 10. MacMillan Mandrake 7 died on my system, and I was trying to upgrade MacMillan Mandrake 6.0 to 7.0 You should only upgrade if you need added hardware support or something else new you NEED. There are current security updates for your RH 6.1 My comment would be "don't upgrade just to upgrade. If you upgrade any system be prepared to tweak a few things. (no real good answer for you I know, just experience) fwiw steve Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] upgrading RedHat 6.1 to Mandrake 7.0 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:36:19 +0200 (MEST) On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, larry wrote: i just installed mandrake. i didn't see the word "redhat" anywhere in the installation. unless you know a hell of lot more than i do, i'd just do a new mandrake install. no, I asked if it is possible to upgrade RedHat 6.1 to Mandrake 7.0 (the homepage states that Mandrake is RedHat-compatible, so I assume that I can upgrade my RedHat 6.1 installation to Mandrake 7.0 without jeopardizing my whole configuration and setup... and I don't want to 'just' install mandrake over my existing system, because it'll take me additional two weeks to recreate my whole enviorment... larry bye Frank __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] HP deskjet 710c
Sven, it will work but you have some work to do. I have a 712HP, it is a "ppa" printer. I call it a "winprinter", kinda like a "winmodem". This site will take you thru the steps to make it work. http://www.httptech.com/ppa/ They also have a mailing list too. steve Original Message Follows From: "Sven Vermeulen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HP deskjet 710c Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:23:19 +0200 hello, I'm trying to get my HP deskjet 710c running under linux mandrake 7.0 with aspfilter but whitout succes. Is there anyone who has his 710c running or can anybody tell me with which HP printer the 710c is compatible? bye, Sven. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] browser
The i386 files run fine on a kernel that is i586, it is backwards compatible usually. Get the common and communicator two files if you want email and newsgroups. Get the common and navigator two files if you want a browser only. Get the 4.72 files, not 4.7 Install the common first, which will uninstall the original also. The install teh corresponding second one you need. I run the Kpackage to do my work in Mandrake. Not the update facility. netscape-common-4.72-6.i386.rpm (must have) netscape-communicator-4.72-6.i386.rpm (email and browser and news) netscape-navigator-4.72-6.i386.rpm (browser only) I use these files on a MacMillan 6.0 system which is i586. steve Original Message Follows From: KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] browser Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:06:42 -0500 which file(s) do I download for the 4.72 update... will it work on Mandrake...seeing as most drake files... are of the i586.rpm format... steve harris wrote: Someone asked earlier about browsers. Not really anything other than Netscape. Mozilla is getting better though, M14 is the latest I think. This 4.72 Netscape is better on my old machine than the 4.61 and 4.70 "stable" versions. Download the 4.72 stable versions from this ftp site. ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/ The single file versions from the Netscape site itself always seemed to be unstable. fwiw steve __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) ===KompuKit=== __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] simple network
Dan, I run the Linksys home kit, $59? at Best Buy. Get this book, contains everything to run a gateway with ipchains, smb, link NT and 98 machines to linux, etc. A good book. I transfer files between the windows and linux machines. The book has an excellent troubleshooting section if what it suggest you to do doesnt work. For example both of my Linux machines would not recognize the Linksys cards. It suggested cat /proc/pci then modify your conf.modules. http://www.idgbooks.com/cgi/fill_out_template.pl?idgbook:0-7645-3335-5:book-idg::uidg34061 I'm in no way affiliated with the book. steve Original Message Follows From: "Dan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] simple network Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 21:47:23 -0500 I am attempting just to set up a simple 2 computer home network using Mandrake 7.0 and Linksys "network in a box" It works under Win98. Anyone know of any "simple" network documentation for this? All I've read so far seems a tad out of my league...for now. Thank you in advance, Dan __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Red Hat 6.2
Phil, is this what you are after? ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/ Wish I had dsl :o( steve Original Message Follows From: "Phil Lamey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Red Hat 6.2 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:27:51 -0600 Anybody where I can download the ISO for Red Hat 6.2 Thanks, Phil Lamey PS: The direct FTP from Redhat.com does not have the new ISO yet. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Laptops
For laptops, this site is very helpful http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ My toshiba 115cs was on the list, I was also able to download the XF86Config file! (toshiba is a little weird about 800x600, actually 800x594 I think) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
vern, you can contact MacMillan and they said they would refund my money. I shipped the package back, I am still waiting. Original Message Follows From: vern [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:39:54 -0500 I've had similar experiences with MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 plus half of my hardware failed to function (video, floppy, CDROM etc.) I'm back with 6.1 or 6.5 as MacMillan calls it, and happy as a clam. I do regret the $50+ I wasted to learn this lesson, maybe something on those other 5 CD's is useful! Vern On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote: On 26/03/00 7:53, steve harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to have said: I bought MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 recently and I experienced the same problems Charles did on it being very slow. Also 6.0 takes about 30 minutes to install, and this new 7.0 took 2:40. Ridiculous. Same here. The install was very long, and my machine is much slower than with 6. Kirk vice | versa Translations from French to English, English to French Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
Herman, I have a K6-2, I have ran 5.2 and 6.0 I had 6.0 running pretty good. Best Buy put 7.0 on sale for $20. 2:40 for the install! 6.0 full install is 20-30 minutes tops. Then the system ran very slow as Charles discribed, something eating up resources horribly. So I did a clean install, destroying my exising installation. No difference. I lost confidence when 5.2 and 6.0 is flawless and 7.0 dies on the same machine. The 3 hour install should have been my first clue as to what was coming.. There must be a hardware problem somewhere as you and others report it runs fine. And no, I wasnt running the win4 install. I even tried creating the boot floppy and running the old text install, no luck. It just sits there forever copying the packages. fwiw steve Original Message Follows From: "Herman R.willett" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:50:01 -0600 Hi: I am curious. I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on six of my machines. All but one went without a flaw. One did not allow the X-Window to come upon install, so I fuddeled around and got it to allow a text install. As it is in a closet and does not require a perminate monitor, this is fine. What were you problems again. Herman On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote: vern, you can contact MacMillan and they said they would refund my money. I shipped the package back, I am still waiting. Original Message Follows From: vern [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:39:54 -0500 I've had similar experiences with MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 plus half of my hardware failed to function (video, floppy, CDROM etc.) I'm back with 6.1 or 6.5 as MacMillan calls it, and happy as a clam. I do regret the $50+ I wasted to learn this lesson, maybe something on those other 5 CD's is useful! Vern On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote: On 26/03/00 7:53, steve harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to have said: I bought MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 recently and I experienced the same problems Charles did on it being very slow. Also 6.0 takes about 30 minutes to install, and this new 7.0 took 2:40. Ridiculous. Same here. The install was very long, and my machine is much slower than with 6. Kirk vice | versa Translations from French to English, English to French Traductions francais-anglais, anglais-francais [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.mcelhearn.com Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem
curtis, go ahead and try it. The instructions come with the lucent download and the program told me what I was doing wrong. (I had to get a new kernel) It figures out what port the lucent is on and creates the /dev/modem link to match it. Try it! Shouldnt hurt anything. (famous last words) Original Message Follows From: "curtis patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:30:24 -0800 do you think my winmodem will work it is a lucent chipset. - Original Message ----- From: steve harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Lucent Winmodem For those needing some confidence to try the Lucent winmodem drivers, even *I* was successful. I am using the Winmodem now. I am using RH6.0, I had previously updated it to a 2.2.9-27mdk kernel. I downloaded the Lucent Zip file. It contains a readme to follow. Running ./ltinst it came back and said this module was compiled for kernel 2.2.12-20 I went to rpmfind.net and downloaded the kernel 2.2.12-20.i386.rpm and installed it. Changed my lilo.conf and ran lilo. Rebooted then tried ./ltinst again. Worked! Fired up Kppp and changed the device to /dev/modem and it worked. (I was using /dev/ttyS1 on an external courier modem) Cool! Kernel in rpm format in which you don't have to compile it. http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/6.1/i386/kernel-2.2.12-20.i386.html Lucent driver: http://www.linmodems.org/#linmodems Get the linux568.zip file. fwiw steve __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] browser
Someone asked earlier about browsers. Not really anything other than Netscape. Mozilla is getting better though, M14 is the latest I think. This 4.72 Netscape is better on my old machine than the 4.61 and 4.70 "stable" versions. Download the 4.72 stable versions from this ftp site. ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/ The single file versions from the Netscape site itself always seemed to be unstable. fwiw steve __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
Anthony, my RAM in my K6-2 machine is 96meg. With two netscape windows open and KDE I am using 29meg. Mine don't use all the RAM at start. But 96 Meg is a lot. I have run MacMillan Mandrake 5.2 and 6.0 with no problems. I bought MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 recently and I experienced the same problems Charles did on it being very slow. Also 6.0 takes about 30 minutes to install, and this new 7.0 took 2:40. Ridiculous. I grabbed the Mandrake 6.0 and threw it back on the machine. I sent 7.0 back, and I am still waiting on a refund from MacMillan. fwiw steve Original Message Follows From: Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:31:56 -0500 I'm not sure why your system is so slow, but I can explain the RAM utilization. I've found out (as I once complained about the same thing that you are) that Linux uses RAM differently than Windows. It'll take up all "x" (in your case 256 MB) RAM soon after bootup. However, it shouldn't affect the performance at all when you open program or anything. Instead of taking the Ram in chunks like Windows, Linux just takes the whole thing at once. So don't worry about seeing 100% ram utilization. Not sure why Linux is slow though for you. my processor is a PIII 450 overclocked to 540( not the problem I've already declocked it and the same thing happens ), I have 256 megs of SDRAM@100mhz, I have two ATA-66 drives one at 18 gigs and another at 27.3 gigs, and a diamond viper v770. It is really wierd... I boot up and look at the system resource manager(I forget the name) and I can see my RAM usage go up by about 6 to 12 megs a second until it is all used up. It doesn't use any of the swap file either. I don't understand. Thanks, Charles Ulwelling -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vic Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 7:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help What is your processor speed, and how fast is your harddrive, like is it an older ide or newer udma33, or scsi? On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Charles Ulwelling mewed: I'm having a serious problem with linux mandrake 7.0. I boot up and with in a matter of seconds my ram utilization goes to max. I have 256 megs of RAM so I don't understand how this could be. It makes linux completely unuseable. I'm booting into KDE. Thanks, Charles Ulwelling -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [[newbie] First...apologies]
Did you run "lilo" after modifying lilo.conf? The changes do not take effect until you run lilo. Just a thought. Original Message Follows From: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] First...apologies] Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:44:09 +1000 When I start Linux with linux mem=128M it boots and reports 128M of ram. When I boot from the lilo.conf file (which has the mem=128M in the append section), it only boots with 65M. Any reasons why this would be so, and is there a way aroudn this/ Wayne PS: it worked first time last time! On Sun, 20 Apr 2036, you wrote: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, after a bad crash this morning after trying to install my new HD I had to reinstall Mdk 7. I have forgotten the command you add to append section of your lilo.conf file to get it to recognise more than 65 MB of RAM. ANy help? Wayne == If it's necessary, add append="mem=128M" You might want to try booting first with linux mem=128 to be certain that it will work with that number. HTH, Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- *** *** Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Humanities and Social Sciences Bond University Gold Coast, Australia *** *** __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] KiKbd error
Got it fixed. As root: Go to KDE Control Center Input Devices International Keyboard I clicked on default, whatever that may have changed. Exited and restarted X Original Message Follows From: "steve harris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KiKbd error Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:30:55 PST Good evening, searched the archives and the internet. Running KDE as root and then exit is one error. KiKbd:X11 error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) It only happens as root and not as another user. Looking at the process manager, KiKbd is running in root, but is not running as another user. I share the same XF86Config, but haven't discovered where X is starting KiKbd as root but not another user. Eliminating KiKbd on root X start may not fix the error, but I hope so. Can anyone tell me which file it's in? Thanks! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i
FlipZ I got the same problem. Passwd didnt help either. Let me know if you get an answer that works. MacMillan said to ship it back for a refund, but I'd like to fix it instead of sending it back. steve Original Message Follows From: "FlipZ" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:57:25 -0600 i got 2 problems: 1. I can't login as root, but i can login as my user and su to root. 2., Startx works with root but not the other users Any help would be greta. FlipZ __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] /usr/bin/expect and network monitoring
I use Ethereal, works good. Search on Freshmeat for the program and homepage. steve Original Message Follows From: dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] /usr/bin/expect and network monitoring Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:30:18 -0800 I'm trying to install the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (mrtg-2.8.9-2mdk RPM for i586). I don't have this file and haven't a clue what it is or where to get it. You'll find it at http://www.tuxfinder.com flupke, Duhoh, I did look for the file. I never thought to look for the rpm, which I already had (on the Mandrake disk ?) :( . Oh well. Now Expect wants to install tk and tcl as well, round and round I go...MRTG is not a simple program and I hope there are some answers to your related post Can anyone tell me where I can find BASIC informations about snmp and networkmonitoring please? cause MRTG is heavy on SNMP Thanks to the URL's posted by you and Sam I've hopefully got a couple of other alternatives more suitable for a newbie: ksniffer, pload, xnetload. .. ..well pload and xnetload are simple in/out graphs for a single interface of your choice, not sure which I like better, neither is very impressive. The ksniffer rpm requires an older version of a file I have, I may look at makeing that one. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Slow Mandrake 7?
I upgraded my Mandrake 6.0 with 7.0 The system appears to run 10-20x slower. Even the mouse jerks across the screen slower. I have compared the processes running to another existing 6.0 system, but I can't see anything obvious to slow the 7.0 down. I deleted a lot of tasks which are started in the */init.d directory, but no help. I am running a K6-2-333 with 96meg ram. It shows all of the ram on boot. After upgrading ran slow, I went ahead and done a clean install with 7.0 Result: still horribly slow. Anyone seen this? I'll keep working on it. HAS to be something simple. TIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
