[newbie] Root is gone!!
Can somebody please help me recreate my root username and group I was working in webmin and was removing some groups. NO i ws not dumb and removed them. It was after I rebooted root didn't work. I logged into webmin and root is nowhere to be found. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Time servers
How can i schedule my machine to automatically syncronise with a time server over the internet? The machine looses about an hour a day. And would like it to update every hour. Thanks -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing window managers
I have set KDE to be my default during install. I boot up in init 3 and type startx to load kde. My question is.. How do I change to say Gnome, or any of the other managers ? Thanks -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ALSA
I downloaded a whole lot of alsa rpm files, I installed all of them but whenever I try and use ALSA it tells me that there are no sound cards. I have a SB Audigy card. I dug around it the directories and did find a audigy.conf file, But i can't figure out how to tell ALSA to use it. Can anybody please help. Thanks Tsyko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ALSA
I don't know how or why but after rebooting about twenty times it just works? I am not going to fiddle with it now Thanks Though I do appreciate it. On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:41:47 -0400, Trey Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a whole lot of alsa rpm files, I installed all of them but whenever I try and use ALSA it tells me that there are no sound cards. I have a SB Audigy card. I dug around it the directories and did find a audigy.conf file, But i can't figure out how to tell ALSA to use it. Can anybody please help. Thanks Tsyko What version of Mandrake are you running...did you just do a fresh install/upgrade...was it ever working on this machine? -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 3com USB Modem
Hi all can anybody help me to get my USB 3Com TA ISDN adapter to work with Mandrake 9.1 I can communicate with the modem on /dev/usb/acm/0 but I can't get a connection to the net. Any suggestions.. I probably need initialisation strings for the device Thanks Tsyko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] browsing windows machines over a network
I want to browse Win XP machines over a LAN. Is there a way I can see the shares without knowing a username or password. I.e. using the guest account. With windows I can see the share by just double clicking on the pc name and no username and passwords are asked. I use LinNeighberhood but I get NT_acces_denied. Likewise with xsmbrowser-3.4.0 Any suggestions Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kernel upgrades
I am assuming I need to upgrade my kernel as my radeon 9700 doesn't work with the new intel 875 chipset. X keeps telling me that it can't use AGPGart. What is the easiest way to do this? I am running MDK 9.1. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel compiling problems
Why do I get kernel compiling problems? i.e. Everything goes fine until the make modules part where it gets to a point like isdn, fails and stops compiling? I downloaded the 40mb linux.2.6.test1 file, am I missing some other files or is that a complete file? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] root
Good day how can i set my user up with root privileges? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] radeon 9700
Can anybody tell me why my radeon 9700 pro is so slow with opengl apps in linux? Are there new drivers for XFree4.3.0? Thanks Tsyko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Radeon 9700
Help me please after installing the ¨fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-2.9.13.i586.rpm¨ i run fglrxconfig and set up X i then commit changes to XFree config files. I then try and run X and I get the following error (WW) fglrx: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: init_module: No such device modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod agpgart failed [drm] failed to load kernel module agpgart modprobe: can't locate module fglrx [drm] failed to load kernel module fglrx (EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed! Module called exit() function with value=1 XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0:0 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. can anybody please help me with this. Thank you. Tsyko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Radeon 9700
I did everything that you suggested... still with the same results. Where must i get fglrx.0? the fglrx.0 file was not there regardless of what agp driver I used. here is my X config file Thanks for the Help.. I do appreciate it On Sunday, 6 July 2003 18:56, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 19:23:55 +0100 Tsyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can anybody please help me with this. When you ran fglrxconfig are you sure you selected to use external agpgart support? If you do not have fglrx.0 in /lib/modules/kernel-mdk/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ you probably did not. Also during fglrxconfig there is a question about compatibility, i.e. default, fast operation and compatibility operation; the default for this is #0 but with a Radeon #1 should be chosen. The driver will work, I am using it on a cooker system with a Radeon 9600Pro Charles # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer Load dri # direct rendering EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us_intl Option XkbCompat Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/usbmouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Samsung SyncMaster 955DF HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 50-160 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor2 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Radeon Driver radeon Screen 0 BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier device2 VendorName ATI Technologies Inc BoardName ATI Radeon Driver radeon Screen 0 BusID PCI:1:0:1 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen2 Device device2 Monitor monitor2 DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer
Re: [newbie] Radeon 9700
Could this problem have something to do with my chipset on my motherboard? I have the i875pe chipset? I installed the driver on my wifes machine - she has a 845ge chipset with a radeon 9500 pro and it works without any problems. On Sunday, 6 July 2003 21:23, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:15:20 +0100 Tsyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did everything that you suggested... still with the same results. Where must i get fglrx.0? the fglrx.0 file was not there regardless of what agp driver I used. Do you have the kernel-source installed for your version if the kernel. rpm -q kernel-source. The ATI driver build is different from that of the nvidia. The fglrx driver will build even if the kernel-source is not installed But dri will be disabled because no drm module is created. The XF86Config-4 you list is that for the radeon driver Not that for the glfrx driver which the ATI installation should create. I have attached mine for you to see. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] agp 3.0
is anybody using the intel 875pe chipset with agpgart? I am having problems with mine... I can´t get my radeon 9700 to work Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] fat32
more info on my fat32 problem... here is the lines out of my fstab file i changed the ro to rw and i can now write to these disks but I am nervous of stuffing up the integrety. /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,ro,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d msdos iocharset=iso8859-15,rw,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hde1 /mnt/win_e msdos iocharset=iso8859-15,rw,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hde5 /mnt/win_f msdos iocharset=iso8859-15,rw,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hdi1 /mnt/win_g msdos iocharset=iso8859-15,rw,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hdj1 /mnt/win_h msdos iocharset=iso8859-15,rw,umask=0 0 0 I would like to know if this looks right and can I continue without any problems? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] desktop icons
Please help!!! My icons for the multiple desktops have dissapeared, the oncly way i can change to the other desktops is with ctrl + f1 and so on, The icons were convenient but i don´t know where they went or how to get them back... Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] desktop icons
yeah baby thats what I want Thanks On Friday, 4 July 2003 20:13, Sharrea wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 07:54, Tsyko wrote: My icons for the multiple desktops have dissapeared, the oncly way i can change to the other desktops is with ctrl + f1 and so on, The icons were convenient but i don´t know where they went or how to get them back... Assuming you're using KDE and you mean the pager in the panel at the bottom of your screen: righ-click on an empty space on the panel and select Add Applet Pager Hope that's what you're looking for. Sharrea Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hostnames
Does anybody know why when I assign a host name other than localhost to my machine, X gets incredibly slow, there is also some error that flashes up before X starts that says unkown host name? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] quicktime
How do i play quicktime mov files? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hyper threading
Only one processor Apparently not Is there a way to make it work? On Saturday, 28 June 2003 11:21, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 05:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:23:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Ask it politely? I tried but id didn't listen. Maybe I spoke into the wrong port? Well you could threaten it with winXP. what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes)cat /proc/interrupts say? and unless you are useing the SMP kernel, don't expect hyperthreading to work Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hyper threading
the output is as follows: CPU0 0: 22116IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 7IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1IO-APIC-edge rtc 14: 12291IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 84IO-APIC-edge ide1 16: 3558 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide4, usb-uhci, usb-uhci 18: 2026 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, Audigy 19: 2 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, ohci1394 22:267 IO-APIC-level eth0 23: 0 IO-APIC-level ehci-hcd NMI: 0 LOC: 22062 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 On Saturday, 28 June 2003 13:38, ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 09:51, Tsyko wrote: Only one processor Apparently not Is there a way to make it work? did you not say this was an enterprise kernel? ? post the output from the command mentioned below? On Saturday, 28 June 2003 11:21, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 05:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:23:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Ask it politely? I tried but id didn't listen. Maybe I spoke into the wrong port? Well you could threaten it with winXP. what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes)cat /proc/interrupts say? and unless you are useing the SMP kernel, don't expect hyperthreading to work __ 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] removing dual boot option...have a computer with tons of problems
If you boot of the windows cd again go to the dos prompt and type ´fdisk /mbr´ without the quotes and this should take away the lilo partioning... That´s how I have done it in the past. Tsyko On Saturday, 28 June 2003 17:36, Michael wrote: ok, i've got some problems here. my laptop had been giving me problems for a while. i had dropped it after getting my PC (which is 3x faster), and broke the latch on the CD drive. well, i fixed that. the display is also funky now, but with an external moniter, it's fine. well.. i couldn't get windows to go through an install. was having problems with it. it kept locking up. well, the hard drive had been formatted during the windows 98se install, so i couldn't get into windows. so i attempted to see if i was having hardware or software problems. my solution...install linux md9.1. well, i cleared out the partitions on the hard drive (was split in 2 when windows was installed). i then went and let linux take the entire 4gb hard drive. the install went over fine. i booted into KDE and everything was good. well, then i decided i needed to try windows again, as the PC is the primary computer and i was trying to get the laptop up and running again so myself and the wife could use it with windows (more for her than me really). so i went and started a re-install of linux, got to the partitioning section, formatted the hard drive completely, restarted the laptop, and went and started with a windows install. the windows install went over smoothly, or so i thought. the laptop started up after the install, and it went to the linux boot options. Houston, we have a problem. there's no option for windows, and linux isn't on the laptop anymore. ok, thought i could handle this...i went and restarted with the windows CD, went into MSDOS, deleted the hard drive, re-installed the hard drive, restarted the laptop with the windows Cd in again. it then told me that the hard drive was not formatted and i needed to format to continue with an install. i thought i had fixed it. re-installed windows. rebooted the systemthe linux dual boot option came up again! the hard drive was 100% unconditionally formatted according to windows. so did i really make a big mistake? the drive was set as a FAT32 drive. i don't know how to go in and remove the dual boot option so i can just put plain old windows on the laptop again. to anyone that can help, please keep in mind that you are giving advice to someone that knows NOTHING about programming. i'm COMPLETELY new to this stuff. i've said it in other e-mails to the list recently, but i'll say it againbasic linux starts in a week or so and until that starts, i'm completely clueless about programming. have i completely ruined my laptop for windows now? if i have, it's bitter sweet, because it'll give me a computer to experiment on with linux programming before i go and mess up the PC, but i'd like to have windows back on it again and have 2 computers in the house. thanks to all! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] defragmentation
Ok you can all laugh now... does linux need to be defragmented ? Tsyko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem compiling
when i try to compile a game called kpacman i get the following error checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (= Qt 2.2.2) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation! I have no idea what package needs to be updated... please help Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] defragmentation
Another good reason why linux rocks... This is da bomb On Saturday, 28 June 2003 18:50, Paul wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 22:39, Tsyko wrote: Ok you can all laugh now... Okay, if it humors you: laugh laugh ;) does linux need to be defragmented ? Nope. EXT2 etc. take care of that themselves, since the 'Linux' approach of storing files is different from the way M$-dos does this. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hyper threading
can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Thanks in advance Tsyko LINUX ROCKS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hyper threading
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:23:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Ask it politely? I tried but id didn't listen. Maybe I spoke into the wrong port? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Issues with RAM
I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. System configuration is Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chipset) P4 2.53 1gb Samsung DDR 333 Ram Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM
It just flashes the message on the screen briefly, the screen goes black and then all he keyboard lights flash. (The machine locks up.) On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 11:50 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. System configuration is Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chipset) P4 2.53 1gb Samsung DDR 333 Ram Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. We've noticed that by forcing particular kernel parameters during the installation, especially with RAM, can alleviate installation problems; I'm really rather surprised that this is happening, but firstly, what is the message that you're given? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM
Thanks all. I used a non graphical boot menu and told it not to use a frame-buffer. It now boots fine, I only see 800mb of ram but hell its better than 512mb. Thanks again On Saturday, 21 June 2003 13:20, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 Tsyko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. System configuration is Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chipset) P4 2.53 1gb Samsung DDR 333 Ram Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. You are getting this because the default kernel is compiled to support RAM up to 896MB To address larger memory you have to load with the 'Enterprise kernel' (It is on your CDs) However do not be surprised if your system runs *slower* with the high memory upport. This is because the kernel has to perform extra operations to address large memory. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] webmin
One very stupid question.. How do I launch webmin?? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM
You right I might not need more than 512MB ram, but remember one Famouse person once said a pc will never need more than 640KB of ram... what happened there? hehehehe On Saturday, 21 June 2003 15:22, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday June 21 2003 06:00 am, Tsyko wrote: I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. Add 'mem=860M' to your lilo.conf's append line, and then run 'lilo'. You can then shut down and put the other ram back in. Should eliminate the kernel panic on boot. Another option is to install the enterprise kernel. It's capable of addressing 1gb and more of ram. BUT, you're better off performance wise usin the regular kernel and limiting ram to 860. OTOH, I doubt you'll ever need more than 512 anyhow ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
