[newbie] Pronto Help:Seg Faults - new_font
Got pronto instald. Had to dwnld install all the Perl Modules. No problems there. But when I go to run pronto I get this err msg: new_font is not of type Gtk::Gdk::Font at /usr/local/bin/pronto line 5158. Segmentation Fault However, if start pronto like this: 'pronto -subject' it will bring to a compose window fine. What did I do or what do I need to change? Thanks!! Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] More on my SCSI hd problems]]
Thought of this, and did look around Seagate's web site, but didn't see anything. If anyone knows of a util for this, please let me know. Thanks. Ty Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Jun 2000, Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: I did a text install, and it simply bombed shortly after trying to detect the hd's. I jumped thru the consoles, and found that it's having scsi parity err's. What I don't understand is why. Tried prior to that successful install w/ the scsi hd plugged in. Didn't partition it, didn't format, nuthin'. Froze at formating. Any further ideas? If you know the brand of your SCSI disk, perhaps at the website of the manufacturer you can find a low-level disk utility to check the disk. SCSI parity errors sound like a nasty thing, perhaps the disk is not too healthy and needs a low level format. Paul -- Yesterday is Past; Tomorrow is the Future; Today is a Gift...That is why we call it The Present. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] More on my SCSI hd problems]
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10 Jun 2000, Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: I did a text install, and it simply bombed shortly after trying to detect the hd's. I jumped thru the consoles, and found that it's having scsi parity err's. What I don't understand is why. This hd, while an older type is 'new' in that I am the first person to ever use it. I assume that you have the termination of the SCSI setup done properly. That is a pitfall for many people. Paul Yep - worked great prior to installing 7.1. Some added info: I did an ide only install - worked ok (had to restart b/c it didn't want to init the swap space, but after restart it was fine). Tried prior to that successful install w/ the scsi hd plugged in. Didn't partition it, didn't format, nuthin'. Froze at formating. Any further ideas? Thanks!! Ty -- Read the funnies. Throw the rest of the paper away )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] 7.1 -- 2-CD download mystery -- How?]
Digital Wokan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a person sent me 2 CD-R's, the mailer to mail them with, and the money to cover the postage back to them (or have the stamps put on the return mailer yourself before you send it) then I'd be willing to burn .iso's to CD-R for a few people. I might do 1 or 2 per week like that, but with only a 2x burner, I can't offer to do it a lot. I've got a faster burner (6x scsi) and could do the same. Email me privately and we'll see, but I don't promise to be fast - you may well be better off going to cheap bytes. To say my life is hectic is an understatement (I'll trade anyone who has aboring one!!). Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] More on my SCSI hd problems
I did a text install, and it simply bombed shortly after trying to detect the hd's. I jumped thru the consoles, and found that it's having scsi parity err's. What I don't understand is why. This hd, while an older type is 'new' in that I am the first person to ever use it. It will install fine from mdk 7.0.2 (just did yesterday). So . . . is there anything I can do? I'm lost . . . Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re[2]: [newbie] XFree86 v4.0
Is this an online magazine that I can go and read. I prefer to read from online. Thanks, Bambi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is an Online mag (www.linux-mag.com) but they way they encourage you to buy the print version is by having the web version 2 months behind. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [[newbie] Discussion: Changes Found in Mandrake 7.1
Just out of curiosity - IDE or SCSI? I don't remember seeing you specifing anywhere (but I missed the begining of this thread). charles, it's an oemmer for sure and when i called panasonic they said it was too new for the drivers to be on their website. My source(computer123) promised manual, cables Adaptec cd and a 10 pack of recordable media which they provided with the exception of the manual. Windows won't recognize it; Linux will, but only to read from...caveat emptor i guess... =michael= Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Any insight about when 7.1 will be final?
I'm planning to do a massive restructuring when 7.1 finalizes, but I'd like to wait until then. Anyone have any ideas about when that will be? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] GOBACK
What really worries me about GB is it might break linux by re-arranging the bytes on the drive. Try it and see. :) I have 2 PC's that run only winders and one that has winders 2k installed (2.1 GB won't run on it). GB works great on the Windows 98 machines - I'm thankful for it. :) Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Downgrade?
One of the 'cheats' I use for that situation is to make a simlink of the lib it's looking for. Like this: You need lib.something.so.1, but you have lib.something.so.3 and the program gets mad. Make a symlink named lib.something.so.1 that points to so.3 :) Works well for self compiled licq :) Hi everyone, I am facing a problem. I want to use Korganiser, but on running it, it tells me it needs libstdc++-2.9.so When I check, libstdc++-2.95.so is installed, but apparently that is not what Korganiser likes. Should I scout for a newer Korganiser, or locate and downgrade the libstc? Paul )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] GATEWAY ONLY INSTALLS WINMODEMS ON THEIR SYSTEMS
Nothing new about that. Most, if not all, of the major manufacturers install WinModems, or worse, HCF modems. It's a $$$ thing. ;) Later. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: RE: Forw: [newbie] What driver for the Adaptec ASW B626
On mbrd termination. I checked the jumpers a cpl of times. It's that it just won't see the scsi card. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: Forw: [newbie] What driver for the Adaptec ASW B626
Most rpms are i386 rpms - so if I can get the onbrd scsi recognized, I'll be good. :) I'll drop a couple scsi hd's in it, and some nic's and it will be my firewall/inet gateway. :) Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Forw: [newbie] What driver for the Adaptec ASW B626
Sent this a while back, but no luck. Any find out yet? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 5 Mar 2000 02:23:09 Received: from mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com [216.71.84.35] by nmcst153 via mtad (2.6) with ESMTP id 796eceJdO0400M25; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 09:29:40 GMT Received: (from sympa@localhost) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA20585 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 03:11:12 -0600 Received: from tymanthius.yi.org (cs-dsl-197.datawest.net [206.27.134.197]) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA19470 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 03:04:46 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from tymanthius.yi.org (tymanthius.yi.org [206.27.134.197]) by tymanthius.yi.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B03DF424 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 02:23:08 -0700 (MST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Status: N X-Mailer: Applixware 4.42 (1021.500) Forwarded message follows- I recently found an old 386 Unisys PC that I'm trying to install Red Hat 6.1 on. It has the Adaptec ASW B626 SCSI card on the motherboard. None of the RH drivers will load, and the hd is scsi as well as the apple cdrom I scavanged. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] GUI is gone and so is my sanity
You mean you started playing w/ Linux BEFORE you went insane. That explains a lot. ;) Seriously tho - quick and dirty way to get to a gui: Log in at the Penguin prompt. You'll get another prompt type 'startx' w/o the quotes of course. You have probably changed your default run level somewhere. I don't remember the EXACT location/name of the file right now, but I'm sure someone will reply w/ it. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] SAMBA
Probably you don't have samba configured at all. check out www.mandrakeuser.org Tom has a great samba primer posted. Got everything but linux to window printing up on mine with that. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] More X Stuff
Ok, I'm playing w/ X config stuff, and found a neat util that directly reads my settings from the monitor. But when I put the generated modelines into XF86Config it errors out when I start an x server saying the dotclodk is too high. So where in h**l do I change the maximum dotclock? I can't just run xf86config b/c it locks up my scsi card, and I use a scsi hd as my /. Any ideas appreciated. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] printer and mouse questions
Does it work otherwise? Or is the whole thing kaput under linux? Just want to know, b/c I want one. I do wish all the buttons would work tho . . Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Gimp screen shots
I've been trying to take screenshots w/ gimp, but when I choose Xtrns | screenshot and then try to snap one, it doesn't open a new window like it's supposed to. Any idea what I'm not doing? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] More on Gimp Screen shots
On start up of gimp from an rxvt I get this: /usr/lib/gimp/1.0/plug-ins/xscanimage: GIMP support missing wire_read: unexpected EOF (plug-in crashed?) xwd: Warning. Error in XWD-color-structure (flag)* xwd: Warning. Error in XWD-color-structure (flag)* On trying to get a screen shot I get: xwd: EOF encountered on reading xwd: load_image (xwd): XWD-file ~/.gimp/tmp/gimp_temp.316740.xwd has form at 2, depth 24 and bits per pixel 24. Currently this is not supported. *I loaded gimp-devel (the only gimp package not instaled) from the mandrake 7.0.2 cd and it got rid of these lines. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] samba printing problems
I'm having similar problems - almost identical symptoms. Here is something you can try, which might give you a place start. I can print text files this way, but I'm not able to print any other way $smbclient //server/printer -P smb print LocalTextFile If that gives you any ideas, PLEASE send them my way - I'm stumped. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[3]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
I didn't really DO anything. I had samba setup pretty much as mandrakeuser.org has outlined, but I'm having problems printing. so in the process of trblshting the print problems I glanced at the samba logs. I noticed it there. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Epson 7xx
Try this web site - finally found it!! http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Masquerading
Try setting your gateway to your linux box's ip - that might work. Or if you have the gateway you isp assigns. I have a static ip and what I did was this: Linux Box: eth0: has my dsl settings - static ip assigned by isp eth1: static ip assigned by me :) My gateway on my linux box is isp assigned, as is my dns entries. I used the same dns entries on windows boxes, and my eth1 ip for gateway. Works fine for me. :) I'm having problems with samba tho. :/ Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] Samba: Windows can't log into Linux shares
THANK YOU!!! It worked. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent this a bit earlier, but it didn't seem to go thru - forgive if it's a double post. I have a working public share, and Windows can see my private shares, but whenever I try to log into them it always gives an invalid password error. I have no idea what to do. I've done the trblshooting steps from http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html and can get thru to 9. When I run 'net use x: \\tymanthius\debsdir' it does ask for a psswd, but always tells me it's the wrong one. I am using ip masq'ing, and one of the things I've noticed is that in the ip reporting string both machines return the same ip. I can mount the shares from the windows machine ok (exept printing - I'll work on that later, unless someone thinks it's related). thanks!! Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713 Are you using encrypted passwords? This sounds like it could be your problem. Encrypted passwords is a GOOD thing and once you know how it easy it is you will wonder why you never did it before... In /etc/smb.conf uncomment line for encrypting passwords and then as root in a terminal do smbpasswd -a username_here It is possible to turn it off on the windows side of the problem so that you don't have to use encrypted passwords but it is a dumb idea. Much easier to be safe. Fix it in the linux side and whatever windows machine hooks in will work. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Netscape 6
Did anyone else on the list notice that Netscape 6 is Mozilla 5? I knew the same ppl made them, but I didn't realize that Moz5 was beta testing for NS 6. Funny. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Trying to load a second nic module
I'm using the linksys Ether16 10BaseT card and thier website says it uses the ne driver. That's all well and good, but if I try 'insmod ne io=0x340' I get the following unresolved symbols: (I also get the error if I leave out the io= part) ei_open ethdev_init ei_interrupt NS8390_init ei_close I'm wondering if this is a problem that I'm causing, a problem with the driver, or what. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: RE: [newbie] FTP Sites
Or, if you know a friend with a high speed connection (cable/DSL) and a burner, do that. But dwnlding yourself over a 56k connection will take forever. In an secondary note: If you let Gateway know that you installed Linux, all your free phone support is gone. Trust me . . . O}:) Better to order a $1.99 CD from Cheapbytes. I live in Israel and even so the total cost including postage/transport was only $10 and it arrived in 1 week. It would cost me more to download it and probably take the same time :-( They are selling the 7.02 version now. Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: Bob Root [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:Mon 03 April 2000 13:00 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] FTP Sites Began downloading Mandrake 7.02, from Tucows, last evening around six. The total download was 3.9 percent this morning at 5:00. Pop3, Go Zillia, Gateway 500, nothing running in the background, that I know of. Are there other FTP site(s). Thank You. Bob Brand Newbie Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Trying to load a second nic module
I thought I had tried everything at this point, but I was wrong (nothing unusual in that). I went into conf.modules and added this line: options ne irq=3 io=0x340 And, viola!, it works. Now to see if the winders machines will work . . . The ultimate bad software title: Microsoft Works. I'm using the linksys Ether16 10BaseT card and thier website says it uses the ne driver. That's all well and good, but if I try 'insmod ne io=0x340' I get the following unresolved symbols: (I also get the error if I leave out the io= part) ei_open ethdev_init ei_interrupt NS8390_init ei_close I'm wondering if this is a problem that I'm causing, a problem with the driver, or what. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] Returned Mail?
that does explain some stuff. But I just got 'bounce' notice for message that made it to the list. More list gremlins. :( I think we all have gotten this mail over the past few days. SPAM I guess Sharon Pfeiffer wrote: Me too! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: [newbie] Returned Mail? I have this returned mail and did not even send it to this person, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think someone signed up for access through this group and put in the wrong addy. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Using my Linux box to route dsl to it and 2 Windows machines
My isp has an easy way - pay them $3 more per computer and get a static ip for them, just add a hub to my existing setup. I'd like to get around that $6 a month, and be prepared for when I have to move out of my DSL area. Can anyone point me in the direction I need to look for information on how to make my linux box the hub? Thanks. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy
Bet this will curtail some of the html stuff too - that tends to be big. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] 3com NIC install and then xDSL setup
I've got USWaste DSL thru datawest. I would suggest getting a static IP. It's just a bit easier. As for gcc - you just need to install the gcc rpms from the mandrake disk. do an ls gcc* in the /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS dir and you should find them (with CD in of course). Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 2000
First: Please use plain old ascii mail. Thanks I boot just fine w/ lilo (well, most of the time) with win2k. Most likely what you need to do is try setting the linear mode on (I had to). Then run /sbin/lilo again. That SHOULD rewrite the boot sector of /dev/hda. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] More ethernet/sound problems
Ok, I made a mistake - I booted to Windows 2k. Now sound is out again. Windows uses irq 9 for my ethenet card (tulip driver). According to /proc/pci irq 9 belongs to my eth card. But I can find no way to pass that info to tulip. If I try insmod tulip irq=9 it tells me that is not a valid paramater. I'm wondering if I can force Winders to use irq 5 . . . . Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: RE: [newbie] Crystal Chipset NetGear irq(?) conflict
Actually, what I did was simpler. I remembered that after a format the system has sound, but as it locks in the install if I try to set up the network I skip that part. So I then boot to linux, and have sound. I then set up the network and no sound.. My solution was simple - take the eth0 out the boot process and put the command 'ifup eth0' in rc.local(?). That works. I have sound and ethernet before I can log in. I'm happy. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Crystal Chipset NetGear irq(?) conflict
Finally figured out the root of my sound problem. Apparently my Netgear PCI (jumperless) NIC and my Crystal Sound onboard sound card use the same irq/DMA/IO. I reformated last night, used sndconfig to set my sound at diff irq/dma/io's. Then turned on the nic. Had sound and internet. Rebooted today to do some windows stuff. Came back to linux and no sound. Well, almost none - I get a slight click when a sound should play. Any ideas? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Can someone PLEASE do a ls -l /usr/bin/esd for me
Anyone who has Mandrake 7, and mpg123 works could you please do a ls -l /usr/bin/esd for me and show me the output? Im not sure what permissions I should have on this file. -rwxrw root audio is what I have Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
That's a windows thing - it puts something there. I don't remember how to get around it except maybe part. magic. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] How do I tell if a process is working, or its just sitting there?
I'm trying to burn Audio cd's using a neat little program called mp3burn. It's not the best in the world, but if I can get it to work it will be great. Right now tho, I can't even tell if it is working. It started a bunch of subprocesses, then just sits there. So how can I tell if it's going to continue or if it's just froze? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Sound wierdness
I had sound earlier. I booted into Win2k. Rebooted to Linux and added a FAT32 partition. Now I don't have sound. Any ideas? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] What driver for the Adaptec ASW B626
I recently found an old 386 Unisys PC that I'm trying to install Red Hat 6.1 on. It has the Adaptec ASW B626 SCSI card on the motherboard. None of the RH drivers will load, and the hd is scsi as well as the apple cdrom I scavanged. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] VIRUS... If it got you....
I also saw one at work (I do telephone tech support) 2 days ago: Boot to windows and you get a message that reads something like this: Kanga ANTI-Ko$oft says "Not Today" And you get no further. I have no idea how it's transmited, but thought the dual booters would like the info. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] just re-install windows...over it
Except that the mbr is fine as he is getting the Win98 boot menu. just put in a win98 boot disk and run fdisk /mbr and that will rewrite the maste rboot record for windows 98. Alot easier than reinstalling windows. Mark - Original Message - From: "Kit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:13 AM Subject: [newbie] just re-install windows...over it hey Ty is right...just re-install windows over what you have now...it should re-write... the MBR...and things will be back to normal... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7) Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] just re-install windows...over it
Why'd you spend 5 hours? If installing over the top doesn't work, just format the hd and reload. DO NOT DO THIS!! I just did that and spent 5 hours on the phone with Bynar systems trying to fix it - Original Message - From: Kit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: [newbie] just re-install windows...over it hey Ty is right...just re-install windows over what you have now...it should re-write... the MBR...and things will be back to normal... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run 24/7) Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [newbie] Windows Protection?
Your mom's probably going to kill you. It sounds like you corrupted windows pretty good. Ever backed up anything before? If you can get into safe mode, do that and back up any and all DATA (not programs) you have. Then you'll probably have to reformat the hd. It sounds as though you interupted PM while it was rearranging things. That's bad. One other thing you can try is boot to command prompt only and type 'scanreg /restore' at the prompt. Try to reboot. If it's Win98 it MIGHT also reinstall over the top of itself, but I wouldn't do that - I'd format. Below is a copy of a problem that I sent to the tech support at Linuxcare. I figured someone here might know something to help and be able to answer sooner. Please help me out here. By the way, I also went to PowerQuest.com (Partition Magic's developers) and checked out their help files and asked them what to do. They had a solution but it doesn't work on my machine (something about not having a smartdrv.exe file). I am so lost here and will appreciate any suggestions. I've just bought McMillan's The Complete Linux Operating System 6.5 My computer has an AMD-K6 3D processor and 32 megs of ram a 6.2 gig hard drive and is made by Proteva. The OS that came with this package is Linux, distribution Mandrake 6.1. My audio card is a SoundBlaster compatible and my vid card is just standard (don't know specs, 2 megs of vidram I think...). If you need any info that would be on the system resource report I have a print out that I did right before I destroyed my computer. Here goes: the package comes with a version of Partition Magic and while that was running I think I pushed ESC or something because it looked like it was frozen. This was at about 50% complete I think. Then it shuts off and the machine restarts. It comes up to the screen asking if I want safe mode or command line only and all of those things and I thought this was normal so I inserted the installation CD and restarted. When I used Disk Druid I realized something was wrong because it didn't acknowledge the Linux native and swap partitions I thought I had created with Partition Magic. So I restarted and ejected the CD and got back to the query screen as to which way I wanted to load. SO I chose safe mode (and later all of the other possibilities to load Windows 98) and every time it said "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer/ Press a key to continue..." so I do and it happens again on every option except "safe mode and command prompt only" or "command prompt only". The only thing is I don't know what to do about only being in the command prompt. Please help me or my mother will kill me. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re[2]: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error
Sam, Can you get a copy of DOS on a floppy? If so then boot the floppy and at the A:/ prompt, type in 'fdisk' . When you get into this program you are presented with a number of options... 1,2,3,4, choose option 4 and look at what partitions you have on your hard drive (Win98 is considered a non-Dos partition). - not true if you make a Win98 start up disk. Works better too. You can usually figure out which partition is Win 98 by the size or it should just be on the C: drive. see if it's active, if not go back to the first screen listing options. From here you can set the active partitions and also delete any partitions you don't want. - Original Message - From: "Sam Junge" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 1998 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error I never backed up my hd, so i have like 350 mp3's and a bunch of other irreplaceable stuf. . - Original Message - From: "Eunice Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 5:15 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error Sam,I'm surprised you have't said, 'the hell with it!" and just reformat your hard drive. Start out with a clean slate, install Win 98, make a boot floppy for Partition Magic (BTW, don't use BOOT MAGIC); make another primary partition for Linux and install Linux. You may want to boot to Linux using a boot floppy (you can make one of these during the installation, just before you configure LILO). Also you don't have to install LILO, when asked if you want to use LILO just say NO. Then you'll be able to boot Win98 by default and if you want Linux ,just boot with the floppy. GOOD LUCK - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:06 AM Subject: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error As I've mentioned before, I've been having problems with PartitionMagic. I installed PartitionMagic, then mandrake linux 7, then decided to delete the linux partition. No longer does my computer load lilo, or list linux as a partition, but PartitionMagic still loads as a dos program when the computer starts up and tells me "That linux partition could not be deleted. The operating system partition being deleted was not found." The only option it gives me is to click ok, which shuts down the computer and repeats the process. I tried going to my other computer and doing a sys a:, and also putting fdisk from my other computer onto the disk. I then put this disk in the computer that wouldn't load windows, and it gave me an a prompt. I tried typing fdisk /mbr, but it didn't make a difference for the next time i booted the computer. What can I do? Please give me a detailed enough anwser because I've tried to solve this problem numerous ways. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Upgradeing all packages destroys my system]]
That mostly makes sense, but I kinda thought that one of the great things about Linux was the 'no need to reboot on upgrades' part. Guess not system upgrades, just end user software? Ty "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still too new at Linux to help with the repair job, but I can explain why you need to do the installer. When you are running an installed Linux system, the files you want to replace in a version upgrade are being used by the system, and cannot be replaced. That is why you need a boot disk, so the files wil;l not be in use. If you watch the install screens, you will see one that gives you a choice of "Install" or "Update". When you get there, choose "Update". (could be "Upgrade"). This will not wipe out your existing stuff, and will still replace the existing version with the newer one. Hope all this makes sence, Ernie Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: Ok, but I don't understand why I can't just grab the rpms, and then upgrade what I have installed, using kpackage or rpm. Which is why I didn't read the readme or install files - didn't think I had to do an install. That's what I get for thunking . . . Anyhow I wrote down the error messages, and did some tracking: INIT: version 2.76 booting sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT: Entering runlevel: 5 bash: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm" (it then goes into a respawning loop and eventually quits trying.) Now, using a Debian CD I have lying around I went in and mounted /usr/lib and I found libreadline.so.4.0. I even cp'd it to / hoping that this would put it unmistakably in the path. Guess not. So which file can I edit to make it explicitly point to libreadline? I THINK (and that hurts!) it will fix my problem. Thanks so much for the help!! Ty "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To do the upgrade, you will need to download the entire contents of the /Mandrake folder. You will need to make a boot disk to run the instalation program. From DOS or Windoz, you can do this with the boot.img file from the Images folder on the FTP site, and rawrite (not sure of the spelling of names) from the DOSUTILS folder. Run rawrite while loged into the directory which contains the rawrite utility, and folow the on screen prompts. With a floppy in drive A: , rawrite will produce a boot disk for Linux. Boot from the boot disk you just made, then when the install program runs, select the "update" option, not the "install" one. This will update your current instalation, and hopefully fix any errors you may now be encountering. Also note that the people at Mandrake are kind enough to provide "readme" files. I make it a practice to always read these things, as they usually keep me out of trouble, or at least reduce the depth of trouble I get myself into. There is a Readme file and a INSTALL file. Read 'em both. They may help. Good luck, Ernie Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: Ok, I downloaded all the packages from 6.1. I then went thru and tried to install them all using kpackage. Some, no matter what I did, would always give me unsatisfied depends - even tho I JUST installed those depends! So I reboot, thinking that will wake up kpackage - Instead I get "Can't start something" It was lookingin X11R6/.../predfm(?). I know, I know, I don't have the whole error msg. This happened to me when I tried to use autorpm too. Same msg's. I'm using my web based email account from a Windoze machine so I don't have access to the errors. If anyone can tell me: A) What went wrong, and B) How to prevent it, and C) How to reinstall w/o losing anything, I'd Really Really love it!! Thanks, Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Archives Complaint: WAS: Re: [RE: [newbie] Ears don't work]
I've tried searching the Archives before, and, well, it ain't to user friendly. If what you want isn't in the subject line, you're lost. Is there a better method out there? I dunno myself, never looked. Ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This stuff is in the archives as it's been covered _MANY_ times before, but i'm feeling generous (if a little lazy) so http://www.whitem.demon.co.uk/oldsite/sblive.htm Martin. Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] Upgradeing all packages destroys my system]
Ok, but I don't understand why I can't just grab the rpms, and then upgrade what I have installed, using kpackage or rpm. Which is why I didn't read the readme or install files - didn't think I had to do an install. That's what I get for thunking . . . Anyhow I wrote down the error messages, and did some tracking: INIT: version 2.76 booting sh: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT: Entering runlevel: 5 bash: error in loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory INIT cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm" (it then goes into a respawning loop and eventually quits trying.) Now, using a Debian CD I have lying around I went in and mounted /usr/lib and I found libreadline.so.4.0. I even cp'd it to / hoping that this would put it unmistakably in the path. Guess not. So which file can I edit to make it explicitly point to libreadline? I THINK (and that hurts!) it will fix my problem. Thanks so much for the help!! Ty "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To do the upgrade, you will need to download the entire contents of the /Mandrake folder. You will need to make a boot disk to run the instalation program. From DOS or Windoz, you can do this with the boot.img file from the Images folder on the FTP site, and rawrite (not sure of the spelling of names) from the DOSUTILS folder. Run rawrite while loged into the directory which contains the rawrite utility, and folow the on screen prompts. With a floppy in drive A: , rawrite will produce a boot disk for Linux. Boot from the boot disk you just made, then when the install program runs, select the "update" option, not the "install" one. This will update your current instalation, and hopefully fix any errors you may now be encountering. Also note that the people at Mandrake are kind enough to provide "readme" files. I make it a practice to always read these things, as they usually keep me out of trouble, or at least reduce the depth of trouble I get myself into. There is a Readme file and a INSTALL file. Read 'em both. They may help. Good luck, Ernie Tymanthius Rune Speak wrote: Ok, I downloaded all the packages from 6.1. I then went thru and tried to install them all using kpackage. Some, no matter what I did, would always give me unsatisfied depends - even tho I JUST installed those depends! So I reboot, thinking that will wake up kpackage - Instead I get "Can't start something" It was lookingin X11R6/.../predfm(?). I know, I know, I don't have the whole error msg. This happened to me when I tried to use autorpm too. Same msg's. I'm using my web based email account from a Windoze machine so I don't have access to the errors. If anyone can tell me: A) What went wrong, and B) How to prevent it, and C) How to reinstall w/o losing anything, I'd Really Really love it!! Thanks, Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] Upgradeing all packages destroys my system
Ok, I downloaded all the packages from 6.1. I then went thru and tried to install them all using kpackage. Some, no matter what I did, would always give me unsatisfied depends - even tho I JUST installed those depends! So I reboot, thinking that will wake up kpackage - Instead I get "Can't start something" It was lookingin X11R6/.../predfm(?). I know, I know, I don't have the whole error msg. This happened to me when I tried to use autorpm too. Same msg's. I'm using my web based email account from a Windoze machine so I don't have access to the errors. If anyone can tell me: A) What went wrong, and B) How to prevent it, and C) How to reinstall w/o losing anything, I'd Really Really love it!! Thanks, Ty Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [newbie] UPS and developing countries...]
This reply is to John - go get educated man! That is just about the most pompous post I've read!! People with opinions like that are the reason other countries can't stand Average Joe America! Do you think EVERY country is like Japan/Canada/Australia(sp)? More or less comparable to the US? Gz . . . I've been to Mexico (my mother-in-law is from there) and at the time I was working a 1992 minimum wage job and I was RICH in comparison!! My Aussie friend says it best: "Now I know why we have America - it's a good place to keep the Americans!" Ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ribbo wrote: On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 10:30:37AM -0400, John Aldrich said: Get a UPS! I don't know why they would be SO much more expensive there in Indonesia. A UPS is the ONLY thing that will save you, even in Windows 95/98! I don't know if flushing the buffers more frequently (continuously?) would make any difference, but you really can't expect ANY O/S to *like* being shut down improperly, even Windows! Here in the US, you can purchase an APC 200 VA UPS for $66. I can't imagine it would be more than $100 for a similar piece of equipment there in Indonesia, even accounting for exchange rates, shipping, etc! You really need a UPS! PERIOD! John, US $66 is sooo expensive in here indonesia. mostly for student like me. thats why we choose linux for works. with $66 you can make a living for a month in Indonesia -- Rib Yup, a UPS is more or less the same price here in Mexico... Problem is, i make around 2USD an hour (and thats a good salary here!), so its very problematic to buy hardware (long live AMD and Cyrix!) -- _ | Jose Alberto Abreu || Would you drive a car that has | | Executive Editor|| its hood welded shut? | | Plan B Mystical Enterprises || Use Linux, the Open Source OS | | http://pagina.de/planb || http://www.linux.com | _||| Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
