RE: [newbie] 7.0-2 version
Thank you so much for the answer! It's nice to know that there are actually some people here that want to help us newbies rather than chastise them. Checking with uname -a and looking at the kernel on rpmfind.net proved that they are the same, so I have the current version. Again thank you for the help! Greg -Original Message- From: Mike Corbeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.0-2 version Try % uname -a If this doesn't work, then check the versions of the kernel images and other boot files in the /boot directory. If neither of these work, then I'm not sure how else to check this. There may be a configuration file somewhere, which might contain this information; however, if neither of the above methods provides the information you want, then they should and you might want to report this in the Mandrake bug reports. mike Greg Martz wrote: I have been hearing about the above version, but saw nothing about it on the linux-mandrake.com web site. I then checked rpmfind.net and checking the VERSION file in both current and 7.0 I see that it is indeed marked as 7.0-2 (Air) When I do a Ctrl-Alt-F1, my mandrake install says 7.0 (Air). Are these the same versions? I have looked at the time/date stamps of all the files in the base folder for both my copy and the copy on rpmfind.net and they are the same. Is there a way I can check to see if I have 7.02 (Air) before downloading the whole package again? Thanks! Greg
Re: [newbie] 7.0-2 version
Gregonce installed, the 7.0-2 iso image will also give you a 7.0 (Air) version. Once installed on a computer the 7.0 iso image and the 7.0-2 iso image are the same. The few bugs fixed in the 7.0-2 iso image have only to do with the installation process itself and these bugs are avoidable by downloading a floppy.img file and booting for the install with it rather than with the cd containing the 7.0 iso image. All of what I've just told you is freely available on the Mandrake's web site. You shouldn't jump to conclusions without doing some research into the subject. Alan Greg Martz wrote: I have been hearing about the above version, but saw nothing about it on the linux-mandrake.com web site. I then checked rpmfind.net and checking the VERSION file in both current and 7.0 I see that it is indeed marked as 7.0-2 (Air) When I do a Ctrl-Alt-F1, my mandrake install says 7.0 (Air). Are these the same versions? I have looked at the time/date stamps of all the files in the base folder for both my copy and the copy on rpmfind.net and they are the same. Is there a way I can check to see if I have 7.02 (Air) before downloading the whole package again? Thanks! Greg
Re: [newbie] 7.0-2 version
Try % uname -a If this doesn't work, then check the versions of the kernel images and other boot files in the /boot directory. If neither of these work, then I'm not sure how else to check this. There may be a configuration file somewhere, which might contain this information; however, if neither of the above methods provides the information you want, then they should and you might want to report this in the Mandrake bug reports. mike Greg Martz wrote: I have been hearing about the above version, but saw nothing about it on the linux-mandrake.com web site. I then checked rpmfind.net and checking the VERSION file in both current and 7.0 I see that it is indeed marked as 7.0-2 (Air) When I do a Ctrl-Alt-F1, my mandrake install says 7.0 (Air). Are these the same versions? I have looked at the time/date stamps of all the files in the base folder for both my copy and the copy on rpmfind.net and they are the same. Is there a way I can check to see if I have 7.02 (Air) before downloading the whole package again? Thanks! Greg
[newbie] 7.0 killed my FAT drive!
I installed 7.0 without seeing this: http://www.pcplus.co.uk/discs/163a.asp or this: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Result: my FAT filesystem is a mess. Everything directly under my C: drive is OK, but everything in subdirectories is scrambled (files, directories, the lot) Names are changed from e.g. 'britney.mpg' to '74£hjk;d;¬! @' (yes, I know, that's an improvement). Windows won't boot (because everything in C:\windows has been changed). Does anyone know how I can recover from this via linux or msdos? I have a windows boot disk but that is all. I would like to get my installation back, but failing that, can I at least recover the files? any help gratefully received cheers Dave
[newbie] 7.0 Upgrade
Help, I just upgraded Mandrake from 6.1 to 7.0 and the following programs no longer work: Acrobat reader Corel WordPerfect MapleV They all give me the following error message: can't load library 'libXt.so.6' I haven't had this problem with Netscape, Mathematica, etc. I looked for the file on my hard drive, and it seems to be in the right places: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXt.so.6 /usr/i586-glibc20-linux/lib/libXt.so.6 Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this. Thank you, Daniel
[newbie] 7.0-2 kernel
I purchased a disk from a yet to be disclosed mail order company and requested specifically that they NOT ship me the 7.0 release and they confirmed that they would put me on the list for the 7.0-2 list when it became available to them. Is there any way to tell what version I got (the label only indicates 7.0 however I have seen them leave off a "point" release before)? My kernel version is 2.2.14-15mdk (I think) Regards, -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ #63389227
[newbie] 7.0 install
A very able indeed expert user has been trying to install version 7.0 for me. on an HP2100 I now have a 'new' CDrom drive, a network, with 2 cards leads box etc a copy of partition magic unfortunately after 6 hours and many hundreds of pounds spent still no Mandrake. in every case the install crashes when one is meant to select a language ie right at the beginning. the keyboardstops functioning. (I am trying to get the latest gimp up, and mandrake 7.0 supports it. My caldera didn't that's trashed and) Is this a known problem, what's the workaround. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Chetwyndspecial needs teacher andweb accessibility consultant.
[newbie] 7.0: CD-ROM Not a Valid Block Device
To check my version, I tried to mount the CD, but I got the message, "Not a valid block device." I did a su root and tried again with a complete mount statement, but I got the same response. I've never seen this before. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
[newbie] 7.0: Text Install
Thanks to Merle Pittman, who told me I could do a text install. This was necessary since the graphic version's "fdisk" will not work with just keyboard input. The install does not recognize my serial mouse, because I have a PS/2 port, and the install thinks I should be using it. g To run the text install, it was necessary to type "linux text" at the boot: prompt. Everything went very smoothly, and I elected to format over my 6.1 installation. Someone lamented the fact that there's no Install Everything option now. I selected Expert-Development, and I was present with a short list of package types in which everything was selected. I unselected "Web Server" and "Network Management Workstation" only. I'm glad to be running 7, whether it's 7.0 or 7.0-2 (but I'm going to check!) -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Re: [newbie] 7.0: CD-ROM Not a Valid Block Device
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Lane Lester wrote: To check my version, I tried to mount the CD, but I got the message, "Not a valid block device." I did a su root and tried again with a complete mount statement, but I got the same response. I've never seen this before. I discovered that the install-created fstab was messed up somewhat, but I also found in the floppy boot's lilo.conf the following statement: append=" hdc=ide-scsi ". My CD drive is an IDE, so I'm not sure about that statement. Anyway, I left it out of the lilo.conf I'm using, and now the CD is available. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to go with Linux...
Re: [newbie] 7.0---7.02
Dang, I am getting cablemodem, but I have no burner either. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Ger-Bil Jinn mewed: I have problems with 7.0, and I just ordered 7.02 so by next week I hope to have no problems ... Funny hours after I ordered the 7.0 CD, Mandrake posts the new ISO images for 7.02 ... now only if I had burner access! :3)~~ Kyle Filipski wrote: Hi...I had major problems with 7.0 install... just received the new 7.02...NO PROBLEMS! :-) I have a celeron 466, ATI rage fury card, etc Time to play with Linux C-Ya Flip -- Linux Cat
Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab
I did choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab? Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab Benhere you go. /dev/sda1 /mnt/dos_sda1 vfat user,exec 0 0 /dev/sda5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /mnt/floppy2 /mnt/floppy2 supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0 /dev/hda /mnt/ls-120 vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0 Alan Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: A simple request. After downloading Mandrake 7.0, I got my fstab all mixed up. I am quite experienced in writing my fstab and have done it many times. So, I stupidly forgot to make a copy of the 7.0 fstab with its supermount settings. May I ask someone if you could please send me a copy of your 7.0 fstab with the supermount settings so I could add them to my fstab? Really appreciate it. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab - correction
Oops, I meant to type: I did Not choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab? Seve -Original Message- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab I did choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab? Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab Benhere you go. /dev/sda1 /mnt/dos_sda1 vfat user,exec 0 0 /dev/sda5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /mnt/floppy2 /mnt/floppy2 supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0 /dev/hda /mnt/ls-120 vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0 Alan Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: A simple request. After downloading Mandrake 7.0, I got my fstab all mixed up. I am quite experienced in writing my fstab and have done it many times. So, I stupidly forgot to make a copy of the 7.0 fstab with its supermount settings. May I ask someone if you could please send me a copy of your 7.0 fstab with the supermount settings so I could add them to my fstab? Really appreciate it. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2
I just received 7.0 for linux mall for a buck 98, but now I see folks talking about 7.2. Is there a large difference, something I should be concerned about? Also a bit off subject, but some told me about 3d labs is going to have a new product that is supposed to shoot the stock through the roof. I have watch the stock and it has gone up a good bit. Does anyone know what it is? Jeff
Re: [newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2
There are a number of fixes between 7.0 and 7.02 that are listed at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Some people reported problems using/installing 7.0 but those problems disappeared in 7.02. I've had problems trying to get 7.0 to recognize my NIC and soundcard, and I ordered 7.02 so I HOPE it will clear those up. :3)~~ jeff wrote: I just received 7.0 for linux mall for a buck 98, but now I see folks talking about 7.2. Is there a large difference, something I should be concerned about? Also a bit off subject, but some told me about 3d labs is going to have a new product that is supposed to shoot the stock through the roof. I have watch the stock and it has gone up a good bit. Does anyone know what it is? Jeff
Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab
why dont you just type: supermount enable -i ?? It will change your fstab from "normal" to "supermounting". "disable" does the oposite. cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- February 17-th 2000: The Linux Demo Y2k Day!!!
Re: [newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2
:~I just received 7.0 for linux mall for a buck 98, but now I see folks :~talking about 7.2. :~ :~Is there a large difference, something I should be concerned about? It is 7.02, and differences are minor. That is, if your install went smooth, you are OK. If you had problems on install, try 7.02. cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- February 17-th 2000: The Linux Demo Y2k Day!!!
[newbie] 7.0---7.02
Hi...I had major problems with 7.0 install... just received the new 7.02...NO PROBLEMS! :-) I have a celeron 466, ATI rage fury card, etc Time to play with Linux C-Ya Flip
Re: [newbie] 7.0---7.02
I have problems with 7.0, and I just ordered 7.02 so by next week I hope to have no problems ... Funny hours after I ordered the 7.0 CD, Mandrake posts the new ISO images for 7.02 ... now only if I had burner access! :3)~~ Kyle Filipski wrote: Hi...I had major problems with 7.0 install... just received the new 7.02...NO PROBLEMS! :-) I have a celeron 466, ATI rage fury card, etc Time to play with Linux C-Ya Flip
[newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab
Dear friends: A simple request. After downloading Mandrake 7.0, I got my fstab all mixed up. I am quite experienced in writing my fstab and have done it many times. So, I stupidly forgot to make a copy of the 7.0 fstab with its supermount settings. May I ask someone if you could please send me a copy of your 7.0 fstab with the supermount settings so I could add them to my fstab? Really appreciate it. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
RE: [newbie] 7.0 partioning ?
you need in partition magic On 14-Feb-2000 Russell Simmons wrote: i have a dual boot box (windoze 98/lm 6.0) on a 5.1 gig wd hd...when i partitioned the drive i gave 4 gigs to windoz, (c), and i gig to use for linux, (d), (hda1=windoz, hda2=linux swap, hda3=/, hda4=/home)...i used linux fdisk to partition the 1 gig...a friend of mine went to linux world expo, and broght me back a copy of 7.0, compliments of nylug...while checking out the tutorial on the mandrake site, it appears that i could resize my 4 gig windoze partition, without wiping out c, and give more space for linux, using c and d...is this true? will 7.0 resize a fat32 native windoz partition without out data lose?... tia russell Best regards! Serge.
Re: [newbie] 7.0 partioning ?
Russell Simmons wrote: i have a dual boot box (windoze 98/lm 6.0) on a 5.1 gig wd hd...when i partitioned the drive i gave 4 gigs to windoz, (c), and i gig to use for linux, (d), (hda1=windoz, hda2=linux swap, hda3=/, hda4=/home)...i used linux fdisk to partition the 1 gig...a friend of mine went to linux world expo, and broght me back a copy of 7.0, compliments of nylug...while checking out the tutorial on the mandrake site, it appears that i could resize my 4 gig windoze partition, without wiping out c, and give more space for linux, using c and d...is this true? will 7.0 resize a fat32 native windoz partition without out data lose?... tia russell I have used it several times. Remember to defrag the windows drive before attempting this. Also backup any data you wish to have. If not properly defragged it is possible to destroy the Win partition's data. On my latest I have windows running in a 1.5 gig partition, more for importing files from a CrossPad than anything else, so I don't need much space. -- -- James Mellema, CRNA MA Linux User# 71650 ICQ# 19685870
Re: [newbie] 7.0 partioning ?
the answer is "yes it should" however playing with partition size has always had the potential for disaster and this is probably as true of Mandrake as of human operator.Best to run defrag beforehand to give the best chance and should then be OK. - Original Message - From: "Russell Simmons" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "linux/mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 2:17 AM Subject: [newbie] 7.0 partioning ? i have a dual boot box (windoze 98/lm 6.0) on a 5.1 gig wd hd...when i partitioned the drive i gave 4 gigs to windoz, (c), and i gig to use for linux, (d), (hda1=windoz, hda2=linux swap, hda3=/, hda4=/home)...i used linux fdisk to partition the 1 gig...a friend of mine went to linux world expo, and broght me back a copy of 7.0, compliments of nylug...while checking out the tutorial on the mandrake site, it appears that i could resize my 4 gig windoze partition, without wiping out c, and give more space for linux, using c and d...is this true? will 7.0 resize a fat32 native windoz partition without out data lose?... tia russell
[newbie] 7.0
Suppose I got a 7.0 disk from some unspecified source. Would I be able to quickly and painlessly upgrade the 6.0 I have, without screwing anything up or losing my data? -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [newbie] 7.0
Paul Derbyshire wrote: Suppose I got a 7.0 disk from some unspecified source. Would I be able to quickly and painlessly upgrade the 6.0 I have, without screwing anything up or losing my data? It *might* work, didn't for me with 6.1--7.0, others have had probs. -WBD
[newbie] 7.0 probs when opening
I have (finally) installed 7.0. The problem with the CD was that I wrote it with the 4 time speed, but I could get it to run only when writing it with normal one speed. Anyway... it installed now. However, I got another problem: when booting Linux, it runs all tests and seems fine, then, it shows the whole screen of error messages: "error in loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.2.9" and then at the end: INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. and then nothing else happens!!! So, what`s going wrong there and how can I resolve this?? Thanks, marc
[newbie] 7.0 install problems
Hi, I'm having problems installing 7.0 on my system. I have a P200 with 64MB of ram, a Voodoo Banshee, and I'm installing from a FAT32 partition. When the install menu comes up, it installs everything and gets to the ZoneInfo part and says an error has occurred, then goes to the printer setup and after printer setup goes right back to the ZoneInfo part and loops there. I can make it finish the rest of the installation, but when it gets to the X config, it says it can't find any of the files. I know I chose X to be installed. Anyone care to help? Randy Mongenel __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] 7.0 Install broke some things
I just upgraded my 6.0 system to 7.0 last night and am not having some fairly annoying problems. First, xfs does not start properly on boot. I have to start it from the command line before I can run X. Second, my PPP dialup broke. As soon as the modems finish the handshake, I get the message saying PPP ended. Log file has a message saying PPP cannot find the secrets. Huh? Thanks in advance for any help... -Phil
[newbie] 7.0 and i810
I noticed that 7.0 has xfree86 3.3.6, which has support for Intel i810. The xfree86 site claims that i810 support is disabled by default because it requires a special kernel module. Is that module supplied in the 2.2.14 kernel in 7.0 and is i810 support enabled out of the box or not? Does anyone know. Given the huge number of new i810 machines coming on the market these days this might be important. After all, I'm asking. Michael
[newbie] 7.0 howto's?
Does anyone care to enlighten me where the HOWTO's in Mandrake 7.0 are hidden? So far I haven't even been able to find them on the CD that I burned from an *.iso file. Thanks for your time
[newbie] 7.0 Setup
I am kind of new to Linux and just installed 7.0. I have gotten my cable modem to work but now every time I boot it states that http: fails and I need to run servername manually. What do I need to do to correct this? Also how do I setup up my zip drive (parallel) to work with Linux. Also need ssh to login remotely to work, where can I obtain this? Thanks, Karl
Re: [newbie] 7.0 Setup
Go to rpmfind.net for the rpm for ssh rpm or www.ssh.fi for the ssh homepage and download the source code tarball. As for the cablemodem did you name machine what the cable company told you to? Derrick - Original Message - From: Karl Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 3:02 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.0 Setup I am kind of new to Linux and just installed 7.0. I have gotten my cable modem to work but now every time I boot it states that http: fails and I need to run servername manually. What do I need to do to correct this? Also how do I setup up my zip drive (parallel) to work with Linux. Also need ssh to login remotely to work, where can I obtain this? Thanks, Karl
