[newbie] questions about reinstall
Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows
access.
___
my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :-
___
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Sep 28 02:21:33 2002
# LILO configuration file
# Start LILO global Section
# If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash,
# restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the
option
# restricted.
#password=bootpwd
#restricted
# append = enableapic
append = hda=10011,255,63
# boot = /dev/hda
boot = /dev/fd0
# disk = /dev/scd0
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
# linear
lba32
vga = normal
# message = /boot/message
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
read-only
prompt
timeout = 100
image = /boot/vmlinuz8
label = sus80
initrd = /boot/initrd8
optional
root = /dev/hda7
image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
optional
image = /boot/vmlinuz8
label = sus8_hda6
initrd = /boot/initrd8
root = /dev/hda6
image = /boot/vmlinuz9
label = SuSE_9
initrd = /boot/initrd9
root = /dev/hda5
other = /dev/hda2
label = win2k
table = /dev/hda
..
Last item, above, boots Windows2000
^^^
Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions?
.
Partition Table for /dev/hda
FirstLast
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID)
Flags
-- --- - -- - --
-
1 Primary0 192779 63 192780 Linux (83)
Boot (80)
2 Primary 192780 4883759 0 4690980 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None (00)
3 Primary 4883760 5863724 0 979965 Linux swap (82)
None (00)
4 Primary 5863725 160826714 0 154962990 Extended (05)
Boot (80)
5 Logical 5863725 57030749 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
6 Logical 57030750 108197774 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
7 Logical 108197775 159364799 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
8 Logical 159364800 160826714 63 1461915 EFI (FAT-12/16/32 (EF)
None (00)
What happens: hda1 is /boot partition max 100 MB type ext2
hda2 is M$ Partition
hda3 is Linux Swap [ reason: have Swap as a
Buffer, because M$ does not always respect linux partition boundaries]
~ all Linux partitions [except /boot ] are Reiser
Partition hda8 is for old M$ junk : FAT
{ personnally, i like CFDISK to make partitions }
...
best rgds
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Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at reinstalling a thing of the past! I know, I was once there. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. Count me in there. It is a valuable place to hold all Mandrake related issues, just kinda rough getting around. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. If you will be doing a fresh install, don't worry about this one. Lilo has always provided a Windows entry - IRC even if it finds just a fat32 partition table *without* M$ installed. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. just /, /home and one for swap (3 total) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 March 2005 11:50 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. just /, /home and one for swap (3 total) ___ ~ maybe, it handy, to have complete Reserve system on another Partition . . . kept up-to-date by a cron job to run rsync Then, IF/when lightening Strikes . . . one has a reserve system best rgds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 March 2005 05:50 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at reinstalling a thing of the past! I know, I was once there. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. Count me in there. It is a valuable place to hold all Mandrake related issues, just kinda rough getting around. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. If you will be doing a fresh install, don't worry about this one. Lilo has always provided a Windows entry - IRC even if it finds just a fat32 partition table *without* M$ installed. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. just /, /home and one for swap (3 total) I like to set up with / , /home, /usr, swap as a minimum. Most of the time I add /var as well. /usr should be a large partition as well as /home, and / can be about 800mb up to 1gb if you load very many kernels. The reason I do the /usr is because that is where a lot of stuff goes that gets changed in the next upgrade and I have found minimal conflicts when that gets reformatted and /home is saved intact. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Thanks Rosemary Yes, it will maintain the Windows boot entry. The install should also create a mount point so that you can access your Windows data. Because you have a seperate /home partition, it will also retain your personal data if you want it to. Just do not re-format the home partition. You can also have it save your extra data partition. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:50, Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at reinstalling a thing of the past! I know, I was once there. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. Count me in there. It is a valuable place to hold all Mandrake related issues, just kinda rough getting around. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. If you will be doing a fresh install, don't worry about this one. Lilo has always provided a Windows entry - IRC even if it finds just a fat32 partition table *without* M$ installed. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. just /, /home and one for swap (3 total) Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Thanks Rosemary Yes, it will maintain the Windows boot entry. The install should also create a mount point so that you can access your Windows data. Because you have a seperate /home partition, it will also retain your personal data if you want it to. Just do not re-format the home partition. You can also have it save your extra data partition. Mikkel Thanks. I'm vacillating now: partly because of your other post, but also because I see 10.2 will be available early next month (according to the dealer I buy my CDs from). I'm thinking perhaps I'll wait. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Thanks Rosemary Yes, it will maintain the Windows boot entry. The install should also create a mount point so that you can access your Windows data. Because you have a seperate /home partition, it will also retain your personal data if you want it to. Just do not re-format the home partition. You can also have it save your extra data partition. Mikkel Thanks. I'm vacillating now: partly because of your other post, but also because I see 10.2 will be available early next month (according to the dealer I buy my CDs from). I'm thinking perhaps I'll wait. Rosemary Rosmary, If you are going to wait, but you don't realy feel like messing around with a lot of stuff in the mean time, we can get you a system that will boot, and that you can work with, withoug getting everything working. Basicly, you can run a couple of commands, and the system will be back to booting. chkconfig alsa off chkconfig mail off These two will turn off the two services that were stopping the boot, so you do not need to use the I option. (I believe you said mail was the name of the second one giving you problems...) You may also want to run: mkdir /data echo /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /etc/fstab Please note that this is /etc/fstab and not /etc/fstab. Or you could open /etc/fstab in the editor of your choise and add: /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 at the end of the file. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:33, riccardo wrote:
On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows
access.
___
my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :-
___
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Sep 28 02:21:33 2002
# LILO configuration file
# Start LILO global Section
# If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash,
# restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the
option
# restricted.
#password=bootpwd
#restricted
# append = enableapic
append = hda=10011,255,63
# boot = /dev/hda
boot = /dev/fd0
# disk = /dev/scd0
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
# linear
lba32
vga = normal
# message = /boot/message
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
read-only
prompt
timeout = 100
image = /boot/vmlinuz8
label = sus80
initrd = /boot/initrd8
optional
root = /dev/hda7
image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
optional
image = /boot/vmlinuz8
label = sus8_hda6
initrd = /boot/initrd8
root = /dev/hda6
image = /boot/vmlinuz9
label = SuSE_9
initrd = /boot/initrd9
root = /dev/hda5
other = /dev/hda2
label = win2k
table = /dev/hda
..
Last item, above, boots Windows2000
^^^
Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions?
.
Partition Table for /dev/hda
FirstLast
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID)
Flags
-- --- - -- - --
-
1 Primary0 192779 63 192780 Linux (83)
Boot (80)
2 Primary 192780 4883759 0 4690980 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None (00)
3 Primary 4883760 5863724 0 979965 Linux swap (82)
None (00)
4 Primary 5863725 160826714 0 154962990 Extended (05)
Boot (80)
5 Logical 5863725 57030749 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
6 Logical 57030750 108197774 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
7 Logical 108197775 159364799 63 51167025 Linux (83)
None (00)
8 Logical 159364800 160826714 63 1461915 EFI (FAT-12/16/32 (EF)
None (00)
What happens: hda1 is /boot partition max 100 MB type ext2
hda2 is M$ Partition
hda3 is Linux Swap [ reason: have Swap as a
Buffer, because M$ does not always respect linux partition boundaries]
~ all Linux partitions [except /boot ] are Reiser
Partition hda8 is for old M$ junk : FAT
{ personnally, i like CFDISK to make partitions }
...
best rgds
Thanks - if I do reinstall I need to keep it as simple as posibble
Rosemary
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Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Thanks Rosemary Yes, it will maintain the Windows boot entry. The install should also create a mount point so that you can access your Windows data. Because you have a seperate /home partition, it will also retain your personal data if you want it to. Just do not re-format the home partition. You can also have it save your extra data partition. Mikkel Thanks. I'm vacillating now: partly because of your other post, but also because I see 10.2 will be available early next month (according to the dealer I buy my CDs from). I'm thinking perhaps I'll wait. Rosemary Rosmary, If you are going to wait, but you don't realy feel like messing around with a lot of stuff in the mean time, we can get you a system that will boot, and that you can work with, withoug getting everything working. Basicly, you can run a couple of commands, and the system will be back to booting. I'm okay about messing around if you think I can follow the instructions sufficiently. I hate to deprive anyone of a challenge :-) chkconfig alsa off chkconfig mail off These two will turn off the two services that were stopping the boot, so you do not need to use the I option. (I believe you said mail was the name of the second one giving you problems...) Yes sendmail But I am still able to use email. You may also want to run: mkdir /data echo /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /etc/fstab Please note that this is /etc/fstab and not /etc/fstab. Or you could open /etc/fstab in the editor of your choise and add: /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 at the end of the file. Mikkel I haven't done any of this yet. Do I do it if I'm going to do the messing around? The other thing that has happened is that I can no longer access packages on CDROM. It whirrs away and stops when I press enter (in Konsole doing urpmi). Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosmary, If you are going to wait, but you don't realy feel like messing around with a lot of stuff in the mean time, we can get you a system that will boot, and that you can work with, withoug getting everything working. Basicly, you can run a couple of commands, and the system will be back to booting. I'm okay about messing around if you think I can follow the instructions sufficiently. I hate to deprive anyone of a challenge :-) chkconfig alsa off chkconfig mail off These two will turn off the two services that were stopping the boot, so you do not need to use the I option. (I believe you said mail was the name of the second one giving you problems...) Yes sendmail But I am still able to use email. Ok - then it would be: chkconfig sendmail off You can also do this from MCC in System -- Services. You may also want to run: mkdir /data echo /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /etc/fstab Please note that this is /etc/fstab and not /etc/fstab. Or you could open /etc/fstab in the editor of your choise and add: /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 at the end of the file. Mikkel I haven't done any of this yet. Do I do it if I'm going to do the messing around? The other thing that has happened is that I can no longer access packages on CDROM. It whirrs away and stops when I press enter (in Konsole doing urpmi). Rosemary Well, turning off alsa and sendmail will let you boot into Linux without having to use the I option. It will make life a bit easyer for you. Chancesa re, you do not need Sendmail running anyway. It is for more for people that have their own domain name, and want to run their own mail server. It both accepts incomming mail from the Internet, and will send mail from your system ether directly to the mail server of the person you are sending to, or relayed through another email server, depending on how you set it up. (Setting up Sendmail in not a job fo a newbie...) If you have the program you use for reading mail (kmail, Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail, etc) set up to use your ISP's mail server, then you do not need sendmail. The change to /etc/fstab will let you access the files you have there. I am not sure what you have stored there, but you may want it. Just editing fstab will not have any affect untill you reboot, unless you run mount /data as root. Now, the problem with your CD is another story. It would probably be better to make that a seperate message. I have to find what I did with your fstab listing to double check what should be going on, and then we can try and figure out what is realy going on. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:48, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosmary, If you are going to wait, but you don't realy feel like messing around with a lot of stuff in the mean time, we can get you a system that will boot, and that you can work with, withoug getting everything working. Basicly, you can run a couple of commands, and the system will be back to booting. I'm okay about messing around if you think I can follow the instructions sufficiently. I hate to deprive anyone of a challenge :-) chkconfig alsa off chkconfig mail off These two will turn off the two services that were stopping the boot, so you do not need to use the I option. (I believe you said mail was the name of the second one giving you problems...) Yes sendmail But I am still able to use email. Ok - then it would be: chkconfig sendmail off You can also do this from MCC in System -- Services. You may also want to run: mkdir /data echo /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /etc/fstab Please note that this is /etc/fstab and not /etc/fstab. Or you could open /etc/fstab in the editor of your choise and add: /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 at the end of the file. Mikkel I haven't done any of this yet. Do I do it if I'm going to do the messing around? The other thing that has happened is that I can no longer access packages on CDROM. It whirrs away and stops when I press enter (in Konsole doing urpmi). Rosemary Well, turning off alsa and sendmail will let you boot into Linux without having to use the I option. It will make life a bit easyer for you. Chancesa re, you do not need Sendmail running anyway. It is for more for people that have their own domain name, and want to run their own mail server. It both accepts incomming mail from the Internet, and will send mail from your system ether directly to the mail server of the person you are sending to, or relayed through another email server, depending on how you set it up. (Setting up Sendmail in not a job fo a newbie...) If you have the program you use for reading mail (kmail, Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail, etc) set up to use your ISP's mail server, then you do not need sendmail. The change to /etc/fstab will let you access the files you have there. I am not sure what you have stored there, but you may want it. Just editing fstab will not have any affect untill you reboot, unless you run mount /data as root. Now, the problem with your CD is another story. It would probably be better to make that a seperate message. I have to find what I did with your fstab listing to double check what should be going on, and then we can try and figure out what is realy going on. Mikkel Done those commands and rebooted, and did it without a hitch. Thanks. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall
On Monday 28 March 2005 00:58, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. It all depends on what you are doing. For me: / gets 6 Gb 35% free /home gets 13 Gb 94% free /swap gets 500 Mb and it never fills up. I use a fat /home directory, because I do try to edit wav files with Audacity, which can eat room, and a few other things that can take up temporary space. -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] questions on 10.1
I'm currently running 9.0 and thinking about upgrading to 10.1. I noticed that in the 10.0 release there was a community and then an official release, will there be the same with 10.1? Looking at the Mdk Store I only see the 10.1 community offered in DVD format, does anyone know if it will be offered in CD format? When I bought 9.0 I bought the 'power pack' is a 'power pack' version offered in 10.1? -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 3:26pm up 10 days, 20:06, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.09, 0.02 Q: What do you call a half-dozen Indians with Asian flu? A: Six sick Sikhs (sic). Live - From Virgin Radio UK Whitesnake - Fool for your loving Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions on 10.1
On Saturday 18 September 2004 21:32, Chris wrote: I'm currently running 9.0 and thinking about upgrading to 10.1. I noticed that in the 10.0 release there was a community and then an official release, will there be the same with 10.1? Looking at the Mdk Store I only see the 10.1 community offered in DVD format, does anyone know if it will be offered in CD format? When I bought 9.0 I bought the 'power pack' is a 'power pack' version offered in 10.1? In time of course it will. At the moment 10.1 is currently only available in 'Community' either as an iso download for Mandrake Club members or as a bunch of RPMs on the public Mandrake-devel mirrors. Anyone with access to broadband and some moderate Linux knowledge can upgrade to 10.1Community either by performing a network install, or else simply changing their urpmi sources to point at the 10.1 community mirrors. The Wiki describes this procedure. A word of caution though. 10.1 community is by no means a finished product. I have been running it for three days now and have found three nasty problems so far. The whole point of community is to thrash out bugs. No doubt in time the nasties will get fixed. If you want a stable product then wait for 10.1 official. derek For those interested in the 'nasty' problems, they are :- X forwarding of gtk applications (like mcc) does not work from a remote machine to a 10.1 device. (If someone could confirm that I would be grateful) If you pass folders between machines with konqueror using either Samba or fish:// mounts konq will lock up and the mount will not unmount. One of my computers will not boot the 2.6.8-10mdk kernel at all. The screen just goes blank. Other kernels are OK. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] questions on 10.1
On Saturday 18 September 2004 03:54 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: In time of course it will. At the moment 10.1 is currently only available in 'Community' either as an iso download for Mandrake Club members or as a bunch of RPMs on the public Mandrake-devel mirrors. Anyone with access to broadband and some moderate Linux knowledge can upgrade to 10.1Community either by performing a network install, or else simply changing their urpmi sources to point at the 10.1 community mirrors. The Wiki describes this procedure. A word of caution though. 10.1 community is by no means a finished product. I have been running it for three days now and have found three nasty problems so far. The whole point of community is to thrash out bugs. No doubt in time the nasties will get fixed. If you want a stable product then wait for 10.1 official. derek Thanks Derek, I figured there would be an 'official' but wanted to check to make sure. I'll definately wait, I'll have to assume then that the 'official' will be offered at the store then in CD format. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 3:58pm up 10 days, 20:38, 2 users, load average: 1.83, 1.69, 1.01 A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on. -- William S. Burroughs Live - From Virgin Radio UK The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
rhein wrote: Ok I can see know my reduced windows in a panel... In fact I did not install most of the plugins. Now I have no access to my softwares(like Kafeine or openoffice...) because I don't know the comand lines... Do I have to install manualy all links to all my softwares??? Is there not a quicker way? I hope this is comprehensif??? Have a nice day Christophe I'm no expert, I'm only just starting to experiment with xfce4 myself (got bored with KDE!), but if you right-click anywhere on the desktop, you should be able to get to all your applications through the menus. There may be other ways too, but I only installed it last night so I haven't discovered much yet! Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
Hello, I installed XFce4 last night... I don't know if I installed everithing because I downloaded packages untill the rpms installed without error message... :-[ It is a bit confusing the way rpms work! 1. So now I have XFce4 running and it is loading a lot faster then KDE... Is it possible to know the ram used by it? i would like to use it on a 16 MB ram machine. 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. 3. Is it possible to add directories on the desktop or are all the icons added to the taskbar? Thanks Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:58:58 +0300 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. So now I have XFce4 running and it is loading a lot faster then KDE... Is it possible to know the ram used by it? i would like to use it on a 16 MB ram machine. Open up a console window and type top 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. Don't you have a taskbar like the one in windows? Or alt+tab should do it as well /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:58:58AM +0300, rhein wrote: Hello, I installed XFce4 last night... I don't know if I installed everithing because I downloaded packages untill the rpms installed without error message... :-[ It is a bit confusing the way rpms work! snip 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. I just d/l'd Charles' rpm's for 9.2 for my livecd experiment and I noticed that the option to start xftaskbar4 is commented out of the xinitrc script. I can't remember exactly where that lives, maybe /usr/etc/xfce4/xinitrc ? Just uncomment that line in the script. 3. Is it possible to add directories on the desktop or are all the icons added to the taskbar? Not natively. You can run the ROX pinboard to get icons on the desktop, or try idesk (http://idesk.timmfin.net/about.html). I add frequently accessed directories to the panel by calling the command rox ~/importantDirectory . Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 13:39, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:58:58AM +0300, rhein wrote: Hello, I installed XFce4 last night... I don't know if I installed everithing because I downloaded packages untill the rpms installed without error message... :-[ It is a bit confusing the way rpms work! snip 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. I just d/l'd Charles' rpm's for 9.2 for my livecd experiment and I noticed that the option to start xftaskbar4 is commented out of the xinitrc script. I can't remember exactly where that lives, maybe /usr/etc/xfce4/xinitrc ? Just uncomment that line in the script. It's at /etc/X11/xfce4/ ;-) __ -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
Josenildo Marques wrote: On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 13:39, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:58:58AM +0300, rhein wrote: Hello, I installed XFce4 last night... I don't know if I installed everithing because I downloaded packages untill the rpms installed without error message... :-[ It is a bit confusing the way rpms work! snip 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. I just d/l'd Charles' rpm's for 9.2 for my livecd experiment and I noticed that the option to start xftaskbar4 is commented out of the xinitrc script. I can't remember exactly where that lives, maybe /usr/etc/xfce4/xinitrc ? Just uncomment that line in the script. It's at /etc/X11/xfce4/ ;-) __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Ok I can see know my reduced windows in a panel... In fact I did not install most of the plugins. Now I have no access to my softwares(like Kafeine or openoffice...) because I don't know the comand lines... Do I have to install manualy all links to all my softwares??? Is there not a quicker way? I hope this is comprehensif??? Have a nice day Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 10:57, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 13:39, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:58:58AM +0300, rhein wrote: Hello, I installed XFce4 last night... I don't know if I installed everithing because I downloaded packages untill the rpms installed without error message... :-[ It is a bit confusing the way rpms work! snip 2. My problem is the following: when I reduse a window (for exemple thunderbird) where is it going and how can I restore it? I tried left and right mouse button and nothing... I now it is something stupid but I could not find it. I just d/l'd Charles' rpm's for 9.2 for my livecd experiment and I noticed that the option to start xftaskbar4 is commented out of the xinitrc script. I can't remember exactly where that lives, maybe /usr/etc/xfce4/xinitrc ? Just uncomment that line in the script. It's at /etc/X11/xfce4/ ;-) OY - mine's at /usr/local/share/xfce4 (and whatnot) stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Moon, n.: 1. A celestial object whose phase is very important to hackers. See PHASE OF THE MOON. 2. Dave Moon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 07:56, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay so I have a few questions about XFce4, my new WM. 1. Is there a way to skin/theme it? There are quite a few GTK2 themes or skins you can change them via the Settings Manager = Window Manager and User Interface. 2. I heard there were a bunch of features, like KDE. How do I use dockapps and stuff? You have to make sure you have a System Tray setup on your panel. 3. When I minimize windows, where can I find them, besides alt+tabbing. Is there a parallel dimension where all the minimized windows go like in enlightenment? If you don't have the Taskbar loading, you're going to need to edit the /usr/local/etc/xfce4/xinitrc and either have the xftaskbar4 or the xfce4-iconbox. 4. How can I make it so the windows can't go over the panel? I tried making a margin, but it didn't work. Settings Manager = XFce Panel = Panel Layer = Bottom stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Bubble Memory, n.: A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence. See also vacuum tube. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Questions of XFce4
Okay so I have a few questions about XFce4, my new WM. 1. Is there a way to skin/theme it? 2. I heard there were a bunch of features, like KDE. How do I use dockapps and stuff? 3. When I minimize windows, where can I find them, besides alt+tabbing. Is there a parallel dimension where all the minimized windows go like in enlightenment? 4. How can I make it so the windows can't go over the panel? I tried making a margin, but it didn't work. Thanks, hoping to get some answers from you XFce4 fanatics! --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Questions with storage devices
Hello, Last night I was looking to create a usr partition using diskdrake under Mandrake Control Center...Then I could not understand why I have a mnt hda5 partition called win_d (it shows /r on the file system. So I went to see my storage devices and there I found this: Device Type Size MountP Free Full% /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 ? 6,3GB /home 5,7GB 9,8% /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 ? 5,8GB / 4,2GB 27% /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 ? 512,2MB/mnt/win_d 4,2GB 0,2% /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 ? 14,6GB / mnt/ win_c 4,2GB 25,3% /dev/hda8 ext3 N/A/home 0B N/A /dev/hda6 ext2 N/A/ 0B N/A /dev/hda5 vfat N/A/ mnt/win_d 0B N/A /dev/hda1 vfat N/A/ mnt/win_c 0B N/A 1/ The 4 last devices are not mounted when I click on it. So what is this? 2/ There is no such D drive on my win partition. I have one big 14,6 GB for windows. Where does it come from?? 3/ By the way is the root partition not too big with 5,8 GB and only 27% used? There is a lot of free space and I will not install a lot of new softs. 4/I would like to shrink my windows drive (starting slowly to remove XP) is there any trick to do it or can I unmount and resize it in the control center with no risk? Thanks for your help Christophe ps: it is snowing here...a good day for snowboarding again ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions with storage devices
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 06 March 2004 15:21, rhein wrote: 2/ There is no such D drive on my win partition. I have one big 14,6 GB for windows. Where does it come from?? It's small - could this be one of those systems with a hidden restore partition? OTOH, I don't see a swap partition mounted. You didn't format the swap partition as fat32 did you? I'm not sure how that could happen, though. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASaYUkFAvMr/nNX8RAkuEAJ9f0JF+0LsDMTXUZLYENeTZpGK1+wCfVbWj U8bYYV1bPwrVpIy7ZkmR0H4= =5RQj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions with storage devices
Hello,
My swap file is hd7 with 494MB and it is different from this hd5 called
/mnt/win_d with 525 MB.
When I click on this win_d (hd5) in Konqueror there are 2 directories:
= a system volume information with a file
_restore{2F3FC359-5C9C-424F-B0EF-325C191C6F2E}
= recycled with a nprotect directory in it.
What shall I do? remove it?
Thanks
Christophe
Anne Wilson wrote:
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2/ There is no such D drive on my win partition. I have one big
14,6 GB for windows. Where does it come from??
It's small - could this be one of those systems with a hidden restore
partition?
OTOH, I don't see a swap partition mounted. You didn't format the swap
partition as fat32 did you? I'm not sure how that could happen,
though.
Anne
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Re: [newbie] Questions with storage devices
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On Saturday 06 March 2004 21:01, rhein wrote:
Hello,
My swap file is hd7 with 494MB and it is different from this hd5
called /mnt/win_d with 525 MB.
When I click on this win_d (hd5) in Konqueror there are 2
directories: = a system volume information with a file
_restore{2F3FC359-5C9C-424F-B0EF-325C191C6F2E}
= recycled with a nprotect directory in it.
What shall I do? remove it?
Thanks
Christophe
That sounds like the hidden restore partition I mentioned - the sort
that compaq have used for a long time and more oems are using now
with XP. I'd leave it alone. Just don't have any mount point
specified in your fstab, and ignore it. You don't need the space, I
think.
Anne
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Re: [newbie] Questions with storage devices
Ok
Thanks for the tip
Christophe
Anne Wilson wrote:
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On Saturday 06 March 2004 21:01, rhein wrote:
Hello,
My swap file is hd7 with 494MB and it is different from this hd5
called /mnt/win_d with 525 MB.
When I click on this win_d (hd5) in Konqueror there are 2
directories: = a system volume information with a file
_restore{2F3FC359-5C9C-424F-B0EF-325C191C6F2E}
= recycled with a nprotect directory in it.
What shall I do? remove it?
Thanks
Christophe
That sounds like the hidden restore partition I mentioned - the sort
that compaq have used for a long time and more oems are using now
with XP. I'd leave it alone. Just don't have any mount point
specified in your fstab, and ignore it. You don't need the space, I
think.
Anne
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Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 11:16 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: The user_name:password is the log in. Naturally it must be a valid combination. Duh! Abject grovelling That comes of grabbing a quick read between other unrelated jobs. I didn't read the line, just used it - so, no username, no password. Silly b BTW: That link I gave was of course for 9.2. If you are using 9.1 then substitute 9.1 in the URL. If you are running 9.1, and have never performed any updates from the Mandrake update server, then your urpmi package has a bug which will stop downloads from Mandrake Club working. Again, I never looked. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Needless to say, it works perfectly once amended. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Only if you delete the cookies. It recognizes the club member by that. So if you login with your browser you`ll see you name on the front page (right hand near top). If you use another browser without the cookies it will see you as an `anonymous visitor` or sormething like that. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= . Mandrake visibility? See headers... . -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mENWwC/zk+cxEdMRAmR4AJ9+lkE64F0gozyY368D1Y2uYmGQTQCffoBe q2oEEb4wGSin+U1EfUUJQ5M= =u4Z0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 10:08 pm, Dick Gevers wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Only if you delete the cookies. It recognizes the club member by that. So if you login with your browser you`ll see you name on the front page (right hand near top). If you use another browser without the cookies it will see you as an `anonymous visitor` or sormething like that. Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Anne, On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by itself. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mExXwC/zk+cxEdMRAniIAKCwxKABO3+pkOfLggz68n318e3zTACg59ER 8TWKTWHIM8qHNRqnZYGJzxk= =AWpH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 9:14 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: SNIP Open a terminal window enter su enter followed by your root password. (This makes you root user) Now type urpmi.addmedia Club http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.2 with ./hdlist.cz (that command is all one line) Substitite your Club username and password Derek, I never got round to doing this, so I just tried it - got problem reading synthesis file of medium Club unable to update medium Club Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Anne The user_name:password is the log in. Naturally it must be a valid combination. BTW: That link I gave was of course for 9.2. If you are using 9.1 then substitute 9.1 in the URL. If you are running 9.1, and have never performed any updates from the Mandrake update server, then your urpmi package has a bug which will stop downloads from Mandrake Club working. As a workaround use the command urpmi.addmedia Club --wget http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.1 with ./hdlist.cz If you have an update mirror defined then :- urpmi urpmi will update urpmi itself, and the workaround is no longer needed. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:47:05 +, Dick Gevers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by itself. What`s more, I should`ve added: if you look up a package in Club you get all versions, older MD, current, Cooker, etcetera. So you could never use it as a source for your current version of Mandrake. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= . Mandrake visibility? See headers... . -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFXhwC/zk+cxEdMRAuSSAJ0ZfpyNt2Nr8q0Z3CxxQWBY5kO73ACgjZ0W PpW8fA5WqnWbaUcIRS+nAVE= =gXV0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:16:22 +0100, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: As a workaround use the command urpmi.addmedia Club --wget http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.1 with ./hdlist.cz If you have an update mirror defined then :- urpmi urpmi will update urpmi itself, and the workaround is no longer needed. Please disregard my ramblings on this topic. I didn`t pay enough attention: I must have been too long out in the cold today painting my house and should be asleep. Sorry. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFiEwC/zk+cxEdMRAgaOAKCkKjGucwx1O4tgPRNOL1QqF4WruwCeI766 0AdTFJua+Pc19LwfuSkimwc= =lCH4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 02:16 pm, S. Wieland wrote: I first installed mandrake 9.1 on monday 10-20-03 and everything went smoothly. I figured out how to use irc and mozilla and konquer.And so yesterday after reading the mandrake starter pdf (on my win2k box) i got the bright idea to reinstall mandrake because i wanted to add a few more workstation programs, im sure there are easier ways to do that but i couldnt fgure them out. Well one of the last questions it asked me before i rebooted was if i wanted to install something at the begining of the boot sector, something else, etc, i didnt remember this the first time i installed amd i thought it would be best if i checked the install at the begining of the boot sector. Well obviously it wasnt right because after bios boot i recieve a L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99.. for 10 lines then a strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility. Do I need to start over a new install or is there a way around this? You just need to install LILO on the MBR, and not on the first sector of boot. You can do this by booting from the first Mandrake CD, and then at the splash screen, hit F1 and then type rescuereturn. You will boot to a menu and one of the choices is to reinstall the bootloader. When it was running properly the first time I came up with a few how to questions I could not find in the How To guide @ mandrakes web site. How do I update mozilla from 1.3 to the current 1.5? If you stick with Mandrake packages, you cannot do it right now because they are currently being built and debugged. If you want to do it without Mandrake packages, you will have to install from the package available at mozilla.org. This will however cause your fonts to not be as nice I have heard. How do I make mozilla my default browser? In KDE or in GNOME? If KDE, open the KDE Control Center and in the Components = File Associations section, find the html extensions and move Mozilla up the list to the top. Why doesnt home remember my last settings ie list view and not large If you mean in the Konqueror File Manager, you have to save the profile again after changing it. Settings = Save View Profile icons? (what is this xp?!) When trying to install the flash and shockwave plugin for mozilla it said in the text document incompatible version of os and when trying to copy it to the mozilla plugin directory it would say that i did not have permission to do this. The rpms available on the Club are much better. But anyway, you have to be root (administrator) to copy the file. You can start konqueror in Super User mode from the K = Applications = File Tools menu. I very much enjoy wolfenstein:enemy territory and when i went to install the linux version the file was a *.run file and when i clicked on it it would open a new browser page with which i believe is the source code and it would load and load and load. What do I do with this file? You are about to be introduced to the command line interface of linux. It is very powerful and efficient, so don't be scared. Open a console and change to the directory you have the .run file saved to. Make sure the file has the executable bit set by typing 'chmod 755 nameoffile.run then try ./nameoffile.run and the installer should execute. Thanks for reading through all this and a great mucho thanks in advance for helping me answer any of these questions. -boardrider HTH -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 22 October 2003 02:16 pm, S. Wieland wrote: I first installed mandrake 9.1 on monday 10-20-03 and everything went smoothly. I figured out how to use irc and mozilla and konquer.And so yesterday after reading the mandrake starter pdf (on my win2k box) i got the bright idea to reinstall mandrake because i wanted to add a few more workstation programs, im sure there are easier ways to do that but i couldnt fgure them out. Well one of the last questions it asked me before i rebooted was if i wanted to install something at the begining of the boot sector, something else, etc, i didnt remember this the first time i installed amd i thought it would be best if i checked the install at the begining of the boot sector. Well obviously it wasnt right because after bios boot i recieve a L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99.. for 10 lines then a strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility. Do I need to start over a new install or is there a way around this? You just need to install LILO on the MBR, and not on the first sector of boot. You can do this by booting from the first Mandrake CD, and then at the splash screen, hit F1 and then type rescuereturn. You will boot to a menu and one of the choices is to reinstall the bootloader. When it was running properly the first time I came up with a few how to questions I could not find in the How To guide @ mandrakes web site. How do I update mozilla from 1.3 to the current 1.5? If you stick with Mandrake packages, you cannot do it right now because they are currently being built and debugged. If you want to do it without Mandrake packages, you will have to install from the package available at mozilla.org. This will however cause your fonts to not be as nice I have heard. How do I make mozilla my default browser? In KDE or in GNOME? If KDE, open the KDE Control Center and in the Components = File Associations section, find the html extensions and move Mozilla up the list to the top. Why doesnt home remember my last settings ie list view and not large If you mean in the Konqueror File Manager, you have to save the profile again after changing it. Settings = Save View Profile icons? (what is this xp?!) When trying to install the flash and shockwave plugin for mozilla it said in the text document incompatible version of os and when trying to copy it to the mozilla plugin directory it would say that i did not have permission to do this. The rpms available on the Club are much better. But anyway, you have to be root (administrator) to copy the file. You can start konqueror in Super User mode from the K = Applications = File Tools menu. I very much enjoy wolfenstein:enemy territory and when i went to install the linux version the file was a *.run file and when i clicked on it it would open a new browser page with which i believe is the source code and it would load and load and load. What do I do with this file? You are about to be introduced to the command line interface of linux. It is very powerful and efficient, so don't be scared. Open a console and change to the directory you have the .run file saved to. Make sure the file has the executable bit set by typing 'chmod 755 nameoffile.run then try ./nameoffile.run and the installer should execute. Thanks for reading through all this and a great mucho thanks in advance for helping me answer any of these questions. -boardrider HTH 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] total newbie questions
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:23:30 -0700, S. Wieland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? Open a terminal window enter su enter followed by your root password. (This makes you root user) Now type urpmi.addmedia Club http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.2 with ./hdlist.cz (that command is all one line) Substitite your Club username and password It will download a list of available packages from Mandrake Club which you install by browsing your MandrakeControlCentreSoftwareSoftwareInstall (you can filter on All packages, by medium repository derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 05:23 pm, S. Wieland wrote: Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link You can either browse the commercial area of the rpm repository or run drakclub which will help you set up The Club Commercial area as a urpmi source so you can browse with the software installer. That is available in the Mandrake Control Center. Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? You want to save it and then execute it as you would an .exe file in windows. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:24:04 -0500, Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok so if I backup /home, does that also backup the user information (username and passwds?) I know each user has a directory under /home. If you back up /home, you do back up personal data, but usernames and passwords are held in /etc along with most (all?) system settings. Personal settings are in hidden files in the user's home directory, so don't forget these. If you reinstall, rather than upgrade, create users with the same names and in the same order as before, because each user has a consecutively issued id number and life will be much easier for you if these match. Richard -- Get up and turn I loose Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] newbie questions
I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. 2) What is involved in upgrading 8.2 to 9.1 or 9.2? (Keeping my data intact) 3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Thanks for answering my questions, I have read some of the How-to's but am slightly confused. Jack Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] newbie questions
I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you CANNOT compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. 2) What is involved in upgrading 8.2 to 9.1 or 9.2? (Keeping my data intact) 3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Thanks for answering my questions, I have read some of the How-to's but am slightly confused. Jack
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:53:15 -0500, Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you CANNOT compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. Linux viruses are almost never seen in the wild, and can only run with the permissions of the user, and would meet a subtlely different environment on each machine... Having said that, you might want to filter out Windows viruses if you had Windows clients. And some Redhat stuff will install on Mandrake, although I imagine they patch their kernel quite differently! 2) What is involved in upgrading 8.2 to 9.1 or 9.2? (Keeping my data intact) If you have /home on a separate partition, don't format it during the install (but back it up in case). If it's not, install, then restore /home from backup. If you bring all your dotfiles (generally ~/.app-name) with you, and some app isn't happy, maybe rename the dotfile and let it create a new one - sometimes formats change. 3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Just for now? ifconfig eth0 down. Permanently? Not sure, why not just ignore it and not plug anything in? Actually, there must be something in the init files which brings the interface up, but I don't know where it is. Richard -- Get up and turn I loose Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:53:15 -0500 Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you CANNOT compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. Personally I don't bother about catching a Linux virus but I protect my mailserver using antivir mailgate for linux (see http://www.hbedv.com/ ). This is to prevent passing something on to somebody and because my wife uses windows. This can be downloaded from http://www.hbedv.com/download/download.htm#AntiVir%20Mailgate%20for%20Linux Cheers Nigel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Just for now? ifconfig eth0 down. Permanently? Not sure, why not just ignore it and not plug anything in? Actually, there must be something in the init files which brings the interface up, but I don't know where it is. Richard In the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Edit the line that says ONBOOT to say no derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:45, Wilson, Jack wrote: I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. Use shorewall and don't worry about viarii 2) What is involved in upgrading 8.2 to 9.1 or 9.2? (Keeping my data intact) Just answer upgrade instead of full install 3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Thanks for answering my questions, I have read some of the How-to's but am slightly confused. join the club Jack __ 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] questions about mdk 9.1
manolis wrote: I corrected gnome GUI that way. But kde doesn't correct itshelf with a removal of the $/.kde folder. I still cannot get the splash screen while loading the kde, and I get a network wizard each time I load the kde. The network wizard pops up BEFORE the desktop appear. Any advice? I don't know if you meant to type this, but if you removed $/.kde, as printed above, it won't work. You must remove /home/your username/.kde for it to regenerate your .kde folder. ??? 26 2003 19:05, ?/? Brant Fitzsimmons ??: Erylon Hines wrote: Looks to me like your .kde user is corrupted because all the other desktop GUI's work. Save the stuff you need from .kde (your address book is a big one), then rename the ~/.kde directory to something like .OLDkde. Try starting KDE again. It will probably work, creating a new ~/.kde in the process. You will lose all of your desktop settings, including mail settings, and have to recreate them from scratch, but other than that, no harm done. On Friday 25 July 2003 05:30 pm, manolis wrote: The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). You should be able to copy any mail settings or configuration files to the new .kde when it is formed. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
I corrected gnome GUI that way. But kde doesn't correct itshelf with a removal of the $/.kde folder. I still cannot get the splash screen while loading the kde, and I get a network wizard each time I load the kde. The network wizard pops up BEFORE the desktop appear. Any advice? 26 2003 19:05, / Brant Fitzsimmons : Erylon Hines wrote: Looks to me like your .kde user is corrupted because all the other desktop GUI's work. Save the stuff you need from .kde (your address book is a big one), then rename the ~/.kde directory to something like .OLDkde. Try starting KDE again. It will probably work, creating a new ~/.kde in the process. You will lose all of your desktop settings, including mail settings, and have to recreate them from scratch, but other than that, no harm done. On Friday 25 July 2003 05:30 pm, manolis wrote: The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). You should be able to copy any mail settings or configuration files to the new .kde when it is formed. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
Looks to me like your .kde user is corrupted because all the other desktop GUI's work. Save the stuff you need from .kde (your address book is a big one), then rename the ~/.kde directory to something like .OLDkde. Try starting KDE again. It will probably work, creating a new ~/.kde in the process. You will lose all of your desktop settings, including mail settings, and have to recreate them from scratch, but other than that, no harm done. On Friday 25 July 2003 05:30 pm, manolis wrote: The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
Erylon Hines wrote: Looks to me like your .kde user is corrupted because all the other desktop GUI's work. Save the stuff you need from .kde (your address book is a big one), then rename the ~/.kde directory to something like .OLDkde. Try starting KDE again. It will probably work, creating a new ~/.kde in the process. You will lose all of your desktop settings, including mail settings, and have to recreate them from scratch, but other than that, no harm done. On Friday 25 July 2003 05:30 pm, manolis wrote: The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). You should be able to copy any mail settings or configuration files to the new .kde when it is formed. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) Maxims for Revolutionists Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
Hi to all the people in the list. I have some questions about my linux mdk 9.1 installation. #1. After a by-mistake reset at the time the mdk 9.1 was doing fsck check in my system. Some files have been lost. The only way to find out what files are missing from my installation is kpackage that give a long list of all files in every rpm of the system. I am pretty newbie to linux so I would like to make a total rpm check in my system so all the files that are missing from my system to be updated from the installation disks. Is it possible? I don't want to reinstall the OS. I take the reinstallation of mdk 9.1 as a defeat! In the past 3 moths I fought heavilly with all the problems I faced , trying to avoid reinstallation .. :) #2. the last days I cannot load inside KDE any application that wants su rights. (like mcc for example). I can go to terminal and type su and then mcc to load it . But when I click on the icon the application doesn't load! The same time a strange problem has appeared. When I login in KDE I get the network configuration wizard that wants me to enter root password to configure my network. I must click cancel to enter to desktop. I don't know for sure, but I think those two problems are related some how. Any help would be greatly appreciated Manolis --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 05:53, manolis wrote: Hi to all the people in the list. I have some questions about my linux mdk 9.1 installation. #1. After a by-mistake reset at the time the mdk 9.1 was doing fsck check in my system. Some files have been lost. The only way to find out what files are missing from my installation is kpackage that give a long list of all files in every rpm of the system. I am pretty newbie to linux so I would like to make a total rpm check in my system so all the files that are missing from my system to be updated from the installation disks. Is it possible? I don't want to reinstall the OS. I take the reinstallation of mdk 9.1 as a defeat! In the past 3 moths I fought heavilly with all the problems I faced , trying to avoid reinstallation .. :) Look - especially for a newbie, reinstallation ain't nothing more than a lesson - doing repeated installations only makes you smarter about how you're installing it, how you're making use of your disk space for optimal performance, what packages and options you're choosing from the beginning...I wish I could count how many times I've reinstalled any distribution of linux - it's thousands, mate, thousands... Meanwhile, a consideration to make is that you've corrupted the file system by accident - and that's alright - but if you do an installation again, you can choose a file system like ReiserFS that can generally handle such accidents - use it for your / and your /home partition - you might be surprised at the results. #2. the last days I cannot load inside KDE any application that wants su rights. (like mcc for example). I can go to terminal and type su and then mcc to load it . But when I click on the icon the application doesn't load! The same time a strange problem has appeared. When I login in KDE I get the network configuration wizard that wants me to enter root password to configure my network. I must click cancel to enter to desktop. I don't know for sure, but I think those two problems are related some how. I'd tend to reckon that the system's corrupted, the /etc/passwd is probably corrupted - best reinstall. -- Sat Jul 26 09:30:00 EST 2003 09:30:00 up 12 days, 1:33, 3 users, load average: 0.27, 0.17, 0.14 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Compassion -- that's the one things no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them. -- McCoy, The Ultimate Computer, stardate 4731.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
26 2003 02:35, / Stephen Kuhn : Look - especially for a newbie, reinstallation ain't nothing more than a lesson - doing repeated installations only makes you smarter about how you're installing it, how you're making use of your disk space for optimal performance, what packages and options you're choosing from the beginning...I wish I could count how many times I've reinstalled any distribution of linux - it's thousands, mate, thousands... Meanwhile, a consideration to make is that you've corrupted the file system by accident - and that's alright - but if you do an installation again, you can choose a file system like ReiserFS that can generally handle such accidents - use it for your / and your /home partition - you might be surprised at the results. After the problem I was not able to login in KDE, after many tries ...now I can . I think this is a progress. One of the things I 'd loved about winXP is that I never reinstalled them. Even upgraded them from win2k ( I did many times recovery console though). I was pretty advanced in windows. As advanced can be one in a windowz environment. :) I do not like to reinstall all the applications and drivers now... I think it is a minor problem I could manage it .. in time... even though I am pretty newbie in linux world. One thing that admired from the first time in the world of linux is that anything can be done in such minor issues... or at WORST everything can be tried!!! :) The only info I got from the above is the ReiserFS that I didn't know about it. Thank you for this. Is there a place on the internet to read about ReiserFS? I'd tend to reckon that the system's corrupted, the /etc/passwd is probably corrupted - best reinstall. yes, but if there was a major problem in passwords handling there would be no pop up for root password in KDE eventually (some rare times it works!). The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). I want to state one time again that I am linux NEWBIE, with the above I don't try to be smart... I know that there are many things that I don't know ... I just want to figure out things through argument... Sorry for my english... Thanks for your post. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions about mdk 9.1
manolis wrote: ??? 26 2003 02:35, ?/? Stephen Kuhn ??: Look - especially for a newbie, reinstallation ain't nothing more than a lesson - doing repeated installations only makes you smarter about how you're installing it, how you're making use of your disk space for optimal performance, what packages and options you're choosing from the beginning...I wish I could count how many times I've reinstalled any distribution of linux - it's thousands, mate, thousands... Meanwhile, a consideration to make is that you've corrupted the file system by accident - and that's alright - but if you do an installation again, you can choose a file system like ReiserFS that can generally handle such accidents - use it for your / and your /home partition - you might be surprised at the results. After the problem I was not able to login in KDE, after many tries ...now I can . I think this is a progress. One of the things I 'd loved about winXP is that I never reinstalled them. Even upgraded them from win2k ( I did many times recovery console though). I was pretty advanced in windows. As advanced can be one in a windowz environment. :) I do not like to reinstall all the applications and drivers now... I think it is a minor problem I could manage it .. in time... even though I am pretty newbie in linux world. One thing that admired from the first time in the world of linux is that anything can be done in such minor issues... or at WORST everything can be tried!!! :) The only info I got from the above is the ReiserFS that I didn't know about it. Thank you for this. Is there a place on the internet to read about ReiserFS? http://www.namesys.com/ I'd tend to reckon that the system's corrupted, the /etc/passwd is probably corrupted - best reinstall. yes, but if there was a major problem in passwords handling there would be no pop up for root password in KDE eventually (some rare times it works!). The KDE is the only graphical GUI that gives me the error. The password handling is working fine in other GUIs. (IceWM , Gnome, WM). I want to state one time again that I am linux NEWBIE, with the above I don't try to be smart... I know that there are many things that I don't know ... I just want to figure out things through argument... Sorry for my english... Thanks for your post. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) Maxims for Revolutionists Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get
I run Debian on my server and I think it's great. Just leave it running and it takes care of itself, apt-getting the latest updates automatically. I thought I'd give this a try on my Mandrake system. Synaptic has half of my system marked for removal! There's only 3 broken packages. When I tell it to mark them for removal, over 50 other packages get marked, also. The 3 that are broken are: kdemultimedia - 1.3.0.3-7mdk kdevelop - 3.2.1.3-6mdk libpng3 - 2.1.2.4-3mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get
On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote: Hello All, I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of dependency resolution. Can someone tell me.. 1. What is apt-get ? 2. Does it really work (ie is it worth learning about)? and 3. A good source to find out more info on how to get it and install it on my Mandrake 9.0 box. Thanks, TP I like APT very much and think it's an excellent program. I suggest you get it from Texstar's site. This is the Mandrake packaging. You will need: APT APT-DEVEL SYNAPTIC (the graphical front end) If you have to download and install them manually, rather than using the Mandrake software packager, install them in the above order. Then, as root and connected to the Internet, run the command apt-get update It may take up to fifteen minutes for all the headers to be downloaded into /etc/apt. Then, run Synaptic. It's under configuration packaging. You will see a long list of all packages which are available for downloading and installing. Those already installed will have a right pointing arrow by them. You can see installed version numbers and available ones, for deciding what to update or install. Highlight the chosen packages and click on the install tab after each choice. All dependencies will also be automatically selected, and can be checked. Then click on Proceed, and whatever is selected will be downloaded and installed. This is just to get you started. HTH Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:01:16 + Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote: Hello All, I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of dependency resolution. Can someone tell me.. 1. What is apt-get ? 2. Does it really work (ie is it worth learning about)? and 3. A good source to find out more info on how to get it and install it on my Mandrake 9.0 box. Thanks, TP I like APT very much and think it's an excellent program. I suggest you get it from Texstar's site. This is the Mandrake packaging. You will need: APT APT-DEVEL SYNAPTIC (the graphical front end) If you have to download and install them manually, rather than using the Mandrake software packager, install them in the above order. Then, as root and connected to the Internet, run the command apt-get update It may take up to fifteen minutes for all the headers to be downloaded into /etc/apt. Then, run Synaptic. It's under configuration packaging. You will see a long list of all packages which are available for downloading and installing. Those already installed will have a right pointing arrow by them. You can see installed version numbers and available ones, for deciding what to update or install. Highlight the chosen packages and click on the install tab after each choice. All dependencies will also be automatically selected, and can be checked. Then click on Proceed, and whatever is selected will be downloaded and installed. This is just to get you started. HTH Keith The one really awsome thing about debian and I'm not bashing mandrake at all is their upgrade, update system. Using apt-get you can upgrade your system to a testing version, or unstable version and then back again (although going backwards is risky). You can select packages from stable, testing, or unstable and mix and match all by editing your source.list file something you will not get to experience when using apt with mandrake. Once Debian is installed through apt you really never have to upgrade your system as apt-get will do it for you. I love mandrakes ease of use and its community is by far the friendliest of all the distro's I've tried, but debians maintinance and upgradeability are far supirior to any rpm based system. I hear gentoo is pretty advanced when it comes to updating or upgrading as well. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] more newbie questions
Thanks to those who helped answer my previous questions, and now I have some more. I'm planning on doing a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0. Before doing so, I'd like to know how I should partition my 15 gig hard drive. I'd like to run both a small web server and an ftp server for friends' to anonymously access. Does this have any affect on how I should partition my hd? Can anyone suggest partitions and sizes? Also, I have a second 40 gig hard drive slaved to the 15 gig hd, but the slave hd is not being detected afaik. Any suggestions on how to get linux to detect it and where it would be mounted? I think it's already been formatted fat32 but I am not sure. Finally, I am having a few problems with my HP 7200e cd writer. I loaded the paride, epat, and pg modules before without incident, but after rebooting, whenever I load them with insmod paride, etc. I get /lib/modules/2.4.8-mdk/kernel/drivers/block/paride/paride.o.gz unresolved symbol parport_put_port_R4ed54fe2 type error messages. Anyone know what's up with that? Thanks in advance. -William __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lots of Newbie Questions
Hi, I'm very new to Linux and decided I'd try Mandrake, which seems cool so far. But, there are certain things I've had troubles with: My sound does not play. I loaded Hard Drake, ran sound care configuration, and when it says it is playing an 8 bit sample, I don't hear anything. I have a ESS Technology ESS1969 Solo-1 AudioDrive according to HardDrake. I have had difficulty running an ftp server. I set up wuftp but then realized that I was already running proftpd. Which is better? I found wuftp to have decent documentation, but when I tried to read proftpd's website's documentation, it made little sense, probably because I've never configured Apache before and it's apparently similar. What are some common apps that people use for Linux? I've installed mplayer to play divx's, and it seems ok. Anything better for divx and other video formats? What about realmedia? Also, what's the favored mail client? Mozilla Mail any good? I like the Mozilla browser so far. Finally, what are the steps for upgrading to the new Mandrake versions? I have 8.1 from the box, but I'd like to download the new 9.0. Thanks in advance, and sorry if my questions are seem very newbish. -William __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lots of Newbie Questions
William Chan wrote: Hi, I'm very new to Linux and decided I'd try Mandrake, which seems cool so far. But, there are certain things I've had troubles with: My sound does not play. I loaded Hard Drake, ran sound care configuration, and when it says it is playing an 8 bit sample, I don't hear anything. I have a ESS Technology ESS1969 Solo-1 AudioDrive according to HardDrake. Try running sndconfig while not in X (for some reason sound configuration and X-window display sometimes don't like each other). I have had difficulty running an ftp server. I set up wuftp but then realized that I was already running proftpd. Which is better? I found wuftp to have decent documentation, but when I tried to read proftpd's website's documentation, it made little sense, probably because I've never configured Apache before and it's apparently similar. Proftp is generally reckoned to be a bit more secure than wuftp. It's pretty easy to edit the example configuration file - just rename your edited file to /etc/proftpd.conf, and you should be ready to go. What are some common apps that people use for Linux? I've installed mplayer to play divx's, and it seems ok. Anything better for divx and other video formats? What about realmedia? Xine is a good allround media player, though won't play realmedia files. There is a Linux version of RealPlayer availablefrom their site, but it's closed source (rumours of spyware abound, though I don't know of any confirmation of these - it's certainly nothing like MS Mediaplayer). Also, what's the favored mail client? Mozilla Mail any good? I like the Mozilla browser so far. All mail clients have their own advocates: KMail, Evolution, Sylpheed and Mozilla are all popular. It's largely a matter of taste - I like Mozilla for a nice compromise between features and simplicity. I wish they'd implement separate image preferences for the browser and mail client, though (which Evolution has). Finally, what are the steps for upgrading to the new Mandrake versions? I have 8.1 from the box, but I'd like to download the new 9.0. There have been some posts on this recently. I generally prefer to just backup everything and do a clean install, but I hear that upgrades are less problematic than they used to be. You'll get a prompt at the beginning of the install process asking you if you want to install or upgrade. It's worth upgrading in expert mode, as this gives you more control over the process. Thanks in advance, and sorry if my questions are seem very newbish. Hey, it's a newbie list! It's probably better to post unrelated questions separately, though - it adds to the bulk of mail, but it helps keep threads untangled, and you're more likely to get useful answers if the subject header clearly reflects the question. Sir Robin -- Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It's lovely to be silly at the right moment - Horace Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networki ng
Title: RE: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networking -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Tu Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networking Hi, I'm new to Linux and I love its potential. Anyway, my questions are about establishing a dialup connection to my ISP with Mandrake 8.2. 1. I have a Dell Latitude notebook with a 3com mini-PCI modem (and ethernet, in fact). According to Dell techs, this is a hardware modem, but I couldn't find the model number in the hardware lists. The following is the relevant part of cat /proc/pci: Bus 0, device 16, function 1: Communication controller: PCI device 10b7:1007 (3Com Corporation) (rev 16). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=5. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd0ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf3ffd400 [0xf3ffd4ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf3ffd000 [0xf3ffd07f]. So, is this really a hardware modem? 2. If so, how do I test that /dev/modem is set up right? I've read about kppp or minicom, but I can't find these utilities on my system. 3. During install, Mandrake asked for my ISP's phone number, etc. But now, I cannot see any files in /etc/ppp/peers. For system administration, is there a text/console equivalent to the GUI dial-up setup? Of course, there's always the several config files, but I was looking for a shortcut :-) Thanks. Alan Can't answer the question on whether it is a hardware modem, but for text config you can use wvdial. It is quick and seems very stable. The other alternative I use is the Internet connection icon on the KDE desktop. HTH Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networki ng
Thanks, but I checked http://mobilix.org/modem_ci10130.html and my modem (same device number) is stated not to work. Dell hardware modem my ---. And my box cost more than the consumer Inspiron model, you'd think they would use better components. Alan - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 07:53 Subject: RE: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networki ng -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Tu Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] questions about modem and setting up dialup networking Hi, I'm new to Linux and I love its potential. Anyway, my questions are about establishing a dialup connection to my ISP with Mandrake 8.2. 1. I have a Dell Latitude notebook with a 3com mini-PCI modem (and ethernet, in fact). According to Dell techs, this is a hardware modem, but I couldn't find the model number in the hardware lists. The following is the relevant part of cat /proc/pci: Bus 0, device 16, function 1: Communication controller: PCI device 10b7:1007 (3Com Corporation) (rev 16). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=5. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd0ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf3ffd400 [0xf3ffd4ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf3ffd000 [0xf3ffd07f]. So, is this really a hardware modem? 2. If so, how do I test that /dev/modem is set up right? I've read about kppp or minicom, but I can't find these utilities on my system. 3. During install, Mandrake asked for my ISP's phone number, etc. But now, I cannot see any files in /etc/ppp/peers. For system administration, is there a text/console equivalent to the GUI dial-up setup? Of course, there's always the several config files, but I was looking for a shortcut :-) Thanks. Alan Can't answer the question on whether it is a hardware modem, but for text config you can use wvdial. It is quick and seems very stable. The other alternative I use is the Internet connection icon on the KDE desktop. HTH Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions
On Saturday 06 April 2002 04:16 am, you wrote: Robin wrote: On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 11:07, Oder wrote: I have recently installed MDK 8.2 on my toshiba satellite 1800-s208 - intel celeron 1.1GHz with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Installation went smoothly but I still have some problems: when I run xine, it appears for a second and then vanishes; try run it from a terminal, it will say something there if there was an error in the desktop I have 2 icons of floppy - Floppy and Floppy2 - why Floppy2? in the boot session I have winxp, linux and linux-nonfb - what is it linux-nonfb? I believe nonfb means no frame buffer, with frame buffer you can run text console with different resolution. Not all video card supports it. what program do I need for DVD and CD-RW? Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Oder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Robin In a terminal xine showed: This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.8 (c) 2000, 2001 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team. Built with xine library 0.9.8 [Die 22 Jan 2002 06:30:08]-[gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.2 2.96-0.71mdk)]-[Linux 2.4.16-6mdksmp i686]. Found xine library version: 0.9.8 (0.9.8). Display is not using Xinerama. main: probing SyncFB video output plugin video_out_syncfb: aborting. (unable to open device /dev/syncfb) load_plugins: video output plugin /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_vo_out_syncfb.so: init_video_out_plugin failed. main: probing Xv video output plugin video_out_xv: using Xv port 51 from adaptor Trident Backend Scaler for hardware colorspace conversion and scaling. video_out_xv: port attribute XV_COLORKEY value is 2110 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_SATURATION value is 80 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_BRIGHTNESS value is 45 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_HUE value is 0 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_CONTRAST value is 4 video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format. video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format. load_plugins: video output plugin Xv successfully loaded. main: probing audio drivers... main: trying to autoload 'oss' audio driver: audio_oss_out: Opening audio device... audio_oss_out: using device /dev/dsp audio_oss_out: using SNDCTL_DSP_GETODELAY Segmentation fault - Well, I am getting a DVD/CDRW to play with, so we will see. _Some_ IDE DVDs will not function properly under ide-scsi, a methos that makes an ide device emulate SCSI (which is necessary to make cdrecord work, a program that is behind all the Graphical frontends in linux for CD burning) It is likely that you can make a dual-boot situation for the SAME system, one in which hdc=ide-scsi is in the LILO append line for making CD-Rs or CDRWs and another in which the Append line has hdc=ide-cd for viewing DVDs... (And for both the entry in /etc/fstab for /mnt/cdrom has the stanza dev=/dev/hdc in the options) I hope to find a way of integrating this, but right now it seems to be a serious deficiency in some DVD players that they will not function properly under SCSI emulation (Several DVD players do well in SCSI emulation mode). Civileme I am really new to linux and I have no idea how to solve this problem but, my /etc/fstab is: none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepa$/mnt/floppy2 /mnt/floppy2 supermount dev=/dev/fd1,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,code$/dev/hda1 and the /etc/lilo.conf: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda10 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda10 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi read-only Thanks a lot to Robin and to Civileme, Oder. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] questions
I have recently installed MDK 8.2 on my toshiba satellite 1800-s208 - intel celeron 1.1GHz with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Installation went smoothly but I still have some problems: when I run xine, it appears for a second and then vanishes; in the desktop I have 2 icons of floppy - Floppy and Floppy2 - why Floppy2? in the boot session I have winxp, linux and linux-nonfb - what is it linux-nonfb? what program do I need for DVD and CD-RW? Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Oder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 11:07, Oder wrote: I have recently installed MDK 8.2 on my toshiba satellite 1800-s208 - intel celeron 1.1GHz with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Installation went smoothly but I still have some problems: when I run xine, it appears for a second and then vanishes; try run it from a terminal, it will say something there if there was an error in the desktop I have 2 icons of floppy - Floppy and Floppy2 - why Floppy2? in the boot session I have winxp, linux and linux-nonfb - what is it linux-nonfb? I believe nonfb means no frame buffer, with frame buffer you can run text console with different resolution. Not all video card supports it. what program do I need for DVD and CD-RW? Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Oder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions
El vie, 05-04-2002 a las 16:07, Oder escribió: I have recently installed MDK 8.2 on my toshiba satellite 1800-s208 - intel celeron 1.1GHz with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Installation went smoothly but I still have some problems: when I run xine, it appears for a second and then vanishes; in the desktop I have 2 icons of floppy - Floppy and Floppy2 - why Floppy2? in the boot session I have winxp, linux and linux-nonfb - what is it linux-nonfb? what program do I need for DVD and CD-RW? Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Oder i suggest you run xine from a konsole so when it hangs you will be able to read what the error was, and post it here. this way the list will be more helpful. about floppy2, looks like the installation detecting two floppy drives. if you don't need floppy2, just delete it. linux-nonfb is, i think, no frame-buffer. a different video mode. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions
Robin wrote: On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 11:07, Oder wrote: I have recently installed MDK 8.2 on my toshiba satellite 1800-s208 - intel celeron 1.1GHz with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Installation went smoothly but I still have some problems: when I run xine, it appears for a second and then vanishes; try run it from a terminal, it will say something there if there was an error in the desktop I have 2 icons of floppy - Floppy and Floppy2 - why Floppy2? in the boot session I have winxp, linux and linux-nonfb - what is it linux-nonfb? I believe nonfb means no frame buffer, with frame buffer you can run text console with different resolution. Not all video card supports it. what program do I need for DVD and CD-RW? Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Oder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, I am getting a DVD/CDRW to play with, so we will see. _Some_ IDE DVDs will not function properly under ide-scsi, a methos that makes an ide device emulate SCSI (which is necessary to make cdrecord work, a program that is behind all the Graphical frontends in linux for CD burning) It is likely that you can make a dual-boot situation for the SAME system, one in which hdc=ide-scsi is in the LILO append line for making CD-Rs or CDRWs and another in which the Append line has hdc=ide-cd for viewing DVDs... (And for both the entry in /etc/fstab for /mnt/cdrom has the stanza dev=/dev/hdc in the options) I hope to find a way of integrating this, but right now it seems to be a serious deficiency in some DVD players that they will not function properly under SCSI emulation (Several DVD players do well in SCSI emulation mode). Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Femme wrote: AFAIK they should be OFF. Apparently they are holdovers from DOS days when it was necessary to cache some parts of memory b/c DOS couldn't do it efficiently enough. For now, I believe all windows versions don't use or reference the bios at all. I presume linux is the same. However I know that those settings will slow your computer in windows a lot if they are on. Femme Thanks Femme! I'm going to change those back and see what diff I get. I'm almost certain now that its what caused my recent Nvidia driver problems. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Tom Brinkman wrote: Google 'bios settings', you'll get plenty of links with explainations. For more concise/appropriate explaination, go to your motherboard's web page, your bios' web page, or screen by screen descriptions are probly also in your mobo's manual. Normally you shouldn't need or want to cache video or bios. Before you make bios changes you should understand what they do and why you would want to change from default. It's also a very good idea to know where the 'clear cosmos' (cmos) jumper is on your motherboard and how to use it. Some don't have one, you'll need to pull the battery for a few minutes. Some bios' can be cleared by holding down a key during the boot proccess (eg, Insert). Clearing the cosmos (bios) will revert to all defaults in case you happen to make the system unbootable. Hey Tom! Well, its not unbootable, I'm currently using it smile. I was just wondering if that could be the culprit behind my recent Nvidia problems. On reflection, it was the only change I made before reinstalling everything on to my new 60 gig HD... Methinks I'll change it back. Thanks for your input, and I'll look Google refs over, just to further me poor education... ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Thanks much! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
On Monday 01 April 2002 08:10 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Google 'bios settings', you'll get plenty of links with explainations. For more concise/appropriate explaination, go to your motherboard's web page, your bios' web page, or screen by screen descriptions are probly also in your mobo's manual. Normally you shouldn't need or want to cache video or bios. Before you make bios changes you should understand what they do and why you would want to change from default. It's also a very good idea to know where the 'clear cosmos' (cmos) jumper is on your motherboard and how to use it. Some don't have one, you'll need to pull the battery for a few minutes. Some bios' can be cleared by holding down a key during the boot proccess (eg, Insert). Clearing the cosmos (bios) will revert to all defaults in case you happen to make the system unbootable. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
On Monday 01 April 2002 07:10 pm, you wrote: Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Thanks much! AFAIK they should be OFF. Apparently they are holdovers from DOS days when it was necessary to cache some parts of memory b/c DOS couldn't do it efficiently enough. For now, I believe all windows versions don't use or reference the bios at all. I presume linux is the same. However I know that those settings will slow your computer in windows a lot if they are on. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...
hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP this time these are my questions.. i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs repeated attempts from a single IP address trying to connect to my computer ( repeated = HUNDREDS of times ). note that it is always the same source ip, and same port it tries to connect to. it's a high port so i guess it's not trying to access any regular service. now, this led me to a question.. was this port open when i was using linux? ( port is over 27900 ) How can i tell about this in linux? like, people trying to connect to my computer, connections accepted/rejected/ignored... from what ip, etc... my second question was asked before by other people but i forgot to write down the answer and i ended up forgetting.. how can i see all the processes running in my pc? like the task manager on windoze..? thanks for your patience! ;o) see ya. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...
On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 03:56:54 + Damian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP this time these are my questions.. i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs repeated attempts from a single IP address trying to connect to my computer ( repeated = HUNDREDS of times ). note that it is always the same source ip, and same port it tries to connect to. it's a high port so i guess it's not trying to access any regular service. now, this led me to a question.. was this port open when i was using linux? ( port is over 27900 ) How can i tell about this in linux? like, people trying to connect to my computer, connections accepted/rejected/ignored... from what ip, etc... Not sure. my second question was asked before by other people but i forgot to write down the answer and i ended up forgetting.. how can i see all the processes running in my pc? like the task manager on windoze..? top, gtop, gps and there are some KDE GUI's for this also. Under ApplicationsMonitoring in your menu. thanks for your patience! ;o) see ya. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer
perhaps it may be an idea to look into Lindows, the new distro that has a new version of Wine that has had commercial input, it will apparently run alot more windows software, including apparently MS office, possibly even ie.. Its just about to be released now.. just a thought, I don't know anything about it... Mandrake packages could in theory run on a 486, but you would lose some of the benefits of the pentiums.. depending on your needs, something like peanut linux or trinux or one of the others are perfect for that.. I love Trinux, fits on a floppy, port forwarding, firewalling, routing, all from a menu system.. can even be a mini ISP.. (ie dialin) perfect for use of your 486.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sridhar Dhanapalan Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 3:16 PM To: Michael Peligro Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:57:03 +0800, Michael Peligro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir/Madam: No need for formalities - this is a list where users help other users! :) Good day! I am an avid gamer and I plan to migrate to Linux. The Windows upgrade is too steep and the product requires me to upgrade my computer hardware as well. I am sad that I have to pay expensive licenses and hardware for Windows XP only to get an operating system that is technically inferior and buggy compared to the rock-solid performance and cost savings of Linux. I have been looking at the other Linux distros and based on my research: Linux Mandrake 8.1 is the solution for me. Is it? To begin with, I have several questions: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? Does it have a generic driver if in case the manufacturers for my devices are nowhere to be found and have ceased support? The processor and the RAM will work, although I recommend that you upgrade to at least 128MB of RAM for a full graphical experience (the same would go for any OS). I don't know about the on-board stuff. Try checking these sites: http://lhd.zdnet.com/ http://www.linuxhardware.net/ http://www.linuxhardware.org/ http://www.linux.com/enhance/hardware/ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3 2. Is Mandrake 8.1 vulnerable to viruses such as CIH or BIOS-infecting viruses? Are there any antivirus software for Mandrake? There are no virii for GNU/Linux, and it is likely that there will never be any effective ones, due to superior design. Hence, there is no need for a virus scanner. There is also no need for tools like Scandisc and Defrag. GNU/Linux filesystems take care of these things themselves. 3. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on a 486DX2 33mhz with 16MB RAM? One of Linux' strengths is running on old computer systems. Will Mandrake give a new lease of usable life to my old system? Mandrake is optimised for i586 (Pentium-class) and above processors. For 386 and 486 computers, you should look at another distribution, like Red Hat or Suse. 4. I plan to use some legacy Windows programs (Office, Quicken, etc.) on Mandrake. What Windows emulator would you recommend for Mandrake? Will WINE work for me? How about Win4Lin? I also wish to play my Windows games with Linux until such time when Linux ports for these games have been released. Microsoft applications won't work reliably in WINE, because MS designs them so that they don't. Win4Lin and VMware are good virtualisation applications, and Windows works reliably in them. Ultimately, you should be looking for replacements for your apps. There is no point whatsoever in running GNU/Linux if you're in Win4Lin or VMware all the time. For example, StarOffice/OpenOffice is a great alternative to MS Office, and it handles the MS Office file formats admirably. To replace Quicken, there's Gnucash and Moneydance, which can also read Quicken files. The GIMP is better than Adobe Photoshop in many ways, and GNOME and KDE beat the Windows interface for power and functionality. All of these are 100% free, both in price and in source. Games may pose a problem. Win4Lin and VMware don't handle games too well. WINE can play some games (e.g. The Sims and Starcraft), but most won't work. The Windows version of Quake III can be made to work natively (not through any emulation) in GNU/Linux with a small patch. Loki has a number of ports of Windows games to GNU/Linux, including Unreal Tournament. There is a special Gamers' Edition of Mandrake 8.1, which includes The Sims and a version of WINE especially tweaked for gaming. This sounds like the distro for you. You should keep a dual-boot system for maximum enjoyment of your system. For serious work, you can benefit from the power and stability of GNU/Linux. For high-speed gaming, Wintendo is still around to boot into :) 5
Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potentialbuyer
Kumusta pare? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir/Madam: Good day! I am an avid gamer and I plan to migrate to Linux. The Windows upgrade is too steep and the product requires me to upgrade my computer hardware as well. I am sad that I have to pay expensive licenses and hardware for Windows XP only to get an operating system that is technically inferior and buggy compared to the rock-solid performance and cost savings of Linux. I have been looking at the other Linux distros and based on my research: Linux Mandrake 8.1 is the solution for me. Is it? To begin with, I have several questions: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? Drivers are rarely a problem on any Linux, especially for older devices. There's almost always something out there, not to worry. 2. Is Mandrake 8.1 vulnerable to viruses such as CIH or BIOS-infecting viruses? Are there any antivirus software for Mandrake? Haven't heard of any real BAD ones yet...even on this list. 3. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on a 486DX2 33mhz with 16MB RAM? One of Linux' strengths is running on old computer systems. Will Mandrake give a new lease of usable life to my old system? If you plan on using heavy window managers like KDE, I doubt that if a 486 would have enough juice to even be productive. The best use for that machine would be a server, or a firewall. 4. I plan to use some legacy Windows programs (Office, Quicken, etc.) on Mandrake. What Windows emulator would you recommend for Mandrake? Will WINE work for me? How about Win4Lin? I also wish to play my Windows games with Linux until such time when Linux ports for these games have been released. Many programs run on WINE, but personally, I haven't had success with bigger programs like MS Office and even MS Works. 5. Is there a virtual-cd program for Mandrake? Some games require me to have the cd on the drive while playing. In Windows, I use a virtual-cd program to create a virtual cd that resides on my hard drive. This lets me run games without reshuffling the cds on my drive. Any programs on Mandrake similar to this? 6. Can I run servers for Unreal Tournament, Quake III, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike simultaneously with Mandrake, while at the same time acting as a file-and-print sharing computer on the network? Will it crash or live up to the legend of Linux as a crash-proof server OS? Many gaming centers around Katipunan and Greenhills are using Linux pare. 7. I live in the Philippines. How can I purchase Mandrake 8.1 Powerpack from my area? Do you have a reseller in my country or do I have to order directly from you? Can I be a dealer for Linux Mandrake in my area? WOOOHO..suportahan taka!!! It is time for Microsoft to join the dinosaurs of old computing. Long live Linux and the Open-source movement!!! Regards, Mike __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer
In reply to John Hokanson Jr.'s words, written Fri, 2 Nov 2001 08:51:44 -0800 Yes, KDE 2.x is rather painful with only 64megs. :( Supposedly it is the bare minimum. You're probably going to see a lot of swaping and slowdown. GNOME isn't terribly better at this point. They supposedly do make windows managers will low memory overhead though (KDE isn't one of them). www.xfce.org :) Actually, there are supposedly two or so virii for Linux that were specifically engineered to infect the system. I don't know how effective they are though. These are old ones. The precautions against them have been inside the kernel since long. Paul -- It is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all -Lord Alfred Tennyson http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potentialbuyer
Jal wrote: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? Drivers are rarely a problem on any Linux, especially for older devices. There's almost always something out there, not to worry. I think that's a little misleading, especially to give to someone living in an economic environment you may not be familiar with -- what if returns are very difficult or expensive? Linux does not have drivers for all hardware. Specifically, I've had problems with SiS video and sound drivers -- the SiS sound chip (don't have the number at hand) on my older motherboards does not have a Linux driver, the SiS video chip (SiS 630/730) on my newer motherboards is supported only under XFree86 3.3.6, not under 4.x. Thus, AFAIK, I can't use the anti-aliased (AA) fonts. Many Linux distributions have a list of hardware that is compatible with their distribution. Individual software packages that have heavy interaction with the hardware or require a driver have similar lists (like the XFree people -- I think it's www.xfree.org). Also, there are some lists that try to deal with hardware compatibility with Linux in general, like on zdnet (I don't have a link). Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer
well i can try on a few of these On Wednesday 31 October 2001 22:57, you spoke unto me thusly: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? get more ram. it will run, but ram is the best thing you can do to a linux box. 2. Is Mandrake 8.1 vulnerable to viruses such as CIH or BIOS-infecting viruses? Are there any antivirus software for Mandrake? hehehehehe. no! 3. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on a 486DX2 33mhz with 16MB RAM? One of Linux' likely not, but if you have a broad band conection try it as a firewall. there are distro that specialize in this on such machines. 6. Can I run servers for Unreal Tournament, Quake III, Half-Life, and ran a tfc, cstrike and halflife server while running a web server on almost the same hardware. not one of those games, all 3. bandwidth ran out before the system strained at all. try that on windows. ;) 8. I plan to use my Mandrake system as a point of sharing internet access for the other computers in my home network. Is it possible to do this with Mandrake? yep, but look into using that 486 instead. -- To live is to war with trolls -Isben shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions,questions and more questions from a potentialbuyer
1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? I have LM8.0 on my system. Bear in mind I have only been at this a few weeks. Under videocards I have listed: SiS 530 530 host SiS SG86C201 5591/5592 AGP SiS 620 6306 3D-AGP Graphics look fine, fonts look like crap. That might be due to a firmware upgrade I ran while still using win98 As a work around I use the Clean font. I have a different onboard sound card (Crystal PnP) that is not recognised. I have not cared enough about sound in order to fix it. Grant Fraser Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer
Dear Sir/Madam: Good day! I am an avid gamer and I plan to migrate to Linux. The Windows upgrade is too steep and the product requires me to upgrade my computer hardware as well. I am sad that I have to pay expensive licenses and hardware for Windows XP only to get an operating system that is technically inferior and buggy compared to the rock-solid performance and cost savings of Linux. I have been looking at the other Linux distros and based on my research: Linux Mandrake 8.1 is the solution for me. Is it? To begin with, I have several questions: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? Does it have a generic driver if in case the manufacturers for my devices are nowhere to be found and have ceased support? 2. Is Mandrake 8.1 vulnerable to viruses such as CIH or BIOS-infecting viruses? Are there any antivirus software for Mandrake? 3. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on a 486DX2 33mhz with 16MB RAM? One of Linux' strengths is running on old computer systems. Will Mandrake give a new lease of usable life to my old system? 4. I plan to use some legacy Windows programs (Office, Quicken, etc.) on Mandrake. What Windows emulator would you recommend for Mandrake? Will WINE work for me? How about Win4Lin? I also wish to play my Windows games with Linux until such time when Linux ports for these games have been released. 5. Is there a virtual-cd program for Mandrake? Some games require me to have the cd on the drive while playing. In Windows, I use a virtual-cd program to create a virtual cd that resides on my hard drive. This lets me run games without reshuffling the cds on my drive. Any programs on Mandrake similar to this? 6. Can I run servers for Unreal Tournament, Quake III, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike simultaneously with Mandrake, while at the same time acting as a file-and-print sharing computer on the network? Will it crash or live up to the legend of Linux as a crash-proof server OS? 7. I live in the Philippines. How can I purchase Mandrake 8.1 Powerpack from my area? Do you have a reseller in my country or do I have to order directly from you? Can I be a dealer for Linux Mandrake in my area? 8. I plan to use my Mandrake system as a point of sharing internet access for the other computers in my home network. Is it possible to do this with Mandrake? These are the questions I have for now. I plan to buy Mandrake 8.1 at the end of November. Thank you very much for the time spent on my inquiries. It is time for Microsoft to join the dinosaurs of old computing. Long live Linux and the Open-source movement!!! Regards, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions, questions and more questions from a potential buyer
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:57:03 +0800, Michael Peligro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir/Madam: No need for formalities - this is a list where users help other users! :) Good day! I am an avid gamer and I plan to migrate to Linux. The Windows upgrade is too steep and the product requires me to upgrade my computer hardware as well. I am sad that I have to pay expensive licenses and hardware for Windows XP only to get an operating system that is technically inferior and buggy compared to the rock-solid performance and cost savings of Linux. I have been looking at the other Linux distros and based on my research: Linux Mandrake 8.1 is the solution for me. Is it? To begin with, I have several questions: 1. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on my system? AMD-K6-2-500 64MB RAM SIS 530 on-board AGP 2x 8MB video RAM ES-SOLO on-board sound card Does Mandrake support the drivers for my devices? Does it have a generic driver if in case the manufacturers for my devices are nowhere to be found and have ceased support? The processor and the RAM will work, although I recommend that you upgrade to at least 128MB of RAM for a full graphical experience (the same would go for any OS). I don't know about the on-board stuff. Try checking these sites: http://lhd.zdnet.com/ http://www.linuxhardware.net/ http://www.linuxhardware.org/ http://www.linux.com/enhance/hardware/ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3 2. Is Mandrake 8.1 vulnerable to viruses such as CIH or BIOS-infecting viruses? Are there any antivirus software for Mandrake? There are no virii for GNU/Linux, and it is likely that there will never be any effective ones, due to superior design. Hence, there is no need for a virus scanner. There is also no need for tools like Scandisc and Defrag. GNU/Linux filesystems take care of these things themselves. 3. Will Mandrake 8.1 run on a 486DX2 33mhz with 16MB RAM? One of Linux' strengths is running on old computer systems. Will Mandrake give a new lease of usable life to my old system? Mandrake is optimised for i586 (Pentium-class) and above processors. For 386 and 486 computers, you should look at another distribution, like Red Hat or Suse. 4. I plan to use some legacy Windows programs (Office, Quicken, etc.) on Mandrake. What Windows emulator would you recommend for Mandrake? Will WINE work for me? How about Win4Lin? I also wish to play my Windows games with Linux until such time when Linux ports for these games have been released. Microsoft applications won't work reliably in WINE, because MS designs them so that they don't. Win4Lin and VMware are good virtualisation applications, and Windows works reliably in them. Ultimately, you should be looking for replacements for your apps. There is no point whatsoever in running GNU/Linux if you're in Win4Lin or VMware all the time. For example, StarOffice/OpenOffice is a great alternative to MS Office, and it handles the MS Office file formats admirably. To replace Quicken, there's Gnucash and Moneydance, which can also read Quicken files. The GIMP is better than Adobe Photoshop in many ways, and GNOME and KDE beat the Windows interface for power and functionality. All of these are 100% free, both in price and in source. Games may pose a problem. Win4Lin and VMware don't handle games too well. WINE can play some games (e.g. The Sims and Starcraft), but most won't work. The Windows version of Quake III can be made to work natively (not through any emulation) in GNU/Linux with a small patch. Loki has a number of ports of Windows games to GNU/Linux, including Unreal Tournament. There is a special Gamers' Edition of Mandrake 8.1, which includes The Sims and a version of WINE especially tweaked for gaming. This sounds like the distro for you. You should keep a dual-boot system for maximum enjoyment of your system. For serious work, you can benefit from the power and stability of GNU/Linux. For high-speed gaming, Wintendo is still around to boot into :) 5. Is there a virtual-cd program for Mandrake? Some games require me to have the cd on the drive while playing. In Windows, I use a virtual-cd program to create a virtual cd that resides on my hard drive. This lets me run games without reshuffling the cds on my drive. Any programs on Mandrake similar to this? Provided that the CD isn't copy protected, you can easy make a CD image and store it on your hard drive. 6. Can I run servers for Unreal Tournament, Quake III, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike simultaneously with Mandrake, while at the same time acting as a file-and-print sharing computer on the network? Will it crash or live up to the legend of Linux as a crash-proof server OS? I've never tried it myself, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work. I think that there is a native Half-Life server for GNU/Linux, and all of Quake III works. 7. I live in the Philippines. How can I purchase Mandrake 8.1 Powerpack from my area? Do you have a reseller in my country or do I have to
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
Thanks for this! I'll give it a try. Not Command Center (not correct name) or Control Center. If you are using KDE then you click on the Kpanel icon and on the pop up list click on networking remote accessinternet dialer Kppp . All of your connection settings should be configurable from the settings button and tabs there in. Your ISP should show up on the first tab, highlight that name and then modify or edit and you should be able to navigate to the phone number screen to add it. This is from memory so I may be off a step or two, but if you look around in the settings or setup section you will find the place to add the #. Come on back if you don't get where you need to be. Oh, also set the timeout to at least 90 seconds. Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
When I click on Networking, I get the following submenu, with their submenus: File Transfer Lftp Instant Messenger Gaim Mail Netscape Messenger News Netscape Collabra WWW Bookmark Editor Konqueror Web Browser Links Lynx Netscape Communicator Netscape Composer I don't get anything about remote access, and nothing I click on gives me this or the internet dialer option. Is this all really more trouble than it's worth? Thanks for your help. Not Command Center (not correct name) or Control Center. If you are using KDE then you click on the Kpanel icon and on the pop up list click on networking remote accessinternet dialer Kppp . All of your connection settings should be configurable from the settings button and tabs there in. Your ISP should show up on the first tab, highlight that name and then modify or edit and you should be able to navigate to the phone number screen to add it. This is from memory so I may be off a step or two, but if you look around in the settings or setup section you will find the place to add the #. Come on back if you don't get where you need to be. Oh, also set the timeout to at least 90 seconds. Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 Ok, then Kppp must not be installed. you can check that with software manager by doing a find kppp and if it is not installable then you should have it somewhere. I am guessing that it didn't install. So if you have a software manager icon on the desktop click on it , give your root password and then type kppp in the blank for find or search. Once kppp is installed you can follow the above to get it configured. Yes, it is worth it. The learning curve is steep, but the satisfaction gained by learning and the flat stability of the OS are worth the efffort. Once you have everything the way you want it and all is running, you will not be disappointed. Hang in there, help is out there just like the truth. : ) -- Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 Thanks much, I shall try it1
[newbie] Questions during Install
Hi all. I have a three year old Compaq Presario computer that I want Mandrake 7.2 installed in. When I inserted the disks and rebooted the computer, there was a problem with detection of the CD ROM. I was asked to pick a cd rom from a list. Mine [Matshita] wasn't on the list. I picked *ide cd* instead and then I was asked to enter *Module Options.* I have no idea what module Option is. Can anybody tell me what I should enter? Thanks, Raj __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Questions for LM8
Hey Marcia. First off. If you have a stable 7.2 going right now, I wouldn't rush out and install 8.0 just yet. A lot of people have run into problems with the install and boot of 8.0. I had two myself, but with my experience I resolved the problem and everything is fine now. So if your 7.2 install is still running nice and clean, stay with that for a while. Wait for an update for 8.0 to come out or for 8.1. As far as the install. I implore you not to do an upgrade! In all my experience and experience of colleagues, upgrades are very BAD! I'm talking about with Windows, with Linux, with UNIX, and with *choke* MacOS. The install may go through fine in some instances, but with in a week the machine needs a completely new install because of the damage done! You can keep your /home though. I've done that on numerous occasions and had no problems. I have however done it twice where I did run into problems with my shell. (Wouldn't read my .bashrc or .bash_profile each time I tried to access a prompt. And I do A LOT of work on the console.) You could also back up some other data on the machine and restore that later. I've either left the /home and backed up /var/spool/mail and /var/www to another machine and restored that later. Or just uploaded all the directories to another machine as well as my aliases file, my .procmail info, fetchmail, and .muttrc. But to perserve your sanity, and save you time, do not upgrade the software. In my hubris I tried to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I'm still having nightmares from that one! lol Hope that helps, good luck Marcia. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010511 12:28]: | Dear All, I have received my LM8 disks and I am getting excited about | installing. I have Linux-Mandrake 7.2. Is it better to update or do a | fresh install? | | Would I be able to do a fresh install in expert mode and preserve my | home partition somehow? | | I have my 7.2 so fine tuned with alot of added programs. I have been | backing up onto my zip disks however I realized it will take a long time | to do because of everything that I have done. Does anyone have any | suggestions? Thanks. Sincerely, Marcia
[newbie] Questions for LM8
Dear All, I have received my LM8 disks and I am getting excited about installing. I have Linux-Mandrake 7.2. Is it better to update or do a fresh install? Would I be able to do a fresh install in expert mode and preserve my home partition somehow? I have my 7.2 so fine tuned with alot of added programs. I have been backing up onto my zip disks however I realized it will take a long time to do because of everything that I have done. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Questions for LM8
marcia wrote: Dear All, I have received my LM8 disks and I am getting excited about installing. I have Linux-Mandrake 7.2. Is it better to update or do a fresh install? I'm not sure. I tried a fresh install of Mandrake 8.0 and had trouble with my video card (which isn't supported in XFree 4.0.3). I understand that I might have done better to update, thus keeping my XFree setup (if I wanted to). Except for special circumstances like this, I think you would want to do a fresh install. Would I be able to do a fresh install in expert mode and preserve my home partition somehow? Absolutely (but always be careful). I have my 7.2 so fine tuned with alot of added programs. I have been backing up onto my zip disks however I realized it will take a long time to do because of everything that I have done. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Sincerely, Marcia Well, you should backup your /home even if you plan to preserve it. Do you want to backup your entire 7.2 so that you can restore it or are you content with preserving your data? Do you have a CD burner? I think there are ways to preserve your setup by doing things like preserving the /etc directory, but I'm not an expert in this area. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer
Re: [newbie] Questions for LM8
Thank you Randy, Kompukit, and Dennis for your answers and suggestions. I am not sure exactly how I will do this yet. It sounds like 8 is worth having so I will not wait too long. Thank you again. Sincerely, Marcia
[newbie] newbie questions
hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ? what should i do ? 2. i have configured the basic networking stuff, and tested it by pinging to othe machines in my network. but my problem is when my modem dialled...it turned off by it self rite when it's going to connect. i have queried the modem from the kppp setup, it worked fine. what should i do ?? Thank so much all..
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:58, Riza Manshuri wrote: hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ? what should i do ? From a root console, type "sndconfig". If this doesn't work, then you need to install a package by that name for it to work. 2. i have configured the basic networking stuff, and tested it by pinging to othe machines in my network. but my problem is when my modem dialled...it turned off by it self rite when it's going to connect. i have queried the modem from the kppp setup, it worked fine. what should i do ?? What type of modem do you have? Is it Linux-compatible? Also, please don't post in HTML on this list. Text-only messages are preferred. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
- Original Message - edited-- What type of modem do you have? Is it Linux-compatible? Err..i'm not sure..it's just a usual plain 56 K modem with a rockwell chipset. when i detect it in harddrak, the result is unknown.should i change it ?? Also, please don't post in HTML on this list. Text-only messages are preferred. My apologies..
Re: [newbie] newbie questions
--- Riza Manshuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ? what should i do ? Check Mandrake's Hardware compatibility list on their website. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Questions triggered by glibconfig.h not found
Not sure if this question belongs here or in [expert], so I'll start here since I've just subscribed to both. I am a fairly recent Mandrake 7.1 user. After purchasing "GTK+ / Gnome Applications Development" I needed to install the various support libraries. I used RPMDrake and installed a bunch of developer libs that came on the MD 7.1 CDs. I tried compiling a simple "hello world" program with the addition of the line #include gnome.h This was done to check header dependencies. I got an error along the lines of "glibconfig.h not found". I know that glibconfig.h exists at the path /usr/lib/glib/include/glibconfig.h. glibconfig.h is referenced in various GTK headers as #include glibconfig.h This would lead me to believe that any GTK app compiles will have to be done with -I options pointing to "/usr/lib/glib/include" (and a lot o others as well). So I assume that I was quite naive to try the compile with the simple command cc foo.c The questions: (1) Is it normal practice to just use a simple "#include name.h" statement in .C and .H files and then use -I options for the root paths? That seems to be the case. (2) Would it be considered good style to globally define include options sets at the shell level so that you can have them quickly in any simple makefile or do most people define over and over again in each makefile. I realize that doing the former will tie the makefile to a particular user environment, but I am curious. Cheers and thanks, -rick
[newbie] Questions on rlogin
Hello everybody! I'm trapped in the following situation: I have a LAN network and I used to have the Linux Red Hat 6.0 distribution; but I have bought the Mandrake 7.0 distribution and installed it in all the machines (except one). The problem I have is that I can start a remote session only in the machine with Red Hat, and not in the others. I have tried to use telnet and ftp, and I didnt have any problems, so I think it must be something related to ports or some kind of permission. Every time I try to rlogin I get the message : Connection Refused. I'm new in the Linux world, can anybody help me? Thanks in advance. Sue.
Re: [newbie] Questions
Check www.tucows.com There are many programs for mapping and for GPS. Try Grass4.3 I've heard that it's the best. From: "Mark Wolf" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Questions Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 06:20:25 -0700 I am looking for a mapping program. I am now using one that is windoze based. I need to be able to input data from the map i.e. cordinates and text in to a gps unit. Any thing out there for linux that can fill this need. If you know of any program that will allow me to input data into a gps unit but is not a mapping program let me know too please . Also, If I find a program that is for linux and it offers all types of flavors for download will the one for RedHat be the best choice for Mandrake. Thanks in advance for the help Mark Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
