Re: [newbie] Linux connecting to a ms sql server
The reply to is gone. I will have to check the build tomorrow. How can I check, just try to connect to the sql server or can I check something in the phpinfo(). Jeb Avi Schwartz wrote: Jeb Barger wrote: Ok, I was working on this most of the day today, and there has got to be a better way. I am converting a webapp to Mandrake 10 using php, however, it still needs to connect to the microsoft sql server. Is there an easy way to do this? Articles I have read, suggest using a piece that converts the odbc connection to xml, and using php to connect that way. I am new to linux, and I know there has to be a better way. Any suggestions? It all depends whether MDK built PHP with freetds. If it was, when you should be able to access SQL Server directly from PHP like any other database. If not, then you will have to compile PHP yourself. Check http://www.freetds.org/ for more information. BTW, you have set reply-to in your mailer which screws up replies to the list. Please remove it from you kmail settings. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux connecting to a ms sql server
Jeb Barger wrote: The reply to is gone. I will have to check the build tomorrow. How can I check, just try to connect to the sql server or can I check something in the phpinfo(). Jeb Avi Schwartz wrote: Jeb Barger wrote: Ok, I was working on this most of the day today, and there has got to be a better way. I am converting a webapp to Mandrake 10 using php, however, it still needs to connect to the microsoft sql server. Is there an easy way to do this? Articles I have read, suggest using a piece that converts the odbc connection to xml, and using php to connect that way. I am new to linux, and I know there has to be a better way. Any suggestions? It all depends whether MDK built PHP with freetds. If it was, when you should be able to access SQL Server directly from PHP like any other database. If not, then you will have to compile PHP yourself. Check http://www.freetds.org/ for more information. Its been a while since I used PHP to connect to SQL server so I am not sure whether phpinfo() will show this. So I guess you just need to test it. Google will find you some examples: http://www.google.com/search?q=freetds%20php Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. Hi Johan, Also check out TestDisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html). It has performed a couple of miracles for me. The site has a lot of info, and the author offers personal assistance. Asa Follow Asa advice. Testdisk is not only the tool for your problem but you can send the results back to the testdisk people and they will help you get things right. Do this and get it right the first time. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
SnapafunFrank wrote: Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. Hi Johan, Also check out TestDisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html). It has performed a couple of miracles for me. The site has a lot of info, and the author offers personal assistance. Asa Follow Asa advice. Testdisk is not only the tool for your problem but you can send the results back to the testdisk people and they will help you get things right. Do this and get it right the first time. Have you tried Spinrite? www.grc.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks -- Johan Sch Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. -- pm The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. Hi Johan, Also check out TestDisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html). It has performed a couple of miracles for me. The site has a lot of info, and the author offers personal assistance. Asa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linux vs. Windows Viruses
For those that like to play the devil's advocate and state that linux based viruses ARE coming to linux as it's popularity grows; this is a great commentary explaining why I will never be true. (Oh, yeah, for OS/X as well) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/ -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. What we wish, that we readily believe. -- Demosthenes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux vs. Windows Viruses
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:48:34 +1000 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: For those that like to play the devil's advocate and state that linux based viruses ARE coming to linux as it's popularity grows; this is a great commentary explaining why I will never be true. (Oh, yeah, for OS/X as well) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/ Lemme guess: PCLinuxOnline -- The Register -- Security Focus? ;-) That article may be on the aged side, but it should be posted on here every coupla weeks and spread as far and wide as possible, and the highest praise heaped on Scott Granneman for one of the best pieces of objective journalism I've ever seen. Good on ya mate! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 09:16:12 up 11 days, 8:59, 9 users, load average: 0.13, 0.08, 0.05 +++ True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth. -- The SNAFU Principle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux / LAN Help
On Friday 13 August 2004 07:38 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 13 August 2004 12:05 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: | Hello All, | | Slowly getting my office up and running on Linux. Using Mandrake 10.0 | Power Pack. MDK 10.0 is loaded and running well on my PC and laptop. I | have established LAN connections and can see three of the four computers | in my office. I can see the pc with XP on it. However the other pc that | has 98 (used for storage) on it, I cannot see. I have set my linux | machines to smb and nfs. Is there something else I'm missing. My router | and hub are Linksys. Hmm--do you have the same username and password on the W98 machine as on the Linux machine? NO Do you have an entry for the W98 machine in /etc/samba/lmhosts I'm NEW to Linux and not sure what you are talking about here. How about an entry for it in /etc/hosts ? Not sure Does the /etc/hosts.allow entry cover the IP addy of the offending machine? ?? You can add the name and IP addy of the Linux machine to the W98 machine's lmhost file. Where do I look for this file on 98? I'm assuming that the W98 box shows up everywhere but on the Linux box. Yes that is correct. On the 98 box I can see everything in my office. Thanks for your help bj Erylon | Also, to move or copy files from one machine to another is there anything | that I need to do as well, ie permissions or configuring routes,,,please | advise. | | Thanks in advance. | bj | | TGIF Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux / LAN Help
On Saturday 14 August 2004 08:04 am, BJ Tracy wrote: | On Friday 13 August 2004 07:38 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: | On Friday 13 August 2004 12:05 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: | | | | Slowly getting my office up and running on Linux. U | | Hmm--do you have the same username and password on the W98 machine as on | the Linux machine? | | NO First off, it has been a long, long time since I had 98 (or any windows) on my network, so I'm doing this from far distant memory. You need to go to the Control Panel and make a user for your W98 box that is identical, and that has an identical password to the samba user on the Linux box. The 98 box also has to belong to the same WORKGROUP identified in your /etc/samba/smb.conf From here on, do everything as root. | | Do you have an entry for the W98 machine in /etc/samba/lmhosts | | I'm NEW to Linux and not sure what you are talking about here. /etc/samba/lmhosts gives samba a roadmap to IP/computer names of network machines. 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 BoxName1 192.168.0.2 BoxName2 192.168.0.3 BoxName3 etc Don't eliminate the 127.xx localhost entry. I'm assuming you are using 192.xx and not 10.xx--adjust accordingly. Add all your networked machines. | | How about an entry for it in /etc/hosts | | ? Not sure /etc/hosts allows remote hosts to be identified by the samba box. The convention is: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 BoxName1.workgroup_name 192.168.0.2 BoxName2.workgroup_name The localhost entry is required.Add an entry for each box on your network (there are easier ways, but this always works) | | Does the /etc/hosts.allow entry cover the IP addy of the offending | machine? | | ?? This allows specific addresses to access the samba machine. This is the way I do mine, there are others, but this is secure enough for me, and simple. On a small network an IP for each machine here is no problem. On a large network you might want to us a range of addresses. ALL : 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 | You can add the name and IP addy of the Linux machine to the W98 | machine's lmhost file. | | Where do I look for this file on 98? In the Windows/System folder (I think) there is a file named lmhost.sam, or very similar. You can open Notepad and create an lmhost.txt file that follows the conventions of the *.sam sample file and save it to the same folder that lmhost.sam is located. | | I'm assuming that the W98 box shows up everywhere but on the Linux box. | | Yes that is correct. On the 98 box I can see everything in my office. | Thanks for your help | bj I always name my 8 network machines the same, and I keep a copy of the above files and just put them into any new install, so I don't really have to remake my network every time. | | Erylon | | | Also, to move or copy files from one machine to another is there | | anything that I need to do as well, ie permissions or configuring | | routes,,,please advise. The 98 machine is basically open to the whole network if you have file sharing enabled. You probably want to configure your /etc/samba/smb.conf file to allow a share on your Linux box. I make a directory /home/public (directories under /home can be easily made into a share) and give it world permissions: #chmod 2777 /home/public. With msec enabled (which it is by default), you'll have to jump through some hoops or it will change the permissions on you (I disable msec because I know what permissions I want on directories and msec irritates me to no end). The entry in the smb.conf file would look something like this: [Public] comment = public folder path = /home/public admin users = @workgroup_name write list = @workgroup_name force group = @workgroup_name read only = No inherit permissions = Yes guest ok = Yes | | | | Thanks in advance. I hope this is useful e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux / LAN Help
On Friday 13 Aug 2004 20:05, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Slowly getting my office up and running on Linux. Using Mandrake 10.0 Power Pack. MDK 10.0 is loaded and running well on my PC and laptop. I have established LAN connections and can see three of the four computers in my office. I can see the pc with XP on it. However the other pc that has 98 (used for storage) on it, I cannot see. I have set my linux machines to smb and nfs. Is there something else I'm missing. My router and hub are Linksys. Also, to move or copy files from one machine to another is there anything that I need to do as well, ie permissions or configuring routes,,,please advise. Thanks in advance. bj TGIF Right. I have been in a similar situation. I have had trouble getting 98 to access XP and for that I needed to create an ID on the XP machine matching the login details of the 98 machine. To access Linux 98, Linux XP, Linux SME Web Server I've used LinNeighborhood. Unfortunatly my file server has gone off on other vital duties and my large file space is on XP which is annoying me. With your setup can your 98 machine access your Linux machine's SMB area for file storage :) With the problem you've mentioned, can your XP machine see your 98 machine? Can your Linux machine see your XP machine? Are you using static IP or DHCP, what network parts have you got installed on your 98 machine. Cheers Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux / LAN Help
On Friday 13 August 2004 04:58 pm, SME Server Admin wrote: On Friday 13 Aug 2004 20:05, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Slowly getting my office up and running on Linux. Using Mandrake 10.0 Power Pack. MDK 10.0 is loaded and running well on my PC and laptop. I have established LAN connections and can see three of the four computers in my office. I can see the pc with XP on it. However the other pc that has 98 (used for storage) on it, I cannot see. I have set my linux machines to smb and nfs. Is there something else I'm missing. My router and hub are Linksys. Also, to move or copy files from one machine to another is there anything that I need to do as well, ie permissions or configuring routes,,,please advise. Thanks in advance. bj OK, my 98 machine can see the XP and my Linux machine(SMB area). My XP sees the 98 and Linux machines. My Linux machine sees the XP machine only. Right. I have been in a similar situation. I have had trouble getting 98 to access XP and for that I needed to create an ID on the XP machine matching the login details of the 98 machine. With your setup can your 98 machine access your Linux machine's SMB area for file storage :) Yes With the problem you've mentioned, can your XP machine see your 98 machine? Yes Can your Linux machine see your XP machine? Yes Are you using static IP or DHCP, what network parts have you got installed on your 98 machine. DHCP, the 98 has a NIC connected to the LAN. The hub and routers are Linksys. Thanks bj Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux / LAN Help
On Friday 13 August 2004 12:05 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: | Hello All, | | Slowly getting my office up and running on Linux. Using Mandrake 10.0 | Power Pack. MDK 10.0 is loaded and running well on my PC and laptop. I | have established LAN connections and can see three of the four computers in | my office. I can see the pc with XP on it. However the other pc that has | 98 (used for storage) on it, I cannot see. I have set my linux machines to | smb and nfs. Is there something else I'm missing. My router and hub are | Linksys. Hmm--do you have the same username and password on the W98 machine as on the Linux machine? Do you have an entry for the W98 machine in /etc/samba/lmhosts How about an entry for it in /etc/hosts Does the /etc/hosts.allow entry cover the IP addy of the offending machine? You can add the name and IP addy of the Linux machine to the W98 machine's lmhost file. I'm assuming that the W98 box shows up everywhere but on the Linux box. hth Erylon | | Also, to move or copy files from one machine to another is there anything | that I need to do as well, ie permissions or configuring routes,,,please | advise. | | Thanks in advance. | bj | | TGIF Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linux OS Installers
Does anyone know where I can find a GPL'ed installer application for the Linux Operating System? I am working on a project, and I need something like Anaconda. I can't use a LiveCD installer for this, since the finished project will not be a LiveCD. Also, it has to be for an RPM-based distro. TIA Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux OS Installers
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:58:39PM -0400, Lanman wrote: Does anyone know where I can find a GPL'ed installer application for the Linux Operating System? I am working on a project, and I need something like Anaconda. I can't use a LiveCD installer for this, since the finished project will not be a LiveCD. Also, it has to be for an RPM-based distro. I think mklivecd, based on MDK, lets you install, i.e. you don't have to run it as a livecd. That's a pretty big think there, meaning I'm not 100% sure, but I built my own livecd with it and joined the list and development is pretty active. 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] Linux OS Installers
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 04:58, Lanman wrote: Does anyone know where I can find a GPL'ed installer application for the Linux Operating System? I am working on a project, and I need something like Anaconda. I can't use a LiveCD installer for this, since the finished project will not be a LiveCD. Also, it has to be for an RPM-based distro. TIA Lanman BitRock InstallBuilder: http://www.icewalk.com/Linux/Software/521230/BitRock-InstallBuilder.html stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Remark of Dr. Baldwin's concerning upstarts: We don't care to eat toadstools that think they are truffles. -- Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux OS Installers
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 04:58, Lanman wrote: Does anyone know where I can find a GPL'ed installer application for the Linux Operating System? I am working on a project, and I need something like Anaconda. I can't use a LiveCD installer for this, since the finished project will not be a LiveCD. Also, it has to be for an RPM-based distro. TIA Lanman BitRock InstallBuilder: http://www.icewalk.com/Linux/Software/521230/BitRock-InstallBuilder.html stephen kuhn - proprietor Thanks Stephen. This may also be useful. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux OS Installers
Try going to redhat's website - Original Message - From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:08:24 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux OS Installers Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 04:58, Lanman wrote: Does anyone know where I can find a GPL'ed installer application for the Linux Operating System? I am working on a project, and I need something like Anaconda. I can't use a LiveCD installer for this, since the finished project will not be a LiveCD. Also, it has to be for an RPM-based distro. TIA Lanman BitRock InstallBuilder: http://www.icewalk.com/Linux/Software/521230/BitRock-InstallBuilder.html stephen kuhn - proprietor Thanks Stephen. This may also be useful. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Tobinator -- __ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Meetups
James Hudspeth wrote: As of yet there does not seem to be one in Amarillo. James; That's the beauty of it! You can apply and start your own in Amarillo, and Linux Meetup will announce it on their site for ya. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Meetups
Em Ter, 2004-07-13 às 21:29, Chris escreveu: On Monday 12 July 2004 06:41 am, Lanman wrote: Just in case someone hasn't heard of this yet, I thought I'd post a link for Linux Meetups. Meetups are very informal gatherings of people with similar interests. Have a look at this site, and see if it's something you might enjoy. http://linux.meetup.com/ Lanman Thanks for the info Lanman, I'll have to try and drag a friend of mine to one in Temple, Tx. Yeah, Thanks Lanman. I have just found out that there's one that's about to happen in my city and I voted for a meeting place. -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net usuário Linux registrado No. 341648 ** Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Meetups
Chris wrote: On Monday 12 July 2004 06:41 am, Lanman wrote: Just in case someone hasn't heard of this yet, I thought I'd post a link for Linux Meetups. Meetups are very informal gatherings of people with similar interests. Have a look at this site, and see if it's something you might enjoy. http://linux.meetup.com/ Lanman Thanks for the info Lanman, I'll have to try and drag a friend of mine to one in Temple, Tx. You're Welcome Chris. They have one in Temple? WoW! Next thing you know, they'll be holding them in Spuzzum (Population = 7!), British Columbia! I haven't been to a Meetup in a while, due to my workload, but I found it was a great way to meet new friends and to get help on sticky problems. Most of the ones I attended were at coffee shops and since I'm a sucker for a good coffee, I just had to go! Once they opened a Starbuck's next to my office though, I just haven't been motivated to get away much. Didn't know it was still legal to drag people in Texas, but I guess some things never change! Grin! I've even heard that Texstar goes to one of the Meetups in Texas, but don't quote me on that. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Meetups
As of yet there does not seem to be one in Amarillo. On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:29:07 -0500, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 12 July 2004 06:41 am, Lanman wrote: Just in case someone hasn't heard of this yet, I thought I'd post a link for Linux Meetups. Meetups are very informal gatherings of people with similar interests. Have a look at this site, and see if it's something you might enjoy. http://linux.meetup.com/ Lanman Thanks for the info Lanman, I'll have to try and drag a friend of mine to one in Temple, Tx. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 7:28pm up 15 days, 48 min, 2 users, load average: 1.14, 1.09, 0.81 What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying. -- Nikita Khruschev Live - From Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Classic Tracks - The original classic rock station Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linux Meetups
Just in case someone hasn't heard of this yet, I thought I'd post a link for Linux Meetups. Meetups are very informal gatherings of people with similar interests. A meetup is exactly what it sounds like. Anyone who wants to, can join the list for free, and attend social gatherings away from their keyboards for a few hours each month. Laptops are welcome, though! Grin! These meetups are typically held at a coffee shop, or your favourite watering hole, and anyone can host the meetup. Hosting typically means arranging sufficient space for the attendees at the selected meeting place. Meetups are held in almost every major city in the world, and in countless smaller cities, towns, and assorted holes-in-the-wall! g Still, it's a good idea, since you get to meet others who enjoy Linux, and there's a good chance that you can find answers to your annoying problems, even Linux related ones! Have a look at this site, and see if it's something you might enjoy. http://linux.meetup.com/ Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and Iraq
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:08:17 -0700 (PDT) karthik bala guru disseminated the following: But, i have seen Iraq Linux User Group (LUG) around 2002 And I beleive that it is not their first LUG or call for linux in Iraq to build themselves. Perhaps those guys became 'collateral damage'? -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 09:47:33 up 11 days, 12:18, 6 users, load average: 1.26, 1.33, 1.03 +++ The struggle between people and capital is now an epic struggle between life and death. -- Vandana Shiva, World Social Forum, January 16, 2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linux and Iraq
let´s hope it helps them: LINUX TAKES ROOT IN IRAQ LUGs (Linux User Groups) are everywhere. Brazil. South Africa. Zimbabwe. And now Iraq. Last year two 20-something Linux and open source enthusiasts living in Baghdad discovered each other online and created the Iraqi Linux User Group. Since then, they have been educating Iraqis about Linux and advocating that open source be used when rebuilding the country's infrastructure. -- Read the Article: http://info.redhat.com/a/tBA7XMRAJPSNNAR4fGiAK7YKEvU/utjl5 Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linux in Active directory
Hello Dennis, Anthony and All other friends, Any one of you had any experience to connect linux machine in microsoft active directory domain. (ie linux as active directory client). Any one of you has any idea about kerb5.conf. It is Kerbros configuration file. I have installed Samba. But I am unable to fine kinit, to communicate and verify my domain. Thanks for your cooperations KL [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses by AKUNET. Powered by Declude Anti-virus] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux in Active directory
On 7/6/2004 at 4:55 AM, Kanwar Lal Guriro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: KLG Hello Dennis, Anthony and All other friends, KLG Any one of you had any experience to connect linux machine in microsoft KLG active directory domain. (ie linux as active directory client). Any one of KLG you has any idea about kerb5.conf. It is Kerbros configuration file. I have KLG installed Samba. But I am unable to fine kinit, to communicate and verify my KLG domain. KLG Thanks for your cooperations KLG KL KLG [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses by AKUNET. KLG Powered by Declude Anti-virus] It should be in a separate RPM package, named krb5-client or krb5-tools or something similar. I have set up Linux as an active directory client before, and while the details are fuzzy, it is possible with the following steps: 1. Install Samba and Winbindd (part of Samba) 2. Add winbind to nsswitch 3. Add winbind.so to the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) config files for whatever application(s) you want to use it for (or just put it into system-auth for everything). You may come across a double-login problem for the console. There is a way around this but I don't have a specific link :(. Check Google Groups and you're bound to find it. Also, SSH had a login problem which can be fixed by loosening up the security just a teeny bit. 4. Set up Samba in AD mode using Kerberus 5. use kinit to make sure that pre-auth keys are being received 6. use wbinfo -u (I think is the command) to see if Winbindd is getting users correctly. It should list every user in Active Directory. 7. ... 8. Profit! :) Samba will maintain an AD-UID mapping file that will map active directory users to Unix UIDs. BACKUP THIS FILE REGULARLY! That enough exclamations? I just say that because if you make heavy use of assigning active directory user and group rights to your linux box (as opposed to just accessing Windows machines), if you lose this file, you have to re-ACL the entire server or otherwise rebuild this file from scratch. Once you get all the little kinks and chkconfig startup order annoyances taken care of, it runs like a dream. I still prefer Novell eDirectory (among *many* other reasons, you can use LDAP and keep the Unix UIDs globally unique for each user), but if you have to deal with an Active Directory environment this will work great. __ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA JWG Networks Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [newbie] Linux fails to read CD rom
Sujit Apte wrote: Hi every body, I am new linux user with some solaris background. Recently I installed mandrake linux 10 on my home pc. The problem I am facing is as follows :- Linux system did identify and read contents of installation CDs. However if I insert other CD containing some PDF and doc files then nothing is displayed. I tried to see contents at /mnt/cdrom. Here files are not displayed. However the files are displayed when machine is booted in Win 98. I want to remove Win98 but this problem forces me to retain Win 98. Can anybody please drop some light here ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Try umount the drive with umount -l /mnt/cdrom and then put in the cd, this has happened with me before. -- Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux fails to read CD rom
Hi Marek, Thanks a lot for your inputs here !! :-) I will try the same.. ~Sujit.. Marek Pawinski wrote: Sujit Apte wrote: Hi every body, I am new linux user with some solaris background. Recently I installed mandrake linux 10 on my home pc. The problem I am facing is as follows :- Linux system did identify and read contents of installation CDs. However if I insert other CD containing some PDF and doc files then nothing is displayed. I tried to see contents at /mnt/cdrom. Here files are not displayed. However the files are displayed when machine is booted in Win 98. I want to remove Win98 but this problem forces me to retain Win 98. Can anybody please drop some light here ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Try umount the drive with "umount -l /mnt/cdrom" and then put in the cd, this has happened with me before. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -
Re: [newbie] Linux Programs
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, OOzy wrote: Is there a good site to download Linux Program beside rpmfind and tucows. I know downlaod.com does have Linux programs anymore. www.gnu.org --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #353653 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux VS Mac a bit OT
franki wrote: Marc wrote: I think it was here on the mandrake list that about 6 months or a year ago I read that Linux was about to pass up Mac and become the second most popular OS. Does any one here have any updates on that? Are we still close to becoming #2? Thanks Marc I don't know about over all, but the stats on my site this month are interesting.. Linux:226 Macintosh OSX:206 Macintosh Classic:47 Since its just a HTML help site its pretty non OS specific so I'd guess that the stats are pretty representative. as you can see, linux is higher then either OSX or classing alone, but together they are ahead of linux. for the last few months it has been back and forth like this,, some months linux tops both classic and OSX together. I do have a guy in a mac that visits once or twice a week that may have squed the results towards the macs alittle though. Its good that they are on a par though.. excellent for linux I'd say. I'm in the process of turning a Mac OSX user into a Linux user. I must say...he's quite excited. Too bad the newest ppc version is only 9.1, a release which I never got the chance to use. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux VS Mac a bit OT
Marc wrote: I think it was here on the mandrake list that about 6 months or a year ago I read that Linux was about to pass up Mac and become the second most popular OS. Does any one here have any updates on that? Are we still close to becoming #2? Thanks Marc I don't know about over all, but the stats on my site this month are interesting.. Linux: 226 Macintosh OSX: 206 Macintosh Classic: 47 Since its just a HTML help site its pretty non OS specific so I'd guess that the stats are pretty representative. as you can see, linux is higher then either OSX or classing alone, but together they are ahead of linux. for the last few months it has been back and forth like this,, some months linux tops both classic and OSX together. I do have a guy in a mac that visits once or twice a week that may have squed the results towards the macs alittle though. Its good that they are on a par though.. excellent for linux I'd say. -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 17:50, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. BITE YOUR TONGUE YOUNG MAN Love WinXP better -??? Gads...you need more beer. 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 -- This fortune cookie program out of order. For those in desperate need, please use the program randchar. This program generates random characters, and, given enough time, will undoubtedly come up with something profound. It will, however, take it no time at all to be more profound than THIS program has ever been. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:50:36 +0700 Fajar Priyanto disseminated the following: Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. I can't even begin to describe what is wrong with that sentence. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 13:21:05 up 7 days, 3:51, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ That Pesky Bush-Hitler Thing: http://truthout.org/docs_04/010704A.shtml Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
On Thursday 18 March 2004 10:22 am, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:50:36 +0700 Fajar Priyanto disseminated the following: Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. I can't even begin to describe what is wrong with that sentence. Possibly it was uttered through an Industral size elctric bong? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:14:53 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. I can't even begin to describe what is wrong with that sentence. Possibly it was uttered through an Industral size elctric bong? That would *improve* logical thinking, not hinder it ;-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 17:46:37 up 7 days, 8:16, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth. -- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 02:23 am, Lanman wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Check this out, it turns out that we can modify the boot logo and logon image with our own. This my xp logon screen becomes: http://www.arinet.org/download/xplogon-linux1.jpg LOL, Fajar. Fajar; Vey nice graphic Fajar! Is there anywhere that I can get that graphic?? Is it on a site or can you send it to me? Lanman I've just rebooted from XP, and here's the resource I found last night: to make our own image file: http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/ very simple and SAFE program to load those images: logon loader http://software.deviantart.com/details/240/ url of many logon screen (mind the word wrap): http://www.themexp.org/listings.php?type=loginview= http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=26 and here's a bunch of many beautiful linux logon images: http://www.themexp.org/search.php?view=searchmode=simplestring=linuxop=descripsearch_themexp=Search HTH, Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. downloaded and installed that logon GUI last night. LOVE IT.! - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 11:21 am, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: WOW!! I love it! I want one too!! But this brings up a question. how can you have linux on XP? I just installed XP and then Installed 10 and it works great, but of course I have the grub loader when I first boot. Should I have installed from XP instead of from boot? Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing either? Hi Troy, What do you mean by installing from XP instead of from boot? All we have to do is to download a program called Bootloader (read my previous email), and download the logon images we want to. That's all. Boy, there are many great logon images out there. I just can't have enought. HI Let me explain how I installed everything. Don't know if its necessarily the right way but it worked. I installed xp in 2 partitions.. one for the OS and one for data. The OS partition is NTFS the data is FAT32. I left the 3rd partition blank for MDK. then I put the mandrake cd in and it opened a box to install... I closed that and rebooted. when the partition section came up, I put /boot /swap into the small 329M partition that I had left at the front of the drive, and then after windows put linux. Did the install and choose GRUB for the boot system. It worked perfectly. Then last night after I got your email, I went to TQDN and downloaded the logon menu, ran riddler and *POOF* life is good :D I didn't know what installing linux from the xp partition would do, thats why I closed the box and just rebooted into the mdk cd. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 19 March 2004 05:47 am, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:14:53 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Now I love winxp better :)) thanks to Linux. I can't even begin to describe what is wrong with that sentence. Possibly it was uttered through an Industral size elctric bong? That would *improve* logical thinking, not hinder it ;-) LOL, I mean not better THAN Linux. I mean better in terms of I still use it for exchanging office work with my staffs and colleaques. Hehe.. Give up Linux for MS? No way! I left windowsland 2 years ago for freedomland, and there's no turning back. - -- 11:09:56 up 3:23, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWnM1kp5CsIXuxqURAn4XAJ9I0HsP6Txv91MJVwBPrL0OKOlwngCeNDp8 TyUAUMmaI93ypftoZkO/Zlo= =l6J7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] linux on xp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Check this out, it turns out that we can modify the boot logo and logon image with our own. This my xp logon screen becomes: http://www.arinet.org/download/xplogon-linux1.jpg LOL, Fajar. - -- 23:33:19 up 14 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWH5Zkp5CsIXuxqURAlzgAKCpG9gh9vj/H+ZotdJzjbjE/Z66uACfbJCL Zsspq2v//C+SFsskkbpgA9M= =O7K6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Check this out, it turns out that we can modify the boot logo and logon image with our own. This my xp logon screen becomes: http://www.arinet.org/download/xplogon-linux1.jpg LOL, Fajar. Fajar; Vey nice graphic Fajar! Is there anywhere that I can get that graphic?? Is it on a site or can you send it to me? Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 18 March 2004 04:33 am, David B. Carter wrote: Where could one find instructions on how to do such modifications? Lanman said: Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Check this out, it turns out that we can modify the boot logo and logon image with our own. This my xp logon screen becomes: http://www.arinet.org/download/xplogon-linux1.jpg LOL, Fajar. Fajar; Vey nice graphic Fajar! Is there anywhere that I can get that graphic?? Is it on a site or can you send it to me? Lanman Well, it's not my own creation. I got it from http://www.themexp.org/ (if I'm not mistaken, I'll have to check it in my XP bookmark, I found so many sites yesterday). As for the image, you can search it Linux in the site. Many great graphics. I'll boot into xp and let you know where to get the program to modify it. IIRC, http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=26 and the program is called stardock http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ See you, Fajar. - -- 10:39:54 up 16 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWR3Xkp5CsIXuxqURAnkJAJ9cd6j2ntqHjQpOEjhgvfdxQzS5RQCfY9pd hfr4KMUgLJ/gszj1YLdAl7g= =ayRG -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux on xp
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 04:33 am, David B. Carter wrote: Where could one find instructions on how to do such modifications? Lanman said: Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Check this out, it turns out that we can modify the boot logo and logon image with our own. This my xp logon screen becomes: http://www.arinet.org/download/xplogon-linux1.jpg LOL, Fajar. Fajar; Vey nice graphic Fajar! Is there anywhere that I can get that graphic?? Is it on a site or can you send it to me? Lanman Well, it's not my own creation. I got it from http://www.themexp.org/ (if I'm not mistaken, I'll have to check it in my XP bookmark, I found so many sites yesterday). As for the image, you can search it Linux in the site. Many great graphics. I'll boot into xp and let you know where to get the program to modify it. IIRC, http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=26 and the program is called stardock http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ See you, Fajar. WOW!! I love it! I want one too!! But this brings up a question. how can you have linux on XP? I just installed XP and then Installed 10 and it works great, but of course I have the grub loader when I first boot. Should I have installed from XP instead of from boot? Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing either? -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Thank you! It works now and I can see my battery level, the notebook is closing without pressing the power button and my fan is not running all the time... But when I click on the config panel of Klaptop I have this setup ACPI button. What is it for? Shall I use it? (sorry but there is no help on this panel) Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Hello, I did what you said and the computer started but no power indicator... When I go to the config panel I have still the message telling me to install the acpi soft. I checked again the installation and it is installed. The lilo config file has the nolapic written in it. So what did I wrong? Thanks Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc 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] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, I did what you said and the computer started but no power indicator... When I go to the config panel I have still the message telling me to install the acpi soft. I checked again the installation and it is installed. The lilo config file has the nolapic written in it. So what did I wrong? Thanks Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc 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 Try going to Mandrake Control Center, System, Services. That's what it is in MDK10 at least. Anyway, go to services, and find acpid. Check if 'on boot' is checked off. If not, check it. Then reboot. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Ok now I have the the laptop power management icon on the right site of my panel but... it sais Laptop power management not available. When I open it I have this written Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. How can I verify that ACPI or APM is running? (RPMdrake tells me it is installed) Thanks for your time Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Hello, I did what you said and the computer started but no power indicator... When I go to the config panel I have still the message telling me to install the acpi soft. I checked again the installation and it is installed. The lilo config file has the nolapic written in it. So what did I wrong? Thanks Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc 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 Try going to Mandrake Control Center, System, Services. That's what it is in MDK10 at least. Anyway, go to services, and find acpid. Check if 'on boot' is checked off. If not, check it. Then reboot. --Marc 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] Linux and power on notebook?
Keith wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, rhein wrote: Ok now I have the the laptop power management icon on the right site of my panel but... it sais Laptop power management not available. When I open it I have this written Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. How can I verify that ACPI or APM is running? (RPMdrake tells me it is installed) Thanks for your time Christophe Most likely this is a runtime service. Check your sys v editor for the modules. Like I said the 2 packages are installed but maybe not running... What do you mean by Most likely this is a runtime service. Check your sys v editor for the modules. Could you explain to a beginner like me what to do? :-) Thanks Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Hello, The 2 packages where installed... So I went to the bootloader main options in drakboot and clicked and enabled the enable ACPI (there is also a Force No Apic that I do not know I live it...) I restart the computer... and it hangs... no solution I reboot... and again until I unchecked the ACPI at start. So I'm still at the same point... No battery control. Is there a way to run on battery and not on beer :-) ? Thanks Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Where there's a will, there's a way. First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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] Linux and power on notebook?
Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:00 -0500 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Christophe, I'm only running 9.1, so I'm not sure how relevant it is to your situation. I have the battery indicator on mine. I'm running KDE and found you can set it this way: Click the K menu Click Configuration Click KDE Click PowerControl Click Laptop Battery You should see a check box for Show Battery Monitor. Make sure it's set. You may want to look for something similar. As for life in XP vs, Linux, I don't see much battery life difference between the two on my laptop. Perhaps it has somehting to do with power settings in each? XP may have a more conservative power use profile. Just some thoughts Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. when I click on the linux Laptop Howto I get a error message... I will try with google. Bye Christophe Mark Kirschner wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:00 -0500 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Christophe, I'm only running 9.1, so I'm not sure how relevant it is to your situation. I have the battery indicator on mine. I'm running KDE and found you can set it this way: Click the K menu Click Configuration Click KDE Click PowerControl Click Laptop Battery You should see a check box for Show Battery Monitor. Make sure it's set. You may want to look for something similar. As for life in XP vs, Linux, I don't see much battery life difference between the two on my laptop. Perhaps it has somehting to do with power settings in each? XP may have a more conservative power use profile. Just some thoughts Mark 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] Linux and power on notebook?
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 3:00:36 AM, you wrote: Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. when I click on the linux Laptop Howto I get a error message... I will try with google. Bye Christophe Hi Christophe, You want ACPI compiled into your kernel. (Should be in the stock kernel I think - but I don't use them). You then need to turn on ACPI (MCC - boot options). If you don't turn it on explicitly it won't be there! As I found to my cost trying to get my modem and soundcard to work (needless to say they did when ACPI was turned on). You can then throttle the CPU to all the states it supports, check the battery state (current and previous maximum recharge). Its all buried in the /proc/acpi/ directory which interfaces to the kernel. I tried running my 2.0Ghz P4 at 512Mhz which was quite a laugh :-) My BIOS only allows 1.0Ghz, 1.5Ghz or 2.0Ghz so I thought that was quite cool. I could also see the CPU temperature (found that my fan comes on at 54C and goes off at 46 with hysterious). To throttle you can just type: echo number throttle Or something like that (I am sure you get idea). Its wee while since I played around with it. The KDE version I am/was using didn't support automatic shutdown with low battery charge but the /proc/acpi interface was very accurate (I found) so thats not such a big problem. -- Best regards, Robertmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 07:26 pm, rhein wrote: -Hello, -That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not -able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start -all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. -Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way -I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) -Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is -there something to modify? -Thanks -Christophe -ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 My Dell Inspiron 1100, running v9.2 and KDE has a small icon in the tray that shows the battery status (charging), AC plugged in or not, and time remaining. I think I had to have acpi and apm running. You can check these under the MCC, services listing. KDE then has a power management section where you can set things, for example where or not it beeps or plays a sound when the battery gets low and then for it going critical. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Where there's a will, there's a way. First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
Quoting Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: rhein wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Hi, It questions me too. Mine is Acer TM LCi802. The battery goes faster because Mdk9.2 is not configured for recognizing the speed-step technology yet. As for battery meter, My mdk92 shows it on default on the right side of the system tray. You can check out others experience on your notebook at http://www.linux- laptop.net Goodluck, Fajar. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. when I click on the linux Laptop Howto I get a error message... I will try with google. Bye Christophe Mark Kirschner wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:00 -0500 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Christophe, I'm only running 9.1, so I'm not sure how relevant it is to your situation. I have the battery indicator on mine. I'm running KDE and found you can set it this way: Click the K menu Click Configuration Click KDE Click PowerControl Click Laptop Battery You should see a check box for Show Battery Monitor. Make sure it's set. You may want to look for something similar. As for life in XP vs, Linux, I don't see much battery life difference between the two on my laptop. Perhaps it has somehting to do with power settings in each? XP may have a more conservative power use profile. Just some thoughts Mark 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 That's why you need to install it ;-). Go to 'Install Packages' and search for acpi. Install acpi and acpid, then follow my other steps. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc Resnick wrote: Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Becausethat's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive brokedown. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... --Marc And talking of knackers yard, I've got a broken down hard drive awaiting replacement, I think I will cut it open and take a peak inside myself. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to take us some pictures. Everyone likes to see the insides of hardware! 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. Terry Golightly __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS None of this worked =(. Everything was still frozen. Anyone? Please? Can't last this long on Windows! 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 19:09, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. I neglected to mention to hold down both ALTSysRq and then press each key. The left ALT worked on mine not the right. If this fails then your system is AFAIK locked solid and a hard reset/pwr recycle is all you can do to restart. Sorry I can't be of more help. None of this worked =(. Everything was still frozen. Anyone? Please? Can't last this long on Windows! Terry __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 19:09, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. I neglected to mention to hold down both ALTSysRq and then press each key. The left ALT worked on mine not the right. If this fails then your system is AFAIK locked solid and a hard reset/pwr recycle is all you can do to restart. Sorry I can't be of more help. None of this worked =(. Everything was still frozen. Anyone? Please? Can't last this long on Windows! Terry __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Yes, I held both down, and used the left ALT. I really don't need a way to shut down. I need a way to make my keyboard work. I tried error checking in Partition Magic. I get some sort of problem, but PM doesn't fix it... I'll google on locking up during rescue mode. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Heh heh. --Marc 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:42:12 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Yes, I held both down, and used the left ALT. I really don't need a way to shut down. I need a way to make my keyboard work. I tried error checking in Partition Magic. I get some sort of problem, but PM doesn't fix it... I'll google on locking up during rescue mode. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Heh heh. --Marc If it locks up in rescue mode off of the cd's, that means that 2.6 kernel we've been trying to get to work so hard probably works fine. I think the problem now lies in what laptop you are using. I would instead search google for the specific model laptop you have and what other users' thoughts and experiences are with linux for it. That might yield more answers than just generally searching for lockups during a rescue mode. I have a feeling your hardware got messed up somewhere. John -- Tue Feb 24 20:09:48 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 If a fool persists in his folly he shall become wise. -- William Blake Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:42:12 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Yes, I held both down, and used the left ALT. I really don't need a way to shut down. I need a way to make my keyboard work. I tried error checking in Partition Magic. I get some sort of problem, but PM doesn't fix it... I'll google on locking up during rescue mode. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Heh heh. --Marc If it locks up in rescue mode off of the cd's, that means that 2.6 kernel we've been trying to get to work so hard probably works fine. I think the problem now lies in what laptop you are using. I would instead search google for the specific model laptop you have and what other users' thoughts and experiences are with linux for it. That might yield more answers than just generally searching for lockups during a rescue mode. I have a feeling your hardware got messed up somewhere. John -- Tue Feb 24 20:09:48 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 If a fool persists in his folly he shall become wise. -- William Blake Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Because that's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive broke down. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... I have seen a few articles about linux on this model. Didn't say anything about locking up. And why would the 2.6.3 kernel affect rescue mode off the boot discs? Anyway, if it does, would that mean that rescue mode on the v10 discs might help? --Marc 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:55:03 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Because that's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive broke down. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... I have seen a few articles about linux on this model. Didn't say anything about locking up. And why would the 2.6.3 kernel affect rescue mode off the boot discs? Anyway, if it does, would that mean that rescue mode on the v10 discs might help? I'm not really sure. At what point on the rescue process did it freeze? Exactly how far did you get? Were you able to get to the command line? You may have some hardware conflicts or faulty bios settings. If the rescue disks freeze your computer, then it's definitely not the kernel's problem - unless it messed with the hardware in a permanent way. (This is highly unlikely). I say try the rescue disks again, tell us how far it gets, then try resetting the bios. Then try everything once more. If that doesn't work, wait for Mandrake 10 to come out. You can choose whether you want the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel at installation time. John -- Tue Feb 24 21:01:52 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Small is beautiful. -- Schumacher's Dictum Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:55:03 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Because that's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive broke down. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... I have seen a few articles about linux on this model. Didn't say anything about locking up. And why would the 2.6.3 kernel affect rescue mode off the boot discs? Anyway, if it does, would that mean that rescue mode on the v10 discs might help? I'm not really sure. At what point on the rescue process did it freeze? Exactly how far did you get? Were you able to get to the command line? You may have some hardware conflicts or faulty bios settings. If the rescue disks freeze your computer, then it's definitely not the kernel's problem - unless it messed with the hardware in a permanent way. (This is highly unlikely). I say try the rescue disks again, tell us how far it gets, then try resetting the bios. Then try everything once more. If that doesn't work, wait for Mandrake 10 to come out. You can choose whether you want the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel at installation time. John -- Tue Feb 24 21:01:52 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Small is beautiful. -- Schumacher's Dictum I've tried many times with Rescue mode. I get to the part where it asks to choose what to do. I'm not exactly sure if it freezes, I think it might just be that it doesn't recognize the keystrokes...or something like that. I think the hd problem occured when you told me to add that --premount parameter. It must have been forced to do something to the partition. I'm not sure if I'm making sense or if this is unintelligible mumbling, but I know that's what caused it. Odd too, everything went alright except for the fact that it couldn't find my /home directory. Probably hadn't mounted hda7. I suppose I'll wait for mdk 10, and reinstall, unless someone has any suggestions? --Marc 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
[newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!
Uh oh, not again. Anyway, Linux is claiming that my root partition was unmounted improperly, even though I shut down correctly. It checks for errors, finds a bunch and corrects them, then asks if I want to correct something(can result in data loss), but It's kinda frozen, and I can't choose in option. It also says run cfsk(or something similar to that, I can't remember) manually, and says that this can also result in dataloss. Here's why I think it happened: I was told yesterday by someone on this list to add something like --preload ext3 fs when I did mkinitrd for kernel 2.6.3. I did that, and it booted, but said it couldn't write to /home. I figure that it wasn't reading the partition right. Then I shut down, and went to sleep. Today, I booted with my old kernel, and this happened. I'd really like to get Linux back online, and maybe Kernel 2.6.3 also. Help please? Thanks, Marc
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Marc Resnick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition! Uh oh, not again. Anyway, Linux is claiming that my root partition was unmounted improperly, even though I shut down correctly. It checks for errors, finds a bunch and corrects them, then asks if I want to correct something(can result in data loss), but It's kinda frozen, and I can't choose in option. It also says run cfsk(or something similar to that, I can't remember) manually, and says that this can also result in dataloss. Here's why I think it happened: I was told yesterday by someone on this list to add something like --preload ext3 fs when I did mkinitrd for kernel 2.6.3. I did that, and it booted, but said it couldn't write to /home. I figure that it wasn't reading the partition right. Then I shut down, and went to sleep. Today, I booted with my old kernel, and this happened. I'd really like to get Linux back online, and maybe Kernel 2.6.3 also. Help please? Thanks, Marc I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. Run fsck manually. What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do I run it? Ah, panicking! Help please, Marc
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 14:05, Marc Resnick wrote: I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. Run fsck manually. What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do I run it? Ah, panicking! Man, you're having a bad run! Program fsck is the file system check application. There is actually one for each type of filesystem. For example ReiserFS comes with its matching fsck application. The fsck app presumably fires off the appropriate fs-specific version. This app is expected to know about really low-level grungy filesystem details, and to scan a filesystem checking for problems and patching them if it finds them. It's actually normal for this to be run at regular intervals as a kind of preventative maintenance during the bootup phase. You should be able to boot up using your mdk install CD, then select repair or similar option and then run fsck from there. This is done so that the filesystem isn't mounted (being used) when fsck runs, because filesystem drivers really don't expect apps to be manipulating the raw filesystem layout while they are ready to serve files from that filesystem :-) Of course if the filesystem you need to check is not critical to your OS's well being (eg not / or /home etc) then you can unmount it, eg: umount /dev/hda7 fsck /dev/hda7 which gives me:fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) e2fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) /dev/hda7: clean, 11/799680 files, 528969/1598932 blocks I wouldn't expect fsck to screw up a working filesystem. The fs-specific versions of fsck are considered a very important part of a filesystem's development and are well-tested. This is *the* way to check/repair filesystem problems. Of course if the filesystem is already screwed up, fsck isn't guaranteed to be able to repair it... Just man fsck for more info... Regards, Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 14:05, Marc Resnick wrote: I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. Run fsck manually. What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do I run it? Ah, panicking! Man, you're having a bad run! Program fsck is the file system check application. There is actually one for each type of filesystem. For example ReiserFS comes with its matching fsck application. The fsck app presumably fires off the appropriate fs-specific version. This app is expected to know about really low-level grungy filesystem details, and to scan a filesystem checking for problems and patching them if it finds them. It's actually normal for this to be run at regular intervals as a kind of preventative maintenance during the bootup phase. You should be able to boot up using your mdk install CD, then select repair or similar option and then run fsck from there. This is done so that the filesystem isn't mounted (being used) when fsck runs, because filesystem drivers really don't expect apps to be manipulating the raw filesystem layout while they are ready to serve files from that filesystem :-) Of course if the filesystem you need to check is not critical to your OS's well being (eg not / or /home etc) then you can unmount it, eg: umount /dev/hda7 fsck /dev/hda7 which gives me:fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) e2fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) /dev/hda7: clean, 11/799680 files, 528969/1598932 blocks I wouldn't expect fsck to screw up a working filesystem. The fs-specific versions of fsck are considered a very important part of a filesystem's development and are well-tested. This is *the* way to check/repair filesystem problems. Of course if the filesystem is already screwed up, fsck isn't guaranteed to be able to repair it... Just man fsck for more info... Regards, Simon Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. Note that this also happens whenever I'm booting the kernel and it asks if I want to force a File System Integrity Check or if I want to do an interactive startup. No keys work...it's weird. I have a laptop...I don't know if this affects whether the keys should work or not, but I do... Anyone have any suggestions? 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. Terry Golightly __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
On Wednesday 18 February 2004 00:18, Happy wrote: Anne, I registered and posted the new entry on TWiki Main HardwareCompatibility ViDeolist, Happy - (Thos Kaber) I've seen it, thanks. :-) 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
[newbie] Linux and Publisher?
Hello, I have a lot of MS Publisher 98 files. Is there a way to use them under Linux and if yes with witch sofware? If not is there a equivalent linux software ? Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
Hello, I have a old 200 MMX desktop with 32 MB of ram. Is there a way to install Linux and Openoffice on it? I tried Knoppix on it but it is very slow (from the cd-rom) and Mandrake 9.2 discovery needs a more powerfull machine. I'm a beginner with linux so I have limited knoledge how to do it. Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and Publisher?
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:23:22, Christophe Rhein wrote: I have a lot of MS Publisher 98 files. Is there a way to use them under Linux and if yes with witch sofware? If not is there a equivalent linux software ? Thank you Christophe You might try wine. Wine usually runs MS software fairly well. I don't personally know about Publisher, however. For DTP, I use both LyX (LaTeX/TeX) and Scribus. LyX is basically a user-friendly front-end (text editor) to LaTeX/TeX. Although LaTeX/TeX is considered primarily useful for producing technical and academic documents, the number of packages is fairly extensive and includes stuff which can be easily used for nontechnical DTP production. Scribus is the Linux equivalent of Adobe's Indesign, Pagemaker, or Quark Xpress. A feature of Scribus that I use a lot is its ability to produce the interactive PDF forms that one would normally need the full Adobe Acrobat to produce. The full Adobe Acrobat has not been ported to the Linux platform, only the Reader has been. deedee --- Registered Linux User #327485 Visit WordStar GNU/Linux http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19:22, Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I have a old 200 MMX desktop with 32 MB of ram. Is there a way to install Linux and Openoffice on it? I tried Knoppix on it but it is very slow (from the cd-rom) and Mandrake 9.2 discovery needs a more powerfull machine. I'm a beginner with linux so I have limited knoledge how to do it. Thank you Christophe 64MB ram is said to be the minimum for installation of 9.x. Mdk 7 would install, I believe, and 8.x may do. 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] Linux and Publisher?
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19:23, Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I have a lot of MS Publisher 98 files. Is there a way to use them under Linux and if yes with witch sofware? If not is there a equivalent linux software ? Thank you Christophe The options are (in order of cost) Wine - free, but good for a limited number of applications Win4Lin - not very expensive, and has excellent support, but only runs windows98 and me versions. VMWare - very expensive, but runs almost everything. There is also CrossOverOffice from the Wine team - it's not free, but I don't know the price. It is aimed specifically at running MSOffice and related apps. I would say that your best bet is to try to contact the support team for both win4lin and xoverOffice and ask if Publisher runs on their software. I think it will almost certainly run on both if it is a 98 version. 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] Linux and Publisher?
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 21:23, Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I have a lot of MS Publisher 98 files. Is there a way to use them under Linux and if yes with witch sofware? If not is there a equivalent linux software ? Thank you Christophe The WINE database site reports that 2002 version of Publisher runs under WINE, but won't save as HTML (does the MS version?). No reports of other versions, but should be OK. As it's free won't cost anything to try (except time, of course) Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a old 200 MMX desktop with 32 MB of ram 200MMX is slow but must work. The prob are 32MB RAM - this is definitely too less for knoppix (which tries to completely run in the RAM) and OpenOffice - sorry, forget it. Add at least further 64MB and it shoulod be OK. Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAMnJQgCBqix845w0RAtDrAJ9x88HkxNd0cB4o3nOuEE83j8TSCwCeOwJv eZHil+zcht8EpZGI1cGTa/o= =nliQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
- Original Message - From: Christophe Rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: liste linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX? Hello, I have a old 200 MMX desktop with 32 MB of ram. Is there a way to install Linux and Openoffice on it? I tried Knoppix on it but it is very slow (from the cd-rom) and Mandrake 9.2 discovery needs a more powerfull machine. I'm a beginner with linux so I have limited knoledge how to do it. Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Christophe, I would recommend getting at least 64 megabytes of memory... If you are using a older Pentium Board... it is likey, that you have two 16 megabyte, 72 pin simms. You might have two empty memory slots open on your motherboard, if so, you could put 2 more 16 meg' 72 pin simms in it, for a new total of 64 megs' You have to install 72 pin simm memory in pairs 64 megs is what I have in my Pentium board... I don't know what you are using for a video card, but I'm using a ATI Radeon PCI card that has 32 megs' of memory on it. I was using a Pentium @ 200 MHZ for a while with Mandrake 9.2, and it ran nicely.. I recently upgraded that cpu to a Evergeen Spectra 400 , it's a AMD K6-2 cpu with a voltage converter, that will make it compatible with the socket 7 slot that is on your current pentium motherboard.. The speed is close to a Pentium 2 @ 500 MHZ now, and it's even more happy. :-) Check it out at: http://www.evertech.com/category.cfm?Category=27 Hope all of this isn't too much..LOL ;-) Happy (Thos Kaber) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 20:00, Happy wrote: Hi, Happy - you made it :-) I don't know what you are using for a video card, but I'm using a ATI Radeon PCI card that has 32 megs' of memory on it. I was using a Pentium @ 200 MHZ for a while with Mandrake 9.2, and it ran nicely.. I'm curious. What Radeon is that? It's just that ATI cards don't seem to be recommended until very recent models, and we like to keep as much compatibility info as possible on our TWiki pages. 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] Linux and Publisher?
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:23:22, Christophe Rhein wrote: I have a lot of MS Publisher 98 files. Is there a way to use them under Linux and if yes with witch sofware? If not is there a equivalent linux software ? Thank you Christophe As a long time MS-Windows user I have not used MS Publisher much. But you mite try MS Publisher's Save As or Export to a file type that OpenOffice.org can use. If MS Publisher 98 will make your files into HTML files then you should have no problem using them in linux. As a linux newbie Mozilla Composer looks like the program that I will be using for my HTML editor. Ray Hogaboom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX?
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 21:43, Happy wrote: It's just that ATI cards don't seem to be recommended until very recent models --- - - LOL :-)) Supporting older hardware should be Priority One for any Linux Distro... because that is the way to winning the desktop O.S. .. right? Suport Legacy Computers = Happy Anyway, Anne, there is / was a 64 meg AGP model 7200 and then PCI version that I have which is 32 mb model 7200... Can't find the 7200 pci version on Ati's web site. but here is the URL for the 64 Meg model... http://www.ati.com/products/radeon7200/index.html Both chipsets are the same on either the AGP or PCI cards... The Ati 7200 model that I have is auto detected on the install of Mandrake 9.2... under the driver just marked Radeon Also using the Accelerated version.. of X86free... Thanks for again, for the warm welcome. Happy (Thos Kaber) We don't have this on the Compatibility page (http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ViDeo). How do you feel about adding it? Register as a user, and just make an entry at the top of the Radeon boards - ask if you need help. It is very helpful to people who would like to try linux, but are worried about whether their hardware will work. 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] Linux and 200 MMX?
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and 200 MMX? On Tuesday 17 February 2004 21:43, Happy wrote: It's just that ATI cards don't seem to be recommended until very recent models --- - - LOL :-)) Supporting older hardware should be Priority One for any Linux Distro... because that is the way to winning the desktop O.S. .. right? Suport Legacy Computers = Happy Anyway, Anne, there is / was a 64 meg AGP model 7200 and then PCI version that I have which is 32 mb model 7200... Can't find the 7200 pci version on Ati's web site. but here is the URL for the 64 Meg model... http://www.ati.com/products/radeon7200/index.html Both chipsets are the same on either the AGP or PCI cards... The Ati 7200 model that I have is auto detected on the install of Mandrake 9.2... under the driver just marked Radeon Also using the Accelerated version.. of X86free... Thanks for again, for the warm welcome. Happy (Thos Kaber) We don't have this on the Compatibility page (http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ViDeo). How do you feel about adding it? Register as a user, and just make an entry at the top of the Radeon boards - ask if you need help. It is very helpful to people who would like to try linux, but are worried about whether their hardware will work. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Anne, I registered and posted the new entry on TWiki Main HardwareCompatibility ViDeolist, Happy - (Thos Kaber) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Modem
You might actually be in luck using mdk 8.. but I wouldn't try it with 9.2. (in fact I already have.) no luck whatsoever getting it to work.. but apparently it works on anything up to and including mdk9.1 good luck. rgds Franki -- Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com, Free web developer resources. Amichai Rotman wrote: On Friday 13 February 2004 08:08, ka ... wrote: I have just install Linux Mandrake 8 (kernel v. 2.4.3). my modem is a broadcom (BCM V.92 56K Modem) how can i make it work; i found something in http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-third/msg01652.html but i dont understand very well, so can somebody tell me exactly what to do? _ MSN Fotos: la forma más fácil de compartir e imprimir fotos. http://photos.msn.es/support/worldwide.aspx Hi, Please messagae me on ICQ (my UIN is included in the sig below) and I'll talk you through it. Regards, .::. Amichai Rotman Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 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
[newbie] Linux Modem
I have just install Linux Mandrake 8 (kernel v. 2.4.3). my modem is a broadcom (BCM V.92 56K Modem) how can i make it work; i found something in http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-third/msg01652.html but i dont understand very well, so can somebody tell me exactly what to do? _ MSN Fotos: la forma más fácil de compartir e imprimir fotos. http://photos.msn.es/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux and toolbook?
Hello, I'm using alot Asymetrix Toolbook for my work (it runs on microsoft). Does anyone on this liste use this program with wine for exemple? Maybe then I can remove Win XP ;-) Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
Ok, the good news is we've installed all the files and the device is now found. The bad news is it is picking up one of my client PCs and not the access point. Command we have tried: # iwconfig wlan1 ap (MAC address of router) It returns this error: error for wireless request Set AP address (8B14) : SET failed on device wlan1 ; Operation not supported. The device seems to want to set itself as ad hoc and my router sees it as a separate network, even though we have given it the same ESSID. It has received 68 packets only. I cannot ping it from the Windows client and it will not ping anything, however my router can see it. Can you offer any suggestions? Thanks Lexx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html If you have trouble getting it working it may be possible that that manufacturer of your device is not known to the driver. In which case install the usbview package, and run KMenuConfigurationHardwareUsbview and let me know the manufacturer and product codes derek Derek, I've had a look at your website and I can see you've had quite a lot of experience installing wireless. Many thanks for the suggestions, I will try them and let you know how I get on. If it helps, I've found a link to the product http://www.cnetusa.com/product/specs/wl_cnusb611(g).htm It makes no refrence to linux, but I can assure it carries both RedHat and Mandrake drivers. I checked before I bought the product. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Saturday 24 Jan 2004 11:40 pm, Lexx wrote: X86 / 9.2 Trying to install a wireless USB dongle to connect my linux box to my LAN. (CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter) Linux drivers included. I have a EtherExpress PRO/100 card installed. I get various errors when trying to unpack the folder including this in text: these files are glibc internal and may not match the currently running kernel. They should only be included via other system header files - user space programs should not directly include or as well To build kernel modules please do the following. Driver readme can be supplied on request. The readme was written for Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk, Mandrake 9 And the name of the driver is? derek CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html derek Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 January 2004 12:26, Lexx wrote: On Saturday 24 Jan 2004 11:40 pm, Lexx wrote: X86 / 9.2 Trying to install a wireless USB dongle to connect my linux box to my LAN. (CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter) Linux drivers included. I have a EtherExpress PRO/100 card installed. I get various errors when trying to unpack the folder including this in text: these files are glibc internal and may not match the currently running kernel. They should only be included via other system header files - user space programs should not directly include or as well To build kernel modules please do the following. Driver readme can be supplied on request. The readme was written for Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk, Mandrake 9 And the name of the driver is? derek CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter Linux Driver USB Driver Version 2.1.2.1 X windows Application (xvnet) version 4.0.0.0 command line utility (lvnet) version 1.0 OK That is the atmelwlandriver The good news for you is that it is already installed in your Mandrake 9.2. The bad news is the lvnet and xvnet utilities you need to set it up is not installed. The other bad news is that that driver is a bit of a dog IMO But the other good news is that there is another driver which is easier to set up and more reliable. I have a page on setting it up here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html derek Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? On one of my boxes this happens at almost every boot, but it has never caused me a problem. I suspect that it simply doesn't come up fast enough to show in the boot sequence or something equally harmless. Anyway, once the boot is completed the box can use the lan and Internet immediately. 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] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the Internet. If you do not intend to use this interface, then :- MandrakeControlCentreNetworkDrakConnectConfigure Local Area Network and unselect 'Start on Boot' Alternatively if you do not have a built in Ethernet, then this will be the Wireless dongle. As my web page points out, by default the atmelwlan driver will try to grab the wireless dongle, and will call it ethx, but it will fail to configure it correctly, and so fail. Disabling the atmelwlan driver allows the at76c503 driver to grab the dongle, and it will be named wlan0 Once you see wlan0 appear in the logs or in response to an iwconfig command, then you will know that the driver is working, and it is only a matter of getting the configuration file right. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: snip If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the Internet. If you do not intend to use this interface, then :- MandrakeControlCentreNetworkDrakConnectConfigure Local Area Network and unselect 'Start on Boot' snip Yes, I looks like I have (under HardDrake) two USB Root Hubs (HUB A and HUB B respectively) and an unknown USB device (which will be the dongle). I ran dmesg and got this output (edited) Unfortunately my FDD has now decided not to work, so I cannot copy the file and paste it here in full. = hub.c: new USB device registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected hub-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 23 hub.c: new USB device registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected hub-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host controller Interface Driver usbdevfs: remount parameter error hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x1371/0x13) is not claimed by any active driver. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.11beta4 usb.c: registered new driver usbdfu = None of this (copied from your wesite) is here ../src/usb/vnet_kernel.c: Reseting Usb Device ../src/usb/vnet_kernel.c: Reset completed. usbvnetr: driver version 1.0.1, compiled Oct 19 2003 16:57:37 (dbg_mask x0) MAC addr 00:30:BD:63:BD:4E firmware 1.101.2.84 ../src/usb/vnetusba.c: usb eth0 initialized and registered at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.11beta4 at76c503-rfmd.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver v0.11beta4 Many thanks Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx If you have a built in Ethernet on your computer, then it will come up as eth0, and will be assumed to be the interface connected to the snip iwconfig returns the following: lono wireless extentions eth0no wireless extentions Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rumoured to have said: On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 12:26 pm, Lexx wrote: snip Something else that may be relevent is during boot in verbose I notice this message: Bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED Is this going to cause me problems? Thanks again Lexx snip Alternatively if you do not have a built in Ethernet, then this will be the Wireless dongle. As my web page points out, by default the atmelwlan driver will try to grab the wireless dongle, and will call it ethx, but it will fail to configure it correctly, and so fail. Disabling the atmelwlan driver allows the at76c503 driver to grab the dongle, and it will be named wlan0 snip OK, I'm looking at the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory now and there is not a file called ifcfg-wlan0. I do have a file called if-up-wireless and a ifcfg-eth0, although I think that is the hub and not the dongle. if-up-wireless does not appear to be the same file as ifcfg-wlan0 on your instruction sheet. It contains only the following variables: MODE ESSID NWID FREQ CHANNEL SENS RATE KEY RTS FRAG SPYIPS IWCONFIG IWPRIV Followed by a string of IF statements for the above variables. Cheers Lexx Registered Linux User No.316991 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 1:54 pm, Lexx wrote: snip OK, I'm looking at the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory now and there is not a file called ifcfg-wlan0. I do have a file called if-up-wireless and a ifcfg-eth0, although I think that is the hub and not the dongle. Cheers Lexx ifcfg-wlan0 will not exist. You have to create it. There will be a similar file for each network interface on the computer. Normally the drakconnect GUI will create the file. But because drakconnect will not work with usb wireless devices, you have to create it by hand. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Lexx wrote: On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: snip Yes, I looks like I have (under HardDrake) two USB Root Hubs (HUB A and HUB B respectively) and an unknown USB device (which will be the dongle). I ran dmesg and got this output (edited) Unfortunately my FDD has now decided not to work, so I cannot copy the file and paste it here in full. snip hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x1371/0x13) is not claimed by any active driver. Many thanks Lexx OK You have a new variant of the CnetUSB611 You have the model 'G' version which requires a newer version of the driver than came with your Mandrake 9.2. I'll quickly compile it and send it to you separately. This driver will be compiled for the latest kernel version kernel-2.4.22.26mdk which is available from any Mandrake update mirror such as this one. ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS If you have no networking in Linux you can download it into a FAT32 partition with Windows, then in Linux just click on the rpm with konqueror and it will install. When you reboot you should then be running the new kernel. ( uname -r in a terminal will confirm your kernel version) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues
X86 / 9.2 Trying to install a wireless USB dongle to connect my linux box to my LAN. (CNet 11Mbps WLAN USB adapter) Linux drivers included. I have a EtherExpress PRO/100 card installed. I get various errors when trying to unpack the folder including this in text: these files are glibc internal and may not match the currently running kernel. They should only be included via other system header files - user space programs should not directly include or as well To build kernel modules please do the following. Driver readme can be supplied on request. The readme was written for Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk, Mandrake 9 Thanks in advance Lexx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
