Re: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1
Adriano Archetti wrote: Salve a tutti, ho un piccolo problema sull'installazione della mdk 7.1. Quando, dopo il partizionamento e la formattazione dell' hard disk cerca i pacchetti da installare mi esce un messaggio di errore tipo: ERROR, MISSING PACKAGES, e l'installazione non può più proseguire, ma mi torna al ripartizionamento dell'HD. Installando altre distribuzioni (vedi Debian e Suse) non ho avuto problemi di questo genere. Il mio PC è un pentium 500, con hd da 13 GB, sceda SCSI con 1 CDROM e 1 masterizzatore. . Non ne sono sicurissimo, ma credo ci sia qualche conflitto tra cdrom e masterizzatore. Se hai pratica di hardware stacca il masterizzatore, installa e poi configuralo in un secondo momento. Altrimenti, prova, all'avvio dell'installazione, quando ti chiede un return prima di avviare la parte grafica, a scrivere: "linux cdrom=/dev/sda" o qualcosa di simile. Vedi le man di lilo e lilo.conf e tieni presente dove e` attaccato fisicamente il cdrom. ciao, Andrea
R: [newbie-it] Reti locali
Mi servirebbe solo un pò di procedura per configurare la rete locale. Ho già provato circa 76 volte ma si vede che salto qualche passaggio. Dove sta il problema?
R: [newbie-it] Reti locali
Hai provato a controllare se la tua scheda viene riconosciuta? se si controlla che il plug an play della tua main non abbia assegnato un irq o un addr che utilizzano altre periferiche isa (se la scheda lan e pci). Io per scongiurare ogni pericolo uso una normale isa ne2000 compatibile da 20.000 settata su irq 10 e addr 0x340 che è un settaggio quasi mai utilizzato da altre periferiche nel caso in cui l'irq 10 sia usato forza ad uso isa tale irq nel menu plug and play/pci del bios. Per quanto riguarda linux se la vede al promo colpo devi solo settare ip,gateway e talvolta spuntare il caricamento del modulo al boot anzichè al login dell'utente ma dovrebbe essere un default della 7.1. Se usi il sistema con isa forzato allora devi caricare da kernel manager il modulo ne2000 o e2000 o n2000 non ricordo bene e poi forzare irq (10) e address (questo nel formato 0x340) e i soliti parametri p e fare un bel reboot da console terminal. Spero di esserti stato utile KINO -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Per conto di Maurizio Scaglione Inviato: lunedì 28 agosto 2000 10.14 A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto: R: [newbie-it] Reti locali Mi servirebbe solo un pò di procedura per configurare la rete locale. Ho già provato circa 76 volte ma si vede che salto qualche passaggio. Dove sta il problema?
[newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1
Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a completo digiuno di LINUX e quindi vorrei sapere il nome di un buon testo oppure di un sito dove poter scaricare il manuale di Linux mandrake per iniziare a capire come settare il modem (ISDN) la scheda audio e tutte le altre periferiche. Vi ringrazio ^LeOn^ Macchina: Pentium 500 celeron 128 Ram
R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1
- Original Message - From: Leon2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:39 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1 Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a completo digiuno di LINUX e quindi vorrei sapere il nome di un buon testo oppure di un sito dove poter scaricare il manuale di Linux mandrake per iniziare a capire come settare il modem (ISDN) la scheda audio e tutte le altre periferiche. Vi ringrazio ^LeOn^ Vai sul sito della Mandrake, sezione documentazione. E' tutto lì. Ciao --- Diodati Ivano Linux user #175879 http://digilander.iol.it/ivanodiodati Machine #81946Fax: 178 2237062
R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1
ci sono stato ma non ho avuto aiuti sufficenti Leon - Original Message - From: Ivano Diodati [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1 - Original Message - From: Leon2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:39 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1 Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a completo digiuno di LINUX e quindi vorrei sapere il nome di un buon testo oppure di un sito dove poter scaricare il manuale di Linux mandrake per iniziare a capire come settare il modem (ISDN) la scheda audio e tutte le altre periferiche. Vi ringrazio ^LeOn^ Vai sul sito della Mandrake, sezione documentazione. E' tutto lì. Ciao -- - Diodati Ivano Linux user #175879 http://digilander.iol.it/ivanodiodati Machine #81946Fax: 178 2237062 -- --
Re: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1
Ciao, questo sito per me è sempre stato un punto di riferimento: www.pluto.linux.it; nella sezione degli how-to trovi la documentazione di configurazione x linux. Per la scheda audio prova con DrakeConf, se hai una scheda supportata è semplice da usare. Inoltre nei prossimi numeri di "LinuxC" (una rivista su Linux) ho letto che si parlerà di ISDN. Ciao : --- Leon2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a completo digiuno di LINUX e quindi vorrei sapere il nome di un buon testo oppure di un sito dove poter scaricare il manuale di Linux mandrake per iniziare a capire come settare il modem (ISDN) la scheda audio e tutte le altre periferiche. Vi ringrazio ^LeOn^ Macchina: Pentium 500 celeron 128 Ram __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
[newbie-it] Passo a Linux?
Passo a Linux, capendone poco anche di uindous! installazione di mandrake 7.1: dopo vari tentativi sono riuscito a configurare scheda audio, scheda video e monitor (anche se nessuna di queste componenti si trova nell'elenco dell'hardware supportato)e mi stupisco di me stesso! l'unico problema me l'ha dato il modem! non voglio continuare a navigare con uindous! ma come faccio a spiegargli che ho un tranquillissimo modem 56K USB??? ho di recente scoperto che non tutti i modem sono modem, molti sono winmodem...potrebbe essere questo il problema? e se così fosse mi tocca comprarmi un altro modem? vi ringrazio tutti quanti per l'aiuto e salutatemi a bill gates! bosva
Re: [newbie] ethernet card
You can try forcing linux to find the hardware by shutting down, removing the NICs, rebooting without them...shutting down again, replacing the NICs, and rebooting with them. This should bring up kudzu, or whatever MDK uses at startup to detect new hardware, and you can config from there. You may also check to see whether you are actually experiencing a confclict between pump and dhcpd. rpm -e them both (just in case) and replace dhcpd. Something may have become currupt in dhcpd. I compared the etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file with mine, and what you've left is exactly the same as mine...nothing wrong there. --Greg hello, I am having quiet an intresting problem when i installed mandrake i configured the ethernet card to be a dhcp ... well i was playing around with the networking stuff thru linuxconfig and somehow i guess i messed it up...well the thing is i keep trying to take it back to the orginal config but it wont go back .. linux config would just quit on me so what i did is i went to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and edited the file ifcfg-eth0 ...i removed all the unwanted stuff from there and left only the 3 lines... DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPRO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes after i did that i tried to reboot the network and as it is bringing up the eth0 interface . it tells me it is failed because the dhcpcd usage is wrong..(as if the computer is entering a line that contains syntax error) and it lists the dhcpcd options(for example [-l leasetime][-h hostname] and so on) so after that i go back to linuxconf to see what happened and the adapter fields under "basic network" are empty .. as if there is no ethernet card at all... does anybody have any idea? if not does anybody know how or if i could do a probe for the cards again just like when i was initially setting up the system? thanks TiGereYe - Accepting No Substitues __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] error on boot-up
Marcia Waller wrote: Dear Paul, I went to the Lilo boot prompt and typed "linux failsafe".I got back "no such image. [tab] shows a list. I then used the tab key and then I got : linux windows floppy. I do not know what this means or what to do now. By the way how do you exit the Lilo prompt and setup ? What is the best way to exit setup if it just freezes? Thank you for your help. Marcia Marcia, You may want to try typing 'linux single' at the LILO prompt. I know for a fact this will work and get you into Linux at least to the point where you can run linuxconf to attempt to get things straightened out. From reading through the thread it sounds like your system is hanging up just as it's attempting to mount the 'root' file system in read/write mode. Typing 'linux single' at the LILO prompt will take you to a bash prompt. you can't run X or anything like that, but you will be able to edit your system files and run linuxconf which will give you the ability to fix whatever is wrong. From inside linuxconf you should be able to view the log files. Check you 'boot' log and see what's going on just before the system attempts to mount the '/' file system. I'm betting you have to file corruption in a file the kernel is trying to read and cannot, which is the reason it's hanging up. It can't make sense of the contents of that file. All you have to do is find that file and fix it. hope this helps you, -- Mark
[newbie] Mandrake Development installation
Dear who ever If I install mandrake 7.0 as development machine would it install xwindows or not??? regards
[newbie] Basic (?) Networks Shares
I would really appreciate a little help with a couple of things. I'm currently running a dual-cpu server with a dual-boot configuration (Win2K Server LM7.1). I left it that way until I'm a little more up-to-speed on Linux. I'm also running a couple of client workstations (K7-850's, Windows Me, and LM 7.1). No matter what O/S I'm running on the server, everything is sweet. Internet, etc. But, I can't seem to access files/folders on the server when it's running LM7.1. The server can see the Win Me clients, and it can access their drives/folders/files, but not the other way around. Is there a GUI method to set up shares on the server that is relatively painless? I tried to run the Win Me network wizard on the clients, and the only thing preventing it was the password. But the clients don't even see the server in "Network Neighborhood". Do I need to use "Swat"? If so, where would I find it??? I'm trying to migrate our office to Linux servers, and I'm training myself at home on my home network. I tried XSMBrowser, but how do I set it up to automatically re-mount the shares, etc., each time I re-boot the server?? If I can get this up and running, the office gets it in a couple of weeks. Thanks in advance for any help.
Re: [newbie] Basic (?) Networks Shares
Edit your /etc/inetd.conf. At the bottom you will see the line with "SWAT" on it commented out, un-comment it. Then run "killall -HUP inetd". Now if you go into a web browser and depending on your setup go to localhost:901, or pcname:901 and use your regular root userid and password when it asks you. -- Original Message -- From: Dan LaBine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:50:50 -0400 I would really appreciate a little help with a couple of things. I'm currently running a dual-cpu server with a dual-boot configuration (Win2K Server LM7.1). I left it that way until I'm a little more up-to-speed on Linux. I'm also running a couple of client workstations (K7-850's, Windows Me, and LM 7.1). No matter what O/S I'm running on the server, everything is sweet. Internet, etc. But, I can't seem to access files/folders on the server when it's running LM7.1. The server can see the Win Me clients, and it can access their drives/folders/files, but not the other way around. Is there a GUI method to set up shares on the server that is relatively painless? I tried to run the Win Me network wizard on the clients, and the only thing preventing it was the password. But the clients don't even see the server in "Network Neighborhood". Do I need to use "Swat"? If so, where would I find it??? I'm trying to migrate our office to Linux servers, and I'm training myself at home on! my home network. I tried XSMBrowser, but how do I set it up to automatically re-mount the shares, etc., each time I re-boot the server?? If I can get this up and running, the office gets it in a couple of weeks. Thanks in advance for any help.
[newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install
Just wondering how I would manually enable HD optimisations after installing and specifying during the install that they should be turned off. I was trying to figure out a problem I was having (turned out to be automount) and thought reinstalling with optimisations might do the trick. How can I turn them on now that I know that they weren't the source of my problem. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Will
Re: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install
first of all, I don't know whether what I am about to suggest is what is meant by "disk optimistation," but here goes: In the console if you enter: hdparm -t /dev/hda (where hda is a hard disk, probably the one on which you have installed Linux) then you will get an answer after a number of seconds showing the transfer rate which that disk has achieved. Just doing hdparm /dev/hda with no options will show you the paramters which the IDE controller is using for that disk If your disk is not using DMA then try entering: hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda and then do the -t option again. See if you get any increase in transfer rate. Also one worth trying is hdparm -c 1 /dev/hda which will enable 32-bit I/O. If you find that these improve disk performance you can put them in a combined form, i.e.: hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda at the end of /etc/rc.local. If you have more than one disk then try it on the others as well. ***NB*** It is possible that using these commands will lead to data corruption, although I myself have never had that experience. Also remember that if you are using SCSI disks and not IDE your device names will be /dev/sda, /dev/sdb etc. There are many other hdparm options covering such things as buffer size, block size etc. which I have to admit I don't really understand. Chris - Original Message - From: "Wise, William M." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install Just wondering how I would manually enable HD optimisations after installing and specifying during the install that they should be turned off. I was trying to figure out a problem I was having (turned out to be automount) and thought reinstalling with optimisations might do the trick. How can I turn them on now that I know that they weren't the source of my problem. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Will
[newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file
What is the correct procedure in extracting a tar.bz2 file? I also had trouble with a tar.gz file that appears to be extracted but still will not work. I have looked in the HOWTO sections of some websites and it looks like I need to do /configure which I am not familiar with. Thanks for any help you can give me... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Knapster problems
I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Netscape lockup problems in Mandrake 7.1
My netscape works in Mandrake 7.1 but it will freeze up and totally blank out to a white screen and I have no option but to Kill it. Is there a fix for this or have I setup something wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Soundblaster live sound card
I have a Soundblaster Live sound card that is recognized by Mandrake 7.1 and appears to be installed (it loads the EMU10K1 module or driver) but it does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] What printer do you have?
Joan, Nice to hear your experiences with Linux thus far have been mainly good! I too had serious problems with printer support, but if you buy the boxed version of Mandrake - I think you need the "super deluxe" full version - you get a program called ESP Print Pro (CUPS) included. However, I'm not sure if this is actually a licensed version in the box, or you have to buy that seperately. Either way, this program is a *superb* printer tool, giving you much the same list of "drivers" (actually postscripts filters) for printers as you would have under Windows. Unfortunately, having just checked their website, your particular model of Lexmark is not support yet - Easy Software Products is asking that you lobby Lexmark with a simple polite letter asking that they supply information to third party software developers such as themselves to help them develop drivers for your model. If this process had worked however, they offer the full product for USD 49 (if you download it). The Postscript Level 3 RIP included in this system is absolutely incredible! It has to be seen to be believed. I hope this information helps you in considering a new print solution. Mark. -Original Message- From: Joan Tur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 August 2000 22:19 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] What printer do you have? Hallo! I've got a Lexmark 5700 colour inkjet printer, with bw support from a 3rd part developer... but i've changed most of my computer needs to Linux -but scaning (haven't had time enough yet) and gaming-. In 2 months time i've forgotten Windows but for games and printing and OS/2 for Fidonet (tryed to configure it, but... 8-( ); now i've got an 8GB ext2 partition and a 4GB Fat32 one. Now i'm considering selling my printer and purchasing a well_supported_under_linux printer... Ideas?? 8-) Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
[newbie] Heretic
I installed Heretic from the Mandrake 7.1 CD but I cannot find it anywhere. No icon, no menu item. Help :) TIA
RE: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after instal l
Thanks, that should do it. I found the relevant script that mandrake executes if you've enabled optimisations in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime. I'll either try to change the conditional to cause the script to execute here or just copy the relevant optimisations stuff (which looks very similar to what you provided) to rc.local. Thanks! Will -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Slater-Walker Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install first of all, I don't know whether what I am about to suggest is what is meant by "disk optimistation," but here goes: In the console if you enter: hdparm -t /dev/hda (where hda is a hard disk, probably the one on which you have installed Linux) then you will get an answer after a number of seconds showing the transfer rate which that disk has achieved. Just doing hdparm /dev/hda with no options will show you the paramters which the IDE controller is using for that disk If your disk is not using DMA then try entering: hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda and then do the -t option again. See if you get any increase in transfer rate. Also one worth trying is hdparm -c 1 /dev/hda which will enable 32-bit I/O. If you find that these improve disk performance you can put them in a combined form, i.e.: hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda at the end of /etc/rc.local. If you have more than one disk then try it on the others as well. ***NB*** It is possible that using these commands will lead to data corruption, although I myself have never had that experience. Also remember that if you are using SCSI disks and not IDE your device names will be /dev/sda, /dev/sdb etc. There are many other hdparm options covering such things as buffer size, block size etc. which I have to admit I don't really understand. Chris - Original Message - From: "Wise, William M." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install Just wondering how I would manually enable HD optimisations after installing and specifying during the install that they should be turned off. I was trying to figure out a problem I was having (turned out to be automount) and thought reinstalling with optimisations might do the trick. How can I turn them on now that I know that they weren't the source of my problem. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Will
[newbie] Installing plustek9630.0.30 driver with SANE
Dear friends, I am trying to install the plustek9630.0.30 driver with SANE following your HOWTOO, but after I had bd been succeed in the commands (1); (2); (3) (4) in this step I got a little bit confused, because when I unpakced the plustek9630.0.30 in the /usr/local/temp directory, it had already criated a /backend directory there. Must I need to create another directory /backend in order to put all the stuff there including the plustek_driver sub directory? Well, I tryied in both ways: (a) just placing all the stuff in the /backend idrectory that was created when I unpack plustek.tar.gz and in the other form when (b) I first criated a /backend directory in /usr/local/temp, or it be, I untar the plustek.tar.gz inside /usr/local/temp/backend directory. After that I was succeed in the steps (4); (5) in (6) another doubt: how must I use the --disable-shared option? CFLAGS="-g -O -Wall" ./configure --disable-shared ? or CFLAGS="-g -O -Wall --disable-shared" ./configure ? Anyway, I used just CFLAGS="-g -O -Wall" ./configure Following the script in the step (8) I got succeed from (8a) until (8d) (I skip the (8b) step because I was already as su. But when I was give the command make -f Makefine load I received the following error message (I copied all the messages of the step (8): [root@nogueira plustek_driver]# make -f Makefile [root@nogueira plustek_driver]# make -f Makefile install mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/misc /lib/modules/misc install -c pt_drv.o /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/misc install -c pt_drv.o /lib/modules/misc [root@nogueira plustek_driver]# make -f Makefile unload /sbin/modprobe -r pt_drv || exit 1 rm -f /dev/pt_drv [root@nogueira plustek_driver]# make -f Makefile load /sbin/modprobe pt_drv || exit 1 /lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk/misc/pt_drv.o: init_module: Device or resource busy parport: Device or resource busy make: *** [load] Error 1 [root@nogueira plustek_driver]# I can't realize what is happing. I hope you may to help me. I would like to thanks in advance. Sincerely Antonio Carlos
Re: [newbie] Knapster problems
Stan Wilburn wrote: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Knapster works fine here. Hmm, have you tried starting it from a command line? -- /\ DarkLord \/
RE: [newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file
Hmmm... OK we seem to be dealing with two things here. .tar.gz files are Tape Archive files which have been compressed with GZip. .tar.bz2 files are Tape Archive files which have been compressed using BZip2 instead. The commands for "Untarring and unarchiving" each of these are as follows: For .tar.gz files: tar -zcvf somefile.tar.gz For .tar.bz2 files: tar -Icvf somefile.tar.bz2 Obviously you need to ensure that the location you are starting this from will allow you to create directories and files and so forth, usually a folder inside your home drive is an ideal location for that. Use mkdir foldername to make a new folder - or simply md foldername You can also specify the exact location such as mkdir ~/extract to create this in your home drive (~ represents your home drive). As for the second question, about running configure, the chances are that you are not telling Linux to use the configure script in the current directory (assuming that's where it is): you need to run it as ./configure (ensuring you use the correct case too!) - thus specifying an absolute directory. By default Linux does not include the current directory in the PATH search. If you need more specific information, post a follow up about the program you're trying to compile. -- Mark. -Original Message- From: Stan Wilburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2000 15:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file What is the correct procedure in extracting a tar.bz2 file? I also had trouble with a tar.gz file that appears to be extracted but still will not work. I have looked in the HOWTO sections of some websites and it looks like I need to do /configure which I am not familiar with. Thanks for any help you can give me... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Knapster problems
Stan, As I understand it Knapster was shut down recently by the US Government for Copyright reasons - anyone else confirm this? I wouldn't expect we'd have to wait too long though before something else comes along. Mark. -Original Message- From: Stan Wilburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2000 15:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Knapster problems I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Yo
ummmwhat is it exactly that you're trying to tell us? Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo I have Windoze 98 Se installed on a 10 gig hd. Then I have Linix installed on a 10gig hd. seconday drive. My system under windows is a bout an 7. My same system under Linux is a 10. The system just does not stop under Lunix. and there is no way i could rilly stop it if I wounted to outher than to boot under windoze. - Original Message - From: "Doug" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Yo Jason Ashman wrote: -- Hey Linux users. I am a Microsoft convert, Windows SUCKS! With Linux you will spend more time trying to get things up and going than you ever would using windows. If you want to wast your hartbeats getting LINUX to do stuff that windows does right out of the box so be it. -- Windows-Where Do You Want To Go Today! LINUX-Applications on linux just seem 2nd rate after using Windows, It's memory hungry and slow! * Doug Eldora,IA USA--Home Of The Bad Boys! Visit My Web Page At: http://home.earthlink.net/~neptuned/index.html http://hometown.aol.com/theneptune59/index.html E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * MHS Class Of 78 Marshalltown High School-Marshalltown,IA USA *
[newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS
Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c: (/dev/hda1) is windows, 2GB, FAT32; d: (/dev/hda5) is windows stuff, 16GB, FAT32; /dev/hda6 is Linux /, 1.72GB, Ext2, /dev/hda7 is Linux swap, 128MB (the rest). Now my question is - how can I delete that /dev/hda6 partition? I need it for windows at the moment and DOS fdisk doesn't see it. Not even as NON-DOS partition, which would give me an option to delete it. What can I do apart from Partition Magic which I don't have the money for? Thanx in advance Roman
Re: [newbie] error on boot-up
Dear Paul, Alan, Mark, Thank you for your help. I would definitely agree that my system is stalling as it's attempting to mount the 'root' file system in read/write mode. I typed the' linux single' and it made no difference. I have not found a way to get to a console or linuxconf. I have read and tried many things and none have worked. I suppose you have to choose Grub at installation and it is a little late now. The failsafe did not work with LILO that is for sure. Would I be better off totally reinstalling Linux Mandrake 7.0? I did do the upgrade install and that did not change anything either. I suspect that I did something incorrectly in the fstab file since I was working on that for the zip drive just before I had problems. I touched nothing but the zip drive entry. I have been working on that for awhile trying to get it to work and that never hurt anything before plus it did not get my zip to work either:) Thank you for your help. I may just try to start over if I can. If I decide to reinstall how would I use grub instead? I appreciate the help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Knapster problems
Stan Wilburn escribió: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... If you open a terminal window and execute the program from there you'll get the error messages and you'll be able to post them here!! ;-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
[newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1
Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though. Any suggestions??? Lynn Johnson Iowa -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal.
Re: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS
Roman Korcek escribió: Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c: (/dev/hda1) is windows, 2GB, FAT32; d: (/dev/hda5) is windows stuff, 16GB, FAT32; /dev/hda6 is Linux /, 1.72GB, Ext2, /dev/hda7 is Linux swap, 128MB (the rest). Now my question is - how can I delete that /dev/hda6 partition? I need it for windows at the moment and DOS fdisk doesn't see it. Not even as NON-DOS partition, which would give me an option to delete it. What can I do apart from Partition Magic which I don't have the money for? Just boot with the Linux CD and delete it from the proper installation step -then reboot-... -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
RE: [newbie] Knapster problems
No ... because they appealed, I am pretty sure that Napster is still up and active. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Homoky, Mark MJ SSI-ISEC-34 Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Knapster problems Stan, As I understand it Knapster was shut down recently by the US Government for Copyright reasons - anyone else confirm this? I wouldn't expect we'd have to wait too long though before something else comes along. Mark. -Original Message- From: Stan Wilburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2000 15:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Knapster problems I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Knapster problems
I tried that after getting your e-mail (./knapster) and I get an error about not being able to open shared libraries...Thanks for the suggestion and any help you can give me on this error. At 11:37 AM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote: Stan Wilburn wrote: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Knapster works fine here. Hmm, have you tried starting it from a command line? -- /\ DarkLord \/ Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] linux freezes when close laptop cover
My linux Madrake 7.1 freezes when I close my laptop. Is this normal? I thought Linux was ulta-stable. I have a Dell Inspiron 7500. -P __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Netscape freeze
Hello I'm using Mandrake 7.0 And then, if I want to access Netscape Communicator (not Netscape Navigator, because my GNOME has 3 icon for Netscape), it will freeze up. There is an information about 'reading file' at the left corner. And Netscape does not show anything (blank). But if I open Netscape navigator, it work fine. Anyone can help me ? BTW, are there any deferentitation between Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator ? Thank you very much. -Pungki
Re: Fwd: [newbie] grub Xserver4.0 Xserver3x
I don't think you do. Just make sure that you don't format you partions and things should work ok. Mark Hillary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I got no response, I'm sending this again. I didn't get an "upgrade" option when upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1, and I don't want to spend the time needed to go through this in expert mode if it can be avoided. -Gary- Subject: Re: [newbie] grub Xserver4.0 Xserver3x Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:24:27 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How can I boot with grub into run level 3? How can I change from 4.0 back to Xserver 3.x (I can hardly see what I'm doing!)? My son corrupted Windows 98 forcing a refresh install. This completed but screwed up Grub, making the HDD unbootable for Win or Mandrake. A DOS FDISK / MBR solved that, as it would if it had been Lilo. Since I hadn't had time to play with my LM7.1 upgrade to realize I had a problem with it, and I didn't have many programs installed in my new install of 7.0 (forced to repartition for the upgrade to complete), I installed LM7.0 again, installed RPMs, and redid the upgrade to LM7.1. I chose Xserver4.0 again not realizing the grey and blue horiz lines are not a feature but a bug which makes the screen is nearly illegible. I thought I could change this when I configured my desktop, but it's a bug apparently with my Trident Providia 9865 video card, rather than a feature. How can I change back, especially since the screen is nearly illegible? Yes, Xserver 3.x is on the drive. Thank you for helping me not to have to do this again!-Gary-
RE: [newbie] Knapster problems
Napster is up and running strong! They appealed the courts decision and they can keep running until the issue is settled. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Knapster problems No ... because they appealed, I am pretty sure that Napster is still up and active. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Homoky, Mark MJ SSI-ISEC-34 Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Knapster problems Stan, As I understand it Knapster was shut down recently by the US Government for Copyright reasons - anyone else confirm this? I wouldn't expect we'd have to wait too long though before something else comes along. Mark. -Original Message- From: Stan Wilburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 August 2000 15:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Knapster problems I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Knapster problems
I tried your suggestion and it tells me that it cannot open shared libraries. Would this not have been setup with the RPM install or is there something else I have to do? Very confused... At 06:49 PM 8/28/00 +0200, you wrote: Stan Wilburn escribió: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... If you open a terminal window and execute the program from there you'll get the error messages and you'll be able to post them here!! ;-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Heavy Gear
OK, what am I doing wrong? I installed Heavy Gear II demo off the MaximumLinux CD. I can not find it. Used Kpackage and searched for it. Not in kpackage. I watched it "unpack" in a terminal window. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Frustrated in NY :)
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster live sound card
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Stan Wilburn wrote: I have a Soundblaster Live sound card that is recognized by Mandrake 7.1 and appears to be installed (it loads the EMU10K1 module or driver) but it does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks... How do you know it does not work? Did you try to "play ...wav" something? Did you switch on system sounds in your window manager? Have you tried to play audio CD's? Paul -- Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake7.1
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Lynn Johnson wrote: I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though. Most of the time WINmodems will only run in WINdows. You can check www.linmodem.org for help, perhaps there's a fix for your specific modem, who knows. Can't help with your printer though, I hope someone else knows something. Paul -- Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
RE: [newbie] error on boot-up
Title: RE: [newbie] error on boot-up Try one last thing, at the prompt, type just linux or just failsafe and hit return. That about uses up my help knowledge on this subject J -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marcia Waller Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] error on boot-up Dear Paul, Alan, Mark, Thank you for your help. I would definitely agree that my system is stalling as it's attempting to mount the 'root' file system in read/write mode. I typed the' linux single' and it made no difference. I have not found a way to get to a console or linuxconf. I have read and tried many things and none have worked. I suppose you have to choose Grub at installation and it is a little late now. The failsafe did not work with LILO that is for sure. Would I be better off totally reinstalling Linux Mandrake 7.0? I did do the upgrade install and that did not change anything either. I suspect that I did something incorrectly in the fstab file since I was working on that for the zip drive just before I had problems. I touched nothing but the zip drive entry. I have been working on that for awhile trying to get it to work and that never hurt anything before plus it did not get my zip to work either:) Thank you for your help. I may just try to start over if I can. If I decide to reinstall how would I use grub instead? I appreciate the help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement
When you download a new theme (I use e.themes.org), you put them in the ~/.enlightenment/themes directory. If they are tarballs, still put them in the themes directory then untar them. Once you have done that, don't regenerate the menus, simply click on restart enlightenment. Then when you middle click and go to themes, they should be listed there. On a restart of e, e looks for new themes and such. Juggernaut wrote: Hi, If you have "installed" the theme correctly you will need to regerate your menus in Enlightenment - click the 2nd (middle) mouse button and choose Maintenance | Regenerate Menus... a dialog will appear to acknowledge this with an OK button. After a few seconds another one should appear with a completed message. If you now click on the middle mouse button again, you should have a Theme menu... just select your new theme from there. -- Mark. The files are in tar.gz form. I think I just need to decompress it. But after I regenerate my menus, I'm still not found my new theme there. Maybe there is something wrong with the instalation. If so, how I can install my theme ? Thank's for reply. -Pungki -- Robert Horton Wireless Technician Internet Specialist USURF America Internet Services
[newbie] Question about some of Mandrake's install prompts
I'm just curious: (fyi, this concerns version 7.0) How come after Mandrake asks me to select what packages I want installed it tells me it will take, for example, 1128MB to install and I might not get all the packages but I can try anyway (when I've got over a gig of free space available). Then it goes on to ask me how much of the packages I've selected that want installed and it's in terms of megabtyes (which by the way is a number like 968 not the 1128)! How in the world would I know how many megabytes that I want to install -- I just accepted the default. I don't understand why it would ask me how many megabytes of the OS I would like to install. I'm thinking in terms of # of packages not megabytes.
Re: [newbie] Knapster problems
Stan Wilburn escribió: I tried your suggestion and it tells me that it cannot open shared libraries. Would this not have been setup with the RPM install or is there something else I have to do? Very confused... Please especify rpm package and shared libraries... At 06:49 PM 8/28/00 +0200, you wrote: Stan Wilburn escribió: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong? Thanks... If you open a terminal window and execute the program from there you'll get the error messages and you'll be able to post them here!! ;-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster live sound card
I have tried all of these things...the files appear to be playing on the player themselves but no sound comes out of the speakers...this setup does work in Windows, however, so speakers are turned on... At 05:32 PM 8/28/00 +0100, you wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Stan Wilburn wrote: I have a Soundblaster Live sound card that is recognized by Mandrake 7.1 and appears to be installed (it loads the EMU10K1 module or driver) but it does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks... How do you know it does not work? Did you try to "play ...wav" something? Did you switch on system sounds in your window manager? Have you tried to play audio CD's? Paul -- Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=- Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Development installation
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Michael Khachiki wrote: Dear who ever If I install mandrake 7.0 as development machine would it install xwindows or not??? I am not sure, but according to my memory, X is a very basic part of any Linux install. Paul -- Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
RE: [newbie] linux freezes when close laptop cover
Mine does something similar on my Inspiron 3700. When I close the cover and then open it again I get a weird plasma-like psychadelic display and the machine is fully locked up. I haven't upgraded the machine to 4.01 which may cure that hiccup. Has anyone else seen this problem? Thanks, Will -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodríguez Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:10 PM To: Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. Com Subject: [newbie] linux freezes when close laptop cover My linux Madrake 7.1 freezes when I close my laptop. Is this normal? I thought Linux was ulta-stable. I have a Dell Inspiron 7500. -P __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Problems with Acrobat install
Hello all, I realize this is a very newbie question, but please forgive me. I was trying to install Acrobat 4 from the LM 7.1 cd (Ebooks directory, tar format). I had problems at first, because there was no version of ED installed. After installing that, and it working fine, acrobat installed correctly to the default directory. When I tried to run the script /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread I receive the following error TWICE (not verbatim.. sorry) /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread : /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread No File or directory found. When I look in the bin directory (intellinux/bin) there is a 3.3 MB file there called acroread. Everything else seems to be fine. The permissions are set standard with rights for execution. Anyone have any ideas? Much appreciated Doug
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Re: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS
There is a nice little freeware utility called DelPart. It can be found online, I don't have an exact URL, you'll have to search for it. Very handy to have around. Can delete any partition. Aaron At 04:31 PM 8/28/2000 +0200, you wrote: Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c: (/dev/hda1) is windows, 2GB, FAT32; d: (/dev/hda5) is windows stuff, 16GB, FAT32; /dev/hda6 is Linux /, 1.72GB, Ext2, /dev/hda7 is Linux swap, 128MB (the rest). Now my question is - how can I delete that /dev/hda6 partition? I need it for windows at the moment and DOS fdisk doesn't see it. Not even as NON-DOS partition, which would give me an option to delete it. What can I do apart from Partition Magic which I don't have the money for? Thanx in advance Roman
Re: [[newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1]
Lynn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though. Any suggestions??? Lynn Johnson Iowa == Yes. Get a real modem. It's not likely that winmodem will ever work with linux. Not sure about the printer. Have you tried running printtool? I have a sinkling feeling that Lexmark's Z series of printers might be winprinters. Can you emulate another printer?? Mike "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing and dreadful idolatry took place there!" Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
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Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Um... 1, Gates created the first version DOS. 2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of OS/2. 3. OS/2 would still be written by Gates if his head didn't explode and his greed take take over. Yes, Linux is not yet a viable all-round desktop OS, and needs quite a bit of knowledgeable intervention to configure. The Open Source Community is definitely working on forming Linux into that desktop phenomenon you're looking for, but these things take time...especially when 90% of the developers are not getting paid. There are many different distributions out there which configure different utilities in Linux very differently. I,personally, have found things in MDK7.1 that are quite nice...especially the install, and their tweaking of Xwindows. However, I have also found that my familiar Red Hat looks better and better as an all-round server. There may be distributions such as Caldera and Corel that have incorporated DOSEMU better than in MDK... if that's your main concern. I have no experience with DOSEMU as I have fled screaming from any and all DOS apps other than fdisk. Many of these concerns are already understood...patience --Greg As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that 1. a non su can start and use dosemu 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. AGH!!! Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] How to stop printing
Wow, this si the by far the most interesting problem with linux i have ever heard. I will listen politely while someone help u, i hope. Original Message On 8/28/00, 5:58:41 PM, =*= [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How to stop printing: On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, William Presho wrote: Hello all Got a slight problem, sent a post script job to the wrong printer, and now I can't get it to stop. Only prints one line on each page (All Garbage). How do you stop it. Tried resetting the printer, but that didn't help. It is coming from the computer because if I switch the printer off line by means of a data switch, it stops until I but it back on line then it starts again. -- William Presho Try lprm -- man lprm. Phil
Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1
Lynn Johnson wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though. Any suggestions??? Lynn Johnson Iowa -- Lynn: All may not be lost: There have been some successes at getting some winmodems to work with Linux. (Where some means "not a whole lot". Also, two "somes" in a row could well mean "probably not".) Check out the Modem How To -- it contains links to the group that is working on the problem. As for the printer, there is one possibility -- does it emulate some other printer that is supported in Linux? My printer, a Brother HL1040, isn't recognized by Linux. But if I tell Linux that it is a HPII, it works OK, although at a lower resolution (300 dpi vs 600 dpi in Windows), and a lower speed. Check out your manual, or contact Lexmark. -- Carroll Grigsby
[newbie] PPP daemon dies unexpectedly
I keep getting these; my log files shows the following: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 local IP address 209.117.51.112 remote IP address 209.117.123.122 Hangup (SIGHUP) Modem hangup Connection terminated. Connect time 0.9 minutes. Sent 1905 bytes, received 2574 bytes. Exit. I'm intrigued by the sixth line "Hangup (SIGHUP)"; does this mean my machine has hung up, or that the remote server has ? TIA, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- Ask not for whom the telephone bell tolls ... If thou art in the bathtub, it tolls for thee. --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
Re: [newbie] Directcc is great.
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Goldenpi wrote: One of the network programs I find useful under windows is direct cable connection, which allows me to run file shareing between my two windows computers. Now I would like to network linux and windows, but I have no network cards, just a long serial cable. Linux doesn't have anything like directcc, is there a way to set it up? Samba server, and Slip connection ? -- As long as the answer is right, who cares if the question is wrong? --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
[newbie] finding the KFM executable file
howdy all what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with KFM*.*.. got a ton of files. so i tried selecting "executable files" as an option still didn't get anything that seemed to be it. being a newbie DOS type... do Linux executables all have certain extensions? like COM, BAT and EXE for DOS/WIN? anyone know exactly where i can find the KFM executable? thanks much Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] UPGRADING RPMS
yup, found it the other day it works fine though there is a delay between a message arriving and the sound being played, version 0.8.1 bascule Adam wrote: If you want a really good aim clone, use gAim from http://www.marko.net/gaim
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
When you have linux, why in hell would you want to emulate dos? (use vmware or something if you need windows / ms-dos prompt) I don't mean to sound bitchy, but...it's hard not too - Original Message - From: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that 1. a non su can start and use dosemu 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. AGH!!! Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] finding the KFM executable file
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Adrian Smith wrote: howdy all what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with KFM*.*.. got a ton of files. so i tried selecting "executable files" as an option still didn't get anything that seemed to be it. being a newbie DOS type... do Linux executables all have certain extensions? like COM, BAT and EXE for DOS/WIN? anyone know exactly where i can find the KFM executable? thanks much [phlbbrtn@fnord phlbbrtn]$ which kfm /usr/bin/kfm [phlbbrtn@fnord phlbbrtn]$ All executables in Linux are such because they have executable permissions. They don't even have to be binary files (though kfm is of course). Suffixes do not matter. All executable files are located (mostly) in directories called "bin" -- /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/bin When looking for an executable, type "which xxx" to find. Linux is both case-sensitive and uses mostly lower-case letters in naming files. Hope this helps. Phil
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Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Actually, Gates did not write DOS, he bought/stole it. But it is true that MS did write O/S 2 and did a great job of it while IBM must have made a no compete deal with him under the table. They could not otherwise be that stupid to sit on a winner and let it go down. I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) Um... 1, Gates created the first version DOS. 2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of OS/2. 3. OS/2 would still be written by Gates if his head didn't explode and his greed take take over. Yes, Linux is not yet a viable all-round desktop OS, and needs quite a bit of knowledgeable intervention to configure. The Open Source Community is definitely working on forming Linux into that desktop phenomenon you're looking for, but these things take time...especially when 90% of the developers are not getting paid. There are many different distributions out there which configure different utilities in Linux very differently. I,personally, have found things in MDK7.1 that are quite nice...especially the install, and their tweaking of Xwindows. However, I have also found that my familiar Red Hat looks better and better as an all-round server. There may be distributions such as Caldera and Corel that have incorporated DOSEMU better than in MDK... if that's your main concern. I have no experience with DOSEMU as I have fled screaming from any and all DOS apps other than fdisk. Many of these concerns are already understood...patience --Greg As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that 1. a non su can start and use dosemu 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. AGH!!! Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Um... 1, Gates created the first version DOS. Um... 1. Gates !Bought! the first version of "MS"-DOS. First of all, DOS is the Disk Operating System, so he was not the first to create one, not that he did with MS-DOS. He, Balmer, and Allen bought their DOS and then licensed it to IBM. Be aware of your history before making claims like this. 2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of OS/2. 2. Gates has not written any, and I mean ANY, software in probably 25 years. He is not a programmer, but a market master. His people co-wrote OS/2 with IBM and then took the technology they wanted, mainly HPFS, and headed back for Seattle. I have no experience with DOSEMU as I have fled screaming from any and all DOS apps other than fdisk. Why use DOS fdisk when the Linux version is so much more flexible, usable, and competant. Adam Many of these concerns are already understood...patience --Greg As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that 1. a non su can start and use dosemu 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. AGH!!! Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1
Carroll Grigsby wrote: Lynn Johnson wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though. Any suggestions??? Lynn Johnson Iowa -- Lynn: All may not be lost: There have been some successes at getting some winmodems to work with Linux. (Where some means "not a whole lot". Also, two "somes" in a row could well mean "probably not".) Check out the Modem How To -- it contains links to the group that is working on the problem. As for the printer, there is one possibility -- does it emulate some other printer that is supported in Linux? My printer, a Brother HL1040, isn't recognized by Linux. But if I tell Linux that it is a HPII, it works OK, although at a lower resolution (300 dpi vs 600 dpi in Windows), and a lower speed. Check out your manual, or contact Lexmark. -- Carroll Grigsby Go to the lexmark site. Look in the international section, you'll find a link in German that link will take you to an area that may have drivers for your printer. Other than that I dont know of any were elese that can make your printer work. I have the same modem, a little trial and errror and you will get it working.
RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
I would agree with most of this mail. I would say that i am expecting in the near future that linux will become much easier to use. Original Message On 8/28/00, 6:10:38 PM, Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user): -Original Message- From: Jeff Malka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:38 PM To: Linux Newbie Mandrake Subject: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. i second this... That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. there is method to the madness but it's not obvious... There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. Agreed, it's simple trivial things that aren't there. However, I don't think the Linux commuity, in general, cares in the least that you have such problems. I don't think it will ever improve... It's been nearly 10 years, it's shameful it's still this hard for a commoner to use. It's cause they don't care about the common user's experience. There's all sorts of bigotry surrounding how intelligent a user should be and that they don't deserve the right to use a computer if they aren't a member of the programmer/IT sect! It's so freaking insulting IMHO...
Re: [newbie] finding the KFM executable file
Try creating a locate database, using locate -u as root. Then use loate, or whereis to find your files. kfm resides in /usr/bin. The filename is, as it should be, "kfm". In linux, there need not be a file extention to denote an executable, scrpt, or other file. Executable files are set with the attributes r -read, w -write, and x -execute. Directories have an additional attribute d -directory. If you type ls at the command line, you will see these attributes listed in the left column. "drwxrwxrwx" The first character, if "d" means directory, if "-", file. the first "rwx" are the root permissions, the second, group permissions, and the third, user permissions. "kfm" is writeable by root, read- and exectuable by all with permissions set to "-rwxr-xr-x" --Greg Forwarded Message howdy all what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with KFM*.*.. got a ton of files. so i tried selecting "executable files" as an option still didn't get anything that seemed to be it. being a newbie DOS type... do Linux executables all have certain extensions? like COM, BAT and EXE for DOS/WIN? anyone know exactly where i can find the KFM executable? thanks much Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. A graphical config for dosemu? There is no graphical config for DOS anywhere, not even on Windows. I use mtools (mdir, mcopy) a lot to read/write from/to my wife's floppies. Try that sometime. It might give you a feel of the enormous difference between command-line Linux and DOS. DOS is clunky. Or I should say it is the CLUNKI~1.TXT command line in existence. That would be a nice way of putting it. Phil
[newbie] viewing source code
Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi symbols and letters? Rob
[newbie] Viewing Source Code
Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi symbols and letters? Rob
[newbie] open ports security problem
How do you close ports and/or shut down servers running on these ports (is this synonymous?). I run Mandrake 7.1 and I need to find an answer to this because my @Home service provider has informed me that I cannot have servers running on my machine (obviously set up by default since I don't know how to set them up). This is not allowed according to the contract because it allows mail relaying (spam). In other words they will cut me off if it is not fixed. Their tests indicated that the following ports/servers were open/running: PortStateService 25/tcpopensmtp 80/tcpopenhttp 111/tcpopensunrpc 113/tcpopenauth 515/tcpopenprinter 6000/tcpopenX11 Running 'netsys -a' confirmed the above. I commented out fields in /etc/inetd.conf for any (all) services I don't need, but of course the above services are not in this file. I then tried commenting out the above services (that I could find) in /etc/services, but this didn't seem to do anything (and yes, I rebooted because I don't know how to properly reset the system any other way). [As an aside, what IS the effect of commenting out services from /etc/services? It doesn't look serious...yet.] I read that I may have to do something with the files in /etc/rc.d, but the instructions seemed to based on a different directory layout than is used by Mandrake/Red Hat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Well...semantics... Although gates must have stolen the concept and "basic inteface" from another OS, IBM contracted Gates to write "DOS" in a deal that took place after the huge company was made to wait an hour (yes, only an hour) by the company in California that wrote CP/M. --Greg Actually, Gates did not write DOS, he bought/stole it. But it is true that MS did write O/S 2 and did a great job of it while IBM must have made a no compete deal with him under the table. They could not otherwise be that stupid to sit on a winner and let it go down. I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, you wrote: I think Linux has came a long ways, compared how easier it is to install now than how it was 5 years ago. I think along with everything else as more distribution comes out with their version of the software, it just gets better. I would agree with most of this mail. I would say that i am expecting in the near future that linux will become much easier to use. Original Message On 8/28/00, 6:10:38 PM, Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user): -Original Message- From: Jeff Malka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:38 PM To: Linux Newbie Mandrake Subject: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. i second this... That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. there is method to the madness but it's not obvious... There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. Agreed, it's simple trivial things that aren't there. However, I don't think the Linux commuity, in general, cares in the least that you have such problems. I don't think it will ever improve... It's been nearly 10 years, it's shameful it's still this hard for a commoner to use. It's cause they don't care about the common user's experience. There's all sorts of bigotry surrounding how intelligent a user should be and that they don't deserve the right to use a computer if they aren't a member of the programmer/IT sect! It's so freaking insulting IMHO...
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Jeff Malka wrote: As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. Well...maybe Linux isn't for everyone, but then no OS is for everyone, IMO. Choice is good... One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files But, but...what d'you mean by a "normal" PC user? When I first installed Linux I assumed I would have a lot of learning to do, it being a whole new environment, and I was looking forward to learning how to navigate in a Unix-based system rather than a DOS-based one. assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. Unix structures files heirarchically, but this also makes it less easy to mess up. And you can search for files and always find out where you are if you forget... There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. I don't know if I would agree that all of these are problems, per se...I do think that a steep learning curve is involved, but I think that's to be expected. Personally, I love a challenge. ;) That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that Some of the features you don't like are security features, though. Remember that Linux can be a multiuser system...if you have to be root to do something, there's probably a good reason. Means you have less of a chance of shooting yourself in the foot when logged in as an ordinary user. :) 1. a non su can start and use dosemu I haven't used dosemu, but I would imagine that the man page or the info page would tell you. At a guess, add your login to the users file? 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. Dunno. Have you tried Wine or Lin4Win? Just wondering if those might be closer to what youa re looking for... -- Kathleen Dickason (not ready for prime time either) Registered Linux user #182139
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
P.S. OS/2 does indeed rock. I used it when I first worked at IBM (dont work there anymore) and it was lovely. Then "upgraded" us all to Windows. Oh, the pain... Kathleen
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Re: [newbie] File sharing Win-Linux
Thank you for your advise. Now my linuxbox can appear on Windoze machine. But I can't access it from Windoze. Widoze ask me for password. But now the message is change. Sounds like this (on Windoze machine): //craven is not accessible. The computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure you type it correctly, and try again. Also I test my smb.conf by running testparm, and I get message like this : Load smbconfig files from /etc/smb.conf Loaded services file OK. Deny connection from Teteh.net(192.168.0.2) to homes. Allow ... to printers. Allow.to Linuxer. What should I do ? And at the section [global], if I only have 1 ethernet card on each machine, should I activate interfaces ? Thank you very much for your assistance. -Pungki This is my smb.conf : [global] workgroup = Quake server string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.0.2, 127. printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%a max log size = 50 security = share socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 os level = 33 dns proxy = no unix password sync = no comment = Craven.net encrypt passwords = no map to guest = never password level = 0 null passwords = no allow hosts = 192.168.0.2 os level = 0 preferred master = no domain master = yes wins support = no dead time = 0 debug level = 0 [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home/%u browseable = yes writable = yes public = yes allow hosts = 198.168.0.2 only user = no [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes [Linuxer] comment = Testing path = /home/pungki browseable = yes public = yes guest only = yes writable = yes allow hosts = 192.168.0.2 only user = no # samba config file /etc/smb.conf # [global] workgroup = HOMELAN server string = Samba SMB Server [%v] interfaces = 192.168.1.2/24 127.0.0.1/24 bind interfaces only = Yes security = SHARE encrypt passwords = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 time server = Yes os level = 65 dns proxy = No wins support = Yes guest account = smbuser min print space = 2000 print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement
Thank you very much. It work. -Pungki - Original Message - From: Robert Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement When you download a new theme (I use e.themes.org), you put them in the ~/.enlightenment/themes directory. If they are tarballs, still put them in the themes directory then untar them. Once you have done that, don't regenerate the menus, simply click on restart enlightenment. Then when you middle click and go to themes, they should be listed there. On a restart of e, e looks for new themes and such. Juggernaut wrote: Hi, If you have "installed" the theme correctly you will need to regerate your menus in Enlightenment - click the 2nd (middle) mouse button and choose Maintenance | Regenerate Menus... a dialog will appear to acknowledge this with an OK button. After a few seconds another one should appear with a completed message. If you now click on the middle mouse button again, you should have a Theme menu... just select your new theme from there. -- Mark. The files are in tar.gz form. I think I just need to decompress it. But after I regenerate my menus, I'm still not found my new theme there. Maybe there is something wrong with the instalation. If so, how I can install my theme ? Thank's for reply. -Pungki -- Robert Horton Wireless Technician Internet Specialist USURF America Internet Services
Re: [newbie] File sharing Win-Linux
Thank you. I think it work. Now my linuxbox can appear on Windoze machine (Network Neighborhood). But I can't access my Linux from Windoze. Windoze ask me a password. As I remember I didn't make any password for user on Windoze machine. And on Linux machine, when I run smbclient, I get a respond like this : SharenameTypeComment D Disk CDisk IPC$ IPCRemote Inter Process Communication ServerComment CRAVENSamba SMB Server [2.0.6] TETEHTeteh97 WorkgroupMaster QUAKETETEH Anyone can help me ? Thank you very much. -Pungki # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server You'll dfinitely need to remove the space from that server name. Or, you'll need to change "Samba Server" (which is the smb example) to some name with which Windoze can recognise the Linux Box. hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. 192.168.0.2 If you're only allowing 192.168.0.2, then get 192.168.1. 192.168.2. out of there. They're problably not on your LAN. Stick 192.168.0.2 before the loopback address (127.). Also, you'll need to make sure that smbd and nmbd are running. And smbclient should get you connected from Linux box to Windoze box. (smbclient -L wondozeboxname). Beyond that, I'm still unsure. I haven't attempted samba in a while, and I'm just brushing up for another list user's troubles. Let me know what the above does for you. --Greg
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Because there are literally thousands of free programs available on DOS that do not yet exist in Linux which are nice to use and which unless you are a programmer you cannot write yourself. Obviously there is a need or dosemu would not have been written. As for vmware that costs a fair amount of cash. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) When you have linux, why in hell would you want to emulate dos? (use vmware or something if you need windows / ms-dos prompt) I don't mean to sound bitchy, but...it's hard not too - Original Message - From: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that 1. a non su can start and use dosemu 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. AGH!!! Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Viewing Source Code
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Robin Regennitter wrote: Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi symbols and letters? Did you install the sources from the Sources CD? They should be in /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/Mandrake somewhere (not sure, I don't have them on disk) Paul -- If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
It is not to use dos commands that one might need dosemu, but to run legacy dos applications that one does not wish to leave behind just yet. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: =*= [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. A graphical config for dosemu? There is no graphical config for DOS anywhere, not even on Windows. I use mtools (mdir, mcopy) a lot to read/write from/to my wife's floppies. Try that sometime. It might give you a feel of the enormous difference between command-line Linux and DOS. DOS is clunky. Or I should say it is the CLUNKI~1.TXT command line in existence. That would be a nice way of putting it. Phil
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
Well...maybe Linux isn't for everyone, but then no OS is for everyone, IMO. Choice is good... It is, but for an OS to survive it must attract and "keep" a sufficient audience, Otherwise it might have the same fate as OS/2 which is also an excellent multiuser stable OS. Do not ask why I am leaving OS/2, because I am not really, just learning a new OS and noting how it appears to a non programming guru. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Kathleen Dickason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) Jeff Malka wrote: As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer public. Well...maybe Linux isn't for everyone, but then no OS is for everyone, IMO. Choice is good... One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos applications transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not possibly understand or modify these files But, but...what d'you mean by a "normal" PC user? When I first installed Linux I assumed I would have a lot of learning to do, it being a whole new environment, and I was looking forward to learning how to navigate in a Unix-based system rather than a DOS-based one. assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem. There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located in different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can find them. Unix structures files heirarchically, but this also makes it less easy to mess up. And you can search for files and always find out where you are if you forget... There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself point out where they see the problems for them. I don't know if I would agree that all of these are problems, per se...I do think that a steep learning curve is involved, but I think that's to be expected. Personally, I love a challenge. ;) That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame war but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the OS despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated with computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the various files so that Some of the features you don't like are security features, though. Remember that Linux can be a multiuser system...if you have to be root to do something, there's probably a good reason. Means you have less of a chance of shooting yourself in the foot when logged in as an ordinary user. :) 1. a non su can start and use dosemu I haven't used dosemu, but I would imagine that the man page or the info page would tell you. At a guess, add your login to the users file? 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my applications exist. Dunno. Have you tried Wine or Lin4Win? Just wondering if those might be closer to what youa re looking for... -- Kathleen Dickason (not ready for prime time either) Registered Linux user #182139
Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
You are correct. That is what I remember too. I was just simnplifying the story. As I remember it, Gates then turned around and bought something which he lightly modified and sold to IBM as DOS. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Greg Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user) Well...semantics... Although gates must have stolen the concept and "basic inteface" from another OS, IBM contracted Gates to write "DOS" in a deal that took place after the huge company was made to wait an hour (yes, only an hour) by the company in California that wrote CP/M. --Greg Actually, Gates did not write DOS, he bought/stole it. But it is true that MS did write O/S 2 and did a great job of it while IBM must have made a no compete deal with him under the table. They could not otherwise be that stupid to sit on a winner and let it go down. I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
[newbie] USB Failure on Startup?
I am running Mandrake 7.1 and I have always had USB failures when Linux was booting up, but it was no big deal because I didn't have any USB devices so I just disabled the USB module at startup. Well that was fine until I just bought a USB mouse and now I need to try and find some answers. It fails on startup and it prints this message out to my log: Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/usb/usb-uhci.o: Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/modules.dep Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod modprobe: init_module: Device or resource busy Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/usb/usb-uhci.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/usb/usb-uhci.o failed Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/usb/usb-uhci.o: insmod usb-interface failed Aug 28 02:32:36 jarrod usb: Loading USB interface failed there is also a line in my /etc/conf.modules file that sets up an alias: alias usb-interface usb-uhci Can anyone tell me what I can do to try and fix this problem? I'm pretty confident that once I get this resolved my mouse should work, based on the fact that the linux-mandrake.com site says that Mandrake supports all USB mice and keyboards. Thanks in Advance, Jarrod
Re: [newbie] Broken? Bug? can't compile please help
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Vic wrote: Hello, would some kind soul please help me with a compiling problem? I downloaded kleandisk its an app that is supposed to clean extra files off the harddisk, but these error messages on the ./configure command are all it gave which I do not understand what it wants---at the end of all this---about some "small KDE application" and I'm afraid I don't have a clue what it means. Thanx checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... no checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for objdir... .libs creating libtool checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext checking for KDE... libraries /usr/lib, headers /usr/include/kde checking for extra includes... no checking for extra libs... no checking for kde headers installed... yes checking for kde libraries installed... configure: error: your system fails at linking a small KDE application! Check, if your compiler is installed correctly and if you have used the same compiler to compile Qt and kdelibs as you did use now [root@kittypuss kleandisk-1.1.1]# Boy, I sure hope you get a response to this! I posted the exact same problem a week ago and got nothing. If you find out, could you mail me off-list? Thanks a million. This had never happened until I did a fresh install recently to move to another HD. I was trying to compile Knapster and it just would NOT work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone responds to you. -- TRBishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #12043 Powered by SuSE 6.4
