Re: [newbie-it] I: Urgesi moduli
Germano wrote: A chiunque abbia una mandrake 7.1 con kernel 2.2.15: Sareste cos gentili da inviarmi 3 moduli contenuti nella directory /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc, ve ne sarei immensamente grato (i miei li ho erroneamente sovrascritti con 3 pi vecchi per installare un modem asuscom isdn pci). I moduli incriminati sono: -1) isdn.o - 2) dss1_divert.o -3) hisax.o Grazie a chiunque voglia perdere tempo a fare ci! Germano dovresti poterli estrarre dal pacchetto rpm del kernel. Prima controlla che siano effettivamente li con rpm -qlp kernelrpm | grep hisax.o e poi li estrai usando "mc". Un metodo di estrazione piu` da "duri e puri" e`: rpm2cpio file.rpm | cpio -i --no-absolute-filenames --no-preserve-owner nome.file.da.estrarre tutto su un'unica riga. ciao, Andrea
[newbie-it] controller scsi
salve a tutti ! ho un piccolo quesito per voi... ho appena comprato una controller raid ide (promise fast track 100) che ha i drivers per redhat 6.2/7 e solo in una immagine del floppy da fornire durante l'installazione. questo floppy funziona anche per mandrake ? se la risposta è negativa, come faccio a crearmi un floppy per mandrake ? posso anche installare redhat per estrarre i files necessari (ma al massimo per un'ora, altrimenti il pc si "ammala"... grazie giuliano
[newbie-it] masterizzatore cd-w54e
Qualcuno sa,se il masterizzatore TEAC CD-W54E (ide)è supportato dai vari programmi di masterizzazione linux? Ciao e grazie.
[newbie-it] intruders
ciao a tutti Sarei interessato a un software che mi monitorizzi i miei accessi a internet, facile da usare e che mi avverta in qualche modo, e in tempo reale, se io sono vittima di intrusioni mentre sono collegato a internet, inoltre quale client di posta posso usare per comunicare con mail criptate? Grazie a tutti quelli che mi risponderanno Ciao Fede
Re: [newbie-it] upgrade mdk7.1 to 7.2
Il 09:46, venerd 19 gennaio 2001, scrivesti: Salve a tutti. Per upgradare da mdk7.1 a 7.2 consigliabile aggiornare oppure "pulire" tutto e ricaricare da capo? (premetto che non ho dati importanti da salvare).Se la soluzione la seconda qual' il metodo pi semplice? Ciao e grazie. Ciao, premesso che sono un novellino (uso Linux s e no da un mese), credo ti convenga installare la 7.2 da zero. Ho letto in rete di diverse persone che hanno incontrato problemi eseguando l' "upgrade" dalla 7.1 alla 7.2. Io ho la 7.2; la mia prima distribuzione Linux e quindi l'ho installata da zero. Funziona egregiamente. Riguardo il metodo pi semplice, credo tu possa procedere direttamente come per una ipotetica reinstallazione: durante la fase di installazione, ad un certo punto ti viene chiesto dove installare Linux (con opzioni di cancellare tutto l'hard disk, rimuovere l'eventualmente presente Windows o partizionare il disco); se il disco contiene gi partizione Ext2 e di swap, ti viene chiesto se vuoi formattarle. Rispondi "s" e installi sulle macerie... Spero di esserti stato utile! Daniele
[newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP
Ciao a tutti, utilizzo una distribuzione Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un PC con 128 MB di memoria. Ho intenzione di raddoppiare la RAM. Devo aumentare anche le dimensioni della partizione di swap? Fino a quali dimensioni? Grazie a chi vorr rispondermi... Daniele
[newbie-it] Suoni in Gnome
Ciao! Ho gi avuto a che fare col seguente problema, ma credo dipendesse da Enlightenment, ora uso Sawfish: sono passato alla 7.2, prima col cd allegato a Dev, e nessun problema; visto che i pacchetti contenuti in quello distribuito con LinuxC erano un po' pi aggiornati, ho deciso di fare un piccolo update; purtroppo, per, ora non sento pi alcun suono come utente, come root tutto okay; ho agito sul Control Center ma senza esito... Cosa devo modificare? Grazie. Corrado
Re: [newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP
No non devi raddoppiare niente. Se aumenti la ram la partizione di swap servir meno volte, quindi la potresti diminuire,ma non ti conviene lascia tutto come sta (a meno che non ti serve spazio) - Original Message - From: "Daniele Micci" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: [newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP Ciao a tutti, utilizzo una distribuzione Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un PC con 128 MB di memoria. Ho intenzione di raddoppiare la RAM. Devo aumentare anche le dimensioni della partizione di swap? Fino a quali dimensioni? Grazie a chi vorr rispondermi... Daniele
Ri:Re: [newbie-it] I: Urgesi moduli
Germano wrote: A chiunque abbia una mandrake 7.1 con kernel 2.2.15: Sareste così gentili da inviarmi 3 moduli contenuti nella directory /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc, ve ne sarei immensamentegrato (i dovresti poterli estrarre dal pacchetto rpm del kernel. Prima controlla che siano effettivamente li con rpm -qlp kernelrpm | grep hisax.o e poi li estrai usando "mc". Un metodo di estrazione piu` da "duri e puri" e`: rpm2cpio file.rpm | cpio -i --no-absolute-filenames --no-preserve-owner nome.file.da.estrarre tutto su un'unica riga. ciao, Andrea Sicuramente sono nel CD e avrei potuto installarli da DrakConf ma secondo lui erano già installati (ma non originali) Grazie quindi per questa serie di comandi che mi eviteranno prossimamente di rompere le scatole a qualcun' altro. Ciao Germano
Re: [newbie-it] upgrade mdk7.1 to 7.2
Io avevo la 7.1, ho fatto l'upgrade ed riuscito, ma ci ha impiegato 4 o 5 ore (su pentium 166 mmx), poi per motivi miei ho rifatto l'installazione da zero, e ci ha impiegato molto meno, (1 oretta...) Questa l'unica differenza che ho notato... bye, Ste. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:46 AM Subject: [newbie-it] upgrade mdk7.1 to 7.2 Salve a tutti. Per upgradare da mdk7.1 a 7.2 consigliabile aggiornare oppure "pulire" tutto e ricaricare da capo? (premetto che non ho dati importanti da salvare).Se la soluzione la seconda qual' il metodo pi semplice? Ciao e grazie.
Re: [newbie-it] Suoni in Gnome
At 21.05 19/01/01 +0100, you wrote: Ciao! Ho gi avuto a che fare col seguente problema, ma credo dipendesse da Enlightenment, ora uso Sawfish: sono passato alla 7.2, prima col cd allegato a Dev, e nessun problema; visto che i pacchetti contenuti in quello distribuito con LinuxC erano un po' pi aggiornati, ho deciso di fare un piccolo update; purtroppo, per, ora non sento pi alcun suono come utente, come root tutto okay; ho agito sul Control Center ma senza esito... Cosa devo modificare? Grazie. Corrado Ciao corrado allora... vediamo io ho risolto cos a patto naturalmente che i moduli che gestiscono la scheda audio siano caricati e questo lo vedi dai log: da root devi rendere accesibili i device audio,mixer, e dsp dopo di che alza i volumi del mixer al massimo! Se i moduli non sono presenti ti devi ricompilare il kernel o li inserisci al solito modo con me ha funzionato: modprobe sound insmode uart401 insmode sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 Ci sono anche alcuni configuratori tipo sndconfig di red hat non ricordo s sulla mandrake c'. un'ultima cosa, sulla sound blaster normalmente bisogna configurare il modulo per ensonic ES1370 oppure ES1371 . Ciao spero di esserti stato di aiuto Sky
[newbie-it] Settaggio monitor
ho come monitor un Philips 105 brillance ma non riesco a centrare perfettamente lo schermo in quanto questo e' spostato leggermente a destra nascondendo la barra di scorrimento costringendomi ogni volta a spostare le finestre verso sinistra . Ho provato a selezionare con drakconfig altri monitor ma il risultato lo stesso . . Se seleziono il mio modello di schermo, il video si deforma ancora di piu'.La scheda grafica una NVIDIA TNT2 64. Ho notato che per pochi secondi prima che venga effettuato il test video lo schermo risulta perfettamente normale quindi ci deve essere una soluzione o un settagg io standard che mi consenta di vedere bene . Vi prego di aiutarmi .. ho iniziato ha usare Linux solo da poche settimane.
SV: [newbie] HDParm and DMA
How do you know that the speed is increased? I have been having problems where I have test it with hdparm -tT /deb/hda when I use the -d1 option by itself, the next disk access locks things up. I I have test the -X69 and -X68 as well, but the big performens increasing is with -d1. From around 9 to 35Mb/s. So it would be nice to get it to work. Is there anyone that has got the -d to work. /N get around this by explicitly setting the x-fer rate (-X66 for Ultra33, -X68 for Ultra66, and -X69 for Ultra100.) "Blomquist, Niklas" wrote: Dear everyone! Is there anyone who has problem with using UDAM? When I turn on the UDMA the speed is increasing a lot, but I can't start any program. The Icons on the destop is removed when I click on the and the panel is gone when I click on that one... Any suggestions? /N
RE: [newbie] Tecra8100 + Mandrake 7.2
ok thanks for that i will try 7.1 instead -Original Message- From: Charles A. Punch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 January 2001 11:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Tecra8100 + Mandrake 7.2 James Hallam wrote: hi again, has anyone had any experience of installing drak7.2 on a Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop i can install 7.2 but cannot get X up and running. thanks in advance I have a Satellite Pro 465 CDX, which I have used some Tecra settings, which worked for me, when there were none for a 465 CDX. I can't even find 465 CDX on Toshiba's website, but that's beside the point. I assume that they are somewhat similar. I am still a newbie at this, but this may help you. I have been running LM 7.1 for a while with no problems. I ran 6.5 before that. 6.5 was allright, but since I have a Win modem, I couldn't connect. 7.1 reads my Win modem without a hitch (I am writing this from my 465 CDX running LM 7.1). I didn't do anything special, I just set up a DNS with ELN/ and it worked from the get go. 7.2 however, would not read it. It seems that some people like 7.2 better, but I went back to 7.1, for more than one reason. The Modem was just one of them. I had problems with 7.2 on both my 465 CDX and on my Gateway desktop, so I'm not sure if it is system specific or if it is something I am doing wrong. Neither one of my boxes are even close to what could be considered Linux compatible hardware, so it's amazing that it will run at all on them. Even if it is something I am doing wrong, 7.1 is a safer option. 7.2 is pretty, but I want something fuctional. It's a shame though, that K Office thingie loooks sweet. I read somewhere on this list, that slackware is a better alternative for notebooks. I might check that out next. No matter how much trouble it is, it's got to be less than Windows. ShalomOut Chal
Re: [newbie] No hard disk
The problem of not sensing the hard disk as aslo faced by me while installing LMK7.2 and i had to completely forget that disk. I downloaded the iso file from Israel mirror site and burnt my CD.Some of the users have said that it is advisable to burn the CD at 4x instead of 6x or 8x as this causes some problem with some of the HP cd burners! I lost one hard disk of Quantum while loading the Linux MK 7.2. But with the slow burnt CD and a new Seagate HD there was no problem and my win98 pertition and Linux partitions work very well and i am enjoying bothe the OS with prefect ease!! -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in
Re: [newbie] I want MicroEMACS
On Thursday 18 January 2001 21:35, you wrote: Hi all, I've been using MicroEMACS to do all my text editing in both Windows and Linux for many years, and I expect I will for the rest of my natural life (barring the advent of thought-recognition technology). It doesn't come as part of the Mandrake distro, but I'd be a happy man if it did. How do I go about requesting its inclusion in the next distro? Miark Two things: 1. Check that it is free software (The four tests at www.gnu.org) 2. Submit a story about it to www.mandrakeforum.com outlining advantages Civileme
Re: [newbie] logrotate process does not stop
Paul wrote: > Hi, I have the following problem on my Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15: > the process logrotate that reorganizes the system messages directory > /var/log > and which is daily launched by cron does not stop anymore. So each day a > logrotate > starts , after 3 days on my computer 3 logroate process are running and > overload the > system. I tried to shutdown the system but the problem appeared again. Download the updates to logrotate and syslogd (almost correct). Those fix the problem. You can find them on rpmfind.net and also on the FTP sites for Mandrake. Paul Thank you for your help. However I updated logrotate and syslogd, but the problem is still present. I also removed all *.tgz files in /var/log, but no news. Can you help me? Bye Renato -- Renato Tognaccini, Dipartimento di Progettazione Aeronautica, Universita` di Napoli Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, ITALIA. tel.: +39-0817682179 fax: +39-0817682187 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie]Linux careers
On Thursday 18 January 2001 17:03, you wrote: Dear Anyone, Are there any Linux career possibilities? Is there a place to research this on the internet? Thank you, Marcia www.monster.com select Computers,Software type in linux and hit the search bar There are more than 1000 entries which is the maximum monster will show Those are OPEN job advertisements. Civileme
Re: [newbie] remove
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:03:59 -0800, Beckycould said: You have to remove yourself from the list at the same place that you subscribed to the list. Go to : http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Look for SUPPORT LISTS, enter your email address, select UN subscribe, click on SUBMIT. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] No hard disk
On Thursday 18 January 2001 19:36, you wrote: you've got an A7v? Promise 100 controller? the mandrake 7.2 installer down't recognize that controller correctly at boot time. You have to pass the loader a command to get it to work. I can't remember the hack though ;-( Try looking at http://www.mandrakeforum.com for it. You could also search the archives for this list. Abe Sheesh if it is an A7V it should be linux ide2=0x9000 0x8802 I'm embarrassed I didn't recognize it earlier Civileme Micha POZARZYCKI wrote: Hi everybody! I've got a problem with Mandrake 7.2 installation. All goes well until the programme asks me for existing SCSII driver. Recording to the manual of my motherbard (ASUS VIA 761 Chipset) there is a driver Promise. There is no such a driver in the list I have to choose from. Anyway I try to say no SCSII device and then the programme say there is no valid device where the file system can be placed, check for hardware error. My hard disk is Seagate Barracuda IDE 30,8GB, so I assume that thye error is not connected with possible SCSII device error that I probably do. An additional information is that my BIOS doesn't detect hard disk, the field Primery Master say None when booting. Also in the Bios Setup when I choose autodetect Primery Master the Bios doesn't recognize any data (like PIO level or UDMA level). When I set Secondary Master autodetect it chooses CD-recorder and gets the information on PIO or UDMA. Sorry if I haven't included enough information - I'm not to good at it. I am very determined to install Linux on my desktop, but can't deal with that stuff. If it helps the windows 98 goes almost well and it recognizes all my three partitions of the drive, which have been made by firm I bought the computer from (thay used Partition Magic or some stuff that sounds similiar, made three partitions 10GB each, and the partitions are in the format compatibile with DOS or smth.) Appreciate any comment michal
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Downloadable Version...
On Friday 19 January 2001 04:02, you wrote: hey all, Is the kde 2.0 that comes with the downloadable version of mandrake a beta version? I can't seem to find the theme manager in it. Thanks. Chris No it isn't beta. And yes it has no theme manager--look for it in KDE2.1. Civileme Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: SV: [newbie] HDParm and DMA
On Friday 19 January 2001 09:43, you wrote: How do you know that the speed is increased? I have been having problems where I have test it with hdparm -tT /deb/hda when I use the -d1 option by itself, the next disk access locks things up. I I have test the -X69 and -X68 as well, but the big performens increasing is with -d1. From around 9 to 35Mb/s. So it would be nice to get it to work. Is there anyone that has got the -d to work. /N get around this by explicitly setting the x-fer rate (-X66 for Ultra33, -X68 for Ultra66, and -X69 for Ultra100.) "Blomquist, Niklas" wrote: Dear everyone! Is there anyone who has problem with using UDAM? When I turn on the UDMA the speed is increasing a lot, but I can't start any program. The Icons on the destop is removed when I click on the and the panel is gone when I click on that one... Any suggestions? /N Please post the output of dmesg Civileme
Re: [newbie] Halt Command
Keep in mind, --help is your friend! Your lover! A very close distant cousin! lol [root@yoda /root]# shutdown --help shutdown: invalid option -- - Usage:shutdown [-akrhfnc] [-t secs] time [warning message] -a: use /etc/shutdown.allow -k: don't really shutdown, only warn. -r: reboot after shutdown. -h: halt after shutdown. -f: do a 'fast' reboot (skip fsck). -F: Force fsck on reboot. -n: do not go through "init" but go down real fast. -c: cancel a running shutdown. -t secs: delay between warning and kill signal. ** the "time" argument is mandatory! (try "now") ** Personally I like to put nice "greeting messages" with the warning message option like "GET THE HELL OFF MY MACHINE" but that's up to you! :0) A "man shutdown" will also provide some very good help. Actually reading the whole thing answers a lot of questions! Good luck! tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "GUI BAD Console GD!!" * L. H. LOO [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010117 06:19]: At 16-01-2001 +1300, you wrote: Hi! Running LM 7.2. The system reboots ok but when I issue the 'halt' command it hangs up and errors/segmentation faults appear. What is causing this? Thanks! IIRC, the command is : shutdown -h now for immediate shutdown.
Re: [newbie] BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS STINK
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: Hello list. we;ll the subject line says it all, how do I get RID of these BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS that just barged in and took up residence on my Mandrake 7.2 ? I really hate 'ledfixed" how do I remove this awful font from my system permanently? Please help soon, I can't make good use of my mandrake with the apps going way off the screen and making themselves generally un-manageable. They didn't just take up residence, you probably changed your time from 24 hour to 12 hour right? I am not using 7.2 now but when I did, all I needed to do was change charset back to "unknown" and it would go back to normal. Thats the charset in the adjust time thing on the task bar
Re: [newbie] Partitions and drive letters
Thanks for the response, Fred; I'm glad to hear that Windows won't see those Linux partitions. From the Linux-Mandrake web site tutorial on partitioning, I read that there's a partitioning option called "Use free space on the Windows Partition" and explains: "Before resizing a hard drive which alreadycontains Windows, it is strongly recommended that you run ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter from within Windows on the drive. And as always, back-up data you cannot afford to lose before partitioning drives." While it does warn that loss is possible, it doesn't iterate that it's inevitable. Of course, I shall backup that data. There is also an animated illustration of the partitioning in a graphical image that can be seen here: "This animations shows how to quickly and easily partition a drive thatalready contains MS-Windows using DiskDrake." http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7.2/Install/Custom/pages/custom6.php3 Is it certain that Windows will be wiped out of it's share of my old partition? I have used Partition Magic but don't remember that I had to re-install anything then, either, as you imply. Any other feedback shall be warmly received, Dave Fred Schroeder wrote: Windows won't see any of the Linux partions. You do know however, that unless you are using Partition Magic or something like that, .. and maybe even then, you will lose all of the data on the disk when you repartion. So make certain you have back-ups. Fred I have a single drive partitioned into 4 with my current OS (Win98se) residing in C:\. Among the options in the install is one to take over part of C:\ for Linux. If I do this, what will happen to the assigned drive letters of D:\, E:\ and F:\, CD-ROM and CD-RW; will it reassign them with new drive letters? -- Dave Burrows 741 Cleveland Road Washington, PA 15301 USA
Re: [newbie] KDE2 PROBLEM
Tina is related to the Oracle database server on your system. Dan On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, you wrote: I checked and all of my window managers are still there, so my mileage did vary. Still no explanation for the extra user Tina who seems to be associated with the time management or something like that. Dennis Myers wrote: I've not noticed that I lost all the other window managers, I'll have to check that, but I do have a user named Tina on the login gui. So does anyone know what that is all about, and is it safe to delete Tina as a user? Probably need to report to Mandrake and kde.org, it is a bug accountable to one or the other. Could look on the KDE web site to see if the things already been reported. It still shows up in the KDE2.1beta as welll as the so called stabel KDE2.0. -michael- wrote: On Thursday 18 January 2001 07:02, regarding [newbie] KDE2 PROBLEM, you said: Hello,installed the KDE2 rpms and all went well.I did a "rpm -Uvf *.rpm --test" and it came back with no failed dependencies.I then installed from text console outside of x.I then did a "rpm --rebuilddb" followed by "update-menus -v" Once I went to log in I found a whole bunch of system users,no biggie,but I now only have KDE, default, and failsafe, all other window managers are gone. I have seen that this seems to be common, anyone have a fix for the bug? Should I report it and to who? Thanks for your time. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Dale: I have the same problem; all my users except me, root and user2 are penguins with program names...when I boot to KDE I get icewm, when I do default it is enlightenment and I assume that failsafe is a command line. I can only get this when i type init 5 instead of startx(which produces enlightenment). I miss my old KDE!
Re: [newbie] Dial up modem question...
Always go back to the basics. Make sure that You used periods (dots), not commas for your DNS numbers. If you've got large fingers, you can easily mistake the 2 keys (I know I have!). Also, sometimes you just have to re-enter the DNS numbers. Can you ping the DNS numbers of your ISP?? While you're connected to the Internet, go to a console, and enter the folowing; ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Where the "X"'s represent the DNS numbers of your ISP. If you don't get a proper reply, could be their DNS server is down. Lastly, empty your Browsers cache memory. Then retry while still connected. Dan LaBine On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, you wrote: My dial up connects and I can load web pages if I type in the I.P. BUT I DO have my DNS servers in the settings. They are correct too. What's the deal? It seems to transmit and receive about once a second a tiny bit of data. I can't figure this out from any tutorials. They all say to enter in your DNS servers and I did that... Any ideas? --Matt White Bear Lake, MN
[newbie] Faxing.
Can someone give me a hand setting up my fax software? Hylafax and Mgetty are both fully installed on a stand-alone PC running a fresh install of LM7.2 . HardDrake and Setserial have both recognized and returned valid responses from my GVC 56k modem. How does one go about faxing? in Windows, faxing is activated by "Printing" to a fax driver. How's it work in Linux? Any help would be apprreciated. Thanks in advance,... Dan LaBine
Re: [newbie] Fixed !! BIG UGLY DOTTY FONTS
I went into the /usr/share dirs and totally deleted the led-fixed font file, and it never came back since hehehehe. On Friday 19 January 2001 14:55, you wrote: I had that happen too... It was nasty! I did nothing to provoke it and all of a sudden i've got these fonts that are huge and dotted... I logged in as root and created a new user and deleted the messed up one. Good luck! --Matt White Bear Lake, MN - Original Message - From: "Vic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: [newbie] BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS STINK Hello list. we;ll the subject line says it all, how do I get RID of these BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS that just barged in and took up residence on my Mandrake 7.2 ? I HATE THEM Please help soon, I can't make good use of my mandrake with the apps going way off the screen and making themselves generally un-manageable.
Re: [newbie] Partitions and drive letters
Dave, No, I am not saying that a reinstall is certain, just wanted you to be prepared if it does turn out that way. Best of luck! Fred - Original Message - From: "Dave Burrows" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitions and drive letters Thanks for the response, Fred; I'm glad to hear that Windows won't see those Linux partitions. From the Linux-Mandrake web site tutorial on partitioning, I read that there's a partitioning option called "Use free space on the Windows Partition" and explains: "Before resizing a hard drive which alreadycontains Windows, it is strongly recommended that you run ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter from within Windows on the drive. And as always, back-up data you cannot afford to lose before partitioning drives." While it does warn that loss is possible, it doesn't iterate that it's inevitable. Of course, I shall backup that data. There is also an animated illustration of the partitioning in a graphical image that can be seen here: "This animations shows how to quickly and easily partition a drive thatalready contains MS-Windows using DiskDrake." http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7.2/Install/Custom/page s/custom6.php3 Is it certain that Windows will be wiped out of it's share of my old partition? I have used Partition Magic but don't remember that I had to re-install anything then, either, as you imply. Any other feedback shall be warmly received, Dave Fred Schroeder wrote: Windows won't see any of the Linux partions. You do know however, that unless you are using Partition Magic or something like that, .. and maybe even then, you will lose all of the data on the disk when you repartion. So make certain you have back-ups. Fred I have a single drive partitioned into 4 with my current OS (Win98se) residing in C:\. Among the options in the install is one to take over part of C:\ for Linux. If I do this, what will happen to the assigned drive letters of D:\, E:\ and F:\, CD-ROM and CD-RW; will it reassign them with new drive letters? -- Dave Burrows 741 Cleveland Road Washington, PA 15301 USA
Re: [newbie] BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS STINK
I did not see any such way to switch from 24 hr to 12, tho I did it anyway, but how I do not know, I just went in and totally deleted the led-fixed font file totally. On Friday 19 January 2001 16:39, you wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: Hello list. we;ll the subject line says it all, how do I get RID of these BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS that just barged in and took up residence on my Mandrake 7.2 ? I really hate 'ledfixed" how do I remove this awful font from my system permanently? Please help soon, I can't make good use of my mandrake with the apps going way off the screen and making themselves generally un-manageable. They didn't just take up residence, you probably changed your time from 24 hour to 12 hour right? I am not using 7.2 now but when I did, all I needed to do was change charset back to "unknown" and it would go back to normal. Thats the charset in the adjust time thing on the task bar
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
ok, here is ifconfig output eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:6B:90:A5 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfce0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 and here is route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 and finally the resolv.conf file search firepossum.net nameserver 206.74.254.2 nameserver 204.116.57.2 nameserver 192.168.0.2 If anyone sees anything wrong with these let me know i really need to get this problem fixed. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 02:04 18.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Post the output of: ifconfig route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setup internet connection during installation though, again in accordance with advice that has been posted here in the past. hostnames are all as follows and seem to be setup correctly: 192.168.0.1 - windows - comp1.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.2 - linux - comp2.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.3 - windows - comp3.possumtrot.net Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Definitely your netcard is not properly configured on Linux. Are you using DHCP or fixed IP-s? Do you have an other netcard in your linx box? Check hostname and IP addresses. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem No, i cannot ping from either of the win 98 machines to the linux box, nor from linux to the windows machines but i can ping from one windows machine to another one fine. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Can you ping from the win98 the network card of the Linux? ping ipaddr. And also vica - versa... BR, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] local lan problem Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he had purchased off the internet to use specifically for Linux. We then put a realtek 8029 PCI network card in, installed LM7.1 and all appeared to be good in the world, until Trying to access anything on the local net is impossible. 100% packet loss, etc, etc. Currently on the lan there are two other machines both running windows 98 and then the LM7.1 machine. Both of the windows machines can see and talk to each other fine but they cant see the linux box. I double and triple checked all the system settings and everything seemed to be fine. Drakconf detected the network card, linuxconf showed that all the values i had entered for IP Addy, netmask, etc were fine. Thinking this might have been caused by a bad cable we tried three other
Re: [newbie] Partitions and drive letters
Dave! If you install Linux on C:\ and Windows 98 is on it, you'll lose Windows98 ! If Linux re-writes your MBR (Master Boot record), there's an excellent chance you'll lose the partition info for all the other partitions. I think you need to exercise caution here. Are you trying to wipe out Windows in the process?? make sure you back up everything on ALL partitions! dan laBine On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, you wrote: I have a single drive partitioned into 4 with my current OS (Win98se) residing in C:\. Among the options in the install is one to take over part of C:\ for Linux. If I do this, what will happen to the assigned drive letters of D:\, E:\ and F:\, CD-ROM and CD-RW; will it reassign them with new drive letters?
RE: [newbie] local unix-win microlan
At 11:20 19.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Now that you have the BNC port working, could you go thru my original debugging message again, and once again post the results. I curious as to why you are manually doing things like setting up routes and such. Normally this should all be handled by Linuxconf as part of Mandrake configuration tools. Normally Linuxconf does a pretty good job at doing all of this, and getting things right. Let me know. hi jose, just 1h ago i (again) just played around with the win box trying to ping the unix machine.i issued a few broadcast pings which didnt seem to work, and then (once again) tried to ping the linux machine directly.and to my surprise *BOOM*..i got a response from the unix machine.man i was jumping up and down in front of my computer *g*.i cant tell why it works now..no clue..but it does...;) and that is what matters.. yes u are right what the routing table is concerned, but from what i had read in the various howtos i assumed that i had to set the routes myself, not noticing that mandrake was doing this for me when activating the eth0 interface. so right now i commented my routing commands out of the rc.local and let mandrake do the routing..and it (seems) to workat least at the moment ;) so many thanks to you for helping me out, and making things clearer for me...;) greets, --quay
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
As far as I can see, everything looks ok. Of course, that's what you said but it doesn't hurt to see the output. When you said "On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection." this could indicate that you may have a dead port on the hub or be plugging it into the uplink port. If you are using the uplink port you need a cross-over cable. Have you tried plugging the LM box into one of the working ports Windows is using? When you ping, do the hub lights blink? I wish I could be of more help, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem ok, here is ifconfig output eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:6B:90:A5 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfce0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 and here is route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 and finally the resolv.conf file search firepossum.net nameserver 206.74.254.2 nameserver 204.116.57.2 nameserver 192.168.0.2 If anyone sees anything wrong with these let me know i really need to get this problem fixed. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 02:04 18.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Post the output of: ifconfig route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setup internet connection during installation though, again in accordance with advice that has been posted here in the past. hostnames are all as follows and seem to be setup correctly: 192.168.0.1 - windows - comp1.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.2 - linux - comp2.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.3 - windows - comp3.possumtrot.net Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Definitely your netcard is not properly configured on Linux. Are you using DHCP or fixed IP-s? Do you have an other netcard in your linx box? Check hostname and IP addresses. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem No, i cannot ping from either of the win 98 machines to the linux box, nor from linux to the windows machines but i can ping from one windows machine to another one fine. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Can you ping from the win98 the network card of the Linux? ping ipaddr. And also vica - versa... BR, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] local lan problem Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he
Re: [newbie] Mandrake / Redhat
mandrake installs better on more systems and the community is nicer and more fun to be a part of ;-) Abe Dan Belkie wrote: In a debate over Flavors of Linux, How different would you say Mandrake is from Redhat? Sincerely, Dan Belkie hostinghouse.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hostinghouse.com ***We are now giving away free .com domains names!*** _
Re: [newbie] Upgrade to XFree4.02
your good but you also need freetype2. You may already have it since I think it is a dependency for rebuilding the src.rpm anyway. Abe Chris Hall wrote: H... I can't really help you now because I've never installed using RPM's. :( I've always used the tar files. I'm sure someone else can tho. - Original Message - From: "Francois Massonneau" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrade to XFree4.02 Thank you Chris, Your advice is to download .tgz files, but I have already downloaded the XFree4.02 rpm source file. I've just finished to rebuild the files from the source file, and now I have the following files built : -rw-r--r--1 root root 1274861 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 10686424 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 1101761 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 622913 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-Xnest-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 1675192 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 385112 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 1967017 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-devel-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 9273769 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-doc-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 622058 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-glide-module-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 2128405 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 6343726 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-server-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 1756340 Jan 18 22:01 XFree86-static-libs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root root 422201 Jan 18 22:02 XFree86-xfs-4.0.2-4mdk.i686.rpm Is it enuf ?? With my XFree3.3.6 install, I saw that I have the following files not created for Xfree4.02 : XFree86-XF86Setup XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts XFree86-SVGA XFree86-VGA16 XFree86-server-common Do I have to find them for this upgrade ? Do I need anything else ? Thank you. Francois - On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: You need to go download the binaries for your system from ftp.xfree86.org. Here is a list of the minimum files you need: Xinstall.sh extract Xbin.tgz Xlib.tgz Xman.tgz Xdoc.tgz Xfnts.tgz Xfenc.tgz Xetc.tgz Xvar.tgz Xxserv.tgz Xmod.tgz Just put them in the same directory and type "sh Xinstall.sh". It will ask you a couple of questions. I said no to the first question and left the answers as default to the rest. Fairly easy to do. Good luck and I hope this helps! - Original Message - From: "Francois Massonneau" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: [newbie] Upgrade to XFree4.02 Hi, I'm running Mandrake 7.1 with XFree3.3.6 I guess (that's the one that comes with Mdke7.1) I would like to upgrade XFree4.02, so I downloaded a file named "XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.src.rpm" To rebuild it, I've got to upgrade 4 files (freetype... and VGlide ). While I'm writting this message, I'm rebuilding this XFree source rpm file. Now the questions : - Do I need something else ? - How do I do to install this new XFree. ? - Do I have to uninstall XFree3.3.6 then install 4.02 ? All your help will be very appreciated, because I 'm really afraid about that upgrade. Thank you. Francois
Re: [newbie] Two little problems
Question 2. My computer came with a winmodem installed but I have an external USR modem that I connected to one of the ports on the back (COMM1). The problem is that ML7.2 does not know there is a modem connected (checked Hardrake and there is nothing there, no modem is seen). How do I make sure the ML knows there is a modem attached? Are you trying to connect using kppp? If so, in setup set the device as ttyS0 (corresponds to Windows Com1). Mike -- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS STINK
if you are dual booting try using DrakFont to get some true type fonts from windows. Heck, try pointing Drakfont at a windows CD if you don't dual boot. It might work I haven't tried that yet Abe Vic wrote: Hello list. we;ll the subject line says it all, how do I get RID of these BIG UGLY STUPID DOTTY FONTS that just barged in and took up residence on my Mandrake 7.2 ? I HATE THEM Please help soon, I can't make good use of my mandrake with the apps going way off the screen and making themselves generally un-manageable.
Re: [newbie] Two little problems
I had a problem using the CUPS printer setup. It worked for the test but after that it never would work. Try plain LP0. I also have an external modem on Com1 and used KPPP to get it going. Open it and I think under modem you pick /dev/ttyS0 for COM1 Then query it and it should identify itself to the dialup program. This is all new to me but it worked... Good luck, --Matt White Bear Lake, MN - Original Message - From: "jf arocha" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake-newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:25 AM Subject: [newbie] Two little problems This is my first post to this list. Sorry if my questions have been asked before. I have ML7.2 installed on my machine (generic, Duron 650, dual boot), everything is nicely intalled, except for two "little" problems: can't print and can't connect. Question 1. Has someone had any luck with Epson 777 printer (USB, using driver for the Epson 760)? The first time I installed the printer it worked fine, it asked me print the test page and everything went perfect, but it has stopped printing. The printer itself is OK since I use it with Windoze. Question 2. My computer came with a winmodem installed but I have an external USR modem that I connected to one of the ports on the back (COMM1). The problem is that ML7.2 does not know there is a modem connected (checked Hardrake and there is nothing there, no modem is seen). How do I make sure the ML knows there is a modem attached? I appreciate any ideas of what may be wrong or where to check for answers. Thanks, jf arocha
Re: [newbie] Partitions and drive letters
Mandrake 7.2 handles this very well. I have a WinME 20G HD and partitioned 5G for Linux with 7.2 partition manager. Don Dave! If you install Linux on C:\ and Windows 98 is on it, you'll lose Windows98 ! If Linux re-writes your MBR (Master Boot record), there's an excellent chance you'll lose the partition info for all the other partitions. I think you need to exercise caution here. Are you trying to wipe out Windows in the process?? make sure you back up everything on ALL partitions! dan laBine On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, you wrote: I have a single drive partitioned into 4 with my current OS (Win98se) residing in C:\. Among the options in the install is one to take over part of C:\ for Linux. If I do this, what will happen to the assigned drive letters of D:\, E:\ and F:\, CD-ROM and CD-RW; will it reassign them with new drive letters?
[newbie] Ftp file location problem
As the sub line says... Well before I upgraded to 7.2, my files for ftp were located in /home/ftp but now they are in /var/ftp and I do not want to put them there because the root partition does not have enough space. Is there a way to make ftp see another place such as /home/ftp ? Thank you Vic
Re: [newbie] Two little problems
Thanks to Matt and Mike. I will try to do what you both suggested. jf From: "Matt Schroeder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:20:10 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Two little problems I had a problem using the CUPS printer setup. It worked for the test but after that it never would work. Try plain LP0. I also have an external modem on Com1 and used KPPP to get it going. Open it and I think under modem you pick /dev/ttyS0 for COM1 Then query it and it should identify itself to the dialup program. This is all new to me but it worked... Good luck, --Matt Question 2. My computer came with a winmodem installed but I have an external USR modem that I connected to one of the ports on the back (COMM1). The problem is that ML7.2 does not know there is a modem connected (checked Hardrake and there is nothing there, no modem is seen). How do I make sure the ML knows there is a modem attached? Are you trying to connect using kppp? If so, in setup set the device as ttyS0 (corresponds to Windows Com1). Mike
Re: [newbie] Can't change from 12 to 24 hr time
Here ya go. http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/12hour.htm -s On Friday 19 January 2001 08:31 pm, you wrote: I do not see where to click on the clock or otherwise. Thanks
[newbie] Unable to see cdrom
I installed version 7.2 from cdrom. It is an ide reader only. /etc/fstab includes the line:- /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 I am trying to use the install cd because it is requested by DrakConf when I am trying to install an extra ethernet card, however it fails to find the cdrom. If I type:- ls /mnt/cdrom I get:- ls: /mnt/cdrom: Input/output error If I try to access /Root/mnt/cdrom from Konqueror I get:- unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You do not have access rights to this location. I would be very grateful if anyone can help me. Mike Baker aka [RaG]Pixie[MwG] Frag Fest LAN Parties www.fragfest.f2s.com
RE: [newbie] Two little problems
If you are using a PS/2 mouse it is auto set to use Comm1 so you must set your modem to use Comm2 which is ttyS1. Use Windows to verify that the port to which you have physically connected your modem is in fact Comm2. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Scottaline Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Two little problems Question 2. My computer came with a winmodem installed but I have an external USR modem that I connected to one of the ports on the back (COMM1). The problem is that ML7.2 does not know there is a modem connected (checked Hardrake and there is nothing there, no modem is seen). How do I make sure the ML knows there is a modem attached? Are you trying to connect using kppp? If so, in setup set the device as ttyS0 (corresponds to Windows Com1). Mike -- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
[newbie] Can't change from 12 to 24 hr time
I do not see where to click on the clock or otherwise. Thanks
[newbie] This is a really good question for Linux. hardware recommendation
Can we discuss a good integrated motherboard solution for Linux? Preferably not Pentium III, something that has video, ps/2, USB and works well under Linux. Modem, SCSI, and RAID hardware are nice to haves. Primarily server use. 40GB SCSI drive = $900, IDE only 125. Inexpensive RAID arrays and clustered servers are now cheap to implement.
[newbie] demon PPPD
Ive a PIII 550, 64 mb ram, Modem US robotics ext. and Mandrake 7.2 The problem is that I cant connect to inet because when I use KPPP, its display a message error that say: "demon PPPD is no installed" What is the problem???
Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux
See comments embedded... - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux snip While I believe that Linux can be an excellent alternative to M$ Windos, I must admit that my greatest fear is that it will be "dumbed down" to cater for ordinary users. This fear, while not totally baseless, is unlikely to eventuate. There will always be serious computer users, who don't want a "dumb" OS. There are, and always will be, apps to cater for these people, especially since these are the people who code most Linux apps anyway. KDE too "dumb" for you? Use WindowMaker, or BlackBox, or XFce... Think the default Linux kernel is too bloated? Recompile it and include only what you need. Linux is the most scalable OS ever to exist, and this scalability is increasing with time. Linux can be whatever you make it to be. Want it to run a Windos competitor? With GNOME and KDE it already is. Want it to work at the enterprise level? Kernel 2.4 supports the high-end processors like the Itanium in multiprocessor configurations and up to 64GB of RAM. Want it to run a PDA? Compile a tiny kernel and run something like QT-embedded or GTK-embedded. And the most important point is that Linux excels in all these scenarios. See my point? I guess I am the "dumb Windoze user" many of you refer to, because I am having one H*** of a time getting Linux to communicate with my Windows boxes. I have tried 5 total re-installs, sometimes I'm able to ping the linux box from my Win2K box, then after tweaking using linuxcfg, it doesn't work. After 12 years in the industry as a Cobol programmer, and working with DOS and Windows from it's first release, I thought I had a little more knowledge the the average person. I maintain that Windows runs the first time and any slightly trained monkey can use it from then on. I value linux as a suberb server, and I'm going to continue in my attempts to get my home network up and running with linux, as opposed to using the Windows standard peer-to-peer networking, but as far as networking - this is not for the feeble-minded!! By the way, I am defending, nor blasting either product (Win Linux). I feel they both have their place.
Re: [newbie] Ghost Mailspool
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:18:33 -0600, Olly wrote: Are you familiar with socket problems...what would normally be a logical approach for repair of sticky sockets? or trouble shooting ? The man fetchmail says "treat it as an unrecoverable error" wellI must do some recovery...somehow... -- Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:38:29 I got it Mark...heeheee I am happy to report that the problem is cured and I can download mailand it savesgrin Here is the fix: from a FaQ written by Eric S. Raymond, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] R7. Fetchmail randomly dies with socket errors. Check the MTU value in your PPP interface reported by /sbin/ifconfig. If it's over 600, change it in your PPP options file. (/etc/ppp/options on my box). Here are option values that work: mtu 552 mru 552 - I added the above options to my /etc /ppp/options file and it works nicely I do not profess to even a slight knowledge of the intricate relationship between ppp and the various mailprogram protocalsBut it seems to me that a mtu value in the ppp interface is in fact a ppp related problem. At any rate, the problem is cured and I am getting mail...hopefully this may help someone else, for this is not an easy problem for a beginner to research..I could not determine if the difficulty originated with worldnet server., my programs ,,or a combination of the two? But now it is over...until the next problem 8-) Thank you for your help and patience. Olly P
RE: [newbie] clarification This is a really good question for Linux. hardware recommendation
We're looking for something cheap and integrated, so that the video, modem , LAN, sound are all supported by Linux, preferably without any additional drivers. Anyone ever have such an experience? Can we discuss a good integrated motherboard solution for Linux? Preferably not Pentium III, something that has video, ps/2, USB and works well under Linux. Modem, SCSI, and RAID hardware are nice to haves. Primarily server use. 40GB SCSI drive = $900, IDE only 125. Inexpensive RAID arrays and clustered servers are now cheap to implement.
Re: [newbie] demon PPPD
The problem is that you don't have pppd installed. Either re-install it using kpackage (from a console - logged in as root), or re-install your Linux, or perform an update. Use the workstation/custom install, and select "individual Package Selection. Go thru each section, and pick everything you want including pppd which is in the "Communications" section in Mandrake 7.2. L8R Dan On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, you wrote: I´ve a PIII 550, 64 mb ram, Modem US robotics ext. and Mandrake 7.2 The problem is that I can´t connect to inet because when I use KPPP, it´s display a message error that say: "demon PPPD is no installed" What is the problem???
Re: [newbie] demon PPPD
I had the same problem, It then popped up configure modem dialog box and then prompted for the Installation CD nr 1. so maybe try to reconfigure the modem and should ask for the installation CD. I hope this helps. sorry couldn't be more specific, working in Windows ME, till I can get my modem working. - Original Message - From: "Emiliano Ogando" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:56 AM Subject: [newbie] demon PPPD Ive a PIII 550, 64 mb ram, Modem US robotics ext. and Mandrake 7.2 The problem is that I cant connect to inet because when I use KPPP, its display a message error that say: "demon PPPD is no installed" What is the problem???
Re: [newbie] This is a really good question for Linux. hardware recommendation
On Friday 19 January 2001 03:19 pm, Homer Shimpsian wrote: Can we discuss a good integrated motherboard solution for Linux? Preferably not Pentium III, something that has video, ps/2, USB and works well under Linux. Modem, SCSI, and RAID hardware are nice to haves. Only decent RAID is SCSI hardware, both the drives and the controller. Not worth the bang for the buck on a home desktop system. Better solution is high rpm (= 7200) and large buffer (= 2mb) IDE, no RAID. There are no decent motherboards with integrated hardware...PERIOD. Onboard hardware/chipsets are by definition inferior, limited, and prone to lack of proper drivers. Most all cause a degradation, similar to AGP and software RAID kludges, by draining cpu/cache/ram resources. Unfortunately due to Uncle Billy's M$ arm twistin, many of the newest, formerly excellent motherboards, have at least integrated sound, no ISA slots, useless CRN slots, and the ability to disable APIC, AGPx?, USB, and ATA 66 or /100, which are all mostly M$ inspired and backed hype, has been removed from bios. Fortunately, some very talented high level programmers have made bios hacks availble on the Net to undo M$'s BS, and restore these options. "not Pentium III" implies than. P4's aren't, so that leaves Athlons/Tbirds as the currently favored cpu's. Of the socket A boards currently available, the best now appear to be the Epox 8kta3 and Abit kt7a (in Abit's case, mostly 'cause they shun integrated crap). USB, never was any good. Remember the famous news conference, televised live, when Billy's newfangled type serial bus ... ended abruptly with a BSOD? Besides, it's already obsolete. USB2 (more M$ BS) and Firewire are the currently touted, unproven replacements. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Download to CD?
You just need to download the two .iso files. Pick an ftp mirror: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 and download the two 7.2 iso files. Then burn those files onto 2 CD's, and you'll have your distrobution. You technically don't need teh second iso file, since it just includes extra programs, but it's nice to have. And yes, it takes about 1 GB of HD space to download both iso files. I aim to write the downloadable files to CD. How should the files be distributed between the 2 (if even both CDs of data are included in the downloadable files)? Anyone work this way to install 7.2? I read in one place and here that only 1 CD is necessary to install the most important files. I read in the tutorial that space is frequently a limiting factor in determining which components to install. I read on the web pages that the parts required for the download (Mandrake tree and Images tree) consume 1 Gig of HD space.. 2 CDs. Any feedback? Finally, any other parts of the downloadable files "must have"? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
[newbie] about dcopserver
i have win98 on my machine and install mandrake 7.2 newly. i tries to configure my internet connection. in win98 i reach internet through my university proxy server. in windows environment, i configure it by microsoft proxy client program. in mandrake, i tries to do it but when i restart my machine i get this message: ' there was soma error setting up inter process communicatino for KDE. The message returned by the system was; Could not read network connection list. please check that the "dcopserver" program is running.' then i cant log in the system. how can i configure it correctly?
[newbie]] Linux Careers
Marcia, The other replies look good too, but in my current job I only ever see Linux boxes and get to play around with the latest kernels and all kinds of opens source stuff. I found it from: http://www.geekfinder.com/ And if you are geeky enough, and thinking about working in the 609 area code, maybe we will be working together soon. :) Sven
[newbie] Setting up your 24 hour clock schedule in MDK7.2 KDE and Gnome
Hi all, I finally figured it. After logging in as 'root', click on Konsole. Type in: date --set="Jan 19 19:05:00" (or whatever your date setting should be). Press the enter key You might have to do this a couple of times. Reboot your computer. When you start up your Linux box, select Date/Time Format and change it to reflect the 12 hour schedule. This should fix the date time format. I started up Linux this morning and it is was back to normal. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
[newbie] ssh/vnc not working, this is getting silly
After failing to get ssh working I then tried to set vnc working. I used to use redhat and this worked easily. Before I ditch Mandrake and go back to redhat (which I don't want to do as I have installed oracle on it and like Mandrake) has anyone got any ideas. Maybe someone could tell me how to get telnet working. Regards, Ben *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44 (0)7970 269 522 * * Campaign Against proper English, Dyslexia division * * Homepagehttp://www.gifford.co.uk/~bedwards * * i-Contact Progressive Videohttp://www.videonetwork.org * * Smashing the Corporate image http://www.subvertise.org * * Bristol's radical newshttp://www.bristle.co.uk * * Open Directory Project http://www.dmoz.org * *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+
[newbie] Anyone know about burning a CD-RW ?
Hi Specifically, does anyone know how to make other cd roms read the cd rw you just burnt? I clicked on fixate to make it fixate the cd after the burn, this works on cd-r but not cd-rw, I can read the cd-rw in the burner, but not in the cdrom like I can the cd-r. Weird and I don't get it.
Re: [newbie] demon PPPD
Verify if ppp is installed by opening a terminal box as root and type: "rpm -q ppp" (without the quotes). If ppp is installed, "ppp-2.4.0-3" will appear or "ppp not installed" if not. HTH Emiliano Ogando wrote: Ive a PIII 550, 64 mb ram, Modem US robotics ext. and Mandrake 7.2 The problem is that I cant connect to inet because when I use KPPP, its display a message error that say: "demon PPPD is no installed" What is the problem???
[newbie] drakxtools
hello america:: when attempting to download and install drakxtools 1.1.5-33 from any mirror site i get a "no signature".. has anyone else had the same problem with this RPM regards mike keener-wb6iik
[newbie] XFce
I just wanted to say after reading the thread about KDE and Gnome and seeing opinions regarding XFce I decided to try it and I really like it. You have the option to even run the Gnome panel in XFce. Give it a shot it's quite nice. I haven't found any gnome or KDE programs that I am not able to run as of yet. -- John W
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
When pinging from one windows machine to another the lights on the hub do blink. Also, I am not using the uplink port on the hub for the linux machine it is being left open for possible future expansion if we can get this problem figured out. And yes, i have tried a port on the hub that i know is working under windows. In fact i tried every port on the hub with no success. I even went and unplugged the cable from one of the windows machines immediately after i used it to ping to ensure that the network was working and then plugged it into the linux machine and still got nothing. I also tried networking only two of the machins together with a cross-patch cable and linux still cannot ping out to the windows system and windows still cant reach the linux box. I also did a bit of further experimentation and reformatted the harddrive on the linux machine, setup two partitions, one for swap with 100meg and the rest in root and went through and reconfigured everything from scratch. Still getting the same problem. BTW, i did a development/expert installation and setup lan network during the installation and PPP for the isp after the instal. Network card and all were identified fine and setup went smoothly. Could this be something on the windows machines that is preventing them from seeing and communicating with the linux box? Dunno how this could be though since they are both running win98se and a tcp/ip network which works fine from windows machine to windows machine. I appreciate all the assistance by the way folks, its nice to know that there are people out there who are willing to help when these problems crop up. Still banging my head, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Shirley Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem As far as I can see, everything looks ok. Of course, that's what you said but it doesn't hurt to see the output. When you said "On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection." this could indicate that you may have a dead port on the hub or be plugging it into the uplink port. If you are using the uplink port you need a cross-over cable. Have you tried plugging the LM box into one of the working ports Windows is using? When you ping, do the hub lights blink? I wish I could be of more help, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem ok, here is ifconfig output eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:6B:90:A5 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfce0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 and here is route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 and finally the resolv.conf file search firepossum.net nameserver 206.74.254.2 nameserver 204.116.57.2 nameserver 192.168.0.2 If anyone sees anything wrong with these let me know i really need to get this problem fixed. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 02:04 18.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Post the output of: ifconfig route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setup internet
[newbie] Telnet Get up Service?
I can't to get up de Telnet services, anybody know how to get up this service. Which files or which parameters i must to modify. Thanks. _ Do You Yahoo!? Obtenga su direccin de correo-e gratis @yahoo.com en http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com
[newbie] all about su
This is not about girl trouble. For some reason, I find today I cannot use su to access root only progs, etc, such as Drakconf. In the console, if I type su, I get error in loading shared libraries: libxalflaunch.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory From what I can see just nosing around, this lib file is a symbolic link to libxalflaunch.so.0.0.1, both in /usr/lib. Both files are actually there, so why the message? If I open libxalflaunch.so.0.0.1, I find simply: ELF Anyone seen this before? I've been careful to only add new libs, etc that come down the mandrake update pipe. The only thing that sticks in my mind that I updated recently was glibc. Could this be it? I'm running 7.2, using Gnome. Thanks folks, TIA, John
Re: [newbie] Anyone know about burning a CD-RW ?
On Saturday 20 January 2001 01:32 am, you wrote: Hi Specifically, does anyone know how to make other cd roms read the cd rw you just burnt? I clicked on fixate to make it fixate the cd after the burn, this works on cd-r but not cd-rw, I can read the cd-rw in the burner, but not in the cdrom like I can the cd-r. Weird and I don't get it. Hi, the problem may be that you have an older cdrom that can not read a cdrw disc. The cdrw disks have a material that goes thru a phase change when the laser writes to it. Kinda like ice just evaporates without melting? Sorta like that if you are not familiar with phase change. If you are, sorry not being insulting or superior. Anyway when the laser writes the material sandwiched in the plastic changes properties and stays that way until the laser goes over it again at a different intensity to change it back and effectively erase the data. So, the reflective properties of the cdrw material are not the same as those of the plain old cdrom and thus some of the older or cheaper cdroms are not sensitive enough to read a cdrw. Did I put any punctuation in that paragraph? That is the most likely reason that your cdrom won't read your cdrw discs. There will be a test later. -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] Telnet Get up Service?
there's a separate rpm for the telnet server... it should be next to the telnet rpm... I think it's called : telnet-server.i586mdk.rpm you must install that...also aicardo gil wrote: I can't to get up de Telnet services, anybody know how to get up this service. Which files or which parameters i must to modify. Thanks. _ Do You Yahoo!? Obtenga su direccin de correo-e gratis @yahoo.com en http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com -- Registered Linux User:167369 ==http://www.KompuKit.com Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S S 12pm-12am EST)
Re: [newbie] Can't change from 12 to 24 hr time
On Friday 19 January 2001 08:31 pm, you wrote: I do not see where to click on the clock or otherwise. Thanks Vic, just position your mouse over the clock and right click on it. A popup should appear. Hey, have you got the time? -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] Anyone know about burning a CD-RW ?
On Friday 19 January 2001 20:32, you wrote: Hi Specifically, does anyone know how to make other cd roms read the cd rw you just burnt? I clicked on fixate to make it fixate the cd after the burn, this works on cd-r but not cd-rw, I can read the cd-rw in the burner, but not in the cdrom like I can the cd-r. Weird and I don't get it. Some cdrom drives just do not like to read cdrw's, That's just the way it is. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Anyone know about burning a CD-RW ?
CD-RW discs are made differently from CD-R and pressed discs. They need a different laser frequency in order to be read. As a consequence, most CD-ROM drives are incapable of reading CD-RW discs. My CD-ROM manual claims that my drive is capable of reading CD-RW discs, but I have had no success in my attempts at doing this. On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:32, Vic wrote: Hi Specifically, does anyone know how to make other cd roms read the cd rw you just burnt? I clicked on fixate to make it fixate the cd after the burn, this works on cd-r but not cd-rw, I can read the cd-rw in the burner, but not in the cdrom like I can the cd-r. Weird and I don't get it. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] drakxtools
Can someone please tell me why everyone assumes everyone else on this list is American? Not even Mandrakesoft is American, in fact it's French! On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:08, mike keener wrote: hello america:: when attempting to download and install drakxtools 1.1.5-33 from any mirror site i get a "no signature".. has anyone else had the same problem with this RPM regards mike keener-wb6iik -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] all about su
Did you upgrade glibc via Cooker (the "Development" option in Mandrake Update)? The Cooker glibc (version 2.2.x) is incompatible with earlier versions, including that of 7.2 (version 2.1.3). Your solutions are to either fully upgrade to Cooker (not recommended) or to downgrade glibc to the version used in 7.2. On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:38, John Agapito wrote: This is not about girl trouble. For some reason, I find today I cannot use su to access root only progs, etc, such as Drakconf. In the console, if I type su, I get error in loading shared libraries: libxalflaunch.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory From what I can see just nosing around, this lib file is a symbolic link to libxalflaunch.so.0.0.1, both in /usr/lib. Both files are actually there, so why the message? If I open libxalflaunch.so.0.0.1, I find simply: ELF Anyone seen this before? I've been careful to only add new libs, etc that come down the mandrake update pipe. The only thing that sticks in my mind that I updated recently was glibc. Could this be it? I'm running 7.2, using Gnome. Thanks folks, TIA, John -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] demon PPPD
I had the same problem. In my case when I installed mandrake, i chose to skip configuring internet connection. Later when I used draknet to setup my internet connection, it installed the pppd from disk1 of the distro (if you bot the distro like me). After that I was able to connect, well this mail is proof that I was able to. Hope this helps. Surya AL wrote: Verify if ppp is installed by opening a terminal box as root and type: "rpm -q ppp" (without the quotes). If ppp is installed, "ppp-2.4.0-3" will appear or "ppp not installed" if not. HTH Emiliano Ogando wrote: Ive a PIII 550, 64 mb ram, Modem US robotics ext. and Mandrake 7.2 The problem is that I cant connect to inet because when I use KPPP, its display a message error that say: "demon PPPD is no installed" What is the problem???
Re: [newbie] Two little problems
At 19-01-2001 -0500, you wrote: Question 2. My computer came with a winmodem installed but I have an external USR modem that I connected to one of the ports on the back (COMM1). The problem is that ML7.2 does not know there is a modem connected (checked Hardrake and there is nothing there, no modem is seen). How do I make sure the ML knows there is a modem attached? Suggest take out the winmodem, in Windows configure the external USR on COM1 (not COMM1); reboot into your Linux, link /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS0 - that is Big S and zero. If you have kppp in your Linux Box, use it to connect to your ISP. HTH, if you need further info mail me off the list.
Re: [newbie] XFce
Hi! I like XFce a lot also... I just installed it from the rpm package and I think it's going to be my window manager of choice... speaking of choice, it's so nice to have an OS that lets you pick between 3 or 4 window managers (actually, more than that!!) instead of saddling you with just one (*cough, cough*) that you can't customize very much. Chris John W wrote: I just wanted to say after reading the thread about KDE and Gnome and seeing opinions regarding XFce I decided to try it and I really like it. You have the option to even run the Gnome panel in XFce. Give it a shot it's quite nice. I haven't found any gnome or KDE programs that I am not able to run as of yet. -- John W
Re: [newbie] drakxtools
I don't know, I'm actually BritishAmerican, so one would have to address it as 'Hello fellow BritishAmericans' but then to accomodate everyone on the list that would be a very lohhhng list of countries and nationalities, I just say hello list or something, even though it is in France, I kind of thought it to be an international list. I saw the Spanish, French, Italian and English lists though. Beats me. On Friday 19 January 2001 08:54 pm, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Can someone please tell me why everyone assumes everyone else on this list is American? Not even Mandrakesoft is American, in fact it's French! On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:08, mike keener wrote: hello america:: when attempting to download and install drakxtools 1.1.5-33 from any mirror site i get a "no signature".. has anyone else had the same problem with this RPM regards mike keener-wb6iik
Re: [newbie] Anyone know about burning a CD-RW ?
Ok thankx, now I got it, my cdrom is in fact very old, its from 1997 so yeah it will definitely not read a cd rw like the new Plextor does today, thankx for the info to all who responed. Thanks Vic On Friday 19 January 2001 08:54 pm, A V Flinsch wrote: On Friday 19 January 2001 20:32, you wrote: Hi Specifically, does anyone know how to make other cd roms read the cd rw you just burnt? I clicked on fixate to make it fixate the cd after the burn, this works on cd-r but not cd-rw, I can read the cd-rw in the burner, but not in the cdrom like I can the cd-r. Weird and I don't get it. Some cdrom drives just do not like to read cdrw's, That's just the way it is.
Re: [newbie] Can't change from 12 to 24 hr time
Thank you thank you thank you!! :))) Excellent On Friday 19 January 2001 09:07 am, you wrote: Here ya go. http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/12hour.htm -s On Friday 19 January 2001 08:31 pm, you wrote: I do not see where to click on the clock or otherwise. Thanks
