Re: R: Re:[newbie-it] Problemi con LILO
Il 19:20, mercoled 14 marzo 2001, Giuseppe Foti hai scritto: Grazie per aver risposto. lilo stato eseguito pi e pi volte. Attualmente LILO corrotto e non si avvia pi. Il PC avvia sempre windows e per entare in Linux devo usare per forza il floppy di boot. Non ho capito bene, che vuol dire lilo stato eseguito pi e pi volte? Una volta caricato da dischetto ti sei aperto una Konsole e hai digitato lilo come root? A me ha sempre funzionato (ho una 7.1 ma non dovrebbe cambiare molto) Sai cosa significa "esattamente" il comando rm -rf /dd/ me lo hanno dato in chat ma non mi sono fidato ad eseguirlo. Non so se nel tuo Filesystem esista una dir chiamata /dd/ ma sei mai esistesse cancellerebbe seza mai ridarti il prompt dei comandi da l in gi! Sai per caso come posso fare a ripristinare LILO??? (senza rischiare di perdere qualcuna delle partizioni)??? Se funziona quello precedente non perdi niente ma mi viene un dubbio, LILO installato nel MBR o comunque nella prima partizione di boot che incontra il BIOS, perch se non fosse cos LILO verrebbe ogni volta saltato dal boot di Win Grazie Giuseppe Foti Comunque la inoltro a tutta la ML cos pu darsi (anzi sicuro) che ci risponda qualcuno che a te risolva il problema a me spieghi qualcosa che evidentemente non so bene. Ciao Germano
R: R: [newbie-it] mandrrake 7.1: errore durante l'installazione
Grazie a tutti coloro che mi hanno risposto. Volevo solo dire che ho provato a fare l'installazione raccomandata invece della personalizzata. A tal proposito volevo fare due domande: 1) Innanzitutto devo dire che questa e' andata bene e non capisco perche', visto che io non facevo altro che creare le partizioni necessarie prima che l'installazione segnalasse un errore! L'unica cosa e' che oltre alle partizioni swap e /, diskdrake mi ha creato anche una partizione /home troppo grande rispetto alle mie necessita' visto che sono l'unico utente. Io preferivo una partizione / piu' grande che mi permettesse di installare piu' programmi. Come posso fare? 2) Quando ho scelto monitor e scheda grafica e ho fatto il test, mi e' apparso il messaggio di conferma. Io ho premuto "si", solo che invece l'interfaccia grafica non parte e il monitor va in stand-by. Come posso avviare il modalita' testo? Devo premere qualche tasto durante l'avvio? Scusate se sono stato un po' lungo nel discorso! saluti e grazie ancora
Re: R: [newbie-it] Problemi con LILO
Giuseppe Foti wrote: Grazie per aver risposto. lilo stato eseguito pi e pi volte. Attualmente LILO corrotto e non si avvia pi. Il PC avvia sempre windows e per entare in Linux devo usare per forza il floppy di boot. Sai cosa significa "esattamente" il comando rm -rf /dd/ me lo hanno dato in chat ma non mi sono fidato ad eseguirlo. rm = cancella -r ricorsivamente tutte le sottodirectory -f senza chiedere conferma in pratica un "rm -rf /*" dato da root piallerebbe tutto il disco, possibilmente anche le partizioni win che hai montato con permesso di scrittura. Quindi usalo con mlta cautela. Il dd, invece e` un comando che permette di fare tante cose, tra cui una copia fisica, bit per bit, di (un pezzo di) un'unita` fisica. Sai per caso come posso fare a ripristinare LILO??? (senza rischiare di perdere qualcuna delle partizioni)??? Il comando da appendere probabilmente era sbagliato perch c'era uno spazio dopo la virgola e DrakeConf me lo modificava automaticamente, quel prob attualmente lo ho risolto ti conviene fare le cose a mano: editata /etc/lilo.conf e poi lancia il comando lilo. Piuttosto, io ho poca esperienza di udma, pero` mi sembra che questi possano portare piu` dei due dischi standard degli ide normali il che comporta l'esistenza di hde, hdf,... Quindi stai attento che la numerazione dei dischi in lilo.conf e fstab sia corretta. ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] INFORMAZIONI ADSL
CIAO Mi potete dire quali sono i providers che offrono un collegamento ADSL (con un IP statico), per i privati padovani, veloce IN PRATICA. Da questo, potete capire che non vorrei mettere ADSL tanto per dire che io ho un tale collegamento MA vorrei uno che mi garantisca, in ogni momento, una velocita` superiore a quella di una linea ISDN (questo mi pare il minimo di un collegamento ADSL). Logicamente, tale collegamento deve funzionare perfettamente con qualsiasi distribuzione di Linux. GRAZIE CIAO Andrea Monaci My address is: Andrea Monaci Via A.Gramsci N. 96 C.A.P.: 35010 Cadoneghe (Padova) (Italy) Phone/Fax: 0039(0)49700637 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] aurora
La risposta semplice... non hai installato il pacchetto auorora, oppure aurora stesso, se installato (controlla con rpmdrake), non abilitato, ma sinceramente io non saprei dove andare ad attivarlo. Ciao Enrico
Re: [newbie-it] aurora
osvaldo wrote: facendo la stessa installazione dagli stessi cd in ufficio, parte grub, avvio linux...ma di aurora non c' traccia...voglio dire...nessun problema perch comunque arrivo alla schermata di login...solo che mi piacerebbe capire il perch, visto che ci che mi ha appassionato di linux che volendo puoi capire perch succedono le cose dentro al tuo pc e, volendo, puoi anche intervenire e modificare...avendone la capacit, ovviamente...essendo un principiante mi accontenterei di capire... grazie a tutti La grafica di Aurora e` basata sull'utilizzo del framebuffer. Poi, mi sembra (non ricordo) che durante l'installazione devi dirgli di usarlo. Quindi direi che le cause possono essere due: - la grafica non e` configurata bene quindi non riesci ad usare il framebuffer; - non gli hai detto che vuoi Aurora. Dovresti riuscire a "rimediare" il tutto con drakxconf. ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] aurora
Il 08:56, gioved 15 marzo 2001, scrivesti: a casa mi si avvia linux con grub, poi parte aurora con il suo bel pinguino ed infine compare la schermata grafica di login. facendo la stessa installazione dagli stessi cd in ufficio, parte grub, avvio linux...ma di aurora non c' traccia... Anch'io ho fatto 2 installazioni e in una c'era aurora e nell'altra no. In quella senza aurora avevo caricato dei pacchetti in meno, se non ricordo male, non a avevo caricato giochi, gnome e office. Probabilmente aurora fa parte di uno di questi pacchetti, ma potrei benissimo sbagliarmi. Tra le 2 installazioni che hai fatto, c' stata una differenza nei pacchetti caricati? ciao, Tommaso
[newbie-it] SB AWE32
Non riesco a riprodurre suoni con la sb in oggetto. durante l'installazione di M7.2 me l'ha vista e installata, ma non c'è verso di configurarla! Che fare? CU S%N!Ciaociao Byez ! \\marco[www] http://verbal.webjump.com ||| http://surf.to/verbal_666[email] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED][icq] 19758469[icq email] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (instant ICQ msg via email)[wwp icq] http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19758469[fidonet] 2:332/801.63[cellulare] 0338-1772706 ] do you have an opinion ?] a mind of your own ?] i thought you were special.] i thought you should know.] but i've run out of patience,] i couldn't care less. ] now i lay me down to sleep,] pray the Lord my soul to keep,] if i die before i wake,] pray the Lord my soul to take. ] 10 hippopotamuses to change your mind. ] oh my God, it's full of stars!
RE: [newbie] MS Outlook
Ok how about this for a solution? You can select multiple items of mail and then do a File | Save As and give the name of a text file. I think I could pretty easily write a console app for windows that would parse that text file and reforward each email so that the FROM line is still intact. This would fix the side effect of forwarding a 100 pieces of email that all have your address on it, subsequently hiding the original FROM line. However, I would only know how to do this using an SMTP server, but I assume we all have access to one of those. BTW, here is the resulting text file create by MS Outlook (indented added by me for readablity): From: Oliver L Plaine Jr [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] MS Outlook On Tuesday 13 March 2001 02:15, Aldo Baez wrote: I think he means whether he can import individual pieces of mail from outlook to kmail. I've always wondered that myself. What I've done in the past is just forwarded/copied all the mail I wanted to have in my new mail client, the in the new client receive it again. Thats really the only way I have figured to get it right. aldo - Tue Mar 13 13:22:08 2001 I don't have outlook experience, but I use forte agent in MS it will export mail in Unix format and I just drop the file intact into the kmail directory and kmail reads it perfectlyI know this is no help with outlook, but it did cure my MS mail tranfer problem... -- Olly P Biloxi Mississippi *mailed from Linux Via Kmail* From: David Grubb [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Kernel-2.4-2 vs VMware Hi again, Not sure how modules work exactly, but in vmwares case I guess they are like drivers that allow the virtual machine to access various resources (screen, harddisk, cdroms etc). I've had a look at vmwares site, in their required software section ( http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/sysreqs_linux.html ), they state that a kernel version 2.0.32 or higher in the 2.0.x series or in the 2.2.x series is required, and that glibc version 2 or higher is needed. Perhaps vmware simply wont work with 2.4.x kernels yet, but you can try other ways of setting it up: if you're installing from an RPM, try installing the tar.gz file instead, or vice versa. At some point in the installation it will say "Checking modules against kernel version" or something similar. If it tells you that it needs to build custom modules, say yes and see what the output says. Are there any failure messages at all? Hope this helps... Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15 8:01 am At 09:49 14/03/2001 +1100, you wrote: Hi there, vmware makes use of prebuilt modules that suit most kernel versions, but when you recompile a new kernel, the modules that vmware uses may not match the kernel. To update the vmware modules (not real clear as its been some time since I've done this) you need to re-install vmware and let it build custom modules based on your new kernel. More info on how this works should be found on the vmware website. Cheers Dave Thank's Dave I agree whit you... I do uninstall and I reinstall it in new kernel but the problems continued. Do You knows how modules are necessary to install VMware ??? ( I know it's hard question ) So don't hurry about it !!! Lcio Costa From: michael [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] Time Space On Wednesday 14 March 2001 13:17, you wrote: Then there are the new subscribers that don't have the original on disc or those of us who don't want to .edited for space And with my slow internet-line it's even more annoying.. Gerry Text files really don't take up very much bandwidth. Another perspective is though that since this is a main avenue of help for linux mandrake, perhaps a, "Thanks for keeping it succinct and to the point. It makes it easier for your linux challenge to be addressed.", would be a polite nudge in the appropriate direction for those of us who tend to verbosity $.02 -michael- -Original Message- From: Oliver L Plaine Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
RE: [newbie] Desktop problems
you should add... to start the desktop after logging in type the command: startx -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 6:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop problems On Wednesday 14 March 2001 14:37, you wrote: Hello, I just installed Mandrake Linux, and I am somewhat new to linux. I am having trouble with Mandrake. The desktop does not come up when I boot into Linux. I just get a prompt with a Dos graphic of the linux penguin. What did I do wrong in the install??? Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/14/2001 you didn't do anything wrong, all you need to do is type in the user name that you gave during installation. It will prompt for the password and then boot to the desktop once you give it and hit return. Enjoy, -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT
Jeff, Hell, Can some one advise me on the best way to allow Mandrake 7.2 to read and write to my FAT NTFS partitions? Well, it could be a little tricky depending upon a few things. First, You say you'd installed NTFS, you may have to recompile your kernel choose the r/w module. (Though this module is still in alpha -- has been at least since RedHat 6.0, I've used it in RedHat 6.0 ~~ lm7.2 without fail...but the potential of data loss still exists.) When I'd installed lm7.2 on the box with W2k, the module wasn't automatically installed, I had to recompile. If you're not familiar with compiling the kernel, it's not difficult, but we can address that later. As for the fat partiton, you should simply be able to switch vfat for fat in your /etc/fstab entry for that partition. I may not be expert at setting up dual- (or more) boot systems, but I've done it numerous times without trouble. If we have to go the full route, with all the instructions for setting it up to work (I don't know how much you know about this stuff), my instructions may differ from those of others, but they work just as well. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
RE: [newbie] Backup needed
Title: RE: [newbie] Backup needed I believe ghost is a vfat environment program, not absolutely sure. If you can check into DriveCopy, the adds I have seen say it works with all windows and linux OS's. It sells for about 25 U.S. and can be used on single, multiple partitions or to copy one drive to another entirely. Just a suggestion, I have not had a chance to research it myself, only going by the ads. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Don Mayhew Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Backup needed If I buy the disc imaging program Ghost 6.5 and install it on the Win2000 primary channel hard drive, will the program be able to see my MK7.2 ext2 system on a second hard drive set as master on the secondary IDE controller? My goal is to get a convenient, speedy way to backup my Linux system so I will be less hesitant to try modifying it for my special needs. Could I get this convenience by splitting the second hard drive (devoted to Linux) into an experimental partition and a backup partition? Would the dd command allow a complete restore of a saved backup, to the experimantal partition, without a lot of manual intervention? Thanks for any suggestions. Don
[newbie] Kppp
Hi, All I just had callwaiting put on my phoneline. My Question is how and where do I tell Kppp about it?? I have touch-tone ,so the *70, will work in Windoze. My ISP doesn't have a script. All I had to do before was to put the properTelephone number and Kppp did the rest. Is this the same now or what?? Thanks for any assistance Robert F. Trettel
[newbie] Help? USB ports
How do you tell HardDarke or Linux to look on USB ports for devices? I have a supported (ZOOM USB) modem (linux-USB.org). LM-7.2 sees my TWO USB ports. When I run HardDrake to install a modem, it gives me options of Serial, ISDN and so forth, but not USB. What file to I change (and how do I change it) so the USB will be an option for the modem? thanks if you can help, Don Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] LM7.2 and kde2 is not working ...
hi a couple of weeks ago i sent an email about kde2.0 been disfunctional on my installation av LM7.2 . i was recommended to update the kde with mandrake update but i'm still out of luck. are there any configuration files i have to edit after downloading the updates from mandrake update? is this a result of insufficient system resourses ? afterall i may should change back to LM7.1 since it worked fine except the DSL connection. the system is P 133 MHz from intel 48 MB ram matrox graphic accelerator (4 MB) SB 16 compatible fujitsi disk (1GB) Quantum disk (3GB) all suggestions are welcome __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
[newbie] BOOTING LINUX DESKTOP
When I installed Linux-Mandrake, I read in the docs that the "startx" command will boot the linux graphical user interface, just like the ms-dos command "win" boots the windows desktop from ms-dos. I wish you luck! Sincerely,*==* Mike Kilday * www.nlbbs.com/~mjk * *==* Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary
RE: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT
Meph, Whether Jeff wants the detailed instructions or not, I would like them. Thanks a bunch. Moose -Original Message- From: Meph Istopheles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT Jeff, Hell, Can some one advise me on the best way to allow Mandrake 7.2 to read and write to my FAT NTFS partitions? Well, it could be a little tricky depending upon a few things. First, You say you'd installed NTFS, you may have to recompile your kernel choose the r/w module. (Though this module is still in alpha -- has been at least since RedHat 6.0, I've used it in RedHat 6.0 ~~ lm7.2 without fail...but the potential of data loss still exists.) When I'd installed lm7.2 on the box with W2k, the module wasn't automatically installed, I had to recompile. If you're not familiar with compiling the kernel, it's not difficult, but we can address that later. As for the fat partiton, you should simply be able to switch vfat for fat in your /etc/fstab entry for that partition. I may not be expert at setting up dual- (or more) boot systems, but I've done it numerous times without trouble. If we have to go the full route, with all the instructions for setting it up to work (I don't know how much you know about this stuff), my instructions may differ from those of others, but they work just as well. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
RE: [newbie] Desktop problems
Title: RE: [newbie] Desktop problems OOOPS! Mia Culpa, right you have to type startx and then hit return again. Sorry, I usually boot to the graphical log in and forgot the startx part. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:06 AM To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) Subject: RE: [newbie] Desktop problems you should add... to start the desktop after logging in type the command: startx -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 6:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop problems On Wednesday 14 March 2001 14:37, you wrote: Hello, I just installed Mandrake Linux, and I am somewhat new to linux. I am having trouble with Mandrake. The desktop does not come up when I boot into Linux. I just get a prompt with a Dos graphic of the linux penguin. What did I do wrong in the install??? Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/14/2001 you didn't do anything wrong, all you need to do is type in the user name that you gave during installation. It will prompt for the password and then boot to the desktop once you give it and hit return. Enjoy, -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user # 180842
[newbie] Problem installing Mandrake 7.2. Help :(
Hello there, I wanted to try Linux Mandrake. I downloaded the iso image, I burned it on cd now I'm trying to install Mandrake. I am already running Windows Me and OpenLinux 2.4 from Caldera Systems on their separate partitions but I wanted to try Mandrake. The installation gets stuck after probing for the my systems hardware, and after getting to second stage installation. I tried to install with a boot disk but no luck. Can anyone help? Please write me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aleks __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT
Whether Jeff wants the detailed instructions or not, I would like them. Thanks a bunch. Alright Moose ( all), Keep in mind that there are reasons some do this one way reasons others do this another. I, by no means, claim the only or right way, but a way I've learned which works for me without trouble. These instructions, with one alteration, come from an article by Joseph Cheek's Linux column in the June 2000 issue of Computer Source magazine. This article is copyrighted, but I don't think there's an issue with extracting the steps from it. Disclaimer end As I'd mentioned, the ntfs write module is alpha -- termed "experimental" "dangerous". This may be true, but I've not heard of anyone actually having any more trouble than I had had before I'd been forced to reinstall W2k (for other reasons), which is now a fat32, instead of ntfs fs. But I'd had no problem with the ntfs write module in either nt4.0 or W2k. So, the first thing you need is to verify that you've the kernel source, c compiler c libraries installed (there may be others that lm7.2 doesn't automatically install, but I don't now remember). You'll get an error if you attempt to compile don't have the files you need. If the source is installed, I'm pretty sure you get specific errors telling you what you need. To verify you have the source, do: ls /usr/src/ If the source is installed, you will have a subdirectory something like: linux-2.2.17 This is the lm7.2 source, so, if you've a different release or kernel, this subdirectory will have a different kernel release. 1. As root, cd to /usr/src/whichever-release-you-have-installed 2. Enter (if in X -- if not, use menuconfig): # make xconfig In here you may want to go through all the different things familiarize yourself. If you see anything you know for a fact isn't on your system, you can change the module setting to suit. If you don't want to take any chances, you can leave it as is -- it simply takes a little longer to boot adds a "not found" line, or something similar, to your logs. There is a section on file systems, some way down you will find the ntfs read module. I believe (it's been a while since I've been in there) there's a section right near there with something about Experimental File Systems -- you shouldn't have any trouble finding it no matter what it's called, though. In here is, among a few other fs', the ntfs write module. You should set this to Load. Don't worry about the warnings. Just know that if there ~is~ potential for trouble, it certainly ~could~ happen. So, naturally, you want to back up any Windows data before you begin. Make any other changes you want save. The buttons are self explanatory. Then, at the command prompt: # make dep # make clean # make bzImage # make modules # make modules_install Now, if you run lilo, as I: # make bzlilo If you prefer grub, I'm sure there's a command line update for to enter, but when I was looking over grub info (I admit, I wasn't exactly studying it, as I was looking for a way to kill it go back to lilo) I didn't see it. Perhaps someone here with more grub knowledge could answer that? Then, making sure you have a boot disk handy, exit root, user, X, restart. I've not had a problem booting, but everyone's config is different. The worst that had ever happened after numerous recompilings was that I'd accidently either neglected some modules or added unnecessary ones. So, if you're careful no to remove anything which even looks remotely important, you should be fine. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] LM7.2 and kde2 is not working ...
hi a couple of weeks ago i sent an email about kde2.0 been disfunctional on my installation av LM7.2 . i was recommended to update the kde with mandrake update but i'm still out of luck. are there any configuration files i have to edit after downloading the updates from mandrake update? is this a result of insufficient system resourses ? afterall i may should change back to LM7.1 since it worked fine except the DSL connection. the system is P 133 MHz from intel 48 MB ram matrox graphic accelerator (4 MB) SB 16 compatible fujitsi disk (1GB) Quantum disk (3GB) I am a newbie myself so don't take my word for it. but it might be that you KDE is 1.99 rather than 2.0 (some LM7.2 come with the old one). Either way - upgrade to the 2.1 (or later). Good luck! _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [newbie] sorry, a followup to my question!
So I type it in right after I log on right? Cause that doesn't work. Nothing happens. Is there any directory I have to go in and then type XF86Setup? h Thanks, James On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 04:46:12 -0500, Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, it says "Driver can't support depth 24" what does this mean!? === Try this: type "XF86Setup" (w/o " - case senstive) once that launches go to "mode" and change depth to 16bpp See if that works HTH, 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://webmail.netscape.com/ -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/15/2001
Re: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness
Your lilo conf shows you are using scsi emulation, but the line is wrong. Should be:append=" hdd=ide-scsi" Also, you must have scsi enabled in the kernel, and 'mkinitrd' a ram disk image as per the instructions here: http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html here's my lilo conf as an example: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-tom label=242-tom root=/dev/hdb5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-tom.img append=" hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only -- Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay On Wednesday 14 March 2001 09:26 pm, Adam Michael Baxter wrote: Well, I took myself onto a limb and tried to have fun with kernels. I downloaded the 2.4.2 kernel and did as the instructions said. It compiled greately and as it should have (I guess). Then I installed the kernel in my boot directory and updated lilo (keeping my old linux kernel). To test it out, I rebooted and selected the new kernel. Then the screen turns black. Nothing happens. it doesn't boot, give an error message or anything. Its depressing, I was atleast hoping for some upsetting "you've destroyed your computer" deal. Having nothing is really depressing ^^ I took a look at the lilo config file and it seems to be in order. Heres the main part: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=new keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/mykernel-2.4.0 label=new root=/dev/hda5 append=" hdd=ide0-scsi" vga=788 read-only the first image is pretty much copying my first linux boot configuration. anyone have any ideas of what I did wrong? Thanks! Adam
Re: [newbie] sorry, a followup to my question!
On Thursday 15 March 2001 01:14 am, James carlson wrote: Ok, it says "Driver can't support depth 24" what does this mean!? Color depth, ie, 8 is 256 colors, 16 is 65,000 colors, 24 and 32 are 16 million. Set color depth to 16 and it should fix it, specially if you've got a 3DFX video card, or most any card using 3d acceleration. -- Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] sorry, a followup to my question!
It means you have your settings set to use 24 bit color (In different terms 24 bit color depth) The driver you are using is most likely one that has 3d acceleration buillt in and I think most of them stick to 16 bit. --Matt - Original Message - From: "James carlson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:14 AM Subject: [newbie] sorry, a followup to my question! Ok, it says "Driver can't support depth 24" what does this mean!? Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/14/2001
RE: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT
That's really good. What about Fat partitions, is it the same deal? Here's my scenario: I have two machines. One is running Linux MDK 7.2 and the other is Windows 98se. I want the Linux box to have access to the Windows drive. I have the machines set up in Point to Point topology through a hub. Not real complex. The Window box has a monster drive and the Linux box has a 3gig. I have some files that I want the Linux box to access on the Windows box. I would imagine it might be easier to mount the Windows drive, but I'm not to sure how to go about that. Any idea's or suggestions??? Moose -Original Message- From: Meph Istopheles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:52 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT Whether Jeff wants the detailed instructions or not, I would like them. Thanks a bunch. Alright Moose ( all), Keep in mind that there are reasons some do this one way reasons others do this another. I, by no means, claim the only or right way, but a way I've learned which works for me without trouble. These instructions, with one alteration, come from an article by Joseph Cheek's Linux column in the June 2000 issue of Computer Source magazine. This article is copyrighted, but I don't think there's an issue with extracting the steps from it. Disclaimer end As I'd mentioned, the ntfs write module is alpha -- termed "experimental" "dangerous". This may be true, but I've not heard of anyone actually having any more trouble than I had had before I'd been forced to reinstall W2k (for other reasons), which is now a fat32, instead of ntfs fs. But I'd had no problem with the ntfs write module in either nt4.0 or W2k. So, the first thing you need is to verify that you've the kernel source, c compiler c libraries installed (there may be others that lm7.2 doesn't automatically install, but I don't now remember). You'll get an error if you attempt to compile don't have the files you need. If the source is installed, I'm pretty sure you get specific errors telling you what you need. To verify you have the source, do: ls /usr/src/ If the source is installed, you will have a subdirectory something like: linux-2.2.17 This is the lm7.2 source, so, if you've a different release or kernel, this subdirectory will have a different kernel release. 1. As root, cd to /usr/src/whichever-release-you-have-installed 2. Enter (if in X -- if not, use menuconfig): # make xconfig In here you may want to go through all the different things familiarize yourself. If you see anything you know for a fact isn't on your system, you can change the module setting to suit. If you don't want to take any chances, you can leave it as is -- it simply takes a little longer to boot adds a "not found" line, or something similar, to your logs. There is a section on file systems, some way down you will find the ntfs read module. I believe (it's been a while since I've been in there) there's a section right near there with something about Experimental File Systems -- you shouldn't have any trouble finding it no matter what it's called, though. In here is, among a few other fs', the ntfs write module. You should set this to Load. Don't worry about the warnings. Just know that if there ~is~ potential for trouble, it certainly ~could~ happen. So, naturally, you want to back up any Windows data before you begin. Make any other changes you want save. The buttons are self explanatory. Then, at the command prompt: # make dep # make clean # make bzImage # make modules # make modules_install Now, if you run lilo, as I: # make bzlilo If you prefer grub, I'm sure there's a command line update for to enter, but when I was looking over grub info (I admit, I wasn't exactly studying it, as I was looking for a way to kill it go back to lilo) I didn't see it. Perhaps someone here with more grub knowledge could answer that? Then, making sure you have a boot disk handy, exit root, user, X, restart. I've not had a problem booting, but everyone's config is different. The worst that had ever happened after numerous recompilings was that I'd accidently either neglected some modules or added unnecessary ones. So, if you're careful no to remove anything which even looks remotely important, you should be fine. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] Kppp
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:43:33 -0500 "Robert F. Trettel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All I just had callwaiting put on my phoneline. My Question is how and where do I tell Kppp about it?? I have touch-tone ,so the *70, will work in Windoze. My ISP doesn't have a script. All I had to do before was to put the proper Telephone number and Kppp did the rest. Is this the same now or what?? In your Kppp setup add the *70~ to the _FRONT_ of your ISP's phone number. That should fix it. The ~ indicates the modem should wait for (usually) 1/2 second before continuing the dial string. Check your modems user manual for details. You may have to experiment with the length of the delay by adding extra ~'s into the string Cheers John --- Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
[newbie] Netscape no longer opens copied URL
When I highlight a URL, the small popup with the list of browsers appear at the bottom right-hand corner of my screen. But when I click on "Open with Netscape", it does not run. This used to work however, before I installed KDE 2.1. No such problem with Konqueror or Mozilla. Is there anything I need to change in Klipper? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Triple boot?
Can I ask how you folks got the second (and beyond) linux distributions installed? Everytime I've tried that I've run into problems because the new distribution sees the old distributions root, boot, usr, etc, and refuses to create new ones. I have a windows/mandrake dual boot system with about 10 gigs on allocated disk space. I'd like to try to get Slackware or Debian installed in that empty space. --- philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: triple boot should be no problem - I have 5 on one machine - 4 linux and a win98. There's probably a better way, but I just set up a different boot partition for each OS, and use grub as the bootloader. I did the partitioning first using Partition Magic. cheers, philomena = ~~~ Peter Smith, Cambridge, MA, USA Various bookmarks = http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jaded Chat about games, movies and tv = http://jadedspub.com ~~~ "They were playing Wagner. It's the most fun I've had in about six months" -Tyr Anasazi __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Dual Boot Win 2000 / Mandrake 7.2
Hi. I want to setup a Dual Boot with Win2k and Mandrake 7.2. Is there any documentation that will walk me through each step? I have very little experience with Linux so I have no idea how to go about doing this. Thanks, Raja
Re: [newbie] Kppp
Just put *70 in front of the isp phone number or at the end of the dial string under modem commands. I've used both ways and they both work equally as well as the other. -s On Thursday 15 March 2001 08:43 am, you wrote: Hi, All I just had callwaiting put on my phoneline. My Question is how and where do I tell Kppp about it?? I have touch-tone ,so the *70, will work in Windoze. My ISP doesn't have a script. All I had to do before was to put the proper Telephone number and Kppp did the rest. Is this the same now or what?? Thanks for any assistance Robert F. Trettel Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] Scanner Access
Hi there, I am wondering about using a scanner with Linux. I am using LM 7.0 and someone told me to use the utility called SANE. First off, it is on my SCSI chain (after my zip drive, which IS recognized by Linux). The scanner is one listed in the official list by LM. The ID number is set as 1, my system recognizes something at ID #1, but it doesn't say what it is. This is what it says. Host: scsi 0 Channel: 00 Id:01 Lun: 00 Vendor: Model: $ Type: Sequential-Access Then it lists my Zipdrive and my CDRW with no problems... Do I have to do something to my setup for it to know it is a scanner? = Richard Wegner - Linux Newbie - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Derek Rayne is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER this is just an e-mail address I chose! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Web Cam III
At 20:46 13/03/2001 -0500, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.linuxnewbie.com look at the menu on left Hi Kit. I can´t the information about Web Can III in (www.linuxnewbie.com look at the menu on left) Can You tell more about it ??? Lúcio Costa
[newbie] pmfirewall?
Hi, I've just downloaded pmfirewall. I have some pretty bad questions as I am a complete newbie. I want to get this up and running so that I can feel safe about getting on the net. My question is, after I unzip it where should I point the file when I untar it as root? ie tar -xvf "---" When I run the install shell it's saying that it isn't finding the directory or something. And, does anyone have any general suggestions about out of box security for a complete newbie? I know absolutely nothing about IP chains. Thanks, Chuck -- Get the Latest News at CNN Interactive: http://CNN.com
[newbie] NVIDIA screen brightness
My screen and card have always been a little darker then normal especially with the loopback for the Hollywood Plus card. I was wondering if there is someway of adjusting the brightness in KDE or in xfree86 (which ever one is possible or easiest)? Any help would be great so I won't have this rather dark screen to look at. PS The card is a NVIDIA TNT card Pascal Poirier 8^) ** "Time is just one damn thing after another!" -Anonyms Fifth Year Electrical Engineering Daltech, Nova Scotia **
Re: [newbie] pmfirewall?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just downloaded pmfirewall. I have some pretty bad questions as I am a complete newbie. I want to get this up and running so that I can feel safe about getting on the net. My question is, after I unzip it where should I point the file when I untar it as root? ie tar -xvf "---" When I run the install shell it's saying that it isn't finding the directory or something. And, does anyone have any general suggestions about out of box security for a complete newbie? I know absolutely nothing about IP chains. Thanks, Chuck -- Get the Latest News at CNN Interactive: http://CNN.com Chuck; You may not want to keep Pmfirewall (flamers please input arrogant denegrating reply/opinion here). For what it's worth, and IMHO, I've been using PMfirewall, and found that it leaves some ports open! You're better off with IPchains. IPchains should already be installed in your system. Please send back more info about your network ie; how many PC's what IP's you're using, etc. Depending on your set up, you'l need up to 3 lines of text to activate it and I'm sure someone will respond with instructions on how to automate the startup procedure for it. -- Dan LaBine Maximum L.A.N.'s Ltd. Registered Linux User #190712
Re: [newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
Jon Doe wrote: For those of you who are interested in this problem, I got the following message from Mandrake today: As root in a shell, type : supermount -i disable reboot then you'll have to mount manually your devices : for instance : mount /dev/cdrom umount /dev/cdrom Concerning your cd-writer Edit this file : /etc/fstab locate your cd-writer's line (may be cdrom2) change /dev/cdrom2 to /dev/scd0 save your changes. Best regards, The technical support team. If you don't hear from me again in this thread, you can assume it worked. Graham Watkins
Re: [newbie] pmfirewall?
On Thursday 15 March 2001 12:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just downloaded pmfirewall. I have some pretty bad questions as I am a complete newbie. I want to get this up and running so that I can feel safe about getting on the net. My question is, after I unzip it where should I point the file when I untar it as root? ie tar -xvf "---" Just untar it into a temp directory. The installer will put things where they need to go. (BTW, if you're running Mandrake 7.2, you may need to create a directory called "/usr/man/man8" to hold pmfirewall's man page.) When I run the install shell it's saying that it isn't finding the directory or something. What _exactly_ is it saying? And, does anyone have any general suggestions about out of box security for a complete newbie? I know absolutely nothing about IP chains. There's really no such thing as out-of-box security but, fortunately, pmfirewall doesn't require you to know anything about IP chains. It would be helpful if you could tell us... 1. How you're connecting to the net (i.e., modem, cable modem, ADSL, etc.) 2. Whether you want to protect a single machine or a home network. 3. Whether you're planning to run servers on your linux box (i.e., web server, ftp server, etc.) 4. Whether your ISP assigns your IP address dynamically using DHCP (i.e., do you get a different IP address every time you connect?). M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [newbie] Kppp
On Thursday 15 March 2001 09:43, you wrote: Hi, All I just had callwaiting put on my phoneline. My Question is how and where do I tell Kppp about it?? I have touch-tone ,so the *70, will work in Windoze. My ISP doesn't have a script. All I had to do before was to put the proper Telephone number and Kppp did the rest. Is this the same now or what?? Thanks for any assistance Robert F. Trettel Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Yes, put *70 before the number, it will work. That number is not dependent on and OS, it is dependent on the phone line itself. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
[newbie] Help? USB ports
How do you tell HardDarke or Linux to look on USB ports for devices? I have a supported (ZOOM USB) modem (linux-USB.org). LM-7.2 sees my TWO USB ports. When I run HardDrake to install a modem, it gives me options of Serial, ISDN and so forth, but not USB. What file to I change (and how do I change it) so the USB will be an option for the modem? thanks if you can help, Don I have a supported (ZOOM USB) modem (linux-USB.org). LM-7.2 sees my TWO USB ports. When I run HardDrake to install a modem, it gives me options of Serial, ISDN and so forth, but not USB. What file to I change (and how do I change it) so the USB will be an option for the modem? thanks if you can help, Don ___ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] Triple boot?
I haven't run into anything like that, possibly since I have setup the partitions before I do the installs. For example, I have my machine setup with about 16 different partitions - when I installed any of the distros, I made sure to use the expert or custom mode, so that I could specifiy the mount points. I only mount the partitions that the install should see, so that distro isn't even aware of the others. This may not be the most efficient method, but it does work. Right now, I have Mandrake 7.2 and the 8.0 beta, SuSe 7.1 and the latest RedHat beta, Wolverine. Each has its own /boot, root and /home partition - I haven't tried sharing any partitions. I have GRUB setup to boot each of the /boot partitions appropriately So, I would recommend repartioning your extra space and then see what happens. Cheers, Philomena At 11:59 AM 3/15/2001 -0800, you wrote: Can I ask how you folks got the second (and beyond) linux distributions installed? Everytime I've tried that I've run into problems because the new distribution sees the old distributions root, boot, usr, etc, and refuses to create new ones. I have a windows/mandrake dual boot system with about 10 gigs on allocated disk space. I'd like to try to get Slackware or Debian installed in that empty space. --- philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: triple boot should be no problem - I have 5 on one machine - 4 linux and a win98. There's probably a better way, but I just set up a different boot partition for each OS, and use grub as the bootloader. I did the partitioning first using Partition Magic. cheers, philomena = ~~~ Peter Smith, Cambridge, MA, USA Various bookmarks = http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jaded Chat about games, movies and tv = http://jadedspub.com ~~~ "They were playing Wagner. It's the most fun I've had in about six months" -Tyr Anasazi __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] pmfirewall?
Thanks for the input Dan. I have a cable modem that I just got up and running connected to one PC. My ip address is 24.23.1.1. Like I said before, I don't know much about IP chains. I've heard that they're kind of like ACLs. If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be GREATLY appreciated. -- Get the Latest News at CNN Interactive: http://CNN.com
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA screen brightness
I've been wondering the same thing. I have a considerably dark old monitor. --Matt - Original Message - From: "Pascal Poirier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 11:56 AM Subject: [newbie] NVIDIA screen brightness My screen and card have always been a little darker then normal especially with the loopback for the Hollywood Plus card. I was wondering if there is someway of adjusting the brightness in KDE or in xfree86 (which ever one is possible or easiest)? Any help would be great so I won't have this rather dark screen to look at. PS The card is a NVIDIA TNT card Pascal Poirier 8^) ** "Time is just one damn thing after another!" -Anonyms Fifth Year Electrical Engineering Daltech, Nova Scotia **
[newbie] Partition problem - - Help me, O Ye Sky-Gods of Mandrake !
This is a problem that is potentially embarassing for Mandrake, and I'm surprised not to have heard from them when I first posted it: LM 7.1 installs without any problem, and while installing it I can create the partitions I need with either fdisk or diskdrake without any trouble. When I boot-up my LM 7.2 cd, it works very well except that under 7.2, neither fdisk nor diskdrake can see the partition table of the hard disk. Is this a known "feature" ? Do you need more details on the machine setup ? Cheers, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. -- Josh Billings --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
[newbie] Telnet
does anyone know how I can copy files from a Win2k telnet server to a linux box? or is this possible? if anyone knows pls let me know Thanks in advance Julio
[newbie] The BUG (race condition) is in PING -- NOT in your hardware...
Hi all,
If this looks familiar, read on...
PING 64.53.54.1 (64.53.54.1): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=253 time=4452.8 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3b but was 0x3737 da b0 3a 88 9e e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
See bug summary at bottom if you don't want to wade through all the gory
details.
Pierre
=== RACE BUG in PING =
I was having what appeared to be network problems and was, to say the least,
SHOCKED to see the above ping putput...
The thought of hardware going bad did not sit well... so, here's how I
discovered that "ping" has a race bug...
My topology, which helped in isolating this bug is this:
+---(10)---+ --- for sniffing only
| |
| | [fork]
| +---+ | +---+
eth1 | L |+---+| R |
[bones]--(100)--| i || || o |
| n || H || u |
[woody]--(100)--| k |--(10)--| u |--(10)--| t |--(10)--DSL--Z--64.53.54.1
| S || b || e |
[homer]--(10)---| y || || r |
| s |+---++---+
+---+
The bug was triggered by a fully maxed out DSL link (rsync).
Here is the initial ping...
[root@bones pfortin]# ping 64.53.54.1
PING 64.53.54.1 (64.53.54.1): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=253 time=4452.8 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3b but was 0x3737 da b0 3a 88 9e e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=253 time=4432.8 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3c but was 0x3838 da b0 3a 43 91 e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=253 time=4536.3 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3d but was 0x3939 da b0 3a f3 91 e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=253 time=4304.1 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3e but was 0x3a3a da b0 3a 9f 92 e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
--- 64.53.54.1 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 50% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 4304.1/4431.5/4536.3 ms
For more proof (note random starting "data byte #0" contents), let's get the
output from a couple more pings to see the bug more clearly later... ("wrong
data byte #0 should be foo but was bar")
[root@bones pfortin]# ping 64.53.54.1
PING 64.53.54.1 (64.53.54.1): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=253 time=4312.4 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xbe but was 0xbaba de b0 3a b 10 f 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=253 time=4343.3 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xbf but was 0x de b0 3a 18 f0 e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=253 time=4574.1 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xc0 but was 0xbcbc de b0 3a ac ef e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
--- 64.53.54.1 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 62% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 4312.4/4409.9/4574.1 ms
[root@bones pfortin]# ping 64.53.54.1
PING 64.53.54.1 (64.53.54.1): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=253 time=3893.4 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe0 but was 0x de b0 3a 7f 3b 0 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=253 time=3887.8 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe1 but was 0xdede de b0 3a d7 31 0 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=253 time=4142.4 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe3 but was 0xdfdf de b0 3a 0 31 0 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=253 time=4474.4 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe4 but was 0xe0e0 de b0 3a 4d 30 0 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a
RE: [newbie] Kppp
Just put the phone number to dial as "*70, 555-1234" Sincerely and respectfully,Hans N.mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert F. TrettelSent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:44 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Kppp ---cut--- I just had callwaiting put on my phoneline. My Question is how and where do I tell Kppp about it?? Thanks for any assistance Robert F. Trettel
Re: [newbie] pmfirewall?
If you don't have ipchains installed, go into rpmdrake and install it first. Then after you untar it, type: cd pmfirewall-1.1.4/. Then type: sh install.sh It will install to a common directory. Then answer the questions. And if you're on a dial up select as your interface: ppp0. Then just answer the default to most of the questions until you get to "do you want pmfirewall to start on boot up?" If you're on dial up, say N. Then it will ask later if you want it to start on successful ppp connection, then say Y. You don't need to know anything about ipchains to use pmfirewall, it will write the script for you and it's a great little app. -s On Thursday 15 March 2001 02:39 pm, you wrote: Hi, I've just downloaded pmfirewall. I have some pretty bad questions as I am a complete newbie. I want to get this up and running so that I can feel safe about getting on the net. My question is, after I unzip it where should I point the file when I untar it as root? ie tar -xvf "---" When I run the install shell it's saying that it isn't finding the directory or something. And, does anyone have any general suggestions about out of box security for a complete newbie? I know absolutely nothing about IP chains. Thanks, Chuck -- Get the Latest News at CNN Interactive: http://CNN.com
RE: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness
Yet that's the wierd thing, I shouldn't have SCSI on my computer..the commands came with the origional kernel on Madrake 7.2. How would I turn the SCSI emulation off? Adam Baxter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness Your lilo conf shows you are using scsi emulation, but the line is wrong. Should be:append=" hdd=ide-scsi" Also, you must have scsi enabled in the kernel, and 'mkinitrd' a ram disk image as per the instructions here: http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html here's my lilo conf as an example: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-tom label=242-tom root=/dev/hdb5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-tom.img append=" hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only -- Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness
Remove vga=788 from the lilo.conf file and try to reboot again From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:00:46 -0600 Your lilo conf shows you are using scsi emulation, but the line is wrong. Should be:append=" hdd=ide-scsi" Also, you must have scsi enabled in the kernel, and 'mkinitrd' a ram disk image as per the instructions here: http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html here's my lilo conf as an example: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-tom label=242-tom root=/dev/hdb5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-tom.img append=" hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only -- Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay On Wednesday 14 March 2001 09:26 pm, Adam Michael Baxter wrote: Well, I took myself onto a limb and tried to have fun with kernels. I downloaded the 2.4.2 kernel and did as the instructions said. It compiled greately and as it should have (I guess). Then I installed the kernel in my boot directory and updated lilo (keeping my old linux kernel). To test it out, I rebooted and selected the new kernel. Then the screen turns black. Nothing happens. it doesn't boot, give an error message or anything. Its depressing, I was atleast hoping for some upsetting "you've destroyed your computer" deal. Having nothing is really depressing ^^ I took a look at the lilo config file and it seems to be in order. Heres the main part: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=new keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/mykernel-2.4.0 label=new root=/dev/hda5 append=" hdd=ide0-scsi" vga=788 read-only the first image is pretty much copying my first linux boot configuration. anyone have any ideas of what I did wrong? Thanks! Adam _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] conexant HCF v.90 56k Data, Fax, speakerphone PCI modem
Please help me i have a conexant HCF v.90 56k Data, Fax, speakerphone PCI modem on com4, i belive that this is a hardware modem. now it works fine in win98 (with a driver) and win2000 without any driver. i am also running linux mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.0.0 and i cant seem to get the modem working. upone recomendation i have been trying to use kppp 2.0. i have it set up as follows device /DE/ttyS3 (which i belive is com4) flow control CRTSCTS connection speed 115200 upon quirying the modem i got the following responce "sorry, modem busy" now i have tryed a couple of things like using the Gnomeppp and remove fax software and other programs from rpm. but still no luck. i am a total newbie with linux but i am a windows and mac tech support agent so i am quite tech. i am still lerning so if you can help me then it would be very wecome. also anyone any idea why every time that i add/remove linux software that win2000 installs new hardware? although there is nothing achually installed into the device managers? thanks for any help dan '(Wales is) a ghastly place, huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roaming thevalleys terrifying people with their close-harmony singing. You need half apint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names. Never askfor directions in Wales, Baldrick - you'll be washing spit out of your hairfor a fortnight.' -- Blackadder, Amy And Amiability
[newbie] Spare partition
I have a 3 gig partition I would like to give to linux to use (currently vfat) and was wondering as it is mounted already as WINDOWS, if I was to change it to ext2 would I have to messa round with my fstab or would MDK7.2 pick it up and make the appropriate changes for me? Would this cause any problems with my system? Thanks, Wayne _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [newbie] Telnet
does anyone know how I can copy files from a Win2k telnet server to a linux box? or is this possible? if anyone knows pls let me know Well, if you don't have ftp available on the Windows box, the only way ~I~ know is to open the file with a text editor highlight paste into an editor on the Linux side page by page. But really, see if the dos ftp client is installed -- it probabaly is. Then you just set your Linux box up to allow access via ftp from that Windows box. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] no support for my video card???
Hate to get in a rut here, but like I'm sure you'll hear from lots of others: DITCH COREL, I did. Get yer hands on some Mandrake. I've got a voodoo banshee installed and it works like a champ. Peace, Love and Lollipops, Scott Original Message Follows From: James carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] no support for my video card??? Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:48:12 -0800 Ok, well thank you for all the replies about the prompt issue. I have a new problem now. I type "Startx" and it starts to load everything. But it says something about not being able to load the desktop. There is no support for 24k graphics or some stupid thing like that. I can't remember exactly what it said. I have a ATi Mach64 with a Voodoo II accelerator. My monitor is a AOC 4N. Setup didn't ask me any questions about the vid. card, nor did it ask me if I wanted it to boot to the desktop by default. Is there just some setting I have to change I am getting desperate, I don't want to use Corel anymore!!! Thanks a bunch guys, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/14/2001 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] conexant HCF v.90 56k Data, Fax, speakerphone PCI modem
dan burrows wrote: Hi alan thanks fot that!! but i still have a question.. i have read all the information on the pages you provided... and still no help... any ideas how i can resolve this problem? is there anything i can do to sort this out?? and i feel that i maybe going out to give my local hardware vendor a good kicking as it was sold to me as a hardware modem!! it works very well in windows! so i didnt even question it! that will teach me for trustin people!! and ideas please?? dan danif linmodems.org didn't lead you to a driver for it then I'd suspect that your only option would be to take it back to where you bought it and have it exchanged for a real hardware modem. Of course this time you'll have a list (http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010302a.html) of real hardware modems so you can't be fooled again. -- Alan
Re: [newbie] The BUG (race condition) is in PING -- NOT in your hardware...
Wow, that was amazing! I have been receiving these errors quite
frequently over the past week or so. I had no idea what they meant
until I read this. Thank you, it is relieving to hear that there is
nothing wrong with my hardware!
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 04:40, Pierre Fortin wrote:
Hi all,
If this looks familiar, read on...
PING 64.53.54.1 (64.53.54.1): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.53.54.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=253 time=4452.8 ms
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3b but was 0x3737 da b0 3a 88 9e e 0
8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e
1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
See bug summary at bottom if you don't want to wade through all the
gory details.
Pierre
=== RACE BUG in PING =
I was having what appeared to be network problems and was, to say
the least, SHOCKED to see the above ping putput...
The thought of hardware going bad did not sit well... so, here's
how I discovered that "ping" has a race bug...
S N I P
BUG SUMMARY:
Linux's "ping" waits (default= 1 sec) for a reply and proceeds to
the next ping after INCREMENTING "data byte #0". If a reply is seen
before the timeout, or not at all, then ping does the right thing.
If a reply is delayed and the timer expires, ping increments "data
byte #0" for the next packet to send. Again, no problem here per
se... HOWEVER... ping fails to take into account the possibility
of delayed replies. When such a reply finally shows up, ping
compares "data byte #0" to the UPDATED value. No need to maintain a
list of sent counters; a simple algorithm works...
Ping SHOULD compare "data byte #0" after first adjusting for the
delay this way: - save starting"data byte #0"
- when reply arrives:
if "data byte #0" == starting"data byte #0" + icmp_seq:
OK ^^
else: error()
Any fix should also take into account "wrapping" of the random "data
byte #0" counter.
Also, the output:
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3b but was 0x3737 da b0 3a 88 9e e
0 probably should be reformatted to read:
wrong data byte #0 should be 0x3b but was 0x37 37 da b0 3a 88 9e
e 0
Note that this false-problem output also confirms the bug:
expecting: 0x3b
got: 0x37
proper check: 0x37 + ("time=4452.8 ms" * wait_timer)
= 0x37 + (int(4.4528) * 1) # seconds
= 0x37 + (4 * 1)
= 0x3b # Gee!
By fixing this bug, we'll be able to eliminate the "I'm getting
this..." and the "you have a hardware problem" emails, and the
resulting wasted time and $$ trying to fix hardware which is really
OK...
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] Login screen options
Do you have the packages locales and locales-en (assuming your
preferred language is English) installed? You can find them at
http://www.rpmfind.net/. Look for the Mandrake versions, or you can
get them off your Mandrake CD.
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:55, Ross Slade wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
I had the same problem when I installed Helix (now Ximian) GNOME.
After you have made entries for all your desktop environments, run
(as root) "/usr/sbin/chksession -l". Reboot and all should be
well.
[Mandrake 7.2]
What I have left in the little drop down box where they appear
is an option for "failsafe" (which still works) and one for KDE
which when selected leaves me with Twm.
Thanks, it's not being that simple, but your advise is obviously on
the right track...
I created three files in /etc/X11/wmsession.d (which was empty when
I checked) with contents the same as you posted except for the
essential details.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 117 Mar 15 16:40 01KDE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125 Mar 15 16:40 02Xfce
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 143 Mar 15 16:41 03IceWM
Are the permissions ok?
After rebooting what I got in the drop down box was "Xfce, default,
failsafe" all on one line as I have written it here. What I got when
I logged on was Twm aggin...
On running chksession -t I get this result:
--
[root@bunyip] - [/etc/X11/wmsession.d]
/usr/sbin/chksession -t
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en",
LC_ALL = "en",
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale
("C").
Can't open ./wmsession.d//01KDE
--
Whether it the locale problem which is the cause I don't know, but
note the "//" in the last line.
Any further ideas? Slow progress is good progress... 8-)
-Ross
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
[newbie] IRC
howcome there's never anybody on the mandrake IRC channel??
[newbie] USB ethernet vs NIC
Hello, I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on PC #1 and am very pleased. I now plan to install Linux on PC #2 but before I do I would like to have it "network ready" as I have recently switched to a cable modem ISP. PC #2 does not have an ethernet card but it does have 2 USB ports. I understand that there are USB ethernet adapters but I don't know all the pros and cons. Also, I imagine that it could be a chore to get Linux to recognize the USB ethernet connection. Would I be better off to just install a ethernet NIC? Any pros and cons and advice using a USB adapter would be appreciated. Thanks.
[newbie] Slowly getting there!
Alright, thanks for the help guys, I am now able to get into the desktop. I used XFdrake, and was able to access the desktop. The only problem is, I can only use it in 256 colors! Whats up with that? All the other settings don't work! I really don't want to be stuck with only 256. Is there anything I missed here? I have a ATI Mach64GX video card. All the settings are available, and I can choose them, but all I can get to work is 256. I know my card is capable of doing more than that, I have it set to 24bit here in (yuck) Window$ and it works flawlessly. Soon, I will stop bugging you guys with questions :) So am I outta luck? Or is there something I can do? Oh ya, also when I boot Mandrake, I get a bug error right away, and all my icons disappear!!! Hmmm Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/15/2001
Re: [newbie] Slowly getting there!
Hello friends, Hi! I am facing a problem with my Linux Mandrake 7.2 installation.I have got a laptop with 20gb harddisk and windows ME installed on it.I wanted to install linux using the Linx4win.My comp doesnt boot from the CD so I made a boot floppy.When I start installing LINUX on the compI get three options:1.to erase the entire disk(which i dont want to do)2.use the free space for the installation(i want to do this) 3.expert mode(i am not an expert).. I want to go do the second option.when I do that it shows that there is some error in partiting(i have a single C drive on which I have windows ME) Can u help me on this! bye varun From: James carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Slowly getting there! Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:41:49 -0800 Alright, thanks for the help guys, I am now able to get into the desktop. I used XFdrake, and was able to access the desktop. The only problem is, I can only use it in 256 colors! Whats up with that? All the other settings don't work! I really don't want to be stuck with only 256. Is there anything I missed here? I have a ATI Mach64GX video card. All the settings are available, and I can choose them, but all I can get to work is 256. I know my card is capable of doing more than that, I have it set to 24bit here in (yuck) Window$ and it works flawlessly. Soon, I will stop bugging you guys with questions :) So am I outta luck? Or is there something I can do? Oh ya, also when I boot Mandrake, I get a bug error right away, and all my icons disappear!!! Hmmm Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/15/2001 _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Just a newbie question
*
I've been using Linux exclusively for the past two months and it's absolutely
given me a new direction.
My Exploration seems to have ended when I saw that little foot at the lower left
hand cornerand I saw not a START but a finish.
$ has become my symbol of control and no longer is anything (greater than) me.
*
Before this newbie starts ranting again, I gotta get this out.
I want to study C/C++. I'm just starting to fool around with gcc.
I tried using Visual C++ for a start but I think it's too self-centered...
if a piece of software can have a personality on its own.
main()
{
char answer;
printf("Would you use Visual C++? Enter Y\/N:\n");
scanf("%c",answer);
if (answer=y)
printf("Why?\n");
else
printf("What would you rather use?\n");
)
So what "would" you rather use?
And what stuff "would" you read?
Which URLs "would" you browse?
Newsgroups? Mailing Lists?
Web Communities?
Or "would" you rather dive head first into Java [w/c is easier as I've heard]?
Any answer would be greatly appreciated..
AND
Yes I'm a schizo...
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