[newbie-it] Re: [newbie-it] [newbie-it] Configurazione rete: la storia infinit a (2° round)
Ok, ho in mano i file di log ma non ci capisco molto: dal file "var/log/message" ... Mar 16 18:35:27 localhost postfix: Starting postfix: Mar 16 18:35:28 localhost postfix: postalias: fatal: open /etc/mail/aliases: No such file or directory Mar 16 18:35:30 localhost postfix: postfix Mar 16 18:35:30 localhost rc: Starting postfix: succeeded Mar 16 18:35:31 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded ... Dal file "var/log/mail/warning" ... Mar 16 18:40:38 localhost postfix/local[1013]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled Mar 16 18:45:49 localhost postfix/local[1325]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled ... Non so, a titolo informativo se faccio "sendmail start" tutto funziona, se per faccio "sendmail stop" mi da failed, lasciando dedurre che si era gi chiuso per i fatti suoi. Poi se faccio "postfix start" mi da errore: "starting postfix: postalias: fatal: open etc/mail/aliases: file o directory inesistente postfix" ma postfix viene effettivamente caricato in mem poich con "postfix stop" si chiude. In ultimo ho provato a fare "telnet localhost smtp" e postfix/sendmail (non ho capito bene) mi risponde, quindi vuol dire che c'... A questo punto mi chiedo: perch postfix mi da l'errore ma si avvia e si chiude, mentre sendmail non da errori ma non si chiude? A voi l'ardua sentenza :) Grazie ancora - Original Message - From: "Fabio Coatti" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] [newbie-it] Configurazione rete: la storia infinit a (2 round) Controllate sempre i logs (li trovate in /var/log/); sono messi l apposta per scoprire eventuali problemi di questo tipo. Sicuramente trovate qualche riga con indicazioni utili per scoprire cosa successo. -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
[newbie-it] Quite OT: libri su linux MDK
Ciao, sto cercando dei libri sulla gestione di linux, e soprattutto sulla sua configurazione. Utilizzo la mandrake 7.2 ovviamente e mi interesserebbe qualcosa di non difficilissimo ma neanche banale che mi permettesse di configurare in maniera dignitosa linux sulla mia macchina... Sapete consigliarmi qualcosa? Grazie
Re: [newbie-it] Quite OT: libri su linux MDK
On Friday 16 March 2001 19:43, Random wrote: Ciao, sto cercando dei libri sulla gestione di linux, e soprattutto sulla sua configurazione. Utilizzo la mandrake 7.2 ovviamente e mi interesserebbe qualcosa di non difficilissimo ma neanche banale che mi permettesse di configurare in maniera dignitosa linux sulla mia macchina... Sapete consigliarmi qualcosa? Grazie su interpuntonet.linux.it troverai Appunti Linux di Giacomini le linux domande e risposte di Paolone e linux facile di Daniele Medri. Sull'ultimo numero in edicola, linux facile e' pure in omaggio stampato. Sullo stesso sito c'e' il quick easy configuration howto (credo sia cosi'). Questo per non spendere neanche un soldo, altrimenti le librerie sono ormai piene di libri e libretti su linux. bye -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia www.acidlife.com/aciderror/freefred Davide Banda Partial Arts [2000] - www.davidebanda.nelweb.net ICQ uin 5887365 - PGP key available on keyservers
[newbie-it] installazione
Aiuto!! non riesco nenache ad installare la distribuzione! avvio la procedura di installazione ma tutto si blocca su Starting Please wait Devo settare qualcosa da bios (a parte no pnp so)? il mio pc : tbird 1000 mobo msi kt7 pro 2a chipset kt133 380MB RAM HD60GB quantum uata100 scheda video ge force 256 32MB ddr *** Se vuoi dare un aiuto alla ricerca, visita il mio sito http://www.itafolding.f2s.com ***
[newbie-it] installazione mandrake 7.2
Ciao a tutti, vorrei installare Mandrake sul mio secondo hard disk, ma il cd di installazione si blocca dopo aver riconosciuto correttamente l'hardware. Ho provato diversi hard disks e diversi cd, tutti con lo stesso risultato, sembra che la distro si rifiuti di installarsi sul secondo hard disk poich sul primo nessun problema. Grazie per l'aiuto, Stefano -- Linux user #204845 Machine #93731 Nessie
Re: R: [newbie-it] SB AWE32
Verbal wrote: SNDCONF? e dov'??? non esiste sulla mia partizione root :(non c' modo nel mio sistema di far funzionare Digita sndconf su un terminale. 1- SB AWE322- ELSA ISDN USB ESTERNO3- ed il monitor LG55I a 1024x768 mi scentra tutta l'immaginedisastro :( Prova a regolare l'immagine con i comandi del monitor... io ho un LG, modello differente, e cos ho fatto... Corrado pensavo meglio da Linux !!!
Re: [newbie-it] [LM 7.2] SBlive e midi: silenzio totale
At 20.29 17/03/2001 +0100, you wrote: Eccomi di nuovo qui, reduce da alcuni esperimenti. Il pacchetto awesfx e' installato, ma al posto di /usr/bin/sfxload ho /bin/sfxload e della direcotry /usr/share/sfbank neanche l'ombra, tantomento del file 8mbgmsfx.sf2. Hai ragione: il fatto e' che io ho installato un altro pacchetto di awesfx (non mdk), invece quello di mdk installa sfxload in /bin e i banchi in /usr/share/doc/awesfx-0.4.3a/bank-samples, pero' attenzione che il banco da 8mb che ti ho indicato non fa parte di questo pacchetto ma lo trovi sul cd della live. Lo puoi copiare in qualsiasi dir tu voglia, basta che poi metti il percorso esatto nel modules.conf. Ok, ho capito. Allora ho provato ad aggiungere solo le prime due righe di quelle da te proposte. Ora al'avvio mi carica una marea di moduli e finalmente mi appare la directory /proc/asound, ma di sentire i midi non c'e' verso e se interrogo le varie voci di /proc/asound (sndstat, cards, device, etc..) sembra che io non abbia schede installate, ne' synth, ne' seq, ne' midi. Ho provato anche a togliere dal modules.conf le righe "alias sound-service-0-*", ma il risultato non cambia. Sinceramente non so piu' cosa pensare. Visto che Alsa non e' installato di default hai cancellato (o commentato) la riga alias sound emu10k1 nel modules.conf? Si, l'ho fatto. Comunque questo e' quello che ho io nel suddetto file riguardante il suono: # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 options snd-card-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id="SBlive" alias midi snd-synth-emu10k1 below snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emu10k1 post-install snd-synth-emu10k1 /usr/bin/sfxload /usr/share/sfbank/8mbgmsfx.sf2; alsactl restore pre-remove snd-synth-emu10k1 alsactl store # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss Come ho gia' detto cambia i percorsi secondo le tue esigenze Grazie di tutto Ciao Alessandro Amadori Real Life and IRC nick: Sgama Mu* and PBIRC nick: Luxor IHGGER #78
Re: R: R: [newbie-it] SB AWE32
Verbal wrote: digito, ma non esiste :(non che imboscato in qualche parte dell'hd ?eppure anche un find / -name *sndconf*non trova nulla :( l'hai lanciato come root? tra i tool grafici, dovresti avere DrakConf (dal men: Configuration - Other - Drakconf) per il monitor, ok, ma se poi riavvio sotto W98 siamo da capo :( il problema far rimanere W98 e Linux assieme, e se ogni volta devo cambiare a manina i settaggi del monitor :(( Anche per me cos, ma devo solo "spostare" l'immagine di qualche cm a destra... certo, io Win lo uso si e no una volta a settimana, tu avrai altre esigeneze... cmq prover anche ad installare i driver nvidia per TNT nuovi.. Corrado
Re: [newbie] PMFirewall and IPchains
Peter; The questions you answered from my previous post were meant as rhetorical ones, but well done. I wasn't expecting answers! However, I'm still hoping that Linux will become considerably more popular to the masses, and I see easy-to-use-and-install packages as one of the ways that the appeal of Linux can be greatly enhanced. Thanks for your comments. Dan LaBine Registered Linux User #190712 - Original Message - From: "Peter Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PMFirewall and IPchains --- Dan LaBine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip! Why are many Linux-based programs so complicated to set up?? Here we are, snip! I'm no expert but I've got a few theories for you. Theory 1: Hacking code is fun. Writing a polished interface isn't so much fun. Since most of what you use under Linux has been written by volunteers who're writing code for the love of writing code, you get software that is robust and powerful but lacks polish and/or good documentation (until someone else comes along and writes the latter). Theory 2: It's danged hard to write an 'easy-to-use' interface that doesn't limit access to the software in some way. One of my primary reasons for trying to wean myself off of Windows is that every version that comes out puts more barriers between me and the machine. More and more, M$ 'guesses' at what I really want to do, and does it. If it guesses wrong, I have to recourse. I'll project my annoyance with this onto the Linux community in general (who, from what I've seen, really enjoy having full control of the OS) and guess that the people who write this software are loathe to do anything that might limit what you can do with it in any way. Now, a comment... things surely are getting better. I'm in my 3rd or 4th attempt at becoming a full time Linux user. The first time I tried was with RedHat 5, iirc, and it was a huge challenge to get that installed. Compare that installation to the one in Mandrake 7.2 and there's an amazing improvement in ease-of-use. If/when Linux starts to make real in-roads into the desktop space, there'll be commercial incentive to pay people to craft nice interfaces to existing utilities... until then we'll have to make do, or develop the coding skills needed to create nice interfaces and build 'wrappers' for powerful but unwieldy utilities... All the above is just my opinion, of course, and be aware that I am NOT a hard-core linux geek (yet). I'm trying to get there, though... every time I boot Windows these days, I feel a sense of defeat... I'll get there! = ~~~ 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!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] PMFirewall and IPchains
To all! As a followup to my previous post to the mandrake group, I did some snooping around, and found something VERY interesting! Check out this web-site for something you might find useful - http:/www.securepoint.cc . They have a complete firewall kit which includes Linux and Windows Administration Clients, as well as thier own version of Linux with it's own firewall system included. Download all the english files for the FREEWARE edition ( Man! I just love that term! ). The large file includes a CD image in ".c2d" format, so a CD burner is required, and get the separate client and manual files. This firewall system is designed to be used on a separate firewall PC (Check the manual for minimum requirements). This one looks really good. I'll be setting it up in the next few days myself. Hope this helps everyone! Dan LaBine Registered Linux User #190712
[newbie] CD Writer's and Linux Mandrake 8
Does anybody know if the CD Writer problem in Linux Mandrake 7.2 is fixed in Linux Mandrake 8? The problem is having to re-create the cdrom link to /dev/scd0. Thanks
Re: [newbie] grub
robert macdonald wrote: Hello, Long story short...tried to dualboot LM 7.2 with NT4. Really messed up! Now all I get is "grub" with a command prompt after it. Tried fdisk and format to no avail. Just want to install LM 7.2 on clean hdd. Can any one please give me some info? VERY new to Linux. Thanks in advance, Rob _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Hello Robert, Boot up your computer with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Press the enter key. Turn off your computer for few seconds and reboot. Your boot.ini will kick in. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
Re: [newbie] grub
Charley Peggy Robinson wrote: I've never run NT but in 95 /98/Me you make a startup disk when you do the initial load. FDISK is on my startup disk and it can be run from there. Also, you may have a boot disk that came with NT. CR Use the Windows 98 Boot Disk. Open the files on the CD or floppy. Fdisk is included. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
[newbie] Running Java Applets
I have, in the last 2 weeks, installed Mandrake 7.2 on one machine, and SuSE 7.1 on another, so that i can see which one is better, and which one is easiest to setup the advanced server applications, such as samba, and sendmail, and apache, for my workplace, as we are very tired of paying microsoft liscensing fees. Anyway, in my quest to setup Linux to have everything I used in windows, I have run into a roadblock. Konqueror doesn't even run java applets, such as yahoo chat, netscape, which works in windows to run things like yahoo chat, doesn't fully load it in LM 7.2, and even the New Netscape6, after downloading and installing the java plugin, doesn't want to load yahoo chat. It acts like it is working, it brings up the applet window, it does basically everything, except bring people into the room, and I can't change rooms. I can still access this from my laptop, which is running WinME, but, I am trying to not use winders anymore. Any help would be appreciated. Joe Redd
[newbie] What am I missing?
I'm getting a little frustrated here. I don't remember going through so much trouble with RedHat as I am now with LM 7.2. To be specific, I can't connect to LOCALHOST, and Apache. Tried to connect to WEBMIN by entering http://localhost:1 and all I get is unable to connect to localhost error message. IPCHAINS default policy right now is ACCEPT. HOST.DENY is not denying anybody,I commented out the entry added by LM. My HOSTS file has 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost andxx.xxx.xx.xx mymachine.mydomain.com mymachine I can ping localhost and mymachine.mydomain.com from a terminal and from a DOZE machine. So, what am I missing??? Oh, and yeah, I can't recieved mail too. Tech R
[newbie] Keyboard Question
I was looking through Maximum Linux magazine early today, and saw a shortened key board in the original lay out. NO caps lot key, no Windoze key, and all that good stuff. Doesn't have the number pad either. As I was looking at the key board, I was curious if anybody knew of a keyboard that didn't have the letters printed on the keys. I know there's no real NEED for this, but I just thought that was kewl. I don't look at the letters when I type, so why are there? And it would help me learn the numbers/symbols better. I figured this would be the best place to ask, so here I am asking. If you're interested in the keyboard I mentioned you can find it at http://www.pfuca.com/products/products.html. And if you know of a place to get a keyboard with out the letters printed on them, please let me know! Thank you! tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi."
RE: [newbie] CD Writer's and Linux Mandrake 8
With beta 2 not problem; I just had to do that when to have both, cdwriter and my secon cdrom (Hitachi dvd), I add to grubber the line to scsi-emulation for the second cdrom; then I needed to write: cd /dev rm cdrom2 ln -s scd1 cdrom2; but in the installation the cdwriter was perfectly installed. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: "Jason Jesso" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Domingo, Marzo 18, 2001 5:28 am Asunto: [newbie] CD Writer's and Linux Mandrake 8 Does anybody know if the CD Writer problem in Linux Mandrake 7.2 is fixed in Linux Mandrake 8? The problem is having to re-create the cdrom link to /dev/scd0. Thanks
Re: [newbie] Pb installing LM 7.2
thank you tom.. I did not even realize I was sending in the same format as the original... - Original Message - From: "Thomas Webster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Pb installing LM 7.2 I also would recommend you change your e-mail settings to "text" from "HTML". A lot of people on mail lists consider it good manners, even for a newbie. thanks. You could take heed of this advice also!! -Tom Webster
[newbie] How to use WINE?
I installed 7.2 and I saw the package for WINE install, but I can't seem to figure out where it is or how to make it run. I checked the KDE and GNOME menus and its not listed anywhere. Please help. Also and little tricks you have would be welcomed. Thanks. Jeff Davis
Re: [newbie] What am I missing?
Le Dimanche 18 Mars 2001 17:52, vous avez crit : I'm getting a little frustrated here. I don't remember going through so much trouble with RedHat as I am now with LM 7.2. To be specific, I can't connect to LOCALHOST, and Apache. Tried to connect to WEBMIN by entering http://localhost:1 and all I get is unable to connect to localhost error message. IPCHAINS default policy right now is ACCEPT. HOST.DENY is not denying anybody, I commented out the entry added by LM. My HOSTS file has 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost andxx.xxx.xx.xxmymachine.mydomain.com mymachine I can ping localhost and mymachine.mydomain.com from a terminal and from a DOZE machine. So, what am I missing??? Oh, and yeah, I can't recieved mail too. Tech R You should type https://localhost:1 as Webmin now needs a secure connection. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Pices jointes : 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] How to use WINE?
On Sunday 18 March 2001 12:44, you wrote: I installed 7.2 and I saw the package for WINE install, but I can't seem to figure out where it is or how to make it run. I checked the KDE and GNOME menus and its not listed anywhere. Please help. Also and little tricks you have would be welcomed. Thanks. Jeff Davis type (without the quotes) wine "package name" at a command prompt. Make sure you are in the directory in which the package is located. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
Re: [newbie] Installing LM 7.2 on a Sony Vaio Laptop
I an inclined to agree with your suggestion of corrupt CD (s), I installed 7.2 on my Vaio PCG - F250 with no problems at all, it was (before upgrade) very similar spec i.e:- Celeron 366 32mb Ram 4.3Gb HD Don't know about the F160 but mine uses Neomagic sound and video cards and has a 13.0" XGA HPA screen On Sunday 18 March 2001 05:16, you elegantly scribed: snip Anyway, to get to the point, what I found is my copy of Mandrake 7.2 had some corrupt files on it, On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, you managed to utter: I am have problem installing LM 7.2 on my Laptop. System Info: Sony Vaio PCG-F160 300 MHz P2 64 MB Ram 4 GB Fujitsu HD During installation it will do one of the following three things: 1) Hangs-up* on installing gpm 2) Hangs-up* on installing grep 3) Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gpm, grep, perl-base - so, I click "Go On". Then Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gtk+, rpm , slang, util-linx, SysVinit - again I click "Go On". Finally, it hangs-up* on installing grub * - what I mean by "hangs-up" is that the machine will do nothing other than turn the cooling fan on and off, for more than 30 min when I reboot. This means no HD operation, no CD-ROM movement, and no screen change. All power managements is turned off in the BIOS. These LM 7.2 CD's were created some time in early January (I think). It doesn't matter what type of installation I choose, one of the above three things will occur. Any help will greatly be appreciated, -jason
[newbie] XFree 4.0.3
How would I go about upgrading my X to 4.0.3 running Mandrake 7.2? Thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0
On Sunday 18 March 2001 06:12, you wrote: hi all ! i have a question regarding the upgrade of LM 7.2 to 8.0 right now i have my linux server set up with 7.1, i was just thinking about upgrading it to 7.2 when the advice came to my mind that i was given a few weeks before on this mailing list. that was that i would have to completly weep out the partitions when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2. now if i re-install 7.2 from scratch - forced to do all my config again - i dont want to repeat this when then upgrading to 8.0. has somebody experience with upgrading from 7.2 - 8.0 ? does it work properly or would one be forced again to completly wipe all partitions ? i dont want to do all the work twice . thx quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP I found that upgrades never work as advertised. If you have your /home partition separate from your /, /swap, etc. partitions, you do not have to wipe all partitions, you can keep /home intact. Do a clean install, it will give your PC that "oh-so-fresh" feeling. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
Re: [newbie] How to use WINE?
I installed 7.2 this weekend I too could not see WINE after I supposedly installed it Mark - Original Message - From: "jeff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: [newbie] How to use WINE? I installed 7.2 and I saw the package for WINE install, but I can't seem to figure out where it is or how to make it run. I checked the KDE and GNOME menus and its not listed anywhere. Please help. Also and little tricks you have would be welcomed. Thanks. Jeff Davis
[newbie] cups/kups doesn't detect my printer
The above sez most of it. Also get a error msg ""can't connect to cups server" when trying to run setup in kups. I have a 24-pin Panasonic KX-P2135 printer. It didn't work until I used the Epson LQ-850 driver in Drakconfig. Now I can print from WPs but not from Netscape. HALP! CR
[newbie] List Adminstration question
Can somebody please tell me how to get off this list ? I have been trying for weeks and its starting to really bug me. Since the list mailer doesnt change any of the mail headers, I do not know what address it is sending to and so cant cancel it since it only works by FULL email address. I get all mail to the domain aifusionextreme.netscapeonline.co.uk and could have used anything@aif. Please end my subscription to thsi list now.
Re: [newbie] More printing problems (solved)
I have changed my motherboard, and CUPS now runs (on the old one, the CUPS server would not run ;-( So I can now print; thanks to all who sent help. The flip side of it all is that now its my Ethernet card that wont work. Cheers, Ron the Frog, on the balmy banks of the Paraguay River. -- Solitude: A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay. -- Josh Billings --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
[newbie] Cups and KDE 2.1
I got cups working in KDE 2.1! Something didn't click when I upgraded and lost my printing altogether. Using LM 7.2 by the way. So what I ended up having to do is edit the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file by uncommenting the "printcap /etc/printcap " line in the file and then saving. As root I typed " service cups stop" and then "service cups start" and lo and behold it started working. Previous instructions just said to do "service cups restart" and that didn't seem to work, but stop first and then start did. Go figure. So if anyone else has had the problem and this works let us all know. There should be a fix done, not by me of course, I can barely write my e-mail messages let alone program : ) Onward and upward, -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] cups/kups doesn't detect my printer
On Sunday 18 March 2001 15:24, you wrote: The above sez most of it. Also get a error msg ""can't connect to cups server" when trying to run setup in kups. I have a 24-pin Panasonic KX-P2135 printer. It didn't work until I used the Epson LQ-850 driver in Drakconfig. Now I can print from WPs but not from Netscape. HALP! CR See my earlier post, go into /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and edit the line for printcap /etc/printcap by uncommenting it. Then as root do the "service cups stop" and then " service cups start" and see if that doesn't get you going. Let us know, Guttenberg (spelling?) didn't know what he was doing to the world!... Cheers, -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] List Adminstration question
On Sunday 18 March 2001 12:58, you wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to get off this list ? I have been trying for weeks and its starting to really bug me. Since the list mailer doesnt change any of the mail headers, I do not know what address it is sending to and so cant cancel it since it only works by FULL email address. I get all mail to the domain aifusionextreme.netscapeonline.co.uk and could have used anything@aif. Please end my subscription to thsi list now. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: You need to go to the Linux-Mandrake web page that has the mail lists, see the home page left hand column "maillists". Go to that page, it's the same one you signed up on, and it tells you how to unsub. Stay Cool, -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] PMFirewall and IPchains
Peter, Sounds like a very well informed opinion formed by someone who has done their homework and put in the time. Mark Peter Smith wrote: --- Dan LaBine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip! Why are many Linux-based programs so complicated to set up?? Here we are, snip! I'm no expert but I've got a few theories for you. Theory 1: Hacking code is fun. Writing a polished interface isn't so much fun. Since most of what you use under Linux has been written by volunteers who're writing code for the love of writing code, you get software that is robust and powerful but lacks polish and/or good documentation (until someone else comes along and writes the latter). Theory 2: It's danged hard to write an 'easy-to-use' interface that doesn't limit access to the software in some way. One of my primary reasons for trying to wean myself off of Windows is that every version that comes out puts more barriers between me and the machine. More and more, M$ 'guesses' at what I really want to do, and does it. If it guesses wrong, I have to recourse. I'll project my annoyance with this onto the Linux community in general (who, from what I've seen, really enjoy having full control of the OS) and guess that the people who write this software are loathe to do anything that might limit what you can do with it in any way. Now, a comment... things surely are getting better. I'm in my 3rd or 4th attempt at becoming a full time Linux user. The first time I tried was with RedHat 5, iirc, and it was a huge challenge to get that installed. Compare that installation to the one in Mandrake 7.2 and there's an amazing improvement in ease-of-use. If/when Linux starts to make real in-roads into the desktop space, there'll be commercial incentive to pay people to craft nice interfaces to existing utilities... until then we'll have to make do, or develop the coding skills needed to create nice interfaces and build 'wrappers' for powerful but unwieldy utilities... All the above is just my opinion, of course, and be aware that I am NOT a hard-core linux geek (yet). I'm trying to get there, though... every time I boot Windows these days, I feel a sense of defeat... I'll get there! = ~~~ 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!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] startx bug in LM72
Dear friends: I just noticed that on my LM72, typing any of the following login commands at the console: $startx kde $startx gnome $startx xfce will automatically take you ICEWM instead of to their respective desktops or window managers. This is obviously a bug of some sort. I hope somebody at Mandrake notices it. Note especially that to log into xfce you must type the SINGLE command: $startxfce Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] not enough arguments for update-menus
hi,
the folks on the expert list couldn't help,
so thought someone here might know:
i tried to run update-menus, after installing kde2.1 but i get the
following error message
Not enough arguments for mkdir at /usr/bin/removekdesysmenu.pl line 42,
near ""${kdehome}/share/applnk/$file")"
Execution of /usr/bin/removekdesysmenu.pl aborted due to compilation
errors.
the line in removekdesysmenu.pl is just
mkdir ("${kdehome}/share/applnk/$file");
i have done an export $KDEHOME="$HOME/.kde" so
not sure what argument is missing, unless it is $file.
i have also made sure that there is a link from
/usr/share/applnk to /usr/share/applnk.kde
so it should get $file.
anyone know what is going on?
i have a hybrid mandrake 7.0/7.2/other install
thanks,
j
[newbie] win98, zone alarm and mandrake 7.2
Hi all My home network consists of: cable modem -win98 with zone alarm-mandrake 7.2 Currently I have to shut down zone alarm to access the web from the linux box. Not the best solution. I know. I've got it backwards. The linux box should be set up as the firewall but I've only been using it for 8 days and there is a bit of a learning curve. Any and all other suggestions are welcome. Thanks Brian
Re: [newbie] grub
finally got it to work thanks to everyones help. Much appreciated can't say enough thanks. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] grub Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:10:51 -0500 use your Windows boot disk to start your computer and at the A:\ prompt issue the command to clean your boot sector - "fdisk /mbr" that will take care of it. Mark robert macdonald wrote: Yes I tried that But I get "Error: Unrecognized command" From: Jean-Louis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] grub Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:46:25 -0500 Did you do a "fdisk /mbr" to clean to boot sector? On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, you wrote: Hello, Long story short...tried to dualboot LM 7.2 with NT4. Really messed up! Now all I get is "grub" with a command prompt after it. Tried fdisk and format to no avail. Just want to install LM 7.2 on clean hdd. Can any one please give me some info? VERY new to Linux. Thanks in advance, Rob _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] win98, zone alarm and mandrake 7.2
Brian, Heres what I do, I run a little 14 port hub so each computer is seperate. Also if you call @home tech support and ask for a 2nd level tech they can give you a static IP in a bout 1 minute, and it doesn't cost anyting. Hope this helps. Jeff On Sunday 18 March 2001 17:41, you wrote: Hi all My home network consists of: cable modem -win98 with zone alarm-mandrake 7.2 Currently I have to shut down zone alarm to access the web from the linux box. Not the best solution. I know. I've got it backwards. The linux box should be set up as the firewall but I've only been using it for 8 days and there is a bit of a learning curve. Any and all other suggestions are welcome. Thanks Brian
Re: [newbie] List Adminstration question
The best way to get off the list is to put your PC out on your front lawn. Leave it there for about a week, week and a half, then bring it back in. You shouldn't be bothered by this list anymore at that point. On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:58:56 -, you wrote: Can somebody please tell me how to get off this list ? I have been trying for weeks and its starting to really bug me. Since the list mailer doesnt change any of the mail headers, I do not know what address it is sending to and so cant cancel it since it only works by FULL email address. I get all mail to the domain aifusionextreme.netscapeonline.co.uk and could have used anything@aif. Please end my subscription to thsi list now.
[newbie] Can't install WINE
When I try to install WINE it says that I have to install glibc 2.2.2 first. I have found that rpm and tryed to install it but glibc sayes that it needs ldconfig. I check it out and found that ldconfig is installed on my system. Does anyone know why glibc can't see it? Branislav ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
[newbie] some possible error in cdrecord
Dear lm record user: If we see cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain, Can not send SCSI cmd via ioctl should I stop or let it go on I put in a cd rw disk with some files (probably windowME format) then I issue cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=all 8.0beta2CD1.i586.iso I ever meet such error with disk having some file(probably also windows) in 7.2 , then I replace a whole new cd-rw disk then no error appear in record. need help sincere eric
Re: [newbie] Installing LM 7.2 on a Sony Vaio Laptop
Okay...I am officially a moron. The CD's were corrupt alright...corrupt with dirt and grime. Nothing a little elbow grease couldn't fix. So, in spite of my pea-size brain, I am in the ball game...LM 7.2 is installed on my Sony Vaio PCG-F160. Now, I got one more question: The LCD display is working OK with the Generic LCD 1024x786 resolution XFree86 driver. Would I be better off with the Neomagic driver with the XFCom server? Keep in mind, I'm not new to Linux. A little down-n-dirty configuration doesn't scare me. I have been using Linux for some time now, just new at the whole laptop thing. And beside I usually get better responses in the Newbie mailing list (go figure). thank you every one, -jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I an inclined to agree with your suggestion of corrupt CD (s), I installed 7.2 on my Vaio PCG - F250 with no problems at all, it was (before upgrade) very similar spec i.e:- Celeron 366 32mb Ram 4.3Gb HD Don't know about the F160 but mine uses Neomagic sound and video cards and has a 13.0" XGA HPA screen On Sunday 18 March 2001 05:16, you elegantly scribed: snip Anyway, to get to the point, what I found is my copy of Mandrake 7.2 had some corrupt files on it, On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, you managed to utter: I am have problem installing LM 7.2 on my Laptop. System Info: Sony Vaio PCG-F160 300 MHz P2 64 MB Ram 4 GB Fujitsu HD During installation it will do one of the following three things: 1) Hangs-up* on installing gpm 2) Hangs-up* on installing grep 3) Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gpm, grep, perl-base - so, I click "Go On". Then Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gtk+, rpm , slang, util-linx, SysVinit - again I click "Go On". Finally, it hangs-up* on installing grub * - what I mean by "hangs-up" is that the machine will do nothing other than turn the cooling fan on and off, for more than 30 min when I reboot. This means no HD operation, no CD-ROM movement, and no screen change. All power managements is turned off in the BIOS. These LM 7.2 CD's were created some time in early January (I think). It doesn't matter what type of installation I choose, one of the above three things will occur. Any help will greatly be appreciated, -jason
Re: [newbie] Installing LM 7.2 on a Sony Vaio Laptop
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:05:39 -0500, you wrote: Okay...I am officially a moron. Don't worry, it gets way easier once you're past the denial stage ;-) peace, Rog
Re: [newbie] KPPP problems (update)
Another kind user suggested I try 'ifup ppp0'. Unfortunately, I had to ctl-c out of it and I got an error 8 when it couldn't actiate the interface. I haven't figured out what that exactly means yet. So I thought maybe I should try re-loading the pcmcia package (I'm having the same issue with my formerly working laptop). I noticed 'lynx' the text based browser. So I thought I'd try to laucnh that. I did so at first without launching kppp. Just to see. Couldn't find the linux-mandrake site of course. So I then launched kppp via the 'internet' icon on the KDE desktop. After it connected I restarted Lynx. Lo and behold!!! There's a response! Then I started netscape and it too was ok! I quit lynx and held my breath. All was still good! Now dear souls, any ideas why Lynx started ok and Netscape never did? The question too, will it start netscape again if I reboot, or will I have to launch Lynx, then netscape? I'll have to try this on the desktop when I get home next week. pete
[newbie] Login screen options
[Mandrake 7.2] On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Go to the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d. You will see that the contents are text files with names like 01KDE, 02GNOME and 06XFce, depending on what you have installed. If you have an environment installed that is not represented by one of these files, add a file with a filename beginning with a unique two digit number followed by its name (e.g. 07IceWM). The contents should look like this (depending on the WM): NAME=IceWM ICON=icewm-wmsession.xpm EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm DESC=Lightweight desktop environment SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm After you have made entries for all your desktop environments, run (as root) "/usr/sbin/chksession -l". Reboot and all should be well. Ok, still trying to correct the problem...I have fixed the "locale" error from my first attempt but still have a problem with the WM selection box on the graphical login screen. I created the files listed below: - [/etc/X11/wmsession.d] -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 - ...and run 'chksession -l' and get this: chksession -l Xfce default failsafe Now when I log in the drop box appears just like that - the three WMs listed on one line, comma separated. Naturally this doesn't work and it defaults to Twm again. Perhaps something corrupted in the script which parses the three files above? Perhaps tell me where that script is located and where to find it on the CD so I can replace it? -Ross -- http://bunyip.apana.org.au/~rosco http://lodge.bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No. 9391313][change borg to org to email] A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
Re: [newbie] win98, zone alarm and mandrake 7.2
If you want to leave the W98 box as your web gateway, reset ZA to low local security and medium internet security. Not ideal, I agree, but not everyone in the family is prepared to dump MS. If you use KDE as your desktop, the learning curve is pretty shallow. Check out Mandrake User (www.mandrakeuser.org). P On 18 Mar 2001, at 16:41, Brian wrote: Hi all My home network consists of: cable modem -win98 with zone alarm-mandrake 7.2 Currently I have to shut down zone alarm to access the web from the linux box. Not the best solution. I know. I've got it backwards. The linux box should be set up as the firewall but I've only been using it for 8 days and there is a bit of a learning curve. Any and all other suggestions are welcome. Thanks Brian
[newbie] Sound cards with Linux
Hi there, I would like some help with soundcards and Linux. Here's what I did... logged in under root typed in sndconfig it recognized a sound card saying Equinox and some numbers it then said it wasn't recognized by Linux and then quit I did this typed in sndconfig --nodected (or something like that, can't remember it was a few days ago) looked for my sound card, which is the SoundBlaster 128 (PCI). It was listed, I selected it, it said gave me some selections and it did NOT work. Does Linux support a ISA sound card...I am thinking of getting the SoundBlaster 64 ISA card to save a PCI slot for a network card I am getting. I know they make a SoundBlaster 64 PCI. Will it work with an ISA card? Thanks = 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!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] KPPP problems (update 2)
I got kicked off the net. Then I closed all the windows, clicked on 'internet', after it minimized, I clicked on netscape, and guess what, I got connected! I'll have to try this tomorrow after a re-boot. I'm on my work laptop, so I shutdown and have to take it to work, bummer eh? pete
Re: [newbie] Sound cards with Linux
Yep. -s On Sunday 18 March 2001 09:18 pm, you wrote: Hi there, I would like some help with soundcards and Linux. Here's what I did... logged in under root typed in sndconfig it recognized a sound card saying Equinox and some numbers it then said it wasn't recognized by Linux and then quit I did this typed in sndconfig --nodected (or something like that, can't remember it was a few days ago) looked for my sound card, which is the SoundBlaster 128 (PCI). It was listed, I selected it, it said gave me some selections and it did NOT work. Does Linux support a ISA sound card...I am thinking of getting the SoundBlaster 64 ISA card to save a PCI slot for a network card I am getting. I know they make a SoundBlaster 64 PCI. Will it work with an ISA card? Thanks = 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!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Login screen options
Ross, Perhaps the numbers at the start of the filenames are the problem, although I wouldn't think so. I have the files 01KDE, 02GNOME, 06XFce and 07IceWM. Their contents are as follows: -- 01KDE -- NAME=KDE ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm DESC=The K Desktop Environment EXEC=/usr/bin/startkde SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/startkde _ -- 02GNOME -- NAME=GNOME ICON=gnome-wmsession.xpm DESC=GNOME EXEC=/usr/bin/gnome-session SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/gnome-session __ -- 03XFce -- NAME=XFce ICON=xfce-wmsession.xpm EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce DESC=Lightweight desktop environment SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce __ -- 07IceWM -- NAME=IceWM ICON=icewm-wmsession.xpm EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm DESC=Lightweight desktop environment SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm ___ I hope this helps. On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:40, Ross Slade wrote: [Mandrake 7.2] On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Go to the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d. You will see that the contents are text files with names like 01KDE, 02GNOME and 06XFce, depending on what you have installed. If you have an environment installed that is not represented by one of these files, add a file with a filename beginning with a unique two digit number followed by its name (e.g. 07IceWM). The contents should look like this (depending on the WM): NAME=IceWM ICON=icewm-wmsession.xpm EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm DESC=Lightweight desktop environment SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm After you have made entries for all your desktop environments, run (as root) "/usr/sbin/chksession -l". Reboot and all should be well. Ok, still trying to correct the problem...I have fixed the "locale" error from my first attempt but still have a problem with the WM selection box on the graphical login screen. I created the files listed below: - [/etc/X11/wmsession.d] -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 - ...and run 'chksession -l' and get this: chksession -l Xfce default failsafe Now when I log in the drop box appears just like that - the three WMs listed on one line, comma separated. Naturally this doesn't work and it defaults to Twm again. Perhaps something corrupted in the script which parses the three files above? Perhaps tell me where that script is located and where to find it on the CD so I can replace it? -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
Re: [newbie] Sound cards with Linux
Your card *should* have been detected without any trouble. Have you tried turning off the "PnP OS" (or something similar) setting in your BIOS? AFAIK, the SoundBlaster PCI128 is supported. The SB AWE64 (ISA) is well supported as well (I have one and it works perfectly). On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:18, Derek Rayne wrote: Hi there, I would like some help with soundcards and Linux. Here's what I did... logged in under root typed in sndconfig it recognized a sound card saying Equinox and some numbers it then said it wasn't recognized by Linux and then quit I did this typed in sndconfig --nodected (or something like that, can't remember it was a few days ago) looked for my sound card, which is the SoundBlaster 128 (PCI). It was listed, I selected it, it said gave me some selections and it did NOT work. Does Linux support a ISA sound card...I am thinking of getting the SoundBlaster 64 ISA card to save a PCI slot for a network card I am getting. I know they make a SoundBlaster 64 PCI. Will it work with an ISA card? Thanks = 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!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- 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
