[newbie-it] rpm, compatibilità tra versioni
Ciao a tutti, qualcuno potrebbe chiarirmi le idee brevemente circa la compatibilità tra le versioni degli rpm. Mdk 8 (rpm 4.0) è 99% compatibile Red Hat 7.x (ma la 7.0 ha rpm 4.0, la 7.1 ha rpm 4.0.2), si dice. Quindi gli rpm sono compatibili con le minor release in avanti (posso mettere un 4.0.2 in una distro con 4.0)? Però quando ho tentato di aggiornare la 7.1 (rpm 3.0.4) con aggiornamenti KDE per la 7.2 (3.0.5) distribuiti da LinuxC il processo non è andato a buon fine. Ora ho provato ad installare sulla Mdk 8: xbill della 7.1 e un rpm 3.0.4 creato da me dal programma, mi installa solo forzando le dipendenze di librerie: ho letto che qualcosa non andave nel 4.0 di RH 7, è forse questo? Che files dovrei aggiornare? Grazie, Fabio.
Re: [newbie-it] KDE non parte piu'
Il 19:32, venerdì 08 giugno 2001, hai scritto: allora la risposta e' si ..root riesce ad entrare e non mi da nessun problema...mentre se entro come utente si blocca!!ora come posso fare? Uhm.. l'ho provata solo una volta, ma e` *molto* distruttiva... in pratica elimina tutte le configurazioni del KDE.. se non hai altre soluzioni, provala (loggato come utente!): cd ~ rm -Rf .kde rm .kderc -- Ciao Mr_Brain - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Cambiare i permessi
Il 03:01, sabato 09 giugno 2001, Corrado ha scritto: Esiste un sistema rapido per modificare i permessi (user e group) di tutti i file contenuti in una directory? chmod xxx yyy * chown utente.gruppo * non vanno bene? ;- -- Ciao Mr_Brain - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] KDE non parte piu'
Il 18:08, sabato 09 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Il 19:32, venerdì 08 giugno 2001, hai scritto: allora la risposta e' si ..root riesce ad entrare e non mi da nessun problema...mentre se entro come utente si blocca!!ora come posso fare? Uhm.. l'ho provata solo una volta, ma e` *molto* distruttiva... in pratica elimina tutte le configurazioni del KDE.. se non hai altre soluzioni, provala (loggato come utente!): cd ~ rm -Rf .kde rm .kderc Beh, forse questa soluzione è un po' troppo drastica. Prova prima a cancellare singoli file di configurazione, nella speranza di azzeccare quale file crea il problema. Da quel che hai raccontato, il sistema si blocca durante la fase di avvio del KDE, quindi probabilmente nella fase di recupero delle impostazioni del Desktop. Puoi provare a rimuovere i file 'kdeglobals' e 'kdesktoprc' dalla cartella .kde/share/config/ contenuta nella cartella home del tuo account utente: se questa soluzione funziona, potresti evitare di perdere completamente ogni e qualsiasi configurazione già impostata di KDE, ma solo quelle strettamente indispensabili per eliminare il guaio... Ciao! Daniele
[newbie-it] Shockwave Flash
Salve di nuovo, ho installato il plugin Shockwave Flash 5.0 r47 per il Netscape (che lo vede correttamente col consueto comando about:plugins). Ma non riesco ad usarlo col Konqueror che, regolarmente, mi apre la pagina di Macromedia ogni volta che capito su un sito con elementi Flash. Come devo fare per usare questo plugin con il Konqueror? Ho letto la risposta a questa domanda su kde.org, ma lì riparte dalla ricompilazione dei pacchetti dal sorgente... mi pare strano che la Mandrake abbia distribuito una versione di Konqueror col supporto per i plugin Netscape disabilitato... Ancora un grazie anticipato a chi vorrà rispondermi... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] KDE non parte piu'
Il 13:13, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Il 18:08, sabato 09 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Il 19:32, venerdì 08 giugno 2001, hai scritto: allora la risposta e' si ..root riesce ad entrare e non mi da nessun problema...mentre se entro come utente si blocca!!ora come posso fare? Uhm.. l'ho provata solo una volta, ma e` *molto* distruttiva... in pratica elimina tutte le configurazioni del KDE.. se non hai altre soluzioni, provala (loggato come utente!): cd ~ rm -Rf .kde rm .kderc Beh, forse questa soluzione è un po' troppo drastica. Prova prima a cancellare singoli file di configurazione, nella speranza di azzeccare quale file crea il problema. Da quel che hai raccontato, il sistema si blocca durante la fase di avvio del KDE, quindi probabilmente nella fase di recupero delle impostazioni del Desktop. Puoi provare a rimuovere i file 'kdeglobals' e 'kdesktoprc' dalla cartella .kde/share/config/ contenuta nella cartella home del tuo account utente: se questa soluzione funziona, potresti evitare di perdere completamente ogni e qualsiasi configurazione già impostata di KDE, ma solo quelle strettamente indispensabili per eliminare il guaio... Ciao! Daniele ciao :o sono riuscito a risolvere il problema seguendo i consigli di Daniele (un grazie a te in particolare Daniele), cmq ho notato che questo tipo di problemi si riscontrano anche modificando l'interfaccia di KDE quindi scrivo questa mail, oltre che per ringraziare tutti quelli che mi hanno aiutato, anche per i neofiti assoluti che potrebbero avere il mio stesso problema, magari smanettando con i colori, i bottoni, etc etc di KDE ancora grazie a tutti e byee!!! ;o)
[newbie-it] scheda audio
ho installato da poco mandrake 8.0, ho una scheda audio yamaha xwawe 576 PCI che non riesco a far funzionare qualcuno può dirmi come fare ? grazie infinite
Re: [newbie-it] scheda audio
Il 16:47, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: ho installato da poco mandrake 8.0, ho una scheda audio yamaha xwawe 576 PCI che non riesco a far funzionare qualcuno può dirmi come fare ? grazie infinite Ciao, Linux-Mandrake ti riconosce la scheda ma poi non funziona, o non la riconosce affatto? E, in ogni caso, hai disabilitato la voce PnP OS nel BIOS? Daniele
[newbie-it] Aggiornamenti
Approfittando di una connessione ADSL, ho scaricato in breve tempo tutti i pacchetti RPM di aggiornamento forniti finora dalla Mandrake. Ma, quando provo ad installarli tramite il Mandrake Update (creando una nuova fonte locale), l'operazione non riesce: il programma mi restituisce un generico errore quando tenta di recuperare i files per installarli. Da cosa può dipendere? E, soprattutto, c'è un modo per risolvere il problema? (non sarebbe male poter avere una copia su CD dei pacchetti di aggiornamento, da tenere a portata di mano in caso di reinstallazione o di installazione di Linux su un altro PC...) Grazie in anticipo! Daniele Micci
[newbie-it] Plug-in per Xmms
Ciao a tutti del NG! Ho scaricato dalla rete il plug-in per xmms per ascoltare i file vqf ma... quando do ./configuretutto ok ma qundo do make ottengo una serie infinita di /bin/sh: glib-config command not found Come faccio a sistemare il tutto? (uso Mandrake 8.0) Antonio Forzieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] (main) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mobile) PGP Keys available on demand Ma io, John, sono un semplice gabbiano, mentre tu...` ... sarei l'unico figlio del Grande gabbiano?` [...] Ad un tratto, il gabbiano Fletcher, si rese conto che il suo amico non era piu' divino di quanto lui stesso non fosse. (R. Bach)
Re: [newbie-it] Back up mdk 8.0
Io utilizzo Drive image che è un ottimo programma ( Windows, se ti interessa ) per creare immagini di HD. Lo si puo utilizzare avendo anche solo i dischi floppy di avvio da DOS piu' un secondo floppy che contiene il programma . Entrambi i floppy li puoi' creare durante l'installazione su win. Saluti francesco - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Back up mdk 8.0 ciao, qualcuno, per caso, conosce un prg che crei immagini del hd in modo che se serve si possa ripristinare il tutto senza reinstallareoppure un prg di back-up che si comporti bene :o) come sempre grazie a tutti e...vi saluto by Spider
Re: [newbie-it] scheda audio
Il 22:57, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: mandrake 8.0 non riconosce esattamente la scheda audio, io ho anche quella integrata nella scheda madre ( i810 ) che mandrake riconosce esattamente, ma nessuna delle due funziona. la prima è una yamaha xwawe 573 pci. grazie per i vs suggerimenti Massimo Terreni Ciao Massimo, un paio di domande per capire meglio: la tua scheda è compatibile con la SB16? Hai disabilitato la voce PnP OS Installed (o analoga) nel BIOS? Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Server sonoro
Il 17:12, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: [CUT] artsd e' in esecuzione? hai controllato le kdelibs e le kdemultimedia? rpm -qa |grep kdelibs rpm -qa |grep kdemultimedia e controlli le versioni Succede anche a me (e non ci ho ancora messo mano) ho appena upgradato alla mdk8 e ho le kdelibs 2.1.1-7 e le kdemultimedia 2.1.1-5 le kdelibs sembrerebbero piu' nuove ma fondamentalmente sembra mi sia scomparso l'artsd (ma non e' un problema, gia' lo killavo prima perche' a volte mi dava dei problemi con l'xmms) non so darti altre info, sorry bye Ciao Freefred, grazie dell'aiuto. Ho effettuato le verifiche che mi avevi consigliato, e le versioni delle librerie sono a posto. Artsd, invece, non risultava in esecuzione. Ho fatto altre prove, ed allafine ho provato a disabilitare la voce Avvia server sonoro con priorità realtime; ora artsd è in esecuzione! Al prossimo riavvio di KDE, ne verificherò il corretto funzionamento... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Server sonoro
Il 05:35, lunedì 11 giugno 2001, avevo scritto: [CUT] Ciao Freefred, grazie dell'aiuto. Ho effettuato le verifiche che mi avevi consigliato, e le versioni delle librerie sono a posto. Artsd, invece, non risultava in esecuzione. Ho fatto altre prove, ed allafine ho provato a disabilitare la voce Avvia server sonoro con priorità realtime; ora artsd è in esecuzione! Al prossimo riavvio di KDE, ne verificherò il corretto funzionamento... Daniele Come non detto! Con quell'operazione il server artsd era resuscitato. Ma dopo il riavvio il problema si è ripresentato... Evidentemente la soluzione è un'altra! (elementare, Watson!) Daniele
[newbie-it] Ancora sulla RAM video
Ciao, grazie a tutti per le risposte relative al problema per cui avevo scritto a questa lista. Ho verificato nel file XF86config che la RAM video è correttamente impostata a 32768; evidentemente, è solo una errata segnalazione dell'Hard Drake (era da lì che avevo visto l'impostazione a 16 MB)... Però, analizzando la parte del XF86config relativa alle schede grafiche, mi sono sorti un paio di duddi su cui vorrei - se possibile - chiedere qualche chiarimento. La sezione compare così: # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section Device Identifier Generic VGA Chipset generic EndSection Section Device Identifier Matrox Millennium G400 VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown #Chipset mgag400 VideoRam32768 # Clock lines (...) Ecco i miei dubbi: 1. Perchè compare una Generic VGA, accanto alla Matrox? E' normale? Oppure devo eliminare questo inutile doppione? 2. Perchè la voce ' Chipset mgag400 ' è commentata? 3. Non compare alcuna indicazione 'Driver mga ' ... devo inserirla? (tra l'altro, ho provato a caricare tuxracer, e va ad una lentezza mostruosa!!! forse l'assenza di questa riga impedisce al server X di utilizzare l'accelerazione 3D per la mia scheda?) Come sempre, un enorme GRAZIE a chi vorrà rispondermi! Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] KDE non parte piu'
Il 18:42, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Il 16:22, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: [CUT] ciao :o sono riuscito a risolvere il problema seguendo i consigli di Daniele (un grazie a te in particolare Daniele), cmq ho notato che questo tipo di problemi si riscontrano anche modificando l'interfaccia di KDE quindi scrivo questa mail, oltre che per ringraziare tutti quelli che mi hanno aiutato, anche per i neofiti assoluti che potrebbero avere il mio stesso problema, magari smanettando con i colori, i bottoni, etc etc di KDE ancora grazie a tutti e byee!!! ;o) Ciao Marco, grazie a te per i ringraziamenti (quasi imbarazzanti, ma fa sempre molto piacere riceverli). Come ti sarai accorto, il bello di Linux è proprio che esiste una assistenza tecnica diffusa... ;-) C'è, tra gli utenti, molta più collaborazione di quanta non ce ne sia tra gli utenti di altri SO; forse, visto che manca un proprietario (nel senso classico del termine) del software, a tutti noi sembra che Linux, in fondo, appartenga a tutti ed a ciascuno di noi... Spero che la tua esperienza di neo-utente prosegua: da quando ho scoperto Linux, ho relegato Windows ad un ruolo decisamente marginale. Linux è più difficile, ma è anche molto più divertente! Tornando alla tua email, invece, non ho capito l'accenno alla modifica dell'interfaccia KDE: il problema si ripresenta se provi a modificare i colori del KDE? Daniele salve ancora a tuttiallora Daniele (mi rivolgo a te ma e' come se mi rivolgessi alla list ;o) ) se ricordi il mio problema era nato da un live-update e non partiva piu' KDE da utentenon essendomi arrivata l'e-mail in aiuto in tempo :P ho deciso di re-installare tutto (domenica non sapevo cosa fare ed allora.) finito il setup ho cominciato a smanettare con i coloriprecisamente con il centro di controllo/Stiletanto per personalizzare un po' il mio pinguino (ricordo che ho mdk 8.0) ad un certo punto e' sparita la barra in basso allora ho riavviato il serverX e..e' capitata la stessa cosa non partiva piu' (da utente) allora ho messo in pratica il consiglio ricevuto per e-mail poco prima :) e tutto e' tornato ok grazie ancora a tutti e ciaaa!!!
Re: [newbie-it] Aggiornamenti
Il 20:50, domenica 10 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Approfittando di una connessione ADSL, ho scaricato in breve tempo tutti i pacchetti RPM di aggiornamento forniti finora dalla Mandrake. Ma, quando provo ad installarli tramite il Mandrake Update (creando una nuova fonte locale), l'operazione non riesce: il programma mi restituisce un generico errore quando tenta di recuperare i files per installarli. Da cosa può dipendere? E, soprattutto, c'è un modo per risolvere il problema? (non sarebbe male poter avere una copia su CD dei pacchetti di aggiornamento, da tenere a portata di mano in caso di reinstallazione o di installazione di Linux su un altro PC...) Grazie in anticipo! Daniele Micci mi associo...e aggiungo che a me hanno dato lo stesso problema facendo il live-update da un server mirrorgrazie! by Spider
[newbie-it] scheda audio
mandrake 8.0 non riconosce esattamente la scheda audio, io ho anche quella integrata nella scheda madre ( i810 ) che mandrake riconosce esattamente, ma nessuna delle due funziona. la prima una yamaha xwawe 573 pci. grazie per i vs suggerimenti Massimo Terreni
[newbie] Total System Lock-up with MD 7.2
Hi Folks, My "lock-up" problem has been evident in every attempt over the last few weeks to Install MD 7.2 "lock-up" occurs only in the X-windows system and occurs in both Gnome and KDE. It is a TOTAL System "lock-up" and the entire system just freezes. A reboot is necessary to continue. My Configuration is:- TI6NL Pentium II 233MHz 440LX ATX Motherboard, chip set Intel 82440LX. 72MB SDRAM S3 Virge GX2 Video card with chip set 86C357 and installed in AGP slot. Creative Soundblaster PCI 128 in PCI slot ( and it works very nicely) LT Win Modem in PCI slot (it has not been configured) My efforts to date:- I have tried many different types of MD 7.2 Installation, all have proceeded very well with no problems. The end result is a very nice installation of MD 7.2, but NO change to my Lock-up problem. I have tried some variations with Partitioning during Install, but NO change. I have tried various XFree86 Server combinations for my S3 Virge video card including the S3V server. No change to my problem. I have looked through the Mailing list archives for this problem, but while there has been a few close and similar problems, the solutions offered have not cured my problem. I have removed my Ethernet card and a serial comms card (Comms 3 and 4) both were PCI, but neither were next door to the AGP card. The PCI slot next to the AGP slot is vacant. I thought I had made some improvement when I removed these last two cards, possibly the incidence of "lock-up" is somewhat less, but it still happens. I have looked through all of the .log files I can find, not a mention anywhere. Exactly what happens:- I can move around quite freely in KDE opening various files and programs. Netscape opens and I can load many thing into this. However my standard test now is to open the Xterm in KDE. This opens OK, but as soon as I attempt to re-size it MANUALLY, the system will "lock-up". I can use Xterm and open it to a full size window, it is only the MANUAL resizing of this and other terminal windows in KDE and Gnome that results in system "Lock-up" I also have random Lock-ups, alwayswhen I am changing the Window content. I would appreciate some assistance in resolving this irritating problem. Gordon Stewart
[newbie] Icons in Konq? And other Konq questions
Konqueror is the coolest browser I've ever seen, and one of the neat features is that it seems to pick up icons from the websites it visits. How do I get it to do that with my website? Second question: How do I get Java to work with it? This is LM8.0 on i386. Java just doesn't seem to run when I visit Java pages. Third question: Any hope for Shockwave? Unfortunately, an increasing number of companies have abandoned using HTML entirely, and no longer have websites, but have Shockwave sites. This is lame, but that's how it is. Any way to view it with LM8.0? Thanks
[newbie] re-install
One problem I have ran into when re-installing mandrake 7.2 is that whatever problems I had with the first install would ocour again when I tried to re-install a second time. I am dual booting win95. I found that if I went into dos and typed fdisk /mbr then did a fresh install it went well. I don't know why but it worked. Also I had to use text mode as linux or lin4win would give me a message saying my system resources were low. This may help someone who is haveing trouble with a re-install or a system with low resources. Also I have an SB16 sound card. I could't get it to work as SB16 so I tried Ensonic soundscape vivo. This worked. Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours!
[newbie] mandrake 8 installation lock up during configure x
Over the past few days, I have been attempting to install Mandrake 8 on a system which will only use mandrake. After all downloads (i am doing it via ftp) complete without a problem, the last step, configure x, causes drakx to lock up. I have tried to install several different times with varied results. The freeze happens usually after I select the video card and monitor, and then when it goes to test the selected resolution, the mouse freezes in place, the keyboard is unresponsive, the menu on the left disappears, and the text box in the middle disappears. The only exception to this was the last time I attempted installation, and when it tried to test it, drakx gave an error that /dev/mem was not found. Since I am a complete newbie at linux, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
RE: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE
José Maria wants to know if there is an rdsi modem that will work in Mandrake 7.2. (not a windmodem) I have no idea what an rdsimodem is, so maybe someone can help him out. -Paul R Hola estoy hasta los cojones de ver correo en ingles yo he gastado 17000 pts en una version de mandrake 7.2 y no tengo soperte de ningunna forma en español y eso que solo quiero saber si hay algun moden rdsi que funcione con mandrake 7.2 es decir que no sea winmoden pues no me importa comprar otro moden rdsi si en verdad esiste un moden rdsi que funciona con mandrake _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE
RDSI means ISDN in Spanish. - Original Message - From: Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE José Maria wants to know if there is an rdsi modem that will work in Mandrake 7.2. (not a windmodem) I have no idea what an rdsimodem is, so maybe someone can help him out. -Paul R Hola estoy hasta los cojones de ver correo en ingles yo he gastado 17000 pts en una version de mandrake 7.2 y no tengo soperte de ningunna forma en español y eso que solo quiero saber si hay algun moden rdsi que funcione con mandrake 7.2 es decir que no sea winmoden pues no me importa comprar otro moden rdsi si en verdad esiste un moden rdsi que funciona con mandrake _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] LM8.0
I was thinking about buying 8.0 but wanted to hear from some who already have it Is it worth the money or should i wait thanks greg __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Networking problem
Try going here.. Mandrake has that file,, http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=rpc.nfsdsubmit=Searc h+... did you install nfs-utils ??? regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Lewis Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2001 10:08 PM To: Linux Newbie Subject: [newbie] Networking problem I have networked my two machines together and can ping each of them successfully. I'm trying to set up network file sharing and have edited the /etc/exports file to read /usr *.localdomain and /home *.localdomain I have also edited the /fstab files to read: machinename:/usr/usr nfs defaults and machinename:/home/home nfs defaults The problem i have is the book I'm using, which is the only one I could find to tell me how to enable network file sharing without setting up a network file server, says to run the rpc.nfsd daemon and to edit the startup file to do it automatically. The problem is I cannot find rpc.nfsd. The book was written for Slackware, but that's all I could find. Any suggestions? michael
Re: [newbie] Networking problem
I installed every option on 7.1 and 7.2 That file does not exist on either machine. Could it be called something else? Thanks On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, you wrote: Try going here.. Mandrake has that file,, http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=rpc.nfsdsubmit=Sear c h+... did you install nfs-utils ??? regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Lewis Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2001 10:08 PM To: Linux Newbie Subject: [newbie] Networking problem I have networked my two machines together and can ping each of them successfully. I'm trying to set up network file sharing and have edited the /etc/exports file to read /usr *.localdomain and /home *.localdomain I have also edited the /fstab files to read: machinename:/usr/usr nfs defaults and machinename:/home/home nfs defaults The problem i have is the book I'm using, which is the only one I could find to tell me how to enable network file sharing without setting up a network file server, says to run the rpc.nfsd daemon and to edit the startup file to do it automatically. The problem is I cannot find rpc.nfsd. The book was written for Slackware, but that's all I could find. Any suggestions? michael
[newbie] isdn + lm 8
How I configure my isdn card (a teles pci) to work with LM8 ?
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problems
I am getting here late, but have you tried, prior to using kppp to connect, modprobe ppp_async? Your situation sounds like the one I was in with LM8.0b1, the ppp0 module didn't exist, ppp_async didn't load for some reason, I had to load it manually everytime. I got the pppd server died unexpectedly right after the connection should have been established. modprobe ppp_async (as su of course) also loads ppp_generic. Hope this helps, Ben On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, you wrote: Okay I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the kppp (kde) dial frontend, I can`t connect to the internet, I keep getting pppd server died unexpectedly errors?...I`ve gone into /etc/ppp/options and looked at the file. I have been told to change the `auth` command to `#auth` or `noauth` but to no avail. Also when I ran `ifconfig` in the terminal I got the following but no `ppp0` entry? [palisade@localhost palisade]$ su - Password:[Root@localhost /root]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D3:62:8F inet addr:172.0.0.1 Bcast:172.0.0.225 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:10 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 erros:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 [root@localhost /root]# if config a a: error fetching interface information: Device not found [root@localhost /root]# I get ppp errors, timeouts and a connection that isn't really a connection! This is really getting me down. Please help. My pc spec follows: Desktop - Custom CPU : Athlon - 1.2Ghz Overclocked to 1425Mhz Manufactuer : Amd - Thunderbird RAM (Mo) : 256 - 133cas2 Crucial running at 152 Hard disk : I.B.M. - 46.1Gb Deskstar Video card : No record - 3dfx Voodoo 5500 AGP Sound card : Creative labs - SB Live Platinum CD / DVD ROM : No record - 54x cheapo Operating System : Mandrake - 7.2 Modem : Us Robotics - Sportster Flash 56k Printer : Epson - Colour Stylus 440 Also have Win98se Installed, managed by lilo boot manager In case you havn't noticed I am new to linux and need quite a but of help! Regards Chris Keegan Content-Type: text/html; name=unnamed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] Sound Dies in Enlightenment, Gnome and then KDE in LM8
I'm not getting any failed messages during boot up. I have too many audio packages installed. I think the basic installation CD installs too many options. Having about 10 audio tools is a bit much. I have noticed during the graphical boot up, whenever I see an unhappy face next to the star, it usually is followed by some sort of error. Is this true? This is strange, as I've never had problems with 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2. I'll keep every one posted. Oh yeah, on several occasions, when I logged out to console and typed in shutdown all, LM8 ran a systems performance check and froze at anacron. But that could be something else. I know the sound dies if I update libarts. Should I update kdelibs? Gnome and Enlightenment Has LM8 introduced a gremlin to my Linux box? Anyways, I have to go look for my can of Raid. Maybe it will help. I'll try your suggestions first as sound has never been a problem until libarts and too many sound modules came into the picture. Thanks for the tips. Roman civileme wrote: On Sunday 10 June 2001 12:19, Romanator wrote: Hi all, Argh.. Now my sound is gone in Gnome and KDE!! Enlightenment again. Which file configuration is causing this? Should I remove Gnome and Enlightnement and reinstall? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility If sound is dying, then it has to be a program that uses sound. Start with your mixers--test each one individually, then if they are good, your players, etc. One has to be bad, or perhaps evil. At one time we had sound dying if people touched gmix (like about 6.0, I think), but only with SB PCI 128s. Civileme -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] Fwd: OT:Mayor problems with MBR need help desp.
The fdisk /mbr command sets your MBR to refer to the boot record on the active partition. If you change the active partition later, this is the partition that will boot at startup. The WinNT loader is stored on the boot record of the partition that WInNT is installed, not on the MBR. You can do the same with other boot loaders like LILO and GRUB. When you configure these, write to your GNU/Linux partition and not to then MBR. Use a tool like fdisk to set your active partition to the one with that boot loader installed and then in DOS issue a fdisk /mbr. This method is much more flexible than writing to your MBR since the partition to be booted from can be changed simply by changing the active partition. If you are having problems with LILO or GRUB starting (preventing you from booting GNU/Linux), you can change the active partiton to your Windos partition using fdisk and then try to fix the problem from there. On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:33, Romanator wrote: Nope. It puts it back to it original state before Linux was installed. I tried it on NT4 machine with no problems. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility Michael Spivak wrote: if you'll do 'fdisk /mbr' you'll erase all your mbr data, including the WinNT OS Loader. -- 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] Can't get on-line
I'm using MD 8, KDE 2, and kppp. The modem is an external US Robotics 56k. Kppp says it has logged on successfully. However, I can't go anywhere after logging on with a browser. I tried Netscape and Konqueror and Mozilla. None seem to be able to go anywhere on the net. I tried addresses I know are good like Google and addresses from their bookmark list. I use the same primary and secondary DNS IPs that I use in W98's DUN where they work fine. I wrote about this earlier and was told to try: 1) Adding CR at the end of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets 2) Commenting out 'Gateway' line in /etc/sysconfig/network I used a '#' for the comment symbol and followed these instructions. I haven't tried e-mail or news aps yet. Any suggestions? Another modem program? TIA Ken
[newbie] Printing with 8
I can't seem to get my HP LJIII to print. The printer and cable work fine under DOS. It's connected to the only parallel port (lp0? - LP1 in DOS). I try to set up printing from KDE 2 and I get a choice of Postscript, a Deskjet series, or text-only. I choose text-only but can't print a test page. It doesn't even try - no blank page, no garbage, nothing. I can't print from Kmail either. In another thread someone suggested using Kups (Configuration - Printers - Kups. There is no 'Kups' choice on my system. I had told the original MD 8 install to load everything for a workstation. Any suggestions appreciated. In previous versions I selected my printer from a long list, told the computer which port, a printcap entry was made for me and I was printing in no time. I was disappointed in this new no-printer-choice set-up in MD 8. TIA Ken
RE: [newbie] Can't get on-line
Before you do anything else from a console prompt type in Ping 207.25.71.5 If you get back a reply, then your internet connection is set up and you are having DNS problems which is likely. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Knecht Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Can't get on-line I'm using MD 8, KDE 2, and kppp. The modem is an external US Robotics 56k. Kppp says it has logged on successfully. However, I can't go anywhere after logging on with a browser. I tried Netscape and Konqueror and Mozilla. None seem to be able to go anywhere on the net. I tried addresses I know are good like Google and addresses from their bookmark list. I use the same primary and secondary DNS IPs that I use in W98's DUN where they work fine. I wrote about this earlier and was told to try: 1) Adding CR at the end of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets 2) Commenting out 'Gateway' line in /etc/sysconfig/network I used a '#' for the comment symbol and followed these instructions. I haven't tried e-mail or news aps yet. Any suggestions? Another modem program? TIA Ken
Re: [newbie] SCSI emulation
On Sunday 10 June 2001 06:37, Roberto Herrero wrote: SCSI emulation doesn't work in my Macmillan LM 7.2 distribution because the module sr_mod.o is missing. As a consequence, my CD-burner is not operative. Sorry but that analysis is incorrect. sr_mod.o is not needed. Access it through /dev/scd0. There could be several other reasons your CD-R is not working in 7.2. I would have to see setup information for your specific machine but if it is not an LG and it is not sharing an IDE channel with a DVD or a CDROM, it will work, almost always. In those cases mentioned, an installation of kernel 2.2.19 is required and still some LGs don't work. Civileme Please can anybody tell me if that module is loaded by LM 8.0, or it is still missing in that version? Check out in /lib/modules/(mandrake_kernel_version)/scsi FWIW, it is there, but at file:/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi. And it still is not needed. Thank you very much, Roberto Herrero
Re: [newbie] LM8.0 installation
On Sunday 10 June 2001 00:46, ivan miranda wrote: I ordered a LM8.0,however to my dismay,I could not proceed form one step of installation.The boot CD will boot ,after loading the Ram disk and it gives error and aborts the installation.I confirmed that it was a CD problem.However LM support choose to ignore all my e-mails and fax asking for a replacement CDnot even a reply in spite of quoting my registration ID.Then i spent three full days trying to down load cd1...and finally suceeded. My next problem is that ,the software cannot mount the SCSI cd drive.The SCSI card i have is BUSlogic BT-946C.The CD boots from the drive,BUs logic card is detected then it gives me an error saying no Cdrom device found.I tried to boot from a boot disk made with windoz and booted from it.Here also the SCSI card was detected,then i get an error sayingI could not mount a CD on device /dev/scd0.The CDrom i have is plexter PX-8XCS.However LM7.2 loads and runs verywell in this same setup. I need some help on this. OK as soon as you boot, hit ctrl-alt-f2 and modprobe BusLogic without the quotes. If that doesn't work, you will need to put the BusLogic driver (a kernel module) on a floppy and hit F1 at the splash screen then type expert (without the quotes) and put the floppy in at the next screen. Civileme QA Team - Ivan Miranda General Instrument Engineer/IT support Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar Ph:974-4402524/4402773 Fax:974-4323380
Re: [newbie] Total System Lock-up with MD 7.2
On Saturday 09 June 2001 06:31, Gordon Stewart wrote: Hi Folks, My lock-up problem has been evident in every attempt over the last few weeks to Install MD 7.2 lock-up occurs only in the X-windows system and occurs in both Gnome and KDE. It is a TOTAL System lock-up and the entire system just freezes. A reboot is necessary to continue. My Configuration is:- TI6NL Pentium II 233MHz 440LX ATX Motherboard, chip set Intel 82440LX. 72MB SDRAM S3 Virge GX2 Video card with chip set 86C357 and installed in AGP slot. Creative Soundblaster PCI 128 in PCI slot ( and it works very nicely) LT Win Modem in PCI slot (it has not been configured) My efforts to date:- I have tried many different types of MD 7.2 Installation, all have proceeded very well with no problems. The end result is a very nice installation of MD 7.2, but NO change to my Lock-up problem. I have tried some variations with Partitioning during Install, but NO change. I have tried various XFree86 Server combinations for my S3 Virge video card including the S3V server. No change to my problem. I have looked through the Mailing list archives for this problem, but while there has been a few close and similar problems, the solutions offered have not cured my problem. I have removed my Ethernet card and a serial comms card (Comms 3 and 4) both were PCI, but neither were next door to the AGP card. The PCI slot next to the AGP slot is vacant. I thought I had made some improvement when I removed these last two cards, possibly the incidence of lock-up is somewhat less, but it still happens. I have looked through all of the .log files I can find, not a mention anywhere. Exactly what happens:- I can move around quite freely in KDE opening various files and programs. Netscape opens and I can load many thing into this. However my standard test now is to open the Xterm in KDE. This opens OK, but as soon as I attempt to re-size it MANUALLY, the system will lock-up. I can use Xterm and open it to a full size window, it is only the MANUAL resizing of this and other terminal windows in KDE and Gnome that results in system Lock-up I also have random Lock-ups, always when I am changing the Window content. I would appreciate some assistance in resolving this irritating problem. Gordon Stewart Just for laughs, see if you can duplicate this behavior with the SB removed. It sounds like an overload on the PCI bus from what you have described. Also you might try updating with MandrakeFreq and then also installing kernel 2.2.19 out of the security updates to have the most current software. Civileme QA Team Civileme
Re: [newbie] Networking problem
When I start portmap, everything is fine. When I start netfs, (nfs) is not in init.d, it says other filesystems mount: fs type nfs not supported by kernel. Does this mean I have to re-configure my kernel or up-grade? Portmap is not in init.d on 7.2, netfs is. When I started it, it said mounting other file systems mount: nfs [ok} But all it did was place a text file in my nfs directory telling me how to configure a server to serve a number of clients. I just want to share files between clients. Is this even possible? Thanks, Totally Lost On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jim Kershner wrote: Under Mandrake 7.1 the two daemons I had to start were portmapp and nfs. You can manually start them by cd'ing to /etc/rc.d/init.d and typing: ../portmap start ../nfs start To make them automatically start include them in the rcX.d directories for the run level you wish them to be running in. For example, on my backup server I have them in the rc3.d directory. - Original Message - From: Michael Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Networking problem I installed every option on 7.1 and 7.2 That file does not exist on either machine. Could it be called something else? Thanks On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, you wrote: Try going here.. Mandrake has that file,, http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=rpc.nfsdsubmit=Sear c h+... did you install nfs-utils ??? regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Lewis Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2001 10:08 PM To: Linux Newbie Subject: [newbie] Networking problem I have networked my two machines together and can ping each of them successfully. I'm trying to set up network file sharing and have edited the /etc/exports file to read /usr *.localdomain and /home *.localdomain I have also edited the /fstab files to read: machinename:/usr/usr nfs defaults and machinename:/home/home nfs defaults The problem i have is the book I'm using, which is the only one I could find to tell me how to enable network file sharing without setting up a network file server, says to run the rpc.nfsd daemon and to edit the startup file to do it automatically. The problem is I cannot find rpc.nfsd. The book was written for Slackware, but that's all I could find. Any suggestions? michael
[newbie] Determining ip information for eth0 failed
Title: Determining ip information for eth0 failed Help please I installed Mandrake8 on a Celeron box with much success, but I cant connect to my router. I have a 6 station network with windoze boxes, all of which work great. The Mandrake box is plugged directly into the SMC router..bypassing the hub (which the others are plugged into). Previously I had it plugged into the hub with the others. Suggestions? Thanks in advance! -- Ralph Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XML Resources
Dan, I'm sure this isn't what you had in mind, but just for your information, AbiWord uses (a subset of) XML as its native file format. It might serve you well as an editor at times. Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody heard of some cool XML tools for Linux? Other than Amaya, I haven't found any other XML-capable browsers for it.I'm learning XML now and haven't seen many resources for it until now
Re: [newbie] mandrake 8 installation lock up during configure x
Noah, I had similar problems installing beta 3 of Mandrake 8, and then (with the same machine) similar problems with Mandrake 7.2. Finally I managed to install Mandrake 7.2 by using the text install. Even in the text install, the system would hang if it tested X, so I told it not to text X. I suspect that I could have installed Mandrake 8.0 using the text install, and will find out in the next week or so when I retry the install. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Noah Richards wrote: Over the past few days, I have been attempting to install Mandrake 8 on a system which will only use mandrake. After all downloads (i am doing it via ftp) complete without a problem, the last step, configure x, causes drakx to lock up. I have tried to install several different times with varied results. The freeze happens usually after I select the video card and monitor, and then when it goes to test the selected resolution, the mouse freezes in place, the keyboard is unresponsive, the menu on the left disappears, and the text box in the middle disappears. The only exception to this was the last time I attempted installation, and when it tried to test it, drakx gave an error that /dev/mem was not found. Since I am a complete newbie at linux, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Re: [newbie] Determining ip information for eth0 failed
Thanks for the heads up on html mail...i just installed this new email client on my MAC and forgot to set the preferences. The router is a DHCP server which provides dynamic ip#s to the clients. I did not set up a route(not sure how to do that). All of the clients are behind the router, which is the firewall. How do I tell if the DHCP / bootp is running? I do try to ping the router, but get host unreachable Thanks! ralph Ralph, First, please try not to post htmlized e-mails to the list. Some e-mail clients add all kinds of extra html tags, reduce the size of the font such that it is unreadable, or change the color to a grayish color, making it much more difficult to read. There are several other questions that people on the list are going to need to know to help to resolve the problem -- for example, are these static or dynamic IPs (dynamic as in provided by dhcp or bootp)? Do you have a route set up on the linux boxes that is the IP of the router? Is any of this behind a firewall? Have you made sure that your dhcp / bootp server is in fact running? And if it is, can you get from the linux box to the dhcp / bootp server? All of these questions will help the people on this list to give you advice targeted for your situation. Michael -- Ralph Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Kernel mdoules for burning
Hi; I've been using LM for a couple of years, and I love it. I've a HP CD-Writer (7200i), and always work fine, until LM 8.0. First I believe I was doing something wrong; but I've revised all twice and the problem continues; it burns the CD ok, but it fails when fixing. The only difference from previous versions of LM is all the new modules (sg, sr_mod, sd_mod, etc.); when I began to burn CDs, there's only one, the ide-scsi. I believe that the order when modprobe'ing each is important, but I'm not sure. Someone has a clue? Canek -- What's the MATTER Sid? ... Is your BEVERAGE unsatisfactory?
Re: [newbie] isdn + lm 8
It was Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:32:07 -0300 when Diego wrote: How I configure my isdn card (a teles pci) to work with LM8 ? After booting, check /var/log/messages if the ISDN support has been enabled (you can set that up with install) Then type in this: modprobe hisax io=0x180 irq=10 type=3 protocol=2 id=line0 replace io and irq with what you have set up (should not be too difficult) For more info: http://www.wurtel.demon.nl Paul -- Grelb's Reminder: Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above average drivers. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] LM8.0
I think 8.0 is better. On my box, it was harder to install. I tried several times before it succeded in fully instaling. Configuring my modem and zip drive had to be done after installation, whereas in 7.2, they were configured during installation. All things considered, 8.0 is worth the trouble. I even have a trimmed down (1GB) 8.0 on my laptop. Greg G wrote: I was thinking about buying 8.0 but wanted to hear from some who already have it Is it worth the money or should i wait thanks greg
Re: [newbie] mutiple moniters
Meanwhile, I've not actually done this myself, nor have I seen it outside of a magazine, but yes it can be done. It's something I've wanted to do, but becomes an expensive project if erally done right. But Maximum Linux magazine did an article in their March/April 2001 edition about it. The article was a review for the Matrox G200-MMS VGA card, but it can be done with another Matrox card that has dual head technology. I think I read in the article on the web page that you could actually hook up 16 different monitors to the machine. The picture here in the magazine shows 4 monitors. The Desktop was stretched to 2048x1536 so there was one desktop displayed by 4 monitors. Icons in KDE were in the top left monitor, while the time and date were in the lower right monitor. You may want to try the Matrox web site, or the Maximum Linux website and check things out. I know the Matrox site was helpful when I looked into it. However I ddn't have the $$$ at the time to buy a new monitor and a $150 video card. The mag said that hte highs for the card and this project were Unmatched capabilities for a single slot card. Easy configurations. The lows were Steep cost. Closed-source binaries. The card they were talking about is a $700 card. But checking out the site there is/was a card that was only $150 to the door I believe. Hope that helps. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Real Men Us Vi! | Has anybody ever delt with mutiple moniters in linux? Is it it possible? Is their |a How-To? --
Re: [newbie] Determining ip information for eth0 failed
Ralph, First, please try not to post htmlized e-mails to the list. Some e-mail clients add all kinds of extra html tags, reduce the size of the font such that it is unreadable, or change the color to a grayish color, making it much more difficult to read. There are several other questions that people on the list are going to need to know to help to resolve the problem -- for example, are these static or dynamic IPs (dynamic as in provided by dhcp or bootp)? Do you have a route set up on the linux boxes that is the IP of the router? Is any of this behind a firewall? Have you made sure that your dhcp / bootp server is in fact running? And if it is, can you get from the linux box to the dhcp / bootp server? All of these questions will help the people on this list to give you advice targeted for your situation. Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 07:54 PM 06/10/2001 -0700, Ralph Brown wrote: Determining ip information for eth0 failed Help please I installed Mandrake8 on a Celeron box with much success, but I cant connect to my router. I have a 6 station network with windoze boxes, all of which work great. The Mandrake box is plugged directly into the SMC router..bypassing the hub (which the others are plugged into). Previously I had it plugged into the hub with the others. Suggestions? Thanks in advance! -- Ralph Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Xnews type program for Linux?
I am wondering if there is a good newsgroup program for Linux that automatically converts all the multipost messages in the binary newsgroups to single files like in a program I used to use called Xnews? I'm using KNode now, but it seems a lot like Free Agent. Any suggestions? Thanks
Re: [newbie] where to get themes?
Sam wrote: I went to http://kde.themes.org/ to download a couple of themes for KDE. But I get a page saying 404 Not Found. In fact, it appears to be the same with www.themes.org Does anybody know what's happened to the site, and any other good sources of themes? Thanks There is a link at http://kde.themes.org/ called Sourceforge mirrors, which will take you here ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/themes.org to a list of themes.
[newbie] Networking problem
I have networked my two machines together and can ping each of them successfully. I'm trying to set up network file sharing and have edited the /etc/exports file to read /usr *.localdomain and /home *.localdomain I have also edited the /fstab files to read: machinename:/usr/usr nfs defaults and machinename:/home/home nfs defaults The problem i have is the book I'm using, which is the only one I could find to tell me how to enable network file sharing without setting up a network file server, says to run the rpc.nfsd daemon and to edit the startup file to do it automatically. The problem is I cannot find rpc.nfsd. The book was written for Slackware, but that's all I could find. Any suggestions? michael
