[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 e Windows ME
Provo per la prima volta ad inserire un quesito sulla mailing list; spero funzioni. Vorrei sapere se posso installare Mandrake 8.0 su un PC ove è presente Windows Me, e se Linux provvede autonomamente a partizionare l'Hard Disc in modo da convivere; mi risulta che poi al momento dell'accensione su schermo viene proposta l'opzione se l'avviamento deve essere effettuato con Linux o con Windows. I pratica vorrei accedere al mondo Linux gradualmente per mantenere attive le mie capacità sul computer fino a quando Linux lo padroneggerò a sufficenza da abbandonare Windows. Ringrazio Marco
Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 e Windows ME
Il giorno 15:05, sabato 29 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Provo per la prima volta ad inserire un quesito sulla mailing list; spero funzioni. Vorrei sapere se posso installare Mandrake 8.0 su un PC ove è presente Windows Me, e se Linux provvede autonomamente a partizionare l'Hard Disc in modo da convivere; mi risulta che poi al momento dell'accensione su schermo viene proposta l'opzione se l'avviamento deve essere effettuato con Linux o con Windows. Ciao Marco, certamente: puoi tranquillamente installare Linux accanto a Windows. All'avvio un menu (diverso a seconda che tu scelga GRUB o LiLo come bootloader, ma analogo nei contenuti) ti consentirà di scegliere quale SO avviare, o farà partire il SO che hai indicato come predefinito dopo un certo numero di secondi. La procedura di partizionamento non è complicata. Unica precauzione (meglio essere previdenti) è quella di eseguire un buon scandisk/defrag/quellochetipare su Windows prima di eseguire questa operazione; se hai modo di farti un backup dei dati importanti, meglio. Personalmente ho installato varie versioni di Mandrake Linux su diversi computer, senza aver mai avuto problemi di partizionamento... ma è meglio essere prudenti! Il partizionamento lo puoi eseguire direttamente all'interno del programma di installazione di Mandrake, oppure prima con un qualsiasi programma tipo Partition Magic. Ti consiglio vivamente la prima ipotesi. Buone feste e buon Linux !!! Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Materizzatore
Alle 14:55, venerdì 28 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho un masterizzatore HP 9100 installato, come faccio a farlo riconoscere a Mandrake 8.1? Non avendo la più pallida idea di come si masterizza sotto Linux potreste aiutarmi. Grazie mille per gli aiuti, e Buon Anno Milko Per prima cosa devi dire al boot loader di caricare il modulo di emulazione scsi per il tuo cdr per esempio questa e' la mia configurazione di Grub # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,2) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/mozilla.xpm.gz title Mandrake Linux (2.4.8-26mdk) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hdb3 hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd.img title Mandrake Linux (2.4.14) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/linux-2414 ro root=/dev/hdb3 hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Poi puoi provare ad usare vari programmi XCDRoast (interfaccia grafica di cdrecord) è uno dei migliori oppure c'e' anche l'ottimo Gcdmaster (interfaccia cdrdao)tutti e due compresi nella MDK 8.1 -- saluti Giovanni Mazzamati mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux Mandrake 8.1 KDE 2.2 user Registred User #183142 Un giorno le macchine riusciranno a risolvere tutti i problemi, ma mai nessuna di esse potrà porne uno. Albert Einstein
[newbie-it] ADSL e Linux
Sono piu' che newbie... Ho appena installato Mandrake 8.1 che so utilizzare (male) solo con KDE. Dopo numerosi tentativi ho installato il tutto senza riuscire a configurare la connessione via Internet con linea ADSL (Infostrada Verde-pro). Il modem e' un 3com Home Connect Dual link modem (modello 0788). Ho cercato nel sito della 3com e nei vari siti dedicati a Linux senza trovare indicazioni sufficienti (inutile tentare con il numero verde di Infostrada perche' non rispondono tecnici ma semplici impiegati). Qualcuno puo' aiutarmi con indicazioni elementari (eventualmente indicandomi anche dove individuare i parametri in Windows per settare direttamente il modem)? Grazie N.G.
[newbie-it] Compatibilità con Scheda grafica ATI 2000 Expert 32 Mb
Prima di cominciare ad installare Linux Mandrake ho verificato la lista degli hardware supportati; del mio PC è risultato conosciuto quasi tutto tranne: - il DVD Rom Hitachi GD-7500 (che mi preoccupa poco perchè è conosciuto il GD-5500) - la scheda Video ATI Expert 2000 32 Mb (è risultata conosciuta ma con un bug alla data del giugno 2001) poichè i miei CD di installazione risalgono ad una distribuzione in edicola (versione 8.0, 2 CD) dell'Agosto 2001, non so se la cosa rappresenta una insidia. Ho comunque notato che la lista degli hardware supportati risulta sempre datata giugno/luglio 2001; dunque c'e' speranza che i driver di una scheda video di una marca così nota siano oggi disponibili senza bug. Come devo procedere ?
Re: [newbie-it] ADSL e Linux
Alle 17:08, sabato 29 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Sono piu' che newbie... Ho appena installato Mandrake 8.1 che so utilizzare (male) solo con KDE. Dopo numerosi tentativi ho installato il tutto senza riuscire a configurare la connessione via Internet con linea ADSL Il modem e' un 3com Home Connect Dual link modem (modello 0788). Ho Non vorrei essere pessimista ma ho paura che il tuo modem non sia ancora supportato da linux. Riesci a essere piu' preciso sul tipo di modem che hai? (usb o ethernet?) un saluto e a presto Marco
Re: [newbie] FINAL DESPERATE TEST
Yesa success and well worth the effort. Kmail now works like a charm. WOHO! On Friday 28 December 2001 21:28, you wrote: If you're reading thismy kdenetwork upgrade was a success! -- ---** Holy smokes Batman, Robin exclaimed, the Penguin's taken over Gotham! Jal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Cannot mount CDWriter
Hi All People, (Only one CDWriter without CDRom) I could not mount CDwriter for unknown reason. Linux ran without problem after having a new kernel installed for a few days. During booting, following warning pop-up ; /etc/rc.sysinit: line 741: 286 Segmentation fault modprobe ide-cd dev/null 21 Mounting CDWriter following warning pop-up ; unknown device In Console Window at root / # modprobe ide-cd Segmentation fault Cannot locate module ide-cdrom lines 740-745 of /etc/rc.sysinit looks as follows ; kill -TERM '/sbin/pidof getkey` /dev/null 21 } (741) if [ $PROMPT != no ]; then /sbin/getkey i touch /var/run/confirm fi wait Any suggestion ? Thanks B.Regards Stephen Liu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How long to wait???
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 02:03:48 -0500 Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Hi All, I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster still if *128m* was reading? How do I use the GUI to set the ram? If no GUI, can I get to lilo while the server is running, or do I need to shut it down and restart? In a text editor, as root, look at /etc/lilo.conf See if there is an append line. If there is, add to it mem=128M If the line is not there, you can add it: append=mem=128M Then run /sbin/lilo and reboot. HTH, Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How long to wait???
On Saturday 29 December 2001 20:03, Andrew wrote: | Hi All, | | I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 | w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads | 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster still if | *128m* was reading? How do I use the GUI to set the ram? If no GUI, | can I get to lilo while the server is running, or do I need to shut | it down and restart? As root, open /etc/lilo.conf in an editor. After the label= line, add a line which looks like append = mem=xxxM, where xxx is your RAM in MB. Save the file, run lilo and reboot. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- informal Xerox PARC slogan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Default Browser
Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail
I found this tip on http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ I believe it is the solution you want for reading emails at Hotmail.com. BTW - Hotmail.com does not support pop3. The server used for Outlook Express is an HTTP server with the address of http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp Won't work in Kmail Look for a file called *prefs.js* in your *.mozilla* directory Open the file with a text editor Place the following line at the bottom of the file *user_pref(general.useragent.override, Mozilla/9.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0 ; Windows 98 ));* Save the file and restart Mozilla. Onur Kucuk wrote: OK Does hotmail really support pop3 ? Accessible tru kmail etc If OK so what is the POP3 adress ? ... OK JH Sure does. I forget what the POP3 is, but is on the site. Nothing about it on neither the help section or settings. There is one, that makes hotmail check other pop sites like your isp's pop account and adds to the hotmail one. If I missed it, please show me. JH I have never really tried it in Kmail. So i will not make any promises. I had given kmail just as an example of non ms related mail clients because I am looking for a normal/real pop server. JH But I do know I have alot of users on my network that do it through Outlook. That does not mean hotmail has a pop server. It is, I believe, nothing more than another MS' style ignore all the other, and do our stuff secretly, so no one can know what we do, or no one else can use it. I tried on some guess for a pop server in the name, and found only pop.hotmail.com to be existent. It used to be a normal pop server actually, back in the old days, 3-4 years ago, when hotmail was running non MS os. The machine, though, seems to be ignoring everything. telnet to port 110 gave me nothing, also the nmap. Up to here, nothing proves me hotmail has a pop server. Any other ideas are welcome. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] managed to freeze the system!
In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!
Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:57:15 +0900 schreef Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can you still access a terminal window? If so, do kill process id If that doesn't work do kill -9 process id where process id is the id that you got from starting jrxvt Paul In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug -- Any fool can make a rule. -Henry David Thoreau http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.5 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] floppy does not work
On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Looks like Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use is the problem, anyone have a quick answer? Sorry, to re-post this, but can someone give me a clue? Please? Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: [Galeon-user] Default Browser
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:48:48 -0500, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; There is a setting for this in the preferences. I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? Try the GNOME Control Centre. TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Geeks aren't interested in politics because government doesn't double its efficiency and speed once every 18 months. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? Rich, In Galeon, click the Settings menu, then Preferences. Choose the User Interface tab, and then the Windows sub-section. Un-check the box marked Keep fullscreen window above all other windows. That should take care of Galeon wanting to be on top all the time. As for preferred browser settings, are you using KDE or Gnome, or something else for your desktop? In Gnome, open the Control Center, look under Document Handlers and click URL Handlers. On the right side of the window, click 'http' and edit the text box to say: galeon --new-tab '%s' Do the same for 'https', and you will be set. It is probably similar in KDE, but I don't know. Dave -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How long to wait???
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:42 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 20:03, Andrew wrote: | Hi All, | | I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 | w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only | reads 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster | still if *128m* was reading? How do I use the GUI to set the | ram? If no GUI, can I get to lilo while the server is running, | or do I need to shut it down and restart? As root, open /etc/lilo.conf in an editor. After the label= line, add a line which looks like append = mem=xxxM, where xxx is your RAM in MB. Save the file, run lilo and reboot. I'd add: if append = mem=xxxM doesn't work, try adding a space, eg, append = mem=xxxMAlso, it's a motherboard/bios difficiency that causes all the installed ram not to be seen. In these cases it's a good idea to subtract one MB, append = mem=127M 'Couse if onboard video is used, that ram should also be subtracted. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] floppy does not work
Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Looks like Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use is the problem, anyone have a quick answer? A floppycable-based tape streamer in the machine perhaps? Paul -- Any fool can make a rule. -Henry David Thoreau http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.5 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unable to read partition table
Dr. Antonio Botelho de Sousa wrote: slip .then the booting goes on apparently without problems. But when i am in the OS if i try (as root) to type the command cdrecord -scanbus, instead of displayng the CDRW and the Optical drive it says: cdrecord file or directory not found; cannot open scsi driver. And that's the problem. Question? Why it can't read the partition table? that´s the true problem; the Thanks Antonio. Sorry, can't help you there Antonio, but are the CD-drives really mounted ? Take a look at the file : /etc/mtab. Happy new year ! Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Soundcard not working
I'm having another problem after my installation of 8.1. I cannot get my soundcard to work. My soundcard is a Crystal 4236. It worked fine when I had RH 7.1 installed. Mandrake 8.1 doesn't seem to recognize it. I ran Harddrake and tried to configure it and I get a popup message that says: modprobe: Can't locate module isa-pnp. I try to configure it manually (using the info from the other OS I have on my machine) but it still will not work at all. I tried running sndconfig but it pretty much chokes on it too. Any ideas? Why would RedHat 7.1 have absolutely no problem with the card but Mandrake does?? Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder. __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows partition won't load anymore
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 23:17, you wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:02:20 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Well, I didn't mention responsibility or anything like that. :-) But since the Mandrake online information *does* say that you can continue to use your old OS on the same machine, it would be a good idea to give a word or two of caution at this important step in the installation process. well, if it was the _OLD_ OS, it would (seems natural to me) be on a partition before the installed _NEW_ OS, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 09:59, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go to change the default? Rich, In Galeon, click the Settings menu, then Preferences. Choose the User Interface tab, and then the Windows sub-section. Un-check the box marked Keep fullscreen window above all other windows. That should take care of Galeon wanting to be on top all the time. It doesn't respond to that setting. As for preferred browser settings, are you using KDE or Gnome, or something else for your desktop? In Gnome, open the Control Center, look under Document Handlers and click URL Handlers. On the right side of the window, click 'http' and edit the text box to say: galeon --new-tab '%s' Do the same for 'https', and you will be set. It is probably similar in KDE, but I don't know. Using KDE and, so far, haven't figured it out. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!
If ever you manage to freeze your desktop there are a whole lot of things to try before you resort to that reset button. Windows unfortunately has trained us to reach for that button too soon. First If in KDE hit Ctl+Alt+Backspace - This returns you to KDE Login If no good then :- Ctl+Alt+F2 will take you to a console. From there log in as root use 'top' to find the process id if your session and 'kill -9 id_no to exit it. You will sometimes find that your local keyboard is totally locked, but you can still gain remote access over the lan. In this case use webmin to close your processes and force a restart. (assuming you have another computer nearby) If nothing works then Alt+Sysreq+r to put keyboard into raw mode Alt+Sysreq+e to end processes Alt+Sysreq+s to sync discs (important!) Alt+Sysreq+b to reboot derek On Saturday 29 December 2001 13:57, Doug Lerner wrote: In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:28:01 -0500 Maureen L. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled gleefully: I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost a thing. I am very pleased with it. Some small improvements in K-Spread are needed, like multi copy, but otherwise it works just fine. KWord does everything that I need for home and for a couple of non profit orgs I help out. All in all it all works fairly decently. Interesting, Maureen, but how about the export filters? Will K-Office successfully export to M$Office or Lotus SmartSuite. Can a document be saved in .doc or .xlm or whatever. When I tried to import a form (lots of tables) from a Word file that that StarOffice handled flawlessly, there were too many errors in the K-Word version to make the form usable. Ordinary Word docs (mere text) seem to work OK. Thanks for the review, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com One of the things that _no_one_ should be concerned about any longer is compatibility with MS Office. FYI, there is an act purchasing its way through various state legislatures in the US called UCITA, which places some obligations on software manufacturers but gives their license agreements the full force and effect of law. When it passes in Washington State, the upgrade after its passage will be _illegal_ to reverse engineer for the purpose of making import filters, and folks who use MS software will no longer be able to call their data their own. UCITA does not obligate the software maker to provide export filters. So if someone wants to make a conversion after this event, it will be with a printer and an OCR-enabled scanner. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Alias question...
Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe Bash always complains that it can not find either of the *.exe files. It doesn't complain about the path to them... Any ideas? Thanks! PS Program Files and Diablo II have blank spaces in them, so I had to use the \ character, right? If I enter either of these commands as is from a shell, they execute just fine... -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!
Doug Lerner wrote: In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ctrl-alt-backspace? or ctrl-alt-f2, login as root and killall jrxvt, then ctrl-alt-f7 or go in with ssh and killall jrxvt Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem with Software Manager
Hello. The Mandrake Software Manager freezes on startup when it attempts to refresh the security update source I defined (ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu). I have checked the ftp site and can logon anonymously with no problem. I did not provide a username and password for the security update source thinking it would logon anonymously by default. Is there any way I can delete me current settings without running the Software Manager? -thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compiling a new kernel...
David Bovill wrote: The instructions I have say download the 2 RPM's (source and header), but I just need to add a custom kernel based on the existing configuration. How do I go about this, as the packages are already installed? Thanks, David file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/ref.html/index.html as a url in your favorite browser should open the reference manual on your machine. There is a step-by-step in chapter 15 (8.0) and chapter 16 (8.1) on compiling the kernel. If you want to customize the one already there, follow the text skipping the download instructions and jumping to /usr/src/linux. BE really careful to assign a different build number to the vmlinuz product and the /lib/modules entry so you don't trample what you already have--once you are done, both should be bootable and in fact you should be able to use Control Center to make a boot configuration for your kernel. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ML 8.0 install CDROM can't find my CDROM
Roland Berger wrote: When I try to install ML8.0 I get the following problem. First I describe the installation steps I did. - CD is deteced as a boot cd. System tells that drive letter is mapped to A and the floppy is now B -The Mandrake welcome screen is displayd where you can choose to press F1 or ENTER. I choose ENTER to start installatin. - Some messages are displayed. The last one before the probelm appears is: Welcome to Linux Mandrake (8.0) - Then: Please wait Installing Adaptec¦AHA-2940U2 - Then: Error! No CDROM device found After this a list of 34 driver is displayed to choose the driver with which the SCSI Adapter can be accessed. Non of the diplayed drivers works. It looks like it can read from the CDROM in a first step but after installing the Adpatec Driver it fails to do so. That's very strange to me. So, does any body know the source of the problem? Would ML8.1 solve this problem? Best regards Roland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com There was a change in the adaptec driver in 8.0 because Adaptec changed its firmware. Not all adaptec cards are flashable for the new firmware and there is a driver called aic7xxx_old in /lib/modules once you are installed. The first boot is from the BIOS and the second stage is from the kernel loaded in with a driver incompatible with your card's firmware. Look in /images/alternatives for cdrom.img-2.2.19...BADZ5 and make a boot floppy from it, then use the boot floppy to get 8.0 installed Or, If you decide to use 8.1, the newer driver for adaptec _may_ have unified your card as well (some yes, some no, there have been more than 150 PROM versions of 2940s) but if not, boot from the second CD and choose an alternate image. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] c compiler and its problem in 8.0
eric wrote: Dear mandrake 8.0 standard user: I used simple c program hello world, in printf(hello world) it did not print at all, until I add \n\n at the end of the line of hello world, then it print as what it should be. but that kind of result is not correct. it never happen at redhat 7.1 or debian-progeny 1.0, they all can print even without \n\n at the end of string. need help, and thanks inn advance, eric lin, http://www.onlineexchange.com/shilin url so far, will add later What that means is that our compiler is stricter... It insists on proper C code. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] modprobe
I can access my Olympus USB camera quite easily by su and then modprobe usb-storage mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/cam I would like to create a desktop icon to do this with one click but modprobe requires root privileges. Is there any way I can execute modprobe as user ? -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] c compiler and its problem in 8.0
Dear tester: Thanks your fast replay, but whether put \n or not put \n at string will violate the c syntax so it wont print in printf still worth to discuss-I will check my c programming book later to discuss with our community. /* I actually download and install many new gcc and its related mdk.rpm from cooker, it still not work the way redhat or debian work */. url:http://www.ezinfocenter.com/4436786 http://www.onlineexchange.com/shilin tester wrote: eric wrote: Dear mandrake 8.0 standard user: I used simple c program hello world, in printf(hello world) it did not print at all, until I add \n\n at the end of the line of hello world, then it print as what it should be. but that kind of result is not correct. it never happen at redhat 7.1 or debian-progeny 1.0, they all can print even without \n\n at the end of string. need help, and thanks inn advance, eric lin, http://www.onlineexchange.com/shilin url so far, will add later What that means is that our compiler is stricter... It insists on proper C code. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] software manager gives errors on all rpms
I downloaded and was attempting to install firestarter. The rpm had dependencies that were on the Core System Install disk. Unfortunately after inserting the disk the computer completely froze, leaving me no other option than the reset button. I thought I had an idea of the files that were needed so I copied them and placed them into a directory of their own and added a new media with the urpmi.addmedia daniel file://home/daniel/misc/ command. I then tried to install firestarter again and received other dependcy errors. I gave up on installing firestarter and removed that media. Now when I attempt to install anything, for example xmms, I get Bad, unreadable or not found packages , xmms. Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with Software Manager
There seems to be quite a rash of people reporting trouble defining upgrade sources recentlly. If you want to remove the update source there is a console command urpmi.removemedia I do not know how it is used, but I'm sure the manual has full details. derek On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:18, mr_tortoise (Nathan Pryor) wrote: Hello. The Mandrake Software Manager freezes on startup when it attempts to refresh the security update source I defined (ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu). I have checked the ftp site and can logon anonymously with no problem. I did not provide a username and password for the security update source thinking it would logon anonymously by default. Is there any way I can delete me current settings without running the Software Manager? -thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner
Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms? -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modprobe
Poogle, You can use sudo which allows normal users to perform operations that would normally require root priviledges. Just install sudo and then change the config file to allow poogle (or whoever) to perform modprobes. Miark - Original Message - From: poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: [newbie] modprobe I can access my Olympus USB camera quite easily by su and then modprobe usb-storage mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/cam I would like to create a desktop icon to do this with one click but modprobe requires root privileges. Is there any way I can execute modprobe as user ? -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modprobe
Thanks for the reply (blushes furiously at this point) I just realised that the problem was simply that modprobe wasn't in my path statement, using /sbin/modprobe usb-storage as user worked On Saturday 29 December 2001 18:50 pm, you wrote: Poogle, You can use sudo which allows normal users to perform operations that would normally require root priviledges. Just install sudo and then change the config file to allow poogle (or whoever) to perform modprobes. Miark - Original Message - From: poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: [newbie] modprobe I can access my Olympus USB camera quite easily by su and then modprobe usb-storage mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/cam I would like to create a desktop icon to do this with one click but modprobe requires root privileges. Is there any way I can execute modprobe as user ? -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!
Hi everyone, I think I just screwed up installing my nVidia drivers. I downloaded these two files (they are supposed to be compatible, the newer kernel just fixes an install issue and something else(?)): NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.src.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.src.rpm Then I used the following commands to install them: rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.src.rpm rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.src.rpm rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.i686.rpm And then I typed one of these (can't remember): rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i686.rpm rpm /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i686.rpm And then changed the reference of nv in xf86config-4 to read nvidia. I did this from the console (runlevel 3), typed startx and saw the nVidia splash screen followed by the gui. I am not suffering lockups (knock on wood), but when I try to load any 3d/GL app (ie Tux Racer, Chromium, the mesaGears, the morphing thing, etc.) it acts busy for several seconds like it is loading but never starts. No lockup, just acts like I never tried to run the app. Oh No! I reread a few things and it seems that was the process for Upgrading, and I needed to find the process for Install! And I am also concerned, I think my kernel is the i586 one! I am using the automatically installed (Mandrake Linux 8.1 single processor Powerpack) one that I believe to be 2.4.8.26mdk. The worse thing is I could have installed the 1541 drivers because before I was able to use them to access most of these programs, but I was still having hard lockups I reinstalled. But I got greedy for the most current version (the 20 series supports GL 1.3 instead of 1.2, I believe). That is about the only feature that I could probbably benefit from, since I have an older card, a Diamond Viper V550 16meg TNT AGP - the oldest chipset supported by their unified driver. I don't even know if there are games/apps for the 1.3 GL. I doubt anything on the powerpack cds depend on it. And I am (obviously groan) not ready to download and install my own program/source code yet. I am still working on basic desktop functionallity. Is this fubar repairable without major surgery? I really am tired of reinstalling, and it seems stable, just primitive (2d) graphics. I would almost deal with it rather than reinstall (again). Thanks, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner
Jon Doe wrote: Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you are lucky enough to have the e40, you are OK. See this: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=816 It may be that you simply did not load all relevant softeware... try opening the Software manager (local on CD sources) and checking that you have sane and usb modules installed and installing them if not. Most snapscans are in sane-backend drivers after sane 1.0.3. Also, your /dev/usb/scanner may not exist which is why it cannot be opened. You can manufacture one with mknod using the numbers in /usr/share/jkernel-doc (kernel number)/devices.txt Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Change Time
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Ed Kasky wrote: But does it work??? ;-) I forgot to mention before to look at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for an explanation of how the time server strata works and for any special requirements when using any of the public time servers. Ed At 03:21 PM Friday, 12/28/2001, you wrote -= On Friday 28 December 2001 11:01, you wrote: If you are connected to the internet all the time you can add a cron for rdate - I have found ntpdate(from the ntp pkg) more useful than rdate. When I searched for servers supporting the RFC 868 protocol it seems alot are not supporting RFC 868 anymore but are using Network Time Protocol. -- . --- .. |o_o | /_ 0 | |:_/ | Give Micro$oft the Bird \_| // \ \ Use Linux / \ (| | ) | ) | | | /'\_ _/`\ | ) | | | \___)=(___/ |_) (_) | Chad Young \__/ Registered Linux User #195191 (___| @ http://counter.li.org --- Linux localhost 2.4.18pre1 #2 Fri Dec 28 14:41:58 AST 2001 i686 unknown 3:20pm up 35 min, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.04, 0.02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!
[snip] And then changed the reference of nv in xf86config-4 to read nvidia. You may have done this and forgot to say it, but you also have to add Load glx to the Module section. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with Software Manager
Thanks Derek. urpmi.removemedia ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu worked like a charm. Software Manager is such a great tool (even though I did hose myself once by installing a new kernel using it dooh!). After running the command I tried another udpate site and it worked fine. On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:40 pm, you wrote: There seems to be quite a rash of people reporting trouble defining upgrade sources recentlly. If you want to remove the update source there is a console command urpmi.removemedia I do not know how it is used, but I'm sure the manual has full details. derek On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:18, mr_tortoise (Nathan Pryor) wrote: Hello. The Mandrake Software Manager freezes on startup when it attempts to refresh the security update source I defined (ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu). I have checked the ftp site and can logon anonymously with no problem. I did not provide a username and password for the security update source thinking it would logon anonymously by default. Is there any way I can delete me current settings without running the Software Manager? -thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!
Is this fubar repairable without major surgery? I really am tired of reinstalling, and it seems stable, just primitive (2d) graphics. I would almost deal with it rather than reinstall (again). In your XF86Config-4 did you remember to create the entry Load glx in the moudule section as well as removing load dri' and glcore if they exist. Charles Well, I forgot to add that line, so I went back and did so. Now it doesn't even display the splash screen and it is still a delay with the program title on the bar on the bottom of the screen with the busy cursor on it and then after a while it is as if I never tried to load the app. -- Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 252649 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init
This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment from my old system. The windows ME side works fine. I have freshly installed Mandrake 8.1 three separate times at this point. When I try to load linux, linux-nonfb, or failsafe I get the following errors. PNP: PNP Bios version 1.0, entry at . general protection fault: 0 . a bunch of stuff. Bad EIP value Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init ... and then a dead halt. Hlp! Joe Sotham try to install Joe Sotham - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates
Sorry if this has already been asked! I'm installing MDK 8.1 mainly to act as a server for my ADSL connection here in the UK. I've managed to get it running and was happy till I tried to do the mandrake updates. One of them is a kernel update which I thought "Hmm looks important better do it" 20mins later 1 reboot and hang on whats going on??? nothing is working!!! wargh!! Now 3 rebuilds later (ok so I don't learn I thought it was something I'd done) still no joy. Have I missed something stupidly simple or is this a bug with MU??? Many Thanks Rob K Trying to Run MDK 8.1 with an Alcatel Speedtouch on BTOpenworld.
Re: [newbie] floppy does not work
On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Looks like Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use is the problem, anyone have a quick answer? A floppycable-based tape streamer in the machine perhaps? Paul No! But thanks for the response, I cannot imagine what is installed, that uses io address 0x3F7 Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Soundcard not working
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:33:15 -0500 Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having another problem after my installation of 8.1. I cannot get my soundcard to work. My soundcard is a Crystal 4236. It worked fine when I had RH 7.1 installed. And you don't happen to have the /etc/modules.conf file from that install :) Mandrake 8.1 doesn't seem to recognize it. I ran Harddrake and tried to configure it and I get a popup message that says: modprobe: Can't locate module isa-pnp. That's because the kernel has isa-pnp support compiled in and not as a loadable module. Does the card show up with 'cat /proc/isapnp' ? I try to configure it manually (using the info from the other OS I have on my machine) but it still will not work at all. I tried running sndconfig but it pretty much chokes on it too. How (does it choke) ? Any ideas? Why would RedHat 7.1 have absolutely no problem with the card but Mandrake does?? 'rpm -qi sndconfig' says: Summary : The Red Hat Linux sound configuration tool, so well, I guess this is a different sndconfig version, different kernel and kernel-modules, whatever ;) Maybe check the loaded modules with '/sbin/lsmod' and see if somehow there are problemetic entries in the '/etc/ modules.conf' file. Anyway, the kernel drivers as well as the ALSA ones should support your sound hardware. Can you, as root, 'modprobe cs4232'? HTH, Rick -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Alias question...
On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:06, you wrote: Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe Bash always complains that it can not find either of the *.exe files. It doesn't complain about the path to them... In bash you need quotes around the aliased command if it consists of more than one word. S -- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines Remove the fruit to obtain reply address: spencer at lasermount satsuma dot uklinux dot net 5:57pm up 35 days, 3:57, 13 users, load average: 0.05, 0.12, 0.20 Registered Linux User #232457 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Unable to read the partition table
Antonio Sousa wrote: Thanks Kaj for your help. Isen you a copy of my two files: mtab and fstab. OK Antonio, I'll try to help you out : When looking at your /etc/mtab - file it seems that no CD-roms are mounted, eh ? To mount that one, several possibilities are at hand, included the console-way, but personally I find it a lot easier to use a graphics-way. But first, I'll suggest a basic option : In KDE, rightclick the desktop background and choose create new, and, from the pull-down menu, select CDROM device. Now, go to the device-tab and open the new pull-down menu. Here you should be able to select your CD-rom on /dev/scd0. This action should place a new icon on your desktop. When right-clicking that, it displays some options like : mount , eject , open ..etc., etc If all is well, You just have to throw the CD into the cupholder, close it and then click the CDROM-icon to display its content. Just like any other directory. Likewise, when you are finished and want to collect your CD, you can choose eject from the icon. That will automatically unmount it before ejecting. Cool, isn't it ? Another method (the one I prefer) is to rightclick the desktop and choose run command. Then, type kdf (without the quotes, of course). This will open the disk-free program. Here you can rightclick the CDrom and choose mount device. Furthermore, you can open it right away in a file-manager. Cool, eh ? Now, all this is possible only if your /etc/fstab contains the appropriate entries. As far as I can see from your /etc/fstab, you do not have an entry for a second CDROM, or maybe a CD-Writer. That one should show up in a line, something like this : /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 Eventually, you can proceed to create another icon for this one, as previously described. Of course you have to edit your /etc/lilo.conf accordingly (the append - line) before any of the above actions can be effective. - Again : remember to issue the lilo-command (as root) after editing and saving the file. Then reboot to let the kernel take notion of your changes. BTW - Antonio, your questions about CDROMs are quite frequent on the newbie-list, so I think it is a good idea to search that, if you run into further troubles. In this spirit I will post my answer to the list as well. After all, we are here to learn from eachothers experiences, aren't we ? Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] floppy does not work
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:09 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Looks like Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use is the problem, anyone have a quick answer? A floppycable-based tape streamer in the machine perhaps? Paul No! But thanks for the response, I cannot imagine what is installed, that uses io address 0x3F7 cat /proc/ioports shows that 03f7-03f7 : PNP0c02 Now what is PNP0c02 And hw do I get rid of it? Guess I'll look at the bios setup! Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:45:36 GMT Joe Sotham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment from my old system. The windows ME side works fine. I have freshly installed Mandrake 8.1 three separate times at this point. When I try to load linux, linux-nonfb, or failsafe I get the following errors. PNP: PNP Bios version 1.0, entry at . general protection fault: 0 . a bunch of stuff. Bad EIP value Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init ... and then a dead halt. Hlp! Joe Sotham try to install Joe Sotham -- Looks like http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3 : Error scenario: Mandrake Linux 8.1 installs flawlessly on systems with K7T266 Pro2 Motherboards, but fails to boot after installation. Error message is Bad EIP value. Why: The BiosPNP support in kernel 2.4.8 is broken for the KT266A chipset. Solution: Press ESC when you see the LILO bootloader screen, and type linux nobiospnp. The system will boot correctly, giving you the change to edit /etc/lilo.conf. Add the nobiospnp option to every append= line in lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo, and reboot. -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Rob K wrote: As far as I know, you've done the ONLY upgrade that is *NOT* recommended through Mandrake update!! You have to download it and install using rpm -ivh kernel.rpm I've done this way and it was just perfect! There was indeed a warning email from mandrake for not using the MU for kernel upgrading. I don't know about the kernel-headers and source []s Ricardo Castanho Sorry if this has already been asked! I'm installing MDK 8.1 mainly to act as a server for my ADSL connection here in the UK. I've managed to get it running and was happy till I tried to do the mandrake updates. One of them is a kernel update which I thought Hmm looks important better do it 20mins later 1 reboot and hang on whats going on??? nothing is working!!! wargh!! Now 3 rebuilds later (ok so I don't learn I thought it was something I'd done) still no joy. Have I missed something stupidly simple or is this a bug with MU??? Many Thanks Rob K Trying to Run MDK 8.1 with an Alcatel Speedtouch on BTOpenworld. - -- delivery NOT reliable = [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Para mais informações veja http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwuLNwACgkQqJymTCNNyXE4vACfdl8aQrt/qxxbFnYi9GX3kZT+ f6EAn1tl0Ocyo8XsyhgbIYGPpq65/57R =YnO+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] floppy does not work
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:29 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:09 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Looks like Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use is the problem, anyone have a quick answer? A floppycable-based tape streamer in the machine perhaps? Paul No! But thanks for the response, I cannot imagine what is installed, that uses io address 0x3F7 cat /proc/ioports shows that 03f7-03f7 : PNP0c02 Now what is PNP0c02 And hw do I get rid of it? Guess I'll look at the bios setup! Aparantly a kernel / pnp issue. I am running 2.4.8-26mdk Perhaps there is a later kernel. Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] bash scripting for beginners
Hello, I am looking for a good bash scripting tutorial/manual for BEGINNERS who are new Bash, Linux and scripting. Ideally - a book in PDF format or something in HTML. Please let me know if you know were I could find such an item. Thanks! Andrei _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init - Fixed
adding the parameter nobiospnp to the append line in lilo.conf fixed the problem as Franz pointed out. Thanks, Franz! Joe On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:36, you wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:45:36 GMT Joe Sotham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment from my old system. The windows ME side works fine. I have freshly installed Mandrake 8.1 three separate times at this point. When I try to load linux, linux-nonfb, or failsafe I get the following errors. PNP: PNP Bios version 1.0, entry at . general protection fault: 0 . a bunch of stuff. Bad EIP value Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init ... and then a dead halt. Hlp! Joe Sotham try to install Joe Sotham -- Looks like http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3 : Error scenario: Mandrake Linux 8.1 installs flawlessly on systems with K7T266 Pro2 Motherboards, but fails to boot after installation. Error message is Bad EIP value. Why: The BiosPNP support in kernel 2.4.8 is broken for the KT266A chipset. Solution: Press ESC when you see the LILO bootloader screen, and type linux nobiospnp. The system will boot correctly, giving you the change to edit /etc/lilo.conf. Add the nobiospnp option to every append= line in lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo, and reboot. -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] editing $PATH
Hello, I would like to add a subdirectory to my $PATH. I triend the export command but it told me that it is not valid. Mandrake seems to offer a shared path to all users taken from bashrc (I am not sure about this). How could I edit ONLY MY PATH (my user path - not my root which I don't want to touch even if I find it) without affecting the one of the other users on my machine? Thanks, Andrei _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates
Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Rob K wrote: As far as I know, you've done the ONLY upgrade that is *NOT* recommended through Mandrake update!! You have to download it and install using rpm -ivh kernel.rpm I've done this way and it was just perfect! There was indeed a warning email from mandrake for not using the MU for kernel upgrading. I don't know about the kernel-headers and source []s Ricardo Castanho Sorry if this has already been asked! I'm installing MDK 8.1 mainly to act as a server for my ADSL connection here in the UK. I've managed to get it running and was happy till I tried to do the mandrake updates. One of them is a kernel update which I thought Hmm looks important better do it 20mins later 1 reboot and hang on whats going on??? nothing is working!!! wargh!! Now 3 rebuilds later (ok so I don't learn I thought it was something I'd done) still no joy. Have I missed something stupidly simple or is this a bug with MU??? Many Thanks Rob K Trying to Run MDK 8.1 with an Alcatel Speedtouch on BTOpenworld. - -- delivery NOT reliable = [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Para mais informações veja http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwuLNwACgkQqJymTCNNyXE4vACfdl8aQrt/qxxbFnYi9GX3kZT+ f6EAn1tl0Ocyo8XsyhgbIYGPpq65/57R =YnO+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Here is what I just sent to several departments Naturally we have people still on 8.0 who use mandrakeUpdate/SoftWare Manager to update the update kernels, and we have had several folks who ran Software Manager for 8.1 and did multiple updates in one session who managed to get the effect of and rpm -Uvh on the kernel update package. Here is what to tell them: 1. Open a terminal and get the installed kernel version number with $ uname -a 2. su to root 3. issue this command # rpm -e kernel-(version number from the uname output) 4. Put in the install CD and # reboot 5. Tick the expert mode and click the right-hand Update button on class of install. (Yes, some people could not find it because they expected the right -hand button to be Cancel and did not read it.) 6. Let the installer fuss and cluck til it figures out that all it has to do is install the kernel. Pass package selection and go to individual packaghe selection. Use the two-blue-arrow symbol at the bottom to toggle to the flat list and scroll down to the k's and check to assure the kernel is checked to be installed. 7. If you tried to restore connectivity by running network when you had troubles, reinstall your network, otherwise, you can leave it alone. 8. Fine-tune your X install if you like 9. Kill the old_ packages offered by the bootloader. 10. Now, after your system comes back up, _download_ the kernel update and install it as root in a terminal with rpm -ivh kernel-(number of the update kernel)[TAB][enter] I don't know if we should consider this for the errata pages but I have had a flood of these complaints recently. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bash scripting for beginners
Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hello, I am looking for a good bash scripting tutorial/manual for BEGINNERS who are new Bash, Linux and scripting. Ideally - a book in PDF format or something in HTML. Please let me know if you know were I could find such an item. Thanks! Andrei _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I think there is probably an ebook on it in your install or one you can access by update selecting the documentation package. I learned from O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell plus sturfdying the initscripts for Mandrake.(no joke). Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:17:59 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sunday, December 30, 2001): One of the things that _no_one_ should be concerned about any longer is compatibility with MS Office. This is absolutely impossible for me. I exchange so many files (spreadsheet, doc and presentation) with so many customers and other staff members that unfortunately Office has become the standard by which we exchange compatible files. Not being compatible with MS Office - at least in my case - is unthinkable. I know I'm coming in late on this thread, but Star Office handles this very thing beautifully. ALL of it. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 9:05pm up 13 days, 12:54, 2 users, load average: 1.11, 1.29, 1.19 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Unable to read the partition table
Thanks Kaj for your help. Isen you a copy of my two files: mtab and fstab. Maybe you can help me now Thanks once more Antonio The mtab file /dev/hda5 / ext2 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat rw,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat rw,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw,devmode=0664,devgid=43 0 0 The fstab file /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda /mnt/mo vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] headers and kernel not matching..
Hi all, I just looked at the cooker site at: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandra ke/RPMS/ and I downloaded the latest kernel (2.4.16.11mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm) then I went to download the headers and they are a completely different version: kernel-headers-2.4.16-18mdk.i586.rpm to be exact. Why are they no longer the same? I heard that the headers were gonna not be a seperate RPM, but included elsewhere, is this the first step to that?? or am I just looking at the FTP site at the wrong time? (ie while its updating?) I have just joined the cooker list to see if lurking can help with my cooker issues rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] The Wait just got a lot longer!
Look at your motherboard, for the make and model, then go to their web site and download the manual for it.. While your at it, get the latest bios, it may help. The manual will help you find out where everything goes. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lee Roberts Sent: Sunday, 30 December 2001 7:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The Wait just got a lot longer! It's never a good idea to mess with electronic devices while powered up. Especially RAM. Surges occur when wiggling loose stuff that will destroy the device. At 05:42 PM 12/29/2001 -0500, Andrew wrote: Hello All, Thank you for the replies to my previous Wait. I was unable to implement previous recommendations due to... I got curious and wiggled one of my 4 newly installed SIMMs, while it was running. All went blank Now even the Boot floppy does not spin up and the hard drive light simply stays red. I am going to try removing a SIMM at a time to see if anything changes. Starting with the one #4 I moved/wiggled previously. To confuse things more the wire going to the keyed switch, came off completely in my hand. I have not a clue, what to do, about that wire. What Have I done?? Please excuse, If anyone is bothered by this hardware question please recommend a good older hardware list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] software manager gives errors on all rpms
On Sunday 30 December 2001 07:31, Daniel McCarthy wrote: | I downloaded and was attempting to install firestarter. The rpm had | dependencies that were on the Core System Install disk. Unfortunately | after inserting the disk the computer completely froze, leaving me no | other option than the reset button. I thought I had an idea of the | files that were needed so I copied them and placed them into a directory | of their own and added a new media with the urpmi.addmedia daniel | file://home/daniel/misc/ command. I then tried to install firestarter | again and received other dependcy errors. I gave up on installing | firestarter and removed that media. | | Now when I attempt to install anything, for example xmms, I get Bad, | unreadable or not found packages , xmms. | | Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer | | Dan You could try rebuilding the rpm database. In a terminal as root: # rpm --rebuilddb That may set things right. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser
On Sunday 30 December 2001 02:48, Rich wrote: | Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now | have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: | | Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to | any setting changes to let something else be on top; | | I want Galeon to be the default browser when I click on a link in my | mail client (Evolution), but Mozilla keeps popping up. Where do I go | to change the default? | | TIA | | Rich In KDE Control Center (kcontrol in a terminal) File Browsing File Associations. Under Known Types click the plus next to text and select html in the list. Now you can change your settings on the right and click Apply. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
