Re: [newbie-it] xfellow
luigi pinna wrote: ho installato xfellow (un emulatore per l'amiga)via rpm ma mi ha richiesto le .so.o ora io ho installato la versone 1.2 ma lui non l'accetta. qualcuno mi sa dire come configurarlo? grazie In genere ci sono due strade: - furbetta (non sempre funziona): fai un link simbolico tra le nuove librerie e il nome delle vecchie (man ln) - scarica i sorgenti in formato rpm e compilali con # rpm --rebuild xfellow.src.rpm poi installa il pacchetto rpm cosi` ottenuto che e` stato compilato con le tue libSDL-1.2 ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] 8.1+modem
Salve a tutti, qualcuno ha attivato un lucent LTmodem con la mandrake 8.1? prima di passare da 8.0 a 8.1 voglio essere sicuro di non perdere il modem. Che versione dei driver? Ciao Luigi -- Not all who wander are lost (Tolkien) Luigi De Pascale: Indirizzo: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini Via Bonanno Pisano 25/B, 56126 Pisa, ITALY Tel.: +39/050/844745 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] 8.1+modem
Io ho installato MDK 8.1 sul mio notebook MiTAC 6120N, che incorpora un Lucent LT (win)modem ho utilizzato sia il source che l'rpm della versione 6.00a e funziona egregiamente. Piccola pecca a me non funziona Gnome-ppp... infatti utilizzo wvdial. Bye, Beppe. - Original Message - From: Luigi De Pascale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [newbie-it] 8.1+modem : Salve a tutti, : qualcuno ha attivato un lucent LTmodem con la mandrake 8.1? : prima di passare da 8.0 a 8.1 voglio essere sicuro di non perdere il : modem. : Che versione dei driver? : Ciao : Luigi : : -- : Not all who wander are lost : (Tolkien) : : Luigi De Pascale: Indirizzo: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini : Via Bonanno Pisano 25/B, 56126 Pisa, ITALY : Tel.: +39/050/844745 :E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :
[newbie-it] LINUX PROGRAMMATORE !!!!
Cerco Compilatori per rpg e/o basic professional su linux mandrake o suse. grazie a tutti.
[newbie-it] Navigatore Konqueror e java
Salve a tutti, cosa mi serve per navigare con konqueror su siti che usano tecnologia java? Devo scaricare qualcosa? Se sì, da dove? In quale directory eventualmente devo installare il file per l'esecuzione java? Grazie in anticipo -- syd
Re: [newbie-it] Navigatore Konqueror e java
Il giorno 16:03, mercoledì 16 gennaio 2002 hai scritto: Salve a tutti, cosa mi serve per navigare con konqueror su siti che usano tecnologia java? Devo scaricare qualcosa? Se sì, da dove? In quale directory eventualmente devo installare il file per l'esecuzione java? Grazie in anticipo Ciao, trovi tutte le informazioni per usare Java nel Konqueror all'indirizzo http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html ... Daniele
[newbie-it] gaming on line
Salve alla lista. Qualche tempo fa illustrai qui un problema che alla fine non fu risolto, attribuendo il tutto a parametri troppo ristretti del firewall... Andiamo con ordine. Ho 3 macchine, di cui una fa da server (MDK 8.1) e da Gateway per la rete internet con connessione ADSL. Le due macchine client hanno MDK 8.1 e Win2k. Quando cerco di giocare on line da win2k non ci riesco (sembra che non riceva i dati dei giocatori), e le partite neanche iniziano. L'altra volta ci eravamo fermati qui ed avevamo imputato il tutto a delle restrizioni troppo forti da parte del firewall del server. Adesso il fatto nuovo. Se cerco di giocare on line dal solito pc client con quake 3 sotto mandrake ci riesco... Mistero. Perchè con Mandrake sì e con Win2K no? A voi la soluzione. Un saluto.
[newbie-it] configurare apache
Ciao a tutti non riesco a configurare apache in modo che mi esegua i cgi in tutto il dominio e non solo nella cgi-bin non basta aggiungere AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl e riavviare apache chi mi da una dritta.
Rif: [newbie-it] gaming on line
Il mistero si infittisce. Ho provato ad installare Quake 3 su Win2K e a giocare on-line... Funziona. Non so più che pesci prendere. :(( Un saluto.
Re: [newbie-it] Re: 2 versioni di linux sullo stesso disco
Il mar, 2002-01-15 alle 11:35, luigi pinna ha scritto: nulla; L'ultima (unica) volta sono riuscito a navigare con Konqueror e lo trovavo piuttosto brutto(!); Spero di vedere in azione e riuscire poi ad usare il famoso Netscape... puoi usare anche mozilla e opera (lo devi scaricare), alla fine il browser deve essere efficiente non e` importante che sia anche bello (magari succhiandoti un sacco di risorse di sistema!) Impossibile non aggiungere Galeon all'elenco... Lo uso come browser preferito, a volte lancio Opera. L'assenza di un browser decente era uno dei limiti di Linux, soprattutto in ambito domestico, meno male le cose stanno cambiando... :) Corrado
[newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0
Hello, I'm would like to update my Samba Server (on a x86 Mdk 8.0) to the new version 2.2.2 I've seen that Mdk 8.1 has a Samba package (rpm-ized) 2.2.2 Is it possible (and recommended) to install this rpm package on a 8.0? Thanks, Best regards, --- Jean-Christophe Berthon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] USB Modems
I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to replace my AOpen FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA slot for an old scanner. I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it declares my present moidm unsupported! Do any usb modems function with LM8 or 8.1? If not, could you recommend a good external modem? Hello, I made the mistake of purchasing a USB modem to use with my LM8.0 installation - it's an external modem, isn't it?. Well, yes and no! I won't go into the details of what I eventually worked out from reading forums and newsgroups, but basically some USB modems work, and some don't. So: buy a good old-fashioned serial port external modem. It will work straight out of the box without any messing about with drivers. I settled on a Elsa Microlink Fun, simply because a) it was cheap b) I liked the colour c) I couldn't find any negative reviews with Google. Have fun, Richard *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and are confidential and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or disclose them or any part of their contents to any person or organisation; please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your computer system. Please note that Internet communications are not necessarily secure and may be changed, intercepted or corrupted. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us and we will not accept any liability for any such changes, interceptions or corruptions. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and its attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to Littlewoods. Littlewoods takes steps to prohibit the transmission of offensive, obscene or discriminatory material. If this message contains inappropriate material please forward the e-mail intact to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be investigated. Statements and opinions contained in this e-mail may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communication may be monitored. Registered office: Littlewoods Retail Limited, Sir John Moores Building, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB Registered no: 421258 http://www.littlewoods.com *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] internet connection sharing
Your ICS should still work with static addresses as long as they are in the 255.255.255.0 subnet i.e. they are 192.168.0.x addresses. If you look in the newbie archive I think you'll find a message to this effect from civilme from late last year. Just set up ICS on your Mandrake box, then ignore the DHCP function - think that's all that was required. BTW though - DHCP is not incompatible with what you evidently want to do. The windoze shares are all accessed by name, not by address. Stay with static addresses by all means if it is more convenient, but it shouldn't really make any diffierence unless you are not using the default subnet for some reason. cheers Brian On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 23:40, Mohammed Arafa 2 Mailing Lists wrote: hi how do i set up ics without dhcp? basically, each pc on the lan already has an ip with mapped drives to each other and the machine with the modem has 2 hd.one windows and one linux and i pull the power from one to the other to boot my preferred OS. ics is set up on windows but i wanna do that on linux too but without dhcp tia _ 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] Web sharing does not survive a reboot
Hello (again)! I have built a new machine in order to use it as a small server (about 10 machines for the time being). I have an ADSL modem to which plug an LAN cable conneced to the first ethernet interface (eth0). The other interface is for the LAN (eth1). Using the network setup tools, I have configured eth0 to connect by DHCP to the modem, and eth1 with the address 192.168.0.1. After that, I have configured the web sharing, and it works without any problem. I can access the mail from other machines, use internet browsers, ftp, etc... The only problem is that I have to start the web sharing manually everytime I boot. Is there a way to automate the startup so that the server can work as a server simply by power on, and without logging into it? Thanks for any hint! Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] printing from MacOS to a Linux server
Hello (Last one for today) I have installed a Linux server for about 10 clients. There is a printer connected to it with the parallel port (an inkjet printer). I have installed appletalk (netatalk) which runs fine. When I run nbplkup, 3 zones are shown. Don't ask me why, but most of the machines here show 3 zones, so I assume it's normal. I still cannot see the printer from the client machine. I found many pages explaining how to do for the server side, but close to nothing about what I should do from the client. Am I supposed to see the printer in the chooser on MacOS9, or with the printer tool in MacOS X? I forgot to mention that CUPS runs. Can anybody figure out what I have missed? Thanks, Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine (SOLVED)
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 19:01, you wrote: I decided to try the codeweavers installation of wine. It was very easy to use and while I think I could have managed the script file ok... The graphic tool is very nice. There's a graphic tool? I guess I should get my hands on xmessage after all ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] TNT graphics card problem
Hello! I sent this mail yesterday but didn't get it back from the list, so maybe it hasn't been sent properly. Sorry if you get it twice, and sorry also for the two following messages! I have a problem installing Mandrake on a new machine. I bought a TNT2 board. I could use the installer so basically it works in a low resolution / low color definition mode. When the X server starts, or just before it starts, the text mode screen flashes, The period of the flashes is about a second, it lasts for about 1 minute, and after that it says something like: respawning too fast. Stop for 5 minutes. At that point, I can log in text mode and perform all operations you can perform in text mode. 5 minutes later, it retries to launch X, flashes again, and then stops for another 5 minutes. I have tried to download the latest TNT driver. On the same page, there is also a linux kernel that I have downloaded and installed. The symptoms are exactly the same. I am almost sure the problem is within the driver because: 1. The TNT board does not work on another Mandrake 8.1 machine after replacing its card and drivers; 2. The TNT board works perfectly with BeOS in full color, 1280x1024. Any hint to solve this problem? Thanks, Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall/Tcp-ip problem...
There was an article on Mandrake Forum some time last month telling you which files Bastille firewall uses to set up the firewall policy. If you can find it all should become clear. Enjoy derek On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:03, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, this morning I ran the basic (Bastille?) firewall setup from the Control Center. Went thru it easily, no problems there. I didn't lose anything like mail services, ability to hit websites, etc, etc... However...(you just knew there was a however in there somewhere, didn't you?) I did lose something. Before I ran it, I could play networking via Winex with Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction. Now, I can join any of the games run by the Windoze boxes in our 3 comp Lan, but no one can join a game if I host it. I poked around, found that some stuff had been dropped from /etc/resolv.conf, and I re-added it. The last 2 lines here were gone. nameserver 192.168.0.1 darkforce nameserver 192.168.0.2 darkforce2 nameserver 192.168.0.3 darkforce3 After adding these 2 lines back, then doing a ifconfig eth0 down, ifconfig eth0 up, followed by mount -a, I was able to join games again. Still couldn't host one though. Does anyone know what network related files the firewall changes? I'm sure its just a small file somewhere, something like hosts allow or deny thats stopping the Windog machines from being able to play via tcp/ip with mine. Thanks in advance! ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB Modems
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:19, you wrote: I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to replace my AOpen FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA slot for an old scanner. I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it declares my present moidm unsupported! Do any usb modems function with LM8 or 8.1? If not, could you recommend a good external modem? Hello, I made the mistake of purchasing a USB modem to use with my LM8.0 installation - it's an external modem, isn't it?. Well, yes and no! I won't go into the details of what I eventually worked out from reading forums and newsgroups, but basically some USB modems work, and some don't. So: buy a good old-fashioned serial port external modem. It will work straight out of the box without any messing about with drivers. I settled on a Elsa Microlink Fun, simply because a) it was cheap b) I liked the colour c) I couldn't find any negative reviews with Google. Have fun, Richard *** This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and are confidential and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or disclose them or any part of their contents to any person or organisation; please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your computer system. Please note that Internet communications are not necessarily secure and may be changed, intercepted or corrupted. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us and we will not accept any liability for any such changes, interceptions or corruptions. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and its attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to Littlewoods. Littlewoods takes steps to prohibit the transmission of offensive, obscene or discriminatory material. If this message contains inappropriate material please forward the e-mail intact to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be investigated. Statements and opinions contained in this e-mail may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communication may be monitored. Registered office: Littlewoods Retail Limited, Sir John Moores Building, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB Registered no: 421258 http://www.littlewoods.com *** Hi Richard, I think I'll follow your lead! Btw, what color did you choose? : Regard, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember, in your prayers, the suffering souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly with His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] M8.1 addins advice req.
Hello folks, Well, I was more than disappointed to find that the WIN4LIN inclusion in 8.1 wasn't real - just a demo. Very poor PR on Mandrake's part to do that. It isn't an included package - more like someone else's E-brochure. Anyone using Win4Lin or WINE out there able to tell me a little about their experiences? I need something to run FrontPage98 and Thumbsplus and with all the complaints out there still, probably Word as well. :-( I do have a copy of Wordperfect for Linux - any comments? I have M8.0 and was wondering if it was worth buying a std pak 8.1 and HOPING to get a bit further than with 8.0 . Still have no sound, no CD, lousy onscreen fonts. I am going to have to do a complete re-install anyway as I've lost the SU/root password.. :-( Cheers, him again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Etho0 shutdown lockup
Yes, I have two computers, both running Mandrake, using DHCP to get ips from a 3Com internet gateway, which is connected to an ADSL modem. Barbara At 03:13 PM 1/15/2002, you wrote: On Wednesday 16 January 2002 00:47, you wrote: I have 8.0 on a Dell Laptop. Suddenly, on shutdown the computer locks up on this: Shutting down interface eth0: dhcpcd[784]: terminating on signal 1 It just sits there. I have to power off the computer and then it has to check the filesystem on bootup. Any idea what's wrong? It's a Etherlink pc card using the xircom driver. Works great. Barbara -- Do you actually use DHCP? If you're not using it, the easiest thing would be to just stop if from loading in the first place. If you are using it, you can check your settings using netconf. Registered Linux user #225209 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] Mixed Doze/Linux startup problem
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:09, your wisdom was such..: make a linux boot disk, this will get you back to linux after you wipe out the mbr using a win/dos boot disk and type ...-let me get this right, either 'fdisk /mbr' or 'format /mbr' ** Oh Yes! It is fdisk /MBR you mean that win doesn't see another dos/win drive that is there? *** Not a Drive - a partition, f: M8 sees it and uses it. depending on your version of windows it is possible to rename a couple of files and do an 'upgrade' over itself, i think that this is usually only necessary when trying with an 'oem' version, full *** It is OEM - I've just forgotten how to do it :-( Thanks, Cheers, him again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bastille firewall log
I am running Mandrake 8.1 and dual booting with WinME (temporarily, I hope). I am on a cable modem and I run the Zone Alarm Pro firewall in windows. ZA logs all attempts to access my machine in a text log. I opted to install the Bastille firewall in Mandrake 8.1 and it works very well as I have had GRC.com's Shields Up probe my machine and it reports all ports in stealth. I have looked for a log from Bastille, but I cannot find any mention of it in the docs so far. Can anyone on this list point me in the right direction? Must logging be enabled in the default install of Bastille? If so, how? Thanks, Jim Gentry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] TNT graphics card problem
The X respawning thing is because there is something wrong with your video setup. Not necessarily due to the wrong driver, more likely wrong resolution etc. When the respawning stops log in as root and type init 3 This will stop X trying to start again. Then type XFdrake (It takes a long time to load) You will then be able to reconfigure your video settings. Choose conservative ones you can always change it later. To restart X type init 5 (you may also need startx) HTH derek On Wednesday 16 January 2002 08:19, Pascal Goguey wrote: Hello! I sent this mail yesterday but didn't get it back from the list, so maybe it hasn't been sent properly. Sorry if you get it twice, and sorry also for the two following messages! I have a problem installing Mandrake on a new machine. I bought a TNT2 board. I could use the installer so basically it works in a low resolution / low color definition mode. When the X server starts, or just before it starts, the text mode screen flashes, The period of the flashes is about a second, it lasts for about 1 minute, and after that it says something like: respawning too fast. Stop for 5 minutes. At that point, I can log in text mode and perform all operations you can perform in text mode. 5 minutes later, it retries to launch X, flashes again, and then stops for another 5 minutes. I have tried to download the latest TNT driver. On the same page, there is also a linux kernel that I have downloaded and installed. The symptoms are exactly the same. I am almost sure the problem is within the driver because: 1. The TNT board does not work on another Mandrake 8.1 machine after replacing its card and drivers; 2. The TNT board works perfectly with BeOS in full color, 1280x1024. Any hint to solve this problem? Thanks, Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mixed Doze/Linux startup problem
John, Based on what I have gleaned from installing Bastille firewalls, it seems that if you have physical access to the console, you should be able to get over the lack of a root password - at least if you haven't taken very specific action to secure against this. Can I suggest you pose this question specifically on the expert list? Having the root password would certainly be a bit useful in these circumstances. Brian On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 17:52, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Nobody seriously expects Windoze to stay up, but this is ridiculous: Sudenly it won't boot properly. System is a W98SE on Celeron 500 + 256K + 20gig Only real changes recently were to get rid of the MS Spy system files following a hand from someone about another problem of almost permanent modem activity picked up by good ol' Zone Alarm. ( It stopped it. More later) However the system did boot following that exercise ok. It has Mandrake8.0 on it via lilo booter. 1. M8 boots happily. Can see Drive f: W98 ok 2. Under M8 no problems at all re system. W98: 1. Boots as far as pre-screen (blue)display and stops. No eggtimer, but correct 800 cursor. Can C-A-D and it shows no processes running to cancel. 2. Won't start in safe mode. 3. Will start in C: mode. 4. In C mode cannot see Drive F: (last partition) NOTE: it is there and ok under Linux. 5. Progressive error functions: i. On different attempts reports different files missing/unsuccessful in logs. ii Even told me it couldn't start due to file size limitations at one stage... REINSTALL 1. REports unable to upgrade system - get an upgrade disk. 2. Next time reported No FAT table unable to proceed. Remove alternate booting program and boot from dos. THE FUN PART: I gave up on Mandrake 8 after trying to get sound and cd to work on it after 3 months of trying and it is just sitting there. Catch is I've forgotten the SU password!!! Have it hidden somewhere which I also forgot.:-) BOTH opsys have stuff on them I want. But that's life. However, anyone with not too complex suggestions most welcome. There WAS a way to do something about the W98 reload. rename win.com and. There was a way to simply delete the lilo but how to get back to Linux then? -- Cheers, him again 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] Wine Question
I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Correct md5sums after burning a CD?
Mario Michael da Costa wrote: Never saw my name on a website before, done my ego a whole lotta good, thanks. You're welcome! Were the sizes of the 2 iso images different ? because that is the only thing that could the message digest. Before computing the MD5 digest, the message (iso image) is padded till it's length is 64 bits less than a multiple of 512 bits. so if the 2 sizes were different, it is possible that they would be padded differently. heck if they were different, the MD5 digest would be different in any case. Don't know about the sizes, and they are now deleted. If I get a chance to experiment again, I'll check that. Thanks for the explanation on padding -- I was afraid that different isos (from different software) might be padded differently -- I'll add this to the webpage. (We may still not be positive, but this sounds like a straightforward algorithm.) As part of my *research* on MD5, i downloaded the c source code of md5. It compiles on linux quite easily. The code though was a bit too geeky for me to comprehand, the algorithm is pretty simple. I can mail you the c source code offlist, if you want to try and compile it on windblows. Yeah, go ahead and mail me the code -- don't know when I'd have a chance to look at it, or what I'll be able to pick up, but learning C and C++ is on my ToDo list. Over the coming weekend i'll try experimenting on my own. Great, send me any results you get, or add them to the Wikilearn yourself. regards, Randy Kramer Reminding me (and all of us) of the link: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Md5sumsAfterBurning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall/Tcp-ip problem...
Michael Viron wrote: You could try opening all ports to your internal network while keeping the rules for your external connection the same. It could be that your firewall is blocking connection attempts on whatever TCP / IP port Diablo 2 uses. Michael Thanks for the reply, Michael. Well, I kinda figured that...(not being sarcastic here-the thought had occurred to me!), but I was hoping someone had run into this problem before and could point me to a specific file. I did a search of the Newbie mailing list archives, and found -tons- of info about firewalls, but nothing related to this problem. I also tried the Mandrake forums and .org...again, nothing related. Well, methinks I'll re-run the firewall tool, and leave one section open at a time, until it works again. That at least, should narrow it down to where. Thanks again! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] TNT graphics card problem
PG Hello! PG I sent this mail yesterday but didn't get it back from the list, PG so maybe it hasn't been sent properly. Sorry if you get it twice, PG and sorry also for the two following messages! PG I have a problem installing Mandrake on a new machine. PG I bought a TNT2 board. I could use the installer so basically PG it works in a low resolution / low color definition mode. PG When the X server starts, or just before it starts, the text mode PG screen flashes, The period of the flashes is about a second, PG it lasts for about 1 minute, and after that it says something PG like: respawning too fast. Stop for 5 minutes. PG At that point, I can log in text mode and perform all operations PG you can perform in text mode. 5 minutes later, it retries to launch PG X, flashes again, and then stops for another 5 minutes. PG I have tried to download the latest TNT driver. On the same PG page, there is also a linux kernel that I have downloaded and PG installed. The symptoms are exactly the same. PG I am almost sure the problem is within the driver because: PG 1. The TNT board does not work on another Mandrake 8.1 machine PG after replacing its card and drivers; PG 2. The TNT board works perfectly with BeOS in full color, 1280x1024. PG Any hint to solve this problem? PG Thanks, PG Pascal Your card seems to be ok, just the drivers might be installed wrong. Make sure you have installed the nvidia driver correctly on linux. In the nvidia's official pages, there are 2 drivers, a glx rpm and a kernel rpm (not kernel, but an addon for kernel). Make sure that you install them both. Keep in mind that if you changed your kernel to one other than the official mdk kernel, you must update your nvidia-kernel-driver. For your question, if I remember right, try booting in console mode. Like if you are using lilo to boot, try to boot with linux 3, and then login, and type startx. This should do all the work about respawning too fast) if the drivers are set up correct. I advice you check madnrakeuser.org, mandrakeforum.com and the archives of this list, this subject has been discussed many times. 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
[newbie] CDROM Woes..
I have recently just reinstalled my system. Since the reinstall i have not been able to not been able to use my cdrom drive. If i click on the icon on the dekstop it reports that it is not a valid block device. The same happens if i use the mount command. The cdrom device in /dev/ is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc which is what the kde control centre reports my cdrom drive to be. Can anyone help me here? i am positive it is not a faulty cdrom drive bacuse its the same drive i just reinstalled from a couple of hours ago. Any help appreciated, it would be helpfull if you could respond to this address aswell as the list one as i cannot be subscibed to the list at all times due to the high volumes. Thank you. Jamie Adams Housing Assistant Home Housing Association LTD 41 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1BJ t. (01723) 340142 f. (01723) 355862 This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] More Wine or DOSEMU
Hi Group, Well... more wine is probably always a better choice... I have a DOS communications application that does not work under Wine... I am not really surprised that it does not start... But, if anyone has any suggestions I am open to try something. The other question is DOSEMU does not seem to work the way that it used to when I worked with it before (2 years ago). The previous version seemed to easily run the serial port application. This application handles some hardware specific protocol. So, I'd really like to get it running until I have something else working. I edited the config file, but it does not want to talk out the port. I've thought maybe I should try and find an older version of DOSEMU. Any suggestions? I'll probaably want to run this app under a user instead of root... This also seems it might be an issue when accessing the serial port... Anyone doing this? Thanks, Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine Question
Hi Rich, Which version of Wine are you running? I just installed the CodeWeavers installation and it works great. But, you do have to install the xmessage package. There is more on the web at: http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/help.php Read Item #6. GL Joe I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] Wine Question
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 10:40, Joe Wittmer wrote: Hi Rich, Which version of Wine are you running? I just installed the CodeWeavers installation and it works great. But, you do have to install the xmessage package. There is more on the web at: http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/help.php Read Item #6. I'm also running the codeweavers version and I'll check out the site - thanks! I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --Boundary_(ID_g3CHU6fITcm8JCX6aO/m4A) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine Question
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 08:20 am, Rich wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the program may not run well (and they don't!). Where would I find xmessage? Rich X11R6-contrib rpm provides xmessage. I've got X11R6-contrib-3.3.6-18mdk and codeweavers-wine-20011108-5 -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] After i install alsa drivers what's next
I had to install LM 8.1 twice in my pc, the first time the sound worked good i have the kind of sound card that comes as an extension of the mother board but the second time nothing happened. I installed alsa but I dont know what to do after. Is there any procedure I need to follow after i have alsa installed? thanks for your help.. Rob... __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can I save to a floppy directly from wordstar?
Hello, I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other program? If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a directory and then dragging and dropping my files onto the floppy in the mnt directory in order to make them portable. Thanks for any help in advance, thmswldmn _ 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] CDROM Woes..
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 15:39, you wrote: I have recently just reinstalled my system. Since the reinstall i have not been able to not been able to use my cdrom drive. If i click on the icon on the dekstop it reports that it is not a valid block device. The same happens if i use the mount command. The cdrom device in /dev/ is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc which is what the kde control centre reports my cdrom drive to be. Can anyone help me here? i am positive it is not a faulty cdrom drive bacuse its the same drive i just reinstalled from a couple of hours ago. Any help appreciated, it would be helpfull if you could respond to this address aswell as the list one as i cannot be subscibed to the list at all times due to the high volumes. Thank you. Jamie Adams Housing Assistant Home Housing Association LTD 41 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1BJ t. (01723) 340142 f. (01723) 355862 Go into the properties of the icon and make sure that it is pointing to the correct device. 8.1 seems to have a problem with this. I just fixed a similar problem, you will see these messages if you just look at the archives from the last couple of days. Registered Linux user #225209 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] X hangs with bpp=24
Hi, I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). Jixian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can I save to a floppy directly from wordstar?
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:34, you wrote: Hello, I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other program? If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a directory and then dragging and dropping my files onto the floppy in the mnt directory in order to make them portable. Thanks for any help in advance, thmswldmn Sure can, just be sure that your floppy is already mounted and choose to save as doc_name in /mnt/floppy... or whatever represents this on your system. cheers Registered Linux user #225209 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can I save to a floppy directly from wordstar?
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:34:39 -0800 Thomas wrote: I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other program? If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a directory and then dragging and dropping my files onto the floppy in the mnt directory in order to make them portable. Just save directly to /mnt/floppy/name of file Paul -- Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. -Marcus Tullius Cicero http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:41, you wrote: Hi, I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). Jixian Silly question, are you running anything that really demands the higher color depth, and are you sure that your board supports it? Registered Linux user #225209 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:54:02 + From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:41, you wrote: Hi, I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). Jixian (perhaps I should clarify) (if I may ask a) Silly question, are you running anything that really demands the higher color depth, and are you sure that your board supports it? (I meant no offense to anyone) Registered Linux user #225209 --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
Greetings ... In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encountered a slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to solve ... but at this point, I still have one dilemma ... When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it requires gtkhtml ... no problem ... So I try to install gtkhtml and get the message that GConf is required ... That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to install GConf I get a message that libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf ... but when i try to install libGConf1, I get a message that: GCONF = 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1-1.0.7mdk libConf1 = 1.0.4 is needed by GConf-1.0.4-2mdk what am i missing here ? can anyone help me decipher this? thanks in advance for the help. kennM _ 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] X hangs with bpp=24
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:41:22 -0500 Yao, Jixian (CRD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). If you are using 3D hardware acceleration that Is the reason. 3D accel will only run at 16bpp. If you wish to run at a higher bpp you will ned to change to X 4.10 without accel. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
Try typing 'rpm -ivh all the rpm's in a list' as root. I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves this problem. Dave. On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:21:19 -0600 Kenn Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings ... In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encountered a slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to solve ... but at this point, I still have one dilemma ... When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it requires gtkhtml ... no problem ... So I try to install gtkhtml and get the message that GConf is required ... That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to install GConf I get a message that libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf ... but when i try to install libGConf1, I get a message that: GCONF = 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1-1.0.7mdk libConf1 = 1.0.4 is needed by GConf-1.0.4-2mdk what am i missing here ? can anyone help me decipher this? thanks in advance for the help. kennM _ 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
[newbie] OT: But I had to tell somebody !
Today is a day for celebration in the Poogle household - I'm Windows free, got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the chain. Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !) -- Poogle :-)) Registered Linux user 182657 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
i tried that, but it returned about 20 files which conflicted ... - Original Message - From: David Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems) | Try typing 'rpm -ivh all the rpm's in a list' as root. | | I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves this problem. | | Dave. | | On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:21:19 -0600 | Kenn Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Greetings ... | | In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encountered a | slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to solve ... but at | this point, I still have one dilemma ... | | When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it requires | gtkhtml ... no problem ... So I try to install gtkhtml and get the message | that GConf is required ... | | That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to install GConf I get a | message that libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf ... but when i try to | install libGConf1, I get a message that: | | GCONF = 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1-1.0.7mdk | libConf1 = 1.0.4 is needed by GConf-1.0.4-2mdk | | what am i missing here ? can anyone help me decipher this? | | thanks in advance for the help. | | kennM | | | | | _ | 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 | _ 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] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 11:21 am, Kenn Yahoo wrote: That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to install GConf I get a message that libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf ... but when i try to install libGConf1, I get a message that: GCONF = 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1-1.0.7mdk libConf1 = 1.0.4 is needed by GConf-1.0.4-2mdk what am i missing here ? can anyone help me decipher this? Install simultaneously to avoid circular dependencies, eg rpm -Uvh libGConf1-1.0.7-2mdk.i586.rpm GConf-1.0.7-2mdk.i586.rpm but it also appears you need newer versions, at least for GConf, recent are (note that the version numbers match) libGConf1-1.0.7-2mdk GConf-1.0.7-2mdk -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
the answer was SO obvious ... once you pointed out the problem :-) once i solved the problem with conflicting version numbers, all was well, and the install was easy ... thanks to both you and david for your help ... kennM | | but it also appears you need newer versions, at least for GConf, | recent are (note that the version numbers match) | libGConf1-1.0.7-2mdk | GConf-1.0.7-2mdk | | -- | Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | | _ 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
[newbie] Firewall - Tcp/ip problem partially solved.
Just shoot me. One answer was right in front of me in the forums. The firewall starts on bootup by default. No problem, first thing I usually do is hit the 'Net and check mail, so I'm protected. Logoff, and stop the firewall since I don't need it now. To stop the firewall, as root: service bastille-firewall stop Then, Diablo2: Lord of Destruction networking with WineX works fine. If I need to log back on to the 'Net before I shutdown again, I just issue a: service bastille-firewall start and the firewall resumes. Of course, just looking at the Bastille config file tells me there is a way to allow access from my Lan with the firewall up (although I don't know exactly -what- to enter there) but this works for now so... Thanks to all who replied! PS Its also kind of reassuring to know that the firewall is -blocking-. ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: But I had to tell somebody !
congrats expect your i don't do windows tee shirt and instructions on the secret handshake to be in the mail soon. :-) On Wednesday 16 January 2002 09:43, you spoke unto me thusly: Today is a day for celebration in the Poogle household - I'm Windows free, got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the chain. Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !) -- Every day the world begins again... shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24
Nick and Charles, Don't worry about it Nick. I am trying to set up pV3 which is a viz software for CFD, and its server requires 24-bit color depth. The card is decent card with 8MB ram, and at least it can do that under Windoze at 1024*768. The X server version is 4.1.0, and when I tried to set it up with Mandrake Control center (it's XFdrake acutally), I saw the limitation of the accel server, then I picked the plain X 4.1.0, and set the 24 for color depth. After it failed, I then tried to adjust /etc/XF86Config manually, no luck so far. By the way, which config file XFree86 uses? is it /etc/XF86Config or XF86Config-4? Thanks, Jixian -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24 On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:41:22 -0500 Yao, Jixian (CRD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the machine (C-A-BS etc didn't work) with a white screen (gradually). I tried various setups in /etc/XF86Config, but didn't get it to work. Wonder if someone knows the problem and the fix. (16bpp works fine). If you are using 3D hardware acceleration that Is the reason. 3D accel will only run at 16bpp. If you wish to run at a higher bpp you will ned to change to X 4.10 without accel. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: But I had to tell somebody !
poogle wrote: Today is a day for celebration in the Poogle household - I'm Windows free, got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the chain. Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Props and congrats Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Associations
I've managed to get html links from Kmail to open in Opera, but many links in email will still not open in my preferred browser. Can someone point me to what I need to read to fix this? Thanks, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: But I had to tell somebody !
poogle wrote: Today is a day for celebration in the Poogle household - I'm Windows free, got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the chain. Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !) -- Poogle :-)) Registered Linux user 182657 Congratulations! I live for the day when I can get Starcraft to network (IPX, its being worked on by Transgaming) thru Winex. On that day, my Windog partition goes boom! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M8.1 addins advice req.
Anyone using Win4Lin or WINE out there able to tell me a little about their experiences? I use it, I think very highly of it. It does all M$ networking stuff, runs practically everything. (WP2002 is the only thing that I know won't install) The only thing it can't do is play games, but I boot to real Winsux for that (like there's any other reason ;-) I need something to run FrontPage98 and Thumbsplus and with all the complaints out there still, probably Word as well. :-( I used to run FP98, now I run FP2000. They both work flawlessy. In the days when I was forced to use M$ Office products, they ran perfectly as well. Well, let me rephrase: they ran no worse than in a normal Winsux installation. I do have a copy of Wordperfect for Linux - any comments? Although it's rumored to have happened, I've never seen WP _ever_ run well, so you're asking the wrong guy. I have M8.0 and was wondering if it was worth buying a std pak 8.1 and HOPING to get a bit further than with 8.0 . Still have no sound, no CD, lousy onscreen fonts. If you have the time, you could just download 8.1 for free. Then if you like it, make a donation at their website. Or buy stock. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] First install
Hi folks - I've just installed my first copy of Linux on to a Compaq laptop in a dual boot configuration. However, although it seems to boot OK , it then drops out to the black login screen - not sure if that is what it's supposed to do or not. I can then login as root or a user but when I type Startx or StartKDE it says 'unable to open display' - canot connect to X server : $Display is not set. Is this something to do with not selecting the right monitor? I couldn't find anything about laptop displays in the list. Does anyone know which i should choose? And how do i get back into the choosing monitor sequence ? thanks, Nick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar?
Try using the entire path to the file i.e. /home/user/filename? -Original Message- From: Thomas Wildeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Hello, I couldn't find a terminal icon in starword. But i can find one on the tool bar, so I used it to type in: /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke1.doc Yet I got an error saying the directory or file doesn't exist. What did I do incorrectly? i can see clearly using the file browser that it is existing. Btw is there a direct way of accessing this terminal in starword? Thanks for any help, Thmswldmn From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:15 -0600 On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: Hello, Thanks for the help and the replies. This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or write in the words: /mnt/floppy/name of file ? I apologize for asking such a basic thing ahead of time. Respectfully, thmswldmn don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in learning, someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default there is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a whole new world. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0
I think this would be the best way, to install it off a LM 8.1 CD because it would have any dependencies taken care of. Do a 'rpm -Uvh --test samba*.rpm' on the samba RPM first though, to see if you get any errors or are missing any dependencies. Regards, Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jean-Christophe Berthon Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0 Hello, I'm would like to update my Samba Server (on a x86 Mdk 8.0) to the new version 2.2.2 I've seen that Mdk 8.1 has a Samba package (rpm-ized) 2.2.2 Is it possible (and recommended) to install this rpm package on a 8.0? Thanks, Best regards, --- Jean-Christophe Berthon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] contents of CDs (was chicken or egg dependencies problem)
Look for Software Manager in your Configuration/Packaging. You should be able to see a list of most if not all of the software packages (I do not know about the extra software in power pack since I am using the standard 3 CD download version). If there is nothing in the list, try using Define sources and follow the instruction from there. HTH Robin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kenn Yahoo Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] contents of CDs (was chicken or egg dependencies problem) h ... well, the good news is that i got it working -- while i had downloaded the mandrake files from rpmfind.net, i had inadvertently downloaded the wrong version number on one ... HOWEVER, your message brings up another interesting poing ... before today, i had version 0.13 of evolution ... don't even know where i got it, seeing as i installed from the mandrake 8.1 power pack edition that i bought from my local computer store ... that does raise an interesting question (for me, anyway) ... how does one know what is contained on those 7 disks that came in the Power Pack? there's certainly no paper document listing the contents, and if it's listed on the cd's themselves, i'm too ignorant to know where to look ... - Original Message - From: Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:17 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems) | I was just doing the same yesterday. I got it working by using $ rpm | -Uvh *Gconf*, try that see if it helps. Also, last time I tried to | install Evolution with RPMs from rpmfind.net, I made the mistake of | not getting the mdk ones, which massed up my install. I had to remove | quite a few of them and reinstall with mdk one, which works perfectly. | | With the Evolution came with 8.1 installed, only the following files | were required. | | evolution-1.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm | GConf-1.0.7-2mdk.i586.rpm | gtkhtml-1.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm | libcapplet1-1.5.11-1mdk.i586.rpm libdb3.3-3.3.11-5mdk.i586.rpm | libgal19-0.19-2mdk.i586.rpm | libGConf1-1.0.7-2mdk.i586.rpm | libgtkhtml20-1.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm | libgtkhtml20-devel-1.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm | | Robin | | | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kenn Yahoo | Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:54 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies | problem (or so it seems) | | | i tried that, but it returned about 20 files which conflicted ... | | | - Original Message - | From: David Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:33 AM | Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies | problem (or so it seems) | | | | Try typing 'rpm -ivh all the rpm's in a list' as root. | | | | I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one | | line solves | this problem. | | | | Dave. | | | | On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:21:19 -0600 | | Kenn Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | | | Greetings ... | | | | In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've | encountered a | | slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to | solve ... | | but | at | | this point, I still have one dilemma ... | | | | When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it | | requires gtkhtml ... no problem ... So I try to install | gtkhtml and | | get the | message | | that GConf is required ... | | | | That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to | install GConf | | I | get a | | message that libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf ... | but when i | | try | to | | install libGConf1, I get a message that: | | | | GCONF = 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1-1.0.7mdk libConf1 = 1.0.4 | | is needed by GConf-1.0.4-2mdk | | | | what am i missing here ? can anyone help me decipher this? | | | | thanks in advance for the help. | | | | kennM | | | | | | | | | | _ | | 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 | | | | | _ | Do You Yahoo!? | Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com | | | | | | _ | Do You Yahoo!? | Get your free @yahoo.com address at
Re: [newbie] ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32mg AGP
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RE: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar?
I think you may have misunderstood the previous help. Let me try. If you are in Star Writer and would like to save a file to a floppy disk: 1. Put the floppy in the drive. 2. Open a terminal window as you have done before when trying the previous help. 3. Type 'mount /mnt/floppy' or if that doesn't work, try 'mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'. 4. You should see the floppy disk light come on momentarily. 5. If no error messages are recieved, then the mount was successful. 6. In Star Writer, go to the Save As function. 7. Choose '/mnt/floppy/' as the directory. This is just like selecting A:\ in Windoze. 8. Type in a file name and Save. To open the file, perform steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 before starting or right after starting StarWriter. Then just go to OPEN in Star Writerand do step 7 and then find the file. I don't believe there is a direct way of getting a terminal from Star Writer. Just use the one in your K or GNOME bar. Hope that helps. Chad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Wildeman Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Hello, I couldn't find a terminal icon in starword. But i can find one on the tool bar, so I used it to type in: /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke1.doc Yet I got an error saying the directory or file doesn't exist. What did I do incorrectly? i can see clearly using the file browser that it is existing. Btw is there a direct way of accessing this terminal in starword? Thanks for any help, Thmswldmn From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:15 -0600 On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: Hello, Thanks for the help and the replies. This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or write in the words: /mnt/floppy/name of file ? I apologize for asking such a basic thing ahead of time. Respectfully, thmswldmn don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in learning, someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default there is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a whole new world. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordsta r?
Sorry for coming in halfway through a thread, but it looks like everyone is discussing a different subject :) To save to a floppy from within an application then just select 'Save' and save it as /mnt/floppy/filename The floppy must be already inserted and mounted. You mount it either by right clicking on the floppy icon on your desktop and selecting mount, or by typing mount /mnt/floppy in a terminal window. Do not forget to 'unmount' it before removing the floppy. Right click on the floppy icon or else 'umount /mnt/floppy' in a terminal window. The utility kwikdisk is handy for quick mounting/unmounting of removable media.You will find it in KmenuConfigurationKardwareKwikdisk set it to dock in your taskbar, and then when you leave KDE make sure the save settings box is checked. Kwikdisk will then automatically load as an icon in your task bar for ever more. By the way: In Linux it is a good idea to avoid spaces in file names. Spaces are allowed, but when you refer to the file in a terminal command you have to 'quote' the space by putting the whole file name in Quote marks. For example if we want to list the contents of a text file in a terminal window we can use the 'more' command, as in more /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke.txt or alternatively you could precede each space with a '\' as in more /mnt/floppy/Note\ to\Luke.txt If you do not do this the 'more' command will think it has to list the file called '/mnt/floppy/Note' and has command options 'to' and 'Luke.txt' specified. As you can see its a lot less trouble to just not use spaces. When saving or loading from your application you do not have to worry about spaces, so for example StarWrite is quite happy to load or save /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke.txt Hope I have not confused you even more than you were already. It is a steep learning curve at first, but once you get it you will find it real easy. derek On Wednesday 16 January 2002 21:55, Matt Bullock wrote: Try using the entire path to the file i.e. /home/user/filename? -Original Message- From: Thomas Wildeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Hello, I couldn't find a terminal icon in starword. But i can find one on the tool bar, so I used it to type in: /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke1.doc Yet I got an error saying the directory or file doesn't exist. What did I do incorrectly? i can see clearly using the file browser that it is existing. Btw is there a direct way of accessing this terminal in starword? Thanks for any help, Thmswldmn From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy directly from wordstar? Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:15 -0600 On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: Hello, Thanks for the help and the replies. This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or write in the words: /mnt/floppy/name of file ? I apologize for asking such a basic thing ahead of time. Respectfully, thmswldmn don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in learning, someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default there is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a whole new world. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake/SuSE Swap Partition
I have SuSE 7.3 installed and I want to install Mandrake 8.1 to have a dual-boot. Will the Mandrake side be able to use the swap partition I created for SuSE? Randy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB Scanner not seen
Em Segunda, 14 de Janeiro de 2002 14:51, escreveste: On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, David wrote: Sorry to say this but, this is ONE of the Epson Scanners that *do not* work (for now) on Linux! I've search a lot... all recent models work except 1650! I almost bought one on seasons sale... great price! Ricardo Castanho On Sunday 13 January 2002 02:47, you wrote: hi goto the Epson website there is lots of info there on getting the Epson scanners working under linux OK, I thought this was going to be an easy one. Apparently I was wrong. I have an Epson Perfection 1650 USB scanner chosen partially because it is supported by SANE under Linux. I am running Mandrake 8.1 which has USB support. But the scanner does not show up in /dev/usb, though usbview shows it as present. And, of course, it doesn't show up --- nothing does --- in sane-find-scanner run as root. Excuse me for entering this question but David is right. I have a Epson Perfection 1650 that works pretty well. The 1250 is really out of question. You need to configure better your scanner Ricardo, and follow the instructions in the Epson site. It works very well i repeat Antonio Botelho de Sousa Portugal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Crop Marks
Does anyone can help me find the home page for Crop Marks to use with Lyx and Klyx. I have an old version but i've lost the link Thanks for your help Antonio Botelho de Sousa Portugal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] I keep having to redo sndconfig...
Hi Ocassionally i need to venture out of my user session..i logout.. do something then i come back to kde/gnome. Everytime I return, I need to su and run sndconfig.. Because my sound device is being used by something else at least thats what linux tells me. So i run sndconfig, listen to mr torvales, and i'm fine i can listen to xmms/realplay etc. ...Is this something he built into the kernal? Or there a problem with a init file somewhere? thanks, chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall/Tcp-ip problem...
Typically the ipchains / iptables files are found in /etc/sysconfig/ . Check there for a file listing the bastille rules. If it's not there, it should be somewhere under /etc . I don't know exactly, as I add firewall rules by hand. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 09:53 AM 01/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: Michael Viron wrote: You could try opening all ports to your internal network while keeping the rules for your external connection the same. It could be that your firewall is blocking connection attempts on whatever TCP / IP port Diablo 2 uses. Michael Thanks for the reply, Michael. Well, I kinda figured that...(not being sarcastic here-the thought had occurred to me!), but I was hoping someone had run into this problem before and could point me to a specific file. I did a search of the Newbie mailing list archives, and found -tons- of info about firewalls, but nothing related to this problem. I also tried the Mandrake forums and .org...again, nothing related. Well, methinks I'll re-run the firewall tool, and leave one section open at a time, until it works again. That at least, should narrow it down to where. Thanks again! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ 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] First install
This means that the environment variable $DISPLAY isn't set, try 'export DISPLAY=:0' and see if that helps. Also, going to a text login screen is what it does by default. To get it to boot into a GUI based login, you have to edit /etc/inittab and change the line: 'id:3:initdefault:' to 'id:5:initdefault:'. (note the 5 in the second one, instead of 3) Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:14 AM 01/17/2002 +1300, you wrote: Hi folks - I've just installed my first copy of Linux on to a Compaq laptop in a dual boot configuration. However, although it seems to boot OK , it then drops out to the black login screen - not sure if that is what it's supposed to do or not. I can then login as root or a user but when I type Startx or StartKDE it says 'unable to open display' - canot connect to X server : $Display is not set. Is this something to do with not selecting the right monitor? I couldn't find anything about laptop displays in the list. Does anyone know which i should choose? And how do i get back into the choosing monitor sequence ? thanks, Nick 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] Mandrake/SuSE Swap Partition
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 03:42 pm, you wrote: I have SuSE 7.3 installed and I want to install Mandrake 8.1 to have a dual-boot. Will the Mandrake side be able to use the swap partition I created for SuSE? Randy sure. I use one swap for 4 or 5 different versions of linux. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Samba 2.2.2 on Mdk 8.0
I don't know what differences there are between 8.0 and 8.1, but if all else fails, you can get the srpm from Mandrake 8.1 and try to rebuild it for 8.0 . Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:13 AM 01/16/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hello, I'm would like to update my Samba Server (on a x86 Mdk 8.0) to the new version 2.2.2 I've seen that Mdk 8.1 has a Samba package (rpm-ized) 2.2.2 Is it possible (and recommended) to install this rpm package on a 8.0? Thanks, Best regards, --- Jean-Christophe Berthon 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] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)
At 05:33 PM 01/16/2002 +, you wrote: Try typing 'rpm -ivh all the rpm's in a list' as root. I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves this problem. Dave. That should actually be 'rpm -Uvh co-dependent rpms' as root. The '-i' flag to rpm is used to install new packages not previously installed, whereas '-U' is an upgrade of packages currently installed (or install, if the package in question is not installed). -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy directly from wordstar?
you may also need to add yourself to the floppy group (if you aren't logging in as 'root', depending on how you are setup. By default (in certain security levels), users do not have permission to use the floppy or the cdrom. This can easily be accomplished via linuxconf, or any of a number of other gui based system configuration tools. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 01:58 PM 01/16/2002 -0600, you wrote: On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: Hello, Thanks for the help and the replies. This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or write in the words: /mnt/floppy/name of file ? I apologize for asking such a basic thing ahead of time. Respectfully, thmswldmn don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in learning, someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default there is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a whole new world. :-) -s 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] SUDO security patch
has anyone found a ftp site that has this new sudo on it? I have tried Mandrake updater and just logged on to a couple of ftp servers and still only find the older version. Just looking for sudo. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot disk doesn't work
Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot with them gives this error on boot: Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine. I have AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV mobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem with changing root password
hi, i would like to ask how many valid characters does a password compose of? my password is something like 'blacks00t' (note the two zeroes in the last word). my colleague has also access to it and has the nasty habit of logging in and killing my browser for the heck of it. i tried changing the password to 'blacks00t17' and all tokens were reported to have been updated successfully. the only problem is that when i su to root and try giving 'blacks00t' as the password, the su works and i am given a root shell. is this a bug? or am i missing a known issue here? i know the thing is to change the password to something different but i am curious about this point. ciao! P.S. pardon to civileme if i CC him instead of waiting for him in the list but i think this is really important to garner his attention. -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Blank screen instead of login screen.. possible Radeon video card problem
I tried hitting the escape key when the lilo screen came up, and entering linux mem=247M but that did not work. Are you talking about the blue screen that comes up while Mandrake is loading? I have managed to save the ddebug.log install.log and report.bug files and am wondering if there is somewhere/someone to contact in order to find out any pertinent info in any of those logs in order to debug my install? I am getting the feeling after reading around on the web that the Radeon 32mb SDR (PCI) video card is not fully supported in a IBM (clone) system running Linux, and that it is only supported in Alpha systems. Anybody have this card and know of possible solutions? TIA Steve Following the DRI setup/install instructions, when I attempted to run glxinfo I received a msg which read Error; unable to open display(null) I will now go look into this on DRI's web site to see what I can find out. Well at a guess it might be something to do with that onboard video chip you have. Sometimes linux tries to use the memory that is reserved for the video buffer. Try hitting Esc at the splash screen during boot and then type linux mem=247M It can do no harm and may help. Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M8.1 addins advice req.
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:20, you wrote: Hello folks, Well, I was more than disappointed to find that the WIN4LIN inclusion in 8.1 wasn't real - just a demo. Very poor PR on Mandrake's part to do that. It isn't an included package - more like someone else's E-brochure. Anyone using Win4Lin or WINE out there able to tell me a little about their experiences? I need something to run FrontPage98 and Thumbsplus and with all the complaints out there still, probably Word as well. :-( I do have a copy of Wordperfect for Linux - any comments? I use WP8 for Linux and it works perfectly--reads .doc files, no problem (why does word use .doc by default when rtf is just as good and retains all the Word format?). There is some setup stuff you should know about, and you may need the wp8filtrix patch, if you have the downloaded version of WP8. There is a pretty good thread with the gotchas (minor, you need to install ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i586 (its on the 7.2 disk 1, if you have it), and libc5 on the mdk second disk (of 8.0 I think, probably on 8.1, too). I have M8.0 and was wondering if it was worth buying a std pak 8.1 and HOPING to get a bit further than with 8.0 . Still have no sound, no CD, lousy onscreen fonts. Control PanelLookNFeelFonts and choose lucidatypewriter for Fixed Width--helvetica for all others. Did you run sndconfig from init3? Is your soundcard supported? If you have no CD, how did you install? Or do you mean a CDwriter isn't showing up? Lots of stuff on that! I am going to have to do a complete re-install anyway as I've lost the SU/root password.. :-( Actually, losing a password isn't the end of the world. I once did this myself, and it's fairly simple. reboot and type linux init=/bin/sh rw at the LILO prompt. This will boot into the non-protected root shell. GRUB requires you to hit the 'e' key twice and add init=/bin/sh rw to the boot command, the ENTER then 'b' to boot when the sytem is up type vi /etc/passwd The entry for root will look like this root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash If that is what you have hit ESC and then :wq! to exit vi. If not, change it to look like that Check permissions with ls -l /etc/passwd they should be-rw-r--r--. Runvi /etc/shadow The format will be [accountname]:[password]:[other stuff] e.g. root:$1$KODLG[etc]:10979:0:9:7::: DELETE the password entry for root by moving the cursor to the first character of the password (usually $) and typing dw Now type wq! which will save the file. Now Run sync mount -o remount,ro / which will write all buffer content to the disk and remount the partition read-only. Press CNTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot. On the next login, type root for the account name and just hit the ENTER at the 'password' prompt. Type password to give 'root' a password. That's worked for me! e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] proftpd question
First, thanks to Dave, Ed, Noah, and Michael for advice on domain hosting. RR doesn't block 80, and I'm going with dyndns.com. Now I'm running into trouble starting proftpd. I get the error: Fatal: unable to determine IP address of 'SLATER.columbus.rr.com'. Looking at the faqs at proftpd.org, I see: The hosting machine has a poorly configured hostname setup to the point where the resolver library cannot determine the IP from the name. Solutions include, fixing the DNS for the domain, fixing the hostname, fixing the /etc/hosts file. Which one works for you will largely depend on your OS and exactly what is wrong. Am I required to have a static ip to start this? Is there some other process I should be running? I'm not sure what I would put in the /etc/hosts file, or how to fix the dns. :-( Gracias, Todd -- Todd Slater mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-Free since 13 January 2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't login
Hi, I did a ctrl - alt - backspace to get out of a running session. Now when I try to get back in to my user account I get the following crash notifications. nspluginscan ksplash ksmserver After the third crash notification, I get kicked back out to the login screen. KDE will not start. If I login as root, no problem. Thoughts on what my rash action has caused? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer and /etc/modules
It sounds like your sound card and printer are both using irq 7. I had this problem with a soundblaster 16 and solved it by adding the following to my /etc/modules.conf file options sb io=0x220 irq=9 mpu_io=0x300 dma=0 dma16=5 alias sound-slot-0 sb Of course, you will need to check /proc/interrupts to make sure irq 9 is free. I believe soundblaster can also use irq 5, but my usb was using it. Joe On Tuesday 15 January 2002 10:58 pm, you wrote: Dear All, I would like to put my printer in /etc/modules to make sure it is recognized and loaded even when I have sound working. As of now I have to choose either having sound or printing because once I put the sb (for sound) in /etc/modules then my printer stops working. So far I have not found a solution to this even through the bios or almost all other methods of irq and ioport selection , reinstalling, changing devfs=mount to nomount, changing printing systems and even getting a new printer all of which have not resolved the problem. Someone else from this list has been kind enough to help me privately with this, too. I thought maybe if I put my printer into /etc/modules along with the sound it could resolve this. It is worth a try anyway. I just need to know how to correctly put my printer into the file and in what order. Should it be after sb or before? Thanks for any help here. I have LM 8.1 and a hpdeskjet 940c printer. Everything worked just fine in LM7, 7.2, and 8. I know devfs is new in 8.1 and I do wonder if that is what is causing this problem for me. Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Inflex Scanner Problem
Hi! I have install Inflex at my RH71. I work fine. But it does not run as services. I means ... when I restart my sendmail or restart my server. Inflex does not run. I have to installagain the inflex scanner for it to up-date the sendmail.cf and running. What should I do .. to make it run automaticly when I Switch on my RH71 server or restart my sendmail. I really really need help. Best Regards,SKLIM
[newbie] dialup connection problems
Hi again - I've got another question - I'm trying to set up my dialup connection using kppp and it get's stuck on initializing modem... Also when i query the modem it seems to make contact but the query results window is completely empty. It's an internal laptop modem. Does this all mean that I've got a Winmodem that's not going to work with Linux? Thanks to the people who have helped me with my Linux teething problems so far. - Nick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First install
onsdagen den 16 januari 2002 22.14 skrev du: Hi I think you should try to runwhen you have logged on as root in the black window Xconfigurator or XFdrakres then you should reach the Xconfiguration options .About your screen i think you should read the hardware spec's and then choose generic LCD with the hardware resolution Have a nice day Anders Hi folks - I've just installed my first copy of Linux on to a Compaq laptop in a dual boot configuration. However, although it seems to boot OK , it then drops out to the black login screen - not sure if that is what it's supposed to do or not. I can then login as root or a user but when I type Startx or StartKDE it says 'unable to open display' - canot connect to X server : $Display is not set. Is this something to do with not selecting the right monitor? I couldn't find anything about laptop displays in the list. Does anyone know which i should choose? And how do i get back into the choosing monitor sequence ? thanks, Nick -- Anders Nilsson Styrmansvägen 12 231 32 Trelleborg Tel. 0410-334701 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] FIXED...sort of.. Blank screen instead of login screen.. possible Radeon video card problem
Well, for anybody who might be interested, I ended up doing a reinstall and letting MD 8.1 configure both of the video cards, with just XFree86 4.1.0 and no 3D acceleration. Someday hopefully Radeon PCI cards will be supported with DRI enabled. Thanks to all who replied with suggestions. Steve I tried hitting the escape key when the lilo screen came up, and entering linux mem=247M but that did not work. Are you talking about the blue screen that comes up while Mandrake is loading? I have managed to save the ddebug.log install.log and report.bug files and am wondering if there is somewhere/someone to contact in order to find out any pertinent info in any of those logs in order to debug my install? I am getting the feeling after reading around on the web that the Radeon 32mb SDR (PCI) video card is not fully supported in a IBM (clone) system running Linux, and that it is only supported in Alpha systems. Anybody have this card and know of possible solutions? TIA Steve Following the DRI setup/install instructions, when I attempted to run glxinfo I received a msg which read Error; unable to open display(null) I will now go look into this on DRI's web site to see what I can find out. Well at a guess it might be something to do with that onboard video chip you have. Sometimes linux tries to use the memory that is reserved for the video buffer. Try hitting Esc at the splash screen during boot and then type linux mem=247M It can do no harm and may help. Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No sound for window/system events (Gnome/Sawfish/LM8.1)
Hi, I haven't been able to get the sounds to play for window and system events, like closing or minimizing windows. XMMS plays sound files without any trouble, so I think the problem is with my Gnome setup. I've enabled the 'Play sounds for window events' and 'Play sound effects for unmanaged windows' in the Sawfish configuration area in the Gnome Control Panel. I've also enabled the 'Enable sound server startup' and 'Sounds for events' options in Multimedia/Sound area, although when I test the 'Play' button for any of the sound events, I hear nothing. I'm using LM8.1, with Gnome and Sawfish. Thanks for any advice. regards, Charlie. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dialup connection problems
Nick, Also when i query the modem it seems to make contact but the query results window is completely empty. It's an internal laptop modem. Does this all mean that I've got a Winmodem that's not going to work with Linux? I am very new to this - maybe more than you, but I have a winmodem, a lucent modem now running on Mandrake 8.1 on my Dell i8100. The person who set it up for me has the modem call a scrip I think. If you have similar modem If someone tells me how to do it I'll send it to you :) I am still at the point where I can hardly move around in KDE... in fact this is my first email from linux ever! Walter ~~~ I've got another question - I'm trying to set up my dialup connection using kppp and it get's stuck on initializing modem... Thanks to the people who have helped me with my Linux teething problems so far. - Nick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems in changing root password -update
[PASTE] On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:31:26PM +0800, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: i just posted a similar question in the mandrake mailing list. my old password is something like 'blacks00t'. even if i changed it to 'blacks00t17' and the tokens were updated successfully, the old password is still accepted. You're seeing the eight-character password limit for systems that don't use MD5 password hashing. Try the password 'blacks00' even. My guess is it will still work. To get around it, convert your passwords to use MD5 hashing instead of the old DES hashing. Under Red Hat 7, authconfig will set this up, but then you'll need to reset EVERYONE's passwords, don't forget... [/PASTE] i got this answer from the local user group. the poster (Rafael R. Sevilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) is correct on the 8 character limit. so how do i convert my LM8.1 to MD5 hashing? ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB gamepad configuration
I'm trying to get a USB gamepad ruuning using the HID interface. in usbview the gamepad shows up and I have a /dev/usb/hid directory. Is there anything I need to do to get things working? Also, what device should this show up as? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M8.1 addins advice req.
Erylon wrote: snip I am going to have to do a complete re-install anyway as I've lost the SU/root password.. :-( Actually, losing a password isn't the end of the world. I once did this myself, and it's fairly simple. reboot and type linux init=/bin/sh rw at the LILO prompt. This will boot into the non-protected root shell. GRUB requires you to hit the 'e' key twice and add init=/bin/sh rw to the boot command, the ENTER then 'b' to boot when the sytem is up type vi /etc/passwd The entry for root will look like this root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash If that is what you have hit ESC and then :wq! to exit vi. If not, change it to look like that Check permissions with ls -l /etc/passwd they should be-rw-r--r--. Runvi /etc/shadow The format will be [accountname]:[password]:[other stuff] e.g. root:$1$KODLG[etc]:10979:0:9:7::: DELETE the password entry for root by moving the cursor to the first character of the password (usually $) and typing dw Now type wq! which will save the file. Now Run sync mount -o remount,ro / which will write all buffer content to the disk and remount the partition read-only. Press CNTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot. On the next login, type root for the account name and just hit the ENTER at the 'password' prompt. Type password to give 'root' a password. That's worked for me! e. This is truly fascinating. But if you don't use vi it is hard to understand. Just confirm for me that dw is delete word and will stop the delete at the first colon. wq! is write and quit? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
