[newbie-it] differenza kernel
Ciao a tutti dopo aver installato la MDK 8.1 sul mio PC ho la necessità di avviare il kernel 2.2.19, premetto che ho partizionato l'HD con il supporto reisefs e tutto va bene, l'unica partizione che non è reiser è la /boot avvio linux con lilo. Allora ho modificato il lilo.conf inserendo i comandi per avviare il kernel 2.2.19-19mdk poi un bel lilo -v e tutto va liscio come l'olio al riavvio il kernel mi dice che non è supportato il reiserfs che opzioni devo dare a lilo per far partire il kernel 2.2 su partizioni reiser ? devo nel caso usare uno degli altri kernel 2.2.19-19mdklinus o 2.2.19-19mdksecure ? che differenza c'è tra questi? ciao e grazie Rodolfo
[newbie-it] Non leggo i file di testo!
Ho una mdk 8.1 e utilizzo kde. Non riesco + a visualizzare i file testo correttamente con konqueror (e in generale con tutti gli applicativi x testo kde) Al posto del testo compare una pagina bianca con qua e là uno strano simbolo (credo si chiami dagger) Inoltre se provo a salvare un file testo (sempre con gli applicativi x testo kde) mi ritrovo un file illeggibile!!! grazie
[newbie-it] Suono e mandrake soluzione rafazzonata ma funzionante!
Ho da tempo il problema dell'audio che mi costringeva a lanciare sndconfig ad ogni accensione (causa un conflitto di DNA 5 non risolto e non trovato da me). Bene stassera ho risolto così: in etc/rc.d/init.d ho scritto questo script chiamato S #!/bin/sh cd /etc isapnp isapnp.conf poi ho lincato come S73S (Sound il numero 71) in rc3.d e rc5.d e miracolo funziona! Ho ancora l'errore di DNA ma sento tutti i suoni!!
[newbie] floppy drive mounting, accessing, file structure?
Hi, $ su Password: 273 root@psybernet:/mnt/floppy (01:43:43) # ls 274 root@psybernet:/mnt/floppy (01:43:48) # this is what i get when trying to read files in the floppy drive - the disk has files and folders created in Windows - can it see those? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test
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Re: [newbie] Test
ai4a wrote: Test and what is the result ? did we pass or fail ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] General Questions
open office handles most msoffice files well. i personally have some trouble with odd tables in word docs from time to time but othere than that fairly well. as for software, are you installing mandrake rpms? running kde? more info! -=-=-=-=-=-=- Running KDE and using RPS and sometimes GZ files which I cant seem to install at all. How do you uninstall something? This is OS is very daughnting at first. But I like it :) as for links, http://www.mandrakeuser.org/index.php and for general linux http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Support/ On Monday 21 January 2002 13:11, you spoke unto me thusly: Ok I need to be able to access / change MS Office Files. If I can do this accurtly then I can completely remove the need of Windows. Also there some kind of Term Emulator I can run? I need to attach to a unix host and have it support sco ansi ect. Any one have any good links to beginers info? I can get mandrake to run find now but I am very unclear as to what I am doing or why something worked. Installing software bewilders me. Rpm files install but then don't create any icons to load them. If I navigate to the bin directory I can find the executable but they are all in the directory. That seem rather troublesome when it come to organization. Thanks Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com -- Nimda virus affects Linux! My linux boxes have had their bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. 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] Probably should be a new thread (Startup Files)
First of all thanks for the info that everyone has providided. How do I create a file that will run at start up? I use the dvorak keyboard layout and I have to go into a command prompt and type some command(I am in win right now and don't have access to what it is) that remaps the keyboard. Can I set this to be done when I log in? Thanks. Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com -Original Message- From: tester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 3:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Paul Kraus wrote: Ok I need to be able to access / change MS Office Files. If I can do this accurtly then I can completely remove the need of Windows. Also there some kind of Term Emulator I can run? I need to attach to a unix host and have it support sco ansi ect. Any one have any good links to beginers info? I can get mandrake to run find now but I am very unclear as to what I am doing or why something worked. Installing software bewilders me. Rpm files install but then don't create any icons to load them. If I navigate to the bin directory I can find the executable but they are all in the directory. That seem rather troublesome when it come to organization. Thanks Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com mandrake rpms load icons or put the programs on menus unless they are designed to run from console. Other rpms may or may not work, but rpm protects against installing programs conflicting with those already installed. With dozens of vendors and thousands of program writers, it is surprising that most programs do instll and work. For MS Office files, you can use StarOffice which will handle them mostly correctly. Some others will as well, like HAncom Office; however be advised that license agreements generally prohibit reverse engineering for the purpose of importing data and as soon as UCITA passes in Washington State, Microsoft will have the full force and effect of law in those agreements--probably the end of compatibility forever. When you find the executable in the directory (and they should generally install to /opt/(packagename) if they are compliant with the Filesystem Huerarchical Standard) You can make that directory path and filename into a command line for the icon you can create by right-clicking on the desktop. Further, inn the process of that icon creation, you can link the application to specific mimetypes (like soffice for .doc files). The basic primers you seek are right on your system if you elected to install documentation-- Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No sound for window/system events (Gnome/Sawfish/LM8.1)
On 22 Jan 2002 14:55:05 +1000, Charles Darcy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 15:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On 20 Jan 2002 14:47:27 +1000, Charles Darcy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact, after I had started 'esd' as a background process from a terminal, a little while later the terminal displayed some sort of error message about Bastille and a 'tmp' directory. Bastille has an option to guard against abuse of the 'tmp' directory, which I enabled when I configured Bastille. Do you think this might be the problem ? If not, do you recall which Bastille setting gave you trouble ? IIRC, there is a question in the Interactive Bastille setup that says Would you like to set a default-deny on TCP Wrappers and xinetd? Set this to 'No'. I gave it a shot, but still no Gnome sounds. Try running /usr/sbin/UndoBastille to undo Bastille's changes. I don't know how clean this undo process is, so you may need to do a fresh reinstall of Mandrake (since I don't know where this particular setting is held) to remove it. The next time you run InteractiveBastille, select 'No' for the question. It worked for me. Out of interest, what is the connection between TCP Wrappers/xinetd and Gnome sounds ? Intuitively, they seem unrelated (given the little understanding I have of each). I don't understand it much myself. I was lucky enough to find the root of the problem only after some weeks of agonising trial-and-error. I assume that the setting blocks ports/sockets that EsounD requires. On a slightly different note, each time I try a suggested action to re-configure some aspect of LM, if the expected effects of the change aren't immediately apparent, I have been logging out and then logging back in. If the expected changes are still not apparent, I try shutting down the machine and re-booting. This habit is essentially a hangover from Windows, which seemed to require a re-boot whenever any significant system configuration was performed. Are such actions merely voodoo under LM (as I hope), or do certain configuration changes require re-logins/re-boots. GNU/Linux only really needs to be rebooted when the core kernel is changed (modules don't need a reboot). There are commands to restart just about anything on its own. Some changes need a logout and re-login to come into effect. For major or core changes, I make it a habit to reboot my machine. For a non-expert, this is far cleaner and simpler, and is less likely to cause unexpected problems down the track. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I don't think it's right and I think it causes people to make decisions which are not even in their best interest. A, we're not evil. B, we're not an empire. -- Steve Ballmer, objecting to Microsoft being called The Evil Empire Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Security and services that are running?
As already advised by others just enable the firewall you find in your Mandrake Control Centre, then visit http://scan.sygatetech.com/ to test it. The good news is that now you are using Linux, and are using Sylpheed as your email client, you will never get an E-mail borne virus, you will never have to worry about accidentally executing an .exe e-mail attachment, and any determined attack on your computer is unlikely to succeed. If you wanted to get really obsessive about security, there are a number of applications which you might like to play with. For example :- Portsentry will add any IP address which tries to scan your ports to an 'ignore' list so there is no way they can get any further. Logcheck will scan your system logs for messages from your firewall, or perish the thought 'unauthorised actions' within your computer and send you a daily e-mail summary. There are also any number of Firewall products to play with. The tiny firewall supplied on LM8.1 does a perfectly good job, but if you want to start opening up ports and reconfiguring its behaviour it is not very flexible. Interactive-Bastille supplied with LM8.1 will allow you to be more flexible, and also tightens up security around your computer in other ways. HTH derek On Monday 21 January 2002 17:43, you wrote: Hi list, Being new, and currently enjoying an installation that's up and running (even if it did need a few tweaks here and there) I came across an article about 'Armoring Linux'. It was all about how default installations leave a lot of unneeded services running and provide access for 'undesirables' to wreak havoc if they so choose. This article has kinda scared the bejeepers out of me, as I could've sworn I just said yes to most of the default questions during (the most recent) install. The article referenced a lot to do with the Redhat distro, and I found myself at a loss on some of the more technical points and instructions about what to do. So, here's my question. Where in LM 8.1 do I start to find out what services are running? I am not using my Linux box as a server or anything 'technically heavy', just home use with email and browsing, MP3 playing etc... Will I need to setup a firewall? And of course, how do I start to shut off the unneeded services? Mick (nervously awaiting!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Desktops (Gnome,KDE,ect)
Ok I am assuming that KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker ect are nothing more then front ends to the command line. If this is true what advantages does one have over the other? Which should I learn? Is it worth learning them all? Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RE: Startup Files
VIM? Sorry for the lack of knowledge but I have been running Linux for less then 2 days. -Original Message- From: Mario da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Startup Files Paul Kraus wrote: First of all thanks for the info that everyone has providided. How do I create a file that will run at start up? I use the dvorak keyboard layout and I have to go into a command prompt and type some command(I am in win right now and don't have access to what it is) that remaps the keyboard. Can I set this to be done when I log in? Thanks. vim your .bashrc and/or .bash_profile Thank You, Regards, mario Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] the process for the file protocol died unexpectedly
Hi, I have been getting this msg on boot-up quite a bit. It is sometimes followed by some strange behaviour inluding the loss of the Panel or freezing up of the screen, but not always or often. PS How can i cut and paste such error messages? Are they available from the console - command line - in some way? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ASP Development
Is there a way to view active server pages? I maintain several e-commerce sites all built on asp. I could always boot into windows but I am trying to use Linux exclusively to see if it can really meet all my needs. I would need an editor and someway to display the active server pages. Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Startup Files
VIM is a command-line text editor (if you know UNIX it called vi). If you're new, maybe you should try some more user-friendly text editor (e.g. nedit or glimmer) so I guess this person wanted to tell you to edit the file he was indicating (btw, just in case you are really new to Linux/UNIX, this files are in your home directory. To access it via the command line : cd $HOME) Best regards, --- Jean-Christophe Berthon - Original Message - From: Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: [newbie] RE: Startup Files VIM? Sorry for the lack of knowledge but I have been running Linux for less then 2 days. -Original Message- From: Mario da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Startup Files Paul Kraus wrote: First of all thanks for the info that everyone has providided. How do I create a file that will run at start up? I use the dvorak keyboard layout and I have to go into a command prompt and type some command(I am in win right now and don't have access to what it is) that remaps the keyboard. Can I set this to be done when I log in? Thanks. vim your .bashrc and/or .bash_profile Thank You, Regards, mario 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] panel behaviour in KDE
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 06:32 am, Walter Logeman wrote: Hi, The panel (toolbar) is eratically loosing its tiptools. Minor problem but I leep opening the wrong aps. Is there a KDE list somewhere that people use. The one I subbed off the KDE site seems quite dead. http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux is pretty active, without being overwhelming. There are other lists on the same server, IIRC. David Reynolds -- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Robert Heinlein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] panel behaviour in KDE
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 06:32 am, Walter Logeman wrote: Hi, The panel (toolbar) is eratically loosing its tiptools. Minor problem but I leep opening the wrong aps. Take a look in Control Center | LookNFeel | Panel, and on the 'Look Feel tab, you can en/disable Show Tooltips. If they're enabled, disable them for a while (several login/outs of KDE), then enable them again and see if that doesn't straighten things out for you. I was sooo glad when KDE added this option 'cause I can't stand those damn irritating distractions ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Startup Files
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 14:14, you wrote: VIM? Sorry for the lack of knowledge but I have been running Linux for less then 2 days. vi is a console based text editor... but since it is not the easiest thing for a newbie to use, I suggest you do this. If you open your konqueror file manager and select 'ViewShow hidden Files' you will see a whole lot of files appear in your home directory. These files all begin with a '.' Two of those files control your 'environment' as a user. These are .bash_profile and .bashrc Any command entered in these files will be executed at startup of your user. It does not matter which one you use to enter your keyboard command, so let us assume you want to edit .bashrc Select it with konqueror file manager and right click on it Select 'Open withText editor' put the command you wish to execute at user login at the bottom of the file and save. A backup called .bashrc~ will be created automatically. Thats all there is to it. If you want to have a command executed at system start for all users the file to edit is /etc/profile or /etc/rc.local These are system files so your user does not have authority to change them (unlike Windows, Linux has security), so to change these files you must do so as user root. There is no need to actually log on as user root (logging on as root is not encouraged in the linux world), just open your kmenu and select 'ApplicationsFile ToolsFile Manager(Super User mode) after giving the root password you can then browse and edit files as root. (Warning- unwise editing of system files could seriously screw up your system) You will soon learn that absolutlely everything about setting up a Linux system can be done by editing text files. For many functions there are nice user friendly GUI's, but all they do is edit these files. So when you ask a question some people will come back and say 'use this Gui', while others will say 'edit this file' Have fun derek -Original Message- From: Mario da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Startup Files Paul Kraus wrote: First of all thanks for the info that everyone has providided. How do I create a file that will run at start up? I use the dvorak keyboard layout and I have to go into a command prompt and type some command(I am in win right now and don't have access to what it is) that remaps the keyboard. Can I set this to be done when I log in? Thanks. vim your .bashrc and/or .bash_profile Thank You, Regards, mario Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with plugins
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 07:56 pm, blinddog wrote: Has anyone had problems with pluggins for Netscape 4.77 on Linux 8. I am trying to get Shockwave to work, down load the linux package unzip and place the .so and class in the netscape pluggin folder. Then I restart Netscape and in the location bar type about:pluggin, there it says shockwave is enabled. Any ideas You should then see two entries: Shockwave Flash File name: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 5.0 r47 Shockwave Flash File name: /home/user/.netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 5.0 r47 If you don't, then youll probly need to install netscape-plugins-4.79-1mdk kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.2-19mdk (don't fret if the version numbers are different from mine, I usin Mandrake 8.2, KDE 2.2.2) If you don't have those rpms, or can't get them for 8.0, you can install the flash files in the directories indicated in the 'about:plugins' entries above, following the instructions in package you d/l'd. Should fix it for ya. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XF86 set up in non graphical mode
Charles A Edwards wrote: Another easy way to correct incorrect X settings (this will also work for other config problems) is to rerun the Mandrake installation, choosing Expert/Upgrade. You need not make any package selections and you can skip the network and printer set-up and then redo the X configuration. The process takes less than 10min. Is there a way to select a different video card than the one the system has recognized during this process? How? (I would like to try the framebuffer, vesa, or generic vga driver instead of the SiS driver, but I haven't found an option to choose an alternate.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Desktops (Gnome,KDE,ect)
Paul Kraus wrote: Ok I am assuming that KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker ect are nothing more then front ends to the command line. If this is true what advantages does one have over the other? Which should I learn? Is it worth learning them all? KDE and GNOME are GUI desktops or desktop managers (I think WindowMaker is also -- there are a bunch of them IceWM, Blacksomething, ...). If you're from the Windows world and remember dos, think of dos as command line Linux and KDE or GNOME as Windows. I think there is a little more to them than just front ends to the command line, but I guess that depends on your perspective. KDE is commonly thought to be the most newbie friendly and most Windows like for a user migrating from Windows. GNOME is somewhat similar, but I like KDE better than GNOME. Both KDE and GNOME are resource hungry, (I needed 256 MB of memory to get KDE performance (with a 2.2.19 kernel) similar to Windows 95 with 64 MB). The other desktop managers generally have advantages in terms of speed and less resource usage. Some desktop managers have the look and feel of other known operating systems, so you might like one of them better. (Other desktops are just different.) I don't think you should learn them all, but you may want to spend a little time experimenting with them all to see which you like best. In general, KDE and GNOME applications will run under the other desktops. (KDE, like GNOME, has some behind the scenes interprogram communication / automation features (dcop, kdcop for kde) -- I don't know if these work under the other desktops. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] office suites
Hi guys I was wonderingwell I'm using Linux Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop machine with a celeron 766 and 128 megs of RAM...and I'm using KDE at the moment.I'm pretty happy with it but I still didn't find a really satisfying office suite.Star Office takes about 20 minutes to load...the version 5.2 has the stupid desktop-like thingytotally useless..the version 6 seemed a bit better but still very slow...especially when it boots in the beginning...openoffice is the same stuff...but with worse fonts ..koffice is too beta..half of the stuff doesn't work as it should and the filters are not that good at alli tried even the hancom office suite demobut I'd rather don't give any comment about it...i could swear.is there any really good and fast office suite out theree?? with good filters and all the rest?? what happened to corel wordperfect??is it still downloadabe anywhere??is the last one I didn't try yet...but I cannot find it anywhereis it any good'??? CHeers everyone and thanks in advance Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] which kernel should I run LM 8.1
On Monday 21 January 2002 05:39 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: Current kernel 2.4.8-26mdk I looked around the LM site and could only find 8.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk.i586.rpm I thought I seen on this list 2.4.10 Generally it's Mandrake's policy (as with other distros) to only issue bug fix or security updates for already released versions. kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk was a security update. If you want to use a newer kernel, d/l the latest cooker version from the cooker mirrors. (read the 'Warning' on this page) http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 The cooker kernels are stable kernels, but you should install them with 'rpm -ivh' so as not to mess with your existing kernel. The ready made rpm will install the kernel to /boot, make the proper links, edit lilo.conf and run lilo for you. On reboot the new kernel will be an option, your existing kernel will still be the default. You can make sure this has happened by running 'lilo as root. If you see the new kernel as an option, and there are no error messages, then ... Choose the new kernel and run it for a while. You'll probly experience no problems, and can then make the cooker kernel the default if you want. I'd also suggest you lurk for a while on the cooker mailing list, or read the recent archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker Please don't post questions to the cooker list tho. It's for developer discussions, not support or non-development comments. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] framebuffer
how do you setup X to use framebuffer. I have a 1.2 athlon w/ g-force 3? mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linksys
I use Buffalo/Melco wireless cards myself, but I have certainly read of people using Linksys with no problems. just make sure you have the wireless tools rpm loaded. Mandrake should auto detect your card, but then you need to set it up and tell it the wireless group name (essid) and the encryption key. You can do that using the command iwconfig, for example iwconfig eth0 essid my_group key s:mykey_in_ascii That command was all I needed to get my wireless card working. Once it is working just put that command in /etc/rc.local If you have trouble consult the PCMCIA page at sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/ there is a very good HOWTO and a mailing list which covers wireless devices like the Linksys. A useful little tool you might like is korinoco. It puts a little icon in your KDE start bar showing you wireless signal quality. It even draws little graphs for you. There is a page on it at www.sourceforge.com HTH derek On Tuesday 22 January 2002 14:45, Michael Scottaline wrote: Anyone know if Linksys wireless networking works with Mandrake 8.1. In paticular I'm looking to connect a colleagues laptop via WPC11 PCMCIA card to a network with WAP-11. TIA, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hard Drive
How do you access another Partion? I have a fat32 windows partion that I have been saving linux apps on when I was running windows? How do I get to the drive to find the files? Paul Kraus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] General Questions
I need some kind of term emulater. I need to attach to unix box and run are distribution software. Thourghbred in case you wanted to know. But If i telnet I get this strange error which I have never seen. Currently we have terminals attached to the unix box that log in with no problem and we have windows machines running tiny term to attach form windows with no problem. Neither of these methods have caused any problems in the past. here is the error. wow that was really odd. I just went back into the software to regenrate the error and now it trys to let me in but the screen is jarbled but the error is missing. It was there yesterday also. I wonder if i will only recieve that error once each time i boot. But if that is true then I am very confused. I think because telnet doesn't support SCO ansi the screen gets garbled. I have tried to install minicom but I can't get it to work. Paul Kraus P.S. I am running evolve and I can't believe Microsoft hasn't sued. Its a 100% knock off of outlook. Down to the interface and right click menus. On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 11:15, shane wrote: generally the program has a text file readme or install instructions with it. there are also some packages needed to compile some things. if you post names/links to programs you are struggling with to the list it is likely someone can help you better than general vagueness like what i am providing ;-) On Tuesday 22 January 2002 07:29, you spoke unto me thusly: How do compile them manually? There are some gz files I can't find rpms for. I assume I can unzip them to any folder and then from what I read here compile them. What is the process for this. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] applixware
any users out there? any big pluses for it over openoffice? just curious -- Veni, Vidi, Macaroni...I came, I saw, I put a feather in my hat. 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] General Questions
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: I need some kind of term emulater. I need to attach to unix box and run are distribution software. Thourghbred in case you wanted to know. But If i telnet I get this strange error which I have never seen. Currently we have terminals attached to the unix box that log in with no problem and we have windows machines running tiny term to attach form windows with no problem. Neither of these methods have caused any problems in the past. here is the error. wow that was really odd. I just went back into the software to regenrate the error and now it trys to let me in but the screen is jarbled but the error is missing. It was there yesterday also. I wonder if i will only recieve that error once each time i boot. But if that is true then I am very confused. I think because telnet doesn't support SCO ansi the screen gets garbled. I have tried to install minicom but I can't get it to work. Paul Kraus Paul, When you log into the Unix Box, what is TERM set to? At the Unix command prompt: echo $TERM, also run stty and see it that makes a difference. You could try setting TERM to vt102 or vt220, e.g. TERM=vt102; export TERM. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Drive
Es Dimarts 22 Gener 2002 18:23, en Paul Kraus va escriure: How do you access another Partion? I have a fat32 windows partion that I have been saving linux apps on when I was running windows? How do I get to the drive to find the files? Paul Kraus You can use diskdrake to help you set the mounting directory; select the partition you want to be able to access to and set it to be mounted on startup at, for instance, /mnt/linuxprograms -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain Yahoo AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Passthru Printing from Unix server to Linux Konsole
Hello, Running under Mandrake 7.0 Linux version 2.2.14-15 mdKsecure, I am using a Konsole Session to telnet to a Unix Server. I am attempting to print a file from the Unix system to my Linux system printer 'lp0' by sending the file to the Konsole display and redirecting it from the display to the printer. I do this by putting the the escape sequences ESC[5i before and ESC[4i after the text being 'cat'ted back to the Linux Konsole. On most terminal emulators, the code ESC[5i will direct the data from the terminal display to the terminal printer, and the code ESC[4i directs the it back to the terminal display. Linux Konsole seems to ignore the escape sequences and send all the data to the display. What can I do to correct this? Thanks, John Hemmer Syracuse, NY Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Drive
Mandrake will automagically mount your windows partition as /mnt/windows derek On Tuesday 22 January 2002 17:23, Paul Kraus wrote: How do you access another Partion? I have a fat32 windows partion that I have been saving linux apps on when I was running windows? How do I get to the drive to find the files? Paul Kraus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for Drive Scanning Tool
Wes Gregg wrote: Hello, My wife told me today that linux locked up on her yesterday and nothing in that chapter of the reference manual worked and she had to reset or kill power. I booted today to check and my hard drive is going CLICKthump CLICKthump. Sounds like it is on the way out, and a new (or even a new used) one isn't in the budget at this point. I know in MSWindows I can use scandisk and defrag to (hopefully) identify errors on the drive and avoid those areas. My question: Is there anything that I can use to scan or error check my hard drive and perhaps allow me to tell the system to avoid bad areas? Hopefully something already on the power pack cd's? Thanks, Don't know any way to check the disk. But the same thing happened to me about 6 months ago. I managed to boot the failsafe option and then did a complete .tar.gz backup which I copied onto a CD prior to taking my hard disk back to PCWorld (as luck would have it, it was still under guarantee). I installed the new disk, re-installed Linux and then restored the backup. System back to normal in about half a day. Your first priority should be to save data and configuration before the whole thing goes belly up. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. - Kinky Friedman (Frequent Flyer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE 2.2.2
Hallo! Do you recommend me to upgrade to kde 2.2.2 version? I've read about some solved kmail bugs... 8-? Thanks in advance! ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain Yahoo AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] General Questions
ok i tried logging back into the unix box. I attached fine. this is what I did $ echo $TERM xterm $ stty speed 38400 baud; ispeed 9600 baud; ospeed 38400 baud; rows = 24; columns = 85; ypixels = 0; xpixels = 0; -parity hupcl swtch = undef; susp = undef; brkint -inpck icrnl onlcr tab3 echo -echoe echok $ TERM=vt102 $ export TERM i then loaded my software -==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= $ sol4 Basic was unable to locate either the TERMINAL id or the MODEL code in the terminal definition file TCONFIGW. BASIC Windows can only be used if the TERMINAL id and the MODEL code are defined in TCONFIGW. Restart BASIC without using Windows and use *NPSD to define this terminal. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I have been administrating this server and this software for over a year and this is the only time I have seen this error. In linux. Also I can not use backspace when I telnet in. either with GTelnet or Console-telnet. Paul Kraus On Tuesday 22 January 2002 12:49 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: I need some kind of term emulater. I need to attach to unix box and run are distribution software. Thourghbred in case you wanted to know. But If i telnet I get this strange error which I have never seen. Currently we have terminals attached to the unix box that log in with no problem and we have windows machines running tiny term to attach form windows with no problem. Neither of these methods have caused any problems in the past. here is the error. wow that was really odd. I just went back into the software to regenrate the error and now it trys to let me in but the screen is jarbled but the error is missing. It was there yesterday also. I wonder if i will only recieve that error once each time i boot. But if that is true then I am very confused. I think because telnet doesn't support SCO ansi the screen gets garbled. I have tried to install minicom but I can't get it to work. Paul Kraus Paul, When you log into the Unix Box, what is TERM set to? At the Unix command prompt: echo $TERM, also run stty and see it that makes a difference. You could try setting TERM to vt102 or vt220, e.g. TERM=vt102; export TERM. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no sound with xawtv
I have exactly the same problem as Chuck. I have an AverMedia TV-Phone card with the BT848 chip. Can you be more specific about what the options should be, and in which file (/etc/modules.conf?), or can you mention a document that contains the details? Thanks, Kathy Andris Maziks wrote: Hi, Check out tuner type in tuner module options... BR, Andris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] applixware
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:49:43 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: any users out there? any big pluses for it over openoffice? just curious == Not a bad suite. I use both and prefer StarOffice. I think it handles M$Office .docs (which everyone else in my building uses ;o( ) with greater ease. Applixware somethimes chokes on large Excel docs, and I've yet to successfully open a PowerPoint presentation with any significant amount of graphics. My personal preference is Staroffice despite some of its bloat. Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th Century _ 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] KDE 2.2.2
Forget my last question and change it for have you had any problem upgrading to 2.2.2? O8-) Thanks! Es Dimarts 22 Gener 2002 19:40, en Joan Tur va escriure: Hallo! Do you recommend me to upgrade to kde 2.2.2 version? I've read about some solved kmail bugs... 8-? Thanks in advance! ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain Yahoo AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Hard Drive
mount -t fat32 /dev/hda3 /mnt/C Obviously, change hda3 to whatever device is your windows partion. You can get a clue by looking at the boot messages (dmesg | less). -Original Message- From: Paul Kraus [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:23 PM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Hard Drive How do you access another Partion? I have a fat32 windows partion that I have been saving linux apps on when I was running windows? How do I get to the drive to find the files? Paul Kraus File: message.footer ** This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or take/retain/distribute any copies. ** Norwich Union Life Pensions Limited Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU Registered in England Number 3253947 A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. Member of the Association of British Insurers. For further Enquires 01603 622200 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernell version
N E N I S T E R wrote: How can I check my redhat (7.2) kernell version ? Regards Nene Hmm, not very familiar with Red Hat, but under Mandrake (and assuming its a standard) you can type in: uname -a and it will give you lots of info including the kernel version. Just opening up KDE's control center will display it as well. Hope this helps! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Zip/KDE annoyance
Todd Slater wrote: This is probably more a KDE thing than Mandrake, but hoping to get some advice. I can mount my zip using the desktop icon in KDE. I deleted the old zip icon, created a new one, specified Device and Mount Point, and everything is cool. Until I log out and back on. Then, another zip icon appears, giving me two. So I deleted the one I created, went with what seems to be an auto-created one. But it defaults to the wrong Device (/mnt/zip, I have to tell it /dev/sda4), and every time I re-tell it, log out, log back in, and it forgets what I've told it! I can get it to work, it's just annoying to have to keep doing that everytime. -- Todd Slater mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free since 13 January 2002 Todd, I had the same problem, until some kind soul on this awesome list told me what to do. (note this is for v8.1!) Go to: /usr/share/mdk and delete the 2 Zip icons there. Go back to your KDE desktop, setup your Zip icon again, save it, and that should do it. Worked for me! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Drive
Paul Kraus wrote: How do you access another Partion? I have a fat32 windows partion that I have been saving linux apps on when I was running windows? How do I get to the drive to find the files? Paul Kraus Hi Paul. If its your only Windog partition, then you can get there in several ways. cd /mnt/windows will take you there. (assuming this is what your setup calls it). You can also back up from a standard KDE or Gnome window until you get to /, then go into /mnt, and then into /windows, if you want the graphical stuff, so you can just drag n' drop. Hope this helps! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
