Re: [newbie-it] 8.1+8.2
gyvou wrote: Ciao e grazie a tutti per le eventuali risposte. Su hdb1 ho installato da tempo la 8.1 con lillo installato sul mbr dell hda. Oggi ho installato anche 8.2 su hdb3 ma al momento di installare il boot loader mi sono accorto che si posso decidere la partizione di root(hdb1 per 8.1e hdb3 per 8.2 ) ma li fa partire tutti e due con lo stesso kernel. Diciamo che stai usando Lilo. Tu gli dici che deve far partire la 8.2 dal /boot/vmlinuz-bla-bla e 8.1 da /boot/vmlinuz che sono lo stesso file. Non importa che tu gli dica di usare due partizioni diverse, serve per altri scopi. Qui gli serve solo sapere l'indirizzo fisico del kernel da usare. Devi montare la partizione con l'altra release, ad es in /mnt/pippo e poi dire di avviarne una da /boot/vmlinuz e l'altra da /mnt/pippo/boot/vmlinuz. Lilo registrera` in MBR l'indirizzo fisico dei due kernel e al riavvio sapra` esattamente quale avviare. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 15:01, martedì 2 aprile 2002, Voi, Notabile Luca, avete dipinto: Mi è stato detto ke la scheda audio, anke se viene vista e installata correttamente dal sistema va attivata con sndconfig che dovrebbe trovarsi sotto /usr/sbin/, ma nella distribuzione MDK 8.2 di linux questo file nn esiste! Uhmmm, se non e' installato devi installare il pacchetto 'sndconfig' ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/sndconfig-0.65.2-3mdk.i586.rpm Mi pare cmq che sndconfig funzioni solo se e' presente e caricato [ad es. con modprobe] il modulo 'soundcore.o' (= non va se Sound support e' built-in nel kernel) SaluX, Lk -- L.U. #210970 - L.M. #98222 * MDK 8.3-cooker - 2.4.18 puro
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Luca wrote: Ciao a tutti, scusate la mia ignoranza ma sono da poco un utente linux e quindi perdonatemi se faccio delle osservazioni sbagliate e vi pregherei di correggermi negli errori. Mi è stato detto ke la scheda audio, anke se viene vista e installata correttamente dal sistema va attivata con sndconfig che dovrebbe trovarsi sotto /usr/sbin/, ma nella distribuzione MDK 8.2 di linux questo file nn esiste! sndconfig e` una classica interfaccia a isapnptools che e` quello che fa realmente il lavoro. Se vai nel MandrakeControlCenter (drakxtools) trovi un'altra interfaccia (non ricordo come lanciarla separatamente: draksound?) grafica per configurare l'audio. In genere e` meglio mettere prima sistemi che NON supportano pnp tra le opzioni del BIOS o nobiospnp tra le opzioni/append del loader di Linux (lilo o grub). ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 15:01, martedì 2 aprile 2002, Voi, Notabile Luca, avete dipinto: Mi è stato detto ke la scheda audio, anke se viene vista e installata correttamente dal sistema va attivata con sndconfig che dovrebbe trovarsi sotto /usr/sbin/, ma nella distribuzione MDK 8.2 di linux questo file nn esiste! Uhmmm, se non e' installato devi installare il pacchetto 'sndconfig' ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/sndconfig-0.65.2-3md k.i586.rpm Mi pare cmq che sndconfig funzioni solo se e' presente e caricato [ad es. con modprobe] il modulo 'soundcore.o' (= non va se Sound support e' built-in nel kernel) SaluX, Lk -- Ho installato sndconfig, ma mi dice che la mia scheda audio (ESS Tecnilogy Solo1) nn è ancora supportata!!! Possibile???
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi _Gravi_ with -- MDK 8.2
[Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:26:19 +0200] legion [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: | 1 - appena tento di ascoltare un mp3 il sistema freeza | 2 - uso galeon.quasi sempre quando accedo ad una pagina con intro | in flash freeza tutto ci ho messo un po ma sono arrivato... il bug è lo stesso...sono le cose in flash con l'audio che fanno freezare il tutto:) bè cmq AARGH si deve risolvere sta roba ...dannata aureal devo comprare una scheda seria l'unica roba è questa: Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/misc/au8830.o will taint the kernel: no license ma non credo.. AIUTO
Re: [newbie-it] File Midi
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:32:02 +0100 nicola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scusa, ma ho cercato di raggiungere gli archivi della lista ma senza successo, capito sempre in quelli in lingua inglese, eppure una volta ci sono riuscito, non capisco cosa sbaglio, qualche suggerimento? Cerchero' di riassumere i passi da fare, sperando di non tralasciare qualcosa.. Prima di tutto lascia perdere i driver che installa mdk che sono della serie 0.5.x (stable) e procurati dal sito di alsa i 0.9.0beta10 (NON prendere i beta12 che sono per il kernel 2.5, segui il link Download e trova i beta10). Devi scaricare i driver, le libs e le utils e compilarli in questo stesso ordine, dopo aver scompattato i sorgenti con tar xvfy(j). Nella dir dei driver dai questi comandi: ./configure --with-cards=emu10k1 make install ./snddevices in quella delle libs e utils solo: ./configure make install Dopodiche' copia/incolla questa pappardella nel tuo /etc/modules.conf # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 options snd-card-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id=SBlive post-install snd-card-emu10k1 alsactl restore #alias midi snd-synth-emu10k1 #below snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emu10k1 #post-install snd-synth-emu10k1 /usr/bin/sfxload /usr/share/sfbank/8mbgmsfx.sf2; alsactl restore #pre-remove snd-synth-emu10k1 alsactl store # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss IMPORTANTE! commenta il riferimento al driver oss che probabilmente stai usando, una riga del tipo alias sound emu10k1 o simile. IMPORTANTE2! nel kernel deve essere incluso solamente il supporto generico per il suono (soundcore) e nessun altro driver (ovviamente che NON sia modulo); se non l' hai ricompilato ed usi quello della distro dovrebbe andare bene. A questo punto riavvia il pc, poi apri un terminale e dai il comando alsamixer, regola tutti i livelli (che saranno a zero) ed esci. Poi da root dai il comando alsactl store per creare il file delle impostazioni del mixer, /etc/asound.state. Ora puoi provare se funziona con qualche mp3 o cd audio, controlla con lsmod che i moduli vengano caricati, se no prova con modprobe snd-emu10k1. Se arrivi fin qui sei gia' a buon punto, poi per i midi ne riparliamo (sono quelle 4 righe commentate nella #Alsa portion). Buon lavoro! -- Sebastiano
Re: [newbie-it] visualizzare partizione ntfs, floppy e cdrom
Alle 18:39, martedì 2 aprile 2002, hai scritto: Ciao ragazzi! in una precedente email avente come oggetto: Mandrake e winxp ho parlato della impossibilità di visualizzare le partizioni in oggetto! Fabio, gentilmente mi ha detto di dare dei comandi:mount /mnt/windows e di verificare il mio /etc/fstab fstab è un file, ovviamente nella directory /etc. Da qui puoi capire come il tuo pinguino vede tutta la struttura Poi mi sono accorto che non legge nemmeno i cdrom (pero al momento dell'avvio sono riconosciuti) ed il floppy!! Da quanto vedo hai dei device (masterizzatore e DVD) che devono essere emulati in SCSI; in poche parole la vedo lunghetta... ma se po'ffa! Dopo aver aggiustato le partizioni vai a dare una controllata nell'archivio della mailinglist: cerca emulazione SCSI o qualcosa del genere.. vi indico le caratteristihe del mio pc Pentium 4 1900 512 ram MB Asus PM ATAPI DVD-ROM 16X YAMAHA CRW8424E HD 40GB QUANTUM 7200 SCHEDA VIDEO MATROX MILLENNIUM 550 Bella bestia.. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 17:52, martedì 2 aprile 2002, Voi, Notabile Luca, avete dipinto: Ho installato sndconfig, ma mi dice che la mia scheda audio (ESS Tecnilogy Solo1) nn è ancora supportata!!! Possibile??? Be' se e' una ESS Solo1 e' supportata senz'altro ... Puo' darsi che pero' il sistema abbia dei problemi a riconoscerla come tale. Effettivamente e' strano, ma, se sei sicuro di avere quel chipset, nel file /etc/modules.conf inserisci questa riga: alias sound-slot-0 esssolo1 Prova poi a caricare il modulo esssolo1.o (con 'modprobe esssolo1'). Casomai togli kudzu dai demoni caricati all'avvio [ad es. con drakxservices] -- L.U. #210970 - L.M. #98222 * MDK 8.3-cooker - 2.4.18 puro
[newbie-it] Sparita l'icona del collegamento!!
Scusate ma sono incorso in uno spiacevolissimo problema, per qualche motivo l'interfaccia kppp che durante il collegamento è visibile sulla barra, così come avviene in Window$, mi è improvvisamente sparita, costringendomi a spengere fisicamente il modem esterno, e a dare un kill kppp, ma in questo modo non sono riuscito a monitorare la connessione, volevo chiedere se sono cose che capitano, e se esiste un modo per evitarle. Grazie Nicola
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi _Gravi_ with -- MDK 8.2
Alle 20:01, lunedì 1 aprile 2002, hai scritto: Ciao Marco la mente è una cosa meravigliosa tutti dovrebbero averne una !!! KMail powered by Linux Mandrake 8.2 Salve ragazzi, Ho scaricato Mandrake 8.2, ma le mie ISO sembrano avere problemi. Non appena lancio l'aggiornamento dei pacchetti o cerco di installare la nuova distro dopo la videata del partizionamento mi appare un errore sul mount del cdrom. Cosa fare ? In quale rivista posso trovare MDK 8.2 ? GRazie sempre. -- Fabrizio Torrisi Linux Mandrake User E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi _Gravi_ with -- MDK 8.2
At 11.35 03/04/2002 +0200, you wrote: Alle 20:01, lunedì 1 aprile 2002, hai scritto: Ciao Marco la mente è una cosa meravigliosa tutti dovrebbero averne una !!! KMail powered by Linux Mandrake 8.2 Salve ragazzi, Ho scaricato Mandrake 8.2, ma le mie ISO sembrano avere problemi. Non appena lancio l'aggiornamento dei pacchetti o cerco di installare la nuova distro dopo la videata del partizionamento mi appare un errore sul mount del cdrom. Cosa fare ? In quale rivista posso trovare MDK 8.2 ? GRazie sempre. -- Fabrizio Torrisi Linux Mandrake User E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anch'io ho scaricato la distro , ho avuto problemi con il portatile (Toshiba 650 celeron) ma tutto ok con il desktop (athlon xp 1700 + abit raid Le riviste avranno la distro fra qualche settimana Mauro
Re: [newbie-it] ATI Radeon
Io ho una ati rage 128, e quando mi sono documentato ho visto che per le schede con chip radeon XFree86 supporta l'accelerazione hardware!! Hai visto sul sito di Xfree? Ciao ENx Francesco Speranza wrote: Mi hannoconsigliato di di acquistare una scheda Ati Radeon 7000/7500 ma vorrei sapere se ci sono drivers che permettono di attivare la grafica 3D sotto MDK . C' qualcuno cheabbia questa scheda e cheabbia risolto il problema dato che sul web pare che per linux non ci siano ancora dei drivers dedicati ? Grazie , Francesco
Re: [newbie-it] ATI Radeon
Rettifica, l'accelerazione supportata di sicuro. vai all'indirizzo http://www.xfree.org/4.2.0/Status6.html#6 per controllare! Per fare una prova installa e gioca a Tux Racer! Ciao ENx Francesco Speranza wrote: Mi hannoconsigliato di di acquistare una scheda Ati Radeon 7000/7500 ma vorrei sapere se ci sono drivers che permettono di attivare la grafica 3D sotto MDK . C' qualcuno cheabbia questa scheda e cheabbia risolto il problema dato che sul web pare che per linux non ci siano ancora dei drivers dedicati ? Grazie , Francesco
Re: [newbie-it] ATI Radeon
Il mar, 2002-04-02 alle 23:21, ENx ha scritto: Rettifica, l'accelerazione è supportata di sicuro. vai all'indirizzo http://www.xfree.org/4.2.0/Status6.html#6 per controllare! Per fare una prova installa e gioca a Tux Racer! Ciao ENx Stiamo calmi: io fino a MDK 8.0 avevo una Radeon VE (occhio non è il chip Radeon classico), che non funzionava bene con nessuna distro (XFree fino al 4.1.0). Fate voi. Un saluto.
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Il giorno 20:58, martedì 2 aprile 2002 hai scritto: Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 17:52, martedì 2 aprile 2002, Voi, Notabile Luca, avete dipinto: Ho installato sndconfig, ma mi dice che la mia scheda audio (ESS Tecnilogy Solo1) nn è ancora supportata!!! Possibile??? Ciao, butto lì un'idea stupida: hai provato a disattivare la voce PnP OS Installed (o una voce simile) nel BIOS? Prova a settarla su NO e riavvia... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] visualizzare partizione ntfs, floppy e cdrom
Alesk wrote: Ciao ragazzi! in una precedente email avente come oggetto: Mandrake e winxp ho parlato della impossibilità di visualizzare le partizioni in oggetto! Fabio, gentilmente mi ha detto di dare dei comandi:mount /mnt/windows e di verificare il mio /etc/fstab Ho notato che queste directory mancano del tutto Poi mi sono accorto che non legge nemmeno i cdrom (pero al momento dell'avvio sono riconosciuti) ed il floppy!! Questo e` un noto problema della mndk-8.1, se usi lilo al boot apri il file /etc/lilo.conf e dovunque vedi una riga del tipo append= devfs=auto ... modificala in append= devfs=auto nobiospnp ... esci e lancia il comando lilo. Al prossimo avvio dovrebbe essere tutto ok. Se usi grub il file da modificare e` /boot/grub/menu.lst e non serve rilanciare grub. Poi fare tutto anche dal Mandrake-control-center, nella finestra di configurazione del boot, modificando una ad una tutte le voci che avviano linux. Per usare correttamente il masterizzatore, dovrai avere nelle stesse righe la scritta hdX=ide-scsi (con X opportuno) sia per il masterizzatore che per il cdrom. Poi vai in /etc, cancella /etc/cdrom e sostituiscilo con ln -s /dev/scdY /dev/cdrom dove Y sara` 0 o 1 a seconda se il cdrom viene prima o dopo del masterizzatore ciao, Andrea
[newbie] DVB-S Sattelite card detection in LM 8.1. Possible???
Is there any possibility for LM 8.1 to detect my DVB-S Hauppage satellite card or is there any driver I can install so I can have it installed in my Linux box. I wonder because in my country (Greece) that's the only way to have fast Internet (DSL) unknown word so far for us. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dimitris Ioannou Do You Yahoo!? @yahoo.grhttp://www.otenet.gr Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Lilo Problem
Hey, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( Rich, two suggestions : If you run KDE or GNOME, open Control Center, type in your root-password, and select Boot. Then, select Boot Config. Now, in the upper right corner, click Configure. This opens a dialog-box, called Bootloader Main Options. Here, you can select the boot device. I guess you can choose whatever here. If still in trouble, post two files to the list : 1. : /etc/lilo.conf 2. : /etc/fstab I'm not sure that I understand the second part of your answer. Where exactly do I put those statements? In the boot loader? This meant that you should send a copy of the files named lilo.conf and fstab which can both be found in the /etc directory to this mailing list. Copy their contents to a mail and send it here. HTH somehow Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] par for linux?
Hey, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( RAR format is an archiving format that is very popular in europe japan. mostly popular with Warez ppl too b/c its algorithms compress better than .zip Please just don't make it sound like an evil warez dood program. It's a great compression utility ever since... well, it was before '96 that I remember it was better than ARJ or ZIP and competed with UC2. it was invented in Japan IIRC too. AFAIK it was programmed by Eugene Roshal, who I think I recall is Ukrainian, but I might be wrong. The official site ( www.rarsoft.com ) itself is run by a company in Finland... well, I don't think there is anything Japanese about it. ;-) Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: no windows
Hey, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( I was looking for a cheap laptop to install Mandrake. Unlike home made towers, it is quite difficult to buy parts, so I had a look at the net in order to find computers without windows. I found an interesting home page: http://www.bestpricecomputers.ltd.uk/products/nowindows.htm At the beginning of the page, they give a few links related to Microsoft's unfair practices, with sounds good at a first glance. But in the paragraph Not to worry, I'll install Windows myself, they say: We do not ship PCs with blank hard disks.. When reading a bit further, you understand that this means, we will not ship without windows. AFAIK you can uninstall Windows, remove it from all storage media and give the installation back CD to the retailer for a full refund. It is in Micros~1 Windows' EULA. There has been a bit of fuss about it maybe a year ago IIRC when Linux users in Australia (again IIRC) wanted to use Linux and didn't want Windows preinstalled and they found this in the EULA so they went back to the store and got the refund. Now I hope I am not mixing another story with this but I think a similar thing happened later in the US and the Linux users organised a group trip to return Windows and Micros~1 welcomed them with a Microsoft greets the Linux community banner. Well, this everything is IIRC, so anyone please jump in and correct me. Thanks Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SbLive
Hey, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( How do you switch the analog output on the soundblaster live to digital? In windows there was creative software to do it. I am running digital speakers as it is and now have no sound. Thanks. You should be able to do so using the emu-tools which you can download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1 . Either you configure the .conf file (which comes with the rpm) or you use emu-config with the appropriate option. Hope it works for you, the package doesn't seem to work for me. It gives me a SOUND_MIXER_PRIVATE3: Invalid argument error. Hope you have better luck. Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] setting default browser in 8.2
On Monday 01 April 2002 03:58 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: If I reply often enough I will eventually get this right. hehehe If you are running 8.2 you can install both libpng3 and libpng2. You should Not install libpng2-devel but have only libpng3-devel installed. It is the devel pkg, when the wrong one is installed, both in 8.1 and 8.2, which will case X apps to to either not work or to not work properly. Got it right now. I knew you would ;) Actually when I was runnin a mix of 8.1 and 8.2cooker, I tried both solutions. Havin both libs installed, or just libpng3 installed and then creating this link ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 I had no problems with either way, but in fairness, the discussion on the cooker list was that havin both libpng2 and libpng3 installed could cause problems, and creating a link was no better. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Icon Question
Hi, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( One way to do it is to right-click on the icon and then click on properties. A dialog box will open with the icon on it, so click on the icon now and another box will open. There you will see a lot of other icons or you can choose a .png or .xpm file. Pick up a new icon and it's done. I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type. Unfortunately, this also changes all of the other, similar, non-embedded icons on the desktop. You are supposed to click Properties, not Edit File Type. Then click the icon image and choose another one. This really should work. Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] uninstall .tar.gz
Hey everyone, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( RK Is it possible to somehow uninstall something I compiled and installed RK from a tarball? Go to the source directory of that app and do make uninstall. Onur Kucuk This depends on the make script. If it supports uninstalling, you can do make uninstall Good luck Paul I think that the best way to handle the installation of tarballs is through checkinstall. Use it to create an rpm based on the tarball, then you can uninstall the program with rpm if you want to. No need to mess around with 'make uninstall' anymore, which may or may not work. I highly recommend this program! Narfi. ps. The project's home page is http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ Thanks to everyone and a special thanks to Narfi, this looks like a cool app. Thanks again Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Some packages are missing in Mandrake 8.2
On Monday 01 April 2002 05:54 pm, William Lovaton wrote: Why AbiWord and X Downloader weren't included in Mandrake 8.2??? those apps were present in Mandrake 8.1! X Downloader (nt-1.30-1mdk) an Abiword are in /contrib on the cooker mirrors. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but I believe space considerations are the main reason some apps don't make it onto the CD's. 'Course there's other resons including the app is in Mandrake's judgment, not being properly maintained by the authors. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] par for linux?
Hey, What else do I want to know? Everything ;) Seriously, though, I've seen mention of rar a few times on this list and it started to bug me that I didn't know what it was. I've never needed it, but a google search for 'rar linux' turns up some hits, including one for a rar utility for lniux you can get from cnet. It's shareware, though, and the author wants $35. That's too much for a simple archiving utility. There is a Freeware version of rar for *nix called unrar: UNRAR 2.50 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-99 Eugene Roshal UnRAR can only unpack RAR archives. Cheers Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] setting default browser in 8.2
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 07:31:49 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 01 April 2002 03:58 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: If I reply often enough I will eventually get this right. hehehe If you are running 8.2 you can install both libpng3 and libpng2. You should Not install libpng2-devel but have only libpng3-devel installed. It is the devel pkg, when the wrong one is installed, both in 8.1 and 8.2, which will case X apps to to either not work or to not work properly. Got it right now. I knew you would ;) Actually when I was runnin a mix of 8.1 and 8.2cooker, I tried both solutions. Havin both libs installed, or just libpng3 installed and then creating this link ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 I had no problems with either way, but in fairness, the discussion on the cooker list was that havin both libpng2 and libpng3 installed could cause problems, and creating a link was no better. I run cooker ft and never saw a problem with both libs installed. The symlnk is fine but where I found a problem with it is that not all apps needing libpng2 will function properly using a link. The real problem with either solution is if you have an app that either calls for the non-installed devel pkg Or has a depend which it expects to use that devel-package and you end up having a lot of out of sync apps. In the case of Opera, can't speak for Scirbus, either solution would work, myself choosing to have having both libs installed. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xircom RealPort CardBus 10/100+Modem56 RBEM56G-100 configuration
hi members of the list:) i installed Mandrake 8.2 for the first time on MY labtop Dell Latitude 600 , and i would say it is really great better than RedHat i would say . anyway i got everything to work fine except my PCMCIA Xircom RealPort CardBus 10/100+Modem56 RBEM56G-100 i found the pcmcia-cs1.3 installed already with the package but it doesnt support my card, and i dont know actually if there is a tool for mandrake or how to activate the cardmgr any idea how can i get my Xircom working as ethernet and modem? thank You DokFleed http://www.dokfleed.net Internet Security Online mIRC Virus Scanner Coming Soon _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Thanks much! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off
Hi, My problem exactly! -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Roman Korcek wrote: Hi everyone, I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at Power down. it just turns off the disks and stops. It should turn off the computer but it doesn't. I haven't changed a thing since 8.1 and even PnP OS is set to No if that matters. There doesn't seem to be a visible difference in the scripts in /etc/rc.d/ which are probably responsible for shutdown (as far as I figured). Since another user has already asked the same question, I wonder, has anyone else come across it meanwhile? BTW: My computer is an Athlon 750 on an ABIT KA7 mainboard, 128MB SDRAM. TIA Roman 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] Shutdown does not turn PC off
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 07:03 am, Roman Korcek wrote: Hi everyone, I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at Power down. it just turns off the disks and stops. It should turn off the computer but it doesn't. I haven't changed a thing since 8.1 and even PnP OS is set to No if that matters. There doesn't seem to be a visible difference in the scripts in /etc/rc.d/ which are probably responsible for shutdown (as far as I figured). Since another user has already asked the same question, I wonder, has anyone else come across it meanwhile? BTW: My computer is an Athlon 750 on an ABIT KA7 mainboard, 128MB SDRAM. One reason could be hardware/firmware. I'm using a Soyo k7vta pro and after the last bios flash upgrade (for Athlon XP support), the bios setting 4 seconds or instant off (I prefer instant off) quit working. Button must be held in now for 4 seconds, even if instant off is selected. I also immediately started experiencing the problem of re-boots even when 'halt' is chosen, both with Mandrake 8.1 8.2, and Windoze. For me it's just a minor annoyance. If I choose halt and wait till the system powers down, then hold in the button for 4 seconds, the system halts. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off
RK Hi everyone, RK I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down RK the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p RK (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual RK shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at Power down. it just turns RK off the disks and stops. It should turn off the computer but it RK doesn't. RK I haven't changed a thing since 8.1 and even PnP OS is set to No if RK that matters. There doesn't seem to be a visible difference in the RK scripts in /etc/rc.d/ which are probably responsible for shutdown (as RK far as I figured). RK Since another user has already asked the same question, I wonder, has RK anyone else come across it meanwhile? RK BTW: My computer is an Athlon 750 on an ABIT KA7 mainboard, 128MB RK SDRAM. RK TIA RK Roman +1 Intel i845 board + 512 MB SDRam + Nvidia Geforce2MX Exactly the same Regards, 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
Re: [newbie] ALSA and devfs [was] KDE/Gnome broken in 8.2 for me
On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:56:02 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:30:22 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: adrian olsson wrote: KDE sucks, GNOME rules!! See http://women.kde.org/events/london_expo/expo.html about 'No rivalry!'. snip So why does my gnome *every single 8.0 - 8.2 install* still not use my sound properly? Hm??? Kde is fine. Cept for alsa resetting its own permissions *a known bug apparently* its fine. :) From /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/alsa-driver-0.5.12a/INSTALL (it's in the kernel-source .rpm package): --- DEVFS support = The ALSA driver fully supports the devfs extension. You should add lines below to your devfsd.conf file: LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 Warning: These lines assume that you have the audio group in your system. Otherwise replace audio word with another group name (root for example). See /etc/devfsd.conf. Answer me that one ;p Seriously I am *THIS* close to pitching gnome forever. Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Have fun! -Frans u thx... I think. Now to translate figure out what you said! *gets out the universal translator, which just fizzes makes staticy noises* ;p Femme OK, look at the /etc/devfs.conf file with you favourite editor and search for 'ALSA'. I have: -- # ALSA stuff #LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd -- Note that the second line is commented out and according to the ALSA INSTALL file the entries for ALSA should read: -- LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 -- I think this may help your 'alsa resetting its own permissions' problem :) Note the warning in the INSTALL file: Warning: These lines assume that you have the audio group in your system. Otherwise replace audio word with another group name (root for example). I think you have to reboot for the changes to take effect. Oh, and I wonder if it may even help gnome sound. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
On Monday 01 April 2002 08:10 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Google 'bios settings', you'll get plenty of links with explainations. For more concise/appropriate explaination, go to your motherboard's web page, your bios' web page, or screen by screen descriptions are probly also in your mobo's manual. Normally you shouldn't need or want to cache video or bios. Before you make bios changes you should understand what they do and why you would want to change from default. It's also a very good idea to know where the 'clear cosmos' (cmos) jumper is on your motherboard and how to use it. Some don't have one, you'll need to pull the battery for a few minutes. Some bios' can be cleared by holding down a key during the boot proccess (eg, Insert). Clearing the cosmos (bios) will revert to all defaults in case you happen to make the system unbootable. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[OT] Re: [newbie] More list weirdness
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:28, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 18:10, Robin Turner wrote: People have mentioned that they're getting some mails several days late. I'm now getting old mails which I deleted from the server some time back. Sir Robin That's Sir Robin Hood I presume! I was actually thinking of Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python. See http://www.serve.com/bonzai/monty/songs/TheSongofSirRobin Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Some packages are missing in Mandrake 8.2
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 16:46, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday 01 April 2002 05:54 pm, William Lovaton wrote: Why AbiWord and X Downloader weren't included in Mandrake 8.2??? those apps were present in Mandrake 8.1! X Downloader (nt-1.30-1mdk) an Abiword are in /contrib on the cooker mirrors. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but I believe space considerations are the main reason some apps don't make it onto the CD's. 'Course there's other resons including the app is in Mandrake's judgment, not being properly maintained by the authors. Heh, like five years development and no table support, perhaps. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading from 8.0 to 8.2
Hello all, I wanted to try out Mandrake and my friend had the 8.0 CD. I installed it and am very happy with the system. I would like to upgrade to 8.2. Can I upgrade without downloading the ISOs? If so, can someone tell me how to do so or tell me where I could get the info? Thank you. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] setting default browser in 8.2
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 01:33, Robin Turner wrote: In 8.2 as long as you Do Not install libpng-devel you will have no problem. OK, I'm going to play with fire and see how it works in 8.0. Spoke too soon - libpng3 worked for a while and I was able to get Scribus running, but now not only will it not run, attempting to run it screws up X. Oh well, I'll just have to wait for Mandrake and Scribus to get in sync. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror links problem.
OK I got LM8.2 up, again, b/c too many things were crashing. Probably due to my adding ram after it was installed? Thx Tim your tips on LICQ helped tons ;0 Didn't have to use the TARball either, just using the one that comes with LM. Anyway I have small niggling problem so far and thats Konqueror. Nice program, but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to change the links so they will become a different colour after I visit them. I've looked in KDE somewhat, in Konquerors Options/Preferences. No luck. What am I missing here, besides patience love for this thing so far ? :) Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
On Monday 01 April 2002 07:10 pm, you wrote: Hey all. Just wondering, should video ram and BIOS be so that they are cached or or not? I've always had them turned off, but recently turned them on. Its the only thing I changed (besides my new HD) when I had all the troubles with my Nvidia drivers. Thanks much! AFAIK they should be OFF. Apparently they are holdovers from DOS days when it was necessary to cache some parts of memory b/c DOS couldn't do it efficiently enough. For now, I believe all windows versions don't use or reference the bios at all. I presume linux is the same. However I know that those settings will slow your computer in windows a lot if they are on. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ALSA and devfs [was] KDE/Gnome broken in 8.2 for me
Merci Frans ;) Much appreciated, saves me from having to scour the net for an answer that should be obvious to most ppl. *sigh* Thx Femme OK, look at the /etc/devfs.conf file with you favourite editor and search for 'ALSA'. I have: -- # ALSA stuff #LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd -- Note that the second line is commented out and according to the ALSA INSTALL file the entries for ALSA should read: -- LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 -- I think this may help your 'alsa resetting its own permissions' problem :) Note the warning in the INSTALL file: Warning: These lines assume that you have the audio group in your system. Otherwise replace audio word with another group name (root for example). I think you have to reboot for the changes to take effect. Oh, and I wonder if it may even help gnome sound. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing mouse actions in MC in LM8.2?
Is there anyway to change the default mouse actions in Midnight Commander in LM8.2? My Logitech Optical wheel mouse worked fine in LM8.0 in MC -- the scroll function is very addictive. I miss it! So far, in my search through the docs, I've been unable to discover how to affect/effect changes in MC. Other than that, LM8.2 is excellent -- I'm so glad I upgraded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, Tia, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember in your prayers the Holy Souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly in 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] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
First of all. I'm totally new to Linux. When compiling the pctel-2.4.7 drivers for my modem under MANDRAKE 8.2 I get an erron message saying that I cannot have #include linux/*.h or #include asm/*.h in my code and I should update ma Makefile. I was trying to do so, but I can't succeed. Can anyone help? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
First of all. I'm totally new to Linux. When compiling the pctel-2.4.7 drivers for my modem under MANDRAKE 8.2 I get an erron message saying that I cannot have #include linux/*.h or #include asm/*.h in my code and I should update ma Makefile. I was trying to do so, but I can't succeed. Can anyone help? The reason may be that you dont have kernel source installed. Check the software manager (rpmdrake) in flat view Regards, 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
Re: [newbie] digital monitor
When I got my new digital flat panel monitor, I could no longer see anything when I boot up. I tried reinstalling Mandrak Linux 8.2, but that didn't help. I can get to a command line, and I tried running xf86config, but that didn't help. I tried using control-alt-+ to change video mode, but that didn't help either. I am out of ideas and would appreciate any suggestions. I do not want to go back to using analog mode. Thanks, Sandy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
As far as I'm concerned I have the kernel sources installed. In the software manager everything with text kernel source is marked as installed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SB awe64 sound [was] question
On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 08:45:30 -0500 jimmy keffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when i open the mixer controls they are blank no controls i have a awe64 sound card any ideas thanks jimmy Yes I have many ideas ;) But seriously, it seems your soundcard isn't set up properly, but your card is supported by Linux :) Which Mandrake version are you using? What does 'Mandrake Control Center' - Hardware say about your soundcard? Good luck! -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
Do you have the kernel sources installed? You need them to compile the driver. Also, pctel-0.9.0.tar.gz is the current version of the driver. I'm using the pctel-0.8.6 driver with 8.2 without any problems. If you're going to compile the driver, you might as well get one of the two above. The 2.4.7 isn't even listed anymore at www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel/. Joe On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 21:57:19 +0200 £ukasz £ukasik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all. I'm totally new to Linux. When compiling the pctel-2.4.7 drivers for my modem under MANDRAKE 8.2 I get an erron message saying that I cannot have #include linux/*.h or #include asm/*.h in my code and I should update ma Makefile. I was trying to do so, but I can't succeed. Can anyone help? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
Ok. So... How do I get the kernel sources installed? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT] Re: [newbie] More list weirdness
I found http://www.montypython.net/ to be a better resource, although admittedly slower. Robin Turner wrote: On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:28, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 18:10, Robin Turner wrote: People have mentioned that they're getting some mails several days late. I'm now getting old mails which I deleted from the server some time back. Sir Robin That's Sir Robin Hood I presume! I was actually thinking of Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python. See http://www.serve.com/bonzai/monty/songs/TheSongofSirRobin Sir Robin -- Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Icon Question
Isn't this a thread from about two months or so ago? Roman Korcek wrote: Hi, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( One way to do it is to right-click on the icon and then click on properties. A dialog box will open with the icon on it, so click on the icon now and another box will open. There you will see a lot of other icons or you can choose a .png or .xpm file. Pick up a new icon and it's done. I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type. Unfortunately, this also changes all of the other, similar, non-embedded icons on the desktop. You are supposed to click Properties, not Edit File Type. Then click the icon image and choose another one. This really should work. Bye Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SB awe64 sound [was] question
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 23:11, Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 08:45:30 -0500 jimmy keffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when i open the mixer controls they are blank no controls i have a awe64 sound card any ideas thanks jimmy Yes I have many ideas ;) But seriously, it seems your soundcard isn't set up properly, but your card is supported by Linux :) Which Mandrake version are you using? What does 'Mandrake Control Center' - Hardware say about your soundcard? The Awe 64, as a venerable old soundcard (and still a very good one) is certainly supported. I've had it working succesfully in Mandrake 7.0 up to 8.0, so I would be very surprised if it didn't work in 8.2. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
Under the software manager, go to development -- development -- others and select kernel-source. If it's not there, then check under installed and make sure it shows as installed. Also, when you are compiling the drivers, are you root or have you used su to become root? Joe On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 23:05:23 +0200 £ukasz £ukasik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. So... How do I get the kernel sources installed? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 04:05 pm, ?ukasz ?ukasik wrote: Ok. So... How do I get the kernel sources installed? There should be an RPM on mandrake / cooker You want sources and headers for the kernel -- Gerald Waugh : Registered Linux user # 255245 http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - ph. 203.785.0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, United States of America 4:34pm up 12 days, 59 min, 2 users, load average: 1.02, 1.10, 1.30 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] compiling PCTEL modem drivers under Mandrake 8.2
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 04:27 pm, Joseph Braddock wrote: Under the software manager, go to development -- development -- others and select kernel-source. If it's not there, then check under installed and make sure it shows as installed. Also, when you are compiling the drivers, are you root or have you used su to become root? You should use su - (no of course) to become root., then you have root's profile if you dont use the '-' you won't have good results. -- Gerald Waugh : Registered Linux user # 255245 http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - ph. 203.785.0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, United States of America 4:38pm up 12 days, 1:03, 2 users, load average: 1.16, 1.09, 1.25 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake8.2/X-CD-Roast Configuration Problem
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 17:07, you wrote: There seems to be a -d switch to make it look somewhere other than /dev/cdrom. Could try that? Richard -- Thanks Richard, I did this :- This is with Audio CD in Writer with option -d [root@localhost root]# [root@localhost root]# cdparanoia -d -vB 1- /root/tmp/name cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) (C) 2001 Monty [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Xiphophorus Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ Unable to open cdrom drive; -v will give more information. [root@localhost root]# .. This is with Audio CD in DVD/ROM with -d option [root@localhost root]# cdparanoia -d -vB 1- /root/tmp/name cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) (C) 2001 Monty [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Xiphophorus Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ Unable to open cdrom drive; -v will give more information. [root@localhost root]# . It would seem that the -d option has no effect. but please do check my command line. So far the only option that seems to work at all is with the Audio CD in the DVD/ROM and: cdparanoia -vB 1- /root/tmp/name which cashes the wave files in that directory. Does all this suggest cdrecord is the problem ? I don't know. John John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is it possible?
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 23:50, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Same kind of experience here, looks like. I'll add Starcraft and Lord of Destruction to your list. Even networking, and upgrade patches work fine although a networked game under LOD seems a tad bit slow compared to when I was running it from a windows partition (I just added a 60 gig HD and did away with all MS stuff totally - yeah!). I wonder - if you copy the dll's and the registry from a winblows installation that has the apps/games in question installed, would they work better under Winex then? Hmm, something to experiment with, methinks! ;-) Ron, how much trouble did you have with Diablo 2? Cause I'm getting ready to load it plus TOB and the patches. Just curious to know if you had any hiccups.. PS Maybe the upcoming Winex 2.0 release will fix/cure some of the current issues. Looks like they are adding lots... ;-) Thanks, LX /\ DarkLord \/ -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° _ 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: Re[2]: [newbie] unzip not in path
El mar, 02-04-2002 a las 10:14, Roman Korcek escribió: Hey, (Sorry for late reply, ISP's mailserver didn't want to send my mail) :-( I would like to know how to put unzip in my path so that archiver display the contents of a zip file. unzip is installed in /usr/bin, and /usr/bin should already be in your path. Is it actually installed ? Try 'rpm -qa | grep zip' to find out. actually zip and unzip are two different packages. Are you sure? IIRC unzip is just a symlink (or short script?) to zip with some --unpack (or the like) parameter... Bye Roman actually having unzip in path does not help if you don't have the zip binary, too. Ark looks for it first. open a terminal and try to execute zip if you get command not found, you have to download the complete zip/unzip utility, and copy it to /usr/bin samething if you want archiver to be able to open RAR files. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] unusual partitioning question
hey everyone, i have a weird question and i am trying to ask it without confusing everyone, even myself. I installed my MD 7.1 some time ago with the following setup: /(root) on /dev/hda5 swap on /dev/hda6 /home on /dev/hda7 Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: /boot on /dev/hda5 /(root) on /dev/hda6 swap on /dev/hda7 /home on /dev/hda8 I have played around previously with some ideas and they all lead me to a complete reinstall of the system so that is why I am asking for your help. The reason for this question is my desire to make a dual linux boot without completely deleting my current linux install. Thanks in advance, Zlatko Savic Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unusual partitioning question
On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 18:31:59 -0500 Zlatko Savic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everyone, i have a weird question and i am trying to ask it without confusing everyone, even myself. I installed my MD 7.1 some time ago with the following setup: /(root) on /dev/hda5 swap on /dev/hda6 /home on /dev/hda7 Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: /boot on /dev/hda5 /(root) on /dev/hda6 swap on /dev/hda7 /home on /dev/hda8 I have played around previously with some ideas and they all lead me to a complete reinstall of the system so that is why I am asking for your help. The reason for this question is my desire to make a dual linux boot without completely deleting my current linux install. You can do it BUT only if you currently have enough non partitioned freespace in which to create the new /boot partition. You would even then the new partition table would be dependent upon where the freespace existed on your hd and how much of it you had. The only other option is a new install at which point you can delete your current / and create /boot and /, formatting the 2 new partitions but leaving /home alone. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Framebuffer drivers
Azril Haniz wrote: hi, How do i use a framebuffer driver? Which files do i download?How do i use them? Please help.. _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, the simple technique for you would be to put in your install CD and select EXPERT Update. (Add NO packages unless you think of some you really want). It will fuss and cluck for a few minutes figuring out that you don't want to do very much then go on to Networking (cancel) and summary and bootloader (cancel) then finally get friendly with X You want to select something impossible--very high resolution with too many colors (click the Show All to make it fail) then test it. After that go to graphic cards and pick FBDev, then settle for no more than 1024x768 in 16 bit depth, and make sure your monitor is within its frequency range. A 70Hz vertical is better than a 60 (walk toward a monitor under flourescent lighting and you will see why) if your monitor will take it. This will not work at all unless your video card supports framebuffer. This is easy to tell during install, becausea framebuffer supporting card will give you a graphical show during package install with a details button if you want to watch package names fly at you, and the VGA screen is much lower resolution and offers no graphics, just the flying names. Also, after install the bootloader will offer a linux and a linux-nonfb boot if you have framebuffer. THere are a few exceptions to that, however. A Matrox Mystique 220 made exclusively for Dell (OEM version) will not support framebuffer while most other Matroxes do. A Voodoo 3 2000 will install with framebuffer display but will not detect as a framebuffer device for a framebuffer enabled kernel, so it runs on its own driver only. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unusual partitioning question
you can try resising partitions but you must have a backup of your stuff, you can use partition magic if you have ext2 partitions, there is another product by acronis (i forget the product name) that i have read does reiserfs, also there is a linux tool called parted but i've never used it and i don't know what it supports, if you don't back up don't say you weren't warned :-) bascule On Wednesday 03 Apr 2002 12:31 am, you wrote: Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: Thanks in advance, Zlatko Savic -- ...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring... - Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unusual partitioning question
Zlatko Savic wrote: hey everyone, i have a weird question and i am trying to ask it without confusing everyone, even myself. I installed my MD 7.1 some time ago with the following setup: /(root) on /dev/hda5 swap on /dev/hda6 /home on /dev/hda7 Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: /boot on /dev/hda5 /(root) on /dev/hda6 swap on /dev/hda7 /home on /dev/hda8 I have played around previously with some ideas and they all lead me to a complete reinstall of the system so that is why I am asking for your help. The reason for this question is my desire to make a dual linux boot without completely deleting my current linux install. Thanks in advance, Zlatko Savic Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, you can do it if they are ext2 filesystems using ext2resize which is available in tarball form (the rpms are unlikely to install on 7.1, because rpm has changed versions, and so has glibc and gcc and ...) You would make a new hda patrition FOLLOWING the resized /. But for dual-boot you do NOT need a separate /boot All you need to do is drag the kernel and the initrd (vmlinuz-(kernelnumber)-(buildinfo) and initrd.img-(kernelnumber-buildinfo)) from the /boot of the new install to the /boot of the old install, then use DrakConf to redo your boot (and the drop down lists will include the new kernel and initrds) making sure the root identified in the new boot is the root of the new install. For luck, run /sbin/lilo as root then reboot and you should have the dual-boot established. More info on this approach is at http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=473lang=en and I did author that article. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Publishing in Linux
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 05:45:01 +1200, Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Logeman, (thats me :-) On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:47, in [newbie] Publishing in Linux, wrote: I have a brochure i need to produce and the printing place will accept Publisher, Photoshop, or Pagemaker files. Is there a way of generating compatible files in some way - we may need to pass the file back forth in email. Its been a great discussion... thanks for the many useful ideas and contributions. I am still not sure where to start. LaTeX sounds great... but something to grow into, and i may. Does it layout graphics? Right now I's like to start with something less steep. Ian Clatworthy's sdf sounds useful to create the files - and pdf format sounds like it might have to be the way to go - proprietary though it is. Which leaves me wondering which ap to use. Kword (thanks Robin) seems a possibility, I have version 1.1 - crashed several times on me and seems not ready. However if someone reports that a brochure with images that bleed out to the edge can be produced in a file the commercial printer can use I'll persevere. I get the sense that no word processor would be up to it. The brochure i have is in Word now but that is really not right, though useful to as an initial step in getting the wording and pix right. As a matter of interest the brochure will be the main flyer for http://www.lyfordtreks.co.nz so you can get an idea of what might be needed. ~ Steve wrote: I hope it changes as the high end multimedia people have adopted Linux, now Alias Wavefront Maya is available for Linux. What are these things? ~ I am still looking for a simple publishing ap that will allow me to layout a document... what is available? Walter Just about any app can 'print' to a Postscript file, since GNU/Linux's printing system is based around Postscript. That means you're free to use apps like TEX, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org, Abiword and Kword. After you've made the Postscript file, you can use ps2pdf or ps2pdf13 (part of the ghostscript package) to convert it to PDF. The GIMP can read and write a large variety of formats. Try to see if the printing place will accept one of these formats. Some printers may accept formats like PNG, TIFF and TGA. My apologies if this has already been mentioned in this thread. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I don't use a marketing eye, I simply don't care. There are others who do, I'll let them worry about it. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] next one : divx
anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] next one : divx
El mié, 03-04-2002 a las 02:45, - vom adi - escribió: anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - mplayer decodes all divx content for me, didn't need the divx bundle.. have you tried it? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Removal from Mandrake Mail List
Hi All I need to be deleted from mandrake list please HELP John ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of this message. ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] next one : divx
where to get ? sourceforge download.com ? official site gimmegimmegimme ;) !! - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Damian Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 08:10 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] next one : divx El mié, 03-04-2002 a las 02:45, - vom adi - escribió: anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - mplayer decodes all divx content for me, didn't need the divx bundle.. have you tried it? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RedCarpet messed me up royaly
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 21:50, Sue Hughes wrote: shane wrote: On Tuesday 02 April 2002 05:58 am, Charles A Edwards opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: There I was useing my redcarpet as I have many times before and was just upgradeing my evolution when it hangs. Now I cannot use evolution. When I start it, it comes up with a a error box saying it cannot find the database. My mandrake software manager will not run right anymore either. Running LM8.1 on a dialup with 256MB ram and KDE. Roly A dumb question, here. Did you back up your home directory before you started this? It is possible to manually import all your mail folders individually using Evolution's import function, but it will require that you move your evolution directory in ~/ to another name, and then install a pristine version of Evolution. From there you start the Evolution import routine and tell it the new name that you gave to the old evolution directory. This also assumes that your email data files are not foobarred. Did you do a tarball of your home directory? Best Regards, LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° _ 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] RedCarpet messed me up royaly
Sue Hughes wrote: shane wrote: On Tuesday 02 April 2002 05:58 am, Charles A Edwards opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: There I was useing my redcarpet as I have many times before and was just upgradeing my evolution when it hangs. Now I cannot use evolution. When I start it, it comes up with a a error box saying it cannot find the database. My mandrake software manager will not run right anymore either. Running LM8.1 on a dialup with 256MB ram and KDE. Roly Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, it doesn't check deps that well which is probably why it runs so smoothly. You may need to do a complete rebuild on the rpm database--not the usual rpm --rebuild but the one in the archives of the cooker list. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Switching sound from OSS to Alsa
I guess I'll just go back to the oss drivers and get the 4.1 at least. There's no use bitching I guess. I'm really just waiting for good SB Audigy support since that's what I was gonna get with these speakers until I read that there is still work to be done on the driver. The setup does appear to be some what bastardized especially since the C-Media's own driver setup doesn't have my jack configuration even listed. Oh well, it still pisses off my roomates on the floor below when i listen to some Foghat. :) Tom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
