[newbie-it] Fw: DivX News: DivX on a Chip, Farscape Trailer, and DivX for Linux
Ve la inoltro in quanto potrebbe interessare a qualcuno. Se poi riuscite a installarla e a dire come avete fatto. :-) Ciao ku68 - Original Message - From: DivX News [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 1:21 AM Subject: DivX News: DivX on a Chip, Farscape Trailer, and DivX for Linux cut DivX 5.0.1 for Linux We know it's not always easy being a Linux user in a Windows world, so we've finally got a little reward for all the patient Linux-loving DivX fans out there. DivX 5.0.1 for Linux was released last week, and this version not only features the DivX decoder but also includes the DivX 5.x encoder on Linux for the first time. You didn't believe us when we promised it was coming, did you? Let this be a lesson--here at the DivX News, we keep our word. Why? Because we love you. We really, really do. * Download DivX 5.0.1 for Linux today: http://jump.divx.com/nl.php?URL=http://www.divx.com/divx/maclinux.php
R: [newbie-it] Continuando con Lime Wire
GRAZIE! Ora provo e poi ti faccio sapere!
-Messaggio originale-
Oggetto: Re: [newbie-it] Continuando con Lime Wire
e' un eseguibile, o meglio, in questo caso
uno script di shell, che a sua volta lancia un eseguibile,
che dovrebbe/potrebbe essere kaffe.
ora, guarda in /usr/bin se hai un file che si chiama java,
aprilo con un editor di testo e vedi cosa c'e' scritto.
dovrebbe bastarti cambiare questo file per dire
al sistema che quando lanci il java ti lanci la vm del jre della sun invece
che kaffe.
questo e' il mio:
#! /bin/sh
# Pretend Kaffe is Java
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=/usr
#exec /usr/bin/kaffe ${1+$} - QUESTA ERA LA RIGA ORIGINALE
exec /usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin/java ${1+$}
il cancelletto commenta.
ho in pratica sostituito alla riga originale che chiamava kaffe
una riga equivalente in cui chiamo pero' il percorso del java
del jre1.3.1
spero di essere stato chiaro anche se non ne sono certo.
bye
[newbie-it] Continuando (ancora) con Lime Wire
Vuoi sapere la cosa divertente? Non ho nessun file che si chiama JAVA nella mia cartella usr/bin... Ne ho uno che al massimo si chiama java2html ma non credo che sia quello che intendevi tu. E vuoi sapere una cosa ancora più divertente? Sono andato a controllare e nella cartella ust/bin non ho nessun file di nome kaffe... MA che sistema ho montato? Rintintinux? Potrebbe essere che monto la 8.1 e non la 8.2? Grazie! ANDREA -Messaggio originale- Oggetto: Re: [newbie-it] Continuando con Lime Wire e' un eseguibile, o meglio, in questo caso uno script di shell, che a sua volta lancia un eseguibile, che dovrebbe/potrebbe essere kaffe. ora, guarda in /usr/bin se hai un file che si chiama java, aprilo con un editor di testo e vedi cosa c'e' scritto. dovrebbe bastarti cambiare questo file per dire al sistema che quando lanci il java ti lanci la vm del jre della sun invece che kaffe.
[newbie-it] configurazione hardware
salve a tutti, sto passando al pinguino (mandrake 8.2), ma ho 6 problemi, 5 di riconoscimento hardware e uno software che vi elenco in ordine di gravità 1) non riesco a far riconoscre al sistema un modem isdn. su isa plug e pray mi dice stringa (lectron winet express isdn), i chip sono siemens come quelli del teles 16.3, su winzozz il modem funziona con entrambi i drivers, ma non so come fare a descriverlo. credo che il problema sia la stringa plug e pray, ma non so come fare a non farla leggere a linux 2) scheda audio ectiva ev 1935 machone pci. non so come farla funzionare: la riconosce come scheda audio, ma resta muta 3) scheda satellitare b2c2 netsystem pci: viene riconosciuta come periferica sconosciuta 4) tastiera multimediale btc 9000 a : come configurare i tasti multimediali, di navigazione, di standby e di off? 5) non riesco ad avviare il serverx contemporaneamente con 2 schede video (agp e pci), anche se xf86cfg si avvia con entrambe, le configura, ma quando parte il serverx mi dà errore, riprova e parte con una sola scheda. 6) per risolvere questi problemi vorrei usare vmware e la condivisione di winzozz, ma il vmware mi dà problemi di incompatibilità e di mancanze di files sui sorgenti del kernel grazie a tutti per le risposte.ciao
Re: [newbie-it] kernel ricompilato e vfat
Il supporto per il vfat l'hai compilato come modulo o built-in? Se l' hai compilato come modulo, forse, il kernel non trova il modulo giusto! Se non riesci a trovare una soluzione, come ultima spiaggia, prova a ricompilare il kernel mettendo vfat built-in se lo avevi compilato come modulo e viceversa! Ciao ENx Biss wrote: Ho compilato il 2.4.16 su una mdk 8.1 e ho riscontrato problemi nel montare le partizioni e floppy di win98. Sia all'avvio che dopo ottengo questa risposta: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file systems Credo sia la compilazione perchè se utilizzo il 2.4.8 che ho mantenuto vengono montate regolarmente. Aggiungo per scrupolo fstab: /dev/hda8 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda3 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 Preciso che nella compilazione in filesystem ho inserito le voci riguardo tipo vfat, msdos etc. Qualcuno sa se occorre inserire altro o disinserire qualcosa nel kernel perchè il sistema possa montare quelle partizioni? Grazie per l'aiuto. Biss
Re: [newbie-it] configurazione hardware
Alle 14:31, sabato 4 maggio 2002, x ha scritto: 1) non riesco a far riconoscre al sistema un modem isdn. su isa plug e pray mi dice stringa (lectron winet express isdn), i chip sono siemens come quelli del teles 16.3, su winzozz il modem funziona con entrambi i drivers, ma non so come fare a descriverlo. credo che il problema sia la stringa plug e pray, ma non so come fare a non farla leggere a linux Prova a mettere in LILO/GRUB(dipende da che usi) nobiospnp io ti posso dare indicazioni solo per grub.. /boot/grub/menu.lst devi inserire nobiospnp (nelle righe che fanno partire linux) dopo vmlinuz..ottenendo piu o meno questo title linux kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz nobiospnp root=/dev/hdb1. alle volte questo risolve parekki problemi anke con skede audio. 2) scheda audio ectiva ev 1935 machone pci. non so come farla funzionare: la riconosce come scheda audio, ma resta muta tuo stesso problema uguale uguale ma skeda diversa prova ad eseguire da root #lsmod facendo cosi controlli che moduli ha caricato il kernel...se vedi moduli riguardanti la tua skeda qualcuno qui ti potra aiutare a farli funzionare (disicuro non io:) in caso contrario o qualcuno qui ha la tua stessa skeda oppure ti aspetta una bella ricerca nel mare degli Howto non mi pare di averti dato un grande aiuto.ma cmq inboccaalupo Ciao , Tom
[newbie-it] usare palm m505 con Linux
Ciao a tutti, qualcuno conosce il modo di connettere un palm m505 alla mandrake 8.2??? I classici programmi (Kpilot ecc) non lo riconoscono :-( grazie tante per la risposta
Re: [newbie-it] Continuando (ancora) con Lime Wire
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Andrea - Tamalandia wrote: non ho nessun file di nome kaffe... da root dai un rpm -qa|grep kaffe, se ti da' qualcosa vuol dire che kaffe e' installato, altrimenti no. Non ho nessun file che si chiama JAVA nella mia cartella usr/bin... credo che nelle directory *bin (a parte eventualmente kaffe) non troverai niente. Tutto dipende da dove hai installato il .bin della JRE [mi spiace mi son perso buona parte delle mail precedenti, e non so/non ricordo se lo hai installato da un .bin o altro]; l'eseguibile java si trova in una delle sottodirectory. -- MDK8.2 elaborata - kernel 2.4.18-6mdk - Dopo un gran casino con un HD IBM un po' bacato, la Cooker impazzita e i backup inservibili, preferisco non testare piu' niente :P
Re: [newbie-it] Continuando (ancora) con Lime Wire
On Sat, 4 May 2002, LukenShiro wrote: Tutto dipende da dove hai installato il .bin della JRE Ops, adesso vedo che avevi un .rpm. Per vedere i file che compongono il pacchetto sempre da root basta dare rpm -ql _nome-pacchetto_.
[newbie-it]
Ciao, come fare comunicare il PALM M505 USB con linux (mdk8.2)? -- Antonio Magurano
Re: [newbie-it] sane
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Augusto wrote: Sto tentando di installare la 1.0.7 di sane ,ma quando passo al frontends dopo che ho lanciato configure ottengo un errore che sembra riferito al percorso delle librerie.Ho provato a seguire quanto detto nelle note di installazione dove si fa anche riferimento a un ldconfig che non so come lanciare.Qualcuno mi può aiutare? Grazie. ldconfig fa riferimento al file /etc/ld.so.conf, che contiene (si suppone che contenga) le directory in cui sono presenti librerie condivise. AFAIK controlla che in quel file sia presente la directory delle librerie di sane, dai un semplice ldconfig -- MDK8.2 elaborata - kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Dopo un gran casino con un HD IBM un po' bacato, la Cooker impazzita e i backup inservibili, preferisco non testare piu' niente :P
[newbie-it] Palm M505 USB
Ciao, come fare comunicare il PALM M505 USB con linux (mdk8.2)? -- Antonio Magurano
Re: [newbie-it] Compilazione
On Fri, 3 May 2002, nicola wrote: (Nvidia, Modem,...) ma ogni volta ottengo dei warning nella fase del make a proposito della libreria (?) malloc.h (il sistema mi dice che il suo uso è depreched Il messaggio di warning e' niente piu' di un avvertimento che non pregiudica _mai_ il buon fine della compilazione. Non ti devi preoccupare minimamente; credo che sia dovuto perlopiu' ad una non stretta conformita' a determinati stardard C da parte del programma(tore): in questo caso un file header utilizzato e' considerato deprecato/obsoleto/sconsigliato e consiglia di utilizzarne un'altro (ma sta a chi ha fatto il modulo conformarsi, non a te ;)) i moduli vengono copiati nelle cartelle giuste, ma subito dopo il sistema su quegli stessi files trova degli unresolved simbol. L'errore ovviamente si ripresenta ogli volta che il computer esegue un depmod. AFAIK i simboli irrisolti sono dovuti ad impostazioni pregiudiziali necessarie e non attivate; in pratica da qualche parte (nel kernel direi) dovevano essere definite determinate variabili e non e' stato fatto. Dovresti provare a postare le righe precise degli errori di depmod, magari si capisce qualcosa. -- MDK8.2 elaborata - kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Dopo un gran casino con un HD IBM un po' bacato, la Cooker impazzita e i backup inservibili, preferisco non testare piu' niente :P
[newbie-it] Fw: Results of your commands
ciao quando mando la richiesta per togliere l'iscrizione, mi manda, si, la conferma da sympa ma poi ritorna con questo messaggio No command found in message non socosa devo fare?? Grazie Laura - Original Message - From: SYMPA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:16 PM Subject: Results of your commands No command found in message
Re: [newbie-it] domandina...
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Brunini Alessandro wrote: Dispongo di un DVD IDE ATAPI e di un masterizzatore IDE. [..] Io aggiungo la linea per il DVD (hda=ide-scsi) e i programmi mi vedono il DVD come unità di lettura. Il problema è che non vedo più i DVD. :(( Uhmm, mantieni l'emulazione scsi per entrambi e prova a a creare (se non esistenti) questi dispositivi con ln /dev/scd0 /dev/sr0 ln /dev/scd1 /dev/sr1 (senza l'opzione '-s', perche' dev'essere un link hard, _non_ simbolico) In /etc/fstab in corrispondenza delle voci relative al montaggio di dvd e masterizzatore metti questi due (/dev/scd? o /dev/sr?), al posto di /dev/hd?. -- LU #210970 LM #98222 - MDK8.2 elaborata - krnl 2.4.18-6mdk Dopo un gran casino con un HD IBM un po' bacato, la Cooker impazzita e i backup inservibili, preferisco non testare piu' niente :P
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
Derek Byram wrote: a 147 break in snooker always starts with a pot on a single red ;-) -- derek the lurker - essex england - linux user 264346 very true for a 149 break. An extremely rare event I've heard. :) now keep on posting Lurker-wannabe! -- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
On Friday 03 May 2002 23:53, you wrote: Normally I lurk but this time I have to Say a Well Said along with a Amen to that . I Bend but I do not break to eventually spring back with much force Unidentified French Underground Fighter. There is a war going on to deemphasize the individualism and the heroism that characterized times in our recent past. Some years ago, for instance, a man (bystander) saw a young woman being victimized by a bunch of gang members; probably on her way to being raped, injured, and worse. He single handedly took on the scumballs, and IF memory serves I believe he rescued the lady and ended up running the gang off, probably saving her life. I can't remember if he actually killed any of those criminals or not, but the gist of it was that the state ended up taking the good samaritan to court because they stated that it was the job of the police to protect the citizens and not he. Further.the crime rate of any country has been shown to statistically increase when the law abiding populace is disarmed, yet still the liberals continue to slide laws in that push defensive weapons out of the hands of the law abiding public. There's only one purpose that this could serve, and a reasonable person must assume that the instigators are aware of that purpose. See the book: More Guns, Less Crime : Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics (Chicago, Ill.).) by John R., Jr. Lott In California, registration leads to confiscation. Even worse, in Massachusets for example, if you are attacked in your own home by an intruder, by law you cannot defend yourself; you are *required* to run away. By state law. If you do defend yourself and injure the intruder you risk ending up in jail yourself. My question is, how in the hell did those laws get passed in front of the public eye? Fortunately in the state of North Carolina we are still allowed to kill home intruders if we can convince a jury that we were in fear of our lives (or those of our loved ones) at the time that the home intrusion took place. Most everyone I know is armed for home defense and has adequate defense measures in place accordingly. Other states have better gun laws than this state (read: less restrictive on law abiding tax paying citizens), such as Texas, Tennessee, and a few others I can't remember. I sound like I'm ranting here, but as I intimated before, the tapestry of this situation is quite large; and it all ties in together. I just focus here on some of the more vital and important problems; such as your recourse if a terrorist/criminal breaks into your family home and puts your wife/kids in mortal danger. For those peeps in the US, if you haven't already, I suggest that you take a careful look at your local/state laws. The bottom line is that all this stuff ties in together at some juncture. The liberal NEA, the teacher's union, the liberal gun control laws, the liberal media that supports Palestine instead of the Israeli democracy (CNN, the commie news network), the DMCA, the choke hold on our information sources, the practice of being taught what to think instead of how to think in our public schools, the erosion of public ethical standards, and finally the lack of personal individual rights that we are beginning to suffer at the hands of the RIAA, MicroShaft, Senator Hollings of South Carolina, Hollywood and others. Our individual rights and identities are being legistlated out of existence via financial might and it happens to be a liberal movement. Bush has nominated over 100 justices to the Supreme Court bench and the Democrats have only let 50 or so of them through. This is kind of like me pretending to hide while I slap your face, then I laugh about it in front of you because I don't think you're smart enough to know I slapped you. If that makes any sense. I will say this, though. From what I've been hearing lately, the Jewish people that *were* democrats in the US have of late publicly revolted; therefore they indeed have seen the light. This is a big deal for the democrats, because of course the Jewish folk are by and large quite affluent; that of course means a big dent in that financial might that I spoke of earlier. Funny.right after that word went up, either today or yesterday the Dems stated openly their support of Israel (wether by law or by speech I am not sure, i was out of town today), thus at long suffering last giving the Israelis what is rightly theirs, NAMELY a carte blanc to handle terrorists in their region AS THEY SEE FIT. How does this apply to our computer rights? Well, for one thing it shows that the voter power in our nation IS STILL INTACT. That means that if we wanted toI mean IF WE REALLY WANTED TO, we could easily back the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the point that the DMCA and the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television act would be nothing
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 16:13, ed Tharp wrote: what ever happened to the concept of average and reasonable as in; if the average and reasonable person believes they have purchased a CD when they pay their money and leave the store, and does not find out until after having broke the shrinkwrap that the did NOT purchase a CD but instead bought an electronic license device, did they buy a CD as they thought as they paid their money? when is it a sale? and when is it a lease? does not the perception of the average and reasonable consumer determine the fair business practice in common commercial and retail law? does the averge joe typing a letter on his 2gigHz pentium have a clue about the EULA? Ed, I've read the EULA; I can say what it says and implies. But for most of the rest of your questions above, I think we could get a much better idea of what's going on if a lawyer on the list here would contribute his 2c worth. I can give you a best guess to your last question, tho..Nope. LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to the land of the free ? We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United States of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a brand new Constitution - and took it seriously ! What you describe here makes me doubt : is USA becoming Europized ? - Reverting to feudalism, pseudo-democracy, corruption, fraud and mob-rule ? Well frankly I prefer the euro system but thats me. And I won't debate further on this list the merits of both/either, thusly inciting a need for asbestos clothing. :) Otherwise I don't care at all : Next month I'll have to buy a brand new PC for my daughter. I Denmark it's impossible to get one without Windows preinstalled. First thing to do : format the whole kadoodle, use the M$-CD as a shining target for her rifle-practice and install Linux. She's really fond of Linux already, what with her boy-friends flocking around a she-guru. hm... ya men seem to enjoy girls who have brains. Surprised? :) If Microsjuft then wants to claim her beauty-box, let 'em try ! Kaj Haulrich Denmark Hoo-ya! you can say that again. Can I hear an Amen brother!? :) Sorry had to say it. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 -- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register, Microsoft EULA's and all that jazz
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 00:42, Carroll Grigsby wrote: The Register published an update to their earlier article. Read it at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25152.html MS has backed down somewhat from their earlier position that the software and the hardware are absolutely inseparable. Now it's not a legal requirement, just beneficial. Included in the article is a link to: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom/public/25/mtc-00024074.htm Read it, too -- it presents some very powerful arguments as to why the MS stance is both irrational and unreasonable. My 2 cents on this whole deal: Just because it says something in the EULA doesn't mean it's legal. The problem is that MS has a lot of highly paid lawyers who get their marching orders from Uncle Bill. His agenda for domination is a matter of public record, and he has the resources to do whatever he thinks that it takes to achieve that end. On a lighter note: In case you aren't familiar with The Register, this is a site that you should check out frequently. Be sure to look for the latest BOFH episode. (There's a new one every two weeks.) They're some of the funniest damn stuff anywhere on the web, but they do require some understanding of contemporary British English. -- cmg An excerpt from the URL you contributed: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25152.html _ Microsoft in general may not believe it's a legal requirement, but its US Education Solutions Group quite clearly set out to convince US schools that it is, and there's a reasonable amount of evidence that they have been successful. CompuMentor tells us both that it's working with Microsoft Corporation to help both consumers and nonprofits deal with old computer equipment in the most beneficial way for both society and the environment and that it is actually required by law to leave the operating system and current license loaded on a donated computer. Laramie County School District houses a PDF of a donate flyer which seems to have been produced by Microsoft for schools to give out to donors, and which uses the same wording as the web site. It may actually predate the web site, given that the URLs it includes seem largely out of date, but if one school district has misleading leaflets, we'd guess that many school districts have them. ___ As you can see, the legality of this has nothing to do with the results (or money) they are able to scam out of the educational institutions. Just by intimation that this is a rule, the schools could fall into line without resistance. In addition to this problem, the legality of the EULA is determined primarily by the willingness of the user to submit to the license agreement. It is not the job of the government to mandate protection for people against their own ignorance of the law. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. It is the job of the people to protect themselves against their own ignorance, not the government. It is the responsibility of the people to be knowledgable about the laws under which they are administrated; not only does that include state, local, and federal, but most certainly the legal agreements that they themselves agree to! I'm not saying that MicroShaft would not lose in court to you if they decided to prosecute you, for alleged violation of the terms of the EULA. Or that the SPA as an administrative arm of M$ would not lose in court to your case either. On the other hand, M$ has gotten thru existing antitrust law without significant cost to their infrastructure, continuing their illegal operations, therefore I percieve that either you or I would present less than a tangible obstruction. But nevertheless, the point I've been driving at in this thread was, why open the doors to such a costly attack in the first place? LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [OT] newbie
Hello, I thought you went off newbie to tackle the Mandrake expert list (That's not to say the help isn't appreciated - How to cope with the volume of mail was very useful). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] newbie
sorry, please disregard wrong wording, maybe i'll send it back later :-/ On Sat, 4 May 2002 17:50, _nasturtium wrote: Hello, I thought you went off newbie to tackle the Mandrake expert list (That's not to say the help isn't appreciated - How to cope with the volume of mail was very useful). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Config for new CDRW install (8.1) ?
I installed my new sony cdrw. When I do cdrecord -scanbus I get returned: 0,0,0 0) Sony CD_RW CRX175E1,0j Removable CD_ROM In my lilo.conf one of the lines under the menu scheme says beneath image=/boot/vmlinuz: append= hdc=ide-scsi devfs=mount Prior to installing the drive, people have suggested it would/should say: devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi or devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet Does the nomount, the reversed order or the quiet matter in some way? Should I change mine? In my /etc/fstab, it now says for my CDRW (Installed on secondary controller as master): /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user, iocharset=iso885p-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 and similarily for my cd-rom (installed on secondary slave): /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto user, iocharset=iso885p-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 Do these lines seem right? I was also told to do an urpmi on xcdroast, and some other packages but it returned no package named xcdroast so I assume I need to get the software. How/where do I do that? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?
I just finished browsing the t-shirts and similar items available from the Mandrake Store. There is only one item (1 t-shirt) out of a total of 5 (3 different t-shirts, 1 cap, and 1 CD case) currently available in the U.S. What's up with that? Do we not rate the privilege to order the same items as the rest of the world? What is the deal? Here I am trying to support MandrakeSoft and grab me some cool gear while I'm at it. But I can't, because I live in America. disgruntled -- °°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.4claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Finding out keycodes
I have a Logitech keyboard with three keys which don't do anything in
Linux ('WWW', 'Mail' and 'Search'). To enable them takes three steps,
it would seem:
1. Find out what keycodes each returns;
2. Tell X that the keycodes exist (man xmodmap got me started);
3. Restart X, restart KDE 3, then use the KDE Control Centre to map the
keycodes to functions.
I'm stuck with the first step; does anyone know of an application which
does this?
Alastair
--
Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom)
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
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[newbie] VCD/SVCD
Hi, I have a VCD and I can play it in my dvdplayer and with mplayer, but I can't copy the mpg-file to my hd, I get an io-error. The strange thing is that I can copy everuthing else on the vcd. How do I copy the mpg-fil as well? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Finding out keycodes
Hi,
Try xev. It's a program that prints info about X events to the terminal,
including key codes when you press a key.
HTH,
Moshe
* Alastair Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020504 13:04]:
I have a Logitech keyboard with three keys which don't do anything in
Linux ('WWW', 'Mail' and 'Search'). To enable them takes three steps,
it would seem:
1. Find out what keycodes each returns;
2. Tell X that the keycodes exist (man xmodmap got me started);
3. Restart X, restart KDE 3, then use the KDE Control Centre to map the
keycodes to functions.
I'm stuck with the first step; does anyone know of an application which
does this?
Alastair
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Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 03:52, Henry B. Wangle Jr. wrote: On Friday 03 May 2002 23:53, you wrote: Normally I lurk but this time I have to Say a Well Said along with a Amen to that . I Bend but I do not break to eventually spring back with much force Unidentified French Underground Fighter. Like it says on the EFF's Alert page: Democracy is not a spectator sport. Freedom requires eternal vigilance and action. Question : What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean ? Answer : A brilliant start Water Pollution (I say this in Jest and with LOL) Henry, Thanks. :) LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla default
On Saturday 04 May 2002 05:33, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I am rtfm'ed out. I know it's a simple problem and can't spot the answer. How do I make mozilla my default browser? what are you running? i will make the ass-suption you are in KDE, since so many are, plus i know how in KDE :) go into the configuration in file associations (slightly different place depending on your KDE version, look around in control center a bit) and select text, in that select html. it should show you all your browsers. now move mozilla up to the top of the list. that should do it. -- warning: this sig file has been found to be un-PC by the list nazis. it may contain ideas that are hazardous to your preconcieved notions. this sig file is intended for use under adult supervision. do not read while operating Windows. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ? Still nothing...
Hi, Still nothing seems to work ok. Here's 'cdrecord -scanbus': scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'COMPAQ ' 'DVD-ROM SD-612B ' 'BL16' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * and lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw ignore-table image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi quiet vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi failsafe read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe and, lastly, fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb /mnt/iBM vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,unmask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 What's wrong, what to do, and what-not... -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Michael wrote: Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote: Hi I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and no cdrw?!? The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen snip Jesper, Inside the box are at least two ATA (once called IDE) data cables. A combination of the master-slave or single relationship, and the cable used determines the drive letter following hd. The table Charles gave, i expand on here. | Single/Master/Slave | Cable | hdX | +-+-+-+ | Single | Primary | hda | +-+-+-+ | Master | Primary | hda | | Slave | Primary | hdb | +-+-+-+ | Single |Secondary| hdc | +-+-+-+ | Master |Secondary| hdc | | Slave |Secondary| hdd | +-+-+-+ Therefore in Linux the designating letter is set by the hardware location. So if, when you installed your second drive you changed your CD-RW to a slave you will have to change the appropriate reference letter for it. As advised by others, you do this both in lilo.conf and /etc/fstab files. Hope that helps. Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX was: OT over reacting
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 14:27, Femme wrote: On Fri, 3 May 2002 08:38:38 -0700 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 03 May 2002 08:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I play these games regularly Starcraft/Broodwars Diablo2/Lord of Destruction Jedi Knight 2 Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt Quake III Unreal Tournement if you have winex installed correctly you should be able to simply insert the cd for one of those games and (in console) type winex /mnt/cdrom/install.exe or perhaps setup.exe to install the game. try it out, report back. -- Vini, vidi, Linux. I came, I saw, I got a real OS. If any QuakeIII players/SC players or Old diablo/Vanilla D2 want to play sometime, email me. I am looking for friends to play with. And I'm looking for ppl to meet every once in a while on irc with to setup games. :) Just for fun I don't compete well * I lose lots* Thx Femme *this thread hijacked by your friendly *well maybe* neighbourhood linux lady* I've got D2, but I upgraded to the LoD expansion pack. Email me pv on that. Ronald might be a susceptible candidate for team games also. In the meantime, what is the gaming IRC channel you've set up? Server, etc.. L8r! LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla default
Thanks Shane Worked fine. Interesting place for it, BTW. Guess I'll always be a newbie. I have been watching the sig war with much laughter. This list is as entertaining as it is informative. Thanks Lee On Saturday 04 May 2002 09:45 am, shane wrote: On Saturday 04 May 2002 05:33, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I am rtfm'ed out. I know it's a simple problem and can't spot the answer. How do I make mozilla my default browser? what are you running? i will make the ass-suption you are in KDE, since so many are, plus i know how in KDE :) go into the configuration in file associations (slightly different place depending on your KDE version, look around in control center a bit) and select text, in that select html. it should show you all your browsers. now move mozilla up to the top of the list. that should do it. -- Registered Linux abuser #223705 The best indication that there is intelligent life elsewhere is that they haven't contacted us. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.2 - worth upgrading?
Hi all And a big Hi to Femme :-)) I have been offline for ages thanks to a surprise change in protocols by my ISP :-(( Back now though :-)) I got 2 of the 3 CDs for mandrake 8.2 on a linux mag this month - is it worth upgrading (from 8.1)? And am i right in assuming that its back to square 1 if I do upgrade, with a complete ditch of all the hard work I put in on installing the bits and pieces for 8.1? There are one or two things that aren't playing ball, so just wondering if 8.2 will be better - mainly I'm having trouble with cups and printing. This has probably been done to death already, so sorry if I am late off the mark and have missed lots. Also, I don't have the 3rd CD - how much do I need it? Heather
Re: [newbie] Mozilla default
On Saturday 04 May 2002 07:59, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Worked fine. Interesting place for it, BTW. Guess I'll always be a newbie. welcome to the club, i will teach you the eternal newbie secret handshake later I have been watching the sig war with much laughter. This list is as entertaining as it is informative. ya know i hope i am not raining on anyone parade, but i have been laughing non-stop since the first post in that subject. must be the silly taoist in me. and hey, it gave me some great ideas. ;) -- I struggle to be breif but manage to be obscure.- Horace shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
On Sat, 4 May 2002 03:46:15 +0200 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Since they now control the Department of Justice via bribe money, payoffs, and soft money (legal bribe money) I would assume then that they have already merged. Both them and susceptible members of congress. MSUSA is already a reality; the only thing left to do is to congratulate you on coming up with the new name for the old United States. Good work. Now we need to put it into use. Keep up the good work, LX (writing from inside the M$USA) Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to the land of the free ? We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United States of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a brand new Constitution - and took it seriously ! What you describe here makes me doubt : is USA becoming Europized ? - Reverting to feudalism, pseudo-democracy, corruption, fraud and mob-rule ? snip The US has always been Europized. The writers of the constitution are known to have commented on how very much they had created a system like England's--a transferral of the monarchy across the Atlantic. The only difference, of course, that there was a new, different ruling elite. One of the founders' greatest fears was that the common man would actually have political power. They feared that if the common man could vote and have political power, that he would institute laws that would redistribute wealth, taking it from the hardworking, noble wealthy and giving it to the shiftless, lazy commoners. The protection of private property from the hungry, greedy masses is the cornerstone of our capitalist system. We talk about how great our system of checks and balances is, in which neither the legislative, judicial, nor executive branch can have too much power. In fact, this serves to perpetuate the status quo--any anti-capitalist, anti-big business legislation, any true reform can never happen because it has to fight all three battles. Sure, you can point to some changes, like the civil rights movement of the 60s, or some labor movements. Those were wars. People were killed. The system did not welcome those changes. The same can be said of our electoral college. We don't directly elect the president, but vote for electors. Why? Should the lazy, shiftless masses ever vote for somebody like Nader in an overwhelming majority, the college would be right there to be sure that a Republicrat were elected instead. (The members of the college theoretically vote for the winner of the popular vote for their constituency, but there is no law stating that they have to. It is just one more protection for private property.) So democracy was never really an issue. Here we are raised to believe the myth that we live in a democracy, when the truly defining institution that enslaves us is capitalism. In the US, you get about as much democracy, freedom, and justice as you can pay for. This is why I will be fined $500 for dumping trash along the side of the road, but a giant corporation that poisons our drinking water and air does not pay a penalty, but gets rewarded with huge tax breaks. Justice, huh? Oh, I forgot, those multi-billion dollar transnational corporations need that money to create more jobs and fight the war on terrorism. Thank God, what with the Cold War being over, we might actually have considered spending money in all the wrong places. The sons of the poor will continue to die fighting for the rights of the sons of the rich to continue to exploit them, all the time believing they are fighting for democracy. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for private property, democracy, and free speech; I enjoy possessing stuff and ranting. But like Bush says, there ought to be limits to freedom. There ought to be limits on the extent to which corporations can exploit their workers and the environment. There ought to be limits to how much our politicians can bend over and take it from their corporate sponsors. Not that I'm jaded or anything ;-) Todd -- Todd Slater 10:47am up 9 days, 58 min, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.11, 0.14 2.4.8-26mdk We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hardware query
Having long been fed up with Macroshaft's software, at least with regards to server needs, I've opted to instead, use a Linux based server. While not fond of M$ by any means, I still have to use it for my daily tasks, and so, will by necessity, need to keep my primary workstation under that platform. I have been building a Linux box for some time, and have hit yet another obstacle. What I need is a simple server/gateway box, one that will run the servers, and provide Internet access for the remaining workstations. I would greatly appreciate any advice, or pointers in directions where I might obtain information about setting up a box without using keyboard, monitor, or input devices. I've scoured what resources I have been able to find on the topic, and have yet to hit one that details the hardware aspects of this undertaking. With much appreciation, Belgarius I think, therefore, I am... I think... Registered Linux User #271587 http://counter.li.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register, Microsoft EULA's and all that jazz
On Saturday 04 May 2002 09:31 am, you wrote: On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 00:42, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Carroll, Check out the following URL, if the excerpt is interesting to you -- http://www.mlug.ca/paul/stories/column26_html Excerpt from that article -- MS Insurance - or Else by Paul Tatham Thu May 2 21:01:03 2002 I suppose by now that a great many people have read Steve Duin's article about the MS audit that is being thrown at the northwestern schools. And if you haven't read it please do so. It's a good example of how the J.P. Morgans, John D. Rockefellers and the William H. Gateses III of the world operate. The threat of an audit is a powerful weapon, and one which MS and the Business Software Alliance wield with some skill (in Canada it's called the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft, or CAAST). What is even more remarkable is that the full weight of the law is behind it. _ LX LX: Excellent article, and well worth a read. In particular, the comparison made between the BSA's software audits and the mob's insurance policies is right on the money. It's pure extortion any way that you look at it. What makes it especially reprehensible is when it is used against schools and similar organizations to beat them into being 100 per cent Microsoft. One of the leading companies behind the BSA is Autodesk (of AutoCad fame). For those of you who haven't dealt with that bunch of arrogant bastards, they actually make MS seem like nice guys. Unstable (their motto: We WILL crash your system), expensive (about $3600 for bare bones AutoCad; version upgrades in the $600 range), very poor support (and it usually costs extra). One of the great joys of retirement is not having to deal with that mess. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT over reacting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed Winex, but I just can't figure out how to get it to work, I am fairly new to Linux and still learning. I installed it when I installed the Linux OS on the machine. Normally, you just: mount /mnt/cdrom (or whatever yours is) cd /mnt/cdrom winex name of install program and it will do the rest... After installation you would just type in: winex executable filename I read the man page for wine and it didn't make much sense to me. I have also tried to read docs on the winehq.com website. Can you please send me some tips on how to get it working properly. I play these games regularly Starcraft/Broodwars Starcraft works great, even the update patches! Diablo2/Lord of Destruction Ditto here... Jedi Knight 2 Ditto again... Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt No idea about this game - I don't have it. Sorry. Quake III Unreal Tournement These last 2 games are available native to Linux (ported). I'd recommend getting these versions. Its what I did, and they work great! ;-) Hope this helps somewhat! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 - worth upgrading?
On Saturday 04 May 2002 3:43 pm, Heather Reed wrote: And a big Hi to Femme :-)) I have been offline for ages thanks to a surprise change in protocols by my ISP :-(( Back now though :-)) I got 2 of the 3 CDs for mandrake 8.2 on a linux mag this month - is it worth upgrading (from 8.1)? And am i right in assuming that its back to square 1 if I do upgrade, with a complete ditch of all the hard work I put in on installing the bits and pieces for 8.1? There are one or two things that aren't playing ball, so just wondering if 8.2 will be better - mainly I'm having trouble with cups and printing. This has probably been done to death already, so sorry if I am late off the mark and have missed lots. Also, I don't have the 3rd CD - how much do I need it? Heather You can do an 'upgrade packages' on booting from the first 8.2 CD which, presumably, will detect and keep all relevant 8.1 settings. (I didn't do it myself so can't comment on how well it does - I went from XP to 8.2 :) Having the third CD depends on what you install; I did a fairly minimalistic install (only KDE and Gnome in the right-hand column of the package list, which you'll see on installing) and reading from it took up only about 20 or 30 seconds of the 12 minutes the install took. It would probably be worth getting it as, a long time ago, I did a Mandrake install with one of the CDs missing and it never worked properly thereafter ... It may well fix CUPS etcetera; this is the first time I've ever experienced a Linux setup with a _desktop_ printer that works :) Alastair -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: Thanks for the help. First, I don't use a firewall, I don't think I need it. I *can* login to Webmin etc quite happily remotely. The problem is that I can't log in locally or via SSH. SSH seems to validate OK but then fails to set up a consol session and SSH reports connection closed. Second, I didn't install using RPM (don't really like rpm much), I downloaded and compiled the source. I've recompiled and re-installed SSH with no joy. The problem seems to be in the main authentication protocol in setting up a console session either remotely or locally. Mark Mark, What you'll likely have to do is uninstall the binary that you compiled. Check the src_dir of the tarball that you downloaded for an uninstall script. If one doesn't exist then find the binary itself and delete it. The next thing you're going to have to do is install the original PAM packages that came on your install disks. you should be able to do all this remotely through Webmin as long as you can get the CD in the drive on that machine that has the packages you need. That should set things up the way they were before you started. In the future when you are doing something of this import for the first time I would strongly suggest first backing up all the associated config and password files, and making any upgrades via rpm so that in such an event you're able to uninstall via rpm as opposed to having to trial-and-error your way through the process hunting everything down. There's a reason rpms are the way they are and this is one of them. it knows where all the associated files are kept and doesn't have any trouble locating them for an uninstall. I'm curious though...what was wrong with your default install of PAM on your system that you compiled and installed a newer version? -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VNC on MDK 8.2 - keyboard problem
On Thursday 02 May 2002 10:28, RichardA opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Is anyone else using the VNC which came with MDK 8.2? I can start the server, start the viewer on my laptop and everything looks great, except that key presses don't get through to the remote desktop. They seem to go to the shell I launched the viewer from. The mouse works fine. just curious, have you tried RFBDrake? samme thing i assume? -- Nimda virus affects Linux! My linux boxes have had their bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lexmark X73 Multi Function Printer
Hi Guys Has anyone had the pleasure of being able to use one of these printers under Linux. I have it connected to a 'doze box and can see the printer under LinNeighborhood, as well as see the Linux shares under XP. What would be the easiest way to be able to use this printer ? Kind regards Mark Annandale -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8.2 Evolution 1.0.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!
Thanks for the help, I'll give this a try. I don't think the problem is actually to do with authentication. The system logs suggest that the authentication is OK. The problem is in trying to set up a console session over SSH or locally. SSH says it connects OK but the server closes the session immediately. I can find no log information on the closure which is a pain in the butt! It's along story how I got here: 1. I wanted to install horde/imp to setup a web email system, 2. The needed PHP4 with certain options in Apache, 3. I recompiled apache with DSO enabled, 4. I tried to set up PHP4 in apache, everything compiled OK but the DSO module wouldn't load, it complained about a PAM library, 5. I found I needed to install PAM-devel tools to make the relevant library available, 6. I couldn't find pam-devel as a tar ball but thought if I installed the latest PAM tar I would be able to extract the relevant libraries. Somewhere along the line it all failed and I got messed up! Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: Thanks for the help, I'll give this a try. I don't think the problem is actually to do with authentication. The system logs suggest that the authentication is OK. The problem is in trying to set up a console session over SSH or locally. SSH says it connects OK but the server closes the session immediately. I can find no log information on the closure which is a pain in the butt! It's along story how I got here: 1. I wanted to install horde/imp to setup a web email system, 2. The needed PHP4 with certain options in Apache, 3. I recompiled apache with DSO enabled, 4. I tried to set up PHP4 in apache, everything compiled OK but the DSO module wouldn't load, it complained about a PAM library, 5. I found I needed to install PAM-devel tools to make the relevant library available, 6. I couldn't find pam-devel as a tar ball but thought if I installed the latest PAM tar I would be able to extract the relevant libraries. Somewhere along the line it all failed and I got messed up! Mark in that case you may want to check to make sure the IP address of the machine you're trying to connect to this box from isn't being blocked by port sentry. check the /etc/hosts.deny file for the IP address of that machine. If it's there you'll want to enter that machine's address into the hosts.ignore and hosts.allow file so this doens't happen any more. that happens to me at least once every time I setup a new box. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] VNC on MDC
I thought RFBDrake just did windows terminal server emulation, but launching it again, I'm not so sure. It seems to be too new to have documentation. All I know is that I launch it and nothing happens. No errors, nothing. The VNC java client works fine in Konq, but not Moz. The trouble with that is two sets of scroll bars makes my head hurt. I could run the server at 640x480 but this is the 21st century for gods sake. Any troubleshooting advise for the straight VNC client? RichardA shane, Saturday 04 May 2002 19:57: On Thursday 02 May 2002 10:28, RichardA opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Is anyone else using the VNC which came with MDK 8.2? I can start the server, start the viewer on my laptop and everything looks great, except that key presses don't get through to the remote desktop. They seem to go to the shell I launched the viewer from. The mouse works fine. just curious, have you tried RFBDrake? samme thing i assume? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
On Sat, 4 May 2002, RichardA wrote: What a load of crap. I don't subscribe to this list to see pro gun zealots foaming at the mouth about murdering petty criminals. I dare say some of my political views would upset you. You'll notice I don't subject you to them. RichardA foaming at the mouth? OOooo...thats good! now then...thars anutter cuntry heard from. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xsession-errors - can anyone explain ?
After installing 8.2 my KDE seems to load in a very bureacratic pace - to say the least. To investigate this I compared two hiden files in my /home/kaj directory : the .xsession-errors from 8.1 and 8.2 , respectively. Under 8.1 this file only mention something about DCOP-server up and running (whatever that means) - nothing more. Under 8.2 this file gets huge. I'll spare your bandwidth and only cite an excerpt : kdeinit: Launched DCOPServer, pid = 1499 result = 0 DCOP: register 'anonymous-1496' - number of clients is now 1 DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-1496' DCOP: register 'anonymous-1499' - number of clients is now 1 DCOPServer up and running. DCOP: register 'ksplash' - number of clients is now 2 DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-1499' kdeinit: Launched KLauncher, pid = 1503 result = 0 DCOP: register 'klauncher' - number of clients is now 2 DCOP: unregister 'klauncher' DCOP: register 'klauncher' - number of clients is now 2 DCOP: register 'anonymous-1503' - number of clients is now 3 DCOP: new daemon klauncher DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-1503' kdeinit: Launched KDED, pid = 1506 result = 0 DCOP: register 'kded' - number of clients is now 2 DCOP: unregister 'kded' DCOP: register 'kded' - number of clients is now 2 DCOP: register 'anonymous-1506' - number of clients is now 3 DCOP: register 'anonymous-1507' - number of clients is now 4 kdeinit: Got EXEC_NEW 'kbuildsycoca' from launcher. DCOP: register 'kbuildsycoca' - number of clients is now 5 file . . and so it goes on for about 5 kilobytes ! Needles to say : it's the same box, same X-server etc... What's going on ? Regards Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Alastair Scott wrote: On Saturday 04 May 2002 11:38 am, RichardA wrote: What a load of crap. I don't subscribe to this list to see pro gun zealots foaming at the mouth about murdering petty criminals. I dare say some of my political views would upset you. You'll notice I don't subject you to them. Indeed - the attitudes expressed in the original post are incomprehensible to me. (Not everyone is American). I'm tempted to set up a [mandrake-off-topic] Yahoo! group. Should I? Alastair O! would you please? :) -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT over reacting
On Fri, 3 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed Winex, but I just can't figure out how to get it to work, I am fairly new to Linux and still learning. I installed it when I installed the Linux OS on the machine. I read the man page for wine and it didn't make much sense to me. I have also tried to read docs on the winehq.com website. Can you please send me some tips on how to get it working properly. Mike, I'll share tips with you if you'll tell me where in the sam-hill you found those nasty buggers. I can't find the packages anywhare. 'course I may not be looking in the right place either. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
On 4 May 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 18:46, David wrote: Well, this has worked sometimes (for a friend, of course--I would never do something like this)... When making your copies of some microshit, instead of just copying disk-to-disk, copy all files to your HD. Then find the file named EULA.txt and edit away. Then burn your CDs. HTH Dave -- This is interesting. I wonder if there are any lawyers on the list here who could say wether this is a bona fide loophole or not? LX evul grin as a matter of fact, yes...they're a couple of posts up yonder from this one. :\ -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] Hardware query
I have built a number of these. Always used older H/W as raw CPU speed is a bit wasted on this application. At the moment my server is a Pentium 1 200. I put a PCI IDE controller and a PCI USB card into it so it can handle large drives and USB printers. (The USB support on old mobos can be suspect and the bios can't see disks bigger than GB). The only other thing you need is for the machine to have a bios than can be set to halt on no errors. i.e. not to complain about missing keyboard etc. I had no trouble with the award bios with this - at least back as far as 1995 revision dates. A Dell system I set up for a customer insisted on having a keyboard no matter what, so we just left one connected out of sight. Anyway, I guess the main advice is to just check that the bios supports halt on no errors. Booting from CD is also handy of course. You will of course have a keyboard, mouse and monitor connected while installing, so make sure you do a final boot with just the monitor attached, so you can see any hardware detection issues. HTH Brian On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 01:37, Belgarius wrote: Having long been fed up with Macroshaft's software, at least with regards to server needs, I've opted to instead, use a Linux based server. While not fond of M$ by any means, I still have to use it for my daily tasks, and so, will by necessity, need to keep my primary workstation under that platform. I have been building a Linux box for some time, and have hit yet another obstacle. What I need is a simple server/gateway box, one that will run the servers, and provide Internet access for the remaining workstations. I would greatly appreciate any advice, or pointers in directions where I might obtain information about setting up a box without using keyboard, monitor, or input devices. I've scoured what resources I have been able to find on the topic, and have yet to hit one that details the hardware aspects of this undertaking. With much appreciation, Belgarius I think, therefore, I am... I think... Registered Linux User #271587 http://counter.li.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02 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] XMMS - Fast Play - SOS - (funny must read)
Softhome.net -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Wed, 1 May 2002 23:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Brian York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a free email that gives free pop/smtp? I hate web interfaces, g. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and Windows
Yes. Not only is dual booting (having two operating systems on one computer) possible, it's common. It's a great way to see if you like Linux without making a commitment. My computers have both Windows and Mandrake 8.1, although I like Mandrake so much more that I'll be removing Windows soon. I haven't tried 8.2, but with 8.1 it's easy. Do not format your c drive; that will erase your Windows. You just boot your computer from the CD-ROM drive with the Mandrake disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive. The installer will give you the option of installing Mandrake in the empty space on your hard drive, and take care of all the details. It's easy. All you need to do beforehand is make sure you have enough free space on your hard drive. I've installed 8.1 in as little as 1 GB of free space, but I'd recommend 5 GB minimum. It will make things easier and give you plenty of room to play and get comfortable with Linux. I'd suggest deleting unnecessary files and applications from Windows, and running scandisk and disk defragmenter, before installing Linux. Welcome to Linux! Once you've tried it, you'll be back here asking how to delete Windows and make your computer Linux only. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Fri, 3 May 2002 12:52:27 +0300 (GMT+03:00) ivo ailis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently downloaded Mandrake 8.2. Before i install i want to know whether is it possible to have both windows and Linux on one computer. If so could you give me detalized step-by-step instructions...Well i am really a newbie to Linux :) Also could you give me some installation suggestions, and what i have to do after format c: (creating boot diskete and so on)... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] aba_sofiane
I too have an onboard SiS 620 and a monitor that doesn't appear on the list. After much trial and error, I have found that the following settings work for me: * XFree 3.3.6 (4.0.3 doesn't work for me) without 3D acceleration. * Generic monitor that can do 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz (which is the closest match to the specs given in my monitor's documentation). The high frequency choices don't work for me. Try this, and be prepared to do some trial and error work yourself. Given the number of queries I've seen about SiS video adaptors generally, and the SiS 6xx specifically, I've decided to avoid SiS products on my next computer. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Fri, 03 May 2002 21:36:45 + Sofiane Cirat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I bought Linux mandrake 8.1 to give it a try, I have a PowerPC 360 Mhz, 152 Mb of RAM, a KDS monitor, and a graphic card (that Linux has detected as SiS 620 )built-in the motherboard. The whole installation went fine but in X configuration a window poped up containind the monitors lists and was set to Generic( My monitor's brand was not in the list)with the high frequency 1026*; I had the prompt to test the display, when I clicked test there was a black screen containg 2 files name in the top-left such: file.ini ( no such file ) file.ini ( no such file ) then there was the pinguin on the screen for the test screen but all the letters were scrambled like it was a mis-synchronization/ I changed my monitor to A NEC monitor supposedly in the list, I changed the resolution, but still the X configuration dont work Plese help me out in solving this problem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and Windows
Ivo, One more thing - Linux has a nice utility called diskdrake, which makes it easy to shrink your existing windows partition to make room for linux. It runs during the install process. Assuming that you are using W98, before you try to install, defrag the disk ensuring that the option to Make programs load faster is switched OFF. Having this on makes the defragger store files at the extreme ends of the partition, making it impossible for diskdrake to shrink it. I have never had a problem with shrinking partitions, but of course the caveat applies - backup all your data first! Welcome and enjoy! Brian On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 05:31, Warren Post wrote: Yes. Not only is dual booting (having two operating systems on one computer) possible, it's common. It's a great way to see if you like Linux without making a commitment. My computers have both Windows and Mandrake 8.1, although I like Mandrake so much more that I'll be removing Windows soon. I haven't tried 8.2, but with 8.1 it's easy. Do not format your c drive; that will erase your Windows. You just boot your computer from the CD-ROM drive with the Mandrake disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive. The installer will give you the option of installing Mandrake in the empty space on your hard drive, and take care of all the details. It's easy. All you need to do beforehand is make sure you have enough free space on your hard drive. I've installed 8.1 in as little as 1 GB of free space, but I'd recommend 5 GB minimum. It will make things easier and give you plenty of room to play and get comfortable with Linux. I'd suggest deleting unnecessary files and applications from Windows, and running scandisk and disk defragmenter, before installing Linux. Welcome to Linux! Once you've tried it, you'll be back here asking how to delete Windows and make your computer Linux only. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Fri, 3 May 2002 12:52:27 +0300 (GMT+03:00) ivo ailis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently downloaded Mandrake 8.2. Before i install i want to know whether is it possible to have both windows and Linux on one computer. If so could you give me detalized step-by-step instructions...Well i am really a newbie to Linux :) Also could you give me some installation suggestions, and what i have to do after format c: (creating boot diskete and so on)... 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] 8.2 - worth upgrading?
Heather Reed wrote: Hi all And a big Hi to Femme :-)) I have been offline for ages thanks to a surprise change in protocols by my ISP :-(( Back now though :-)) I got 2 of the 3 CDs for mandrake 8.2 on a linux mag this month - is it worth upgrading (from 8.1)? And am i right in assuming that its back to square 1 if I do upgrade, with a complete ditch of all the hard work I put in on installing the bits and pieces for 8.1? There are one or two things that aren't playing ball, so just wondering if 8.2 will be better - mainly I'm having trouble with cups and printing. This has probably been done to death already, so sorry if I am late off the mark and have missed lots. Also, I don't have the 3rd CD - how much do I need it? Heather *Hugs Heather!* I upgraded b/c 8.1 sucked big for me. Very very buggy not worth the d/l :( So I'd say give it a shot just don't format HOME or, backup everthing in there. -- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
On Saturday 04 May 2002 07:39, you wrote: Derek Byram wrote: a 147 break in snooker always starts with a pot on a single red ;-) -- derek the lurker - essex england - linux user 264346 very true for a 149 break. An extremely rare event I've heard. :) now keep on posting Lurker-wannabe! Better not to for the moment: I've learned I cannot add anything to this list with my current level of knowledge - I have learned so much just by reading and have been entertained as well as educated, doubel the fun. Perhaps at some time in the future I may be able to conritbute whorthwhile input and will gladly do so. But thanks for the encouragement anyway:) -- derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware query
Belgarius wrote: Having long been fed up with Macroshaft's software, at least with regards to server needs, I've opted to instead, use a Linux based server. While not fond of M$ by any means, I still have to use it for my daily tasks, and so, will by necessity, need to keep my primary workstation under that platform. I have been building a Linux box for some time, and have hit yet another obstacle. What I need is a simple server/gateway box, one that will run the servers, and provide Internet access for the remaining workstations. I would greatly appreciate any advice, or pointers in directions where I might obtain information about setting up a box without using keyboard, monitor, or input devices. I've scoured what resources I have been able to find on the topic, and have yet to hit one that details the hardware aspects of this undertaking. With much appreciation, Well if you wanta url for what hardware is stress tested with Mandrake I can post one... Thats not a problem. -- 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] making a script runnable
Hi, I have a .sh script that I ned to run to install a theme, but it doesn't run when I type ./ before it Last time this happened I had to type some command to make it so ./ worked. Any suggestion? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making a script runnable
chmod +x filename or chmod 777 filename Brian On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 11:08, Brian Koppe wrote: Hi, I have a .sh script that I ned to run to install a theme, but it doesn't run when I type ./ before it Last time this happened I had to type some command to make it so ./ worked. Any suggestion? Brian 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] making a script runnable
type at the prompt chmod +x script_name On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 21:08, Brian Koppe wrote: Hi, I have a .sh script that I ned to run to install a theme, but it doesn't run when I type ./ before it Last time this happened I had to type some command to make it so ./ worked. Any suggestion? Brian 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] making a script runnable
Thank you. Now that I've been able to get it to run, I get the error kinstalltheme: command not found I'm running Mandrake 8.2 and KDE 3. Anyone know what to do here? Sorry for being such a newb :-P Brian Brian Parish wrote: chmod +x filename or chmod 777 filename Brian On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 11:08, Brian Koppe wrote: Hi, I have a .sh script that I ned to run to install a theme, but it doesn't run when I type ./ before it Last time this happened I had to type some command to make it so ./ worked. Any suggestion? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CDR
Anybody got their IDE CDR to burn in 8.2? If so, how? Thanks, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ? Still nothing...
On Saturday 04 May 2002 09:22 am, you wrote: Hi, Still nothing seems to work ok. Here's 'cdrecord -scanbus': scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'COMPAQ ' 'DVD-ROM SD-612B ' 'BL16' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * and lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw ignore-table image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi quiet vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi failsafe read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe and, lastly, fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb /mnt/iBM vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,unmask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 What's wrong, what to do, and what-not... Here is a question that may or may not solve the problem. Do you have a CDROM and a CDRW or just the CDRW? If it is only a cdrw then the lilo boot is looking at hdd or hdc which is it? see harddrake for what your system calls it. If it is two devices then the append line should have both listed as append=devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi quiet HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Crashes - SOLVED
My box no longer crashes, now that I have set the BIOS to use nonagressive settings. I'm now slowly changing the settings back the way they were one by one to isolate what it was, but I suspect that it's one of the memory settings. Many thanks to Derek and Brian for mentioning memory as a possible culprit. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:08:27 -0600 Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can hardly believe it, but my 8.1 box crashes 4 or 5 times a day. My wife, a devoted Windows fan, is laughing her head off. The symptoms vary, so for all I know I may have multiple problems. They are: 1. The X server often crashes. I once had this problem when I ran out of room on root, but df tells me I have 1.5G free now. In such cases I hold ctrl-alt-del depressed until I can force a reboot. Is there a way to restore a crashed X server short of rebooting? 2. Sometimes I am kicked out of my current session with no warning and taken to the user login prompt. 3. The GUI often becomes unresponsive. The mouse works, but even something as simple as a terminal can't open, and already open apps are unresponsive. If I switch to tty1 and check top, invariably X is sucking up all the CPU's cycles. (Again, all I know how to do in such cases is reboot. Is there a more elegant solution?) 4. An extreme case of no. 3 is that neither the mouse nor the keyboard work. I can usually manage to reboot by using advice previously posted to this list, which is to depress in order Alt-SysRq-r, Alt-SysRq-t, Alt-SysRq-s, Alt-SysRq-b. That is supposed to perform a graceful shutdown, but in fact upon reboot the filesystem always has to be repaired. Those are the symptoms, now here are a few observations and notes: A. The system is less stable when I use light applications and windows managers vs. heavy ones. For example, I crash more often in IceWM than in KDE. I crash more often using Sylpheed than using Evolution. B. The system only crashes when I am actively working on it. I've left it run XMMS, efax, and such for two days without touching it. No problem. But it can't last for even a couple of hours of answering email, word processing, and so forth. C. Other than A I haven't detected any particular applications that make my system more or less stable. I've tried different email clients, browsers, word processors, spreadsheets, etc., in search of some patterns, and conclude that the crashes don't seem to be related to any user application. D. My installation is LM 8.1 with the stock kernel, 2.4.8-26mdk, and XFree86 3.3.6. My video adaptor is a SiS 620. Does anyone have any clues to help me track down the source of my crashes? What should I be looking at? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDR
On Sunday 05 May 2002 02:48 am, Randy Donohoe wrote: Anybody got their IDE CDR to burn in 8.2? If so, how? Thanks, Randy Donohoe Well Randy, of course CD-burning is essential to all of us who regularly install new versions of linux. Personally I backup all my important files to CD on a weekly basis. To make things easy I keep them in a dedicated directory, so backing them up is just a few clicks away. An exellent source for understanding the fundamentals is the CD-burning-HOWTO. You can find it here : http://linuxdoc.org But my guess is you have it already : If you have installed documentation, go for it ! But for your convenience, here's a short version : Most - if not all - CD-burners are ATAPI-devices and use the IDE-bus. To make them work under linux you must fake that they are SCSI-devices. Now,assuming you have connected your hardware correctly, let's take a look at my setup as an example : My CD-Rom (reader/player) is connected as the master on the second IDE-bus (hdc). My CD-WRITER (burner) is connected as the slave on the second IDE-bus (hdd). Accordingly, I had to edit my file : /etc/lilo.conf to make everything work. Here's how it can be done : 1. open a terminal and become root (type su and, when prompted, type your root-password) 2. open a text-editor of your choice (I prefer Midnight Commander - type : mc) 3. go to /etc/lilo.conf and hit F4 to edit that file. 4. here you must make an append-statement (a boot-parameter to linux), like this : image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux root=/dev/hda2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append= hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=nomount vga=791 read-only # (where hdc is my CD-reader and hdd is my CD-burner (eventually, put in your own configuration)). 5. hit F2 to save this file. 6. hit F10 to exit Midnight Commander 7. still in your terminal-window as root, type : /sbin/lilo (and watch the output). 8. type exit twice. 9. reboot, and you are done ! - (Eventually, you can now check the file /etc/fstab) Enjoy ! A very easy-readable guide on CD-burning : http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/January2002/article227.shtml References : CD Writing Howto: http://linuxdoc.org Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO: http://linuxdoc.org (How to make normal audio CDs from mp3 files ) USB CD howto: http://mobilix.org/linux_usb_cd.html Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3 and Konqueror
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 10:26 pm, you wrote: Hi all, I decided to give KDE3 another try with the latest .mdk build on the mirrors. Now I have lost my ability to call up konqueror from a su console. It just sits there and says something about render. Happens in kde and kde3. Anyone seen this problem or a fix. I find nothing on the archive and have seen nothing on newbie. I seem to be the only one with a disfunctional kde setup. The install went smoothly with only two packages to fulfill dependencies. I also had to fix some permissions when I copied .kde to .kde3 but could not find the ~/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc file and could not create it in mc cause there's no create file only mkdir command. Any help before I reinstall and forget KDE3 for now. TIA OK, reinstall it is. The kicker panel doesn't show apps that are currently running and so I can't find a way to shut down the modem since kill pid does not do it . All sorts of ugly things going on with KDE3 installed. yuk! Sorry no one could help with this, I'll wait for the Mandrake release or 3.1 as someone else suggested to another newbie. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] making a script runnable
On Sat, 04 May 2002 20:27:53 -0500 Brian Koppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you. Now that I've been able to get it to run, I get the error kinstalltheme: command not found I'm running Mandrake 8.2 and KDE 3. Anyone know what to do here? Sorry for being such a newb :-P Brian That is part of kdelibs 3, which I would assume gets installed when you install KDE. The script may be looking for kinstalltheme in the wrong place, though. Do a locate kinstalltheme in a terminal, and you'll see if a) you have it installed and b) where it is. If you don't have it installed, install it using software manager in the control center. If you do have it installed, look at the script in a text editor and see where it's looking for kinstalltheme, and change it to the correct location. Todd -- Todd Slater 10:17pm up 9 days, 12:27, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.15, 0.07 2.4.8-26mdk I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays, and have things arranged for them, that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas. (Agatha Christie) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware query
Well if you wanta url for what hardware is stress tested with Mandrake I can post one... Thats not a problem. -- Femme I appreciate the input, but what I was looking for was more a way to get the system to not whine about not having the hardware present. Brian Parish was good enough to enlighten me to the obvious. One drawback to having worked with Windows for so long is forgetting that the forest is, in fact, made up of trees. ;c) Belgarius To the deaf, the dancers seemeth mad... Registered Linux User #271587 http://counter.li.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
