[newbie-it] Linux gsm
salve, possiedo un gsm nokia 6150 (vecchiotto..lo so..) che funziona bene con gnokii e xgnokii ma non ne vuol sapere di funzionare come modem. Tutto quello che posso fare è mandare messaggi, editare la rubrica, i loghi, gli appuntamentima non riesco ad usarlo come modem per collegarmi ad internet. Qualcuno c'è riuscito? Qualcuno è riuscito ad usare un gsm (o gprs) come modem per collegarsi ad internet? saluti Max -- ^^^ .-. /v\ Max /( )\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^ ^^
[newbie-it] Ascoltare file MIDI
Salve, stavocerdando di ascoltare alcuni file midi, ma con mia grande meravglia, Kmid di da il seguente errore impossibile aprire dev/sequencer, sono andatonella directory dev ed ho notato che no esiste il file sequencer, ora vi chiedo, dove posso reperirlo??? O lo posso editare io, e se si cosa ci devo scrivere? Grazie a tutti \ | / (@ @) -o00-(_)-00o Benedetto Santarella -- Home Page == http://www.santarella.too.it Email : ( Per scrivermi togli -NOSPAM- ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Modem di m@#§a!!!!!!
Roberto wrote: ok.Me lo aspettavo...Qualche bel v92 (magari interno così risparmio) che vada con xp e con linux? Il mio consiglio e' di optare per un seriale esterno. IMHO sono quelli che danno meno problemi. Con gli interni corri il rischio di acquistare un winmodem (praticamente solo un'interfaccia del pc con la linea telefonica!) non un *vero modem*. BTW di bel V92, il mio modem lo supporta ... ma NON il mio ISP! Risultato: V90 :-( Bye Giovanni ;-) -- ~/~A \// ~o)GNU/Linux Powered --- Software is like sex ... it's better when it's free ;-)
[newbie-it] flash
Salve alla lista, come mai quando ascolto un mp3 con xmms e contemporaneamente navigo con Mozilla/Netscape su un sito che ha qualche introduzione o animazione in flash, mi si pianta il browser? In pratica lo devo killare. Ciò non accade con xmms chiuso o con gli altri browser (Konqueror/Galeon). Un saluto a tutti.
RE: [newbie-it] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
In un altro luogo e in un altro tempo, Di Fresco Marco esclamo': /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy Could not open /dev/dsp a dsp0. dai un lsof _nome-dispositivo_, molto probabilmente c'e' qualcosa che gia' lo occupa. Mi dice che il comando (lsof) non esiste; ho provato a cercaro nel Software Manager, ma nei CD non lo trovo. Dove potrei trovarlo Altrimenti controlla che l'utente da cui esegui quake abbia i permessi sui dispositivi sonori (se p.es. /dev/dsp ed altri hanno come proprietario 'root' e come gruppo 'audio', verifica che il tuo utente sia ricompreso nel gruppo 'audio' nel file /etc/group) Ho provato a usare quake da root quindi in teoria non ci dovrebbero essere problemi di gruppi, comunque guardo, in modo da evitare problemi quando lo usero da utente! Grazie! Di Fresco Marco
[newbie-it] halt con la mdk 8.2
finora non aveva dato problemi, poi improvvisamente da un paio di giorni il mio computer ha deciso di non spegnersi più correttamente: quando arriva a dire turn off quotas si pianta e rimane così in eterno. qualcuno ha avuto questo problema? come lo avete risolto? grazie __ Vuoi fare a botte? Scarica i nervi su Fight Club! http://fightclub.lycos.it
Re: [newbie-it] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
In un altro luogo e in un altro tempo, Di Fresco Marco esclamo': Mi dice che il comando (lsof) non esiste; ho provato a cercaro nel Software Manager, ma nei CD non lo trovo. Dove potrei trovarlo Non mi viene in mente in quale cd sia, cmq ci dovrebbe essere (nel pacchetto omonimo), altrimenti lo trovi a partire dal solito http://fr2.rpmfind.net -- L.U. #210970 L.M. #98222 S.U. #12583 - K 2.4.18-puro [Slackware 8.1] Aderisci alla campagna I Savoia-rdi sono, come i panda, a rischio estinzione, quindi lasciamoli stare nel loro habitat naturale ed evitiamo di farli sgattaiolare nel nostro Paese ...
Re: [newbie-it] Xine 0.9.12 + driver alsa09
Alle 20:16, lunedì 8 luglio 2002, hai scritto: Ciao a tutta la ml! Ieri mi sono scaricato dal sito http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/~jcm/skyblade/ la versione 0.9.12 di Xine sotto forma di rpm per mandrake. Il programma funziona benissimo (con una qualità video veramente eccezzionale) solo che non riesco ad utilizzare i driver alsa. Al momento dell'installazione dei vari rpm mi è stata segnalata la mancanza della libreria libasound.so.2 che ho prontamente scaricato da rpmfind.net ed installata. L'installazione della libreria è andata bene, infatti non mi ha dato nessun errore. Al momento ho anche installato sul mio sistema la libreria libalsa1, installata già in automatico al momento dell'installazione del sistema (chiedo scusa per il gioco di parole). Ho una mandrake 8.2 e come scheda audio una FM801 con il sistema di casse 5.1 L'output che ottengo dando il comando $ xine -A alsa09 è: --- --- This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.12 (c) 2000-2002 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team. Built with xine library 0.9.12 [Sun 23 Jun 2002 13:16:15]-[gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)]-[Linux 2.4.18-4GB i686]. Found xine library version: 0.9.12 (0.9.12). XServer Vendor: Mandrake Linux (XFree86 4.2.0, patch level 9mdk). Release: 4020, Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0, Available Screen(s): 1, using 0 Depth: 24. tvmode: cannot connect to nvtvd - no TV mode switching available Display is not using Xinerama. tvmode: not connected to nvtvd for switching video_out_xv: using Xv port 51 from adaptor NV Video Overlay for hardwar pace conversion and scaling. video_out_xv: double buffering mode = 1 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_COLORKEY value is 66046 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY value is 1 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_BRIGHTNESS value is 0 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_CONTRAST value is 4096 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_SATURATION value is 4096 video_out_xv: port attribute XV_HUE value is 0 video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format. video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format. load_plugins: video output plugin Xv successfully loaded. XINE lib audio_alsa_out.c:961:(init_audio_out_plugin) snd_pcm_open() fai XINE lib audio_alsa_out.c:962:(init_audio_out_plugin) Check if anoth am don't already use PCM load_plugins: audio output plugin /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_ao_out_ init_audio_out_plugin failed. main: the specified audio driver 'alsa09' failed --- --- Faccio anche presente che se invece utilizzo il server arts oppure oss l'audio funziona. Come potrei fare per riuscire a far funzionare anche alsa? Vi ringrazio moltissimo!!! Sergio Dogliani Ciao, per prima cosa sarebbe interessante sapere se usi alsa come sistema sonoro della dua linux Box, e quale versione usi (05 o 09?). Spulciando nella versione di xine fornita di corredo con mdk8.2 ho notato che esiste un plugin apposito di xine che supporta alsa : /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_ao_out_alsa05.so Infatti avendo configurato alsa (05 fornita a corredo della suddetta distribuzione) e digitando da shell #xine -A alsa05 dico al xine di usare il plugin suddetto alsa05. Se tu hai installato la versione 09 di alsa, allora credo tu debba cercare un plugin : xineplug_ao_out_alsa09.so in rete, o provare a vedere se comunque quello fornito con xine funziona anche con la 09. O meglio ancora cercare un rpm della versione di xine che hai scaricato che lo contiene. Ciao Nicola -- Un giorno le macchine riusciranno a risolvere tutti i problemi, ma mai nessuna di esse potra' porne uno. -- Albert Einstein
Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail
Alle 14:36, martedì 9 luglio 2002, hai scritto: qualcuno mi sa dire come mandare la posta usando il comando cnn (o bcc in inglese)? infatti kmail mi da come predefiniti solo i campi a e cc. sarò idiota ma non son riuscito a trovarlo! help me! __ Vuoi fare a botte? Scarica i nervi su Fight Club! http://fightclub.lycos.it Quando Scrivi un email, il menù visualizza ti permette di mostrare il campo bcc che vuoi tu. Ciao Nicola -- Un giorno le macchine riusciranno a risolvere tutti i problemi, ma mai nessuna di esse potra' porne uno. -- Albert Einstein
[newbie-it] Problemi col cdrom scsi e KDE3.02
Ho installato KDE 3.02 aggiornando la precedente versione 3.0 ma ho il seguente problema : quando lancio konqueror il CD viene letto regolarmente ma poi non riesco piu' ad espellere il CD a menoche non chiudo konqueror e allora viene fuori. Da premettere che no uso supermount e per il montaggio e lo smontaggio uso delle icone sul desktop. Il settaggio e' il seguente: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,ro,noauto 0 0 grazie a chi volesse rispondermi francesco
Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 08:36, gigi pinna, talkin' about [newbie-it] cnn con kmail wrote: qualcuno mi sa dire come mandare la posta usando il comando cnn (o bcc in inglese)? infatti kmail mi da come predefiniti solo i campi a e cc. sarò idiota ma non son riuscito a trovarlo! help me! Quando ti si apre la finestra di messaggio o di reply, scegli dal menu view i campi che vuoi vedere. bye -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia http://www.acidlife.com/mayhem/freefred/ Davide Banda Partial Arts [2000] - http://web.genie.it/utenti/f/freefred/ ICQ uin 5887365 - PGP key available on keyservers
[newbie-it] mdk e winXP su notebook...
ciao a tutti! ho un paio di cose da chiedervi dal momento che sto per acquistare un Acer Travelmate serie 630 con WinXP Pro: 1. qualcuno ce l'ha e mi sa dire se ci sono problemi di (in)compatibilità hardware con Mdk8.x ? 2. dal momento che è presente WinXP preinstallato e che devo anche tenerlo perchè uso degli applicativi ancorati irrimediabilmente e senza sostituti a ms, volevo sapere se è possibile far convivere XP con Mdk ... 3. essendo presente un unico disco rigido, al momento di installare la mdk8.2, il prog di setup può eseguire ripartizionamenti non distruttivi? oppure mi devo munire di un prog apposito tipo Partition Magic ed eseguirlo a parte? GRAZIE a tutti per l'attenzione, ed in particolare a chi mi vorrà rispondere (dal momento che sono notizie che reputo importanti prima dell'acquisto e che nessun negoziante da me interpellato mi sa/vuole rispondere!) -- * * * Fratelli, perchè c'è bisogno del leone nello spirito? Perchè non basta la bestia da soma che rinuncia e venera? Creare nuovi valori - ciò non può fare ancora neanche il leone: ma crearsi libertà per un nuovo creare - ciò può la potenza del leone. (F. Nietzsche da Così parlò Zarathustra) Massimo Di Casola Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] halt con la mdk 8.2
gigi pinna wrote: finora non aveva dato problemi, poi improvvisamente da un paio di giorni il mio computer ha deciso di non spegnersi più correttamente: quando arriva a dire turn off quotas si pianta e rimane così in eterno. qualcuno ha avuto questo problema? come lo avete risolto? Io ho avuto lo stesso problema, ad intervalli piu' o meno regolari Mdk 8.2 mi si piantava in fase di logoff/logout/reboot. Quando le girava a lei. Ma sempre in fase di chiusura. Mi ritrovavo di fronte ad un prompt tipo: Mandrake Linux Release 8.2 (Bluebird) for i586 Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk on an i686 / tty1 localhost login:_ ...e non c'era piu' nulla da fare! Al prompt potevo digitare qualsiasi cosa che non accettava piu' nessun input. Al tempo, postai anche in lista ma nonostante i consigli di qualcuno di Voi e nonostante l'intervento di qualche amico linuxiano, non riuscimmo a venir capo a detto noiosissimo inconveniente. Come ho risolto? Installando e configurando RH 7.3. Che sulla mia macchina, per ora va' molto bene. Mdk 8.2 ce l'ho sull'altro disco e, saltuariamente, la uso ancora. Sembra non piantarsi piu' in fase di chiusura. %-) Forse perche' la uso meno di prima :-p Saluti alla lista Giovanni ;-) -- ~/~A \// ~o)GNU/Linux Powered --- Software is like sex ... it's better when it's free ;-)
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi col cdrom scsi e KDE3.02
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 21:33, martedì 9 luglio 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] Problemi col cdrom scsi e KDE3.02, Francesco Speranza ha scritto: quando lancio konqueror il CD viene letto regolarmente ma poi non riesco piu' ad espellere il CD a menoche non chiudo konqueror e allora viene fuori. Da premettere che no uso supermount proprio perchè non usi supermount, finchè non smonti il cd, non ti è possibile estrarlo.. chiudendo konq lo disimpegni prova a fare così: dopo aver letto il cd, chiudi i programmi che lo impegnano quindi col tasto dx del mouse, fai click sull'icona del cd, e quindi su smonta (o espelli) oppure da shell dai umount /mnt/cdrom o, ancora più rapidamente eject /mnt/cdrom noterai che se lo stai usando, non lo potrai smontare (e mi pare chiaro...) grazie a chi volesse rispondermi francesco bye miKe __ Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.18 hp Xe3 R.U.#219755 - S.R.U.#705 - R.M.#110932 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9K0piF/9fksDJ4y0RAiIfAJ9TAAEQ/o6dUx38yPI1FFqn9ovQpACfayZ/ 0Lnb88QOsaqxM2k8aZ65Msk= =kuiq -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:53:59 +0200 (CEST) From: LukenShiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail In un altro luogo e in un altro tempo, gigi pinna esclamo': qualcuno mi sa dire come mandare la posta usando il comando cnn (o bcc in inglese)? infatti kmail mi da come predefiniti solo i campi a e cc. Quando crei una nuova mail, se ci fai caso, vedrai un menu 'visualizza' in cui e' contenuta la soluzione.
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi col cdrom scsi e KDE3.02
Alle 22:41, martedì 9 luglio 2002, miKe ha scritto: noterai che se lo stai usando, non lo potrai smontare (e mi pare chiaro...) miKe Il problema è che una volta montato non si riesce più a smontarlo, anche se non lo usi più, fino a che non chiudi tutte le finestre di konqueror aperte anche per la navigazione in rete. elio
[newbie] missing charsets
hi, what caused this? Gdk-WARNING **: ISO8859-1 Gdk-WARNING **: charsets in FontSet creation I already changed my charset in Look and Feel but this continues to appear. how can I fix this? -- g2 Intelligence, acquired; Wisdom, inherent. RLU # 278414 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0
I'm so sorry, I'm newly join this mailing list, and I'm newbie to in linux. i use Mandrake8.2/kde 2.2.2 I have KDE3.0 that build from Mandrake RPM, how to upgrade kde2.2.2 in mandrake to kde3? yesterday I try to upgrade but the system look like not stable,mybe all of you can give me some alternative, how to upgrade kde2 in mandrake8.2 to kde3. Sorry my English, I'm from Indonesia. but I know, you understand. Thanks Teddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tom brinkman wrote: On Monday 08 July 2002 08:55 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: http://plf.zarb.org/rpm2html/index.html kdemoreartwork-liquid-0.9.5-3plf rpms for 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 (look for the links at the bottom of the page) Tom, I'm curious about something. compared to the upgrading of KDE from version(s) 1.x.x to 2.x.x the upgrade went rather smoothly once you had the dependency issued satisfied, however upgrading KDE from 2.x.x to 3.x.x is a real serious PITA. what the heck is goin on with this do ya think? I'm the worst person to ask ;) Starting with Mdk 7.2 beta's and KDE 1.94 all the way thru 8.2/KDE2.2.2, I never had any problems with dozens of KDE upgrades. And I did 'em all. Downside was I never got any good at fixin problems ;) Tryin to go from 8.2/KDE2 to 8.2/KDE3 was nothin but problems, so I stuck with KDE2. KDE3 was rushed, it's barely ready now. For the most part tho, I would say that Texstar's KDE rpms were always the best. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ I am usin KDE301 now, but only 'cause it installs with cooker 8.3/9.0, and all cooker KDE apps are re-built for KDE3, gcc 3.1.1, and so on. So it's very stable, but a recent attempt to upgrade to KDE302 was more trouble than it's worth (PITA ;) Try'n to use /home from 301 with 302 caused conflicts. In fairness tho, I suspect the main problem was between the keybd/mouse/and chair ;) So, IMO, KDE3 on an 8.x system means you're mixin KDE2 apps, libs, configs, etc. with KDE3 and you will have problems sooner or later. Specially if you try'n save your old /home dir (partition). Mandrake was wise not to rush KDE3 into 8.2, it's still not quite ready for daily use. (unless you run a full cooker system ;) Thanks for the info Tom. That does shed a bit more light on things. I've found kde-3.0.1 and now 3.0.2 stable enough and quite usable, but getting it in is the biggest PITA I've ever had to experience in my whole Linux experience. I'd really hate to have to try and install it on anything other then an 8.2 or better box. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Inodes
On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 06:16, Gene Parsons wrote: Is there a way to copy a file using the inode only? Curious as to why you want to do this. Perhaps linking is what you are after. It creates a file redirect if i understand it correctly. man ln -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Identifying sound server for Xine
What Southbridge does the Epox EP-6VBA have? Could be one of following VT8231, VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235 All but the VT8235 are currently supported, although the VT8233A requires a new driver to get it working. Xine can use OSS, ALSA, ESD and ARTSD but I have only used it with OSS (ALSA emulation). Check /etc/modules.conf for lines like; alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via (X being the southbridge you have) 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 This provides the ALSA modules with oss emulation (or should do :) Try: cat /proc/pci To get an idea or what hardware is installed. Hope it helps Andy - Original Message - From: Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:03 AM Subject: [newbie] Identifying sound server for Xine Unlike others, my stock standard Xine install seems to be running fine... except, i have to tell it which sound server i am using. I beleive there is more than one sound server choice i could have installed. I have a standard install on onboard Epox EP-6VBA (VIA, Apollo, AC-97) How do i find which one i am running, and what do i tell Xine it is called. -- Michael 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] chkconfig - can't find used secure level
When I run chkconfig I get the following: # chkconfig --add bastile-firewall Couldn't find used secure level, You should correct this problem by running /usr/sbin/msec secure level Although I'm sure that msec is all in order, I run it (level 3) as suggested but still get no further with chkconfig. Trying to start the service from mandrake control panel just hangs without starting the service. Has anyone any pointers please, chkconfig has been working fine up until today and It'd be helpful to be reassured that I'm on the right track before I dive into msec. thanks Ross Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] chkconfig - can't find used secure level
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Ross Pearson wrote: Sorry all, posted before I had STFW. Seems its a well known problem. For reference the solution is at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#msec Ross When I run chkconfig I get the following: # chkconfig --add bastile-firewall Couldn't find used secure level, You should correct this problem by running /usr/sbin/msec secure level Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0
On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 8:48 am, teddy wl wrote: I'm so sorry, I'm newly join this mailing list, and I'm newbie to in linux. i use Mandrake8.2/kde 2.2.2 I have KDE3.0 that build from Mandrake RPM, how to upgrade kde2.2.2 in mandrake to kde3? yesterday I try to upgrade but the system look like not stable,mybe all of you can give me some alternative, how to upgrade kde2 in mandrake8.2 to kde3. Sorry my English, I'm from Indonesia. but I know, you understand. Thanks Teddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome Teddy. Upgrading to KDE3.0.2 is not too difficult. You do not even need to log out of KDE to do it. 1/ Download the latest KDE3.0.2 from an ftp mirror such as ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.0.2/Mandrake/8.2 and put in into a dedicated directory You can just put that ftp line in a konqueror URL and drag and drop the files into a directory. There is a file missing from the mirror called kdeadmin3 You can find a copy here ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/Mandrake-8.2/RPMS The additional kdeartwork3 files you will find there are also nice to have. 2/ In a terminal window type 'su' (without quotes) to become root user and type 'urpmi.addmedia kde3 file://path_to_your_directory' This will add that directory to the database of RPMs known to Mandrake Software Manager. If ever you change the files in that directory you should tell Software Manager to 'Reload Lists' to keep the RPM database up to date. 3/ You can now open Mandrake Software Manager and browse or search for the kde3 rpms and install them in the normal way.All dependencies will be sorted out for you, but make sure you tick for installation all the optional addon packages you think you want. 4/ If you are using kdm to start your KDE session just log out. If you were starting KDE directly from boot with autologin, then open Mandrake Control CentreBootBootConfig and select 'No I do not want autologin' Next time you log in, the drop down list of Window Managers in kdm will include an entry called KDE3. Select that and you are done! KDE2 will still be there and you can still use it if you wish. Hope I have not forgetton anything important :-) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB digital camera
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 08:55:03PM +0100, Len Lawrence wrote: A friend has asked me to check out a camera received as a present. ... Any pointers? -- Len Lawrence Shouldn't be a problem, Len. I added a line to /etc/fstab: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/fuji vfat user,umask=000,noauto 0 0 I think I ran harddrake with the camera on and connected to figure out it was /dev/sdb1. You can probably set everything up right there in harddrake. Nope, harddrake cannot identify it. It comes up under Other Devices/Unknown with a Bus Type of USB, no device entry. There is no sdb1 on my system, just sda1, which accommodates a JAZ drive and a scanner. Does SCSI emulation have to be enabled (somehow) for USB devices? Does the sdb1 node have to be created? This is uncharted territory for me. Also tried loading usb-storage to see if anything changed. No. No more time to experiment - she will have to take the camera to somebody with a Windows system. Hate to admit defeat though. Need to find some documentation on USB for future reference. Thanks to everybody for the suggestions. -- Len Lawrence Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Quake III with nvidia
Thanks for the answer. (Yes my name means that. Actually Tenchi is my favorite cartoon, I've got all OAV's, All Tenchi TV and Tenchi in Tokyo, the 3 movies, and episode 12 of GXP :-)My girlfriend calls me like that as she knows my obsession) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Quake III with nvidia On Monday 08 July 2002 04:19 am, you wrote: Hi! I've got the Loki version of Quake 3 and it installs well, but doesn't want to start. I guess the problem is my nvidia geforce2. I have 3d (armagetron etc. works) but quake 3 just doesn't want to start. How can I start it? Tenchi Hi Tenchi. I've got the Loki version as well, and it worked fine up to v8.2 of Mandrake. From that release on, it lost sound. I could run the game with sound disabled: +set s_initsound 0 If the game runs for you like this, then it is a sound driver problem. If you're getting a signal 11 and exiting (when run normally) then go to: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/linux/ and download: linuxq3apoint-1.31.x86.run Its big, like 24-27 megs... Install it, and it should work fine then. It worked for me. (thanks to Femme Fatale for all this info) IF this is not your problem, then be specific and tell us what is (include error messages if possible!) PS Is your nickname from the Japanese word tenchi which means heaven and earth? -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] remove Mandrake safely
Hi Mike, Monday, July 8, 2002, 8:49:14 PM, you wrote: MS I recently had to do this myself in order to cleanly reinstall Linux. After MS several frustrating attempts to use DOS's FDISD, I went to www.fdisk.com to MS download their freebie version which works with MD as well as MS. My original query was about separate Win2000 and MD8.2 hard drives and LiLo as boot manager. I want to remove the MD8.2 hard drive and site it in a separate box so I can play around learning Apache. I want my Win2000 (single partition) to remain happy and safe as I run my business pretty much off it Anyway, I'm not sure that my original query has been answered so far ... or rather I don't yet feel comfortable about carrying out some of the suggestions made. So, did you have a similar set up and after completing where you left with a happy Win2000 disk? If yes ... PLEASE let me know exactly what you did. Thanks to people who have tried to help so far, but you're dealing with an overworked and slightly paranoid MD newbie here ;-) With best wishes, Dave -- David Conroy MSW Consultant, Trainer Management Coach International Coach Federation, ID 1006660 Charity consulting: http://www.coaching-lab.com Web development/hosting: http://www.turnkey-coach.com Coaching for women: http://www.womens-life-coach.com Coaching via e-mail: http://www.e-coaching-only.com ICQ 127865569 Phone/Fax +44 (0)1225 314694 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fw: [newbie] microtek scanmaker 3800 USB
- Original Message - From: Andy Napier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] microtek scanmaker 3800 USB Hi Goto http://www.mostang.com/sane/ and check if you scanner is supportedjust checked and doesn't look like it :( Have a look in Mandrake Control Centre / Hardware / Scanner and check the list.just looked there as well and it's not supported. Only other option is to try the scanner manufacturer and see if they have a driver (good luck). USB scanners are not very well supported in Linux, problem is there is so many different manufacturers and models and so few people updating drivers for them. Andy - Original Message - From: Rick Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 1:38 AM Subject: [newbie] microtek scanmaker 3800 USB Does anyone have any experience making this scanner work with lm 8.2? I have this on my w2k machine. But I would like to attach it to my linux box and do away with that w2k box. Thanks Rick -- -- 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] remove Mandrake safely
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:09:44 +0100 Dave Conroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike, My original query was about separate Win2000 and MD8.2 hard drives and LiLo as boot manager. I want to remove the MD8.2 hard drive and site it in a separate box so I can play around learning Apache. I want my Win2000 (single partition) to remain happy and safe as I run my business pretty much off it Anyway, I'm not sure that my original query has been answered so far ... or rather I don't yet feel comfortable about carrying out some of the suggestions made. So, did you have a similar set up and after completing where you left with a happy Win2000 disk? If yes ... PLEASE let me know exactly what you did. Dave When I use a separate hd for each OS after installing Win I move that drive to slave, connect the other drive as Master and install Mandrake to it. Lilo will pick up the boot record for whatever version of Win it is. I personally have dine this with 98, ME, 2K and XP. The big benefit is that the boot record on your Win disk is never changed or altered. If your drives are Win-master and Mandrake-slave and you wish to restore the 2K bootloader. IF you only ran the Mandrake installation once and you have not upgraded your kernel and run lilo, then the best and safest way to restore 2k is to boot to linux and run: /sbin/lilo -u This will restore the Last saved version of your MBR, which if you answered no to the above question will be your 2k boot record. Before you do anything make sure that you have current versions of your 2K Rescue disk and .etc. 2K can be very fickle. It will not auto overwrite the MBR when installed nor will it auto generate an MBR if none exist. Charles -- No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection -- Murphy's Military Laws n°64 -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB digital camera
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:18:26AM +0100, Len Lawrence wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 08:55:03PM +0100, Len Lawrence wrote: A friend has asked me to check out a camera received as a present. ... Any pointers? -- Len Lawrence Shouldn't be a problem, Len. I added a line to /etc/fstab: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/fuji vfat user,umask=000,noauto 0 0 I think I ran harddrake with the camera on and connected to figure out it was /dev/sdb1. You can probably set everything up right there in harddrake. Nope, harddrake cannot identify it. It comes up under Other Devices/Unknown with a Bus Type of USB, no device entry. There is no sdb1 on my system, just sda1, which accommodates a JAZ drive and a scanner. Does SCSI emulation have to be enabled (somehow) for USB devices? Does the sdb1 node have to be created? This is uncharted territory for me. Also tried loading usb-storage to see if anything changed. No. No more time to experiment - she will have to take the camera to somebody with a Windows system. Hate to admit defeat though. Need to find some documentation on USB for future reference. Thanks to everybody for the suggestions. -- Len Lawrence Sorry, I'm not on Mandrake right now, so I can't check. But when I was in the Control Panel, I went to Mount Points with the camera on and connected, just as if I were going to transfer the images. The camera showed up as removable media, even told me the correct size of the smart media card. I was able to name the mount point, and I haven't had any problems with it since. I'm on 8.1, things may have changed for 8.2. Todd -- Todd Slater Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Apache DocumentRoot
Shannon, Have you set up a .htaccess file? If not try setting one up, or else if it has one are the settings correct? Tony. -Original Message- From: Roy Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 4:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Apache DocumentRoot - Original Message - From: Michael Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:55 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Apache DocumentRoot Shannon, That is a 403 error, meaning that at some level your permissions are messed up or that you don't have a file named index.html, index.php, index.php3, index.shtml, index.cgi, index.pl, index.htm, Default.htm, or default.htm. Check your permissions all the way from the root directory all the way down to the folder your web files are located in. (Ie, if your documentroot is set to /home/www/html, permissions need to be set correctly on /home, /home/www, and /home/www/html ). Also check permissions on the files under the documentroot. Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Online Operations Manager General Education Online http://www.findaschool.org/ At 05:13 PM 7/8/2002 +0930, you wrote: Hi Michael, Thanks for that. I have been going through the error_log and access_log and following them when I am accessing the pages. The following entry in the access log is all that I get 202.6.132.62 - - [08/Jul/2002:17:05:07 +0930] GET / HTTP/1.1 403 312 - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; APC) I had it working earlier and then decided that I needed to allow access for user's home dirs as this was not working. Any ideas from this error?? It seems weird seeing that the error_log shows nothing. Cheers, Shannon What did you change to try and allow access the user's home directory. Apache is fairly Security Safe when the defaults are installed, but can become complicated when you set it up for different directory permissions. Permissions must be set up for the different directory users. Roy Murray -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender [EMAIL PROTECTED] or the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Inodes
Michael Adams wrote: Perhaps linking is what you are after. It creates a file redirect if i understand it correctly. Oh, joy, more new terminology ;-( What is a file redirect? Well, Ok, since you equate it with linking, I suppose I can guess. But, to satisfy my curiosity, can you tell me where that terminology came from (I mean, like Windows, Unix, Univac, Dec, ...??) regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Opera 6.02 and Java
Hi, I have a strange problem. Java has stopped working suddenly in Opera 6.02. It was working perfectly before and it is working perfectly in other browsers (Konqueror and Mozilla). I have j2re-1.4.0 installed correctly. What happens when I try to load a page that has java is this: the Java Console window opens and, on the page, I get the usual Loading class something message, but the class never gets loaded. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I have tried removing Opera and re-installing it, and also hitting Find Plug-ins in Preferences again (the plug-in path is set correctly). Thanks in advance, -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sound problems
On Monday 08 July 2002 11:55 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 17:38, tom brinkman wrote: On Monday 08 July 2002 03:20 pm, john drouhard wrote: I need a lot of help. I am very fed up with my aureal card. I have everything I can think of. I have a vortex 2 (au8830). I have installed the CVS drivers from Sourceforge, and the install did not find my aureal card. I had to manually make the driver as an au8830. It didn't work after I installed these. When I try to use ALSA, it can't open /dev/dsp becasue of an invalid argument. I need any help I can get. http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=427lang=en Save your sanity, try to avoid win-hardware in the future, blame uncle billy for aureal. Look here to find a_real sound card http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas In defense of Aureal, the hardware itself is excellent. In all probability Aureal would be supplying Linux drivers right now if Creative Labs had not pulled a MicroShaft on them, taking them out in court over a lawsuit that had no basis in reality. As a young company, Aureal had not developed sufficient resources for an extended court battle. To add insult to injury, Creative Labs ended up absorbing Aureal's assets after they forced them out of business. Now everybody walks around extolling the pluses of Creative Labs cards, and most don't have a clue about what dirty tricks they pulled to get there. AKA M$. The Aureal hardware is high quality hardware, and it's no accident that Aureal owners are very passionate about their cards. Aureal as a company no longer exists in order to defend itself. Further, I hate to see someone hung for what they may or may not have done; AKA Minority Report. Aureal was the kind of company that would have responded to user requests, if they had not been so busy battling Creative Labs in court. That choice was forcibly taken from them. I myself have an Nvidia card, a Via chipset, an HPT370 Raid controller, and an Aureal soundcard combo. According to conventional wisdom I should be totally dead in the water; however in my experience what I have encountered have been merely configuration issues, and Linux Mandrake has been more than able to handle the hardware as long as I correctly told it what to do. Now that the hardware curves have been negotiated, I see them as being no different from what everybody else has to go through in getting accustomed to their hardware's personalities and ideosyncracies; that even includes Winblows users -- they have configuration problems too. Even WITH native drivers. Winmodems deserve a special spot in hell; however that category does not apply to the superb hardware setup I've got now, or any of it's peripherals. They've all got drivers and they all work more than satisfactorily. And yes I think companies should be encouraged to support Linux more in regard to their peripherals; but not at the expense of a witchhunt against perfectly good hardware that works, or the intentional disregard of the minority report. Best Regards, LX Well, your welcome to your opinions. The link I posted is Deno's and Civileme's opinions. Mine are that _any_ hardware that requires closed source proprietary drivers to function is WIN_hardware. It can't and never will be supported by Linux, the drivers _will_ taint your kernel, and possibly (probly) introduce unfixable, untraceable conflicts and security issues. IOW's, reduce a real OS to the same quality as those that come out of Redmond. That's the main reason that linux-kernel (and Linus) routinely ignore any bug reports involving nVidia drivers, or any win-hardare or closed source proprietary software (eg, StarOffice) for that matter. There's also the user risk that their hardware will be orphaned and abandoned, as is the case with Aureal. So it's simply a user choice, and not a Linux or Mandrake isssue to risk using win-hardware and/or introducing closed source binary programs in any form into their system. Doing so without knowledge or acceptance of the pitfalls is just plain foolishness. A user error, and a regression to a Winblows mindset. YMMV -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opera 6.02 and Java
On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 11:12, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I have a strange problem. Java has stopped working suddenly in Opera 6.02. It was working perfectly before and it is working perfectly in other browsers (Konqueror and Mozilla). I have j2re-1.4.0 installed correctly. What happens when I try to load a page that has java is this: the Java Console window opens and, on the page, I get the usual Loading class something message, but the class never gets loaded. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I have tried removing Opera and re-installing it, and also hitting Find Plug-ins in Preferences again (the plug-in path is set correctly). I've had this problem with Java in Opera since 6.0 came out. I've since switched to Netscape 6.0 and everything works just fine, albeit a little slower. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sound problems
On Monday 08 July 2002 11:17 pm, you wrote: John, I'll try to help as best I can. Sorry that the information you've gotten so far has not helped; I hope we can get it working. Have you tried changing the interrupt that the card resides on? And have you managed to get the exact model of the Aureal 8830/8820 that you have? Mine turned out to be a Superquad. What is the present IRQ that you card is on? LX Okay, I am a little clueless. I do know that my aureal card was set to irq 10 before I installed a sound blaster 16 card. (I needed sound in Linux, but could NOT get the drivers to work. It is now IRQ 11.) I don't know how to change an interrupt (sorry to be clueless.) The exact model I have is an authentic aureal. the win drivers on the cd are A-3D copyright 1999 Aureal, Inc. On the actual card, it says A-3D and Aureal. It also has powered by vortex. John Drouhard P.S. - maybe I could see your /etc/modules.conf file. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mjpegtools error
howdy all trying to get mjpegtools running here... I get the following errors [drwhat@tardis video]$ lavrec -f a -i n -R l test.avi INFO: Recording parameters: INFO: Output format: AVI INFO: Input Source: Composite NTSC INFO: Decimation: 4 INFO: Quality:50 INFO: Recording time: 10 sec INFO: INFO: MJPEG buffer size: 256 KB INFO: # of MJPEG buffers: 64 INFO: Audio parameters: INFO: Audio sample size: 16 bit INFO: Audio sampling rate: 44100 Hz INFO: Audio is MONO INFO: Audio input recording level: 100 % INFO: Don't mute audio output during recording INFO: Recording source: l INFO: Level of correction for Audio/Video synchronization: INFO: Lost frame compensation and frame drop/insert ++ WARN: Pthread Real-time scheduling could not be enabled. **ERROR: Setting channel: Inappropriate ioctl for device **ERROR: getting device capabilities: Inappropriate ioctl for device system: mobo: asus a7v133 cpu: amd duron 950 ram: 256M SDRAM graphics: Matrox G450 video card vid-cap: geneva pci (generic brooktree878) os: mdk 8.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opera 6.02 and Java
On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 4:12 pm, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I have a strange problem. Java has stopped working suddenly in Opera 6.02. It was working perfectly before and it is working perfectly in other browsers (Konqueror and Mozilla). I have j2re-1.4.0 installed correctly. What happens when I try to load a page that has java is this: the Java Console window opens and, on the page, I get the usual Loading class something message, but the class never gets loaded. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I have tried removing Opera and re-installing it, and also hitting Find Plug-ins in Preferences again (the plug-in path is set correctly). Thanks in advance, Yes I've seen this one before, mostly in the beta versions of 6.0 Opera requires that one of the plugin paths should point directly at the java directory e.g. /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns4/ in the beta this had to be the first path in the list, but I think that is no longer required. It may also be a good idea to make sure you have a symlink /usr/bin/java pointing to the java executable. I cannot remember if Opera needs it, but lots of other applications do. (Like Limewire) If still no good the newsgroup opera.linux ought to be able to help. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] small KDE3.02 problem
hi i installed KDE3.02 most things seem ok except everytime i close a konsole i get a popup error KDEInit could not launch 'konsole-noxft' i just click the ok button..but how can i fix this ?? cheerz David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] html help files
A couple of weeks ago someone told me how to convert html help files into something more useful I thought I had saved it but I can't find it. I think it involed LaTeX (sp?) I'd appreciate seeing the instructions again. Thanks Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] small KDE3.02 problem
I've had that problem as well with KDE 3.0.1. What I did to try and fix it was to right-click on the konsole icon, select preferences, and under the execute tab, place a blank space (hit the space bar) between the word konsole and -nofxt. For me, that would work sometimes, but KDE would sometimes revert it back. Other times, I would just recreate the icon on the panel manually, and it seemed to work more pemanently. Hope that helps. Terry On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:26, LtCdData wrote: hi i installed KDE3.02 most things seem ok except everytime i close a konsole i get a popup error KDEInit could not launch 'konsole-noxft' i just click the ok button..but how can i fix this ?? cheerz David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] html help files
Anne, Have you tried the archive? other than that I don't know, sorry. Tony. -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] html help files A couple of weeks ago someone told me how to convert html help files into something more useful I thought I had saved it but I can't find it. I think it involed LaTeX (sp?) I'd appreciate seeing the instructions again. Thanks Anne -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender [EMAIL PROTECTED] or the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: [newbie-it] flash
In un altro luogo e in un altro tempo, LukenShiro esclamo': [cut] Sorry, I sent the message to the wrong mailing-list. It was supposed to be sent to newbie-it. My sincere apologizes :(( Bye, Lk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: [newbie-it] flash
In un altro luogo e in un altro tempo, Brunini Alessandro esclamo': come mai quando ascolto un mp3 con xmms e contemporaneamente navigo con Mozilla/Netscape su un sito che ha qualche introduzione o animazione in flash, mi si pianta il browser? Dovresti provare ad avviarlo dal terminale di testo, per vedere se da' qualche messaggio illuminante. -- L.U. #210970 L.M. #98222 S.U. #12583 - K 2.4.18-puro [Slackware 8.1] Aderisci alla campagna I Savoia-rdi sono, come i panda, a rischio estinzione, quindi lasciamoli stare nel loro habitat naturale ed evitiamo di farli sgattaiolare nel nostro Paese ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
Miark wrote: I never had one, but I understood they were very good. But I thought IBM is getting out of the hard drive business...? Miark Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: What's your opinion of IBM Hard Drives? I was going to continue buying them since IBM is a supporter of Linux. However, some of the customer feedbacks I've been reading makes me apprehensive about touching these. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Basically, stay away. The new ones are not rated for 24/7 operation. The only decent drives left in IDE seem to be Maxtor, and I have returned one of their 60G models this year. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] apm --suspend in linux
Anand Kumar Kalyanasundaram wrote: Hi, I am using Mandrake 8.2 on an Athlon laptop (I Think it is via apollo mobo). I am able to suspend the laptop using apm --suspend but when I resume it (by hitting some key), the laptop seems to start for a moment but all I get is a blank screen:I do a hard shutdown after that. Any ideas or pointers to solve this problem would be greatly appriciated. Anand Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com turn off ACPI in the BIOS. Linux has bare alpha support for ACPI and we aren't including it yet. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Why HTML mail is bad
Todd Slater wrote: Somewhere I bookmarked pages that explained why HTML email is bad, but I'll be darned if I can find them now. I recall getting some of them from this list, so if you've got a page you share with folks to help explain why HTML mail is bad, could you share it? You can respond off-list if you like, I'll post a summary. Thanks, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, HTML mail isn't bad, per se. It is considered discourteous on mailing lists because many list members will be unable to read it with their chosen mailer. When I receive HTML mail on my business account, which I handle with KMail with the HTML capabilities turned off, I just delete it. On these mailing lists, where there are newbies who know no better, I use an html capable client (mozilla) but I am set to transmit in plain text only. HTML mail can exploit a header bug in Outlook so that attachments are launched as soon as the mail is opened... Can you kids at home say email worm transport? Good, I knew you could. HTML is wasteful of bandwidth where the message is meant to be read, but is legitimate for business mailings where the message is meant to be viewed. Of course a lot of unsolicited business ads in HTML with lots of photos and animations can be very expensive for someone charged by the kb or by connection time. That is one of the reasons that SPAM Kings are considered criminals. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Duplex Settings on Network Cards
Hello, I am trying to get two network cards to talk at the same speed in a firewall. I used mii-tool and it shows that both NICs are running 100baseTx-FD but one has flow control on it. How do I disable the flow control? Travis CrookVisions Beyond
Re: [newbie] Posting Help
Mike Settle wrote: Whatever it was, you must've fixed it.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Stuettgen Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 10:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Posting Help I am posting this from my office e-mail system to see if anyone can help me. I am in need of any suggestions to fix my posting problem. I subscribed to the mandrake lists in early May and all was well. In the middle of May my ISP brought their systems in house rather than being outsourced like they had been. Since the switch I have been unable to post to any of the Mandrake lists. I am subscribed to several other mailing lists and can post to them without any problem. The only lists that I am having a problem with are the Mandrake lists. My ISP is at a loss and I am getting very frustrated. Below is copy of the mime information from my most recent attempt to post. = Delivery failed 20 attempts: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original message follows. Received: from cfslaptop [65.124.84.8] by entouch.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.07) id A3E2D2070090; Sat, 06 Jul 2002 13:07:46 -0400 Subject: Checking to see if can post From: Chuck Stuettgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 06 Jul 2002 12:10:32 -0500 Message-Id: 1025975432.2518.4.camel@cfslaptop Mime-Version: 1.0 Checking to see if I can post... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sorry, the problem lies with your ISP. When the mail arrives at the list server, it resolves to see that the transmission address is real. If the ISP does not have its nameservices fully set up the response is nonsense and the mail is rejected. This was done to keep spammers off the list. My own computer sends my mail to the list, and I have the nameservices set up for it. It is not a big task. If your ISP can do no better, then find another ISP. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sound problems
john drouhard wrote: I need a lot of help. I am very fed up with my aureal card. I have everything I can think of. I have a vortex 2 (au8830). I have installed the CVS drivers from Sourceforge, and the install did not find my aureal card. I had to manually make the driver as an au8830. It didn't work after I installed these. When I try to use ALSA, it can't open /dev/dsp becasue of an invalid argument. I need any help I can get. John Drouhard P.S. I do have a VIA mobo and an nvidia card, but I tried the extra things to change. Thanks for any help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you have a Dell version of that card, it will never work with the standard drivers and Dell does not supply linux drivers for it. Aureal has been out of business for a while, and the drivers from sourceforge are just a source wrapper to the old binary, secret driver Aureal supplied, which is why it is increasingly difficult to maintain. In order to make it work you have to compile it as a kernel module. This is coverewd in Chapter 14 of the Mandrake Reference Guide, but not in any detail. It is the same as kernel compilation except you just make deps then make modules make modules install... If you can get it to work, the sound is as nice as any other sound card, but of course you have placed an unknown black box into your system, in a position to run privileged and talk directly to the kernel. Personally, I would never use it (the card) because binary-only drivers give me a chill down the spine. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] sound problems
Title: RE: [newbie] sound problems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] sound problems john drouhard wrote: I need a lot of help. I am very fed up with my aureal card. I have everything I can think of. I have a vortex 2 (au8830). I have installed the CVS drivers from Sourceforge, and the install did not find my aureal card. I had to manually make the driver as an au8830. It didn't work after I installed these. When I try to use ALSA, it can't open /dev/dsp becasue of an invalid argument. I need any help I can get. John Drouhard P.S. I do have a VIA mobo and an nvidia card, but I tried the extra things to change. Thanks for any help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you have a Dell version of that card, it will never work with the standard drivers and Dell does not supply linux drivers for it. Aureal has been out of business for a while, and the drivers from sourceforge are just a source wrapper to the old binary, secret driver Aureal supplied, which is why it is increasingly difficult to maintain. In order to make it work you have to compile it as a kernel module. This is coverewd in Chapter 14 of the Mandrake Reference Guide, but not in any detail. It is the same as kernel compilation except you just make deps then make modules make modules install... If you can get it to work, the sound is as nice as any other sound card, but of course you have placed an unknown black box into your system, in a position to run privileged and talk directly to the kernel. Personally, I would never use it (the card) because binary-only drivers give me a chill down the spine. Civileme Speaking of which, are there any suggestions for a video card that works as well as an nvidia chipset card, but using open source drivers. I have wasted a few bucks on an Nvidia card and with the new kernel 2.4.18-8.1 I can't get it to work on the d/l'd drivers. It works ok with the drivers that come in ML8.2 but no tuxracer. No way to figure out (for me at least)why so now I am looking for a better vidio card. Better as in opensource. Thanks, Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] html help files
There may be other ways but I saved a help page on the web by printing it to a file - this gave me a nice postscript file, the only drawback being that the links no longer worked. You could then convert it to a pdf (with ps2pdf) to save space. Anne Wilson wrote: A couple of weeks ago someone told me how to convert html help files into something more useful I thought I had saved it but I can't find it. I think it involed LaTeX (sp?) I'd appreciate seeing the instructions again. Thanks Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opera 6.02 and Java
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 13:09, you wrote: On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 4:12 pm, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, I have a strange problem. Java has stopped working suddenly in Opera 6.02. It was working perfectly before and it is working perfectly in other browsers (Konqueror and Mozilla). I have j2re-1.4.0 installed correctly. What happens when I try to load a page that has java is this: the Java Console window opens and, on the page, I get the usual Loading class something message, but the class never gets loaded. Does anyone know what could be wrong? I have tried removing Opera and re-installing it, and also hitting Find Plug-ins in Preferences again (the plug-in path is set correctly). Thanks in advance, Yes I've seen this one before, mostly in the beta versions of 6.0 Opera requires that one of the plugin paths should point directly at the java directory e.g. /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns4/ in the beta this had to be the first path in the list, but I think that is no longer required. It may also be a good idea to make sure you have a symlink /usr/bin/java pointing to the java executable. I cannot remember if Opera needs it, but lots of other applications do. (Like Limewire) If still no good the newsgroup opera.linux ought to be able to help. derek I have one of the plug-in paths pointing to /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns4/ and also have symlinked /usr/bin/java to the executable. But thanks for the help anyway. I'm going to try opera.linux. -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
Basically, stay away. The new ones are not rated for 24/7 operation. The only decent drives left in IDE seem to be Maxtor, and I have returned one of their 60G models this year. Civileme I've got a 20 gig Maxtor here that I am planning to send back for the third time, for the same identical problem. Not long after installing the OS and assorted goodies, the beast returned a hard drive failure on POST, sent it back, got a replacement, installed it, and didn't even make it through the OS install before it exhibited the same problem. I gave up, and went back to Western Digital, which I have never had a problem with in the years I've used them. (knocks wood) The Maxtor is now doing a passable job of serving as a paperweight these days... Belgarius --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. YMMV - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives? Miark wrote: I never had one, but I understood they were very good. But I thought IBM is getting out of the hard drive business...? Miark Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: What's your opinion of IBM Hard Drives? I was going to continue buying them since IBM is a supporter of Linux. However, some of the customer feedbacks I've been reading makes me apprehensive about touching these. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Basically, stay away. The new ones are not rated for 24/7 operation. The only decent drives left in IDE seem to be Maxtor, and I have returned one of their 60G models this year. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
They do. I have logged three calls in a couple of months to open tech support at mandrake-expert. Each has had a spot on reply from the community which helped me figure out the problem. The last one got a response in one hour. Don't give up hope! You also might consider asking here? [;¬)} Anthony. On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 21:50, Adrian Burd wrote: I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks 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] Ksplash/ML and KDE 3.0.2
I just upgraded to KDE 3.0.2 from 3.0.1, and now the KSplash/ML splash screen does not work. It defaults to the standard splash screen, even though I can see the configuration for KSplash/ML in the control panel. Any ideas what got messed up? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 04:50 pm, you wrote: I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks My bet was for some reason they could not reply (like a typo in your e-mail address) but what was the problem we would all love to have a real problem to chew on... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] html help files
Anne Wilson wrote: A couple of weeks ago someone told me how to convert html help files into something more useful I thought I had saved it but I can't find it. I think it involed LaTeX (sp?) I'd appreciate seeing the instructions again. If you have html2latex (it's not on the Mandrake CDs but can be downloaded - you will also need a couple of Perl modules like HTML::Tree, which are also easily downloadable) you can either import the file into LyX (better if you want to edit it) or run html2latex from the command line, then run latex on the resulting .tex file, then dvips on the resulting .dvi file, then you end up with a nice printable .ps file. Apologies for the syntax of the last sentence! Sir Robin -- We're clouds over the sea, or flecks of matter in the ocean when the ocean seems lit from within. I know I'm drunk when I start this ocean talk. - Rumi Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
et == et [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: et On Tuesday 09 July 2002 04:50 pm, you wrote: I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks et My bet was for some reason they could not reply (like a typo et in your e-mail address) but what was the problem I've double checked that and I got a standard reply back by email when I registered, so I don't think it can be that. I'll check again though. et we would all love to have a real problem to chew on... Well, I asked here a couple of days back and got a couple of replies which didn't work out unfortunately. The problems is this: System: Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop I put Mandrake 8.2 Powerpack edition on it as the sole OS (no dual booting this baby - though I might put VMWare on it later). I must say that the install was seamless (it even had a pretty recent NVIDIA driver). The machine came with a CD-ROM installed and a module bay which can house a CD-RW, a ZIP-250 or a Floppy. I installed Mandrake with the CD-RW installed. If I shutdown, take out the CD-RW and put in say, the ZIP drive, and reboot, I cannot access the zip drive and attempting to do so hangs the process (though fortunately not the machine). So, the problem of the day is, how to get the machine to recognize when I plug in a different piece of hardware into the module bay and have that piece of hardware work. Any ideas? Thanks for all your help. Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ksplash/ML and KDE 3.0.2
On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 10:34 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: I just upgraded to KDE 3.0.2 from 3.0.1, and now the KSplash/ML splash screen does not work. It defaults to the standard splash screen, even though I can see the configuration for KSplash/ML in the control panel. Any ideas what got messed up? Thanks! As of KDE3.0.2 and below the /opt/kde3/bin/startkde script has a bug in it which will cause KDE to not find ksplashml. To fix it edit startkde so that the relevent stanza reads... # Laurent kdebase-2.2.2-7mdk fix conflict with ksplashml if [ -e /opt/kde3/bin/ksplashml ]; then ksplashml else ksplash fi derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] browser loading speed
Lately it seems my browsers are starting slowly. Opera takes anywhere from 20-30 seconds to launch, Mozilla takes between 10-20 seconds, and Dillo takes about 1 second. I'm running MD 8.1, 500MHz AMD, 384MB RAM. Is that what I should expect? Would switching from ext2 to ext3 have anything to do with it (I switched a couple months ago, but didn't notice anything different right off the bat)? Thanks, Todd -- Todd Slater Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. (Flannery O'Connor) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
Adrian Burd wrote: I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, give me the incident number and I will make sure you get a reply Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] AOL CD-RW problem
Just want to askI have a LG CD-RW I want to used it in my Linux machine wat software will i need to burn my cd's and does it need a driver before I can used it?What else will I consider to run my CDRW on my Linux machine Thanks! any help will gladly appreciated. Respectfully AOL (newbie) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does Mandrake Support ever answer?
Adrian Burd wrote: et == et [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: et On Tuesday 09 July 2002 04:50 pm, you wrote: I'm just wondering, but does one ever get a reply from Mandrake Support? I purchased a Mandrake 8.2 boxed set which is means to have online support. I went to the website and filled out the forms and put in a request. That was 4 days ago. Should I give up or wait some more? Has anyone else had any experience with Mandrake support? Thanks et My bet was for some reason they could not reply (like a typo et in your e-mail address) but what was the problem I've double checked that and I got a standard reply back by email when I registered, so I don't think it can be that. I'll check again though. et we would all love to have a real problem to chew on... Well, I asked here a couple of days back and got a couple of replies which didn't work out unfortunately. The problems is this: System: Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop I put Mandrake 8.2 Powerpack edition on it as the sole OS (no dual booting this baby - though I might put VMWare on it later). I must say that the install was seamless (it even had a pretty recent NVIDIA driver). The machine came with a CD-ROM installed and a module bay which can house a CD-RW, a ZIP-250 or a Floppy. I installed Mandrake with the CD-RW installed. If I shutdown, take out the CD-RW and put in say, the ZIP drive, and reboot, I cannot access the zip drive and attempting to do so hangs the process (though fortunately not the machine). So, the problem of the day is, how to get the machine to recognize when I plug in a different piece of hardware into the module bay and have that piece of hardware work. Any ideas? Thanks for all your help. Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hmm, Well, your devices and filesystems must be set up in /etc/fstab. devfs will mount what is there except that the ZIP and the CDRW and the Floppy may all be sharing an ide designation., like /dev/hdc. so, when you boot with CDRW, the append line of your boot should contain hdc=ide-scsi (I am guessing on the hdc--never seen a Dell 8100 which has other multiple issues with mandrake 8.2 regarding powersaving and failure to wake up, thanks to a broken BIOS, but you can get the device designator from /etc/lilo.conf to enable scsi emulation for the CDRW. ide-scsi works only for CDs, DVDs, and CDRWs as does the ide-cd module. ide-floppy would handle the floppy unless it were a genuine floppy interface (There would be a second plug in the bay) and ide-scsi of course won't work with the ZIP250. OK what you have is a device that is not set up to be switched by hotplug or devfs, but which uses a customized version of windows which is set to detect and adjust to whatever is plugged in. You can do that with linux, but it is no small task. You need separate boots for each case and not enough of the system is in at boot to do the autodetection and adjustment, so you have to set up the boots yourself and select the one appropriate to your installation. Once you have booted one of the three, there needs to be a script called before /etc/fstab is read which commonts out all but one of the lines below... /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/hdc4,fs=auto,sync,unhide 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,sync,unhide 0 0 That third line assumes that the floppy does have a separate connector in the bay and is a genuine floppy interface. Well only ONE of those lines can be present in the /etc/fstab that is read, so before it is read, in the file /etc/rc.sysinit You need to call a routine (which should reside as a root-executable in /sbin, because that is all that is accessible when it is called) which does the surgery on the file /etc/fstab. Now this needs to be done before any other filesystems are mounted but after / is remounted read/write. That is very difficult to achieve, because all that is available is the shell or a binary at that time, and this is not an easy shell script. An alternative is to keep all three commented out in /etc/fstab and have /etc/rc.local call a script which uncomments the appropriate line and also asks for a mount which forces the /etc/fstab entry to promote to the supermount table. I have a sample here which was used to dual-boot a cantankerous CDRW that did not want to play audio CDs under SCSI emulation. The principles should apply to the sort of script you need. There would be a couple of hours coding and testing _with_your_machine_ to make sure it works corectly. #!/usr/bin/env python # Flipper program for dualbooting bad CDRWs one as audio # the other as burner
Re: [newbie] AOL CD-RW problem
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:08:27 -0700 AOL Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just want to askI have a LG CD-RW I want to used it in my Linux machine wat software will i need to burn my cd's and does it need a driver before I can used it?What else will I consider to run my CDRW on my Linux machine Thanks! any help will gladly appreciated. I also have a LG CDR/RW on my Linux box. Mandrake picked it up with no problems. I didn't have to do anything to get it picked up. It also loaded X-CD-Roast. However It loaded it twice along with the supporting software. really wierd, I have two different version. I guess I will have to go to menudrake and see which version is being used and delete the other. But to answer your question, Mandrake handles LG CDR/RW automatically. You have your choice on burning software. Try them all and stick with the one you like. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hard disk speed.
For video recording, I have read in many places that speed of HDD should be 7200 RPM. I have one 8.1GB and 20 GB seagate HDDs. On the label I coudn't find anything. Any software to find out? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
I have never had a Maxtor drive die on me (I have used a dozen or so). I have had Western Digitals die on me before. Travis Crook Visions Beyond Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. YMMV Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kdm configure not working.
I have mdk 8.2 with kde3 in /opt. I tried to change kdm settings. Though I could change them in dialog, it is not taking reflected when I logout/reboot. What to do. I work in kde3. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sound sever for video programs.
When I use mplayer or ffmpeg, I don't get sound. I tried soundwrapper as used for xmms, it also didn't help. May be it is sound only. How to make sound server recognise these video programs? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kdm configure not working.
I would guess that you still have KDE2 still loaded on your system. If so, it is the kdm that loads instead of the KDE3 version (which is what you are configuring). To get KDM from KDE3 to load change the last line in /etc/inittab to read: x:5:respawn:/opt/kde3/bin/kdm -nodaemon (instead of x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon) and reboot your machine. BTW, you need to have root access to edit inittab (either login as root or in a terminal window do a su command). Joe On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:12:00 + L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have mdk 8.2 with kde3 in /opt. I tried to change kdm settings. Though I could change them in dialog, it is not taking reflected when I logout/reboot. What to do. I work in kde3. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Formatting a Zip Disk
What would be the command to format a 250MB Zip disk in vfat? I have a 250MB zip disk that I deleted some files from, but df still shows the old file space as still used. Thanks for advice, Jerry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. Well, I admit to having less than perfect luck with the Maxtor 1.6 gig drive I bought in 1996 - it seems to have developed one or two bad sectors since installation -- but the previous drive I got back in 1993 is probably still 100% good. I had to take it out because of space restrictions, but after six or seven years of continuous operation (I got it in 1993) it was still working perfectly. I know people with Quantums (Quanta?) who have had several problems, and also people who have had issues with two different manufacturers drives in the system. Right now I have the aforementioned Maxtor, plus an IBM Deskstar 30GB I got in October 2000. The IBM is flawless. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kdm configure not working.
I've gone through and made this change, but I still get KDM for KDE2.x. If I then try and load KDE3, it gives me IceWM. I've been using this webpage to set it up. http://www.desktop-linux.net/kde3-tips.htm I went through and did as it says. And it doesn't make sense that merely changing the name in the Session suddenly tells it to load KDE3. I usually load a machine in init 3. But since this machine is for other users, I figured I'd start it in leve 5. For the life of me, I can't figure out why it's not loading KDE3's KDM, or why it runs IceWM when I select KDE3. tdh -- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 | I would guess that you still have KDE2 still loaded on your system. If so, it is |the kdm that loads instead of the KDE3 version (which is what you are configuring). |To get KDM from KDE3 to load change the last line in /etc/inittab to read: |x:5:respawn:/opt/kde3/bin/kdm -nodaemon (instead of x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm |-nodaemon) | and reboot your machine. BTW, you need to have root access to edit inittab (either |login as root or in a terminal window do a su command). | | Joe | | | On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:12:00 + | L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | I have mdk 8.2 with kde3 in /opt. I tried to change kdm settings. Though I | could change them in dialog, it is not taking reflected when I logout/reboot. | What to do. I work in kde3. | -- | | L.V.Gandhi | 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 | MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA | [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 | | | | | | 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] WAS IBM Hard Drives?
Quantum Bigfoot is a klunker, if you have one of them give it to someone you really don't like. The Quantum division Maxtor bought out was a BIG mistake on their part but I've had great luck so far with the drives Maxtor made for themselves. The brands only I trust are Western Digital, Maxtor AND IBM. No one else. My dad just got a new Systemax computer with a Samsung 80 GB 7200RPM ATA 100 HDD in it, so I'll be watching it but still the 3 brands I mentioned are the only ones I trust. Don't how relevant this is to the original thread but I refects my 9.5 years of experience to date. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: dfox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives? Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. Well, I admit to having less than perfect luck with the Maxtor 1.6 gig drive I bought in 1996 - it seems to have developed one or two bad sectors since installation -- but the previous drive I got back in 1993 is probably still 100% good. I had to take it out because of space restrictions, but after six or seven years of continuous operation (I got it in 1993) it was still working perfectly. I know people with Quantums (Quanta?) who have had several problems, and also people who have had issues with two different manufacturers drives in the system. Right now I have the aforementioned Maxtor, plus an IBM Deskstar 30GB I got in October 2000. The IBM is flawless. 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] hard disk speed.
find anything. Any software to find out? Wouldn't hdparm report the speed? after a brief check, it doesn't seem to report it. Oh well. You might try the specs on the manufacturer's web page. Many IDE drives are 7200; it's a common speed, Some are 1, and a few older ones spin at 5300 or so. 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Formatting a Zip Disk
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: What would be the command to format a 250MB Zip disk in vfat? I have a 250MB zip disk that I deleted some files from, but df still shows the old file space as still used. Thanks for advice, Jerry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Open a terminal su to root supermount disable umount /mnt/zip mkfs -t vfat /dev/(whatever is designated in fstab as dev=) supermount enable exit Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] AOL CD-RW problem
AOL Systems wrote: Just want to askI have a LG CD-RW I want to used it in my Linux machine wat software will i need to burn my cd's and does it need a driver before I can used it?What else will I consider to run my CDRW on my Linux machine Thanks! any help will gladly appreciated. Respectfully AOL (newbie) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Actually all you need to do is install it in your system, drop in the install CD1 in your default boot CD drive, and click Expert, Upgrade Cancel along the way except for X, and the bootloader. At bootloader time, all the new boots should have hdd=ide-scsi in the append line That is, it will be hdd if you install the CDRW as secondary channel slave. It could be hda, hdb (primary Master/slave) of hdc secondary master, depending on how you set it up. Do NOT use cable select. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hard disk speed.
On Wed, 10 July 2002, L.V.Gandhi wrote For video recording, I have read in many places that speed of HDD should be 7200 RPM. It's like saying that when you move, you need a 40 cubic meters truck. It depends on what you have to move. As for video, it depends on the bitrate of the video and the rate at which the disk can store data. I have one 8.1GB and 20 GB seagate HDDs. On the label I coudn't find anything. Any software to find out? Not really a software, but you can try that: - open a terminal; - type time dd if=/dev/zero of=junkfile bs=1024k count=100 (don't type the quotes ) - What it does: The command time calculates the time during which an application was run. The dd command converts and copies files. Here, the source is zero, so it keeps copying empty blocks to the output file. The parameters: I asked to copy 100 blocks of 1 megabytes, so I get the time needed to put 100 megabytes on the disk (3.15 seconds in my exp). So I can expect to copy roughly 30 megabytes per second to the disk. Results:I obtained: 100+ records in 100+ records out real 0m3.015s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.630s On another machine, I got 5.65 seconds. As for your problem (storing video), I guess it will not depend only on the disk. The example I gave were made without any other software running. However, doing the same while running a program that uses the filesystem, it took more than 30 seconds to complete instead of 3.15. Now it also depends on the bitrate of your video stream. I would say that in most of the cases, the bit rate is less than 1 MBytes/s, so even a slow disk can make it. Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] WAS IBM Hard Drives?
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 10:14 pm, James R. McKenzie wrote: My dad just got a new Systemax computer with a Samsung 80 GB 7200RPM ATA 100 HDD in it, so I'll be watching it but still the 3 brands I mentioned are the only ones I trust. Hi, I have a 4.3gig Samsung that came in an emachine 2 or 3 years ago that I have been running in my firewall/gateway machine 24/7 for about a year. Lights have blinked here on average of once a month and I've yet to get any filesystem corruption or had any problems. I would almost dare say that they don't make bad drives. I have a cdrw of theirs too that has been a good one. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0
I'm curious about something. compared to the upgrading of KDE from version(s) 1.x.x to 2.x.x the upgrade went rather smoothly once you had Agreed that 2.2.x to 3.0 beta was a minor pain, due mostly to a lot of dependency conflicts. I have found that upgrading the 3.0 beta1 to 3.0.1 and now 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 goes rather smoothly. I just did that this past weekend, and it was probably the cleanest upgrade I've done in some time. After getting all the 8.1 rpms from ftp.kde.org (or a mirror) one just has to rpm -Uvh lib* then follow that with kdelibs kdelibs-devel, kdebase kdebase-devel, then the rest of the packages. It helps to include both the base RPM and its 'devel' RPM if present together on the command line - otherwise you get dependency conflicts. Going from 2.x to 3.0 was a bit difficult, but not impossible - but resolving some of the conflicts was somewhat painful. Removing the old package(s) following a install seems to have been the way to proceed. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] JDK
Hello All! I'm a Java developer that's recently migrated to Linux from Windows, but I'm not making too much progress in some areas. I'm trying to install J2EE and seem to be hittin' brick walls. I've downloaded various files from Sun, but cannot seem to open those that have a '.z' extension, and I'm not finding a way to untar them via a terminal. It seems that I have to install the standard developer's kit before I can install the enterprise edition. Am I mistaken? If so that would make things much, much easier. Also, any advise on setting up the shell scripts? Any input would be wonderful! Cheers! Aaron __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives?
I have mixed reports on the Maxtor disks. I've had two die on me within their guarantee period. However, the replacements have worked fine. Barry Michels wrote: Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. YMMV - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives? Miark wrote: I never had one, but I understood they were very good. But I thought IBM is getting out of the hard drive business...? Miark Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: What's your opinion of IBM Hard Drives? I was going to continue buying them since IBM is a supporter of Linux. However, some of the customer feedbacks I've been reading makes me apprehensive about touching these. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Basically, stay away. The new ones are not rated for 24/7 operation. The only decent drives left in IDE seem to be Maxtor, and I have returned one of their 60G models this year. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
