Re: [newbie-it] Connessione muta.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:38:45 +0200 Mauro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saluti alla ML. Con molta calma sto entrando nell'ambiente Linux, e questa sera sono riuscito a fare la mia prima connessione. Ho configurato kppp, lanciato la connessione e.. tutto ok! Mi sembrava troppo bello per essere vero, e infatti la sosrpresa è arrivata: la connessione c'è, si vede il tempo che scorre e c'è movimento di bytes, ma non sono riuscito a fare nulla!!! Cioè: niente navigazione (ho provato con Konqueror, Mozilla e Galeon), niente chat (KSirc), niente posta (Evolution e KMail). I casi sono due: 1) non hai impostato correttamente il DNS te ne accorgi se riesci a raggiungere un sito dando l'IP numerico, ma non scrivendo www.pinco.pallo.org 2) hai una scheda di rete e Mandrake-9.0 ha pasticciato un po' con il gateway in http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#gateway trovi: Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for internet access and you can't reach the internet. Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem connection as the default route. Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY entry. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Xine plugins
Il 19:28, martedì 11 marzo 2003, francesco.melo ha scritto: chiudo la polemica e riprendo il discorso dei codec: Accetto apro divx 3.11 divx 4 divx 5 Xvid mpg rm mov non ho modificato nè aggiunto , nè portato codec da mplayer ... non so se mi manchino formati tu quali non riesci ad aprire? Sarebbe bello poterti rispondere a questa domanda ma non riuscendo ad aprirli non so neanche con che tipo di codifica siano scritti. Che tu sappia c'è un modo per avere la lista completa di tutti i codecs che lui ha riconsciuto? Così almeno capisco se è un problema di codecs o meno. La cosa strana e che alcuni di quelli che non riuscivo a vedere (l'errore è che il demuxer non riconosce la codifica) ho provato ad aprirli con Win**ws ed anch'esso falliva con alcuni (da qui il sospetto che fossero criptati). Il bello è che un programmino stupido stupido che si chiama aviplayer li ha letti senza battere ciglio. Ora aviplayer l'ho trovato su PLF (da qui si capisce che la cosa non sia proprio alla luce del sole) che è lo stesso sito da cui ho scaricato i codecs per win (gli stessi di Mplayer). Non posso mandarti il file in questione perchè è grandicello. Ora è possibile che Xine si basi sull'estensione del file e che quindi se non corrisponde al formato reale vada in confusione? I video che hai tu sono cript*t* ? ciao francesco Ciao, Germano P.S: con i codecs per win32 dovrei leggere anche i WMV (8 e 9) se vuoi uno te lo posso mandare così provi
Re: [newbie-it] Cdrom interfaccia proprietaria: ancora
On Thursday 13 March 2003 00:06, Alessandro Piaser wrote: Le righe in lilo.conf, modules.conf e fstab le lascio giusto? certo... non so se siano necessarie in modules.conf, ma in fstab e lilo di sicuro... Bye Alessandro Ciao , Tom
Re: [newbie-it] Xine plugins
Germano wrote: Il 19:28, martedì 11 marzo 2003, francesco.melo ha scritto: chiudo la polemica e riprendo il discorso dei codec: Accetto apro divx 3.11 divx 4 divx 5 Xvid mpg rm mov non ho modificato nè aggiunto , nè portato codec da mplayer ... non so se mi manchino formati tu quali non riesci ad aprire? Sarebbe bello poterti rispondere a questa domanda ma non riuscendo ad aprirli non so neanche con che tipo di codifica siano scritti. Che tu sappia c'è un modo per avere la lista completa di tutti i codecs che lui ha riconsciuto? Così almeno capisco se è un problema di codecs o meno. La cosa strana e che alcuni di quelli che non riuscivo a vedere (l'errore è che il demuxer non riconosce la codifica) ho provato ad aprirli con Win**ws ed anch'esso falliva con alcuni (da qui il sospetto che fossero criptati). Il bello è che un programmino stupido stupido che si chiama aviplayer li ha letti senza battere ciglio. Ora aviplayer l'ho trovato su PLF (da qui si capisce che la cosa non sia proprio alla luce del sole) che è lo stesso sito da cui ho scaricato i codecs per win (gli stessi di Mplayer). Non posso mandarti il file in questione perchè è grandicello. Ora è possibile che Xine si basi sull'estensione del file e che quindi se non corrisponde al formato reale vada in confusione? I video che hai tu sono cript*t* ? ciao francesco Ciao, Germano P.S: con i codecs per win32 dovrei leggere anche i WMV (8 e 9) se vuoi uno te lo posso mandare così provi io uso aviplay per gli avi , lui installa una serie infinita di codec win32 che poi vengono in parte riutilizzati da mplayer dopo che è avvenuto una specie di gemellaggio per evitare inutili ripetizioni nelle distro, nella nuova 9.1 aviplay è anche ufficialmente in distro, senza però i codec proprietari come quick . Io per sapere che file siano cliccko col tasto destro , proprietà , e poi (sugli avi) trovo informazioni aggiuntive che mi dice con quale codec dovrei vederlo. diciamo che in generale uso per gli avi aviplayer per gli asf e wmv pure, per tutto il resto mplayer , per i real media realplayer. Tornando a Xine credo che lui attinga alla dir win32 con i codec di aviplay, con l'aggiunta di codec suoi o di systema visto che è lo stesso core di noatun e kaboode o come si chiama lui :) gli wmv mi funzionano bene :))) ciao francesco
Re: [newbie-it] Xine plugins
Il 13:44, venerdì 14 marzo 2003, francesco.melo ha scritto: io uso aviplay per gli avi , lui installa una serie infinita di codec win32 che poi vengono in parte riutilizzati da mplayer dopo che è avvenuto una specie di gemellaggio per evitare inutili ripetizioni nelle distro, nella nuova 9.1 aviplay è anche ufficialmente in distro, senza però i codec proprietari come quick . Quando ho installato aviplay non si è portato dietro anche i codec per win, quelli erano in un pacchetto a parte. Io per sapere che file siano cliccko col tasto destro , proprietà , e poi (sugli avi) trovo informazioni aggiuntive che mi dice con quale codec dovrei vederlo. diciamo che in generale uso per gli avi aviplayer per gli asf e wmv pure, per tutto il resto mplayer , per i real media realplayer. Che browser usi? Con konqueror mi dice solo il formato non con la codifica, inoltre Konqueror si fida dell'estensione mentre se uso i comando file le info non coicidono. Aviplay va bene ma devo migliorare qualcosina nel suono visto che si sente solo fruscio. Tornando a Xine credo che lui attinga alla dir win32 con i codec di aviplay, con l'aggiunta di codec suoi o di systema visto che è lo stesso core di noatun e kaboode o come si chiama lui :) gli wmv mi funzionano bene :))) Io con alcuni WMV ho avuto problemi. Sai come si fa ad avere l'elenco dei codec riconosciuti così mi regolo. ciao francesco Ciao, Germano
Re: [newbie-it] Fw: formattare
Rispondo ad Andrea:formatto perchè ho montato questo computer con vari pezzi,trovati in giro e il computer va ad una associazione per anziani che (per motivi loro) vuole win ciao mario - Original Message - From: Andrea Celli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Fw: formattare On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:07:52 +0100 francesco.melo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hai pienamente ragione due occhi vedono, ma quattro vedono meglio per non parlare di sei occhi 8 10 n occhi : Se poi consideri che io uso gli occhiali, faccio 4 da solo :-)) ma poi perchè devi tornare a windows? Salvo equivoci, non sono io che torno a winbug !!! ciao, Andrea
[newbie-it] serverx. non vuole più partire
Salve gente, il serverx della mdk non ne vuole più sapere, dopo qualche secondo di buio mi propone il login testuale, faccio, startx e ecco una schermata di lamentele. Ho copiato a mano gli errori. Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.xkm Couldn't load XBP keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap Could not init found path element unix/:-1, removing from list Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' XIO: fatal error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0 after 0 request (0 known pcessed) with 0 events remaing (perdonate i refusi) ringraziamenti anticipati GPaolo __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html
[newbie-it] Re: Connessione muta.
Ho risolto il problema, grazie al primo suggerimento arrivato, (quello di fabio). Era il firewall, quello che c'è su Mandrake control center che aveva tutto disabilitato (ma chi glielo aveva detto?) Adesso ho selezionato tutte le voci, e sono riuscito a fare il collegamento normale. 10x a tutti per l'aiuto. (Ma non crediate che sia finita qua.) :^) Mau
Re: [newbie-it] Firewall
Il gio, 2003-03-13 alle 02:55, fabio ha scritto: Ho lasciato attivi solo i servivi pop, smtp e http; solo questi risultavano closed, infatti... Ho anch verificato un'altra cosa, nel frattempo: se attivo i fw e poi scarico la posta, tutto bene; se subito dopo (senza aver fatto null'altro) ritento di scaricare la posta, non riesco a connettermi al servizio ?_? La versione di guarddog è la 2.0.0-1mdk Corrado La versione nel Power Pack è la 2.0.0-2mdk (ho appena verificato), se vuoi possiamo provare a configurare il firewall passo passo. vedi tu. Sono andato a rileggermi l'articolo apparso su Linux Pratico n.7, relativo a guarddog; ho seguito passo passo quanto riportato, ma non così non riesco a scaricare la posta... Ho inserito correttamente i pop e smtp da una nuova Zona creata ad hoc a questo scopo, sinceramente non capisco cosa ci sia che non vada :-/ Corrado
[newbie] RE: [expert] PDF writer
- Original message From: Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] PDF writer Date: 03-13-03 05:37 is there anyone of you know PDF writer for linux? Thank you. -- Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer Hardware Communication Section MIS Department PT. Pelayaran Meratus Hi, ps2pdf, txt2pdf etc, should be on the disks. I use a Samba printer which pipes the data from a Win PS printer driver through ps2pdf and then dumps the resultant pdf on a network share. HTH David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
On Wednesday 12 Mar 2003 11:33 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: PS: This is also the first time I use a mailing list... Which is why I'm adding this :) Dont worry No one will flame you for not knowing things here. We are quite civilised. I do not have a Mac ( if I did I might never have discovered Linux ) but a quick search reveals that this problem has occurred before. These links may help you. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04102.html http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcw=2r=1s=+Unknown+or+c orrupt+filesystem+q=b You might also have luck in the PowerPC forum at Mandrake Club http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=v iewforumforum=8 If you solve the problem, please post again telling us about it. If you don't, ask again. Persistance pays :) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 3:53 am, Greg wrote: Hi everyone Has anyone here used win4lin I just wanted to get some ideas on it I was thinking of buying it Not really sure how good it works and what limits it has Thanks Greg I use it for some lagacy apps with Win98. It boots up faster than native Windows, and runs my apps perfectly. No DirectX or OpenGL so gaming is not possible. I found sharing the printer port with Linux a bit tricky to set up, so I just used Samba to network through Linux to the printer. Documentation is excellent. Installation is real easy. You just download an installer, and it will install a patched Mandrake (standard) kernel for you, and walk you through Windows installation. If you use a non standard kernel, you have to apply the patch and rebuild it yourself. There is a $20 discount on Win4Lin through MandrakeClub. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
I looked at it (at 2 of the 3 links before), there were no answers for me, but I have a new idea (thanks to one of the messages there): I never had a part of free space before the installation, I always deleted the mac (or later, the wrong linux) partitions with diskdrake, but it says that mandrake makes the bootstrap partition automaticly before (!) diskdrake starts, but that is not possible before I cleared some partitions before the installation, so now I try to start the installation again :), thanks for the help, I'll let you know if it worked! Dont worry No one will flame you for not knowing things here. We are quite civilised. I do not have a Mac ( if I did I might never have discovered Linux ) but a quick search reveals that this problem has occurred before. These links may help you. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04102.html http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcw=2r=1s=+Unknown+or+corr upt+filesystem+q=b You might also have luck in the PowerPC forum at Mandrake Club http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=view forumforum=8 Good Luck derek Hi, This is the first time i use (well, at least tried to use) linux, so please don't come with too complicated answers ;-). I own an Apple Macintosh G4/800 (768 megs of Ram, ATI Radeon graphics card) and i just downloaded Mandrake Linux v 8.2. I copied one partition of 5 gb to another, restarted, booted with the c key pressed to boot from CD, and i typed install-radeon. All looked nice and worked fine until i let diskdrake automaticly (thought that with automaticly nothing could go wrong) partition the free 5 gb. Then it showed this error No free space for 1MB bootstrap. I thought Ok, then I'll do it manually, so i made a 250 mb SWAP partition, a linux partition and a bootpartition of 10 mb. Then the install started and finished, but then it came with this error (connected to the bootstrap error I think): Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: After trying many different things, including keeping some free unpartitioned space (I got also errors about installing the bootloader sometimes) i removed my whole drive from my computer and put in an empty old 4 gb drive. I told the installer to format the entire HD and then automaticly partition it, and then again: No free space for 1MB bootstrap !! So again i set up the partitions manually, 1 linux, 1 swap, 1 boot, and then it installed, after restart exact the same error as mentioned above (Unknown or corrupt filesystem)!! So i tried installing another 5 times with all different partition methods, no result... Can anyone please tell me what i do wrong? -Leendert PS: This is also the first time I use a mailing list... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
There is a setup utility which allows you to configure Com1, com2, printer, and 'custom' for Win4Lin although I have not tried using a serial port. derek On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 4:22 am, Greg wrote: I use a laptop to program hvacr controllers The honeywell software will only run on windows I would have to have serial and pc card support Will it work with those And thanks to everyone for the info Greg PS You just have to love Linux and the people who use it Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have it, and I use it for work. It doesn't run DirectX, and doesn't support USB. Other than that, it's excellent, and less expensive than VMWare. Miark On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:53:23 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg) wrote: Hi everyone Has anyone here used win4lin I just wanted to get some ideas on it I was thinking of buying it Not really sure how good it works and what limits it has -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
On Thursday 13 March 2003 12:12 am, Miark wrote: It should be said that lack of USB is not a problem in the case of USB printers connected directly to the computer. _Linux_ sends Windows print data to the printer, and obviously Linux has no problem with USB. I have a USB printer that I use in Win4Lin and it works perfectly. Win4Lin is sending print output to the Linux printer that is attached to the USB port. Linux is handling the usb in your case, not Win4Lin. You cannot sync a palm Pilot via usb though. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
I have a couple of programs that will either not run, or, after a while shut down giving the error Segmentation Fault I would mostly just want to know what exactly a Segmentation Fault is... Just off the top of my head it seems like a memory issue? programs that are having problems: gyach 0.9.1 (built from source - all requirements met) and tuxkart (via urpmi) Machine specs 320 MB RAM 750 Mhz athlon Asus a7v mobo mdk 9.0 TIA Jerry -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 22:53, Jerry Barton wrote: I have a couple of programs that will either not run, or, after a while shut down giving the error Segmentation Fault I would mostly just want to know what exactly a Segmentation Fault is... Just off the top of my head it seems like a memory issue? programs that are having problems: gyach 0.9.1 (built from source - all requirements met) and tuxkart (via urpmi) Machine specs 320 MB RAM 750 Mhz athlon Asus a7v mobo mdk 9.0 TIA Jerry Even though you might have all the requirements met, you might have either some stale libraries, or bad links to libraries, or not have certain libraries in your paths. Check your /etc/ld.so.conf and you might find that you can add a few path statements to that - so that your searches for libs is at least out of the way. If you make any modifications, you're going to have to run ldconfig again to rebuild the lib path cache. The seg faults can be caused from many different issues - one being that if a binary is linked against a conflicting library - that is certain to crash an application. -- Thu Mar 13 23:10:01 EST 2003 23:10:01 up 1 day, 8:33, 4 users, load average: 0.15, 0.27, 0.25 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Largely because it is so tangible and exciting a program and as such will serve to keep alive the interest and enthusiasm of the whole spectrum of society...It is justified because...the program can give a sense of shared adventure and achievement to the society at large. - Dr. Colin S. Pittendrigh, in The History of Manned Space Flight Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
Yes!! Solved it. Here is the solution: 1: Boot from the Mandrake CD and get to DiskDrake 2: Delete the partition you want linux to be installed, leave it FREE 3: Let DiskDrake save the partitionmap, it will now come with 2 errors: No swap and no linux partition, ignore them, and press the RESET button on your computer (if you don't have one just plug out the power cable ;-). 4: Boot from the CD again. Now you won't get that not enough free space for bootstrap error. Open diskdrake to make your partitions. You'll see it has added the bootloader automaticly now! Now just make your partitions (1 swap, 1 linux) and install. 5: after restart press l to start linux, and you WON'T see this error again: Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: If you see it, you've probably not correctly followed the steps above and/or made a bootstrap yourself... -Leendert Anne wrote: If you solve the problem, please post again telling us about it. If you don't, ask again. Persistance pays :) Anne On 3/13/03 11:54 AM, Leendert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at it (at 2 of the 3 links before), there were no answers for me, but I have a new idea (thanks to one of the messages there): I never had a part of free space before the installation, I always deleted the mac (or later, the wrong linux) partitions with diskdrake, but it says that mandrake makes the bootstrap partition automaticly before (!) diskdrake starts, but that is not possible before I cleared some partitions before the installation, so now I try to start the installation again :), thanks for the help, I'll let you know if it worked! On 3/13/03 12:33 AM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dont worry No one will flame you for not knowing things here. We are quite civilised. I do not have a Mac ( if I did I might never have discovered Linux ) but a quick search reveals that this problem has occurred before. These links may help you. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04102.html http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcw=2r=1s=+Unknown+or+cor r upt+filesystem+q=b You might also have luck in the PowerPC forum at Mandrake Club http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=vie w forumforum=8 Good Luck derek On Wednesday 12 Mar 2003 11:01 pm, Leendert wrote: Hi, This is the first time i use (well, at least tried to use) linux, so please don't come with too complicated answers ;-). I own an Apple Macintosh G4/800 (768 megs of Ram, ATI Radeon graphics card) and i just downloaded Mandrake Linux v 8.2. I copied one partition of 5 gb to another, restarted, booted with the c key pressed to boot from CD, and i typed install-radeon. All looked nice and worked fine until i let diskdrake automaticly (thought that with automaticly nothing could go wrong) partition the free 5 gb. Then it showed this error No free space for 1MB bootstrap. I thought Ok, then I'll do it manually, so i made a 250 mb SWAP partition, a linux partition and a bootpartition of 10 mb. Then the install started and finished, but then it came with this error (connected to the bootstrap error I think): Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: After trying many different things, including keeping some free unpartitioned space (I got also errors about installing the bootloader sometimes) i removed my whole drive from my computer and put in an empty old 4 gb drive. I told the installer to format the entire HD and then automaticly partition it, and then again: No free space for 1MB bootstrap !! So again i set up the partitions manually, 1 linux, 1 swap, 1 boot, and then it installed, after restart exact the same error as mentioned above (Unknown or corrupt filesystem)!! So i tried installing another 5 times with all different partition methods, no result... Can anyone please tell me what i do wrong? -Leendert PS: This is also the first time I use a mailing list... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 12:20 pm, Leendert wrote: Yes!! Solved it. Here is the solution: 1: Boot from the Mandrake CD and get to DiskDrake 2: Delete the partition you want linux to be installed, leave it FREE 3: Let DiskDrake save the partitionmap, it will now come with 2 errors: No swap and no linux partition, ignore them, and press the RESET button on your computer (if you don't have one just plug out the power cable ;-). 4: Boot from the CD again. Now you won't get that not enough free space for bootstrap error. Open diskdrake to make your partitions. You'll see it has added the bootloader automaticly now! Now just make your partitions (1 swap, 1 linux) and install. 5: after restart press l to start linux, and you WON'T see this error again: Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: If you see it, you've probably not correctly followed the steps above and/or made a bootstrap yourself... -Leendert Glad to hear you solved it, Leendert, and your info may help someone else with a similar problem. Just one thing - you might not want to re-install at this stage, but it's worth bearing in mind that if you have a separate /home partition you will not lose your data if you re-install or update your installation. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 12:26 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 12:20 pm, Leendert wrote: Yes!! Solved it. Here is the solution: 1: Boot from the Mandrake CD and get to DiskDrake 2: Delete the partition you want linux to be installed, leave it FREE 3: Let DiskDrake save the partitionmap, it will now come with 2 errors: No swap and no linux partition, ignore them, and press the RESET button on your computer (if you don't have one just plug out the power cable ;-). 4: Boot from the CD again. Now you won't get that not enough free space for bootstrap error. Open diskdrake to make your partitions. You'll see it has added the bootloader automaticly now! Now just make your partitions (1 swap, 1 linux) and install. 5: after restart press l to start linux, and you WON'T see this error again: Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: If you see it, you've probably not correctly followed the steps above and/or made a bootstrap yourself... -Leendert Glad to hear you solved it, Leendert, and your info may help someone else with a similar problem. Just one thing - you might not want to re-install at this stage, but it's worth bearing in mind that if you have a separate /home partition you will not lose your data if you re-install or update your installation. Anne And one last thing Leendert. Do you realise Mandrake 9.1 for Power PC is due to be released within a few days? It has a *lot* of improvements over 8.2. Images of the 'Release Candidate' are already available on the mirrors. Have fun with your new OS :-) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
On 13 Mar 2003 23:15:02 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even though you might have all the requirements met, you might have either some stale libraries, or bad links to libraries, or not have certain libraries in your paths. Check your /etc/ld.so.conf and you might find that you can add a few path statements to that - so that your searches for libs is at least out of the way. If you make any modifications, you're going to have to run ldconfig again to rebuild the lib path cache. The seg faults can be caused from many different issues - one being that if a binary is linked against a conflicting library - that is certain to crash an application. Thanks, Stephen, I'll look into the libs. When I first set up Mandrake 9.0 I remember seeing threads about ld.so.conf and ldconfig so that was one of the first things that I did was to make sure that anywhere I have libs that they are in ld.so.conf and tried (successfully as far as I can see) to make sure that duplicate libs didn't get installed to say /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib (thought there are a few symlinks here and there to libs). Tuxcart I think is definitely a lib issue since it won't run at all but immediately exits with Segmentation Fault gyach, I'm not so sure of since it can run sometimes for 2-3 minutes then it happens, or it can run for 5-6 hours before it happens. That was the reason I was wondering if it was a memory issue. I played around with it a bit and I've noticed that it doesn't happen hardly at all under IceWM, never under PWM (at least not yet-it was up for 7 hours one day), sometimes under fluxbox and WindowMaker... I've been away from KDE/GNOME for a while so I don't recall the frequency of crashes there. Also when I mentioned all requirements met, I meant that durring the ./configure there were no looking for x no (there were at first but i noted these and installed them before compling completely. gyach was a program i wanted to run stably.) though possibly it could have been built under a different (probably older) version of a lib or ap that I have installed and that may be the problem, yes? Thanks for your help :-) Jerry -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
I got it to work with a serial mouse, so the serial support works to that extent anyway. HTH Jerry. On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:01:02 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a setup utility which allows you to configure Com1, com2, printer, and 'custom' for Win4Lin although I have not tried using a serial port. derek On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 4:22 am, Greg wrote: I use a laptop to program hvacr controllers The honeywell software will only run on windows I would have to have serial and pc card support Will it work with those And thanks to everyone for the info Greg PS You just have to love Linux and the people who use it Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have it, and I use it for work. It doesn't run DirectX, and doesn't support USB. Other than that, it's excellent, and less expensive than VMWare. Miark On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:53:23 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg) wrote: Hi everyone Has anyone here used win4lin I just wanted to get some ideas on it I was thinking of buying it Not really sure how good it works and what limits it has -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help - Can't get printer on lan working
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:37, Greg wrote: I did it I got it to work It took some fooling around with it but it does work now I had to delete all of my old printer setups and start over Thanks very much for your help I owe you one Greg I may have to look into one of those combo router/print servers when it comes time to replace my Linksys router. I'm glad I could help, Greg. T :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'bootstrap' problems ! (Macintosh, Mandrake v8.2)
So that's why it makes a separate /home partition :). At least I have some experience with those folders because of Mac OS X (also a Unix based system). Thanks for the info Anne and Derek! -Leendert PS: If a monitor isn't listed in the install menu, and you can't find it on the companies page either (because it's an old monitor), do a search for it at www.google.com, then you'll almost always find the specs. I did this with a dell D1526TX-HS, I couldn't find it on the Dell page, but I found it with google (a link to Dell's archives!! Dell has a pretty bad search engine on it's homepage!). On 3/13/03 1:26 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad to hear you solved it, Leendert, and your info may help someone else with a similar problem. Just one thing - you might not want to re-install at this stage, but it's worth bearing in mind that if you have a separate /home partition you will not lose your data if you re-install or update your installation. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] FYI - SCO sues IBM for $1 billion for 'devaluing Unix'
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:40:36 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:43:51 -0500 (EST), Andrei Raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29632.html (-:imagine what RMS would say about this:-) SCO's actions are NOT good for Linux or open source, and we the community should not stand for it. PCLinuxOnline has decided to respond by boycotting SCO and its products. See our front page [http://www.pclinuxonline.com/] for details. We ask that you spread the word on this boycott -- if enough people listen to the call and boycott their products, hopefully SCO will realise that their actions are doing them more harm than good. PCLinuxOnline now has a petition up to hopefully convince SCO to drop the lawsuit. Please sign it: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=4639 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan [Yama | http://www.pclinuxonline.com/] We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. -- The Boss, Dilbert pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
On Wednesday 12 March 2003 08:53 pm, Greg wrote: Hi everyone Has anyone here used win4lin I just wanted to get some ideas on it I was thinking of buying it Not really sure how good it works and what limits it has Thanks Greg Works great with Adobe Photoshop 6 and Illustrator 7 (haven't upgraded yet). -- Peter Pankonin, digitalcrucible Registered Linux User 246938 There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
On Thursday March 13 2003 05:53 am, Jerry Barton wrote: I have a couple of programs that will either not run, or, after a while shut down giving the error Segmentation Fault I would mostly just want to know what exactly a Segmentation Fault is... Just off the top of my head it seems like a memory issue? programs that are having problems: gyach 0.9.1 (built from source - all requirements met) and tuxkart (via urpmi) Machine specs 320 MB RAM 750 Mhz athlon Asus a7v mobo mdk 9.0 TIA Jerry The sig 11 (Segmentation Fault) FAQ, http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? -- Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
Er... isn't that what I just said, Greg? Miark On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 06:20:58 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 13 March 2003 12:12 am, Miark wrote: It should be said that lack of USB is not a problem in the case of USB printers connected directly to the computer. _Linux_ sends Windows print data to the printer, and obviously Linux has no problem with USB. I have a USB printer that I use in Win4Lin and it works perfectly. Win4Lin is sending print output to the Linux printer that is attached to the USB port. Linux is handling the usb in your case, not Win4Lin. You cannot sync a palm Pilot via usb though. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
Hi I am no expert so if this look like rubbish to you please ignore... If you install through 'expert' you should be able to partition your disk (using diskdrak - or was it the other way around). After resizing your windows partition you should be able to install mandrake no problems. See the Demos on the Mandrake-Linux site http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ They are really helpful! Oren -Original Message- From: Marshall Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 March 2003 15:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? -- Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
Thanks, Tom, going to read now. Much appreciated :) Jerry On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:57:46 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday March 13 2003 05:53 am, Jerry Barton wrote: I have a couple of programs that will either not run, or, after a while shut down giving the error Segmentation Fault I would mostly just want to know what exactly a Segmentation Fault is... Just off the top of my head it seems like a memory issue? programs that are having problems: gyach 0.9.1 (built from source - all requirements met) and tuxkart (via urpmi) Machine specs 320 MB RAM 750 Mhz athlon Asus a7v mobo mdk 9.0 TIA Jerry The sig 11 (Segmentation Fault) FAQ, http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
Hi I am no expert so if this look like rubbish to you please ignore... If you install through 'expert' you should be able to partition your disk (using diskdrak - or was it the other way around). After resizing your windows partition you should be able to install mandrake no problems. See the Demos on the Mandrake-Linux site http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ They are really helpful! Oren -Original Message- From: Marshall Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 March 2003 15:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? -- Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Recall: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
Tsur, Oren would like to recall the message, [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing. Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin
On Thursday 13 March 2003 10:22 am, Miark wrote: Er... isn't that what I just said, Greg? Miark On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 06:20:58 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 13 March 2003 12:12 am, Miark wrote: It should be said that lack of USB is not a problem in the case of USB printers connected directly to the computer. _Linux_ sends Windows print data to the printer, and obviously Linux has no problem with USB. I have a USB printer that I use in Win4Lin and it works perfectly. Win4Lin is sending print output to the Linux printer that is attached to the USB port. Linux is handling the usb in your case, not Win4Lin. You cannot sync a palm Pilot via usb though. -- Greg My apologies, yes. I was scanning and did not read it closely. Please forgive me. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
I am not all that Linux saavy, but I do knwo a thing or two about Windows. Since it looks like you need to reinstall XP anyways, you may want to start from there. During XP setup you can delete existing partitions and then instead of installing XP to an empty unpartitioned hard drive (which will automatically claim the entire drive for you in a single partition) you can create a partitoin and specify its size, and then install there. Once you do that your options when installing Mandrake seem to open up and getting Mandrake onto the remaining space is quite easy. This is how I installed Mandrake over XP and it worked fine. B Marshall Lake wrote: I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? 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] Could someone please explain Segmentation Fault
I have a couple of programs that will either not run, or, after a while shut down giving the error Segmentation Fault I would mostly just want to know what exactly a Segmentation Fault is... Just off the top of my head it seems like a memory issue? All this Segmentation Fault problem I met when programming is memory issue, just like you said. Usually it concerns memory corruption in your programs, such as: free memory (e.g. pointers) not existing anymore; out of array bounds; The latter is easy to check out. In case of the former, you can set a macro MALLOC_CHECK_=1 then your system will check all the function calls of memory allocation and free in your program automatically and report the status of those operations. At this moment you can find out what's g on. HTH, QingHua Wang Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
Marshall Lake wrote: Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? fips will reduce a fat32. do not know about other oos type. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . =+= think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email: text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments. =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. =+= Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Win4Lin vs. Wine vs. VMWare
I guess I don't understand why you would choose one of these over the other. I am familiar with VMWare, and that seems to make the most sense if you need to run a particular Windows (or other OS) application within Linux. I know it is a virtual machine and will let you connect back to the primary host OS via the network and share ports. In the conversation about Win4Lin it sounded as if that worked in a very similar way. I only know that Wine and Win4Lin are supposed to provide a way to run Windows applications within Linux, but I was wondering why you might choose one of these three particular products over another. I am probably going to invest in one of them (most likely VMWare) but i would like to understand the differences before I make a decision. Thanks, B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin vs. Wine vs. VMWare
On Thursday 13 March 2003 10:58 am, Brian wrote: I guess I don't understand why you would choose one of these over the other. I am familiar with VMWare, and that seems to make the most sense if you need to run a particular Windows (or other OS) application within Linux. I know it is a virtual machine and will let you connect back to the primary host OS via the network and share ports. In the conversation about Win4Lin it sounded as if that worked in a very similar way. I only know that Wine and Win4Lin are supposed to provide a way to run Windows applications within Linux, but I was wondering why you might choose one of these three particular products over another. I am probably going to invest in one of them (most likely VMWare) but i would like to understand the differences before I make a decision. Thanks, B My use: Win4Lin on my desktop Mdk box for Photoshop, Illustrator, and any other 'heavyweight' application that does not work under Wine. Wine on my laptop for a few applications that I need in the field that work in Wine. These are mostly proprietary video playback apps used in security installations. I test them first, copy a few DLL's if needed and go. I choose not to put Win4Lin on my laptop to keep booting and program loading times to a minimum. I have no experience with VMWare but if I needed anything other than Win98 on my desktop machine I would try it. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin vs. Wine vs. VMWare
On Thursday 13 March 2003 10:58 am, Brian wrote: I guess I don't understand why you would choose one of these over the other. I am familiar with VMWare, and that seems to make the most sense if you need to run a particular Windows (or other OS) application within Linux. I know it is a virtual machine and will let you connect back to the primary host OS via the network and share ports. In the conversation about Win4Lin it sounded as if that worked in a very similar way. I only know that Wine and Win4Lin are supposed to provide a way to run Windows applications within Linux, but I was wondering why you might choose one of these three particular products over another. I am probably going to invest in one of them (most likely VMWare) but i would like to understand the differences before I make a decision. Thanks, B Wine is a compatibility layer that allows one to run Windows programs in Linux. Wine is free software and is not 100% compatible or functional at this point. In other words, try it, but YMMV. Win4Lin is a set of extensions that allows Windows itself to run as a Linux process. Because of the way it is architected, it can only run the 9x/ME versions of Windows. Cost is $79/user and can run in both local and terminal server It also requires a kernel patch that enables the service. Netraverse provides pre-compiled kernels for most distros though and installs them automatically. VMWare creates a virtual machine that allows you to run any guest operating system in a host OS. Can run pretty much any OS on Linux or Windows and costs about $300. VMware requires a specialized kernel module, but I do not believe that the kernel itself needs to be patched. In my mind, the most cost effective sure thing is Win4Lin, assuming one does not have to run one of the NT flavors of Windows. I believe that VMWare is really aimed at the developer market so that applications can be easily tested for compatibility on different Operating Systems. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you can boot the computer and not have it automatically enter into the GUI, but simply launch the GUI when i would like to. Does mandrake have an option to do this? My Mandrake basic installation seems to almost require the GUI to be running. It boots into the GUI, and from the GUI there is no exit to a shell. I was kind of thinking it would be nice to have an option in LILO to boot just to the shell or to the full GUI. But it would be nice to be able to enter the GUI from the shell without having to reboot, and exit the GUI to a shell without having to reboot. Any thoughts or suggestions? B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Firewall logs getting too big
Hey Harm, As it is an old machine I hope you have a backup. It could be your disk is also on the way out if it is making such a racket. Although I admit I also have polling every 3 seconds from edonkey 4662 port. It is a real bind. Peter -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] FR Mobile: +33 (0)6 0874 8707(preferred) UK Mobile: +44 (0)7960 160 173 Msg service: voice: +44 (0)7050 685 985 fax__: +44 (0)7050 685 986 Oracle Architect Latest CV http://www.lomax.cc/users/peter/business_section.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of H.J.Bathoorn Sent: 13 March 2003 00:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Firewall logs getting too big On Tuesday 11 March 2003 13:34, mycal62 wrote: this is what that port does : efs 520/tcpextended file name server router 520/udplocal routing process (on site); # uses variant of Xerox NS routing # information protocol - RIP here's a handy reference to all ports and their use : http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Mike I've been there, though I must admit I'm not sure what exactly is meant by (on site). My poblem is how to get rid of all these log entries. Reading the logs isn't the real problem 'cause filtering out port 520 using grep -v works quit well. When the (400Mb) HD gets to 100% full everything gets quiet but then I don't get anymore logs. Like I said all this logging activity makes a lot of noise as well. My firewall is an old P133 with smoothwall on it. AL the fans have been removed leaving only the HD that physically moves/makes noise and I've even packed that in isolation foam. Especially early mornings, when I feel lucky if I find the coffee machine without falling down the cellar-stairs first, I tend to get nerved by the clicketyclicking. Frankly, those are the realy serious mornings 'cause we don't even have a cellar here being below sea-level:o( I would like to block these scans from my ISP but like I said I'm not sure what the consequences might be. These boxes are up 24/24 and I'm away quite often i.e. don't have physical acces so I have to be 100% sure of what I'm doing. Not logging these scans was a sort of compromise (with maybe a slight risk) from my point of view but I don't know how to do that. Good hunting, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
In reply to Brian's mail, d.d. Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:15:44 -0500: If you are keen on command line stuff: as root, edit /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 3. It is documented inside the file. When logged in, run startx to start X. Good luck! Paul I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you can boot the computer and not have it automatically enter into the GUI, but simply launch the GUI when i would like to. Does mandrake have an option to do this? My Mandrake basic installation seems to almost require the GUI to be running. It boots into the GUI, and from the GUI there is no exit to a shell. -- A full cup must be carried steadily. -English proverb http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
control-alt-keypad plus would not have helped here. It cycles through the possible settings for your monitor, once you have it properly set up. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On 3/13/03 8:44 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks!! I'll try it now :). Can I also find a command list somewhere online, like how to list a directory in parts, or how to edit documents? Thanks again, Leendert Yes, that would be the command drakxconf without the quotes. All commands starting with drak are configuration tools. The easiest way to find out is to type drak on the command line and the hit the tab key (which is for autocompletion) and as there are mutiple possibilities, all of them will be shown. drakxconf will be among them. tab is your best friend on the CML!:o) Good luck, HarM 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] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:29, Leendert wrote: Ok, I've got all installed with the GRAPHICAL installer, then it restarted, displayed lots of text, and then it wanted to launch the GUI: black screen! Now I tried to install mandrake with different options, but I still get a black screen. At the boot I can also choose for a command line interface/text startup, however, I'm new to linux (as I said before) and the only unix commands I know are cd, ls and ./ so that's nothing. I also viewed into those administrator tools, but I could find everything except video settings in there. Anyone knows how to edit the video settings (resolution etc) when logged in into a terminal? -Leendert PS: I've already searched the mailing archives, but I only found more questions, no solution, control-alt-keypad plus didn't work either. I'm on a: Apple G4 800 mhz ATI Radeon graphics card Mandrake v 8.2 PPC Maybe I've jumped in a little late in this thread, so let me ask you this: are you able AT ALL to login to any of the options given at the boot screen? Do any of the options allow for you to have a graphical login? Something else to check out as well - on CD3, there is an RPM labelled as Xtart-blablabla-rpm - install that - it allows you to easily start XWindows from the terminal/console prompt (by typing Xtart)... Another thing to do is to make sure you know exactly what your video card is - and make sure the driver is installed for it - Have you downloaded any of the graphics drivers for your card as of yet, or did the installation detect your proper video card already? -- Fri Mar 14 06:50:00 EST 2003 06:50:00 up 1 day, 16:13, 3 users, load average: 0.75, 0.37, 0.28 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
Sorry to butting in on this but just out of curiosity I ran drakxconf but when I selected Display Configuration it would run the Connection Sharing wizard (how odd!). However, Xdrakres is a tool that will let you change your video card/resolution/depth/etc. Open a term and type Xdrakres (without the quotes) HTH Jerry. On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:44:42 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 13 March 2003 20:29, Leendert wrote: Ok, I've got all installed with the GRAPHICAL installer, then it restarted, displayed lots of text, and then it wanted to launch the GUI: black screen! Now I tried to install mandrake with different options, but I still get a black screen. At the boot I can also choose for a command line interface/text startup, however, I'm new to linux (as I said before) and the only unix commands I know are cd, ls and ./ so that's nothing. I also viewed into those administrator tools, but I could find everything except video settings in there. Anyone knows how to edit the video settings (resolution etc) when logged in into a terminal? -Leendert PS: I've already searched the mailing archives, but I only found more questions, no solution, control-alt-keypad plus didn't work either. I'm on a: Apple G4 800 mhz ATI Radeon graphics card Mandrake v 8.2 PPC Yes, that would be the command drakxconf without the quotes. All commands starting with drak are configuration tools. The easiest way to find out is to type drak on the command line and the hit the tab key (which is for autocompletion) and as there are mutiple possibilities, all of them will be shown. drakxconf will be among them. tab is your best friend on the CML!:o) Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Thursday 13 March 2003 20:49, Leendert wrote: Thanks!! I'll try it now :). Can I also find a command list somewhere online, like how to list a directory in parts, or how to edit documents? Thanks again, Leendert Well about the online list I wouldn't know, I get along quite well with tab and the manpages (thats man man on the CML and man woman for a snigger;o)) for the available options. For a dead tree version I'd advise 'Linux in a nutshell' from O'reilly that's a fairly complete overview of all the commands and their options. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 7:49 pm, Leendert wrote: On 3/13/03 8:44 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks!! I'll try it now :). Can I also find a command list somewhere online, like how to list a directory in parts, or how to edit documents? Try http://linux.org.mt/article/terminal which should turn up an article called The Linux Terminal - a Beginners' Bash HTH Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Thursday 13 March 2003 20:58, Jerry Barton wrote: Sorry to butting in on this but just out of curiosity I ran drakxconf but when I selected Display Configuration it would run the Connection Sharing wizard (how odd!). However, Xdrakres is a tool that will let you change your video card/resolution/depth/etc. Open a term and type Xdrakres (without the quotes) HTH Jerry. I remember that! The focus wasn't always OK in a terminal, just move down a few steps till you get the right one:o) Oh well, I agree Xdrakres works fine too, forgot about that one. I can even add XFdrtake to that list and nowadays startx --configure seems to do the job as well so I've been told. That's gnu/linux for you!:o) Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE
Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include The directory of kernel headers (version 2.4.18) does not match your running kernel (version 2.4.19-16mdk). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel. These header files are the ones that are installed by MDK 9.0 , and Vmware will not continue the install . On the net i found this kernel-headers-2.4.19-7mdk.x86_64.rpm . Can i remove the 2.4.18 headers and install this one , or could this cause problems for other programs ?? Thanks , Bart . I think you must install the kernel-source RPM corresponding to the kernel you are running. It is on your CD's. HTH, -Frans Frans , i checked that , and kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk.i586.rpm is the only one on the CDs (Download and ProSuit editions) . Vmware is the only program until now which gives problems. greets , Bart. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
In reply to Leendert's mail, d.d. Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:49:20 +0100: On 3/13/03 8:44 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks!! I'll try it now :). Can I also find a command list somewhere online, like how to list a directory in parts, or how to edit documents? If you want to view everything in a directory by scrolling up and down, use ls | less Press ESC or q to quit from less. Editting from the commandline: vi or emacs. Better familiarize yourself with some commands in vi: i insert more ESC leave insert mode :wwrite file :qquit vi :wq write file and quit :q! quit, do not save (I don't speak emacs.) Paul -- A full cup must be carried steadily. -English proverb http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 05:24, robin wrote: Brian wrote: I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you can boot the computer and not have it automatically enter into the GUI, but simply launch the GUI when i would like to. Does mandrake have an option to do this? My Mandrake basic installation seems to almost require the GUI to be running. It boots into the GUI, and from the GUI there is no exit to a shell. I was kind of thinking it would be nice to have an option in LILO to boot just to the shell or to the full GUI. But it would be nice to be able to enter the GUI from the shell without having to reboot, and exit the GUI to a shell without having to reboot. Any thoughts or suggestions? You can avoid automatic booting into the GUI through the Mandrake Control Centre (hardware-video card-options). There used to be an option to kill X from the login screen, but that hasn't been around for a while. If you don't want to kill X completely, you can always start another session in runlevel 3 (i.e. no GUI) by hitting Ctrl, Alt and any F key. Sir Robin As well, you can edit the /etc/inittab file and set the default runlevel to 3 (console login) as per below: id:3:initdefault: Once you do that, just reboot the machine. Now keep in mind that if you want to be able to easily boot into Xwindows, you're going to want to install the Xtart application that's on CD3 - it allows you to easily choose different window managers at startup...that's what I use. I don't MIND using a GUI login, but it's not always suitable for my tastes or needs - and I like doing things the hard way (ask my wife) -- Fri Mar 14 07:25:00 EST 2003 07:25:00 up 1 day, 16:48, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.19, 0.27 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Planet Claire has pink hair. All the trees are red. No one ever dies there. No one has a head Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:20, Bart Salien wrote: Frans , i checked that , and kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk.i586.rpm is the only one on the CDs (Download and ProSuit editions) . Vmware is the only program until now which gives problems. greets , Bart. Have you MANUALLY checked out the CD's, or did you use the package manager to check the available programs? There are heaps of hidden goodies on the CD's if you look manually...believe me... -- Fri Mar 14 07:25:00 EST 2003 07:25:00 up 1 day, 16:48, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.19, 0.27 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Planet Claire has pink hair. All the trees are red. No one ever dies there. No one has a head Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE
Hi , If all else fails and you can't find the rpm ... ah-hem try here: ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ ;-) Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include The directory of kernel headers (version 2.4.18) does not match your running kernel (version 2.4.19-16mdk). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel. These header files are the ones that are installed by MDK 9.0 , and Vmware will not continue the install . On the net i found this kernel-headers-2.4.19-7mdk.x86_64.rpm . Can i remove the 2.4.18 headers and install this one , or could this cause problems for other programs ?? Thanks , Bart . I think you must install the kernel-source RPM corresponding to the kernel you are running. It is on your CD's. HTH, -Frans Frans , i checked that , and kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk.i586.rpm is the only one on the CDs (Download and ProSuit editions) . Vmware is the only program until now which gives problems. greets , Bart. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA == Dual booting 98lite;MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Kde 3.1 Registered Linux User #248955 acqua / Keramik Theme == If obstacles are what you see in your path... Then you have lost sight of your goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin vs. Wine vs. VMWare
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 04:12, Greg Meyer wrote: In my mind, the most cost effective sure thing is Win4Lin, assuming one does not have to run one of the NT flavors of Windows. I believe that VMWare is really aimed at the developer market so that applications can be easily tested for compatibility on different Operating Systems. I'd tend to say that for HOME users, Win4Lin might be an option worth exploring - for me, however, especially being in the support/consulting trade, I NEED to run VMWare as I support all OS's - so in working with particular issues, or testing particular situations, it's better for me to be able to actually run the REAL OS in a virtual machine - so cost is made up by usage. Rather nice to be able to run heaps of different OS's (or versions thereof) - without rebooting. Running XP Pro in a 1280x1024 window whilst running X in a 1600x1200 mode is really cool when people are sitting around watching (grin). -- Fri Mar 14 07:50:01 EST 2003 07:50:01 up 1 day, 17:13, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.21, 0.19 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** They're giving bank robbing a bad name. -- John Dillinger, on Bonnie and Clyde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 02:05, Marshall Lake wrote: I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? By far, installing Windows and making sure it's on a FAT32 partition is the best choice for compatibility and sharing data between the two OS's. By installing XP first (or any version of Winblows thereof) you're at least making sure that it's not going to frig up your partition tables - installing XP AFTER you install any distro of linux is going to be a headache - in a bad bad way. During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? If you have the ability to install Windows and then move that partition to the end of the disk (using like Partition Magic or something similar to do so) you're ensuring that the freespace before the Windows installation is going to be for your beloved linux. Also, but putting your linux partitions (or at least the boot partition) in front of the Windows partition, should you hose up the disk, at least you can access SOMETHING of your installation... -- Fri Mar 14 07:55:00 EST 2003 07:55:00 up 1 day, 17:18, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.10, 0.15 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** It seems there's this magician working one of the luxury cruise ships for a few years. He doesn't have to change his routines much as the audiences change over fairly often, and he's got a good life. The only problem is the ship's parrot, who perches in the hall and watches him night after night, year after year. Finally, the parrot figures out how almost every trick works and starts giving it away for the audience. For example, when the magician makes a bouquet of flowers disappear, the parrot squawks Behind his back! Behind his back! Well, the magician is really annoyed at this, but there's not much he can do about it as the parrot is a ship's mascot and very popular with the passengers. One night, the ship strikes some floating debris, and sinks without a trace. Almost everyone aboard was lost, except for the magician and the parrot. For three days and nights they just drift, with the magician clinging to one end of a piece of driftwood and the parrot perched on the other end. As the sun rises on the morning of the fourth day, the parrot walks over to the magician's end of the log. With obvious disgust in his voice, he snaps OK, you win, I give up. Where did you hide the ship? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
Thanks for all the help, Xdrakres even let me choose my monitor again (that isn't in the list), but it still doesn't work. If I choose TEST still the same, black screen, but it stays black, doesn't switch back (and I guess it should, because it's a test button). The computer, however, didn't lock up when booting normally, I'm sure because after I pressed enter (I have a default user without password, so I think it logged in when I did that) I heard a (welcome?) music... Anyway, this is my configuration: -ATI Radeon (recognized, driver set to radeon) -Dell Ultrascan 15TX (old one) configured as Generic VGA monitor (also tried custom monitor, but the specs of my monitor couldn't be filled in, and tried some other models that looked like my monitor). Now I have some other questions: -Can I look for a driver for my monitor, or make a text document with the specs or something myself to add it to the list, and will this help? -Can I also tell linux to use the same video settings as on the installation? -IS this a monitor problem, or has this to do with my video card? And things that still bother me: -on the install it installs GRAPHICAL in 1024x768 and all looked nice!! -at boot it also switches resolution from 1024x786 to 640x480 and nothing goes wrong At least I'm now a little more familiar with the commands ;-) -Leendert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Win Key kept switching to next tty?: port
Hello... I have one computer that I have, not running XF86, it's in CommandLine format, Everytime I am using it, if I accidentally hit Win Key, it kept switching to a new port. I have to hit it again few times to return to the right port that I was in, HOW can I disable that key? Thanks! YPK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Thursday 13 March 2003 22:12, Leendert wrote: Thanks for all the help, Xdrakres even let me choose my monitor again (that isn't in the list), but it still doesn't work. If I choose TEST still the same, black screen, but it stays black, doesn't switch back (and I guess it should, because it's a test button). The computer, however, didn't lock up when booting normally, I'm sure because after I pressed enter (I have a default user without password, so I think it logged in when I did that) I heard a (welcome?) music... Anyway, this is my configuration: -ATI Radeon (recognized, driver set to radeon) -Dell Ultrascan 15TX (old one) configured as Generic VGA monitor (also tried custom monitor, but the specs of my monitor couldn't be filled in, and tried some other models that looked like my monitor). Now I have some other questions: -Can I look for a driver for my monitor, or make a text document with the specs or something myself to add it to the list, and will this help? -Can I also tell linux to use the same video settings as on the installation? -IS this a monitor problem, or has this to do with my video card? And things that still bother me: -on the install it installs GRAPHICAL in 1024x768 and all looked nice!! -at boot it also switches resolution from 1024x786 to 640x480 and nothing goes wrong At least I'm now a little more familiar with the commands ;-) -Leendert Did you try lowering the color depth i.e to 16 bits? To stop the graphical interface anytime during test hit ctrl alt backspace simultaneously. That should return you to the CML pronto. Use your arrow keys (up and down) to scroll through the history of your commands, that way you won't have to constantly retype your them. I don't know your monitor but with older VGA monitors I had some succes by trying generic super vga interlaced The install runs on the BIOS framebuffer and actally Xfree should've configured that in your case. BTW what version of Xfree86 are running? Well look at the bright side: You're getting a crashcourse CML and probably a working windowmanager to top it off:o) Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 9:12 pm, Leendert wrote: Now I have some other questions: -Can I look for a driver for my monitor, or make a text document with the specs or something myself to add it to the list, and will this help? XFree86 Video Timing HOWTO It hasn't been updated in a year, now, and I don't think it's canon anymore. But it tells you how to hack the timings by hand. I used it, (but my problem was a video card not good enough for a picky monitor, so it didn't help. YM will probably V :-) Oh, and you're probably using XF86Config-4, not the one without the -4. But the HOWTO is too old to tell you that. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
Brian wrote: I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you brian, to exit 'X', as it may be your ref to 'gui', pressing 'ctrl+alt+backspace' drops you to cli, command line input, 'non-gui'. changing to 'console' from X to cli is by pressing 'ctrl+alt+fn', where 'fn' is function keys f1 thru f6. changing 'consoles' from cli is by pressing 'alt+fn', where 'fn' is function keys f1 thru f6, and f7 returns you to X, if previously open. else use 'startx'. have a look thru 'linux documents', /usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/index.html, on your desktop. there you will find info for boot process and init files. Any thoughts or suggestions? rtfm. :) -- peace out. tc,hago. g . =+= think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email: text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments. =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. =+= Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to edit video mode when in failsafe?
I tried 16 bit, also tried the super vga interlaced now, but still no result... I think I just download and try 9.1rc tomorrow, ok, it's a rc, beta, whatever, but maybe that one works :). Control+alt+backspace didn't work (maybe because that was not implemented in 8.2?) so I had to restart each time. I also found that HOWTO on the net, that is a little too complicated for me, but if 9.1 also won't work I'll try it for sure! On the other side, I need to buy a new monitor anyway, this one sucks... BTW what version of Xfree86 are running? How can I get the version number? Well look at the bright side: You're getting a crashcourse CML and probably a working windowmanager to top it off:o) At least I learn how to work with that command line system, will always come in handy, because I think unix based systems are going to be the future standard (windows sucks (sorry windows users) and apple already made it's newest OS on unix), and the basic commands also work in the terminal in MacOS X :-D -Leendert On 3/13/03 10:40 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try lowering the color depth i.e to 16 bits? To stop the graphical interface anytime during test hit ctrl alt backspace simultaneously. That should return you to the CML pronto. Use your arrow keys (up and down) to scroll through the history of your commands, that way you won't have to constantly retype your them. I don't know your monitor but with older VGA monitors I had some succes by trying generic super vga interlaced The install runs on the BIOS framebuffer and actally Xfree should've configured that in your case. BTW what version of Xfree86 are running? Well look at the bright side: You're getting a crashcourse CML and probably a working windowmanager to top it off:o) Good luck, HarM On 3/13/03 11:33 PM, Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XFree86 Video Timing HOWTO It hasn't been updated in a year, now, and I don't think it's canon anymore. But it tells you how to hack the timings by hand. I used it, (but my problem was a video card not good enough for a picky monitor, so it didn't help. YM will probably V :-) Oh, and you're probably using XF86Config-4, not the one without the -4. But the HOWTO is too old to tell you that. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
Instead of startx try the nice little program that our very own Civileme wrote - Xtart - this will run a script that allows you to choose which wm you want to use under X. Terry Smith On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 12:39, Paul wrote: In reply to Brian's mail, d.d. Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:15:44 -0500: If you are keen on command line stuff: as root, edit /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 3. It is documented inside the file. When logged in, run startx to start X. Good luck! Paul I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you can boot the computer and not have it automatically enter into the GUI, but simply launch the GUI when i would like to. Does mandrake have an option to do this? My Mandrake basic installation seems to almost require the GUI to be running. It boots into the GUI, and from the GUI there is no exit to a shell. -- A full cup must be carried steadily. -English proverb http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE
Bart, You need to install the kernel source files for your running kernel. The old source won't do. Terry Smith On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 13:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include The directory of kernel headers (version 2.4.18) does not match your running kernel (version 2.4.19-16mdk). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel. These header files are the ones that are installed by MDK 9.0 , and Vmware will not continue the install . On the net i found this kernel-headers-2.4.19-7mdk.x86_64.rpm . Can i remove the 2.4.18 headers and install this one , or could this cause problems for other programs ?? Thanks , Bart . __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-headers and VMWARE
On Thursday 13 March 2003 03:20 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 13 March 2003 20:37, schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Thursday 13 March 2003 19:13, Bart Salien wrote: Hi all , I'm trying to install Vmware on my MDK9.0 , i get this message when he asks the dir for my C header file /usr/include The directory of kernel headers (version 2.4.18) does not match your running kernel (version 2.4.19-16mdk). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel. These header files are the ones that are installed by MDK 9.0 , and Vmware will not continue the install . On the net i found this kernel-headers-2.4.19-7mdk.x86_64.rpm . Can i remove the 2.4.18 headers and install this one , or could this cause problems for other programs ?? Thanks , Bart . I think you must install the kernel-source RPM corresponding to the kernel you are running. It is on your CD's. HTH, -Frans Frans , i checked that , and kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk.i586.rpm is the only one on the CDs (Download and ProSuit editions) . Vmware is the only program until now which gives problems. greets , Bart. The kernel-headers is part of the glibc packages and is required by glibc. The kernel-source package includes header files also and will be used by the GCC if it is installed. Don't worry about the difference and install the kernel-source package urpmi kernel-source -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Running apps as root
Hi, when I launch on my Gnome desktop an application like drakconf which need root privileges, the box in which I can insert root password doesn't appear anymore... How can I get it back? Note: if I launch the apps throgh a terminal after becoming root, all works fine. Smiley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marshall Lake Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Windows XP Co-existing I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media Center 873n. I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to co-exist. I understand it's better to have Windows already installed when you try to install Mandrake. Is this correct? During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning time I have three choices (paraphrasing): 1. Erase entire disk. 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. 3. Custom partitioning. Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe I should be installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But I don't see that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying to install Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? -- Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net The biggest problem here is that you're using an HP-provided disk to install XP. HP ships restore or recovery disks, not install disks with their systems. You aren't actually installing XP with that disk, you're copying a drive image, which is why you don't get any options when running it. Contact HP support and demand a real install disk -- they'll send one if you insist on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Configuring smbfs
Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Configuring smbfs
Shan, have you tried to use LinNeighborhood to mount the share? It's a very nice tool for getting started. it's on disk two I think. It makes you go through the password authentication process to mount shares and tell you if you are wrong. or that you need a different password , etc. it will even search out the address of a share if you give it the name of the share, and the domain, like : Name: becky Domain : home Ip: ( leave blank ) it will query the network find the address an put it in for you ! also , can you send your /etc/samba/smb.conf file to see how it's setup? It will show if its setup to let you access your nt files or not. how it's setup makes a difference, but it sounds like your close. ;-) it sounds like you don't have password authentication for the share. you will need to do some setup on the smb.conf file to make it run. you can use swat to setup samba if you have it installed, or webmin. more info will help to resolve your problem. the list will be more than happy to help Mike Kou Shan Shan wrote: Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA == Dual booting 98lite;MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Kde 3.1 Registered Linux User #248955 acqua / Keramik Theme == If obstacles are what you see in your path... Then you have lost sight of your goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Configuring smbfs
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 14:53, Kou Shan Shan wrote: Hi, I have a mdk 9.0 box running but I am facing some problems when trying to set up samba file sharing NT servers can be viewed clearly in the Mandrake Control Center under samba mount points option. I can see the online folder (from a Win NT workstation) which I want to access as well. However, when I pressed mount, it always tells me failed. I have chosen user mode in the mount options. I doubt that this has to do with my smb.conf file, as I did not do any configuaration for it. But I am not so sure how to carry on from here as there are so many options in the smb.conf file. I appreciate any advice! Many thanks! Shan You're going to have to dig into your smb.conf - the easiest way to do so is through Webmin and SWAT (which should be installed on your system by default). Everything has to be just right for a Windows network - and you WILL have to make direct modifications to your Samba configuration if you're going to share properly on the network. Take my word for it - I do THAT bit every day...(and it sucks that you have to reboot a Windows box, but for a linux box, you just restart the service...gads...) HTH! -- Fri Mar 14 16:35:00 EST 2003 16:35:00 up 1:39, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.15, 0.16 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less. -- Louise Andrews Kent Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
