[newbie] boot log...
Hello, I am doing my best to locate the log with all the messages appearing during the boot sequence, but I couldn't find it in... /var/log/ Where can I read again what was printed on the screen during the bootup sequence? thanks, Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] boot log...
On Thursday 19 August 2004 01:11 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: dmesg dmesg.txt Thank you Ronald and Hoyt for the quick reply. Unfortunately, I cannot find the message I was looking for. A power cut crashed my computer. So during bootup, there was a message about files being deleted during /home/ fsck. I cannot find a reference of what files were deleted... I have a backup, but I need to know what to backup (some config files less screw up my kde..)... Any idea? If no, I shall live with it. :-) Anguo. No related at all, but I was listening to the following when the crash occured. Well worth the download and the time spent listening to it (informative and inspiring): --HiFi mp3 files-- Intro 6:30 3.38 meg http://wmass.indymedia.org/media/all/display/1130 Main 52:39 28 meg http://wmass.indymedia.org/media/all/display/1129 QA 32:17 16.8 meg http://wmass.indymedia.org/media/all/display/1128 For further information, please go to: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/index.htm -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] n00bie test only... ignore
On Thursday 19 August 2004 12:22 am, LtCdData wrote: ^^ a big wave to everyone who looks anyway )) Hello! waving back Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] please, do a cat zcip cat tmdns
Please anyone, could you do the following commands and send me the output: # cd /etc/init.d [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# cat tmdns [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# cat zcip thanks, I am trying to solve a connection problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED] httpd]# drakconnect error reading information on service tmdns: No such file or directory error reading information on service zcip: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# touch tmdns [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# touch zcip [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# drakconnect service tmdns does not support chkconfig service zcip does not support chkconfig Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: ADSL connection configuration not saved.
On Friday 30 July 2004 02:06 am, Bjrn Lundin wrote: I had it before, with a beta mdk 10. I resolved it by launching the wizard, and then check the commandline it used, with (I think) ps -ef | grep perl then I ran it manually as root from Konsole, and found out it didn't find some config file. I just did a touch on that file (into it's correct location) and ran the wizard again. It was happy after that. Hello Bjrn, Thank you for your reply. I am still investigating what you told me. I'll see what happens next time I reboot. For now, I have: [EMAIL PROTECTED] augustin]# drakconnect error reading information on service tmdns: No such file or directory error reading information on service zcip: No such file or directory Shutting down interface eth0:[ OK ] Shutting down interface eth1:[ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface:[ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] but: [EMAIL PROTECTED] services]# locate tmdns /usr/postinstall-rpm/tmdns-0.1-12mdk.i586.rpm /etc/netprofile/profiles/default/services/tmdns and: [EMAIL PROTECTED] services]# locate zcip /usr/share/doc/zcip-4 /usr/share/doc/zcip-4/TODO /usr/share/doc/zcip-4/README /usr/share/doc/zcip-4/Copyright /usr/share/doc/zcip-4/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-07.txt /usr/share/doc/zcip-4/Changelog /usr/share/man/man8/zcip.8.bz2 /sbin/zcip /var/lib/zcip I also checked all the files mentionned below. I'll see if anything is missing next time I reboot: 18:32:36 drakconnect[4896]: ### Program is starting ### 18:32:57 drakconnect[4935]: ### Program is starting ### 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: created directory /etc/ppp (and parents if necessary) 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: created file /etc/ppp/options 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: created file /etc/ppp/peers/adsl 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: changed mode of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets to 600 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: changed mode of /etc/ppp/chap-secrets to 600 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf 18:33:17 drakconnect[4935]: created file /etc/sysconfig/drakconnect 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: launched command: /sbin/chkconfig --add internet 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: removed files/directories /etc/resolv.conf 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: written eth1 interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: written eth0 interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: writing host information to /etc/hosts 18:33:18 drakconnect[4935]: created file /etc/hosts thanks, Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Good PHP Editor
On Friday 11 Jun 2004 8:11 pm, OOzy wrote: Any how anybody knows a good PHP Editor? Vim That's all i use for php, html and the rest... Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 to 10.0: Upgrade or fresh install?
Hello, I have 9.2 which is fairly customized and I don't really want to loose all this with a fresh 10.0 install. I WILL back up and make notes on the most important stuff I have in /usr and /var that would be lost during a reformating of the drive, but a flawless upgrade would make many things easier. Have any of you attempted to upgrade from 9.2 to 10.0 (powerpack/official)? How did it go? Any reasons why I should consider doing a fresh install instead? thanks, Anguo -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 105
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Thank you, it works... Re: [newbie] KDM 3.2 still bites...
On Monday 15 Mar 2004 9:01 pm, JoeHill wrote: cp /citibank/money/* /home/joehill/money Thank you so much! Why this kind of stuff is not better documented? It works for me! Blessings, Augustin -- www.masquilier.org Condorcet, Approval alternative voting. In order to prevent people from receiving viruses that would seem to originate from my email, if you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me. Of course, this does not apply to GNU/Linux users. Thank you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
KDE 3.2.6 ??? What about Kmail? Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !
On Wednesday 18 Feb 2004 11:15 pm, Lanman wrote: Everything in KDE ( 3.2.6! ) is working as advertised, and actually does what it's supposed to do. No glitches, crashes You say KDE 3.2.6? I just had a look at http://www.kde.org/download/ and they only offer 3.2 to download with a kmail patch. Maybe KDE 3.2.6 is a mandrake specific, not KDE official release of KDE.? Does Mdk 10.0 include the Kmail patch: kmail has a couple of critical bugs and I want my emails to be safe. Augustin -- In the news: Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software 1)The House of Representatives will NOT renew MS-Office licenses, but is looking at free software alternatives. 2) The free software parliamentary front was announced in congress. 3) The e-mail system of the house of representatives is being replaced by a free software one. 4) The federal government is looking at concrete measures to stimulate free software as means of saving money and stimulating the national software industry. Read more: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/27/0122230 http://fslc.usu.edu/misc/idgnow.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake move proceeding please wait...
hello, I just tried Mandrake move. It boots (part 1,2,3...) but then the screen becomes black and I have a message at the bottom saying: proceeding, please wait. I then fail to notice anything happening. I am supposed to wait how long? Augustin -- Quote of the day: [SCO] appears to have the same grasp of reality as the former Iraqi information minister. Matt Loney Read more: http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t523-s2134763,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
NVIDIA_GLX and NVIDIA_kernel Re: XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Friday 19 Dec 2003 4:44 am, JoeHill wrote: Can you not have two sets of drivers installed, kernel *and* GLX, as long as they are installed into seperate kernels? Seems to me, as I indicated below, he should be able to install both kernel and GLX drivers and have 3D acceleration in both kernels... I have now been able to get my new kernel working, and X and 3D acceleration. I have noticed that NVIDIA_kernel, just like the kernel, are installed side by side but the NVIDIA_GLX are upgraded. So the answer is no: we cannot have 3D accelerations in both kernels with the nvidia drivers. Thanks to all who helped. Augustin -- Quote of the day: I think, therefore I am. - Descartes I compute, therefore I crash. - Gates Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
Hello, At last, I've come around to upgrading my kernel, after upgrading all the other applications to 9.2 when it came out. I got a fright when mandrake wouldn't boot (actually, it did but X didn't start, which comes to the same for me). My lilo.conf was a bit mixed up, but I managed to boot with the rescue cd and modify it, so that I can now boot with the old kernel. From searching the archives of this list and doing a lot of reading, I know that kernel images are installed side by side. So now I have: vmlinuz-2.4.22-21mdk vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk My question concern the nvidia driver. I have downloaded from the club: NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk.i586.rpm but I am hesitating to urpmi it, because I don't understand how it would affect my current setup. If after installing the nvidia driver, there are any problem, I need to be able to boot with the old kernel (the one I am using now). I don't want to be in a situation where the new one doesn't work and the old one got broken because of conflicting nvidia driver version. I am not sure I express myself clearly here: Are the different versions of nvidia kernel modules installed side by side, like the kernel is? If I install the new module to use with the new kernel, will I still be able to use the old nvidia driver with the old kernel (a configuration that I know is working now)? If things go wrong, what would I then need to do in order to be able to boot and use X (my lifeline to get help...).? Lilo.conf is now setup to boot with the old kernel by default, but an option for the new kernel exists too. How should I modify it to select specific versions of nvidia drivers for each kernel image? thanks, Augustin -- UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Thursday 18 Dec 2003 4:55 pm, JoeHill wrote: but I am hesitating to urpmi it, because I don't understand how it would affect my current setup. If after installing the nvidia driver, there are any problem, I need to be able to boot with the old kernel (the one I am using now). I don't want to be in a situation where the new one doesn't work and the old one got broken because of conflicting nvidia driver version. If you install the Nvidia RPM while booted into that particular kernel version, you should be fine. It will install the Nvidia module/driver into the appropriate kernel, leaving the other alone. Thank you, Joe, I'd like to make sure I understand properly what you mean: I am using current_kernel with current_nvidia_driver. I have installed new_kernel and downloaded new_nvidia_driver. X won't start with new_kernel, so I am using current_kernel. you mean that I should boot with new_kernel, and from the console do urpmi new_nvidia_driver. I should NOT do it from current_kernel. After having done so, I will still have the choice in LILO to boot EITHER with current_kernel and current_nvidia_driver OR with new_kernel with the newly installed new_nvidia_driver. Thus, even if the new_nvidia rpm is badly corrupted, I WILL still have a working X running or current_kernel. Is this what you mean? (I used to try things before asking questions, and I have badly trashed my system in the past, leaving me unconnected and helpless. This time, I prefer to make sure that I will do things correctly). thanks, Augustin. -- In the news: Microsoft memo: Linux fight backfiring The software giant's efforts to mock open-source software such as Linux have worked against the company Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2125524,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
init 3 Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Thursday 18 Dec 2003 6:51 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: If you boot directly to graphic mode: init 3 When I do so, Linux starts in text mode but Mandrake always end up by starting X anyway without me doing anything. ??? Anguo -- Quote of the day: MS bet the firm on .NET Sun bet the firm on Java IBM bet the firm on Linux SCO bet the firm on Lawyers. by perly-king-69 Read more: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=71977cid=6498138 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0528203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Thursday 18 Dec 2003 5:28 pm, jason pearl wrote: you mean that I should boot with new_kernel, and from the console do urpmi new_nvidia_driver. I should NOT do it from current_kernel. hwo did u get that kernel? cuz i want it... urpmi kernel-nvidia? Hello Jason, I was referring to NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk.i586.rpm which I downloaded from the Mandrake Club rpm repository: http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/ Blessings, Anguo -- Quote of the day: Windows is a 32-bit GUI for a 16-bit OS initially written for an 8-bit CPU which is a descendant of a 4-bit microprocessor from a company with a 2-bit name who can't stand 1-bit of competition. http://sbp.f2o.org/2003/wypy?WinDows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers (Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Thursday 18 Dec 2003 5:29 pm, JoeHill wrote: Yep. You shouldn't be in X when installing the Nvidia drivers anyway. The reason, of course, that X won't start with the new kenel, is that in your XF86Config-4 you have it set to load the Nvidia driver. As long as the old kernel is still loading the Nvidia driver, you can always go back. This whole kernel business *is* kinda unnerving, no? ;-) Yes, precisely my thoughts :) Anyhow, thank you Joe for your help so far. I did as you said. The good news is that the old kernel still boots properly (as you see, I am still writing to you...) The bad news is that the new one still won't start X. # rpm -qa | grep NVIDIA NVIDIA_GLX-4321-3mdk NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-4321-3mdk Both NVIDIA_kernel are installed. # cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic) Driver nvidia Option DPMS EndSection As I just wrote to John: X doesn't start with the new kernel. Do the two kernel use the same /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file? Maybe they can use different ones, but I don't see why the settings should be any different: we are dealing with the same graphic card and monitor. I will buy at least one new computer sometimes next year, for my business. I will make some research about alternative video cards which won't require binary only drivers... thanks, Anguo. -- In the news: Namibia wisely spurns M$ 'gift' in favor of Linux. An educationnal charity shows Microsoft's philanthropy for what it really is in an open letter that says it all. Read more: http://www.schoolnet.na/news/stories/msft2002.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Thursday 18 Dec 2003 6:22 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Pound to a penny you forgot to modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic) Driver nv --- change to this !!! Option DPMS EndSection Hello John, Here is the relevant section in mine: Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic) Driver nvidia Option DPMS EndSection you mean I should change Driver nvidia to Driver nv??? What's the difference? There are two nvidia driver versions , the rpm and the tar ball, the rpm gives you the proprietry nvidia boot splash, the tar ball doesn't, both need the above modification, or did when I last did it in M9.1. Either way , I think the rpm installs on desktop is OK in which case do the text modification there, but the tar ball has to be out of X windows at a root consul, and you will need to do the edit form there, something like MC, or if you can fathom it vi. I installed the rpm: NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk.i586.rpm I now have two kernels (the one that comes with 9.1 and the latest one for 9.2) and the two corresponding nvidia-kernel drivers. X doesn't start with the new kernel. Do the two kernel use the same /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file? Maybe they can use different ones, but I don't see why the settings should be anydifferent: we are dealing with the same graphic card and monitor. Thanks, Augustin -- In the news: What Gates' attacks on the GPL really mean Bill Gates has recently been intensifying his attacks on the GNU Public Licence. At the invitation of ZDNet UK, Richard Stallman defends his philosophy and extracts the underlying message in Gates' latest polemic Read more: http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2117582,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Friday 19 Dec 2003 1:05 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 18 December 2003 16:31, John Richard Smith wrote: Here is the relevant section in mine: Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic) Driver nvidia Option DPMS EndSection you mean I should change Driver nvidia to Driver nv??? What's the difference? That's right Actually it's not right (but not wrong, either) nv is the generic nvidia- driver that comes with XFree86. nvidia is the proprietary driver delivered by Nvidia themselves and uses the kernel module. nv works quite well but doesn't offer hardware acceleration. If the existing XFRee86Config-4 says nvidia and you've got X going, means you installed the kernel-drivers and are using them. If it doesn't work you can always use nv which doesn't require extra drivers. Good luck, HarM Yes, I just tried and effectively, with nv, X now starts with both kernel images but tuxracer and other 3D apps won't run anymore. So, now, I have the choice: either an updated kernel, or 3D games :-| augustin -- Quote of the day: Speak your mind. Don't back down. IBM advertising about Linux Read more: http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/lp/prodigy.html http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=164838 http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=38634 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1821217 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
rpm -qil NVIDIA... Re: XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers (Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Friday 19 Dec 2003 2:18 am, Pablo Vitoria wrote: Can you send the output of: rpm -qil NVIDIA_GLX-4321-3mdk rpm -qil NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk rpm -qil NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-4321-3mdk Hello Pablo and everybody, Thanks to all who responded in this thread (Pablo, Joe, HarM, Adolfo, Robin, John, Dennis...) It's getting confuser and confuser... so beside the new kernel and the new nvidia driver, it seems that I also need the corresponding new nvidia-glx driver, which I just found in the club repository... I will install it and see how it goes (i may not have time to do so today though: my week end is over and I'm back to work for the next six days). As always, my primary concern is to be left with a broken box I cannot log into (X, that is). I think I have learned enough in this thread to manage should a problem arise. I'll look at the glx driver issue, but meanwhile, here is the output. If I am missing something, or should pay attention to something specific, your comments are appreciated. $ rpm -qil NVIDIA_GLX-4321-3mdk Name: NVIDIA_GLX Relocations: /usr Version : 4321 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 3mdk Build Date: Sat 15 Mar 2003 02:49:37 AM CST Install Date: Sun 11 May 2003 06:30:36 PM CST Build Host: localhost Group : System/Kernel and hardwareSource RPM: NVIDIA-4321-3mdk.src.rpm Size: 12624948 License: NVIDIA Corp. 2000 Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 15 Mar 2003 03:16:50 AM CST, Key ID e7898ae070771ff3 Packager: Mandrake Linux Team http://www.mandrakeexpert.com Summary : NVIDIA module for XFree86 4.0 X server and OpenGL libraries Description : NVIDIA XFree86 4.0 server module and OpenGL 1.2 libraries for RIVA TNT/TNT2 and GeForce/Quadro based video cards. Older RIVA 128 based video cards are supported by the server module shipping with XFree86 4.0, nv_drv.o. You should install this package if you have one of the newer cards. You must also install the NVIDIA_kernel module if you want to utilize these drivers. /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.4321 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1.0.4321 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/tls/libglx.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/tls/libglx.so.1.0.4321 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.4321 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1.0.4321 /usr/lib/tls/libGL.so.1.0.4321 /usr/lib/tls/libGLcore.so.1.0.4321 $ rpm -qil NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496-2.2.92mdk Name: NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk Relocations: /usr Version : 4496 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 2.2.92mdk Build Date: Sat 25 Oct 2003 03:12:09 PM CST Install Date: Thu 18 Dec 2003 10:58:42 PM CST Build Host: updates.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Kernel and hardwareSource RPM: NVIDIA-4496-2.2.92mdk.src.rpm Size: 797678 License: NVIDIA Corp. 2000 Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 25 Oct 2003 03:14:39 PM CST, Key ID 9aa8d0d022458a98 Packager: Mandrake Linux Team http://www.mandrakeexpert.com Summary : NVIDIA kernel module for NVIDIA Architecture support. Description : NVIDIA Architecture support for Linux kernel 2.4.22.21mdk /lib/modules/2.4.22-21mdk/kernel/drivers/char/nvidia.o.gz /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496 /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496/LICENSE /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-4496/README $ rpm -qil NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-4321-3mdk Name: NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk Relocations: /usr Version : 4321 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 3mdk Build Date: Sat 15 Mar 2003 02:49:37 AM CST Install Date: Sun 11 May 2003 06:30:30 PM CST Build Host: localhost Group : System/Kernel and hardwareSource RPM: NVIDIA-4321-3mdk.src.rpm Size: 740992 License: NVIDIA Corp. 2000 Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 15 Mar 2003 03:16:50 AM CST, Key ID e7898ae070771ff3 Packager: Mandrake Linux Team http://www.mandrakeexpert.com Summary : NVIDIA kernel module for NVIDIA Architecture support. Description : NVIDIA Architecture support for Linux kernel 2.4.21.0.13mdk /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/char/NVdriver.o.gz /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-4321 /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-4321/README Thanks to all, augustin -- Light tomorrow with today! --Elizabeth Barrett Browning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
startx Re: init 3 Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Friday 19 Dec 2003 2:42 am, robin wrote: When I do so, Linux starts in text mode but Mandrake always end up by starting X anyway without me doing anything. ??? Look in the Mandrake Control Center - Hardware - XFdrake - Options. You probably have it set to start X automatically, so click No. Hello Sir Robin, yes, that's it. Once I have booted in console mode, how do I start KDE again? I see the following two commands: startkde startx Should I do startx before startkde? Augustin -- Definition: SCOurce code: invisible, yet high value code that does not exist in any physical form. Beyond quantum code. by EmbeddedJanitor http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=67171cid=6166537 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: XF86Config-4 and nvidia drivers (Re: [newbie] upgrading nvidia kernel in a safe way...
On Friday 19 Dec 2003 4:30 am, JoeHill wrote: Eventually, what you might want to do, once the new kernel has proven itself stable and solid, is *uninstall* the 4321 drivers and install the 4496 GLX binary. ok, I will try this. thanks Joe, Augustin -- Linux. The Future is Open. Linux is like nothing else in the history of computing-the most unique innovation operating systems have ever seen. It's unprecedented integration. It's an open source operating system. Owned by no single company or private enterprise. Constantly improved by thousands of programmers. And it's getting bigger. Last year, according to the IDC, shipments of servers running Linux increased by 22.8%. IBM about Linux http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/lp/prodigy.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Texstar Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
On Sunday 30 Nov 2003 12:13 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Texstar is going to be putting out a LiveCD based on mandrake 9.2 soon called PCLinuxOS. I thought Texstar retired from packaging stuff for this release?? anguo -- Ask not how you can do free software business; ask what your business can do for free software. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Texstar Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
On Monday 01 Dec 2003 7:41 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: I thought Texstar retired from packaging stuff for this release?? He is not making packages for 9.2 that are distributed as enhancements to 9.2. He is instead putting his efforts into making a LiveCD like Knoppix that is based on Mandrake 9.2. He should be releasing his preview4 today as a matter of fact. Watch here for more info http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?mop=modloadname =Forumsfile=viewforumforum=53 Cool. :-) Thanks. Anguo -- In the news: Display Works Inc. Interview: A company explains how and why they have used kDE on their office desktops for over a year. We evaluated a number of desktops and came to the conclusion that KDE was our best candidate. The real test came when we rolled it out and watched our untrained users. That was really cool. Read more: http://enterprise.kde.org/interviews/displayworks/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] needed paid support
Hello, Despite my best efforts at doing some research and asking questions, I still failed to setup a few important things on my computer. I am getting short of time too. I have therefore purchased some support units and created a few incidents at mandrake expert. I need some expert support on the two following items: 73630 winmodem setup 73674 networking two mandrake computers Later on, I will also need a real expert on file system to recover a badly corrupted FS. I know many of you, great girls and guys, are happy to provide support for free but I currently prefer the mandrake expert format, where I can have all my incidents stored in one place and the access to experts dedicated to see me through one problem. Even though I am not as wealthy as Bill Gates or Linus Torvald, I still have more money than time, so if some of you believe that the standard price for one incident is not a fair retribution for your help on one topic, let me know *beforehand* how much you'd think is fair and we can arrange a payment through paypal or something else. That's especially true for FS problem: the solution may be a long pain-staking process that can span many hours over many weeks. Write to me if you're really knowledgeable or better: pick up the aforementionned mandrake expert incidents. thanks, Anguo -- You say that I'm a dreamer. I say you're a non-believer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] needed paid support
On Tuesday 02 Dec 2003 12:52 pm, aronsmith wrote: Write to me if you're really knowledgeable or better: pick up the aforementionned mandrake expert incidents. thanks, Anguo payment = we get to pick on you Sorry? My English is good, but I must admit that I am not sure I understand what you mean. Is this a pun or do you mean something specific? Blessings, Anguo -- In the news: Munich deal boosts desktop Linux An agreement by the Munich local government to replace thousands of Windows PCs with Linux will be one of the largest desktop Linux migrations ever seen Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2135356,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] networking two computers.
Hello, I am trying to connect two computers together and share an internet connection. I have been reading over and over again the two following documents: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmlan.html http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmlan2.html but despite my best efforts and many tries, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Sol runs Mandrake 9.2, has two ethernet cards, one connected (eth1?) to the internet via adsl. Terra runs Mandrake 9.1, has one ethernet card connected to Sol via a crossover cable. on both Sol and Terra, I have: # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.0.0.10 sol.lan sol 10.0.0.11 terra.lan terra On Sol, I have: # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 201.131.41.10 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 ppp0 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 191.161.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0. 201.131.41.10 0.0.0.0 UG0 0 0 ppp0 I have tried to run the networks configuration wizards on both machines, but I am still very confused as to what IP address I should enter where. The two machines cannot ping each other (ping 10.0.0.10) When I run the internet sharing wizard on Sol, I get the following output in the console: # /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! Stopping CUPS printing system: [ OK ] Shutting down dhcpd: [ OK ] Stopping named:[ OK ] pppoe: no process killed SIOCDELRT: No such process /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! Sol is properly connected to the internet, but I cannot manage to share the connection with Terra. Right now, I don't know where to start to look for the problem. What should I use on Sol and on Terra: DrakConnect, DrakGw or DrakProxy? On Terra, I did the following: Drakconnect wizard lan IP 10.0.011 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Host name: terra.lan zeroconf host name: DNS server: 201.131.41.10 gateway: 10.0.0.10 (I have also tried 191.161.1.0) but no good. I have tried other combinations but to no avail. I have done something obviously wrong? Thanks, Anguo -- UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] networking two computers.
On Monday 24 Nov 2003 12:31 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2003 16:48, Anguo wrote: Hello, I am trying to connect two computers together and share an internet connection. I have been reading over and over again the two following documents: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmlan.html http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmlan2.html but despite my best efforts and many tries, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Sol runs Mandrake 9.2, has two ethernet cards, one connected (eth1?) to the internet via adsl. Terra runs Mandrake 9.1, has one ethernet card connected to Sol via a crossover cable. on both Sol and Terra, I have: # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.0.0.10 sol.lan sol 10.0.0.11 terra.lan terra On Sol, I have: # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 201.131.41.10 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 ppp0 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 191.161.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0. 201.131.41.10 0.0.0.0 UG0 0 0 ppp0 I have tried to run the networks configuration wizards on both machines, but I am still very confused as to what IP address I should enter where. The two machines cannot ping each other (ping 10.0.0.10) When I run the internet sharing wizard on Sol, I get the following output in the console: # /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! Stopping CUPS printing system: [ OK ] Shutting down dhcpd: [ OK ] Stopping named:[ OK ] pppoe: no process killed SIOCDELRT: No such process /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! /usr/lib/shorewall/functions does not exist! Sol is properly connected to the internet, but I cannot manage to share the connection with Terra. Right now, I don't know where to start to look for the problem. What should I use on Sol and on Terra: DrakConnect, DrakGw or DrakProxy? On Terra, I did the following: Drakconnect wizard lan IP 10.0.011 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Host name: terra.lan zeroconf host name: DNS server: 201.131.41.10 gateway: 10.0.0.10 (I have also tried 191.161.1.0) but no good. I have tried other combinations but to no avail. I have done something obviously wrong? Thanks, Anguo Thanks HarM for your reply, If sol is connected to the internet: open a terminal as su/root on terra and type: route add default gw xx.xx.xx.xx (where xx.xx is sol's IP) Which IP? 10.0.0.10 or 191.161.1.0? The former didn't help and the latter brought the message: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable. Also, I just noticed that I got unsubbed from the list newbie. The archives don't list anything beyond the 15th of november. I just resubbed to the list and yours is the first message I receive from the list. Could you forward other replies I may I received in this thread up to now. Does anyone know of a fully functional mail archives for newbie? thanks, Anguo Then you'll have to set your nameserver (or find all internet adresses by number) echo nameserver xxx.xxx.xx.xx /etc/resolv.conf (where xxx.xx is sol's IP again) Good luck, HarM -- In the news: Microsoft CEO Ballmer gives Linux 'credibility' Microsoft's recent efforts against the Linux operating system only show that the open-source platform is gaining ground. Read more: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-1015174.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] home network Mandrake howto
Hello, I have not been able to find a simple step by step howto for home networking. So far, I have absolutely no experience in networking, or any IP address stuff. Right now, I have a friend's computer at home and I would like 1- to share the internet connection with my own computer's adsl. 2- be able to do file transfer from one computer to the other. To start with, I am not sure I have all the required hardware: I don't have a hub or (obviously) a dedicated server. My computer has two ethernet cards, one being connected to my adsl modem. My friend's computer also has an ethernet card. What I did is connect my second ethernet card to the second computer's card directly, with a cable running from one card to the other. I am not sure that's the proper way to do it... all the beautiful graphs I find on the internet picture little box, whatever it's called, that sits between the two computers. I don't have that and I don't know if it is possible to connect the two computers the way I did. Next, I tried to run the configuration wizard in MCC on both computers, on mine to share the internet connection, and on my friend computer to set a LAN connection, but so far no good. I am not sure what I am missing and I can't find a mandrake specific step by step howto. I created this page here: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/HomeNetworking You can write your reply directly there, so that other can benefit from your answers, or to the list and I'll put everything there afterwards. thanks Augustin -- Linux. The Future is Open. If Linux were a person, he would be growing, fast. Taught by the best. Gaining wisdom beyond his years. And sharing. He would be in business, education, government and homes. He would be a nine-year-old boy changing the world. IBM about Linux http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/lp/prodigy.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] sensitive materials
On Tuesday 14 October 2003 06:38 am, rikona wrote: It depends on HOW sensitive they are. You can easily download crackers for zips and Office (don't know about the linux versions, though). These are considered rather insecure. For industrial strength protection, use GPG/PGP and a 256+ key length. All this for some pr0n!!! My! What a world! It depends on HOW sensitive they are. I am very sensitive to pr0n: it makes me all funny inside, even though my PGP thinggy is not 256 in length. -- Definition: SCOicide: to kill yourself the SCO way. by EmbeddedJanitor http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=67171cid=6166537 -- In the news: Microsoft fails to rip off charity who prefers to stick to Linux. Judging from this example it would appear that the obscenely rich Beast intends to use non-profit organizations in desperately poor countries to subsidize its promotional ambitions and its sales strategy. No wonder Gates has more money than God. Read more: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27878.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Firewall questions/ mlDonkey won't connect to servers
Hello. I urpmi'ed mldonkey but it won't connect to any server. It will find files, but will fail to download them. In MCC, I put down the firewall for testing purposes (to the question which services would you like the internet to connect to? I ticked everything (no firewall) (after testing, I did put the firewall back). In webmin, I also have this rule: Accept If protocol is TCP and source port is 4660:4666 but I still cannot connect to any server. Please advise. I am a complete newbie as far as firewalls are concerned and I fail to see how the mcc firewall and the webmin firewall interact. One look so simple (just untick all the boxes in mcc) while the other looks so complex for a newbie. What if both are setup? Which one takes precedence? Will they conflict? How can one test the firewall? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/FireWall This is a bit empty right now and I'd like to put some things in it. Alternatively, you can reply directly by posting there. Thank you for providing some pointers. Anguo -- When I see any Web site claim to be only readable using particular hardware or software, I cringe--they are pining for the bad old days when each piece of information needed a different program to access it. -- Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Gaming edition.
There used to be a gaming edition for Mandrake 8.1. Do you know if Mandrake has abandonned the idea of doing it again? Who bought the gaming edition at that time? What was there inside that we cannot have in some other way? thanks, Anguo -- Couldn't think of a sig, so think of something funny and pretend I said it. (by http://slashdot.org/~sprouty76) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing monitor
Hello, I currently use an old 14' CRT monitor and I'd like to change to a new 15' or 17' LCD monitor. I can find information on configuration, but what do I do when I want to switch from one monitor to the other? Do I turn off the computer, make the switch and Mandrake will notice the new monitor at boot and configure it (the checking for new hardware is on at boot). Or should I boot in console mode, without X and configure the new monitor from the console. Can you provide some pointers to the general procedure to follow is such a situation. Thanks, Anguo -- Quote of the day: Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom. But sharing data is the first step toward community. IBM advertising about Linux Read more: http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/lp/prodigy.html http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=164838 http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=38634 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1821217 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Do you have a 17' LCD monitor (or 15' one)?
Hello, Do any of you use a 17' LCD monitor? Which one? If not, do you have a 15' one? Which one? Have you been able to configure a nVIDIA graphic card with it? Which one? Linux support for the latest technologies and most recent hardware tend to be lacking. My brother has not been able to install the nVIDIA drivers to go with his 17' inch LCD monitor, so, as a complete newbie, he had to give up the powerpack to install with the free download edition. He told me that there is not option for 17'monitors during installation, so he couldn't select his monitor. I'd like to change my 14' CRT monitor for a 17' LCD one, but I'd like to see if anyone had any luck with them before I buy one. (My brother's setup: monitor: Nec Multisync LCD 1760nx card: nVIDIA GeForce 4 MX440) Thanks, anguo -- In the news: Microsoft memo: Linux fight backfiring The software giant's efforts to mock open-source software such as Linux have worked against the company Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2125524,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Loosing Chinese users?
This was posted by jeff at MandrakeClub. Does anyone knows more about it??? If this is the last one before 9.2 final, I am sure Mandrake will lose most users from Taiwan and Hong Kong. They will switch to RedHat for much better Chinese support. 9.2rc1 and rc2 are not able to show Traditional Chinese at all because only Simplied Chinese fonts are installed. I have already filed this issue in Bugzilla and I hope there is another release candidate to fix this. About 2 years ago, Mandrake was much better in Chinese support in comparison with other distributions. However, RedHat have surpassed Mandrake in Chinese support nowadays that has made many Traditional Chinese user switch to RedHat. Less and less people have took part in forum on Mandrake. The prospect of Mandrake among Chinese Linux market may be not optimistic. -- In the news: UK Government backs open source Open-source software will help avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products and technologies says the government, in its long-awaited policy document Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2119628,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Loosing Chinese users?
I had a look at bugzilla: this and similar bugs have been reported and hopefully someone is working on it... -- In the news: Display Works Inc. Interview: A company explains how and why they have used kDE on their office desktops for over a year. We evaluated a number of desktops and came to the conclusion that KDE was our best candidate. The real test came when we rolled it out and watched our untrained users. That was really cool. Read more: http://enterprise.kde.org/interviews/displayworks/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Loosing Chinese users?
The English version of Red Flag sucked--we're even. ;-) Miark Even with whom FYI, Red Flag is a communist chinese distribution. The commies use simplified chinese, which I read work well in 9.2rc2. So you may have got an broken-English Red Flag from them, but they get a good simplified chinese Mandrake. If you read better the original post, you'd know that what's lacking is traditional chinese used in HK and in the other China, the free and democratic one (republic of china) in Taiwan. Maybe you belong to the group of people who believe that there is only one china instead of two and that maoist-communism = free-market-democracy. I sometimes wish I had the know-how to do my own distro. I may have to learn anyway, if I want to make sure I get what I need. The local taiwanese distro is not up to speed. I am not even sure it still exists (Linux?). Anguo -- Definition: SCOurce code: invisible, yet high value code that does not exist in any physical form. Beyond quantum code. by EmbeddedJanitor http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=67171cid=6166537 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] advertising in Mandrake?
Being a club member is pretty pointless... we have to read slashdot or newsforge to get to know the latest news about Mandrake. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/12/1315224 http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/12/157237.shtml?tid=3 http://www1.mandrakelinux.com/en/mdkads.php3 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising Advertising during installation, in screensaver and in browser bookmarks: the idea is certainly a necessary one, maybe even a good one, but as far as I am concern, it's already a public relation failure, only the latest one is a series of such mistakes (like that of failing to officially state that the removal of the Republic of China's flag was not -?- due to Communist China's pressure on them -?-.) Any comment on the new (or rather old but augmented) policy? They removed the pricing from their page, but it got copied on /. /.ers have written both positive and negative feedback... what do you girls (and guys) think? Augustin -- In the news: What Gates' attacks on the GPL really mean Bill Gates has recently been intensifying his attacks on the GNU Public Licence. At the invitation of ZDNet UK, Richard Stallman defends his philosophy and extracts the underlying message in Gates' latest polemic Read more: http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2117582,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Slashdot fix for Dildo browsing
Please define Dildo browsing. anguo -- In the news: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability Linux, once viewed as an operating system that only computer geeks could appreciate, is today a much more user-friendly software that companies, public administrations and consumers can master almost as easily as Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP. Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,83708,00.html?nas=AM-83708 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/04/2319204 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
karma (Re: [newbie] Zynot
On ¬P´Á¥| 04 ¤E¤ë 2003 00:58, Anarky wrote: Anguo wrote: Hello Anarky, (hmmm, I see that your Karma is rather how to put it ... neutral...) don't understand what u mean by the karma part :P (I guess you're not a real /.er then. ;-) If you're logged in Slashdot, loot at the top-right corner. http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm700 -- In the news: Stallman takes Gates to task over GPL attacks Microsoft's chairman recently equated the GPL licence with anti-capitalism, urging developing nations to shun it; now the GPL founder, Richard Stallman, has hit back Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109446,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
fonts Re: karma (Re: [newbie] Zynot
PS : I see your posts really ugly ... with huge fonts ... could you maybe switch to text only ... it's pretty much ureadable (huge letters, tilted ...) I use kmail so I can't use anything else but text only. User-Agent: KMail/1.5 So I guess the problem comes from your settings. Check if the settings are the same for all the encodings and charsets. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Anguo -- UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] supported Hardware list
I am looking for the published list of supported hardware, but I cannot access anything from here: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 In case anyone knows, I am specifically looking information on the LCD monitor Nec Multisync LCD 1760nx with a nVIDIA GeForce 4 MX graphic card. The nvidia drivers shipped with the powerpack completely messed X whilst an install from the free CDs (without the nvidia drivers) went fine. Thanks, Anguo -- In the news: Stallman: Software patents victimise developers Software patents are victimising developers with a system which is making it increasingly difficult to write programs, according to free software guru Richard Stallman Read more: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107481,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Blank Screen
On ¬P´Á¤» 30 ¤K¤ë 2003 00:19, Sendak, John wrote: I am running Mandrake 9.1. I left my machine on with Mandrake doing nothing. I came back after about 30 minutes to find that the screen was totally blank. Moving the mouse had no effect. Hello John, It may have been the screen saver, though it doesn't seem to be properly configured. Moving the mouse would not have been enough to awaken your system (?). Try pressing a key on the keyboard next time. Anguo -- Quote of the day: about Microsoft License and Open Source alternatives: What the country doesn't need is to be tied into a profit-maximising licensing system, and the way to combat that is to get government to break out of the paradigm. Australian MP Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Read more: http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6788724%255E15306,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound Problems in MDK 9.1
On 07 2003 03:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 06 June 2003 01:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning I updated my 9.0 to 9.1 without a hitch except for sound - there isn't any. The system is recognizing my sound card OK and I've checked all of the sound settings that I can find, but no joy! This exact same thing happened when I updated my laptop to 9.1 and, mysteriously, it just started working one day without warning! Any hints about where to look to get the sound going again? Rich Try draksound Have a look at the trouble shooting section. check aumix -q. If sound set to 0, then run aumix to higher volume... yours, Anguo -- In the news: Linux in the Professional Recording Studio Steve Cook, a DesktopLinux.com reader, relates his experience setting up Linux in the professional recording studio -- including a switch to the Ogg Vorbis audio format. Increased productivity, greater stability, tighter security, lower costs, and a higher quality finished product are all reasons this station switched without missing a beat . . . Read more: http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5847717353.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
gpart Re: Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition
Hmmm... gpart sounds promissing... I'll definitively have a look at it. Thanks a lot HarM. Blessings, Anguo On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 12:49 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: I just stumbled across a tool that might be of some help, it's called gpart. I messed up my mbr partition table (please don't ask) and needed to get my partitions reread. It works fine booting into a busybox shell with a floppy (or CD) and then running gpart from another floppy on which the binary has been copied. i.e. on the cml in the running busybox (after checking dmesg if your drive is seen at all): mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cd /mnt/floppy ./gpart /dev/hda (or whatever your disk is) and away it goes guessing the partitions and the filesystems they contained including size et all:o) Very nifty, indeed! A lifesaver:o) You can get it here: http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart Good hunting, HarM -- - Do you know the four basic nutrition groups? - Errr... Hamburger, soda, French fries and dessert? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:30 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: Probly the easiest way is to go to Applications | Monitoring and choose KDiskFree. It lists all your partitions, Type (files system), Size, and Usage. If you've got removable media inserted and supermount enabled, it'll also display those. Thanks Tom, Thanks for replying too. In case you missed it, here is the reply I sent to Stephen. Blessings, Anguo Sorry, My question was not complete. I need more something like a diagnostic tool. The partition table has been messed up with (in particular the FS type)... :-( So I need to figure out, not what the partition table, but what the FS was when the partition was created and used. Also, following some crashes and unfortunate recovery attempts, three secondary ext2 partitions have merged into one bigger one. I know where the first one starts and where the last one ends but not where they have merged. As a result this (big) partition will not mount either, even read only. What I really need is more info on some diagnostic and recovery tool that may be available... Thanks for replying Yours, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:15 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Just open a terminal and type fdisk -l It will list all partitions (mounted or not) and give you specific information about the partitions as well. HTH! Hello Stephen, Thanks for replying. Sorry, My question was not complete. I need more something like a diagnostic tool. The partition table has been messed up with (in particular the FS type)... :-( So I need to figure out, not what the partition table, but what the FS was when the partition was created and used. Also, following some crashes and unfortunate recovery attempts, three secondary ext2 partitions have merged into one bigger one. I know where the first one starts and where the last one ends but not where they have merged. As a result this (big) partition will not mount either, even read only. What I really need is more info on some diagnostic and recovery tool that may be available... Thanks for replying Yours, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] file system of unmounted partition
Hello, How can I determine what filesystem is used by a partition that is currently unmounted. The aim is precisely to be able to mount it and read (only) the data inside. Thanks for any help anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apache update unsuccessful
Hello, I have been made aware of the Apache server security issue. I read the following security advisory: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-039-2.php?dis=8.2 I followed the instructions, downloaded the rpm's and under root run the command: rpm -Fvh *.rpm but I got several error message (see below). I really don't know where to take things from here. I am googling the web, but so far, no clue. The funny thing is that, after having run the command once, now I only have this: [root@localhost apache.security.updade]# rpm -Fvh *.rpm 1:apache ### [100%] 2:apache-mod_perl### [100%] But Apache doesn't seem to have been upgraded: [root@localhost apache.security.updade]# httpd -v Server version: Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.23 (Mandrake Linux/4.1mdk) Server built: Jun 20 2002 09:42:23 thank you for any help you could provide. Anguo Preparing...### [100%] 1:apache-common ### [ 11%] 2:apache-manual ### [ 22%] 3:apache-modules ### [ 33%] 4:apache ### [ 44%] Shutting down httpd-perl: [ OK ] Shutting down httpd: [ OK ] Checking configuration sanity for httpd: [ OK ] Checking configuration sanity for httpd-perl: Syntax error on line 21 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so: undefined symbol: ap_escape_logitem [FAILED] Starting httpd-perl: Syntax error on line 21 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so: undefined symbol: ap_escape_logitem [FAILED] Starting httpd: [ OK ] Syntax error on line 21 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so: undefined symbol: ap_escape_logitem [FAILED] Syntax error on line 21 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so: undefined symbol: ap_escape_logitem [FAILED] 5:mod_perl-common### [ 55%] 6:apache-mod_perl### [ 66%] Shutting down httpd: [ OK ] Checking configuration sanity for httpd: [ OK ] Checking configuration sanity for httpd-perl: [ OK ] Starting httpd-perl: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ] 7:HTML-Embperl ### [ 77%] 8:apache ### [ 88%] 9:apache-mod_perl### [100%] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] single user boot: i still cannot change root password
- Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot from the CD. and at the prompt. type rescue without the prompts... it will then boot the CD install kernel and stuff and when finished you can type: chroot /mnt then change your passwords etc... Thanks ever so much... It worked perfectly this way. :-D Blessings, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] single user boot: i still cannot change root password
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] If in the future you get 'locked out' in any way. Avoid pressing that reset button. The graceful way to restart a Linux system is described here http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/82/en/ref.html/ts-system-freeze.html Secondly you will have much less risk of corrupting your drive with an unexpected reset if you use one of the journalling file systems like, Ext3, Reiserfs or XFS If your partitions are currently Ext2 you can upgrade them to Ext3 without damaging your data. derek Thanks a lot derek, I'll investigate both points before bed time, when i get back from work tonight. I have been using Linux on and off for about a year, but I still have so much to learn. Blessings, anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] single user boot: i still cannot change root password
I upgraded the security level of my mandrake 8.2 box from the lowest to the intermediate (3) level. Now I don't have access to any user, including root, because my passwords are all expired. I couldn't su to root and couldn't shutdown the box (ctr+alt+del didn't respond). I was stuck with the graphical login and had to press the reset button :-( , messing the filesystem... I googled the internet to find out how to boot as a single user and change the root password. Here is what I did. lilo linux runlevel 1 or lilo linux single didn't help. The file system is messed (du to hard reset) and I am faced with the alternative of either supplying the root password (which I don't have) for maintenance or press ctr+D to do a normal start, which brings me back to the stallemate above... (btw, is there any difference between: linux runlevel 1 , linux init 1 and linux single ?) I then tried: lilo linux init=/bin/sh rw which gave me an init prompt. I typed su and without asking for a password, I got the root prompt: [root@(none) / ]# I located the passwd command in the filesystem and tried it: # ./passwd root ./passwd: permission denied. I have the same result at the init or root prompt. I then tried to modify the /etc/passwd file to erase the root pass (as I read I could do when I googled the web). vi didn't work but I found a vim-minimum in the filesystem and used it to vi /etc/passwd but the file was read only and any attempt to write it failed. Another note that might be important: the /usr filesystem was not mounted and I didn't mount it because the filesystem got corrupted and trying to mount it would have brought plenty of error messages and I wouldn't have known what to do). So: I lost my root password (not that I forgot it but it unexpectedly got expired!) I could login and su to root as a single user but still could do anything about it! Beside getting me back my user and root password, I'd like to know if it is possible to switch back to a lower security level... I cannot manage my box at a higher level Thanks, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where's my E: drive (after reinstalling Mandrake).
I have three partitions under win98: hda1 (c:) hda9 (d:) and hda4 (e:) (if you want to know why I still have windows, you may read this: http://www.mandrakeexpert.com/index1.php?tab=paidact=viewincident=7114w=0 PHPSESSID=db1ebacda45a13eb67211228ecf142f8 ) I had to reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and since then, windows won't read hda4 (e:) I run linux/fdisk and found out that the type for hda4 was set to hidden FAT32. Still with fdisk, I t to change the type from 1b to b (FAT32), w to write the table and exited. If I reboot to linux, the changes are still there. But when I boot win98, the partition e: is still not available... When I go back to linux after having booted win98, I notice that the partition table has changed back: the type for hda4 has come back from b to 1b. I have no such problems for my c: and d: drive, hda1 and hda9. Since I reinstalled mandrake, windows seems to be willing to hide hda4 from me. It's funny because the content is visible from linux. What's the point in having a windows partition visible only from linux and not from windows itself. Does anyone have a clue? thanks, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
fdisk ??? Re: [newbie] partition not mounted at boot.
In the following HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition-Rescue/x67.html I see that the result of fdisk gives a listing of the following format: Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 523 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 153 1228941 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 154 166 104422+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb3 * 167 291 1004062+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb4 295 523 1839442+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 295 422 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 423 523 811251 6 FAT16 Mine however looks much stranger: #fdisk -l Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 216 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 217 292610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 293 2846 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 2202 2583 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 293 342401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 343 1106 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ?224061112815 1253901899 29 Unknown I can't use Linux now. Do you know where does the problem come from and how I could solve it??? I just stumbled on this: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mandrake-Linux/message/1445 for my hard drive (hda), I have the following symlinks: /dev/hda --- /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc /dev/hda1 --- /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /dev/hda2 --- /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 and so on. but i don't know if it is relevant at all... And also following a link from google, I find this quote: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/SGI/xfs/Release-1.0/RH7.1-SGI-XFS-1.0/RedHat/RP MS/devfsd-1.3.11-sgi.i386.html (DiskDrake won't like /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 instead of /dev/hda1 ...) I used diskdrake to add one partition and my problems started (not immediately) after that... The rest of the page doens't give anything helpful though... I am puzzleder and puzzleder. thanks, Anguo Below is the background information from my previous posts. Linux doesn't mount /home and other important partitions at boot. It does mount / and /usr though... It does mount win98 c:/ but not d:/ win98 can't read d:/ anymore. There seems to be a problem with my partition table... I am still investigating how I can solve the problem. I found the partition rescue mini howto which may or may not be relevant in my case. I'll look more for the answer but if anyone knows where the problem is and could give me some pointers, I'd be grateful. Would you please post the content of cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda7 /archive ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda9 /files ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda10 /mnt/windows2/ vfat umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 /redhat ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 #df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 587M 133M 424M 24% / none 125M 0 124M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 1.7G 1.5G 236M 87% /mnt/windows /dev/hda4 2.9G 4.0k 2.7G 1% /redhat /dev/hda6 5.8G 1.6G 3.9G 29% /usr #fdisk -l Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 216 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 217 292610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 293 2846 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 2202 2583 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 293 342 401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 343 1106 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ?224061112815 1253901899 29 Unknown #fdisk -l -u Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0
[newbie] partition not mounted at boot.
Linux doesn't mount /home and other important partitions at boot. It does mount / and /usr though... It doesn't mount win98 c:/ but not d:/ win98 can't read d:/ anymore. There seems to be a problem with my partition table... I am still investigating how I can solve the problem. I found the partition rescue mini howto which may or may not be relevant in my case. I'll look more for the answer but if anyone knows where the problem is and could give me some pointers, I'd be grateful. thanks, Anguo #df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 587M 133M 424M 24% / none 125M 0 124M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 1.7G 1.5G 236M 87% /mnt/windows /dev/hda4 2.9G 4.0k 2.7G 1% /redhat /dev/hda6 5.8G 1.6G 3.9G 29% /usr #fdisk -l Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 216 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 217 292610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 293 2846 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 2202 2583 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 293 342401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 343 1106 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ?224061112815 1253901899 29 Unknown #fdisk -l -u Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 *63 3470039 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3470040 4690979610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 4690980 45720989 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 35359065 41495894 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 4691043 5494229401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 5494293 17767889 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ? -695433982 1812369815 1253901899 29 Unknown Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] partition not mounted at boot.
- Original Message - ±H¥óªÌ: Ingo Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would you please post the content of cat /etc/fstab Ingo Of course: /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda7 /archive ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda9 /files ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda10 /mnt/windows2/ vfat umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 /redhat ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 -Original Message- From: Anguo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:00 AM To: Mandrake Newbie ml Subject: [newbie] partition not mounted at boot. Linux doesn't mount /home and other important partitions at boot. It does mount / and /usr though... It does mount win98 c:/ but not d:/ win98 can't read d:/ anymore. There seems to be a problem with my partition table... I am still investigating how I can solve the problem. I found the partition rescue mini howto which may or may not be relevant in my case. I'll look more for the answer but if anyone knows where the problem is and could give me some pointers, I'd be grateful. thanks, Anguo #df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 587M 133M 424M 24% / none 125M 0 124M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 1.7G 1.5G 236M 87% /mnt/windows /dev/hda4 2.9G 4.0k 2.7G 1% /redhat /dev/hda6 5.8G 1.6G 3.9G 29% /usr #fdisk -l Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 216 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 217 292610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 293 2846 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 2202 2583 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 293 342401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 343 1106 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ?224061112815 1253901899 29 Unknown #fdisk -l -u Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 *63 3470039 1734988+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3470040 4690979610470 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 4690980 45720989 20515005 5 Extended /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 35359065 41495894 3068415 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 4691043 5494229401593+ 82 Linux swap /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 5494293 17767889 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ? -695433982 1812369815 1253901899 29 Unknown 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] Accounting software for Linux
- Original Message - ±H¥óªÌ: Nelson Bartley I'm currently looking for accounting software for linux. Does anyone know of any? or any open source groups currently attempting to develop these types of products? Thanks, Nelson Gnucash must be what you're looking for. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] booting in console mode
- Original Message - ±H¥óªÌ: Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been looking in the archives for the answer to the first question below, but so far, I haven't found the solution. I am sure that the answer is simple. Do you know it? I dual boot win98 + Mandrake 8.1 Questions: 1- How can I use the boot disk to boot into the console mode rather than the graphical login? This is the first and most important question for now... does this mean that you can now enter your system? precisely not. I can't. the graphical login is a hindrance right now because it won't start any window manager and it won't allow me to reboot under console mode (there was such an option with 8.0 but apparently, it's gone under 8.1) If I can't find a way to boot into linux, the only other solution will be for me to reinstall. I could do that. It'll take only time. But I'd rather use the opportunity to learn new skills. 2- Where can I then see the logs of the booting sequences. i vaguely remember that its in a file named dmesg (somewhere in /var) and that you can display it by invoking dmesg. Thanks, I'll look at that once I can boot. does this mean that you can now enter your system? as for the chinese stuff, somebody (look for iain if im not mistaken) in the sylpheed [sylpheed.good-day.net] mailing list (he works in hongkong or somewhere near) who has written an informative guide (albeit a work in progress) about how he did configure his linux system to display chinese characters. I was hoping that I could apply it to display japanese characters but nothing so far. Chinese is 80% ok... Last time I could boot Linux, it displayed chinese quite properly (even though the font is hard to read). Chinese support has actually improved between 8.0 and 8.1. The xcin chinese input program seems at last to work properly... but it's the 20% missing that prevent me from doing any job in chinese under Linux... like when I input chinese in Kmail, it displays trash... that's why I still use Outlook Express! :-( To come back to my primary question, I'll look a bit more around and in the howtos online, but if I don't find the answer and if nobody is able to help me here, then I'll do a clean install once more. Thanks anyway, :-) Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] booting in console mode and seeing booting logs to diagnose problem
Ouch! I just saw this: http://www.linux.com/howto/LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4 You MUST make emergency boot disk from time to time and whenever you make changes to the partition. Insert a blank floppy which, of course, I didn't do... so the partition table on the boot floppy doens't correspond to the existing one. There isn't much change though.. just one more partition cut out of the empty remaining space on the hard disk... What now? - Original Message - ±H¥óªÌ: Anguo I dual boot win98 + Mandrake 8.1 Questions: 1- How can I use the boot disk to boot into the console mode rather than the graphical login? Problem: KDE or any other window manager won't start anymore. The graphic login only has two options: previous and failsafe, neither of which get anything started. There are quite a few error messages that appear during the machine booting sequence. I'd like to see what they are so that I can solve (with your precious help) whatever problem there is. I recently added a new FAT32 partition using diskdrake and then formated it under win98. I needed the new partitions so that I could install office2000. (I unfortunately still need that because of the lacking chinese support under linux - I still haven't been able to get it working properly). I think part of the problem is related to this (something about too many partitions being mounted...). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] booting in console mode and seeing booting logs to diagnose problem
Hi all! I have been looking in the archives for the answer to the first question below, but so far, I haven't found the solution. I am sure that the answer is simple. Do you know it? I dual boot win98 + Mandrake 8.1 Questions: 1- How can I use the boot disk to boot into the console mode rather than the graphical login? 2- Where can I then see the logs of the booting sequences. Problem: KDE or any other window manager won't start anymore. The graphic login only has two options: previous and failsafe, neither of which get anything started. There are quite a few error messages that appear during the machine booting sequence. I'd like to see what they are so that I can solve (with your precious help) whatever problem there is. I recently added a new FAT32 partition using diskdrake and then formated it under win98. I needed the new partitions so that I could install office2000. (I unfortunately still need that because of the lacking chinese support under linux - I still haven't been able to get it working properly). I think part of the problem is related to this (something about too many partitions being mounted...). I'll be able to provide more details about the real problem once I get the answer to the two questions above... Thanks for your help, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lm8.1 won't boot up properly after adding new partition.
Hi all! I dual boot win98 + Mandrake 8.1 Questions: What would it take to solve this problem? Would reinstalling lm8.1 be quicker and easier? The situation seems pretty bad and a search on google makes me even more confused as to what could be the solution. Problem: KDE or any other window manager won't start anymore. The graphic login only has two options: previous and failsafe, neither of which get anything started. There are quite a few error messages that appear during the machine booting sequence. I recently added a new FAT32 partition using diskdrake and then formated it under win98. I needed the new partitions so that I could install office2000. (I unfortunately still need that because of the lacking chinese support under linux - I still haven't been able to get it working properly - I am told that sylpheed will allow me to ditch outlook express... ypeee! :-D ). I think part of the problem is related to this (something about too many partitions being mounted...). Here is part of the var/boot.log Nov 22 22:55:14 localhost mount: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda10, Nov 22 22:55:14 localhost mount:or too many mounted file systems Nov 22 22:55:14 localhost netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed ***hda10 is the partition I recently added... Nov 22 22:54:52 localhost loadkeys: findkeymap: No such file or directory Nov 22 22:54:52 localhost loadkeys: cannot open file compose.latin1.inc Nov 22 22:54:52 localhost keytable: Loading compose keys: compose.latin1.inc failed Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: ^ILANGUAGE = (unset), Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: ^ILC_ALL = (unset), Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: ^ILANG = en Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: are supported and installed on your system. Nov 22 22:54:55 localhost fndSession: perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C). Nov 22 22:54:56 localhost fndSession: Can't locate loadable object for module File::Glob in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/chksession line 73 Nov 22 22:54:56 localhost fndSession: Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/chksession line 73. Nov 22 22:54:56 localhost fndSession: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/chksession line 73. ***the part about local settings being unset puzzles me because I didn't touch anything about that since install (a part from the user settings in home/user/) Nov 22 22:54:56 localhost mandrake_everytime: Building Window Manager Sessions failed Nov 22 22:54:58 localhost bastille-firewall: Setting up general rules... Nov 22 22:54:58 localhost bastille-firewall: iptables v1.2.2: Nov 22 22:54:58 localhost bastille-firewall: invalid TCP port/service `linuxconf' specified Nov 22 22:54:58 localhost bastille-firewall: Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. Nov 22 22:54:58 localhost bastille-firewall: done. Nov 22 22:55:21 localhost net_cnx_up: SIOCDELRT: No such process Nov 22 22:55:21 localhost net_cnx_up: . Nov 22 22:55:27 localhost last message repeated 3 times Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: Starting Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: ^ILANGUAGE = (unset), Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: ^ILC_ALL = (unset), Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: ^ILANG = en Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: are supported and installed on your system. Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C). Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: Can't locate loadable object for module Sys::Hostname in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 8 Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 8. Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost start: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 8. Nov 22 22:55:30 localhost webmin: Starting Webmin failed Can anyone make any sense out of it and point to a solution... or I'd be better to reinstall... Thanks for your help, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] booting in console mode and seeing booting logs to diagnose problem
Hi all! Idual boot win98 + Mandrake 8.1 Questions: 1- How can I use the boot disk to boot into the console mode rather than the graphical login? 2- Where can I then see the logs of the booting sequences. Problem: KDE or any other window manager won't start anymore. The graphic login only has two options: previous and failsafe, neither of which get anythingstarted. There are quite a few error messages that appear during the machine booting sequence. I'd like to see what they are so that I can solve (with your precious help) whatever problem there is. I recently added a new FAT32 partition using diskdrake and then formated it under win98. I needed the new partitions so that I could install office2000. (I unfortunately still need that because of the lacking chinese support under linux - I still haven't been able to get it working properly). I think part of the problem is related to this (something about too manypartitions being mounted...). I'll be able to provide more details about the real problem onceI get the answer to the two questions above... Thanks for your help, Anguo
[newbie] dual linux distro boot.
I wonder: has anyone ever installed two or more different linux distro on a single hard drive and set lilo to dual/triple/whatever boot? You don't need to tell me how to do it just yet: I have some documentation here that I am gonna read first. Actually the only doc I have is an article by a Simon N goodwin without any web references. A search on google about multilinux or several linux distro installed on the same box didn't give any result. No how-to, no nothing. Just this printed article. The only documentation is about dos + linux dual boot or Windrowse + linux dual boot but not linux + linux dual boot (in my case that would be mandrake as primary OS plus one or both of the two local distro: CLE or Linpus). I will read the win+linux dual boot doc anyway: I guess that most of the info is relevant all the same. I wish to be able the compare different distro at the same time, especially since I don't seem to be able (yet) to properly configure Mandrake so that it does what I want it to do with Chinese. I was thinking that either CLE or Linpus would have better chinese support all around. I will read my doc carfully and plan for success. Meanwhile I was curious about whether anyone else on the list has attempted that before. Did the installation go smoothly? How, in practical terms, do you use this setup for? How do the different distro interact together? Do you need one /home/user/ for each distro, or can you use the same for all? Thanks for any feedback (thanks anyway, even if there isn't any feedback :-D ) Blessings, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hello and Keyboard Map
[EMAIL PROTECTED] banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Hello to everybody in the list, Welcome to Linux and to Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. - 1) there is no mapping for the Italian or QZERTY keyboard, the one - you have to press shift to write the numbers, the only choices are: ... - Is there anyway to build the mapping or, better, to install the - Italian mapping ? You didn't say if you use KDE or Gnome. I assume you are using KDE. Go to the KDE Control Center (click on the icon of a screen with a green coat on) Go to Personalizationkeyboard layout and choose your primary keyboard (Italian). You can choose another layout (french, british or whatever) so that you can easily can switch from one to the other. - 2) there must be a conflict between the Mac and the Mandrake - clock, one of the two is running two hours in advance, no - possibilities to set them at the same time; any ideas ? go to the Mandrake Control center (KConfigurationotherMandrake Control Center) - enter root password which is system date and time - Thank you De rien. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
man man (Re: [newbie] tar.bz2 -- thanks!
Robert MacLean banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - what does the -k on man do? - normally i use just man topic see man man and man apropos anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness
Hi Isaac, Goddess this thread is interesting and thought provoking! I am not here to make any jugment, either way. I just wanted to drop a line to tell you that I support you: do whatever you want if you feel that's the right thing to do, never mind what other people say. There are as many moral codes as there are people on this planet. It's good that you know what is good for you. Blessings, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to do a kmail filter
civileme banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - - - Menubar at the top of KMail+Settings=Configure Filters=New= Drop-down From = - Drop-down contains= (Fill in the blank) Example : civileme = Filter Actions= - Drop-down move to folder = Drop-down urgent read = Apply - - - OK now you don't have to email me asking how to do a KMail filter. - Civileme The person you will email you to ask you that has not subscribed yet: he will join only tomorrow. He won't see this email and he will ask you anyway grin :-D Hey guys: Don't forget to include the following file in your backup: /home/user/.kde/share/config/kmailrc It contains the aforementioned filter configuration. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] is this a viri? (made in Taiwan)
etharp banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - I got this mail (this is just the header and part of the symbols, I don't - want to infect anyone ) and was wondering if it's a viri, or just in some - language I don't have font's installed for? Hehe :-) No it's not a virus... or rather a virus of a peculiar kind which is commonly called spam... The symbols you saw are chinese characters encoded in Big5. You could view them if you have chinese traditional fonts installed, under big5 encoding. You are right, the last line are phone numbers, the first one for someone in Taipei, Republic of China, and the second one is a mobile phone number. I am afraid that my countrymen are very good at sending spam to everyone... :-( Rest in peace: your computer won't explode or anything. Anguo - ±z¦n¡A§Ú̼x¯¸ªø - ¡@¢w¡@3¸U³Ð·~¡A°e±zºô¯¸¡A¥ß¨è¶}·~¡@¢w¡@ - - ¡@¸gÀ礤·~ÁZ10¸U¥H¤W¤§¡]©Ð«Î¯²°â ¨D¤~¨D¾¡^ºô¯¸ - - ¡@adhot ¥[·ù¹q¸Ü (2) 2911-0103¡@¡@ȯZ¾÷¡@O925-774-515¡@ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Not prompted for other cd's during installation
I had the same problem as you. On a pentium 120mhz 32mb ram, the install didn't ask for the second cd. I did run mandrake but many applications were missing and software manager wouldn't run on such low resources. On a duron 750mhz 256mb ram, I had no such problem. I guess there's no way around it. Just install manually what you need on your old box. Anguo [EMAIL PROTECTED] banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - I'm reinstalling 7.2 on a pretty old box (Eve - 266 MHz PII, 32MB Ram, junker - Everex Monitor, etc) and I am not getting asked whether or not I have the other - cds (I have the boxed version with 7 cds). I started an install on the - computer right beside it (Speedy Gonzalez - 866MHz PIII, 256 MB Ram, etc) and - I got prompted about the other cds right off without any trouble. So my - problem is I can't install all the packages and software I want and need - because it doesn't ask me for the other cds that are ready and waiting to be - used. Two points of note: - - 1. It did the same thing the first time I installed it (on Eve, Speedy was - and has always been fine), I just want to take advantage of this reinstall to - get it right. (original install was a week or so ago, for what it's worth) - - and 2. I get warned about being low on system resources at the beginning of - the install, but I completed it with the graphical installation when I - originally installed the system, even tested X a few times without ever - hanging. I can go through a text install but I don't get prompted for it there - either. - - Any ideas? - - Regards, - Isaac - - - - We are convinced that freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, - and that socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality. - - - Mikhail Bakunin (www.infoshop.org/faq) - - Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no quiero mas email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - por favor no enviarme mas email - No problem. Which version do you use? What is your hardware configuration? Did you install RTFM.1.01.mdk8.0.tar.gz? Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 i686 edition: what's in it?
Michael D. Viron banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Is there such a thing as a Linux Mandrake 8.1 i586 edition? - - Anguo, - - By default, Mandrake's distributions are built for i586--the 'i586 edition' - would be extraneous. - - Michael I guess you meant to write: By default, Mandrake's distributions are built for i586; the 'i686 edition' would be extraneous. Since Bill helped me to acertain that my Duron CPU is a i686, and since I am running the default Mandrake 8.0 version for i586, (and since 8.1 would allow me to print chinese, which is not possible with 8.0), I guess I should be looking forward to upgrade to the Mandrake 8.1 i686 edition. But what's the difference? Does this mean that my current distro doesn't use the full capacity of my cpu? Would the system run faster/better with the i686 edition? thanks Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 i686 edition: what's in it?
Sridhar Dhanapalan banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - AMD Athlons and Durons have their own architecture (and even their own - compilation options in gcc), but are also compatible with i686. The AMD K6 - series is Pentium-class, and so is 1586 compatible. - Usually the speed boost isn't large enough to make a real difference. That - doesn't stop me from compiling all my packages for i686, though :-) Thanks Sridhar! :-) Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Big5 or Mandrake in the land of Formosa.
Hi Frank! Frank Chen banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - I know xcin is an input method, and I don't know whether I am using it or - not. - When I open KEdit, I can press Ctrl + Space to change mode to enter - Chinese characters. The size of its list is fine to recognize. And you can - change - KEdit's setting about the charset and the font size to display. yes xcin is the input method you use when you press ctrl+space. It is not the size in kedit that bother me but the size in the little box when I input chinese. I have a 14'' monitor and it really looks small and I haven't yet found a way to increase the font size. It's not yet at the top of my priority list though, so I'll see later about that. - I don't know xcin well, so I don't know whether it supports Unicode or not. - However, from my sense, there is no Unicode character's input method yet. no xcin doesn't support unicode. RedHat uses CLE but I'm not sure about CLE. I think I'll make my computer a dual boot with mandrake and Redhat chinese edition so I'll be able to compare the two as far as chinese/unicode support is concerned... but that isn't at the top of my priority list either... ;-) - In fact, I am struggling with printing Chinese documents under Mandrake 8.0. - I am trying to ask CLE team and people regarding ZH-L10N. - If 8.1 solves this problem, I'll give it a try when I get it. Yes, you might want to wait another two months for the new release or, if you are in a hurry, install the new ghostcript on your current distro. (ask Civileme about what exactly to install). - I want to use Mandrake Linux as the desktop OS. I hope I can consider and - operate - it this way. Not many people in taiwan seem to be using linux as a desktop os. Most linux users here use linux as a server os. Well, there are at least two of us ;-) Be well, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] booting windoze
Hi Terry, I notice you email in my pile of unread messages... I see that no one seem to have replied at all... Were you able to solve the problem? I am afraid that I am not competent enough to be able to help you, but don't hesitate to post again your question should you still have problems (you know, the list is busy and it's easy to overlook any message). I hope all is well with you, Anguo Terry C banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - I sent this yesterday but did not see it appear in my - newbie list mail, so here it is again. - - Because of reasons of my own making I had to do a - fresh install of mandrake 8.0. I set up Grub to make - Linux my default OS. When I attempted to boot into - windows, the bootup made it to chainloader +1 and - wouldn't progress beyond that point. I tried using - LILO, it made it to Loading Windows and wouldn't - progress any further. - I am using an ABIT KT7A Raid MB with an IBM hard - drive plugged into ide2. Windows partition is hde1, - and - Linux root partition is hde5. Here is the Grub - menu.lst entry: - - timeout 5 - color black/cyan yellow/cyan - i18n (hd0,4)/boot/grub/messages - keytable (hd0,4)/boot/us.klt - altconfigfile (hd0,4)/boot/grub/menu.once - default 0 - - title linux - kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde5 - hda=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy quiet vga=788 - initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img - - title linux-nonfb - kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde5 - hda=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy - initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img - - title failsafe - kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde5 - hda=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy failsafeinitrd - (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img - - title windows - root (hd0,0) - makeactive - chainloader +1 - - title floppy - root (fd0) - chainloader +1 - - Here's the windows entry from lilo.conf: - - other=/dev/hde1 - label=windows - table=/dev/hde - - What's wrong? - Thanks for the help. - - TC - - - - __ - Do You Yahoo!? - Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger - http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ - - Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] software manager hangs
Hi Mike, Has anyone been able to help you? I am not very familiar with rpm... I have been avoiding to install manually... So I hope someone will be able to give you some advice. As far as software manager is concerned, I had very similar problems... worse actually. This program seems to be a hog and resources hungry because it has to load a bid database so that it can opperate. I first installed mandrake on a pentium 120mhz with 32mb ram... and kde was not so happy about it. Software manager hanged up at the very start, while drawing the first screen. Your 64mb ram do not seem to be much. If I were you, I'd seriously consider upgrading to 128mb ram, possibly 256mb. I now run mandrake on a duron 750mhz with 256mb ram and I am happy! :-D you say you use lnx4win to run mandrake. Does this mean that your mandrake/linux runs under windows??? I believe you loose all benefit of having linux if that's true. Dual boot with linux and windows each having their own partition would be much better. Anyway, go for more memory: windows and kde are very hungry for resources. Either that or run another xwindows gui build for low end computers. hope that helps, Anguo Michael Koundouros banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Hi folks, - - I am using mandrake 8.0. I installed it using lnx4win on a celeron 300mhz - laptop with 64mb ram. I have been having trouble with the software manager - as it hangs most of the time. what normally happens is when I start it, it - says that its scanning Cd1. It usually (not always though) hangs when it - reaches 99%. Every now and then it manages to load properly and subsequently - works well. Does anyone know what the problem is? - - - I really want to know how to install programs. lately I have been using the - rpm -i command in a shell since I have been having the software manager - problem mentioned above. the problem arises with all the program - dependencies. - - How do I install a program WITHOUT having to find all the dependencies and - their dependencies and so on. For example I tried to install the latest - version of koffice. I got an error saying that libmng.so.0 was missing. so I - went and downloaded an rpm that contained it. I tried to install it but I - got an error saying it conflicts with libmng1-1.0.0-2mdk. I don't want to - uninstall libmng1-1.0.0-2mdk because several program depend on it so what do - I do??? Please help as I really like Linux but find it really hard to - install programs. - - regards - mike - - Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kmail filter question
Jim Kempton banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Anyone suggest how to filter any incoming mail containing HTML and forward it straight to trash? -- it would be easier to set up kmail to display mail as plain text only, regardless of the source. You can then create a keyboard shorcut (like h) so that, should you need to, you can view a specific email as html. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Big5 or Mandrake in the land of Formosa.
Frank Chen banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | That may be caused from my choosing a font to display my letter, and the | encoding is big5! | Frank Hi Frank! nice to see that there is someone else from the Republic of China on this list using Mandrake (8.0?). Do you use xcin? I don't find it user friendly and the input box is too small so I don't see the characters that I am typing. As a result I avoid typing in chinese... I am getting lazy. Do you know if there is a way to use Unicode instead of big5...? I need unicode badly but xcin doesn't support it. Also, can you print anything in chinese with mandrake 8.0? I can't but Civileme told me that it wouldn't be a problem with 8.1. Do you still use Micrappysoft? I don't anymore. I don't even have it. I use linux mandrake for everything and nothing else for the rest... Do you use mandrake as a web server only? I live in Taichung. Nice to meet you, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Greenspun Re: [newbie] Mandrake going public......... not really off topic :-)
John Rigby banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | A mandatory tale to research is that of a nice fellow and near genius | in his own field, who started a very strange free-world org called | ARSGRATIA - a lovely thing. | THEY ATE HIM. | http://philip.greenspun.com I am a fan of greenspun... Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing is absolutely a much read for webmasters: http://www.arsdigita.com/books/panda/ but I didn't find anything about arsgratia (I know about Ars Digita though) http://philip.greenspun.com/search/search?sections=static_pagesquery_string=arsgratia Could you precise what you meant in the above? thanks Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Changing permissions on mount umount commands
Lanman banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | Is there a simple way to change permissions on mount and umount ? | I would prefer to have the ability to use device icons for my zip, cdrom, | and floppy drive, from the desktop, and logged on as a normal user. Will | chmod do it, or do I have to complicate matters? Is sudo another option | for this? | Lanman Following the links recently provided by Sridhar on this list, I learned more about sudo and used it for the first time today (wrote a little bash file with it). I think sudo would be applicable for you in this situation. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail URL's
R C banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - I currently use Kmail and the Konqueror Browser. I've noticed that when - someone sends an email with a URL in the message body, it's highlighted - as though I could just click on it and go to that site. But, it doesn't! - I know it's not a browser and only a email client! - - Is there anyway to link these two programs together so I can click on a - URL in Kmail and have the web site pop up in Konquerer? I use lm8.0 and kmail 1.2 and konqueror 2.1.1 too... URLs in kmail are indeed highlighted and I can click on them and the linked web page will start in konqueror. Why doesn't it work for you? Have a look at all the setup options, maybe you'll find something there... Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot Information
R C banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Checking Root Filesystem /dev hda#, Has Reached Maximal Mount Count, Check - Forced - - What is is line telling me? - - Roger I think it means that the system was not properly unmounted, as when you do a hard shutdown (swith off the computer when linux is running). Make sure that you turn off the box properly, shutting linux first. The message shouldn't appear. If it's not that, then I don't know what it is. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
sudo timeout? (Re: [newbie] Changing permissions on mount umount commands
Lanman banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Thanks for the suggestion, Anguo, but sudo only allows a non-root user to - access a command for about 5 minutes, and I'd like to make this a permanent - change. I don't want to have to revalidate every time I want to mount or - unmount. If that's the case, it's just as easy tosu to root, and run the - mount/umount commands instead. - - Lanman Well, you have received many good advices from people who obviously know much more than me. As I said I just learned to use sudo and I certainly don't know all the functions and uses of that command. However you say that sudo only allows a non-root user to access a command for about 5 minutes. The way I have set up some commands with sudo, the changes are permanent. Usually adsl-start and adsl-stop must be run from root but I have set it up so that our home users can all do it. I wrote a bash script that includes sudo adsl-start and sudo adsl-stop and the commands still work the next day. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] It really is that good.
full article here: http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7144,00.html?tag=81sb=79 The final verdict? For the longest time, RedHat 6.0 was my favourite Linux distribution. It wasn't the first one I'd used, but it was the best. I've run innumerable other distributions since then, but none compared to good old RedHat 6.0. Mandrake 7.2, while great, still didn't quite measure up. RedHat 6.0 has been replaced. I've been hammering Mandrake 8.0 for two weeks now and love it. I've had no problems other than the accompanying kernel source not compiling. That's it. Mandrake 8.0 is as close to a flawless Linux distribution as you can get, and I would highly recommend to anyone. Mandrake 8.0, as far as I'm concerned, is now the benchmark against which other distributions will be measured. It really is that good. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 i686 edition (poll)
Would you be interested in a Linux Mandrake 8.1 i686 edition? http://pclinuxonline.com/pollBooth.php?op=resultspollID=30 See poll results. I have a duron 750mhz. does this count as a i686? Is there such a thing as a Linux Mandrake 8.1 i586 edition? Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Disappearing 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: - Messing around in Linux on Mandrake 8 with GNOME and SAWFISH in the - Mandrake Control Centre sees me almost all the time being unable to see - the 'OK' and other buttons at the bottom of the configurator. I am - running 800x600 on a 17 monitor and have maximized the display to the - left, right, top and bottom. Even though I have done this I am still - 'missing' the 'OK' and other buttons. - - It is as though the bottom of the screen is cutting off the bottom of - the configuration panel even if the configuration Window is maximized. - - What have I possibly forgotten about? - press ALT and right left click with your mouse to move your window up until you can see the buttons. Anguo - - Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] find in subdirectories
a very simple question from a very newbie. How do I get the command find to search all the subdirectories. I had a look at man find but to no avail. I tried many different options including find -depth find -mindepth -maxdepth but I still can't get find to find anything beyond the current directory. This didn't help me either: http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-04/newbies_02.html Following the example: find / -name access_log I typed: $ find /usr -name *adsl* But I got: find: paths must precede expression Usage: find [path...] [expression] So: what would be the proper syntax? Thanks a lot, Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] find in subdirectories
Jose M. Sanchez banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | Ahem... Are you running 8.0??? err yes... fortunately the GUI version in file manager works... so i'll use that until I figure out what I am doing wrong. thanks. Anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] find in subdirectories
d banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | I found the command 'updatedb', when finished use ' locate [name of file | wanted] ' '|more' (if needed due to an extremely long list). HTH! Thanks a lot. I did updatedb under root and then the command worked. :-) Anguo | I typed: | $ find /usr -name *adsl* | But I got: | find: paths must precede expression | Usage: find [path...] [expression] | | So: what would be the proper syntax? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java(Once More)
First I am glad that more knowledgable people like Michael and Sridhar have come forward to help too. Marcia, I am sorry to learn that Java still isn't working. ¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 13 ¬P´Á¤ 08:04¡AMarcia Waller ¼g¹D: Dear All, My java experience keeps getting worse. Now, when I check for version it says java no such command. you have to run the commands: which java java -version from your home user, not root (why? I don't know). Compare what I get: [root@localhost anguo]# java -version bash: java: command not found [anguo@localhost anguo]$ java -version java version 1.3.0 Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build Blackdown-1.3.0-FCS) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build Blackdown-1.3.0-FCS, mixed mode) I have java jre1.3.1 in /usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java. I see it there when I check from console but I cannot get it recognized or plugged in. I went to the installation and running instructions and setup the export path as instructed but nothing is working so far. Should I just uninstall and start over? I see the jre1.3.1 in my /usr file with all of the other files that are supposed to be there. I am totally perplexed. One thing you didn't mention is: did you uninstall your old version of Java as Sridhar suggested? It would help if you could keep a log of everything you're doing so that we (well, they, the more advanced people) have a clue of what's going on. To make sure, did you: 1- uninstall the old java 2- make sure the new is properly installed. (question to my 'linux-elders': how would one make sure that something is properly installed? ) 3- set path according to one or the other method given (which one did you do?) 4- how is you konqueror browser set? (maybe an improper setting may conflict with the java path given. 5- make sure also to keep all the details in your latest email. At most two or three people have been paying attention to this thread since the beginning. This way others may jump in and provide you with the key to solving your problem. You all have offered great suggestions however for some reason nothing has worked. I know this can be resolved somehow. Again I have LM8 which was running the installed jre1.3.1 just fine for awhile then stopped working mysteriously. Are you sure your system was running the jre1.3.1 version and not 1.0.6 Java Version 1.1 you mentionned before? Also, everytime I startup Konqueror I get an error message box that says KDE module error at the top and says cannot find nsplugin.desktop. Does anyone know what this means? your Konqueror seems to be set to use netscape's plugins. Maybe it shouldn't (it doesn't on my box). Let it grab java directly where it is Thanks so much for you help. You're welcome. I am not sure I am helping much, but I'm trying hard to ask the questions that will help others to figure out what the problem really is. Remember that I am a three weeks old linux user. I just happened to have installed java by myself last week. I got some help when I needed some. It's my pleasure to try to provide help too, as and when I can. That's the linux community aspect that I like the most! Anguo
Re: [newbie] Java(Once More) opens in same window.
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 13 ¬P´Á¤ 13:49¡ASridhar Dhanapalan ¼g¹D: Now when you try a site that has a Java applet, Java should load in a separate window. well, for me the chat java applet that I used (like in the chat rooms from the yahoogroup lists) open imbeded in the same konqueror window, like it used to do on my old box with netscape under windows. (using LM8.0, KDE and Konqueror). ??? Anguo
Re: [newbie] Java (again)
Marcia, Try one more thing and if it doesn't work, we'll have to ask more advanced people for help. In the console, type 'which java'. - $ which java /usr/local/j2re1.3.0/bin/java - Thanks for the instructions. I went into the file as root and did what you described Exactly? Can you confirm that you did change the path to fit yours? According to the which java command above, my path is: PATH=/usr/local/j2re1.3.0/bin:$PATH Did you set up yours according to your path (which would be different since you have another version of java). except I did not know exactly where my entry should go. I put it under the other Path entry. Yes, this question got me puzzled too. I believe anywhere is fine, on a separate line. I put my command more towards the top g. It is there now, but nothing has changed yet. I am perplexed that this does not work now after working before. Thanks for the help. I am a newbie like you. I found the information I needed by reading docs in the blackdown site, especially the following faq: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/support/faq-release/FAQ-java-linux.html i downloaded the j2re1.3.0 version for the following reason (as I said, I played it safe, not knowing what I was dealing with, and it works for me on konqueror): - May 04 2001 JavaWorld has selected our Blackdown 1.3 JVM for Linux as a finalist in the Best Java Virtual Machine category of its Editors' Choice Awards. I then downloaded : j2re-1.3.0-FCS-linux-i386.tar.bz2 from one of their mirror sites. http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html If that doesn't help either, we'll have to ask other people. Please do ask again, providing as much information you can (even irrelevant, it doesn't hurt grin) what is the cpu? which file did you download/install? from where? what is the version of your kernel? Type the following in the console: java -version blessings and best of luck, Anguo ¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 12 ¬P´Á¥| 05:38¡AMarcia Waller ¼g¹D: How did you configure it? I first tried to use the GUI Konqueror configuration tool, where you can put in the path to your java file, but it didn't work for me. I then did it manually, using the console and it worked. 1- open a console 2- su to root 3- cd to /etc/ in it you have a file named 'profile'. that's where you have to add the path to java. 4- here a very basic knowledge of vi is very handy. vi profile type 'a' to insert the following line (modify it according to your path and version) PATH=/usr/local/j2re1.3.0/bin:$PATH type esc to go back to command mode. type ':x' to save and exit. 5- you can type 'cat profile' to check that it's ok. restart xwindows. the above worked for me. Dear Anguo, Thanks for the instructions. I went into the file as root and did what you described except I did not know exactly where my entry should go. I put it under the other Path entry. It is there now, but nothing has changed yet. I am perplexed that this does not work now after working before. Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Glossary of linux-unix terms
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 7 ¬P´Á¤» 00:35¡AEdelmiro Guerra ¼g¹D: I'am a very newbie in linux. I will appreciate to advice me about a site in internet where to find a good glosary related with Linux-Unix terms (spanish english). I feel lost with some words or terms when I read how-to's and other info. Hi Edelmiro! I just saw your message. Did anyone reply to you yet? I am sorry: I don't know of any glossary that could be useful to you. I assume that you're speaking of technical/linux terminology (otherwise a good dictionnary would do!) 1- Have you tried to subscribe to a linux list in your own language? There certainly will be someone there who will be able to answer your questions and explain to you some of the English terms and even translate them into your own language. 2-Otherwise, you could tell us, on this list, which technical/linux terms have you puzzled. I am a beginner myself, but I'm sure I could explain some simple terms. Others would be here too to provide some explanations. 3- Do your homework, but don't hesitate to ask several times if your query is not replied to the first time (this is a busy list, and it's easy to overlook some messages). We are (almost all) beginners on this list, and we here both to learn and to help each other. Blessings, Anguo
Re: [newbie] Java no longer working(for chat)
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 7 ¬P´Á¤» 04:54¡AMarcia Waller ¼g¹D: Dear All, I was able until recently open up a chat help service for Peanut with Netscape that uses java. For no apparent reason it no longer works. It says it is opening the java applet then if fails. What could have caused this? How may I fix this? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Hi Marcia, has anyone been able to help you? I certainly won't because I know very little. Nobody seems to have replied yet: maybe you should ask again but try to give more details... err I don't know... like the version of the kernel and of your distro, which java version did you install, what did you do that could have influenced java... which browser do you use... Any message error appears? Can someone else help me to ask Marcia the relevant questions that will help her to solve her problem? Anguo
Re: [newbie] Java applets in Konqueror?
? 2001 ?? 10 ??? 14:12?Dr. Evil ??: Is there a way to get Konqueror to run Java applets, like chat applets? Thanks Yes, I did install java recently and used Konqueror to have a chat. Have you java installed? If yes, you just need to put java into your path, using root. (I found that putting the path in the konqueror settings did not work). Anguo.
Re: [newbie] Java applets in Konqueror? Blackdown.
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 11 ¬P´Á¤T 00:05¡ADr. Evil ¼g¹D: Thanks for the advice, but... how do I install Java? Where do I get it from? Thanks Hi Dr Devil! First, you'd be better of making sure that your messages reach the list too. I'm very newbie too and struggling to keep up with the flood of mails. You have to click reply all and delete unnecessary addresses. I didn't know anything about java until one evening I noticed that Java was not installed by default on linux. The next day I had an important scheduled chat with my teacher. That night, I read all the FAQ and web pages that I could find until I managed to set it up. Unfortunately I lost my bookmarks since (stupid manipulation mistake from me). A good starting point would be the following site: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/ I think it includes a FAQ and an installation guide. I downloaded the prized version (j2re1.3.0), *not* the latest version of java and put the java folder in my path (as instructed on the faq). It now seem to work find with konqueror. Start there and let the list know if you have further questions. Anguo
Re: [newbie] Java (again)
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 11 ¬P´Á¤T 02:36¡AMarcia Waller ¼g¹D: Dear All, I already have the latest java installed in my LM8. I went to Konqueror and configured it as suggested. How did you configure it? I first tried to use the GUI Konqueror configuration tool, where you can put in the path to your java file, but it didn't work for me. I then did it manually, using the console and it worked. 1- open a console 2- su to root 3- cd to /etc/ in it you have a file named 'profile'. that's where you have to add the path to java. 4- here a very basic knowledge of vi is very handy. vi profile type 'a' to insert the following line (modify it according to your path and version) PATH=/usr/local/j2re1.3.0/bin:$PATH type esc to go back to command mode. type ':x' to save and exit. 5- you can type 'cat profile' to check that it's ok. restart xwindows. the above worked for me. When I went to the chat page and clicked on chat I first would get a message that the applet is opening then it did not open and I got an error message that says unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available. does this appear when using netscape? I don't use netscape, so I wouldn't know what to do. Also, when I first open Konqueror I get a box with an error message that says cannot find ns plugin or something close to that. I believe that setting up the path as above could solve the problem with Konqueror. give it a try. I am sorry: i didn't see you previous emails until right now. You were asking me whether to install the latest version or not. I certainly wouldn't know whether it is a good choice or not, but I know two things: 1- what worked for me 2- reading this forum, I noticed that the latest version of everything is not necessarily the best for individual cases. Faced with the choice of version, I decided to play it safe and downloaded the version from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/ that got prized. j2re1.3.0 I believe. I downloaded the intel version even though I have an AMD Duron chip, but that worked fine with me. Anguo. I looked in at my java files in /usr and they are there and seem ok. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help. This was all working fine before and just stopped working on its own as far as I know. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Thank you Civileme
? 2001 ?? 10 ??? 20:44?Dan LaBine ??: This looks like a Kodak moment ! OK Everyone, Group Hug !! :-D Chse! Anguo
[newbie] Archiving the Root account
Oh! Thank you for this explanation: I must admit that I didn't get it either I think I'll archive this message in my Linux Advocating folder, ;-) Anguo DISCLAIMER: this is not for kiddies! I have to say that I anticipated such a response after reading Franki's original message. Root, as it is used here, is Australian slang. I believe it originated from the (Australian) Gold Rush days when lonely miners would use potatoes (roots) as imitation female sexual organs (by boring a hole in them). Hence the Australian expression get a root. Man, are we far enough off-topic?! On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:24, Franki wrote: really? you are jesting surely? root is another name for bonking or bumping uglies or for the scientifically minded intercourse what country could you be from that doesn't have 10,000 names for what is essentially the same thing? regards Frank -Original Message- From: Terry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 2 July 2001 11:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The Root account I'm going to be the one to admit, I don't get it. Is root some sort of derogatory term where you are? Either that, or I am wayyy out of the loop on things .. :-) Terry On Saturday 30 June 2001 16:20, you wrote: kinda funny,, My girlfriend saw me working on a linux server I had here, and she was watching when I logged in as root it took two hours to convince her that I wasn't a dirty bast@rd and that it was the standard all power account,, she is still looking at me strangely :-) rgds Frank
[newbie] Both rogue and imbecile?
But winblows crashes And don't forget this ridiculous plan they have for Windows XP to lock it to one particular computer. This one should have people switching to Linux in droves. Ah, yes! The ultimate in customer relations!! hehehe I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest. -Alexandre Dumas (fils) Speaking about Windows XP and customer relationship, this sig couldn't be more appropriate: Is it a case of Whimblows being both rogue and imbecile?? (And they never take a rest!) Anguo
[newbie] Memory use
¦b 2001 ¤C¤ë 1 ¬P´Á¤é 23:01¡Acivileme ¼g¹D: linux makes an effort to keep almost all memory in use all the time (figuring unused memory is wasted memory), so it often finds memory errors right away that windows would totally miss. Civileme Oh! You just replied a question I didn't ask! :-) I just bought a new box and insisted on having 256Mb RAM (against the advice of a friend who said 128Mb would be enough). After installing LM8.0, I noticed that most of the 256Mb were used, confirming that I made the right choice, but I also wondered why Linux would precisely use the amount of RAM I had. I was thinking to wait that memory comes cheaper to add two 512Mb bars to have a total of 1300Mb RAM. Would that make the system faster, or would that only be a waste of money? (running on a AMD Duron 750Mhz, that I may upgrade to K7 1.4Mhz sometime next year) I only run typical desktop single user applications (mail, internet...). Anguo P.S. : Even though this list is very busy, I do my best to read all the messages. I learn a lot this way. Thanks to everyone who ask questions (which are never stupid) and thanks to all those who take the time to reply...
