[newbie] Windows boot disk
Hi Guys I'm trying to have a play with vmware but need to create a windows boot disk to load XP. Unfortunately I don't have a windows system to create this boot disk on. Can anyone tell me how tp create one using mandrake 10. Before anyone asks, my wifes a bean counter and to get her to use this PC at home I need to install some fancy accounting stuff onto my linux machine, and I guess vmware is the way, whilst I have an evaluation copy. Thanks as always Mark A -- Most people need some of their problems to help take their mind off some of the others. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] SANE and scanners
Hi Guys I'm having a bit of a problem getting my scanner to work under 10CE. There appear to be two scanners detected and the output of sane-find-scanner is : [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# sane-find-scanner # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x043d, product=0x002d) at libusb:005:005 found USB scanner (vendor=0x046d, product=0x08f0 [Camera]) at libusb:005:004 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports can't be # detected by this program. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# scanimage -L device `gt68xx:libusb:005:005' is a Lexmark X73 flatbed scanner It looks like the scanner won't work because of the duplicate entry in libusb. Is it okay to edit this file, although I'm concerned that I may stuff things up properly. FWIW this scanner was detected and worked perfectly under version 9.2, so I can only asume this is a simple problem. Thanks as always. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Modprobe nvidia
Hi Guys I have to enter 'modprobe nvidia' after each boot to access kde. I'm not sure why my pc stopped booting directly into a graphical mode, but modprobe nvidia works. This is not convenient though, and I remember reading somewhere on the list about someone else having a similar problem, but cannot no find the message. Could one of the guru's please advise me how to fix this, or alternatively what and where I need to add any commands. I think I've just confused the hell out of myself, but as always, thanks. Mark A Poole, Dorset United Kingdom. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] NForce 2 revisited
Hi guys I am starting to get complete freezes with my MDK10 CE install. The only way out is the 3 fingered salute. Judging by some of the posts on this site, as well as various other linux sites, general concensus seems to be that the NForce 2 chipset may be the problem. My motherboard is M7NCD with AMD XP2600 CPU. The motherboard chipset is as mentioned with USB2 only onboard. Could someone please tell me where to start looking for a problem, or if this is a common and re3solved problem, what the fix is. FWIW the freeze seems to happen when the CPU is having to work hard, I have particularly noticed it when trying to install Unreal Tournament 2004. Thanks as always. Mark A -- I am a computer. I am dumber than any human and smarter than any administrator. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] NForce 2 revisited
On Tuesday 04 May 2004 16:18, Mark Annandale wrote: I am starting to get complete freezes with my MDK10 CE install. The only way out is the 3 fingered salute. Judging by some of the posts on this site, as well as various other linux sites, general concensus seems to be that the NForce 2 chipset may be the problem. My motherboard is M7NCD with AMD XP2600 CPU. The motherboard chipset is as mentioned with USB2 only onboard. May have found the fix for this freezing, by adding 'noapic lapic' to the append line in /etc/lilo.conf seems to done the trick. I hope this can help others. Mark A -- Such a fine first dream! But they laughed at me; they said I had made it up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] test
I received this from you On Sunday 02 May 2004 20:25, John Drouhard wrote: I haven't gotten any messages at all today...was I blacklisted? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kde 3.2 revisited
Hi Folks Sorry to bring this up again, as I'm sure its been asked, but where are the newbie archives these days. I only seem to be able to find up to November last year. I have downloaded all the 3.2 RPM's, but having a tough time trying to install them, lots of dependency problems. Google hasn't been much help either. Please could someone point me at some means of installing 3.2. By the way I'm running version 9.2. Many thanks as always. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kmail signatures revisited
Hi Guys I asked this some time ago, and I think Derek kindly offered a solution, however cannot lay my hands on it at the moment. I use 'cat fortune' to add a signature to the end of any email I compose. Is it possible to also use a .sig file as well as fortune, so I end up with the folowing, or similar: -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 9.2 - KMail 1.5.3 -- The sum of the Universe is zero. Thanks as always Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Spam filtering revisited
Hi Guys I have been dabbling with mailfilter and spamassassin. Spamassassin filters a few spam messages received and I have managed to get filters sorted out with KMail to send the SPAM* messages to a spam folder. Trying out maililter the logs show that the messages on the pop3 server have been looked at, but nothing deleted. I used the default settings so I'm gessing some rules are needed. My question is this : Having a spam folder with hundreds of rejected messages, is it possible to have some kind os script to generate rules from the spam headers ? I don't know much about scripts but perhaps someone on the list has done something similar. basically this is just to save me the time of manually adding individual rules to mailfilter and / or spamassassin. Alternatively is there another spam type application that could scan the spam folder and automatically generate rules, et al (helmet on) 'the other OS' (helmet off) type stuff. Thnaks as always. Mark -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 9.1 - KDE 3.1.3 - KMail 1.5.3 -- Absolutely no Microsoft products were used in the compilation of this document. -- The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns. -- Helen Rowland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Postfix Revisited
Hi Guys Is it imperative to use a FQDN for postfix - Is it possible to just use localhost ? Sorry if this seems daft but as mentioned earlier I can't UTFM. Regards Mark A -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 9.1 - KDE 3.1.3 - KMail 1.5.3 -- No Microsoft products were used in the compilation of this document. -- Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MCC and 9.2 RC1
Hi Guys I've just installed 9.2 RC1 - quickest Mandrake install I've seen yet. However I seem to be missing Mandrake Control Centre and my terminal function doesn't appear to work. Now being a GUI fellow I'm a bit stuck - could someone tell me how to get at MCC from the command line. Thanks as always Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MCC and 9.2 RC1
On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 10:30 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Put up a terminal and type MCC enter Hi John Tried that before asking the list. Any idea where the mcc executable should live - perhaps its not installed... Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Update to 9.2 RC1
For the newbies like myself, who install 9.2 RC1 and find there's no mcc to configure your system with, here's what I did to fix it. Look on CD1 under RPM's and install dracconf and the rpm* files you find on the cd. You then need to go to start-configuration-configure your computer. I hope this helps someone out there - I find it too easy to ask and not give on this forum. Regards Mark A -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 9.2 - KDE 3.1.3 - KMail 1.5.3 -- We all like praise, but a hike in our pay is the best kind of ways. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo config
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 4:34 am, Russ wrote: Hi All, I originally set this computer up as a dual boot with the Windows as default (for my daughter). I no longer have the Windows partition but I cannot figure out how to remove that link from lilo. Could someone point me in the right direction? Edit /etc/lilo.conf (as root) and comment out the lines about windows. Save and exit and then run lilo. Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Funny responses from linux commands
On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 10:16 pm, HaywireMac wrote: type man fortune for more. there are a lot more than just funny ones, that's how I and many others generate our sig. Please explain how to incorporate fortunes into ones signature. Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2
On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 1:04 pm, Lanman wrote: The only way I managed to install it was to first disconnect my printer completely. Cannot remember what else wasn't working but I decided to go back to 9.1. Fortunately my /home stuff was still there and I didn't even notice I'd reinstalled. HTH Mark A Since the release of 9.2 Beta2 I haven't heard or seen anything about it from anyone on the list. Is this because it's so amazing that list members are speechless? Or because they can't finish an install, and are therefore disconnected from the Net ? I tried burning and installing them, and it quickly went to hell. Several restarts later (this is the short version), I got to the end of the install. When it tried to detect my printer (Brother MFC4800), which is not supported by Linux yet, it displayed a message that it was unable to find printer.rpm and stopped there. That's it. All done. It simply wouldn't go any further. I'm considering re-doing the install without a printer attached to see if that solves it, but without the above-noted rpm, I doubt it will finish properly at all. Obviously, either the rpm is not on the CD's at all, or the path statement used by the installer is wrong. Either way, it's not happening. Any suggestions or similar situations out there in Mandrake-Land? I realize that it's a Beta, and that there may be bugs in it still, but perhaps there's a work-around? Also, didn't Mandrake announce that the new 2.6 Kernel would be added to Beta2? Didn't find it. FYI, I checked the md5sums of course. Just curious if anyone had something to offer about any of this ? Thanks in Advance,... Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kde 3.1.3
Hi Guys Is there an easy way to upgrade my kde to version 3.1.3, assuming its available for Mandrake 9.1. I have had a look at using red-carpet, but not sure it has up to date sources as the version available appears to be version 3.1.2. Thanks as always. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Update of KDE broke my scanner
Hi Guys I did an update of KDE to 3.1.2 using the texstar rpms, in fact I did an urpmi kmess, and it was updated for me. However my scanner no longer works and I get an error message from Sane saying Failed to open device 'gt68xx:/dev/usb/scanner0':Invalid argument. The scanner is a Lexmark X73 all in one beast which was working quite happily. Has anyone else had a problem after upgarding, and if so, how did they fix it. Regards Mark A -- -- Reality continues to ruin my life - Calvin and Hobbes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Services Configuration
On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 3:04 pm, Wm. G. Urquhart wrote: Hi All, I've only just installed Mandrake 9.1 but according to the docs I can use a Wizard called wizdrake to configure LDAP, SaMBa, DNS etc. But I don't have this in the MCC. I tried the RPM manager to search for it but it I believe the wizard is named drakewizard - should be there. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] NVidia and TV out
G'day folks Anyone had any success with enabling TV out on a NVidia AGP graphics card. I had a quick look around the NVidia website but only found reference to winblows stuff. My card is a MX440 if its any help, and works fine under 'the other OS', however after the last round of viris' and a play with vmware for the wife's acoounting stuff its time for a total transfer across to Mandrake. Thanks,as always Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVidia and TV out
Funnily enough, a quick search on google brought the following link up 'http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/29/2147241mode=thread'. Sorry if I wasted anyones time. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVidia and TV out
For those people looking for the same solution as me, this message solved it. Output is perfext and strangely enough, using kmplayer in full screen mode is even better then ' the other OS'. Thanks again guys for the quick solution. Mark A On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 6:43 pm, Francisco Alcaraz wrote: Mark, I added to my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file some lines, on the Section Device; have a look: Section Device Identifier device1 BoardName NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic) Driver nvidia Option DPMS Option TwinView Option SecondMonitorHorizSync 30-50 Option SecondMonitorVertRefresh 60 Option TVStandard PAL-B Option TwinViewOrientation Clone Option Metamodes 1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480 EndSection Now if I start a session with the tv conected to the Nvidia card I get the image in both, the tv and the monitor. Be carefull and first of all make a security copy of your original XF86Config-4, in case of problem you can restart it form a text mode conection. Good Luck! Anyone had any success with enabling TV out on a NVidia AGP graphics card. I had a quick look around the NVidia website but only found reference to winblows stuff. My card is a MX440 if its any help, and works fine under 'the other OS', however after the last round of viris' and a play with vmware for the wife's acoounting stuff its time for a total transfer across to Mandrake. Thanks,as always Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Courier-imap
Hi Guys Am I being dim as usual, or is Courier-imap not included with 9.1 ? If not, does anyone know where there's a handy rpm for it. I've done a google for the package and can only find a.bz2 package. regards Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dyndns setup and apache
On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 10:48 pm, cF wrote: That address doesn't work for me. Nor me. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dynamic IP
Hi Guys I'm using Mandrake 9 and enjoy using it, so far with no major headaches. I would now like to set up a mail server with web access for my own use whilst travelling (I'm going to South Africa on holioday tomorrow). I have a cable connection with a dynamically assigned IP and using a Linksys DSL/Cable router with my Linux PC connected via one of the available 4 LAN ports. Having set up an account with no-ip.com I have installed the client on my pc and think it updates my IP automatically, however I am a bit confused with where the router fits into all this. If my Dynamic IP changes the router will automatically remain connected. I have set up Mandrake using a static IP, and enabled a route to the PC using the routers DMZ function. Can I safely assume that this would give me access to my PC, just by entering the blahblah.no-ip.com address ? Does anyone have any suggestions for a webmail server ? I know the easiest way is just to forward all my mail to my ISP's facility - but thats not why I changed over to Linux a few years ago. I trust someone has a similar setup and can chuck me a few pointers. Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dynamic IP
On Tuesday 03 Dec 2002 4:23 pm, Nikunj Bansal wrote: Well, I have a somewhat similar situation and I have an account for Dynamic DNS with tzo.com. I do not have a black box router though. My router is a Linux box running ssh. So I just ssh to this box first and then I can ssh to my internal machines from there. Does your router have any such telnet/ssh facility? Port forwarding to your internal machine can also work if your router privides that. i.e you can set it up such that any connections to port 22 (ssh) get redirected to port 22 on the internal machine. Just some thoughts. Thanks for your advice. I can do port forwarding with my router, just wasn't sure about what ports to use - or how to use SSH - any pointers :-) ? regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dynamic IP
Thanks for all the help thats come flooding in. However, whilst SSH seems the way to go, it poses another question. If I were to enable ssh on my PC, I think its unlikely that the PC I was using from the remote site would have the necessary clients available. I can see the advantages if you were ssh'ing from another PC on which you could load the necessary clients. It is now looking like the only route is a webmail type of setup. I imagine the PC's I'm going to have access to while away will be internet cafe machines. Thanks again. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dynamic IP
Hi, Sorry to mail you off list. I have apache, router and dyndns all working fine. Where could I find a suqirrellmail RPM ? Is it fairly easy to set up ? What is the purpose of using Courier ? Thanks again Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dial on Demand
Hi Guys Could someone possibly point me at a tutorial to set up dial on demand with Mandrake 8.2 ? I would like a couple of 'doze pc's at home to connect to the net via my Linux box, just for surfing. Thanks Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing to XP
Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the XP box as well as see and access shared directories on my Linux box. But I cannot get to print. I know the easiest thing to do is connect the printer to the linux box, but thats too easy, and besides the rest of my family would complain bitterly if I removed the printer from the little home network we have. Thank you and kind regards mark -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8.2 : KDE 3.0 : KMail 1.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse and X
Hi Guys Here's a strange problem. If i chooses to boot directly into X my mouse will not work, however booting into a console logon and then starting x it works okay. Any ideas what could be causing this ? Regards Mark -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8.2 : KDE 3.0 : KMail 1.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM
I have the ASUS A7N266-E motherboard. Is this the same spec as yours, with everything being Nvidia dependant. If So I would be very keen to find out how it goes, especially the GeoForce 2 onboard graphics, should you also have this. Regards Mark A -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of civileme Sent: 15 May 2002 21:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ASUS A7N266-VM Well, I had to btreak down and get something that would give me a little experience supporting NVidia installs. As you know, NVidia keeps their 3d drivers secret and proprietary, which means those drivers don't get on the download edition, and since the driver's wrapper has to be recompiled for each new kernel, it is difficult to make the commercial offering work properly--since linux distros don't have the source, the installation is always non-trivial. After looking around, I decided to build something that could dual-boot for testing purposes and also fit in a small case with a CDRW/DVD as the only 5.25 drive, so I chose the ASUS A7N266-VM Hmmm, DDR RAM only... no problem Driver CD has no linux drivers which I found pretty much par for the course. Driver CD has NO DRIVERS FOR winNT, Win2K, or WinXP, and the manual says the graphics _won't_ work with them!!! Mandrake 8.2 is running using the XFree drivers, and I will soon (this weekend) be taking the plunge tfor the binary only drivers (You can bet this computer gets its very own DMZ on my LAN; I absolutely do not trust binary-only proggies that can rub shoulders with the kernel.) Now we have the largest selling board maker producing for the inexpensive computer market a single integrated board, very new and about half the price of previous NForce boards, and it tops out at WinME or Win98SE Does ASUS know or _very_ strongly suspect something we don't? It seems a high-production item like this would be a huge gamble unless their inside information says a great deal about future OS usage patterns, or they think someone's bubble is about to burst, or implode. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Double Postings
Hi Guys Is it just me, or is everyone getting these postings in duplicate ? Mark A
[newbie] Lost Rat
Hi Guys Just installed 8.2 onto my new PC and if I log out of KDE the mouse stops working, forcing a reboot. The rat was detected as an ordinary PS2 type, which it is, and I have enabled IRQ12 in the bios for sole use by a ps2 rat. I am using an ASUS AN7266-E motherboard with an Athlon XP1900+ CPU, should these be the cause. Thanks and regards Mark A
[newbie] Lexmark X73 Multi Function Printer
Hi Guys Has anyone had the pleasure of being able to use one of these printers under Linux. I have it connected to a 'doze box and can see the printer under LinNeighborhood, as well as see the Linux shares under XP. What would be the easiest way to be able to use this printer ? Kind regards Mark Annandale -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8.2 Evolution 1.0.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SAMBA and WEBMIN inaccessible
where I was the first time I tried to install 8.1. Install goes fine, but once up and mail configured I can dial up and appear to be connected to the server, but no mail and no internet. Has anyone else experienced this with the 8.1 d/l'd 3 cd set? I can not for the life of me remember what I Hi there I'm sure this is the same problem I had. I went for the automatic network detection setup (this is a stand alone machine with a dial up link), Mandrake 8.1 appeared to have set up my NIC (I know its stand alone, but has a network card) as the default route to the internet. So I could dial up as well but get no mail. I did a reinstall and turned off the automatic network setup, and just selected the modem access option and everything was fine. Then set up the network card seperately. I hope this helps you as I think I just confused myself again. Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dial on Demand
Good morning Can anyone on the list point me towards a tutorial to set up Dial on Demand for a PC running 8.1 ? Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Firewall Testing
Hi Guys Is there as site that you can use to test the effectiveness of a firewall. The ones I have looked at all seem to find open ports which I think might be a sales pitch ? Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall Testing
On Saturday 20 October 2001 2:48 pm, you wrote: OptOut's site is one of the best. Thanks for that. There is no longer support for OptOut. I am really looking for something that can try and hack me, and give me an unbiased result, as opposed to a commercial setup who, if they are unsuccessfull, may be trying to sell me a firewall when mine is perfectly secure. I'm not saying that using Bastille Firewall won't make my PC secure, just I'd like to play with something that can assure me its as secure as possible. My wife's PC running ME regularly has 40 to 50 'hits' an hour. This is detected and reported by Zone Alarm. However when I can convince myself that my Linux machine is hack resistant I will move at using it as the gateway, firewall and router. Thanks again. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Minimising applications
Hi Guys When I minimise any application, such as KMail or Gabber, it used to dock into the panel. Now however it disappears completely and I must restrt the application, losing anything in progress. Has anyone else found this and have they fixed it ? This is using 8.1 by the way. Regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kpp problems on update to 8.0
On Friday 19 October 2001 5:52 pm, you wrote: I am using Mandrake 7.1 without any problems, however when I tried to update to Mandrake 8.0 I could not connect to my ISP as I gather they do not use PAP. Is there any way I can get around this. Is there anyway I can get around this. The same thing happened when I tried SUSE, so I presume later versions of kpp only recognise PAP based ISP's. Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had the same problem as my ISP uses CHAP. Have you tried to select CHAP ? HTH Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Importing fonts
Hi Guys Where can I find the import fonts utility, I'm sure there was one under 8.0 ? I'm using 8.1. Is there somewhere I can set up a firewall using KDE ? Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Importing fonts
Thanks to the Guys who responded regarding the fonts and firewall. It was simply a case of confusing Mandrake Control Centre with the KDE Control Panel setup. Once I sat and thought about things, and read what was in front of me, it all worked out fine. Name of the game with linux I guess. Thanks again. Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SWAT
Hi gang When trying to start SWAT I get the log on screen asking for a username and password. However nothing I enter allows me access. I have tried as root and as a user, but to no avail. Is there a trick to this. Thanks and regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Updates
Hello all did anyone ever figure out how to get the security update feature to work? When I try the ftp server is found, however the rpm manager just hanfs when trying to access the site. I'm using mandrake 8.0 by the way. Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] To subscribe?
On Friday 14 September 2001 21:04, you wrote: Linux fellows, how could I subscribe to this list, please? Thanks mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Go to www.mandrake.com and look on the left hand side for mailing lists. Scroll down the page and you will see the subscribe box, enter your email address. A few minutes later you will recieve a confirmation message by email, hit reply and you are on. Good luck Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dial on demand
Thank you for the reply On Sunday 22 July 2001 12:31, you wrote: first off, read man pppd without the quotes then you will edit your file /etc/ppp/options you should add the demand and idle=xxx lines to that file the idle =xxx the xxx should represent whatever time out you desire, in seconds. (in other words all this also requires that you be able to connect with the command ifup ppp0 that will mean your scripts for connection and login are ok This I understand and have done. However as user I cannot execute ifup ppp0, I get 'command not found'. As root I got the modem to dial but could not kill the process. There also seems to be a conflict between kppp and diald(?) since adding the demand and idle lines to /etc/ppp/options. The error code is 2 which makes me wonder if there is some confusion over who owns the modem. Is it the 'lock' command. How do you pass a command from the windows machine to execute ifup ppp0 ? Thanks for your time -- Mark R. Annandale Linux User # 223589 Sent by KMail 1.2 / Mandrake 8 -- No Micro$oft products were used in the compilation of this document. --
[newbie] Draknet
Hi Guys Where do you find Draknet ? I've looked through all the CD's and done a search under software manager. Regards Mark -- Mark R. Annandale Linux User # 223589 Sent by KMail 1.2 / Mandrake 8 -- No Micro$oft products were used in the compilation of this document. --
[newbie] Internet Sharing
Hi Guys Here's what I hope is not a stupid question. I have attempted to set up connection sharing under mandrake 8. I see it has allocated 192.168.0.1 as et0 IP address. The default gateway is also set as 192.168.0.1. I would like to connect my wifes machine to the 'net using my Mandrake machine as the proxy and gateway. I am able to ping the Linux box from the 'doze machine, as well as ping the 'doze machine from Linux. What else is required to set this up. I don't mind if the 'doze mail stuff is collected directly from our ISP although ultimately, because I use the Linux box exclusively, I would like all our mail collected using qmail or something and distributed upon request to OE on 'doze and KMail on my machine. The first hurdle though is getting Linux to dial up when requested by the Windows machine. Any help will be much appreciated. FWIW when setting up the connection sharing I was prompted for disk 1 and stuff like IPChains and Bind was installed. Thanks and have a great day. Regards Mark A -- Mark R. Annandale Sent by KMail 1.2 / Mandrake 8 -- No Micro$oft products were used in the compilation of this document. --
[newbie] Webmin and samba
Hi Guys When accessing swat I am prompted for a username and password, using the obvious such as root and passwd etc. don't seem to work. Does anyone know what the usname and password are ? And with webmin, what is the port number to access webmin. ie http://localhost:4000 ?? Thanks. Mark A
[newbie] Dial on demand
Hi Guys Has anyone come accross a simple explanation on how to set up dial on demand on mandrake 8. I would like the rest of my family, on their 'doze' PC, to access the net using the modem on my Linux box. I have the two machines networked together and can ping either machine from either end. Thanks and regards Mark A
[newbie] Winmodems
For what its worth, have a look at www.linmodems.org where there is a whole heap of advice on modems.. I have been using a winmodem based on a lucent chipset, using a driver from the linmodem site, successfully. If you have a compatable winmodem there is a RPM available for Mandrake 8 avaialble on www.herby.de (I hope the spelling is correct). If you cannot find it mail me direct and i will mail it to you. Regards Mark A
Re: [newbie] WinGate and Mandrake Linux problem (again, again).
Hi guys Firstly thanks for your patience when you receive basically a non Linux question. However there are a few points to consider. Please don't take this as an invitation to start a flame war, just an honest personal opinion. Quite a few people on the Newbie list are ex Windows users trying hard to escape the M$ confines. Mandrake 8 is pretty well easy to set up as a workstation however the problem arises when I try and understand how to set my Mandrake box up as an internet gateway. I have tried to locate the necessary documentation, however can only find literature relating to other distributions which doesn't help much. Don't get me wrong here about supporting M$ supported software but the lurning curve is a lot steeper when there is no one at the office who uses Linux. Unfortunately the newbie list is the first place to turn. On the bright side I have downloaded the new KOffice and can now happily open my old Word and Excel stuff, and saved them back onto my Linux machine in a format Koffice is happy with. I use KMail exclusively and in fact the last time I looked at the M$ machine was to sort my wifes mail account out. I have no further use for the Windows environment. Pardon me for digressing but my point is that unless one receives a few pointers it is damn difficult to set up the Linux side as proxy, gateway, mail server etc. without a little help from the list. Kind regards -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8 Sent with KMail
[newbie] Webmin
Hi Guys When I try and get into Webmin using http://127.0.0.1:1 my linux box dials up my ISP. My setup is a windows machine running a freeware proxy setup, which my Linux machins calls up to collect mail and access the 'net. I want the scenario to be the opposite, but have not figured out how to have the Linux box as the proxy and gateway and so enable the 'doze machine to access the internet through the Linux setup. Maybe I'm being thick but cannot find anything 'idiot proof' to help me with this setup. I know the old saying 'if it aint broke, don't fix it', however I use the Linux machine exclusively and the rst of my family use the M$ machine, and with my interest in Linux I would like to be in a position to control everything from my PC. Anyway my first question was about Webmin, however if someone has got a similar setup at home I would appreciate a few pointers. I'm using Mandrake 8 with a 56k dial up connection to my ISP who assigns me a dynamic IP id this is of any use. Thanks and kind regards -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8 Sent with KMail
[newbie] Webmin again
Hi again Here's the error I get when trying to access webmin. It appears to be a windows problem, why aren't I shocked. Connection RefusedNetProxy 3.62.426 ?Connection RefusedThe remote web server [127.0.0.1] refused to accept a connection. It may be busy, or there may be a problem with it. Regards -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8 Sent with KMail
[newbie] Mandrake 8.0, XF86Config and SiS 630
Hi there I had a similar problem with the SiS chipsets. Go and have a look at www.xfree.org and see which versions of XFree have support for your chipset. In all probability it will be the 3.3.6 version without acceleration. Alternatively you could also do a search on the XFree and Mandrake sites for setting up and using a Framebuffer server. I hope this is of some assistance to you. Kind regards -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8 Sent with KMail
[newbie] SiS 630
Hello again I just had a look at the XFree site where it states that release 3.3.6 has support for the 630 chipset. There uis also support for the 630 chipset in release 4.0 however they claim there are some problems with it. My advice would be to stick with 3.3.6 or a framebuffer server if you cannot get it to work. Regards -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8 Sent with KMail
RE: [newbie] HSP MICROMODEM
Hi there Check out www.linmodems.org you will find plenty info on all types of 'winmodems'. Regards mark Annandale how to install this modem on the mandrake system
[newbie] LILO
Hiya Guys Here's a quick one. I have installed a new harddrive as /dev/hdd, installed Mandrake on it and can no longer boot into Linux. I get LI followed by pages of 0's and 1's :-(. When setting up LILO I left the bootloader on /dev/hda1 as that is where 'doze resides. What, therefor, are the correct parameters to enable dual booting. BTW partition magic 6 doesn't seem to like my Mandrake installation and will not enable it as a boot option. Thanks for any advice. Mark Annandale
[newbie] Toshiba 4200 Notebook
Hi Guys Does anyone have any experience with installing 7.2 onto a Tosh 4200. The problem is the video card, a s3 Savage chipset, is not recognised during installation. I have downloaded the patch but am unsure how to install it from the command line. The patch I got is s3savage-1.0-13.tar.gz. I can untar this file but when trying to run ./install sh I get 'XFree must be installed'. I thought during the installation that Xfree was installed. I also believe the modem is a dreaded winmodem, but with a patch can be made to work. Thank you and any help will be much appreciated. Mark Annandale
[newbie] Toshiba and video woes
Greetings all I am trying to install 7.1 onto a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 laptop. 6Gb HDD, 64Mb RAM. Everything goes smoothly untill I try to configure the video card. My laptop has a S3 mobilesavage chip which is not listed on the available choices. Using the generic chipset only produces a 640 x 640 display which is far too large for the notebook screen. I rteally need 800 x 600 minimum. Has anyone done a similar installation sucessfully, if so which monitor, chipset and resolution settings were used. Thanks and kind regards Mark Annandale
RE: [newbie] Linux Mandrake boot problem
Hi Gerry Sorry we all lost with this one. The cover disk from PC Answers was pressed in a hurry and some files where ommitted or corrupted. Look at their home page and there's a statement about sending in the inlay card for a replacement CD. Regards Mark Annandale Harare, Zimbabwe -Original Message- From: FreeNet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 12:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake boot problem I've installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 from PC Answers CD-Rom. After booting I get the "local host:login" prompt but cannot log in. I've tried root password to no vail. Is there a special login password? Regards Gerry Cook
RE: [newbie] Installing an Iomega Atapi Zip drive
Hi Brent Firstly apologies all for using W'doze to reply but my linux box is undergoing repairs at the moment. To install your Zip drive, assuming its a parallel port version, do the following:- Place the following into /etc/conf.modules modprobe lp sleep 1 insmod ppa (I also assume your printer is plugged through the zip drive) Then edit your /etc/fstab directory and insert this line:- /dev/sda4 mnt/zip vfatnoauto,user 0 0 make a new directory under /mnt named /zip Reboot the machine and you will see your printer and zip drive are detected, otherwise mount /mnt/zip should work. If you are using X then its fairly simple to add an icon to your desktop and mount / unmount from there. Hope this helps Regards -- Mark Annandale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harare, Zimbabwe -Original Message- From: Brent Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 23:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing an Iomega Atapi Zip drive Hello everyone, I need help installing my Zip drive on my system. Any help will be appeciated. Thanks, Brent Wells
