Re: [newbie] Problem with deleting files...
add -r (rm -rf) in order to remove any child folders also. Mike Skye Louey wrote: If you are not the owner of the file/or in the group the file belongs to you will not be allowed to change it. Log in as an authorized user(or root) and you should be able to delete the file. Another thing you could try is rm -f filename to "force" removal. =) SkYE ? ?? ? "Zankoku na tenshi no youni." -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Blomquist, Niklas Sent: 2001?1?22? 15:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SV: [newbie] Problem with deleting files... have tried to do that with chmod, but it says the same thing. How do I change the permission? /Niklas -Ursprungligt meddelande----- Frn: Mike Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Skickat: den 22 januari 2001 07:31 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mne: Re: [newbie] Problem with deleting files... Blomquist, Niklas wrote: All, I have a realy stupid problem. I have a drive that with vfat on, and I can't delete some files from it. The files have been copied from CD-rom and have read only and system. I get the error messages permission denied. How do I change this? /Niklas If you copied the files from a cdrom, you've also copied their read-only permissions. You need to change permissions on the files before you can delete them. Mike
Re: [newbie] Problem with deleting files...
Blomquist, Niklas wrote: All, I have a realy stupid problem. I have a drive that with vfat on, and I can't delete some files from it. The files have been copied from CD-rom and have read only and system. I get the error messages permission denied. How do I change this? /Niklas If you copied the files from a cdrom, you've also copied their read-only permissions. You need to change permissions on the files before you can delete them. Mike
RE: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard
You have ATA/100 out of the box, just enable HD optimisations. RAID on IDE isn't really RAID but a software/firmware implementation, very bastardized. You should be able to run dual boot with a windows RAID and linux on the non-RAID partitions, and linux will see the RAID incorrectly so no file exchange. There are four competing RAIDs for IDE, all secret. None work with linux because they are not really hardware RAIDs. (check it out--you get ONE RAID partition). There is a better implementation of RAID (pure software) available on linux, but though the manufacturers admit it is better than theirs, none will risk their "Intellectual Property". For the opinion of Andre Hedrick, the guru of ide for the linux kernel, see this article. http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001127032845 If you want real RAID, get SCSI. Civileme Pardon the intrusion... I'm running four striped ide disk drives from a Promise UDMA/66 Fasttrak RAID card and the performance is great! Only drawback is that Promise only wrote drivers for Redhat 6.2/7.0. However, the README included with the zip file says that you can compile your kernel against this module if you want to use another distribution. You can check them out here: http://support.promise.com/Support I don't know the specifics behind the modules, but I know I'm getting faster performance than I did without the RAID card installed and I'm able to multi-boot this computer between Win98, Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 just as I did without the card. The motherboard bios starts then kicks over to the Promise bios, then to the MBR that's written across my four hard drives that are configured as one array. I just built a computer for a friend and installed the Fasttrak100 driver and two ATA100 striped drives, quake 3 arena is unbelievable! Mike
RE: [newbie] Wondering
That's an interesting answer... I've done kernel rebuilds quite a few times with quite varied outcomes. It almost always works, yet very seldom does it work better than it did before the rebuild. What I would like to see on my Christmas wish list is if some talented individual could make up some cheat sheets for the most common setups that would cover all the options that you are faced with on a rebuild. I've noticed that after the most obvious questions, I get faced with some that are, too me, very cryptic. Don't get me wrong, it's fun to play with that stuff; but at the end of the day, I would like to have my computer running the way I want and be able to play quake or type an email. I guess I said all that too say this: Don't start compiling until you've had a look at a few howtos on the hardware that you're using. I've found that the stock kernel usually comes with everything tweaked just fine - compile if you need some cool new feature that's not made it's way into that kernel yet (like ide RAID; Promise has a driver available for redhat 6.2 and 7 but not for any other distro). Mike On Sunday 24 December 2000 22:30, you wrote: Hi all. Just thinking as I read all these messages... How many of you have rebuilt the kennel successfully? I have many times. Why? What's on your mind? I've found that most of the time getting the kernel to compile and work is a matter of getting the whole thing configured properly. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
RE: [newbie] word processors and my Applix review at last
Cool web pages! I was going to read the review, but got side tracked on how nice the web designing was - just wanted to tell you. Mike i have just recently tried out ApplixOffice and posted a brief review and some screen shots on my web site. Applix claims (i can't really say for sure it is or isn't) a Linux native program, not something ported. i found it mostly useable... a few odd things notes for the wish list, but so far it is the best of what i have seen. the review is at: http://ontheflyphotography.1stcyberhost.com/linux04.htm later dayz.. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions
There are a couple of different reasons for this. First, make sure you're not filling your harddrive to full - defrag re-arranges stuff by picking up blocks and putting them at the end of the drive and moving stuff back - if you're harddrive is more than %80 full, that makes the job much slower. Second, make sure you have enough RAM and processor for the job - if you have a two 45GB drives with a 233 pentium and 32megs of RAM, that's going to take all night. Third, make sure you keep up with the job - try to defrag a few times a month. I'm sorry if these sound like obvious things, but on my 700 Athlon w/512 megs of RAM I can defrag my Win98 partition in about 10-30 minutes, depending on the state it's in. Windows 98's defrag is insane. I mean, you have to begin a defrag at 11:00pm, and run it all night! Very inefficient. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
RE: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions
Ok, a few comments here... Clicked OK to a few things and it comes to the partitioning tool. I resized my 20 gig windows partition down to around 13 to 15 gigs, and clicked "Auto Allocate" and it automatically created 4 partitions.( swap, root, usr, home, or whatever order it was). First, I never let Linux play with my Windows partitions. When it comes to moving things around, I either decide before loading anything to the disk how I'm going to slice it up or I use Partition Magic. This may seem unrelated, but I wonder if Mandrake is trying to make an extended partition in which to enclose both Windows and Linux - that could affect your mbr. After everything is working fine, if I go right into safe mode and load up defrag and let it run, I end up with an unbootable machine since grub can't read the linux partition. Why are you going into 'safe-mode' to run defrag? 'Safe-mode' on Windows machines is only for repairing your system. An example would be if you installed new software or drivers that renders your machine unbootable, you would go into 'safe-mode' and thus only the minimal drivers necessary to run your machine would be loaded and you could uninstall whatever had caused the problem. System utilities such as Scandisk and defrag can / should be run from 'normal-mode' (turn off your screen savers and the junk in your system tray). I'm just reading another of your posts so I'll just splice it in here Partition table before defrag: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2491 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1657 13309821c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda2 1658 2491 66991055 Extended /dev/hda5 1658 1688248976 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 1689 1726305203+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 1727 2081 2851506 83 Linux /dev/hda8 2082 2491 3293293+ 83 Linux During the defrag, there were no screen savers enabled, I was in safe mode, and no other programs but defrag were loaded at the time and I let defrag do its stuff overnight, then when I woke up, it said it was done and asked if I wanted to exit it, and I said yes, and then I rebooted hoping to go back to normal mode and only shown a grub prompt. The partition table after a defrag ends up wiping out hda7, moving hda8's start point to hda6's start point and thus making overlapping partitions. (I checked that by typing rescue on the boot of the linux-mandrake CD and typing "fdisk -l") I think this may confirm my previous thoughts; you say that you're booting to safe-mode, going to bed and letting it do it's work. Could it be that since you used a non-windows utility to move your windows partition around without really telling windows what was going on, then you boot to safe-mode to run defrag (safe-mode by it's very nature being for repairs), maybe windows is trying to 'fix' what it perceives to be a damaged partition table? Remember, changing your partition table on your active system partition is different than just resizing an extended partition, and even doing that non-destructively is quite a feat. Try either using Partition Magic from Win98 to do your partitioning BEFORE installing Mandrake, then just allocate the unused space - or if you're not worried about losing Win98, wipe the whole drive with fdisk and slice the drive up however you intend, then install Win98 to the partition you intend and Linux to it's partition. However you do it, don't let the linux installer touch your existing partition table, only let it play with the un-allocated (blank) space. If a problem with the partition table happens, how do you get the ability to boot back into linux without losing anything even when a restore of the partition table and boot sector couldn't do that? I have no problem getting back into windows (brutally with fdisk /mbr) but then I have no way of getting back into my linux (and don't know how in grub) and I simply just wipe out the linux partition and reinstall (partly because I didn't have much important stuff on it at the time anyways). If the partition table is actually ruined, you will not be able to get in without some pretty high tech equipment. If it's just you mbr that's broken, your boot disk that you make during installation will get you in. I hope that's helped some, I can't tell you the exact reasons why (I'm not a computer science major) but I can tell you that this is what I do and it works every time. Mike
RE: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions
NEVER, I Say NEVER, run Scandisk. It makes more errors than i fixes. If your PC is going slow, format the drive or delete the partition, and install Linux again!! Microsoft Scandisk should NEVER have been invented..! Ouch! I wouldn't go that far. Scandisk does work well, I have had it find and fix errors for me without a hitch. I currently multi-boot linux, win98, win2000 pro and win 2000 server (server is for educational purpose) and there has been even more in the past. I've had only one problem with an OS corrupting another's filesystem and that was a bug in the windows 2000 mbr recovery tool. Scandisk shouldn't be any kind of problem as long as you're not trying to use it on your Linux partition (which I don't think is even possible?) Mike
RE: [newbie] OT / Penguin dance!
I get a kick out of all of those! Here's what I did to my co-workers with it: Save the web page (they changed the format to java now so I'm not sure if it will still work) and then take the 'originaldedodedo.wav' - about a 9 second .wav - and use a wav editor to loop it for about an hour and finally burn it on a CD. Pop it into a CD player and crank up the volume. If (when) people start looking, just act like you don't know what the problem is... Mike ;) You know... I actually went looking for the original "Hampster Dance" site today and I couldn't find it for BEANS!!! Finally, though, tonite I stumbled on the second incarnation of the site at: http://www.hampsterdance2.com/hampsterdance2.html It's got a revamped techno-pop theme song, but the same cute "hampsters" (minus one). The original is on the following page at the same address: http://www.hampsterdance2.com/hampsterdance.html And, please don't yell at me fer stickin' a 'p' in where it don't belong...t'weren't my idea! --Greg - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's interesting...I've never seen a hamster dance before. -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux user #182496 * Pine 4.21 * On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 8:18pm ,Greg Stewart spake passionately in a message: That might have been the plug in it wanted (I was using Netscape 6pre3-and it complained). No big deal--I couldn't even hear the music 'cause I don't have a sound card in my linux box., but it won't kill me. I did save some of the dancing penguin gifs, I think they'll make good pals for the dancing hamsters on a personal webpage. :-) --Greg - Original Message - From: "Goldenpi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] What plugin? I took those sites apart once and found they just use animated gifs. Some of them wand a windows media player pluging or javascript for sound, but thats about it. That was a while ago, it might have changed since. - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT / Penguin dance! It's HampsterDance with Penguins!Of course, when I tried it with my windows machine, the damned thing went blue screen...rather typical...was that supposed to happen with the "plug in" required? --Greg - Original Message - From: "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody have a co-worker that loves windows? Take 'em to this site: http://nuttysites.com/penguin/ Mike ___ _ __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif ___ _ __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif ___ ___ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
RE: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatisfied with the current version? I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well on any other OS... :) Paul Well, I have to say that the shiny new 7.2 will have quite a few improvements (if you're interested, check out the 7.2 beta 3 which is out now). That in itself is pretty exciting to me! Mike
Re: [newbie] Going back to Grub from LILO..
When you see an install file with the '.sh' on the end, do 'sh install.sh' from the command line instead of './install.sh' Does that make sense? Mike Paul wrote: It was Oct 10, 2000, 20:40, when Dennis Myers keyboarded: Boot into Linux, log in as Root. Go to /boot/grub, and run ./install.sh That gets your Grub back. What do you do if after typing in ./install.sh the command line returns permission denied? Why would one not have permission as root? Excuse me for jumping in here, but I had the same problem, and the sys won't let me change back. Dennis Hmmm??? That is strange.. Never heard of that one! Paul -- VENI, VIDI, VICE I came, I saw, I partied. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!!
Not anymore - go to www.netcraft.com They're using Win2k with IIS 5.0 Mike Talking about MS Linux, when Microsoft first took over hotmail it was running on Solaris, microsoft moved it over to NT, found out that NT couldn't handle worth a damn, so what did they do...moved back over to solaris...bottom line, microsoft do use *nix. Robert. From: Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "LinuxNewbie (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:05:50 -0500 In my mind, it seems like running something in wine is a bit of a kludge - especially a full blown productivity app... -Original Message- From: Larry Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!! hmm, maybe i'm just naive but so what if MS bails out Corel as far as linux goes. There is/was nothing stopping MS from creating their own distribution of linux nor stopping them from building applications for Linux. I can't believe that there aren't any MS programmers running linux at home (or at work) and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that apache is running somewhere in that company. Just a thought here. Corel has successfully (not in my opinion but in the minds of some) ported their Office suite to Linux using Wine. If you dig very deeply you find that within MS there's a debate about whether they should/shouldn't produce MS Office for Linux. Could there be a connection? Spin is everything these days it seems. Just thought I'd suggest that this story might have a positive spin in the end. Cheers --- Larry _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
RE: [newbie] Microsoft bails out Corel!!
Actually no, it runs great! Also, it's only the word processor that's running on wine, everything else in the suite has been ported. Mike In my mind, it seems like running something in wine is a bit of a kludge - especially a full blown productivity app...
RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush
"F. E. Schaper" wrote: I'll leave the Presidential debate open for others to discuss as I think that is too far off topic for this list, but I will ask you this: Do you want a President who, up until this point is most famous for approving the execution of 2 women, and for picking his nose on national television? I may have to move to Canada next year. I agree that this is better left somewhere else...but I can't help it...I'll never vote for a potential president whose agenda includes destroying the 2nd amendment in order to achieve the (dubious) honor of removing firearms from Americans! I say again...never. -- /\ DarkLord How about a potential president who claims to have invented the internet??? An 'A' for originality? Mike
RE: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
Answer that and you'll have the meaning to life... Seriously though, there
are several different operating systems out there (I personally use about 3
on average to get things done) pick the ones you like and go after it/them!
I think they're all a blast!
Mike
Why cant microsoft find one path thd stick with it? Why does
outlook express
have to take over three seperate parts of the drive and who knows how much
of the registry.
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
If you don't mind the lack of formatting, go to c:\windows\application
data\identities\{bunchofnumbersandletters}\microsoft\outlook express\
Find the .dbx file of the box you're looking for (inbox I
assume) and open
it with a text editor - viola! It won't be in mailbox format, but it
works
in a pinch.
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:16 AM
To: Linux Newbie Mandrake
Subject: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
While in transition as I learn Linux, I am still have a load of received
emails in Outlook Express under NT. A number of these are email
responses
to questions I asked about Linux.
Rather than print them all out on paper, is there a way for me to
be able to
read these (already received emails, now on my HD) from within
Linux where I
need to access them to try the various suggestions made?
Thanks.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
RE: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
If you don't mind the lack of formatting, go to c:\windows\application
data\identities\{bunchofnumbersandletters}\microsoft\outlook express\
Find the .dbx file of the box you're looking for (inbox I assume) and open
it with a text editor - viola! It won't be in mailbox format, but it works
in a pinch.
Mike
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:16 AM
To: Linux Newbie Mandrake
Subject: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux
While in transition as I learn Linux, I am still have a load of received
emails in Outlook Express under NT. A number of these are email responses
to questions I asked about Linux.
Rather than print them all out on paper, is there a way for me to
be able to
read these (already received emails, now on my HD) from within
Linux where I
need to access them to try the various suggestions made?
Thanks.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Let me go!!!!
William Becker wrote: how do I get off this list? How did you get on? Mike
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2
Well, remember that it's beta and things WILL be broken. If you're looking for the latest features, wait a few more weeks and the final will be out. If you like to tinker, than by all means, download away! I'm getting beta 2 right now, beta 1 was quite nice yet had a few problems with X among other things. Have fun, Mike Has anyone tried the Beta version? Have you had good luck getting it to run? I am thinking about maybe downloading and trying to install it. So Any opinions?
RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]
Yes, I've experienced that, but it does seem a lot better in version 5.2. It's funny though, I've used the windows version and it seems to work just fine - go figure Mike your friend was exaggerating. Star office still crawls on 256M. It crawls on 384! Click on the icon, get up, get a beer, have a smoke, read the newspaper, cook some dinner, Hey! the splash screen is up on the screen! hahahahahaha Abe
RE: [newbie] last one to be answered :(
Where do you find VI for windows? Thanks, Mike On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote: Me too! I have even convinced my manager to let me have vi for winbloze on my machine at work :) Paul YESYESYES I agree! Kathleen Mark Weaver wrote: naaah...it's just a real pain to use till you get used to it. Vi is much easier to learn than emacs. IMHO of course. -- Q: What do prisoners use to call each other? A: Cell phones. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
RE: [newbie] Video Card
Quake3 runs great in linux. I've got it on two machines. One is mandrake 7.02 with two voodoo2's x 3.3.6 and the other machine is mandrake 7.1 and a voodoo5. I must say that the mouse works A LOT BETTER in x 3.3.6. This is a known issue and has something to do with DGA extensions and the way quake3 implements them. Dacia Hey Dacia, I was wondering if you could give me an idea of how to setup the Voodoo cards under Linux? I'm not really jazzed about buying another video card, but I would like to setup one machine to play games on and I'm having no luck with my current hardware. Were you able to run Quake 3 out of the box on a clean install of Mandrake 7.0/7.1 or did you have to do some tweaking? I would really like to know if ANYONE has been able to get the Matrox G400 dual head card working with Quake 3 and Mandrake (or any version of Linux for that matter). Thanks, Mike
RE: [newbie] 7.2 beta
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, Mike Tracy Holt put to word: 7.2 is pretty good, lots of good improvements. On 'upgrade' from 7.1 it didn't do so well; wasn't able to detect my network after the upgrade, couldn't setup my printer from the installer (which I've never been able to do) and a few other minor details. When I did the fresh install however, it DID recognize my network and even had a driver/filter for my printer! (Epson 860 on the USB port). On the downside, kde needs LOTS of work (wouldn't close 'x' without ctrl-alt-backspace) and sound doesn't work out of the box though the correct modules were configured and are being loaded. Overall, there are some awesome new features - I would call it more of an 'alpha' release at this stage though. hmmm...sound, printer, network, etc. all working fine here...and no trouble closing kde either...mileage does vary... frank - Yeah, I've noticed that to be true. At any rate however, I believe that there is still a LOT of work to be done seeing that 7.1 and below have worked fine on this same box (pretty standard hardware). Mike
RE: [newbie] 7.2 beta
7.2 is pretty good, lots of good improvements. On 'upgrade' from 7.1 it didn't do so well; wasn't able to detect my network after the upgrade, couldn't setup my printer from the installer (which I've never been able to do) and a few other minor details. When I did the fresh install however, it DID recognize my network and even had a driver/filter for my printer! (Epson 860 on the USB port). On the downside, kde needs LOTS of work (wouldn't close 'x' without ctrl-alt-backspace) and sound doesn't work out of the box though the correct modules were configured and are being loaded. Overall, there are some awesome new features - I would call it more of an 'alpha' release at this stage though. Mike Adam wrote: I'll be installing 7.2 shortly, I just downloaded the inst and ext iso's, burnt them. I'll give everyone a scoop on the differences, new stuff and all that good stuff :P O dear...he's gonna torch a perfectly good Penguin just to see "how" buggy the beta is! There oughta be a law. :)_ -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496
RE: [newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100
I built an Athlon system about 3-4 months ago and started out with the Abit motherboard which would NOT work even after trying 2 different boards. I switched to Asus K7V and it works great! I haven't really heard anything good about the onboard ATA100 nor abit for Athlon. My system is as follows: Asus K7V Athlon 700 Matrox G400 SoundBlaster live 512 MB RAM 2x 20 hdd's Win2k pro, server, Win98, Linux-Mandrake 7.1, and have had Suse 7.0 loaded all at the same time without problems. Mike Has anyone managed to get any distro to work with an AMD Athlon Thunderbird an Abit KA7-100 motherboard ? machine runs windows NT fine, installs Redhat, but it fails with a kernel panic when trying to start for the first time, Gentus Linux ( rebadged Redhat supplied with the motherboard) would not even complete the installation and Caldera wouldn't install (fortunately it failed quickly :). The machine is not overclocked.
RE: [newbie] Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 on Windows Me
I kind of figured that was the case. I'm in the process of installing 7.2beta and just before rebooting the system, I got a message that it couldn't be installed on this version of Windows (2000), so that makes sense. Not knowing the level of experience that the writer has had, I just wanted to cover the basics. Mike Mike, He is trying to install Mandrake on a seperate partition apart from Windows. He was attempting to start the install either from inside Windows, or from a CDROM setup disk. Not sure which one, but at any rate Windows ME was kickin up a fuss. I'm really not at all surprised really. All he's got to do is boot the CDROM as one user has already pointed out. This will start the installation process and he can then define the Linux partitions that will be needed for the Mandrake install. -- Mark On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: I'm not sure I understand, but are you trying to install ON TOP of windows? Linux is an OS in it's own right so you don't need to do that (if that was your plan). Repartition your drive to give some empty space for Mandrake to live and then install. I'm using Win2k pro, server, Win98 and Mandrake on the same machine without any problems. If you need further instruction, send another message and we'll see if we can get you going =) Mike Is there a way around the idiotic no MS-DOS program installed to demoralize users on Windows Me, aside from uninstalling? I just bought this thing, mainly because I wasn't that impressed with Red Hat. However, I can not install due to Window's Me. I'm thinking I could just boot from CD and install that way, like I did with Red Hat, but not totally sure, as there is two CD's and don't want to mess anything up.. Oh, for clarification's sake, here's my specs AMD K6/2 500 Mhz ASUS P5A Mobo Diamond Viper V770 (AGP) 32 MB Diamond Multimedia Sound II (MX2000) U.S Robotics 56K v.90 160 MB SDRAM PC100 15 GB HD 3.5 GB HD (Empty, where I want to put Mandrake) Generic IDE 40X CD-ROM Microsoft Force Feedback Pro Joystick I think that about covers it, I think the only problems with my Hardware will be the Sound Card and the Modem, didn't see 'em in the compatibility list. Though if anyone knows of a patch or other technicall thingie, it would be most appriciated. First things first though, I need to get the 'lil bugger installed *winks* Thanks, John
RE: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT -- Heroes 3
Which version are you looking for? I got my copy of Quake 2 at the half-price bookstore for $14 but I got my copy of Q3 at the local computer store for something like $40. You can also purchase from lokisoft. What part of the world are you located in? Mike Anyone know where I can pick up a copy of Quake? -- Mark
RE: [newbie] ISO files
The iso image already is bootable so you should be able to just use the iso cd. I've just downloaded nero to try out on win2000 (because the idiots at Adaptec don't feel they should have to support their software with win2k), but with easy cd creator under win98 you just double click on the iso file and it does the rest. With nero I believe that the option to make a bootable cd is if you copy raw data and specify an 'image file' (such as cdrom.img found under the /images directory) to be burned onto the root directory. The idea behind the iso image being premade is so that you can just put that file on a disk and all the preparation work has been done for you. Mike hey, I just downloaded the ISO files for Mandrake 7.1 (650MB and 340MB) now how exactly do I burn them? I'm using Nero software which give's you an option to burn CD (ISO) or CD (Boot), etc. my system supports the boot from CD, I'm just not sure how burning an ISO file on a CD will make it bootable... cheers, paul.
RE: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT -- Heroes 3
To be honest with you - I haven't had ANY luck running Q3. Dacia on this list has had better luck using the voodoo cards, but I'm using a Matrox G400 max (which was supposed to work with this game - out of the box) which has not worked at all. I've tried xf3.3.x, xf4; I've tried using SuSE 7.0 (which I was able to grab off of a German mirror which has since been closed??) as well as every version of Mandrake that I've upgraded to - it's been very disappointing. On the other hand, I also have Q2 which uses software rendering and works great! I love to frag! I'm anxiously awaiting the day that I can actually use my copy of Q3 - I've even considered buying a new voodoo just so I can, but I just built this system to add to my home network and that was a couple thousand - my wife has confiscated my piggy bank for awhile... Mike Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Ah - you should be able to hit a mall close to you - electronics boutique? That's where I picked up Q3. You can usually find it anywhere they sell video games. Take care, Mike Does it run well in Linux? I've run it in Windows before, although that was a long time ago since I hardly ever use Windows any more. -- Mark
RE: [newbie] Linux4Win - never again
Alright - just don't let it happen again! as I type from my win2k box Mike =) Hi, forgive me for recommending anyone to upgrade to Windoze 98. I don't know what came over me! Bob Underwood From: Jason Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux4Win - never again Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:29:18 -0400 On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hello I use Linux4Win with windows 98 and had no problem with the install. I think you should upgrade to windows 98 and you will have better luck. -- How dare you recommend somebody upgrade to Windoze 98...you should be tarred, feathered and quartered. :) Jay "Every man dies, not every man really lives." http://www.mrsnooky.com _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
RE: [newbie] Petition
I was just at this site last night and thought it was pretty cool so I signed up. At this point, I have to go in and reconfigure my router to accept voice packets, but if you look in the faq's, they also talk about linux solutions; granted those are for people using a linux box as a firewall, but nonetheless... I would say that the biggest obstacle is being able to use the java applet under linux - if your linux browser supports it, then you should be able to use it (I haven't tried yet). I'm planning to use it from my windows partitions now, and as soon as I get it going there, I'll play with the linux side. Good luck, Mike Dang, good point, I should have listened to my dad. Poop. Well, hmm, what would be a better way for me to go about it? Thanx for the info. Vic On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote: Sorry, but I don't think "right" and "discrimination" are the correct words. Dialpad.com is a private company (or owned by one) which means they have the right to provide service to whomever they choose. It also isn't discriminatory to exclude a group of users because a particular platform is not supported. It's simple business sense: the largest market is the more practical target. With that said, it is a right to request or petition for service--but please don't shoot your own foot by demanding something that isn't your/ours to demand. It may just look like the Linux crowd is a bunch of freeloaders that wouldn't generate any revenue for dialpad.com anyway. [I don't think this is true, I think the Linux crowd is growing by leaps and bounds, and would make a great market for nearly any product--especially products that may take a bit of tinkering to get to work well, like Voice-over-IP (VoIP). I just don't want to give dialpad.com the wrong impression and blow the chances of Linux having dialpad.com's support by being rude/demanding. Petitioning to be a customer is another matter.] Bob Vic wrote: How many of you object to dialpad.com not supporting linux? Lets e mail them and tell them what we think of their unfair practice of discrimination against Linux users! It is the rights of the linux community to be able to use dialpad.com just as much as the windows users. Please e mail dialpad.com to express how you feel about this unfair discrimination. Go to http://www.dialpad.com or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] --not as likely to get response I feel. Or snailmail them Dialpad.com, Inc. 2953 Bunker Hill Lane, #400 Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Thank you.
Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
Larry, I think you missed the point of the original message. Sometimes people need to just be honest that yes, Linux has made a lot of improvements but still does have some of it's own problems. That's all it was - not a slam to Linux or Mandrake or anyone else. Of course, everybody has their own take on that depending on their experience, and how they got where they're at. The problem is that sometimes people try to deny that Linux has any problems at all, which just isn't true and that's what led to the long string of replies in this thread. That's the jist of the thread and yes, win2k does support usb (and I believe that one of the service packs also brought it to NT 4 - not sure on that however). Mike I can hardly believe this thread. There is no way in hell that any os company (even ms) can have enough time and resources to write drivers for all the hardware out there. I repeat ... not even MS. Off the top of my head, x86 Linux has better hardware support then any other os except ms win95/98. Does win2k/nt do usb? what about ce? Also, if more hardware companies would write unified drivers then that would solve a number of problems. Think Nvidia and not 3dfx in the future. Incidentally, 3dfx is a dinosaur and will be extinct very soon. -- Larry Hignight
Re: [newbie] Audio Devices
I have recently installed Mandrake 7.0 (Air) [1.1.2 KDE, 2.2.14-15mdk kernel]. There are 3 users on my system, "god", "goddess", and "penguin". root god can acess the audio devices (through audio mpeg player), however, goddess and penguin can not. All three of the users in group "god". They get a "permission denied" response when trying to start play of a mp3. Anyone have any suggestions? Brendan Grinnell, IA, US Maybe go with something a little less presumptuous? ;-) The next thing I would do is check the permissions on the audio program you plan on using. Mike
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
This was in response to Roman, not your message; surprise though, I do have another response! g --- Actually --- my point is that Linux users need to pick the right hardware. Don't purchase a winmodem and then expect it to work under Linux. Why not? It's intel platform and if one OS can do it, then so can another ;-) --- My second point was that by choosing the right hardware, the installation is very easy. I don't use a cd/rw for an office machine. A typical office machine is used by someone who sets appointments, sends email, prints documents. The people in these types of jobs don't typically burn a cd. My example was that an office Linux box is very fast to install. It really is very fast. And I grant to everyone - that if a cd/rw was put in to the box -- or I was expected to put games on the machine - I'd choose different video, different amounts of RAM - and I wouldn't say that configuring Linux is fast. I have my computer(s) here at home set up with multiple OS's and they're all capable of handling whatever task I put to them. --- Next, when I go to the store, I never expect any new hardware that I purchase to work with the equipment that I already have ... upgrading hardware rarely works. snip What?!? Do you replace your computer everytime you buy a new piece of hardware??? I don't have that kind of money. Wouldn't you really like to look at the code behind Windows? -- and then be able to tell your neighbor. :-) Not especially, Windows is Windows, Linux is Linux - I like them both for what they do. Mike
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very easy to install. This doesn't seem ok, having to choose my hardware according to what OS I want to use. You are absolutely correct. I wish I could run Win98 on my Amiga. For that matter, it would be really neat if I could run Win2000 on my Mac. :) Disclaimer: I'm far from a *nix expert. I've only been using Linux on a regular basis for a couple of months. I actually like Windoze. I've been a computer geek for 19 years playing with various hardware during that time. So I found your comment quite humorous. No OS is going to work on every piece of hardware. It just isn't going to happen. In order to get the most stable system you want, you need to match your hardware to your OS. All the big boys do it. That is why Dell/Gateway/whoever won't support a workstation that was sold with Win98 but now has Win2000. We deal with this constantly at work... I also wonder if there is any other OS that supports as many different architectures as Linux (x86 - PCs, 68k - Mac / Amiga, PPC - Mac / whoknows, and countless others). Just my $.02... Jon I don't think that's quite what he meant Jon, and it's those sort of answers that keep the divide so wide between different OS users. Picking hardware is different than picking an entire platform; when I go to the computer store to buy a cd/rw, I bring it home - plug it in - load the software (under windows) and I'm up burning cd's within the hour. Under Linux, it's going to require a kernel recompile (if you didn't previously have a burner attached) to start with; a task that's not really for the beginner! I've compiled my kernel a number of times, and while I'm getting better at it, I'm still no expert. I understand that quite a number of people that use linux now were once (if not still) windows users, and are possibly still mad at Bill; that's what we're really talking about here. Is Windows really horrible at everything? Is Linux REALLY better with the average desktop app? Come on, be honest! I use all those same apps, you're not kidding anybody! I'm studying for my MCSE, but I really want to work with Linux and Unix - I also want to play with Mac - I LOVE COMPUTERS!!! Let's stop the quibbling, the truth is obvious - people love to hate Bill. Let's just realize where we're at and then we can be clear about where we want to go. Mike (just my $.02...) == Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==
Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
which video card are you trying top use with quake3? I actually had quite a bit of luck with that game so I might be able top help you out. Dacia I've got a Matrox G400 max (dual head; 360 ramdac) with 32MB ram. I've checked out the howto's, but have really not had any luck. Could you guide me through step by step (which .rpm versions of whatever do I need, etc.)? Thanks! Mike p.s. you can write me off-list if necessary.
Re: [newbie] winblows files
Thanks! Mike "Mike %26 Tracy Holt" wrote: I'm curious, how did you do the correct hex editing? I've changed the other files without problem, but the one that changes the boot logo has elluded me. Is it a registry hack to change the picture? Is there a simple way to do that hex change you speak of? I may not understand what hex editing has to do with shutdown and start up screen changes, but i do know how i change my startup, wait, and shutdown screens on windows 95/98. there are 3 files in windows or windows/system directory(might need to use find since some OEMs could put these files in different places): logo.sys(startup), logow.sys(wait screen), and logos.sys(shutdown screen) they are just bitmaps with the .sys eextention, and have to be 320x400 256 color bitmap. if you dont use a program to switch the screens then back up your originals, and replace them with new ones you make or download from net __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
Re: [newbie] winblows files
Thanks! Mike The hex editing is on io.sys. It changes verious messages, such as the starting windows 98 message. You can edit some other messages in there, browse through it. There is no hex editing needed to change the logo. The logos are stored in the files c:\logo.sys c:\windows\logos.sys c:\windows\logow.sys and, in windows 98, c:\windows\logow.w98. You can edit them in paintshop or most other image editors. - Original Message - From: Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] winblows files I'm curious, how did you do the correct hex editing? I've changed the other files without problem, but the one that changes the boot logo has elluded me. Is it a registry hack to change the picture? Is there a simple way to do that hex change you speak of? Thanks, Mike Yes, I am greedy, can send all the three over at my email address please ? TIA, Regards At 13-08-2000 01:34 AM, you wrote: I have a few files I put together that makes a slight change to windows. Anyone want them? Change the 'starting windows 98' into 'shatered windows 98' N/A Change the shutdown screen to a picture of penquins.(non-atx)128k Change the shutdown screen to a picture of penquins.(atx) 128k Change the windowz startup logo into a 'no windows' sign 128k The first one is a bit of hex editing on io.sys The shutdown is there for either machines with an atx psu or for non-atx. atx are those computers that turn themselves off.
Re: [newbie] *delicate cough*
Me thinks you need to find the root of the message... I simply added a comment. cheers, Mike - Original Message - From: "Dan LaBine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] *delicate cough* Dear Mike and Tracy; I recommend "Halls" to get rid of that delicate cough! It sounds like it's spreading to others in the forum. Dan - Original Message - From: "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 2:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] *delicate cough* Well, you would actually have to take a look at the 'archive' version of these lists and then type in this same subject line in order to find this thread. Have fun, Mike Couldn't find the message that you refer to, all I could find was this (extract) from the lists page http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Support Lists These lists can be used for free support: The first list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is for beginners. There is also a list for more experienced users : [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, you wrote: I believe if you go back to the 'newbie archive' from the mandrake home page, you'll find a message in this thread that talks about newbies and the importance of talking about every aspect of computing and how it compares to the Linux- Mandrake model (not quite in those words). It's not off-topic to talk about how other OS's compare because most people are still using Windows if not dual booting. Mike Aren't we all forgetting a couple of important issues here ? 1) What is the name of this group ? 2) Who hosts it ?
Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated for the last four months that I haven't been able to play quake 3 even though the box said my card was supported! I spent $40 on a game that I can't use and I've tried the howto's and all with no luck. The closest I've been to getting X working with it was loading SuSE 7.0 (just released) and I still have so many lines across the screen that I can't begin to play the game - I can just tell that my old problem is gone (choppy video and way to much delay to actually play). Linux may at some point rival Windows on the home users desktop, but I don't think it will be in the very near future; if that's the end goal, then it will have to become A LOT more intuitive and user manageable (i.e. - buy a game or an app off of the shelf, put the cdrom in the computer, few minutes later you're off and running). Mike p.s. - I still love Linux! Its true, but when I want to play a game I want to play a game not spend three days upgrading X and checking dependencies so I can play. For example, I have spent the last week trying to install X 4.01 so I can use my voodoo5 in linux. I have totally ruined my install 3 times. I actually got it working once but my mouse wouldn't work. I turned the computer off and went to bed. When I booted the next morning X wouldn't even start. Windows 98 first edition took the card fine. No problems. Works great out of the box. I've been playing games in windows for a week. Yesterday I bought, installed and played Unreal Tournament. It was about as easy as that too. Now, before you go off on me for not being hardcore enough about linux let me say that I use linux because I enjoy the challenge. I get frustrated just like any other person though. All of this is to support my explanation that windows is an excellent gaming playform. Like a nintendo on steroids. By the way, has anyone managed to install 4.01 and get a voodoo5 running? Mind sharing with me how you did it? I've followed the directions on Xfree86.org for upgrading to 4.01 and I've installed the 3dfx drivers but all I get is software mode or my mouse slides to the bottom right hand corner of the screen and stays there. ug. Dacia
Re: [newbie] winblows files
I'm curious, how did you do the correct hex editing? I've changed the other files without problem, but the one that changes the boot logo has elluded me. Is it a registry hack to change the picture? Is there a simple way to do that hex change you speak of? Thanks, Mike Yes, I am greedy, can send all the three over at my email address please ? TIA, Regards At 13-08-2000 01:34 AM, you wrote: I have a few files I put together that makes a slight change to windows. Anyone want them? Change the 'starting windows 98' into 'shatered windows 98'N/A Change the shutdown screen to a picture of penquins.(non-atx)128k Change the shutdown screen to a picture of penquins.(atx)128k Change the windowz startup logo into a 'no windows' sign128k The first one is a bit of hex editing on io.sys The shutdown is there for either machines with an atx psu or for non-atx. atx are those computers that turn themselves off.
Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
It works. There's one thing...Why would you need another loader if Grub is working? It's just alternative to grub. If you have to use NT on the same box as linux, you do have the option of using a pretty easy to configure bootloader (NT bootloader). Since with any OS, there are several ways to get from point A to point B, I find it nice to see how many of those ways I can learn. Makes it easier to trouble shoot problems, etc; and for someone who's maybe just experimenting with linux and who isn't quite ready to turn their system over to linux, it's a great solution. It was fun, wasn't it? :-) Mike
Re: [newbie] OT *delicate cough* OT
Well, that's not entirely true. 1st. - Linux does have it's roots in networking and really shines in that area; Apple is still the choice for graphics artists that I've heard from; and Windows pretty much has the home desktop market. 2nd. - Linux versions of the popular Win games are known to run at lower frame rates and be just a little rough around the edges. I still haven't been able to play Quake 3 for linux, though I bought a copy about 4 months ago because it was supposed to support my Matrox G400 card out-of-the-box. I've come closest to running it when I installed SuSE 7.0 a few days ago. I d/l'd SuSE because they do a lot of xfree work and they were the first to support my ATI Rage Fury video card when that came out. It still doesn't play Quake though; I've got video and audio playing at the correct speed (was choppy and in slow motion), now I just have lines across the screen and can't see what's going on. You see, I can buy a game off the shelf for windows, put it in the cdrom and start playing within a few minutes. It's good to be positive, but it's also good to know your limits. Know your enemy - Sun Tzu - Art of War Mike From: "Carjam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux could do those games easeily, but most of them have only been writen for windows. Some of them, such as half-life, are out for linux and run fine on it. From: Dacia and AzureRose [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows is the best damn video game machine I've ever seen. For me, it is nothing but a glorified nintendo and it is VERY good at that. I thank those freaks at microsoft every time I sit down and play my favorite games because those games are beautiful and they would never run on a console. As someone else pointed out, every OS has its strengths and its weaknesses. Its not a matter of better or worse its a matter of which one will do the job you need to do. Dacia
Re: [newbie] GAIM L-M 7.1
Upgrade to the latest version from cooker, I had the same problem and that fixed it. Mike Anyone know if the GAIM that comes with 7.1 works, or has AOL sabotage the configuration? My sons use AIM in W98 and it's about the only thing they log into windows for. If I can get GAIM working they'd probably stick to linux exclusively. When I enter one their login names and password, it comes back "no configuration". If I use the wrong password, I get the error message "Login failed" or something to that effect. I don't see anything that would allow me to make special configuration arrangements w/i GAIM itself. Any suggestions? TIA, Mike "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing and dreadful idolatry took place there!" Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse
If you're using XFree 4, just drop a copy of imwheel into your autostart folder (and I believe you may have to chmod to get user permissions on the file), when you startx, you'll have your scroll mouse. Mike Hi, This one does not work fine for me even if I have XFree 4.0. I must use imwheel to get the scroll working. Le dim, 13 aoû 2000, vous avez écrit : Mike and Tracy (or, maybe just one of them) helped me with this exact problem, so maybe I can pass it along to you... First, are you using XFree86 3.3.6 or XFree86 4.0? If you're using XF86-4.0, then your problem is like mine, and you have to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (note the "-4"). In the pointers section, add: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Also, if you want to use the wheely-mouse in Netscape, you'll need to use imwheel, but this is pissing me off at the moment as it changes everything else! --Greg Hi. I have a Logitech MouseMan+ but I do not understand why the wheel is not working on mandrake 7.1. On the Web site it is said that it should work, so can you help?? Thanks -- Steve Hammond __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement) -- Steve Hammond
Re: [newbie] *delicate cough*
I believe if you go back to the 'newbie archive' from the mandrake home page, you'll find a message in this thread that talks about newbies and the importance of talking about every aspect of computing and how it compares to the Linux- Mandrake model (not quite in those words). It's not off-topic to talk about how other OS's compare because most people are still using Windows if not dual booting. Mike Aren't we all forgetting a couple of important issues here ? 1) What is the name of this group ? 2) Who hosts it ? It is my impression that Mandrake provided this platform for Mandrake newbies to get and give assistance with problems that they might have, I feel that prolonged off-topic threads are an abuse of the service that they provide at no cost to the user. To use the forum to post abuse is IMHO a shameful abuse of a valuable resource. E mail addresses are visible in the headers, so can be abusive off-list there is no need to lower standards by entering into flame wars, it serves no useful purpose and only serves to discredit the group as a whole.
Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
You can either remove the offending lines altogther, or if you want to save the lines for future reference you can put the '#' sign before each line you want ignored. Mike Michael, What syntax do you use for commenting out lines in Linux? Registered Linux User #179293 Keep your penguin happy Romanator wrote: Hi, I know Paul has answered this briefly but... Has any one been successfull in adding an entry to the Boot.ini file of WIndows NT4? I would like to see if NT4 will allow me to boot to Linux? I always thought that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions. Regards, Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Really easy... first you need to boot into linux and move lilo to your / directory or your /boot directory, whichever one you're using. Do this by editing the first line in /etc/lilo.conf to point to /dev/hda(x) (x being the partition number that your boot or / directory lives on) and then run lilo to set your changes. Next, do: dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 This will drop a bootable image called bootsect.lnx into the directory that you're sitting in when you run the command. Copy this file to your NT or Windows 'C' partition. Finally, add a line to the bottom of your boot.ini file like this: C:\bootsect.lnx="whatever_you_want" Save the file and exit. Next time you boot, you should see the NT bootloader giving you the option to boot into Linux. Make sure you comment out the 'prompt' and 'timeout' lines in lilo.conf before you do the 'dd' step so you won't have to answer questions on both bootloaders. Mike
Re: [newbie] AOL for Linux
AOL is the only ISP, (if you can call them that) that cares whether you're running Linux, BeOS, FreeBSD Windows...or whatever. Just my two cents. suggesting that some ISP's are friendly to Linux and some aren't is kinda strange since a lot of the ISP's are running either Linux or a Unix variant of some sort. -- Mark It's not what they're running so much as what they're asking you to use to authenticate? Mike
RE: [newbie] *delicate cough*
Nickolas Koehne wrote: You're right. All windows OS's before 95 and NT were just GUI's for MS-DOS. The easiest way for this to make sense to most people is that you had to install MS-DOS before you could actually install Windows. On newer versions of Windows, you need not install DOS anymore. You do need to configure the partition on which you're going to install Windows as a DOS partition before you install Windows, though. -- Kathleen Dickason Registered Linux user #182139 Sorry to butt in; you don't really have to configure any type of partition when installing Windows. You can start with an unformatted drive, then you choose if you want to use FAT 16 or FAT 32 for the filesystem (do you want to enable large disk support?). M$ sort of did a number on the public with their goofy naming scheme; 'Dos' is something similar to the bash, sh or whatever you *nix shell you want to think of, but they also named their kernel 'Dos'. Now with newer Windows products, the Dos shell is mostly just a crippled way of doing things from the command line. It's not necessary, but it exits anyway. Mike (if I totally missed the topic, just ignore this)
Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
Hi Mike, This may sound stupid but is this all done from within Linux /sbin directory? In must have a programming block but the following command: dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 Do I log in as 'root' and change directories to /sbin, and then type in: dd if=/dev/hda8 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 Press the 'enter' key, and then copy it to my C partition? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Yes, I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that. You would need to be logged in as root (or su to root), then do all the above (except about change directories; if you're root, /sbin is already in your path). Just log in as root and stay in root's home directory and execute those commands - this will drop the bootsect.lnx file into your root home directory instead of /sbin. Mike ps - feel free to ask if you're not quite comfortable with this stuff yet.
Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to Boot.ini in Windows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
Great! It worked. I forgot to comment out a couple of lines. However, since I was using Grub, I was wondering why I would need two different boot loaders. It was definitely a learning experience in boot loading. Roman Well, you need a boot loader for linux to load (just like NT needs a boot loader), you just don't have to see the second one. If you use the NT bootloader and you comment out the prompt in lilo - or grub, you can have a seemless entry into linux after you choose it from the boot menu. It would work the same way if you used grub to boot NT and took out the timeout in your boot.ini file. Have fun! Mike
Re: [newbie] uninstalling windows
I have Partition Magic 5.0 installed in windows... and have used it to re-partition my parts... if I un-install windowswill this screw up lilo...on the ext2 boot partor will this screw up anything else... something is wrong with windows...and i wish to re-install it... after first reformatting C. Make sure to have your linux boot floppy handy, you'll need it after windows rewrites your Master boot record. After you reinstall windows (as long as you don't change the number of windows partitions) you can boot back into linux with your boot floppy and reinstall lilo. Mike
Re: [newbie] Dual fs's on a Zip drive?
Mike Tracy Holt wrote: I don't think that you can because you're actually mounting one block device. You would somehow have to create two partitions on the one block device and I think you would be running into to many problems. Why not just make the whole thing dos and you would be able to access it from both windows and linux? Am I understanding your question correctly? Mike Hi Mike. Thanks for the reply. Well, I don't mean two FS types on the same Zip cartridge. I mean, the ability to change out (in one session without logging out), a vfat Zip cartridge, and then put in an ext2 Zip cartridge. I CAN do this as root, right now. A right-click as root on the Zip icon on my KDE desktop gives me the option to mount the drive as either vfat or ext2. Works like a charm. However, from my normal user account, it won't let me mount ext2, because it says only root can use "mount". Vfat is the default listing in my fstab file, and it allows my normal user to use vfat Zip cartridges. It just won't let me use ext2. ;-( Maybe my question should really be: How can I let my normal user account use "mount" without compromising security? ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Oh! I'm sorry, late nights - you know :-o Anyway, instead of listing 'vfat' in /etc/fstab, switch the entry to 'auto', you should then be able to mount any file that your kernel supports. Formatting may be another story, but if the file system already exits, then you should be able to mount, etc. Mike
Re: [newbie] Boot Magic prompts for a serial number but Icannotfind it
Thanks' Roger. Now the big problem is to get get BootMagic to show Linux. I still cannot configure it with Linux. Which version of windows are you using? If you are using NT, I can tell you a quick way to set up the NT bootloader to boot linux. It works great and if you've got NT on your box, then you've already paid for it! Mike
Re: [newbie] Fortify
If you have an rpm install on your box now, just do 'rpm -Uvh' and you will automatically replace the old netscape with the new one. If you're using the .tar.gz version of netscape (meaning you downloaded from netscape and installed yourself from a script) then you will have to get rid of it first. Mike Do you still need to remove the old netscape before installing the new one? On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hugh wrote: I have been trying to install Fortify1.4.6 to netscape But nothing I type for location works. Has anyone gotten this to work with 7.1? Thanks Just install the latest netscape rpms from cooker and it will have 128bit encryption (netscape isn't releasing 56bit? anymore) ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] icewm
Thanks Paul! Mike On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Hello all, I installed some new RPMS which changed my desktop to icewm and in haste, I did switchdesk kde to get my old desktop back. Now I would like to go back to icewm and play with it a little - is there a quick way to do this without hand-editing the config files to point to it? It's not that I can't do this, but if there's a quicker way, I would like to switch back and forth until I get used to this new window manager. Thanks, Mike Open a terminal and first do which icewm If that gives you a location (with me it is /usr/X11R6/bin/icewm) you can edit ~/.Xclients to read #!/bin/sh exec icewm Then start X (startx) and you should be up and running. Paul -- Babies are nature's way to make people meet the world. At 2am. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
Romanator wrote: Hi, I know Paul has answered this briefly but... Has any one been successfull in adding an entry to the Boot.ini file of WIndows NT4? I would like to see if NT4 will allow me to boot to Linux? I always thought that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions. Regards, Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Really easy... first you need to boot into linux and move lilo to your / directory or your /boot directory, whichever one you're using. Do this by editing the first line in /etc/lilo.conf to point to /dev/hda(x) (x being the partition number that your boot or / directory lives on) and then run lilo to set your changes. Next, do: dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 This will drop a bootable image called bootsect.lnx into the directory that you're sitting in when you run the command. Copy this file to your NT or Windows 'C' partition. Finally, add a line to the bottom of your boot.ini file like this: C:\bootsect.lnx="whatever_you_want" Save the file and exit. Next time you boot, you should see the NT bootloader giving you the option to boot into Linux. Make sure you comment out the 'prompt' and 'timeout' lines in lilo.conf before you do the 'dd' step so you won't have to answer questions on both bootloaders. Mike
Re: [newbie] Linux Digital Cameras
If you're able to connect some kind of adapter to get files from your floppy drive, then you would just mount the floppy drive and load the pictures that way. gphoto is just for connecting a camera to the computer and downloading pictures directly from that camera. Mike In trying to configure gphoto, I discover that it want a com port specified. I assume that means that this program does not have the capability of taking images off a flash card using the floppy drive adapter. Right? Michael Coady I agree. Gphoto ack's the presence of my Casio camera but so far I have not been able to make it download pictures, keeps timing out. Paul
Re: [newbie] AOL for Linux
I haven't tried, but I don't think it's possible because AOL uses their own proprietary browser to access their services. Ask them if they will give you dns numbers (don't tell them it's for linux) and a dial up number though and you might be able to set it up with kppp or equivalent. You might also be able to get that info from your windows box if you're already on AOL, which I assume that you are. Mike Is there anyway that anyone knows to get AOL set up on a linux operating system(Mandrake 7.1) Thanks in advance ~Lance
Re: [newbie] Updating kernel w/ Mandrake Updater
Victor Richardson wrote: Are there any extra steps to updating the kernel other than running the Mandrake Updater? Also, /etc/lilo had a section for the new kernels, but included a commented line that said something like "# Add using install-kernel". Which, of course, I did not do and had Lilo load that kernel anyway with disastrous results. I had to re-install. Do I need to run the command "install kernel 2.2.xxx"? (xxx being the version number) Any suggestions welcome, Victor it is not recommended u update the kernal thru mandrake updates. the idea of makefile etc etc etc is pretty spooky sounding to me. im just gonna wait for the next mandreake. have u heard, suse has a new version ofl linux out .. Yes, I'm in the process of downloading the 6th cd needed for the professional install right now. Unless you've tried SuSE before however, you might be in for a little shock; it's not the same Mandrake / Red Hat type distribution at all! There is no 'linuxconf' or 'drakconf', all the system stuff is handled through a program called YaST (yet another system tool) and after using the Mandrake / Red Hat family of products, I found it to be a royal pain in the butt! Just a little advise... Mike
Re: [newbie] KDE's Trash Can
Wow! Take it easy, eh? I think it was just question. Mike The idea of **NOT** dropping everything you choose to **DELETE** into the recycle/trash bin, is that the user is **SMART** enough to judge whether he/she really wants to delete that particular file. The same idea behind the KDE one click, the user is smart enough to know that they made the right choice with the **FIRST** click, and does not need to verify every choice they make. Personally I agree, anything else is a step backwards. The question is: Are **YOU** smart enough? Dear friends: I have been using KDE for over a year now, beginning with Red Hat 6.0, then Linux Mandrake 6.1, then Linux Mandrake 7.0 and now Linux Mandrake 7.1. Very pleased, all in all. Yet, one thing that continues to mystify me is the Trash can. My KDE 1.1.1 manual tells me that you can drag n drop files from the File Manager into the Trash can. Well, that' s no different and actually more cumbersome than going into an xterm and typing rm file.xxx. Okay, I am willing to accept that as a graphical way of doing it. What I would REALLY like to know is if there is a way for the KDE Trash to function the way it the Recycle Bin does in Windows: that is, to help you save a file that you ACCIDENTALLY deleted. Now that would be something. In Windows 95 and above, any file you inadvertently delete is not actually deleted but dumped in the Recycle Bin, from which you can always retrieve it. Similarly in Win3.1, by using Sentry, you can retrieve lost files. Can KDE's Trash do the same? Will it be able to do it in KDE2? Is there any way to do this in LM 7.1? Does the new Reiser File System have anything to do with this? We all know how easy it is to inadvertently lose a file, especially if you are a newbie and especially if you have come from Windows and are used to having the Recycle Bin rescue you from your mistakes. If this key function is not yet available in Linux, it certainly ought to be. At least in my opinion. And especially for user-friendly distros, including the one I am using, Linux Mandrake. Thanks so much for listening. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- __ UIN:82189397 IM:xKxDxMx E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cashwars.com Fight, Steal, Get rich. PROTECT YOUR CASH. Join KDM Power Creed http://powercreed.ods.org __
[newbie] icewm
Hello all, I installed some new RPMS which changed my desktop to icewm and in haste, I did switchdesk kde to get my old desktop back. Now I would like to go back to icewm and play with it a little - is there a quick way to do this without hand-editing the config files to point to it? It's not that I can't do this, but if there's a quicker way, I would like to switch back and forth until I get used to this new window manager. Thanks, Mike
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.74
Patti Wavinak wrote: I downloaded Netscape 4.74 gzip compressed Communicator tar archive. I then uncompressed and extracted the tar file and ran ./ns-install. It showed me which directory it was installing this in and per instructions I then ran "cd the_directory_I_just_installed_to ./netscape" (without the quotes). When I go into netscape it is still bringing up 4.73. I even rebooted (okay, some things from WinBloz die hard) and it still comes up as Netscape 4.73. I'm thinking that perhaps the instructions were wrong and instead of cd the directory that I just installed to ./netscape maybe I should have mv (moved) the directory I just installed to ./netscape. I am really hoping that someone can give me some guidance here -- I have obviously screwed something up. I thank you in advance. Patti Registered Linux User 184611 Where you using the rpm version of 4.73? If so, use kpackage to uninstall common, communicator and navigator if necessary. Mike
Re: [newbie] Knapster...
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Okay. I d/l'ed Knapster, and am happy to report that it does allow me to logon. However, I can't access any MP3's when I search for them, because I always get the message: Can't download filename as there is no listener connection. Anyone know what that is? I looked through the docs/help file and did not see this problem/error mentioned. Thanks! -- /\ DarkLord \/ I had the same problem with some but was able to download others. Maybe as simple as that actual file not being available anymore? Try a few different tunes, like I said, it did work for me on quite a few. Mike
Re: [newbie] Freshmeat?
Melinda Shoop wrote: Hello All, Has anyone else besides me had trouble getting to Freshmeat.com the past few days? I keep getting a server busy/unable to connect message from NS. I am unable to access it from site links, as well as from a search engine. I'm having no trouble with anything else. Thanks for the help, Melinda Shoop Thinking about getting a Tux tattoo Could be that your problem is the wrong domain? It's Freshmeat.NET Mike
Re: [newbie] Netscape freezes
Shigeru Kennedy Yokoyama wrote: Hi, I'm very new to Linux and Intel/AMD box. I installed mdk 7.1(complete) to AMD Athlon 700 MHz, K7V mother board with 64MB PC100. I just used the easiest auto install and started using GNOME desktop. After I start the Netscape (ver 4.X?, the one came in the Application CD of this distribution), I tried to go to preference of Netscape. It always freezes after I do it. Do anybody know how to fix it? Shigeru Netscape is a little buggy, that's well documented; what exactly is going on when it freezes? Have you made your changes and then you're surfing along and it freezes or do you click on preferences and it freezes right then? Possibly it's trying to resolve it's host and you're trying to get it to do something else at the same time? Maybe make sure it's completely done loading and you're sitting on your home page then do your editing (when it first loads, it will have the irritating splash screen that won't go away until you do something on screen; that will have to finish before you can do your thing). One final thing, try starting netscape with -no-about-splash option. Hope that helps, Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Boot floppy file requre
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/dosutils/ Abdallah Al-Rashdy wrote: Hay Im new user too i need a help I need boot floppy for Mandrake 7.1 Can somebody send me file called ( rawwrite.exe ) My Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: semtets [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Problems with configuration Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:50:10 +0700 Hello ! I'm new to Linux, so problems arise everyday. Working on Mandralke 7.0, I cannot reach any computer in net after rebooting. Pings are not passing anywhere. Then I start linuxconf and as a next step just quit (activating changes, which I haven't made). Everything starts working. I can reach everybody in the World. That means that all configuration files are correct, but why they don't load properly ? What's up? Can somebody help me ? Gennady -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Quicken?
Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, I sent about 3 emails to the group yesterday and there must be a problem since I have received nothing from this group including the emails I sent since . I hope it is resolved soon. My question : Is there something like "Quicken "already supplied with Mandrake 7.0 Complete or a place one could get a program like that for Mandrake? Thank you for your help. Marcia You can get gnucash from here: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/gnucash-1.5.0-1mdk.i586.rpm copy and paste this link to your browser (make sure to get the whole thing as it will probably wrap to window width). You can also go to www.linuxberg.com and do a search for just about anything you can think of. Mike -- ======== Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
Nickolas Koehne wrote: No, they shall not be turned off at midnight. There's been a reprieve! -Darkeyes I heard! I went straight over, signed up and downloaded some tunes! Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
Mark Weaver wrote: yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs and distribute them for free. the owners of the copyright don't see a cent. -- Mark Not to start a flame-fest here, but think about it Mark; how often do you here about the artists complaining? Yes, there have been a few; but most often you're hearing from the recording industry people, the ones that promised that 'once the format pays for itself, the cost will come way down for CD's'. I don't know about you, but I'm still paying about $17 for a compact disk that costs no more than about .05 cents to make! If you look at the artists cut (somewhere about $3 - $5), where's the rest of that money going to? One more thing to look at, what about the artists who have been sued by and attacked by the RIAA for trying to release THEY'RE music in mp3 format? I don't have a problem with paying someone for their intellectual property, but in this case - are we? To bring the topic back to this list, even though you're completely capable of downloading the latest version of Mandrake 7.1 - have you went ahead and bought a copy? I'm on the cooker list and am using mostly up to the minute releases from there, but on thinking about it earlier this evening, I'm probably about due to head down and actually fork over the cash to help support those guys that work so hard on this product. Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Mike Tracy Holt wrote: That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( Well, their execution smile got a stay, it appears. Now they have until September... I still have the same problem though. Label me #dense, but I went to their website, and there is no place to just register. I removed the gnapster rpm, deleted .gnapster in /home, then reinstalled the rpm, and still get the same error. "invalid password". ;-( -- /\ DarkLord \/ Try using knapster and signing up as a new user. You don't have to go to the site at all, just check the box at the bottom of the knapster client. I would assume that gnapster does it the same way. If you don't have knapster, go to: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS and scroll through the rpms until you find it. Mike -- ======== Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Numlock - on full time
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you who are fed up with having to turn numlock on when you need to use it and would rather have it full time, go to http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx/ it took just a short download (about 39k) to get a tar.gz file with an easy to follow readme, then about 5 minutes later I had numlock on full time. New version of Mandrake (7.1) defaults to this on setup. Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Fortify
Hugh wrote: I have been trying to install Fortify1.4.6 to netscape But nothing I type for location works. Has anyone gotten this to work with 7.1? Thanks Just install the latest netscape rpms from cooker and it will have 128bit encryption (netscape isn't releasing 56bit? anymore) ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] KDE's Trash Can
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I have been using KDE for over a year now, beginning with Red Hat 6.0, then Linux Mandrake 6.1, then Linux Mandrake 7.0 and now Linux Mandrake 7.1. Very pleased, all in all. Yet, one thing that continues to mystify me is the Trash can. My KDE 1.1.1 manual tells me that you can drag n drop files from the File Manager into the Trash can. Well, that' s no different and actually more cumbersome than going into an xterm and typing rm file.xxx. Okay, I am willing to accept that as a graphical way of doing it. What I would REALLY like to know is if there is a way for the KDE Trash to function the way it the Recycle Bin does in Windows: that is, to help you save a file that you ACCIDENTALLY deleted. Now that would be something. In Windows 95 and above, any file you inadvertently delete is not actually deleted but dumped in the Recycle Bin, from which you can always retrieve it. Similarly in Win3.1, by using Sentry, you can retrieve lost files. Can KDE's Trash do the same? Will it be able to do it in KDE2? Is there any way to do this in LM 7.1? Does the new Reiser File System have anything to do with this? We all know how easy it is to inadvertently lose a file, especially if you are a newbie and especially if you have come from Windows and are used to having the Recycle Bin rescue you from your mistakes. If this key function is not yet available in Linux, it certainly ought to be. At least in my opinion. And especially for user-friendly distros, including the one I am using, Linux Mandrake. Thanks so much for listening. Benjamin -- Hi Benjamin, (I don't know if I mentioned it, but that's my son's name also!) I don't know if you've noticed but you can right-click on any file and select 'move to trash' (it's right above 'delete'). Personally I rather like that you don't have to first delete and then empty the recycle bin. You're actually creating the file again in another directory. How many times do you really need to be asked 'do you *REALLY* want to delete this file???' Have fun, Mike
Re: [newbie] Dual fs's on a Zip drive?
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Is it possible to mount a Zip drive with 2 filesystems? In other words, both ext2 and vfat? I have mine setup where you (as root) can right-click on the Zip icon and pick either fs type. However, my user account can not do this, because you must be su to use mount. It will only allow my user access to the fs type in the /etc/fstab file. (the user,noauto option in the fstab zip entry line). Thanks, as always! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ I don't think that you can because you're actually mounting one block device. You would somehow have to create two partitions on the one block device and I think you would be running into to many problems. Why not just make the whole thing dos and you would be able to access it from both windows and linux? Am I understanding your question correctly? Mike
Re: [newbie] gFTP
Use you mouse cursor, move to the header line of the column, where it lists the files' names. At the right edge of the file header is a line. Position mouse cursor over that, hold down Left-Click, and drag to to right. Voila! Larger area available for your files' names. Thank you sir. Mike
Re: [newbie] Resize partitions
Everett wrote: Hello I am running my box with both ms windows and linux. I have set most of my hard drive for linux but know I need to setup something on the ms windows side that needs more space than I have. Can any one tell me of a safe way to resize my partitions to give more space to ms windows. Thanks Partition Magic is the way I do it, works great. Mike
Re: [newbie]
Ran Hooper wrote: This list take a dive or what? Regards, Ran Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike
Re: [newbie] Using Mandrake's GUI install components after install?
Jeff Malka wrote: During Mandrake's install, there was a nice GUI tool for creating partitions and mount points. Can this tool be used after install to create new partitions instead of fdisk? If not, is there another gui tool that can be used? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered (Newbie) Linux user 183185 There's a program on cooker called 'parted', although I haven't used it. The way I usually go is Partition Magic Mike
Re: [newbie] Which 7.1 install installs grub instead of lilo?
Jeff Malka wrote: I have noticed that sometimes Mandrake 7.1 installs grub and other times lilo. Which install does which and how do I change from one to the other after install? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered (Newbie) Linux user 183185 If you've got your system up and running, type 'lilo' at the command line (as root) and you'll have lilo (make sure to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file to reflect your system needs). If you want to use grub, cd to /boot/grub and type (from the command line as root) 'sh install.sh' - you'll then be using grub. Mike
Re: [newbie] Galeon web browser
Ian McLeod wrote: Has anyone successfully installed the Galeon web browser? How did they do it? What did they install? What is it like? Regards, Ian McLeod I haven't tried it, but I did a search on freshmeat to see what you were talking about and I see that it's based on mozilla's gecko engine and gnome. I'm currently playing with mozilla (netscape for everyday stuff though) and I think it has potential. I would say try it (Galeon) out and give a report to the list - it's always good to get a review... Mike
Re: [newbie] Reiser FS
Richard Kim wrote: Could anybody give me a full description about what Reiser Filesystem is? (Or at least give me a site to go to.) http://devlinux.com/projects/reiserfs/
[newbie] gFTP
Does anyone out there use gFTP? If so, is there a way to customize the windows so that you can see the whole file name? I like to get the latest packages from cooker and it's easiest to just browse the site with the 'explorer' type window; my problem is that the window isn't wide enough to give me the whole file name, but it does give me useless info (to me anyway) like 'user', 'group' and 'attribs'. The stuff I'm really interested in would be 'filename', 'size' and 'date'. If there's no way to do this, could someone point me to a graphic ftp client that would? Thanks so much, Mike
Re: [newbie]Report on the Text v. HTML postings
Hmm, this does not fit. Have you ever even looked at the size of a HTML mail vs. a text only mail? Right now I remember of one of those unsubscribe emails. It was 26 lines big, compared to a text only unsubscribe email of only 3 lines. If I understand you correctly, you're saying that 26 lines is only a little bit bigger than 3 lines? Alexander Skwar I'm sorry Alexander, but there's no way that 3 lines of text from an email would produce 26 lines if written in html - it just doesn't work like that. Mike
Re: [newbie] Can Increase a partition size..
On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 02:46:21PM -0700, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: that you can optionally install for Linux. Partition Magic identifies that type as '85' which I was wondering myself - hexadecimal?? Nope, that's not true. At least not according to the file system type listing that fdisk puts out. There 85 is listed as "Linux extended", not reiserfs. Alexander Skwar -- Well I've resized, moved, deleted and recreated my ext2fs partitions with Partition Magic and it has always been identified as just that - ext2. When I made the switch to reiserfs, Partition Magic started calling it '85', and won't do anything with it except delete. I don't really know why that is, maybe civilme could shed some light? Mike
Re: [newbie] Text v. HTML messages on this list
I'm not sure if this forum is moderated, but isn't this whole topic taking focus off of why everyone is here? I believe it was said once that Plain Text is to be used in this forum. If so, then lets just go with that? I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, just the whole Text v. HTML topic is filling my box, this is already an active enough forum. Just my thoughts Mark Someone has posted this question a couple of days ago and to be polite, people have answered. I don't know how long you've been on this list, but people will occasionally have a slip and forget to turn off html when sending a message. This seems to invoke quite a rage from some people and that's what this is about. Mike
Re: [newbie] Reply text goes ON TOP
NO! Please don't kill the ...THREAD! It deserves to live just as any other thread! N!!! -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 182496 LOL!!!
Re: [newbie] VI - colors - help!
I'm sorry I don't use VI, but I've read something about not including it anymore and that it's actually some kind of enhanced VIM? (The added colors, etc that you're talking about). Anyway, I've just searched linuxberg and can't find a download, but possibly there's a way to turn off the syntax highlighting? Have you checked the howto's? I'm in my Win2k system right now so I can't look. Good luck! Mike Hello and help! Since I upgraded to 7.1, I noticed that vi has all kinds of colors in the text. Now I pulled a webpage (linux.htm) into vi, and I can't read most of it anymore. I am colorblind, and there are lots of dark colors in it. I really can't make out what is what anymore. Can someone tell me how to get rid of the colors? The previous version had bold and underline, which worked for me. I can't use vi for webpages anymore this way, and that hurts. Say whatever you want but I love vi. Paul -- Television is democracy at its ugliest. - Paddy Chayevsky )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Can Increase a partition size..
I agree, I've been using Partition Magic for about a year now and it works great! There is another option however; GNU parted. I haven't had the guts to try it, but you can download it from the Mandrake cooker and give it try. ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/parted-1.2.4-1md k.i586.rpm If you do try it, give a report on the list and tell how it works, k? Mike On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote: Hi! Can I safely resize a partition in Linux? What software should I use then? I need to resize my partition (/home) so that I can use a virtual disk with VMWare. Thanks in advance =) Partition Magic is what I like best. I am not sure if DiskDrake wil retain the info on the disks.. Paul
Re: [newbie] Can Increase a partition size..
On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 01:05:22PM -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote: Linux partitions then PM will see them all as 1 Type 85 partition and you will not be make any changes to the partitions using PM. You will instead Or you can simply change the partition type of your extended partition from 85 to 5 with the Linux fdisk program. That way PM should be able to see the contents of your extended partition. BTW: Why does Mandrake set the partition type of extended partitions to 85? PS: Only quote as much as needed, and not the whole text. Thanks. AleSk I guess you should watch what you ask for : ) Anyway, Partition Magic has always been able to determine that Linux is indeed ext2fs and can even create, move and resize that file type. It can't however do anything with reiserfs, which is the new journaling filesystem that you can optionally install for Linux. Partition Magic identifies that type as '85' which I was wondering myself - hexadecimal?? Mike
Re: [newbie] Text v. HTML messages on this list
Hello again, I've been reading the posts on this subject (as I'm sure most have), and they do seem to have a common couple of threads that I would like to give a quick comment on. As I've already said, I do prefer HTML myself but there is a difference between HTML enabled and creating a web page to send to the list. HTML enabled gives the ability to underline a word for example where, as some people have mentioned, adding midi sounds is just retarded! Just saying that an email is HTML doesn't mean that it was written using Macromedia backstage and will be a 10 minute download, and that's what I compare to people who have a half page signature on every post or people who endlessly comment on posts without trimming off the irrelevent parts - most things like that are just common sense. I may not trim a message if I feel that it has important info in the body of the previous posts and sometimes I might just forget, but I think gentle reminders work just fine. For any of those that have done HTML coding, you'll know that the text behind an HTML page is all that you're sending to the list. It's not the same as writing and compiling a program, the email client that reads it does the putting together and display; so unless there are graphics (which again, save the pictures of the kids for off list) or sound (duh, does this really have to even be mentioned?), the file is really no larger than a simple text file (except for a few instructional tags which are simply text themselves). My second thought would be toward the security risks. I use both Linux and Win98 / Win2k, as I know others on this list do. When you're on the Linux box, any malacious Javascript or VB program won't effect you - VB won't run on Linux without Wine (which you would have to download and setup specifically to run that VB program, and then, well...), and Netscape crashes on most Java pages so c'mon! Seriously though, a virus written for one OS, will not hurt another without being ported to that system. When you're on the M$ systems, just keep a virus program running in the background and follow simple hygene, don't open attachments unless you know who / what sent them and why, etc I'm sorry for the long post, but I feel strongly about this and think it's important enough to think about. I've noticed that there are just a hand full of people who always seem to jump on a guy the first time he / she sends a message using HTML but it seems that most people don't care that much. I too, have about 350 messages come through by box (changelog, cooker, newbie and expert lists) and that's not counting normal mail; it took no more than a couple of minutes to download these when I was using a regular modem (now dsl), and I always had the option of removing myself from one or more of the lists if I thought it was too much. Thanks to all for your patience, Mike
Re: [newbie] X 4.0 and imwheel not allowing ZAxisMapping !!
You have to edit the XF86Config-4 file if you're using 4.0 and then you need to follow the syntax rules that they are using, ie: Option"ZAxisMapping""4 5" Mike I tried to insert into XF86Config the following statement to get my wheelmouse to work ZAxisMapping 4 5 X won't startup - it says that the above is an illegal statement, or somewthing like that..It worked fine in X 3.5 and other versions Any Ideas?
Re: [newbie] Text v. HTML messages on this list
I agree with you about the HTML; I've found that some people can be agitated by the use of it. I think it is unreasonable to suggest that just because *some* people (for sentimental or whatever reasons) want to cling to archaic text only mail readers, that nobody should be able to use HTML. I've also noticed that some (not all) of the people that claim HTML is evil tend to have a .signature file that takes half a page!! (I find that more annoying than embedded links) The complaint from 'text only' mail readers though, is that the mail readers don't know how to handle the HTML tags in the body of the message and therefore display all the tags making it difficult to read the message (my answer would be to use Netscape or Mozilla!!) BUT text is the rule of this list however, so we should abide by that :( Just my two cents! Mike A correspondent made a plea, not an unreasonable one but one with which I may not entirely agree, that messages be posted in text only and not in HTML. I, for one, find that with HTML one can be more expressive and informative in conveying important information. I also believe that those who limit themselves strictly to text are not able to benefit from the richness that the web and discussion groups have to offer. My analogy is the difference between color TV and black-and-white TV, or a book devoid of illustrations v. a plain typewritten page. Personally I don't understand the reluctance to embrace HTML. However, I am prepared to be guided by the members of the list who may feel strongly about this issue one way or the other. If you would like to send your comments to me over the next 5 days, I will summarize and post the results of this inquiry. -- John Glasscock Administrator Programmer EtherDog MultiMedia 3821 N Sugar Lane Bloomington, IN 47404 tel:+1.812.876.5233 fax:+1.508.256.2413 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User# 183536 on Registered Linux Box# 81201 "Save the world, eschew Microsoft."
Re: [newbie] Quake 2???
No problems with Quake 2 (using software rendering), OpenGL is still quite new to linux and I've not yet been able to get it working under Quake 3 which does not support software rendering. My install was just loggin in as root and running the install script. I'm using a Matrox G400 max card. Mike - Original Message - From: Kim White To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 11:11 PM Subject: [newbie] Quake 2??? Hi all Has any one successfully gotten Quake 2 to work. I have a TNT 2 32 MB Card. I downloaded the latest GZIP'd driver pack, but am not sure if I installed it correctly. I get an error about a problem with NV-GLX. Can someone please help. Kim
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
If you have the extra time and want to mess around with the icons yourself, you can go to the 'real' website and right click on the 'Real.com' graphic in the upper left corner and save the image to your $user account. Next, open the image in the gimp and find the 'scale' tool (works a lot like 'crop') and scale the image down to the size you want for a desktop icon then choose 'save as' and name the file whatever.xpm choosing 'xpm' as the file extension from the drop down list. Finally, close the gimp and right click on the file that you saved choosing to open with the 'icon editor' and you'll see your icon not only magnified, but in block form so you can erase the parts you don't want and add to it whatever you want. Maybe not as easy as just getting the other version, but it's kind of fun to play with all the extra software that comes preconfigured on your Mandrake system. Mike Hi, The rpm version does not have icons or .xpms. You will have to go back to www.real.com and download rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2.bin. It's a larger install and it provides the icons(.xpms). You must login as 'root', and download the file to your 'root' directory. After the download, open up xterm or console, and type in the following: A) chmod u+x rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2.bin B) Press the 'enter' key C) It will create an installation directory in root called ILINXR.install or something like that. It's been some time since I've installed it. Type in: ./INSTALL D) Install it to /usr/X11R6/bin/RealPlayer7. Actually it can be installed to /usr/local but that's a matter of preference. E) Navigate to the RealPlayer 7 folder and copy rp7.xpm(this is the large icon) to /usr/share/icons F) Copy the rp7mini.xpm icon file to /usr/share/icons/mini Remember, Linux does not use the .ico file extension but .xpm file extensions for the icon files. Windows uses .ico file extensions. In addition, check out the emails from the last 1 - 2 months. All of the instructions that you need are already there. This topic has been covered dozens and dozens of times. Good Luck! Roman Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: Here I am with all indications that real player 7 down loaded and installed. It shows up in RPM/files and is set in /usr/bin and usr/local with a whole bunch of /usr/lib files. Ok, how do I know it is working? It also shows up in /usr/local/netscape/plugins. I don't know if or how I should put an icon on the desk top or on the tray ala MS Windows. Any ideas on if I installed ok and how to make an icon, any icon for that matter. Hi Dennis, download a file to play at http://frederik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html after that simply click on it. Eric
Re: [newbie] MS Linux?
That's great to hear (!), do you possibly know of any reference to that on the web? I'd like to share that with some co-workers, but I'm afraid without proof it could seem sorta like an 'urban legend'. I tried searching both cnet and zdnet with no luck, it would be nice to find a page of 'little known facts' about Linux - anyone know of any? Mike On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, someone wrote: MS makes applications for Mac OS and others, but nothing for Linux. It seems especially strange considering that Microsoft choose Linux to run it's Hotmail webservers, instead of NT! I missed something of this thread, it seems. MS did try to make the transition from Linux to Windows NT after they took over Hotmail, and they put in a LOT of effort and money. The problem that they faced, however, was that there was no combination of NT-computer/memory/disk and windoze mailserver that could handle the amount of accounts (millions) and e-mails (gazillions per day). They tried setting this up for 4 months, shadowing the load of the Sparc's that Hotmail used to NT machines in each conceivable configuration. It did not work. So they did not choose Linux, they were just doomed to continue using it, in a way, since their own product was not able to make it work. The only thing that I know of that MS did for Unix (not even specifically Linux), is build some things for Apache so that can support "BackPage" extensions. (Who'd want that with PHP anyway.) I know about the limitations of win NT compared to Unix. At work we use a bit of a database that continuously calculates processes (1.6 million measuring points that are updated every 2 minutes). All attempts to make this go on Win NT failed 10 out of 10 times. MS-Access cannot take it, Oracle for Windows is way too slow. A nice basic Oracle database on an HP-9000, running HP-UX, has no problem with it... Paul -- Does anyone know what killed the Dead Sea? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] software question...
I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I'm using Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 which comes with paradox and quattro pro - there's also Applixware for Linux that is supposed to be quite powerful. Mike Anyone know of some decent business software for Linux. Specifically I would like to bill people though it. John
Re: [newbie] Ext2 Partition
Yep, I've resized all over the place using PM 4; just bought PM 5, haven't tried with that one yet. Mike Greetings! Is it safe to increase my Mandrake 7.1 ext2 partition using PartitionM Magic under Win98? If not, how can I do it without destroying my present ext2 partition? Thank you for your help.
Re: [newbie] MS Linux?
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=hotmail.comExamine=Wait.. Another great one! Thanks again! Mike =)
[newbie] How do you format a zip disk?
Hello all, The subject just about covers it, I would like to know the command line (and also if there's a gui version) for formatting my zip disks to either ext2 or vfat. As a bonus, could I also get the same info for hard drives? I'm spoiled by Windows - point, right click, select 'format' - any thoughts? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] IDE RAID
Mark Weaver wrote: I wasn't aware that was even possible. I was under the impression that RAID could only be accomplished using SCSI devices. Mark On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Michael Lapa wrote: Has anyone gotten an IDE RAID system up and running in Mandrake linux? If so, what card and software did you use. Michael Lapa Technical Support Xprima.com Corporation 450.668.4415 ext. 238 RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, it can be ide as well as scsi. Mirroring is one type of raid setup where you write the same information to two or more disks at the same time, that way if one disk fails, you haven't lost important data. Another type is striping with parity; you have three or more disks and you write the information twice. If one disk fails, you just swap it with a good disk and keep going. As far as getting it working under Linux, I haven't yet tried. I do have simple striping setup on one of my computers under Windows 2000 and when I installed Linux to that computer, it seemed to recognize that it was a raid setup however there were other problems so I aborted and haven't gone back yet. In the installer for Mandrake 7.1, there is an option on the 'custom' install when you choose which filesystem you want to use, that allows for raid - I would imagine that it's as simple as picking the disks to use and letting the installer do the rest. Hope that helps, Mike -- Mike Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
