Re: [newbie] What version (distro?) to run on my new box?
Unless i'm mistaken , all distros revolce around the kernel capabilities. Therefore whichever distro you use is O.K. Personally i use Mandrake (the first distro i installed sucessfully!) However Slackware and Debian are two alternatives that are supposedly better for somethings as long as you are prepared to learn. The final choice is yours , but if you're already using Mandrake - continue and use more command line where possible might be as wise as anything. Any comments anyone? Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Isaac Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:52 AM Subject: [newbie] What version (distro?) to run on my new box? All right folks, I'm about to order all the parts for my new machine, and I'm going to order the OS along with it. What do I order? I'm open to anything. I would be very interested in beginning a Debian learning curve, so that's one possibility. If I stay with Mandrake (which is where I'm leaning heavily) I am *VERY* curious which version you all think I should use. I have heard of various problems in each release, and being bug-free is a major issue for me. I'll be giving L-M a hefty chunk of money (I'm thinking PowerPack, unless one of you recommends otherwise) so I don't want to have to put up with any bullshit. I'm more than happy (in fact I prefer) to configure everything from the command line, but I just want to find a version that maximizes hardware support, stability, and usability. I'm always psyched to learn more about Linux, but I don't consider spending eight hours online trying to patch up lousy AC '97 audio support part of my learning process. With the amount of time I had to spend downloading software upgrades to make 7.2 work I may as well have learned to program and written all the drivers myself. In all honesty, though, I love Mandrake. The frustrations are welcome in the early stages, but at this point I would like to be spending more time learning how to do things cleanly and concisely from the command line now that I feel I am progressing to a certain level of proficiency (3 on a 1-10 scale IMO... but that's not bad for Linux). I want to begin to develop my skills as a Linux user without being hampered by the fact that EveryBuddy won't display who's actually online, that KMail won't thread messages, or that some automated tool or other has tinkered with my routing tables without permission again. I don't mind (in fact I enjoy) tackling one or two of these little projects a week, but right now I feel like there are so many little projects that they have become obstacles to my learning process. So, to trim all of this down to one neat little sentence: I'm looking for a Linux distribtion, preferably Mandrake, that will provide a moderately bug-free existence while allowing me to flesh out my rudimentary command line skills in a way that will allow me to gain an inter-distributionary (yes, I know I made that up) understanding of Linux. I've got the money to blow on a PowerPack if that's necessary, and a broadband connection to download freebies if it's not. Where do I go from here? Many thanks, Isaac Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 21/08/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop
No offence intended , but how did you begin the installation and set-up? Some background along with error messages will help people to advise in a better fashion. If possible , post soon while it's fresh in your mind. Actually , i know just how you feel , i've been there with many others , but we will help where we can! Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop On Thursday 22 August 2002 01:06 am, you wrote: (response below quote) Bottom posting is considered good form here, thanks. On Wednesday 21 August 2002 23:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am a linux newbie, and I am very interested in learning linux. I welcome downloaded Linux 8.2, and i tried installing it but it has about 5 errors while installing the packages. Ooops, always a good idea (at least in Linux) to make a note of what errors say, it helps a lot in troubleshooting. we all know how arcane the error message given by M$winblows products, but in Linux, the messsages really mean something. next time BTW, have you considered re-installing and this time trying the expert (as opposed to recomended, it is kinda like the difference between a normal and a custom software install) Installation went through fine, and the packages didnt seem to cause much effect. When I rebooted my PC after installing linux 8.2, the boot screen came up in which i chose linux (by the way i have linux and windows on a dual boot. Windows 20 gigs, and linux 18 gigs). I was on mandrakes tutorial from the site, and I saw that after installation it started talking about the first time wizard, and stuff... Which seems to be the linux desktop. When i rebooted. It made me go into the linux console, and i donnot know how to get to the linux-like desktop. It keeps putting me in the dos-like area which someone said was the console. I typed startx as someone instructed me to do from an IRC help channel. It said that the! re was an error... and it didnt run startx. It said errno2, and also had errno3. Directory not found or something. Im not sure whether this is happening because of the installation package errors or something. Anyways I went back to irc help channel, and i stated this problem. They told me that linux would boot into the desktop if my video was ok. I told them i had a nvidia video card, and they told me to update the drivers for it... I donno what to do. Im not sure if its the drivers or not. I am running A 1003 mhz computer (about 1ghz) with AMD athlon processor (T-BIRD). I have 38.9 GB of HDD, and 256MB of RAM. Also, I was wondering if Mandrake 9.0 would be better for me to install... I always like to have the most upgraded version. However im not sure if its buggy... I would love to have 9.0 but i want to make sure i wont have tons of errors.. I know it is in beta right now. If you think Mandrake 9.0 doesnt have many bugs or errors, and it would be a better upgrade t! hen 8.2, please tell me. I have alot of things I would like information on, so I would like if a supporter could spend some time to help. I went through some linux tutorials but xtra help is always good. First i need to get out of the console :). Also... I was wondering if i could get AOL to run on linux.. Ok I know AOL Lamers... bla bla bla, but its the only thing i got :(, And please dont laugh at me. I was thinkking WINE, or win4lin could : do the job... Could it? Please help me with the installation process... and how to make everything work correctly. My computer is about 1 year old, and i shouldnt have much problem. Please email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I would appreciate it very much. Ive never used this post thing, so im not sure if this will come out in like a message board, but if it does respond to my email please instead of the post. Once again my email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would appreciate any help I could get on installing Mandrake linux :) I ain't the guy to help you with AOL, but a search of this mail list archive from the last few weeks should help, there was some links on how to get some AOL stuff running, but AOL is A WInders Program. I bet you you could get Earthlink.net damn near every point of presence that AOL has tho. There are some whack issues with nVidia cards, at least there were on earlier versions. When you installed, did you do a video/monitor test? I know it prompts you for those in 7.2 and 8.0, but I'm still a year behind the curve so I haven't seen any of this bleeding-edge 8.2 gadgetry (aka I am too poor and on too slow of a connection to upgrade... lol). Anyway, if you didnt do that test you should pop the startup CDs in again, skip right to the video test step and make sure you get your video card and monitor
[newbie] Off Topic (post to list)
I must apologise to everyone on this list. After i replied to a couple of postings i realised i'd messed up! Posted at TOP not Bottom. Purely unintentional and please forgive me. Any flame gracefully accepted at this point. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 21/08/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs
One last thought! Where i come from they use them for visual toys for special needs kids. Any kids like that near you? Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Derek Byram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs On Saturday 01 June 2002 22:44, you wrote: On Saturday 01 June 2002 10:53 pm, shane wrote: On Saturday 01 June 2002 01:27 pm, Miark did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with them? SNIP everyone always says coasters but the whole in the middle kinda makes that pointless. SELLOTAPE anyone? -- Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed-solved
Thanks for reply , it's helpful to hear of things that work. i might need them myself one day! Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Hakan Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed-solved Thanks, Steve. I solved the problem in a different way. I defined same windows partition with another name (dos) by using lilo configuration tool coming with installation CDs and it worked. Than I deleted all the junk options created by several previous lilo configuration attempts. I am afraid I am still more of a windows user who prefers configuration tools to actual editing of .conf files, but I'll get there! In time... Hakan From: Steve Maytum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:38:46 - Hakan , unless i'm mistaken the answer is quite simple. Shutdown your PC re-boot with a Windows start-up floppy and re-install your Win95. This overwrites MBR but provided you have a Linux boot floppy you can get back into your Linux. Then re-write lilo/conf file (i think) and from a shell Issue command to run /sbin/lilo. Check with others correct file to edit when back in Linux. HTH! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Hakan Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed After accidentally updating my kernel (although I knew I shouldn't), I tried to install the original one from the installCDs of 8.1. During that process however, LILO went bad. There was an error reproted about vmlinuz that I don't remember very well now, and setup did not progress any further. To correct (!) the problem, I chose grub instead of lilo, and it seemed to work. At least the setup finished. Then, everything was OK linuxwise; however I can't boot my windows 95 anymore. I tried Webmin, Drakeconf, Linuxconf but nothing seems to work. Is there a way to make it bootable again without loosing the data? Thanks in advance, Hakan _ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed
Hakan , unless i'm mistaken the answer is quite simple. Shutdown your PC re-boot with a Windows start-up floppy and re-install your Win95. This overwrites MBR but provided you have a Linux boot floppy you can get back into your Linux. Then re-write lilo/conf file (i think) and from a shell Issue command to run /sbin/lilo. Check with others correct file to edit when back in Linux. HTH! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Hakan Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed After accidentally updating my kernel (although I knew I shouldn't), I tried to install the original one from the installCDs of 8.1. During that process however, LILO went bad. There was an error reproted about vmlinuz that I don't remember very well now, and setup did not progress any further. To correct (!) the problem, I chose grub instead of lilo, and it seemed to work. At least the setup finished. Then, everything was OK linuxwise; however I can't boot my windows 95 anymore. I tried Webmin, Drakeconf, Linuxconf but nothing seems to work. Is there a way to make it bootable again without loosing the data? Thanks in advance, Hakan _ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted
- Original Message - From: Elijah Jacobs To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:50 AM Subject: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted Hi, I am getting this error ( along with a long list of errors) on bootup. ... dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmouted .. I checked http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/amount3.html#fsck it indicated that either 1) i haven't run shutdown before turning the machine off or 2) or were forced to reboot the machine because of a system freeze neither one is true. I was wondering how I can begin to fix this problem. thanks in advance. - eJ This sounds as though you have some conflicting software going on as / user. Have you installed all O.K? Something didn't quite finish how you wanted? Until then you will get this message. Post some of error messages , they may give more ideas as to what is wrong and i,ll try again. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1
Sorry to post this way , but you could use FIPS! any problems or queries , feel free to contact myself directly if you wish. Will help as muuch as i can Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1 On Friday 07 December 2001 05:10, you wrote: Dear All, I am considering either going with vmware in Linux or doing a dual boot with Win95 and LM 8.1. I know that everyone says to always install Windows first, however may I install it now somehow without erasing my Linux 8.1 if I use the great partition tool System Commander? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Marcia you could do it with a linux boot disk, just install winders (but don't allow a reformat of the entire drive, just the fat32 portion), boot into linux as root in a console, type lilo. should find and setup all the partitions for the next boot. it is improtant to know all the drive letters in both linux and M$win. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] maybe a revenge?
I'm sorry to offend you. I have only been on this list long enough to make a comment about this attack. I don't believe civilised people should attack each other wherever they live! You have my apologies for any offence caused , please feel free to reply , at least i'll know where i stand with you. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mandrake7 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] maybe a revenge? Maybe you forgot all the attacks of USA to the other countries with no reasonjust to show to the world how much strong is the USA army,and how many people have die and realy i cant remember someone to give some help or some e-mail with deepest sympathies... you suck - Original Message - From: Steve Maytum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:44 PM Subject: [newbie] Off Topic - Terrorism! To all affected people in the USA , or anywhere else for that matter , you have my deepest sympathies. May your gods take better care of you than the so-called civilised people on this planet! Kindest regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Off Topic - Terrorism!
To all affected people in the USA , or anywhere else for that matter , you have my deepest sympathies. May your gods take better care of you than the so-called civilised people on this planet! Kindest regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Re: (newbie) sound no sndconfig
When running as root , i have opened a terminal and used the command:- /usr/sbin/sndconfig (without quotation marks). You will probably get a warning not to do this as root. However i suffered no ill effects as a newbie when this was applied. Check with others if you wish for the disadvantages , but feel free to try this if it can help. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Guy R Gauthier (LAN)
Guy , i have no instructions as yet for setting up home network. Hopefully someone on this list will assist with cable modem setup in Linux. Any takers please post Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Dizzy newbie LAN help!
Thanks for your kind offers of help with home network setup. Should i post to list for everyone's info? i'll get system info and mail soon. Just finished working 24 hours , need a break first! Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Network help needed!
Anyone able to help a dizzy (gone round in circles so often!) PC user set up a small home network with 'net connection? Any help appreciated Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 1Ghz + 256 MB = Not Linux-Mandrake 8.0
Hello , just wondering where your version of 8.0 came from? Is it from the cover of a Linux Magazine? If so , the disk is corrupt , sorry. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 4:12 AM Subject: [newbie] 1Ghz + 256 MB = Not Linux-Mandrake 8.0 I just built a new system, a AMD 1Ghz with 256 MB of RAM and I went to install LM 8.0 on it, and it freaked out. The error is as follows: Loading program into memory [***] install exited abnormally :-( -- recieved signal 11 sendind termination signals . . . done and then it reboots. I dont know what the problem is, I tried expert mode, and every other one and I couln't get it to work, could someone please tell me whats going on. Once it said something about not being able to load the second stage ram disk. Thanks in advance! ~Lance
Re: [newbie] Re(newbie)Linux Magazine 8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated
- Original Message - From: Jason Guidry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Re(newbie)Linux Magazine 8.0 Installation impossible!!Help appreciated MACK , if this was a cover version from news vendor , the disk was corrupt! Do you live in UK or USA? If UK could send a working copy. Let me know *Ouch* well, I guess they tried... anyway, looking at your system specs you may want to be cautious. I installed 8.0 on a system very similar to yours 2 weeks ago, except the only thing that makes it run halfway decent is that the ram was upgraded to 96 MB. would it be a good Idea to install the older kernal (2.2.19) and the older XF86 instead? How is that done again? :0 Installed all O.K. on my PC , is your machine having any other problems? Sometimes it's just a case of every PC being so individual you may need better advice than i can give to see if there may be a specific problem. Hope you can get a good result soon. regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] (newbie)Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Installation
Matthew , if nobody has offered before you recieve this e-mail , contact me and i'll help where i can Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Need help
Dave , if you e-mail me off list i will help where poss. Phone no. if in S.E. U.K. would help , can then talk you through. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: David Pilcher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:39 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Need help To connect to the web, use KPPP or Gnome Dialer I'd recommend KDE, but that's a personal choice. Check out http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/kppp1.htmlor http://64.209.212.162/dell/step/0,2595,26538+28719+29773+29775_0,00.html Dave -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of MNSent: 07 February 2001 18:14To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Need help Hi I just installed Mandrake 7 and I need to know how to brighten up the screen!Like adjust my gamma!or change the background wallpaper to lighter! Also need to know how to connect to the net! Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] Need help
Apologies Dave , i'm half asleep. Should have been talking to Mark. No offence intended. Offer still applies if you see my reply Mark. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: MN To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:13 PM Subject: [newbie] Need help Hi I just installed Mandrake 7 and I need to know how to brighten up the screen!Like adjust my gamma!or change the background wallpaper to lighter! Also need to know how to connect to the net! Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] I'm completely lost
Ralph , can't help right now , but i'll try to e-mail tonight (17/01/01) with help. Meantime send info on your system. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ralph Avery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:29 AM Subject: [newbie] I'm completely lost I've been tinkering with this Linux for some time, but I still don't understand it at all. I've read the posts on this message board (All 150+) every day, but everyone's completely out of my league with their responses. I have Mandrake Linux (I think 6.2). I managed to get it up and running, I can even connect to the internet. I have no idea how I did it. I am trying to get my sound card and NIC card to work. I downloaded some files that are supposed to be the drivers. They're in tar.gz format. I've gunzipped them, and even tarred them. I have a bunch of files now, and I have no idea what to do with them. There's an Adobe PDF with one of them. I downloaded the latest version of Acrobat to read it. It makes no sense. When I log out of KDE (Or any other GUI) I often lose my mouse. The cursor goes to the extreme upper right corner, and I can't do squat after that. All I can do is hit Reset. The computer's not locked up, but it won't let me do anything when I return to the GUI. I would imagine there was a command that could be executed which would activate the mouse again. Is there anyone out there willing to do some one-on-one tutoring, and help someone who's really really trying?
Re: [newbie] Stupid Question
Jay , no problem deleting contenets - just don't delete /tmp file if you're going to use it again. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: [newbie] Stupid Question -- I know in Windows you can safely delete the contents of your windows\temp file. Can you safely delete the /tmp file contents in Linux? Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after." "May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend." http://www.mrsnooky.com
Re: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM
Grace , it sounds to me as though there is no partition allocated to Linux (is this the case?). If so Linux cannot install , you need to allocate space first. Assuming you've not done that , e-mail me personally if you wish and I'll try to go through this with you. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Grace Becongco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:38 AM Subject: [newbie] Please Help a Newbie! Problem Installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 - Cannot initialize CDROM A newbie's problem (so pardon me if this may sound stupid). I'm installing Linux-Mandrake 7.1 on a Pentium PC. I just wanted to try my hands on it. Upon running the autorun on the DosUtils directory (from Win 98 of course), I click on the "Complete Installation option". The system reboots and goes to the installation process. The thing is, I cannot get past the CDROM Initialization screen. It gives me options but I can't seem to find the right module. I figured out it any IDE/ATAPI driver would suffice. But its not working. Autoprobe cannot find the darn CDROM. Maybe my CDROM drive (EPO CR-844S CDROM)is not supported. I even turned the PNP OS off. Has anyone encountered this? Any solution from the gurus out there?
Re: [newbie] I can't get connected to internet
Hello Mauricio , is your modem a winmodem? You say your modem is installed on your PC. If so it is probably a winmodem and won't work under Linux usually. If modem is external , it's usually going to work with Linux. Let me know and I'll try to help if I can. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mauricio Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:41 PM Subject: [newbie] I can't get connected to internet I have a pctel modem installed on my computer with mandrake 7.0. When dialing up the internet number everithing is going fine, but when it says "starting pppd" it hangs up. I dont know if is the modem or the drivers, i'm very newbie, like 2 months of xperience.
[newbie] Netscape/KPPP
Andrew , sorry I couldn't reply sooner - ISP let me down. Lost info. Sorted? if not please send again , I'll try again -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape/kppp
Hi Andrew , if poss post your ISP info over and I may be able to suggest something. Never had connection prob. with Mandrake 7 once configured. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Andrew To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:43 PM Subject: [newbie] Netscape/kppp Hello, I am having problems staying connected to the internet through Mandrake. I can get on and surf for 3 to 10 minutes and then the kppp daemon dies unexpectedly. I read something about compression in the archives. Something along the lines of arguments like "nodeflate, nocccomp, noccp, nopcomp..." Is that the problem or is it something else? I am running Mandrake 7.0. Thanks, Andrew
Re: [newbie] My first upgrade to 7.2 experience
Paul , not quite sure - but I'm sure I read somewhere that some files are allocated to new slots in 7.2 - hence problems reading info! Anyone shed more light on this thought (or better suggestion?) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 8:31 PM Subject: [newbie] My first upgrade to 7.2 experience Hi all, I just upgraded the first machine, my test-pc, to MDK7.2. The upgrade itself went okay, as it showed all kinds of things being installed. But then the fun started. No way that the original X settings were retained. I counted myself lucky for having kept my XF86Config file on a diskette, I needed it!! I could not convince the system that the SiS6326 chip was capable of doing 16bit colors with 1024x768 resolution. The old XF86Config took care of that. (Xfree 4 was not set up automatically, even though the videochip is reported to be supported.) I have not looked at the network and printing yet (CUPS was installed). A problem that I have never had before is shutting down. Shutting goes partly well, until I see umount2: /usr: device is busy After that there is no more action from the computers end. CtrlAltDel does not do anything, all that is left is throw the switch. The boot afterwards will of course force a check on several partitions. Weird, since with 7.1 everything went so well. I will hold back from upgrading my other machine until I have an answer why shutting down on pc2 does not work. I can't understand why /usr would remain "busy" (mounted?) Any takers on this problem? Paul -- Balderdash (n.): a rapidly receding hairline. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Kernel panic
Luis , do you need to recover your Windows? If so you will need to boot from a dos floppy and fdisk /mbr to get started reinstalling Windows. Then use FIPS or Partition Magic (whatever you prefer really) to create Linux partition. Then you can try using a Linux rescue floppy. If that fails , you will probably have to reinstall. Others may give you a better idea if you wait for all replies. Good Luck -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Luis Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel panic I recently reinstalled windows and it erased my master boot record (mbr) I have tried to boot linux through a floppy disc and I received this error message: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:07 What can I do to boot linux? Please help me I have very important files in my linux partition. _ 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] Windows
Dear Mwinold@.cs.com do everyone a favour - stop telling everyone how great you are - because if you are why do you keep trying to prove it? [EMAIL PROTECTED]. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows hey i right books and i create many things but you want to know what if i post them on the internet i am going to have to expect one person buys it and then redistributes it to their friends and then thier friends and so on. if you sell it in a store same concept, do you think i am going to buy 50 copys of win2k for my whole familys list of computers, no why not just copy one. and presto the whole family is up to date, this is really getting old, and all because i mentioned a nit picky detail to let someone know hey you may not have to format your whole drive because you are using linux and want to add windows, i found i didnt have too but that may be contributed to my copy of windows. so all of you whining about oh hes using pirated stuff hes so bad, go ahead call the cops, really this is pathetic. maybe i just grew up in the oldschool of computing where hacking and pirating was a comon thing. but ohwell i will continue my way despite new international laws and blah blah freakin dah can we get back to the topics now of gee i have linux but it doesnt work quite right hey haow about you can you help?
Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user
Hello Robert , don't know if this is the answer - but it worked for me. Firstly , I attempted KPPP via KDE desktop. Secondly , you need to make sure you have 1st and 2nd DNS numbers set up correctly in resolv.conf in /etc directory. If this isn't clear enough - e-mail back and I'll go through it with you stage by stage. Good Luck -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Robert Valska [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user I do not feel all alone in the world now as am having the same problem you are on this. Have been checking all documentation I have. Many bucks spent on books and so far no solution. I see the same messages and also unable to do mail as user. Let me know if you do get a solution. I too am the "system expert", but have no answers for me. Bob Valska - Original Message - From: "Graham Watkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:30 AM Subject: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user I don't know if this is a common problem, but I seem unable to connect to one of my ISPs (ntlworld)as a user with KPP. Although the connection seems to work OK, when I open Netscape I get the following message. "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable. Perhaps there is a problem with your name server? If your site must use a non-root name server, you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name server. It may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable, or the SOCKS host preference to the IP address of the host in question rather than its name. Consult your system administrator." Hang on a minute! I'm the system administrator and I haven't got a clue. I don't even know what the $SOCKS variable is, never mind how to point it anywhere. As root, I seem to be able to connect well enough to this or my other ISP (Demon). Does the fact that Demon have given me a static IP address and ntlworld haven't make a difference? If anyone out there has had this problem and solved it, I would be grateful if they would share this info with me.
Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user
Hello Minhaz , If you are able you simply need to contact ISP for this info. The info can also be found from Windows - but with only a little experience on PC's I am unable to tell you how. Someone on this list will probably e-mail and tell you how very shortly. If not e-mail the list again asking if anyone can tell you where the info is in windows. Good Luck -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Minhaz at LineOne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user I am using Linux Mandrake 7.1 on a standalone PC and can connect to my ISP. When I open Netscape, I receive the following messages "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net Can someone tell me what DNS and PPP settings I need to add ? Minhaz - Original Message - From: Clayton Hoskinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user Graham Watkins wrote: I don't know if this is a common problem, but I seem unable to connect to one of my ISPs (ntlworld)as a user with KPP. Although the connection seems to work OK, when I open Netscape I get the following message. "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net Graham, I had the same problem, my answer was found in DrakConf-- Linuxconf. Once there I had to set the DNS and PPP connection information. My story is long, but not atypical on the newbie list. I could connect to my ISP, but from there to the net was a mystery. I kept playing with the previously mentioned areas and one day, it worked right. So. I say good luck Clayton
Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user
Minhaz , have you tried checking /etc directory to make sure DNS Nos. are correct in reolv.conf file? Let me know if not and I'll rethink and go through with you -- Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Minhaz at LineOne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user Steve Thanks for replying back. I am able to find my ISP's DNS settings and have entered them into my Linux's DNS setup. However, even though I am able to connect to my ISP with its DNS settings, every time I open Netscape (after connecting to my ISP), I receive the same error messages "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net Is there anyone on this email mailing list that has been able to both connect to his/her ISP and access websites via Netscape ? I would be very grateful if you could email me how you did this. Minhaz - Original Message - From: Steve Maytum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user Hello Minhaz , If you are able you simply need to contact ISP for this info. The info can also be found from Windows - but with only a little experience on PC's I am unable to tell you how. Someone on this list will probably e-mail and tell you how very shortly. If not e-mail the list again asking if anyone can tell you where the info is in windows. Good Luck -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Minhaz at LineOne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user I am using Linux Mandrake 7.1 on a standalone PC and can connect to my ISP. When I open Netscape, I receive the following messages "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net Can someone tell me what DNS and PPP settings I need to add ? Minhaz - Original Message - From: Clayton Hoskinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user Graham Watkins wrote: I don't know if this is a common problem, but I seem unable to connect to one of my ISPs (ntlworld)as a user with KPP. Although the connection seems to work OK, when I open Netscape I get the following message. "Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net Graham, I had the same problem, my answer was found in DrakConf-- Linuxconf. Once there I had to set the DNS and PPP connection information. My story is long, but not atypical on the newbie list. I could connect to my ISP, but from there to the net was a mystery. I kept playing with the previously mentioned areas and one day, it worked right. So. I say good luck Clayton
Re: [newbie] DVD setup?
Hello there , I haven't got much time at the moment , but later today will send more helpful info. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: ^xTc` Annonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:04 AM Subject: [newbie] DVD setup? Hello: I have a DVD drive and no matter what I do or where I look I cannot find out how to get it to play dvd's.I've tried http://www.linuxvideo.org/ but it wont work says I am missing files that should have come with it.Tried every mpeg player.So this is my last resort.I'll greatly appreciate if someone can help me. Thanks! _ 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] Dual-boot question
Chris , If you know how to install second hard drive and load operating system you should have no problem. You will need to use some kind of boot management (lilo perhaps?) and all should be well - Original Message - From: Kelly, Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Newbie' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:55 PM Subject: [newbie] Dual-boot question Greetings on this rainy Tuesday in New Jersey, Quick question. I am running 7.1 on a 4gig hard drive. I would like to add another hard drive and install Windows ME on the other one. Can I dual-boot between two hard drives?? If so, has this created any problems? Thanks, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
[newbie] No user group!
Hello everyone , I wonder if you can help me? I live in Maidstone , Kent(U.K.) I am a newbie and struggling. Is there a user group in the area? If not interested in setting one up? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Learning Linux?
Gordon -- I think you may find Linux is easier to learn if you're comfortable working in DOS. If not "dive in" like I did , you can always get help online as well as from textbooks -- Good Luck! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Gordon Burgess-Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Linux Mandrake (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 12:00 PM Subject: [newbie] Learning Linux? As a fairly competent Windows user, what is the best method of learning Linux? Is it to just learn about performing tasks as they occur, (ie unzipping and installing programs etc) or to go through a book like "Linux for Dummies" for example chapter by chapter? Regards Gordon
Re: [newbie] hda not formatting
Dennis -- have you tried using a rescue disk (if you have one) , and has this helped? If not post a message with greater detail and someone will probably give you an answer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:58 PM Subject: [newbie] hda not formatting Well, I've really done it now. The hard drive won't format hda1. I get to the part where formatting partitions takes place and it seems to hang at "formatting hda1". It has been stuck there for 2 hours. I did an upgrade and that went ok, except I checked disk optimization and when I rebooted after the install it hung at optimizing disks. Now I can't even get past the formatting. Anybody need some spare parts? If there is no help for this I guess I will try loading the other OS and see if my hard drive is trashed. Any help would be appreciated. Dennis
[newbie] KPPP still giving me aggro!
Please someone , help if you can. Installed and configured Madrake 7. Set up kppp , but sometimes will - sometimes wont. Creation of duplicate files (host.conf resolv.conf) created continuously. Any ideas? I thought I had it all figured , but I've missed something and I can't find what it is. Many thanx - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
