Re: [newbie] [OT] Question about HUBs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you're going from port 1 to port 1 you need a x-over cable. If you can't find one, they are easy to make if you're a little handy w/ stripping retieing wire. I have an SMC hub that actually has a x-over port so you can use a patch (str8 thru) cable from one hub to another, which is nice. If you need a wiring diagram, let me know and I'll scan it in and send it. That, or I'm sure you can find it online. Ty During the long counsels of Elrond on Wed, 2 May 2001 16:42:14 -0500 , Mark Johnson recited this tale: Sorry for the off-topic message, but I figured y'all would know this off the bat. If I have an 8 port hub that doesn't have an WAN or Uplink port and I want to connect it another hub ( a LinkSys Router actually ), do I just need to connect, for example, port 1 on the LinkSys to port 1 on the HUB? Do I need a cross-over cable or do I just use a straight through cable? [cable-modem]-[linksys router/hub]---(port 1/port1)---[8 port hub]---[NIC] thanks! - -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Call Sign KC5FQH PGP Public Key 8646B823 Webslave to http://www.home.aone.net.au/irc_rpg/home.htm -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrxXwQACgkQREeqyYZGuCNDfACgu5JLlRKvK48zDZuIZaanoOCb cxcAoL/KfquosR99H+3gw8gD9VpjytBn =8ZEu -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] piping directory filelist to tar for extraction, how?
This is driving me crazy, i've read the man and info files for tar, and read what little info I could find on pipes. I have a bunch of filename.tar.bz2 files in a directory that I wish to unzip and extract all at once. It doesn't appear that tar lets one use wildcards with -xf, at least to do what I need. So I'm trying to pipe my file list to tar -xvy Tried (ls | grep "*.bz2") | tar -xvyf - (ls | grep "*.bz2") | tar -xvy ls | grep "*.bz2" | tar -xvy ls | grep "*.bz2" | tar -xvyf bunzip2 *bz2 | tar -xvv and about 15 more variations thereof, I must be an idiot. Can someone shed some light? thank you [:)]
Re: [newbie] can't switch consoles, why?
Yah that was it, I'm used to always using the keys on the right, but the ones on the left do work...weird. Thanks for the help all! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try the Ctrl Alt F1-F7 using the Ctrl and Alt keys on the left side of the keyboard. Otherwise you can check your setup. Cheers -- Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have one of those windows type keyboards. Under ML 7.2, all I have to do is to hit that little 'windows' button on either side of the spacebar to swing through the consoles. Works that way on both my installed systems. Scott_G - Original Message - From: Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] can't switch consoles, why? When you're NOT running X, I think switching consoles is simply Alt F1-F7, without the Ctrl key. When you ARE running X, then you need to add the Ctrl key. At least, that's how it works on my system (7.2), and I haven't made any changes. Dave At 07:47 PM 01/16/2001 -0800, you wrote: Hi all, I'm new to mandrake distrib but not to FreeBSD and Redhat. One thing I haven't been able to figure out in Mandrake 7.2 is why can't I switch consoles using the norml ctrl alt f1-f7? I'm not in xwindows when attemtping to do this... When I try nothing happens...I don't know where this is setup, so I don't know how to troubleshoot it... I've done multiple installs (for various reasons) and it's always the same.. can anyone help? thanks in advance :) Ty Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc. "Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur." __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
[newbie] can't switch consoles, why?
Hi all, I'm new to mandrake distrib but not to FreeBSD and Redhat. One thing I haven't been able to figure out in Mandrake 7.2 is why can't I switch consoles using the norml ctrl alt f1-f7? I'm not in xwindows when attemtping to do this... When I try nothing happens...I don't know where this is setup, so I don't know how to troubleshoot it... I've done multiple installs (for various reasons) and it's always the same.. can anyone help? thanks in advance :) Ty
[newbie] CD-Burning
Here's a minor issue I've had since I've started using Linux. It's never been a big deal, so I've usually not worried, but now I have time. Anyhow, when I burn CD's, be it w/ gcombust, X-CD-Roast, or directly with cdrecord (like I'll ever do THAT by choice ;) ), I get an error msg that states something like 'can't get mlockall - permission denied'. But if I su or burn as root, it's ok. Where do I need to change things? Thanks! Ty -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
Re: [newbie] Reiser FS
This month's Linux-mag (paper only, or wait 2 months it will be electrons) has one too. On 29 Jul 2000 18:53:09 -, Greg Stewart said: Tjere was a long discussion of this fs onthe xpert board... you might want to check the expert archives. --Greg - Original Message - From: "Richard Kim" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:36 PM Subject: [newbie] Reiser FS Could anybody give me a full description about what Reiser Filesystem is? (Or at least give me a site to go to.) * Want free email? Sign up at http://www.freeze.com ! -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
Re: [newbie] safe to download to Win95 dir?
I used to do this a lot. The only problem you may have is that sometimes Linux thinks that ANYTHING on a FAT drive is executable. What I usually did was saved it to a FAT hd, then copied it over to an ext2 (RieserFS if you use it) hd and chmod as needed. Ty On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:05:08 -0400, John said: This is probably a silly question. When downloading linux/unix files (i.e. a .tar.gz or .rpm files) from the internet, is it safe to save them in a Win95 directory? Is there anything I should do to protect/preserve file attributes/permissions? I've got to do this on my home machine as I've got a Winmodem (I know, time to get a real modem) and I'd like to confirm that I can update my Mandrake distro safely. Any help/guidance would be appreciated. -- Attorney, (n.) A person legally appointed to mismanage one's affairs which one has not himself the skill to rightly mismanage. Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary" Registered Linux User #180033 -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
Re: [newbie] Running .jar programs
As I recall you have to preface the *.jar with the jre/jdk command line. Something like 'jre byteme.jar' just as you would for a python or pearl proggy. As usual, RTFM (F=freakin' here) ;) I'm pretty sure it's in the jre/jdk readme's/man's/faq's/web pages. Later, Ty On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:35:45 -0500, Barry Willett said: Does anyone know how to run .jar programs? Whenever I run a program, Linux thinks I'm running an archive. I've installed the rpms for jdk1.2.2 and jre 1.2.2 - is there anything else I need to do? Thanks! -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
[newbie] How do I make a swap partition?
I just added another hd to my scsi chain (400+mb) and I want to play with it. First, i want to make it ALL swap - right now it's ext2. So how do I do that? Then I may chop it up and make it swap and /tmp. Or just /tmp. Thanks! (400+ swap - that's SILLY). -- Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] Supported Ethernet?
I have a SBC (Single Board computer) that has a embedded 10/100 Intel 21143 Ethernet Controller does the 2.2.12 kernel support this card I can not find a supported hardware page, If it is supported which module does it use ? Thanks In Advance Ty Morton
RE: [newbie] PCMCIA
Actually I tried that. but went about it a different way. this is the recommended way I heard on how to do that. here it is, but it still did not fix the problem. :( edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia and edit the second digit on the chkconfig line. For instance, change chkconfig: 2345 45 96 #change the number 45 to like 9 or something chkconfig 2345 9 96 then run this command. chkconfig --del pcmcia; chkconfig--add pcmcia this did indeed make the pcmcia start before the eth0 init and it starts with a [OK] but then it goes to bring up eth0 and still fails. when I do a cardinfo it tells me there is no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices ? if I do a ifup eth0 it says delaying eth0 initialization. I also tried a pcmcia start from /etc/rc.d/init.d like this ./pcmcia start it tells me Starting PCMCIA services: module directory /lib/modules/2.2.14-1mdklinus/pcmcia not found. this is really a pain. Like I say the funny thing is that when I was installing Mandrake it picked up the PCMCIA slots and the 3Com combo card I even did a test print to a network printer. Arrgh. -Original Message- From: Bill Mote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Note: rc5.d on RedHat based distributions is the GUI boot, not rc6.d. Bill - Original Message - From: "Thomas Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 10:43 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] PCMCIA Another nice trick with PCMCIA services is when you get it running, if you watch the boot process it fails the eth? and yet later when it starts the PCMCIA services it will then kick on the nic and boot up nicely. If you like me and this "failed" bothers you, go into /etc/rc.d and take a look around. You'll notice several files like rc1.d, rc2.d etc. If your booting init 3 "ex: dos prompt" then go into the rc3.d dir, if your booting straight into the GUI mode "ex: Gnome or KDE" then go into the rc6.d dir. Then list the files. Notice their all symbolic links to other files, but these are the links run to startup the services. Usually there numbered like S10network and S45pcmcia The numbers I gave are examples. Anyway, rename the numbers to the opposite ends...ex. from above do the following (after looking to find a free number, as their usually numbered in increments of 5 or 10. as root type : mv S45pcmcia S11pcmcia then type mv S10network S46network What this does is boots them in the correct order. No failed messages again. The above procedures has caused me no problems, though I admit I am fairly new to Linux. If anyone does have problems please let me know and post to the list so others can know as well. Laterz, Pyro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Hello, Check to make sure that the PCMCIA service on the laptop is actually set to run. I've installed 7.02 on my laptop too and the pcmcia services didn't start until i entered setup and selected PCMCIA service. Jero Ty Morton writes: Hello just have a simple question to ask. I just installed 7.02 on my laptop Dell i7.5k it has a 3com PCMCIA 3ccfem556 combo card. during the install process it picked up the card just fine. I even installed a network printer and printed a test page. After I rebooted the nic failed to start. I noticed the pcmcia did not start and I can't get the service to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ty Morton Tech Connect, Inc. Tulsa, OK Phone: 918-747-4846 Fax: 918-747-5159 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem
there are other key combos to get into the bios as well some of them are Ctrl + shift +esc or Ctrl + alt +esc or Shift F2 or Ctrl Shift f2 Usually it is one of those or just F2 HTH -Original Message- From: Rial Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem Well, a friend of mine also has one of these "brand PC's" with weird BIOS that doesn't follow the "press DEL to enter BIOS" convention. So what I basically do is this: from the instant you power on the box, press and hold down a key (I usually take DEL, but any key should work). Then it'll detect some keyboard malfunction and ask you to press F2 (probably differs on your HP) to enter BIOS. This trick might work, or perhaps not. Worth a shot though. ps: perhaps the BIOS is password protected (some vendors do this so they don't have to fix what you screw up). In this case you should call the helpdesk for the password, but I 've seen some vendors that cancel your warranty if you do. So watch out ;) On Mar 6 Matthew Loschmann wrote: I have some problems with setting up my sound card and modem, somebody emailed back and said that you have to turn off PnP in the Bios settings. I have a newer computer HP Pavilion and when it boots up it doesn't give you and option to enter into bios so How do I get into BIOS? Matt -- Rial Juan http://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel: (++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org Unix IS user-friendly. It's just not ignorant-friendly or idiot-friendly. -- Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
RE: [newbie] Free Internet
Ip config will do that, and it's legal. The problem is that it's a dynamic DNS - it changes each time you long on. Here's a thought tho - see how they connect Windows to the Iway. If it's just a Dial Up Networking connection, we can do that just as easily. But many of them are ad driven, so it's proprietary software. :( -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 2/20/00, 6:01:23 PM, "Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] Free Internet: I saw it posted somewhere that you can run I believe "ipconfig" under windows to get your DNS once you are connected to your free ip. Whether this is legal and/or works for you I don't know. Foyah -Original Message- From: Mark Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Free Internet Does anyone know of an ISP who provides free Internet AND supports Linux? I just tried Freewweb, but they don't support us!!
Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
Your best bet is to uninstall the modem in Windows. Then run a file called wmregdel.exe from the Win98 CD. Shutdown the computer Jumper the modem for Com2 Restart the computer Install the modem when it's detected in Windows Then you should have no more worries. Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 2/15/00, 3:53:11 AM, Ron Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings: At 01:38 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote: Is there a way to get linux to detect my USR internal 56k modem when the cards jumpers are set to PnP? Right now I have to set the jumpers to PnP to work with windows and set the jumpers to com2 to get it to work with Linux. Hi, Could you let me know if you get any answers to your PNP problem? I'm having the exact same problem. Thanks, Ron Sinclair AKA NipponDSM __ ICN 3765104 http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html http://www.dsm.org
[newbie] default inittab
I've been playing with inittab, and now I get an error that doesn't seem to affect anything, but it's annoying: x Id respawning too fast. Waiting 5 minutes. And as you might imagine it pops up in a terminal every 5 minutes. It's coming from the fact that the x:5:respawn:stuff here line is wrong now. I thought I had backed up the default initab, but I can't find it. :( I'd appreciate it if someone would cut and paste that line from a default inittab so I can correct mine. :) Thanks! Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] set background from command line
Just my $0.02: Make an image file called default.jpg (or whatever). Now set your background to that. Now make a script that dwnlds the latest radar image, then mv's it to default.jpg (overwriting of course). Now make sure you can autorefresh your desktop. :) -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 2/5/00, 9:47:20 PM, dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] set background from command line: Is it possible to set the background image from the command line? I've looked around at xview and the like and can't find it. Maybe I'm just too sleepy to find it but I _know_ it must be there. I'd like to wget radar images from a weather site and have the current weather radar then be my desktop background image. dave w
Re: [newbie] Free ISP's and Linux
The software is all proprietary, and for Windows only. :( I do wish the FreeDSL ppl would make a version for Linux! :) Original Message On 2/4/00, 12:15:29 PM, George Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Free ISP's and Linux: Anyone out there figure out how to access one of those free-isp's like NetZero or AltaVista using Linux?
Re: [newbie] chmod/chown problems
I have an FTP dir that I do the same with and here is the commands I use, as root: chown -R nobody.users /FTP (or /common for you) That makes it so that no one owns it and is thus usable by everyone. Then: chmod -R a+rwX just to be sure that everyone has read write and execute status for everything. The capital X means that if it's already +x for anyone make it +x for all and if it's not +x for anyone don't add +x. Keeps plain text files, or anything else, from suddenly becoming 'executable.' Hope it helps Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 2/4/00, 1:56:50 PM, "Lothar Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] chmod/chown problems: Is there some special trick to chmoding and chowning in Linux-Mandrake? The reason I ask is that I can't get either to work. One partition of my hard disk, named "/common," is dedicated to files I would like all users to be able to share. Unfortunately, its permissions are drwxr-xr-x. I would prefer them to be drwxrwxrwx. You'd think that "chmod 777 common" would take care of that. When I use the chmod command, though, exactly nothing happens. I also have some files which I don't think it's necessary to be root to write to. As it is, they belong to root, and since I can't chmod them, I have to be root to work with them. Normally, I'd solve this with the chown command, but that doesn't work either. When I try the chown command at least something happens however: I get an error message saying "Operation not permitted." Apparently either chmod and chown are used differently in Linux than in Unix, or there is something wrong with my system. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thank You. /Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)
I had something like this happen, under NT 4. The only difference is it worked fine (showed my root NT drive as D:) for a while, then quit. I have NO idea how to change the drive designation. You can try using something like Partition Magic to move the Windows Partion to what is now the c: drive tho, maybe. Ty Original Message On 1/31/00, 11:39:39 AM, Marc Herms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd): You said you can "see and access your data via Linux." If you are able to see all the directories on your Windows partition, then "it is a great day!" yep, finally something great today! :-) I can see ALL my partitions, actually, using a Windows boot floppy, I can also ACCESS them, but my old C: is now D: and vice versa, so I cannot boot Windows !! If the above is true, then LILO has replaced the generic Microsoft IPL (initial program loader) with the LILO IPL. 2) Install and setup a boot manager (I recommend XOSL) I HAVE already a boot manager (Boot Magic), but I cannot access it.. that means, it does NOT start. I had installed it under Windows. But I didn`t know I could install it under Linux, as well... ?! so, my main problem is now to EXCHANGE the current drive D: with the drive C: so that I could run windows. My partitions seem fine... I can see PRI-DOS using fdisk. marc
Re: [newbie] Openint tar files
You're not completely crazy - that's what tar did to me too. But MC worked fine. I dove into the tarball, copied what I needed (a whole directory) to my /usr/local. Not sure what the not local means. And now that the tar error has been independently reproduced, I can call it a bug. :) -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 1/30/00, 6:25:08 PM, kwf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Openint tar files: I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it unzipped. But I cannot extract it for anything. I can enter: tar -x [filename] Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the window and try again, getting nowhere. When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it tells me the file is not local. I cannot find anything about "local" vs "non-local" files. Any ideas? What am I an idiot about? Alaskan Ken
[newbie] Sound wierdness with Crystal chipset
Midi's play fine, but wavs seem to be muted. In xmms the eq goes up and down, but all I get from the speakers is a click. The spkrs are fine (work in Windows), and I can play midis (at least the one that sndconfig plays), but not mp3's either. Any ideas? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
RE: [newbie] typing in licq
I'm running licq .75 and don't have that problem. I did have problems compiling it tho. What I had to do was uninstall all qt and qt-devel. Then install qt 2.x and qt-devel 2.x. Compile as per the read-me's. rpm -U --old-package qt-1.44 . . . Then Licq and kde ran fine. :) -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 1/27/00, 1:12:50 AM, Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] typing in licq: I have exactly the same problem with licq... Haven't found a workaround/fix yet.bet someone else has though :-) Rgds: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: David van Balen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu 27 January 2000 9:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] typing in licq Has anyone else had trouble typing in licq? Whenever I type anything that goes over a line in length, everything I've typed until that point disapears and is replaced with junk. I have to hit enter every time I get to the end of the line which is quite annoying. Any known way to fix this? DvB
[newbie] Epson 740 UniPrint Drivers
I once sent the link out to someone else for those drivers, and now that I recently reformated and installed I find that I no longer have the link, or that the site is down. If someone still has the drivers, or knows where to find them, I'd really appreciate it if you'd e-mail the drivers to me, or send the link. Thanks, Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] The text!!! HELP!!!!
I had the same problem under 6.1 (Helios?) with my SiS 559x chipset. I had to use the 6.0 SVGA server to get it to work. 7.0 works fine however. I'd suggest either run the 7.0 server, or do an rpm --U --oldpackage last server that worked.rpm -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 1/23/00, 10:17:35 AM, "^*Tim*^ *^Seedorf^*" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] The text!!! HELP: Ok,I installed and everything works fine,but one thing. The text has like a black highlight over it that won't go away! I can read anything,or see what some icons look like,help! and please tell me if anyone else has the same problems!! thanx! Tim __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] BinChunker for Linux
I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that will take a bin/cue file combination and turn it into an iso like BinChunker does for windows? If so, I'd appreciate the link, or even a few good search terms. Thanks! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
Tried all but mc - which I use a lot - really nice. :) Thanks. Original Message On 1/17/00, 10:27:37 PM, Warren Doney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Stupid questions: "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: Now for my stupid question, and I should know the answer but . . . I've got a tar file, and I've tried using 'tar -x filename to untar it, but it ain't working. It was originally a tar.bz, and bunzip2 brought out the tar fine. I'm trying to install jre, but can't get it, even though I did it on 6.0 a few months back, but later took it off. Any how I'm stuck. I like midnight commander for working with tarballs etc "mc" at the command prompt. Highlight your file F2 then "x" to extract them "man tar" offers a wealth of imformation... IIRC tar -xzf is the usual command -- Full plate packing steel! - Minsk
Re: [Re: [newbie] netscape blackwhite]
So THAT's what it is! Thanks - I had decided to just live with it, and probably still will b/c I like 24bit color. And I know, I didn't ask the original question. Ty Original Message On 1/17/00, 6:54:23 AM, Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [Re: [newbie] netscape blackwhite]: Boda Zsolt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! - I installed Mandrake 7.0. It is full with bugs! My Netscape is black and white, and it is freezing sometimes. What can I do? = I'm not using 7.0, yet, but my guess is you're using a color depth of 24. Try 16 bit or 32. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] running multi GUI's for fun...
Heh. :) I run WM now, but I like kfm, so I tend to start it, and it gives me just eh icons on the desktop. No panel, or anything else. I kinda like it. :) Ty Original Message On 12/4/99, 11:38:13 PM, root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] running multi GUI's for fun...: As I'm trying to find a way to crash my box (nothing important saved yet), I tried running WM and Kde at the same time. Happened by accident the other night when I typed "startkde" in an Xterm while running WM . I'm doing it again, this time under Xfce. So I get the pop up menu/menu bar/windows borders/backdrop as in Xfce, but I still have my KDE desktop icons which are fully functional. I'll see what happens after I open ~30 apps :-). Later -Josh
Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom
I can think of two things off hand: 1) close all those things 2) use pwd to print the working directories in each, then close/cd as needed. Ty Original Message On 12/4/99, 3:29:28 PM, Colin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Bill Barnes wrote: what is required to unmount the cdrom. KFM error: umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy Billit sounds to me like there's a file open. Yeah, but what's the trick in finding that file? I can have several directories open in various terms, applications galore running and no idea which one is looking at the CD. -- Colin Murphy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ# 13630409 GLLUG Greater London Linux User Group organiser http://gllug.linux.co.uk
[newbie] Speed differences
I am finally making the switch I had planned for a long time. Went from KDE to WinoowMaker. And I have one word about the speed differences - WOW!! It's especially noticeable in Star Office. It no longer takes minutes to start, or open folders. Wish I had taken the time earlier!! Just thought I'd throw the thought out there for others who want speed up SO - I know it's a bear!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] ICQ
Yea, it's called gaim. Check out linuxberg.com. Original Message On 11/28/99, 4:11:28 PM, Ger-Bil Jinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] ICQ: Wait, what? There's a version of AIM for Linux? Where? I've been looking all over for one but haven't been able to find it! :3)~~ --- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a quick question. I also have AOL's AIM for Linux. Does AIM allow you to connect to ICU, too, or only to AOL's Buddy list? Yours, Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
[newbie] Using multiple WM's
Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any WM I want by entering the right command. I'm thinking of something like this - startx for 'default' (kde in Mandrake) AS for AfterStep black for blackbox etc, ad nausem. TIA :) And happy T-Day to the Americans. :) Ty Original Message On 11/17/99, 7:32:28 AM, "Sean Armstrong" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Blackbox: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr/local/bin/blackbox Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel and kfm -d , I added these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way. left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy to do), or the iconify menu. Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to modify GUI out there. SA
Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's
That's exactly what I'm talking about, but I haven't the first clue how to start up an X server with a specified WM from the cmd line. If I'm at the cmd line, I just type startx, and a light bulb just went off . . . I'd still like input, but I'm gonna go look at startx . . . . Ty Original Message On 11/25/99, 8:56:07 PM, "Lyndon Lininger Sr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's: I'm not sure, but couldn't you do this with aliases from your shell profile file? - Original Message - From: "Ty C. Mixon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] Using multiple WM's Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any WM I want by entering the right command. I'm thinking of something like this - startx for 'default' (kde in Mandrake) AS for AfterStep black for blackbox etc, ad nausem. TIA :) And happy T-Day to the Americans. :) Ty
Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog
Igloo is good, but if I hit the stop button, I then have to close (sometimes kill) it to do anything else. I'd assume the pay for version fixes some of the bugs. Ty Original Message On 11/24/99, 6:56:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Good FTP prog: You might like IglooFTP. http://marshallnet.linuxberg.com/x11html/net_ftp.html at Tucows with ratings http://www.littleigloo.org/ takes you straight to it. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Good FTP prog Hay, i was wondering what a good FTP program is for linux. Preferably graphical.
Re: [newbie] Definitely Off Topic
In defense of IT's (I'm not one), it's not their fault - they do what the HR or other department tell them to do. And the HR has to do it b/c if you piss off someone in IRC while logged in from a work computer that person can now sue your company. (Assuming US of course - Home of the Blame, land of the lawsuit.) Ty Original Message On 11/23/99, 2:10:35 AM, Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Definitely Off Topic: Hi! I know this is off topic, but I noticed that a lot of you guys are Network Admins or similar.. I was just wondering if the following Saga is common practice by you guys... We have just been connected in the past month to the Internet at work and the following is the Lowdown of the past 2 days here. BTW, my work machine is a Windoze98 one :-( -- Yesterday morning when I started my trusty computer, it ran an additional script during logon. Well, that's interesting I said to myself... Then I looked at a friends email and clicked on a Link to a chat room and "Lo and Behold" the following Screen appeared in my browser... " Blocked by SurfWatch " Well, what do you know, say's I to myself :-( Then I looked a little closer at the URL of the Screen. http://net-intra.netafim-magal.co.il//sw-cgi/alert.cgi?action=denymode= blockurl=http%3a%2f%2fliveuniverse.com%2fworld%3fname%3dwinter%2527s%2 bchat%2broom%26type%3dchat Upon looking at the internet settings/lan of Internet Explorer, What could this be, I never set it up to use a proxy, so I quiet merrily disabled the use proxy option, and what do you know, that annoying SurfWatch disappeared :-) Well that's That I thought to myself. BUT, someone had other ideas it seems!!! Turned on trusty computer this morning, and what do you think I saw? Another @#$#@ Script run during Logon... Bugger says I.. Had a wee look at my I/E Internet settings/Lan, and what do you think I saw??? The options to change lan settings grayed out and set to use unfriendly proxy :-((( Needless to say I was seriously unchuffed!!! What can a poor boy do? Well couldn't find anything in the Registry to explain this new "feature" generously put into my brouser by our ever-loving IT So, out comes my trusty backup of Notscape, and Praise the Lord, At least that installed OK, and without any kindly supplied "added features" from our friendly IT. You know, if the stupid bugger would just give me a call and say "We don't want you to go to porno sites or chat with your work computer" Then he wouldn't need to fartass around wasting both his time and mine, as I DON'T go to Porno Sites, and if it really get's his knickers in a knot about chatting, then OK, it is possible to accommodate him... But that would be to logical and wouldn't allow him to flex his scrawny little Nerd Muscles. Anyway, that's about the situation today And what will appear on my screen during Logon tomorrow morning? Maybe a variant on Deltree C:\progra~1\Netscape or something? Jesus if he wasn't acting like an asshole I wouldn't be wasting my time trying to foil him.. As you can see I was somewhat annoyed What do you guys out there think? Dont Crucify me to harshly Rgds: Mike Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
I don't remember the web address where I found them, but I'm sending you some files direct to your e-mail address that work for the epson 740. I have it too. Original Message On 11/21/99, 12:29:03 PM, "Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops: I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas
Re: [newbie] A little OT- Memory
Pricewatch.com is a good place to start looking. It's an advertising place with a search engine. Original Message On 11/21/99, 3:24:53 PM, Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] A little OT- Memory: If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
RE: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
The way I learned it, the number zero is neither odd nor even. But 10 would be even b/c it's divisible without remainder by 2. The place holder thing is a significant digits idea,which is not always the same between math and science (physicas, chem). -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 11/20/99, 10:51:45 AM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS): Using this logic then the number 10 is not an even number digitally because it is just a combination of 1 and a place holder. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PadLocke Sent: November 20, 1999 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS) zeros aren't odd or even. They're Pretty much just place holders.
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
USWest, the not-so-baby Bell only supports Windows, and won't even give hints for other OS's, but everything works fine under my Linux installation. I pay USWest for the dsl line, and Datawest (a local ISP) for the service with a static IP. I'm my own smtp (using yi.org as a redirect), ftp, and telnet server. Still need to figure out how to do POP3, but that's not as important to me, as when I move next time I may not have the dsl connection. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 11/20/99, 10:14:20 AM, Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] ADSL?: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: Locally (BellSouth) is one of those that has required a Windows box to set up your ADSL, although that may be changing. Another friend of mine has a Linux box and they're coming to install the ADSL line today for him. I think one problem in the past has been that a LOT of "kiddies" set up Linux boxes on ADSL and Cablemodems and leave 'em *wide* open for hacking and spamming. This causes problems down the road for the cable/phone co. So, as a result of this "problem" they have developed "windows-only" policies. What the INSTALLER thinks may be a different matter. ;-) John Ok true but theres easier ways, i Know lots of isp's that block port 25, for those reasons, to all their customers ip's -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
True enough, but zero is BY DEFINITION neither odd nor even. :) Original Message On 11/20/99, 2:45:55 PM, Peter Heckert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS): PadLocke wrote: zeros aren't odd or even. They're Pretty much just place holders. If you define even as: "can be divided by 2 without remainder" then 0 is even. 0 div 2 = 0, remainder = 0. Pretty long thread! ;-) Peter
Re: [newbie] Bumper Stickers for Linux/M$
I've seen this one: We are Microsoft - Resistance was futile. You have been assimilated. Original Message On 11/14/99, 10:09:22 AM, PaK_mAn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Bumper Stickers for Linux/M$: how about micro$oft happens ;oP matt
[newbie] Re: Browser (How do we always get OT?)
Here here!!
MS is good for people who don't tinker, and don't care. It's NOT for
'US', but we already knew that, didn't we? I've always said that MS's
only real fault was pushing OS's out before they were ready. They do
put out some really good products (MSMoney99, Office2k, Age of Empires
all come to mind).
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:26147713
Original Message
On 11/14/99, 1:47:49 PM, "Michael R. Batchelor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote regarding Browser (was Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux):
[Don asbestos flame suit]
Face it, the open source community just doesn't find browsers "sexy"
to
create.
Well, they better change their minds on that one. It's where Linux
looses
the game if the only browser that's useful is IE.
That depends on the goals of the open source community.
Originally it had nothing whatsoever to do with Microsoft bashing, and
if Bill Gates purchases the USA in order to fire the DOJ, the people
who
were, and still are, in the middle of the "Open Source" movement
rather
than the "Bash Microsoft" movement won't bat an eyelash. THEY DON'T
CARE. Read some of the stuff about and by Richard Stallman before
anyone
had ever even *HEARD* of Microsoft Windows. (Hell, I coerced my boss
into sending him $100 in 1989, and I had never even seen a copy of
Windows.)
[...]
I'd encourage anyone who can write documentation or code to point your
browser at mozilla.org and see if you can help. Sexy or not, the
browser is
the most important app on the desktop computer today, and Linux
doesn't have
one.
If you care about Linux having a significant presence on the desktop,
I
think this is about the most sound assessment of the situation today.
Like it or not, the corporate desktop is driven by the masses who *ARE
NOT COMPUTER GEEKS!* Those masses care about
1) the browser
and
2) HTML Mail {Help me! It burns! It burns! Take it away!}
Bill Gates may be a lot of things, but he is not stupid. And when he
integrated IE and Outlook into the Windows desktop he was exactly
right. And
anyone who wants to compete *MUST* compete there. No amount of perl
code
will unseat him.
But, again, what are the goals of the "Open Source" movement. To
provide
a freely available set of tools to meet their own needs? Or to compete
capitalistically against a well heeled competitor who *IS GETTING
PAID!*
I'll wager that the "savior" of Linux on the desktop will be the one
who
can figure out how to make a profit on the browser and HTML mail
reader.
It may be open source or it may not, but I'm confident it will be the
one who can make a profit.
MB
P.S. If you *REALLY* give a damn about Linux on the desktop, stop
giving
the poor newbies such a hard time about the HTML tags in their email.
Get over it, that's where the world is headed.
[Remove flame suit. Claim you were drugged and forced to say it.]
--
Michael R. Batchelor
Industrial Informatics Instrumentation, Inc.
[newbie] DSL with a static IP
I just recently switched to a dsl static ip line. But I don't seem to be able to tell my eth0 connection that it's not supposed to use dhcp any longer. Any ideas? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] How do I get my old ksirc back?
For some reason if I update ksirc beyond the 6.0 version it breaks. Instead of connectiing to a server it starts to, then just dies. What I'd like to do is go back to my old ksirc, but it's part of the kdenetwork package and I don't want to downgrade the whole package. Anyone know how I'd do this? Thanks, -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] How do I bring eth0 down?
On my box the commands are also shortened to ifup and ifdown. Ty Original Message On 10/23/99, 7:46:21 PM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How do I bring eth0 down?: On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote: I have a Linux server that I use for IP Masq. I wish to bring the ethernet card to the outside down before lowering my firewall to do work on the server. (I have has a LOT of attacks.) I would just unplug the cable modem but when I do that there are a lot of time out problems (delays) I was hoping that I could avoid these by taking the eth0 card off-line. (It may not help but It's worth a try.) Can someone tell me how to bring this card down (and back up.) without rebooting the server? Su to root, type "ifconfig eth0 down" :-) That should do it. Then, when you're ready to plug it all back up, "ifconfig eth0 up" :-) John
Re: [newbie]OT Items of interest
Same here. Generally what I have found is that if it errors out on such things, then tells you the name is taken you DID join, but there was some funky error that prevented you from getting the message. So you and i have several memberships now. :) -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 10/19/99, 4:49:04 AM, Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Items of interest: Sam wrote: If any of you are planning on doing some web business with a linux server, you might be interested in this. Go to the red hat site and register w/ red hat .com for their mailing list. You can then sign up to have a full blown copy of Oracle8i mailed to you for free. Also, HP is offerring openmail for linux for a free 6 month trial. after that if you only have a small # of users, you can get an open ended extension on the licence. Of course, you don't get any manuals or support w/ the freebie. Sam No matter what I do to try to join this it gives me an error message or says the name is already in use. I tried like 20 names and weird names so I know thats not the case. Jeanette
RE: [newbie] FTP install...
There's two in Win9x - telnet (imaginitive, huh?) and Hyperterminal. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 10/19/99, 5:24:26 PM, Aaron deRozario [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] FTP install...: Just out of interest - what is the telnet client included in windows called? Aaron -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 5:43 AM To: newbie Subject:[newbie] FTP install... I have a system with a nic that is currently running win95 and as part of my home network I can use the telnet client included in windows to log on to my linux machine (running mdk 6.1) or I can use WS_FTP to log in and transfer files to and from my linux machine. It's a 486/100 and I decided to install Mandrake 5.3 and use it as a dedicated firewall with a dialup connection to my isp. It has an adeptec controller on the sound card and a 2x scsi cdrom. Linux won't autodetect the scsi interface nor will it find the controller after I specify the type, port address, irq...etc. So I decided to use FTP to do the install from my mdk 6.1's cdrom, but I can't get signed on to the 6.1 system, it errors with this: 'I cannot log into machine: Unable to lookup FTP server host name' or 'I cannot log into machine: Failed to connect to FTP server' depending on whether I gave it a machine name or ip address. Any ideas on what to do. Alan
Re: [newbie] BUG: 6.1
Wonder if that has any relation to linuxconf (lilo) not wanting to
recogize my /dev/hdc1 as a valid Linux partition for booting from?
Boot fine from a floppy . . . .
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:26147713
Original Message
On 10/19/99, 8:02:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie]
BUG: 6.1:
Two more bugs to report:
1) By default, Mandrake attempts to turn on DMA for available IDE
devices.
Attempting to copy the contents of a CDROM to my hard drive, I
encountered
the following errors:
hdd: timeout waiting for DMA
hdd: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
DataRequest }
hdd: DMA disabled
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
DataRequest }
hda: DMA disabled
and then the entire machine locked up. The keyboard was frozen and I
ended
up "kicking the Big Red Button" on the machine.
I modified my BIOS settings to disable DMA support for the interfaces
and
rebooted. Trying to make the copy, the same errors and lockup (and
resolution occurred).
Finally, I modified /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime to change the
-d1 to
-d0 in the hdparm line and rebooted the machine.
After the reboot, I again attempted the copy only to be greeted with
the
same errors followed by:
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06)
Power on, reset or bus device reset occurred -- (asc=0x29,
ascq=0x00)
hdd: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
Error }
hdd: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
ide0: reset: success
The machine did not lock up this time, but I'm a bit worried by the
messages. This machine had NO PROBLEMS running Mandrake 6.0 and had
no
problems running 2.3.x kernels.
Thinking that I'd simply bypass the bad judgement on Mandrake's part,
I
moved to compiling my own kernel. Once again, I'm hit with a bug:
[snip]
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Lilo won't recognize my Linux partition.
Well, got to playing around again. Found out that I can't use the newest svga server for X-windows. Oh well! Anyhow, the real problem is that I can't get Lilo (via linuxconf or klilo) to recognize that /dev/hdc1 is my root partion. It boots fine from a floppy (albeit slowly). Any ideas? TIA! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] SiS 5597/5598
Which Xserver are you using? And which video card package? Thanks! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 10/16/99, 3:25:45 PM, Jesse Royall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] SiS 5597/5598: SUCCESS! I know how Linux up and Limping with KDE running and text that I can actually SEE! So, I think I am finished griping for alittle while atleast till I run into another problem! I do appreciate the Help from the XF86 group and everyone on the list. Now on to some other things like getting it setup so I can use NetScape and getting online over there instead of using windows. If there are those still having problems with the SiS drivers I have a fix now. I will try to get the links for the new drivers. they can be found the XF86org web site. But I Know you will need to download the XF86 setup 3.3.5 and there is a help page there also on how to install these. I will try to help out those who are having trouble on the setup the best that I know how. Jess ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
[newbie] Multiple package services
When going to clean out my new installation of stuff I don't use I notice lots of packages are duplicated. Guess it's part of the problems I had. The thing I need help with is getting rid of the duplicate packages. And, as a side note, how can I get my backspace key to work again? Thanks! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Install Problems
Problem is, it was 3.3.5 that messed things up, and the Mandrake 6.0 provide one (don't know which version offhand) that works. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 10/14/99, 5:59:24 PM, Jesse Royall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 Install Problems: Ty. I have the same problem with the SiS Video. I have talked to several people and I am told that your XF86 thingy is outa date and needs to be upgraded. 3.3.5 is the newest and they say it works with that video card. So, I am working on it to see if it holds true or not..will let you know the outcome. On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:55:22 GMT Ty Mixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First the hardware: An HP Pavilion 6350 with an AMDK6-2 333Mhz (no overclocking - it doesn't like it). Onboard SiS 5598 Video Onboard Cystal Sound (haven't re-run sndconfig yet) Internal NetGear Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter FA-310TX (Tulip Driver is supplied with it, and works just fine with the Tulip drive in Mandrake) So here's the problems: When I tried to run just upgrade the 6.1 started to complain about packages not being there, but they were. So, drawing my experience with 'breaking' my installation I ran it in install mode and only reformated /. The new Xserver gave black blocks where it should have shown text. I forced an upgrade to the older Xserver and that got me back my text. However, I now have a desktop that is bigger than my screen. I'd like to fix this. When I tried to tell 6.1 that I had a DEC Tulip card it told me it couldn't detect it on the system and wouldn't let me do anything with LAN stuff. LinuxConf let me designate eth0 as a connection tho, and tell it which driver to use. However, I now can't get my eth0 connection to obtain DHCP info when the machine boots up. It works fine if I issue the command 'ifup eth0' after boot up. This is annoying b/c I use yi.org and had it automated so that I didn't have to run the script everytime I rebooted. And last (I think), but certainly not least - how can I get my backspace key to work like a backspace again? As always, TIA!! Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 ___ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
[newbie] How do I set up Guest users for (k)BeroFTPD?
Well, I've finally got the DSL line, and I love it!! Didn't take too much to get it set up (not sure what all I did, sadly) once I set the Cisco 675 correctly. Anyhow, my Aussie friend who GM's the game I play on IRC could use some back up high speed storage for some gaming files (pics, text pieces, extra). So I set him up with an account so he could telnet in. Easy. Now I want to make it so that the rest of the group can ftp in as guests (not anon's, don't want the whole blasted net to get in there!!) and grab the stuff. I set up which dir to go to for guests. Now how do I tell these guys to log in? And what do I set in kBeroFTPD? As always, thank you!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] test
Aren't pencils what people used before even the typwriter? Original Message On 10/12/99, 4:11:12 AM, "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] test: Steve Philp wrote: My dog ate my pencil. Tony Zocolillo wrote: This is a test#2 pencils only! What's a pencil? -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OOP Programming in Linux - Questions
Original Message On 10/10/99, 9:50:53 PM, Kurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] OOP Programming in Linux - Questions: [snip] I'd recommend a different book for learning C and C++ though. "C: How to Program" and "C++: How to Program" are published by Prentice Hall and have served well as a "do it yourself" classroom for learning the languages. I will check for these two titles on Amazon. Copperfield books here in our area is excessively lame in carrying the "right books for me". Of course, I don't like considering myself an "average user" either, which is who they cater to mainly because there are more of them than us "do-it-yourself'ers". Thanks for the recommendation in Prentice Hall, I'm sure it will come in handy. Also check your local college book stores. My CSC 160 class uses the C++ book. [really big snip] -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
Original Message On 10/11/99, 6:04:18 AM, Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] panoramix must change its name: YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! [snip] - MagicDrake [snip] Please tell me the one(s) you prefer or give marks. If you have a truly cool name not listed here, you can give it. That's the one I like from the list.
Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
Original Message On 10/9/99, 12:06:09 PM, Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1: [snip] and the f-keys 7-12 are mapped to access 6 different x-sessions. [snip] Alan Is there any way I can get to those X-sessions now? Or do I have to wait for version 4 of the X-server? Right now all I get are black screens with an underline cursor that doesn't do anything but blink. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] Adding a script to run at startup
I'm about to get DSL, and I want to add the yi.org script to update my IP when my machine boots up and logs into the net. I need to know exactly where to put it (I'm dense), and how to format it. The name of the script is dns_update.sh, and it is currently set to be executable, and works great if I run it from the command line. So now I just need to get it to run automagically when the ethernet connection is made with the DSL. I think I babbled b/c I'm too sleepy, g'nite! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] (In)Compatible Hardware
What about posting this to the MandrakeUser.org site? I haven't looked at the requirements, but this site seems to be growing into a newbie info haven. Ty -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] (In)Compatible Hardware
Original Message On 10/4/99, 8:20:52 PM, Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] (In)Compatible Hardware: [snip] Maxtors I heard someone else mention. I have had two drop dead on me, one with thermal shutdowns for no good reason, and the other with bearings eating the spindle. Quantum Bigfoot Drives--three KO from powering down unpredictably (the drive, not the computer or the power source), one with logic card woes. That was 4 out of 4, BTW. I should have mentioned them, but they are not in the category of "problem for implementing linux" They are in the category of "buying this qualifies you as *non compos mentis*" :-} (And I bought 4 of them to pay for my education). Civileme Time for me to start reading the mag's again - I thought Maxtors were ok . . .
Re: [newbie] what are these daemons?
Hardware envy! I'll be there in about two years - less if I get a REAL job! Ty Original Message On 9/30/99, 6:51:58 PM, Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] what are these daemons?: Because my Linux server is sitting in a closet without a monitor. Or because the other server is 3 hours away, without a monitor or personnel available who could help if they wanted. Think beyond the desktop... :) -- Steve Philp "The Internet is like crack Network Administratorfor smart people..." Advance Packaging Corporation --Arsenio Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] red hat to mandrake via upgrade option
Original Message On 9/30/99, 6:38:12 PM, "Brian J. Babiuk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] red hat to mandrake via upgrade option: [snip] I didn't mean to come across as an authority. I just am speaking from my own experience. I hope this helps someone! Best way to speak, and often helps more than the 'authority.' Ty
[newbie] conio.h file missing?
It's me again! I'm making another C++ program for school, and we are using cout "press the any key to continue"; getch(); for obvious reasons. My problem is that we're supposed to use conio.h file to define getch(). It ain't there . . . Any ideas what else I could use that would be both g++ and M$ C++ 4.0 compat? Thanks!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] cable modem
Just posted: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/ccable.html Original Message On 9/28/99, 4:24:55 PM, "Ralph | byte-runner |" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] cable modem: Hey all, I'm getting cable modem sevice hooked up this week. Can someone plz help me with the install in Mandrake. Also I want to set up an ftp server not anon. but with user names and passwords can beroftpd do this? And how hard is it to set up? I'm usaed to warftp and servu on the nt side of the spectrum. Thanks as always, Ralph
RE: [newbie] conio.h file missing?
Not his fault - I didn't give you all the info. I was simply using getch() for the 'Hit any key to continue' bit. It didn't need to do anything but receive that one character and then go. And we use stdio for everything else. The reason we're mixing them is b/c C++ is C incremented. C++ contains c. We start out with functional programming and then move up to OOP. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 9/28/99, 6:03:48 PM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] conio.h file missing?: You say for obvious reasons but I can't see anything that obvious. I would suggest going back to the instructor and ask him 1) why are you mixing C and C++? 2) why are you using 'conio.h' which is meant to handle platform specific I/0 as opposed to 'stdio.h' which is the standard ANSI C header? What I get from my reference material here at home is "getch() - Reads a character without echo; does not wait for carriage return; not defined by ANSI standard C, but a common extension." This may mean a few things, possibly having to turn off ANSI compliance or, worst case scenario, it may be a common extension but the supplier of your compiler didn't. I'm sure your instructor has his reasons, i.e. hiding character input of a password. Go back to him and get him to give you a better bang for your education dollar on this one. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ty Mixon Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] conio.h file missing? ... I'm making another C++ program for school, and we are using cout "press the any key to continue"; getch(); for obvious reasons. My problem is that we're supposed to use conio.h file to define getch(). It ain't there . . . ...
RE: [newbie] conio.h file missing? (Possibly OT by now 8- )
That's pretty much what Mr. Simpson wants to do, but the school doesn't even have any *nix stuff set up for teaching. He's hoping to have a Unix class next semester. Ty Original Message On 9/28/99, 6:50:58 PM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] conio.h file missing? (Possibly OT by now 8- ): Okay. Understood. We approached it differently where I was schooled. Java first to make getting your head around OOP easier. Then C++. Assembler was done first term alongside Java and C was done when we started to get into operating system details using the Linux OS as the basis for theory and discussion. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ty Mixon Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] conio.h file missing? snip And we use stdio for everything else. The reason we're mixing them is b/c C++ is C incremented. C++ contains c. We start out with functional programming and then move up to OOP. snip
[newbie] OT: Fwd: Computers for Kids
This is off topic, but it seems to be the type of thing most of us would love to help with. This guy is local to Colorado Springs, CO, USA, so many of you won't be able to help in an in-person way, but I'm sure any net surfing ideas would be helpful. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 9/19/99, 4:51:30 PM, pplug-annouce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Computers for Kids: Mark T. Hatcher asked to annouce the start of his project to provide computers and assistance to children who might not otherwise have access to computers. He intends to use Linux as the operating system. Please take a minute to read his project description, and contact him if you can provide any assistance. The following is from Mark T. Hatcher: -- I showed up at last months PPLUG meeting because a friend of mine said, "you've got to come see this speaker, Eric Raymond. Etc, Etc." It's obvious to me that Mr Raymond is truly passionate to his cause of promoting Linux. I commend him for that. It was during his spiel about Linux being free, reliable, and supportable, that I realized, this was undoubtedly the answer I was looking for. I had just started a small group called "Computers For Kids." THE INITIATIVE: Provide computers and educational software to school aged children who don't have access to a computer in the home. THE MEANS: Repair or refurbish surplus 486 or better computers, donated by companies, load them with educational freeware and shareware, and give them to the kids, via local schools. Linux looks like the best OS to use for this project. I.E. Free, reliable, supportable. If we can make this project take off, It'll be great exposure for Linux. I need help putting together a team who can load Linux onto a wide variety of PCs and make them work reliably. I also need people who can surf the net for the best educational software for Linux. I have some questions too: - What type of hardware do we need for the educational shareware and freeware available? - Can we feasably get some of the kids on the net using one of the free ISPs such as Net Zero? - I've heard "Free BSD" has some built in educational stuff. Would this be a good version to go with? Please let me know if you'd like to help out. Sincerely, Mark T. Hatcher Computers For Kids [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by Discovery Mail
Re: [newbie] gcc not working
My knee jerk reaction would be to give the file explicitly gcc /home/Me/HelloCruelWorld.cpp -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 9/14/99, 1:12:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] gcc not working: Hello, I've just installed 6.0, and gotten almost everything working well. But when I tried to compile my "Hello World" program to see if gcc is working, I got a weird error saying something like "cannot find file or dir", and I know this is not the case. The file is there. A simple gcc w/ no args works, I get the "no file given" error. Anyone had similar problems or know how to fix this? Thanks, Scott
[newbie] Closing licq when I close kpp
Anyone know how I can get kpp to close licq when I close kpp? I got it to open, but not close automagically. TIA, -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] Telneting into my machine and scripts
Hi! I'm wanting to know how I can telnet into my machine from school (got the school end figured). So I need to know how to make my machine accept telnets. Also, can I use X-windows from telnet? And the scripts part - I want to make a simple script that starts a few programs and other scripts when I log on via kppp (kpp would run the 'master' script). Is it just a text file with the program commands and an execute flag? And a more complex script - I want to shutdown things like licq when I disconnect. As always, help is appreciated. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h
Since my reinstall I can't compile my simple Comp. Sci. I programs under gcc. It gives me errors saying undefined function calls to cout, cin, etc. How do I get my header libraries back? Thanks!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
RE: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h
Thanks!! Original Message On 9/12/99, 9:37:20 AM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h: Try using g++ instead of gcc. Otherwise, you have to link the c++ libraries manually. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Re: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available
Original Message On 9/2/99, 7:39:40 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available: On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, you wrote: The way I see it is Mandrake will be unable to say that it uses the Red Hat distribution, so the prestige of being based on Red Hat will be lost, even though it's still called Linux-Mandrake. It won't necessarily affect us, it will affect prospective Mandrake buyers when the name Red Hat is mysteriously dropped. HmmI'm not a lawyer, but I *think* you might be able to get away with saying that it is "COMPATIBLE" with RedHat Linux, or something to that effect :-) Hey, I know...say that it's based on "Scarlet Chapeau Linux" ;-) (tongue FIRMLY in cheek!) John hehehe I would think the compatible line would be ok - look at how many PC's are IBM compatible . . . . Ty
[newbie] Changing Desktop Size
Did a re-install of Mandrake over the weekend and somehow told it to use a default desktop size larger than my screen when in KDE. Now I can't remember how to fix it. Any help is welcomed, thanks!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Just a bit of Professionalism
I understand this, and I did work with the CoCo III. Fun! However, I think that a lot of the 'M$' 'Windoze' etc. is mostly blowing off steam. I would think that most of the people who work in the field, and, in fact, anyone who has to deal with others with Windows machines realize that it has some very strong points. The biggest being that almost anyone can use it. Linux still takes a little work, and that's one of the reasons I love it. Windoze isn't going away, but maybe, just maybe, our diparaging of it, and our refusal to use it unless forced (in many cases) will cause good ol' Uncle Bill to start hiring real programmers and set realistic deadlines and put out software that works the FIRST time. After all, if you think he doesn't watch the competition (via our own mailing listes etc.) you're nuts. My 0.02 worth. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/24/99, 12:15:50 PM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Just a bit of Professionalism: Soapbox Mode On I realize many of us are switching to Linux due to what we percieve as shortcoming of other operating systems, Windows in particular it seems. Even though we all have our pieves with Microsoft for whatever reason does it really add any credibility to what we have to say if we can only refer to the aformentioned company in a slanderous way, i.e. Windoze. I put this to you, would you be happy campers if someone kept referring to your favourite distribution of Linux as Manduck? I am currently working in both worlds, Windows and Linux. I have tried two flavours of Linux, RedHat 5.2 and now Mandrake 6.0 I have lived with various operating systems from MS-DOS 3.3, through Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. If you want a real slug of an operating system try a Radio Shack Color Computer II running OS9. They all had one thing in common, they were operating systems for a computer and all had their strong points and weak points in their given venue. Whether we like Bill Gates and his strong arm marketing tactics and/or the fact that some of his programmers couldn't program a toaster with with both hands and a library of manuals is irrelevant. It was through his effort and those at IBM that we had the explosion of computers available for home and business desktops. I work in both worlds right now because I am in the process of studying to be a professional in the IT business. I find both sytems provide me with two ways of looking at a problem. And, the reality is, when I go out to work as a consultant, programmer or whatever I realize that market constraints and position will probably dictate that I will have to be competent with Microsoft and the various flavours of unices. My apologies to those who understand that you can hang on to your beliefs without belittling the efforts of the other guy. This wasn't meant for you. Soapbox Mode Off Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Re: [newbie] Connecting Mandrake Update to Cooker
Still a dummie when in it comes to scripts. So, WHERE in the script
do I insert this?
Thanks!
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:26147713
Original Message
On 8/22/99, 3:53:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re:
[newbie] Connecting Mandrake Update to Cooker:
[snip]
but i'm in a nice day :) here is patch for
/usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pm :
---
-
--- /usr/X11R6/bin/MandrakeUpdate.pm Wed May 19 02:50:52 1999
+++ /tmp/MandrakeUpdate.pmThu Jul 22 15:32:14 1999
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
open F, "find . -name '*.rpm' |";
@to_update = map { chop; $_ } F;
} else {
- open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/updates/$version/ls-lR -O -
|";
+ my $sub = "cooker/Mandrake/RPMS";
+ open F, "wget --passive-ftp $mirror/$sub/ -O - |";
foreach (F) {
- if (/^([^ ]+):$/) {
- $rep = "updates/$version/$1";
- } elsif (/^-/) {
- $rep =~ /SRPMS/ and next;
- $name = (split ' ', $_)[8] and push @to_update,
"$rep/$name";
+ if (m|([^]*)/a|) {
+ push @to_update, "$sub/$1";
}
}
}
---
-
you also have to manually edit your ~/.mandrake-update to point to a
cooker
directory (eg mirror: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel)
RE: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
I don't know. I would suppose you could write a script or something, but that's beyond my current capabilities. RTFM? Ty Original Message dated 8/20/99, 6:43:21 AM Author: Stephan Schutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: RE: [newbie] StarOffice Installation: Is there a way to automate this so that each user does not have to install it? -Original Message- From: Ty Mixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation Actually, the network install is preferable also if you have more than one person using the computer. It allows most of the files to be stored in a central location, then you just have each user run setup and it will only take a little more space rather than a full installation each time. IE: Husband and wife and kids all on one Linux box (or network). But you're not allowed to use it free for business purposes. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] PIII performance
There is one advantage to buying an Intel chip that I've found. All the dual processor boards (except one I'm told (by The Computer Underground Pres)) only support Intel chips. So I'm stuck buying an Intel chip when I start building my new machine. Sigh . . . -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message [snip] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:04 PM Subject: [newbie] PIII performance I am upgrading my computer from a PII 266 to something faster. I am considering a PIII 450 for 319$ or i can go for a PII 400 for 100 less. Does Linux (and future apps) use the extra PIII extentions, or should i get the PII? I am not on a tight budget (somewhat) but $100 is $100. thanks jerrud
Re: [newbie] PIII performance
Any idea where to get that card? AMD's are sooo much cheaper (usually). -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/20/99, 11:11:24 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] PIII performance: On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote: There is one advantage to buying an Intel chip that I've found. All the dual processor boards (except one I'm told (by The Computer Underground Pres)) only support Intel chips. So I'm stuck buying an Intel chip when I start building my new machine. Hmm...I seem to recall hearing about an "adapter" card that would take an AMD K6-2/3 processor and make it work in a Slot1 system That should take care of THAT problem. :-) John
Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Have you tried the StarOffice news groups? They are fairly good. Not sure what that error is tho. Did you try downloading the latest from the site and reinstall? Just some thoughts. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/19/99, 11:34:30 AM, "Manny Styles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation: [snip] Does anyone have any ideas? Could this be a simple download corruption? Thanks for any help. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation
Actually, the network install is preferable also if you have more than one person using the computer. It allows most of the files to be stored in a central location, then you just have each user run setup and it will only take a little more space rather than a full installation each time. IE: Husband and wife and kids all on one Linux box (or network). But you're not allowed to use it free for business purposes. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message dated 8/19/99, 1:30:01 PM Author: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Re: [newbie] StarOffice Installation: [snip] For setup, choose a single user install. I believe the Network Option is for many users on a network who would need individual licenses, and it must be installed on the network server by the system administrator. Try again as a Single User installation. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Taking the plunge..
Dummies books rock! I love the irreverent tone they use. :) Original Message On 8/18/99, 4:31:10 AM, "RReed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Taking the plunge..: I feel the same way thats a heck of a chunk of change you would be spending... A book is the easiest way to learn because if you need to touch up it's right there waiting. One of the best books I have seen for Linux Unix Windows etc.. Are the for dummies books. Linux for dummies runs about 20$ and starts out very basic and picks up to speed at a easy learning pace. It has alot of info for configurations and errors. And even a bit of stuff your not supposed to know also. Just look at any book store for a big yellow book called Linux for dummies. R Reed
Re: [newbie] Viruses?
True story: A friend of mine who works for a local car dealership wanted some help in designing their web page. He sent me an email, and a second one was automagicaly generated for him by, you guessed it, Happy99. This occurred right after the big discussion on this list about Happy99. I saw it, deleted it, never even worried about it affecting my Linux box. Then I sent him an all caps email telling him to get a virus scanner to work fast. He was the contact point for many customers via email. I love Linux! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
RE: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?
One other big difference - the pentium class optimizations. Original Message On 8/18/99, 6:38:36 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?: [snip] Unless I misunderstood you, you're saying you don't think KDE is integrated into RedHat? Well, if that's your understanding, that's an incorrect understanding KDE *is* integrated into RedHat. However, it's not the default Window Manager, Gnome is. THAT is the biggest GUI difference that and that Mandrake uses a newer version of KDE. My understanding of the biggest overall difference between Mandrake and RedHat is that Mandrake is RedHat with newer versions of the apps, kernel, etc.
[newbie] Cooker updates broke my kde menus
I just went and grabbed loads of cooker updates (playing around, hoping I don't have to reinstall, but hey - that's half the fun). Anyway, my kde menus no longer work. All the choices are still there, but if I click them nothing happens. If I go into my $HOME/.kde and manually click each lnk file that will start the applications. I have to go back and get some more things to update my kdebase files (doing it now) but if anyone has an idea how to fix this (short of going in and manually editing ALL those files) I'd love to hear it. One other problem - I took over some space on my Windows HD and now I can't mount the last partition. I used cfdisk to partion it into 3 (fat16/Linux/Linux). I then used WinNT to format the fat16 and mkfs to make the file system on the two Linux partitions. I mounted the fat16 and the one of the new partitions just fine. But the other tells me bad superblock or too many partitions mounted. I used efsck to check it, and it's good. I have 7 hard drive partitions mounted, plus the floppy and CD-ROM on auto and /dev/pts. Is there a limit to the number of partitions? And if so, how do I get around it? TIA, -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] Installing WindowMaker
When I went to install WM from kpackage i had 2 unsatisfied dependencies. Both were libProp files. Where can I get those? Thanks -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] gcc - not found
I had this problem too when I tried to compile something. You need the gcc and gcc++(?) packages from your CD. You will also need the libstdc and c++ packages. Not sure what all else - but I installed anything that looked even remotely like a c or c++ package. ;) Hope it helps. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/16/99, 10:58:18 AM, KEISYA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] gcc - not found: I've MANDRAKE6.0 run on my desktop now and don't know what to do next. SO I started to try installing my first dowloaded program of the form ***.tar.gz. But when I ran ./configure I got error gcc - not found. I've been told that gcc is not installed. How to solve this problem..? I installed form the MANDRAKE CD and did not which option containing this gcc. Thanks in advance. ika.
[newbie] Window Maker Help
Ok, I got the Window Maker RPM to install. :) But how do I add it to the list at the Xwindows Log on prompt? I went into kde setup and added wmaker, and I have that as choice, but it just dumps me into Gnome when I choose that. Do I need to run something else? Or do I have to specify the whole path? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps
There's Star Office (www.stardivision.com) as an office suite (it's what I use, but it's a bit quirky). And I have Gnucash (www.gnucash.org ?) which is ok, but I miss M$Money 99. Check out www.linuxberg.com and www.freshmeat.org. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/16/99, 6:30:03 PM, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] word processing and finance apps: anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake 6.0, but it wont run and gives lots of errors. :P
Re: [Re: [newbie] MS Browser For Linux?]
Gnucash is good (I have it) but the advantage of a billion dollar company putting out software is that it has GADS of features. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/16/99, 7:32:17 PM, Linux James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [Re: [newbie] MS Browser For Linux?]: I use MS Money99, too, and it's one of those handful of apps that are preventing me from going to Linux full-time. (That and the fact that I develop Windows software for a living...) Anyway, you might want to check out www.gnucash.org. It's a GNU project to build a personal financial/accounting package for X, and from the screen shots, looks pretty good. I'd tried building it under SUSE 6.1, but had no luck, I think because of some of the older libs in SUSE. In fact, the availability of RPM's and so on for RedHat is what prompted me to go the Mandrake route. (YaST still rules, though... Sorry, Mandrake.) In a week or so, I'll probably give GNUCash another try, this time on Mandrake, and will let the list know how it went. In the meantime, I installed Money99 on the wife's PC, and said, "Hey, honey... Here's a stack of receipts..." JFK On 16-Aug-99 Ty Mixon wrote: In the same vein, some of M$'s products are fairly good. For instance I really miss MSMoney99. And I haven't yet found anything that is even close to as good. And why wouldn't the browser be free? It is free right now? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 26147713
[newbie] What is CVS?
I've seen lots of links to CVS sights from linux web pages, but I have NO idea what it is. Anyone care to give me a hint? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem
There is ONE known good PCI modem. The actiontech(sp?) one. I saw it at best buy - about us$100 and it was in a dark colored box with 'Call Waiting Modem' in big letters. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/12/99, 6:07:57 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem: On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Greetings: I am new to this list and new to Linux. I have installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC but am currently looking for easy directions to have Linux recognize my modem and dial in. I have seen some "simple" explanations that leave me a bit uncertain. Any suggestions on some easy (or less technical) step by step instructions? Thanks Is this a PCI 56k internal modem? If so, chances are it won't work. Give us some details on your system, especially modem brand, model, etc and maybe someone here can help. From what I've read, you should disable PNP and set the comm port, I/O address and IRQ with jumpers, if such are available for your modem. IIRC, after that, you'll need to run "setserial" and see what comes up for that modem. BTW, ttys0=com1, ttys1=com2, etc.
[newbie] root kppp problems and begining programer help
A couple more problems/questions: 1) As a normal user I can use kppp just fine. However, as root it doesn't work. It will dial the modem, I hear it connect, but then it pops up 'No Carrier'. And if I query the modem I get all blanks rather than the info I get as a normal user. Any ideas? 2) This isn't really a Mandrake question, but most of y'all are helpful so . . . I'm taking Computer Science I this semester and will finally begin learning C++. Should have picked up a book long ago, but never did. Anyhow, what I want to know is how do I compile programs under Linux? I think I have everything installed gcc and gcc++ and the libs and (hopefully) the header files. So, supposing I wanted to compile the obligatory beginning program that prints the "Hello world" line, how would I? Thanks!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
[newbie] Man problems
When I try to get a man entry I get a blank page and when I quit it gives: [Ty@localhost Ty]$ man gcc Formatting page, please wait... sh: /usr/bin/groff: No such file or directory sh: /usr/bin/gtbl: No such file or directory [Ty@localhost Ty]$ Thanks, -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] File operations and Zip archives
Original Message On 8/12/99, 3:42:09 AM, James Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] File operations and Zip archives: A colleague using a windows machine has e-mailed me some graphics in a zip file. Is there a good linux unzipper? gzip (man gzip for the info) Also, what are the commands to rename, copy and move files? I've tried saying ln and then removing the previous file, but this hasn't worked. Copy = cp Move = mv And I think cp and mv can be used to rename. Such as cp file1 file2 will create a new copy of file1, but named file2. I think mv will do the same, but move it (read the man page to be sure, I'm a newbie myself). -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 James. -- James Stewart ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Britlinks ... http://www.britlinks.co.uk - web site, web design and more The Phantom Tollbooth ... http://www.tollbooth.org
Re: [newbie] printing pdf
There is an acrobat reader on the Mandrake cd's in the 'Complete' set. If not, try the adobe website. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/11/99, 1:31:22 PM, Hidong Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] printing pdf: Hi, What is required to print pdf documents in Linux? I have Mandrake 5.3, and a HP 870Cxi ink jet printer. I'm using the HP 550C filter, and I have ghostscript installed so I can print PostScript documents fine. But when I try to print a pdf document, I get an ascii printout saying "No way to print this type of input file: PDF document, version 1.3". Thanks, Hidong
[newbie] TWIN Libraries
Has anyone else tried to install the TWIN libs for running Windoze software? I've had a problem running configure - it tells me that c++ doesn't work. Any hints appreciated. -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713
Re: [newbie] TWIN Libraries
That bad? Hmmm . . . Well, I'll see if it will run the one program I want. Figured out the lib things from a previous post. Thanks! Original Message On 8/10/99, 4:11:12 PM, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] TWIN Libraries: On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Ty Mixon wrote: Has anyone else tried to install the TWIN libs for running Windoze software? Yes. Not much success with them though; worse than wine for mostly everything. I've had a problem running configure - it tells me that c++ doesn't work. Install: pgcc-c++ libstdc++ libstdc++-devel glibc-devel LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] RPMs (?)
I believe that all the mandrake update mirrors have only the Pentium tweaked rpms. You could, however, go to the Red Hat mirrors and get the general rpms. I think the url is www.redhat.com/mirrors.html -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 Original Message On 8/5/99, 10:18:18 AM, "Noonan, Mr Sean P." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] RPMs (?): [snip] However, upon trying to install the updates, I got an error messages telling me that the RPMs were for a "different architecture". Indeed, the RPMs the update utility received had "i586" in their names. I'm running on a 486, not a 586. I've checked the official FAQ, unofficial FAQ, Deja, etc. Nothing. My question: How do I fix this? -Sean Noonan [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Slow bandwith Fixes
Sounds great, but I need more instructions. My rc.local file doesn't have any reference to these. I did get the 'novj' option set, and that has helped, but I'm still lost on the rest. Thanks! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713 connection you might want to try the following. 1 - Locate the rc.local file and add the following line to setserial to boost the port speed setserial /dev/ttySx spd_vhi replace x by the port number (ttyS0, ttyS1, etc.) mine is /dev/modem 2 - Turn off Van Jacobsen compression for PPP. In the PPP argument box of KPPP add 'novj'. 3 - Set the MRU and MTU to low values. Both MRU and MTU can be set to 296 or 576.
