Re: [newbie] back to Windows
On Apr 1, 2005 9:43 AM, Anders Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too! Except I'm going to use my Atari Falcon from now on! No, even better, I'm going back to my Atari 800XL! Those were the days! carefully looking at todays date before replying :-) Hehehe...well, Ronald you might be right there, but then again we get trolls here occassionally. What exactly do you mean by troll ? -- d33p th1nk3r Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:58 +1100, András Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 14:11, Deep Thinker wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop hard drives offer a feature of setting a password on the drive itself. I figured as much. That is why, if at all possible, I would much rather not have to take the machine apart. The BIOS is a PhoenixBIOS but I am not sure which version. Searching online I found several sites that tell me about 'backdoor' passwords to bypass this. The only one I found for Phoenix is 'phoenix'. Anyone else have any ideas? Thanks for everyones suggestion. What I found involves taking the thing apart. At the link below, you'll find detailed info on that too. Hope it helps. http://www.compaq.com/athome/support/msgs/1255-1275/ponpass.html cheers Andras -- Linux User #245991 Yep. I ended up having to take the thing apart. Talk about a pain in the @55! I have one very small screw and one somewhat small screw in the top drawer of my desk. No idea where they are/were supposed to go, but I can get on my new machine running win98SE. Turns out to be an AMD K6/2 233MHz machine with 128 MB RAM and a whopping 4GB Hard Drive. Anyone care to take a guess as to what my next post will be? (HINT: Does anyone know what use this machine could possibly have ?) -- d33p th1nk3r Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275
Hello All, I have a friend that has given me several older machines because she no longer needs them. For one reason or another these machines will not work. Either bad hard drives or cracked screens or whatever. The one machine she gave me that may be of some use is a Compaq Presario 1275. In her words ... My husband used that computer for business. He put a password on it so if anyone stole it they would be able to use it. I think he put a password on it so I couldn't see the emails he was writing to his little hussy girlfriends he had on the side. I didn't need a computer to tell me he was cheating on me. TMI, but I got a free computer out of it. Seems she got that along with the house and other things in the divorce. Long story short, the machine still has the CMOS or BIOS password on it. I plan to make it a simple workstation to learn and play on (of course installing Mandrake on it). How do I get in? -- d33p th1nk3r Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop hard drives offer a feature of setting a password on the drive itself. I figured as much. That is why, if at all possible, I would much rather not have to take the machine apart. The BIOS is a PhoenixBIOS but I am not sure which version. Searching online I found several sites that tell me about 'backdoor' passwords to bypass this. The only one I found for Phoenix is 'phoenix'. Anyone else have any ideas? Thanks for everyones suggestion. -- d33p th1nk3r Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Just installed 10.1 official from 3 ftp'd isos
Hello everyone, Happy Holidays. I have just installed Mandrake 10.1 official from 3 iso discs downloaded. Question 1. The machine is a Gateway profile. The only network/Internet connection will be through a 3Com PCMCIA Card (3CRPAG175). What steps do I need to take to make this work, or should it be autodetected? Question 2. This machine will primarily be for kids learning about computers, how to type, word processing, and of course, playing games. I noticed that the Firefox browser is not included in this installation. How do I go about getting this, and the other programs I may need safely installed on the machine. Thanks for any help... -- d33p th1nk3r Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 3Com Wireless PCMCIA card to work on Gateway Profile
I have just installed Mandrake 10.0 on a Gateway Profile 3. For anyone unfamiliar with this model, take a look at http://products.gateway.com/products/GConfig/prodDetails.asp? system_id=prf5m1seg=sb Anyway, these machines have PCMCIA slots like laptops and I have a 3Com Wireless card (3CRPAG175) that worked flawlessly when this machine had Windows XP home on it. The only info I could find was this http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/result.jsp? selected=5sort=fsizesku=3CRPAG175. We have decided to look into Linux as an alternative to Windows XP for all of our future workstations. This Profile is being used as a 'test subject'. The 10/100 Network is working fine as well as everything else except the wireless card. Can anyone offer any help or advice on how to get this working? Thanks in advance .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book, synchronization (without Outlook)
Hello All, I have a client with 5 machines/users on a peer to peer network. The only network resource they share is access to the Internet. About an hour ago, he asked me to help him set up email addresses for the 5 people in the office. He visited a friend that has an exchange server and all of the employees are using outlook. He asked me if I could set his office up the same way. After going over the potential security risks associated with using Exchange and Outlook, I think I finally have him convinced that Outlook/Exchange is a bad idea. He is now giving me the opportunity to come up with more secure alternatives. This is where I need the help. He wants to be able to open the program or website and schedule a meeting with the people that he needs to attend. Those people should in turn receive an email (or whatever notice possible) stating the meeting has been scheduled, who scheduled it and should be allowed to confirm that they will be there. There should be a universal address book that allows you to associate birthdays and anniversaries with contacts and those birthdays and anniversaries should show up on the calendar. They already have PCs or laptops which are either running Windows XP or Windows 2000. They have a spare machine that I could install Linux on if need be, but the users will still have to run Windows on their machines. If there is a web based solution for all of this, they can get the web space if needed. The main thing is, he wants to be able to sync all of this with his Handspring Treo. I am hoping for a 'lower cost' solution. Lower cost as in a lot closer to free. Something I could just install on a spare machine and let it run; or something I could install on a web server. Any ideas? Is there such an animal? .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Dropped DSL for Cable, now I need a firewall/router
Hello All, I just got rid of DSL. Changed to cable and I am now using a modem provided by my cable company. I've had to call for support three times already because of connectivity issues. Needless to say, I was not happy when the tech from my cable company told me he could see my machine over the network. Also, the modem I have will only allow me to connect to one computer. I would like to use my Linux box as a firewall/router. I remember seeing a few articles about this a while back but I did not bookmark them (and that was several installations ago). I have a spare machine just sitting around doing nothing and I have plenty of spare network cards, etc. I would like a good comprehensive, explain this to me like I am 4, step-by-step instruction on how to create this and make it as secure as possible. I need the cable modem to go into the box and have the box handle the fire-walling and handing out of IP's to my two other machines as well as my wireless access point. Thanks in advance, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] review of updating proceedures
Hello all, I have been out of the loop for a bit. I just want to make sure that I have this correct before I update my Mandrake box... 1. From the Desktop type 'ctrl+alt+F1' 2. Login as root 3. Type 'urpmi.update -a'. then wait. 4. Type 'urpmi --auto-select' and follow the instructions. 5. After the update is complete, type 'alt+F1' then, reboot the machine. Is this order correct? Is there more that I should do, or am I doing too much? How often should I run these commands? Also, what command can I use to get a current listing of the urpmi sources I am using? Thanks, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] p2p software search
Hello Everyone, I tried 'urpmi apollon' and 'urpmi mldonkey-gui' as root and both times I got something along the lines of package does not exist or cannot be found. Am I doing something wrong here? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] p2p software search
OK.. so I didn't have plf added. How exactly do I add plf as a source. I am currently running cooker but I would like to stabilize as soon as I can find stable 10.0 mirrors. Any help would be appreciated. -=Thinker On Mar 16, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 16, 2004 11:47 am, Thinker wrote: Hello Everyone, I tried 'urpmi apollon' and 'urpmi mldonkey-gui' as root and both times I got something along the lines of package does not exist or cannot be found. Am I doing something wrong here? -=Thinker Yeah, follow the widely posted instructions on setting up the software sources for the version of Mandrake you run. For these trinkets and toys you often need more than just the disks, contrib, plf, Charles Edwards page, etc.. Here's a hint on where to find apollon for Mandrake 10: ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/mandrake/10.0/i586 Have fun! Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Stinginess with privileges is kindness in disguise. -- Guide to VAX/VMS Security, Sep. 1984 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAV1E1ZqvqlrLPr5YRAsU+AKCKEglSqdMVEXF8F/oXwcoos01nSACcDbP0 DpTGVb2sstGV1/ipzh8YlvM= =qn+A -END PGP SIGNATURE- 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
[newbie] one software missing...
Hello All, I was just reading the post on software recommendations and I noticed that 'file sharing' or 'p2p' was not listed. Is there a good file sharing program for linux? I know about Bittorrent, but it seems to be lacking in GUI and search capability. Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] moving files over the network using CLI
Hello All, I need to transfer some files that I downloaded on my Mandrake Box to my Mac. I am running samba on both machines, so they can see each other on the network. The problem I am having is, when I open nautilus on my mandrake box and browse to the share on my mac, the program stalls out. I was wondering if there was a way to transfer files over my local network from one machine to the next using the trusty command line. Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?
I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other things are running. Should I get out of KDE and stop what services I can BEFORE I attempt to update everything? What is the safest environment to be in when updating? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] making 10.0rc1 into 10.0 release via cooker.
On Mar 5, 2004, at 4:07 AM, Derek Jennings wrote: If you cannot wait a few weeks then use urpmi to bring your system up to the current Cooker, and you will have 10.0 So.. you are saying that I can reinstall with the 10.0rc1 disks I made a few weeks ago and go to the cooker and update that to what is the 10.0 release now? I would really like to know how to do that. I know you are going to point me to the uprmi web site, but I have not had much luck hitting the correct server or the correct number of servers to make the update process run smoothly. Any additional guidance on servers and what to and what not to check would be appreciated. It is all explained in the TWiki. Where can I look this information up in the TWiki? Thanks -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 10.0RC2 ? anyone?
Hello All, Does anyone have any ideas as to when RC2 will be released to the public? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.2 now: 10.0 later?
Hello All, 1. Is it possible to install 9.2 now and once 10.0 is out, upgrade to it? 2. What is the best way to download and install 9.2? I tried to use Bittorrent last night but I kept getting errors. When I attempted to download them via ftp my connections would stop after getting to 4%. Does Mandrake offer an ftp installation? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 now: 10.0 later?
I suppose I should mention that all this ftping and torrenting is taking place on my mac. I am using OS X 10.3 so I wouldn't imagine that I should have any problems. The ftp program I am using is CyberDuck v2.2 and Bittorrent 3.3a for Mac. I am using this torrent file.. provided by Mandrake. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/download/MandrakeLinux-9.2-DOWNLOAD -3CD.torrent The error I get is this one... Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 404: Not Found According to the FAQ... Some Club members have problems having access to the good Torrent files (404 not found). Indeed, because of transparency proxy the IP they get here is different from the IP the BitTorrent tracker can see. I am not a club member yet. I plan to be in the near future, but I don't have the $$ right now. When will 10.0RC2 be available? -=Thinker On Feb 27, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Floyd Hagen wrote: On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 08:02, Thinker wrote: Hello All, 1. Is it possible to install 9.2 now and once 10.0 is out, upgrade to it? I upgraded to 10.0rc1 from 9.2 with urpmi without any problems. However, seeing as 10.0rc2 is about to hit the mirrors, you might as well skip the upgrade and just go straight to 10.0RC2. Unless you're waiting for the Official release, that is. 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
[newbie] install 9.2 now: upgrade to 10.0 later?
Sorry if this has already been addressed. I have downloaded and installed 10.0rc1 but several things seem to be wrong with it and I am not having any success installing some of the software I would like to use. This makes me want to install the stable 9.2 now and upgrade to the latest and greatest stable packages once it is installed. Then, when 10.0 is stable and released, I would like to upgrade to it. Will the upgrade to 10.0 be possible from 9.2.? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:21 am, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake 10.0rc1 running on my machine with the 2.6.3 kernel in place. Where do I need to go for updates to this as they come out? What servers do I need to point mcc to for updating or how do I need to use uprmi to make sure that this stays good and, um.. up to date? For application updates: 1. Open 'konsole'. 2. Type 'su' (and your password). 3. Type 'urpmi.removemedia -a'. 4. Go to http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php; and follow the instructions there (choose 'cooker'). OK.. I chose cooker.. but what about these other options? 1. Show base distro sources? 2. Show specific sources too? And what should I do when it asks me to select a mirror? I have selected several mirrors only to find that either they were not there, not functioning or contained software with bad signatures. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a good mirror containing valid signatures and complete software? Copy and paste the three lines you get into 'konsole' (and press 'Enter' so that the last line is executed too). 5. Type 'urpmi.update -a'. Wait! :) Not to be picky but since he just added the media the freshest hdlist.cz is already there. This step can be skipped _only_ when you just added a software source. 6. Type 'urpmi --auto-select' and follow the instructions. Each time you want to update the applications, follow step 1, 2, 5 and 6 above. You might want to add '--auto' in step 6 to avoid answering any questions. Note: 'cooker' is unstable. Sometimes the updates may break some applications. Just wait a day, and then do another update. Also, is there a way to have, say, more than one source for main, more than one for contrib, and more than one for updates.. to make the downloads go faster possibly? Lastly, is there a command to type once this is done to update the system. I am switching back to Mandrake from using SuSE for about year now. I suppose I am looking for something along the lines of 'SuSEconfig'? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake 10.0rc1 running on my machine with the 2.6.3 kernel in place. Where do I need to go for updates to this as they come out? What servers do I need to point mcc to for updating or how do I need to use uprmi to make sure that this stays good and, um.. up to date? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
wI downloaded the install disk images via Bittorrent. I now have 10.0rc1 installed on my desktop. It looks great and is really fast. Just a few questions. 1. I thought this installation would include a 2.6.x kernel by default. I didn't see anywhere in the installation process where it asked me to choose a kernel. 2. Is there a special mirror location I need to give rpmdrake for updating this installation? I am trying to use the mirrors that it finds by default but there seem to be errors when attempting to update on each one. FYI.. uname -a tells me Linux adventus 2.4.25-0.pre7.3mdk #1 jeu fev 5 16:29:56 CET 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Thanks, -=Thinker On Feb 22, 2004, at 7:31 AM, Lanman wrote: On February 21, 2004 06:52 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:19:07 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: install. 10.0 will have 2.6.3 in it as default and 2.4.25 for those that still want to run a 2.4 series. -- /g Just as a side note, does anyone know if iptables will be working for the 2.6 kernel? Jerry. Actually, I think they're putting in a new firewall system Jerry, since everyone will be switching to IPV6 pretty soone anyways. Currently it's codenamed IPTablesandChairsWithaMatchingSideboard but I hear when it goes to production that they're going to call it IPDiniingRoomSuite ! OF Course it'll have IPTables ! What fun would we have configuring firewalls without it? Major Grin! ( Man, I gotta make a point of having my first coffee BEFORE replying to posts! ) Why do you ask if it will be working? It works good for me now. Are you having problems with it? Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Hey MOM? Can we go to the Microsoft Museum today? I hear their going to have a live demonstration of the Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! 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] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Dennis Myers wrote: Same here, I mentioned a couple of days ago that with a normal install and using the package selection method, I had a boot up with no problem but it was the 2.4 kernel. I had to manually change lilo to select the 2.6.3 kernel. Once I had that, zoom. How did you manually change lilo to select the 2.6.3 kernel ? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
Ok, so if I go with a 9.2 install.. how can I make sure I get the latest stable kernel and kde/gnome desktop installed off the bat? Is there a way to do this? I only ask about 9.2 because 10.0rcX isn't stable, and from what I am reading, it will not be possible to upgrade from the latest release candidate to the first public version, will it? If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the 10.0rc1. Thanks as always, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] from OS X back to Linux (for now)
1. What is the most effective way to get the latest and greatest if not FTP install? 2. Is cooker stable? I am not familiar with how cooker works or is different from the normal distribution. Can someone fill me in on this? Thanks, -=Thinker On Feb 20, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 19 February 2004 9:22 pm, Thinker wrote: Hello All, I've been absent from the list for a while. I just got a PowerBook (about a month ago) so all of my attention had been on getting acclimated to that machine. Now that I am comfortable with my Mac, I am ready to delete my windows 2000 partition on my desktop and go full blown linux on that machine. I plan to go with the FTP install. How can I make sure I get the latest distro with the latest KDE and Gnome Desktops and all the security patches. I was having a few issues with my Linux Partition before, so I suppose I would like to start over. Thanks, -=Thinker If you want the latest and greatest you may as well go directly to cooker. Download this ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/ i586/images/boot.iso burn it to a disk and boot from it. You should be able to upgrade or do a full install, but it'll be awfully slow doing an ftp install over the Internet. Even with my bandwidth (10 Mbit/sec down, 2 Mbit/sec up rated maximums) I avoid it as much as possible. Good luck. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586 kernel 2.4.25-0.rc3.1mdk 09:33:58 up 2 days, 11:26, 1 user, load average: 0.34, 0.15, 0.10 Some people pray for more than they are willing to work for. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFANjflZqvqlrLPr5YRAnGbAJ4nwOJxl+W+wWqy63DmIpYq3udE3gCggvGU MouJkAn0ki5kWKMoUcaSnvc= =xXDi -END PGP SIGNATURE- 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
[newbie] from OS X back to Linux (for now)
Hello All, I've been absent from the list for a while. I just got a PowerBook (about a month ago) so all of my attention had been on getting acclimated to that machine. Now that I am comfortable with my Mac, I am ready to delete my windows 2000 partition on my desktop and go full blown linux on that machine. I plan to go with the FTP install. How can I make sure I get the latest distro with the latest KDE and Gnome Desktops and all the security patches. I was having a few issues with my Linux Partition before, so I suppose I would like to start over. Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] another network.img install issue (HELP) (updated)
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:09, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 11 November 2003 7:20 am, Thinker wrote: I tried to ftp install it but something has gone very wrong. Using the mirror ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/9.2/i586/ I made the network.img floppy using rawwritewin.exe (on my Windows 2000 box) from the dosutils directory. I booted to it, brought up the network and directed it to the proper location on the server. Once everything loaded into memory, I only selected LSB, Workstation, Configuration, for the installation options. Something like 700MB or so. It took about 90 minutes and then the installation was complete. I rebooted and once in, I brought up the MCC to update the installation. Once I updated the install, everything seemed to be fine. Then I noticed the 'writing' light was on on the front of my HP 9150 8x4x32 CD-R/RW Drive. Of course I wasn't writing anything (There was no disc in the drive). The eject button gave me no response so, in true newbie fashion I assume, I rebooted. When the machine came back up and I logged in to KDE, half of the information that had been in my menu was gone. I couldn't get to the MCC, no terminals or anything. Only a few items, none of which can help me get my system back to the state it was in before I rebooted. HELP! -=Thinker Would you please, in the name of all that you consider Holy _remove that fscking reply to_ from your mail client? Charlie M. Um.. I am using Evolution 1.4.5 for mail and a quick check of ToolsSettingsMail Accounts[EMAIL PROTECTED](edit) shows that the Reply-To field you are so upset about is empty. It has been since the last time you made a big deal about one of my posts. Newbie me doesnt quite know what else to do to make it so you can get more sleep at night. :-) snip To your menu problem: Log out, or don't log-in as user from a fresh boot. From the log-in screen use Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log-in there as root. Then run the following commands: (Note: ALL commands are one liners. You can assume there are only single spaces between flags and options, mail client word wrap kills that though.) urpmi.addmedia ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz Enter This did not work. I tried it twice and all I got was a help menu. Since the first command didn't work, I didn't go any further. I did Clt+Alt+F1, logged in as root and ran update-menus -v Then Clt+Alt+F7 and all was well. Thanks Haywire/Derek. Next prompt: urpmi --auto-select Enter After you install all the relevant updates, run the next compound command. rpm --rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n -v ldconfig enter Next prompt: Ctrl+D to exit, then Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the log-in screen. You should be OK. For the CD-RW problem; is that drive a re-badged LG by any chance? If so you likely killed it, which you would know if you had read any of the multitude of posts, or the warnings on the Mandrake site, in the past three weeks. I read the multitude of post and warnings on the Mandrake site. Remember, I am one of the few that keeps asking when the ISO's will be released with the fix (which you would know if you had read the multitude of posts I have made concerning the desire to install 9.2). My drive says HP so I assumed it was an HP. However, now my drive isn't even showing up in the BIOS. When I boot the machine, the lights come on but there is no mention of it in the BIOS (used to be IDE Secondary Master) and no desktop item for it in KDE (after the installation there were two CDROM icons on the desktop, now there is just one). Still, I just physically removed it from the machine. No mention of anything LG. 8x4x32 IDE Recordable/Rewritable HP C4462-5600 HP S/N PHCH02482C Where should I go from here on the drive? Is this a new issue or am I missing something? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] waiting for Mandrake 9.2 ISOs....
Any idea as to how long we will have to wait for the ISO's? Is there another way to download and fully install 9.2 without the ISO's, like a Net_install? -Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] waiting for Mandrake 9.2 ISOs....
Any idea as to how long we will have to wait for the ISO's? Is there another way to download and fully install 9.2 without the ISO's, like a Net_install? -Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Download Mandrake and make discs
Hello All, I wish to download Mandrake 9.2 and make installation CD's so that I can install it on two of my machines at home and one at work. I noticed on the Mandrakelinux.com homepage that 9.2 is available for download. When I get to the information page I can't seem to find the location of the ISO's. (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#iso ) All I am seeing on any mirror is the contents of the directory. Am I supposed to download all of this and burn it to disk? If so, is there some special way I should go about burning the contents of the directory to make the disk bootable? I would much rather have the ISO's (since that is what I used last time) if they are available. Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Samba/NFS/SSH to access a Mandrake Box
2nd try... I am currently using SuSE 8.2 (ftp version). I have Mandrake 9.0(MDK) installed on one box and Windows 2000 Professional (W2K)on another. The ultimate goal is to use the SuSE 8.2 box for work and such until SuSE 9.0 gets here. When the new SuSE gets here, I would like to have the MDK box clean and available. In order to do that, I need to copy my home directory from the MDK box to both the SuSE 8.2 box (for use of files) and more importantly to the W2K box (since it is the only machine with a working CD Burner). I cannot get ssh server installed correctly on the Mandrake box. I can see the box in LinNeighborhood but I cannot copy any files. How do I 'share' a directory so that I can copy the contents to both the Windows and SuSE 8.2 boxes? What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0]
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 12:35, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 2:25 pm, Thinker wrote: Sorry, I forgot to copy you on this. -Forwarded Message- From: Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:41:41 -0400 On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 13:38, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 Oct 2003 5:48 pm, Thinker wrote: From what I can tell, ssh is installed. I just cant figure out how to start it. In the Mandrake Control Center-System-Services I see the listing for sshd and sshd-xinetd. sshd is supposed to start on boot but it has a status of 'stopped' and when I try to start it I get this message: Stopping sshd: [FAILED] Generating SSH1 RSA Host key: [FAILED] - Is there something that I am missing or another way to start ssh on the machine? -=Thinker In a root terminal type sshd -dd ssh will run in foreground and will print verbose messages about why it will not start. Copy the messages in a post + I can tell you what is wrong ---begin error output- debug2: read_server_config: filename /etc/ssh/ssh_config debig1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting ---end error output-- OK So for some reason when the open-ssh package was installed it failed to create a host key. You did install a Mandrake RPM did you? It is part of the rpm install process to create a key. You can do it by hand easily enough As root ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -C '' -N '' (Note: that is two single quote characters. Not 1 double quote ) I typed this one and got the message: bash: ssh-keygen: command not found Is there a simpler way to do this? or rather, is there a way to reinstall whatever I have missing using the CD's? chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key chmod 644 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub ssh-keygen -q -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -C '' -N '' chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key chmod 644 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub If those commands do not work take a look at the permissions of /etc/ssh derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 ?
I need to install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 in order to retrieve files using another Linux box. How do I do this? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0
From what I can tell, ssh is installed. I just cant figure out how to start it. In the Mandrake Control Center-System-Services I see the listing for sshd and sshd-xinetd. sshd is supposed to start on boot but it has a status of 'stopped' and when I try to start it I get this message: Stopping sshd: [FAILED] Generating SSH1 RSA Host key: [FAILED] - Is there something that I am missing or another way to start ssh on the machine? -=Thinker On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:09, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Install ssh, use urpmi or mcc, it is on the cd's. Tony. -Original Message- From: Thinker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 ? I need to install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 in order to retrieve files using another Linux box. How do I do this? Thanks, -=Thinker -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.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] ssh on Mandrake 9.0
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 13:38, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 Oct 2003 5:48 pm, Thinker wrote: From what I can tell, ssh is installed. I just cant figure out how to start it. In the Mandrake Control Center-System-Services I see the listing for sshd and sshd-xinetd. sshd is supposed to start on boot but it has a status of 'stopped' and when I try to start it I get this message: Stopping sshd: [FAILED] Generating SSH1 RSA Host key: [FAILED] - Is there something that I am missing or another way to start ssh on the machine? -=Thinker In a root terminal type sshd -dd ssh will run in foreground and will print verbose messages about why it will not start. Copy the messages in a post + I can tell you what is wrong ---begin error output- debug2: read_server_config: filename /etc/ssh/ssh_config debig1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting ---end error output-- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] (2nd post)exporting directories via Samba or NFS?
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 13 Oct 2003 6:10 pm, Thinker wrote: Could someone please point me in the right direction on how to accomplish this? As I said, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I need to take most of the files in my home directory (including /evolution ) and move them to my Win2k Machine for archiving and to my SuSE 8.2 Machine for use. Someone on the SuSE list suggested that I start NFS on the Mandrake box and export the directory to the SuSE box. Then start Samba on the Mandrake box and export the same directory to the Windows machine. I am not too familiar with NFS and exporting directories. How does this work? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker I could tell you how to get NFS working, but I would have to stretch my memory to do it and NFS sucks so bad I will tell you a better way. On your Suse machine install and start ssh server. OK. Got that. Then on your Mandrake machine open a konqueror window and enter in the url line fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this and got an error on the mandrake box. Protocol not supported fish I am using Mandrake 9.0 / KDE (konqueror 3.0.5a I went to the mandrake control center and looked for kio-fish or fish to install but I did not find anything. I googled and found your info on your site, but I was not able to access the server you linked to, and the other links from google had similar results. How do I go about getting kio-fish for my mandrake box? You will then see the file system of the Suse machine displayed in konqueror, and you can just frag and drop files into it.. You could probably do it from Suse to Mandrake too. I just do not know if Suse include the kio_fish plugin for konqueror. I tried this (going from SuSE to Mandrake)and did not get the same error. could not connect to localhost My SuSE box is more up to date than my Mandrake box (I have KDE 3.1.4 on it, thanks to apt). What should I do on my Mandrake box to allow me to get to it from my SuSE box? kio_fish is a plugin for konqueror whuch uses sftp (secure ftp) to transfer files between the machines. You can use it on any computer Linux/Unix or Windows which has an ssh server running. HTH derek BTW: Please delete the Reply To in your Evolution config. It is not necessary and a pain when replying to your posts. What exactly do you mean here? Take out my reply-to address? Why would I do that? I thought you were supposed to do that in Evolution when you are using it to manage multiple accounts. Thanks for your help, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] (2nd post)exporting directories via Samba or NFS?
Could someone please point me in the right direction on how to accomplish this? As I said, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I need to take most of the files in my home directory (including /evolution ) and move them to my Win2k Machine for archiving and to my SuSE 8.2 Machine for use. Someone on the SuSE list suggested that I start NFS on the Mandrake box and export the directory to the SuSE box. Then start Samba on the Mandrake box and export the same directory to the Windows machine. I am not too familiar with NFS and exporting directories. How does this work? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] exporting directories via Samba or NFS?
Hello All, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I need to take most of the files in my home directory (including /evolution ) and move them to my Win2k Machine for archiving and to my SuSE 8.2 Machine for use. Someone on the SuSE list suggested that I start NFS on the Mandrake box and export the directory to the SuSE box. Then start Samba on the Mandrake box and export the same directory to the Windows machine. I am not too familiar with NFS and exporting directories. How exactly do I do this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] old mandrake 9.1 drive in new machine
Thanks. This worked and I am now in X. Now if I could figure out how to get my network card running. It is a DLink DFE-530TX+ Rev. D2. I went to the network configuration as root but my card is not among the options in the drop down menu. Any ideas on this? -=Thinker On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 23:37, HaywireMac wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:26:28 -0400 Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Is there a way to configure x from the command line? try XFdrake Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] old mandrake 9.1 drive in new machine
My old machine died a while back (motherboard failure) so I just took the hard drive out of it and scrapped the rest. I just put that hard drive into another machine. It boots up fine and I can log in but that is all I know to do. I tried 'startx' but that didnt work. I imagine because of the new hardware. This machine has a network card and it is functioning as far as hardware is concerned. I am not sure if Mandrake is reading anything from my network. Is there a way to configure x from the command line? Or verify that I can get out? Am I on the right track? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT--General Linux Questions
I know this is a little off topic, but I was hoping to hear as many opinions on these questions as possible. 1. After reading this article ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001436280_linuxgroup08.html I am left wondering; where does Intel stand in the debate? Are they officially on the M$ side of things are are they attempting to play neutral in all of this. I have never used an AMD processor and I wasn't really planning on it, but if Intel is out to hurt Open Source, I will have to change my stance. 2. After reading this article ... http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142837 I am wondering, what about UnitedLinux? Isn't SCO part of an ongoing pro Linux project with SuSE and others? Does SCO expect me to pay $699 for a license for software they shipped me under the pretense that it was 'free'? Honestly, I went to United Linux about 2 months ago and signed up for the shipment of the free software discs. If I install them, and then pay the $699 can I not sue them for fraud? Just a few questions from a newbie trying to make sense out of all this posturing. Thanks for your time. -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake
I have been watching this thread for a while and .. well, I may not know much about Linux but I can say that ... 1. Being an American that is married to a German woman, everyone I know drinks Warsteiner Dark at room temperature. They say it is not so much that American beer is weak, it is more that they put too many preservatives and other additives in it. And they say Americans like their beer cold because they cant stand to taste it any other way. So I am thinking Warsteiner Dark or Peach Schnapps chasers and you will all be good to go. 2. Being an American from the great state of Tennessee I think all I have to say is 'Corn in a Jar'. Those of you that know what I am talking about would agree; this remedy and no one will be mowing anything anytime soon. 3. As for the smaller condoms... Evolution dictates the size of the male sexual organ. Nature tells us that we 'Americans' don't have to be equipped for sex with farm animals, I admit some of my countrymen may be a little smaller than you in the Outback. We don't have the Sheepskin for sheep label here in the US. So yes, I am sure you guys are a little bigger. Otherwise, I suspect you guys would have some pretty pissed off sheep. Now back to the show... -=Thinkr On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 20:45, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 14:05, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 08 August 2003 04:44 am, Frankie wrote: Lanman said: And we may make the stuff for Americans, but it's not as strong as the beer we have here. It's thinned out for Americans. Franki: Yes, we export smaller condoms to the US too.. its only good bussiness sense,, you have to match the export goods to the expected markets needs.. :-) Franki: It may take a while, but we'll get you for this. -- cmg Roflmao LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need SWAP before FTP install of Madrake 9.1 on oldsystem (1 more try)
Posting this to the list in case anyone can help ... thanks for the info Miark, 1. When I attempted to install SuSE 8.2, the installation alerted me that I did not have enough system memory and prompted me to activate my swap partition, which I did, and I was able to proceed with the installation. That installation failed due to hangings in YaST, but I was able to use my swap to run the installation program. So I guess I need an 'addition' to the network.img boot disk that will allow me to get to a shell and type a command to activate the swap? 2. On the idea of getting more RAM; this is an OLD machine. We are talkin' 72 pin SIMMS here. I can't find anything below $30 for 16MB module. I have never seen obsolete technology cost so much! Plus, this machine has to have matching capacities in each slot. Dont ask me why, but if I put a 4MB module in slot 0 and a 8MB module in slot 1, the machine won't even boot. Any help on this? Anyone? Please? -=Thinker On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 10:31, Miark wrote: Glad to hear of your success thus far. Swap space won't help you when it comes to installation--it's memory that counts. (Not sure why, but I'd love to know.) But if a working computer is worth another $10, I recommend buying another stick of RAM. I bought a 64MB stick of PC133 a few weeks ago for $8, including shipping. Pricewatch.com says you can do it right now for $9. At any rate, it can be done for less than $10. Miark On 30 Jul 2003 05:32:38 -0400, ThinKer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I decided to give the Pentium 120 on last try. This time, I decided to go with Mandrake 9.1 via floppy install. 1. I downloaded, made and booted the floppy. 2. Install screen didn't freeze my machine (unlike SuSE 8.2!). 3. Network card and DHCP were both detected beautifully (unlike Debian !). Problem: After all that good news, the Please choose the installation method' screen has the nerve to tell me that FTP install needs more than 68 Mbytes of memory (detected 64). You may want to try an NFS install.' I have the drive still partitioned from my previous attempt at installing Debian (/dev/hdc1 allocated for 256MB of swap). Will this help, and if so, how do I turn it on so that this installation can see it. FYI: I am already further in 5 minutes with Mandrake than I got with Debian, SuSE and FreeBSD. All I need is SWAP !! Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] New plans for old hardware.
Killing the attempt to get the Pentium 120 to do anything. I am salvaging what I can and moving them to the New Plan. I just got an old Dell Optiplex GX1 with a 450Mhz PII. I can probably get 512 MB of RAM in it. I have (2) IDE 4.1 GB HDs, (1) IDE 1.2 GB HD, (1) IDE CD ROM, and (2) 9.0 GB SCSI Drives with a controller card. Here is what I have in my head. Please tell me I am not crazy. (or tell me how crazy I am.) 1. I would like to install Both Debian and Mandrake 9.1 on it. M9.1 would be my main installation, but I would like to have Debian on it to see what it is like and how it runs. a. Question: Can I create one swap partition and use it for both installations? b. Question: What is the advantage of 9.1 over 9.0? When 9.2 comes out can I just upgrade? c. Question: If I can put both (maybe 3 - SuSE 8.2?) distributions on this machine, and later I decide that I really like one more than the other, can I reclaim the space in the working OS? 2. I would like to run two monitors on this machine. It has a 4MB video card built in, but I have an 8MB PCI video card that I can slap in it. I would like to run two screens for web development programs and such. (code on one, view on the other). Is this possible? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Looking for options for a scrap PC
I posted a little while ago about this machine that I have 'inherited' from a friend. Proc: Pentium 120 RAM: 48MB (upgraded from 16) Hard Drives: (1) 3GB and (1) 2GB This machine has no CD ROM (and no space for it since there are 2 Hard Drives) a Network Card and 3.5 inch floppy. It is currently running Windows 95 and at one time was configured to boot to Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. I would like to set this machine up to learn Linux. I already have a machine running Mandrake 9.0 but I don't feel that I am learning anything with it. I would like to get more familiar with the command line, maybe run a webserver and mysql, a minimal desktop environment, if any, etc. I would like to stay with mandrake, if this is posible. If not, can someone recommend another distribution of Linux? As I said, there is only the network card and the 3.5 inch floppy to install anything. I would also like advice on partitioning and swap space setup. I would like to make the most of what I have. I dont see putting a lot of files on this machine so I can use the space for memory or whatever. I have no problem with deleting the win95 or whatever else is on this machine. URL's, advice, instructions, ideas welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- ThinKer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://thoughtprogress.com ...fear controls knowledge controls fear ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?
Hello All, I've just inherited two very old machines (Original Pentium with 16MB RAM each). I was wondering if there was anything I can download and install on these machines. They are currently running Windows 95 and they have Network cards already installed. I can put them on my network and browse the Intenet. I would like to install some flavor of Linux. Maybe a network or boot-floppy installation (since they only have 3.5 inch floppies) that will help me get more familiar with the way Linux works. Thanks, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Backing up the important stuff for an upgrade.
I am currently using Mandrake 9.0. I am looking to upgrade my system to either Mandrake 9.1 or Redhat 9.0 (I haven't decided yet). In either case, I would like to backup all my work and reinstall from scratch. I mainly use this machine for coding and checking mail so I only use Evolution, Netscape, and Quanta. What exactly do I need to back up, and how should I go about backing it up so that either Mandrake or Red Hat will be able to utilize my old files? Thanks in advance, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems with BitTorrent
does anyone know where I can download and install BitTorrent for Mandrake 9.0? I found some RPM's at http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=BitTorrent but none of them seem to be installing correctly. Thanks, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Treo 180 vs. Evolution (attempt overview - still unresolved).
My System: Mandrake 9 (2.4.19-16mdk kernel) on a 500 Mhz PIII with 256MB RAM. I am using KDE 3.0.3, Evolution 1.2.1 My PDA: Handspring Treo 180 (GSM phone/PalmOS PDA hybrid). The Treo is running Palm OS 3.5. I use the USB connection to connect with my PC. According to WebMin, my USB is set to start at boot and is currently running. (MandrakeSoft, : usb,v 1.44). I know USB is running because ... a. 'lsusb' gives Bus 001 Device 001: ID : b. Mandrake Control Center--Hardware-- USB Controller shows (82371AB PIIX4 USB) -- This is what I have done so far. 1. At a shell, I typed 'ls /dev/usb' and got nothing. 2. I put the Treo in the cradle and pressed the hot sync button. Then when I typed 'ls /dev/usb' again and got 'tts' in the directory. 3. I then created the symbolic link to /dev/pilot by typing the following as root 'ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot'. 4. Started Evolution and went to Tools--Pilot Settings. Got the wizard and hit next until the screen that gave me two options. a. Yes, I've used sync software with this pilot before. b. No, I've never used sync software with this pilot before. If I click the No option, it gives me a slot to put a User Name and ID. I am assuming I should use the 'Yes' option, since I have syncronized my Treo with the Palm Desktop software it came with on my Windows machine, and the device already has a username. 5. After I answered this and pressed NEXT on this final screen, I pressed the hotsync button on the cradle. All of the icons on my desktop flickered as if something was happening, but nothing ever transfered. I got the error message, Could not examine the port for Cradle(/devt/pilot). The port should point to a USB serial port. No such file or directory (2) When I go back now and type 'ls /dev/pilot' I get No such file or directory. My Treo keeps displaying the error message The connection between your handheld computer and the desktop could not be established. Please check your setup and try again. 6. So now I decide to start over. I went to Tools--Pilot Settings on Evolution and got the wizard. When Pilot Identification asked the yes or No question I said yes, and right before I clicked next I typed ls dev/pilot as root. I got the no such file or directory so I created the symbolic link again by typing ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot again as root. Then I checked by typing ls dev/pilot and the 'tts' was there. Then I clicked next on the pilot wizard and pressed the hotsync button right after. Now I get a new error that says Failed sending request to gpilotd. Now I am stuck. What am I doing wrong or what haven't I done that I need to do? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apt-get update gives strange message
In trying to keep my system up to date... as root I typed apt-get upgrade -f This is the message I got. Can someone please explain this to me? --begin error-- Reading Package Lists... Collecting File Provides... Building Dependency Tree... Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be upgraded cvs libgimpprint1 libglib2.0_0 libpng3 netscape printer-testpages The following packages will be REMOVED: evolution evolution-devel evolution-pilot gal gnome-spell The following packages have been kept back XFree86-devel XFree86-libs XFree86-xfs arts aspell aspell-en kdeadmin kdebase kdebase-nsplugins kdegames kdegraphics kdelibs kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdepim kdetoys kdeutils libarts libqt3 libsane1 licq licq-console licq-rms lisa pan quanta sane-backends 6 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 removed and 27 not upgraded. Need to get 20.7MB of archives. After unpacking 73.6MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] --end error -- Why is it trying to remove evolution? And why is it keeping some packages back? What do I need to do from here? If I need to remove evolution, is there a way to back up my emails and settings so when I reinstall it I wont have lost anything? TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting
I just looked at the archives... I am not getting all of the messages either. (I though everyone was just ignoring my questions :-)) Also, whenever I post to the list I get a bounce message from the list admin. What would cause these issues? TP On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 07:36, Robert Wideman wrote: I dont know about you guys but i am not getting half the emails that are shown on the mailing list archives. Like the one on SO6...i didnt get anything after i replied on that issue. and same for the ones that i just emailed out. Anyone else have this problem? Rob __ 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
[Fwd: NDN: Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting]
Below is the bounce I am getting when I post. My messages are still being posted. -Forwarded Message- From: Mailer-Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NDN: Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting Date: 26 Jan 2003 01:17:51 +0800 Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: linux-mandrake newbie,emc (The name was not found at the remote site. Check that the name has been entered correctly.) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux (again)
Sorry to be a pest by asking this again but this is really important in my Linux Evolution. One of the last steps in being windows free in my daily computing is my ability to sync my contacts, to-do and calendar with my PDA. I searched Google for Treo USB to sync with Linux and I found nothing useful. I am running Mandrake 9 (2.4.19-16mdk kernel) on a 500 Mhz PIII with 256MB RAM. I am using KDE 3.0.1 Desktop, Evolution 1.2.1 and would ultimately like to sync my Treo 180 USB with Evolution. I have Jpilot and KPilot installed but I haven't been able to sync with either of these programs. My PDA is a Handspring Treo 180 (GSM phone/PalmOS PDA hybrid). The Treo is running Palm OS 3.5. I need to use the USB connection to connect with my PC. According to WebMin, my USB is set to start at boot and is currently running. (MandrakeSoft, : usb,v 1.44) but I am not 100 % sure it is running. Any help/guidance/instruction on this would be greatly appreciated. A step-by-step set of instructions from begining to end would be a wonderful thing. Thank you, TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux(again)
Terry, When I tried to run 'usbview' I got command not found. /// Adolfo, I tried your method. Please See results inline First of all, when I do a ls /dev/usb the only active USB port shown is hid, the one used by the mouse. When I do a ls /dev/usb after placing the Palm on the cradle and pressing the hotsync button, then two entries are shown: hid and tts. This worked. I got the 'tts' when I typed 'ls /dev/usb' after I pressed the hotsync button. I make sure to create as root the symbolic link /dev/pilot with: ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot Did this(as root). Subdirectories 0 and 1 of tts only appear when you hit the hotsync button on the cradle. Next step is going to Evolution-Tools-Pilot Settings. A wizards appears. Answer that this is the first time your going to use the software with the Pilot. The wizard is giving me two options. 1. Yes, I've used sync software with this pilot before. 2. No, I've never used sync software with this pilot before. If I click the No option, it gives me a slot to put a User Name and ID. I am assuming I should use the 'Yes' option, since I have syncronized my Treo with the Palm Desktop software it came with on my Windows macine, and the device already has a username. Press Next and press the hotsync button on the cradle. It will recover the name and user id from the pilot. If it fails, try again. Sometimes it takes three or four times to get this info from the Pilot. After passing previous step, you should see an open window where you can define your conduit settings. Enable synchronizing ToDo, Calendar, Contacts (I also enable Memos) and that's it. After I answered OK to this final screen, I got the error message, Could not examine the port for Cradle(/devt/pilot). The port should point to a USB serial port. No such file or directory (2) When I go back now and type 'ls /dev/pilot' I get No such file or directory. My Treo keeps displaying the error message The connection between your handheld computer and the desktop could not be established. Please check your setup and try again. Now, press again the hotsync button on the cradle and you should get the data transfered to evolution. I got nothing. Well, I am getting a little frustrated, but that doesn't count. What should I do now? TP HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting
32.) Solar flares cause magnetic fluctuations in the Van Allen Belt's, hence interrupting with normal data transmission. This is solely the fault of the sun, and although a trouble-ticket was put in on this product, there has not been any resolution of the issue as of yet. Projected ETA ranges from 5 to 8 billion years. 12.) Spies have infiltrated the list and are controlling who gets what and when they get it. You flatter me in your assumption that my questions are valid enough to be blocked by spies. I think I will take the Solar Flare explanantion and attempt to troubleshoot from here (although, seeing that I can't even sync my Palm Device with Evolution, I don't feel that I will be effective in blocking the sun). TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux(again)
New Error. I just tried to sync again. This time, I did the 1. What version of Evolution are you using? I have version 1.2 Evolution 1.2.1 2. Also, at this point, you have to make yourself sure that the PDA is trying to synchronize. In other words, press the cradle hotsync button just before answering OK. I did this. I went to Tools--Pilot Settings on Evolution and got the wizard. When Pilot Identification asked the yes or No question I said yes, and right before I clicked next I typed ls dev/pilot as root. I got the no such file or directory so I typed ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot again as root and then I clicked next on the pilot wizard. Now the new error says Failed sending request to gpilotd. What now? TP -- looking for hair to pull out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apt-get produces puzzling output ..
Hello all. As root, I ran 'apt-get upgrade' and received the following output. --begin output -- Reading Package Lists... Collecting File Provides... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages have been kept back XFree86-devel XFree86-libs XFree86-xfs arts aspell aspell-en gnome-spell kdeadmin kdebase kdebase-nsplugins kdegames kdegraphics kdelibs kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdepim kdetoys kdeutils libarts libqt3 licq licq-console licq-rms lisa pan quanta 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 26 not upgraded. --end output -- My question is, why are those packages being kept back? Is this an issue that I need to resolve and if so, how? Thanks, TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OpenSource AutoCad for Linux?
Hello All, I looked at LinuxCAD ( www.linuxcad.com ) but to be honest, the site looks a little desperate (sales oriented) and the fact that I can't download the demo version is a bit of a deterrent as well. I am currently looking for options for an engineering group that would be interested in having all of the desktops and servers in their office run Linux provided they be able to run an AutoCAD program that was comparable to what they currently use and compatible with the AutoCAD systems their customers are using. TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems getting USB Handspring Treo to sync with j-pilot
Hello All, I have been trying to get j-pilot and pilot link installed and updated so that I might try to sync my Handspring treo 180 usb with my linux box. For some reason it is just not working. So far I have (# urpmi install j-pilot) and (# urpmi install pilot-link). Now when I try to (#install-user) I get -- No $PILOTPORT ERROR: No such file or directory Error accessing: '/dev/pilo'. Does '/dev/pilot' exist? -- The answer is no. /dev/pilot does not exist. How do I create it? Why wasn't it created by the installation of j-pilot and pilot-link? Am I on the right track or is there an easier way to get this done? Is there another program that would be better suited for this? -TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problems getting USB Handspring Treo to sync withj-pilot
You have to create a symbolic link to your pda USB port with: ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot (this is my settings. Yours might be different). Tried this. Nothing changed, it still doesn't work. In my case, before turning on the pda, if I do a ls /dev/usb there is only a subdirectory named hid (the one used by my usb mouse). I did it and there was nothing. I am assuming because I don't have a USB mouse. After turning the pda on and doing again a ls /dev/usb I can see 2 subdirectories: hid and tts, this later one with 2 subdirectories: 0 and 1. After hitting the hot sync on my pda.. i still see nothing in the /dev/usb/ directory. Thanks for the info. I suppose I need a Lets-pretend-you-haven't-tried-10-different-things-already ...this-is-all-you-need-to-know-from-beginning-to-end sort of answer Please Please Please -TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] changing to a webserver
Hello, I have been using my Mandrake 9 Box as a desktop since I installed it. I now want it to also be a webserver that will allow me to place a few informational pages for others on my network to view. I think I have the webserver set up. The problem is I can open a browser on the linux box and type http://localhost/ and get the default pages. I can also type http://machinename/ and get the pages. I want my windows and mac co workers to be able to type http://machinename/ and get to the server as well. For some reason, they cant do this yet. Any ideas or advice? TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 2 users shown via monitoring tools
First, thanks everyone for the info on this. I installed gkrellm on my machine last night and I like it. I will look into the other options given later. Now, When I came home from lunch just now I unlocked my workstation and gkrellm is telling me that there are 2 users logged in. How is that possible? How can I tell what or who the other user is? Is this common? Thanks, (kinda worried) TP On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 04:48, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 14:31, ThinKer wrote: Newbie Question Alert!!! In these screenshots...(from the This is personal thread... http://clevername.homeip.net/gallery/screenshots/2003_01_12_23_26_50?full=1 and http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/fluxbox.png The users have those nice processor and network interface monitoring tools. Where does one find those for KDE/Gnome/Fluxbox (since I can't make up my mind, and I am still trying to figure out how to configure fluxbox). Along with location, could you also provide the location of the installation and configuration of the tools. Thanks, TP GKRELLM, (and there's a KDE clone called KSIM), the WindowMaker applets can be used with KDOCKAPP - heaps of monitoring bits and pieces all over the place - just gotta have the time and the patience to find the ones you like the most...gKrellm is by far the most useful and has heaps of extra plugins and skinz to go with it... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] where can I get these nice monitoring tools
Newbie Question Alert!!! In these screenshots...(from the This is personal thread... http://clevername.homeip.net/gallery/screenshots/2003_01_12_23_26_50?full=1 and http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/fluxbox.png The users have those nice processor and network interface monitoring tools. Where does one find those for KDE/Gnome/Fluxbox (since I can't make up my mind, and I am still trying to figure out how to configure fluxbox). Along with location, could you also provide the location of the installation and configuration of the tools. Thanks, TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to install Pine ? - (because I want Pico...)
Hello again, Can someone please tell me the best way to install Pine so I can get pico on my machine as an editor. I went to washington.edu and got completely confused with the instructions. I also tried rpm find and I did find an rpm but after the install pico simply doens't work properly. I keep getting relocation error: pico: undefined symbol: stat when I try to open a file. Please help. TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)
Hello, I recently decided to give openoffice.org a try for the first time to create a .doc file for a proposal. When I clicked on the openoffice.org writer link to application, the program appeared to start fine, but once it opened up I noticed that there is no text on any of the menus in both the opening dialog box and on the menus for the program. 1. How can I fix this, or should I go to the site and download and install the program from scratch? 2. Is there another program for creating and manipulating M$ Office related documents and presentations? Thanks, TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Registered Linux User ?
How does one become a registered Linux User? I have seen several signatures at the bottoms of posting numbers indicating their registration as a Linux User. I want a number. How do I get one? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)
OK.. I see how this works. Star Trek Nemesis and US Foreign Policy get all the replies and attention. Meanwhile, I ask a question that is very much on topic(that yes, someone else has asked before but as I see it in the archives, they didn't get an answer either) and I get banished to search the archives? Thats it. I am on my way to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list so I can get some help on fixing my OOOWriter. TP On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 18:40, Robin Turner wrote: ThinKer wrote: Hello, I recently decided to give openoffice.org a try for the first time to create a .doc file for a proposal. When I clicked on the openoffice.org writer link to application, the program appeared to start fine, but once it opened up I noticed that there is no text on any of the menus in both the opening dialog box and on the menus for the program. 1. How can I fix this, or should I go to the site and download and install the program from scratch? 2. Is there another program for creating and manipulating M$ Office related documents and presentations? This looks like the notorious OpenOffice fonts problem that came up on this list earlier. Check the archives, and good luck! Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)
1. Get to a shell, become root, and type the following... /etc/openoffice/openoffice.conf 2. Edit the UI_FONT=AUTO replace AUTO with Arial or whatever other font you have and want to use. 3. Save, close, and open OOOWriter. You should have menus. There, and no cast members were killed off in the typing of this email. -TP On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 20:36, Azrael wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 01:30, ThinKer wrote: OK.. I see how this works. Star Trek Nemesis and US Foreign Policy get all the replies and attention. Meanwhile, I ask a question that is very much on topic(that yes, someone else has asked before but as I see it in Twas me that asked.. and I am still in the dark.. the archives, they didn't get an answer either) and I get banished to search the archives? Thats it. I am on my way to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list so I can get some help on fixing my OOOWriter. If you get your answer there, will you let me know? This problem is frustrating me.. TP On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 18:40, Robin Turner wrote: ThinKer wrote: Hello, I recently decided to give openoffice.org a try for the first time to create a .doc file for a proposal. When I clicked on the openoffice.org writer link to application, the program appeared to start fine, but once it opened up I noticed that there is no text on any of the menus in both the opening dialog box and on the menus for the program. 1. How can I fix this, or should I go to the site and download and install the program from scratch? 2. Is there another program for creating and manipulating M$ Office related documents and presentations? This looks like the notorious OpenOffice fonts problem that came up on this list earlier. Check the archives, and good luck! Sir Robin __ 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
[newbie] how do I sync my Handspring Treo 180 USB ?
Hello, My mobile phone/personal organizer is a phone/PDA hybrid Handspring Treo 180 (Palm OS 3.5H) with USB cradle. I would like to be able to sync it on my Mandrake 9.0 box with some equivalent software to the Palm Desktop or even better with Evolution. Of course Handspring's website was no help since they do not officially support the OS and the HOWTO they link to leaves a lot to be desired. Can someone tell me how I can go about syncing this palm handheld device? Thanks, T.P. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing pico/PINE with problems
Part answer part 'nother question. Pico is the text editor that comes with pine. I recently downloaded pine from http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms/ When I installed pine, everything seemed to go as planned and I got no errors. But when I try open a file, the editor opens but displays an error message I do not understand. pico: relocation error: pico: undefined symbol: stat and then displays a shell prompt. Any idea why? Ami I doing something wrong? TP On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 05:15, Alvaro Gil wrote: Hello. I have only had experience with FreeBSD and I would really like to use the edit and pico text editors. On FreeBSD I would just go to /usr/ports/ediors/pico and type make install. Is there a simple way of installing sofware on Mandrake linux other than the GUI that it comes with? The selection of software is fairly limited and does not incluled pico or edit. Thanks, and sorry for the simple question. BTW, I can't belive how good Mandrake Linux 9.0 is. Amazing. It is the easiest operating system I have ever installed (Just as easy or maybe even easier to install as Mac OS). __ 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
[newbie] automatic logout
Hello, I asked this question a while back and got a clear answer as to what was happening, but no clear answer on how to disable it. When I walk away from my machine for what seems like more than 20 minutes(xlock and all) and then return to it, I have somehow been logged off the system and have to log in again. I was told that this is a security feature in Mandrake. Thats great. Now how do I disable it. TP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
