Re: [newbie] Can't access floppy )-:
Hi, Please read my comments, beginning with [Thomas]. -- Original Message -- From: Andreas J. Guelzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:24:05 -0700 Ed Kasky wrote: I can't figure out why I can't access floppy drive in LM8 install. In Konqueror the floppy icon has a lock on it even when logged in as root. # cd /mnt/floppy results in the following: bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: input/output error the floppy is probably not mounted [Thomas]: That's not quite true. An I/O error usually indicates that there is a fault with the disk itself. permissions for /mnt/floppy: drwxrwxrwx 1 root root from fstab: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=dev/fd0 0 0 I get the same results with /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=dev/fd0 0 0 Does your floppy in fact have the vfat filesystem, otherwise supermount will not mount i, and then the cd will fail. Especially if yo use ext2 on your floppy... [Thomas]: What are your major/minor numbers, for the /dev/fd0 file?? This can be found, by typing in the following: ls -l /dev/fd0 You'll find the last two numbers in the list are the ones you want. You can try swapping those for the 0 0 at the end of the line in /etc/fstab. Then save the fstab file, and issue the command (making sure the floppy disk is in the drive: mount -a Does that work??? Let me know how you get on!! Kind Regards, Thomas Adam I checked the ardware and it works fine booting - I just can't access it from the linux desktop or a console before loading x Andreas -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow Chair of Science Concordia University College of Alberta http://www.math.concordia.ab.ca/aguelzow Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original sender. If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
Re: [newbie] squid
Hi, Yup, you have to make sure that you have specified the correct path and users for any ACL's that you have. Check your squid.conf file. Also, while I am here, I am tackling your other problem. I am currently wading through all of the files you sent me, and I should get back to you asap. HTH :-) Thomas Adam SKLIM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi !Did anyone know how to solve this problem at Squid.ConfERRORThe requested URL could not be retrievedWhile trying to retrieve the URL: http://mail.leaderuniversal.com:90/The following error was encountered:Access Denied.Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed atthis time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this isincorrect.Your cache administrator is root.Generated Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:47:36 GMT by smtp.gateway.org(Squid/2.3.STABLE1)Thomas AdamLinux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck Schoole-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED]e-mail ! (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
Re: [newbie] network services not started automatically
Hi, What is your default run-level when you boot into linux?? If my memory serves, I think that runlevels 3 and 5 start up network devices. You can check if this is so by looking in "/etc/inittab". This should then laod up all your networking devices. Does this answer your question?? Regards, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "Jeffrey P. Jolma" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. After logging in I am unable to use the network at all (for email or web browsing). I get errors saying I am unable to find the necessary servers when I try to use netscape or an email client. I can fix this by using DrakConf. I go to "Network and Internet configuration" then "configure local network" and keep pressing "ok". Then it asks me if I want to restart the network. I click "yes" and then click "done". From this point the network works great. But I shouldn't have to go through this every time I reboot. How can I prevent having to do this each time? Thanks! Jeff = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] glibc upgrading
--- Paul R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I upgrade my glibc libraries? I downloaded some newer Mandrake versions in rpm form, but trying to rpm -U gets me a huge list of programs that need glibc. So, I was wondering: 1. How do I upgrade? I get teh safe problem if I rpm -U or rpm -F the new one or rpm -e the old one. upgrading the glibc packages is an annoying pain since there are soo many dependencies that rely on this package. To Upgrade an RPM, the -U flag is used. However, I recommend that you try the following to getting glib installed: rpm -i --nodeps nameofrpmmdk.rpm the --nodeps flag stops the rpm installer for looking for module dependencies. 2. Do I need to use an rpm at all, or can I use a tarball? You can use either. RPM's are easier to use since the programs have already been compiled, and the RPM knows the location of them as well. Tar balls are fun, except it will usually mean that you have to compile the programs yourself!! 3. If I use a src.rpm, how do I install it? Never used one of these. src.rpm are almost the same as tarballs. They just contain the source files of the program so that you can compile them yourself. 4. Do I need to use the Mandrake rpm's, or can I safely use any glibc's? You can use any, however if I would recommend using rpm's, as this is what Mandrake was built upon HTH, Thomas Adam = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Hard drive not found?
Hi, Have you partitioned your remaining 10GB before you tried to install Linux Mandrake??? On the CD is Partition Magic which should help solve your problem. If you need anymore help, let me know... Regards, Thomas Adam --- Peter Guzikowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm trying to install 7.2 on an AMD Thunderbird with an ASUS A7V mother board. I have a hard drive where 20 out of 30Gb are used for Windows, which is working just fine. I have saved the remaining unpartitioned 10Gb for Linux. When I try to install 7.2 however, I get the following message when I reach the point in the installation program where I'm supposed to partition the hard drive and set up the filesystem: "An error has occured - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the couse of this problem". And then I can't do anything else than just exit the install. I've tried to boot directly from the CD, from a boot disk, I've tried to run text mode install and in expert mode, but nothing works. ===== Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] autologin in 7.1
Hi, The auto login works for me on 7.1, even though it was designed for 7.2!! Ok? Thomas Adam --- Quaylar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: heyho all does anybody know whether the autologin-package of 7.2 will also work on 7.1 ? --quay = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Migrate RedHat to Mandrake?
Hi Patrik, Rightwhere to begin??? If you plan to upgrade to Mandrake from Rehat, and you want to keep configuration settings, the best thing to do, is to back up you /etc folder, since this is the folder which stores those configuration files. You may also want to copy "/root" and "/home". The folders "/usr" and all the programs are created when you install Mandrake anyway. Does that help? Let me know if I can be of anymore help, Kind Regards, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Patrik Nylund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone. I would like to migrate to Mandrake from RedHat but I need to keep all the qmail,vmailmanager settings and users. Now I wodner if there is any easy way to do this or do I have to install Mandrake on a new disk and copy the whole mail system to the new disk? /Patrik = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Compiler Woes
Hello, Compiler issues!!! Dear oh dear. In Kde, load up "rpmdrake". In the Library section, look for kde source files. Ensure that you have GCC compiler installed and that you have glibc header files. I am sorry for being so vague. When I get back home I will look at the problem more closely... I hope that helps a bit... Regards, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- - Ron - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my third post for this problem. I was thinking of using the subject "How do I get off this F* list" since those seem to get tons of answers! I can't compile Knapster because I get the error below. There's gotta be a simple way.. I check the Mandrake page I seem to have all requirments but still no go. Please - checking for KDE... libraries /usr/lib, headers /usr/include checking for extra includes... no checking for extra libs... no checking for kde headers installed... configure: error: your system is not able to compile a small KDE application! Check, if you installed the KDE header files correctly. -- Cheers! -Ron = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] KFM problem
Hello, I have had the same problem as you... here are a few things that you could try: 1. Make sure that your Win98 partition is mounted before you browse the directory. I know that LM mounts these folders automatically but that sometimes can cause it to hang 2. Failing that, make sure that in "/etc/fstab" and "/etc/mtab" that the path to mount your win98 folder is after the mount point for /dev/hda3 HTH, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- jhun bacala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, My LM 7.0 hangs up when trying to browse the folder /mnt with a win98 directory on it. What seems to be the problem? jhun - Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Forgot to ask...
Hi lauch "lothar", or if you have Linux-Mandrake 7.1 or better, load "DrakConf" select Hardware, and you can easily configure your soundcard to work... HTH, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Derek Rayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I forgot to ask this the last time I was posting a question... 1) How do I make my ALS200 sound card work with Linux in the KDE Desktop? REASON: I want to play .wav's, my CD's, and hear any other sounds that are there. = Richard Wegner - Linux Newbie - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Derek Rayne is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER this is just an e-mail address I chose! __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Dependencies included in rpm package?
Hi when you install an rpm, the rpm will check for dependencies on your system that are installed, but will not check inside the rpm to see if the files are there to be installed as a module dependency. To solve this problem type: mc browse to the rpm file. select it and press F3 and then manually install the files. HTH, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- DRX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to install XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk.i586.rpm, using the command rpm -i filename. This failed because of three dependencies. The first two dependencies are libXaw.so.7 and libXfont.so.1, which the error message tells me are needed by XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk. Searching at rpmfind.net, I found that those two libraries are included in the XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk.i586.rpm package. How can it say that there is a failed dependency when those two libraries are included in the package? How do I get around this? How do I install XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk? Thank you for your help. DRX = Thomas Adam Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School e-mail (school): [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail (yahoo) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
The Lesstif Window Manager
Hello, I use Lesstif WM as default on my Linux Machine. I am using Linux-Mandrake 7.0 (air). My question is, is it possibe to get Lesstif to launch apps as it starts using specific geometries.??? if so, how do I go about achieving this?? N.B. Lesstif is a clone of the Motif Window Manager (MWM). It is an extension of fvwm2. As a result I do not have an files like .mwmrc, etc. Waiting in Anticipation, Regards, Thomas Adam __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
[newbie] XDM and Lesstif
Hello, I have been using Linux Mandrake 7.0 for about 4 months now, and I think its fantastic!! I have two questions... 1) I use XDM as my graphical login, and my default Window Manager is Lesstif WM. My question is, is it possible to tell Lestiff to launch various apps, once it has started up, and if so, how do I go about this! 2) I have seen Xconsole on other machines. How do I set this up so that it launches when XDM starts and that various information is displayed in it?? Thank you for all your help, Waiting in Anticipation, Regards, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] XDM and Lestiff WM
Hello, I have been using Linux Mandrake 7.0 for about 4 months now, and I think its fantastic!! I have two questions... 1) I use XDM as my graphical login, and my default Window Manager is Lestiff WM. My question is is it possible to tell Lestiff to launch various apps, once it has started up, and if so, how do I go about this! 2) I have seen Xconsole on other machines. How do I set this up so that it launches when XDM starts and that various information is displayed in it?? Thank you for all your help, Waiting in Anticipation, Regards, Thomas Adam re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
