Re: [newbie] iostream.h C++ development problems
On 13-Mar-2000 -=qUeNCy95=- wrote:
I'm not an expert programmer, but isn't the header file you want
"iostream.h"
and not "streamio.h"? I could be wrong and all, but I've never seen streamio
and I can't find it on my system even though I installed everything even
remotely related to development.
That was a typo on my fault. Im still getting an error about not finding
file iostream.h, what RPM is this file in? Can anyone else with Mandrake
7 compile simple c++ source?
$ locate iostream.h
/usr/include/g++-3/iostream.h
/usr/include/g++-3/stdiostream.h
$ rpm -qf /usr/include/g++-3/iostream.h
libstdc++-devel-2.95.2-3mdk
Maybe it's a $PATH problem?
tom
P.S.: To find a certain file in a set of RPMs:
for i in *.rpm ; do rpm -qpli $i | grep [filename] echo $i ; done
When I installed Madrake 7, I chose my primary use would be developer. It
seemed to have installed all my libraries I need (I thought). I compiled
xmms, kxicq, and BitchX.
All 3 applications were written in C I believe. However, I cannot compile
any C++ programs. Not even the simplest:
#include streamio.h
int main() { cout "hello world"; return 1; }
[quency95@xena quency95]$ gcc test.c
test.c:1: streamio.h: No such file or directory
Ok so I dont have c++ libraries installed?
[quency95@xena quency95]$ rpm -q gcc-c++
gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk
[quency95@xena quency95]$ rpm -q libstdc++-devel
libstdc++-devel-2.95.2-3mdk
[quency95@xena quency95]$ rpm -q libstdc++
libstdc++-2.95.2-3mdk
Should I be checking for anything else?
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RE: [newbie] XFree86 4.0
On 13-Mar-2000 sujee wrote: Is there any RPM that i can download to upgrade to XFree86 4.0 thanx in advance!! Sujeevan DON'T. There have been a lot of reports on instability and incompabilities. If you really must, check out www.rpmfind.net. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Compiling the Kernel
On 13-Mar-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey there, I'm having trouble compiling the kernel and I'm wondering if anybody can give me some input. Ok, here what I've done let me start by saying I'm running mandrake 6.1, and I'm trying to install linux kernel 2.2.14. I've managed to compile the kernel correctly (make mrproper;make menuconfig make bzImage;make dep;make modules;make modules_installs), then I managed to copy bzImage to /boot/vmlinux-2.2.14 and linked vmlinuz ( soft link ), then I updated lilo by adding a "test" addition to lilo with my new kernel. I did all that but when I rebooted I get messages like System.map has incorrect kernel version, and Modules-info.map incorrect kernel version. So I think I have to update System.map and Modueles-info.map, but I have no idea how to do that the HOWTO's don't have anything about that in their, any ideas's. You've forgotten to copy the new System.map from the Linux source directory to /boot. This map gets generated with each new kernel compilation and therefore you need it in /boot. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Make question ?
On 13-Mar-2000 -=qUeNCy95=- wrote: How do I find out whether I have make installed ? rpm -q make And if I don't have make, where can I get it and install it... Put your Mandrake CD in cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS as root type: rpm -Uvh make-some_version_number.rpm or - if you are using LM 7-: urpmi make tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] starting kppp automatically
On 13-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: Tom Berger wrote: On 12-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: I got perlseti running this weekend on my ML 7.02 box. I use KPPP to dial into the internet. Can anyone give me some info on how I can automatically connect to the internet so I can keep seti running all of the time. Thanks, Later Gary Create a new application icon in the Autostart folder. Supply this commandline: kppp -c [accountname] That should do. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me get this right. 1. Create a new icon under Autostart, 'I called it seti autostart kppp' 2. Under the Execute tab of properties for my new icon I should put 'kppp -c [accountname]' I'm quite the newbie! What does accountname stand for? What should I put for accountname? The name for the account you have given in kppp's Setup. Also, will this start kppp and dial into the internet when I complete a seti packet? No. This will dial up as soon as you start KDE. What you want would involve some heavy scripting. So if this isn't implemented in the program itself, you are out of luck, I'm afraid. Have a look at the docs of the program if they mention something like this. tom Thanks, Gary -- \\\|/// \ ~ ~ / (\ @ @ /) --oOOo-(_)-oOOo- Name:Gary K Stinnett Jr Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://web.infoave.net/~gksjr ooO ( )--Ooo-- \ ( ( ) \_) ) / (_/ -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Can someone PLEASE do a ls -l /usr/bin/esd for me
On 13-Mar-2000 Alex V Flinsch wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: -rwxrw root audio is what I have And mpg123 works??? Id like to keep it like that, but I have to chmod o+rx it, otherwise mpg123 gives me permission denied errors :\ leave it as -rwxr-x--- 1 root 81 31628 Dec 9 11:42 /usr/bin/esd then execute "esd " as root then try using mpg1234 as a user.. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) Agreed. Put it into /etc/rc.d/rc.local. This way it will be executed on boot with the right permissions. By the way: you *are* member of the audio group, aren't you? Check this in /etc/group. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Crystal Chipset NetGear irq(?) conflict
On 13-Mar-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally figured out the root of my sound problem. Apparently my Netgear PCI (jumperless) NIC and my Crystal Sound onboard sound card use the same irq/DMA/IO. I reformated last night, used sndconfig to set my sound at diff irq/dma/io's. Then turned on the nic. Had sound and internet. Rebooted today to do some windows stuff. Came back to linux and no sound. Well, almost none - I get a slight click when a sound should play. Any ideas? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713 Looks like Windos messes around with the settings. Have you tried to tell Windos to use the same settings as in Linux? tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Windows 2000 Source Code
Good one! Thanks!
tom
On 13-Mar-2000 Mike Perry wrote:
I know this is off topic, but couldn't resist it :-)
For SW engineers eyes only.
Windows 2000 Source Code
So the secret is disclosed here ...
/* Source Code to Windows 2000 */
#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "win98.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#define INSTALL = HARD
char make_prog_look_big[160];
void main()
{
while(!CRASHED)
{
display_copyright_message();
display_bill_rules_message();
do_nothing_loop();
if (first_time_installation)
{
make_50_megabyte_swapfile();
do_nothing_loop();
totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2();
make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux();
disable_Netscape();
disable_RealPlayer();
disable_Lotus_Products();
hang_system();
}
write_something(anything);
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
do_some_stuff();
if (still_not_crashed)
{
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
basically_run_windows_3.1();
do_nothing_loop();
do_nothing_loop();
}
}
if (detect_cache())
disable_cache();
if (fast_cpu())
{
set_wait_states(lots);
set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
set_mouse(action, jumpy);
set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
}
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 98"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */
printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");
if (system_ok())
crash(to_dos_prompt)
else
system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE);
while(something)
{
sleep(5);
get_user_input();
sleep(5);
act_on_user_input();
sleep(5);
}
create_general_protection_fault();
}
Michael Perry.
RD. Dep. Netafim Magal.
Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
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RE: [newbie] Can't stop X
On 12-Mar-2000 Art Richardson wrote: Hi I installed Mandrake 7.0 in a dual boot machine. It installed beautifully, almost everything works except for my 3Com 3c509 isa PnP nic. However, what I am trying to figure out is how I exit from KDE and just run from the bash shell. Please tell me how to turn it off Many thanks Art ALT-CTRL-F2, ALT-CTRL-F3 etc. Actually X just runs on one console but you have 6 of them. To boot into console mode, type linux init 3 at the boot prompt. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Keyboard stops working in Netscape
On 13-Mar-2000 Michelle Schneider wrote: I am using Mandrake 7.0. When I use netscape for a while my keyboard stops working in netscape. It still works for other programs, but not for netscape. I have to close netscape and restart for it to work. It makes it impossible to search for things or fill out forms. Any suggestions? -- Michelle "Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them muffins." Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the Winds_ by Terry Goodkind. Do you get this error at a certain point (e.g. choosing from drop-down menus)? That's when I get it. What I usually do is to 'shade' Netscape (double click on upper application bar) and then double click again to unshade the Netscape window. Guess that's JAANB (just another annoying Netscape bug). tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Hmmm
On 13-Mar-2000 Wayne wrote: Sorry guys. Further to my last, I have cheked the ownership of my device (hdd1) under my /dev directory and have found that it is owned by me (wapether) and not by root, yet root owns all of the directories on it and I cannot change the attributes as root or myself. HELP! Wayne Are you talking about directories on a Windos partition? You can't change their permissions since Windos has no idea what permissions are. Try the umask entry suggested by a previous poster. Regards tom Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Fwd: RE: [newbie] imwheel: not working
On 13-Mar-2000 Nicholas Imfeld wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: RE: [newbie] imwheel: not working Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:34:39 -0500 From: Nicholas Imfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: On 12-Mar-2000 Claus Atzenbeck wrote: I was reading the installation guide for imwheel; I did everything what I've been told, but my wheel is still not working. Here is my pointer section of /etc/X11/XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" Resolution 100 Buttons 3 ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection EndSection I was starting "imwheel -k" after I was restarting the X server. I have a Fujitsu 3 button wheel mouse. Does anyone know how to get the wheel working? Thanks a lot for your help! Regards, Claus. Mine works :-P *grin*. You forgot to adjust the Protocol: Section "Pointer" Protocol"IMPS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" ZAxismapping 4 5 You might also have to copy /etc/X11/imwheelrc to your home directory and rename it to '.imwheelrc'. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've tried many different things myself in attempts to get the mouse wheel working. But whenever I change the protocol from PS/2 to IMPS/2 then I shut down and restart X my mouse flips out and the cursor flys to the upper right hand corner of the screen. Any thoughts on how to get it to work. -- Nic [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- Nic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brand of mouse? Brand of graphics card? tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] how do i make WindowMaker open a new window, maximi
On 13-Mar-2000 Ryan Drafall wrote: Tom Berger wrote: On 11-Mar-2000 Ryan Drafall wrote: Hello, The subject pretty much says it all. Whenever I open a new window, whatever the program may be, it always opens in a window that is off-center on the screen. How do I make it automatically maximize? Thanks for your help. -- Ryan Drafall gAIM S/N: Twygg1 Linux 2.2.14-15mdk This depends on the app you are starting, if you are starting the program anew or open another window (e.g. a new Netscape window). Tell me which apps you mean and I will try to give you an example, if it's possible (it is in many cases, but requires some fiddling about). tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for responding to my question. First of all, whenever I start Netscape (in a new process), it NEVER opens in a maximized window. Also, when I'm in Netscape and let's say I right-click on a link and choose OPEN IN NEW WINDOW, the new window that gets created also NEVER opens maximized. It gets really annoying after a while. I also notice that all the other programs in WindowMaker do the same thing...that is, opening in an UNmaximized window. Thanks for your help. Ryan. You can set this (I think!) via entries in the .Xdefaults file in your home directory. This requires quite some man-page reading and fiddling about. It's a bit different with Netscape, though. An entry in .Xdefaults like this: Netscape.Navigator.geometry: =1024x768-0-0 will open every Navigator window at 1024x768. If that is your current screen resolution, this will be fullscreen. If you use another screen resolution, change this. If you've made the changes, save the file and run xrdb -merge ./Xdefaults This loads the XResources data anew. Restart Netscape to see if it works. More Netscape Xressources are at http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/X11/Netscape/000112.html Conventional X programs like xterm usually take command line parameters like '-geometry'. Read the man pages. Happy playing ;-) tom P.S.: More Netscape hacks are at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/cbrowse2.html -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Booting Another Mandrake
On 13-Mar-2000 Lane Lester wrote: As I described in another thread, I lost access to Mandrake by some of my fiddling. As a "safety net" I've installed a second Mandrake on my computer, and I'd like to have access to it from lilo. The second install has /boot in a separate partition at hda6 and the rest of the filesystem at hda7. I added the following to fstab: /dev/hda6 /mnt/mandrake2boot ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/mandrake2 ext2 defaults 0 0 I also added the following stanza to lilo.conf: image = /mnt/mandrake2boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdk label = m2 vga = normal append = "mem=124M" root = /dev/hdb7 read-only But I get a kernel panic when I try to boot to this new Mandrake. Do you see a problem with the above? One? ;-) 1) You try to boot a kernel via a partition you don't mount (/dev/hda6) 2) You point to an image relating to *the currently running* system. Even if you manage to mount /dev/hda6 as root, you'll get a kernel panic. Why? Because LiLo looks for an image on /mnt/mandrake2boot... etc and there will be none, since for the system you now try to start, the image is in /mandrake2boot... for this is the root system you've specified. (Linux is fun, isn't it? ;-) 3) The values are wrong (not 0 0 but 1 1 for boot and 1 2 for data) 4) Sorry, but your lilo.conf entry doesn't make any sense at all to me: 'root' must point to the partition where the kernel is located. This is /dev/hda6 not /dev/hdb7 5) I further assume you forgot to rerun lilo after making changes to lilo.conf, because LiLo would have refused this configuration. So how to do it? I haven't tried it myself but maybe you find something following these jots (I advise you to have a working boot diskette at hand...): - every system needs a working LiLo of its own. - Since there can only be one version of LiLo in the Master Boot Record, you have to write the second to a diskette or the master sector of the root device. You can't boot the second system, but that's no prob, use chroot /mnt This does a 'change root', so that /mnt is now /. Run 'mkbootdisk' (you'll need a floppy). This diskette will allow you to boot the second system. Type 'exit' to get out of chroot mode. - If you install the second lilo-boot sector into the master sector of the root partition, you can start the second system via the first LiLo. Don't use the 'image' flag but the 'other' flag and point it to the partition where the second LiLo is installed to. Let me know if you get it worked out!! Happy playing ;-) tom (assuming you already have a lilo.conf for the second system -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] (OT) I wonder ...
... which OS runs Microsoft's servers: http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.microsoft.comExamine=Wait.. Sorry, couldn't determine what the server was for host www.microsoft.com on port 80. Tried some other big sites - nobody hides the OS they're running. Just MS. Makes you think... Nevermind tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] German Umlaute with MC
On 12-Mar-2000 Rafael Haeusler wrote: Hello! I've got the german "Umlaute" in Terminal unter Console and X. But if I start MidnightCommander it looks like another keyboard-map! Haw can that be and be influenced ? If I quit MC I got me Umlaute back. strange thing . Rafael Options - Display bits - ISO 8859-1 - OK If this doesn't work either, try 'Full 8 bits output' tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] How Does Mandrake Initialize?
On 12-Mar-2000 Lane Lester wrote: I keep trying to do various things at startup, and almost none of them work! People tell me what to put in what files, but it doesn't have any effect! I installed 7.0 with automatic startup of X, and now there seems to be no way to start at the console instead. 1. Typing "linux 3" at the lilo prompt doesn't do anything other than complain that it's not on the menu (I know that, I put "mx" and "mc" on the menu... but they both go to X, too. It's 'linux init 3' 2. Changing inittab from id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: doesn't do it, either. Odd. I want to run some programs at startup, but no one seems to be able to help me do this. For example, I want to run xscreensaver, but putting the following in either .Xsession or .xinitrc in my home directory has no effect: #!/bin/sh xscreensaver exec icewm I want to run ledcontrol before X starts, and someone suggested putting the command "ledd -d" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, but that doesn't seem to work either. What's this program meant to do? tom -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Anyone know how to mount a Windows 2000 volume?
On 12-Mar-2000 KM Linux wrote: Hey gang: Just upgraded to 7.0. Also updated my Windoze box to Windows 2000 (don't ask me why...) Is there any way to mount the Windooohhhs volume in Linux now? It worked before I upgraded (of course) but the NTFS needs something special...I'm sure. Any ideas? Karekin Yep, it's NTFS5 (or something like that). Look around maybe there's something beta around for this. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Starting Things
On 11-Mar-2000 Lane Lester wrote: This is a repeat try at getting some information: How do you get things to start automatically in X? According to what I read in _Running Linux_, you put them in .xinitrc in your home directory, but that doesn't work for me. Here's my version; maybe there's something wrong with it: #!/bin/sh xscreensaver exec icewm -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... Do you start the GUI automatically after booting or via 'startx'? If it's the former, the file you need is .xsessionrc. Just a guess. tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] help
On 12-Mar-2000 KompuKit wrote: I need to know...what "RCS" is...and how do I get it? I use Linux-Mandrake 7.02. According to kpackage, I need to install rcs...for comanche to work. -- -- revision control system The rpm is rcs-5.7-2mdk.i586.rpm But don't ask me why comanche needs rcs... tom KompuKit= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.myip.org (does not run 24/7) KompuKit= -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] question for the experts
On 08-Mar-2000 Bill Kinsey wrote: I have a fairly simple question. I'm very new to linux, mandrake being my first dist. What reading resources would the experts recomend? I'm purchasing Linux for Dummies tomorrow but what else might be of assistance. I found 'Running Linux' by Welsh et al. quite a good help. Have a look at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/resource/reslinux.html for more. Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] ?
On 07-Mar-2000 Nicholas Imfeld wrote: Does anyone know how to check and see what devices your hardware is assigned too? -- Nic [EMAIL PROTECTED] less /proc/devices tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Partition Sizes
On 07-Mar-2000 Potts, Ross wrote: I pulled the following off the Red Hat site. It's based off of a 1.6 GIG HD and I'm guessing a 32M memory. If they say use that much for /, I'm not gonna argue(they built the distro): The Server-Class Installation This threat is about a single user system, isn't it? I *should* pay better attention ;-). Never mind... A server-class installation is most appropriate for you if you'd like your system to function as a Linux-based server, and you don't want to heavily customize your system configuration. What Does It Do? If you choose not to partition manually, a server-class installation removes ALL existing partitions on ALL installed hard drives, so choose this installation class only if you're sure you have nothing you want saved! When the installation is complete, you'll find the following partitions: A 64MB swap partition. Take more. 100MB A 256MB partition (mounted as /). Pardon? Me: df / FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda8 76M 36M 36M 50% / As you can see, my / is just 76 MB large and is just about 50% filled... A partition of at least 512MB (mounted as /usr). Definitely more. Make that at least 1 Gb. This is where the huge chunk of things go (libraries, binaries, docs) A partition of at least 512MB (mounted as /home). Ridiculous. On a single user system 200 MB are *plenty*. Mine /home currently fills 85 MB *and* there's running a web server from it. A 256MB partition (mounted as /var). Depends. if you are going to build huge databases, you might need that much. Mine is 150 MB with 125 MB free. Intel: A 16MB partition (mounted as /boot) in which the Linux kernel and related files are kept. Alpha: A 2MB partition (mounted as /dos) in which the MILO boot loader is kept. This approach to disk partitioning results in a reasonably flexible filesystem configuration for most server-class tasks. Please Note: You will need approximately 1.6GB of free disk space in order to perform a server-class installation. Regards tom BTW: Partitioning isn't all that important. Most people are happy with the /home - / duo or even are only using /. Partitioning makes backups easier and may reduce damage in case of severe system errors. Last is quite unusual and nowadays backup software is clever enough to sort it out on its own. -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] sndconfig problems
On 07-Mar-2000 Karekin Madteos wrote: Thanks Piero: Unfortunately, I get the same error with PnP disabled. In addition I get a hardware conflict error at boot up. It iwll let me Esc and boot anyway but so vhange in the status of the original problem. Any suggestions? Karekin 1) What does modprobe sgalaxy.o say? 2) Have a look at /etc/conf.modules, is there already an entry for 'sound'? Regards tom On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, Piero Caracciolo wrote: At 13:19 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: I finally got mandrake installed and everything seems ok except now I'm having minor hardware problems. I ran sndconfig to try to configure my SoundBlaster 16 but it detected my AZT PnP modem instead of the SB card. It then desplays the following error: /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/sgalaxy. o: init_module: device resource busy. May be what I'going to say is too naive: did you disable the PnP-system feature in the Bios (as you should have done)? With me, this solved many problems. Piero Caracciolo 54, rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris - France -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Red Hat partition examples?
On 07-Mar-2000 Bill Mote wrote: Ask the partition question to a dozen people and you're likely to get *3* dozen answers. I wish someone would set a standard by which we could all survive. I like the ease of having /, /boot, /home and swap which are the default partitions created by Mandrake, but I've often longed for a more granular scheme. I want to break out all the system partitions so that I can mount them read-only -- only the critical ones that shouldn't get written to on a daily basis. I want the flexibility to install applications and not worry about space. /home and /var I'd like to have separate. /var holds a *lot* of stuff. It's the print spool, mail spool, log receptacle, etc. I've seen systems unable to boot (in my older days grin) just because a bad process filled /var/log/messages =) Bill Mote Well, you can't have both ;-). Either you use a very granular partitioning scheme, or you have the flexibility to expand. There is one solution, though: Get Partition Magic or convince someone who has it to copy you its 'Rescue' diskette (this diskette is all you'll need, the rest is fluff). 'PM' allows you to virtually change *everything* in your partition table: move, resize etc. and it works with Windos and Linux partitions. I've been using it for years now and it has never failed me. Regards tom - Original Message - From: "Lothar Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 4:11 AM Subject: [newbie] Red Hat partition examples? From: "Potts, Ross" [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will be wasting a lot of space. / only needs about 50 MB. I sent this out last week. Try to find a Red Hat 5.0 install book and look up its examples. I have been searching extensively at the Red Hat site to try to find the examples you mention, but I have been unable to find them. I don't know how to get hold of the paper version. At the library it's been pre-ordered for at least a year on, nobody I know has it, and I don't have the money to buy it. If somebody on this list has that book, perhaps he or she could post those examples? This would be very appreciated. Thank you. Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Connecting to ISP Problems
On 07-Mar-2000 rassoc wrote: Guess I was lucky because I had very little trouble getting my modem to work with 7.0 but my luck ran out when I tried to connect to my ISP. I'm using pppd. My ISP's tech support supplied all the setup parameters needed but that is as far as they would help. When I called to ask for help with this question I was told that I could use LINUX if I "had to" but they would not support it in any way. I connect, I logon to the network and then the error message pops up stating that... "The ppd daemon died unexpectedly!". The log file lists: pppd 2.3.10 started by root uid0 using interface ppp0 connect ppp0 --- /dev/cua1 lcp: timeout sending config-requests "The remote system does not seem to answer to configuration request. Contact your provider." Any suggestions? Thanks!!! Lori Rothermel Add noauth to /etc/ppp/options If you are using kppp, enter this in the 'pppd' options field (since kppp doesn't read 'options') Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] X Server Crash
On 07-Mar-2000 Victor Richardson wrote: I've been trying to get through X not working and finally had to do an ftp upgrade from the pub/linux/mandrake/current to reload the packages. Now when I do a "startx" the server attempts to run, then crashes. It recognizes my S3 Trio 3D chipset, but says there is no mode definition for "800 x 600": SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800 x 600" SVGA: Removing mode "800 x 600" from list of valid modes SVGA: There is no mode definition named "600 x 400" Fatal server error: No valid modes found. When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last message. X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). My questions are; 1) How do I send the entire server output and who to?, 2)Any suggestions on how to fix this? I've done the upgrade thing a few times with no luck. When I try "XF86Setup", it says "XF86Setup: command not found". Did the package not install and is there a way I can check? Or, is this just a problem with the S3 Trio 3D video? The system is an IBM Netfinity 3000 (PII 350, 128 meg, 4 meg video, 9.1 gig SCSI -2) with a custom server install ftp'd from the /linux/current directory. Sorry for so many questions, but I hope there is a simple answer. Victor No, XF86Setup isn't installed by default, since the X server configuration stuff is usually done during configuration. The package is: XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-4mdk.i586.rpm Personally, I like the Xconfigurator better: Xconfigurator-4.2.10-3mdk.i586.rpm Install either of those and run them as 'root'. If you are a masochist, you can also try the old xf86config console program right now ;-). Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Re: Adding Second Floppy Drive
On 07-Mar-2000 rassoc wrote: Thanks for answering my call for help so quickly! ls -alk /dev/f* gave me a whole screen of information including the following: brw 1 root floppy 2, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0 brw 1 root floppy 2, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/fd1 So both drives are there but trying to use both of them is driving me nuts. My fstab file is: /dev/hda1 /ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat, dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660, dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 mtab file is: /dev/hda1 / ext2 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount rw, fs=vfat, dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw, mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount rw, fs=iso9660, dev=/dev/cdrom I tried to mount the second floppy by using "mount /dev/fd1" but got the error message "Mount: can't find /dev/fd1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab". The command is: mount /dev/fd1 -t auto /mnt/floppy (i.e.: mount [device name] -t [partition format type, 'auto' should work] [mount point] Your command would only work, if the mount point would already been defined in /etc/fstab. I tried to add a second /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat, dev=/dev/fd1 0 0 to the fstab file but when I rebooted the system it hangs on "Unmounting File Systems" and after forcing a hard boot it hangs right after "Remounting Root File System in Read-Write Mode [OK]". Sure it would: you have defined *one* mount point (/mnt/floppy) for *two* different devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1. Just create a new directory in /mnt (e.g. mkdir /mnt/floppy2) and change the fstab entry accordingly. I'm now re-installing 7.0... This is Linux, we don't reinstall... ;-) Any suggestions? Thanks!!! Lori Rothermel Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] kde themes - last question for the night!
On 07-Mar-2000 bosco wrote: Greetings all, I have this problem. I have Mandrake 7.0 and run the stock KDE that came with it. When I apply new themes, alot ( read most ) don't seem to function properly. For instance almost all of them don't change the "start bar" at the bottom of the screen. I look at the screenshots to make sure they look different in this particular theme and they do. However, when I apply the change on my system it does not. I thought maybe there was a apply/don't apply somewhere in the settings, but I have all of those marked in the Theme Manager... Please help, themes are a big reason I love Linux.. :) bosco() [LiquidQuake] www.liquidquake.com Assistant Coder Resident Crackhead " I don't know everything, but careful, I may claim to! " Well, I don't know that much about KDE (Window Maker all the way ;-)), but did you try to restart the X server via 'logout' after applying the theme? Maybe that helps... Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem
On 06-Mar-2000 Emilio Correa wrote: Hi, May be you should probe to install lilo in the MBR (Master Boot Record) unless you didn't do it before. Good luck No, that won't help. The problem is this: due to BIOS restrictions, LiLo can only access the kernel, if it lies on a partition within the first 1024 cyl. of a HD. I've posted an explanation and possible solutions on this page: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/install/iboot.html Regards tom From: "Bill Kinsey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent:Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:17:39 -0500 Send reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem I just got Mandrake from linux central and tried to install and was instantly amazed at the new look. I have a problem though. I'm installing mandrake on a 2 gb partition of my 27 gb hard drive. I get an error message saying x cylinder is greater than 1024 when it gets to the part where lilo is to be installed. I tried the boot disk option but it boots too slow. can someone help me out.. TIA Bill Kinsey Emilio Correa e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuayuda.com.ar (Informática/Listas de Correo) -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] ln4win Kernel for Panic
On 07-Mar-2000 Dennis Yar wrote: Hello, I am trying to install ln4win over WIN98 FAT32. After install.bat I got to the kernel boot. However I got the error Kernel pacnic : VFS: Unable to mountroot fs on 08:01. Can anyone advise? Thank you. Dennis Hum, on which 'drive' do you have it installed? C:\? tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Newbie trouble
On 07-Mar-2000 Êùíóôáíôßíïò ÐáõëÜêïò wrote: Greetings from Greece. I am really new to Linux . Imagine that I have just completed the Mandrake instalation . Well , you are going to laugh with my problem but maybe can also help(?) During the installation I chose no login or passwords and didn't add any users. It's just me at home! But after the boot sequence and all that command line screens , just before the enviroment is loaded , it prompts for login and password . I tried to leave the fields blank but with no result. Please if you could save me from this situation!!! (of course I don't know any line commands) Thanx for your time :-) Login: root Password: hit ENTER key -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Cannot ping gateway
On 07-Mar-2000 Lief Erickson wrote: The problem: I can't ping my gateway address. The setup: I have Linux Mandrake 6.1 with two NICs: eth0=3c595 eth1=3c900B DSL connection in bridging mode - not PPP! The NICs are running. I have looked at netstat and route to try troubleshoot the problem, but everything appears to be in order. I can ping each NIC and the localhost (127.0.0.1). I have /etc/hosts and /etc/network configured. Additional hint: Actually, it's more than just the gateway that I cannot ping, it's also any machine on my network. The question: What else can I do to diagnose what is wrong? Is there a checklist that I could use? If so, where? I assume that there are some settings somewhere that I missed. -Lief Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What does route and what does ifconfig say? Is this DSL thingy a static IP or dynamically assigned? tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] boot to console
On 06-Mar-2000 Audrey Beck wrote: Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) On lilo boot prompt: linux init 3 This will boot the machine into console mode. Then hit SHIFT+PageUp to scroll upwards (or use 'dmesg | less' as already suggested. Regards tom Piero Caracciolo wrote: At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: dmesg | more Harald Wolf wrote: Hi, how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel produces on startup ? or how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ? This actually what I usually do. But you don't get ALL boot messages. How to get the other ones? Piero Caracciolo 54, rue de Bourgogne 75007 Paris - France -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Explain this if you can
On 06-Mar-2000 Oliver Marshall wrote: I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. That's because M doesn't install the telnet *server* in 'Recommended'. Why? Because they don't want to have x thousand boxen out there with open telnet ports... You just have to install the telnet-server rpm. And you have to telnet in as a normal user. 'root'-logins don't work (security). (http://www.mandrakeuser.org/troubles/tquick2.html#telnet) A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and that this would help. Now that i have done this, I dont get X up when I boot. Rather than the login window with a penguin, i get a plain white box with username and password. If i log on, I get two console windows come up. Thats it, no icons, taskbar, menus, clock, just two console windows. I cant use CTL ESC to change tasks. Any Ideas ? This is because the 'server' option defaults to a higher MSEC security level (MdkUserGuide, 7). In this level nobody is allowed to connect to X, since this would pose a major security risk on servers (which don't need X anyway). You have to enable this. But I think it might be easier when you change the security level via init.sh 2 executed as root. This will set your system to a lower security level and - hopefully ;-) - alllow you to run X again. Maybe you have to reboot - I don't know. I thought I told it to reboot into X when it loads, and have indeed tried to reinstall it once more with the same results. Olly Hope that explained it ;-) Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] lexmark
On 06-Mar-2000 Pittman, Merle wrote: Anyone get a lexmark printer working with Mandrake?? I can't even get it to work in text mode. I know the kernel doesn't support the drivers for lexmark, but I was wondering if anyone found a work-around. thanks Merle Pittman TEL: (709) 724-7598 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Lexmarkformat=summary Sorry for being picky, but I'm saying it anyway ;-): the kernel enables print*ing* support prin*ter* support is done by a program called ghostscript On the above mentioned page (The Unix Printer Compability Database), you will see: a) if your printer is supported b) which ghostscript driver supports your printer There is quite a number of Lexmark printers which is rated 'perfectly' :-). Regards tom -- "No fun, no gain" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] MUO News
News from MandrakeUser.Org, Your Mandrake-Linux Knowledgebase! Hi there! I've made following additions and updates: Added 'Distribution Update', explaining what to consider before performing an update, where to get it and how to do it. These files contain updated information: Section Basics, Second RPM page (Thanks, Leon!) Section Connectivity, Cable Modems Section Connectivity, First PPP page (Thanks, JR!) Section Hardware, First Titbits page (Thanks, Ralf, Mikel and Philip!) Section Hardware, Resources page Section Other Resources, Linux page (Thanks, Pipit!) Visit http://www.mandrakeuser.org and enjoy! ;-) Best wishes tom, MUO webslave, [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is MandrakeUser.Org? Launched in September 1999, MandrakeUser.Org (MUO) strives to become the premier self-help resource for users of the Linux-Mandrake distribution. Currently MUO covers more than 50 pages in 9 different sections, a busy message board and a downloadable offline edition. A translation into French is in the works. MUO can be viewed with any browser and conforms to the HTML4.0 standard. Contributions are strongly encouraged! ;-) http://www.mandrakeuser.org -- "The OS *is* the game!" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.mandrakeuser.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] UMS: +49-(0)89-1488-208756 phone: +49-(0)30-45809013
Re: [newbie] I have a problem with KDE
On Mon, 29 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 29 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi all, I keep getting this box that comes up and says this: It is titled: KFM Information and it says: A new KDE version has been installed. The template files may have changed. Would you like to install the new ones? and then a Yes box and a No box. I keep answering No, but my user account is inoperable. Nothing is working when I go to the terminal and press the box, nothing happens. When I go to the K box and go to Internet, and then Kppp, nothing happens. What do you think is wrong? Just say 'yes'. ;-) KDE won't work without its templates, since they provide the link between icons and programs. Now, if I go to root, everything works. Any ideas? Linda Hatch tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] While were talking about bootdisks
On Mon, 29 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 29 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: I make a boot disk by using rdev and then simply coping the kernel to the floppy. Here is the steps: Tell the kernel your root partition with rdev "location of kernel" "location of root partition" example- rdev /boot/vmlinuz2.0.36 /dev/fd0 Copy the kenel to a floppy with cp /boot/vmlinuz2.0.36 /dev/fd0 Now just boot from the floppy. Hm. I may be terribly wrong here, but this looks like if you are doing the same thing twice... I have a question about doing it this way? ..Yes I know I suggested it :) When I try to mount this floppy it will not mount. It says the file system is not correct and I have tried several. I use fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 to format the floppy. When I copy the kernel to it it asks if I want to overwrite /dev/fd0 (I say yes). Why does it ask this? Most possibly you created a raw diskimage. There is no filesystem on the disk. Therefore it can't be mounted. This makes sense since a extfs2 formatted floppy disk is only some 1.3 MB or even less. So if you insist on using an fs on a floppy disk use a primitive (and therefore small) one like FAT or Minixfs (the latter indeed often used for Unix boot disks). Thanks, Aaron Winters Electronic Imaging Manager Garner Printing http://camalott.com/~garner tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] this is how to upgrade to kernel 2.2.4
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:51:37 +0800, you wrote: Tom Berger wrote: Hi! I just compiled my 2.2.4 kernel (bleeding edge, woah! ;-)). [great concise 20step-I-shit-you-not instructions snipped] Sorry to burst your bubble, Tom...but 2.2.5 is out... Care to have another go at your 20step? :) Just thought someone'd propose this as I read the announcement yesterday...;-). Looks like I just can't keep up with the kernel team Anyway once you did get a grip of the basic principle it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out that on your own. If not you have plenty of other files to mess around with *grin* (I just practiced that and wrecked my Mandrake so I had actually to reinstall it (Me? Backups? Pah! ;-). IMO I think 2.5 isn't worth it unless you do some NFS or heavy networking stuff. Me, I will wait till the next major release of Mandrake and mess otherwise... tom
Re: [newbie] Where is ppp-compress?
On Sam, 27 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Sam, 27 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: [snip] Edit /etc/conf.modules and put: alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-1 off # This is predictor-1, not yet supported [snip] Thanks a lot. Would you please point me to your source of information ;)? -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
RE: [newbie] To all you using Outlook (Express)...
On Son, 28 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 28 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: [snip] No. For some of us that are at work we don't have this choice. So Again for those of us that are at work we are stuck with what we have. I said 'or'. I know that not everyone is free to use what they like... Your mails are a pain to read, because one has to 1st: actually remark that it's Outlook, who, against all standards and laws of human logic, puts quoted messages *after* replies. This is By Default. Anyone can turn those off without a problem. It is in the Options. I did not know, for I am not familiar with Outlook Express... [snip] SNIP4 And while I am at it: Please don't post the complete mail chain you are referring to. Skip the parts which are not relevant and mark them with [snip] The problem there is that what if someone wants to answer the question but wants to see the entire chain. They could be new hence the name NEWBIE and would like to learn something. Hm. Point taken. SNIP4 (This means you, William ;-). One reply line and 65 lines quotes (I counted them!)...) WHY? Why did you sit there and count them? If you didn't like it then why take the time to count it? Also, Why put the person(s) you are referring to name(s) in the message. This isn't a flame room or a name room. We are here to help one and other. You wouldn't like it if someone did this to you so why do it to someone else? Doesn't make sense to me. I do agree with you on some points but others I can see we don't see eye to eye. Then again that is my opinion. We all know "Opinions are like A**H***S, Everyone has one." :) Oh, I just thought this one would go astray :-(. I didn't mean that seriously (see the smiley?). No I didn't actually count them. Sorry for being an asshole... James J. Capone Apologies tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] alt.os.linux.mandrake - wow! ;-)
On Fre, 26 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Fre, 26 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Tom, I tried earlier today to post an approval at dejanews. Never could get it to work! I just used the link to news:alt.config and found the proposal and posted a reply to the one dissenting vote I saw. Well, it's just like Michael said earlier, there's one in every crowd! I really would prefer the newsgroup. You had a wonderful idea, and I hope it happens! Thanks again, Scarlett Scarlett, one dissenting voice in a group like alt.config is really nothing to worry about. I've been through that procedure before and expected much heavier flak. But maybe we ain't seen nothing yet... In fact, you do not really *vote* in alt.config, since creating a newsgroup in the alt-hierarchy does not depend on votes like in the rest of Usenet. Creating a newsgroup there is a much more involved process which takes at least six weeks to accomplish. Posting a proposal to alt.config and having it discussed just makes it more probable that newsadmins will accept the group on their servers. But more on that later. Thanks a lot for your kind words tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Partitions?
On Fre, 26 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Fre, 26 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi I'm somewhat confused about how to write or name the partitions that I will set up during install. Here is the way that I think they should be written. Let me know if I'm wrong. I also have a 3.2G IDE drive to install Linux to I have listed the MB value that I think I should set these to. swap partition name "swap" set at 127MB root partition name "/" set at 300MB /usr partition name "/usr" set at 900MB /home partition name "/home set at 100MB Also I have partition magic can I set these partitions up in PM before starting the installation process? You don't have to. It's just as easy to do it during the install. But if you want, you can. Anyway I would propose a slightly different table: swap 127MB root 100MB (my / is only 80MB and there are still more than 30MB free) opt100MB (KDE installs by default in there) usr900MB home 200MB (since this is where your personal files are) Thanks: You are welcome tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.5 stable?
On Fre, 26 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Fre, 26 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Aaron Lynch wrote: all my redhat netscape problems were fixed automaigically by installing the 4.5 rpm from contrib.redhat.com Hi Aaron, I was wondering, is NS Comm4.5 worth downloading? I heard many tales of high instability on Linux. How well does it work for you? (and what about 4.51?) 4.5 is crap. Choked on every second site. 4.08 seems to be the most stable so far, BYMMV. Cheers. -- Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster -- tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Installing:
On Don, 25 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Don, 25 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi: I changed the BIOS setting so that my system would boot from my CD-ROM E: drive. Did you enter 'E:' or 'CDROM' in your BIOS setup? 'E:' won't work. Booted up with the mandrake disk in the drive and I saw the light come on but for some reason it still installed win 98. Any help on this? If it's not a wrong BIOS setting, it's a question of timing. May take some time to figure out at which point of time the CD should be inserted. Also I have Partition Magic. It is included with a program called boot magic. Has anyone used this? Can it be used instead of LILO? Are there problems with using it? You *can* use that, but I'd prefer LiLo. It's much easier to handle and you may configure it from within Linux. Also if you run into troubles with LiLo you are much more likely to receive help, because 80% of all Linux users use it and it's covered in various docs. Thanks David: You're welcome tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
[newbie] alt.os.linux.mandrake - wow! ;-)
Hi! Well, I just checked alt.config. I am really impressed ;-). Everyone who haven't already posted a approving reply to my proposal of "alt.os.linux.mandrake" in news:alt.config is still invited to do so. tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] upgrade kde?
On Don, 25 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Don, 25 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: I'm just started to learn linux by installing (after redhat 5.2) a mandrake 5.3 taken from a cd bundled with a magazine. It is well working, and literally I enjoy linux/mandrake. But I saw the cd installed "kde 1.1-0.1 alpha 1rh5x", which is rather old, I think. Well, th 0.1 alpha stuff only relates to the version of the .rpm package, *not* KDE itself. Mandrake's default version is KDE 1.1-0.3finalrh5x. If you have no problems installing and running KDE, stick to your version. So,I downloaded both "kde-installer-1.1-5rh5x.i386.rpm" and "kde-1.1-rh5x-i386-rpms-complete-set.tar" ( a BIG army of bytes to download!). Reading "notes on the kde-1.1 rpm packages for red hat linux", I saw the upgrading is not a trivial task, there are some others actions (as I understood) to do before and after doing the "install-kde-1.1", and I doubt I'm able to carry out all the operations risklessly... So, now I'm waiting in front to the keyboard ready to start the install/upgrade only if someone could tell me: "yes Massimo, do it, it is only needed to run the "install-kde.1.1" script and you are on the fly". Can someone tell me that ? Where do you downloaded the set from? Please note that Mandrake uses adjusted versions of some KDE packages (at least 'base'). Installing the Redhat version will actually threaten to *break* KDE in Mandrake. So don't do that then. -- -Massimo Corinaldesi tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Not another Kernel????!!!!!!!
On Mit, 24 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mit, 24 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: [snip] well I'm afraid yes... The new packages should be cleaner than the last ones, thanks to the community feedback and to Chmouel Boudjnah from Mandrakesoft! :) Greets, Gael. Hm, I didn't have problems with the old ones at all...I guess that if you don't have had troubles with them, you don't need the new ones (at last I am not going through that monster download again before 2.2.5) tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Autostart KDE
Well,
I still not quite comprehend on which kind of device you intend to run
Linux and KDE, but anyway:
- there must be only one account ('root')
- this account must not have a password (just enter passwd and press
return twice)
NOTE: You may do that if it suits your needs, but you are *strongly*
discouraged. Running Linux without a password isn't a good idea, running
it permanently as root certainly is a very bad one.
Dixit et salvam animam meam.
tom
--
"The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law)
Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
[newbie] alt.os.linux.mandrake - step 2. Please read.
Hi! I have posted the proposal for a new newsgroup called alt.os.linux.mandrake to alt.config at 20.00 hours UTC (approx. 14.00 EST). This message should appear on all newsservers worldwide during the next 48 hours. Now it's your turn: aim your news readers (or browsers via dejanews (www.dejanews.com) at it. Go to alt.config and post a reply to this proposal saying that you are interested in the creation of this group. The more of you do this the better. This will provide me with the necessary backup when I am sending the 'newgroup' message (which will happen at April 2nd). tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] PC Card question
On Mit, 24 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mit, 24 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Does anyone know if pc card to SCSI adapters, specifically Adaptec adapters, are supported by Mandrake? Also, if they are not supported directly, is there a driver available anywhere that is suitable for this application. I would like to get a SCSI Sparq drive working in Linux on my notebook but I really don't want to spend any money on new equipment that will only work in Win 95/98. Thanks in advance for any help. Jim Hi Jim, there should really be no problem with Adaptec Cards. You might check this at http://cdb.suse.de/cdb/E/ which provides an excellent database of all hardware supported by Linux. tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Netscape can not load libXpm.so.4
On Mit, 24 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mit, 24 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: I can't run Netscape and get the following error message: Netscape can not load libXpm.so.4 in my X11R6/lib folder is libXpm.so.4.10 do i need the X pixmap libraries so.4? suggestions, please? big TIA, folks! Try this in your X11R6/lib folder (must be root for this): ln -s libXpm.so.4.10 libXpm.so.4 This will create a symbolic link and should work. tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Netscape can not load libXpm.so.4
On Don, 25 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Don, 25 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: didn't work, even by forcing the link. The messafe reads: netscape-statMotif:can't load library libXpm.so.4 I have tried upgrading NS to 4.51 without any change. Help, please! -- Keith Hm, that's indeed somewhat mysterious if you use the Mandrake versions. Try 4.08. I use it. That one *must* load ;-). You don't miss anything. 4.5 sucks because of its flaky Java implementation and is prone to crash on a regular basis. If that won't work either contact me directly, we'll have to do some digging then... tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
[newbie] Your comments please: alt.os.linux.mandrake?
Hi! Well I don't know about you but I think this mailing list is getting somewhat crowded. Therefore I wrote a proposal for news:alt.config to suggest a new newsgroup named "alt.os.linux.mandrake". I will post this proposal to news:alt.config if you think such a newsgroup would be a good idea. Your opinions, please! tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Ready to Start: (booting)
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Remi..i too am a newbietrying to install Linux...I bought it off e-bay and had no manual with it...my question is how do I set my cd rom drivers for use under dos to do an install??? I am using sytem commander. [snip] Hi Shane, you may boot directly from the CD. You have to change your BIOS boot settings for this: - press the 'delete' key during the start-up of your computer. - go for 'BIOS Features Setup' - change 'Boot Sequence', so that CDROM is first. - save to CMOS (press key F10), confirm. Your machine will reboot. Insert the CDROM while memory check. This is actually the tricky part: if your CD drive is too slow or to fast, BIOS may not find the CDs boot sector, if so, try again ;-). tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] kernel-2.2.3-4 trouble
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hello to all, bare with me I am new to the list. I have recently installed Festen 5.3 and have installed it with no problem. I downloaded the kernel updates from the main ftp site in rpm form. All of them install until I get to the "kernel-headers" rpm and it will not install. The odd thing is that it gives no failed dependencies, it just says "error: kernel-headers cannot be installed". I have even tried to do a force install (rpm -i --force)... Any ideas?? All suggestions are appreciated. Mitch [snip] Maybe your header-package got damaged. Add the -vv option (i.e. rpm -ivv etc.). This will turn on debugging mode, which will tell you more. tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
Re: [newbie] Your comments... (Scarlett)
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi Scarlett (no, no cheap puns :)) Hi, Tom, I think it's a great idea. My inbox is getting somewhat unmanageable, Hm. If you would use Kmail instead of Outlook Express there would be an easy way to avoid this... ;-) Just set up a folder called 'mandrake' and apply a filter on incoming mail, which would automatically put all mailings from this list in this folder. [snip] When the news server goes down, all the previous messages are gone forever! I know there are other ways to access these newsgroups, but I don't know what they are or how to use them, except through AOL. If you do create a new newsgroup, please tell us how to get to it other than through our local ISP's news server. There are several Web-to-Usenet gateways that let you browse newsgroups with your preferred browser. As far as I know they are even free. There is one at hotbot (www.hotbot.com/usenet) and of course there's dejanews (www.dejanews.com) but there surely are lots of others out there. I would suggest dejanews. They provide an excellent service. Thanks, Scarlett tom -- "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum." (Finagle's Law) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said.
[newbie] no umlauts in man-pages in kvt and help after kernel upgrade
Hi there! I upgraded my Mandrake 5.3 to 2.2.3 just some days ago. Went very fine for me (thanks to the Mandrake guys, BTW). Only trouble is that kvt and help do not show umlauts (that is ö, ä, etc) and sharp s (ß) anymore, when processing german man-pages. *Everything* else works fine, i.e I can enter umlauts and they show up with less. Also no problem with them on a pure terminal. Since there is no problem with that on the console, this seems to have something to do with KDE and not with groff or less in general. My settings: - system /etc/sysconfig/i18n: [...] SYSFONT=cp850-8x16 SYSTERM=linux-lat /etc/profile: [...] LC_TYPE=ISO-8859-1 LESSCHARSET=latin1 [...] - KDE: kvt: iso-8859-1, font: fixed help: times/courier First default language is German, second English. Any ideas? Thanx tom
Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste
On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: walker logan hagius wrote: [snip] Hmmm... After playing with it for about 15 minutes, I'm really getting the impression that KDE sucks alot more than I'd ever imagined. I had tried to put another copy of 'Home Directory' onto the panel, then modify the execute string to use the root directory instead of my home directory. It looks like kfm wants to be able to put some files into the directory and since I don't have permissions to do that, it fails. Pardon? Desktop - *right click* - New URL. New URL - *right click* - properties - URL: / And you are set. Clicking this icon opens kfm at /. BTW: For this kind of questions comp.windows.x.kde would be a much better place to ask... [snip] -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] tom
Re: [newbie] video card
On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: %_Hello all, weel here goes first i started with a diamondspeedstar a50 agp video card now i have a video excell 3d pro 740 can someone plz help me with the video setup. i cant get x to start at all. thanks, ndk Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Please do not send HTML. Thank you! Do you have a manual for that card? If so, can specify the chipset? Are you sure about the card's name? Never heard of that one before. Further: what means doesn't 'start at all'? Do you get any error messages? Do you have a file like .Xerrors in your home directory? What does it say? Do 'less /var/log/messages'. Are there any video related error messages? Regards tom
[newbie] Using Win95-Buttons in X - URLs
Go to http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue29/lg_tips29.html#ehliar. This should work with KDE, too. There also seems to be a program for KDE and WinKeys at http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a8603365/xwinkeys.tar.gz Imwheel will add support for WinKeys soon: http://solaris1.mysolution.com/~jcatki/imwheel/ BTW, the mentioned thread was on de.alt.comp.kde not on comp.windows.x.kde. But it looks like Dejanews does not have it anymore :(. As far as I remember, it had something to do with xmodmap. The WinKeys have following mappings: (from left to right): keycode 115 keycode 116 keycode 117 You have to create a file called .xmodmaprc in your home directory and map these keys to functions and then make sure X uses these modifications on startup. Read the man-page, which comes with some illuminating examples ;-). There is also the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO. Regards tom
Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste
On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Tom Berger wrote: [snipped] Wow, I really ended up going around my thumb to get to my a*hole on that one, didn't I?! My apologies. Nevermind ;-) And thanx a lot for that wonderful phrase of yours *grin*. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] tom
[newbie] WinKeys in KDE - GOT IT !!!
Woah, I am such a frood ;-). Ok. Here is how it works: 1) Go to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ 2) Open a terminal. 3) Become root 4) Create a new file named .Xmodmap (exactly, do not forget the dot!) 5) In this file, write: keycode 115 = F21 keycode 116 = F22 keycode 117 = F23 and save. 6) Restart X 7) Go Menu - Settings - Keybindings (or whatever this is called in English, it's the tab with the key) - Global Settings 8) Go for a test: choose empty entry, choose 'userdefined', press your favourite WinKey, save, close, test, et voila - it works... Any donations are welcome ;-). Since I guess nobody is interested how I found out, I skip that part... Regards tom -- "int EIOIO Computer bought the farm" (GNU Errormessage) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam.
