Re: [newbie] Help me out [OT]
If we are not supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat??? I eat Vegetarians for breakfast!!! Wade - Original Message - From: Harv Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help me out [OT] Michael Scottaline wrote: On 24 Jul 2003 10:24:26 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:16, Gene Barker wrote: Hi Harv, I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat most of them except the A veggies. Thanks for the welcome Gene Barker I hate eating vegetables. They just lay there. === I think you Aussies have an old saying: Vegetables? Oh..., that's what food eats! Mike Vegetarian (n) - An old American Indian (Ojibwa) word, usually translated as poor hunter. Harv 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Compiling Drivers from CVS(was installing new hardware)
I have determined that I probably need an up to date version of the pegasus driver on my system. I have downloaded the header file off the CVS on the internet. I would like toadd the new version of the driver to my system. I am guessing that this requires me to compile it since I can not seem to find any other versions. Can someone explain how I go about doing this and what will I need to do it? Wade Continuing from the conversation below - Thanks for identifying the driver source bascule.If you look at the latest source code for the driver http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pegasus2/pegasus/pegasus.hyou can see the Microsoft adapter was added to the source 4 weeks and 5 days ago.From the latest source we can seeVENDOR_MICROSOFT 0x045ePEGASUS_DEV( "Microsoft MN-110", VENDOR_MICROSOFT, 0x007a,DEFAULT_GPIO_RESET | PEGASUS_II )Adding the linepegasus 0x0003 0x045e 0x007a 0x 0x 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x(That is all one line) to /etc/hotplug/usb.handmap should cause the driver to be loaded whenever the USB adapter is plugged in.If that does not work then you may have to compile the driver from CVS which is quite a lot more work for a newbie.derekOn Friday 11 Jul 2003 7:31 am, bascule wrote: wade, well seeing as how it's a microsoft piece of kit i'd guess that the odds of them realeasing drivers are vanishingly small, however according to: http://www.linux-usb.org/devices.html under 'network adapters' the top two entries looks promising, you will need to know what speed usb port you have, note the second entry seems to imply that you need a later kernel it's also not obvious what the actual driver names are from the devices listed there :) however assuming that a)the pegasus driver is what you want b) you have your usb system up and running then hopefully #modprobe pegasus (note done as root) will load the driver, if not you could try some of the other drivers listed under /lib/modules/2./kernel/drivers/usb/ use #modinfo modulename to see what sort of driver it is now the next bit i could be wrong! :) assuming the driver is correct then you will need to set up an interface using that device, assuming you haven't any already then i think you may be talking 'usb0' from something i read online if you do: # ifconfig -a you should hopefully see a refernce to usb0 or indeed to a net interface that didn't use to be there, if so then you need to set it up, i believe you will need to create a file under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ called ifcgf-usb0 (assuming usb0 is the interface name) that has something like: BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=192.168.129.255 IPADDR=192.168.129.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.129.0 DEVICE=usb0 this assumes a static ip for the interface, you will have to adjust accordingly or DEVICE=usb0 USERCTL=no > BOOTPROTO=dhcp IPADDR= NETMASK= NETWORK=0.0.0.0 BROADCAST=255.255.255.255 DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhcpcd for a dhcp assigned ip i ripped that from my dhcp assigned interface on my mandrake firewall so i figure it should be the right format, not you would have to have /sbin/dhcpcd on your system then you should be able to do #ifup usb0 and if it works #ifconfig should show it up and running then you would need to add your pegasus module (or whatever it turns out to be) to your start up files, that would either be /etc/modules with a line: pegasus or /etc/modules.conf with a line: alias usb0 pegasus i'm not sure if both would work and if so which is better form for how wrong i am with this advice wait for others to comment! :) bascule On Friday 11 Jul 2003 3:24 am, Wade Waldron wrote: Microsoft MN-110 USB ethernet adapter. Wade - Original Message - From: "Carroll Grigsby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing new hardwareOn Thursday 10 July 2003 08:15 pm, Wade Waldron wrote:Okay, maybe some more background is needed. When I run the mandrake configuration utility, and look under the listed hardware I have a few unknown devices (like my network adapter). I have looked aroundand found that my network adapter probably uses the pegasus driver. I wouldlike--
Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware
Okay, maybe some more background is needed. When I run the mandrake configuration utility, and look under the listed hardware I have a few unknown devices (like my network adapter). I have looked around and found that my network adapter probably uses the pegasus driver. I would like to set it up to use that driver to see if that will work. I can not see anywhere in the Configuration utility that allows me to assign a driver to a device. When I highlight the device, there are no options buttons or configuration buttons that show up. When I right or left click I get nothing. On the Right hand side it shows that there is no module loaded for that device so I try clicking there and nothing happens. None of the menus have any optionsthat suggest I can do that. I ran the networking wizard, but nothing there seemed to help becauseit can't seem to find my network adapter (presumably because it is an unknown device) besides, that won't help with my other devices like my CD-RW. There must be a way to manually assign a driver to a device, but for the life of me, I can not seem to find it. Thanks, Wade - Original Message - From: Wade Waldron To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Installing new hardware I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake configuration utility. Can someone give me an idea where to start. Basically the hardware is installed, I just need to make the system aware of it and set up the drivers. Wade
Re: [newbie] Need Drivers!
Okay, it would appear that the majority of 10/100 USB ethernet adapters are supported by the Pegasus driver. So I have run the networking wizard to try to set it up. It asks me if I want to autodetect and I chose yes. It does not appear to detect anything and asks me what type of connection I would like to set up. I chose Cable. It then asks me to select a driver. I chose pegasus. It then asks me if it should autoprobe, I chose yes. Finally is asks if there are any other devices I chose no. It then proceeds to say that it could not set up the connection because no network adapter was found. So I went back and when it asked me to chose the connection type I chose LAN. From here everything proceeded the same but when I got to the end, it did not say no network adapter was found, instead it just took me back to chosing a connection type. So am I doing something wrong, or is this the wrong driver or what? Wade - Original Message - From: Wade Waldron To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: [newbie] Need Drivers! I am trying to find a driver for a Microsoft MN-110 USB Ethernet Adapter. I am not really sure where to look. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Do drivers exist for this product (since it is Microsoft after all). Is there a suitable substitute for a driver? Wade
[newbie] Installing new hardware
I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake configuration utility. Can someone give me an idea where to start. Basically the hardware is installed, I just need to make the system aware of it and set up the drivers. Wade
Re: [newbie] Another Try
Thanks for the advice, I checked xfree.org and found out that my card is supported on xfree 3 and 4. This led me to make some different choices on installing. I can not honestly say what made the difference, but it works. I guess the morale of the story is that if you are stuck on a problem and have tried to fix it over and over, and nothing works, take a break and come back to it with a fresh mind. Thanks a bunch!!! Wade - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Another Try At 11:22 AM 7/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: Okay, I hate giving up. Back to my problem of errors when I try to run KDE or Gnome. Someone I was speaking to suggested it may be due to the fact that I have a laptop and they can have problems with configuration. So if anyone remembers the problems I was having, maybe they will know how to fix it if they know my hardware. I am working with a Compaq 12XL 323. It has an Intel Celeron 633 (although DXDIAG reports an Intel Pentium 633???). It originally came with 64 MB of Ram but I upgraded it to 128 MB. I have a 10 GB hard drive. I am using ~2GB of that to install Mandrake Linux 9.1. The video card is a Trident Cyberblade i1 AGP. It has shared video memory which is currently set to 8 MB. My sound card is a VIA Audio (Wave) card. My monitor has a resolution of 1024x768 (32 bit). Wade IIRC cyberblade isn't well supported tho you can look @ X-Free.org See for yourself if that is the case or not. I am going by memory. All things considered thats where I'd start looking for the cause of the problems. - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert 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] Need Drivers!
I am trying to find a driver for a Microsoft MN-110 USB Ethernet Adapter. I am not really sure where to look. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Do drivers exist for this product (since it is Microsoft after all). Is there a suitable substitute for a driver? Wade
Re: [newbie] Need Drivers!
When I use the Mandrake configuration utility to set up a network configuration, there does not appear to be a listing for my Network Adapter. I have selected the wizard and have chosen a cable connection, since my internet connection is through the cable company. It then asks me which Network/main driver to use. From the list I do not see anything resembling my Adapter. I have tried google, but I don't seem to be getting anything. I keep getting sites which allow me to buy my network adapter or have video drivers for linux, or a bunch of other useless stuff. Is there a particular site that people find is generally useful? Wade - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Need Drivers! On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 09:28, Wade Waldron wrote: I am trying to find a driver for a Microsoft MN-110 USB Ethernet Adapter. I am not really sure where to look. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Do drivers exist for this product (since it is Microsoft after all). Is there a suitable substitute for a driver? Wade Are you sure the system hasn't already picked it up, but just not utilising it yet? Otherwise, GOOGLE can be your friend...along with heaps of linux driver sites... -- Wed Jul 9 10:05:00 EST 2003 10:05:00 up 2 days, 11:37, 2 users, load average: 0.20, 0.07, 0.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * And the crowd was stilled. One elderly man, wondering at the sudden silence, turned to the Child and asked him to repeat what he had said. Wide-eyed, the Child raised his voice and said once again, Why, the Emperor has no clothes! He is naked! - The Emperor's New Clothes 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] Thanks,
Well, thanks to everyones help in trying to solve my installation problems with Mandrake. Unfortunately, I have installed it 5-6 times now with all sorts of different settings and have come up empty. So at this point, I am either going to seek another distribution of Linux, or give up on it completely. If anyone has any suggestions for a good distribution for a beginner (Although I do have a BSc in Computer Science, so beginner might not be quite the right word) I would appreciate it. Wade
Re: [newbie] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome
There is a swap partition of about 150 MB. I am running with 128 MB of ram. Wade - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome I would suggest running with standard security until you understand your system a lot better. On 'High' the Mandrake security system (msec) is going to make quite a lot of restrictions on you. Not being able to log in as root is just one of them. As I said 'Standard' is still pretty darn secure. This is out of date, but still interesting http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php You can switch between security levels from Mandrake Control Centre. Trouble is you need to have X working before you can see it. The command 'df' will tell you how much free space you have on your partitions. And finally. Did you create a swap partition? How big, and how much memory do you have? derek On Wednesday 25 Jun 2003 2:33 am, Wade Waldron wrote: I have selected Higher Security, since I am considering using my system as a web server at some point (after I have a much more indepth knowledge). The partition I am using is approximately 1.7GB in size. I did a very minimal install when I installed Linux. I installed the internet package, as well as both Gnome and KDE, but nothing else. I should have had at least 1GB of space left. Wade SNIP -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net 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] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome
I have selected Higher Security, since I am considering using my system as a web server at some point (after I have a much more indepth knowledge). The partition I am using is approximately 1.7GB in size. I did a very minimal install when I installed Linux. I installed the internet package, as well as both Gnome and KDE, but nothing else. I should have had at least 1GB of space left. Wade - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome On Tuesday 24 Jun 2003 1:20 am, Wade Waldron wrote: I have tried to run both KDE and Gnome and get hung up on either. They start to load and then just stop and the system hangs. I have pressed Alt Ctrl F1 to get to a prompt. From here I pressed the windows key on my keyboard. This brings up a list of errors which are scrolling by so fast I can not read them. I have been able to make out part of the error. It says localhost xinetd [A seemingly random number] sgi fam PID [A process number I assume] from no address I can not tell what is here local host is not connected It also flashes warning: can't get client address although I can not tell where this fits in. Does anyone know what this error means and how I can stop it? I should note that the number for xinetd and PID both change each time the message flashes. It seems like the system gets hung up because it is trying to perform an operation but keeps failing so it tries again. Incidentally, someone suggested that I look in var/log/messages. I tried, but I can not access the file because I do not have permission. I tried to login as root, but that does not seem to work. The login prompt I am recieving is localhost login: when I enter root and the password it tells me incorrect login. I know the password is correct so am I also doing something wrong here? Please, any help would be very much appreciated. Wade When you installed did you select 'High Security' ? If so then console logins as root are not permitted. You can get around the issue by logging in as a normal user then entering su enter followed by root password. You will then become root user. ( If you have selected High Security, then it is really over the top for a desktop system. Standard Security is much more secure than any Windows System you have used.) As for your messages 'fam' is a process which checks to see if disc partitions are full. So I wonder if you have installed in a partition that is too small. (or have installed too much) HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net 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] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome
Currently, my system is automatically configured to start XWindows when it boots. Before my current install I had tried to do it using just startx. I have not installed XTart to my knowledge. Wade - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 14:43, Wade Waldron wrote: Okay, some progress. I managed to login as root. I think I was just logging in at the wrong place. Checked /var/log/messages. From there I found out that the sequence of messages leading up to the error was: 1. Jun 23 18:09:07 localhost kde3 (pam_unix)[12697]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2. Jun 23 18:09:07 [22437]: warning: can't get client address: transport endpoint is not connected 3. Jun 23 19:09:07 localhost xinetd[22437]:libwrap refused connection to sgi_fam from no address 4. Jun 23 18:09:07 localhostrc: stopping kheader succeeded The last 3 messages loop over and over with changes in the numbers but identical otherwise ( I tried to reproduce the messages as closely as possible, but they may vary slightly). These messages repeat until I reboot the system. Can any one decipher these and explain what is happening? I still curious on how exactly you try to start XWindows when you're logging in...have you installed XTart yet, or are you just using startx to start your XWindow session? -- Tue Jun 24 16:05:00 EST 2003 16:05:00 up 3 days, 1:15, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.09, 0.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Salut ca fart' 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] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome
I have tried to run both KDE and Gnome and get hung up on either. They start to load and then just stop and the system hangs. I have pressed Alt Ctrl F1 to get to a prompt. From here I pressed the windows key on my keyboard. This brings up a list of errors which are scrolling by so fast I can not read them. I have been able to make out part of the error. It says "localhost xinetd [A seemingly random number] sgi fam PID [A process number I assume] from no address I can not tell what is here local host is not connected" It also flashes "warning: can't get client address" although I can not tell where this fits in. Does anyone know what this error means and how I can stop it? I should note that the number for xinetd and PID both change each time the message flashes. It seems like the system gets hung up because it is trying to perform an operation but keeps failing so it tries again. Incidentally, someone suggested that I look in var/log/messages. I tried, but I can not access the file because I do not have permission. I tried to login as root, but that does not seem to work. The login prompt I am recieving is "localhost login: "when I enter root and the password it tells me incorrect login. I know the password is correct so am I also doing something wrong here? Please, any help would be very much appreciated. Wade
Re: [newbie] Error when trying to load KDE and Gnome
Okay, some progress. I managed to login as root. I think I was just logging in at the wrong place. Checked /var/log/messages. From there I found out that the sequence of messages leading up to the error was: 1. Jun 23 18:09:07 localhost kde3 (pam_unix)[12697]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2. Jun 23 18:09:07 [22437]: warning: can't get client address: transport endpoint is not connected 3. Jun 23 19:09:07 localhost xinetd[22437]:libwrap refused connection to sgi_fam from no address 4. Jun 23 18:09:07 localhostrc: stopping kheader succeeded The last 3 messages loop over and over with changes in the numbers but identical otherwise ( I tried to reproduce the messages as closely as possible, but they may vary slightly). These messages repeat until I reboot the system. Can any one decipher these and explain what is happening? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] System Still Hangs
I reinstalled Mandrake 9.1 in order to try to solve my login problems. I am booting from a floppy. When I boot, it gives me options of whether to load linux-secure, linux, failsafe, or windows. I have tried selecting both secure and just linux. The system loads and takes me to a text based login. Here I login and I am taken to the shell (Bash). I type KDE to try to boot the windowing system. A blue background comes up with an X shaped cursor. It then comes up with an initialization screen. This last for a few moments. The initialization screen disappears and the blue background remains. The hard drive continues to hum like it is working, but nothing ever happens. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, I have considered trying to run Gnome instead, but because I am new to linux I do not know the command to start a Gnome session. Wade
Re: [newbie] System Still Hangs
Okay, when my system hangs I am able to press Alt Ctrl F1 to go back to the shell. From here if I push the Windows key on my keyboard I get a screen which seems to be logging current activity (does this make sense). It lists a series of errors. Unfortunately the errors go by so quickly that I am unable to see them. Is it possible to halt this screen, or to print it to a file? This might help me diagnose the problem. It appears that the error is probably the same one over and over. I am thinking that something is not configured correctly and the system is going into an infinite loop of trying and failing to perform some operation. Also, when I am back in the shell I have tried pressing Ctrl C to stop KDE from loading. This gives me a message saying something like "Unexpected signal 15". Nothing happens after that unless I press Ctrl C again at which point I am given a prompt again. However, the hard drive still hums as though the system is still hanging. If I then press the Windows key I am again given the error messages rapidly scrolling off the screen. I have tried to do a ps to see the process which is causing the hard drive to continue to work, but I don't see any process running which would account for that. Wade - Original Message - From: Wade Waldron To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: [newbie] System Still Hangs I reinstalled Mandrake 9.1 in order to try to solve my login problems. I am booting from a floppy. When I boot, it gives me options of whether to load linux-secure, linux, failsafe, or windows. I have tried selecting both secure and just linux. The system loads and takes me to a text based login. Here I login and I am taken to the shell (Bash). I type KDE to try to boot the windowing system. A blue background comes up with an X shaped cursor. It then comes up with an initialization screen. This last for a few moments. The initialization screen disappears and the blue background remains. The hard drive continues to hum like it is working, but nothing ever happens. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, I have considered trying to run Gnome instead, but because I am new to linux I do not know the command to start a Gnome session. Wade
Re: [newbie] System Hangs on Login
Okay, I tried booting from CD. Pressing F1 takes me to a prompt that says boot. It also gives some suggestions. I typed rescue. From there it takes me to a menu which has options like installing bootloaders etc. I chose the option which gave me the console. From here I typed KDE. Nothing happened. I tried login, but all that did was refresh the screen. So I rebooted. I removed the CD. When my boot loader appeared I chose FailSafe. This brought me to a console where I entered the Root password. I then typed KDE. It started to load and then crashed. A long message popped up that said it could not find the default font - fixed. It also said something about connection being reset by peer etc. etc. So I am still stuck with nothing. Any more suggestions? Wade - Original Message - From: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] System Hangs on Login On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:36:46 -0600 Wade Waldron [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have just installed Mandrake 9.1. Everything worked fine until I tried to login. I have tried loging in as a user and as root. In either case, the cursor displays the timer icon, my hardrive buzzes like it is working, but nothing ever happens. I have left it for a half an hour and nothing changes. I installed the KDE windowing system and am selecting it when I login. When I boot my system it give me options to use linux-secure, linux, and a few others. I have tried both linux-secure and linux. Neither works with root or a user login. Can anyone offer any suggestions? boot from the CD and hit F1 for options. what you want to try to do is get to a text-mode login, referred to as runlevel 3. From there, try starting KDE manually. Log in with your user and pass, then type kde at the prompt. -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + ICQ# 279518458 + Don't believe the Hype! 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] Is my mail reaching you? (fwd)
Hi Denis, I thought I had reconfigured that darn it. Fortunately that was one of only three emails that I sent out from my mailq right after my first configuration of my sendmail daemon. I had jsut noticed the two @ symbols, when I realized that the three emails were already gone. The'auto send' feature didn't give me a selective chance to test and verify without completeing its function and sending out my mailq. I may still be misconfigured, I am not certain? ;) Please let me know, if you can tell, that I still do not, have it set properly. And oh yes, I am Wade, and I am very pleased to make your aquaintance. I extend my hand to you accross the lands and seas to where you are and offer to you a virtual handshake. :) I am one of your growing flock of many, Linux Mandrake Newbies. Thanks again for all of your help, b/web Wade On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi, folks. Does anyone know Wade? He has the strangest e-mail adress I ever saw, I wonder how has he managed to reach me - pine refuses to reply to an adress which has two "@" signs, and I am quite sure my procmail filters do not like it either... Wade - if you can read this - having two "@" signs in e-mail adress is a sin. cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:37:34 -0700 From: Wade wade@[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is my mail reaching you? Hi Denis, Is my mail getting through to you? It doesn't seem to be getting through to the list? I have been configuring and testing and switching email programs but my tests to my own various email addresses seem to be working. :) Have you seen my posts? Thanks for letting me know if you get this. b/web Wade
[newbie] testing mail
Hi List, I sent a post in over twenty four hours ago and it still has not been posted to the list. This is just a test? b/web Wade
[newbie] adding floppies and cdroms after installation
Hi List, OK, I know that I am the cause of this stumbling block and not Linux Mandrake, as I selected the 'incorrect' method during install. I chose the 'no scsi devices' mode of installation. I have an icon on my KDE desktop for each of my, floppy, cdrom (DVD), cdrom2 (CDRW) and when I select any of them I get an 'error' message that says, could not read /mnt/which_ever_icon_selected file does not exist or access denied Although I am not currently using LILO (well sort of) this is what I have in lili.conf; boot=/dev/had5 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 append="hdd=ide-scsi" read-only When I execute dmesg, I get this; ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21 PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb800-0xb807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x808-0x80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: Maxtor 91728D8, ATA DISK drive hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1202, ATAPI CDROM drive hdd: YAHAMA CRW2216B, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hdc: ATAPI 32x DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 Floppy drives(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82977 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda5 hda6 hda7 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly hdd: driver not present So, what ever do I do to rein my hardware in? :) Thanks for all your help. b/web Wade
Re: [newbie] Netscape and .png
Hi List, I am also very interested in this, as my understanding is that .png is the equivilent of an 'open source', .gif type of format. I am curious as to how many servers are actually configured to interpret this format? The 'admins' have to configure their servers to accept this format from what I understand prior to them being able to do so. Thanks, b/web Wade Dacia and AzureRose wrote: .png is a file type that is highly compressed without much quality loss. Sort of a suped up .jpg. It is not a proprietary format of any kind. It just hasn't caught on yet is all. Gimp'll read em. Most browsers will too. I don't remember running into one recently so I can't say for sure if there is a problem with your install of netscape or if linuxnetscape doesn't support that format. Anyone have any insights? Dacia --- Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I do is to tell Netscape to open an external viewer like ee or xv when it encounters this .png file. I think that one of the image file viewers in Mandrake can do this. On Wed, 24 May 2000, Paul wrote: On Tue, 23 May 2000, Lance Borden wrote: Hey y'all, When I'm using Netscape and come across a .png image, I get a stupid error message that the file type is unsupported or unknown. Anybody know what I need to do to get Netscape recognizing these? Thanks! Which version of Netscape is this? I have never encountered a PNG file on the web. The only officially supported formats, as agreed on by the whole world (perhaps except Micro$oft) are GIF and JPG. If those 2 work, Netscape is fine. Then blame the maker of the webpage. Paul )0(---)0( No matter how much you do, you'll never do enough. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] reaching maximal mount count
Hi List, Thanks Denis and everyone for all of your help. That 'man page' was very good although I was left with a new question. Where the -i function says "No Postfix", what exactly does that mean? Thanks, b/web Wade PS-It is great to know that Linux is maintaining my system so well in an auto mode, something I am totally unacustomed too with a MS type, OS. If I had not have issued the command 'mount -a' without including a 'type' the night before my Mandrake Linux went into 'maximal mount count mode' I probably would not have been quite so surprised by it. ;) Denis HAVLIK wrote: hi folks The answer to this q. has been given many times - and allmost a correct one. The complete answer is: fsck checks a filesystem after reboot if either maximum mounts count, or maximal time between two filesystem checks has been reached. --- For those who "want to know more", read: man tune2fs (Search for -c and -i) Using tune2fs to change those settings it is not recomended, unless you really know what you are doing. :-) cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
Re: [newbie] identd response for X-chat
Hi Trevor, Do you know if that went under your 'Authentication', 'Finger', or 'Standard' services? Thanks, b/web Wade Trevor Reynolds wrote: Wade, I had to add the following line to my /etc/inetd.conf file: ident stream tcp nowait nobody /etc/identd identd And it worked for me. I hope this helps. Trevor Wade wrote: Hi List, PEEP When I execute, /etc]# cat identd.masq I get, #192.168.1.2user1 UNIX #192.168.1.3user2 WINDOWS #192.168.1.4user3 DOS #192.168.1.5* RELAY when I execute /etc]# cat identd.conf I get, nothing, it is blank or empty. (or like many other conf files not yet created) How do I configure X-chat so that it is enabled to retrieve an identd response? b/web Wade /PEEP
[newbie] PHP4/ZEND as mod to Apache
Hi List, I downloaded PHP4 today and am wondering if anyone else is running or going to run it as a module to Apache, and how they set it up to do so? Also the ZEND engine is new to me so any information regarding its install with PHP4 under Mandrake Linux is of keen interest to me. Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] how to kill a runaway app?
Hi List, I have found an occasion or two to use the 'Ctrl, Alt, Backspace' command a couple of times which has been a saving grace, but I have only had a need to kill a runaway (unresponsive) app, rather than my xserver. My question, is there a way to kill an app and not restart my xserver? Also would this apply to a runaway process as well? Thanks, b/web Wade
Re: [newbie] Telnet/SSH
Hi Flupke, Thanks, I opened kpackage and searched for kssh but could not locate the package, I thought I had installed ssh using DrakX. :) I will make it my first package to go and download and install, althought I am not quite sure where to begin, or if I should be root when downloading or installing packages? Thanks, b/web Wade flupke wrote: I don't think so, but I once saw a kssh package. You have to have ssh installed first. I think that's what you need. HTH Flupke On Sat, 13 May 2000, Wade wrote: Hi List, I turned on Telnet and told it to connect to one of my remote domains, and no probs what so ever. The remote servers I use have SSH available and I would like to make use of it and was wondering if I can use kTelnet to make an SSH connection? Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] X-Chat No Ident response
As I am checking things out I fired up X-Chat and told it to connect to EFNet right off the user menu on the tool bar and I get; irc.efnet.net.. irc.efnet.net (199.3.235.130 port 6667 Now logging in Looking up your hostname Found your hostname, cached Checking Ident No Ident response Closting Link: 206.xxx.xxx.xxx (You are not authorized to use this server) Disconnected. How do I configure my Ident response? Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] lock file
After booting up today I found myself unable to establish a connection once again, so I did a little snooping in my netconf again and turned off the 'activate interface at boot time' selection in PPP/SLIP/PLIP and made certain to have turned off the 'use lock file' under PPP dialout. I get the feeling that netconf's PPP's run right over kppp when they have had any configs made to them, this is a good thing to know? After I did these I was able to make a connection with kppp when asking it to dialout. I will have to reboot to see if deselecting the 'activate interface at boot time' function has ended my boot up [FAILED] messages. When is the best time to use the 'lock file' function? Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] Error message-Missing Component?
After I reconfigured my settings in linuxconf to get kppp to dial out, I get this error message; Linuxconf can't locate the command /usr/sbin/diald on your system. The command is either missing (not installed) or installed with a different name or path. Do you want to change the configuration for the command? I read the help file regarding this and am uncertain as to whether or not to change the configuration for this command without knowing what is the correct to command change it to. Additionaly when I installed Mandrake I installed all of the packages or a full and complete install of everything. Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] SENDMAIL WARNING
When I run kmail I am able to pull mail down from my ISP's server, but when I try to mail the list from kmail I get this; SENDMAIL WARNING SENDMAIL: is set-uid root, or run from set-uid root process SENDMAIL: fatal: No maildrop directory maildrop No such file or directory. Any help with this would be very appreciated. Thanks, b/web Wade
[newbie] Telnet/SSH
Hi List, I turned on Telnet and told it to connect to one of my remote domains, and no probs what so ever. The remote servers I use have SSH available and I would like to make use of it and was wondering if I can use kTelnet to make an SSH connection? Thanks, b/web Wade
Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem
Yay, I am writing the list from Netscape Mail within Linux Mandrake. The modem worked the very first time I told it to dial, but I did have to reconf kppp as my settings were still for ttyS3. After I connected to my ISP, I was unable to get any mail or browse with Netscape, as I was/am facing a ppp0 challenge, and I did not have correct configs for my DNS and had to edit /etc/resolv.conf to set that in a working order. Somewhere along the way I messed around with another switch and I got disconnected and then my modem would not dial up again, just silence, I'm sure you can just imagine the look on my face. :) None the less I persevered and located the switch which now escapes me again, but it works, it was in netconf though. I will write more on that in short order. b/web Wade Charles A Edwards wrote: Wade It's a matter of cost. Winmodems are cheaper than Real modems. 99.9% of all PCI modems preinstalled in systems are winmodems and 99% of all PCI modems that you can buy retail are winmodems. There are only 4 that I know for a fact are not winmodems. If you are running windows winmodems are fine, but DAMN, as popular and as many users as Linur now has you would think that manf. would at the least say on their packaging or in the product specs. that it's a Winmodem and will not work in any OS but Windows. Sorry for the rant. Now as to your question . Once you have the modem connected and boot into Linux it should automatically see your modem and you want really need to do anything. You can check it by opening kppp, clicking setup and then device The box should show Modem Device /dev/modem Flow Control CRTSCTS Line Termination CR/LF Connection speed 115200 (that's for 56k yours will be lower) Charles - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:08 AM Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem Hi List, Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey through 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'. S*cks to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople that I was planning to install Linux. It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems work. I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had an older external modem attached to an old retired system that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with a winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and off I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on a dial up I don't think that really matters that much. My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for a new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my external modem? b/web Wade
[newbie] Intel 810 Chip Set Motherboard
I was wondering it anyone has got X 3.3.6 to auto detect properly there intergrated video on an Intel 810E Chipset Motherboard. Or could give me instruction to manually load proper modules. Thanks Wade
RE: [newbie] Still have problems...
Is the AWE card a PNP card? Do you have a printer connected to this machine? If you answer yes to these two things then I suspect the problem is that the printer on port lpt1 is taking IRQ5, the system then tries to move the sound card to one of it's defaults which is IRQ 10. I suspect your network card isn't PNP? This kills the network card. If you can force the sound card to an IRQ. See what you have available, but more than likely 7 will be available. Hope this helps. LongSnowM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Etien VanDenBroecke Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Still have problems... It seems that My NIC Card and Sound card conflict wit each other, If I run the system, without my sound card the system boots up o.k. and the Network works!!! I can surf and all that, but as soon as I put the sound card into the system, the NIC say fail to get IRQ line and then the eth0 service fails... I setup the the sound card in the kernel and using setup but to no avil worst yet, the system does detect the sound card, but says I have to configure manually, I found the right combo of setting to get it working, but the first sound test I get nothing(Linus introducing himself!!) then I can hear the second testing I suppose thats the MIDI testing... I'm at a lost, no ears, help Sound card config is: Sound Blaster AWE 32 I/O: 240 IRQ: 5 DMA1: 3 DMA2: 7 MI/O: 330 NIC card is a NE2000 clone, using ne support in the kernel (only way to get it to work) IRQ: 10 Also How do you find out what DMA channel the NIC card is using? And how do you turn of the isapnp at boot, if I can't get it to work? I also have a second NIC that came with my Cable Modem, uses the tulip driver, but the link light on the card turns off when linux boots, Do any of you think I should use that one with my sound card? If so how do I get that one to work? HELP,SOS, Heating up in Igloo land! Thanks, Etien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] PPP dialup hangs in the negotiation of connection
I just installed 6.1 Mandrake Linux on my laptop. Installation was smooth and very nice. I love the KDE environment. I am having a problem getting my dialup to work. I have a Global Village 56k modem. The kppp configuration is setup, when I tell it to connect it dials, the ISP answers there are two sets of tones very long and drawn out and hangs on the tones then the modem will finally disconnect and say no carrier. The ppp package is 2.3.8. Has anyone ran into this problem and what do I do to fix it? Do I need to get a new version of ppp or is it possibly a setting in the modem? I tried to modify the s11 register to speed up the connection, and this did increase the speed in which it dials, but it didn't seem to fix the tone negotiation of the connection. Thoughts? LongSnowsM If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... ..oh wait, he does. Wade Buchanan.vcf
RE: [newbie] cannot boot
You mention to open a console and write lilo... I am unfamiliar with this term to write lilo. Can I find the information about that in the man? LongSnowsM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alejandro Arredondo Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 8:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot boot Audrey Beck wrote: What does /etc/fstab say your root partition is? What does /etc/lilo.conf say it wrote to? hda7 or just hda? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... I have this problem. I upgraded my kernel from kernel-2.2.13-7mdk to kernel-2.2.13-22mdk. But when i booted, lilo cannot find the new kernel (i guess, since it stoped after the prompt) I booted using bootdisk and tried to change lilo configuration to boot the new image file '/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk'. But there was an eror that won't accept my root partition which in /dev/hda7. It says that hda7 either invalid or not linux partition. I dont understand because before this (for kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) the root partition is the same, /dev/hda7 which is linux partition, and that where my root partition is. Even before this (when i still with kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) when i tried to change the label (in lilo, for boothing linux) it won't accept it with the same error. What's the problem? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com You will need to boot with a floopy disk with the following parameters linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk Log on as root and edit your /etc/lilo.conf Open a Console and write lilo It will re-configure your system to boot with the new kernel Also your hda partitions will be restored Alejandro Arredondo
RE: [newbie] PPP dialup hangs in the negotiation of connection
It appears I have the same problem no matter what the volume is set at for the modem. I turned on the debug log to watch and the sound up to listen once the problem arose. Still the same problem. The modem is a PCMCIA card. I wonder if that could be an issue. Although it is treated just like any other com port. I also tried changing from the /dev/modem to the /dev/tty1(I think that is what is what the help file mentioned doing) and that didn't change anything either. So I am kind of stumped at this point... LongSnowsM -Original Message- From: R_Yeo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PPP dialup hangs in the negotiation of connection On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Wade Buchanan wrote: %_I just installed 6.1 Mandrake Linux on my laptop. Installation was smooth and very nice. I love the KDE environment. I am having a problem getting my dialup to work. I have a Global Village 56k modem. The kppp configuration is setup, when I tell it to connect it dials, the ISP answers there are two sets of tones very long and drawn out and hangs on the tones then the modem will finally disconnect and say no carrier. The ppp package is 2.3.8. Has anyone ran into this problem and what do I do to fix it? Do I need to get a new version of ppp or is it possibly a setting in the modem? I tried to modify the s11 register to speed up the connection, and this did increase the speed in which it dials, but it didn't seem to fix the tone negotiation of the connection. Thoughts? On my desktop system at home, when I set the modem volume to max, I encounter the same symptoms as you do. When I set it to half or no volume, it works fine on kppp. See if this will help you. -- Ronald
RE: [newbie] Kernel compilation problems.
I get that same error and I HAVE SMP. So far I only see it happening with the 2.2.13-22 kernel. I'm going to try to go back to the old kernel and try again.. -Original Message- From: phins13 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel compilation problems. Rick Schnicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the source and header RPMs so I can recompile the kernel to satisfy the error I get when I try to configure VMWARE. I run xconfig and set everything up (correctly I hope). I do a 'make dep' then 'make clean' then 'make bzImage'. I get this error: In file included from ksyms.c:17: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:44: `smp_num_cpus' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:44: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:44: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [ksyms.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/kernel' make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/kernel' make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 From what I can see it has something to do with SMP settings. I have SMP set to 'no'. So just for giggles I set it to 'yes' and tried again then got this error: init/main.o: In function `check_fpu': init/main.o(.text.init+0x25): undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 I can't get past this point. I have tried reinstalling the RPMs and starting from scratch with no luck. Anyone have any ideas? Rick I'm not 100% sure, but skip make clean. I do: make xconfig make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install This seems to work for me. I think the "make clean" command is only if you want to recompile your kernel again a different way or from scratch or something like that... Anyways, I hope this helps. Good Luck. SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
