Re: [newbie] Screen problem I8100 +ATI Radeon + 1600x1200 +Mandrake 8.2
I wrote a while back that I had my machine working ok with mandrake 8.1 but now, with LM 8.2 I get a crashed screen if I do not add an Option noaccel in XF86config-4 Even with that option in the screen is slow and has waves as I move windows around etc. Has anyone got this combination to work? I8100 +ATI Radeon + 1600x1200 +Mandrake 8.2 if so could i please see your XF86config-4 and any other relevant info. I have tried several reinstalls configurations with no luck. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Screen problem I8100 +ATI Radeon + 1600x1200 +Mandrake 8.2
Hi, I had my machine working ok with mandrake 8.1 but now, with LM 8.2 I get a crashed screen if I do not add an Option noaccel in XF86config-4 Even with that option in the screen is slow and has waves as I move windows around etc. The problem is particularly noticeable with scrolling in Mozilla, but it happens everywhere. Has anyone got this combination to work? I8100 +ATI Radeon + 1600x1200 +Mandrake 8.2 if so could i please see your XF86config-4 I have spent a lot of time trying to learn how to fix my problem As i am a newbie - could someone give me a few pointers on the following: ** As it worked on Mandrake 8.1 (it worked both before and after I upgraded XFree86 to 4.2) it should all work on 8.2 - or is there something in the kernel or modules that might make this not so? ** I can't get harddrake to work - so is there some other way to really see what is happening to the way the ATI video card is installed? Could that be it? ** As i have a screen working with noaccel is it the lack of hardware acceleration that is causing the strange and slow screen? Why would it work without the noaccel option in 8.1. What is the difference with acceleration? ** There are a couple of new lines in my XFConfig-4 Section Module which were not in my old one Loadv4l Loadglx Loaddri Without all three I think the problem is a little worse - I am still experimenting with various combinations. I presume the modules need to be installed for them to work - does it matter if they are not? How can i check all this? ** Are there specific help files or websites i should be exploring? Thanks. PS Please send a copy of any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as my usual address is bouncing mail due to an ISP problem, this should be ok in 24hrs. The archives not instantly updated. -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:45, Joseph Braddock wrote: I'm pretty sure if it says nomount, you will manually need to create the entries under /dev. The devfs=mount should create them automatically. Thanks. I have the mount option. Good to learn all this hands on though. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
Hi To add a module into a kernel either type modprobe usb-storage done now i have it show up with lsmod! However it does not persist after a reboot... how does that work. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:25, Bryan Tyson wrote: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia There is no /dev/sda1, there is nothing much like it there See what happens if you do modprobe usb-storage before trying to mount the card. Thanks Bryan, output below. I still have no /dev/sda1... how do they appear? There is no sd* device at all in the /dev directory. I am searching around to try to understand how these files work. Still lost after a lot of reading! Walter ~~~ 1003 root@psybernet:/dev (07:25:43) # modprobe usb-storage 1004 root@psybernet:/dev (07:26:07) # lsmod | grep usb usb-storage52528 0 (unused) usbmouse2048 0 (unused) input 3648 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse] usb-uhci 21232 0 (unused) usbcore50752 1 [usb-storage hid usbmouse usb-uhci] scsi_mod 91072 4 [usb-storage sd_mod sg sr_mod ide-scsi] 1005 root@psybernet:/dev (07:26:13) # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:20, Joseph Braddock wrote: Thanks for your response Joseph. Make a directory under mount called smedia (or whatever you'd like). Then with the smart media card in the reader, try typing the following as root: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia There is no /dev/sda1, there is nothing much like it there: 1014 root@psybernet:/dev (11:31:45) # ls | grep sd ptysd@ ttysd That is about it. What does that mean for me now? Walter If that works, add the following to your /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia vfat noauto,user The noauto will keep you from getting an error when booting with the card not in the reader (because the mount fails). The user allows any user to mount it. At this point you should be able mount it in the same ways you would a cdrom (i.e. mount command, click on it in Konqueror or Nautilus, or add an icon to the desktop). Joe Braddock On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:21:00 +1200 Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have 2 usb ports. The Intelleye mouse is working off one port. i have just plugged in a Smartmedia card reader in the other port and rebooted. How do i activate the card reader? there is power going to the reader. Do i need to have it in my fstab and mount it? How would i do that? Some details below Walter ~~~ = My Machine = Dell i8100 laptop ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility Mandrake 8.1 Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF] Upgraded to Xfree86 4.2.0 1001 walter@psybernet:~ (01:07:33) $ dmesg | grep usb usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.259 $ time 17:30:17 Sep 23 2001 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbce0, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb-uhci.c: v1.251:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x874/0x1002) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x45e/0x25) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1847 input0: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse ® with IntelliEye on usb1:3.0 usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid 1002 walter@psybernet:~ (01:10:03) $ less fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs user,uid=501,gid=501,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom1 auto defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 fstab lines 1-11/11 (END) -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 02:53, Florian wrote: Thanks for your reply Florian, Hi i got a smartmedia reader and its emulated to be a scsi device (actually that is on a debian machine but the difference should not be too big) do an lsmod as root and check if you got scsi-mod and usb-storage loaded if not you gotta probably add it to your /etc/modules (i hope for you that thats enough) I have scsi-mod but not usb-storage if not you gotta probably add it to your /etc/modules (i hope for you that thats enough) I don't know how to do that. I do have it there but not sure how to # locate usb-storage /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o.gz add it to your /etc/modules I will hive off and read books on it now :) but a tip here would be nice. ~ snip After that you need to add a line to your etc fstab here a snip of mine (your device might be a different number): /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash vfatdefaults,user,noauto 0 0 In a previous post I mentioned that I have no /dev/sda1 or any /dev/sd* What does that mean in this context? ~ This should all work if you have the hotplug stuff and the usb-utils (or whatever they are called in mandrake) installed. I have hotplug files inc: /sbin/hotplug I have usbutils installed - rpm tells me it is but how can i be sure? locate A good thing is to install the package usbviev so you can see first if its recognized cause then it should be loaded too by hotplug usbviev - I installed it and it shows my mouse and card reader beautifully! Thanks for all that. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader
In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:25, Florian Struck wrote: Hi sorry for late reply. Thanks for doing it - not late at all! To add a module into a kernel either type modprobe usb-storage done now i have it show up with lsmod! -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Smartmedia card reader
Hi, I have 2 usb ports. The Intelleye mouse is working off one port. i have just plugged in a Smartmedia card reader in the other port and rebooted. How do i activate the card reader? there is power going to the reader. Do i need to have it in my fstab and mount it? How would i do that? Some details below Walter ~~~ = My Machine = Dell i8100 laptop ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility Mandrake 8.1 Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF] Upgraded to Xfree86 4.2.0 1001 walter@psybernet:~ (01:07:33) $ dmesg | grep usb usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.259 $ time 17:30:17 Sep 23 2001 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbce0, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb-uhci.c: v1.251:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x874/0x1002) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x45e/0x25) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1847 input0: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse ® with IntelliEye on usb1:3.0 usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid 1002 walter@psybernet:~ (01:10:03) $ less fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs user,uid=501,gid=501,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom1 auto defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 fstab lines 1-11/11 (END) -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ATI Radeon, XFree 4.2 and Mandrake 8.2: Are they getting along?
Charles, all, I am just reading along here... = My Machine = Dell i8100 laptop ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility Mandrake 8.1 Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF] Upgraded to Xfree86 4.2.0 (rpm still thinks its 4.1) Do rpm -q Mesa. You should have Mesa-4.0.1-4mdk. Su to root and launch glxgears from a terminal. You should see the line Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 935 root@psybernet:/ (10:04:19) # $ rpm -q Mesa bash: $: command not found 936 root@psybernet:/ (10:04:32) # glxgears Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0. Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual 937 root@psybernet:/ (10:04:37) So would it be useful for me to improve my system? Shld i go to 8.2 first? Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla won't run - diagnosis needed
Hi I have just used-red carpet to upgrade a few new Mozilla related programs available through red-carpet. Red-carpet reported that all went ok - however Mozilla browser would not start after that. I am not sure exactly what happened. I type Mozilla in the command line as user or root and it just goes back to the prompt - nothing. I tried to reinstall what looked like a later Mozilla - but that could not happen because of dependencies. I then tried to un-install some and that meant too many files would go with it. I have kpackage which suggests that nothing new was installed at all giving the install date as a couple of months ago. How does one tackle a situation like this? In Windows I would delete and re-install (probably the whole OS occasionally. There must be a way to diagnose and fix in Linux - actually the delete and reinstall seems impossible anyway. Any clues about anything here would be good as i am still new. = My Machine = Dell i8100 laptop ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility Mandrake 8.1 Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF] Upgraded to Xfree86 4.2.0 Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla won't run - diagnosis needed
Hi, I wrote: Red-carpet reported that all went ok - however Mozilla browser would not start after that. I am not sure exactly what happened. I type Mozilla in the command line as user or root and it just goes back to the prompt - nothing. OK - found tha answer: it is mozilla-bin not mozilla that starts the program. Hmmm - but have lost my book marks and settings and the old links no longer work - so i will need to do some tweaking. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Which PALM desktop - conduit systems
Hi, I have a Palm m505 and am working away on the IrDA in 8.1... But in anticipation of getting that wking... Which desktop - conduit systems are available and best. I have evolution - but not sure i like it seems very big jpilot - bit confusing ?? Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Java in Mandrake 8.1
tek1, On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:31, in Re: [newbie] Java in Mandrake 8.1, you wrote: before installing sun's jdk, you might want to uninstall kaffe via mandrake's software installer. you might have to tell konqueror and some other programs where sun' jdk is though after installing it... Oops - too late. I have just installed j2sdk-1_4_0-linux-i386-rpm.bin - and it is working - tried a demo that came with it - looks Great! I wonder if it is still worth un-installing I have yet to configure browsers etc. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Dependency Problems
To come o That is one reason rpm has that lovely --nodeps option. I am learning trying to grasp the underlying philosophy I need re this. Very often I see applications that do not seem to have any rpms - people here have mentioned that one cld make them, but i am still too unfamiliar with the whole business. Can one just use rpm when possible and the use the nodeps option if needed and add stuff using binaries the rest of the time? How quickly does a system deteriorate if one does? Right now I am following a no rpm - no go philosophy, but is that too cautious? I am not really in a position to discover that for myself, not till I get better at this. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] pan news reader
ed tharp, On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 06:41, in Re: [newbie] best news reader and ftp client, you wrote: if you wanted a hotter version of a news reader, you sure should try out pan. the commands are a little different, but I loves it... I believe that by itself, it is reason enough to leave windows, for the time you are using a news reader anyway. I am using it for the first time but I cant get the groups in the servers i have set up. I am not sure that i have the settings right but the names are right ... can you post up a good news server settings I can test? -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages
Rick, I find their upto 2 months behind current versions for somethings, (except for security updates) So what do you do instead Rick? Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] best news reader and ftp client
Donald I use Forte Agent and CuteFTP with Windows. Try pan for news - closest to Agent i have found. I use a thing called deadftp (of all things) works well. As for installing files - see the excellent current thread on Getting and Installing packages Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Personal Security Manager (PSM)
Tom, I went to Mozilla.org and looked at the changelogs for both 9.8 and 9.9, and both say (pasted right from the notes): Windows, Mac and Linux: Personal Security Manager (PSM) provides security (cryptographic) features for Mozilla . I have just used Red-Carpet to reinstall Mozilla - still 9.8 - but a ximian package - now it does the site - yes paypal and a stockbroker. Galeon still wont do it - but never mind. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages
rob, Is there a semi-automated way to fetch packages? I used to use SuSe Linux, and they had Yast which would go out and get the rpm's. I'm told there is something similar in Mandrake, but I didn't find it after fooling around for an hour or so. Thanks, Rob, I m a month or so into Linux and mandrake but this question is of interest to me. I am lost! There are too many of these things for me at present - and I have also installed binaries which means the rpm database no longer knows what is what. Some programs i have tried are urpmi rpm MandrakeUpdate - Software Manager red-carpet kpackage There are a few more too, I expect none are like Yast or apt (or are they?) Should one find one and then commit to it? Today for example i wanted to upgrade Mozilla - but just got tangled up in things not working. So I'll be watching this thread - how do people manage their files? Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages
Paul, It is called urpmi. How does one use it then to say, upgrade Mozilla? I noticed another program rpmdrake which perhaps uses urpmi? It usefully updated some programs and went to the net to resolve the dependencies - great. However they were not the programs i particularly needed! Walter (not Rob who asked the otriginal question.) -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting up the DVD
Hi, What is the way to set up the DVD in fstab (and/or wherever) I have no /dev/dvd which seems to be what my dvd player is looking for. At present I need to change it to dev/cdrom - that works. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Setting up the DVD
Charles, You do not need to change fstab. If your listing for your dvd is /dev/cdrom then su to root and enter: ln -s cdrom /dev/dvd What I did (I found the answer just browsing the ogle list) was: ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/dvd To the same place by another route. The cdrom is a DVD/CD-RW combo and set as a scd0 somewhere. I wonder if there is any difference in the two ways of doing it? Anyway its done. And another bit of learning about linux achieved, simple though it may seem to some - it still has to be learnt. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problems
Rich, On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 04:36, in Re: [newbie] Printer Problems, you wrote: Never mind. :) I did a little more research and found the CUPS administrative tool. CUPS required that I log on as root before it would let me delete the job. Maybe that was the problem with the Print Job Admin tool, I wasn't logged in as root. I have had one that CUPS would not do either. In the end I learnt a lot about Linux: In the command line use ps -ax to see all the processes. I then learn to pipe those to grep to find the processess related to the printer eg: ps -ax | grep l or ps -ax | grep parallel etc. then use kill process# to get rid of it. The last one that CUPS would not do could not be killed that way either! I used: kill -s SIGKILL 2345 That did it! Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all AND Geek vs whatever
Christchurch New Zealand Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rpm and binary only installations - do they mix?
Hi,
I have just upgraded Xfree86 in Mdk 8.1 to 4.2.0. I used the
binaries on the XFree site. It was recommended i do this on the
gatos site where I wanted to grab a driver for my ATI card.
It occurs to me that the rpm database does not understand this
upgrade and is operating as if i have XFree86 4.1.0
So... what is the idea here - use rpms only? Is there a way of
telling rpm what I have installed?
I have binary for my ATI Radeon card I'd like to install - I
can't find an rpm for it. Should I do it or risk more of these
incompatibilities with my rpm database? Should i be using
rpmfind? I am just downloading it now.
I am interested in learning how to manage my machine. It seems
this is a messy process. I'd love to hear how others manage
their Mandrake files.
Walter
Some clips from the console follow.
~~~
1001 walter@psybernet:~ (12:14:53)
$ kpackage
kpackage: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid
parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode: 42
~~
1004 walter@psybernet:~ (07:52:32)
$ rpm -qv XFree86
XFree86-4.1.0-17mdk
1005 walter@psybernet:~ (07:52:42)
$ X -version
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
~~~
From the man page:
REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm rebuild
database command is
rpm {--initdb|--rebuilddb} [-v]
[--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root DIRECTORY]
Use --initdb to create a new database,
use --rebuilddb to rebuild the database
indices from the installed package
headers.
~
I guess this means it just rebuilds its data from rpm related
installations.
--
Walter Logeman
Psychotherapist
http://www.psybernet.co.nz
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Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor
Robin Turner, Actually, KDE does that, it just has a very weird idea about what programs I use (presumably because it tracks the programs I open from the menu, rather than icons or the command line - in other words the programs I use least!). Yes - while not aware of that particular problem I am aware of cumbersome attempts to make everything more Windows like. Mistake i think. I am only into Linux for about 6 weeks but am disappointed how hard it is. Not the installation, not the gui so much as making things work. The DVD, the scanner, the infrared, the CD-burner, the printer. The easier the surface is the harder it is to grasp the underlying complexity. I would like to have better education about the cli ... well the education is there but the hype is that it is getting easier to do Linux. I find some things really work beautifully from the cli - but it is being obscured by layers of gui which dont work as well and also by the expectation that a gui will do it just because it is there - that is only sometimes the case. The design questions are huge - and the beauty is that someone will come up with yet another distribution that might just surpass the rest - not because they are more Windows like but because the are proud of being Unix like. In the way we are proud of our complex languages and do not, try to make English into French - and even maintain American, UK versions as well as other varieties. Perhaps there is already such a distribution? Debian? Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy problems
Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-, I am having a problem getting my floppy drive working. This is what I have in my /etc/fstab /dev/fd0 /mnt/flopy auto user, iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 My fstab line is exactly the same, and the floppy works. However do you need to mount the floppy? mount /mnt/flopy I also unmount it after use. umount /mnt/flopy (note no n in umount) This line is under it but I'm not sure what it goes to: none /proc proc defaults 0 0 It is somthing to do with a virtual file system - do not touch it i have been told. Walter ~~~ * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading Mandrake 8.1 to XFree86-4.2.0 on a Dell i8100
Hi, I have done quite a bit since I made the post quoted below. I installed XFree86-4.2.0 from binaries using the sh Xinstal.sh process. I read the instructions in the INSTALL file. And said yes to everything. I have a copy of the two directories so i could find old stuff if need be. I went through the process twice. The first time I think I still had X and KDE open - foolish me. The next time i used init 3 in the ctrl -alt -F1 console. and did it all again. I have rebooted and am now in the graphical interface - but i think I have Twm running not KDE as i used to. Other than that everything seems ok. I want to now see if i can upgrade to the right driver for my vido card -- where do i go for that? Walter ~~~ I have Mandrake 8.1 on a Dell i8100 with an ATI Radeon video card. It is currently running XFree86-4.1.0 and only has very generic support for the card. Apparently there is a better driver in XFree86-4.2.0 Am I on the right track? I have been fining quite a few of the files that are needed however each time I find one there are more dependencies. I am happy to keep finding more e.g: libtinfo.so.5 - but what about the programs such as libXv.so.1 that are needed by other programs on the system? Has anyone upgraded Mandrake 8.1 to XFree86-4.2.0? Can it be done? Should I upgrade to a whole new Mandrake beta? Am I using the right commands here? (See output below) Looking forward to some feedback! Thanks Walter ~~~ 164 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:19:51) # ls ncurses-ext-5.2-22.i386.rpm XFree86-4.2.0-1.i386.rpm XFree86-fonts-4.2.0-5.i386.rpm xauth-4.2.0-0.1.i686.rpm XFree86-common-4.2.0-1.i386.rpm XFree86-libs-4.2.0-7mdk.i586.rpm 165 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:19:56) # rpm -U *rpm error: failed dependencies: libtinfo.so.5 is needed by ncurses-ext-5.2-22 libtinfo.so.5 is needed by XFree86-4.2.0-1 XFree86-fonts-base = 4.2.0 is needed by XFree86-fonts-4.2.0-5 XFree86 = 4.1.0 is needed by XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-17mdk XFree86 = 4.1.0 is needed by XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-17mdk XFree86-libs = 4.1.0-17mdk is needed by XFree86-devel-4.1.0-17mdk XFree86-libs = 4.1.0-17mdk is needed by XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-17mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by chromium-0.9.12-3mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by tuxracer-0.61-4mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by kdemultimedia-2.2.1-2mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by rocksndiamonds-2.0.0-4mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by mures-0.4-2mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by Maelstrom-3.0.1-10mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by armagetron-0.1.4.9-1mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by gltron-0.59-10mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by libSDL_net1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by libSDL_image1.2-1.2.0-2mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by csmash-0.6.2-1mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by xmovie-1.9-4mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by xmms-smpeg-0.3.4-4mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by libSDL_mixer1.2-1.2.0-3mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by nethack_falconseye-3.3.1_jtp_1.9-3mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by libSDL1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by libsmpeg0.4-0.4.4-3mdk libXv.so.1 is needed by vlc-0.2.83-1mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by chromium-0.9.12-3mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by tuxracer-0.61-4mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by kdemultimedia-2.2.1-2mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by rocksndiamonds-2.0.0-4mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by mures-0.4-2mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by Maelstrom-3.0.1-10mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by armagetron-0.1.4.9-1mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by gltron-0.59-10mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by libSDL_net1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by libSDL_image1.2-1.2.0-2mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by csmash-0.6.2-1mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by xmms-smpeg-0.3.4-4mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by libSDL_mixer1.2-1.2.0-3mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by nethack_falconseye-3.3.1_jtp_1.9-3mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by libSDL1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by libsmpeg0.4-0.4.4-3mdk libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by vlc-0.2.83-1mdk 166 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:20:26) # -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading RPMs - how do I handle endless dependencies?
I have jpilot-0991 installed but not yet working and thought i'd upgrade first to the latest one You can see where i have got to with the details below In the pilot folder are all the programs that are needed by the new version but it seems this will overwrite proigrams needed by other programs Am I missing something? Should this stuff be handled automatically? Walter ~~~ 109 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:16:06) # ls jpilot-0992-1i386rpm pilot-link-093-3i386rpm tcl-805-31rh61i386rpm openssl-096b-1i686rpm readline221-221-4i386rpm tk-805-31rh61i386rpm 110 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:16:31) # rpm -U *rpm error: failed dependencies: libtk83so is needed by tix-833-7mdk libtk83so is needed by ical-22-22mdk libtk83so is needed by expect-833-7mdk libtk83so is needed by python-imaging-112-3mdk libtk83so is needed by sketch-0612-2mdk libtk83so is needed by tkinter-211-3mdk libtcl83so is needed by tix-833-7mdk libtcl83so is needed by tuxracer-061-4mdk libtcl83so is needed by ical-22-22mdk libtcl83so is needed by expect-833-7mdk libtcl83so is needed by python-imaging-112-3mdk libtcl83so is needed by sketch-0612-2mdk libtcl83so is needed by tkinter-211-3mdk libtcl83so is needed by postgresql-libs-712-19mdk 111 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/pilot (01:17:12) # -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://wwwpsybernetconz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] Upgrading Mandrake 8.1 to XFree86-4.2.0 on a Dell i8100
Hi, I have Mandrake 81 on a Dell i8100 with an ATI Radeon video card It is currently running XFree86-410 and only has very generic support for the card Apparently there is a better driver in XFree86-420 Am I on the right track? I have been fining quite a few of the files that are needed however each time I find one there are more dependencies I am happy to keep finding more eg: libtinfoso5 - but what about the programs such as libXvso1 that are needed by other programs on the system? Has anyone upgraded Mandrake 81 to XFree86-420? Can it be done? Should I upgrade to a whole new Mandrake beta? Am I using the right commands here? (See output below) Looking forward to some feedback! Thanks Walter ~~~ 164 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:19:51) # ls ncurses-ext-52-22i386rpm XFree86-420-1i386rpm XFree86-fonts-420-5i386rpm xauth-420-01i686rpm XFree86-common-420-1i386rpm XFree86-libs-420-7mdki586rpm 165 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:19:56) # rpm -U *rpm error: failed dependencies: libtinfoso5 is needed by ncurses-ext-52-22 libtinfoso5 is needed by XFree86-420-1 XFree86-fonts-base = 420 is needed by XFree86-fonts-420-5 XFree86 = 410 is needed by XFree86-75dpi-fonts-410-17mdk XFree86 = 410 is needed by XFree86-100dpi-fonts-410-17mdk XFree86-libs = 410-17mdk is needed by XFree86-devel-410-17mdk XFree86-libs = 410-17mdk is needed by XFree86-xfs-410-17mdk libXvso1 is needed by chromium-0912-3mdk libXvso1 is needed by tuxracer-061-4mdk libXvso1 is needed by kdemultimedia-221-2mdk libXvso1 is needed by rocksndiamonds-200-4mdk libXvso1 is needed by mures-04-2mdk libXvso1 is needed by Maelstrom-301-10mdk libXvso1 is needed by armagetron-0149-1mdk libXvso1 is needed by gltron-059-10mdk libXvso1 is needed by libSDL_net12-122-1mdk libXvso1 is needed by libSDL_image12-120-2mdk libXvso1 is needed by csmash-062-1mdk libXvso1 is needed by xmovie-19-4mdk libXvso1 is needed by xmms-smpeg-034-4mdk libXvso1 is needed by libSDL_mixer12-120-3mdk libXvso1 is needed by nethack_falconseye-331_jtp_19-3mdk libXvso1 is needed by libSDL12-122-1mdk libXvso1 is needed by libsmpeg04-044-3mdk libXvso1 is needed by vlc-0283-1mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by chromium-0912-3mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by tuxracer-061-4mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by kdemultimedia-221-2mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by rocksndiamonds-200-4mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by mures-04-2mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by Maelstrom-301-10mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by armagetron-0149-1mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by gltron-059-10mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by libSDL_net12-122-1mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by libSDL_image12-120-2mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by csmash-062-1mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by xmms-smpeg-034-4mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by libSDL_mixer12-120-3mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by nethack_falconseye-331_jtp_19-3mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by libSDL12-122-1mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by libsmpeg04-044-3mdk libXxf86dgaso1 is needed by vlc-0283-1mdk 166 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/x (03:20:26) # Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] Could not read / - error upon opening Konqueror file manager
Hi, Using Mandrake 8.1 and KDE 2.2.1 I get a Could not read / - error box upon opening Konqueror file manager. This happens each time. It does not matter much as i *can* read root. later With a bit more investigation: it relates to the CD player. It does not come up IF I have an audio CD in the drive. So it is not a big problem but I am curious as to how to fix it. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell script programming
Rodrigo, Thank you all, these sites are really cool !!! Some more just for the record: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/bash.html http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/linux-onlinecourse-bytitle/22D84C62513A001186256B4900603332?OpenDocument -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File Sharing
Paul, Are there any good linux file sharing apps? qtella - seems ok, very like grokster i used on windows. But it is not as efficient - maybe i need to tweek it somewhere. -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problem - BJC 4200 - prints garbage at bootup
skinky, Its not a queued file is it? Try lpq to see if there are any entries. Just a shot in the dark... I have fixed it! It meant killing a lot of lp processes under top as well as the cupsd. It was not a qued file - but it was still a file that was constantly being told to print - even after a printer reinstall. -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] @ *
Hi, What do the * and the @ denote after a file - as in the following listing: 998 walter@psybernet:/sbin (04:45:25) $ ls agetty*ether-wake* ifup* killall5* mkfs.msdos@ -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] @ *
Michael, Thanks - great to be in an nebie group! The '*' indicates that the file is an executable or has the 'executable' bit set (ie, rwx or r-x). The '@' indicates that it is a link to a different file, located in a different directory. -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uninstall/re-install KDE Kmail (8.1)?
I am not sure at all either, but i recently used rpmdrake to delete another program. Note that the actual emails are in ~/Mail and you may wish to keep those. Walter On Monday 11 February 2002 08:07 pm, you wrote: I have gotten the KDE Kmail setup all fouled up ... how do I uninstall and reinstall it ... I can't find the program in the control area ... just delete your ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc file to try and reconfigure it. But as far as uninstalling kmail and reinstalling it... I don't know if one can without doing the whole of kde. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer Problem - BJC 4200 - prints garbage at bootup
Hi, I had this printer working ok for a few days - now it stars printing garbage as soon as it is no. it does not matter what order I switch things on as soon as the printer is on in Linux it begins to print garbage. The problem is not there in XP on the other side of the dual boot! Rather a let down to have to save stuff to floppies and re-boot to print :( I have checked through all the processes with ps -ax and killed anything that looked likely. I have also used kups - which tells me there are no print jobs. I have removed and reinstalled the printer. Now I am stuck. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Text Editing
Was: Re: Fw: [newbie] making a file from a man doc Yes i am familiar with the process you describe in Word. I wonder of Star Office has the same ability? The best editor I've found so far in Linux (IMHO) is nedit I have that here installed automatically in 8.1 and not tried it yet - will do so. Been using Kate up to now. which includes search and replace using regular expressions, macros, and (incidentally), some ways to vary the wrapping of a line (I've only used what they call continuous wrap (I call it soft wrap) -- it wraps the text to the width of the screen while in nedit, not permanently -- in other words it does not insert any paragraph marks. Good, i will see whatelse it does with line endings... Does Textpad have some better magic? Can you describe it or point to a link? It is very comprehensive. I can set different behaviousrs for different types of files eg txt or html etc. I can set it to add hard returns upon save - or not, and the word wrap is done independently form the line endings or the window size. If i get a chunk of text of an email with long and short lines I can simply use ctrl shift-j which will reformat the par. etc. The only thing it does not do (though a macro could do it is remove the signs. Pegasus mail has this option - really nice! If you are still in windows just check it out it is a quick download and a free trial - I registered it. However i have not been in Windows for weeks (3 weeks into Linux). Thanks for the details on nedit... helpful. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
Hi, I am still on my learning curve here... but in case there are other newbies viewing this thread... I am finding this site useful. man rpm etc was just a bit too advanced without this basic intro: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/basics/brpm.html Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FrontPage like applicatiopn for Linux ?
Does anybody know of any visual web building application for linux such as Front Page ?? Note too that there is a homesite like program called quanta and the w3c Amaya - which is interesting - allows writing wysiwyg. Neither are FrontPage -which I'd say is a good thing- but many user friendly designs are still possible... perhaps there are other ap too? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DiskDrake And WinXP
On Monday 11 February 2002 01:41 pm, you wrote: Just surfing around various broads, trying to answer a previous post. I came across that DiskDrake cannot format ntfs partitions(Laptop was winXP on a ntfs partition) without corruption. I think this explains my inability to successfully install Mandrake. Anyone have any more information, or a better explanation? I finished up buying Partition magic after surfing the boards and it seemed that was about the only way -- for now. Something else about half the price claimed it would do it - but a search on that revealed a lot of disappointed customers. I am sure there must be a better way but I don't know it! I can now mount my windows ntfs partition in linux. Works great. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: [newbie] making a file from a man doc
Should be man XXX | col -b XXX.txt THANKS! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IM choice?
Gabber, Jabber, Everybuddy, GAIM, what's your favorite? I see that GAIM came ready installed on my ML8.1 - can i use my old ICQ id? Or should I get a new one TOC or Oscar? ?? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: [newbie] making a file from a man doc
try man XXX|col -b|XXX.txt Sounds good , but alas did not work for me as you can see i get a file with nothing in it. What am I missing? 909 walter@psybernet:~ (03:13:50) $ man urpmi|col -b|urpmi.txt 910 walter@psybernet:~ (03:14:17) $ ls urpmi* -l -rw-r--r--1 walter walter 0 Feb 9 15:14 urpmi.txt 911 walter@psybernet:~ (03:14:34) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Frozen RPMDrake
RPMDrake always stops at 68% when reading the FTP site of LM8.0 updates. I have already mentioned this in the Installing Files thread - but it is OT here: How did you configure RPMDrake to go there? Upon opening RPMDrake checks the database of installed files etc. I have explored it but unsure of what to enter - and at places where it asks me to select - there is nothing that comes up - do I need to enter the ftp sites etc. or will it know them somewhere? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] making a file from a man doc
I am trying to make a file from a man doc that I can then print or view in an editor. 848 walter@psybernet:~ (10:51:52) $ man urpmi manurpmi this creates the file however it has strange formatting: O OP PT TI IO ON NS S - -- -h he el lp p print an help message and exit. - -- -u up pd da at te e use only update media. What is a more effectiveway of doing this? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing files
i use rpmdrake once in a while but mainly use the commandline rpm. read the manpage to learn more but here is the short end of it Thanks for this - i am preferring the command line already for this... if for no other reason than I can copy out the messages from it! I am getting pretty much the same results as before. I am still trying to upgrade xmms - first i did rpm -iv xmms-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm but realised that i might need to do an upgrade and then did the following: # rpm -Uv xmms-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-esd-1.2.5-4mdk xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-gnome-1.2.5-4mdk xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-mikmod-1.2.5-4mdk 426 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/xmms (12:25:22) # This leaves me confused as to what it is telling me and what to do now. It seems the old xmms is needed by some of the files that support it??? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing files
Hi again, I dont want ro do the nodependency check thing -- i want this to be a stable machine. Also i want to do a more serious xfree86 upgrade and need to grasp all this. # rpm -Uv xmms-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-esd-1.2.5-4mdk xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-gnome-1.2.5-4mdk xmms = 1.2.5-4mdk is needed by xmms-mikmod-1.2.5-4mdk 426 root@psybernet:/home/walter/wldownloads/xmms (12:25:22) # This leaves me confused as to what it is telling me and what to do now. The thing is i have xmms-esd-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm xmms-gnome-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm mikmod-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm all sitting here in rpm awaiting installation... can i install them all at once so there is no depencency? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Evolution RPMS
I have found the Evolution RPM and the first three dependencies, but after a couple of hours hunting through a number of cookers, have not been able to turn up the last four dependencies. Any leads? ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/ximian-gnome/mandrake-81-i586/ I got mine from there (i think) Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fstab problem
I have successfully configured the fstab file to mount the vfat partitions that are elswhere on the hard drive, but I can't get the ntfs partition to mount at boot. I think my one mounts at boot. All I need to do is type in the file name with the (long ) path and i am there. Below is my fstab Walter ~~~ 431 root@psybernet:/ (02:32:20) # more /etc/fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs user,uid=501,gid=501,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 432 root@psybernet:/ (02:32:27) # Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Evolution Problems
I started using Evolution 0.13 that came with the Mandrake 8.1 distro and really liked it except that the Reply function was flaky, I think you will need to upgrade, I did it. The current version is 1.01 so to try with o.13 is a bit futile. See the discussion here Evolution RPMS Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Laptops
I'm considering getting a Sony Vaio FXA-36 laptop which will run both Windows and Mandrake 8.1. Does anyone here have any experience with the Sony laptops, or with laptops in general? I am on an i8100 dell I like it and there is an excellent group linux-dell-laptops Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files
Thanks for all the help with this, i hope it of use for others too. Charles wrote, If you have All the xmms rpms move them all to 1 dir, call it xmms if you like, cd to that directory and rpm -Uvh *rpm I like that! However there were still dependencies - but less. Until i found one of the files needed and did it again and suddenly I needed new everything. OK one cant upgrade just one program if it uses new libraries - it will need an upgrade to the whole new mandrake. OK - I wont do that till it is out as the next version. Anyway, xmms works after i reinstalled it from the disk thus: [derek@Derek derek]$ cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS [derek@Derek RPMS]$ su Password: [root@Derek RPMS]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage xmms* Thanks for that Derek. ~~~ Now I'd like to upgrade xfree86 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 I have tried, but the dependencies are horrendous... where to from here? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: common acronyms
There is a lovely little tool bar applet in KDE - dictionary It does wonders with acronyms. eg -seeoutput below. Trouble is the applet is not persistent on the pannel / toolbar - I keep meedign to reinstall it. Walter ~~~ Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon] AFAIK // n. [Usenet] Abbrev. for As Far As I Know. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc] AFAIK chat as far as I know. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera] AFAIK As Far As I Know (slang, Usenet, IRC) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmms has gone haywire - wont play.
Delete .xmms directory in your home that will fix it That was cool. I renamed it and when restarting xmms it created a new one. Nice. BUT it still wont load at all now. I uninstalled some visualization plugins maybe i shouldn't have. ANYWAY I am now on a path of reinstalling xmms and getting an upgrade while about it. I have the rpms from http://www.xmms.org/download.html It tells me there I need: mikmod 3.17 or better req - I have 3.1.6 later I have spent hours finding likely files that might fix one dependency problem after another... I must be doing this wrong! It cant be this hard to upgrade one program??? I am using gnorpm and cant actually copy the dependency problems from there to here. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: common acronyms
On Wednesday 06 February 2002 05:19 am, you wrote: Walter, Where does a person find this applet? How does one installit?TIA Charles I am using KDE - on the panel - what in windows was called the task bar - find a unused space on the right hand side, right click - Add Applets dictionary. Of course you need to be online for it to work. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome
If I still worked for my previous employer I might be very interested in GNomes mail client (Evolution??). I have evolution open in KDE. However i have a problem. on my 1600 x 1200 screen all the gnome aps fonts are too small and i cant change them. It seems they are set in another program sawfish? Is there a way of using the KDE settings in Gnome aps? Some other way around this? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmms has gone haywire - wont play.
Derek Thanks for that - exactly what i needed to grasp. Walter ~~~ Cooker is the 'bleeding edge' version of Mandrake in which new applications are put together to make the next release. So the Mandrake8.2Beta1 at present is very similar to Cooker. You can get Cooker files as well as 8.1 files by searching www.rpmfind.net Be warned though!! Cooker apps are compiled against Cooker libraries. They may not work in an 8.1 system, or they may have a lot of dependencies. Where possible you should stick to RPM's built for 8.1. or else install using .src.rpm 's (A .src.rpm is compiled in your own computer) You will find .src.rpm's on rpmfind as well. As for installing files If you use 'konqueror' to browse rpmfind.net then you only have to click on an RPM to either save it to disc or install immediately over the net. It will launch rpminstall for you and check for dependencies then install. If you save to your disc, you only have to click on an rpm using konqueror file manager in order to install it. (I daresay the same is true in Gnome, I just never use it so I do not know) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome
Use Gnome Control Center (gnomecc) to set your fonts and font sizes for Gnome apps. You can run GnomeCC in KDE, no problem. Have been trying this for a while but there are problems. Using Mandrake 8.1 and KDE 2.2.1 Gnome control center 1.4.0.1 On the occasions it has not crashed it has changed settings in my KDE desktop. But now it crashes. Usually when i am looking for somewhere to change the fonts - sawfish or appearances etc. on the first line in the tree it says: MISSINGNAME perhaps that is the problem. Does it as user and su. Out put from the console below. Walter ~~~ 374 root@psybernet:/home/walter (04:55:27) # gnomecc ** WARNING **: an initialization error occurred while starting 'sawfish-properties-capplet'. aborting... ** WARNING **: an initialization error occurred while starting 'sawfish-properties-capplet'. aborting... Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 730 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `widget-parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed. ** CRITICAL **: file gtk-multiview.c: line 440 (gtk_multiview_set_current): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkWidget' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3497 (gtk_widget_get_style): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkctree.c: line 5155 (gtk_ctree_node_set_foreground): assertion `GTK_IS_CTREE (ctree)' failed. 375 root@psybernet:/home/walter (04:57:23) # Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 730 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `widget-parent == GTK_WIDGET (container)' failed. ** CRITICAL **: file gtk-multiview.c: line 440 (gtk_multiview_set_current): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkWidget' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3497 (gtk_widget_get_style): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed. Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkctree.c: line 5155 (gtk_ctree_node_set_foreground): assertion `GTK_IS_CTREE (ctree)' failed. # 375 root@psybernet:/home/walter (04:57:31) # exit exit 817 walter@psybernet:~ (04:57:37) $ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xmms has gone haywire - wont play.
xmms has gone haywire - wont play. I fiddled with the visualisations and now xmms wont load. The visualizations load but quickly die. If this were windows Id remove the ap and reinstall! Same here? Or can I fix this? Here is the output from the console. Walter ~~~ 793 walter@psybernet:~ (01:59:30) $ xmms Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0. ** CRITICAL **: opengl_spectrum.c: unable to create window Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x111)! Xlib: sequence lost (0x10111 0x116) in reply type 0x0! Gdk-ERROR **: BadImplementation (server does not implement operation) serial 273 error_code 17 request_code 20 minor_code 0 794 walter@psybernet:~ (02:00:16) $ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Harddrack
I assume you mean 'harddrake' Try typing 'harddrake' (as root, without the 's) in a terminal. Then if it doesn't run properly, paste the error messages into an email and post that to the list. Depending on your hardware, it could be that the detection process is just taking a long time, so be patient. I have the same ptoblem. The wait box with the logo comes up and hangs. Running 8.1 and KDE Walter ~~~ Console output for what it is worth: 757 walter@psybernet:/ (02:55:21) $ harddrake bash: harddrake: command not found 758 walter@psybernet:/ (02:55:25) $ su Password: 355 root@psybernet:/ (02:55:38) # harddrake Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Killing a printing process that is printing junk
I have no way of stopping the printer from the gui as far as i can see. Is there some way? I have rebooted both the printer and linux but it wants to print out the useless file! (I dont have the right driver for the printer but that is another story.) I am learning to use the CL and thought I'd see if I could kill the printing process. But i dont know how to spot it after ps -ax, is it there somewhere? Walter ~~~ $ ps -ax PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ?S 0:03 init [5] 2 ?SW 0:00 [keventd] 3 ?SW 0:10 [kapm-idled] 4 ?SWN0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] 5 ?SW 0:00 [kswapd] 6 ?SW 0:00 [kreclaimd] 7 ?SW 0:00 [bdflush] 8 ?SW 0:00 [kupdated] 9 ?SW0:00 [mdrecoveryd] 13 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] 114 ?S 0:00 devfsd /dev 144 ?S 0:00 open -w -s -c 11 /sbin/Monitor-NewStyle-Categorizing- 155 tty11S 0:04 /sbin/Monitor-NewStyle-Categorizing-WsLib 464 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] 955 ?SW 0:00 [khubd] 1219 ?S 0:00 /sbin/cardmgr 1273 ?S 0:00 portmap 1295 ?S 0:00 syslogd -m 0 1303 ?S 0:00 klogd -2 1352 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd -p 10 -w 5 -W -P /etc/sysconfig/apm-sc 1377 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd 1401 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/irattach /dev/ttyS2 -s 1469 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd 1518 ?S 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid 1564 ?S 0:00 cupsd 1764 ?S 0:27 parallel:/dev/lp0 31 walter STDIN 1 kde-colormode=Gra 1772 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic 31 walt 1821 ?S 0:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master 1830 ?S 0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u 1831 ?S 0:00 tlsmgr -l -t fifo -u 1854 ?S 0:00 gpm -t ps/2 -m /dev/usbmouse 1879 ?S 0:00 crond 1904 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webm 1928 ?S 0:00 xfs -port -1 -daemon -droppriv -user xfs 2053 tty1 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 2054 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 2055 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 2056 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 2057 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 2058 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 2059 ?S 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon 2064 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/autologin 2096 ?S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx 2104 ?S 0:00 xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- -deferglyphs 16 2105 ?R 0:53 /etc/X11/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 2108 ?S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde 2145 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/imwheel -p 2179 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid 2182 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: klauncher 2186 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: kded 2206 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m artsmessage -l 2218 ?S 0:06 klaptopdaemon 2242 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: knotify 2324 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: Running... 2325 ?S 0:00 ksmserver --restore 2326 ?S 0:03 kdeinit: kwin -session 1032abe7df0001011227972002 2327 ?S 0:03 xmms 2329 ?S 0:03 kdeinit: kdesktop 2330 ?S 0:00 xmms 2331 ?S 0:00 xmms 2335 ?S 0:00 xmms 2338 ?S 0:04 kdeinit: kicker 2345 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: klipper -icon klipper -miniicon klipper 2348 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: kwrited 2349 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: konqueror -session 100f1180d5000101251445400 2350 ?S 0:00 gpilotd --sm-config-prefix /gpilotd-Icajkx/ --sm-clie 2351 ?S 0:01 kmoon -session 1018a2ad210114821510052500026 2352 ?S 0:02 kdeinit: konsole -session 100f1180d50001012653218 2353 ?S 0:01 kteatime -session 1018a2ad2101148266500525000 2354 ?S 0:03 kdeinit: konqueror -session 105c06dcf3000101266293700 2355 ?S 0:01 kppp -session 100f1180d500010126431190022290042 2356 ?S 0:01 alarmd 2358 ?S 0:00 gnome-name-service 2362 ?S 0:02 kdeinit: konqueror -session 11cb6dfc48000101278908700 2363 ?S 0:02 kdeinit: konqueror -session 11cb6dfc48000101279192500 2364 ?S 0:00 kppp -session 100f1180d500010126431190022290042 2365 ?S 0:01 ark -session 105c06dcf300010127057700023140118 2366 ?S 0:42 kmail -session 105d0174cb00010120763240024320048 2367 pts/0S 0:00 /bin/cat 2369 pts/1S 0:00 /bin/bash 2387 ?S 0:03 /usr/bin/medusa-idled 2404 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: kcookiejar 2582 ?S 0:00 pppd 115200 -detach crtscts defaultroute usepeerdns - 2614 ?S 0:00 xmms 2615 ?S
Re: [newbie] pdf and postscript
In terms of reading the postscript file, you probably don't have the needed parser with ghostscript. Linux, unfortunately is not strong in publishing, even with TeX. I saw there was a program in development called killustrator, could that be of use? I hope it will be soon, as i am hoping to do something similar, however i am too new to explore it right now. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apt
Hi, saw this on http://freshrpms.net/ 02 Jan 2002 - Happy new year to everyone! And as a special gift to all of you Red Hat Linux users, I bring you at last my packages apt-get-able ;-) All you need to do is to install the apt package found here, run apt-get update then you're all set! A simple apt-get install ogle_gui will for instance retrieve and install ogle, libdvdread and libdvdcss automatically for you, even gtk+ if you don't have it ;-) will this work with mandrake? Or is there something similar? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hda5 critically full
HI, I wrote: In the KDE Control Center it would seem that hd is in three sectors /dev/hda5 ext3 3.36 (mount point: /) 99.9% full! Thanks for the info received on what to do. I immediatly found that i had been keeping copies of the CDs I'd been burning, and fixed that, which took care of the immediate problem. Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: seems like the allocated space for the / partition was too small. this happened to me when i allocated just 100MB to that partition and /tmp was heavily used. I think it may be big enough if i maintain it well. And am using this oportunbity to learn do this. Question: Coming from a Windows env. I am familiar with easily knowing which file is on which storage device. I understand that it is nice to have a virtual environment - to hell with knowing what devices run it, however as the administrator i need to be able to know what is on each device. How can i check that? first thing to do is to make sure that no unnecessary files are hogging the space in /tmp. I have posted of the contents tof /temp below, using $ ls -al what might I need to explore further there? there are tools out there but i have no experience using them. the route i always take is to re-install Mandrake, use expert install (its really easy if you pay attention and read what's in there), and pay extra attention when it comes to the part that you partition your hard disk. Hmm, this does seem complex as I did not set up my own machine. I am tempted to give it a go For learning on another machine, not this one which I work on! ~~~ On Monday 28 January 2002 12:18 pm, Erylon wrote: Since your hda5 is larger than 3 gig, I would hazard a guess that your /var/log files are filling it. Check your /var/log and see if it isn't really large (500 K would be about the max it should be). If that's where the problem lies, you can safely delete all the gzipped log files, and edit your /etc/logrotate.conf to prevent it from happening again. Remember, the log files belong to user root. Just a guess, e. Thanks for that. will do some pruning. I will also explore the /etc/logrotate.conf I can see that as the user i have authority to delete some files but not others. I can go into root and do it all but is that wise? Some of the files have permission for an admin group? Should I as root give myself admin authority? This is getting a bit off topic but I d be interested in a discussion on how to work with the root / user potential of Linux. Perhaps there is a good article on it somewhere? Walter ~~~ 597 walter@psybernet:/tmp (03:53:32) $ ls -al total 88 drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4096 Jan 31 03:41 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 14 03:45 ../ -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 20 16:34 dcop245ZXu -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 22 22:57 dcop2nylRB -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 30 04:39 dcop8x61gw -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 23 16:15 dcopaJPjFH -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 20 22:35 dcopcavrYu -rw---1 walter walter221 Jan 30 15:24 dcopqdJe7u -rw---1 walter walter223 Jan 28 04:16 dcopwMSndN drwxrwxrwt2 xfs xfs 4096 Jan 30 15:24 .font-unix/ drwx--2 walter walter 4096 Jan 26 01:11 .gftp-walter/ -rw---1 walter walter354 Jan 29 05:07 gtkrc-Q0p13A drwxrwxrwt2 root root 4096 Jan 30 15:24 .ICE-unix/ drwx--9 walter walter 4096 Jan 31 03:27 kde-walter/ drwx--2 root root 4096 Jan 25 06:01 ksocket-root/ drwx--2 walter walter 4096 Jan 31 03:41 ksocket-walter/ drwx--3 walter walter 4096 Jan 30 15:25 mcop-walter/ srwxrwxrwx1 walter walter 0 Jan 31 03:31 medusa-idled-service= drwx--2 walter walter 4096 Jan 30 15:25 orbit-walter/ srwxrwxrwx1 walter walter 0 Jan 30 15:56 OSL_PIPE_501_SingleOfficeIPC_1666104904= drwx--2 walter walter 4096 Jan 28 13:58 .sawfish-walter/ drwxrwxrwx3 walter walter 4096 Jan 30 04:21 soffice.tmp/ -r--r--r--1 root walter 11 Jan 30 15:24 .X0-lock drwxrwxrwt2 root root 4096 Jan 30 15:24 .X11-unix/ 597 walter@psybernet:/tmp (03:53:32) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE Gnome
Hi, I have just upgraded Evolution from 0.13 that came with mandrake 8.1 to Evolution 1.0.1 I think it is all looking quite good. I used gnorpm to install the downloads. I usually run KDE and Evolution keeps taking me into the gnome Control Center - and suddenly my KDE screensaver desktops disappeared etc. (They came back on a reboot). What is the best way to use these two control centers? I'd like to use lager fonts in the Gnome style aps - can I configure gnome to read the kde settings instead of sawfish? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hda5 critically full
I have have error message that hda5 is critically full. I have a 30gig hard disk ... it would seem (i did not set it up - and i am totally new) In the KDE Control Center it would seem that hd is in three sectors /dev/hda5 ext3 3.36 (mount point: /) 99.9% full! Plenty of room on hda7 (mount point: home) and hda2 is the windows partition. How can i check what is happening here, am not using the machine to any great extent - have only had it a week. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hda5 critically full
I have have error message that hda5 is critically full. I have a 30gig hard disk ... it would seem (i did not set it up - and i am totally new) In the KDE Control Center it would seem that hd is in three sectors /dev/hda5 ext3 3.36 (mount point: /) 99.9% full! Plenty of room on hda7 (mount point: home) and hda2 is the windows partition. How can i check what is happening here, am not using the machine to any great extent - have only had it a week. Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] floppy drive mounting, accessing, file structure?
Hi, $ su Password: 273 root@psybernet:/mnt/floppy (01:43:43) # ls 274 root@psybernet:/mnt/floppy (01:43:48) # this is what i get when trying to read files in the floppy drive - the disk has files and folders created in Windows - can it see those? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] the process for the file protocol died unexpectedly
Hi, I have been getting this msg on boot-up quite a bit. It is sometimes followed by some strange behaviour inluding the loss of the Panel or freezing up of the screen, but not always or often. PS How can i cut and paste such error messages? Are they available from the console - command line - in some way? Walter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting up optical devices on Dell i8100
Hi, I am using mandrake 8.1 with KDE on a Dell i8100 laptop. I have one CD-ROM working fine with a desktop short cut. (I did not set it up - a friend did it for me.) It is in fact a DVD CD-RW combo in the fixed media bay. I have only the cdrom working and also audio CDs will work from that drive, under Services. I have played Audio CDs from that drive. I'd like to get all the devices working. I will add possible relevant info i have gleaned below. I am very new to linux, so even links to relevant files might be of use, though i simply could not grasp the CD-ROM HOW-TO. Other than somehow they are all treated as SCSI devices? Walter ~~~ In the /dev directory i have cdrom cdrom0 cdrom1 cdrom2 in the /dev/cdroms directory there are only 3 files: cdrom0 cdrom1 cdrom2 The cdrom.desktop shortcuts indicates that the Device is: /dev/cdrom1 it points (read only) to /mnt/cdrom I have tried creating another Icon pointing in various ways... however I get various I/O error messages - files not supported etc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dialup connection problems
Nick, Also when i query the modem it seems to make contact but the query results window is completely empty. It's an internal laptop modem. Does this all mean that I've got a Winmodem that's not going to work with Linux? I am very new to this - maybe more than you, but I have a winmodem, a lucent modem now running on Mandrake 8.1 on my Dell i8100. The person who set it up for me has the modem call a scrip I think. If you have similar modem If someone tells me how to do it I'll send it to you :) I am still at the point where I can hardly move around in KDE... in fact this is my first email from linux ever! Walter ~~~ I've got another question - I'm trying to set up my dialup connection using kppp and it get's stuck on initializing modem... Thanks to the people who have helped me with my Linux teething problems so far. - Nick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Getting my dial-up working - and lots of basic Qs
Hi, I am new to Linux Mandrake, but am very fortunate to have had excellent help in setting up my system, which looks great and most of the hardware is working including the winmodem! Now i am here needing to learn some very basic moves! And i do it by trying stuff out... We did not quite get my access to the ISP working in the setup, but using another name isp we did confirm that the modem was working. Now i have been trying to figure out how to revisit the configuration for the connection. Played around in my user incarnation in KDE looking for a place to start... but it told me I needed to be root (for something) probably foolishly did that and did get into a place where i cld set up my isp dialup --- it only had one --- default. I fiddled in there but then got out. Later logged in again with my user ID and figured out how to get into kppp and found the three connection settings we had used before. Now if i try any of them i get a message: Sorry the Modem is busy If i click the Internet icon on the desktop I get another message: kppp has detected a /home/walter/.kde/share/apps/kppp/kppp.pid file. Another instance of kppp seems to be running process-ID 3323. Make sure that you are not running another kppp. delete the pid file. and restart kppp. I cant seem to get into .kde from /home/walter/ using either Konqueror or the bash shell... what is .kde/ etc. ? ~~~ Lots of basics here ... any clues or suggestions will be much appreciated. Walter At one point in Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
