Re: [newbie] DNS problems
Are you using a proxy server? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Paul Eppley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 27/02/2000 03:59:45 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] DNS problems I have my dial-up connection working, but I can't get anywhere in Netscape--it keeps saying 'server not found'. I do have the appropriate DNS entries in kppp. What else must be set? Paul Eppley http://users.nni.com/Paul_Eppley
Re: [newbie] aureal sound help
John, "It will not work" is a bit vague. What happens? Keyboard stops responding. Monitor switches off? All the lights go out? What... Please post the output from the 'make install' command. If it's something like Target install does not exist then you need to re-read the docs which came with the tarball, telling you how to compile the code. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "John Dipolito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 04:03:23 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] aureal sound help I have been crying for help for a few days now concerning aureal vortex driver install for sound card. I have unzipped the tar file into a new dir and tryed everything . It seems I am missing something with the command line..not sure, After cd to the driver dir I type " make install" and it will not work. Has anyone downloaded the aureal linux driver for the 8830 chip set? if so did ya get it to work? I have installed the "make" files and all seems to be in place. help [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been crying for help for a few days now concerning aureal vortex driver install for sound card. I have unzipped the tar file into a new dir and tryed everything . It seems I am missing something with the command line..not sure, After cd to the driver dir I type " make install" and it will not work. Has anyone downloaded the aureal linux driver for the 8830 chip set? if so did ya get it to work? I have installed the "make" files and all seems to be in place. help [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Favorite references for Redhat/Mandrake
In order of "look here first" man apropos man again Essential Systems Administration (has an Aardvark on the front) Using Linux man yet again Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Lisa J. Harris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 04:37:33 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Favorite references for Redhat/Mandrake Hi everyone, I'm still pretty new to Linux, and have a couple books already, but am not completely satisfied with them; I was wondering what books you all have found helpful. Thanks. Lisa
Re: [newbie] here's a couple of toughie's...
I don'tknow about Mandrake 7.0 but under 6.5 a call to /sbin/sndconfig as root sorts a lot of cards out. Have you tried that? The odd thing is the playing half of the sample. Is it playing it at double sample rate or anything? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Shawn Somers AKA Razer [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 20:15:56 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] here's a couple of toughie's... First: I cant get my sound-card to operate correctly. Lothat detects it correctly as a Yamaha Xwave direct 128, initializes it, and believes that it is good. The probnlem is, is that when I test it, it only plays the first half of the sample. Any ideas?? could be DMA channel I doubt that its DMA channel, as there is only one DMA I can set the 8-bit sound to and get any audio at all. so, lets try it this way... For functions sake, lets pretend that I just brought this sound card home, neve having had one in this machine. What do I need to compile/set in order to get this sound card working propperly? -- Shawn Somers AKA Razer ICQ UIN: 1867109 programmer, renderer, audio fanatic!
Re: [newbie] Internet via Cable Modem
Well, do you get a connection to your ISP? Can you view any website with Netscape. Can you ping any sites and get a return on them? Is your box configured to use the correct IP addresses for your ISP's DNS? What errors do you get - specifically. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Mohammed Bhimji [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 21:56:45 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Internet via Cable Modem HI, Thanks Steve, I will try that out. I have a question now about the internet, Linux and my cable modem. I am not having any luck connecting to the internet via Linux. I've tried some of the suggestions in the list (via the archives) but no luck still. Any ideas?? Thanks! Mohammed __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown Error
At last - someone who posts some diagnostics with their problem! One problem though. It's in Starwriter format. What about us who don't use Starwriter! Can you not post the relevant part of /var/log/messagesin plain text format? DO NOT POST ALL OF /VAR/LOG/MESSAGES! IT'LL BE HUGE AND PEOPLE IN HERE WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ANNOYED! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 23:31:48 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Shutdown Error I am running Mandrake 7.0 and everything works fine until I logout and shutdown. The shutdown appears normal but at the end I get a page full of alpha-numerics. I have to reboot into windows and shutdown from there. I have linux in its own hard drive. I have attached a document with the error message. Thanks for any help linux shutdown error.sdw
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio
I wouldn't know Alan - being a lowly 56.6k owner I'm not going to download the 7.0 ISO to upgrade! I'm stuck here at 6.5 What you say make absolute sense though - we can't compare like with like in here, because chances are, no-one else has the same hardware, software level and setup as anyone else! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 23:57:44 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio Mohammed Steveperhaps Mohammed is using mdk 7's automount feature. If so the terms mount unmount become a bit fuzzy in their meaning. It seems that if you open a KDE window in the mount point directory the cd gets mounted (kinda) and if you close that window it become unmounted (kinda). Just a thought. :-) Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if you've got a CD-ROM mounted there must be a data disk in it. You'll have to unmount the device to eject the disk and put the audio disk in! The bottom line is, don't try to mount audio disks - it won't work. Just pop the disk in, fire up the player software and hit play! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst MOHAMMED BHIMJI [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 15:14:14 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio Hi, Aaaah, that may well be the problem. So I should unmount the CD if I want to play an audio CD?? Thanks for the tip, I will try that out! Thanks, Mohammed At 05:48 AM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote: Are you mounting the audio cd If you are just trying to listen to a standard audio cd you are not supposed to mount it just run your cd player application and push play - Original Message - From: "Mohammed Bhimji" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio Hi, I've managed to get my SB to work under Mandrake, but am not having any luck with my audio CDs. The CD Player plays them, but I do not hear anything. Is this a simple fix? It all works fine under Win98. Any help would be appreciated! Regards, Mohammed __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] /usr or /root?
I'd personally use 2 gb for /usr and 1 gb for /root, if I were partitioning up in this way I'd expect /usr to need more disk-space than /root, after all, /root is just a userid like any other, but with magical powers! :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Lothar Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 13:45:52 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] /usr or /root? Having allocated disk space for the /home slice, I have about three GBs left on the disk on which I aim to install Mandrake. Should I allocate a 2 GB partition for the /root slice and a 1 GB partition for the /usr slice, or should I allocate a 1 GB partition for the /root slice and a 2 GB partition for the /usr slice? What do you think? How much space do the /usr and the /root file systems occupy by default? I aim to install some additional software -- VMware, SO, and some other applications. I assume these will end up in /usr, so I should probably reserve space for them. I am grateful for all help. Ian PS. The other week somebody posted a link to a page with advice on how to get connected to the Internet using Linux. I stupidly clicked on "delete" before I realized that I could really use that kind of information. If somebody could please repost that link I would be very grateful. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] mount/make/windoz-files?
Emilio, You *CAN* write to a VFAT partitoin from within Linux. That's not usually the problem. The major problem normally seem to be that root can write to VFAT partitions, but other "normal" users can't. It's all down to the manner in which you mount your DOS partitions. You need to specify a umask=0 on each partition you want to make writable for everyone. If you want further info then shout up and I'll send you instructions on how to do it. For Russell, wanting to write his error messages and log files to windows partitios, it probably won't be an issue as they'll be written by system tasks running with root permissions anyway. One question I would like to ask is why! Any particular reason why you want them written to a VFAT partition rather than their usual place in /var/log/? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Emilio Correa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 17:39:37 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] mount/make/windoz-files? Emilio Wrote: Hi, I think you can't write on a vfat mounted partition in linux but you can try to do it, in one opportunity I couldn't do it. Good luck Date sent: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:12:57 -0500 From: Russell Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux/mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] mount/make/windoz-files? Can someone tell me how to mount my windoz partition, and make a directory there to use for linux? I would like to direct error messages, and log files to windoz from linux. I know this is a really newbie ?. hda1windoz 98 fat 32 hda 2 linux native hda3linux swap mandrake 6.0 200mmx wd 5.1g hd tia russell Emilio Correa TEL mensajes: 02932-4-21305 o 02932-4-23486 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Favorite references for Redhat/Mandrake
There's a place where all man pages should live, but I can't say what it is - I'm at work and have no access. However, I would suspect that installtions which put man pages anywhere other than in this directory are broken! Try 'man man' which will tell you where these pages should live. You can then perform a 'find' on your box to see if any man pages turn up in location other than the usual place and move them! As a side note, this will be the last post form myself to the list - I'll be unsubscribing very shortly as my contract with IBM is finished now. I get to take a few weeks off, ride my motorbike, cut a little code on my Linux box back home, grapple with the vagaries of Perl and Tcl, attempt to debug coredumps from my kernel modifications, walk my dog and kiss my wife (I think I recall what she looks like!) Anyway, it's been a pleasure to be here - all the best with your respective boxen and may gcc be with you always! :) Night night. Steve Flynn EX-IBM MVS Operations Analyst (now available for parties, Bar Mitzvahs and hen-nights) Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 17:52:56 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Favorite references for Redhat/Mandrake steve wrote: In order of "look here first" man Is there a "path" for man pages? My impression is that some pages get installed where man can't find them. Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Re: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked!
Well, there's a shutdown button on the login panel which will close things down in an orderly manner, and there's the shutdown command. 'man shutdown' for all of the gory details. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Bryan Foster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 25/02/2000 20:44:27 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Here is the dumbest question ever asked! I can call this the dumbest question ever because it is and it's mine. What command do you use to logoff and shutdown the system? I have it set to load X at startup and I can choose logoff, but that just puts me at the X login screen again. I have just been hitting the reset button to reboot, but Linux yells at me the next time I boot it up. Thanks.. this is really the least of my concerns/questions at the moment, but I'll save the other ones for later when I've learned a bit more.
Re: [newbie] Make utility in Linux-Mandrake
Astoundigly, it's called 'make' and can be found with 'man make' or 'which make' or 'find / -name make' or about a trillion other methods! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 12:06:06 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Make utility in Linux-Mandrake Hi, I am scouting for the Linux equivalent of the Unix make utility. Does anyone know where it can be found. Thanks. I am a Mandrake 6.1 User.
Re: [newbie] Running programs
You path variable does not have the current directory in it by default.
That is, it will define you path to include
/usr/bin:/bin:/home/someguy/bin: etc but it does not include './' which is
the current directory.
There are two ways to get around this problem:
Start your program with
'./myprog'
or add ./ to then of the PATH environment variable in your .bash_profile. I
personally use the latter method as I get mightily tired of cd'ing over to
a directory and typing './' in front of everything! You may prefer the
first mehtod - personal taste.
Steve Flynn
IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Elvis Dieguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 26/02/2000 03:03:14
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [newbie] Running programs
I have a problem I cannot figure out. I have compiled a few home made
programs
but I cannot get them to run on Linux. I open up a terminal window in the
directory where the executable is located and I type in the name I get an
error
warning ("Bash: command not found"). However, using KDE, if I click on the
file and tell it to open it in a terminal then the program runs alright.
I've
looked through the documentation but I have not been able to figure out
what I
am doing wrong. I'd appreciate any help.
Thank you
Elvis Dieguez
Re: [newbie] aureal sound help
What error are you getting when you perform the make command? You can capture the output with make ~/makelisting and then browse ~/makelisting to pull it out (or insert it into an email to the list) or you can use the 'script' command to record exactly what is happening - make sure you read 'man script' before using it though. Post the output here and we should be able to see what the problem is (he says, confidently!) :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "John Dipolito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 15:48:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] aureal sound help Yes ..I change to root "su" before I type "make install" .. do i need another module besides "make" installed? sniff sniff - Original Message - From: "Necrotica" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] aureal sound help I didn't have any problems at all installing the driver. Are you running make install as root?? -Necro On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, you wrote: I have been crying for help for a few days now concerning aureal vortex driver install for sound card. I have unzipped the tar file into a new dir and tryed everything . It seems I am missing something with the command line..not sure, After cd to the driver dir I type " make install" and it will not work. Has anyone downloaded the aureal linux driver for the 8830 chip set? if so did ya get it to work? I have installed the "make" files and all seems to be in place. help [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie]
If you can, try 'make xconfig' instead. It's a much nicer interface. As for the preferred-stack-boundy=2 error: This is an unsupported option with the version of gcc suppiled with Mandrake 6.5. Edit /usr/src/linux/Makefile and remove it form the CFLAGS line, and also descend into the scripts directory and edit the Makefile in there to do the same. I certainly had this problem with Mandrake 6.5 and kernel 2.2.13. I must admit that I though it a bit poor to ship a product which won't compile itself without manual intervention! It's not a difficult problem to get around though and it is fairly obvious (if you've used a compiler before!) I've no idea of what caused the clock-skew. Does it happen every time? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Ramu" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 13:42:32 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Sir, We are developing web based application in linux environmet using MySQL server / CGI / PERL / Apache Server. We overcome some errors. You please give us solution for the below doubts. When we start linux we saw errors like 'incorrect kernel version'. If we type the command 'uname -a', it is showing version as 2.2.12. But if we go through RPM package it is showing version as 2.2.13. We went through help files, In that they mentioned How to install the kernel file and build it. For that we used the command 'make config' in the '/usr/src/linux' directory. It gave more information about configuration of Processor type, Math Processor Emulation and etc. For all questions we read the help and choose appropriate answer. Finally it gave an error as 'Clock Skew Detected, Your kernel configuration incomplete'. It is also giving another error 'Invalid option:Prefered stack boundary=2' We are not able to upgrade kernel version. Please give us your solution for above error. regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] ramu.
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio
Well, if you've got a CD-ROM mounted there must be a data disk in it. You'll have to unmount the device to eject the disk and put the audio disk in! The bottom line is, don't try to mount audio disks - it won't work. Just pop the disk in, fire up the player software and hit play! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst MOHAMMED BHIMJI [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/02/2000 15:14:14 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio Hi, Aaaah, that may well be the problem. So I should unmount the CD if I want to play an audio CD?? Thanks for the tip, I will try that out! Thanks, Mohammed At 05:48 AM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote: Are you mounting the audio cd If you are just trying to listen to a standard audio cd you are not supposed to mount it just run your cd player application and push play - Original Message - From: "Mohammed Bhimji" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: [newbie] CD-ROM Audio Hi, I've managed to get my SB to work under Mandrake, but am not having any luck with my audio CDs. The CD Player plays them, but I do not hear anything. Is this a simple fix? It all works fine under Win98. Any help would be appreciated! Regards, Mohammed __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] plotting tools
I'veno experience of Gnuplot, but could you not plot to xpm files and then use GIMP to convert them to GIF. ISTR an update for GnuPlot being flagged in the Mandrake Update program not sure of the version though. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Emanuele La Rosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/02/2000 15:16:17 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] plotting tools I need a program like gnuplot for my thesis. the xgfe GUI front end for gnuplot gives an error "segmentation fault" core dumped. I have the Mandrake 7.0. Gnuplot 3.7.1 doesn't seems to work perfectly especially because for the capability to use the gif files (that is new because gnuplot is a very reliable program) so I put gnuplot 3.7.0. Nevertheless I cannot handle the gif format even if I have put the gif library. Is there anybody who knows about a program that can plot text file data and convert them in a git or tif files?
Re: [newbie] hard disk thrashing and modem problem...
130 meg swap in use and 96 meg RAM in use! You must be running a whole boatload of stuff in there! I'd check in DrakConfig (or whatever it's called - I still use Mandrake 6.5 so I've got LinuxConfig) and see which aemons you fire up at boot time. Chances are that you start loads of httpd tasks and stuff which you don't use. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ryan Drafall [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 25/02/2000 13:10:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie@Linux-Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] hard disk thrashing and modem problem... Hello, After installing Mandrake7.0 perfectly yesterday and running it for the first time, I noticed some (what seemed to be unnecessary) hard disk thrashing. Even when no programs are running, every 3 or 4 seconds I can hear a little thrashing from the hard disk. Is this normal? Also, my modem will still not work. I've set up everything with linuxconf and stuff like that, but I still get "Sorry, Modem is Busy" error. I noticed that when I boot my 'puter to Linux, in the boot up process, it says "BRINGING UP INTERFACE PPP0-[FAILED]". I'm using a PII 300 MHz with 96 mb of RAM (which Linux recognizes totally), 6.4 gig, modem is a CPI ViVa 56LC-SM ISP PnP (non-winmodem, i think). I have disabled "PnP OS installed" option in the BIOS and I'm running a dual-boot win98se/linux machine with LILO as my boot loader. When I check how much of my swap partition (133 Mb) is in use, it says 130 Mb! Whereas, when it says how much RAM is in use, it says I have 2 Mb free out of 96mb!!! Shouldn't Linux be using a lot more swap file and not as much RAM? Thank you very much to any one who can help. Ryan.
Re: [newbie] hard disk thrashing and modem problem...
As a further thought, can you post the output from a 'free' comand in here - these figures look seriously wrong for a single user linux system! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ryan Drafall [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 25/02/2000 13:10:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie@Linux-Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] hard disk thrashing and modem problem... Hello, After installing Mandrake7.0 perfectly yesterday and running it for the first time, I noticed some (what seemed to be unnecessary) hard disk thrashing. Even when no programs are running, every 3 or 4 seconds I can hear a little thrashing from the hard disk. Is this normal? Also, my modem will still not work. I've set up everything with linuxconf and stuff like that, but I still get "Sorry, Modem is Busy" error. I noticed that when I boot my 'puter to Linux, in the boot up process, it says "BRINGING UP INTERFACE PPP0-[FAILED]". I'm using a PII 300 MHz with 96 mb of RAM (which Linux recognizes totally), 6.4 gig, modem is a CPI ViVa 56LC-SM ISP PnP (non-winmodem, i think). I have disabled "PnP OS installed" option in the BIOS and I'm running a dual-boot win98se/linux machine with LILO as my boot loader. When I check how much of my swap partition (133 Mb) is in use, it says 130 Mb! Whereas, when it says how much RAM is in use, it says I have 2 Mb free out of 96mb!!! Shouldn't Linux be using a lot more swap file and not as much RAM? Thank you very much to any one who can help. Ryan.
RE: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash
It could well be - I'd expect ln (the program which creates links) to complain about the syntax though. Have a look in /dev. Hopefully you'll see a subdirectory in there called zip which has the link flag set (it's permissions will be something like lrwxrw-rw-). If you don't create it with ln /dev/sda4 /dev/zip Also make sure you have a /mnt/zip directory also Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Doug Hussey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 20:24:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash Yes I am looking at there directions and they have it as ln /dev/sda4 /dev/zip without the extra space is this where I went wrong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash ln /dev/sda4 /dev /zip The space between /dev and /zip is your typo right? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Doug Hussey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 16:38:51 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash Hi I am new to linux. I have been running mandrake 7.0 for the last couple of weeks and the system has been running great. I decided to try and install my ext iomega (100 meg) zip drive. This is what I did, I logged in as root. I followed the instructions mandrake has on its web page. modprobe ppa mkdir -p /mnt/zip ln /dev/sda4 /dev /zip echo '/dev/zip /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0' \ /etc/fstab Now after doing all of this I set up a desktop icon however in the new file device name I just called it ZipDrive without any extension like .kdelnk I filled in the rest of the boxs under device /dev/zip mount point /mnt/zip filesystem vfat after doing this I put a disk in the zip drive clicked on the desk top and everything worked just fine However the big problem I have is now when I try and reboot the system I get an error message and the system will not boot. I get this: checking root filesystem Fsck.ext2(null): The superblock could not read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesytem(and not swap or ufs or something else) the superblock is corrupt Is a directory while trying to open / failed The system then allows me to log in as root to attempt to fix this problem Can someone help me with this problem or explain what I have done wrong. Thanks once again I am very new to linux. Doug
[newbie] People who get LI at bootup rather than LILO BOOT:
This is almost certainly a problem with hard drive geometry. You should open up your PC and look at the label glued onto it, and make a note of the number of cyliners, heads and sectors. If you want a dual-boot machine, and the windows part already works OK, then you don't need to mess with the BIOS. If this is not the case, have a look at the BIOS, and try setting LBA as the hard disk addressing mode. If this still doesn't work, boot linux from a boot floppy, edit /etc/lilo.conf and add this line append = "hd=cyl,hds,sctrs" where cyl is the number of cylinders, hds is the number of heads and sctrs is the number of sectors printed on your disk. You might find the LILO mini HOWTO and the BOOTDISK HOWTO useful, Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] KFM is all Funked Up
Already posted today, but you may not have seen it Add umask=0 to each entry in your fstab file. Easiest way is to go into linuxconf, select the partition giving trouble. Edit it and find the box marked permissions. Enter zero (0). When you look at your fstab there'll be a umask=0 statement in each partition you've edited. This should now do the trick. As for locking KFM up, whilst you're checking your fstab file, remove the conv=auto line, as Lance suggested Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Adam Stark wrote: Hi, I've been having some problems lately getting read/write permissions for regular users enabled on my DOS partitions. One of you told me that all you have to do is use kfm to navigate to the /mnt directory, look at the properties, and adjust the group permissions to "users".doing this while logged in as root. It didn't work. Now when I try to access that particular partition with kfm the WHOLE system crashes...strange because I thought Linux never did this. The really wierd thing is that ONLY kfm behaves this way. For example, at the command prompt I have no problem accessing it, nor is there a problem with KDE Explorer, or the Disk Navigator. To make a long story short, I tried changing all kinds of permissions in linuxconf -- I even tried renaming the mount points -- in order to correct this problem. I can still access my other DOS partition via any means, it's only the one I fanangled with that's giving me problems. Please help! Adam
Re: [newbie] Linux won't recognize my 96 Mb of RAM...
Ahhh - the thrashing will be down to the fact you are running with Linux under Windows. I can't be of much help here, as I don't use it myself, but I suspect there will be a command you can add to whatever program you use to start your system to define how much memory you have. Linux, by default, only recognises 64 meg. To get it to recognise more, you need to tell it how much you have. Check out the documentation for whatever program you use to start the Linux kernel Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ryan Drafall [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 00:59:27 UhhhI don't have a lilo.conf anywhere on my system. I'm using Lnx4win if that makes a difference. Also, there's way too much HD thrashing...even for opening some small-ass text editor it thrashes like crazy and takes like 15 sec. for it to load. My system is a PII 300, 96 Mb of RAM, 6.4 Gb HD, blah blah blah...if you need any more information, please ask. Thanks for your help. Ryan.
Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests.
One answer which should kill /most/ of the unsub requests is a procmail filter at the server which catches requests with unsubscribe in the title, zaps the posting and sends back instructions (or even sends the correct unsubscribe request to sympa). Obviously, it won't kill ALL requests but it should cut the number down with no human intervention. If all the "I want to be here" users agree to not use the "unsubscribe" word in their posts., then we could extend the filter to catch that word /anywhere/ in the message. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst James Mellema [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 06:34:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests. Jeanette Russo wrote: This has been suggested many times but MandrakeSoft has not taken action to incorporate this feature. Jeanette snip I belong to a couple of other lists that use the 'unsubscribe' appended to the end of each message and still have people trying to unsubscribe incorrectly. I think it all boils down to the concept that ignorant is repairable and stupid is for life. The person who finds the answer to this seemingly insurmountable problem will be doing a great service to humanity. -- James Mellema, CRNA MA --- Linux User # 71650 ICQ # 19685870
Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????
XConfigurator Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Samir Desai" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 14:12:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ? during the Install process I selected the appropriate video card monitor, tested the resolution + color depth applied the settings. Although, now I would like to change the resolution of my desktop without going through the earlier process. Is there a tool/utility that allows me to do this on the fly? Thank you. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS
I was also thinking about "Yet Another Mailing List", where people could post nicely formated "questions answers" found in the lists. This would help me a big deal to maintain such weekly/monthly posting (othervise I have to edit everything myself), and it COULD diminish the frequency of some WFAQ-s in the list. We could call such questions "RAQ" or "RFAQ" (R for Recent). (I NEED FEEDBACK ON THIS!) Sounds like a reasonable idea. What format were you considering for the formatting of the questions? HTML or something which could be piped through nroff and the likes plain text might be the most easily accessible. DOCBOOK perhaps? Either way, whatever formatting you decide on, someone is going to have to write a template for it, which people will hav to use, and most importantly, people are going to have to contribute towards it! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Denis Havlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 15:47:06 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jackal [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Jean-loup Gailly [EMAIL PROTECTED], "\"newbie\" list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS :-This mail is sent out to the list every other day. You can use a filter to :-filter off this mail. Hi, Jackal The idea is generally not bad, since the situation has gone out of hand a bit, but i think every 2-nd day is too much. Also, it would not be really good if everyone would start running cron-jobs that post to the list, would it? (I am really not a friend of authomated repetitive e-mails.) Yes, I am also tired of "unsubscribe" messages, but There Are Better Ways To Do It (tm?). FOR DISCUSSION I am thinking of to posting a monthly (or weekly?) "recent frequently asked questions with answers" to "newbies" and "experts" list (two different letters, though), and this will certainly be a part of the letter (for newbies), so I think there is no real need for you to do it. I was also thinking about "Yet Another Mailing List", where people could post nicely formated "questions answers" found in the lists. This would help me a big deal to maintain such weekly/monthly posting (othervise I have to edit everything myself), and it COULD diminish the frequency of some WFAQ-s in the list. We could call such questions "RAQ" or "RFAQ" (R for Recent). (I NEED FEEDBACK ON THIS!) /FOR DISCUSSION If nothing else works out, there are still better ways to make this kind of info more visible: For instance, you could paste it into your ".signature", or I could ask the list maintainer to post the http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 address with every e-mail, or even to do a filtering of e-mails which contain "UNSUBSCRIBE"... cu Denis
Re: [newbie] newest version of mandrake or redhat...
I think winmodem supportis due sometime in 2.3.40+ kernels. I may be wrong - something is ringing a bell in the back of my head *.tar.gz is a gzipped tape archive. Basically, just like a zip, arj, rar, lha, lzh, etc. file in Windows or other OS's First thing is to unpack them to somewhere. I always 'gunzip' the gz file and then 'tar -xvf' the resulting tar file but you can pipe the commands together the tell tar to do the unzipping for you. It depends upno your habits. Next thing - READ THE README FILE. This will virtually ALWAYS tell you how to build and install the package. I'd strongly suggest looking at the manual for 'make' and spending some time reading about 'makefile's. Once you know what the makefile is trying to do, you can then pretty much work out what you need to do to install the thing! I ALWAYS perform a make -n target to see exactly what the make file will do - the -n switch tells make to not actually issue any commands, but to echo what it WOULD have issued to the screen. That way you can see where files are going to be copied to before they actually get copied there for real! The most important thing though, is to ALWAYS READ THE DOCUMENTION OR README. 99% of the time, it'll always tell you what you should do. How many times have you ran an install-shield package in windows and not had a clue aobut what was being placed where and why! With Linux, you get the decision of where files will go, who can use them, etc, and if you have the source code, you can see what they are going to do when you run them! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "toie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 21:42:21 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] newest version of mandrake or redhat... can anyone tell me what version of either of these is going to support winmodems and usb ethernet cards...? thanks... also can anyone give me a really general explination of the whole .tar.gz files...and the make this and make install that...i want to use some patches for things but i need to know more about the make this and that thing...thanks toie
Re: [newbie] cd-rom won't play music cd
Don't mount music disks! You can't mount them as they have no filesystem on them! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "BrianGreen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 22:33:39 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] cd-rom won't play music cd Hi to all, In Mandrake 6 on a triple boot system, I can't get my cd to recognize music cd. It comes up with an error when I try to mount it in X. It has no problem with data, even DOS data, avi, or midi. My SB16 is set up automaticlly, and all other sounds, such as system sounds work fine. Any help would be gladly accepted. Thanks in advance, Brian
Re: [newbie] Modem problem
Check for IRQ and DMA conflicts. Resolve them. You should find you modem works OK then (You might want to boot into windows and look at the modem properties in there - write down the DMA and IRQ settings and use them in Linux...) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "FREMAIN ANDUJAR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 03:31:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Modem problem I think i gor a problm with my modem i conect to internet , and surf but i have to move the mouse, recieve data in the modem is this whack or what ok my modem a Cirus CL-MD5650 is ISA 56K if there anyone who can help From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!! Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:49:32 + It displays al of the start-up messages which you see when Linux fires up. Try: dmesg ~/stuff Not have a look at ~/stuff. You'll see exactly what happens at start-up time. Another file to browse on a regular basis is /var/log/messages Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "toie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 08:42:58 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!! what does dmesg do for you??? im having a hay day with my modem... pulling my hair out.. toie -Original Message- From: maxtorator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!! To all who replied: I must send a big THANK YOU to all that recently replied to my modem woes. I had to finally just go over to my friends house and try the tips that you all sent me. I found that "dmesg" is a very useful command. We used that to see if he was getting errors and found that the modem was not set up properly from just seeing that log. It was a very simple "fix" to get it working. But arent all of the problems simple. It seems that we ourselves tend to complicate things more than they really are. Microsoft has, in a sense, damaged all of our minds. But mine is making progress with leaps and bounds since I have seen the light in Linux. Maxtor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maxtors.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] SMB problems
Check for error messages in /var/log/messages. Anything there? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Tom Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 16:35:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux List (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] SMB problems I have installed SMB and it works fine except one minor thing. When I boot the box the link light goes out after a few seconds. I have not been able to narrow it down to what kernel is loading at the time when it goes out but I think it about the same time my ET0 loads. Any Ideas running 6.0 Red Hat Tom
Re: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash
ln /dev/sda4 /dev /zip The space between /dev and /zip is your typo right? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Doug Hussey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 16:38:51 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash Hi I am new to linux. I have been running mandrake 7.0 for the last couple of weeks and the system has been running great. I decided to try and install my ext iomega (100 meg) zip drive. This is what I did, I logged in as root. I followed the instructions mandrake has on its web page. modprobe ppa mkdir -p /mnt/zip ln /dev/sda4 /dev /zip echo '/dev/zip /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0' \ /etc/fstab Now after doing all of this I set up a desktop icon however in the new file device name I just called it ZipDrive without any extension like .kdelnk I filled in the rest of the boxs under device /dev/zip mount point /mnt/zip filesystem vfat after doing this I put a disk in the zip drive clicked on the desk top and everything worked just fine However the big problem I have is now when I try and reboot the system I get an error message and the system will not boot. I get this: checking root filesystem Fsck.ext2(null): The superblock could not read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesytem(and not swap or ufs or something else) the superblock is corrupt Is a directory while trying to open / failed The system then allows me to log in as root to attempt to fix this problem Can someone help me with this problem or explain what I have done wrong. Thanks once again I am very new to linux. Doug
Re: [newbie] Chopped X
If you use KDE, you have Kedit. Standard editors include Emacs and vi (as you say), but there's also vim and jed to try out. Quick blast through vi commands: Quit :q! Save :w Insert mode:just hit 'i' Delete line:d Delete the next 10 lines: 10d BTW, the colon introduces a commd. You have to type it. For example, you've finished inserting some text. Hit ESC to go back into command mode and then hit colong followed by w. The file will be saved. As for help, there's always the man pages.] vi is really good, once you know how to use it! It's like a chicken and egg thing. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 16:31:23 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ken Schrock [EMAIL PROTECTED], newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Chopped X I just installed Mandrake 6.5 on a second machine (looking forward to seeing how it does on a Netware LAN), but the X display is chopped up into somewhat large blocks. I found my monitor in the displayed list. I told it my card has 2 meg RAM (I'm pretty sure that's right), and I told it to display at 800x600 and 16 bits, since that's what I use in Win 98. Do you have suggestion? Should I change something in XF86Config? BTW, I was disappointed not to find joe, the only console editor I know how to use. What do you suggest for QD editing of config files? If you say something like vi, please tell me how to display the Help (it does have Help, doesn't it?) or how to save and exit. Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
RE: [newbie] updating mdk 7 - blue sc
Sounds like a specific problem in upgrading from 6.0 to 7.0, especially seeing as the hang always occurs at the same place in the install. As for not losing any data. if you can boot the system as it is, you can always move any of your files over to one of the other partitions, or even back over onto a Windows partition if you still have any. This is one of the reasons why I have a seperate partition for /home. I can re-install the OS as often as I like and it's fairly trivial to reconfigure stuff. I'm afraid that a full re-install will tash anything you have under your / partition. Anyone else in here performed an upgrade to 7.0 rather than a full install. Denis (or anyone from Mandrake) - have you had any reports of the upgrade process hanging like this - I would have thought tha the installation merely copies files over the top of existing stuff, or does it do hardware detection on an upgrade as it does on a full install? I can't see why installing a particular library would cause this kind of problem though - If you can boot the system, bring it up in single user mode (rather than entering linux or whatever at the LILO BOOT: prompt, enter 'linux 1' When you get to the console prompt, try running fsck on all of your partitions to make sure they are all free from errors. You could also try uninstalling the GNU C libraries with rpm and then re-attempting the installation I suspect you have something screwed on your drive - bad blocks. Are you overclocking your machine? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst BARDIAUX Laurent SICoR [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 17:00:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IPM Return requested) (Receipt notification requested) cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] updating mdk 7 - blue sc When the system hand, there is no more activity (cannot switch to another console or ctrl-alt-sup to shutdown). It append always at the same position. For the last question, how can i do if i dont want to lose data. (i have 2Go for /, /usr and /usr/local on distinct partition) ps : sorry for my bad english. -Message d'origine- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: mardi 22 février 2000 17:50 À: newbie Objet: Re: [newbie] updating mdk 7 - blue sc Any error messages or just a straight "nothing is happening - no activity" type of hang? Always at the same position in the install? Is it possible to install 7.0 directly over 6, rather than try to update the installation? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst BARDIAUX Laurent SICoR [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 14:49:32 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IPM Return requested) (Receipt notification requested) cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] updating mdk 7 - blue screen of death When updating my old 6.0 to 7.0, the system hang when trying to install gnu C library. Any idea ?
Re: [newbie] suggestion
Ummm - you subscribed to this list didn't you? You want to learn how to use and administer your Linux box don't you? Well, so did everony else in here. The questions you see are problems being encountered by all the people in here, and occasinally, you get a success story and a solution for that particular problem. We aren't asking you and questions but if you see anything you can answer, feel free to reply and tell us all how you solved it! If the amount of mail is overwhelming you, unsubscribe. Why DID you subscribe to this list? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 18:17:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] suggestion Newbie, I feel like I'm being spammed. Every time I sign on I have tons of Linux messages that ask me questions I don't understand. I am not a Linux expert, so I wish they would knock it off. robseroquel
Re: [newbie] Samba
The samba HOWTO should be located in your /usr/doc/HOWTO directory. It's called SMB-HOWTO. Try this find / -name SMB-HOWTO It'll tell you were it's located. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "sdos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 21:52:00 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Samba Hello, can anyone suggest a good book or web page for ground up samba setup Thanx Ernie
Re: [newbie] How do I upgrade the kernel?
I've not had a chance to mess about with Linux since Sunday - friend brought a sick laptop over last night and it took the best part of 3 hours to get it singing again... :( Fear not - as soon as I've got a full walkthrough for setting up the fat partitions, I'll write it up and post it on here and up on the web somewhere. You'll probably be better off with getting the source for the kernel - at least then you can tune it to your machine - switch SMP on, turn Appletalk support off, etc. etc. Grab the binaries and I'll talk you through a full compile and install Which version of the kernel did you get by the way Be warned that the 2.3.* binaries are still in development and may be unstable - when you're learning you might find youself spending 3 days trying to fix a config problem only to find the kernel is broken and you'll NEVER get it to work without getting you compiler out! :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Adam Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 23:45:24 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I upgrade the kernel? On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, you wrote: Adam, Did you download the source code for the latest kernel or the compiled kernel itself? I downloaded the binaries in rpm format from the mandrake 6.1 upgrade directory. BTW, have you figured out how to enable r/w access to FAT partitions yet? Nothing I've done has worked for me. You'd think that this wouldn't be so difficult, eh? :) Adam
RE: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!!
It displays al of the start-up messages which you see when Linux fires up. Try: dmesg ~/stuff Not have a look at ~/stuff. You'll see exactly what happens at start-up time. Another file to browse on a regular basis is /var/log/messages Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "toie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 08:42:58 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!! what does dmesg do for you??? im having a hay day with my modem... pulling my hair out.. toie -Original Message- From: maxtorator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!! To all who replied: I must send a big THANK YOU to all that recently replied to my modem woes. I had to finally just go over to my friends house and try the tips that you all sent me. I found that "dmesg" is a very useful command. We used that to see if he was getting errors and found that the modem was not set up properly from just seeing that log. It was a very simple "fix" to get it working. But arent all of the problems simple. It seems that we ourselves tend to complicate things more than they really are. Microsoft has, in a sense, damaged all of our minds. But mine is making progress with leaps and bounds since I have seen the light in Linux. Maxtor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maxtors.com
[newbie] ATTN: CHRIS STORY - How do I get off this damn list???
When you subscribed you received an email which tells you exaclty how to get off the list. The instructions have also ben posted onto this list several times every days for the last week or so. You obviously don't bother to read. Now, how did you get onto this list? Via a web page perhaps. Visit the same web-page and you can unsubcribe. An idiot could do it. Even you. If you are incapable of using a web browser then you can do the following: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Show respect to the other people in here - do a little background research and you'll often find the answers yourself. A simple 'Find' through your email message base for the word "unsubscribe" would pull out the instructions above several times. You needn't have bothered us in here with your whining..... Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Chris Story" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 11:52:42 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] How do I get off this damn list???
Re: [newbie] screenflash
Reboot into single user mode and use Xconfigurator to set up your X settings. You can get into single user mode by starting up with 'linux 1' at the LILO BOOT: prompt. The other option is 'linux 3' which will not attempt to start X up. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "C. Sweeney" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 12:20:28 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] screenflash Hello, have just installed Mandrake 6.1, and need help with a flashing screen. The X program is automatic, but there is only text on screen immediately following the login page with Penguin graphic. The page continually flashes, seems the monitor/video settings are wrong, so need to reconfigure. This is not possible as the screen is not stable, continually going on and off, so need to make the screen stable again to reconfigure. Is there any solution that does not involve reinstall? Is there any solution? HELP! Hello, have just installed Mandrake 6.1, and need help with a flashing screen. The X program is automatic, but there is only text on screen immediately following the login page with Penguin graphic. The page continually flashes, seems the monitor/video settings are wrong, so need to reconfigure. This is not possible as the screen is not stable, continually going on and off, so need to make the screen stable again to reconfigure. Is there any solution that does not involve reinstall? Is there any solution? HELP!
Re: [newbie] Can Separate Partitions Interfere?
Do you mount any of the other partitions under any of the installations. For example, do you mount your debian / when you fire up Mandrake? If so, then this would indeed cause you no end of grief. What could be happening is that your System.map compiled for debian kernel (say 2.2.6) is being used with your mandrake kernel (which might be 2.2.13). The System.map and the kernel versions have to match. Ensure that NO OTHER partitions containing other installations are visible to any other installations. It's like trying to run Windows with two different registries at the same time! All sorts of things are going to conflict! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 15:38:23 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Users [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Can Separate Partitions Interfere? That may not be the best way to phrase the Subject, but my problems with ppp with both Debian and Mandrake suggest this possibility to me. On my system I have three Linux installations: Corel, Debian, and Mandrake. The latter two will not connect me to the Internet, and the basic complaint is that ppp support is not included in the kernel. I did not say "no" to anything that looked like it might something to do with this, and in fact, with my latest Mandrake install, I took the Install Everything option. So is it possible that these Linuxes are interfering with each other in some way? The boot process certainly looks like the three are independent, and the X interface is unique to each. However, I do see in the Mandrake boot (dmesg stuff) repeated errors that say /boot/System.map has incorrect kernel version." -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to be with Linux...
Re: [newbie] re ussucribe me please!
WTF does ussucribe mean? Unsubscribe? OH! You want us to all get together, come around to your house, type an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe newbie" and post it for you When you joined the list you got an email pretty much asying the following: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Now, why can't you follow this insruction yourself. Also, why have /you/ type "re" in the subject! Congratulations - todays prize for worst formed "unsubcribe" request! Begone. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Nicholas Simoglou [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 13:14:11 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] re ussucribe me please! __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Linux won't recognize my 96 Mb of RAM...
Two options When you boot linux, do so like this: LILO BOOT: linux mem=96M or edit your /etc/lilo.conf flie to include a line which says: append="mem=96M" and re-run /sbin/lilo. You will have to be loggedin as root to do this. (We really do need an FAQ in here don't we!) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ryan Drafall [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/02/2000 13:17:37 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie@Linux-Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Linux won't recognize my 96 Mb of RAM... Hello fellow Linux buddies, Everything went great with the install..however, it only recognizes that I have 64 Mb of RAM, when indeed, I really have 96 Mb of RAM. How do I get Linux to recognize the other 32Mb? Your response is greatly appreciated..Thanks. Ryan.
Re: [newbie] How do I upgrade the kernel?
Adam, Did you download the source code for the latest kernel or the compiled kernel itself? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Adam Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 03:26:58 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] How do I upgrade the kernel? I downloaded the latest kernel but when I tried to install it with kpackage, all hell broke loose. It wouldn't mount my FAT partitions, saying something about a wrong whatever, and my sound stopped working as well. Basically anything the kernel referred to as a module couldn't be found. So reinstalled the old kernel and now everything works. Still, I'd like to upgrade for the sake of upgrading so any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Adam
Re: [newbie] modem will not work
Does the modem share any IRQ's with other devices? Is it PnP? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst maxtorator [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 11:52:23 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] modem will not work To all: I know that you are gonna look at the subject and say "oh noanother modem problem" Well, I have read the docs, the man pages and searched various sites on the internet for help. Usually I can figure it out myself by doing enough reading (I am a newbie) but I must now be at your mercy. Here's the situtation: I myself am having no problems with my modem, I have cable access, but my friend, who just installed Mandrake 7 ( I told him how great Mandrake is, so now we have another newbie among us)has a US Robotics 33.6 internal modem. It is NOT a winmodem. When he tries to query his modem through kppp he gets "modem busy". His modem is not listed in DrakConf hardware. I have told him to read all of the man pages and docs that he could find on his box. I have also tried helping him (via phone support, but its like a blind leading a blind) with no avail. Is there some kind of step-by-step that I could direct him to, so he could get his modem to work? All help would be greatly appreciated. Maxtor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maxtors.com
Re: [newbie] Thank you, Corel, for PPP
Which version of Mandrake Linux did you install? I know 6.5 installs both a normal Kernel, an SMP kernel and a Frame-buffer kernel on my system and /all/ of them come with ppp support installed into the kernels. Then again, it's a reasonably trivial matter of recompiling the kernel with ppp support to get what you want - that's the power of Linux! No need for IRda but need ISDN, easy - recompile the kernel with thos options set the way you want it! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst GECOS [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 15:12:37 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Thank you, Corel, for PPP The meaning of the Subject is that, of three different distributions of Linux on my system, only Corel Linux gets me to the Internet. My pleasure with CL's ease of install, but my frustration with its nonstandard configuration, led me to buy McCarty's Learning Debian book. It came with a Debian CD, so I installed it. I have a PPP-sudden-death syndrome with it that Debian gurus have not yet been able to cure. A friend sent me a Mandrake CD to try, and the install was very easy. But when I ran kppp, it said that the kernel did not include PPP support! I am =positive= that I never told the install anything that would lead it to think I didn't want to use dialup. So thank you, Corel, for proving that there's nothing basically wrong with my system that prevents Debian and Mandrake from giving me access to the Internet. That gives me hope that some day I may have dialup from all of my distros. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to be with Linux...
Re: [newbie] Slow Hard drive
Define "long time"! :) Have a look at the 'hdparam' command. It'll allow you to change specific parameters for your drives but it'll also allow you to test the seek time, latency and transfer rates. Compare them with a UDMA/33 drive (I'll post mine if you like) and again with a non-UDMA drives and see if the difference is appreciable. Remeber, UDMA/66 will only give you something like a 20% increase - not the 100% it implies. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Sean Geoghegan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 13:50:13 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Slow Hard drive Hi I have Mandrake 7.0 on an Athlon 500 with 128MB and a 13GB UDMA 66 Quantum Harddrive. My hard drive takes a long time to access things in Linux is it possible that UDMA is not enabled? How can I check this and enable it. Does the Kernal that comes with MD7 support this. Hi I have Mandrake 7.0 on an Athlon 500 with 128MB and a 13GB UDMA 66 Quantum Harddrive. My hard drive takes a long time to access things in Linux is it possible that UDMA is not enabled? How can I check this and enable it. Does the Kernal that comes with MD7 support this.
RE: [newbie] Load lilo with rescue disks
This may help: From the KERNEL-HOWTO. The directory paths are not exactly the same as Mandrake installations, so you may need to mess about a little. Also, sounds like you already have a boot disk so you can skip all of that. If you can't get things fired up from this, then post the exact error messages you get when you try to run /sbin/lilo. Ooops! The best thing you can do here is to boot off of a floppy disk or CDROM and prepare another bootable floppy (such as `make zdisk' would do). You need to know where your root (/) filesystem is and what type it is (e.g. second extended, minix). In the example below, you also need to know what filesystem your /usr/src/linux source tree is on, its type, and where it is normally mounted. In the following example, / is /dev/hda1, and the filesystem which holds /usr/src/linux is /dev/hda3, normally mounted at /usr. Both are second extended filesystems. The working kernel image in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot is called bzImage. The idea is that if there is a functioning bzImage, it is possible to use that for the new floppy. Another alternative, which may or may not work better (it depends on the particular method in which you messed up your system) is discussed after the example. First, boot from a boot/root disk combo or rescue disk, and mount the filesystem which contains the working kernel image: mkdir /mnt mount -t ext2 /dev/hda3 /mnt If mkdir tells you that the directory already exists, just ignore it. Now, cd to the place where the working kernel image was. Note that /mnt + /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot - /usr = /mnt/src/linux/arch/i386/boot Place a formatted disk in drive ``A:'' (not your boot or root disk!), dump the image to the disk, and configure it for your root filesystem: cd /mnt/src/linux/arch/i386/boot dd if=bzImage of=/dev/fd0 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda1 cd to / and unmount the normal /usr filesystem: cd / umount /mnt You should now be able to reboot your system as normal from this floppy. Don't forget to run lilo (or whatever it was that you did wrong) after the reboot! As mentioned above, there is another common alternative. If you happened to have a working kernel image in / (/vmlinuz for example), you can use that for a boot disk. Supposing all of the above conditions, and that my kernel image is /vmlinuz, just make these alterations to the example above: change /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda1 (the / filesystem), /mnt/src/linux to /mnt, and if=bzImage to if=vmlinuz. The note explaining how to derive /mnt/src/linux may be ignored. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Antoniou, Stylianos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 14:43:09 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Load lilo with rescue disks I have changed my Windows partitions. So I cannot boot in Linux now ( I have a dual boot machine). Trying to load the boot disks I messed up lilo. So I need to changed fstab with vi and to reistall lilo. Stelios Antoniou -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 February 2000 13:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Load lilo with rescue disks Why not? What errors do you get when you run lilo again? I've never actualy seen my current installation panic - what did you do to cause the catastrophic failure? Unix is pretty good at protecting itself from unexecpected events - to cause a panic something fairly nasty must have happened..... Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Antoniou, Stylianos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 12:23:14 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Load lilo with rescue disks Hi there, I caused a kernel panic, I booted with the rescue disks and I want to run lilo. Unfortunately, I cannot run it by simply typing /sbin/lilo. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Stelios Antoniou
Re: [newbie] subscribe/unsubscribe
To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 18/02/2000 02:09:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] subscribe/unsubscribe Good idea - I need the unsubscribe email and instructions please. Who on earth has time to read this much e-mail?!
Re: [newbie] System.map
When you recompiled the kernel, a new System.map was built also. You'll probably find it in /usr/src/Linux/arch.i386/boot or similar (I don't recall exactly) This file should be copied into /boot and the symbolic link /boot/System.map pointed to it. The symbolic link points to your 2.2.13 map at the moment. Delete it and link it to the new System.map rm System.map ln -s System.map System.map.2.2.14 (or whatever name you used when you copied the new System.map into /boot) Reboot. Tada! :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Michael C" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 20/02/2000 21:21:37 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] System.map Hi, I have just succesfully downloaded, configured and compiled the linux kernel 2.2.14. I was originally using 2.2.13 that I got off the CD. I have moved the new kernel image into the /boot directory within its own subdirectory and updated the /etc/lilo.conf file. On booting up the computer I get the following warning: /boot/System.map has an incorrect kernel version. Linux boots up o.k. except with this message being displayed a number of times. Can any one tell me why this is happening and how I resolve the problem ? Thank you in advance, Michael
Re: [newbie] Defragging
I can't remember how it's performed precisely, but I seem to recall it being discussed many years ago when I was having a brilliant time trying to install Slakware. Basically, NEVER EVER defrag a mounted system! I'll go and try to dig up some of my notes for the period Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 18/02/2000 22:04:57 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie " [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Defragging Is there any regular maintaince that needs to be done to a linux box like in Windows with defrag, scandisk, etc? I know that defragging in Windows can speed up a system quite a bit, and I had never heard of anything like defragging in Linux, which is why I was wondering if you even have to do it. And if so, how exactly would you do it? -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Press any key to continue and any other key to quit
Re: [newbie] Hi, everyone
I don't know whether an FAQ exists already? I'm quite prepared to start making one if no-one else wants to. I don't know if there's really a need for one, as virtually all of the answers can be found in HOW-TO's (although possible not that easy to locate which one exactly!) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Oliver Immich [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 18/02/2000 21:50:44 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Hi, everyone Hello, I am new to the list as a subscriber and very impressed by the traffic here. Therefor I wonder whether the postings could be reduced to really new questions (a number of them are asked again and again) by giving everybody the opportunity to query the archives for keywords, since FreeBSD.org is running such a thing and it helped me a lot! As a nice side-effect, the time between encountering a prob and gaining knowledge to solve it is reduced very much. Cheers, Oliver Am Fre, 18 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie: HI! I am a new "Mandrake" member, and for the moment I am trying to make sure everyone gets a semi-decent answers to his questions. That is, I answer the question if noone else does. .-) Of coarse, I am extremly lazy person, and prefere it if you do it ;- Nay. But it is a HUGE amount of e-mails and I cannot answer them all. However, If anyone notices that he (or someone else) did not get an answer in 2-3 days, and I have been posting other e-mails in this time, it probably means that I have overloked it, so please remind me. cu later Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- February 17-th 2000: The Linux Demo Y2k Day!!! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.steadyproc.myokay.net
RE: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt
DOH! I think I've replied to a list mesasge and sent it to you by accident or something! I need a lie down! :) Someone, I forget who, pointed out that mounting DOS partitions with the user keyword in fstab should allow ANY userid on the box to write to them, I was exclaiming that it sounds just about right to solve my problem of being able to save files to my DOS partitions as root, but not as my normal non-privelleged userid. Maybe you might nied to do something similar when you mount your burner - after all, I guess you can burn to it as root, but not as "normal" user. I do recall someone who sounded knowledable (Denis?) on Friday saying burning should always be done by root anyway, to ensure underruns don't occur (or something!). However, at the moment, I can mount DOS partitions but only root can write to them. You can mount your burner but only root can write to it yeah? If I can get this DOS partition mount to work for all users, it'll probably be adaptable to your burner question. Am I making any sense? :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/02/2000 13:55:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt Hi Steve! Pardon my ignorance, but give what a shot? My interest is because whilst I have our burner working correctly under linux as root I have so far been unable to burn as a normal user and perhaps I may get an inkling as to what to do from your "bingo" :-) Cheers4Now... Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mon 21 February 2000 14:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt Bingo! I'll give this a shot tonight. Can someone point me to information in the man pages about this - I have beenthrough everything I can think of and readas much as I could, but I guess I must have missed it. How did you guys figure this out? (You're going to say "We clicked 'HELP'in LinuxConf" aren't you!) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Fwd: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work
Fernando, I understand you are frustrated and anxious to get your soundcard working. However, if you'd bothered to read the replies to your persistant posting you'll discover someone has already answered your question and advised you to attempt to run 'sndconfig' as root. Persistant posting of the same message, over and over and over and over and over and over (get the idea yet) and over and over and over and over (understand?) and over and over again, will not elicit a friendly response. Do we understand each other? cc:d directly to the gentleman to make sure he gets the message. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/02/2000 03:13:28 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Fwd: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work -- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: Fwd: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:28:37 -0600 From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat /proc/asound/sndstat it say: Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: ForteMedia FM801 at 0xe400, irq 12 Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: 0: MPU-401 (UART) Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG if any know how to enabled de FM801 soundcard, please sendme a mail Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --- ---
Re: [newbie] Kudos for Mandrake 7.0
astonishing new DrakConf, the all-graphical Drake Configuration tool, which handles every major (and many minor) configurations graphically and with outstanding functionality and sense of beautity and grace. My (blue) hat is off to Mandrake 7.0! So, you're saying it look nice! :) You post got me thinking - back in the good old days of Amiga's several collections of themed icons cropped up, the most notable being "Magic Workbench". Essentially, it was a pre-defined palette of 16 colours or so, and one guy drew a bucket load of icons all in the same style. By using this specific palette you could pretty much be assured that the icons would blend in with the desktop and look about a million times better than the default icons. Another package was called "NewIcons" and essentially was the same thing, but with a different palette. MWB as it was known used a mainly grey palette with some subtle oranges, NewIcons was a lot more brightly coloured. All in all, it transformed the look of the desktop just by making things "harmonious". Now, do we have anything like this for Linux? A collection of "themed" icons to go with particular desk-top themes? I know there's themes.org but is there anywhere for really cool icons? Anyone got any good stuff they've done themselves? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Installation after new processor installation
Love to help - but we'll need more informaton than that! Why won't it boot? What messages do you get? Do you want to perform a re-install? What are you using to delete the Linux partition? Any error messages or codes spewed out? Does LILO still work? Have you reinstalled your MBR? Info please! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Carl Kehley [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 20/02/2000 00:49:56 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Installation after new processor installation Installed Mandrake 7.0 on system with Celeron 350, recently upgraded to PIII 500. Now, I cannot boot Mandrake, cannot reinstall, cannot even delete Linux partition. Need help please.
Re: [newbie] bug with mandrake 7.0 install -- lilo.conf
Want to post your /etc/lilo.conf file in here? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "matt shobe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 20/02/2000 22:42:13 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] bug with mandrake 7.0 install -- lilo.conf when installing using the new ISO image, everything worked perfectly until the LILO bootloader config an install step. the dang thing wouldn't install itself onto my mbr and the installer reported a "syntax error" on line 6 of lilo.conf. I wanted it to set up windoze as my default boot partition, so maybe it was taking that personally. i ended up canceling out of this step of the installer, which otherwise finished successfully. Now, I just have to use a boot floppy to get into linux on my system. any ideas how to avoid this syntax error in lilo.conf, or what might be causing it? i'd like to use lilo on my MBR for easiest dual booting and whatnot. Matt Shobe - of the http://www.spyonit.com posse
Re: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt
I've been using LinuxConfto set my fstab file up. It all mounts, without problems. Even got the CD-burner to mount after working out it was sr0. Trouble is, only root has write permissions to everything. 'steve' only has read permissions to the vfat mounted partitons. I think I can get around this buy mounting them with uid=500 and gid=500 in the mount options in fstab. Hwever, suppose this was a "real" system, with say 10 other group-id's. Only people in group 500 (my group) would then have write access - yes? What about the guys in group 501 or 765? There must be another way to permit all users, irrespective of group or user id to write to these partitons, but I'll be buggered if I can find it! Of course, I'm back at work now, so I can't just have a look! :( Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Denis Havlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 17:23:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt :~Someone else on the list is attempting to dothe same thing as myself. :~ :~Basically, root has the ability to write files back to my DOS partitions, :~whereas 'steve', my normal user does not. This is a mount option for fat/vfat. You have to change it in /etc/fstab. HINT: linuxconf is convenient for this task cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo- February 17-th 2000: The Linux Demo Y2k Day!!!
Re: [newbie] Why can't non-root user save to DOS partion?
A - Dennis - ignore the email I just posted - I'm obviously mssing something out here - I'll check tonight and whinge if I still can't work it out. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Dan Ros [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 18:03:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Why can't non-root user save to DOS partion? Is there something special about mounted DOS partitions that I need to know about as far as permissions are concerned? I'm being forced to work as root because otherwise I have no ability to write to DOS partitions. There must be a way around this!? Please help. I think it is because it is a FAT partition, permissions do not work. Instead , you have to edit /etc/fstab and specify the general permissions. Don't knowt the details, try man mount for info. -- http://www.uplink.freeuk.com - ICQ: 15212336 No witty comment or quote required.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake failing to recognize all my RAM
Did you run /sbin/lilo again (as root after making the changes)? If not, you'd get this symptom. LILO doesn't read this config file when it at boot-time. I can't, the config file is on a partition it can't see yet (Linux hasn't started at this point). What happens is you rerun /sbin/lilo and the config file is read - the options, like your append line, get written to the mbr where lilo CAN read them (the technical details are probably different but this is the gist of it!) Therefore, you make you changes to the config file, run /sbin/lilo and then try booting Linux back-up. You should find all 256 meg is now available. BTW, you can also just enter LILO BOOT: linux mem=256M insetad of just LILO BOOT: linux when you are firing up Trust me - this WILL work! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Bob McCouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 08:52:33 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Mandrake failing to recognize all my RAM Hi all, New to the list. Saw an archive about the same problem I'm having. I have 256MB of RAM and mdk insists that I only have 65. I tried the append="mem=256M" addition to lilo.conf with no results. Anyone else have any other insight on the problem? So far I'm loving Mandrake and Linux, but it'd be really nice if it recognized more than 1/4 of my memory... Thanks, Bob
Re: [newbie] RAM
'free' from a shell prompt 'top' will also show you how much ram is being used, how much is free, total ram, swap size, etc. It'll also tell you which processes are using the most CPU and RAM. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst James Luongo [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 13:24:39 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie " [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] RAM I see all you people talking about "Linux cannot recognize that I have 128 MB of RAM" My question is, where do you see how much RAM Linux does recognize. I'd like to know if my 128 MB of RAM is being detected. thanks = - James Luongo [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]
Because HTML was never designed to be used in email. It bloats the size of the email message and takes up bandwidth for non-essential data. I guess it comes from using the internet and Fidonet many moons ago, when 2400 baud modems were speed-demons and 300/300 or even 1200/75 was more like the norm. Anything you could do to squeeze the last few cps out of a modem and keep the connection costs to a minimum was "a good thing". Over here in the UK, every connected phone call costs me cold hard cash. I don't have the luxury of a DSL modem or even a cable link. Local phone-calls cost me as soon as they connect. HTML is not neccessary for email. I can strip it out of the email after I've downloaded it, but by then it's too late - I've already paid to download it! When communicate with someone via email I want to be able to type in some text, and have it delivered. Ideally, the manner in which the message is rendered to the other party should be dependant upon /their/ browser. For example, I want the word 'their' in that previous sentence to be rendered to you in italics. I merely make a suggestion to the other parties email package that I'd like to draw emphasis to that particular word. Here, it displays as a slash, the word their and another slash. Anyone who was on Fidonet and has used packages like Spot, April, Foozle, etc. will realise what I mean! I don't want my email package to display "VIAGRA AVAILABLE HERE" in 48 point Verdana, blue background and red flashing letters because someone encases the thing in HTML. Ideally, I'd like it to be displayed in a montoype font, my usual 10 point size, no colours and no special effects! It's my choice! (Actually, I'd prefer it if the spam wasn't displayed at all!) HTML is absolutely great for web pages. Leave it there. I'm not even going to go down the embedded javascript (and the security implications that brings), gif and jpg attachments, attached midi files that start playing, etc. etc. etc. The only beneficial thing you can get from an email is the ability to click on a link, fire up the web page and browse straight to it. Of course, I'm not stupid and I can cut and paste the link just as easily. In fact, my usual email package allows me to hit PF7 and all links are stripped from the mesasge onscreen and placed into a seperate section of my bookmarks folder. Of course, I'm not mentioning that nearly every email package I've seen which send html email always (at least) doubles the size of the message by sending a plain text version and then sending the html'ised version immediately after it. WTF is the idea behind that! I can read at least one of them - don't send them both! Utterly brain-dead. BTW, I'm using Lotus Notes here at work. It truly is terrible for email. I can't control the quoting easily, I can't switch off attachments, etc. etc. However, I don't have a choice :( Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst P.S. The record currently stands and 27k ot text for a mesage which basically had 4 words of content. "Our baby is born" sent to me (and 48 other colleagues at work). The idiot who'd sent it had been composing it in MS Outlook a few years ago and had messed about with placement, font sizes, colours, backgrounds and all sorts of other stuff. It was full of stuff like biggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallersmallerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbiggerbigger and so on, before the information that this unfortunate pondlife had forced a smaller version of himself upon the word, before doing the whole thing all over again, with the /bigger and /smaller tags. 27K for the html version 16 bytes for the plain text version 49 times. I'd be interested in why you think HTML is a necessity in your world. This isn't a flame by the way - I'm genuinely interested in why you feel you need it? We're also totally off-topic and this has precious little to do with Linux - best make it private unless people in here want to read it! :) Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 15:44:00 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?] John/SteveIn the world I compute/communicate in, HTML messaging is close to being a necessity. In fact I LIKE being able to send my 5 year old Granddaughter an email with a pink background and white scr
Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0
Don't use 7.0 myself You processors are not being detected because you need to use a different Kernel with SMP support switched on. By default, the installation comes up with a single processor kernel. Have a look in /boot Do you have an kernel in there with -smp- in the title? If so, it's the SMP version. Link vmlinuz to it and reboot. Ta-da - 2 processors. I've got a 566 dual celeron set-up at the moment, so I've been down this road myself. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "gary williams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 15:45:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 i have two questions about mandrake 7.0 first, why is it if i install mandrake as a server the default GUI is not KDE? second why doesn't mandrake recognize both my processors? i have a netfinity 3500 m10, with dual 500mhz pentium 3 processors. when i install it only shows one processor on the signon screen.
Re: [newbie] random 'find' process
The cron daemon. man cron man at man atq man anacron Have a look at your crontab file - it controls what starts up, how often and at what time. It's a scheduler running constantly. In your case, it may have been cleaning your /tmp directry, rebuilding your RPM database or several other things. For example, ever month, on the 1st day, at 0300 hours, my machine goes through the entire machine, moving any files which end in ~ (normally backup files from kedit) into a backup directory. On the 14th of the month, it empies this backup directory. Cron controls the running of these scripts. It's really very useful Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 02:06:21 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] random 'find' process I have noticed that my computer will often go into periods of furious disk access at very odd hours so, last time it happened, I decided to take a look and see what was going on (I also wanted to get to sleep). My search turned up a find process running as root for no apparent reason at all so I proceeded to shut down all applications that were running and kill it, after which the disk activity stopped. Any idea what may have spawned the find process? I was running, as far as I can remember, the following: -Netscape -a couple Konsoles -LICQ -Grip (the cd player) -xmms None of them should've been doing anything special (i.e. downloading, playing music, etc.) DvB
Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe
Sigh.. Seriously, this is a great list - very helpful. I've only been subscribed for a few days and was suprised at the signal to noise ratio. However, and it seems to be the same on many lists, many people throw away the introdutory message they get when the subscribe. I don't know if the problem of unsub requests to the list has gotten worse then usual recently, but I've been mailing people privately for the last two days sending them the unsub reqs. We'll see if it dies down. The one thing I can't understad is that this is a really easy list to get on - you go to the mandrake webpage and fill in an online form, click subscribe and that's it. Now, if people can find the subscribe button easily enough why can't they find the unsubscribe button right beside it! Sheesh! :) I fell better after my rant though - it's getting funny now! :) Now, if I could persuade my usual login id to have write access my mounted DOS partitions like the other guy on the list trying to do the same thing Actually, I'll go and post a question on my predicament. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ron Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 07:30:15 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe At 03:22 PM 2/15/00 -0800, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LOL! I don't mean to belittle anyone but this is getting very dumb! How hard is it to follow simple instructions??? Ron Sinclair AKA NipponDSM __ ICN 3765104 http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html http://www.dsm.org
Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe
NO! Dammit! Address the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This means put '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the space marked 'address' It's usually the first box at the top of the screen. Might be called TO: or something similar. No click in the bit where it says 'SUBJECT'. Type UNSUBSCRIBE NEWBIE For Christ's sake Joe, it's not difficult. If you screw this up, you're never, ever going to keep a Linux box working. As for recompiling a kernel Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Joe Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 23:22:55 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] SBLive and kernel recompilation
PAY? This is Free Software! Open source and all that! :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "John Catral" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 09:20:24 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive and kernel recompilation If you gusy want you can just pay $20 for the drivers from www.opensound.com. You get 2 years of free updates. Its the easiest thing for your SBlive! =) John - Original Message - From: James Luongo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive and kernel recompilation So I guess Mandrake 7.02 supports the SB Live! I have 6.1 and it doesn't. I also screwed up LiLo or something when I tried to recompile the kernel. If anyone gets their SB Live working under 6.1 without having to recompile to the 2.2.5 version of the kernel, let me know. --- Joe Knapp -Technician [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the problem you guys are experiencing? I missed the origional message, anyway, i have a SB Live and it detected at install and works great. (mandrake 7.02). Joe Knapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harborside Internet 1-800-680-8855 1-541-469-8844 On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Michael C wrote: Hi, I also have a Sound Blaster Live! card. I have visited the Creative Europe site and did a search for linux under the FAQ, here are the results : Q. Will the Sound Blaster Live! work under Linux? A. Creative has hired and trained programmers who are proficient in Linux device driver programming, and we continue to work on drivers for various products, including the Sound Blaster Live!. There's no set release date yet. If you get your card working, please let me know. Thanks, Michael __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: CDRproblems
Tried 'make xconfig'? Failing that, browse Makefile to see what targets are defined... targets are defined like this: targetname: stuff stuff stuff If you still can't work it out, post your makefile to me and I'll have a look - can't promise anything but I see enough Makefiles at work each day to make you barf Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Eunice Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 21:52:16 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Fw: CDRproblems I went to www.thelinuxgurus.org for the how-to on configuring CD drives. I followed the instructions and when I type 'make menuconfig' I get an error message that states "No rule to make target "menuconfig" Stop. So now what do I do? - Original Message - From: "Eunice Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:51 AM Subject: CRrom problems I'm unable to use either of my CD drives ( one is a CD burner) in Mandrake 7.0 they are both Atapi/IDE drives. I' ve read posts and articles about recompiling the kernel to change the IDE to scsi . that doesn't seem to work because I really don't have any idea what I'm doing. Anyway my question is can I reinstall Mandrake and when it ask if I have scsi devices , should I check yes? Will this clear up the problem?
Re: [newbie] sgriffa@hotmail.com - Unsubscribe
You trying to unsubscribe or just replying to other peoples messages wthout actually adding any text? To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Shawn Griffin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 23:14:44 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe - Original Message - From: Huseyin Kalkan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: [newbie] Unsubscribe Unsubscribe - Original Message - From: Huseyin Kalkan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: [newbie] Unsubscribe Unsubscribe
Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?
Afraid not - I've always used ELM on *nix boxen and I like it. I've not used /any/ mail packages under Mandrake, as I've currently only got a 56k WinModem in my box at home and until I get around to installing the development kernel which supports WinModems I'm only connecting to the net through my Windows machine. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 16:51:58 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? Not desperate.. just spoiled... :) Tried Post Office... has lots of promise, but lacks polish... know of any others? Aaron - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? Might be a daft question but what's wrong with ELM and PINE? You desperate to have a GUI interface? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 14:21:47 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? Hello, I'm used to using MS Outlook Express and also Agent for email in Windows. Looking for a comparable program in Linux. Any Ideas? Thanks, Aaron
Re: [newbie] mandrake admintool ?
Tried linuxconf? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Oliver Sieben" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 10:19:17 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] mandrake admintool ? Hi, there I just came from another Linux dist. Now I am trying Mandrake ... can somebody tell me, if there is an administration tool ( for installing a bootloader, hardware, software, network etc.) and how it is called ? Thanx oliver -- Meine Meinungen moegen sich geaendert haben, nicht aber die Tatsache, dass ich recht habe. Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 8734279 Hi, there I just came from another Linux dist. Now I am trying Mandrake ... can somebody tell me, if there is an administration tool ( for installing a bootloader, hardware, software, network etc.) and how it is called ? Thanx oliver --Meine Meinungen moegen sich geaendert haben,nicht aber die Tatsache, dass ich recht habe. Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ : 8734279
Re: [newbie] boot log
dmesg Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 08:58:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] boot log Hi folks! Just a quicky How can I have a logfile made of all the messages that appear when booting? It would certainly help me to debug my system... Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]
Kmail not doing HTML can only be a good thing IMHO! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 16:51:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?] "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm used to using MS Outlook Express and also Agent for email in Windows. Looking for a comparable program in Linux. Any Ideas? Thanks, Aaron = Give KMail a try. Doesn't do html though. Does allow multiple POP3 accounts like Outlook Express. ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?
Eh! Nah! Lovely programs. Actually, I say this never having used ELM or PINE on my installation. I've used them both before under other flavours but never under Mandrake. Saying that, I used to use ELM as my email package on my Amiga 3000 alongside TIN for news. Being connected via a modem in the UK meant I was offline 99 percent of the time. I found them to both work beautifully. I fact, I used to use TIN to gate newsgroups from Usenet across in Fidonet. Worked beautifully. Not the most friendly of packages, I'll freely admit, nor are either of them 'pretty' (well, they weren't when I was using them about 3 years ago!) I do appreciate the nicities of a GIU interface though - using Win98 for the last two years as made me lazy. "What? You mean I can't just click on install? I have to compile it first and then install it by hand? modprobe? WTF is that? Why doesn't it just work" :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Dan Ros [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 19:03:24 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, you wrote: Might be a daft question but what's wrong with ELM and PINE? You desperate to have a GUI interface? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst They both are nasty when used offline.
[newbie] Permissions to /mnt
Someone else on the list is attempting to dothe same thing as myself. Basically, root has the ability to write files back to my DOS partitions, whereas 'steve', my normal user does not. This is very incovenient as it means I have to run my distributed.net client under root to allow it to write back to the buff-out file (located in /mnt/D/Utilities/distributed.net/). I'd like to do two things: Give 'steve' permission to write to this drectory. My attempts at chmod'ing permisions to rwxrwxrwx as root have failed - no change in permissions. Run dnetc (the distributed.net client) from the user 'steve' and have it run with root permisssions. I've chown'd it to root, I've performed a 'chmod +s dnetc' and I've changed the owner of the directory it live in to root. No joy - it still runs with 'steve' permissions. The only way I can get it to run with root's permissions is to su to root and then fire it up. I'm missing something obvious out, and I can't for the life of me, see it! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie.
You're right, you probably wouldn't This also has nothing to do with linux, so if you want to continue the discussion, weshould really take it private Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 14:14:18 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. you have not read Shakespeare? Or looked recently at words derived from your (and my) middle ages heritage. Good Anglo Saxon words are not the same as gratuitous swearing, if you are so impolite to some admittedly dense stranger then I would not like to hear your language after hitting your thumb with the hammer!! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. Not really - that's why I apologised to everyone one in advance in the first line. I'd sent the gentleman in question two personal emails yesterday detailing exactly how to unsubscribe. He appears to have ignored them and posted yet another 'unsubscribe' request to the list. I CC'd the guy personally in the response you've taken offence to. The 'barrack room language' was directed at him and was being used to emphasise a point. If you are offended, then I apologise once more. Then again, 'oldfart' isn't a particularly pleasant username... :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 13:36:09 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. is there realy any need for barrack room type language?
Re: [newbie] Please take me off your mailings list
We can't take you off the list - you need to unsubscribe yourself To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "tere flynn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 14:22:17 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Please take me off your mailings list Please take me off the mailng to receive the on-going chat blubs. I am getting too many __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie.
I seem to have caused a bit of a stir with my reply. I personally don't have a problem 'barrack room language' with it but I appreciate there are people who do. For this, I apologise unreservedly. The only reason I posted the message to the list in the first place was because the gentleman has obviously ignored the two personal emails I sent him yesterday, and posted to the list once more. Maybe this is the only place he's reading (or not as the case may be). Either way, I was merely attempting to emphasise, to him, that I'd already told him twice how to get off the list privately, and now I was telling him publicly in the hope of catching his attention. I was slightly offended by his ignoring my two private emails - it's like asking for someone's advice and then blatantly ignoring them when they take the time to give it. If I thought I'd offend anyone, I'd never have posted publicly. I'll shut up now Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 14:29:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. Whilst I agree that people's inabitity to "unsubscribe" can be frustrating I fail to see the need for the 'f' word in group email. By all means tell the chap what you think IN PRIVATE. All you do is let yourself down. John the Nadger On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, you wrote: Not really - that's why I apologised to everyone one in advance in the first line. I'd sent the gentleman in question two personal emails yesterday detailing exactly how to unsubscribe. He appears to have ignored them and posted yet another 'unsubscribe' request to the list. I CC'd the guy personally in the response you've taken offence to. The 'barrack room language' was directed at him and was being used to emphasise a point. If you are offended, then I apologise once more. Then again, 'oldfart' isn't a particularly pleasant username... :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 13:36:09 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. is there realy any need for barrack room type language?
RE: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie.
If the list server is not honouring unsubscribe commands, then we need to inform mandrake and get them to check out the logs. You are sending the email to unsubscribe from the same address you subscribed to are you! Failing that, go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 and unsubscribe from there. Although I find it hard to believe that the server is not honouring unsub commands, it's not beyond the realms of possibility. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Gilles Veber" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 15:39:42 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. I m still receiving emails or I ve already unsubscribe 2 times (And I know how to fucking unsubscribe). What s wrong , is this a joke? (a bad one) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: mercredi 16 février 2000 16:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. I seem to have caused a bit of a stir with my reply. I personally don't have a problem 'barrack room language' with it but I appreciate there are people who do. For this, I apologise unreservedly. The only reason I posted the message to the list in the first place was because the gentleman has obviously ignored the two personal emails I sent him yesterday, and posted to the list once more. Maybe this is the only place he's reading (or not as the case may be). Either way, I was merely attempting to emphasise, to him, that I'd already told him twice how to get off the list privately, and now I was telling him publicly in the hope of catching his attention. I was slightly offended by his ignoring my two private emails - it's like asking for someone's advice and then blatantly ignoring them when they take the time to give it. If I thought I'd offend anyone, I'd never have posted publicly. I'll shut up now.... Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 14:29:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. Whilst I agree that people's inabitity to "unsubscribe" can be frustrating I fail to see the need for the 'f' word in group email. By all means tell the chap what you think IN PRIVATE. All you do is let yourself down. John the Nadger On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, you wrote: Not really - that's why I apologised to everyone one in advance in the first line. I'd sent the gentleman in question two personal emails yesterday detailing exactly how to unsubscribe. He appears to have ignored them and posted yet another 'unsubscribe' request to the list. I CC'd the guy personally in the response you've taken offence to. The 'barrack room language' was directed at him and was being used to emphasise a point. If you are offended, then I apologise once more. Then again, 'oldfart' isn't a particularly pleasant username... :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 13:36:09 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe newbie. is there realy any need for barrack room type language?
Re: [newbie] xcdroast
I'd never considered that root user would have a diferent nice level to normal users. I've no idea why as the OS I used to use (VME) has a special ID you can login to when the machine is so heavily stuffed that normal users are hanging. Effectively running right up there with the kernel. Saying that, if the suid bit is set and the process picks up the permissions of root, will it not also pick up the niceness of root also? Shoot me if I'm talking drivel here Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 16:12:51 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] xcdroast As a side note, xcdroast should run as root so that cdrecord can run with a more favorable nice value, reducing the possibility of buffer underruns. Hence running as suid root and not changing the ownership of the file... DvB On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never used xcdroast but is it owned by root? If so, set the 'suid' bit with chmod +s xcdroast and run it from the non-root user. The program should run as though it has been called by root. I'm currently trying to do the same thing with a program trying to write to my mounted dos partitions, but not getting much luck! Time for more man pages I think! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 12:25:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] xcdroast Hi to all! I have finally managed to get my EIDE burner working (I think) in Linux, but I can only seem to start xcdroast when logged in as root. What is the procedure for making it accessable for ALL users? Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack
Re: [newbie] irq's
You don't have a directory /proc ? If not, try dmesg ~/startlog vi ~/statrlog (use your fav editor instead of vi if you like) Does it list the IRQ settings in there? In case you are wondering, dmesg allows you to view all of the messages produced during IPL (boot-time). It's the stuff that flies up your screen as Linux is starting up. All you've done is redirect the output of it to a file in your home directory and then view it. I /think/ IRQ settings are displayed at boot time, but I'm not 100% sure. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "rharvey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 16:25:13 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] irq's my system says there is no such dir it also says no such file i did a search what now? - Original Message - From: Audrey Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] irq's Log in as root to a console window and enter: cat /proc/interrupts rharvey wrote: is there a way to get a list of irq's. in windows you can see what irq and dma's and addresses are free so you can set an card up to work with the free resources. where can I find this info at it linux?
Re: [newbie] Help, who have i FM801 sound card installed
Run sndconfig from the root user. If it works, rejoice. If it doesn't, shout up! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 04:34:49 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Help, who have i FM801 sound card installed Sorry but my english is bad. Can you help me to install the sound card. Atte. Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RAM Problems
Using LILO? When you boot linux, start it with LILO: linux mem=128M It should come up with the full 128 meg. Try it by using 'free' from a shell. To make it automatic, edit /etc/lilo.conf and add the line append="mem=128M" to each stanza you use to boot linux. Enjoy the extra memory.... Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 10:00:26 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] RAM Problems I have a Micron system: 533 MHz Pentium III (Katmai), Via Apollo chipset, and 128 MB of 133MHz SDRAM. I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my system, and it only sees 64 MB of RAM (instead of 128). Can anyone out there help me figure out what the problem is? Alan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is brought to you by the Stanford Alumni Association and Critical Path.
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
did the append line work for you after you joined the two together with a comma? I can't check right now, but have a read of man lilo.conf There's bound to be an example somewhere Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 14/02/2000 22:22:49 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? If I don't have it, my cdwriter won't work. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [[newbie] Ram incorrect]
That's the manaul page for lilo.conf in compressed format. Try reading it with man lilo.conf the file you need to edit is /etc/lilo.conf Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Westbrook" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 01:14:04 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [[newbie] Ram incorrect] Hi Dennis, I did this and all it found was: /usr/man/man5/lilo.conf.5.bz2 and when I open it in a text editor all I get is hieroglyphics. I am running Linux from the FAT partition and it is booted from a windows prompt (or from windows). Russ - Original Message - Most weird. Try this. run updatedb then locate lilo.conf It should find it for you. At 10:00 PM 2/13/00 -0800, you wrote: I don't even have this file..what gives?? Russ
Re: [newbie] paths in linux
It depend on the shell you are using. I'll assume you're using bash. Log in as your usual userid (please don't say this is root!) cd ~ vi .bashrc See that line that says PATH= Add stuff onto the end of it - seperate paths with colons Save the file and logout Log back in again set You should see a list of all of your shell variable scroll up the screen. Check the value for 'path'. It should have all of you're changes reflected in it. (Substitute your favourite editor for 'vi' if you like) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:19:56 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] paths in linux How do I change the paths for linux(like you can in dos with the path command)?
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Commands...
They are switches. They alter the output you get back from various commands. For axample ls -a =directory listing of ALL files (includes all files beginning with '.') ls -l =Give me the list in 'long' format ls -al=Give me that list again, in long format and shaw ALL files too try man ls for full details on the shit-load of switches the ls command has, and then try the same for other stuff like ps, grep, find, awk, gcc, etc. etc. etc.. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Andy Foote" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/02/2000 23:42:35 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] [Newbie] Commands... Hey...what do the -r , -s, -n things mean? i know there are morecould someone explain them to me? Hey...what do the -r, -s, -n things mean? i know there are morecould someone explain them to me?
Re: [newbie] Ram incorrect
Haven't I already told you how to fix this? Anyway, edit /etc/lilo.conf and add a line like the following to each stanza you use to boot linux: append="mem=256M" /sbin/lilo Restart. You can achieve the same manually by starting lilo with 'linux mem=256M' rather than just 'linux' Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 12:58:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Ram incorrect I have 256mb of ram, but linux only sees 64mb. How can I get around this?
Re: [newbie] linux fail while boot up
At some point your hdc2 device has been corrupted. Try running fsck /dev/hdc2 when you get this prompt. Hopefully, you won't lose any data but be prepared Have you switched your box off with shutting it down first? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst lights [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 03:20:34 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux group [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] linux fail while boot up A message comes up and only stays in linux prompt. /dev/hdc2 unexpected inconsistency run fsck manually (i.e. without -a or -p options)
Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe
Not only are you posting to the wrong address, but posting an unsubscribe message twice isn't going to make it work! Read the email I just sent you! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "John Catral" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 16/02/2000 01:12:09 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe
Re: [newbie] ISA detection problems
I've never done this myself so there'll be switches you need to add onto pnpdump, I expect.. something like the following: man pnpdump pnpdump ~/pnpoutput vi ~/pnpdump(or whatever editor you like) isapnp ~/pnpdump I guess! YMMV Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Ger-Bil Jinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 05:52:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] ISA detection problems Can you explain this to this newbie who only knows a handful of commands? :3)~~ Audrey Beck wrote: Check out the man pages for pnpdump. It has references to isapnp etc. What you have to do is dump the pnp stuff, edit the file to do what you need, then read it in to isapnp. (I think that's how it goes. Been a while and I don't mess with it)
Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?
Might be a daft question but what's wrong with ELM and PINE? You desperate to have a GUI interface? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 14:21:47 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? Hello, I'm used to using MS Outlook Express and also Agent for email in Windows. Looking for a comparable program in Linux. Any Ideas? Thanks, Aaron
Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe
Right - I must have sent the following message to about 20 peope *today* all trying to unsubscribe. To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. If you are still on the list and want to get off it, then you can't just send messages to it screaming to be unsubscribed. You're sending email to all of the rest of us - not the list administrator! When you signed up, you received an email with the following instructions in it - I presume you all just charged ahead, deleted it and expected magic to happen when you want to unsubscribe. Magic only happens in the kernel - something which you people are unlikely to ever come to grips with because you can't read and follow simple intructions. Christ - you pop onto this list, whine that Linux sucks because it doesn't support your electron microscope controller interface, nor does it magically configure every piece of hardware in your house, including your VCR, and expect someone to wipe your arses for you when you want to unsub. Unix is complicated. It's very powerful and there's lots of it. If you fail to follow intsructions to unsubscribe yourself from the list, then you have absolutely NO hope of ever getting it to work "just the way you want it". Right - now that rant's over, I'll apologise to the others in here, and especially to Jacob Bondre - this isn't directed to you in particular, you just happened to be the person I replied to when composing this message. No offence intended to yourself. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE - READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE TOP OF THIS MESSAGE AND FOLLOW THEM. SENDING 'UNSUBSCRIBE', EVEN WHEN YOU MANAGE TO SPELL IT CORRECTLY, TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] WILL NOT WORK! GET THAT? IT WON'T WORK. WORK IT WILL NOT. IT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. YOU WILL NOT BE UNSUBSCRIBED. UNDERSTAND? YOU NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] WITH A SUBJECT OF UNSUBSCRIBE. A SUBJECT OF "UNSUBSCRIBE" NOT A SUBJECT OF "UNSUSCRIBE", 3 COPIES OF "UNSUBSCRIBE" IN THE TEXT PART OF THE EMAIL OR ANY OTHER VARIATION IN SPELLING, POSITION, FONT, LANGUAGE,TYPEFACE OR ANY OTHER COMBINATION YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH. IF YOU STILL CAN'T WORK IT OUT, YOU REALLY ARE ON THE WRONG MAILING-LIST AREN'T YOU.. Now, have we all got that clear? Normal service will be resumed now......if you can call it normal! :) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Jacob Bondre [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 10:07:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe
Re: [newbie] Unsubscribe
See my reply to you on the list - in the mean time To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Jacob Bondre [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 10:07:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe Unsubscribe
Re: [newbie] I have a FM801 Sound card
If it's supported out of the box, su to root sndconfig Should sort things out Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:22:14 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] I have a FM801 Sound card How to activate this
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Rage 128? It's a Soundblaster Live! sound card - think you've answered the wrong question! :) As it happens, I have a Rage Pro Turbo AGP card in this box - works beautifully! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 19:10:40 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 Steveit's actually supported under both. There's a (included at the last minute) driver on your 6.1 cd in the /mnt/cdrom/apps/X-Rage128/ directory. Version 7 should detect and install your rage 128 based card pretty much automagically. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot with LiLo and other stuff
Sorry if this is a little late - I've just read this request. About Linux only seeing the first 64 meg of memory: If you're using LILO to boot Linux, then start it with LILO: linux mem=128M You should see the 128 meg reported on your login screen. If you're going straight to runlevel 5 (Start X automatically) you'll have to be quick to spot it. Anyway, once you're in, you can call 'top' from a shell and it'll tell you how much memory you've got. There's probably a cat /proc/memory' or similar to get the same information. Now, to make this changes permanent, and automatic, you can now edit /etc/lilo.conf and add the line append="mem=128M" to each stanza it's applicable to. You can specify any value for the amount of memory, but it's best to stick to what you've got. Also, it might also be a good idea to only declare 127 meg to Linux, as you might not be able to use the full 128 meg for software - I was reading a HOW-TO last night about this very topic and I believe it's possible that the upper part of memory may get used by some BIOS'es to store stuff, video cards, sound cards, etc. etc. It'll probably be OK though the HOW-TO was quite old and may be somewhat obsolete.... Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 22:42:54 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot with LiLo and other stuff At 07:48 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote: No sound, nada, zilch, flat lined. I have a Yamaha XG (S-XG50), the chipset is YMF 724 Windows sees it as OPL3-Sa2/3. Anyone have a clue if it will work at all? If it's soundblaster compatible, it will. Open autoexec.bat and note the SET BLASTER line -- it's probably A220 I5 D1. In linux as root run sndconfig, and pick Soundblaster, put in address, in this example 220, irq, in this example 5, and DMA, in this example 1. Try it. If it works, try changing to Soundblaster 16, 32, awe, and other sound blaster types, see which work and which don't and which one produces the best quality sound. Stick with that one. Memory, I have 128megs, Linux reads 64, how do I change that? I think you need to edit the lilo.conf, then run somthing to write the changes to the MBR (the hard drive's boot sector). -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Financial Freedom and Success
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RE: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Thanks for that - I had a bit of a search around and found a very helpful site at http://www.linuxnewbie.org which has a section on how to get the SB Live! working with Linux. I'm at work at the moment, but I've sent the necessary files to myself back at home, where I'll no doubt be having fun tonight recompiling my kernel to enable SMP support and getting my soundcard to work! :) Thanke fot the info - I've bookmarked it for reference if these instructions don't help. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Troy Weir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 16:54:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: RE: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 There's a site you can go to set up SB Live! It's worth a shot. http://www.whitem.demon.co.uk/sblive.html Good Luck, weirhere -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 6:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0
Typically, found a link about 20 minutes after posting the question. I've got my EMU drivers now, and will be doing the install tonight. I only put the card in on Wednesday, so I've not had much of a chance to experiment with it under Linux. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/02/2000 17:13:04 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card support in 6.1 and 7.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing with 6.1 for about 2 months now, and I'm enjoying myself immensely. However, since building myself an SMP machine I've had to change my soundcard from an Ensoniq to a Soundblaster Live! The Ensoniq was happily supported under 6.1 and a call to 'sndconfig' sorted everything out. Music poured forth. Everything was wonderful. With the Soundblaster, 'sndconfig' merrily informs me that the SB Live! isn't supported. Dark days indeed. Dang! I'm presently downloading the 7.0-2 ISO from a mirror. 24.2 hours to go! :( What I'd like to know is my SB Live! supported in this release, and does anyone have any idea of when (if!) it'll be supported? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Steve, The SB Live works with 6.1 with a download from Creative Labs. If you check the archives from the Mandrake home page I'm sure you'll find MANY msg's giving you the location. As for 7.0. It is supposed to work out of the box and I haven't seen anyone ask for help yet so I assume it does. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside
