On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Tony Zocolillo wrote:
Hello,
I can't find XF86Config. Where would this program reside? Does it get
installed with the standard Workstation install?
Thanks,
Tony Z.
Look in "/usr/X11R6/bin/" , this is where it is on my system.
Ernie
Try uninstalling the RPMs with the command "rpm -e packagename,
hopefully this will work. It's what is in the man page anyway, but I
have never used it.
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Brent Metzler wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Ernie wrote:
I'm not sure, but I would think that it is not a wise
I just did a fresh install ( 6.1 , cheapbytes GPL ) and have garbled /
missing icons in kfm and kpackage. After searching the archives, I did find
a similiar thread, but no resolution for the problem. The reply article
mentioned that the installation media might be the culprit.
Attached is the
I think that you will have to do the client side instalation for each
machine on which you want to have StarOffice available. At least it
makes sense to me. I think that maybe the net install onto the NFS
system is intended as a "server" while the instalation on each client
machine would of
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, PSM 0x2710] wrote:
So what is the general opinion of Star Office? Does anyone recommend it
seriously or is there something that would do the job just as well? Thanks all!
--
Seth Gibson
www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710
members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under
Strange, when I run the search utility in KFM I get
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config so maybe it's in there only on Mandrake
6.0 instalations? shruging my shoulders I'm not sure, but if it's
not in /etc look in /usr.
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
The trouble with this is that the document you refer to is produced
by Macmillan, not RedHat or Mandrake. While I think that the release
is truely Linux-Mandrake 6.0, I take anything provided by Macmillan
with a grain of salt, since they are not producing the software
themselves, only publishing
"PSM 0x2710]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what is the general opinion of Star Office? Does anyone recommend it
seriously or is there something that would do the job just as well? Thanks
all!
===
Almost a year ago I downloaded the Win version of SO 5.0, knowing I'd soon
Glad you got it going!
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Hidong Kim wrote:
Hi,
I've got StarOffice 5.1 running on my network now with the installation
on a single machine, and runnable from all other machines. I noticed
that I was getting these unrecoverable errors for some types of files,
Try xcdroast.
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Justin Rickert wrote:
I just instaled linux mandrake power pack on my system I am running a
pentium II with an asus board with an adaptec onboard scsi when I boot
linux finds my CDROMS however when I am in KDE I cant mount them all but
one. The ones
Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well well well, when I need to hire someone to open a can of worms, I know
where to
look.
As with all things, it depends on what you want to use it for.
My point of view?
As a system administrator migrating people from Windows and ClarisWorks and
"PSM 0x2710]" wrote:
So what is the general opinion of Star Office? Does anyone recommend it
seriously or is there something that would do the job just as well? Thanks all!
I admire the effort put into StarOffice but I feel it is still quite
kludgy. At the same time, we must not forget
I like it. It does the job. It is big though, and the decision on
installing it depends on what your needs are. If you just want a word
processor, StarOffice is overkill, but if you need a complete office
suite, designed to compete with the one from Redmond, then this baby
is for you. It has
This should not be too hard to do. Boot into Linux with a boot disk (I
hope you have one). Then check that your /etc/lilo.conf file has a
section to boot either system using the text editor of your choice (if
you did a reinstall of Win98, it should be good to go). Next from a
command line run
I use a Diamond Supra Express 56i internal modem on my system
(Linux-Mandrake 6.0), and it works just fine. I set it up as a COM
port 2 (DOS) modem with PnP disabled (read the modem docs on this,
you reset a jumper on the modem card for the COM port you want to
use). I hope this helps,
Ernie
Hi Steve Philp,
I am really new to linux and appreciate very much your help, but,
unfortunately, the modem doesn't work. What do you think about - makedev
ttyS2 irq 10- or - setserial ttyS2 irq 10 - is it possible? Tanks in
advance. Oder
- Original Message -
From: Steve Philp [EMAIL
Hi everyone,
this is the first time I get on list. I have
tried to install Mandrake 6.0 on my Pentium, 2Gb, computer without success. Two
main problems occcur me:
first - when the installation process gets to the
rescue disk step it doesn't seem to find a diskette driver (the light
In a console screen, you can usr the "man lilo" command and the "man
lilo.conf" command to get the information you will need. I think that
there is a HowTo document as well on the subject. I have included my
own lilo.conf file below. As you can see, it is not standard, as my
default boot is into
John,
All your talk about k-mail made me try it out. It's really ok! I like
it better than Netscape, but you are absolutely right about the HTML!
It produces nothing but headaches! I'll probably keep using it for my
email, now that I tried it. Now if KDE would only get the browser
window to be
Hello!
I've solved all my problems with SiS 6326 AGP by using another X server
which you can download from SuSe or their mirrors (file called xsis.rpm,
~1MB).
If you will be unable find that file email me to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and i'll send you this file via email.
From: lalala lalala [EMAIL
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, R_Yeo wrote:
If you're only going to put Linux on it, it should work OK
w/o EZ Drive.
John
I've been following this thread to see if it would solve my problems as
well. I have an IBM 10.1 Gb HDD, and in order to see anything above
8.4Gb, I had to download
Dear friends:
Am too tired after a night of downloading (just 90 minutes),
installation, organizing desktop, etc. The printer problem, as Jose
Sanchez suggested, was caused by the switchbox that connects my two
computers. With the printer cable connected directly to the computer,
Mandrake had
It already has a gui interface if i remeber correctly, i wasn't impressed
with the sound quality over 10baseT
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, M Thompson wrote:
I would be interested in the GUI version. Please let the list know if you
hear anything further about a GUI version for Linux.
Matt
John.
With Mandrake and XF86 having problems with the SiS cards the command
line is starting to become a old friend now! hehe...I am getting used to
it doing alot of reading and asking alot of questions so that I can get
around under Linux while trying to work on getting the video to work so I
Is there a way to change the run level? I have command line only
availible to me but Mandrake insists on booting all the way up to the
Desktop where I can't see a thing to beging with. I SWEAR Bill Gates has
his fingers in with Madrake or Linux (Mandrake would be my choice right
now). OR windows
hy, ernest, thanks for your reply.
I just about got it right, using examples from the
newest edition of Running Linux. But I did forget the
line table=hdx where x is the hard drive for win98.
This should do it!
adios, steve
--- "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This should not be
Boy, am I dumb. I guess I put out my plea for help
twice, and I apologize. Nevertheless, I appreciate
your effort and advice and especially the sample. I
have lots of good info from the new edition of Running
Linux. It is MUCH CLEAREr than the old edition. My
problem with linux is that I am not
kdelibs does not fully install, most of it makes it in, but it does not
register with the rpm batabase and some files don't make it. Uninstall the
kcmclock rpm, then run rpm -Uvh on the kdelibs package. If you want to use the
kcmclock package, install with rpm -Uvh --force.
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999,
"PSM 0x2710]" wrote:
So what is the general opinion of Star Office? Does anyone recommend it
seriously or is there something that would do the job just as well? Thanks all!
--
Seth Gibson
www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710
members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction)
To
pete moss wrote:
this is a bit off topic here but, when i was in wondows i could use my
cdrw drive to make cdr and cdrw. now that i am in linux, i only see
mentions of cdr. has anyone successfully written a cdrw in linux?
how? have you rewritten one as well? do i write it like a cdr, or
Ernest..
6 hours download time is a walk in the park for 56k... try 183 hours
that is what it took to download the .iso file for linux! hehehe...alot
of line noise on my end didn't help matters either!
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 07:32:16 -0400 "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I
You can do either of two things. When Lilo starts and you see its prompt (
LILO:), instead of typing "linux" , you type "linux 3" to force the system
to go into runlevel 3 (command line mode). If you want to boot permanently
into runlevel 3, open your editor and edit the file /etc/initab to read
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you thinking of XF86Setup???
I don't believe it comes with Mandrake distribution, however, you can
probably download it from Linuxberg.
Original Message
On 10/15/99, 7:46:26 PM, "PSM 0x2710]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [newbie] XF86Config?
Ctl+Alt+BkSp should get you out of KDE and into a console.
Try editing your /etc/inittab and make sure this line is uncommented:
id:3:initdefault:
If there is a line that says the same thing, but with "5" in it, change
it to "3" w/o the quotes.
Don't go for the seventh time :-) Good luck.
I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to a
harddrive in a directory on another computer on my network. Seems to me,
from what I have looked at, that the two main commercial backup programs
are focused towards tape drives. Could someone tell me what my best
Arcana wrote:
This specifically deals with KDE.
I can't start it up. Here are the messages:
/**
{all sorts of graphics card startup stuff}
(--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path
Collect all the files you want to back up in a tar archive. Compress
this archive with gzip. Copy or transfer the resulting file to the
other drive.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Oder Santos wrote:
Hi Steve Philp,
I am really new to linux and appreciate very much your help, but,
unfortunately, the modem doesn't work. What do you think about - makedev
ttyS2 irq 10- or - setserial ttyS2 irq 10 - is it possible? Tanks in
advance. Oder
My mistake, I misread the
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John,
All your talk about k-mail made me try it out. It's really ok! I like
it better than Netscape, but you are absolutely right about the HTML!
It produces nothing but headaches! I'll probably keep using it for my
email, now that I tried
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote:
John,
All your talk about k-mail made me try it out. It's really ok! I like
it better than Netscape, but you are absolutely right about the HTML!
It produces nothing but headaches! I'll probably keep using it for my
email, now that I tried it. Now if KDE
I suggest you re-read the cd-writing howto. The necessary information
is there. I have a HP7200i IDE/ATAPI drive and are able to use both CDR and
CDRW. A good program to erase CDRW is gcombust. I don't mean to be rude
here, but before you ask for help please READ and try to COMPREHEND.
Eric Mings wrote:
I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to a
harddrive in a directory on another computer on my network. Seems to me,
from what I have looked at, that the two main commercial backup programs
are focused towards tape drives. Could someone tell
I accidentally deleted the default routing for my machine. Ie. when I
launch netscape, it says it is unable to locate local_machine_name.
It keeps running ok, but it is annoying. Also this prevents me from
launching Apache webserver.
I have tried the following
$ ifconfig dummy
I will try that! that seems easy enough! thanks for the info.
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:30:12 -0400 Belzebub [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
You can do either of two things. When Lilo starts and you see its
prompt (
LILO:), instead of typing "linux" , you type "linux 3" to force the
system
to go
I tried the CTRL+ALT+backspace and it just clears the screen and shuts
the drive off. Unless I need to login then do it...too late on the
seventh time. hehe.. had to give myself something to try after some
reading with no production on the problem.
someone said somthing about linux 3 to force it
I dont know where to get xcdroast. Can you tell me where it is found.
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
Try xcdroast.
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Justin Rickert wrote:
I just instaled linux mandrake power pack on my system I am running a
pentium II with an asus board
I was wondering how to enable Linux to use 100 dpi
fonts and my windows TT fonts. Netscape looks
terrible!
Yup,
it sure does. So does HTML in your postings.
Ken WilsonFirst Law of Optimisation: The speed of a
non-working program is irrelevant(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++
Programming')
-Original Message-From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Can anyone tell me how to use kmodem with Mandrake 6.0? It's
set up to use kde in the /opt/kde and doesn't install in Mandrake. Surely there
must be a simple workaround?
Thanks,
Gene
All right, I'm trying to help my girlfriend get Mandrake installed on her
computer and...
Everything works fine except it doesn't recognize her ethernet card which she
needs for internet access.
I believe her card is a 3c905, and when she chooses her card during Mandrake
6.0's installation, the
Dear Paul and friends:
Think twice about Netscape's 128 encryption version! It is only secure
and effective on sites that support 128 encryption. Otherwise, you are
getting only 56 encryption and a false sense of security.
To read all about it and get your free real, total 128 encryption
Firstly thanks to everyone who offered insight as to the Office Suite question.
Another question for any interested parties. At boot i get the following
message:
/dev/hda5 has reached maximum mount count, check forced. . .
could someone tell me what that's in reference to and how i might go
On 16-Oct-99 PSM 0x2710] wrote:
Another question for any interested parties. At boot i get the following
message:
/dev/hda5 has reached maximum mount count, check forced. . .
could someone tell me what that's in reference to and how i might go about
fixing that? Thanks all!
That's
Nothing to fix really, simply means that you have reached the maximum
number of times Linux will mount your hard drives without checking them for
errors. Normally it only checks for errors if it was not properly
unmounted before the last reboot, so if you always properly shutdown your
hard drive
SUCCESS! I know how Linux up and Limping with KDE running and text that I
can actually SEE!
So, I think I am finished griping for alittle while atleast till I run
into another problem!
I do appreciate the Help from the XF86 group and everyone on the list.
Now on to some other things like getting
Dear Seth and friends:
Whenever you exit Linux improperly (su - to shutdown -h now), Linux will
run the fsck on your hard drives to check and fix and file system
errors. It does this magnificently, by the way. It's like the ScanDisk
in Windows, only (I am told by experts) much better and more
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I am not clear on what a cdrw disk is. I used to write CDW drivers for Kodak,
mainly for the PhotoCD Project. I do know that CDs can only be written to
once. Furthermore, there is a limitation on the number of times you can write
cdrw = cd rewritable.
Has anyone managed to get one of these configured successfully? If
so, I could use some hints.
-Paul
__
Do You Yahoo!?
Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Dear Thomas:
Your card is in effect the 3c59xc Vortex driver. Try it.
Benjamin
--
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Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Sorri u dont like my HTML. Too bad.
Ken Wilson wrote:
Yup,
it sure does. So does HTML in your postings.Ken
Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working
program is irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-Original
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scrap the Linux-Mandrake and get yourself RedHat. Once it's installed,
you'll notice that, at boot, eth0 won't fail. Once that's done, open a
console and type "dhcpcd -DH" and that should get your information. I
actually paid for Linux-Mandrake, but I got Redhat for free from a mag. And
I
Sorri u dont like my HTML. Too bad.
Ken Wilson wrote:
Yup,
it sure does. So does HTML in your postings.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working
program is irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-Original
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear Seth and friends:
Whenever you exit Linux improperly (su - to shutdown -h now), Linux will
run the fsck on your hard drives to check and fix and file system
errors. It does this magnificently, by the way. It's like the ScanDisk
in Windows, only (I am told by
We did try that one (in fact it chose that driver even when we selected 3c905
anyway), but Mandrake still fails to recognize the card's existence. Meanwhile
the card is functioning fine under Win95 so we know it works..
On 16-Oct-99 Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear Thomas:
Your card is in effect
that maximum mount count message is, I believe, Linux
automatically defragging the partition. It occurs
regularly especially if you are in a big hurry to
booted up.
--- "PSM 0x2710]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Firstly thanks to everyone who offered insight as to
the Office Suite question.
When I shutdown from Linux Mandrake 6.0, I get
messages saying some files are still busy and aren't
being shutdown right. Then, on booting up, a check is
forced of the root partition, /dev/hda1, for having
been uncleanly mounted. What could this be? Help?
=
Hello, John,
Maybe you could help me with this or maybe I've already done it, I don't
know. Somebody in this list told me about a website:
http://www.mandrake.org to go to that had info as how to enlarge the Linux
tinytype fonts.
Well, I went there, got the directions, printed out the
There is a kernel upgrade and a script fix available from the updates
for 6.0 on the Mandrake website. Get them and install them. Your
problem should go away.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
dmesg tells me that
hda: dma_intr: status 0x51 {drive ready seekcomplete
error}
hda: dma_intr: error 0x84 {drive status error bad CRC}
It repeats each of these lines several times and then
follows with a line saying DMA on hda is shutdown.
I guess this means some kind of Direct Memory
I stand to be corrected but I would also think you need to have the 100
dpi fonts installed. I don't use them on my machine so they're not
installed. It's been a while so I don't remember if installing them was
optional or not.
This probably isn't a complete answer to your problem but is maybe
Ken,
How would I find out whether they are installed or not?
Richard
At 06:36 PM 10/16/99 -0700, you wrote:
I stand to be corrected but I would also think you need to have the 100
dpi fonts installed. I don't use them on my machine so they're not
installed. It's been a while so I don't
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, pete moss wrote:
since i dont want to mess up a perfectly good cdrw disc, is it alright
to write to them as i would any cdr? in other words, are there any
special tricks or is it business as usual?
man cdrecord
/blank
/
But i do sugest reading the whole thing..
Justin Rickert wrote:
I dont know where to get xcdroast. Can you tell me where it is found.
Trying one of the web search engines would be faster than waiting for an
answer on this mailing list. Give them a try!
Try xcdroast.
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Justin Rickert wrote:
I
Which Xserver are you using? And which video card package?
Thanks!
--
Ty Mixon
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:26147713
Original Message
On 10/16/99, 3:25:45 PM, Jesse Royall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
[newbie] SiS 5597/5598:
SUCCESS! I know how Linux up and Limping with KDE
Ken Wilson wrote:
Yup, it sure does. So does HTML in your postings.
I was wondering how to enable Linux to use 100 dpi fonts and
my windows TT fonts. Netscape looks terrible!
Man, you gotta hate having your mail client screw ya on a reply like
that!
For the original poster,
Don wrote:
Sorri u dont like my HTML. Too bad.
Apologize. Please.
I almost feel upset that I posted an answer for your question after your
crappy attitude in this reply.
Ken Wilson wrote:
Yup, it sure does. So does HTML in your postings.
I was wondering how to enable Linux to
To find out if you have the 100 dpi fonts installed type the following
rpm -q XFree86-100dip-fonts
Do this from the text console if that's how you log on or from a
terminal window if you start up in XWindows.
Notes: Changing fonts is not just a question of editing fonts.dir.
There is a tool
Hello,
I need help to configure X Windows on my HP Omnibook XE Laptop with
Silicon Motion LynxE PCI adapter. Currently, it running in 320x200 x 8
mode. I want to run it in 800x600 x 16 or 24mode. Please help!
Thanks.
Piyush
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