Thanks everyone who replied to my email.
i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more
important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X.
I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into
console. when i run quake and it closes my X
i was just downloading it as your email arrived heeeh
it looks pretty good but as it said on the linuxquake.com review the problem is
that if you shoot something like csh your program terminates.
anyway, back to the testing!
Mr-X-
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Aaron deRozario said:
Probably old news to
For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting
installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh
kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for
a diferent architecture, then this may work:
Boot the machine
On 18 Oct 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote:
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I have the Mandrake 6.1 withe the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. My computer has a
K5 processor. i recently recompiled the kernel using the following
commands:
make xconfig
make dep
Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive.
I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card.
Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is
not supported yet?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Paul Hoy wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone know the name of the DNS RPM package that comes with Mandrake?
Thanks
Paul Hoy
bind-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpmbind-utils-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm
bind-devel-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm caching-nameserver-6.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm
--
MandrakeSoft
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 09:27:50AM -0600, Guillermo Belli wrote:
I need to share some file betweeb two PCs I own, and because the files are big
(5 mb or so) it is not possible to do that with floppies. So I connect them via
parallel-clable
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Ty Mixon wrote:
Well, got to playing around again. Found out that I can't use the
newest svga server for X-windows. Oh well!
Anyhow, the real problem is that I can't get Lilo (via linuxconf or
klilo) to recognize that /dev/hdc1 is my root partion. It boots fine
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting
installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh
kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for
a
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Seth Gibson wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote:
did you try to turn off GPM ?
# ps aux | grep gpm
# kill (gpm PID number)
killall gpm should work too i think. . .
it has built in kill functions 'gpm -k'
also
/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm stop
should do it
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote:
Thanks everyone who replied to my email.
i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more
important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X.
I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote:
the source command (as in source .bashrc) should run the script and put
the changes in to effect with no need to log out.
True. However, the only way to be SURE is to log out and then log
back in (it's not like
hmm i never thought of doing that..
i just rpm -Uvh --force kdelib*
and half the other kde packages like kdebase and it worked fine..
also in Work Station install it doesnt install MandrakeUpdate, i had to find
the rpm on the cd and install it myself, and it still doesnt work..
It collects the
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote:
Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive.
I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card.
Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is
not supported yet?
Any help would be
i did that and it worked, to get it fullscreen in X (in KDE) i have to set vid
mode to 1024 and when i start a game it is incredibly slow and chunky, if i
change the driver from X11 to my voodoo2 it does this:
--- Loading ref_gl.so ---
ref_gl version: GL 0.01
R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed
If anybody is interested in Opera for Linux, you can go to Opera's
homepage at: http://www.opera.com/alt_os.html and check on the status.
There are ports for BeOS (currently downloadable in Beta 5 form),
Psion/EPOC32, MacOS, Linux, OS/2 and they are working on getting started
on Amiga.
It
Hello,
I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen
and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I
have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of
support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My goal is to
have a
Hey Ernie,
Linux does things windoze has nightmares over! .. Pj
You could also go into FDISK once you have the system booted off the floppy
and make sure one of the partitions is set as bootable.
I ran into the same situation three times when I loaded and reloaded one of
my systems with RedHat 5.1 and 5.2. I've not had it happen yet with 6.0 but
I've only
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mr-X- wrote:
i did that and it worked, to get it fullscreen in X (in KDE) i have to set vid
mode to 1024 and when i start a game it is incredibly slow and chunky, if i
change the driver from X11 to my voodoo2 it does this:
--- Loading ref_gl.so ---
ref_gl
I am not sure about Linux-Windows95 on PILP. The author od the PLIP HOWTO
has specifically mentioned that there have been no successful attempts to do
PLIP between a Linux and Win95 box. However, things might have changed since
then .
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 03:40:15AM -0600, Axalon
Hello everybody,
I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser)
but while configuring it:
checking for gtk-config... (cached) no
checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be
found
Hi,
Have you tried : http://www.linux.start.com
or better try MandrakeUser.org. The link for this can be found at the
linux mandrake home page, which is
http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Hope this sets you off. Other people from the list will possibly be
able to assist you more info.
Cheers
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Martin wrote:
Hello everybody,
I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser)
but while configuring it:
checking for gtk-config... (cached) no
checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be
found
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote:
For anyone else who has run into the problem with the kdelibs rpm not getting
installed properly, and if the previously posted fix methods (using rpm -Uvh
kdelibs-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm) does not work, as in reporting that the rpm is for
a diferent architecture,
I would say the only real way to learn Linux is to install it
and Mandrake 6.1 install is so easy that anybody should be able to do
it :-) If you buy the boxed package, you get the manuals and the 6
reference books on CD that you can use and the manuals walk you
through the basics of
Hi,
Well you can start by reading the manual that came with your mandrake (if you
got the box set). if you downloaded it or just havnt got a manual you can pick
up some realy good linux newbie books at your local library or you can buy
better ones at a book shop depending on how much you want to
ibi wrote:
Hello,
I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen
and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I
have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of
support. Where do I go to begin to learn the raw basics? My
You do not need to logout and log backin to make new alias's in a .bachrc
file take affect. Just use "source .bashrc". This is a UNIX command to
execute a script file.
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Bash and Aliases
Thanks Ax ... once again :)
Paul Hoy
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Paul Hoy wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone know the name of the DNS RPM package that comes with Mandrake?
Thanks
Paul Hoy
bind-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpmbind-utils-8.2.1-8mdk.i586.rpm
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 07:41:00PM +0800, Mr-X- said:
Is runnin q2 with the X11 driver the _only_ way im gunna get it to work in X?
Hi,
Quake2 running just fine with my old voodoo graphic.
i just follow the README steps, and Quake-HOWTO.
remember to remove /baseq2/config.cfg everytime you
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 10:38:28PM -0400, Thomas J. Hamman said:
Indeed my .procmailrc was group writable... I did a chmod 644 and bam it works.
Go figure.
glad you made it...
so which will you using then, postfix or sendmail? with or without .forward?
more things to consider, you should
Rather than spend a fortune buying books, head over to;
http://www.informit.com/
They currently have in their range three Linux books, which you can read
online, completely free. Go through them and see what you think. They also
do have lots of other books for all sorts of computer related
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Hi, i'm new to this, can anyone tell me how to make my soundcard work in
linux?
type "man sndconfig" from a console prompt.
Also i have a T-1 line, and i put in all the ip adresses, subnet etc etc.
but it does not go online.
does anyone have a idea how to
What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a T1.
Thanks,
Eddie
I usually use grep to search either files or command output for string
ocurrences.
Ex.
grep "bryanm" user.txt result
would return the contents of any line that contained bryanm in a file called
user.txt and dump the results to a file called result
leave result off to dump to screen
You
It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing
instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND...
Mr-X- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI all..
when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an
hour
for me to recieve it back from the
It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing
instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND...
Mr-X- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI all..
when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an
hour
for me to recieve it back from the
;-)
Thanks for the help guys and gals. I appreciate it.
Rick
--
"I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Dear Eduardo:
From my experience, the download site that is most consistently fast for
T1 (ADSL in my case) in the U.S.A. is ftp.rpmfind.net. (Directory:
/linux/Mandrake/6.1)
Benjamin
--
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Dear friends:
The answer, I am embarrassed to say, is simply to close down Netscape
and relaunch it. All of the old URL's disappear and you begin with a new
slate.
Benjamin
--
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
ummm
if your on a T1 you should just be able to download from any of the mandrake
mirros cause they wouldnt be any slower than cable/T1 either
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said:
What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a
T1.
Thank you all for the suggestions. I did purchase the Linux 3rd Ed
Complete Reference Manual which seems straight forward enough. Now, all
I need to do is read it. Maybe. :-) Thanks again.
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
not the only way..
su - `whoami`
Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed
to?
John
It also might be your ISP. I have two. One uses Linux and has great mail
response time. The other sux. .. Pj
Steve Philp wrote:
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
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 10:04:30AM -0600, Shannon M. Johnston said:
Does anybody know what the grep command do?
$ man grep
...
DESCRIPTION
Grep searches the named input files (or standard input if
no files are named, or the file name - is given) for lines
containing a match to the given
Eduardo Jimenez wrote:
What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a
T1.
Thanks,
Eddie
---
it depends on what continent you
I modified the startup script for mysql and now it hangs during the
machine bootup. I tried using my Mandrake startup disk I created during
installation, but it just gets to the same point and hangs (apparently
loads the same init scripts). What do I do now?
Regards,
Eric Mings Ph.D.
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Does anybody know what the grep command do?
Searches, essentially. For example, type the following at a
command prompt:
rpm -qa | grep sendmail
that will show you all the packages you have installed
which have "sendmail" as part of their name. Or you can try
"cat
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
HI all..
when ever i send an email to the list it takes atleast 15 mins to half an hour
for me to recieve it back from the list..
i dont know if this is a problem with my email client (Kmail) or maybe the list
script has a timer to send the messages...
anyone
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Does anybody know what the grep command do?
For more detail type "man grep" (minus quotes) at the
command prompt. :-)
John
I realized that when using the startup disk without a command it was
loading from my regular hard disk. However, when I used the rescue mode,
I got a kernel panic stating it couldn't find init. I really would
appreciate some help on this!!
Regards,
Eric Mings Ph.D.
I'm getting the following error message when I startx as a normal user
(Everything works fine as root):
"xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/scott/.Xauthority"
I've tried removing and replacing the .Xauthority file in my home directory
and it makes no difference. I read the man pages
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's the second bug report I mailed last night. I haven't seen it hit the
mailing lists, so I'm forwarding it back in. My apologies if it made it the
first time and I missed it.
Sorry steve (and all) i'm a
John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
not the only way..
su - `whoami`
Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed
to?
John
If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones
next to the '1'. :)
--
Steve Philp
Network
Does Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) support the SoundBlaster Live sound card and the
Diamond Viper 550 video card. Where can I find the drivers for Linux.
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote:
Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive.
I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card.
Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is
not supported yet?
Martin wrote:
Hello everybody,
I would like to compile Gzilla (a small graphical web browser)
but while configuring it:
checking for gtk-config... (cached) no
checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be
found
*** If GTK was
Eric Mings wrote:
I modified the startup script for mysql and now it hangs during the
machine bootup. I tried using my Mandrake startup disk I created during
installation, but it just gets to the same point and hangs (apparently
loads the same init scripts). What do I do now?
Boot into
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has the tnt
nvidia 32mg video card. During install linux recognized the video card but had
problems with the ram. The probe did not work. It said unable to detect ram.
It kept wanting us to retry. Is there any way to get it to work
If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's
a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest
server. It will start downloading when you click the "download" button. If
the download starts to slow down, Go!Zilla will automatically switch
Suggest you head on over to my web page lots of good links for newbies
Jeanette
http://www.stormloader.com/jrusso2/index.html
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mr-X-
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 10:49:03PM +0100, colin.murphy wrote:
It would be kinda neat if I could set up a symbolic links for Netscape
in Linux to use the equivalent DOS files for things like the message
files. This would keep both Netscape's in sync.
Would
In RPM files they can be found on the Mesa ftp site:
ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia
General info can be found at nVidia's website:
http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html
--
Seth Gibson
www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710
members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones
next to the '1'. :)
Ahh...Ok. :-) The way it appeared on my screen at work was the one
next to the 'enter' key. :-)
John
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
not the only way..
su - `whoami`
Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed
to?
John
If you put the quotes backwards it will. You're looking for the ones
next
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has the tnt
nvidia 32mg video card. During install linux recognized the video card but had
problems with the ram. The probe did not work. It said unable to detect ram.
It kept wanting us to retry.
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Shannon M. Johnston wrote:
Does anybody know what the grep command do?
grep = Global Regular Expression Processor
$ grep dog filename
will spew out every line in filename which contains
the string "dog"
Read through the docs for grep and egrep, then get
the O'Rielly
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, ibi wrote:
Hello,
I'm so new I haven't even loaded Linux; I've never seen a Linux screen
and I don't know one command. When you pick yourself up off the floor I
have one question. I've decided on Mandrake based on the strength of
support. Where do I go to begin to
Are tgz files the same as tar.gz files? If not how do I decompress them?
Thanks
I hate to say this, download speed does not improve by using Go!Zilla,
GoZilla finds the fatest site and goes there and that's why its fast. You
can also pop up ftp and go there and you'll even get the same speed.
- Original Message -
From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Jaguar wrote:
It could be that your ISP does timed MAIL dumps to allow faster normal surfing
instead of "sending" mail to the 'Net when you click SEND...
If that's the case, I'd dump the ISP. Or at least install a MTA on my
local machine so I can do the instant deliveries myself.
Mr-X-
To whom it may concern,
I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips
to create a new partition (2 gb). Now my set up is 6gb and 2gb. I used
disk druid to delte that partition and create two more the size of 1872 mb
(linux native) and 128 mb (swap).
I recently tried
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:42:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Lilo
To whom it may concern,
I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb hard disk. I used fips
to create a new partition (2
I switched from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6, then 6.1, each a clean install.
under RH, sendmail seemed ok, but there were numerous hacks and bugs
reported for RH5.1 so I decided to upgrade.
The first time I used mandrake 6, with Postfix, it seemed like all was well
and running fine however, I started
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 06:16:51PM -0700, Eric L. Damron wrote:
Are tgz files the same as tar.gz files? If not how do I decompress them?
They're exactly the same, just named to be compatible with yucky "legacy"
operating systems. :)
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging
Already tried not to probe and checked the 8mb or more selection but still had
problems. Has anyone else got the tnt nvidia to work with mandrake 6.0
Thanks
D
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my brothers machine. He has
First off, i apologize if you are reading this message for the second or
even third time, but i keep getting an error reply saying that the mail
was not delivered.
To whom it may concern,
I am running windows 98 on my machine with a 8 gb
hard disk. I used fips to create a new partition (2
try downloading OSS from www.opensound.com, it supports well over 100 more
sound cards than the normal sndconfig does. the only problem is its a 3 hour
trial so you gotta find a crack or buy it heeeh.
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said:
Does Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) support the
Hmm i remember using gozilla ages ago..
think it would be compatible with wine ?
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, M Thompson said:
If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's
a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest
server. It will start
Yes, they are the same. It was just someone's shorthand instead of typing
the full ".tar.gz"
:o)
R.'Trebor' Groves
Network Technician, HarvardNet
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric L. Damron
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 9:17 PM
it is possible that your partitions are set in such a way that your Linux
partitions are above the 1024 cylinder limit?
it sounds likely, if you bought one of the retail versions of Mandrake, see
if it has Partition Magic SE (special edition because they limit the size
and number of partitions
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's the second bug report I mailed last night. I haven't seen it hit the
mailing lists, so I'm forwarding it back in. My apologies if it made it the
first time and I missed it.
Sorry steve (and all) i'm a busy boy as u might assume, and am
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