used it fine with mandrake, no issues.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R Edward McCain
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard
Are there any known linux iss
Phillippe,
Try to go into your CMOS and disable PNP. That could be the culprit.
Just a suggestion.
Cheers
--Al
Frank Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I use a Soundblaster Live Value, and had no problems. Mandrake 7.2 found
and configured it, no problem. Beats the heck out of me as to what
happ
euh.. Where can I change those DMA values?
"Richard F. Galaz" wrote:
>
> I had a similar problem with another machine that had an older sound
> blaster card. HardDrake did show the correct card, but I got no
> sound. What I did was changed the DMA values. After doing so, the sound
> worked gr
I got some weird problem here...
My CDROM drive cant read the files of some subdirectories on a CD.
I'm not shure if the problem occures for other CD's, but I'm shure the
files are there!
And the second problem: the CD drive doesnt recognize audio CD's. This
might be due to my not working soundbla
> Perhaps your Konqueror is flaky...
Let me just ask then - how do I go about making sure I've got the latest
iteration of, say, Konqueror? Mandrake Update doesn't list any updates, but
does that mean anything?
Real newbie question, here, I know...
- Av -
--
Abraham P. (Av) Pinzur
[EMAIL PROT
I can give you a quick answer from experience, alone!
Level 1 is Low: Loose as a goose and freedom to roam almost anywhere without
root privileges. There are no security checks. Your system can be used as a
"Gaming-Only" computer at this setting because with few programs set up doing
security/sys
Yeh, just a few, firstly is it a burnt CD? also what speed and type of
drive? do normal CDs work...? you can probably guess where this is going
ie is the burnt cd closed and written properly or was it interrupted?
> I got some weird problem here...
> My CDROM drive cant read the files of some
Anyone set up this or a similar web cam under Linux? I picked the one that
I saw listed as compatible but I dunno how to make it work. Anyone able to
help me? Thanks. :)
*^*^*^*
Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein
Hi Mandrake Folks:
I'm having some printing problems, and I'm not sure where to begin
troubleshooting. I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the latest KDE updates. For
most programs such as KWord, printing works fine. Star Office (RPM from
Mandrake 7.1) prints fine, except for pictures and some colo
I've just installed my first Linux OS, Mandrake 7.0 which I installed form a
DVD.
Now I want to update it, however when I run the update program on the
desktop it just displays "compiling mirror list" until it times out.
I am on a LAN behind a proxy. I set up my proxy settings in netscape (whic
Thanks!! I'll try this when I get home tonight.
Richard
At 06:17 PM 12/7/2000 +, you wrote:
>I know two places to set up sound:
>
>1. as root, run sndconfig.
>2. Harddrake will detect a sound card and sets it up
>
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>From: Mr S Ganesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Li
Are there any known linux issues with this card?
http://store.s3.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?SP=10023&PN=1&V1=255159&xid=25971
I'd linke to own one, I think. I currently have a 16mb voodoo3 2000 PCI and
would love to use my AGP slot.
advTHANKSance
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icq: 59
Mark,
Oh man, that's very bad news to hear...
I ran into a similar problem. My best defense was to turn the power off.
Run a cold boot your computer.
It took me 4 installations of "development" before I got it right. Some
nasty bugs in this one.
As far as Direct X, I recommend to stick with 7.0a
Mike,
I've looked over what you have done and compared
it with my settings and there is nothing that
really stands out as different. I am running a
SB-128 card which 7.2 detected during install. It
used the ensoniq 1371 driver. I went
through and picked the .wav's I wanted, clicked on
Apply an
My MB, an FIC AZ-11, originally came with just ATA-66
on it. I installed Mandrake 7.2 onto an IBM ATA-100
hard drive. FIC now sells either bundled, or
seperately for those who purchased the MB earlier, the
Promise Ultra 100 card. The difference between the FIC
bundled card and the retail card is t
OK, one last frontier before I ace Windont forever - getting my cd burner
working. Its a LG CD-RW CED-8042B removable CD-RW, and it works in
windows, but in Linux it doesn't work. When I type cdrecord -scanbus, this
is what it returns:
[root@localhost rog]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-ma
Hi all,
I just moved from RH7.0 to MDK7.2 so that I can finally use my printer
(Lexmark) and connect to a cable modem (RH7.0 has problems with gcc/kgcc
and network modules).
I've been thru the inst. many times and I could configure X. When I
start MDK7.2 with Gnome/gdm, I get lots of "pieces" of w
On Thursday 07 December 2000 03:40 pm, you wrote:
> Sorry, no suggestion but I have found the same thing
>
>> nor substitute a jpg image.
> > it will look as if it took the changes (preview them and all)
> > but when i restart the background changed do not take effect, other
> > changes i make wil
KDE is not a window manager, it is the K Desktop Environment. An environment
offers far more than a standard window manager. With regards to KDE and
GNOME, KDE does not make it easy to change your window manager (although you
can - I run KDE with WindowMaker), leading one to believe that it is
Installing Mandrake 7.2 under VMWare on Windows 2000
Professional and server. I get an error message
"insmod'ing module lance failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line
479".
Older version (7.1) works ok, is there a work around?
I've tried skipping it and using the linuxconf tool, but
I don
In other words, your definition of "typical HTML" is the non-standards
compliant (according to the W3C) variety. Remember that Konqueror (along with
other newer browsers like Mozilla/Netscape 6 and Opera) aims to support
standards-based HTML. The browser wars saw both Netscape and M$ deliberate
I am updating KDE from the RPM's referenced earlier in the stream.
This am when I tried I wrecked kmail somehow, so i reinstalled (well, it's
not quite that simple, but anyway)-
I have installed 7.2 devel/expert.
So qt2.2.2 went fine, as did libical-0.20d-1.
I am not even going with the next few
I recently downloaded the 2.2.17 kernel and re-compliled it from scratch with
the USB backport and there are two main problems I am having.
It says it can not uncompress it, says its an invalid format.
And when I can get into the kernel I cant get sound to work at all, can
someone tell me what
I knew it was true. Thanks for confirming that.
civileme wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 06 December 2000 18:46, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 December 2000 05:34 pm, Romanator wrote:
> > > Hey Tom,
> > >
> > > Is it true about hardware providers paying fees to M$ so that Windows
> > > supports or approv
I know two places to set up sound:
1. as root, run sndconfig.
2. Harddrake will detect a sound card and sets it up
- Original Message -
From: Mr S Ganesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux-Mandrake - Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie]
There are a couple of things you can do, first you can try using KLILO, its a
KDE form of changing the lilo configuation.
Or you could use DRAKBOOT, a file in DRAKCONF, that will configure LILO too,
if you need more help, email me.
~Lance
Hey Jose,
I know the 3c509 can has 2 modes : pnp or non-pnp. The surest way is a
little dos utility (not windos) you can find at :
ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/3c509x2.exe .
If you really wants to do it in Linux you could try :
http://www.scyld.com/diag/3c5x9setup.html
With these programs you shoul
ah, i see grasshopper.
my computer is at least 2 years old i would say -- maybe closer to 3. i didn't know
there was any BIOS related stuff. that will probably explain it then.
thanks much
Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
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>>> Cody Powell <[EMAIL PROTECT
Hi,
thanks for your list. I had tried to update using the update link on the
desktop (twice) and just messed things up something fierce. I had to
re-install from the cds both times. Did you not have any trouble? Is there
some sequence or method that works better than others? Would apprecia
All is not well. My sound works now but is very quiet. I have all the
mixesettings at 100. Any ideas?
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From: goldenpi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] At last my Pavilion sound is working!
> By
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Abraham Pinzur wrote:
>
> For those of you who are as picky as I am, Konqueror is less than adequate
> in rendering typical HTML. By typical, I mean stuff that works in IE and
> Netscape 4.7. Compare, for instance, http://www.cnn.com/.
Perhaps your Konqueror is flaky...I'm
Try starting x like this:
startx >& myxlog
and then once x starts, just open up that myxlog that you created and on
the top line it should say which version started on that command
Cody
Adrian Smith wrote:
>
> greetings all.
> just installed 7.2 yesterday. the jury is still out but it m
The problem is that you used error checking on an old version of mandrake.
If you are really using 6.1, the system will have a hard time talking to an
8gb chunk in the middle of a 40 gb disk. Switch off the error checking, and
it should take about 20 minutes. In response to the other question, the
I had a similar problem with another machine that had an older sound
blaster card. HardDrake did show the correct card, but I got no
sound. What I did was changed the DMA values. After doing so, the sound
worked great!
I don't know if this would apply to SB Live, but it might be worth a sho
It certainly *feels* like it is...
> Am I wrong in believing that this is the longest lived thread (without
> changing the subject) on newbie@mandrake ever?
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"They said I was mad; and I said they were mad;
damn them, they outvoted me"
- Nathaniel Lee
Sorry, no suggestion but I have found the same thing
On Thursday 07 December 2000 14:53, you wrote:
> another thing not working under 7.2 *sigh*
> login as root
> using KDE
> go to the configuration utility then the logon section
> i can change which icons appear in the logon box
> i can change t
I'm still searching for a fix to the system sound mystery. The silence is
deafening. Anybody got ideas!
After installation of Mandrake 7.2 (I come from the RedHat world) and
KDE2.0pre I find everything ticking along fine except "system" sound. All
other sound functions work fine -- within KDE a
I followed the instructions on mandrakeuser.org and
ended up with the following problem:
>From a terminal I ran spadmin and changed the default
print queue to qtcups from lpr in the generic printer
driver. I then printed a test page. A page printed
correctly, then it continued to print and printed
hmm.
i think this is mostly what i have already tried.
i have actually tried changing the wall paper, and the preview shows it just fine, but
it still never changes. i will try just turning off the wall paper & changing the
colours to see if that works
thanks -- suggestions are always
Hi Adrian,
I found a pleasant surprise when I started loading Linux back onto my workstation
today. I had 7.2 running briefly, but because the hardware on that computer is SO
incompatible with Mandrake 7.2 a LOT of things were either broken or would not work at
all no matter what.
As I was lo
Unless your really stumped for cash I would have thought,given the price of
computer books,a cheap Hard Drive would be better value. Besides you prob
have to pay for a partition programe that can reduce their size without
distroying data. You can also download a free part prog at www.rannish.co
Yes, you're right that KDE isn't, strictly speaking a window manager, and
that there is a difference between a desktop environment an a wm (I run
Enlightenment under Gnome, for example). Doesn't change the point I was
making, which is that single-clickedness isn't a feature of Linux, but of the
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>flexibility with the UI. A UI is a very personal thing. That's why we have
>things like themes and configurable toolbars. The beauty of Linux is that you
>can choose what you want, and if you can't then you can tell the developers
>about it, or bette
Greetings everyone.
I have a quick question. During the install of Mandrake 7.1 I get an
option about what security level I want. Are there any documents out there
that talk about the differences in those levels? Could someone point me in
the right direction?
Thanks
Eric Stoycon
Hi list,
Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened 3 timesw now
and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior exibited by
their installation of Pine 4.30.
What happens is this; it will be running just fine and then crash
unexplainably. I get a message in the termi
Hum... it didn't here... it insisted on activating the onboard soundchip
and Linux refused to start completely after this, it hung while loading
the soundmodule.
> Philippe wrote:
>
> > I just installed mandrake 7.2, my first experience with linux, but it
> > seems the sound is not working.
> >
On Thursday 07 December 2000 08:53 am, Adrian Smith wrote:
> another thing not working under 7.2 *sigh*
> login as root
> using KDE
> go to the configuration utility then the logon section
> i can change which icons appear in the logon box
> i can change the fonts which are used in the logon box
>
*Cries* As a web developer I want to kill anyone else who produces a none
standards compliant browser. Already we have to test multiple versions of
Netscape, Mozilla, and IE on Mac, Windows, (and for Netscape and Mozilla
in Linux) as well as testing in Lynx to try to check usability issues for
th
Hi Philippe
I wrecked my Soundblaster PCI 128 and bought a Soundblaster Live! Player
1024, Harddrake plays the sample fine, but when I try to take over the
settings I get an error message... I worked on it for about a week but
didn't find a solution. So I bought a Soundblaster PCI 128 again.
If y
Adrian,
I also had a similar "problem". Turns out that it wasn't a problem at all.
KDE2 with Mandrake 7.2 ships with a blank wallpaper. You don't think it's
wallpaper because it's blank. (Why Mandrake/KDE chose to default to blank
wallpaper is another question altogether.) In any event check
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Adrian Smith wrote:
>but the question -- i don't quite know if i can describe this so you
>will understand, but i will try. =) the very left edge of my monitor
>(as i'm looking at it) is displaying a very thin slice of whatever is
>actually about 3-4 inches from the left edg
The 1024 cylinder limitation shouldn't be a problem if you're using Lilo
0.21.4.2 and your BIOS supports EDD packet call extensions. If your
motherboard is a few years old, it probably won't support EDD and then
you'd still get that message.
Cody
Adrian Smith wrote:
>
> when installing 7.2 y
howdy --
when i am booting 7.2, my number lock is on (as i requested in the setup program)
however, once i actually start my X session, it goes off.
i looked thru the archives and found that adding enable_X11_numlock to the windows
manager start up might fix this for me.
for KDE people put this i
Hi!
I'm using this card too and I'm not having any problems with it. Does it distord
the sound only when playing CDDA's? Maybe then you have a broken cable.
> hello:
>
> I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on one of my friends computer, and I just
> ran in to a
> problem with the soundcard: So
hey Mark --
sorry to hear you had such a nasty turn of events. i rather wonder about this also.
when i installed 7.0 everything worked great.
when i installed 7.1 i had no printer and a persistent "failed" message on shut down.
installed 7.2 yesterday --
3 fail messages on start up
4 fail m
Many people asked how to add window managers to the graphical login
selector. I found the answer on another mailing list:
--quote--
Add the missing file. In your /etc/X11/wmsession.d, add a file
06XFce which contains:
NAME=XFce
ICON=xfce-wmsession.xpm
EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce
DESC=Lightwe
Hello !
I am having a problem setting my quota at my Linux
Box.
Can someone please help me .. how to configure it
please ...!
Best regards,
SKLIM
KDE also gives the option of having double or sincle clicks. I am, and
probably always will be, a fan of double clicking, as it provides greater
flexibility with the UI. A UI is a very personal thing. That's why we have
things like themes and configurable toolbars. The beauty of Linux is that y
Same here - 7.2 was the first mandrake release that found and correctly
configured my SBLive ! Value out of the box. Do you have no sound at all ?
Have you tried wavs and mp3s ?
philomena
At 03:10 AM 12/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I use a Soundblaster Live Value, and had no problems. Mandrake 7.2
greetings all.
just installed 7.2 yesterday. the jury is still out but it mostly seems to be
working. my printer works at last tho, happy 'bout that.
but the question -- i don't quite know if i can describe this so you will understand,
but i will try. =) the very left edge of my monit
Yes it is true. Read it again. I said "a window manager like KDE", not that
KDE was the *only* window manager that supports single-clicks.
> And XFCE is not KDE, so hereby I prove that the below sentence is not
> true. :p
>
> Paul
>
> >Well, that's only true if you use a window manager like KD
I spent ages almost a year ago trying to find a good browser for Linux.
Netscape 4.5 was annoyingly unstable, but in the end I had to admit
defeat. Netscape *was* the best browser for Linux then.
Today, Linux has a whole range of browsers to choose from. Netscape 4.76 is
now quite stable (your
hello:
I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on one of my friends computer, and I just
ran in to a
problem with the soundcard: Soundblaster PCI128.
The sound is distorted, My friend is a DJ so there is no chance he can live
with
that, so how do I fix that?
Joergen
CNN.com looks fine to me, using Konqueror. I find Netscape (IE's not
really an option under Linux) less than adequate when it comes to speed
and privacy.
Adam
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Abraham Pinzur wrote:
>
> For those of you who are as picky as I am, Konqueror is less than adequate
> in renderin
On Wednesday 06 December 2000 18:46, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 December 2000 05:34 pm, Romanator wrote:
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > Is it true about hardware providers paying fees to M$ so that Windows
> > supports or approves their hardware? In other words, no fee - no
> > drivers. Have you ever heard
I knew sooner or later I'd get a bite on this one...
No, IRQ allocation is set by the BIOS (or the OS) during boot.
While you can set WHICH irq is allocated to a group of cards, YOU CANNOT set
individual IRQ's for a particular card.
Huh? Sure I can, you say...
NO!
PCI cards are hardwired to t
What u have to do is check the time on the CMOS setup which u can access
before the machine actually goes up on the OS. Try pressing the DEL key
or thee F2 key or what ever it might be for ur machine as shown on the
monitor after it checks the RAM . This can be found at the bottom of the
console
At 11:12 PM 12/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I might have asked this before on this list, but it seems like I can't get
>higher than 33.6 from my Xircom PCMCIA modem. I think I even tried changing
>the init string a few times. Any other ideas?
More than likely it is not the modem or Linux but the ISP
I installed Mandrake 7.2 Complete a month ago but have been unable
to receive email. After 4 years with RedHat I was used to email
working right out of the box (standalone PC, dialup account, fixed
address) using sendmail and pine. Internet access via homegrown
script; that works fine - Netscap
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