[newbie-it] Problemi con kmid.

2001-05-07 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Ciao, ho problemi con il funzionamento di kmid. Quando tento di sentire un brano .mid mi si dice Impossibile aprire /dev/sequencer Probabilmente un altro programma lo sta già usando. Ho ricordi di aver usato kmid con la 7.0, prima di far l'upgrade alla 7.2, ma ora ho questo problema

[newbie] Install Mandrake 7.2 over 8.0

2001-05-07 Thread Phil Laing
I am currently downloading Mandrake 8. I have Mandrake 7.2 installed dual boot using Lilo with Win2K default... can I simply install Mandrake 8 over 7.2 and maintain Lilo.cnf or will it overwrite this file Phil Laing Port Macquarie, NSW Australia

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2001-05-07 Thread Alexandropoulou Alexandra
Hello everyone! In a desperate effort to learn linux please tell me whether you know: - Where should I put the libraries needed to run a model? Is it in the model's directory or root? -Have I understand correctly that the install file (windows) is makefile in linux Thanks for your kind concern

Re: [newbie] ICMP

2001-05-07 Thread ZeynalBandari
hi something that i guess you have done while configuring bastille-firewall is that you have blocked icmp type of echo-reply. you can see the rules of your firewall by typing ipchains -L and then look for icmp rules. i'm not sure how to handle icmp but i guess it must be something like :

[newbie] sharing printer

2001-05-07 Thread Mike G
Anyone know how to share a printer with Win2k pro and Mandrake 8.0 I have a HP deskjet 722c and my current setup is use a linksys dsl cable router for sharing RR with both the win2k pro pc and the linux pc now I would like to be able to print to the printer I know the win2k pc has to be on for

RE: [newbie] resolution lmhots !

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Yes it's normal. If you do not have your own DNS you can use entries in /etc/hosts instead. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kaab kaoutar Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Novell Client for Liniux

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
It's part of the distribution itself... "man ncpmount" for more info... Works great. -JMS -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Delagarza, GilbertSent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 1:43 PMTo: Mandrake Email List (E-mail)Subject:

RE: [newbie] RPM

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Redhat Package Manager -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kaab kaoutar Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RPM Hi! what does RPM stands for ? what's the difference between

[newbie] Samba

2001-05-07 Thread Marcel Dijk
Hi, I have a Win2000 professional and a Mandrake 8 machine. I can browse the Win2k machine from the mandrake box with smbclient, but I can't browse the Mandrake 8 machine in network neighbourhood in win2k. I have tried the plain-text reg key for win2k but that doesn't help, I've also set the

Re: [newbie] Install Mandrake 7.2 over 8.0

2001-05-07 Thread Paul
I am currently downloading Mandrake 8. I have Mandrake 7.2 installed dual boot using Lilo with Win2K default... can I simply install Mandrake 8 over 7.2 and maintain Lilo.cnf or will it overwrite this file Ah, okay. Your subject line implied a downgrade from 8 to 7.2 ... Upgrading will

RE: [newbie] Mounting linux files from windows?

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
On which machine? From another machine running Windows on a Network, yes. From Windows itself on a machine with a Linux boot partition? There are some tools floating around for accessing EXT2 partitions under Windows, but they are way behind the kernel... Worst case VMWARE or WINE... -JMS

RE: [newbie] Install Mandrake 7.2 over 8.0 and a sendmail question

2001-05-07 Thread Franki
yeah, I am sort of interested in that one myself. I spent ages getting my server working as it currently is... I know some things are going to be a hassle, like swapping PMfirewall to IPTables On another note, In this list, it has been documented MANY times, that there is some serious

[newbie] laptop running 8.0 hangs during shutdown...

2001-05-07 Thread skip
I have Mandrake 8.0 on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop, recently upgraded from 7.1. During shutdown it hangs shutting down eth0. The typical message is shutting down eth0 dhcpcd[nnn]: terminating on signal 1 I can press Ctl-Alt-Del to restart the reboot, but since I'm actually wanting to

[newbie] while konqueror fails browsing samba domain?

2001-05-07 Thread kaab kaoutar
Hi Samba works when i try to mount other stations shared directories ! but when i use the network browser of konqueror, it fails, it keeps asking for passwordsthen stops, and gives an empty directory, no machines no shared directories... Thanks

Re: [newbie] No sound

2001-05-07 Thread Paul
It was Mon, 7 May 2001 11:41:36 -0400 when Danny Gordon wrote: invalid mixer creative sblive so i reinstalled aurora.rpm and did lilo -v i now have the graphical startup screen but still no sound. im running mandrake 7.2 and kde 2.0 As root run sndconfig in a console (outside X-window). That

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Upgrade Policy

2001-05-07 Thread Terry Smith
Dennis and Carroll, Thanks. Philosophically, I tend to agree with Carroll. Of course, if Mandrake comes out with a new version every month!... Basically I can't burn my own CD's..at the office I don't have a CD-R/W. Data management does burn a bunch of beta distributions if they have the time

Re: [newbie] Model? Install

2001-05-07 Thread Paul
It was Mon, 07 May 2001 10:44:51 +0300 when Alexandropoulou Alexandra wrote: In a desperate effort to learn linux please tell me whether you know: - Where should I put the libraries needed to run a model? Is it in the model's directory or root? -Have I understand correctly that the install file

Re: [newbie] mounting D drive?

2001-05-07 Thread Petre Daniel
On Mon, 7 May 2001, kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi i have mounted C drive using hda1 but i'm not able to mount d drive cause i don't know its name! i tried hda2,hdb,hdd,hdc etc but in vain Thanks try using fdisk to find out your second drive fdisk /dev/hdb and then press p and after reading all

[newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Michael Spivak
Hi I'm really new in this stuff i'm a pro in Win, but got tired of it, and want to move to the professional level, but the only way to install Linux at home and be connected to the Internet is by my office RAS connection. I've tried to do some strange things like compile the Kernel and failed

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
Okay, again, I am in NT. :( I wish I had received this message while I was still at home. You need to add the user parameter toward the end of the entry in your /etc/fstab and you will have what you want. It will mount the partitions upon bootup and it will be accessible to normal users.

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Terry wrote: Todd, This is what my fstab file looks like: /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0

[newbie] BSOD=Blue Screen of Death

2001-05-07 Thread Lee Martin

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Upgrade Policy

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Terry Smith wrote: Dennis and Carroll, Thanks. Philosophically, I tend to agree with Carroll. Of course, if Mandrake comes out with a new version every month!... Basically I can't burn my own CD's..at the office I don't have a CD-R/W. Data management does burn a bunch of beta distributions

RE: [newbie]

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kaab kaoutar Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Hi ! I have a domain called EMAGIN, composed of NT workstations and an NT

Re: [newbie] Konqueror network browser!

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi! Is konqueror network browser the easiest way to browse NT SHARED DIRECTORY? I know only one other wy wich is the using the command line smbclient ...! can i mount a directory using mount ? Thanks kaabhave you tried: LinNeighborhood-0.6.2-1mdk.i586.rpm among

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-07 Thread Terry
Thanks for the help Alan. My windows partition is now available to me, but it is still read-only. I added the line in /etc/fstab just as you suggested: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs user,exec,umask=0 0 0 and I can see it fine, but it is still read-only, both to myself, and as root. So close

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2001-05-07 Thread Roybin Calderón Guerrero
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Re: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Paul
It was Mon, 7 May 2001 21:35:01 +0200 when Michael Spivak wrote: Download the mandrake ISO files, burn CD's, boot from the install cd and see the miracle happen. You will be pleased. Paul Hi I'm really new in this stuff i'm a pro in Win, but got tired of it, and want to move to the

Re: [newbie] mounting D drive?

2001-05-07 Thread Paul
It was Mon, 07 May 2001 16:16:58 - when kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi i have mounted C drive using hda1 but i'm not able to mount d drive cause i don't know its name! i tried hda2,hdb,hdd,hdc etc but in vain Did you try /dev/hdb1 ? Paul -- The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Upgrade Policy

2001-05-07 Thread Randy Kramer
Terry Smith wrote: BTW, what is BSOD BSOD is the famous Windows Blue Screen Of Death -- the screen that comes up to tell you that Windows has died. Randy Kramer

RE: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Michael Spivak
Hi The situation is : I run Linux Mandrake 8.0 for last 2 days on:Celleron 466 with 198 MB RAM and 33.6K USR modem. I read a tonns of readme's and documentations, and all of them said that i need an ms-chap patch, and for that i need to recompile the kernel. I tried to do that, but failed,

RE: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Michael Spivak
I have already running Linux Mandrake 8.0 system on Celeron 466 with 198 MB RAM, and 33.6K USR modem. The problem is that i cant connect to the RAS Please help if you can. TIA -Original Message- From: Randy Kramer To: Michael Spivak Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 05/07/2001 9:52

[newbie] Creative USB WebCam III

2001-05-07 Thread Lúcio Costa
Hi Everybody. Can anyone tell me something about compatibility between Web Cam III (USB) Creative Labs and Mandrake 8.0 ? I Have this Web Cam and I can't use it in Linux. Help me, Please. Lúcio Costa São Paulo/Brazil _ Do You

RE: [newbie] Konqueror network browser!

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kaab kaoutar Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Konqueror network browser! Hi! Is konqueror network browser the easiest

[newbie] webcam

2001-05-07 Thread Jeffrey M. Reed
i am the proud new owner of one silly little earthlink webcam. was wondering if anyone knows a good proggie or likewise way to set up this little beast. p.s. it's a serial port model (a la printer port)...not PS/2! damn. :) -- +- + Jeffrey M. Reed + Linux System Administrator +

Re: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread William R. Nash
RAS a windows program for remote access. how are you trying to compile the kernal. are you trying to upgrade to 8.0. I would need more information to be able to help you. thanks Bill Nash On Monday 07 May 2001 15:52, Randy Kramer wrote: Michael, Where are you starting from -- do you

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Upgrade Policy

2001-05-07 Thread Michael Scottaline
Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip BTW, what is BSOD = H., guess you've NEVER run windows, huh? ;o) Blue Screen Of Death Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there.

Re: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Randy Kramer
Michael, Where are you starting from -- do you have a working Linux system at home that you need to modify to handle the RAS (what does that stand for), or do you need a working Linux system? Randy Kramer Michael Spivak wrote: Hi I'm really new in this stuff i'm a pro in Win, but got

[newbie] Drakconf Software Update

2001-05-07 Thread g
I tried to run DrakConf software Update lm 8.0 Beta, I removed the CD 1 and CD2 from the source list and put in FTP for the Security update. Now DrakConf Software won't load, How do i put back in CD 1 and CD 2, seeing I can't get into Software update to add them?

RE: [newbie] mounting D drive?

2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Not enough information! What kind of partition is on the D: drive which you are trying to mount? What is the contents of your /etc/fstab file? etc. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kaab kaoutar Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:17 PM

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Terry wrote: Thanks for the help Alan. My windows partition is now available to me, but it is still read-only. I added the line in /etc/fstab just as you suggested: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs user,exec,umask=0 0 0 and I can see it fine, but it is still read-only, both to myself, and as

RE: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Michael D. Viron
Michael S, Your best bet as far as the kernel is concerned is to take a look at the kernel howto on linuxdoc.org, if you want to build from .tar.gz source. If you installed kernel-source (check by doing rpm -qa | grep kernel), the source files are under /usr/src/linux-whatever (where whatever

RE: [newbie] Konqueror network browser!

2001-05-07 Thread Michael D. Viron
--- can i mount a directory using mount ? --- Yes, for Linux partitions. If you mean Windows shares, no... instead you use smbmount. See man smbmount. As of the latest release of mount, you are able to mount smbfs filesystems via the mount command, as in mount -t smbfs -o

Re: [newbie]

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
Try an md5sum on your .iso files to make sure the download went okay and that the files weren't corrupt. I would expect X to work fine with your video card. Something peculiar is happening. --- Per Einar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have downloaded the 2 Mandrake 8.0 CDs, and burnt

Re: [newbie] sharing printer

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
First set up smb-client so that Linux can access the Windows machine. You can do this easily under Networking-Samba Configuration. Then load kups (I think it's Configuration-Printer)and (if your samba is working) it will easily install the windows printer. --- Mike G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] Modem Install Hassles

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Shaw wrote: There aren't any jumpers of any kind on the card. I think I've almost got this working. What I did was to move the card from PCI slot 4 to slot 2, and reset the BIOS to allow it to choose the IRQ. (The PnP-aware OS switch in my BIOS is, and has always been, set to no.)

[newbie] USB Drive

2001-05-07 Thread Charles Wackerman
I have Mandrake 7.2 installed as a primary operating system on one of my pc's -- and I have an Iomega USB ZIP 100 drive. For one brief moment when I first installed 7.2 the drive worked but not since. Mount tells me that : /mnt/zip on /mnt/zip type supermoutn (rw, fs=vfat, /dev=/dev/zip)

[newbie] lost SUID

2001-05-07 Thread Dennis Myers
I somehow lost suid capabilities as a logged in user. I think during a set up of the firewall. Does anyone know what file or folder to go to, to check and or see how su can be returned to a console in a user login? Any help is appreciated. Running LM 8.0 and KDE 2.1.1 -- Dennis M.

RE: [newbie] BSOD=Blue Screen of Death

2001-05-07 Thread Franki
don't sweat the men in blue, they will most likely crash on the way to your house... :-) Has anyone noticed that MS bashing is actually very theraputic?? I always feel better after a good winge about MS... :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

Re: [newbie] webcam

2001-05-07 Thread Nima S. Panahi
Well, if it has the Cpia chipset or a clone of the OLD logitech quickcam, it is supported by the kernel and there are many progs. You might also try the v4l2 people, as they might be working on it if its not one those chipsets. I tried searching for the webcam, but can't seem to be able to get

[newbie] BSOD=Blue Screen of Death

2001-05-07 Thread Franki
Anyone here voleenteer to make a BSOD emulator for linux ??? Help those newbies to not get too overwhelmed with linux. you could put it in cron, to give them a nice relaxing 4 minute break every 8 minutes... Or we could go all out, and do what MS did,,, that is, set it on boot, on shutdown,

Re: [newbie] Creative USB WebCam III

2001-05-07 Thread Nima S. Panahi
The webcam is supported well, but not out of the box. The OV7610 and OV511 chipset might be in the latest kernel, but I have not checked. Either way, the website you want is http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/ . They should have everything you want. Good luck.

RE: [newbie] Please HELP !

2001-05-07 Thread Michael Spivak
I think we have some misunderstandings - I already downloaded and installed the Mandrake 8.0 on my Celeron 466 + 198MB RAM + USR 33.6k The problem is to connect to my office's RAS server i can't configure it at all :-( It tries to connect, but when the RAS hang-up and send signal for callback

[newbie] How do I ...

2001-05-07 Thread Lucian Todea
I'm new to Linux. I have a Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem (HSF).I manage to find a driver for this linmodem named: PCI 56K V2.2.17. I copied it to a tmp folder I patched it with something called HSF rwpatch (which was supposed to alow the driver to autodetect my modem-thing that I don't if it