...in pratica non ho ancora risolto molto.
Le cose stanno così:
Sono andato sul sito della xfree86, per chi interessa
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pup/Xfree86/4.1.0
qui (nel file README) ho trovato informazioni su come installare la patch
per xfree86_4.0.3
Infatti la 4.1.0 dovrebbe supportare la mia
ok, ho provato
rpm --version
è la 4.0
mentre i comandi
rpm -qa |grep rpm
o
rpm --initdb
danno sempre l'errore
cannot open Package Index using db3...
a quanto pare, sono proprio messo male se voglio installare qualcosa
giorgio
- Original Message -
From:
gblinux
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:50
PM
Subject: Re: [newbie-it] installazione
MDK 8
...in pratica non ho ancora risolto molto.Le cose stanno
così:Sono andato sul sito della xfree86, per chi
It was Sat, 30 Jun 2001 21:07:14 -0400 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. I was asked during installation something like 1) remove windows 2) use
the current windows partition 3) create a new partition. I want to keep
windows, so option 1 is out. What is the difference between option 2 and
3?
It was Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:51:15 -0700 when Rajagopal Iyengar wrote:
Hi,
I have a Mandrake 7.0 version of linux on my pentinum III 450 Mhz. I have
included both include and lib libraries in my path. I am trying to compile a
C program and it says it cannot find the files. I looked at the include
At 08.34 01/07/01, you wrote:
I do a lot of home video editing the total cost of my own built machine is
still 1/3 of what a high end Mac costs. Exclude the iMac which at their
cheapest, or affordable if you like, is still a $1000 without a rebate. I
don't use anything smaller than a 17 monitor
On Sunday 01 July 2001 03:30, Olaf Marzocchi wrote:
At 08.34 01/07/01, you wrote:
I do a lot of home video editing the total cost of my own built machine is
still 1/3 of what a high end Mac costs. Exclude the iMac which at their
cheapest, or affordable if you like, is still a $1000 without a
Hi,
I am new to the list and to Mandrake. I would like to do a dual install (Win
98 SE (UK)/Mandrake) on my daughter's Fujitsu/Siemens Celvin EasyPC. I have
Partition/Boot Magic, so this shouldn't be a problem in theory. It is
however, unclear to me as to whether the EasyPC (legacy free)
$.02:
David E. Fox wrote:
So far so good...some servers should be included, postfix / apache
probably for starters. No need for innd,postgresd, etc. Again, the
current installation profiles need to be tweaked - one shouldn't have
to go for a server install to get a few necessary (plus some
Hello yet again everyone
I have posted this message before, but I'm getting real desperate. This is
my last attempt at installing Linux as I can't go any further. I don't even
know what the following error message means, therefore can't find a solution
(what is a rate?). I've searched and
In order to get LimeWireOther to work follow these steps
Download Sun's latests JRE
Install Sun's JRE
Get LimeWireOther
Run /usr/java/jre1.31/bin/java -classpath LimeWireOther.zip install
This is assuming you accepted all the default paths in the JRE
That should do it!
On Friday 29 June 2001
Okay, I got my crash-suit yesterday, and the included bonus was phenom! ;-)
PS Now I have a question. I had already placed an order for the v8.0 Powerpack
thru the Mandrake online store. I also bought a t-shirt as well as making the
open-source contrib. My question is, how do I cancel that
On Sunday 01 July 2001 09:50 am, you wrote:
On Saturday 30 June 2001 22:15, s wrote:
I was wondering if someone could tell me how to load 8.0 from the
cds using 2.2.19 kernel.
On install you go to expert mode, then at individual package
selection you click the two cyan arrows at the
I was having working XAW TV. I wanted to record sound from the tv show.
I tried to use grecord(sound recorder) with source as video. it gave
erro and sound from xaw tv also gone. How to restore the sound to xaw
tv? sound is working otherwise for system sounds and xmms.
--
L.V.Gandhi
203,
I was trying to install MDK 8.0 in a machine with SIS card 6215. While
installing it starts in graphics. I saw in console one as 16 bpp, driver
as cfb16, no acceleration and FBDev used. But after installation GUI
doesn't work. First I get hanging with Super check serial port. I have
also
Since there is so many risks of constantly using a root account, how
in the world are you supposed to get work done without being logged in
as root??
I am a new user and am looking for a desktop alternative to Windows. I
have no interest in consoles, command lines, writing scripts, compiling
Well at least it wasn't your mother -- that happened to me once!
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 06:20, Franki wrote:
kinda funny,,
My girlfriend saw me working on a linux server I had here, and she was
watching when I logged in as root
it took two hours to convince her that I wasn't a dirty
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:59, Michel Clasquin wrote:
On Saturday 30 June 2001 10:35, Franki wrote:
non-KDE/non-GNOMEapps:
xmms - it looks like Winamp, sounds like winamp, it even uses winamp skins.
A newie essential.
XMMS is actually part of the GNOME project. It works equally well in KDE,
On June 30, 2001 02:43 pm, you wrote:
SNIP
After getting mightily annoyed at having to run su in a console or run
Super User file managers or give my root password time after time in
order to run Mandrake Control Center or other root-only utilities, I now
log in all the time as root. Before
Dear All, I downloaded a statically linked program called rgXnetchess_static
that the author told me should work on my LM8. His instructions were to just
chmod +x rgXnethchess_static and then I should be done. I have not tried
this yet, because I was not sure that could be all that I do to get
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:55, steve campbell wrote:
On Friday 29 June 2001 20:58, PENA FAMILY wrote:
I agree comletely, Linux is still very young and developing. My twist on
the car analogy is like this
Windows is the average car which the vast majority drives and get from
point A to
Again, well said!
Like any community, there are a variety of members with a variety of
goals. Some of us would like to see Linux on the desktop be the OS of
choice for normal people. I'd like to see that, and will be trying to
help.
From what I've heard, Mandrake is one of the distributions
Hello,
I read all the stuff about the Rage problems on Mandrake, especially
the how-to @ http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html and
the info on http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hbits.html#Rage.
I still don't get my Rage Fury AGP 32mb to work with X. If I switch to
640x480
I think you guys are missing the point..
This is an install to woo windoze users,
mandrake makes the mini router/firewall distro...
why not a version that matches windows functionality without all the rest..
clients of everything, not servers they require configuration and in the
end will
The A7M266 uses DDR RAM and has the VIA chipset. It supports up to 2GB of
RAM (the A7V supports 1.5GB, and the A7A 3GB, though I have never
personally heard of a 1GB stick of RAM, but maybe they exist).
I thought the A7M266 had an AMD northbridge and a VIA south bridge.
Here are a couple
On Sunday 01 July 2001 02:39 pm, you wrote:
On Sunday 01 July 2001 14:17, you wrote:
Hi Kmail users,
For some bizarre reason, the Spellchecker is not working. Is there
something
that is not configured correctly in Kmail?
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
The Happy Kmailer by
I know that no one on this list has any problems sharing opinions...
So I wanted to know if anyone had an opinion on a good A+ cert book,
hopefully leading to *nix networking (ie not MCSE).
Or maybe a website that's not looking to suck down a month's worth of my
meager rural texas teacher
Hey all
Is there a Kmail config file wherin is stored all the settings PARTICULARLY
filter rules? If so, uh, where is it please. When I back up I wanna back
this up too.
TIA
Jim
--
MJK Systems-IT Consultants Training
Phone/Fax-020 8697 4912
Mobile-077 4066 3292
Linux User #-196384
First error to appear is:
ERROR! Could not uncompress second state ramdisk
ON pressing the enter key as asked:
Fatal error in state 1: Accessing corrupt shared library.
This after four days of downloading the cd iso for 8.0! Can this be made
easier, or explained in some manner?
Or is the
this can be a hardware or bad software problem... (not to be mean, but if you
have to download with a dialup connection, you might consider
www/cheapbytes.com to get a disk set that is the same as the ISO you
downloaded and burned (you did burn the ISO to a disk?)
On Sunday 01 July 2001
Maybe a tiny floppy app, that can probe a windows system and give a report
of what is likely to work with linux and what isn't ...
then give heaps of the disks to mandrake resellers, so people can try one in
thier computers before buying the winlinux distro
just a thought, or you could
Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently purchased
Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having worked in the Windows
world for the past few years it's great to see other operating systems
coming about. The install went very well and over all I'm impressed with
the
Robert, I have also the powerPack Edition but I had a staroffice file
downloaded before from sun URL and it works fine. Did you install it as root
and then as user? or you just make a whole install?
Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)
El Dom 01 Jul 2001 23:42, escribiste:
Perhaps someone can
you did run star office setup as a user first didn't you?
On Sunday 01 July 2001 17:42, RobertLuzader wrote:
Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently purchased
Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having worked in the Windows
world for the past few years it's great
Yes, very funny. I hadn't thought to specify, but actually recommendations
on both would be nice. Looking at some sample exams I think I could be
COMPTIA A+ certified in a couple months, so that would be where I want to
start.
I just wanted to find a platform neutral book instead of buying the
Thanks, Matt, for describing the perils of routinely working as root.
well, after once having to ctrl alt backspace out of xwindows and
subsequently loosing my whole linux install, and then later suffering ap
owerloss and again losing my whole system both while logged in as root i
realized the
Frank wrote:
There is a HUGE need for a distro that doesn't offer so many options
that it drives would be users away
I think you have many good ideas, but speaking as a Windows user who has
recently installed Mandrake 8, it wasn't the large number of options
that is the problem, but the
Michael,
Thanks for recounting how Linux has become more user friendly since
your Slackware 2.x days. Though I have just started using Linux, I've
followed it over a few years and installed it now because I thought it
was finally reaching the point where a normal person could use it.
I've found
I don't think it is a matter of perference as much as it is a matter of
what Linux really is. Linux is a networking os just like any UNIX or UNIX
clone. Whwn dealing with networking OSes, you need user groups, root
access, etc.
We can write to each other all we want about changing how Linux
Two good ideas!
Randy Kramer
Franki wrote:
Maybe a tiny floppy app, that can probe a windows system and give a report
of what is likely to work with linux and what isn't ...
then give heaps of the disks to mandrake resellers, so people can try one in
thier computers before buying the
Microsoft is considered a great company by many; it can be
argued that they are great because of innovative ideas ... Will
.NET be considered amazing by many? Will Windows XP succeed?
Can one honestly say that Micro$soft has such a huge presence
mostly because of unfair business practices?
- Original Message -
From: Skinky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
I am STILL trying to install from hard drive. After creating a native
linux
partition and booting with a boot disk (hd.img), I selected install to own
partition (linux native partition). All goes well for a while and then an
Well the breakup was supposed to be a remedy for M$ business cut throat
business practices and antitrust violations.
Looks like it is not going to happen now.
Jeanette
- Original Message -
From: Rita F. Koenigs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:03 AM
Is there a NBTSTAT eqivilent in the *nix world?
Hi,
I use win2K and Mandrake-Linux 8.0 on the same PC . I have an ALCATEL usb
ADSL modem called Speedtouch usb.
Alcatel have made a driver for this usb modem for Linux in tar form . Does
anyone know how to install it in Mandrake 8.0 or does anyone
know of an rpm file for this driver
Thanks
couple of little points I would add to that...
years ago when the www was new, netscape developed a pretty not browser and
called it navigator..
ms then came up with IE and in order to get rid of NS, they bundled it
with Windows, so that people who already had a browser would use that
instead
The reason they don't want to be split, is because then their application
branch would be forced to compete with their competitors on an even footing,
and no more bundling Microsoft versions of competitors apps in the windows
OS, since their current app people would no longer be working for the
Kevin Fonner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what is the command to mount a floppy drive?
=
mount /mnt/floppy
This, of course, assumes that you have /mnt/floppy in your
/etc/fstab
HTH,
Mike
--
Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting,
Hi Jim and all,
All config files that are particular to a user are in the users /home
directory, or for root are in /root. I always backup /root /home as well as
/usr/local - which is where I add my scripts or progs I have found.
I also backup /etc/fstab, ..*.conf, ...conf.* config.* and
Hi,
I have found that the device for ZIP 100 is /dev/sda1 for an ext2 f/s and
/dev/sda4 for a DOS or VFAT f/s on the ZipDisk. I hope this helps
Cheers,
Lin
-Original Message-
From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, June 30, 2001 09:07
Subject: Re:
On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:06 pm, Judith Miner wrote:
Frank wrote:
There is a HUGE need for a distro that doesn't offer so many options
that it drives would be users away
I think you have many good ideas, but speaking as a Windows user who has
recently installed Mandrake 8, it wasn't
On Sunday 01 July 2001 07:24 pm, Skinky wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Skinky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
I am STILL trying to install from hard drive. After creating a native
linux
partition and booting with a boot disk (hd.img), I selected install to
own partition (linux
On Sunday 01 July 2001 04:54 pm, etharp wrote:
this can be a hardware or bad software problem... (not to be mean, but if
you have to download with a dialup connection, you might consider
www/cheapbytes.com to get a disk set that is the same as the ISO you
downloaded and burned (you did burn
Jennifer,
What does nbtstat do? Is it anything like netstat?
Michael
--
Michael Viron
Registered Linux User #81978
Senior Systems Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida
At 08:00 PM 07/01/2001 -0400, JENNIFER wrote:
Is there a NBTSTAT eqivilent in the *nix world?
The experts agree that splitting would be bad. You would wid up with two
gaint powerhouses rather than one.
I think that fining them ten billion dollars would do the trick, Then
double it everytime they are violate any agreements. They may be the
richest company out there, but they have
Excellent answer!
On Sunday 01 July 2001 20:29, Romanator wrote:
Judy,
A good portion of what you have mentioned has been covered in the
Mandrake archives. People are working on these features and more than
can mentioned in a few brief emails. Rather than stepping on the gas and
trying
Friends:
I'm a new user of Linux and Mandrake. I've installed Mandrake 7.2 and quite
pleased with it. However, I'm still quite confused about loading software
other than rpms. I've got the rpms down fairly well since it seems to be a
no-brainer how to install them.
I've downloaded Star
perhaps you should consider working for them... i use win2000 cos I
currently have to
but I have found very little innovation in ms products.. and I ought to
know, used to be an oem reseller
don't get me wrong, they have developed a good working GUI, but have you
seen Geowrite and
oh yeah, I meant to respond to this as well..
MS is full of innovation. Thanks to them millions upon million of users
can now use a PC. OS2 didn't do that, neither did UNIX or Linux. It was
Windows 3.1 that started it and Windows 95 that really made PC's sell. I
may not like MS, but I can not
Mandrake wrote:
A3 paper size useless here, need us letter size.
How do I change it permanently?
--
Linux is cool
Have you tried the Printer icon on the
desktop?
Properties -General -Paper size - Letter
Save - OK
Barry
Well, I still have not personally installed MD 8.0 or
successfully installed a modem. But I have read more of the
manuals/books, etc and have asked for help from a computer
store that has one tech support person who is pretty familiar w/
Linux (but says he's not an expert on Mandrake).
That is funny. My ATI Rage Fury 128 has been working ever since
Mandrake 7.1 came out. It uses the generic ATI Rage FURY driver. Oddly
enough I also have another machine that has a ATI All IN Wonder which
uses the same driver and I haven't had any problems. I am using the
AGP verisons in both
what is the command to mount a floppy drive?
Kevin Fonner
Vice President and CTO
Greenfern Corporation
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (888) 411-3923
Fax: (877) 807-4064
Web:http://www.greenfern.com/
On Sunday 01 July 2001 12:55 pm, Randy Kramer wrote:
Again, well said!
Like any community, there are a variety of members with a variety of
goals. Some of us would like to see Linux on the desktop be the OS of
choice for normal people. I'd like to see that, and will be trying to
help.
On Sunday 01 July 2001 02:02 pm, you wrote:
On Sunday 01 July 2001 12:55 pm, Randy Kramer wrote:
Again, well said!
Like any community, there are a variety of members with a variety of
goals. Some of us would like to see Linux on the desktop be the OS of
choice for normal people. I'd
With all due respect I keep hearing that remark about Apple. That initially
it is expensive but in the long run you save money. Frankly, a BMW and Volvo
are expensive at first but in the long with the quality and safety you save
money. Of course you have to be able to afford it. You either have
As of about an hour ago or so, I finally was able to get DualHead
working on my Mandrake 8.0 box.
I had problems getting it installed because I didn't have the right
drivers, and the Matrox support web page was down all damn weekend.
Once I got the mga and mga_hal driver in the right place, all
A3 paper size useless here, need us letter size.
How do I change it permanently?
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Linux is cool
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