- Original Message -
From: Elijah Jacobs
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:50 AM
Subject: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted
Hi,
I am getting this error ( along with a long list of errors) on bootup.
" ... dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmouted .."
I checked
Hello Anuerin,
Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 7:13:30 AM, you wrote:
AGD> hi,
AGD> how do i turn on the logging option of the internet dialer? im using a dial-up
connection at home to different prepaid servers and it would help a lot if i could
keep track of the total time
You can turn log
Well if it was me,I'd run an update and not install anything new. I've had
lock ups happen here as well. I've always had much better luck just cutting
the power than by using the soft boot(or reset) button :-)
Lee
On Sunday 09 December 2001 17:53, you wrote:
> Hi list
>
> Oh man have I don
hi,
how do i turn on the logging option of the internet dialer? im using a dial-up
connection at home to different prepaid servers and it would help a lot if i could
keep track of the total time (per second if i can) that i spent with which ISP. i cant
figure out how to use the log dialog t
hi,
im just new in the CVS business but i have successfully downloaded and compiled the
transgaming WineX using the stock CVS option of LM8.1. i just followed the directions
in the download page and CVS did the rest.
ciao!
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:06:51 +0900
tek1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
hi,
i also met this during the installation of staroffice. tmp is usually mounted in the
/ partition. in my case i just gave / about 100MB and it was getting used up (the
clean tmp at boot option doesnt seem to work). one work-around is to create another
temporary tmp folder for your user (
Hi list
Oh man have I done it this time!
I am using LM 8.1. I was trying to install a local printer, went to the
printer setup in Hardrake, than half way through that when I was asked to
name the printer the system froze. I used Xkill to close the window, and
tried to start it all over again,
just wondering if anyone's gotten cvs working right out of the box?
here's what i did so far:
-created a new repository in /etc/cvs/repos
-in /etc/cvs/cvs.conf, set CVSROOT=/etc/cvs/repos
when i go to mandrake control center and click on system/services and then
on "cvs", it sa
Just use the df command to see the space available.
/Brian
On Monday 10 December 2001 2:16 am, you wrote:
> i just tried to install jbuilder in my home dir (e.g. /home/me) and i got
> the below error:
>
> Preparing to install...
> WARNING! The amount of /tmp disk space required to perform
> this
i just tried to install jbuilder in my home dir (e.g. /home/me) and i got
the below error:
Preparing to install...
WARNING! The amount of /tmp disk space required to perform
this installation is greater than what is available. Please
free up at least 34640 kilobytes in /tmp and attempt this
ins
Tom and Tek,
I did find 2.4.16 from the Cooker on rpmfind.net. I downloaded it and
the doc file but have some dependencies I need to resolve (plus the
others that you've told me about). I'll take your advice and monitor the
Cooker site for a while.
I'll also bookmark the Netherlands mirror.
Tha
OK geRcO,
I installed wvdial from my 8.1 distro, typed "man wvdial", got some doco
which tells me that the content of /etc/wvdial.conf is described on the
wvdial.conf(5) man page. Typed "man wvdial.conf" - nuttin.
What am I missing (a man page presumably)? I've never understood the
signific
Do man cat:
Name
cat -- concatenate files and print on the standard output.
Randy Kramer
Ed Tharp wrote:
> On Sunday 09 December 2001 14:44, you wrote:
> > > cat is short for "catolog" like the "type" command in dos, it just shows
> > > it
> >
> > I thought cat was for concatenate.
> your
On Sunday 09 December 2001 08:59 pm, Terry Smith wrote:
> I know some of you have upgraded to the latest kernel (2.4.13?). Where
> are you finding the rpm's. I don't see them on the Cooker mirrors.
>
> TIA.
>
> Terry Smith
Your question brings up other cautions. From the list of mirrors
http:
i'm trying to install LM 8.1 on a Compaq Armada 1550MDT ...
since i can't boot from cd, i've created a boot floppy to use in conjunction
with the cd ...
after booting, i begin to load from cd and get:
Loading initrd.img ...
Loading vmlinux
after which the screen is filled wit
try:
rpmfind.net
At 20:59 01/12/09 -0500, you wrote:
>I know some of you have upgraded to the latest kernel (2.4.13?). Where
>are you finding the rpm's. I don't see them on the Cooker mirrors.
>
>TIA.
>
>Terry Smith
>
>
>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
>Go to http://www.ma
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stojs
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] filesharing with windows (samba)
Now I have set up a samba server but there are still some problems.
When I click ho
I know some of you have upgraded to the latest kernel (2.4.13?). Where
are you finding the rpm's. I don't see them on the Cooker mirrors.
TIA.
Terry Smith
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Sunday 09 December 2001 03:44 pm, you wrote:
> Richard Wenninger wrote:
> > I checked, and there are no irq conflicts. EVERYTHING has it's own irq.
>
> Okay, then I'm sorry I couldn't help. ;-(
>
> Only thing else I might suggest is to see if any mouse specific programs
> you are running? migh
environment variables store certain settings/values that are needed by
programs on your machine. it allows you to specify the settings/values in
a central location. environment variables are usually stored in
/etc/profile (for access by all users) or /home/user/.bashrc (for access by
only "u
Dear All,
Does anyone here have vmware 2.03 working in Linux-Mandrake 8.1? If you do,
would you be willing to let me know how you got it to work in 8.1? I cannot
get mine to install. Thanks.
Marcia
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Sunday 09 December 2001 14:30, you wrote:
> Now I have set up a samba server but there are still some problems.
>
> When I click home directory I get a network icon in the left field.
> Under that is ftp archive, local network and web sites. I guess my
> windows machine should show up under loc
On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 07:15 PM, Dave Sherman wrote:
> On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 18:09, NDPTAL85 wrote:
>> After about a week of taking my Mandrake 8.1 box off of DHCP and giving
>> it its own permanent IP it can no longer resolve domain names when
>> using
>> that IP. When I switch it back
On Sunday 09 December 2001 14:44, you wrote:
> > cat is short for "catolog" like the "type" command in dos, it just shows
> > it
>
> I thought cat was for concatenate.
your Idea works as good as mine. less see if we get a "definitive" answer
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSo
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 18:09, NDPTAL85 wrote:
> After about a week of taking my Mandrake 8.1 box off of DHCP and giving
> it its own permanent IP it can no longer resolve domain names when using
> that IP. When I switch it back to DHCP it starts working fine again. I
> am using kernel 2.4.13-12m
After about a week of taking my Mandrake 8.1 box off of DHCP and giving
it its own permanent IP it can no longer resolve domain names when using
that IP. When I switch it back to DHCP it starts working fine again. I
am using kernel 2.4.13-12mdk. Has anyone else come across this problem?
it used to be /var/cache/grpmi/*.rpm
now its not , don't know where its been moved to,, I can't find them either.
rgds
Frank
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman
Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2001 11:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj
try using wvdial,, then you don't need any connection scripts, it
auto-negotiates everything..
rgds
Frank
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of magnet
Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2001 11:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] internet
On Sunday 09 December 2001 23:30, you wrote:
> Gidday Folks
>
> I'm just trying to add another linux box to our system. It's to be a samba
> server. It's got 7.2 on it. Samba appears to be working ok. We have a
> gateway, firewall, proxy, postfix mail server using 7.2 as well. Somehow
> samba is b
If you want to see your windows network in your konqueror browser you will
have to set up LISa. There is a window in the KDE Control Centre to do this,
but you must start KDE Control centre as root.
It will create a file called /root/.kde/share/config/.lisarc which is your
LISa configuration.
On Sunday 09 December 2001 16:04, you wrote:
> If I apply every update there is to my Mandrake Linux 8.1 install, why
> wont it be identical to the future 8.2 release? Or, what is the
> difference between an updated 8.1 and 8.2 when it releases?
Various differences are contained between one relea
Gidday Folks
I'm just trying to add another linux box to our system. It's to be a samba server. It's
got 7.2 on it. Samba appears to be working ok. We have a gateway, firewall, proxy,
postfix
mail server using 7.2 as well. Somehow samba is being used for the mailboxes on this
machine.
Now the pr
were you root or superuser at the time??
if not, you may not have had write access.
rgds
Frank
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Scottaline
Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2001 10:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject
If I apply every update there is to my Mandrake Linux 8.1 install, why
wont it be identical to the future 8.2 release? Or, what is the
difference between an updated 8.1 and 8.2 when it releases?
Thank you,
Bob Sprowls
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandr
On Sunday 09 December 2001 15:23, you wrote:
> On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:26 am, Dennis Myers wrote:
> > On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:00, you wrote:
> > > Well, this is all from weak memory, but with older ML versions
> > > the rpms were saved to a /...//grpmi/ folder. I don't remember
Now I have set up a samba server but there are still some problems.
When I click home directory I get a network icon in the left field.
Under that is ftp archive, local network and web sites. I guess my
windows machine should show up under local network. But what I get there
is just "could not co
On Sunday 09 December 2001 02:44 pm, Richard Wenninger wrote:
> > cat is short for "catolog" like the "type" command in dos, it just
> > shows it
>
> I thought cat was for concatenate.
I'm with you Richard. BTW, I like using 'less' better
Back to the original topic tho. Yes, USR invented
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:22:17 -0500
chris huston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I use grub because when I try to use Lilo I get all
> 777
> on my boot screen [maddening]
>
> Anyways,
> is there any way to reinstall grub
> after a corrupt [windows reinstall] mbr?
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:19:00 -0500
Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You do not need to format anything.
> Run the installation as an Expert/Upgrade.
> You do not need to select any pkgs.
> The whole operation will take less than 20Min and it will reinstall
> tke original kernel as th
Hi,
I'm trying to play a few old of my favorite dos games
that i rediscovered on
www.underdogs.org
and i figured out how to get xdos to work [although in su mode]
{any way to launch it as a reg user?}
Also is there a location where i can move the dos games into
its directory structure so i c
> cat is short for "catolog" like the "type" command in dos, it just shows it
I thought cat was for concatenate.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
> I have installed Mandrake Linux 8.0 on my imac and I can't get
> in the boot menu. I have Boot rom version $0004.17f4 and rom
> revision $77D.45F6. I have three hfs+ partitions (number
> 9,10,11), an apple bootstrap partiton (number 12) and linux root
> on partition no. 13. If I type this in the
to Ed Tharp and to Dennis Myers,
Thanks for the help
- eJ
- Original Message -
From: "Ed Tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted
> On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote:
>
Hi All,
I am looking for a Microsoft Publisher-like program for Linux. Gnome/GTK+ or KDE/QT only please. Do any of you have suggestions. Thanks.
Craig
Dear Frans,
Thank you for this help. I found out that I needed to install my kernel
sources which I did. After that the install attempt found my C ++ header
files however there were alot of error messages and it did not work. I was
given a web page for downloading the pre-built modules. I did
Hi,
I'm getting my system back into shape after the kernel mishap. The most
important aspect will be the modem.
On my original system (LM 8.1) and a Dell Inspiron 8000, I used the LTModem
drivers to get it up and running.
I thought I did the same thing this time but when I dial using kppp
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote:
> > Hi Ed,
> > 1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type "exit". this
> > takes me to a promp asking me for a login.
> > 2. i turn the computer off
> There in lays the problem. When you exit from a kterm, you hav
On Sunday 09 December 2001 12:05 pm, you wrote:
> This machine doesn't have SCSI support, to the best of my knowledge. Why
> is Mandrake seeing two RW drives and why is it seeing a SCSI device?
This is a very common question, easily found in the archives.
The linux burning program, cdrecord, r
Bob,
I'm a newbie so I'll leave the experts to tell you how to 'fix' your
problem. I do know, however, that creating two CD drives, one a SCSI
drive, is standard LM treatment. As I understand it, LM needs to define
a second drive (SCSI) to provide for write access.
I've had problems with automat
SCSI support is require to be able to write to the drive which is why it
is installed.
-JMS
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bob Kauffman
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 1:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 and cdr
I installed Mandrake 8.1 on my Dell Dimension (PIII) and everything went very
welluntil I tried to access my cdrom drive.
This machine has a CD RW drive supplied by Dell, and a DVD rom installed
later by myself.
In checking with HardDrak, I find three cdroms listed:
ATAPI 12X DVDROMd
Hi there again all,
I recently asked for some info on buying an Epson printer. Thanks Carlos
for you input I finally got to read it when I got home with my new
printer :-)
I found the site linuxprinting.org, and there it has a list of advised
printers. 1 of these is the Epson C80. This is the on
Hi All
I have apache setup and running fine using the default /var/www/html
folder. Anything I put in there works and gets served no problem.
However, I want to change the folder to /home/neil/webpages/html. The
folder exists and has the relevant index.html file in it etc. So, I've
used netcon
On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:38 am, you wrote:
> OK, I am feeling a bit stupid right now! How do I build a source RPM? I
> have been trying 'rpm --rebuild package.src.rpm', but I keep getting the
> message 'package.src.rpm: no such file or directory'.
>
> The package *does* exist. I "installed" i
have you tried to see if the problem is related to KDE or a theme you are
using? have you tried Gnome? to see if it goes away?
I'm using KDE ... (the version that came with mandrake 8.0). sometimes my
windows do not display correctly, meaning, that rectangular blue spots would
appear on the to
OK, I am feeling a bit stupid right now! How do I build a source RPM? I
have been trying 'rpm --rebuild package.src.rpm', but I keep getting the
message 'package.src.rpm: no such file or directory'.
The package *does* exist. I "installed" it, and the tarball went into
/usr/src/RPM/SOURCES, and th
I know I have to do a mknod to get MDK to see my 3rd cdrom (really a USB
CDRW) and I know I need the major and minor numbers for the device. I even
know that at one time, I beleive it was Tom Brinkmna that told me where to
find the info on how to figure that stuff out, but for the life of me i
On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:00, you wrote:
> > > Dennis Myers wrote:
> > > > Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates
> > > > from Mandrake Control Center. I've been to archives, I searched my
> > > > files and I thought I had kept a bookmark on it but, guess not.
> > >
On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> First a correction, the unmounting error occurs on dev/hda1 and dev/hda5
> (not hda6).
>
> Second, to answer you questions:
> > how are you shutting down the box?
>
> 1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type "exit". this
>
On Sunday 09 December 2001 09:25 am, Dennis Myers wrote:
> On Sunday 09 December 2001 09:31, you wrote:
> > Do you mean MandrakeFreq?
> >
> > Randy Kramer
> >
> > Dennis Myers wrote:
> > > Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates
> > > from Mandrake Control Center. I've be
On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> First a correction, the unmounting error occurs on dev/hda1 and dev/hda5
> (not hda6).
>
> Second, to answer you questions:
> > how are you shutting down the box?
>
> 1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type "exit". this
>
On Sunday 09 December 2001 09:11 am, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >It's been a long time since I used ripperX, as I've settled on
> > Grip as a better front end. Both are just FE's for cdparanoia and
> > the mp3 encoder of your choice (ought'a be,
> > notla
On Sunday 09 December 2001 09:31, you wrote:
> Do you mean MandrakeFreq?
>
> Randy Kramer
>
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> > Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates from
> > Mandrake Control Center. I've been to archives, I searched my files and I
> > thought I had kept a bookma
Well I'm convinced. I have managed to lock up, crash, and ruin the
system to the point where my ML cd's were in danger of wearing holes
in them from reinstalling, BUT never lost my newly stored data.
TuxBox is now and forevermore my serious machine, with the Windows box relegated to
"toy"
statu
Hi Ed,
First a correction, the unmounting error occurs on dev/hda1 and dev/hda5
(not hda6).
Second, to answer you questions:
> how are you shutting down the box?
1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type "exit". this takes
me to a promp asking me for a login.
2. i turn the comp
Hello:
I have been trying to install pilot-link into my lm8.0 system. After
installing the appropriate files from the distro cd's, I keep getting an
error saying it could not find the device. I have a PalmIII, whose cradle
is connected to my pc via a serial to usb interface. I read what little
I'm using KDE ... (the version that came with mandrake 8.0). sometimes my
windows do not display correctly, meaning, that rectangular blue spots would
appear on the top and bottom of the window.
I thought it was similar to M$ where I had to get the proper driver for the
monitor. From the letter
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 03:22, Stojs wrote:
> When running the server wizard from wizdrake I get stuck on hostname.
> The text sais if you will only have intranet any valid name is ok, like
> company.net. I tried using that name but it was not correct. Do I have
> to pick a host name from somewhere
If you are having problems connecting to shares from Win2K it may be due
to how Win2K handles passwords...
Make sure you have encrypted passwords turned on in samba.
Also make sure that the "hash level" parameter is set to 8 in Samba.
This causes Samba to accept various combinations of upper ca
why are you looking for a "driver" for the monitor? (I generally think of
driver monitor as a M$ sort of thing)
What version of xfree86 are you using?
On Sunday 09 December 2001 02:10, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the driver for a Dell trinitron monitor?
>
>
> - eJ
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:57 pm, Harm Bathoorn wrote:
> On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:09, you wrote:
> > > I swear: I will never purchase anything from Intel again if there's
> > > an AMD option available!!
> >
> > Easy now Harm, lately AMD is the better choice, granted. Not too
> > lo
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:27:47 -0800
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list,
> I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I
have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev.
> Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says
'cannot sav
how are you shutting down the box? what command? what is the last bit of info
on the screen as it shuts down?
On Saturday 08 December 2001 23:50, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am getting this error ( along with a long list of errors) on bootup.
>
> " ... dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmouted .."
>
> I chec
are we rating "connection" (as reported "connected at 33600" or whatever
speed or transfer speed, as seen with, say, the "details" tab of kppp? or in
M$winders on the sysmon setup with bytes recieved or bytes sent?
On Saturday 08 December 2001 22:45, you wrote:
> > Have you tried flashing your
Do you mean MandrakeFreq?
Randy Kramer
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates from
> Mandrake Control Center. I've been to archives, I searched my files and I
> thought I had kept a bookmark on it but, guess not. Can someone feed me that
> inf
cat is short for "catolog" like the "type" command in dos, it just shows it
to the screen (as default) unless you direct it to a printer que.
in order to copy the info to a file, (without the quotes, in the text
console, as root, in a users (named et for me) home directory) I do a "touch
proc
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 19:37:20 -0500
Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 07 December 2001 05:28 pm, joe wrote:
> > I can't get ripperX to create mp3 files. I am working backwards and
> > can create the WAV files but when I try to create mp3 direct from the
> > audio cd I end up with
According to the manual the host name has to be input in the format like this
rtfm.mandrakesoft.com
(I'm not being insulting it really does say that.)
Derek
On Sunday 09 December 2001 09:22, you wrote:
> When running the server wizard from wizdrake I get stuck on hostname.
> The text sais i
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 02:10:48 -0500
"Elijah Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#> Hi all,
#>
#> Does anyone know where I can find the driver for a Dell trinitron monitor?
Driver?? I suspect you actually want the specifications - Yes??
Try looking at http://www.monitorworld.com
They have a pret
Hallo,
I have just installed Mandrake 8.1. All my hardware is working OK
except my ISDN-connection. I have a Teles 16.3c ISA PnP card
which is in the list of known and configurable ISDN-cards.
Mandrake says that it recognizes the IRQ and IO numbers by
itself. But when I configure my connectio
When running the server wizard from wizdrake I get stuck on hostname.
The text sais if you will only have intranet any valid name is ok, like
company.net. I tried using that name but it was not correct. Do I have
to pick a host name from somewhere else on the system? Or does my
internet connection
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 03:15:01 -0500
Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where would I find these kernel-headers and kernel-source? I am very much the
> newbie in this area. Thanks for the help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Marcia
[frans@amd frans]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-doc-2.4.8-26mdk
kernel-sour
82 matches
Mail list logo
