Erylon wrote:
>
> >
> > I am going to have to do a complete re-install anyway as I've lost
> > the SU/root password.. :-(
>
> Actually, losing a password isn't the end of the world. I once did this
> myself, and it's fairly simple.
>
> reboot and type
>
> linux init=/bin/sh r
I'm trying to get a USB gamepad ruuning using the HID interface. in
usbview the gamepad shows up and I have a /dev/usb/hid directory. Is
there anything I need to do to get things working? Also, what device
should this show up as?
TIA
-Chuck
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:31:26PM +0800, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote:
>
> i just posted a similar question in the mandrake mailing list. my old
> password is something like 'blacks00t'. even if i changed it to
> 'blacks00t17' and the tokens were updated successfully, the old
> password is st
Nick,
> Also when i query the modem it seems to make contact but the query results
> window is completely empty.
>
> It's an internal laptop modem.
>
> Does this all mean that I've got a Winmodem that's not going to work with
> Linux?
I am very new to this - maybe more than you, but I have a win
Hi,
I haven't been able to get the sounds to play for window and system
events, like closing or minimizing windows. XMMS plays sound files
without any trouble, so I think the problem is with my Gnome setup.
I've enabled the 'Play sounds for window events' and 'Play sound
effects for unma
Well, for anybody who might be interested, I ended up doing a reinstall and
letting MD 8.1 configure both of the video cards, with just XFree86 4.1.0
and no 3D acceleration.
Someday hopefully Radeon PCI cards will be supported with DRI enabled.
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions.
Steve
>
onsdagen den 16 januari 2002 22.14 skrev du:
Hi I think you should try to run"when you have logged on as root" in the
black window "Xconfigurator" or "XFdrakres" then you should reach the
Xconfiguration options .About your screen i think you should read the
hardware spec's and then choose "g
Hi again -
I've got another question - I'm trying to set up my dialup connection using
kppp and it get's stuck on "initializing modem..."
Also when i query the modem it seems to make contact but the query results
window is completely empty.
It's an internal laptop modem.
Does this all mean tha
Hi!
I have install Inflex at my RH71. I work fine. But
it does not run as services.
I means ... when I restart my sendmail or restart
my server.
Inflex does not run. I have to install again
the inflex scanner for it to up-date the sendmail.cf and running.
What should I do .. to make it
It sounds like your sound card and printer are both using irq 7. I had this
problem with a soundblaster 16 and solved it by adding the following to my
/etc/modules.conf file
options sb io=0x220 irq=9 mpu_io=0x300 dma=0 dma16=5
alias sound-slot-0 sb
Of course, you will need to check /proc/
Hi,
I did a ctrl - alt - backspace to get out of a running session. Now when
I try to get back in to my user account I get the following crash
notifications.
nspluginscan
ksplash
ksmserver
After the third crash notification, I get kicked back out to the login
screen. KDE will not start.
If
First, thanks to Dave, Ed, Noah, and Michael for advice on domain hosting. RR
doesn't block 80, and I'm going with dyndns.com.
Now I'm running into trouble starting proftpd. I get the error:
Fatal: unable to determine IP address of 'SLATER.columbus.rr.com'.
Looking at the faqs at proftpd.org,
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:20, you wrote:
> Hello folks,
> Well, I was more than disappointed to find that the WIN4LIN inclusion
> in 8.1 wasn't real - just a demo.
> Very poor PR on Mandrake's part to do that. It isn't an included
> package - more like someone else's E-brochure.
>
> Anyone u
I tried hitting the escape key when the lilo screen came up, and entering
linux mem=247M but that did not work. Are you talking about the blue screen
that comes up while Mandrake is loading?
I have managed to save the ddebug.log install.log and report.bug files and
am wondering if there is somew
hi,
i would like to ask how many valid characters does a password compose of? my
password is something like 'blacks00t' (note the two zeroes in the last word). my
colleague has also access to it and has the nasty habit of logging in and killing my
browser for the heck of it. i tried changi
Hi
My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on
installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot
with them gives this error on boot:
Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img
The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine.
I have
AMD Duron 8
has anyone found a ftp site that has this new sudo on it? I have tried
Mandrake updater and just logged on to a couple of ftp servers and still only
find the older version. Just looking for sudo.
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you may also need to add yourself to the floppy group (if you aren't
logging in as 'root', depending on how you are setup. By default (in
certain security levels), users do not have permission to use the floppy or
the cdrom.
This can easily be accomplished via linuxconf, or any of a number of ot
At 05:33 PM 01/16/2002 +, you wrote:
>Try typing 'rpm -ivh ' as root.
>
>I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves
this problem.
>
>Dave.
>
That should actually be 'rpm -Uvh ' as root. The '-i'
flag to rpm is used to install new packages not previously instal
I don't know what differences there are between 8.0 and 8.1, but if all
else fails, you can get the srpm from Mandrake 8.1 and try to rebuild it
for 8.0 .
Michael
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Registered Linux User #81978
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida
At
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 03:42 pm, you wrote:
> I have SuSE 7.3 installed and I want to install Mandrake 8.1 to have a
> dual-boot. Will the Mandrake side be able to use the swap partition I
> created for SuSE?
>
> Randy
sure. I use one swap for 4 or 5 different versions of linux.
-s
Wa
This means that the environment variable $DISPLAY isn't set, try 'export
DISPLAY=:0' and see if that helps.
Also, going to a text login screen is what it does by default. To get it
to boot into a GUI based login, you have to edit /etc/inittab and change
the line:
'id:3:initdefault:' to 'id:5:ini
Typically the ipchains / iptables files are found in /etc/sysconfig/ .
Check there for a file listing the bastille rules.
If it's not there, it should be somewhere under /etc . I don't know
exactly, as I add firewall rules by hand.
Michael
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Registered Linux User #81978
Senior
Hi
Ocassionally i need to venture out of my user session..i logout.. do
something then i come back to kde/gnome. Everytime I return,
I need to "su" and run sndconfig.. Because "my sound device is being used by
something else" at least thats what linux tells me. So i run sndconfig,
listen to
Does anyone can help me find the home page for Crop Marks to use with Lyx and
Klyx.
I have an old version but i've lost the link
Thanks for your help
Antonio Botelho de Sousa
Portugal
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Em Segunda, 14 de Janeiro de 2002 14:51, escreveste:
> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, David wrote:
>
> Sorry to say this but, this is ONE of the Epson Scanners that *do not*
> work (for now) on Linux!
>
> I've search a lot... all recent models work except 1650!
>
> I almost bought one on seasons sale...
I have SuSE 7.3 installed and I want to install Mandrake 8.1 to have a
dual-boot. Will the Mandrake side be able to use the swap partition I
created for SuSE?
Randy
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Sorry for coming in halfway through a thread, but it looks like everyone is
discussing a different subject :)
To save to a floppy from within an application then just select 'Save' and
save it as /mnt/floppy/filename
The floppy must be already inserted and mounted. You mount it either by right
I think you may have misunderstood the previous help. Let me try.
If you are in Star Writer and would like to save a file to a floppy disk:
1. Put the floppy in the drive.
2. Open a terminal window as you have done before when trying the previous
help.
3. Type 'mount /mnt/floppy' or if that doe
> Hello Curt,
> Check out http://gatos.sf.net
Thanks Mario!
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Look for Software Manager in your Configuration/Packaging. You should be
able to see a list of most if not all of the software packages (I do not
know about the extra software in power pack since I am using the
standard 3 CD download version). If there is nothing in the list, try
using Define sour
I think this would be the best way, to install it off a LM 8.1 CD because it
would have any dependencies taken care of. Do a 'rpm -Uvh --test
samba*.rpm' on the samba RPM first though, to see if you get any errors or
are missing any dependencies.
Regards,
Chad
-Original Message-
From:
Try using the entire path to the file i.e. /home/user/filename?
-Original Message-
From: Thomas Wildeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar?
Hello,
I couldn'
Hi folks -
I've just installed my first copy of Linux on to a Compaq laptop in a dual
boot configuration.
However, although it seems to boot OK , it then drops out to the black login
screen - not sure if that is what it's supposed to do or not.
I can then login as root or a user but when I typ
> Anyone using Win4Lin or WINE out there able to tell me a little about
> their experiences?
I use it, I think very highly of it. It does all M$ networking
stuff, runs practically everything. (WP2002 is the only thing
that I know won't install) The only thing it can't do is play
games, but I bo
poogle wrote:
>
> Today is a day for celebration in the "Poogle" household - I'm Windows free,
> got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the
> chain.
> Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !)
> --
>
> Poogle :-))
> Registered Linux user 182657
I've managed to get html links from Kmail to open in Opera, but many links in
email will still not open in my preferred browser.
Can someone point me to what I need to read to fix this?
Thanks,
Curt
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poogle wrote:
> Today is a day for celebration in the "Poogle" household - I'm Windows free,
> got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the
> chain.
> Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !)
>
>
> --
Nick and Charles,
Don't worry about it Nick. I am trying to set up pV3 which is a viz software for CFD,
and its server
requires 24-bit color depth. The card is decent card with 8MB ram, and at least it can
do that under
Windoze at 1024*768. The X server version is 4.1.0, and when I tried to set
congrats
expect your "i don't do windows" tee shirt and instructions on the secret
handshake to be in the mail soon. :-)
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 09:43, you spoke unto me thusly:
> Today is a day for celebration in the "Poogle" household - I'm Windows
> free, got the USB Snapscan scanner
Just shoot me. One answer was right in front of me in the forums. The firewall
starts on bootup by default. No problem, first thing I usually do is hit the
'Net and check mail, so I'm protected. Logoff, and stop the firewall since I
don't need it now.
To stop the firewall, as root:
service basti
the answer was SO obvious ... once you pointed out the problem :-)
once i solved the problem with conflicting version numbers, all was well,
and the install was easy ...
thanks to both you and david for your help ...
kennM
|
| but it also appears you need newer versions, at least for G
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 11:21 am, Kenn Yahoo wrote:
> That's where it gets interesting ... when I attempt to install GConf
> I get a message that "libGConf1 = 1.0.7 is needed by GConf" ... but
> when i try to install libGConf1, I get a message that:
>
> "GCONF >= 1.0.7 is needed by libGConf1
i tried that, but it returned about 20 files which conflicted ...
- Original Message -
From: "David Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with "chicken or egg" dependencies problem (or
so it seems)
Today is a day for celebration in the "Poogle" household - I'm Windows free,
got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the
chain.
Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !)
--
Poogle :-))
Registered Linux user 182657
Want to buy your Pack or S
Try typing 'rpm -ivh ' as root.
I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves this
problem.
Dave.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:21:19 -0600
"Kenn Yahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings ...
>
> In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encounte
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:41:22 -0500
"Yao, Jixian (CRD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup
>up the X on color
> depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128
>mobility wit
Greetings ...
In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encountered a
slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to solve ... but at
this point, I still have one dilemma ...
When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it requires
gtkhtml ... no proble
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: Re: [newbie] X hangs with bpp=24
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:54:02 +
From: Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:41, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am ha
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:41, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a
> problem setup up the X on color depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion
> 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128 mobility with 8MB ram. When I
> enforce X to start
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:34:39 -0800 Thomas wrote:
>I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible
>to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other
>program? If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a
>directory and then dragging and
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 16:34, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible
> to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other
> program? If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a
> directory and then dr
Hi,
I have had a real pleasant experience with ML 8.1, but I am having a problem setup up
the X on color
depth of 24. The machine is a dell insprion 4000 (PIII, 1Ghz), video card is ATI 128
mobility with
8MB ram. When I enforce X to start with 24 bpp by (startx -- -depth 24), it locked the
mac
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 15:39, you wrote:
> I have recently just reinstalled my system.
>
> Since the reinstall i have not been able to not been able to use my
> cdrom drive. If i click on the icon on the dekstop it reports that it is
> not a "valid block device".
>
> The same happens if i us
Hello,
I am running 8.1 and I do enjoy it, but I wanted to know if it is possible
to save directly to a floppy from wordstar or the gimp or any other program?
If so, how would I do this? So far I have been saving to a directory and
then dragging and dropping my files onto the floppy in the mnt
I had to install LM 8.1 twice in my pc, the first time
the sound worked good "i have the kind of sound card
that comes as an extension of the mother board" but
the second time nothing happened. I installed alsa but
I dont know what to do after. Is there any procedure I
need to follow after i have
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 08:20 am, Rich wrote:
> I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under
> wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the
> program may not run well (and they don't!).
>
> Where would I find xmessage?
>
> Rich
X11R6-contri
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 10:40, Joe Wittmer wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
> Which version of Wine are you running?
>
> I just installed the CodeWeavers installation and it works great. But, you
> do have to install the xmessage package. There is more on the web at:
>
> http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/
Hi Rich,
Which version of Wine are you running?
I just installed the CodeWeavers installation and it works great. But, you
do have to install the xmessage package. There is more on the web at:
http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/help.php
Read Item #6.
GL
Joe
>I'm running Mandrake 8.1
Hi Group,
Well... more wine is probably always a better choice...
I have a DOS communications application that does not work under Wine... I
am not really surprised that it does not start... But, if anyone has any
suggestions I am open to try something.
The other question is DOSEMU does not see
I have recently just reinstalled my system.
Since the reinstall i have not been able to not been able to use my
cdrom drive. If i click on the icon on the dekstop it reports that it is
not a "valid block device".
The same happens if i use the mount command.
The cdrom device in /dev/ is a symbol
PG> Hello!
PG> I sent this mail yesterday but didn't get it back from the list,
PG> so maybe it hasn't been sent properly. Sorry if you get it twice,
PG> and sorry also for the two following messages!
PG> I have a problem installing Mandrake on a new machine.
PG> I bought a TNT2 board. I could
Michael Viron wrote:
>
> You could try opening all ports to your internal network while keeping the
> rules for your external connection the same. It could be that your
> firewall is blocking connection attempts on whatever TCP / IP port Diablo 2
> uses.
>
> Michael
Thanks for the reply, Micha
Mario Michael da Costa wrote:
> Never saw my name on a website before, done my ego a whole lotta good,
> thanks.
You're welcome!
> Were the sizes of the 2 iso images different ? because that is the
> only thing that could the message digest. Before computing the MD5
> digest, the message (iso im
I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and, when I run a Windows application under
wine there's a warning message that it couldn't find xmessage and the
program may not run well (and they don't!).
Where would I find xmessage?
Rich
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John,
Based on what I have gleaned from installing Bastille firewalls, it
seems that if you have physical access to the console, you should be
able to get over the lack of a root password - at least if you haven't
taken very specific action to secure against this. Can I suggest you
pose this que
The X respawning thing is because there is something wrong with your video
setup. Not necessarily due to the wrong driver, more likely wrong resolution
etc.
When the respawning stops log in as root and type init 3
This will stop X trying to start again.
Then type XFdrake
(It takes a long time to
I am running Mandrake 8.1 and dual booting with WinME (temporarily, I
hope). I am on a cable modem and I run the Zone Alarm Pro firewall in
windows. ZA logs all attempts to access my machine in a text log.
I opted to install the Bastille firewall in Mandrake 8.1 and it works
very well as I have
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:09, your wisdom was such..:
> make a linux boot disk, this will get you back to linux after you
> wipe out the mbr using a win/dos boot disk and type ...-let me get
> this right, either 'fdisk /mbr' or 'format /mbr'
** Oh Yes! It is fdisk /MBR
> you me
Yes, I have two computers, both running Mandrake, using DHCP to get ips
from a 3Com internet gateway, which is connected to an ADSL modem.
Barbara
At 03:13 PM 1/15/2002, you wrote:
>On Wednesday 16 January 2002 00:47, you wrote:
> > I have 8.0 on a Dell Laptop. Suddenly, on shutdown the compute
Hello folks,
Well, I was more than disappointed to find that the WIN4LIN inclusion
in 8.1 wasn't real - just a demo.
Very poor PR on Mandrake's part to do that. It isn't an included
package - more like someone else's E-brochure.
Anyone using Win4Lin or WINE out there able to tell me a little a
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:19, you wrote:
> > I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to
> > replace my AOpen
> > FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA
> > slot for an old
> > scanner.
> >
> > I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it
> > d
There was an article on Mandrake Forum some time last month telling you which
files Bastille firewall uses to set up the firewall policy.
If you can find it all should become clear.
Enjoy
derek
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:03, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> Okay, this morning I ran the basic (Ba
Hello!
I sent this mail yesterday but didn't get it back from the list,
so maybe it hasn't been sent properly. Sorry if you get it twice,
and sorry also for the two following messages!
I have a problem installing Mandrake on a new machine.
I bought a TNT2 board. I could use the installer so basic
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 19:01, you wrote:
> I decided to try the codeweavers installation of wine. It was very easy
> to use and while I think I could have managed the script file ok... The
> graphic tool is very nice.
There's a graphic tool?
I guess I should get my hands on xmessage after
Hello (Last one for today)
I have installed a Linux server for about 10 clients.
There is a printer connected to it with the parallel
port (an inkjet printer).
I have installed appletalk (netatalk) which runs fine.
When I run nbplkup, 3 zones are shown. Don't ask me
why, but most of the machines
Hello (again)!
I have built a new machine in order to use it as a small server
(about 10 machines for the time being).
I have an ADSL modem to which plug an LAN cable conneced
to the first ethernet interface (eth0). The other interface is for
the LAN (eth1).
Using the network setup tools, I have
Your ICS should still work with static addresses as long as they are in
the 255.255.255.0 subnet i.e. they are 192.168.0.x addresses. If you
look in the newbie archive I think you'll find a message to this effect
from civilme from late last year. Just set up ICS on your Mandrake box,
then ignore
> I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to
> replace my AOpen
> FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA
> slot for an old
> scanner.
>
> I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it
> declares my
> present moidm unsupported! Do any usb modem
Hello,
I'm would like to update my Samba Server (on a x86 Mdk 8.0) to the new
version 2.2.2 I've seen that Mdk 8.1 has a Samba package (rpm-ized) 2.2.2 Is
it possible (and recommended) to install this rpm package on a 8.0?
Thanks,
Best regards,
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