to
registered users. There are versions of AVP for Novell, DOS, Windows, and
linux.
If you have installed from CDs with rpm, check /usr/doc and /usr/share/doc
for an AVP folder. The 36-page *.pdf file available from the web appears to
be in Cyrillic.
Civileme
special drivers either. Do NOT buy a USB modem--many of them are winmodems.
Anyway, there is an article about someone who did get a conexant working on
http://www.mandrakeforum.com
Civileme
is more than welcome to take a look at it and see wth it
> is that so many others have been unable to find that's tripping it up...
> The only *known* issue: it uses an iframe, which is fine for NS6 and IE
> 5.5sp1. Oh well...
>
Konqueror off of KDE 2.0.1 sees most of it...
Civileme
> --
> Eric (the Deacon remix)
> http://www.firekite.com
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> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is much much more trouble to do the upgrade. Directories have moved. You
can probably upgrade as far as 7.1 without very many hiccups, but 7.2 is a
quantum leap.
Civileme
Civileme
the linux partitions, leaving the windows partitions alone.
save
ctrl-alt-del
boot into windows
make a windows boot disk
boot into DOS prompt from the windows boot disk
a:\>fdisk /mbr
linux is gone and windows is intact. You may now recoup unused disk space
with DOS fdisk or PM or whatever.
Civileme
025852
Unfortunately, we cannot directly support hardware for which the drivers are
secret binaries, but the sites pointed to by article and replies at that URL
should help.
Civileme
--
QA/Software testing
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 04:30, you wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Another KDE2 2.0.1 ?
>
> > On Monday 11
of the things you would expect from
a printer, but may not have some of the features (yet) that you have come to
expect from this printer in windows.
http://ww.linuxprinting.org/database.html is the place to look for printers
and drivers
Civileme
updating KDE. This breaks things which are
self-repairing, but take a while to do so. Meanwhile the user believes he
has a bum system
Civileme
--
Why Oh Why is it that 98% of the time my computer has a problem, the problem
has its hands on my keyboard?
all for each user, what is the best way for this??
> Any advice is welcome, thanks.
> Susan
Install a "Workstation" so the logic files can be left where they are and
shared rather than duplicated into your home directory.
Civileme
er can affix to
the package of his product.
Some manufacturers write their own drivers and do not pay the fee or affix
the sticker. On Microsoft's web site you will find those "third-party
drivers" listred as a cause of crashes.
Civileme
ake its video out to your monitor.) XFree-4.01 does NOT provide
accelerated support for the 530, so XFree86-3.3.6 is a better bet because it
provides acceleration in 16 bit color depth for the 530.
I have used three 530-based computers. None were speed demons, but none ever
had a hiccup,
is happening after the install, it is likely the death knell of a WD
disk (which blows off the CRC). If it is happening at the install, I would
say you have a coaster.
Civileme
to play wav files automatically, when I click on the link?
>
> Thanks in advance,
ls -l /dev/dsp*
check ownerships/permissions and make changes (as root) netscape isn't able
to open the file.
Civileme
rough the archives for this list - there is/are a myriad*
> explanations as to why.
>
> Cheers
>
> *(Gr, myrias,myriados, < myria, ten thousand, innumerable.)
http://www.mail-archive.com/expert@linux-mandrake.com/msg17753.html
Civileme
, acceleration is likely to work only at 16-bit
color depth. Changing the resolution to a different color depth WILL break
it.
Civileme
>
> Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via
> 133 and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-)
Well
On Sunday 03 December 2000 01:33, you wrote:
> Klyx don't work, tex is too hard
> I would like something easier
> if you please
>
> Thank you
Try LyX. KLyX was written as a demo of Qt widgets and not really maintained,
but the REAL LyX is there too, and is almost as easy as KLyX.
Civileme
t color depth is best chance for the
i810. I have a Pentium III 733 running off the i810e with full acceleration
here and it still drags--the i810Chipset must have other virtues than speed.
Civileme
s chipset dependent and tinkering with
the XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file is not an uncommon requirement to meet
the precise timing of the particular laptop chipset.
Civileme
Next remove the modelines you will not actually use from the assortment of
available modelines
then close your edit, saving the file
startx
Civileme
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 16:02, you wrote:
> Civileme,
>
> Typed in "supermount enable" and "supermount" in the terminal.
> Got nothing!
>
> Any other ideals?
> Doug
>
> civileme wrote:
> > > The /etc/fstab file reads like this:
> &g
got a different error message and still
> no mount.
>
Umm--that is NOT a supermount line.
If you want to see what a supermount line would look like, try
# supermount enable
as root.
# supermount -i enable would write the supermount lines to your /etc/fstab
And if your current setu
hopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.
> http://shopping.yahoo.com/
https://127.0.0.1:1
Civileme
windows. Writing in the other direction is much
safer, i. e. let linux read your windows files.
Civileme
longer and get Plex86 for free. It boots Win95 now.
As for the VMware, return it and make it their problem. XFree 4.01 has
been out for months and is open source. VMWare had the responsibility
to make it work since their software is secret and nothing could be done
from the XFree end.
Civileme
for one filesystem and
others for another.
Civileme
his
problem. But even before that, remove and reseat the ide cables, or
remove and replace.
Civileme
0 Murcia, España (Spain)
> Pone: int+34+968364976
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, rpm will load a new kernel, but it will not make it the one to
boot from to do that, in a terminal, login as root with the su -
command, then
# drakboot
and follow the instructions to point toward booting your new kernel.
Civileme
r case histories if interested.
If this is not downloadable 7.2, either download it or register your set
and contact tech support by email; or get a cheap set of CDs from
Cheapbytes or GatorOnline.
Civileme
>
> -- Cheers!
> == Rune Kallhovd, CORENA Norge AS ==
> = Software Engineer =
> = P.O.Box 1024, N-3601 Kongsberg, NORWAY =
> = Tlf: +47 32 73 7448, Fax: +47 32 73 6877 =
> == CORENA Home Page: http://www.corena.no ==
o this, please?
> Thank you. Marcia
Type, as root,
# xpp
civileme
nd boot to the
other to do production work. The second system would use /dev/hda8 as /
and /dev/hda9 as /usr but /home and /boot would be shared (and of course
not formatted during the second install.)
civileme
Original Message -----
> From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mail server question
>
> > For 7.1 or 7.2:
> > Click on DrakConf
> >
> > click on the t
; >
> >
> > thx
> >
> >
It is normal for your burner to be detected as both. Only the SCSI will
be used for burning, because that is what cdrecord requires. We load a
module called ide-scsi.o to make the ide burner look like a scsi. You
can always address it as /dev/sr() where a number replaces the parens.
It is NOT mounted for burning, and it is mounted for reading or audio CD
use.
Civileme
KompuKit wrote:
>
> I currently have 7.02I'm downloading the iso then
> burning it...
> which method should I do?
>
> UPGRADE or INSTALL
>
> I've got majordomo lists...which have members
You really need to do an install.
If you have the lists and members in your /home di
Alan Todd wrote:
>
> has anyone installed quake 3, unreal touranament, quake 2 or any other 3d
> game on 7.2 with a viper 770 video card
> if so what on earth did you do -- i am having the worse time .. man i would
> rather go through my 1st divorce then mess with this
> =)
>
> Alan Todd
Well
Vladimir Morozov wrote:
>
> Dear linux-experts :-)
>
> Please help!
>
> My video card is ATI Mach64 GX. This card has an
> accelerated driver in XF86. Somehow, when I use this
> driver my x-session always hangs - it works for a
> while, and then unexpectedly my display freezes.
> I have narrowe
l
$ su -
(give root password)
# cd (full path of directory you downloaded pidentd to)
# rpm -ivh pidentd-3.0.11-6mdk.i586.rpm
# exit
then, well the easy way is to reboot(shudder) and use DrakConf and the
traffic signal once again to get identd running.
Civileme
On Wednesday 15 November 2000 16:35, you wrote:
> ai4a wrote:
> > civileme wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 14 November 2000 22:33, you wrote:
> > > > Hi all;
> > > > I am trying to be a good boy scout and be prepared. Since I do a lot
> > > > of mess
at earliest opportunity. The sidebar is full of
ads and is a terrible shopper--I found much better terms elsewhere.
Civileme
ted if you care to have a running
system.
civileme
On Tuesday 14 November 2000 22:55, you wrote:
t to boot from it and hit f1 as
soon as you see the opening graphic--Presto, instant rescue disk!
If you want to use Tomsrtbt, you must go to Tom's site and download a newer
version. His older version did not have support for ext2 sparse superblocks
which was a new thing in 2.2 kernels.
civileme
--
QA/Software Testing [EMAIL PROTECTED]
001101112231
is also in the nature of an official announcement, and the link there
describes the limits of scope for the KDE - 1.99 release. Inevitably, more
than KDE 2.0 happened before the final released, but all current distro
packages are now in sync, with the exception of the fact tha
ne extended dos partition of 23GB D:
> > > but i had created two extended partition of 6GB and 10 GB.
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to know, why system is unable to load linux
> > > on startup? what is the problem with linuxloader??
> > > have you guys seen this kind of DiskDrake behavior???
> > > is this DiskDrake is a buggy software???
> > >
> > > Can mandrake guys answer my questions??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Raj
Since you have a sort-of working system now, try this
from the Graphics screen, bring up a console:
type the following commands to the system prompt
$ dmesg > civilemefile
$ lspcidrake >> civilemefile
then either move civilemefile to a windows partition or just use a linux
mailer and send it as an attachment to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I will make cerain it gets attention. It may help us solve a puzzling
question. It appears that format is not making a good format on the
partiions, (and mkfs is a standard part of linux).
Civileme
>
>
> I just did a whois lookup on both:
>
> internic
> and
> register.com
>
> for my new domain name I registered...it finally comes up
> with all the info...so I assume my name (www.kompukit.com)
> is now activated...correct?
>
> however, I've never do
On Tuesday 14 November 2000 15:15, you wrote:
> Does anyone know why X windows restarts after
> I press ALT+CTRL+F1 to flip over to a text vt?
> This is really irritating.
>
> Slaine
The GUI is launched from the console that is accessed by ctrl-alt-f1
Use ctrl-alt-f2 through f6 and you will not
cially for postfix, which I highly recommend over sendmail
for all but the most rugged and demanding applications, and even for those if
security is a concern.
Civileme
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Leo Fox wrote:
> > How do I go about setting a mail server? I got sendmail to work properly
&
On Tuesday 14 November 2000 06:33, you wrote:
> where can I find a keepalive app...that doesn't have to
> redial
> but keeps the connection alive, 24/7
Put this into a script file, call it hangon.sh--use kedit or your favorite
editor.
>--begin after this line--
#!/bin/sh
their suppliers, particularly
for disk controllers and disk drives.
Civileme
On Monday 13 November 2000 22:51, you wrote:
> How come the tarball i downloaded from sun this morning with their newest
> java in it was an ...i386.tar.gz then? Wouldn't you think they of all co's
>
On Monday 13 November 2000 20:26, you wrote:
> Dear Friends:
>
> I would like to inquire if the Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Complete ($29.95) sold
> by Macmillain has the real KDE 2.0 FINAL version. I ordered it from
> Macmillain but they don't seem to know which KDE 2.0 is included.
>
> I wonder if others
On Monday 13 November 2000 16:42, you wrote:
> I have a voodoo 5 5500, pentium II 266, 128mb ram, with mandrake 7.0.
> When I installed Red Hat 7.0 it automatically detected my voodoo 5 5500
> but a friend told me that mandrake 7.0 was better then I installed
> mandrake 7.0 but it didn't detect my
On Monday 13 November 2000 16:41, you wrote:
> I have a pctel modem installed on my computer with mandrake 7.0.
> When dialing up the internet number everithing is going fine, but when
> it says "starting pppd" it hangs up. I dont know if is the modem or the
> drivers, i'm very newbie, like 2 mont
I think you have the essence of the problem well-centered. In other words,
good assumption!
Civileme
On Monday 13 November 2000 15:59, you wrote:
> Can I assume that the Powerpack deluxe version of Mandrake v7.2 is the one
> most of us would want to get? (full installs, with the abil
save the file and use ctrl-alt-backspace to restart X
That may cure your problem
Civileme
te any
> > info or ideas you have to resolve my problems...
>
You want to use a package called "samba". There are extensive
details on this at www.mandrakeuser.org.
Civileme
> Thanks,
> BG
; and development
That enlightenment screen comes up with expert install, I believe
Civileme
speed.
Please check your mailers and send in plain text if at all
possible.
Best regards,
Civileme
ptah wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Just a guess, but I assume your firewall is set for masquerading. That means
> > the client configurations on your machines would most likely be passive mode
> > FTP. Is wuftp set for he proper addresses in passive mode on your m
te
those specific errors. Get someone with a burner to do an iso
download and burn a CD or get one of the ones from Cheapbytes or
linuxmall and try it. If those fail in the same place
www.computersurplusoutlet.com has a CDROM cleaner for $5
and if cleaning doesn't help, many places have 12X-24X CDROMS
(even UDMA ones) fairly cheap... and of course your CDROM might
still be under warranty.
Civileme
le in binary last I checked.
Yep, still is, and an rpm at that... Just point rpmDrake at
that site and things should work out.
Civileme
r you enabled supermount among other
things...
Civileme
a6
3. watch the output and answer aany fixes with YES or y
# e2fsck -A -R -p
To check any other filesystems
This is the equivalent of scandisk from windows use.
Now when shutting down, use the logout from graphics mode and the
shutdown button and select shutdown OR go to console mode and use
ctrl-alt-del OR
# shutdown -h now
and wait for the machine to quit or ask you to power it off.
Civileme
about all you need
-Make sure to check "enabled"
Quit
quit/Activate changes
you should be up and running
Civileme
r (using Static IP address) and then use KPPP to
> get a connection. Once the connection is established, I have no problems.
>
> Use ifconfig eth0 down prior to dialing!
Or, if it is--then set default gateway device to ppp0.
Civileme
rom a Red Hat 6.2 disk with no success. Does anyone else
> have any ideas? It is really frustrating having a Linux system which really
> depends on the Internet for the latest documentation and updates and not
> being able to connect to the Internet.
>
> - Stan DeWitt
>
>
tions on your machines would most likely be passive mode
FTP. Is wuftp set for he proper addresses in passive mode on your main
machine?
Civileme
--
BETA-testing Netscape 6
and its mailer
, anyway.
It is a hacking sort of thing, yet, and there are no guarantees that their
procedures will not smoke your system, create a black hole or polymorph you
into an octopus.
Civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes you can FLASHUPDATE your FlashROM, but; only for the original
> manufacture
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Quick question...why was this so painless on the last system I installed
> Linux on? (also the first) I thought it got easier?
>
> In a message dated 04/24/2000 12:12:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> <<
l it /boot. Mandrake will install the kernel there
for booting and point to root directory from there. Then Boot
Magic can see the boot area for linux. The partition must be of
file type ext2 (standard linux). If you have a huge Windows
partition, then you will need to use a tool to reduce it or split
it or move it up the disk enough to get the /boot partition the
first 1024 cylinders.
Civileme
only the 1024x768 that will fit your monitor's sync. Set
DefaultColorDepth at 16 and then add the slowdowns one at a time,
running startx after each to test. Chances are high that you
will find a viable combination.
Civileme
Just curious, why do you want a monitor on a sharing gateway? I
assu
uot;;
>
> Not the javascript or vbscript portion, the French portion?
>
> Thanks,
> b/web
http://babelfish.altavista.com
http://www.voila.com/Services/Translate
Civileme
man setserial
Most likely the modem is on that port with a non-standard
interrupt
/dev/ttys1 is on IRQ 3 and I think you will find it instead on
IRQ 10
setserial -a /dev/cua1 should give you a status.
Civileme
dd this line
noauth
and things should start working
Civileme
directory on the user desktop (that's no longer
necessary in 7.0-2 since the DOS_hda1 icon is on the desktop, but
for my users, I renamed it to "Windows".) They still have some
files there not yet converted.
Civileme
this is to use DrakConf/linuxconf to
set up the filesystem and let it do the work for the options and
the mounting.
Civileme
Martin Foster wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> OK, I've done all that but I still can't access the drive. "Mount" tells me
> that "vfat"
and line (Alt-f2 to bring up the line)
then I right-clicked the folder with the shortcut arrow named
"floppy" and selected the floppy icon for it from the properties
dialog box.
Now every former microsoft user just drags files to his floppy
icon. ;-}
Civileme
ugh a 56K Modem and a dynamic dns service, it runs email
for the organization, and must remain available).
Civileme
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*L I N U X*
*Behold the new and friendly face of world domination*
*Time is on our side* ***LLaP***
try going to www.sgi.com and see how much luck you have registering for
their 1400L Server giveaway. It appears you must approach using windows or
else.
Civileme
oots fine
> from a floppy (albeit slowly).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA!
>
> --
> Ty Mixon
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ:26147713
U
how about
# cat /etc/lilo.conf > mail_to_me
Civileme
ng. Better yet, a copy of the file where it is.
I see a shell error being reported which indicates a syntax problem is isolating
an '&' somehow.
One elementary check is to make sure the example line isn't using ` (lowercase of
the uppercase ~ key) where you are using ' (lowercase of the uppercase " key) .
Civileme
go to
www.linux-mandrake.com and click on "updates" on the left side of the
screen.
I hope that is a better answer. The link I gave you is an installation
article for SBLive drivers.
Civileme
David Hayes wrote:
> I do I get and upgrade to kernal 2.2.5? I downloaded the beta drivers
Well, if you have Mandrake, you have either 2.2.9 or 2.2.13, so you
exceed their requirements.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2259636,00.html
should have step-by-step instructions
Civileme
David Hayes wrote:
> I do I get and upgrade to kernal 2.2.5?
example if you wanted to select "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" you might
choose
"zakhurlb" since that is unlikely to identify anyone else
then go to the first action box
and click the arrow for "transfer"
and if you are Kfiling it select "trash" as the destination.
Civileme
an fstab
is likely to be a good source of information.
Civileme
also support
the listed ones.
Civileme
QUIPU DIGITAL wrote:
> Is the Trident 8400 AGP supported by linux?
wget on your system now, with some mighty nice frontends available from
linuxberg or freshmeat
but
the BEST I have found
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/
Documentation is about 1 line long, and it is all you need.
Civileme
M Thompson wrote:
> In response to the long downloads, wh
f the
system is in those simple text files. There are many other files in /etc and
its subdirectories which are worth a read.
also, in a terminal, xterm or one of the consoles
$man insmod
$man ifcfg
$man ifup
Civileme
"Mr.InterNet @ Home" wrote:
> Thanks Civileme for your reply to my
Well, that's a better use than frisbee. They aren't very well shaped for
aerodynamic flight.
You want to copy the image to CD, not make an iso file of an iso image. It
is already iso9660.
Civileme
William Neuman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have ftp'd the file mandrake61-1
t PC-Tel have decided to visit this horror on us.
I wonder if they are related to PCChips/Hsing Labs, et al?
Civileme
Short Answer: Yes
http://www.xfree86.org/#currentrel
Longer answer: On that page, we see that the driver was provided by S3, and
moreover the bug fixes for another driver were provided by SiS. Seems some
vendors are learning that Microsoft is not the opnly way to earn a paycheck.
Civileme
Rick Murphy wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote:
>
It is always best to be tolerant and cool our jets as Steve did, but while I
will not judge the person, I will judge the level of comfort I experience
associating with him. So Pine has a new entry in the kill file, and Netscrape
has a
27;ll have the same problems people did going from RH 5.0 to 5.1 to
5.2. There are still optimal ways to set up directories being sought
by vendors, and the location of objects is changing.
And yes, 6.1 is worth it.
Civileme
"Mr.InterNet @ Home" wrote:
> Wow - back to schoo
c/X11/XF86Config is where you can edit the modeline that xvidtune is
adjusting, but without being able to log in as root, you will be unable
to save changes there too.
Civileme
LGreer wrote:
> I have the video resolution where i want it, but the screen is off to
> the right. i can see the screen
discussing all of these for a long time, but I have to
duck the flames from those whose favorites didn't get a rave review. In the final
analysis, a lot of it is taste, and "De Gustibus non est Disputandem" as they say.
Civileme
"PSM 0x2710]" wrote:
> So what is th
es on
making windows partitions writable for other users, check the mail
archives. There was good discussion on it in the past few days.
Civileme
P. S. It is also possible to do this by directly editing /etc/fstab, but it
is definitely not something I would recommend until you understand
filesyst
A hacky no-brainer solution is to open the case and disconnect the primary
CDROM. This means linux is likely to treat your secondary as the primary
thereafter.
Civileme
Paul Stansel wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to install 6.1 from a CD I burned of it. Sadly, my main
>
All of them are better than LIZARD.
Houdini conjures up the name of a magician
DragonFly implies power
I would prefer DragonFly
Civileme
>
> On 11 Oct, Pixel wrote:
> > the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-)
> > so i'm making a
ernel 2.2.9-19 and in root KDE with
2.2.9-27. I would suggest that you update the kernel or get 6.1, and,
of course, minimize operations as root.
Civileme
r boot record on the disk (it's what
I do, there may be a better method)
fdisk /mbr
After that, try to install Linux. If the symptom repeats, then check your
BIOS to see if you have the option of low-level formatting. If not, I have
the addresses of many vendors of hard disks.
Civileme
Ja
Thanks, I'll remember that
I use
/dev/hdd/mnt/zipautosync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
with success (I convert MAC to PC and vice versa for others)
Civileme
Jack Ellis wrote:
> Add a line like the following to your /etc/fstab file. The hdc is for the
> secon
gt; > -Bill
Well
In an xterm or console
$ path=path;/opt/doom-1.8
will put it on your path.
To start, from an xterm (NOT from a console)
Well, first find the exact directory where xdoom resides, then type in the
complete path without the dot on the command line.
Alternatively, edit the menu, add an item for it, and use that same path
there in command. Then you can start it from within KDE which is just an X
client.
Civileme
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