Re: [newbie] How to Dial up

What does your /etc/resolv.conf look like? It should have the name of your isp and the ip addresses of their nameservers. Mine has three lines: search nwrain.com nameserver 205.134.220.38 nameserver 205.134.220.37 nwrain.com is my isp. The next two lines are the primary and secondary

[newbie] Linux behind a w2k gateway

Hi, I'm trying to put my Linux network behind a w2k gateway to the internet. The w2k mahine has a hosts file in its windows folder with all of the Linux machines. I can get to the internet fine from the Linux machines via netscape going through the w2k gateway, but I can't reach any machine

Re: [newbie] A problem with Telnet

"Matos , Javier" wrote: Hi Everyone: I´d make a Typical installation of Linux Mandrake 6.0 on my Pc but when I try to make a Telnet from another machine, or from the same I receive the next message. "Connection closed by foreign host" If I make the Complete installation it doesn´t

Re: [newbie] any ideas how to read attached .doc files?please

John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, you wrote: Dear all Is there anyway that I can read attached word.doc files that are sent by the mad minority using a popular sic! alternative. I,m using mandrake 6.0,kde and staroffice. *.doc files are viewable in Star Office just

Re: [newbie] eznet

You have to get the correct connect script from your isp. Depending on how well your isp supports Linux, they may or may not be willing or able to give you this information. The connect script consists of strings that you receive and send, like your username and password. You can configure

[newbie] remote printing

Hi, I can't print over my network. I have three machines. The one on which the printer is attached is ok. But when I try to print from the other two machines. I get the error message: hostname: lpd: lp: Your host does not have line printer access hostname is the machine on which the

Re: [newbie] nfs problems

Hi, Axalon, upon 'mount -a'. weaver's /var/log/messages has errors like Jan 1 16:43:01 weaver portmap[935]: connect from 192.168.1.12 to getport(mountd): request from unauthorized host You'll get this message if there is no entry for the pc in /etc/hosts I was thinking

[newbie] still having nfs problems

Hi, I'm still having nfs problems. One of the three Linux machines in our network (all Mandrake 6.1 2.2.13-7mdk) seems to refuse to export its partitions. Manually starting inet, portmap, nfs on all three machines gives no errors. But then when I try to 'mount -a' on the other two machines, I

[newbie] intractable nfs problems

Hi, My nfs problems are driving me crazy. I have a network of three Linux machines: weaver, ripley, jonesy. Everything was working fine before y2k. Since y2k, weaver refuses to export its partition. Whenever I try to 'mount -a' on ripley or jonesy, I get the error: mount: weaver:/sigourney

Re: [newbie] startup

Jason Cunningham wrote: I am having a problem loading Linux. When it boots up it says *An error occured during the file system check. *Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot when you *leave the shell. Give root password for maintenance: After I enter the password it goes to:

Re: [newbie] HP2000Cse Printtool

Hi, Mike, Have you tried this site? http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi Good luck, Hidong Mike Ladwig wrote: HELP !! Does anyone know what drivers will work with this printer ?? I keep seeing it listed as being fully compatable with Linux but, I'm having a hell of

[newbie] nfs problems

Hi, I'm having a problem with nfs. I have a network of three Mandrake 6.1 machines all running 2.2.13-7mdk. The machines are weaver, ripley, and jonesy. Things were working fine before y2k. I shut the machines down before midnight, and turned them on again this morning (1/1). weaver is no

[newbie] can't print with samba

Hi, I'm having problems printing over the network with samba. We have three Mandrake 6.1 machines all running 2.2.13-7mdk. I installed samba 2.0.5 on the machine weaver which has a local IP address 192.168.1.11. There's an Epson Stylus Color 800 attached to weaver. The other two Linux

Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup

Dennis Angell wrote: When i installed Linux Mandrake i selected the wrong Video card and montior.. What can i do to be able to change these settings again ?? Dennis Angell Hi, Dennis, From the console, do 'xf86config'. This will guide you through the X configuration. The important

Re: [newbie] can't print with samba

settings in yours and the start to work back in your custom settings one at a time. If you can browse shares through the Win boxes, the rest of your config should still be ok. Do you know that samba has log files? Do they shed any light on anything? On 31/12/99, Hidong Kim said: Hi, Des

[newbie] epson 800 and ghostscript uniprint

Hi, I just installed an Epson Stylus Color 800 printer on Mandrake 6.1 2.2.13-7mdk. I set up the printer with printtool, choosing the Epson Stylus Color (UP) filter and the stc800pl (360 x 360 dpi) color depth. It's working fine, but what is the command for printing at higher resolution? I

Re: [newbie] /boot/System.map

R_Yeo wrote: Look in your /boot directory. THere should be a System/map file which is linked to your new kernel like: System.map - System.map-2.1.132smp-mdk Or is it still linking to your old kernel? On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: Warning: /boot/System.map has

Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules

John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, Are there any known problems with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and smp? I recompiled the smp kernel using the kernel-source and kernel-headers RPMs from the Mandrake 6.1 installation CD, and now the machine won't boot. It hangs

[newbie] epson stylus color 800 and Mandrake 6.1

Hi, Is anyone using an Epson Stylus Color 800 printer with Mandrake 6.1? I just got this printer and I'm trying to configure it on Mandrake 6.1. printtool auto detected the printer on /dev/lp0. I can print ascii files, but not postscript or other graphics files. I installed ghostscript 5.50

Re: [newbie] /boot/System.map (fixed)

Thanks, Axalon. I put the appropriate System.map file into /boot. I'm not getting any warning messages now. Hidong Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: R_Yeo wrote: Look in your /boot directory. THere should be a System/map file which is linked

Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules

Hi, Axalon, I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, Hidong Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote

[newbie] launching X apps in another user's KDE

Hi, I'm unable to launch X applications in another user's KDE session. For example, I log onto the computer as user kim and start KDE. In an xterm, I telnet to the same machine and log in as user andre. If user andre tries to launch an X application, he gets the error: Xlib: connection to

Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules

Hi, Warren, Thanks for the reply. There's one thing I don't quite understand, see below: Warren Doney wrote: Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, Axalon, I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it

Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules

different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp kernel. After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a problem. Later, Gary Warren Doney wrote: Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, Axalon, I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kerne

[newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules

Hi, Are there any known problems with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and smp? I recompiled the smp kernel using the kernel-source and kernel-headers RPMs from the Mandrake 6.1 installation CD, and now the machine won't boot. It hangs at "Finding module dependencies". A up 2.2.13-7mdk kernel boots fine.

[newbie] is smp and nfs possible with 2.2.13-7mdk?

Hi, Is anyone out there running an smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk with nfs support? I've been trying to get this configuration for three days now, but I'm completely unable to compile a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. When booting, either from floppy or lilo, it hangs at "Finding module

Re: [newbie] I need help !

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am Daniel Monette and i build linux 2 days ago. I have Mandrake 6.0. I tried to install and, each time, the installation quit cause: Signal 11 and Read Header *** I really want an explication. I give you my computer specifications: - MotherBoard

[newbie] /boot/System.map

Hi, I'm running smp kernel 2.1.132 on a Mandrake 6.1 machine. I couldn't compile a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. Anyway, I have the machine running now with this older kernel. But now, I get the warning message Warning: /boot/System.map has an incorrect kernel version when I do things

[newbie] backspace key not working in 6.1

Hi, I just upgraded from mandrake 5.3 to Mandrake 6.1. Now the backspace key on the keyboard doesn't work. I have to use ctrl-H to delete characters. The backspace key was working under Mandrake 5.3. How do I get the backspace key working under Mandrake 6.1? Thanks, Hidong

[newbie] NFS not working under Mandrake 6.1

Hi, I just upgraded to Mandrake 6.1 from 5.3. Among the many problems I'm having, one of the most serious is that NFS isn't working anymore. I start NFS manually with the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs script. Now when I try to run the script, I get the error: Starting NFS services:

[newbie] nfs problems with 6.1

Hi, I'm having great difficulties trying to get nfs working under Mandrake 6.1. I keep getting an nfssvc not implemented error. After some searching, I found out that I need to apply an nfs patch or get a knfsd-compatible kernel source. Does the appropriate kernel source come with the

Re: [newbie] Any Linux web server to recommend ?

coin wrote: Dear ALL, Anyone has any idea of any web hosting using linux with apache and mysql Thanks.. Luff, coin http://www.slashdot.org

Re: [newbie] Startup issues.

Hi, Sam, If you're still getting that huge screen that requires you to scroll the mouse to see the entire thing, you may not have the "Virtual" parameter set in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. The Virtual parameter should be set to the same pixel resolution that you want to see on the screen. For

Re: [newbie] libc5 or glibc

have the correct version of glibc. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: How can I tell if my Linux installation is libc5 or glibc? Is upgrading a library as simple as installing the rpm? Thanks, Hi, Matt, Thanks for the tip. Here's the output of my

Re: [newbie] Startup issues.

Hi, Sam, I've always preferred 'xf86config' for configuration of X. See if that helps. Good luck, Hidong Sam Roza wrote: Hello All, I am new to the list, and am having difficulties. Last night I tried to install Linux-mandrake and it went GREAT, until I got to X setup. I just

[newbie] libc5 or glibc

Hi, How can I tell if my Linux installation is libc5 or glibc? Is upgrading a library as simple as installing the rpm? Thanks, Hidong

Re: [newbie] StarOffice install

Jeffrey L Sawyer Jr wrote: I didn't want to show how ignorant of linux or unix I am but I have to. I downloaded StarOffice and it is in my home DIR as so51a_lnx_01.tar . I can click on it and it opens up to show many other .tar folders. I am using KDE and can't figure out how to install

Re: [[newbie] Office]

Hi, Dreja, I have StarOffice installed on our network of three Linux machines. It works quite well. I think it does a much better job of handling Microsoft Office documents than WordPerfect does. But I have had some problems recently trying to read Office 2000 documents. The installation

Re: [newbie] Network problems...

Joe Brault wrote: Hello, I have several questions... (1) When I load my user, I can get to a command line fine, however, when I try to load KDE, I am unable to. I get a message that says a new version was installed, then it asks me if I want to install or not. No matter what

Re: [newbie] Installing Downloaded Files

Jonathan Jackson wrote: This probably sounds a little weird, but I'm just starting Linux... Q: How do I install files I downloaded?? Jonathan "JJ" Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Jonathan, What kind of files are they? If they're rpms (end in ".rpm"), install with

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot

Seung-woo Nam wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the risks in Dual Booting? Well, not much. If you plan to use lilo to boot other operating systems, install lilo on MBR. If you have other utilities such as System Commander install lilo on the Linux partition. Just make sure you

[newbie] mysql socket

Hi, I'm trying to install MySQL on my Mandrake 5.3 machine. I'm installing from source. When I try running mysqladmin, I get an error saying that /tmp/mysql.sock doesn't exist. It doesn't. What is this file, and how do I create it? Thanks, Hidong

[newbie] StarOffice: strange message on symbolic link and crash

Hi, I set up a symbolic link to run StarOffice: ln -s /ash/progs/staroffice/net/bin/soffice /bin/staroffice I set up this link as root. When I issued 'staroffice' as a normal user, I got this message: /bin/staroffice: Can't reopen pipe to command substitution (fd 4): No child processes What

Re: [newbie] StarOffice net installation

([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: Hidong Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 9:26 PM Subject: [newbie] StarOffice net installation Hi, I'm trying to install StarOffice 5.1 on a network of three Mandrake 5.3 machines. I

Re: [newbie] how to set up monitor res

Chris Price wrote: I just installed mandrake 6.0. Install went great, but when I rebooted, My desktop area was larger then my screen. There was no way to navigate the windows to even shut down. How do I change the screen settings? Do I need to change something in the install or is there

[newbie] gawk scripts

Hi, I want to run this gawk command from a script file: gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}' If I run this from the command prompt as: gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}' filename then it works fine. Is it possible to make a script file to run

Re: [newbie] gawk scripts

Thanks, Axalon! Hidong Axalon Bloodstone wrote: #!/bin/sh gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column total is", total}' $1 On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I want to run this gawk command from a script file: gawk '{total += $3}; END {print "column t

Re: [newbie] Netscape

micron wrote: After I connect to my ISP using KPPP and launch Netscape I get an error that says cannot find internic.com, netscape.com and some others. I can't go to any sites I always get an "Host Unknown" error. Please help! Thanks, micron Hi, Micron, If you have actually

Re: [newbie] Drive Size Limitations for Linux RedHat?

Sevatio Octavio wrote: I read some where that Linux cannot handle a harddisk that is larger than 8.4gigs. Is there any truth to it? If not, what is the size limit? Seve Hi, Seve, Some older BIOSes have a limitation on the size of ide drives they can handle. We're running Mandrake

Re: [newbie] nfs problems part 2 (fixed)

machines to weaver, killed all nfs services on all three machines, and then restarted the services using the scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d. Now everything's working. Thanks! Hidong Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, Axalon, Thanks for the reply

Re: [newbie] nfs problems part 2

Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I tried rebooting my machine to see if that would solve the "mount program not registered" issue. when the machine was shutting down, I noticed an error message saying: rpc.nfsd forgot to set AF_INET in udp sendmsg. Fix it! Would this be causing th

Re: [newbie] nfs problems part 2

Hi, Axalon, I did 'rpcinfo -p' on the broken box. It returns: program vers proto port 102 tcp111 rpcbind 102 udp111 rpcbind 151 udp635 mountd 152 udp635 mountd 151 tcp635 mountd 152

[newbie] HP 870Cxi and ghostscript

Hi, I have an HP 870Cxi printer on my Festen Linux machine. I've installed ghostscript v5.50 so I can print PostScript files on the HP. I installed ghostscript by creating an rpm and installing the rpm. The problem is, I've been using the supplied HP550C filter which only allows 300 x 300

Re: [newbie] QuEsTioN about some stuff...

Roy Cormier wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You know when you type: startx..it starts X. And you don't have to be in a specific directory when you type it. How would i do that with any other program. like if i wanted to start a certain ircd from any dir by

[newbie] nfs problems part 2

Hi, I tried rebooting my machine to see if that would solve the "mount program not registered" issue. when the machine was shutting down, I noticed an error message saying: rpc.nfsd forgot to set AF_INET in udp sendmsg. Fix it! Would this be causing the problems I'm seeing? And how do I fix

Re: [newbie] screen res

Alan Lott wrote: hi there, i've seen various posts about screen resolution probs (with no answer to my particulart situation). unfortunately, the ctrl-alt-plus does nothing. in fact, the resolution isn't even 640x480, its some sort of default resolution (like 240x310). i've tried to

[newbie] Re: password

Jason Cunningham wrote: I am completely new to the Linux game. A couple questions. If I forgot my original login name and password but remember my second, can I use the second to change the original ID and Password? Also, How do I change the screen to where it appears smaller than a

[newbie] Re:

Joel Doucet wrote: hello, I keep trying to contact someone from linuxmandrake but nobody wants to responce to my e-mails, i hope a human can read this message and tell me what to do. I just purshased "The Complete Linux operating system" and i am having trouble with it. When i configure X

Re: [newbie] 4 persistent problems

Toby Sheets wrote: Ok, in the last 2 days I've reinstalled about 4 times to try and sort out various bugs. Please be patient with me (this *is* a newbie group after all). Here are my problems: 1) SCSI. My system is using Adaptec 152x SCSI Host Adapter. When I do the install and

[newbie] printing pdf

Hi, What is required to print pdf documents in Linux? I have Mandrake 5.3, and a HP 870Cxi ink jet printer. I'm using the HP 550C filter, and I have ghostscript installed so I can print PostScript documents fine. But when I try to print a pdf document, I get an ascii printout saying "No way

[newbie] using remote /dev/st0

Hi, I have a Linux network running Mandrake 5.3. One machine is named ripley and has a 4 mm dds-2 tape drive mounted on /dev/st0. I would like to access this device from another machine called weaver. If I log in to weaver as a normal user, I can issue commands like tar cvf ripley:/dev/st0

Re: [newbie] Floppy?

Don Whitman wrote: I have some floppy questions. I am able to mount a floppy disk if it is a DOS disk. I even was able to pull up some JPG images off a DOS disk. I reformated a 1.44 disk using Kfloppy to the ext2 file system. When I try to mount this floppy I get an error messages stating;

Re: [newbie] I CANT BELIEVE IT

Sinful Weeper wrote: HELLO ALL! Sorr for the caps, im really really happy, I followed the instructtions Alan gave me and downloaded from glibc2, the new xsis actually worked!! I'm in XWINDOWS KDE ! I love this :) :) I just wanted to thank you all for putting up

Re: [newbie] SAMBA why so dificult?

Hi, Stephan, Here's a really good samba installation guide http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/index.html. Good luck, Hidong stephan schutter wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 05:46:56 -0500 From: stephan schutter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] UP SMP

Bert Bullough wrote: Can someone tell me what UP and SMP are referring to? I just downloaded the OSS drivers for kernel 2.2 and these where the 2 options for that kernel version. Hi, Bert, UP is unitary processor for machines with only one cpu. SMP is symmetric multi processor for

Re: [newbie] Compiling a kernel

Ty C. Mixon wrote: Hi! I downloaded the 2.3.9 kernel for www.kernel.org, and I tried to compile it. I did: xconfig (and configured the kernel) make dep (to make the dependencies) and then make (to compile the kernel). The very last message on the screen is: vmlinux Error 1. I can?t

Re: [newbie] ftp login failed

Niels Larsen wrote: After specifying a normal user during Mandrake 6 installation, I found that I could not ftp into it, whereas I could get in by telnet. Is this really the default, must one alter /etc/ftpaccess just to get in? I did try the menu interface in KDE, tried to define a class

Re: [newbie] Wwhich motherboards?

Hi, We have two machines running Mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9 with asus p2b-ds (dual PII) motherboards. The machines work great. However, there is a problem with modems on this motherboard and smp kernels. After upgrading to 2.2.x kernels, the modem, usr #5687 isa, is not accessible using any of

[newbie] running apps in Mandrake 5.3 vs. Red Hat 5.2

Hi, I just got an application which the developers specify should be run under Red Hat 5.2. I've had Mandrake 5.3 installed on our Linux machines for a while now, and I was always under the impression that Mandrake 5.3 was exactly Red Hat 5.2 plus KDE. My problem is that I am unable to run

Re: [newbie] found the problem!!

Jimmy Garcia wrote: Hi! I think I found out what is causing Linux to run so slow on my computer!! I typed in the stuff Bernhard mentioned and found out that Linux thinks I only have 13MB of RAM!! I really have 128 MB of pc100 sdram! How do I let linux know that there's 128mb of ram?

[newbie] printing tiffs

Hi, How do you print tiff files under Linux? I'm running mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9. I have Ghostscript 5.50 installed. When I submit a tiff file for printing, I get an output page with the message: No way to print this type of input file: TIFF image data, little-en Thanks, Hidong

[newbie] Re: library upgrades

Hi, Bernhard, Thanks! That did it. Hidong Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I just upgraded my glibc from the stock Mandrake 5.3 glibc-2.0.7-29 to glibc-2.1.1-6. Updating from glibc 2.0.x to 2.1.x is always a big problem because

Re: [newbie] formatting hard drive

- Original Message - From: Hidong Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] formatting hard drive My partition table now looks like this: Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19650 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 byt

[newbie] formatting hard drive

Hi, I just installed Mandrake 5.3 on a machine with a single 10.1 GB ide drive. During the installation, I only set up a 200 mb /boot, a 2 gb /, and 190 mb of swap in three logical partitions. Now that the system is running, I want to format the rest of the 7 gb or so on the drive into a

[newbie] installing netscape 4.51

Hi, When I try to install the netscape 4.51 rpms, I get an error saying: failed dependencies: libNoVersion.so.1 is needed by netscape-common-4.51-3 Where I can I get libNoVersion.so.1? Thanks, Hidong

[newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

Hi, I've suddenly lost the internet connection on my linux machines. I have a network of three Linux machines, one of which is the gateway. Everything was fine this morning, but now, I can't access any machines outside of the lan. I connect to the internet by dialing up my isp. I've tried

Re: [newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

Hi, James, Thanks for the reply. Here's what my /etc/services looks like: # # services This file describes the various services that are # available from the TCP/IP subsystem. It should be # consulted instead of using the numbers in the ARPA #

Re: [newbie] kppp connects finally!!!but...

s3x wrote: i've finally got kppp to connect to my isp but after the connection is made i try to ping and the terminal window hangs. i open up netscape and it can't find anyplace. i try to change the mail account from within netscape but that window hangs netscape. i endup having to

[newbie] remote printing

Hi, I'm trying to set up my printer on a Linux machine to allow the other Linux machines on the lan to access the printer. The printer is working fine on the local machine. I tried to configure the other machines to print to it using printtool. From the remote machines, when I try to print, I

[newbie] no printer detected

Hi, I'm having problems installing a printer, HP DeskJet 870 Cxi. I'm running Mandrake 5.3. I had the printer working under kernel 2.2.6 where printer and parallel support were configured as modules. I just compiled kernel 2.2.9 and chose to build printer and parallel support directly into

[newbie] parport_pc.o and 2.2.9

Hi, I just compiled kernel 2.2.9. I chose modular support for parallel port and parallel printer. After doing 'make modules' and 'make modules_install', there's no parport_pc.o in /lib/modules/2.2.9/misc. parport_pc.o was there when I compiled 2.2.6. How do I get parport_pc.o in 2.2.9? I

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic

root wrote: Installed kernel-2.2.9 from tar.gz, on reboot I get message "VFS: cannot open root device 03:01" "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:01" Kernel-2.0.36 boosts on 03:00 Any help would be help THANKS Hi, Do you have any bootable kernels? If so, boot with a good

Re: [newbie] bus errors in netscape

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lately, netscape has been crashing on my linux machine: p166mmx, 64 mb ram, mandrake 5.3, kernel 2.2.6, netscape communicator 4.08 (the one that comes with mandrake 5.3). It dies with a "bus error" message in the xterm from which it was launched. What is this bus

Re: [newbie] nfs problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 03:05:57PM -0700, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I have a network of three Linux machines named weaver, ripley, and jonesy. I have them networked, and their disks were all nfs mounted. But then today, all of the sudden, weaver is not seeing

Re: [newbie] Recompile kernel

Cindy Pearce wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 5.3 using the stock Workstation install. My printer is on LPT1 ,which I think is lp0, and I would like to enable parallel port support in this kernel. When I try to run "make xconfig" as instructed in the Kernel HOWTO, I get an error message

[newbie] printer setup

Hi, I can't set up my printer, an HP DeskJet 870Cxi. It was working ok after the initial installation of Mandrake 5.3 under kernel 2.0.36. I've since compiled 2.2.6, and I can't get my printer to work. printtool detects no printer. I've tried compiling parallel port and printer support into

Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

Bela Lantos wrote: At 27/04/1999 15:17:00, you wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

Yun Li wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

Stefan Dozier wrote: At 01:59 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. Someone please tell me the above statement is

Re: [newbie] Kernel version

Ing. Carlos Mayorga V. wrote: Hi, How I can know the version of kernel installed in my compu... Hi, Carlos, Do 'uname -a'. Good luck, Hidong

Re: [newbie] soundcard problems revisited...

Adam Wright wrote: There is no isapnp.conf file to work with. Whenever I run isapnp it does nothing except tell me the usage i.e.isapnp configfile I don't know what the command is to create an isapnp.conf file is. I am very new to Linux and it's all kinda greek to me. As far as I know

Re: [newbie] About soundcards...

Jose Alberto Abreu wrote: And how does one configure a soundcard manually (when the card included drivers for every OS except Linux)? --- "Free your mind... and your ass will follow" Bono, U2 Get your FREE Email at

[newbie] printing from ImageMagick

Hi, I'm having problems printing from ImageMagick. I choose Print from the File menu. I specify "lpr" as the print command. Then I get this status window saying "Saving image...", and it just hangs there with the file not being printed. "lpr" is the normal print command on my system. How do