Howdy Isaac --
If you're willing to go for that 2nd language already,
I recommend Python, which comes on your MDK CDs. If you've
got the full install for that, you'll find IDLE under
Applications | Development. IDLE is a GUI shell allowing
you to interact with Python in a command line
When I installed MDK8.0 it gave me a generic
super VGA monitor. Thought I'd be clever and
tell it I had a Viewsonic 17G (cuz that's what
I've got). Something in the synch settings
didn't work. Good-bye X, hello trying to find
the silly .conf file (or reinstall if you're a
true newbie (hey
I had this same problem of a corrupted install CD, unable
to create RAM disk in second stage. I'd downloaded from
nearby Oregon FTP server. I later grabbed the .iso images
from Sourceforge stealth I think it was, and had no problem
with the resulting burns.
Kirby
Maybe someone from Mandrake
it, then just try and see if it works, using the usb-serial module, and
telling the ups monitoring software that it is on ttyUSBx.
Thanks Alex. Could you just say a few more words about
the usb-serial module. You mean what I download from
Belkin yes? This isn't some .conf file buried in
I'm sending this to the samba list too, but maybe has something
to do with MDK specifically. When I make the latest Samba
(downloaded and untarred from website) I get:
Compiling printing/pcap.c
Compiling printing/print_svid.c
Compiling printing/print_cups.c
printing/print_cups.c:25:23:
Problem solved -- just needed more devel type files from CD, the
cups library stuff (used software manager, searched on cups,
installed from rpms).
make is now complete. Onward!...
Kirby
Compiling printing/pcap.c
Compiling printing/print_svid.c
Compiling printing/print_cups.c
When I do a graphical boot into KDE, I have a new pause with the
NFS statd:
process showing, followed by a brief notification of a fatal error.
Something about UPS monitoring, followed by PANIC. Then the
boot process finishes.
Yes, I do have UPS (uninterruptable power supply)
The error message I get on bootup is
Fatal error UPS monitoring apcserial.c fails on
line 165 -- cannot communicate with UPS via serial
port
-- that's because my Belkin UPS connects to the
computer via USB cable.
I'll check the vendor website to see if there's
anything about Linux. Could it
At 08:22 AM 8/23/2001 -0500, Dean Morrell wrote:
This is a newbie list right? [okay, good] I don't want to be too
embarassed to ask a stuped question. Would someone be willing to explain
what this does? I mean each character has significance, right? So what
is it? This reminds me of the
I'll check the vendor website to see if there's
anything about Linux. Could it be this USB device
is showing up as an Unknown and will show up in
pnpdump? It didn't before
Kirby
Looks like my Belkin F6C650 UPS isn't compatible
with Linux, according to their chart:
Just wanted to add that I've managed to get sound with
the CDR drive (hdd). The CDRW (hdc) doesn't want to output
to the sound card.
Some info, in case helpful to any pro troubleshooters:
hda: WDC AC28400R, ATA DISK drive
hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 20, ATA DISK drive
hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX160E,
Thanks Jim.
Note that both CD players (CDR and CDRW) play through the
speakers when I'm in the WinME environment on the same
machine (tested a few times). I wouldn't think MDK'd
require a cable where WinME does not.
Kirby
At 08:21 AM 8/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
For a CDR or CDRW to output
KDE and probably Gnome also have X-client interfaces to the
boot parameters. Go to Mankdrake Control Center and look under
bootup settings. You'll find some funky dialog boxes letting
you pick the default boot OS.
Kirby
At 11:36 AM 8/22/2001 -0500, Matt Greer wrote:
matt conran wrote:
OK, that was it! Duh, slap forehead: no cable from CDR
to Ensoniq (which I earlier specified as ISA, but I was
staring cross-eyed at my modem -- it's a PCI card) which
fortunately has inputs for CD and AUX. So now both the
CDR and CDRW play thru speakers.
Thanks to Dennis, Tom, s et al for
If it's any consolation, I know Java developers who
use Linux full time and consider it a fine development
platform. I think IBM does a slick Java JVM -- but
none of this is personal experience (I've written some
Java in Windoze and that's it).
Kirby
Want to buy your Pack or Services from
Another question: the setup wizard very helpfully found my HP color
injet printer, which is actually on a USB port. The test page was perfect.
However, I have an HP laser (4L) on the local LPT1 parallel port, and
I can't find a way to get the printer config utility to find/sense this
option.
Of course on a single machine you can mount your windows
partitions and interact with its files from Linux.
But you're interested in sharing over a network.
Linux can emulate an NT box using Samba, a utility
in widespread use for this purpose.
Here's a fat book on the subject, available on the
trying to figure that out.
Kirby
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Subject: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint
I just
At 10:41 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, Dennis wrote:
That sounds (no pun intended) like the audio cable from the CDROM to
the sound card is not plugged in.
An extremely logical conclusion to draw and I thought
it might be so, as I've installed a new floppy drive
recently. Not so though, as I'm
I sent it back, haven't had those kinds of problems with any other MB. The
chipset was VIA... ;-(
Thanks for info. Got mine recently and performance
is satisfactory w/ Redmond OS, but wuz unaware of
VIA north/south bridge probs. Have since patched
w/ most recent 4-in-1 drivers (4.32)
I have 2 hdd on IDE 1, cdrw cdr on IDE 2. I've created
a linux partition + swap on 2nd hdd. Is infamous VIA bug
going to be problematic (that's my bus) VT82C686 is what
windows ME properties says.
haven't tried MDK8 yet. floppy old and corrupting disks
(new machine but migrated drive), but
At 11:44 AM 8/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
On Friday 17 August 2001 09:56 am, Kirby Urner wrote:
I have 2 hdd on IDE 1, cdrw cdr on IDE 2. I've created
a linux partition + swap on 2nd hdd. Is infamous VIA bug
going to be problematic (that's my bus) VT82C686 is what
windows ME properties
Either you are ME are wrong then, 'cause that's sound
System Properties includes these entries:
VIA Tech VT82C686 PCI to ISA bridge
VIA Tech VT82C686 Power Management Controller
Wait, I get it. This is about talking to my ISA Ensoniq
sound card yes? Anyway, is this info sufficient
There were more including the Abit's, but they were
dropped by AMD from approval at the same time the VIA-IDE bug started
being hyped last March.
Sorry to learn that, as this is what I've got. Sounds like
MDK8.1 might have some fixes/workarounds. Thinking to wait.
I don't think dma is
I'm reinstalling 7.2 on a pretty old box (Eve - 266 MHz PII, 32MB Ram,
junker Everex Monitor, etc) and I am not getting asked whether
How much hard drive space ya got? Maybe install is thinking
by the time you get the basic install done, there's no room
left for the fancy/extra stuff. Just
I notice Abit KT7A is green lined at Mandrake website,
meaning tested. My KT7E uses same VIA KT133E /VIA 686B
chipset. So maybe I shouldn't be fearing some VIA bug
after all (savvy guy Brinkman was suggesting Abits could
be problematic, yet none of the Soyo MBs listed at
Mandrake are green
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