Re: [newbie] Joystick support?

2001-08-07 Thread Peter Ruskin
/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, XFree86 4.0.3, patch level 11mdk,

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Peter Ruskin
. > Are we sure there is not a DMA or IRQ problem (conflict) and (in BIOS) > set plug and pray aware OS to "NO" or "OFF"? what slot do you have the > card in? is the sccsi card a pci, ISA, or onboard? > > On Monday 06 August 2001 19:08, Peter Ruskin wrote: &

Re: [newbie] 6 button joystick won't work :(

2001-08-04 Thread Peter Ruskin
oystick for more information. The line above is only appropriate for 2.4.x kernels. Earlier kernels use char-major-15. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake rele

Re: [newbie] webmin

2001-07-27 Thread Peter Ruskin
tp://localhost:1/ > [...] It's https://localhost:1/ ^ -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel 2.4.3-20mdk

Re: [newbie] Browser testing grounds

2001-07-19 Thread Peter Ruskin
illa trio (Mozilla, Galeon, and > Netscape) have no problem. > > I guess if you need a page to test browsers (I'm thinking of > something Civileme said this week) this is a good one. > > Miark WorksForMe © -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales.

Re: [newbie] download manager

2001-07-19 Thread Peter Ruskin
cts me so it's pretty > flipping difficult to download anything over 30MB in size! > I use konqueror with drag 'n drop. You can resume downloads when you reconnect (if the ftp server supports this). -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales.

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Help -- the superblock could not be read ...]

2001-07-19 Thread Peter Ruskin
> Hi Randy, I would use the installation CD and choose Rescue. Then mount the root partition on /mnt and do `vim /mnt/etc/fstab`. Comment the line (#) that says "/mnt/win_f" or "/home2" - then save and `umount /mnt/`and exit. My guess is that you would then be able to reboo

Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)

2001-07-18 Thread Peter Ruskin
it to Google as a search > term. Should that happen? > > Miark > You have to type a colon (:) after "av", for example av:ppp Regards, Peter -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ).

Re: [newbie] Joysticks

2001-07-17 Thread Peter Ruskin
ses required: 4 # (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620)) # End dependent functions # Vendor defined tag: 75 01 38 e2 f6 e0 (NAME "CTL00c5/116053454[2]{WaveTable }") (ACT Y) )) # End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK) # Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state (WAITFORKEY) --

Re: [newbie] Joysticks

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Ruskin
joydev is the joystick module; ns558 is gameport (back of your blaster); read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt ] If you're using a 2.2 kernel, add the following to /etc/modules.conf... # Joystick alias char-major-15 That should be it. Good luck. --

Re: [newbie] LM 8.0--hdparm and DMA

2001-07-15 Thread Peter Ruskin
a/66 card that I can use with LM 8.0 by [...snip...] > > Most folks aren't even able to use a Promise Ultra 66 or Ultra 100 > unless they use the install and kernel from MandrakeFreq. > > Civileme My Promise 100 works fine. After running drakopt I get about 28 MB/sec on

[newbie] Terminal not fully functional

2001-07-12 Thread Peter Ruskin
SH(1) Ideas, anyone? -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ) Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586 Linux 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1 Uptime 8 hours 20 minutes

Re: [newbie] System-wide environment variables?

2001-07-09 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Monday 09 July 2001 06:29, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:01, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > On Sunday 08 July 2001 20:46, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > > Does anybody know how to get environment variables (like > > > "export...") working syst

Re: [newbie] System-wide environment variables?

2001-07-08 Thread Peter Ruskin
gt; > Alternatively, is there a better solution to my setup? > > Any help would be much appreciated. /etc/profile is your friend -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ )

Re: [newbie] problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0, modem dials then hangs up (error 17)

2001-06-30 Thread Peter Ruskin
nts of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts with the 7.2 set _always_ fixes it. Please don't ask me why - it's a crude and dirty kludge but I have spent hours and hours trying to identify which file caused the problem (by comparing the contents) to no avail. If you don't have such a fa

Re: [newbie] Creating /dev/scd1 ?!

2001-06-28 Thread Peter Ruskin
e to pass mknod to create it again? > > Thanks! ;) > > -- > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 > Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 As root, do... mknod /dev/scd1 b 11 1 --

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-27 Thread Peter Ruskin
way I used to. > > Anyone know what these files do and why they get so big? > On my machine the equivalent of /root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 doesn't exist - its directory does. My equivalent of /home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 is only 34 bytes. HTH --

Re: [newbie] java not working in Staroffice 5.2

2001-06-24 Thread Peter Ruskin
> see is the 1.3.0 version offered at this time. > Try Google with "Blackdown 1.1.8". That's how I found it. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ) Linux Mandrake release 8.0

Re: [newbie] Printing the root folder including the corresponding folders

2001-06-23 Thread Peter Ruskin
grep drwx | lp, otherwise you should get an "access denied" message. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ) Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586 Linux 2.

Re: [newbie] Disk partitions

2001-06-17 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Sunday 17 June 2001 11:08, preston smith wrote: > HI!! > > I joined your list in the past 24 hours. > > I have downloaded the ISO images for MD 8.0 and am about to start the > install. I have Windows 98 on my system and wish to have a dual boot > capability. > > I also have Partition Magic 5.0

Re: [newbie] Multiple Identity Mail Program With Password Protection?

2001-06-13 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Thursday 14 June 2001 02:53, civileme wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2001 15:36, Curtis Matthiesen wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me if there is a mail > > program out there that allows for multiple identities and also > > that will prompt you for a password w

Re: [newbie] Editing Lilo boot menu

2001-06-13 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 13 June 2001 15:52, Terry wrote: > Folks, > > I'm having trouble removing old entries in my LILO boot menu. I went > through lilo.conf and manually removed the entries, but they still remain > when I boot the machine up. Anywhere else I need to look? After editing /etc/lilo.conf yo

Re: [newbie] hdparm

2001-06-13 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 13 June 2001 00:46, civileme wrote: > On Tuesday 12 June 2001 16:50, Scott Pletcher wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've got some troublesome readings from two identical hard > > drives set up the same. Does anyone know why they are > > performing so differently? I suppose hda may be bad, bu