yeah, this happens to me as well. update frequently quits instead of
finishing the install. just become root, go to the /tmp directory, and
your downloaded rpms are there. for each one do rpm -Uvh file.rpm to
get it to work.
:P
Tom Poturica wrote:
I took someones advice to use the tool
Eric Mings wrote:
If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory
upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it.
I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg
chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an
i noticed today that when i login through mingetty, when i give my
password, if i type extra letters after my password, then it still lets
me in. is this supposed to happen? for instance, if my pass is
'asdfqwer' and i type 'asdfqwertyuiop', then it still lets me in. the
first part has to be
i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things
that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a
PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering
getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap
motherboard
well, what are .asx files? beware, microsoft is known for inventing new
file structures to try and create monopolistic standards.
:P
alann wrote:
Does anyone know if there is anything out there that will play a win
.asx
file for linux?? I looked for about and hour on my sys and the net
when i login, i like having the fortune pop up too. however, i have
found that it pops up wheneverthe profile script gets called, which
includes finds in kde, as well as starting xterm. here is a simple
fix. add this to the bottom of ~/.bash_profile. now it only comes up
when you first login
John Aldrich wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Well, I know there aren't any drivers for my Lexmark printer yet, but
someone told me that as long as I had it set up as a plain text printer,
it would print. Is this true? I set it as a plain text printer during
install, but it
Damien Mc Kenna wrote:
Hi pete moss !
On 11/9/99 3:33:33 PM, you wrote:
if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman
marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel
perfectly in linux.
the best mousy thing i have ever used!
How does
Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-)
actually i prefer using the keyboard for quake. or a joystick!
:P
Thanks for the tips Alan John. I put "modprobe ppa" at the end of my
rc.local file and guess what? It works! Just like you guys said it
would.
Now, does anyone know how to get "imwheel" to invoke during bootup? I
tried putting that in the rc.local file and it didn't work. I use an MS
i tried using makndrake update to get any new stuff for my 6.1 system.
i got and installed the new kernal as well as virc. no problems with
either. however, when i tried to get the new netscape, it crashed with
the error 'cannot get shared lock on database'. is there a lock file i
need to
John Aldrich wrote:
Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd
probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse. As for a
if you want an optical pointing device, check out the logitech trackman
marble+. it is ps/2 and it has a scroll wheel that works under imwheel
perfectly
open already and you need to
close every window of it down first before you can continue the
installation.
De Salty1
- Original Message -
From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: [newbie] cannot get shared lock
i found the rpm files in /tmp (couldnt figure out why they werent in
/var/tmp :) and i installed them from there just fine. does netscape
4.7 do anything differently?
:P
pete moss wrote:
i tried that idea. doesnt show up in ps. i also rebooted just to be
sure everything was clear
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
It's just that every time I want to use the Zip drive I have to go into
terminal and type "modprobe ppa", and then mount it. I guess I would be
happy if I could just get "modprobe ppa" to run automatically at boot
up. I guess your right, automounting a removable
well, finally, other palm people on this list! something i know about!
all of the palm devices are use serial connections to connect to the
host computer. (except mac people have to get special stuff to
connect) the new handspring units come with USB cradles by default,
although you can
but this is just my 2 cents...
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:57:39AM +, pete moss wrote:
i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems.
anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X,
the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i
as a followup, i wrote to the author of the cd-writing howto. i asked
if one wrote to a cdrw the same way one writes to a cdr. he replied
that there was no difference in writing but that the cdrw should be
blanked before rewriting.
i asked the original question because when i was in windows,
i just got my printer setup (easier than i thought!). my only problem
is that when i print by means of ghostscript (my printer speaks PCL not
PS) the output is printed about 1/8 inch left of center. i tried
altering the margins, but it is still the same. i have read up on the
ghostscript site
i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems.
anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X,
the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i start
the terminal from a virtual terminal (alt+F2) then it runs fine. i am
running
this is a bit off topic here but, when i was in wondows i could use my
cdrw drive to make cdr and cdrw. now that i am in linux, i only see
mentions of cdr. has anyone successfully written a cdrw in linux?
how? have you rewritten one as well? do i write it like a cdr, or is
there a special
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
P.S. I have to rereun modprobe ppa on subsequent bootups. Don't know of a way
to make it "stick".
put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local at the bottom. this is a good place to put
anything that needs to be loaded every time that you dont want to type.
:P
i believe the file in question is called /etc/rc.d/rc.local
put your insmod commands at the bottom.
:P
Joe Brault wrote:
Hello,
I am in the process of installing my zip drive, and have hit a snag. I
have linux mandrake, and while following the mini-howto, I hit this
problem:
i am still having strange problems with gnome-terminal in mandrake 6.1.
if i start it from within X, then it always locks up my machine
completely, even the keyboard. num lock wont even turn on. however, it
works fine if i run it from console. does anyone have any idea why this
happens? what
hi, i have been checking my memory usage lately. i am curious about my
memory consumption right after boot. the first thing i do is log in a
root and do
# free
one of two things tends to come up:
**mem condition 1:
total used free sharedbuffers
yes! thanks! now, can you tell me why gnome-terminal locks up my
system? :)
:P
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, pete moss wrote:
in gnome on 6.0, i could click the right mouse button to bring up a menu
to do a few things, including rescan the desktop. now i am using 6.1
reading this made me realize that i have no idea about how to do system
optimization. i will definately look into this 'hdparm'. do you know
of any howtos or such on system opt? it would be interesting if someone
gave a list of what you need to do to get your system in tip-top shape.
:P
can someone in the know give me any hints as to what to do about some
software that locks the computer. everytime i run the gnome-terminal,
it locks the computer so that nothing works except for a hard reset. i
have tried reinstalling gnome-core*.rpm by overwriting or deleting and
then
what are some of the compiler flags that you guys at mandrake used for
pentiums? i have some new software that i want to compile to take
advantage of my i686 chip. are there specific flags i need to set, or
does pgcc do this automatically?
:P
in gnome on 6.0, i could click the right mouse button to bring up a menu
to do a few things, including rescan the desktop. now i am using 6.1
and the right mouse button brings up the application menus for
enlightenment. does anyone know how i can get the gnome menus back?
:P
well, it wont work correctly if you dont have XF86Config setup
properly. re-read /usr/doc/imwheel*/README and make the changes he
recommends. the relevant info is at the top of the file. i used method
#1 and it work perfectly for me in every X app.
:P
I installed the imwheel program when I
ok:
1) Free drive space
about 300Mb free on /
several gig free on /home
2) Memory (free and total)
at this moment:
total used free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63056 61492 1564 17856 1308
14268
-/+
well, it works for me now. not sure what i was trying earlier. but it
is either shift+pageup/pagedn
thanks!
:P
John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote:
i used to run slackware and there was a
i just got mandrake 6.1 installed and running great. i am trying to
customize my system performance a bit. i have been removing unnecessary
system daemons from the startup.
i cant find docs on these:
inet
keytable
linuxconf
netfs
can anyone shed any light on whether these are ok to disable
i just got 6.1 installed and it runs great. one small problem though.
i run gnome and whenever i start the terminal, my whole computer locks
up. i have to hit the reset button to get out of it. any tips on how
to take care of situations like this? shure would be nice to use a
terminal in
what do i need to do to get imwheel to startup whenever i startx?
:P
i used to run slackware and there was a method of viewing previous text
on one of the consoles. it was something like shift+pageup or
ctrl+pageup. i cant find a method that works in mandrake. anyone know
how to do this?
:P
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root5 Sep 14 07:52 /dev/modem -
ttyS1
(the modem is on COM1).
be aware that com1 in windows corresponds to ttyS0 in linux.
ttyS1 is com2.
:P
i check the printer database at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
and it doesnt list any compaq printers at all. are you sure it is a
compaq? maybe check that site yourself.
also, most all PCI modems are winmodems and wont work in linux.
:P
Dan Brown wrote:
The Drake's wrote:
printer
im not sure, but if you find this out, please post it to the list. i
would love to have color in my netscape.
:P
Andy Goth wrote:
A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp.
Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it.
Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate.
i am running a s3 virge gx2 chipset with the svga x server.
:P
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
Andy Goth wrote:
A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp.
Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it.
Yes,
i have a logitech trackman marble+ using imwheel. if you follow the
instructions that come with imwheel for setup, then it will work as both
a three button mouse and the scroll button will work. it works better
for me in linux than it ever did in windows.
:P
Jeanette Russo wrote:
John
i too have had these problems. every package i installed when i first
installed mandrake has the docs. packages i have installed since then
have the doc directories built, but they are empty. i have only used
kpackage for installation, so i wonder if there is a bug?
:P
"R. David Whitlock"
i know this has been addressed several times, but i want to ask it
again. when 6.1 comes out, i plan to wipe my drive and install it. my
linux drive is 6 gigs. right now, i have one big / partition. i want
to create three partitions next time (in addition to swap): /, /boot,
and /home.
can
when will 6.1 be out of beta?
:P
same thing happens to me, in X or out.
:P
Andy Goth wrote:
I printed three pages of graphics (actually HTML), and it took
FOREVER!!! How can I tone down the print quality and (consequently)
save time and ink?
Run printtool as root and adjust the resolution for that printer.
anyone using seti@home? i have the unix version running as a cron job.
what does the -nice option refer to. the default is 1, but it
recommends setting it to 19 if run by cron. what is the difference?
i have sent this same quesion to seti at home, but i dont think they are
ever going to get
so hiting alt-F[1-6] gives me six virtual terminals. if i am running x,
then it lives on 7. does eight or higher do anything? i can flip to
them, but there is just a flashing cursor at the top of the screen.
:P
--Yes I agree that Navigator alone works better than Communicator. Any way I'm
in the process of following ricks advice (please exscuse me if I got the wrong
poster). I reinstalled Netscape (Nav. only+common files only) and am
downloading the upgrade now as we speak. We'll see.
i too want
procedure to delete it
cleanly -- can you help?) Until I have deleted the old version, I will
hold off on installing G2.
Murray
pete moss wrote:
uninstall what you have and go to the website listed below to get what
you want. dont go to any other page! then follow the setup directions
be sure to reread the docs that come with imwheel to make sure it is set
up properly. i followed these and my logitech trackman marble+ works
like a charm! also, make sure 'imwheel -k' gets executed whenever you
start an x session.
:P
Sean King wrote:
I was wondering if anybody out there
uninstall what you have and go to the website listed below to get what
you want. dont go to any other page! then follow the setup directions
given below and it should work right. you dont currently have the same
version everyone else is talking about.
:P
Murray Strome wrote:
I originally
is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to
open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however,
everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help
page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at
preferences.js in
im not sure what the XF86Setup is, but there is xf86config. it will,
create a file called XF86Config that will tell your x windows how to
work. i recommend running this. there is a setting to disable the
virtual desktop size.
also, turn off your html in your email.
:P
Richard wrote:
as a past employee of flashnet, i did notice one problem here. it is
not flashnet.com, it is flash.net. the dns numbers are correct. i dont
know if that will help you, but it might.
:P
Chad Young wrote:
I can connect to my ISP but netscape won't browse.
I have done the following -
my relatively new canon bjc-5000 is also listed as a paperweight. do
you know if i might be able to use other drivers with it to make it
work, or am i SOL? also, i checked the bimbo page, but it got a 404.
:P
Civileme wrote:
The Lexmark 2050 is classified as a "Paperweight" at Grant
anyone know if there is any support for parallel scanners in linux? i
have a mustek 1200 III EP that i might like to try soon, but i havent
seen any info about parallel scanners, just scsi.
:P
i am trying to install some new software by compiling source. when i
run the configure script that comes with the source, it checks for
several things. one of the things it checks for is whether i have gcc,
then it says ok. next it says 'checking whether c compiler worksno'
then it wont
what rpms do i need to install to get gcc to work? i have several
installed but i cant get it to work right. any info or tips?
:P
what is AutoMount? and Sticky?
:P
Rick Fry wrote:
Now that I know about AutoMount and Sticky, how do I tell Linux to use
AutoMount? Which one of those wonderful .config files do I have to edit?
Also, how do I change from that KDE back to Gnome? I think I prefer that to
KDE. Thanks.
I've got a Stealth 3D 4000 also. Mine's got 4MB RAM, is AGP, and I get
noise on 1152x864, 24bpp- not lower. I believe it has to do with the
refresh rates that the card supports. You might try manually tweaking
modelines in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I mean to do this eventually, but
i know this is minor, but does anyone know how to make the num lock
activate automatically when i boot kde?
:P
anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book
balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would
like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb
(checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake 6.0, but it wont run and
gives lots
i have mandrake 6.0 and and awe64 gold soundblaster. i am having
problems getting sound. i only get souind under two conditions. first
is when kde does its system sounds (startup, shutdown, etc.). second is
when i run
'cat blah.au /dev/audio'. any programs such as x11amp or the kde
media
ok, one last side-question:
of the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems, which is superior in file
read/write/transfer speed and efficiency? I purposely created another 2
gig FAT16 partition (faster than a 13 gig FAT32 partition) to hold all
the stuff I want to host with linux. I'm under the
However, I continue to be unable to launch 'startx". I consistently
get an error:
I128: ibm526 Ramdac not found
I have run though xf86config with many different combinations. I was
able to get confirmed numbers on the vert/horz scan... on my monitor
so feel pretty good about that. Do
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you're going to d/l it, why not just install it as you download?
I'd love to, except I don't know how! Well that, and I intend to install it
on machines other than the machine I downloaded it with. Right now I just
have the one machine, but soon I'll jave one
RReed wrote:
Well I can't get the voodoo3 goods to install it keeps saying it can't find
vga16.
So I guess I will just use startx -- -bpp 32 to start x in 32 bit.. i edited
the config to use only 800x600 and nothing lower.
A question I have is can i setup a symbolic link to run startx --
WOW!!! thanks for this info. i had never thought about it before.
everything looks so much better. i recommend everyone try this!
:P
Richard Lamont wrote:
Having just installed Mandrake 6.0 (including KDE) on my system I found
that I had a lot of trouble with font sizes.
Everything
when i run x windows in 24 bit color mode, i get horizontal lines of
noise on the screen whenever i move a window or something on the
screen. i have a diamond stealth 3d 4000 card with a s3 virge gx2
chipset. i am running the svga xserver. my card works fine at that
depth, looks good in x
i am a music composition and electronic music grad student. i got into
linux because of the stereotypical MS windows hatred. i think it is
great, but i wouldnt recommend it to the average joe. i worked for
flashnet tech support for a while, and i definately wouldnt recommend it
to most of the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 16 Aug, pete moss wrote:
when i run x windows in 24 bit color mode, i get horizontal lines of
noise on the screen whenever i move a window or something on the
screen. i have a diamond stealth 3d 4000 card with a s3 virge gx2
chipset. i am running the svga
i just got mandrake v 6.0 installed yesterday. i have been setting it
up for quite a while now. i have two problems that havent been able to
fix.
first the (hopefully) easy one:
i am running kde and the mouse resets to slow speed whenever i come back
into it. i set the speed in the control
Richard Lamont wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i am getting no sound out of my sound card. i have a AWE64 gold
soundblaster.
i have the isapnp.conf set correctly with the card on irq 9. all the
modules on boot up load properly with no errors. i did
pete moss wrote:
Richard Lamont wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i am getting no sound out of my sound card. i have a AWE64 gold
soundblaster.
i have the isapnp.conf set correctly with the card on irq 9. all the
modules on boot up load properly
"Morrell, Mike" wrote:
How do I keep my modem connection to my ISP alive when the computer is idle?
i set up my crontab to run pppd every ten minutes. if it already
connected, then no change. if not connected, then it dials in.
:P
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