I'm not having much luck with 4.0.2 or 3.3.6. I have an SVGA 1024 x 768 70
mhz monitor. I am using the latest cooker version and can't make it past
the test screen. I'm posting this here in hopes someone else has the card
working and can tell me how its configured, or perhaps someone can tell
Not to pretend I'm the world's authority, but if I was
to hazard a guess, you don't have the card you think
you have on eth0.
I'd suggest figuring out exactly what cards you have,
on what irq's and i/o addresses, and what driver's
they should be using. Once known, you could do insmod
to get the
Sandra,
Its not the Linux thats slow, its the Netscape, IMHO. I have a P200 with
64mb running 7.1, and its painful, but mostly just Netscape is painful
slow... Try Konqueror, its lots quicker. Not as fully featured, but
personally, I think the needed ones are there. I try to use it when I
I have 7.2 running on it, with XFree 3.3.6 in some places and 4.0.1 in
others (as it came with 7.2 cd). I found an upgrade on Creative Labs site,
but it doesn't say what version its for in the README or anywhere else I
could find.. I also found XFree 4.0.2, but its not available as an RPM, so
I have a son that wants to learn to code. Nothing like taking things that
work, dissecting them, and tweaking them a bit as a fun learning tool. Any
suggestions? Java games, maybe? I'll be playing, too (code and game wise).
Thanks for any suggestions,
BobC
3 and video players
along
with their associated libraries). This could be useful for office
environments that need small and clean installations on each machine (it
also
can be used by employers to stop workers from watching movies or playing
games during office hours :-) ).
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 03
It started yesterday, after there was a power failure.
Its a dual PIII - 600 with 1/2 gb SDRAM and dual UW SCSI with dual UW 5.4 ms
Barracuda drives. The video is a Creative Labs Savage4 with 32 mb.
No, it can't be slow!!! Without running X its horribly slow. With
X, its
What's the best way to reload it? Fdisk and remove the partition? Is there
a less painful way?
I tried the other solutions. CPU usage is almost nil...
Thanks,
BobC
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme
Sent: Sunday, January 21,
get a similiar pause during the boot when the mail
daemons are initialized.
Check your settings, something is wrong. Your system doesn't know it's own
name!
-JMS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 10
Your link is hosed
http://www.maximumlinux.com/howtos/howto/2000_05_23/quad_boot.html
I read enough of it to see that its for Red Hat, not Mandrake, uses a custom
install, doesn't use LILO, and uses BeOS bootman to boot. If I attempted
it, I'd fail, I think...
BobC
just a newbie with
Yup, I did read that, and a bunch more...
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/MultiOS-HOWTO.html
The how to, although having plenty of good info, does not address win/2000
or nt at all since the author had neither.
I talked to ops in linux-mandrake on irc and there are differences in the nt
boot as
I think "dumbing down" the automatic install is needed if it will ever be
for the masses.
I think added selectivity in the "custom" install based on purpose would be
best for the techies that like to play to get at least the right packages
for starters. Like my situation is a "Home
I think I'll be saving this msg for another day... Thanks for the info...
BobC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of eryl
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 3:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Winnt
Bob Currey
By the way, I noticed Netgear put a new Linux driver
package for the FA311 on their site on 1/5/01, but all
the files in it are dated from August. I didn't try
it, since neither card of mine is in either of my
Linux machines, but the FA312 uses the same software
as the FA311, I believe. They
Be careful, here, and don't buy a modem that is supposedly Linux compatible,
thinking it will work for voice under Linux as well as data. I have 3 that
were "green" on the list that didn't work. Needless to say, I wasted much
time, money and effort. There is a separate list (much shorter) for
Maybe nobody else here has been able to both figure out the how to's and get
it to work? That wouldn't be too surprising on a Newbie list.
FWIW, I have successfully setup VPN on NT Servers, and clients on Win/95,
Win/98 (1 machine unsuccessful, even reloaded - I refuse to pay M$ $245 to
help,
So now I can use it for a web browser :) There were a
few glitches in the install, but it all worked. Many
thanks to Brian Masney who wrote gFTP that made it
easy to get all the files, even recovering from a
bunch of disconnects :)
Here are the instructions I found on the web at Deja
News. I
I have both an FA311 and FA312. They are both toast, as far as Linux is
concerned, IMHO. On the Netgear support site, they have a link to a guy
that created some drivers, and I tried to follow the instructions, there,
but to no avail. I emailed the Netgear tech support with a request for help
Ummm, I'm no pro at Linux, but if it works manually, why not add it to one
of the system startup scripts, so it runs automatically when you boot? I
noticed with mediaone that I had to do it a couple times, sometimes to get a
lease. I haven't had trouble with it lately. No clue why or why not,
The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already
enabled it globally and searched this list and expert list archives to see
if anyone had found a solution, but didn't find any. I do like konqueror
better than Netscape, but need to be able to access sites that use stuff
The external version wont work with vgetty when i tried it. The sportster
modems work fine from what i heard. I wouldn't chance it unless i found
someone with it doing exactly what you want to do. I paid $139 for mine and
its useless for voice. A $39 Actiontec did work.
BobC
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Subject: RE: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript
sites like Yahoo?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got
ipt
sites like Yahoo?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites
like Yahoo?
The machine is running Mandrake
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Currey
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Has anyone got Konqueror working for javascript sites
like Yahoo?
The machine is running Mandrake 7.2. Is there a way to fix it? I already
enabled it globally and searched
Sometimes things just work.
7.2 Mandrake went on easier (much) than Win/98. Quite a pleasant surprise.
I haven't tried the modems, yet, but all the basic stuff went in without a
hitch, excepting my 640 x 480 Zenith Flatscreen, which the install code
didn't like in combo with my 3D Blaster
I'll let you know if my Dual PIII-600 with Dual UW Adaptec 78xx Onboard
controllers has any problem. I plan to load Mandrake 7.2 on it this
weekend. I will be Dual Booting with 98, NT4, or Win/2000, to be used for
hardware resource info and problem isolation (ie: if hw prob, nether os will
Dear Civileme,
I would like to try it too. After I get my new machine running this
weekend, I will have the old 7.1 machine available to play with. My linux
experience is limited, but I've been programming since the 70's on many
platforms and basically live and breathe computers a byte at a
Tim,
It really depends on the program and your system. I don't have aim, but
yahoo's install didn't put anything anywhere, except the executable, which
crashes with a core dump when conecting. You didn't say which GUI menu
system you are using, so it would be difficult to try to tell you how
LOL,
if we could take you off this list, I'm sure all of the Thousands of people you
just sent this message to would be happy to. But alas, we are but
"newbies" like you, and cannot remove you from the list
Only
you can do this, just find your way out the same way you got
in.
Merry
Check
the bios to see if it can use a different method of seeing the HD, such as LBA
or Large or Normal, and try all the options. Another possibility is to
upgrade the bios. It may be a flash bios that can be upgraded by running a
program, or maybe needs a replacement bios chip.
BobC
You'd better try explaining it better if you expect any help that might
help. Let's dissect it:
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From: SoloCDM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 12:00 PM
To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Ping Error
Something is seriously wrong with
install pidentd rpm from the cd. you will need to run identd afterwards.
i used a -n parameter. some of the irc nets still won't work and give the
identd message, anyway. maybe someone else has soolved that part. my
solution will get you on undernet, but i don't thionk it woill work for
btw, if you look in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S35identd it looks like thats what's
controlling it, in conjunction with /etc/identd.conf
but I'm just a newbie, and basically clueless, so take it with a grain of
salt...
BobC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
find a terminal program where the keys work well doing the basics,
I'll remove all the others.
thanks,
BobC
-Original Message-
From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bob Currey
Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I fix
This may be considered sacreligious, but what worked for mine was to bring
the same box up under win/95, get it on mediaone, get all the settings, then
plug them into the linux netconf. I still lose it on a reboot, but it seems
to come back after a few tries of running dhcpcd with no hostname.
3c9X.0
and tulip.o respectively. Both worked fine with cable, uselessworst DSL
and speakeasy DSL.
Bob Currey wrote:
By hardware adapter, he means ethernet card. Be very careful which you
pick. I have many "supported" ones that didn't work with my cable modem
setup on 7.1 and 7
No offense, Barry, but even though it has a linux driver available, I don't
think I'd be suggesting a winmodem to anyone. I think that's just asking
for trouble. I'm just a newbi, linux wise, but have read many tales of
woe.
BobC
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From: "Barry Allan" [EMAIL
By hardware adapter, he means ethernet card. Be very careful which you
pick. I have many "supported" ones that didn't work with my cable modem
setup on 7.1 and 7.2. I'd suggest an NE2000 PCI clone or 3Com 3C905tx after
all I've been through. Intel boards (2) are hopeless, Netgear (2) are
Were it me, I'd pull the sound card and check what IRQ the ethernet board is
on, and then go specify the IRQ in the hardware config drake.
But I'm as clueless as any, I guess...
BobC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000
I suppose you know there are issues on the Mandrake site about that
particular Adaptec card?
I went thru 3 or 4 controllers and a buch of drives trying to get installed
on 7.1. Twas a PITA and I ended up needing to use my live system rather
than the old POS I have hoped to make use of. The
If you go look at the packages on the CD, you will find Identd. Install it,
then run it. It solved that problem for me.
I used a -n parameter as I recall.
BobC
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From: "Cannibul_VI" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:19 PM
Similar troubles, here, but I have many more. In general, it seems running
Windoze and a reboot causes all changes to be lost, and boot errors on the
ethernet card.
I suspect I don't know where to make the changes properly to cause them to
work after a reboot. I was doing all sorts of commands
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