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Linux 2.6.5-1.tmb.1mdk
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makesig.pl at the command line and it just hangs there doing
nothing it seems. There's not much documentation on how to use it.How
does it work?
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Linux 2.6.3-7mdk
Want to buy your Pack
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, RCN Mail wrote:
I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would
be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly
appreciated.
1. How many hours a week do you spend online? [~40]
2. What is your age? [29] today
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Dennis Myers wrote:
On Thursday 03 January 2002 22:30, you wrote:
skidley wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, RCN Mail wrote:
I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place
would be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jon Doe wrote:
I have this in a script:
OF=/home/jon/backup-$(date +%m%d%Y).tar.gz
tar -cZf $OF /home/jon/backups
and when I run it, it works but I get this:
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, poogle wrote:
I may be completely off base here but I'll try anyway, I have an Olympus USB
camera which uses Smartmedia cards but is not recognised by any of the
photo packages.
Thanks to Ric Tibbets I am able to download from it by doing the following:-
modprobe
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Ed Kasky wrote:
But does it work??? ;-)
I forgot to mention before to look at
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for an explanation of how
the time server strata works and for any special requirements when using
any of the public time servers.
Ed
At
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Jesse Angell wrote:
i personally think that x windows is a complete ram hog.. As a 166mhz 32ram cannot
run it...
That's strange I have X on a 486SX/20, 16MB RAM with slackware 3.4 and it
works. It is slow but it works :P
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
LM8.1 supports PNP, 8.0 did not.
While turning PNP off is a good suggestion if you are having
difficulties, you should not resort to this until a problem arises.
Leaving PNP on helps in dual boot situations too.
I use ReiserFS on ALL of my part
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Wendy Nexcom wrote:
# This is Linux. not windows. it will never be windows and I
# seriously doubt it will ever do anything like windows. Some
Right, but this OS should bring easy way.
# any Linux system will Never do the .exe thingy and RPMS are forever.
No problem
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Newbie wrote:
When is this damn useless compiler going to work?
I have Mdk 8.1 and the default compiler is useless,
2.96 is a piece of trash, so I took it off and put on
gcc3, again TRASH, so I try to put on 2.95 and
all it can give me is the same bullshit over and
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Franki wrote:
in its simplist terms, a winmodem is a modem where half the hardware has
been replaced by software..
so certain stuff that would normally be done by the modem itself is done by
your PC's CPU via the driver software..
The problem is that not many
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, dfox wrote:
I am attempting to install 'everybuddy' and am receiving dependency
conflicts. It said something about a missing libjabber and a missing libxcde.
I found a jabber rpm and installed that, and resolved another dependency, but
still can't find the right package
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Matt Greer wrote:
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:58 pm, you wrote:
When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0%
dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does
this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote:
On Monday 03 December 2001 12:54, tek1 wrote:
how can you easily tell what version you are running?
*running* is problematic, but this command will tell you what is
*installed*
rpm -q XFree86
XFfree86 -version will do it.
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On 29 Nov 2001, Paul RodrÃguez wrote:
Hi, what's the best way to get a graphical program to start at boot as
user? I'd like to do this via the command line. I know that adding the
program to the last line of /etc/rc.local could do it, but as root.
Thanks.
-Paul RodrÃguez
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Newbie wrote:
Ok, its stupid question time.
Ok, I'm no expert, but I'm not a complete newbie,
but I still don't know, should I force install
GCC2.95 to end my GCC3 compiler troubles?
Or am I skrude until the next mandrake release?
I can't seem to backgrade to some
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2001 09:28 pm, skidley wrote:
Otherwise, entering any of these deps in rpmfinds search engine
will give you BIG clues ;
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/
Ok thanks I already had done what you said by the time I got
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, caspar kennerdale wrote:
I just installed 8.1 on a linux partition (my computer also has win 2k on
it)
I have two questions-
fistly lilo has set a defualt of 5 seconds to choose the desired os./ Can
this be changedto 30 secs or whatever I want? where do I change it-
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2001 12:38 pm, skidley wrote:
gcc3 is not ready for prime time. Mandrake's 2.96 is much
better, better than 2.95. BUT, in my experience, compiling from
src, mplayer sucks (./configure --disable-gcc-checking). Usin
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Alan Carpenter wrote:
How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is
using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again...
Alan
There is one called putty, just google for it.
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I am trying to compile mplayer on mdk 8.1, I'm using gcc-3.0-3.0.2-1mdk
from the cooker. I get this error when compiling:
Dec.o DS_AudioDec.cpp
In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:43,
from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40,
from
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan wrote:
that's strange. I am running LM 8.1 and issued the command as root in
the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ driectory. typing xinetd by itself gets no
response. And I believe that xinetd is the default - for without it, ftp
and other services cannot run...
man xinetd
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan Lee wrote:
many thanks. that worked, but may I ask why are there 2 differing
versions of xinetd ?
Anuerin G. Diaz wrote:
you are using the xinetd from /usr/sbin. you may have issued xinetd from a
directory other than the one specified or you didnot type the
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
when making my mandrake cd's from the downloaded files, can i create a data
cd as i would burning any other cd? or is there more to it than that?
thanks
fyi: if this question (or the last one) is in the archives i apologize.
my work uses a
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Mitchell, Edmund wrote:
Hello all
So I thought I'd be all Tom Brinkman-like, and get the latest kernel. :)
Did an rpm -Uvh --test, and it says iptables = 1.2.4-1 conflicts with
the 2.4.13 kernel.
So I got the latest iptables rpm, and --test 'ed it, too, and it says
it
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dan Shackelford wrote:
I believe the answer is to install them BOTH, at the same time, i.e.
rpm -U (or whatever) KERNAL.rpm IPTABLES.rpm
Try that with rpm -Uvh --test and see if the mutual dependencies are solved.
At 08:31 AM 11/20/2001 -0800, you wrote:
Hello all
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 12:19 pm, skidley wrote:
I had that also and I was able to uninstall the iptables, install
the kernel with rpm -ivh and then install iptables again. Although
I gave up on this kernel rpm stuff because I wanted
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Some time ago I ran a program which shows some kind of graphical traceroute. I
am sure it was in the standard setup of mandrake. But I can't remember its
name anymore!!
Does anyone have a clue what I am looking for?
Paul
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, NDPTAL85 wrote:
Which file in /etc do I have to edit to change my hostname on Mandrake
8.1?
Thanks.
You can change it using the command hostname whatever and it will change
it for you.
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, NDPTAL85 wrote:
There's nothing in hosts that says anything about a hostname. This is
the only thing in my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
Sure there is it says your hostname is localhost.localdomain. But I don't
believe that is where
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Warren Cameron wrote:
Afternoon All,
New Solaris installation, missed step to add to domain.
Was hoping someone could tell me where default location for domain name for
manual insert should be please.
May thanks
And what does that have to do with a
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, SKLIM wrote:
Hi!
I like to zip all my /var/named files in one zip files.
I need the command how to tar it.
Can someone email me the command ?
Best regards,
SKLIM
tar czvf file.tar.gz /var/named
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nickolas wrote:
I downloaded the mandrake 8.1 ISO from one of your FTP sites. I used winimage to
open the ISO and extract the contents to a empty folder. I need burned all of the
contents to a CD. When I try to boot from the CD it tells me searching for boot
record :
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nick Andriash wrote:
I am about to embark on my Linux journey using Mandrake 8.1 but before I
start I have a questions about partitioning my HDD. I only have a P166,
64 MB RAM and a 2.1 GB HDD. Now I understand that I should have a number
of partitions, namely:
Root
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nick Andriash wrote:
Hello antoine rivoire,
On Friday, November 16 2001 at 09:24 AM PDT, you wrote:
i think mandrake can't do autoallocate with such small drive space. i would
almost recomend just 2 partitions with so little drive space, just cause u
can't afford a
is
installed... The System Files, etc.? Skidley said to make my Root 1 GB
which seems rather large if my entire Drive is only 2.1 GB. Besides, Win
98 itself only occupies 350 MB. Is Mandrake 8.1 that much larger?
Lastly, is the Home partition for all Programs one wants to load? With a
Swap
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Lee Roberts wrote:
At 11:35 PM 11/12/2001 -0400, skidley wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Lee Roberts wrote:
At 08:03 AM 11/7/2001 -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 11:22 pm, Lee Roberts wrote:
I added append hdc=ide-scsi to lilo.conf but I
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Gronbach, Paul wrote:
Hi all,
I have an HP CD-Writer+ 9500. I am trying to create an install CD
from the downloaded ISO file. All I get is one file, the ISO file, on the
CD. I am sure this is not what is supposed to be there :-) Either the
software I have is not
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Lee Roberts wrote:
At 08:03 AM 11/7/2001 -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 11:22 pm, Lee Roberts wrote:
I added append hdc=ide-scsi to lilo.conf but I still can't find
the drive with cdrecord -scanbus and gcombust can't find it. The
ide-scsi
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Roger Sherman wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to tell what my connection speed is? I had a nice
little app called speedgadget in Windows, but there's no way I'm booting
into hell just for that ;-)
Thanks!
gkrellm is a nice little app and very useful as it monitors
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
did you chmod the binary to 755?
Yes I did of course chmod 755 /usr/sbin/sednmail
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Registered Linux User #195191
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
did you chmod the binary to 755?
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, KompuKit wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get a RPM of:
Majordomo 1.94.5 or higher for Mandrake 7.2
try rpmfind.net
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Registered Linux User #195191
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, skidley wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote:
I have just bought an optical mouse (LOgitech and USB) and cannot get it to
work under 7.2. Does anybody know how I can get this to work? I just
potta new one usb mouse today an Intellyeye fromO
Thanks
On 22 Nov 2000, Cyphfer wrote:
I use a microsoft USB intellimouse explorer. I use it in the USB port. The mouse
is regonized in the BIOS on the TYAN Thunder 100 Dual Pentium II 400 equipped mother
board. Mandrake 7.2 recognized it and set it up as a generic 3 button mouse. It
works, but
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Ana Hill wrote:
I feel like I'm flooding everyone's inbox with junk.. I just tried to
install again and noticed that mandrake 7.2 complete doesn't actually give
the choice to do an automatic, custom, or expert install.. I went to look in
the installation and user
I have a solution for all of your KDE2 problems. Run Enlightenment
alone! It leaves KDE2 in the dust when it comes to effeciency, use of
system resources, etc. But if yer dependent on a winblows imitating
environment stick with your KDE2 bloatware.
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Registered Linux User #195191
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, John Arkoulis wrote:
I found today in Vancouver at Staples Mandrake 7.2
The box contains 7 CDs and it says that includes KDE 2 Beta. Is this the
same version as Wall Mart was selling in the States???
The boxed release doiesn't seem like it will have the KDE2 final
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Paul wrote:
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Robin Regennitter wrote:
On Tuesday 21 November 2000 02:20 pm, you wrote:
I think there's a bug with numlock in 7.2. When I boot into 7.2 numlock
is enabled as I watched the numlock light come on. but then when I go to
kde, the
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Oliver L. Plaine Jr. wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 03:11:34 -0600, I wrote:
In summery, I will say I am not happy with the fact that I
have no separate Var and home, and all the other things I like to do
with partitions...I sadly miss the Fdisk option of Helios
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Dickman, Jeff wrote:
How do I become a registered Linux User?
Thanks,
Jeff
http://counter.li.org
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Registered Linux User #195191
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote:
I have just bought an optical mouse (LOgitech and USB) and cannot get it to
work under 7.2. Does anybody know how I can get this to work? I just
potta new one usb mouse today an Intellyeye fromO
Thanks,
Wayne
go to www.linux-usb there
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Rune Kallhovd wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Goldenpi wrote:
Number lock keeps resetting. There is a service which will in theory do
something but I never saw any effect when I use it. The numlock still resets
at each runlevel change.
In mdk 7.1
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Now I dont know about you but I have had nothing but problems with 7.2 and alot of
you have as well judging by the posts. So I uninstalled the sucker and reinstalled
7.1 and I am so much happier. I mean dont get me wrong here 7.2 has alot
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Saturday 18 November 2000 10:13 pm, pablito wrote:
Interesting. "info hdparm" is a terminal command?
yes. (su to root) 'hdparm -i /dev/hd*' will read the information
from your harddrive's (HDD) firmware (bios). Much of this information
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Joseph Markham wrote:
Dear Friends,
LM 7.2 thinks that my LS-120 is a scsi device, which it is not since
it's an IDE device. I've had a look at madrakeforum.com, and civileme
mentioned the problem in LM7.1.
Does anybody know how to get the damn thing working?
My
Ok my fstab ended up majorly screwed somehow and i don't know why. I had
to enable supermount again, but the options for the cdrom drive and
burner are screwed up, i have like nosuid, noexec, noauto, etc. It worked
excellent before on the standard way it was setup after install. Please
help me
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Mark Johnson wrote:
I know this if off topic, but I don't know where else to ask and I trust you
folks better...
Can I mix memory, for example, can I mix a 128 PC100 8ns and a 32 PC100 8ns?
Or is it best not to do this?
It depends on the board I can have 66MHz
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, root wrote:
Dear All,
Has anyone tried any of the napster clones with 7.2 yet? I have the
gnapster and it seems to get the music fine . Unfortunately Kaiman does
not work at all for playing the music. The Xmms player works except the
music fades in and out. I do not
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, patrick wrote:
http://lsl.com/
there is a 7.2 cdr (2) set. which is it please
It's Mandrake72-inst.iso(Install) and Mandrake72-ext.iso(Extension)
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Krulo wrote:
So all i have to do is burn the iso to a CD?? and then what happens? I dont
understand what I'm doing... what the cd looks like after a ISO burning...
could you tell me some hints?
thx
An ISO is a disc image,an iamge of a CD-ROM it will be whatver
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Krulo wrote:
So all i have to do is burn the iso to a CD?? and then what happens? I dont
understand what I'm doing... what the cd looks like after a ISO burning...
could you tell me some hints?
thx
sorry my first reply wasn't thorough enough i don't think. You
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Krulo wrote:
ok, so I burn the CD (yes I have a burner in windows and a software too(eazy
cd creator)) and I get a boot cd right? but that boot cd is a boot cd that I
can start? because for example my bios cannot boot with a cd... only floppy
and hdd... so I was
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Krulo wrote:
Is it possible to burn the Mandrake72-inst.iso to ONE cd?? the file is 664
Mb and the ususal CD's are 650Mb... No problem??
It's not 664 MB it's 650 MB
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Romanator wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
KompuKit
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 7:59 PM
To: Linux-Mandrake
Subject: [newbie] 7.2 install help
I currently have 7.02I'm downloading the iso
What sound card do ya have? mdk 7.2 comes with alsa try thisyou can
even compile it from source which also comes with 7.2(d/l ISO anyhow). Go
to alsa-project.org to see if yer card is supported and get all the
info on alsa. also you must have sound.core module(this is basic
kernel sound support
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