[newbie] Astra 1220P Scanner

Is there anyway I can use an Astra 1220P parallel port scanner with Mandrake. I am currently using 7.2 but would like to upgrade to a later version ( see other e-mail). Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Updating Mandrake.

, or perhaps the only interest is in people using versions 8 onwards. Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 to 8.1 update ?

any problems. An e-mail reply would be useful. Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] error in mounting floppy

hi, I am having problem mounting my floppy, and the error message when I do a mount -a is mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device and the message I got in /var/log/messages is Nov 11 23:26:24 ool-18bdc309 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-2 the line for the floppy in my fstab is

[newbie] Scanner Installation

Can anyone help me with an easy solution to get my Umax Astra 1220P working under mandrake 7.1. It is connected to a printer port. One I can get this problem sorted I can more or less not need to boot Win98 anymore ! Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] replace kernel

Hi, I download the newest kernel from the internet and compiled a new image. But when I replace my old kernel in /boot directory ie:old-vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk new:vmlinuz-2.4.9 and change the link of vmlinuz to the new kernel. And Systemp.map link to the new System.map-2.4.9. But when I restart,

Re: [newbie] y los modems???

yo tambien tengo ese modems, lo que pasa es que tiene chips intel que necesitan un driver, pero para el kernel 2.4.3 no hay drive(me imagino que tienes LM8, verdad, esta es la razon por lo que no lo reconoce en la instalacion. estoy buscando otra forma de pornelo ha funcional y si lo pone ha

Re: [newbie] md5sums checking downloaded ISOs

i have the same problem, but when DRAKX try copy the file system to hard drive --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I downloaded the L-M8 ISOs today, burned them to CD, and tried to install. It keeps freezing just after the first screen with the (enter or more options choices. I'm guessing,

[newbie] i need an driver, helpme!; for modem HaM 56k V.90

HI everybody! I have linux mandrake 8.0 with kernel 2.4.3, i need an driver for modem Ambient HaM 56K V.90 pci with chip intel md5663x-HaM. I find an driver in www.intel.com but they d'not have an driver compatible with kernel 2.4.x. please helpme

[newbie] Thanks to everyone for helping w/ the Win2000 install

, thanks everyone for the tips Victor

[newbie] Switching from LM 7.0 to Win2000 Pro

and install. Does this mean wiping out the MBR? What should I do? I know all sorts of good jokes automatically come to mind, but this is fairly serious. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor

Re: [newbie] Path

plaaassse take out of your list -michael- wrote: On Thursday 08 February 2001 10:15, you wrote: On Thursday 08 February 2001 12:23 pm, -michael- wrote: How do I, "add /usr/bin to my path?" -michael- typeecho $PATH to see what your current paths are.

[newbie] Adding memory to 7.1

? Thank you, Victor

[newbie] Installing a printer on 7.1

6.0-2. What do I need to do now? Are there any good directions on the web? Any help appreciated, Victor

[newbie] kernel upgrade mkinitrd for scsi

the wrong command syntax? Any help appreciated, Victor

Re: [[newbie] kernel upgrade mkinitrd for scsi]

or prompt, 2) re-install (w/o uninstall) from a shell or prompt, 3) Compile another kernel from source? I've compiled a kernel once before, 6 months ago, and don't remember it being all that difficult and failry quick (30-45 minutes). Victor Altoine Barker wrote: As Johnny five would say,

[newbie] mkinitrd problems

again I upgraded mkinitrd, SysVinit, initscripts, kernel, and kernel-docs before this with no problem. The strange thing is that I got the same error trying to do mkinitrd on another machine earlier today. Am I using the wrong command syntax? Any help appreciated, Victor

[newbie] VI

the lasted improved vi? Thanks Victor - Victor M. Moreno [EMAIL PROTECTED] +34.951010583

[newbie] X 4.0.1 and very low resolution

or" #Option "NoAccel" #Option "ShowCache" #Option "ShadowFB" #Option "UseFBDev" #Option "Rotate" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "Riva Vanta" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection Victor

[newbie] unmount format floppy w/ 7.1

I've got a stack of former bootdisks and network.img that I would like to format and use again. I've tried using Kfloppy, but it says; /dev/fd0 is mounted. Please unmount the floppy first. #fdformat /dev/fd0 returns; Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/trac. Total capacity 1440 kB. Formatting...

[newbie] Start X at boot

I just upgraded X and forgot what I need to do in order for it to be started at boot. Suggestions? Victor

[newbie] Apache + SSL + MySQL + PHP4

, Victor

[newbie] Samba weirdess

listed above. /etc/smb.conf was still blank! I have since recreated the shares with SWAT and everything seems fine, but was interested how the shares could have continued to work(after reboots) if smb.conf was blank? Any help appreciated, Victor

[newbie] Updating kernel w/ Mandrake Updater

nel anyway with disastrous results. I had to re-install. Do I need to run the command "install kernel 2.2.xxx"? (xxx being the version number) Any suggestions welcome, Victor

[newbie] kernel update error

' to create working links? Then run 'lilo -v' again to see if everything is hunky-dory? Or is this problem something far more sinister? Like needing to force update kernel-headers. Any suggestions appreciated, Victor

[newbie] Missing Interfaces(NIC's)

and eth1? And has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions for a solution? Victor

[newbie] Re: Disappearng Interfaces (NIC's)

=2.2.16-9mdksecure root=/dev/sda6 read-only optional The "install" is highlighted in yellow, so I am wondering if I need to run the "install-kernel" command or if the kernel has already been installed by the updater. Any suggestions? Victor

Re: [newbie] S3 video cards

You may found a solution there, X 3.3.6 identified my S3 Trio3D as a "S3 86C365" and never worked. I never tried anything different. Victor Dennis Myers wrote: Hi all, just wanted to post this for anyone with an S3 Trio 3D/2X card. With 7.1 I see a message when I look a xconfig,

Re: [newbie] X 4.0.1 S3 Trio3D works!

with /xinitrc. 3) A chance to choose resolutions beyond 800x600 may have also been provided during the installer and I missed it. Victor Victor Richardson wrote: I just installed X 4.0.1 on Mandrake 7.1 and had it up and running off the default installation by only moving and renaming one

[newbie] Reusing floppies

/floppy' and it says; "...VFS can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 02:00" "bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: Input/output error I've tried to format them using 'fdformat /dev/fd0' and it returns; "could not return format type: No such device" Any suggestions? Victor

Re: [newbie] web server

Be sure to check and see if it has already been installed on your system, usually is by default in most distributions. Try ' rpm -qa | grep Apache' and it will show you the package and version (or any other software you enter) if it is installed. Victor Irwan Hadi wrote: At 03:37 PM 7/13/00

Re: [newbie] Upgrading to Mandrake 7.1

it at night (the later the better). Even if you have cable modem or DSL there tends to be far less network traffic latenight and downloads are much faster with less a chance of data errors or dropped connections, because it can take anywhere from 10-30 minutes depending on connection speed. Victor &

Re: [newbie] Upgrading to Mandrake 7.1

, then the total size of your download will be 650 megabytes. It took me over an hour and 10 minutes of record setting cablemodem download speed (1.76 Mbps) to get the entire image and almost the same amount of time using a T1 at work (there is probably a speed limit on the server end). Victor frank wrote

[newbie] X 4.0 and Mandrake 7.1

other pointers appreciated, Victor

Re: [[newbie] X 4.0 and Mandrake 7.1]

I'm using 7.1 (current) as of this week. I should have included that, I was in a hurry. Suggest away, please, Victor Altoine Barker wrote: Yo, What distro are you using? Victor Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am about to do an X upgrade from 3.3.6-14 to 4.01-2 and was wondering

[newbie] /dev/sda6 boot error

aintenance (or type Control-D for normal): Where can I find docmentation for FSCK or what should I do? Victor

[newbie] Kernel update

still need the old kernel and the regular 2.2.16-9? And if not, how do I remove them? Any suggestions appreciated, Victor

[newbie] Updating Kernel

still need the old kernel and the regular 2.2.16-9? And if not, how do I remove them? Any suggestions appreciated, Victor

Re: [newbie] Updating Kernel

horough read through and just follow the directions from the point after compiling the source code for a new kernel. Victor Quaylar wrote: At 00:26 08.07.00, you wrote: victor.i assume these two kernels are precompiled kernels that came with your installation of 7.1...(although i dont have th

Re: [newbie] C compiler cannot create executables

://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html I hope this helps (I'm doing my first new kernel tonight), Victor Steven Cook wrote: Hi, This is my first post as I just subscribed, so I'm sorry if I'm going over old ground. I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on a new disk in a PII 233Mhz

Re: [newbie] Seeking Tutorial on compiling Kernel

://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html I hope this helps (I'm doing my first new kernel tonight), Victor excalibur wrote: Hello, I've been using Linux Mandrake for about a month and a half and it's great, though I've much to learn of it. Does anyone know of a website with a good how-to on compiling

Re: [newbie] C compiler cannot create executables

Please forgive my previous post, I accidentally sent it to the wrong message. Victor Steven Cook wrote: Hi, This is my first post as I just subscribed, so I'm sorry if I'm going over old ground. I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on a new disk in a PII 233Mhz machine. I am trying

[newbie] X and Intel i740 chipset

ns welcome, Victor

[newbie] X and 7.1

While trying to configure X with xf86config, I ended up with XF86Config in both /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and wondered which directory is the right one? I noticed somewhere on XFree86's website that while XFC86Config used to be in /usr/X11R6/bin, now it should be in /etc/X11. Although,

[newbie] X and S3 Trio3D

ut, not just the last messages. X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Any ideas on what's wrong Victor

Re: [newbie] X and S3 Trio3D

? Any ideas on how to test the video card to see if it even works outside of installing Windows? Victor Paul wrote: On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Victor Richardson wrote: I still am having trouble getting my S3 Trio3D to work. When "startx" runs using the S3Virge driver(as Xf86Free.or

Re: [newbie] X and S3 Trio3D

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try tonight, I'm desperate. Victor Dennis Myers wrote: Victor Richardson wrote: I'm running Mandrake 7.1 (X ver. 3.3.6). I agree that the PCI: unknown might the root of the problem. I'd guess that the video card is not working or that it is a newer

[newbie] Change file permissions

How do I change a file from read-only to read-write? Victor

[newbie] X resolutions

is going to be used as a fileserver, etc at a small non-profit environmental foundation and I need the KDE GUI so that they can easily manage files, add users, etc., without calling me home everyday. Victor

Re: [newbie] Starting amd

I have the same problem, except it takes minutes. "amd" is the automount service that (guess) automounts your floppy, cd-rom, drives, and any other device instead of having to type "mnt /dev/cdrom" or "mount /cd" for whatever device you want to use. It may have been corrupted during install. I

[newbie] rc.firewall

this basic question; What does the default entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall "echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter" do? Or more directly - what is rp_filter? Do I need to include this line in the MASQ/firewall rules provided in the docs? Thanks, Victor

[newbie] Applications Disc 2

the second applications disk, but now I am wondering what exactly I am missing as a result. Any suggestions? Victor

Re: [newbie] XFree86 Setup Question

e never done this before(like me). Please post this solution to the newsgroup for me, for some strange reason I cannot post to the mailing list even though I get everyone else's. Feel free to email me for more help, good luck Victor Leo Stutzmann wrote: I have an IBM 300PL, with integrated Trio3D

Re: [newbie] XFree86 Setup Question

to repost this answer under the "S3 Trio 3D" subject line so that anyone searching for a solution in the future will be able to easily find it. Victor Leo Stutzmann wrote: I have an IBM 300PL, with integrated Trio3D chip on the motherboard. I installed XFree86 3.3.6. I have tried t

Re: [newbie] XFree86 Setup Question

. The Trio3D driver does not work for this chip. Leo -Original Message- From: Victor Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XFree86 Setup Question It seems the easy solution for our

[newbie] S3 Trio 3D X server

Now that I've got Mandrake 6.1 installed, I found out that it does not like my S3 Trio 3D video card at any setting. I understand (from the list archives) that these problems have been solved in the latest version (7.0x). I've tried doing an FTP upgrade from the Mandrake mirror sites, but always

[newbie] S3 Trio 3D video

to do basic server and file tasks within X. Does anyone know if this problem has been solved, or, any simple work arounds (my skills are very limited)? Please feel free to direct me to any possible information sources. Victor

Re: [newbie] Video card S3 Trio 3D

Sad to say, but I have had the exact same problem for a month on a IBM Netfinity 3000 server (PII450, 128 meg, S3 Trio 3D) and still can't get it to work. X just doesn't like this card. Let me know if you find a solution. Victor Softec - Javier Matos wrote: Hi everyone: I got a video card

Re: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?

partition for software added later? 3) What command will allow me to see how full / or any other partition is after my install? Any advice wold be greatly appreciated, Victor Richardson Denis Havlik wrote: As a matter of fact, I find "default" sizes chosen by mandrake install program

[newbie] X Server Crash

a custom server install ftp'd from the /linux/current directory. Sorry for so many questions, but I hope there is a simple answer. Victor

Re: [newbie] bz2?

sites. Victor Lane Lester wrote: I said: Well, since I don't do any programming, I just need a Java runtime called JRE. I'm downloading the one from blackdown as Richard suggested, so here's hoping. Hmm, the file came in as a .tar.bz2, and tar doesn't recognize it. I'm not sure I've ever

Re: [[newbie] X problem]

That makes the most sense, thanks I'll try it out after dinner and let you know. Victor Lee Williiams wrote: Why don't you boot from the CD do an upgrade and just install KDE and X. So do not format your partitions. -- Many Thanks

Re: [newbie] X problem

anything including login. Any other ideas? Victor ps. My brother is an EE (chips verification) at Cisco. Lee Williiams wrote: On boot up can you not use the Ctrl Alt keys to take you to another screen log on as root and kill your Xterminal session and then edit /etc/inittab and change the boot

[newbie] Server Partitions

ware I add after the installation goes into /usr/local? Please feel free to offer suggestions, Victor

Re: [newbie] Re: [alsa-user] alsa install problem

Thanks Victor - Original Message - From: "Dan Hollis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:48 PM Subject: [newbie] Re: [alsa-user] alsa install problem On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Gina wrote: Note checking for biscon-

[newbie] Font trouble

I've recently tried to install 6.1 on my HP 6357 and everything worked out except one minor detail, there were no fonts. On tbe desktop some of the icons showed up as a black shadow, others were fine, but not one letter showed up. I've had this type of problem with windows also where the

Re: [newbie] Does Linux use the Bios for Harddrives?

Would the same parameters hold true for a server? Vic Brett Jones wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: I *think* that Linux will ignore the BIOS once it starts up. However, you're still dependant on BIOS until it boots. What I would suggest is making a "/boot" partition about 500 megs

Re: [newbie] Does Linux use the Bios for Harddrives?

Thanks for the info, I've beating my head against a wall for a week now. I won't be hosting websites, but it will be doing file/printer/email/internet routing. I'll just adjust the files accordingly. Did you mount "/usr" , "usr/src",and "/usr/local" within the "/" partition? How about a "/tmp"?

[newbie] remove

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[newbie] Boot hang

1790 Disk Error and the the system hangs after printing "LI_". I tried to use the emergency disk created during the install and the same thing happens. Any suggestions? Victor

Re: [newbie] Sendmail grief ... relaying

You must create file /etc/mail/relay-domains and write 192.168. When, restart your sendmail some info you can find at http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html -Original Message- From: Ian W Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 ñåíòÿáðÿ 1999 ã. 19:01

Re: [newbie] Mylex D960PG problem

on this drive and then activate and mount your raid system. Hope this help Carl St-Jacques - Original Message - From: Victor Zaitsev [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 1:40 PM Subject: [newbie] Mylex D960PG problem I have some problems with RAID-5