Thank you for all the input of the memory problem. I got it fix - Mandrake
detects 128Mb Ram now.
Another problem that I have no solutions yet is Mandrake detected my Zip
Zoom Card but not my 100MB Zip Plus. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks again for all the input to help me out.
Nathan.
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 10:57:40PM +0100, Paul Marriott wrote:
> Hi:
> TOTAL newbie less than a month ago...managed to install Mandrake
> 6.1...ok.ish
> Just upgraded Mandrake 7.0 Air and see that LinuxConf has been changed
> for DrakConf on the desktop. Clicking it does nothing ( and yes, I A
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:29:12AM +, Josh McCaffrey wrote:
> Well, in the quest to install Doom on my Linux-box, I downloaded lxDoom
> from tuxgames.com,
> and in the process have learned a bit more about how Linux works...
> After a little trial and error, I've gotten as far as 'make instal
I cannot find where to change the "Welcome" message that appears when
someone connects to my ftp server.
The existing message contains my computer name, and my address.
I would like to not display this information, although I realize they
already have the site address if they have connected.
Where
This is a email list, not a stupid list, if you haven't time for read all
the messages the problem is you!! :-)
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From: Scott Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: sábado, 29 de janeiro de 2000 23:39
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] how do i get off this list
pl
Heres an idea do a real install :-P
If your provider is like mine, you should let DHCP handle the info for the
EXTERNAL card(ip, host, etc.). You should only have to configure the internal
cards information. If you haven't already, try this and see if that helps.
Bryan
Raymond Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/29/2000 02:23:
It is really very similar to how you subscribed to this stupid thing. You
should know this unless a "friend" signed you up. Try going to
www.linux-mandrake.com
Look for something on the left side of the screen that says "mailing list"
Click on it. The rest is self-explanatory.
Bryan
"Sco
Look in the /etc/ftpaccess file and find what file it is being pointed to.
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Christopher Molnar
New Enland Business Services, LLC Aetna, Inc.
Hartford, CT USA Middletown, CT USA
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Please help me VERY soon, this is urgent, because I cannot use my Windows
anymore!
I have updated Linux to Mandrake 7.0. There have been NO problems with the
installation.
Then, I started my PC, but it didn`t start Windows (as it did before). I
have the Boot Manager installed and it should st
Marc Herms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please help me VERY soon, this is urgent, because I cannot use my Windows
> anymore!
>
> I have updated Linux to Mandrake 7.0. There have been NO problems with the
> installation.
>
> Then, I started my PC, but it didn`t start Windows (as it did before).
I am on @home and have no problems with it.
2 nics
1cable
1 internal
if you still have problems let me know I will walk you through it.
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Paul Longchamps
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:47 AM
Subject:
first of all, you should use the linux fdisk, as using the one that comes with
DOS is nothing else than SUICIDE if you have ext2 partition on your HD.
It already has destroyed some of my partitions while I didn't ask him anything.
Normally, if you let the installation program handle the LILO inst
I think that if you run loadlin with the kernel that is in your /boot
directory, it should solve your problem
Abdoul Da Man wrote :
> I used loadlin to boot my Linux Mandrake 6.1 and it
> always have this error:
>
> Finding module dependencies
> Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.5-15BOOT/modules.dep
I would really like to see it. Ein Deutsches List wird viel spaB
machen.
I could practice written German and learn more about Linux at the same
time!
-Josh
Gael Duval wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> we have been asked several times for new Mandrake lists in German
> language. How many people her
"David Odin (aka DindinX)" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:29:12AM +, Josh McCaffrey wrote:
> > Well, in the quest to install Doom on my Linux-box, I downloaded lxDoom
> > from tuxgames.com,
> > and in the process have learned a bit more about how Linux works...
> > After a little trial
I solved my problem with getting Postscript on my printer connected to a
network print server. It seems all I had to do was to add a line to
printcap pointing to the passthru port on the server.
Wendell
I get to work this morning, reboot my Linux box and get the following at the
login prompt:
Jan 31 08:38:54 babylon kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0090 at
0/12 command 0001a000.
I press enter and can log in as usual. However, I must admit that I get a
little uneasy when weird m
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:28:39 -0800 (PST)
From: MERCATOR GmbH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: jpgois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone!
First of all, thanks for your FAST response! I would REALLY appreciate, if
you coul
Did you use a "server" install or a "custom" isntall when you where
installing Linux? This is really importnat to know. The server install and
custom install will wipe all existing partitions. The Workstation install
will leave any existing DOS partitions.
Please let us know what you used during
> the first linux partition (e.g., hda, instead of hdax (probably 5). When the
> lilo prompt comes p, try hitting the tab button. You should then see the to
> options: linux & dos (or win). Type dos (or win if that's it) ad you should
> boot into windows.
it might be that I put Linux in the mb
first off, your lilo.conf does show your windows partitions
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
do not boot from a floppy, but when you receive the LILO boot prompt type in
"windows" without the quotes of course, hitting the tab key should give you
something like this;
linuxwi
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you need to boot with the bootdisk you made during install, you did make one didn't
you? just let it boot from that and it should boot correctly, do not use the resue
boot img do not use the bootdisk that came with the distro.
Jon
MERCATOR GmbH wrote:
> > the first linux partition (e.g., hda,
You probably did it already but did you run lilo after editing the lilo.conf?
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:36:10AM -0800, MERCATOR GmbH wrote:
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:28:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: MERCATOR GmbH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: jpgois <[EMAIL
> Did you use a "server" install or a "custom" isntall when you where
> installing Linux? This is really importnat to know. The server install and
> custom install will wipe all existing partitions. The Workstation install
> will leave any existing DOS partitions.
ARG I DID "server" an
> first off, your lilo.conf does show your windows partitions
yes, I know
> do not boot from a floppy, but when you receive the LILO boot prompt type in
> "windows" without the quotes of course, hitting the tab key should give you
> something like this;
>
> linuxwindows windows
> you need to boot with the bootdisk you made during install, you did make one didn't
> you? just let it boot from that and it should boot correctly, do not use the resue
> boot img do not use the bootdisk that came with the distro.
yep, I made one! :-)
I can boot with that floppy and get to l
> HOW do I use the Linux fdisk program?
When logged in as root in linux, you type fdisk /dev/hda (or /dev/sda if you
want to check your scsi disk)
Then to see the state of your drive's partition, you type p.
It will give you the different partition on your drive, their size, their
type, ...
If
Find another pc and create a win98 boot disk and copy a copy files onto it
also, you probably already know this but I'll state it for those who may not
know. Create a boot disk for the appropriate OS, copy some additional files
such as edit.com, qbasic.exe, fdisk.exe, format.exe, and so forth, ins
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> Well, in the quest to install Doom on my Linux-box, I downloaded lxDoom
> from tuxgames.com,
> and in the process have learned a bit more about how Linux works...
> After a little trial and error, I've gotten as far as 'make install',
> and get the msg "make: ***
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > Well, in the quest to install Doom on my Linux-box, I downloaded lxDoom
> > from tuxgames.com,
> > and in the process have learned a bit more about how Linux works...
> > After a little trial and error, I've gotten as far as 'make instal
I am on athome and having one hell of a time getting the thing to recognize
my 3com509b isa card. HELP...
- Original Message -
From: "TRUB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] @home connection
> I am on @home and h
>You said you can "see and access your data via Linux." If you are able to
>see all the directories on your Windows partition, then "it is a great day!"
yep, finally something great today! :-) I can see ALL my partitions,
actually, using a Windows boot floppy, I can also ACCESS them, but my
>Marc...I'm not sure what version of linux you are using, but I'm using Linux
>mandrake complete 6.5, and I did a server install, and all of my exhisting
>dos and windows partitions are still there and I port data back and forth
>between them, I had no problems with losing partitions or anything
Besides all my probs (see other mails in this newsgroup), I cannot get my
ISDN card (Fritz! card) to work with Linux. I tried ttsy0 or whatever this
is .. don`t remember.. for the internal ISDN card, but it doesn´t dial!!
Further more, is USB now supported with the new Kernel? Mandrake 7.0 and
You may have to get the DOS driver dsk and boot on DOS and run the setup.
There is an FAQ someplace that talks about this. I do not have it in front
of me right now, but there is a FULL/HALF mode setting that may need to be
changed.
Also, if you have 2 cards than you will need to add them to con
Eric,
Make
sure that card has PnP disabled...
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
George Nussbaum
444 Washington Street
Network/System Engineer
Suite 210
Exodus Communications
Inc
Woburn, MA 01801
V-(617)
616-4348
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I get to work this morning, reboot my Linux box and get the following at the
> login prompt:
>
> Jan 31 08:38:54 babylon kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0090 at
> 0/12 command 0001a000.
>
> I press enter and can log in as usual. However, I must a
I had something like this happen, under NT 4. The only difference is
it worked fine (showed my root NT drive as D:) for a while, then quit.
I have NO idea how to change the drive designation.
You can try using something like Partition Magic to move the Windows
Partion to what is now the c: dr
MarcWhat version of windows are you running? How is your
bios set for booting, scsi or IDE? Dual booting from both scsi
& IDE drives may not work well, or at all, on some systems. How
was the bios set before you dedicated space on your IDE drives
to Linux? Do you have access to a full copy
This is a sticky one but I think I can hepl.
First I would make a directory under /mnt if there is not
one that you wish to be there for the zip100 to mount
under.
For example I have /mnt/zip250 for my zip 250 drive.
Then in my /etc/fstab file I have a line defining what the
mount point is, if y
I am writing as if you only have access to your Linux system. If you have
access to another Windows PC, you can accomplish the following tasks on your
Windows PC.
Format a diskette with the MSDOS (or VFAT) filesystem. Copy the following
files from your Windows partition to this disk: Command
Have a minor printing problem with 6.1, using my Panasonic KX-P2130
dot matrix printer ('cause my Lexmark 3200 is not supported). I have it
set up as an Epson 24-pin, and it works fine with all of the text
editors and Maxwell; using printtool, I generate both text and
postscript test pages witho
Sorry I'm not a guru, but I can TRY to help you.
As the 'automagical' tools don't seem to work, you should try to configure your
card 'by hand' :
first, you have to load the apropriate driver of your card into the kernel.
As I never worked with 3com cards, I couldn't tell you wich one you have to
Speaking of screen blanking, I wonder if someone has
developed a little program/app that will use dpms
when no one is logged in, the login mask will
not just blank but save power with the monitor?
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I'm not really sure what happened to make it stop screen blanking
Marc Herms wrote:
> Besides all my probs (see other mails in this newsgroup), I cannot get my
> ISDN card (Fritz! card) to work with Linux. I tried ttsy0 or whatever this
> is .. don`t remember.. for the internal ISDN card, but it doesn´t dial!!
>
> Further more, is USB now supported with the new
Hi,
Does anyone use this card or know how I can get it detected so I can use my
cdr in linux?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
George Nussbaum 444 Washington Street
Network/System Engineer Suite 210
Exodus Communications Inc Woburn, MA 018
Hello,
I successfully installed Linux in the following configuration:
1. Make:IBM Thinkpad laptop
2. Model: 600 E
3. Processor: Intel PII 366 MHz
4. RAM: 64 MB
5. Video:NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV
6. Audio:
>MarcWhat version of windows are you running? How is your
Windows 98
>bios set for booting, scsi or IDE? Dual booting from both scsi
>& IDE drives may not work well, or at all, on some systems. How
>was the bios set before you dedicated space on your IDE drives
>to Linux?
no idea. All w
>Format a diskette with the MSDOS (or VFAT) filesystem. Copy the following
>files from your Windows partition to this disk: Command.com, IO.sys, and
>Msdos.sys. Download and extract Ranish Partition Manager 2.38 onto this
>diskette. Keep this disk in the drive and reboot the PC. Type "part
When booting to Linux, it does NOT start X Windows, but instead it gives me
the error message:
KDM: error in shared libraries libstdc++.so.29
Cannot open shared object file.
No such file or directory.
It gives this error about 10 times, then, at the end:
INIT: Id "x" respawning to fast:
disab
try modprobe 3c509
then try ifconfig if you see a eth0 more than likely you hit pay dirt
now you can go into linixconf and tell it which kernel modual to use for
eth0
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, jpgois wrote:
> Sorry I'm not a guru, but I can TRY to help you.
> As the 'automagical' tools don't see
reinstall partition magic. It should have asked you to make a rescue
floppy. If not, there should be the option to create a rescue disk on
the cd if you can access it under DOS boot floppy.
MERCATOR GmbH wrote:
>
> > you need to boot with the bootdisk you made during install, you did make one
Hey all you Linux fansIf there is anyone local to
me, That would be great...we could get together and use mutual resources..if so
please contact me...the area is UPSTATE NEW YORK, particularly WATERTOWN,
NEW YORKif anyone out there is from here or somewhat close contact
me...Tony..
On Sat, 08 Mar 2036, you wrote:
> I used to have a working cable modem in MDK6.0, I installed a jumpered ISA
> Magitronic 33.6 modem...it sees the modem fine. However NOW I can't surf with
> the cable modem??? I didn't change anything else, anyone know what the
> problem is???
> Both NIC's in my
Hi Josh! Am Mon, 31 Jan 2000 schrieb Josh McCaffrey:
> and get the msg "make: ***No rule to make target 'install'. stop"
> What rule do I need to make target install? This is not mentioned in
I think the solution is very easy. You must type the full path or "./make"
if you are in the directory o
subscribe newbie
I did not know that you had BootMagic.
Follow the instructions for backing up your MBR (a safety net is always a
good thing).
If you insist on BootMagic, then boot your PC using the BootMagic rescue
disk. Restore BootMagic and all is well! (If you didn't create a BootMagic
rescue disk, then
Run PM5 and use it to check your partitions for errors.
>From: "Mark Lilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Linux MailList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [newbie] Failed Installation
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:58:04 -0500
>
>Hello,
>I successfully installed Linux in the f
I keep getting this:
an error occured
all:can't open dir /tmp/rhimage/Mandrake/RPMS no such directory
right after the partitions are created and formated. It is trying to go to
packages to install.
Any Ideas??
I am installing on a Dell duel processor Poweredge SP5166-2 with 256m of ram and
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I had something like this happen, under NT 4. The only difference is
> it worked fine (showed my root NT drive as D:) for a while, then quit.
>
> I have NO idea how to change the drive designation.
>
> You can try using something like Partition Magic to move t
No way!
I am in Rochester, NY
born and raised in Syracuse. wife is from Colton, NY (outside of Potsdam)!
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Tony Watts wrote:
> Hey all you Linux fansIf there is anyone local to me, That would be great...we
>could get together and use mutual resources..if so please contac
-Original Message-From: David
Tabachnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date:
Monday, January 31, 2000 3:19 PMSubject: Re: [newbie] ISDN
card
Marc Herms wrote:> Besides all my probs (see other mails
in this newsgroup), I cannot get my> ISDN card (Fritz
Did that before I sent this e-mail. No errors.
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From: M Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed Installation
Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 5:01 PM
Run PM5 and use it to check your partitions for errors.
>From: "Mark Lilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using a Compaq Deskpro 2000.
I selected the correct Cirrus Logic video and also selected a Compaq 1024 monitor. (I
had a Compaq 150 monitor connected at the time I made the selections.)
Now, after connecting the correct monitor (Compaq 1024), I still can hardly see the
gui screens.
How c
Mine is a RIVA TNT 2 and works fine. Mine is set @ 1028 x 768 @ 60Mhz.
Perhaps, for some reason, that it was configured improperly.
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 7:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: [ne
Gateway set to Cable setting's. 255.255.252.0 <---correct from @Home
Is it common for the modem to take over to any other Internet connection.
The second NIC is not in use YET (configured but no network setup) for my
internal network...still trying to get all my other hardware working.
TIA
Jaguar
Try Drake /network
select the 1st adapter and fill in the boxes as per the help
select your card from the list...is it shown that worked fine for me.
if you get the 1st up then do the second
I picked up my information to fill in from my @home receipt
my 1st nic worked and had my @home running fro
I hate to be so very persistent about this, but I had sent this to the list over the
weekend, and had not received any answers... since this is something I'd like to
rectify, I'm sending it again in an attempt to find a solution
Hi, I'm brand new to Linux, and have just recently installed Mand
Hi there,
Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried the --display flag in
gnome-terminal on Mandrake 7.0 ... Im trying to specify this on the
command line... It worked fine in Mandrake 6.1 and since installing
Mandrake 7.0 it doesnt work... It seems to use the shell
environment
variable regardless
I am having trouble installing Air and I think its because of the 1024
cylinder issue.
I have a 10gig harddrive. I purchased v6.1 of mandrake and installation
went through ok.
I would have either had the one complete c driver or c partition plus
another primary partition d: at the end of the dri
I had the same problem when I upgraded and when I tried the xterm window,
DrakConf was not found. I tired the kde find utility and DrakConf was also not
found.
I used Kpackage to reinstall the Drakconf rpm and then the icon worked fine!
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at
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Hi!
it works! tx folks!
the bad side: this is a win-like bug -- the very mandrake created the
mount points with uppercases!
tx again
Júlio
Younes Zouhair wrote:
>
> I've just send it yasterday,
>
> and it works for me
>
> Younes Zouhair
>
> Le Sun, 23 Jan 2000, vous avez écrit :
> > Somebo
Try using disk manager form NT, delete the partition, and then execute linux
install again.
Mark Lilly wrote:
> Did that before I sent this e-mail. No errors.
>
> --
> From: M Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed Installation
> Date: Mond
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ron Bulthuis wrote:
> I'm using a Compaq Deskpro 2000.
>
> I selected the correct Cirrus Logic video and also selected a Compaq 1024 monitor.
>(I had a Compaq 150 monitor connected at the time I made the selections.)
>
> Now, after connecting the correct monitor (Compaq 10
"Andrew J Scotchmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Sir,
>
>I have recently installed my Linux-Mandrake 6.2 version onto my PC and I
am delighted with it. However there appears to be a problem with some of my
window displays, for example my Gimp installation window and my K Panel
confi
Marcyou were supposed to have made a rescue diskette
(actually a pair of them) when you installed PM. Disc 1 of the
pair is bootable. You need to boot that diskette and then set
your original drive c: partition as bootable, then windows will
again call it drive c: and should be able to boot.
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote:
> > I have not been able to get my tape drive to work. I have read the How-To and
> > the FAQ. No matter what I try, I get a message "device not found." I have a
> > Conner tape drive that uses TR-1 cartri
A few months back someone posted a url to a new cool email client that
was due to be released in Dec 99 as I remember. I cannot seem to find the
message in the archives. This program seemed to be as elegant as Emailer
and full featured as Outlook Express on the Mac, and was supposed to be
able
Hello.
I just recently installed 7.0 and now my hard drive is trash. "Physically damaged" is
what the diagnostics said. Also I can't access my modem. the PCMCIA demon loads but
there are no beeps to indicate they are recognised. This is the same when I tried to
reinstall 6.1.
Also there i
MarkI'll bet you have unpartitioned space inside an extended
primary partition. If this is so, then you need to delete that
extended partition as well, so that the Linux partitioning tools
can use the space.
Alan
Mark Lilly wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I successfully installed Linux in the followi
Hi,
I have a problem with a hard drive, I can no longer boot on my
mandrake.
Hopefully, I have a second drive where I will install the
mandrake 6.1, but I would like to mount my hold partition (/root) trough my new
installation in order to save my configuration files and all my
download.
Greets all. . .Inspired by the rather excellent article in the recent Linux
Journal on creating KDE themes i went ahead and gave it my hand. I was
wondering if some of you would mind giving it a look and offering some input as
to appearance. . .a little background. The theme is called Cyber Spac
Hello!
I'm trying to figure out HOW to boot from a FLOPPY ALONE. I'm
in the process of checking file sizes to see if "DOSUTILS" will fit on a floppy
and then try to boot to the HD in DOS mode. WILL IT WORK???
I HOPE so. I'm so sick of WINDOWS!!! Can you maybe please
forward this to someone
Hello,
I would like for a user to be able to use the /usr/sbin/pppd command ..
this is so that the user can
connect to the internet via a modem using custum scripts. Now .. when i
am logged in as user and I
issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd:
must be root to run
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