After re-reading Ethernet-HOWTO for the fiftieth time, I realized that 0
wasn't what I wanted 'cat /proc/interrupts' to read for eth0.
According to Windows, eth0 wasn't having an IRQ conflict, but according
to Linux, it was, so I set the NIC to an IRQ unused in both Linux and
Windows to save futu
Sure. Is it working now?
Beverly
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Norma Armstrong
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:44 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat
> Linux6.0
>
>
> Thanks, kindly for
I don't think the latest kernels have full support for USB unless
you're using the development kernels. =) Sorry.
Beverly
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JoAnn Elliott
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [techtalk]
Vinnie Surmonde wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Wendt,Andrew wrote:
>
> > You may already know this, but you can use the right alt key to get twelve more
> > terminals. (Right-alt-f1 is terminal 13, etc...)
>
> point, but that's only 24
>
> (I will say that the major use of X for me is to keep my
> > > append = "hdb=ide-scsi"
> > This only works for version 2.0.x kernels. For version 2.2.x,
> you have to
> > do a little something different, well, at least on mine. =)
> Funny you should say that. It works on my 2.2.12 ;)
Heh. Okay, it probably does work with the new kernels but it
certai
You have it your setup to enter X automatically, so you're running
at runlevel 5, rather then runlevel 3. Runlevel 3 is the usual
initialization of Linux that brings you to the console login.
Check your /etc/inittab for what its saying and edit it to use 3
if you want the console first rather t
Can you give us the exact error message you get when you try
to start X? There's usually some error code if it gives out
like err(111) or something.
Beverly
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Howell
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROT
lisa>>
>> I must disagree with this. GUI's are great if you
>> don't care what's going on under the hood. But to
>> truly learn linux, you need the command line.
caity>
>The target audience, which I presume is the mainstream, for the most
part
>couldn't care less what's going on under the hood.
I am using X on the Mandrake 6.0...my problem is that I cannot figure out
how to get to the command line. This is not the only distro I hav ever
used, but I have never seen this before. When you close X it gives the
logon screen...but not the command line logon...the X logon (graphical)...at
Hi there
to get to console from where you are press ctrl-alt-f1/f2/f3/f4/f5 to get to
your text terminals .
once there you can log in as normal ..
your system is setup to startup in runlevel 5 ( X startup )
to change that edit your /etc/inittab file and search for init level and
change it f
Hi, Jack,
Reboot, and type in "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. That will boot to the
command line.
To make the change permanent, you need to edit your /etc/inittab file and
change your run level at boot from 5 (GUI) to 3 (command line).
That's all it takes :)
Regards,
Caity
> I am using X on t
At 12:44 PM -0700 10/11/99, Vinnie Surmonde wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, lisa daly wrote:
>
> > I must disagree with this. GUI's are great if you
> > don't care what's going on under the hood. But to
> > truly learn linux, you need the command line. It's
[snip]
>Plus, the idea that GUI == eas
I replied to a post asking the same thing. Check /etc/inittab and
make sure you're using runlevel 3 instead of runlevel 5.
Also, from within X, you can hit CTRL-ALT-Fx to get to your virtual
console windows. To return to Xwindows, (right CTRL)-ALT-F7.
Beverly
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mail
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Beverly Guillermo wrote:
> I don't think the latest kernels have full support for USB unless
> you're using the development kernels. =) Sorry.
About the best you can do in 2.2.x is spotty keyboard and mouse support.
-Ian (who has a USB keyboard and mouse on his box)
--
w
Thanks. I knew it was simple...
Hi there
to get to console from where you are press ctrl-alt-f1/f2/f3/f4/f5 to get to
your text terminals .
once there you can log in as normal ..
your system is setup to startup in runlevel 5 ( X startup )
to change that edit your /etc/inittab file and searc
> On 10/11/99, 11:37:42 PM, wrote erroneously:
>
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
>
> > > So smart DOS does some very nice thing: *without* asking
> > > the user it overwrites the contents of the disk. The
> > > cached directory contents are written just over the *real*
> > >
Hi!
I have 2 hard drives on my system.
drive 1 is partitioned to C and E in windows.
drive 2 is D and also is where I put linux-mandrake 6.0.
now, I can mount my atapi zip, no problem, and my d drive where my dos files
are
(I have added lines to my fstab file, and have nice devices added to KDE
Beverly Guillermo wrote:
>
> You have it your setup to enter X automatically, so you're running
> at runlevel 5, rather then runlevel 3.
In the distro I'm using runlevel 3 is the one you enter X automatically
from. The best advice I can give is to look at /etc/inittab -- there
should be a list
> Sorry, but I disagree. Having played with DOS, Win 3.1, Win 3.11, Win95,
> Win98, C, C++, Visual C++ and Visual Basic, rebuilt several computers from
> the motherboard up, and installed more drivers and configured more dip
> switches (remember them?) than I care to count, the idea that an operat
On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 11:06:40AM -0400 or thereabouts, Julia Frizzell wrote:
> At 12:44 PM -0700 10/11/99, Vinnie Surmonde wrote:
>
> >Plus, the idea that GUI == easier is...hmm..not exactly wrong..a GUI can
> >be easier under many circumstances, but a GUI is not necessarily easier
> >under all
Hi all,
> Hi, Jack,
>
> Reboot, and type in "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. That will boot to the
> command line.
>
> To make the change permanent, you need to edit your /etc/inittab file and
> change your run level at boot from 5 (GUI) to 3 (command line).
>
> That's all it takes :)
This se
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>I have 2 hard drives on my system.
>drive 1 is partitioned to C and E in windows.
>drive 2 is D and also is where I put linux-mandrake 6.0.
>
>now, I can mount my atapi zip, no problem, and my d drive where my dos files
>are
>(I have added lines to my fstab file,
Crossposting from ISP-Linux list, thought this might be relevant to a
recent discussion
-Ian
> > My highly-modified Redhat setup has 45 virtual consoles. My /etc/inittab
> > has this to deploy it all:
>
> Wow, impressive. I know about the right alt-key trick to access 13 through
> 24, but wh
This is *exactly* the kind of thing that needs to go in the new manual. I
never new what the different run levels meant (except that run level 0 has
been reached meant I had completed my shutdown)
The explanation is perfect. I learned something today! And, I even got a
few shortcuts to repl
Telsa,
>I think this is very common. I tend to find that if I am struggling
>with something, and I periodically look back at a HOWTO, I understand
>a line or section more every so often. Like, a week later, not five
>minutes later. HOWTOs are, I think, great for people who know 'what
>they want
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 [techtalk] Re: virtual term.. by Ian
Hall-Beyer@nerdherd.
> > > My highly-modified Redhat setup has 45 virtual consoles. My /etc/inittab
> > > has this to deploy it all:
Wow. I can't help but wonder how much memory this takes up...
[EMAIL PROTE
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 [techtalk] Re: virtual term.. by Ian
Hall-Beyer@nerdherd.
> > > My highly-modified Redhat setup has 45 virtual consoles. My /etc/inittab
> > > has this to deploy it all:
Wow. I can't help but wonder how much memory this takes up...
[EMAIL PROTE
>
> I love this list~!
So do I :D
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
I doubt much if they are console logins. I can open 35 terminals in X before
my memory starts hurting.
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 [techtalk] Re: virtual term.. by Ian
> Hall-Beyer@nerdherd.
> > > > My highly-modified Redhat setup has 45 virtual consoles
I applaud Samantha for thoroughly explaining the concept of
initialization levels but I think for me, I can't find the time
to explain something in depth. If there were people who wanted
the explanation in greater detail, all they have to do is ask.
Most of what I blurb out can be found in manua
i think alt+right or left arrow keys can be used to scroll past 24
consoles
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Erin Clarke wrote:
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:22:51 -0400
> From: Erin Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] request(<-was) Term
Here's an article I just read. I may
never have to use 'that other os' again!
http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=179
Clare
"Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers." ~Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] Re: virtual .. by
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I doubt much if they are console logins. I can open 35 terminals in X before
> my memory starts hurting.
Hm.. looks like here agetty takes 840k, and X has 8M at the moment. So,
thats 40*.84 + 3*8 = 57.60M.
Hi there,
I said,
> >minutes later. HOWTOs are, I think, great for people who know 'what
> >they want to do' and just aren't sure they're covering everything in
> >the route there. But unless everything you're told to do in a HOWTO works
> >first time, you're stuck, in my experience. They're m
Hi, Telsa,
> My condolences on the humidity, then :) (It's the one place in the
> US I've visited, and I felt like I was melting. And that was the
> spring
It's one of the best high tech markets in the country, though. Our
unemployment rate in the computer industry is nearly zero. If you have
>
>
> Sure. Is it working now?
>
> Beverly
>
> >
> >
Yes it is. It's working nicely. Everybody's replies helped to understand
info on making my drive work better. Now my only other thing to tackle is to
write a readable disk (hahhahaha). I'm gonna buy another CDRW so I can
practice. I wrote a J
I didnt think it would take that much, but that is still quite a bit.
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] Re: virtual .. by
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I doubt much if they are console logins. I can open 35 terminals in X before
> > my memory starts
>Hi there,
Howdy, Telsa!
>>>But unless everything you're told to do in a HOWTO works
>>>first time, you're stuck, in my experience.
>> I don't agree.
>I was sure someone would have a different view, yes :) But is the
>reply concerning my experience with HOWTOs, or what I said e
On 10/12/99, 5:42:54 PM, Samantha Jo Moore wrote:
> R Pickett may be stating what DOS is supposed to do.
> Let's not start a fight, OK?
You are right!
Sometimes my reactions are a little bit naughty when it
comes to discuss the DOS vs. Linux thing.
I should have answered in a more polite way,
Here is a link to an article by the Gartner Group on Linux's competition
with WIndows.
http://gartner11.gartnerweb.com/public/static/hotc/hc00083186.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
I could use some advice here please. I am feeling brave tonight. (reading
this mailgroup is building my confidence-you are all great!)
I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and it has Netscape Comm. 4.6
I want to put on NC 4.7.
I have downloaded the 70 MB linux netscape file and it is in tar format.
Q:
1. S
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
> On 10/12/99, 5:42:54 PM, Samantha Jo Moore wrote:
>
> > R Pickett may be stating what DOS is supposed to do.
> > Let's not start a fight, OK?
>
> You are right!
>
> Sometimes my reactions are a little bit naughty when it
> comes to discuss the DO
Okay, go ahead and tar zxf the tar.gz
# tar zxf filename
Then go into the directory it creates.
There is a README.install... read it :)
What it essentially says to do is (as root):
# ./ns-install
This will offer you a choice of where to put the new netscape. You can
pick the same dir your cu
Hi, Joann,
> I could use some advice here please. I am feeling brave tonight. (reading
> this mailgroup is building my confidence-you are all great!)
>
> I have Linux Mandrake 6.0 and it has Netscape Comm. 4.6
> I want to put on NC 4.7.
> I have downloaded the 70 MB linux netscape file and it is
Hi,
>
> This will offer you a choice of where to put the new netscape. You can
> pick the same dir your current netscape is in, and it will copy all the
> files it replaces to filename.old, so it is possible to undo the
> change. Or you can pick a new directory if you would like to be extra
> cau
> Julia Frizzell Wrote:
>
> But back to the GUI question -- I think having a GUI interface lulls
> a newbie into thinking "oh, this is just like Windows/MacOS" and it's
> really not. While there may be graphics on the screen, Linux (at
> least in gnome) does not operate like Windows or the MacOS.
Just This Girl wrote:
> Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> anything.
Simple question (I hope):
Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
find that
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Amanda Knox wrote:
> Just This Girl wrote:
>
> > Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> > anything.
>
> Simple question (I hope):
>
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just cu
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Amanda Knox wrote:
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
> find that exact answer in the man pages ;)
The -9 option is "kill with extreme prejudice, no waiti
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Amanda Knox wrote:
> > Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> > anything.
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
> find that e
OK, quick kill tutorial...
> Simple question (I hope):
>
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
> find that exact answer in the man pages ;)
Different programs in Linux (or any u
> > Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> > anything.
>
> Simple question (I hope):
>
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
> find that exact ans
At 16:45 on Oct 12, Samantha Jo Moore combined all the right letters to say:
> OK, quick kill tutorial...
Well, I think we have this one just about covered ;o)
-nicole
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
I thought I'd share this command. It helps those especially if you can't get
your modem to work under linux (assuming you don't have a winmodem). I
assume you have already used the RedHat Control Panel to assign the correct
com port to /dev/modem - for example mine is on Com 3. Okay to check out
w
And here's a descriptive list of signals from Solaris's signals.h (which
is UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T). Sometimes it's fun to
kill -SEGV stuff. STOP and CONT also let you suspend and resume stuff if
you don't have a shell with job control (ie if its a daemon, or you
started it
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Nicole wrote:
> Well, I think we have this one just about covered ;o)
no kidding! But I saved them all off. Even *I* learned a lot from
that :)
Thanks everybody!
Vinnie
--
Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron
Obligatory pathetic website at h
At 05:37 PM 10/12/1999 -0700, Vinnie wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Nicole wrote:
>> Well, I think we have this one just about covered ;o)
> no kidding! But I saved them all off. Even *I* learned a lot from
>that :)
I'm just sitting here in awe, thinking about putting everything together
and bindi
Jack Baker wrote:
>
> I am using X on the Mandrake 6.0...my problem is that I cannot figure out
> how to get to the command line. This is not the only distro I hav ever
> used, but I have never seen this before. When you close X it gives the
> logon screen...but not the command line logon...the
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 RE: [techtalk] Is there a K.. by
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm just sitting here in awe, thinking about putting everything together
> and binding it for later use. It looks like Deb's book is on it's way, eh?
It would be great if the book had this type of in depth h
Hello, and thank-you for writing this. I am stashing it for later use. my
laptop has a modem, not sure it is winmodem or not, it says LT modem and I
think that may be Lucent Technologies. but when I am ready I will try it.
JoAnn
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL P
Thanks for the tips. I successfully uninstalled the netscape 4.6 rpm with
kpackage. I could not locate any rpms for 4.7 so at the command prompt and
out of x I used the tar command on the .tar.gz file, then installed
according to the install instructions that were in there. well, acutally
used the
And considering I just wrote that message about an hour ago, I'm very
impressed by the number of detailed messages I've received.
Everyone had some very intelligent, down-to-earth things to say and I kept all
the messages for future reference :)
So thanks again :)
Take care,
Amanda K.
***
hello all
since i found this list a couple weeks ago, i've had a few questions
come to mind... probably silly ones, but i'm a winNT admin - turned -
linux - newbie (of about 6 months now). =)
1 - can multiple distros of linux be dual-booted? can't find that
answer anywhere, though i'm sure
Amanda Knox wrote:
>
> Just This Girl wrote:
>
> > Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> > anything.
>
> Simple question (I hope):
>
> Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
> I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I
Sure, if you want.
I used to keep them becuase they take so long to download, but its not
necessary.
JoAnn Elliott wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tips. I successfully uninstalled the netscape 4.6 rpm with
> kpackage. I could not locate any rpms for 4.7 so at the command prompt and
> out of x I used
Laurel Fan wrote:
>
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 RE: [techtalk] Is there a K.. by
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I'm just sitting here in awe, thinking about putting everything together
> > and binding it for later use. It looks like Deb's book is on it's way, eh?
>
> It would be great if the
JoAnn Elliott wrote:
> well, acutally
> used the ./ns-install as the instructions did not tell me to do a ./ before
> it, but "just this girl" said to use that and it worked.
Ok. For the budding backyard mechanics:
./something
means 'in this directory, run the file something'.
Why is this n
> In the distro I'm using runlevel 3 is the one you enter X automatically
> from. The best advice I can give is to look at /etc/inittab -- there
> should be a list of the runlevels that looks something like this:
>
> # runlevel 0 is halt
> # runlevel S is single-user
> # runlev
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Beverly Guillermo wrote:
> I've seen a runlevel like that in a Solaris environment. =) I've
> never seen that on linux, what are you running?
I know deadrat does it like that (or similarly enough that it's not worth
thinking about :) ) ... what are you running? :)
Vinnie
-
Hi folks,
I have downloaded and installed the latest real audio player (5.0 ?) for my
linux box. I can get their stupid default url to play, and the player will
start when I click on a *.ra link in netscape 4.7, but it won't start to play
any sounds. My sound config seems to be working, or at
wait a minute
you're right..I apparently can't read
actually, I read all the 3s as 5s...sometimes the automatic error
correction in my brain is annoying :)
Vinnie
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Vinnie Surmonde wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Beverly Guillermo wrote:
>
> > I've seen a runlevel like that
> Hello, and thank-you for writing this. I am stashing it for later use. my
> laptop has a modem, not sure it is winmodem or not, it says LT modem and I
> think that may be Lucent Technologies. but when I am ready I will try it.
>
> JoAnn
On laptops, unless your modem is external, you're probably
> A lot of new concepts are thrown in the face of the new Linux user without
> any introduction and the user has no idea what to do. What we need to realize
> is that anybody who installs an OS on a machine automatically becomes a
> system administrator and without the proper background things a
I see somebody already replied with help with your specific modem. I guess
laptop modems and desktop modems are handled a bit differently. I hope you
can get your modem to work.
Regards,
Norma
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mail
> hello all
greetings :)
> since i found this list a couple weeks ago, i've had a few questions
> come to mind... probably silly ones, but i'm a winNT admin - turned -
> linux - newbie (of about 6 months now). =)
not a problem at all ... everybody is welcome in the linux family :)
> 1 -
Excerpts from linuxchix: 12-Oct-99 [techtalk] newbie questions by
"Shelly L. Hokanson"@hom
> 1 - can multiple distros of linux be dual-booted? can't find that
> answer anywhere, though i'm sure it's a case of
> why-the-heck-would-ya-want-to-do-that... i thought of it out of
> curiosity about t
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>Hello, and thank-you for writing this. I am stashing it for later use. my
>laptop has a modem, not sure it is winmodem or not, it says LT modem and I
>think that may be Lucent Technologies. but when I am ready I will try it.
Yes it's Lucent Technologies and I'm so
Once I had . in my path, but I took it out. I like not having . in my
path and having to type ./blah. Why?
1) The trojan thing. On any big multiuser system, users will try to do
things to other users. Plus I like looking in other peoples dirs :)
2) When I'm coding, I can always do:
!./
To re
Hi Deb,
On your book for newbies.
Here are some things I have had to figure out, most with help from various
sources.
edit file:
ok, many say, open your _finlname_ and edit it. duh, how to open and edit
it? Someone had written they use emacs, but when I typed emacs at the
prompt, no such command
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