Linux-Misc Digest #223, Volume #25 Mon, 24 Jul 00 04:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated ("Robert Schumacher")
Re: debian and new software ergh! (John Hasler)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated ("jeff")
Re: getting the ip addess in a dhcp computer (Dances With Crows)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated (Troutman)
Re: Extremely slow web server (Vilmos Soti)
No sound from .AVI files? (MH)
Re: non-English letters in xterm (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Printer driver (Pete)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated ("David ..")
Re: Gateway solo & Linux? ("Chuck Chargin Jr.")
Re: Debian Founder Launches Commercial Company. (John Hasler)
Configure error x... (Daniel)
Re: ontrack ddo; windows doesn't see my files (Oktay Altunergil)
SVGALIB and TNT2 card . . . (Geoffrey Steeves)
How to create a CD-writer device under RedHat 6.1 (Evelio
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDnez?=)
Re: Keymap Problem ("Oleg O Orlov")
Re: Keymap Problem ("Oleg O Orlov")
midnight commander (Tom Weyer)
Mapping software (like DeLorme Street Atlas)?
Re: Apparently slow modem speed (fred smith)
Re: Compaq Armada 1700 and built in modem (Guust Flater)
Re: Compaq Armada 1700 and built in modem (Guust Flater)
problem with / partition (ivan)
Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated ("Robert Schumacher")
Netscape 4.72 (128-bit) and 4.73 keeps crashing!!?? (Patrick Lam)
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From: "Robert Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 02:42:43 GMT
I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus far).
Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell for
sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured through
www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
(Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no answers
(I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
follows:
Pentium III 450 MHz
96 MB RAM
6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with a
"plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
Thanks in advance.
--
Robert Schumacher
remove IDONTTHINKSO to reply by e-mail
"I've always wondered why the needle is sterilized for execution by lethal
injection."
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: debian and new software ergh!
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:20:13 GMT
Paul writes:
> So after I get the GTK in a .rpm format I try to convert it to .deb ,
> which seems to go succesful, but when I try to install the .deb file I
> get a failed installation.
Get the gaim package from the Debian archive. The simplest way to do that
is to add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
and then type 'apt-get update; apt-get install gaim' as root while
connected to the Net. Apt will download and install gaim and everything it
depends on.
This will also give you acces to all the thousands of Debian packages: you
will no longer be limited to the pitiful subset Corel provides.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:54:35 -0700
What type of motherboard? Standard internal IDE CD drive? If everything is
standard and supported, you might try to reset CMOS setup to its default
values. Also check for any motherboard jumpers that may be non standard.
Also, if you have a functioning MS Windows system, check the Device Manager
for any device conflicts.
-jeff
"Robert Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:D2Oe5.2606$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus
far).
> Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
> b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell
for
> sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
> drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
> it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured
through
> www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no
answers
> (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> follows:
> Pentium III 450 MHz
> 96 MB RAM
> 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
> partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with
a
> "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Robert Schumacher
> remove IDONTTHINKSO to reply by e-mail
> "I've always wondered why the needle is sterilized for execution by lethal
> injection."
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: getting the ip addess in a dhcp computer
Date: 24 Jul 2000 03:10:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:07:46 -0400, Evan Panagiotopoulos wrote:
[MIME garbage]
Don't post MIME stuff to Usenet. Plain text (and in some groups,
properly encoded binaries) are the only things that are acceptable.
>Is there a way I can do this? Once the computer has been booted I like
>to know its address.
"ifconfig".
Read the networking documents at http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ for more
than you ever wanted to know about Linux and networking.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin/ That which does not kill us
http://www.brainbench.com / makes us stranger.
============================/ ==Trevor Goodchild
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Troutman)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: 23 Jul 2000 23:09:30 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Schumacher) graced us with
the following:
>I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus
>far). Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically
>what is happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language
>selection or b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer.
Had the same thing happen with my HP Pavilion N3270 laptop. My solution
was to throw it into suspend mode when it froze, then bring it back out of
suspend. Fixed it on the laptop...desktop I don;t know. Remove keyboard
connection and re-attach?
--
______________________________
Mike Troutman
http://www.troutman.org/
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Subject: Re: Extremely slow web server
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 03:28:40 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Rotunno) writes:
> I'm wondering what would cause a web server (Apache) to crawl almost to a
> stop. The pages either take very long to load or it times out. This box
> has been up for a few days. I noticed yesterday that it was serving pages
> slowly and today is crawling. This is happening with people that are
> trying to access it from everywhere. I just uploaded (ftp) and
> downloaded a 2meg file and the transfer went fine. The There's plenty of
> harddrive space and here's what top says. (Also, the site gets a high
> number of hits).
Just an idea. Does your Apache do name lookups when logging?
Maybe that slows it down.
Vilmos
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No sound from .AVI files?
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:32:54 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I play an .avi file using the KDE aKtion application, I get video
but no sound. Yes, sound is enabled in the kernel, and I have desktop
sound effects. I thought aKtion was "multi" media--not? If it is, what
do I need to configure to get sound? If it isn't, what's the best
alternative?
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: non-English letters in xterm
Date: 23 Jul 2000 17:57:12 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicolas LS) writes:
> Le 21 Jul 2000 10:58:36 +0200, Stefano Ghirlanda a ecrit :
> >It does not work... I still get alt+d = � and, for example,
> >alt+k = � instead of kill-line-to-end...
>
> I have an azerty keyboard but, I don't use alt+k but ctrl+k and alt+d
> but ctrl+d . (Even if alt d works)
Sorry, I mad a mistake above: it's definitely ctrl+k that kills up to
end of line. But ctrl+d should delete only 1 character, alt+d an entire
'word' (I think: up to next whitespace).
Stefano
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From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer driver
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 03:28:13 GMT
Not sure if they will be able to help at the moment but it's worth
trying Canon themselves, they do seem to be responding slowly to queries
about OS other than Linux so maybe if enough people ask they'll either
write driver(s) or at least release the info so others can...
Pete
In article <8lfrfp$mv2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Brown) wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have a Canon BJC-4300 printer. When I go to configure a printer,
the
> closest match I have is BJC-4000... and it tells me that support for
more
> than that is only experimental. Is there a driver for the Canon
BJC-4300,
> and if so how do I get it, and how do I set up? I've never done
anything
> quite like it before.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Trevor
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:57:58 -0500
Robert Schumacher wrote:
>
> I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus far).
> Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection or
> b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell for
> sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in the
> drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that is
> it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured through
> www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no answers
> (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> follows:
> Pentium III 450 MHz
> 96 MB RAM
> 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux swap
> partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation with a
> "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
In the RedHat 6.2 install did you use the TAB and SHIFT keys to answer
the questions until you got to the partition section? The mouse has
never worked for me during the installation of RedHat.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Chuck Chargin Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gateway solo & Linux?
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 21:18:18 -0700
Craig Ewert wrote:
> Group -
>
> I have just obtained a Gateway Solo laptop with a Pentium II processor.
> RedHat 6.1 does not install - cannot find drivers for the display.
> Winlinux 2000 also will not run because of the display.
>
> Does anyone know of a distribution that will work on this system? If
> so, please respond to my e-mail address. If you know of a better group
> to post this question to, that will also be appreciated.
>
> thanks.
>
> Craig
I have installed linux on a gateway laptop, 9100 I believe it was. I
found all the answers I needed from this place:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
This page has Linux install info for TONS of different laptops.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian Founder Launches Commercial Company.
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 02:59:32 GMT
blowfish writes:
> Oh well. Money makes the world goes round. Nothing wrong with going
> commercial. Maybe now he's finally sees the light. More "red faces" for
> the GNU/GPL die hards?
There's nothing new here, nor anything that conflicts in any way with the
GPL or the philosophy of free software.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
linux.misc,linux.help,alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.comp.linux
Subject: Configure error x...
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:23:41 -0400
I'm a new user of Linux (Open Linux 2.4)
I tried to install a files and when I make the ./configure I get this
error message:
checking for X... configure: error: Can't fing X includes. Please check
your installation and add the correct path.
Thank you in advance
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From: Oktay Altunergil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ontrack ddo; windows doesn't see my files
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 05:30:17 GMT
Well, I tried some stuff with the Disk Manager software and now Linux can
not mount the Windows partition anymore; I get the
"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
or too many mounted file systems"
error. Can somebody help me mount the filesystem. I still need some files
in there which I did not have chance to save earlier.
??
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with Seagate's Disk Wizard which installs OnTrack's
DDO
> software. Something went wrong during installation and there seems to
be
> nothing in the C: drive anymore. Only a file called 'L' and an empty
> 'Windows' directory. However, when I boot Linux using using the boot
> disk,
> I can see that my windows partitions remain unchanged and I can access
> all
> my files which do not show up in DOS. I believe somehow Linux remembers
> the
> correct geometry or something. While it's good that I can back up the
> files
> in Linux, I would like to be able to save the Windows installation
since
> I
> know everything is there somewhere. Tried 'fdisk /mbr' already but that
> did
> not help. I believe I have to uninstall Ontrack's overlay software but
I
> don't know how to go about doing it. Does anybody have any idea?
>
> Thanks
>
> Oktay
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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http://www.help.com/
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From: Geoffrey Steeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SVGALIB and TNT2 card . . .
Date: 24 Jul 2000 06:04:32 GMT
I'm trying to do some graphics and I can't seem to switch to descent video
modes. I can access all the really low/res low/color depth modes but I'd
like to get up to about 1024x768 64k. Every time I try to access one of
these modes, the moitor goes black makes a few clicking sounds and then
returns to the desktop. I tried editing the libvga.config file with my
monitor specifications and chipset vesa for my video card.
ANy help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
--
_______________________________________________________________________________
Geoff Steeves // University of Alberta Physics //
http://www.ualberta.ca/~gsteeves
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From: Evelio =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDnez?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to create a CD-writer device under RedHat 6.1
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:16:06 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello!
How can I make a CD-writer available under Linux?
Is there any FAQ, HOWTO?
Thanks in advance
Evelio Mart�nez
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From: "Oleg O Orlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Keymap Problem
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:45:17 +1100
9
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From: "Oleg O Orlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Keymap Problem
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:56:26 +1100
just test
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From: Tom Weyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: midnight commander
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:00:48 +0200
I want to redefine some midnight commander keybindings and colors.
Is anybody here who can send me a midnight commander ini file ? I don't
have any on my system.
Thanks !
Tom.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mapping software (like DeLorme Street Atlas)?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:18:02 GMT
Does anyone know of mapping database and software (like DeLorme's Street=
=20
Atlas) that runs under Linux?
If not, any suggestions how I might go about finding such a package?
Thanks
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apparently slow modem speed
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:50:12 GMT
Mark Hymers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I've recently set up a server running samba and ip-masquerading on a
: spare 486. Internet browsing (across a 56K ppp dialup line) seems to
: be very slow. Is there any way of getting information on the speed of
: the connection - it seems to be a maximum of about 1Kps but I can't
: verify this too well. I would like to be able to decide if there was
: a problem with the ppp / modem configuration or if it is just that the
: computer / network is too slow...
Your modem probably has a command that makes it report the true connect
speed when it issues the "CONNECT" message. Most modems seem to default
to reporting the serial-line speed there instead of the modem-to- modem
speed. Add that command to the modem config script and then you should
be able to see the result in /var/log/messages.
Re the low speed, given a slow machine like a 486 you may be suffering
from interrupt overload. I had such a problem a couple of years ago and
struggled with it for quite a while. Depending on how your modemis
configured (is it one of the standard serial ports on IRQ3 or IRQ4, or
is it on another IRQ such as 5??) it may not be given a high-enough
interrupt priority, so anything else in the system that wants service
gets it before the modem does. One symptom of this is when you're
running PPP and noticing its slow, look at the output of ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:93:30:EC
inet addr:192.168.2.11 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:148639 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:1953 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x210
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:558972 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:558972 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
These examples are for eth0 and lo, but when ppp is running you'll also
have a section for ppp0. In that section look at the "errors:", "dropped:",
"overruns:", and "frame:" error counts. If one or more of them is notably
greater than zero (1 or 2 may be ok, but 50 or a thousand or whatever is
not OK) you've got some kind of comms problem, possibly the one I mentioned
above.
If, as I said above, your modem is not on IRQ3 or IRQ4, you can adjust
its interrupt priority by using the "irqtune" package. I used it because
my modem was COM4/IRQ5 and without it I was getting perhaps 1kbps
transfer and lots of errors, with it transfer rates consistent with my
modem speed and no errors.
You should be able to find irqtune at:
http://www.best.com/~cae/irqtune/irqtune.tgz
Fred
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From: Guust Flater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.help
Subject: Re: Compaq Armada 1700 and built in modem
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:27:07 GMT
Dave Slusher wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hans Vredeveld
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I have to proceed to use the internal modem of a Compaq Armada
> > > 1700 (6300/T/5000/D/0/2) model with SuSE-Linux 6.4 ?
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the Armada a notebook? If so, you may
> > quiet safely assume the internal modem is a Winmodem (also known as
> > software modem), which means it will not work with Linux.
> >
> > Hans
>
> No you cannot. I have an Armada 1590DMT with RedHat 6.1 running on it
> (with no Windows installed whatsoever). I have no idea what the modem
> is, but the first time I tried to use it, it worked. I've never really
> pursued the mystery of what modem it is, but it is either a hardware
> modem or somehow magically works. I dial up with it regularly.
>
> What is your source for this broad and incorrect generalization?
Consider yourself lucky. Hans is quite right. Most build-in modems in
laptops are winmodems. In case of the Armada1700 it surely is so no
modem in linux. Or better to say not yet, because
http://www.linmodems.org is working on it.
--
GFlater
====================================================
Why use Windows since there is a door (Andre Fachat)
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From: Guust Flater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.help
Subject: Re: Compaq Armada 1700 and built in modem
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:29:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> How do I have to proceed to use the internal modem of a Compaq Armada
> 1700 (6300/T/5000/D/0/2) model with SuSE-Linux 6.4 ?
You probably have a software-modem (or winmodem) inside so it wouldn't
normaly work with linux.
Try to find out what kind of modem it exactly is and you might have a
change.
Here are some links you can look into which have valuable information on
laptop/linux specifics:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
http://www.linmodems.org/
--
GFlater
====================================================
Why use Windows since there is a door (Andre Fachat)
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From: ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with / partition
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 15:03:05 +0200
Hi !
I've some problem ...
I install my Linux, more version (rh 6.2, suse 6.x, mandrake 7.0), and
Ive always same problem...
after some boot, where all is OK!, my root partition is brocken.
I try with a rescue CDROM to make e2fsck, but I've sensation that it's
the problem?!?
after I can't read nothing.
I tried with two HD, one's was a western dig 10Gb
and other was a removable 4Gb
thanks
ivan
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From: "Robert Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux, any help appreciated
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:40:19 GMT
The keyboard didn't work at all...no keys worked. At this point, I've
unplugged and plugged back in both the keyboard and mouse, and even tried
different ones. I'm still not sure if the system freezes or if it's the
mouse/keyboard, but nothing responds. I've had one person tell me via email
that they suspect video, I have an NVidia Riva TNT 16 MB AGP card, but both
Red Hat and Mandrake claim to support this card. I've checked in Windows
for conflicting hardware (as suggested in another post) and there are no
conflicts. The CD ROM is a standard internal IDE drive, and I verified that
the BIOS values were all at defaults (also suggestions from other posts).
Thankfully I'm not depending on Linux for anything, because from what I've
seen these "user friendly" installers aren't too hot. My computer is pretty
standard as far as hardware, nothing too complicated or out of the ordinary
(and Windows works just fine), but for the sake of making sure I pulled it
apart today (needed cleaning anyway), reseated all cards and RAM, checked
all cables and connections, and all appears in order (even cleaned the
contacts on the cards and RAM sticks). The only thing out of the ordinary
in there was a bunch of dust. :)
So, I'm still at square one. Is running Linux as much of an uphill battle
as installing it?
--
Robert Schumacher
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> Robert Schumacher wrote:
> >
> > I am having a problem installing Linux (tried four distributions thus
far).
> > Keeping the differences between distributions in mind, basically what is
> > happening is that the installers either a) freeze at language selection
or
> > b) the keyboard and mouse will not work in the installer. I can't tell
for
> > sure which is the case, but at any rate I boot up with the Linux CD in
the
> > drive, the installer runs, I get the language selection screen and that
is
> > it...I have no way to provide any input or continue the installation
> > process. I don't believe it's a hardware problem, at least not with the
> > keyboard or mouse (and the computer itself is less than a year old and
> > performs flawlessly in Windows). That is the dilemma. I've poured
through
> > www.linuxnewbie.org, and the sites for the distributions I've tried
> > (Mandrake 7.1, Red Hat 6.2, WinLinux 2000, and Corel), and found no
answers
> > (I haven't even seen a similar problem listed). Has anyone encountered
> > this, or have any suggestions for a workaround. My computer setup is as
> > follows:
> > Pentium III 450 MHz
> > 96 MB RAM
> > 6.8 GB HDD (6.0 GB Windows, 1.8 GB Linux partition with 125 MB Linux
swap
> > partition, set up using Partition Magic 5)
> > Toshiba 40X CDROM and HP 8210i CDRW
> > 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX NIC with Internet access via cable modem
> > Microsoft Intellieye Explorer PS/2 mouse (but tried each installation
with a
> > "plain" PS/2 mouse also, no difference).
> > Plain, garden variety 102 key US keyboard
>
> In the RedHat 6.2 install did you use the TAB and SHIFT keys to answer
> the questions until you got to the partition section? The mouse has
> never worked for me during the installation of RedHat.
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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> ID # 123538
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From: Patrick Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Netscape 4.72 (128-bit) and 4.73 keeps crashing!!??
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:56:53 GMT
Hi all:
I have Caldera OL 2.3 with kernel 2.2.16. The Netscape that came with
it 4.61 ran pretty stable on this machine. However, as soon as I
upgrade to 4.72 (128-bit version), Netscape starts crashing every once a
while, with no noticeable pattern (the reason seems to be random).
I then tried to upgrade to 4.73 (58-bit), the same thing keeps happening
(in fact, it happens at least 3 times today that prompts me asking this
question here).
Have anyone seen this behavior with Netscape before? Anything that I
might have missed when I recompiled the kernel?
Thanks very much in advance.
Patrick.
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