Linux-Misc Digest #428, Volume #25 Sun, 13 Aug 00 08:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: how and where do I get linux? (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Make Linux Vanish ("Simon")
Re: imwheel autostart (E J)
HD LED permanently on (Jo Hallel)
Re: Troubling problem with GNOME and UID. (John Beardmore)
Re: Make Linux Vanish ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Linux Please Detect My Modem. (M. Buchenrieder)
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how and where do I get linux?
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:15:42 +0000
Noe Nieto wrote:
>
> hello :
>
> I�m a windows user and i want to change my system, i tried to download
> the caldera system open linux at their ftp server but some times my system
> don�t understand the format of the files.
> please i really thank information about getting started on linux.
>
> P.D. I live in mexico, so my english is not the best sorry :-)
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Welcome to Linux-land!
Your "English" is much better than that of natives where I live.
For first time adventurer I would strongly recommend getting distro on
CD/CD's.
Downloading whole distribution is for someone who can recognise a
mistake if the download misses. This comes with time.
Have fun...
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Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
Slacker No.162760 on Linux counter.
*******Are we having fun????*******
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From: "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Make Linux Vanish
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 08:59:39 +0100
Peter... I don't think every piece of hardware is supported as I've got an
IBM 300GL with an onboard S3Trio3D as have a lot of people and we cannot
find a Gfx Driver for the 86c366 chipset !!!
Simon
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8n38hf$6sm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : existance of Windows 98 on my hard drive. I need to know how it is
> : possible to COMPLETLY flush or get rid off Linux especially INCLUDING
the
> : Lilo boot up thing in the beggining off my hard drive. i mean i need all
>
> That's documented in every faq, and on every newsgroup.
>
> : rtace of Linux on my hard drive gone. keep in mind i have no access to
> : windows at all, so i have to work within linux and its software.
>
> Blatt a few zeros to the first sector of your disk. Do you want to
> spare the partition table? Recover the original boot sector? lilo -u.
>
> : P.S. thank you very much for everyone baring with me on my NUMEROUS
> : questions. linux cant detect a lot of my hardware and im having some
>
> Linux doesn't detect any hardware. That is probably your conceptual
> mistake. You tell it what you have, by loading and configuring (and
> configuring to be loaded) the correct driver.
>
> Out of interest, what could this hardware be? Afaik every net card and
> video card in existence is supported by linux. My imagination is poor,
> so I can't think of anything else you might need! Maybe a mouse, but
> all mice use ps/2 or mm or ms serial protocol..
>
> Peter
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: imwheel autostart
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:08:23 -0700
I don't know if this works, but give it a try.
$ cd ~
$ cp .bash_profile .bash_profile.bak
$ # use an editor to modify your .bash_profile and put the imwheel at
the end of the line.
$ vi .bash_profile
vanepelw wrote:
> I am trying to figure out a way to automatically use my scroll
> wheel in kde functions whenever i start my kde session. i use
> imwheel. as root, it is no problem, because i just put a link to
> imwheel in the autostart folder, but as a normal user, its not
> that simple. does anyone know of a way to start imwheel
> automatically as a standard user??
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:22:52 +0100
From: Jo Hallel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: HD LED permanently on
In windows my HD LED behaves normally. However in Linux (SuSE 6.4) it
now remains permanently on. The only time that it does behave "normally"
is if I cause the CDROM to fail. Previous advice (thanks Hal) suggested
that there may be CD applets running, but I see no evidence of this.
(Trivial, but important, as it was the first thing a mate commented on
when showing him Linux. If I can get this sorted, I may be able to
convince him to load Linux himself).
Any answers?
Thanks
Jo
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Troubling problem with GNOME and UID.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:46:19 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Madhusudan Singh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I am attaching the core file (gzipped). I would appreciate it if someone
>could take a look at it and tell me what is going on.
I am paying dial up charges to pick up your core file. Where should I
send the invoice ??
J/.
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John Beardmore
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Make Linux Vanish
Date: 13 Aug 2000 09:52:29 GMT
Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Peter... I don't think every piece of hardware is supported as I've got an
: IBM 300GL with an onboard S3Trio3D as have a lot of people and we cannot
: find a Gfx Driver for the 86c366 chipset !!!
Surely the S3 Trio 3D is supported? It been out for years now (I seem to
recall it's the 375 chip, but I'm not going to look it up ...). If ibm
have put out another chip without putting out a linux driver for it at
the same time, I would also be surprised ... write to them and remind
them of their game plan.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Linux Please Detect My Modem.
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 07:35:22 GMT
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Sat, 12 Aug 2000 03:29:51 GMT, wrote :
>N> i have a rockwell modem and when following the instructions for it to
>N> detect my modem in terminal mode nothing really happens, i use the command
>N> minicom and it says command not found or 'using default' yet nothing
>N> happens. when trying to connect to the internet i either get the
>N> responce 'modem is locked' or 'modem not detected' what is the problem?
>This is a PCI modem? If so, Linux won't ever see it. Toss it and get
>an *external* RS232 Serial modem.
[...]
This is extremely misleading, to say the very least.
Some PCI modems are real serial modems on the PCI bus, and Linux
will happily use them, once you have run "setserial" with the
appropriate arguments (see "cat /proc/pci" for the I/O range and IRQ).
Many/most PCI modems, however, are cut-down software modems that
mostly will _not_ run on Linux, as the needed drivers are only
available for Win9* . Some of these can be made to work using the
Linux driver for PCTel chipset modems, available from www.linmodems.org .
Just give it a try.
In general, though, external modems are much preferred. They simply
get plugged into a serial port and work - and you can reset them
by switching them off and on again; something which might require
a reset of the system if the modem was an internal one (or even
opening up the case and unplugging the whole modem card, in case
you entered invalid settings in the modem's NVRAM).
Michael
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