Hi all,
I'm trying to backup my partitions onto CD-RW discs.
How do you tar and gzip a partition into 650MB segments?
Thanks, Seve
Is there a Linux Equivalent to WinMX? WinMX allows sharing of any file
formats via napster servers. You might have noticed some non-mp3 files
while searching with Gnapster or Knapster. Unfortunately, WinMX is only
for Windows. Http://www.winmx.com
Seve
Have you tried upclocking your Athlon 800? I've got mine running at
896Mhz without problems. It's a noticeable difference.
Seve
Opera 5.0 is not available for Linux yet. This will happen later this
year.
Yes it is fast, but Konqueror renders sites much better, and I can not
see
that
Have any of you had success with usb Umax Astra scanners?
Seve
I'm trying to improve my HD's performance.
HDPARM -t /dev/hda yields only 9 MB/Sec
# hdparm -c -d -k /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
using_dma= 1 (on)
keepsettings = 1 (on)
Are there other things to try to improve this?
System:
Yes... a zillion thanks to all the developers out there for lifting us
out of that costly hell-hole known as Microsoft. Now we can spend more
time with our work rather than screw with that piece of junk Windows.
Seve
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to open source developers the world over,
I have a Umax 1200S and a Umax scsi (ISA) card that came with it. Have
any of you had success in getting that card recognized and functioning?
If so, how did you accomplish that feat?
Seve
LM7.2, AMD800 Athlon
LM7.2 was installed and my Hauppauge wintv BT848 worked right away. But
when I go into "full-screen" mode, it does not fill the screen. Instead,
there is a large black border. How can one get KwinTv to completely fill
the screen?
Seve
capture card for camera
Sound: Aureal SQ2500 (may they R.I.P.)
Network: Allied Telesyn AT-2500TX 10/100 Ethernet
Modem: 56k ISA (56xifxvC) (may they also R.I.P.)
Miark
- Original Message -
From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Miark" [EM
I just installed LM7.2 and I'm trying to get Volume Controls to work in
KwinTV. Everything else works fine including the volume control on
Xawtv. Is there a way to get KwinTV's volume to work?
Seve
To enable Write to FAT partitions:
addd to /etc/fstab an entry for your FAT line that is "umask=0".
This will then allow non-root users to write to FAT.
Seve
Original Message
On 1/4/01, 12:53:22 AM, "Zelck, Guy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
RE: [expert] Read/Write permissions on a
From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree
without going into each directory?
Seve
pert] CHMOD Question:
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree
without going into each directory?
Seve
"chmod 0750 /directory/*" should work
HTH
Flupke
--
There's no place like ~!
Gois Jean-Philipp
Thank you for understanding the objective. Wouldn't it be nice to have
the 'elegant' solution when dealing with a large directory tree?
Seve
Original Message
On 1/4/01, 8:41:16 AM, Holly Henry-Pilkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding Re: [expert] CHMOD Question:
Sevatio Octavio
ty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question:
Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for understanding the objective. Wouldn't it be nice to have
the 'elegant' solution when dealing with a large directory tree?
Seve
well, the elegant solution i
Rusty,
Thank you so much. Your solution did the trick.
BTW, where did you acquire this info?
Seve
Original Message
On 1/4/01, 3:46:33 PM, Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question:
bcc sent to Servatio also...
Sevatio Octavio[EMAIL PROTECTED
For some reason, installing LM7.2 does not automatically install Telnetd.
So you have to get the rpm and install it yourself afterwards.
Seve
Original Message
On 1/3/01, 3:07:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] Why
doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 after install?:
be obvious - telnet is insecure and is banned both
internally
and externally at most corproates these days, and should likewise not be
installed on your home machine. SSH deprecates Telnet, is just as
uniquitous,
and makes running graphical apps remotely much easier.
Mike
Sevatio Octavio wrote
I'm trying to install all of LM-7.2 but it will only allow 1.5 gigs. The
partition is 3.5gigs so there should be plenty of room. How do you get
LM-7.2 to install all applications?
Seve
did you do?
Recommended?
Custom? Expert? If expert (I dont know if these options are given for the
other two), did you check fullinstall?
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #19071
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm trying to install all
The LM7.2 installation software fails to access the floppy when making
the bootfloppy. Also it fails to install Lilo/Grub due to some "Hash"
error. Have any of you the solution to these problems?
Thanks,
Seve
Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com:
Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
I'm not familiar with Vmware so I'll ask this question: Why not just
fill extra partitions with your experimental distros and then use
Grub/Lilo to boot your desired distro? Or does Vmware do a much better
job at this?
Seve
Original Message
On 8/20/00, 1:15:55 PM, Ellick Chan [EMAIL
e
install manual explains the setup very well
- Original Message -----
From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem
The only linux-capable Actiontec PCI mode
I read somewhere on this list that VNC didn't perform as well as some of
the other remote-pc softwares. My experience is only with VNC and it
does seem sluggish even on a 10/100mbps network. So what are these other
softwares that outperform VNC? And to what degree? It would be nice if
it
Thanks John! It appears that my Linsys KVM is not compatitable with
linux. But Belkin's line of KVMs are quite linux-friendly from what I've
read.
Seve
Original Message
On 8/15/00, 5:49:08 PM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [expert] Re: KVM Switches Mouse Problem:
If you're in the market for a KVM switch don't waste your time with the
ones made by Linksys. Their support number can ring for minutes at a
time. After jumping through all the hoops, you'll find that even the
senior-techs have no idea what to do with Linux. I've tried every mouse
driver
A quick way is to type this into your console:
chmod -R /home/httpd
Seve
Original Message
On 8/14/00, 10:01:23 PM, "rharvey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
[expert] web server directory access HELP:
How do you get your web pages and cgi scripts into the httpd directory
Yes, the mouse works fine without the KVM device.
Seve
rharvey wrote:
does it jump without the linksys device?
- Original Message -
From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "rharvey" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:49 PM
Subject:
I'm finding out that some of the higher-end motherboards are doing away
with ISA slots. Thus this question: Are there any Linux-compatible
modems that run in PCI slots?
Seve
Have any of you worked with Partition Commander? How does it compare to
Partition Magic?
Seve
For those of you that have to use EZ-Disk because your BIOS cannot
support Large harddrives (8Gigs):
Can LILO and the EZ-Disk software exist together on the MBR portion of
the harddrive?
Seve
I have a remote box running LM 7.1 without a monitor. How do you
instruct that box to reboot via Telnet?
Seve
That's a good idea.
Thanks,
Seve
Original Message
On 8/1/00, 4:12:14 PM, Henrik Edlund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive:
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my
When installing LM-7.1 and selecting packages there is an option at the
bottom of the screen: "Automatic Dependencies". What is the function of
that option?
Seve
Hang in there Mr.Baron. The beginning is usually tough. Shortly, you'll
master the faithful penguin. You will never come close to getting this
kind of help with OEM Win9X. And if there is a linux problem, it will be
consistent. OTOH, Win9X tends to creatively reinvent a new problems on a
Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0?
Seve
Hi All,
I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that
Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those
partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new
for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data?
Seve
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my
original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least
two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also,
what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive?
Seve
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326
chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1?
Seve
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326
chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1?
Seve
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my
original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least
two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also,
what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive?
Seve
Hi All,
I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that
Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those
partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new
for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data?
Seve
Hi All,
I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that
Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those
partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new
for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data?
Seve
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my
original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least
two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also,
what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive?
Seve
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326
chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1?
Seve
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326
chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1?
Seve
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my
original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least
two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also,
what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive?
Seve
** =/\= |
** _||_ |
** =\/= | Registered Linux user #182496
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0?
I'm forward this question on Bill's behalf since he's having trouble with
the listserver.
Seve
Hi
My pronblem came about when trying to UPGRADE my kernel to 2.2.16
It would not re-boot and failed with a kernel panick
I tracked this down to the Ramdisk boot option VFS failed , kernel
] Partitioning Rules - ?:
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD?
i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed.
Seve
I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives.
Several
Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD?
i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed.
Seve
What's going on with the list server? Only a small fraction of my posts
are getting on the list. The remainder have just disappeared.
Seve
Would any of you happen to know what file contains the Gateway IP
setting?
Seve
I have a remote box running LM 7.1 without a monitor. How do you
instruct it to reboot via Telnet?
Seve
Does it take any special drivers to run a cordless mouse on LM-7.1?
What type of NIC is it?
Original Message
On 7/25/00, 9:56:16 AM, "fasi74" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding [expert] Nic problem:
I was using mandrake 7 normally until i added another NIC now its is not
showning it gets detect on kudzu but cant configure it need help quickly
.
I've run out of ideas on this one. I took a working 3C900 NIC out of a
LM7.01 machine and put it into an LM7.1 machine. The darn LM7.1 machine
cannot communicate with the 3C900. It assigned module 3C59x and knows
it's a 3c900 but still no luck. Have you guys any luck in getting this
to
Have any of you gurus been able to get a USB webcam to work with Mandrake
7.1? I have a USB Creative Webcam II that's been idle since I stopped
using windows.
Seve
testing123
Thanks for the ping. The mailing list gets wacko at times.
Seve
Original Message
On 7/24/00, 7:32:49 PM, Fran Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [expert] testing123:
reply ...
testing 456
:)
Bambi
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
testing123
Could one of you post an example of an .htaccess file used in Apache
servers? I'm trying to understand what you can put on the file in terms
of syntax.
Seve
That gets to my next question... While shopping, I ran across a lot of
boxes with motherboards that have onboard sound video. What's your
take on those? Do they tend to require funky device drivers that Linux
may not have?
Seve
Original Message
On 7/22/00, 10:34:17 PM, Anton Graham
I didn't catch your original question. Are you wondering about remote
controlling another pc? Or is this a laplink specific question?
Have you checked out VNC? It's free at
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ . All you need is a browser to
control another pc.
Seve
Original Message
On
That's why we must give as much help as possible. That learning curve is
steep but once you're there, you will not go back. No more annual
ransoms to Microsoft. No more buying the best and latest hardware and
then be defeated by Window's bloatness. All this money I'm saving is
going into
Some of you mentioned that you were able to get ALSA to work for Yamaha
XG cards. And you said that ALSA sounded better than OSS. I'm currently
using the OSS driver. Could you tell me if ALSA gives you bass treble
controls or is it a hardware issue?
Seve
I use StarOffice5.2 for email. Although it can handle multiple accounts,
it is somewhat buggy. It tweaks out when you have more than a thousand
emails per account. I hope this will get fixed especially when it goes
opensource. The browser's not bad either.
Seve
Original Message
On
Are there any problems with using AMD chips for running Linux?
Seve
Thanks for all the info regarding the AMD chips. Now on the other end of
the spectrum...
I know that Linux is efficient, so I'm just curious about what a Pentium
200Mhz/MMX 64Meg SDRAM can do with Mandrake. If any of you have
experiences with older systems, please share how much work you've
HI,
Eversince I switched over to StarOffice5.2 for my emails, I am no longer able to send
mail to the list. Although, I can receive
mail from the list and I know that my outbound mail works with other addresses. So,
why would the list reject my mail? My previous
email client was Outluck
Log on as regular user and then switch over to SU.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Richard Fiedler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:21 AM
Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root
I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for
How do you edit the menu in BlackBox?
Seve
I've spent the last couple of days messing around with Window Mgrs and have come to
really like XFce. XFce's definitely quick and
light-footed. Are any of you using it? Is there an easy way to import Gnome and KDE
Menus? And, how do you autostart files upon
logging on XFce?
Seve
You can even setup Apache to ignore the IP# and just respond to domain names... in
case you're serving things up from a cablemodem.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, July 03, 2000 5:43 PM
Subject: Re:
Netconf has always been a bit buggy. I found this out trying to get it to setup
multiple IPs. The only thing reliable is to do it
yourself.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject:
RealProducer Plus Version 8 is now available from Real Networks. However, there are a
few things I find disturbing. I called them
to find out what happened to the GUI version (that came with V6.0), they told me that
there is no plan for one. It is their belief
that "linux-people prefer using
You'll find the menu tree in /usr/share/applnk
seve
-Original Message-
From: Anton Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] using menu system in 7.1 for 7.0
Submitted 24-Jun-00 by Norvell Spearman:
It sounds like setup is trying to write back to the CD. Move all the StarOffice files
to the hard drive. Are you doing a net
install or a single user install?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, June
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things
(regarding this subject). What's the difference
between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send and
receive? Are some of the POP3 servers easier
and quicker to setup?
Seve
Go here, it might help you get more info.
http://visualroute.datametrics.com
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Tony Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 5:37 AM
Subject: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
I've got an interesting
Their system is down for the moment.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
Go here, it might help you get more info.
Thanks for the help everyone. Now I know that I must use the "su" command to
accomplish this. I.E. - #su - username -c
/programname
Seve
-Original Message-----
From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 6:21
en
echo "WebXXX shutting down ..."
cd $PROGDIR
/bin/sh -c "$STOPCMD"
else
echo "usage $0 {start | stop}"
fi
--- end cut
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
Typically if I wanted to run something automatically a
I'm helping someone kick the M$ habit but I'm stuck with ATT's Cablemodem email
setup. Looking at IE Owchluk-Xpress, it has the
POP3 and SMTP set as "mail". How do they get away with just "mail"? So if I wanted
to use Kmail instead, what would I put down for
POP3 SMTP servers?
I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the
remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a
gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run
"twm". Is there something I'm missing here?
Seve
ROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To?
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm helping someone kick the M$ habit but I'm stuck with ATT's Cablemodem email
setup. Looking at IE Owchluk-Xpre
gray screen - please help resolve
on 6/19/00 1:27 AM, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to
see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a
gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's s
ain to all that helped.
seve
-Original Message-----
From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To?
Thanks!!! This gets me a bit closer to finding ou
Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find
$HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere.
Would you happen to have a copy to send me?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Bug Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm troubleshooting my VNC. I'm getting that grey screen and the logs are showing me
that xrdb cannot find .Xresources . Would any
of you know what .Xresources is used for and what programs are associated with it.
AND most importantly, could you show me what the
content should be for that
Typically if I wanted to run something automatically at bootup, I would put a
statement into /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Those apps will
run under the ownership of 'root'. How do you get rc.local to run apps under a
specific user?
Seve
You're right. I didn't need .Xresources. My problem was that the machine name that
VNC was using to invoke the vncserver was not
resolving to 127.0.0.1. I corrected /etc/host and it works now.
Thanks for all your help.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
You will have to boot from your floppy. Then open your console and login as SU. From
there, just type "lilo" + enter and you're
done. It should reboot without the floppy. I get this once in awhile with my Lin/Win
boxes.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: LinuxMan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run
this from console or is there another program
that I can from console?
Seve
I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not
found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do
you reinstall these?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000
e not logged in as
root.
Alan
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not
found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How
do
you reinstall these?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemak
into task manager and kill it (it
will kill netscape too) and things will return to normal (till the next
time). The only permanent solution at the moment is to replace your
netscape with the 128 bit version.
Bill.
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does
I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does this... Perhaps some of you will
have a solution.
This happens in both Gnome and KDE. When I'm using several apps at once (Staroffice,
Gimp, Toppage, Netscape - not necessarily all
of these at one time), some process would just take over
I'm trying to setup and better understand DNS Servers. This way I can get my IP to
point to my Domain name. What's involved here?
Would I have to register my DNS Server with Internic? Can the primary and secondary
DNS Servers run from one PC?
Seve
Alan,
umask=0 works!
I didn't know it was possible for regular users to access FAT till now. Thanks.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows
Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and
you activating it?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM
Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Im
1 - 100 of 169 matches
Mail list logo
