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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 3:17 pm Post subject:

Well, what can I say? Rover's article really is the dog's bollocks. For anyone not from the UK, that means that it's really rather good, actually.

I'm running LM8 on (get this): VMware on a laptop running Win2K, connected via a bridged ethernet link to another Win2K box which has a modem attached and is running ICS. I'm using the Konqueror web browser to view the LWD forums at the moment.

Thank you very much, Rover, for a superb article.

I do have one question: why is my NumLock light permanently on with KDE? If I press the NumLock key then NumLock does switch on and off, but the light stays on. It's most confusing.

My £0.02,
Demon
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 4:01 pm Post subject:

Demon, I'm not sure about the numlock light. If you look at your services that startup at boot time you should see one called "numlock" which turns the key on. This used to be a problem with LInux because no matter how you had the numlock key set in the BIOS (on or off at boot up) LInux would always turn it off. You might want to look in your BIOS and see if it is set to on...if so try turning it off and leave the "numlock" service on. If that doesn't work, switch it around, numlock service off and BIOS setting on.

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 4:12 am Post subject:

I noticed the NUMLOCK service when Linux was booting up. While I was at the command prompt, before starting X, the NumLock key would turn the light on and off as well as changing the NumLock state. Once X (KDE) loaded the light would stay on, even though the NumLock key changed the NumLock state.

This only happens inside VMware. If I release focus and go back to Windows then the light does its stuff again. I'll check the VMware BIOS and see what happens.

My £0.02,
Demon
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Stray Dog Joined: 12 Jun 2001 Posts: 1

Thanks for the excellent article on Mandrake 8.0. I used it and my install was perfect.
Now, is there a similar great article on the next step for me. I have a small office with 8 PC's Win 98 peer to peer networked behind a Linksys router (along with the new Mandrake 8.0 linuxbox) connected to a cable modem which hooks me up to my ISP and my domains IP address. I want to run the mail server on Mandrake 8.0 using postfix. Is there a Mandrake site similar to the RedHat Postfix? I know that I am missing something easy and basic.
Thanks,

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2001 11:07 am Post subject:

Postfix is postfix whether under RH or Mandrake, so the help you found for RH should be pretty darn close to what you need under Mandrake.

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Stray Dog Joined: 18 Jun 2001 Posts: 1

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this article! Having since read it and various other articles on setting up drivers and so forth, i have finally been able to successfully 86 that evil SOB they call an operating system right on outta there!

Yep so thanks for making linux an enjoyable experience. Smile

OOh just a few final thoughts on my linux experience so far.
I have to say having no previous experience whatsoever with linux, i have learned more about PC in one year of using it then i ever did with the microcrud OS. As far as the command line deal goes. well your right being a microcrud user you dont know what a dos line is. But having read easy to follow and understand help from what is a huge help user base on the net, i have found using the command line in linux a great experience. i have no fear of using it.. Just goes to show you what reading a few articles can achieve! A concept microcrud users are not used too cuz they want it all to happen for them. But thats not their fault. its what your taught when using microcrud. Notice my constant referal back to microcrud, one can not hold in the anger and disgust of comming to realise just how much you were indeed being held back by what is nothing more then a Tonka Toy gaming system at best. I love the power of linux and the freedom it gives me to create.

SO in conclusion id like to leave with one final thought! Having been a PC user for most of my life, Ive witnessed OS's that have come and gone, Fads and user opinions changing left right and center, But one thing remains constant and true!

For those wishing microcrud to come to and end, can take comfort in the knowledge that What reigns supreme today will infact fall and bow down to a newer breed of OS! however be it so small. It has happend before, it will happen again :D

TK

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 11:41 am Post subject:

TekWar, thanks for the kind words, you have expressed exactly what needs to be said. Good luck with your Linux experience and hopefully one day we all can use our M$ CDs for coasters!

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Stray Dog Joined: 29 Jun 2001 Posts: 2 Location: USA

Great site by the way. I have a question for you. Ive installed mandrake and im trying to setup the network. but i get stopped by the dns and gateway. I also got stopped at the DEFAULT DOMAIN AND NAME SERVER. Im on a novell 4 network and I am able to get win2K working but im not sure what it means. I have a DNS ip address and gateway and IP address. Please help Im having trouble translating the difference. I want to show off Linux to my bosses and get them to go with it but i need help integrating it to our network and proxy servers. Please help...

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2001 6:30 pm Post subject:

DarkMaster...what exactly are you having problems with? If you have the IP for both the DNS and Gateway just plug it in. As for the Domain name you'll need to follow whatever it is. For instance if you ping a server, even a novell one, and add the -a switch ie. ping -a novellserver or ping -a x.x.x.x (that being the IP address) you should resolve the name or IP to the full name as given in the DNS, from there you should be able to get a domain name. Let us know what you need and we'll do our best.

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Stray Dog Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 6 Location: USA

WOW This article "Newbie's Guide to Installing Mandrake 8.0" is great wish i had found it sooner. Maybe i would be useing my Linux now not waiting for help from you guys on this forum.

Kronos

Stray Dog Joined: 29 Jun 2001 Posts: 2 Location: USA

Thanks Rover, you are great man. I hadn't thought about using these utilities. I got started on learning to use them from the Hackers handbook on how to resolve a host name or dns name. thanks. im slipping. I will try it out tomorrow. but my jerk boss who knows nothing about pc but what microsoft say' s shot down the project and the demo I had lined up. I might sneak it in on him anyway. I wasd intimidated by the domain name and was unfamiluar with linux. I will try it at home on my DSL line next. I wish you could point me to a good site that walks you thru getting my system online with a Westell DSL modem. I promise to help any newbie i see that runs into trouble with what i learn. and hope to be a credit to LittleWhiteDogs Forums .Thanks again for the great advice

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2001 2:23 am Post subject:

No problem DarkStarMaster21, we are here to help and learn so keep at it and share what you find. As for the DSL...I can't think of anything offhand, you might want to try using Google.com...my most favorite search site/engine!

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2001 8:09 am Post subject:

one quick note before I get into things... www.google.com/linux will restrict your search results to items relevant to the linux OS

now, I just got through installing mandrake 8 on my main pc after some partitioning problems (read OS - microsoft) for further details and doing a newbie install did not work. when I got past LILO and got to my graphical login I couldn't see anything because it incorrectly detected my monitor/video card settings. so scratch that install, let's try again. this time I did an expert install (heh, I wish...or I wouldn't be posting this). I went through all the steps and did video test and the best I could come up with was 1280x1024 @ 75hz refresh rate on my 19" TTX monitor which is rated to do 1600x1200 @ 75hz. on top of that, the 1280z1024 @75 has a very bad flicker, I'm thinking it's going to give me seizures. I've been into XF86Config but I'm not sure what I need to modify to force my monitor to go 1600x1200 @ 75hz....oh, yeah I have an ATI AIW RADEON vid card

I also have another issue, which is with my network card (I believe)...it detected a network card and set up my eth0 interface etc yet when I login and get to the prompt I do a netstat -rn and I'll I have is the localhost (127.0.0.0) in my routing table (I'm on cable behind a linksys router so I have gateway info to enter). well I went into netconf and linuxconf and manually configured my networking so now I have the proper entries in my routing table (double checked it with my install of RH6.2 on my 486 box and the settings are the same, aside from the internal IP's of course) but I can't ping anything...my router, 486 box, dns servers, anything.

well, once again I'm stuck....please, anyone with some help/suggestions - I'll be forever in debt to you as linux is way cool and I'm looking to dump MS, but not if my monitor is going to give me seizures and I can't access the net.

SDGR406

Stray Dog Joined: 01 Aug 2001 Posts: 3

I have installed redhat....many times.....and it didn't seem to like my eVGA GeForce 2 MX 200 card...The drivers loaded fine, xwindows started. But Quake3 REALLY really chugged. I was told that's linux and microsoft's chance at trying to kill it by making their nvidia chipsets clash with linux.

I know all my hardware is compatible with redhat, and they all isntalled straight from the CD. I'm asking, will my Quake3 chug in mandrake 8.0 like it did in Redhat 7.1?

And will all my hardware be compatible with the mandrake 8.0 distro? I assume it's the same kernel...same drivers. Let me know if I'm mistaken.

Stray Dog Joined: 14 Aug 2001 Posts: 1

I installed Mandrake 8.0 successfully...kind of. I dual boot with windoze 2k and LM 8.0 but for some reason, mandrake doesn't see my windows partition. It is NTFS so is that the problem? Or do I need to create a mount point for windows? Help! Smile