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Like phunni said plus: No, no need to compile anything. Just install "binary packages": .rpm. Use MCC->RpmDrake. Very easy. Ok the geeks ;) use to compile but that's to fine tune there system or have some fancy stuff that don't come precompiled. But you are not forced to .. well, if your harware is supported.

Ive cut and past from your post aRTee so it's faster to write :P But there is some change: My ideal Linux Laptop: Small and light, mid to high end, Must haves: 14" minimum, XGA (1024x768), x86 (x86-64), 512MBram, 60GB hard disk, cd writer, 2 USB2 ports, long battery life (over 4 hrs for office use, 10/100MB/s LAN, onboard modem. floppy , at least one com port , one Parrallel port , dual boot with FreeDOS , Toshiba (there repair workshop is at 10 Km from my work) Country: France Price: less than 1500 Euro.

1- what's the name of the Linux box ? on 9.1 if I remember well you can't change it with MCC (Mandrake Control Center) So set it in file:/etc/sysconfig/network, the value HOSTNAME= Edit the file as root. Give a name like anyname.local.network 2- if the M$ Win nic has a dynamic ip address, your Linux box must be configured as a DHCP server (provide IP address) Anyway as Win 98 can't be a DHCP server, your Linux box must have a fixed ip address. Fom ML9.2 and translating: MCC->Network and Internet->DrakConnect: Network and Internet connection config->Configure local network protocol->static Adresse IP: 192.168.1.1 for example, it must be something like 192.168.x.x for a little network (class C) Mask 255.255.255.0 Launch at boot leave the rest empty, ok, ok Now the M$ Win98 box (from memory and translating). It's simpler to set it with a static IP address too if you have only 2 box connected Control Panel->Network remove all NETBEUI or IPX/SPX stuff TCP/IP->property->IP address. give a number like 192.168.1.2, Mask: 255.255.255.0 of course you have to reboot, even sometime find the M$ Win install disk Now test: On the Linux box, from a console as root (Ctrl-Alt F1 and log as root), type "ping 192.168.1.2" without the quotes and see the result, from the M$ Win box, lauch a DOS windows and type "ping 192.168.1.1" without the quotes and see the result. If it works on each direction it must boot faster and you can configure file sharing. see also: on a Win DOS box: Winipcfg on Linux: ifconfig -a hope this help roland

can't connect to mandrake.tips.4.free.fr ?? .. and free.fr is my isp .. :unsure: or it's too slow: now I've lost the habit to wait

Hi, My daughter wants to play chess with her cousin in in the other side of the hearth. Here: Linux There: Win They don't want to play with coordinate like a6-b4 but rather have a graphic chess board with the piece moving almost live. How ?

- witch machine is connected to internet ? XP or Linux ? and how: eth ? router ? - can the machine plugged on the Wan connect ? can it ping google.com - can you ping each machine ? by ip addresse, by there name ? Btw: I'm not a specialist but I've heard somewhere that better NOT give a valid domaine name for the machines on the local network. Better give a name like DOWNSTAIRS.local.network and I guess UPSTAIRS.local.network edit: I guess the reply of the first question is on a previous post you made. no need to reply again I guess. The rest of my post is still relevant I hope. Perhaps more later if I can.

Thank you to have informed me about the result. I'm not surprised for Win XP but surprised it didn't work with 98. There is some things to check like localhost being a fancy domain name or check the name of the machine, but well no need to fix something you don't care. I'm out now, may be I should have let gowator finish the job with you: he is a master ;) Just I'm sure there is plenty of post about file sharing between ML and XP in this forum. Did you checked ? by roland

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??? they told us that was there own engine :unsure: I'll check it out too. Lyon er..Villeurbanne et toi ?

pmpatrick: Thanks for the link. There is one the list called EAGLE v4.1. It's an Electronic layout editor. I know it but version 1.35 for MSDOS .... Some good things, I'm used of it, and anyway that's the only one I've used. But I'm glad there is a Linux version. Sure, I'm going to give it a try one day. GodFlesh: Thanks. There is no hurry, I don't know when but I'll probably contact you. I don't use mechanical CAD/CAM myself. I asked the person that used Solid Concept at work. He don't know Solidworks. He said the main advantage of Solid Concept is it's price. An other advantage for us is that they are at 500 meter from us :P BTW: Solid Concept developed there own graphical and geometrical engine. So it's not the same as Solidwork's and it can explain there low price. Catia is the Roll Royce of the CAD/CAM software. A dream for most of designers I guess. roland

good to know. don't be surprised if you receive a pm from me in coming month .. if you don't mind. Pro Engeneer Linux ??????? ha yes: "only" $5,545 :deal: and not a free software it seems. Any way good to know too. Taking the risk of being OT, here is a M$ Win _Excellent_ CAD/CAM Software we use at work link At first we took it just to evaluate it (we were rich at this time ) but it does the job and quite well ! really incredible for 1490 € The company is at 500 meter of ours. Now we are beta tester and you can see part of our machine on there animated advertising on there home page. guess witch one :P roland

One of the few open source CAD application: http://www.opencascade.com/ I think Open Cascade is a lib, not a software: make the programming of a CAD software .. hum .. easy ;) Looks good. The code was given by Matra Datavision. We a currently but sloooowwwly evaluating it at my company. I'll let you know .. may be before end 2005 :P roland

That must be your samba setting in /etc/samba/smb.conf Here is some guidelines from an old post I made there link again it's for 9.1 but there must be little change on 9.2 let's go ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- here are some guideline i made public as it could interest some and may be some here could improve it.;-) How to set samba as a NTdomain server for Win95/98 clients 1) Server side: Mdk 9.1 !! let your firewall share netlogon (see below ) !! I took the default smb.conf set by MCC wizard The most relevant changes are: workgroup = GROUP ;or whatever ... security = share ;simple setup: no password ... local master = yes .... os level = 64 .... domain master = yes .... preferred master = yes .... domain logons = yes .... #==== Share Definitions ============== ... #example of shared directory [public_roland] path=/home/roland/partage guest ok = yes writeable = yes #end example of shared directory .... #!!! this one must be there [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon guest ok = yes writable = no share modes = no .... 2) Clients side: ( !!! I'me trying to translate from a french Windows 98SE. Hope you could see what I mean .. ) Control Panel->Network Let only TCP/IP protocol: remove all NETBEUI or IPX/SPX stuff select Client for Microsoft Network ->Properties check "Connect on a NT Domain" enter the group name as domain name. "GROUP" on this case. Of course you have to reboot all the M$ Win machines That's all and works well for me :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hope this help :) roland

see http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...t=0entry90553 It's for 9.1 I'll check this week end if it's also for 9.2 roland

idea : did you wait long enough ? because when it starts, it's black ... :unsure: roland

Sorry, no. I can just say that it worked for me on a 9.2 Download edition, fresh install on KDE. By the way: did you "register" there ? :deal: Where in the World Ah Quebec: "Je me souviens"

Well I don't really agree. On principle it discourages learning and understanding. Hem, Linux already has the market of those who want to know and understand. Tiny market. The future is Linux on the box of those that just want to use it. I think I understand: at the beginning there was no Wizard. So you do all by hand. Then comes a Wizard. A simple one. But as you know, with 20% of the effort you generally do 80% of the job. That's where Mandrakes wizard are now. It worked for me at home and on my little company: An internet connection server, and DHCP server. Not bad for an ignorant like me ? I've just had to click next. For more specific configuration, well that's the 20% specific case that may require 80% of the effort. Not ready yet, so you are like before: do it by hand. That's it. The real trouble is: the Wizard didn't worked for you needs, ok. But now, doing your setup by hand, the old way, will be even more complicate than if you haven't run the Wizard at all because there is no way to undo what it does I've installed ML10.0 Beta 2, the Wizard were not finished, but it seemed that Mandrake understood that. The Wizards look well done. You can Add a connection, Delete a connection, Modify a connection, Display a connection setup. All we need. No I don't understand: I always worked on little company. Well, not bad to talk a lot before taking a decision and once it's decided everybody have to support it and better not change mind too easily. That' the problem. That reminds me a thread where we were talking about managers without technical skill and worse that has no respect for technical skill. But I doubt it's Mandrake's case now they had fired a lot of managers. yep, agree, they should be very, very careful about internet connection. roland

If I understand well, you want a doc about what the DrakeGw Wizard does so you can customize your setup and/or be able to change the setup and/or be able to destroy a previous setup and start a new one. correct ? I had the same trouble: difficult to know what DrakeGw does and undo what it does. /var/log/message was some help for me as I use to install Mandrake with the minimum of packages. So I could see what DrakGw had to installs: Iptable, Bind, dhcpd, shorewall. Remove all that and reinstall tmdns may clear all afaik. Well, I think you thought of that before me. But in fact, we shouldn't care about what DrakeGw does. Just care it does what is needed. If you can't change the setting, or if the setting is wrong or you can't delete connection sharing, that's a bug imho: DrakeGw is unable to do what it should be able to do. For example, if file sharing with Samba is installed on the server, DrakeGw shouldn't lock it. Ok, if you want to code to help Mandrake to fix the bugs, you need the docs. Else just need to report the bugs. For ML9.1 it's a little too late ;) So why not test 10.0 Beta or RC ? I know, it's time consuming :( (Personally I'm giving up for a moment: I'm just not fast enough). by roland

Too late to report bugs or possible improvment I've found on Beta2 :o roland

oops.........sorry 'bout that. i'm at work & was going from memory. with my memory, i shoulda known better....... :unsure: Chris ???? it's me that didn't give the correct package name isn't it ? Anyway oops.........sorry ... <like Chris said> roland

The response should have been ... different :P as long as lilo don't pass successfully, the change in /etc/lilo.conf has no effect. please can you post your /etc/lilo.conf and your /etc/fstab ? roland

First the simple: when you change /etc/lilo.conf you have to run lilo you know ? On a command line as root type "lilo" without the quotes. How to setup /etc/lilo.conf: Well just replace hdb<x> with the equivalent in hda<x> ( :unsure: so obvious that I'm not sure it help there ) At last, before removing hdb, don't forget to have a look on /etc/fstab to remove all the hdb stuff. by roland

That's it but before, you may have to install kppp (kdenetwork package I think). roland

the 8259 is the PIC (Programable Interrupt Controller), a chip in the original PC now emulated in the chipset. irq 7 is usally reserved for the parallel port. try to disable your parallel port on the bios and/or unplug and switch off your printer edit: if you find something consistent, don't forget to report a bug. see http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100beta.php3 roland

I guess I have to change my mind about Dell ( at work they send us 2 fax a week of advertising and continued even after I've told them to stop, that sucks ). OK, they talk about RH, Suse, Debian, Salkware .. but no Mandrake :(, but hey that's a good start. roland