Re: [newbie] K Destop

Steve Philp wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello All, Every now and then the icons in the panel cease to work - I click on them, they appear to work but nothing happens. I have to restart X to get them to work again. Anyone any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. Did you happen

[newbie] PRINTING

Hello All, Now that I have got my printer working thanks to Steve I would like to know how to stop it. In Windows you can abort print jobs while they are running, but can this be done in Mandrake 6.1? I have been into printer queue while print jobs are running (as root) and tried to remove the

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought US Robotics 56K PCI modem... How can I configure it under Mandrake Linux 6.1 Is there a utility that I can use??? == If this PCI Modem is a winmodem (as MOST PCI modems are), then you more than likely will NOT be able to

[newbie] Samba Perl

Hi, This may be more of a question for the expert list, but i'll try here first. I have got samba up and running from the Mandrake CD no problem so my PC can be seen by my laptop's Win98 network neighbourhood. At work i am working on some web pages that use perl scripts to manipulate files on

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

No it's not a winmodem... I checked for that before I bought it... How is modem configuration done under Linux, and I will try if it works... Thanks --- Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought US Robotics 56K PCI modem... How can I

[newbie] DOWNgrading To Mandrake 6.0

Sorry if you get this twice. I sent it about 5 hours ago and still it hasn't shown up. Also, In that 5 hours, I checked the archive and found someone with the same problem Hi Folks, Well I couldn't leave well enough alone. I listened to the voices and upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1 the other

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem install ]]

Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No it's not a winmodem... I checked for that before I bought it... How is modem configuration done under Linux, and I will try if it works... Thanks = How did you check before purchasing? A couple of others on

Re: [newbie] cookies

Don Whitman wrote: Were does linux keep cookies. What about temp internet files. I want to delete some cookies and was wondering where they were. Is there an easy way to manage cookies in linux? D Get your own FREE,

RE: [newbie] test (OT)

My messages seem also to get through eventually (after half an hour or so), so maybe it IS running on a NT server :-).. -Original Message- From: Simon Norris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: â 16 ðåáîáø 1999 11:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] test (OT) My last

[newbie] DOS ?

Hello all. Well I'm back at setting up more things for the network. My next question and or adventure is. Can I use Dos to get into the network? I have a few dos programs we would like to be file served on the network. Any suggestions ? Jeff

Re: [Re: [[newbie] modem install ]]

Thanks, I will give it a try and let you guys know if it works or not. Peter --- Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No it's not a winmodem... I checked for that before I bought it... How is modem configuration done under Linux, and I

[newbie] Printing problems

I'm using linux Mandrake 6.0 with KDE. I have a remote printer - HP LaserJet 5 - part of the LAN. Lpd works when I try printing with lpr but there are problems when I try to print from Maxwell for example. I think that there is some problem with filters but I don't know how to configure the

RE: [newbie] test (OT)

Mine took 24 hours! You guys are lucky. Lets's find out who is causing this trouble and give 'em the Ping 'o Death (if applicable) Bryan Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/16/99 08:31:08 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc:

[newbie] Samba - Not Totally Blind, Just Poor Eyesight

Hello again, I somehow managed to get gnomba to be able to "see" my NT box and its shares. Only problem is that gnomba cannot "see" any files in the shared directories. Am I once again missing something obvious? Thanks, Bryan P.S. - As a test, the time is now 9:28 AM EST

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

I had the same problem. A winmodem. I had to buy one that worked with Linux. Sorry, I felt much as you do. From: Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] modem install ] Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 04:47:05 -0800 (PST) I just checked

Re: [newbie] make xconfig error

I have encountered the same problem, anyone can help? SF Jeremy wrote: Hey I get that too! I thiink it has something to do with ncurses?? Are you running Mandrake 6.1 ? J On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I want to recompile my kernel with support for my SoundBlaster CD-ROM, but when

Re: [newbie] Installing on omnibook- mouseconfig hangs

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have recently tried to install mandrake 6.1 on my omnibook 2000ct. Everything went smoothly until I reached the point where it probs for a mouse after installing the packages. The response was: Probing found some type of PS/2 mouse on port psaux. The

[newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions

I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux

Re: [newbie] DOS ?

I am not sure if this is what you are asking for, but in Windows9x Dos (Startup in dos mode) you can type: "net start" (without quotes) To join a windows/samba network. .bill On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, jeff wrote: Hello all. Well I'm back at setting up more things for the network. My next

[newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE

"Karen" == Karen Heiby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karen I can't find a single application that will print envelopes Karen correctly. I have an Epson 660. Star Office feeds every [snip] I do not have an Epson 660, but I notice in Star Office's Printer Setup, that this model is not

Re: [newbie] UN-Upgrading Mandrake

DNS, is it running? are the settings correct? is there a named.conf.rpmsave sitting in /etc with the original settings in it. Upgrades blow, in the future you should back up the important config files to a floppy or separate /home partition and do a fresh install. Remember you don't need to

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

I think all of their modems are serial modems. At least all of their 'consumer' modems. mark - Original Message - From: Peter Sadowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [[newbie] modem install ] Does USRobotics sell serial

Re: [newbie] test (OT)

Check the "rejection" message, if it's a "undeliverable" message from mindspring then it wasn't the list rejecting it, it's due to whatever trouble mindspring is having and should be ignored... it is quite annoying though. DvB On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Simon Norris wrote: My last message was

Re: [newbie] PRINTING

lprm job# where job# can be obtained with lpq If this is what you are doing, then the printer may be printing buffered data over which the OS has no control... other than that, I don't know. DvB On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello All, Now that I have got my printer

Re: [newbie] Linux and bios\harddrive settings (OT)

On a somewhat related note, I noticed in MD 6.0 udma support was default but in MD 6.1 you can recompile the kernel to make it so. This can be checked by running the hdparm utility as root to check the hard drive throughput. Can this be done in the initscripts as well. I don't know. But I never

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

Hi John Aldrich ! On 11/14/99 8:05:30 PM, you wrote: Everything but the RAM is sufficient. 32 mb RAM is BARELY sufficient. I'd double that, especially if you plan on running KDE as your window manager. That's a real memory hog and it's the default window manager in Mandrake. I'd say that to

Re: [newbie] modem install

Take it back and get a USR fax/modem that's not labeled "PCI" or "winmodem." Sorry to be so blunt, by I would rather let my CPU do other things than run my modem. I love my 3COM/USR V.Everything 56K Internal modem. It took me 5 minutes to install it and make it work with LINUX. The 3COM

[newbie] Sendmail

I was told that if I remove the -bd flag from the script that starts sendmail, it would no longer listen to port 25. This is exactly what I want but I don't know what script I need to edit. (Mandrake 6.0) Does anyone know what script / file I need to edit? Thanks

Re: [newbie] modem install

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I bought US Robotics 56K PCI modem... How can I configure it under Mandrake Linux 6.1 Is there a utility that I can use??? The vast majority of PCI 56k modems are "WinModems" and as such are unuseable under Linux. If you want to be absolutely sure that your

Re: [newbie] No bounces???

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: Bad form to reply to my own message, I know, but just a "heads up" that the bounces are still occuring. :( I know... :-( Sheesh. I'm doing the same job they are and at least *I* admit when there's a problem with our configs. :-( John

RE: [newbie] modem install

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: -Original Message- From: Singer XJ Wang [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: â 16 ðåáîáø 1999 8:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [newbie] modem install Confirmed WinModem [Mike Perry] Anyone write software to emulate

Re: [newbie] Font trouble

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a similar problem. I downloaded a seven meg file from rpmfind.net, but it appears to be the wrong file. As I am a dummy, can someone let me know what I'm looking for? *I* certainly don't know...however a quick search of the archives of this list for

Re: [newbie] Linux and bios\harddrive settings (OT)

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi John, I certainly don't disagree with you, as I've seen postings like this before, but I'm not good enough to offer a constructive software solution. What I was offering was a definite hardware config solution, so the guy wasn't compounding a kernel problem

Re: [newbie] No telnet?

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: Mandrake 6.1 [Q1] I and two of my friends have installed Linux-Mandrake all in the same night just by chance and it happens that none of us can use telnet on ourselves? $ telnet localhost fails says it connected but then that the server

[newbie] ADSL soon (I hope)

I can almost taste it :-) After months of waiting it appears that I will soon finally get adsl through a local ISP provider (assuming Bell South actually shows up to do their part). In anticipation I had my linux box built with dual ethernet cards. Currently one card connects to my home

[newbie] bounced emails

Hey, folks... Let's get Mindspring's attention -- anytime you get a "bounce" message from a server that ends with "private.mspring.net" forward it on to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with FULL headers. They seem to be in denial that this is THEIR problem. It appears that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" has subscribed

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: No it's not a winmodem... I checked for that before I bought it... How is modem configuration done under Linux, and I will try if it works... Peter: Please visit the following page: http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19991113a.html Then, if it's listed as "OK"

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: I just checked US Robotics site for my modem and in fact it will work under DOS, so I assume that it should work in Linux. I just don't know how to configure it... What's the exact model number of your modem? John

Re: [newbie] Printing problems

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm using linux Mandrake 6.0 with KDE. I have a remote printer - HP LaserJet 5 - part of the LAN. Lpd works when I try printing with lpr but there are problems when I try to print from Maxwell for example. I think that there is some problem with filters but I

Re: [newbie] bounced emails

Three different ones "septimius,urbanus,and carus" forwarded from me are on their way !!! William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska

Re: [newbie] Installing on omnibook- mouseconfig hangs

I have installed linux - caldera version - on this laptop before and had no problems with the mouseconfig. Why is mandrakes mouseconfig different? John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have recently tried to install mandrake 6.1 on my omnibook 2000ct. Everything went

[newbie] Unmount

It wont unmount a drive at shutdown I have Mandrake 6.1 Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk I have a command to auto mount a drive to a win box it is in the rc.local file and it is a basic smbmount command It used to unmount with no problem when I shutdown using the ctl+alt+del Now it hangs and

[newbie] connect/software issue?

This one was an enigma till I "fixed" it. Mandrake dist. 6.0. Used kppp to dial into my ISP and all was well. The problem was that I couldn't launce anything while I was connected. No email client, browser, filemanager, terminal, nothing. Thing was though, that any app that was running before I

Re: [newbie] No bounces???

John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: Bad form to reply to my own message, I know, but just a "heads up" that the bounces are still occuring. :( I know... :-( Sheesh. I'm doing the same job they are and at least *I* admit when there's a problem with our configs. :-(

Re: [newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE

Try WP8 David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Mike Fieschko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:29 PM Subject: [newbie] Printing

[newbie] remove

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Re: [newbie] Samba Perl

You mentioned you has Samba running correctly to where your Linux box was seen in your network neighborhood. Any suggestions as to where to find the best info on getting this set right?

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

It's true that USR doesn't exist as a separate company since they were absorbed by 3Com, however, they still sell modems under the USR Brand name. All external modems are serial modems. Their ISA internal modems are not Winmodems unless labled such. I believe them may make ONE PCI modem

Re: [newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE

I too have had excellant luck with WP8 !!! William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska

[newbie] emu10k1

I have an SB Live sound card that i am trying to get running under linux. About a couple of weeks ago i downloaded emu10k1 but i have some qestions about some of the instructions it gives. How do I: 1) "unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore?" (if this step requires

[newbie] remove

remove

[newbie] Uninstalling Linux

Hey guys, my question is: how exactly do you uninstall Red Hat 6.1. I tried creating a win98 boot disk, booting it and running fdisk /mbr but all that did was give win98 back control of the booting sequence. I tried using fdisk to delete the partition but it said that logical drives were

Re: [newbie] Samba Perl

Here is a petty good place. http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/part5.html - Original Message - From: Mark Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba Perl You mentioned you has Samba running correctly to

Re: [newbie] make xconfig error

OK. I edited Makefile and removed "preferred-stack-boundary=2". I ran make xconfig. I ran make dep. But when I tried to run make zImage got the same "preferred-stack-boundary=2" error. Which file should I edit this time? Steve Philp wrote: It means Mandrake never tested their packages

[newbie] X-server

Hi, If you want to know who is the real beginner in Linux, well, that will be me. I've just installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC, but I can't set up the X-server. I think it caused by the false configuration of my Display card. My display card is i740 and it is not listed when I run Xconfiguration.

Re: [newbie] connect/software issue?

PadLocke wrote: This one was an enigma till I "fixed" it. Mandrake dist. 6.0. Used kppp to dial into my ISP and all was well. The problem was that I couldn't launce anything while I was connected. No email client, browser, filemanager, terminal, nothing. Thing was though, that any app that

Re: [newbie] emu10k1

"Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" wrote: I have an SB Live sound card that i am trying to get running under linux. About a couple of weeks ago i downloaded emu10k1 but i have some qestions about some of the instructions it gives. How do I: 1) "unload all existing soundcard drivers, including

[newbie] loading a module, program I should use?

I have recompiled my kernel so I can make my ATAPI cdrom look like a SCSI so I can now write cd's... got to load the scsi modules though, is there a program I should use so I don't mess anything up that has been set up automatically?

[newbie] Mandrake 6.1,keyboard and mouse problem.

I hope some one can help me, thanks in advance.. I just finished installing Version 6.1. during the installation, when I was trying to configure X. I couldn't do any thing at the test window, my mouse and keyboard where unresponsive... I couldn't type or move my mouse. I had to wait for the

Re: [newbie] Re: general info on where files are kept

Jaguar wrote: Is there a HOWTO on the basic file types, and where certain types are located ie: as in *.DOC is a document, *.INI is an initialization file located in the Windows SUB-DIR. You can usually tell what type of file it is by using the command: file filename It will

Re: [[newbie] modem install ]

I have a USR 56k modem that is not a winmodem and works fine under Linux. It is not a PCI card. You have to read the box VERY CAREFULLY and make sure that the modem inside it is not a winmodem. The other thing is that the non-winmodems usually cost more. It's true that USR doesn't exist as a

Re: [newbie] emu10k1

1) "unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore?" (if this step requires compiling the kernel, i am going to need really detailed instructions because i would not even know where to begin :-) , if not, what else do i have to do?) Usually sound card drivers a loaded as

Re: [newbie] Samba Perl

http://www.samba.org - Original Message - From: Mark Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba Perl You mentioned you has Samba running correctly to where your Linux box was seen in your network

[newbie] X-server

Hi, If you want to know who is the real beginner in Linux, well, that will be me. I've just installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC, but I can't set up the X-server. I think it caused by the false configuration of my Display card. My display card is i740 and it is not listed when I run Xconfiguration.

Re: [newbie] pine setup

I get a message while booting about httpd failing. Is this bad? I have gotten a few times before, but I don't think that it keeps me from doing anything. Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20177604

[newbie] smp questions

i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap motherboard

[newbie] Sound card integrated on board.

Unfortunately, I just realized I got a peice of crap board that has an integrated sound card. I enabled it to run within windows, but Linux does not seem to pick it up. Maybe I am just soo used to Windows picking up my hardware automatically. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot. On Thu, 11 Nov

[newbie] X-server

Hi, If you want to know who is the real beginner in Linux, well, that will be me. I've just installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC, but I can't set up the X-server. I think it caused by the false configuration of my Display card. My display card is i740 and it is not listed when I run Xconfiguration.

[newbie] Mandrake 6.1,keyboard and mouse problem.

I hope some one can help me, thanks in advance.. I just finished installing Version 6.1. during the installation, when I was trying to configure X. I couldn't do any thing at the test window, my mouse and keyboard where unresponsive... I couldn't type or move my mouse. I had to wait for the

Re: [newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE

"Karen" == Karen Heiby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike Fieschko wrote: [snip] I do not have an Epson 660, but I notice in Star Office's Printer Setup, that this model is not listed. What printer support did you install with Star Office? I found the printer setup and

Re: [newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE

Do you have an Epson 660 too? I'd like to try WP8. I was just wanting the convenience of a total office suite, though. You know, everything is in once place nice and neat :-) Karen - Original Message - From: WH Bouterse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November

Re: [newbie] make xconfig error

I experienced the exact problem, any files should I modify other than Makefile? SF Earl Karch wrote: OK. I edited Makefile and removed "preferred-stack-boundary=2". I ran make xconfig. I ran make dep. But when I tried to run make zImage got the same "preferred-stack-boundary=2" error.

Re: [newbie] pine setup

Are you using your box as a web server? If not, then the fact that httpd failed loading shouldn't hurt you. You won't be able to view the default web page that has links to some of the documentation (if you installed it), but otherwise no big deal. - Original Message - From: Dreja Julag

Re: [newbie] smp questions

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place to compare prices than cnet.com? I would give pricewatch.com a shot. They have smp boards for as low as 69 but that might not necessarily be your best bet. If you're looking for a certain

Re: [newbie] make xconfig error

There is one other Makefile in one of the subdirectories. I can't remember where it is right now. Do some looking around, it is in one of the directories that is one level below /usr/src/linux - Original Message - From: Siu Fai Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[newbie] ISP connection only works for ROOT?

List, After getting my modem to work under L-M 6.1 (which support told me wouldn't work), I've discovered I can't find Kppp anymore (Murphy's Law?). So, I'm using KWvDial in lieu. There seems to be no way to change the AT commands, though I changed them under Linuxconf, but when KWv dials up my

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux

Hi, Have you tried fdisk or cfdisk in Linux? - Original Message - From: Lionel Barrow To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:26 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux Hey guys, my question is: how exactly do you uninstall Red Hat 6.1. I

Re: [newbie] X-server

If your using 6.0 you can use the XBF server. I believe it is located in the /apps folder on the cd. Just follow the instructions in the readme file. Version 6.1 has support built in. It has several different i740 cards listed, as well as a generic agp and pci i740. Good Luck Ben -