Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an application
in the background?
Thanks ya'll :)
*sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect*
PadLocke the Ogre
OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on tonight :):)
Hi, it's me again.
I wonder if there is any program to play MPEG movie files?
I have a lot of vcd's that I like to try to watch on Linux.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, padlocke wrote:
Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an application
in the background?
Thanks ya'll :)
*sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect*
PadLocke the Ogre
OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on tonight :):)
depends
Hello all:
The Win95 setup:
Dialup networking using 'Slip: Unix connection', log onto network, TCP/IP'
or'PPP, Windows95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet',
log ontonetwork, enable software
compression, TCP/IP'
TCP/IP settings:
Matt, Tim, Mark,
Thank you for your suggestions. I had already disabled the screen saver,
I used WinTop, and don't have all those start files, but at least this time
I got a real error message when the install died while decompressing the
program files... By the way, the only non-system, non
From Unix, it's just a case of putting an ampersand after the command to
move it to the background. I have not tried it for Linux.
- Original Message -
From: padlocke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:06 AM
Subject: [newbie] background
Gerry Doyon wrote:
You never said what you inteneded to do with the Linux software. I assume you
want to create a partition on your Windows 98 drive to make room for a Linux
install. I did this myself. Yes, I sweated it for a bit but it all came out
okay. I use a floppy to boot into Linux
Lovister LJ wrote:
Hi, it's me again.
I wonder if there is any program to play MPEG movie files?
I have a lot of vcd's that I like to try to watch on Linux.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
For VCDs, you'll need a program called mpegtv. You can find a link to
it by doing a search on
Bill Barnes wrote:
Hello all:
The Win95 setup:
Dialup networking using 'Slip: Unix connection', log onto network, TCP/IP'
or'PPP, Windows95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet',
log ontonetwork, enable software
compression,
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Dennis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:21:20 -0800, you wrote:
Dennis,
Well, unlike a lot of Linux (relative) newbies, I can guarantee you that it
is not a winmodem. It's a USR Sportster 28.8 EXTERNAL. And I doubt that the
Since its an external than all bets are
Dan Ferris wrote:
Well.
I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know
what its doing but I have a couple of problems.
1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed
up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps
Hi,
I've been fiddling round trying to get my pnp modem running under linux and
I've decided that I'll reach out and ask for help.
In order to minimise my pings under q3a (A non-negotiable necessity) I have
to have my modem set to pnp mode and my bios set to non-pnp OS installed. (I
tried EVERY
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
Lovister LJ wrote:
Hi, it's me again.
I wonder if there is any program to play MPEG movie files?
I have a lot of vcd's that I like to try to watch on Linux.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
For VCDs, you'll need a program called mpegtv.
Just perhaps stating the obvious, but don't you have to tell Linux to pick
up receiving calls, as the normal setup is to dial out?
- Original Message -
From: Bill Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:30 PM
Subject: [newbie] Win95 modem
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Michael A. Koziarski wrote:
Hi,
I've been fiddling round trying to get my pnp modem running under linux and
I've decided that I'll reach out and ask for help.
In order to minimise my pings under q3a (A non-negotiable necessity) I have
to have my modem set to pnp mode
From: Ronald A. Yacketta
True how true it is.
BUT... the file downloaded from creative labs has a readme that details its
install/confg etc...
"Serpico" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/02/99 12:50:13 AM
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: Ronald A.
From: Ronald A. Yacketta
OPS!
Let me take back my previous post :)
I misread the post I replied to
Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/01/99 07:49:44 PM
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC)
Subject: Re: [newbie]
From: Ronald A. Yacketta
check www.freshmeat.net
I think there is a site named www.blackdown.com or something similar, just
do a search on freshmeat.net
I nabed the jdk1.2 (port of the sun java 2.0)
Mark Wagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/01/99 11:54:37 PM
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
padlocke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an
application
in the background?
Thanks ya'll :)
*sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect*
PadLocke the Ogre
OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on tonight :):)
I'm still relatively new at Linux (1 month) but I started out with LM 6.0. I
recently ran the update program and it updated some stuff like Netscape,
init-scripts, etc. Previously I could telnet and ftp to my linux box. Now I
cannot seem to telnet or ftp to my linux machine from my windows box or
Your post are getting through ..
It takes awhile.
Mark
- Original Message -
From: Pat Mellema [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: newbe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: December 1, 1999 12:43 PM
Subject: [newbie] test
Is this getting through I have tried 2 posts and have
not had any response and they
padlocke wrote:
Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an application
in the background?
Thanks ya'll :)
*sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect*
PadLocke the Ogre
OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on tonight :):)
Is it ? I think it is .
SA
Please remove my name from the mailing list. This is my second request.
Thank you.
Jim Godfrey
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Patyep, it got here, but give it time. It usually takes a few hours
for a message to come back to you from the list. There is also a reason
for a message to not show up at all (obviously not your problem), that's
when a person joins the digest version of the list and digest-members
don't
Hi :)
First time for this. I'm working on setting up a Linux server on a PPC Mac.
Is there a distribution for the PPC or will RH 6.1 work fine?
Thanks
PadLocke the Ogre
Golly... that gizmo really works!
If you're using Netscape, try hitting the "Get Msg" button on the
toolbar. Maybe your prefs aren't setup to automatically dl new msg's.
Are you getting any mail at all? If you're not getting list mail, then
this is probably no help.
-Josh
Pat Mellema wrote:
Is this getting through I
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Hi John ..
(Re: what am I planning to do with the system)
(Re: .. Swap file size)
Well, Most likly I'll use it to .. learn linux, fool around with KDE
and other window managers, edit web pages and graphics, play games,
Play cd-music, surf the net ..
I'm no stranger to my 'puter's (AMD) BIOS setup, but there are a few
parameters I'm not sure exactly what they do.
Under Chipset Setup, Dram control, I've disabled Memory Hole, cuz
I read somewhere Linux doesn't appreciate memory holes... There's
read/write Leadoff... Read burst
BUT... I didn't need to go to the site in order to get it to work. That
would have opened up another bag of problems for me if I did that. I can't
go to step 2 if I don't know how to get to step 1, correct? That's good to
know and I will keep it in mind for next time. Thank you.
From:
Happened to me also, go to the RPM folder on the Mandrake disk and reinstall
the server for ftp and telnet.
Original Message Follows
From: "Morrell, Mike" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Mandrake Newbie Mail list (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie]
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
John,
I got it to work as user, thanks. It's good.
Ain't it nifty? ;-)
John
Has anyone tried to use the icon on the KDE desktop. I get an error message
that says "mandrake cannot execute the update function" Has anyone else had
this problem
Thanks
Steve Bradley
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
From Unix, it's just a case of putting an ampersand after the command to
move it to the background. I have not tried it for Linux.
That often does work in Linux. :-)
John
Is there any support for Lexmark Printers? Drivers and the like?
Suggestions are eagerly encouraged.
-Tom
Where can I find a list of Compatible hardware for the Linux-Mandrake
operating system?
Is there a port scanning utility RPM? Thanks. I want to check my home
firewall from work.
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
padlocke wrote:
Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an application
in the background?
Thanks ya'll :)
*sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect*
PadLocke the Ogre
OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on
(Re: what am I planning to do with the system)
(Re: .. Swap file size)
Well, Most likly I'll use it to .. learn linux, fool around with KDE
and other window managers, edit web pages and graphics, play games,
Play cd-music, surf the net .. etc.
Hmmm .. well, guess that about
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
I'm still relatively new at Linux (1 month) but I started out with LM 6.0. I
recently ran the update program and it updated some stuff like Netscape,
init-scripts, etc. Previously I could telnet and ftp to my linux box. Now I
cannot seem to telnet or ftp to my
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Hi :)
First time for this. I'm working on setting up a Linux server on a PPC Mac.
Is there a distribution for the PPC or will RH 6.1 work fine?
First, Mandrake 6.1 is NOT RH 6.1 :-)
Second, yestwo versions: MKLinux and LinuxPPC.
John
Gimp keeps using up my home partition when I use it to manipulate graphics files.
I've already allocated 1.5Gigs and Gimp manages
to fill that very quickly. I'm only messing with small graphics files. What can I do
to alleviate this problem?
Seve
Well its upgraded to a pentium, the cdrom is a Mitsumi KEPanasonic CDROM on
I/O 0630h-0637h the driver is mkecr5xx.mpd on the windows system area and I
don't know which mdk version
Hello,
I just got a NEWCOM ISA 56K Jumper Modem and set it to COM 4 IRQ 3. Is
their anything else I need to do to set my modem up like in the BIOS or
something like that becaue I'm using KPPP and I set up an account and
everytime i hit connect it says initializing modem then it hangs. Any
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Is this message gitting through as I have tried
several times to post and have seem nothing.
Pat
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I just upgraded to kernel 2.2.13-22 from -7 and wondered if there's any
way to switch to the new kernel without rebooting. I don't figure there is
but I've got 22 days of uptime under my belt and had been hoping to keep
it up as long as possible :)
DvB
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Well.
I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know
what its doing but I have a couple of problems.
1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed
up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of
"Morrell, Mike" wrote:
I'm still relatively new at Linux (1 month) but I started out with LM 6.0. I
recently ran the update program and it updated some stuff like Netscape,
init-scripts, etc. Previously I could telnet and ftp to my linux box. Now I
cannot seem to telnet or ftp to my linux
Greetings All!
Just updated X to 3.3.5 and im wondering:
Now when i log in, from the graphical login screen, instead taking me
to kde, it takes me to a blank desktop with an xterm open. This happens even
if i have the session type set to KDE. To start kde, i have to enter
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Is there any support for Lexmark Printers? Drivers and the like?
Suggestions are eagerly encouraged.
You are encouraged to visit the "*nix Compatibility list" at
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/#2
John
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
I'm curious as to even needing 128mb swap (?) I have 128mb's
ram, and no matter what, I never get into the swap for more than 2
to 5 mb's. I asked for 80mb, but Diskdruid gave me 88. Should'a
asked for 40.
Well, my machine at home here has 192 megs
Hi John and all,
Re: Ram/Swap - 128 Meg.
Yea .. I agree, better to big .. then to small.
(Off Topic:)
A word about my mobo:
Well, My LM-PP CD's came today, to bad I
didn't have a motherboard to start building
the system, as everything else is already here.
Bunta.com, tell me it's on back
On 02-Dec-99 Payne Stanifer wrote:
I have a Canon BJC-240 printer and my distro has the driver, but Wordperfect
doesn't have it. Is there anything I can to do fix this? Where is the
printer driver located in Linux and can I put it in with the WP drivers? Any
help is grately appreciated.
On 02-Dec-99 Tom McGrath wrote:
Is there any support for Lexmark Printers? Drivers and the like?
Suggestions are eagerly encouraged.
-Tom
You might want to have a look at this page as a starting point:
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/#1
Hope this proves helpful.
Clif
--
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
I just upgraded to kernel 2.2.13-22 from -7 and wondered if there's any
way to switch to the new kernel without rebooting. I don't figure there is
but I've got 22 days of uptime under my belt and had been hoping to keep
it up as long as possible :)
Is that
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Well its upgraded to a pentium, the cdrom is a Mitsumi KEPanasonic CDROM on
I/O 0630h-0637h the driver is mkecr5xx.mpd on the windows system area and I
don't know which mdk version
It's a "panasonic interface" non-standard. It uses the SoundBlaster
as it's
John.er...it was a one-hour special using the "7 Days" time slot and
then a new episode with Marina Sirtis Dwight Schultz guest-starring.
A really neat off-beat episode.
Alan
John Aldrich wrote:
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
padlocke wrote:
Fellas... What in tarnation is
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
I am wondering how to get Mandrake-linux6 to detect my network card. I have
a LAN with a printer installed on a third system at home, that I would like
to use. The card is a 3com isa type card and also the hub is a 3com
HomeConnect product. Thanks in
Ggreenejron the Linux-Mandrake web site.
Alan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Where can I find a list of Compatible hardware for the Linux-Mandrake
operating system?
Hi,
Re: Hardware sites - Linux.
You might want to check here as well.
http://lhd.datapower.com/
GL
Mark
- Original Message -
From: Jan Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: December 2, 1999 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] List of Compatible Hardware
Go to
Either in Gnome or KDE, you can use switchdesk utility. It must be somewhere
in the menu or you can just type switchdesk in terminal window. When the
program window shows up, just choose either Gnome or KDE and restart x
window.
Seung-woo Nam
- Original Message -
From: "Payne Stanifer"
Dear friends:
Just updated the new lpr v. 0.46. It fixes some security problems. But
the lpq command is still dead ("no entries"). lpq didn't work either in
0.38. Does Mandrake plan to fix this soon?
Thanks.
Benjamin
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Sher's Russian Web
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Well its upgraded to a pentium, the cdrom is a Mitsumi KEPanasonic CDROM on
I/O 0630h-0637h the driver is mkecr5xx.mpd on the windows system area and I
don't know which mdk version
It's a "panasonic interface" non-standard. It uses the SoundBlaster
as it's
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear friends:
Just updated the new lpr v. 0.46. It fixes some security problems. But
the lpq command is still dead ("no entries"). lpq didn't work either in
0.38. Does Mandrake plan to fix this soon?
Thanks.
Benjamin
Clif,
Nice Web page.
Thanks,
Matt
From: Clif Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Printer Drivers
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 21:09:39 -0500 (EST)
On 02-Dec-99 Payne Stanifer wrote:
I have a Canon BJC-240 printer and my distro has
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Chmouel, (you still with us :))
yep gnus-scoring follow thread for me ;).
Am i correct in assumeing the desktop icons are contained in the
kde packages and not specificly in the applications rpm, in the
I have the very same problem after a vanilla installation.
Also as has been mentioned in other posts, stuffed up graphics on the KDE
Apps.
I will have a look later for info on the above problems and post whatever I
find.
I have to admit that I am somewhat surprised that these problems were not
Thanks for the help. I now have two more problems. These are probably the
last two before I will have Mandrake running as well as my old RH 5.2 setup.
First is this, I have an HP CDRecorder Plus IDE cdrecorder on /dev/hdd. I
would like to be able to burn cds with it. I have cdrecord version
First, make sure KPPP is set to use /dev/ttyS3. In KPPP, select the option
labeled "query modem" to be sure that KPPP is able to talk to your modem.
Then try connecting to your ISP again.
HTH,
Matt
From: "Jan Herbert" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Well its upgraded to a pentium, the cdrom is a Mitsumi KEPanasonic CDROM on
I/O 0630h-0637h the driver is mkecr5xx.mpd on the windows system area and I
don't know which mdk version
It's a "panasonic
There probably is misconfigured serial port, so you better setserial
(as root, naturally) by command: setserial /dev/ttyS3 IRQ 3 autoconfigure
I had to do the same and things worked fine after that.:)
Regards Eero
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote:
First, make sure KPPP is set to use /dev/ttyS3.
Hi Cliff,
Re: ( ~smithrod/wpfonts.html - Printer fonts.)
Hey .. That is a relly nice site.
I like it .. thanks for the tip.
Best!
Mark
- Original Message -
From: Clif Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: December 2, 1999 10:09 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Printer
On FreeBSD I put 'exec startkde' in .xinitrc and then just run xinit from
the console. Linux should be the same in that respect since X is X.
At 05:33 PM 12/2/1999 -0800, you wrote:
Greetings All!
Just updated X to 3.3.5 and im wondering:
Now when i log in, from the graphical
I had to do it. After having been a Linux user for ~month, I had to do
the CRASH TEST on my system. Opening multiple netscape windows should
be an easy way to crash a system, right? Right now, I've opened 12
navigator windows, 1 composer window, messenger, Kpackage, Font manager,
system
I just downloaded October Gnome and I want to install it, but I want to have
an option between KDE and Gnome. HOw should I go about the installation and
setup up of the Gnome/KDE option? Any help would be great.
Payne Stanifer
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I have a Canon BJC-240 printer and my distro has the driver, but Wordperfect
doesn't have it. Is there anything I can to do fix this? Where is the
printer driver located in Linux and can I put it in with the WP drivers? Any
help is grately appreciated.
Payne Stanifer
I have all the October gnome files and when i eter the command to install
the packages it stops and tells me I need libgr-progs for imlib-1.9.7-1. I
found multiple libgr's but no progs. If the other gr's are what I need,
which one do I need? thanks.
Payne
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