Re: [newbie] 7.0---7.02

2000-02-18 Thread Vic
Dang, I am getting cablemodem, but I have no burner either. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Ger-Bil Jinn mewed: I have problems with 7.0, and I just ordered 7.02 so by next week I hope to have no problems ... Funny hours after I ordered the 7.0 CD, Mandrake posts the new ISO images for 7.02

Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kevinok, before I began this reply I dug out my boot floppy (a HD 1.44 floppy disc made into a boot disc in a standard 3 1/2" drive) and stuck it in my ls-120, then rebooted (I set the bios to boot the Ls-120). It was excruciatingly slow (much slower than a standard floppy boot), but booted

Re: [newbie] Red Neck Linux

2000-02-18 Thread Vic
I remember when I went to Arkansas in Little Rock to see my uncle a long time ago, it was beautiful there, I did not get out alot, as I was with my dad and spent most of my time fiddling with my uncle's ham radio but i had a blast. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Josh McCaffrey mewed: On Thu, 17 Feb

Re: [newbie] need 7.02

2000-02-18 Thread Vic
Well since http://www.lsl.com (linux system labs) accepts checks, they should accept a money order. You can call them at 1-888-linux-88 On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Kit mewed: anyone know how I can get a CD of 7.02mandrake...cheap...but also, I don't have a checking account,don't like banks,no

[newbie] AUDIO CD's

2000-02-18 Thread Eunice Thompson
now that i can mount a CD drive, how can I listen to some music?

Re: [newbie] help

2000-02-18 Thread Lance Borden
Kit wrote: Will someone please tell me...HOW to fix a problem...I have with 6.1 everytime I click on HOME (desktop) then go up to the next level...in order to MOUNT either my CD drive or HDA1 etc...after clicking on /mnt...it starts, but then it freezesand at this point, I have to

Re: [newbie] Red Neck Linux

2000-02-18 Thread Lance Borden
I'm a Texan, and an Aggie, and I LOVE a good Redneck or Aggie joke (or about Tx). I used to watch Dukes of Hazzard all the time, so this joke "hits close to home" -- it's a great one! Lance (the Redneck) :-) Josh McCaffrey wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED

[newbie] Supermount

2000-02-18 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Michael: Thanks so much again for your help with fstab. I love the supermount feature in LM 7.0. I have a very stupid question, and I am an experienced Linux user (though non-techie): How do you UNmount a floppy or CDrom by using the supermount icon? There is no option for this. Is it

Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab

2000-02-18 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I did choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab? Seve -Original

Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab - correction

2000-02-18 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Oops, I meant to type: I did Not choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab?

Re: [newbie] AUDIO CD's

2000-02-18 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Can you get sound from the CD player software on your taskbar? Seve -Original Message-From: Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:40

Re: [newbie] Supermount

2000-02-18 Thread Vic
Just tell it to eject and the "unmounting" is done automatically On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Benjamin Sher mewed: Dear Michael: Thanks so much again for your help with fstab. I love the supermount feature in LM 7.0. I have a very stupid question, and I am an experienced Linux user (though

Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

2000-02-18 Thread David Odin (aka DindinX)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:46:05PM -0500, Ron Burns wrote: Hi Alan... Is there actually an email client that will display html under Linux? Every Mime-compilant email client can launch extra apps to view html. There're many of them. I use mutt. Email client doesn't have to display

Re: [[newbie] AUDIO CDs]

2000-02-18 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Eunice Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now that i can mount a CD drive, how can I listen to some music? == Don't "mount" the drive to play a CD. Only data CD-ROMs get "mounted". To play an audio CD, just launch your cdplayer with the audio cd in

Re: [newbie] LILO problems

2000-02-18 Thread James Mellema
mike wrote: snip thanks but I have already tried that several times and just get the following : Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Added windows * Partition entry not found I have also tried KLILO several times with the same

[newbie] audio cd's

2000-02-18 Thread Eunice Thompson
when i click on the cd player icon on the task panel , with the audio cd in the drive, the player repots that the cd is ejected. i've pushed all the buttons and nothing works. THANKS

Re: [[newbie] audio cds]

2000-02-18 Thread Michael Scottaline
Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when i click on the cd player icon on the task panel , with the audio cd in the drive, the player repots that the cd is ejected. i've pushed all the buttons and nothing works. THANKS Eunice, There may be a permissions problem just a guess

[newbie] help

2000-02-18 Thread Sven Magnus
help

[newbie] HELP!, 2.2.13 kernel compiling problems.

2000-02-18 Thread EA1ABZ, Ramiro
Hi all I have mandrake 6.0 distribution. I have compiled my 2.2.13 kernel using 486 option with success. Today I have recompiled again to add some amateur radio modules and remove other modules and things I do not use. Now it stops when booting. I have used the following commands: make

[newbie] kppp connection

2000-02-18 Thread John Parsell
When I try to use Kppp to connect to the internet, as user or root the pppd daemon dies after connection. The error log says that kppp cant find a password for the server. How can I fix this. I can get on using netconf with no trouble. I am using Mandrake 7.0 with a NE2000 card. Thanks!!

Re: [newbie] Forgiveness??

2000-02-18 Thread Lane Lester
ken wrote: I can only assume I've grievously insulted the list by my ignorance. Would someone be so kind as to answer (directly to free others from unneeded mail) what my sin has been? I'm a newbie myself and brand-new to this list, so I can't answer your question definitively. However,

Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

2000-02-18 Thread Jeanette Russo
Just use good old Netscape works fine for all HTML email if that's all you want Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Mike Fieschko" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

RE: [newbie] Re: Welcome to list newbie

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
Sorry you're having problems. can you give me some more information? 1- does your proxy involve the user logging into the NT Network? 2- try pinging your gateway then see if you can ping your name server (using ping w-2000 [insert IP] windows is slower in ping) 3- if you don't know about #1 try

Re: [newbie] pws removal !

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
you have to change who you login as to show vishal@localhost you know: login: vishal password: zippity-doo-dah as for the network setting you changed to get it. linuxconf is pretty easy to use chang your host back to localhost.localdomain At 02:10 AM 2/18/00, you wrote: Hi,

[newbie] A question about installation process

2000-02-18 Thread antonio . guirado
Hello I'd like to install LINUX in my intel-machine. My hard-disk is 9 Gb an I have a 1 G partition. When I try to do the a LINUX-NATIVE partition is imposible an give me an error "partition too big". l have W95 in my computer too and I dont wan't to erase the information. What can I do ?

[newbie] Moble hard-drive?

2000-02-18 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
Hi, I have a drive that is formatted (fat16) that I use for downloading files to and then bring home to load on my linux-Mandrake 7.0-2 box (I have a real fast internet access at work compaired with 33.6 at home). So when I install this drive, as the slave on the secondary controller, and power

Re: [newbie] LILO problems

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
take a look at the hd upgrade howto I think its a minihowto in it theres a way to edit the lilo command string to specify WHICH disks mbr you're writing too. If you have a problem with the mbr goto www.bootdisk.com download aefdisk it can write you a new mbr for DOS/windows then if it says like

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2000-02-18 Thread alvaro beckerig

Re: [newbie] Supermount

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
Hi there the command is umount (only the 1 n) /dev/[apropriate device name] At 09:53 PM 2/17/00, you wrote: Dear Michael: Thanks so much again for your help with fstab. I love the supermount feature in LM 7.0. I have a very stupid question, and I am an experienced Linux user (though

Re: [newbie] kppp connection

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
hey, that's why I'm here. Can you let me know if you get any responses? At 07:34 AM 2/18/00, you wrote: When I try to use Kppp to connect to the internet, as user or root the pppd daemon dies after connection. The error log says that kppp cant find a password for the server. How can I fix this.

Re: [newbie] help

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
sorry, need some info. what's the problem? At 06:33 AM 2/18/00, you wrote: help JTyler fax:(508)519-8911 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwp.icq.com/43034944 http://www.bigfoot.com/~jty

Re: [newbie] Linux and MP3s, various

2000-02-18 Thread James Luongo
Amen to that. I know exactly what you mean by mp3s skipping under windoze, even with 128 MB ram you think they wouldn't skip, but n. --- Ron Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got Linux to finally notice my sound card (SB16) and have been playing lots of MP3s while I configure and

Re: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt

2000-02-18 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:01:38 -0700,Chuck said to Steve You will of course let the list know how you solve this (thinking optimistically I am). Actually I'm shocked that more users don't seem to have the need to write to vfat partitions! Good luck Steve. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote: I've

Re: [newbie] A question about installation process

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
I'm assuming your windows partition is 8G? the only way to boot to a partition past the first 2G is to use a boot floppy so make one when you get the chance. if you're having problems with creating the partition itself: 1-are you creating ONLY a linux native partition or also a swap partition

[newbie] Q's concerning Kppp and Lilo

2000-02-18 Thread Sean Geoghegan
Hi I'm new to the list and to Mandrake 7.0 and I've got a couple questions that have been discussed recently but I've come in on the tail end of the conversations so if someone can fill me in it would much appreciated. 1 I can connect to my ISP using Kppp and I can ping th remote server

Re: [newbie] Permissions to /mnt

2000-02-18 Thread Audrey Beck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using LinuxConfto set my fstab file up. It all mounts, without problems. Even got the CD-burner to mount after working out it was sr0. Trouble is, only root has write permissions to everything. 'steve' only has read permissions to the vfat mounted

[newbie] Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat /proc/asound/sndstat it say: Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: ForteMedia FM801 at 0xe400, irq 12 Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices:

[newbie] Fwd: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat /proc/asound/sndstat it say: Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: ForteMedia FM801 at 0xe400, irq 12 Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices:

[newbie] Fwd: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
-- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: Hi, I installed MDK 7.0 But my soundcard FM801 don't work Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 04:54:21 -0600 From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat

[newbie] Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
-- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 05:03:18 -0600 From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat

[newbie] Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat /proc/asound/sndstat it say: Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: ForteMedia FM801 at 0xe400, irq 12 Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices:

[newbie] I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat /proc/asound/sndstat it say: Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: ForteMedia FM801 at 0xe400, irq 12 Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices: NOT

[newbie] Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Fernando Camacho Olmos
-- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 04:58:33 -0600 From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry my english is bad. I have a FM801 and it is recognized by mdk but don work when i put "cat

[newbie] re:Installaion problems 9GB disk

2000-02-18 Thread rjpeake
Hello You will need to give up some of your disk space which is now reserved for windows to the Linux operating system. I suggest that you use Partition Magic 4.01 or 5.0 (newer and more expensive than 4.01) to do this job. You will need to defragment your files on the windows partition (the

Re: [newbie] Q's concerning Kppp and Lilo

2000-02-18 Thread James D. Tyler
At 08:19 AM 2/18/00, you wrote: Hi I'm new to the list and to Mandrake 7.0 and I've got a couple questions that have been discussed recently but I've come in on the tail end of the conversations so if someone can fill me in it would much appreciated. 1 I can connect to my ISP using Kppp and I

Re: [newbie] subscribe/unsubscribe

2000-02-18 Thread RRPotratz
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote: Good idea - I need the unsubscribe email and instructions please. Who on earth has time to read this much e-mail?! i.e I sure don't want to learn THAT much !

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2000-02-18 Thread Eric Martinez

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Re: [newbie] Email help!

2000-02-18 Thread Ron Warren
Paulo, You have to set both your pop smtp settings in Netscape preference. Mine are pop.we.mediaone.net smtp.we.mediaone.net Ron - Original Message - From: "Paulo Moreira" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:18 AM Subject: [newbie] Email

[newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Frank Rocco
Hi Again, I'm still showing extreme slowness in gnome over kde. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks Frank

[newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Ponton, Jason
Title: Mandrake 7.0 Has anyone seen the following message while installing mandrake 7.0? Please help if you can! Thank you. in second stage install _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Fri Feb 18 09:05:23 2000

Re: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread BryanMoorehead
Yes, but I had only 80mb of RAM in that particular PC, so I assume that was the cause. Bryan "Frank Rocco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/18/2000 11:10:23 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject:

RE: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Frank Rocco
I'm running on 128 meg. I had gnome running on this machine using REd Hat 6.1 with no problems. However this version is newer. I wonder if I reinstall with just gnome instead of kde+gnome. Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday,

Re: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread rharvey
there is a ratio between your swap file and your memory I dont rember what it is off the top of my head but if you were one of the ones that auto installed and the install detected less memory than you really had you may not have enough swap file. Let me know if you need the ratio

[newbie] Backing up MBR

2000-02-18 Thread Michelle Schneider
I thought there was a program on the Mandrake cd for backing up the MBR. Now I can't find it. I looked on the cds for 5.3, 6.0, and 6.1. Am I missing something? Michelle -- "Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them muffins." Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the

[newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2

2000-02-18 Thread jeff
I just received 7.0 for linux mall for a buck 98, but now I see folks talking about 7.2. Is there a large difference, something I should be concerned about? Also a bit off subject, but some told me about 3d labs is going to have a new product that is supposed to shoot the stock through the

RE: [newbie] Re: [expert] WebServer Software

2000-02-18 Thread Wizaerd
Unfortunately, this is not the one that came across, although it's a good alternative. Alledegly, the one from yesterday was a free solution. -Original Message- From: Matt Denton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Newbie Mandrake

[newbie] Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

2000-02-18 Thread rharvey
Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

Re: [newbie] Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

2000-02-18 Thread David van Balen
Yeah, as long as you have the proper hardware and it's configured right. DvB On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, rharvey wrote: Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

Re: [newbie] Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

2000-02-18 Thread rharvey
where can i get the info on this and what hardware would i need besides a modem? - Original Message - From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to

Re: [newbie] Can you set up linux to let people dial in and gain access to your network?

2000-02-18 Thread BryanMoorehead
I can dial into my box at home if my internet (cable modem) connection is down. I think it is simply a matter of having a properly configured modem. You can do this from KDE by selecting K - Applications - Voice Mail Fax (kvoice) It will ask it it is okay to enable certain changes. Be

Re: [newbie] Forgiveness??

2000-02-18 Thread David Schur
Well sorry for not answering directly, but i think its smart to clarifiy this list to people who are either new or don't under stand the nature of this list and most others like it. This list is not a help service ran by mandrake staff... it is hosted by them and watched by thembut

[newbie] DHCP problem

2000-02-18 Thread David van Balen
The network my computer's on was down for a while earlier. It's now up, but I can't get a stable connection under Linux. If I run dhcpcd -k and then restart the daemon, it works for a while and then dies (i.e. my telnet sessions freeze and netscape can't connect to any server). Windows under

Re: [newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2

2000-02-18 Thread Ger-Bil Jinn
There are a number of fixes between 7.0 and 7.02 that are listed at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Some people reported problems using/installing 7.0 but those problems disappeared in 7.02. I've had problems trying to get 7.0 to recognize my NIC and soundcard,

[newbie] auto_inst.cfg.pl

2000-02-18 Thread Ferris, Chris
It appears this file will do an automated install of Linux-Mandrake (Kind of like REDHAT's kickstart). Does anyone know anything about this or how to use it?? Chris

RE: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Frank Rocco
Thanks, please send me the ratios and how to apply them. Should I reinstall and select only gnome? Frank -Original Message- From: rharvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on

[newbie] Cannot kompile kernel

2000-02-18 Thread Antoniou, Stylianos
Hi there, I have Mandrake 7.0 installed in two computers that I have got access to. My problem is that whenever I try to kompile the kernel in either of them I get error messages (even without changing any settings). Is there a problem with Mandrake7 or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Stelios

Re: [newbie] KMail Problem

2000-02-18 Thread bluebottle
I've had the same problem with various versions of linux. Often the subject relates to some unconnected mail. Only happens on this group mail. I don't know the answer. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, you wrote: Perhaps this is more of a KDE problem than a Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Second request - gnome slow on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread rharvey
my manual says " you should create a swap partition that does not exceed twice the size of your physical ram or 128 mb which ever is less. for example if you have 32 mb of ram you can create a 64 mb swap partition. (partition type linus swap)" personally I set it up so that no gui's open

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

2000-02-18 Thread bluebottle
Multiple sendings wont help - go to Mandrake site and follow instructions. Why annoy the rest of us. On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, you wrote:

[newbie] Promise Ultra 66

2000-02-18 Thread Ali Tavakoly
Greetings, I have a promise ultra 66 controller. I can'tt seem to ger root to mount.I think thsi is due to the fac that it is not detectign my hd. I seem to remember there was a patch for it. it is no longer ont he site. can someone help? peace, ali

[newbie] Printtool

2000-02-18 Thread Ron Warren
I can't get my Mandrake 7.0 machine to print to my Hp Laserjet 5p on my WinNT 4.0 server. When I use the printtool it says that Samba is not installed. But it is installed because it starts with run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start I even reinstalled the rpm from the CD and still printtool

[newbie] Hi, everyone

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
HI! I am a new "Mandrake" member, and for the moment I am trying to make sure everyone gets a semi-decent answers to his questions. That is, I answer the question if noone else does. .-) Of coarse, I am extremly lazy person, and prefere it if you do it ;- Nay. But it is a HUGE amount of e-mails

[newbie] Display problems

2000-02-18 Thread Mark Lehman
I've just installed Mandrake 7.0. I have a Diamond Monstor Fusion video card (like a 3dfx voodoo banshee). Everything was working fine as far as the display goes, but then something happened and every time I execute startx and go into gnome or kde, the screen is so dark thatI have to turn

Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
why dont you just type: supermount enable -i ?? It will change your fstab from "normal" to "supermounting". "disable" does the oposite. cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft

Re: [newbie] HELP!, 2.2.13 kernel compiling problems.

2000-02-18 Thread Warren Doney
mv /lib/modules/2.2.13-xx /lib/modules/2.2.13-xx.bak *before* you recompile the kernel. If you don't, new kernel looks for old modules -WBD - Original Message - From: "EA1ABZ, Ramiro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:13 AM Subject:

Re: [newbie] 7.0 vs 7.2

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~I just received 7.0 for linux mall for a buck 98, but now I see folks :~talking about 7.2. :~ :~Is there a large difference, something I should be concerned about? It is 7.02, and differences are minor. That is, if your install went smooth, you are OK. If you had problems on install, try 7.02.

Re: [newbie] Cannot kompile kernel

2000-02-18 Thread Warren Doney
You need to choose "expert" + "development" packages when you install. have a look at the kernel howto at www.mandrakeuser.org -WBD - Original Message - From: "Antoniou, Stylianos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 7:25 AM Subject: [newbie] Cannot

Re: [[newbie] audio cds]

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :~ when i click on the cd player icon on the task panel , with the audio cd :~ in the drive, the player repots that the cd is ejected. i've pushed all :~ the buttons and nothing works. :~ :~ THANKS Hi, Eunice Have you configured the sound-card? I

Re: [newbie] auto_inst.cfg.pl

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Ferris, Chris wrote: :~Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:10:12 -0700 :~From: "Ferris, Chris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~To: "Newbie Linux-Mandrake (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Subject: [newbie] auto_inst.cfg.pl :~ :~It appears this file will do an automated

[newbie] Linux Partitions

2000-02-18 Thread James Luongo
Hello people, You all have been a great help to me. I have saved many emails that I may need at a later date. Tonight, I am going to install LM6.1 for the 5th time (I always messed something up before). Anyway, I plan on a custom install. I never know what size to make partitions or even,

Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~I find it a necessity for my wife who has Multiple Sclerosis and needs to see the :larger / bolder type font. Sorry, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. You should set up her account to use LARGE fonts as default, then she will be able to read ANYONES e-mails, not just those written in

Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Hi Alan... :~ :~Is there actually an email client that will display html under Linux? Netscape for one. Although I am happy with pine 2. D. - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft|||

Re: [[newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?]

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~ Is there actually an email client that will display html under Linux? Star office, 2

[newbie] Question never answered.

2000-02-18 Thread jeff
As I have been playing around, getting to know linux. I have discovered allot of neat things. But as I have been playing I have discovered in my bios that I can set it to boot from the LAN. What I am wondering is, what do I have to do on the LAN in order to do this? I have tried it and the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread George Houdek-Viskovska
Title: Mandrake 7.0 Hi :-) this is problem with you CD rom . I have same problem and same message .I make install on second computer { with CD rom Acer} and now is Mandrake install normal. You need CDrom Mulitiread :-) George - Original Message - From: Ponton, Jason To:

Re: [newbie] Desktop Behaviour

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Hi, I have done a default install onto a Toshiba 310 CDT laptop, with Macmillan :Mandrkae Linux 7.0 :~ :~My screen will handle 800 x 600, however, all the configuration boxes are larger :than this, so I cannot get to the "bottom" of the boxes, help ! :~ :~In windows if I select a larger

RE: [newbie] Re: [expert] WebServer Software

2000-02-18 Thread Ted Johnston
Am working with a customer who has purchased NetMax. Interesting product, but the boxed product is based upon RH 5.2 with the 2.0 Kernel. They have an updated available to the 2.2 kernel, but you have to have them send out the CD. (Perhaps you can order direct from them). Looking at the

Re: [newbie] Forgiveness??

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
Hi, Ken Basicaly, this is a user-run mailing list. However, Mandrake-stuff (for instance me) tries to help if noone else can, but sometimes misses the question. I am not avare of you offending anyone in any way, and hope you will have beter expiriences in the future. cu Denis

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Ted Johnston
Title: Mandrake 7.0 I've received the same message. Have tried two different PCI video cards (old machine) and get the same message. Recommendation from another forum was to usin "linux text" at the lilo prompt. Mandrake doesn't like your video card. Haven't had time to get back to that

RE: [newbie] auto_inst.cfg.pl

2000-02-18 Thread Ferris, Chris
Cool thanks, picking threw all those packages every time really stinks..=) -Original Message- From: Denis Havlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:45 PM To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake (E-mail) Subject:Re: [newbie] auto_inst.cfg.pl On Fri, 18 Feb

Re: [newbie] Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Fernando Camacho Olmos wrote: :~Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 05:01:37 -0600 :~From: Fernando Camacho Olmos [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Subject: [newbie] Fwd: I have a FM801 soundcard but don't work Hi Fernando. Try "Lothar" or

Re: [newbie] Good Programming Editor

2000-02-18 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Can anybody recommend a good programming editor. Then key features I am :~looking for are remote editing (open and save through ftp) and syntax :~highlighting. Thanks, emacs/xemacs

Re: [newbie] Linux Partitions

2000-02-18 Thread RRPotratz
Your / seems too small should probably be 500-1000, /home might be trimmed some unless you are going to storing lots of datamaybe about 500. If you took 500 from /home and some from /usr (500 or so) and put that towards / I think that would be pretty balanced. Are you putting this on it's own

Re: [newbie] Moble hard-drive?

2000-02-18 Thread Vic
Did you give it a mount point such as: mount -t auto /dev/hdd1 /mydatadrive ---mount point Hope this helps On Wed, 26 Mar 2036, Ralph Crongeyer mewed: Hi, I have a drive that is formatted (fat16) that I use for downloading files to and then bring home to load on my linux-Mandrake 7.0-2

Re: [newbie] A question about installation process

2000-02-18 Thread Audrey Beck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I'd like to install LINUX in my intel-machine. My hard-disk is 9 Gb an I have a 1 G partition. When I try to do the a LINUX-NATIVE partition is imposible an give me an error "partition too big". l have W95 in my computer too and I dont wan't to erase the

Re: [newbie] Hi, everyone

2000-02-18 Thread Oliver Immich
Hello, I am new to the list as a subscriber and very impressed by the traffic here. Therefor I wonder whether the postings could be reduced to really new questions (a number of them are asked again and again) by giving everybody the opportunity to query the archives for keywords, since

[newbie] Defragging

2000-02-18 Thread Anthony Huereca
Is there any regular maintaince that needs to be done to a linux box like in Windows with defrag, scandisk, etc? I know that defragging in Windows can speed up a system quite a bit, and I had never heard of anything like defragging in Linux, which is why I was wondering if you even have to do it.

[newbie] Question about Executables

2000-02-18 Thread Necrotica
OK...I'll bite... Lately I've downloaded a coupld of "executable" programs, such as the RealPlayer G2 for Linux. For some reason or another I can't do anything with them. If I'm logged in as a normal user and try to ./ it, I get permission denied. Same thing if I just type in the file name. If

[newbie] Licq problems =(

2000-02-18 Thread Bobby Welch
Hello, I have just installed the licq-0.75.3.a-2mdk and licq-data-1.5-1mdk RPMs but I cannot get licq to work. It starts up but just seems to hang. Has anyone had this problem?? I have been running licq-0.70.1-2mdk and did not experience anything like this. Any help would be appreciated.

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