I'm having a hell of a time getting my win and lin machines networked, I
know the networking is set up and working, I'm using an isdn router for
internet access and I can get out with both machines, but then don't see
each other, I can ping both from the other, but that's about it
Ernie
how do i make my desktop size from640x480 to 1024x768?
Ranish Partition Manager is able to resize partitions probably
also PartitionMagic and various other utilities I have forgotten but which you
might find on the freeware/shareware sites often as part of a multiboot program,
I remember looking at several 2/3 years ago when interested in
What version of Mandrake?
Jeanette
- Original Message -
From: "Adam Stark" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: [newbie] How to intall coffeecup web editor?
Hi,
I've been having some real problems trying to install the Coffeecup HTML
Partition Magic will pay for itself in "hours saved" very soon after you buy it,
beautifull program. One very very very big problem you could have is if you have
previously tried to partition/re-partition with "DiskDrake" or "linux fdisk". Those
two programs when they re-write your partition
On Sunday, March 12, 2000, Tom Berger wrote:
http://www.freshmeat.net/search.php3?query=music
gives 98 hits. You will have to do some searching ;-)...
tom
Thanks. I was hoping someone could give me a lead on some software available
commercially since, at the
You know you hear so much of the fact that if you have problems with Linux
that there is a large group of people who are willing to help. Just be
willing to do a little homework first and try to find the answer somewhere
in all the how to's and other documentation. If you can't find anything that
To start without X, just type "linux 3" at the the lilo prompt (without the
quotes of course). This will give you the test based/command line login.
What mode did you install in?? I could not get Drakconf to work until I
installed in expert mode, then it worked fine.
Not sure about the NIC, I
"Art Richardson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BIG snip
3) Lastly, this may seem like a very stupid question but how do I turn off
my x server and just use the bash shell? I mistakenly answered yes to the
question to start the x server on startup when I was installing Mandrake. I
am using KDE and
-Original Message-
From: Art Richardson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Mon 13 March 2000 15:50
To: Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Where is the so called help???
1) I have a 3Com 3c509b nic. I cannot get this card to install. I have
been
told that this card needs to have
- Original Message -
From: "Art Richardson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:50 AM
Subject: [newbie] Where is the so called help???
You know you hear so much of the fact that if you have problems with Linux
that there is a large group
what was the error message ?
- Original Message -
From: "Jeanette Russo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How to intall coffeecup web editor?
What version of Mandrake?
Jeanette
- Original Message -
From:
On 13-Mar-2000 -=qUeNCy95=- wrote:
I'm not an expert programmer, but isn't the header file you want
"iostream.h"
and not "streamio.h"? I could be wrong and all, but I've never seen streamio
and I can't find it on my system even though I installed everything even
remotely related to
On 13-Mar-2000 sujee wrote:
Is there any RPM that i can download to upgrade to XFree86 4.0
thanx in advance!!
Sujeevan
DON'T. There have been a lot of reports on instability and incompabilities.
If you really must, check out www.rpmfind.net.
tom
--
"No fun, no gain"
Thomas
On 13-Mar-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey there, I'm having trouble compiling the kernel and I'm wondering if
anybody can give me some input. Ok, here what I've done let me start by
saying I'm running mandrake 6.1, and I'm trying to install linux kernel
2.2.14.
I've managed
On 13-Mar-2000 -=qUeNCy95=- wrote:
How do I find out whether I have make installed ?
rpm -q make
And if I don't have make, where can I get it and install
it...
Put your Mandrake CD in
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
as root type:
rpm -Uvh make-some_version_number.rpm
or - if you
On 13-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote:
Tom Berger wrote:
On 12-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote:
I got perlseti running this weekend on my ML 7.02 box. I use KPPP to
dial into the internet. Can anyone give me some info on how I can
automatically connect to the internet so I can
On 13-Mar-2000 Alex V Flinsch wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote:
-rwxrw root audio is what I have
And mpg123 works??? Id like to keep it like that, but I have to chmod
o+rx it, otherwise mpg123 gives me permission denied errors :\
leave it as
-rwxr-x--- 1 root 81
On 13-Mar-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally figured out the root of my sound problem.
Apparently my Netgear PCI (jumperless) NIC and my Crystal Sound onboard sound
card use the same irq/DMA/IO.
I reformated last night, used sndconfig to set my sound at diff irq/dma/io's.
Then turned
Good one! Thanks!
tom
On 13-Mar-2000 Mike Perry wrote:
I know this is off topic, but couldn't resist it :-)
For SW engineers eyes only.
Windows 2000 Source Code
So the secret is disclosed here ...
/* Source Code to Windows 2000 */
#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
On 12-Mar-2000 Art Richardson wrote:
Hi
I installed Mandrake 7.0 in a dual boot machine. It installed
beautifully,
almost everything works except for my 3Com 3c509 isa PnP nic. However, what
I am trying to figure out is how I exit from KDE and just run from the bash
shell. Please
On 13-Mar-2000 Michelle Schneider wrote:
I am using Mandrake 7.0. When I use netscape for a while my keyboard stops
working in netscape. It still works for other programs, but not for
netscape.
I have to close netscape and restart for it to work. It makes it impossible
to
search for
On 13-Mar-2000 Wayne wrote:
Sorry guys.
Further to my last, I have cheked the ownership of my device (hdd1) under
my /dev directory and have found that it is owned by me (wapether) and not
by root, yet root owns all of the directories on it and I cannot change
the attributes as root or
On 13-Mar-2000 Nicholas Imfeld wrote:
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: RE: [newbie] imwheel: not working
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:34:39 -0500
From: Nicholas Imfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote:
On 12-Mar-2000 Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
I was
I am trying to install Lothar RPM using Mandrake 7.02 and KDE, but it has a
required dependency with libdetect.so.0 (which is apparently not on my
system). I cannot find this on this distribution CD??? Can anyone offer
any help?
Thanks
MDP
On 13-Mar-2000 Ryan Drafall wrote:
Tom Berger wrote:
On 11-Mar-2000 Ryan Drafall wrote:
Hello,
The subject pretty much says it all. Whenever I open a new window,
whatever the program may be, it always opens in a window that is
off-center on the screen. How do I make it
I am puzzled about how to get xcdroast to instll or
run.
I have Mandrake 7.0 and made the mistake of trying
to install xcdroast from from rpmfind yesterday
but was frustrated at every turn by finding a
bunch of dependencies which needed to be installed
first. I started down that road but it
Virtually impossible, I understand from previous messages that they use el
cheapo method of utilising Windows OS to function , try faq's etc.
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux
btw, if you have a "winmodem" from lucent, you can get it to work in Linux,
Lucent has the drivers on their website. I know 3 people who've gotten them
working.
- Original Message -
From: "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: Re:
Hello,
I installed mandrake 7. My video card is S3 trio3d/2x. I'm
quite sure I've seen it in the supported
hardware list, but linux doesn't recognize it. I can run all X
managers but instead of a mouse pointer i have a white square and everything
works slow. any suggestions? I don't have a
Hello,
I installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and then did an upgrade to Mandrake 7.02.
Unfortunately, every time I click on Drak Config or Xconfigurator I get
a segmentation dump. Would anybody happen to know why?
Jero
BOY, I agree...with you BIGTIME...noone wants to help...they just
want to
tell you to go somewhere and read...well, thats what I've been
doing...and doing
and doing...but it still does no good...most all tutorials are
very poorly written.
they use too much technical jargon...they don't remember
Here's a note I sent to Linuxcare about my Mandrake 6.1 install problems.
Perhaps one of the list members has a suggestion, too. Thanks!!
System:
Pentium II, 400 MHz, 256 MB on Intel 440 BX motherboard, two scsi 9 GB drives
Dual-boot Win98 and three other ext2 partitions, using Boot Magic
Art Richardson wrote:
You know you hear so much of the fact that if you have problems with Linux
that there is a large group of people who are willing to help.
I'm a newbie, too, and I don't have any answers for your specific
questions. But I do have a suggestion for getting more and better
On 13-Mar-2000 Lane Lester wrote:
As I described in another thread, I lost access to Mandrake by some of my
fiddling.
As a "safety net" I've installed a second Mandrake on my computer, and I'd
like to have access to it from lilo. The second install has /boot in a
separate partition at hda6
1) install (upgrade) linux with pnp off then turn back on and see if
ok at the same time you can reset startup!!! if you so desire.
2) what version mandrake are you using
3) trust your girlfriends instincts, she's had more experience than you.
"Weave a circle round him thrice.
And close your
Now did you really think that linux was going to be easy to learn like windows.
NO, you have to understand about what you read about linux as it can do much
more than windows.
You also have to think how you ask your question and spell it out in your
message so others can see your trouble and
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Kit wrote:
BOY, I agree...with you BIGTIME...noone wants to help...they just
want to
tell you to go somewhere and read...well, thats what I've been
doing...and doing
and doing...but it still does no good...most all tutorials are
very poorly written.
they use too much
I think I remember seeing it in the list, you need
to install Mandrake using expert mode and make the appropriate choices for
Xfree, also try to download 7.0-2iso there were definite problems with 7.0 which
others may tell you more about.
"Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes
... which OS runs Microsoft's servers:
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.microsoft.comExamine=Wait..
Sorry, couldn't determine what the server was for host
www.microsoft.com on port 80.
Tried some other big sites - nobody hides the OS they're running. Just MS.
In a console type setup and select mouse configuation. Then select your mouse
from the list and try if it works. If it doesn't try checking emulate 3 buttons.
hope this helps.
El Mon, 13 Mar 2000, escribiste:
I have an MS Intellimouse and would like to use the wheel as a third
button. I don't
Pittman, Merle wrote:
During install, when it tries to scan packages for install the CDROM hangs
and this is the error I get: "hdc: lost interrupt".
I got the same error when I was installing. My CD-ROM is
the master on the second IDE bus (hence hdc). I have
a crappy CD-ROM, so I'm
One thing i forgot to mention was the fact that i can
get online using network configurator-PPP/SLIP/PLIP. I
don't mind connection this way it's just that i have
to have 4 windows open and i don't know what speed I
am connected at.
--- Lance Borden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Koceja wrote:
it's a known fact, hotmail runs on freebsd + solaris, some parts of hotmail
run on NT, I don't care how evil MS is.. they aren't stupid.. they use what
they need to use to keep things up.
for some things NT is just fine and dandy, and for some NT isn't. the real
question is.. does MS use IIS on
If you are josting the webserver on your own linux box and just using
myip.org to use a DNS, do the following.
Remove "namevirtualhost" from your httpd.conf. Also set server name to your
IP address. Restart the httpd deamon (httpd) and it should be fine. The
ww.myip.com account that you setup
Thanks Mark. I tried it and it worked. Just wondering if you know how to
get Mandrake to detect a SCSI card? I have an Adaptec 152x card and it doesnt
find/detect it at all in installation? Is there anyways i can use Lothar or
soemthing else besides reinstalling Mandrake to get it to detect
your full ip, localhost, or 127.0.0.1 , any should work.
-Original Message-
From: Kit [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] errors
actually, I inserted my ip address...like this...
122.214.41.*
the first
okay, this is what I did...I went into httpd.conf
and changed the servername to 216.41.122.89 (current ip),
then commented out namevirtualserver
then in inetd.conf ...instead of standalone...I inserted "inetd"
I then brought up a console...and gave the command " httpd"
then inserted my ip
Have you tried smbclient? I have found it very helpful in the past. If you
can
smbclient -L servername_here
and see something you at least know it is not a closed port on the router...
Ernie wrote:
I'm having a hell of a time getting my win and lin machines networked, I
know the
1) I have a 3Com 3c509b nic. I cannot get this card to install. I have been
told that this card needs to have the PnP feature disabled to work properly.
The machine that I am using for my Linux installation is the family computer
and windows has to be on it for the rest of the family. What
Kiddo,
before you even start THINKING about running linux, you must be well aware that
it's a pretty hard OS to master for those with absolutely no technical
background. Linux is an operating system that tries to hide nothing for the
user, unlike MS Windows. If you have no basic understanding
Actually, what I did was simpler. I remembered that after a format the system
has sound, but as it locks in the install if I try to set up the network I skip
that part.
So I then boot to linux, and have sound. I then set up the network and no
sound.. My solution was simple - take the eth0
I'd like to take this moment, and point this letter as the poster child for
what NOT to do when someone asks a question. Sure in my previous email I had
said that I have a life and that I get a lot messages, and sometimes I don't
respond to messages on mailing lists. But I followed up with some
Vidyut Luther wrote:
it's a known fact, hotmail runs on freebsd + solaris, some parts of hotmail
run on NT, I don't care how evil MS is.. they aren't stupid.. they use what
they need to use to keep things up.
for some things NT is just fine and dandy, and for some NT isn't. the real
Hello there]
I have two questions 1st How do I uninstall a desktop replacements? because
I want to upgrade to the latest version of IceWM but it conflicts with the
"light" version already installed. 2nd how do I install the isapnp file
needed to install Lothar so I can upgrade to the latest
Well, they've fixed it now:
www.microsoft.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:26:14 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... which OS runs Microsoft's servers:
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.microsoft.comExamine=Wait..
GREAT COMEBACK...love it...
Vidyut Luther wrote:
I'd like to take this moment, and point this letter as the poster child for
what NOT to do when someone asks a question. Sure in my previous email I had
said that I have a life and that I get a lot messages, and sometimes I don't
respond to
On Mandrake 7
X11R6 3.3.6
Mouse cursor is just an square block with dimensions
seemingly the same as the icon blocks.
I tried:
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -bg\#00 -fg\#ff
but that did not solve the problem.
I do get a full screen mouse cursor with:
xfd -fn cursor
Please help me
YOU are still missing the point...here...just look at what you said
below...
I did all the reading...and still need a walkthru...you are
contradicting yourself...
all over the place...yes God helps those who help themselves...well, I
did try to help
myself...been doing so over a week now..but
How do I get my modem to connect? It works fine in
Win98,
but I can't get Linux to use my modem.
My modem is am ActionTec 56k pci internal
modem.
It has documents that say that this modem is
verified for Redhat 5.2 and 6.0. This should work with Mandrake 6.5
right?
On my KDE desktop, I can
Opinions are like a$$holes...everyone has one...this is a Linux list...not a
forum for venting how bad a day you had. Please keep on LINUX content.
On to Linux content.
I think I broke my eth0 trying to setup my home network for sharing my cable
modem. Neither NIC passes initialization, I have
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, you wrote:
You know you hear so much of the fact that if you have problems with Linux
that there is a large group of people who are willing to help. Just be
willing to do a little homework first and try to find the answer somewhere
in all the how to's and other
How did you get the info for the port and irq. The
port number somehow does not look correct to me.
cat /proc/devices and check to get the port number and
the irq from there, and then use it for the setserial
command. If you already have done it, then my
knowledge is exhausted!
Once you do
Can't believe it...finally got my server working...with help from TOM
thankyou Tom
Now, all I need is a script or someway to update my IP in the "
httpd.conf " file...
everytime I connect...anyone got any ideas...?
check out my server now...:
216.41.122.202
--
KompuKit=
216.41.122.58
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KompuKit=
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 7110071
HomePage:
http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg
Personal WebServer:
http://kompukit.myip.org
(does not run 24/7)
KompuKit=
I seem to be on your mailing list and have been recieving hundreds of emails
and wish to be unscribed. Thank you very much.
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Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Well, it's working. I can boot either of two separate Mandrake
installations with LILO.
The following line needed to be added to fstab, so that when "lilo -v"
compiles the code in the MBR, it can find the alternate kernel:
/dev/hda6 /mnt/mandrake2boot ext2 defaults 0 0
The stanza in lilo.conf
My name is Michael Bui and I have the same problem.
I got a BIG WHITE block when I am in Xwindows.
Is this one of the BUGS on version 7.0 of Mandrake Linux.
Not in my 7.0.2.
--
Lane
Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, mrbolty wrote:
I seem to be on your mailing list and have been recieving hundreds of emails
and wish to be unscribed. Thank you very much.
go to
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3
put in your e-mail address, select radio button for unsubscribe and click
To everyone on the list
First, I would like to thank everyone who replied to my post. You help was
very much appreciated and I was able to solve two of my problems so far.
Secondly, when I wrote that post I was frustrated about my inability to
solve my problems. I like to consider myself
Well, well, well, others are having problems as well as myself. Nice to
know I am not the only one!!! No, I am not happy you are having
problems, just glad I am not alone.
I have installed Linux/Mandrake Complete 7.0 about 9 different times.
For one thing to see what happens when you use
In my experiences with the install of Mandrake Complete 7.0 the PNP
should be set to disable in the CMOS prior to doing the install.
don
I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000
I had a simular problem. For me the answer was to have the ISP give me another
dial up number connected to a different back bone. The problem you are
expereancing is a very slow connection and you are timing out. You need to
work with your ISP to get a faster dial up response time from them.
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote:
Thanks. I was hoping someone could give me a lead on some software available
commercially since, at the moment, I don't have Internet access other than
email.
http://linux.com/columns.phtml?sid=94aid=7619
That mentions some different packages. I
I noticed that the /etc/login.defs file in Slackware has this line:
MOTD_FILE/etc/motd
Can't seem to find this in Mandrake though... the /etc/login.defs is a lot
shorter.
-Ed
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, KompuKit wrote:
I'd like to know this also...
I need a mail notify program...
Ed Negari
EdI use K(menu)-Internet-Biff in KDE.
Alan
KompuKit wrote:
I'd like to know this also...
I need a mail notify program...
Ed Negari wrote:
Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I
checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc
Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I
checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc
directory) but can't seem to find it.
-Ed
Tom Berger wrote:
On 13-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote:
Tom Berger wrote:
On 12-Mar-2000 Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote:
I got perlseti running this weekend on my ML 7.02 box. I use KPPP to
dial into the internet. Can anyone give me some info on how I can
automatically connect to
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Art Richardson wrote:
To everyone on the list
First, I would like to thank everyone who replied to my post.
We're glad that you had some success!
--
Tony Alfrey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I'd rather be sailing"
I have a question regarding my hard disks. After some trouble trying to cfdisk
my HD this morning, Linux wouldn't work and I had to reinstall it. It has
picked up the hard disk I partitioned to give me 3 gig of space to use for
personal files etc and has mounted it is /home. Does this mean
I guess I should've said this earlier - the reason why I'm asking is so
that I can change the order in which things show up. First, I want the
motd, then the output of "fortune", and LAST, the "You have mail". No one
uses KDE on this machine - everyone logs in remotely.
I know the whole thing is
The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login(1) after a suc
cessful login but just before it executes the login shell.
not sure about the You have mail thing tho
Ed Negari wrote:
Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I
checked the /etc/profile and
Wayneif you cd /home that's where you will go. Any user
account you add to the system (as root) will have their home
directory created as a subdirectory in that /home directory and
that is where your unprivileged user account is (if you have
one). Root's home directory is not in the /home
If you have a 3GB partition mounted as /home, then a cd/home will indeed
take you there. Note, though, that your (non-root) user startup directory
will be /home/username, so it is also on the 3GB partition. Underneath
that startup directory will be a lot of configuration files (for Netscape,
I used the PCI nic I made sure of it. RedHat 6.1 I could not get to
connect to the internet but Mandrake 7 did
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Art Richardson mewed:
To everyone on the list
First, I would like to thank everyone who replied to my post. You help was
very much appreciated and I was
where's the counter for apache...
to use on websites...?
doesn't it have one? or do I need to get
a script...?
--
KompuKit=
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 7110071
HomePage:
http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg
Personal WebServer:
http://kompukit.penguinpowered.com
(does not run 24/7)
I'd like to know this also...
I need a mail notify program...
Ed Negari wrote:
Which login script displays the /etc/motd and says "You have mail"? I
checked the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc (and the rest of the /etc
directory) but can't seem to find it.
-Ed
--
KompuKit=
Alan,
thanks for the tip. I guess that is what another subscriber was
referring to as allocating X MB for /home, X MB for /usr etc etc...I
didn't know you could do that with Linux.
Also, whilst I have the soapbox, I would just like to say there has been
some flaming going on about people asking
Dude, what are all those little nbsp thingies in your e mail?
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Wayne Petherick mewed:
html
font size=3Alan,br
thanks for the tip.nbsp; I guess that is what another subscriber was
referring to as allocating X MB for /home, X MB for /usr etc etc...I
didn't know you could
Hello,
what can I do in order to avoid typing "imwheel -k" after every
reboot? I want it to be started regardless which user is loggin in. It
seems that there is no appropriate startup service for this.
Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Claus.
--
Atzenbeck. Data structures design
Clausin KDE there's an Autostart directory on your Desktop
that is analogous to the Windows Startup directory (works pretty
much the same).
Alan
Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
Hello,
what can I do in order to avoid typing "imwheel -k" after every
reboot? I want it to be started regardless
Here's an excerpt from a post dated 3/6/00 from the 'alt.os.mandrake'
newsgroup, that I used to get mine working
...Now you need to create a link in your KDE Autostart folder which is on
your desktop to 'imwheel'. Do this by opening the Autostart folder,
right click in the window and select
Hi,
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 a few hours ago by using
my cdrom to boot the
installation up.
When I try to access any of my cds in the /mnt/cdrom,
it says it can't read the
disk.
I set the thing up
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