Re: [newbie-it] Problemi install mandrake 7.0 con CD Pioneer 24x

2000-03-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sto cercando di installare la mandrake 7.0 da cd. Il problema e' che linux non riesce a configurare correttamente il mio CDRom (Pioneer 24x) e l'installazione si blocca (senza fornire messaggi di spiegazione) alla voce CD INITIALIZING... prova con le immagini dei

[newbie] MainActor Video Editor - Must See!

2000-03-16 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hey Y'all, If you're looking for a video editor... I just downloaded one from http://www.mainactor.com . So far it looks pretty nice. I've gotta get used to it. If this works out... it will eliminate the last reason for me to use Windurz. Man, it sure is nice having all these companies

Re: [newbie] mouse question

2000-03-16 Thread Anthony Huereca
First, I like double clicking to launch stuff but it seems that Mandrake 7 defaults to a single click to lanuch apps. Could someone tell me how to change that so I have to double click to launch apps. no idea, but it might help some other people if you say what Window manager you are using

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-16 Thread Brian Vogt
What card did you get? I've been looking at the compatibility lists and checking pricewatch and its tough to find the perfect card...I'd love to have something that functions on the first try... - Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[newbie] zoneinfos

2000-03-16 Thread Leon Bakker
Help!!! I cooked the mandrake 7.0 CD. But when I install it I get the message "An error occured cannot list the available zoneinfos". This message keeps coming back and I can't skip this part. Anyone? Thanx CrazyLee

RE: [newbie] ata66

2000-03-16 Thread Robert Revet
I need some info !! I am setting up my /porc/pci but how do I get info like vendor id and device id ??? I need to know these things to setup my htp366 TIA Robert Revet

Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?

2000-03-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Paulin the host operating system (probably win9x) run the Boot Magic configure program and on the main applet there's a check box to enable Boot Magic.\ Alan Funk Soul Brother wrote: Hi! How do i get boot magic to boot up ? i have selected what OS's i have and it doesn t load up when

Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?

2000-03-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
JonThe host partition doesn't have to be active for Boot Magic to work. The Boot Magic configuration program has a check box to enable/disable Boot Magic. It keeps a copy of whatever original boot loader was on the mbr and when it's disabled it writes over itself with the saved copy of the

[newbie] Re: Caution: Macmillan/Mandrake

2000-03-16 Thread Tony Alfrey
I posted the following message on the list several days ago and also sent same to Linuxcare (the support service for the Macmillan Software version of Mandrake). I've gotten no response from Linuxcare except the message-received acknowledgement. In the meantime, I've installed RedHat 5.2,

Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
The old version had to be active to work, PQMagic 4 came out with new version and I didn't like it so never bothered to reinstall it (Boot manager portion that is) Learn something new every day... Thanx Alan Shoemaker wrote: JonThe host partition doesn't have to be active for Boot Magic

Re: [newbie] where do I find components

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS Cory Hirano wrote: Hello there I was wondering where do I find components like qt and gimp the system components. Cory

Re: [newbie] no ftp access with Netscape !!!

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
If you have ever used CuteFTP under Windoze gftp is similar and does resumes also. Jeremy wrote: max wrote: i´m using a NT server with wingate for connecting to the web browsing http sites works perfect !! but wehn i click on an ftp link only the error message " the port u tryed

RE: [[newbie] Cyrix CPU problem]

2000-03-16 Thread Ernie
This is true... E -Original Message- From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[newbie] Cyrix CPU problem] Let me guess...you have the Cyrix MX 200+ -- notice the + well the core MHz of the Cyrix is 75 X 2 =

Re: [newbie] CHOWN of FAT32 partition

2000-03-16 Thread a_hornby
If you have successfully mounted the partition, it may be read only FAT32 support in the support in the kernel. (ala WINNT NTFS support) If so you have no option to change any attributes of the filesystem -read only. Check how FAT32 is supported in your kernel version. Catch ya. Kingpin On 15

Re: [newbie] installing linux and windows

2000-03-16 Thread Gareth Ayres
Tony wrote: look on www.emuse.net and download pdf manual, therein you will find ample info all directed at Red Hat (Mandrake). There are partition examples with types/sizes etc. plus much other usefull stuff. Where and which PDF are we talking about please Tony. Gareth Ayres

Re: [newbie] 6.0 bug fixes

2000-03-16 Thread Anthony Huereca
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 There ya go! I am running mandrake 6.0. So far I haven't run into any problems, but if anyone knows of known problems/bug fixes for this release, I would be most grateful for a pointer to any relevant url's. tia russell -- Anthony Huereca

Re: [newbie] SB PCI 128 Sound Card

2000-03-16 Thread rjpeake
Hi Creative Labs has an OpenSource website http://www.opensource.creative.com. Perhaps you could get source from there. Ron Quoting PC Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If you find out, let me know as well. I have had that problem with Mandrake exclusively Ramon E. Tristani From: "Bob"

RE: [newbie] where do I find components

2000-03-16 Thread Cory Hirano
I'm sorry let me clarify that question where do I find the newer version of the components like I know where to get Xfree86 4.0 and where to get the latest version of Wine but I don't know where to get most of the other components from. Cory -Original Message- From: Jon Hunter

RE: [newbie] installing linux and windows - Mr Pittman

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
thanks steve -Original Message- From: STEVE GREEDY [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] installing linux and windows - Mr Pittman Merle, One of the links in the documents section at www.emuse.net

RE: [newbie]

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
boot up in text mode (type "linux 3" at lilo prompt) and then start X manually (startx). Direct the output to a file, "startx output" and check out this file to see what errors it reports. -Original Message- From: nospam [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:27 AM

[newbie] superblock????

2000-03-16 Thread nospam
hi all was wondering if u guys could help me i am using partition magic and was prompted to install LILO on the superblock instead of the MBR but where can this option be selected and whats superblock of the root. Also when i allow for auto allocation is was give a home mount instead of

[newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread Roger Bird
I finally got linux to recognize my nic but I need help with configuring it to access the cable modem. I have tried various settings in netcfg and netconfig. Should I be running dhcp? Should I take out all the settings and start from scratch? The nic works fine on my win98 drive and accesses

[newbie] zip in dos help

2000-03-16 Thread Bill Kinsey
Hello all; I have a question involving a zip drive and dos. My friend tried linux and came to the conclusion that he didn't like it. He used the dreaded fdisk and erased his whole hard drive. He has windows but its on a zip disk and he doesn't know how to install a zip in dos. I know this isn't a

Re: [newbie] installing linux and windows

2000-03-16 Thread Gareth Ayres
"Pittman, Merle" wrote: what is it with you and www.emuse.net, I've checked out this site many times and there is nothing there but crap in the docs section. If there is some mystery well hidden that I am missing I apologize, but otherwise there isn't much there of any use. I think this

Re: [newbie] installing linux and windows

2000-03-16 Thread Tony
Well of course what is crap to you is vital for another mans rose garden! However look at Newbies Manual and Newbies Administrators Guide both of which contain SIMPLE UNDERSTANDABLE detailed instructions as to setting up a Linux system, the instructions may not suit you personally but that does

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread BryanMoorehead
You should use dhcp if your ISP requires it. Check your settings for the ethernet card in Win98. If the assign IP address automatically option is selected, you should enable dhcp in Linux. If not, try setting Linux to match what IP address is shown in win98. Hope this helps, Bryan Roger

[newbie] test again, ignore

2000-03-16 Thread Denis Havlik
bablabla -- - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179

Re: [newbie] booting up with BootMagic?

2000-03-16 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Funk Soul Brother wrote: Hi! How do i get boot magic to boot up ? i have selected what OS's i have and it doesn t load up when i boot it just goes to lilo.?? any help would be appreciated. Dear Paul (aka FSB). When you say it just goes into LILO (which is what it's

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread Mark Irving
Check out this site for all your cable modem DSL needs: www.cablemodeminfo.com . ---Mark Irving--- - Original Message - From: Roger Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:05 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake

Re: [newbie] SB PCI 128 Sound Card

2000-03-16 Thread Mark Irving
I had a similar problem with a NIC. Here is what I did. I queried to see if the module was installed: modprobe xx.x (I think emu10k1) and even though it was trying to load it upon boot lothar recognized it, it was not installed. I next did insmod x.x. This installed the module. I

RE: [newbie] Re: Caution: Macmillan/Mandrake

2000-03-16 Thread Riley March
I fell for it myself. I was under the impression that the Macmillan Software when I bought it was the full-blown package of Mandrake. I now see on Mandrakes home page they are making sure those of us that did buy it know that they are not responsible for the tech support of it. I have now

Re: [newbie] zip in dos help

2000-03-16 Thread nodyak0
When I installed my ZIP drive it created a GUEST disc for use on other systems with out the full install of the Iomega software. This gives the abitlity to read from the ZIP so you can install from it, I have used it many times over. I hope you or your friend have this disc. don I thought I

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Cyrix CPU problem]]

2000-03-16 Thread Jaguar
I also have a Cyrix Media GX 233 w/MDK 7.02, and DrakX reports the MHz as 121, @77 BOGOMips, the speed is good here... jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ernie wrote: This is true... E -Original Message- From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 15,

Re: [[newbie] Mandrake and @home cable]

2000-03-16 Thread Jaguar
You are using the Roger's@Home service in Ontario, so am I. I successfully connect without using DHCP. I just put all the correct info in...then it's done. All the DHCP does is update the IP lease. My IP is static as your likely is. HTH Jaguar Roger Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally

Re: [newbie] installing linux and windows

2000-03-16 Thread nodyak0
Thank You Tony for putting it so well, I am not very well qualified to say things in such a well put manner. If any of the people that are out there that are offended by any of our NEWBY questions or our simple attempt at giving our view of some of the DOC's or other material, I for one am very

Re: [newbie] Re: Caution: Macmillan/Mandrake

2000-03-16 Thread Harold Hartley
Thats because Macmillian is only a reseller. Macmillian takes mandrake and puts in their logo and stuff and sells it as 6.5 this is why some tend to buy the lMacmillian instead of the mandrake due to the way they label the boxes in stores and computer magazine's... I almost did the same thing

Re: [newbie] How can I read Macintosh disks?

2000-03-16 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Jon Hunter wrote: It is built into the system(I believe). Although I have not done this, if I was gonna try this I would as root: insmod hfs mount -t hfs /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Does anyone know if there is a free utility to allow me to read Macintosh floppies from

Re: [newbie] zip in dos help

2000-03-16 Thread Tony
Never used zip disk however this may help in getting cdrom. Try and borrow a win98 startup disk and boot from it with the option to use cdrom, the 98 disk carries generic cdrom drivers and may for all I know also carry zip stuff, perhaps someone else would comment on this ?? "Weave a circle

[newbie] Setup Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi GroupBrand New Newbie here :) Please bare with me I have downloaded Mandrake ISO 7-02 onto my hard drive. I'm a little confused on what to do next. When in the installation process, I get the first screen that request this information. Select Partition What partition and directory

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread sujee
Roger Bird wrote: I finally got linux to recognize my nic but I need help with configuring it to access the cable modem. I have tried various settings in netcfg and netconfig. Should I be running dhcp? Should I take out all the settings and start from scratch? The nic works fine on my

Re: [newbie] zip in dos help

2000-03-16 Thread Bill Kinsey
Tried that too. I don't know what kind of cd-rom he has but my win95 and win98 disks don't offer support for his cd-rom. He has a really old computer thats been upgraded throughout the years but his cd-rom is one of the original parts - Original Message - From: Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread Roger Bird
I will give it a try tonight when I get home. Thanks Roger sujee wrote: Roger Bird wrote: I finally got linux to recognize my nic but I need help with configuring it to access the cable modem. I have tried various settings in netcfg and netconfig. Should I be running dhcp? Should I

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread Vic
Yes dhcp, that is what I told my cable modem setup to do. On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Roger Bird mewed: I finally got linux to recognize my nic but I need help with configuring it to access the cable modem. I have tried various settings in netcfg and netconfig. Should I be running dhcp? Should I

RE: [newbie] mouse question

2000-03-16 Thread Charles Ulwelling
Thanks for the advice I'm using KDE -Original Message- From: Anthony Huereca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mouse question First, I like double clicking to launch stuff but it seems that Mandrake 7

[newbie] Error message

2000-03-16 Thread Wayne
When I try to do a floppy format using KFloppy I get the error message "cannot create filesystem on /mnt/...Device or resource busy" or something along those lines. What does this mean? It is not busy, there are no other programs accessing the floppy and a brand new disk is in there. Also,

RE: [newbie] Anyone know how to mount a Windows 2000 volume?

2000-03-16 Thread KM Linux
Thanks...you were right. I found the ntfs.o in the fs modules. I loaded it with insmod and it works fine. Strange problem though...although I can mount and read the drive and execute some programs through wine...i still get a boot message during startup that it can't mount the drive because of

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-16 Thread Dan
http://www.freewwweb.com --- KM Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there gang: Does anyone know of a free ISP for Linux? I have a friend who wants to connect but it on disability and can't afford an ISP. Thanks, Karekin __ Do You

[newbie] FTP Server Upload

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, I am considering uploading Mandrake 7.0 to my ftp derver. Does anyone have a good program to do this or would it be better to upload it to my http server. Any comments on this and have anyone done this before. Thanks Ron

[newbie] Viper 770 ViewSonic E771

2000-03-16 Thread Eduardo Domínguez Martínez
I am running Mandrake 6.1 and have been trying to make X work. I run Xconfigurator, and I can select the correct monitor, then I get a test screen, which works. When I try to run X with startx, it halts at trying to create an .Xauthority file. If anyone has this monitor or/and this card,

Re: [newbie] PalmPilot?

2000-03-16 Thread Wayne
KDE comes with kpilot which is sync software for linux Wayne On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, you wrote: hello all... just wondering if MDK has support for palm pilots... thanks seth -- _ (_'_ .. -- *** *** Wayne Petherick

Re: [newbie] FTP Server Upload

2000-03-16 Thread Tony
Download 7.0-2 iso from ftp site using Getright, Cute ftp or similar utility supporting resume function "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 user) - Original Message -

Re: [newbie] SB PCI 128 Sound Card

2000-03-16 Thread bluebottle
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, you wrote: I can't get this card to work in MD 7.0. According to the "howto's" this card is supposed to be supported. Using Lothar the card is identified as Ensoniq ES1371. All of the settings use -1 and don't offer any other settings. Testing the card in Lothar locks

[newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, I do apologize for being so novice. That is what one gets forworking on this all night without rest and I must say thank God for adsl :)It seems that many people are missing my point. I do not have theinstallation of Mandrake on a CD-ROM. A plain download to my local harddrive. My

Re: [newbie] Setup Question

2000-03-16 Thread KompuKit
the iso image is for burning to a CD...you got the wrong file...unless you have a CD-RW Ronald Brown wrote: Hi GroupBrand New Newbie here :) Please bare with me I have downloaded Mandrake ISO 7-02 onto my hard drive. I'm a little confused on what to do next. When in the

Re: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!!

2000-03-16 Thread Jeanette Russo
If you reinstalled your Primary Domain Controller then you changed the SID. It won't rejoin that Domain. Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Donny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:15 PM Subject: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!! Hey

Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable]

2000-03-16 Thread Jaguar
OK...my Windows box uses DHCP to renew the lease. I have a static IP and DHCP is not needed ot required, to update a static number...hence the _STATIC_. As far as my Linux box is concerned I am only a 24.112.blah.blah number on the Roger's network, same as a 192.168... on a private network.

Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Rondid you include the path info to the image file (ie. d:/images/hd.img), or did you really type it as hd.image which is incorrect? Also was a:: appended to that field? That would also be incorrect. I suggest that you use the dos (rawrite.exe) program rather than either of the windows

Re: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!!

2000-03-16 Thread Donny
Really? How can i get it to join it again? At 05:33 PM 3/16/2000 -0600, you wrote: If you reinstalled your Primary Domain Controller then you changed the SID. It won't rejoin that Domain. Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Donny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
I will try that Alan...Thanks - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question Rondid you include the path info to the image file (ie. d:/images/hd.img),

Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Tony
never done it this way but your image source in this case would have to be C in whatever directory you downloaded to. "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 user) - Original

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java

2000-03-16 Thread Jeremy
Denis Havlik wrote: :~I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g :~ :~I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread secesh
Roger Bird wrote: I finally got linux to recognize my nic but I need help with configuring it to access the cable modem. I have tried various settings in netcfg and netconfig. Should I be running dhcp? Should I take out all the settings and start from scratch? The nic works fine on my

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Cory Hirano
Hi there doing a upgrade I got rr to work but I don't know if all my TCP/IP settings are right and I don't know where to find them. Also in w98 using IE I run rr though a porxy server is there any way to set it up in communicator I've never used Netscape before. BTW if I'm not logged in to the

[newbie] f*cking MOUSE! @#24!! -- Please help!

2000-03-16 Thread bosco
Greetings all, I wrote once before of the problems I'm having with this blasted mouse. Everything I change in my centrally located /etc/X11/XF86Config file seems to take. I just got done swapping my 75dpi and 100dpi fonts around and they work like a charm.. However, FOR SOME REASON, my mouse

[newbie] what to download?

2000-03-16 Thread curtis patrick
i have been looking at the ftp site of mandrake to download 7.0, i have mandrake 7.0 already but it doesnt support my graphics card intel direct agp graphics. if someone knows how i can update this then tell me. i dont know how to install it. otherwise tell me which file is the mandrake 7.0

Re: [newbie] f*cking MOUSE! @#24!! -- Please help!

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
bosco wrote: Greetings all, I wrote once before of the problems I'm having with this blasted mouse. Everything I change in my centrally located /etc/X11/XF86Config file seems to take. I just got done swapping my 75dpi and 100dpi fonts around and they work like a charm.. However, FOR SOME

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-16 Thread ChOPpY C. Chipper
I have a friend who runs NetZero from the kppp dialer! Sign up and try it out! -Julien - Original Message - From: Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux http://www.freewwweb.com --- KM Linux

Re: [newbie] Fix ? Mandrake 7 install - Is it a xconfiguration*issue*

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
Pat Mellema wrote: your problem is caused by some setting in Xconfiguration. I had the same problem and had changed a setting that was probed. I rebooted from the floppy that I made and went back in and changed it back and the system came right back up. Pat --- Chuck Seiders [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
Tony wrote: never done it this way but your image source in this case would have to be C in whatever directory you downloaded to."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 user)

Re: [newbie] Weird Networking Problem!!

2000-03-16 Thread Jon Hunter
Donny wrote: Really? How can i get it to join it again? At 05:33 PM 3/16/2000 -0600, you wrote: If you reinstalled your Primary Domain Controller then you changed the SID. It won't rejoin that Domain. Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Donny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[newbie] set up problem

2000-03-16 Thread Leon Bakker
Just started and already desperate )-:. Help!!! I cooked the mandrake 7.0 CD. But when I install it I get the message "An error occured cannot list the available zoneinfos". This message keeps coming back and I can't skip this part. Anyone? Thanx CrazyLee

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java

2000-03-16 Thread Denis Havlik
:~I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle :request didn't get a reply. g :~ :~I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small :business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I :couldn't get it

RE: [[newbie] Mandrake and @home cable]

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
I am using roadrunner here. The way it works here is as follows: - if you are using the older Zenith modems, then you have a static Ip - if you are using the newer Toshiba modems you dhcp. The newer modems are needed to allow port enabling (ie.. outside access) to your computer. It is not

[newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Cory Hirano
Hello there I have Road Runner cable modem service and I was wondering if anyone knows how to set it up so I can get on to the internet with linux . I tried tech support but they said that they only support win/mac and can't help with any other OS. Cory

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Problems

2000-03-16 Thread Denis Havlik
:~ 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

RE: [newbie] Mandrake and @home cable

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
Yeah good point!! Every cable company has their own policies of static or dhcp. With my ISP they use both depending on the model of modem you have. -Original Message- From: bosco [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [newbie] Mouse cursor is an opaque white square block

2000-03-16 Thread Denis Havlik
This is an common problem which can be healed by using the option sw_cursor in XF86Config: 1) in /etc/inittab set initail runlevel to 3 and reboot 2) in /etc/X11/XF86Config, search for "Device" section, and add "Option sw_cursor" (see "man XF86_SVGA" for details) 3) test by typing "startx" 4)

RE: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
Same old story from the tech guys, that is their excuss for "they have no idea what they are doing". Do you have linux installed already?? If you get linux installed and your network card setup properly the rest is cake. You need to find you if you are using static IP addressing or DHCP, find

[newbie] win-key quest and Netscape fonts quest.

2000-03-16 Thread YekSoon... Lok
Hi, Under KDE, I can use the win-key to activate the 'menus' but in GNOME-with-Englightenment, it can't. is there anyway to achieve this (to use win-key) and also the fonts size in my Netscape is very small how can I change it bigger (much bigger) also when I dial into my ISP to surf, I

Re: [newbie] cable modem

2000-03-16 Thread Larry Varney
At 02:06 PM 3/16/00 -0500, you wrote: Hello there I have Road Runner cable modem service and I was wondering if anyone knows how to set it up so I can get on to the internet with linux . I tried tech support but they said that they only support win/mac and can't help with any other OS. Cory

[newbie] PalmPilot?

2000-03-16 Thread HAL 9000
hello all... just wondering if MDK has support for palm pilots... thanks seth -- _ (_'_ ..

RE: [newbie] PalmPilot?

2000-03-16 Thread Pittman, Merle
Yup, called "Kpilot", haven't tried it though since I don't have a palm pilot :( -Original Message- From: HAL 9000 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 4:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] PalmPilot? hello all... just wondering if MDK has

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-16 Thread Jim Del Cañamo
I work with Diamond Speed Star A50 Mandrake 6.0 You must configurate some Options in device section for /etc/X11/XF86 config file If you want I can send my XF86config file Gabriel Spahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) Reply-To: [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] PalmPilot?

2000-03-16 Thread Justin W. Udelhofen
haven't tried it yet, but this is supposed to work... http://linux.about.com/compute/linux/library/weekly/aa030100c-a.htm i have a visor, and i am not sure how to configure the usb as opposed to serial, but if someone gets it to work please post. justin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-16 Thread KM Linux
Hi there gang: Does anyone know of a free ISP for Linux? I have a friend who wants to connect but it on disability and can't afford an ISP. Thanks, Karekin

[newbie] mouse question

2000-03-16 Thread Charles Ulwelling
I have two very newbie mouse questions. First, I like double clicking to launch stuff but it seems that Mandrake 7 defaults to a single click to lanuch apps. Could someone tell me how to change that so I have to double click to launch apps. Second, I have a microsoft intellimouse and

[newbie] Fix ? Mandrake 7 install - Is it a xconfiguration *issue*

2000-03-16 Thread Chuck Seiders
Type faster. :- 7 Do you have another instance of X still running (ps aux | grep X)? xfs3730.04.337722752?SMar150:00 xfs -port -1 -dae root115080.01.32440856R01:130:00ps aux root

[newbie] GDM problem

2000-03-16 Thread leftos K
Hello I've just installed Mandrake 7.0 and I have encountered a problem with gdm. When /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains the word GNOME and I give `telinit 5`at any shell prompt a blue screen appears and then it goes blanc again and then the blue screen reappears. This happens again and again and

Re: [newbie] PalmPilot?

2000-03-16 Thread Dave W
I've had better luck with JPilot, for what it's worth. But they both will do the job. Supposedly JPilot can handle USB if you have one of the newer kernels, but I've not tried it with my Visor. Not sure about KPilot. I'll wait for Mandrake to release it all nice-and-pretty-like, without

RE: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-16 Thread Riley March
Any ISP should be able to handle a Linux user as far as their hardware is concerned. However getting tech support from them on doing it may be another story. I would just get manual setting from any of the ones that are available out there for free and set it up just like you have done with

Re: [newbie] Terminal

2000-03-16 Thread Ribbo
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Jeremy wrote: Do you have colors in lynx in one of your text mode virtual consoles? Jeremy, my lynx does have colors in console/shell, and so does vim. do you have lynx/vim colors while you in X session, i mean running lynx from Konsole/Eterm/Aterm/Xterm, do you see

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-16 Thread Brian Vogt
Yes, thanks...I'd love to see anything that might help. I'm at a loss as to what to do next, and Mandrake tech support doesn't have much to say about it... When will a new version of Xfree86 be out? Will support be in a full release, or in one of the smaller pre-releases? Also, does anyone

RE: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-16 Thread Riley March
I just thought and should have before replying the first time. :P You may need to look for one of the free ISP's that advertise you don't have to stare at banner ads the entire time surfing. I doubt any out there have there software interfaces available for Linux. Sorry I didn't think about

[newbie] MANDRAKE 6.1 LOGIN

2000-03-16 Thread j . kyle
I HAVE TRIED TO INSTALL 6.1 SEVERAL TIMES AND APPARENTLY THE INSTALLATION IS SUCCESSFUL AND I AM ASKED TO REBOOT. WHEN I DO I GET THE LOGIN SCREEN YOU GET BEFORE X IS SET UP.IT ASKS ME TO LOGIN BUT WHEN I TYPE root AND THEN CLICK ENTER NOTHING HAPPENS.IT SHOULD MOVE ON AND ASK FOR THE PASSWORD

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-16 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I even looked at the commercial driver... I don't exactly remember the details but I remembered it being a better choice to get the new card. I spent around $50 for an AGP card with 16MegRam and it was good the first attempt. I'm guessing that you have 8Mb on yours. So that's a bit of an