Re: [newbie] Lnx4Win

dont use it its way too slow partition your hard drive

Re: [[newbie] need help with netscape]

"Jared Dziedzic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'am able to connect to the internet, but netscape won't find any web pages. it doesn't give me any errors either. it just says it cannot find the page. please help! = Did you edit /etc/lilo.conf ? As root add

Re: [[newbie] help,cant access]

Kit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just changed to a Hitachi 17" monitor... from a HP ergo ultra 15" and now I can't access my linuxbox...to use lothar to re-configure the new monitorcause upon reboot... it's fuzzy...and I can't see the login screen clearly...enough to do things... it's

Re: [newbie] window refresh rate or device setting incorrect

Faizel Boorany wrote: The contents of xterm are not legible. All that shows is the cursor highlight as I type. However, if I drag another window over the console window, it refreshes and the contents (sometimes) become visible. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Network Neighborhood equivalent

Steven, Look for LinuxNeighborhood on the Net. It somehow appears to be similar to Net Neigh of Windows. However you'll need samba running and the samba clients installed. I'll search my backups and see whether I have a copy for you. Regards Bernardo

Re: [newbie] Lnx4Win

I would NOT use Lnx4Win on any CPU. If you have a crash in Win you will have to reinstall EVERYTHINGY. Plus your system will be extremely lloww. I did that type of install to check it out and NOT good. If you use the 'lilo', which is the BEST, you install Linux/Mandrake to a

Re: [newbie] browser

Oh, please. Never ever give someone the advice to use --force with rpm. I totally screwed up my old redhat 5.2 that way, about a year ago. Instead, identify and download the package that would satisfy these dependencies and install it first. Or just put 'em on the same line alltogether like

Re: [newbie] need help with netscape

Sounds like your DNS or routing is wrong. If your straight dialin and use kppp go to the DNS setup tab and put your ISP's DNS server's IP addresses in there. Make sure you put your domain in the domain box. -- Original Message -- From: "Jared

Re: [[newbie] HP deskjet 710c]

Michael Scottaline wrote: "Sven Vermeulen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, I'm trying to get my HP deskjet 710c running under linux mandrake 7.0 with aspfilter but whitout succes. Is there anyone who has his 710c running or can anybody tell me with which HP printer the 710c is

Re: [newbie] Netscape hangs linux - follow up

"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: I'm sure it's hung. Mouse is dead, can't Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, can't change workspace nothin' I finally got home to check this thing out and man was this thing locked up. Had the wife leave it on just so I could give it a bash (pun intended 8-))

Re: [newbie] help,can't access

how exactly...do I do this...step by step please? Robert Revet wrote: at booting type linux 2 and reconfigure with Xconfigurator of xf86config -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg http://kompukit.dyndns.org (personal webserver,does NOT run

Re: [[newbie] need help with netscape]

Michael Scottaline wrote: "Jared Dziedzic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'am able to connect to the internet, but netscape won't find any web pages. it doesn't give me any errors either. it just says it cannot find the page. please help! = Did you

Re: [newbie] Netscape hangs linux - follow up

Rial Juan wrote: On Mar 29 Joseph S. Gardner wrote: From what I can find a CRC error is Cyclic Redunancy Check but I have no clue what it means or what caused it. I can tell you that the machine has been up and running almost flawlessly 24/7 since October. I once knew the details

[newbie] loadlin

I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.0 at work and I would like to stay hidden. A floppy disk boot is possible but a boot from DOS using loadlin would be better. So I made the standard manipulation : 1 - Logged as root and in a console window : cp /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdk

[newbie] Mandrake and large hard Drive on 486

Thanks in Advance, I have Mandrake 6.1. I'm wanting to put it on my IBM ValuePoint 486 DX66. I have a 1.2Gig hard drive that I want to use for the system. The bios doesn't support High capacity Hard Drives. I've read somewhere (which was full of bad links) that you don't need Overlay

[newbie] QuakeII mouse problem

Hey all, I am running mandrake 7.0.. and gotten everything installed.. I am dual booting between win98 and linux. I decided to get my quake II game running on the linux side... so I linked /usr/local/games/quake2\base2q to the windows partition. so that seems to work I then the quake2 binaries..

[newbie] using kpackage to upgrade netscape

Hi, I have tried to upgrade netscape from 4.70 to 4.72 on my linux.. on my kpackage I had the upgrade checked and replace packages checked and also check depends also... I go to install and it complains about the stuff needed for the 4.70 stuff... should I also check replace files too with

Re: [newbie] Network Neighborhood equivalent

I am using KExplorer after loading smb and mounting the file systems from my other computers. One problem though, if one of the other machines goes offline, KExplorer seems to hang for a while, but give it a couple of minutes and it will come back to you. Herman On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] browser

You don't need the '--force' option, just put the three files in one directory and type 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' and there won't be a dependency problem because you're installing all at the same time. *note* If you install Netscape 128 bit version, it doesn't allow you to install both communicator and

Re: [newbie] Netscape hangs linux - follow up

Hi: I had this same problem (actualy it happens often). The solution is to telnet in to the linux box that appeas to be hunk, then su pswd ps -e | grep scape then after obtaining the process id for netscakp, issue a kill pid or kill -k pid After this, things return to normal on my

Re: [newbie] using kpackage to upgrade netscape

If you use kpackage, you need to make sure that it doesn't check dependencies or else it will just complain. You already know that each package depends on each other, so go ahead and uncheck that box; I'm not sure what files are being replaced when you check 'replace files', so I like to leave

Re: [newbie] Network Neighborhood equivalent

Steven Mileham a écrit : I've been using Samba at Univercity to let be share my drives with other people and to mount their shares, but is there I way I can get a "network neighborhood" style listing, preferable one that is just a text type thing that comes with samba rather than another X

[newbie] SoundBlaster Live!

Does anyone use the SoundBlaster Live! card with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks, Dan

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster Live!

Dan wrote: Does anyone use the SoundBlaster Live! card with Mandrake 7.0?Thanks, Dan I have the SB Live on my mandrake 7.0 and the install found it and set it up for me just fine...

Re: [newbie] Compatible SCSI cards

My Advansys SCSI works great! MarkP Kirk McElhearn wrote: I would like to add a SCSI card to my Mandrake PC so I can use a CD burner. First of all, is audio CD burning smooth under Mandrake? Second, any reccomendations on a SCSI card that would be compatible? Kirk

[newbie] Loadlin

I am using Windows 2000 and windows 98 ok ,i ahve also linux mnadrake 7.02 install in the same HD y a partition dev/hda3/. ok i notice there is a boot.ini file in windows 2000, that have the menu option for windows make some arrange to the file now i see that linux is in the menu , when

Re: [newbie] other browsers

Opera Software is working on a browser for Linux... However it is still in Alpha stage yet... MarkP

Re: [newbie] Good reading material

I was having trouble figuring everything out too... Even Linux for Dummies was kinda advanced :-) So I got the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux"... And I'm just starting to figure this thing out :-) MarkP "Skaist, Dov" wrote: Hi there, Can anyone recommend a good book for a

Re: [newbie] Internet Problems

How do I find kapp? Andrew

RE: [newbie] Loadlin

STARTING LINUX WITH LOADLIN. Step by step installation: - make a dir in windoz (ex: loadlin) - copy loadlin.exe to your dir. Modif of 'MSDOS.SYS' : -click on this file and disable 'readonly' -open with an editer the file and set BootGUI=0 ( in section [Options](this don't start the logo of

RE: [newbie] Internet Problems

you only need Kppp if you are using dialup. Since you are using a PCMCIA card I would assume it is a network card (since most modems are built in) so you must be using a cable or dsl modem, not dialup. Therefore, you don't need Kppp. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Internet Problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I find kapp? Andrew Again assuming you're using KDE Tag the big K on the lower left of your screen. You'll find a sub heading of Internet and kppp will be located in there. there are a lot of choices when editing / adding a new account but it's fairly safe

Re: AW: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

Probably it is just a "default" install. It does not install networking. Same for "make" and co. - they are not installed on default. This will improve in 7.1 - kernel-sources will REQUIRE make, tcl/tk, gcc... Am I lazy, or am i lazy?.-)) cu Denis - On Fri, 24

Re: [[newbie] Mandrake and large hard Drive on 486]

There is a new special version of Mandrake 7.0 for 486, the regular version is for 586+... MarkP Jaguar wrote: Mandrake 6.0 and up is optimised for Pentium based machines...it may install on your 486...but it will be very slow. Yes I have seen a floppy based install for Networking...not

Re: [newbie] Samba

II have heard you can configure Samba to be a PDC in an NT Network. Never tried to do it however. Jeanette I notice that in SWAT under the advanced configuration settings, there are alot of options for Domain Logon's. I have played around with them, and have come up with this question: Can

[newbie] Getting more Icons for KDE

I can add new applications to the KDE desktop OK. However, when I want to select an Icon for it, I am given a choice (I don't know where they come from). I would like to use something more representative of the actual application (like the "real" WordPerfect and StarOffice Icons). Anyone know

Re: [newbie] devices/hardware

what is a command line that I can enter that will tell me what devices/hardware that Linux can see/recognize... I am trying to install or detect my CD-Rom and disk drive 'A Slave To The Drive To Obsession- A Spirit With A Vision, Is A Dream With A Mission'

Re: [newbie] kppp Problems

Here's an excellent howto for setting up kppp: http://help.jps.net/unsupported/mandrake Make sure you replace the phone numbers and dns numbers with the ones for your isp and follow the pictures EXACTLY; that should solve your problems. Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message

Re: [newbie] browser

Give me a few minutes and I'll send the exact address. Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Murray Strome" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] browser Out of curiosity, where did you find an rpm

[newbie] PCMCIA....

I DO NOT have a PCMCIA and every where I have checked for the install of my ZIP drive I find this PCMCIA. What do I need to do to remove this unnecessary software. I DO NOT have any network cards, yet. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But

[newbie] fixed it

okay, somehow...I was just about able to see more clearly... on subsequent reboots...and was then able to click and open drakeconf...to change the monitor settings...and res now I'm back in Linux...thank God ! What I want to know is this... I haven't changed over to the new monitor yet...but did

[newbie] Re: Netscape 128

Hello, Sorry it took so long, I'm in the Windows partition and it does EVERYTHING slower grrr! Here's the address for Netscape 4.72 128 bit browser: ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake-crypto/RPMS/ You'll need both the 'common' and the 'communicator' files (navigator is built

[newbie] max linux mag mdk7.0

I saw that the new magazine, Maximum Linux, includes a copy of mdk 7.0, as well as a copy of Storm Linux. Does anyone know if this is version 7.0-2, or 7.0? tia russell

Re: [Re: [[newbie] need help with netscape]]

"Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Scottaline wrote: "Jared Dziedzic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'am able to connect to the internet, but netscape won't find any web pages. it doesn't give me any errors either. it just says it cannot find the page. please

[newbie] help with partition cp

ok heres the situation i had windows and linux split up 50 50 and when i wanted more space for windows i just got rid of linux for the time being cause i have a winmodem. so i resized the windows partition for the full 10 gigs and when i try to resize it back down it wont let me the little

[newbie] KDE/Gnome background image

Hi; Wondering if someone could explain to me why - if I select a jpg image for my background in Gnome, it looks as good as it does in my windoze environment. But, if I try to use the same image as a backgound in KDE it's real grainy and I can't seem to get the resolution any better. Any

Re: [newbie] Real Player

Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Nogueira wrote: Anthony Huereca wrote: Did you got RealPlayer to run under Linux? I visited the site and didn'f find a version for Linux. Sincerely Antonio Carlos Download the free version of Real Player 7, when it asks you which operating system you're running,

Re: [newbie] Real Player

if you want a version...I've got one...in my Downloads section go here: http://kompukit.dyndns.org Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Nogueira wrote: Anthony Huereca wrote: Did you got RealPlayer to run under Linux? I visited the site and didn'f find a version for Linux. Sincerely Antonio Carlos

Re: [newbie] Real Player

Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Nogueira wrote: Anthony Huereca wrote: Did you got RealPlayer to run under Linux? I visited the site and didn'f find a version for Linux. Sincerely Antonio Carlos Antonio; Go to their website - click free download (Real Player 7); when you select download from that

Re: [newbie] Getting more Icons for KDE

Murray Strome wrote: I can add new applications to the KDE desktop OK. However, when I want to select an Icon for it, I am given a choice (I don't know where they come from). I would like to use something more representative of the actual application (like the "real" WordPerfect and

[newbie] Kmail

Evening all, finaly got around to trying some of the OTHER features and ran into Kmail. Does any one know how to get this thing to automagically go out and check for new mail every 10 - 15 minutes. I have'nt found any thing in the Settings YET but I'll keep looking. TIA -- Joe Gardner Handi

[newbie] The Evil Lothar disarms the hapless user in the battle for sound

I just installed Mandrake 7.0. When I try to run Lothar to recognize my nic and sound card it freezes my mouse. I'm still able to tab around the window, but that's about it. Is there a work around to set up my sound card (preferably easy)? Or is there a fix to keep mymouse working? -Dan

Re: [newbie] fixed it

KompuKit wrote: okay, somehow...I was just about able to see more clearly... on subsequent reboots...and was then able to click and open drakeconf...to change the monitor settings...and res now I'm back in Linux...thank God ! What I want to know is this... I haven't changed over to the

Re: [newbie] Real Player

Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Nogueira wrote: Anthony Huereca wrote: Did you got RealPlayer to run under Linux? I visited the site and didn'f find a version for Linux. Sincerely Antonio Carlos It is there Go to this site:

Re: [Re: [newbie] Installation Problems]

FWIW I'm using the ATI Expert98 too and never a problem. But Mandrake 7.0 did not auto-detect it during install. Jim "bryan pryor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm really new to this, but I had a Trident 975 AGP vid card, and try as i might, i could not get it to work. I went out and bought an

Re: [newbie] Kmail

Kmail will not auto search, but its companion Knewmail will and it will call Kmail if it finds new mail and will list the headers etc. Ralph On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote: Evening all, finaly got around to trying some of the OTHER features and ran into Kmail. Does any one know how to get

[newbie] How to configure JDK1.2.2 with Mandrake 6.1

Hi, everybody I am trying to install JDK1.2.2 and BDK1.1 onto my Mandrake 6.1 system. Is there anyone has experience can share with me, such as how to set PATH and CLASSPATH? do I have to install JRE separately and how to do that? can I install BDK1.1 for Unix to my Linux system? Thanks for

[newbie] Netscape

I wonder who I can e mail to tell them that Netscape sucks? Worst browser I ever saw. -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss

[newbie] partitioning prob cp

cp ok heres the situation i had windows and linux split up 50 50 and when =i wanted more space for windows i just got rid of linux for the time =being cause i have a winmodem. so i resized the windows partition for =the full 10 gigs and when i try to resize it back down it wont let me =the

Re: [[newbie] Kmail]

Ok...start KMail...then choose FILESETTINGSthen NETWORK TABhighlight email to setchoose MODIFYthen there are check boxes to set for automagically checking email/leave on server/etc... (you are stuck with their time interval, probably about 10 mins) HTH Jaguar Joseph S Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Re: [newbie] fixed it]

Reset the monitor to GENERIC before changing monitor's, and login using the LINUX 3 then ROOT to check the setup (with setup, xconfigurator, XF86Setup, xf86configyour choice) and adjust as needed. HTH Jaguar KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure you understand... I need a safe

[newbie] Hang during installation of the glibc package

Hi! After I chose the package which I want to install for linux Mandrake, my system was hanged during the installation of the glidc package. I have retried the linux installation many time, but the problem still happened. I'm looking forward to ur answer! Thx~ Frankie

Re: [newbie] QuakeII mouse problem

i couldnt get my mouse to work eithwer

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Access to CD-Rom?]]

HAL 9000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Simpson wrote: I had the same problem when I installed Mandrake 7.0. The first time there was an error installing "fstab" so I reinstalled. Still didn't work. So I turned down the security setting to low and then had access as root but not as user.

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster Live!

Harold Hartley wrote: Dan wrote: Does anyone use the SoundBlaster Live! card with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks, Dan I have the SB Live on my mandrake 7.0 and the install found it and set it up for me just fine... Thank You

Re: [Re: [newbie] browser]

get the Communicator, Common, and Navigator files...also the easiest way I found to install 4.72 was to uninstall the existing version (that way there are no version conflicts), don't worry about DIR being empty, and installing new version. The DIR not being empty means that all you bookmarks,

Re: [Re: [newbie] lost interrupt - cant boot]

I believe I heard someone say that a Zip disk must be in the drive during boot up. I could be wrong...:) HTH Jaguar Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk McElhearn wrote: Every time I try to boot with Mandrake 7, the init hangs when trying to get the partition table of my zip drive at hdc.

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster Live!

Yes, I do. No problems with it whatsoever. Only a small issue when recompiling the kernel, but it had an easy workaround. On Mar 29 Dan wrote: Does anyone use the SoundBlaster Live! card with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks, Dan -- Rial Juan

Re: [Re: [newbie] lost interrupt - cant boot]

On 29/03/00 17:25, Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to have said: I believe I heard someone say that a Zip disk must be in the drive during boot up. I could be wrong...:) Tried that too. That wasn't the case under Mandrake 6.0. Kirk vice versa

Re: [newbie] using kpackage to upgrade netscape

Harolddelete the 3 old packages, then install the common package, next install netscape-navigator, finally uncheck the check for dependencies box and install netscape-communicator. Alan Hartley wrote: Hi, I have tried to upgrade netscape from 4.70 to 4.72 on my linux.. on my kpackage

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling

:~How do you uninstall software installed from a tar file? With RPMS it is easy, :~you just use drake or similar program. With tar though, I am not too sure. This is one of the reasons why we use rpm-s now. ;- If it is just a binary tarball, you can do: rm `tar -tzf NAME.tar.gz` If it is a

[newbie] Samba -printing to a NT printer

Hello I am kind of tired of trying to ffigure out hwo to use samba to have linux printing to a NT printer. On the NT side, the printer is a share (without password) with the name HP1600. Here are pieces of printcap and smb.conf. HP1600:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP1600:\

[newbie] cant get off mailing list

I went back to the original site to remove myself from this mailing list over 7 days ago. Why won't somebody take me off of this list. I love reading the messages but there are too many.

Re: [newbie] fixed it

I'm not sure you understand... I need a safe default setting...BEFORE I changeover to the new monitor...so that when I do changeover...I'll still be able to view the login screen...etc...and then be able to bringup drakeconf... to change the xconfigurator...etc...to the new settings for the new