Re: [newbie] installing patch.pl

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
I think you can access that kind of disc if you mount it ext2, unless you have tried that already, mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Should get you into the boot floppy's filesystem. But I don't remember where you should dump the patch file. On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Tim Walker mewed: guys and

[newbie] dumb firewall question

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
I have a cablemodem on a dynamic address, not static, should I set up a firewall? I'm connected all the time, and if my server is ever cracked, what should I look for? Like logins in my logfiles that I know I did not do like when I was asleep or away? -- My new linux web server with Apache

Re: [newbie] symlinking in linux

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
hehe nice image at the bottom! On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, magick mewed: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:

Re: [newbie] dual modems

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Holt
That's called 'shotgun' technology, and I believe that not only your modems must support that, but you must also have support in your operating system and drivers, etc. Mike magick wrote: i have heard it is possible to run two modems at once creatting a virtual isdn connection instead of 56k

RE: [newbie] dual modems

2000-04-09 Thread Mike Perry
From what I have heard the winblows98 2nd edition supports this, and there are some 3rd party programs that also can do this in winblows however the main problem is with your ISP. With mine for instance I cannot logon with the same name and password twice. I in fact tried this, and it was quiet

[newbie] Re: [newbe] Linux for Windows Installation Help

2000-04-09 Thread Hazel Norman Teferle
Hi Michael, Thank you for your comments. In the end I created a couple of linux partitions with fips2.0. That worked great. I also decided not to install lnx4win, but the full MDK7.0 version. Thanks a lot Norman "Michael N. Proffitt" wrote: I don't believe you want to allow the setup to

Re: [newbie] Thank you.

2000-04-09 Thread Stephan Crystal
Just a thought, ever considered using web based e-mail instead of the old server based system. I have all my various e-mail accounts forwarded to a web based account which then enables me to quickly and easier retrieve my mail from work, home and uni. No need for any e-mail client software then.

RE: [newbie] Thank you.

2000-04-09 Thread Mike Perry
1. Generally less secure 2. Often Slower 3. Often much more restrictive on attached files Note: this applies only to my experience with places like hotmail and other sites offering "free web based email", so maybe I am just talking total bullshit :-) Michael Perry. RD. Dep.

RE: [newbie] Thank you.

2000-04-09 Thread Rial Juan
On Apr 9 Mike Perry wrote: 1.Generally less secure Not when done with SSL, which is IMHO the way to go when you're providing web-based email. How secure do you think pop3 is anyway? Everything gets sent over in cleartext, including your username/password. Not much of an issue for people at

RE: [newbie] Thank you.

2000-04-09 Thread David Hugh-Jones
Another problem with web-based email is reliability: my mail.com account is down as they 'upgrade the website'. Probably best to have both web-based and normal email. dave On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Rial Juan wrote: On Apr 9 Mike Perry wrote: 1. Generally less secure Not when done with

Re: [Re: [newbie] How to avoid starting X ?]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"magick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try running the install again and this time choose custom as far as i know recomended always sets x to start up imediatley after boot but custom gives you the choice Absolutely NO need to reinstall!! Even to permanently

Re: [RE: [newbie] Thank you.]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
David Hugh-Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably best to have both web-based and normal email. dave == I couldn't agree more. It gives tremendous flexibility. I have several different e-mail accounts. Yahoo is web based, but will act as a pop3

[newbie] Epson stylus color 760

2000-04-09 Thread Emanuele La Rosa
Anyone knows how to make the Epson stylus color 760 printer works properly and not with the generic uniprint driver? Is there enybody who knows what D4 means?

[newbie] Thank you.

2000-04-09 Thread Mike Perry
Actually, if you really want performance, then just telnet straight into your pop3 server. It may not be pretty, but you can certainly administer your account efficiently. Just involves learning a few simple commands (shock horror) :-) Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux --

Re: [newbie] installing patch.pl

2000-04-09 Thread Tim Walker
vic, tried this, gave me the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems. before i did the mount i entered "umount floppy" while in the /mnt dir. fs type should be ok, and there shouldn't be too many mounted file

Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]

2000-04-09 Thread Jaguar
After having "script-kiddies" try to "DNS Malformed", Trojan Scanning, and many other attcks on my static IP, I captured the attempts with trace-route, and the BlackICE Defender log files, and sent them to @Home Abuse. They replied that they are __NOT__, I repeat _NOT_ responsible for firewalls,

[newbie] MDK7.02/FreeBSD and Networking

2000-04-09 Thread Jaguar
I already have MDK 7.02 installed, and was wanting to try out FreeBSD, I would like to know if there are any known conflicts/problems with running BOTH OS's on one 13 GB drive? The main reason for this is because I have read it is easier to setup a home network, I have tried with MDK and so far

[newbie] boot disk

2000-04-09 Thread Jeremy Weiss
Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at

[newbie] Wine 2000

2000-04-09 Thread Sami A. Kutbi
Dose any one know any thing about wine program i download it but do not how to run it. thanks for the help

[newbie] Fw: Win - LiNuX Network?

2000-04-09 Thread ChOPpY C. Chipper
Subject: Win - LiNuX Network? OK, Now That I've fixed some of my other problems on my own, i want to start the huge task of enabling a local network! OK, before I re-installed Mandrake, my Windows Machine found my Linux Machine, but now, it does not and when I run "samba start". It

Re: [newbie] boot disk

2000-04-09 Thread ChOPpY C. Chipper
yes, this is what i do! when i installed linux i placed the partition boot loader on a rescue disk that i made, during the install as well! when I place the rescue / partition disk in; it loads LILO! And then lets me load LiNuX! -Julien - Original Message - From: Jeremy Weiss [EMAIL

[newbie] How to get unpartitoned disk space back?

2000-04-09 Thread Jim Snyder
Hi I just loaded Mandrake 7.0 after a few months absence from the Linux community while relocating from California to Virginia for my job with the USDA. I ran into a couple snags and a lock up while upgrading from a previous Mandrkae version which I think was 6.0. Anyway, I have a system with

[newbie] Connecting to the Web

2000-04-09 Thread andy
I've got my external modem up and running now, and Linux identifies it no problem. One of the free ISP's I use is Freeserve (Sorry for non-UK-ers). I went to kppp and put in all the details i could from my Freeserve account. I connected to Freeserve no problem, but when I opened Netscape, All I

[newbie] LILO

2000-04-09 Thread Alex Leonard
have had a few problems, lost windows after installing mandrake 7.0 and had to reinstall. as a result i lost the dual boot loader and wasnt surprised at all, however when i went to use the boot disk i created on installation i found that the loader printed letters LIL on the screen and

Re: [[newbie] boot disk]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Jeremy Weiss" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? Sure, but why not have your boot loader do that for you. If your using Bootmagic, or LILO, you can set

Re: [[newbie] Connecting to the Web]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got my external modem up and running now, and Linux identifies it no problem. One of the free ISP's I use is Freeserve (Sorry for non-UK-ers). I went to kppp and put in all the details i could from my Freeserve account. I connected to Freeserve no problem,

Re: [newbie] MDK7.02/FreeBSD and Networking

2000-04-09 Thread Monte Milanuk
Jaguar wrote: I already have MDK 7.02 installed, and was wanting to try out FreeBSD, I would like to know if there are any known conflicts/problems with running BOTH OS's on one 13 GB drive? The main reason for this is because I have read it is easier to setup a home network, I have

[newbie] having troubles using lnx4win installing off a hard drive, please help!

2000-04-09 Thread Jimmy
I downloaded the iso and extracted it will full pathname using winimage. Now I have it all extracted out to my d drive (I extracted it at root level so it would be like the cd distribution. Then I ran the install batch file in the lnx4win folder and it installed to my C drive, and brought up

[newbie] FW: Gender of Computer....

2000-04-09 Thread nodyak0
This is OFF subject but I feel all can benefit from them and enjoy a little HUMOR. 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. -

Re: [newbie] Free Isp

2000-04-09 Thread Dan
I've heard that http://www.worldshare.net works although I couldn't get it to. There help page seems to imply that it will work with linux but they won't "support" it. --- wolfen999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, you wrote: tried them they won't work refuses to accept my

[newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread andy
OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! In a little over a week, I've re-installed Mandrake 7 FOUR times..what gives?? I tried installing Caldera open Linux instead..that says my Hardware will not support it!!

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread paul haine
OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! snip I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!! Sorry, I just had to shout at someone!! I understand completely...I've been trying to get

Re: [Re: [newbie] How to avoid starting X ?]

2000-04-09 Thread Lane Lester
Michael Scottaline said: Absolutely NO need to reinstall!! Even to permanently switch to a non X boot (which I do not believe the original poster was looking to achieve), a reinstallation is not necessary. A simple edit of /etc/inittab will change the runlevel id:5:initdefault Just

Re: [newbie] installing patch.pl

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
Whoa, hmm, thats a tuffy, anyone else with some input? From what I remember, an installboot or a boot disk I could always mount as ext2, sorry I don't have my floppy anymore, I wish I could have it back to do some experimenting. On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Tim Walker mewed: vic, tried this, gave me

Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
Thanks, thats what I thought. I forgot where the firewall howto is, when I do find out or when you or someone tells me, I'm gonna go and snoop through it and see what I can do. On Thu, 15 May 2036, Jaguar mewed: After having "script-kiddies" try to "DNS Malformed", Trojan Scanning, and many

Re: [newbie] boot disk

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
Oh yes, just instead of installing lilo, make a bootdisk with the lilo on it, and do not install lilo into your master boot record, tell it to install it in the --- uhh whats that called the root superblock--- instead of the master boot record, like for example instead of making the lilo.conf

[newbie] how do i get in

2000-04-09 Thread Alex Leonard
i have lost dual boot, and now my boot disk doesnt work, it freezes at LIL it wont get through to the O how do i get in, it is all there installed on my computer buti cant use it. help

Re: [newbie] x configure

2000-04-09 Thread Mark Potochnik
Rob Callahan wrote: Hey all, I'm having trouble installing my external monitor apon the initial setup. I've tried different monitor and graphic card combinations and nothing will work. I have a micron laptop with a neographics card and the monitor is an older 15 inch Acer. The best

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine wrote: Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed to make it to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, crashes - at least with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with Linux it just stops working, kaput. With this plus

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of the hardware in the machine that your using. It might or might not be the problem that your experiencing, but this was the problem the last 2 times this happened to me. I usually recomend an AMD processor to windows users, but I'm biased in

[newbie] Lothar Memory fault core dump

2000-04-09 Thread Jens Hahn
Hi, I can't start lothar. There is always the message Memory fault (core dump). What can I do? Thanx Jens Hahn

RE: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back?

2000-04-09 Thread Seth Hollen
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I fixed my partitions, but it took a while. the prob was using mandrake's "auto-allocate" function to set up my partitions over the existing partitions. it trashed the partition table. Linux still worked just boot magic and partition magic couldn't. here's how I

[newbie] Problems

2000-04-09 Thread Valjean
Some questions, maybe you folks can help: 1. The crossover question I asked earlier...any idea? 2. I have a "freshly" installed system, so no extra software has been installed except the Mandrake 7.0 install. When I use Netscape in xwin, it will work, then suddenly will stop. I mean the

Re: [newbie] dual modems

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Mike Perry wrote: I in fact tried this, and it was quiet amuseing, I connected with one modem, dialed the other, started to logon with the other and it connected and threw the 1st one out which tried to reconnect, connected and threw the 2nd one out and so forth and so on :-)... Also I

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands downon stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Mark Potochnik
andy wrote: OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! Forget all that you have learned... It's a WHOLE new world... The adventure has just began. :-) In a little over a week, I've re-installed

Re: [[newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! In a little over a week, I've re-installed Mandrake 7 FOUR times..what gives?? I tried installing Caldera open Linux instead..that

[newbie] Printer-Setup

2000-04-09 Thread Gunther C. Hebein
Where can I change my Printer/Options in KDE??? ** Hebein, Gunther Cyrill Cand. Pharm. Innsbruck - Austria ** begin:vcard n:Hebein;Gunther fn:Gunther C. Hebein tel;pager:secret! tel;cell:(43)-0699-10615108 tel;home:(43)-0512-292574

Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Jaguar wrote: After having "script-kiddies" try to "DNS Malformed", Trojan Scanning, and many other attcks on my static IP, I captured the attempts with trace-route, and the BlackICE Defender log files, and sent them to @Home Abuse. They replied that they are __NOT__, I repeat _NOT_

Re: [newbie] Connecting to the Web

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
andy wrote: I connected to Freeserve no problem, but when I opened Netscape, All I get is an 'Unable to connect to server' message.. Any ideas what I've done wrong? I couldn't work out how to put in a DNS address, as the box was just greyed out..don't know if that would make a

Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]

2000-04-09 Thread maxtorator
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, you wrote: Thanks, thats what I thought. I forgot where the firewall howto is, when I do find out or when you or someone tells me, I'm gonna go and snoop through it and see what I can do. Heres a link to FirewallHow-To

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands downon stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Mark Potochnik
Linux is driving me crazy!! IMO, as much as I like it.I don't RECOMMEND to anybody to change over to Linux. They would have to have a REAL desire to change, and I warn them about the frustrations. A couple of people I have told NOT to change. I don't wan't to scare them away. Linux needs

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows handsdown on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine mewed: OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! snip I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!! Sorry, I just had to shout at

Re: [newbie] Problems

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Valjean wrote: Some questions, maybe you folks can help: 1. The crossover question I asked earlier...any idea? Can you repeat the question? -Stephen-

Re: [newbie] Problems

2000-04-09 Thread Valjean
See, I've got some data on a win95 machine I want to retrieve and rather than remove the hard drives from that and connect them to my linux box, I'd like to just hook up a crossover cable betweeb the NIC in either machine and transfer the files. I have the cable, I just need to know what needs to

[newbie] MountUmount CD-ROM

2000-04-09 Thread Jaibolinux
What can I do to have my cd-rom working without mounting and umounting each time that I want to read my cd's? I've Mandrake 7.0 Thanks a lot.

[newbie] (Repost) How to avoid starting X for laptop during the install?

2000-04-09 Thread Xavier Michalet
Hi, I am the person who originally posted this question. I missed the original answers because of problems with my Mac beta version of AOL :-( so I repost it: The problem I have is that I want to install Mandrake 7 on a laptop (LCD display). I test the settings for X windows during the

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread David Hugh-Jones
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of the hardware in the machine that your using. (snip) Hey, don't go blaming it on the hardware now. It's pretty clear that Linux is not an easy ride to install, no matter how stable it may be afterwards.

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands downon stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
try doing a complete re-install instead of an UPGRADE... first, format all linux partitions...and start over from scratch andy wrote: OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! In a little over a week, I've

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown

2000-04-09 Thread Paul Cummins
*laughs* What motherboard do you have again? You're running an AMD K6/2 -- I'm already suspicious (speaking from experience). I have a similar problem with Linux on my Compaq... I need a startup switch to stop it from triggering something strange on the motherboard... Something is

[newbie] other free isp's

2000-04-09 Thread magick
wondering if there are any other free isp's other then freewwweb as they no longer have a local dial up number in my area (and even when they did it never worked ) To The Future Of Linux Together Let's Crush Microsoft And Take BAck Our Desktops GET THE BEST FREE INTERNET ACCESS *

[newbie] OS/2 and Beos

2000-04-09 Thread magick
sorta off topic here but arn't os/2 and beos linux/unix clones adn where can you download os/2 or can ya had Beos and it wouldn't find my hardware modem can ya believe it found my winmodem with no trouble but my hardware modem dodn't exist LOL MicroSoft Get's Hit With Anti Trust And Bill

Re: [newbie] Trouble connecting with KPPP

2000-04-09 Thread Michelle Schneider
KPPP hardly ever connects on the first try. I get to "logging on to network" and it hangs. I hear the modem disconnect. I have to cancel and connect again. The second time it always works. This has only been a problem since I installed Mandrake 7. Any suggestions? --

[newbie] Uproar Doesn't Support Linux

2000-04-09 Thread magick
I know Off topic Again But I wanted To Let YTou Guys Hear The Most stupidest thing i have ever heard i have been going to uproar (it's a free game sight) and had trouble with linux so ichecked there support page and what do i find linux as one of your choices for an o/s i sent a report for

[newbie] Telneting into POP3 server

2000-04-09 Thread Jon
Mike Perry wrote: Actually, if you really want performance, then just telnet straight into your pop3 server. It may not be pretty, but you can certainly administer your account efficiently. Just involves learning a few simple commands (shock horror) :-) Michael Perry. RD. Dep.

[newbie] help to all

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
I've posted this help awhile back... but I'll post it again... I'm also a newbie...for about 3 months now... but I've noticed one thing...in those three months... Linux IS (no doubt in my mind)...the best OS there is, outside of UNIX itself. It puts windows to shame... The reason most of

[newbie] Culeros

2000-04-09 Thread Eljaibo
Chinguen a su madre, me cae si les vuelvo a preguntar algo, Mennndigo!!!

Re: [newbie] how do i get in

2000-04-09 Thread Jon
Alex Leonard wrote: i have lost dual boot, and now my boot disk doesnt work, it freezes at LIL it wont get through to the O how do i get in, it is all there installed on my computer but i cant use it. help First off, you turn off the HTML in your mail composer so we can read your

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Jon
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: paul haine wrote: My suggestion is to change the memory and see if the problem persists. If it does try a different motherboard, or "down" clock the processor. Already tried the memory changing, still no joy, Linux is as wobbly as ever. As for trying a

Re: [[newbie] (Repost) How to avoid starting X for laptop during the install?]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Xavier Michalet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am the person who originally posted this question. I missed the original answers because of problems with my Mac beta version of AOL :-( so I repost it: The problem I have is that I want to install Mandrake 7 on a laptop (LCD display). I

Re: [newbie] (Repost) How to avoid starting X for laptop during theinstall?

2000-04-09 Thread Jon
Xavier Michalet wrote: Hi, I am the person who originally posted this question. I missed the original answers because of problems with my Mac beta version of AOL :-( so I repost it: The problem I have is that I want to install Mandrake 7 on a laptop (LCD display). I test the settings for

Re: [[newbie] kmail associations]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
maxtorator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a little question. I use kmail for my email, sometimes I like to click on a url link in my mail messages, this opens the kfm browser and I retrieve the page. Is there a way to change the association so that when I click on a link in my kmail

[newbie] Qmail and Mandrake 7

2000-04-09 Thread Matt G. Ellis
Has anyone installed qmail on Mandrake 7? If so, do you know of any how-tos or whatever? I'd like to intall from rpm if possible.

Re: [newbie] help to all

2000-04-09 Thread magick
only real problem i have is upgrading x to 4.0 keeps crashing my gui and i have to keep reinstalling linux - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 6:23 PM Subject: [newbie] help to all I've posted

Re: [newbie] is it wine

2000-04-09 Thread magick
wine is the windows emulator that i suposed to be abled to run winblows progams mind i have yet to get it to work - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Linux_Admin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 6:29 PM Subject:

[newbie] Epson 7xx

2000-04-09 Thread tymanthius
Try this web site - finally found it!! http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713

Re: [newbie] Samba: Windows can't log into Linux shares

2000-04-09 Thread Jon
You are Welcome! lol ;- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THANK YOU!!! It worked. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent this a bit earlier, but it didn't seem to go thru - forgive if it's a double post. I have a working public share, and Windows can see my private shares, but

Re: [newbie] is it wine

2000-04-09 Thread Paul Cummins
what is the name of the program...that will allow you to use windows (in its own window)...at the same time as you're using linux? and where's a real good tutorial on how to set it up? Try VMWare ...

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beatWindowshandsdownon stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Jon wrote: "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: *laughs* What motherboard do you have again? You're running an AMD K6/2 -- I'm already suspicious (speaking from experience). Something is *definitely* wrong with your hardware if Linux is wobbly and Win98 is stable. -Stephen- I love

Re: [newbie] how do i get in

2000-04-09 Thread Richard Bonebrake
Alex Leonard wrote: i have lost dual boot, and now my boot disk doesnt work, it freezes at LIL it wont get through to the O how do i get in, it is all there installed on my computer but i cant use it. help I had this problem on one of my systems when I was installing dual boot using

Re: [Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]]

2000-04-09 Thread Jaguar
Some of the script attacks were from the @Home ( or flavors of @Home (ie: @Roadrunner) meaning the 24.x.x.x IP set. But there were quite a few who were on other ISP's but I had a trace route of their IP#, heheh I could even trace a private network ( 192.168.x.x) node back to a specific

Re: [[newbie] (Repost) How to avoid starting X for laptop during the install?]

2000-04-09 Thread Jaguar
When Linux is booting...just when the LILO prompt is there you have about 5 secs. to type "linux 3" --with out quotes, and it will boot to Console mode, bypassing XWindow. HTH Jaguar "Xavier Michalet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am the person who originally posted this question. I missed

Re: [Re: [newbie] How to avoid starting X ?]

2000-04-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
LaneI've been silently following the expert thread you speak of. It was my impression that you'd been hacking (I believe you called it customizing) the init files a bit before your problem occurred and this was the probable root cause of your problem. Anyway, I decided to try changing

Re: [newbie] Epson 7xx

2000-04-09 Thread John Scott
THANKS!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this web site - finally found it!! http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713

Re: [newbie] is it wine

2000-04-09 Thread Jayce Steadman
magick wrote: wine is the windows emulator that i suposed to be abled to run winblows progams mind i have yet to get it to work Wine Is Not an Emulator (WINE)! Although, is is really, but not technically :-) -- Jayce Steadman (on the Linux Box) [FGC]_G3N3R1C ICQ# 63558908

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows handsdown on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Lane Lester
Vic said: I usually recomend an AMD processor to windows users, but I'm biased in favour of AMD, but a Pentium does run nicely when its running linux instead of windows in my experiences. I think you can recommend AMDs for Linux as well. I'm running a K6-2/400 (I can't remember what

Re: [newbie] help to all

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
why do you want to upgrade x to 4.0? what is this upgrade you speak of...? why upgrade something that works fine...? most of the time...I've found that if I try to upgrade...lets say...using a i386.rpm.. in mandrake which is i586it practically messes up everything. this could be your

Re: [newbie] Qmail and Mandrake 7

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
rpm install should work fine...in kpackage "Matt G. Ellis" wrote: Has anyone installed qmail on Mandrake 7? If so, do you know of any how-tos or whatever? I'd like to intall from rpm if possible. -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ#

[newbie] installing ICQ

2000-04-09 Thread J.Carson
I downloaded icq for linux, it is in a tar.gzip format, how do I unzip it and install it, could someone please list the steps, i have no idea where to even begin. I am running mandrake 7 or if someone can name a site will it will tell me how to do it, in very easy steps, that would be helpful,

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows handsdown on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Necrotica
My Athlon system is rock freakin' solid with Linux Mandrake, as well as other Linux distros I have tried -Necro On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Lane Lester wrote: Vic said: I usually recomend an AMD processor to windows users, but I'm biased in favour of AMD, but a Pentium does run nicely

Re: [newbie] Qmail and Mandrake 7

2000-04-09 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
Has anyone installed qmail on Mandrake 7? If so, do you know of any how-tos or whatever? I'd like to intall from rpm if possible. It's not possible. The qmail license requires distribution in source code format only. No precompiled binaries are allowed. (Unless it changed recently.) If you

Re: [newbie] Mount/Unmount CDROM

2000-04-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Eljaibotype (as root) in a console 'supermount enable'. Alan Eljaibo wrote: What can I do to have my cd-rom working without mounting and umounting each time that I want to read my cd's? I've Mandrake 7.0 Thanks a lot.

Re: [newbie] installing ICQ

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
Mandrake 7 has a very good ICQ clone...called LICQ in RPM format...just use Kpackage as root...to install it from off your CD...I think you also have to install its partner program called QT.144 in order for it to function... "J.Carson" wrote: I downloaded icq for linux, it is in a

Re: [Re: [newbie] How to avoid starting X ?]

2000-04-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Laneoh...ok...my mistake :-) I guess I should have said that I'd been 'kind of following the thread.' Alan Lane Lester wrote: Alan Shoemaker said: LaneI've been silently following the expert thread you speak of. It was my impression that you'd been hacking (I believe you

[newbie] Re: is it wine

2000-04-09 Thread Brian P Bilbrey
Christian Brink wrote: 2. VMWARE - ~ $300 $ 99 for non-commercial use, unsupported except via rather good online manuals and faqs. commercial license Commercial support A wide range of supported options Recently released 2.0 version much better, more

is it wine

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
what is the name of the program...that will allow you to use windows (in its own window)...at the same time as you're using linux? and where's a real good tutorial on how to set it up? -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL

[newbie] sendmail

2000-04-09 Thread KompuKit
can you use/setup sendmail with a dynamic IP? if so, how do I set it up... -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:

Re: [newbie] installing ICQ

2000-04-09 Thread Zulfiqar Naushad
What type of ICQ did you download? The general rule for unzipping files is. tar -xvzf .tar.gz that will create the directory, then go into the directory and read the readme file, every program has a slightly different installation routine. At 08:33 PM 4/9/00 -0400, you wrote: I

Re: [newbie] installing ICQ

2000-04-09 Thread magick
you should get it in rpm format it's alot easier - Original Message - From: "Zulfiqar Naushad" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 1:00 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] installing ICQ What type of ICQ did you download? The general rule for unzipping files is.

[newbie] dual modems

2000-04-09 Thread Mike Fieschko
http://www.cwareco.com/eqlplus.html (could you please not attach .bmp [or other image] files?) -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-0.17mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Apr 9 Passion Sunday Rabboni, ut videam

Re: [newbie] help to all

2000-04-09 Thread magick
jsut always like to have the most rescent versions of things and all the rpms i tried to upgrade to were i586 and made for mandrake as the had the .mdk in them x 4.0 is suposed to have new features - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

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