Re: [newbie] Network settings

Billversion 7 has a new configuration program with access via desktop icon. It's called DrakConf, give it a try, there's a networking tool inside. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, just got 7.0 totally up and running however my network settings didn't take. Does anybody know how I

Re: [newbie] CDRW Mounting problems

Ahh not to be mean or anything but do you realize that you have sent that message 3 times? Sorry i cant help with the question though - Original Message - From: Lonnie Marvena To: Newbie Linux Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 9:25 PM Subject: [newbie] CDRW

Re: [newbie] {newbie} Unable to mount CDRW

LonnieI have a Smart Friendly CDR that I installed after I initially installed 7.0. Below is my fstab entry for both cd's (the one called cdrom is a CD and was automatically set up during 7.0's installation, cdrom1 is the CDR) on my system. All I did was create a softlink (/dev/cdrom2)

Re: [newbie] Quake2 - recursive shutdown

Hey, I may not be a Linux guru, but I know my q2 This is an error w/ Quake2! I get this error sometimes in windows, and I get millions of e-mails from ppl about this problem! in windows... the only solution is to acctually get colormap.pcx or run it thru a shortcut or explorer. As well as

Re: [newbie] Netscape

??Advertising?? Just a guess, Mike Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. Wondering why Netscape never goes to my home page upon loading. It always seems to go to some sort of internal 'about' screen. I HAVE set the preferred home page in preferences. If I click anywhere on the 'about' screen, then

Re: [newbie] Problem mounting CDRW

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hi Hi! I just installed Mandrake 7.02 and it works great but I thought mounting a cdrom was automatic? I have 1 cdrom and 1 cdrw (Smart Friendly CD Pacer RW2224). Mandrake installed icons on my desktop for both cdrom and cdrw but the cdrw will not

[newbie] Trendware?

Found something curious in my surfings this evening. www.trendware.com claims to offer Linux device drivers for their products. Don't think my modem is one of their devices, but maybe the info could help someone out there. Has anyone tried any of their drivers? I am quite curious about this,

Re: [newbie] Netscape

That's just normal Netscape behavior. You'll just have to deal with it until Mozilla (aka Netscape 6) becomes stable/fast enough for you to use as your main browser. Hi all. Wondering why Netscape never goes to my home page upon loading. It always seems to go to some sort of internal 'about'

Re: R: [newbie] a couple of questions...

Hi! Edit /etc/lilo.conf as root. Look for a line with append="". If between the brackets is already something like hdd=ide-scsi type mem=128M behind it. Example: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=128M" Example without ide-scsi: append="mem=128M" Then in a console type lilo -v That should do it.

Re: [newbie] X11 Server Lacks DPMS Support

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Andy wrote: ALright so now no one has been able to help me out yet. I get the error "X11 Server lacks DPMS Support" in KDE how do either turn DPMS or make kde allow me to use DPMS? Check out the X server XF86_SVGA. It should support DPMS. Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck.

Re: [newbie] Netscape

That's called the "splash screen". To disable it, change your shortcut to start netscape with the "-no-about-splash" option, or make it a system-wide alias in /etc/bashrc (put it together with the other predefined aliases): alias netscape="netscape -no-about-splash" This disables the automatic

[newbie] IRQ Problems after BIOS modifications

Hi to all, i had my Dual-Boot-System running. (windows 98 and Mandrake 7.0). I decided to make modifications in my BIOS to optimizes it. After that my Windows assigned the new IRQ to my Hardware, but Mandrake didn´t. Now i want to setup my internetconnection by ISDN, but whatever i do, Mandrake

Re: [newbie] OT-HTML

Although I agree with you, I also believe it would really add to the richness of email if every mail client would understand at least a subset of the HTML language (no scripting, no funny shit, just the basic tags), or otherwise ignore HTML tags. This would aid people to better structure their

[newbie] samba mount problems

Hi folks! I have a home network consisting of 3 windows98 "workstations", my Linux box and a win95OSR2 "server". My "server" is used as a fileserver and internet gateway useing winroute pro. All works fine with the windows machines. My Mandrake 7.02 tcpip seems fine as I can

Re: [newbie] X-Window, Mandrake 7.0, SiS6326

Kostya wrote: Hi to everybody!!! Sorry for my terrible English. Russian is my native language. I have a very popular problem: I can't correctly configurate X-Window. Interesting fact: Linux Mandrake 7.0 has a graphics instalation and during the instalation graphics works in my computer

[newbie] realplayer problem

Hey ppl, Was wondering if anyone has had the same problem as me with Mandrake 7.0 and RealPlayer. When I log in as root I am able to click on the link and the application starts up. When I log in as a user the link does not work. I can cut and paste the link into the "Open Location" area and it

[newbie] Boot disks?

I recently got a copy of Mandrake with the latest issue of "Maximum Linux". I installed it on a test machine and was pretty impressed as it was one of the easiest installs I have done. I want to load it on an old machine at home that I use for Linux and testing. It does not have a bootable

Re: [newbie] Netscape

When you call up Netscape, there should bne a switch included in the command such as: netscape --no-about-splash On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hi all. Wondering why Netscape never goes to my home page upon loading. It always seems to go to some sort of internal 'about' screen. I HAVE set

Re: [newbie] CDRW Mounting problems

I have been told that your not supposed to mount a cd rw, just do a burn to it and if you do mount it, that would be making it act like a cd rom, so in the case of a cdrw, it would be no mounting if you just want to record. On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote: Ahh not to be mean or anything but

[newbie] had drive woes

Here is my problemo. I have a Compaq 2266 desktop. I have a 4 gig harddrive and a CDROM attached to it (obviously). I purchased a 18 gig drive toadd on to it. Now the problem is, Compaq's support is basically a bunch ofblubbering idiots (Compaq, please don't sue me for slander!). I am

Re: [newbie] scsi cdrom

_lee _kinkade wrote: Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? I think that your configuration will be a little bit

Re: [newbie] Networking + gaming

Simon Exley wrote: I am extremely new to mandrake linux, about 6 hours to be exact, i have managed to configure most of my hardware including dvd decoder card, however i am having problems configuring my network card to run properly. I am trying to connect to the internet through an NT

[newbie] Can't start X-Window

Hi all Sory, I very bad speak English :-) I try to install Mandrake v7.0 lake Server. X-Window setup Ok, but when I start it, on ther is only blue screen and 2 window whis console. If install default or developer, X-Window start Ok. Plase, ansver ( if You can read this ;-)) Mihail Email : [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] realplayer problem

By "link", do you mean the Kmenu or do you mean a link on your desktop? Regardless, it sounds like a permissions problem with your realplayer file. 1. get into your console as Superuser 2. type in: chmod 755 /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/realplay that should correct the permissions problem. Seve

Re: [newbie] Video mini problem

I take it you don't have a digitally controlled monitor that holds its settings? One thing though, is your XF86Config file set with the correct monitor settings for horizontal and vertical frequencies? It's likely that you will have to do it manually to get it setup correctly. Seve

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

Perhaps it's the CD Player software. I have the same problem with that kde cd player. Try out another cd player software. "Grip" can play CDs and uses CDDB. It will also convert to MP3 for you. Seve -Original Message- From: Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] realplayer problem

Thanks Seve, I'll give it a go, but right now I have another problem. As soon as I bootup my linux the modem starts to try to log on to who knows where and wont stop! Thanks for your reply. --- Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By "link", do you mean the Kmenu or do you mean a link

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

I just tried out GCD and it's nice. It's a specialized version of Grip. The CDDB lookups work. http://www.atella.com/seveman/gcd-2.94-1.i686.rpm http://www.atella.com/seveman/grip-2.94-1.i686.rpm http://www.atella.com/seveman/grip-2.94-1.src.rpm in case you want to build it yourself. Good

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

just got Mandrake 7 up running after a major system melt down...now when trying to connect through my nic to adsl modem I get a 'cannot open pty' message...any suggestions??? Thnx Rick

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. Got a few Mandrake related questions, but first a comment. Mandrake has to be by far the BEST package that I've installed to date. I've tried Caldera, Redhat, Suse, Storm, Debian, etc. They are all pretty good, but none of them worked as well as Mandrake. When

Re: [newbie] Can't start X-Window

[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Hi all Sory, I very bad speak English :-) I try to install Mandrake v7.0 lake Server. X-Window setup Ok, but when I start it, on ther is only blue screen and 2 window whis console. If install default or developer, X-Window start Ok. Plase, ansver ( if You can

Re(2): [newbie] scsi cdrom

[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: _lee _kinkade wrote: Now that I have kde and mandrake 7 running so well at work, i am tempted to install the same at home. I have a pentium 75 with 48 MB mem a scsi hard drive and a scsi cd rom any suggestions for getting started? I think that your

[newbie] Installtion on Win98 with 7.0

Hi I'm trying to do an install of Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe (ISBN 1-57595-402-8) on a PIII-500 laptop with 128MB RAM and a 6GB hard drive (of which 1GB is Win98) from the floppy so that I can have both OSes on the same disk. When I boot from the floppy I get the message: SYSLINUX 1.48 MDK-7.0 Boot

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA hung

"Bruce K. Patten" wrote: Mandrake 7.0 runs beautifully on my Toshiba Satellite after a fresh install, but upon rebooting later, it gets down as far as "Starting PCMCIA" and just hangs there. I used the recommended install route and there is no other OS on this machine. WaddoIdo now? OK, I

[newbie] Re : Enlightenment

Hi ~ I have run KDE and Gnome for a while under redhat, but recently installed Mandrake and decided to try out Enlightenment. It's fine, but for one thing - if I iconify a window, it vanishes; there are no icons anywhere. So my question is : where do iconified windows go to ? (The

[newbie] IBM Thinkpad 600X

I have a problem to Configurate my IBM thinkpad 600X, it is a Neomagic grafic device and a tft screen. Dracx cant find any possible configuration (want 1024x768) help me Peter Markebro

[newbie] In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202

When I start installing Mandrake 7.0 from a harddrive I get this message after beginning second stage install: "In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202 install exited abnormally sending termination signals... done" What is this?? Egil:-[

Re: [newbie] Netscape

Hi all. Wondering why Netscape never goes to my home page upon loading. It always seems to go to some sort of internal 'about' screen. I HAVE set the preferred home page in preferences. If I click anywhere on the 'about' screen, then it goes to the home page. I don't know if it's the same

[newbie] (Newbie) Hydrogen

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but the latest version of Mandrake (Mandrake 7.1-BETA) can be obtained here http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hydrobeta.php3

Re: [newbie] hdparm speed test results

Albert wrote: Depending on the motherboard / chipset hdparm -d1 /dev/hda is the common flag Here is a snip from this machine /dev/hdb: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.68 seconds =76.19 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.29 seconds =19.45 MB/sec We have

[newbie] C++-Editor

Hi all! I am also interested in C++programming, and I am just searchingfor a good editor like the editor by Borland under DOS (It should color my source code, show the errors ..) Anything like that under Linux available? Thanks Gunther ** Hebein, Gunther Cyrill Cand. Pharm.

Re: Re(2): Re(2): [newbie] Make?

Lee, Your fine I just forgot that it was lower-case 'm' vice uppercase. I'm sorry I can only read my e-mail at home from 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM as my work is a little restrictive about personal e-mail so I couldn't get back to you sooner. As to your Starting X question it is a little more

Re: [newbie] Trendware?

I was in Circuit City last night and found a modem that list Linux right on the package as one of the OS's that it supports. I don't know if this is a new trend, but I like it. The company was 'actiontech' I believe (never heard the name before) and it was a 'call waiting' modem. Mike -

Re: [newbie] C++-Editor

I really don't know anything about borland, however I've been using emacs (should already be on your system) and it has a C/C++ mode. I was impressed! Just type (from any command prompt): emacs filename.cpp and it should automatically choose C++ mode Mike - Original Message - From:

RE: [newbie] C++-Editor

for kde theres kedit and kdevelop you can also get emacs to work as an ide. you could try to recompile rhide(a dos gpp ide) for linux or find an equivilent for linux. -Original Message- From: Gunther C. Hebein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 April 2000 14:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Still Can't Get GUI I need

I am encountering the same problem. I am used to mandrake 6.2 but when I reinstalled with 7.02 I can't do anything. all basic cammands ie setup, Xconfigurator, etc are gone. I have recentely gone back to 6.2 because 7.02 is not as fuctional for me and I could not get a reply for my questions

[newbie] CD Re-writer for Linux

I'm considering buying HP CD Re-Writer (probably 9210i) to use with Windows 98 and Linux. Has anyone used HP CD Re-Writers with Linux? Regards. Mungal.

RE: [newbie] (Newbie) Hydrogen

i'm after buying a DVD drive, 1: does 7.1 support dvd's 2: which dvd drive shouldn't i buy, eg bad ones or ones produced buy companies that give money to the us government ;-), put the patient on the fermentation of penicillin -Original Message-From: Evan Holt

Re: [newbie] Boot disks?

There are 2 in the cd which you can choose from. One is text and the other is graphical. cdrom.img is the graphical and im not sure about the text one because i never used it sorry - Original Message - From: meijin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000

Re: [newbie] C++-Editor

"Gunther C. Hebein" wrote: Hi all! I am also interested in C++programming, and I am just searchingfor a good editor like the editor by Borland under DOS (It should color my source code, show the errors ..) Anything like that under Linux available? Thanks Gunther **

RE: [newbie] Trendware?

I can tell you with the experience that we have had here in the Tech Support Department of an ISP, the actiontech modems do not create much stir as far as connectivity. They are neither the rockets nor the boat anchors as far as speed is concerned. Personally, I recommend the Supra

Re: [newbie] C++-Editor

"Gunther C. Hebein" wrote: Hi all! I am also interested in C++programming, and I am just searchingfor a good editor like the editor by Borland under DOS (It should color my source code, show the errors ..) Anything like that under Linux available? I suppose I'll get flamed by emacs

Re: [newbie] Re : Enlightenment

Del Kennedy wrote: Hi ~ I have run KDE and Gnome for a while under redhat, but recently installed Mandrake and decided to try out Enlightenment. It's fine, but for one thing - if I iconify a window, it vanishes; there are no icons anywhere. So my question is : where do iconified

Re: [newbie] C++-Editor

Just thought I'd throw something in here. Check out this web site for a fantastic programming application :-) http://www.metrowerks.com/desktop/linux/ Hope it helps someone. Evan Holt

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7 slowdown

apparently xfree4 has lower memory usage than 3.x, and runs quicker. mandrake 7.1 beta is using xfree4, so you could do some beta testing as well as getting a more light weight desktop. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 April 2000 20:05

Re: [newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems

philomenaas of version 7, setup is no longer installed by default. I believe it's still on the installation cd, but I don't remember which package it's in. Alan philomena wrote: Paul, what/where is "setup" ? I tried executing the command from the console and its not found. I

Re: [newbie] Boot disks?

Davidread the readme file in the images directory on your cd. Alan meijin wrote: I recently got a copy of Mandrake with the latest issue of "Maximum Linux". I installed it on a test machine and was pretty impressed as it was one of the easiest installs I have done. I want to load

[newbie] how uninstal linux ?

How uninstall linux -- _/_/_/_/.._/. _/._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/ _/.._/._/_/_/_/.. ..._/..._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/.._/_/.._/._/... .._/..._/_/.._/._/._/_/_/_/..._/..._/_/_/_/..._/..._/.._/._/

Re: [newbie] Xfree86 4.0 / Nvidia GeForce DDR

Oliver Stieber wrote: apparently xfree4 has lower memory usage than 3.x, and runs quicker. mandrake 7.1 beta is using xfree4, so you could do some beta testing as well as getting a more light weight desktop. Yes this is true. Nvidia has finally released OpenGL support for there video

Re: [newbie] Re : Enlightenment

I don't believe I enabled 3 button emulation but if I did how do you middle click with a 2 button mouse. Mike Del Kennedy wrote: Hi ~ I have run KDE and Gnome for a while under redhat, but recently installed Mandrake and decided to try out Enlightenment. It's fine, but for

Re: [newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems

Hi Alan, Thanks, I'll check that out when I get home. I just realized something I should have mentioned when describing my problems with the CDROM drive - its a CD-RW drive - does that require something additional in the fstab file ? On Wed, 26 April 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:

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Re: [newbie] Re : Enlightenment

Hi Del Click with both right and left buttons in the mouse a window will open, then go to the desktop and click in the create iconbox. Your iconbox will open !! and everything that you minimize will be there!! Regards!! --- Del Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Hi ~ I have run KDE and

[newbie] Mandrake 7 slowdown

Thanks John and Paul for the suggestions. My swap partition ( 64 meg) seems adequate as it was before. I ran "setup" and removed a few non-relevant programs with no significant improvement. I guess I'll have to live with the more leisurely pace or else switch to a less memory-demanding desktop.

Re: [newbie] IBM Thinkpad 600X

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a problem to Configurate my IBM thinkpad 600X, it is a Neomagic grafic device and a tft screen. Dracx cant find any possible configuration (want 1024x768) help me PLEASE would be the magic word here, I think. After all we're not helpdesk

Re: [newbie] had drive woes

oops. It is a Western Digital, bought at comp show... Jay GO FLYERS!! www.mrsnooky.com - Web Weasel - Original Message - From: Paul To: Jaybone Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] had drive woes On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Jaybone

Re: [newbie] In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Egil Brodshaug wrote: "In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202 install exited abnormally sending termination signals... done" Don't know, is there enough space on the partition you are installing to? Try looking at

[newbie] Install security setting

Is there a list of what the install-time security settings provide? I'm referring to the 1-5 list that starts with "Hack me please" and ends with "Ultra Paranoid" (or something to those effects). I'm curious as to the technical details of each setting, such as what services are installed and

Re: [newbie] IRQ Problems after BIOS modifications

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Thorsten Brenner wrote: i had my Dual-Boot-System running. (windows 98 and Mandrake 7.0). I decided to make modifications in my BIOS to optimizes it. After that my Windows assigned the new IRQ to my Hardware, but Mandrake didn´t. Now i want to setup my internetconnection by

[newbie] PAUL

- Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:03 PM Subject Paul you seem to be a real helper you respond to just about every message. I just wanted to let you its great having people like you :)

Re: [newbie] going back to shell

Edit /etc/inittab (as root) and change the line id:5:initdefault ...to... id:3:initdefault Del. "Rivera, Oscar" wrote: hi my machine boots directly into x windows and I want it to boot to the command prompt how can I do that? can you help? thanks -- \\\|///

Re: [newbie] going back to shell

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Rivera, Oscar wrote: hi my machine boots directly into x windows and I want it to boot to the command prompt how can I do that? can you help? find /etc/inittab and pull that in an editor (vi, emacs, kedit) and locate id:5:initdefault change the 5 to 3 and save the file

[newbie] Still unable to mount cdrw and read directory

Hi I have tried everything listed below and am still unable to read the directory of a cd on this drive. In the fstab it says its mounts ok and when I check it says it is mounted but I get an error saying Can't read directory. What a stuburn little bugger this thin is. Its and ide Smart

Re: [newbie] had drive woes

Paul wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Jaybone wrote: Here is my problemo. I have a Compaq 2266 desktop. I have a 4 gig hard drive and a CDROM attached to it (obviously). I purchased a 18 gig drive to add on to it. Now the problem is, Compaq's support is basically a bunch of blubbering

Re: [newbie] PAUL

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Andy wrote: Paul you seem to be a real helper you respond to just about every message. I just wanted to let you its great having people like you :) Hi Andy, Just trying to help people avoid the same pitfalls that I stumbled in. No need that people invent the wheel 10 times

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[newbie] installation problems = (

Hi ya - well here is my sad sad story I bought Mandrake 7.0 on Sunday, and I've been working on installing it properly since. I've already ditched a class, and I'm going to not go to school again tonight, just so I can install linux. My system: 12 gig hard-drive, Pentium II 400, 64 mb

[newbie] sound card config

I have a turtle beach montego II sound card that came wiht my dell computer. I went to aureal and got all of the sound drivers that are needed, I ran make install and it keeps telling me that the Device or resource is busy. I turned off pnp in my bios, and i don't know what else to try.

Re: [newbie] installation problems = (

run "XF86Setup". and "Setup" by simply typing it in without quotes. Then see if it will work.You need to be in root _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

[newbie] Enlightenment upgrade

Hello! My Mandrake distro came with DR0.16.3 release of E. Now I downloaded the 0.16.4 RPM release. Do I need to uninstall .3 before upgrading to .4? Or just `rpm -i' it? Thanks!

Re: [newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems

Philomenano. The fstab file is only concerned with mounting file systems. A cd, a cdr, and a cdrw are the same thing as far as the fstab entry is concerned. It's only the burning software that needs to know about cdr's and cdrw's and they scan the drives and figure this out for

[newbie] Still unable to invoke modem.

Where would be a good place to begin to determine problem and make the necessary correction to modem set up. I am able to invoke Drakcomp, but do not seem to run the set up properly. System is a Gateway 500p, 4.2gig. purchased 60 days ago. Howtos, man, available, but I must be

Re: [newbie] Trendware?

yes I use it in linux very well... call waiting and all... - Original Message - From: Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trendware? I was in Circuit City last night and found a modem that list Linux

Re: [newbie] Install security setting

Hopper wrote: Is there a list of what the install-time security settings provide? I'm referring to the 1-5 list that starts with "Hack me please" and ends with "Ultra Paranoid" (or something to those effects). I'm curious as to the technical details of each setting, such as what services

Re: [newbie] Enlightenment upgrade

Use rpm -U and everything should be fine Hello! My Mandrake distro came with DR0.16.3 release of E. Now I downloaded the 0.16.4 RPM release. Do I need to uninstall .3 before upgrading to .4? Or just `rpm -i' it? Thanks

RE: [newbie] Enlightenment upgrade

just rpm -Uvh -Original Message- From: Nickolay Belostotsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 09:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Enlightenment upgrade Hello! My Mandrake distro came with DR0.16.3 release of E. Now I downloaded the

RE: [newbie] (Newbie) Hydrogen

1. Mandrake supports DVD drives (so that they can function like a CD-ROM drive), but you have to use a seperate program to play DVD movies. And I don't think there is any DVD Software out for Linux, but I could be wrong. But if you want to play movies, check out www.opendvd.org for more info

Re: [newbie] In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202

Egio Brodshaug wrote: When I start installing Mandrake 7.0 from a harddrive I get this message after beginning second stage install: "In second stage install died at usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 202 install exited abnormally sending

Re: [newbie] Re : Enlightenment

Click both the left and right buttons at the same time, that will give you a middle click. You should get a menu that says "User Menus, Desktop, Settings, Themes" and a few more. On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:50:02 -0500 (CDT) To: flupke [EMAIL

[newbie] VMware Tools ver. 2.0

Are there any VMware users out there using ver 2.0? As of 2.0, the VMware Tools are (supposedly) included in the VMware program download - they no longer exist as a separate package - I have downloaded the 2.0 package for Linux, and installed it - I loaded Win2000 as the guest OS, and it works

[newbie] Dual Booting to WIN95/Linux with Boot Magic V5/LILO

Hello all, I am having difficulty trying to setup dual booting using Boot magic with WIN95/LINUX. My boot floppy boots fine into LINUX Mandrake 7.0, but I would like to not have to fumble around with a boot floppy disk. Now for the story...I used partition magic 5.0 to setup my partition for

[newbie] dos partition problem

i have installed staroffice as a user on my newly installed mandrake7.0 setup. i predominantly use KDE, i can only read files on my dos partition but not write to it, i have discovered that this is true even if trying to create a new file/directory using kfm, but i can write to it as root,

[newbie] supermount?

hi people, is supermount reliable? i ask because i cannot get it to work, i have reinstalled several times with the supermount option but to read a floppy i have to mount and unmount manually using a combination of the mount command and draksconf alternately, also when simply examining mounted

[newbie] Kernal Panic and Router

I made a dual boot of win98 and linux. I have two harddrives c: = windows d=linux I got everything setup. When I choose my linux from the boot menu it loads half way they I get a KERNAL PANIC: VFS: Unable to Mont Root 03:10 and its stuck. I reinstall mandrake and it did the same thing.

Re: [newbie] Netscape

My guess would be you have NOT gone into the MENU, Edit, Preferences, etcetera. SetUp the thing in there and it will. 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

Re: [newbie] basic sound, floppy and CDROM problems

You may have to REINSTALL from the CD and do a DEVELOPER type UPGRADE, I just went through that same problem of 'Command SetUp not found' and did a Developer install and one of the selections was 'SETUP'. Have not tried it as yet, trying to read some of this mail (115 messages). don

Re: [newbie] Still unable to mount cdrw and read directory

Lonnie Marvena wrote: Hi I have tried everything listed below and am still unable to read the directory of a cd on this drive. In the fstab it says its mounts ok and when I check it says it is mounted but I get an error saying Can't read directory. What a stuburn little bugger this

[newbie] Compiling from source - guess I'm just not getting it...

Just downloaded the Linux version of cthugha from the web - in tar.gz form - followed the installation instructions, and as usual, the program doesn't work - Can't seem to find the executable, when I do a Find Files in KDE for " cthugha* ", I don't find an executable that works - the closest

[newbie] sound card config

help, i have a soundblaster pci 128 that will not work for me, my install of mandrake 7.0 was not as bad as i thought it was going to be.

Re: [newbie] Can't start X-Window

THANK YOU LEE, THANK YOU LEE, THANK YOU LEE, this is a GREAT way to do this for others that may have a problem with the ENGLISH language. Good to see there are some out there that have a little of the abilities to assist with out being sarcastic. don I thought I knew that I

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