[newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0

Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my system doesn't recognize my Sound Blaster AWE 64. How can I install it?

Re: [newbie] NEED HELP!

Petermore than likely the dos choice lilo gave you will boot your windows 2000 server. Give it a try. :-) Alan "Chen, PeterX" wrote: Hey all, I just got my Mandrake PowerPack and just completed the installation process. I installed linux onto a system that was running Windows 2000

[newbie] serial mouse problems

I'm trying to install the LINUX 7.0 but during the installation my microsoft serial mouse is not being recongonized. I have downloaded the patch and it still doesn't work. Even after the installation is complete and X-Windows comes up, the mouse still doesn't work. I notice during bootup a

Re: [newbie] NEED HELP!

Dos = your "old" windows system - pressing the tab button should display all the boot options. "Chen, PeterX" wrote: Hey all, I just got my Mandrake PowerPack and just completed the installation process. I installed linux onto a system that was running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The

[newbie] Installed SuSE yesterday

I installed SuSE 6.4 yesterday and finally got to see KDE! I know Mandrake has the driver Mach64, but no matter what I did or how I fiddled, Mandrake wouldn't configure with my video card and I gave up. LILO also installed perfectly and I can boot in either Windows or SuSE and there is no

Re: [newbie] Parental Control

Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn sites, after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer privileges for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was

[newbie] Mouse Problem?

I think I have a conflict but don't know how to resolve it. Can not install in graphical mode it freezes on contact, have to use text mode. When going into graphical mode(startx) the system freezes, no numlock nothing. Mouse is a ps/2 mouse. My system is a Gateway 500 pent 3 running windows

RE: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0

from console type in sndconfig -Original Message-From: A.CAnela [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 08 May 2000 12:53To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0 Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my

RE: [newbie] wine don´t open display

it looks like you don't have x started, wine needs x. wine that comes with mandrake doesn't seem to have the configuration files, I had a hell of a time getting it to work correctly, and even after downloading the latest version of wine and modifying there config files i still got registry errors

Re: [newbie] network configuration on boot

If netconf doesn't do it automatically (but it should!), add the line : alias eth0 3c509 in your /etc/conf.modules file to have the module automatically loaded by kerneld. You can add the other lines in your /etc/rc.d/init.d/network file. HTH Flupke On Sun, 7 May 2000, _lee _kinkade

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

No problem. There you have : ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/patches/quake3/linuxq3apoint-1.16n.x86.run And not far from there, you also have the patches for the other loki games (heretic, railroadtycoon II, myth2, ...) You d/l the patch, run it (as root if you want to install the stuff in

RE: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

now im having a similar problem with my kppp connection... it recognizes my modem... communicate with it but when i make the dial up it freezes my Xwindow ( KDE in this case ) and nothing more happens, it stay in the initialitation modem and nothings happens except that i have to restart

[newbie] Configuration

Hi all. Installing Mandrake 7 there is a option to setup a dialup connection or a LAN. I want both. How do I get back into a 'setup' program to install the LAN support? Glenn...

Re: [newbie] The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!

Michael Holt wrote: Gustavo Halperin wrote: Hello I have several internet user-name accounts. When I use one of which to connect as root or as a normal user every thing is OK, in another account ,when I try connectting to the Internet as root every thing is OK, but if I try

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0

Open up a terminal, and type, as root, type "sndconfig". That'll install it for you. Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my system doesn't recognize my Sound Blaster AWE 64. How can I install it? -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not

[newbie] quick question about blackbox on mandrake 7.02

I finally got a proper install on my low-end mandrake box and I decided, because it is a slower machine, I would use blackbox X session to speed things up. I actually enjoy using it and appreciate the opinions I got on this channel. I do have one quick question though. I went to the

Re: [newbie] serial mouse problems

I had the same problem and had to manually configure the mouse during install for it to work. The drivers for it are already there just select the appropriate port. I know that's not much help but thats the only way I could get it to work :( Mike I'm trying to install the LINUX 7.0 but

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

cnet has the download for quake (or at least they did) www.download.com - Original Message - From: Yuri K [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT - Quake I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I

[newbie] Linux 2.2.15 breaks rpc.nfsd in Mandrake-7.0 x86?

Subject says it all. Compiled and installed the new kernel (Yes, with NFS compiled in). Now "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start" pretty much fails and I cannot run /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd by 'hand.' Do I need to upgrade my user-side nfs utils for correct interoperability w/2.2.15?

Re: [newbie] NEED HELP!

not sure if i can tell you how to fix your kdm issue but i can tell you that lilo recognizes all versions of dos and windows as being dos. you should still be able to boot win 2000 from lilo. - Original Message - From: Chen, PeterX [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May

Re: [newbie] NEED HELP!

In a message dated 5/8/00 12:38:39 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1.) I noticed that LILO only gave me two optons: - linux - dos DOS = Windows Jerry

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0

"A.CAnela" wrote: Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my system doesn't recognize my Sound Blaster AWE 64. How can I install it? Run 'sndconfig' w/c in console. Eric

Re: [newbie] D-Link 220-P network card not recognised

All I know about this card is that I ran it as a "ne-2000 compatible" last year. Choose that driver, then fill in the right settings if it doesn't autodetect, and it *should* work. On May 5 Neil Tancock wrote: Hi' I' trawled through the archives before asking this question and can't find

RE: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible

friend, im just experimenting the same problem with my mandrake 7.0 it doesnt mount any cd rom, cd writer besides i have another problems with my linux OS. since i changed my board, cpu and ram this past saturday now is a complete messed no even my win 98 could be installed!

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

On May 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool, thanks! One sidenote; what do you do with an .gz.sh file? I haven't come across this file type before (I've used .tgz, .tar.gz, etc.) a .sh file is a shell-script. .gz.sh means: it's compressed (.gz) and it's executable from the shell (.sh) -- a

[newbie] urgente!!!

buenas lista, tengo 3 problemas fundamentales con mi nueva instalacion de mandrake 7.0 los cuales son: 1 sonido: acabo de cambiar mi makina a un board nuevo con un procesador de 500 mhz AMD k6 II y el sonido viene integrado al igual que el video. bien, linux reconoce el sonido del board

[newbie] test

pls ignore Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas.

Re: [newbie] Parental Control

WolfRyder wrote: Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn sites, after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer privileges for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so did the power cords. While at home,

RE: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

-Original Message- From: Eduardo Arauz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 3:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult? now im having a similar problem with my kppp connection... it recognizes

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Type netconf at a root prompt. You can also do it with linuxconf. Or if you are new to linux and like mental masturbation, you can do it with the "modprobe", "ifconfig" and "route" commands. It's really interresting and instructive, but it may sound like a waste of time if you don't want to

RE: [newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM

IT doesn't matter if I use the 7.0 version or 7.1-beta version. I have got the same result. Marcel Timmermans E-Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David BAUDENS Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:29 PM To: [EMAIL

[newbie] Can't Install

Hi, I am new to the world of Linux. I just purchase LINUX-Mandrake 7.0 deluxe and it tells me to install from the floppy. I am attempting to setup my machine to duel boot(Linux / Win 98). It does not recognize my cd rom and I can't go any furhter. It asks me whether I have a SCSI or Other. I

RE: [newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM

Well, The rtl8139 driver is not working at all. This is also funny because I used the epic100 driver at a few different distributions and there the driver is working. When I load the epic100 driver he displays the correct IRQ and IO address. Something else I could check? Regards, Marcel

Re: [newbie] Installed SuSE yesterday

Carolyou haven't given us (the folks who try to help here) a chance to assist you in fixing your problem. You just dashed in here and announced that you were switching to SuSE, because Mandrake doesn't support your video card (which is totally untrue). How about a better (more detailed)

[newbie] Xchat nick registration

I just found Enlightenment! And then Xchat. What does it mean to register a nick? I was able to log on ok without ever having gone thru any type of registration process... -michael-

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Glennthe DrakConf icon on the desktop. Alan Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. Installing Mandrake 7 there is a option to setup a dialup connection or a LAN. I want both. How do I get back into a 'setup' program to install the LAN support? Glenn...

[newbie] Modem Help

does anyone know where i can find modem drivers for Viking 56k? it is not a winmodem. my friend has one though and i would like to know if there is a patch to use a winmodem till he can get a real modem? ÿü×­eêèü7Ÿzw^®Ê¶…­ç–¢¹] Xœ’«yú+"{^®w­
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Re: [newbie] Installed SuSE yesterday

On Mon, 08 May 2000, you wrote: I installed SuSE 6.4 yesterday and finally got to see KDE! I know Mandrake has the driver Mach64, but no matter what I did or how I fiddled, Mandrake wouldn't configure with my video card and I gave up. LILO also installed perfectly and I can boot in either

[newbie] Correction to my earlier post!!!

My previous post: On my first boot into the system, there were 2 problems: 1.) I noticed that LILO only gave me two optons: - linux - dos The 2 choices should be changed to: - linux - floppy Sorry about the mistake. I was in a frantic mood after realizing that LILO didn't

[newbie] HELP!

After two months on my hard drive under right partitions etc. Linux moved. I went t boot up one morning and It said trying go to end of device kernal panic 3:0a someething. Why would this happen after two months. I didnt do anything to move it. Any sugestions. Kenny

[newbie] downloadind and installing

HI, All Ok! here is the question . If I would went to download a file or package from the internet. Where do I put it and how to install. WinDoze always to desktop, but where does Linux put the files?? I have tried to find info on this ,but it is scarce. Can some body explain this to me Thanks

Re: [newbie] network configuration on boot

On Sun, 7 May 2000, _lee _kinkade wrote: So, working with an expert, i found i can get my ethernet card to work if after boot I type in the following: /sbin/insmod 3c509 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 ip.address netmask netmask /sbin/route add _net network_addr netmask netmask /sbin/route add default gw

[newbie] Dual CPU's and freezing??

I am running a BP6 board with 2 500 celerons the computer constantly just freezes while compiling or just at a commmand prompt and in X also... my vid card is a voodoo 3 but i had an old card in before and it sill froze any suggestions with what could be wrong???

RE: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible

Well, it depends on what all you have in your system. /dev/hdd is used for the secondary slave device you have installed. Is there any chance that it may be /dev/hdc or /dev/hdb ? Also, check to see if maybe it's already mounted somewhere (do a 'df' and see if you see /dev/hdx anywhere [with the

[newbie] internet question

is there any free internet access for Linux. I know a few people who use AltaVista's free access but I don't see any where on there site that says anything about Linux. thanks in advance se@n

Re: [newbie] Eduardo; motherboard

friend, im just experimenting the same problem with my mandrake 7.0 it doesnt mount any cd rom, cd writer besides i have another problems with my linux OS. since i changed my board, cpu and ram this past saturday now is a complete messed no even my win 98 could be installed! and

Re: [newbie] Have someone used Hamcom Word?

Hi Eduardo, I have just installed it today and have been looking around. From what I have seen the only scripts that the keyboard supports is english (roman) and the korean / chinese / japanese writing. Sorry I can not be of more help. To be honest I am not too impressed with it. Maybe when

Re: [newbie] need KDE login screenshots....

On Mon, 08 May 2000, you wrote: I am writing some tutorials on Linux Mandrake. I need to get some screenshots of the login screen, and the different options from the login screen. I know how to get screenshots using Snapshot, but how can I get screenshots when KDE is not running? Kirk

[newbie] CD-RW Support problem/?...URGENT

I just completed a telephone order for a PANASONIC CW 7585 cd burner; as an after thought i asked if it was supported by Linux. They said they didn't know- so i asked them to hold it while i queried y'all. Does anyone know if i can actually use this unit(cuz they probably didn't hold it)?? I

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Hi Glenn. Just run Lothar, you can set it up there. Hi all. Installing Mandrake 7 there is a option to setup a dialup connection or a LAN. I want both. How do I get back into a 'setup' program to install the LAN support? Glenn... -- , (o o)

[newbie] Few questions

hello i am very new to linux. i have not used it alot as i installed it friday and had to fix lilo. i have 3 easy questions. i would like to know how to run something why i am in the console. say i want to run netconf. do i just type in "netconf"? also i get this error when i try to get on the

Re: [newbie] Configuration

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. Installing Mandrake 7 there is a option to setup a dialup connection or a LAN. I want both. How do I get back into a 'setup' program to install the LAN support? Glenn... Open an xterm / console, and type linuxconf Press enter...

[newbie] A different window manager?

Hi all, I just downloaded and installed OLVWM (OpenLook view Window Manager) to give that a try. But... how can I tell my system that it is there, and that I want to use it??? it does not show up in Switchdesk. Anyone...? Paul )0(---)0( Learn to say "no" It

Re: [newbie] Xchat nick registration

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Michael wrote: I just found Enlightenment! And then Xchat. What does it mean to register a nick? I was able to log on ok without ever having gone thru any type of registration process... -michael- It is an IRC thing. You have to tell NICKSERV that you want to register your

RE: [newbie] Can't Install

If you have your CD set up on the IDE channel, either Master or Slave on Channel 0 or 1, Mandrake -SHOULD- detect it. Note however that there are a few "generic" CD_ROM's which do not identify themselves as such. Mandrake will be unable to detect these as CD devices. This is a problem with

RE: [newbie] downloadind and installing

What kind of file? Tar? Gzip? RPM? I put mine under my home directory in a special folder and then I follow the instructions at the website where I get the file. --- Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED]Blacksburg, Va Virginia

RE: [newbie] Correction to my earlier post!!!

Do you have only one drive in your computer? If so type "fdisk /dev/hda" from the console prompt in Linux. I.E. # fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1027. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems

Re: [newbie] Xchat nick registration

Registering a nick just keeps other people from using your nickname. If don't register it, then nothing stops someone else from using your nickname. I just found Enlightenment! And then Xchat. What does it mean to register a nick? I was able to log on ok without ever having gone thru any

RE: [newbie] internet question

linux.box.sk -Original Message- From: Sean Simmons [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:13 PM To: Newbie Subject:[newbie] internet question is there any free internet access for Linux. I know a few people who use AltaVista's free access but I don't see

[newbie] RAM

How do i check how much of my 128 megs are seen by mandrake? -michael-

RE: [newbie] Eduardo; motherboard

where can i get those patches? and where i have to installed them? i supposed that mines is very recent but you never know... -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re:

Re: [newbie] Modem Help

Marc Is your Viking modem an external or internal modem? The problem that Linux has with modems is not with drivers but in knowing where to find the modem.What problem are you having? As for your friend there is nothing that he can do that will let his winmodem work in Linux. I

[newbie] urgente

-Original Message- From: Eduardo Arauz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:48 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [newbie] urgente!!! -Original Message- From: Eduardo Arauz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:02 AM

[newbie] Boot Disk, Instructions for Use?

Would someone please direct me to online instructions for using a Mandrake boot disk on Mandrake 7.0? Even better would be instructions here on how to use one. I just made a boot disk using mkbootdisk kernel where kernel was taken from the output of uname -a. I rebooted from the floppy, and

Re: [newbie] Free Linux account (was newbie question)

Try http://www.mycgiserver.com or http://hypermart.net both offer CGI access, neither offer shell accounts (you did not specify what you were looking for). John Sean Simmons wrote: is there any free internet access for Linux. I know a few people who use AltaVista's free access but I don't see

Re: [newbie] Quake

I have the registered version CD. (Quake 1). There's a Quake how-to in the 'how-to's' (on the Linux cd's and all over the web) that provides flawless guidance. Only trouble I had was getting my mouse to work the way I WANT it to. It did work by default, just not the way I like it. The Quake

Re: [newbie] Dual CPU's and freezing??

There is a problem with rev 1.1 motherboards (a sticker on bac near the ISA slots will indicated your rev) where the VTT voltage does not stay in the proper range. It is a hardware problem that typically manifests itself under heavy I/O load (under all OS's). Currently, Abit does not have a fix,

Re: [newbie] Installed SuSE yesterday

How do you like YaST? I found it to be a pain in the butt! I have found Mandrake to be much more user friendly, so I urge you to retry when you get the opportunity. Have fun! Mike WolfRyder wrote: I installed SuSE 6.4 yesterday and finally got to see KDE! I know Mandrake has the driver

[newbie] COM3

Does anyone know what IRQ is usually assigned to COM3? Thanks Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20177604

Re: [newbie] Xchat nick registration

This is a nickserv service on irc[internet relat chat]. you need to register a nick or login to yours. Register- /msg nickserv register passwordhere Login /msg nickserv identify passwordhere this will help you. also to set your kill on /msg nickserv set kill on - Original Message -

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

Caleb McKay wrote: cnet has the download for quake (or at least they did) www.download.com Thank you, I will take a look. Mike -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA == The Penguins are coming!!! ==

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Glenn Johnson wrote: Glennuse drakxconf, as root on the command line. Alan Yeah. I knew that was there, and have toyed with it, but it seems too complex in that I don't know what the variables would be. I'm looking for something that runs from the console command line. Seems that

Re: [newbie] Xchat nick registration

yeah if you need help with it type /nickserv help for nick help and /chanserv help for channel help at least i think the commands are smae for linux as with win? IM sure someone will correct me. - Original Message - From: Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Modem Help

it is a internal modem on i think com4 which is /dev/ttyS3. right? the problem i am having is it says "Looking for modem" then says "Sorry modem is busy" when i am trying to connect...any thoughts? - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] text editor?

I have always had the right click option to choose text editor. I will research and see if I can find a text editor that will do what you need. also have another post about right click menu items, as text editor isn't always shown this way - i would like to change that, if you always

[newbie] mandrake 7.0

anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)

[newbie] graphical instalation

I never used linux before, and I the Mandrake 7.02 cd. I put the cd on drive and reset my computer. The problem is the instalation mode. Mandrake doesn't start graphical-mode instalation, it starts text-mode instalation. Please, if someone knows the solution for my problem, answer as soon as

Re: [newbie] RAM

Michael wrote: How do i check how much of my 128 megs are seen by mandrake? -michael- From the command line, type free and then inspect column one. Try top for a continually updating display of how much memory is being used by all of your processes. John

[newbie] S3 Trio 3D video

Back in Feb. March I tried to install Mandrake 7.0 on a Netfinity 3000 server (PII 450, 128 megs, etc.) with a S3 Trio 3D video and never was able to get X working at all. From what I understand, there wasn't any stable driver available at the time. I don't need high end graphics, just enough to

Re: [newbie] COM3

Does anyone know what IRQ is usually assigned to COM3? Thanks Com1 and Com3 are traditionally IRQ4. Com2 and Com4 are traditionally IRQ3. (Don't ask me why the 3's didn't go together and the 4's didn't go together. I've always thought that was stupid.)

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Glennwhoops! I meant netconf. Sorry. Alan Alan Shoemaker wrote: Glenn Johnson wrote: Glennuse drakxconf, as root on the command line. Alan Yeah. I knew that was there, and have toyed with it, but it seems too complex in that I don't know what the variables would be.

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

joeyorder a GPL CD from one of these places, they charge between $.99 and $6.99 plus shipping. http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart http://www.linuxcentral.com/ http://www.LLand.com/ http://www.LinuxMall.com/ http://www.lsl.com/ Alan joey wrote: anyone here want to send me a copy of

RE: [newbie] OT - Quake

Exactly what I was looking for...Thank you Marcel [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.island.net/~volvox -Original Message- No problem. There you have : ftp://ftp.lokigames.com/pub/patches/quake3/linuxq3apoint-1.16n.x86.run And not far from there, you also have the patches for the other loki games

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

Hello joey, Tuesday, May 09, 2000, 3:56:43 PM, you wrote: j anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-) looks like you could get it at cheapbytes for ~$5.00 WITH SHIPPING CHARGES. Or go to your local newsstand and steal "Maximum Linux" mag ;-) It's bundled with

Re: [newbie] graphical instalation

this might help. when you insert mandrake it goes into its installation and it looks like it will be a text based install. wait for a little while before turning your computer off. make sure you pick the graphical installation also. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[expert] need KDE login screenshots....

I am writing some tutorials on Linux Mandrake. I need to get some screenshots of the login screen, and the different options from the login screen. I know how to get screenshots using Snapshot, but how can I get screenshots when KDE is not running? Kirk vice

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

Why? It's free and you can DL it from a few dozen places. Check www.mandrake.com and look for the download link? Nathan - Original Message - From: "joey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 10:56 AM Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 anyone here want to

Re: [newbie] watch what you say on this list

This is news to me. Not good news either. Not that I'm trying to be sarcastic, but isn't all mail archived anyway? Nathan - Original Message - From: "WolfRyder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:29 AM Subject: [newbie] watch what you say on this list

Re: [newbie] Installed SuSE yesterday

Caroldo you purposely state things in a obfuscatory manner. In your original post you talked about fiddling around instead of telling us what it was you actually attempted to do. In both posts you've never said what /size/brand/model of monitor you have or what you see (black screen, fuzzy

Re: [newbie] RAM

Type 'dmesg' and hit Enter or 'dmesg | more'. See "Memory: ..." section at fist rows. Tran Michael wrote: How do i check how much of my 128 megs are seen by mandrake? -michael-

[newbie] Is there any way to make the mouse smoother?

I finally got Mandrake up and running! Love the Window managers Is there anyone I can make my mouse move smoother? I've tried the accelerate and threshold settings. They don't seem to do the trick. The mouse is so smooth in Win2K. Is there any way I can get my mouse to perform the same

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

you can download an image of the CD for multiple verisons from http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 . Burn it with Easy CD Creator (others may work) j joey wrote: anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)

Re: [newbie] need kppp isp help (please) :)

I am trying to connect to my isp, I get as far as modem initializing, the log screen says ok. Thats it The steps I have taken already: tried both kppp and netconf when I query the modem it responds but there is nothing in any of the ATI boxes. I have tried with pap , chap, and all different

Re: [newbie] CD-RW Support problem/?...URGENT

Is it SCSI device? If yes, then you need info about your SCSI-card, but not PANASONIC CW 7585. -- Tran Michael wrote: I just completed a telephone order for a PANASONIC CW 7585 cd burner; as an after thought i asked if it was supported by Linux. They said they didn't know- so

Re: [newbie] S3 Trio 3D video

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Victor Richardson wrote: Back in Feb. March I tried to install Mandrake 7.0 on a Netfinity 3000 server (PII 450, 128 megs, etc.) with a S3 Trio 3D video and never was able to get X working at all. From what I understand, there wasn't any stable driver available at the time.