RE: [newbie-it] Mouse rotellina

= Original Message from Francesco Aldrovandi [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 21/06/00 09.01 Ciao, qualcuno mi saprebbe dire come far funzionare la rotellina del mio Cordless MouseMan Wheel Logitech (Ps2) con Mandrake 7.1? Il servizio Imweel viene attivato al boot, ma il mio mouse non è nell'elenco e

[newbie] upgrading Mandrake 6.0 to 7.1

Does anyone have any insight as to how I can upgrade 6.0 to 7.1 ? Best Regards Mike Rae

[newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1

Does anyone know how to switch to the GNOME desktop instead of KDE using 6.1 ? Mike

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Ralph Day wrote: A quick look shows cheapbytes charges 6.99 for MDK 7.1 2 CD set, the $1.99 price is for MDK 7.0 single CD. Matt includes shipping in his price, cheapbytes charges $5.00. If I hadn't already downloaded and burned my own CD-R's I'd probably get a set from Matt as other

[newbie] mounting as user

hi ppl i know this is a question which has been asked several times on this mailing list..but...i cant mount fs as user.although i have set the "user" option in /etc/fstab it keeps telling me that only root can mount filesystems.i dont know whats going on... would appreciated any

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Wow! I stand corrected! I may have to order some CD's!! -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Ralph Day wrote: :A quick look shows cheapbytes charges 6.99 for MDK 7.1 2 CD set, the $1.99 :price is for MDK 7.0 single CD. Matt includes shipping in his price, :cheapbytes

Re: [newbie]

Welcome to the list! -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Andy Jordan wrote: subscribe newbie

[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 http install problem -- can't locate second stage ramdisk

I hope I'm not repeating myself, some help would be much appreciated. I thought I had put this behind me with a couple of network/http installs of redhat, turbolinux, etc., but am having problems w/doing so on Mandrake 7.0. I'm trying to install from a local network http server. I have created

Re: [newbie] Web mail server.

tah Gerry.. will look into it also... I have the same problem...:) - Original Message - From: Gerry Goodrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 20 June, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Web mail server. On 19 Jun 2000, at 23:30, Melissa and Michael Grover wrote:

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

MogensI just ordered a product from CheapBytes on Sunday evening. Got a confirmation email from them before 9:00 am on Monday, and a shipping confirmation just after 4:00 pm also on Monday. For what it's worth, I'm in California as are they. As to their stability, I've no idea. I will let

[newbie] Mirrors

The user group that I belong to (www.cerritoslug.org) would like to set up a mirror for Mandrake. Does anyone know how? I know that I need to use rsync, and although I've requested info from Mandrake about this I haven't heard anything from them (I've sent numerous requests for info on different

[newbie] Problemes techniques

J'ai installe Linux Mandrake 7.0 a partir d'un CD-ROM joint a PC Expert n? 95. Apres quelques deboires dus a mon inexperience sur lesquels je passe, je viens de reinstaller Linux avec succes, mais aussi quelques problemes. 1. Apres installation, impossibilite de relancer WINDOWS 98 : une suite

Re: [newbie] kdesu

Alan Shoemaker wrote: DarrylI guess that wasn't the rpm from your installation CD then? Yes it was, however I installed over Red Hat 5.2, so maybe that influenced the Mandrake install? Darryl Gibson Linux Neophyte (tm)

RE: [newbie] Installation problem: flashing login screen

Or let it boot up and press ALT-F6 you'll be left at a text login... Then press ALT-F1 to go to the primary console screen... Login and type killall xdm killall kdm killall gdm Disregard any errors... That will terminate the Xwindows session which is attempting to start... Now run

RE: [newbie] Xfree 4.0

The XFree86 4.0 config file is actually XF86Config-4 (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4), and there are some differences from 3.3 concerning the mouse pointer section that are outlined here: http://www.xfree86.org/4.0/mouse5.html#21 At 08:42 AM 6/21/2000 -0500, you wrote: You must use: XFree86

Re: [newbie] kdesu

Darrylif you don't want to further explore this kdesu thing then say so, ok? The kdesu executable does not belong in /usr/share/apps. What you are seeing there is most likely a directory called /kdesu that normally contains a couple of icons. Executables belong in /bin or /sbin

Re: [newbie] kdesu

Alan Shoemaker wrote: Darrylif you don't want to further explore this kdesu thing then say so, ok? Alan, the problem is solved. Kdesu doesn't show up in my locate listing because Darryl doesn't have permission to read(?) the /usr/bin directory. When I run locate as root, it is listed

[newbie] /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper

I've failed building a source rpm or two because /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper (No such file or directory) Anybody have any help or advice? -David Talbot

Re: [newbie] /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper

David Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've failed building a source rpm or two because /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper (No such file or directory) Anybody have any help or advice? -$ urpmi spec-helper -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San-Francisco, CA

Re: [newbie] /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper

David, Install the spec-helper package. It is on the 1st mandrake cd. Rene - Original Message - From: David Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:47 PM Subject: [newbie] /usr/share/spec-helper/spec-helper I've failed building a source rpm

[newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?

Have any of you know if there's a Linux Shockwave or a GPL equivalent? Seve

Re: [newbie] Internet Server Question(Maybe)?

It would probably be best to find a more expert level list to post this question to. Most questions considered "newbie" in nature involve getting minor programs or the OS itself to just work. Your question concerns the equivalent of running a micro-ISP. James Little wrote: Here's the deal.

[newbie] Re: [Newbie] Sorting

Well... That doesn't work quite as I had intended. The whole story is that the stock kmail that Mandrake 7.1 ships with has been doing strange things to my mail, and is generally buggy as heck. Plus a botched fetchmail run partways thru left me w/ several hundred duplicate messages. I finally

[newbie] Postfix configuration

Hello folks Can someone tell how to configure Postfix as my MTA? I have a dial-up account with my ISP and a dynamic IP. Fetching mails from pop servers is fine with fetchmail. I want to use my web based email accounts, like say mailandnews or yahoo, by masquerading as my email address like

[newbie] help with install tar

WHERE is the GNOME path in mandrake...and what all is needed in installing gnome...? I'm trying to install the latest version of screem using a TAR.GZ file... but I keep getting this...in error: attached is the error I get...whether I install 0.2.5 or 0.2.6 of screem I have all gcc

Re: [newbie] procmail sorting

Well... That doesn't work quite as I had intended. The whole story is that the stock kmail that Mandrake 7.1 ships with has been doing strange things to my mail, and is generally buggy as heck. Plus a botched fetchmail run partways thru left me w/ several hundred duplicate messages. I finally

RE: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Never had a problem with them. I live in Israel and it usually takes about 7 working days to receive CD's. Cheers: 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

Re: [newbie] Which is the ideal directory for RealPlayer7 in MDK7.1?

Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. I checked this out. However, RealPlayer G2 is no longer available for download for Linux and Unix - according to www.real.com. Unless, you have an extra .rpm copy Real.com only offers options for Realplayer7 or 8 .rpm(beta) or .bin(beta). Too bad. Roman Tom

Re: [newbie] another modem

I don't know if this is still relating or not, but I have that same modem. I was using Mandrake 6.0 until recently and the way that I got mine to work without having to get the card out and make changes was to edit the "hosts.allow hosts.deny" along with setting the BIOS with "NO" PNP OS

Re: [newbie] Problem on Mandrake 6.5

Cristhis is not technical support, this is a mailing list provided for users by MandrakeSoft. We who help here are simply users of the Mandrake distro. 6.5 is not a release number, but instead a ficticious number put on the box (packaged by Macmillan) containing the 6.1 release of Mandrake.

RE: [newbie] upgrading Mandrake 6.0 to 7.1

Eh, put CD-ROM in drive, boot from CD; select "upgrade". -JMS |-Original Message- |From: Mike Rae [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:22 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] upgrading Mandrake 6.0 to 7.1 | | |Does anyone have any insight as to how I can

RE: [newbie] Printer sharing

|-Original Message- |From: Joseph S Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:24 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cleveland LUG |Talk |Subject: [newbie] Printer sharing | | |Greets, | |I've got a small 3 box network running Mandrake 7.02 7.1 at

Re: [[newbie] ETHERNET CARD PROBLEM]

Thanks Thalliox, I really appreciate your step by step help. I did the insmod command like Mr Scott Tyson advised but it gave 3c509.o error. invalid io. what does this error means? wrong i/o port? the win98/2000 shows that it uses 210 but the modprobe showed that it uses 300... But anyway I'll

[newbie] LATEX and Xemacs

Hi list! I used always vi to edit my LaTeX documents, but now, thank LM I can use Xemacs, who recognices the commands and makes all easy. Someone told me that exist an extension for Xemacs with the LaTeX commands (like a floating window or something like that), I mean, something like

[newbie] Huge Terminal Size

I'm having the wierdest problem. I was running Linux today like I normally do, and then all of the sudden when I'd open up a gnome-terminal, the size of the window was huge, as was the text. Normally, when I open one up, it takes up maybe 1/12 of the size of the screen. But now it fills about

Re: [[newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1]

"Mike Rae" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to switch to the GNOME desktop instead of KDE using 6.1 ? Mike = Are you logging in from KDM? If so, you should see a little pulldown button just below where you type in your password. Hit the arrow

Re: [[newbie] mounting as user]

Quaylar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi ppl i know this is a question which has been asked several times on this mailing list..but...i cant mount fs as user.although i have set the "user" option in /etc/fstab it keeps telling me that only root can mount filesystems.i dont know

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 http install problem -- can't locate second stage ramdisk

Are you certain the port is open, and that the server is set to start automatically when the system boots? RedHat does this by default, but I've found that Mandrake does not. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Peter Yellman wrote: I hope I'm not repeating myself, some

[newbie] Upgrading from Workstation to Development

I need to upgrade a system installed under a workstation configuration to a development one. What rpms do I need? __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Mogens, don't worry. they're quite stable. I order from them all the time. I do know that as Linux grows more and more popular, especially now with the fallout from the M$ - DOJ trial here in the states, they're getting a lot more business then ever before. hang in there. When ever I order from

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Well...from what I understand from another on the list is that the list owner,the one I believe who is making this offer, is indeed making it cheaper than what Cheapbytes is offering this CD set for. I stand corrected. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, dale kosan wrote:

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Jim, I agree. I was mistaken in my first opinion. Someone brought to my attention that he is actually offering more at a cheaper price and you're right. His time is indeed worth something. I apologize if I offended anyone with my remarks. I really didn't mean to. Expecially he who is making the

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

did you get that right from the Mandrake home site? -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Mark Potochnik wrote: Ralph Day wrote: A quick look shows cheapbytes charges 6.99 for MDK 7.1 2 CD set, the $1.99 price is for MDK 7.0 single CD. Matt includes shipping in his price,

[newbie] un zipping tar files

I must be going blind , I read the code somewhere on installing a .gz file. Can't find it, I know its in the book and man pages. I also can't open the the books on the CD ROM that has the extras, #3 in my package. I can open "Using Linux" but none of the rest of the ebooks will open, I

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

I believe they have a schedule of times and how long there at the site, and they advertise 7 business days to the East coast where I'm located. So, for international orders it may be as long as 2-3 weeks. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: MogensI

[newbie] What happened to Menu Editor for Panel in MDK7.1

Hi, I recently installed MDK7.1. I was trying to edit the KDE panel by selecting Panel-Edit Menus. However, I get a message that the menu editor is not installed(OOPS). Does any one know where the menu editor exists? Apparently 7.1 did not install it. It used to be in 7.0. Thanks, Roman

Re: [newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1

in a terminal window type the command "switchdesk" and hit ENTER. that will bring up a little GUI that will allow you to chose your default desktop. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Mike Rae wrote: Does anyone know how to switch to the GNOME desktop instead of KDE using

Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

Hey! Let's get real here. He's a guy offering to do a few friends a favor, not a vendor going into the CD business. A dozen people take him up on the offer and we all get a warm fuzzy about how tight the Linux community is. 1200 people take him up on the offer and it will go away. :A quick look

Re [newbie] Problèmes techniques

Alain COULOMBEAU wrote: J'ai installe Linux Mandrake 7.0 a partir d'un CD-ROM joint a PC Expert n? 95. Apres quelques deboires dus a mon inexperience sur lesquels je passe, je viens de reinstaller Linux avec succes, mais aussi quelques problemes. 1. Apres installation, impossibilite de

[newbie] I just get a Big White Box :-(

I'm running a pentium II 450 with 128 mb of ram...a Diamond Speedstart A55 (S3 Trio3D/2X)..a Sceptre dragon eye monitor. all well flawlessly well though the install of mandrake 7.1. An d I'm extremely happy with what I see!..the only problem that I have is that it seems no matter what

[newbie] printer problem

Netscape expects a command to be able to print ... What can I fill ? lp doesn't work ... thanks Pierre Paul wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Leobardo Lpez wrote: I Need Help. Mandrake is Not Detecting My Mouse, What Can I Do to Configure It By Myself. Do you have a serial mouse? A bus

Re: [newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1

The login manager should give you the option under the session tab. -David Talbot At 05:24 PM 6/20/00 -0400, you wrote: Does anyone know how to switch to the GNOME desktop instead of KDE using 6.1 ? Mike

Re: [newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1

If you choose to start X automatically upon boot you can just select which desktop to use at the graphical login. - Original Message - From: Mike Rae [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:24 PM Subject: [newbie] Initializing GNOME on 6.1 Does anyone

Re: [newbie] Printer sharing

Did you create an /etc/hosts.lpd with all the host names in it? That is the ticket. Did you read the printing HOWTO? Joseph S Gardner wrote: Greets, I've got a small 3 box network running Mandrake 7.02 7.1 at home. Box #1 is a gateway for box's #2 3. Box's #2 3 have

Re: [newbie] Web mail server.

Please do not use Linuxconf to admin sendmail. Do you know how many undocumented executables there are in linuxconf? It admins sendmail in very nonstandard ways. And you will not know anything about really working with sendmail.. http://www.moongroup.com/mailhelp.phtml Also, Postfix

[newbie] technical problems/Problemes techniques

English translation (rough). Alain COULOMBEAU wrote: J'ai installe Linux Mandrake 7.0 a partir d'un CD-ROM joint a PC Expert n? 95. I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 from a CD ROM from PC Expert n? 95 (magazine, I expect). Apres quelques deboires dus a mon inexperience sur lesquels je

Re: [newbie] un zipping tar files

In regards to your second question you need to install Acrobat reader to read the rest of the books. I had the same problem and it took me a while to figure how to install AR ( the instructions on the Mandrake manual was not correct. On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, also sprach: I must be going blind ,

Re: [newbie] error with install of tar.gz files

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: attached is the error, I get when trying to install the latest SCREEM html editor... why am I getting this...anyone know... and why isn't my C compiler functioning? I've tried uninstalling all the gcc stuff on the CD...then re-installing...still I get

[newbie] Cable Modem Blues

Hello Collective, I survived my first disk partitioning and the instilation of a non-windows os but am left with a cable modem that now serves as a paper weight. I have no clue where to get info on how to establish a connection with my comcast@home service and seek the wisdom (and patience) of

Re: [newbie] Power failures whilst in LM

answering 6/18 posting from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Brinkman) Tom, You are correct that the UPS has surge/spike protection within it (at least all of them that I've run across). And, I've found that the surge/spike protection built in to the UPS rivals the best separate units available [I

RE: [newbie] Internet Server Question(Maybe)?

"man mgetty" and less /usr/doc/mgetty-* files... -JMS |-Original Message- |From: James Little [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:41 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Internet Server Question(Maybe)? | | |Here's the deal. I