[newbie-it] menu editor

2000-08-23 Thread Floods
Sapete come si chiama il pacchetto che contiene il menu editor di KDE? Ho upgradato alla MDK 7.1 e adesso se dal pannello di KDE clikko "Edit Menus" mi compare il popup: "The menu editor is not installed" Grazie, Davide

Re[2]: [newbie] Thanx

2000-08-23 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Mark, how ya doing today. your message is repeating itself. I think there's an echo on the server, or a BIG hicup. didn't get anything all night and now...well, now getting some old messages. weird, huh? Hmm, well I can't say if something's wrong with the server since I might have sent

Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT

2000-08-23 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Larry, Since this mail was probably directed mostly to me, I'll try to reply to it. I can hardly believe this thread. There is no way in hell that any os company (even ms) can have enough time and resources to write drivers for all the hardware out there. I repeat ... not even MS. As

Re: [newbie] Need to get Grub back

2000-08-23 Thread John Couturier
run 'sh /boot/grub/install.sh'. This will install grub in the same place you installed it during your initial install. -- Original Message -- From: "Kelly" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:14:39 -0500 I had to reinstall win 98 (it got real

[newbie] Installation

2000-08-23 Thread Hussain_Ibrahim/Tele2 . TELE2
Hi I am installing Linux mandreake to laptop and every time the system hange on the PS/2 mouse options. I have changed the mouse but with no defrant. Hussain Ibrahim Tele2 UK Tel: 0118 923 8100 Ex: 222 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Anyone tried [successfully] to get email support?

2000-08-23 Thread Adrian Smith
i got email support from Mandrake... took i think 3 days to get a response. the information they gave me was right (good thing) but by the time i got it, someone here had already solved my problem. =)cheers to everyone on the mailing list. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept.

Re: [newbie] Kppp and Networking

2000-08-23 Thread Bob
Hi Greg, I never did see my first post so I,m sending again. I don't think I have an IRQ conflict -NIC is IRQ 10 , External Modem on serial port 2 s/b IRQ 3,I have set for ttyS1. I played in the BIOS with pnp but that didn't help. I went to ppp/plip/slip and found ppp0 I don't see

[newbie] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Tom Hicks
On the BSD install it asks you what type of encryption you would like to use. What is the suggested and what are the reasons for so many? Thomas Hicks Eng. Innovative Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (916)649-4548

Re: [newbie] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
I'm not sure of the *reason* other than if yuo have a preference but I'd suggest Blowfish awsome encryption. For more information check out: http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html Lonny Selinger Tom Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/23/2000 10:34:31 AM Please respond to [EMAIL

[newbie] Network / Sambe problem ?

2000-08-23 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
I did a complete re-install of Samba, and it now works as a charm: But I dont know why ! Cheers, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly

[newbie] Why are these ports open?

2000-08-23 Thread Goldenpi
While I was testing a portscaner on localhost(Why do you think I got linux?) I noticed my new installation is running remote login, ftp, and some other services. Why are these open, and how do I close them.

[newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Philomena
Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the linux side. thanks, philomena

[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Kernel Upgrade (to 2.2.16)

2000-08-23 Thread C. Bryan Young
I'm experimenting with Linux once again -- want to use it as a networked workstation. I installed Mandrake 7.1 without a hitch, but ran into problems when upgrading. I followed the advice on the Mandrake Update website, and tried to upgrade the kernel manually. Downloaded rpms, and used rpm

[newbie] xmp3burn wrong mp3s

2000-08-23 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo again! I hope this message will post! 8-) I've tryed to burn some MP3's using that program -i haven't found any other 8-? -, but after checking the MP3's it says that all of them were wrong ("frame : file truncated, 129 bytes missing for last frame (0x003a7345)". x files checked, x

RE: [newbie] Why are these ports open?

2000-08-23 Thread C. Bryan Young
If you are networked, it's probably best NOT to run these services. Go to your /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out every line you don't need. After you make the changes, you'll have to restart inetd (header in inetd.conf should tell you how). If you want telnet and ftp type services, your

Re: [newbie] Need to get Grub back

2000-08-23 Thread Paul
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Kelly wrote: I had to reinstall win 98 (it got real unstable after a driver update and corrupted some stuff). Any how I dont get Grub at boot up any longer how can I get it back with out install? Kelly I hope you have a boot disk, otherwise you have to make one from the CD

Re: [newbie] Anyone tried [successfully] to get email support?

2000-08-23 Thread John I. Azeke
What is the e-mail for support at Mandrake and also at MacMillan? Whent I registered my product, I got no information for these and was only given the addresses for these mailing lists. - Original Message - From: "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

[newbie] Problems with GnoRPM

2000-08-23 Thread JOSE A MIRLES
Hello all! I have a Dell L667r Pentium III with 128mbs of ram and a 10Gb HD. I am running ManDrake 7.1 I installed GnoRPM (thru X-Wing File manager) and attempted to run it. What I get is "file /var/lib/rpm/nameindex.rpm: Invalid argument" Nameindex is in /var/lib/rpm/ and I was logged in as

Re: [newbie] Why are these ports open?

2000-08-23 Thread Paul
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Goldenpi wrote: While I was testing a portscaner on localhost(Why do you think I got linux?) I noticed my new installation is running remote login, ftp, and some other services. Why are these open, and how do I close them. You would have to comment these things out in

Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
Without trying to plug myself ... I contributed to a book on the GIMP for Linux. Prior tp being involved I though it was quite bare for features dont let the simple interface fool you though its an extremely powerful tool for doing almost any graphical manipulation including picture

Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Paul
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Philomena wrote: Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the linux

Re: [newbie] Why are these ports open?

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
Default services are included with a default installation (although some durring configuration at setup can be stopped). most of these are probably run right from inetd so to stop them... open /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the services you would like to NOT be running and kill -HUP inetd.

[newbie] Sound Blaster Live

2000-08-23 Thread John I. Azeke
I have been trying to install SB Live for some time now and can't seem to get it to work. I have followed the instructions provided with the emu10k1 drivers and have also used the instructions at linuxnewbie.org. After installing the drivers and probing I get an "error stating that the

Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Philomena wrote: Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the

Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Harry Flaxman
Another app is Corel Photopaint. I have this up and running and it seems to do a fair job. Harry Paul wrote: On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Philomena wrote: Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe

RE: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
Hi Philomena. The package is The Gimp (www.gimp.org). At first it feels a little bit awkwards but after a while you get the hang of it. Regards. Hugo -Original Message- From: Philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Kernel Upgrade (to 2.2.16)]

2000-08-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
"C. Bryan Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm experimenting with Linux once again -- want to use it as a networked workstation. I installed Mandrake 7.1 without a hitch, but ran into problems when upgrading. I followed the advice on the Mandrake Update website, and tried to upgrade the

RE: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Philomena
Thanks to all who replied - its great to be able to try out these packages without having to pay the $600 (!!!) price tag for the latest version of Photoshop for Win - another reason I want to port this work to linux ! Cheers, philomena At 02:59 PM 8/23/00 -0600, you wrote: Hi Philomena. The

[newbie] UPGRADING RPMS

2000-08-23 Thread bascule
hi all, i recently tried to upgrade tcl/tk because a prog called tik (an aol instant messenger clone) said my version - 8.0.5 was too old, i downloaded versions 8.3.2-2.mdk of tcl, tix and tk because i read that together they made up what is known as tcl/tk? but when i ran kpackage and tested

Re: [newbie] UPGRADING RPMS

2000-08-23 Thread Robert Horton
Unless I am wrong, (and if I am forgive me:) I do not believe you can have to versions of a package installed at the same time. You can try the --force and --nodeps options when you try to upgrade the rpm. That /should/ work for you... bascule wrote: hi all, i recently tried to upgrade

[newbie] how to restart

2000-08-23 Thread Ed Tharp
I was playing around with trying to get ipmasq and ip chains running, and screwed up so badly now I can not restart linux. anyone got any ideas? not even with linux 1 will it boot. I get a set of errors about ipforwarding errors and then it freezes. anyway to get mandrake 7.0 (air) to start

Re: [newbie] Kppp and Networking

2000-08-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Bob wrote: [snip] I don't think I have an IRQ conflict -NIC is IRQ 10 , External Modem on serial port 2 s/b IRQ 3,I have set for ttyS1. [snip] Bobyou definately have an IRQ conflict if your sound blaster is on IRQ3. The default for com2/ttyS1 is IRQ3. Alan

Re: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe

2000-08-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Philomena wrote: Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the linux side. thanks,

[newbie] kpackage buggers-up my panel config.

2000-08-23 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
Whenever I install a .RPM with kpackage, I find that my carefully / tastefully crafted kpanel configuration has been returned to the bog-standard original config. I have found a kludge round this, making in /root a copy of /usr/share/applnk/ and copying it back in /usr/share after using

Re: [newbie] Kppp and Networking

2000-08-23 Thread Bob
Sorry --s/b ---I meant as "should be" sorry for the confusion. Modem is on serial 2. Bob - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kppp and Networking Bob wrote: [snip] I don't

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Kernel Upgrade (to 2.2.16)

2000-08-23 Thread Anthony
I tried to upgrade my kernel with RPM's before; failed miserably at it. I eventually just upgraded the old fasion way by downloading and compiling the source code. Anyway, http://www.mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade2.html should help you install your new kernel via RPM. I'm experimenting with

Re: [newbie] Kppp and Networking

2000-08-23 Thread Greg Stewart
I'm still thinking...but what's on /dev/ttyS0 (serial port 1)? Can you try moving the modem there? Also, have you tried removing the NIC and starting the machine to see if all goes well? Did you try switching the PCI/ISA slot in which you have the NIC? It's very strange that you have to take

[newbie] 7.1 Install freezes at IDE config

2000-08-23 Thread Cunningham Michael
I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.1, but it consistently freezes at the "configuring IDE" installation stage (I have to hit the 'reset' button). I've tried booting from the CDROM and launching from w/in Win98, lin4win and full install, graphical and text install, PnP BIOS off and on, always

Re: [newbie] Loading the on-board NIC tulip driver

2000-08-23 Thread Digital Wokan
I believe it's the following steps. Try it first without the insmod command, that may be done for you by the ifconfig step. insmod net/tulip In /etc/conf.modules... alias eth0 tulip ifconfig eth0 up {ip address} DougC wrote: Hello all, I installed 7.1 yesterday but during configuration,

[newbie] cd burning

2000-08-23 Thread Anthony F. Littrel Sr.
can anyone help. have sony cd-rw drive that is supported(ide) and xcdroast.Question is does anyone know the proper settings(mandrake7.0complete). tried once and it took out my Xwindow system.A little shy now. Thanks in advance, Anthony F. Littrel Sr. [EMAIL

Re: [[newbie] 7.1 Install freezes at IDE config]

2000-08-23 Thread Jaguar
Try swapping the CD-Rom out for on of another manufacture. HTH Jaguar "Cunningham Michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.1, but it consistently freezes at the "configuring IDE" installation stage (I have to hit the 'reset' button). I've tried booting from the

Re: [newbie] how to restart

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Ok...Ed, here's what ya do. At the LILO prompt type 'linux single'. Where I have typed linux you type what ever you've named that partition. Like on my machine I like the label name to be short. Mine is 'lin'. Anyway, at the prompt type 'linux single' without the quotes of course and then hit

[newbie] Yo

2000-08-23 Thread Jason Ashman
-- Hey Linux users. I am a Microsoft convert, Windows SUCKS! This is my problem, it probably is simple to fix, but nevertheless it is bugging me. I downloaded CoffeeCup HTML to edit my webpage with, tar xvzf the whole nine yards...But, it installed into my /home/"username" file and not into

[newbie] Re: HPT 366

2000-08-23 Thread 006229
Thanks for that! I have a Ricoh R/RW MP7060S SCSI Burner that came with a SCSI 11 card. It was installed for me! Do you know how i can get pass the screen that says: Welcome to Linux Mandrake Scanning SCSI - probe SCSI BUS Then locks up! Can you please help Me! thanks

[newbie] Re: DESKTOP THEMES

2000-08-23 Thread 006229
I have RedHat 6.2 and i was wondering how i can make enlightenment my main dektop manger instead of the one that comes with RedHat.

Re: [newbie] I REALLY NEED MY MONITOR TO WORK!!

2000-08-23 Thread Eunice Thompson
At the login prompt type linux 3 hopefully you are using LiLO for the bootloader, if you're using grub then select failsafe and it will take you to a text login from here you can type Xconfigurator and strt experimenting with monitors, graphic cards, resolutions,etc. Make sure that you answer

Re: [newbie] Boot failure

2000-08-23 Thread Eunice Thompson
Try a 'Custom' upgrade with the installation CD then you can choose LiLO or Grub On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote: Trying to get this sent, but it keeps bouncing back. I am subscribed. Could you post it for me? Installed mandrake linux 7.1 perfectly using Automode install, the X-Windows

Re: [newbie] Re: DESKTOP THEMES

2000-08-23 Thread Robert Horton
Well...I believe 6.2 comes with Enlightenment DR15. If so, download the DR16 rpm and install it. once you have done that, run enlightenment.install as your user and that should do it...:) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have RedHat 6.2 and i was wondering how i can make enlightenment my main

[newbie] just a test, pls delete

2000-08-23 Thread Pak Janggut
test -- in order to have a good idea, you must have lots of idea -= Linus Pauling =-

[newbie] Problem in installing linux using Teac CD Rom

2000-08-23 Thread Chua Leap Kee
System Spec: P 233MMX 32 MB Ram S3 Virge graphic card Creative AWE64 sound card Teac CD ROm CD 532E-B Firmware version 3.0 I had tried installing Linux with different Version but some how it not working. e.g installing linux using CD to boot up however i received "Failure" message. Even I tried