Re: [newbie-it] settaggio della stampante

2000-09-25 Thread Andrea Celli
Daniele Morabito wrote: continuo a scontrarmi con un grande problema: non riesco a configurare la mia stampante Epson Photo 700, Prova a dare un'occhiata a www.linuxprinting.org (www.picante.com/~gtaylor). Per ogni stampante ci sono delle indicazioni sul livello di compatibilita` ed

Re: [newbie-it] Corel e fonts di X windows

2000-09-25 Thread Andrea Celli
Daniele Morabito wrote: Qualcun altro ha riscontrato problemi simili con i prodotto Corel? -- saluti Cosma Scaramella A me è successo una cosa simile: dopo l'installazione di , sia per KDE che per GNOME, erano sparite le icone associate ai programmi

R: R: [newbie-it] mandrake con partizione superiore a 1024 settori!!

2000-09-25 Thread BELLAN Andrea
grazie per la precisazione... già risolto . ps: le pulci facciamole da un'altra parte può scappare qualche boiata mentre si scrive ti assicuro che so la differenza tra le varie cose altrimenti non averi montato un 8 gb scsi forzando i cilindri le testine e

R: [newbie-it] Configurazione modem isdn esterno.

2000-09-25 Thread BELLAN Andrea
hai perfettamente ragioneforse nel mio caso ero riuscito a fregare il kppp per il fatto che il mio TA 3com ha l'ultimo bios che in automatico anche se chiami un provider che risponde sempre in digitale ma pretende il dialogo con tipologia analogica si setta come tale amico pretende, in

[newbie-it] Configurazione modem isdn esterno.

2000-09-25 Thread Simone Ravarotto
Penso che il tuo 3COM (visto il nome non da poco),possa essere utilizzato sia come modem analogico che come ISDN adapter. Kppp dovrebbe capirlo senza bisogno di driver visto che si parla di una applicazione Linux... Molti apparecchi validi supportano questa possibilita',soprattutto quelli

[newbie-it] Grosso problema con POP3

2000-09-25 Thread Michele Tognon
Non riesco a capire se il demono POP3 funziona sul mio server. Ho una rete di 80 PC e sto' provando postfix. Se mando una email da Postfix e la ricevo dal server exchange che c'e' qui tutto funziona. Se mando una email da Postfix e volgio riceverla sempre in un account di LInux non funziona

[newbie-it] Configurazione stampante Lexmark CJ 2050 su Linux Mandrake 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Tosato Diego
Salve a tutti, vorrei sapere se c'è la possibilità di utilizzare la mia stampante Lexmark CJ 2050 con la distribuzione Mandrake 7.1. Io ho provato, e considerando che sono alle prime armi con Linux, non sono riuscito a fare niente. Grazie.

[newbie-it] [fwd] [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:041-1 - xpdf update (from: security@linux-mandrake.com)

2000-09-25 Thread Fabio Coatti
- Forwarded message from Linux Mandrake Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Linux Mandrake Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:01:01 -0600 Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:041-1 - xpdf update

[newbie-it] installazione di Mandrake7.1

2000-09-25 Thread tonibl
Nell'installazione di Mandrake7.1 ho un problema: quando mi si dice di inserire il secondo CD non riesco a recuperare il rpimo (lo sportellino del lettore non vuole aprirsi). Qualcuno può aiutarmi? grazie toni

Re: [newbie-it] problemi con sk di rete

2000-09-25 Thread marco
il problema è un altro: la scheda non vede la rete. In altre parole, pingando l'ip della macchina win, questo non arriva. Inoltre il led dietro la sk resta spento, quindi è come se non ci fosse continuità. Il cavo comunque funziona ed è anche invertito, quindi non è un problema di connessione

Re: [newbie-it] problemi con sk di rete

2000-09-25 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 11:59:40PM +0200, marco wrote: come fare ad imporre alla scheda questo tipo di collegamento? Utilizzo una 3Com 3C509B, e non sono riuscito a trovare il dischetto di questa sk (come consigliato dagli HOWTO) per forzare la configurazione sotto DOS.

Re: [newbie-it] Corel e fonts di X windows

2000-09-25 Thread trasca
Il lun, 25 set 2000, Andrea Celli ha scritto: Daniele Morabito wrote: Qualcun altro ha riscontrato problemi simili con i prodotto Corel? -- saluti Cosma Scaramella A me è successo una cosa simile: dopo l'installazione di , sia per KDE che

Re: [newbie-it] Gestione posta

2000-09-25 Thread Franco Vite
Il Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 01:45:15PM +0200, cosscara scrive: Salve a tutti, chiedo assistenza per un problema quasi risolto (è il quasi che mi brucia!!) Ho deciso di usare netscape per la lettura della posta, ma siccome ho più caselle e-mail da controllare (ovviamente non IMAP ma POP3), devo

[newbie] My login managers (gdm kdm) don't work

2000-09-25 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Following the instructions on how to install KDE2 beta 5 (the final beta) on Mandrake 7.x, I installed the RPMs menu and mandrake_desk from Mandrake 7.2 beta 3 before doing anything else. I did not install KDE2 over my KDE 1.x at this stage. After a reboot I found that kdm (my default login

[newbie] About Mandrake 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread iagoba
Hi to all, I finally got installed Mandrake 7.1 but I got some comments about him. First, the installation wasn't as good as I hope, with some errors in some parts, for example, why is the Installation program giving me one LILO error in the bootloader section, when I'm trying

Re: [newbie] Problems with Via Sound card 82c686 on 694D(Microstar)and LM 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread John Couturier
The only thing I can think of is to see if there is a setting in the BIOS to change your sound card IRQ. My guess it would be in the PCI section. "Device or Resource Busy" is an IRQ conflict. -- Original Message -- From: "Sounak Sinha" [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Instilation of Linux Mandrake for Windows

2000-09-25 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Dear Sir/Madam :~ :~I have a copy of Linux Makedrake 7.1 and I would like to install it as linux :~for windows but when I click on the button when the cd has autorun it says :~that the program runs in real dos mode that this versionof windows does not :~support. I suppose this is because I run

[newbie] Install on formatted HD

2000-09-25 Thread webmaster
Hello/morning I just formatted my C: drive. Im looking to do clean install [mandrake 7.1] Do i need a boot disk to install it? Where can i find a boot disk or how can i make one from the DOS prompt. Remember my c: drive is now formatted. Im at the GRUB command line. Im needing some

[newbie] DSL

2000-09-25 Thread Steve Dressler
I have 2 win98 machines, and networked with ADSL going to both computers, I also have a IBM Server 320 with mandrake 7.1 installed on it. How much trouble is it to connect it to the network so I can have DSL going to it? Sorry if this has been topic before.

Re: [newbie] Install on formatted HD

2000-09-25 Thread Steve Dressler
At 08:40 AM 9/25/00 -0400, you wrote: Do i need a boot disk to install it? Where can i find a boot disk or how can i make one from the DOS prompt. I just booted off the cd itself and it prompted me from boot up

Re: [newbie] Tech Support from Macmillan -- Personal Inquiry

2000-09-25 Thread Denis Havlik
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :~Mandrakesoft taking over support is good new for all of us, Dennis! The :~MacMillan support did less than nothing for me--it wasted my time and effort. :~ [I had bought the 7.0 Deluxe with e-mail support from Linuxcare.] This kind :~of

[newbie] Booting Question.

2000-09-25 Thread John Rye
My kernel is 2.2.16-9mdk. Fellow list member and I are attempting to upgrade from ver 6.1 to 7.0(air) via email There is a flaw in the cd or install script which causes the generation of the boot floppy to fail with a 'can't find insmod' or similar message. Ver 7.0 uses the stock 2.2.14

[newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Mark Johnson
I want to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1, should I reformat and do a total reinstall or should I just do a regular upgrade. I don't have anything I want to save on the 7.0 installation, I have just been putzing around to get familiar that system. Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions... thanks!

Re: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux

2000-09-25 Thread Jeff Malka
I had thought of the second one and found it too onerous, but the first one is certainly workth trying. Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Steve Weltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000

RE: [newbie] Install on formatted HD

2000-09-25 Thread webmaster
Hello Newbies::: OK well as i found out, I made a boot disk for mandrake 7.1 I attached it to this email. (patch.pl) got it from linux-mandrake.com-- Its a perl script. ENJOY! PS: not to spam or anything, I made a newbie website for us linux users. It will be fully functional by the end

Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread iagoba
select Installation, is you make an upgrade, the installation would be about 2 or 3 hours, and is you don't upgrade it, it can be only 40 minutes. Mark Johnson wrote: I want to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1, should I reformat and do a total reinstall or should I just do a regular upgrade. I don't

RE: [newbie] Trying to do a rpm -Uvh

2000-09-25 Thread Josh Shirey
Ok, I'm confused. I thought I was running Mandrake 7.1 (Helium) Kernel 2.2.15. Does this give an indication that I'm not running Linux Mandrake 7.1? I'm not trying to be stupid here but someone else told me the same thing. -Original Message- From: Philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Re: [newbie] Booting Question.

2000-09-25 Thread the Duchess of the Antipodes
My kernel is 2.2.16-9mdk. Fellow list member and I are attempting to upgrade from ver 6.1 to 7.0(air) via email There is a flaw in the cd or install script which causes the generation of the boot floppy to fail with a 'can't find insmod' or similar message. Ver 7.0 uses the stock

[newbie] Problems with X in Mandrake 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Figueroa Carlos (CAP)
I have Mandrake 7.1 and when I install and run KDE it show the blue screen, but it goes back to the shell. I think there is a problem with the ATI XPERT 200 that I have. Anybody Know how to fix it? Thank you!

RE: [newbie] Problems with X in Mandrake 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
I had the same problem with two different computers, one of them a Toshiba Laptop. One day, I tried to do the text mode installation and ¡hale opp!!! It worked. Now it works very nice. Try it, perphaps it worths Francisco Alcaraz Spain -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] RPMDrake and Mandrake Update problems

2000-09-25 Thread michaelheinz
So, I'm having two problems with managing RPMs right now. The first is that when I try to add an HTTP or FTP site to RPMDrake, it quits. When I restart it there's no trace of the new site. The second is that when I try to update my system with Mandrake Update I seem to be getting lots of

[newbie] Incoming ppp connections?

2000-09-25 Thread George Brooks
I am still having trouble configuring my system for incoming calls. I found something on the Internet about it, but it did not work. I have a 3com USR voice faxmodem hooked to S1 (com 2). I can get a dialtone and the modem can call out. (I have not successfully authenticated to my ISP, but I

[newbie] apache

2000-09-25 Thread freeman
Does anyone know what version or how to check what version of apache comes with mandrake 7.1?? And how to upgrade it to xssi etc. it told me to goto my apache dir /apache_1.3.X/src/modules. I don't have a apache_1.3.X dir or a src dir or a modueles. I have a /usr/lib/apache and a

[newbie] Re: URGENT HELP ON SAMBA

2000-09-25 Thread freeman
Can samba work with windows 95 environment or is it just NT? My server side is solaris 2.7 and my client side is all laptops running win'95, how do I configure samba in this scenario? Please write back as soon as possible. Ramesh It will work fine with win95 If your are running win95

[newbie] AX25 problems

2000-09-25 Thread Kyle Chavis
Can anyone help with a simple guide to install AX25? I have read through the HOWTO and I guess I don't see it or understand the installation process in the HOWTO. Please be easy on me, thanks! Kyle Mandrake 7.2

Re: [newbie] apache

2000-09-25 Thread F. E. Schaper
Mike, Apache will work fine with IIS, but the question is.why on Earth would you want to use IIS??? Fritz - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:49 AM Subject: [newbie] apache Does anyone know what version or how to

[newbie] Backspace doesn't

2000-09-25 Thread Aaron Mulder
I'm having trouble with backspace under X-Windows. It works for some apps (kvt, xterm), but not others (emacs, rxvt). When it doesn't work, it behaves like "delete" instead - it deletes the character under the cursor, when I want it to delete the character to the left of the cursor.

Re: [newbie] Install on formatted HD

2000-09-25 Thread GAPrichard
IF you can boot from the CD your in business. If not you will need access to a working machine so that you can go to /dosutils (on the Linux Mandrake CD) and use rawrite to make the install boot disk you will need to boot the machine into Linux and do the install. -Gary- In a message

Re: [newbie] Install on formatted HD

2000-09-25 Thread GAPrichard
Or go to /dosutils on the CD. There will be an information file that will tell you how to use rawrite to make a Linux install floppy, if your machine cannot boot from the CD. -Gary- In a message dated 9/25/2000 8:52:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 08:40 AM

[newbie] Problems installing Mandrake Linux

2000-09-25 Thread Syed Khalid
I recently installed Linux on a HP Vectra which comes with the Tornado (3c905) ethernet card. I have configured the ip address for eth0. However, "ifconfig"does not display a hardware address for the ethnernet card. The "arp-a" does not show any entries. The "link" light on the hub indicates link

Re: [newbie] apache

2000-09-25 Thread Paul
2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Load your browser, go to http://127.0.0.1 and go into the documentation link. My apache (even though I don't need/use it) shows that it is version 1.3. Paul Does anyone know what version or how to check what version of apache comes with

Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Paul
2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just run the upgrade. I don't even format the root partition. Works great for me. Paul I want to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1, should I reformat and do a total reinstall or should I just do a regular upgrade. I don't have anything I want to

Re: [newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-25 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Robin Regennitter wrote: I think if you go to www.download.cnet.com Could you please confirm the url ? I get en error ;-( TIA, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on.

RE: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Mark Johnson
how long did it take to run the upgrade? -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:02 PM To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1 2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just run the

Re: [newbie] apache

2000-09-25 Thread Aaron Mulder
You could also try "rpm -qa | grep apache" - but that will only work if you're using the default install, not if you've overwritten it with your own. To find where the files went, you can try "rpm -ql apache | less" Aaron On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Paul wrote: 2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream

[newbie] Installation of Java JDK (I need JAVA!!!)

2000-09-25 Thread John Wright
Hello. I need help with the installation of a Java JDK for Mandrake (preferably Sun's 1.2.2). Apparently MandrakeSoft Professional Services technical support does not support the installation of the JDK off of their CD set. A) I tried to install the sun Java jdk off of the 2nd

Re: [newbie] Backspace doesn't

2000-09-25 Thread michaelheinz
If you watch your boot sequence, there's a message that goes by about how your backspace key has been mapped to DEL. That's why it doesn't work in EMACS - both keys send the same character code. Like you, I like have two different kinds of delete in EMACS, and I've been thinking about

Re: [newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-25 Thread Paul
2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Robin Regennitter wrote: I think if you go to www.download.cnet.com Could you please confirm the url ? I get en error ;-( www.download.com will work. Paul -- Don't deny the feeling. Deny the explanation.

Re: [newbie] Backspace doesn't

2000-09-25 Thread Paul
2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When my machines boot, they tell me that backspace is set to ^?. Not sure where that comes from, but that is the regular one that works everywhere here. Paul If you watch your boot sequence, there's a message that goes by about how your

RE: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Paul
2000-09-25. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On my P-II/400 (128Mb ram) it took about 45 minutes. On the P-II/350 64Mb little over an hour. Paul how long did it take to run the upgrade? -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000

[newbie] new install..troubles

2000-09-25 Thread Glenn Baker
New to the list and Linux. I just bought Mandrake 7.0 and am attempting to install, and not having much luck. The problem is that during the install, my PC keeps re-booting. Each time a get a bit further in the process, then it re-boots?? I have formatted my c drive, and have no Windows

Re: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
Why cant microsoft find one path thd stick with it? Why does outlook express have to take over three seperate parts of the drive and who knows how much of the registry. - Original Message - From: "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000

Re: [newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
Im not sure if AOL even has dns. I think there psudo-internet software doesn't bother with anything so user-unfriendly. I know that it doesn't bother with ip addresses, as I tried to trace someone while playing outpost2. - Original Message - From: "Jay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Mounting new drive

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
Advice taken, but I have already tried and have just had to reformat :-( I used the reformat to set the home partiton anyway. I found out about permissions on fat filesystems while failing to move the partiton. I have also learnt that 500mi is a bit too big for just me and root. I am useing

Re: [newbie] Incoming ppp connections?

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
Its the outlook express attacker again. How do you get it to show that dialog box each time I open a message. - Original Message - From: "George Brooks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:48 PM Subject: [newbie] Incoming ppp connections?

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
My first needed me to hold the sims in. It had elctrical tape as an important part of the case. The next one I built was, and still is, held together by superglue. Its not that im no good at it, its just that they were both built from scrap. - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Acroreadxpdf

2000-09-25 Thread Mark Weaver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, I will try your suggestions with xpdf. It was suggested to me to install Mandrake 7 again because of some of my strange problems. I am leaning towards that strongly. Is it better to do a totally fresh install or to upgrade over the existing? I have

Re: [newbie] Mounting new drive

2000-09-25 Thread bascule
i don't know about resizing a partition with fdisk (i use partition magic) but if you are only using 5mi then backup and reformat with whatever partitions you like, as for permssions when copying, ah not being an expert that didn't occur to me, but i guess from the option to preserve permisions

[newbie] kdesu malfunction

2000-09-25 Thread Vic
I can't click my kdesu anymore its not in the menu. Would some kind soul please tell me how i can put it back? I tried typing kdesu and it did nothing intelligible thanks

[newbie] Ulysses-3 iso

2000-09-25 Thread root
anyone got another mirror of ulysses-3 iso's -- If you have to ask you can't afford it.

[newbie] default editor in tin

2000-09-25 Thread KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN
How do you change the default editor to for example emacs? I wanted to post a usenet article from within tin. I don't know if tin is flexible enough to allow me to use emacs but I'm pretty sure it stuck me in vi. Anyone post to usenet using emacs? Should I just learn the newsreader in emacs?

[newbie] Sounds Uneven.

2000-09-25 Thread Robin Regennitter
Hi Everybody, The sounds are pretty uneven on my system.as it been like this for awhile. all the KDE system sounds goes loud and profound while all the other wave sounds sounded so muted. but if I turn the volume up. The KDE sounds blasted way through and the other sounds are

Re: [newbie] 6202

2000-09-25 Thread Mark Weaver
what us a 6202? -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: [newbie] Ulysses-3 iso

2000-09-25 Thread Larry Hignight
I'm able to dl them from rpmfind you may want to stop loging in as root. Someone might be tempted to play a joke on you. ;) root wrote: anyone got another mirror of ulysses-3 iso's -- If you have to ask you can't afford it. -- Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester

Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver

2000-09-25 Thread markOpoleO
What are you talking about?! MD 7.1 Supports Geforce 2 and 1 cards right during install. You can allways upgrade to 4.1.0 if you want.. markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Larry Hignight" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:46 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] Ulysses-3 iso

2000-09-25 Thread root
shouldnt be listed as root it is not in my preferences Salane Larry Hignight wrote: I'm able to dl them from rpmfind you may want to stop loging in as root. Someone might be tempted to play a joke on you. ;) root wrote: anyone got another mirror of ulysses-3 iso's -- If

Re: [newbie] Sounds Uneven.

2000-09-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Robin Regennitter wrote: Hi Everybody, The sounds are pretty uneven on my system.as it been like this for awhile. all the KDE system sounds goes loud and profound while all the other wave sounds sounded so muted. but if I turn the volume up. The KDE sounds blasted way

Re: [newbie] Geforce 2 driver

2000-09-25 Thread Larry Hignight
MarkO, Well that's kind of funny. Because if you go to the supported hardware section of the linux-mandrake web site there is a link to instructions that are awfully similar to the ones I posted below. But just to be sure. I ran over and checked the Linux Drivers page ... funny thing.

Re: [newbie] rebooting during install

2000-09-25 Thread Dennis Myers
Glenn Baker wrote: Glenn Baker wrote: Hopefully somebody will be able to give me some pointers here.. I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.0 all day. The problem I have is that during the set-up/install, my PC reboots all on its own, forcing me to start all over. I have looked

Re: [newbie] rebooting during install

2000-09-25 Thread Glenn Baker
Thanks for the reply Dennis. As far as I know, PnP OS is off, as well as virus detection, i have double checked..but ya know how that can be. I did finally get the OS to load.but it still crashes, most often related to a mouse movement. I will do some more research, now that it *may* be

Re: [newbie] rebooting during install

2000-09-25 Thread Glenn Baker
Sorry...mouse is a two button ps/2 mouse, no frills, no brand. The video is on board, sis-530, shows it to be supported. It has crashed/rebooted several times now that I finally got it installed, but *at this time* it is stable. Kinda strange, am having a look around the system right now,

Re: [newbie] rebooting during install

2000-09-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Glenn Baker wrote: Thanks for the reply Dennis. As far as I know, PnP OS is off, as well as virus detection, i have double checked..but ya know how that can be. I did finally get the OS to load.but it still crashes, most often related to a mouse movement. I will do some more research,

Re: [newbie] rebooting during install

2000-09-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Glenn Baker wrote: Sorry...mouse is a two button ps/2 mouse, no frills, no brand. The video is on board, sis-530, shows it to be supported. It has crashed/rebooted several times now that I finally got it installed, but *at this time* it is stable. Kinda strange, am having a look around

[newbie] rpmdrake (helium) does not add to install list

2000-09-25 Thread Kevin R. Bulgrien
I have a new Mandrake 7.1 installation. rpmdrake used non-meaningful descriptors for the CD's that it needed in order to install package. I. E. cdrom_1, cdrom_2, cdrom_3, cdrom_4. Like a newbie, I remembered that there were 4 CD's referenced in the initial installation, but, I had no idea what

RE: [newbie] Reading Outlook email files under Linux

2000-09-25 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Answer that and you'll have the meaning to life... Seriously though, there are several different operating systems out there (I personally use about 3 on average to get things done) pick the ones you like and go after it/them! I think they're all a blast! Mike Why cant microsoft find one

[newbie] Problems with Via Sound card 82c686 on 694D(Microstar) and LM 7.1

2000-09-25 Thread Sounak Sinha
Hi guys, I have been struggling to get my sound card working with Mandrake 7.1. This sound card is on board and is part of the Southbridge (Via 82c686). This particular chip is reported to be supported. What I believe is the problem is IRQ sharing. This card is sharing IRQs (IRQ 9) with the USB

[newbie] linux mandrake 6.5

2000-09-25 Thread bux m.k
dear sir. we have purchased the above software and when we are trying to intall this programm we are unable to install it we are getting the message 'install exited abnormally received signal 11...whenever we are trying to install after some installation the above message comes. we are

Re: [newbie] linux mandrake 6.5

2000-09-25 Thread F. E. Schaper
Your best bet would be to check the docs or to check online at http://www.linuxmandrake.org for the install guide. The install should be pretty self explanatory. Also you may want to check your hardware to be sure that your devices are compatible, there is a list (I'm pretty sure) of compatible

Re: [newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob.

2000-09-25 Thread Michael McGibben
hi there, i suggest that you format your hard drive to start with. having finished that i would then load windoze (for simplicity) giving it the full 9Gb. once you have 'doze loaded, use 'fips' to shrink the partition to 2 - 4 gb or whatever size you decide on. at this point you can reload

RE: [newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob. use FIPS

2000-09-25 Thread Rick Bonczek
A useful utility that comes with most Linux distributions is a DOS utility called FIPS. With this you can break apart a hard drive into several partitions. I used it to partition my existing windows95 hard drive. Basically, first run defrag, then fips. There is a good readme that comes with