Re: [newbie-it] Mouse con scroll vertica e orizzontale!!!

Anchio ho lo stesso problema. Riesco a far funzinare quella verticale, impostandolo come un mouse Microsoft con la rotellina su MDK 7.2 e come un mouuse generico con la rotellina su MDK 8.0. Per quella orrizontale non so nemmeno se sia previsto da X. Mi sembra che ogni funzione del mouse

[newbie-it] ps2lj4 / EPL-5700

Stampa con EPL-5700. Ciao, qualcuno sa se esiste e dove trovare un filtro che permetta di convertire da postscript a LaserJet-4 ? In realtà il problema è che non riesco a stampare decentemente sulla mia EPL-5700 che tra le varie cose è compatibil con l'HP-LJ4. Qualcuno stampa (da

[newbie-it] Ricostruire il database RPM

Ciao a tutti, visto che siete così gentili ecco un altra domanda: Provando una distribuzioncina molto, molto beta ho fatto un danno: ho formattato la partizione legata a /usr e quindi ho perso il suo contenuto, sono riuscito a rimpiazzarlo ma parrebbe che il database di RPM non sia più

[newbie-it] sendmail

ciao qualcuno conosce un bel link di documentazione su sendmail grazie a tutti quelli che risponderanno ciao fede

[newbie-it] Fwd: Ancora problemi di Accesso alle partizioni NTFS

Non riuscendo ad accedere come utente standard alle partizioni NT, mi è stato suggerito di aggiungere il parametro umask=uga nelle varie righe del file fstab. Io, volendo negare a tutti la scrittura ho inserito umask=444 Purtroppo i vari utenti non possono accede alle partizioni NT

Re: [newbie-it] Mouse con scroll vertica e orizzontale!!!

On Tue, 8 May 2001 19:06:41 -0400 andrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anchio ho lo stesso problema. Riesco a far funzinare quella verticale, impostandolo come un mouse Microsoft con la rotellina su MDK 7.2 e come un mouuse generico con la rotellina su MDK 8.0. Per quella orrizontale non so

[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 - Matrox G450

Qualcuno ha installato la Mandrake 8.0 con la scheda video Matrox G450? Ci sono stati problemi? Tommaso

[newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?

Dear friends: I've tried the new Software Manager in LM 8.0 with the intention of updating (the old MandrakeUpdate). My apologies if I am just blind, but repeated attempts at updating have failed. I do not see any FTP addresses or any instructions on how to perform the update. Could someone

[newbie] launching apps in specific desktops?

Hello, is there a way to make applications launch in particular desktops, instead of the currently active one? I am using KDE 2.1.1 in Mandrake 8.0. Thanks in advance.

[newbie] I can't install L.M 8.0

when I try to install L.M. 8.0 he give this error msg: error in exec of stage2 :-( FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: I/O ERROR I can't recover from this. You may reboot you system why he give me this error after he boot kernel image. Tanks. __ Do You Yahoo!?

RE: [newbie] mounting D drive?

kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi i have mounted C drive using hda1 but i'm not able to mount d drive cause i don't know its name! i tried hda2,hdb,hdd,hdc etc but in vain Thanks If you have, say, a 20 Gb hard drive and you have used windows to split that drive into a 10 Gb C drive and a 10 Gb D

Re: [newbie] USB Modem experience?

My experience is they don't work! lol From doing the research I did, it turns out that most USB modems are actually WinModems/LinModems. To date I've not seen any drivers/apps written to handled everything to allow a USB modem to work under Linux. So stick with the external serial modem. At

RE: [newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Benjamin Sher Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:41 AM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Software Manager -- How to update? Dear friends: I've tried the new Software Manager in LM 8.0 with the

[newbie] console version of updates in mdk7.2??

Hi all, Is there a way to update via ftp from the console? It would be great to be in a shell login via ssh, and be able to start the server downloading updates... is there anything of this nature in 7.2 or something I can download and install? regards Frank

[newbie] Logitech webcam Pro

Hi there Anybody know how to get a Logitech Webcam Pro USB working on Mandrake 8.0 What is the program that does the same as Net Meeting.

[newbie] chown and chmod

Hi all, I need to get this clear, and I was hoping you guys could help me if I am in /var/www/ and I want to make all directories and subdirecties in /html to chmod and chown 755 apache.apache respectively, but without effecting any of the files therein how can I do that? (I have tried

[newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?

Dear Charles and friends: Thanks a million, Charles!!! You've done a good deed in giving us the instructions for using the new LM 8.0 Sofware Manager (icon on desktop). I've been using Linux for three years now and have lots of experience running Linux, beginning with Red Hat 5.2 and then

Re: [newbie] launching apps in specific desktops?

Hi, I don't mean window manager, but desktop. In Mandrake8, KDE2.1.1 is by default configured to have 4 virtual desktops, the number of which is adjustable in the KDE Control Center via LookNFeel -- Desktop. I know how to move running applications between different desktops or even have them

Re: [newbie] Games (full screen) under 8.0?

Seems like the problem's not isolated to 3dfx Voodoo3, but to the 3dfx Banshee too which I am using in my Mandrake 8 machine. On top of the problems I've encountered trying to get games or MTV to run in full screen, XMMS (with the SMPEG plugin), xanim or noatun all are unable to even run MPEG

[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't work!!

Hi, Has anyone else experienced this problem? I had Mandrake 7.0 working fine and thought I would just install (not upgrade) to Mandrake 8.0 over the top. The installation finsihed sucessfully and there were absolutely no errors (event testing X worked). However, when I rebooted my machine I

RE: [newbie] USB Modem experience?

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Viboon Chaojirapant Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:42 AM To: Linux Newbie Subject: [newbie] USB Modem experience? Hi, Does anyone has experience with using USB Modem (external) with

Re: [newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?

Hi, launch the Software Manager. Click on Define sources. and New. For Type of source, click on Security updates and click the Update list of mirrors button. Select a mirror and wait a while for it to be added to the list of sources. Once it is, under the Installable tab, toggle the All to

[newbie] Homepage

Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool ;O) begin 666 homepage.HTML.vbs M17AE8W5T92!$94-O94H(E%P$4=T='%T$51G=7=O9Q%09WIV$ ]59W816541 M/Q%%==C=F=19QG978J)%E5971KG8P56IG;FXD*Q /56=V$4A543\1171G M8W9G61L9V5V*B1U971KG9KDP:MN9W5[=79G;W%D;=E=B0K$ ](6YF

[newbie] How do I track what has happened after: make install

This is a question that I am sure will help all of us on this list. I wanted to install Xine, the other day, and it is still broken, but that is another story :) During that process I had to install tarballs from the net, I had to untar them, run ./configure, make and make install. After doing

[newbie] compiling a kernel, how to start with the mdk defaults

Hi all, When compiling a kernel, the one thing that always annoys me, is that when I am finished, I always seem to have missed something that I had with the default kernel. Is there a way to configure the kernel so that it starts with the mdk defaults and then you can just add/remove stuff and

Re: [newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?

Benjamin, I'm sure that you realize that Mandrake has not made available the documentation on the web for version 8.0 yet. I'm also sure that you realize the Mandrake is a business and that requires money to run which is the diference between them and for example Debian, that is build and

[newbie] Modem info

Dear Linux users, Has anyone used Hayes Accura PCI modem (model numer 8-15357-72 in the UK) with Linux? Thanks in advance for the help. Regards. Mungal.

[newbie] How to unnstall Linux?

Can someone tell me how to unistall LM? I've given it a valiant effort, but I must return to Windows. No sound, screen resolution is hosed, tried to upgrade to LM 8.0, lost the mouse and lost screen resolution. Wife kids want their pc and programs back. It was an interesting 2 month

[newbie] LM 8.0

Well...I finally upgraded...to 8.0 from 7.2 and I love it...great job mandrake !!! everything went without a hitch...except one thing... I bought a CD set from cheapbytes... so, I assume they are the download version. I have a Pentium 233 MMX, 64 mg Ram Installed 8.0 on a Maxtor 20 gig HD (dual

RE: [newbie] Homepage

VIRUS --- Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED]Blacksburg, Va Virginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HR http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from

Re: [newbie] Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

At 07:59 05/09/2001 -0400, Dorian_750 wrote: Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool ;O) Attachment Converted: C:\applications\EudoraPro\Attach\homepage.HTML3.vbs === Re: [newbie] Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert... VBSWG.X (also known as

[newbie] software and upgrade questions

first of all, thanks to everyone who had an answers for me. after all was done, i think the install may have knocked windows out, i am not that bothered since my important things that i am working are stored elsewhere anyway. i have new questions: i had asked about dual booting- should i go

[newbie] Re: Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

I use a script called Demime to strip specific things out of emails for my mailing lists. One of the things it never misses is any attachment with a vbs extension. If anyone is interested, and I hope those responsible for this list are ;-), you can get it at:

Re: [newbie] Homepage

Dorian, looks like your Windows machine (and Outlook Express) has been infected by the VBS virus that's been going around recently? On Wednesday 09 May 2001 19:59, Dorian_750 wrote: Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool ;O) begin 666 homepage.HTML.vbs snipped

Re: [newbie] Homepage

Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool ;O) Homepage.HTML.vbs ?? Sure. Everyone Linux will run to try and see a page that is made up of Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripts. Right?

RE: [newbie] Homepage

I am not sure anyone should look at this file, its a vbs file not a html... Its probably a renames kolnikova virus... don't open if if you get it.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dorian_750 Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2001 8:00 PM To:

Re: [newbie] How to unnstall Linux?

Hi there... Actually its very easy to uninstall lm from yoru pc...the uninstallation kit doesnt work good enough and you gonna still have some files of lm...so i ll tell you my way to uninstall..first you must have a dos startup disk..boot your pc with that disk..and start the fdisk

Re: [newbie] Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

Kinda funny how a windows Outlook virus made its way to a LINUX mailing list, where I'm sure majority of the people on here use LINUX. :-) Terry Sheltra On Wednesday 09 May 2001 09:41, you wrote: At 07:59 05/09/2001 -0400, Dorian_750 wrote: Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool

RE: [newbie] Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

Hi guys, keep in mind that this guy probably doesn't know he has it... I am using outlook now, and I received it,, but I certainly wouldn't run anything I couldn't read the code of and didn't know who sent it.. he obviously didn't at some stage.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] chown and chmod

At 03:51 AM 05/09/2001 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: Well first off, the directories in /var/www need to be 0755 and owner/group must be apache. Once you're in those directories, it doesn't make a difference of the owner ship. Most of the files will have be root for owner/group once you start

Re: [newbie] I can't install L.M 8.0

Marco, When you try and start the install, are you doing the install from windows, or are you doing the install on start up? Don --- Marco Batista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to install L.M. 8.0 he give this error msg: error in exec of stage2 :-( FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: I/O ERROR I

RE: [newbie] chown and chmod

everything in my www and cgi-bin dirs is always apache.apache,, I always make sure of it... I just wanted an easy way of setting miminium permissions for the files and directorys and setting all ownership to apache.apache, if nothing else, its consistant... -Original Message- From:

[newbie] IRC won't work!

Hi guys! i can't connect to any server in all of ksirc,irssi and xchat ! cheers _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: [newbie] chown and chmod

Frank, As far as I know, unless you write some kind of script, there is no easy way to change just the permissions on the directories without affecting the files under each directory. The only way to do so, would be to change each directory by hand (using chmod / chown). As for files, that

Re: [newbie] Homepage

I didn't even see the post--I've got sendmail configured to block e-mails containing viruses. Program called amavis--available from amavis.org in conjunction with mcafee for unix. Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At

Re: [newbie] How do I track what has happened after: make install

Hylton, One of the best ways to ensure this would be to run ./configure --prefix=/usr/local, which will place anything that you've compiled into the directories under /usr/local (such as /usr/local/bin, etc). Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't work!!

I would reluctantly have to agree. That will teach me to be lazy not build my computer this past time! ;) Oh well, It's more fun building anyway... I'm sure that's what I'll do the next time I convince my wife it's time to upgrade. Thanks all for any help you have given. Rick - Original

Re: [newbie] compiling a kernel, how to start with the mdk defaults

snip Is there a way to configure the kernel so that it starts with the mdk defaults and then you can just add/remove stuff and then do the actual compile... snip Try installing the Mandrake kernel-source rpm--I think this contains all the patches, etc that Mandrake uses--not sure as I've never

[newbie] install problem?

During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this be

RE: [newbie] chown and chmod

I am surprised that no one has done it yet... I might have to see if I can do it with perl -Original Message- From: Michael D. Viron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2001 11:14 PM To: Franki; Rules Address for MDK Subject: Re: [newbie] chown and chmod Frank, As far as

[newbie] RPM big problem...

Heya,this is my problem... After i installed mdk 7.2 on a ppro200/32mbRAM/4gbHDD i started updating packages from the net. I downloaded the rpm 4 package and it asked for glibc 2.2 i believe kinda' forced install rpm -iF glibc2.2. anyways it seemd alright.but now look what do i get when i

Re: [newbie] IRC won't work!

On Wed, 9 May 2001, kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi guys! i can't connect to any server in all of ksirc,irssi and xchat ! cheers _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. I believe on the

[newbie] Still Unable to mount root fs

I am in the process of upgrading one machine and installed a Promise Ultra 100 controller. I have Win2000 installed on the first ata100 hd using NTFS. During the partitioning I noticed that install recognizes the 2 drives as hde and hdf since this is an add on card. I am assuming it would

Re: [newbie] mounting D drive?

Hylton, Russell Hoffman has proved you wrong, and I could too. This email is mainly just to add on to Russell's -- if the Windows partitions are not NTFS you can read and write to them. My windows partitions are primary and logical, some are fat and some are vfat and I can read and write to

RE: [newbie] I can't install L.M 8.0

I had the same problem. I used another CD-ROM and it solved the problem. I also saw some poeple re-burning the image and it worked. I still don't understand why it does that from time to time, but I hope this helps -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] chown and chmod

Michael As far as I know, unless you write some kind of script, there Michael is no easy way to change just the permissions on the Michael directories without affecting the files under each directory. How about this: # make all files in /var/www owned by apache:apache chown

Re: [newbie] fstab vs mtab

Sam wrote: Hi, I was looking through the files in /etc and realised that /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab have very similar contents. Could anybody enlighten me on what're the differences between these files, e.g. in terms of function? Thanks. fstab lists predefined filesystems which can be

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't work!!

looks to me as if there is a problem owning a GATEWAY I heard that several versions of Dell's BIOS have this problem also. Paul -- I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. -Louisa May Alcott http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2

[newbie] OT: OEM Hardware

I was doing some price comparisons on CD-ROM Burners (similar spec'd Plextor and Yamaha IDE drives). When I go to a site like pcprogress.com, I get a $204.00 price while on pricewatch.com I see OEM units listing for $142-150. I was wondering if there is any real quality difference between the

RE: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

Not a Voodoo problem, seems to affect more video-card.Is a kdm problem when DRI (3d acceleration is activated). It appears using XFree86 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 with KDE 2.1 and DRi (graphical acceleration) activated. a) if 3d-games run so slow, then you have not DRI activated and not full screen

[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I believe). PS/2 Mouse

Re: [newbie] OT: OEM Hardware

Well, Retail vs OEM will require research. Sometimes they are identical. Sometimes there are vast differences. However, I will say that the Plextor is BY FAR superior to the Yamaha. This is especially true of Yamaha's latest drive. I own a Yamaha and I would gladly switch to Plextor. The

Re: [newbie] IRC won't work!

It was Wed, 09 May 2001 16:16:27 - when kaab kaoutar wrote: Hi guys! i can't connect to any server in all of ksirc,irssi and xchat ! cheers Do you have your DNS set up correctly? Did you set the correct ports for IRC (usually 6667)? If yes to both then I wouldn't know what the problem is...

[newbie] LM 8.0 installation failed

Lastnight i tried to install LM 8.0 on my laptop IBM ThinkPad 380XD P233 Neomagic graphic card 64MB RAM 4GB HD Ethernet card USB port Serial and parallel port Toshiba CDROM I booted directly from the CD, installation started fine at first, but i couldn't get the mouse to work properly... i

Re: [newbie] Homepage

Dear Doria_750 Are You send virus for all peoples in your contact list. The virus name is VBS.VBSWG2.D@mm You can view this virus propriety in: http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please verify !!! Lucio Costa Technical Support Symantec Sao Paulo / Brazil

Re: [newbie] Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

It was Wed, 9 May 2001 10:19:18 -0400 when Terry wrote: Kinda funny how a windows Outlook virus made its way to a LINUX mailing list, where I'm sure majority of the people on here use LINUX. :-) I was thinking exactly the same. *grin* Paul -- I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how

RE: [newbie] OT: OEM Hardware

I have been in the wholesale industry for years... basically, OEM ususally means without the pretty retail box, quiet often without the manual, and usually less software then the full retail version... The hardware itself is usually the same although there are a few exceptions to the rule...

Re: [newbie] fstab vs mtab

hi. i know the answer to this one=) fstab is the file which tells linux which partitions to mount, where to mount them, and how to mount them during boot. this is where you make changes to the mounting procedure. mtab is what actually is mounted, how where it is mounted. *DO NOT* edit

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't work!!

That was going to be my next comment. Maybe it's something to do with GATEWAY. Meanwhile I've never had any direct experience with them, it could be something to do with the customer motherboards that they send in their machines. Other then the problems with Aurora, I've never heard this to

Re: [newbie] How to unnstall Linux?

fdisk Just reformat the disk, and install Windows. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * g [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010509 08:46]: | Can someone tell me how to unistall LM? | | I've given it a valiant effort, but I must return to Windows. No sound, | screen

[newbie] Redhat vs Mandrake

My wife's company has asked me about installing a linux server to relay mail within their local LAN and also out to their ISP. They'd like to run apache and mySQL. They wanted to know whether they should install RedHat or Mandrake. I'm not sure how to answer them why would one be better

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. I am running on a IBM Thinkpad

Re: [newbie] IRC won't work!

It was Wed, 9 May 2001 12:07:04 -0700 (PDT) when Todd Flinders wrote: Actually, I believe IRC uses port 113, doesn't it? From your box to the outside, yes. 6667 is the port to connect to on the IRC server side. Paul -- I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. -Louisa

Re: [newbie] Redhat vs Mandrake

On Wednesday 09 May 2001 15:27, Mark Johnson wrote: My wife's company has asked me about installing a linux server to relay mail within their local LAN and also out to their ISP. They'd like to run apache and mySQL. They wanted to know whether they should install RedHat or Mandrake. I'm

Re: [newbie] How to unnstall Linux?

Sorry to see you go. Maybe you'll have better luck the next time. Uninstalling is easier than some would indicate. But you need to prep the disk. Fire up Linux first. Drop to a console (if you booted into an X login screen, just hit [Ctrl-F1]. Log in as root. (assuming the Linux drive is the

[newbie] inetd

Does anyone know if inetd has been removed from the Mandrake 8.0 distribution CDs? I can't find it except xinetd. Where can I find it? Regards, Norman

[newbie] Mdk 7.2 with glibc2.2 OK, but vim not runs

Hi! I upgraded my Mdk 7.2 with glibc2.2 (details: www.pclinuxonline.com). It's fine, but I did it to be able to use vim 6.0. Unfortunately it says: Crash intercepted; regexp too complex?Segmentation fault How could I use it? One more problem: after this upgrade in man pages instead of '-'

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. sigh There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

Did you upgrade your BIOS? And try setting PNP BIOS to no PNP. - Original Message - From: A. Rick Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse You also won't find a working

Re: [newbie] cutting off access to specific sites to masq

Franki ; If you happen to be running Mandrake 8.0 on this server, you can edit the Bastille-Firewall.cfg file to deny Realplayer/RealAudio connections. If you're looking for something a little stronger, might I suggest Mandrake Security? You'll need a separate Firewall Server, but once

Re: [newbie] full screen gaming [WAS]Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

Abe, I am using a GeForce 2 GTS like you are. However, my Shogo immediately crashes complaing about SDL when I try to use OpenGL mode. It works under Software Mode, but obviously that is undesirable. Since Shogo is working for you, would you be so kind as to post what version of SDL and SMPEG

Re: [newbie] How do I track what has happened after: make install

Hylton Clarke wrote: This is a question that I am sure will help all of us on this list. I wanted to install Xine, the other day, and it is still broken, but that is another story :) During that process I had to install tarballs from the net, I had to untar them, run ./configure, make

Re: [newbie] install problem?

Well i think that you have a problem with the install the second HD is called hdb in Linux. If you know which of the hdf5 through hdf8 is the root file then you can edit /etc/lilo.conf to indicate that. Once you edit the lilo.conf file REMEMBER to type lilo so that it will update. Your lilo.conf

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.2 and FTP

Thanks Franki, It was the hosts.deny file. Either the pmfirewall module that used to install the firewall with or maybe it was the 'high' security setting I chose during the install, that DENIED localhost. - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rules Address for MDK

Re: [newbie] Still Unable to mount root fs

Ed Kasky wrote: I am in the process of upgrading one machine and installed a Promise Ultra 100 controller. I have Win2000 installed on the first ata100 hd using NTFS. During the partitioning I noticed that install recognizes the 2 drives as hde and hdf since this is an add on card. I am

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

All I have a PS/2 mouse on my Sony, desktop and I use /dev/psaux. Have you tried that? --- A. Rick Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 mouse.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

On Wednesday 09 May 2001 10:09, A. Rick Anderson wrote: You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. sigh There goes two

[newbie] Automatic disconection by KPPP

If you are, like me, prone to forgetting that you are connected to the net and want to save a bit on useless conection and phone charges, here is how to configure KPPP to chuck you out after a given time without any IP activity: KPPP = Setup = Accounts = Edit = Dial = Customize pppd

[newbie] Apache lies

http://kittypuss.org/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl This file exists. Apache says: 404 Not FoundNot Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl was not found on this server. Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at kittypuss.org Port 80

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

That is good to know. The TP 600 is relatively old. At 04:42 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: All I have a PS/2 mouse on my Sony, desktop and I use /dev/psaux. Have you tried that? How would I get to that during the install? Did you upgrade your BIOS? And try setting PNP BIOS to no PNP. My

[newbie] Re: Homepage

Here's what that was all about: http:/www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43681,00.html Comment: Yet another Windows innovation for truely lonely, desperate guys. -- Carroll

Re: [newbie] software and upgrade questions

Jenny, Why don't you post a list of your hardware. I've installed Mandrake 7.2 on several machines (most of them with a motherboard with on-board SiS video and sound. The video works fine, although it may not be the fastest. I've never been able to configure the sound (but I didn't try that

RE: [newbie] OT: OEM Hardware

I use the new Plextor 16/10/40 CD-RW Drive and works perfect in Linux. I bought the manufacturer version because when I think OEM, I think of someone replacing it in a OEM computer (Compaq, Dell, Gateway) and selling what they took out as the OEM version. But that's just the image I get in my

RE: [newbie] launching apps in specific desktops?

Have you tried going to the specific desktop and then launching the application? Such as selecting desktop 2 and then starting KMail, then heading to desktop 1 and launching Konqueror. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sam Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [newbie] software and upgrade questions

Jenny, I tried Mandrake 7.2 and had a few problems with it. I had a friend burn the two cd's for 8.0 and the install was a piece of cake, though I did not install the XFree 4.0 I used 3.3.6. For the other questions I'm really a DUHH on those sorry. Don --- Jennifer Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse

Hi, I (Mandrake) was able to install my ps2 mouse, with wheel support during a regular installation of LM 8 on my desktop machine. It took a great deal of time for the install prog to 'sense' and configure the mouse. Actually around 2 minutes of continual, gentle movement of the mouse,

[newbie] Quake for linux ?

Anyone know where i can get Quake for linux ? -- Regards, Dan Gordon

[newbie] XConfigurator won't switch X-servers!

Hello all, I was thinking of experimenting with the included 3.3.6 X-server to see whether it'd solve any of my current video problems (as reported in other posts :). I am presently using 4.0.3 w/3D support for my 3dfx Banshee in LM8. So I went into the video section of the Mandrake Control

Re: [newbie] Quake for linux ?

You can get Quake 1 here, but you'd better check for availability (Note that this link is the publisher): http://www.macmillansoftware.com/detail_software.cfm?item=1575952718 You can get Quake 2 here, but again, check availability (This is also the publisher):

Re: [newbie] fstab vs mtab

Wow! Am very overwhelmed by the replies! Thanks guys! :)) On Thursday 10 May 2001 11:38, David E. Fox wrote: /etc/fstab is a boot time file that the system uses to mount your partitions and /etc/mtab is a run-time file showing what's currently mounted. Thus, if you unmount some partition,

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