Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 7.1 e modem ISDN USB

2001-05-24 Thread giorgio cambri
Cristiano Alegiani wrote: Ciao a tutti, ho installato ora la mandrake 7.1 presto l'aggiornerò alla 7.2, ho il problema che non sò come configurare il mio modem: un Atlantis Mistral 128k USB, qualcuno sà indicarmi come fare? Guarda non ho grande esperienza in materia, un comando modem nella

[newbie-it] cerco applicazioni

2001-05-24 Thread Marco
salve desideravo sapere dove posso trovare alcune applicazioni o loro cloni, se esistono, che non riesco a trovare.grazie in anticipo :): 1) xisdn 2) napster o simile 3) Acdc 4) imesh ancora grazie e bye by Spider

Re: [newbie-it] cerco applicazioni

2001-05-24 Thread Corrado
Marco wrote: salve desideravo sapere dove posso trovare alcune applicazioni o loro cloni, se esistono, che non riesco a trovare.grazie in anticipo :): 1) xisdn 2) napster o simile Vari, io uso Gnapster 3) Acdc Compupic; GQView è più leggero e GPL. 4) imesh Ho scaricato solo

Re: [newbie] Why bootup shows L 02 02 02....?

2001-05-24 Thread Paul
It was Wed, 23 May 2001 16:37:58 -0400 when Gray Maddry wrote: I am having a similar problem. Using Boot Magic I requested to boot from / partition. When Linux is selected I to L 40 40 40 etc. I saw at least one other problem like this in the expert list but no answer. On my page on Linux

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher

2001-05-24 Thread s
Boot into dos and type fdisk/mbr and it should restore the old windows boot record. -s On Wednesday 23 May 2001 07:33 pm, you wrote: Hey all. I'm having a big, big problem. I can uninstall LM just fine, but after I do I'm stuck with a computer that refuses to boot! It comes up with that

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
Using your windows boot disk type the following at the prompt: fdisk /mbr --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all. I'm having a big, big problem. I can uninstall LM just fine, but after I do I'm stuck with a computer that refuses to boot! It comes up with that GRUB program, but it can't

Re: [newbie] Some queries about Linux on Macintosh

2001-05-24 Thread Paul
It was Wed, 23 May 2001 19:46:31 +0100 (BST) when AKC Chu wrote: Hi, Sorry to trouble the mailing list, but I have a few issues that I would like to know: Firstly, is there any Linux-Mandrake distro for Macintosh? Yes. The distro is called Yellowdog. I can imagine you can find it through

Re: [newbie] looking to buy new hd, size an issue?

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
I just asked this question a few days ago. In short, Civileme said one partititon can have up to 128 gigs and multiple partititons and drives can have more. Check the archive for the exact details. The subject was: Can Linux see 90 gigs? --- Paul R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I going to buy a

[newbie] adsl + lm 8.0 doesn't work

2001-05-24 Thread bart deglorie
i have en realtek 8139 and a 3c900b network card the realtek is connected to my alcatel speedtouch home and the 3c900b to a smal local network. the realtek is eth0 and uses a static ip : 10.0.0.1 subnet : 255.0.0.0 the 3c900b also staic ip : 10.0.0.5 subnet 255.255.255.0 lm8.0 seem to

Re: [newbie] CD problems since 8.0 upgrade

2001-05-24 Thread Civileme
On Wednesday 23 May 2001 09:19, Todd wrote: I upgraded last night from Mandrake 7.1 (or 7.2?) to 8.0. Now both my CDs won't supermount. I have a CDR and a CDRW. I looked at the burning tutorial that describes the kudzu(?) bug, but that didn't seem to apply... Both CDs worked without

Re: [newbie] Partitions (was: 8.0 upgrade)

2001-05-24 Thread Paul
It was Thu, 24 May 2001 10:12:05 -0700 when Civileme wrote: Well, an upgrade / update is a tall order for something with as big a delta as 7.2 to 8.0, particularly since packaging policies changed and library policies changed. You may have pieces of 8.0 uninstalled because the 7.2 package

Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 install problem

2001-05-24 Thread Chales A. Punch
s wrote: On Tuesday 22 May 2001 07:09 am, you wrote: Charles Wackerman wrote: I recently bought a copy of Corel's WordPerfect 8 for Linux. I am using Mandrake 7.2 OS. On three different occasions I have followed the instructions printed in the QuickStart install guide and on all

RE: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher

2001-05-24 Thread Clarkson, Nick
I believe you will also have to sys the C drive. What I do is make a Windows boot disk and copy fdisk.exe, format.com and sys.com from c:\windows\command. Then boot from that disk and type; fdisk /mbr sys c: Then you should get your windows loader back. Fdisk /mbr kills the Master Boot

[newbie] Opera 5

2001-05-24 Thread Paul
Hi all, Don't know if I am extremely late, but I just got Opera 5.0 It's pretty good as a browser. Paul -- Ask not for whom the telephone bell tolls... if thou art in the bathtub, it tolls for thee. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66

[newbie] writing to FAT (WinME)

2001-05-24 Thread Navin Daryanani
Hello I was trying to write some data onto a FAT partition under WinME but when I start WinME it crashes first and I have to reboot. After rebooting I force it to start in normal mode and only then do I get the desktop back. I can see that the files I write are intact but I cannot understand the

Re: [newbie] Forgot wheel mouse thing

2001-05-24 Thread John Farrell
On Wed, 16 May 2001 12:43, Chubby Vic wrote: Hi I got a new Logitech optical 3 button mouse, and it worked without config, except the wheel. How does one get the wheel function activated? Hi! I have got my wheel mouse to work properly instead of doing the crazy top right corner windows

[newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Roberto Herrero
I've installed LM 7.2 on my brand new desktop with a Pioneer DVD-116 drive and a CD/RW Samsung SW-408. The drives seem to be recognized by the installation, since directories cdrom and cdrom2 hang from /mnt. However, when I insert a disc in the Samsung drive, and try to enter into the cdrom2

[newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread bascule
i have just noticed that when i choose 'reply...' from the right click menu to a message the recipient is not the list but the original sender - every time ! is the list malfunctioning by not inserting the 'reply to' header in the posts back to list subscribers? or do i have my kmail

[newbie] LM 8.0: XFree install failure on ThinkPad 1450

2001-05-24 Thread Niklas Lönnbro
I have an IBM ThinkPad 1450 with Swedish keyboard layout. Graphics is a Neomagic chipset with 2 megs. It has a trackpoint pointing device. Furhtermore it has USB and a 3Com Ethernet PC-card. Installing previous Mandrake versions (and Stormix) met with no difficulties on this machine.

Re: [newbie] firewall setup

2001-05-24 Thread Randy Kramer
Michael D. Viron wrote: Paul, First please try not to send an htmlized e-mail to the list, as sometimes people will see it as below, with all kinds of extra, html related stuff that makes it much harder to read. And others of us may see a very small unreadable typeface, or perhaps very

Re: [newbie] netscape + mousewheel

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
I've noticed this as well. I've had it come down to working one night, and the next day, it doesn't. In Netscape that is. I can use the mousewheel in XTerms and Nedit and things of that nature, but if I try and use it with Netscape, it doesn't work. It's like it works when it wants to. But

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-24 Thread poogle
On Monday 21 May 2001 14:11, you wrote: Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows.

RE: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread Clarkson, Nick
No, it's not just you. Same happens here. I have to cut paste the newbie address into the To... box every time. Nick -Original Message- From: bascule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 May 2001 12:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kmail configuration or list? i have just

Re: [newbie] netscape + mousewheel

2001-05-24 Thread Terry
I have had this very same problem with my machine. I decided to scrap using Netscape, and use Mozilla instead. It has the exact same feel of Netscape, plus the wheel on my mouse works. :-) Terry On Wednesday 23 May 2001 17:24, you wrote: hiya i be using manrdake 8 i have my silly

Re: [newbie] Another sound problem...Fixed!!

2001-05-24 Thread Chubby Vic
I sure as heck am not going back to Winblows ever. On Wednesday 23 May 2001 08:32 pm, so spoke Mick: . Repeat after me, we are not going back to Windows, we are not going back to Windows! Mick

[newbie] Blue Screen of Death in Mandrake 8.0?

2001-05-24 Thread Pedro _
I fixed the problem: New installation, with X-Free 3.3.6 and I did not install the KDE (I am using Gnome). Now I do not know if the problem is due to X-Free 4.0.3 or KDE. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-24 Thread Adrian Smith
just 2 more cents i have mdk8 on a PI / 150MHz and it doesn't run as slow as some of the reports i have seen here. it isn't fast by any means, but considering the speed of that system (and it's age) i'm happy with the performance. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread John Morine
If you choose Reply All it will address it to the original sender and to the list. On Thursday 24 May 2001 08:46, bascule wrote: i have just noticed that when i choose 'reply...' from the right click menu to a message the recipient is not the list but the original sender - every time ! is

Re: [newbie] OT: Intel Performance

2001-05-24 Thread skip
Ric My 400 PII will complete a set of Seti data is an average of 8 Ric hours (my dual 266 PII will complete one set every eight hours, per Ric CPU, so it pumps out 2 in 8 hours). The PIII takes 50 hours! per Ric set. Ric Just a data point. The PIII is a laptop, ... You

RE: [newbie] Why bootup shows L 02 02 02....?

2001-05-24 Thread Gray Maddry
Google search found my problem. Suse had this page http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/1024_Zylinder.html My error was LILO was installed above 1024 cylinder boundary. L shows first stage loaded. The 40 is exact error. Again from a SUSE page L error The first stage boot loader has been loaded and

Re: [newbie] firewall setup

2001-05-24 Thread James Massardo
you can select three different options: 1: ethernet to 56k 2: ethernet to ethernet router/firewall (this is what i use. i have a cable modem and it works great) 3: ethernet to ethernet bridge I can explain in more detain if you need. just let me know James Massardo - Original Message -

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Firewall killed samba access!

2001-05-24 Thread James Massardo
If you machine only has one network card the firewall is blocking the smb packets b/c they are concidered a security risk. smaba is only meant to run on a local network(i think). you might dual home your machine if you are using it as a gateway. that might fix it. Have the firewall applied to the

[newbie] Installation troubles; DrakeX does not recognize my existing W 2000partition

2001-05-24 Thread Martijn de Keizer
Hi all, Somehow the Mandrake 8.0 installation program does not recognize my existing Windows 2000 partition. That leaves me with the only option of installing Mandrake on the HD and erasing WIn 2000 (which I really need for work). Why doesn`t the installation program properly recognize WIN

[newbie] Launcher on menu?

2001-05-24 Thread J Mulvaney
I've found it easy to add a launcher to my bottom panel in Mandrake 8, but when I re-start the system- they're gone! Any ideas on how to actually save these changes? Thx! Jerry

[newbie] Firewall setup tool

2001-05-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Hiya people, I just found a great tool hidden in Mandrake 8 that allows you to fine-tune the Bastille firewall (among other things) that can be set up from the Mandrake Control Centre. Just type InteractiveBastille in a root xterm. I have no idea why Mandrake chose to hide it the way they

[newbie] sound problems LM7.0

2001-05-24 Thread Tony Ingebretsen
I experience system hangs when trying to play mp3's. My hardware: Western Digital 18 Gb hd(7200 rpm) intel celeron 400 mhz abit be6 motherboard soundblaster live 1024 (value?) 256 mb pc100 RAM (not shure about who made it) anybody else having similar problems? Tony

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread Dave Sherman
I experience the same problem. My workaround: use reply-all, which will then show both the list and the personal email addresses, then remove the personal address and leave only the list address. Dave On Thursday 24 May 2001 06:46, thus spake bascule: i have just noticed that when i choose

Re: [newbie] Installation troubles; DrakeX does not recognize my existing W 2000partition

2001-05-24 Thread Civileme
On Thursday 24 May 2001 07:30, Martijn de Keizer wrote: Hi all, Somehow the Mandrake 8.0 installation program does not recognize my existing Windows 2000 partition. That leaves me with the only option of installing Mandrake on the HD and erasing WIn 2000 (which I really need for work). Why

Re: [newbie] writing to FAT (WinME)

2001-05-24 Thread Dave Sherman
This is most likely a Windows ME problem, unrelated to Linux. Try running a Thorough Scandisk, and then Defrag, and see if that helps. Dave On Thursday 24 May 2001 03:30, thus spake Navin Daryanani: Hello I was trying to write some data onto a FAT partition under WinME but when I start

Re: [newbie] Another sound problem...Fixed!!

2001-05-24 Thread Michael D. Viron
Now if I log in as root, it works, but as different user...no. So I guess I'll have to do it all again as the user. Actually, you don't have to do it again as the user. What has to happen is that user *must* be a member of the sound group (it's either sound or audio, I think). If they aren't,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Firewall killed samba access!

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Cox
On Thursday, May 24, 2001, Sam wrote: I've been sharing files using samba on my Mandrake 8 machine with other Windows PCs in my home network for a while now, and all computers can see one another in the network neighborhood. A few moments ago though, I ran the Firewall wizard in the

[newbie] Getting c_cpp_refence.tar.gz to work for kdevelop

2001-05-24 Thread Simon Naish
I've tried getting the c++ reference to install but am having real trouble with the ./configure file. I'm running Mandrake 8.0 and got the 'You don't have the file c_cpp_reference-1.0.tar.gz file, go and get it' message. On getting said file when I run ./configure on it , having unzipped it,

Re: [newbie] Sound setup problems

2001-05-24 Thread Simon Naish
Check that you've got an arts sound server running on your system - use gtop if you've installed it, its much friendlier than top. If you havent got it set to run on start up then you wont get any sound. 7.2 had problems with this that 8.0 has sorted. I'd advize a total reinstall if upgrading

RE: [newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-24 Thread Daryl Johnson
OK sounds like you have an ide tape drive. Actions you can take to start with include : a) run dmesg on the command line and check the output to see if the tape drive is recognised by the m/c. If the drive isn't recognised then you have an uphill task on your hands. So, open a console window,

Re: [newbie] sound problems LM7.0

2001-05-24 Thread hellmut
Hi! Is there maybe an onboard soundchip in your system? I once had problems with this onboard crap and had to to manually configure the soundcard. Using the onboard chip made my system hang, too. I experience system hangs when trying to play mp3's.My hardware:Western Digital 18 Gb hd(7200

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread skip
bascule i have just noticed that when i choose 'reply...' from the bascule right click menu to a message the recipient is not the list but bascule the original sender - every time ! The list is working *as it should*. If kmail doesn't allow you to reply to all as well as reply to

[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and executables that don't.

2001-05-24 Thread Will Woods
Hi, I have just done a fresh install of Mandrake 8.0 after having used 7.2 with no problems for some time. I am trying to install two different commercial symbolic math packages, Macsyma Pro 2.4 and Maple V. Both packages seem to install fine, but the executables they install are not recognized

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and executables that don't.

2001-05-24 Thread Civileme
On Thursday 24 May 2001 08:08, Will Woods wrote: Hi, I have just done a fresh install of Mandrake 8.0 after having used 7.2 with no problems for some time. I am trying to install two different commercial symbolic math packages, Macsyma Pro 2.4 and Maple V. Both packages seem to install

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and IBM trackpoint

2001-05-24 Thread A. Rick Anderson
Not without a fair amount of work. I tried the kernel upgrade, that broke my network card support. So in the end, I decided that for the time being, just plugging in a serial bus mouse was the easiest solution. At 09:50 PM 5/23/2001 -0400, Lou Lipnickey wrote: I am about to install 8.0 on my

Re: [newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ --- Roberto Herrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed LM 7.2 on my brand new desktop with a Pioneer DVD-116 drive and a CD/RW Samsung SW-408. The drives seem to be recognized by the installation, since directories cdrom and

Re: [newbie] Installation troubles; DrakeX does not recognize my existing W 2000partition

2001-05-24 Thread Romanator
Civileme wrote: On Thursday 24 May 2001 07:30, Martijn de Keizer wrote: Hi all, Somehow the Mandrake 8.0 installation program does not recognize my existing Windows 2000 partition. That leaves me with the only option of installing Mandrake on the HD and erasing WIn 2000 (which I

Re: [newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-24 Thread Salvatore Enrico Indiogine
Has anyone installed the KOffice 1.1beta2 rpm on MDK 8.0? I runs great, but I do not see Kivio. I thought that it was part of KOffice 1.1. Any idea? Eric Indiogine Public Service Co. of NM

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
On Thursday 24 May 2001 09:03, I was honoured by a missive from Clarkson, Nick that said : No, it's not just you. Same happens here. I have to cut paste the newbie address into the To... box every time. Workaround: Reply to All, which puts both adresses, sender and list, in the To: box.

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread irv
On Thu, 24 May 2001 09:21:48 John Morine wrote: If you choose Reply All it will address it to the original sender and to the list. Which explains why I get two copies of many messages. Please don't do this! The mail server should be re-configured to put the listserver address in the from

Re: [newbie] Getting c_cpp_refence.tar.gz to work for kdevelop

2001-05-24 Thread B.V.L.S.Prasad
can you send me the site of downloading c_cpp_refer*gz ? thankyou for the help... Prasad. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. * AIM OF SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE : NATURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

[newbie] pcmcia card adapters

2001-05-24 Thread James Massardo
i am having problems getting my isa to pcmcia adapter card to work any ideas??? james massardo

RE: [newbie] mandrake security question

2001-05-24 Thread Ed Colmar
Thanks for the reply! I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that mandrake security uses IPtables, not ipchains... It seems like all this configuration is possible through the https management screen, but I haven't been able to get the rules I set up to work. Are you

[newbie] CDRW problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Hi. I've got a Plextor 12x4x32 CDRW, with an Adaptec 2930cu SCSI card, under Mandrake v8.0. It installed fine, seem to be found. I can click on my CD icon under KDE and it lists the contents. I used cdrecord to test a small burn, that worked. The problem is when I copy files from the CD to my

Re: [newbie] Sound setup problems

2001-05-24 Thread milt
At 12:00 AM 5/25/2001 +0800, Simon Naish wrote: Check that you've got an arts sound server running on your system - use gtop if you've installed it, its much friendlier than top. If you havent got it set to run on start up then you wont get any sound. 7.2 had problems with this that 8.0 has

[newbie] CDrecord question...

2001-05-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
I did a test burn on my Plextor CDRW using mkisofs and cdrecord. I used a MP3 directory of around 366 megs. Everything went fine, except all my long filenames were truncated to the standard 8.3 (like old DOS). I looked thru the man, and tried -J and -R for Joliet and Rockford extensions but it

Re: [newbie] adsl + lm 8.0 doesn't work

2001-05-24 Thread s
Ok, this is what how I did mine. eth0 hooked to lan, eth1 hooked to modem. Using linuxconf Assign eth0 your chosen ip submask, assign eth1 neither and check enable routing. Uninstall mdk rp-pppoe, and install the rp-pppoe from roaring penquins site. Run mandrake's connection sharing tool

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 and executables that don't.

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
But doesn't the ./script_name tell it what directory to use? So it doesn't need or care about the path name? At least that's what I was always under the impression of. But that's something I'll have to keep in mind. As for Will, after you edit your .bashrc or .shellrc make sure you source it

[newbie] KDE text editor problem.

2001-05-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
I'm using the standard KDE text editor and I have a problem/bug? with it. Under 7.1, I could open an e-mail text file, highlight something like , remove it using cntrl x, then do a cntrl r, followed by cntrl v to paste it into the replace box. I would then delete all of these in the text file

Re: [newbie] hosts.deny not working

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
Meanwhile I've not set this up myself, the first thing that comes to mind is to restart certain daemons. For example, you may need to: /etc/init.d/sshd restart Then try and log in. That may fix the problem. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * Franki [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread poogle
On Thursday 24 May 2001 11:28, you wrote: bascule i have just noticed that when i choose 'reply...' from the bascule right click menu to a message the recipient is not the list but bascule the original sender - every time ! You can always use filter rules to make sure you always

RE: [newbie] Firewall setup tool

2001-05-24 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Firewall setup tool You may want to go to the Bastille web page and download the final release of Bastille. The one in 8.0 is release candidate 2 or something like that. InteractiveBastille should run out of /usr/sbin and you can do it in an x window su console if you load

[newbie] Cups questions?

2001-05-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Hi. I've got a HP 694c Deskjet printer, running under v8.0 and using CUPS. Can anyone tell me how I can print out (detailed steps/the KISS principle! grin) under programs like Netscape and the standard KDE text editor? Thanks! --

Re: [newbie] firewall setup

2001-05-24 Thread s
Thanks, and thanks for the offer to help further. I'll probably give it a shot again later today. Do you suppose i can still use my current gateway as a router for the internal lan and use the freesco for like a firewall between it and the internet? And how do I connect to adsl, as I use

[newbie] Re: Actiontec Internal Call Waiting modem setup

2001-05-24 Thread John Batt
I am trying to configure an Actiontec Internal Call Waiting modem on Mandrake 8.0. This is a hardware modem advertised as compatible with Linux. I have looked through the archives, and apparently some have had success with it. I got the configuration instructions from Actiontec's web

Fwd: [newbie] CDRW problem...

2001-05-24 Thread s
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [newbie] CDRW problem... Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:32:10 -0400 From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi. I've got a Plextor 12x4x32 CDRW, with an Adaptec 2930cu SCSI card, under Mandrake v8.0. It

[newbie] rpmdrake

2001-05-24 Thread Marc Audard
Hi, LM8.0 has merged the MandrakeUpdate option in RPMDrake; I have a small question regarding the way it works: my understanding is that I selects the updated package in the Installable lists, click such that they are installed, and everything should be OK. If this is correct, OK but there is

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread TezcatlipocA
I had to do the same thing but worse. I always had to type it. HAD, because thanks to bascule and his complaint about this I decided to do something. I added the newbie address to the Addressbook in KMail. Now when I reply to someone the Original sender appears on the line then I hit the

Re: [newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Roberto Herrero
On Thursday 24 May 2001 19:22, Todd Flinders wrote: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ I've followed the recommendations in that page. Now, I have lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 May 24 23:43 /dev/cdrom2 - scd0 in my /dev directory. Unfortunately, the problems

[newbie] I got Real Player to work on KDE!!!

2001-05-24 Thread TezcatlipocA
Hi Sher and Everyone. I am so happy I'm almost jumping that Real Player 8 is now working on KDE too. Thanks to Sher I found out what the problem was. However, I didn't have to do anything about Mime and plugin manual installs (besides not knowing what are mimes or how to install them). Well

Re: [newbie] OT: Intel Performance

2001-05-24 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Wow, some great comments! Thanks to everyone who has replied to this. Something to keep in mind on this: I'm not representing this data as authoritative, nor as a help me fix this performance problem. I'm presenting it only as a topic of interest. It seemed to touch a note with me. To address

[newbie] How to get IntelliMouse to work

2001-05-24 Thread TezcatlipocA
Hi friends, I have an IntelliMouse or a mouse with the wheel that although I set it up on the installation it didn't want to work afterwards. Well yesterday I was playing with the mouse settings and I got it to work (the wheel). First I went to DrakConf then to Hardware Configuration. Then

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread skip
irvm The mail server should be re-configured to put the listserver irvm address in the from field - see, for example, the Topica lists. No it shouldn't. See my previous message. -- Skip Montanaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (847)971-7098

[newbie] removable floppy makes df -k hang

2001-05-24 Thread Marc Audard
Hi, I installed LM8.0 on my laptop that has hot swapable CD-RW/FDD. To allow LM detect all, I used the FDD on the parallel port. After installation, after shutdown, I removed the FDD. At boot, no problem. However df -k (or Mandrake Control Center, or everything that access indirectly the FDD)

Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
In Software Manager change the drop down list (just above the where the packages are listed) to either Updates Only or Uninstalled Only to see only new packages (updates being new versions of installed packages, of course). For updates, I prefer the Flat List tab. --- Marc Audard [EMAIL

[newbie] SSH security update

2001-05-24 Thread ZeynalBandari
hi! i'm running mandrake 7.1 and run ssh server in order to access my pc during daytime when i'm not home. as a common behaviour i updated the ssh related packages today. since that update i can not remotely login. i have to mentian that sshd had been up and running fine just till after

Re: [newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
Type: lsmod and look for ide-scsi --- Roberto Herrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 May 2001 19:22, Todd Flinders wrote: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ I've followed the recommendations in that page. Now, I have lrwxrwxrwx1 root root

[newbie] ?

2001-05-24 Thread Jeffrey M. Reed
anybody know what the h-e-double hockeysticks this is? udp0 0 *:blackjack *:* this is after doing netstat -l -- +- + Jeffrey M. Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508)792-6070 +-

[newbie] KVM switches

2001-05-24 Thread Mark Johnson
Could anyone recommend a good 2/4 port KVM switch?

Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
In Software Manager change the drop down list (just above the where the packages are listed) to either Updates Only or Uninstalled Only to see only new packages (updates being new versions of installed packages, of course). For updates, I prefer the Flat List tab. --- Marc Audard [EMAIL

[newbie] Linux Certification

2001-05-24 Thread Mark Johnson
I was thinking about going for my linux certification because I figured that would allow me to really learn linux and be systematically taught by some people that really understand the system. But perhaps I'm begin naive. Any thoughts about the value of linux certification?

[newbie] Deciding whether to buy Mandrake 7.2 Professional

2001-05-24 Thread Mark Johnson
Is there any real advantage to buying the professional version of Mandrake. My wifes company asked me to help them install linux. I said I would prefer to install Mandrake since I'm most familiar with it but we are trying to decide between Mandrake and Redhat Any suggestions? Is the

Re: [newbie] How to get IntelliMouse to work

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
I've noticed this to happen several times myself. What I did to fix it was to boot the machine, and not go into XWindows. From there I ran mouseconfig. Configured the mouse, made sure all the daemons were started, and then started XWindows. Well now the only problem I have with the

Re: [newbie] KVM switches

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
I CAN! I have a BELKIN OmniCube 4-Port KVM, and I love it! I've been telling friends to get them, who don't even have multiple machines! That's how much I swear by it. I bought mine through www.pcconnection.com/. At the time I believe this model was $120, and then it was $12 for KVM cables.

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread s
On Thursday 24 May 2001 04:55 pm, you wrote: irvm The mail server should be re-configured to put the listserver irvm address in the from field - see, for example, the Topica lists. No it shouldn't. See my previous message. It used to be that way, click on an old message from

Re: [newbie] KVM switches

2001-05-24 Thread james massardo
belkin makes a good switch. i have a 4 port at work that has a mandrake 8 machine and a win98 machine and i dont have any problems. james massardo From: Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KVM switches Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:12:14

Re: [newbie] SSH security update

2001-05-24 Thread Tim Holmes
I haven't had any problems, yet I haven't upgraded it since I installed Mandrake 8.0. However, one of the things that our Buddies at OpenBSD and OpenSSH like to do, is completely change the config files. The version that comes with Mandrake 7.2, and the version that you upgraded to a few months

Re: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?

2001-05-24 Thread s
I made a rule that states if the To or CC says newbie or the subject contains newbie, to set the reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and transfer to mdknubylist (my folder for the list). You have to put the set reply to first. Don't know why, but if it's second, it'll get transferred but not set the

Re: [newbie]printing with Cups in LM8

2001-05-24 Thread Marcia Waller
Dear All, I finally have my Epson Stylus Color printing now that I added xpp, however the quality is horrrible. The colors are fine but the BW has banding through the letters. I have it configured with the cups+gimp print at adaptive hybrid, 360 dpi, and photograph. I tried 720 but that did

Re: [newbie] firewall setup

2001-05-24 Thread james massardo
ok ill try not to get carried away. the cable comes into my house, into my cable modem, into eth0 in my gateway. then i have eth1 hooked to my hub which hooks to the rest of my computers. the gateway is an old 486dx 66 with two nics, video, and a floppy drive. freesco runs off of the floppy. my

[newbie] got mandrake 8, scanner????

2001-05-24 Thread Chubby Vic
I have Mandrake 8.0 I'm thinking about instaling a USB scanner, USB is on my motherboard using AMD K6, with that config, and please ask if need more info, who had the best luck with what scanner I have not buy the scanner yet, just wondering what brand works best. Thanks

[newbie] kmail filter rules

2001-05-24 Thread s
Has anyone come up with a way to filter out these annoying spam address with random letters and numbers? I don't want to block the entire domains of msn or aol. There is one rule in the drop down menu: 'filter apps'. Is there something we can do with that? TIA, -s

[newbie] gmx.net mail account

2001-05-24 Thread Hans N.
Hello there. I was wondering if anyone on the list uses a gmx.net mail account in coordination with an external mailer for sending mail (Kmail, postfix/sendmail). I wanted to have an e-mail account I can have set up for Linux related mailings, such as this list. However, I have not been able to

Re: [newbie] KDE text editor problem.

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronald J. Hall wrote: I'm using the standard KDE text editor and I have a problem/bug? with it. Under 7.1, I could open an e-mail text file, highlight something like , remove it using cntrl x, then do a cntrl r, followed by cntrl v to paste it into the replace box. I would then delete all

[newbie] Putting the hdd image file on effectively

2001-05-24 Thread Michael Mitchell
How do I get my hard drive image to actually work? Got a current windoze install (win98se). Downloaded the hdd image file for 8.0. However don't know how to get it to be there. How is it extracted or executed? Thanks much for any help! Michael Mitchell

Re: [newbie] got mandrake 8, scanner????

2001-05-24 Thread s
Epson 1200u. Great scanner. -s On Thursday 24 May 2001 08:38 pm, you wrote: I have Mandrake 8.0 I'm thinking about instaling a USB scanner, USB is on my motherboard using AMD K6, with that config, and please ask if need more info, who had the best luck with what scanner I have not

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