R: R: [newbie-it] LILO

Purtroppo in modalità rescue non riesco a dare il comando lilo... In che senso non riesci a dare il comando lilo? Forse to basta andare nella directory in cui si trova il programma lilo e dare ./.lilo. Luca

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner

Ciao, grazie delle dritte! Allora, funzionare non funziona ma ora ti sspiego: ho fatto esattamente quello che mi hai detto, i 3 moduli erano caricati, ma quando ho lanciato scanimage mi ha detto che lo scanner non è stato rilevato. A questo punto ho apportatato le seguenti modifiche (quello

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner

CaMiX wrote: Ciao, grazie delle dritte! Allora, funzionare non funziona ma ora ti sspiego: ho fatto esattamente quello che mi hai detto, i 3 moduli erano caricati, ma quando ho lanciato scanimage mi ha detto che lo scanner non è stato rilevato. A questo punto ho apportatato le seguenti

Re: [newbie-it] Passaggio al kernel 2.4

At 21.07 04/07/01, you wrote: Qualcuno sa se aggiornando il kernel al 2.4.x si guadagna qualcosa in velocita'?? (nel caso particolare, il passaggio sarebbe dal 2.2.17 al 2.4.2, su una mdk7.2..) Assolutamente si, obbligatorio direi:-)) Perche' non vai direttamente al 2.4.6? Uhm,

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:22:21 -0400 CaMiX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ciao! Lo scanner finalmente linux lo ha riconoscito! Ho seguito le tue istruzioni e ora va. prima non so perché non andasse (forse perché ho fatto un collage tra quello che mi hai scritto tu e il mini How-To? :)). Mi sono

[newbie-it] Scanner HP3200c seriale

Sane dovrebbe ora supportare il mio scanner, via Umax_pp; ho letto le info sia alla pagina sourceforge riguardo la patch per Sane 1.0.4, sia le info direttamente dal sito di Sane dopo l'uscita della 1.0.5; nonostante questo, il dispositivo continua a non essere visto da Linux... Se qualcuno fosse

Re: [newbie-it] LILO

On Thursday 05 July 2001 17:10, you wrote: Aehm... effettivamente non ho montato l'hd su quale ho Linux... Con mount /dev/... mi dice che non riesce a trovare in fstab l'hda... Che accade? come e' visto il disco o la partzione che vorresti montare? (hda1, hda2 ecc.) che comando dai?

Re: R: [newbie-it] LILO

Secondary Master? C'è modo di utilizzarlo su un comp diverso da quello su cui è stato creato? HELP!!! credo proprio di no, perche' il floppy di boot e' legato alla tabella di partizioni del sistema su cui e' stato creato (tantoc he andrebbe aggiornato ad ogni variazione della tabella stessa)

[newbie-it] mozilla 0.9 e java plugin

ciao qualcuno sa dove prelevare e come installare il java plugin per mozilla 0.9? ciao e grazie per tutte le risposte Fe

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner

CaMiX wrote: Ciao! Lo scanner finalmente linux lo ha riconoscito! Ho seguito le tue istruzioni e ora va. prima non so perché non andasse (forse perché ho fatto un collage tra quello che mi hai scritto tu e il mini How-To? :)). Mi sono rimasti ancora 2 problemini: 1) Non funziona in

Re: [newbie] ./configure

what is this ./configure i see people talking about? i have tried typing this in be bore i make something and it comes back a command not found? how do i use this command? Joe, This is a command usually used when you want to compile a program from the sources. You untar the file (tar xfvz

Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations

steve campbell wrote: Just wonderingdoes anyone know of a floppy distro with reiserfs support? I use toms boot disc and while it is great for hacking my friends broken windows, I can't actually use it on my own Linux..ironic huh? :)

Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations

Fireman71 wrote: Not really related to Mandrake but I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one just one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure to act as an internet masquerading / firewall machine. Anyone have any ideas? TIA, Ian

[newbie] smbpasswd with winnt4

Hi! My Samba server in my Linux Server is running just fine. But now I have some problem with NT40. Each user have to login in my NT4 server. Can I synchronize my SAMBA password with NT40. The reason is because all my user have login into Winnt4 with there password. But my LINUX password did

Re: [newbie] Opera segmentation fault

The static version has the required QT libraries built into the Opera package. The dynamic version relies on a separately-installed QT package. This makes the download smaller, but dependent on the strengths/weaknesses (compared to the static build) of your installed version of QT. On Thu, 5

Re: [newbie] Soundcard problem

Have you tried running sndconfig and/or sounddrake? Also, check your volume levels with aumix. On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:53, Roger Sherman wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 5834, which unfortunately has an integrated soundcard on the mobo (an ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive, which apparently uses the

Re: [newbie]Odd KMail Problem

The .index files will be rebuilt when you next start Kmail. On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:38, s wrote: Will they rebuild themselves? (ie: can I still view the messages indexed there if .index deleted?) -s On Wednesday 04 July 2001 08:02 am, you wrote: Problems like hangs and crashes in Kmail

[newbie] startx at boot up time

hello: everytime I login I have to run startx to get the xwindows. I believe there is a file where you change this so that this automatically. Which is that file? Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

Re: [newbie] startx at boot up time

hello: everytime I login I have to run startx to get the xwindows. I believe there is a file where you change this so that this automatically. Which is that file? You have to edit /etc/inittab and change the default from 3 to 5. You can also do this through DrakConf, and select the initial

Re: [newbie] ./configure

And to even take it a little further, it's not so much an issue of the ./configure command, but more of the ./ command. If you go through the steps that Paul pointed out, and untar a program to install, then do a ls -la configure you will see that it's an executable script. For example,

Re: Fw: [newbie] Use of Linux

On Thursday 05 July 2001 02:48, tazmun wrote: It is not perfect, but relaxation beyond that lets in the sort of nonsense you see in Windows all the time. Ok, I too am curious exactly what is meant here? I've had my computer in windows mode to all the sites I am aware of to check

Re: [newbie] CDwriting questions

On Thursday 05 July 2001 00:32, s wrote: I have some questions about this cd writing thing. (Relatively new to this). 1. With a cdrw, is it necessary to blank it before rewriting over it? (I seem to have to). Yes--see the snswer to 2. 2. What is fixating? This is closing the

[newbie] secure copy

Hey group, Has anyone ever used secure copy? The command for it is scp and I was just wondering if anyone here has had any luck with it or not. I would like to be able to transfer some files from my Linux server to my windows machine and I was wondering if that was really possible at

Re: [newbie] CDwriting questions

Thanks everyone for clarifying those things for me. :-) -s On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:32 pm, you wrote: I have some questions about this cd writing thing. (Relatively new to this). TIA, -s

Re: [newbie] curious X information

Here's the link: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 29 Jun 23 00:19 X - ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA* --- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 04 July 2001 17:06, Terry C wrote: I am getting conflicting information concerning the version of X I'm running, and the color

[newbie]

i would like a free shell acount please, please get back to me asap about it :) _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: [newbie] secure copy

Andrew Rice Jr wrote: Has anyone ever used secure copy? The command for it is scp and I was just wondering if anyone here has had any luck with it or not. I would like to be able to transfer some files from my Linux server to my windows machine and I was wondering if that was really

Re: [newbie] What is the MFT?

/dev/hdb6 15G 9.5G 5.5G 63% /mnt/f Trying to open MFT /dev/hda5 2.0G 1.7G 267M 87% /mnt/nt Notice the Trying to open MFT sandwiched in the middle? What does it mean? Is it important or a warning or something? MFT = Master File Table; it's an MS thing. Is that

RE: [newbie] *.GZ

I have tried the Winzip 8.0 with no results and WinRAR with no results. Both tell me that the files (four of them) are in an unknown format. I have redownloaded them with the same results. I am guess I will wait until I get home and have access to my Linux machine and try again. Thanks

Re: [newbie] *.GZ

I have had no problems using Winzip 8 on .tar's and .gz's Ed At 09:01 AM 7/5/2001 -0500, Boliver Allmon wrote: Can anyone tell me of a program that will allow me to un-archive a gz file on a windose computer? I have some How-Tos I would like to read here at work. I have WinZip, but it does not

[newbie] hey mate!!!

listen i need a shell account badly a good friend on mine told me about u ... plz if u can hook me up with l/p chicks/chicks it would be wonderfull thanks a lot u da best! and give me all the other info root will be excellent... securcrt allready fired up over here :)))

[newbie] irda

Hi, I have installed irda-utils in order to get my Palm communicating with my Inspiron 8000. I also have enabled irda in the bios. Apparently I have to enable it in the start up or kernel. Is there a utility that facilitates this? Thanks, Bill W.

[newbie] Change TimeZone

Where are written LM8 timezone settings? Which file I must edit?

Re: [newbie] screen resolution

Tomas Krivda wrote: Hi, where and how can I change my screen resolution and refresh rate? Tomas in drake config

Re: [newbie] *.GZ

Hi Boliver: You can tray Winzip 8, Winrar 2.7 or 2.8. If this not work, you should download your .GZ file again. On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Boliver Allmon wrote: Can anyone tell me of a program that will allow me to un-archive a gz file on a windose computer? I have some How-Tos I would like to

Re: [newbie] screen resolution

Miark, Just for your info, this and the previous message do not appear to be HTML. Maybe it just looks like it on your mail client? Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Miark wrote: Damn it. $*%^$#*#$ Okay. No more HTML--I promise :-)

RE: [newbie] RPM manager

I like the idea, however I am attempting to upgrade within 7.1. I believe that this is the best build I can get with GNOME native archetecture. IF I were to upgrade the libraries, would it be feasable to re-compile, or somehow get the newer RPM to do a staic link, soley? -Chris

Re: [newbie] *.GZ

The way I hear ityou should never open a .gz under windows On Thursday 05 July 2001 18:43, Boliver Allmon wrote: I finally got the files by using the HTML download format, and telling the computer to open it from its present location. WinRAR opened it and I told it to extract it to my

[newbie] Font Questions

I have searched all the font How-To's and online sites I could find and cannot find the answer to this question. Can anyone help? How do you enter nonkeyboard characters into something like KWord? By nonkeyboard characters, I mean accented letters, fractions, em dashes, bullets. true typographic

Re: [newbie] Netscape mail

ivan miranda wrote: Hi all, I use Netscape messanger for e-mail.My problem is that the format of the date for the mails i receive differs,some show only time,some mails show day and time,some show all(mm/dd/yy) as a result when new mails come ,they are not arranged in an orderly

Re: [newbie] Spell checker in Kmail is not working??

Alan, Here are the steps: How to Add ABC Spellchecker to Kmail 1. While in Kmail, select New message 2. Navigate to Settings-Configure Toolbars. A Configure Toolbars window will appear 3. Under Available actions window, select the ABC Spelling icon 4. Click on the arrow pointing to the right

[newbie] Tuxracer on HP Pavilion 5450

I have just installed 8.0 on a Pavilion n5450 and it went GREAT.. everything was detected and working. Haven't messed with the nic card yet though. When i try Tuxracer I receive this error Tuxracer error: Couldn't initalize video: Couldn't find matching GLX visual (Success). I have the S3

[newbie] Playing videos

Dear All, My brother sent me a video that says vmail.vid.exe. I thought I could play it on Linux with RealPlayer but it does not play it. I have already played it on my Win98 on my laptop. I was wondering if there is a Linux program that would play a video file like this. I have tried xmovie

Re: [newbie] Playing videos

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marcia, Standard comment re: html mail applies... (kmail automatically made my reply in html, even though I default to plain text!). What is the file format of the video? An exe is not a video format. What Windows program did you use to play it?

Re: [newbie] Playing videos

On Thursday 05 July 2001 21:47, Dave Sherman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marcia, Standard comment re: html mail applies... (kmail automatically made my reply in html, even though I default to plain text!). What is the file format of the video? An exe is not a

Re: [newbie] Playing videos

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 WHen you double-click the file, does an app (like RealPlayer for Windows) launch? Or does the file seem to play itself -- in other words, is a player embedded in the file? Dave On Thursday 05 July 2001 20:10, thus spake Marcia Waller: On

[newbie] irda

Hi, LM8 on a Dell laptop. How do I check to see if IRDA is enabled on this machine. I want to be able to sync my palm pilot. IRDA is enabled in bios. Thanks, Bill W.

[newbie] Error When Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

I'm having problems installing the above, I've agreeded to the agreement and accepted the directory and got it to create it and then I did a: ./INSTALL And then got the following messages: Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL:

Re: [newbie] Playing videos

It was Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:10:54 -0400 when Marcia Waller wrote: What is the file format of the video? An exe is not a video format. What Windows program did you use to play it? You prolly have to load winders or run the program through WINE. Some webcams have this option to pack a video into

Re: [newbie] Error When Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

It was Thu, 05 Jul 2001 21:15:28 -0700 when Curtis Matthiesen wrote: Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL: ed: command not found I assume that means that my installation failed, or? If someone could tell me what I do from there to get this program working with Mozilla etc.,

[newbie] Vacationouncement

Hi folks, This evening I will go nomail for a week and be off on a week of rr, vacation, doing nothing. Just so you know that I did not drop off the edge of the world. So don't worry, I'll be back! Paul -- Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. http://nlpagan.net - Registered

[newbie] samba security=domain

Hi! I am having problem configure my samba server with my NT4 server.Below is my smb.conf setting [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = Leader_pg server string = Unix File Server security = domain password server = leader_pg When I try to join my NT4

Re: [newbie] *.GZ

Boliver Allmon wrote: Can anyone tell me of a program that will allow me to un-archive a gz file on a windose computer? I have some How-Tos I would like to read here at work. I have WinZip, but it does not seem to know what to do with them. Boliver Allmon *Phone:

Re: [newbie] secure copy

I use scp all the time. We have 5 *nix boxes on our network that all have direct IP. We use scp to transfer software, we use sftp as often as possible for security. Now you can download and install SFTP clients on your Windows box, and then use SFTP to transfer files. There's also program

Re: [newbie] Star office problem

Okay. That's what I did and I now have many more fonts to choose from. Thanks, Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility Mark Weaver wrote: No...Roman they are the fonts from the windows installation that lives on the disk/computer with mandrake. DrakeFonts

Re: [newbie] Star office problem

Hi Randy, I did it and I have many more choices when it comes to fonts. Thanks, Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility Randy Kramer wrote: Romanator wrote: Okay. But I have to figure how to import them into Linux. I use kde on Mandrake 7.2 with the