[newbie-it] Fw: linux drivers

2002-01-26 Thread Fabio Manunza
..A chi può essere di interesse.. E NON RIDETE SUL MIO INGLESE!! L'ho scritta di getto, ehm.. :-) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fabio Manunza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:28 AM Subject: Re: linux drivers Look for posting of generic HSF Linux

Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete

2002-01-26 Thread syd
Alle 16:23, venerdì 25 gennaio 2002, mike ha scritto: cut ok, una sola cosa, prova a dare lsmod anche prima del modprobe (che non significa forzare, se vuoi proprio ficcare un modulo a tutti i costo darai insmod -f...) se il modulo ti risulta caricato (come credo...) il problema è

Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete

2002-01-26 Thread miKe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 18:44, sabato 26 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete, syd ha scritto: Alle 16:23, venerdì 25 gennaio 2002, mike ha scritto: cut ok, una sola cosa, prova a dare lsmod anche prima del modprobe (che non significa

Re: [newbie] help installing openoffice.org?

2002-01-26 Thread Robin Turner
On Saturday 26 January 2002 01:58, Nelson Bartley wrote: Now that you've installed it w/ the -net, you need to run the setup program again for each user, so the program can install settings in their home directories. You'll find the soffice executable in the location you install it to after

[newbie] Wanted, easy to administer Web Based Email

2002-01-26 Thread Anke Max
Gidday all Does anyone know of / have experience with, a good Web Based Email system that I can install on a server running LM 8.0? I need it to be secure, easy to administer, and easy to use. TIA max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cron

2002-01-26 Thread Anke Max
snip Gidday Derek and everyone else I've been using webmin from a Mac and I can't for the life of me, get it to accept the certificate It asks again and again if I want to continue and I can't find anywhere to turn it off. You wouldn't know of a cure would you? TIA max well I'm

[newbie] printing to tcp/ip port

2002-01-26 Thread Evert van den Bos
Hello everybody, I would like to install my HP 970 cxi printer in Mandrake but I want to assign it to a tcp/ip port. My printer is not attached to the Mandrake box but to a freesco box acting as a printer server. In windows this is fairly simple. I just install the printer as if it was attached

Re: [newbie] Tiny Emacs

2002-01-26 Thread Anke Max
Charles Muller wrote: I am trying to learn how to use the Emacs package that came with ML 8.1, but the program runs as a tiny window in one corner of my screen, with microscopic menu fonts. Is there a way to make this window larger, with larger menu fonts? Regards, Charles

Re: [newbie] Wanted, easy to administer Web Based Email

2002-01-26 Thread ln
Try qmail - www.qmail.org. It have web based mail and admin ( you need to download it separate). I have many problems with 8.0, but it is working fine on 8.1. Best regards, Ivan. Anke Max wrote: Gidday all Does anyone know of / have experience with, a good Web Based Email system that I can

[newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'm not even sure how to ask this: that's how abysmal my knowledge of servers. I would like to learn scripting in PHP, and I need to run an Apache server to test the code. I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Michael Viron
Take a look at http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless/page1.html , which guides you step by step through setting up an apache web server, along with mysql, php, and mod_ssl. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web

[newbie] CD burning setup

2002-01-26 Thread RichardA
I'm trying to set up GCombust, but I seem to have a problem with permissions: GCombust, copying from my DVD (/dev/hdd), gives Could not read number of tracks from audio CD (but I don't think it's even trying). 'Dump CD' in GCombust gives while opening /dev/hdd :Permission denied I've set up my

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Larry Varney
I picked up a book, PHP Fast Easy Web Development, by Julie C. Meloni, and it comes with a CD containing Apache, PHP and MySQL - both Windows and Linux versions. The explanations and exercises are very good. Andre Dubuc wrote: I'm not even sure how to ask this: that's how abysmal my

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread ed
The htpd you are seeing is the Apache deamon. To be sure that php is working, do httpd -l from the command line and you will see the compiled modules - or view them from webmin since you have it running. Also, if you start a browser and try http://127.0.0.1 the Apache info and congratualtions

Re: [newbie] Ogle GUI

2002-01-26 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Jim Dawson wrote: I can use Ogle (0.8.2) to view DVDs in CLI mode, but when I open it in GUI mode, it crashes when I open a DVD. Does anyone know what might be wrong? Hey. Just out of curiosity how are you opening Ogle? Until I copied the oglerc file from /usr/share/ogle to /home/darklord

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:27, you wrote: On Saturday 26 January 2002 09:53 am, Andre Dubuc wrote: I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the LinuxConf - Service Control, I notice that apache is not listed, and both

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
Thanks Ed, I tried httpd -l from the command line and I got: bash: httpd: command not found (neither as ~ or root) I wonder whether php is working, since the little php test script doesn't work. Any ideas? Tia, Regards, Andre On Saturday 26 January 2002 11:12, you wrote: The

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice

2002-01-26 Thread Paul Kraus
Ok so the problem is the free version won't work with my video card? And the working version costs money? I don't have problem paying for software but I like to see it work first especially if I plan on trying to roll it out on 50 machines. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice

2002-01-26 Thread shane
staroffice is still free, it is (i think from reading the posts) simply that one of the minor differences between staroffice and openoffice is open offices support for the S3 chip. i don't think you can find 6 beta anymore, and 5.2 is not as nice, but you can always grab 5.2 and wait a few

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice

2002-01-26 Thread mike
shane wrote: staroffice is still free, it is (i think from reading the posts) simply that one of the minor differences between staroffice and openoffice is open offices support for the S3 chip. i don't think you can find 6 beta anymore, and 5.2 is not as nice, but you you can still fine

Re: [newbie] argggggg installing software

2002-01-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Paul Kraus wrote: Is there compiled list of all the files on the cd's and a description of what they are for? this would help tremedously. Paul, click Control Center , give your root password, click System -- Software Manager and wait a few moments until the program has finished reading

[newbie] System restarts itself

2002-01-26 Thread Bill Davidson
I started having a problem with my machine restarting every so often(at least once day). It's happened when I'm in kde and at a console(with no X-session). Any ideas? Hardwre problem perhaps? Here are a couple of lines from my /var/log/messages file: CROND[9306]: (root) CMD (run-parts

[newbie] Starting/Using PHP in Apache

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
After the kind (and quick!) help from the list, I discovered that Apache was already running on my system. However, it refuses to load PHP. This is despite what I see at the top of the Welcome screen for Apache (aka httpd): Running version Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Larry Varney
Yes, the ISBN is 0-7615-3055-x. It's published by Prima Tech. sda wrote: On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 10:26:34AM -0500, Larry Varney wrote: I picked up a book, PHP Fast Easy Web Development, by Julie C. Meloni, and it comes with a CD containing Apache, PHP and MySQL - both Windows and

[newbie] Benefits of using XFS...

2002-01-26 Thread ngn
Hi folks!!! Due to a not recoverable error I had to re-install LM 8.1 I was doing a very long reading in a lot of docs about differents Journalled FS and I'm wondering which would be the best to use on a workstation in a Seagate IDE drive of 20 gb aprox. However, In accord with the conclusions

Re: [newbie] CD burning setup

2002-01-26 Thread RichardA
I've done mostly as suggested. As mentioned in my original post, 'ls -l /dev/cdrom' gave 'No such file or directory', so I did this: # ln /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom # ln /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom2 Edited /etc/modules and /etc/rc.d/rc.local. /etc/lilo.conf already had 'append= hdc=ide-scsi devfs=mount so I

Re: [newbie] Starting/Using PHP in Apache

2002-01-26 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:57:28 -0500 Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After the kind (and quick!) help from the list, I discovered that Apache was already running on my system. However, it refuses to load PHP. This is despite what I see at the top of the Welcome screen for Apache (aka

RE: [newbie] ActiveSync

2002-01-26 Thread Terry S.
can u tell me where you saw the beta program for the jornada? i would like to give it a spin to see if perhaps it would work on my 525. this is the only thing that is keeping me from my computer being 100% linux. Thanks! Terry -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] resizing partitions

2002-01-26 Thread John Cichy
Hello, After following the swap partition thread, I have realized that I should increase my swap partition, how can I do this without distroying data? I do not want to use partition magic. TIA, John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] resizing partitions

2002-01-26 Thread FLYNN, Steve
I believe GnuPartEd can non-destructively resize partitions, but make sure you have any important data backed up first, just in case. What makes you think you need to resize your swap partition anyway? Does your machine come close to utilising all of your existing swap space now?

[newbie] accessing cdrom causes segv

2002-01-26 Thread Vijay Ramachandran
Hi. After upgrading to 8.1 from 8.0, I recently tried to access the cdrom, by inserting a cd and going to /mnt/cdrom. This caused ls to segv and the following message was in /var/log/messages: Jan 22 08:34:29 saraswati kernel: kernel BUG at super.c:274! Jan 22 08:34:29 saraswati kernel: invalid

Re: [newbie] Digital Speakers / Sound Blaster Live

2002-01-26 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:06:34 -0500 Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed mandrake on my home pc. Gateway 1.6 p4 with 384mb ram. I am using a sound blaster live and have digital speakers. Is there a driver for this sound card that will work with my speakers? Thanks. PK

Re: [newbie] kernel

2002-01-26 Thread Eric McClure
On Friday 25 January 2002 09:48, you wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:04:26 -0500 I've done a lot of searching but upgrading, while keeping lilo, kppp, and others happy seems like a daunting task. I wish it was easier. Thanks for your time, eric l. mcclure try the mandrakesecure site.

[newbie] mandrake on XP laptop.

2002-01-26 Thread Mafiajoe3
hello, i was just wondering if anyone could help me with this problem. i been using mandrake for a few years now, without a probem. (started w/ 7.1 , now just got 8.1) i never had problems dual booting with win98 or win 2K. but now i'm havin a big problem. the laptop i'm trying to put it on is a

Re: [newbie] resizing partitions

2002-01-26 Thread John Cichy
Well, I am having a problem with it locking up, and I want to make sure it is not something in the original config. Using the old train of thought I configured a 128mg swap. I have 768mg real memory. If I do a 'free -m' I will see very little use of the swap (1-8megs) but real stays close to

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice

2002-01-26 Thread mooseman
X-RebelTech Is Here: http://www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit i wouldn't count on rolling the 6beta out on 50 machines. it will be fantastic when it is release grade, but i couldn't use it to do anything serious because it crashed

[newbie] Cd-Rom / Digital Speakers

2002-01-26 Thread Paul Kraus
As far as getting digital speakers to work on a sound blaster live you need to log in as root and the #emu-config -d this sets the port to digital. In case you where curious. For some reason I can access any of the cd-rom drives. I have two. In fact the cd-rom icon isn't even on the kde

Re: [newbie] Cd-Rom / Digital Speakers

2002-01-26 Thread Paul Kraus
That was supposed to read... I can't access any of the cd-rom drives. On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:15:48 -0500 Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as getting digital speakers to work on a sound blaster live you need to log in as root and the #emu-config -d this sets the port to digital. In

Re: [newbie] System restarts itself

2002-01-26 Thread Erylon
My first thought is hardware problem. I had a bad ethernet card that did that to me--took me months to find out what was causing it. Weird, I know. Also, an overtemp problem via the cpu can do this. How's your cpu fan? e. On Saturday 26 January 2002 11:21, you wrote: I started having a

[newbie] Usb Modem

2002-01-26 Thread Unixpad Y Asociados
i have a 3com Us Robotics ISDN Pro TA, and i want to configure on my host, what i need to do this, please be more explicit about all, thanks for your attention i use Linux Mandrake but this is not problr, i want to use on ay linux boxes bye Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

2002-01-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I am having a very weird problem with my sound running a AMD K7 onboard sound card, the Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI The problem is that even though the volume is at 100% on the controls the audio coming out of the speakers can only just be heard. I have been able to determine that there is

Re: [newbie] accessing cdrom causes segv

2002-01-26 Thread skinky
On Sunday 27 January 2002 12:30, Vijay Ramachandran wrote: Hi. After upgrading to 8.1 from 8.0, I recently tried to access the cdrom, by inserting a cd and going to /mnt/cdrom. This caused ls to segv and the following message was in /var/log/messages: Jan 22 08:34:29 saraswati kernel:

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-26 Thread Skippipix
i'm a bit late on this thread =) i've been using Applix for just over a year now. for the most part i love it. a few bugs, but i've figured out the work arounds. one disclaimer tho... one thing i don't care about is MS compatability. i haven't opened a Word file in months, and an

RE: [newbie] System restarts itself

2002-01-26 Thread Robin
I agree with Erylon, I had the same problem 2 month back when I add in a new piece of RAM. I had one piece of 256 and added another piece of 256, then the machine started to reboot for no reason at all. The interesting thing was that it only happened when load started to get heavy. After I

[newbie] How to work PCMCIA

2002-01-26 Thread YUKKI
Hi all i wanna use PCMCIA for 3com 5C589C with mandrake 8.1 at Vaio C1XE but it's not working now what i have to check it?? *$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B*$B!A!A(B* Yukki (Yuki Ikuno) Sing a song is my life [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

2002-01-26 Thread skinky
On Sunday 27 January 2002 18:34, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi all, I am having a very weird problem with my sound running a AMD K7 onboard sound card, the Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI The problem is that even though the volume is at 100% on the controls the audio coming out of the speakers