Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Problem !

2000-06-09 Thread Brian Tompkins
Thorsten, let's do this step by step. I almost chucked a Linksys fast-ethernet 10/100 because I couldn't figure out what the missing link was. I am not promoting the drinking of alcoholic beverages, but it worked for me. Anyway, back to the problem. Lets check out the following: Go into

Re: [newbie] Boot Sequence Failures?

2000-06-07 Thread Brian Tompkins
You got it - the pcmcia is finally booted allowing Eth0 to do it's thing. With Linux, I've found it's best not to sweat the stuff that works fine, but gives you anxious moments. Peace:-) On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote: On 5 Jun, Darryl Gibson wrote:

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA CARD

2000-05-24 Thread Brian Tompkins
I have a linksys 10/100 pcmcia card on my laptop and it works fine - sounds like user error to me. - Original Message - From: "Jay Latham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:25 AM Subject: [newbie] PCMCIA CARD I'm sorry to hear that you got

Re: [newbie] staroffice as user

2000-05-22 Thread brian tompkins
Just type the following at a console prompt: /opt/Office51/bin/setup That will do the trick - also if your security is set to high/paranoid then the script has a tendency to futz and you have to set it to medium. On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote: It should be /home/user/Office51/bin/soffice,

Re: [newbie] staroffice as user

2000-05-18 Thread Brian Tompkins
On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote: I installed staroffice as root, now I cant access staroffice as user. How do I do? David in Sweden Well it's a snap really - 1. log in as user 2. open console 3. type the following:/opt/Office51/bin/setup 4. smile as the install script does

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA / IBM Ethernet Credit Card support

2000-05-15 Thread Brian Tompkins
Senor, I feel your pain. I got around this issue by doing the following ( no scripting needed ). I openned DrakConf and clicked on the startup icon (traffic light). Check pcmcia, dhcpd, postfix, cron - if they are not already checked - if dhcp is not available you can mount your cd and find

Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

2000-05-12 Thread brian tompkins
On Fri, 12 May 2000, you wrote: Hi List, Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey through 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'. S*cks to think that a person can

RE: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2)

2000-05-05 Thread Brian Tompkins
There is a wheel patch at the mandrake update sute:-) -Original Message- From: hopper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mouseconfig - MS Intellimouse (PS/2) On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Why is it that when I

RE: [newbie] No sound for Desktop!

2000-05-04 Thread Brian Tompkins
Go to utilizes and click on sound, check enable system sounds buttons and then click on the desired actions and their sound effect counterparts - hit apply and you are on your way -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of root Sent: Wednesday, May