Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Problems

2000-11-26 Thread Paul
x' and see if the controls for CD sound are low. Perhaps there are some other controls that you can use to adjust/improve the sound Paul -- No matter what scientists say about her, she is still our beautiful moon. (anonymous senryu) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403

Re: [newbie] Virus on Linux?

2000-11-27 Thread Paul
. On www.pointman.org you can download PMfirewall. It is a script that helps you set up ipchains, Linux' own firewall. It is good. Also get portsentry from there and you're fine. Paul -- When I am angry, the drawer in my closet won't open anymore http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User

[newbie] Cardfile program?

2000-11-28 Thread Paul
and linuxapps, but have not found anything small, simple and useful. Any tips will be appreciated :) Paul

RE: [newbie] Cardfile program?

2000-11-28 Thread Paul
catagories. A simple solution. Thanks, Bob. Yesterday I found a program called Thoughttracker, at freshmeat.net. It works great for what I want :) Greets, Paul -- I was a heathen. Then I saw the light. Now I am a pagan. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux

Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake Version 7

2000-11-29 Thread Paul
not know how to install them! Can;t help you with this... Paul -- I was a heathen. Then I saw the light. Now I am a pagan. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-29 Thread Paul
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: I downloaded the stable version of Netscape 6 and it definitely renders pages better, but crashes often. It doesn't seem to work with Tucows, when I have heard nothing but complaints about it. On all platforms that it exists. Paul -- I was a heathen

Re: [RE: [newbie] Performance...]

2000-11-29 Thread Paul
On 29 Nov 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: KDE kills the performance. I use xfce, and things go very fast. 128Mb ram and the same processor. 3 netscapes, xmms, Pan, 5 rxvt's (terminals), wordperfect, burning a cd, all at once, no problem. Paul xfce looks rather nice

Phil / CDRW (was Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake Version 7)

2000-11-29 Thread Paul
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Phil Farnham wrote: Thank you Paul I cannot read a cd but can open the trray. When booting up from the cd it is obviously recognised but when Linux is loaded and I try and click on any cd icon I can find there is no response When you open a terminal and go cd /mnt do

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread Paul
came from if we're going to point you back there... Paul -- If you want to know how god thinks about money look at the people that have it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

[newbie] Windows isn't written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Paul
use) to boot without the famous BSOD... Paul -- If you want to know how god thinks about money look at the people that have it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

[newbie] Roger.Mark/CD burner

2000-12-01 Thread Paul
-RW problems to hopefully facilitate that winbites butchery... I changed the subject to something more apt... Have you looked at http://mandrakeuser.org? There is a lot of info on that site to get a burner going. Also on www.linux-mandrake.com you can find quite a bunch of stuff. Paul -- God must

Re: [newbie] cron error message

2000-12-01 Thread Paul
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, bascule wrote: I figured that one out. In /etc/cron.daily there's a file called htdig-dbgen. Just chmod -x that and it's over with the messages. Paul hi, i am getting the message below regularly, i would be grateful if someone could tell me if it is serious and how i might

Re: [newbie] MandrakeUpdate and librpmio.so.0

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, U2Zoo wrote: When I try to do these two upgrades I receive an error message saying: librpmio.so.0 is needed. go to http://rpmfind.net, type in "librpmio" in the search box and hit 'search'... Paul -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan

Re: [newbie] Linux and digital cameras

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
to the developer about this ;-) Paul -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Reinstall

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
recognized on boot up? Reinstalling should not be a problem. And don't worry, Linux setup is well behaved and keeps boot sectors intact, as far as I know. It has never let me down. Paul -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403

Re: [newbie] telnet

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
correctly? Paul -- Instant Shaman. Add 1 drum, beat slowly. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Linux and digital cameras

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
Dmesg'd here: Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A This looks like it should, as does: [root@internet paul]# setserial /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 [root

Re: [newbie] Linux and digital cameras

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: [root@internet paul]# setserial /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 [root@internet paul]# setserial /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3 Well, I'm runnin out'a ideas (betch'a Civileme would be more help

Re: [newbie] Reinstall

2000-12-02 Thread Paul
for Grub. Paul I tried to install a CD-Burner in her machine, and in doing so I followed the instructions on Mandrake's site for setting up a burner properly (same thing I did on my machine). Well, come to find out the burner wasn't working properly so I took it out. I think this is what I did to put

Re: [newbie] Reinstall

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Riker wrote: Riker, You need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst for that. Just remove the "offending" entry, and after the next boot you're fine. Contrary to LILO, you do not need to run anything for the changes to take effect, the file will be read at boot time. Good

Re: [newbie] CD-Rom Permissions

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, R. Edward McCain wrote: Create a group "cdwriter" in linuxconf, add yourself to that group, and then change the group permission on /dev/scd0 (or scd1, whatever the writer really is) to the group 'cdwriter' (chgrp cdwriter /dev/scd?) As my machine now shows: [pau

Re: [newbie] majordomo

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: yes...and one that defies being configured and ran. That much it does unwaveringly. Have you looked at ezmlm ? EaZy MailingListManager? You should be able to find info through www.google.com Paul -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance

Re: [newbie] Old wp5 files

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
that. RTF will work, older Word formats will work, plain text will work. Paul -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance. (Zarathustra) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] CD-Rom Permissions

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
one should be able to access the cdrom. Paul -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance. (Zarathustra) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Video card question?

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
of the old XF86Config is used. If acceleration is off in there, you need to set it on by hand: option "accel" or something like that Paul -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance. (Zarathustra) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Ma

Re: [newbie] CD-Rom Permissions

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Mike Tetlow wrote: Paul Thanks for the help but how do I change the permissions of the group. I installed yesterday. Load linuxconf (as root) Go to user accounts. Click Group definitions Click ADD Name the group. e,g, cdwriter. No need to do strange things with directories

Re: [newbie] Defrag

2000-12-03 Thread Paul
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Jeff Dickman wrote: This is probably me just being obsessive... Does Mandrake have a defrag program? Yes and no. The file system is so smartly built that it fixes defragging by itself, on the fly, in background. You need not do anything for it. Paul -- We are Microsoft

Re: [newbie] How to mount a network machine (not Samba)

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
recall the exact syntax, sorry, still looking for it myself) Then on the 'receiving' machine make a directory, e.g. /mnt/solaris and there you then can mount: mount solaris:dir that's shared /mnt/solaris It is something along these lines, hope this helps you further Paul -- We are Microsoft

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster AWB64 on MandrakeLinux 7.1

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
t-F7 again to get back to X Paul -- We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is - Fatal exception error in MSBORG32.DLL http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Midi Module failure

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
. There's a tool for that, but I don't recall it's name... Paul For the longest time i get the following notice on boot up of my Mandrake 7.0: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/opl3.0 failed loading midi module opl2 failed. It mustn't be a critical part of my system as everything I need runs ok

[newbie] test - ignore

2000-12-05 Thread Paul
I keep getting mails bouncing as non-deliverable? Paul -- A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. -Milton Berle http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

[newbie] window manager/single click

2000-12-06 Thread Paul
is not true. :p Paul Well, that's only true if you use a window manager like KDE. Others, like Gnome, use double-clicks. So, a single-click is not "the Linux way". The Windows gui can be configured to act like Internet Explorer, which also means single-clicks. This isn't an OS ques

[newbie] Linux way

2000-12-07 Thread Paul
xvt, aterm) is open! :) Paul -- You will be reincarnated as a toad. And you will be much happier. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Pine 4.30 bug feature

2000-12-08 Thread Paul
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark, What installation did you do? Did you install from an RPM or did you compile the thing yourself? I compiled it myself, and had no problem with Pine 4.30 whatsoever. Good luck, Paul Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened

Re: [newbie] scsi emulation

2000-12-08 Thread Paul
=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi You looked in the wrong place, it is all there on http://mandrakeuser.org ;) Good luck Paul internet searches are just not turning up much today =( can anyone tell me how to set up my IDE cd drive for scsi emulation so that i can use it along with my scsi cd burner

Re: [newbie] cd player problem

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
that the CDplayer itself is not at fault. Paul -- A camel is a horse. Designed by a committee. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Grub questions

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
grub from my boot sector? fdisk /mbr I will be putting Linux on a different hard drive soon You'd better!! ;) Paul -- A camel is a horse. Designed by a committee. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

[newbie] OT Mandrax??

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
that, mails bounce back to me. Anyone out there who knows what does this? Regards, Paul

Re: [newbie] Linux networking?

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
://mandrakeuser.org It is very clear, descriptive and has good tips and tricks too :) Paul -- A camel is a horse. Designed by a committee. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] booting up - a real newbie question

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
check if menu.lst looks somewhat reliable. There should be entries for Windows and Linux in it. If you don't trust it, copy it and post it to the list. Also look at /etc/lilo.conf and let us know what's there. I am not sure which way is decided what boot manager to use by the installer. Paul

Re: [newbie] HELP - StarOfiice 5.2 does not print !

2000-12-10 Thread Paul
. Paul -- A camel is a horse. Designed by a committee. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim V. wrote: Does anybody have any idea where I could find drivers for the Aureal Vortex Soundcard (Turtle Beach, Montego, etc)?? This is for Mandrake 7.1. www.aureal.linux.com (might be .org) Paul -- How do you set a laserprinter to stun? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ

Re: [newbie] Lexmark Z31 ?

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
of destroying the internal programming of the printer. Don't know if it is true. It is free to try though... Paul -- How do you set a laserprinter to stun? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim V. wrote: May be that I am mistaken on the name... On my page http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm there should be a working link (have not checked that lately though) Paul I have tried every combination of .org/.com and .linux/.aureal. that I can think of to find those

Re: [newbie] HP 722c

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
http://ww.linuxprinting.org/database.html is the place to look for printers and drivers Civileme Linuxprinting.org results in "unknown host" traumax Try 3 w instead of 2 w. www.linuxprinting.org works. Paul

Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
, write to disk, STOP here, and reboot with ctrl-alt-del. I done this part before, but to return the 'empty' space to Win ? HTH, Good Luck. To get the space back to windows, just run fdisk, partition the available space, format it, and you have a new drive. Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre

RE: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote: What is Fips? Fips is a program on the mandrake cd, which enables you to change the sizes of partitions. It is freeware, and comes with no warranty. It is a substitute for Partition Magic, without a graphical interface. Paul -- To do

Re: [newbie] VI

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
use vi as it comes with 7.2 and never had the problem you describe. I also looked in ~/.vimrc (the vi that comes with 7.2 is vim) and could not find anything special or strange there. Perhaps you can find some help at www.vim.org Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do

Re: [newbie] Screen Flickers

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
even a newbie on it. ;) Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do be do be do - Sinatra http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] SB AWE32

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
works in X :) Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do be do be do - Sinatra http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

[newbie] Spaces in names

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
a space in a directory name. I agree though, that it is undesirable. Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do be do be do - Sinatra http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." Don't forget there's something like company policy. That keeps me from removing windows and putting Linux on the pc too... Paul -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net -

Re: [newbie] cdrom deletion error

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume you had an IDE cdrom. Was it on /dev/hdb? hdc? hdd? Make a new link cd /dev rm cdrom ln -s /dev/hd... cdrom and that should do it. Paul I deleted the wrong cdrom when trying to setup gnome toaster. I issued the command cd /dev rm cdrom

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Vic wrote: Yamaho was OVER Plextor??? Because of the price. Plextor is quite more expensive. Paul whoa -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2

Re: [newbie] SB AWE32

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
the specific sounds per event. Paul -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] where are default config files?

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Liaw, Andy wrote: Afaik, these are in /etc. You'd have to look for the proper names, but they should (mainly) be there. Paul I have just installed LM7.1 on a machine that will be shared by several people via remote VNC connections. I would like to customize some settings

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-12 Thread Paul
in a 12/10/32 IDE which works great. Paul -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30

Re: [newbie] Switchdesk

2000-12-15 Thread Paul
.Xclients file does not kick you into KDE though. You can put the exec in there instead of in .Xdefaults. and that should get you back to gnome. Paul -- Why use Windows, when there is a door? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-16 Thread Paul
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, s wrote: I sort of have that problem. Mine can read fat formatted disks, but not ext2. I tried to add that parameter to /etc/fstab, but it didn't work. If I substitute auto, will that enable it to read both? -s Yes, that should do it. Paul -- Bureaucracy is the longest

Re: [newbie] Pine has a problem...

2000-12-16 Thread Paul
at Postfix which comes with mdk 7.2 as default MTA. I never managed to get sendmail to work, and had Postfix running in 15 minutes including coffee. Look at www.postfix.org for help on setting it up. It works! Paul -- Bureaucracy is the longest distance between two points. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208

Re: [newbie] Kernel problems

2000-12-17 Thread Paul
g that it can't make vmlinux and the error number 1. I have followed all the instructions in the manual to a t,. Could someone tell me what i may be doing wrong? Perhaps a too easy one, but are you root when doing this? A plain user is not allowed to do this, normally. Paul -- There is only on

Re: [newbie] Pine has a problem...

2000-12-17 Thread Paul
again! Paul -- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. -Oscar Wilde http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] ISDN

2000-12-17 Thread Paul
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, SKLIM wrote: : DIVA T/A ISDN Hi ! Linux User Needs help , how to configure DIVA T/A ISDN Modem Take a look at www.wurtel.demon.nl (there is an english page too) that is very good with setting up ISDN. It helped me too. Paul -- There is only one thing in the world

[newbie] Microsoft's idea of risk

2000-12-19 Thread Paul
From http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15101.html Microsoft urges people not to use the Internet By: Kieren McCarthy Posted: 29/11/2000 at 17:10 GMT Finding out what exactly Microsoft is thinking is harder than getting blood out of a stone or a coherent sentence out your grandma, but work

Re: [newbie] prompt.....

2000-12-19 Thread Paul
is textmode single user. Paul -- You never get a second chance to make a first impression. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] Microsoft's idea of risk

2000-12-20 Thread Paul
lie still long enough for me to write a copy of windoze on him... ;) Paul -- Windows didn't get as bad as it is overnight. It took years of careful development. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] memory Size

2000-12-21 Thread Paul
details are available on http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm Also for Grub. And 7.2 does use Lilo as well... (Yea, I am lazy. I am a programmer ;) Paul -- Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake

Re: [newbie] how to write scripts

2000-12-21 Thread Paul
seful tool at www.linuxapps.com or www.freshmeat.net Good luck! Paul -- Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] hard disk partitioning

2000-12-21 Thread Paul
in extended dos space, diskdrake can make the partitions for you on the plain open spaces of the harddisk. Good luck Paul i have a 20 GB hard disk with LM7.2 and windoze 98 installed. first 5gb of hd is for c: drive of windows. then i have made two partions for linux 256 MB swap 3.5gb linux

Re: [newbie] how to write scripts

2000-12-21 Thread Paul
it too :) paul -- Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] how to write scripts

2000-12-22 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Steven Duhaime wrote: Yes. It would have to, right? Netscape is a graphics app... Paul What user was cron trying to run netscape as? try looking at netscape --help there might be some info on how to direct it to a certain display. Perhaps that would do something

Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8

2000-12-22 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli wrote: Does know how to install WordPerfect 8 for linux on LM 7.2? Thanks Untar the install files, change to root, run ./runme and make sure you do not install from a dir that has spaces in the name. Paul -- To do the exact opposite is a form

Re: [newbie] floppy problems

2000-12-23 Thread Paul
s any better results... Paul -- Oh, how do I know my youth is all spent? My get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin, And think of the places my get-up has been. -Pete Seeger http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] Print command

2000-12-24 Thread Paul
. If that doesn't work, there's no printer. And the command # printtool reveals that that printer is operating at lp0. Is there some further configuration I have to do to get the lpr command to work? When you issue lpq, what does that tell? [paul@internet paul]$ lpq lp is ready no entries What

Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL

2000-12-24 Thread Paul
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Paul Williamson wrote: O but whats the actual problem THE CD I HAVE WORKS ON SOME SYSTEMS! At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out

Re: [newbie] Can't start X server

2000-12-24 Thread Paul
to empty itself. And then try again. The remark about the modem.lock: did you have some abnormal abort yesterday? That might cause a lock file to stick around. Can't help you with that though, I do not use a modem but an ISDN connection. Good luck Paul -- This Signature Examined By INSPECTOR NO.

[newbie] off the list hassles

2000-12-24 Thread Paul
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Rick Commo wrote: LOL!!! The same way you joined it only backwards! -Original Message- how do I get off this mailing list -- This Signature Examined By INSPECTOR NO. 2-14 http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux

Re: [newbie] MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

2000-12-24 Thread Paul
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone have a great Christmas, ok? And if you don't, you'll have me to answer to. 8) I will think of an answer if you ask the right question... *grin* Paul -- This Signature Examined By INSPECTOR NO. 2-14 http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
about the background except for one in windows :-) "Running Linux" by O'Reilly is also a good one. I use it often. Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

[newbie] XMMS CD-player

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
D-RW drive. With the cd-player programs there are no problems. Weird, although not something I can't live with. Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] CD-RW problems

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
circuits. Otherwise I cannot understand this. Programs don't change behaviour just like that. I suspect a hardware problem. Good luck! Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] CD-RW problems

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
or electronic circuits. the message on the list since although that looked like the problem, I was not sure, and I wanted another opinion. Now, I am pretty sure it was heat (you convinced me, Paul!). The weather is scorching here in Sydney, and even with several fans going inside the computer

Re: [newbie] Confirming deletion

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
#) the aliases you don't want, log in again, and the confirmations are gone. Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie]

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, jan cowan wrote: Take me off this list I can't. You can. Look in the X-headers of the mail, instructions are there. Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

[newbie] High security server

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
of the programs he could need (rpmdrake, kppp, minicom etc) were installed. After setting up a custom workstation things suddenly worked like a charm :) Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] Installation with older Bios

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
$20 a while ago. Much better than a new mainboard. Paul -- Air is water with holes in it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

[newbie] Brain tumors

2000-12-26 Thread Paul
guess some people are the wrong kind of genius... (see my quote of the day! ;-) Paul -- Everyone is a genius. It's just that some people are too stupid to realize it. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] Confirming deletion

2000-12-26 Thread Paul
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Meph Istopheles wrote: Thanks Paul, but, as you can see here: # User specific aliases and functions alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias ls='ls --color=tty' I've only these two entries under alias. I checked /etc/bashrc as well. No alias entries at all there. I

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-26 Thread Paul
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Anthony Daniell wrote: Hi, can you please tell me how you got your ide burner to work under linux??? Thanks Anthony Daniell Mine did it after I checked out the info at http://mandrakeuser.org Paul -- Satellite Safety Tip #14: If you see a bright streak in the sky coming

RE: [newbie] Special characters

2000-12-16 Thread Paul
are referring to a Microsoft originated graphical shell environment. (Mogse ? *grin*) Paul -- Bureaucracy is the longest distance between two points. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] How many partitions?

2000-12-27 Thread Paul
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, I plan to have Linux and Windows on the same disk. Can I place logical Linux partitions in an extended partition that also contains logical FAT32 partitions? I would not recommend that, although I have seen occasions where it works. Paul

Re: [newbie] Signal 7....

2000-12-27 Thread Paul
that 2Mb is not sufficient anymore. Go for slackware and build your own kernel if you want to stick with low memory. But forget about Xwindow then... Good luck! Paul -- Satellite Safety Tip #14: If you see a bright streak in the sky coming at you, duck. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
Linux box, two ethernet cards and a cable connection, I'd be very interested. After setting up ipchains with pmfirewall's script, also find portsentry and have that loaded. Works fine against port-attacks. Then you should be reasonably safe. Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of th

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a very different beast to the Win9x line, including ME... Which is good. Win9x and Win ME are bad. They die when you run them. Paul (speaking from too much experience...) -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't

[newbie] When the printer goes mad

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
the spooler, easier (and faster) than what I did? After cancelling the print job, the printer kept going and going. There must be a better way, but I rarely use the printer so I don't know. A tip would be welcome :) Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't

Re: [newbie] How many partitions?

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
of RAM /usr 3Gb But that's my idea. Good luck in deciding. In the end the choice is yours. Paul -- At a certain time there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it isn't a train. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] Holy emails Batman!!

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Romanator wrote: Wow, Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! Yup. Paul -- Save our trees: Stop printing tax forms! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have additional functionality. But not more speed. Lotus 1.2.3 version 1 that ran on the original 8086 is equally fast as excel2000 on the 800Mhz P-III. Paul -- Save our trees: Stop printing tax forms! http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208

Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight answer please

2000-12-29 Thread Paul
you put in it yourself, then you can go with Linux. (My expression of thoughts entirely of course.) Paul

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-29 Thread Paul
than my p3-800 PC !!! IF you consider inflation where the dollar is now only hlaf as valuable, I think things have gotten MUCH better, and this is a bad comparison, don't you Paul? For me it is a valid comparison. If you need all the extra functionality, then please use it and I really hope you

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