Re: SV: [newbie] Is a restart necessary?
go to a terminal sheel and type mount -a this will force linux to reread the fstab and remount everything On Wednesday 20 November 2002 04:36 pm, Anders Lind wrote: If I make alterations to fstab, do I need to reboot, or can I cause it to be read some other way? You don't need to reboot, when you try to mount each time it will read /etc/fstab at that time /Anders -- Luke Vandervort Linux, because rebooting is for adding new hardware ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] flash
If you really want to cheat, go to netscape and download and install netscape 7, it will install, java, flash and whatever that other big thing is, (cant remember off hand. Luke On Wednesday 20 November 2002 10:20 pm, erylon hines wrote: On Wednesday 20 November 2002 08:33 am, you wrote: Hi I went to Macromedia, the instructions said to save the installer to my desktop, which I did, then it says, unpackage the file...the reading I'm doing says that there could be some sort of unzip utility to run file ends in tar.gz macromedias instructions are clear if I knwe what I was doing I guess Step-by-Step (this is the way I do it, you may modify if you wish) Download the gzipped file (flash_linux.tar.gz or whatever this version happens to be named) At this point I usually copy the tarball to /usr As root, I Cd to the directory the file is in (in my case #cd /usr) and unpack it with the command: #tar -xzvf flash_linux.tar.gz the command is: tar -xzvf the_flashplayer_tarfile_name A directory /usr/flash_linux will be created. Inside that directory will be two files --libflashplayer.so ShockwaveFlash.class Copy these two files to your /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory (and to your /usr/lib/netscape/plugins directory if you use Netscape) Now, when you open Mozilla, the Helpabout Plug-ins list will have Shockwave Flash. It should work for you (always has for me) -- Luke Vandervort Linux, because rebooting is for adding new hardware ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [Re: [newbie] New kernel and sound (or lack of)]
I have no clue on the numbers files, i am a begginer like you. I just lucked onto that wordperfect thing. Don't give up. When M$ goes belly up in a few years you'll be ahead of everyone else. Pliler Main Unit wrote: Thsnks, Luke I think for now, I am not going to try to do any installing, untill I can learn more about this beast. I may just give it up. BTw, I find a strange bin file on my C drive, numbers.bin , is this the LILO or do you know? If I decide to delete this OS, I would need to del thAt too. Thanks, Will - Original Message - From: Luke Vandervort [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] New kernel and sound (or lack of)] Pliler, I just installed WP from the cd-rom. It is named WordPerfect_Tar.Tar I could not get it to work either untill I copied it to disk and renamed it WordPerfect.tar.gz. Then I could unzip it into a directory and run the RUNME file. It installed with out a hitch. Pliler Main Unit wrote: Thanks Michael and all, Yes, in fact if you read all those numbers at boot, I found it. I tried installing WP , just now, under root of course, it just sat there and did nothing. Using KDE, I clicked the CDrom icon, (with the disk in the cd) and saw and read the readme file, but when I tried to do mandrake.run nothing. Ideas? Will - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] New kernel and sound (or lack of)] "Pliler Main Unit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan, How do you tell which version your Kernal is? I have the 5.3 rel of L-M but that doesn't mean anything as far as the Kernal, right? Will L-M 5.3 runs kernel 2.0.36, I believe... Michael Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] KMAIL
Wht does kmail not save my filters?? I add filters and save them. When I get my mail, nothing gets filtered, and when I check them they are missing. Whats up?
Re: [Re: [newbie] New kernel and sound (or lack of)]
Pliler, I just installed WP from the cd-rom. It is named WordPerfect_Tar.Tar I could not get it to work either untill I copied it to disk and renamed it WordPerfect.tar.gz. Then I could unzip it into a directory and run the RUNME file. It installed with out a hitch. Pliler Main Unit wrote: Thanks Michael and all, Yes, in fact if you read all those numbers at boot, I found it. I tried installing WP , just now, under root of course, it just sat there and did nothing. Using KDE, I clicked the CDrom icon, (with the disk in the cd) and saw and read the readme file, but when I tried to do mandrake.run nothing. Ideas? Will - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] New kernel and sound (or lack of)] "Pliler Main Unit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan, How do you tell which version your Kernal is? I have the 5.3 rel of L-M but that doesn't mean anything as far as the Kernal, right? Will L-M 5.3 runs kernel 2.0.36, I believe... Michael Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Sorting Messages in KMail
Armando, Try the mail reader in Netscape messenger, It is top notch and better than M$ Outlook. Ghost Master wrote: Hey, all! Just wondering if there was a way to have the messages automatically sorted by date sent in Kmail. I've had to click on the Date header everytime I've gotten new mail in order to view it this way. Turning into a Major Drag (C) since I only recently cut over from MS Outlook. The sort works only on a limited basis; I still can't get KMail to sort my mail properly.dates are grouped together, but at the same time are still out of sequenceI'm looking for the newest mail to be at the begining of the mail window..ala M$ Outlook, Eudora, etc Related question: Can anyone recommend a better mail reader? I like KMail, but I'm used to more functionality from my M$oft days. Armando.
[newbie] Linux Games
Hello, I have noticed that there are a bunch of games located in /usr/games I can only get two of them to work. xboard and xgammon. My family would love to play these games, We are trying to make Linux a family op. I have tried opening a window and typing the names to no avail. I have also gone into xwindows and double clicked on them. They just lock up my system most times. I can see that they are executables, and Ihave permissions for them as root. How do I get them started? I saw many many games being installed when I install, but don't see them, nor can I start them. Any help? Also, how do I start some of the other GUI's I would like to check them out. Thanks. Luke Tina Vandervort[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 13963194