[newbie] Netscape6 desktop shortcut revisited

2000-05-16 Thread Eunice Thompson
Hi all , I was having a really hard time adding the shortcut to Netscape6 to the Desktop. Normally to start it up I would open a console change directory to /home/mydir/netscape6/package and then type './netscape' (without the qoutes) and it would start no problem. .the problem of adding the

Re: [[newbie] Booting into Graphic Menu]

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Michael A. Kellogg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks! Well, I don't quite know how I did it, but when I reboot the computer, I'm only given a command prompt (login name, password) rather than the nice graphic screen I was accustom. It's not a big deal, I type startx and get things going

[newbie] telnet problem:-(

2000-05-16 Thread joey
how can i access my linux even if im in other pc using telnet?.do need to configure anything on my linux?

Re: [newbie] ip chains (newbie confusion)

2000-05-16 Thread flupke
This seems weird... :-( What does it say when you try "cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"? If that doesn't give any error, then you must be able to "echo 1 /proc/.../ip_forward" as root. If it does give an error, Check that the file exists (ls -l /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward) and that the

Re: [newbie] No more Mandrake.....

2000-05-16 Thread John Couturier
These are problems that I've had on in the development kernels, not the 2.2 series. Loosing the inturupt means you have a timming problem. ARE YOU OVER-CLOCKING. Some MB's and Hard-drives can get the timmng right some can't. What type of hardware are you running. If Slackware also caused

RE: [newbie] Booting into Graphic Menu

2000-05-16 Thread John Couturier
As root edit the file /etc/inittab and on the line that says 'id:3:initdefault:' change the 3 to a 5. Also make sure you have a file named 'desktop' in /etc/sysconfig with one word in it "KDE" in upper case with no quotes. That should do it. John -- Original Message

Re: [newbie] UDMA-66 in Mandrake 7.1

2000-05-16 Thread John Couturier
UDMA-66 is an after thought for the version of the kernel that comes with Mandrake 7.0 even when it asked you had to boot from a floppy. To get it right, you need to upgrade to 2.3.99-pre9-2. 9-1 crashed my ABIT BP6 hard. 9-2 appears fairly stable. It also solved some problems with my

Re: [newbie] I need help to install KDE 2.0 and how to install a als100 sound card

2000-05-16 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Fernando Camacho Olmos wrote: Please anyone know how to install kde 2.0 when i try to install, that eliminate the kde. and what i have to do whith the als 100 sound card when i run sndconfig it mark one error and i have to put manually instalation. KDE installs on /opt. Go throug the

RE: [newbie] Unsubscription feature doesn't work?

2000-05-16 Thread Denis HAVLIK
Sorry about this - for some reason, our web-page subscription/unsubscription just refuses to work. I hope this will be fixed soon, and in the meantime: send e-mail containing unsubscribe newbie to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to unsubscribe. If nessesary, add the e-mail address with which you

RE: [newbie] Booting into Graphic Menu

2000-05-16 Thread Eduardo Arauz
you also can go to the /etc/initab.conf file and edit it, so the default number in wich the linux will star will be 5, that is X mode there is a way from drake conf too when you can set to start from X11 -Original Message- From: Michael Holt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] attn Michael

2000-05-16 Thread Michael
Paul, Thanks for the heads up. I only venture forth into Bill's world when forced. So you use Pine, eh? I am comfortable with NS' mail program; guess if comfort was my criterion I wouldn't be on this list, though, so where would you point me to in terms of help files, to be able to get it

[newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS

2000-05-16 Thread Erick Dennis
How can I remove LILO from the Master Boot Sector?. Regards. Erick Dennis C.R. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[newbie] kernel upgrade

2000-05-16 Thread freeman
is the 2.3.xx kernel a beta or stable release and will it effect the operation of mandrake if I upgrade my kernel? Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com

Re: [newbie] telnet problem:-(

2000-05-16 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~how can i access my linux even if im in other pc using telnet?.do :~need to configure anything on my linux? You need telnet-daemon. However, I would suggest you to use "ssh" instead of telnet. yours Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlik

Re: [newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS

2000-05-16 Thread Necrotica
Boot to a Windows boot disk and type fdisk /mbr. -Chris On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote: How can I remove LILO from the Master Boot Sector?. Regards. Erick Dennis C.R. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail

Re: [newbie] ip chains (newbie confusion)

2000-05-16 Thread Dave Lers
On Tue, 16 May 2000, flupke wrote: This seems weird... :-( What does it say when you try "cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"? If that doesn't give any error, then you must be able to "echo 1 /proc/.../ip_forward" as root. If it does give an error, Check that the file exists (ls -l

RE: [newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS

2000-05-16 Thread Ron Greer
lilo -U Notice the Capital U -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: Erick Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS How can I remove LILO from the Master Boot Sector?. Regards. Erick

RE: [newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS

2000-05-16 Thread Ron Greer
Oops, you may not have linux anymore :) fdisk /mbr -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: Erick Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Removing LILO from the MBS How can I remove LILO from the Master Boot

RE: [newbie] kernel upgrade

2000-05-16 Thread Ron Greer
2.3.xx is beta. All odd numbers are beta: 2.2.14 z.y.xx xx == Release version, it just increments, get the highest one. yy == Major version, get the even numbers, right now it's 2. Hopefully soon we'll see 2.4.xx. (If you've got an older computer, you may want to go with 2.0.xx) z == Really

Re: [newbie] Shockwave for Linux

2000-05-16 Thread Vic
I did and it just had stupid flash, I have flash already I want shockwave On Mon, 15 May 2000, you wrote: If you are trying to use Shockwave in Netscape..might want to try going to the help section on the left top and choose About Plugins. Bambi Vic wrote: I have tryed (f*ck the

Re: [newbie] HP Deskjet 842C

2000-05-16 Thread Steve Edmunds
James Little wrote: Use a generic postscript driver or a laserjet 4/5/6. They'll all work, I've tried each. Hi, Has anyone managed to get one of these working under 2.2.x? I run Mandrake 7.0 and none of the available filters there will work Thanks for any advice James,

Re: [newbie] DrakX is working but installation instructions are poor

2000-05-16 Thread Romanator
Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as possible with ASCII to show my page setting: I can see in the DrakX installation: The Setup file systems Filesystem

[newbie] Michael-Pine

2000-05-16 Thread Paul
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael wrote: Paul, Thanks for the heads up. I only venture forth into Bill's world when forced. So you use Pine, eh? I am comfortable with NS' mail program; guess if comfort was my criterion I wouldn't be on this list, though, so where would you point me to in terms of

Re: [newbie] Booting into Graphic Menu

2000-05-16 Thread Paul
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Michael Holt wrote: but I would like to reset my initial boot in to a graphic format. Any ideas? Go to the Drakconf icon on your desktop and select X configurator. From there, after you select your screen resolution, you are given the option to boot directly into X

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-16 Thread Paul
On Mon, 15 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, why is it so important to have Wordperfect in addition to Star Office (or visa versa)? I'm used to Word Perfect (and have a book about half-done with it) and I like it. I would also like to have a spread-sheet program under Linux. I'm

[newbie] Gnome menus

2000-05-16 Thread Ron Greer
Is there a good way to re-autogen the Gnome menus? -=Ron=-

[newbie] [lnewbie] INSERT FLOPPY TO LOAD INTO RAMDISK??

2000-05-16 Thread Kenny
What floppy? a blank floppy ? In the past I inserted a blank floppy and it said ramdisk failed. Is this an important step? Kenny _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email

[newbie] DMA 33 stuff

2000-05-16 Thread Vic
Hi I installed a Quantum Fireball dma66 (maximum speed) 10 Gb hard drive, and I was wondering, since linux supports dma33 pretty much and the motherboard is dma33 capable, how can I know its running at this speed? It does run faster than the old regular ide drive that I had in there, but I just

[newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions incomplete

2000-05-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Romandelete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as possible with ASCII to

Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructionsincomplete

2000-05-16 Thread Romanator
Okay. I'll give it a go. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romandelete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button. Alan Romanator wrote: Hi Alan, I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen. The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been partitioned yet or

Re: [newbie] [lnewbie] INSERT FLOPPY TO LOAD INTO RAMDISK??

2000-05-16 Thread Paul
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kenny wrote: What floppy? a blank floppy ? In the past I inserted a blank floppy and it said ramdisk failed. Is this an important step? Kenny It would help if you also mention at what time this appears... Paul )0(---)0( Law of Life's

Re: [newbie] DMA 33 stuff

2000-05-16 Thread Eugene C. Zesch
Vic wrote: Hi I installed a Quantum Fireball dma66 (maximum speed) 10 Gb hard drive, and I was wondering, since linux supports dma33 pretty much and the motherboard is dma33 capable, how can I know its running at this speed? It does run faster than the old regular ide drive that I had in

[newbie] second hdd

2000-05-16 Thread J D
i'm looking to put in a second hdd on my computer. i want it to run with linux. currently, i'm running a dual boot system with windoze 98, and mandrake 7.0. how do i go about doing this? jd Get Your Private, Free E-mail

[newbie] Saving what appears in console

2000-05-16 Thread mcoady
Is there a simple way to save to a file what a command like 'dmesg' gives me on the screen? Michael Coady

RE: [newbie] second hdd

2000-05-16 Thread Ron Greer
Run *WITH* Linux, or Run *AS* linux? Meaning, do you just want linux to access it, keeping everything the same, or do you just want more space in linux? -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: J D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL

AW: [newbie] once again: ISDN setup

2000-05-16 Thread Christian Mathes
Dear Paul, thank you for your e-mail. What is ISDN4Net ? Is it a software ? A configuration tool? Or an URL in the WWW ? With kind regards Christian My problem is that I can't find these files.There is no directory /isdn/profile on my PC. Find the ISDN4Net setup on the net. If you want, mail

[newbie] Re: [lnewbie] INSERT FLOPPY TO LOAD INTO RAMDISK??

2000-05-16 Thread Kenny
It occurs right after it asks which directory the rpms are in On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kenny wrote: What floppy? a blank floppy ? In the past I inserted a blank floppy and it said ramdisk failed. Is this an important step? Kenny It would help if you also mention at what time this

Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions

2000-05-16 Thread Romanator
Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger black border on the left side rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto configured, except for the monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided the left

[newbie] kfm running realy slow.

2000-05-16 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi. Not only is kfm not running when I am connected (see last e-mail) now it is running really really slow. I know I don't have a big fancy processor - Cirrus MII but it was definately running faster than this a few days back and no I haven't downloaded anything from the internet nor have I

Re: [newbie] Re: DrakX is Working - DrakX Installation Instructions

2000-05-16 Thread Romanator
Hi Alan, The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in to KDE. Roman Alan Shoemaker wrote: Romanadjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in monitor owner's manual). Alan Romanator wrote: Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the

[newbie] Help with Printer, please!

2000-05-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: May I please ask for your help with what I am sure is a very minor configuration error which makes it impossible for me to print using ghostscript. As is often the case, I did something I shouldn't do, but I am sure I corrected it. Still, whatever I did messed up my printer