On Saturday 16 June 2001 07:22 pm, civileme wrote:
Then he will finally be able to load
> PowerPoint, we hope, unless it wants to see a different version
> of Windows, like XP.
>
> I am beginning to believe that if I took someone completely
> ignorant of computers, then he could install linux and
Don't know about Compaq, but Dell promotes Linux as an OS choice for its
servers. Don't think I've seen any advertising (I'm on their mailing list)
offering it for desktop machines -- but I'd be happy to be wrong on this.
--
Walter Luffman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]Medina, TN USA
Supercharged with ex
Jennifer wrote:
> The fact that micro$oft prevents its users from being able to
> understand the source code is disconcerning. Users can go to school and
> learn everything there is to know about operating the system, but they
> will never understand the intimate details of the source. You should
I've tried every "consumer" version of Windows from 3.1 through 98SE, and
just this week I got bored enough to install Windows 2000 Professional -- my
first venture down the NT path. While both Win98 (both editions) and
Win2000 are easy enough to install and configure, I don't really find them
an
> IBM ViaVoice, which is FAR better than the voice recognition in XP
> (IBM and Dragon are the best in the field), is also available for
> GNU/Linux.
AAMOF it's included in the Mandrake 8.0 PowerPack.
> > Bill Gates said that the fact that everyone can recompile the source
> > code is what he do
On Saturday 16 June 2001 03:52 pm, root wrote:
> Where the heck is the ipchains command... Using an install of LM8.0
> on medium security. Looked in /usr/sbin and all over the place but
> seems to be afk...
ipchains has been improved (long ago). 2.4.x kernels have iptables
support. Check to
I don't think that most linux users hate microsoft, particularly since many
of use use windows as well or dual boot with windows,
I think most people just dislike the idea that we should be pressured to use
microsoft, its all about the right of choise, and microsoft have many times
indicated that
--- root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Where the heck is the ipchains command... Using an
> install of LM8.0 on
> medium security. Looked in /usr/sbin and all over
> the place but seems to
> be afk...
After 'modprobe ipchains' it's in /sbin/ipchains for
me. I'm using a pretty stock 8.0 instal
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:28, Romanator wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > Did you install IBM's WINE? It looks like you have. You need to
> > use that, not the generic WINE Project WINE. You can have both
> > installed at the same time, they won't interfere with each other.
> >
> > All I can say
http://dot.kde.org/989808269/
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 03:54, OOzy Pal wrote:
> Console font is screwed if I turned on anti-aliasing
> from the Look & Feel window. How can I fix it.
>
> =
> Regards,
> OOzy
>
> What is the purpose of life?
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major prod
Did you install IBM's WINE? It looks like you have. You need to use
that, not the generic WINE Project WINE. You can have both installed
at the same time, they won't interfere with each other.
All I can say is to try uninstalling and then reinstalling it again
from the command line (not a grap
I've done the initial setup for Licq and have my UID number. I
haven't been able to figure out how to contact someone, such as
my son, or how to edit the contact list. How do I access this
area of the application?
Barry
Hi all
I finaly after a long bad day got mandrake up and
running properly on my server
i installed 7.2 the web server is
perfect
postfix is doing its job (i can send email using an
account on my server to another accont say hotmail for example
but if i say use hotmail to send email to a emai
> Roman wrote;
> Is it just me or is every one receiving double or quadruple copies of
> the identical email?
>
> Roman
I get double and sometimes triple, but never quadruple. What is
confusing to me is that it doesn't seem to be consistent, but is just
with some posts, once in a while in a
Fire up the "Sound mixer" from Multimedia --> Sound. You'd want to adjust the
main volume control (left-most one) and/or the one for "line". I make a link
to the sound mixer in home/yourusername/.kde/Autostart so that it'll
automatically be launched on startup (like in Windows).
On Sunday 17 J
On the subject of tv apps, I was wondering why Mandrake dropped kwintv from
its list of applications (it was included in 7.2, but not 8.0)? The current
version of kwintv is a KDE2 app, and I find the Hauppauge WinTV-like
interface lots more user-friendly. I installed the RPM and it seems to wo
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:27, jennifer wrote:
> I agree. The fact that micro$oft prevents its users from being able
> to understand the source code is disconcerning. Users can go to
> school and learn everything there is to know about operating the
> system, but they will never understand the intimat
Romanator wrote:
>
> Romanator wrote:
> >
> > > Bill Winegarden wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a fully functioning win2k laptop. I would like to install
> > > LM8 and dual boot. I don't have access to partition magic. Will the
> > > Mandrake partition tool in the graphical setup do a rea
Romanator wrote:
>
> > Bill Winegarden wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have a fully functioning win2k laptop. I would like to install
> > LM8 and dual boot. I don't have access to partition magic. Will the
> > Mandrake partition tool in the graphical setup do a reasonably safe
> > job of partitionin
> Bill Winegarden wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a fully functioning win2k laptop. I would like to install
> LM8 and dual boot. I don't have access to partition magic. Will the
> Mandrake partition tool in the graphical setup do a reasonably safe
> job of partitioning my 10 gig hard drive? Has anyon
I have a Thinkpad i1400, so this doesn't apply directly to you but I think
you should try it anyway. Go into BIOS and make sure that Screen Expansion
is enabled (that's what the option is on my computer anyway). As for the
mouse, Mandrake automatically detected my trackpoint so long as I had
Hi,
I have a fully functioning win2k
laptop. I would like to install LM8 and dual boot. I don't have access to
partition magic. Will the Mandrake partition tool in the graphical setup do a
reasonably safe job of partitioning my 10 gig hard drive? Has anyone done this
install before?
Th
Hi...
The good news is that I am running X on my IBM ThinkPad 770z (finally). The bad news
is that the visible desktop is only half the size of my screen. I am running Mandrake
8.0 and have tried using lower resolutions and the like.
Also, I cannot use the TrackPoint mouse on the laptop. It
Luc,
Postfix is not a pop3 server. It is an smtp server, which simply delivers
e-mail. Pop3 on the other hand is a way to access your e-mail from an
e-mail client that is typically not on the same machine as the pop3 server.
To have a pop3 server, you have to install the imap-*.rpm files, whic
uh ohhh...I seem to have trashed my system again.
It all started with a simple reboot. I launch the Gnome menu, Choose
logout and nothing happened for a full minute or 2. So I choose the menu
again and it just wouldn't comply with my desire to log out. No response
whatsoever.
I then tried to fo
how do I configure my pc to be able to route from
my lan to the internet? something like internet sharing, I already have the 2
NICs configured but I still need help telling my pc to act as a NAT
router
can anyone help?
TIA.
Julio
Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are
fun
El Sáb 16 Jun 2001 20:14, "Luc Martineau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrotes:
> hello
> i preffer mandrake 7.2 cause i found it worked bether for me but i lost my
> cd that had it does anyone know where i can go download it?
>
> thanks
>
> Luc
Content-Type: text/
hello
i preffer mandrake 7.2 cause i found it worked
bether for me but i lost my cd that had it
does anyone know where i can go download
it?
thanks
Luc
The 2.4 kernel uses iptables, no?
Steve
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 03:52:20PM -0500, root wrote:
>
> Where the heck is the ipchains command... Using an install of LM8.0 on
> medium security. Looked in /usr/sbin and all over the place but seems to
> be afk...
>
>
allright thanks
but what will this do
and after you click the postfix icon there is no 3 variables you meen go
threw all fo the first 3 icons or the first 3 variables in general options?
and will this serv as a pop3 server?
Luc
- Original Message -
From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To
Juan Carlos wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I have seen that some of you has a "Registrered Linux User: Number". What is
> that? It is for the people who buy linux?
>
> Bye.
>
> __
> mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es
I am currently a computer technician at a computer store and have been using
computers since I was in grade 2 (yay Commodor 64s!). I have installed all
the Windows OS's including Win 3.0 (which isn't an OS :)). I can't say I
have ever had PROBLEMS with installing Windows, but I know that I in
How can I get Xawtv to work?
Roman
Powered By Tux Email - Email for the Masses
A better marketing strategy is needed. Get the public informed that
Windows isn't their only choice. Show examples and scenarios. Making
Linux available for all educational institutions and getting instructors
better informed. Not every one can attend nor has the time for software
conventions.
ch
> I've tried looking on the CDs. For Mandrake 7.1 up to 8.0 and can not
> find it. I've even tried doing a search for it on www.freshmeat.net/
I'm pretty sure it's on the 7.2 set. I installed 7.2 from ftp, and I
have nslookup in /usr/bin.
> but only found a perl script that's a GUI for nslook
On Saturday 16 June 2001 16:13, Magnus Stenemo wrote:
> Hello!
>
> In which rpm can I found nslookup??
>
> //Magnus
bind-utils
And I have to disagree.
I've had problems with Win9x installs, but they were no big deal. I've
installed M7.2 (at least tried to), M8, and Debian, and I've had a number of
initial install problems. (And neither hold a candle to the MacOS Classic
installs, but that's probably cheating.)
I don't
Depends on what you want. If you want to use Maildir/ instead of the old
unix style mailboxes. Use courier. Also if you need ssl support courier
does that too. You can look into cyrus imapd, courier, WU imapd. Postfix
is just an smtp server. Hope that helps.
-Original Message
Frank wrote:
>
> It works with lilo but I couldn't get it to work with grub. Just check
> the "use grafical interface" uner lilo in the control panel.
>
> On 16 Jun 2001 23:29:42 +0900, Gavin wrote:
> >
> > People,
> >
> > I'm trying to get Aurora to start up but for some reason it just does no
Hi
Nope its for all linux users, the counter is about The number of people who
use Linux check it out for yourself @ http://counter.li.org/
On Sunday 17 June 2001 03:22, wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have seen that some of you has a "Registrered Linux User: Number". What
> is that? It is for the peop
I think I'll stick with my installed text editors. I never got Pine
working correctly anyway. For console mode,
I can use vi or vim as a console text editor.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Tim Holmes wrote:
>
> pico is part of pine actually. If you check out the man pages for it,
> the first f
hello,
is there a emailclient that ic compatible with kmail that can read html
email, or is there a way to make kmail read html email
would be very thankfull
Hi all.
I have seen that some of you has a "Registrered Linux User: Number". What is
that? It is for the people who buy linux?
Bye.
__
mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es
emails (pop)-paginas web (espacio ill
It works with lilo but I couldn't get it to work with grub. Just check
the "use grafical interface" uner lilo in the control panel.
On 16 Jun 2001 23:29:42 +0900, Gavin wrote:
>
> People,
>
> I'm trying to get Aurora to start up but for some reason it just does not
> want to work! I've checke
On Saturday 16 June 2001 13:40, you wrote:
> Yet another war story that people think are far and few between.
I have to concur with Tim here, since we're all sharing scars and war stories.
I've installed Windows at least 300 times -- 3.x, 95, 98, 98SE, NT 4, and
2000 Professional--on everything
Hello All.
I am a new Linux user. I have install Mandrake 8.0 today and I am very happy
with it from now. But I have a little problem. I don't know where is the
volumen control, if there is one in linux. I use Xawtv and I don't know also
how to make lower the volume of the sound. Any ideas?
T
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:05:07 +0300
"MinOtAVrs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi i m totally newbie with Linux (1 week) when i try to connect with
my Netmode modem i get this error message
> kpppd fails Exit Status 16 type man pppd for help
> Finally this message means Modem terminate the con
Hello all
I just set up lm 8 for the second time and both
times the mail server was not installed
postfix is there so outgoing mail in no prob but
there is no pop3 server that i am aware of?
when i try to check my email it gives me a error
message (socket error)
how do i set up the mail se
well it aint a problem anymore i fixed
it
was the stupid video card some s3 cheapo so i had
to put my good card in install everything take the card out put the s3 in reboot
and unplug monitor and use telnet
hehe
so thanks for the help all
another porblem solved
Luc
On Saturday 16 June 2001 10:15, jennifer wrote:
> If you think thtaa micro$oft having your password is bad,
> think of this
>
> One company, huge monopoly, solely responsible for the source
> code on the worlds business and home computers for the past 20
> years
>
> What if they were secr
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, you wrote:
> I concur with Charles Punch! I've received over 60 e-mails in 2 days since
> I applied to have them sent. Many were repetive and far beyond "newbie"
> understanding" . Screen them if you can or remove me from your mailing
> list. Thx Chuck
Chuck,
You can f
Yet another war story that people think are far and few between.
I've installed all of Windows OS's to date, except Win3.1, and the beta
XP. All of them have been a pain in the butt to do, and are far more
time consuming. Going through and hand picking the packages I wanted
in Mandrake still do
It should be in bind-utils rpm. If it is not. dig is in there. It works
better. And you should start learning how to use that
-Original Message-
From: Tim Holmes
Sent: Sat 6/16/2001 2:23 PM
To: Magnus Stenemo
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pico is part of pine actually. If you check out the man pages for it,
the first few lines normally tell you where the syntax comes from.
Name
pico - simple text editor in the style of the Pine Composer
I don't care much for pico, or pine so I never installed either one of
them. I use mutt
I've been looking for this as well. IT seems that Mandrake got rid of
nslookup since they've moved over to bind almost completely.
I've tried looking on the CDs. For Mandrake 7.1 up to 8.0 and can not
find it. I've even tried doing a search for it on www.freshmeat.net/
but only found a perl sc
A friend of one of the folks here is finishing a Ph.D. in
mathematics. He uses an IBM laptop and he was running mandrake
7.1. Recently, he installed 8.0. It didn't like his mouse, so
he used an alternate image and installed kernel 2.2.19 and set
up that one in the bootloader. His total tim
EXACTLY!!! As a real "techie" I think you have to measure your success
and your knowledge on how well you can trully mess up your workstation!
Because that's when you really start to learn about your system.
If you do something that bad in Windows, you don't have the liberty of
editing a few fil
I have found Linux Mandrake to be incredibly user
friendly. I can't think of much more that needs to be
done to create a familiar and simple desktop
environment and almost every office, home and internet
need (gamming lags a little) can be met with the
software bundled with Mandrake 8.0. Pro.
but
Hello!
In which rpm can I found nslookup??
//Magnus
Try setting up logcheck, it's a pretty standard package and will do much
of the same for you. Otherwise, next time you install/update choose MEDIUM
security, and this function will deffinately be restored.
>
> I remembered in my old Mandrake 7.2 everyday on my root mail account I would receive
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Jason Chan wrote:
> I have xinetd running pop3 on one server (Server A) , and have another
> server running fetchmail (Server B) and \
> would poll Server A 's mail message in 60 seconds interval. At first,
> both ran no problem, until after several hours Server A would de
Console font is screwed if I turned on anti-aliasing
from the Look & Feel window. How can I fix it.
=
Regards,
OOzy
What is the purpose of life?
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I wish to apply a mail filter that will take all incoming mail from a
specified address and re-route it to a different address. I am using
pine to read my mail along with postfix. How do I do
this?
Hi i m totally newbie with Linux (1
week) when i try to connect with my Netmode modem i get
this error message
kpppd fails Exit Status 16
type man pppd for help
Finally this message means Modem
terminate the connection.
What i can do to
connect Please Help...
On Saturday 16 June 2001 11:46 am, you wrote:
> No, no Bill's richness means little to me. Perhaps he's right, only some
> need to do this.
> Of course, I didn't buy Office XP! It's all piracy - I rarely buy something
> legally. I know Dragon is the leader, but haven't seen it at piracy shops.
Y
If anyone has installed the Single Network Firewall, does it install in
conjunction with LM8.0 or does it have to go on a clean harddrive to act as a
sole router firewall, server etc. In other words in a stand alone box that
does only the network connection and firewall? TIA for any suggestion
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 03:01:09 -0400, you wrote:
>That's odd... because I remember reading some place that Compaq and
>DELL both shipped like 15% of their machines a year with a Linux OS,
>mainly RedHat. (I don't remember the number, I just tossed 15% in
>there for the comment.) I think it came f
jennifer wrote:
>
> Thanks, I look forward to your continued support :)
Is it just me or is every one receiving double or quadruple copies of
the identical email?
Roman
Thanks, I look forward to your continued support :)
Romanator wrote:
>
> You can learn a lot from trashing and rebuilding your Linux box. It's
> good practice and great way to learn about your OS and mistakes. I know
> I did. (lol)
> After a bit of time has passed, you will editing your files r
No, no Bill's richness means little to me. Perhaps he's right, only some
need to do this.
Of course, I didn't buy Office XP! It's all piracy - I rarely buy something
legally. I know Dragon is the leader, but haven't seen it at piracy shops.
Just wondering about the Kernel. It's possible to compile
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:00, Magnus Stenemo wrote:
> > I have similar problems with GnomeICU. The problem is that AOL
> > (ICQ's owners) like to keep their protocols private and
> > closed-source. That means that any other project to create an ICQ
> > client must reverse-engineer the protocol -- a v
You can learn a lot from trashing and rebuilding your Linux box. It's
good practice and great way to learn about your OS and mistakes. I know
I did. (lol)
After a bit of time has passed, you will editing your files rather than
always reinstalling the Linux OS.
It's great!
Roman
jennifer wrote:
>
I am not sure but try this
in console type
cat /proc/pci
you will get a long list. Look for a line that says
Communication controller. Look a little below that
you will see something like:
I/O at 0xa800
I/O at 0xa820
I/O at 0xa840
Find the IRQ number. It should be ab
I am running Mandrake 8.0 on my current system and I am having problems
with the update program. I have had no problem using the program to update
the packages that I already have. I created a update source to a local
computer and it worked fine. What I am having problems with is using the
I concur with Charles Punch! I've received over 60 e-mails in 2 days since
I applied to have them sent. Many were repetive and far beyond "newbie"
understanding" . Screen them if you can or remove me from your mailing list.
Thx Chuck
- Original Message -
From: "Charles A. Punch" <[EM
Dell offers Linux already installed but it is RedHat.
Tim Holmes wrote:
>
> That's odd... because I remember reading some place that Compaq and
> DELL both shipped like 15% of their machines a year with a Linux OS,
> mainly RedHat. (I don't remember the number, I just tossed 15% in
> there for
I agree. The fact that micro$oft prevents its users from being able to
understand the source code is disconcerning. Users can go to school and
learn everything there is to know about operating the system, but they
will never understand the intimate details of the source. You shouldn't
trust what y
Hello
it is not www.wine.org. It is www.winehq.com
--- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 15 June 2001 22:35, you wrote:
> > (I need some after my marathon install session...)
> >
> > I've heard about "WINE" and want to try it. ('Want
> to see if I can do my
> > Flash work in Linux...
Tim Holmes wrote:
>
> Try Quanta. Comes standard with Mandrake. It does have a WYSIWYG like
> interface. I like it because it works pretty well to help teach you
> HTML as well. Which I think is a good thing. Give it a try. I've
> used it to write basic HTML doc pages for our network.
>
>
I have similar problems with GnomeICU. The problem is that AOL (ICQ's
owners) like to keep their protocols private and closed-source. That
means that any other project to create an ICQ client must
reverse-engineer the protocol -- a very difficult and painstaking
task. I know GnomeICU is fully
Hi all
I want to install Corprate Server but when i start the install it gets to
the point where it says ide detection that message goes away and then just
locks up solid
i tried diferetn harddrives (Tons) difernt cdroms diferent cdrom/harddrives
configs diferent cables totaly scsi totaly ID
Title: Intel Pro 100 Netcard half duplex
I have had many problems connecting my LM7.2 to cablemodem.
Part of the problem may be caused by the speed on the
Intel Pro 100 Netcard. Someone told me that it could be good to force the netcard
to run "10mbit half duplex". Can anyone tell me how I d
Hi,
I have xinetd running pop3 on one server (Server A) , and have another server running
fetchmail (Server B) and would poll Server A 's mail message in 60 seconds interval.
At first, both ran no problem, until after several hours Server A would deny Server
B's connection. After some inve
Hi,
I remembered in my old Mandrake 7.2 everyday on my root mail account I would receive
several mails that includes daily logs, security warnings, and all. In my currect
Mandrake 8.0 I could not find the same function. Is there any way to have daily logs
forwarded to root (or other local
i have adeskjet 710c and i have the problem that the top margin always is
left away when printing A4
help plz
the printer is configured with printconf and i'm using the pnm2ppa driver.
thx bart
i have adeskjet 710c and i have the problem that the top margin always is
left away when printing A4
help plz
the printer is configured with printconf and i'm using the pnm2ppa driver.
thx bart
i have adeskjet 710c and i have the problem that the top margin always is
left away when printing A4
help plz
the printer is configured with printconf and i'm using the pnm2ppa driver.
thx bart
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