Re: [newbie] kicker problem?

2001-12-14 Thread R & C
On Thursday 13 December 2001 12:50 pm, you sent me this message: > Thanks for your email. > > Gary is no longer employed by GeniusWeb.com Inc. I'm sorry, I thought I was emailing the newbie email groupdon't know Gary. > > For technical support, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tech support? Geniu

[newbie] LM8.0 konqueror crashing

2001-11-27 Thread R & C
Hi All, I set my up my LM8.0 for three users. Root, Me and my Son! I've had no problems until tonight. My son tells me that his konqueror keeps crashing. I went to his login session and tried to launch konq from the terminal. It tells me the following: KCrash: Application Name = konqueror pa

[newbie] xscreensaver

2001-11-25 Thread R & C
Hi All, I've been playing around with my screensavers and I find that "CONFIGURATION -> KDE -> LOOKNFEEL -> SCREENSAVERS in LM8.0 brings up a list of screensavers. But this list is only a partial list of the available screensavers I find in my directories manually. Is there any way to have t

Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers Success...NOT!

2001-11-25 Thread R & C
Mr E, I had the same problem when I edited the console.perm file. The first thing I did was, (and this is experience from old DOS files) was to comment out the line: # .=/dev/dri/* /dev/nvidia* When I rebooted, I too could not get X started...I kept getting thrown back to console mode, and e

Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers

2001-11-21 Thread R & C
Ok, I appreciate all your help. I understand why I shouldn't use Software Manager for this particular installation. One other thingafter I install these drivers from console mode, should I edit my XF86Config-4 file as well, BEFORE rebooting? and what should I do in case X will not start a

Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers

2001-11-21 Thread R & C
M8 install disks can be installed this way. and 2. Simplicity! Thanks again, Roger On Thursday 22 November 2001 01:56 am, I received the following message: > - Original Message ----- > From: "R & C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursd

[newbie] NVidia Drivers

2001-11-21 Thread R &amp; C
Hi All, This is going to be a very elementary question...but it's my first time! I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their website onto my system. I find so much conflicting information in all the installatin guides and readme files that I'm totally confused. I have an idea o

[newbie] Strange Directory Listing

2001-11-19 Thread R &amp; C
Hi All, I was playing around in the terminal located in the bottom window of konqueror, issuing commands, and generally looking around and trying to get comfortable using a terminal. I gave the following command: " ls -aop " -in my home directory. One particular file caught my eye because it

[newbie] Video Card Purchase?

2001-11-19 Thread R &amp; C
Hi All, I've been reading all the messages about video card compatability. I currently have a NVidia GeForce MX 2 installed on my AOpen AK73 series MB w/an Athlon 1000mhz processor. (dual boot w/win98 se) I do plan on upgrading my linux version in the future and I read where my card, even if

Re: [newbie] midi problem

2001-11-11 Thread R &amp; C
On Saturday 10 November 2001 02:46 am, I received the following message: > See my previous posts about setting up a SoundBlaster Live "Mini Howto". > > -JMS > OK Jose, I looked and looked but found no previous post. BTW, I'm not using SBL cardonboard sound only. -- Registered Linux User 2440

Re: [newbie] [ OT ] Recommended AMD Athlon 1.x Motherboard

2001-11-10 Thread R &amp; C
On Sunday 11 November 2001 12:39 am, you sent me this message: > Sorry for this OT. > > Anyway, I would like to ask your opinion to what Socket A Motherboard for > AMD Athlon 1.x Ghz would you like to recommend to me? I built my system using the AMD 1Ghz processor in a AOpen AK73 series MB (13

[newbie] midi problem

2001-11-09 Thread R &amp; C
Good Day Everyone, Lately, I've noticed problems with playing midi files while visiting web sites. I get the error messge: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer Probably there is another program using it. When I see this message, I'm only running Konqueror Web Browser at that moment!

[newbie] QObject ?

2001-10-31 Thread R &amp; C
Does anyone have any idea what the following log entries mean: QObject::connect: No such slot KonqFrame::notifySize(int,int) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'unnamed') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'KonqFrame') QObject::connect: No such slot KonqFrame::changeColumns(int) QObject::connect:

Re: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

2001-10-22 Thread R &amp; C
Use your entire emaiil address for your login ID instead of the part before the asterik (@) For example, if your address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] then don't just use LesJac as your login ID, use; [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is of course assuming that the rest of the setup configuration is correct. B

Re: [newbie] PCI modems

2001-08-31 Thread R &amp; C
I recently bought US Robotics 3com PCI 5610A modem. I have been in contact w/US Robotics and I inquired about this modem. They have a model 5610 which is a winmodem but they tell me that the 5610A is a hardware modem. ($70 to $90) I had it up and running for about a week and then I kept gettin

Re: [newbie] KMail

2001-08-27 Thread R &amp; C
gunner I had the same problem. I could send my mail out w/other mail clients but kmail gave me the same error message as you. I'm a "beginning novice" and I just play around w/settings to find out what works, so I loaded both settings for Kmail and, say, Netscape. I compared the two t

Re: [newbie] keyboard settings

2001-08-26 Thread R &amp; C
On Sunday 26 August 2001 11:46 pm, you wrote: > > I've found "Configuartion --> KDE --> Peripherals --> Keyboard" in order > > to set "keyboard repeat," but how do I set the rate at which it repeats? > > I didn't see anything in KDE control panel that would let you change the > repeat rate. > > >

[newbie] Booting Information?

2001-08-26 Thread R &amp; C
I noticed during the non-graphic boot process, two particular lines change information now and then. Usually I see: "Checking Root Filesystem /dev/hda#...clean..[OK] But then I get: "Checking Root Filesystem /dev/hda# has reached maximal mount count, check forced. [OK] Is this info t

[newbie] Boot Information

2001-08-26 Thread R &amp; C
I noticed during the boot process that two particular lines come up each and every time: "Checking Root Filesystem /dev/hda# .clean." But once in a while I notice that when the line comes up it says: "Checking Root Filesystem /dev hda#, Has Reached Maximal Mount Count, Check Forced"

[newbie] Kmail URL's

2001-08-26 Thread R &amp; C
I currently use Kmail and the Konqueror Browser. I've noticed that when someone sends an email with a URL in the message body, it's highlighted as though I could just click on it and go to that site. But, it doesn't! I know it's not a browser and only a email client! Is there anyway to link th

Re: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

2001-08-22 Thread R &amp; C
Les, I have had that problem ever since I changed to a new ISP. The problem, as I discovered, was that the ISP wanted me to use my full email address, in my dailer setup, when prompted for "user name." My old ISP only required my user name - rlp4991 When I first tried to connect using Kppp,

[newbie] Dependencies

2001-08-22 Thread R &amp; C
How do I find out what the dependencies are for a program that has already been installed without them? Thanks, Roger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] U.S.Robotics/3Com

2001-08-18 Thread R &amp; C
Ok, when I first recieved this message, I immediatly logged out of windows, shut down my system, pulled the winmodem back out (this is the only way I can communicate - through windows,) put the 3com back in, booted up in Linux, and headed straight for my terminal. I tyed in the command like yo

[newbie] U.S.Robotics/3Com

2001-08-17 Thread R &amp; C
Hi folks, The last time I sent in a question about my modem not being detected, I found that the modem itself was not compatible w/LM8, it was a winmodem. I pulled that card out and replaced it w/U.S. Robotics 3Com 56K PCI FaxModem, (Performance Pro). In the documentation that came w/the mode