Re: [Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux] [OT]
The comment 'live dangerously' was meant to be less of a sarcastic comment than it sounded. Yes, it is dangerous to low level format a drive, but you still can't do any physical harm. The worst thing I've had happen to me is that the disk has been formatted with the wrong number of cylinders, and I've ended up with less room to play with. It still worked, and I installed Windows before I realised what I'd done!! Most modern drives have those numbers printed on them, so you can't go much wrong there. I would be hesitant to repeat it on a drive greater than 8Gig, but 3.2Gig is a little less than that! - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux] I seem to remember a short while ago about a program "ZEROFILL" (search in archives for more info), anyways while I was at that site...the HD manuf. stated that LOW LEVEL format is not a good thing to do anymore on these newest HD's. FYI Jaguar "Simon Norris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been there, done that!! I had fun with this after a crashed install, because I couldn't remove the partition, and couldn't get back in to use Linux fdisk!! I didn't have a rescue disk either. Fdisk on Windows can see the Linux extended partition, as an extended partition seems to be the same under any OS, but it couldn't see the ext2 partitions inside the extended partition, so couldn't delete them, and generated the error messages you're seeing. The thing I did have was Partition Magic on Windows. Although it didn't know what the partitions were, it did delete them pretty thoroughly. If you haven't got Partition Magic, see if you can get hold of an evaluation copy for a short time. Of course, you could always go the drastic route and low level format your drive. Go on, live dangerously!! - Original Message - From: Lionel Barrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 2:26 AM Subject: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux Hey guys, my question is: how exactly do you uninstall Red Hat 6.1. I tried creating a win98 boot disk, booting it and running fdisk /mbr but all that did was give win98 back control of the booting sequence. I tried using fdisk to delete the partition but it said that logical drives were in existence. When I tried to delete this logical drive, it said none were there. I tried again to delete the extended partition but still with no luck. How can I take Red Hat off completely. I have another 1 gig drive now that I want to put Mandrake 6.1 one on so I wanna blank my 3.2 gig hd to put win98 on and then put M 6.1 on the 1 gig. How do I get Red HAT off???! Thanks in advance Lionel Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] can only use modem as root
Josh McCaffrey wrote: List, Today, I spent some more time trying to solve my problem(s), to no avail. Maybe I'm missing something, but that's the reason I subscribed to a newbie list. Apparently, many of you have had various config problems to varying degrees, so I can only hope that someone on this list has had a similar problem, specifically only being able to initiate a modem connection when logged on as "root". It's gotta be something simple, I know, but I'm not sure where to begin. Thank-you all. Please don't flame me for using Mindspring, as it has been a very fast and reliable connection. There's no problem in using Mindspring, so don't worry about flames for that... To solve the "only dial as root" problem, login as root and start 'netcfg'. Click on the ppp0 line then click 'Edit'. Click 'Customize' then click the 'Allow all users to activate'. Click 'Save' to save the update, then close all the windows. Login as a normal user and you should be able to dial as that user. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Apache
Ah yes i spaced that, If you don't want them to have a shell login set the shell for the user to /bin/false and add it(/bin/false) to /etc/shells On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Jackal wrote: Well you could give them shell accounts and then use the UserDirectory (i think) directive in apache. so each member's page will be http://yourserver/~membername/blah.html something like that...i am a bit fuzzy about the details so I wont try to give you wrong information ... but if you want I can try and find it out for you. == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 Money and women are the most sought after and the least known of any two things we have. -- The Best of Will Rogers ===
RE: [newbie] Re: [joke] Beatles Parodies for Unix Enthusiasts
Excelent!!
More of the same please.
I am printing thease out in A3 to pass out to my developers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stanley O'Larey
Sent: 18 November 1999 12:40
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Re: [joke] Beatles Parodies for Unix Enthusiasts
Some of you might get a chuckle from this.
stan.
"Robert E. Lee" wrote:
"NEW LYRICS TO BEATLES SONGS"
Unix Man (Nowhere Man)
--
He's a real UNIX Man
Sitting in his UNIX LAN
Making all his UNIX plans
For nobody.
Knows the blocksize from du(1)
Cares not where /dev/null goes to
Isn't he a bit like you
And me?
UNIX Man, please listen(2)
My lpd(8) is missin'
UNIX Man
The wo-o-o-orld is at(1) your command.
He's as wise as he can be
Uses lex and yacc and C
UNIX Man, can you help me At all?
UNIX Man, don't worry
Test with time(1), don't hurry
UNIX Man
The new kernel boots, just like you had planned.
He's a real UNIX Man
Sitting in his UNIX LAN
Making all his UNIX plans For nobody ...
Making all his UNIX plans For nobody.
Write in C ("Let it Be")
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."
As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
"Write in C."
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
LOGO's dead and buried,
Write in C.
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.
If you've just spent nearly 30 hours,
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
BASIC's not the answer.
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
Pascal won't quite cut it.
Write in C.
Something
-
Something in the way it fails,
Defies the algorithm's logic!
Something in the way it coredumps...
I don't want to leave it now
I'll fix this problem somehow
Somewhere in the memory I know,
A pointer's got to be corrupted.
Stepping in the debugger will show me...
I don't want to leave it now
I'm too close to leave it now
You're asking me can this code go?
I don't know, I don't know...
What sequence causes it to blow?
I don't know, I don't know...
Something in the initializing code?
And all I have to do is think of it!
Something in the listing will show me...
I don't want to leave it now
I'll fix this tonight I vow!
YESTERDAY
-
Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.
Eleanor Rigby
-
Eleanor Rigby
Sits at the keyboard
And waits for a line on the screen
Lives in a dream
Waits for a signal
Finding some code
That will make the machine do some more.
What is it for?
All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
Guru MacKenzie
Typing the lines of a program that no one will run;
Isn't it fun?
Look at him working,
Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
It takes a while...
All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
Eleanor Rigby
Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
Feels like a jerk.
Guru MacKenzie
Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
Nothing will load.
All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
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[newbie] RE:
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RE: [newbie] ADSL?
Unfortunatly us backward european don't have ADSL yet. :( When it is release in the UK next year, I will post something up on connecting with it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Mings Sent: 18 November 1999 04:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ADSL? No one yet contacted me so I thought I might try again. Anyone out there using a linux box connected to an ISP through ADSL? If so please contact me off list if you are willing to share your experiences of getting it running. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [Re: [newbie] FW: Bouncing!! (991117-8324497)]
Well, *I* am a paying customer...and they were only marginally nicer to me. I sent the response to the list. Mark. - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] FW: Bouncing!! (991117-8324497)] Well seeing as WE aren't the paying customer...why should they...:) Jaguar
[newbie] PHP4?
Anyone try installing the latest PHP beta? If so, how did you get it to work? I've spent about three hours wrestling with it to no avail. Damien Mc Kenna, wife, four cats http://mckenna.brinet.net/ Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] Watch out, I've got a PC and I'm not afraid to use it! ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] bounced emails
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: Has support or abuse @racetrac.com been contacted by anyone? Or what are our options if this persists? Yes. They said that person no longer is affiliated with them.
[newbie] Removal from lists
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Instructions to Compile Mandrake 6.1
Do to the extreme request for documentaion on the compiling of kernels i have developed the attached. This procedure works for Redhat 6.0 as well but some of the file names will be a little different. It's syntax specific for the Mandrake 6.1 release which can be downloaded from, ftp.tux.org/distributions/mandrake. It includes the lateset kernel 2.2.13 and KDE 1.1.2. Please append this file and resubmit to this newsgroup with your system specs, and any recommended changes. Use the Subject: New Mandrake 6.1 Compile Instructions ,in order to help continue the development of the Mandrake Penguins Thanks Oledog p233mmx 64mb ram 4gb hard drive 4mb video __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com CompileMandrake61.doc
Re: [newbie] bounced emails
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm not convinced that the list owners have removed his address. Wouldn't there be a way to *ban* him from re-subscribing, provided that that's what he's really doing? m. hood. Well, they SAY they've taken care of the problem... *shrug* John
Re: [newbie] bounced emails
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: I've been ignoring a lot of this list just cause I don't really have time to read a couple hundred emails a day. Then I noticed that I too have been getting bounced emails from mindspring. Can you give me a brief rundown of the problem here? I think I'll play along and forward these things to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if it really is their problem. The problem is that a former employee of racetrac (a chain of discount gas stations in the southern US) signed up for the "newbie" list and then either quit or got fired w/o unsubscribing from the list That caused an "invalid user" email back with every message posted to the list. So, you see, it's not really a Mindspring problem so much as it is a "racetrac.com" or mandrakesoft.com problem. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Good (Linux) Mailreaders for Mailing lists?
Hello Mike, Mike Fieschko wrote: "Peter" == Peter Heckert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Peter I have problems with threading. Mails made with Netscape Peter and Kmail are threaded fine. Other Mails created by Emacs Peter or Outlook are not threaded correctly. [snip] In what way are mails you receive from emacs users "not threaded correctly"? Are the emacs users also using VM, or do they use exmh or something else? Netscape doesnt thread your messages correctly. I had a look to the headers and cannot find out why. Your headers look fine. (Couldnt find anybody else posting with VM or Emacs :-) I did some work to investigate how netscape does threading. I viewed the headers and looked to the treading and made some conclusions therefrom. Netscape ignores the "In-Reply-To" Field. Netscape uses the "References" Field. If no "References" are found,then Netscape does threading by Subject. If a "Reference"-Field points to a posting,which doesnt contain a "References" field, or/and doesnt begin with "Re:" in the subject, then the Reference-field sometimes :-) is ignored. So Netscape seems to use a mixture of heuristic methods and "References" threading. On what bases do Netscape and Kmail thread? I myself dont use KMail because it doesnt support IMAP. I could only find one little difference between VM's headers and KMail's headers. Both, VM and KMail produce the "In-Reply-To" field. KMail lists the "In-Reply-To" field after the "References" field. VM lists the "In-Reply-To" field first. The only thing which I can think of, is that netscape is seeing the "In-Reply-To" field first and then it gives up and ignores the "References" Field. This would clearly be a netscape related problem. Until now I had not time to get involved with emacs, I'm not an IT-professional and I'm using Linux only after work at home. It's my passion,not my job. greetings, Peter
Re: [newbie] Blacked Out Text
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have installed Mandrake Linux, however when I try to log in all of the text is completely blacked out. Can someone help? What is your hardware setup? What kind of video card, what color depth, etc?
Re: [newbie] Blacked out Text
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have installed version 6.1, however when Xwindows starts, all of the text is blacked out. The display worked fine with Redhat 6.0, but doesn't work now. I have an SiS 6326 video adapter and a CTX VL700 monitor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. at the lilo prompt type "linux 3" and then log in as "root." Go to your /etc/X11/ directory and edit your XF86Config file to add the line "noaccel." I'm not sure where to put it, but if you go to www.linux-mandrake.com and go to the archives for this list and search for SiS, you should find the answer. It's a known problem with the X server that ships with Mandrake 6.1 John
Re: [newbie] bounced emails
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: In going thru my E-mail just now, first I found a returned (bounced) message on an E-mail I had sent to the newbie list, then I found the E-mail posted to the list. Strange. There's a problem somewhere. stan. racetrac.com is a client of Mindspring's. They USED to have an employee, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" who was subbed to this list. Last week sometime they somehow became no longer employed by racetrac and didn't unusbscribe to this list. As a result, each post results in a "bounce" message as well as a post to the list. John
Re: [newbie] can only use modem as root
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: List, Today, I spent some more time trying to solve my problem(s), to no avail. Maybe I'm missing something, but that's the reason I subscribed to a newbie list. Apparently, many of you have had various config problems to varying degrees, so I can only hope that someone on this list has had a similar problem, specifically only being able to initiate a modem connection when logged on as "root". It's gotta be something simple, I know, but I'm not sure where to begin. Thank-you all. Please don't flame me for using Mindspring, as it has been a very fast and reliable connection. chmod a+rw /dev/modem should take care of that. John
[newbie] TEST
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] bounced emails Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:16:24 -0500 On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: Has support or abuse @racetrac.com been contacted by anyone? Or what are our options if this persists? Yes. They said that person no longer is affiliated with them. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] bounced emails
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: I've been ignoring a lot of this list just cause I don't really have time to read a couple hundred emails a day. Then I noticed that I too have been getting bounced emails from mindspring. Can you give me a brief rundown of the problem here? I think I'll play along and forward these things to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if it really is their problem. The problem is that a former employee of racetrac (a chain of discount gas stations in the southern US) signed up for the "newbie" list and then either quit or got fired w/o unsubscribing from the list That caused an "invalid user" email back with every message posted to the list. So, you see, it's not really a Mindspring problem so much as it is a "racetrac.com" or mandrakesoft.com problem. :-) Surely there is something the list maintainers can do to stop this from happening in the future. If a message from the mailing list is returned as undeliverable (and is a permanent undeliverable), automatically unsubscribe the address. Mail servers WILL tell you whether the failure is permanent or temporary (like a full mailbox, etc). -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Telnet
Hi All, This is probably an easy one for most of you! After I installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 I could no longer telnet to my machine. Is telnet disabled by default? What daemon runs it? I've looked through all the Mandrake docs on the CD and every item in Linuxconf to no avail. Please help ... Thanks :) My previous experience was with RedHat 6.0 and telnet just worked after the first install. TIA Darrel
Re: [newbie] FW: Bouncing!! (991117-8324497)
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Mike Perry wrote: Looks like a lot of #$@# to me!! I have a feeling that either they don't know what they are doing, or we are in a lot of trouble :-( Hello If mail is getting bounced back it could be that the person you are mailing to have reached the size limit of their mailbox, that will cause all mail to bounce back. The only other reason for bounced mail would be an incorrect address or and address that does not exist. Of course they couldn't be bothered to look up the account and check to be certain. That would have been too much like customer service. I got a HILARIOUS message from them this afternoon asking me to call their "help desk" to resolve the issue, because it's CLEARLY a configuration issue on my end. HA! I'd really love to call and screw with the help desk guy's mind about the problem. "Are you a MindSpring subscriber?" "Why are you calling us?" "What do you expect us to do?" Almost makes it seem like fun! I take enough of these calls myself during the day to inflict that sort of pain on anyone else though... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Removal from lists
OK, but you should know that you'll never be able to get back on. If you really want off you need to stand on one leg, during a full moon in any month that ends in "J" , and chant "Cry baby, Cry" 13 Times. Signed, God! David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Mike J. Kesow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 5:40 PM Subject: [newbie] Removal from lists PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] FW: Bouncing!! (991117-8324497)]
I'm replying to the topic (?), not just this post. Seems to me y'all, that the complaints about the 'problem' are out numbering the 'problem' by 3 to 1. The 'complaints/ childish treats of retaliation /plans of ner' do well are now the 'problem'! Folks, there's a little key marked 'Delete', that's usually the best solution for unwanted mail. If y'all want a unfettered list it'll need to be moderated any volunteers?? no?, I didn't think so . Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] . On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, you wrote: Well, *I* am a paying customer...and they were only marginally nicer to me. I sent the response to the list. Mark. - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] FW: Bouncing!! (991117-8324497)] Well seeing as WE aren't the paying customer...why should they...:) Jaguar --
Re: [newbie] strange bug on system login
Gene Zesch wrote: Im pretty sure it checks 8 characters only. Gene -Original Message- From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:29 AM Subject: [newbie] strange bug on system login i noticed today that when i login through mingetty, when i give my password, if i type extra letters after my password, then it still lets me in. is this supposed to happen? for instance, if my pass is 'asdfqwer' and i type 'asdfqwertyuiop', then it still lets me in. the first part has to be the right password but after that it doesnt matter. :P You are correct. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Xterm Colors
ATL Oledog wrote: Does anyone know how to change configure font and directory colors in Xterm. man xterm. You have to do it either from an ~/.Xresources or from the command line for xterm. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
Eric I at one time had my Linux box connected to the internet through ADSL. The actual setup was actually trouble free. The most important step I think was changing the settings on the 3Com card to 10Mbps, Half Duplex. (It defaulted to Auto). Other than that name your machine as it's registered with the ISP, give it the domain name of the ISP. Ensure the interface is set as a DHCP client and that should be it. You may need to enter the DNS servers as well. /sbin/ifconfig will tell if your interface has connected and received it's IP address. Dean Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Mings Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ADSL? No one yet contacted me so I thought I might try again. Anyone out there using a linux box connected to an ISP through ADSL? If so please contact me off list if you are willing to share your experiences of getting it running. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Apache
Mike Biemans, CNA Network Administrator BlueStar Advanced Technology North Vancouver, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Apache From: Ronald A. Yacketta My Mnadrake 6.1 install came configured to use public_html for user defined pages user would access there pages by www.blah.com/~username/ my srm.conf has a line like this # UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home # directory if a ~user request is recieved. UserDir public_html Regards, Ron Jackal [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/18/99 11:20:42 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: Re: [newbie] Apache Well you could give them shell accounts and then use the UserDirectory (i think) directive in apache. so each member's page will be http://yourserver/~membername/blah.html something like that...i am a bit fuzzy about the details so I wont try to give you wrong information ... but if you want I can try and find it out for you. == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 Money and women are the most sought after and the least known of any two things we have. -- The Best of Will Rogers ===
[newbie] [Fwd: [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown] (991116-8311022)]
A reply from Mindspring Technical Support... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, Thank you for contacting Mindspring Technical Support. I spoke with Engineering on this Issue. When you are sending the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], it is bouncing. The reason being is this is an alias to an invalid email address. At this time the only option that you have is to remove this address from the list. This is a domain that we host but the user does the setup for his/her addresses. We have no control of this. The user is responsible for this particular address. We see that it is creating two bounced messages also. The simple removal of this user should clear this up right away. If you have any further issues or questions, please contact Mindspring Technical Support @ 1-800-719-4660. Thank You, Rick Balmer Mindspring Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, I would reccommend sending the email again with a valid address in the to field, for some reason your mail client didn't put one in it.--tim Tim Hodge Mindspring Technical Support The message was received by the mailing list correctly. The bounce message that I forwarded to you was a delivery attempt to one of your subscribers. This is happening to every poster to the mailing list and each of them is bounced by your servers. Thank you for your attention to the problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://help.mindspring.com 404.815.9111 in Atlanta 800.719.4660 everywhere else For Online Support Visit Us At: http://help.mindspring.com/support/javasupport.php3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, From what this returned mail says, the e-mail being sent didn't have an e-mail address in it at all. What was the original e-mail address in the TO: line you were trying to send to? The To: would have been [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your attention to this problem. Dana Ferreri MindSpring Technical Support 1-800-719-4660 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Online help: http://help.mindspring.com Online techs: http://help.mindspring.com/chat MindSpring homepage: http://www.mindspring.net Sincerely, MindSpring Enterprises http://www.mindspring.com Don't forget! With your MindSpring account you have several Technical Support resources available to you: 1. Live 24-hour Online Technical Support: http://help.mindspring.com/chat 2. The MindSpring Help Pages: http://help.mindspring.com/support 3. E-mail Support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. Technical Support by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call - 1(800) 719-4660, or (404) 815-9111 in the Atlanta area -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 17 18:23:19 1999 Received: from pop.internal.mindspring.com by dragonfly1 (fetchmail-4.2.9 POP3 run by h-support) for root@localhost (single-drop); Wed Nov 17 18:23:19 1999 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from smtp7.atl.mindspring.net ([207.69.128.51]) by ngquotad00.atl.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id s36df2.t3j.37kb01n for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:10:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from ngquotad00.atl.mindspring.net (ngquotad00.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.128.55]) by smtp7.atl.mindspring.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA25003 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:10:26 -0500 (EST) X-MindSpring-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from mailhost.kal.ameritech.net ([206.141.239.30]) by ngquotad00.atl.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id s36df0.t57.37kb01n for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:10:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from ameritech.net ([206.141.247.39]) by mailhost.kal.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:10:22 -0500 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:10:15 -0500 From: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-20smp i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown] (991116-8311022) References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sincerely, MindSpring Enterprises http://www.mindspring.com Don't forget! With your MindSpring account you have several Technical Support resources available to you: 1. Live 24-hour Online
[newbie] root applications in x
Hey, I'm having trouble running applications that require root privleges in x. After su'ing, execution of say..linuxconf..reports: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Also, some GNOME applets (such as cpumemusage_applet) report the same error. Regards, cyberclay --- cclay at fastlane dot net http://www.abednego.com
Re: [newbie] root applications in x
cyberclay wrote: Hey, I'm having trouble running applications that require root privleges in x. After su'ing, execution of say..linuxconf..reports: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Also, some GNOME applets (such as cpumemusage_applet) report the same error. It's a security issue. The answer is available in the mailing list archives on the Mandrake website. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] I need help
jackie johnson wrote: Awhile back I saw instructions on how to install Fortify to Netscape Can some one please repost those instructions This is covered in the mailing list archive located at the Mandrake website -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Mouse Problem...any takers? :)
Hello, I just bought and installed "the complete Linux Operating System 6.5" which has linux-mandrake 6.1 I believe... My mouse does not work it's a logictech marble trackmanhas the PS/2 plug if I select ps/2 mouse it locks up upon loading X if I try to select it through gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux it locks up everything including my keyboard it also locks up if I try to select a ps2 mouse through XF86Config the only time I can use my keyboard in X is if I select a Serial mouse in the setup I've got an ATI Rage Lt PRO video card it's MACH 64 compatible I think... I'm not sure what other info would be needed here...please help and let me know if you need any more info.. Any help is GREATLY appreciated... thanks Kavan
[newbie] Sis530 VGA onboard
I can't install config X server on a Pentuim III 450 with a SIS530 VGA onboard, even trying Generic VGA. This computer cames with drives for Windowz only. Can somebody help? regards -- Anderson A. eMiranda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] emacs configuration
Hi, all I'mbeginningwith the emacs editor. I installedits X version and I want to learn how configure it ( fonts, background, colors, etc ). I'm a really newbie to emacs. Anyone can help me ? Thanks Pablo Monti Buenos Aires, Argentina
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
Unfortunatly us backward european don't have ADSL yet. :( When it is release in the UK next year, I will post something up on connecting with it. Hopefully by then I will be connected. Since no one else has responded yet, seems I may be at the frontier's edge on this. I am expecting installation a week from monday. This is all new to my ISP as well. I am their "test case", primarily because I have been bugging them to get it up for months. I may be wrong, but I think the major primary players in my area (the phone companies themselves- Bell South and Sprint) won't hook up ADSL to a linux box, in some areas they are not even authorizing mac boxes yet. I will certainly keep folks posted on experiences. Meanwhile if anyone has done this yet I would love to hear from you. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown] (991116-8311022)]
-= This E-Mail Client does not recieve forwarded e-mail messages. =- If you wish to forward content to this subscriber, please copy the message text from the message you wish to forward and paste the said material into a new message This process will make the message much smaller and eliminate having to scroll through annoying headers and other text. Thank you for your cooperation! In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/18/99 at 06:23 PM, Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] was saying: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --B145403E0C55524D3267A8AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A reply from Mindspring Technical Support... MR/2 Tag-Windows is to OS/2 what Etch-a-Sketch is to art.
[newbie] Install problems...
I have a WinBook Laptop computer and I am trying to figure out how to install Mandrake RH6.0. I can not get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM drive. Here is what is going on... 1. I insert the removable floppy drive and boot from the boot disk. 2. When I get to the point where it asks me to pick which cd-rom drive to use, I remove the floppy drive and insert the cd-rom drive with the CD #1 in it. 3. I went through the entire list for CD-ROM drivers and it can not find the cd-rom. 4. It is not SCSI. I have an external CD-ROM drive as well that hooks up to the parallel port as well. I tried it and it can not be found. The CD-ROM is a "Backpack". I tried Fdisk the hard drive and copied the 9 files from the boot disk to it to see if it may be a problem from swapping the CD-Rom with the Floppy drive. I can not get it to boot from the hard drive. I fdisked the hard drive using DOS 6.0 fdisk utility and formatted it. I copied the boot disk to the hard drive and it would not boot from the hard drive. I just need to install Apache web server and X-Windows so I can show off a working copy of my web site when I am on the road. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: [newbie] Printing Envelopes NIGHTMARE
Hi Karen, Karen Heiby wrote: Mike Fieschko wrote: "Karen" == Karen Heiby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karen I can't find a single application that will print envelopes Karen correctly. I have an Epson 660. Star Office feeds every [snip] I do not have an Epson 660, but I notice in Star Office's Printer Setup, that this model is not listed. What printer support did you install with Star Office? I wasn't given the opportunity to setup a printer, however, StarOffice tells me I have a generic printer. It prints documents okay (albeit VERY slowly). It's weird because all my other applications have my printer listed as "epson", which is what I named it. The printer drop-down box in Star Office doesn't contain any other options besides that Generic Printer. I believe that "generic" is the only choice for Linux. The other printer choices would work with win$ only. How can I set up a printer like you say? I looked everywhere! I would ask the StarOffice newsgroup but I can only find a group in German! Look to http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/newsgroups.html to have a list of englishspoken newsgroups. greetings, Peter
RE: [newbie] ADSL?
I have 6.1 connected to a 758 ADSL line and another 6.1 connected to a cable modem. Is there a specific problem you are experiencing? I just ran netcfg as root. Click the Interfaces button. Double-Click the Ethernet card you are connected to ADSL on. Remove any assigned IP and Netmask settings. Click Activate interface at boot time. Change Interface Configuration Protocol to DHCP. Click DONE Click SAVE Click SAVE Click QUIT I did have trouble with the second nic card getting assigned a seperate DHCP address, so I obtained the first one and hard set that NIC to that IP (they probably won't like that, but it worked)and then continue to run DHCP on the other card. If you need more help I'll send config files directly to you. James Shepherd Power Systems Computers NA/SA "I need to order a cupholder replacement for my laptop?" ---Favorite customer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Mings Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 3:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] ADSL? Unfortunatly us backward european don't have ADSL yet. :( When it is release in the UK next year, I will post something up on connecting with it. Hopefully by then I will be connected. Since no one else has responded yet, seems I may be at the frontier's edge on this. I am expecting installation a week from monday. This is all new to my ISP as well. I am their "test case", primarily because I have been bugging them to get it up for months. I may be wrong, but I think the major primary players in my area (the phone companies themselves- Bell South and Sprint) won't hook up ADSL to a linux box, in some areas they are not even authorizing mac boxes yet. I will certainly keep folks posted on experiences. Meanwhile if anyone has done this yet I would love to hear from you. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown] (991116-8311022)]
Well, they're right! Just take his name off of the list. and the mail will quit going to him, and all will be well. mark. - Original Message - From: Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 5:23 PM Subject: [newbie] [Fwd: [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown] (991116-8311022)] A reply from Mindspring Technical Support... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] emacs configuration
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Pablo Monti wrote: Hi, all I'm beginning with the emacs editor. I installed its X version and I want to learn how configure it ( fonts, background, colors, etc ). I'm a really newbie to emacs. Anyone can help me ? Thanks Pablo Monti Buenos Aires, Argentina www.emacs.org has some nice tutorials and faqs. www.gnu.org may also have some good reference material. DvB
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problem...any takers? :)
I'm using the trackman marble in LM 6.1 and have it configured as ps/2 3-button mouse and it works fine. Possibly you clicked on something different? -Original Message-From: Kavan Hayward [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:57 PMSubject: [newbie] Mouse Problem...any takers? :) Hello, I just bought and installed the complete Linux Operating System 6.5 which has linux-mandrake 6.1 I believe... My mouse does not work it's a logictech marble trackmanhas the PS/2 plug if I select ps/2 mouse it locks up upon loading X if I try to select it through gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux it locks up everything including my keyboard it also locks up if I try to select a ps2 mouse through XF86Config the only time I can use my keyboard in X is if I select a Serial mouse in the setup I've got an ATI Rage Lt PRO video card it's MACH 64 compatible I think... I'm not sure what other info would be needed here...please help and let me know if you need any more info.. Any help is GREATLY appreciated... thanks Kavan
Re: [newbie] Sound card integrated on board.
Sorry, sir, I have a home built. Just a cheap board I my bro gave to me. On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: Speak my friend. What would you like to know? I take it you have a Crampaq? Seve -Original Message- From: Joe Marcom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card integrated on board. My 'board has an ESS1888 integrated...it's equivalent to a winmodem. I suspect that this is generally true, but I would like to hear from those who know more than I (almost everyone) :.) -- Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20177604
Re: [newbie] X-server (2)
I am also a beginner in Linux as well, as some of you had the mistake of speaking to me. I am curious, "How do I change Windows Managers?" I read up on GNOME and you can do it from the manager itself, but, from what I can tell, you can't from KDE, the wm I am using now. From my installation, I think I have FVWM, GNOME, and KDE atleast. To answer that last message, I would like to say that XF86Setup, or something similar, works well. I just used it to mess around. On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, If you want to know who is the real beginner in Linux, well, that will be me. I've just installed Linux-Mandrake on my PC, but I can't set up the X-server. I think it caused by the false configuration of my Display card. My display card is i740 and it is not listed when I run Xconfiguration. Where can I find the right driver for my devices if they aren't listed in Linux Configuration (especially Display Card)? How can I install it if I find the file? Can Linux do plug-and-play? Thank's before... -- Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20177604
Re: [newbie] Instructions to Compile Mandrake 6.1
Steve suggested: remove the "preferred-stack-boundary=2" line from both the files /usr/src/linux/Makefile /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/Makefile with an editor (eg. pico,or theKDE one, probably eaiser to use ) save... otherwise you will get an error (in 13-7mdk , dont know about 13-22mdk) Does recompiling increase performance much? I don't really need to for anything, but it would be great if it increased performance -Warren - Original Message - From: ATL Oledog [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:12 AM Subject: [newbie] Instructions to Compile Mandrake 6.1 Do to the extreme request for documentaion on the compiling of kernels i have developed the attached. This procedure works for Redhat 6.0 as well but some of the file names will be a little different. It's syntax specific for the Mandrake 6.1 release which can be downloaded from, ftp.tux.org/distributions/mandrake. It includes the lateset kernel 2.2.13 and KDE 1.1.2. Please append this file and resubmit to this newsgroup with your system specs, and any recommended changes. Use the Subject: New Mandrake 6.1 Compile Instructions ,in order to help continue the development of the Mandrake Penguins... Thanks Oledog p233mmx 64mb ram 4gb hard drive 4mb video __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Sis530 VGA onboard
Groan SiS again... What version of Mandrake have you got? 6.0 or 6.1? I KNOW 6.1 has an option for SiS 530 during install. Heres a link, if you have 6.0. http://home.earthlink.net/~scotto123/ -Warren - Original Message - From: Anderson A. eMiranda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 9:25 AM Subject: [newbie] Sis530 VGA onboard I can't install config X server on a Pentuim III 450 with a SIS530 VGA onboard, even trying Generic VGA. This computer cames with drives for Windowz only. Can somebody help? regards -- Anderson A. eMiranda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Remove
Re: [newbie] Install problems...
Couple of suggestions; 1. Someone else has tried a similar working method, with no success. I believe Linux cannot detect the 'hot swap' of the floppy and the CD-ROM? And the hardware config at boot seems to be a subset of what's really there, usually consisting of the most common basic hardware. You may find the backpack CD-ROM is supported, just not from the install. 2. This is the method I use on my machine, a variation may work on yours. As I haven't got access to a CD-ROM on my Linux box, I physically take the hard drive over to my main machine, and copy the files onto a FAT16 partition on the hard drive. I then take it back, and install from hard drive. I can then delete this install partition. What I'm basically suggesting is to use DOS/Windows or similar to load a partition from the Linux CD-ROM (If you're short on disk space, you only need the RPMS folder), then boot from floppy and install from hard drive. If DOS can see your backpack CD-ROM, boot from a DOS floppy with the CD-ROM plugged in the back. Or use a DOS floppy to get the hard drive partition bootable, boot with the CD-ROM in place, and copy the files from there. File transfer of the files off the floppy doesn't work, as you know. It's not the same as DOS where you just need the system files. I think there is the equivalent of the master boot record on a floppy, which isn't just a case of copying files. - Original Message - From: Michael D. Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: [newbie] Install problems... I have a WinBook Laptop computer and I am trying to figure out how to install Mandrake RH6.0. I can not get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM drive. Here is what is going on... 1. I insert the removable floppy drive and boot from the boot disk. 2. When I get to the point where it asks me to pick which cd-rom drive to use, I remove the floppy drive and insert the cd-rom drive with the CD #1 in it. 3. I went through the entire list for CD-ROM drivers and it can not find the cd-rom. 4. It is not SCSI. I have an external CD-ROM drive as well that hooks up to the parallel port as well. I tried it and it can not be found. The CD-ROM is a "Backpack". I tried Fdisk the hard drive and copied the 9 files from the boot disk to it to see if it may be a problem from swapping the CD-Rom with the Floppy drive. I can not get it to boot from the hard drive. I fdisked the hard drive using DOS 6.0 fdisk utility and formatted it. I copied the boot disk to the hard drive and it would not boot from the hard drive. I just need to install Apache web server and X-Windows so I can show off a working copy of my web site when I am on the road. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
