Re: [newbie] Getting rid of Netscape bookmark message?
Hi! Have you already checked the rights on the file? Maybe they're for root only and you have to change them. Take care! Dear friends: I keep getting the following message from Netscape every five or so minutes: "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". Then I have to press OK. I am getting sick (and tired) or maybe just dizzy seeing this message appear in Netscape 4.7 every five or ten mintues for no reason at all. Any idea how to correct this annoying message! Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
Re: [newbie] login book
Hi! There are no "*" shown when typing your password, just type it and press return, no matter if it shows nothing. it won't let me type in my password at the login box -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
Re: [[newbie] No subject was specified.]
Motoko Kusanagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now comes my really dumb question...where's kppp? I looked in the K menu but couldn't find it On the K menu, go to internet. You should find it there. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Any Windows Media Player for Linux?
I know it exists. I had it once but lost the file since it didn't work %100 for me. I think a couple of years ago M$ had the Windows Media Player available for download from its website and has since removed the page. ...Probably because at the time Linux was insignificant in their eyes. So, someone out there should still have it. Meanwhile, I'll search my email archives. Seve -Original Message- From: Michael A. Kellogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 8:28 PM Subject: [newbie] Any Windows Media Player for Linux? Hi Foiks! Just surfing around the Net and was trying to listen to a local radio station but it only has Windows Media Player format. Does anyone know what program (if any) might be out there that could work with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks! Mike
Re: [newbie] Netscape
I am running strong - 128 - bit encryption. Here is Netscape's report when I try to upgrade the software: Netscape's Free Software Upgrade Welcome to Netscape's automatic software upgrade page! In two easy steps you'll be able to confirm your existing Internet software configuration and begin downloading the recommended upgrade - for FREE! Step 1 of 2 - Do You Need to Upgrade? You appear to be running: Netscape Communicator 4.72: Linux 2.0.x: English (128-bit encryption) Congratulations! You are already running the latest version available in your language. There is no need to upgrade. If you would like to make Netscape Communicator your default browser, select your operating system from the list below and then follow the instructions to choose Netscape Communicator as your default Internet software. If you go to the software updates under help, choose the download section, next page choose download Netscape Products in the paragraph under the Windows and Mac ones, choose other platforms on the next page, and choose Linux 2.0 glibc, on the next page you can mark a check box for strong (which if you follow the links on the words strong encryption) that means 128 bit, you will get a form that says you live the in the US , blah, blah, blah, then accept, and next page choose your download site. THIS IS NOT AN RPM ...but the instructions are right there and it is easy! I just printed the instructions and (before installing, I wrote down the path to netscape, and uninstalled the old one (you will not lose your settings when you install to the same location...don't know otherwise) The follow the printed instructions and voila. I am very please with 4.72...fixes some bad problems with java pages in 4.7 "And that's all I've got to say about that!" grin Bambi Michael Holt wrote: Is there a 128bit version of Netscape 6? I believe there is still only the beta of the regular version. Mike kenny wrote: If you are talking about netscape 6 its all binary... you have to right click on netscape icon, properties, then put in the directory where netscape 6 is hope this helps. I'm just as new as you but after some playing around I found this worked :-) Kenny - Original Message - From: "Mike Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 10:47 PM Subject: [newbie] Netscape Have spent most of the weekend playing with my new Linux. Downloaded the new 128-bit netscape. Think I got it to install but have not figured out how to point the icon on my kde to the right spot. When I click on Netscape I seem to get ver 4.7 56 bit. How do I fix this. Thanks for any help _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
[newbie] WARNING! That bloody AVG anti virus program
G'day all, You might recall (after the shambles with active-X) that someone recommended AVG Anti-virus for Windoze. It was highly regarded by ZDNet, but upon downloading and installing it on my windoze box, I was not impressed. No dramas, just uninstall it if you're not happy, right? Wrong, upon uninstalling it and (of course) having to restart the machine, i found that ALL files in my 'Program files' folder (not the folders, just all the files) had dissapeared. I can only presume that this was caused by a VERY buggy uninstall routine. None of my other drives on the machine were effected, only the 'E' drive, to which I'd installed this dog. I've sent a similiar email to the authors, but thought I'd just warn any Win32 users of the "potential" for disaster. I was very lucky in that i dont store any data files under program files. Anyway, thats my bitch for the day. Cam - Original Message - From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any Windows Media Player for Linux? I know it exists. I had it once but lost the file since it didn't work %100 for me. I think a couple of years ago M$ had the Windows Media Player available for download from its website and has since removed the page. ...Probably because at the time Linux was insignificant in their eyes. So, someone out there should still have it. Meanwhile, I'll search my email archives. Seve -Original Message- From: Michael A. Kellogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 8:28 PM Subject: [newbie] Any Windows Media Player for Linux? Hi Foiks! Just surfing around the Net and was trying to listen to a local radio station but it only has Windows Media Player format. Does anyone know what program (if any) might be out there that could work with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks! Mike
[newbie] where is xfree86-4.0
I have have spent 6 hours chasing links to download xfree86-4.0 so that i can update the riva drivers that i downloaded llast night and one link just run to anorther and another where exactly is the rpm or the tar ball so that stupid linux users like myself can update his system. I am currently using the stable mdk 6.5 or(redhat 6.1) and need to install the drivers for my card to play q3areana that I have bought for linux but i need xfree86 -4 . could someone help me or email it to me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] where is xfree86-4.0
Have you tried www.freshmeat.net or www.rpmfind.net ? Cam - Original Message - From: Chadley Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:21 PM Subject: [newbie] where is xfree86-4.0 I have have spent 6 hours chasing links to download xfree86-4.0 so that i can update the riva drivers that i downloaded llast night and one link just run to anorther and another where exactly is the rpm or the tar ball so that stupid linux users like myself can update his system. I am currently using the stable mdk 6.5 or(redhat 6.1) and need to install the drivers for my card to play q3areana that I have bought for linux but i need xfree86 -4 . could someone help me or email it to me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Computer name
Hi, Ok here is a good question. How do I change the name of my host ( now called localhost )?? Also, my question about hard drive space . I checked several different commands and I still well under what my drive 's space equals. This will not allow me to add any extra software or anything else. I have 2 hard drives one for Windoze temporally and the other for Linux. I plan on staying with Linux once I get know it better. What would be a good way to go in a setup that second drive ? I want to setup separate partitions for boot,user, root and such. Please advise soon Robert F. Trettel I am getting ready to clean house again this time I hope I get these partitions right
[newbie] Install problems
I have been trying (unsucessfully) to install Mandrake 6.5 for about a week now and still cannot get my display to work properly. At the end of the install process my card is correctly identified as an S3 Trio 32/64 PCI and my monitor type Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 15FS is on the list. When it attempts to test the system in the final stages of the install program it 'locks up' and does not go back as the install guide says it will. I have tried manually entering the data from my monitors manual but this makes no difference. I have also tried setting different resolutions (the suggested one is 1024*760 16 bit) but this makes no difference. If I select skip to skip the monitor test the install program finishes sucessfully and when I type startx at the command prompt the screen goes blank and the PC locks up again. Does anybody have any suggestions or know whats wrong? Matthew Wollongong, Australia
[newbie] Netscape and unknown hosts
A couple of weeks ago, a message about Netscape autonomous activity (attempting to reach home.netscape.com, home6.netscape.com and internic.net without user intervention and very often) appeared in this forum. I had to reformat my hard disk and I lost my records about that thread. Maybe someone has a copy of the messages about that annoying matter. I would be very grateful if someone could send me the message with the solution to that problem. Manuel Castelao
[newbie]
Thanks for the help with the c problem. ./program name worked a treat. Just downloaded the preview release of netscape 6 but does anyone no how to place this on the desktop? I've made the icon and in proerties-execute I've typed /home/andrew/package/netscape %f but nothing happens. At the moment I'm having to open konsole, cd into package and type ./netscape for it to fire up. cheers -- scotchpie
[newbie] Kmail problem - please help
Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my mailbox. If it has more tthat I receive an error message: Can't find mail or stmp servers. Could you be so kind to help me out? Many thanks Eduardo
[newbie] Netscape6 on desktop?
Thanks for the help with the c problem. ./program name worked a treat. Just downloaded the preview release of netscape 6 but does anyone no how to place this on the desktop? I've made the icon and in proerties-execute I've typed /home/andrew/package/netscape %f but nothing happens. At the moment I'm having to open konsole, cd into package and type ./netscape for it to fire up. cheers -- scotchpie --- -- scotchpie
Re: [newbie] Problems with my aha 1505
Some liar posted it I guess On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: Whats this rubbish about ctrl A? when the zipdrive is initialised? I tried that and it does Nothing. Thank you for this wealth of info. Where did you see ctrl-a? Paul )0(---)0( Why do you need BELIEF when you KNOW? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- ** Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] Getting rid of Netscape bookmark message?
No problem, glad to have helped. Mike Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Michael: Thanks so much again. I think you guessed right. After turning on Linux this evening and launching Netscape, things seem to be back to normal. So, it might well be the rebooting that did it. My thanks to all of you for your help. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
Re: [newbie] Mouse Speed in X
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Necrotica wrote: Here's a good question for you. :) I am tinkering around right now with using only Enlightenment as my window manager and not using a desktop manager like Gnome. So far, I kinda like it. Its fast, there aren't as many processes chewing up processor time, and its easy on the RAM. You want a light wm? Give blackbox a try! There are not as many features as in enlightenment, but it's REALLY fast and doesn't eat much resources. However, I can't seem to find a way to speed up my mouse. The default X mouse speed is wy too slow for me and I can't seem to find any information on www.xfree.org about it. There isn't anything in the XF86Config file either. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks... Take a look at the XF86Config man page. They talk about the 'resolution' of the mouse device. Maybe that's what you are looking for. (but I'm not sure) -Chris HTH Flupke
[newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
Hello all, I am assuming that most here have installed and run several different flavors of Linux before deciding on one to use "full time". I was wondering (hopefully without a flame war of any type) if any of you can tell me what the advantages to Mandrake of RH Linux are? I am putting together a small home network that will have an NT 4.0 or Win2K server and two or three other nodes on it. I am not too concerned with the graphical environment on the Linux box. Primarily I will be running Apache, MySQL, PHP and Python on it. I look forward to your comments. David -- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken
RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
I am assuming that most here have installed and run several different flavors of Linux before deciding on one to use "full time". I was wondering (hopefully without a flame war of any type) if any of you can tell me what the advantages to Mandrake of RH Linux are? I can clearly say the Mandrake install far exceeds the ease of the RH install. Drak X is amazing. However, it sounds like you're not too concerned about the install. Thanks, BG
RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
At 09:34 AM 5/1/00 -0400, you wrote: I can clearly say the Mandrake install far exceeds the ease of the RH install. Drak X is amazing. However, it sounds like you're not too concerned about the install. Actually, I am. Considering my lack of skill and ability with Linux the first thing that drew me to Mandrake was the ease of install. I just did a RH 6.2 intall yesterday and although it was not too bad, I think the Mandrake install was still better and easier. David -- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken
Re: [newbie] A stupid question on Linux C
In a c program, you are not allowed to declare a variable in the middle of
a function. You only can do that in c++ code.
In c, you have to declare it in the beginning of the function.
So your code should be :
int main()
{
int k;
printf ...
...
k=4;
printf("k=%d\n",k);
}
I think it should work this way, and k won't be global.
HTH
Flupke
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Nickolay Belostotsky wrote:
Hi all! This is my program:
test1.c:
int main()
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");
printf("Input1=%c",getchar());
printf("Input2=%c",getchar());
int k=4;
printf("k=%i\n",k);
}
When I gcc test1.c I get this:
gcc output:
test1.c: In function `main':
test1.c:6 parse error before `int'
test1.c:7: `k' undeclared (first use in this function)
blah blah
When I modify the program thus:
test1.c:
int k;
int main()
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");
printf("Input1=%c",getchar());
printf("Input2=%c",getchar());
k=4;
printf("k=%i\n",k);
}
everything goes without a problem. But thus the integer `k' is global,
which I don't want it to be! Is there something to be done to amend
this? Where can I find info on Linux C?
Thanks,
-- Koly
RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH At 09:34 AM 5/1/00 -0400, you wrote: I can clearly say the Mandrake install far exceeds the ease of the RH install. Drak X is amazing. However, it sounds like you're not too concerned about the install. Actually, I am. Considering my lack of skill and ability with Linux the first thing that drew me to Mandrake was the ease of install. I just did a RH 6.2 intall yesterday and although it was not too bad, I think the Mandrake install was still better and easier. ...and I think you'll find that same quality throughout the distribution. It's very easy to configure and set things up. However that might be biased. (This is a Mandrake list afer all... ;-)
[newbie] How do I install Mandrake 7.0???
Hi all, I just downloaded the 2 directories, Mandrake and images, and the install instructions are confusing. I don't have a CD burner and I would like to install off of the hard disk. In fact, I would think that most people want to install straight from their download so I don't know why the instructions are tailored for CD users (doesn't the CD version come with installation documentation?). Do I somehow need to use the hd.img file? Please help! Peter
Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake 7.0???
you need to make a boot floppy to install from hard disk - Original Message - From: "Chen, PeterX" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:26 AM Subject: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake 7.0??? Hi all, I just downloaded the 2 directories, Mandrake and images, and the install instructions are confusing. I don't have a CD burner and I would like to install off of the hard disk. In fact, I would think that most people want to install straight from their download so I don't know why the instructions are tailored for CD users (doesn't the CD version come with installation documentation?). Do I somehow need to use the hd.img file? Please help! Peter _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
RE: [newbie] Problems with my aha 1505
Ctrl+A gets you into the SCSI BIOS (if it's enabled) on many Adaptec SCSI cards. I'm not sure of it's applicability in this situation w/ your zip drive but I have configured many a hard drive w/ options in Adaptec's BIOS. Beyond basic SCSI config, there's also a utility in the BIOS to low-level format your SCSI drive. 2 cents lighter, I take my leave... Regards, Sam On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: Whats this rubbish about ctrl A? when the zipdrive is initialised? I tried that and it does Nothing. Thank you for this wealth of info. Where did you see ctrl-a? Paul )0(---)0( Why do you need BELIEF when you KNOW? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- ** Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
[newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
Hi, I wanted to write in and let everyone know that my first run through an installation was this past Saturday night, it was pretty much a breeze, and it went off without a hitch. :) I know it took me forever to feel like I was ready, I wanted the expert server install, and although I made a minor misconfiguration, Mandrake's DrakX wasn't affected, by it. I did a lot of reading, until I felt I was comfortable, before I did it. I already want to do it again! :) It was actually FUN! It was a beautiful sight, to open into a KDE desk top environment for the first time. I feel as if I finally have FREEDOM in hand! There is so much for me to learn and I am very excited about it all. Thank you all, each and every one for your contributions, for they really are an effort of a huge and awesome magnitude. The docs on the Mandrake site are far better than the docs in the box at least for certain aspects of a new installation, such as the DiskDrake. I obviously have many configurations to make. I am unable, as of yet to make an internet connection (a result of my assigning the wrong com port to my modem during installation) yet when I change it in kppp to ttyS2 for com 3, I get an error saying that the modem is busy, when it is not in use? I tried to set the proper com port both as 'root' and also as 'user'. Where is the best place to familiarize myself with the entire 'tree structure' of my new Linux Mandrake installation? Where can I get more advanced information regarding good disk partition set ups? Where is the best place to configure the overall Osystem? Where is the best place to configure all of the servers? My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, and although my first cd rom was recognized it is not recognized as a dvd drive, which it is. DrakX found and recoginzed my printer, even though it was not on its list, but it is not responding to test prints. My scanner also appears to be undetected. b/web Wade PS-To all those who put forth, publish, and promote the notion that a Linux OS is hard to install, or "a daunting task of installing Linux", be it known, that this is false and erroneous information, sounds like a m$ idea to me. As a Linux Newbie who just did their First Installation, I found that "Linux was VERY EASY to install". More than that I found that installing Linux was actually FUN! The 1024th cylinder limit, for dual boot systems that boot Linux and windows, seems to confuse many people who are unfamiliar with partitioning a hard drive, and indeed it served to confuse me. If intead it was referred to as the '8 Gigabyte Limit', it may be easier for many people to understand what is actually being conveyed. The 'BIG Secret' is that a 'pre-existing windows partition, condition' must begin and end on your hard drive before it reaches the 8 Gigabyte Limit mark. In my instance windows was on my 17 Gig hard drive alone and when I wanted to add Linux, I had to shrink my windows partition down from 17 Gigs to 6 Gigs so that it was smaller or below the 8 Gig Limit mark, in order to get Linux to install with Boot Magic. Also of particular note if you want to use Boot Magic, is that you must re-install Boot Magic prior to installing Linux yet after shrinking your windows partition down to a size below 8 Gigabytes in order to use it, other wise you'll get Partition Magics version of LILO called PQ Boot, with Partition Magic version 5.01 anyway, the older version may not have PQ Boot included.
RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, I think at this time, Linux only supports scsi cd burners. Can someone confirm?
[newbie] blackbox
I just saw the message about blackbox. Has anyone tried it and if so how does it compare to say a more standard X? Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
RE: [newbie] Problems with my aha 1505
How do I turn on the write protect and the password protection for the zip250? On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote: Ctrl+A gets you into the SCSI BIOS (if it's enabled) on many Adaptec SCSI cards. I'm not sure of it's applicability in this situation w/ your zip drive but I have configured many a hard drive w/ options in Adaptec's BIOS. Beyond basic SCSI config, there's also a utility in the BIOS to low-level format your SCSI drive. 2 cents lighter, I take my leave... Regards, Sam On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: Whats this rubbish about ctrl A? when the zipdrive is initialised? I tried that and it does Nothing. Thank you for this wealth of info. Where did you see ctrl-a? Paul )0(---)0( Why do you need BELIEF when you KNOW? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- ** Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- ** Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] ISP
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: One I have used and it works pretty well is freewwweb.com. I'm not sure of the url for the sign-up page, but I'll post it when I find it. This one is good, because you don't need any software. You sign up and get a pop3 account and a phone number to configure your dialer or scripts with. Don J. It's www.freewwweb.com. You have to have there home page set as the home page of your browser. You cannot stay on more than5 hours at a time or 80 hours a month, but they allow you to open multiple accounts. Michelle
[newbie] lost+found folder
What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle
Re: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
I have a Creative Blaster 8432 CD-RW and the Mandrake install recognized it. Charles - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:20 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, I think at this time, Linux only supports scsi cd burners. Can someone confirm?
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
Hi! If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
[newbie] first graphical version
Kind of a general question here... Does anybody know when Linux first went to a GUI and not entirely command line operated? Thanks, BG
[newbie] Problems with boot disk.
I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete installed on the following system Athlon 500 MHZ 64M ram. 20G byte IBM hard disk. I have as a first partition an 8G fat32 partition with Windows 98. DrakeX setup a swap partition, a /boot partition (hda5) and a root partition (hda7). Boot loader is lilo. I need to reinstall Windows 98. I understand that if a do this Windows 98 setup will remove lilo from the boot sector in favor of its own boot loader. For this reason I am trying to make a boot floppy so I can mount the root filesystem and reinstall lilo after I reload 98. I have tried created boot and rescue disks using both dos (writeraw) and linux following the instructions from the documentation. The boot disk works but whenever I select "rescue" from the "boot:" prompt and put in the rescue diskette I get an error. I am not sure but I think the error message is the same as below. I have also tried to use mkbootdisk to make a boot floppy. When I boot off it says it is trying to load the root filesystem off of hda7, I then get an "Error: 0x10" message. Any suggestions.
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
i've been wondering that myself hehe but never thought of asking :-) - Original Message - From: "Michelle Schneider" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:47 AM Subject: [newbie] lost+found folder What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
now thats really a a fascinating concept - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder Hi! If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Install problems on older machines?!?!
I've been trying to install mandrake linux for over a week now. After removing half of my RAM (Different timing caused ramdrive crash) Changing my processor from CYRIX to AMD i still cant install it. When i boot from cd (GOLDSTAR 8X ATAPI cdrom) i get halfway through the install then DrakX freezes on me. If i try the autoboot it wont detect my cd (allthough i started it from the cd), I have also tried the hd boot floppy but then in second stage install it gives me "installation exited abnormaly code 9" or something. I think i've seen an error message on one of the screens "No space left on device" which is very odd, since i have approx 15GB free discspace on the HD i wish to install to. I know my machine is old, but do i really have to buy a new one to install linux?!? Mandrake claims to support all of my hardware: AMD-k6 200MHZ ATAPI Cdrom IDE Harddrive IBM 20 GB IDE Harddrive Seagate 2 GB I have downloaded a new hd bootdisc image and will try again tonight, but if anyone can help me please let me hear from you. Jimmi J. Wimmersjö. "Ni vet, Hjärnan , den slutar aldrig att fungera!"
Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake 7.0???
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Chen, PeterX wrote: Hi all, I just downloaded the 2 directories, Mandrake and images, and the install instructions are confusing. I don't have a CD burner and I would like to install off of the hard disk. In fact, I would think that most people want to install straight from their download so I don't know why the instructions are tailored for CD users (doesn't the CD version come with installation documentation?). Do I somehow need to use the hd.img file? Please help! Peter Yeah Peter you do. Download the rawrite util found in the dosutils (where you downloaded the rest) there you make a boot disk for installing from the HD. Insert the newly made boot floppy, restart and you should be on your way! MVH Jimmi Wimmersjö. "Ni vet, Hjärnan , den slutar aldrig att fungera!"
Re: [newbie] where is xfree86-4.0
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/contrib/RPMS/ XFree86 4.0 stuff is there. Richard On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote: I have have spent 6 hours chasing links to download xfree86-4.0 so that i can update the riva drivers that i downloaded llast night and one link just run to anorther and another where exactly is the rpm or the tar ball so that stupid linux users like myself can update his system. I am currently using the stable mdk 6.5 or(redhat 6.1) and need to install the drivers for my card to play q3areana that I have bought for linux but i need xfree86 -4 . could someone help me or email it to me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
Bill Take a look at this web page and I think you will find out that the IDE burner needs to be set up as scsi. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/ See YA Lonnie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, I think at this time, Linux only supports scsi cd burners. Can someone confirm?
Re: [newbie] first graphical version
1992? [snip] The project that has become XFree86 was initiated in April, 1992 by four developers seeking to provide enhancements to Release 5 of Version 11 of The X Window System (X11R5). At the time, the existing support for Intel-based Unix platforms was unstable, and performed poorly on the current display technology. These four individuals had been working on enhancements, independently, and at (sometimes) cross-purposes. The decision of the four to unite their development efforts has led to one of the most successful free software projects in history. XFree86 grew rapidly, largely due to the concurrent development of freely available operatings systems (Linux, 386BSD, and its follow-ons, FreeBSD and NetBSD). Each project helped stimulate the growth of the other. The free operating systems provided the massive user base for XFree86, while the availability of a quality, high-performance windowing system helped make the operating systems accessible to the users, and helped ensure their success. While there is no reliable way to judge how many people use our software, due to the ad-hoc nature of its distribution, estimates of 100-500,000 users of the free operating systems have been made, with an estimate that 80% or more of these users are using XFree86. Since the initiation of the project, there have been 7 major and several smaller releases of XFree86. XFree86 provides workstation- class performance on a wide range of hardware, while still providing quality support for the low-end systems in use by a large number of free-software users (refer to the documentation located with the software distribution (see below) for details on supported hardware and operating systems). XFree86 has maintained good working relationships with many companies and organizations involved with the development of X products. Several of these organizations have members involved in the development of XFree86, providing a possibly unique symbiosis between a free software project and its commercial "competitors". [snip] taken from: http://www.xfree.org/corp_profile.html Regards, Nathan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:18 AM Subject: [newbie] first graphical version Kind of a general question here... Does anybody know when Linux first went to a GUI and not entirely command line operated? Thanks, BG
Re: [newbie] blackbox
On Mon, 1 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just saw the message about blackbox. Has anyone tried it and if so how does it compare to say a more standard X? I usually use blackbox. I like it. It's fast and light, but of course, it's a bit 'nude' in front of KDE, GNOME, or even enlightenment. I'd advice you to try it to make your own idea. If you want to start it without quitting your currently running Xwindow, just go to a console abd type : xinit -e blackbox -- :1 and it will open a new X server running blackbox. Flupke Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
[newbie] resolution
hi all, I am having so much trouble with the resolution on my monitor running X the default resolution is 340x204 I tryed everything to change it and nothing works.. I emailed for support to know avail , can someone please help me. is there a way to change it manually..the box is a compaq and the monitor is a optiquest q71..please help
[newbie] Installing in a TI P75 laptop
I have a spare 800MB 2.5" HD I was thinking on putting in my laptop (A TI Extensa 555, which does not have a CD), swapping it for the one I use to run W95 on it. So, this small HD would have just linux-mandrake. Now, how to install it? I really have no space to put the OS in it unless I can make it rather small. The option I have here is to put the mandrake distribution in my desktop CD and then ftp it from it. Problem in that is my multifunction card. It does modem and ether, but it is an IBM Home Away, which I do not think is supported by mandrake. What to do then?
[newbie] Panasonic Zip Drive
Has anyone found success using an internal Panasonic Zip drive? I know that the Iomega drive is Linux compatible, but could not find any info re this one. Michael Coady
RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
you need to use scsi-ide to use an ide burner i can't remember all the detail but it goes somthing like this change "linux" in lilo.conf to "linux scsi-ide" map the ide drive to a scsi device(scd0?), then mount(supermount) the scsi device (or link the scsi driver scd0? to cdrom1 or 2 there's some more on this topic in the list, and also a faq. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 May 2000 16:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, I think at this time, Linux only supports scsi cd burners. Can someone confirm?
Re: [newbie] Computer name
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Robert Trettel wrote: Ok here is a good question. How do I change the name of my host ( now called localhost )?? As root, run linuxconf. Select 'networking', then 'basic host information'. There you will find an option "host name", which will allow you to set the hostname. Also, my question about hard drive space . I checked several different commands and I still well under what my drive 's space equals. This will not allow me to add any extra software or anything else. Use 'df' (disk free) for that. My machine tells me this: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 1.6G 555M 1007M 36% / /dev/hdb1 7.7G 6.5G 844M 89% /big /dev/hda1 2.0G 998M 1018M 50% /mnt/c /dev/hda5 2.0G 598M 1.4G 29% /mnt/d /dev/hda8 604M 351M 252M 58% /mnt/e /dev/hda9 204M 93M 110M 46% /mnt/f /dev/hda10 204M 17M 186M 9% /mnt/g /dev/hda11 306M 80M 225M 26% /mnt/h /dev/hda3 15M 1.6M 13M 11% /boot /dev/hda12 4.0G 917M 2.9G 23% /usr /dev/hda13 4.8G 83M 4.5G 2% /home I have 2 hard drives one for Windoze temporally and the other for Linux. I plan on staying with Linux once I get know it better. What would be a good way to go in a setup that second drive ? I want to setup separate partitions for boot,user, root and such. Good idea. Paul )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
On 1 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I am. Considering my lack of skill and ability with Linux the first thing that drew me to Mandrake was the ease of install. I just did a RH 6.2 intall yesterday and although it was not too bad, I think the Mandrake install was still better and easier. ...and I think you'll find that same quality throughout the distribution. It's very easy to configure and set things up. However that might be biased. (This is a Mandrake list afer all... ;-) Let me tell you that I think the Mandrake install is much better. I installed several RH's, and I was thrilled to see Mandrake do this so much easier. Paul )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Kmail problem - please help
On Mon, 1 May 2000, mendes wrote: Perhaps a good idea is to uninstall everything you can find of Kmail, and then reinstall the last version that you downloaded. It sometimes helps (no garantuee, I use Qmail and Pine). Paul Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my mailbox. If it has more tthat I receive an error message: Can't find mail or stmp servers. Could you be so kind to help me out? Many thanks Eduardo )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] YASQ on Linux C
I'm sorry for Yet Another Stupid Question on C programming in Linux ( I'm aware that this is not the main purpose of this list but I appreciate somebody could answer to this). What function can I use to clean the getchar() buffer before taking another var. Let me explain this better: In my program I'm taking the user decision to continue or not in 2 or 3 functions. In the first user's input it works fine, but from now on it seems like the getchar() buffer takes the value of '\n' from the last input. So I was reading in a web page about a function to clean the buffer but it didn't mention the actual name of the function. Does anybody know the name or another way to do this?
Re: [newbie] Install problems
I don't know 6.5, I've only installed 7.0, are you allowing software probing during the install, is so - don't. Have you tried configuring X using XF86Setup (case sensitive) after the install, might work if you select a standard svga install and then tweak it using XF86Setup afterwards On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote: I have been trying (unsucessfully) to install Mandrake 6.5 for about a week now and still cannot get my display to work properly. At the end of the install process my card is correctly identified as an S3 Trio 32/64 PCI and my monitor type Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 15FS is on the list. When it attempts to test the system in the final stages of the install program it 'locks up' and does not go back as the install guide says it will. I have tried manually entering the data from my monitors manual but this makes no difference. I have also tried setting different resolutions (the suggested one is 1024*760 16 bit) but this makes no difference. If I select skip to skip the monitor test the install program finishes sucessfully and when I type startx at the command prompt the screen goes blank and the PC locks up again. Does anybody have any suggestions or know whats wrong? Matthew Wollongong, Australia
Re: [newbie] Install problems on older machines?!?!
Have you set your PnP to DISABLE in the BIOS? That is what I had to do to have my install run AOK! don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Mon, 1 May 2000 18:42:47 +0200 (MET DST) =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jimmi_Wimmersj=F6?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been trying to install mandrake linux for over a week now. After removing half of my RAM (Different timing caused ramdrive crash) Changing my processor from CYRIX to AMD i still cant install it. When i boot from cd (GOLDSTAR 8X ATAPI cdrom) i get halfway through the install then DrakX freezes on me. If i try the autoboot it wont detect my cd (allthough i started it from the cd), I have also tried the hd boot floppy but then in second stage install it gives me "installation exited abnormaly code 9" or something. I think i've seen an error message on one of the screens "No space left on device" which is very odd, since i have approx 15GB free discspace on the HD i wish to install to. I know my machine is old, but do i really have to buy a new one to install linux?!? Mandrake claims to support all of my hardware: AMD-k6 200MHZ ATAPI Cdrom IDE Harddrive IBM 20 GB IDE Harddrive Seagate 2 GB I have downloaded a new hd bootdisc image and will try again tonight, but if anyone can help me please let me hear from you. Jimmi J. Wimmersjö. "Ni vet, Hjärnan , den slutar aldrig att fungera!" YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] Lilo Config
Seem to have Lilo working in Linux, but three files are missing: /boot/us.klt /boot/bootmesg.txt /boot/initrd.img The only solution I have come up with is to reload win98, and then reinstall Linux. Is there another work around? Thank you in advance. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SV: [newbie] Install problems on older machines?!?!
Have you set your PnP to DISABLE in the BIOS? That is what I had to do to have my install run AOK! Yeah i have.. still freezes /Jimmi On Mon, 1 May 2000 18:42:47 +0200 (MET DST) =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jimmi_Wimmersj=F6?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been trying to install mandrake linux for over a week now. After removing half of my RAM (Different timing caused ramdrive crash) Changing my processor from CYRIX to AMD i still cant install it. When i boot from cd (GOLDSTAR 8X ATAPI cdrom) i get halfway through the install then DrakX freezes on me. If i try the autoboot it wont detect my cd (allthough i started it from the cd), I have also tried the hd boot floppy but then in second stage install it gives me "installation exited abnormaly code 9" or something. I think i've seen an error message on one of the screens "No space left on device" which is very odd, since i have approx 15GB free discspace on the HD i wish to install to. I know my machine is old, but do i really have to buy a new one to install linux?!? Mandrake claims to support all of my hardware: AMD-k6 200MHZ ATAPI Cdrom IDE Harddrive IBM 20 GB IDE Harddrive Seagate 2 GB I have downloaded a new hd bootdisc image and will try again tonight, but if anyone can help me please let me hear from you. Jimmi J. Wimmersjö. "Ni vet, Hjärnan , den slutar aldrig att fungera!" YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] first graphical version
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kind of a general question here... Does anybody know when Linux first went to a GUI and not entirely command line operated? The X Window System existed prior to Linux being a twinkle in Linus' eyes. Check the XFree86.org site for background information. You might also try the OpenGroup (the name is a bit misleading, really) who actually "owns" the X11 standard. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] ISP
Paul what he means is a free one where certain windows files wont run in Linux :) And a lot of the ISPs just make sure that a windows dilaup will work with their server. - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, The Buckster wrote: Is there any free ISP's that I can use with Mandrake? I know that there's quite a few for Windows enviroment, including FreeISP.com that will be a DSL connection... Appreciate the help! An ISP is not depending on a certain OS. (If the ISP was, they should be taken out of business ;) Paul )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] login
Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original Message- From: josh's e-mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login book Importance: High Sensitivity: Confidential it won't let me type in my password at the login box _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] PGP on 7.02 - need help, please!
Hello I downloaded and installed pgp soft on a Mandrake box. I couldn't quite understand what I did so I wonder whether someone could help me with the follwoing: a) ID? As far as I know I entered Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I am not sure which is my ID? b) Althoguh I have run the whole pgp -kg, I have not idea what is my secret and public keys. How can I see them? Thanks a lot. Regards Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Kmail problem - please help
Hello Thanks a lot. I tried to clean up the disk and tomorrow I will know if it is working. Many thanks Eduardo On Mon, 1 May 2000, mendes wrote: Perhaps a good idea is to uninstall everything you can find of Kmail, and then reinstall the last version that you downloaded. It sometimes helps (no garantuee, I use Qmail and Pine). Paul Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my mailbox. If it has more tthat I receive an error message: Can't find mail or stmp servers. Could you be so kind to help me out? Many thanks Eduardo )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
That's just what I've been told... what's right then? now thats really a a fascinating concept - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder Hi! If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
Re: [newbie] login
I never used the graphical login, but it doesn't use any "*"'s in the non- graphical login. Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original Message- From: josh's e-mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login book Importance: High Sensitivity: Confidential it won't let me type in my password at the login box _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
[newbie] Autoboot Patch
Help, I have ben trying to install Mandrake 7.0 and it goes thru the setup and say's congradulation you are done, linux will now reboot to configure Xwindows and during the reboot it locks up my computer. I have tried to download the patch for this to my boot disk but when I ask to save to my disk my computer states that it has not been formated. Please help, I bought this for its ease of install and setup and this has been frustrating. I am obviosly new to Linux and thought wuth this I would not nedd hand-holding but was wrong. Thanks Matt
Re: [newbie] Lilo Config
Bobare you sure there's no initrd.img file in the /boot directory or on your boot floppy (mine in /boot is called initrd-2.2.14-15mdk.img). The other two files are trivial. Anyway I'll attach them to this message (the one sent direct to you). Alan Bob wrote: Seem to have Lilo working in Linux, but three files are missing: /boot/us.klt /boot/bootmesg.txt /boot/initrd.img The only solution I have come up with is to reload win98, and then reinstall Linux. Is there another work around? Thank you in advance. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Lilo Config
format mbr and then resintall lilo?? - Original Message - From: "Bob" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Lilo Config Seem to have Lilo working in Linux, but three files are missing: /boot/us.klt /boot/bootmesg.txt /boot/initrd.img The only solution I have come up with is to reload win98, and then reinstall Linux. Is there another work around? Thank you in advance. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] A notebook as an extra console
I'm wondering if it's possible to connect a notebook through one of the serial ports, or otherwise, to my Linux machine, and use it as an extra console, i.e. an extra tty. Does anyboy have an idea how to do it?
Re: [newbie] login
Both of them dont use "*" they are left blank but it knows you typed it in. So type it in and see what happens. And it will be blank but it should work - Original Message - From: Hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] login I never used the graphical login, but it doesn't use any "*"'s in the non- graphical login. Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original Message- From: josh's e-mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login book Importance: High Sensitivity: Confidential it won't let me type in my password at the login box _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
no i'm saying its fascinating that linux takes care of itself when shut down improperly. fascinating concept on part of the authors of linus :-) kenny - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder That's just what I've been told... what's right then? now thats really a a fascinating concept - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder Hi! If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Lilo Config
To get rid of lilo make a win bootup disk and then when its at A: type A:fdisk /mbr and it will erase lilo - Original Message - From: kenny [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo Config format mbr and then resintall lilo?? - Original Message - From: "Bob" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Lilo Config Seem to have Lilo working in Linux, but three files are missing: /boot/us.klt /boot/bootmesg.txt /boot/initrd.img The only solution I have come up with is to reload win98, and then reinstall Linux. Is there another work around? Thank you in advance. Bob Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] partition
i just purchased partition magic 5.0 pro. it has a make linux partition option. i was wondering if that is the only partitioning i will have to do for linux? also i am kind of sure how to make a bootdisk but could you tell me how so i can feel good about it? _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] LILO: installing post-1024 cylinder patch
Thanks, Anthony, for the tip! I was just about to get to work on it and suddenly realise that the patch I downloaded was not rpm! Please advise what to do with all those uncompressed files! (a complete newbie here!) Many thanks! SM Anthony Huereca wrote: First install Linux wherever you want. Don't worry about it being past the 1024 cylinder. BUt just make sure that during installation you make a boot disk. Then, after you finish installing, reboot and use that boot disk to get to Linux. Then once in Linux, install the new LILO. Can anyone advise, now with this patch, how to install a fresh version of Linux on a computer beyond the 1024th cylinder? How do we go about this? Many thanks SM Foo -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
[newbie] Dial Up Internet
Hi Everyone, I am using Mandrake 7 and I can't seem to get a dial up conenction going. kppp says the modem doesn't respond and the system dialer can't connect. Can anyone run the procedure by me? The documentation in Mandrake wasn't helpful at all. Thanks Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] lost+found folder
If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. To understand the lost+found folder you need to understand a little of how Unix handles the filesystems. (OK, GNU/Linux, but that's hairsplitting for the lawyers.) In order to speed up disk access so that a program may write out something, then get back to whatever it was doing, the operating system creates a number of write buffers for the disk. (Remember that most of this stuff came about when a 95 ms access time was king of the hill.) Basically the OS has a section of memory that it accepts bytes destined to go on the hard drive, then lies to the requesting program that it's been written so the user program will get back to its business. Then the system really flushes the bytes out to the physical disk later when it gets a chance. Part of the shutdown routine is to force the disk buffers to sync all their data to the physical drive before the system halts. As part of that sync procedure the systems writes a flag to the filesystem that all the buffers are clean and the file system is intact. This flag gets changed when the filesystem is used to indicate that the *LOGICAL* state of the hard drive does not match the *PHYSICAL* state of the hard drive. (Way over-simplified, but you get the idea.) If you just reach out and kill the power or some terrible, bad, naughty program crashes the system this flag says "DIRTY" and the startup procedure runs the fsck (FileSystemChecK) program, which is somewhat analogous to the windows scandisk program. Now, fsck does a whole bunch of swell things, and you should probably read the documentation if you really want to know the nuts and bolts details. But one of the things it does, if it finds an intact (somewhat) file with no place to call home it stuffs it into the lost+found directory and gives it a generic name similar to the MS-DOS C:\FILE.CHK stuff. They might be trash, or they might be treasures; it's up to you to look at them and decide. The fact that GNU/Linux does this automagically is a remnant of the days when the central host was a big box kept in a glass house and tended by high priests called "system administrators" around the clock. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. It's good that you've never seen anything in it. I hope you never do. Just remember to shut the system down properly. (And don't run any naughty programs!) MB
[newbie] install
ok here is the thing...when the mandrake7.0 get to the recommended,customized or expert i understand it partitions and reformats my hd...but i am using partition magic 5.0 pro and i have windows...which should i choose...? === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] install
DO customize and when it formats i think it lets you choose what partitions so KNOW YOUR PARTITIONS. Im not sure cause i got another box but it iwll ask you before FOrmatting - Original Message - From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:42 PM Subject: [newbie] install ok here is the thing...when the mandrake7.0 get to the recommended,customized or expert i understand it partitions and reformats my hd...but i am using partition magic 5.0 pro and i have windows...which should i choose...? === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Netscape
Fran Parker wrote: I am running strong - 128 - bit encryption. (snip) THIS IS NOT AN RPM ...but the instructions are right there and it is easy! I just printed the instructions and (before installing, I wrote down the path to netscape, and uninstalled the old one (you will not lose your settings when you install to the same location...don't know otherwise) The follow the printed instructions and voila. I am very please with 4.72...fixes some bad problems with java pages in 4.7 "And that's all I've got to say about that!" grin Bambi Hey Bambi, If you want to download the pre-rpm'd files optimized for Mandrake (which I think is the easiest way to handle upgrading anything), go to: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/RPMS/ I'm using these packages as we speak, and I'm very happy with them (4.72-2mdk / 128bit version) Mike -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
Re: [newbie] install
allright thanks...i know it will turn out good...thanks again... === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === - Original Message - From: "Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] install DO customize and when it formats i think it lets you choose what partitions so KNOW YOUR PARTITIONS. Im not sure cause i got another box but it iwll ask you before FOrmatting - Original Message - From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:42 PM Subject: [newbie] install ok here is the thing...when the mandrake7.0 get to the recommended,customized or expert i understand it partitions and reformats my hd...but i am using partition magic 5.0 pro and i have windows...which should i choose...? === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
meijin wrote: Hello all, I am assuming that most here have installed and run several different flavors of Linux before deciding on one to use "full time". I was wondering (hopefully without a flame war of any type) if any of you can tell me what the advantages to Mandrake of RH Linux are? I am putting together a small home network that will have an NT 4.0 or Win2K server and two or three other nodes on it. I am not too concerned with the graphical environment on the Linux box. Primarily I will be running Apache, MySQL, PHP and Python on it. I look forward to your comments. David -- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken I haven't tried the lastest version of Red Hat (6.2), but I do have 6.0 and did some downloading of 6.1 packages before I started with Mandrake. Actually, the reason that I started using Mandrake was because I just stumbled onto they're site and noticed that they had a new release out (7.0-2) and it claimed support for my video card and sound card(which I was struggling with under SuSE 6.3 and Red Hat 6.0). I downloaded and installed the iso and was very impressed! Since then, I haven't gone back; not so much because Mandrake is better, just because I've found quite a few little tweaks that I find useful. I think you could do just as well with either Red Hat or Mandrake. Mike -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
[newbie] Could I have carried a virus???
I emailed a buddy of mine who uses windows, and he said my e mail triggered his anti-virus software, so I am wondering if there is any "malicious" code in my sig file or otherwise, I have looked and I do not see any. I had some asterisks just above where it says Signature: but I don't kjnow if that would fool any or trigger any windows virus checkers. Thanks ahead of time. -- Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] Computer name
If I remember correctly there is a place in the linuxconf for changing the localhost name. Bambi Robert Trettel wrote: Hi, Ok here is a good question. How do I change the name of my host ( now called localhost )?? Also, my question about hard drive space . I checked several different commands and I still well under what my drive 's space equals. This will not allow me to add any extra software or anything else. I have 2 hard drives one for Windoze temporally and the other for Linux. I plan on staying with Linux once I get know it better. What would be a good way to go in a setup that second drive ? I want to setup separate partitions for boot,user, root and such. Please advise soon Robert F. Trettel I am getting ready to clean house again this time I hope I get these partitions right
Re: [newbie] login
Speaking of which, is there a way to get the kdm login mask to display stars as I enter the password? On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote: Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original Message- From: josh's e-mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login book Importance: High Sensitivity: Confidential it won't let me type in my password at the login box _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- Signature: Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
[newbie] Lilo Config
Ran win98 startup sic. a:/ fdisk /mbr. Booted Linux off the floppy and the system came up with no problems. Went to /boot and ls, was hoping the the files were available. So ran LILO and received complaints about a lack of bootmesg.txt and us.klt files. Took them out and now have a complaint about error near line 10, table=/dev/hda. Out of ideas.
Re: [newbie] ISP
Try www.freewwweb.com - Original Message - From: The Buckster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: [newbie] ISP Is there any free ISP's that I can use with Mandrake? I know that there's quite a few for Windows enviroment, including FreeISP.com that will be a DSL connection... Appreciate the help! _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Trying to open
I am attempting to use the MAN files in KDE. The following popup appears. KFM Trying to open file:/usr/man/manl/ Then I am ask to OPEN WITH. If you don't know what to open with, how do you find out the answer?? :) Bob Root
Re: [newbie] Don: About moving /usr and /home (fwd)
I had to alter a few things, but essentially, it worked pretty well. I found that what I needed to do was to make a switch between /usr, which is huge, and /home, which is not quite so huge. I finally had to just make all the switches and hope for the best, as there wasn't enough room to save /usr.old and do everything else, too. But so far, things seem to be working. I moved /usr to the second hard drive where it sits all alone on its big partition, and I moved /home to the main hard drive. I'll let you know if anything else crops up, as things tend to do at atimes. But for now, thanks a lot! Don J. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Paul wrote: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 08:26:58 +0200 (CEST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Don: About moving /usr and /home (fwd) Hi Don, This is one of the mails I got to help me in this, and it worked all great. Hope it helps you too! Paul )0(---)0( The fear of death keeps us from living, not from dying... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:03:10 +0200 From: flupke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Moving usr and home Paul wrote: Hi all, Now I am in need of an answer. I have /usr and /home as subdirectories on the / (root) partition. This is a 1.6 Gb partition. Now I got 2 large partitions extra available, 4 and 4.5 Gb. I want to move /usr to one of them, and /home to the other one. These extra partitions now are called /b1 and /b2. Can someone tell me how I should go about with this, without messing up my entire system? Thanks for the help and advice you can give me. Paul First of all, if you're not confident with linux, read the whole mail before proceeding, and make sure you understand everything (if you don't, read the related man pages). I mean, don't do it "blindly". Let's say your / partition is on /dev/hda1 and you want to move /usr to /dev/hda2. All the following should be done ad root, so TAKE CARE AND THINK TWICE BEFORE HITTING YOUR 'ENTER' KEY! You should take one more precaution by going into single user mode (by typing "init 1") before doing this. Ok. Here we go. - First, you create a ext2 file system on /dev/hda2 with mke2fs. mke2fs /dev/hda2 - Then you mount this partition. (Let's say in /mnt/tmp) mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/tmp - You now have to transfer your /usr to /mnt/tmp. To do this, I'd use a command as : (cd /usr tar cpf - .) | (cd /mnt/tmp tar xpf -) Once this is done, rename your /usr directory (for instance in /usr.old), create a new /usr directory, umount your /dev/hda2 partition, and remount it into /usr. mv /usr /usr.old mkdir /usr umount /mnt/tmp mount /dev/hda2 /usr Finaly, update your /etc/fstab and add the line : /dev/hda2/usr ext2defaults1 2 Voila! You're done! Useless to say that you do exactly the same for your /home partition. To go back to your previous runlevel, type init 3 (console login) or init 5 (graphical login). ONCE YOU'VE SEEN THAT YOUR NEWLY CREATED PARTITIONS ARE OK, you can delete your /usr.old and /home.old directories. If you need more infos, take a look at the Hard-disk-upgrade mini-HOWTO HTH Flupke -- My dual-boot system Works better than my Z And isn't as greasey. Do Good Stuff! 8^)
Re: [newbie] ISP
Some more resource or ISP. http://www.lights.com/freenet/ http://members.tripod.com/~mom_dads/mom_dads11.htm http://www.dialfree.net/additionalaccess.asp http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Commercial_Services/Access_Providers/Free_Internet_Access/ At 15:18 00-05-01 -0500, you wrote: These are some that have shown up on this list, I have not tried any as I have not been able to dial out with Linux. Check them out and let us know what you have found, if anything. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW/#features http://www.worldshare.net http:www.nocharge.com On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:52:47 -0500 The Buckster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there any free ISP's that I can use with Mandrake? I know that there's quite a few for Windows enviroment, including FreeISP.com that will be a DSL connection... Appreciate the help! _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess. - Look, I'm a computer programmer. I don't have time for girls, but a talking frog is very very cool. ...and on the seventh day, God turned off his Macintosh. -Anonymous Oh ... so THAT what wrong with the world! -Jean-Sebastien Gasse
Re: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit
Look on the Mandrake page for an ATAPI workaround. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] my installation...1024th cylinder limit My second cd drive an r-w went unrecongnized during the installation, I think at this time, Linux only supports scsi cd burners. Can someone confirm?
Re: [newbie] Install problems on older machines?!?!
Do you have the 32 megs of RAM needed for Mandrake Linux? Bambi Jimmi Wimmersjö wrote: I've been trying to install mandrake linux for over a week now. After removing half of my RAM (Different timing caused ramdrive crash) Changing my processor from CYRIX to AMD i still cant install it. When i boot from cd (GOLDSTAR 8X ATAPI cdrom) i get halfway through the install then DrakX freezes on me. If i try the autoboot it wont detect my cd (allthough i started it from the cd), I have also tried the hd boot floppy but then in second stage install it gives me "installation exited abnormaly code 9" or something. I think i've seen an error message on one of the screens "No space left on device" which is very odd, since i have approx 15GB free discspace on the HD i wish to install to. I know my machine is old, but do i really have to buy a new one to install linux?!? Mandrake claims to support all of my hardware: AMD-k6 200MHZ ATAPI Cdrom IDE Harddrive IBM 20 GB IDE Harddrive Seagate 2 GB I have downloaded a new hd bootdisc image and will try again tonight, but if anyone can help me please let me hear from you. Jimmi J. Wimmersjö. "Ni vet, Hjärnan , den slutar aldrig att fungera!"
[newbie] isp once again
i am sorry for asking this again but i need a free isp to dial into through linux...thanks i am running mandrake 7.0... === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] ISP
Found it: http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW/ Good luck! Don J. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, "Don W. Jenkins" wrote: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:59:42 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Don W. Jenkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP One I have used and it works pretty well is freewwweb.com. I'm not sure of the url for the sign-up page, but I'll post it when I find it. This one is good, because you don't need any software. You sign up and get a pop3 account and a phone number to configure your dialer or scripts with. Don J. At 05:22 PM 4/30/00 -0400, you wrote: Also another i saw with no ads but havent used http://www.isps-free.com/ - Original Message - From: doom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP yes there is.i have not tryed it though yet.cause its beta heh.it is called freenet.check it out. http://freenet.sourceforge.net/ if you try it tell me what you think. === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === - Original Message - From: "The Buckster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:52 PM Subject: [newbie] ISP Is there any free ISP's that I can use with Mandrake? I know that there's quite a few for Windows enviroment, including FreeISP.com that will be a DSL connection... Appreciate the help! _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- My dual-boot system Works better than my Z And isn't as greasey. Do Good Stuff! 8^)
Re: [newbie] ISP
Actually, I have stayed on longer than 5 hours, so I'm not sure how they keep track of your time--by the day or by the month. But it is fairly easy to get two or three accounts and then switch off from one day to the next or even the same day. No reason to pay. Don J. On Mon, 1 May 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote: Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:29:45 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Michelle Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: One I have used and it works pretty well is freewwweb.com. I'm not sure of the url for the sign-up page, but I'll post it when I find it. This one is good, because you don't need any software. You sign up and get a pop3 account and a phone number to configure your dialer or scripts with. Don J. It's www.freewwweb.com. You have to have there home page set as the home page of your browser. You cannot stay on more than5 hours at a time or 80 hours a month, but they allow you to open multiple accounts. Michelle -- My dual-boot system Works better than my Z And isn't as greasey. Do Good Stuff! 8^)
[newbie] UMAX 610s
Does anyone use this scanner and find it always makes your photos a green color. I have increased the gamma to 160 and higher to correct this. Also is it normal for there to be a red stripe down one side of the scanned image? Thanks I am just curious. Hugh
RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH
On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake vs. RH At 09:34 AM 5/1/00 -0400, you wrote: I can clearly say the Mandrake install far exceeds the ease of the RH install. Drak X is amazing. However, it sounds like you're not too concerned about the install. Actually, I am. Considering my lack of skill and ability with Linux the first thing that drew me to Mandrake was the ease of install. I just did a RH 6.2 intall yesterday and although it was not too bad, I think the Mandrake install was still better and easier. ...and I think you'll find that same quality throughout the distribution. IIt's very easy to configure and set things up. However that might be biased. (This is a Mandrake list afer all... ;-) It is my not-sp-humble opinion that Mandrake is great for getting newbies and Joe User up and running on a real OS... I'd even let my wife install Linux using 7.0-2 if I had a second computer at home. It's that easy. But when I start talking about more flexible distro's as far as installation and hardware goes, I usually recomment Slackware, mainly because it does not require a pentium-class machine. Another advantage is the ability to boot your system from the CD in the case of a hosed install. -- --- Flak Magnet Woohoo! I'm having more fun than getting kicked in the head! --- --
[newbie] Re: pci 56k internal modem
can somebody kindly assist me in configuring the above modem in my mandrake 7.0. i always get this message: sorry modem is busy. does it means that internal modem is unworkable in linus os?
Re: [newbie] Downgrade?
One of the 'cheats' I use for that situation is to make a simlink of the lib it's looking for. Like this: You need lib.something.so.1, but you have lib.something.so.3 and the program gets mad. Make a symlink named lib.something.so.1 that points to so.3 :) Works well for self compiled licq :) Hi everyone, I am facing a problem. I want to use Korganiser, but on running it, it tells me it needs libstdc++-2.9.so When I check, libstdc++-2.95.so is installed, but apparently that is not what Korganiser likes. Should I scout for a newer Korganiser, or locate and downgrade the libstc? Paul )0(---)0( Atheism: a non-prophet organization. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
RE: [newbie] Re: pci 56k internal modem
Is it a winmodem/ Cam -Original Message- From: leo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2000 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re: pci 56k internal modem can somebody kindly assist me in configuring the above modem in my mandrake 7.0. i always get this message: sorry modem is busy. does it means that internal modem is unworkable in linus os?
Re: [newbie] Netscape
Hey, anytime! - Original Message - From: "Fran Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Netscape Excellent Mike...thanks! I have copied the link to my bookmarks and will use it from now on. I panicked for a few minutes when I saw no .rpm of it on Netscape's site grin , then I thought it over and decided I would try out their gz/install thingey. Worked great and I am not having any problems with it. Needing the encryption was a great motivator. :) But I love .rpms and would much prefer to use them...especially if it is one optimized for Mandrake. Thanks again, Bambi Michael Holt wrote: Fran Parker wrote: I am running strong - 128 - bit encryption. (snip) THIS IS NOT AN RPM ...but the instructions are right there and it is easy! I just printed the instructions and (before installing, I wrote down the path to netscape, and uninstalled the old one (you will not lose your settings when you install to the same location...don't know otherwise) The follow the printed instructions and voila. I am very please with 4.72...fixes some bad problems with java pages in 4.7 "And that's all I've got to say about that!" grin Bambi Hey Bambi, If you want to download the pre-rpm'd files optimized for Mandrake (which I think is the easiest way to handle upgrading anything), go to: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/RPMS/ I'm using these packages as we speak, and I'm very happy with them (4.72-2mdk / 128bit version) Mike -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
Re: [newbie] Netscape
Excellent Mike...thanks! I have copied the link to my bookmarks and will use it from now on. I panicked for a few minutes when I saw no .rpm of it on Netscape's site grin , then I thought it over and decided I would try out their gz/install thingey. Worked great and I am not having any problems with it. Needing the encryption was a great motivator. :) But I love .rpms and would much prefer to use them...especially if it is one optimized for Mandrake. Thanks again, Bambi Michael Holt wrote: Fran Parker wrote: I am running strong - 128 - bit encryption. (snip) THIS IS NOT AN RPM ...but the instructions are right there and it is easy! I just printed the instructions and (before installing, I wrote down the path to netscape, and uninstalled the old one (you will not lose your settings when you install to the same location...don't know otherwise) The follow the printed instructions and voila. I am very please with 4.72...fixes some bad problems with java pages in 4.7 "And that's all I've got to say about that!" grin Bambi Hey Bambi, If you want to download the pre-rpm'd files optimized for Mandrake (which I think is the easiest way to handle upgrading anything), go to: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/RPMS/ I'm using these packages as we speak, and I'm very happy with them (4.72-2mdk / 128bit version) Mike -- = The Penguins are coming!!! = Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA.
Re: [newbie] isp once again
ignore this...this took a long long time to come through for some reason... === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === - Original Message - From: "Doom" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: [newbie] isp once again i am sorry for asking this again but i need a free isp to dial into through linux...thanks i am running mandrake 7.0... === You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!" === _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
