RE: [newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!

[Drake X]

Thanks Joe! By the way, I didn't hear any suggestions about cracks, and I 
know exactly where I won't think of searching for one! :-)

At 09:01 AM 05/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:


>I use VMware in Linux to run Win2000 in a virtual machine, and I use VMware in
>Win NT to run Linux in a virtual machine - I love it! It gives me the 
>operating
>system I want whenever I want it. I think when the 30-day license expires, it
>just gives a message to that effect, and won't start the virtual machine. 
>But if
>you're FORCED to use Windose for one reason or another, VMware is a great
>solution!
>
>
>
>BTW - The program is a little pricey... There are some cracks out there (I
>   didn't say that)...
>
>
>
>
> > Anyone know anything about VMware? I was looking at their website
>   > (vmware.com) recently. They say you can run both Linux and MS
>   > Windows on 1
>   > computer at the same time in their own virtual desktops! They
>   > have a 30 day
>   > Linux trial copy to download. I don't know what happens after
>   > the trial
>   > period ends though.
>   >

RE: [newbie] a couple of questions...

[Shigeo Honda]

As I remember, at boot prompt type 

boot: linux 'mem=256M'

or add line to /etc/lilo.conf

append 'mem=256M"

then execute

/sbin/lilo

-- Shigeo Honda

> > > i am new to linux and having a couple of problems that you
> > > might be able to help me with. The first questions is that my
> > > computer has 256 MB's of ram, but the system can only see 65
> > > MB's, what can I do to resolve this?

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

[Anthony Huereca]

> How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6

I'm not sure.

> Should I uninstall Netscape 4.72?

This I know. No, you don't have to uninstall it. You can run N6 and N4.7 at the
same time with no problems.

-- 
Anthony Huereca
http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

Re: [newbie] do not read this - it is obscene .-)

[john h munro]

- Original Message -
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] do not read this - it is obscene .-)


> Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> >
> > When I get this fucking sexual maniac who keeps sodomising my dear
mailing
> > list subscribers, he will be imediately banned from this list.
> >
> > Now, if this asshole still has his dumbassed filtering program turned
on,
> > he is a gooner...
> >
> > .-)
> >
> > PS: sorry for obscenities, but I have no other idea how to get the
> > answer from this filtering program...
>
>
> Denis, this is COMPLETELY and UTTERLY unprofessional.  Certainly there
> are better ways of tracking down the filter (like maybe the headers on
> the posted email) than posting rubbish like this to the mailing list.
>
> I would sincerely hope you find yourself in your supervisor's office in
> the morning begging to retain your job.  Would you put up with this if
> YOU were a customer of a company?
>
> --
> Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>

[newbie]

[Claudio Wiener]

 subscribe newbie

Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[brian tompkins]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, you wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey through
> 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
> 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'.  S*cks
> to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
> local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
> it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople that
> I was planning to install Linux. 
> 
> It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
> being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
> modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
> computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
> work. 
> 
> I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
> an older external modem attached to an old retired system
> that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with a
> winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and off
> I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
> a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.
> 
> My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for a
> new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
> external modem? 
> 
> b/web
> Wade

Go to the inux.com site - they are doing mucho cool things with the winmodem (
yes - I said winmodem)

[newbie] Netscape 6

[Eunice Thompson]

How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6;
Should I uninstall Netscape 4.72?
Thanks
Eunice Thompson

[newbie] Question about sound cards . . .

[Chen, PeterX]

Does anyone know how to configure an ALSA sound card?  
When I try to let lothar configure my sound card it says that it can't
configure it because it is an ALSA card.  I tried configuring it with
sndconfig, but I have to enter in values like the DMA and IRQ.  How do I
tell what values they are from linux?  Is there any other way to configure
the sound card?  And what are the ALSA files that come with RPM contrib CD
in the PowerPack?  What are these files used for?

Thanks for any help,
Peter

Re: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users

[John Wenger]

Adam Stark wrote:
> 
> Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to
> have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own
> separate mail.  I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of
> my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it.  However, when it
> is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated
> between my family members.  In short I want to split one E-mail address
> into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail  can do this.  Can
> anybody tell me how to set it up?

I can not recall whether this exact thing is possible, but
the fetchmail documentation is pretty good.  First find
fetchmail and install it, so that you will have the
documentation to read.  Also, I think the docs are online at
the fetchmail site.  Use Google.Com to find the fetchmail
site.

John

Re: [newbie] CD Burning

[John Wenger]

Anthony Huereca wrote:

> So is there any good GUI CD-Burning utlities that I should check out?

> Anthony Huereca

The Linux.UCLA.Edu site has a great page on how to do this.

John

Re: [newbie] shutdown

[Alan Shoemaker]

Garyyou need to read man shutdown.

Alan


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown
> now" at the command line.  Doing this, my system then shut down to single
> user mode.  Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down
> properly and did a bunch of self-checks.  I obviously didn't remember
> something correctly.   -Gary Prichard-

Re: [newbie] shutdown

[Michael Holt]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown
> now" at the command line.  Doing this, my system then shut down to single
> user mode.  Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down
> properly and did a bunch of self-checks.  I obviously didn't remember
> something correctly.   -Gary Prichard-

You need to add the -h option to shutdown or -r to reboot.

/sbin/shutdown -h now
 
~mike
-- 
==
Michael Holt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kirkland, WA
==
The Penguins are coming!!!
==

Re: [newbie] shutdown

[Andy]

shutdown -h "now"
type shutdown for the list of commands
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: [newbie] shutdown


> I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown
> now" at the command line.  Doing this, my system then shut down to single
> user mode.  Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down
> properly and did a bunch of self-checks.  I obviously didn't remember
> something correctly.   -Gary Prichard-
>
>

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Re: [newbie] shutdown

[Marc]

i was told to use "shutdown -h now" and have not had any problems with it.
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: [newbie] shutdown


| I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown
| now" at the command line.  Doing this, my system then shut down to single
| user mode.  Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down
| properly and did a bunch of self-checks.  I obviously didn't remember
| something correctly.   -Gary Prichard-
|
|

_
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[newbie] Next Virus Generation

[Y u r i]

Next viruses will be silent killers
"Love" bug is child's play. Developers demonstrate a cross
platform virus that disappears before it can be stopped.
http://developer.earthweb.com/news/news1.html
 
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Re: [newbie] damn isp bastards

[GAPrichard]

Don't try WorldSpy yet, either.  According to their tech support as of 
yesterday they are working on Linux logon software.  They authenticate their 
users (?) (presumably doing so through a packet switching network company) 
and there is nothing that we can do under Linux to use them at this time--too 
bad, no banners or toolbars.  Well, we could keep writing to them both.  
-Gary Prichard-

[newbie] shutdown

[GAPrichard]

I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown 
now" at the command line.  Doing this, my system then shut down to single 
user mode.  Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down 
properly and did a bunch of self-checks.  I obviously didn't remember 
something correctly.   -Gary Prichard-

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

[Evan Holt]

Hi there,

>Sorry about this but I must be missing the plot somewhere.
>I have a 3dfx voodoo3 card and I have never needed to download
>any drivers of any kind.  It works perfectly from the box.
>Am I missing something
>I am running 800x600 32bit true colour with no problems what so ever.
>I have used this card with perfect success under Md 6.1 and now 7

The later versions of XF86Setup can detect a Voodoo card, but the glide
drivers are required for games such as Unreal Tournament, Quake 3 and some
newer shareware games.

Evan

newbie@linux-mandrake.com

[Michael Holt]

Erdinc Saygin wrote:
> 
> When I started linux yesterday,instead of loading linux,it appeared lots of
> 1's&0's in the black screen.What does it mean?.
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Bios problem?

When I first loaded linux on my Epox motherboard, it did that on
shutdown (everything else worked fine however). I went to the Epox
website and downloaded a bios update which fixed the problem.
Mike
-- 
==
Michael Holt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kirkland, WA
==
The Penguins are coming!!!
==

Re: [newbie] IDontLoveYou (fwd)

[Fran Parker]

Cute one Paul!

Guess some people really miss that stuff that happens in Windows and
not in Linux :)

I haven't been back in Windows since the I Love You Bug hit.

Now, there's a deterrent to Windows that really works.

Bummer is I do need to get back in there soon!  Some programs in there
don't work in Linux yet.

Bambi

Paul wrote:

> This is the Unix version of "I Love You". It works on the honor system.
>
> If you receive this mail, you should delete a bunch of GIFs, MP3s, and
> binaries from your home directory, then send a copy of this e-mail to
> everyone you know.

Re: [newbie] To all that asked for virus scanner

[Fran Parker]

Thank you Denis!

This 56K shared modem user really appreciates your limits!

Bambi


Denis HAVLIK wrote:

> :~>I am sorry to say that for some unknown reason. I cant send it!
> :~>I have tried over twenty times without success. I am truly sorry
> :~>either Kmail is doing something or the file is too large
>
> Please do not send such attachements to the list. Send it to whoever asked
> for it, or just put it online and post the url...
>
> Lot of people access the net using a modem, and not all of them are
> interested in a virus scanner (or whatever). Therefore, I have set a limit
> of e-mails size to 100k some time ago.
>
> One day I will sit down and write some more inteligent filters as well
> (like no .doc, no visual basic, flattening the attached .txt and .html,
> html->ASCII conversion...), but I have no time for it now.
>
> yours
> Denis
> --
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-

Re: [newbie] Fwd: netscape java problems

[Fran Parker]

If you are using Netscape 4.7...upgrade to 4.72
It fixed the Java problems for me.
:)

Bambi

Fernando Camacho Olmos wrote:

> --  Mensaje Reenviado  --
> Subject: netscape java problems
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 07:13:24 -0500
> From: Fernando Camacho Olmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi, anyone know how to fix this problem
> ---

Re: [newbie] Browser of Choice

[Del Kennedy]

Hi ~

Can I just say, I'm a newbie to Linux and I'm a home-user, not a Sys Admin.

But I think you'll find that if you su to root,  cd to /var/spool/mail/ and type:

   chmod  -R  777   *

Then that should solve the problem. For details of what this is doing, see the man
(or info) pages on chmod.

ttfn,
Del
---

Bob wrote:

> When I clicka link in Mail Client the KFM file manager opens.  A nice little
> browser, just can't access it from my desktop.
>
> What I would like is to be able to select Netscape as my browser of choice.
>
> When I attempt to invoke Netscape's mail the following error message appears:
>
> "Can't move mail unable to write to /var/spool/mail/Bob Permission denied.
>
> It continues:
> For the internal movemail method to work, we must be able to  lock files. On
> many systems, this is best accomplished by making that directory be mode 01777.
> If that is not not possible, then an external setgid/setuid movemail program
> must be used.
>
> All I can say is HUH???
>
> Your advise please

Re: [newbie] Printing man pages

[Rial Juan]

hmm... Let's see what "man man" says about this...

 -t Use /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc to format the manual page, passing the
output to stdout.  The output from /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc may need to
be passed through some filter or another before being printed.

so...
  man -t manpage > /dev/lp0
or
  man -t manpage | lpr
or perhaps even
  man -t manpage | /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc > /dev/lp0
or
  man -t manpage | /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc | lpr
might do the trick.

Are you ready to risk wasting a couple of pages of paper to try? ;-)

ps: it looks like crap on screen, and I don't have any clue what it'll give on
paper since I'm at home where I'm stuck with a win-printer. So experiment. Also
the manpage is pretty unclear about it, and since I can't experiment with it
right now I suggest you also take a look at the man-howto (if it exists). I'd do
it for you, but not with this piece of cr@!* 14k4 modem.


On May 12 Piero wrote:

> What do you do when you wnat to print a man page?
> 
> Is there a site where you can find the whole man in a printable format?
> 

-- 

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That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee...



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Re: [newbie] Mandrake installer corrupts system?

[GAPrichard]

I had the upgrade hang at reading RPM database too.  How do you upgrade a 
single item (rather than running through the whole install)?  Better yet, how 
do you repair the file system (which I've heard can be done but haven't found 
any information about)?
 -Gary Prichard-

Re: [newbie] Question about install Mandrake

[GAPrichard]

Depending on the age of the drive: are you operating this HDD in 66MHz 
mode?  If so, use WD's utility to turn it off [Linux will install on the 
33MHz speed this will drop down to].  Next, since you said you have an 
overlay, you have to boot from the overlay as it is installed on the HDD, 
pause it just after the overlay is loaded (it pauses very briefly for this 
purpose, or there will be other instructions), then continue the boot with 
your chosen floppy.  The exact method varies depending on the particular 
overlay and what version of it you have (I hope you have the documentation 
for the overlay, or you may end up talking to the WD technical support 
people).  
As a former computer technician, the idea of running Linux from an 
overlay is frightening  [and I didn't know it was possible] -- run ANYTHING 
that way only if you have no other choice (i.e. a motherboard limitation); 
I've seen what can happen.
-Gary Prichard-

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice & Mandrake7

[GAPrichard]

It seems to be scrambling the configuration of Xwindows itself.
On 5/4 I wrote:
"After 6 full installs, I now know what was corrupting my X.  It was not 
desktop configuration, hdparm, video setup (as generics), or any of the other 
RPMs I loaded from Mandrake 7 Deluxe, (modem & sound not configured) --Star 
Office so corrupted X that it froze Linux during boot, while trying to switch 
over to graphical login.  I had made many changes during the install, and 
fully recreated everything (except for the one thing I was testing) when 
reloading.  During only one iteration was I able to get a (frozen) console 
screen, which showed these messages: bad length in Geometry, output file 
/var/tmp/server-0.xkm removed, couldn't load XKB keymap, Font Trans Socket 
UNIX Connect: can't connect: errno-111, failed to set default font path 
1unix/:-1, and fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'.  The 
Star Office RPM appeared to run and end normally."
As I indicated in the message you responded to, I have continued testing 
with an extremely simple configuration, and I have learned that it's the 
combination of WordPerfect and StarOffice that is causing the problems.  I 
have no other problems (that I know of, since sound is still not configured, 
and my modem was found and works however no programs are setup actually use 
it yet--I'v spent so much time with this...).  Install does not correctly 
detect my graphics card, however what it installs is completely servicable 
except for the low refresh rate.  I believe when video and monitor are 
correct I have the same result (frankly I've done this so many times I can't 
remember).  I'm glad to know that these two can co-exist -- would the fact 
that I haven't gotten a registration number for Word Perfect make any 
difference [I've been spending all of my time reading "newbie" and doing 
these installs]?  I wouldn't think so.  
-Gary-

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice & Mandrake7

[GAPrichard]

Got my Star Office and Word Perfect off the Mandrake disks also.  -Gary-

Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[Wade]

Yay, I am writing the list from Netscape Mail within Linux Mandrake. The modem
worked the very first
time I told it to dial, but I did have to reconf kppp as my settings were still
for ttyS3. After I connected to my ISP, I was unable to get any mail or browse
with Netscape, as I was/am facing a ppp0 challenge, and I did not
have correct configs for my DNS and had to edit /etc/resolv.conf to set that in
a working order.

Somewhere along the way I messed around with another switch and I got
disconnected and then my
modem would not dial up again, just silence, I'm sure you can just imagine the
look on my face. :) None the less I persevered and located the switch which now
escapes me again, but it works, it was in netconf though. I will write more on
that in short order.

b/web
Wade


Charles A Edwards wrote:

> Wade
>
>It's a matter of cost. Winmodems are cheaper than Real modems. 99.9% of
> all PCI modems preinstalled in systems are winmodems and 99% of all PCI
> modems that you can buy retail are winmodems. There are only 4 that I know
> for a fact are not winmodems. If you are running windows winmodems are fine,
> but DAMN, as popular and as many users as Linur now has you would think that
> manf. would at the least  say on their packaging or in the product specs.
> that it's a Winmodem and will not work in any OS but Windows.
>Sorry for the rant.
>Now as to your question . Once you have the modem connected and boot into
> Linux it should automatically see your modem and you want really need to do
> anything. You can check it by opening kppp, clicking setup and then device
> The box should show
>Modem Device  /dev/modem
>Flow Control CRTSCTS
>Line Termination CR/LF
>Connection speed   115200 (that's for 56k yours will be lower)
>
>Charles
>
> - Original Message -
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:08 AM
> Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey
> through
> > 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
> > 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'.  S*cks
> > to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
> > local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
> > it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople
> that
> > I was planning to install Linux.
> >
> > It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
> > being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
> > modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
> > computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
> > work.
> >
> > I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
> > an older external modem attached to an old retired system
> > that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with
> a
> > winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and
> off
> > I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
> > a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.
> >
> > My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for
> a
> > new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
> > external modem?
> >
> > b/web
> > Wade
> >
> >
> >
> >

Re: [newbie] No freakin clue?!?!?

[GAPrichard]

What video chip does this Sav 4 card have on it.  I have a Jaton (a good 
card actually) but it is not listed as supported.  I pulled it and found the 
video processing chip is a Trident 9685.  This chip is supported by XFree86 
and can be selected on the video card screen.  
What I still need to research is how to force use of the 4 MB ov video 
memory on the card.  -Gary Prichard-

RE: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions

[Ron Greer]

Umm... just set it up in /etc/rc.d to run during boot, as root.
You don't want every user being able to run imwheel as root (I wouldn't
think so).  I'll look into it b/c I'm not sure what it's doing that requires
root access.  You could also set up a group for imwheel users :)
-=Ron=-
-Original Message-
From: Eunice Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 2:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions


Denis Are you the daddy? -)
then maybe you can solve this small problem that I've asked on the
'cooker'list

"Hi,
I'm using MDK 7.1 beta
 I have an MS intellimouse ,ps/2.
I would like to have imwheel start automatically, or even be able to start
it as a regular user (It worked fine in v.7.02). The only way I seem to get
the wheel working is to change to 'su' in a terminal ,and type imwheel -k
and then it starts. I've tried changing the permissions but still no luck as
anyone other than the superuser starting this process.
 **I have asked this question before, but didn't get a response."


Eunice Thompson
- Original Message -
From: "Denis HAVLIK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "quaylar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions


> :~>hi.ive the same problem...but adding user to my fstab doesnt
help...i still
> :~>cant mount fs as non-root user..any ideas ?
>
> Oh, come on, sure it does. Something like:
>
> /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy   vfat   sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0
>
> will do just fine, trust the daddy. ,-)
>
> cu
> Denis
> --
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
>

[newbie] Browser of Choice

[Bob]

When I clicka link in Mail Client the KFM file manager opens.  A nice little
browser, just can't access it from my desktop.

What I would like is to be able to select Netscape as my browser of choice.

When I attempt to invoke Netscape's mail the following error message appears:

"Can't move mail unable to write to /var/spool/mail/Bob Permission denied.

It continues:
For the internal movemail method to work, we must be able to  lock files. On
many systems, this is best accomplished by making that directory be mode 01777.
If that is not not possible, then an external setgid/setuid movemail program
must be used.

All I can say is HUH???

Your advise please

[newbie] Precious Site!

[Piero]

At this address there are  answers to questions frequently asked in this
mailing lis. Very useful indeed!

http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/Linux_apps.htm

newbie@linux-mandrake.com

[Erdinc Saygin]

When I started linux yesterday,instead of loading linux,it appeared lots of 
1's&0's in the black screen.What does it mean?.
Thanks in advance

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Re(2): [newbie] ZIp drive problem

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 12/05/00, at 11:40, Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>Kirkmy guess would be that you have supermount enabled and
>supermount desktop icons don't have this option.
^
It must have been something like that...  I deleted the desktop icons,
and made new kdelink files and it works now.

thanks,

Kirk

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[newbie] Printing man pages

[Piero]

What do you do when you wnat to print a man page?

Is there a site where you can find the whole man in a printable format?

Re: [newbie] To all that asked for virus scanner

[Hugh Semmler]

Nope wrong!  I tried to send it to a couple people at the home address


On Fri, 12 May 2000, you wrote:
> :~>I am sorry to say that for some unknown reason. I cant send it!
> :~>I have tried over twenty times without success. I am truly sorry
> :~>either Kmail is doing something or the file is too large
> 
> Please do not send such attachements to the list. Send it to whoever asked
> for it, or just put it online and post the url...
> 
> Lot of people access the net using a modem, and not all of them are
> interested in a virus scanner (or whatever). Therefore, I have set a limit
> of e-mails size to 100k some time ago.
> 
> One day I will sit down and write some more inteligent filters as well
> (like no .doc, no visual basic, flattening the attached .txt and .html,
> html->ASCII conversion...), but I have no time for it now.
> 
> yours
>   Denis  
> -- 
> -
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Re: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win

[Romanator]

I was just reading that before I logged on. Thank you.
In which order did you partition your drive? That is, did originally
have a copy of Windows on your computer?
Or, did you partition, install Windows and then Linux? 

Just curious.

Roman


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Linux-Mandrake
> 
> Install Guide
> 
> MandrakeSoft
> 
> January 2000
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com
> 
> Chapter 5 : Using Lnx4Win
> 
> Lnx4Win is what you need if you don't want to partition your hard disk at
> all.
> This Program will create two files on your Windows partition which will
> hold
> your Linux-Mandrake system: one file for the data and one for the swap.
> This
> installation is undoubtedly the easiest, but, has its disadvantages:
> 
> it is slow in comparison with a real installation: loopback mounting of
> a file (this is the method used) is not as fast as a filesystem located
> on a dedicated partition;
> if you have to re-install Windows, your Linux-Mandrake system will also
> be lost...
> 
> However: this is a good way to discovery Linux-Mandrake without tampering
> with
> your hard drive.
> 
> This is not recommended by very many people with ANY experience on Linux,
> nor
> from any Newbies that know how easy it is for Windows to crash, if that
> happens
> then you guessed it, a REINSTALL of Linux will be needed.  If you do a
> regular
> install with the repartitioning of your hard disk and Windows crashes, as
> it is
> good at doing, then Linux will still be there on its own partition
> waiting for
> your return.  Your decision alone. GOOD LUCK
> 
> My $0.00.5 worth,
> 
> 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 Thu, 11 May 2000 18:39:35 -0500 Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I have just opened the Power Pack box, and I am dying to install.
> > It appears that I have two options for installation:
> > A) Running Lnx4Win
> > or
> > B) Repartitioning and running DrakX
> >
> > Can I use Lnx4Win for a quick preview?
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > PS I know this is off topic but...
> >
> > I am using Netscape 4.73. Does any one know what all of these squares
> > and odd ball characters mean. Can they be disabled?
> > It seems that every time I start a new message, they appear after EOM
> >
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Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions

[Hugh Semmler]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, you wrote:
> :~>hi.ive the same problem...but adding user to my fstab doesnt help...i still
> :~>cant mount fs as non-root user..any ideas ?
> 
> Oh, come on, sure it does. Something like:
> 
> /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy   vfat   sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0
> 
> will do just fine, trust the daddy. ,-)
> 
> cu
>   Denis
> -- 
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
Hey Dad?
Can I have the car tonight?   :)

Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions

[Eunice Thompson]

Denis Are you the daddy? -)
then maybe you can solve this small problem that I've asked on the
'cooker'list

"Hi,
I'm using MDK 7.1 beta
 I have an MS intellimouse ,ps/2.
I would like to have imwheel start automatically, or even be able to start
it as a regular user (It worked fine in v.7.02). The only way I seem to get
the wheel working is to change to 'su' in a terminal ,and type imwheel -k
and then it starts. I've tried changing the permissions but still no luck as
anyone other than the superuser starting this process.
 **I have asked this question before, but didn't get a response."


Eunice Thompson
- Original Message -
From: "Denis HAVLIK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "quaylar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions


> :~>hi.ive the same problem...but adding user to my fstab doesnt
help...i still
> :~>cant mount fs as non-root user..any ideas ?
>
> Oh, come on, sure it does. Something like:
>
> /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy   vfat   sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0
>
> will do just fine, trust the daddy. ,-)
>
> cu
> Denis
> --
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
>

Re: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win

[Romanator]

I thought that I could have a quick look. My curiosity is getting the
best of me.
I will be repartitioning.

Thanks,

Roman

Marc wrote:
> 
> Those symbols look like Base64. To install MD your gonna have to
> repartition. Lnx4Win I heard sucks. It is just a fake linux over windows.
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 7:39 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win
> 
> | I have just opened the Power Pack box, and I am dying to install.
> | It appears that I have two options for installation:
> | A) Running Lnx4Win
> | or
> | B) Repartitioning and running DrakX
> |
> | Can I use Lnx4Win for a quick preview?
> |
> | Any ideas?
> |
> | Roman
> |
> | PS I know this is off topic but...
> |
> | I am using Netscape 4.73. Does any one know what all of these squares
> | and odd ball characters mean. Can they be disabled?
> | It seems that every time I start a new message, they appear after EOM
> |
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Re: [newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote:

>Hi all,
>why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'.
>What did I wrong ?
>Thanks
>Eric

I don't think you do something wrong. I assume that the packages that were
installed were compiled with a different character set loaded than you
have on your system. Happens to me a lot also, but as long as things work
fine I don't care. (Should I??)

Paul

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Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] netscape java problems

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Fernando Camacho Olmos wrote:

>El mar, 09 may 2000, escribiste:
>> maybe if we knew what your questions is.
>> 
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, anyone know how to fix this problem
>when netscape open a page with java contain this crash.
>---

What version of Netscape are you using?
I have Netscape 4.72 and have not encountered any of these problems.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] multiple xsessions

[flupke]

Try just "xinit -- :1" or "X -- :1"
If these work, then there must be something wrong in your startx script.
If this is the case, check the way that it passes the arguments when
starting the server.

HTH
Flupke

On Fri, 12 May 2000, quaylar wrote:

> On Fri, 12 May 2000 09:29:50 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >quayyou left out a space between the second dash and the
> >colon.
> >
> >startx -- :1
> >  ^  ^
> 
> i was told this by someone else too...but i get the mentioned error message although 
>typing it correctly..
> startx -- :1
> 
> it still doesnt work..
> 
> 
> >Alan
> >
> >
> >quaylar wrote:
> >> 
> >> hi all.
> >> 
> >> i would like to know how to start multiple xsessions on diff. vt's.
> >> i know there is the command startx --:1 which (should) start another xserver
> >> but this produces following error :
> >> 
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> Server is already active for display 0
> >> If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> >> and start again.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> >> the full server output, not just the last messages
> >> 
> >> what am i doing wrong ?...is there an option in x-config files i have to set in
> >> order to get this working ?
> >> 
> >> thx in advance...
> >> 
> >> --quay
> 
> 

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

[Romanator]

That is true. And, I think that I will go for door number 1 and purchase
Partition Magic(full version).
It can always come in handy). I have all of my CDs, including NT4

In the meantime, I am reading The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook,
and documentation provided by MandrakeSoft.

And, I fired up an older computer - Dell Dimension XPS 166 with WIN98. 
While I'm waiting for Partition Magic to arrive, I'm considering
practicing
the partitioning and installation of Mandrake 7.0 on it first.

Roman
(Partitioning and installing software can increase your threshold to
pain)

Charles A Edwards wrote:
> 
> Roman
> 
>   I am afraid that you do not have man options. If you had Win 2000 instead
> of NT you could convert  the NTFS to Fat32. As it is I can see only 2 ways
> to save your image file. 1) Buy PM 5.0, $50; or 2) If you hav a CD-RW then
> burn the image file to CD.
>If you choose #2 verify that the image CD will work before you reformat
> your HD.
>Another thing to consider is  if you use the image file to restore NT
> you are still going to end up with a 16GB NTFS partition, which you already
> have and don't want.
>If you HAVE an NT installation CD forget the image file and reformat your
> HD, instll Linux and  then NT( you will have to use the  NT boot loader when
> booting.)
>If you DO Not have an NT CD, if you want to keep NT, buy PM 5.0.
> 
>Charles
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0
> 
> > Charles,
> >
> > Unfortunately, I do not have the full version of PM. I have just opened
> the box
> > and am reviewing the installation and user guide.
> > It appears that I have two options:
> > A) Running Lnx4Win
> > or
> > B) Repartitioning and running DrakX
> >
> > I'm in a dilemma. I'm stuck with repartitioning the entire 20 Gig drive.
> It's
> > too bad. I was hoping to keep my restore image file. It's a hidden .img
> file
> > on my Z drive. It is used to restore the factory original settings for my
> C
> > drive (NT4 sorry..). There must be another way around this...
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Roman
> >
> >
> >
> > Charles A Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > Roman
> > >   If you have the full version of PartationMagic you can move, resize,
> > > delete or add partitions at will including NTFS file systems. If you are
> > > using the PM that comes with the Mandrake CD you CAN NOT modiy NTFS
> > > partitions. So the answer to your question is YES and NO. Which PM do
> you
> > > have?
> > >
> > >Charles
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:22 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0
> > >
> > > > Yes! My Power Pack is arriving today. Any how
> > > >
> > > > As I am still new to this... Earlier this year, I purchased a Dell
> > > > Dimension XPSB 733 with Windows NT (arrgh - I wasn't aware of
> Mandrake).
> > > > My first FAT partition is 2 Gig. (drive C), my second FAT is 2 Gig.
> > > > (drive D). The third is about 15 Gig. (drive E), and is NTFS. A 3Com
> > > > card was included with the workstation.
> > > >
> > > > >From the previous e-mail, I have heard that there is an issue with
> 3COM.
> > > > And, Linux does not support USB - at least not until this Fall. I am
> > > > also using the @Home service for the Internet.
> > > > If I use Partition Magic, will I be able to squeeze another partition
> > > > between the 2nd and 3rd partitions for the Linux installation?
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Roman
> > > > (I have learned that pain is not my enemy)
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
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[newbie] damn isp bastards

[J D]

does anyone know of a free isp that will be friendly to a linux user?  i 
just downloaded the altavista free isp on my roommates computer, in hopes of 
being able to set it up on my linux box.  the only thing i was missing was 
the dns numbers.  so i called tech support and asked.  but they were all 
bastards and kept telling me that if i have windows 95,98, nt or 2000 that i 
can run it.  and i kept telling them that all i need is the dns numbers.  
and they said that if i have windows, i can run it.  and i told them that 
all i needed was the dns numbers.  and it went on like that for a while.  
damn windows trained monkeys.

jd

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RE: [newbie] Root Password

[Ron Greer]

heheh, you're no fun.
In the first instance, you are correct.
The second, I was under the impression that he just basically wanted another
super user, but didn't want the same name root, so that for example email to
him as root doesn't go to email to another supervisor.  Sorry for any
confusion.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Denis HAVLIK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:16 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Root Password


On Thu, 11 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote:

:~>Two things:
:~>1.  How to set an EXECUTABLE to run AS root:   Chmod 6755 
:~>The 6 sets the Set-UID Flag :)

very bad. This gives everyone the right to run this binary as root.
Better way to go is to use sudo, or at least:

chown root.mygroup 
chmod 6750 

and add the users you want to use the prog to "mygroup".


:~>2.  How to set a USER as SUPERVISOR:  Easiest way, edit /etc/passwd
change
:~>the 
:~>:x:::etc 
:~>to 
:~>:x:0:0:etc

By no means! Please, this will give the user ALL the root permissions ALL
the time! This is EXTREMELY dangerous. A rm -rf / and wuuup - all is gone. 

cu
Denis

:~> -=Ron=-
:~>
:~>
:~>-Original Message-
:~>From: Denis HAVLIK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:~>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:45 AM
:~>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>Subject: Re: [newbie] Root Password
:~>
:~>
:~>use SUDO. And use it sparsly, too .-)
:~>
:~>:~>Anyone know anything about how to set super permissions to a user
without
:~>giving them the root password, or the authority to change the root
password
:~>once they are granted super user permissions.
:~>:~>Thanks in advance.
:~>:~>Dave
:~>:~>
:~>
:~>

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Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

[Romanator]

The C drive partition is FAT with 2 Gig.
The D drive partition is FAT with 2 Gig.
The E drive partition is NTFS with about 16 Gig.

The computer came from the factory with NT4 and three partitions.

The full version of PM allows the user to create and move your partition
in NTFS.
The PM that comes with the Mandrake 7.0 is not a full version.

I also noticed a multiple boot OS manager called System Commander 2000
from V Communications.
We use it at work.

Roman

bascule wrote:
> 
> i'm just catching the end of this thread,
> 
> your version of PM doesn't resize NTFS is that right?
> what partitions do you have? is the whole 20 gig just one partition?
> 
> bascule
> 
> Romanator wrote:
> >
> > Charles,
> >
> > Unfortunately, I do not have the full version of PM. I have just opened the box
> > and am reviewing the installation and user guide.
> > It appears that I have two options:
> > A) Running Lnx4Win
> > or
> > B) Repartitioning and running DrakX
> >
> > I'm in a dilemma. I'm stuck with repartitioning the entire 20 Gig drive. It's
> > too bad. I was hoping to keep my restore image file. It's a hidden .img file
> > on my Z drive. It is used to restore the factory original settings for my C
> > drive (NT4 sorry..). There must be another way around this...
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Charles A Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > Roman
> > >   If you have the full version of PartationMagic you can move, resize,
> > > delete or add partitions at will including NTFS file systems. If you are
> > > using the PM that comes with the Mandrake CD you CAN NOT modiy NTFS
> > > partitions. So the answer to your question is YES and NO. Which PM do you
> > > have?
> > >
> > >Charles
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:22 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0
> > >
> > > > Yes! My Power Pack is arriving today. Any how
> > > >
> > > > As I am still new to this... Earlier this year, I purchased a Dell
> > > > Dimension XPSB 733 with Windows NT (arrgh - I wasn't aware of Mandrake).
> > > > My first FAT partition is 2 Gig. (drive C), my second FAT is 2 Gig.
> > > > (drive D). The third is about 15 Gig. (drive E), and is NTFS. A 3Com
> > > > card was included with the workstation.
> > > >
> > > > >From the previous e-mail, I have heard that there is an issue with 3COM.
> > > > And, Linux does not support USB - at least not until this Fall. I am
> > > > also using the @Home service for the Internet.
> > > > If I use Partition Magic, will I be able to squeeze another partition
> > > > between the 2nd and 3rd partitions for the Linux installation?
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Roman
> > > > (I have learned that pain is not my enemy)
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
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Re: [newbie] Cookies

[Alan Shoemaker]

Ron/Euniceyou'd better make it 400, as it is set by
netscape at 600. There's no point in giving it additional
readability with the change.

Alan


Ron Greer wrote:
> 
> Sure chmod 444 /home//.netscape/cookies
> It may cause a problem with netscape, but that'll do it :)
> -=Ron=-
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 9:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Alan Shoemaker; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Cookies
> 
> Alan can /home//.netscape/cookies be set to READ ONLY?
> 
> On Fri, 12 May 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > Eunice/home//.netscape/cookies
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > Eunice Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where cookies are stored in Netscape 4.72?
> > > I'd like to delete them
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Eunice

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

[Evan Holt]

Hi there,

>> Does anyone know how can I install the 3dfx drivers and Glide for Linux
in a Mandrake Linux System??

If you are lucky enough to own a Voodoo card, just head over to...

http://linux.3dfx.com/

and you will find all of the RPMs for device drivers and Glide.

Hope that helps,

Evan

Re: [RE: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0]

[Romanator]

I cannot find it. It's hidden. However, I do have all of my back up CDs.
It's just that the image file come in handy when my C drive gets too
full. You know, the good old DLLs that get dumped into the computer.

Roman

James McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> Would you like to get rid of the Z drive?
> 
> Kat
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Romanator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [RE: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0]
> 
> I agree. All I have to do is back up all of my data and begin partitioning.
> The only thing
> that I am concerned about is the fact that Dell has a backup image file.
> It is located on Z drive and it's hidden. I find it very useful for
> restoring my original
> installation on C drive. I'll probably contact their Technical Support
> about this issue.
> 
> Did you install Mandrake 7.0 on a separate drive or did you partition the
> same drive?
> 
> Roman
> (The Romanator)
> 
> Jaguar wrote:
> 
> > I have the 3COM 3C509B Combo/ISA/jumpered NIC and have not had a problem
> with
> > it except it not showing up in DrakConf.  I too have the @Home service and
> the
> > NIC although OLDit works well...I would trust it long before a cheap
> > Realtek 813x, D-Link card.
> > HTH
> > Jaguar
> >
> > Ron Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Well, I don't know of an issue with any 3com card, the ONLY thing I've
> > heard
> > > is that the 3c509 may not autoconfigure, that's an easy fix.  Which 3Com
> > > card do you have?  And there is *SOME* USB support [I don't think it's
> in
> > > mandrake yet, but I understand... it's BETA], if you feel daring and
> wanna
> > > try it out.
> > > You might wanna check out http://www.linux-usb.org they have a list of
> > > what's working/what's not.
> > > To "squeeze" the partition, all you do is have  Partition magic add
> another
> > > partition in there... I don't see a problem with this, but of course, it
> > > will make one of your drives (c:,d:, or e:) smaller.  If you're
> installing
> > > mandrake, you'll actually need three partitions, so...umm... maybe just
> > have
> > > some spare free space out there for linux and have linux partition it.
> > >   -=Ron=-
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Romanator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:22 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes! My Power Pack is arriving today. Any how
> > >
> > > As I am still new to this... Earlier this year, I purchased a Dell
> > > Dimension XPSB 733 with Windows NT (arrgh - I wasn't aware of Mandrake).
> > > My first FAT partition is 2 Gig. (drive C), my second FAT is 2 Gig.
> > > (drive D). The third is about 15 Gig. (drive E), and is NTFS. A 3Com
> > > card was included with the workstation.
> > >
> > > From the previous e-mail, I have heard that there is an issue with 3COM.
> > > And, Linux does not support USB - at least not until this Fall. I am
> > > also using the @Home service for the Internet.
> > > If I use Partition Magic, will I be able to squeeze another partition
> > > between the 2nd and 3rd partitions for the Linux installation?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Roman
> > > (I have learned that pain is not my enemy)
> > > --
> >
> > The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma.
> >
> > 
> > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at
> http://webmail.netscape.com.
> 
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Re: [newbie] IDontLoveYou (fwd)

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Marc wrote:

>What is this email about? unix version of ILoveYou???
>
>- Original Message - 
>From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>| 
>| This is the Unix version of "I Love You". It works on the honor system.
>| 
>| If you receive this mail, you should delete a bunch of GIFs, MP3s, and
>| binaries from your home directory, then send a copy of this e-mail to
>| everyone you know.

Sorry about the commotion that this mail may have caused. It really was
just a joke-mail.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] slow login in X

[Paul]

On Thu, 11 May 2000, bascule wrote:

>hi all,
>i recently (last night!) persuaded a friend to install mandrake 7 (air)
>because under redhat6.0 he could only get 640 by 480 x256 colours in X
>using his creative voodoo banshee.
>
>amd k5 133
>32 mb ram
>2gig hard disk space
>32 mb swap
>creative voodoo banshee

Just a stab in the dark, but perhaps adding some more swap space might
help (or better some RAM)? I am not aware what exactly a creative voodoo
banshee card would add to the system, but if it is one of those high
intensity video cards, then I can imagine that the system has some
problems with it.

Paul

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RE: [newbie] Does Linux need defragmenting?

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote:

>Linux takes care of that.  I may step out WAAAY on a limb here, but from
>what I've been told, Linux is a self defragmenting OS (Actually, that more
>depends on the FileSystem than the OS, but hey, so I'm wrong).  Either way,
>linux should handle this fine.
>   -=Ron=-

Hi Ron,
Thanks for the info. Let's hope that Linux indeed takes care of it. I have
heard this before, but after seeing the messages... I sort of got a
strange feeling about it. *grin*
I guess that is a heritage from mickey$oft systems that will have to wear
off...

Paul

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Re: [newbie] guide to ISDN configuration ?

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Christian Mathes wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I would like to connect to the internet via ISDN. If I study the printed
>manual of Mandrake 7.0 I only find the configuration of a connection via
>modem. But this is of course not what I am looking for.
>
>So can you please tell me where I can find a step by step guide which
>explains to me how I can establish an ISDN connection with my Mandrake 7.0
>distribution?

Hello Christian,
Best shot is to go to http://www.wurtel.demon.nl. That site has a LOT of
info on getting ISDN to work. It helped me :)

Regards,
Paul

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Re: [newbie] Down with LILO!

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, kenny wrote:

>is bootmagic commercial or gnu
>and is partionmagic gnu or commercial??

Bootmagic is a part of the Partition Magic package.
And it is very commerial. But worth the money.
Paul

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Re: [newbie] K Menu screwed up - how can I fix it?

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

>Every time I log in, my K menu gets all screwed up.  The default program
>groups change to a mixture of KDE and Gnome stuff, and each time I have
>to edit the menus to change it.  Even though I save the changes, the next
>time I log in the same thing happens.  Does anyone know what might be
>going wrong?
>
>Kirk

Could it be that your config files have changed user? When you run X as
root from your home directory, then you/user can't access the files that
hold the config. Shutting down X rewrites a bunch of files with the logged
in person as owner. Perhaps you could check this...

cd
ls -la | more


Paul

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Re: [newbie] IDontLoveYou (fwd)

[Paul]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote:

>What do I do if I don't have any MP3s? Can I delete my AVIs instead?
>
>  Charles

Hahaha!!! Only if you feel you belong in the "honor system"  *grin*

Paul

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Re: [newbie] How I Automatically Run A Program On Start-Up?

[Paul]

On Thu, 11 May 2000, ChOPpY C. Chipper wrote:

>Hello Again,
>
>   I was wondering how I could run an FTP Server on Start-Up, I have
>downloaded and configured it already, but now want it to load on Start-Up, is
>there a way to do this?

Not sure about an FTP server, but most things I want to run either go into
/etc/rc.d/rc.local, or I have my mate CRON to take care of things...

Paul

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Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

[Romanator]

I agree. But, do to the fact that I layed out some serious cash for my
Dell Dimenison XPSB 733 workstation, I thought that I would experiment
with the partitioning on my other computer. In fact, I am emailing my
messages to you - as I am typing. I was thinking of purchasing System
Commander 2000 from V Communications. It also includes a partitioning
package. Other than the price, does it matter which one I use?

I will be installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my Dell Dimension XPS M166
with Windows 98SE, and about 64 MB. of RAM. I have a 10 Gig. drive to
experiment with. It's a lot slower but I wanted to read as much as I can
before partitioning. I keep reading all of these panic emails and it
concerns me.

In reference to the NTFS, I couldn't agree with you more. The 14 Gig. is
a lot of wasted space. I have been using it for storing back ups and
downloads. But, the only item that I am concerned about is losing my
factory preset image file. Apparently, it is located in the NTFS
partition under Z drive, and it's hidden.

Roman 

Paul wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 11 May 2000, Romanator wrote:
> 
> >I am using a 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI card - 'For Complete PC
> >Management NIC (3C905C-TX)".
> >Since I have over 14 Gig. NTFS hard drive space that is not used, 'ya
> >think it's possible?
> >
> >Hey, my Linux Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack was just delivered?
> >
> >Roman
> 
> If you have the real Partition Magic (vs. 4 or up) I am sure this can be
> done. Since I did this myself. It is a waste to have 14 Gb of disk doing
> nothing. Better put it to some use :)
> 
> Paul
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Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[Charles A Edwards]

Wade

   It's a matter of cost. Winmodems are cheaper than Real modems. 99.9% of
all PCI modems preinstalled in systems are winmodems and 99% of all PCI
modems that you can buy retail are winmodems. There are only 4 that I know
for a fact are not winmodems. If you are running windows winmodems are fine,
but DAMN, as popular and as many users as Linur now has you would think that
manf. would at the least  say on their packaging or in the product specs.
that it's a Winmodem and will not work in any OS but Windows.
   Sorry for the rant.
   Now as to your question . Once you have the modem connected and boot into
Linux it should automatically see your modem and you want really need to do
anything. You can check it by opening kppp, clicking setup and then device
The box should show
   Modem Device  /dev/modem
   Flow Control CRTSCTS
   Line Termination CR/LF
   Connection speed   115200 (that's for 56k yours will be lower)

   Charles


- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem


> Hi List,
>
> Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey
through
> 'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
> 'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'.  S*cks
> to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
> local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
> it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople
that
> I was planning to install Linux.
>
> It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
> being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
> modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
> computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
> work.
>
> I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
> an older external modem attached to an old retired system
> that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with
a
> winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and
off
> I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
> a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.
>
> My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for
a
> new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
> external modem?
>
> b/web
> Wade
>
>
>
>

Re: [newbie] ZIp drive problem

[Alan Shoemaker]

Kirkmy guess would be that you have supermount enabled and
supermount desktop icons don't have this option.

Alan


Kirk McElhearn wrote:
> 
> I had to reinstall my Mandrake system.  Before, I could unmount my Zip
> drive by right-clicking and selecting Unmount.  This option is no longer
> there.  How do I get it back?
> 
> Kirk
> 
> vice versa
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Re: [newbie] multiple xsessions

[Alan Shoemaker]

quaynow that makes no sense, as what that error is telling
you is that display 0 is already being used, and since you
correctly specified display 1 then it shouldn't report about
the status of display 0 any longer, it should just go ahead
and use display 1.

Alan


quaylar wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 May 2000 09:29:50 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >quayyou left out a space between the second dash and the
> >colon.
> >
> >startx -- :1
> >  ^  ^
> 
> i was told this by someone else too...but i get the mentioned error message although 
>typing it correctly..
> startx -- :1
> 
> it still doesnt work..
> 
> >Alan
> >
> >
> >quaylar wrote:
> >>
> >> hi all.
> >>
> >> i would like to know how to start multiple xsessions on diff. vt's.
> >> i know there is the command startx --:1 which (should) start another xserver
> >> but this produces following error :
> >>
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> Server is already active for display 0
> >> If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> >> and start again.
> >>
> >>
> >> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> >> the full server output, not just the last messages
> >>
> >> what am i doing wrong ?...is there an option in x-config files i have to set in
> >> order to get this working ?
> >>
> >> thx in advance...
> >>
> >> --quay

[newbie] dual 500 celerons

[dFyant .]

I am having major stability problems with Linux-mandrake

i have an abit bp6 board  the computer will just freeze on a shell or even 
faster in x windows..what could be wrong


thanks

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RE: [newbie] ppp0 woe-s

[Ron Greer]

Hmmm... that's a toughie... basically you messed something up :)  J/k.
Okay, things I'd look for:
1.  Go to /etc/rc.d
2.  rgrep -r ppp0 *
3.  If something shows up, reply back with what it said (and any more detail
you can give).
4.  That obviously didn't work, otherwise you wouldn't still be here.
*sigh*
5.  Okay, now umm... let's look around.
6.  Did you play with /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp ?
Okay, the numbering scheme is stupid...
Anyway, if you changed that file, you may want to put it back :)
But same would hold true, you probably would have to have played with
ifdown-ppp in the same directory.

Maybe you played with /etc/ppp/ip-up ?
Maybe you forced ppp.o to load?
I don't know Any more input would be helpful!
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] ppp0 woe-s


Hi,

I think this is very minor as I accomplished this while doing initial
configs in my efforts to get my winmodem to dial up a connection.
I have inadverdently tweaked something with my ppp0 configuration as when I
boot to Linux and when I shut down Linux I get an error on my loading ppp0
and my shutting down ppp0 on the check list it is the only config that
comes up *RED*. 

All of the remaining list items get a *GREEN* [ok] both booting and
shutting down. As did ppp0 prior to my configs on my winmodem.

Thanks,

b/web
Wade

RE: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[Ron Greer]

Easiest way is to delete /dev/modem
then ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS
The 'number of modem' property listed above is just which com port it's
on... remember Linux starts counting at 0 (Which everyone should)...
So Com1 is ttyS0 
   Com2 is ttyS1 ...etc.
Whichever Com port it's set to, just specify it there.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem


Hi List,

Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey through
'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'.  S*cks
to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople that
I was planning to install Linux. 

It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
work. 

I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
an older external modem attached to an old retired system
that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with a
winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and off
I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.

My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for a
new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
external modem? 

b/web
Wade

RE: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[Hank Ingram]

> My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux 
> to look for a
> new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to 
> recognize and use my
> external modem? 

Run modemtool to find the modem. 

Re: [newbie] To all that asked for virus scanner

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>I am sorry to say that for some unknown reason. I cant send it!
:~>I have tried over twenty times without success. I am truly sorry
:~>either Kmail is doing something or the file is too large

Please do not send such attachements to the list. Send it to whoever asked
for it, or just put it online and post the url...

Lot of people access the net using a modem, and not all of them are
interested in a virus scanner (or whatever). Therefore, I have set a limit
of e-mails size to 100k some time ago.

One day I will sit down and write some more inteligent filters as well
(like no .doc, no visual basic, flattening the attached .txt and .html,
html->ASCII conversion...), but I have no time for it now.

yours
Denis  
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[newbie] Patch Command

[anils]

Hi All,

What is the command for checking PATCH LEVELS in Mandrake-Linux ?  In
SOLARIS its showrev -p.


Thanks

- anil

Re: [newbie] do not read this - it is obscene .-)

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>Denis, this is COMPLETELY and UTTERLY unprofessional.  Certainly there
:~>are better ways of tracking down the filter (like maybe the headers on
:~>the posted email) than posting rubbish like this to the mailing list.

Sure there is, but none of them would make it absolutely clear that I
do not filter anything on this list. Besides, I think that the title was
very clear - so, why did you read it?   

:~>I would sincerely hope you find yourself in your supervisor's office in
:~>the morning begging to retain your job.  Would you put up with this if

Hope on. And I am still here, as you can see.

:~>YOU were a customer of a company?

You got things wrong. This list is for FRIENDS of the company. Or have you
seen anyoune who had to PAY to get on this list?

cu
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Re: [newbie] Disableing Supermount and other fstab questions

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>hi.ive the same problem...but adding user to my fstab doesnt help...i still
:~>cant mount fs as non-root user..any ideas ?

Oh, come on, sure it does. Something like:

/dev/fd0/mnt/floppy   vfat   sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0

will do just fine, trust the daddy. ,-)

cu
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[newbie] Cookie Pal

[Piero]

Do you know whethert a program like Cookie Pal exists for Linux?

RE: [newbie] Root Password

[Denis HAVLIK]

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote:

:~>Two things:
:~>1.  How to set an EXECUTABLE to run AS root:   Chmod 6755 
:~>The 6 sets the Set-UID Flag :)

very bad. This gives everyone the right to run this binary as root.
Better way to go is to use sudo, or at least:

chown root.mygroup 
chmod 6750 

and add the users you want to use the prog to "mygroup".


:~>2.  How to set a USER as SUPERVISOR:  Easiest way, edit /etc/passwd change
:~>the 
:~>:x:::etc 
:~>to 
:~>:x:0:0:etc

By no means! Please, this will give the user ALL the root permissions ALL
the time! This is EXTREMELY dangerous. A rm -rf / and wuuup - all is gone. 

cu
Denis

:~> -=Ron=-
:~>
:~>
:~>-Original Message-
:~>From: Denis HAVLIK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:~>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:45 AM
:~>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>Subject: Re: [newbie] Root Password
:~>
:~>
:~>use SUDO. And use it sparsly, too .-)
:~>
:~>:~>Anyone know anything about how to set super permissions to a user without
:~>giving them the root password, or the authority to change the root password
:~>once they are granted super user permissions.
:~>:~>Thanks in advance.
:~>:~>Dave
:~>:~>
:~>
:~>

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Re: [newbie] Subscription

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>subscribe newbie

OH, no - do I really have to forbid this again? I draw back to only
unsubscribe some time ago... Hope this will stay isolated and that you
will not start flame wars again.

You will have much more interesting things to discuss very soon. 
As for subscribe request - it should go to "sympa", not to "newbie" adress

cu
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Re: [newbie] Filtering

[Denis HAVLIK]

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Mike Perry wrote:

:~>By Golly!
:~>My last message got filtered out and never reached newbie!
:~>I have replaced any politicly incorrect words/phrases and hope 
:~>that this gets through, but I WOULD respectfully as the Staff at
:~>Mandrake what is going on.

AGAIN, AND FOR THE LAST TIME: WE DO NOT FILTER ANYTHING

We had problems because of the bouncing e-mails as many ISP-s shut down
SMTP servers lately ;->, maybe that was a reason for your recent
loss... Not filtering, for sure. 

cu
Denis
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RE: [newbie] Cookies

[Ron Greer]

Sure chmod 444 /home//.netscape/cookies
It may cause a problem with netscape, but that'll do it :)
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 9:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Alan Shoemaker; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Cookies


Alan can /home//.netscape/cookies be set to READ ONLY?



On Fri, 12 May 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Eunice/home//.netscape/cookies
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Eunice Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know where cookies are stored in Netscape 4.72?
> > I'd like to delete them
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Eunice

RE: [newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!

[James McLaughlin]

>>>Cool! Some scans of that article would be great! Hope the list wouldn't
mind though.


I can put some links in a mail to my webserver, and get the info to the list
that way. We'll try to take it easy on you modem users ,-)

Kat

[newbie] Gnuplot

[Jose Manuel Llorens Montolio]

I try to install a GUI for GNUPLOT and i have found in fr.rpmfind.net
two packages, but both require libraries that i don't have: libjpeg.so.6 (SuSe
6.2 distribution) and libg++.so.2.7.2. I looked them with Kpackage but without
success (i found only libjpeg.so) I'm not developer and i have no idea about
the difference between them or where can i get them. I don't know if they work
in Linux Mandrake 7.0 or not, and so on. 

Thanx, Jose.


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Re: [newbie] named service and mandrake 7 ????

[Charles A Edwards]

   Do you already have an account with this ISP or are you trying to
estalish a new account?
   If you already have an account open kppp, select setup, New, then enter
your connection name, and the access number. Click OK then click OK at the
configuration screen, Next enter your Login ID and your password, click
connect and if your modem is setup you will be on the internet.
   If you wish to establish an account with a new ISP you can:
   1) Do it from another OS were you can download the ISP software.
   2) Sign-up at the ISP's website if they offer that option.
   3) Open your account by telephone.
 Linux does not have a "Network Connection Wizard". YOU have to supply  it
with all the necessary information.

  Charles



- Original Message -
From: "aifusionextreme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:12 AM
Subject: [newbie] named service and mandrake 7 


HI

I have been trying toget on the inet, and got hold of some docs to do it and
confiure the DNS etc.., but they all seem to assume that named is a standard
service, which I am sure it is, but I dont seem to have it.

I tried the linuxconf startup and its not there, also did a search on the HD
and found nothing. Why isnt it included in mandrake  ?

More importantly where can I get it, and how does one install a new servcie.

thanks

[newbie] Boot framebuffer question.

[Ron Greer]

Okay, I'm looking for a way to have a fully/mostly graphical boot on my
linux machine.
I'm assuming this is done by using the Framebuffer techniques (Same ones
used to show the Tux in the upper corner during boot), but I have two
questions.
1:  Is this really what I need?  How did Corel do it in their distro?  That
looks sort of like what I need to get started.

2:  Where can I find good solid documentation on how to use the framebuffer
stuff Just for boot?

-=Ron=-

Re: [newbie] multiple xsessions

[quaylar]

On Fri, 12 May 2000 09:29:50 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>quayyou left out a space between the second dash and the
>colon.
>
>startx -- :1
>  ^  ^

i was told this by someone else too...but i get the mentioned error message although 
typing it correctly..
startx -- :1

it still doesnt work..


>Alan
>
>
>quaylar wrote:
>> 
>> hi all.
>> 
>> i would like to know how to start multiple xsessions on diff. vt's.
>> i know there is the command startx --:1 which (should) start another xserver
>> but this produces following error :
>> 
>> Fatal server error:
>> Server is already active for display 0
>> If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>> and start again.
>> 
>> 
>> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>> the full server output, not just the last messages
>> 
>> what am i doing wrong ?...is there an option in x-config files i have to set in
>> order to get this working ?
>> 
>> thx in advance...
>> 
>> --quay

Re: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users

[Paul]

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Adam Stark wrote:

>Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to
>have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own
>separate mail.  I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of
>my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it.  However, when it
>is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated
>between my family members.  In short I want to split one E-mail address
>into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail  can do this.  Can
>anybody tell me how to set it up?

Hi Adam,
I think you need a Multidrop mailbox for that.
This works as this:

you have an account somewhere that lets you receive mail on
@accountname.something.  Depending on the  you can
make fetchmail determine where incoming mail has to go.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] multiple xsessions

[Dave Lers]

On Fri, 12 May 2000, quaylar wrote:
> hi all.
> 
> i would like to know how to start multiple xsessions on diff. vt's.
> i know there is the command startx --:1 which (should) start another xserver
> but this produces following error :

We just covered that, startx -- :1, note the added space.

Re: [newbie] Parental Control

[Rial Juan]

Hmm. just adding my two cents:

I've been watching porn since I was like... uhhm... 6 or so. Ok, at that age I
didn't understand what it was all about, except that married people did those
kind of things, but anyway... It hasn't made me a less responsible, or more
perverted human being. As a matter of fact, I kind of dislike porn nowadays,
since I regard most of it as cheap filth. Some porn goes beyond the average "get
two ugly people in bed and film the action as explicitly as possible" style that
governs the market, but that kind of "quality porn" is scarce.

But anyway, porn right now can't really attract my attention anymore, and I
usually even change the channel when yet another stupid cheap erotic movie is
playing. Not to say I don't enjoy sex, but just not all the cheap rubbish they
show on TV, or what's to be found on all major XXX-sites.

Of course I can only speak for myself, but I regard myself as the living proof
that watching porn doesn't make you a pervert. So why bother about your kiddies
becoming perverts just 'coz they watch porn on the web? Ok, at first they'll be
very interrested, they'll download tons of pics and movies, even print some out,
share with their friends, and probably play with themselves while watching it.
So what? It's just a stage they have to pass trough, and we all know that kids
in their puberty find their way to porn one way or another anyway, or do you
think my parents realized how much of that shit I have looked at in my life?

But ask yourselves this question: what do you prefer? A 13-year old kid that
watches tons of porn, and experiments with himself while watching it, only to
realise when he matures that it's actually cheap rubbish, and then when he's
passed that stage can enjoy a normal healthy sex-life with his partner of
choice, or do you prefer creating a human being that will engage in a
relationship so insecure about intimity because he's always regarded it as
something of a taboo, and even something evil? Probably even an individual who's
been so frustrated all of his life because he always heard stuff about it, but
never really knew what it was all about. This individual will never enjoy sex in
his whole life. Oh yes, he'll _have_ sex, but he won't _enjoy_ it, odds are he
won't be able to keep a decent relationship for long either, since he'll be one
hell of a screwed up person (ok, I'm going into extremes here, but you get my
point).

I don't believe in forcing porn upon young kids just to have them realise the
facts of life, but I also don't believe in this rigid censorship which has
ruined more lives troughout the years than drugs has. I believe that when a
6-year old kid comes asking you what words like "vagina" and "condom" mean, you
should have an open conversation in which the kid doesn't get the impression
it's something of a taboo, or evil/perverted. Of course, if I had a 6-year old
daughter and she came up to me asking "Daddy, what does 'sodomize' mean?", I
would be baffled at first too, and I don't really know if I would have an answer
for her right away, but then again, it's these moments that make parentship such
a fun job, I suppose. ;-)

Note, I don't have any kids, nor am I married myself. So these opinions are not
the ones of a parent, but the ones of the child of parents who always have had
an open policy about sex and sex-related questions. I turned out quite OK, and
so will many other kids if you give them a chance to prove they're actually more
mature than you'd think. Besides, censorship doesn't work, there's always
classmates who bring porn-mags into school etc... I'd prefer if my future kids
would learn about sex from me and my future wife, than from the other kids in
school.


On May 7 Marc wrote:

> finally some one says some thing about hate pages other than porn pages. i
> mean yes it is bad for a kid to see porn at a young age but what about
> seeing a hate filled sign? i guess morally any more porn is worse than hate.
> sorry for going off the topic but props to Del
> 

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[newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

[mrweb]

Hi List,

Well I sure am glad to see that I have not been alone in my journey through
'winmodem' land. Yes in fact be it well known by all that if you have a
'Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 PCI DI5630' you have a 'winmodem'.  S*cks
to think that a person can go and purchase a top of the line system from a
local top of the line computer store (several thousand dollars worth) and
it comes equipped with a 'winmodem' even after telling the salespeople that
I was planning to install Linux. 

It just sounds like MONOPOLY to me, but that is only me I guess. After
being shocked into the realization that MS had somehow managed to persuade
modem/driver manufacturers to only use winmodems and that way *ALL* new
computer systems everywhere would be dependent on MS to make their modems
work. 

I was preparing to take my system in for a new modem and I realized I had
an older external modem attached to an old retired system
that was not in use. I thought hmm, it is external will it even work with a
winmodem installed? I have plugged it in, installed the dos drivers and off
I went onto the internet. It is a bit slower 33/6 but as I am currently on
a dial up I don't think that really matters that much.

My number one question is, what is the best way to tell Linux to look for a
new external modem? Or how do I reconfigure Linux to recognize and use my
external modem? 

b/web
Wade

[newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

[Eric MC DECLERCK]

Hi all,
why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'.
What did I wrong ?
Thanks
Eric

RE: [newbie] KDE Desktop

[flupke]

How right you are, Ron! I always forget this usefull utility (pidof).
Anybody knows why it is located under /sbin?
I usually don't include /sbin in my $PATH.

Flupke

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote:

> Eesh that sounds like WAAY to much command line :)
> try:
> kill -9 `pidof kwm`
>   -=Ron=-
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: flupke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 6:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE Desktop
> 
> 
> from your telnet session, you could try to kill KDE :
>  ps aux |grep -i kde |grep -v grep
>  kill -9 [PID]
> PID is the PID of KDE (the number in the 2nd column after the "ps"
> command)
> 
> If it doesn't work, try to kill your X session
> 
> HTH
> Flupke
> 
> On Thu, 11 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > My KDE desktop is not responding to the mouse-clicks. I am not able to
> open
> > Netscape, console etc. I can access the system through telnet and does not
> > want to reboot. Any suggestions ?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > - anil
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

[newbie] ZIp drive problem

[Kirk McElhearn]

I had to reinstall my Mandrake system.  Before, I could unmount my Zip
drive by right-clicking and selecting Unmount.  This option is no longer
there.  How do I get it back?

Kirk


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Re: [newbie] Cookies

[Bob]

Alan can /home//.netscape/cookies be set to READ ONLY?



On Fri, 12 May 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Eunice/home//.netscape/cookies
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Eunice Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know where cookies are stored in Netscape 4.72?
> > I'd like to delete them
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Eunice

[newbie] Why doesn't Konsole work?

[Gregg Carrier]

Hi,
I can't see anything I type into Konsole. I've tried all the configuration
options to no avail. It's driving me nuts not to be able to resort to command
line when in KDE. I see a cursor about the right distance from the left margin.
It moves when I type. The changes I make are in fact made (ie I type mkdir
testdir  not seeing any characters actuallly written to Konsole, but a
directory IS actually made), but it just aint safe to type commands you can't
see. Given that all my other KDE stuff looks pretty good, I assumed it wasn't an
issue with my actual XF86Config or anything. On the other hand, none of
Konsole's settings via the gui help at all. Any ideas? Anyone seen this
problem? Any other software I can install that does what Konsole does (and
hopefully works on my setup ;)

TIA 
Gregg

[newbie] Fwd: netscape java problems

[Fernando Camacho Olmos]

--  Mensaje Reenviado  --
Subject: netscape java problems
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 07:13:24 -0500
From: Fernando Camacho Olmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Hi, anyone know how to fix this problem
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[newbie] Fwd: Aun no recibo respuesta

[Fernando Camacho Olmos]

--  Mensaje Reenviado  --
Subject: Aun no recibo respuesta
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 07:31:09 -0500
From: Fernando Camacho Olmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Pedi informes si su version de linux soportaba los chat con java. de ser asi,
quisiera suscribirme con ustedes.

atte. fernando camacho
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Fwd: Re: [newbie] netscape java problems

[Fernando Camacho Olmos]

--  Mensaje Reenviado  --
Subject: Re: [newbie] netscape java problems
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 02:55:18 -0500
From: Fernando Camacho Olmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


El mar, 09 may 2000, escribiste:
> maybe if we knew what your questions is.
> 
> 
> 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 Tue, 9 May 2000 07:13:24 -0500 Fernando Camacho Olmos
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 Hi, anyone know how to fix this problem
when netscape open a page with java contain this crash.
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RE: [newbie] Does Linux need defragmenting?

[Ron Greer]

Linux takes care of that.  I may step out WAAAY on a limb here, but from
what I've been told, Linux is a self defragmenting OS (Actually, that more
depends on the FileSystem than the OS, but hey, so I'm wrong).  Either way,
linux should handle this fine.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 2:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Does Linux need defragmenting?


Hello all,

me with a question again.
Sometimes I see a check forced on the harddisk while booting. No problem,
I think that's even good. When I see something like 7.1% non-contiguous,
is there something I should do about it? Or does Linux take care of that
by itself?

Paul

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RE: [newbie]

[Ron Greer]

Well, 
in an earlier post, I described to the user how to use a dos disk to get 
started 
Use a 
dos disk with your cdrom's support, go to that drive  and 
type:
cd 
\dosutils\autoboot
autoboot.bat
 
that 
should get it rolling.
    
-=Ron=-

  -Original Message-From: F. E. Schaper 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 
  3:32 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: 
  [newbie]
  Hey Guys,
   
  Trying to do a re-install here 
  and not having any luck. For some reason the CD will not boot up when I 
  restart the machine (the cd drive is found, but it won't start the install 
  when I use it) 
   
  Also using the bootdisk in the 
  floppy is no good...I'm about of of patience here any ideas of how to 
  re-install...I've read all of the documentation (which seems a little light to 
  me) and can't seem to get this damn thing to re-install
   
  Any ideas guys or should I just 
  quit on this and keep giving my $$ to "The Evil One"
   
   
   

RE: [newbie] Re: [blt] weekly field trip

[Ron Greer]

Umm okay.
Well, hrm... how to start.
Basically IMHO the easiest way to do this isn't through a GUI.
Go to a terminal, then change directories to /home/Bob/Netscape/caitoo (Or
whereever it unpacked to).
In there, there should be (probably) an INSTALL file... read it.
Generally the standard way to compile things is to run
./configure
make
make install
that should compile everything provided you have Make, gcc, etc installed.
Good luck!
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Re: [blt] weekly field trip



I have struggling with the installation of Netscape 4.7, obtained
from
Linux-Mandrake 7.02 cd.  Since I was not able to invoke the program I
removed
it and reinstalled Netscape 3.04
I have also attempted to download Netscape 4.7 from TUCOWS, however
my
server continues to kick me, usually with 50% of the download accomplished.
Some  how I ran across CAITOO-0.6.6.tar.gz, a substitue for M$
Go-zilla. Using tar xvzf (etc) now have the files(s) in my
/home/Bob/Netscape
directory.  It is becoming clear that I have not complied the file.

Questions: Not understanding exactly "Source Code" I am at a lost to
locate it, and run the compile program.  I assumed that the "source code"
would
be located in the above mentioned directory. Frankly, as this is my first
attempt downloading taz files, I would not know if my attemps are
misdirected. The information gathered is from the "Readme" and KDE's
explanation on compiling.

Thanks in advance.

Bob Root

Re: [newbie] Server partitions

[Eric MC DECLERCK]

Add a /usr/local to preserve own progs.
Eric

Victor Richardson wrote:
> 
> I'm doing a custom server install of Mandrake 6.1 for our office and was
> wondering about some partitions and their sizes. The server will only be
> accessed by 15 users (Win & Mac) for basic fileshare and some
> scheduling/calendar app (Netscape). Anyway, I have a 9.1 gig drive and
> have;
> 
> /boot - 23 meg
> /- 500 meg
> /tmp  - 200 meg
> /var   - 200 meg
> /usr   -1500 meg
> /home - 6000 meg
> /swap - 250 meg
> 
> My question is, do I need /usr/local or /usr/opt, and if so how big? If
> I do have /usr/local, does /usr need to be as big as it is?
> 
> Please feel free to suggest anything, I could use the help.
> 
> Victor

RE: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users

[Ron Greer]

Hmm... I'd suggest a procmail script.
Have something in the subject or in the headers that you can identify with
each person.   procmail rules for this type stuff :)
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Adam Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users


Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to
have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own
separate mail.  I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of
my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it.  However, when it
is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated
between my family members.  In short I want to split one E-mail address
into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail  can do this.  Can
anybody tell me how to set it up?

RE: [newbie] CD Burning

[Ron Greer]

Well, heheh, here's a really early tool in development for it :)
http://www.reed.edu/~richterr/mp3burn.html
Sorry, I haven't played much in this realm.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Anthony Huereca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 6:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] CD Burning


I FINALLY got a replacement CD-RW today (the old one was defective) and so
now
I"m anxious to use it. However I don't know how exactly to get mp3's into
audio
tracks that you can play on a regular stero. I know you have to convert
them,
and then burn it on a CD-R disc, the only problem is the software. I checked
out freshmeat.net to look for some stuff, but none of them had what I
wanted.
So is there any good GUI CD-Burning utlities that I should check out?
Preferably something that converts the Mp3 and burns it all in one program.
I
did get a burner program to work though (gcombust), but I can't get a mp3
convertor to work for me, so a convertor alone would work too. Thanks.


-- 
Anthony Huereca
http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

Re: [Re: [newbie] Any way back in?]

[Jaguar]

If you hit ESC durung the Windows splash screen you can see the DOSy type
things happening while Windows continue's to load.

Drake X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the Lilo prompt, type linux 3 - this is run level 3 (without the GUI) - 
> same as being in DOS without Windows being loaded.
> 
> As a side note - despite what MS (and most Windows users I know) would have

> you believe, DOS is still the actual MS OS! Windows just sits on top of it 
> just like it always has since Windows 1.0 (Windows 85?) came out in 1985! 
> There's no such thing as "going into DOS mode", because you're always in 
> DOS to start with!  The Windows splash screen is just an attempt to make it

> look like Windows is loading right away, but it's actually hiding what's 
> going on in DOS immediately before Windows loads. Sorry for the rant, but 
> I've been trying to explain all this to my Windows friends for 5 years to 
> no avail.
> 
> At 03:42 PM 05/11/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >I made a change to my  XF86Config file which I realized was a mistake when
> >I rebooted the system.
> >
> >I had Lilo set to automatically take me into graphic mode (runlevel 5) and
> >now I can't read a thing and therefore can't repair my mistake.
> >..
> >Is there a way at the Lilo prompt to override that default and simply get
> >in at a log in command?
> >Or am I doomed to lose most recent files and re-install?
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >Michael Coady
> >
> >M.


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