Re: [newbie] sound and KDM graphical login manager

[John Rye]

Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Dear Anyone, Before my computer crash 4 weeks ago I had sound working in
> > Linux but I do not know why it worked finally. Now  after my reinstall
> > (without windows 95 this time) I am trying to set up sound and I just get
> > error messages when I try to do it through sndconfig. I went through this
> > exact same thing before and finally I just put in a musical CD after weeks of
> > going through this and I had sound! Now I tried the CD but no sound. Is there
> > anything else I can do? Yes, my card is supported and is on the list. It did
> > work before. It says something about device resource busy. Would anyone be
> > able to help me on this one?
> >
> > My other problem is- now that I finally have X going correctly( I think )I do
> > not get the graphical login manager where you login and pick a window
> > manager. I can only login in from the prompt with startx then I get KDE and
> > Gnome. I would like the choice of the other window managers, also. How do I
> > get the graphical login manager to come up?
> > Thank you very much,
> > Marcia
> 
> Marciaas root edit your /etc/inittab file and change 3 to
> a 5 in the following line like this:
> 
> id:3:initdefault:
>   to
> id:5:initdefault:
> 
> The next time you boot the system you'll come up in the gui
> mode and will beable to login in the gui login manager.
> 
> Concerning your sound problem, try this.  On your Panel (at
> the bottom og f the screen) there is an icon for mixer.  Open
> it and make sure that the volume is turned up loud enough.  If
> this doesn't help then you'll need to supply more info about
> your sound card.
> 
> Alan

Also make sure you have sound enabled within the KDE Control Centre

Cheers
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Re: [newbie] slow printer performance

[John Rye]

Fabian Jennings wrote:
> 
> I have a PC pentium 233 with 32MB RAM, and am dual booting
> between  Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and Win 95. My printer is an HP
> Deskjet 870Cxi. Under Windows, it prints as expected - 4 to
> 5 pages of black and white text per minute, or thereabouts.
> Under Linux-Mandrake, however, it prints at about one fifth
> that speed. Mandrake recognizes my printer as a series 870C,
> 
> and lists a driver for it. I configured accordingly, both
> using printtool and DrakConf. I am quite confident that I
> entered all the configuaration info correctly. As I said, it
> does print
> under Mandrake. Also, it runs off the ASCII test page
> without a
> hitch. But when I go back to the KDE desktop and print a
> text document from one of my StarOffice 5.2 files or an
> email from Netscape, for example, it prints woefully slowly.
> 
> I have gone back to both printtool and Drakconfig to change
> the print filter, choosing other HP Deskjet drivers listed,
> but that has not made any difference. Has anybody got any
> idea what could be wrong and how to fix it? I'll also
> mention that moving around with the mouse on my KDE
> desktop is quick and responsive, but bringing up StarOffice
> and moving around on the StarOffice desktop are slow and
> tedious; i.e., like the printer performance. Star Office
> takes about three or four minutes to appear after I click on
> 
> it, and the same for a new document page, once I'm there.I'm
> 
> throwing this in, not to double up on problems, but because
> I'm wondering if there could be any connection?
> 
> Regards,
>   Fabian

Speed Loading
Yes - StarOffice is ssllooww starting up - I think just about
every comment one sees about this product makes the same point.

There are some rumours about that this could improve in the future -
Got good lung capacity  

Printing
I guess you understand that StarOffice has it's own set of printer
drivers and that they are _ALL_ for PostScript(TM) printers.

What's hapenning here (I have the same problem) is that SO writes
the file out as a generic postscript file which is in turn passed
to Ghostscript which massages the file thru it filter ffor your
printer definition

I not sure that there is a workaround for this other than inceased
caffiene intake

Cheers

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Re: [newbie] Modem

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Mwinold:

You might wish to consider the U. S. Robotics 56k EXTERNAL modem. It was
recommended to me by some of our gurus. It connects every time. However,
please remember that it will work well ONLY for data, i.e. as a dial-up
connection to the Internet, NOT for faxing. But many Linux experts
recommend an external modem because of IRQ problems.

Yours,

Benjamin


-- 
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Rus: http://www.websher.net
Shk: http://www.shakespeareindex.net
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Knews dependencies

[Alan Shoemaker]

Roger Sherman wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > I just tried to install Knews with Kpackage, and it gave the error message
> > Dependency Problem,  libpng.so.0 is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1, libjpeg.so.6
> > is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1. Can anyone tell me where to get those two
> > files, and what to do with them once I have them?
> >
> 
> OK, never mind the where can I find them part...at least the libpng.so.0 part.
> Now the question is, I tried to install it through Kpackage, and I got a list
> of things that needed the files libpng.so.0 would be replacing. So where does
> this leave me? Will I not be able to install Knews? I hope I will, as although
> Kmail and I were not friendly at first, we are now getting on famously.
> 
> --
> 
> peace,
> 
> Rog
> http://www.slammingrooves.com

Rogon your installation CD:

/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/libjpeg-6b-14mdk.i586.rpm
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/libpng-1.0.5-2mdk.i586.rpm

Alan

[newbie] IDE CDrom burner support

[David Boles]

When I first installed L-M 7.1 it found and correctly configured all of my
hardware along with my CD-Rom and my CD-RW.

Since I have "upgraded" to kernel-2.2.16-9mdk L-M no longer recognizes my
CD-RW. I understand that it must me setup to be seen as a SCSI device. What
EXACTLY is different in the kernel between 2.2.15 and 2.2.16. I would like to
compile a new kernel and regain my CD-RW drive.



-- 

David Boles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Exporting QIF

[Robin Regennitter]

hi,   I tried Exporting QIF to a directory.  But windows wont let me Export
but it just says that my printer is not installed.  I'm not trying to export
my QIF files to the printer for pete's sake.   I'm trying to Export the file
so that when I go into linux.  I can try to import that file to Moneydance.
I've tried importing the files from Quicken but it is unable to recognise
any files.  and I cant find any files with a QIF extension in Quicken with
Linux.  hmm  maybe if I use the wine and oh   it cant .   it doesnt have
accessible to Linux.  =(   Havent tried it yet.   But I'll go try it.  I'm
in Windows right now..

Rob

Re: [newbie] Financial programs

[Robin Regennitter]

I have tried importing Quicken to Moneydance.  but with no luck. there
were 3 extension to that particular file and they were QDF, QEL, and QSD.
I've tried each of those and all of them together, none would work.  Is
there any other one that I have overlooked?

Rob
- Original Message -
From: "Barry Premeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Financial programs


> Rob wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > well   I have a Quicken account in my Windows 98.   I can access there
from
> > Linux using wine.  it's pretty convenient when it comes to wine.   I'm
trying
> > to decrease my dependent with windows as I'm phasing out on windows and
to
> > become totally devoted to Linux
> >
> > Rob
>
> You can import Quicken (QIF) files into Moneydance.  If it were me, I
would leave your
>
> Quicken/Wine setup active until I am comfortable with Moneydance.  You can
find
>
> the details at http://moneydance.net/  .
>
> --
> Barry :-)
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modemto work

[Mwinold]

goto linmodems.com if you want to find the most updated list on winmodems, 
mandrake says most because they havent tested them all but they know there 
are drivers out there for some winmodems

Re: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem

[Robin Regennitter]

Hi
I have tried to send this message and it looked like it never made it there.
but anyhow,  I noticed that LICQ 0.85 needed libcrypto.so.0 and libssl.so.0
as well as gt2.  but I couldnt find libcrypto and libssl anywhere in the MDK
7.2 Beta.  I gathered that those two files are embedded in another program
but which one?  it's certainly isnt in GT2 program.

Rob
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem


Joan,

I'm kinda coming in here half way through, but have you tried Kxicq yet? I
used to be a staunch LICQ user. However, when I made the switch from
RedHat to Mandrake I also discovered Kxicq when LICQ got strange on me and
I've been using it ever since. It's very nice and works well.

--
Mark

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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Joan Tur wrote:

> Adam escribió:
>
> > I remember licq 0.85 needs qt 2.2 installed, that *could* be your
problem,
>
> Hallo!  Thanks for your answer but we still haven't found where the
problem is
> 8-)
>
> I've upgraded with --force and it still doesn't work (v.2.2-2mdk of
qt2)...
>
>
> > you may have to re-install it, because it comes up with a qt2 error.
That's
> > just my 2 cents, I could be wrong, only been using mandrake for 4-5
months
> > and it's basically been beta testing (7.1, 7.2-1 and 7.2-2 so far)
anyways I
> > hope this helps.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Joan Tur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:56 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem
> >
> > > Hallo (again!)!  8-)
> > >
> > > There's something wrong with licq or some dependencies.  It installed
> > > well without beeing forced to do so, but i open a terminal window and
> > > launch it from there.  It works fine, but when i try to change from
> > > "online" to "away" (for instance) it shuts down and the following is
> > > showed in the terminal window:
> > >
> > > Licq Segmentation Violation Detected.
> > > Backtrace:
> > > [0x8092f6c]
> > > /usr/lib/qt2/lib/libqt.so.2(activate_signal__7QObjectPCc+0x9e)
> > > [0x405d28ca]
> > > [(nil)]
> > > Attempting to generate core file.
> > >
> > > I have no idea.  I have reinstalled Mandreke7.1 deleting the old
install
> > > and it worked fine before...  8-(
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
> > > Joan.Tur.pagina.de
> > > Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
> Joan.Tur.pagina.de
> Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [newbie] sound and KDM graphical login manager

[Alan Shoemaker]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Dear Anyone, Before my computer crash 4 weeks ago I had sound working in
> Linux but I do not know why it worked finally. Now  after my reinstall
> (without windows 95 this time) I am trying to set up sound and I just get
> error messages when I try to do it through sndconfig. I went through this
> exact same thing before and finally I just put in a musical CD after weeks of
> going through this and I had sound! Now I tried the CD but no sound. Is there
> anything else I can do? Yes, my card is supported and is on the list. It did
> work before. It says something about device resource busy. Would anyone be
> able to help me on this one?
> 
> My other problem is- now that I finally have X going correctly( I think )I do
> not get the graphical login manager where you login and pick a window
> manager. I can only login in from the prompt with startx then I get KDE and
> Gnome. I would like the choice of the other window managers, also. How do I
> get the graphical login manager to come up?
> Thank you very much,
> Marcia

Marciaas root edit your /etc/inittab file and change 3 to
a 5 in the following line like this:

id:3:initdefault:
  to
id:5:initdefault:

The next time you boot the system you'll come up in the gui
mode and will beable to login in the gui login manager.

Concerning your sound problem, try this.  On your Panel (at
the bottom og f the screen) there is an icon for mixer.  Open
it and make sure that the volume is turned up loud enough.  If
this doesn't help then you'll need to supply more info about
your sound card.

Alan

Re: [newbie] Overload

[Adam]

> Ted Baker wrote:
> 
> Please remove me from the newbie list
> Ted

remove yourself, are you really that damned lazy?

Re: [newbie] Only one Linux book opens

[Alan Shoemaker]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Dear Anyone, When I put in my Linux Mandrake 7.0 #3 CD in order to read
> some of the books only one book will open for me. This happened before with
> my first install of Linux, too, before the crash. They all opened with
> Acrobat reader under Windows 95. What do I need to do for this? Thank you.
> Marcia

Marciathat sounds like the behavior of the default viewer
(kghostview).  You need to install the acrobat reader stored
in the archive linux-ar-40.tar.gz that is in the same
directory on CD #3 as the 5 books.  Then you'll have the
proper reader for the .pdf format that those books are stored
in.

Alan

Re: [newbie] can not connect to internet

[Paul Payne]

I use @home also, and here is how I put this info to use. If you have RH
or MDK use linuxconf to get the numbers plugged in.  In the X version
click on Networking, then fill in the relatively self-explanatory boxes
under Basic Host Information, Name server Specification, and Routing and
Gateways.  Other distros will vary somewhat.  Good luck and keep at it.
Paul

> ip=24.42.143.174  (bind to your NIC)
> netmask=255.255.255.0
> gateway=24.42.143.1  (default gateway)
> client id =cr1016481-a  (hostname)
> subdomain=hnsn1.on.wave.home.com
> domain=24.2.9.33  (primary DNS server)
> 2nd domain=24.2.9.35  (secondary DNS server)

Re: [newbie] FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1

[Eric Flood]

There is one dino-might demo at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ ...
demos...networking...network basics

- Original Message -
From: "webmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:18 PM
Subject: [newbie] FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1


>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1
>
>
> Hello
>
>  Ive just installed Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1 on my Sony Vaio PCG-F350.
>
> It took the install well i think. I havent heard sound yet, and I cant
> connect to the web. Im on a network right now, can someone please help me
> connect to the web. I saw on start up that eth0 had a problem and failed.
Im
> using a 3com PCMCIA Card.
>
> Thanks
> Dominick
>
>

Re: [newbie] slow printer performance

[Steve Weltman]

Fabian,

StarOffice is a resource hog.  If you aren't running a P3 600+ with like
128MB RAM, it's slow.  It's NOT Linux's system (well, the O/S anyhow).
Please try a test...Use the KOffice products for a bit.  Let me know if this
is faster than before (I don't have access to a printer at the moment, but I
have had lots of time to fiddle with SOffice 5.2, and it's slower than
molasses in January, even on my system... P2/300, 96MB, 2MB VRAM laptop).

As for the printing, all sounds correct.  It should be a little faster than
that, but it's a little slower than windows with some inkjet machines for
some reason (I have no info why).

Steve W.
- Original Message -
From: "Fabian Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: [newbie] slow printer performance


> I have a PC pentium 233 with 32MB RAM, and am dual booting
> between  Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and Win 95. My printer is an HP
> Deskjet 870Cxi. Under Windows, it prints as expected - 4 to
> 5 pages of black and white text per minute, or thereabouts.
> Under Linux-Mandrake, however, it prints at about one fifth
> that speed. Mandrake recognizes my printer as a series 870C,
>
> and lists a driver for it. I configured accordingly, both
> using printtool and DrakConf. I am quite confident that I
> entered all the configuaration info correctly. As I said, it
> does print
> under Mandrake. Also, it runs off the ASCII test page
> without a
> hitch. But when I go back to the KDE desktop and print a
> text document from one of my StarOffice 5.2 files or an
> email from Netscape, for example, it prints woefully slowly.
>
> I have gone back to both printtool and Drakconfig to change
> the print filter, choosing other HP Deskjet drivers listed,
> but that has not made any difference. Has anybody got any
> idea what could be wrong and how to fix it? I'll also
> mention that moving around with the mouse on my KDE
> desktop is quick and responsive, but bringing up StarOffice
> and moving around on the StarOffice desktop are slow and
> tedious; i.e., like the printer performance. Star Office
> takes about three or four minutes to appear after I click on
>
> it, and the same for a new document page, once I'm there.I'm
>
> throwing this in, not to double up on problems, but because
> I'm wondering if there could be any connection?
>
> Regards,
>   Fabian
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [newbie] Modem

[Mwinold]

your in the same boat i am  WINMODEM!! no current drivers found so 
far i have the hsf series and i am still searching, your bet buy a linux 
based modem i would suggest one from actiontec if you do or you can wait hope 
pray and keep searching for someone to attempt to build a linmodem driver for 
that modem


In a message dated 19-Sep-00 13:47:29 Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< first things first.
 Ive installed 7.1 and think the OS is much cooler than documented by Windows 
 community.
 I,m had no problems installing apart from the OS not detecting my modem 
 which is a Conexant HCF 56l PCI Internal modem, can anyone direct me to the 
 drivers or any modem manafacturer which they strongly recommend for linux.
 __ >>

Re: [newbie] Knews dependencies

[Roger Sherman]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> I just tried to install Knews with Kpackage, and it gave the error message
> Dependency Problem,  libpng.so.0 is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1, libjpeg.so.6
> is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1. Can anyone tell me where to get those two
> files, and what to do with them once I have them?
> 

OK, never mind the where can I find them part...at least the libpng.so.0 part.
Now the question is, I tried to install it through Kpackage, and I got a list
of things that needed the files libpng.so.0 would be replacing. So where does
this leave me? Will I not be able to install Knews? I hope I will, as although
Kmail and I were not friendly at first, we are now getting on famously.


-- 

peace,

Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com

Re: [newbie] Only one Linux book opens

[Mark Weaver]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Dear Anyone, When I put in my Linux Mandrake 7.0 #3 CD in order to read 
> some of the books only one book will open for me. This happened before with 
> my first install of Linux, too, before the crash. They all opened with 
> Acrobat reader under Windows 95. What do I need to do for this? Thank you. 
> Marcia


Marcia,

Are you trying to read them in Linux or Windows? I'm a little unclear of 
that and also where your crash happened. You can install Adobe Acrobat 
Reader for Linux as well as Windows to read the .pdf files. Have you 
tried that yet?
-- 
Mark

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modemto work

[Mark Weaver]

Barry Premeaux wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> When I go Mandrakes home page and pull up the 'Supp. Hardware' link, this is all
> I find under 'MODEM'
> 
> " Most modems and ISDN adaptors are supported. Most "Win-modems" are NOT
> supported."
> 
> 'Most' to me means many, but not all.  I am comforted by a Manufacturer/Model Number
> type of list, because invariably the first modem I pick won't be one of the many.
> 
> Barry :-)
> 
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
> 
>> wait...I'm confused about something here. How can the HCL leave you in
>> the dark about whether a peice of hardware is supported or not. Either
>> it's on the list or it isn't. Was yours on the list?
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Mandrake's HCL left me in the dark on modems.  You can go to
>>> http://www.linux.com for a list of modems that work.
>>> 
>>> Barry :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 19 September 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 Alan Shoemaker wrote:
 
 
> Rodrigo Villela LAB17 wrote:
> 
> 
>> I almost giving up. I'll buy an USR 56K.But ISA or PCI ? Any sugestions ?
>> 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Rodrigoexternal
> 
> Alan
 
 yeah...what Alan said. An external or ISA...if you decided to go with an
 internal check the HCL on the Mandrake site to see if the modem you want
 to get is on that list. If it is, then buy it!
 
 check the HCL = Hardware Compatability List
 
 it list all the hardware that is supported by Linux Mandrake. Makes the
 job SO much easier.
 
 --
 Mark
 
 **  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed| ICQ#27816299
 ** <_||_> in the making of this|
 **  =\/=  message...| Registered Linux user #182496
 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _
>>> The freedom to choose your own Internet access price.
>>> Surfree.com - got to be free
>>> http://www.surfree.com
>> 

Barry,

Sorry about that. I had no idea the list was naked like that where 
modems was concerned. I've written the kind folks at Mandrake and hope 
that they'll take my mild protest seriously.

When I saw that there was nothing on the list that dealt with Linux 
friendly modems while most other hardware was addressed I could barely 
believe my own eyes. My message to them reflected this and hopefully 
they'll at least address it in some way.

In the mean time, for the most part ISA modems are usable while "most" 
PCI modems are not. From what I've heard "all" externals are Linux 
friendly and in most cases are desirable. My supervisor swears my them 
and uses nothing else but his Supra Express 56K external. I myself use a 
3Com US Robotics 56K modem. It's an ISA slot device and works great in 
Linux.

Do a search at the newbie list archive because this was discussed not 
too long ago and there was a URL given that will lead you to a 
compilation of modems and their manufacturers that will work with Linux. 
At the moment I can't recall what that web address is or I'd give it to 
  you now.

happy hunting,

-- 
Mark

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Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[Paul]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Philip Ferguson wrote:

>Hello.
>
>I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
>What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a 
>.bz2 extension?

.gz is gzip'd, bz2 is bzip2'd.

>How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?

Using bunzip2  :)

Paul

--
Worry is prayer for what you DON'T want.

http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403
  -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-

Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Mwinold]

you can but i would pull the other hard drive out and use the new one as a 
primary to install windows then after your done swap it out and put it in as 
the secondary, then you just have to add the commands in your boot loader to 
the second os, although im not exactly sure what the system comands are, 
windows may get confused because of the hard drive label and the fact that it 
set up an mbr partition for its booting purposes. its the only solution i 
know due to the fact that microsoft has recently altered the install program 
to search for alternate partitions such as the 2fs format when it finds it it 
prompts you to delete the partition or it will go no further

Re: [newbie] Printer Help

[Carroll Grigsby]

A&L:
Have you tried emulation? According to the Panasonic site
(.pansonic.com), your printer can pretend that it is either an Epson
FX-850 or an IBM Proprinter X24E.
HTH -
 - cmg

A&L wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I'm running Mandrake 7.1 and my Panasonic printer (KXP1150) is not
> recognised by it. I have tried all the nearest settings available
> offered by printool to no avail.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated
> 
> Thanks!

Re: [newbie] Financial programs

[Barry Premeaux]

Rob wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, you wrote:
>
> well   I have a Quicken account in my Windows 98.   I can access there from
> Linux using wine.  it's pretty convenient when it comes to wine.   I'm trying
> to decrease my dependent with windows as I'm phasing out on windows and to
> become totally devoted to Linux
>
> Rob

You can import Quicken (QIF) files into Moneydance.  If it were me, I would leave your

Quicken/Wine setup active until I am comfortable with Moneydance.  You can find

the details at http://moneydance.net/  .

--
Barry :-)

Re: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem

[Robin Regennitter]

I noticed that LICQ 0.85 needs libcrypto.so.0 and libssl.so.0 as well as the
qt2.   But I couldnt find the libcrypto and libssl anywhere on the MDK 7.2
Beta.  Where can I find those?  Are those files on some other programs?
QT2 doesnt have those files and niether does LICQ..

Rob
- Original Message -
From: "Joan Tur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem


Adam escribió:

> I remember licq 0.85 needs qt 2.2 installed, that *could* be your problem,

Hallo!  Thanks for your answer but we still haven't found where the problem
is
8-)

I've upgraded with --force and it still doesn't work (v.2.2-2mdk of qt2)...


> you may have to re-install it, because it comes up with a qt2 error.
That's
> just my 2 cents, I could be wrong, only been using mandrake for 4-5 months
> and it's basically been beta testing (7.1, 7.2-1 and 7.2-2 so far) anyways
I
> hope this helps.
>
> Adam
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Joan Tur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:56 AM
> Subject: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem
>
> > Hallo (again!)!  8-)
> >
> > There's something wrong with licq or some dependencies.  It installed
> > well without beeing forced to do so, but i open a terminal window and
> > launch it from there.  It works fine, but when i try to change from
> > "online" to "away" (for instance) it shuts down and the following is
> > showed in the terminal window:
> >
> > Licq Segmentation Violation Detected.
> > Backtrace:
> > [0x8092f6c]
> > /usr/lib/qt2/lib/libqt.so.2(activate_signal__7QObjectPCc+0x9e)
> > [0x405d28ca]
> > [(nil)]
> > Attempting to generate core file.
> >
> > I have no idea.  I have reinstalled Mandreke7.1 deleting the old install
> > and it worked fine before...  8-(
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
> > Joan.Tur.pagina.de
> > Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

--
Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
Joan.Tur.pagina.de
Club.Ibosim.pagina.de

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modemto work

[Barry Premeaux]

Mark,

When I go Mandrakes home page and pull up the 'Supp. Hardware' link, this is all
I find under 'MODEM'

" Most modems and ISDN adaptors are supported. Most "Win-modems" are NOT
supported."

'Most' to me means many, but not all.  I am comforted by a Manufacturer/Model Number
type of list, because invariably the first modem I pick won't be one of the many.

Barry :-)

Mark Weaver wrote:

> wait...I'm confused about something here. How can the HCL leave you in
> the dark about whether a peice of hardware is supported or not. Either
> it's on the list or it isn't. Was yours on the list?
>
> Mark
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Mandrake's HCL left me in the dark on modems.  You can go to
> > http://www.linux.com for a list of modems that work.
> >
> > Barry :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 19 September 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >>
> >> > Rodrigo Villela LAB17 wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I almost giving up. I'll buy an USR 56K.But ISA or PCI ? Any sugestions ?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > [snip]
> >> >
> >> > Rodrigoexternal
> >> >
> >> > Alan
> >>
> >> yeah...what Alan said. An external or ISA...if you decided to go with an
> >> internal check the HCL on the Mandrake site to see if the modem you want
> >> to get is on that list. If it is, then buy it!
> >>
> >> check the HCL = Hardware Compatability List
> >>
> >> it list all the hardware that is supported by Linux Mandrake. Makes the
> >> job SO much easier.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark
> >> 
> >> **  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed| ICQ#27816299
> >> ** <_||_> in the making of this|
> >> **  =\/=  message...| Registered Linux user #182496
> >> 
> >
> >
> > _
> > The freedom to choose your own Internet access price.
> > Surfree.com - got to be free
> > http://www.surfree.com

[newbie] support

[ed]

Hey all I was wondering were is the support for mandrake 7.1 for the boxed
version I registered and got my id # and went to www.mandrax.org/en/mcpsupport
filled out the form with my problem and never heard a thing. So do they answer
your emails or what??


Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

[newbie] startup file

[alfredo yunes]

This has probably been answered many times before, but what file in the
home directory controls what gets
started in gnome+enlightenment.  I have started two apps, Ripple and
Raindrops Effects and I can't stop them from loading when I start
gnome+e again.  I was also changing some enlightenment themes and I
screwed up the enlightenment pager program.  I can't seem to changed the
look of
the pager no matter what theme I choose.  It seems that it got stuck
with
the look of a theme and I can't get rid of it.


thanks,
alfredo

Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Willard Seehorn]

At 07:55 AM 9/19/00 -0400, Chris Kelly wrote:
>Greetings on this rainy Tuesday in New Jersey,
>
>Quick question. I am running 7.1 on a 4gig hard drive. I would like to add
>another hard drive and install Windows ME on the other one. Can I dual-boot
>between two hard drives?? If so, has this created any problems?
>
I installed a 2d hd & installed 6.0 on it. Dual boots just fine.

[newbie] startup

[alfredo yunes]

This has probably been answered many times before, but what file in the
home directory controls what gets
started in gnome+enlightenment.  I have started two apps, Ripple and
Raindrops Effects and I can't stop them from loading when I start
gnome+e again.  I was also changing some enlightenment themes and I
screwed up the iconbox program.  I can't seem to changed the look of
iconbox no matter what theme I choose.  It seems that it got stuck with
the look of a theme and I can't get rid of it.


thanks,
alfredo

Re: [newbie] Modem

[Barry Premeaux]

glenn crossley wrote:

> first things first.
> Ive installed 7.1 and think the OS is much cooler than documented by Windows
> community.
> I,m had no problems installing apart from the OS not detecting my modem
> which is a Conexant HCF 56l PCI Internal modem, can anyone direct me to the
> drivers or any modem manafacturer which they strongly recommend for linux.
> _
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> http://profiles.msn.com.

Welcome to Linux.  I think you will enjoy it.

I hate to bring you bad news as you start out, but your modem is what is
refered to as a 'Winmodem'.  It relies on Windows for its intelligence rather
than
an internal firmware.  It won't work under Linux.  (Although, I hear some
people
have been developing drivers for the winmodems.)

Linux.com has a growing list of compatible modems that should help you.
Basically, you are looking for either an External or an ISA.  PCI cards can
work, but I have heard of a number of people struggling with IRQ conflicts.
You can find the list at the following link.

http://www.linux.com/hardware/hdb.phtml?Category=Modem

--
Barry :-)

Re: [newbie] was blank - Adobe Acrobat

[Mwinold]

In a message dated 19-Sep-00 08:14:27 Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<<  some of the non-brits might be a little confused by your
 salutation
 to the group  >>

made perfect sense to me since we talk like that on the phone in the us navy

Re: [newbie] Error msg's while booting up mandrake linux

[Mark Weaver]

> > Actually I wish the good folks at Mandrake wouldn't even offer this type
> > of installation choice. This is my opinion of course, but in doing so it
> > makes an extremely wonderful, dependable, powerful product look like crap
> 
> I second that.  I see so many people here having trouble with this
> that Mandrake (and the others that provide this) aren't doing anyone
> any favors by letting you do it.
> 
> Cheers --- Larry

These things being said this fact begs a serious and important
question. Why in the world are they doing it at all? Continuing to do so
is never going to help their standing in the world of desktop OS market
share.

Mark

Re: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem

[Mark Weaver]

Joan,

I'm kinda coming in here half way through, but have you tried Kxicq yet? I
used to be a staunch LICQ user. However, when I made the switch from
RedHat to Mandrake I also discovered Kxicq when LICQ got strange on me and
I've been using it ever since. It's very nice and works well.

-- 
Mark

**  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed   | ICQ#27816299
** <_||_> in the making of this |
**  =\/=  message...| Registered Linux user #182496


On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Joan Tur wrote:

> Adam escribió:
> 
> > I remember licq 0.85 needs qt 2.2 installed, that *could* be your problem,
> 
> Hallo!  Thanks for your answer but we still haven't found where the problem is
> 8-)
> 
> I've upgraded with --force and it still doesn't work (v.2.2-2mdk of qt2)...
> 
> 
> > you may have to re-install it, because it comes up with a qt2 error.  That's
> > just my 2 cents, I could be wrong, only been using mandrake for 4-5 months
> > and it's basically been beta testing (7.1, 7.2-1 and 7.2-2 so far) anyways I
> > hope this helps.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Joan Tur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:56 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] licq 0.85 problem
> >
> > > Hallo (again!)!  8-)
> > >
> > > There's something wrong with licq or some dependencies.  It installed
> > > well without beeing forced to do so, but i open a terminal window and
> > > launch it from there.  It works fine, but when i try to change from
> > > "online" to "away" (for instance) it shuts down and the following is
> > > showed in the terminal window:
> > >
> > > Licq Segmentation Violation Detected.
> > > Backtrace:
> > > [0x8092f6c]
> > > /usr/lib/qt2/lib/libqt.so.2(activate_signal__7QObjectPCc+0x9e)
> > > [0x405d28ca]
> > > [(nil)]
> > > Attempting to generate core file.
> > >
> > > I have no idea.  I have reinstalled Mandreke7.1 deleting the old install
> > > and it worked fine before...  8-(
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
> > > Joan.Tur.pagina.de
> > > Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> --
> Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395
> Joan.Tur.pagina.de
> Club.Ibosim.pagina.de
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Mark Weaver]

Kelly,

You can do what you've mentioned and you shouldn't have any trouble at all
in doing so. When I first started using Linux that's very much the way I
did it. I had Windows in one drive and Linux on another. Everything booted
just fine and both OS's were just happy as clams.

-- 
Mark

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** <_||_> in the making of this |
**  =\/=  message...| Registered Linux user #182496


On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote:

> Greetings on this rainy Tuesday in New Jersey,
> 
> Quick question. I am running 7.1 on a 4gig hard drive. I would like to add
> another hard drive and install Windows ME on the other one. Can I dual-boot
> between two hard drives?? If so, has this created any problems?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Kelly
> Registered Linux user 185775
> 
> 
> 

Re: [newbie] bz2 help!

[Barry Premeaux]

You will find 'bunzip2' in usr/bin.  Check the 'man bunzip2' for the commands.

Barry :-)


Philip Ferguson wrote:

> Hello.
>
> For some reason, my last e-mail didn't go through.  If it is going through
> and just a little slow, then I appologize for sending 2.
>
> Anyway, can someone please tell me how to unzip files with a bz2 extension?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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Re: [newbie] Samba master domain

[Paul Payne]

"olof.liungman" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've never used Linuxconf to configure Samba, but if you change smb.conf you
> have to restart Samba for the change to take effect (kill smbd and nmbd and
> start them again; maybe kill -HUP will also do the trick, though I don't
> know if the command looks the same under Linux since I'm used to
> Solaris...). "Master Domain" probably means that the server is to be the
> master of a Windows domain (see help on smb.conf for more details).
>

Try  'samba restart' on RH and MDK.  Paul

Re: [newbie] Yahooooo - nuther part at Fred's

[Mark Weaver]

Larry,

If you haven't already take a look into setting up procmail filters. It's
relatively easy, quick, and offers precise, hands-on control over the
filters and the messages getting filtered.

-- 
Mark

**  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed   | ICQ#27816299
** <_||_> in the making of this |
**  =\/=  message...| Registered Linux user #182496


On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Larry Marshall wrote:

> 
> > >>> I have managed to get Junkbuster going Result - No more Ads!!!
> > >>>
> > >>> Wonderful
> 
> John...how is Junkbuster doing its filtering?  I've tried a couple of
> these in the Windoze world and they've always ended up filtering some
> stuff that I really needed to receive.
> 
> Cheers --- Larry
> 
> 

[newbie] sound and KDM graphical login manager

[WallerRaknakce]

Dear Anyone, Before my computer crash 4 weeks ago I had sound working in 
Linux but I do not know why it worked finally. Now  after my reinstall 
(without windows 95 this time) I am trying to set up sound and I just get 
error messages when I try to do it through sndconfig. I went through this 
exact same thing before and finally I just put in a musical CD after weeks of 
going through this and I had sound! Now I tried the CD but no sound. Is there 
anything else I can do? Yes, my card is supported and is on the list. It did 
work before. It says something about device resource busy. Would anyone be 
able to help me on this one?

My other problem is- now that I finally have X going correctly( I think )I do 
not get the graphical login manager where you login and pick a window 
manager. I can only login in from the prompt with startx then I get KDE and 
Gnome. I would like the choice of the other window managers, also. How do I 
get the graphical login manager to come up? 
Thank you very much,
Marcia 

Re: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT

[Andrew Scotchmer]

> I'm in trouble.
> 
> First of all, I thought 7.1 was supposed to use Grub, but when I boot I have
> Lilo not Grub.
> Also, at the boot: prompt when I hit Tab it shows:
> linux rescue
> 
> WHERE IS WINDOWS
> 
Jim 

 Did you install Lilo on the MBR or secondary boot header?
 In saying that how about entering Drak Config and placing the Windows option
 on the same partition as Lilo (hda 5 or where-ever) so that it would show when
 at the  Lilo prompt.  This should then enable you to boot Windows.

Andrew

Re: [newbie]

[Paul Payne]

>

It sounds like you need to have root powers for the install.  su to root and
try again.  Paul (another one)

> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I am writing to you to ask you if you could help me with a problem I am
> encountring with Mandrake Linux 7.1. I am, obviously, a profane in Linux,
> however I am becoming absolutely mad about it. I installed Mandrake Linux
> 7.1, then I tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader that I downloaded from
> Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot
> create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to
> install it.
> I would be very grateful, Sir/Madam, if you could help me with this.
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Yours sincerely,
>
> D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE.
> 18 St Clements Road.
> Bournemouth. Dorset. BH1 4DZ.
> United Kingdom.
> Tel. (+44)7748 986242
> Fax  (+44)870 1340578
>
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[newbie] No user group!

[Steve Maytum]

Hello everyone , I wonder if you can help me? I live in 
Maidstone , Kent(U.K.) I am a newbie and struggling. Is there a user group in 
the area? If not interested in setting one up? --   
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Knews dependencies

[Roger Sherman]

I just tried to install Knews with Kpackage, and it gave the error message
Dependency Problem,  libpng.so.0 is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1, libjpeg.so.6
is needed by knews-1.0 b.0-1. Can anyone tell me where to get those two
files, and what to do with them once I have them?

-- 

peace,

Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com

[newbie] Overload

[Ted Baker]

Please remove me from the newbie list
Ted

[newbie] Only one Linux book opens

[WallerRaknakce]

Dear Anyone, When I put in my Linux Mandrake 7.0 #3 CD in order to read 
some of the books only one book will open for me. This happened before with 
my first install of Linux, too, before the crash. They all opened with 
Acrobat reader under Windows 95. What do I need to do for this? Thank you. 
Marcia

[newbie] Talk Daemon

[ANTTrunken]

alright i had one of my friends telnet onto my comp and log in on an account 
i made for him. Then i tried to use talk to talk to him but it says "No 
response from talk daemon" does anyone know why this is?  Thanks in advance

Dan

Re: [newbie] Need help understanding path mechanisms

[Larry Marshall]

> > The current problem is all of us have the path setup correctly under our
> > usernames.  If we 'su - root' the paths are still correct.  However, if we 'su 
>root', no dash, then for two of us the paths are correct but for the
> > other, her path's are screwed up.  We are all using bash.  I don't know
> > where to look to figure out why she is the only one having a problem doing 'su 
>root' and having the correct paths loaded.

Could you define "path setup correctly", "correct paths" and "path's
are screwed up"???  Are you talking about physical paths or paths that
will be searched when you execute a command? 

If the later, the paths will be determined why who you "are".  If you
log in as root, the paths will be determined by the shell config for
root, not the config for a user.  Check the .bashrc file in the root
directory and compare it to the one in your user account folders.  I
suspect you'll find your answers there.

Cheers --- Larry

[newbie] Compaq Sound Problems

[Phillip L. Gillis]

Hello,I am having problems getting my 
Compaq Deskpro EP Series 6400 sound goingunder 7.1.I copied the 
driver information Windows 98 was using before I bleemed thedrive 
completely. Mandrake picked up the same driver, irq, and DMA settingsthat 
Windows had, yet it doesn't work. To be honest, I have no idea what thesound 
device actually is. Looking up on Compaq's these are what they hadlisting as 
the Windows drivers for this model:Compaq/ADI SoundMax Integrated 
Digital Audio for Win 98SE/2000Compaq/ADI SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio 
for Windows 9xCreative Labs Encore DXR3 HW-DVD SoftwareWDM Audio Update 
for Windows 98SEWindows 98 was using ESS 1689 or 1869  . .I can't 
remember off the top of myhead and Mandrake picked up what Windows 98 
had.I am curious if it would be better to just go pick up a cheap 
approved PCIsound card and call it a game or if someone might have some 
suggestions. Itried every setting in the Drake sound area to no available. ( 
assumingmaking a change then clicking TEST should work instantly without 
some otheraction) I would get device busy or other error messages. Am I 
doingsomething wrong or is the sound device simply not 
supported?Thanks for any 
information.Phil

Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[Anthony]

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cooker/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.75-7mdk.i586.html

> I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
> the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
> are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.
> 
> Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?
> 

-- 
Anthony
http://binaryfusion.net
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[Phillip L. Gillis]

Hello,

I am having problems getting my sound going on a Compaq

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem & Internet

[Anthony]

Open up DrakConf and then "Network Configuration". Then find out if you have a
static IP, or get your IP via DCHP from your ISP. Then fill out the apporitate
stuff in "Basic Host Information". 

Or if you still haven't installed, during the installation it asks if you use a
networked computer, so say yes, and then it'll ask how you get your IP number,
and select either static or DCHP, depending on your case. 

> How can I configure mi pc to conect it to the internet.
> I have a cable modem and a Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet card.
> thanks

-- 
Anthony
http://binaryfusion.net
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 and Ensoniq Audio PCI

[Josh Shirey]

Loaded Mandrake 7.1 and my sound has some cracking in the
background.  I have two drives, one with win98 and other other with Mandrake
7.1  What do I have to tweak to make the cracking in the background go away?


Cheers

josh

Re: [newbie] Manual

[Anthony]

If someone hasn't already sent it to you, I've put it up on my website for you
to try to download. I figure that'll be better than to email you it since most
emailers only allow up to 2 MB attachments. But if you still want it emailed, I
can do that too.

http://binaryfusion.net/power_base.ps.gz

> Does anyone have power_base-en-A4.ps.gz off  the page:
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fdoc.php3
> that can email it to me?
> Whenever I try to download it, the connection drops
> down to 0 Kb/s and sits for hours.
> 
> Thanks,
> Theborian

-- 
Anthony
http://binaryfusion.net
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[Adam]

on mandrake type

tar -xyvf foo.tar.bz2

you could also type

tar -xyf foo.tar.bz2


- Original Message -
From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] bz2 files


> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
> What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> ..bz2 extension?
>
> How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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[newbie] FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1

[webmaster]

-Original Message-
From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1




-Original Message-
From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1


Hello

 Ive just installed Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1 on my Sony Vaio PCG-F350.

It took the install well i think. I havent heard sound yet, and I cant
connect to the web. Im on a network right now, can someone please help me
connect to the web. I saw on start up that eth0 had a problem and failed. Im
using a 3com PCMCIA Card.

Thanks
Dominick

Re: [newbie] kernel config

[Anthony]

Well, if you do "make xconfig" you can see all the options that you have now,
and then change them if you want. And I think "make oldconfig" will keep all
your old options, and only ask you for input if there is something new in the
kernel. 

> How do i find what options i have in the kernel, so i can recompile it with
> the same options?
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Re: [[newbie] Modem ]

[Michael Scottaline]

"glenn crossley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> first things first.
> Ive installed 7.1 and think the OS is much cooler than documented by Windows

> community.
> I,m had no problems installing apart from the OS not detecting my modem 
> which is a Conexant HCF 56l PCI Internal modem, can anyone direct me to the

> drivers or any modem manafacturer which they strongly recommend for linux.
=
The HCF in the modem identification, I believe indicates that you have a
"software modem" more commonly known as a "winmodem".  It is very likely NOT
going to work in Linux.  I strongly recommend getting an external
(USRobotics).  If an external is not in the cards, then get a jumpered ISA
modem.  Most (though certainly not all) PCI's are windmodems.
Mike

"Many loads of beer were brought.  What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing
and dreadful idolatry took place there!"
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Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[burlington john]

** Reply to message from burlington john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 19
Sep 2000 19:08:22 +0100


> Hello,
> 
> I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
> the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
> are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.
> 
> Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?
Later I remembered that sometimes links appear as 0 byte files
and yes the files are there, they are links.




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Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone?

[Patti Wavinak]

Hi -- I used gFTP (Menu --->Networking ---> File Transfer) and then went to 
bookmarks --->Mandrake (this brings up gwyn.tux.org) and went to updates ---> 
7.1 > RPMS and scrolled down and got the Netscape Common 4.75 Netscape 
Communicator 4.75 and Netscape Navigator 4.75 and installed them through 
Konsole su.

I sure hope this helps you.

Patti
Registered Linux User #184611
>> Original Message <<

On 9/19/00, 11:08:22 AM, burlington john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
regarding [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?:


> Hello,

> I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
> the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
> are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.

> Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?

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Re: [newbie] Need help understanding path mechanisms

[Anthony]

Does just plain "su" work?

> I share a box with three other people and we are having a murderous time
> getting the paths correct.  Can anyone explain the secrets of setting up
> paths?  
> 
> The current problem is all of us have the path setup correctly under our
> usernames.  If we 'su - root' the paths are still correct.  However, if we
> 'su root', no dash, then for two of us the paths are correct but for the
> other, her path's are screwed up.  We are all using bash.  I don't know
> where to look to figure out why she is the only one having a problem doing
> 'su root' and having the correct paths loaded.

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Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[Philip Ferguson]

Thanks very much!

It works great now!

Phil



>From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [newbie] bz2 files
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:12:27 -0400
>
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
>Subject: [newbie] bz2 files
>
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
> >
> > What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with 
>a
> > .bz2 extension?
> >
> > How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
> >
>
>
>They are simply different compress programs.
>You will need to install bzip2. You can download the RPM from
>RH.
>
>Charles
>
>
>

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Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[Adam]

www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/NByName.html

- Original Message -
From: "burlington john" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:08 PM
Subject: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone
?


> Hello,
>
> I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
> the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
> are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.
>
> Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?
>
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>
>
>
>

Re: [newbie] Modem

[John Rye]

glenn crossley wrote:
> 
> first things first.
> Ive installed 7.1 and think the OS is much cooler than documented by Windows
> community.
> I,m had no problems installing apart from the OS not detecting my modem
> which is a Conexant HCF 56l PCI Internal modem, can anyone direct me to the
> drivers or any modem manafacturer which they strongly recommend for linux.

This is a winmodem! As far as I can find it is not supported.

Take a look at http://www.linmodems.org - they are reported to be
developing support for these types of modems.

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Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[Anthony]

bunzip2 the_file_name.tar.bz2
or
tar xyf the_file_name.tar.bz2

Should both work.

> > I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
> >
> > What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> > .bz2 extension?
> >
> > How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
> >

>Charles
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Re: [newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[John Rye]

burlington john wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
> the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
> are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.
> 
> Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?

I not sure where you were looking...

I got them late yesterday from the Austrailian mirror

As I recollect they were in the cooker for 7.2.

installed without hassle AFTER I remembered to remove 4.73 and
to uncheck the dependancies option.

And the down load only look me 2 hours!! Must talk to my telco
about that!!

Cheers


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Re: [newbie] Printer Help

[Mark Weaver]

I don't recall seeing them, but then I wasn't looking for them. Follow 
the link back and check to see if they're there.

Mark

John Rye wrote:

> Mark Weaver wrote:
>> 
>> A&L wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I'm running Mandrake 7.1 and my Panasonic printer (KXP1150) is not
>> > recognised by it. I have tried all the nearest settings available
>> > offered by printool to no avail.
>> >
>> > Any help greatly appreciated
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> 
>> Your printer does not seem to be on the HCL,
>> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3,
>> 
>> however, that doesn't mean that you won't be able to get it to work with
>> Mandrake. You might try going to the Panasonic web site and checking to
>> see if they offer printer driver support for the Linux platform, and I
>> know there have been other web sites discussed on the list. Check the
>> mailing list archives for printer driver support for some of those sites.y
>> 
> 
> I'm not surprised it's not in the list - it's a pretty old model
> now - I haven't looked - are the early Epsons in the lists??
> 
> Cheers

Re: [newbie] Financial programs

[bpremeaux]

I'm using 2.0.4 which I have come to like quite a lot.
It was quite a transistion from Managing Your Money to 
Moneydance, but I have become accustomed to the 
differences.  I don't know what the transistion was
like for Quicken users.

Moneydance 3.0 alpha build 141 is out, but I wouldn't
recommend it for an intro.  It has added some features
and is incorporating the Portfolio Tracking and on=line
updates.

Barry :-)


On Mon, 18 September 2000, "Michael R. Batchelor" wrote:

> 
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > I personally went a
> > little farther and bought a shareware package called
> > Moneydance .
> 
> 
> So, of the people who use Moneydance, how is it?
> 
> Fantastic, not bad, or wouldn't buy it again?
> 
> MB
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> No windows, no gates.
> Apache inside.


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Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[John Rye]

Joan Tur wrote:
> 
> John Rye escribió:
> 
> > In simple terms - yes. But the windows installation for some
> > strange archaiac and magical reason closely related to monotonic
> > gatesism
> > dictates that windows _MUST_ be on the first hard disk.
> 
> Ejem... only windows' boot has to be in the first hard disk; i've windows98
> installed on my second SCSI disk with no problems at all  ;-)
 
Not sure if that's an 'opps' or not - I run IDE drives and for some
reason
this system won't run windows unless it's on first drive.

Might be peculiar to the version of w95 I run...

Cheers

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Re: [newbie] Floppy drive

[Goldenpi]

I have a question too-After in installed my second floppy drive and set it
up under linux, Access to both drives became very very slow. They worked
through. When I removed the drive setup from fstab and all the other
partitioning files it worked fine. The drive is still in and worked under
windows.
- Original Message -
From: "Glenn Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 3:04 AM
Subject: [newbie] Floppy drive


> Hey all. I have question about the floppy drive. Why is it that I can read
> floppy disks formatted for DOS/Windows but I cannot read and Linux disks,
> not even my Linux boot disk?
>
> --  Glenn Johnson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Registered Linux user #175132
> Powered by Linux-Mandrake 7.1
>

Re: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT

[Charles A Edwards]

- Original Message -
From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT


>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jim Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:03 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT
>
>
> > OK. I havea 20gB drive. I installed in this order:
> > win98se
> > Win2K Pro
> > MDK7.1
> >
> > After Win@K evertyhing was OK. I could still boot to 98 and 2k with the
NT
> > loader. I read a message a while ago with someone else running these
same
> 3
> > OS's without Boot Magic.
> >
> > I'm in trouble.
> >
> > First of all, I thought 7.1 was supposed to use Grub, but when I boot I
> have
> > Lilo not Grub.
> > Also, at the boot: prompt when I hit Tab it shows:
> > linux rescue
> >
> > WHERE IS WINDOWS
> >
> > I installed 7.1 by booting from CD and then choosing Advanced,
Developer.
> >
> > What did I do wrong?
>
>
>My guess would be that when the bootloader was installed you changed
the
> default location which should have been hda1 therefore Lilo was installed
> instead of Grub or that for whatever reason Grub was not installed  from
the
> CD.
>I have more bad news. You will most likly have to fomatt your drive and
> re-install all 3 OSes.
>Were you using only Win98 or even Win98 and NT you could use fdisk/MBR
to
> remove Lilo and restore your Win bootloader but because you have Win2000
> this will not work.
>If you have created a Win2000 Rescue disk you can possibly  use it to
> boot to your Win2000 installation CD and using the repair option  restore
> the Win bootloader. I say possibly because it has been my experiance that
> the restore operation is either unable to find the Win2000 partition or if
> it does find it, it reports that the partiion table is corrupt and it can
> not repair.
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.
>
>Charles
>
>
>
>

[newbie] Calling an ICEwm expert

[John Rye]

I getting to like this interface more and more...now I
want to make some changes..

In particular to the terminal/console (what do we call it?)

currently it appears to 'rxvt' - I would like to change
to the one used in stock KDE - konsole???

How do I do this.. I can't find any docs

Cheers

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modemto work

[Mark Weaver]

wait...I'm confused about something here. How can the HCL leave you in 
the dark about whether a peice of hardware is supported or not. Either 
it's on the list or it isn't. Was yours on the list?

Mark

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Mandrake's HCL left me in the dark on modems.  You can go to 
> http://www.linux.com for a list of modems that work.
> 
> Barry :-)
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 19 September 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>> 
>> > Rodrigo Villela LAB17 wrote:
>> > 
>> >> I almost giving up. I'll buy an USR 56K.But ISA or PCI ? Any sugestions ?
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > [snip]
>> > 
>> > Rodrigoexternal
>> > 
>> > Alan
>> 
>> yeah...what Alan said. An external or ISA...if you decided to go with an 
>> internal check the HCL on the Mandrake site to see if the modem you want 
>> to get is on that list. If it is, then buy it!
>> 
>> check the HCL = Hardware Compatability List
>> 
>> it list all the hardware that is supported by Linux Mandrake. Makes the 
>> job SO much easier.
>> 
>> -- 
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>> 
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>> 
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Re: [newbie] Financial programs

[bpremeaux]

Roger,

I think someone may have said this already, but you can open up your terminal
and type "gnucash" or "cbb" (without quotes) and check out either program.

Barry :-)



On Mon, 18 September 2000, Roger Sherman wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > Roger:
> > Check out gnucash. Version 1.3.1 is included on the extension disk with
> > Macmillan Mandrake 7.1; the newest (gnuest?) version 1.4.whatever, is at
> > www.gnucash.org. There's a lot of good information at the website. I
> > installed 1.3.1, but haven't done much with it (not much money, and a
> > lot of postings on this site), but it did import my Quicken files.
> > -- Carroll Grigsby
> > 
> 
> Will do! Thanks! Although for the life of me, I can't find it on my system
> (7.1), so I guess I'll just download the latest version...
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> peace,
> 
> Rog
> http://www.slammingrooves.com


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Re: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT

[Charles A Edwards]

- Original Message -
From: "Jim Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:03 AM
Subject: [newbie] Um...multi boot...NOT


> OK. I havea 20gB drive. I installed in this order:
> win98se
> Win2K Pro
> MDK7.1
>
> After Win@K evertyhing was OK. I could still boot to 98 and 2k with the NT
> loader. I read a message a while ago with someone else running these same
3
> OS's without Boot Magic.
>
> I'm in trouble.
>
> First of all, I thought 7.1 was supposed to use Grub, but when I boot I
have
> Lilo not Grub.
> Also, at the boot: prompt when I hit Tab it shows:
> linux rescue
>
> WHERE IS WINDOWS
>
> I installed 7.1 by booting from CD and then choosing Advanced, Developer.
>
> What did I do wrong?


   My guess would be that when the bootloader was installed you changed the
default location which should have been hda1 therefore Lilo was installed
instead of Grub or that for whatever reason Grub was not installed  from the
CD.
   I have more bad news. You will most likly have to fomatt your drive and
re-install all 3 OSes.
   Were you using only Win98 or even Win98 and NT you could use fdisk/MBR to
remove Lilo and restore your Win bootloader but because you have Win2000
this will not work.
   If you have created a Win2000 Rescue disk you can possibly  use it to
boot to your Win2000 installation CD and using the repair option  restore
the Win bootloader. I say possibly because it has been my experiance that
the restore operation is either unable to find the Win2000 partition or if
it does find it, it reports that the partiion table is corrupt and it can
not repair.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.

   Charles

Re: [newbie]Acrobat Reader

[Rob]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, you wrote:

Acrobat Reader is packed with Mandrake 7.1 on both Complete and Deluxe versions
in case you didn't know.It's in the Application CD in rpm format.



> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I am writing to you to ask you if you could help me with a problem I am 
> encountring with Mandrake Linux 7.1. I am, obviously, a profane in Linux, 
> however I am becoming absolutely mad about it. I installed Mandrake Linux 
> 7.1, then I tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader that I downloaded from 
> Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot 
> create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to 
> install it.
> I would be very grateful, Sir/Madam, if you could help me with this.
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Yours sincerely,
> 
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> Bournemouth. Dorset. BH1 4DZ.
> United Kingdom.
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[newbie] Network Printer Installation

[Robert \"JTBob\" Holland]

Hi,

I'm still chugging away on learning Linux. I have a Lexmark Optra S 2450
and a Lexmark Optra Color 1200 available on our network through specific
IP addresses.

I noticed on the Mandrake Linux site that these printers aren't supported.
Lexmark does have Linux drivers, but none specifically for Mandrake Linux.
There are a couple for RedHat Linux 5.2 and RedHat Linux 6.1. Will either
of these work? They also support Postscript. Would another printer driver
that prints Postscript be more appropriate?

Also, assuming I get a driver installed, how do I get the system to print to
an IP address rather than a printer port?

Thanks,
Robert

Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[Charles A Edwards]

- Original Message -
From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] bz2 files


> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
> What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> .bz2 extension?
>
> How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
>


   They are simply different compress programs.
   You will need to install bzip2. You can download the RPM from
RH.

   Charles

[newbie] Modem

[glenn crossley]

first things first.
Ive installed 7.1 and think the OS is much cooler than documented by Windows 
community.
I,m had no problems installing apart from the OS not detecting my modem 
which is a Conexant HCF 56l PCI Internal modem, can anyone direct me to the 
drivers or any modem manafacturer which they strongly recommend for linux.
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Re: [newbie] bz2 files

[burlington john]

** Reply to message from "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:45:44 EDT


> Hello.
> 
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
> 
> What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a 
> .bz2 extension?
bzip2 is a new compressor that uses another compression algorithem like zip
and compress. gzip, compres,... are very similar, bzip2 is totally different.
After the great compression era in the 80s/beginning 90s the experts thought
compression algorithms can't be improved anymore in great steps. Then in the
ending 90s a guy (or more ?) found a totally different way to compress data 
and its better than 'the old way'. Especially on on uncomporessed wav files 
its much better compared to zip-based compressors.

Bzip(2) is another expample to never give up to find a better solution there
is sure one you only have to find it.



> How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
With b2zip -d. 
Type bzip2 --help for more paramters. There exists also a bzip command.
Don't ask me whats the differecnce about b2zip and bzip, probably is
b2zip an improved version of bzip. I don't use them often. .gz-files
are still more used than -.bz2.


mc probably handles this format now too.


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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modemto work

[Ronald J. Hall]

Rodrigo Villela LAB17 wrote:
> 
> I almost giving up. I'll buy an USR 56K.But ISA or PCI ? Any sugestions ?

Hi. I'm using an ISA/Supra Diamond 56k modem. Worked fine with Mandrake, right
out of the box...

Don't know why PCI shouldn't work as well though...

Any one else? ;-)

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[newbie] Rotating backups

[Paul]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote:

>> >Hitachi are selling 72Gb drives on buy.com for $146, and I've seen
>80Gb
>>
>> A removable disk pack. Slap another one of those in there, mirror the
>> disk... ready :)
>
>OK, now start rotating your backups so that you have something to fall
>back on, and watch your costs rocket.
>
>Why rotate backups?  Allow me to tell you a short true story.

I understand, because  I rotate my backups also. I can get all my stuff on
a TR4 tape though, so I don't have the need to back up 50+ gigs of disk.
I know how much trouble that can be. I have done Novell, Win NT
(sorry) and Unix networks too.

Paul

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[newbie] Mandrakes download site: where are the netscape rpms gone ?

[burlington john]

Hello,

I tried to update netscape. I checked several mirrors of
the mandrake ftp server, in the update/6.1 dir there
are netscape-com...rpms with 0 byte size.

Where can I find the netscape 4.75 rpms for mandrake ?

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[newbie] Where is my LAN?

[Jim Chiang]

How do I find my LAN?
I have a LAN with an NT server, and a couple W98, Win2K clients.
Where are they? Can I access the shared directories from Linux??


Jim

RE: [newbie] Internet server

[Jim Chiang]

If that's all you want to do than my recommendation is to use a LRP disk
instead.
Try www.coyote-linux.com
I got it installed fine on a 486/33 w/8MB. The latest release includes
support for dial-up and PPPoE connections.
Fully automated. Problem? Juts reboot and walk away.
I'm uisng PPPoE, haven't tried the dial up.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Flood
Sent: September 19, 2000 2:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Internet server


I have L/M 7.0 with pmfirewall and a 56K external modem.This boxes only
function is firewall and masquerade for my other computers. I do this
through KDE. My hope is to have this run as a stand alone. Boot up and
connect to my ISP with firewall protection automatically, no
monitor/mouse/keyboard for example when power goes out / or I shut it
down. Now I have to pick a user, enter the password, and hit connect on
kppp... I have the kppp in autostart.

Can I do this with KDE? If not could you explain just a bit? I fear it is in
console that I must go. Fear might be a bit rash...But its close.

[newbie] Sendmail and Graphical Clients

[Eduardo Arauz]

If i can use my sendmail server from the machine it is installed and it sends
and recieve mail perfectly but when i try to connect to my server from any
client... it sends me an connection error my POP3 is running well and
the connection between the server and the network is fine too...
can anybody help me with this matter?

Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Joan Tur]

John Rye escribió:

> In simple terms - yes. But the windows installation for some
> strange archaiac and magical reason closely related to monotonic
> gatesism
> dictates that windows _MUST_ be on the first hard disk.

Ejem... only windows' boot has to be in the first hard disk; i've windows98
installed on my second SCSI disk with no problems at all  ;-)


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[newbie] bz2 help!

[Philip Ferguson]

Hello.

For some reason, my last e-mail didn't go through.  If it is going through 
and just a little slow, then I appologize for sending 2.

Anyway, can someone please tell me how to unzip files with a bz2 extension?

Thanks,

Phil

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Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Steve Maytum]

Chris , If you know how to install second hard drive and load operating
system you should have no problem. You will need to use some kind of boot
management (lilo perhaps?) and all should be well

- Original Message -
From: Kelly, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Newbie' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:55 PM
Subject: [newbie] Dual-boot question


> Greetings on this rainy Tuesday in New Jersey,
>
> Quick question. I am running 7.1 on a 4gig hard drive. I would like to add
> another hard drive and install Windows ME on the other one. Can I
dual-boot
> between two hard drives?? If so, has this created any problems?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Kelly
> Registered Linux user 185775
>
>

[newbie] bz2 files

[Philip Ferguson]

Hello.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.

What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a 
.bz2 extension?

How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?

Thanks,

Phil

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RE: [newbie] Win2K dual boot?

[Romanator]

Login as root, and open the Grub folder. Open the file name menu.1st
Add two more '0's to the lined referring to booting up or time out.
By default, it should have 50. If you see 3, or 30, change it to 500.
The higher the number, the longer it takes for it to reach zero when it
times out.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong on this one, try changing the number: -1
Resave your changes and reboot your computer. Does the timer stop and wait?

Roman
Registered Linux User #179293

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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Win2K dual boot?


i've got a tri boot of mandrake 7.1, win2k, and winME..no probs.  the only
thing is though, i don't have bootmagic, so the linux grub will boot first
(menu 1) then i select windows and from there i go into win2k or winME (menu
2).  that kinda sux cuz the timer is like 3 secs.  i don't wanna screw with
the partioning sections manually, so i left it at that, but besides that,
nothing else.

ps- staroffice 5.2 is great at converting office2k files back and forth, you
probably have that with mandrake...get use to using it
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Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Austin L. Denyer]

> Quick question. I am running 7.1 on a 4gig hard drive. I would like to
add
> another hard drive and install Windows ME on the other one. Can I
dual-boot
> between two hard drives?? If so, has this created any problems?

You CAN dual-boot between two different hard drives.  However, Windoze
expects to be on the first drive, and gets decidedly miffed if placed
anywhere else.

Linux, on the other hand, can go anywhere.

Your best bet would be to put Windoze on hda and Linux on hdb.  Just
remember to re-install lilo (or whatever boot-loader you use) on the
boot sector of hda, and point it to Linux on hdb.

You may also need to modify /etc/fstab if such a move screws other mount
points.

Regards,
Ozz.

RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird & ka7-100]

[Romanator]

Argh... Duh, is there free technical support?

Roman

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My Gawd man! what'll they think of next? A Webless internet??

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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

> Ozz:
> Actually, there is a Linux-based web appliance available now from N|C (I
> think that's how they spell it). The only disk is a CD-ROM which
> contains the OS and apps -- mostly Netscape with some plug-ins --
> Realwhatever, Flash and some other stuff. It's a venture of Larry
> Ellison (of Oracle and Gates-baiting fame). Costs $400 delivered with 15
> inch monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers. The Cyrix 266 mhz CPU also
> serves as a space heater ;-). Other stuff inside includes 64 mb RAM,
> internal 56K winmodem, onboard video, sound, and a small amount of flash
> RAM for bookmarks, preferences and the like. I think there's also an
> internal network card and a USB port. All this creature can do -- at
> least as delivered from the factory -- is surf the web. One interesting
> thing is that you aren't tied in to them for web access - you get to
> chose your own from a list -- one free, several paid. The big weakness
> with this is that the only way to get e-mail is through one of the
> web-based mail services such as provided by Yahoo or Earthlink.
>
> Currently aimed at WebTV upgraders and other technically-impaired types
> who don't want to deal with virii, drivers, and all of that other scary
> stuff, I expect that their real target is large networks that would use
> either server-provided applications, or who could compile their own CD's
> with preconfigured installations.
>
> Before the flames begin (I can hear the ARRRGGH's), it is intended
> for a specific market -- one that does not include us REAL COMPUTER
> PEOPLE. Well, that isn't entirely true -- while N|C doesn't do anything
> to encourage poking around inside the thing, they don't fight it either.
> In fact, there's a mail list aimed at propeller heads where a couple of
> factory guys play colder-warmer. Achievements so far include (1)
> installing a hard drive, (2) creating a new CD-ROM so that you can
> listen to music while you surf, (3) installing an AMD K6-2 300 -- faster
> and cooler, and (4) getting windows to run (I don't believe it either,
> but the guy says it can be done, and we all know that if something is
> posted on the web, it must be true.)
>
> Somehow, my wife seems to have gotten one, and she's let me play with it
> a little bit -- the present rule is that I cannot have any hand tools on
> my person. It ain't exactly the most powerful thing I've used, but it
> does work pretty much as advertised. It is stable. And, if things get
> screwed up, all you gotta do is shut it down, start it up, and
> everything is back the way it was. Remember too, that they can upgrade
> existing systems by just distributing a new CD. And there's lots of
> empty space on the current CD. Hmmm... My impression is that it is very
> much a WIP, but after a few iterations, who knows?
>
> Best regards,
> Carroll Grigsby
>
> "Austin L. Denyer" wrote:
> >
> > > What do you mean by a diskless terminal?
> >
> > I assume he means PCs without hard drives.  These can be booted either
> > by floppy (not recommended for obvious security reasons) or by an EPROM
> > on the NIC that greps the boot data from the fileserver.
> >
> > We had these at one of the sites I used to work at.  When outside polite
> > company we used to trade the first 's' in diskless to a 'c', which more
> > accurately described them.
> >
> > Having said that, the site was running Windoze at the time, and Windoze
> > sucked on diskless machines.  Linux would be OK...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ozz.
>
>

Re: [newbie] partition plan -- workable?

[Adrian Smith]

yup, that is what i was thinking about.  thanks for filling in the blanks.
as to mixing fat & linux
who knows.   i'll find out by trying it.   =)
if anything goes wrong i still have my current hard drive with win/linux installed & 
working.  all i have to do is swap 'em out & my system is back up.

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>>> "Oliver L. Plaine Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12:04:15 PM 9/18/00 >>>
--
Mon, 18 Sep 2000  12:28:41
Hello Adrian,

Your memory of a number skip, is probably referring to the way
the numbers show up because eide disc's can only have 4 primary
partitions...(legacy design reason that has to do with writing
tables)..but the last of these primary partitions can be an extended
partition with many partitions therein

so if partition four is the extended partition, that number 4
will not show up as a useful drive in your table, as it is only a bag
of logical partitions.

When you look at your usable partitions there will appear to
be a missing number, rather than the nice neat way your intended plan
shows...this doesn't cause any problem, if you  know about the four
primary limitation, and then don't wonder where the number went

I have never used anything but linux partitions on my extended
drive, but there are some rules for mixing fat and linux..you better
do some research on partitioning large drives...I remember somethings
but just the ones I actually used.

Olly P
Biloxi

Re: [newbie] partition plan -- workable?

[Adrian Smith]

>Of course, the biggest problem with these new big drives (I see that
>Hitachi are selling 72Gb drives on buy.com for $146, and I've seen 80Gb
>(I think Maxtor)) is that although one can buy the drives cheaply
>enough, how the heck does one back them up economically?  Look at the
>prices of tape streamers that can handle such capacities (hint - second
>mortgage).

just buy 2 drive of the same size & mirror the thing.=)
at $146, what's the problem?

my personal solution is -- if it dies, format & reinstall
that's why my important, nonreplaceable stuff is on a second drive



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[newbie] multiple dislpays

[Jim Chiang]

I would like to install 2 video cards in my MDK7.1 system. I have a Diamond
Fire GL 1000 AGP and an ATI Expert98 PCI. Bath are 8 MB cards.
Anyone know if I can get this to work and will it be very difficult?
I currently the system set up with an ATI Exert@Play AGP.
How should I proceed?
My plan was to swap the Expert@Play AGP for the FireGL AGP. Will I have
troubles with the first boot??
After that, how would I go about adding the second card?
Is there a how-two or something??

Thanks,
Jim

Re: [newbie] partition plan -- workable?

[Austin L. Denyer]

> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote:
>
> >Of course, the biggest problem with these new big drives (I see that
> >Hitachi are selling 72Gb drives on buy.com for $146, and I've seen
80Gb
> >(I think Maxtor)) is that although one can buy the drives cheaply
> >enough, how the heck does one back them up economically?  Look at the
> >prices of tape streamers that can handle such capacities (hint -
second
> >mortgage).
>
> A removable disk pack. Slap another one of those in there, mirror the
> disk... ready :)

OK, now start rotating your backups so that you have something to fall
back on, and watch your costs rocket.

Why rotate backups?  Allow me to tell you a short true story.

I was working for a company that ran Novell NetWare 3.12 fileservers.
In my absence (and without my knowledge) a contractor made some changes
to one of the servers.  A few weeks later, the server crashed.

It turned out that the moron had infected the DOS partition of the
server with the ripper virus (my anti-virus NLM could not see a virus
there).

Result?  Slow corruption that went un-noticed until it blatted a crucial
sector and knocked out the SYS: volume.

Restore from last backup?  Not unless I want to put all the corrupted
data back.

I think a cabinet full of hard drives would soon add up to more than the
cost of a tape streamer and tapes.

Regards,
Ozz.

RE: [newbie] Dual-boot question

[Kelly, Christopher]

I think that I would choose option 1 over option 2, definately! Thanks, Tom.

Now, that i know that I can do it, how is the question. I've never done this
before. Any good documentation laying around? Any suggestions??

-Original Message-
From: Thomas Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual-boot question


yes you can, either leave linux W/ LILO or GRUB as a
boot loader on the first hard drive and be sure to ad
WinME to your boot loader and tell it where to find
Windows.or I have seen some people just switch the
hard drive that boots whenever they want to run
Windowsnot very practical but still works.

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Re: [newbie] Printer Help

[John Rye]

John Rye wrote:
> 
> A&L wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm running Mandrake 7.1 and my Panasonic printer (KXP1150) is not
> > recognised by it. I have tried all the nearest settings available
> > offered by printool to no avail.
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated
> >
> > Thanks!
> 
> As I recall, the KXP1150 is a dot-matrix printer - yes??
> 
> If so you might try the Epson mx-80 driver for a start, then
> work your way upward thru the epson dot-matrix drivers - don't
> attempt to use any driver which contains the label Stylus.
> 
> Cheers

Just been into Printtool and taken a look at the availables in there

I think you will be ok to use any of the Epson 9-pin drivers for
this model. Check your printer manual - as I recall there is a dip
switch you can alter to set the Epson command set (if it's not already
set)

Cheers


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Re: [newbie] was blank - Adobe Acrobat

[John Rye]

"D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE" wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I am writing to you to ask you if you could help me with a problem I am
> encountring with Mandrake Linux 7.1. I am, obviously, a profane in Linux,
> however I am becoming absolutely mad about it. I installed Mandrake Linux
> 7.1, then I tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader that I downloaded from
> Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot
> create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to
> install it.
> I would be very grateful, Sir/Madam, if you could help me with this.
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE.
> 18 St Clements Road.
> Bournemouth. Dorset. BH1 4DZ.
> United Kingdom.
> Tel. (+44)7748 986242
> Fax  (+44)870 1340578
> 


Some of the non-brits might be a little confused by your salutation
to the group


You have to be root at the time you do the actual install because
writing to some parts of the directory tree only have root permissions.

So.. su to root in a terminal, navigate to the installation directory.
(which will most likely be the directory you downloaded the file to)

and execute the install file by typing './INSTALL' which I seem to
recall
is the setup script name for Adabe reader (Without the quotes)

Cheers

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Re: [newbie]

[Larry Marshall]

> Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot
> create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to
> install it.

Most likely you are not "root" when you're trying to do this.  You
need to be to have permission to write anything into /user/...

Cheers --- Larry

Re: [newbie] was blank - Adobe Acrobat

[John Rye]

"D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE" wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I am writing to you to ask you if you could help me with a problem I am
> encountring with Mandrake Linux 7.1. I am, obviously, a profane in Linux,
> however I am becoming absolutely mad about it. I installed Mandrake Linux
> 7.1, then I tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader that I downloaded from
> Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot
> create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to
> install it.
> I would be very grateful, Sir/Madam, if you could help me with this.
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE.
> 18 St Clements Road.
> Bournemouth. Dorset. BH1 4DZ.
> United Kingdom.
> Tel. (+44)7748 986242
> Fax  (+44)870 1340578
> 

 some of the non-brits might be a little confused by your
salutation
to the group 

You have to be root at the time you do the actual install because
writing to some parts of the directory tree only have root permissions.

So.. su to root in a terminal, navigate to the installation directory.
(which will most likely be the directory you downloaded the file to)

and execute the install file by typing './INSTALL' which I seem to
recall
is the setup script name for Adabe reader (Without the quotes)

Cheers

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