Re: [newbie] Visual Basic 6 for Linux?!?!
hmm i've been wondering about too... there are some other nice languages (with lots of documentation) out there that are fairly easy to program in and you can make GUIs. right now im learning python. I realize that this question might be "anathema" for all Microsoft haters out there. But being I newbie - I get to ask it anyway: is there a way to program for Linux using Visual Basic 6? Or is there a VB6-"like" integrated development environment for Linux? If not - what is the closest thing? How can a VB programmer apply his skills in the Linux world? Thanks!
Re: [newbie] System Commander 2000 and partitioning
u.. repartitioning a drive is a logical thing... as opposed to physical. the only physical thing you're doing is remagnitizing the platters. so to answer your question you won't have to disconnect the drives. - Original Message - From: "Romanator" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 7:57 PM Subject: [newbie] System Commander 2000 and partitioning Well, I finally purchased System Commander 2000. I have a couple of questions if any one knows. Can I repartition the two drives while they are connected to each other. I have 10Gig. set as master and a 3.5Gig. drive as slave? Or, should I disconnect them and repartition them individually with System Commander and then reconnect them? I would like to devote an entire drive to Linux MDK7.2 and the other to Windows. Some of my apps. will only work on a Windows platform i.e. Windows 95, Windows 98SE. Any thoughts? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Turbo Charged Penguin Email
RE: [newbie] burning linux mandrake 7.2
You can't put 'Windows permissions' on a cd. CDs use an ISO standard. I don't know much about cd burning but that is what i know. Actually what i've done was download all the mandrake rpms from an ftp, stick them on a *windows* partition, booted the install using the harddrive image, and i was all set to go. -Original Message- From: dan.burrows [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] burning linux mandrake 7.2 hi all this is my first post and probably a silly question but i need help... so be nice now. i have managed to get my house mate who is connecting to the net via a cable modem to download the mandrake 7.2 iso file for me. now i am unsure of the bruners specs or model (as it is not mine) but apperntly it does not support RAW burning? we tryed to use nero (dont know which version is not mine again) to burn it to cd but it doesnt recognise the file type. we have found an iso buster program from the net and it seems to break it down in to the individual files. but after talking to a hard core red hat guy ho sometimes passes me in the office he thinks that it may alter the file permissions to windows ones therefor making them useless?? how do i get these images to disk? and before anyone says buy a copy i may do but i feel it A: defets the point of having a free operating system if you are paying for it. B: i am not callenged by it and C: learning more about linux and windows relationships. thanks for any help any of you can give dan
RE: [newbie] Terminal Linux
I can't tell if this is off topic. If you want to run Linux on a 286, forget it, Linux is a full 32-bit OS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daryl Johnson Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Terminal Linux Well, the easiest way of allowing a 286pc to be used like a terminal is to use a terminal program. The last time I did anything like this (10 years ago I think) I used Procomm plus. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dison Andrs Sent: 27 February 2001 16:51 To: Linux Novatos Subject: [newbie] Terminal Linux Hello all I received a message with this link: www.ltsp.org Anybody knows if Can I use a 286 PC like a terminal? How Can I do it? See ya -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos
Re: [newbie] Linux for 486
don't even bother running X, you would need more memory (24meg maybe) - Original Message - From: "dison Andrs" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux for 486 if would had 8MB ??? Ingo Bauer escribi: h ... you will find distributions that will run on 4MB ... Albeit a little slow Running X (Gnome,KDE and so on) is highly unlikely . Ingo -Original Message- From: dison Andrs [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 21, 2001 10:58 AM To: Linux Novatos Subject:[newbie] Linux for 486 Hello everybody. I'm looking for a Linux versin for a 486 PC with 4 megas in RAM and a procesor of 50 MHz. I want to know if I can put in this machine a StartX service? what station of work would you recommend me? KDE? GNOME? Thanks for all. -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos Part 1.2Type: application/ms-tnef Encoding: base64 -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos
Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications.
it's ctrl+alt+backspace - Original Message - From: "April" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. That sounds exactly like what I need, thank you very much, but it didn't work. :/ I tried hitting ctrl + alt + -, and nothing happened. Maybe I'm in a funky dialog? - Original Message - From: dejavu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. Hi April, I don't know whether you have tried this yet... When it goes black, press the following keys together: "ctrl" + "alt" +" - " This will go back to the ansi (?) screen with the penguin asking you for login name and password. Log in as root, and go to : /usr/(bin/)X11R6Run "Xconfigurator" , this will bring up a selection of monitors, you can actually test each of these (it'll switch over to the resolution you specified and if all works fine, it'll ask you whether you can see what is being displayed". Lemme know if you get stuck. Ciao Brandon - Original Message - From: "April" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. I did. The result was the first part of my first post. Disappearance of picture. - Original Message - From: KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. I suggest...that you re-install but this time...accept the "default" setting for your monitor..until you can learn more about configuring your linux system. when asked what method of install,, select RECOMMENDED April wrote: I tried installing 7.2, and when I tried to start linux it showed the login screen with the blocky penguin at the top left, then all picture died. I guessed it had something to do with my complete shot in the dark guess about my monitor specifications. I searched the mailing list archives, and I was right, but I still can't guess the right specifications. I have a Samsung SyncMaster 4Ne (it says that in big letters on the front of my monitor), but the samsung site doesn't awknowledge the existance of something this old. Original paper documentation for this system was lost during the last ownership - I have never even seen it. So, does anyone know of an -intelligent- way to go about guessing my monitor specifications? And, is there a way to change the configuration for the monitor without completely re-installing? An hour between getting to guess makes guessing completely no fun. Thanks, April -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications.
Use a boot disk. In control panel, do add/remove programsstartup diskcreate disk. If you have a warped Winblows installation like i do, try www.bootdisk.com for some links to boot images. - Original Message - From: "Kuljit Singh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. I am very very new at this. I tried installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 but it said that my Windows ME does not support dosmode. How should I install it now?? Thanks - Original Message - From: "KompuKit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Finding monitor specifications. I suggest...that you re-install but this time...accept the "default" setting for your monitor..until you can learn more about configuring your linux system. when asked what method of install,, select RECOMMENDED April wrote: I tried installing 7.2, and when I tried to start linux it showed the login screen with the blocky penguin at the top left, then all picture died. I guessed it had something to do with my complete shot in the dark guess about my monitor specifications. I searched the mailing list archives, and I was right, but I still can't guess the right specifications. I have a Samsung SyncMaster 4Ne (it says that in big letters on the front of my monitor), but the samsung site doesn't awknowledge the existance of something this old. Original paper documentation for this system was lost during the last ownership - I have never even seen it. So, does anyone know of an -intelligent- way to go about guessing my monitor specifications? And, is there a way to change the configuration for the monitor without completely re-installing? An hour between getting to guess makes guessing completely no fun. Thanks, April -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
Re: [newbie] Re: eh?
I use KMail, the interface is similar to that of outlook. But sometimes i use outlook too ;) - Original Message - From: "Michael Leone" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:48 PM Subject: [newbie] Re: eh? From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] eh? I must confess to being an absolute 'newbie' on Linux. I have managed to install lm7.2 correctly. all my devices see to be working ok except my usb deskjet895cxi printer which i'm not too fussed about yet. what i am desperate for though, is to install a '98 emulator to continue using office2000 (sorry guys, but i really do need to use it!). i've tried the 'wine' thing using the rpm manager in knome but the damn thing still doesn't appear in my program list. I really would like to use the vmware or whatever it's called but don't know where to start. i need a real idiots guide to downloading/installing, etc taking me right from switching on my pc to ?switching it off! I'm pretty much a whizz on '98 / win2k, etc but Linux is killing me. I was born and raised of DOS3.21 and i'm really struggling. help! I started way back when with MSDOS 2.0; glad to meet ya! :-) Wine doesn't like handle O2K. Wine is more for installing specific applications. What you want is a full OS emulation. You can try using Win4Lin (http://www.win4lin.com). Realize that this is not exactly a true newbie exercise, but you should be able to get thru it. Win4Lin is limited to only running Win9x, not ANY OS like VMWare is. It's also easier and cheaper. (VMWare is industrial strength hardware emulation, so you can install any OS into it's virtual machine) I have installed a full copy of Win98 using Win4Lin (you must have a legal copy of a Win98 CD to use, or the program doesn't even install). and I have installed O2K Pro into this Win98 install. Worked fine. I had to recompile my kernel, to add in support for running Windows under Linux. You might be able to use the RPMs available from the web site to do this step; I couldn't, because I had already upgraded my kernel to v2.2.18 - and the RPMS are for stock Mandrake 7.2, kernel versions 2.2.17. Wasn't hard, tho - you just need to (mostly) follow the step-by-step instructions for re-compiling a kernel. Then install Win4Lin. It - literally - is a full Win98 install, running in a window on a Linux desktop. I'm doing this on a P3-550, 384M RAM. No performance problems. p.s, while i'm on the subject. what's the best e-mail client currently. i'm after something similar to oe5 but without the vb / java script support crap! I like Evolution, from the Ximian (foremerly Helix Gnome) folks; very Outlook like. Also, KMail under KDE is quite nice. -- -- Michael J. Leone Registered Linux user #201348 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 50453890 PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF You've got your glory, you've paid for it all You take your pension in loneliness and alcohol Billy Squier, "Everybody wants you"
Re: [newbie] Install
Hmmm it really shouldn't do that. What do you consider 'locking'? Can you move the mouse? Try pressing ctrl-alt-f3 for tty3 to check what's going on. Also you can kill the X server by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace. - Original Message - From: "Harold Fulkerson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: [newbie] Install I have a 366mghz, 96mg ram, 20 gb hd with win 98 and 1 partition. The install gets to the point of partitioning the free space and locks. This is a new drive, new win98 install. Trying to install LM 7.2. Any suggestions? Harry Fulkerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] compiling for windows
Possibly, if you could emulate the compiler (using Wine or something). Natively compiling it in Linux? Hell no, better write your own. However, if you would like to port a Linux app to Windows, you could try using DJGPP -- a dos implementation of the gnu compile tools. If it's just a console app you can probably compile with no problems (it even fakes a lot of Linux services). If the specific app has a GUI, you'll need to do a lot of modifying (and get the library for Windows apps -- I can't recall its name). Don't ask me how to do that, I only know ansi C++. Just my 2 cents. - Original Message - From: "adam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] compiling for windows n... - Original Message - From: Carlos Berardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:13 PM Subject: [newbie] compiling for windows is there a way to compile an application under linux, for running it in MSWindows? Carlos Berardi
Re: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel
Are you saying you can't access the cdrw, or that you can'tuse the file? If you can't use the file, it's likely that some sort of text file got in DOS format instead of Linux. (Dos text and Linux/Unix text are different) Look around for an option in tar that can convert text files Somebody can probably explain this better. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel Dear LM7.2 user: I download a driver of my conexant softmodem to cdrw on windowME via aol, but Lm7.2 can not read it, it complaint input/output error I tried mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /mnt it is not work too. Need help sincere eric
Re: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel
You should be able to mount it with just mount /mnt/cdrom. I do that all the time. If that doesn't work, check /etc/fstab to see what your cdrom's mount point is. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel Dear LM7.2 user: I download a driver of my conexant softmodem to cdrw on windowME via aol, but Lm7.2 can not read it, it complaint input/output error I tried mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /mnt it is not work too. Need help sincere eric
Re: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel
never mind, wont work. - Original Message - From: Evan Flynn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel You should be able to mount it with just mount /mnt/cdrom. I do that all the time. If that doesn't work, check /etc/fstab to see what your cdrom's mount point is. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: [newbie] the downloaded targz file via windowME can not be read by linux(LM7.2), need hel Dear LM7.2 user: I download a driver of my conexant softmodem to cdrw on windowME via aol, but Lm7.2 can not read it, it complaint input/output error I tried mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /mnt it is not work too. Need help sincere eric
