Re: [newbie] accesss shareing
I don't know about all cable providers but all I had to do was enter my computer's name that the cable company gave me and dhcpcd set the rest up for me - I didn't need to input nameservers or anything. James We have a slight misunderstanding here. I'll try to be clearer (wouldn't be difficult). 1. Write down on a piece on paper the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS servers provided by your cable operator. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Noisy Processor Fans
I am more of a fan (grin) of thermaltake's Volcano 7+ Pretty cool (double grin) Heh, I use this fan too and I have no problems with it. It is cooling my XP 1900+ and it's quieter than the fan I have on my 1.1ghz Athlon - perhaps I need to get this fan for that one too. I even have more case fans in the 1900+ and it's still quieter than the other machine. James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6 - the different perceptions explained
I actually have little against Windows - personally, I think XP is a fine OS (best Windows by far yet, IMO). Where I take exception is the company itself and its business practices. If my printer worked properly in Linux (for some reason it works right off the bat after I reboot or after I use printerdrake to install it (again) but it stops working after about a half hour or so, most annoying), I would only use Windows to play games. Now that OpenOffice 1.0 is out (a VERY NICE product, not quite as powerful as Word but comparable), I don't even need to use Office. :) Strangely enough, my networking in Windows dies on me after about an hour of being up (I have a cable modem and am always online) but under Linux, I have zero problems with the networking. I have no clue how to go about fixing the problem in Windows but when I had a similar problem in linux, was able to resolve it in about 10 minutes - who says using Linux is harder? :) And now that KDE 3.0 is out, I finally have a GUI in linux that I like. I have no complaints whatsoever. :) James ps. I really need to switch email accounts (this is owned by Microsoft) but it's so hard to do - anyone know of any free mail forwarding site that acts as a sort of relay so if you change ISPs or email addresses, there are no problems and no one has to be given a new address? I agree whole heartedly with you on this subject. The unfortunate part is that there appear to be no moderators on this list. I wish people would stop taking such a negative attitude to windows, we were all windows users at one point. NB On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 21:21, Nick Andriash wrote: On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: A fool and his money are soon using Windows. I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How typical of Linux Users... and almost enough to make me gag and want to wipe Linux off my Computer. Tell me something Shane... Why do you feel Windows Users are fools? I use Windows... am I a fool in your eyes? You don't even know me, so where do you get off labelling me as one... and putting something like that in your signature? No wonder Users are slow to try Linux, what with greetings like yours. I am amazed that the List Moderators haven't said anything to you. -- Nick Andriash Courtenay, B.C. Canada Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com James Thomas http://www.finality.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] HP Printing Problems
Hey all, I have an HP LaserJet 1200 series printer. Printerdrake recognizes it ok and sets it up to work - and it does. The problem is that after the box being up for a while, it seems to stop working. No matter what I click on or do (even calling lpr as root), nothing happens. I had it working all the time under 8.2 but I was forced to upgrade my system (due to hardware failure) and ever since then, it doesn't work but for a couple of minutes. Thanks in advance! James Thomas http://www.finality.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] aliases
You can make your own in .bashrc (and remove them from there) or (as root) you can edit /etc/profile.d/alias.sh James Hi, When I types aliases on Mandrake 8.2 I get list of aliases. Say if I want to remove a few of them, whichfile should I edit? Thanks and bye. -Payal _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] AMD system question
I've been running nothing but AMD for years now and I've had no problems with it and Linux. Any set of RPMs seems to work fine and without problems. Don't know about the board specifically but I've been using that chipset and it works fine. James I'm planning to change my hardware from intel to AMD and I'd like to know your experiences. I've seen an AMD system crash because of motherboard problems and I do not want any problems (AND I do not want to use M$) The configuration I chose is: Motherboard: FastFame8VTAA(VIAKT133A,3SD,UDMA100,AGP4x,AC97Sound,ATX) CPU: AMD K7 ThunderBird 950MHz SocketA RAM: 256 MB SD RAM 133MHz I think it should work fine. Does anyone know about the Motherboard? Also: With an AMD system, which rpm packages should I use? i386, i586, i686 (I guess not) and even if they are not optimised, will they work? Thanx, BAT --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is ATA133 HD working in Linux or only ATA100?
I can't speak for ATA133 but I recently had Linux/Windows installed in a dual boot system on my ATA66 hard drive. It finally kicked the bucket so I bought a new hard drive and reinstalled both OSes. They both run much faster on the ATA133 drive I bought (It only runs at ATA100 though as that's my motherboard's max). So if you need a little extra speed, it's an awesome change and I recommend it. James From: James M K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Is ATA133 HD working in Linux or only ATA100? Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:22:36 -0400 I am planing to buy HD in a next few days. Is it worth to buy any ATA133? My MB is supporting it but I do not know about drivers in Linux. I have a Raid on my MB too. Have a nice day. James. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] korganiser alarm monitor.
L.V.Gandhi's message on April 15, 2002 09:07 am, stated: how to getrid of korganiser alarm monitor from the panel. I couldn't see any options in panel. Uninstall the kde-pim (and/or gnome-pim) and it'll go away. That thing drives me nuts too; so I went looking for a way to kill it. All I did was write-click on the icon for the korganizer and closed it that way. There's an option to remove from panel I believe (I'm at work now, trying to recallt his from memory :) ). James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install 8.1 and XP in a dual boot
I am attempting to install Linux first then to do Win XP take microsofts advice, _always_ install the more advanced system last. linux is _always_ installed after MSAnything. You need to install Windows first if you want to use Lilo or Grub because it overwrites the MBR to only load Windows. If you want to use a boot disk for Linux, it doesn't matter the order in which you install them. James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] officially ms free
Alas, I can't do this as I need Windows to: 1. Play Games 2. Use my Scanner - it's not yet supported under Linux that I can find and scannerdrake doesn't recognize it. Hi James. If I might ask, what games? I was hanging on to a Windog dual-boot installation just because a few of my fav games wouldn't work correctly under Linux, but after using Transgamings' Winex, I'm a believer. (and I no longer dual boot - Windoze is dead, buried, and burning in Hades!) Well, I just got Dungeon Siege, a great game and even though it's DISTRIBUTED by MS, wasn't made by them (phew! :P). I also play D2 (which you've said works, so cool) but TransGaming tends not to work well with brand new games. James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard kill a process
kill -9 doesn't always work, regardless of whether or not you are logged on as root or not - and also regardless of whether or not the process is owned by another process. Sometimes it doesn't work. On those cases, I usually just reboot mostly because man kill doesn't ever seem to imply that it doesn't work and couldn't find anything about it online. If there's an easier way to do it, please let me know. :) James How do you kill a process when kill -9 doesn't work? Thanks! Fred _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] officially ms free
Alas, I can't do this as I need Windows to: 1. Play Games 2. Use my Scanner - it's not yet supported under Linux that I can find and scannerdrake doesn't recognize it. Once game manufacturers start producing more games under Linux, I'll glady make the final switch. Unfortunately, the few commercial games that have gone Linux have not sold very well, so evidently the market isn't there yet. Sigh. James Now it's official, absolutely nuttin MS on me. The best $0.69 I ever spent! _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New silly Question. ;) Recommend good file manager?
Yeah, I've just switched to KDE 3.0, which I like better than Gnome 1.4. Perhaps Gnome 2.0 will be better. I usually prefer Gnome as I find it faster than KDE, but 3.0 is much faster IMO than 2.2 was. Of course, I think KDE 3.0 caused my hard-drive to crash (not really, I just need to blame someone :P). James On Monday 08 April 2002 07:09 pm, you wrote: Nautilus in Gnome isn't bad, it's just resource intensive and full of a lot of fluff you don't need - just use the options to disable it and you'll find it's not bad at all. James Thx but last time I tried it, it would crash a lot. And I don't use gnome if I can help it. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New silly Question. ;) Recommend good file manager?
Nautilus in Gnome isn't bad, it's just resource intensive and full of a lot of fluff you don't need - just use the options to disable it and you'll find it's not bad at all. James I need a semi-decent one. KDE uses Konqueror, and I tried GWC?... for enlightenment. I hated GWC *or whatever its called*. Any ideas? :) Right now I have the default SU FM and thats it in Enlightenment. Thx Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0
Mine works fine, I did the same thing. I am writing this in fact using Konqueror for KDE 3.0. If you download all your RPMs to the same directory (and no other rpms are in there - not sure if that part matters but it's how I did it), then you can just do: urpmi ./* and it will ask for Disk 1 to install a few RPMs when it needs it (I don't remember the exact RPM names). KDE3.0 is pretty neat, faster than 2.2 so I've switched from Gnome to it for now (gotta wait for Gnome 2.0 to see if it stays better). James Has anyone installed KDE 3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 and gotten KDE 3 to work. If so what RPMs did you install? I installed all of the RPMs under the RPM dir of Mandrake on the KDE ftp site. Thanks Brian _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Mandrake8.2/X-CD-Roast Configuration Problem
The SetUID bit appears as an 's' where the executable permissions are, as in: rwsr-xr-x James ps. Is there any reason sometimes the reply-to address goes to the sender of the mail rather than the list? snip The short answer is I don't know. SetUID lets a program run as a user other than the person launching it, but I've just looked at 'info ls' and I can't tell what 'ls -l' would show for something with the SetUID bit set. You'll have to hope someone with a clue picks up on this, or just paste commands from a text file onto the command line when you want to use them. Sorry, I was only 2.5 minutes ahead of you, and now you've called my bluff :-) Richard -- I'd like to live inside a lead-lined room -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.0
I actually just downloaded and installed KDE 3.0 and have been playing with it for a bit. Anyway, all I did was download all of the KDE 3.0 files for Mandrake 8.2 (there's a link from kde's main site). Then I (as root) cd'ed into the appropriate directory and just did: urpmi *.rpm and it fixed all the dependencies I didn't have installed for me - all I had to do was insert Disk 1 when it asked for it. James From: Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE3.0 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 19:53:23 -0500 (EST) On 4 Apr 2002, tester wrote: Now do these urpmi unixodbc (and from the reply install every match with urpmi Let me make sure I understand...I type the above, and it shows me this: The following packages contain unixodbc: libunixODBC2-devel unixODBC-gui-qu unixODBC unixODBC-gui-gtk libunixODBC2. So I install those packages before all the rest? Won't that create a ton of dependancy problems, installing just those few before everything else? Why is this method preferable to just doing rpm -ivh *? urpmi postgresql (same activity again, and include all the -devels) urpmi MYSQL (go at it again, installing everything) NOW rpm -ivh *rpm Take notes, you will get some instructions. The procedure will hang on a warning message, refusing to tell you it is completed. Hit the Enter key once for the system prompt. That's it... It will show up as KDE3 on the kdm login screen and it will show up as 11 KDE on the choices Xtart presents from a console. Unles you save the session, it will ask for styles EVERY time you login which can be a pain. The soundserver is, to say the least, flaky. Programs like xmms will continue to work but don't bother reporting known bugs about KDE sound. Some of the login messages and panels may crash with a crash message if your security is High or Higher. KDE3 is making too many assumptions about permissions and open sockets. About par for the course for a .0 type release from KDE. Some things will improve with 3.1, but the new KDE is for the most part, smooth and nice. Liquid is not ready or KDE3 is not ready for liquid at this time. Some beautiful theming from Mosfet will just have to wait a little longer. Civileme -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer
Using google: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10145-100-2555655.html For any Mandrake version I believe as it's RPM. James Hi, Where can I find RealPlayer for LM 8.1. I'm having trouble TIA, Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Open Source Code (follow-up)
will make an exe file. If it so, why is it that most of the files in Linux has no extension name, particularly no executable file like in windows e.g. (scandisk.exe)? The extensions are a Windows thing and don't in any way apply to linux. A program (or file) can be executable simply by changing the permissions using chmod. I believe (but may be wrong) that the C-compilers in Linux generate executable binaries in the ELF format. James _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
Hi, How do I create aliases in the bash shell? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Well, I do it by editing .bashrc in my home directory. If you want to add an alias for all users, edit /etc/profile.d/alias.sh To make an alias, the syntax is (roughly) alias alias-name='alias contents' as in: alias rashas='rlog -L -R -lrasdan RCS/*' James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Open Source Code
AFAIK it's written in C, compiled with GCC (Gnu C Compiler) The source code is available from any Linux distro site. I believe that the core part of it is written using assembly, which is why special ports need to be done - if it was all written in C, it should (theoretically) transfer across all systems without modification (assuming it's ANSI-C of course). James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:26 am, Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote: Hi, How do I create aliases in the bash shell? With all aliases, they won't take effect till you start a new terminal. I use . .bashrc to reload my new aliases that I make for myself without having to start a new terminal. :) James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]
I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James Did you know your post is carrying a MS advert? Thanks, I needed that. *chuckle* Lee On Wednesday 27 March 2002 05:09 am, you wrote: I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed in doing is getting Senator Hollings kicked out of Congress (and any of those that vote for this package). Let them kiss their own a**es good-bye, it'll be fun to watch their political careers go down in flames! James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- Registered Linux abuser #223705 Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Digital Cameras
Hey all, After some frustration with SanDisk and gphoto, I decided to download gphoto2 and libusb. I got it all installed and working perfectly for my digital camera. After difficulty reading the man page and the gphoto2 output, I decided to write a shell-script to make it easy. I wrote 2 scripts total, one to delete the contents of the card and the other to get the contents of the card (it'll even make a directory to save the photos into. The camget shell-script is attached should anyone desire it. Note it's a bash script and if anyone can suggest improvements, please let me know! :) James _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com camget Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Message posts
I am just wondering if anyone else noticed problems with messages appearing in bizarre order, the original message appears a day or so after the replies. Is there anything I can do stop this (ie: get a new email account or something? :P) or is it a list problem? Thanks! James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Message posts
James: It may depend on your e-mail client. I use KMail, and I tell it to sort by subject; each posting appears oldest first, based upon when it was posted expressed in my local time. IIRC, Netscape does pretty much the same, as do most mail clients. Incidentally, one of the side effects is that some messages (particularly from Australia and New Zealand), often show up as having been posted tomorrow. HTH Well, I don't use a client as none seem to integrate with HTML-based mail - I use hotmail mostly because I got tired of my ISP changing stuff on me. Anyway, That could be why I sometimes don't get messages until the next day. :) James _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS
I generally avoid these kinds of discussions but I feel compelled to respond. I have two computers, both of which use Linux (one dual boots WinXp so I can play games and use my SanDisk card reader as it's not yet supported under Linux). One runs 8.1 and the other 8.2rc1 (I see no reason to go full out to 8.2 because the beta works awesomely imo). Anyway, they both installed without a hitch and work perfectly. 8.2 even set up my printer and Zip Disk (Both USB) without any (except a couple of clicks) input. I only have minor problems, but no different than I would have under Windows - AND I didn't have to install ANY Drivers - it even recognized my Audigy sound card! Can't get much easier than that - dealing with Driver disks is always a gotcha for non-geeks. Linux runs and installs effortlessly. James _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 2 Linux Computers
Hey all, I have two linux computers both connected via a Netgear hub to my cable modem. They don't seem to be able to see each other. Anything I can do to accomplish this? Thanks! James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2 Linux Computers
Oh!, I didn't know I needed to do this. I thought if I just used a hub, I could do that! What's the link btw? Yeah, both machines have internet access. James James; Do both machines have Internet access? Unless you've got something new, you should be running 2 network cards in one of the two machines - 1 to the cablemodem, and the second network card (using a crossover Cat5 cable) to a network card in the second machine. If that's a cable/CDL router, and not a hub then what you're saying makes sense. In either case, check out the following link and have a look at the sections marked - setting up an NFS server - and - setting up an NFS client. You'll have to do both (server and client) to each machine. Lanman On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 04:11, James Thomas wrote: Hey all, I have two linux computers both connected via a Netgear hub to my cable modem. They don't seem to be able to see each other. Anything I can do to accomplish this? Thanks! James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2 Linux Computers
Oh, I connect to each of them just fine but I want to be able to get files just by using cp, mv, or whatever without going over the internet. James Hi James! Don't know how much help I can be, I'm no networking expert, but I have 2 linux boxes hooked up to a RP 114 netgear router, and I can ssh into the other box from this one with no problem. What model hub are you using? _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2 Linux Computers
yeah, they both use DHCP. I pay an extra $6/month for both of them - I need both computers to be accessible online so I pay the extra money. James My guess is that you are using DHCP on both and that both can see the Internet, but not each other. Right? If so, a better setup would be to make one machine your internet gateway sing connection sharing and the other a purely local machine. Your gateway machine could also then be the firewall, limiting your need to manage security to only one. If this guesswork is accurate and you need help to make this happen, have a stroll through the archives, where you'll find 1000 or so messages about this, then come back with questions anyway ;-) HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 20:11, James Thomas wrote: Hey all, I have two linux computers both connected via a Netgear hub to my cable modem. They don't seem to be able to see each other. Anything I can do to accomplish this? Thanks! James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Samba/Windows XP
I have a cable modem, a Windows box and a linux box. Both computers are connected to the internet through a hub and both have their own IP addresses to connect. This works perfectly. My laser printer is on my windows box. I wish to set up Samba so that I can print from my linux machine onto the windows machine. So today I downloaded and installed Samba (2.2.3a). I've browsed the web, perused the Samba howto docs from Webmin, followed the instructions EXACTLY and my windows machine won't recognize my Linux machine and vice-versa. Anyone have any tips or can point me to the proper web sites to make this possible? Thanks in advance! James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell question
How do you get the last shell command you called to come back up? Example: I type: cp index.php /var/www/html I don't want to keep typing this. In windows you can do something (hitting F3 or something) to bring up the last command you typed in. I thought I read somewhere how to do that in Linux but it's been so long I can't remember. If you're using bash, use the up and down arrows to scroll through your history or type history and then !item # in your history. James _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Samba/Windows XP
Only if I do it through the internet, as in: ping ip#. Trying to ping with the computer names the cable company gave me doesn't work (these are the names I am attempting to use as the computer names for samba). James Can you ping each computer from the other? I have a cable modem, a Windows box and a linux box. Both computers are connected to the internet through a hub and both have their own IP addresses to connect. This works perfectly. My laser printer is on my windows box. I wish to set up Samba so that I can print from my linux machine onto the windows machine. So today I downloaded and installed Samba (2.2.3a). I've browsed the web, perused the Samba howto docs from Webmin, followed the instructions EXACTLY and my windows machine won't recognize my Linux machine and vice-versa. Anyone have any tips or can point me to the proper web sites to make this possible? Thanks in advance! James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Resolution / Desktop
Where can I find to change the resolution, and the screen area of my display? and can I view my KDE desktop as Web page? if yes, how? Open a console, type drakconf, enter your root password, click the + icon next to Hardware, click Display and set it there. As to the web page thing, I don't know. :) James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PC doesn't switch off on powerdown
This should be a fairly simple one: when I log out from Linux, my PC goes through the whole shutdown process, displays 'power down' on the screen, and then waits for me to manually switch the machine off. Is this a Linux feature or should the PC be able to switch itself off? By the way, it will happily reboot the machine if I ask it to, and Win98 has no problems switching off the PC itself. I haven't tested it recently but I remember typing shutdown -h now (or halt) and then having to turn it off manually. James _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
Hello everyone, Does anyone know if there is an email client for mandrake/linux that allows me to check my email from Hotmail a la Outlook Express? Thanks! James _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email client that allows checking of hotmail
Hotmail uses HTTP, not POP3. I can easily check it using Navigator/Mozilla or whatever, but I like the convenience of using a program like Outlook Express instead of a web browser just to check my email. So I guess a better question is there an email client out there (I played with Sylpheed a little and I REALLY like it, too bad it doesn't) that supports the HTTP protocol for checking email? Thanks, James Assuming Hotmail is just another POP3 mail server, most of the common E-mail clients will fetch your E-mail from your Hotmail account. For example, I use a @yahoo.com E-mail account for my mailing lists and I retrieve them using Sylpheed. I used to use KMail for the same thing and it worked fine also. You jsut need to configure the account settings properly in your EMail client (the POP3 server name, username, password,etc...). _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
