Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)
M Thompson wrote: Sounds good to me. Tell me where to send my check. Mail the mandrakes to: Rick Murphy 5758 Flager El Paso, Texas 79938
Re: [newbie] CD Burner wont respond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/23/00 5:07:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov3.html By george a link with instructions that actually work. After 4 days of stumbling around the CD-R Howto. I followed those instructions and burnt my first CD under Linux. Life is good. Jerry Ok folks, I've really screwed up here. I tried to follow the above instructions on my system. I have two cd's. One regular and one burner. Both are IDE. The first thing I did is destroy linux to my non-cd burner. How do I restore it. I feel like such a dufus. Rick
Re: [newbie] Netscape - Locking Up and Self-terminating - How to prevent?
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, David BAUDENS wrote: John Aldrich écrivit : On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: Sorry to butt in here butt, what are those 3 different Netscape files that you gotta download, common, and the other 2? Do they do it tat way so it is not one long download? Don't know why they did it that way. I assume you're correct in the assumption that they did it that way to reduce the download time and to make it more "modular." You download two of the three for a complete install download the "common" RPM and either the "communicator" or the "navigator" depending on which you want. Hi, You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very important for prevent Netscape crashes). I've been having a lot of netscape lockups. I've found the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586 file in both the mandrake and redhat rpms on my cdrom. Neither will install. any ideas? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] Looking for Docs on Staroffice and diskdrake
I'm looking for documentation on Staroffice and on diskdrake. I've got about 47 megs of free space on my harddrive (8.4 gig) that I'd like to claim. Does anyone know if diskdrake can read and partition diskdives larger than 8 gig? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Realplayer
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Hernan Alonso Campo P. wrote: Hi. I've Mandrake 6.1 Netscape 4.61 I do step by step the instruction from http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg09277.html but, no waa laa. somebody know ... what happend?. take all the info out of the applications sections,click on the applications button and try again. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] 128bit Communicator?
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Mark E. Drummond wrote: What is the easiest way to bring my mandrake rpm installed version of communicator 4.7 up to 128 bits? Fortify rpms? Fortify source? Installing the 128 bit verion over the rpm version? -- Gang Warily Gang, I'd go with the fortify. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayerG2 - Netscape Plugin? How?
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote: How do you get RealplayerG2 to act as a Netscape Plugin? Here you go. http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg09277.html The only thing I did different was I left the applications info blank, but this excellent guide should do the trick for you. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] 128bit Communicator?
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Mark E. Drummond wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: Gang, That's not my name, it's a scottish clan motto ... ;-) Thought it was a nickname. By the way fortify now has a linux version for netscape 4.7 Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Repartitioning utility
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ron Marriage wrote: I purchased Patition Magic, a bit over a monthy ago, and it cost $80 but does have a rebate to bring it to about $65. I installed it to change my windows and linux partitions. It doesn't recognize the partitions tables that I installed with fips during original mandrake install in version 5.3. I currently run 6.0 The version of Partition Magic that I have (3.0) will not repartition my linux partition. It did not see my window partition until I resized the partition a little using fips. Then it started working. You might also check out diskdrake from the coker menu at mandrake. I downloaded it tonight and it installed right up as an rpm. It is also a partition resizing program. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] Hmmm, update downloads won't work
Since re-installing Mandrake 6.1 I have a problem using the mandrake update program. It will call up the updates but after I sign in as root it will not download and update the files. Is there something I didn't install when I re-installed mandrake? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Fortify install
Ok well I vaguely remember when picking packages that I don't think I installed Navigator thinking I didn't need both. Jr. click on your rpm button and cruise around a little and see if it is loaded. If it is click on it and the rpm program will tell you where it is installed. If it is not installed. Stick you mandrake disk on the cd rom and mount it then use your rpm program to find and install it. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] StarOffice -- original $39.95 version?
Both best buy and compusa are selling redhat for 19.95 plus tax. The box also includes star office 5.1 on a seperate cd. The star office cd has the sun emblem on the cd cover. Seems like a pretty fair deal. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] linux games, and when will they fix the address book?
I'm using kmail as my primary mail service now and I like it, with a couple of exceptions. There are always exception right. When will KDE get the address book fixed so I can load an address right from the book. It is a bit of a pain to type in the address every time. Secondly, how are linux games coming along. I'm thinking about getting civilization for linux but it's $44. The windows version is $19. I know I'm sounding cheap here, but hey I guess I'm cheap. Is there a source for a cheaper civilization. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie]
You may not be too impressed with Linux until you have used it for a while, and start to realize how nice it is to be able to find a way of doing nearly anything you want to do with your PC, and then there is the added bonus that the shell won't crash on you at the drop of the proverbial hat. There is a lot of work involved in learning a new OS, but at least with Linux, the OS does not hide the hardware from you, and you will learn how the PC works while you learn Linux. To me, this is as it should be. I am a newbie myself, perhaps 4 to 6 weeks with Linux, and already, I am spouting off trying to help others with what I have discovered. I would also encourage you to fiddle with linux for a while. I believe you will like it better than windows. The first positive point is that help is always available, from this list and elsewhere. I've been pretty impressed with the patience some of the linux guru's have shown me in getting linux straightened out. So don't learn a little and then stay there, get out and experiment and when you completely crash your system there will be some folks who will straighten it out for you. Secondly, I think you will find that you like linux better than windows once you learn to grok it a little. I was fiddling around in windows yesterday and found myself missing the ability to click a button and switch to a different virtual screen to run a new program. It is small things like that which take a while to appreciate. Good hunting, Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] optimizing for K-6 III
I'm running mandrake 6.1 and it says its optimized for intel right on the label. I'm using an amd k-6 III. I don't need to do anything to make it run faster on my K-6... right? Or do I? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] linux games, and when will they fix the address book?
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote: I'm using kmail as my primary mail service now and I like it, with a couple of exceptions. There are always exception right. When will KDE get the address book fixed so I can load an address right from the book. It is a bit of a pain to type in the address every time. Rick R-clk on the sender's email address (in your case it was only your name), and you'll get a drop down where one option is to 'add to address book'. When composing a new email, on the far right of the 'To' line there is a button to clk which brings up the address book. Then you can either dbl-clk the address you want, or clk it and then choose 'OK'. The same can be done for 'Cc'. -- ..Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well I guess I was wrong, EXCUSSEEE MEE!!!. Thanks for the info Tom, looks like kde it developed further than I thought. Kmail is clearly the mailer of choice now. I remember reading somewhere (my Sam's KDE book I think) that that feature didn't work but that was a couple of months ago. You know 2 months in linux is like 4 in dog years. On to the next thing that doesn't work but probably does. How do I make files in my KDE bookmarks and then save to them like I do in netscape? Thanks again. Rick . -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] optimizing for K-6 III
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote: I'm running mandrake 6.1 and it says its optimized for intel right on the label. I'm using an amd k-6 III. I don't need to do anything to make it run faster on my K-6... right? Or do I? No. It's just compiled for Pentium or better, including K-6 processors. Well that is what I thought but it never hurts to check. Thanks. Rick
[newbie] Well I'm back in the saddle again
Thanks for the help guys and gals. I appreciate it. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] I messed up linux, help
Well this is my second post. Things may be worse off than I had feared as I don't see my first post yet. I was fooling around in linuxconf (I guess that was what did it) and somehow messed up linux. symptoms: everything works fine in root. everything works fine as local until I use kppp and connect to the internet. At that point no programs will boot. Any program that I have opened will work but I'm unable to open new programs. Any ideas Rick "lost as usual" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] 100dpi
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote: wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a friggin sarcastic remark. So im not apologizing for jack crap. U dont like it? tough. And if u dont like HTML mail... at least ~ask~ for me to turn it off. Hay, heres a nice HTML hyperlink for yall. www.F-OFF.com You know, we don't need this. Please bar this individual from our list. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] linux support for savage 4?
I'm putting together a couple of computers. I have an elsa savage 4 video card. Is the savage 4 supported by linux yet? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] 100dpi (OT)
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote: SNIP It is always best to be tolerant and cool our jets as Steve did, but while I will not judge the person, I will judge the level of comfort I experience associating with him. So Pine has a new entry in the kill file, and Netscrape has a new filter. On the other hand, I think the person we no longer want to deal with might be very young, and a modicum of kindness might not hurt what is obviously an unacceptable situation. I'm sorry, I disagree with tolerance in this situation. We have to much acceptance of unacceptable conduct in our society already. I agree that this is an ill mannered young man, but at some point his conduct must be corrected, otherwise he will go through life like this. Accepting his comments is not a modicum of kindness, it is condoning unacceptable behavior. Accepting his behavior will not help him it will only make his conduct worse. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] linux support for savage 4?
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote: Short Answer: Yes http://www.xfree86.org/#currentrel Longer answer: On that page, we see that the driver was provided by S3, and moreover the bug fixes for another driver were provided by SiS. Seems some vendors are learning that Microsoft is not the opnly way to earn a paycheck. Thanks, for the info. I'm using xfree 3.3.5, I wonder if it will automatically see my savage card? If anyone is interested I'll keep you posted on my progress. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Run LEVEL 5
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Jesse Royall wrote: Hey John: I got it working again. I finally got it to boot with linux 3 and reset what I needed... I also got the video problem fixed. I have a SiS 5597/5598 video card (actually built into the mother board) and a Vision Graphic monitor. Took alittle time (couple of hours of fighting with linux) to get it but I finally got worked around to where I could get the updates that I needed over to the linux drive and setup them up. So, everything is working now...exept I can't get the Kppp thingy working now! hehe.. trying to figure out how to set that thing up now. Jess On At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3" (minus quotes.) This will put you in Console mode. What kind of video card and monitor do you have? Might be able to solve that problem as well. :-) Oh, yeah once you're in console mode, su to root, and go edit your /etc/inittab so that it says I was fooling around with linuxconf (it was added as an icon in my upgrade to mandrake 6.1) and one of the buttons is for miscellaneous services which has and initial system services section. I will let you change the default run level with the click of a button.I haven't tried it but it is there. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] Thanks for the font tips
Hey I love this list. Thanks for the tips on increasing my font size. I've wrestled with this ever since my switch to linux. Netscape look pretty good now. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] I found a link to 4.7 for linux 2.0 (glibc) (upgradeatyour own risk)
I downloaded the Fortify untared it and ran the script to install it. It asked me if I wanted to Fortify this browser Y, N, Q. I answered Y then it came back Do you want to Fortify this browser Y, N, Q? to infinity? Anyway it didn't work did anyone have any luck installing Fortify plugin? Jeanette Shoot, I couldn't even get the site do open to download the fortify program. I'm trying to download the 128 version of Netscape 4.7 and not have a lot of luck with that either. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] I found a link to 4.7 for linux 2.0 (glibc) (upgradeatyour own risk)
Alan where did you find the fortify for the Linux version of Netscape I only see the Windows and NT versions? Can you send me a link for the Linux one? Thanks Jeanette please post to our board Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 Update
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: Sorry Rick this is not even the Beta yet ? Got a ways to go before the final Jeanette Well I saved the link to their patch, I guess I'll be fooling with that in a couple of months. The real player G2 is downloaded is an updated file. The old G2 was from May, this one is dated Sept. 29. I did get a stutter running it last night but I'm hoping that was because of heavy internet traffiic. Meanwhile I'm back to trying to figure out xcdroast. I hope to mount my windows files in linux and then have xcdroast copy and burn the mandrake 6.1 iso file I downloaded to windows. Thanks for the info. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 Update
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, you wrote: Meanwhile I'm back to trying to figure out xcdroast. I hope to mount my windows files in linux and then have xcdroast copy and burn the mandrake 6.1 iso file I downloaded to windows. Here's a copy of how my setup at work looks at the windows partition. From /etc/fstab: /dev/hda1 /mnt/dosvfatdefaults0 0 The important thing to keep in mind is the type "vfat." This tells Linux that you're looking at a Win95/98 file system (fat32) instead of a 16-bit fat. Jonn Thanks for the info John I was just mounting it with /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos I'll add the extra language. Now doing this in the /etc/fstab will that add it to my startup menu somehow? I've printed the documentation that came with xcdroast and find the manual a little terse. Does anyone know of a location for a better explanation on how to set up and use xcdroast. I believe I've got the ide SCSI emulation thing worked out . I'd like to burn a cd this weekend. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Real Player G2 Expires
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: Has anyone else had this happen? I downloaded another one and it says its expired also? Jeanette Jeanette, Mine just came up as expired as well. Does anyone have a solution? This is one program I'd consider buying if it is stable. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, bay56 wrote: - Original Message - From: Rick Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eric L. Damron [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort?? xcdroast already installed. I think it is that for every one, or only for scsi users? Regards, Ian Ian, I believe it is for IDE as well. I got help from another member of our list at his web site http://www.midkan.com/paulb/mycdr.htm He tell you how to immulate a scsi drive with your IDE cd burner. so go check it out. I believe that I have linux seeing my ide burner and I've actually read the instructions that came with xcdroast today but I haven't got it working yet. Tonight I'm fiddling with real audio again and seeing if I can get the upgrade working. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," J B
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2 Update
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, root wrote: For all the folks having problems with real player, an article in today's slashdot mentioned that a new alpha version is now out. http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html Ok troops, I downloaded the new RealPlayerG2 (an rpm for us mandrake and redhat folks) installed it over the top of my old RealPlayerG2 and away it went. Seems to be working fine. Apparently Real Audio sets their beta programs to expire in 60 days. Their final releases do not expire. I hope this is a final release. Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] CDR-RW, thanks Paul
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Paul Benjamin wrote: First you will have to login as root or at least su to root in a terminal window. Next we need to test cdrecord to make sure it is working. cdrecord is used by XCDRoast to burn the CD. At a terminal prompt type: cdrecord -scanbus This should spit back something like this: Cdrecord release 1.8a22 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Jörg Schilling scsibus1: 100) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 7200 ' '3.01' Removable 101) * 102) * 103) * 104) * 105) * 106) * 107) * If this doesn't work either cdrecord isn't in your path or you haven't gotten SCSI emulation to work for the CD-R. There are a couple of web pages out there on getting SCSI emulation to work. Mine is at: http://www.midkan.com/paulb/mycdr.htm If this part is working I am at a loss because XCDRoast worked great once I got my SCSI emulation to work. Just remember that you need to be the root user to use the CD-R for burning. PBen Paul thanks a heap, Your site enabled me to configure me xcdroast program. I've still got a few loose ends to tie up and may be back with questions but I want to tackle the instructions and see if I can figure it out from here. Again thanks, this list has been extremely helpful to me in learning linux. I also enjoy the banter and kidding around. You know we don't have to be serious all the time. Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with all the patches. If I take the time to upgrade to 6.1 what will it give me? I liked the things I've found with 6.1. It has Netscape 6.1, the latest kde which will now load gnome applications, xcdroast already installed. I think it is worth the upgrade. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
RE: [newbie] CDR-RW
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XCDRoast -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Strike, Jeff Sent: 28 September 1999 19:35 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] CDR-RW Is there any software out there for cdrom burners that has a graphical interface? There's one that's installed with 6.0 but that's text based. -Jeff I've downloaded XCDRoast, it also appeared as an install with mandrake 6.1 but I can't seem to install it to see my memorex crw 1622. Can someone tell me how to install it. Please type slowly as I am sometimes challenged by computers. In other words give it to me in baby steps. Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Savage 4 Server
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know if XFree86 3.3.5 (I think that's the most recent version) has the appropriate x server for video cards with the Savage 4 chipset? According to www.xfree86.org/cardslist.html, it would appear that it does not. On the other hand, there IS a new "generic" S3 driver. Check out the following link for more info: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/S39.html#9 John I believe that creative has linux drivers for their s4, check some of the savage internet sites. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] ICQ for Java in Linux
O A couple ICQ clones I know of are Licq (it doesn't stand for Linux ICQ) and Micq. Give gnomeicq a whirl. It is already installed if you are using mandrake 6.0 or 6.1. I've added it to my desktop. It is easy to run from KDE and works great. Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] ICQ for Java in Linux
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Rick Murphy wrote: O A couple ICQ clones I know of are Licq (it doesn't stand for Linux ICQ) and Micq. Give gnomeicq a whirl. It is already installed if you are using mandrake 6.0 or 6.1. I've added it to my desktop. It is easy to run from KDE and works great. Rick "mulerider" Murphy That should be ICU not ICQ Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Chix
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could get chix with it... Nahhh...to do that, you have to have "Tux" the penguin with you and carry him all around. I've seen it work too many times. I've *got* to get my own "Tux!" ;-) John --John, I've seen some ads somewhere for a stuffed Tux. I don't remember where, though. A definate must have. chix isn't that a ceral you can use to make a snack with? Were putting linux cd's in boxs of chix ceral now? Bet Bill wishes he had thought of that. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] continuing my applications install
Troops, Well tonight I successfully configured gnomeicu and gaim (aol instant message) and got'em running. I downloaded NICQ but couldn't figure out how to configure it so I looked around in my rpms and found gnomeicu. I created an icon for it on my kde screen and away it went (picked up how to do this from our list). It works plenty good and the setup was straightforward enough. With the installation of these two programs I'm pretty much windows free. My final project for linux is getting my cd-burner going. Well final for now. I downloaded a program called cd-roast but can't seem to figure it out. If someone has a suggestion I'll be glad to listen. By the way my software expenditures on the linux side are $6 for mandrake ($1 plus $5 shipping) and $20 for the full version of word perfect 8 for linux (yes I broke down and bought the full version). That is not to shabby for a complete operating system and complete software package. My other expenditures are less than $100 for linux books which include A Practical Guide to Linux, Teach yourself KDE, and most recently Red Hat Linux 6 (which is about Gnome). Thanks for the tips Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] modem, themes, etc
On Wed, 04 Aug 1999, Richard Salts wrote: Using the KDE desktop, how is a modem configured? Suppose one selects a desktop 'theme' to use as one's background, how does the user unpack and use this as background? Richard OK Richard, I recommend you buy the Sam's book Teach yourself KDE. It will help you configure most everything with KDE including themes. I found it particularily usefull for setting up the kde e-mail program. Which I like. The book runs about 20 bucks. Now I'll try and answer your questions. If you are running mandrake 6.0 do the following. To configure themes click on the big k on the bottom left of your screen and go to settings, desktop, theme manager. You can click on the theme you want and then at the top of your screen (in the theme manager) click on contents and you can see the various items you can install with that theme. I mixed and matched mine. I liked some of the sounds from the subtle gray theme and just clicked on that one item to load it then I went to sounds and changed a few to get'em the way I liked. I downloaded the riven theme from the kde themes site and I'm using those as my background. I left the rest of the items with the default. Anyway click on the items you want and then press apply at the bottom of the window. If you are not using Mandrakes version, buy a cheap bytes copy and give her a try. The theme manager with mandrake is pretty straightforward. Mandrake is my favorite flavor of linux. If you do not have a theme manager, the Sam's book does a pretty good step by step guide to installing a theme. By the way if you download a theme apparently you can move the tar directly to the themes manager (use the import button). I unpacked the tar and then moved those individual items to the theme manager and made a mess. If I'm wrong on this someone correct me. As for the modem use the kppp program. I recommend going to root and setting up the modem then going to your individual user and setting up the modem again. Setting the modem up first in root seems to avoid a few problems. I also recommend setting your speed to at least 115000 on the modem. I let some of the true linux guru's here give you more detailed guidance on setting up Kppp. I think you will find that it is easier than configuring a modem under windows. Good luck Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
[newbie] tool bars for both gnome and kde are active
Somehos (I haven't a clue maybe some of you brainy types can tell me) I've got both the gnome and the kde tool bars appearing on the bottom and as far as I can tell gnome and Kde both appear to be working. KDE applications are still on my screen but I can call up gnome applications at will. How did I do this and how do I get it back if I lose it? Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: Sheesh this is almost getting TOO easy. ;-) I still think it'd be better to have 'em learn how to do it from command-line. :-) John I think that linux thru mandrake 6.0 is now as easy to use as windows. Well almost, we need the manufactures to start writing drivers and programs for linux Yep... though I'm not sure if this ease of use is a good thing or a bad thing. Hey it is a good thing. Means folks like me have a chance at using it. I have absolutely no computer background at all. But...the folks here and elsewhere have had a lot of patience and taught me a thing or two. I just downloaded a theme for KDE tonight and sorta got it working. I guessI've still got a way to go on my learning curve. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: Go to Kpackage do a "FindPackage" for 5.0 and click the uninstall button. Sheesh this is almost getting TOO easy. ;-) I still think it'd be better to have 'em learn how to do it from command-line. :-) John I think that linux thru mandrake 6.0 is now as easy to use as windows. Well almost, we need the manufactures to start writing drivers and programs for linux Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, pete moss wrote: is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P --Well, I'm sure to suffer a flaming death for this statement, but what I found to work best is to uninstall Netscape, and go about your life! I had nothing but crashes and multiple other problems with it in any and all the distros I've tried. (I'm currently using Mandrake 6 and absolutely love it). The KDE mail, news, and browser all work great and I found no real need for Netscape anyway. It was slow and problematic for me when it _did_ work at all and on several occasions even caused me to have to reinstall Linux (although, a more experienced user could probably have repaired the situation). Anyway, just my two cents worth...Please be merciful. David P. Greenberg David, Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Pedro Timoteo wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. It's true that Netscape sucks - can't wait for Opera (www.operasoftware.com) to release their Linux version. Anyway, you don't need all 3 parts - you need netscape-common and then either netscape-navigator or netscape-communicator, not both of these. The difference between these two is that Communicator has the mail/news client, while Navigator does not. The reason I recommend downloading all three parts when using the mandrake update is that when I tried to download using only two of the netscape parts the installation came back with an error. When I clicked on all three there was no problem. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Opening Windows Files
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, you wrote: Can someone please explain how to mount the fat partition from Linux so that I can access all of those office files while running Linux. Or do I just need to copy them to disk and open them in SO? Thanks mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/dos (replace hdax with the device where your DOS partition is.) That SHOULD work. John Mandrake just announced that the new version will have a windows icon on the desktop. Does anyone have any idea how this will work or what it will do? Rick "mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Randolph Way wrote: Hi all! I've just downloaded and installed the G2 for Linux, and configured the Netscape preferences to treat it as a helper application. But when I click on a link for it, it opens and I get the following audio clip from the Real Broadcasting Network: Sorry, but we cannot find the stream you requested on any of our servers, please check the URL and try again. Does anyone know what's going on and what I need to do to fix it? TIA Are you using Netscape 4.61? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: JK wrote: WHERE did you get G2 for Linux? The only thing I could find from Real.com was RealPlayer 5. :-( John Thats the web page you should go for the linux version of G2 http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html I can confirm that the package works well. 1) Download the package. 2) 'su' to root 3) rpm -Uvh package 4) Exit from root 5) Open Netscape 6) Click Edit, Preferences, Navigator, Applications 7) Find RealAudio and highlight it, click Edit 8) In the suffixes box, make sure it reads 'ra,ram,rm' 9) Click the Application radio button and enter 'realplay %s' 10) Click OK to close the window 11) Click OK to close the Preferences window 12) Close Netscape 13) Reopen Netscape Waa laa! RealPlayer baby! \ Was indeed, real audio is one of my favorite programs. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Repost url to linux realplayer g-2
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Paul Benjamin wrote: http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html Please be sure to read and follow the directions on the download page. I works ok for me but I don't use it that much. Thanks for the help, I've got her fired up and running again. I'm another of those lost electricity and linux went down. Guess I need to learn to use linux's version of scandisk. Rick "mulerider" Murph Thanks Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] Sweet smell of success real audio G2 part III
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Postman wrote: I am still looking for a copy of RealAudio G2. What specific version and what specific web site??? Is it in RPM format? The only version I saw close to it on www.real.com was one for Redhat 5.2. I downloaded and installed it and it wouldn't even start up. Postman Try this: http://www.real.com/products/player/downloadrealplayer.html?wp=d10899src=q1_netscape_11ang=en Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Sweet sound of success G2 is working!
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: How did you get it to work as a plugin I can only get it to work as a helper application? Jeanette Jeanette, Perhaps I misspoke. What is the difference between a plugin and helper? What I meant was that now when I'm browsing with netscape and click on a real audio button (the ones that say listen here) it will automatically bring up real audio and start playing. I hope I haven't caused any confusion. Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Sweet sound of success G2 is working!
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: How did you get it to work as a plugin I can only get it to work as a helper application? Jeanette Jeanette, Perhaps I misspoke. What is the difference between a plugin and helper? What I meant was that now when I'm browsing with netscape and click on a real audio button (the ones that say listen here) it will automatically bring up real audio and start playing. I hope I haven't caused any confusion. Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB No its just that as a plugin it will play from from embeded sound files and I have imagine radio which I guess needs the pluggin cause I can't get it to work in Linux and I like to listen to my custom radio station while I am online. Jeanette Jeanette, What do you mean by custom radio? Are these a bunch of songs you have loaded on your computer? I listen to radio Margaritaville and other radio stations with no problem now. Well since yesterday. Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
[newbie] Sweet smell of success real audio G2 part III
A, I've got it working. Real audio sounds great with linux. I had to download and install Netscape 4.61 and alter the files according to the instructions on real audio's web site. Now real player works as a plug-in to netscape. I guess you have to just keep plugging away to eventually figure it out. I still have a couple of more projects to go before I'm completely over to linux but I'm getting there. Next project is getting my cd-burner working in linux. I'd like to copy the files I've downloaded for linux 4.61 and real player G2 to a cd. Can anyone point me in the right direction here. Thanks, Rick "Mulerider" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
[newbie] Getting Real Audio to work phase II
Well Troops, I believe I've got the real player G2 installed right. I downloaded a wav file and got the G2 to play it. What I need to do is somehow get both it and netscape configured to auto load the programs when I click on them. Will the G2 player work with Netscape 4.6 or do I need to go to 4.61? Has anyone successfully configured the G2 player? If so what are your preference settings for proxy and connections? I've configured netscape navigator to launch realplayer when a real media link is clicked using the instructions from realplayers web site but I can't get it to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [[newbie] Successful install of Real Audio now what?]
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, you wrote: Rick Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have successfully downloaded and installed G2alpha of real audio. I simply can't get it to work. "I've studied the language tapes and read all the books but nothings prepared me for ..." How do I configure real audio player to connect to the internet? Rick "Mulerider" Murphy = I too downloaded the G2 alpha, but can not get it to install. It downloaded into my /home/name/ folder. Might this be the problem. Should I move it to /bin or /opt ? How did you get it to install after the download?? Mike Mike, Open up your file folder and then click on the G2. bin file. It should be self extracting. If it won't extract then open the file as super user, right click on the file and go to permissions and check all the blocks giving your local user permission to use it. Then go back to local and try to extract it. I am still unsuccessful in getting the darn thing to work. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, hevnsnt wrote: My girlfriend has been b*tching at me to put windows back on my machine because she cant figure out how to connect to the internet (no matter how many times I show her) I am wondering if there is a way to make an icon in KDE to: 1) Start the Kppp Dialer 2) telnet to another specified machine Bill, Click on the big K button, panel, add application, Internet, kppp. This will add the kppp dialup to your tool bar at the bottom of the screen. To move it to your desktop simply drag it to you desk top. Use the copy option when asked. Rick "muleridr" Murphy -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Not getting anywhere!!
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Rick Fry wrote: Original Message Follows Rick Fry wrote: Give it up Dude, go back from whence you came. Rick "Mulerider" -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
An easy solution is to put your linux cdrom in, re-boot and then run an upgrade instead of install. You can then re-configure your lilo boot at the appropriate prompt. This is fast and simple Rick "mulerider" Murphy
Re: [newbie] Who use Mandrake ?
Francois Regnier wrote: Hello, I'am Francois Reigner, from the Linux Mandrake Team. We would like to know more about the professional use of Linux Mandrake. If you use Mandrake for you day to day work please send me a little e-mail to tell me more of what is your use of Mandrake. Thank you! Francois Francois, I use Mandrake as my primary operating system. I managed to crash it last night trying to force an update to Netscape 6.1. I'm not exactly computer literate and I'm having a little trouble reloading it but I'm sure I'll get it up and running tonight. I use a purchased and use (full edition) word perfect 8 with mandrake. Mandrake is my favorite OS. I'm a lawyer a plan on using it in my law office when I open it as a networked system. Rick
Re: [newbie] Mandrake reference guides
"A.D.Hicks" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good newbie/intermediate reference manual (similar to SAMS guides, etc.), to use while working with Mandrake 6.0? I first considered just buying a Red Hat 6.0 reference book, but I've been holding on to my wallet in hopes that I'd find a "Mandrake Unleashed" edition or similar. . .No luck so far. Try Sam's Teach yourself KDE 1.1 and a practical guige to linux by Mark G. Sobell Rick
Re: [newbie] Mandrake reference guides
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[newbie] drivers for viper 330 8 meg
Hi gang, I've successfully loaded the linux Xconfigurator drivers for my four meg viper 330 but I'm not having any luck with the new 8 meg verson of the viper 330 that I upgraded to. I'm using Mandrake 5.3. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea." JB
Re: [newbie] Redhat 2.2.1 RPMs?
Scarlett wrote: Stephen, I asked my Linux expert if it works, and this was his reply: Yep, it sure does, but I did NOT upgrade the stuff as in the /apps/linux-2.2.1 directory. I JUST upgraded the kernel and didn't upgrade anything else. I tried to upgrade the other stuff (rpm -U file.rpm) for all those other RPMs in that same directory, but it didn't boot at all... it got into some kind of feedback loop. I had to reinstall Mandrake to get it back the way it was. I then simply extracted and recompiled the kernel, and things have been great as far as stability goes... Scarlett, You are obviously further along the learning curve on Linux than I am. Way to go. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea" JB
Re: [newbie] Upgrading from Mandrake 5.2 to 5.3?
Michael Doyle wrote: there is one other question I will add here as I feel it also applies, on the new CD the source for kernel v2.2.1 is supplied, now never having attempted a Kernel update past the "make xconfig" stage is there an existing file on my system from the Mandrake v5.2 install that I can load as the config for the kernel update??? I have the same question. Is there a step by step guide somewhere for updating to the new kernel. I'm more than willing to attempt it but I would like some guidance. Is it as simple as loading the kernel as an RPM? Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea" JB
Re: [Re: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)]
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Jaguar wrote: IMHO... Sorry I have to agree somewhat with Sam...after all, before Linux had a usable GUI...the only other choice of a workable OS WAS what ever flavor of Microshaft Windows was current. The Win 3.X and Win 9.X have been the staple You realize that the Linux GUI has been around since before WinNT was even a glimmer in Dave Cutler's eye, right? The X Window System is not something that was created for Linux, it predates it by quite a few years. Beyond that, it's amazing to see that people have been so thoroughly brainwashed by the Microsoft marketing train. Do you really believe that computing didn't exist prior to Microsoft Windows? Dating myself, but my first operating system was trsdos on a radio shack model I, back in those days the competition was between apple and trs-80. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
