Re: [newbie] Wine and Word 2000
Hi: According to Wine website ( www.winehq.com ), Word 2000 is almost unusable under Wine. Seung-woo Nam Marcia wrote: Dear All, Has anyone been able to actually use Word 2000 using Wine? I would like to do this if possible. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] INSTALL ICQ
Jim Garner wrote: I tried to install Licq, but I keeps asking for qt=2.0.2 So I got that, but man, it's really hard to install cause it's in tar.gz form and I need to do a whole bunch of scripting which I really dont think I'm careful enough to do!! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com There is a link to rpm version of qt 2.1 on licq web page(http://www.licq.org) and it worked for me. I'm using Mandrake 6.1. I use 'rpm -ivh' instead of 'rpm -Uvh' because some apps may need the older version of qt. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Installing Programs
Lance Carrie Borden wrote: I've got the concept for installing those programs, but what about directories? With the rpms, it seems automatic (the programs "know where to go"). What about .tar files? It says we untar these in the working directory -- is there a specific "working directory" in Linux, or does that just mean wherever you happen to have it? Then, for the actual installation...will its Makefile find the "right place" in the Linux directory to install the program? If not, how should I choose a destination? I think "working directory" just means where you untar the file so that you can run actual installation script. Usually installation scripts make directories in the right place and copy the files for you. Finally, should I be installing each an every program as root (I tried installing StarOffice as root, but never could figure out how to give permission for user to run it)? If so, do I log in as root to install, or do I log in as user and then use the root console to install? If you want to make StarOffice available for all the users on the system, you have to choose 'network install' option as root. It allows every user to use the program but it also takes up har drive space on each user's directory. If you are on a single user system(where you only have root and a non-previlige user) you can just untar the file on the user's directory and run the installation program. (And now for the "stupid questions" guy, in case he hasn't migrated to the expert list...) Sure, these are basic questions, but EVERYTHING I have read (both in English and in German) has simply assumed that I understand what to do with .tar files, where they belong, where to install programs, how to give permissions, etc., but I don't! I grew up in the Windoze dark ages ... not purely stupid, just not yet informed! You know, @#$% happens every once in a while :-) It seems you can't avoid those things on a mailing list like this. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Edit LILO Boot Order-More Help
Rick Bonczek wrote: John Miller said that there would be a line: "default=linux" This line is not there. Below is what my "lilo.conf" file states: What line would I edit? Well, I don't have the line in my 'lilo.conf' either. Unless you want to change your default OS to Win95 or something else you don't need the line. Also, Seung-woo Nam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) told me to run "sbin/lilo" after I edit the "lilo.conf" file. What does running the "sbin/lilo" file do? Many thanks to Seung-woo, and John. I guess it just verifies your 'lilo.conf' file so that next time you boot the system, lilo would work correctly. If you get error messages when you run '/sbin/lilo', you have to correct the errors. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Installation
Tomer Weller wrote: I have the entire Mandrake tree (from the ftp) on my DOS partition, How do I install from it ? You first make an installation floppy with rawrite and reboot your system with the floppy. When you are in installation process choose local hard drive as your installation source. rawirte is in '\dosutils' directory and the image you write on the floppy is '\images\boot.img'. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Matrox Millenium G200 accel Xserver?
Craig wrote: I saw a link on Matrox's page for a GLX replacement Xserver for linux that is supposed to be very fast at OpenGL. Has anyone had any experience with this? I'm a little unsure as it sounds like it's still a fairly new (re. unstable) package. Of course the reason I want it is to play Loki's CivCTP, which I must admit on the svga server is pretty slow compared to other platforms. Hey, at least I'm honest, right. As always any help is greatly appreciated, Craig Well, since Civilization is not a 3D game, OpenGL support wouldn't speed up the game, would it? Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] C programming environment
Payne Stanifer wrote: i was wondering what you all thought was the best C/C++ programming environment (compiler,linker,etc.). I was looking for something fairly user-friendly, where compiling and debugging return clear explanations of why they didn't work. I have tried Emacs and didn't really like it. Any and all suggestion welcome. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Getting clear explanations is a matter of passing appropriate flags to gcc or g++ compiler. You can check HOWTOs for those options or pick up one of those Linux programming books. I guess what you are looking for is a nice editor ( if you are only doing simple programming excersizes) or full featured programming environment. You can download many different editors with syntax highlighting and compiling options from the internet. I usually check Linuxberg website first. They have good collection of Linux software.(www.linuxberg.com) Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Network Card
Have you tried the Tulip driver that comes on the diskette with the NIC? I had problems with the same card but after reinstalling the driver it worked fine. You should be able to find the instruction on the company's website. Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: "Ryan Sumstad" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 11:29 AM Subject: [newbie] Network Card Has anyone been able to use the tulip driver with a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LNE100TX card. (I know it's a crappy card, but what do you want for 12 bucks). I keep getting this crazy broadcast-like message every 5 seconds: "eth0: transmit timed out, status e426, CSR12 00cc, resetting..." The IRQ is correct (11). Please help! -Ryan ___ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season
Re: [newbie] RE: stop email please
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: how does identify whether one has a WinModem or not .. I have a US Robotics 56K FaxModem. Is there a signature to identify a Winmodem ?? Basically, just stay away from any PCI modem.
Re: [newbie] link light
The tulip driver included in Mandrake doesn't seem to work very well with any ethernet cards. I myself had the same problem with tulip driver. However, after I compiled and installed tulip driver came on the driver diskette for my ethernet card, it started working fine. Seung-woo Nam John Penney wrote: Hi, I had a CNET PRO120A card with basically the same problem, the 'tulip' driver was loaded by default. I didn't find a solution using the PRO120A, but instead installed a 3Com card I had spare and it worked fine using the 3Com59x or similar driver. I believe the link light should be on, mine was until I booted Linux, then it went off. Good luck, John.
Re: [newbie] Major RAM Problem
I think append line should read: append=mem=128mb Seung-woo Nam Payne Stanifer wrote: I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is caldera 2.3. Please help. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] KDM and Gnome
In terminal window, type "switchdesk" and choose the one you want to use. Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: "Joshua Hoffman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 3:06 PM Subject: [newbie] KDM and Gnome Using mandrake 6.1 installed from the iso image. How can I switch from KDM to GDM (or whatever the login manager for Gnome is called)? I only use gnome and I would like to switch, as long as this will not sacrafice any stability or functionality. Is this the case? Thanks very much! -- Joshua Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (818) 464-6848 x1759 - voicemail/fax __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
Re: [newbie] LILO
In command line, try fdisk /mbr Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: Corky Ashford To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:34 PM Subject: [newbie] LILO does anyone know how to remove Lilo boot loader ? i've taken linux off and loaded NT but i can't boot it because the Lilo boot prompt always comes up and doesn't give me the NT option. help.
Re: [newbie] Sounds under Netscrape
Hi, Depending on what format of sound you have on your web page, you would need netscape plugins. However, I think a plugin called 'plugger', which you can download from netscape website, would work fine with most common sound formats. - Original Message - From: "bluebottle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 11:39 AM Subject: [newbie] Sounds under Netscrape Just bought SB 128 PCI which configed first time when probed. Runs CDs nicely and also various closing down opening-up sounds. Is it possible to get sound under Netscrape? I know what sounds should be there as I'm testing on my own web pages. Many thanks John the Nadger
Re: [newbie] GNOME installation
Either in Gnome or KDE, you can use switchdesk utility. It must be somewhere in the menu or you can just type switchdesk in terminal window. When the program window shows up, just choose either Gnome or KDE and restart x window. Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: "Payne Stanifer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:32 PM Subject: [newbie] GNOME installation I just downloaded October Gnome and I want to install it, but I want to have an option between KDE and Gnome. HOw should I go about the installation and setup up of the Gnome/KDE option? Any help would be great. Payne Stanifer
[newbie] Re: soundcard config
Serpico wrote: I just installed Mandrake Linux6 on my system. I have no manual and can't find an answer to why my sound card was not detected. It's a Creative Labs Ensoniq pci card. It's seems to be compatible but I don't understand all the terminology about fixing it. Can anyone explain in layman's terms (or using Win98 commands/instructions as a comparison) how to get sound working? Thanks in advance. Regards, Jon Sound card is not detected during installation. Try 'sndconfig' command as root and you sound card should be detected. I have Sound Blaster PCI 128 and I had no problem. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the risks in Dual Booting? Well, not much. If you plan to use lilo to boot other operating systems, install lilo on MBR. If you have other utilities such as System Commander install lilo on the Linux partition. Just make sure you have enough space for each OS. Seung-woo Nam
Re: [newbie] GNU kaffe virtual machine
You are supposed to use it the same way you do in any other platform. If you are talking about a simple 'Hello World', you don't need to pass classpath or anything. You just need to : javac HelloWorld.java java HelloWorld (if it's stand-alone app) Seung-woo Nam - Original Message - From: Robert Benson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 9:53 AM Subject: [newbie] GNU kaffe virtual machine Hi Trying to run "kaffe" GNU's Java virtual machine. I used guavac to create the HelloWorld.class file. When I typed: kaffe -classpath /usr/share/kaffe HelloWorld I received: Couldn't find or load essential classes `java/language/Object' java.language.NoClassDefFoundError java/language/Object. I included /usr/include/kaffe, /usr/lib/kaffe and /usr/share/kaffe in my path. Also set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib/kaffe What am I missing? Any help would be appriciated. Would it be better to load JDK from Sun or go with GNU? Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux
Hi, Have you tried fdisk or cfdisk in Linux? - Original Message - From: Lionel Barrow To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:26 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux Hey guys, my question is: how exactly do you uninstall Red Hat 6.1. I tried creating a win98 boot disk, booting it and running fdisk /mbr but all that did was give win98 back control of the booting sequence. I tried using fdisk to delete the partition but it said that logical drives were in existence. When I tried to delete this logical drive, it said none were there. I tried again to delete the extended partition but still with no luck. How can I take Red Hat off completely. I have another 1 gig drive now that I want to put Mandrake 6.1 one on so I wanna blank my 3.2 gig hd to put win98 on and then put M 6.1 on the 1 gig. How do I get Red HAT off???! Thanks in advance Lionel
