Re: [newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 21:28, Julie Sloan wrote: Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header locked directory). big snip Congratulation, Julie. -- Just a few remarks : You did the whole process as root, which isn't necessary. You can download it anywhere and untar it as a normal, unprivileged user. Only the final step, running the actual install script should be done as root if you want all users on the system to use mozilla. Thanks Kaj, I didn't know that. I thought I had to be root for it to work for all users. Julie :) -- MS is to OS as AOL is to ISP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla
Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header locked directory). ...for the record, Mozilla-1.7.5 _will_ run under Mandrake 10.0.The urpmi sources I found for this version of Mozilla were all Mandrake 10.1 specific, so I found it easiest to download the 12Mb tar.gz here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ I used Konqueror to download the tarball to my desktop, and proceeded in a terminal in this manner: $su $(my password) (sign in as root) #mkdir /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5 (make a directory to place the installer in permanently) #mv ~/Desktop/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer.tar.gz /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer.tar.gz (move the downloaded file to that directory) #cd/usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5 (go there - probably an unnecessary step, but saves typing the full path every time; this also enables me to runls -a to find the exact name of the file I want to manipulate) #tar -zxvf ./mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer.tar.gz (unpacked the tarball, which created mozilla-installer directory within /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5) #cd ./mozilla-installer (moved into that directory - probably unnecesssary, see above) #./mozilla-installer (this command ran the installer, which asked if I'd like to place mozilla in/usr/local/mozilla to which I replied yes) #cd/usr/local/mozilla (I followed the mozilla stuff to its new home) #./mozilla (ran the program for the first time, as root, which is necessary for some reason. Note: I did not set up any preferences, mail account, etc as root but instead logged out and logged back in as user to set up the mozilla account.) please see: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html for more explanations and FAQ. hth someone, sometime. Julie -- ...but the learning curve is like, straight up. - - overheard in a newbie forum Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 21:28, Julie Sloan wrote: Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header locked directory). ...for the record, Mozilla-1.7.5 _will_ run under Mandrake 10.0. The urpmi sources I found for this version of Mozilla were all Mandrake 10.1 specific, so I found it easiest to download the 12Mb tar.gz here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ I used Konqueror to download the tarball to my desktop, and proceeded in a terminal in this manner: $su $(my password) (sign in as root) #mkdir /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5 (make a directory to place the installer in permanently) #mv ~/Desktop/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer.tar.gz /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer. tar.gz (move the downloaded file to that directory) #cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5 (go there - probably an unnecessary step, but saves typing the full path every time; this also enables me to run ls -a to find the exact name of the file I want to manipulate) #tar -zxvf ./mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.5-installer.tar.gz (unpacked the tarball, which created mozilla-installer directory within /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5) #cd ./mozilla-installer (moved into that directory - probably unnecesssary, see above) #./mozilla-installer (this command ran the installer, which asked if I'd like to place mozilla in/usr/local/mozilla to which I replied yes) #cd/usr/local/mozilla (I followed the mozilla stuff to its new home) #./mozilla (ran the program for the first time, as root, which is necessary for some reason. Note: I did not set up any preferences, mail account, etc as root but instead logged out and logged back in as user to set up the mozilla account.) please see: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html for more explanations and FAQ. hth someone, sometime. Julie Congratulation, Julie. -- Just a few remarks : You did the whole process as root, which isn't necessary. You can download it anywhere and untar it as a normal, unprivileged user. Only the final step, running the actual install script should be done as root if you want all users on the system to use mozilla. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks Re: Where are the compilers etc.?
Wonderful, thanks. I had gtk+2 but not libgtk??!! So what I knew I had installed wasn't what it wanted anyway. Thanks for the help with the urpmi command, and to Anne for the link to the Wiki site. My compile seems to be running now, so fingers crossed I should be OK now. Thanks again to all, Simon -Original Message- From: Björn Lundin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 1, 2004 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re: Where are the compilers etc.? Simon Roberts wrote: Many thanks for input received, I've moved forward some. (I had entirely missed the urpmi tool; very useful.) I've now installed gcc-c++, kernel sources of the correct version, gtk+2, and all the dependent things that urpmi added to the list. When I say: urpmi glib or urpmi glib2 I'm told that everything is already installed. However, I still have no glib*.h anywhere, and ./configure still complains that GTK+ and GLIB are not installed (or are installed incorrectly). There's a config.log file that might tell more about it. If anyone's willing to take a look I'd be happy to send that on. Can anyone offer any more suggestions? Did you install the header rpms ie libgtk+2.0_0-devel? try urpmi --fuzzy gtk 21 | grep devel for other packages. Or if you know what the missing file is called: urpmf missing_file which gives you the package example, I'm looking for the package containing 'libgnat.a' [EMAIL PROTECTED] bnl]# urpmf libgnat.a gcc-gnat:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.2/adalib/libgnat.a that is, I can find it in 'gcc-gnat' -- /Björn --- http://lundin.homelinux.net Registered Linux User No. 267342 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks re default browser help
Tanks guys, it worked a treat Regards Geoff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 02:54, Lanman escreveu: Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 14 July 2004 10:07 pm, Lanman wrote: I didn't want to be left out, so Thanks Stephen! Not for anything specific, but Thanks just the same. Hey he solved my problem :-D Yeah, well he didn't solve mine, and that nasty dripping is getting worse everyday! Guess I'll have to go to the clinic after all! Sigh! You're not alone, Lanman. He didn't solve mine, too. My bank account stays the same...sigh -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net usuário Linux registrado No. 341648 ** Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Sir Winston Churchill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 20:17, Josenildo Marques wrote: Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 02:54, Lanman escreveu: Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 14 July 2004 10:07 pm, Lanman wrote: I didn't want to be left out, so Thanks Stephen! Not for anything specific, but Thanks just the same. Hey he solved my problem :-D Yeah, well he didn't solve mine, and that nasty dripping is getting worse everyday! Guess I'll have to go to the clinic after all! Sigh! You're not alone, Lanman. He didn't solve mine, too. My bank account stays the same...sigh I CAN make a difference in your bank account - all I need is your account number, the name on the account, a copy of your signature - preferably in a TIFF image...and a few blank cheques...I'll be happy to decrease the amount currently in there... stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products Will Rogers never met you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Thursday 15 July 2004 03:17 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 02:54, Lanman escreveu: Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 14 July 2004 10:07 pm, Lanman wrote: I didn't want to be left out, so Thanks Stephen! Not for anything specific, but Thanks just the same. Hey he solved my problem :-D Yeah, well he didn't solve mine, and that nasty dripping is getting worse everyday! Guess I'll have to go to the clinic after all! Sigh! You're not alone, Lanman. He didn't solve mine, too. My bank account stays the same...sigh Diff is I just wanted my Linux back. You OTH;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks Stephen
It It worked (course I lost just about all my old email but Thanks again it was drivin me nuts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 08:42, Aron Smith wrote: It It worked (course I lost just about all my old email but Thanks again it was drivin me nuts Did you rename the .kde folder, or delete it? If you renamed it, you can still get your mail back - didn't realise you were using Kmail... ...BTW, have you considered using Thunderbird? stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products If only you knew she loved you, you could face the uncertainty of whether you love her. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Thursday 15 July 2004 01:02, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 08:42, Aron Smith wrote: It It worked (course I lost just about all my old email but Thanks again it was drivin me nuts Did you rename the .kde folder, or delete it? If you renamed it, you can still get your mail back - didn't realise you were using Kmail... ...BTW, have you considered using Thunderbird? Just a comment here Aron, you have not lost your old emails. Even if you delete your entire .kde directory, you still have a directory called .Mail (the dot is important). When KDE restarts, it *should* offer you an option to import those old mails. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* *http://haulrich.net* *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.3* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 04:02 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 08:42, Aron Smith wrote: It It worked (course I lost just about all my old email but Thanks again it was drivin me nuts Did you rename the .kde folder, or delete it? If you renamed it, you can still get your mail back - didn't realise you were using Kmail... I deleted it (sob) didn't lose all of it tho :-D ...BTW, have you considered using Thunderbird? Just started to use Firefox kinda slo but nice will try firefox stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products If only you knew she loved you, you could face the uncertainty of whether you love her. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 04:32 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 15 July 2004 01:02, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 08:42, Aron Smith wrote: It It worked (course I lost just about all my old email but Thanks again it was drivin me nuts Did you rename the .kde folder, or delete it? If you renamed it, you can still get your mail back - didn't realise you were using Kmail... ...BTW, have you considered using Thunderbird? Just a comment here Aron, you have not lost your old emails. Even if you delete your entire .kde directory, you still have a directory called .Mail (the dot is important). When KDE restarts, it *should* offer you an option to import those old mails. It didn't offer but I will look for it HTH Kaj Haulrich. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
Aron Smith wrote: http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html WoW! Aron, did you have a look at the guy on that home page? Look like a cross between Popeye and Ghandi! Yeesh! LOL! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Stephen
Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 14 July 2004 10:07 pm, Lanman wrote: I didn't want to be left out, so Thanks Stephen! Not for anything specific, but Thanks just the same. Hey he solved my problem :-D Yeah, well he didn't solve mine, and that nasty dripping is getting worse everyday! Guess I'll have to go to the clinic after all! Sigh! g Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks, re: OK...I need an external modem...any suggestions?
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:26:49 -0500 Laura Callier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Thanks so much for all your suggestions as to brands of external modems. This gives me lots of choices when I go searching. I have never shopped on I never shopped on ebay either. ;) Find a reputable dealer, try pricewatch.com, for example. The brand of external modem is pretty much a no-brainer -- Courier HST. This is kind of hard to believe, but searching for that on www.pricewatch.com just now yields one result, from www.ictcompany.com, in Massachusetts. $21.00 and in stock. (Actually, that one link was for a slower speed model, not 56K, which likely explains its low price. But WTH, I just might pick one of them up to use as a fax modem. When I tossed out that internal, I lost the ability to send faxes over the phone line, and internet-based faxing has never worked.) ictcompany.com does have one 56k v.everything for $145. I've not been around modems for sometime, but Courier modems used to go for upwards of $500 years ago. I had a USR sportster internal model (paid at least $200), picked it up in 1995, it worked very nicely. But I have DSL, and my current motherboard has no ISA slots, so I tossed it out :(. Laura -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] thanks Dennis Myers + lesson I learned about modems
Hi, Hope dennis reads this...I tried to send you a thank you privately but my message didn't get through...thanks for the modem! When I get the mandrake Power Pack I'll install it and see how the modem does..I'm sure it will be fine. I did learn a lesson about external modems...be sure to check in the bios to see if the serial port is open! I have been playing around with some operating systems, and none of them could detect it...checked on a linux forum and someone mentioned checking to see if the port was actually open. Laura Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks, re: OK...I need an external modem...any suggestions?
Hi all, Thanks so much for all your suggestions as to brands of external modems. This gives me lots of choices when I go searching. I have never shopped on ebay, but that may be the way to go if I can get something alot cheaper...I'm on a shoe string budget and would rather spend the $ on operating systems. Laura Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks, re: OK...I need an external modem...any suggestions?
On Sunday 18 April 2004 10:26 am, Laura Callier wrote: Hi all, Thanks so much for all your suggestions as to brands of external modems. This gives me lots of choices when I go searching. I have never shopped on ebay, but that may be the way to go if I can get something alot cheaper...I'm on a shoe string budget and would rather spend the $ on operating systems. Laura Laura, I have a Best Data 56k fax modem (external) with the box. Worked very well with linux and earthlink. If you are in the US fire me an email and what you think is a fair price or what you want to pay, either one. You could check on e-bay to see. I'll sell it to you and ship it so you don't have to wait for the bidding to be over. It is a very good modem in my opinion. HTH. -- Dennis M. Linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] thanks for the help :-)
Hi again: I wanted to thank everyone on the list who offered some suggestions for my problem with the Mandrake Community 10 ISO's. I feel like an idiot now. It never occurred to me to try another of the CD's to see it it would boot from that. I put the CD 2 in and it booted up just fine. I switched to CD 1 when instructed and the install started just fine. Unfortunately I had some problems with the install (it is beta after all) and it crashed my system (my fault). I just got it back up last night, and then went to bed. Anyway, I've got it up and running now, so I can get a look at all the new goodies. Thanks again for the help. Regards Pete Doak College of the Mainland Texas City, Texas USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Thanks for the help
Hi: Just wanted to drop a note and say thanks for all the help. I have the partition mounted now, and can access it just fine. Now . . . If I can only get 'Wine' to work;-) Thanks again Pete Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks linuxant and what about power manager?
I know, but where can I find ones (restricted or not) suitable for the 2.6.x kernel? --- Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Dobrescu Mihai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:58:13 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Thanks linuxant and what about power manager? Hi! Have you found some Conexant modem drivers and where? *** Hi, linux drivers for Conexant chipset modems can be had here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ You can get a free version for testing which is limited to 14.4 Kbps, there is a charge for the full version. These are very thoroughly tested drivers that perform well. I have used them through beta to final, with good success. HTH. Best regards to you. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks linuxant and what about power manager?
- Original Message - From: Dobrescu Mihai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:29:39 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Thanks linuxant and what about power manager? I know, but where can I find ones (restricted or not) suitable for the 2.6.x kernel? --- Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Dobrescu Mihai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! Have you found some Conexant modem drivers and where? *** Hi, linux drivers for Conexant chipset modems can be had here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ You can get a free version for testing which is limited to 14.4 Kbps, there is a charge for the full version. These are very thoroughly tested drivers that perform well. I have used them through beta to final, with good success. HTH. Best regards to you. -- Angus *** Linuxant claims 2.6 kernel compatibility, but I can't verify, since I am using 2.4x. You would have to compile the driver from source package, as they do not have a pre-compiled version as of yet for the 2.6x kernels. I expect they will have pre-compiled packages soon for 2.6x. The source packages are easy to compile/install, providing you have the required development items installed on your system. I have used the source driver packages as well. HTH. Best regards to you. -- Angus PS. The Linuxant mailing list has proved very helpful to me in the past for specific issues/problems to do with installing/configuring their driver. Linuxant seems to be quick to reply, at least in my experience with them. Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks linuxant and what about power manager?
Hy, I wanted to tell you that I was impressed with the quick answers from linuxant for installing my driver for the notebook. It works now at full speed... That's why you get many messages from me:-) It is worth the $14. Don't relaxe! 1/ Is it possible to have the powermanager installed like under windows so I can see where my battery is? I have a compaq nx9005. 2/ Also when I shut down the computer I have to press the power button at the end. Is thre a way to get around it? Well the weather is nice here in Ankara and kiteboarding is great! Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
Thanks to all who've answered my install, boot, upgrade and kernel questions over the past couple of days; I've managed to get through quite a few sticky points (for me) with your help. A question ... what would y'all recommend as the best book for a complete newbie to both Mandrake and Linux; I know there are the Mandrake-specific Definitive guide books, and other 3rd-party general Linux books ... which would offer the most in-depth info (for later on :-), as well as the most simplified explanations and walk-throughs for the Linux beginner? Is there something like the Que Using... series that do such an excellent job on the Windows side of things, or a ... for Dummies that isn't /too/ dumbed down? TIA -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
Have a look at the books by O'Reilly, like Running Linux. These are very good IMHO. Paul On 02/16/2004 06:28 PM, Chuck Mattsen wrote: A question ... what would y'all recommend as the best book for a complete newbie to both Mandrake and Linux; I know there are the Mandrake-specific Definitive guide books, and other 3rd-party general Linux books ... which would offer the most in-depth info (for later on :-), as well as the most simplified explanations and walk-throughs for the Linux beginner? Is there something like the Que Using... series that do such an excellent job on the Windows side of things, or a ... for Dummies that isn't /too/ dumbed down? -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Thunderbird 0.5a/20031217 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 19:28, Chuck Mattsen wrote: Thanks to all who've answered my install, boot, upgrade and kernel questions over the past couple of days; I've managed to get through quite a few sticky points (for me) with your help. A question ... what would y'all recommend as the best book for a complete newbie to both Mandrake and Linux; I know there are the Mandrake-specific Definitive guide books, and other 3rd-party general Linux books ... which would offer the most in-depth info (for later on :-), as well as the most simplified explanations and walk-throughs for the Linux beginner? Is there something like the Que Using... series that do such an excellent job on the Windows side of things, or a ... for Dummies that isn't /too/ dumbed down? TIA Save your money for more important things (e.g. beer) and download 'Beginners Guide To Linux' (better known as RUTE - Rute Users Tutorial Exposition). There's a mandrake rpm package (rute-0.9.1-3mdk.noarch.rpm) available from the club site. Don't forget the how-to's, man pages and the other documnetation on the CDs. Hope this helps, Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
Chuck - could you please remove your reply-to line in Evolution? It causes replies to go to you instead of to the list. On Monday 16 February 2004 17:28, Chuck Mattsen wrote: A question ... what would y'all recommend as the best book for a complete newbie to both Mandrake and Linux; I know there are the Mandrake-specific Definitive guide books, and other 3rd-party general Linux books ... which would offer the most in-depth info (for later on There's a lot on-line - the Mandrake User docs are somewhat out of date but a great help for all that. :-), as well as the most simplified explanations and walk-throughs : for the Linux beginner? Is there something like the Que Using... series that do such an excellent job on the Windows side of things, or a ... for Dummies that isn't /too/ dumbed down? I bough teh Que Using Linux back in the days of RH5, and have found it to be an excellent help, despite its age. I know there are later versions. I would highly recommend that. Then, Linux in a Nutshell has to be the best general reference book. Those 2 have kept me going. One I *definitely* don't recommend is the Osborne 'The Complete Reference - Linux - 4th Edition'. Many parts of it are explained better in the Que book, and on one occasion I tried to follow TCR-L, and when it didn't work asked on list. The reason it didn't work was that it was plain wrong! Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 16:08, Anne Wilson wrote: Chuck - could you please remove your reply-to line in Evolution? It causes replies to go to you instead of to the list. Oops. Done. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 11:39, Paul wrote: Have a look at the books by O'Reilly, like Running Linux. These are very good IMHO. Thanks, will check it out ... I received some links to some online docs, as well, but there's nothing like the smell of a thick tome fresh from the bookstore. :-) Thanks again, all. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks and question re book(s) for learning [Mandrake] Linux
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:13:11 -0600 Chuck Mattsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 11:39, Paul wrote: Have a look at the books by O'Reilly, like Running Linux. These are very good IMHO. Thanks, will check it out ... I received some links to some online docs, as well, but there's nothing like the smell of a thick tome fresh from the bookstore. :-) Thanks again, all. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Linux Desk Reference by Scott Hawkins keeps me out of trouble (mostly). Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] thanks
Just a quick message to all who helped me with my installation problem. Mandrake 9,2 installed with the help of noapic. It is working, but no sound and no internet. Will probably need a little help with this not just yet. Once again all the people who sorted my installation out MANY THANKS. Philip. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks Anne Wilson
Anne, Acouple of weeks ago you helped me post a Samba solution to the fivestar list of solutions and the next day my hard drive crashed before I could reply. I did not want you to think was ungrateful. Thanks for your help. Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Anne Wilson
On Friday 02 January 2004 07:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anne, Acouple of weeks ago you helped me post a Samba solution to the fivestar list of solutions and the next day my hard drive crashed before I could reply. I did not want you to think was ungrateful. Thanks for your help. You're welcome. I hope you got your drive problems sorted without serious loss. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Mandrake+OSS+The Mandrake Lists - Please Read Mandrake
Jason Greenwood wrote: Hi All, Dunno if anyone from Mandrake is listening but - THANK YOU. - Thank you for being there for my first tentative Linux steps somewhere around MDK 8.0 - Thank you for staying true to OSS ideals - Thank you for being there as I got my head around the CLI (well, sort of, i.e. it doesn't terrify me anymore) and leaving me with a true Linux in the process - Thank you for being there when it looked like you might go out of business - Thank you for becoming so much better since 8.0 - Thank you for installing perfectly on the last 3 laptops I tried, despite the fact I did not verify if the hardware was supported by Linux first - Thank you for supporting almost every single peripheral I have ever attached since 9.1 (including scanners, printers, media readers etc.) - Thank you for taking a menagerie of OSS, choosing the best of breeds and bundling it into an easy to install and configure package - Thank you for not destroying KDE - Thank you for helping the wonderful OSS Community get the credit it so richly deserves - Thank you for making it easier to create Linux converts - Thank you for listening when I actually still had time to be a Cooker - Thank you for hosting lists like expert and newbie where many friends have been made and experts have been quizzed for their knowlege - Thank you for becoming so much more than just another fork of RedHat - Thank you for making ISO's available so I and others can try before we buy (or join the Club) - Thank you for staying true to Desktop Users - Thank you for URPMI - Thank you for the MCC - Thank you for not being totally perfect so I actually appreciate you - Thank you for all the other wonderful things I have forgotten and long since taken for granted with Mandrake. I am an American who has been in New Zealand for over 8 years now and though I don't really celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving anymore, I thought now was an appropriate time to send this to you. Please everyone, feel free to add to my short list as you feel appropriate. Regards, Jason Greenwood this is a totally awesome email ... and I totally subscribe ... and furthermore I would love to have permission to put it at places on the web I might think about as I really like it and have similar thoughts. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Mandrake+OSS+The Mandrake Lists - Please Read Mandrake
Shameless greaser this chap ;--7 Anton ... not that I haven't mentioned the fact that Redhat put me off Linux for months before discovering MDK... Jason Greenwood wrote: Hi All, Dunno if anyone from Mandrake is listening but - THANK YOU. - Thank you for being there for my first tentative Linux steps somewhere around MDK 8.0 - Thank you for staying true to OSS ideals - Thank you for being there as I got my head around the CLI (well, sort of, i.e. it doesn't terrify me anymore) and leaving me with a true Linux in the process - Thank you for being there when it looked like you might go out of business - Thank you for becoming so much better since 8.0 - Thank you for installing perfectly on the last 3 laptops I tried, despite the fact I did not verify if the hardware was supported by Linux first - Thank you for supporting almost every single peripheral I have ever attached since 9.1 (including scanners, printers, media readers etc.) - Thank you for taking a menagerie of OSS, choosing the best of breeds and bundling it into an easy to install and configure package - Thank you for not destroying KDE - Thank you for helping the wonderful OSS Community get the credit it so richly deserves - Thank you for making it easier to create Linux converts - Thank you for listening when I actually still had time to be a Cooker - Thank you for hosting lists like expert and newbie where many friends have been made and experts have been quizzed for their knowlege - Thank you for becoming so much more than just another fork of RedHat - Thank you for making ISO's available so I and others can try before we buy (or join the Club) - Thank you for staying true to Desktop Users - Thank you for URPMI - Thank you for the MCC - Thank you for not being totally perfect so I actually appreciate you - Thank you for all the other wonderful things I have forgotten and long since taken for granted with Mandrake. I am an American who has been in New Zealand for over 8 years now and though I don't really celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving anymore, I thought now was an appropriate time to send this to you. Please everyone, feel free to add to my short list as you feel appropriate. Regards, Jason Greenwood 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
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: (Criticism encouraged) Could be my browser (Galeon), but the formatting could use some work. The links are covered up by the carpet. If you can tell me how you created that animated gif, I'd be much obliged, good work. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ A clash of doctrine is not a disaster -- it is an opportunity. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 1:22 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: (Criticism encouraged) Could be my browser (Galeon), but the formatting could use some work. The links are covered up by the carpet. Same in Mozilla. The carpet's OK in Konquerer, but the staff photo still covers them. Which one is you then? -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
The good looking guy in the middle. (Between the women, of course.) Lee On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:18:36 +0100 Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 25 Aug 2003 1:22 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: (Criticism encouraged) Could be my browser (Galeon), but the formatting could use some work. The links are covered up by the carpet. Same in Mozilla. The carpet's OK in Konquerer, but the staff photo still covers them. Which one is you then? -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to all
Well you did it again. I barely know enough to tie my shoelaces and I got an apache server up. Between lurking and asking a vague question now and then, all of a sudden it came together. The last bit of understanding was my hardware firewall (duh). I feel like deleting everything and starting over, just to see if we can do it again. aeis.tv (Criticism encouraged) Thank-you all. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:07:22 -0700 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next time (will there be a next time??), rid your home directory of the .kde hidden directory and restart kde. You'll lose all your settings (including kmail settings!), but 90% of the time the problem, whatever it was, will be cured. As you can tell, I've NEVER had a problem with kde. AH HAH! I knew I was forgetting something after upgrading KDE to 3.1.3 (in another thread) No more freeze up! Jerry. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to all
I had to share this. Yesterday I hosed KDE because I wanted to see the Penguin herding the Windows icons. No other excuse. Something the Texstar KDE .rpm put in my home directory crashed the load just after the splash screen. I know it was in my /home directory because in desperation, two hours later, I pulled out the CD's and reinstalled, reformatting everything but /home and a second drive /archive. I booted with a grin, and it crashed again. And again. Finally this morning I got out the Linux Desk Reference someone on the list suggested, booted without the graphic crutch I rely on daily, copied my /home into the /archive and re-formated the lot (except /archive). After a brand new install without the damage I've inflicted on the box the past year, I visited PLF, got my urpmi sources straight, updated everything, collected my life blood from the archived /home, and I'm back in business. Leaner, meaner, and more experienced. (Not necessarily less dumb.) No doubt there are 10 better ways to recover. I don't care. I did it based on what I've learned here, and I did it. In my Windows days, I would have lost untold piles of files, software and proof of ownership, passwords, serial numbers all would have had to be recovered, throwing time and money down the deep dark hole. I couldn't have done it without you all. Thank you Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
Next time (will there be a next time??), rid your home directory of the .kde hidden directory and restart kde. You'll lose all your settings (including kmail settings!), but 90% of the time the problem, whatever it was, will be cured. As you can tell, I've NEVER had a problem with kde. On Sunday 03 August 2003 12:08 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: I had to share this. Yesterday I hosed KDE because I wanted to see the Penguin herding the Windows icons. No other excuse. Something the Texstar KDE .rpm put in my home directory crashed the load just after the splash screen. I know it was in my /home directory because in desperation, two hours later, I pulled out the CD's and reinstalled, reformatting everything but /home and a second drive /archive. I booted with a grin, and it crashed again. And again. Finally this morning I got out the Linux Desk Reference someone on the list suggested, booted without the graphic crutch I rely on daily, copied my /home into the /archive and re-formated the lot (except /archive). After a brand new install without the damage I've inflicted on the box the past year, I visited PLF, got my urpmi sources straight, updated everything, collected my life blood from the archived /home, and I'm back in business. Leaner, meaner, and more experienced. (Not necessarily less dumb.) No doubt there are 10 better ways to recover. I don't care. I did it based on what I've learned here, and I did it. In my Windows days, I would have lost untold piles of files, software and proof of ownership, passwords, serial numbers all would have had to be recovered, throwing time and money down the deep dark hole. I couldn't have done it without you all. Thank you Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks,
Well, thanks to everyones help in trying to solve my installation problems with Mandrake. Unfortunately, I have installed it 5-6 times now with all sorts of different settings and have come up empty. So at this point, I am either going to seek another distribution of Linux, or give up on it completely. If anyone has any suggestions for a good distribution for a beginner (Although I do have a BSc in Computer Science, so beginner might not be quite the right word) I would appreciate it. Wade
[newbie] thanks
thanks stephen, figured it out already, just did a test run with Tux racer... all rock and rolling now. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] thanks
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:54, maxim j NARBROUGH wrote: thanks stephen, figured it out already, just did a test run with Tux racer... all rock and rolling now. Now you just enjoy! Have heaps of fun! Tell more people about your great linux experience! Spread the word! (grin) -- Fri Jun 13 21:30:01 EST 2003 21:30:01 up 4:44, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.12, 0.07 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. -- G.B. Shaw Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks for the help...just one more thing.
Hi, First of all thanks for the help regarding installing a hardware modem as I have succeeded in installing my Conceptronic External Modem on my Linux Mandrake 9.0 installation. However I am now faced with another problem I am being disconnected from my service provider sometime after logon is carried out. The first time I was disconnected after 10 minutes ad the second time after only 3-5 minutes. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this problem? Best Regards, Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to Derek Jenings, Joseph Braddock and Stephen Kuhn
Dear Friends, I have tried to change the resolution in GUI, but there is no other choice beside 640x480. I have tried to change the file XF68Config-4, but the result is still the same. What I did to solve my problem with screen resolution is re-install the Mandrake 9.0 and carefully pickup one screen resolution (1024x768). Anyway thanks for your advices. Ongkie _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks Derek Charlie!
My Sis 7012 sound now works! Simple fix, but I couldn't figure it out, and I looked for that thread but couldn't find it. This list is a great help. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Derek Charlie!
On Thursday 12 September 2002 6:57 am, Erylon Hines wrote:
My Sis 7012 sound now works! Simple fix, but I couldn't figure it out, and
I looked for that thread but couldn't find it.
This list is a great help.
e.
You're welcome. I'm happy to oblige.
That's why I love Google so much. If you keep getting doesn't match crap
from the search on the list archives you can usually find things on Google,
get the date, and then look for it on the archives. Narrows the devil out of
the manual searching pattern.
Or just do what I do and keep everything you've ever gotten from the lists
{newbie. expert, cooker etc.} in an archive and find it there. :-) Civileme
has his own separate archive directory there.
--
Charlie
Edmonton,AB,Canada
Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org
pediddel:
A car with only one working headlight.
-- Sniglets, Rich Hall Friends
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[newbie] thanks: usb smartmedia reader
Thanks all, for the advice on usb smartmedia readers. The selection wasn't nearly as broad as I expected, so I got a no-name brand smartmedia-only reader/writer and it works just fine. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to all
Hi, A few weeks ago I got several responses on my LILO problem when suddenly the fertilizer hit the ventilator in other areas of life, preventing me from working on it. I have to unsub for a while, but wanted to offer my thanks for everyone who made suggestions and to everyone else for your posts as well - I've read them all and have picked up lots of info and even learned a thing or two. I hope to be back soon when things are right side up again and just wanted to express my gratitude. Best to all, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
Best of luck, Curt. Come back anytime. On Saturday 20 April 2002 01:10 pm, you wrote: Hi, A few weeks ago I got several responses on my LILO problem when suddenly the fertilizer hit the ventilator in other areas of life, preventing me from working on it. I have to unsub for a while, but wanted to offer my thanks for everyone who made suggestions and to everyone else for your posts as well - I've read them all and have picked up lots of info and even learned a thing or two. I hope to be back soon when things are right side up again and just wanted to express my gratitude. Best to all, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks!
I would like to thank all that responded to my posting. I am amazed at the overwhelming response. There is a lot of info to chew through, but it is always better to be an informed buyer than to go in blindfolded ;-) Cheers, Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Brian Durant wrote: I would like to thank all that responded to my posting. I am amazed at the overwhelming response. There is a lot of info to chew through, but it is always better to be an informed buyer than to go in blindfolded ;-) Absolutely. It's as important to know your options as it is to know what you want. Good luck! Cheers, Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks civileme!
Thank you, I just did an upgrade to 8.1 and your trick with 8.0 worked fine getting the kernel back. I just want to say that you are the cat's meow for saving my information. Tell the boss you need a raise!!! Take care, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
look for Terra Term for a windows ssh client similiar to telnet but with more features (it does telnet too.) for an ssh FTP program, look for iXplorer, I use it all the time, works fine. both should pop up numerous times in a google search. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Carpenter Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 7:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... I am almost certain that Putty uses (or can use) ssh -- our local LUG set up access to his Linux server using Putty and ssh. He likes it a lot. I've used it in a meeting, and it seemed easy enough to use with very little instruction. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
xinetd is a more modern replacement for inetd... config files are in /etc/xinetd.d read them and learn, very simple.. as for your apache problem, take a look in /var/www/html that should point you in the right direction. don't use telnet, try ssh, (download terra term pro for windows if you need a free client) ssh is basically secure encrypted telnet.. telnet isn't installed by default, you will need to install it... and enable it in xinetd... but honestly, you should use ssh.. its much better, more secure, can copy files to and from, and anything else you might want. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Carpenter Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 3:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
On Monday 26 November 2001 02:02 pm, Alan Carpenter wrote: How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan Ummm, well you can type 'ssh for windows' into a google search window as well as I can, but here's one that is open source/free software http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/download.html#binaries Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
You can use TeraTerm with the SSH add-on. A web search should find both of these with no problem. Chris SW - Original Message - From: Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:02 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan 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
Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =)
On Monday 26 November 2001 02:02 pm, Alan Carpenter wrote: How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question =) On Monday 26 November 2001 10:42 am, Alan Carpenter wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone who wrote me back with fixes for my usb problem. Now I have two or three more questions =) 1)inetd? I can't seem to find it. I thought it was normally in /etc? I found a Xinetd, but I cant find inetd? Do I need to run something? I'm not sure what inetd even is? Does it start services? Xinetd is the modern replacement. It starts internet services on demand 2)Apache. I have it up and running because I can connect to the server and view the default index. Where does the Apache directory reside? Is it called http? I can't see to find the default index file? Any help would be great. Look in /var/www right where the Linux Standard Base and File Hierarchical System 2.2 (FHS2.2) say it should be. 3)Telnet. Again back to inetd. I read the service starts in inetd? Is telnet installed by default? Do I need to download a telnet package? If I do could somebody recommend one? Really don't use telnet. It is antiquated and insecure. I have software on my machine which can twist the ends of a telnet connection so that they are desynchronized and then my machine becomes the glue that holds the connection together and I have a chance to snarf all the communications and make tasteful changes as well. ssh is much more secure and already loaded by default. To connect, ssh username@mymachine,mydomain.com on the client side and everything is encrypted. Otherwise you are on the machine just like a telnet connection once your password is validated. If you absolutely must have telnet, the server and client are on your install CDs, just not loaded by default. CIvileme QA Team Thanks... Alan And here's a server http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/ Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] thanks...for the fix, and now two or three more question=)
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Alan Carpenter wrote: How can I connect to my server using SSH on the client side? The client is using windows. Do they make any SSH programs for windows? Thanks again... Alan There is one called putty, just google for it. -- Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191 @ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] thanks / linksys wireless card on linux/mandrake
first, thanks to all of those who kindly answered my question abt linux working on athlon-based systems. :) second, has anyone gotten their linux system (on a laptop) to work in a wireless networked environment, particularly using linksys' wireless router + wireless pcmcia card? thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks Sridhar and others for
The suggestion for removing imwheel has given me a smooth wheel mouse on my cordless Logictech mouse for scrolling. Now, any suggestion for getting the third thumb button to work ( ; Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Sridhar and others for
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:41:04 -0700, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The suggestion for removing imwheel has given me a smooth wheel mouse on my cordless Logictech mouse for scrolling. You're welcome :) Now, any suggestion for getting the third thumb button to work ( ; http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/xwin/xmouse.html#button Thanks -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Help me out, and I won't ever call netfilter a heap of stinking dung again. Do we have a deal? -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to Tom Charles for responses for my last 2 problems! All cleared up!
Thanks to Tom Charles for responses for my last 2 problems! All cleared up! Cheers! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks Radeon now works
Thank you to all those who have made suggestions on how to get my display going. It is working fine now thanks to Navin Daryanani. It does go to show that informal support does work but you have to keep asking if one solution doesn't work. On the way I have learned alot from the mailing list. Keep up the good work. Cliff Gosden
[newbie] Thanks to all!
To All Newbie subscribers: Thanks to all who answered my questions Thanks and God Bless! Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com The Technology Specialist
[newbie] Thanks for input on Kword
Dear friends: My deep thanks for participating in my informal survey of opinions on Kword. Looks like there is quite a diversity of opinion here. Either way, I do look forward to Koffice 1.1 with the new Kword. Then, we'll be in a better position to judge where Kword is going and how successful it is. Thanks so much again. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Thanks to everyone for helping w/ the Win2000 install
Victor Richardson wrote: One thing I did notice was that Microsoft assured everyone that Win2000 would put an end to endless reboots when installin and uninstalling software. coughchokewheeze I have a win2k, and this just ain't so... But enjoy. -- __ Ric Tibbetts Boeing Shared Services Group UNIX System Administration Seattle Server Operations __
[newbie] Thanks! Burn the CD with the .iso image correctly
Thanks to everyone for pointing out how to burn a CD from an .iso file. For Easy CD Creator 4, go to the file menu, choose Create CD from CD image, browse to where the .iso (or .cif - what's that?) file is, select and open, and then it will give you the CD Create Setup window. Put in the blank CD and go! What confused me was that whether you go through the default window for setting up the CD layout, or through the Create CD from CD image, you end up with the same CD Create Setup window, with no apparent difference about what it's about to do. Window names are approximate - I'm using the Japanese software. Thanks again for your fast help. W
[newbie] Thanks to everyone for helping w/ the Win2000 install
It hurt a little to bring down a perfectly good Mandrake server w/ 8 months uptime for a tester of Win2000 Pro, but if that's what the boss wants, that's what he gets. One thing I did notice was that Microsoft assured everyone that Win2000 would put an end to endless reboots when installin and uninstalling software. In true MS fashion, it only took me 10-15 reboots to install/upgrade - Office2000, IE, Outlook, Win2000 Pro, etc. Every single one of them required a reboot! Luckily, he was actually standing around for half of them. I hope to show him tomorrow how we do Unix style. Anyway, thanks everyone for the tips Victor
RE: [newbie] RE:[NEWBIE] Thanks Paul
Yes I'm new. I have 7.0, but I can't access the internet with ADSL I understand that 7.2 will solve all my problems. I like the feel of Linux and the power of UNIX, but I need my internet access before I can think of Ousting Mr Microsoft Thanks again Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Sent: 17 November 2000 19:09 To: Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] RE:[NEWBIE] upgrading from source RPM's On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Brian Brathwaite wrote: I have downloaded the source RPM files for 7.2, but I am a bit lost as to how to upgrade from 7.0 with them. Help!!! If you are really a newbie you are either showing it (by downloading the sources), or determined to become an expert in record time. You need to compile all the sources (see man rpm) and then install them. In the proper sequence. Better download the ISO for the upgrade, make a cd out of it, and install that way Paul -- We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is- Fatal Exception Error in MSBORG32.DLL http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.209 / Virus Database: 99 - Release Date: 02/11/2000 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.209 / Virus Database: 99 - Release Date: 02/11/2000
RE: [newbie] RE:[NEWBIE] Thanks Paul
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Brian Brathwaite wrote: Yes I'm new. I have 7.0, but I can't access the internet with ADSL I understand that 7.2 will solve all my problems. I like the feel of Linux and the power of UNIX, but I need my internet access before I can think of Ousting Mr Microsoft Perhaps the best move for you then is to order the 2 cd's for 7.2 by CheapBytes and set things up. There is a good helper app. for ADSL in this release, I saw that. Also ISDN is quite easy :-) Paul -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Please put me in your signature file and help me spread. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
In a message dated 31-Oct-00 10:37:15 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks everyone who's tried to help me find an ISP provider. I tried to respond to the 2 people who suggested Mindspring. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason, both of my responses were kicked back to me saying I had used a "no no" phrase and therefore the posts would not appear. Have no idea what that means and I'm not aware of having written any atrocities. Running a non-profit organization I don't have time to try to worry about every single word I write. I would appreciate more info on using Mindspring from you guys who know about it. If you'd be willing to offer further help, please contact me directly. my only experience with mindsprig is with windows, but mindspring is probably the better isp, next to freewwweb which doesnt exist any more, however their represenitives are very knoledgeable and will send you all informatiopn you need to hook up to the net, they dont require you using their software at all considering you pay around $19/month for thier service, and for a little extra cash they will add web space for anything you want. normally for buisnesses they also cater to the home user as well. if you have a second phone line or a cell you can have them take you step by step as you configure everything you need, me im a cheap skate so i always look for a free service,
[newbie] thanks on CD questions
just a note of thanks for the input on the audio CD CD burner -- crash situation. =) and for the info on copying CDs with cdrecord. must play with that some more. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
Hi Debbie, You are not alone with the 'no-no' thing. Intermittantly I get this no no message, which then tells which I am supposed to have used, but I can never find any of the 'bad' words in my text. I think the robot goes off his head every now and again so I have given up worrying and simply put the letter back in and , usually, off it goes. I wonder if you will get this ? Yap Yap.
[newbie] Thanks!
Thanks everyone who's tried to help me find an ISP provider. I tried to respond to the 2 people who suggested Mindspring. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason, both of my responses were kicked back to me saying I had used a "no no" phrase and therefore the posts would not appear. Have no idea what that means and I'm not aware of having written any atrocities. Running a non-profit organization I don't have time to try to worry about every single word I write. I would appreciate more info on using Mindspring from you guys who know about it. If you'd be willing to offer further help, please contact me directly. Thanks again. Debby Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Thanks!
On Tuesday 31 October 2000 10:25 am, you wrote: Thanks everyone who's tried to help me find an ISP provider. I tried to respond to the 2 people who suggested Mindspring. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason, both of my responses were kicked back to me saying I had used a "no no" phrase and therefore the posts would not appear. I suspect the list maintainer has set it up to kick out certain words like sub$cribe (with an s for the $) to spare us from all the clueless 'how do I un sub$cribe' messages. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[newbie] Thanks ----MBR Problem Solved
MBR Problem Solved Thanks to all who helped me with the mbr problem. I replaced the HD with a larger one. Be very, very careful with partitions when using dual boot. Jim
RE: [newbie] Thanks ----MBR Problem Solved
Hi, I had 3 hard disks with MBR problem before. It has been a year I hadn't used them... thought of making 'em as paperweights... Heck, I had nothing to lose so last week I tried again to install Linux or DOS or Win98 on it but failed... then I tried NT4. Using the installation disk, I don't know how and why, it worked!!! All the three hard disks were able to accept NT4. Well, again, I had nothing to loseso I tried toinstall Red Hat Linux 6.0 (which previously failed to install onto the harddisk)... much to my suprised, I was able to clear the NT partition and repartitioned it for RHL... Now I have 1 hard disk with RHL6.0, 1 with FreeBSD 2.2 and 1 with NT4 plus my other hard disks with win95, win98, win2000AS and my personal favorite, Linux-Mandrake 7.0 :) really hate to admit it, but sometimes MS helps... best regards Joe. RLU#186063 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James MurraySent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:04 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Thanks MBR Problem Solved MBR Problem Solved Thanks to all who helped me with the mbr problem. I replaced the HD with a larger one. Be very, very careful with partitions when using dual boot. Jim
Re: [newbie] Thanks ----MBR Problem Solved
Yes, well, the MS virus will attempt to attack anything it can get it's claws into... beyond taking over a hard drive, and installing itself, though, the rest is pure luck! And again... Greg Stewart, MCP :-) (Why, oh why, did I get this certification? Just to rip on MS? Oh, wait, no...the money was supposed get better! What happened there?) - Original Message - From: "Joe Tux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I had 3 hard disks with MBR problem before. It has been a year I hadn't used them... thought of making 'em as paperweights... Heck, I had nothing to lose so last week I tried again to install Linux or DOS or Win98 on it but failed... then I tried NT4. Using the installation disk, I don't know how and why, it worked!!! All the three hard disks were able to accept NT4. Well, again, I had nothing to lose so I tried to install Red Hat Linux 6.0 (which previously failed to install onto the harddisk)... much to my suprised, I was able to clear the NT partition and repartitioned it for RHL... Now I have 1 hard disk with RHL6.0, 1 with FreeBSD 2.2 and 1 with NT4 plus my other hard disks with win95, win98, win2000AS and my personal favorite, Linux-Mandrake 7.0 :) really hate to admit it, but sometimes MS helps... best regards Joe. RLU#186063 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Murray Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Thanks MBR Problem Solved MBR Problem Solved Thanks to all who helped me with the mbr problem. I replaced the HD with a larger one. Be very, very careful with partitions when using dual boot. Jim __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] Thanks for the help for the KDE problemo
Dear All, Where would the kderc. file be? I had alot of problems getting my Xscreen down to size. I went back into xconfigurator,made some changes and it is almost down to normal size but not quite. Does anyone know what else I can do to get it to normal? Plus, My graphic login page does not come up now where I can login and choose window managers. What can I do to remedy this? Thank you for your help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Thanks for the help for the KDE problemo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, Where would the kderc. file be? I had alot of problems getting my Xscreen down to size. I went back into xconfigurator,made some changes and it is almost down to normal size but not quite. Does anyone know what else I can do to get it to normal? Plus, My graphic login page does not come up now where I can login and choose window managers. What can I do to remedy this? Thank you for your help. Marcia MarciaIt's a hidden file (prepended with a '.' like this .kderc) and it's in each user's home directory (~/.kedrc). Alan
[newbie] Thanks
I would like to thank you very much for your advice. It does work. I tried a simple twm and it at least does not shut down. However except for Netscape, none of the other programs from twm seem to work. I left click my mouse to get some menus. The menus list a lot of programs including terminals (xterm, gnome terminal etc.), games, text editors etc. None of them open. I see the box corresponding to these programs come up and then,when I click the mouse, the box disappears. Netscape is an exception. Is there some problem with permissions or with twm? I couldn't get gnome-wm to work either. "BANESTO" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the same problem too. You can start X using 'xinit' and then an installed wm (i.e. 'gnome-session','enlightenment',...) The problem seem to be only with KDE. ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks, but...no thanks
I take it you never unplug and just let it out... good luck with your Linux box. May you know many happy years with your Penguin. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 182496 On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Steve Westwood wrote: I joined this list under the impression that its members would be able to help me as a newbie, and that sooner or later I'd be able to repay their kindness by helping other newbies. I have had a good deal of help from some of you - thanks Eric and others - but there's just too much irrelevant, off-topic stuff which isn't going to help *anyone*. So... I'm unsubscribing. Steve Westwood. New to Linux but 15 years in IT.
[newbie] thanks for the install answers for Pronto
Thank you Tom and Monte for your help. I will try it tonight when I get home and let you know the results =). Alan Carpenter PC Specialist Department of Computer Services Virginia Wesleyan College 1584 Wesleyan Dr. Norfolk Va. 23502 Office (757)455.3267 Cell (757)449.0381
[newbie] Thanks Guys.. :-)
I really appreciate all of the input on my memmory problem. Come to find out it was the miss matched memmory that many of you spoke of. I switched out some memmory from two of my other machines and it came right up. The performance increase was unbelievable. I just wanted to let all of you know that your responses were appreciated. See ya Don't fear the peguins Cy
[newbie] thanks
Thanks a lot guys :P
[newbie] Thanks everyone for Mozilla help!
Thanks all for your message regarding Mozilla - Can't try it yet because of my startx problem. But nice for everyone to be so helpful. Glen -- ~~|| Glen M. Chambers ||~~ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down abitnow..and here is my Hardware List
andy wrote: I couldn't help about the scanner, but I don't think you're right about the TV card : I have a studio PCTV card, with a BT848 chip. So far, I've been able to to use it under any OS I tried : Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 RedHat 6.2, Winblows 98 NT, and freeBSD. I've never been able to identify this card properly..it came in the PC when I bought it from Time, and the drivers are on the system disc that came with the box. I've never known where to look for updated drivers or anything. Linux identifies the presence of the card, that's all You just have to use the videodev, bttv and some other modules in order to make it work. Have a look at the bttv mini-HOWTO. It should help you. (At least, it did help me!) Here is how I do to initialize it and load the drivers : /sbin/modprobe videodev /sbin/modprobe i2c /sbin/modprobe bttv /sbin/modprobe tuner Once I've done that, I just have to launch kwintv, or any other similar program to watch TV. HTH Flupke
[newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bit now..and here is my Hardware List
OK.. I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I can remember it. Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz Ram- 128 meg PC100 Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') Motherboard-T15VG+ Soundcard- Creative Ensonique Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) CD Rom-LG8320 CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original Time PC..of which little rremains!!) HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port Not 100% sure on these two, but it's running an Award Bios and I think it's a VIA chipset on the motherboard. All of these components are within 6 months of being new, except the hard drive and CD Rom which are 18 months old. Windows 98 on the main partiton runs without any major problems at all. I defrag and clean out my hard drive regularly, and generally keep the place spick and span. Linux will recognise all of these components, and installation goes like a breeze.. What has been happening is that after I've gone in and out of Linux a frew times (Sorry, can't be more specific than that-there seems no rhyme nor reason to it!)..when I try to boot up, all seems to go ok (I see all the 'OK's' coming back on the screen) but when it gets to the point where the blue logon screen comes up (Where you choose root or user and the desktop you want)..All I get is a flashing screen and a numlock keyboard light that flashes at me!! A suggestion for my problem for getting onto the web was to edit my /etc/resolv.conf file..I would be I can't find it!! I can find the /etc file, but thats it !! I've gone to kppp and put in the information it requests and I can actually connect to the ISP. The modem rings through and I get the little modem icon in the tray at the bottom right...then nothing..'Cannot locate the DNS Server' is all I get back when I try and access a web site. I bet all those who've been on Linux for a while and are reading this are going 'Oh s**, here we go, another thicko!! I really want to make this work..I LIKE a challenge. I'm 41, never had any computer training, never used DOS or even W3.1-W95 was my first o/s, never even touched a mouse until 30 months ago, so this is like learning a new language for me. I've invested in 'The Complete idiots Guide' as I did when I was new to Windows, and once I've got the basics down, like getting used to where things are in the file system, using the command prompts, etc..that will get me through to be (almost) competant!! It's just these set up problems I'm encountering. I was thinking of approaching the local Linux group near to me, but I feel that might be too much like going into the showers at school with the 'Big Boys' if you get my meaning:-)) (ok..they might laugh at me!!) Thanks again for all your patience...It won't beat me..well...not unless it's gonna cost me more money!! Cheers Andy (Manchester UK)
RE: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bi t now..and here is my Hardware List
I may be wrong, but I seem to remember a thread here about someone's problems with the S3 Savage. Anybody remember/have this card in Mandy 7.02? Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: andy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mon 10 April 2000 12:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bit now..and here is my Hardware List OK.. I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I can remember it. Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz Ram- 128 meg PC100 Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') Motherboard-T15VG+ Soundcard- Creative Ensonique Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) CD Rom-LG8320 CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original Time PC..of which little rremains!!) HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down abit now..and here is my Hardware List
andy wrote: Sorry, Linux won't recognise the TV Card or Scanner..my mistake!! I couldn't help about the scanner, but I don't think you're right about the TV card : I have a studio PCTV card, with a BT848 chip. So far, I've been able to to use it under any OS I tried : Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 RedHat 6.2, Winblows 98 NT, and freeBSD. Andy OK.. I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I can remember it. Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz Ram- 128 meg PC100 Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') Motherboard-T15VG+ Soundcard- Creative Ensonique Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) CD Rom-LG8320 CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original Time PC..of which little rremains!!) HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bitnow..and here is my Hardware List
andy wrote: OK.. I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I can remember it. Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz Ram- 128 meg PC100 Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') This could be important. Linux will recognise all of these components, and installation goes like a breeze.. What has been happening is that after I've gone in and out of Linux a frew times (Sorry, can't be more specific than that-there seems no rhyme nor reason to it!)..when I try to boot up, all seems to go ok (I see all the 'OK's' coming back on the screen) but when it gets to the point where the blue logon screen comes up (Where you choose root or user and the desktop you want)..All I get is a flashing screen and a numlock keyboard light that flashes at me!! Ah... an X problem. =) A suggestion for my problem for getting onto the web was to edit my /etc/resolv.conf file..I would be I can't find it!! I can find the /etc file, but thats it !! I've gone to kppp and put in the information it requests and I can actually connect to the ISP. The modem rings through and I get the little modem icon in the tray at the bottom right...then nothing..'Cannot locate the DNS Server' is all I get back when I try and access a web site. Okay -- so, to be clear first, it works a few times, then stops working? how odd. The problem is probably not related to your /etc/resolv.conf file - it looks like X is not starting successfully. Can I assume you're able to boot into runlevel 3, if you have been looking for /etc/resolv.conf? Try this: At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3". When the boot sequence is finished, log in as you normally would (as a user). Now: $ X -probeonly 2 xerrors.txt Attach this result to your next post to the list -- it will help us help you. Next, I want you to actually go into X again, like so: $ su password: # telinit 5 Once in X, go to kppp and edit your connection settings. In the Account Setup, under the tab "IP", make sure the box "Auto-configure hostname from this IP" is unchecked. Next, make sure you have entered DNS server numbers entered for the account (make sure they're correct =) ). Then try connecting -- once connected, can you ping using IP addresses? Try pinging the IP of the domain name server. Open a Konsole, then: $ ping www.xxx.yyy.zzz Where www.xxx.yyy.zzz is the IP of the domain name servers of your ISP. Your ISP should have provided these addresses to you. If you can ping the IP, but not the domain name: $ ping www.yourisp.co.uk Then you have not put proper DNS server names in your kppp settings. I should point out that these are really separate problems (your flashing X screen and your DNS woes) but I wanted to try and help you out. Just don't confuse the two =). I bet all those who've been on Linux for a while and are reading this are going 'Oh s**, here we go, another thicko!! Not at all, I'm always happy that new people are taking up the challenge. Once you have it down, it stops being a challenge. I had to learn Windows, too. I was thinking of approaching the local Linux group near to me, but I feel that might be too much like going into the showers at school with the 'Big Boys' if you get my meaning:-)) (ok..they might laugh at me!!) Heavens no. If they do, they're not worth *your* time. The smart user remembers that she was once new at it too. -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down abit now..and here is my Hardware List
I couldn't help about the scanner, but I don't think you're right about the TV card : I have a studio PCTV card, with a BT848 chip. So far, I've been able to to use it under any OS I tried : Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 RedHat 6.2, Winblows 98 NT, and freeBSD. I've never been able to identify this card properly..it came in the PC when I bought it from Time, and the drivers are on the system disc that came with the box. I've never known where to look for updated drivers or anything. Linux identifies the presence of the card, that's all Cheers Andy
