[newbie] @ symbol in latin american keyboard
Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you has a latin american keyboard layout. I have it, but I haven't found where the @ symbol is. Regards. Hugo
[newbie] boot disk with grub
Hi everyone, Windows is not able to boot, I was going to reintall it, so I tested my linux floppy boot disk (the one created while linux was installed). The disk is booting with LILO instead of grub and it doesn't complete a succesfull boot. How can I create a grub boot disk? Thanks in advance!! Hugo
RE: [newbie] system sounds
The same thing happened to me. Never knew why. Then one day I installed Helix Gnome and I got system sounds working. Hugo -Original Message- From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 6:55 AM To: Linux-Mandrake Subject: [newbie] system sounds I can't get any system sounds... I hear Licq sounds, MP3s, midi's, wavs...if clicked on separately... but not any systems sounds...why? do i need to install ALSA -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
RE: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?
Yes, only if you specify that it will be an audio CD. If not, it'll be a data CD with wav files. Hugo -Original Message- From: hellmut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav? But when you burn a wav file to a CD it will be written in a way that a CD player can read it, I've tried it out! Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
RE: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications
I had the same problem. My box is a PIII500 and 128Mb ram. I was using gnome and enlightenment on top. Some apps had a delay time before popping up. I created a "guest" account and the apps ran fairly well. So I came to the thinking that somewhere, someday, somehow I moved something in the settings for my regular user account, I didn't know what was it. But just yesterday I upgraded to Helixgnome and that solved the problem, the delay time is, if not gone, very reasonable. FYI: My gnome terminal window used to take 15 secs to appear. Hugo -Original Message- From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:35 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Long wait times when starting applications Do I need to adjust something or does it just take a long time for applications to startup using a window manager (KDE/GNOME). I've got my swap set for 256MB. I figured I have a pretty strong machine (PII400/128MB) but linux is just dogging it. I was thinking about getting a second machine somewhat smaller (PII266/64MB) but at this point I can't believe that it would be useful as a desktop... Also, is this just a bad habit I picked from the windows world or does it bug y'all too when you think you clicked to start an application but nothing happens then after a while you realize that your mouse click wasn't successful so you try clicking a again. It takes so long for these apps to startup, I wish that there was a "wait" cursor to let me know that I did successfully start the application and then I can go about my business until it finally comes up. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] .bin files - Original Message - From: "Pat McCauley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: [newbie] .bin files I just downloaded Star Office 5.2 and it came in one .bin file. How do I install, run, or decompress this? It is an automatic installation program. Just double click on the downloaded file and it will launch the installation program.( It takes it about 15-20sec to ever start.) Charles
RE: [newbie] Creative pci128 sound card
Maybe the sound is too low. try turning it up. I have a soundcard like yours, and Linux also detects it as Ensoniq, and also like you, I couldn't get it to be a PCI128. The only thing I haven't got to work right is the system sounds, but I have CDs and mp3s working fine. Hugo -Original Message- From: ozgur cagdas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Creative pci128 sound card dear newbies; ive installed mandrake 7.0 to my computer, it made all hardware configs automatically but Lothar didnt detect my creative pci128 sound card automatically. I tried to make irq and dma configs manually but it didnt work either. When i run sndconfig in command prompt, it tells me that my sound card is Ensoniq Unknown device 1274:5880. Now, is there any idea out there that may help me??? ___ __ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
[newbie] RE: My pitiful attempt at translatingRe: [newb=ie] Solicitar información
Pretty good translation Vic. That is what it says. At the end of the message he states that he can understand english and italian. So if any help is coming, english would be fine. I was at Diamond's home page and only found Win drivers. Hugo. -Original Message- From: Vic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: My pitiful attempt at translatingRe: [newbie] Solicitar información I think he is saying something to the effect of: "It is necessary to inform me about where can I download drivers for the VIPER II Z200" because his video card does not operate in graphics mode. and he says many thanks. Sorry if this is not a very good translation, I tried to roughly translate, I know very little Spanish, which I think is whaat he speaks, or a variation of it. I may be wrong, any Spanish speakers out there that can translate better than I can please do help. On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, you wrote: Grupo newbie: Necesito que me informen, para saber si ustedes me podrían enviar o informarme en que web puedo bajarme los ''drivers'' para que pueda iniciar linux mandrake en modo gráfico ya el programa no reconoce mi placa de color. Esta es la VIPER II Z200 de diamond. Espero que me puedan ayudar, ya que, si no es posible no podré correr Linux en mi computadora. Muchas Gracias. Fernando Vasconcelos. Mi dirección es [EMAIL PROTECTED] PD: puedo entender ingles e italiano Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......
Before reformating the hard disk, make just one partition for Win, but don't take the whole HD, leave the space you need for Linux unpartitioned. This way you won't resize your windows partition to make space for Linux. I don't know if this can avoid the problem you had, but at least you won't mess with Win partitions (resizing) to install Linux, reducing the risk of a problem. Hugo - Original Message - From: "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:45 AM Subject: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured.. Yesterday i tried to install mandrake, but with problems that got worse every time i tried to fix them, i had to repartition my disk and reinstall windows. Here's everything i remember, can anyone help me with these problems? The first time i tried to install mandrake, i chose "customized" installation. After repartitioning and selecting packages, i got some erro rs (before it started installing the packages). I started windows and ran the installer again, choosing "Automated". This time the only problem was that i couldn't configure my printer (an HP Deskjet 720C), but the installation worked. I restarted my computer and went in to gnome under my normal user. The first thing I did was try to change the screen resolution. I went in to the gnome control panel (i think that's what it was) and didn't find any resolution option, but i did change a few things in some other area, try all the window managers, and choose Enlightenement. I'm not sure what i did after; i think i closed the control panel, ran gnomeicu (which crashed), ran licq, and found out that i couldn't connect. My internet connection is DSL using a Startech (that's all i know about it) NE2000 compatible ISA card. I tried to run the control panel again, but when the root password dialog came up, i tried to click in the password area and type the password, but nothing happened (i think pressing enter did close it though). I tried restarting the computer, and had the same problem. I went in to root and ran drakconf, then went to the network configuration. I don't know where to enter the information, but i looked around and found a few settings i knew, but i still couldn't type anything. I opened a terminal and an editor, and the keyboard didn't work for them. I logged out then logged in to the KDE, and this time the keyboard worked. I tried to enter my network information, but licq still didn't work. I decided to go back in to windows to see if i could find some help. When i restarted the computer and grub came up, it was configured to run linux by default. I changed this (in linux) to run windows by default, and then restarted my computer. When grub camp up, it has windows selected, but after the 4 seconds were done, it would run the commands to start windows, pause for a second, and return to the grub menu. I got out the windows(98) installation diskette and started the computer in dos. I went to c:\windows and tried to run win, but i got an error about a resource missing. A few reboots later, i found that windows couldn't open the registry. I checked in c:\windows, and the registry files weren't there. I went back to the KDE (before this, in linux, i had found all my windows files in /mnt/windows/. I tried to run XMMS with my windows playlist (when i was still using gnome), but it kept going through the playlist (in about 3-4 second, i had 120-140 files) like i was holding the down key) and looked in /mnt/windows/, but it was empty. When i checked in dos, all the files were still there. I tried to find a way to get windows running, but it wouldn't work. I ran windows setup to see if i could replace the registry, but it said i had to format the hard drive. Since there was nothing I could do, i deleted all the partitions, made one partition that filled the drive, and reinstalled window. When i installed mandrake, i had one 12GB partition, but i resized it to ~9GB and added a 2.5GB partition for mandrake and a 128MB swap partition after the main partition. What cause the problems i had? How can i get a normal mandrake install without destroying windows? Can i skip installing a bootloader (keep the windows loader) and make a boot diskette that will run linux?
RE: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe
Hi Philomena. The package is The Gimp (www.gimp.org). At first it feels a little bit awkwards but after a while you get the hang of it. Regards. Hugo -Original Message- From: Philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] app like Adobe Photoshop/photodeluxe Hi all, does anyone know of any apps that have the bells and whistles for manipulating photos and digital images as does the Adobe packages ? I've started doing some work retouching old B/W images, but would prefer porting it all over to the linux side. thanks, philomena
RE: [newbie] Linux friendly ISPs, what are their server specs?
Well, I thought the servers where one get an internet connection from the ISP had to have a certain SO or software, that there were issues to connect to them due to SO constraints (Win**) or something like that. Hugo On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Hello. What are the tech specs of a Linux friendly ISP? Hugo.
[newbie] Linux friendly ISPs, what are their server specs?
Hello. What are the tech specs of a Linux friendly ISP? Hugo.
RE: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
The very same thing happens to me. I don't find any registration in napster site and gnapster keeps asking me for name and password. Hugo Mike Tracy Holt wrote: That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( Well, their execution smile got a stay, it appears. Now they have until September... I still have the same problem though. Label me #dense, but I went to their website, and there is no place to just register. I removed the gnapster rpm, deleted .gnapster in /home, then reinstalled the rpm, and still get the same error. "invalid password". ;-( -- /\ DarkLord \/
RE: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
I've tried that, but no matter what strange name I come up to, gnapster *always* tells me that name already exists. Hugo -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... Anthony wrote: No, that's not what I meant. When you first used Gnapster/Napster you have to create a user account. I think in Napster a box comes up telling you to create one, and in Gnapster you have to check a box saying you are creating a new account. That is when you pick your username and password for Napster/Gnapster. Then once you get registered, uncheck that "New Account" box and you should be able to log into the Napster servers just fine. I'll try this, but I dunno... ;-) Thanks! -- /\ DarkLord \/
RE: [newbie] gnome-help
The way I restored it was right clicking on the bottom taskbar, then add-applet/utils/, and there youll find an applet with a little-window icon (do not remember the name), choose that one. Hugo -Original Message- From: Phil Burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] gnome-help I have not used Helix yet. But the standard way to do this in Gnome is with the panel and the Gnome pager. The app is a button on the pager/panel until you click the button and re-activate it. Phil On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Kit Goins wrote: I'm talking about GNOME...not kde I know kde does that...but gnome doesn't react like that On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote: It should go to the taskbar down at the bottom. And then to make it blown up again, just hit the corresponding button on the taskbar. It works just like Windows. in gnome (helix) when you minimise a window...where does it go... and HOW do you get the window back -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
[newbie] Bottom panel configuration
Hi guys and gals. Last night I started my Linux box, everything apparently normal, but one thing: the bottom panel bar. It was missing the section where open windows buttons go. I mean, if i minimized a window, there was no way (as far as I know) to restore it again by clicking in the corresponding button on the panel, cause there were no buttons! Also was missing, in the same panel, the little square where I can choose the other desktops. I tried to reconfigure the panel, but I could only add some applets and stuff like launchers, "swallowed apps" (?), etc. I never found the right way to restore my panel. I also read the Gnome user manual, but found nothing about my problem. Does anyone know how to restore my two missing items (open windows buttons and the desktop chooser)? Thanks in advance Hugo
RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
hi Mark I did nothing. And I just discovered that sound is working in my system, I played a few WAVs. The thing that is not working is sound systems. I tell Gnome to enable sound systems and does nothing, not even an error message. The settings of my soundcard were detected at installation, don't remember right know the card detected (something like Enqsonic(?)) the values used for DMA, etc, were all set to -1. I have a Soundblaster Infra PCI 128. Hugo GONZALEZ MIS Cuernavaca Mexico -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 5:12 PM To: Hugo GONZALEZ Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1 Hugo, did you have to do anything special to get the sound working for the music CD's? I can't get mine working for love or money. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 182496 On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: I don't have sounds either (cannot play system sounds, wav files, etc), but music CDs and avi videos have no problem: sound is perfect. Try playing a CD, I didn't realized CD had sound until two weeks after I installed Mandrake. Why CDs and avi files have no problem with sound? I still don't know, I am trying to find out. Hugo
RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
I did, Dennis. I have tried several times without results (the check box is checked). Not even error messages. And I discover that sounds can be played only if opened with another app (like media player). System sounds are the only ones that cannot be enabled. When I go see the config sound events and I press the play button for a test nothing comes out of my speakers, but if I go and open the same WAV file for that event, but using Media player, I can hear the sound. I just don't know. Thanks, Dennis. Hugo -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1 Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: I don't have sounds either (cannot play system sounds, wav files, etc), but music CDs and avi videos have no problem: sound is perfect. Try playing a CD, I didn't realized CD had sound until two weeks after I installed Mandrake. Why CDs and avi files have no problem with sound? I still don't know, I am trying to find out. Hugo Hugo, if you are running KDE or Gnome for a desktop go to settings , sound and check the enable box in the upper left of the window, select your sounds and apply and you should have system sound. Or did we already give this a try? Dennis -- Dennis-Registered Linux User #180842
RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
Hi Philomena I am using Mandrake 7.1. My soundcard is a Sounblaster Infra PCI 128. And just realized that I can't enable system sounds (I checked the box "Enable system sounds", but it didn't work). I just discovered last weekend I can play WAVs!! Thanks Philomena Hugo -Original Message- From: philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1 Hugo, Sorry if this is repetetive, but I must have missed this earlier in the thread - what version of mandrake did you install, what type of sound card do you have and what driver is it using ? philomena Fran Parker wrote: mp3s too! We have a little 386 computer with 8 megs on our porch running redhat 6 (only because it is not a pentium and doesn't have 32megs ram...otherwise it would be Mandrake 7, like mine)...anyway can sit on the porch and sign in to my Mandrake machine, as user, su to root, and run mp3s from the command line (mp3s are all on my archive hard drive - windoze drive). It is way cool, sitting there listening to mp3s thru the stereo from my computer upstairs, while stting on the porch and enjoying the breeze! While doing all that, can check mail on another terminal window, via connection on my Mandrake machine upstairs, while switching to another terminal window and chatting on dal.net or downloading a file from some ftp site or surfing the web (text style that is). Is linux cool or what! We love it! Bambi Paul wrote: On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: I don't have sounds either (cannot play system sounds, wav files, etc), but music CDs and avi videos have no problem: sound is perfect. Try playing a CD, I didn't realized CD had sound until two weeks after I installed Mandrake. Why CDs and avi files have no problem with sound? I still don't know, I am trying to find out. Hugo Hugo, if you are running KDE or Gnome for a desktop go to settings , sound and check the enable box in the upper left of the window, select your sounds and apply and you should have system sound. Or did we already give this a try? Dennis Another option would be to just open an xterm and do play path/name_of_wave_file Yes, folks. Linux can play wav's without a graphical environment! :) Paul -- You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Linux security in Internet
Hello everyone. Reading a magazine I found a place where security in internet is tested for your computer. This place is www.grc.com. I gave it a visit twice. Once under Linux and once under W98. I found the following info regarding open ports suceptible of being used by intruders. Port Service Linux W98 - 41 FTP Open Closed 23 Talnet Open Closed 27 SMPTOpen Closed 79 Finger Closed Closed 80 HTTPOpen Closed 110POP3Open Closed 113ident Open Closed 139Netbios Closed Open 143imapClosed Closed 443HTTPS Closed Closed - What does this mean? Is my Linux box (as is) more suceptible to be accessed by unwanted people than W98? Do I have to use a firewall? Is there something I am missing? Am I getting paranoid? Are these too many questions? :) Thanks!! Hugo
RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
I just used the Mediaplayer that comes in Multimedia/Sound section of the Gnome menu (the button with the Gnome logo on it). Hugo -Original Message- From: Steve Howes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1 Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Hi Philomena I am using Mandrake 7.1. My soundcard is a Sounblaster Infra PCI 128. And just realized that I can't enable system sounds (I checked the box "Enable system sounds", but it didn't work). I just discovered last weekend I can play WAVs!! What did you use to play the wav files? In a gnome-terminal (or similar) try esdplay wav_file_name What results do you get? -- Steve - Cheltenham, UK - In love and light we are In darkness we are no less
RE: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
I don't have sounds either (cannot play system sounds, wav files, etc), but music CDs and avi videos have no problem: sound is perfect. Try playing a CD, I didn't realized CD had sound until two weeks after I installed Mandrake. Why CDs and avi files have no problem with sound? I still don't know, I am trying to find out. Hugo
[newbie] System sounds
Hello everyone. I'd like to thank everybody who helped me on kppp. This list is REALLY helpful and supportive. I now have another issue (I wouldn't call it a problem): At first, when I just installed Linux and was able to boot it I thought the sound card was not detected at all or at least not properly, because I wanted to enable system sounds but nothing happened. So I went to drakconf and there was detected another soundcard (Don't remember the name, Eqsonic (?), and I can't check it right now cause I am at work right now). So I thought to set it up some other day. Then, one day, just for curiosity, I wanted to see the cd player playing a cd even though I knew I won't hear it. When the CD was being played I heard a very weak sound, almost imperceptible, from my speakers, so I turned up the volume (by hardware dial) and I could listen the cd perfectly How come is that I can't hear the system sounds when I enable them? Where do I control volume by software? My sound card is a Creative SoundBlaster Infra128. I tried to use drakconf to configue it as SounBlaster but couldn't make it work, after I set up the DMA, etc., an error message appeared (I can check the error message tonight at home). Thanks in advance. Hugo
RE: [newbie] PPP connection for other than root
I remember when I installed 7.0, in the programs pop up menu was an entry referred to KDE apps, and I think I saw kppp there. In 7.1 I cannot find that entry in the menu. I'll try to look in /usr. Thanks, guys! Hugo -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 10:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PPP connection for other than root I prefer KPPP also, because it is quick and easy, I just don't know how Hugo can get it if He is using gnome. Does he set it up on the gnome desktop the same as KDE? Mark Weaver wrote: When you're running Gnome you have a choice of either the Gnome dialer which I've found to be somewhat troublesome in 7.1 or Kppp. Personally it's easier to just use Kppp. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 1299563 On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: Hugo, somebody else jump in here if I'm wrong, but I think if you use Gnome , then you have to use the ppp dialer . Set it up in Drakconfig out of the gnome popup menu . Then I'm not sure how you use it. Somebody that uses gnome just jump right in here! Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Thanks Dennis. And what about if I use Gnome? Hugo GONZALEZ MIS Cuernavaca Mexico -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PPP connection for other than root Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Hello everyone! What should I do to use a PPP dialup conection to internet whithout going into drakconf/network/PPP? I'd like to have a sort of shortcut so I dont have to go into drakconf (and type root's password). Is this possible? Thanks in advance. Hugo If you are usin KDE desktop there should be an icon on the desktop that says internet, or click on the K button and find KPPP under "internet" either way click on the icon or the KPPP and then the setup button and you can set up for dialup right off of the desktop. Dennis -- GIF87a¾ -- BMþõ
[newbie] PPP connection for other than root
Hello everyone! What should I do to use a PPP dialup conection to internet whithout going into drakconf/network/PPP? I'd like to have a sort of shortcut so I dont have to go into drakconf (and type root's password). Is this possible? Thanks in advance. Hugo
RE: [newbie] 7.1 resolution (as in screen)
Hi B.B. What is the maximum resolution your monitor can handle? What is the setting for resolution in X that you use when you change to somthing better (Victory Erazor II PCI card)? What is your actual video card? I have been trying to make things smaller in my 15" monitor at 1024x768, I dont mean a greater resolution, but just smaller bars and icons. Hugo Hugo GONZALEZ MIS Cuernavaca Mexico -Original Message- From: toyswins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 resolution (as in screen) I've got the same problem with KDE in Linux Mandrake 6.5. Most windows are larger than my screen resolution. If I make the system use something better, (Victory Erazor II PCI card), the "stuff" is so tiny on my 15" monitor I can't read it, even with my brand new bifocals!! KDE windows don't all respond the same to resizing either, so in some cases can't get to the option buttons, (always on the bottom). I'd be very interested in any and all solutions from the experts out there also. Right now I'm battling ppp problems, haven't gotten back into networking SAMBA in this new version and my sound card.well, never mind that for now. Off to work in a couple hours so will check this again late this evening, South Texas time that is. See ya' B. B. Stanfield KC5PIY Adrian Smith wrote: ah, so it's not just me. i thought maybe i was going nuts i spent a few hours yesterday playing with linux again to see what i could do (i got disgusted after windoze took a dive on me). at the moment i am using Enlightenment as it's work spaces allow a window to overlap, so if it's off the current work space, i can just bounce over to another one by moving the mouse. this is a really great feature which doesn't seem to exist with the other window managers -- or if it does, i simply don't know how to configure them to make this happen. now if i could just get the pop up menus to sit still, i'd be pretty happy with this window manager. the pop ups are tiny jump all over the darn place. there was another window manager (i done forgot which one) that had wonderful pop ups that stay open and right where you leave 'em this is good stuff, but it's making me use my brain i hate that Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digital Wokan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3:01:41 PM 7/3/00 I noticed that, too. I think it has to do with the Sawmill/Sawfish WM. If there's a way of disabling/removing it to restore the alt-drag way of moving windows, that would probably solve your problem. Adrian Smith wrote: okie dokie, now that i know the correct way to post to the list... thanks David for pointing out that it's Newbie... and not newbie by the way, am i the only one alive who thinks that computers, files, URLs etc should not be case sensitive? do things really have to be made as difficult as possible? just so ya know where i'm at in the linux world - i've used apples (still have my apple IIc) macs, PCs under dos windoze. mastered all of them. done some very basic programing (BASIC and assembly). installed configured many dos/windoze systems - so i know my way 'round computers more or less. never used unix or linux before however - so i'm having to learn this new language from the bottom up. ok, but now my first real question background - my box is one of the cheaper (read junk) compaq models - it's at home, i'm at work, don't have the specs with me. anyhow, i installed mandrake 7.0 and played with it a bit. since my video card adhears to the lowest standards i can only get 640 X 480, or so it seems - i tried out some attempts at 800 X 600 in linux, none of them worked (nor can i get 8x6 in windoze) so it looks like i'm stuck. some of the linux programs open up in screens larger than my screen resolution. it seems that a linux window can only be resized with the lower right corner?? well in 7.0 there was some key/mouse combo that would let you grab a window at any place and move it around. so at least i could work around it. got my 7.1 disk and installed the new flavor. same problem - only now the key/mouse combo doesn't work. or else i can't remember it - tho i tried every possible combination that seemed obvious. since the bottom of the window is often off the screen, i can't resize it. so question must be this if i want to use linux am i going to have to get a video card that does 800x600, and will linux be able to find use that one instead of the one on the motherboard without causing problems? thanks much... expect to see a whole lot more of me Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] PPP connection for other than root
Thanks Dennis. And what about if I use Gnome? Hugo GONZALEZ MIS Cuernavaca Mexico -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] PPP connection for other than root Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Hello everyone! What should I do to use a PPP dialup conection to internet whithout going into drakconf/network/PPP? I'd like to have a sort of shortcut so I dont have to go into drakconf (and type root's password). Is this possible? Thanks in advance. Hugo If you are usin KDE desktop there should be an icon on the desktop that says internet, or click on the K button and find KPPP under "internet" either way click on the icon or the KPPP and then the setup button and you can set up for dialup right off of the desktop. Dennis
[newbie] PPP connection for other than root
Hello everybody. Finally last weekend the MD7.1 download was completed (after about 60+ hrs of connection time). I installed it succesfuly. GRUB let me go beyond the 1047 cylinder and my connection to internet is working. I still have lots and lots to things to tune. Ok, one of the things I couldn't resolve by my self is about my PPP connection to internet. If I want to connect I have switch user to Root and then go to drakconf/Network/PPP and choose the connection I previously define. What I dont like about all this is that I have to enter root's password in order to launch drakconf and then several menu/icons entries later I get connected. Is there a way for a regular user (not root) to use a PPP conection and avoid all the menu/icons? Thanks in advance. Hugo
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
I am using HP Easy CD Creator, that according to what I read I did a test file with an
".iso" extension. I double clicked on it and Easy CD Creator executes to burn a ISO
image.
Thanks everyone!!!
I am only twenty-someting hours away from the completion of Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
download.
Hugo.
-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
Hugo
What program will you be using to burn the ISO.
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
Once you burn it its just automatically bootable. I think.
How to burn one? I think Mandrake said Easy-cd creator would
burn em'.
- Original Message -
From: Hugo GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
Ok, so GRUB can go beyond the cylinder 1024. I am
dowloading then the
ISO
image of Mandrake 7.1. I am half the way of completing the
download. I
looked for a howto on burning iso images into CD, but found
none. At the
places I found something it was only a "please refer to your
CD-R manual".
What is the procedure to burn an ISO image into a CD to make it
bootable?
Do I burn it just like that?
Thanks again!
Hugo GONZALEZ
-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
I also have a Maxtor hd. When I installed it in my
system I used the
MaxBlast software included with the drive to format it before
installing any
OS. This software will write code to the hd that will prevent
you from being
able to use LILO, BootMagic, or the BeOS
bootloader. You will have no problem with 7.1 and GRUB.
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Hugo GONZALEZ" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
My hd is a Maxtor, and I partitioned 10Mb using DOS(Win95)
fdisk. I am on
my way of downloading the iso images for Mandrake 7.1.
Thanks.
Hugo GONZALEZ
-Original Message-
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 6:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
You can always do the install and boot Linux from a floppy
or upgrade to
7.1 and use GRUB as the bootloader. It does not suffer
from the 1024
error.You can also move Windows to the end of the drive, it
will boot from
anywhere and install Mandrake on the first 10GB.
One other note. You did not say what brand hd or which tool
you used to
formatt. If you used a floppy supplied with the drive then you
will most
likly get the 1024 error regardless of where you install LILO.
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
Hugo GONZALEZ wrote:
Hello everyone.
I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box.
No problem at
all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one
with Windows
98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing
Win98 I left
only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would
be for Linux.
Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the
partition for
Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation.
I surfed the
internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My
question is:
can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within
the cylinder
1024?
Can I keep my hd like
!Win98(10Gb)--!!---
-Linux---
-!
or should I go to something like
!-/boot-!!-Win98---!!--
---Linux-
-!
Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me.
Thanks in advance.
Hugo GONZALEZ
Hugo,
This is very easy to fix. When you're doing the
install and you're
partition your HDD for Linux make these partitions.
"/boot" = 10Meg
"/" (your 'root' partition) = HOwever big your you want
according to
physical limits
SWAP partition = 200 - 300 Meg
that's really all there is to it.
--
Mark
I love my Linux box...
REASON #1 -- ...it isn't Windows!
Registered Linux user #1299563
[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
Ok, so GRUB can go beyond the cylinder 1024. I am dowloading then the ISO image of Mandrake 7.1. I am half the way of completing the download. I looked for a howto on burning iso images into CD, but found none. At the places I found something it was only a "please refer to your CD-R manual". What is the procedure to burn an ISO image into a CD to make it bootable? Do I burn it just like that? Thanks again! Hugo GONZALEZ -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux I also have a Maxtor hd. When I installed it in my system I used the MaxBlast software included with the drive to format it before installing any OS. This software will write code to the hd that will prevent you from being able to use LILO, BootMagic, or the BeOS bootloader. You will have no problem with 7.1 and GRUB. Charles - Original Message ----- From: "Hugo GONZALEZ" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux My hd is a Maxtor, and I partitioned 10Mb using DOS(Win95) fdisk. I am on my way of downloading the iso images for Mandrake 7.1. Thanks. Hugo GONZALEZ -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 6:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux You can always do the install and boot Linux from a floppy or upgrade to 7.1 and use GRUB as the bootloader. It does not suffer from the 1024 error.You can also move Windows to the end of the drive, it will boot from anywhere and install Mandrake on the first 10GB. One other note. You did not say what brand hd or which tool you used to formatt. If you used a floppy supplied with the drive then you will most likly get the 1024 error regardless of where you install LILO. Charles - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux Hugo GONZALEZ wrote: Hello everyone. I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box. No problem at all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one with Windows 98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing Win98 I left only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would be for Linux. Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the partition for Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation. I surfed the internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My question is: can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within the cylinder 1024? Can I keep my hd like !Win98(10Gb)--!!--- -Linux--- -! or should I go to something like !-/boot-!!-Win98---!!-- ---Linux- -! Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me. Thanks in advance. Hugo GONZALEZ Hugo, This is very easy to fix. When you're doing the install and you're partition your HDD for Linux make these partitions. "/boot" = 10Meg "/" (your 'root' partition) = HOwever big your you want according to physical limits SWAP partition = 200 - 300 Meg that's really all there is to it. -- Mark I love my Linux box... REASON #1 -- ...it isn't Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
[newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
Hello everyone. I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box. No problem at all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one with Windows 98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing Win98 I left only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would be for Linux. Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the partition for Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation. I surfed the internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My question is: can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within the cylinder 1024? Can I keep my hd like !Win98(10Gb)--!!Linux! or should I go to something like !-/boot-!!-Win98---!!-Linux--! Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me. Thanks in advance. Hugo GONZALEZ
[newbie] How do I mount a modem?
Hello guys! I just set up a linuxbox with ML7 (PIII 500Mhz, Voodoo3 16Mb, Soundblaster). I had a little bit of trouble for changing resolution to 1024 but after a few tries it was done. I still have some system configuration problems, but I'll go one at a time. I have a US Robotics V.90 56K external modem and I cannot use it. Lothar tells me there is a modem in /dev/ttyS1. I am very very newbie, so I read some man pages and looked in the book "Linux Unleashed" and found no modem mounting. So I tried my self by the few things I learned about mounting. No success. I guess mounting a modem must be a piece of cake, but how do I mount my modem? Thanks all in advance. Hugo GONZALEZ
Re[2]: [newbie] panoramix must change its name
YOU HAVE ONLY 24h to answer before the choice is done... so answer fast :) the panoramix name is unfortunately copyrighted (wishing there were only GPL ;-) so i'm making a poll here to know which name it will change to! some ideas: - pearl (perl+a, maybe too generic) Marguerita - derived from the Spanish word for pearl I am told. Hoyt Sorry, but the spanish translation of pearl is 'perla'. Margarita is a flower, I think the english name of that flower is 'daisy' Saludos :) Toshiro. Yes, Margarita is daisy, but if we trace backwards the latin roots means pearl, and margarita flower is named after that (pearl). Saludos de Mexico. Hugo
[newbie] Mandrake or Red Hat
Hello. I am going to build my own computer and I want Linux to be the OS. I have a CD with Linux Mandrake 6.0, but a friend offered me his Red Hat 6.0. Could you please tell me why should I stay with Mandrake? I'll use my box mainly for gaming and rendering raytracing, and I want a really good video card. What is the best option for Linux? I was thinkin on some Voodoo card. Thanks. Hugo
