Re: [newbie] XFree86 vs. Xorg
On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 08:13, Lanman wrote: I've been seeing some posts on the list lately about Xorg. If I understand it correctly, Xorg is a replacement for XFree86? Before taking the plunge and screwing my system up severely, I'd appreciate some information from someone who's successfully installed and configured it. For instance, do I need to remove XFree86 from my system before installing Xorg? What tools are used to configure Xorg, the video card and the display? Are their any quirks to look out for during and after the install? If anyone can provide some help on this, I'd certainly appreciate it! Lanman __ I switched to Xorg yesterday on my laptop and the graphics actually look better!!! transition was easy..I used Charles site for the rpms. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake OT
On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 19:19, Chuck MATTSEN wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 robin wrote: | The traditional method is to go to a crossroads at midnight, draw a | pentagram on the ground and sacrifice a goat. Otherwise, the method Joe | suggests will probably work. Bah! Any decent secret society would require virgin sacrifice. There are virgins left in this world ...not in my neighborhood.. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Where do I install???
On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 20:34, Preston Smith wrote: The Newbie strikes again. I have two partitions on my my system - / (root) 13 GB on a one year old drive and /home 6GB on a 3 year old drive. I have just in stalled Mdk 10.0 again and now want to install Mozilla FireFox and Thunderbird. I have downloaded the compressed files (are they what one calls tar balls?) from the Mozilla site. I have figured out that I can use Ark to decompress the files. Now for the hard question - In which directory do I install programs such as these? I would like to be able to keep them as I go through further installs of MDK 10.x? Thanks for the help Preston __ put them on the Home partition because as you upgrade, home is normally left alone... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] laptop won't shut down completley
I have a Compaq Presario 3077wm duel booting winxp and Mandrake 10 official. When I went to shut it down, everything did so normally. A while later, I noticed a light on the laptop was lit and realized that Mandrake rebooted again so I shut it down a second time. I checked it a while later and found the screen blank but when I hit the enter button, mandrake was still running. I had to reboot into windows (which I never use) to get the laptop to shut down. I turned off all the power controls and still have the problem. My desktop shuts down with no problem. Anyone else having this problem? Is it just a version 10 problem? I didn't have this problem with 9.2. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] nvidia geforce graphics card
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 07:50, John wrote: Hello The .run file did not find the kernel source file. How would I specify the kernel source path? I have tried several of the command options listed in the read me text. The nvidia-installer log says that it is unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel. I am using md10 with kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. Thanks John __ Have you gone to the PLF easy urpmi site and set it up? (http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php) If so, you will be able to download the kernel source for your kernel through Mandrake control center. Once installed, hit ctrl-alt-f1, sign on, SU to root, type: init 3, then sh NVIDIA-Linux etc. At this point it should install the driver. type init 5 and then ctrl-alt-f7 which will bring you back to your window manager. Go to mandrake control center and under hardware, set up your graphics card. log out and restart X or just reboot and it should load the NVIDIA driver. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] nvidia geforce graphics card
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 11:12, John wrote: Walt I had to remove the kernel source that I had installed from the cd's and reinstall. After that it was a very short time and everything was working great. It has been a learning experience for me and frustrating at times. Thanks for your help and thanks to Robin also. John If you really want a learning experience, try Gentoo LOL Walt (who still has mandrake on his main computer and always will ;-) ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] nvidia geforce graphics card
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 18:21, John wrote: I have just installed nvidia geforce mx 4000 graphics card. Installation appeared to go ok using the md10 driver and kernel source.I am using the opengl screensavers however and they are now moving frame by frame instead of flowing as before. Is 128mb of ram not enough or are there other settings to change? I used the mandrake drivers as it was easier for newbie me than installing driver from nvidia.com. Thanks in advance for help. John __ you will need the NVIDIA.com driver, just make sure you have your kernel source installed. It is not as hard as you think to install it. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 14:22, JoeHill wrote: Heh. Plopped down 99 bucks for a GeForce FX PCI card (since my 'Trident Cyberblade' onboard refused to do DRI and was slow as shite). Powered down, slotted the card, powered back up, Mandrake detected it and offered to run the 'appropriate config tool', which meant selecting the GF instead of the onboard, and that's it. It loaded the appropriate modules/drivers, modified my XFConfig, and now I am happily watching fullscreen video and using my beloved SVCD script again. You know, I just can't get the hang of this Linux thing... :-D Yeah, Linux sux doesn't it. LOL I bought a new GEforce fx agp card a couple of weeks ago and love it Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] DANGER!
On Sunday 18 April 2004 10:55 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Warning all list members: the girlfriend has subscribed! stephen kuhn - owner LOL! Stephen, you always make my day. I love reading your emails. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!
On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 23:05, Owain Sutton wrote: I may be massively missing the point, or shifted into another dimesion or something, but isn't this the NEWBIE list? Where the hell do you think Linux newbies come from? I'm trying my hardest to like Linux, but I've found nothing so far that was not easier on XP __ I was showing an assistant manager at work my linux laptop a couple of weeks ago. He felt the same way about win xp. He doesn't want anything that he would actually have to think about. I think that is the major problem with windows. Linux makes you think about what you are doing and you may learn something in the process. I recently put Gentoo on one of my computers. It was a mental workout and one hell of an experience. Mandrake is something like XP. You just install it and things just work. You may have to install some things to tweek it, but all in all it just works. I have been playing with Linux since 1999 and have been using it exclusively for over a year now. I still consider myself a newbie. I think the Linux world is seeing that Linux needs to be functionable as a desktop environment and not just as server software. Mandrake fits this need. I deleted XP from my life because I found everything I need in linux. I sat down and thought about what I do on the computer and no longer have to worry about viruses infecting my hard drive or even rebooting. I don't have to worry about my computer freezing in the middle of something. Keep using linux as a second OS and you will soon see the differences. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10
On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 08:17, Keith Powell wrote: I assume that the cheap CDs I would buy from, for instance, The Libranet Emporium, would be the download edition. If I remember correctly, it was mentioned on the list some time ago that the download edition will have adverts which will pop up at any time. This inconvenience is to help 'persuade' us to buy the boxed sets, which will be free of them. Is this correct, or am I dreaming it? Knowing me, it is probably the latter! Any information will be greatfully received. This is mis-information! no adverts pop up walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.0 Community available to club members...
On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 04:07, Derek Jennings wrote: If Club members have absolutlely no privileges, not available to non members then they would be whining instead of you. Not surprisingly MandrakeSoft want to please the people who actually pay something. Let's see, I purchased MY copies of mandrake since 1999. I have every version BTW, since then. I guess beta testing and reporting bugs means nothing. I don't see the point in a 'club' anyway, I am not going to pay for something twice. I will either wait for the boxed set or move on to another distro, which is what linux is all about, freedom of choice. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 10.0 Community available to club members...
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 23:00, Glenn wrote: via bittorrent (see the club site). Glenn Club members were not the only ones to beta test mandrake 10.0. making this version available to club members only is just going to make people look elsewhere for a distro. Not everyone can afford to be in the club. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:10, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG Info' with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I boot Linux: You need to get the proper codecs to play dvd's. do a google search for plf and click on easy urpmi and follow the steps. go to MCC and click on install software. install libdvdcss. You may want wincodects too. I find that Xine does a better job with dvd's than mplayer. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 18:04, Marc Resnick wrote: What's MCC? I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. Thanks for the help, Marc Mandrake control center. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] wirless net working
I am attempting to get my internal wireless, Broad com 54G working on my Compaq presario 3000. I am using Mandrake 10 RC1 with the 2.6 kernel. I am ashamed to say that it works fine in winXP Any ideas? I know wireless seems to be a problem in linux. Walt -- A bush should be in a yard or part of a landscape, not in the White House Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] what I like about Mandrake 10 RC1
I just discovered that I can use either the USB mouse or the touchpad on my Compaq Presario 3000. I was looking at harddrake for information about my wireless network card and noticed that the mouse has an ALL driver. It can use either ps2 or usb. I found myself unplugging the usb and using the touchpad and plugging it in over and over again.guess it doesn't take much to amuse me LOL Also, a recent thread talked about Compaq laptops. I bought this one a week ago and Mandrake 10 beta 2 installed perfectly and detected everything... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 20:37, Thinker wrote: wI downloaded the install disk images via Bittorrent. I now have 10.0rc1 installed on my desktop. It looks great and is really fast. Just a few questions. 1. I thought this installation would include a 2.6.x kernel by default. I didn't see anywhere in the installation process where it asked me to choose a kernel. -=Thinker When I installed Mandrake 10 RC1, I hit f1 and told it to install the 2.6 kernel. When I was done the install, it booted the 2.4 as default. I changed lilo to boot to the 2.6 as default. walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 21:39, Thinker wrote: On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Dennis Myers wrote: Same here, I mentioned a couple of days ago that with a normal install and using the package selection method, I had a boot up with no problem but it was the 2.4 kernel. I had to manually change lilo to select the 2.6.3 kernel. Once I had that, zoom. How did you manually change lilo to select the 2.6.3 kernel ? -=Thinker __ Mandrake control center boot boot loader..hit okay a screen with your lilo items comes up, highlight the 2.6 kernel click on modify and check it as the default lilo config will write a new boot order. that's it Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 17:16, robin wrote: Anyone have any success with nVidia drivers? 2.6 sounds good, but if I can't play Tuxracer, I'm not interested ;-) Sir Robin running Mandrake 10 RC! right now with latest Nvidia driver installed.. tuxracer rules!!! just make sure you have the kernel source installed Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Preparing (hopefully) to install (Compaq laptop, anybody?)
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 22:18, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Marc: There's a freeware program (Ranish Partition Manager) that is supposed to do everything that PM can do. I've never used it myself, but I've seen lots of good words about it elsewhere. Perhaps that might get Chuck going. Legally. My main reservation is if it will handle the strange stuff that Compaq does. -- cmg __ I am thinking about buying a compaq at work and following this thread would a HP be better then? Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ftp install how-to
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: Walt Don't worry that everything below seems to be about cooker Walt. It was written (mostly) before Mandrake 9.2 became fact and applies to that more than a current cooker install anyway. Excerpt below from the page: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/CookerHowTo Thank-you very much!!! this is just what I needed!! Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Yaayyy!
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 06:14 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 23:48, Charlie Mahan wrote: You may want to check that and wait a few days. beta2 is due out very shortly. I am running beta 1 right now and so far so good. Evolution isn't included though. I need to get it. No problems with the 2.6 kernel. everything is working but still checking I had all 3 disks downloaded and burned in a little over an hour. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 Problems
On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 23:19, E. Hines wrote: This sort of highlights the difference between Mandrake and SuSe. Mandrake is cutting edge and stuff may not work. SuSe is a page behind, but stuff works. But God, I really hate YAST. Mandrake's user tools are so much better--when they work, anyway. And that is why I still use Mandrake, if anyone reading this really cares. Actually Suse 9.0 is great. I am torn between sticking with Mandrake (I have a 4-5 year history with it) or moving on to Suse. A lot of people say that Mandrake is a beginner distro. Don't know. Everything works for me in Mandrake 9.2 but can't get xine or mplayer to work in suse, LOL Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Redhat = traitors???
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 14:49, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Read the excerpt, follow the link for the complete story: Red Hat's chief executive has said that Linux needs to mature further before home users will get a positive experience from the operating system, saying they should choose Windows instead... Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, said on Monday that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for corporate users, home users should stick with Windows: 'I would say that for the consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right product line,' he said... http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003110401326NWDTRH I have been saying for a while now that red hat was the 'Microsoft of Linux, this just proves it..never really did like red hat... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 19:17, HaywireMac wrote: On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:05:11 +1100 finalfiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.open-mag.com/1726339824.shtml ... I'm tempted. Don't see anything there that isn't available through Mandrake. In fact, it doesn't even come with Samba 3.0, which is available for MDK 9.2 in Contrib, it comes with Gnome 2.2, whereas MDK comes with 2.4, and Mozilla 1.4 and OO 1.1 are hardly attention-grabbers. Oh, and *wow*, it will automatically dual boot with Windows, MDK has been doing that since, what, 9.0? Most of the whiz-bang hardware support comes from the kernel, which has very little, if anything at all, to do with Suse. Biig deal. I just installed Suse 9.0 on my other computer and I like it..Mandrake will always be my number one, but Suse has become #2..just put redhat nine in the trash... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Nvidia and 9.2
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 19:14, HaywireMac wrote: Well, I don't think you are going to see the performance from the Mandrake driver that you will see from the Nvidia driver. Even Tom Brinkman, who foreswears using the proprietary driver, IIRC, has said as much. As long as you have the kernel sources, the Nvidia driver should install fine, no matter which kernel you are running. I definitely see a difference using the Nvidia driver compared to what was out of the box. I had no problem installing it. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:38, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: For those with nothing worthwhile to do, you can find extensive speculation on the true and revealed meaning of all of this at Texstar (http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=7947) and the Club (op cit). -- cmg I'm enjoying reading some of the peoples responses at texstar LOL walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients
Derek Jennings wrote: Anne was asking recently about having trouble using her kopote IM client with MSN. Since Oct 15th Microsoft have changed the protocol for MSN which has locked out 3rd party clients. I had read reports that Gaim 0.71 would still work with MSN, and the latest version of the Jabber transport for MSN is also supposed to work with MSN. However I could not get Gaim0.71 to log onto MSN, and Psi when using the MSN Jabber transport would report remote server error I think I may have found the solution :- I discovered that if I logged onto MSN using the Microsoft IM client, then afterwards I could log on with Gaim and Psi as well. No idea why, but it might help anyone having trouble. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I have no problems with msn and Gaim..works fine for me walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com As a friend told me..governments not using microsoft products doesn't mean anything. It is big corporations not using them that would kill them. This is probably true in my book. Walt running Mandrake Linux 9.2 and loving it... between George Bush, Microsoft and Wal-Mart, we are all going to get F***ed... -- me Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mozzilla mail
I am trying to bring over my mozilla email and contacts from my windows hard drive to my linux box. what is the file extention and location of my person mail etc.? Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] gaim-0.71
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 1:30 PM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] gaim-0.71 Rpm for Mdk-9.2, either the RC or the final when it is released, for gaim-0.71 can be dled from my site. You will need gaim and libgaim-remote0 Charles -- Thanks for this..I now have gaim working beautifully on my computer!!! Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] USB card reader
I use lexarmedia usb 2.0 multi card reader. I have no problems at all connecting to it. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mooney Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] USB card reader Are there any recommendations for linux- compatible card readers; 5- or 6- in 1 types? Looking around can find only single varieties, e.g. compact flash only Thanks Paul m Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] how to upgrade mandrake to 9.1 ?
One way is to just download the mandrake 9.1 isos and burn them to disk, reboot and you have the option to install or upgrade Walt From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurniawan Mitchell Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] how to upgrade mandrake to 9.1 ? Where I can find service pack to upgrade madrake 9.0 to 9.1 ? Is that possible to not reinstall the whole mandrake 9.1 to my mandrake 9.0 ? I just to upgrade it. Where can I find the service pack and how to install it ? Thank's alot Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
RE: [newbie] Instant Messaging Recommendation?
I use GAIM with no problems for my IM needs walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Layt Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Instant Messaging Recommendation? Not being an IM type myself, can anyone recommend a nice Instant Messaging program (preferably KDE) that can auto-detect when you go on-line with kppp and auto-login to a messaging service? In case you're wondering, I've recently converted my father to Linux, and he has the habit of being online whenever family want to phone home (usually because he's forgotten to log off). If I have an IM he auto-logs into, we can send him messages to disconnect, or even just chat without him having to remember to log-in to the IM service. Cheers! John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] [OT] US propose jail for KaZaA users.
It is not funny, it is scary. It is just another sign that the USA is loosing it. (and I am an American) big brother is here... Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Inhabitant of Zion Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] [OT] US propose jail for KaZaA users. Hi You guys should really read this its outragious - if its true! http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31800.html John -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] dummies books
I am not a big fan of the dummies books, but I was in a book store at the local mall today and saw redhat Linux 9.0 for dummies and it included 2 cd's. I didn't see one for mandrake. I own an old copy of Linux for dummies and found it a little helpful way back when. (of course I didn't have this list to depend on either LOL) Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Has my Hard Drive Crashed ???
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Stubbs Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:10 PM To: Linux Newbie List 06/16/03 Hello All, from The Other Any known problems with Western Digital IDE hard drives and Mandrake 9.1 Linux? Something in the 20GB to 40GB range is what I'm considering buying next. Is that a mistake? Thanks All, The Other I only buy western digital drives. All work with linuxI have had nothing but trouble with Maxtor..last one bought was returned 3 times and replaced each time and they all had the same problem. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Install - i'm about to take a sledgehammer to my computer
[ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] i'm resisting buying a copy of the software as well, as i don't feel i should have to pay even 2 cents for an operating system, even if it's paying for shipping (and i feel the same way about virus programs). thanks anyone that can help me keep my computer in one piece. You think all the hard work that went into putting together linux and any other operating system should be free??? I guess I am just a capitalist who would like to see Mandrake and others make a profit so they can stay in business and continue providing such a decent product. Go ahead, smash that computer, you don't need it.. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Microshot in the foot ?
I noticed when downloading the windows demo version of this antivirus software,it was 12.1 meg but the linux version was only 2.9 megs. I installed RAV on my windows partition but am not sure if I need the linux version on my linux computers. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaj Haulrich Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recently we had a discussion on virus (pluralis : vira). Now, returning from a non-networked-one-week-a-time job I browsed my *usual suspects* and learned that Micro$oft had purchased RAV, a Romanian Antivirus Company. Accordingly, M$ would discontinue the antivirus capabilities for Linux. Although vira aren't relevant for Linux-users, it seems that RAV made a business out of providing numerous mailservers with a virus-filtering tool. In fact : probably the best antivirus toolkit ever. Considering that about 30-40 % of all mailservers runs Linux and can be presumed to filter out vira nearly 100 %, the shutdown of these capabilities would increase the virus-load to about 60-70 % on those unhappy Windows users. In short : Is Windows a virus ? Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.21 Brought to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Reasons for Linux
1) runs faster 2) takes up less hard drive space 3) takes less time to load on to your computer and you practically have everything you need without loading a lot of other programs on it 4) dont need to keep rebooting From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cody Harris Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should switch. -Cody Harris ++ | Linux Rox My Sox! | | Check out HCHS! | | http://vectec.net | ++--+ | Proud to use Mandrake Linux 8.1 as a server. | | Not proud to use Windows as a primary server. | ++--+ | Registered Linux user #315598 | | Registered Linux Computer #200951 | | Wrote on a Windoze Computer :( | ++
RE: [newbie] great domain name for sale!
I just sent the webmaster an email asking for the going price of microshaft..should be free, LOL. But then again it is probably owned by Microsoft and they would probably tell me that even though I bought it, they really own it and are just letting me use it. We should take up a collection to purchase this site and use it to its full potential... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JoeHill Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 01 Jun 2003 20:38:33 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: ...so ya got enough gutz to slag on Gates and Ballmer, but ya ain't got enough gutz to sling yer pic on YER OWN WEBSITE? nodex.sytes.net/family/ , just for you. I put the one with my wife first because she's a lot nicer to look at, IMO. Gads mate - you need to find a better drug dealer! m, no I don't. I need to find more money to *pay* him. BTW, you need a bigger coffee mug, too.(g) I know, I know, I hate having to run upstairs every 15 minutes to refill that thing! what was this thread again? oh ya, why don't we all throw in some cash and buy microshaft.com? I got 10 bucks in my wallet, but it's Canadian :D -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 14:20:48 up 1 day, 1:09, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.01 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] great domain name for sale!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JoeHill Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] what was this thread again? oh ya, why don't we all throw in some cash and buy microshaft.com? I got 10 bucks in my wallet, but it's Canadian :D Here is the response about microshaft: Thank for your mail. Price of this domain is U$ 3,800. Regards walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] great domain name for sale!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aron Smith Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 13:57, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 04:25, JoeHill wrote: what was this thread again? oh ya, why don't we all throw in some cash and buy microshaft.com? I got 10 bucks in my wallet, but it's Canadian :D Yeah, and I got twenty in my pocket which is probably equivalent to your ten Canuck...so that gives us what, $5 USD so far? Ok I'm in for $2.50 US Thats a start if we don't get the $3800 lets use what we got and buy controlling interest in SCO We can use the rest to have a party. -- Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well If I throw in my $20.00 usd then we should be able to buy out SCO and start putting the screws to microcrap... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: SCO's CEO says buyout could end Linux fight
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:49 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Well well well...now the truth comes out... http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,81709,00. html -- This guy McBride is so full of crap, he is going to need more than a laxative to get it all out... Walt Now McBride himself has confirmed such possibilities. I'm not trying to screw up the Linux business, he said. I'm trying to take care of the shareholders, employees and people who have been having their rights trampled on. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] more sco crap
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1011263.html Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Help!!!!!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Oestreicher Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow it's almost like we live in different worlds but I suppose that in some regards we do. Marc People that use linux tend not to be of the norm. I have been following linux since 1999 and have watched redhat and mandrake evolve. I have tried many different distros. When most people get on a computer, they want it to work the first time, every time. They do not want to have to think about what they are doing. If it doesn't work, re-boot, that will fix it. My first taste with computers was in 1976 when I was 17. I worked in a government computer room, babysitting a Honeywell 700 mainframe. In 1979, I bought a radio shack TRS-80 model 1. I actually used a TRS-model 4D until 1993 because it did everything I needed it to do. I bought a pacard bell computer that had Dos 5.0 in it and windows 3.0 I had a huge hard drive (245 megs). I taught myself Dos because it wasn't too unlike trs-dos. Most people today have no idea what it was like a few years ago with computers. Command line stuff is like a foreign language to them and they don't want to take the time to find out and that is why windows have the advantage. IMOHO Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT: Letter from Novell to SCO
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Oestreicher Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM, Novell, now Linus... I must have missed something here. Has Linus been drug into this to? I wonder if anyone has thought about sueing Tux? Talked to my lawyer today..Tux is history LOL Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: Steve Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stephen Kuhn wrote: Kinda old, but I just found this - thought it might be of interest to some of y'all...actually quite funny when you think about it... http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,248630,20274086,00.htm Ballmer is such a bafoon! -- Mark I liked this part of the article LOL: Linux itself is a clone of an operating system that is 20-plus years old. That's what it is. That is what you can get today, a clone of a 20-year-old system. I'm not saying that it doesn't have some place for some customers, but that is not an innovative proposition. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Help!!!!!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Hill Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just don't use KDE! ROFL, just kidding... -- I know you are just kidding about KDE lol but if we want to get windows users to try linux, KDE is the closest looking thing to use. I do think they should have a serial number though..maybe twice as long as a winxp one.. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] aethera for KDE
Anyone ever try this Email client for KDE? If so, would love your opinion. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - MS to lose Munich?
Now if sco gets its way, won't it be illegal for Munich to use linux??? Don't know international law so this may be a stupid question... Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Slater Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:30 AM To: newbie http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9678 :) Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - MS to lose Munich?
I understand that, I think sco is full of crap. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ladislav Bodnar Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 28 May 2003 12:46, walt wrote: Now if sco gets its way, won't it be illegal for Munich to use linux??? That's a very big IF! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation: the best of the best!!
Geeze, are we a bunch of OLD people on this list Most of these computers mentioned came out BEFORE most of my computer geek friends were born LOL My son couldn't believe I did anything with my model one but add 2 + 2 and 16 k memory couldn't even be imagined now... Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 2:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation: the best of the best!! On Saturday 29 Mar 2003 3:58 pm, robin wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 15:20, Carroll Grigsby wrote: I'm just going to wait for the Sinclair Spectrum version to come out. Nudge me to wake up when it does, my ZX81 should be next in line g Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] not able to log on as root
I installed Mandrake 9.1..fresh install. I needed to log on as root so I logged out and I did not see root so I could click on it and do what I have to do. Anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong Walt
RE: [newbie] not able to log on as root
Thanks, this is what I needed to know! I understand that it isn't good to go in as root, but I needed to do something that I only knew how to do under it. Once I feel more comfortable with using SU, that will be what I use walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] not able to log on as root On Saturday 29 Mar 2003 9:26 pm, walt wrote: I installed Mandrake 9.1..fresh install. I needed to log on as root so I logged out and I did not see root so I could click on it and do what I have to do. Anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong Walt Mandrake 9.1 comes with a choice of 3 different login managers. mdkKDM does not permit log on by root. KDM is the same as in 9.0 and will permit root logon GDM is the Gnome login Manager and will permit root logon. You can select which one is used in MandrakeControlCentreHardwareDisplayManager The reason the mdk default is to forbid root logon is because it really is not a good idea. If you log on as root *every process* will run as root including your web browser. You would only have to visit a malicious internet site making use of a browser exploit and you could lose control of your computer. (Its not likely, but possible) By contrast if you visit a malicious site as a user and your browser is hacked. The attacker will not be able to alter any of your binaries to install back doors, and only your user data files are at risk. (And you back them up don't you?) Any maintenance you need to do as root can be done by opening a terminal and typing 'su' to become root. Then only processes opened in that terminal will be root. There are also tools available from the menu such as ApplicationsFileToolsFileManager(SuperUser) which will open a konqueror window for you as root. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why is a x.1 bleeding edge?
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 08:42, Marc Oestreicher wrote: On Tuesday 11 February 2003 00:13, civileme wrote: Large snip But if you have used 9.1 Beta3, you may have already discovered that bleeding edge can send a wind from your terminal screen to blow your hair back. I wish releases were as nice as that beta. Civileme I am having trouble understanding this statement. Are you saying that final releases are generely not as good as the final betas and that the final release of 9.1 will not be as good as the beta 3 and if so why? Marc I would hope that the final release would be better than the beta. I am using beta 3 right now and love it but do have problems with it (it is a beta after all, lol) -- walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation boot Kernel hang
On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 16:21, Simon Hosking wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 2430 laptop (P4 2.4, 256MB, NVidia 4GO 420). Using the install guidelines, I've tried to install booting from CD and boot floppy (using cdrom.img). In each case, the graphical installation screen gives the option of pressing enter for a graphical install, or other options such as text install, expert etc. However, no matter which of these I use, the install hangs almost immediately after pressing ENTER. In text mode, the screen output is: Loading alt0... Loading alt0/all.rgz... Ready... Uncompressing Linux ... OK, booting the Kernel. Here is where the system hangs (no screen output or CPU activity) and i end up having to shut down. Has anyone else had this problem or know of a fix. Could be a SETUP BIOS problem? thanks, Simon __ try an alternate kernel...when you boot to the CD, hit F2 instead of enter and type alt2 or which ever kernel you want to use..I have to use alt2 for my system Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 13:05, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Colin McElhatton wrote: The single BIGGEST problem for end user to this day remains being able to find the information that will get them going and *their* willingness to avail themselves of that information and learn it. simply dumbing down the interface and the core processes of the system will _never_ make a better, more usable system. It only makes one weaker and far less stable. I believe windows is perfect proof of this. But it is this dumbing down that will sell linux (and this is a shame!!!) ..people do not want to do anything but turn on a computer and have everything work the first time, every time. Linux has come a long way since I first tried it 5 years ago. I do not have everything working properly yet but I know that I will because I am willing to do some research and ask questions. I have winxp on another hard drive but haven't used it for about a week or so now. (I actually thought that I couldn't live without it, LOL) -- walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mandrake 9.1 beta2
got this from the expert list beta 2 is out on the french mirrors it is 2 cd's -- Walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems with 'Everybuddy'
I use Everybuddy for my IM program. Today it started to act up. I see everyone that is on my contact list and when I go to send a message to someone, it leaves the window blank. I found out that the message is sent but I can't see it or the response from the other person. I have removed the program and reinstalled it. I am running the latest stable version. Anyone else have the same problem or have a solution? -- Walt ICQ: 36067727 aim: wframpus yahoo: racerpup Windows free in 2003! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 18:45, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 14 January 2003 20:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:41:39 -0800 Any which way, this is not born out of luxury! It certainly doesn't attract investors. I've renewed my club silver-membership so often lately I don't even know any more when (if?) it expires. I've paid for upto 9.1 boxed sets (that is going to be the best release yet!) and will pay whatever follows..you bet!! Mandrake is IMHO the best stable desktop distrib out there and the one staying 'closest' to it's users and the free-software spirit. They're worth risking a few bucks for! Good luck, HarM __ One problem is that if you do not have a debit or credit card, you can not join the Mandrake club. I am looking forward to the 9.1 release and plan on buying the power pack when it is released. I am also going to look into buying OTC stock in the company. If more people buy stock, it might attract bigger investors. I have been a big fan of Mandrake for a long time and it has finally reached the point where I am using it exclusively. I have not touched my winXP box in days. The fact that it is desktop friendly keeps me using it. -- walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 02:18, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: Hi, Someone (Sir Robin I believe) said that V8.1 was bad and 8.2 was Mandrake's best release yet. Mandrake Linux 9.0 didn't receive a favorable review from OS news .com. Is it better to wait for 9.1 or go ahead for 9.0? And how do I upgrade an existing 8.1 to 9.0. Delete the /, /usr mounts and reinstall? Please help. Thanks in advance... keshav I love 9.0 but have to use it on an older machine because it doesn't like the chipset on my newest computer but 8.2 will work flawlessly on it. Not sure if any problems would incur if you choose 'upgrade' when you put disk one of 9.0 in. It worked for 8.2 but I actually prefer a clean install. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 13:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the attempt but that isn't the situation here. My apologies for not making it clearer. The problem seems to be linked with my new motherboard in particular. It runs Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 beautifully. It just won't install Mandrake 9.0 (I also tried RedHat 8.0 for that matter). I know the installation CDs are fine because I used them on other PCs. I know the CDRom drive isn't the problem because it reads the cds without a problem. It seems to be the actual installation that causes the freeze to the system. When booting from a disk after writing an cdrom.img to it, it still freezes just before the 2nd phase of the installation startup. The same goes for any attempt booting from the harddrive as I copy the entire 3 CDs to another hardrive in a fat32 partition and use a floppy with the hd.img image to boot. BTW, that is an awesome trick to accelerate installation for those whom are curious. It has other benefits too. Frank: What I did, was to make a boot disk in windows using the cd image from the alternate directory. I then booted using this floppy and it asked for the first cd, once it loaded into memory, I did an upgrade to LM 8.2, which was already installed. after completing the installation,when LILO came up, I booted to the old linux and was able to get to my LM 9.0 upgrade with no problem. I then renamed 'old linux' to just linux so that when it automatically booted to linux,it would boot with no problems. I do not like this motherboard and will be replacing it next week. I am actually using a celeron 400 MHz machine right now which had no problem loading LM 9.0.Feel free to email me off list if you have any other questions about it. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am referring to the K7VMM MoBo installation problem with Mandrake 9.0. I was about to follow the Mandrake 9.0 installation patch specified on their website (with the CTL/ALT/F2 etc...) and then noticed that although you (Walt) were able to successfully install it with this technique, it would not boot up anyway. Did you ever get this to finally boot up nicely? If so, what did you need to do? I on the same boat K7VMM mobo. I think I may have found the fix. I will let you know the results tonight. Aparently the bug is common in many different ways (if that oxymoron makes sense.) All I have to do is boot off the installation cdrom with the noapic option added before boot. Go through the standard installation but add the noapic option in lilo.conf so that it is permanent. Supposingly it should turn out with a Viola!!, but we'll see. (Figures crossed) According to the MandrakeForum, this should help diagnose most periphial conflicts during startup without hindering its functionality from thereafter. Till we meet again. -Frank This did not work for me at all, maybe you will have luck with it. Walt 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
[newbie] a ? about samba and rebooting...
I needed to reboot my linux box and I now have samba working. And this is the first reboot that I have done. It is still mounting SMB filesystems after 30 minutes or so. Now my winxp box is very large and has a lot on it, is this normal for it to take so long? Walt
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!!
On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 07:55, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 05 January 2003 10:01 am, John Richard Smith wrote: funny you should mention that I'm having much the same message too. I don't think mplayer is instyalling right with M9.0 , don't know the reason yet. I'm beginning to suspect the compiler. but I had no problems with the DVD ROM on this computer under windows. oh well, back to optimizing my machine... Walt John I've got a faster 'puter now (AMD XP2100) but I had Mplayer running just fine on my 900 mhz Athlon and my sons' 850 mhz Duron. What CPU/mem are you using? Right now I am using a celeron 400 mhz with 512 megs mem. because mandrake 9.0 has way too many problems on my other computer ECS MB, AMD duron 1.2 ghz) to even bother with. Plan on getting a new MB in a couple of weeks which should solve any problems, but I want to use my DVD Rom before then... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!!
On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 22:23, Smiley wrote: On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 20:07:06 -0500 Walt Frampus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now I am using a celeron 400 mhz with 512 megs mem. because mandrake 9.0 has way too many problems on my other computer ECS MB, AMD duron 1.2 ghz) to even bother with. Plan on getting a new MB in a couple of weeks which should solve any problems, but I want to use my DVD Rom before then... What model of ECS do you own? I have Duron 1.3 based system on an ECS mb and all works fine Smiley K7VMM and when i did a google search with it and linux, I found many, many pages with people trying to figure out how to get linux MD 9.0 and RH 8.0 on it. I can run LM 8.2 fine off of it but I love 9.0 and do not want to go back to it. I couldn't even use my AGP geforce vid card with it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!!
On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 22:25, Smiley wrote: On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 15:01:21 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: funny you should mention that I'm having much the same message too. I don't think mplayer is instyalling right with M9.0 , don't know the reason yet. I'm beginning to suspect the compiler. I get Mplayer installed on my M9.0 from plf packages with no problem at all... Smiley I have Mplayer from PLf also and I have it working now..sort of..the video is running slow and I get a font location error lol but I guess I just need to do some fine tuning with codecs etc. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] I finally did it!!
I am now using mandrake linux 9.0 99.9% of the time. I only have one program that I have to use windows for. Since I had so many problems installing linux on my ECS motherboard, I switched back to my slower computer until I can get a new motherboard. I decided the only way I was going to learn and use linux was to just use it. I am working out the geforce driver issues and Java etc. but so far, everything is going smoothly. MPlayer did tell me that my computer was too slow to play DVD's but I had no problems with the DVD ROM on this computer under windows. oh well, back to optimizing my machine... Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Richard Smith Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems Does anyone happen to know if there is an updated rpm kernel to install and try ? John Go to kernel.org and search there. walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?
Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome? On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: KDE has a superior architecture, and Republicans are far superior to Democrats. I'll stop at that point. ;) --LX roflol wiping tears from eyes :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux W2000
Just back up any data you need and just start over again..I've had nothing but trouble with partition magic and resizing partitions without loosing data. walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Smiley Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I didn't :) I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. I was reported PM 6 could mess all things up; if 7 is okay, good :-) Now I.m going to ask my friend if that's okay, so any other hint is welcome! Smiley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] web cam capture software
Anyone know of a linux software like Advanced-LG? Tia Walt
RE: [newbie] Crash Burners of the World Unite
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 9:28 AM To: NewbieMandrake-List Subject: [newbie] Crash Burners of the World Unite You can count me in for burning cd's. I have a cable connection. I live in NJ, USA Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Lindows
Not all linux software is free, nor should it be. We live in a
capitalist society and the almighty dollar is what makes the world go
round. I have seen lindows and I prefer Mandrake. I initially downloaded
9.0 but went out and bought the boxed set. I did so because Mandrake
needs money to survive. You can't expect any company that wants to
survive to provide everything for free, to do so is suicide. People who
think it all should be free are just leeches on the software companies,
they just want to take and not give back. It is sort of like welfare.
Flame away, I can take it! LOL
Walt
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robin Turner
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:04 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lindows
What??! You have to pay a subscription fee to use Free Software? This
is an insult to the people who wrote the stuff.
\begin{rant}
On a related point, one of the many things I hate about proprietary
software is that it makes people pay to use non-proprietary software.
For example, someone pays to use Windows, because they want to get onto
the Internet. They are thus paying money to get the benefit of a lot of
software that is free in terms of both speech and beer, apache and
sendmail being obvious examples. Do the people who wrote this software
get royalties from Microsoft?
\end{rant}
--
Do unto others what you would like others to do unto you. And have fun
doing it.
- Linus Torvalds
Robin Turner
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RE: [newbie] Mandrake Raising More Capital
I plan on supporting Mandrake in every way that I can. I love this distro. I have tried others, including debian and have always come back to this one. Someone on another forum said they wouldn't use mandrake because it looked too much like windows for him. I personally think that if they want to get people to use linux, looking like windows is the way to go. People tend to use what looks familiar to them. I really hope that the Mandrake team gets it together to continue putting out a quality product. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] finally going for it
I have enough of mandrake 9.0 working to the point where I can switch it to my main hard drive and just have winxp on my smaller drive and use linux almost exclusively. I do have to have some win programs and once I find comparable replacements, win xp will go completely. I do have to get a new motherboard though because this one will not let me install mandrake 9.0 without using an older kernel. I also can not use my agp vid card for some reason. It has nothing to do with linux, it is the motherboard. I have the elitegroup k7vmm and it is junk!!! I have an AMD Duron 1.2 GHz processor. Any suggestions as to what I should get? I do not want any built in video or sound or lan LOL walt
RE: [newbie] Install fails
It could be that mandrake 9.0 is not compatible with your machine. I had to put mandrake 8.2 on my computer, which works beautifully, make a boot disk using an older kernel image, boot to that disk and then was able to do an update to 8.2. If I tried a clean install, it wouldn't work. Everything is working fine right now and I am hoping that when a newer kernel comes out I will be able to use it and that my computer will work with it. It is the chipset that is causing problems for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan Cox Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install fails I'm receiving the following error while trying to install Mandrake 9.0. error in exec of stage2 :-( trying to execute '/usr/bin/runinstall2' from the installation volume, the following fatal error occurred FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: Not a directory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
Have downloaded the source kernel. Will attempt to install the new one soon. Wish me luck LOL Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel On 01 Dec 2002 08:07:04 -0500 Anthony Abby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. The operative and VERY IMPORTANT word here is INSTALL the new kernel. NEVER UPGRADE or use Uvh with a kernel. Charles I may not be able to walk, but I drive from a sitting position. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] finally installed 9.0
I decided to try installing 9.0 over my 8.2..did an upgrade instead of a clean install. the network check did not see my lan conection at all but had no problems seing it in 8.2. I figured I would wait until I was in linux to try to configure this. After the install, I rebooted. Lilo came up with a long list of choices. linux, old-linux, NT old NT etc. I hit enter on the default (linux) and got a blank screen. The same one I always get when I try to install 9.0 on it's own. I decided to try old linux to see what it would do and it booted into 9.0 beautifully. I am in 9.0 right now and once I get my dvd rom to play movies and my palm pilot to sync, I will just put linux on my larger HD and use it instead of XP. As you can see, my lan is working without me having to reconfigure. I am getting excited about this lol Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] updating the kernel
Can anyone point me to documentation on how to install a newer version of the linux kernel? Thanks Walt
Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
I really need to be able to use my palm from my desktop and haven't figured out how to do it yet (another email subject). I had emailed palm about a linux version of thier desktop software and was told that they didn't have it and most likely wouldn't. If enough people emailed various companies maybe they would come up with linux versions of thier software. Walt - Original Message - I beg to differ on that one.. I have worked for two of those win only companies.. in tech and sales.. and the management would find out if we got strange requests... if they get 50 linux driver requests a month.. the tech is gonna mention it to his superviser, who will mention it to his the some snooping boss will wander down and ask whats going on... It does happen... I worked for CEA (UMAX) and OCEAN (http://www.octek.com.hk/) and I was surprised at how much management did listen if they thought that there was an issue or money to be made Ocean has well over 5000 employees and has offices all over the world.. they are not a small company. and yet me as a lacky sales and tech guy in Au had several meetings with the manageing director when he was over. it really is surprising one email will do nothing, ten emails will do little, fifty emails and the tech guy will ask someone what to do about it.. then the ball starts rolling.. rgds Franki 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] 9.0 installation problems
- Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems Walt, I think the problem is mentioned on the errata page http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3 HTH Kaj Haulrich This solution worked for the installation, was able to install 9.0 beautifully, but now I can't actually log onto 9.0..goes blank when I try. Got one problem fixed lol now to figure out the rest. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 9.0 Shipped
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Carroll Grigsby Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.0 Shipped On Tuesday 05 November 2002 06:01 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Just got the boxed set of ML 9.0 today. Just as the Mandrake Store said, they started shipping end of October first of November. Shipping label dated 31 Oct recieved 5 Nov Dublin Ireland to Omaha Nebraska, 6 days, not bad will reinstall on the test machine tonight. Oh, I got the Power Pack Edition. Fun! Watch the mail, kids. Anyone know when it will hit the stores in the USA Don't know why I would want to buy it though, can't get 9.0 to install on my computer anyway..have a conflict that I can't find...have no problems with 8.2. Tried installing redhat 8.0 and the installation stopped at the same point and redhat support gave me some ideas on how to get it to install including doing a web search to see if anyone else had the same problems. LOL (so useful) I love mandrake and have been following each build in anticipation of it being my only OS but alas, winxp has to stay on. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] iso downloading problems
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mandrake Development @ Networks East Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] iso downloading problems The mirror sites are VERY busy right now. That is probably causing your download problems. I am having the same problem I checked my download of disk one with md5sum and everything checks out. I still get a blank screen if I try to load it on boot-up. I did do a live install in 8.2 and had some problems with the installation. Will need to repair the installation and will keep trying to do a full upgrade. Only got partial upgrade right now. Not giving up..linux has been in my blood for a few years now and it has finally gotten to the point where I want to use it exclusively. walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] iso downloading problems
I have written about a problem with downloading and using the install disk for md 9.0. Still having that problem. Right now I am downloading it from mandrake 8.2. The others have been in windows XP. I am really trying to give linux a fair chance. 9.0 looks very promising to me. I need to be able to use my dvd rom tho. I have a AMD k7 duron 1.2 procesor, g-force vid card. Mandrake 8.2 installed with no problems. Might just have to wait for the official release to come out. Was going to buy it anyway but wanted to install it now. I get the opening screen and hit enter and get a black screen. Have hit f1 and tried the other install methods with no luck. Any ideas guys? Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Modems?
I just purchased the BestData 56K datafax internal modem model # 56SF today and it works fine in Linux! Had no problems at all. Mandrake picked it up without me doing anything. And it is not too expensive. Got it from CompUSA Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of OOzy Pal Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Modems? Sorry guys for asking so much. I am trying to buy a new system and want to make sure that it Linux-ok. Anyone knows a good modem that work fine with Linux? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] windows partition install
A friend of mine is trying to install Mandrake lunux 8.0 on his computer and clicks on install on the windows partition and he keeps getting a Disk is too fragged error. I have mandrake on its own HD so I don't know what to tell him as to what to do besides get a new HD..any ideas??? Walt
RE: [newbie] Boxed Set
Best Buy has the powerpack on sale this week..I am going to go buy it on payday walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Riker Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Boxed Set I have never seen the PowerPack there, only the desktop version. I usually have go to Staples for that. Riker On Monday 21 May 2001 09:58 pm, you wrote: Do they offer the PowerPack at Walmart? --- Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in Quincy, IL in the Midwest of the US. It was there as of Saturday and was sold out today. They had five copies on the shelf when I purchased my copy. Riker On Sunday 20 May 2001 12:25 pm, you wrote: what wal-mart...where? what countrys? etc Riker wrote: I just bought the boxed set from Wal-Mart of 8.0 for $25.00 and the only thing that has really disappointed me are the lack of CDs. There are only three this time instead of four. I can't complain too much, though, you still get a lot more with Mandrake than you do with $indwos. Riker __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] ISO images effect?
I had no problem downloading from a different ftp server. I used gozilla to do the downloads and added another ftp server and it started right from where it had left off. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philwebinc I .T Dept. Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 2:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ISO images effect? just want to know if is there any effect if im downloading the same iso image in different ftp servers? since i cant connect anymore to the server where i started my download first.just wondering
RE: [newbie] ISO images effect?
I had no problem downloading from a different ftp server. I used gozilla to do the downloads and added another ftp server and it started right from where it had left off. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philwebinc I .T Dept. Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 2:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ISO images effect? just want to know if is there any effect if im downloading the same iso image in different ftp servers? since i cant connect anymore to the server where i started my download first.just wondering
[newbie] accessing other drives
I just installed Linux-mandrake 8.0 on my second hard drive. I am running windows2000 on the first and it is formatted NTFS. Will I be able to read this drive in mandrake and if so, where will I find it? thanks Walt
RE: [newbie] Reply text goes ON TOP
is this a linux list or what?..stop the crap, it is spam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Glasscock Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Reply text goes ON TOP Fran Parker wrote: It is counterproductive to put new reply text below the original. The original is there to give reference to the new comments and the discussion. Bambi is correct in the realization that you put the important stuff first. That's why footnotes are at the bottom of a page, not the top. However, if you are commenting on several points in an email or discussion list, it is common and useful to set your new text below the original, again because of the context. Be logical. Sometimes directions are wrong or out-of-date. snip Alexander Skwar wrote: On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 08:03:23AM -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote: And while we are at the netiquette: The netiquette also states that replies should be *BELOW* the text that you quote, and that in a reply you should only qoute the absolutely neccessary parts of the message, and not the whole message! Gosh, I wondered about that...I always put my comments at the beginning...my thinking was that it makes it easier to view the responses on an existing thread. I didn't realize it should go at the end. Guess I will need to change how I respond. Thanks for the tip. Bambi -- John Glasscock Administrator Programmer EtherDog MultiMedia 3821 N Sugar Lane Bloomington, IN 47404 tel:+1.812.876.5233 fax:+1.508.256.2413 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User# 183536 on Registered Linux Box# 81201 "Save the world, eschew Microsoft."
[newbie] problem with monitor
I have a trident blade 3d video card and a chhuntex PL7A monitor. 30-70 khz 50-160Hz vertical 1280 x 1024 max res. I have having problems setting it in mandrake 7.1 any suggestions??? Walt http://members.dvnc.net/racerpup/index.htm "Live like your fathers before you and live like them completely. The spirit of our people will lead you -- Dance!"
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[newbie] thanks Alan, Now for the Herc Prob
Thanks to Alan. I've been subscribed to the digest version and Have sent numerous messages for help, to no avail Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] test Patyep, it got here, but give it time. It usually takes a few hours for a message to come back to you from the list. There is also a reason for a message to not show up at all (obviously not your problem), that's when a person joins the digest version of the list and digest-members don't have posting privileges. END ALANS MESSAGE*** 3rd time to send to this list... Purchased Mandrake Linux 5.3 (festen) v2.0.36 LM53-183-LML-3RVA-J5RV Trying to install into an older box. 486DX/2 ACER ALTOS w/ 16ram the following hardware 1.04GB Quantum Fireball Goldstar R540B IDE CDROM KFC 15" SVGA Monitor Also has Adaptec AHA-2740 SCSI which attaches to a Micropolis Radion LT RAID, However I am not loading the RAID components into the Bios "at boot time" until the problem with the graphics card mouse problem worked out. Mouse is Generic "cheapo" 3-button IBM PC/XT/AT/386/486 Serial Port mouse. (configured to /dev/ttyS0) Graphics card is this: It is an ISA slot so I've tried 2 Cirrus Logic Boards (One supported the other not on the supported hardware list) Neither one worked, both crap out when trying "startx" (CL-GD5430 CL-GD5402). So Now I have a Hercules Dynamite ET4000 W32i which gives me a picture but craps out trying to "startx" Have used Xconfigurator XF86Config several times to try and make it work. XF86Setup starts IF I SAY NO to the dialog that says something about using current setup or NO. BUT mouse don't work. Keyboard Does SO I try to set the Card up from here. But get a message that says "Can't load or find XF86_W32". "Must install" So I use Xconfigurator XF86Config AGAIN to try and generate the server. (over and over I've done this) Wrong huh? Have also read README.tseng, README.Config one about XF86_W32?? BUT I still Do not understand How to install the XF86_W32 server. Oh at One point (same card) I had KDE running (NO MOUSE, NO KEYBORD) and the screen looked way "out-of-proportion", The KDE button was huge, (The Screen/GUI Elements looked Way Too Big) Cntrl + Alt + Delete DID NOT work at this point either and I JUST had to sut 'er down w/power switch. Also Did X -probeonly and it says 2MB Video Ram, hibit state=high, Ramdac music 4910 I too am a little new to Linux but Not to DOS so 'scuse me if I sound Dense ;). What do I have to do to install the correct server for my card? walt PS where on linux-mandrake.com site is the free tech support?? -- EarthSong Graphics(607) 965-8552 Digital Design and More http://www.tattoozone.com/earthsong [EMAIL PROTECTED] "...and follow your own star." -author unknown
