[expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Mike Nguyen
Hi On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X Window?   ThankGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] FTP from Win NT to Linux Mandrake 7.2

2000-12-02 Thread Mike Nguyen
Hi I alreay start the inet service but in the Win NT, when I try to ftp to the Linux machine (2 difference machine connect in the same local network, I also can ping one to the other) It does not understand.  What else would I do?   Thank >From: Sarang Lakare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAI

Re: [expert] unclutter ?

2000-12-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 01 December 2000 08:12 pm, Tom Berkley wrote: > By 'unclutter' do you mean the 'Show Desktop' Icon in kde that icons > everything giving you a clear desktop and then allows you to return > to the mess of windows that you had before you poked the icon by > poking it again??? Do an ftp se

Re: [expert] unclutter ? - LARGE

2000-12-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 01 December 2000 08:16 pm, Don wrote: > Why does your e-mail show up with very large letters > You must have your system setup to display 400 by 600 > screen. > > Don No, 1024x768, but I seem to have a problem, thanks for pointing it out. I've got 'iso8859-1' in settings,

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Gavin Clark
startx on 12/2/00 2:06 AM, Mike Nguyen wrote: > Hi > On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X Window? > > Thank Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Michael Powell PhD
>From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Saturday 02 December 2000 09:10 am, wrote: just type startX (that will start KDE) Michael R. Powell PhD. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scyld Beowulf Cluster Master Running on Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Linux reg# 83815 ===

Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail

2000-12-02 Thread Larry Marshall
> No you don't need a static IP although it is preferable. I run everything > dynamic at home. Only problem is that ISPs like AOL won't accept E-mail > from dynamically assigned IP addresses to their relay servers due to Spam > protection. BTW I prefer postfix. Nobody has mentioned that peop

Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail

2000-12-02 Thread Andy Judge
No you don't need a static IP although it is preferable. I run everything dynamic at home. Only problem is that ISPs like AOL won't accept E-mail from dynamically assigned IP addresses to their relay servers due to Spam protection. BTW I prefer postfix. Andy - Original Message - From:

[expert] Chello-UPC

2000-12-02 Thread Erik Huusko
Hi All,   has anyone connected a Linux-Mandrake workstation successfully to UPC-Chello ISP?   best regards   Erik  

Re: [expert] Chello-UPC

2000-12-02 Thread pgeorges
> Hi All, > > has anyone connected a Linux-Mandrake workstation successfully to > UPC-Chello ISP? Yes. Me. Just use netconf and dhcp on the right eth0 or eth1. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Ken Thompson
At the command prompt you would type startx. This will bring up the default xwindows session. -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho (208) 642-7101 (888) 642-7101 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.nwaa.com Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscri

Re: [expert] Finding files based on date

2000-12-02 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 05:05:41 Bob Puff@NLE wrote: > Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't work. At least in the form: > > find /etc/* -amin 8 > > Seems to return some files that have been created long ago. The actual files > do > seem to change with time. Example: > > [root@main postfix]#

Re: [expert] unclutter ?

2000-12-02 Thread Tom Berkley
Yeah, I see it and they both work for me. Tom Berkley Sarang Lakare wrote: > > i think he means the "unclutter" option that comes when u right click.. > > it works fine for me (i think!) > > -sarang > > On Friday 01 December 2000 21:12, you wrote: > > > > By 'unclutter' do you mean the 'Sh

Re: [expert] Alsa

2000-12-02 Thread Bill Piety
Sarang Lakare wrote: > I had a similar motherboard and hte sound worked perfectly on LM 7.1 out of > the box! I don't know of sound quality compared to others coz I use it mainly > for playing CDs to my head-phones.. but ac97 did work out of the box on VIA > chipset in LM 7.1 is the bottom line :

[expert] compiling gpilot for visor

2000-12-02 Thread Jerry Sternesky
It seems the rpm that Mandrake ships for 7.2 doesn't have the visor flag compiled in. So I downloaded the tarball, unzipped and did ./configure --enable usb-visor. Then the make and make install. It seems that the install placed all the files in /usr/local/bin. The RPM had placed the files

Re: [expert] Pine

2000-12-02 Thread Gary de Montigny
bill wrote: > > > > Dec 1 10:00:56 bonnie sendmail[13282]: eB1G0uj13282: SYSERR(gjd): Can't > > > > create transcript file ./xfeB1G0uj13282: Permission denied > > > > > > > > Obviously this is a permission error. How do I correct this problem? > > > > Thanks. > Also is your security set to mor

Re: [expert] Pine

2000-12-02 Thread bill
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Gary de Montigny wrote: > bill wrote: > > > > > > Dec 1 10:00:56 bonnie sendmail[13282]: eB1G0uj13282: SYSERR(gjd): Can't > > > > > create transcript file ./xfeB1G0uj13282: Permission denied > > > > > > > > > > Obviously this is a permission error. How do I correct this pro

[expert] Mandrake 7.1 Menu Update

2000-12-02 Thread Tom Berkley
I tried to use the menu update command in the 7.1 mandrake (kde 1.2) desktop and got the message menu edit not installed. After looking for a while nothing stood out. If anyone can enlighten me about which rpm contains the kde menu editor (note this is 7.1 not 7.2), I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Re: [expert] Postfix or Sendmail

2000-12-02 Thread Vic
oops duh on me! I totally forgot about that, there are dynamic ip services like http://www.dyndns.org that offer these things, I used it for awhile back when I had cox cable modem services, there are some scripts that one can run to update to the service one's IP as it changes. Thankx for th

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Ron Stodden
Mike Nguyen wrote: > > Hi > On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X > Window? For display 0 use 'startx' from a terminal - C-A-F7 to switch to it from another X. This is the default. For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'startx -- :1' from a terminal - C-A-F

Re: [expert] Pine

2000-12-02 Thread David Mihm
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Gary de Montigny wrote: > bill wrote: > > > > > > Dec 1 10:00:56 bonnie sendmail[13282]: eB1G0uj13282: SYSERR(gjd): Can't > > > > > create transcript file ./xfeB1G0uj13282: Permission denied > > > > > > > > > > Obviously this is a permission error. How do I correct this prob

[expert] Printing

2000-12-02 Thread Ted Wager
Hi.. I recently wrote saying that I could not print from the mailer...Til replied and asked me to put the mail to a file..This was ok and now I can print from the mailer..I do not know why this has happened but all is ok now.. Thanks for the input... -- Regards Ted Wager Mandrake lin

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Dependencies Which Suck

2000-12-02 Thread Mark Hillary
I think that dependancies would be far better in Mandrake if they were only there in cases where the programs would not run with out each other. Not just because the packager thinks that they would be nice to getter. On Mandrake the base system is just two large. i.e all the packages that are need

[expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Jeff Malka
Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with linux. But PM uses the BIOS to read the partitions. Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can read in dos. Therefore linux can read and use partitions beyond what the bios c

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Felix Miata
Jeff Malka wrote: > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. One of the shrink wrapped Linux distros advertises so, but I couldn't tell you which. > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with linux. But PM uses > the BIOS to read the partitions. Maybe you're using an ol

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Don
Well this depends on the version of dos that you load partition magic with. I use the dos version from Windows 98se, and then I use PM to work 20 + GB hard drives with no problem. On Saturday 02 December 2000 13:10, you wrote: > > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a co

Re: [expert] Chello-UPC

2000-12-02 Thread mike veltman
On Sat, 02 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > Hi All, > > has anyone connected a Linux-Mandrake workstation successfully to > UPC-Chello ISP? > > best regards > > Erik Yes for a long time then I decided to use ADSL :-) Its very easy to do. Just use dhcp Mike -- ---

Re: [expert] User management utility

2000-12-02 Thread Alain
Skrivet en deus Michael Webb : > I cant find the URL right now. Have a look for pdadduser, very good > indeed. > Thanks for the tip I found pdadduser and it seems OK for the work I need to do. BTW, while searching for pdadduser, I found in a list another utility called psntools which seems to b

[expert] Netscape error message -- Bookmarks have changed...

2000-12-02 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I keep getting the following Netscape error message for no reason at all: "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded." I guess everybody occasionally gets this stupid message. What can be done about it? What does it mean? How can I get rid of it once and for all? Tha

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Larry Marshall
Jeff Malka wrote: > > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with linux. But PM uses > Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can read in dos. > Therefore linux can read and use partitions beyond what the bios can

[expert] ALCATEL ADSL-modem and linux do not work (probably a french product, that explains it!!)

2000-12-02 Thread palito
Hi,I have a "Alcatel speedtrhough home"  ADSL modem which works pefectly inwindows nut I have problems connecting it in Linux Mandrake 7.2. I readseveral howtos on internet but none of them worked.This is my network setup:1 AMDK6-2 500Mhz1 realtech ethernetcard (eth 0)1 alcatel ADSL-modem__

[expert] Different versions of XF86Config

2000-12-02 Thread Viktor Lakics
Dear All, I have a laptop with LM7.2, and I realized that I can use different profiles for home and work at boot time, for different network configurations. I want to use different XF86Configs as well, because I use my laptop on a docking station as well, so my display is different from the LCD p

Re: [expert] Netscape error message -- Bookmarks have changed...

2000-12-02 Thread Larry Marshall
> I keep getting the following Netscape error message for no reason at > all: > > "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded." Sounds like you've got more than one Netscape running at one time and are adding bookmarks to bookmarks.html with one and then trying to read them with the

Re: [expert] ALCATEL ADSL-modem and linux do not work (probably a french product, that explains it!!)

2000-12-02 Thread palito
Some aditional info:   BTW.   If I do a ADSL-start  the connection times out.  Evenen if I set the time out to 300 seconds it still times out (In windows it is connecting within 5 seconds).   I checked the log and it said unable to establish a connection ppp0 < --> /dec/pts/0   Regards, Palit

Re: [expert] ALCATEL ADSL-modem and linux

2000-12-02 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 23:51:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I checked the log and it said unable to establish a connection ppp0 < --> > /dec/pts/0 ^^ Check your pppoe config. That should be /dev/pts/0, i suppose... ^ -- Juan Antonio Magallon

Re: [expert] compiling gpilot for visor

2000-12-02 Thread Asheesh Laroia
In the gpilot src dir: make clean rm -f config.cache ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable usb-visor make make install That should fix this whole mess for you. -- Asheesh. On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Jerry Sternesky wrote: > It seems the rpm that Mandrake ships for 7.2 doesn't have the visor flag > c

Re: [expert] Netscape error message -- Bookmarks have changed...

2000-12-02 Thread EagleIce
Hello Benjamin! I remembered having had this problem once with Netscape in SuSE, from a SuSE emplyee I got this to my taste rather cryptic reply: This is because Netscape screwed up and stopped getting displayed but yet was still running. You need to kill netscap

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Ron Stodden
Jeff Malka wrote: > > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with linux. But PM uses > the BIOS to read the partitions. > > Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can read in dos. > Therefore linux can read and us

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > Mike Nguyen wrote: > > Hi > > On the command promt, what command would I type in order > > to start X Window? > > For display 0 use 'startx' from a terminal - C-A-F7 to > switch to it from another X. This is the default. > > For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'start

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with > linux. But PM uses the BIOS to read the partitions. > > Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can > read in dos. Therefore linux can read and use par

Re: [expert] CUPS prints only when on Internet

2000-12-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you type "ifconfig" and see whether there is a section beginning with "lo"? Try to set "NETWORKING=yes" in /etc/sysconfig/network and "ONBOOT=yes" in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo. Enter service network restart to activate this. Send me the mentioned files when this does not he

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Larry Marshall
> Ranish Partition Manager. I believe that it's a dos > program, but his docs seem to touch on some functionality > beyond that of PM. I haven't had time to download and > experiment with it yet but I plan to get a round tuit. :-) Alan, I think this is one of those situations where "better tha

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 Menu Update

2000-12-02 Thread Ronnie Whipp
Tom Berkley wrote: > > I tried to use the menu update command in the 7.1 mandrake (kde 1.2) > desktop and got the message menu edit not installed. After looking for a > while nothing stood out. If anyone can enlighten me about which rpm > contains the kde menu editor (note this is 7.1 not 7.2), I

RE: [expert] XFree 4.0.1 not cooperating

2000-12-02 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
That doesn't work, I'm in the same boat. If 3.x is installed XFdrake does not recognize the 4.0x installation. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sarang Lakare Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 6:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: