[expert] mandrake on a gateway 1000

2002-05-04 Thread Rochester Payne
I love mandrake but I haven't been able to run it since the 7.0 series .. the install goes fine .. when it reboots to starts the system it hangs at the .. init started ... I have a gateway 1000 .. amd athlon 1 ghz with 768 mb ram .. I have a ide controller card that give me 4 more ides which I hav

Re: [expert] The hacker just got hacked

2002-05-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 00:09, Brian York wrote: > everything gone, what you do to others will come back to haunt you! > -- > Microsoft, Windows, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System > Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking and The Blue Screen of Death > ("BSOD") are registered trademarks

[expert] "KWrited - listening on device /dev/pts/0" ??

2002-05-04 Thread db
I recently installed Mandrake 8.1. My machine is on a university network. I frequently get a popup KWrited document on my desktop that is labeled "listening on device /dev/pts/0" and the makes a long list of audio and font files locating them on several of my partitions. The partitions are: the

[expert] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?

2002-05-04 Thread David
I just finished browsing the t-shirts and similar items available from the Mandrake Store. There is only one item (1 t-shirt) out of a total of 5 (3 different t-shirts, 1 cap, and 1 CD case) currently available in the U.S. What's up with that? Do we not rate the privilege to order the sa

[expert] KDE 3 disk thrashing

2002-05-04 Thread Alastair Scott
There seems to be a pretty nasty problem with KDE 3 which I can define quite precisely. If I press the right mouse button on a downloadable file (say a .tar.gz) then select 'Save Link As ...' there's _enormous_ hard disk thrashing before the file save dialog appears. I also notice the same ef

Re: [expert] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?

2002-05-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 06:20 -0400, David wrote: > > > I just finished browsing the t-shirts and similar items available from > the Mandrake Store. There is only one item (1 t-shirt) out of a total > of 5 (3 different t-shirts, 1 cap, and 1 CD case) currently available > in the U.S. What's up

Re: [expert] Win4Lin Impressions?

2002-05-04 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 00:34, Charles Muller wrote: > I noticed that Win4Lin is now available on the Mandrake Club download > site. For one not familiar with the product, the information on their > web site regarding how it functions is scanty. But I am guessing that it > works something like VMWar

Re: [expert] Using Samba as a PDC

2002-05-04 Thread Dave Sherman
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 02:34, Brian York wrote: > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba/index.html I finally got around to following this link and downloading the pdf file. Thanks for providing it! -- Dave Sherman Beware the wrath of dragons, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA

Re: [expert] KDE 3 disk thrashing

2002-05-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
I can't help with your thrashing problem, but I can tell you that if you send to both the expert and newbie lists in the same email, two emails will go only to the first address you listed. In this case, the expert list. So if you want to send to both lists, you have to send two seperate emails.

[expert] Re: X still WONT WORK....FUBAR/SNAFU (fwd)

2002-05-04 Thread David Rankin
Ok, Hopefully, this post gets through to the list. > > Guys, > > I have tried everything! I have completely reloaded (rpm -Uvh --force) all > of the XFree... and X11... packages. I have tried msec 2, msec3, etc.. and > nothing works. I've tried XFdrake --expert, xf86config, etc.. all releva

Re: [expert] Win4Lin Impressions?

2002-05-04 Thread Charles Muller
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 22:25, Dave Sherman wrote: [...a long, detailed explanation of Win4Lin] > Well, that was more than I intended to say. Hope it answers your > questions. Otherwise, feel free to ask. Wow! I could have never expected something so detailed. Thanks! Netraverse should have you w

[expert] Riva tnt2 and Mandrake 8.2

2002-05-04 Thread falcaraz
A friend of mine has a Mandrake 8.2 installed in a computer with a Riva tnt2 and It was angry with the maximum resolution of 800 x 600. I think that probably he need a NVIDIA driver but I am not sure and in this case what driver should he use? Thanks in advance for your help, yours since

Re: [expert] Win4Lin Impressions?

2002-05-04 Thread James
Guess I'm Qualified. I've used 1.0 2.0 and 3.0 and intended to buy 4.0 soon (heavy discount for the upgrade right now) Win4lin on does windows. 3.0 and earlier did 95/98 4.0 does ME and 2000 as well (also I believe some XP support not sure.) Overall other features in 4.0 make it worth the wa

Re: [expert] Riva tnt2 and Mandrake 8.2

2002-05-04 Thread Rial Juan
Just use the latest NVIDIA drivers; they can be downloaded from their website. I heard they're pretty unstable in combination with Athlons though (don't know about other AMD CPUs). kind regards, On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 17:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A friend of mine has a Mandrake 8.2 > instal

[expert] X still WONT WORK....FUBAR/SNAFU

2002-05-04 Thread David Rankin
Ok, Hopefully, this post gets through to the list. I really really need advise. Guys, I have tried everything! I have completely reloaded (rpm -Uvh --force) all of the XFree... and X11... packages. I have tried msec 2, msec3, etc.. and nothing works. I've tried XFdrake --expert

Re: [expert] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?

2002-05-04 Thread David
Wolfgang Bornath said onto me: -- |all the cool Linux and OpenSource t-shirts they offer |in US based internet shops got any URLs??? BTW, I was just venting. -- °

Re: [expert] The simplest possible email server

2002-05-04 Thread Randy Kramer
Brian Parish wrote: > I'll check out those pages. No need to handle outgoing mail, so the > approach you suggest would seem appropriate. I'll keep you posted on > progress. Great! Now that I think about it, maybe one reason I've procrastinated with respect to modifying the sketches on the seco

[expert] complements to grip

2002-05-04 Thread falcaraz
One of the causes of having both: windows98 and linux in my main computer is that my daughter uses kazza to downloadas mp3 sings and another applications that can make audio cds from the mp3 files. In linux I have grip to encode sings from and audio cd; xmms to hear mp3 but: Could you

Re: [expert] X still WONT WORK....FUBAR/SNAFU

2002-05-04 Thread J. Craig Woods
David Rankin wrote: > > Ok, Hopefully, this post gets through to the list. I really really > need advise. > > > Guys, > I can only help you David by letting you know that I can see your postings, both the post to the expert list, and the one you sent to my private email address. The

Re: [expert] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?

2002-05-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 16:11 -0400, David wrote: > > > Wolfgang Bornath said onto me: > -- > > |all the cool Linux and OpenSource t-shirts they offer > |in US based internet shops > > > got any URLs??? > > BTW, I was

Re: [expert] X still WONT WORK....FUBAR/SNAFU

2002-05-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 14:26 -0500, J. Craig Woods wrote: > David Rankin wrote: > > > > Ok, Hopefully, this post gets through to the list. I really really > > need advise. > > > > > > Guys, > > > > are using. I can, however, ask a dumb question, "have you looked at the > XFree86 web

Re: [expert] complements to grip

2002-05-04 Thread jipe
On Sat, 04 May 2002 22:03:30 +0200 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the causes of having both: windows98 > and linux in my main computer is that my > daughter uses kazza to downloadas mp3 sings > and another applications that can make > audio cds from the mp3 files. > > In linux I have

Re: [expert] X still WONT WORK....FUBAR/SNAFU

2002-05-04 Thread David Rankin
Yeh, I've been there, and all it says is the I128 is supported and should work. That's why I've got such a quandry. The XFree86.0.log reveals the following just before it bombs in X4.2: (--) I128(0): Unmapping memory (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. (II) resource ranges after preInit:

Re: [expert] complements to grip

2002-05-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 04 May 2002 22:03:30 +0200 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: >One of the causes of having both: windows98 >and linux in my main computer is that my >daughter uses kazza to downloadas mp3 sings >and another applications that can make >audio cds from the mp3 files. > >In linu

Re: [expert] complements to grip

2002-05-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 04 May 2002 02:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) A good application to share files in the > net?: lobster, audiogalaxy.. others?? I get what I want from UseNet > > 2) Are there applications in linux to > create audio cds from mp3/vob files? Don't know 'bout "vob". I d/l m

[expert] path variable

2002-05-04 Thread Kevin Fonner
I need a convient way to script setting up a path variable within a single console so that I may set up multiple consoles running different setups. I wrote a script and ran in it in the console window to set the path but it seems when I run the script it creates a new instance, sets the environme

[expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread KevinO
I am picking out a combination of parts for a friend of mine. Since I have always used Intel stuff in the past, I would ask that anyone who sees any potential problems with the following hardware list to please let me know. Would a 400W AMD certified pwr supply be advised here ? Thanks ! -

Re: [expert] OT: Mandrake Store.............WTF?

2002-05-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 04 May 2002 04:11 pm, David wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath said onto me: > -- > > > |all the cool Linux and OpenSource t-shirts they offer > |in US based internet shops > > > > got any URLs??? > > BTW, I was just ventin

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread Brian Parish
There were some comments about Tyan boards a little while back either here or on newbie. You may like to check the archives for those. Seem to remember some problems, but at the same time the board was highly rated for performance. That would have been pre-8.2 though, so any config issues may h

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread Nelson Bartley
Well, being a hardware enthusiast, I would recommend atleast a 400W powersupply to ensure stability. However, I would also recommend going w/ the 1700+ or higher processor in retail box, as there price point is about to move down sufficiently that the 1600 won't be worth the money. Just a quick q

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread Brian
On Sat, 04 May 2002 16:43:18 -0700 KevinO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am picking out a combination of parts for a friend of mine. Since I have > always used Intel stuff in the past, I would ask that anyone who sees any > potential problems with the following hardware list to please let me k

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread KevinO
Nelson Bartley wrote: > Just a quick question, Why a SB 128 PCI? For the 30$ you'll spend on > that (CAN) you could easily add another 20$ and get either: a) Turtle > Beach (Santa Cruz) b) SB Live 5.1 > > NB 1) I doubt that he will ever do much with the sound on this box. I really did add it a

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread Nelson Bartley
Good Call on the case. No.. there are no problems with the PCI card... Don't get me wrong, I really like my on board SB128 on my server, I just figured for the money. If you're gonna be doing programming then you definetly want the 512MB of memory though. Perhaps even more considering its curren

Re: [expert] complements to grip

2002-05-04 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 04 May 2002 22:03:30 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you give some advice about: > > 1) A good application to share files in the > net?: lobster, audiogalaxy.. others?? http://agqt.sourceforge.net/ http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/mldonkey/ > 2) Are there applications in li

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread FemmeFatale
Brian Parish wrote: > > There were some comments about Tyan boards a little while back either > here or on newbie. You may like to check the archives for those. Seem > to remember some problems, but at the same time the board was highly > rated for performance. That would have been pre-8.2 tho

Re: [expert] KDE 3 disk thrashing

2002-05-04 Thread John Haywood
On Saturday 04 May 2002 21:10, Alastair Scott wrote: > There seems to be a pretty nasty problem with KDE 3 which I can define > quite precisely. not just KDE3 if I'm right. > If I press the right mouse button on a downloadable file (say a .tar.gz) > then select 'Save Link As ...' there's _en

Re: [expert] Hardware Suggestion ?

2002-05-04 Thread Nelson Bartley
Soyo doesn't make a dually board though, which kinda eliminates it from this race :( NB (PS: MSI boards are so much better then soyo... and much cheaper too) On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 22:00, FemmeFatale wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > > > There were some comments about Tyan boards a little while

[expert] Modem

2002-05-04 Thread Pupeno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm planing on buying Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI-NV-V92 (they have a problem chosing model names), it's internal, PCI, fax, V.92, voice, any comments ? This is the info of the modem: http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/MultiModemZPX/ Thank you - -- Pupe

Re: [expert] Modem

2002-05-04 Thread Brian Parish
No idea on whether it's supported, but as a general rule I would strongly recommend an external modem with standard serial port connection (not USB). That way you know you are getting a real one, it's easily moved between boxes and linux will just work with it, no questions asked. They cost a li

Re: [expert] Modem

2002-05-04 Thread skidley
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 11:11:36PM -0400, Pupeno wrote: > I'm planing on buying Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI-NV-V92 (they have a problem > chosing model names), it's internal, PCI, fax, V.92, voice, any comments ? > This is the info of the modem: > http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/MultiModemZPX/ > T

[expert] Mailing List Recommendations

2002-05-04 Thread Kirtis Bakalarczyk
I'm starting out with programming C/C++ in linux and i'm running into some problems... And yes, i know that this list isn't for programming related stuff but if someone could point me to a newbie linux programming list with a decent amount of traffic i'd be much ablidged. Thanks, KIRT Want

Re: [expert] path variable

2002-05-04 Thread dfox
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format... > > =_1020551414-31891-195 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I need a convient way to script setting up a path variable within a single > console so that I may set up mult