[expert] INstalling 7.1

I have downloaded all of the files for 7.1 and now want to install it. Can I install it off the hard drive, or do Ihave to install from CD? Cheers, Wayne

[expert] eth0 failing on install

After putting my burner back into my linux box, I couldn't get my SCSI card and burner working so I thought the easiest way would be to reinstall MDK7. I did so, and everything went smooth until I rebooted and couldn't get my eth0 to initialise. I used a dhcp option before, though if I try

[expert] Kernel won't recognise burner

I am trying to install my burner back into my linux box and am using drakconf to do it. I would like to mount it as "burner" in my /mnt directory and have made the appropriate /burner there. When I try to add it under drakconf, I get the message that the kernel doesn't recognise this as a valid

[expert] Moving /home

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[expert] Changing home drive

I have my home directory on a 6 gig drive that I would like to put in another machine. Does anyone know a good source of information or could anyone tell me how to change my home drive under linux, and move all of my existing programs a directories to the new drive? I would appreciate any help.

[expert] SO 5.3

I have gone to Suns web site and tried to download Staroffice 5.2. I click all of the right buttons, and select English Linux (x86) but when I get to the end and the software can be dl'd the only file that comes up is a .bin file. Is this the right one for MDK7? If so, how do I install it? I

Re: [expert] Mandrake rpm's

Joe, go to www.rpmfind.net. They have all of the i586 files you need. Wayne On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Joe Heafner wrote: Hello. Why is it so difficult to find rpm's compiled for i586? I know that using software compiled for i386 on my Pentium will work just fine, but if possible I'd really

[expert] Terminal window for programs

I have a mail checker that will execute programs for you when mail arrives on a pop server but cannot get it to automatically run pine when mail arrives. I assume that it is because Pine uses a terminal to run. Is there a command line argument that will fire up Pine in a term when mail arrives,

Re: [expert] Where to get Helix Gnome

Martin, I went to the www.helixcode.com webpage, went and had a look at the Packages page and that told me everything I needed to UG to version 1.2 (I printed this page out). Then I went to www.rpmfind.net and went to their RPM database, and just downloaded each of the files I needed. Some need

[expert] Helix Gnome

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Re: [expert] Helix Gnome

2000, Allen Bolderoff wrote: I am using helix here, and it is great - Very smooth, clean and just all round brilliant. I couldn't go back to kde if I wanted to - The new Gnome is just so-unclunky. Allen -- * * Wayne Petherick Criminology

[expert] Palm pilot

I would appreciate some help from anyone who has managed to get their palm pilot up and running on MDK. I have kpilot running but for some reason, it is not working. Thanks, Wayne

[expert] Downloadable fonts

I have a program asking me for the path for downloadable fonts and printer commands. I am desparate to print from this program, but cannot locate the directory. If anyone could tell me where these are usually stored I would appreciate it. Wayne

Re: [expert] SHIT

I must say, the criticism here would appear to be about Netscape and not MDK. The crashing of netscape is fairly well documented across Linux distro's and is not unique to MDK. My two cents worth. Wayne - Original Message - From: Keymer Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Kmail-SMTP

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Re: [expert] Kmail-SMTP

and check your logs.. Good Luck -Aaron Wayne Petherick wrote: Tom, I had the same problem as you.  Unfortunately I couldn't fix mine either, except by doing exactly what you did and setting it to sendmail.  My IT department couldn't help me because they don't support linux.  WHat did I do

[expert] [newbie] Mutt or Pine

Howdy all, I have read all of the mutt and pine how to's and man pages that exist and still cannot get either to work. I appear to have my fetchmail set up properly in that it downloads my mail fine, but I do not know where to!!! I am guessing that where it downloads it to is where I have to

[expert] Re: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations?

Joe, you could always try the various TNT cards that are out there. Most of them will come in PCI and AGP so you should shop around. Wayne At 02:47 PM 5/3/00 -0400, you wrote: The only decent PCI video cards on the market are the 3DFX  VooDoo cards but even with those I don't think you can get

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] VCD Player

;. It comes with mtv, but it's the command-line version, and doesn't cut the audio. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:38:00 +1000 From: Wayne Petherick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [expert] Use of Windows may be hazardous to your Linux

I have linux installed on the primary partition of my HD, with windows installed on the second. The disk was originally split using dos fdisk, though the first partition was formatted using diskdrake. I want to run a Nortons utils speed disk on my C drive, but now I am not so sure!!! Will

Re: [expert] USB SCanner

I believe some other brands of USB scanners are supported). I emailed Canon asking about their policy wrt Linux and their hardware, and the response I got was that they had no immediate plans to support Linux. Chris Original Message On 4/12/00, 3:33:51 PM, Wayne Petherick [EMAIL

[expert] USB SCanner

Any advances on how to get my Canon 630U usb scanner to work with linux? WHat are the names of the USB ports on a machine under linux? Wayne

[expert] Unzipping a file

How do I unpack a file with a .tar.bz2 extension? Thanks, Wayne

[expert] Growing file sizes

OT but I may be able to explain why your file sizes grow using M$ word... If you are working on a document and click on SAVE instead of SAVE AS, this will only add the changes to the existing document. If you clikc on SAVE AS it will replace the existing document with the one on the screen.

Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux

As far as applixware goes. I would give it a wide berth. I tried the demo the other day and am not suitably impressed. The word program was ghastly, and the less said about the e-mail client the better. Despite its flaws, Staroffice is still your best bet as far as office apps go. Wayne

[expert] Network

Quick question to ask if anyone knows of any utilities that will watch your network activity. I have a full time connection through my Universities internet server and am obviously open to some problems. What I am looking for is a package that will let me know if anyone tries to get access to

Re: [expert] Missing RAM - an old chestnut

Have you tried typing lilo to effect your changes? On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Glyn Millington wrote: Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:48:45 +0100 To: Mandrake Expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Missing RAM - an old chestnut

[expert] PRINTING

I have my BJC-2000 set up on my Linux box and am having a few troubles getting it to print i ncertain apps. It will print documents from Staroffice no probs at all but will not print from anything else. I can't get it to print from netscape, gedit or any other program. I am using Spruce for

Re: [expert] PRINTING

Francois, below is a copy of my printcap file. Thanks for any info you may be able to provide. It would seem that I can only print from programs that come with their own printer driver (such as wordperfect and staroffice) though a test print works fine. # # Please don't edit this file

Re: [expert] PRINTING

It worked fine before my latest reinstall though. I have had no problems at all up until now, and forgive my ignorance, but I have never used GS, so... Wayne

Re: [expert] OT - Spruce

FYI - I downloaded spruce 0.6.2 this afternoon and installed it. It installed without a hitch (though I would have preferred a binary file) and the setup was a piece of cake. The client runs like a dream and handles all aspects of my mail that I could ask for. Not to mention, the GUI is easy

[expert] Mail clients

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[expert] OT - Spruce

To those using Spruce, I was wondering whether you could answer a question for me. When I go to COMPOSE or REPLY or FORWARD the compose window that comes up locks Spruce and I have to Nuke the window to get it to close. Do you know why this would be happening? It is a good mail client and

[expert] Error message

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[expert] Mail programs

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