Re: [newbie] Before I Start:

1999-03-07 Thread Steve Philp
> Pat & David Leathers wrote: > > Hi: > > Right now I'm running win95. Within the next week or so I plan to > upgrade to win98. I have also ordered a disk with mandrake-5.3. What > I would like to do is to set these up so I can dual boot into win98 or > linux. Very easy to achieve. > My que

RE: [newbie] file Permissions

1999-03-07 Thread Jeff Watkins
Try the umask environment parameter in your .profile. - Jeff > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Doyle > Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions > > > On Sat, 06 Mar

[newbie] another total newbie q

1999-03-07 Thread Keith Robinson
when i try to ftp with the kfm browser a dialogue box pops up asking me what to open the site with. whats the right answer? and how would I have found out without asking this nice group? many thanks! - Indras.Net is a Web ring of Peace, Culture and Education http://www.geocities.com/Athe

Re: [newbie] Before I Start:

1999-03-07 Thread SciFyKid
In a message dated 3/7/99 5:48:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << fore I start the installation of linux? Does Linux support fat-32? I will end up with two separate hard disk one 3.2 gig and one 3.2 or 6.4 gig. Would it be better to put win98 on one and Lunix on another?

[newbie] Before I Start:

1999-03-07 Thread Pat & David Leathers
Hi:   Right now I'm running win95.  Within the next week or so I plan to upgrade to win98.  I have also ordered a disk with mandrake-5.3.  What I would like to do is to set these up so I can dual boot into win98 or linux.   My question is where can I go or how can I get all the information

Re: [newbie] Startup Problems

1999-03-07 Thread Tim Wojtaszek
you user "root" for your login name and the password they asked you durring the install for your password. Also you might want to check out the /docs/mandrake/en ...or something similiar for first time use...it tells you this and how to make your first user. once that happens you can type startx

Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Arnaud Chaudron
> Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to this man !!! :) It worked really well. Thanks again !

Re: [newbie] Startup Problems

1999-03-07 Thread Steve Philp
dan riebs wrote: > > Let's see, I've gotten through the part where I use the Linux version > of FDISK, which insists on changing the boot sector of my Windows 98 > drive, refusing to load on the D: drive I installed specifically for > Linux. Linux, by default, installs a program called LILO whi

RE: [newbie] Startup Problems

1999-03-07 Thread M. Bull
> What do I use for a login? I don't remember being asked for a login > name, and now I can't get into the system without one. When it prompted you for that password, it said it wanted the 'root' password. Login is 'root', password is what you typed in. :)

Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Steve Philp
Arnaud Chaudron wrote: > > > It will depend on what you want to try. To move from the full desktop > > of KDE to a simple window manager, it's just a matter of installing the > > window manager and editing one file. > > > > I recently downloaded the GNOME 1.0 packages to give them a try. After

[newbie] Startup Problems

1999-03-07 Thread dan riebs
Let's see, I've gotten through the part where I use the Linux version of FDISK, which insists on changing the boot sector of my Windows 98 drive, refusing to load on the D: drive I installed specifically for Linux. I've gotten through the part where the root directory name doesn't just start wit

Re: [newbie] KDE (I need to find it again)

1999-03-07 Thread Ken
At 10:14 AM 3/7/99 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for using NetForward! >http://www.netforward.com >v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > >I tried Window Maker, and it overwrote my /root/.initrc file, so the >default is now Window Maker. I'd like to get my KDE back, but don't >k

[newbie] Re: [expert] video card

1999-03-07 Thread Thomas L. McCurdy, Jr.
Hey Ralph, I know your pain. I have a Diamond Speedstar A50 to and let's just say that you can't exactly just use that standard SiS6326 settings that are provided with the XServer. I played with mine for two weeks until I finally got it right (with the help of a mailing list member.) Here is wha

[newbie] KDE (I need to find it again)

1999-03-07 Thread Lawrence Sayre
I tried Window Maker, and it overwrote my /root/.initrc file, so the default is now Window Maker. I'd like to get my KDE back, but don't know how. How should the .initrc file look to launch KDE ? Thanks; Lawrence Sayre

Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Arnaud Chaudron
> It will depend on what you want to try. To move from the full desktop > of KDE to a simple window manager, it's just a matter of installing the > window manager and editing one file. > > I recently downloaded the GNOME 1.0 packages to give them a try. After > quite a while of downloading, the

Re: [newbie] sendmail genericstable NOT working

1999-03-07 Thread Jacek Andreas Matulla
On Fre, 05 Mär 1999, you wrote: > Am Don, 04 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: > > Hi all, > > > > I have Mandrake 5.3 with sendmail-8.8.7-20 installed. > > I want my From: headers changed, when the email is going out to the internet. > > > > localuser1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > As much as I know the g

Re: [newbie] Atapi Floppy Support In Your Kernel

1999-03-07 Thread Lee Bennett
At 01:54 AM 3/7/99 EST, you wrote: >do u have a floppy in the drive? > Yeah, I tried with a normal Floppy and a LS Floppy

Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 12:50:28AM -0500, Jeffrey M Wolfe wrote: > Ok - I know this may not seem like the wisest thing to do - and I have > to admit that I'm impressed by the KDE environment, but where do I start > to find out how to experiment with the other graphical environments? I > admit it -

Re: [newbie] make

1999-03-07 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Sat, Mar 06, 1999 at 04:21:16PM -0700, Keith Robinson wrote: > sorry my questions are so, so newbie! > > when i try to run "make" i get a command not found error message. I > am definitely on the path. > > Is it possible my distribution did not include "make" or am i > (again) missing the v

Re: [newbie] Atapi Floppy Support In Your Kernel

1999-03-07 Thread SciFyKid
do u have a floppy in the drive?

Re: [newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Steve Philp
Jeffrey M Wolfe wrote: > > Ok - I know this may not seem like the wisest thing to do - and I have > to admit that I'm impressed by the KDE environment, but where do I start > to find out how to experiment with the other graphical environments? I > admit it - I don't know how to switch from KDE to

[newbie] PPP Timeout

1999-03-07 Thread Rick Keefer
Ref Mandrake 5.3 Need some help with Kppp. When I dial my ISP I keep getting an error message: " Timeout expired while waiting for the PPP interface to come up. " Any ideas how to fix this? It did connect one time but now just the error message. TIA Rick Keefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [newbie] KPPP WAS working?!

1999-03-07 Thread Steve Philp
James wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 21:11:19 EST, you wrote: > > >OK, Ive installed Linux, and KPPP was working great. I could connect, and serf > >the net, and get EMAIL. Now, all of a sudden, it wont go past Initalizing > >modem during the connection? My device and everything is configured cor

[newbie] Switching from KDE...

1999-03-07 Thread Jeffrey M Wolfe
Ok - I know this may not seem like the wisest thing to do - and I have to admit that I'm impressed by the KDE environment, but where do I start to find out how to experiment with the other graphical environments? I admit it - I don't know how to switch from KDE to one of the other graphical setups

Re: [newbie] KPPP WAS working?!

1999-03-07 Thread James
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 21:11:19 EST, you wrote: >OK, Ive installed Linux, and KPPP was working great. I could connect, and serf >the net, and get EMAIL. Now, all of a sudden, it wont go past Initalizing >modem during the connection? My device and everything is configured correctly, >so why doesnt it

[newbie] Atapi Floppy Support In Your Kernel

1999-03-07 Thread Lee Bennett
Hi Their, I have a LS120 Floppy drive and can't get Mandrake to mount the drive, but it appears to recognise it on boot up, someone said mount it in your Kernel with atapi floppy support. When I took a brief look their were around 100 Yes and No questions which I really did not understand, is th