Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message

1999-03-12 Thread SciFyKid
In a message dated 3/11/99 8:50:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would have imagined that /dev would cause problems (a simple cp in /dev will quickly fill your destination directory... that /dev/zero file just never ends...) i ment in windows

[newbie] Updated KDE Apps.

1999-03-12 Thread Pankil Richards
Some of the KDE 1.1 apps listed (at the Mandrake site) as being shipped with Mandrake 5.3 are an older version of what is being shipped in the downloaded KDE 1.1 version. For instance, I have the downloaded version of KDE 1.1 which includes Korganizer at version 1.0. The one listed at the

Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message

1999-03-12 Thread Rémi LETOT
At 00:01 12/03/99 EST, you wrote: In a message dated 3/11/99 8:50:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would have imagined that /dev would cause problems (a simple cp in /dev will quickly fill your destination directory... that /dev/zero file just never ends...) i ment

Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message

1999-03-12 Thread Rémi LETOT
I don't mean to be rude or question whether this really works. I don't have extra space, else I'd try it myself. Can anyone confirm that this works?? No it won't work. You are perfecly right with the problems in dev and the boot sector. What you have to do is use the dd command to make a

Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message

1999-03-12 Thread Rémi LETOT
At 15:06 11/03/99 -0800, you wrote: A very good test to see if it's memory or bios-too-"optimized" related is to compile something big (a kernel for example) several times in a row. If your system succeeds to do so without any error, your system can be considered clean on that point and you

[newbie] Upgrade to KDE 1.1

1999-03-12 Thread SciFyKid
Hey people im trying to install KDE 1.1 from the RPM's off the KDE website i keep failing i finially did it after deleting some conflicting packages but now my menu's are almost empty! how do i upgrade to V.1.1 keeping all my libs and such and also install the 8 meg applications RPM with the

[newbie] Upgrade to KDE 1.1

1999-03-12 Thread SciFyKid
Hey people im trying to install KDE 1.1 from the RPM's off the KDE website i keep failing i finially did it after deleting some conflicting packages but now my menu's are almost empty! how do i upgrade to V.1.1 keeping all my libs and such and also install the 8 meg applications RPM with the

Re: [newbie] Updated KDE Apps.

1999-03-12 Thread Steve Philp
Pankil Richards wrote: Some of the KDE 1.1 apps listed (at the Mandrake site) as being shipped with Mandrake 5.3 are an older version of what is being shipped in the downloaded KDE 1.1 version. For instance, I have the downloaded version of KDE 1.1 which includes Korganizer at version 1.0.

Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message

1999-03-12 Thread Andre Baron
At 00:01 12/03/99 EST, you wrote: In a message dated 3/11/99 8:50:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would have imagined that /dev would cause problems (a simple cp in /dev will quickly fill your destination directory... that /dev/zero file just never ends...) i ment

Re: [newbie] Updated KDE Apps.

1999-03-12 Thread Pankil Richards
Steve Philp wrote: I've installed Mandrake 5.3 (the latest release), and have Korganizer 1.0. Sorry for making you repeat yourself, but did you do the install from the Mandrake CD or did you download Mandrake? On their FTP site the apps are listed as the most current ones, but in a section

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems...

1999-03-12 Thread Kuraiken
I have a official sound blaster 16 ISA card in my linux box. I am new to linux and don't exactly know how to get linux to initialize and recognize it. Any help in getting it working would be helpfull. Thankyou in advance...Later, :) G'day Bob Me again, from the command line

Re: [newbie] Updated KDE Apps.

1999-03-12 Thread Kuraiken
Pankil Richards wrote: Steve Philp wrote: I've installed Mandrake 5.3 (the latest release), and have Korganizer 1.0. Sorry for making you repeat yourself, but did you do the install from the Mandrake CD or did you download Mandrake? On their FTP site the apps are listed as the most

[newbie] Install modem in Mandrake

1999-03-12 Thread Jerry Dean
Could someone please help me install my modem. I just installed linux yesterday and everything seems to be jworking but my sound card and modem. I got the sound card figured out but can't find anywhere to configure my modem. Thanks -- Jerry Dean 5919 E.Pima St. Tucson, AZ 85712 520-296-7176

Re: [newbie] Updated KDE Apps.

1999-03-12 Thread Quinton Jones Jr
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 02:55:45 -0500, Pankil Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of the KDE 1.1 apps listed (at the Mandrake site) as being shipped with Mandrake 5.3 are an older version of what is being shipped in the downloaded KDE 1.1 version. For instance, I have the downloaded version

[newbie] Problem withthe azerty keyboard and KDM

1999-03-12 Thread Denis Bergeron
Hello ! I have installed the mandraque 5.3, I use KDM to log in. I use the french environnement with CF (normal qwerty) keyboard. But, in KDM, the keyboard is always a FR (azerty french keyboar) I think, I read all the doc to fin info about KDM... I just don't figure where to change that.

Re: [newbie] Install modem in Mandrake

1999-03-12 Thread Ken
If your modem is a winmodem it won't work. Is your modem on COM1, 2 or 3 or 4? Find out the comport and link it to /dev/modem by typing 'ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem. ttyS0=COM1, ttyS1=COM2 etc. the best way of testing is use kppp and select the proper comport (ttyS0 etc.) and trying to dial,

Re: [newbie] Command line path display?

1999-03-12 Thread Steve Philp
Lawrence Sayre wrote: My command line path only shows the directory I'm in, and not all of the directories below it. How can I set this for complete path information? To change it for all users: Edit /etc/profile, changing this line: PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

[newbie] video card status

1999-03-12 Thread Robert Weider
My system is a PII, 450 w/ 64 megs ram, I have a i740 video card installed. Using the outline in the readme files for the binary release of the driver, I updated the librarys for xf86config , tared and linked the file, installed the rpm of the i740 driver, configured the xf86config file as

Re: [newbie] apache perl quest with mandrake5.3

1999-03-12 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to get some things to work with the apache that came with mandrake5.3 I have installed the DBI I needed and other programes but here is my problem. This is what I am putting in my html page at the top my $r = #!/usr/bin/perl You might

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems...

1999-03-12 Thread Steve Philp
Kuraiken wrote: I have a official sound blaster 16 ISA card in my linux box. I am new to linux and don't exactly know how to get linux to initialize and recognize it. Any help in getting it working would be helpfull. Thankyou in advance...Later, :) G'day Bob Me

[newbie] apache perl quest with mandrake5.3

1999-03-12 Thread mandrake
Hi, I am trying to get some things to work with the apache that came with mandrake5.3 I have installed the DBI I needed and other programes but here is my problem. This is what I am putting in my html page at the top my $r = #!/usr/bin/perl Apache-request; print "HTTP/1.1 200 OK

[newbie] Kernel upgrade v2.2.3-1

1999-03-12 Thread Michael Doyle
G'day If I disappear of the the face of the earth, it failed, about to apply ;-)) -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://landofoz.apana.org.au