Re: [newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Houghton wrote: > > Dear Steve, thanks for your rapid reply. Spartan is a program I run on the > remote machine. Is the xterm-color package from Mandrake something you have > to install separately from the main Mandrake installation (I installed 5.3 > and told it to install every option), and

Re: [newbie] Auto KDE Start...

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
Bob Bonifield wrote: > > Is there anyway to get around the Linux login screen. You know where you > enter your login name and password. I have heard of people getting this to > work correctly, I just don't have the slightest clue how? Thanks in advance. You could boot into single user mode.

Re: [newbie] LILO

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i lost my custom boot disk! > > can i get into it any other way? win 95 got rid of LILO Boot with the CD or install disk, and start answering questions to start the installation. After each question, check on Alt-F2 to see if there's a '#' prompt. When one finally

Re: [newbie] modem problems

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
> "Paul (pablo) Robbins" wrote: > > I have installed linux-mandrake 5.3 on a 6x86 Cyrix 120. The problem > is I can't get linux to recognise my modem - rockwell PCI speakerphone > 'internal'. In windows it is COM 4 as I have a mobile phone modem > "nokia data suite" on COM 2 & 3. > It's IRQ is 10

[newbie] modem problems

1999-03-22 Thread Paul (pablo) Robbins
I have installed linux-mandrake 5.3 on a 6x86 Cyrix 120. The problem is I can't get linux to recognise my modem - rockwell PCI speakerphone 'internal'. In windows it is COM 4 as I have a mobile phone modem "nokia data suite" on COM 2 & 3. It's IRQ is 10 and linux doesn't know what it is. Ho

Re: [newbie] LILO

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Houghton
You could make out you want yo upgrade your Linux by using your boot.img disk to boot, presumably there's nothing to upgrade so you'll be through the process very quickly then tell it you want a boot disk made and that you want it to set LILO. Shouldn't take long at all. Tom

Re: [newbie] commands

1999-03-22 Thread E. Cook
Here you go tom, try these out. http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/Linux_commands.htm - Original Message - From: Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 09:44 Subject: Re: [newbie] commands > On Mon, 22 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 22 Mär 1999

Re: [newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Houghton
Dear Steve, thanks for your rapid reply. Spartan is a program I run on the remote machine. Is the xterm-color package from Mandrake something you have to install separately from the main Mandrake installation (I installed 5.3 and told it to install every option), and if so where do I get it or whe

[newbie] LILO

1999-03-22 Thread SciFyKid
i lost my custom boot disk! can i get into it any other way? win 95 got rid of LILO

Re: [newbie] Ctrl-Alt-Del disable

1999-03-22 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
> > go into your /etc/inittab file (this is the file that defines runlevels) - > and find the line that looks like: > > ca:ctrlaltdelete:/sbin/shutdown -r now Thanks for the pointer. I doubt logout is a good idea, because you're not always in a situation where a shell is running. What I did

Re: [newbie] Auto KDE Start...

1999-03-22 Thread Bob Bonifield
Is there anyway to get around the Linux login screen. You know where you enter your login name and password. I have heard of people getting this to work correctly, I just don't have the slightest clue how? Thanks in advance. At 03:02 AM 3/22/99 -0500, you wrote: > >You could try putting 'start

Re: [newbie] Auto KDE Start...

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Berger
On Mon, 22 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 22 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: > Hey everybody, I am currently working on a mp3 car sterio system for my > car. The first vital thing I was wondering about is if there was a way for > linux to auto logon as root for instance and go into x-windows...or in my >

RE: [newbie] Ctrl-Alt-Del disable

1999-03-22 Thread Bill Moshier
Although I haven't tried it, you might just comment out the ctrl-alt-del action in the inittab file (/etc/inittab). Bill > -Original Message- > From: Michael R. Batchelor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 9:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Ctrl-Al

Re: [newbie] commands (again)

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Berger
On Mon, 22 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 22 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: > Is there a good book or website that has a list of linux commands to help me > get started using linux. I am familiar with windows and dos but only been > with linux for about a week. > > > The Bushman > Always Learning Doh

Re: [newbie] Ctrl-Alt-Del disable

1999-03-22 Thread Paul A. Bernicchi
Hi Michael,   I'm by no means a Linux guru; however, I think you'll find that the following solution will work for you:   go into your /etc/inittab file (this is the file that defines runlevels) - and find the line that looks like:   ca:ctrlaltdelete:/sbin/shutdown -r now   this line essential

Re: [newbie] commands

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Berger
On Mon, 22 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Mon, 22 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: > Is there a good book or website that has a list of linux commands to help me > get started using linux. I am familiar with windows and dos but only been > with linux for about a week. > > > The Bushman > Always Learning The

Re: [newbie] probs floppy booting

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
Jan-Maarten Geertman wrote: > > Hi, > > For some reason I am not able to boot LinMand from floppy disks. > It works when booting form CD-Rom on a different computer (PII-366-64MB), > but it is not possible to boot from CD-ROM from this computer (P100-96MB). > I made boot floppies etc. But the on

[newbie] manual

1999-03-22 Thread Carlo
Where can I download a file with a list of linux commands? Is there an italian version? thank you

Re: [newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Houghton wrote: > > I really would like to know how to get a real colour xterm with kde. I need > to use a colour xterm when telnetting a very powerful computer so I can > manipulate my molecular mechanics calculations. The terminal emulation does > not work properly, I get no colour. The exa

[newbie] Ctrl-Alt-Del disable

1999-03-22 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
Not exactly a Mandrake specific question, but there's lots of good advice here. We've just moved one of our servers from WinNT to Mandrake 5.3 this weekend. No problems with desktop's etc., since the machine is basically just a big file and print server. However, what we've discovered is that *

Re: [newbie] commands

1999-03-22 Thread Kuraiken
> Is there a good book or website that has a list of linux commands to help me > get started using linux. I am familiar with windows and dos but only been > with linux for about a week. > > The Bushman > Always Learning Welcome Bushman! Don't worry, many of us here are newbies too. You'll find o

[newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-22 Thread Tom Houghton
I really would like to know how to get a real colour xterm with kde. I need to use a colour xterm when telnetting a very powerful computer so I can manipulate my molecular mechanics calculations. The terminal emulation does not work properly, I get no colour. The exact error messages, when I try t

[newbie] probs floppy booting

1999-03-22 Thread Jan-Maarten Geertman
Hi, For some reason I am not able to boot LinMand from floppy disks. It works when booting form CD-Rom on a different computer (PII-366-64MB), but it is not possible to boot from CD-ROM from this computer (P100-96MB). I made boot floppies etc. But the only thing I get is the menu, in which I ca

Re: [newbie] commands

1999-03-22 Thread The Phenom
Here is a handy little site I picked up a while back: http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/Linux_commands.htm Hope it helps! On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, The Bushman wrote: > Is there a good book or website that has a list of linux commands to help me > get started using linux. I am familiar with windows and

[newbie] How to avoid Templates and Startup icons on the desktop ?

1999-03-22 Thread Philippe BOURDEU d'AGUERRE
I use kfm and I want to suppress Templates and Startup icons on my desktop. I tried to delete them, to modify file $KDEDIR/share/config/desktop but they are always back each time I login :=( -- Philippe BdA

[newbie] commands

1999-03-22 Thread The Bushman
Is there a good book or website that has a list of linux commands to help me get started using linux. I am familiar with windows and dos but only been with linux for about a week. The Bushman Always Learning

Re: [newbie] Auto KDE Start...

1999-03-22 Thread Steve Philp
Bob Bonifield wrote: > > Hey everybody, I am currently working on a mp3 car sterio system for my > car. The first vital thing I was wondering about is if there was a way for > linux to auto logon as root for instance and go into x-windows...or in my > case, KDE. I know there has got to be a way

Re: [newbie] Shuttle Parellel Port SCSI

1999-03-22 Thread Andre Baron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have a Shuttle SCSI Adapter that hooks up to my printer port and it > control's my new CDR drive > > is there a way to make it work? Parrellel to SCSI for burning? Really... I don't know how to work but I wouldn't try it, I doubt the parrallel port will even provide

[newbie] Auto KDE Start...

1999-03-22 Thread Bob Bonifield
Hey everybody, I am currently working on a mp3 car sterio system for my car. The first vital thing I was wondering about is if there was a way for linux to auto logon as root for instance and go into x-windows...or in my case, KDE. I know there has got to be a way to do it, I'm just oblivious to