Re: [newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Houghton
The xterm color and color xterm commands work OK (seem to do the same thing), and I found I could get colour with my spartan program when I forced the X-server to deliver 16 bit colour. However I'm still getting the aforementioned error about fonts, (see below, the remote computer is bohr): bohr

Re: [newbie] Resume Downloads

1999-03-23 Thread Steve Philp
Don Bonomini wrote: Hey everyone, i was wondering if there were any Download Resume utillities for Unix/Linux! I know for Windows theres getright ad go!zilla, among many others, so theres gotta be one for unix right? Please, if anyone know where to get one, lemme know. Thanks! You can give

Re: [newbie] KDE

1999-03-23 Thread Bob Bonifield
Yes, I have had this problem is settings as well. Your problem is in that your desktop display is only set to 640x480...KDE needs atleast 1024x768 to be able to view the full screen properly. Don't worry, it's not gonna be too small of text :). Now, I'm sorry to say...I don't know exactly how

Re: [newbie] X11Amp Problem(s)....

1999-03-23 Thread Shane
Adam I have just picked up a copy of Mandrake..can you help me install.. - Original Message - From: Adam Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:46 AM Subject: [newbie] X11Amp Problem(s) Does anyone use X11Amp to play MP3 Files? I have it on

[newbie] Your comments please: alt.os.linux.mandrake?

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Berger
Hi! Well I don't know about you but I think this mailing list is getting somewhat crowded. Therefore I wrote a proposal for news:alt.config to suggest a new newsgroup named "alt.os.linux.mandrake". I will post this proposal to news:alt.config if you think such a newsgroup would be a good idea.

Re: [newbie] Ready to Start: (booting)

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Berger
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Remi..i too am a newbietrying to install Linux...I bought it off e-bay and had no manual with it...my question is how do I set my cd rom drivers for use under dos to do an install??? I am using sytem commander. [snip]

Re: [newbie] KDE

1999-03-23 Thread jowilker
I have installed 5.3 with both choices for the moniter., the lowest and the highest. The same results. I can't get rid of the Gimp installation, it comes up on the next startup. John Kuraiken wrote: Bob Bonifield wrote: Yes, I have had this problem is settings as well. Your problem

Re: [newbie] Resume Downloads

1999-03-23 Thread Bob Tito
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, you wrote: Hey everyone, i was wondering if there were any Download Resume utillities for Unix/Linux! I know for Windows theres getright ad go!zilla, among many others, so theres gotta be one for unix right? Please, if anyone know where to get one, lemme know. Thanks!

Re: [newbie] Kppp problems.

1999-03-23 Thread Rick Keefer
Nick, Had the same problem here and fixed it by the following: 1. Change PAP to Script.. 2. Make a Script with only the following: Expect ogin: # notice no L in login # Sendyour_login_name

Re: [newbie] X11Amp Problem(s)....

1999-03-23 Thread Adam Wright
My CPU speed is a little ole 486 DX2/66. I have a feeling that this might be the problem. I am not really sure about what you told me to try. Should that be typed in exactly like that at the command line? Adam -Original Message- From:

Re: [newbie] Ready to Start:

1999-03-23 Thread jowilker
Guys set your bios to cdrom- c: boot, put the Mandrake cd in. make sure that you know which HD is which. Let fdisk id the two drives and hit the spacebar for the one that you are going to use, use the command to erase the partitions. I then rebooted the machine and when the failure - skip drive

[newbie] kernel-2.2.3-4 trouble

1999-03-23 Thread The Phenom
Hello to all, bare with me I am new to the list. I have recently installed Festen 5.3 and have installed it with no problem. I downloaded the kernel updates from the main ftp site in rpm form. All of them install until I get to the "kernel-headers" rpm and it will not install. The odd thing

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.2.3-4 trouble

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Berger
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hello to all, bare with me I am new to the list. I have recently installed Festen 5.3 and have installed it with no problem. I downloaded the kernel updates from the main ftp site in rpm form. All of them install until I

Re: [newbie] KDE

1999-03-23 Thread jowilker
Thanks man, none of that stuff worked. I had to ust the kpm command and kill all gimps on that page. I don't know if I'll ever need that program or not, but now it's gone off the desktop. Kuraiken wrote: jowilker wrote: I have installed 5.3 with both choices for the moniter., the lowest

Re: [newbie] Steven ????

1999-03-23 Thread G_REEPER
I often wonder the same thing about him . Guess we are just luckly he checks his mail. On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, you wrote: Do you ever sleep. I noticed you are the answer man. Just wondering if you sleep at all. Thanks James Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Stable Version 1.01

Re: [newbie] Your comments... (Scarlett)

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Berger
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi Scarlett (no, no cheap puns :)) Hi, Tom, I think it's a great idea. My inbox is getting somewhat unmanageable, Hm. If you would use Kmail instead of Outlook Express there would be an easy way to avoid this... ;-) Just

RE: [newbie] Your comments please: alt.os.linux.mandrake?

1999-03-23 Thread Steve Miller
Scarlett, Take a look at this web site www.dejanews.com . It contains thousands of forums newsgroups searchable by keyword. Just make sure you have a somewhat decent connection, I do not think that I would try it at 28.8 or below. BTW the newsgroup sounds great. I have yet to install

Re: [newbie] Multi-OS system...

1999-03-23 Thread Bob Bonifield
No, my Linux Drive is set as Primary master, then my Windows drive is set as Primary Slave. My CD-Rom drive is therefor set as Secondary Master. Tell me if you need anything else. At 04:38 PM 3/23/99 -0600, you wrote: Just one question which ide port is the Linux drive on , I take it by what

Re: [newbie] Multi-OS system...

1999-03-23 Thread Bob Bonifield
Tom, thanks a bunch man. I added those lines and it worked fine. Yet again, thanks! At 03:08 PM 3/23/99 +0100, you wrote: Hi Bob, try this: add following lines to the Windows section of your /etc/lilo.conf: map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 Run

Re: [newbie] Your comments... (REEPER)

1999-03-23 Thread Andre Baron
On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, you wrote: [snip] Agree that or a IRc room . Hi! Why not both? IMO IRC alone wouldn't be that good: there are people here that actually pay for *every* minute they are connected (yep, me too :( tom

Re: [newbie] KDE

1999-03-23 Thread Ray Wingler
Iam replying to you directly regarding the Gimp problem you were having because I don't know whether anyone adressed the problem or not. I had the same problem, ie: Gimp would appear to be doing setup and then it would vanish. When I ran it from the command line(terminal window:gimp)I got an

Re: [newbie] Not another Kernel????!!!!!!!

1999-03-23 Thread William Schweder
heheh 2.2.4 is out now -Original Message- From: Michael Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Not another Kernel!!! G'day HeeHeeHeeHee, the bleeding edge :-))) On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, you

Re: [newbie] Your comments... (Scarlett)

1999-03-23 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Berger wrote: On Die, 23 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Die, 23 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Hi Scarlett (no, no cheap puns :)) Hi, Tom, I think it's a great idea. My inbox is getting somewhat unmanageable, Hm. If you would use Kmail instead of Outlook Express there would be an easy