Re: [newbie] Starting and stopping services.

On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 08:40:57PM -0500, Lloyd wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to use the './' in front of the names of the files because /etc/rc.d/init.d is not part of your PATH. (echo $PATH to see what it IS set to). You'll find the dot-slash comes in handy. The

Re: [newbie] virus

On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 08:07:04PM +0100, Lionel Siau wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you read it with a real operating system, you can laugh maniacally at the thought of all the Windows users who have just hosed their machine. Come on, doesn't anyone use Linux to

Re: [newbie] Newsgroup program

On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 12:28:20PM -0500, Lyndon Lininger Sr. wrote: Hi all. I've got my machine pretty much setup and running ok. I've been reading all the posts and they have helped me thru some of the difficulties. Thanks to everybody. I do have one question. I need a program that works

[newbie] modem troubles

I'm having problems using my modem in linux. I have a U.S. Robotics 56k Voice Win modem. Is there a chance linux incompatible with my modem? thanks, kyle

Re: [newbie] modem troubles

jon kyle pula wrote: I'm having problems using my modem in linux. I have a U.S. Robotics 56k Voice ***Win modem***. Is there a chance linux incompatible with my modem? thanks, kyle Yes. There is a great chace your modem is incompatible with Linux. 100% chance, actually. Sorry. No win

Re: more infoRe: [newbie] Xwoes and going grey :-)

And? Even before you startx, move your mouse around...do you get a square "pointer" moving about the screen? don't make me laugh, i'm supposed to be mad/upset right now g. seriously though. no i never ever did get one. i thought i would only see a mouse with X. uhm...no. gpm mouse

Re: [newbie] Netscape and kmail client

Jerry Dean wrote: Hello again: I followed your instructions below and same problem, so I rebooted windows went to my isp website and printed out configuration info, obtained the correct dns settings, rebooted linux, and setup up kppp correctly and I have the same problem. I get the

Re: [[newbie] modem troubles]

"jon kyle pula" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having problems using my modem in linux. I have a U.S. Robotics 56k Voice Win modem. Is there a chance linux incompatible with my modem? thanks, kyle "Win" modems are usually NOT compatible with Linux (or any other nonMS OS for that matter) :-(

Re: [[newbie] modem troubles]

Absolutely - unless the situations changed and someone has written some Linux drivers, the modem relies on Windows to take on some of the functionality of the modem. The answer to the question has therefore always been - no, it won't work - sorry it's so negative !!. Martin. -Original

Re: [newbie] booting error

On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Lukman Hakim wrote: After compiling 2.2.2 and running /sbin/lilo and booting there is an error messages looks like this : unable to mount root fs at and that makes my computer hang, what could possibly wrong on my linux ??? this is my hd configuration :

Re: more infoRe: [newbie] Xwoes and going grey :-)

On 9 Apr 99 at 16:00, Kuraiken wrote: uhm...no. gpm mouse services gives you mouse usage in console - for console based programs that use it. (this is a bit like the old mouse driver for DOS - remember them?) yep, oh those were the days ;-). still out to DOS i've decided i may just

Re: [newbie] Xwoes and going grey :-)

On 8 Apr 99 at 23:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here's the output of /proc/interrupts: 0: 1309076 timer 1: 3371keyboard 2: 0cascade 4:14 + serial 7: 0 plip1 8: 1 + rtc 13: 1 math error

[newbie] Sleeping Linux Box

Well, I tried turning off the Energy Saving mode on my monitor, but she still won't wake up this morning. I can telnet into her, I can FTP into her, tried turning the monitor off and back on again, and she's still comatose... Would I be better off turning off the screensaver just locking her

Re: [newbie] booting error

Aha, this is one I had trouble with last week. I suspect you're compiling a lot of your kernel as modules, and getting a kernel panic when it can't boot. Is that right? I don't think I compiled kernel with a lot of modules. You need to have the following things actually built into the

Re: [newbie] Rescue Disk problems

I have done this but still get the message: Cant open inital console at which point it just sits there !! I think I will have to reinstall - my own fault I suppose. Shay - Original Message - From: Nick Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 April 1999 16:05 Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] Sleeping Linux Box

Sorry, I don't know anything about power saving :-( Is there a way to reboot the linux machine by telnetting into it from my Win98 machine? Just use the normal command to turn off your linux box :-) as root '/sbin/shutdown -h now' and to become root : 'su' + root password - Rémi -