[newbie] desktop choice

1999-05-31 Thread SunLord, William Schweder
How do i get this screen to come up?? http://www.linux-mandrake.com/images/kdm.jpg cuase i can't figure it out is this something to do wiht having x start at boot?

Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Obrag Aterg
I have tried, and ping returns a message saying it can't find the host (eg. www.netscape.com). The thing is, my ISP don't have a given DNS: what now? cheers - Original Message - From: Putteman Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Netscape's preference hi, This seems to

Re: [newbie] my caitoo don't work with numeric Ip (and kfm too)

1999-05-31 Thread Kuraiken
Roberto Angelo wrote: Hi PING www.linux-mandrake.com (216.71.116.161): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 216.71.116.161: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=869.2 ms 64 bytes from 216.71.116.161: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=759.9 ms 64 bytes from 216.71.116.161: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=829.9 ms

Re: [newbie] TNT2 and Venus

1999-05-31 Thread Steve Philp
And which mail software did you use to reply and keep the gif and html??? :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] installing netscape 4.51

1999-05-31 Thread Hidong Kim
Hi, When I try to install the netscape 4.51 rpms, I get an error saying: failed dependencies: libNoVersion.so.1 is needed by netscape-common-4.51-3 Where I can I get libNoVersion.so.1? Thanks, Hidong

RE: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Birchall, Richard wrote: The ppp daemon used by Linux does not support this IPCP extension, so you have to enter the DNS servers manually. The ppp daemon used by Linux *does* support this IPCP extension. The parameter is "usepeerdns". LLaP bero

RE: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Birchall, Richard
Obrag Aterg [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: My ISP does not give the DNS. ... ping'ing http://www.netscape.com produced the message Unknown host www.netscape.com SO what am I suppose to do now? A smart-ass response would be to "get a new ISP". However...try using the DNS server of another ISP in

Re: [newbie] desktop choice

1999-05-31 Thread Paul Badjin
Hi Schweder, Monday, May 31, 1999, 7:44:38 PM, you wrote: SWS How do i get this screen to come up?? SWS http://www.linux-mandrake.com/images/kdm.jpg cuase i can't figure it out is SWS this something to do wiht having x start at boot? It's easy, you must run kdm manger in your rc.local file,

RE: [newbie] establishing a ppp connection

1999-05-31 Thread Birchall, Richard
s3x [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: i seemed to have my modem (isdn bri t/a external) configured properly under kppp and the account info is correct but it never finishes logging in. when i watch the log window all i get is garbage characters. i've tried every setting i saw ( CHAP, PAP, Script and

Re: [newbie] TNT2 and Venus

1999-05-31 Thread Martin Cleaver
I've got a Guillemot MAxi Xentor Video card (Nividia TNT2) and I'd like to install Venus. I've heard that it should be possible to use the TNT(1) driver as a TNT2 driver for X11. And which Linux mailer softwrae made it possible for you to immitate Outlook Express so well: Rgds

Re: [newbie] Swap

1999-05-31 Thread Gilbert Espinosa
Add a new swap partition so that you have 2 swaps instead of one. Gilbert -Original Message- From: JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 2:29 AM Subject: [newbie] Swap I have a humnm I think 60M of swap partition. I did this

Re: [newbie] gcc not found by configure

1999-05-31 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Kuraiken wrote: I thought the -devel series meant you want it if you want to further develop _that_ lib...and that the normal lib is what you want to use if you simply develop _other_ software...doh! The devel packages are for developing (or simply recompiling) stuff that

[newbie] No Delete key in Netscape 4.51

1999-05-31 Thread Jeanette Russo
Anyone else having this problem or know the fix? Jeanette

Re: [newbie] Swap

1999-05-31 Thread Brian Erikson
JM, You are right. You need at least DOS or a DOS boot floppy to run PM. Brian JM wrote: I don't think PM from PowerQuest works on linux. I have linux on my drive. I don't have anything that resembles windows. I know there is a command while in root. I remember reading it about it. I

[newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

1999-05-31 Thread Hidong Kim
Hi, I've suddenly lost the internet connection on my linux machines. I have a network of three Linux machines, one of which is the gateway. Everything was fine this morning, but now, I can't access any machines outside of the lan. I connect to the internet by dialing up my isp. I've tried

Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Obrag Aterg
Thanks for looking up, but I'm actually with another ISP: Post1 is only my mail-redirecter. Anyway, after looking up winipcfg for the DNS, my connection is now working great! cheers, - Original Message - From: Ron Marriage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Obrag Aterg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

[newbie] 'Broken' MAN pages

1999-05-31 Thread Obrag Aterg
Here's another problem I have since upgrading to MDK6.. The MANpages are all screwy when viewed using XMAN, and in KDE HElp they don't appear at all (after clicking on content). In the case of XMAN, console shows that XMAN tries to do geqn and gets in return a lot of 'illegal input

[newbie] kppp connection hangs at logon

1999-05-31 Thread s3x
ok, youv'e helped me immensly in the past and i hope you can do the same thing on this one. first off the reason i do not leave a descriptive enough question with info is because i'm busy porting myself over from microsoft(along with trying to get their certification for work related reasons) and

Re: [newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

1999-05-31 Thread Hidong Kim
Hi, James, Thanks for the reply. Here's what my /etc/services looks like: # # services This file describes the various services that are # available from the TCP/IP subsystem. It should be # consulted instead of using the numbers in the ARPA #

Re: [newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

1999-05-31 Thread Steve Philp
Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I've suddenly lost the internet connection on my linux machines. I have a network of three Linux machines, one of which is the gateway. Everything was fine this morning, but now, I can't access any machines outside of the lan. I connect to the internet by dialing

Re: [newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

1999-05-31 Thread Steve Philp
"James J. Capone" wrote: Did you check your services it /etc/services and make sure you did not on accident block the 8080 port. or even a DNS port. I had this problem also. I on accident commented out the 8080 port and was not able to reach a internet page at all. I am not sure if

RE: [newbie] suddenly lost internet connection

1999-05-31 Thread James J. Capone
I am not able connect to any FTP sites because I have the FTP port commented out in the /etc/services file. If I uncomment it I can connect. I do not know if it is the same for HTTPD Thanks. James J. Capone === Webmaster http://linuxuser.8m.com Asst. Webmaster

[newbie] kppp connects finally!!!but...

1999-05-31 Thread s3x
i've finally got kppp to connect to my isp but after the connection is made i try to ping and the terminal window hangs. i open up netscape and it can't find anyplace. i try to change the mail account from within netscape but that window hangs netscape. i endup having to disconnect. anyone have

Re: [newbie] kppp connects finally!!!but...

1999-05-31 Thread Hidong Kim
s3x wrote: i've finally got kppp to connect to my isp but after the connection is made i try to ping and the terminal window hangs. i open up netscape and it can't find anyplace. i try to change the mail account from within netscape but that window hangs netscape. i endup having to

[newbie] configuring Xfree86

1999-05-31 Thread eahenryii
I've spent many an hour now trying to configure the Xfree86 that came with my Mandrake package, and the error message of choice seems to be: Fatal server error: No valid modes found. I attempted to reconfigure the xf86config file by making sure that all of the modes reflected the basic

Re: [newbie] no printer detected

1999-05-31 Thread Rhichard Barth Family
Yes !! thats what I ment too..I'm using the 550 driverswith HP890cxi and so far it's working. Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Sat, 29 May 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: > Upon booting into 2.2.9 with the boot option > 'append = "parport=0x378,5"' in lilo.conf, no printer is detected by

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Kuraiken
Putteman Patrick wrote: your partitionning seems a bit strange to me. Try this: make 4 partitions: / 1000M /usr 100M swap 1000M /var 350 1 gig of Swap?! Isn't that a bit excessive? /usr 1000M swap 100M sounds better IMHO... don't realy see why you have a /usr and an

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Greg Gray wrote: Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from first), burned another CD. Booted from new CD, removed all partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr, 350M /var, 200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I'm

Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Obrag Aterg
My ISP does not give the DNS. In Win98's TCP/IP setting, for example, IP address and nameserver addresses are set to "Server Assigned" in order to connect to my ISP. Ping'ing the 204.71.200.75 address produced results, but ping'ing http://www.netscape.com produced the message Unknown host

Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Dan Brown
Obrag Aterg wrote: My ISP does not give the DNS. If they refuse to give out that information, I'd look for another ISP, if feasible. In any case, though, you can do as Richard suggested, and run winipcfg. When set to your PPP adapter and connected to the internet, it will show you

[newbie] establishing a ppp connection

1999-05-31 Thread s3x
i seemed to have my modem (isdn bri t/a external) configured properly under kppp and the account info is correct but it never finishes logging in. when i watch the log window all i get is garbage characters. i've tried every setting i saw ( CHAP, PAP, Script and Terminal) to no avail. i've

RE: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Birchall, Richard
Obrag Aterg [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: The thing is, my ISP don't have a given DNS: what now? Your ISP *does* use a DNS server, but they probably don't normally have to tell their typical Windows-based user about it. The DNS server address can be automatically passed to the client TCP/IP stack

[newbie] EFS File support in windoze

1999-05-31 Thread Andre Baron
I know that there was an address posted a little while ago for a until that would let me read my efs disk under windoze, but I can't seem to find it in my archive, can some one repost that for me? Andre

RE: [newbie] Lilo Reinstall

1999-05-31 Thread Putteman Patrick
hi, What exactly does your lilo.conf contain? if you entered /dev/hda/ as root partition, it will not work and lilo will tell you it can't find the directory, cause that is what /dev/hda/ stands for. Correct your lilo.conf root entry to /dev/hda and it should be ok ;o) Hope this helps Patrick

Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference

1999-05-31 Thread Steve Philp
Dan Brown wrote: Obrag Aterg wrote: I have tried, and ping returns a message saying it can't find the host (eg. www.netscape.com). The thing is, my ISP don't have a given DNS: what now? That's most likely the problem. Try pinging 204.71.200.75 (yahoo.com) to see if that