Jeanette Russo wrote:
I was thinking this was a linux list, sorry
Jeanette
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From: Hugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 8:28 PM
Subject: [newbie] can someone tell me?
Hi all,
I was wondering if we had a list for
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
What's the Lothar project
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/lothar
LLaP
bero
Since a couple of people asked for it, I've put up a generic spec file for
autoconfed applications on
ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/bero/generic.spec
For most stuff, filling in the empty fields should be enough to create a
working RPM.
LLaP
bero
Paul Benjamin wrote:
Thanks for the hint. I don't have a turbo switch but by setting the
PIO mode for the IDE channels in the BIOS setup screen I was able to
boot. Now I am experimenting on how high I can set the PIO mode. So
far I am up to PIO mode 3 no DMA for the hard drives PIO 0 no
Hi All,
Sorry my mail is a little long. Please be advised of that.
I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows
environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed
or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being developed
by hackers throughout
I am not the first to ask the question, but hope to be the first to get an
answer...
Where can I find disk druid? I want to use it to partition a second hard
disk in my machine which has mandrake Linux already installed. fdisk is in
the /sbin directory, but where do I find disk druid?
Rgds
Hi
Aaron,
It is
not set up as a bridge, I heard from someone else the US West used to do that.
Under windows the only settings are obtain IP address automatically and use DHCP
for wins resolution.
On the
bridge they have you set. (off the top of my head and probably not
exact)
set
Sorry if this is an old question, but how do you get normal users appart
from root to be able to run pppd???
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Bernardo Rodrigues wrote:
Linux.
My answer to that was that he could either install Staroffice or
WordPerfect in his home machine so that he could port the job. But
that was all said in theory, since I do not have either of the two
tools in my machine to prove a
Hi,
I know I'm probably not the first one to ask about this, but I can't find
the answer anywhere.
I've tried to compile some KDE apps on my Mdk6 box, but they won't. The
configure scripts say I haven't got libjpeg6b, or that I haven't installed
KDE-Support. What to do? Where can I find an
Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run
linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this?
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Martin Cleaver wrote:
I am not the first to ask the question, but hope to be the first to get an
answer...
Where can I find disk druid? I want to use it to partition a second hard
disk in my machine which has mandrake Linux already installed. fdisk is in
the /sbin
Does anyone know of a good resource with step-by-step instructions for
setting up IP masquerading on a Linux box. The HOW-TO details how to set up
a proxy server and we don't need a proxy server. Principally, we just need
network address translation so we can share a DSL connection with our
Has anyone been able to us the UFS file system to accesss
CDs? Adaptec's cdwriter 95 driver can leave its cd's in a UFS format.
I was wondering the UFS support in linux is able to read those
cds. If so, is there a mechanism of setting the automount for
the cd to recognize if it is in the iso
Fotios Moumoulidis wrote:
Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run
linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this?
I had the same problem ( I have a laptop ) The cure was to remove the modem
during boot up... Dont know if
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, you wrote:
Hi All,
Sorry my mail is a little long. Please be advised of that.
I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows
environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed
or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being
Hi, Sanford,
Try http://jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/. .
I haven't used the document myself for IP Masquerading setup. But a
quick look at the document tells me that it is possibly a good
starting point.
Hope this helps.
Bernardo
I have a working two computer network with file, print, and internet sharing in
Windows. I would like to have the same thing in Linux, but I know almost nothing about
networking in Linux. Both computers have 2 NIC cards. My internal IP is
192.168.244.132 and the other computer has an IP of
I just finished installing MDK6.0 on my system and then proceeded to install
StarOffice5.1. I then took a Word97 doc from my windoze machine, copied it
to a floppy and opened it up in StarOffice. With the exception of having to
adjust some minor formatting issues, I was pleased with the
I don't know if this will help..but while in console mode mode you can reconfigure
the mouse anytime with the command "mouseconfig"what kind of mouse are you
using...if it's 3 button mouse don't activate the "emulate 3 buttons"
thingy..cuase that's only for two button mouses (or is that mice
Hi, Don
I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in
which you admit to have successfully installed the aforasaid software.
Can you please provide me with a step-by-step guide of what you've
for that installation to be successfull. I've got Mandrake6.0 and it
keeps
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Hugh wrote:
Fotios Moumoulidis wrote:
Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run
linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this?
I had the same problem ( I have a laptop ) The cure was to remove the
"W. Sanford May" wrote:
Does anyone know of a good resource with step-by-step instructions for
setting up IP masquerading on a Linux box. The HOW-TO details how to set up
http://members.home.net/ipmasq/ Has all the info you're looking for.
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have installed linux several times. This procedure always works.
1. Edit /etc/smb.conf and change the following
MAKE SURE that the line "workgroup = MYGROUP' is CHANGED to be
"workgroup = (what ever you have in windows under workgroup in
settings-control panel-network-identification"
2.
with the exception of star office's messed up bulleted lists (graphics have
wierd off-white background) the .doc export works perfectly in my experience -
I've used it extensively for business. So does it's rtf export. wordperfect's
rtf is gibbled though, although I think it always has been in
just download version 5.1 from the staroffice website and install it - and
ignore the warnings about missing libraries (keep installing).
Don
On Fri, 25 Jun
1999, you wrote: Hi, Don
I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in
which you admit to have
Ok. Now what drivers do I use for my ethernet card? The autoprobe in the installation
said it was a tulip card. I don't know what that is, but my card is an NDC 10/100 PCI
card. After I went into Linux it seemed fine until every 10 seconds it kept popping up
messages in the console saying
Bernardo Rodrigues wrote:
Hi, Don
I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in
which you admit to have successfully installed the aforasaid software.
Can you please provide me with a step-by-step guide of what you've
for that installation to be successfull. I've got
Your card use's the tulip driver.
Go into netcfg and enter your machines IP address and the DNS.
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:20:03 -0700, Jason Riesa wrote:
Ok. Now what drivers do I use for my ethernet card? The autoprobe in the installation
said it was a tulip card. I
don't know what that is,
Linux Mandrake 6.0 is said to be optimized for Pentium-type processors.
This means that it was compiled using pgcc instead of gcc, correct? So if I
wanted to compile a custom kernel (i.e. include NTFS support) I'm guessing
that I should use pgcc instead of gcc, to keep the optimizations.
also, if he's desperate to run windows apps, try downloading and installing
the free trial version of vmware (www.download.com's linux area) - it let's
you install windows 3.1, 95, 98,. NT and DOS on your linux box that run in
windows within your linux environmentthe best of both worlds
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Steve Winston wrote:
Concerning StarOffice and its humongous download time (I don't have
ISDN or anything like that):Is there a downloader of some kind that
allows resumption of a download after it has been interrupted?
Something that resumes at the point where the
Don,
I tried that and ended back at the prompt without it installing. Any
other
ideas?
Brian
Don Kelley wrote:
just download version 5.1 from the staroffice website and install it - and
ignore the warnings about missing libraries (keep installing).
Don
On Fri, 25 Jun
I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows
environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed
or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being developed
by hackers throughout the world and it does not have a certified
authentication, it
Excellently put, and I too am a linux lover. The OS is and will always be a
means to an end. A tool, what.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael R.
Batchelor
Sent: 25 June 1999 19:53
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie]
[this thread is almost a month old, but I noticed it and would be
interested to hear if someone has a method that works (personal
experience.]
I wished that worked, but it didn't when I just tried it. I went and
commented out every one of the "Virtual screen" lines in my XF85Config,
and there
I recently got Linux-Mandrake from cheapbytes, and tried to install
it..actually,
tried about three times. :)
With the Linux for Windows attempt, when the OS tries to load, I get the
following
error at the end of allt he bootup text:
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel panic: VFS:
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