Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

1999-07-04 Thread William Schweder
get allt he updates - Original Message - From: Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: [newbie] I'm back. and with a few problems.. Hello everyone: I was a litle busy and didn't have time to read the messages on

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

1999-07-04 Thread Guillermo Belli
I installed every update (incuiding the new kernel) except netscape. El Sun, 04 Jul 1999, escribiste: get allt he updates - Original Message - From: Guillermo Belli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: [newbie] I'm back. and

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

1999-07-04 Thread Ben
I'm not sure if this applies to your system, but I use the XBF server for my i740 chipset, and it places the generated xf86config file in a different location than the original one. ( under /etc/ instead of /etc/X11/ --this is from memory, so I could be wrong ) It may be worth checking to see if

[newbie] RE; WordPerfect Printer Driver's

1999-07-04 Thread Daryl Sinclair
I have just installed Wordperfect 8. Seems quite nice, BUT useless to me unless I can find a print driver for my BJC-600 Canon. I see Corel is up to date on the drivers I have found on there web site. List the printer but only for an older version and a dos driver to boot. Anyone have any ideas

[newbie] Config Internal Modem

1999-07-04 Thread Lei Tie
Hi All,Could anyone kindly instruct me how i can config internalISA 56k modem card in order to access ISP with PPP. In windows, this modem is on COM2. But kppp always tells me the modem, which is theoretically onCOM2 also, is busy whenever i try to access it. I know for sure no application

Re: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0

1999-07-04 Thread Patrick Putteman
You will find a SBlive driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux The driver is for 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels but can be made to work using insmod -f sblive. Works flawlessly for me, bu... no midi yet :/ Just folow the manual installation procedure and use the 2.2.5 kernel module.

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

1999-07-04 Thread Guillermo Belli
Yes I have an i740 too, and use XBF for it. But there is just one XF86Config and is located in /etc/X11/ El Sab, 03 Jul 1999, escribiste: I'm not sure if this applies to your system, but I use the XBF server for my i740 chipset, and it places the generated xf86config file in a different

[newbie] Resolution, please help!

1999-07-04 Thread Fret
Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread John Aldrich
Go to Creative's website http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ and download the X-server for that video card. That should help things quite a bit. As for the monitor, you'll just have to play around with the settings good luck! - Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread Dennis Podein
Login as root , open Konsole , type in Xconfigurator , and try some different options . - Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:57 AM Subject: [newbie] Resolution Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread J Mann
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get

[newbie] Kppp DNS

1999-07-04 Thread Michael Rich
anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of time. Anyone know what I could check,

Re: [newbie] Modem Setup

1999-07-04 Thread jsm
Try : modemtool jsm Steve Winston wrote: i think you can with linux.conf. i didn't seem to have any trouble, but I have had other problesm --- James Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard that to setup your modem you have to go to Gnome. Could someone please tell me how to setup my

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

1999-07-04 Thread Ben
Try running xf86setup again. Near the end of the setup it will ask if it is ok to overwrite an existing setup file. Make a note of where the file is located. After using the XBF xf86setup I had to go in and manually setup my ttfonts path and set my default resolution. To set up ttfonts, add

[newbie] Linux license plate

1999-07-04 Thread ShaoK14
Does anyone know where to get those license plates that say: Linux Free or Die Thanks, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Need help on Minicom

1999-07-04 Thread Axalon
Verify nothing is infact useing the port "lsof /dev/ttySX" where X is the number, if nothing is remove the /var/lock/subsys/modem. try +++ in minicom this should return you to command mode enter ATH to hang up the modem. On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: It's sensing that DTR is "high"

Re: [newbie] Xwindows crash

1999-07-04 Thread Axalon
Rerunning Xconfigurator should have remedied this for you. On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Steve Winston wrote: Friday, I installed a new motherboard, and Venus seemed to accept that with no problems. But. When I tried to start my computer this a.m., it wouldn't boot into Xwindows. Instead, the

[newbie] mounting other drives

1999-07-04 Thread Yants
I just finished repartitioning my HD to accomodate both win98 and Mandrake. However, I need help mounting my floppy drive (A:) and my parallel zipdrive. And if I wanted to access files on my Win98 partition, how would I do that? I'd appreciate any help! Yants

[newbie] Temp monitor?

1999-07-04 Thread bob115
Does anyone know if there is a temp/cpu monitor that sits in the panel? I just did a motherboard swap and since it shows the temp in bios I thought it would be a nice addition to my desktop. -- Robert Sheskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 5788323 AIM RobertLS

Re: [newbie] mounting other drives

1999-07-04 Thread John Aldrich
Add a mount point in FSTAB for the Win98 partition with the filesystem type of "vfat." This will allow you to access the partition (primarily in read-only mode.) Basically, if you don't know how, you'll create a mount point (say /mnt/win98 or maybe /mnt/dos or just /win98) and use the existing

Re: [newbie] Temp monitor?

1999-07-04 Thread Irv
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know if there is a temp/cpu monitor that sits in the panel? I just did a motherboard swap and since it shows the temp in bios I thought it would be a nice addition to my desktop. There are several: look for them at http://www.freshmeat.net,

Re: [newbie] Kppp DNS

1999-07-04 Thread Mike Abney
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't. However I have had a few to resolve after an extended period of

Re: [newbie] Kppp DNS

1999-07-04 Thread Jose Alberto Abreu
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you translated thoughts to electrons: On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: anyone having problems with Kppp and DNS entries? It connects to my ISP fine, and I've manually entered my DNS IP address, but i still cannot resolve names, even the mandrake linux site won't.

[newbie] Games in this Linux distribution

1999-07-04 Thread Richard Salts
Other than the demo QuakeII that comes with the boxed version of Linux, is it possible to play very many games on this OS? If not, then would using a virtual machine software like wmware enable a Mandrake Linux user to play MS-Windows based games? Richard

Re: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution

1999-07-04 Thread Richard Salts
How about games that don't require Direct X, like the Quake games, etc.? Richard At 10:51 AM 7/5/99 +0800, you wrote: nope, vmware does not support direct X :( Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/05/99 09:14:19 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:

RE: [newbie] Games in this Linux distribution

1999-07-04 Thread Michael Rich
hey, that snake game that installs with KDE kina rulez. Since we have it, why would we need Quake! :) hehe I believe the Quake3 Test runs on Linux now right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999

RE: [newbie] mounting other drives

1999-07-04 Thread Michael Rich
Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting other drives To see what's on the windows partition

Re: [newbie] lynx

1999-07-04 Thread Mike Julien
Duh.. Thanks Wilhelm Bertalan wrote: You need to have a "tmp" dir in your home dir, then everything is ok. willy Mike Julien wrote: Does anybody know how to fix this? When in console mode.. I give the command "lynx" and the response that I get is .. "metmail: cannot open

RE: [newbie] mounting other drives

1999-07-04 Thread Axalon
Yes it includes the ntfs module On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Rich wrote: Does Mandrake 6.0 support mounting NTFS paritions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K-LineD Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]