Re: [newbie] WINE

1999-07-11 Thread Suryo Mataram
Here : Not sure what that last bit means- I didn't think there was a working driver for reading ext2fs drives from windows, or that you could install Linux on a FAT partition (apart from a UMSDOS install). I can tell you that by the default install of Mandrake, the floppy path is

Re: [newbie] I want off please.

1999-07-11 Thread Gerry Doyon
Visit the Mandrake web site and loacte the link. Flight16 wrote: Um.. how do you get off this list?

Re: [newbie] WINE

1999-07-11 Thread Steve Winston
Hy, thanks for your reply. I have Wine 990518-3mdk that comes with Mandrake 6.0. I am confused by the wine.conf that comes with it, using mandrake entries. Thanks again, Steve W --- Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mandrake 5.x or 6, and which version of WINE? /usr/bin/wine "C:\program

Re: [newbie] WINE

1999-07-11 Thread Steve Winston
Hy, thanks for replying, well, I will just keep poking at it until it works. adios, STeve W. --- Suryo Mataram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here : Not sure what that last bit means- I didn't think there was a working driver for reading ext2fs drives from windows, or that you could install

Re: [newbie] I want off please.

1999-07-11 Thread Axalon
He should be long gone by now fellas On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Gerry Doyon wrote: Visit the Mandrake web site and loacte the link. Flight16 wrote: Um.. how do you get off this list?

Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-11 Thread John Aldrich
Are you editing the file as "root"? If not, that's a "system file" and only "root" can edit it. - Original Message - From: Rhichard Barth Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed Axalon wrote:

Re: [newbie] Login incorrect without a password prompt....

1999-07-11 Thread Adrian Grigorof
Problem solved. I have reinstalled with "Check for Bad Blocks" so now everything is fine. Thanks everybody and especially Civileme! Adrian On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: Since you just installed it, it would be wise to try again and to ask for "Check for Bad Blocks". The age of

Re: [newbie] KDE Mail Client

1999-07-11 Thread Irv Mullins
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, you wrote: I'm using the KDE Mail Client. Is there anyway to make it check the pop server every so many minutes? File/Settings/Network tab/Incoming mail click on an account, click the modify button, and click the box marked Enable Interval mail checking. Now, as to how

[newbie] Maggelan

1999-07-11 Thread Patrick Putteman
Hi, First of all, sorry for cross-posting to expert newbie. On ftp.kde.org in the 'demos' directory, there are screenshots of a mail/news reader called 'magellan' for KDE. Does anyone know where to find it, or will we have to wait for KDE 2 (any news on that one btw?). This packages

[newbie] WINE for Steve

1999-07-11 Thread Civileme
Here is a sample wine.conf Please note that you MUST have a partition for dos files. THis is likely to have been done in a custom installation, but you may have to do it yourself for other types of installations, even if they are dual-boot. The method is to use fstool if you have it or to use

[newbie] Inbox filling up

1999-07-11 Thread Ric Cooney
Hi guys I hope I get this to you I never recieved a protocall sheel for this list. Is there a digest form of this news group. My inbox is filling up daily. Don't get me wrong, I think the activity is great, -- Ric Cooney, N3BRB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aquatic Gardeners Association Baltimore, MD

Re: [newbie] WINE for Steve

1999-07-11 Thread Steve Winston
--- Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a sample wine.conf Please note that you MUST have a partition for dos files. THis is likely to have been done in a custom installation, but you may have to do it yourself for other types of installations, even if they are dual-boot. Hy,

RE: [newbie] speed problems...

1999-07-11 Thread Tony Wang
For some strange reason, my internet connection seems faster using Win98 than in Linux. When browsing the web on Linux, Netscape usually "stalls" and I often just have to give up on it. This happens to me also. I think a large part of NS stalling tho is that NS for Linux seems really crappy

RE: [newbie] speed problems...

1999-07-11 Thread Ken Wilson
I think there is an update to Netscape 4.61 that solves some problems. Check it out at www.linux-mandrake.com Subject: RE: [newbie] speed problems... For some strange reason, my internet connection seems faster using Win98 than in Linux. When browsing the web on Linux, Netscape

RE: [newbie] speed problems...

1999-07-11 Thread Cesar
It's not an upgrade but a downgrade. Netscape 4.61 is VERY buggy, I personally prefer the browser that KDE comes with, the one that's integrated with KFS (file explorer). It's faster and not such a memory hog like NS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE

1999-07-11 Thread Jo
Hi, Can somebody tell me how I can once again use KDE when in AfterStep. I managed to change the interface X uses, but now I'm stuck and I don't seem to be able to find a way back to KDE. I want to go back as I already got used to the interface of KDE and it has a few programs like kvirc and

[newbie] Printer sound prob.

1999-07-11 Thread jsm
Hi all , I've just bought a Cannon BJC2000 printer . I cant get it to print in Linux . When I set it up , I used the BJC600 or above choice . When I try to print nothing happens . Also , when I run sndconfig it recognizes my card ( ATZ1023 ) but when I chose ok it freezes the whole computer , no

Re: [newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE

1999-07-11 Thread Jo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u should be able to open a terminal window and type "deskswitch" then just select the desktop you want : ) Thanks 4 trying to help, but it doesn't recognize deskswitch as a command. Not even as root. Any other suggestions? Jo

Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-11 Thread John Aldrich
Log in as "root" instead of a normal user. Try that instead of SU. John - Original Message - From: Rhichard Barth Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed John Aldrich wrote: Are you

Re: [newbie] Printer sound prob.

1999-07-11 Thread Civileme
There are files in /usr/src/linux-x.x.x/Documentation/sound which show the correct modules and config files to load and make for sound. I think the sndconfig is a bit behind the curve with all the OS changes in the newer kernels. Take a look at the FAQ at Linux-Mandrake .com for info about the

Re: [newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE

1999-07-11 Thread Irv Mullins
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u should be able to open a terminal window and type "deskswitch" then just select the desktop you want : ) Thanks 4 trying to help, but it doesn't recognize deskswitch as a command. Not even as root. Any other suggestions?

Re: [newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE

1999-07-11 Thread Civileme
What version are you running? I am intrigued enough to want to duplicate your situation Civileme Jo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u should be able to open a terminal window and type "deskswitch" then just select the desktop you want : ) Thanks 4 trying to help, but it doesn't

RE: [newbie] Printer sound prob.

1999-07-11 Thread Ty C. Mixon
I had the same problem with sndconfig. The way I 'fixed' it was to start Linux in single user mode and then run sndconfig. Everything worked fine then. By the way, as far as I could tell there was no damage to the file system. Hope this helps. Ty C. Mixon ICQ # 26147713 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Umax 610 scanner

1999-07-11 Thread Ty C. Mixon
Anyone know where I can find documentation on how to setup this scanner for Mandrake 6.0? Thanks! Ty C. Mixon ICQ # 26147713 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

1999-07-11 Thread Rhichard Barth Family
John Aldrich wrote: Log in as "root" instead of a normal user. Try that instead of SU. John I did log on as "root" It insists that my mtab and fstab files/Dir's are gone... I'm going to start over again. Axalon Thank you for your help.But it's time to clean-up my

RE: [newbie] Printer sound prob.

1999-07-11 Thread Kenton Riley
|--- Original Message --- |From: jsm [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: Mandrake Newbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: 7/11/99 11:19:33 PM | |Hi all , I've just bought a Cannon BJC2000 printer . I cant get it to |print in Linux . When I set it up , I used the BJC600 or above choice . |When I try to print

Re: [newbie] Umax 610 scanner

1999-07-11 Thread Civileme
Try /usr/doc/sane-1.0.1 on your machine--It's a directory. I notice a umax so file in the library so the chances are good that it is supported Civileme "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: Anyone know where I can find documentation on how to setup this scanner for Mandrake 6.0? Thanks! Ty C. Mixon ICQ

Re: [newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE

1999-07-11 Thread Irv Mullins
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, you wrote: What version are you running? I am intrigued enough to want to duplicate your situation You'll probably have to type switchdesk-kde to get back to kde. (Mine tries to default to switchdesk-gnome, which results in a file-not-found error. Irv

Re: [newbie] Fresh installation

1999-07-11 Thread Rob Omura
Use the cdrom from the PowerPack set of 6.0. I had some problems with install, the system crashed once up and I think it was the kernel. I copied the rpms to my win98 partition and included the downloaded updates in the rpm directory. It installed perfectly fine. Now it works great. Nice

Re: [newbie] swap space

1999-07-11 Thread Jo
and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation? "James J. Capone" wrote: In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too much. If you think you are going to run into memory problems because of it then I would go for the larger size

Re: [newbie] swap space

1999-07-11 Thread Axalon
Yes, there are even howtos to share it with NT On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jo wrote: and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation? "James J. Capone" wrote: In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too much. If you think you are