Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Patrick Putteman
The Sound Blaster Live works very well with Mandrake 6 and Cooker. All you have to do is download the latest modules from creative FTP, follow the manual install procedure.For kernel 2.2.9 you best use the 2.2.5 module. To load the module type insmod -f emu10k1 if you get a device busy error,

Re: [newbie] Module.

1999-08-08 Thread A.M. (Tony) Finnis
Hi - I have the DLINK DFE-530TX working most satisfactorily by following the instructions 'Using DFE-530TX on Linux Redhat 5.2' I obtained from the DLINK web site. On checking, it appears the these instructions are no longer accessible from this site, so I will give the basis of them below :-

[newbie] slight gnome problem. Help?

1999-08-08 Thread Steve Winston
Gnome's taskbar and start button have disappeared. I was fiddling with gnome last night. When I logged on to gnome this morning, the taskbar and start button had vanished. I tried the user manual for help but found none. How do I get them back? Right now there is no way to log out except to type

[newbie] ram problem

1999-08-08 Thread Stephan Rex
Hi all, Since upgrading the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk I can not get linux to recognise anymore than 65 meg of my 128meg of ram . I fixed the problem when using 2.2.9-19 by adding the "append = mem=128" to the lilo.conf section for that kernel. This time however it does notwork. I have also

Re: [[newbie] Lynx]

1999-08-08 Thread Michael Scottaline
"John May" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: $ lynx metamail: can't open temporary file! $ That's all it says then I goes back to the prompt. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks === mkdir temp

Re: [Re: [newbie] Module.]

1999-08-08 Thread Lolo F.
"A.M. (Tony) Finnis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi - I have the DLINK DFE-530TX working most satisfactorily by following the instructions 'Using DFE-530TX on Linux Redhat 5.2' I obtained from the DLINK web site. On checking, it appears the these instructions are no longer accessible from this

Re: [newbie] Reverse DNS?

1999-08-08 Thread James Stewart
On Fri 06 Aug, Steve Philp wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3 Aug 99, at 18:11, Steve Philp wrote: Check the manpage for fetchmail. I believe there's an option you can add to ~/.fetchmailrc to disable the domain checking when it pulls in messages. It's been years since I've

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Jayce Steadman
Martin White wrote: Any further problems either check out the archives, or let the list know !! Martin. I have followed your instructions and I am happy to say that I can no listen to audio CD's no probs. However, I can't get any system sounds (wav's etc). The problem is that I cannot

Re: [newbie] ram problem

1999-08-08 Thread Axalon
On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading the kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk I can not get linux to recognise anymore than 65 meg of my 128meg of ram . I fixed the problem when using 2.2.9-19 by adding the "append = mem=128" to the lilo.conf section for that kernel. This time

[newbie] BerolFTPD

1999-08-08 Thread Webmaster
I have a Linux Mandrake 6.0 box up and running, and I am experimenting with switching over some or all of my NT servers over to Linux. I am having a problem, however, with gaining access to the box VIA FTP. I have set up the user accounts (using linuxconf) with FTP being a supplimentary group,

[newbie] install or update 6.0 ?

1999-08-08 Thread DKunz
Hello, I currently am running a dual boot pc with win98 and Mandrake 5.3. Using Lilo as boot manager. 5.3 is running ok but would like to move up to 6.0. What's the best method to install? Wipe linux partitions and start fresh or run install and upgrade. Any help appreciated. Dale

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Jayce Steadman
Ian Douglas wrote: which of the three modules from Creative's tar file to use. K, I'll bite: where would one find this tar file from Creative Labs? http://developer.soundblaster.com/ You will find the driver here, getting it to work is another matter though :-) -- --Powered by Linux

[newbie] Modem Problem

1999-08-08 Thread ShaoK14
I am having a problem trying to dial out using my modem and KPPP. When I hit connect it says "Modem Ready". Then after a couple seconds it says "Sorry. The modem does not respond." My modem is an ISA PnP modem on TTYS01 at irq3. It is not a winmodem. What's going on and how can I fix it?

Re: [newbie] Lynx: Follow Up

1999-08-08 Thread Jo
Well, it is fixed in the next version of Mandrake. (This version is to find the errors in it though, not supposed to be used for daily use!) Jo John May wrote: On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, you wrote: I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: $ lynx metamail: can't

Re: [newbie] Reverse DNS?

1999-08-08 Thread James Stewart
On Sun 08 Aug, Steve Philp wrote: James Stewart wrote: If my .fetchmailrc file looks like "poll britlinks.co.uk user USERNAME password PASSWORD no dns" I am told that there is a parsing error. If I make it "no dns poll britlinks.co.uk user USERNAME password PASSWORD" I

[newbie] REMOVE

1999-08-08 Thread Fret
REMOVE

Re: [newbie] Lynx: Follow Up

1999-08-08 Thread Steve Philp
John May wrote: On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, you wrote: I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: $ lynx metamail: can't open temporary file! $ That's all it says then I goes back to the prompt. Anybody have any ideas? Type md ~/tmp at the command

Re: [newbie] REMOVE

1999-08-08 Thread Manny Styles
- Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 5:40 PM Subject: [newbie] REMOVE REMOVE It doesn't work that way. You need to go to the Mandrake site to get the Majordomo address to remove yourself from the mailing list. Manny

[newbie] Re: Modem Problem

1999-08-08 Thread ShaoK14
typing setserial /dev/ttyS2 produced: /dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4 dialing with minicom did not work. It ran through the whole 45 second connection limit 3 times and did not do anything before I canceled it. Please help! thanks

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Ian Douglas
On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, Martin wrote: Once you've copied the module into your '/lib/modules/2.2.x.-xxmdk/misc' directory as 'emu10k1.o', check out www.whitem.demon.co.uk/my_conf_modules.htm . The last four lines should be what you will need to insert into your '/etc/conf.modules' to pull it all

[newbie] My PC is possessed!

1999-08-08 Thread Ian Douglas
Anyone able to tell me how to get KDE to stop playing .wav files through my PC speaker? id

[newbie] LaptopDocking Station Install Problems

1999-08-08 Thread James Schofield
I need a real NUT cracked on this laptop install. What happens when Linux detects your drive.. but it has an invalid geometry according to linux? Also what do you do with Linux when you have an older bios that needs a Diskwizard or simular to recognize the full drive?? Mine detects my first

Re: [newbie] ram problem

1999-08-08 Thread Stephan Rex
Hi it hangs on the following line: calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS any ideas? does this process take longer than 10 minutes? TIA Stephan - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie]

[newbie] Retrieving Hotmail E-mail

1999-08-08 Thread John May
I would like to retrieve my Hotmail E-mail without going through the web-browser login procedure and I found a program to do it called Hotmole. I tried using the program, but I get an error message the following is the last few lines: --- Hotmole --- Command line processed ok. Examining

Re: [newbie] ram problem

1999-08-08 Thread Axalon
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote: Hi it hangs on the following line: calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS Looks like your over clocking yes? any ideas? does this process take longer than 10 minutes? No it's instant TIA Stephan The next step is the Ram detection, does

Re: [newbie] booting to GUI

1999-08-08 Thread Axalon
/etc/inittab change id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Stephan Rex wrote: Hi all, I updated some files yesterday, and now linux only boots to the command line login prompt and not the KDE login. Some which file and what options do i need to change to fix this?

Re: [newbie] Retrieving Hotmail E-mail

1999-08-08 Thread Axalon
Did you install curl? ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc6/i386/curl-5.4-1.i386.rpm On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, John May wrote: I would like to retrieve my Hotmail E-mail without going through the web-browser login procedure and I found a program to do it called Hotmole. I tried using the

Re: [newbie] booting to GUI

1999-08-08 Thread n3meq
Hi Stephan, You will need to go into /etc directory and using your favorite editor open the file inittab. change the line in that file that reads id:3:initdefault: to read: id:5:initdefault: This will tell the system to start in runlevel 5

Re: [newbie] booting to GUI

1999-08-08 Thread Gerry Doyon
I would be interested to know the answer. I believe that you updated LILO with the Mandrake Update utility like I did ? I did the same thing to both my home and office PC. :-) Stephan Rex wrote: Hi all,I updated some files yesterday, and now linux only boots to the command line login prompt

Re: [newbie] booting to GUI

1999-08-08 Thread Dan Brown
From: Stephan Rex [EMAIL PROTECTED] I updated some files yesterday, and now linux only boots to the command line login prompt and not the KDE login. Some which file and what options do i need to change to fix this? Can you get into X at all, like with startx? If that works, try running

Re: [newbie] booting to GUI

1999-08-08 Thread John May
If i am not mistaken I believe you have to edit your /etc/inittab file and put a 5 in place of the 3 in the runlevel line. - Original Message - From: Stephan Rex To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:14 PM Subject: [newbie] booting to GUI Hi

[newbie] TrueType fonts

1999-08-08 Thread Jose Alberto Abreu
I believe that this question has been answered a couple of hundred times, so I apologize... I've been on vacation. I have just installed Mandrake 6.0 and cant see the TrueType fonts. I very much remember asking for them when i was "selecting specific packages" on the install. I even downloaded

Re: [newbie] Retrieving Hotmail E-mail

1999-08-08 Thread John May
Yes, I installed Curl already. I have already gotten past that problem. - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Retrieving Hotmail E-mail Did you install curl?

Re: [[newbie] Retrieving Hotmail E-mail]

1999-08-08 Thread John May
I would love to do that, but I have the hotmail account from a long time, since before it was owned by Microshaft. The only way to close the account is to not use it for 120 days, and I can't go without checking it for that long. I wish they had a way to forward the mail to a POP3 account, but

[newbie] Re: Modem Problem, HELP!!!!

1999-08-08 Thread ShaoK14
I am having a problem trying to dial out using my modem and KPPP. When I hit connect it says "Modem Ready". Then after a couple seconds it says "Sorry. The modem does not respond." My modem is an ISA PnP modem on TTYS02 at irq4. It is not a winmodem. typing setserial /dev/ttyS2 produced:

Re: [newbie] LaptopDocking Station Install Problems

1999-08-08 Thread Manny Styles
- Original Message - From: James Schofield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:03 PM Subject: [newbie] LaptopDocking Station Install Problems snip Also what do you do with Linux when you have an older bios that needs a Diskwizard or simular to

Re: [newbie] LaptopDocking Station Install Problems

1999-08-08 Thread Neilesh Patel
I have a Netgear 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card. I'm getting an ETH0 Failure at startup. I just got some drivers from the internet from www.nortel.com How do I go about installing in linux 6.0 drivers, network card setup? assume I'm a newbie and don't know anything. Thank You, Neil - Original

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alanthere's an icon on your desktop (a gold star magic wand) namedupdates. Click it. It'll tell you what updates you haven't installed andallow you to FTP them and will auto-install what you've chosen to FTP.Specifically, from my failing memory, I believe that the

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Patrick Putteman
to get past the 'device busy', unload the soundcore module (rmmod soundcore) and then manually reload the two modules. If you're talking about sblive, that would be : modprobe soundcore insmod -f emu10k1 sound should work ok. Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 www.net7.be -

[newbie] Applications from CD

1999-08-08 Thread Traci Collins
Hi! The Powerpack release of Mandrake 6.0 includes a CD of personal use and demo applications. There is a folder for each application, inside each folder there is an RPM and a short text file which describes what the program does but not how to launch or use it once the rpm is installed. Is there

[newbie] some problems with Linux

1999-08-08 Thread brandon
Hi, I already have the linux installed on my pc. The problem is: I can only use the features and applications when I login as "root". During installation, I chose a user name and password for a normal user. But when I login as the non-privileged user, I cannot run ANY of the applications!