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1999-08-16 Thread Ingo Korndorfer
here we go : i installed mandrake 6.0. this time, i hoped, xfree86 would work, but, again, it did not. having had luck with xfree86.3.3.3.3 before, i just downloaded everything from the xfree site, and, got it to work. i dont' quite understand why that would be. (assuming both versions are the

Re: [newbie] noise in 24 bit color

1999-08-16 Thread pete moss
I've got a Stealth 3D 4000 also. Mine's got 4MB RAM, is AGP, and I get noise on 1152x864, 24bpp- not lower. I believe it has to do with the refresh rates that the card supports. You might try manually tweaking modelines in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I mean to do this eventually, but

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread kelvin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On this topic i agree with both Dan Brown and Aaron deRozario. Aaron has a point in that Linux is not difficult to learn or has a steep learning curve. It is just that users find it difficult 'cos they still have the Windows mindset. Example...I

Re: [newbie] Installation problems - cd-rom unable to be found

1999-08-16 Thread Andrea Celli
Vishaal Kapoor wrote: I've just purchases the The Complete Linux Operating System 6.0 software package and I am having trouble with installation. I thought maybe someone could help me out. I am having trouble in the installation process after choosing an installation from Local cd-rom

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Richard Salts wrote: Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve. I disagree. Linux is more powerful, not more difficult, than Windows. If people are telling you

[newbie] Any HTML editors for X?

1999-08-16 Thread The Postman
IS there any good GUI HTML editing software out there that can be used in X-Windows? I would like to make a web page and upload it to my web site at Geocities. Postman

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Stephan Rex
Hi Richard, I am a linux newbie, but have been in IT for 5 years no and from that back ground I would say Linux is in the stage "coming of age". I believe it is not for the new computer user but is definitely for the average- advanced computer user. Someone with a little computer experience

Re: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve. What do the list subscribers here think? Think Linux-Mandrake isn't ready for Prime Time yet? I wonder.

[newbie] install an apllication

1999-08-16 Thread KEISYA
I just installed MANDRAKE6.0 and have been trying to install an application. Everytime I type ./configure, I get error : gcc - not found, cc - not found. Apparently there is no C compiler installed. Do I have to re-install the mandrake agaian..? Where is the option in the CD installation can I

Re: [newbie] Any HTML editors for X?

1999-08-16 Thread Michael
have a look at this http://www.screem.org/ At 02:51 AM 8/16/99 -0700, you wrote: IS there any good GUI HTML editing software out there that can be used in X-Windows? I would like to make a web page and upload it to my web site at Geocities. Postman

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Jeanette Russo
I use it at home. I think its almost ready for primetime. Still a problem finding out how to make stuff work. But for the most part I can do everything I can do in Windows on Mandrake. I think its the best Linux at this point and I have tried many others. I had to do a lot of reading and I am

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Jeanette Russo
The problem is if you look at this list a lot of people start I just bought Linux Mandrake 6.0 and can't get it installed. So I think the install still needs work. Also still have problems with dependency's in installing software and I installed the whole distro. I still get these cryptic

Re: [newbie] Any HTML editors for X?

1999-08-16 Thread Jeanette Russo
I would try asWedit as being more ready. Sorry don't have the link on this computer. just do a search and you will find it. Jeanette - Original Message - From: Nick Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any HTML editors

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.2.5 w/ Sound Blaster Live problem..

1999-08-16 Thread Martin White
SMP is indeed for dual processor support, but from what i recall, the SBLive module specifcally requires that you DON'T have smp support in your kernel. You shouldn't need to recompile your kernel at all to get it working. I just sent a reply to someones earlier post with a pointer to full

Re: [newbie] Any HTML editors for X?

1999-08-16 Thread Rick Fry
Another good place to check is www.tucows.com where they've built up a great linux area of software. Original Message Follows At 02:51 16/08/99 -0700, you wrote: IS there any good GUI HTML editing software out there that can be used in X-Windows? I would like to make a web page and

Re: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]

1999-08-16 Thread Rick Fry
Cute. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with crummy graphics, Windows 98 second edition and Windows 2000 release candidate 1 with 1280 by 1024 by 24 bit graphics and I haven't seen a bsod in months. I'm running on a celeron 400 with 128M of ram and 20G of disk space. Haven't frozen up or crashed in

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Martin White
- Original Message - From: Stephan Rex [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers? Hi Richard, I am a linux newbie, but have been in IT for 5 years no and from that back ground I would say Linux is in

[newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread Martin White
Did you get your problem sorted - if not let me know. Martin. - Original Message - From: RReed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 5:36 PM I am very new to linux and just installed mandrake 6.0. I am having 1 problem and have read and tried

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread chris
If by "home user" he means "the average user", then he's absolutely right (just scanning this list proves that). I'm sure there are people who happen to be using Linux at home, but tha's not really the point. If Linux was ready for the "home user", they'd already be using it. At 12:16 AM

Re: [newbie] Any HTML editors for X?

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Winston
Go to Freshmeat and get Bluefish. It's mighty easy to use but not like CuteFTP whose very name nauseatesme. --- The Postman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IS there any good GUI HTML editing software out there that can be used in X-Windows? I would like to make a web page and upload it to my web

Re: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]

1999-08-16 Thread John Connell
Rick Fry wrote: Original Message Follows I've only been using linux since May and it's now just about all I use at home. It's as easy to use as windows. In fact, I foret I'm not in windows, except no BSOD ;o)

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: The problem is if you look at this list a lot of people start I just bought Linux Mandrake 6.0 and can't get it installed. So I think the install still needs work. This is currently being done. 6.1 will have a completely different installer. Red Hat

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If by "home user" he means "the average user", then he's absolutely right (just scanning this list proves that). Not quite. Follow some Windows mailing lists and you'll see people have quite some trouble getting that to work, also. Most of the

Re: [newbie] Printer question

1999-08-16 Thread Bert Bullough
All compaq printers are actually lexmarks in a different case. last time i checked, lexmarks aren't supported. John Aldrich wrote: I've noticed a good price on a Compaq inkjet printer, but I can't find Compaq in the Printer Compatibility List. Anyone know if Compaq brand inkjet printers work

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread chris
I have been using Linux (Mandrake and Red Hat) sans MS Windows for almost a year now. We can do anything a windows user can do and more. I did need a book to learn basics, and everyday I am learning more, not just about Linux use, but about computers in general. It depends upon what your

Re: [newbie] Unpredictable Netscape closing?

1999-08-16 Thread Bert Bullough
I had the same thing happen, I'm not sure why this worked but what i did was delete all of my settings ( email address, home page, mail servers) out of the preferences menu... i then closed netscape, re-opened and setup a dummy profile (wrong email address, no mail servers.) closed, re-opened,

Re: [newbie] Printer question

1999-08-16 Thread Theo Brinkman
YEs, the 'Compaq' inkjets are actually Lexmarks. Never seen anything but trouble with their inkjets. Lexmark's laser printers are good though. - Theo Brian Leas wrote: I doubt it. I have seen them too and they look an awful lot like the Lexmark POS that I have. I could be wrong

RE: [newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread Bret Craw
On the CD, in the apps folder, you will find a 3dfx driver. Install at least the items that start with XF86. You can do this by: rpm -Uvh XF86*.rpm First you need to get to that directory. I think it was: cd /mnt/cdrom/apps/ Once you do that, run XF86Setup by

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Richard Salts
Hello and thanks for your response. So installers are being worked on for both Mandrake and Red Hat? Very good. For what this is worth for anyone, I used the Workstation to install my copy of Red Hat 6.0 and it worked beautifully well. RH 6.0 is still on my D: drive and it works all right as

RE: [newbie] How to use Gnome w/Mandrake 6.0?

1999-08-16 Thread Bret Craw
Go to the system tab on the K menu. There you will find a window manager switcher. Forgot the name of it. It will say something switcher. Click that and a dialog box will come up that allows you to pick GNOME. Bret Craw -Original Message- From: Jim Snyder [SMTP:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Hamilton
It should be possible to bypass the fon server by finding your "fonts" (probably /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts) and put that path in the place of "unix/:-1". This has worked for me on Red Hat 6.0 but caused some (very minor) font display bugs. You may want to try it. If you do shut off the X font

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Hamilton
So in other words, No, Linux isn't ready for the Average User, if I may be so bold as to claim that an Average User has only an average, and not above-average, interest in "getting under the hood". Sacrificing lexibility and money for ease of use is what rational consumers do - not everyone has

RE: [newbie] Modem connects; no Internet

1999-08-16 Thread Joseph Gardner
You could try adding the command "novj" to your kppp advanced settings. Open kppp, select the account, select edit and I believe the advanced button is on the first tabbed window. Good luck Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH -Original

[newbie] Installing WindowMaker

1999-08-16 Thread Ty Mixon
When I went to install WM from kpackage i had 2 unsatisfied dependencies. Both were libProp files. Where can I get those? Thanks -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713

RE: [newbie] symbolic links

1999-08-16 Thread Bret Craw
I don't know about the symbolic link, but you should be able to find the XFree86-VGA server on the disk. It is probably under /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS. Then install the VGA server. I had the same problem with my Voodoo Banshee. Installed the VGA server, then installed the 3DFX drivers and it

[newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread James Schofield
Does anyone know of any Known problems installing this modem on Linux? I can get it to detect that there is a modem - but it cannot seem to operate it. ttys2 is com3 correct? that is what the settings are in Windows Com3 irq2 ANyone successfully installed this modem, can give me a hand??

Re: [newbie] how to connect thru proxy

1999-08-16 Thread Jo
did you set your default gateway to point to the internal network interface of the proxy? Jo Dave Reinhardt wrote: I would like to connect my Linux server thru an existing proxy Server on my intranet. BUT I can not even ping the location. I have been having problems finding instructions

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread Nick Kay
At 10:16 16/08/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: (ati rageIIc video card). According to www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html this does not appear to be a supported video card (at least not directly.) You might want to consider getting a different video card that IS supported by X.

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread Nick Kay
At 11:37 16/08/99 -0400, you wrote: Does anyone know of any Known problems installing this modem on Linux? I can get it to detect that there is a modem - but it cannot seem to operate it. ttys2 is com3 correct? that is what the settings are in Windows Com3 irq2 ANyone successfully installed

[newbie] Downloaded Manrake 6.0 - now what?

1999-08-16 Thread chris
Well, I downloaded all 500+ Meg of Mandrake 6.0 onto my hard drive. The trouble is, I don't know what to do now! What I'd like to do is install Mandrake on another machine (not the one I downloaded from). I assume I can do something like copy some files I downloaded onto a floppy, and boot form

Re: [newbie] Printer question

1999-08-16 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: All compaq printers are actually lexmarks in a different case. last time i checked, lexmarks aren't supported. Hmm... I appreciate the info. However, a couple of Lexmark printers ARE supported (according to the printer compatibility list.) Thanks again! I know

RE: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]

1999-08-16 Thread Joseph Gardner
Give me a break. I'm sitting here on a duel Pentium 300 with 300+Mb memory, a 32Mb video card and 11Gigs of hard drive running NT4 and it SUCKS. I need to reboot this useless machine at least once a day if not more because the damned thing keeps locking up. On the other hand at home I've

RE: [newbie] install an apllication

1999-08-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 16-Aug-99 KEISYA wrote: I just installed MANDRAKE6.0 and have been trying to install an application. Everytime I type ./configure, I get error : gcc - not found, cc - not found. Apparently there is no C compiler installed. Do I have to re-install the mandrake agaian..? Where is the

[newbie] Updating Xfree86 and kernel

1999-08-16 Thread Freddy Ng
Can I just download the latest Xfree86 and kernel binaries from their repsective websites and update the ones provided by Mandrake or do I have to wait for the updates from Mandrake? Freddy Ng Jit Cheng ICQ no. : 6209849

Re: [newbie] Printer question

1999-08-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 15-Aug-99 Martin White wrote: All compaq printers are actually lexmarks in a different case. last time i checked, lexmarks aren't supported. What do you mean by 'not supported'. I've had two Lexmark printers and both worked very well - considerably easier to setup than in windows. If

[newbie] Mach64 XF86 server... display resolution?

1999-08-16 Thread James Schofield
Ok, installed Mandrake 6.0 I would like to have several resolutions available to me in X. So when I do my video and Monitor setup I decide not to accept the default resolution found and I pick three from the 24bit list. 800 x 600 1024 x 768 and 1248 x 1024 (is that last one right?) anyway...

RE: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread Joseph Gardner
James, If memory serves my correctly the Voice Surfer is an external modem?? If so then use the kppp dialer and under the Device tab select the cua2 not the ttys2 (cua is for and external device) Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: At 10:16 16/08/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: (ati rageIIc video card). According to www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html this does not appear to be a supported video card (at least not directly.) You might want to consider getting a

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread chris
Exactly, and who needs an ultra powerful microwave to nuke a little tv dinner? The average user needs little more than entertainment and an office suit with little or no time wasted in learning how it works. For this, they are willing to pay big bucks. What's encouraging about Linux, is that

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread alann
James Schofield wrote: Does anyone know of any Known problems installing this modem on Linux? I can get it to detect that there is a modem - but it cannot seem to operate it. ttys2 is com3 correct? that is what the settings are in Windows Com3 irq2 ANyone successfully installed this

Re: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]

1999-08-16 Thread Jayce Steadman
Rick Fry wrote: Cute. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with crummy graphics, Windows 98 second edition and Windows 2000 release candidate 1 with 1280 by 1024 by 24 bit graphics and I haven't seen a bsod in months. I'm running on a celeron 400 with 128M of ram and 20G of disk space. Haven't frozen

Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No they aren't. Do you know any people who don't know anything about computers, who don't WANT to know anything about computers, who just want to surf, get email, and do processing, who run Linux? I don't. And if you I don't know any who do, but they _could_

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread James Schofield
At 04:56 PM 8/16/99 +0100, you wrote: Irq2 is your interrupt controller. I normally disable one of the com ports in bios and use that for the modem ie ttyS1/irq3 (com2 in dos). hih nick@nexnix Thanks for the suggestion nick, but the win98 that I am running on my primary drive (there are two

Re: [newbie] Printer question

1999-08-16 Thread Martin White
- Original Message - From: Thomas J. Hamman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Printer question On 15-Aug-99 Martin White wrote: All compaq printers are actually lexmarks in a different case. last time i checked,

[newbie] Printer modules not loaded at boot

1999-08-16 Thread Wilhelm Bertalan
Hello, After upgrading the kernel (2.2.9-19 -- 2.2.11-2 from "cooker") the printer modules are not loaded correctly during booting. The following entries are in /etc/modules.conf: alias eth0 3c59x alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Brown
Joseph Gardner wrote: If memory serves my correctly the Voice Surfer is an external modem?? If so then use the kppp dialer and under the Device tab select the cua2 not the ttys2 (cua is for and external device) Not so. It doesn't matter whether you're using internal or external

re: [newbie] Downloaded Manrake 6.0 - now what?

1999-08-16 Thread Kalju Rüütli
Hereyougo >I'dalsoliketogetstartedonpartitioningthisothermachine.Thegood >newsisitdoeesn'thaveanyOSonitatall.I'dliketomakeitdualboot >forWin98andLinux.SowhatdoIdo?Orputanotherway-what'stheFAQ >orwhateverthattalksaboutpartitioning,sinceEVERYonehasthisquestion

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (It does kind of baffle me that a company like Red Hat can go public and have their stock do well - who the heck would gamble on a company that takes something that everyone can get for free, slaps a name on it, and charges $80? Red Hat makes

[newbie] gcc - not found

1999-08-16 Thread KEISYA
I've MANDRAKE6.0 run on my desktop now and don't know what to do next. SO I started to try installing my first dowloaded program of the form ***.tar.gz. But when I ran ./configure I got error gcc - not found. I've been told that gcc is not installed. How to solve this problem..? I installed form

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread James Schofield
Exactly, and who needs an ultra powerful microwave to nuke a little tv dinner? The average user needs little more than entertainment and an office suit with little or no time wasted in learning how it works. For this, they are willing to pay big bucks. My reply to this would be like buying

[newbie] System not unmounting properly on shutdown.

1999-08-16 Thread The Postman
When I shut Linux down, it never unmounts the hard drive correctly. It just hastefully shuts down. I might as well just hit the power button to shut everything down. On the following page is a fix specifically designed to address this problem... http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3

Re: [newbie] gcc - not found

1999-08-16 Thread Ty Mixon
I had this problem too when I tried to compile something. You need the gcc and gcc++(?) packages from your CD. You will also need the libstdc and c++ packages. Not sure what all else - but I installed anything that looked even remotely like a c or c++ package. ;) Hope it helps. -- Ty

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-08-16 Thread Ingo Korndorfer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote: so that means, that the card is fine and my video timings are out of whack. maybe the xf86config works differently for mandrake out of the box and whatever i can download from xfree86 (with the SVGA server). i'll check that out, i guess, cause out of the

RE: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?

1999-08-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 16-Aug-99 Richard Salts wrote: Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve. What do the list subscribers here think? Think Linux-Mandrake isn't ready for Prime Time yet? I

Re: [newbie] gcc - not found

1999-08-16 Thread Ben
You need to install the development packages.. I believe they are listed as C development, C++ development, KDE-GNOME development..etc... On a side note, I would again suggest that those packages should be a default selection during a custom install. Ben - Original Message - From:

RE: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread Joseph Gardner
Interesting, I thought I was using 2.2.?? (linux-mandrake 6.0(venus)) and it gives me the choice of cuaX and ttySX from the kppp dialer. Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Company Cleveland, OH -Original Message- From: Dan Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL

RE: [newbie] System not unmounting properly on shutdown.

1999-08-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 16-Aug-99 The Postman wrote: When I shut Linux down, it never unmounts the hard drive correctly. It just hastefully shuts down. I might as well just hit the power button to shut everything down. On the following page is a fix specifically designed to address this problem...

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread chris
Red Hat makes most of its money by support contracts. That makes sense. I wonder if that will work in the long run, or if established big consultants will say "we do Linux too" and keep their old clients through any migration to Linux. I guess they'll find out.

[newbie] Does Linux use the Bios for Harddrives?

1999-08-16 Thread James Schofield
I have a question. Does Linux use the BIOS to get harddrive specifications?? I own an older 486/75 NEC Versa Laptop that I would like to use as a Linux machine. I have only a maximum of 540meg HD right now.. so because I wanted to run Linux I was thinking of Upgrading the HD.. to a GIG or

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread chris
My reply to this would be like buying a NEW Car from the DEALER rather than a HOT ROD from a Mechanic. The Average user wants all the Warrenty and assurances - reliable service, documentation and FULL service support that a Microsoft can and will supply. If you want to own a HOTROD you have to

Re: [[newbie] System not unmounting properly on shutdown.]

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
The Postman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I shut Linux down, it never unmounts the hard drive correctly. It just hastefully shuts down. I might as well just hit the power button to shut everything down. On the following page is a fix specifically designed to address this problem...

Re: [RE: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?]

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
Joseph Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, If memory serves my correctly the Voice Surfer is an external modem?? If so then use the kppp dialer and under the Device tab select the cua2 not the ttys2 (cua is for and external device) Regards, Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical

Re: [newbie] gcc - not found

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, KEISYA wrote: I've MANDRAKE6.0 run on my desktop now and don't know what to do next. SO I started to try installing my first dowloaded program of the form ***.tar.gz. But when I ran ./configure I got error gcc - not found. I've been told that gcc is not installed. How to

Re: [newbie] Linux Not for Average Users (Was: Linux for home consumers?)

1999-08-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, James Schofield wrote: The Average user wants all the Warrenty and assurances - reliable service, documentation and FULL service support that a Microsoft can and will supply. Have you ever tried calling Microsoft support for something? They really aren't much of a help.

[newbie] KPPP Disconectiong at given time

1999-08-16 Thread Duke16
Is there anyway I can get KPPP to disconnect the modem at a given time? If not is there a program out that can do it? --Paul Houlbrooke[EMAIL PROTECTED] Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.--SemiSonic (MSM Recording)

[newbie] Window Maker Help

1999-08-16 Thread Ty Mixon
Ok, I got the Window Maker RPM to install. :) But how do I add it to the list at the Xwindows Log on prompt? I went into kde setup and added wmaker, and I have that as choice, but it just dumps me into Gnome when I choose that. Do I need to run something else? Or do I have to specify the

[newbie] IBM PC SERVER 320

1999-08-16 Thread Christopher Jacob
all right, here is the rundown... IBM PC Server 320 128 Mb Ram 133 MHz Processor SCSI RAID controller SCSI CDROM whole mess of SCSI hard drives When I try to install from CD I am asked if I have a SCSI controller. After answering yes, I am presented with a list of available cards. I have

[newbie] lnx4win

1999-08-16 Thread Sean Armstrong
I have installed the new Mandrake 6.0. However I can not seem to get loadlin running. I set it to my new kernel and directed it towards the root partition. I think the second part is my problem. Should I have directed it towards my boot partition? Anyways, it begins to load linux and then

Re: [newbie] still can't use my zip drive - but thanks for the help

1999-08-16 Thread Sean Armstrong
From: Jim Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] still can't use my zip drive - but thanks for the help Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 09:50:20 -0700 Hi Thanks to all for the individual replies. I have tried to implement a couple suggestions but

Re: [newbie] some questions regarding booting and win partitions

1999-08-16 Thread Sean Armstrong
I named my FAT partition as /mnt/Dos. You might have to repartion all but your windows drive and reinstall linux. I use this /mnt/Dos partition as my go between with linux and Windoze98. SA From: Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] some

[newbie] A simple, perhaps silly question

1999-08-16 Thread Carlos Rubinstein
Is running any of the config programs without X loaded different from running them from an Xterm window? If there are differences in some (I would suspect Xconfigurator, etc.), can someone list them? If the answer is RTFM, that's fine, but please point me to the appropriate HOWTO, etc.

[newbie] Setup success but Netscape Not loading Pages

1999-08-16 Thread Kurt
Hoorah! I got Mandrake installed successfully, and everything seems to work except for one BIG problem. For some reason, my Netscape, FTP and IRC connections all come up and tell me that connections to the servers have been established. However, it then just sits there and seems like nothing

Re: [newbie] arrgh vfat and msdos unknown?

1999-08-16 Thread mas9483
On 15 Aug, Will wrote: I found the reason for not being able to mount FAT drives, and that is because I was apparently using an older version of the kernel. I found loadlin.exe, which I was going to use to boot regularly, in the Lnx4win directory with vmlinuz (the kernel) and

Re: [newbie] Downloaded Manrake 6.0 - now what?

1999-08-16 Thread mas9483
Which form of Mandrake did you download? The ISO image, or the directory tree? Your best bet, if you want to install on a different machine than you downloaded on, would be to burn a CD with the ISO image. The CD would be bootable, no floppy necessary, unless you have old BIOS. If you

[newbie] Linux drive disappeared!

1999-08-16 Thread brandon
I am running Linux and Windows 98 on the same computer but on different hard drives. After setting aside a 2.1 Gb drive ( drive D:\ ) for the Linux OS, I installed Linux successfully. But when I go into windows, it seems to not recognize the drive where I am storing the Linux OS. What was drive

[newbie] big mistake

1999-08-16 Thread RReed
I was running around in xwindows and decided to check out something besides kde.. ok i went to gnome.. very nice interface... then to another then to windowmaker.. oh oh.. i want to get back to gnome but canot find the change to gnome! it has some odd ones with almost an ansi look.. i want my

[newbie] num lock

1999-08-16 Thread pete moss
i know this is minor, but does anyone know how to make the num lock activate automatically when i boot kde? :P

[newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread pete moss
anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake 6.0, but it wont run and gives lots

[newbie] AWE64 problems

1999-08-16 Thread pete moss
i have mandrake 6.0 and and awe64 gold soundblaster. i am having problems getting sound. i only get souind under two conditions. first is when kde does its system sounds (startup, shutdown, etc.). second is when i run 'cat blah.au /dev/audio'. any programs such as x11amp or the kde media

[newbie] Trouble with resolution

1999-08-16 Thread Paul Mayer
To whom it may concern: I recently purchased The Complete Linux Operating System and am having problems getting the screen resolution right. I have a Gateway 2000 computer, the video card is a 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP, Since I didn't see it on the list I selected unsupported card and then

Re: [newbie] System not unmounting properly on shutdown.

1999-08-16 Thread Brian Leas
Open up a text editor of your choosing and open the file /etc/lilo.conf. Where the version number of the kernel is listed, change the digits that are different ( ie. 2.2.9.19-mdk to 2.2.9.27-mdk) Save the file and exit Run lilo from a terminal Reboot the machine using shutdown -r now That

Re: [newbie] IBM PC SERVER 320

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Christopher Jacob wrote: all right, here is the rundown... IBM PC Server 320 128 Mb Ram 133 MHz Processor SCSI RAID controller SCSI CDROM whole mess of SCSI hard drives When I try to install from CD I am asked if I have a SCSI controller. After answering yes, I am presented

Re: [newbie] still can't use my zip drive - but thanks for the help

1999-08-16 Thread Manny Styles
- Original Message - From: Jim Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: [newbie] still can't use my zip drive - but thanks for the help Hi Thanks to all for the individual replies. I have tried to implement a couple

Re: [newbie] KPPP Disconectiong at given time

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Duke16 wrote: Is there anyway I can get KPPP to disconnect the modem at a given time? If not is there a program out that can do it? -- Paul Houlbrooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. --SemiSonic (MSM Recording) You could create a crontab

Re: [newbie] quick question on WINE

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Will wrote: I finally figured out how to access my windows drive, so now how do I go about running some windows apps? I found 2 WINE files, wine.conf and wine.sym. how do I configure it? I looked for docs but I couldn't find any on running and configuring WINE. http://www.winehq.com might

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Brown
From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would As far as a word processor goes, how about WordPerfect? Version 7 is available for Linux, free for

Re: [RE: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?]

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Michael Scottaline wrote: Joseph Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If memory serves my correctly the Voice Surfer is an external modem?? If so then use the kppp dialer and under the Device tab select the cua2 not the ttys2 (cua is for and external device) I'm not sure who gave you that

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Dan Brown wrote: From: Joseph Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting, I thought I was using 2.2.?? (linux-mandrake 6.0(venus)) and it gives me the choice of cuaX and ttySX from the kppp dialer. Interesting... Linus's release notes for the 2.2.x kernel say that it's stopped

Re: [newbie] Login Permissions In Linux

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to be able to FTP into my Linux box from the outside world. I can make the connection, but my login is denied and I get the message login failed/login incorrect. I tried modifying /etc/passwd but apparently did so incorrectly. I CAN log in as

RE: [newbie] multiple questions Tape drive and ftp access

1999-08-16 Thread dlouhy
On 16-Aug-98 Brandon, Ericka Brittney wrote: 1) is there a way i can get a conner tapstor rive workimg under mandrake? 2) What files have to be configured for access to ftp running on the system.. my problem is i coonect from my windows machine but i cannot upload any files? any

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