Re: [newbie] say it isn't so...

1999-09-12 Thread pete moss
i check the printer database at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/ and it doesnt list any compaq printers at all. are you sure it is a compaq? maybe check that site yourself. also, most all PCI modems are winmodems and wont work in linux. :P Dan Brown wrote: The Drake's wrote: printer

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread pete moss
im not sure, but if you find this out, please post it to the list. i would love to have color in my netscape. :P Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate.

[newbie] Install freeze

1999-09-12 Thread Donny
Hey everyone! I've installed Linux a number of times on my computer, fairly easily. But I recently picked up a P60, that i want to give totally to Linux. It doesnt have a bootable cd-rom drive, so I made install disk's. It loads the linux kernel, but when it gets to the spot where it starts

Re: [newbie] Telnet Server Not Working -- Help!

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
Yes there are seperate packages for the telnet client and telnet server. Telnet server? I want to allow a friend to log into this computer. I'd rather use ssh, but that doesn't seem to work for me. I can't even install it (since I'm missing /usr/include/sys/mkdev.h). I guess I have to go

[newbie] New Problem

1999-09-12 Thread Caymen
Well, I got Linux to load just fine. I have tried to install it MANY different ways and everything wants to boot until it wants to mount (Or whatever it is called) my ethernet card. then it sits there then it fails. After everything is done it asks for my login name and password. I type it in and

Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?

1999-09-12 Thread mas9483
That sounds awfully odd to me... /etc/profile should be executed on login- and your ~/.bashrc should "exec /etc/bashrc" if it exists. What's the line you're inserting into these files? Your syntax may be incorrect. -- -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I'm using bash, where in the default

Re: [newbie] Automatic replacement of files?

1999-09-12 Thread mas9483
On 11 Sep, Stuart Burbridge wrote: Thanks for that one Matt. I've been wondering for ages where to go to increase the screen width so that my Penguin wasn't broken at startup but thought it too trivial, compared to other's problems, to bother the list with. Now he's fixed and my system is

Re: [newbie] New Problem

1999-09-12 Thread Dan Brown
Caymen wrote: called) my ethernet card. then it sits there then it fails. After everything is done it asks for my login name and password. I type it in and then it gives me something like you are suposed to type in your server. I try everything I can "something" like _what_? Does it

Re: [newbie] Copy CDROM to Harddrive

1999-09-12 Thread mas9483
In short: 1: Make a directory C:\Linux 2: Copy the "Mandrake" directory from the CD to C:\Linux You should now have a C:\Linux\Mandrake\RPMS directory. If you have a C:\Linux\RPMS directory instead, make a directory called "Mandrake" in

Re: [newbie] Partition Erro

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Sep 99, at 14:59, Leonard W. Miller wrote: Thanks foe the tip. I used Fdisk and change the cylinder size and then used Druid. Everything went fine. Sorry for the html. Thanks again for the help. Leonard W. Miller Microsoft Certified

Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Ken Wilson wrote: Items you edit in the /etc directory won't take effect until the next time you reboot your machine. Items edited in a person's home directory, i.e. /home/username/.bash_profile, take effect the next time the person logs on. The stuff in the /etc directory is global and

Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the updates. Maybe that got missed after the

Re: [newbie] Size of icons and letters

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Rommel Barbosa wrote: Hi there. I am new in using Linux Mandrake. I have a small monitor, so I would like to know if it is possible to make the icons and fonts smaller on Gnome and KDE. I have Mandrake 6.0 installed. You can change the font sizes via the control center in KDE (it's

RE: [newbie] Mount hd on boot

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Wilson
This hasn't been trialed but is only a reasoned solution based on my limited knowledge. You may wish to wait until you hear further from other more learned parties. Try playing with the permissions for your mount point, in particular the group. If you want write access for certain select users

Re: [Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error]

1999-09-12 Thread Stuart Burbridge
on 17:28 11/09/1999 -0400, Michael Scottaline,wrote Stuart Burbridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's drive d: windows doesn't skip letters == I wondered that too. = CD-ROM?/ I'ts weird though since under Windows the drive letter for the CD-ROM is normally

Re: [newbie] slowness in reply

1999-09-12 Thread Stuart Burbridge
on 17:45 11/09/1999 -0700, R. David Whitlock,wrote This mailing list is REALLY slow to send out messages sent to it, there's a huge lag between my send time and the receive time. Apologies to all for the duplicate answers. It makes me look like I'm not reading the previous replies, but that's

Re: [newbie] Here goes.

1999-09-12 Thread Gerry Doyon
Howdy Cayment, I am currently running Linux Mandrake on my Road Runner account with no problems. They critical points are to: A) Get DHCP working B) Get, compile and run the Linux "rrlogin" program. Here is a link for you to help with those two points. Have fun !

Re: [newbie] Memory leaks

1999-09-12 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, R. David Whitlock wrote: My machine has 128 megs of ram. I and my wife are the only users. When I start up X, on a virtual term, 'top' reports that perhaps half of that is in use (i forget the numbers right now). I have no perspective on what constitutes normal

Re: [newbie] 6.1

1999-09-12 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, pete moss wrote: when will 6.1 be out of beta? When it's ready and tested enough. ;) LLaP bero

[newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h

1999-09-12 Thread Ty Mixon
Since my reinstall I can't compile my simple Comp. Sci. I programs under gcc. It gives me errors saying undefined function calls to cout, cin, etc. How do I get my header libraries back? Thanks!! -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713

Re: [newbie] say it isn't so...

1999-09-12 Thread The Drake's
Yup. It's a Compaq. I understand they are rebadged Lexmark software driven (winprinter?) deals. Probably in the same boat as the modem. Thanks for the link. Jim.

Re: [[newbie] say it isnt so...]

1999-09-12 Thread Michael Scottaline
"The Drake's" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - I'm an newbie. With lots of help and luck I've got a new partition and Mandrake 5.3 installed. I

Re: [newbie] New Problem

1999-09-12 Thread Caymen
I would assume if I couldnt figure out my (Localname.localserver) password or loging name, I couldnt continue. That is why I posed the question. I reinstalled Linux again, but removed anything that pertains to networking, internet, email, and other stuff like that. I get a new error at boot up.

Re: [newbie] ntfs

1999-09-12 Thread Ralph | byte-runner |
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Thats why the Write option comes with a big WARNING notice. No kidding!! ** Where Ever Your Head Goes Your Ass Will Follow **

[newbie] Apache and NameVirtualHost

1999-09-12 Thread James Stewart
I'm trying to set up apache 1.3.6 to handle name-based virtual servers. My servers are running locally for testing, I'm not trying to set up a public-access web server. My hosts file contains: "127.0.0.1 britlinks.co.uk mworks.britlinks.co.uk www.britlinks.co.uk britlinks localhost" (a

[newbie] FIPS

1999-09-12 Thread Rommel Barbosa
Hi. I have windows and Linux Mandrake installed in the same HD. I want to have more room for the windows partition. Do I have to uninstall linux to resize the partitions with FIPS? Thanks, Rommel __ Get Your Private, Free Email at

[newbie] Video Card/Monitor Problems

1999-09-12 Thread bgf
I am installing Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Cyrix P166+ machine with 32mb of RAM. I have an STB Velocity 3D PCI (4mb) video card and a Princeton Ultra 17+ monitor and can not, for the life of me, get things configured so that I can run KDE. I have attempted letting the install program probe things

RE: [newbie] Mount hd on boot

1999-09-12 Thread Gustavo Viola
Hi, I managed to work around the mounting/read-write/permission problem, and you may want to hear how I did. But first, thanks to John Aldrich, Fred PLE, Dan Brown and Ken Wilson, who helped me a lot, and to those who may have written back but I haven't got the message yet, since the list

[newbie] Installation freeze

1999-09-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey everyone. I've installed Linux a number of times, but i recently got a P 60 that I want to give all to linux. I created bootdisks (hopefully I did it right), and it booted the linux kernel. While it's loading though, right before it enters the installation (its the line that says

Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.

1999-09-12 Thread alann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the updates. Maybe that got missed after the

RE: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Wilson
Try using g++ instead of gcc. Otherwise, you have to link the c++ libraries manually. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[newbie] Change Refresh Rate

1999-09-12 Thread Taki Shirayanagi
Hi, I would like to know how to change the refresh rate in Gnome or KDE. Thanks Taki __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

[newbie] Superdisk

1999-09-12 Thread Rommel Barbosa
Hi. I installed Linux Mandrake in my computer that has a superdisk (120MB) instead of a regular floppy disk drive. I am not able to mount the floppy. Does anybody know how can I mount the superdisk drive? Thanks, Rommel __ Get Your

[newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

1999-09-12 Thread Caymen
I finally got Linux to load using boot magic (had to make it easy for sis to start Win98 if she needs to print some homework) Well, when I used to try to boot Linux using a floppy, I got an error like: Freeing unused Kernel memory: 48K freed Warning:Unable to open an initial console Kernel

Re: [[newbie] say it isnt so...]

1999-09-12 Thread The Drake's
Thanks. That seems to be the general consensus with the modem. I fill ya'll in when I get some info on the Compaq printer.

Re: [newbie] Memory leaks

1999-09-12 Thread The Drake's
I may be out in left field since I've just installed my first Linux this weekend. But I was told to specify to Linux during install ' mem=128m' in the "special instructions" dialog box during installation or else Lin would default to 64m normally and use only that instead of the 128 meg I have

[newbie] iso

1999-09-12 Thread Ralph | byte-runner |
Hey, Someone wrote in yesterday about an iso image for cassini he had placed on a ftp site does anyone know the address? I lost it. thanks, Ralph -- ** Where Ever Your Head Goes Your Ass Will Follow **

[newbie] Maximal mount count

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
What does "maximal mount count" mean? When I started Linux, it reported that the maximal mount count was reach for each of my partitions and that a check was forced. I assume this means that it feels it must check each partition periodically. Am I right here, or is there something I should be

Re: [newbie] Superdisk

1999-09-12 Thread Travis Loving
Rommel- How are you attempting to mount the Superdisk. I usually use the following command: mount -t vfat /dev/hdg /mnt Linux recognizes my Superdisk as hdg, not fd0. Hope that helps. Travis - Original Message - From: Rommel Barbosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] iso

1999-09-12 Thread Ralph | byte-runner |
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: never mind i found it sorry!!! ;-( Hey, Someone wrote in yesterday about an iso image for cassini he had placed on a ftp site does anyone know the address? I lost it. thanks, Ralph -- ** Where Ever Your Head

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
Sure, run 32 bpp! :) The Chips Technologies 65554 doesn't do 32bpp. Since it's a laptop display panel, I'm limited to 800x600 as well. Plus, it dithers colors when they're almost black. Thus if I have a progression from white to black it's smooth until it gets dark. Then it's a sudden

[newbie] MacroSlav

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
He recognizes me again! Odd... ___ Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
I believe I remember this bug. And I'm not aware of a true fix, but see if this helps (what I was told on another list when I asked this). Run X in another color depth, ie "startx -- -bpp 16" if you normally use startx. I forget what to change to make the default color depth be 16 all the

Re: [newbie] Partition Erro

1999-09-12 Thread tandwg
Darth Gates... I like that. It makes me smile in a silly way. I kind of think of his as more of a Rick Moranis guy, ala SpaceBalls, but the image is still there. I am interested in Linux becuase we have a person at out company who is buying brand-new beefy systems to run intranet servers

[newbie] Install on Toshiba Satellite 2540CDS

1999-09-12 Thread bgf
Now I know already that I won't be able to get the modem to work. But I remember that I had found, a few weeks ago, a step-by-step install piece for putting Linux on a Toshiba Satellite 2540CDS laptop. Anyone know where I might find it again? Thanks. -- bgf mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

1999-09-12 Thread The Drake's
I think it's looking for user "root" then your "password" you made at login. This makes you the root user all powerfull administrator. Most recommend that as the root user you would then "adduser caymen" and enter another password so that it's more difficult to damage the filesystems etc

[newbie] rpm gone crazy

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
Examine: [root@localhost packages]# rpm -i ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i is already installed [root@localhost packages]# rpm -e ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm is not installed Whaa??? And earlier, this... [root@localhost packages]# rpm

Re: [newbie] Apache and NameVirtualHost

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
Is it possible (I'm not really an apache person) that you are missing an entry to you hosts file, as well as the config files? My hosts file looks like the following: (edited for paranoia) 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 128.95.112.1pandora.blah.blah.edu

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
BTW, the color differences should be rather unnoticable between 16 and 24 bit color. I can see them, and that's what counts. Black white Netscape doesn't bother me too much... I could probably get the source and fix it myself, but I get the feeling that the source is more than a little

RE: [newbie] iso

1999-09-12 Thread PaulHoy
I'm not sure if it's my cd or what, but the iso just isn't read properly on my cd; nor does it boot. I burned it twice, but with no success. Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ralph | byte-runner | Sent: September 12, 1999 1:29 PM To:

Re: [newbie] Video Card/Monitor Problems

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
Perhaps you are trying to hard (often the case when I have frustrated myself to death with a problem!). There are two programs available which can assist you by automatically writing a xf86config file. Xconfigurator is the one run by the initial install process, and allows the test at the end

Re: [newbie] Telnet Server Not Working -- Help!

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Andy Goth wrote: Yes there are seperate packages for the telnet client and telnet server. Telnet server? I want to allow a friend to log into this computer. I'd rather use ssh, but that doesn't seem to work for me. I can't even install it (since I'm missing

RE: [newbie] iso

1999-09-12 Thread Taki Shirayanagi
I downloaded the iso file and installed Mandrake. it works fine. Taki From: "PaulHoy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] iso Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:32:58 -0400 I'm not sure if it's my cd or what, but the iso just isn't read properly on

Re: [newbie] Installation freeze

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
Well, it's hard to tell with what you have here where to start, but I know one very common problem when using boot disks is that they have a very high failure rate (boot disks and images are VERY sensitive to minor errors or copy problems. I've seen a guy go through 6 or 7 bad boot disks when

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate. Sure, run 32 bpp! :) You're right, it's a smart-ass answer, but I

Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, alann wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, cool. Make sure that the /etc/lilo.conf line looks exactly like this: append="mem=64M" Also, after you check that or make the changes, run /sbin/lilo to write the boot block back out with the

RE: [newbie] aliases for shell?

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: I stand corrected. Thanks. At least I can hope I pointed him in the right direction. (Personal Note: Spend a little more time on RTFM.) :-) Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller,

Re: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
Oh my. Well, perhaps I am completely misunderstanding you, but I think that you are very confused as to what is what, which is ok, but sort of hard to do through email. I highly reccomend you find a book or manual or install guide to help you through other problems and acquaint yourself with

Re: [newbie] Copy CDROM to Harddrive

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short: 1: Make a directory C:\Linux 2: Copy the "Mandrake" directory from the CD to C:\Linux You should now have a C:\Linux\Mandrake\RPMS directory. If you have a C:\Linux\RPMS directory instead, make a

[newbie] Update Program

1999-09-12 Thread James Mellema
I have a Mandrake 6.0 setup behind a Wingate 3.0 proxy server connected to a cable modem, and am unable to connect with the Mandrake mirror sites to obtain updates. According to the Wingate information, I need to change the port on my FTP client (Mandrake Update?) from port 21 (standard FTP port)

Re: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h

1999-09-12 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Ty Mixon wrote: Since my reinstall I can't compile my simple Comp. Sci. I programs under gcc. It gives me errors saying undefined function calls to cout, cin, etc. How do I get my header libraries back? This is C++ - you probably forgot to install gcc-c++,

Re: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Caymen wrote: I finally got Linux to load using boot magic (had to make it easy for sis to start Win98 if she needs to print some homework) Well, when I used to try to boot Linux using a floppy, I got an error like: Freeing unused Kernel memory: 48K freed

Re: [newbie] Maximal mount count

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
Yes, that's precisely what it means. I don't have further details, like how to tweak that to check more or less frequently, but the kernel will do quick checks on all partitions after a number of reboots. Later, David "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."

Re: [newbie] rpm gone crazy

1999-09-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Andy Goth wrote: Examine: [root@localhost packages]# rpm -i ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i is already installed [root@localhost packages]# rpm -e ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm is not installed try rpm -e

Re: [newbie] Change Refresh Rate

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Taki Shirayanagi wrote: Hi, I would like to know how to change the refresh rate in Gnome or KDE. Thanks Taki Use xvidtune to adjust the screen to what you'd like. If you click on the 'Auto' button, it will auto-apply the changes you're making so you can see what they cause. Once you

Re: [newbie] Maximal mount count

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Andy Goth wrote: What does "maximal mount count" mean? When I started Linux, it reported that the maximal mount count was reach for each of my partitions and that a check was forced. I assume this means that it feels it must check each partition periodically. Am I right here, or is

Re: [newbie] rpm gone crazy

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Andy Goth wrote: Examine: [root@localhost packages]# rpm -i ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i is already installed [root@localhost packages]# rpm -e ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm error: package ssh2-2.0.13-1i.i386.rpm is not installed Whaa??? When you remove packages,

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes, I used MandrakeUpdate. Sure, run 32 bpp! :) You're right,

Re: [newbie] Memory leaks

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
The Drake's wrote: I may be out in left field since I've just installed my first Linux this weekend. But I was told to specify to Linux during install ' mem=128m' in the "special instructions" dialog box during installation or else Lin would default to 64m normally and use only that instead

RE: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h

1999-09-12 Thread Ty Mixon
Thanks!! Original Message On 9/12/99, 9:37:20 AM, "Ken Wilson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] gcc doesn't understand iostream.h: Try using g++ instead of gcc. Otherwise, you have to link the c++ libraries manually. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread pete moss
i am running a s3 virge gx2 chipset with the svga x server. :P Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Andy Goth wrote: A Netscape bug causes it to try to be black and white when run at 24bpp. Was there a fix for this? I'd appreciate it. Yes,

Re: [newbie] Video Card/Monitor Problems

1999-09-12 Thread the_plague
On 12 Sep 99, at 11:03, bgf wrote: I am installing Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Cyrix P166+ machine with 32mb of RAM. I have an STB Velocity 3D PCI (4mb) video card and a Princeton Ultra 17+ monitor and can not, for the life of me, get things configured so that I can run KDE. I have attempted

[newbie] SCSI Scanner

1999-09-12 Thread Doug Reid
I would like to use my scsi scanner with linux. Do any of the image processing programs available support scanners? Are there appropriate drivers around? Doug Reid

[newbie] Lnx4Win in Mdk 6.1: Can't Mount /dev/hda1 in install

1999-09-12 Thread Asheesh Laroia
I enjoyed making that Subject header ;-) Anyway, though, I have successfully downloaded all 650 MB of Linux Mandrake 6.1 and I have Win98 (which, BTW, I **hate**!). I installed the Lnx4Win software after tweaking the setup batch file to make my HD the CD-ROM it asks for. Now, I get the on-boot

[newbie] Hardware (the Saga continues)

1999-09-12 Thread David p. Greenberg
Well, after attempting to edit my fstab file to add my second floppy (and almost getting it to work) , I ended up somehow corrupting the damn thing and had to reinstall Linux one more little old time. Now /dev/fd0 won't mount either, and it says I must specify the filesystem type, which near as I

Re: [newbie] Superdisk

1999-09-12 Thread the_plague
On 12 Sep 99, at 16:53, Rommel Barbosa wrote: It's a hd? device not a fd? device. You could link it to fdo, that might work. Joe Hi. I installed Linux Mandrake in my computer that has a superdisk (120MB) instead of a regular floppy disk drive. I am not able to mount the floppy. Does

[newbie] Mandrake and my NIC....

1999-09-12 Thread Jeff
I have a Cnet 110b NIC, and I have no idea if it is working properly under my Linux box. Is there any sort of diagnostic tool I can use, or anything similar to see if my NIc is working? Thanks, Jeff

Re: [newbie] Linux RPM, how to open.

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: After a bunch of errors, it concludes with, "/dev/hd1: UNEXPECTED CONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e. without -a or -p options) In red, it concludes with, [FAILED]. Basically, it's a corrupted filesystem, I think. So how do I run fsck and fix it? I

Re: [newbie] FIPS

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi. I have windows and Linux Mandrake installed in the same HD. I want to have more room for the windows partition. Do I have to uninstall linux to resize the partitions with FIPS? Yes, but WHY would you want to do something like give the bloated beast of

RE: [newbie] iso

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: I'm not sure if it's my cd or what, but the iso just isn't read properly on my cd; nor does it boot. I burned it twice, but with no success. Paul Did you burn it under Linux or Windows? It may be better to burn it as a "joliet" CD. IIRC, "Joliet" CDs are

Re: [newbie] New Problem

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Well, I got Linux to load just fine. I have tried to install it MANY different ways and everything wants to boot until it wants to mount (Or whatever it is called) my ethernet card. then it sits there then it fails. After everything is done it asks for my login

Re: [newbie] BW Netscape

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: I run 24bpp i think (yeah you'd think i'd know that but i dont), the only time i have color problems with it is while useing the FBDev server, the tool bar goes this funky inverse bw, but like i said ;) sure does look neater than the normal ones. What

Re: [newbie] say it isn't so...

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: %_I'm an newbie. With lots of help and luck I've got a new partition and Mandrake 5.3 installed. I have very little knowledge of Linux. I was told my ESS 1869 sound wouldn't work but it's fine set up as ESS1868 or Soundblaster Pro. I'm hoping to have similar

Re: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: I tried my user login name and pass work Linux asks when loading and type in my password I get: [caymen@localhost]$ Right...your system name is "localhost" because you didn't set anything different during install. I try typing in "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and

Re: [newbie] nfs problems part 2

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi, I tried rebooting my machine to see if that would solve the "mount program not registered" issue. when the machine was shutting down, I noticed an error message saying: rpc.nfsd forgot to set AF_INET in udp sendmsg. Fix it! Would this be causing

[newbie] Update

1999-09-12 Thread David p. Greenberg
Guys, /dev/fd0 now works in both msdos and etc2 formats in both Root and User. Don't ask me what I did to fix it. OK, so now just /dev/fd1 is still down, but I'm a little gunshy to try it again without some pointers. -- David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry"

Re: [newbie] Superdisk

1999-09-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi. I installed Linux Mandrake in my computer that has a superdisk (120MB) instead of a regular floppy disk drive. I am not able to mount the floppy. Does anybody know how can I mount the superdisk drive? IIRC, that's an IDE device. So, instead of mounting

Re: [newbie] SCSI Scanner

1999-09-12 Thread Darin
The SANE drivers support most popular SCSI scanners. The latest drivers are in the Cooker and will be in 6.1 distributions. -Original Message- From: Doug Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 3:48 PM Subject: [newbie] SCSI

[newbie] Runlevel 5

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
I need to set runlevel 5 as default for my dad's sake. That way he can log in and shut down the system with ease (he doesn't know any other way). But with kdm, he just clicks his picture and enters his password... Sometimes, though, I find it necessary to kill X. How can I do so without

[newbie] DiskDrake

1999-09-12 Thread Andy Goth
I've read about DiskDrake before, but it did mention certain bugs that worry me: If a bug messes up an operation, my disk is toast. How reliable is it now? I'd prefer to adjust all my partitions while in Linux, but if forced I can flip to DOS mode and use PartitionMagic to take care of

[newbie] scsi-emulation in or out?

1999-09-12 Thread R. David Whitlock
I can't tell or remember if the last time I recompiled my kernel I put scsi emulation in or not, and I have since modified the "make xconfig" file, so even though it's currently checked, I can't tell if it's really in the one I'm running. Is there a way to ask the kernel about that? Later,

[newbie] X-Server Problems with MDK 6.1 :(

1999-09-12 Thread Paul Hendrick
Hi, I've installed MDK 6.1 from the CD I was sent and everything went fine untill I started up GIMP. When I tried to select a custom colour, the panel became distorted. I've taken a screenshot of it. http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/gimp.jpg I e-mailed Gael Duval and it seems as though it is

Re: [[newbie] say it isnt so...]

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Archer
Since I work for a Compaq dealer, Radio Shack, I can assure you the Compaq IJ900, manufactured by Lexmark, requires Windows drivers. Just like your winmodem, you have a winprinter that I have never been able to get to work in Linux. On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Thanks. That seems to be the

Re: [newbie] Partitioning Questions

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Alex Flinsch wrote: I will be getting my new system on Monday evening, and intend on converting it to a dual boot win98/linux system. Anyway, I will have a whole 8.4G drive totally devoted to Linux and was wondering what the optimal partitioning scheme and mount points should be. Anyway

Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Andy Goth wrote: I need to set runlevel 5 as default for my dad's sake. That way he can log in and shut down the system with ease (he doesn't know any other way). But with kdm, he just clicks his picture and enters his password... Sometimes, though, I find it necessary to kill X. How

Re: [newbie] scsi-emulation in or out?

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
"R. David Whitlock" wrote: I can't tell or remember if the last time I recompiled my kernel I put scsi emulation in or not, and I have since modified the "make xconfig" file, so even though it's currently checked, I can't tell if it's really in the one I'm running. Is there a way to ask

Re: [newbie] X-Server Problems with MDK 6.1 :(

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Philp
Paul Hendrick wrote: Hi, I've installed MDK 6.1 from the CD I was sent and everything went fine untill I started up GIMP. When I tried to select a custom colour, the panel became distorted. I've taken a screenshot of it. http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/gimp.jpg Wow! Mine doesn't let

Re: [newbie] SCSI Scanner

1999-09-12 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Doug Reid wrote: I would like to use my scsi scanner with linux. Do any of the image processing programs available support scanners? Are there appropriate drivers around? Depends on your scanner. You'll want to have a look at the sane and gimp packages. LLaP bero

Re: [newbie] Video Card/Monitor Problems

1999-09-12 Thread bgf
I figured that it would be at least close to the latest as it's a fairly new distro. I'll check it out and see what I can find. Although, I'm not sure how I would go about getting it on my machine when I can't get it running right. Oh well. Living and learning. -- bgf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[newbie] fxp

1999-09-12 Thread Ralph | byte-runner |
does anyone know of a good fxp prog for linux? The new igloo ftp has it but it's messed up. thanks, ralph -- ** Where Ever Your Head Goes Your Ass Will Follow **

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