Hi all,
Netscape hgas a habit of putting my message threads in the wrong
places, ie sometimes a mail doesn't joing a particular thread and
sometimes a totally different message gets appended to a thread. ANd
this has not been helped by some posters who either post something twice
or
There are several ways to get to a command line with Linux. Once you
are booted into the GUI (in which you cannot see what you are doing),
you can press ALT+CTRL+F2 to get to a bash shell (command line), or
alternatively, you can start Linux at the LILO prompt by typing
"linux3" instead of just
You got that right! Neither of those suites I mentioned is as large as
a CD. I'd believe the 183 Hrs., that'd be a lot to get in one bite,
for sure. That's why I usually try to get my distro's on the CD from
my local software store. I just picked up the Linux-Mandrake 6.1
(the Macmillan release
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
KDE 1.1.2 from Cooker here too =)
Well, I talked a McMillan rep out of a free copy of "The Complete
Linux Operating System 6.5" yesterday at the close of the ALS. I'll
probably back up a few directories (somehow...not sure yet G) and
give it a shot.
John
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
For the record, I did not (try to) use the modem under Linux.
But it was in the Pc when I successfully installed Mandrake 6 on the DELL
PC.
Ahh...Ok. :-) That explains a lot. :-) It won't work under Linux. Not
yet, at least... There's no drivers for WinModems
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I've been following this thread to see if it would solve my problems as
well. I have an IBM 10.1 Gb HDD, and in order to see anything above
8.4Gb, I had to download and install this pgm called Ontrack Manager.
Am I right in presuming that Ontrack does the
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I don't have a K7 but I read an article at
www.cpureview.com/rev_k7-linux1_a.html.
It appears that the Pentium optimization specifically the MTRR prevent
it from loading.
I guess until an Athlon specific compilers come out, the only way to use
an Athlon is
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I'd have to disagree with youwhen I start the installation of
Linux-Mandrake the installer says RedHat. Now I wonder why that would be if
there was no connection between the two. In the Introduction on page 4 of the
Getting Started Manual it says "This
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
So what is the general opinion of Star Office? Does anyone recommend it
seriously or is there something that would do the job just as well? Thanks all!
Word Perfect office suite is coming out in Feb.
John
If you are using the 6.0 version of Linux-Mandrake off the CD, you
will want to go to one of the ftp mirrors listed on the Mandrake
site, and in the download folder, get the kernel version 2.2.9-27mdk
RPM file. Use either the rpm command or the graphical RPM icon on the
KDE desktop to install the
Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
For anyone that hasn't checked it out yet, I _highly_ suggest getting
excited about the new Magellan mail client. Take a look at it at:
http://www.kdeforum.org/news/939533382/index_html
That thing looks amazing.
--
They said the reason they are calling it
Complete Linux Operating System 6.5 is that ANY revision version is
automatically incremented by .5. Thus, when Mandrake 6.2 comes out,
it's going to be called "The Complete Linux Operating System 7.0"
(unless they decide to change their naming
I guess I am lucky here Micro-center had the Official Mandrake Power
Pack as well as the Macmillan clone.
Jeanette
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
You got that right! Neither of those suites I mentioned is as large as
a CD. I'd believe the 183 Hrs., that'd be a lot to get in
Looks great just like Outlook Express.
Jeanette
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Michael Scottaline wrote:
Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
For anyone that hasn't checked it out yet, I _highly_ suggest getting
excited about the new Magellan mail client. Take a look at
John Aldrich wrote:
Just thought I'd pass along some info I got from the MacMillan Reps
down at ALS on Saturday. They said the reason they are calling it
Complete Linux Operating System 6.5 is that ANY revision version is
automatically incremented by .5. Thus, when Mandrake 6.2 comes out,
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote:
wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a
friggin sarcastic remark. So im not apologizing for jack crap. U dont like
it? tough. And if u dont like HTML mail... at least ~ask~ for me
to turn it off. Hay,
Hmmm
Well, on most monitors there are horizontal centering controls, vertical
centering controls, and horizontal width and vertical height controls as
well as brightness and contrast. In addition to those, there are often
rotation, pincushion, and trapezoidal adjustments available unless you
I'm putting together a couple of computers. I have an elsa savage 4 video
card. Is the savage 4 supported by linux yet?
Rick
--
"I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Hey,
Currently, my x desktop consists of enlightenment and gnome. I'd
like to try some of the other gnome-complient window managers (and
blackbox). How do I go about changing my window manager in the newest
version of Mandrake?
Regards,
cyberclay
---
cclay at fastlane dot net
Hey,
While trying to compile the newest version of blackbox, I get the
following error during ./configure:
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create
executables.
So then I tried this:
[cclay@abednego blackbox-0.51.3.1]$ which c++
/usr/bin/c++
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.24
Your Linksys may be one of two different chipsets, both handled by the
tulip driver.
Now for the CD-ROM, if it is SCSI, it is understandable that it might
not be working after install unless you made sure the system detected
and loaded
I'll second your sentiments, Rick.
One thing I've found about the group is that a lot of people are prepared to
help others at no gain to themselves.
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote:
wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote:
Rick Murphy wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote:
SNIP
It is always best to be tolerant and cool our jets as Steve did, but while I
will not judge the person, I will judge the level of comfort I experience
associating with him. So Pine has
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote:
Short Answer: Yes
http://www.xfree86.org/#currentrel
Longer answer: On that page, we see that the driver was provided by S3, and
moreover the bug fixes for another driver were provided by SiS. Seems some
vendors are learning that Microsoft is not
Hello,
I have ftp'd the file mandrake61-1.iso file. I burned this file using Nero
Burning Rom using the ISO section. I now have a CDrom with one file on it;
mandrake61-1.iso. My question is now what do I do? How is this file read?
When the file was burned to the CD I fiqured it would of been
Thanks Civileme for your reply to my post on EtherFast card recognition.
I need to install my Network Card in Linux.
The card is physically installed, and working well in Windows, but I am lost
as to how you setup hardware in Linux Mandrake 6.0
During the original Linux install procedure it
I have been using "Guichooser" which can be found here.
http://www.open-systems.com/guichooser/
It allows me to choose between KDE, Gnome, Afterstep, Blackbox, Enlightenment,
Fvwm, Ice, Windowmaker and Xfce. You can see I like to try everything (at
Well, that's a better use than frisbeeg. They aren't very well shaped for
aerodynamic flight.
You want to copy the image to CD, not make an iso file of an iso image. It
is already iso9660.
Civileme
William Neuman wrote:
Hello,
I have ftp'd the file mandrake61-1.iso file. I burned this
To answer your question, check out:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xfont.html#Add
That whole site is excellent.
From: "Donny" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] 100dpi
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:09:19 -0600
I was wondering how to enable
Please read the the "README" file that was located in the same FTP directory
as the ISO image. It describes how to use some popular programs to move the
ISO image to the CDR.
Matt
From: "William Neuman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie]
James,
I don't know which model of Linksys you have. But my model LNEPC12T
uses the NE2000 PCI driver and it works great with a few adaptations to
accomodate my @home service.
Read the DHCP-mini-howto and you may discover a few things that helped
me attach to my @home service here in San Diego.
In response to the long downloads, which Linux download manager does
everyone recommend? (Go!Zilla for Windows is a great program. Is there a
Linux application with similar features?)
Thanks,
Matt
6 hours download time is a walk in the park for 56k... try 183 hours
that is what it took
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
For the record, I did not (try to) use the modem under Linux.
But it was in the Pc when I successfully installed Mandrake 6 on the DELL
PC.
Ahh...Ok. :-) That explains a lot. :-) It won't work under Linux. Not
There is a step-by-step at
http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux_lne100tx.htm
Most likely, since you did not choose the tulip driver at install, you will
need to use the tools available in linuxconf. You will need to be root to use
that. You may also need to use some command-line
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.24
Your Linksys may be one of two different chipsets, both handled by the
tulip driver.
DE-5(something) uses the via-rhine driver
Now for the CD-ROM, if it is SCSI, it is understandable that it
www.mandrakeuser.org - is an excellent site for a newbie like myself. If you
only have time to check one site, I definitely recommend this one for
newbies.
www.linux-mandrake.com - is the official Mandrake homepage
HTH,
Matt
From: "Aldo P. Solari [APS]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL
First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list.
Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to
disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it.
How are you booting into the installation? Off the CD, or do you use a
boot floppy? Also, it
Donny wrote:
[BIG SNIP]
Theres your apology.
I truly hope that you find yourself in a good paying job, because it's
going to be expensive buying book after book to learn Linux. Your
behavior in the last two messages you've posted to this list have pretty
much guaranteed that you won't
wget on your system now, with some mighty nice frontends available from
linuxberg or freshmeat
but
the BEST I have found
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/
Documentation is about 1 line long, and it is all you need.
Civileme
M Thompson wrote:
In response to the long downloads, which
caitoo
- Original Message -
From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 3:23 PM
Subject: (OT) Re: [newbie] Office Suites
In response to the long downloads, which Linux download manager does
everyone recommend? (Go!Zilla for Windows is a
- Original Message -
From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 3:23 PM
Subject: (OT) Re: [newbie] Office Suites
In response to the long downloads, which Linux download manager does
everyone recommend? (Go!Zilla for Windows is a great
Is theTrident 8400 AGP supported by
linux?
Hello all,
Now that everything on my Linux system is running perfectly, it's time to delve
into something new in order to screw it up for another few weeks. Someone in
this list suggested getting a hold of Speak Freely, a free utility capable of
internet telephony. I've done so, and the
Does any one have any sugestionsit is the dirve /dev/sr0
BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML
About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I
can agree with some of his opinion.
Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list.
Plenty of us use mail clients that
OK THIS IS IN ANSWER TO ALL UR FAGGOTS POSTS!
Oooo i've really learned a lesson! Yeah rick, u really turned my life around.
No i'm not 13-14 and u can take ur nettiquet and screw it.
Steve, I ALREADY HAVE A HIGH PAYING JOB! A network engineer. (not the MOST
high-paying). I was just learning
Email lists are better served by plain text, please. So please turn off
the html in future posts if you would.
Next, you might want to check the specifications a second time. I was
at www.xfree86.org and at www.tridentmicro.com and neither had an 8400
AGP
The AGP cards were the 3DImage975
AND WHERE THE HELL IS KEN WILSON? HE STARTES ALL THIS "RUDE" B.S.
Steve Philp wrote:
Donny wrote:
[BIG SNIP]
Theres your apology.
I truly hope that you find yourself in a good paying job, because it's
going to be expensive buying book after book to learn Linux. Your
behavior in
I've just had time to setup a "serious" Linux learning box finally. When in KDE
/ Xwindows using a single application - WordPerfect 8, Netscape 4.6... the hard
drive is just thrashing away - as bad as NT on 32MB. Strange thing, I have
128MB and a PIII 450 CPU.
Is there some trick I missed
Don wrote in part:
OK THIS IS IN ANSWER TO ALL UR FAGGOTS POSTS!
Oooo i've really learned a lesson! Yeah rick, u really turned my life around.
No i'm not 13-14 and u can take ur nettiquet and screw it.
Blah, blah, blah
I have not been involved in this discussion but he continues to
Justin Rickert wrote:
Does any one have any sugestionsit is the dirve /dev/sr0
What have you tried so far?
DId you include SCSI in your install?
and sr0 sounds like a Caldera drive designation, last time I looked.
I seem to remember sda, sdb, etc.
Perhaps I just haven't kept up.
man fstab
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I am not clear on what a cdrw disk is. I used to write CDW drivers for Kodak,
mainly for the PhotoCD Project. I do know that CDs can only be written to
once. Furthermore, there is a limitation on the number of times you can write
to the CD. The first track
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I dont know where to get xcdroast. Can you tell me where it is found.
It's installed on my Mandrake 6.0 system --
[john@slave1 X11]$ whereis xcdroast
xcdroast: /usr/bin/xcdroast /usr/man/man1/xcdroast.1.bz2
that answer the question ??? ;-)
John
I was wondering if anybody on the list has been able to get Quake2, to run
in gl mode using acceleration on a Banshee based video card. I have read
the HOWTOs, and I've downloaded the files from www.3dgamers.com and
installed them correctly, I can even run the test3Dfx program, using sudo,
but I
Dear friends:
I have been unable to access the URL for Radio Free Europe (RFE) Russian
Service. As a Russian translator, I listen to it all the time. However,
there is something wrong. Could you please check the following URL and
let me know if you can access it:
Mike,
Try typing "sndconfig" from the command line if your modem is ISA. Using
sndconfig, you can configure the modem by assigning the appropriate dmas, i/os,
mpus, and irqs. Two audio tests are conducted to confirm your settings. If your
modem is PNP, sndconfig may autodectect it. If your
Hello,
Does anyone know when the next Mandrake kernel will be released?
Paul Hoy
A good place to start would be running `sndconfig` from a command line (as
root, not a normal user). Does this work for your card?
-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, M. L. Cates wrote:
I need some basic information on how to go about getting linux to
recognize my sound
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Wow - back to school after all these years
About time I jumped into the Linux foray and kept
ahead of technology, and not just trying to "keep
up" with Windows!
Problem 1: using Linux-Mandrake 6.0
I want to setup my network connection in Linux.
My
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
They said the reason they are calling it
Complete Linux Operating System 6.5 is that ANY revision version is
automatically incremented by .5. Thus, when Mandrake 6.2 comes out,
it's going to be called "The Complete Linux Operating System 7.0"
(unless they
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Collect all the files you want to back up in a tar archive. Compress
this archive with gzip. Copy or transfer the resulting file to the
other drive.
Thanks for the info. However, this doesn't sound very automated. I would
like to be able to backup to the
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Side question... what's the MacMillan's "Linux Security Suite" or
whatever?
"Maximum Security Linux"??? It's a buncha utils that you can download
for free, plus some documentation on how to use 'em. :-)
One of the other guys I was with scarfed that up. I
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
KDE 1.1.2 from Cooker here too =)
Well, I talked a McMillan rep out of a free copy of "The Complete
Linux Operating System 6.5" yesterday at the close of the ALS. I'll
probably back up a few
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Thanks, for the info. I'm using xfree 3.3.5, I wonder if it will
automatically see my savage card? If anyone is interested I'll keep you posted
on my progress.
I think so.
John
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Donny wrote:
wat da hell. This faggot dont even ask me to stop using HTML, he makes a
friggin sarcastic remark. So im not apologizing for jack crap. U dont like
it? tough. And if u dont like HTML mail... at least ~ask~ for me
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
An automatic "saver" for modelines would be nice, but I haven't seen
anything that will do that.
Check out SUSE Linux. :-) Hate to say it, but their XVidtune
replacement is MUCH nicer than ours. :-(
(Hint, hint, Mandrake guys!!!)
John
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
For the record, I did not (try to) use the modem under Linux.
But it was in the Pc when I successfully installed Mandrake 6 on the DELL
PC.
Ahh...Ok. :-) That explains a
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
I have ftp'd the file mandrake61-1.iso file. I burned this file using Nero
Burning Rom using the ISO section. I now have a CDrom with one file on it;
mandrake61-1.iso. My question is now what do I do? How is this file read?
When the file was burned to
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Donny wrote:
[BIG SNIP]
Theres your apology.
I truly hope that you find yourself in a good paying job, because it's
going to be expensive buying book after book to learn Linux. Your
behavior in the last two messages you've posted to this list have
I find it hard to believe a network engineer would spell like that. Probably
the Network Engineer for a small company, 2 maybe 3 people at the most running
an NT box and 2 Win98 boxes. And the only reason he got the job is because the
janitor couldn't spell network. Really makes me wonder where
BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML
This one doesn't seem to be, but...
Today, I'm using Pine (ver 3.96L) to read my mail. Depending on where I
am and what my computer is booted to, I may use Pine ver 4.10 or TkRat
(ver 1.2) to read my mail. Depemnding on how things are sent, it either
takes
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML
About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I
can agree with some of his opinion.
Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I think it would be useful if the information on decorum for this list were placed
in the
majordomo welcome, along with a short tutorial on how to turn off HTML for those who
don't
realize it. I know how to do it for Netscape, but I am among the unwashed
There was talk some time ago for a FAQ for this group. It was a good
idea but seemed to have faded. I would like to see one similar to what
some newsgroups use and maybe have it posted automatically to the list
every two weeks or so. Those who know what it is could ignore it from
the subject
Hey John:
I got it working again. I finally got it to boot with linux 3 and reset
what I needed...
I also got the video problem fixed.
I have a SiS 5597/5598 video card (actually built into the mother board)
and a Vision Graphic monitor. Took alittle time (couple of hours of
fighting with
Imation makes good coasters also! and you don't have to screw anything up
on those! hehe..
So. watch what media you use.
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:15:30 -0400 John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
I have ftp'd the file mandrake61-1.iso file. I burned
Michael Lueck wrote:
I've just had time to setup a "serious" Linux learning box finally. When in KDE
/ Xwindows using a single application - WordPerfect 8, Netscape 4.6... the hard
drive is just thrashing away - as bad as NT on 32MB. Strange thing, I have
128MB and a PIII 450 CPU.
Is
Dear friends:
I had earlier sent my own version of configuring a zip drive in
Rh/Mandrake including detailed step-by-step instructions.
I just noticed that I had set my delivery receipt inadvertently (or
rather kept the default) as reader receipt rather than server receipt.
So, some of you may
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I was wondering if anybody on the list has been able to get Quake2, to run
in gl mode using acceleration on a Banshee based video card. I have read
You might want to point yer browser at glide.xxedgexx.com and see if there is
anything cool there. . .also i
Hugh wrote:
Can someone walk mr through the Kmail filter process?
I want to kill file someone on this list :)
Hugh
--
Boling's postulate:
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
Ok
with Kmail up click on the FIle pulldown menu
Select Filter
Now once on
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Jesse Royall wrote:
Hey John:
I got it working again. I finally got it to boot with linux 3 and reset
what I needed...
I also got the video problem fixed.
I have a SiS 5597/5598 video card (actually built into the mother board)
and a Vision Graphic monitor. Took
That .iso file is for Easy CD Creator as far as I know of... I downloaded
that file to my hard drive from the internet and the I doubled clicked on
it (Using win98) and it opened my Easy CD Creator program that used the
iso file to create a image of the mandrake CD.
Hope that helps.
On Sun, 17
I'd be grateful if someone could point me to the appropriate
resources, rebuild the kernel (ie, what dev resources are needed, building CD,
etc). I was going to read the RH HOWTO- , but I wasn't sure that would cover
mandrake specifics...And is a recompiled kernel all I need for mandrake to
Maybe they meant to call their marque "Imitation". Could explain the
reportedly low quality of their writeable CD's.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL
John Ano wrote:
I'd be grateful if someone could point me to the appropriate
resources, rebuild the kernel (ie, what dev resources are needed,
building CD, etc). I was going to read the RH HOWTO- , but I wasn't
sure that would cover mandrake specifics...And is a recompiled kernel
all I
Dear friends:
Thanks so much for your help and sympathy.
What was the big problem?
Well, I had installed the Linux 2.0/2.2 x.bin file instead of the
Red Hat rpm (which as you know had expired and was not available for a
while). After scratching my head for a long time, I finally decided to
To avoid posting to the list in HTML:
In Outlook Express - left click Format, then left click Plain text.
In Netscape - left click Edit, left click prefrences, under catergory,
left click the + next to Mail Newsgroups, left click Formatting,
left click 'Use the plain text editor to compose
Dear friends:
I am resending this message because apparently many of you failed to
receive it due to my inadvertent failure to switch from "read" receipt
in Netscape to "delivery" receipt. I know I personally sometimes refuse
to acknowledge receipt of a letter from a stranger. Obviously, this is
I just installed Myth 2 with the small install and it isn't working
properly. It will start and i even get as far as the animation before the
game itself begins, but then it shuts itself off and the terminal says
something about memory protection. Can anyone help? if you need more info to
I have had the same prblem. I am a nebie at linux so I wont be much help.
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Payne Stanifer wrote:
I just installed Myth 2 with the small install and it isn't working
properly. It will start and i even get as far as the animation before the
game itself begins, but then
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