Re: [newbie] virtual consoles can't start x-server

Hi, I am interested in this too, but when I tried this with just alt+Fanynumber it didn't work. On my installation of Mandrake 6.0 I have to use ctrl+alt+Fwhatevernumber to make it work. Chip On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Axalon

[newbie] modem

I read the HOW-TO for modems and I'm lost as all get out. I would appreciate if someone could help me troubleshoot what is wrong by asking me some questions. I have a generic (Wisecom) 33.6kbps modem. It is not PnP, and it is not a winmodem. Here's all I can tell you so far: the setserial -g

[newbie] WP8 Epson Stylus Color 200

Hi, Is there anyone can help me, how to print with Stylus 200. I'm using WordPerfect 8, from Mandrake 6.0, I always get a bad printing result, when i'm using *-WP fonts. I've print with several Stylus Driver : Stylus Color, Stylus 800, LQ1170, LQ850 etc. (none driver for Stylus 200) and have

Re: [Re: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)]

I had one of those too, You could add extra ram buy pluging it into the back. A whole 16 k On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, you wrote: I remember the days of my Timex Sinclair T1000. A whopping 2k of ram. - Original Message - From: Sysadmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Star Java -- Is it worth it?

Check my post on the expert list I posted how I got mine to work Jeanette Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jeanette: Thanks so very, very much, Jeanette. Nothing like the voice of experience. After struggling for hours to install Java in StarOffice, it finally occurred to me to ask the simple

Re: [newbie] Star Java -- Is it worth it?

Check here http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/newsgroups.html they know how to get this to work or check my post today to the expert list Jeanette "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Would you be able to tell me where the newsgroup is? The only one I found on Deja is German. My local news

[newbie] StarOffice 5.1a and Java

Ok this is what worked for me! To get Staroffice 5.1a to recognize java download 2 files from blackdown.org and place them in the /usr/local directory jre 1.1.7-v1a-glibc-x86.tar.gz jre 1.1.7-v1a glibc-x86-native.tar.gz go to the /usr/local directory and un-tar the files by running tar zxvf

[newbie] Remove

remove

Re: [newbie] Video Settings

I would try the CTRL-ALT-(PLUS KEY) option first. If the above fails you, I would then do the following (as root): 1)Open your XF86Config file in your favorite text editor 2)be sure you see entries for the 800x600 resolution listed in the file 3)next, I just put a "#" in front of all the 640x480

RE: [newbie] MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)

On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, you wrote: I want to agree with Seth here, lets get back to Linux. Here is a dumb question. What is MESA 3.1? The reason I keep Win98 is so I can play Quake 2 Mesa is an Open Source implimentation of OpenGL, written by one Brian Paul while at the University of

Re: [newbie] hdparm and ATA66 drive (drive running slow)!

It bothered me that my ATA66 hard drive wasn't running in Ultra DMA 4 mode, so I then typed "hdparm -d1 /dev/hdg" only to be greeted by the following: Operation not permitted What do I do to make my hard drive operate at it full potential? I had basically the same questions

[newbie] kernel boot problem

Hey, I tried to upgrade my kernel (using rpm -Uvh kernel*.rpm instead of kernel -i kernel*.rpm). Then I forgot to run lilo before rebooting, and now linux can't boot. I have no other boot media besides the Linux Mandrake CD (which does not have a rescue option). I have Windows 98 on this

[newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

I bought a Sinclair something or other long before the Times incarnation and couldn't get it to work so I bought a Commodore VIC-20 with 5K and a tape drive for about $500, summer of 92, eventually upgraded it to 32K. Hugh wrote: I had one of those too, You could add extra ram buy

Re: [newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

I actually started out with the original Sinlair version. Oredered the kit, but they was out of stock and sent me one that was already assembled. Then later I bought the Timex version. They were great little computers for teaching you to write compact code. - Original Message - From:

Re: [newbie] Opening Windows in Virtual Consoles

Actually, you can boot windows inside of Linux. If you go to Linux-Mandrake.com, they have some screen shots and one of them shows KDE and then an open windows booting win98, if anyone knows how to do tis, that would be great... tBuchok ps. I don't know how to do this\, i'vew just seen a

[newbie] kernel boot problem

Hey, I tried to upgrade my kernel (using rpm -Uvh kernel*.rpm instead of kernel -i kernel*.rpm). Then I forgot to run lilo before rebooting, and now linux can't boot. I have no other boot media besides the Linux Mandrake CD (which does not have a rescue option). I have Windows 98 on this

[newbie] Gnome sound and modems

Hello, I have a couple of questions relating to sound and modems I installed an ESS1868 sound card and got it working ok in KDE. When I'm in gnome enlightenment I can play music CD's but none of the system sound effects play. Is this a problem with gnome? In KDE everything works fine. I

Re: [newbie] Zip drive

I can't get it to see the Zip Plus when I install Linux (SCSI devices=0) much less to do a modprob. On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 00:54:02 -0600 Sysadmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have ordered a zip250, which I think uses the same SCSI card as the regular zip 100. Hmm, now I know how to set it up

Re: [newbie] Opening Windows in Virtual Consoles

That pictue's caption (at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fscreenshots.php3) says "'Helios' running Enlightenment, Eterm and Win98 under VMWare (VMWare is inluded in the PowerPack edition of Mandrake)" So, it looks like vmware is the culprit. VMware can also be downloaded from

[newbie] Internal Zip Drives

Ok... I looked up zip drives in the How to files, but there was nothing (that I could find) about internal zip drives. It is on an IDE cable. So if any one has one of these or knows how to set one up, please help. I am very much so a newbie so go easy on me.. ;-). David

Re: [Re: [newbie] Antiques-was--MS releases new Windows and NT Keyboard (humor)]

Yeah, and also the days of the old green unix terminal, or blue, whichever the monitor was made by. Do you remember the old RCA SelectaVision video discs? Now there is a classic too. On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: I've still got the 64, but haven't fired it up for a long time. Those were

[newbie] Getting off the list

what are the steps involved in getting removed from this list? I thought it was remove newbie [email_address]

Re: [newbie] modem

"Karen M. Heiby" wrote: I read the HOW-TO for modems and I'm lost as all get out. I would appreciate if someone could help me troubleshoot what is wrong by asking me some questions. I have a generic (Wisecom) 33.6kbps modem. It is not PnP, and it is not a winmodem. Here's all I can

Re: [newbie] Internal Zip Drives

Davidit's in here: /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive Alan David Smith wrote: Ok... I looked up zip drives in the How to files, but there was nothing (that I could find) about internal zip drives. It is on an IDE cable. So if any one has one of these or knows how to set one up, please

[newbie] Old Netscape 3.04 for Linux -- OK?

Dear friends: I am currently using Netscape 4.7 like most of you, I gather. However, I am interested in installing the old Netscape 3.04 for Linux, which I got from Netscape's archives. The name of the file is: netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz I would like to install this

Re: [newbie] Internal Zip Drives

My internal Zip is an ATAPI IDE and it mounts with /dev/sdb4 The primary controller is running the HD and I set the Zip up on the secondary controller as the master and I have a Sony Superstation running as the slave. From: "David Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] Gnome sound and modems

I haven't heard of any PCI modem that wasn't a Winmodem. If the modem is a Winmodem, you won't be able to run it in Linux. From: "Tony Zoccolillo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Gnome sound and modems Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 14:42:34 -0800

Re: [newbie] kernel boot problem

cyberclay wrote: Hey, I tried to upgrade my kernel (using rpm -Uvh kernel*.rpm instead of kernel -i kernel*.rpm). Then I forgot to run lilo before rebooting, and now linux can't boot. I have no other boot media besides the Linux Mandrake CD (which does not have a rescue option). I

Re: [newbie] hdparm and ATA66 drive (drive running slow)!

M Thompson wrote: When I type "hdparm /dev/hdg" I receive the following: multcount = 0 (off) I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 0 (off) keepsettings= 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly

Re: [[newbie] Gnome sound and modems]

"Tony Zoccolillo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I installed an internal Zoom PCI pnp modem and I can't figure out how to begin to install it for linix. I ran isapnp and setserial, but I don't know what to do. I read through all the Howto's on the internet and find them completely

Re: [newbie] reformat partition

On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have created a 2nd partition on my BACKUP (2nd) hard disk in my windows/linux system. This HD was previously all DOS. Q. How do I reformat my newly created disk partition, which is still DOS formatted, for linux? I am not trying to install linux on this

Re: [newbie] Gnome sound and modems

Thanks. I guess I have a Winmodem. Oh well, another piece of hardware I can't use. Soon I'll be able to build another Windows machine with all my leftover parts. TZ - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 2:14

Re: [newbie] Getting off the list

On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: what are the steps involved in getting removed from this list? I thought it was remove newbie [email_address] Correct, but you DON'T send it to the list, you send it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (minus quotes.) Had you bothered to go read the instructions on

Re: [newbie] reformat partition

M L Cates wrote: I have created a 2nd partition on my BACKUP (2nd) hard disk in my windows/linux system. This HD was previously all DOS. Q. How do I reformat my newly created disk partition, which is still DOS formatted, for linux? mke2fs /dev/partition For example, to format hdb2, the

Re: [newbie] Gnome sound and modems

On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: I haven't heard of any PCI modem that wasn't a Winmodem. If the modem is a Winmodem, you won't be able to run it in Linux. There are a couple NON-WinModem PCI modems, as well as a couple LIN-Modems (Linux-only software modems.) John

Re: [newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

Most of my audio equipment has these glass and mica thingies called "vacuum tubes". Very popular during World War 2, You know, the one where President Johnson freed the slaves. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **If a person with multiple personalities

Re: [newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

I used to have some of those, but it got to difficult to find replacement parts for. - Original Message - From: David P. Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Way back when.. was some other topic Most of my

Re: [newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

Well my grandpa called them "valves" but same thing. I am glad he taught me about them and my great-uncle Vernon who is also a tech taught me about them when I was about 7, I really llike the sound that audio valves (or tubes) reproduce, and even better the Raw power output of transmitter

[newbie] desktop

do you guys using KDE/GNOME for desktop? all of you? here i'm using WindowMaker -- Rib

Re: [newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

The tubes were nice and really made it a lot easier to work on and repair things. I also miss them. I used to work on radios and tv's, but have since gone on to other things. - Original Message - From: Sysadmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 8:48

[newbie] Netscape crashing

I have Mandrake 6.1, with Netscape 4.61 and 4.7. Both versions are suddenly crashing at random. This is a new problem, I have not changed anything. Netscape will at random suddenly just shut down. I can't find any pattern, it seems totally random. Any ideas on what to try would be greatly

[newbie] Proxy Setting

Does anybody here knows how to Proxy Netscape . I've edited it in setting (Control) for Netscape but still it does not point to my ISP Proxy a windows NT using Wingate... Thanks Lapu_Lapu

[newbie] SWAT

Does anybody here knows where do I get my SWAT for Mandrake 6.0 and how do I install it Thanks Lapu_Lapu

Re: [newbie] Proxy Setting

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody here knows how to Proxy Netscape . I've edited it in setting (Control) for Netscape but still it does not point to my ISP Proxy a windows NT using Wingate... Thanks Lapu_Lapu You should be able to set it under the Advanced/Proxies tab in the

Re: Re: [newbie] Where's the Sound?

Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices, even though I have a standard Sound Blaster Pro PNP card. But I was able to select it from the list, which contained 3 entrys for SB. It tested the card, and it was able to play sound clips. The mixer program now

Re: [newbie] desktop

I use KDE but I'm thinking of trying other out. Richard Ribbo wrote: do you guys using KDE/GNOME for desktop? all of you? here i'm using WindowMaker -- Rib

[newbie] Travan TR-4 Tape Drive and Linux - Info on install requested.

Has anyone of you had any experience in getting a TR-4 Travan tape drive to work? I've got the Exabyte Tr-4i tape drive. It connects via IDE. I'm trying to install it and get it to work on Mandrake 6.1. Seve

[newbie] GAIM

Is anyone else noticing GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger) is freezing upon connecting? I wonder if AOL might have anyone not using their version of AOL IM for Windows blocked from their system? Like they're doing to MSN Messenger? My other concern is that I had a friend here trying to get my modem

[newbie] samba setup

I just attempted to setup samba with the following results: (comp.protocols.samba probably would've been a better place to post this question but our news server is currently down and probably won't be up for quite a while) At one point, 'nbtstat -a linuxIP' under NT was finding my linux box