Re: [Fwd: [newbie] Re: soundcard config]

1999-12-04 Thread MnMSuri
It worked! Actually, I figured out that the Terminal emulation icon is on the Kmenu-bar and is the vehicle for inputting commands. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! : )

Re: [Fwd: [newbie] Re: soundcard config]

1999-12-04 Thread MnMSuri
Thanks very much! Coincidentally, I'd tried that by chance before I opened my mail, today... and lo and behold it works...exactly as you described it. Thanks very much for your support! It's heartwarming to note so many people are willing to help like you just did!

Re: [Re: [Fwd: [newbie] Re: soundcard config]]

1999-12-04 Thread MnMSuri
Thanks! It worked!

RE: [newbie] PCI Modem

1999-12-04 Thread Singer XJ Wang
That is a WIN-Modem(tm) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kyle Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] PCI Modem Is it possible to set up a PCI Modem (It is not a WIN modem ) (it is a USR

[newbie] Star-Linux mailing list -- Open Invitation

1999-12-04 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: This is my official invitation to all of you who use StarOffice for Linux. I will send copies of this invitation right away to some of the major Linux sites on the Web. Please feel free to send a copy of this letter to anyone you like, or to any other Linux mailing list or distro

Re: [newbie] linux on power pc mac

1999-12-04 Thread padlocke
I learned that the Mac in question is a performa 6116. I believe it uses the 601 processor and rated at 60 MHz. 700 MB harddisk and a whopping 8 MB RAM. It might have more RAM than that now though. I looked in to MKLinux and that was the first one that I saw that would be supported on that

[newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread AntifluX
ok, i went into X and set up my network (@home) with netcfg, i used DHCP i clicked Activate and it said determining info..OK then i pinged a server but STUPID ME i just typed ping (server) and it kept going and i couldnt stop it so i was forced to reboot.now i boot into linux and it says

Re: [[newbie] test]

1999-12-04 Thread Jaguar
hmmm ya think this is a legitimate post.or just a SPAM from the sender to get people to sign up to his AllAdvantage tree? Jaguar Kit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: someone please let me know if this email gets posted..quickly. for some reason, none of my emails are getting thru. --

Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
AntifluXctl-c Alan AntifluX wrote: ok, i went into X and set up my network (@home) with netcfg, i used DHCP i clicked Activate and it said determining info..OK then i pinged a server but STUPID ME i just typed ping (server) and it kept going and i couldnt stop it so i was forced

Re: [newbie] Basic doubts

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_Hi I am very new to Linux and I've installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday. I am trying to use Netscape without success since it couldn't find any URL. Seems it can't resolve DNS. After dialling with KPPP I can ping and telnet any IP and login too. I couldn't

Re: [newbie] It crashed!

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: How much memory do you have and how much open drive space and how much swap did you install? Netscape is a memory hog as is KDE. 128 meg of real RAM, 128 meg swap I imagine even hogs can wallow in that much space.. Hmm...yeah. Should be sufficient. Both

Re: [newbie] This is a directory and not a file:.....

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Everytime I send mail I get the msg: "I/O Error This is a directory and not a file: /home/." I'm trying to retrace my steps to when I setup Kmail. Funny thing is that I can still send and receive mail, so I wouldn't think this is a really bad message.

Re: [newbie] Rage 128 X-Windows Problems

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_I have two questions regarding X-Windows. My system is running a Rage 128 AGP card with 16 MB RAM. I had to go to SUSE's site to get the proper server for that card, but it works fine now. However, I can't run in 16 or 24 bit color, and I can't go above

Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: p.s. how do i ping an IP w/o it going on forever? Hit CTRL+C when you're done pinging, OR, use the "Network Tools" in the KDE menu (K - Internet - Network Tools) John

Re: [newbie] Sendmail - User Unknown

1999-12-04 Thread Peter Heckert
Hi Andrew, Andrew M George wrote: Hi, I've just started to try to configure sendmail on my Linux PC at home (rather than just using Kmail to grab mail direct from my ISP)...and I'm having a problem getting the mail into my user accounts. Fetchmail gets it OK...and I've used the

[newbie] is this okay

1999-12-04 Thread Kit
Boy, this list is incredibly PICKY... is this sig to your liking? -- =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins =KIT===

Re: [newbie] kernel header files - where?

1999-12-04 Thread David van Balen
Oops, forgot to mention that vmware didn't like the headers in /usr/src/linux/include (where the linux directory is synlinked to linux-2.2.13) which is where it got the headers from when I first installed. Also, I did install the "kernel source" package when I did the update, in case that has

Re: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-04 Thread bluebottle
It's a very helpful linux-mandrake list not an advertising mailing list. On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Boy, this list is incredibly PICKY... is this sig to your liking? -- =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins

[newbie] ppp/dial up questions

1999-12-04 Thread Lee Malatesta
Backround, I've got vanilla Mandrake-Linux 6.1 installed. I am currently working on getting Linux to talk to my ISP. I've got my modem properly configured, but I've had trouble with kppp actually connecting to my ISP. Neither CHAP or PAP work. I tried the terminal type login and after

Re: [newbie] Star-Linux mailing list -- Open Invitation

1999-12-04 Thread Dhines46

Re: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Boy, this list is incredibly PICKY... is this sig to your liking? -- =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins =KIT=== Going by the "standard" your sig is probably still

Re: [newbie] ppp/dial up questions

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Backround, I've got vanilla Mandrake-Linux 6.1 installed. I am currently working on getting Linux to talk to my ISP. I've got my modem properly configured, but I've had trouble with kppp actually connecting to my ISP. Neither CHAP or PAP work. I tried

Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: p.s. how do i ping an IP w/o it going on forever? "ping host -c nnn" where nnn is the number of pings to send -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)

Re: [newbie] Sendmail - User Unknown

1999-12-04 Thread Andrew M George
Thanks Peter, I do have uper case characters in my username (fetchmail seem to be passing them OK..It's probably Sendmail not picking them up my .fetchmailrc file reads poll "pop.netspace.net.au" proto pop3 user "ageorge" with pass "" is "Andrew" here forcecr smtpaddress localhost On

[newbie] Samba 2.0

1999-12-04 Thread Joe Brault
Hello, I am wondering if linux mandrake comes with Samba 2.0? I have version 6.0 of linux-mandrake, and would like to use Samba. If it does ship with it, what do I ahve to do to get it installed and up and running? THanks in advance! Joe :)

Re: [newbie] It crashed!

1999-12-04 Thread Peter Heckert
Hi Gregg, Gregg Carrier wrote: I'm so bummed. Linux just hung on me completely. I guess I was tempting fate when I said it had never hung once. I was in KDE, with like 2 Netscape windows open andhangorama So, here's what I did, being a newbie. I tried ctl-alt F* to switch to

Re: [newbie] Basic doubts

1999-12-04 Thread Peter Heckert
John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_Hi I am very new to Linux and I've installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday. I am trying to use Netscape without success since it couldn't find any URL. Seems it can't resolve DNS. After dialling with KPPP I can ping and telnet any IP

[newbie] more eth0 problems!! HELP!! (please)

1999-12-04 Thread AntifluX
i installed mandrake.i got my NIC card working...then i shutdown reboot into windows for a bit, then i went back to linux now it doesnt see my NIC when i do a "lsmod" when i goto Activate under netcfg it says "Delaying eth0 initialization" whats this all about p.s. i had this same

No Subject

1999-12-04 Thread jan herbert
Hello, After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work? Thanks in Advance, Ian Herbert

Re: [newbie] more eth0 problems!! HELP!! (please)

1999-12-04 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
AntifluX wrote: i installed mandrake.i got my NIC card working...then i shutdown reboot into windows for a bit, then i went back to linux now it doesnt see my NIC when i do a "lsmod" when i goto Activate under netcfg it says "Delaying eth0 initialization" whats this all about p.s. i

RE: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-04 Thread Donny
i agree with kit... list way too picky... lighten up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 2:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] is this okay On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Boy,

Re: [newbie] Rage 128 X-Windows Problems

1999-12-04 Thread Larry Coolidge
Had a similar problem when I installed my Xpert128 during on installation. I found, the if I rebooted after installing the RPM and before running XF86Config, it resolved the problem. Make sure you take your time and put in the setup correctly (ex 432) otherwise, it will go to which ever

Re: [newbie] kernel header files - where?

1999-12-04 Thread Peter Heckert
David van Balen wrote: installed. Also, I did install the "kernel source" package when I did the update, in case that has any effect on what's in the include dir. Sorry for replying to my own thread... There is also a package "kernel headers" on my MDK 6.1 CDROM Peter -- Nur in

Re: [newbie] Sendmail - User Unknown

1999-12-04 Thread Peter Heckert
Andrew M George wrote: Thanks Peter, I do have uper case characters in my username (fetchmail seem to be passing them OK..It's probably Sendmail not picking them up Locate this line in /etc/sendmail.cf: Mlocal, P=/usr/bin/procmail, F=lsDFMAw5:/|@qSPfhn9, S=10/30, R=20/40, Change it

Re: [newbie] This is a directory and not a file:.....

1999-12-04 Thread Brett Jones
J McCaffrey wrote: Everytime I send mail I get the msg: "I/O Error This is a directory and not a file: /home/." I'm trying to retrace my steps to when I setup Kmail. Funny thing is that I can still send and receive mail, so I wouldn't think this is a really bad message. It's kind

Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread Keith
Using "ctrl c" also kills the ping. -- Keith - Original Message - From: Alex V Flinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP! On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: p.s. how do i ping an IP w/o it

[newbie] remove

1999-12-04 Thread Kevin O'Leary
remove

Re: [[newbie] test]

1999-12-04 Thread Mark Fitzgerald
Re: "his AllAdvantage tree ???" Hi, Hehe .. lol Good one ! and yea .. I think your right! Mark - Original Message - From: Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 4, 1999 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] test] hmmm ya think this is a legitimate post.or

Re: [newbie] kernel header files - where?

1999-12-04 Thread David van Balen
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Peter Heckert wrote: David van Balen wrote: installed. Also, I did install the "kernel source" package when I did the update, in case that has any effect on what's in the include dir. Sorry for replying to my own thread... There is also a package "kernel