Re: [newbie] running multi GUI's for fun...

1999-12-05 Thread Ty C. Mixon
Heh. :) I run WM now, but I like kfm, so I tend to start it, and it gives me just eh icons on the desktop. No panel, or anything else. I kinda like it. :) Ty Original Message On 12/4/99, 11:38:13 PM, root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] running multi GUI's for fun...: As

Re: [newbie] Samba 2.0

1999-12-05 Thread Gerry Doyon
Samba does come with it. When you install Mandrake 6.0 it is an optional package to install. If you have already installed Mandrake and never selected the package then you can go back and run the RPM for Samba. Joe Brault wrote: Hello, I am wondering if linux mandrake comes with Samba 2.0?

Re: [newbie] Samba 2.0

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: 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! Mandrake 6.0 came

[newbie] Lnx4win and installation

1999-12-05 Thread Craig L Joly
I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 6.1 using Lnx4win. I have got as far as completing an installation successfully(??) but with Lnx4win only allocating 400 megs of space for the image size installation (I had wanted 1 gig space). Unfortunately I got in a muddle with the password and user name

[newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello, After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work? RPM??? RPM -ivh kernel*.rpm Then, go edit your /etc/lilo.conf to add the new kernel to LILO and run /sbin/lilo (one can NEVER run that TOO many times! G) After that, it

RE: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: i agree with kit... list way too picky... lighten up. =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins =KIT=== Going by the "standard" your sig is probably still too

RE: [newbie] USB modem.

1999-12-05 Thread Serpico
Unfortunately linux does not support usb, but will soon in the next kernel upgrade I have heard. Serpico -- "you talkin' to me?" -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Khalid Al Shashai Al ZahraniSent: Sunday,

Re: [newbie] how to cd to cd

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: this may sound "dumb" but, how do I "see" the contents of my CDROM? in DOS the command is similar to :: C: cd D:\ thanks for any assistance with such a small prob. from a console, type "mount /mnt/cdrom" and then browse the cd as you would any other file, OR

Re: [newbie] Linux fragmentation?

1999-12-05 Thread Seth Gibson
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: How can this be tolerated? Or rather how can Linux tolerate this and still talk about interoperatibility of distros? And what does the future hold? Umm. . .well if its really that big a deal there are always tar.gz arcs ya kno. Ive actually taken to using

Re: [newbie] USB modem.

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_I have a modem connected to USB. When I tried to query it I couldn't. Does Linux support USB devices?. If yes, how can I define my modem. Thanking you for your help. Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed"

Re: [newbie] Linux fragmentation?

1999-12-05 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: There is endless talk on Linux forums about the fear of fragmentation. Some say it's true. Others say it ain't true. Yet, the bottom line remains that right now you can't (or shouldn't) install a debian package or even a susu rpm on

RE: [newbie] Linux fragmentation?

1999-12-05 Thread Ken Wilson
As long as there is an opportunity to commercially exploit Linux we will have those who will attempt to taint it in their own fashion, making their clientele dependant upon using only their version. This is a fact of life. It is a price you will pay for the operating system to become more and

[newbie] Ext3 -- What's that?

1999-12-05 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Seth and friends: What is ext3? A new file system in addition to ext2? Who, what, how come, why and why on earth? Could someone clarify this for us? Thanks. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I know this question has been asked before, but I never quite understood the answer. Why do we always see the "KCharactset -- Wrong Character Set!" message when returning to the console? It's a minor nuisance, of course, but why are we seeing this error message and when can we

[newbie] Getting rid of the penuin on bootup

1999-12-05 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I forgot the instructions on how to get rid of the penguin that greets you at bootup. Could someone please refresh my memory. I know that commenting out the /etc/issue section in /etc/rc.d/rc.local doesn't do it. Personally, I like the penguin. It's just that I would like to be

[newbie] pop-3 server

1999-12-05 Thread cyberclay
Hey, Which packages do I need to install to get a pop-3 e-mail server setup? Which packages do I need to install to get an IMAP e-mail server setup? Regards, cyberclay --- cclay at fastlane dot net I think, therefore I am dangerous http://www.hacked-inhabitants.com

Re: [newbie] Ext3 -- What's that?

1999-12-05 Thread Jones
On 5 Dec 99, at 12:57, Benjamin Sher wrotf: Could someone clarify this for us? Ext3 is the name ive heard given to RH's new filing system. Apparently it caused a bit of unerst due to the fact that RHs intro of Ext3 (otherwise known as the journaling filesystem) is somewhat deviating from

Re: [newbie] Sendmail - User Unknown

1999-12-05 Thread Andrew M George
Thanks Peter...I'll give it a shot... one thing that ocurred to me...I answered yes to running sendmail in deferred mode... does that stop sendmail also acceptiing mail that Fetchmail tries to hand to the SMTP port? (simple fix in that case, I'll just write a script to run them both in

Re: [newbie] procmail with postfix

1999-12-05 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Russ Pitman wrote: Hi, Has anyone had probs using procmail as a filter for postfix? I'm using procmail and postfix and they're working fine... aside from .forward and .procmailrc I didn't have to tweak any configuration files to get them to work together. (I did

[newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread Jim Kempton
Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for my 'spare' Freeserve account and do the connect. I get in and the modem stays connected but Netscape won't find anything or give me an error message

Re: [newbie] how to cd to cd

1999-12-05 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: this may sound "dumb" but, how do I "see" the contents of my CDROM? in DOS the command is similar to :: C: cd D:\ first mount the cdrom mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom then cd /mnt/cdrom -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)

Re: [newbie] Ext3 -- What's that?

1999-12-05 Thread Auroch
-Mensagem original- De: Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: Domingo, 5 de Dezembro de 1999 18:29 Assunto: Re: [newbie] Ext3 -- What's that? On 5 Dec 99, at 12:57, Benjamin Sher wrotf: Could someone clarify this for us? Ext3 is the name ive heard

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread bluebottle
Have you entered DNS settings for Freeserve. I found it connected and ran with no problems and Netscrape worked. On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread Larry Coolidge
When I had a similar problem it turned out to be a DNS server problem. I reset the KPPP information for the two DNS servers my ISP used and everything worked after that. --- Jim Kempton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a

Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom

1999-12-05 Thread Colin Murphy
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Bill Barnes wrote: what is required to unmount the cdrom. KFM error: umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy Billit sounds to me like there's a file open. Yeah, but what's the trick in finding that file? I can have several directories open in various

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread Larry
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello, After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work? RPM??? RPM -ivh kernel*.rpm Then, go edit your /etc/lilo.conf to add the new kernel to LILO and run /sbin/lilo (one can NEVER run that TOO many

Re: [newbie] Linux fragmentation?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: There is endless talk on Linux forums about the fear of fragmentation. Some say it's true. Others say it ain't true. Yet, the bottom line remains that right now you can't (or shouldn't) install a debian package or even a susu rpm on Red Hat or

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: I know this question has been asked before, but I never quite understood the answer. Why do we always see the "KCharactset -- Wrong Character Set!" message when returning to the console? It's a minor nuisance, of course, but why are we seeing

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for my 'spare' Freeserve account and do the connect. I get in and the modem stays connected but Netscape won't find

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread Larry
bluebottle wrote: Have you entered DNS settings for Freeserve. I found it connected and ran with no problems and Netscrape worked. On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the

Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom

1999-12-05 Thread Ty C. Mixon
I can think of two things off hand: 1) close all those things 2) use pwd to print the working directories in each, then close/cd as needed. Ty Original Message On 12/4/99, 3:29:28 PM, Colin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom: Alan Shoemaker wrote:

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Larry wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello, After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work? RPM??? RPM -ivh kernel*.rpm Then, go edit your /etc/lilo.conf to add the new kernel to LILO and

[newbie] lm_sensors .... Anybody?

1999-12-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
This app has to have the sorriest, most fragmented, contr- dictory docs going. unfortunately it appears to be about the only application for reading hardware monitors from the SMBus and i2c-piix4 for Linux. I need it, I run a seriously o/c'd p3-450 (608mhz). rant off If it helps, I have

Re: [newbie] unmounting cdrom

1999-12-05 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Ty C. Mixon wrote: I can think of two things off hand: 1) close all those things 2) use pwd to print the working directories in each, then close/cd as needed. Ty lsof /dev/cdrom Original Message On 12/4/99, 3:29:28 PM, Colin Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Re: [newbie] ppp/dial up questions]

1999-12-05 Thread Michael Scottaline
Lee Malatesta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, does anyone know how to make the fonts in Netscape less ugly? Thanks again for all the suggestions. -Lee Malatesta === Try the google search engine and enter the word "deuglification".

Re: [newbie] lm_sensors .... Anybody?

1999-12-05 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Tom Brinkman wrote: This app has to have the sorriest, most fragmented, contr- dictory docs going. unfortunately it appears to be about the only application for reading hardware monitors from the SMBus and i2c-piix4 for Linux. I need it, I run a seriously o/c'd

Re: [[newbie] how to cd to cd]

1999-12-05 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Walt F" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this may sound "dumb" but, how do I "see" the contents of my CDROM? in DOS the command is similar to :: C: cd D:\ thanks for any assistance with such a small prob. ;) walt If your CD_ROM is not yet mounted, go to a console

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for my 'spare' Freeserve account and do the connect. I get in and the modem

Re: [[newbie] KPPP]

1999-12-05 Thread Michael Scottaline
Jim Kempton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for my 'spare' Freeserve account and do the connect. I get in and the modem stays connected but Netscape won't

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear John: Thanks a million! At last, that dreadful error message is gone! I've been seeing this error message ever since I switched to Linux early this year. I won't say that it has driven me crazy. Not really. But it has made me feel very uneasy, anxious just as the message about "You have new

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
I'd recommend making this request (i.e. getting rid of the error message) of the KDE developers, rather than Mandrake, as the Mandrake folks don't actually code KDE and aren't responsible for its bugs. Though I guess Mandrake could make the configuration adjustment if that doesn't hurt anything

[newbie] Updates via Proxies through a Firewall

1999-12-05 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have recently installed my first Mandrake Linux (I have had some experience in the past with Redhat), and thought I would try installing the updates. Unfortunately, it can't get through our firewall. How do I make it use the http proxy (I assume it is using HTTP)? Brian. --

[newbie] Mail client that handles many different pop accounts???

1999-12-05 Thread Auroch
Hello, Wise Ones, Q : Which Linux mail client handles several different accounts for the same user at the same time, and also handles html, images and such? Unfortunately, Netscape 4.61 in LinuX only seems to allow me one pop account. Motive : I'm still suffering M$-Outlook because I

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: This is a subject that is of interest to me, as I guess it is to everyone expect experts. I have compiled my kernel a few time but sometimes ran into troubles and felt I just didn't do everything correctly. Like there were dependencies problems on boot up in

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: 4.If I want to retain the current kernal images in my boot dir do I need to do something during the process of upgrading other than redoing my lilo.conf of course? Seems to me downloading tar files and upgrading used to require renaming system maps to

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear John: Thanks a million! At last, that dreadful error message is gone! I've been seeing this error message ever since I switched to Linux early this year. I won't say that it has driven me crazy. Not really. But it has made me feel very uneasy, anxious

Re: [newbie] procmail with postfix

1999-12-05 Thread Russ Pitman
Thanks Tom for the reply, in going over the permissions I found a dud file in my procmail dir which caused the hangup. Stupid of me not to go over -all- of the bits before yelling for help. I am impressed that you never had to edit the main.cf file. I am using the stock Mandrake 6.1 but

Re: [newbie] KDE desktop icon permissions

1999-12-05 Thread Pierre Lucas
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: Pierre Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Basically, can I install the floppy and the cd-rom on the panel and delete all the icons without risk of causing problems elsewhere? yes. --Chmouel Thanks for your

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread Larry Steiner
John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: 4.If I want to retain the current kernal images in my boot dir do I need to do something during the process of upgrading other than redoing my lilo.conf of course? Seems to me downloading tar files and upgrading used to

Re: [newbie] procmail with postfix

1999-12-05 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Russ Pitman wrote: Thanks Tom for the reply, in going over the permissions I found a dud file in my procmail dir which caused the hangup. Stupid of me not to go over -all- of the bits before yelling for help. Don't feel bad, it took me hours to get procmail working for

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread Warren Doney
I think Kppp overwrites the /etc/resolv.conf with its own settings each time it's used. This is to allow us to use more than 1 ISP without editing /etc/resolv.conf each time we change. So the DNS *must* be entered be entered correctly in Kppp. To do so: Click Kppp - click setup - click on the

[newbie] testing AGAIN

1999-12-05 Thread Kit
whats going on here, isn't ANY of my emails getting posted? WHY isn't anyone answering MY posts...? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins