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Re: [newbie] Install Question

What version I had no problem with version 6.0 (on it's own hard drive) I wish I could get the rest of the setup working, now I can not get (windows) type going will only go to systems prompt. I have to delete a file, tryed many times, comes up with some type of BASH message [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Install Question

What version I had no problem with version 6.0 (on it's own hard drive) I wish I could get the rest of the setup working, now I can not get (windows) type going will only go to systems prompt. I have to delete a file, tryed many times, comes up with some type of BASH message [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

I had that problem as well. I solved it by creating a small bootable dos partition and then running /dosutils/autoboot/install.bat. This boots into a menu where one of the items is DrakX from CD-rom. Good luck. Sincerely, Christian Christian Dam NCR SE Copenhagen - Vibevej 20 - DK 2400

RE: [newbie] cd-rw atapi zip drive

Got the smae trouble with Philips RW 3610 on hdb Only way to mount is is on /dev/scd0! Try it Krit. = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I just installed 7.0 and I have two problems, the first one is that 7.0 found my HP 7200i plus cd r-w drive and put it on the desktop as

[newbie] Opti soundcard

Somehow my OPTI soundcard won't be recognised bij LM 7. Even Lothar says it's not there. ISAPNP recogises it. Who knows what to do? Krit

[newbie] configuring soundcard

Ive finally got my screen resolution problem sorted out and now Im onto the sound, Ive read thru readme and faqs and tried "make xconfig", "make config" and "make menuconfig" everywhere at shell prompts and it doesnt bring up any GUI setup screen nor text. Ive found the sndconfig file and

Re: [newbie] configuring soundcard

Thanks Ross, I did do that, and thats when it didnt detect anything to begin with, so I got a list to choose from atfer that, and mine isnt in the list. Its for the Intel 810, where I thought I could select MPU-401compatible but thats not in the list either. regards Gina - Original Message

Re: [newbie] Planning to buy one

You'll have to talk to the folks over at MacMillan. MacMillan took MDK 6.1, added some add'l software, applied shrink-wrap and called it 6.5. Matt From: Deepak Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Planning to buy one Date: Sun, 23 Jan

Re: [newbie] True Type Fonts

Jeanette or anyone, How does MDK 7.0 deal with fonts? Does it use TT fonts by default? If you haven't guessed, I haven't yet installed MDK 7.0. I'm curious about some of these aesthetic items. I'm waiting to hear from others before starting the mighty download of the ISO and burning the

[newbie] Mandrake-7.0 problems

Hi, I've just upgraded my Mandrake-6.1 to Mdk-7.0. It seems very good (installation, configuration tools, automount, ...) but I've two little troubles: 1) It's very loud. If I start kde+netscape it uses all RAM (160MB) and every new application is very slow. I checked ktop and I find six (6)

Re: [newbie] Hello

Try adding the following to your /etc/hosts.allow file ALL:ALL Try to telnet in after doing so. Bryan " $BDD00G7(B" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/22/2000 12:00:14 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject:

[newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

I installed Air at work on a machine, no problems. My home (test) machine is another story. Auto detect finds my video card just fine, but when it asks for a monitor type and I specify the correct one no dice. The correct monitor is listed in the list, but still won't work. The

RE: [newbie] Mandrake-7.0 problems

I don't have an answer for #2 but for #1, if Linux is like HP-UX UNIX, look in /etc/inittab; look for entries that are set to respawn. I don't know what your background is in UNIX, mine is good but not great. The inittab entry for getty: respawn is why a process you kill automatically restarts.

[newbie] Upgrading 6.0 to 7.0

Hello Newbies: When upgrading from 6.0 to 7.0, which option should I choose Install or Upgrade? And will my config files be overwritten? Thanks In Advance

[newbie] How to create start-up disk for 7.0?

Re: [newbie] Planning to buy one

I might have the number wrong. I did see the Macmillan one. I have never seen Mandrake. It was recommended to me by someone, and he told me that 7.0 is due out soon. Regards and thanks Deepak. M Thompson wrote: You'll have to talk to the folks over at MacMillan. MacMillan took MDK

[newbie] Moving from 5.3 to 7.0

Is there a good solution to upgrading Mandrake from 5.x to 6.x or 7.x besides a clean reinstall? //Fredrik

RE: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

I have had trouble with generic Trident cards. I went to S3 generic cards and havent' looked back sincegrin! Lylr -Original Message- From: Burger, Matthew R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:02 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Problem installing

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

Mattif autodetect finds your card then leave that setting alone. When you say "no dice" that's not telling us what happened, you should be more specific. Anyway, I've found a pretty good "least common denomimator" monitor to use in Xconfigurator when a listed monitor doesn't work (my

RE: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

The problem is that the auto-detect finds the card, just not the monitor. Specifying the correct monitor and then testing is what causes the problem. I have tried to use generic monitor settings, etc., but they don't work either. If I use a different card, I am afraid that this problem will

[newbie] ISDN

Hello I have this problem. I have a ISDN Zyxel omni.net TA128 modem and I can not get it working under Mandrake 7.0. Can anyone help me please.. Michael __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: [newbie] Planning to buy one

Deepak, Please forgive me for being so blunt earlier. Checkout the following URL: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/goldfeat.php3 The Linux Mandrake Gold Pack 2000 is apparently one step above the Linux Mandrake Power Pack 7.0. I followed the above link and found a price tag of $65. It

RE: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

Excellent! Thanks. I'll try it. "no dice" meant that it went to try the monitor, but had to come back to the install because it didn't fall into the correct res. settings or went way out of range or something. I will try the IBM monitor type and see if that helps. The NEC 3FGx is a 15"

RE: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

I haven't installed MDK 7.0 yet, but does it let you pick a generic monitor and then enter in the Horizontal and vertical refresh rates that correspond to your monitor? From: "Burger, Matthew R" [EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem is that the auto-detect finds the card, just not the monitor.

[newbie] About the known problem with SiS

I was wondering,if anyone could tell me where in the file etc/X11/XF86Config i would insert the code 'noaccel' i need to know for my linux to work,thanx.please check this file and tell me Tim __ Get Your Private, Free Email at

[newbie] About the known problem with SiS

I was wondering,if anyone could tell me where in the file etc/X11/XF86Config i would insert the code 'noaccel' i need to know for my linux to work,thanx.please check this file and tell me Tim __ Get Your Private, Free Email at

[newbie] Squid

OOPS! Forgot to add [date] kb01ln squid[641]: Squid Parent : child process 749 exited with Status 1 Okay. I give up. I did a clean install of 7.0 Server recently. I have squid properly configured, but my proxy server is failing with the following extraced from /var/log/messages...

[newbie] Squid

Okay. I give up. I did a clean install of 7.0 Server recently. I have squid properly configured, but my proxy server is failing with the following extraced from /var/log/messages... [date] kb01ln squid[641]: Squid parent : child process 749 started [date] kb01ln (squid): Cannot open

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[newbie] ksendfax

Hey Y'all, I'm trying to use KSendFax (Mdk 6.1) as user, and it will only let root fax. When I try, I get the following message: "Neither /etc/mgetty+sendfax/fax.allow nor /etc/mgetty+sendfax/fax.deny exist, so only root may use the fax service. Sorry." I want to give permission for me to fax as

[newbie] True type fonts

How do I do, if I want to use true type fonts? Is it possible to do the same way as for redhat? I tried that with Mandrake 6, but it didn´t work (or did I do something wrong?). Thanks for the help! Gratis epost med TJOHOOMAIL http://www.tjohoo.se

Re: [newbie] NIC installation issue

For the nic card this is what you do; "insmod drvr name" "ifup eth0" #then open up linuxconf or netcfg and put in apropriate IP's gateways and DNS. that should work if the card is supported and does not have any conflicts. Sean Lief Erickson wrote: I have a couple of different issues that I

Re: [newbie] MDK7 installation problems

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote: I've been having trouble getting Mandrake 7.0 to install properly. Every time I try to install it it gets as far as Setup filesystems and then stops with the following error: An error occurred no available partitions. Ok...silly question ... you DID

Re: [newbie] Planning to buy one

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, you wrote: I might have the number wrong. I did see the Macmillan one. I have never seen Mandrake. It was recommended to me by someone, and he told me that 7.0 is due out soon. Speaking only for myself, I do NOT plan on upgrading to 7.0 any time soon there

[newbie] mem problem

hi guys, i installed mandrake 6.1 and every thing seems fine except for the physical memory. i have 128MB memory but mandrake detects it as only 64MB ... help me out

[newbie] HHHHEELLLLPPP

Hey does anyone where i would insert the command 'noaccel' in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config..i already tried inserting it infront of the command accel,but it fucked it up it fucks up with SiS please tell me what ur config looks like thanx tim

Re: [newbie] MDK7 installation problems

I am having the same proble. And it never asks me if/where to install partitons to. On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote: I've been having trouble getting Mandrake 7.0 to install properly. Every time I try to install it it gets as far as Setup

[newbie] connect two PCs at home

I was trying to decide the best approach for connecting my old computer to the new one to share my (not yet installed) cable modem, and printer. I know Linux supports two network cards and RJ45 wiring between them (with or without a hub). Does Linux support the options that allow you to

RE: [newbie] MDK7 installation problems

Mandrake's not asking me about Fdisk or Disk Druid, if that's what you're asking. and no, I haven't gotten to the part where it asks where to install to. James Potts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000

[newbie] URL explaining Linux's technical advantages over Windows?

Hi, I'm looking for a page or pages explaining the ways in which Linux makes better use of the Intel architecture than does Windows. Anyone got any good ones? Thanks! Gregg

[newbie] getting onto the expert list

Has anyone else had trouble trying to post questions on the Mandrake *expert* mailing list ? I have subscribed and I receive messages, but anything I post never seems to show up, and therefore no help from others to my problem. Thanks... Dan.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 ISO

John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, John Hanna wrote: %_Hello, my name is John, I'm from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I've been using Mandrake Linux starting with version 6, then 6.1 and a couple of days ago I checked the web site and found out that 7.0 was released. So I downloaded

RE: [newbie] MDK7 installation problems

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, you wrote: Mandrake's not asking me about Fdisk or Disk Druid, if that's what you're asking. and no, I haven't gotten to the part where it asks where to install to. Ok...I'm out of ideas... :-) Have you tried the "text" install? Had a co-worker here use the RedHat text

Re: [newbie] getting onto the expert list

I have the same problem as you do. Iwill be watching to see what's said.

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[newbie] 6.1 X-server

I had been running Mandrake 6.0 until a few days ago. I then upgraded to 6.1. (I know... 7.0 is now available. I want to wait and talk to a few people at Linuxworld first.) :-) Anyway, my videocard is the Creative Labs 3D Blaster - Savage 4. Now with XFree86 3.3.5, the SVGA server seems to work

RE: [newbie] MDK7 installation problems -- Problem Solved

I solved the problem by using a rescue disk to load a minimal linux on my system, using fdisk to create my partitions, then restarting the install. James Potts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -Original Message- From: James Potts, Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 mouse problem on install

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hi Ross, Thanks for the info. I thought I tried everything to select the mount point, but couldn't shift focus to the group of three buttons related to mount point. Cursor keys will do it? Ah, I forgot that bit...sorry, I'm getting senile! To select the

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Re: [newbie] Video Mode Thanks

Thanks everyone for the advice on setting my video modes, they worked and now I am in the land of 800x600 with 65,000 colors. Keith

Re: [newbie] About the known problem with SiS

^*Tim*^ *^Seedorf^* wrote: I was wondering,if anyone could tell me where in the file etc/X11/XF86Config i would insert the code 'noaccel' i need to know for my linux to work,thanx.please check this file and tell me Tim __ Get Your

[newbie] dhcp server

Heya Is there a place to input the DHCP server in linuxconf? I know the idea of it is that you simply send out a DHCP query and recieve a reply, but, whereas that works in win98se, it doesn't seem to work in mandrake 7.0. Thanks Dave

Re: [newbie] Themes, permissions and the like

Tom wrote: Ok, I have a problem with the themes not changing everything. Including the Virtual desktop icons, background of applications (such as KDE control center for instance) and minimized task bar. They all stay grey, instead of changing color to what they are supposed to be (ie

[newbie] supported hardware lists.

Hello, I just recently found out about Linux-Mandrake 7.0. Wow, I can't wait to get my hands on it. But before that, where can I find the complete supported hardware lists for this version? Because I plan to buy a whole new box for this one. Thanks in advance.

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.

I am very new to the Linuxworld. What is AIR? - Original Message - From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine. - Original Message - From: "Burger, Matthew R"

[newbie] usb wheel mouse

I was wondering if anyone who has a usb wheel mouse has been able to get the wheel to function properly in linux. I have tried imwheel but it does not appear to work correctly with a usb mouse. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Re: [newbie] configuring soundcard

Gina wrote: Ive finally got my screen resolution problem sorted out and now Im onto the sound, Ive read thru readme and faqs and tried "make xconfig", "make config" and "make menuconfig" everywhere at shell prompts and it doesnt bring up any GUI setup screen nor text. Ive found the

[newbie] Re: [expert] NIC installation issue

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Lief Erickson wrote: I have a couple of different issues that I encounter, depending which Mandrake version (6.1 or 7.0) I attempt to install. Problem 1 After I run autoboot.bat for v7.0 from the command line, it starts to load, a bunch of messages fly past and then

[newbie] NIC installation issue

I have a couple of different issues that I encounter, depending which Mandrake version (6.1 or 7.0) I attempt to install. Problem 1 After I run autoboot.bat for v7.0 from the command line, it starts to load, a bunch of messages fly past and then I get the following message: Partition

[newbie] Re: [expert] NIC installation issue

:~My questions: :~ :~1) Is it possible to say that I don't want networking installed during the :~installation process, but after installation is complete to install the :~appropriate driver (already downloaded from the SMC website) for the NIC and :~can configure networking (eth0) at that point?