[newbie] NT authentication

2000-02-05 Thread JAMIL HUSSAIN
can you help me I have 2 machines: - 1 running windows NT 4.0 workstation the other is runnin NT server i want to remove NT server on the second machine and install LINUX so the machine can authenitcate the other machine. both machine have network cards. do u have any tips on how i can do

Re: [newbie] sorry for disturb

2000-02-05 Thread TRUB
I have the same card, and Mandrake 7 recognized it perfectly from the original setup. - Original Message - From: Warren Doney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] sorry for disturb - Original Message - From:

Re: [newbie] Gcc: Missing iostream.h ?

2000-02-05 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
Do you have the development rpms installed for gcc/g++??? On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Alan Tam wrote: Hi all, I am new to Linux and have just installed Mandrake 7.0 When I try to compile Hello World as a C++ program in Code Crusader, gcc compliants about missing iostream.h

[newbie] kxicq (nearly there)

2000-02-05 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Does anyone know of where the pluggins are for kxicq. Downloaded the snapshot 01112000 just fine from kxicq.org but now I learn I need the plugins. Went back to the site but couldn't find them. Note, I have only just figured out rpm downloads, no tar.gz please as they are still a mystery.

Re: [newbie] NT authentication

2000-02-05 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
www.samba.org On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, JAMIL HUSSAIN wrote: can you help me I have 2 machines: - 1 running windows NT 4.0 workstation the other is runnin NT server i want to remove NT server on the second machine and install LINUX so the machine can authenitcate the other machine.

[newbie] SpeedStar is working but text is not appearing!

2000-02-05 Thread Alvaro Beckerig
First, Thanx to Jaguar and George Jones! I finally discovered that my video card is functional! :0) The windows are drawed correctly.. but the texts, appear like black blocks... I really haveto uninstall KMCLOCK RPM ??? Anybody here know what a hell is that ? And how do I uninstall it ?

[newbie] Pointer Sticking

2000-02-05 Thread Larry Varney
I have installed Mandrake 7.0, and I love it. The new XFree86 handles my video card (Savage3D) much better than before, and my on-board sound chip (Maestro) now functions, too. But: frequently my mouse pointer will freeze up, sometimes first jumping to the upper-right and freezing there, and

Re: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
- Original Message - From: "Greg Bell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 3:12 AM Subject: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive? I've been reading all the good reviews on Mandrake 7. I'm interested in giving it a try due to

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D. because, like you, I don't have a credit card. BTW ComputerGeeks has this nifty Dual Pentium (Socket7) mobo that I'm going to order this weekend, grab one for yourself while you're there. -

[newbie] How do I unsubscribe this mailing-list

2000-02-05 Thread Fredrik Reibäck
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: OK, I was looking for an update for the stdlibc and gcc gcc+ libraries and such (got tired of installing software that required one library or another that didn't install when I selected "everything" from the 6.1 install) so me thinks "Let's try the update

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 11:01 AM 2/5/00 -0500, you wrote: Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Cash on delivery?! Over the Net? Never seen that before. Sounds too good to be true. BTW ComputerGeeks has this nifty Dual Pentium (Socket7) mobo that I'm

[newbie] graphic accel drivers

2000-02-05 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Anyone know if there are drivers compatable with a maxi gamer phoenix 2 card. Otherwise can any tell me of a good svga card that can run an linux

Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-02-05 Thread Guillermo Belli
El vie, 04 feb 2000, escribiste: That's the excact version I have installed here except that I am useing MDK 6.1 I also downloaded kxicq from kxicq.org :-( Due to various probs I have re-installed MDK6.1 about 4 times and every time I have the same probs with kxicq, same workstation

[newbie] Problems while loggen in as root

2000-02-05 Thread Michelle Schneider
Whenever I log in as root to do anything, after about 10 minutes (more or less) everything locks up and the only thing I can do is ctrl-alt-backspace. It happens regardless of which window manager I'm using. Although, it happens sooner in KDE. This doesn't happen if a log in as a normal user

[newbie] Problems while logged in as root (typo in previous post)

2000-02-05 Thread Michelle Schneider
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote: Whenever I log in as root to do anything, after about 10 minutes (more or less) everything locks up and the only thing I can do is ctrl-alt-backspace. It happens regardless of which window manager I'm using. Although, it happens sooner in KDE.

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gcc: Missing iostream.h ?]

2000-02-05 Thread Sherab Puntsok
Hi Ronald, I don't know I've development files for gcc/g++ or not, I installed mandrake 7.0 by choosing the recommended option from an iso file downloaded from web site and burn into a CD while I was in Windows98. If this option don't include the development files please point me to where I

[newbie] Who runs an intern ISDN Card with MD 6.1 ?

2000-02-05 Thread Klaus Peter Elsner
Hi to everyone out I've tried to install ISDN for a few days and now I found it a bit boring =:-( I use MD 6.1 ; have got a CD for testing. I found an "kisdn-1.0.1_2-mdk6-kde-1.1.i386.rpm" but it seems to be bad. I got an error installing the rpm. By downloading I only found an

[newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?

2000-02-05 Thread Paul Derbyshire
The system recognizes that I can do more than 8bpp. My XF86Config file lists 8, 16, and 32bpp entries under the "accel" device, which it is using, as the X server version actually in use is XF86_MACH64 or something similar with MACH64 in the name (I have a 4meg video card with the ATI Mach64

[newbie] anyone see my question?

2000-02-05 Thread Carrie
Here it is again, in case you all missed it...: When I run the installation from a boot disk, i get as far as the kernel loading and then it gives me a segmentation fault and says it can't connect to something (it went by too fast, I didn't write it down). Anyone have any clue what I'm

Re: [newbie] anyone see my question?

2000-02-05 Thread David van Balen
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Carrie wrote: I don't have enough information to know what's going on. It sounds to me like something went wrong when you made the boot disk or maybe it's the CD you're installing from... if you're installing from a cd. You might try making your boot disk over again or

[newbie] Config Problems

2000-02-05 Thread root
Recently my NT server which contained the gateway for my network connection to cable modem died. I am attempting to set up a Mandrake 7.0 (Air) box to act as a firewall and router. The computer in question is an HP Pavilion 200 mmx Pentium with 32 MB of ram and a 4+gb drive. The connection to

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread jerlin
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: At 11:01 AM 2/5/00 -0500, you wrote: Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Cash on delivery?! Over the Net? Never seen that before. Sounds too good to be true. BTW ComputerGeeks has this

re: [newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?

2000-02-05 Thread alansnider
Paul .. you wrote ... ** Original Subject: [newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86? ** Original Sender: Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 14:08:06 EST ** Original Message follows... The system recognizes that I can do more than 8bpp. My XF86Config

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 11:55 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote: BTW, i think you`ll be better off with DSL in the long run b/c you wont have to share your bandwith w/ your neighbors when they get cable in 6 months. Cable is like 100MBps, DSL isn't much faster than 56K modems, last I heard. -- .*. "Clouds are not

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread jerlin
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: At 11:55 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote: BTW, i think you`ll be better off with DSL in the long run b/c you wont have to share your bandwith w/ your neighbors when they get cable in 6 months. Cable is like 100MBps, DSL isn't much faster than 56K modems, last I

Re: [[newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?]

2000-02-05 Thread Michael Scottaline
Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The system recognizes that I can do more than 8bpp. My XF86Config file lists 8, 16, and 32bpp entries under the "accel" device, which it is using, as the X server version actually in use is XF86_MACH64 or something similar with MACH64 in the name (I

[newbie] app for the wintv/radio card

2000-02-05 Thread Harold Hartley
I installed mandrake 7.0 and got everything working fine including my modem setup.. very nice setup I've seen yet... the only thing I'm trying to get running now is where and how can I find the app file/driver to run my wintv/radio card... I truely want to get it running so I can watch my tv and

[newbie] Hi

2000-02-05 Thread Christopher Sinclair
How do I boot from a cd ?

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread hugh
Your thinking of ISDN maybe its only a little faster then 56k Uploads on DSL are mush faster then cable and you get the same speed all the time no matter how mant people are logged on.. With cable you will see lots of fall off when many are using the system at the same time On Sat, 05 Feb 2000,

Re: [[newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?]

2000-02-05 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 03:56 PM 2/5/00 EST, you wrote: When booting, type "linux 3" at the boot prompt. This will boot linux w/o x. The type "startx --16" or whichever you want. I know. But it will boot linux w/o a lot of stuff, not just X. Besides, it would be nice to have it boot straight to a 24 bit login

Re: [newbie] Hi

2000-02-05 Thread Harold Hartley
if you mean installing from a CD, you can do that in the bios setup .. only if you have that capability... Harold Christopher Sinclair wrote: How do I boot from a cd ?

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread Mark Sheppard
FYI... I just did a quick search to see what the actual speed on a T3 is, and found these stats. I do agree that it really depends on your ISP, distance from the ISP and you individual PCs, and the package you buy, but... Cable Modem 30 Mbps (down) ADSL Modems 1-9 Mbps (down) T-1 1.54 Mbps T-3

Re: [newbie] 2.2.13-22 kernel update

2000-02-05 Thread Warren Doney
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: OK, I was looking for an update for the stdlibc and gcc gcc+ libraries and such (got tired of installing software that required one library or another that didn't install when I selected "everything" from the 6.1 install) so me thinks "Let's try the update

Re: [newbie] Hi

2000-02-05 Thread Zulfiqar Naushad
Quite easy actually. Firstly, You need to make sure that your computer supports a bootable CD. Most new computers do support this feature, hence it shouldn't be a problem. Go into the BIOS and make sure that BOOT FROM CD is set to ON or YES Also make sure that the boot sequence in the BIOS

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
mobo= MotherBoard. Yes, I though that there would never be such a thing as COD on the net, but I have spent many a dollar with the two vendors I listed. Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Cash on delivery?! Over the Net?

Re: [newbie] graphic accel drivers

2000-02-05 Thread george jones
Permedia2 based cards are solid video cards for Linux. check out www.pricewatch.com to see who has them. Creative Graphics Blaster Extreme 4meg cards are around $30. Another chipset to look for is any intel740 based card, again they're pretty cheap. - Original Message - From: "Andrew

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Harold Hartley
the next time you shop for a modem, it will say on the package if it is a winmodem or not... winmodem's are not really covered under linux yet, but there are some beta code for a couple I know of... I always found the external modems to be better for me.. some like the internals though.. you

RE: [[newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?]

2000-02-05 Thread alansnider
Paul Man 7 has a utility called DrakConfig that allows you to change your resolution, color level, etc. Alan ** Original Subject: RE: [[newbie] Getting more than 8bpp from Xfree86?] ** Original Sender: Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 16:50:43 EST

RE: [newbie] Hi

2000-02-05 Thread alansnider
To boot from CD, you have to go into cmos and change the boot order. If your cmos does not support it, boot to DOS with cd suppport, switch to the cdrom (the man7 one), change to the DOS folder, and run MAKEDISK. It will make a disk (floppy) that you can use to boot to the cdrom for

[newbie] boot disk and cd help

2000-02-05 Thread Cory Wagner
When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd. Everything starts fine, until it asks

Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]

2000-02-05 Thread Paul Derbyshire
Yes, I though that there would never be such a thing as COD on the net, but I have spent many a dollar with the two vendors I listed. Paul, Try www.compgeeks.com or www.advancedvision.net . I buy stuff from them all of the time C.O.D Thx! -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are

RE: [newbie] boot disk and cd help

2000-02-05 Thread alansnider
IfI recall, you run MAKEDISK and tell it you want the boot.img file, not the cdrom.img .. I loaned my linux book out, but you will find it Alan ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] boot disk and cd help ** Original Sender: Cory Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000

Re: [newbie] boot disk and cd help

2000-02-05 Thread Michel Dreessen
Op za, 05 feb 2000, schreef u: When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd.

Re: [Re: [newbie] app for the wintv/radio card]

2000-02-05 Thread Jaguar
Zoltrix is ONE manufacturer of a RADIO card...I'm sure there are other's... Alex V Flinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: the only thing I'm trying to get running now is where and how can I find the app file/driver to run my wintv/radio card... I truely want to

RE: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Carroll Miles
I recently purchased a US Robiotics 56k V.90 Faxmodem PCI (OEM or white box) Model 2977 from Allstar Microelectronics, Inc (found through CNet.com). At first I had the wrong modem so I called Allstar and asked for a modem which would work with Linux...they gave me the above. And the modem

[newbie] 3D modelers

2000-02-05 Thread jerlin
OK, i know that linux has some great grass roots type of 3d modelers, which all are great, (well the ones i have tried :) but i`m looking for something like 3d studio max or lightwave. I read that Houdini has a port to linux, but then again, i could buy a new car for what houdini costs.

Re: [[newbie] SpeedStar is working but text is not appearing!]

2000-02-05 Thread Jaguar
If you are using MDK 6.1 it is a known BUG...you have to remove that one file then reinstall another...not sure...search the Newbie archives I know it was covered extensively. The search phrase should be something like KCMCLOCK --- I think that was the fileyup just checked it...THAT is the

Re: [Re: [Re: [[newbie] Modem driver?]]]

2000-02-05 Thread jerlin
On Thu, 13 Mar 2036, you wrote: jerlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: At 11:55 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote: BTW, i think you`ll be better off with DSL in the long run b/c you wont have to share your bandwith w/ your neighbors when they get cable in 6

Re: [newbie] 3D modelers

2000-02-05 Thread Seth Gibson
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, jerlin wrote: OK, i know that linux has some great grass roots type of 3d modelers, which all are great, (well the ones i have tried :) but i`m looking for something like 3d studio max or lightwave. I read that Houdini has a port to linux, but then I used to use MAX

[newbie] Mouse/soundcard/SCSI probs

2000-02-05 Thread James Howard
I just got 7.0 intalled, but no sound or SCSI. If I try to use Lothar, it starts and then the mouse stops responding making it hard to setup. I used developer setup during install. System specs are below FIC 601 MB, Cel 366A, 224M,13.6G MaxtorHD, Diamond Speedstar50 AGP, 3om 905b-tx, realtek

Re: [newbie] boot disk and cd help

2000-02-05 Thread Richard T. Waters
I downloaded the ISO image and had the same problem with rawwritten. If you notice, the dosutils directory also has the older rawrite.exe available. Use this to make a boot disk. It worked for me. On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: To fix the cd boot problem, download the iso image (from an

Re: [newbie] Open Ports

2000-02-05 Thread Richard T. Waters
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: Stop by freshmeat and do a search on "portsentry". It was real easy to install and blocks just about everything Hi everyone, I've just been looking at http://grc.com/default and after having my ports scanned, I see that I am open to ftp, telnet, and

[newbie] New to linux

2000-02-05 Thread Joe
Can anyone tell me the steps to take to upgrade mandrake 6.5 to 7.0? Warning: I dont know anything about linux, but I am a fast learner, and have a programming background. Joe

Re: [newbie] Open Ports

2000-02-05 Thread hugh
Log in as root open etc/inetd.confand comment out the services you dont want too run. You can also configure TCP wrappers to block much. Its good to lock down services you dont need as they can be used to hack into your system On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: Hi everyone, I've just

Re: [newbie] Open Ports

2000-02-05 Thread hugh
I forgot to secure with TCP wrappers open the hosts dent file and add a line all : all. this will deny connection to your services and is a basic first step to secure your computer Unless I am corrected LOLWhich will be likely :) On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: Log in as root

[newbie] hello! I got a problem with MD-7 (air)

2000-02-05 Thread David Schur
I am just trying to install a new version of it, and it is asking for a CDROM drive. I know i have an ATAPI drive. its not listed, so i dont have a clue! I tried all the modules but no luck.. Dave PS: I am trying to install it off of a downloaded and burnt CD ...

[newbie] certain services safe to disable...

2000-02-05 Thread Josh McCaffrey
For the common desktop, what services would be safe to disable? Currently, I'm only using my 'puter for email, StarOffice, etc... W/ out doing a reinstall (where you hit F1 for descriptionof each srvc)? linuxconf (L-M 6.1) does not tell me what each of the services do. I can tell my box is

Re: [[newbie] hello! I got a problem with MD-7 (air)]

2000-02-05 Thread Jaguar
A couple of things it might be. Check all your connections to CD also. 1)ATAPI CD that is not recognised. I had a Delta 44X that would NOT work...I toss in my Toshiba 32X...BINGO..:) 2) Bad ISO d/l...therefore bad CD burn -re d/l try again 3) bad CD burn - re d/l try again...probably with 7.0

[newbie] set background from command line

2000-02-05 Thread dave
Is it possible to set the background image from the command line? I've looked around at xview and the like and can't find it. Maybe I'm just too sleepy to find it but I _know_ it must be there. I'd like to wget radar images from a weather site and have the current weather radar then be my

[newbie] problems

2000-02-05 Thread Kyle Filipski
I have the 6.1 version, tried to install it a few months ago. It didn't work with my ATI Rage 128 video card, not supported then. Now I hear that it is...how do I go about updating this??? I take it I should re-install it from the CDRom and then what? Should I download the new Xfree86 version

Re: [newbie] set background from command line

2000-02-05 Thread Ty C.Mixon
Just my $0.02: Make an image file called default.jpg (or whatever). Now set your background to that. Now make a script that dwnlds the latest radar image, then mv's it to default.jpg (overwriting of course). Now make sure you can autorefresh your desktop. :) -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Hi

2000-02-05 Thread Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr.
Hi Christopher, If you are trying to boot from windows: To boot from a cd, go to your bios and make sure you have cd as a choice, try making it your first choice. Then save your changes and get out of your cmos. Place the cd you want to boot from and restart your machine. That

FW: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?

2000-02-05 Thread Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive? Hello Greg, I am a newbie also and have successfully installed Mandrake 7.0

[newbie] Which modem?

2000-02-05 Thread rob self
I have a winmodem and want to replace it so that I can run Linux on my PC. What type of modem is a good modem that you would recommend for use on a Linux PC?? Thanks, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr.
I am a newbie also and face similar modem problem. I solved my by purchasing the 56K Internal Call Waiting Modem from Actiontec (I do not remember the number), it has drivers for linux in there. This is the actual instructions I had to write as root to enable my modem: Step A. cat

[newbie] Screen Trouble!

2000-02-05 Thread vishal bansal
Hi folks; I am running Linux mandrake 6.1 with one probelm. Whenever I move my mouse around, I see "kind of lines" flickering on the screen, somewhat like disturbance on a T.V screen. Any Ideas, -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at

RE: [newbie] app for the wintv/radio card

2000-02-05 Thread Mike Perry
Yo all! This thread reminds me, my son has a Flyvideo II television card and I was wondering if this card is perhaps supported by Linux. Rgds: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: Harold Hartley [SMTP:[EMAIL

[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Hex Ru Unholy
Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous windows 98 system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it wont detect it and i read from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact that it is a pci winmodem my question to you is is there any way

[newbie] 2.2.13-22 kernel update

2000-02-05 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
OK, I was looking for an update for the stdlibc and gcc gcc+ libraries and such (got tired of installing software that required one library or another that didn't install when I selected "everything" from the 6.1 install) so me thinks "Let's try the update button on the KDE panel". Stupid