[newbie] vmware

2000-02-08 Thread Elizabeth Dolan
how did u go with the license as iam having problems with it i got one and says that it find it comes up with hash error can anyone help me out with this problem its 1.1.2 thank you

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread David Tabachnikov
Mark Sheppard wrote: What web browser does everyone use with Linux? I hate to say it, but the main reason I keep booting back to windows every couple hours is because the NS version that comes with Mandrake just totaly blows, and If I want to view any web pages I have got to have a decent

Re: [newbie] RAM question and Time

2000-02-08 Thread Oliver Immich
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Alek wrote: John Catral wrote: Hi! I just installed Mandrake 7 and I noticed that it is only reading 64 Mb of my 224 Totyal RAMS I have. Is that an error that 7.0 has? Hello, I had the same problem. How do you launch Linux? If with lilo, then you should add in

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Joshua McCaffrey
Wait a minute, I got it to work! It took a little while, but I finally got to the make menu. Maybe you don't have the necessary packages installed? Original Message On 2/7/00, 2:54:44 PM, Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT

Re: [newbie] vmware

2000-02-08 Thread Warren Doney
Elizabeth Dolan wrote: how did u go with the license as iam having problems with it i got one and says that it find it comes up with hash error can anyone help me out with this problem its 1.1.2 thank you you have to change the filename to .license highlight the text of the licence in

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2000-02-08 Thread Warren Doney
Vic wrote: How did you get VMWare? http://www.vmware.com -WBD

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
You forgot to tell me which exact packages these are. On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Joshua McCaffrey mewed: Wait a minute, I got it to work! It took a little while, but I finally got to the make menu. Maybe you don't have the necessary packages installed? Original Message On 2/7/00,

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
They have got to be kidding $300?? I would rather get a crack! On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Warren Doney mewed: Vic wrote: How did you get VMWare? http://www.vmware.com -WBD -- Linux Cat

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Audrey Beck
I've done it. Vic wrote: Just to announce, Mandrake 6.1 has a bug, you cannot, no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there is NO make menuconfig in Mandrake 6.1, they screwed up, you install the kernel headers and the sources, and still will not make menuconfig or xconfig,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
How? it just keeps saying cant find this file cant find that file. On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, Audrey Beck mewed: I've done it. Vic wrote: Just to announce, Mandrake 6.1 has a bug, you cannot, no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there is NO make menuconfig in Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Logging in as root trough telnet

2000-02-08 Thread BryanMoorehead
For security reasons. If you REALLY want to do this, move /etc/securetty to /etc/securetty.bak or something similar. Bryan Cameron Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/07/2000 03:25:46 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Dennis Robertson
Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my kppp error message. I have not used make menuconfig but make xconfig works fine. Sorry I can't help with your problem. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia

[newbie] setting the time

2000-02-08 Thread Harold Hartley
Hi, I remember someone giving another user a command how to set the time on the mandrake linux. I never saved it which I should of... could someone tell me that command so I can set my time on my mandrake 7.0 thanks Harold

Re: [newbie] Lilo, Mandrake 7, and Windows 2k?

2000-02-08 Thread TRUB
- Original Message - From: Richard M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Mandrake (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 12:40 AM Subject: [newbie] Lilo, Mandrake 7, and Windows 2k? Partial answers Here are my questions, 1) If I let linux install lilo. It should

Re: [newbie] StarOffice

2000-02-08 Thread flupke
It seems that you use 'tar zxf file.tar' to handle your archive. But the 'z' option is to filter the archive through gzip. It is only intended to decompress tgz or tar.gz files. In your case, you have to type 'tar xf file.tar' HAL 9000 wrote : hello.. thanks for the replies about screenshots

Re: [newbie] setting the time

2000-02-08 Thread BryanMoorehead
If you are on the 'Net, su to root and try rdate -sp time.nist.gov That should do it. Bryan Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/08/2000 02:24:44 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings)

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Install Problem

2000-02-08 Thread David Santon
There's no need to buy UDMA33 just accept for the time being that your UDMA66 will work at 33 for now. The benifits for nearly all users is of the order of 1/2% DS *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 07/02/00 at 07:45 Willbur Gayle wrote: The problem is linux does not yet support

[newbie] Adaptec 1522 scsi card v6.1

2000-02-08 Thread David Hicklin
I am trying out Mandrake for the first time (got a v6.1 cover disk). When installing the beast it cannot find my scsi card with the autoprobe, and I am not sure what manual settings I need to tell the thing to find it. Any help much appreciated Ta Dave

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 01:13 PM 2/7/00 -0500, you wrote: What web browser does everyone use with Linux? I hate to say it, but the main reason I keep booting back to windows every couple hours is because the NS version that comes with Mandrake just totaly blows, and If I want to view any web pages I have got to have

Re: [newbie] screenshots?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 01:59 PM 2/7/00 -0500, you wrote: its prolly the most simple thing to do, and i have no idea how to do it. how do i do screenshots? thanks in advance. ksnapshot. It's in the K menu under graphics. Also, you can type "ksnapshot" at the konsole. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 02:25 PM 2/7/00 -0500, you wrote: And here is MS's official page on it which actually says IE5 with Outlook5 which would be very nice to see for Linux too. http://www.microsoft.com/unix/ie/default.asp I am growing more nauseous with each message I read in this thread. These M$ apps are so

Re: [newbie] Stupid RAM troubles.

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 05:45 PM 2/7/00 -0800, you wrote: OK, i had MDK 6.1 on my syatem a week ago, and in my lilo.conf file i added append="mem=128M" to get all my 128M of RAM supported. But now with MDK 7, this does crap, and I still get 64Ms at boot. Running Netscape and other things all at once *deserve* all

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Phil Cziao
i had the same problem. i fixed it by going back to the installation CDs and running the install program, but choosing the 'upgrade' option once it got there. i'm afraid i can't tell you what packages i picked specifically because well, i don't remember. sorry. BUT if you use your common sense at

[newbie] :)

2000-02-08 Thread root
Also try Amaya, and Opera, I don't know where to find them, but if you do a search on linux.com, slashdot.org, or excite, it should come up with links. Fran P.S. Anyone resolved the PPPd problem yet, you know, the one that asks for a password when the remote host tries to give me a dyn-ip

[newbie] MIDI sound

2000-02-08 Thread Jim Bruno Goldberg
Hi, People! I configure 2 diferent machines with 2 diferent soundcards. One OPL3 and one CMI8338. Both works fine on quake, but when I try to run MIDI files, the files sounds cutteds throught the speakes. I think this can be sound buffers too small or something like this. Can

[newbie] Need some modem help

2000-02-08 Thread James Luongo
Ok, so I'm having problems configuring my modem. I'm pretty sure it's not a win-modem because I just replaced my win-modem with a nice US Robotics Sportster 56K Fax-modem. Blah blah blah etc. Anyway, I am using kPPP to set it up but I have no idea which driver to use. /dev/modem looked nice

Re: [newbie] setting the time

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 07:47 AM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: If you are on the 'Net, su to root and try rdate -sp time.nist.gov That should do it. Or put it in the crontab. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning

RE: [newbie] problems

2000-02-08 Thread Kyle Filipski
How do I get the 7.0 CD? How much is it...is it cheaper for those of us that have 6.1? Kyle -Original Message- From: george jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] problems H. You could try updating

RE: [newbie] problems

2000-02-08 Thread Kyle Filipski
Thanx, I'll look into that. -Original Message- From: Carroll Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 9:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] problems I have an ATI Rage Fury video card and heard that Mandrake 7.0 supported this. So I ordered a CD

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2000-02-08 Thread David van Balen
d/l from www.vmware.com (or from their ftp server, anyway. whatever it is). DvB On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Vic wrote: How did you get VMWare? On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, David van Balen mewed: I had it installed on a seperate partition under 6.1. I installed 7.0 from scratch, ran

Re: [newbie] vmware

2000-02-08 Thread David van Balen
You're supposed to dump it (unchanged) into your ~/.vmware directory. DvB On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Elizabeth Dolan wrote: how did u go with the license as iam having problems with it i got one and says that it find it comes up with hash error can anyone help me out with this problem its

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread M Thompson
"make xconfig" works fine for me. !!!Remember, Linux is case sensitive (example: "MAKE" doesn't equal "make"). HTH, Matt From: Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000

[newbie] Install Guide

2000-02-08 Thread Ben Freeman
While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in Recommended mode) and at the Setup filesystems section, the instructions tell me that normally I won't have anything to do. I only had a Windows partition. I did have to do something. Auto Allocate seemed the most logical option to select. The

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread M Thompson
BE SURE TO CHECKOUT THE FOLLOWING LINKS: http://www.linuxpower.com/display_item.phtml?id=146 http://www.mandrakeuser.org From: Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling LiLo

2000-02-08 Thread M Thompson
You need to remove the LILO IPL from the MBR. If you have a Windows/DOS boot disk: 1) Put the disk in the disk drive and reboot the PC 2) At the "A:\" prompt, type "fdisk /mbr" without the quotes HTH, Matt From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread M Thompson
If I don't need Java or security, I use KFM. It's extremely quick and lightweight. I end up using NS when I need Java or security (be sure to adjust the fonts or it is very UGLY). The Linux community shares your thoughts and is working on some browsers that look very promising: Mozilla (ie.

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread M Thompson
If I don't need Java or security, I use KFM. It's extremely quick and lightweight. I end up using NS when I need Java or security (be sure to adjust the fonts or it is very UGLY). The Linux community shares your thoughts and is working on some browsers that look very promising: Mozilla (ie.

[newbie] libg++272

2000-02-08 Thread Harold Hartley
anyone know where I can find or get the libg++272 so the rvplayer plugin for linux will work on my mandrake 7.0... I have the realplayer for linux installed on it , but the plugin needs the libg++272 in order to install.. thanks Harold

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Mark Sheppard
I have never had MS IE5 crash... 4.1 did quite a bit, but not near as much as NS. I can deal with an occasional crash if the browser will display pages how they were meant to be seen. and let me customize how I want things to display. zach I am growing more nauseous with each message I read in

[newbie] kfm -D

2000-02-08 Thread Christian
I try to put in /home/ch1/xinitrc the first line kfm -D to get the KDE applet, but nothing ! With mc, I have to type again on @.xinitrc and then they appear ! Christian Fais ce que veux [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Refreshment

2000-02-08 Thread Christian
How can I increase the refreshment from 70Hz to 85Hz of my screen? I try with XF86Setup without succed! Christian Fais ce que veux [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread James Mellema
Dennis Robertson wrote: Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my kppp error message. I have not used make menuconfig but make xconfig works fine. Sorry I can't help with your problem.

Re: [newbie] :)

2000-02-08 Thread Joe Sircy
On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, you wrote: Also try Amaya, and Opera, I don't know where to find them, but if you do a search on linux.com, slashdot.org, or excite, it should come up with links. Fran P.S. Anyone resolved the PPPd problem yet, you know, the one that asks for a password when the

Re: [newbie] setting the time

2000-02-08 Thread BryanMoorehead
That is what I do. Don't know why I didn't say that! Duh! Bryan Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/08/2000 08:05:33 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] setting the time At

repost: [Fwd: [newbie] fsck prob]

2000-02-08 Thread Phil Cziao
my apologies to all who have to read this again, but i posted this and haven't received a response. i don't know whether this is because my mail server snafu'd or what, but i'm reposting it because i REALLY need help with this. as additional info, i'll add that my filesystem's ext2, i have

Re: [newbie] :)

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 01:59 PM 2/7/00 -, you wrote: Also try Amaya, and Opera, I don't know where to find them, but if you do a search on linux.com, slashdot.org, or excite, it should come up with links. http://www.w3.org/amaya for the former... be aware it's experimental software the w3c uses, so may be buggy

Re: [newbie] :)

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 01:59 PM 2/7/00 -, you wrote: Also try Amaya, and Opera, I don't know where to find them, but if you do a search on linux.com, slashdot.org, or excite, it should come up with links. Fran BTW, it's probably not a very good idea to log on and do email as "root" -- security risks you know.

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 01:18 PM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: I have never had MS IE5 crash... You must have been charmed or blessed then, or had a priest bestow special blessings on your copy of IE5 when you played a role playing game, or something. After all, I can think of no *rational* explanation for your

[newbie] Mozilla M12

2000-02-08 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Just got Mozilla M12 on a cover cd. As we all know Netscape on Linux is bad news. I usually stick to browsing from a file window resized to fit full screen (though this often crashes and takes my desktop icons with it also-is this common in MD6.1??) Anyone know what Mozilla is like and is it

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Anthony Huereca
IE may crash every once in a while, but it's a whole whole lot stabilier than Linux's Netscape. That thing crashes about once a hour, whereas IE might crash once a day at most. Sure, it doesn't bring down the whole system when Netscape crashes, but it is an annoyance and sometimes after it

Re: [newbie] When pppd daemon should be launched

2000-02-08 Thread Audrey Beck
Alek wrote: Hello, I have a strange problem (or at least it seems strange to me ;) : If I launch kppp as root, there is no problem (besides Wrong charset! witch I have no ideea what should I do about). If I launch kppp as a regular user, my user, it tells me that there is no ppp support in

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
Is ok for now, I'm going to put the project on hold for awhile, thanks for trying :) On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Dennis Robertson mewed: Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my kppp error

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread David van Balen
MS _software_ isn't all bad, it's the fact that they're still using clunky DOS code in their operating system that makes it suck. Win NT isn't too bad. It's pretty stable in most cases... drivers tend to mess up the kernel and network apps that are "part of the os" have the potential to crash

Re: [newbie] Mozilla M12

2000-02-08 Thread David van Balen
If you want to try Mozilla, you might as well get Milestone 14 which was just released... it's supposed to be better than 12 (notice the bigger number :) However, Mozilla is just reaching Alpha stage so you might want to stick with netscrape until a more useable version is available. Unless, of

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Phil Cziao
saaa yours and mark sheppard's responses wouldn't have anything to do with 'road runner' (that rr.com email address) being a business affiliate of microsoft, would it? i mean, you do realize if that is why then this constitutes as spam? and you do realize what it says about spamming on

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread David van Balen
Notice, of course, that you're comparing IE running on WINDOWS (which, by the way, is a Microsoft product) to Netscape running on LINUX. How do you know that Microsoft won't screw their browser up when they port it just like Netscape did? Is anyone out there running IE on Solaris or HP-UX? If

RE: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
Speaking of browsers, sorry for the dumb question, I wonder why Mozilla runs so slow? I know it will crash because its still a baby but is it due to all the features and it just needs to be run on a superfast machine? I have a AMD K6-3 400 with 64Mb sdram and its sluggish on that. On Tue, 08

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
Thank you sir, I shall give that a go. On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Phil Cziao mewed: i had the same problem. i fixed it by going back to the installation CDs and running the install program, but choosing the 'upgrade' option once it got there. i'm afraid i can't tell you what packages i picked

Re: [newbie] Need some modem help

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
If you know which port your modem is on, when you set up kppp you can tell it for example, if your modem is on ttyS1 (com2 in dos) then select ttyS1, often the /dev/modem link is not made as in redhat. On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, James Luongo mewed: Ok, so I'm having problems configuring my modem.

RE: [newbie] problems

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
If you want the CD only, then you can order it from http://www.lsl.com for like $10.00, and thats just the shipping, well at least here in the states I ordered it for that, and they did not seem to charge anything for the CD just the shipping. On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Kyle Filipski mewed: How do

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 04:15 PM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: IE may crash every once in a while, but it's a whole whole lot stabilier than Linux's Netscape. That thing crashes about once a hour, whereas IE might crash once a day at most. Someone else with a charmed copy of IE! Interesting, it seems copies might be

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
Oh ok which packages do I need to get out from the Cd and install? On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, James Mellema mewed: Dennis Robertson wrote: Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
I think what would really rock is if when an app crashed it would run a small app triggered by the main app's segfault that would take up a bugreport and send it automatically via either e mail or remote ftp per the user's request, making bug reports eaiser On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Mark Sheppard

Re: repost: [Fwd: [newbie] fsck prob]

2000-02-08 Thread Vic
I just caught your message, I myself am a newbie so I will probably need to help you step by step, I might be a tad slow, but I will try my best On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Phil Cziao mewed: my apologies to all who have to read this again, but i posted this and haven't received a response. i don't

[newbie] Repost: PCMCIA CD install?

2000-02-08 Thread Scott Balmos
Since this message seems to have been passed up, I'll post it again. ;) I'm trying to install Mandrake 7 onto my laptop through an IDE PCMCIA CD drive. Unfortunately, while using the PCMCIA bootdisk, the card manager seems to initialize the interface just fine, but fails to map it to the CD

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 03:33 PM 2/8/00 -0600, you wrote: MS _software_ isn't all bad... You dirty, lousy, no-good Microsoft apologist. :-) it's the fact that they're still using clunky DOS code in their operating system that makes it suck. Here are the problems. 1. 16 bit code here and there. Lots of gnarly

Re: [newbie] problems

2000-02-08 Thread e/r patnode-sturtevant
Kyle Filipski wrote: How do I get the 7.0 CD? How much is it...is it cheaper for those of us that have 6.1? Got mine (7.0) from cheapbytes.com and it cost 1.99 for the disk plus 5.00 shipping plus 15 cents california tax. $7.14. Guess they make their profit in shipping as it only cost them

Re: [newbie] setting the time

2000-02-08 Thread John Catral
Heres a quick fix I tried. I clicked the Drakconf (I think thats the name =) ) icon or run linuxconf and go into the time date setting and changed it there. =) It worked! =) At 07:47 AM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: If you are on the 'Net, su to root and try rdate -sp time.nist.gov That

[newbie] new to the list

2000-02-08 Thread SpartanTJedi6746
hi, i'm new to the list and Linux and I have a AMD K62 350 and I have two hardrives and i'm running windows 98 and Linux. I want to mount my other harddrive so linux can read it how do you do it? I'm having trouble setting up my sound blaster 16 sound card, one more thing how do you set up

RE: [newbie] Lilo, Mandrake 7, and Windows 2k? - DVD

2000-02-08 Thread David Schur
I think I can cover that DVD Issue.. I think there MAY be a DVD player for linux...if you remeber the DECSS scandal that has been going on with the MPAA so there may be one for linux check www.2600.com *captincrunch* they are currently at the center of it ). found possible DVD resource:

RE: [newbie] problems

2000-02-08 Thread David Schur
cheap-bytes.com ( i think it might be cheapbytes.com .. ) 2 bucks for a MD7 air CD. Dave -Original Message- From: Vic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] problems If you want the CD only, then you can order it

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 03:50 PM 2/8/00 -0600, you wrote: I think what would really rock is if when an app crashed it would run a small app triggered by the main app's segfault that would take up a bugreport and send it automatically via either e mail or remote ftp per the user's request, making bug reports eaiser

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Dan Ferris
Lets see, I use Netscape 99% of the time, even on Windows. The Netscape for Linux is bloated and not terribly stable, but it has more featurs than anything else out there. I also use KFM/Konqueror, and Amaya. Unfortunatly, I admit to some use of Internet Explorer. What a piece of crap that

[newbie] GNOME won't startup at boot, but X does

2000-02-08 Thread Cameron Kerr
Help, I was replacing the CD-ROM drive in a collegues linux-box (he's evaluating it). When I booted the computer, it recognised the CD-ROM drive ok and it works fine, but it did do a check disk routine and found a couple of inodes it should delete. Now, when it boots to runlevel 5 (X), which is

[newbie] mico

2000-02-08 Thread Boda Zsolt
Hi! plz help: I need this prg: mico where is it? because some prg writes: STL problem or smth like that thx Zsolt

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Anthony Huereca
What? Does it disturb you that I don't think Netscape is the o' so holy browser God and that Microsoft could actually have a good product? Oh heavens no! And as far as I know, RoadRunner does not have any affliation with MS, nor am I a MS employee, or even personally know anyone who works

[newbie] new to the list

2000-02-08 Thread SpartanTJedi6746
In a message dated 2/8/00 4:28:36 PM Central Standard Time, SpartanTJedi6746 writes: hi, i'm new to the list and Linux and I have a AMD K62 350 and I have two hardrives and i'm running windows 98 and Linux. I want to mount my other harddrive so linux can read it how do you do it? I'm

Re: [newbie] where to get MDK7 and others for free

2000-02-08 Thread Wizaerd
I'm curious... this CD that is so inexpensive... does it include the source, or is it merely the installation image? *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 02/08/2000 at 6:31 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kyle ... CD avail for free (you only pay shipping) at http://www.lsl.com Just go

Re: repost: [Fwd: [newbie] fsck prob]

2000-02-08 Thread Funboy
go for it, i'm listening Vic wrote: I just caught your message, I myself am a newbie so I will probably need to help you step by step, I might be a tad slow, but I will try my best On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Phil Cziao mewed: my apologies to all who have to read this again, but i posted this

RE: [newbie] Lilo, Mandrake 7, and Windows 2k? - DVD

2000-02-08 Thread David Schur
Yea.. I was looking into that. That is why I pointed him to the linuxvideo.org they are implimenting some stuff towards the kernell and software to decode DVD's so they can be played...from what I gather. Dave -Original Message- From: Cameron Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Install Guide

2000-02-08 Thread george jones
Email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll give you a solution. - Original Message - From: Ben Freeman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:16 PM Subject: [newbie] Install Guide While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in

[newbie] Install new programs with files with TAR extensions

2000-02-08 Thread Alex
I'm a sys admin for NT in a company but I'm just getting around to the Linux (mandrake)6.5. I would like to know how to install those programs with that extensions I have the chance to download a lot of stuff in the net but having trouble trying to unzipped and install... Thank you for any help

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Mark Sheppard
rr.com is RoadRunner, which is Time Warner ( a little upset that they are involved with the deCSS thing) but I don't know of them having any affiliation with MS... I certainly don't have any affiliation with them.. I am just not prejudiced against software because of the name... If a product

[newbie]

2000-02-08 Thread Jaouad El Bahroui
subscribe newbie / /Jaouad El-Bahraoui, Ph.D / /University of Notre Dame / /Dpto of Chemistry Biochemistry

Re: [newbie] Log file question

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 04:42 PM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote: My LogCheck sent this to me, was wondering what exactly the attempt was, any ideas. Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Feb 8 16:03:59 scarieville kernel: IP_MASQ:reverse ICMP: failed checksum from 216.68.170.159! Unusual System Events

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 08:12 PM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: In any case, I'll likely be happy with Opera, if it lives up to its Windows version. Shame on you, seriously considering using closed-source stuff *and paying actual money for it, and not just for shipping and distribution media at that*! -- .*. "Clouds

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 08:35 PM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: Oddly, while I have had any number of complaints about Windows NT since having to use it at work, it has never once completely crashed, and IE has never so much as had a lockup (as Netscape 4.7 does every day, but STILL not as much as earlier versions). I

Re: [newbie] New install... Network problems

2000-02-08 Thread Rodney Fulk
I am typing from my win 98 machine so I will likely abreviate where I think I can.. ;) ... Calibrating delay loop ... 299.83 bogoMIPS ... (I think its fast enough.. ;) Linux NET 4.0 for Linux 2.2 ... Net4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux Net4.0. Net4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols:

Re: [newbie] X configure help PLEASE

2000-02-08 Thread Gina
Hi Warren, Thank you so much. I've got it working finally, thanks to this file you sent me. What a great idea that was! Your right, now Ive been able to get in and see whats there, Mandrake 7 was well worth recommending :) Thank you for all your support. regards Gina - Original Message

Re: [Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?]

2000-02-08 Thread Jaguar
So what your saying is anyone who praises M$ is a M$ spy (climbs up soap box) Sorry to burst your bubble...but M$ still does alot of things better than any 'nix does. Consider the uses of D3D, DVD, USB and many other devices that M$ directly supports NOW...it is mostly in ALPHA or BETA right

[newbie] [OT] MSNBC Summit

2000-02-08 Thread RICHARD FRIEDMAN
I saw an advertisement today on MSNBC. On February 27, they are going to have, what they are calling, a "Silicon Valley Summit." It's supposed to have all the "leaders" in the technology revolution. I presume this means the usual culprits, i.e. Micro$oft (Gates or otherwise), Sun, Oracle, etc. I

Re: [newbie] Lilo, Mandrake 7, and Windows 2k? - DVD

2000-02-08 Thread Rodney Fulk
Heh heh. I had an old DVD drive (creative encore) I threw into my linux machine to load linux on the machine.. Maybe I shouldnt pull it out just yet.. ;) - Original Message - From: "David Schur" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: RE:

[newbie] UDMA Card promise 66 controller Problem

2000-02-08 Thread Jaouad El Bahroui
I am a beginner for linux system, I want to install Mandrak 7.0 but I did get a problem to declare my UDMA Card 66 controller and access my hard disk Western Digital, any help? I have a PIII 500Mhz-100 FSB with ASUS P3B-F-6PCI UDMA Card Promise 66 Controller Hard Drive Wetern Digital 18 GB with

Re: [newbie] Log file question

2000-02-08 Thread sean F
Well, i added the IP to my list of "input DENY" files, Could that have gotten through? None of my WinXX boxes went down, and if it did get though would the WinXX box blue screen or just crash apps.? TIA Sean --- Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:42 PM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote: My

RE: [newbie] Email programs?

2000-02-08 Thread Hill, Andrew
Can you have mulitple pop collections with Netscape? Dr Andrew J Hill Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton BN2 5BE 01273 609060 -Original Message- From: Alek [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 12:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]

[newbie]

2000-02-08 Thread Hill, Andrew
I have been trying to access my hda1/windows drives from a simple user, not root, when I saw someone suggest logging on to linux as a single user system, linux -s, will this give me access to the hda1/windows drives? Dr Andrew Hill BSc, FRCA Department of Anaesthesia Royal Sussex County Hospital

Re: [newbie] Cheap Linux

2000-02-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Is this advertising or what??? There are hundreds or even thousands of stores all around the world selling distros on CD for prices of about $5 or less. Your message is not surprising at all. Peter Anderson wrote: Check out this site, if you can't download Linux, they offer Linux

Re: [Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?]

2000-02-08 Thread Mark Potochnik
So what your saying is anyone who praises M$ is a M$ spy(climbs up soap box)Sorry to burst your bubble...but M$ still does alot of things better than any'nix does. Consider the uses of D3D, DVD, USB and many other devices that M$directly supports NOW.. You are basically right.

[newbie] Cheap Linux

2000-02-08 Thread Peter Anderson
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