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Re: [newbie] Mouse woes driving me crazy

Larry Varney wrote: > > I've had the same problem with a PS/2 mouse and Mandrake 7.0. Sometimes it > happens frequently enough to cause me to think seriously about finding > another distribution, but I'm not sure if that would cure it. But, usually I > can go for hours, if not days, without thi

Re: [newbie] Enlightenment not starting?

Rick N wrote: > > Dan, > I'm maybe wrong, but I think enlightenment needs to start before you can > use gnome. It needs to setup the desktops. > > Maybe not though, after all I'm a real newbie, but I'm learning. > It's ok, I fixed it. I just opened up a terminal and typed enlightenment and

Re: [newbie] KDE startup

Enter: startx Do you get errors or? JP wrote: > > I also have installed linux-mandrake twice and I can't get kde going > either. I have xterm and xconsole up but can't get kde to start. I > have re-read the installation guide and notice that at one point it > mentions selecting the components

Re: [newbie] file types association in KDE

Alek wrote: > > Hello, > I would like to change the default file associations. Ex. I'd like to > have FreeAmp play/open my mp3/m3u files instead of the KDE Audio Mpeg > Player. > Where/how please. > Thanks, > Alek There is a section on it in the KDE help file. What I did was to go into K Explor

Re: [newbie] The saga continues...update:

Works fine in Mandrake 6.1. Audrey Beck wrote: > > Dave wrote: > > > > I tried changing (in the BIOS), the eth0 to IRQ 3...and when I went back to > > linux, ide0 had changed with it...is there some other way to change IRQs > > then? > > thx > > -Dave > > I have the same type of thing. I thoug

Re: [newbie] compiling problem

I have found out what my problems have been with compiling. I couldnt compile the rpms for my graphics display driver and thanks to Warren I got that goingas he sent me his compiled driver. Then I have problems with installing alsa drivers. Again, compiling error messages and I cant do it. I th

Re: [[newbie] Junk OS]

I run linux and found it to be very injoyable than windows windows has no security. windows is always hit with viruses... windows is to expensive. windows is unstable. and windows has many more problems. Linux has security. Linux has no trouble with viruses. Linux is more affordable to user

[newbie] Mandrake O/S 6.5 with PCMCIA Drive and no floppy disk installation???

I am totally new in Linux!! I am trying to install Mandrake 6.5 into my Sony VAIO PCG-C1 notebook. This notebook came with a USB Version Floppy disk drive, without built-in CD-ROM drive, all I can do is boot up the installation program from the Set-up CDROM from my PCMCIA CDROM Drive. But the pr

Re: [newbie] IDE Zip

Heberto del Rio Guerra wrote: > > Hi I just got Linux Mandrake 7.0 and install it. Everything went fine, > but... It didn't auto configure my IDE Zip that used to work perfect under > Windows 95, Linux Red Hat 5.2 and Linux Red Hat 6.1. > > When Mandrake is loading it recognizes de IDE ZIp it se

RE: [newbie] compiling problem

Hi! I think i found some help for the original problem (C++ compiler cannot create executables). one of these (maybe both) might be required for compiling: libstdc++-devel-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm (or libstdc++-devel-.rpm ) glibc-devel-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm (or glibc-devel-.rpm check if you hav

RE: [newbie] text install of 7.0-2

Hi! There is instructions Mandrake CD ( on images dir). you have to make a bootdisk from txt_boot.img (or txt_bootnet.img - in previous version they mixed these files - I think). >From README: - Text Install - Drak

Re: [newbie] Enlightenment not starting?

Dan, I'm maybe wrong, but I think enlightenment needs to start before you can use gnome. It needs to setup the desktops. Maybe not though, after all I'm a real newbie, but I'm learning. Rick N - Original Message - From: Dan Ros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thurs

Re: [newbie] Mandrake versions

Ronwhy are you arguing about this?! MacMillan plainly, albeit in a smaller font (but certainly not smaller than the font you're reading right now) than the 6.5 is printed in, marks on the front of the box that it is Mandrake 6.1 in the box. That is EXACTLY what it is. Mandrake 6.1 that is p

Re: [newbie] Mandrake versions

>McMillan simply repackages Mandrake and gives it their own revision level. >They do not concider themselves a flavor of linux just a reseller. > Resellers of Linux rename their products? "LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM 6.5" is all over the box, along with McMillan's name. I hardly see the Mandrake lo

[newbie] Bit of a Wierdy here

Hi gentlepeople! Got a bit of a strange one here :-( I have been running Mandy6.1 now for a few weeks and suddenly in the last few days, whenever I install a rpm with the kpackage, just befor it finnishes the instalation and queries the rpm database it tries to access the 2nd of my mounted netwo

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