[newbie]

when i put the cd-rom for mandrake 7 in and booted up off the floppy I got this error message in second stage install _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 _x11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Mon Mar6 13:29:18 2000 Gtk- Warning**! cannot open display at :

[newbie] Gimp Printer problems with HP 832c

Hi does anyone know anything about gimp? I am trying it out with my printer, But I am getting really bad results. I have a HP 832c It will work with the 500c drivers but not very well with the 800 series drivers. Anybody want to offer and ideas? :) Thanks

Re: [newbie] Renaming from upper case to lower case?

On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote: Is there a way to rename files under linux from upper case to lower case all at once? I need to rename about 300+ files from upper to lower and don't want to do it manually everytime. Thanks! Not directly, but there are as about as many scripts to do it

[newbie] More Impressed Than Ever

With Mandrake 7.0's installation. I had mentioned earlier how it had included the XFree86 3.3.6, which now recognizes my S3 Savage 3D card, and my Maestro sound chip. Today, though, I was even more impressed. I used Partition Magic on a friend's machine to create a /boot partition for him

Re: [newbie] NIC support

looking at the supported hardware list for nics I do not see the card name or the chipset name. is this is a PnP card? if so, have you tried to disable the PnP functionality before you install? Charles Sharp wrote: "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: there are a couple of ways look at the

[newbie] newbie questions

Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on VRAM. Thanks, John

[newbie] ATAPI Zip Drive

Can someone offer some help and tips for getting my ATAPI Zip 100 working? Much thanks. -- Nic [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] C++ Compiler Help

Here's how I do it: g++ -o executable_name source_code.cpp That should compile it. I personally have that all set up into a script so it takes less time to type. Put #!/bin/bash g++ -o $1 $1.cpp; ./$1 into a text file, like "compile", chmod it (chmod u+x compile), and move it in your path,

[newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java

I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I couldn't get it work in

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

What's the difference between Air and Helios? Air is Mandrake 7.0. Helios is Mandrake 6.1. As for differences, 7.0 has all these things updated or new listed here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airfeat.php3 Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on

Re: [[newbie] X problem]

That makes the most sense, thanks I'll try it out after dinner and let you know. Victor Lee Williiams wrote: Why don't you boot from the CD do an upgrade and just install KDE and X. So do not format your partitions. -- Many Thanks

Re: [newbie] NIC support

BINGO! I have two of them in my box :) rather easy to install lets take the easier route here (could have you editing files but we wont ;) ) if your useing kde (login as root) and fire up DraxConfig goto Basic host information select Adapter 1 Select enable Select dhcp set network device to

Re: [newbie] Windows Protection?

I concurr, your mother will absolutely be a little angry... well maybe alot... but I am a positive thinker apart from formatting... you can try this first... restart the computer in MS DOS mode and go to the windows directory and use the deltree command (there are other commands and ways,

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

JohnAir is version 7.0 and Helios is version 6.1. Hardware info can be found at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan John White wrote: Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find

Re: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem

Well, a friend of mine also has one of these "brand PC's" with weird BIOS that doesn't follow the "press DEL to enter BIOS" convention. So what I basically do is this: from the instant you power on the box, press and hold down a key (I usually take DEL, but any key should work). Then it'll

Re: [newbie] Internet Access

--- DLM4IDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to get FreeI, Homestead, or Yahoo's free internet access to work? Are there any free internet services for LINUX? www.freewwweb.com works. I've also heard that www.worldshare.net works. I can't seem to get it to work. Anybody have

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java

Lane Lester wrote: I decided to make the Subject more confrontational, since my previous gentle request didn't get a reply. g I have a Java app, Moneydance, which serves me well for my personal and small business finances. As a Java app, it runs in both Windows and Corel Linux. When I

[newbie] .sh files

Greetings, I have Mandrake v7.0 and run KDE. I downloaded the Linux binaries for Quake3 Arena. They end with .sh but I can't seem to get anything to happen. Could someone provide some insight into what I need to make this file work?! Thanks, bosco()

Re: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?

Hi, I will tell you how I create my partitions and thats ok for me: My main partition (hda) has about 3 GB, and then in the installation I created: / (500 MB) (here is important to give space for /temp ) /usr (2 GB) /swap (128 MB) (depending of your RAM memory) /local (370 MB) (personal

Re: [newbie] boot to console

Hi, I think you refer to the file /var/log/dmesg where you can review the mesagges. Good luck!! Date sent: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:09:51 +0100 From: Harald Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] change back to kde?

I think you refer to the command kde in a new virtual console or may be you should change the windows manager with the switch tool, i think in configuration or sistem options. Look for it. Note that you can run for example kde in one console and gnome in another one!! (if it help you) Good

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Doesn't Support Java

I think LM 7.0 ships with gauvac(?). Since I do a little Java programming I downloaded the latest 1.2.2 release candidate from www.blackdown.org. Try that. Other than that, what errors are you getting? Richard On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote: I decided to make the Subject more

[newbie] Internet Access

"DLM4IDM" == DLM4IDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DLM4IDM Anyone know how to get FreeI, Homestead, or Yahoo's free DLM4IDM internet access to work? Are there any free internet DLM4IDM services for LINUX? A good place to learn of Linux news is http://www.geekboys.org/ A free ISP for

[newbie] NIC confusion

I finally got a burn of MDK 7.02 from a buddy. During install, it failed to find my 3Com503 NIC. I have two NIC's (3C503, and 3C509B) in my stand alone MDK box. When I got to the NIC setup (I have a cable modem) what happened to the comprehensive IP/DNS info screen "a la 6.0"?? Since I

[newbie] No Sound

I have a Dell Dimension XPS Pro200 with a builtin sound card. I'm unable to get it working. The sound card is a sound blaster 16.

RE: [newbie] BIOS, sound, and modem

there are other key combos to get into the bios as well some of them are Ctrl + shift +esc or Ctrl + alt +esc or Shift F2 or Ctrl Shift f2 Usually it is one of those or just F2 HTH -Original Message- From: Rial Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:01 PM To:

Re: [newbie] NIC support

"Charles" == Charles Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Charles board, they said it uses the Tulip driver. Now, I've Charles installed it, and have been able to use this card on the Charles windows side, how to I activate it and use it on the Charles Linux side? I'm

[newbie] kde themes - last question for the night!

Greetings all, I have this problem. I have Mandrake 7.0 and run the stock KDE that came with it. When I apply new themes, alot ( read most ) don't seem to function properly. For instance almost all of them don't change the "start bar" at the bottom of the screen. I look at the screenshots to

Re: [newbie] FTP install issues

Two suggestions: 1. Try ne2000 for your nic driver or 2. Copy the kernel off the disk onto your small DOS partition and use LoadLin J Michael Graham wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The

Re: [newbie] X problem

At the lilo prompt: linux single log in as root and change /etc/inittab to go init 3 (Read this file, it is interesting) Sounds like you are converting an old Compaq. I have one I use as a file server. Works much better in Linux. Major crash every 3 months under Windoze. Hasn't crashed yet

Re: [newbie] NIC confusion

READ THE WHOLE EMAIL BEFORE DOING ANYTHING... You will find that the problem is an irq problem, look at the /proc/interrupts if you have 'windows' 'ah hate that word' find out the irq for this card then in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts use the exclude command to force your

Re: [Re: [newbie] NIC confusion]

Well since both cards are ISA...and both ARE workingit is just the fact that both cards are NOT listed in DrakConf.the 3C509B is listed...but not the 3C503? But the IP/DNS for NIC setup in DrakX is not as easy to understand as in 6.0 3C503 @ 0X300 IRQ 3 ---working 3C509B @0X310 IRQ 10

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RE: [newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 7

My USB-mouse works just fine,, it even was detected during the install (mandrake 7.0-2). I was surprised myself. but again Mandrake turns out to be a great OS Spidey __ with great power, comes great responsibility -uncle Ben- -- From:

Re: [newbie] MacMillan Mandrake 7.0

Not sure -but I do know that the download version is 7.02 - Im using it, and I am a newbie- LOVE IT ! From: RICHARD FRIEDMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'mandrake'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:00:04 -0500 Does

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 7

Please be aware that in Mandrake 7.0 you will have to run /usr/sbin/mousedrake and then after installing restart your X server -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! Are You Ready ? _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone:

Re: [newbie] X problem

At 21:20 05/03/00 -0800, you wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes the same

Re: [newbie] X problem

Thanks for suggestions, but I tried pressing both at different times in the boot process, but it did nothing. Exactly when during the boot should I be pressing it? Unfortunately, the screen locks up and goes black just as the screen shows the Mandrake logo and the login prompt, so I can't do

Re: [newbie] sndconfig problems

that is not the correct path ... You should try the following path on install.. /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/misc/ A useful command for you. find / -name filename -print from this command you can get the correct path of the file you are trying to find. -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET

Re: [newbie] sndconfig problems

Another quick suggestion would be to copy that file to that location... -- EXPERIENCING THE INTERNET EXPLOSION! Are You Ready ? _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6

[newbie] Sound wierdness

I had sound earlier. I booted into Win2k. Rebooted to Linux and added a FAT32 partition. Now I don't have sound. Any ideas? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713

RE: [newbie] test, ignore

:~djevojcica brala jagode :~Couldn't resist Denis, but "a girl took (or is it picked)strawberries"? It is "picked". It goes on with "nesto je ubode" .-) Denis

Re: [newbie] VCD Player

"-- XE --" a écrit : Is there any Video-CD player for Linux..?? Or maybe a program to play dat files from CD-Rom..?? Because I found that aktion only support AVI, MOV FLI/FLC... TIA.. -- XE -- I think it should be fine with xanim or smpeg HTH Flupke

[newbie] Adding a second floppy drive

Hi, I'm new to this list and new to LINUX too. I had all kinds of trouble with Red Hat's 6.1 and finally gave up with it and tried Mandrake 7.0. I even got my modem to work after several hours of "playing" with it. But I can't get my second floppy drive to work. I've added a second line in fstap

Re: [[newbie] FTP install issues]

"J Michael Graham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the situation: I got an old laptop from a friend and am trying to get Linux running. The real issue is that the floppy/cdrom bay is in NO way hot swappable. So, I was trying to use a ftp install, but the NIC isn't in the pcmcia support

Re: [[newbie] X problem]

Victor Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just did a new install(custom, server) that's set to automatically start X, and must have misconfigured X. The system boots smoothly, but when it shows root login and the mandrake logo the screen goes black and the system locks up. Reboot causes

RE: [newbie] Installation difficulties

You don't need to edit lilo.conf. I had this problem last week, and someone pointed out the same error on my part. THANKS! Sorry I can't remember you name. Anyway, you can run the upgrade option on DrakX and fix it that way. Just select /dev/hda for booting and you're ready to rock. ...

[newbie] Intel i740

How everyone: I had a Intel Express 3D i740 video card and a LG StudioWorks 520Si 15" monitor. It works properly under Mandrake 6.1 with Xfree 3.3.5. with 32 bits of colours and 1024x768 But if I upgrade to Mandrake 7.0 I only can get 256 colours and 800x600. I would like to know if anyone

RE: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?

You will be wasting a lot of space. / only needs about 50 MB. I sent this out last week. Try to find a Red Hat 5.0 install book and look up its examples. I've been doing this for about five years now, I the guidance I got when I started with HP-UX and Solaris was that swap is 1.5 X your

RE: [newbie] HELP!! THE INSTALLATION DON'T WORK

I had similar prob. Eventhough my mouse is com1 in Win98 I had to install mandrake 7.02 in expert mode and manually select com2 to get the mouse working. Don't know why, but it worked ??? -Original Message- From: Michael [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 2:03 PM

RE: [newbie] X problem

Try one of the S3 drivers. I had a problem with MDK 7.0 auto selecting SVGA for me, but didn't figure it out until I remembered I had a SVGA problem with FreeBSD(which I still love, I just get tired of selecting every little thing I want installed). -Original Message-

RE: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux....

What distribution of linux are you using? Mandrake 7.0 (that's what I'm using, not sure about earlier versions) your dos partitions automatically get mounted when linux boots. If you are running KDE or some other Xmanager it is a simple as clicking the DOS partition icon. -Original

RE: [newbie] need FTP

there is a package with Mandrake 7.0 called "gftp". It is a graphical FTP client much like CuteFTP. Works great too! -Original Message- From: kit [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:11 AM To: Mandrake Linux Subject: [newbie] need FTP Hey where's a rpm

RE: [newbie] NIC support

BTW. $10 is not a deal. You can order the CD from many websites for $1.99 or less. Just some info for next time. -Original Message- From: Charles Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] NIC support

RE: [newbie] FTP install issues

The CDROM/Floppy doesn't have to be hot swapable. Just boot from and install from the CD, no need for the Floppy. You may need to change a setting in your BIOS to enable CDROM booting. -Original Message- From: J Michael Graham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000

Re: [newbie] clock gaining several hours a day

You could use an internet time server to get the exact time : rdate -s ben.cs.wisc.edu And you could add this line in a startup script or in a cron job. HTH Flupke Michelle Schneider wrote: Ever since I had a power outage while running Linux my clock has been messed up. It gains several

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 sent me a mail

It's simply the log file for MySQL (SQL dB server) which is running on your system. Bill - Original Message - From: "Oliver L. Plaine Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 sent me a mail Sun, 5 Mar 2000

RE: [newbie] Looking At DOS files from Linux....

Hi, Try this: mkdir /mnt/windows mount -t vfat /dev/hdXX /mnt/windows The XX stands for the partition number, you can check this by giving the command: dmesg regards, Jeroen -Original Message- From: Pittman, Merle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: maandag, maart 06, 2000 1:48 To:

[newbie] netscape

Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find

Re: [newbie] new to Mandrake 7.0

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Also trying to get my Epson 600 printer and Iomega 250 zip drive to work...went to their sites and didn't see like a Linux driver for them...I though that is probably what they would need...am I right here? Chris, Try

Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

By default root cannot login remotely. It is not suggested to do this as it is a security risk. This can be gotten around if you really need to do it by editing /etc/securetty file. As for the problem with X windows, not sure what is causing that as I have the graphic log in and have no

Re: [Re: [[newbie] FTP install issues]]

One more thing...if the laptop is NOT Pentium class...Mandrake may not even install or the performance will be dismal. MDK 6.0 and up is optimized for Pentium. HTH Jaguar Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "J Michael Graham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the situation: I got

[newbie] VNC and Mandrake

All, Has anyone got a working VNC installation running on Mandrake ?? I have tried, and just get a grey desktop window appearing on the client. I have spoken to VNC and they say that i need to enter the windows manager and its path into the xStartup window. Do you know where KDE is stored ?

[newbie] Unpacking an archive

I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at

Re: [newbie] VNC and Mandrake

This works like a champ! Here's what I did to make VNC work with not only KDE, but kdm and I get to choose the window manager! 1. Delete (or comment) every line in ~/.vnc/xstartup 2. Start vncserver with the '-query localhost' option -- I also added the -geometry 800x600 so that it'd fit

Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive

Easiest way is to launch the filemanager (folder with a house on it). Then right click on the archive you want to work with. In the popup menu there's an option for "archiver". Bill Mote - Original Message - From: "Andrew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06,

Re: [newbie] netscape

Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want

Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive

You can do almost ANYTHING you dream of with it. What would you like to do? Be specific. Bryan "Andrew" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/06/2000 10:50:59 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie]

[newbie] Explain this if you can

I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and that this would help. Now that i have done this,

[newbie] Ayuda sobre linux Mandrake

Mi nombre es Gustavo soy de capital federal, y necesitaría información y ayuda sobre Red Hat Linux.- Me compre en cúspide el LINUX-MANDRAKE 6.0 (RED HAT LINUX 6.0 WITH ENHANCEMENTS) lo instale bárbaro, es mas tengo Windows 98 y Windows NT 4.0 con service pack 5 y Explorer 5.0 y me anda

Re: [newbie] boot to console

Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) Piero Caracciolo wrote: At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: dmesg | more Harald Wolf wrote: Hi, how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel produces on startup ? or how avoid start

Re: [newbie] netscape

Joseph.. Sorry have to steal that tag.. too funny. -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10 8140 EMEA SPECIAL PROJECTS

Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive

Nevermind. Guess I should read the subject line next time 8-/ Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/06/2000 11:02:41 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive You can do

Re: [newbie] Explain this if you can

Oliver, you don't have any xwindow managers installed (I think that's the term). If you put the installation CD in and selectexpertserver, then you'll be able to add and specify more components. you might be able to do this by just doing an upgrade. - Original Message - From: "Oliver

[newbie] lexmark

Anyone get a lexmark printer working with Mandrake?? I can't even get it to work in text mode. I know the kernel doesn't support the drivers for lexmark, but I was wondering if anyone found a work-around. thanks Merle Pittman TEL: (709) 724-7598 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [[newbie] netscape]

"Eric MC DECLERCK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't

Re: [[newbie] netscape]

"Eric MC DECLERCK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't

Re: [newbie] boot to console

On 06-Mar-2000 Audrey Beck wrote: Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) On lilo boot prompt: linux init 3 This will boot the machine into console mode. Then hit SHIFT+PageUp to scroll upwards (or use 'dmesg | less' as already suggested. Regards tom

RE: [newbie] Explain this if you can

On 06-Mar-2000 Oliver Marshall wrote: I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from anywhere on the network. That's because M doesn't install the telnet *server* in 'Recommended'. Why?

Re: [[newbie] X problem]

Why don't you boot from the CD do an upgrade and just install KDE and X. So do not format your partitions. -- Many Thanks _ Lee Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Phone: +33 (0)1 58 04 5202 VDT Technical Lead Mobile: +33 (0)6 89 10

RE: [newbie] lexmark

On 06-Mar-2000 Pittman, Merle wrote: Anyone get a lexmark printer working with Mandrake?? I can't even get it to work in text mode. I know the kernel doesn't support the drivers for lexmark, but I was wondering if anyone found a work-around. thanks Merle

Re: [newbie] Unpacking an archive

I'm sorry for the stupid question. I am new to linux. I have Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am not sure how to do much with it, yet. Please help. As another newbie, I would recommend that you get version 7.0-2 (be sure about the "-2") and replace your 6.0. There's no point in learning an OS with an

Re: [Re: [newbie] son of bitch virus spreader]

Hi, I know that it is possible to install MDK 7.02 from Windows 9x as well, if it solve your problem, and if you can take the installer from windows (exist some soft to read an ext2 partition from windows). Good luck!! Date sent: 4 Mar 00 10:16:37 EST From:

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] lilo install problem

Hi, May be you should probe to install lilo in the MBR (Master Boot Record) unless you didn't do it before. Good luck From: "Bill Kinsey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:17:39 -0500 Send reply to:

Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8 for Linux install problem

Hi, I have solved the same problem unpacking again in order to overwrite the previous "Runme" file and the rest of them .Then I could execute the Runme file again without trouble. Good luck, Date sent: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:28:36 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL

Re: [[newbie] Sound and Modem problems]

At 07:18 AM 3/4/00 EST, you wrote: Matthew Loschmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Rockwell 56k faxmodem on com1 and irq3 and my sound card is a Riptide PCI Audio Legacy and I have the info on that to. I can't seem to get linux 6.5 to find them. Why, it always returns an error saying

Re: [newbie] Modem and sound problems

At 09:36 AM 3/4/00 -0500, you wrote: To the linux gurus: When I try to run sndconfig, it displays the following message: Error in modprone Call /lib /modules/2.2.14-15 mdk/misc/lib o: init_module: Device or Resource busy. Sound Device or resource busy. I am also stuck in tying to

[newbie] KDE can't start

Hi After I installed mandrake7.0-2 on my PIII with Win98, KDE did not start and I got dropped to plain X windows instead. twm can work but how can I start KDE? Thanks for the help! Wenzhong

[newbie] C++ Compiler Help

hey, this is an easy question: How do I compile a program under g++ I just can't figure it out lets say, I have a file called "test.cpp" under / the dir how would I compile it? when i try, it does not return anything on the command line and just makes a new command line, just like when i