Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-03-18 Thread Ralph F. De Witt
Try http://www.kxicg.org On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, you wrote: can anyone tell me where to get the latest version of kxicq and some hints on installing it i have version 0.3.1 but when i run ./configure it says there are files missing and configure error installation or configuration problem c

Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166

2000-03-18 Thread Vic
Just curious, whats the absolute hugest harddrive that linux kernel can support providing the BIOS hardware sees all the drive? On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Jeremy mewed: Sujeevan wrote: HELP ME PLEASE !!! my friend has a 14g HD (FUJITSU) and he is trying to install Mandrake 7 on his

Re: [newbie] Mouse Question - MS Intellimouse Explorer (USB)

2000-03-18 Thread John Prior
Russell Which generic driver did you select? I'm having problems getting my first-time Linux install to recognise my MS I.E. mouse at all, so any advice would be appreciated! John - Original Message - From: "Russell Simmons" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March

Re: [newbie]

2000-03-18 Thread hello
Hi Jero Thanks very much for the info. Actually I don't have mdk 7.0 on the laptop, had it on there but couldn't get on the net to get questions answered so I reinstalled Windoze 1898. I will keep an eye on the pcmcia services though. - Original Message - From: "jero" [EMAIL

[newbie] Recommend Serial Mouse instead of PS/2

2000-03-18 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I have been using Linux for the past year, Mandrake for the past 6 months, Netscape 4.7 since Mandake 7.0 came out. This may not be true for others, but it has certainly proved true for me: Changing from PS/2 to Serial mouse has made all the difference. While using PS/2 mouse

Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166

2000-03-18 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:09:43 -0600, you wrote: ujeevan wrote: HELP ME PLEASE !!! my friend has a 14g HD (FUJITSU) and he is trying to install Mandrake 7 on his computer. we tried to boot the computer with 14G, but the computer just hung. The HD has option to use only 2GB so that the old

Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-03-18 Thread Warren Doney
root wrote: can anyone tell me where to get the latest version of kxicq and some hints on installing it i have version 0.3.1 but when i run ./configure it says there are files missing and configure error installation or configuration problem c compiler cannot creat e executables and when it

Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-03-18 Thread Gerald Davies
or try www.kxicq.org doh! - Original Message - From: "Warren Doney" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kxicq root wrote: can anyone tell me where to get the latest version of kxicq and some hints on installing

Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-03-18 Thread Guillermo Belli
Hi: go to www.kxicq.org and look for the latest rpm can anyone tell me where to get the latest version of kxicq and some hints on installing it i have version 0.3.1 but when i run ./configure it says there are files missing and configure error installation or configuration problem c

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-18 Thread Tony
Might amuse those who have not heard it yet! "Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user) - Original Message - From: "Jeremy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Newbie List"

Re: [Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166]

2000-03-18 Thread Michael Scottaline
Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious, whats the absolute hugest harddrive that linux kernel can support providing the BIOS hardware sees all the drive? == I think it's in the terabytes. Mike ~~~ "I'd

Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166

2000-03-18 Thread RRPotratz
It is very possible and likely you need to flash your bios to support the larger drive. I've got an old motherboard that had a 133 pent running with 3 15 gig IBM drives and a cyrix 300, but nono would have been possible without flashing the bios. Would need to know motherboard manufacturer and

Re: [newbie] DSL problems

2000-03-18 Thread Bob Chin
Tom H wrote: I have DSL and I am trying to set it up for my gateway to the internet. Also I would like to have it be my firewall. I currently have Pac Bell and it came with the Alcatel external modem. I have got it to the point where it will dial up and when I run ifconf I get this reading

[newbie] licq in mdk 7.0

2000-03-18 Thread Sujeevan
I have MDK 7.02 installed and I use Licq to talk to friends. when ever I receive a message that's long, I get funny characters, i have to see the history to read the message. This also happens when I type. I have to use enter to make the line smaller so that i won't get those funny characters.

[newbie] Fetchmail

2000-03-18 Thread Daryl Fisk
fetchmail brings down my mail from the server just fine but then it somehow all gets tossed into the "bit bucket!" I'm able to use pine to compose and send mail anywhere just fine. also I can send to the root and any user. I just can't get fetchmail to do enough in order to read it! - phlsphr

[newbie] fetchmail

2000-03-18 Thread Daryl Fisk
I can get fetchmail to download my mail, but when it comes time for it to turn it over to the system, everything seems to be thrown into the "bit bucket" how do I get fetchmail to do its job? This is a copy of my .fetchmailrc file: set postmaster root set no bouncemail poll mail.earthlink.net

Re: [newbie] kxicq

2000-03-18 Thread jero
The latest version would be located at linux.tucows.com . Also...you would need to get ICQLib (ICQ Libraries) to run KXIcq properly (i'm using it myself). Hope this helps! Jero Doney wrote: root wrote: can anyone tell me where to get the latest version of kxicq and some hints on

[newbie] bitchx and creating a signature file

2000-03-18 Thread root
someone told me bitchx is an irc client for linux / xwindows just curious if anyone knows if thats what it is and if so where i can get it also wondering if anyone can tell me how to creat a signature file for email thanks all :o)

Re: [newbie] Recommend Serial Mouse instead of PS/2

2000-03-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Benjamin.guess I've not been following this thread. I assume that you disabled the ps/2 mouse port in cmos when you made the change? The conflict must have been one concerning IRQ 12 which an enabled PS/2 port always takes. Did you know that quite a few folks have reported a problem with

[newbie] Lost Removeables

2000-03-18 Thread Lane Lester
Somehow I have lost access to all my removeables: floppy, cdrom, and zip (IDE). These are my current entries in fstab; do you see what's wrong: /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip vfat exec,user,noauto,rw,suid,dev 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat exec,user,noauto,rw,suid,dev 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660

[newbie] Fw: Lost Removeables

2000-03-18 Thread Lane Lester
Somehow I have lost access to all my removeables: floppy, cdrom, and zip (IDE). These are my current entries in fstab; do you see what's wrong: /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip vfat exec,user,noauto,rw,suid,dev 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat exec,user,noauto,rw,suid,dev 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660

Re: [newbie] COmpressed files

2000-03-18 Thread Richard Kim
Payne Stanifer wrote: I was wondering what program I need to open .zip files. I have tried the archiver that comes with redhat 6.0, but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone know what program or patch I need? Thanks. Payne __ Get Your Private,

Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166

2000-03-18 Thread kstas
Hi Some months ago I had a same problem Just update the bios of a computer Motherbord WBR attacker - Original Message - From: "Oliver L. Plaine Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166 On Fri,

[newbie] Need Russian TV URL, please!

2000-03-18 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Thanks to all the wonderful advice cocerning LInux and Vmware, I was able to set up a Win3.1 virtual machine in Vmware and install Windows Media Player 3.0. As I sadly explained yesterday, TV 6 of Moscow has chosen to broadcast their LIVE domestic Russian broadcasts on WMP instead

Re: [newbie] Modem not detected

2000-03-18 Thread nodyak0
Linux claims it is not supporting WinModems nor ever will. Well I have some software that is called ZModem in a zip file format that is called a LinModem (WinModem type) that is supposed to be for that WinModem. Have not installed it just yet, still attempting to learn more about Linux/Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Modem not detected

2000-03-18 Thread nodyak0
Linux claims it is not supporting WinModems nor ever will. Well I have some software that is called ZModem in a zip file format that is called a LinModem (WinModem type) that is supposed to be for that WinModem. Have not installed it just yet, still attempting to learn more about Linux/Mandrake