RE: [newbie] It's getting really frustrating (was 'error notenough space in partition /')

2000-03-19 Thread Robert Revet
already giving up on linux Jon? I am a newbie since a month as well... you can run linux even with small knowledge especially mandrake 7.0 but DUH you must read some documentation ! You think we are gifted and just knew everything ?? I'd wish ! get yourself a nice linux book and get starting and y

Re: [newbie] Drake Config

2000-03-19 Thread KM Linux
I had the same problem when I updated to 7.0. Linuxconfig wouldn't even run in the terminal window. I went to mandake and updated the Drake Config to a newer version. It ran after the new install. And linux configs graphic interface was one of the options from within Drake. Hope this helps. Ka

Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]]

2000-03-19 Thread Jaguar
Sig files or quotes exactly like this are what I am refering to. <-- see bottom to whom this is a reply to... Who the puck cares about some dead dude whom I have never heard of? No I am saying that _some_ of you WHINE about a 1 or 2 K HTML/business card attachement, as a waste of bandwidth..

[newbie] ypbind

2000-03-19 Thread Todd Gipson
I keep getting the error "ypbind_proc: Domain not found" when I reboot/boot up. I have check my network settings and found nothing out of the ordinary. Help. Thanks.

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
As for the modem problem, lets hope that you do not have a 'winmodem' as these are not supported very well in linux if at all. On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mewed: > Ok, so I want to download this to run on Madrake 7.0, but I have to use > Windows '95 and AOL to get it. Once I get it,

[newbie] I messed up

2000-03-19 Thread Herman R.willett
Dan: If you are still up out there, I messed up big time. I logged off and shut down the system without unmounting the zip drive. I finaly re-installed linus to get the system back up. And of course I lost my email I had tucked away on how to install the driver for the zip drive. If you coul

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Michael George
On Apr 25, Jaguar wrote: > Wow...a bunch of whiner's!!! (although a 2 MB file is quite large) Oh, you think so? Considering most list mail is <3Kb, I'd say 2.8Mb is pretty dang big! > If your ISP connect is so bad ie: crappy ISP, worse phone lines, or a 28.8 > modem...all of these can be fixed

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread hugh
This is the best response yet. Great song but... Nuf said On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > To the individual who sent it: > > bad, bad dog.no biscuit, sit, stay -stay. > > (It was a cool song though :-) > > Russ

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
Ok no problem. First bring up kppp via the menu or by typing kppp in a virtual terminal. Then click on setup, and a new window should pop up titled kppp Configuration. Then click on the New... button and another iwndow should pop up titled New Acount then the connection name (you can call this

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Westbrook
To the individual who sent it: bad, bad dog.no biscuit, sit, stay -stay. (It was a cool song though :-) Russ

Re: [newbie] Connection problem

2000-03-19 Thread Jon Hunter
"Antoniou, Stylianos" wrote: > Hi there, > I have configured two PCs (Mandrake7.0 & RedHat6.1) in my college network. > When the network cards are connected to the network sockets everything is > fine,I have access to the www from both and when I ping from one to the > other I can get a connect

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
The last time I tried it, it worked for me I just did not download any of thier software, I just took the DNS numbers and put them into kppp and I set my browser's home page to http://home.freewwweb.com and it made out ok. On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Benjamin Sher mewed: > Dear Anthony: > > Out of cu

Re: [newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
I have no problem with that, I suggested 100-200K earlier, so 100K is fine with me, I don't think even a long unix script would exceed 100K.--- Update me if that assessment was inaccurate, please. On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Denis Havlik mewed: > Yet Another change in mailing lists policy > > There h

Re: [newbie] screen-saver for Mandrake

2000-03-19 Thread Rial Juan
Of course it comes with screensavers. Just check out your KDE config tool if you're using KDE; don't know the name of the corresponding Gnome tool. hint: "matrix" is a pretty cool one, if you've seen the movie :-) On Mar 19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Does Mandrake come with a screen

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Rial Juan
*** Before I read the complete thread. Oh God, there we go again. Someone makes _one_ mistake on the list, and the flaming starts all over again. Ok, it's not so nice of him to not consider the poor modem-users when posting to the list by sending huge files, and it is quite like you put it: "ema

[newbie] Second Stage Install Error

2000-03-19 Thread Ronald Brown
Hello, I am trying to install mandrake 7.0. Everythings goes well until it gets to the 2ns stage install and I receive this error:   install exited abnormally -- received signal 9 send termination signals sending kill signals   unmounting filesystem /tmp/hdimage /tmp/stage 2 /proc   The End  

[newbie] LinuxConf Problem

2000-03-19 Thread Brad Michael Veith
Hello, I have posted this question before and never seemed to of gotten an answer. I am currently using Mandrake 7.0, and installed what I thought was a newer version of LinuxConf, but it was the same version as came with the Distribution. Now when I open it using DrakConf, it opens in a Terminal

Re: [newbie] bitchx and creating a signature file

2000-03-19 Thread Rial Juan
Ok, I don't think anyone answered this one yet, so here's the story: BitchX is a console IRC client, it comes on your mandrake 7.0-2 CD. Don't know about earlier Mdrake versions, but I'm sure it's on those as well. If not, search and download on http://freshmeat.net Signature files are simple:

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Hi! > > This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge > mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and > did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody > accesses

[newbie] screen-saver for Mandrake

2000-03-19 Thread CMi1255179
Does Mandrake come with a screen saver? Or is this necessary for Linux? 'A Slave To The Drive To Obsession- A Spirit With A Vision, Is A Dream With A Mission' -Rush 'Mission' -Chris Rasputin http://www.angelfire.com/ne/rasputin1/Rasputin.html

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread CMi1255179
I'm not sure how to check the dns numbers in the kppp. You may have to walk me through this...I am fairly new to Linux and fairly new to computers (owned one for 2 years). -Chris In a message dated 03/19/2000 4:37:57 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > the freewwweb ser

[newbie] BJC-2000

2000-03-19 Thread Wayne
The Canon BJC is the model that has taken over from the 4000 series. I was wondering if anyone has got this to work under MDK 7.0 yet and how they did it. Did you use the 4000 series driver or does it need to be done a different way. Wayne *** *

Re: [newbie] It's getting really frustrating (was 'error not enough space in partition /')

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
Do a re-boot, telinit 6 or reboot and when the lilo boot: thing comes up type linux 1 and then press enter or return and it will come up into a single user mode, after which you can delete inside of /etc/passwd the part that lists root's password, then reboot and try to log in as root again, and d

[newbie] printer-ink level indication

2000-03-19 Thread Simon Robertson
hello, as many of you may know, in windows any time you print you are given an indication of how much ink you have left in your printer. does anyone happen to hnow of an equivelant program/application for linux that can be downloaded from a web site or is just hiding away on such a disk as #5 co

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Hellmut
Hi! This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody accesses the internet with knowledge about what to d

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
I thought that e mail listers were configured to not post anything larger than like 200K or so lest it be truncated. On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, bluebottle mewed: > On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mandrake Newbie

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
the freewwweb service does not require the windows software, all I did was to put the correct dns numbers in kppp where they belong (ask me if you don't quite know) and then *make sure* that the browser that your using has "home page" set to http://home.freewwweb.com and that should continue to wo

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Hellmut
Hi! This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody accesses the internet with knowledge about what to d

Re: [newbie] KDE intrusion on Gnome

2000-03-19 Thread Richard Yevchak
I'm not sure how to stop it, but I think I know what causes it. Some programs seem to he hard coded to use kfm(KMail uses it for links). When ever such a progam is run, AFAIK starting kfm pretty much starts KDE. Richard On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > All, > I use Gnome with sawmill as my p

Re: [newbie] net problem

2000-03-19 Thread Vic
Did you check that there is the two DNS numbers are entered into the kppp setup? On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, stathis gotsis mewed: > i have mandrake 7.0.when i connect to the internet through kppp,then > netscape can find no host,the same happens with other applications ,such as > mail clients.what co

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!

2000-03-19 Thread CMi1255179
Ok, so I want to download this to run on Madrake 7.0, but I have to use Windows '95 and AOL to get it. Once I get it, how do I get Linux to dectect my modem and how do I install the program..? -Chris In a message dated 03/19/2000 1:44:21 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

[newbie] KDE intrusion on Gnome

2000-03-19 Thread Wayne
All, I use Gnome with sawmill as my preferred choice. When I use some kde programs (kmail for example) my desktop gets filled with the kde icons. This happens some times and not others. Is there a way to stop this? Wayne *** *** Wayne P

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Rial Juan
Yeah, it's possible. I just use ASCII-art at the boot-prompt (the linux logo you get when you type linux_logo at the prompt if you have the package installed). somehow, a "real" graphic must be possible too, since the install does it, but I have no idea how. You can get the ascii-stuff however

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
WHINERS!!! Really!! What makes you think that you're an authority on other people's ISP and phone company relations?! Every ISP I've tried can only supply a 26,400-28,800 connection in my area even though I use an excellent 56K external hardware modem. The phone company has explained time afte

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Herman R. Willett
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: This is interesting. I connect at 50K without fail, but my neighbor, using the same cable just another pair, only connects at 28.8. Futhormore, my home is wired with 4 pair Cat5 cable from the demark. If I use the other line (bl/wh) that has my house phones on i

[newbie] IOmega Zip Disks

2000-03-19 Thread Herman R. Willett
Hi: I just recently purchased a Mandrake 7.0 Red Had, and have successfully installed it on my machines, and mounted all devices except my IOmega zip drives. They are all parrellel port types, and I just can not get them to mount. I have mounted two external CD roms using the parrellel port, an

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

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:22:06 -0600, Jeremy wrote: > > >If that works for you, you got it easy. > > -- > Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:54:40 > > Well Jeremy, it wasn't that easy , but it is working really > fine.. > I did not intend to put a

RE: [newbie] Dual Booting

2000-03-19 Thread edward tharp
boot to a dos floppy (win9x startup disk) give command sys c: reboot let me know if it works --Original Message-- From: RICHARD FRIEDMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'mandrake' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: March 19, 2000 6:38:45 PM GMT Subject: [newbie] Dual Booting OK... I just installed a new

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Donny
Where i live u have one choice in phone company's, ive tried EVERY ISP and i still connect at 28.8. Whiner's?? I dont think so! I come to check my mail, and just to see if someone usefull mailed me, i have to wait 15 minutes to download it. I would care less if I was on DSL, but that isnt th

Re: [newbie] Comments on Graphical Installation

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote: > > A few days ago I got a copy of the MacMillan version of Mandrake 7.0. I have > a couple of things to say about the new graphical installation. > > First, generally, I'm not impressed. I actually found the old installation > method easier to use. The installation of pa

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting

2000-03-19 Thread Jon Hunter
Ha! I did this the other day... :) Here is what I had to to to fix it. 1. I grabbed my linux boot floppy made during the install and made sure it worked. 2. I grabbed my Windoze boot floppy made during the install and made sure it worked. 3. ran lilo -u -U /dev/hda 4. ran lilo -u -U /dev/hd

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Fri, 25 Apr 2036, you wrote: > Wow...a bunch of whiner's!!! (although a 2 MB file is quite large) > > If your ISP connect is so bad ie: crappy ISP, worse phone lines, or a 28.8 > modem...all of these can be fixed fairly easily...the easiest would be to but > a $40.00 hardware modem from Cirru

[newbie] Wrong charset

2000-03-19 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:35:27 After logging out of KDE on my Mandrake 6.1 Helios 2-2-13-7 MDK, I see several lines of "wrong charset installed"but the Mandrake does not tell me what charset it is hungry for.. The print seems to look ok to me on all the screens and I have never changed a

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

2000-03-19 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:22:06 -0600, Jeremy wrote: >If that works for you, you got it easy. -- Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:54:40 Well Jeremy, it wasn't that easy , but it is working really fine.. I did not intend to put any money into this old P-166..it has the antique BIOS

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

2000-03-19 Thread Jon Hunter
Difficult to say without sitting in front of your machine but a lot of bios will allow you to remove an IRQ from the pool. Maybe you can set IRQ 12 = ISA not pnp/pci Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear Alan: > > Thanks so very much for the comment. Yes, that IRQ 12 was conflicting > with other PnP IRQ

Re: [newbie] Need help getting network up. -Follow up

2000-03-19 Thread John Scott
I've got the same problem... the only drivers I can find for the 3c905 do not work with the 2.2.14 kernel!! Help!! "Peter H. Hackett" wrote: > Ahh... it seems that for what ever reason... my 3com 3C900 Combo is not > detected. (not listed in dmesg).. that would explain it. Any way I can > 'for

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
bluebottle wrote: > > I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance > that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At > about 4kb/s download speed that is at least 9 minutes of time for an attachment > that most of us won't open. >

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear Anthony: > > Out of curiosity, I just went to the > https://reg.freewwweb.com/cgi-bin/signup.cgi site you mentioned. Here is > their home page: > > FreeWWWeb: > > http://www.freewwweb.com/pricing/pricmain.html > > http://www.freewwweb.com/register/ordmain.html >

[newbie] Comments on Graphical Installation

2000-03-19 Thread RICHARD FRIEDMAN
A few days ago I got a copy of the MacMillan version of Mandrake 7.0. I have a couple of things to say about the new graphical installation. First, generally, I'm not impressed. I actually found the old installation method easier to use. The installation of packages seems to be a crapshoot. I did

Re: [newbie] DSL problems

2000-03-19 Thread Tom H
Thanks that fixed it it is the little things we forget - Original Message - From: "Audrey Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-list@" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DSL problems > Do you have the addresses for your name servers on your

Re: [newbie] FW: FTP

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
Ernie wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Ernie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:23 AM > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com > Subject: FTP > > Hello, I am trying to set Up the ultimate bulletin board system on my > machine, and when I cre

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Donny
U must be a moron to send an attachment to a list!! Im stuck out here on a 28.8 and it took forever to download. But dont suspend the guy. Just uhh, dont do it no more :-) At 06:27 PM 3/19/00 +, you wrote: >On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a

[newbie] Dual Booting

2000-03-19 Thread RICHARD FRIEDMAN
OK... I just installed a new hard drive in my machine. Now Linux gets it's own drive! :-) Anyway, I have Windoze on the Primary master (/dev/hda). Linux is on the secondary master (/dev/hdc). The problem is, I installed LILO in the master boot record on /dev/hda. It will boot Linux but not Windoze

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a second chance and > I'm sure there was no malicious intent. > > Alan I'll accept your point Alan - perhaps the penalty I requested was rather harsh and the perpetrator is not usually guilty of such faux pas. I feel t

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Just for information why isn't it possible to simply decline to open large > attachments (not that I make a habit of sending them) , I open very few > attachments of any kind on security principle unless I know where they come > from. Opening the attachment is di

Re: [newbie] fetchmail

2000-03-19 Thread Ribbo
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Daryl Fisk wrote: > 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? > > Daryl, have you change the .rc to rw mode? try $ chm

Re: [newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Denisworks for me :-) Alan Denis Havlik wrote: > > Yet Another change in mailing lists policy > > There have been several annoyingly long e-mails on newbie list lately, so > I have decided to limit the size of the messages which are accepted to the > lists. > > As of now, e-mails longer

Re: [newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > There have been several annoyingly long e-mails on newbie list lately, so > I have decided to limit the size of the messages which are accepted to the > lists. > > As of now, e-mails longer than 100kb are not accepted to this mailing list > anymore. If you want

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a second chance and I'm sure there was no malicious intent. Alan bluebottle wrote: > > I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance > that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At >

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Of course I am utterly spoilt using a 2mb bandwidth and can well remember > the frustrations of slow downloads however in this kind of scenario there > is, like sex & violence on TV, an easy solution, its called the off switch > or in computerese the mouse clic

Re: [newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy

2000-03-19 Thread tymanthius
Bet this will curtail some of the html stuff too - that tends to be big. Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
TonyI have a 28,800 modem connection. I had to download for 1/2 hour before I could 'not' open the attachment. This sort of thing is 'not' appropriate on a mailing list. Alan Tony wrote: > > Your comment is certainly one I listen too carefully particularly since it > is polite and not of

[newbie] Free ISP for Linux -- NOT SO! Not for Linux!

2000-03-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Anthony: Out of curiosity, I just went to the https://reg.freewwweb.com/cgi-bin/signup.cgi site you mentioned. Here is their home page: FreeWWWeb: http://www.freewwweb.com/pricing/pricmain.html http://www.freewwweb.com/register/ordmain.html You'll find on the above page specific inform

Re: [newbie] It's getting really frustrating (was 'error not enoughspace in partition /')

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
GGlose the paranoid security, become normal. Alan kiriakos wrote: > > Well thank you all guys, but 7.0-2 didn't do it for me. I did as Alan > suggested , that is I made a floppy from a cdrom.img of 7.0-2 version > and I still got the error message that I need 1180 megs and the / > filesyst

[newbie] where can I find

2000-03-19 Thread KompuKit
I need a program/package that will store all my usernames/passwords for myself...and only allow myself to access it...anyone know of a good one? -- <===KompuKit===> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Des

[newbie] Problem with permissions!!!

2000-03-19 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Hello all, I started using RedHat about a year ago, then tried SuSE and now I'm onto Mandrake. My problem is with /dev/modem permissions when trying to access minicom. Under SuSE, I had no problem using minicom as a user (not 'root'). But with both RedHat & now Mandrake, I get 'permission denied

Re: [newbie] Drake Config

2000-03-19 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
First, you can access 'linuxconf' by typing 'linuxconf' on any terminal window (xterm, eterm, etc.) Second, I'm not sure why you can't access Drakconf through KDE except that you should make sure you're logged in as 'root'. Hope that helps - Original Message - From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTEC

[newbie] ANNOUNCEMENT: change in mailing lists policy

2000-03-19 Thread Denis Havlik
Yet Another change in mailing lists policy There have been several annoyingly long e-mails on newbie list lately, so I have decided to limit the size of the messages which are accepted to the lists. As of now, e-mails longer than 100kb are not accepted to this mailing list anymore. If you want t

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread CMi1255179
So this will be ok for dial-up? I'm oldskool, and I live in the older part of the city where they don't have DSL... -Chris In a message dated 03/19/2000 8:26:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Nope, you don't have to use any program. Just go to this page: > https://

Re: [newbie] It's getting really frustrating (was 'error not enough space in partition /')

2000-03-19 Thread Denis Havlik
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, kiriakos wrote: :~>Well thank you all guys, but 7.0-2 didn't do it for me. I did as Alan :~>suggested , that is I made a floppy from a cdrom.img of 7.0-2 version :~>and I still got the error message that I need 1180 megs and the / :~>filesystem is not sufficient. I managed to

Re: [newbie] Need help getting network up. -Follow up

2000-03-19 Thread Peter H. Hackett
Ahh... it seems that for what ever reason... my 3com 3C900 Combo is not detected. (not listed in dmesg).. that would explain it. Any way I can 'force' detection of it? Anyone??? The thing works in RH, why not in Mandrake?? Any and all help appreciated! Pete - Original Message - From: "

Re: [newbie] Gnutella

2000-03-19 Thread Denis Havlik
:~>Hi Folks! :~> :~>Did anybody get or know where I can download the :~>Gnutella sources and/or binaries? Njam, njam! Free nutella clone I always wanted to have THAT one. Newt think you know it will be "gMozzart-Kugel" and "gSacher-Torte". I can't wait! :-) -- -

Re: [[newbie] Mouse ok in console, but..]

2000-03-19 Thread Jaguar
Probably an incorrect mouse driver. Open a console, and type "setup" <-- without quotes, choose the Mouse Config option, and try a different driver within your manufacturers options ie: Logitech mouse -> Logitech driver/generic driver, make sure you choose the correct interface also. Once your dri

Re: [newbie] It's getting really frustrating (was 'error not enough space in partition /')

2000-03-19 Thread Audrey Beck
kiriakos wrote: > > Well thank you all guys, but 7.0-2 didn't do it for me. I did as Alan > suggested , that is I made a floppy from a cdrom.img of 7.0-2 version > and I still got the error message that I need 1180 megs and the / > filesystem is not sufficient. I managed to install the packages b

Re: [newbie] net problem

2000-03-19 Thread Audrey Beck
stathis gotsis wrote: > > i have mandrake 7.0.when i connect to the internet through kppp,then > netscape can find no host,the same happens with other applications ,such as > mail clients.what could be possibly wrong.i would appreciate any help. > _

Re: [newbie] Need Russian TV URL, please!

2000-03-19 Thread Audrey Beck
Benjamin Sher wrote: > > 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 domesti

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Tony
Your comment is certainly one I listen too carefully particularly since it is polite and not offensive in its approach, those who are offensive are like barking dogs unworthy of attention, in the words of one reply - You Know Who You Are. Just for information why isn't it possible to simply decl

Re: [newbie] problem using elightenment

2000-03-19 Thread Necrotica
You need an icon box running to recover them. You can either use the one from Enlightenment or the one from Gnome. To turn on the icon box in Enlightenment press and hold a CTRL key and then left-click on your desktop. Select the desktop menu and choose Create New Icon Box. -Necro On Sun, 19 M

[newbie] Mandrake Download

2000-03-19 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi,I'm trying to download MDK 7.0, but all the sites appear to have single filedownload. It wasn't like that yesterday. I hope this doesn't mean I have todownload each file one at a time. Any ideas?ThanksRWB

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread Anthony Huereca
Nope, you don't have to use any program. Just go to this page: https://reg.freewwweb.com/cgi-bin/signup.cgi and then just fill out the info it asks for. And now you're signed up! And thanks for the link to it, for while I already have cable, I used it to connect my Dreamcast to the internet. > I

Re: [newbie] DSL problems

2000-03-19 Thread Audrey Beck
Do you have the addresses for your name servers on your isp? The easiest way to enter them is to go into linuxconf, network, client, dns and put in what they give you.

Re: [newbie] isdn

2000-03-19 Thread Dennis
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 05:41:43 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Where can I get information to get a asuscom isdn card >to work? Support for internal ISDN cards in linux is extremely limited. Unless its on the list of supported cards you arent prob going to be able to get it working.If using ISDN pro

[newbie] isdn

2000-03-19 Thread Mattias Stigmark
Where can I get information to get a asuscom isdn card to work? __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] DVD

2000-03-19 Thread flupke
I don't have a DVD, so I'm not sure about the performances, but I heard about a program called decss. I think you'll find it at http://www.tuxfinder.com HTH Flupke Wayne wrote: > > I am a relatively 'stable' user though not expert enough to go patching my > kernel (yet) for the purposes of inst

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread flupke
I had some problems and I missed this file. Could someone send it to me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or tell me where I can get it) please? Thanx in advance. Flupke Jon Hunter wrote: > > Might tick off those of us without a broadband connection... > > Please don't post binaries. > > If you want to

[newbie] problem using elightenment

2000-03-19 Thread Kokyong Lee
hi, I have some problem in recover those minimize programe. Everytime after I minimezed the programes, I can't find any way to recover it again. And to make matter worse, I turned iconbox off, and now I can no longer turn it on again. any one can help.

Re: [newbie] Mouse ok in console, but..

2000-03-19 Thread kiriakos
James, try reconfiguring Xwindows and change the baud rate of the mouse to 1200, that worked for me GG James wrote: > > Ok, now I have my mouse working just fine when I am in the console (just > before issuing startX), but when I start Xwindows, my mouse cursor starts > in the center of th

[newbie] FW: FTP

2000-03-19 Thread Ernie
-Original Message- From: Ernie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:23 AM To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com Subject: FTP Hello, I am trying to set Up the ultimate bulletin board system on my machine, and when I create the folder and unzip the

Fwd: Re: [newbie] good graphics software in linux?

2000-03-19 Thread Emanuele La Rosa
-- Messaggio Inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [newbie] good graphics software in linux? Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:23:05 +0100 From: Emanuele La Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gtksee seems to work fine. Il ven, 17 mar 2000, hai scritto: > hi all is there any good/fast graphics viewers in m

Re: [newbie] good graphics software in linux?

2000-03-19 Thread Emanuele La Rosa
gtksee seems to work fine. Il ven, 17 mar 2000, hai scritto: > hi all is there any good/fast graphics viewers in mandrake like window's acdsee?

[newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At about 4kb/s download speed that is at least 9 minutes of time for an attachment that most of us won't open. The person knows who they are

[newbie] Re: Mouse woes FIXED

2000-03-19 Thread James
I've found my problem, I'm using a serial mouse rather than a PS/2.. had my settings wrong. Thanks for the help. james

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

2000-03-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Alan: Thanks so very much for the comment. Yes, that IRQ 12 was conflicting with other PnP IRQ's. It was driving the mouse and me nuts. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

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

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote: > > 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

[newbie]

2000-03-19 Thread Jaguar
Can anyone shed some light on this error?? I was trying to compile from a fresh install of 7.02 using Expert/Normal checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths! ___

Re: [newbie] check this site out

2000-03-19 Thread Jon Hunter
Might tick off those of us without a broadband connection... Please don't post binaries. If you want to share a file, post it on the web. Tony wrote: > 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 honeyd

[newbie] Drake Config

2000-03-19 Thread jeff
I just upgrade the server at work. All went well, but after install I went to the KDE and there was no linux config and drake config was there but it wouldn't come up. Any clues ?

Re: [newbie] Free ISP for Linux

2000-03-19 Thread CMi1255179
I checked this out...I am currently using Winblows '95 and AOL to dial up...When I went there it asked me what type of OP, and didn't have anything listed for Mandrake...Will downloading this software work under Linux? -Chris In a message dated 03/16/2000 4:21:42 PM Central Standard Time,

[newbie] Need help getting network up.

2000-03-19 Thread Peter H. Hackett
For whatever reason, I cant get dhcp working... in fact, I cant seem to get the network up at all. I've tried to config it using linuxconf tool but no luck. When you use dhcp (Road Runner cable modem service), what information do you 'need' to supply when configuring with the tool? Any tips app

[newbie] OT - Programming, Getting Started

2000-03-19 Thread bosco
Greeings all, I know this is slightly off topic, but this is my primary mail list so I was hoping someone could spare a few links.. I'm fairly competent in C/C++ and would like to get started in Linux Programming.. The only real problem is I'm not use to anything Linux.. Configure and Makefiles t

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