Re: [newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0 Problems

2000-04-04 Thread Andrew Doe (Web master)
borwse the cd thewr shold be a dir called lnx4win open it and run install.bat this will create a fake linux partion on your c dirve and will alow you to boot windows and linux do not creat the boot menu set the swap file to 64 and the linux native to at least 700mb then click ok when asked boot un

[newbie] Setting up the Mouse

2000-04-04 Thread Sami A. Kutbi
Hi there i'm a real a newbie. i have successfully installed Mandrake 7.0 and love it i just need to setup my Wheel Mouse any help please. Thanks Sami Kutbi

Re: [newbie] LILO prob

2000-04-04 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Altern8 wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have install MDK7.0 using linux4win and everything works just perfect. My > box has 192mb of memory, but mdk only tells me that I have 64mb. I went > into /etc/lilo.conf (which I made as there was no file) and edited it with > --> append="mem192m" But it did not,

Re: [newbie] info about lilo

2000-04-04 Thread Jeffrey Thompson
Hiya, I can't really call myself an expert, but here is what I know: > still have some questions:when i install linux,is lilo only written to the > primary boot sector?is it written anywhere else except for there?if i Usually, yes. LILO would probably have installed itself on /dev/hda. (MBR o

[newbie] Starting Linux without X

2000-04-04 Thread joe_reynolds
I have been hosed several times now by installing enlightenment themes - not sure if it's my fault or if there are a lot of buggy ethemes out there... Anyway, now when I boot Linux, it gets to the ascii mandrake logon screen, then changes video modes as if to go to the X-based logon, which it u

Re: [newbie] info about lilo

2000-04-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
stathisboot into Mandrake with the boot floppy you created during your original Mandrake install (if you didn't create one then, you can use the command line utility mkbootdisk to create one now). After you get booted into Mandrake, edit (as root) /etc/lilo.conf and change the first line from

Re: [[newbie] More probs with dual boot]

2000-04-04 Thread Jaguar
If Windows sucks @$$! so badly...why would you WANT to put is back on You and quite a few others are hypocrites...saying Windoze sucks, ad nauseum, yet wanting to dual boot. Make up your minds..either it sucks and you want NOTHING to do with it...or quit bashing Windows. my $0.02

[newbie] anyone getting double of all posts?

2000-04-04 Thread David Hester
anyone getting the same email twice?... seems like the doublemint commercial.. but double isn't better in this case

Re: [newbie] More About Modems..

2000-04-04 Thread Erick White
I saw your coment about the Actionec from Wally world. I got a question however. I run mine, I have the DNS numbers, and still my modem, although I followed the instructions, only wants to connect about 26.6 and it is a v.90 56 K modem, however, on the same line I can connect a windows

[newbie] transparent shell

2000-04-04 Thread Antonio Noronha
Does anyone know how may I set my shell background transparent? = Antonio Luiz Oliveira de Noronha Nucleo de Estudos em Química Medicinal - NEQUIM Chemistry Departament - DQ Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG Belo Horizonte, MG __ Do

Re: [newbie] LILO prob

2000-04-04 Thread Hellmut
Hi! > Hi folks, > > I have install MDK7.0 using linux4win and everything works just perfect. My > box has 192mb of memory, but mdk only tells me that I have 64mb. I went > into /etc/lilo.conf (which I made as there was no file) and edited it with > --> append="mem192m" But it did not, still show

[newbie] Linux book

2000-04-04 Thread mark willenbring
Does anyone out there have a recommendation on a good Linux book? Appreciate it. Mark __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] Trying to load a second nic module

2000-04-04 Thread Didier
Did you try updating the driver and restarting? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: [newbie] Trying to load a second nic module >I'm using the linksys Ether16 10BaseT card

Re: [newbie] corrupt partition?

2000-04-04 Thread Didier
If nothing works ...try the nt disk partitionner .. it is great!! Good Luck -Original Message- From: David Hester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:13 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] corrupt partition? >use dos ver 6.22 fdisk to knock o

Re: [newbie] pcmcia-modem

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
Oder Santos wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] pcmcia-modem > > > Oder Santos wrote: > > > > > > I'm running a notebook Toshiba Satellite 315CDS (chipset ToPIC97 Card

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Windows...

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > I have Win 95 on one partition, and Mandrake on another. I want to > upgrade the Win 95 to 98 - should I just install the upgrade over 9, then > reinstall Mandrake to get Lilo installed, or is there another way to get > Lilo reinstalled after upgrading Win? > > Kirk >

Re: [newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread Anthony Huereca
I use gnapster, and I think it's great. You can find it on freshmeat.com > Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? > > I know of this one dude who is trying to make > the app but it does not run, dangbustit, gotta > find some ncurses somewhere. > > Thanx > -- > My new linux web serve

Re: [newbie] Prob2- Netscape

2000-04-04 Thread Anthony Huereca
That's the problem, Netscape is the major browser for Linux. The only other one that most people would want to use is Mozilla (Netscape 6). Unfortunatly it's in beta, so it's still pretty buggy. It does look promissing though. Try it out at mozilla.org Oh, and I must apoligize for the "it sucks"

Re: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or minor number...

2000-04-04 Thread Tim Hammerquist
Mounting of the FAT32 partition is set up during installation. Mount point is irrelevant; it fails regardless of where I mount it. Bottom 10GB is my Win98SE partition, top 10GB is Linux. Failure began following use of Partition Magic on MDK 7 Complete Disc 3, then installation. I also tried to se

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Windows...

2000-04-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
KirkNo, don't re-install Mandrake. After you've upgraded Windows, boot into Mandrake with the boot floppy you created during your original Mandrake install (if you didn't create one then, you can use the command line utility mkbootdisk to create one now). After you get booted into Mandrake,

Re: [newbie] Configuring mouse

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
David Hester wrote: > > Hey Joe, > yea I looked myself and couldn't find it either.. I finally found a vague > reference on deja news to a config program.. > called.. XF86Setup. > so you go to the terminal window and type that in "XF86Setup" exactly or it > won't come up.. then you have a place t

RE: [newbie] LILO prob

2000-04-04 Thread Hoppe, Scott
I had the same problem with a Gateway E-1400 machine. But it wasn't just with version 7.0. 6.1 did the same thing. The way I got around it was select "Expert Mode" all the way through the setup program. There is a screen that says something to the effect "Other Questions" and there

RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-04 Thread Seth Hollen
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I have a MX300 that is unsupported. I had to go to Aureal's website and download the Linux drivers and install them manually. can you try doing the same with your card? ps Lothar still can't find mine. it has some probs but works 90% of the time Seth Hollen [EMAIL PR

RE: [newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE

2000-04-04 Thread forstfed
You usually have to un-tar them. I usually use tar to unzip gz files, like so: tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz then go into the dir it created and do your configure, make, make install, make clean. I always read the readme file first though. Ed -Original Message- From: paul haine [mailto:[EM

[newbie] fax permissions

2000-04-04 Thread Jon R. Fox
Whats the BEST way to give trusted users (me) access to /dev/modem so that they can use "fax send num file"? Right now I always need to su root to do this. Thanks

[newbie] Permissions - sound

2000-04-04 Thread Jon R. Fox
How do I give trusted users (like me as not_root) the ability to run esdplay on *.wav files and so I can hear cute widget sounds in Gnome? Or perhaps: whats the BEST way to do this? I am running Mandrake 7.0 (Air) with an SBLive! card. This worked in RedHat 6.1, and I can run *.wav's as root. St

Re: [newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread Rial Juan
Search for "napster" on freshmeat. Currently, IMHO, the 2 best clients are "knapster" and "gnapster" (for KDE, resp. Gnome). On Apr 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? > > I know of this one dude who is trying to make > the app but it does not run, dang

[newbie] cannot write CDs

2000-04-04 Thread Claus Atzenbeck
I have a SCSI CD writer. I can mount CDs on scd0, but I'm not able to write CDs. :-( I'm using gtoaster as root. Trying to write a CD I get: GnomeToaster Recording Terminal Recording 0 bytes to CD No recordable Tracks found. Do I have the wrong settings? Here they are: Recorder dev

Re: [newbie] Prob5- PS Viewer

2000-04-04 Thread bryan pryor
I had a similar problem, and X PDF seems to work for me. I don't recall if it's under "applications" or under "graphics" on the "K" menu of KDE. Bryan --- "Stephen F. Bosch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > I hear you brother, the ps viewer in here just > stinks and > > does

Re: [newbie] LILO prob

2000-04-04 Thread Paul Cummins
If you're using Linuz4win, then you won't get the LILO prompt, because you're running Linux as a virtual machine under Windows...

[newbie] Netscrape trouble

2000-04-04 Thread Donny
ARGH! Every linux I've tried, after using it for awhile, when I run netscape communicator, it will come it with no icons, no anything. At the bottom it will say "reading file" but thats it. The only way to get rid of it, is to annihilate the window. Netscape navigator works fine

Re: [newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Vic wrote: > Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? There's Jnap, a pure Java Napster client. You need to have the JDK 1.2.2 installed first, though. Relevant URLs: Jnap: http://www.perham.net/mike/jnap/ JDK 1.2.2 http://www.blackdown.org/ Voilà. I have this running, and it works we

Re: [newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount - more info

2000-04-04 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Todd Wells wrote: > Here's some more info I discovered looking at dmesg: > > ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsiis this right? > > hdb: ASUS CD-S400/A, ATAPI CDROM drive > hdc: CREATIVE CD-RW RW4224E, ATAPI CDROM drive Since it looks like your second CD drive is a CD-RW, that *should* be

RE: AW: [newbie] windows apps under linux

2000-04-04 Thread joe_reynolds
I'm running it on a 350MHz Pentium II, and it is reasonable... Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/03/2000 03:50:42 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Joe Reynolds/ISSC/Texas Utilities) Subject: RE: AW: [newbie] windows apps under linux How fast of

RE: [newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

2000-04-04 Thread Pittman, Merle
You need to create an empty partition on your HDD before you attempt to install linux. You can use Partition Magic (or something similar) to resize your windows partition without losing any current data. I would make an extended partition (at least 1.5 GB if you want a full install of Linux) and

Re: [newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

2000-04-04 Thread DCA
Glad I'm not the only one who had this problem - I did get it sorted, but this was more through luck than skill. and took a couple of installs,sorry I cant help much more though. one point I would like to make is that with hindsight I would have installed few application into windows first, as w

RE: [newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

2000-04-04 Thread David Hester
Yea I understand your pain.. after having a similar problem of losing data... I reinstalled windows and then reinstalled mandrake I made it where I boot linux now from a floppy.. so when I want windows I just reboot and let it load.. and when I want linux I put in my boot disk and let linux load.

Re: [newbie] zip drive problem

2000-04-04 Thread forstfed
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote: I am using the parrallel Zip Drive under Mandrake 7. Works just like it's supposed to, by doing: mkdir /mnt/zip insmod parport insmod ppa mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip And to eject/insert another disk: umount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip Ed > Bruce

RE: [newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE

2000-04-04 Thread paul haine
> cp them to a directory and use gzip to dearchive them. Browsing with > "archiver" in kde does not always work. > Should be instructions within. I've copied them ok, but using gzip the only result i can get is the loss of the .gz extension, and am replaced with two files that I don't know what

Re: [newbie] pcmcia-modem

2000-04-04 Thread Oder Santos
- Original Message - From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] pcmcia-modem > Oder Santos wrote: > > > > I'm running a notebook Toshiba Satellite 315CDS (chipset ToPIC97 Card Bus) > > and under Mandrake 6.1 the mo

[newbie] Beowulf type Cluster

2000-04-04 Thread Antonio Noronha
Does anuone know where I can find a HOWTO about how to build a Beowulf cluster with linux, but this HOWTO has to be like DUMMIES SERIES, very well explained, including what kind of hard, how connect the hard and other stuff? Thanks = Antonio Luiz Oliveira de Noronha Nucleo de Estudos em Quí

[newbie] LILO prob

2000-04-04 Thread Altern8
Hi folks, I have install MDK7.0 using linux4win and everything works just perfect. My box has 192mb of memory, but mdk only tells me that I have 64mb. I went into /etc/lilo.conf (which I made as there was no file) and edited it with --> append="mem192m" But it did not, still shows that I have 64m

re : [newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread flupke
> Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? > > I know of this one dude who is trying to make > the app but it does not run, dangbustit, gotta > find some ncurses somewhere. > There are several : gnapster, knapster, and still more... You will surely find them at http://www.tuxfinder.org or

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Windows...

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Holt
If lilo already knows that Win95 is there, you don't have to change anything in your lilo.conf file.  Make sure that you have a Mandrake rescue disk ready (the one you made when you installed Mandrake), and after you install Win98 (yes, it will overwrite your MBR) just boot back into Mandrake and

[newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0 Problems

2000-04-04 Thread Parminder . Bansal
I am a new user to Linux-Mandrake 7.0, well I should say potential new user! I obtained a copy of Mandrake 7.0 from last month's issue of PC Plus. I followed the instructions in the magazine and on the CD ROM expecting to be able to dual the system and be able to use Windows when needed. When the

RE: [newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread Ingo Bauer
Just check on www.freshmeat.net .. There are all kinds of them. -Original Message- From: Vic [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Linux client Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? I know of this

[newbie] More probs with dual boot

2000-04-04 Thread bryan pryor
Let me just get this out of the way. WINDOWS SUCKS @$$! Ok, I feel better now. I'm trying to go with a dual boot win98/mandrake 7.0 system b/c i can't get my modem to work with linux and have run out of $$$. Someone said that it is possible to get my modem (modem blaster PCI) to work with L

Re: [newbie] ?where are C header files(I cant find them)

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Holt
You'll either have to install the kernel header and source files from your install disk (you need those both to recompile your kernel anyway, if you ever decide to do that). duncan wrote: Hi I am trying to install vmware and am told  that i need to point the install program to the location of the

Re: [newbie] XFree86 version 4 and the SIS 6326 chip

2000-04-04 Thread Dennis Robertson
"Jim Del Cañamo" wrote: > > I am working with a Speed Star A50 > AGP > SiS6326 chipset > if I can to help you > send me a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > bye, > > > > Lic. Gabriel Spahn > Platón 2940 > Córdoba (Cba) > CP 5000 > Argentina > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <=

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-04 Thread Richard Bonebrake
Jon wrote: > > Roy Smith wrote: > > > > The sound card is a ESS 1868 I've copied down the IRQ and DMA settings that > > windows uses and still can't get it to work with Linux. > > > > Later... > > > > Roy Smith > > ICQ UIN #265622 > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Seth Hollen [mailto

Re: [newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount

2000-04-04 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Jon wrote: > Todd Wells wrote: > > > > My 2nd cdrom is recognized at boot, but unmountable. > > > > Following the CD-HOWTO, I did this: > > #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/null bs=2048 > > dd: /dev/cdrom2: Device not configured > > #mount /mnt/cdrom2 > > mount: /dev/cdrom2 is not a valid block device >

RE: [newbie] Configuring mouse

2000-04-04 Thread David Hester
Hey Joe, yea I looked myself and couldn't find it either.. I finally found a vague reference on deja news to a config program.. called.. XF86Setup. so you go to the terminal window and type that in "XF86Setup" exactly or it won't come up.. then you have a place to config mouse.. not sure why mandr

Re: [[newbie] Mandrake and Windows...]

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
Kirk McElhearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Win 95 on one partition, and Mandrake on another. I want to > upgrade the Win 95 to 98 - should I just install the upgrade over 9, then > reinstall Mandrake to get Lilo installed, or is there another way to get > Lilo reinstalled after upgradi

[newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

2000-04-04 Thread Parminder . Bansal
I am a new user to Linux-Mandrake 7.0, well I should say potential new user! I obtained a copy of Mandrake 7.0 from last month's issue of PC Plus. I followed the instructions in the magazine and on the CD ROM expecting to be able to dual the system and be able to use Windows when needed. When the

[newbie] Installation of Mandrake 7.0

2000-04-04 Thread Parminder . Bansal
I am a new user to Linux-Mandrake 7.0, well I should say potential new user! I obtained a copy of Mandrake 7.0 from last month's issue of PC Plus. I followed the instructions in the magazine and on the CD ROM expecting to be able to dual the system and be able to use Windows when needed. When the

Re: [newbie] zip drive problem

2000-04-04 Thread Lance Borden
Yeah, I tried the mini-HOWTO for the zip drive a couple of months ago when I was trying to get my parallel port zip going, and I found that the mini-HOWTO is OUTDATED. I spent several days trying to do exactly what it said, trying to recompile the kernel, reinstalling the whole system (mdk 6.1)..

RE: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or mi nor number...

2000-04-04 Thread Pittman, Merle
give the me the exact details you go through to try to moun the win partition. I had a problem but I got around it, I want to see if the problem is similar. > -Original Message- > From: Tim Hammerquist [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTEC

[newbie] Linux client

2000-04-04 Thread Vic
Anyone here know of a Linux client for Napster? I know of this one dude who is trying to make the app but it does not run, dangbustit, gotta find some ncurses somewhere. Thanx -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the we

Re: [[newbie] kppp]

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Eduardo Carrancá" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a new user of Mandrake 7.0 and everytime I try to connect my computer to > internet, after 2 o 3 minutes being connected i get a message: "The ppp > daemon has died unexpectedly" I'm using kppp dialer. What can I do? > > Thanks for your hel

Re: [newbie] Prob2- Netscape

2000-04-04 Thread Jeanette Russo
The problem does not seem to have to do with how many windows you have open as it has happened to me with only two open.  This does not seem to occur with the older versions so I am running 4.07 right now and this has never manifested this problem Jeanette   - Original Message -

Re: [newbie] Prob2- Netscape

2000-04-04 Thread Jeanette Russo
There really isn't one and I have tried all of them unless you like no graphics, than Lynx does a good job Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Michael N. Proffitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Prob2- Netscape > If

Re: [RE: AW: [newbie] windows apps under linux]

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How fast of a machine does one need to run > vmware so it does not slow down too terribly? I don't believe the speed of the processor (within reason..., I wouldn't use a 486 ;o)) is as important as the amount of RAM. I thin

Re: [[newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE]

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
"paul haine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Wordperfect 8, but am stumped as to how I am supposed to install it. > It's on a cd, and apparently comes in two files, guil00.gz and guil01.gz (I > think - can't quite remember). I can browse into each of these files with > the KDE file explorer, b

RE: [newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount - more info

2000-04-04 Thread Oliver Stieber
it looks like your cd-rw has been been ids-scsi'd try changing /dev/cdrom2 to /dev/sc0 of have a look in hardware setup in darkconfig in x to find the correct scsi device. (mine is listed as cdrom's unknown scsi). > -Original Message- > From: Todd Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Se

Re: [newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount - more info

2000-04-04 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Here's some more info I discovered looking at dmesg: > > ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsiis this right? > yep, it's a burner, and mandrake set it up correctly using scsi emulation. try "insmod ide-scsi" then try accessing the burner as /dev/scd0 I

Re: [newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
Todd Wells wrote: > > My 2nd cdrom is recognized at boot, but unmountable. > > Following the CD-HOWTO, I did this: > #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/null bs=2048 > dd: /dev/cdrom2: Device not configured > #mount /mnt/cdrom2 > mount: /dev/cdrom2 is not a valid block device > > The CD-HOWTO says that i

Re: [newbie] ?where are C header files(I cant find them)

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
duncan wrote: > > Hi > > I am trying to install vmware and am told that i need to point > the install program to the location of the directory of the c > header files that match my running kernel. > It suggests /usr/src/linux/include > > This doesnt exist > > Any pointers would be gratefully

Re: [newbie] zip drive problem

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
Bruce Hilliker wrote: > > Jon wrote: > > > Mani Abreu wrote: > > > > > Nope. Just tried that, here's the result: > > > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device > > > (maybe 'insmod driver'?) > > > > > > I read that the problem may be that the kernel is loading

RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-04 Thread Oliver Stieber
LOTHAR didn't find my card either, Cretive AWE 64, i just ran sndconfig from console, and things work fine. except LOTHAR still can't find my sound card. > -Original Message- > From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 April 2000 04:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [n

Re: [newbie] Prob2- Netscape

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
edward tharp wrote: > > I have now installed (reinstalled after reformating and testing) mandrake > 7.0 about fifty times.. (so shoot me... it is a learning experence anyway... > I got no real reason to have all this computing power anyway) I must say > that the graphic install is not as "int

Re: [newbie] Installation Problems

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
edward tharp wrote: > > just a thought... if you only need the webserverwhy run x at all? > > --Original Message-- > From: "Congdon, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: March 29, 2000 3:32:19 PM GMT > Subject: [newbie] Installation Problems > > I've been

[newbie] Mandrake and Windows...

2000-04-04 Thread Kirk McElhearn
I have Win 95 on one partition, and Mandrake on another. I want to upgrade the Win 95 to 98 - should I just install the upgrade over 9, then reinstall Mandrake to get Lilo installed, or is there another way to get Lilo reinstalled after upgrading Win? Kirk vi

[newbie] ISDN configuration under Linux

2000-04-04 Thread Thorsten Brenner
Hy everybode, here is just another question from a Linux-Newbie! I want to connect to the Internet via ISDN-Card(Seedelbauer SpeedWin or Teldat100). My problem is, that i can not find anything in the Mandrake-Book. I was searching the Web for a HOWTO. The only Howto i found was about 2 years old

[newbie] 3c905b network card -- Instructions

2000-04-04 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I may have the answer. It was told me by a very kind lady at 3com just when I was ready to pull my hair out after weeks of frustration. You could find it at www.3com.com, Search, type in your card number (3c905b), then you would download a whole package of tools for your platform, c

RE: [newbie] FTP Sites

2000-04-04 Thread Mike Perry
I would guess that this guy is using either a 33.6 or 56k modem and as such I still stand by my advice to go and buy a CheapBytes or whoever's disk of Mandrake 7.02. Cheers: Michael Perry. R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. <<<>>> > -Original Message- > From: Thomas McLaughlin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTE

[newbie] Updating time-out

2000-04-04 Thread James
Sometimes when using the update package to see what rpm's should be installed, the time it takes to actually get TO a server is too long. Is there a way to tweak the "time it takes to connect to a server" function to a lower number? For example, if I wanted the update feature to try to connect t

Re: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or minornumber...

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Holt
I actually read this one on the expert list; I'm not really an expert, I just try to watch both lists for answers to common questions.  Anyway, I personally am stumped  :-/ I just wanted to let you know somebody had read your letter.  I've got a 20GB primary and a 13GB secondary drive with Win98,

[newbie] keypad lock

2000-04-04 Thread Michael Holt
Hello again,     Boy do I feel stupid!  Someone just last week on this list, gave me instructions for how to make the numbers lock on the keypad when you enter an Xsession; I used it, wrote it down, then promptly lost the instructions!  I've searched my files, both on and off the computer, and I

Re: [newbie] Linux for Windows Installation Help

2000-04-04 Thread Traci Collins
Is there anyway to use the disk utilities to mount write the bootdisk to my local hard drive and then use it to launch the installation from the CD? I have a laptop that can have a CD or it can have a floppy but it can't have both at the same time and it can't hot swap between them -neither can it

Re: [newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
paul haine wrote: > > I have Wordperfect 8, but am stumped as to how I am supposed to install it. > It's on a cd, and apparently comes in two files, guil00.gz and guil01.gz (I > think - can't quite remember). I can browse into each of these files with > the KDE file explorer, but each one contain

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-04 Thread Jon
Roy Smith wrote: > > The sound card is a ESS 1868 I've copied down the IRQ and DMA settings that > windows uses and still can't get it to work with Linux. > > Later... > > Roy Smith > ICQ UIN #265622 > > -Original Message- > From: Seth Hollen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sund

[newbie] kppp

2000-04-04 Thread Eduardo Carrancá
I'm a new user of Mandrake 7.0 and everytime I try to connect my computer to internet, after 2 o 3 minutes being connected i get a message: "The ppp daemon has died unexpectedly" I'm using kppp dialer. What can I do? Thanks for your help __ G

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-04 Thread KompuKit
is your card a PCI...card...? Roy Smith wrote: > > The sound card is a ESS 1868 I've copied down the IRQ and DMA settings that > windows uses and still can't get it to work with Linux. > > Later... > > Roy Smith > ICQ UIN #265622 > > -Original Message- > From: Seth Hollen [mailto:[E

[newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount - more info

2000-04-04 Thread Todd Wells
Here's some more info I discovered looking at dmesg: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsiis this right? hdb: ASUS CD-S400/A, ATAPI CDROM drive hdc: CREATIVE CD-RW RW4224E, ATAPI CDROM drive hdc: IRQ probe failed (0) hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) hdd: IRQ probe failed (0) hdc: driver not pres

[newbie] ?where are C header files(I cant find them)

2000-04-04 Thread duncan
Hi I am trying to install vmware and am told that i need to point the install program to the location of the directory of the c header files that match my running kernel. It suggests /usr/src/linux/include This doesnt exist Any pointers would be gratefully received. thankyou Duncan

[newbie] can't get 2nd cd to mount

2000-04-04 Thread Todd Wells
My 2nd cdrom is recognized at boot, but unmountable. Following the CD-HOWTO, I did this: #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/null bs=2048 dd: /dev/cdrom2: Device not configured #mount /mnt/cdrom2 mount: /dev/cdrom2 is not a valid block device The CD-HOWTO says that if the first command (dd if=) doesn't wo

Re: [newbie] More About Modems..

2000-04-04 Thread Rob Self
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote: > My modem is a hardware pci internal modem ( I believe it has a Rockwell > chipset). It runs NT4/Win2k whereas the old winmodem I had wouldn't. The > place I bought it from said it was ok with Linux (Hence me buying it), but > it isn't being recognised...All my ot

[newbie] DIVA T/A ISDN Modem (external)

2000-04-04 Thread Michael N. Proffitt
I am considering installing Mandrake 7 Complete on a system that has an external DIVA T/A ISDN Modem by EICON Technology. Does anyone know if it will be automatically dectected and configured? Is it supported at all? It is an ISDN terminal adapter that I use from Windows98 to connect to the Int

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2000-04-04 Thread edward tharp
where I was goiing with this before the dog heaved all over the floor... was that I have an Actiontec 56k call waiting pci modem (lucent chipset) and it requires you to setserial and include the uart speed and port and irq... I notice faster downloads in linux than in windose not necessarly