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[newbie] Net Connection

Hi, I can connect to my isp using numerous dialers, but I can't connect to the net, using either netscape or lynx. I have checked my proxy settings for netscape. Does anybody know what the problem could be? Thanks. Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com

[newbie] XF86Setup

Hi, I changed my graphic settings using XF86Setup now then when I rebooted, the screen flashes on and will not let me log in, I tried to reinstall but that didn't work, what can I do? Thanks. Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com

RE: [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already

Curious - I'm subscribed to both but am only getting single copies... Glenn Crouch mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:36017076 ESB Consultancy, http://www.esbconsult.com.au Home of ESBPCS, ESBStats, ESBPDF Analysis ESBCalc Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia (TeamND, TeamOE, Addict Support,

RE: [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already

Oops - I do see the problem now the repeated msgs are often a dozen or so msgs apart and I was scanning rather than reading closely - my apologies - and yes this is a pain :( -Original Message- From: Glenn Crouch - ESB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 7 May 2000 2:43 pm To:

[newbie] Connecting to MS Proxy

Whilst having used computers and developed software for almost 25 year, LM7 is my first serious "play" with Linux. We use a Microsoft Back Office Small Business Server (which we are very happy with) - and I am will mainly be using Linux for development. I can ping 10.0.0.2 (SBS Server)

Re: [newbie] Install thinks 13 gig drive only 2?

Scott, you said you are putting linux at the end of the drive. How far are you putting it at the end of the drive? keep in mind that linux (like windows) must have the begining of its partition within the first 8 gigabytes of the drive. - Original Message - From: Scott Udell [EMAIL

[newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM

Hi, I have tried for the first time Mandrake. Before I had SUSE but I like the Mandrake distribution more. I have now installed the 7.1 version but I have a problem with the EtherPower II 9432 PCI Network card (epic100, Standard with the Mandrake Distr.). It seems that the card is loaded

Re: [newbie] Mutt or Pine

I also had problems with mail on my mandrake. I discovered that the problem did not come from the mail reader, but from the mail delivry agent. I had postfix installed, and I never figured how to configure it. (if someone knows where I can find easy docs about it and about mail configuration in

Re: [newbie] Color QuickCam

Billwow, thanks! I was totally unaware of any support for it because mine's a usb and there's been no Linux USB support (unless you want to mess around with a development kernal) till very recently and nothing yet for anything other than mice and keyboards. So I never really looked. Alan

Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible

On Sat, 6 May 2000, Jim Brown wrote: Hello Jim, Ok, I got the cdrom drive working, well sort of. I mounted it to /dev/scd0 and I could mount the Linux install disk and get a directory as well as a DOS disk I had laying around, I could mount it and get a directory. That is good. However, when

[newbie] Re: [expert] Changing bootable partition

Kenthe asterisk in the boot column of the p option of fdisk really has no importance in Linux. The first line of the /etc/lilo.conf file controls where lilo gets installed (the below example shows lilo installed on the mbr): boot=/dev/hda if a number follows the a, like below:

Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible

Yahoo!!! That's it!! It works Thanks alot to everyone who helped!!! Paul wrote: On Sat, 6 May 2000, Jim Brown wrote: Hello Jim, Ok, I got the cdrom drive working, well sort of. I mounted it to /dev/scd0 and I could mount the Linux install disk and get a directory as well as a

[newbie] The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!

Hello I have several internet user-name accounts. When I use one of which to connect as root or as a normal user every thing is OK, in another account ,when I try connectting to the Internet as root every thing is OK, but if I try logging in as a normal user I get disconnected from the

[newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

Hello, I have 164megs of memory, I have read alot of the post regarding the append line to put in lilo and I have done this. However Mandrake 7.0 still only sees 64megs of my memory, According to the memory information diags in linux. Can Someone Please show me the correct syntax for the the

Re: [newbie] text editor?

Have you tried right clicking on the file and choosing text editor, I use this all the time to open files in mandrake. If using gnome, then use the gnotepad or gedit. bascule wrote: what is a good kde equivalent of notepad?

Re: [newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

Hi! You are having two "append" lines, as far as I know lilo just interpretes one. It should look like following: append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=164M" Don't forget to run lilo after doing this. Hello, I have 164megs of memory, I have read alot of the post regarding the append line to put in

Re: [newbie]modem/internet connection/cdrom2

That odd IRQ could indeed explain alot of your problems in attempting to communicate with your modem. Linux defaults the serial port IRQs to the "typical" IRQ for that port (ie, IRQs 3 and 4). You need to explicitly tell Linux that your serial port is at another IRQ by using: setserial

[newbie] pine and headers

Hi, This may sound dodgey but it is not for that reason. I have a friend I want to send a jokey e-mail to (he is a confirmed windows man but a jolly good sport). He jokes that linux cannot be that good if they have to give it away for free, though he looked impressed when he saw my linux

RE: [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already-possible cause

I think I'm seeing what part of the problem may be. When I clicked on "reply" to answer this particular msg on the list, it only put your personal email in the "To:" space. I had to click on "Reply All" to get it to go to the list, which will give you 2 answers, one from me, on from [EMAIL

[newbie] I give up...for now

In trying to get my monitor to work last night, I discovered that the video card I have isn't supported by Mandrake. G! I had to do a websearch and found a "fix" but I wanted to just install and play with the thing before I stated having to learn how to write stuff for it. I'm installing

Re: [newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM

Marcel Timmermans a écrit : I have tried for the first time Mandrake. Before I had SUSE but I like the Mandrake distribution more. I have now installed the 7.1 version but I have a problem with the EtherPower II 9432 PCI Network card (epic100, Standard with the Mandrake Distr.). [...] 7.1

RE: [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already-possible cause

Am Son, 07 Mai 2000 schrieben Sie: I think I'm seeing what part of the problem may be. When I clicked on "reply" to answer this particular msg on the list, it only put your personal email in the "To:" space. I had to click on "Reply All" to get it to go to the list, which will give you 2

RE: [newbie] I give up...for now

What's your videocard ? There is probably a way to get it working in Mandy Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas.

Re: [newbie] problem installing mandrake 7.0

Hi, folks - Some time ago we have realised that this kind of errors usually comes from some timing-problems, usually on older machines, and we managed to actually FIX this (we hope!) in 7.1 beta. cheers Denis PS: you can still install 7.0 in text-install mode. On Sun, 7 May

Re[2]: [newbie] GOBACK

What really worries me about GB is it might break linux by re-arranging the bytes on the drive. Try it and see. :) I have 2 PC's that run only winders and one that has winders 2k installed (2.1 GB won't run on it). GB works great on the Windows 98 machines - I'm thankful for it. :) Ty C.

[newbie] browser history files

Hi again, Can anyone help with this question as I need it for a newspaper article I am writing about the Linux system. Is there any way root can view the web browsers history content of a particular user or how long a connection has been for? I beleive, and I don't know if you agree, that

Re: [newbie] fdisk, disk druid, windoze ... HELP !!!

tried that already. whats worrying me is that fdisk (msdos) is saying that theres 503meg. when the drive is 2.6gig. i've looked at some HD tools and they all report the correct info: Cyls: 5086 H: 16 S: 63 which should equal 2.6 gig. hmm... please help! before i launch this HD out of my

Re: [newbie] The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!

Gustavo Halperin wrote: Hello I have several internet user-name accounts. When I use one of which to connect as root or as a normal user every thing is OK, in another account ,when I try connectting to the Internet as root every thing is OK, but if I try logging in as a normal

[newbie] RE: [newsier] fdisk, disk druid, windoze ... HELP !!!

You've probably overwritten the drive parameter block on your hard drive. You'll need a disk utility which will fix it... such as OnTrack Disk Manager. The BIOS reads the DPB at boot to grab configuration information from the new "Biosless" drives... -JMS -Original Message- From:

RE: [newbie] problem installing mandrake 7.0

Did you configure a LAN??? X windows REQUIRES some sort of Networking setup, even if it is a "loopback". If you did not enable LAN support, X will never come up. -JMS -Original Message- From: Ruben Schouten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

Jonathanyou can only have one append line per boot image. The line is placed where it should be by default and if there is nothing to append than it looks like this: append = "" you can then add, in between the ""'s, any appends needed for your setup, multiple appends are seperated by a

Re: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer

I'm currently using a dual setup running Mandrake 7.0-2. During installation, it auto-detected both CPUs, installed the SMP kernel, and set it to the default. My system is as follows: Abit BP6 Motherboard Dual Celeron 466 overclocked to 525 160 MB RAM 13.6 GB WD HDD ATA-66 Diamond Multimedia

Re: [newbie]

ams wrote: Prueba ecribiendo esto cuando arranca: boot: linux cdrom Ok, I've figured out what this says, now I'm just wondering who it's to? Mike -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA == The Penguins are coming!!!

[newbie] OT - Quake

I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I would like to try it out - could someone point me to where to find it (hopefully RPMS) and let me know what to copy? I've never played it before but it looks cool. -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] I give up...for now

Carolthe 3D Rage Pro uses the xfree86-mach64 xserver which has been included in all mandrake distro's since the first one. I know because I'm typing this on that xserver in mandrake 7.0 right now. Alan WolfRyder wrote: ATI 3D Rage Pro There's a 3D Rage Pro in the Mandrake, but it's

Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2

I was told by an 'expert' that if the irq4 then the modem was a winmodem (as a rule of thumb) -michael-

Re: [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already

steve, please don't quit us...we need your clear expression of your knowledge and really appreciate your input... -michael-

[newbie] wine don´t open display

I´ve tryed to run some windows´program like calc o sol.exe to prove WINE but it always answer the same message: wine-debug can´t open display. Have i got to configure something in the wine.conf o anything else. Could someone give me a answer to do for running w´s program in linux. Thanks.

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I would like to try it out - could someone point me to where to find it (hopefully RPMS) and let me know what to copy? I've never played it before but it looks cool. sorry, can not help you on this one, just wanted to butt in with

Re: [newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

"Jonathan S." wrote: Hello, I have 164megs of memory, I have read alot of the post regarding the append line to put in lilo and I have done this. However Mandrake 7.0 still only sees 64megs of my memory, According to the memory information diags in linux. Can Someone Please show

[newbie] Vigmeup.....MUO

!1) Can anybody w/7.02 get vigmeup to work? i set everything, but it won't start! 2) The MUO should be a bookmark in everyone's files! -michael-

Re: [newbie]

haha - Original Message - From: Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ams wrote: Prueba ecribiendo esto cuando arranca: boot: linux cdrom Ok, I've figured out what this says, now I'm just wondering who

Re: [newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

Thanks, Alan Once again the linux community is a great bunch of people. Linux Rules! Alan Shoemaker wrote: Jonathanyou can only have one append line per boot image. The line is placed where it should be by default and if there is nothing to append than it looks like this: append =

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Michael Holt wrote: I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I would like to try it out - could someone point me to where to find it (hopefully RPMS) and let me know what to copy? I've never played it before but it looks cool. You can download

Re: [newbie] VERION 7.1 PROBLEM

in order to get the smc 9432 to work in linux, use the rtl8139 driver. i have a 9000 series card from smc and this is the driver you have to use. For the 8000 series it is the wd driver. Thanks jonathan s. ex-smc tech David BAUDENS wrote: Marcel Timmermans a écrit : I have tried for the

Re: [Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2]

The easiest way to tell is if there is DOS support for the internal modem, ie: will work in DOS to dial out. The next easiest is to open the case...and look at it...if the modem has jumpers for IRQ/COM then it will work with Linux. If the modem card is tiny, half size...it is most likely a

Re: [newbie] fdisk, disk druid, windoze ... HELP !!!

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Gerald Davies wrote: i wanted to quickly erase linux (a temporary measure you see). So i erased some of the partitions using ms-dos fdisk. now theres one slight problem... i cannot see the whole HD in any O/S. In both windoze and linux it says theres 503meg free.. when its

Re: [newbie] browser history files

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi again, Can anyone help with this question as I need it for a newspaper article I am writing about the Linux system. Is there any way root can view the web browsers history content of a particular user or how long a connection has been for?

Re: [newbie] Vigmeup.....MUO

damnit I get exactly the same damn problem! It just doesn;t run the mp3 player! g Steven Mileham - Original Message - From: "Michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 8:42 PM Subject: [newbie] Vigmeup.MUO !1) Can anybody w/7.02 get vigmeup to

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

go to http://www.linuxdocs.org they have a Quake how-to that I followed and everything went great, it tells you where to download everything from and how to set it up. - Original Message - From: "Michael Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 7:13 PM

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

flupke wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2000, Michael Holt wrote: I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I would like to try it out - could someone point me to where to find it (hopefully RPMS) and let me know what to copy? I've never played it before but it looks cool.

Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2

Michael wrote: I was told by an 'expert' that if the irq4 then the modem was a winmodem (as a rule of thumb) -michael- Well that's one I haven't heard (no doubt among many), but I'm using com1 irq4 and Linux to write this. The best way I've heard to tell (although this could be wrong too)

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

Yuri K wrote: I've heard there's a download of Quake available for Linux and I would like to try it out - could someone point me to where to find it (hopefully RPMS) and let me know what to copy? I've never played it before but it looks cool. sorry, can not help you on this one, just

[newbie] Parental control

Hello again. I was wondering if anyone could answer a query I have? Is it possible for root to view the history of a users browser? I asking as I am writing a newspaper article about the Linux system. Here in England, and I assume elsewhere, there is great concern over the amount of control a

Re: [newbie] Downloading from the FTP Sites Linux Mandrake 7.0

On Sat, 6 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Hi, This may be a stupid question, how do you download Linux Mandrake 7.0 from the ftp sites? Should I create folder and copy each item their respective sub folders? Or, should I hold down the SHIFT key, and then highlight all of the files

Re: [newbie] dialup in Autostart

I think you should take a look at diald. It is a tool to automatically establish a ppp connection when a request to internet is done. HTH Flupke On Sat, 6 May 2000, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi, As I have free calls to the internet 24 hours a day 8^) I would like to have my modem start

[newbie] x configuration

I have a cirrus logic GD5422 with i believe 1 MB of memory on it. I have a CTX VL500 with says it can do up to 1280x1024, 60Hz but is recommended 800x600, 100 Hz I want to configure it for 800x600 16bit color? Can any one help me? I got x working, but it is at a lower resolution. --- lee If

[newbie] Partition confusion

Could someone point me to The Ultimate Guide on HDD partitioning, please? My point: I come across notions to make root partition as small as possible, 80-120 Mb being as more than generous amount, etc. yet when I try to install I get messages that my root partition is too small for the packages

[newbie] Linux Moved. Mandrake 7

After two months on my hard drive under right partitions etc. Linux moved. I went t boot up one morning and It said trying go to end of device kernal panic 3:0a someething. Why would this happen after two months. I didnt do anything to move it. Any sugestions. Kenny

[newbie] Panasonic Zip Drive

Has anyone found success using an internal Panasonic Zip drive? I know that the Iomega drive is Linux compatible, but could not find any info re this one. Michael Coady -- M.

Re: [newbie] text editor?

yes, i have used text editor but as my post described, this doesn't show all the info. my example was my datebook.pdb file created after a hotsync from my pilot, in win98 i could see that all two years stuff was in there but in kde the same file only displayed a tiny proportion of the same info

RE: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer

Heh, my dual PIII 450 does a block in 8 hours... -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: John Grace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] A Dual CPU Computer I'm currently using a dual setup running Mandrake

[newbie] Have someone used Hamcom Word?

Hello I wonder whether someone has used Hamcom. I can't get characters such as cedilla (ç), á, é etc. Per chance, does someone know how to set up the keyboard to get these characters? Thanks a lot. Eduardo

Re: [newbie] Partition confusion

perhaps you are confusing advice (often seen in this list) to have a /boot partition which need only be very small -20mb i think but an expert will have a better idea of ideal size, a seperate /usr partion will keep / down, but unless on a seperate drive total space used remains the same, newbie

Re: [newbie] OT - Quake

Steven Mileham wrote: go to http://www.linuxdocs.org they have a Quake how-to that I followed and everything went great, it tells you where to download everything from and how to set it up. I'm unable to get to that address, are you sure that's the one? Thanks, Mike --

Re: [newbie] Downloading from the FTP Sites Linux Mandrake 7.0

Hi, I guess I'm getting ahead of myself. I just found out that the CD will arrive in a couple of days. I think I will wait. Thank you for responding. Roman flupke wrote: On Sat, 6 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Hi, This may be a stupid question, how do you download Linux Mandrake 7.0

[newbie] unsympathetic sympa

what is this thing called love? Seriously why did this happen... In order to broadcast the following message into list newbie, please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] : confirm feb69d48b7cc0325558639456c5650fe Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack

[newbie] network configuration on boot

So, working with an expert, i found i can get my ethernet card to work if after boot I type in the following: /sbin/insmod 3c509 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 ip.address netmask netmask /sbin/route add _net network_addr netmask netmask /sbin/route add default gw 24.5.225.1 metric 1 How do I get this to

Re: [expert] [newbie] Proper Partitioning and Mount Points

Thanks to all who replied, and the direct correspondence I recieved by way of help. All comments/corrections were appreciated. I have a 20gb hard drive to set up to dual-boot with Windows 98SE and Linux. Currently only Windows 98 is on it. People sent me many different opinions as to how to