Re: [newbie] staroffice as user

2000-05-22 Thread Don W. Jenkins
No. I think you can chown the soffice binary to user and it will run as user. I know I had the same problem in the past and was able to solve it without a reinstall. Try that first. Don J. At 03:38 AM 5/19/00 +0200, you wrote: David Olsson wrote: I installed staroffice as root, now I

Re: [newbie] staroffice as user

2000-05-22 Thread Don W. Jenkins
It should be /home/user/Office51/bin/soffice, as I recall. Don J. At 07:27 PM 5/18/00 +0200, you wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2000, David Olsson wrote: I installed staroffice as root, now I cant access staroffice as user. How do I do? David in Sweden Locate the binary that starts StarOffice

Re: [newbie] I can't login my KDE.

2000-05-22 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: Dear all, I re-start my computer today. While I try to login from the KDE login screen, the screen just flash once and seems the X reset, then bring me back to the login screen. There should be a hidden file in the home directories of both root and user

Re: [newbie] I can't login my KDE.

2000-05-22 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: Dear all, I re-start my computer today. While I try to login from the KDE login screen, the screen just flash once and seems the X reset, then bring me back to the login screen. I had this once. There should be a hidden file in your home directories of

Re: [newbie] Still problems with ISDN setup

2000-05-22 Thread Thorsten Brenner
Ich weiß nicht ob ich es Dir schon einmal gesendet habe. Unter www.kisdn.de kann man eine Zugangssoftware herunterladen mir der funktioniert die Einwahl Problemlos. Ich habe davor auch versucht über Mandrakeuser.org manuell an die Lösung zu kommen. Hat nicht geklappt. Aber wenn Du Kisdn

Re: [newbie] netscape font problem

2000-05-22 Thread Frederik Dannemare
quaylar and all, Thank you so much. I will definitely have to check them out. That sounds like the ticket I needed! I can't stand these fonts in netscape either. Even larger they are pretty lame :) yoy should also check you this link at justinux.com -

[newbie] Noetwork config????

2000-05-22 Thread Thorsten Brenner
Hi, i have 3 computers. All computers are Dual-Boot-Machines. My Windows 98-Network is up an running. But i have trouble to bring up the Linux-Network. Each of the Networkcards are 10 /100Mbit. on my Desktopcomputers i have D-Link DFE 530 TX and on my Notebook i have a PCMCIA-Card recognized as

[newbie] RE: LM 7.0 installation problem

2000-05-22 Thread Kaplan, Paul
Ryan, Thanks for your kind words of support. You say you are using Mandrake 7. Does that mean you were able to get it (or part of it) installed? What was the source of the floppy and/or text images were you using, and what were their creation dates? As an aside, rather than hitting Ctrl-C,

[newbie] Why can't I use ALSA modules?!

2000-05-22 Thread Ren-jer Shih
gcc can't create executables in kernel 2.2.14-15mdk?! Although the modules can be created in 2.2.14-1mdklinus, they are compiled for 2.2.14-15mdk and are still unusable!

Re: [newbie] Serial Mouse Hell - VICTORY - I defeated the machine

2000-05-22 Thread aifusionextreme
Seems a padded cell wont be needed (close one though :-D ) . I did the below and still nothing, then after about 1.5 hours I discovered that the mouse was actually on ttyS3-com4 (hmmm ), but it didnt work properly, very unresponsive and blocky. So began the proticol hunt. Murphy helped me out

[newbie] Copying 3c90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz to Linux Mandrake 7.0

2000-05-22 Thread Romanator
Hi everybody, I recently found a 3com90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz. I noticed when installing drivers, they will install should install into the proper area. Should I copy this file to a certain directory? I would like to update my drivers. However, I am new to the tar.gz files. Thanks, Roman

[newbie] mounting CD-R

2000-05-22 Thread Eduardo Arauz
Hi everyone, i have this funny situation at boot time my kernet does not identify any scsi device but on saturday i was able to write a cd without a problem because the cd record and Xcdroast identify my cd-r as a cd writer and scsi device but i cant mount the cd-r to work like a cd rom

[newbie] Network / Sound Installaion Issues

2000-05-22 Thread Anthony Chuchman
I'm pretty new to Linux, but not computers so please bear with me. I began an install of Mandrake-Linux 7.0 this weekend, and I will agree that DarkX is a very simplified install client. The only thing is that I had two issues (actually more, but I solved those last night around 2 am), they are

[newbie] Problem with X configuration

2000-05-22 Thread Daniel Anderson
Hi, I'm having a problem with X configuration with Mandrake 7. I'm using a S3 trio64V card on two different pentium 100 machines and all worked well with Mandrake 6.5 but with Mandrake 7 everything goes well untill the X server tries to start and then it tells me there is a problem with my

Re: [newbie] Michael-Pine

2000-05-22 Thread Monty Malik
I run getmail as a cron job and have it set to check the server every 10 minutes. It works greats, and is easy to configure. Here is the excerpt from my cron file: 0,10,20,30,40,50 8 * * * * /home/monty/getmail-1.10/getmail -n Hope this helps Monty On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:40:48PM -0700,

[newbie] Problems with W2K Mandrake, LILO on HD, not on disquette

2000-05-22 Thread jr bAz
Hi, I had an istallation of Win2000pro on my PC, and later I decided to install Mandrake 7.02 on it. On installation I selected booting on the disquette drive, but after making a disquette LILO "decided" to put himself on the hard disk. Now I can start a session with Linux, but if I choice

Re: [newbie] Problem with X configuration

2000-05-22 Thread Anthony Chuchman
Dan, I was having the same problem with my Matrox Card. It was listed in the device list, but would not work. I scrapped the v7.0 install (completely scraped) and reinstalled. After a 2nd try everything worked fine. Other than that, I have no ideas. Anthony - Original Message - From:

[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 and 3com 3c509B

2000-05-22 Thread Mario Molina
Hello I have a server with Linux Mandrake 6.1, my server have 3 NIC's with the first NIC i have't any problem, but with NIC's number 2 and 3 y can't config this cards .( the cards are: 3com EtherLink III 10 Mbps 3c509B) when i try the next: ifconfig eth1 i get the next message: "eth1:

RE: [newbie] Problems with W2K Mandrake, LILO on HD, not on disquette

2000-05-22 Thread Eduardo Arauz
boot with a system ( DOS , win 98 ) disk and use : fdisk /MBR then boot again and you will boot from win 2000. -Original Message- From: jr bAz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Problems with W2K Mandrake,

Re: [newbie] DSL

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Ferris
Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. I'm anxiously awaiting installation of a DSL line here at home. Are any of you currently accessing the web with DSL? If so, was it easy to set up and get on-line? How is it done? Thanks a million. Glennzo... Took me about an hour, because I didn't change

Re: [newbie] Problems with W2K Mandrake, LILO on HD, not on disquette

2000-05-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
Lesson #1. Any time you make changes to your hd make a back-up of any info you do not want to loose. To access Win2000 now use your installation CD and boot from your CD-ROM drive. If no one tells you how to remove Lilo realitvly simply I can tell you a way to overwrite it that will work

[newbie] Can anyone tell me...

2000-05-22 Thread Luis Aragon
Can anyone tell me if the Linux Mandrake Secure Server Edition contains the same modules, programs, and possibily more as the Power Pack? Luis

Re: [newbie] Acer Travelmate Notebook installation

2000-05-22 Thread Elvis Chan @Glink.net.hk
Chris, thanks for your advice. Here's my hand writing information : I've purchased the box set of Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe 2 weeks ago and tried to install into both my desktop pc notebook. It's fabulous to see everything is inside the box. I can successfully install it into my desktop, though it

[newbie] Updated 3com90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz file from the 3COM web page

2000-05-22 Thread Romanator
I made and error in my typing. See below: I recently found a 3com90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz file on the 3COM web page. The file system is different in Linux compared to Windows NT. In which directory folder should I copy this file to? I would like to update my 3COM drivers. However, I am new to the

Re: [newbie] DSL

2000-05-22 Thread Romanator
Dan, Are you set up to some sort of @Home cable service? I am racking my brains trying to configure my LANcity modem with my cable service through Linux Mandrake 7.0. I can't believe it is taking so long? I am ready to give up on this!! Any ideas? Roman Dan Ferris wrote: Glenn Johnson

[newbie] Re: D-Link Network-Card

2000-05-22 Thread Dave Lers
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Thorsten Brenner wrote: Hi Dave, i am using D-Link Cards too. I have the Model called DFE 530TX a 10/100Mbit Ethernetcard. Witch kernelmodul supports this Card? (In my opinion it is the via-rhine) Is this correct. But if it is correct, why does my Computer not

Re: [newbie] configuring X

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Rodrigo Pinheiro wrote: Hi... I am having some trouble configuring my X... Running SuperProbe I got: Server - SVGA and S3 trio 2D/3D, however I dind´t go to make it run... When it starts my mouse cursor appears as a white square. How can I fix this problem ??? Thanks. I

Re: [newbie] I can't login my KDE.

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jason Miu wrote: May 22 02:55:10 localhost sound: sound May 22 02:55:10 localhost sound: May 22 02:55:10 localhost rc: Starting sound succeeded Would anyone kindy tell me whatz happented? Is it really the problem about the kaudioserver and anything else? Am I did anything

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Corrado wrote: I suppose Netscape 6 in java-enabled.. Am I wrong? Corrado Would be strange if previous versions are java, and the newer is not... Paul )0(---)0( Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Re: [newbie] netscape font problem

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Fran Parker wrote: quaylar and all, Thank you so much. I will definitely have to check them out. That sounds like the ticket I needed! I can't stand these fonts in netscape either. Even larger they are pretty lame :) Bambi As far as I heard, the font problem is also

[newbie] Installation question

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Greer
If I have just a list of RPMs I want to install, is there any way I can put that file somewhere and have that be the default loaded RPMs for a base install? -=Ron=-

[newbie] SOMEBODY HELP/Sound configurations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2000-05-22 Thread Frank Imbroto
I am using mandrake 7.0 and have a soundblaster awe 64 card. The sound works fine after running soundconfig but the mixer settings never save after I shut down and when I reboot the system comes on very loud. Is there a way to save the mixer settings so when it boots it would not come on so

Re: [newbie] staroffice as user

2000-05-22 Thread brian tompkins
Just type the following at a console prompt: /opt/Office51/bin/setup That will do the trick - also if your security is set to high/paranoid then the script has a tendency to futz and you have to set it to medium. On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote: It should be /home/user/Office51/bin/soffice,

RE: [newbie] SOMEBODY HELP/Sound configurations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

2000-05-22 Thread Ron Greer
You can download Mixer ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/apps/sound/mixers/mixer-2.3.tar.gz Set it up, and it should do the trick. -=Ron=- -Original Message-From: Frank Imbroto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 3:16 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Dialup

2000-05-22 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a pure newbie question: Which application should I use to dial up to my ISP? (I have Mandrake 7 complete installed, and my ISP is using dynamic IP and dynamic DNS server, so I don't know nothing about that.) Thanks for suggestions! Assuming you're using

Re: [newbie] Noetwork config????

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Thorsten Brenner wrote: On my Notebook the Card is recognized with IRQ3 and I/O 0x0200. And the interface eth0 is up. The notebook can ping itself but when i want to ping one of the desktop-pc´s (running Windows98 or Linux) there are no results. Config: 1. Windows 98 /

Re: [newbie] mounting CD-R

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Eduardo Arauz wrote: Hi everyone, i have this funny situation at boot time my kernet does not identify any scsi device but on saturday i was able to write a cd without a problem because the cd record and Xcdroast identify my cd-r as a cd writer and scsi device but i

Re: [newbie] Still problems with ISDN setup

2000-05-22 Thread Veit Waltemath
Hallo, wenn du dich mit Linux gar nicht so auskennst, ist wahrscheinlich doch besser, wenn du den Rat von Thorsten Brenner annimmst und dir das KISDN-Paket von www.kisdn.de saugst. Dies kannst du dann unter root im KDE-Kontrollzentrum einrichten, du brauchtst eigentlich nur deine ISDN-Karte

[newbie] Dialup

2000-05-22 Thread yue . m . ma
This is a pure newbie question: Which application should I use to dial up to my ISP? (I have Mandrake 7 complete installed, and my ISP is using dynamic IP and dynamic DNS server, so I don't know nothing about that.) Thanks for suggestions!

[newbie] Diamond sound card

2000-05-22 Thread yue . m . ma
Hi there, I have a Diamond MX300 sound card with Aureal Vertex2 chip, and my Mandrake 7 doesn't support it. So, I guess I have nothing can do unless I get a new driver from Diamond or Aureal? Or I can use some driver that can let my sound card work as a SoundBlaster? Thanks!

[newbie] Network is unreachable

2000-05-22 Thread David L.
Hi All A new install of Linux-Mandrake 7.0, with networking set up by the installation. a 3Com905B-TX, recognized as eth0 using 3c59x, and coming up O.K. Ping reads 'Network is unreachable' Traceroute reads 'Can't find any network interfaces' The same exact problem happened with a Kingston

Re: [newbie] @home (was DSL)

2000-05-22 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Romanator wrote: Are you set up to some sort of @Home cable service? I am racking my brains trying to configure my LANcity modem with my cable service through Linux Mandrake 7.0. I can't believe it is taking so long? I am ready to give up on this!! I didn't have to do

[newbie] Something like Hyperterm

2000-05-22 Thread Nickolay Belostotsky
Hello! Is there a program for Linux for a simple *modem* terminal, a-la Windows' HyperTerminal? Thanks, -- Koly

Re: [newbie] Diamond sound card

2000-05-22 Thread Aaron Zuercher
Hi, Aureal released sound drivers for Linux. You can download them at www.a3d.com. Aaron At 02:09 PM 5/22/00 -0400, you wrote: Hi there, I have a Diamond MX300 sound card with Aureal Vertex2 chip, and my Mandrake 7 doesn't support it. So, I guess I have nothing can do unless I get a new

[newbie] Boot problem

2000-05-22 Thread Ian Green
I'm new here, so sorry if this repeats any threads. Ok, I have a dual boot W98/Mandrake 7. Lilo defaults to Mandrake, and both exist on the same HD. Everything was fine, but now Mandrake fails to boot, and the following is what seems to be relevant from the boot sequence - after this it

[newbie] i7500+replicator

2000-05-22 Thread Joël TURCHINI
Hi I have an inspiron + replicator and want to install linux on it. I've installed Mandrake 7.0 version. All ok but network interface of replicator doesn't work! Linux detect an intel 82557 but it seems that there is an intel 82559 in replicator. Another problem: I have a Xircom (RBEM56G)

Re: [newbie] Diamond sound card

2000-05-22 Thread yue . m . ma
Hi Aaron, I checked the a3d site and I couldn't find the Linux driver. Could you please point me where I can find it on that site? Thanks! Yue "Aaron Zuercher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/22/2000 05:15:44 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] SOMEBODY HELP/Sound configurations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Frank Imbroto wrote: I am using mandrake 7.0 and have a soundblaster awe 64 card. The sound works fine after running soundconfig but the mixer settings never save after I shut down and when I reboot the system comes on very loud. Is there a way to save the mixer settings

Re: [newbie] Installation question

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote: If I have just a list of RPMs I want to install, is there any way I can put that file somewhere and have that be the default loaded RPMs for a base install? -=Ron=- Hi Ron, This sounds a bit two-sided. A base install sounds like a new setup for

Re: [newbie] Something like Hyperterm

2000-05-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
Koly Yes. It's minicom. Charles - Original Message - From: "Nickolay Belostotsky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Something like Hyperterm Hello! Is there a program for Linux for a simple *modem* terminal, a-la

Re: [newbie] Post Server Installation Commands?

2000-05-22 Thread Anthony Chuchman
It sounds like you may need to log into the server from a client. I don't know much about Linux server systems, but from working with a few others out there, I've noticed that the server is pretty much unusable as a regular workstation. I could be wrong, so don't quote me, but I'd suggest to

[newbie] LILO and Windows2000

2000-05-22 Thread Nickolay Belostotsky
Hello! My current hard drive configuration is: C: 4.5Gb, bootable, Windows98 SE D: 4.5Gb, Windows2000 I have a dual boot system, and therefore use a Windows2000 boot manager. I plan to shrink D: to 2.5Gb, and make a third and fourth partitions: Linux's / and swap. Obviously, the Install will

Re: [newbie] Something like Hyperterm

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: Yes. It is called Minicom. Paul Hello! Is there a program for Linux for a simple *modem* terminal, a-la Windows' HyperTerminal? Thanks, -- Koly )0(---)0( Experience is something you don't get until just

Re: [newbie] Installing Quake III on a Linux machine

2000-05-22 Thread John Arkoulis
First you must have 3dfx Glide drivers. Then if your download was rpm open a shell and type: rpm -i q3test-linux-1.07-glibc-4.i386.rpm ( or whatever rpm you have) This will copy the files to the default location of /usr/local/games/q3 You can specify ypur own directory by using the --root=/

Re: [newbie] KPPP doesn't work after upgrade to Mandrake 7

2000-05-22 Thread edward tharp
add noauth in the ppp arguments area of kppp --Original Message-- From: Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 21, 2000 4:30:49 AM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] KPPP doesn't work after upgrade to Mandrake 7 You neeed to put all of your setting back. I think it is

[newbie] CD Burner

2000-05-22 Thread Michael
Hi there! I have a problem with the configuring of my CD RW. I am currently reading the MUO's Howto on it, but I can't get beyond step 1. ls -l /dev/cdrom results: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root3 May 17 16:52 ?dev/cdrom -hdc then i do ls -l /dev/cdrom1 and getthe same except 8 May 22 13:38

Re: [newbie] netscape font problem

2000-05-22 Thread Fran Parker
Hi, Thanks Paul, since I got the 800x600 to work properly (Linux gave me 1024x768 in its infinite wisdom, even though I asked for 800x600), things are looking much better. Now that I can read stuff, it is looking pretty good. The fonts in X are abit jaggedy compared to the smoothness I am

RE: [newbie] Dialup

2000-05-22 Thread Stéphane Tran-Ngoc
kppp -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 22 mai 2000 19:56 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [newbie] Dialup This is a pure newbie question: Which application should I use to dial up to my ISP? (I have Mandrake 7 complete installed, and my

[newbie] Linux shows that GeForce 256 card and 3COM905x share the same IRQ 11

2000-05-22 Thread Romanator
I am still working out the @Home cable service connection problem. I have been following everything to the ' T '. The server names are still not recognized!! However, while in Linux, I noticed that my GeForce 256 card, and 3COM905c NIC share the same IRQ11. Could this be the reason that I am

[newbie] LM7 installation woes, continued

2000-05-22 Thread Kaplan, Paul
OK. So I've searched various help resources to find out why I can't use the hd.img or txt_boot.img file on the mandrake_70-2 CD files to install LM 7.0 from my local hard drive. Only got two responses. Neither led to a solution. Since there seems to be an error in the *img files, does anyone

Re: [newbie] Dialup

2000-05-22 Thread Jon Lindberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a pure newbie question: Which application should I use to dial up to my ISP? (I have Mandrake 7 complete installed, and my ISP is using dynamic IP and dynamic DNS server, so I don't know nothing about that.) Thanks for suggestions! Try using kppp...

Re: [newbie] identd response for X-chat

2000-05-22 Thread Wade
Hi Trevor, Do you know if that went under your 'Authentication', 'Finger', or 'Standard' services? Thanks, b/web Wade Trevor Reynolds wrote: Wade, I had to add the following line to my /etc/inetd.conf file: ident stream tcp nowait nobody /etc/identd

RE: [newbie] Network / Sound Installaion Issues

2000-05-22 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
1) Your Netgear card MIGHT already be picked up by the installer. type "dmesg | more" at the prompt and " cat /var/log/dmesg " and see if it is being picked up... Also try "cat /etc/conf.modules" If you see something like alias eth0 tulip the installer has already detected it, you merely

[newbie] PHP4/ZEND as mod to Apache

2000-05-22 Thread Wade
Hi List, I downloaded PHP4 today and am wondering if anyone else is running or going to run it as a module to Apache, and how they set it up to do so? Also the ZEND engine is new to me so any information regarding its install with PHP4 under Mandrake Linux is of keen interest to me.

Re: [newbie] DSL

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Ferris
Romanator wrote: Dan, Are you set up to some sort of @Home cable service? I am racking my brains trying to configure my LANcity modem with my cable service through Linux Mandrake 7.0. I can't believe it is taking so long? I am ready to give up on this!! Any ideas? Nope, no ideas.

Re: [newbie] LILO and Windows2000

2000-05-22 Thread Nickolay Belostotsky
Unless something goes wrong the answer the answer is yes. You can also do it by adding Linux to your Win2000 boot loader. You mean, I shouldn't install LILO? And how do I add Linux to Win2000 boot loader? Thanks, -- Koly

Re: [newbie] LILO and Windows2000

2000-05-22 Thread Paul
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: Unless something goes wrong the answer the answer is yes. You can also do it by adding Linux to your Win2000 boot loader. You mean, I shouldn't install LILO? And how do I add Linux to Win2000 boot loader? Hi Koly, You should first make a