Re: [newbie] X and 7.1

Victor/etc/X11 Alan Victor Richardson wrote: > > While trying to configure X with xf86config, I ended up with XF86Config > in both /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and wondered which directory is > the right one? I noticed somewhere on XFree86's website that while > XFC86Config used to be i

[newbie] 2nd CD-Rom/Burner not reading

Hi All, I'm running version 7.02 (air) and can read from my ordinary CD-Rom but not from my 2nd CD-Rom/Burner. Its not a permissions problem and the second CD-Rom burns CD's OK. Its not a major issue but I do prefer to use my 2nd CD-Rom as its less noisy and runs more smoothly. For some reaso

[newbie] XFree 4.0 Termcap reference

I just tried to upgrade to XFree86 4.0 over mandrake 7.0's Xfree 3.whatever. Xinstall.sh seemed to function correctly, but gave some guff about "termcap" needing modifcation. Anyhow, if I use "startX" I get a termination with the error: "FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect errno = 111

Re: [newbie] A question about BLackbox

Mark Weaver wrote: > > I've been wondering. I like to the desktop "BlackBox", but I can't for the > life of me figure out how to switch workspaces. At the bottom of the > desktop there seems to be a switch with which one switches desktops from > #1 to #2 and so on, but it doesn't seem to do anyth

RE: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

I had a similar problem and $ mount /mnt/cdrom solved it thanks now I can use all the drives on my system tlong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem

Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote: > >I tried changing the auto to iso9660 and I still get the "mount: /mnt/cdrom is not a >valid block device" I tried all combinations (/dev/cdrom, /dev/hdc, /mnt/cdrom) and >still the same error message. I can mount the second cdrom though. "mount >/dev/

Re: [newbie] Free Agent for Linux?

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: >On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: >> Does anyone know of a "Free Agent" clone that works with Linux? Or a >> similar pgm? (newsgroups reader and decoder, can check to see if all >> parts of message are dl'able) >> >http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/07/30/9

Re: [newbie] Free Agent for Linux?

You aren't kidding. PAN feels a lot like Agent when you're done configuring it. It's missing some of Agent's features, but the most important ones are there. It even knows some tricks Agent doesn't. Paul wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, rebel wrote: > >Does anyone know of a "Free Agent" clone that

Re: [newbie] Free Agent for Linux?

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, rebel wrote: >Does anyone know of a "Free Agent" clone that works with Linux? Or a >similar pgm? (newsgroups reader and decoder, can check to see if all >parts of message are dl'able) > >Thanks PAN. You can get it from linuxberg. Paul -- Does anyone know what killed the D

Re: [newbie] Firewall/security

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, flupke wrote: >Sorry, Paul, but I don't agree with what you said: Feel free to disagree :) I wrote that I thought that it was so, but I am no expert (slowly getting there though, with the help of this list!! :) Paul -- Does anyone know what killed the Dead Sea? )0([[E

Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

John Catral wrote: > I tried changing the auto to iso9660 and I still get the "mount: /mnt/cdrom is not a > valid block device" I tried all combinations (/dev/cdrom, /dev/hdc, /mnt/cdrom) and > still the same error message. I can mount the second cdrom though. "mount >/dev/cdrom2 > /mnt/cdrom

Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

I tried changing the auto to iso9660 and I still get the "mount: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device" I tried all combinations (/dev/cdrom, /dev/hdc, /mnt/cdrom) and still the same error message. I can mount the second cdrom though. "mount /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2" works but not the primary

[newbie] gcc can't find the header files

I installed gcc from the Mandrake 7.0 CD and the header files were put into /usr/i386-glibc-linux/include/ but when I compile a C program I get an error saying "Cannot find stdio.h". I have put /usr/i386-glibc-linux/include in my PATH but it hasn't helped.which makes me wonder what the PATH vari

Re: [newbie] Linux on P120 laptop

On 2 Jul 00, at 21:37, Peter Szalay wrote: > I pretty new on this list, just subscribe it. > I just got a P120, 40M ram, 1Gb hdd laptop. > Has anybody have experiences to running Linux (not necesserly Mandrake) on a > laptop like mine? Not sure about Mandrake, but Debian will install. The debian

Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

Since you are using the more traditional mounting method, I suggest changing the filesystem type from "auto" to "iso9660". Then with the command $ mount /mnt/cdrom it should work. Phil On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote: > Hi! This what I get for my cdrom in /etc/fstab > > /dev/cdrom /mn

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Fonts

You might just install the following three rpms from the first Mandrake 7.0 cd: gtk+-1.2.6-6mdk.i586.rpm gtk+-devel-1.2.6-6mdk.i586.rpm gtk-engines-0.8-1mdk.i586.rpm When I installed Mandrake I selected GNOME as my default environment. Your mileage may vary if you went for KDE. gtk is the basi

Re: [newbie] LM 7.0 never worked right

I'm very very new to Linux so please forgive me if this doesn't help but I seem to remember reading in a Newsgroup that the flickering that you are experiencing was caused by the resolution being set to 24 bit. I read that changing it to 16 bit eliminates this problem. Hope this helps and good

[newbie] Free Software........

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[newbie] KDE Problem

Hi list anywhere remember my question about xserver crash? no problem I can use X server with gnome, and I localize the problem, and the name of the problem is KDE, I can't start KDE or any program of KDE, I read the xsession-errors and its say: imwheel process could not be verified: : No existe

Re: [newbie] Linux on P120 laptop

Peter Szalay wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I pretty new on this list, just subscribe it. > I just got a P120, 40M ram, 1Gb hdd laptop. > Has anybody have experiences to running Linux (not necesserly Mandrake) on a > laptop like mine? > > Every comment welcome! > > Thx: > Pietro Not exactly, I ha

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

Bill Gerber wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > Mike Perry wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks! > > > > > > Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this > > > List? > > > Does it take so much time for everyone? > > > > > > Cheers: > > > > > > Michael Perry. > > > R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. >

[newbie] X and 7.1

While trying to configure X with xf86config, I ended up with XF86Config in both /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and wondered which directory is the right one? I noticed somewhere on XFree86's website that while XFC86Config used to be in /usr/X11R6/bin, now it should be in /etc/X11. Although, later

[newbie] Linux on P120 laptop

Hi everyone, I pretty new on this list, just subscribe it. I just got a P120, 40M ram, 1Gb hdd laptop. Has anybody have experiences to running Linux (not necesserly Mandrake) on a laptop like mine? Every comment welcome! Thx: Pietro

Re: [newbie] mozilla M16

On 2 Jul 00, at 18:16, Digital Wokan wrote: > I'd like to see an RPM of M16 with the SSL capabilities available > through a second RPM. Too bad so many governments have to be so uptight > over encryption. What's wrong with a binary tarball? It installs pretty well, but the SSL tunneling facili

Re: [newbie] Firewall/security

On 2 Jul 00, at 20:59, Mark Weaver wrote: > I'm getting the definate impression that I should maybe have my security > set as high as I can stand it just in case. There seems to be quite a > few varied opinions and it's better to safe than sorry. Security is one thing, paranoia quite another. If

Re: [newbie] mozilla M16

I'd like to see an RPM of M16 with the SSL capabilities available through a second RPM. Too bad so many governments have to be so uptight over encryption. Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > I only have one for this one.AWESOME! > > > > It is WAY better than the beta

Re: [newbie] Fonts in Netscape

I still had to go into the XFS config file mentioned in the README for the Mozilla-Fonts package and add the directory the Mozilla fonts got installed to (look at the file list in the RPM, because it's not the same directory as the readme says). Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you w

Re: [newbie] LM 7.0 never worked right

try going to linuxnewbie.org and checking the discussion section. i think i remember a thread being posted about the same problem your having (the blinking screen thing). sorry, but that's the best i can do for you. later. jd >From: "Edison Gica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROT

[newbie] identd and /proc/net permissions

I've run into an unusual problem with Mandrake 7.0. I installed identd (actually, midentd as this box masquerades internal hosts with ipchains). in.midentd runs as nobody.nobody in inetd.conf, and ident challenges fail with a log entry that permission is denied for /proc/net/tcp. If I chmod the

Re: [newbie] Firewall/security

flupke wrote: > > Sorry, Paul, but I don't agree with what you said: > a low security level can help intruders to have access to your computer > and it can also give more privileges to those people. > > Maybe this is not the place to discuss how and why it can happen, but I > think that people o

Re: [newbie] 7.1 voodoo 3 xf 4

Chris Hall wrote: > > I'd do a fresh install of latest drivers if I were you. :) As in the latest DRI drivers ? -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] remove from list

Please remove name from newbie list.. I realize this answer doesn't help you. But my system has 192MB that it detected just fine when I installed Mandrake 7.1. Even when I was running 7.0, it detected the upgrade from 64MB to 192MB without any intervention on my part. It may have to do w

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Fonts

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: >Hi! > >I have Mandrake 7.02 and I am disapointed with fonts of Netscape. Pages do >not look the same... >Where are the "Windows" fonts, like arial, verdana, etc... ? >Can we add more fonts to Netscape? How? > On any 'cooker' ftp site such as: ftp://rpmfind.ne

[newbie] re Pronto Mail (Not Quite)

I have Mandrake 7.02 Air and internet connection via LAN / Windows 98 SE (It is Win PC that have the modem). I tried to install Pronto mail with prontoinstaller.pl but I received so many errors that I abort the installation. Do I need to make any special configuration for the internet connectio

[newbie] A question about BLackbox

I've been wondering. I like to the desktop "BlackBox", but I can't for the life of me figure out how to switch workspaces. At the bottom of the desktop there seems to be a switch with which one switches desktops from #1 to #2 and so on, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Does anyone have any sugg

Re: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen.

Hi Roman I think I was in there one other time, but I tried it again and I did just what you said to do. I don't know why, but it's not working. It's the weirdest thing. I seem to be quite limited at the moment also when I attempt to edit any of the menu preferences in IceWM. Guess I'm going to h

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

Dennis Myers wrote: > > Mike Perry wrote: > > > Hi Folks! > > > > Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this > > List? > > Does it take so much time for everyone? > > > > Cheers: > > > > Michael Perry. > > R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. > > <<<>>> > > The three most dangerous things

[newbie] Font Selection in X and Console

Hi, I was wondering how to change/preview/install fonts for the console and the X windows system. Is there a nice GUI program for this? I ask because currently some fonts don't display properly in X programs or the console, and I don't like to type. :) Also, I would like to make this a permanen

Re: [newbie] Cant Mount CD-ROM Problem...

Hi! This what I get for my cdrom in /etc/fstab /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 As you can see I tried with /mnt/cdrom and it does not work. My second CDROM works flawlessly, why not the primary CD

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Fonts

I tried to install Drakfont but I need to find the other package to install it successfully. It is looking for the libgtkmdk and the gtk+mdk packages. Can I just install them with the force option? I am using Mandrake 7. =) Thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCo

Re: [newbie] Firewall/security

Sorry, Paul, but I don't agree with what you said: a low security level can help intruders to have access to your computer and it can also give more privileges to those people. Maybe this is not the place to discuss how and why it can happen, but I think that people on this list that care about t

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

On 2 Jul 00, at 15:15, Marcia Waller wrote: > passwords. I tried the user idea but that did not work. How can I go > back through the installation process and change a few things such as > create a root password and set up some other things that I skipped > without messing up the install?Do I pu

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

On 2 Jul 00, at 5:50, Dennis Myers wrote: > I have stuff pop up two or three days late and yet some of the e-mail for > those days came through within minutes of being posted. Some strange goings > on, what? It might have soething to do with sendinf the messages to Newbie@ or newbie. Maybe the

[newbie] listname

PLEASE, I have registered my LINUX mandrake 7.0 and cannot access the support email system. My question is how to install staroffice 5.1? Please help or point me in the right direction. Thank you Manuel Desa

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

On 2 Jul 00, at 18:51, Paul wrote: > I missed something of this thread, it seems. MS did try to make the > transition from Linux to Windows NT after they took over Hotmail, and they > put in a LOT of effort and money. The problem that they faced, however, Well, Hotmail never ran of LinuxIIRC

Re: [newbie] More than 128M

I realize this answer doesn't help you. But my system has 192MB that it detected just fine when I installed Mandrake 7.1. Even when I was running 7.0, it detected the upgrade from 64MB to 192MB without any intervention on my part. It may have to do with your motherboard's method of handling RAM

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Fonts

Been looking for these fonts myself but never saw the link to them come through. Can someone repost it or just email me directly with it? Thanks, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Reply to mail from Paul about [newbie] Mozilla Fonts > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I follow

Re: [newbie] Mandrake update and new kernel?

Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. I think there was a problem with the first attempt at updating cause I tried it again a little later and this time only grabed the newer kernel. the Update utility took care of downloading AND installing the new kernel. As soon as I rebooted this time the new kernel w

Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.1 install

Mandrake 7.0 Thanks for the help for a successful install. StarOffice 5.1 Steps I used were a bit different from those suggested: 1. As user, not root, I unloaded from the #3 cdrom to: /opt/Office51/bin/soffice 2. In a terminal , executed /opt/Office51/bin/soffice which brought up the complet

Re[2]: [newbie] MS Linux?

When they bought HotMail, they tried to convert the servers to NT, but it was a complete disaster (as you might imagine.) So they had to switch back to the original platform. I don't recall which unix flavor it was though. Something in the back of my mind says BSD. - M Sunday, July 02, 2000,

[newbie] xfree86

1.) I install LM 7.1 At this point booting into xwindows works fine. That is to say, it works as it should. 2.) Upgrade to xfree86 4.0 so I can use the newish NVIDIA drivers. Some issues with configuring the /etc/X11/XFree86-4 file, but in the end it works fine... until I reboot.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake update and new kernel?

Mark, Click on the KDE Control Panel Center icon. Which kernel version do you have. The patch was recently put on the rpmfind ftp site kernel update 2000 2.2.16-9mdk. After it installs, an entry will be made to /boot/Grub/Menu.1st file. The next time you reboot, Grub will show 2.2.16-9mdk. Roma

Re: [newbie] Any patch for KPanel->Edit Menus Error Message Anomaly?

A V Flinsch wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Has any one noticed in MDK7.1b, when you choose KPanel->Edit Menus, a > > warning message appears" > > " The menu editor is not installed. " > > > > This used to work in MDK7.0. Does any one know where a patch can be > > o

Re: [newbie] Problem with attaching an icon to an application.

Make sure that you assign the .xpm file extension not .ico Roman Andrey Isaverdiyev wrote: > > Hello guys: > > I am using KDE from Linux-Mandrake 7.0 distribution. > I have created my own icon (22x22), then I have saved it in > /usr/share/icons. When I click on my application on the desktop an

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

Microsoft uses Linux on its servers Who on earth told you that??/ On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, also sprach: > MS makes applications for Mac OS and others, but nothing for Linux. It seems > especially strange considering that Microsoft choose Linux to run it's > Hotmail webservers, instead of NT! I

Re: [newbie] Docs

Hi Pete, Try uninstalling some of the programs that you are not using with rpmDrake. I think you may be overloaded. This happened to me last week. I just kept on installing and installing. After uninstalling some unnecessary applications i.e. text and graphics editors, I was able to read my files

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

Dear All, Thank you for your help. I at least did some installing but made the mistake of choosing no root password since the instructions said I could. When I came to the add user page then I put myself in there as well as my husband then I put a password in. Now when I get the Log in page with t

Re: [newbie] Free Agent for Linux?

On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Does anyone know of a "Free Agent" clone that works with Linux? Or a > similar pgm? (newsgroups reader and decoder, can check to see if all > parts of message are dl'able) > http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/07/30/933365951.html pan, it's better than agent --

Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.1/5.2

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Willie Loh wrote: > How to execute staroffice 5.1/5.2 in Linux-Mandrake > > Regards > If you have installed it, do (as root) # updatedb & Then # locate soffice /usr/X11R6/bin/soffice (for example) Or #which soffice /usr/X11R6/bin/soffice Then (as user) issue command $ so

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

Mike Perry wrote: > Hi Folks! > > Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this > List? > Does it take so much time for everyone? > > Cheers: > > Michael Perry. > R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. > <<<>>> > The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a > manager

Re: [newbie] software question...

Digital Wokan wrote: > Check freshmeat.net, appwatch.com, and linuxberg.com for your needs. > You're likely to find it somewhere in them. > > "John T. Seebold" wrote: > > > > Anyone know of some decent business software for Linux. > > Specifically I would like to bill people though it. > > > > Jo

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

Mike Perry wrote: > Hi Folks! > > Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this > List? > Does it take so much time for everyone? > > Cheers: > > Michael Perry. > R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. > <<<>>> > The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a > manager

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

> http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=hotmail.com&Examine=Wait.. Another great one! Thanks again! Mike =)

[newbie] compose keys

on bootup...I notice that it says: "LOADING COMPOSE KEYS---LATIN KEYS" how do I get rid of this...feature and go back to default...english cause when I try to read something, say...inside a ftp...server or click on a link...it reads in latin...not english -- Registered Linux User:

[newbie] XF86-4.0.1

For those of you on the list who had trouble with XF86-4.0, 4.0.1 has been released, and if I read correctly, there's even xf86cfg - a graphical configuration program. (Personally, I didn't care if they made a graphical one or not, I just didn't want to have to manually edit any more X configurat

[newbie] ISDN card config

Have installed an Asus ISDKlink adaptor model P-IN100_ST-DV but can't configure it. Anyone solved this already yet? Steve Westwood.

Re: [newbie] Ext2 Partition

Yep, I've resized all over the place using PM 4; just bought PM 5, haven't tried with that one yet. Mike > Greetings! > > Is it safe to increase my Mandrake 7.1 ext2 partition using PartitionM > Magic under Win98? > > If not, how can I do it without destroying my present ext2 partition? > > Than

[newbie] Staroffice 5.1/5.2

How to execute staroffice 5.1/5.2 in Linux-Mandrake   Regards

Re: [[newbie] linux cdrom install problem...]

Something that might work is to make a 20 MB FAT patition and install MS Dos and then the DOS drivers for the SB16 soundcard w/Panasonic CD drivers...and try the DOS boot (might need to d/l the newest "autoboot.bat" image from Mandrake) feature on the Linux CD. HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake update and new kernel?

I tried the update and removed the last entry from/boot/Grub/Menu.1st Every thing works fine. Roman Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > For the first time since installing Mandrake 7.1 I've used the Update > > utility. It works real nice, and I downloaded the latest

Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner

Thanks again Paul. Yes, My sanner is now working. I think sane was installed, because when I run xcanimage it worked. Bye Pedro >From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:44:3

[newbie] Free Agent for Linux?

Does anyone know of a "Free Agent" clone that works with Linux? Or a similar pgm? (newsgroups reader and decoder, can check to see if all parts of message are dl'able) Thanks

Re: [newbie] software question...

Check freshmeat.net, appwatch.com, and linuxberg.com for your needs. You're likely to find it somewhere in them. "John T. Seebold" wrote: > > Anyone know of some decent business software for Linux. > Specifically I would like to bill people though it. > > John

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

Marcia Waller wrote: > > Larry Marshall wrote: > > > that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios > > setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and > > how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup > > > > My guess is

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: > That's great to hear (!), do you possibly know of any reference to that on > the web? I'd like to share that with some co-workers, but I'm afraid > without proof it could seem sorta like an 'urban legend'. I tried searching > both cnet and zdnet with no luck, it

Re: [newbie] No Penguins on login screen.

Hello Mark, Login as 'root' and start up the KDE Control Center: 1. Navigate to Applications->Login Manager->Users tab 2. Under the user column, click on the word root. 3. To the right should be an icon button. Probably something other than a penguin. 4. Click on the icon button, and then the d

[newbie] Firewall/security

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: >I'm using security setting of medium. Does that make a difference? I was >also wondering since I'm using PMfirewall do I need to keep my security >setting at medium, or can I lower it to low? I think the firewall is more a protection for things coming in f

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

Larry Marshall wrote: > that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios > setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and > how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup > > My guess is that you've got an Award BIOS. Yes, y

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

http://www.hotmailsux.com/ should do the trick. I stumbled upon it while trying to do the same thing as you, Mike (i.e. convince friends how crap Hotmail and Microsoft is). However, it states that Hotmail began with FreeBSD (not Linux), and after a failed attempt at moving it to NT, it is now back

Re: [newbie] software question...

I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I'm using Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 which comes with paradox and quattro pro - there's also Applixware for Linux that is supposed to be quite powerful. Mike > Anyone know of some decent business software for Linux. > Specifically I would like t

Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.1 install

Thanks Paul and Tom I found that /opt/Office51/bin/soffice exectutes the completion of the installation and will take it from there when I can get back to this today. Bill On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Bill Fisher wrote: > > >Mandrake 7.0 Macmillan > >The Getting Start

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Fonts

I tried Mozilla Fonts with Netscape. They wern't that bad, but on some sites they still left something to be desired. I found the best way to get decent fonts was to install the TrueType fonts commonly used in WinDOS (Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, etc.) and set Netscape to use those. I orig

Re: [newbie] software question...

Anyone know of some decent business software for Linux. Specifically I would like to bill people though it. John

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

That's great to hear (!), do you possibly know of any reference to that on the web? I'd like to share that with some co-workers, but I'm afraid without proof it could seem sorta like an 'urban legend'. I tried searching both cnet and zdnet with no luck, it would be nice to find a page of 'little

[newbie] Regarding Samba

I have been struggerling with Samba for quite a while and now I am turing for help. I will explain the problem then explain my troubleshooting. I have a PII 333 64 Megs of RAM Linksys Ethernet Card The Box with Samba is Mandrake 7.0 Other workstations are Windows 98 second edition. Well I orig

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

Just keep a copy of the REAL thing handy in case. Prolly won't be a lot of support if that ever happens, but at least we'll have something that won't crash every time you open the window! Pardon the pun -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. R

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, someone wrote: >> > MS makes applications for Mac OS and others, but nothing for Linux. >It seems > > especially strange considering that Microsoft choose Linux >to run it's > > Hotmail webservers, instead of NT! I missed something of this thread, it seems. MS did try to make

Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.1 install

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Bill Fisher wrote: >Mandrake 7.0 Macmillan >The Getting Started manual says to follow the ReadMe file insttructions on >disk 3, which is: > 'rpm -i StarOffice-5.1a_01_517i8-1.i386.rpm' >in order to install from disk 3. > and got a cannot find message. >So I just opened the o

[newbie] X Server shutdown

I have mandrake 7.1, and my video care is diamond viper v550 RIVA TNT 128, and I can't open X server, I only see the mouse pointer for few seconds then the X server shutdown, anywhere can help me please? thanx :) Martín Ibarra (PeNDeX) http://sanjose.iwarp.com ICQ: 54

Re: [newbie] Archive of this list?

Is there a way to search an archive of this list? thanks Bill

Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.1 install

Mandrake 7.0 Macmillan The Getting Started manual says to follow the ReadMe file insttructions on disk 3, which is: 'rpm -i StarOffice-5.1a_01_517i8-1.i386.rpm' in order to install from disk 3. and got a cannot find message. So I just opened the other icon StarOffice5.1a and installed it into

Re: [newbie] grub and my RAM.

Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > Hi fellow Linuxers! I have just upgraded to 7.2. It is most excellent! When I >upgraded I changed over to the grub boot loader... > > I have one problem with grub. I cannot set my RAM. > > I used to use Lilo and had to use the append "mem

Re: [Re: [newbie] More than 128M]

On 2 Jul 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: >Paul, > I think this line should read: >append="mem=196M" >all else seems correct, but original poster should have a boot disk handy >incase lilo can't boot before your suggested 2 meg correction. >Mike You are correct. Slip of the keyboard. ;) Pau

[newbie] Mozilla Fonts

I followed a link posted here and downloaded the Mozilla fonts from the Mandrake cooker ftp. They installed easily and ... wow, Netscape is not so butt-ugly anymore! Thanks! Phil

Re: [newbie] linux cdrom install problem...

while linux may support your setup, the distr of mandrake 7.0 is optimized for Pentium class processors, I suggest you either get correct version for the mandrake web site or try an older version (or of course you could get a newer computer) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [newbie] OT avi to mpeg converter

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Marta Kein wrote: >Hello everybody, >Sorry for the question totally OT. Is there a programm to convert avi or mov >file to mpeg under linux? (possibly free) >thanks >ottavia I'd suggest you go to www.freshmeat.net and do a search there. It's amazing what stuff you can find

Re: [newbie] Epson GT-7000 SCSI Scanner

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Pedro _ wrote: > >Thanks again for your answers. Now I have my scanner working with the sane. >I run xscanimage and everything works as expected. >But I do not see any menu option in Gimp to make the scanning. I check that >the xscanimage is in the Gimp plug-in directory, b

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Mike Perry wrote: >Hi Folks! > >Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this >List? >Does it take so much time for everyone? Some messages I posted the 27th of June just came up, so with 48 hours you are fortunate. *grin* Must be server problems or upgrades a

Re: [newbie] Fwd: errors rotating logs

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Armisis Aieoln wrote: >How too i get rid of this one also, please? > >dave > >errors occured while rotating /var/log/sudo.log > >stat of /var/log/sudo.log failed: No such file or directory go to /etc/logrotate.d and see if in one of the files you can find "sudo.log" grep "su

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

yes and I like it that way. The minute M$ starts making apps for Linux I have a feeling we'll be right back to one of the original reasons I left windows. I don't want that and I'm hoping neither does the Linux commuinity at large! -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows

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