This test is to indicate if my mail server is up and to say that I got
my Modem connected and for a brief time before the modem was working I
could ping both of the Win98 computers. Now that the modem works I can
only ping the one again. So, I know my hard wire is correct and I know
that I can
I am definitely a newbie - as of today.
The install went quietly, maybe quickly and in the end I selected
the wrong monitor. My Sony HG was not listed so I tried a
different Sony and after bootup I had a torn screen image and do
not know how to change monitors when I can't read the screen.
Kelly Constenius wrote:
this is a test.
I tried a test and nothing happened.
--
Dennis-Registered Linux User #180842
Someone mentioned earlier that you could delete the /tmp/imwheel.pid file in
the users home directory .logout script. Sounds like it should work fine
but I haven't tried it.
- Ralph
- Original Message -
From: "jeremy rogers" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July
On 21 Jul 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote:
Doesn't Mandrake use Postfix instead of Sendmail??
Mike
Postfix is what Mandrake installs. I uninstalled postfix
and installed sendmail and I have no problems with it. I
had already used sendmail before and I could not figure out
postfix. You can
looking for the Kingston KNE110TX nic, and I did not see it,
I read on RedHat or something that it simply takes a tulip driver,
I have had both the KNE100TX and the KNE110TX work with Mandrake. I
never had to do anything beyond the ordinary install, but some people
have had trouble.
Michael
Jeff Malka wrote:
I discovered x-screenserver in ver 7.1 KDE. I noticed that there were some
items that were missing in the "demo" version shipped with 7.1 and
x-screensaver tells you where to get them. I downloaded the missing items
in .tar.gz format from where it said to find them.
Is it my imgaination or is your date off? Did you really send this on the 21st of
April?
--- alberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christopher Molnar wrote:
Please wait a day and I will post it in here The version currently
available is pretty buggy.
-Chris
Thanks Chris...
Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
I don't know how I got them working. I didn't do
anything special, I just followed the directions here:
http://linuxvoodoo.com/drivers/cards/video/3dfx/voodoo2.html
exactly and methodically. I've got the cool 3d screen
savers and a bunch of other neato
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Tried to install the Star Office No Joy.
I tried, logging in as "root" and clicking on the rpm file and let it
"do its thing" ... eventually opening a window that let me click
"install"
Then I logged on w/ one of my user accounts and typed
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 06:47:54AM -0500, Gil Baron W0MN wrote:
I forgot three things:
Fritz 6 Chess program that has beaten the world champion
Have you looked at GNU chess? I'll bet that it is good enough for the
average chess player.
MS Office I don't want to convert files and
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 06:47:54AM -0500, Gil Baron W0MN wrote:
PSP5 The best low cost image processing program
Have you ever looked at GIMP?
counterparts. Nothing available can touch Outlook and Outlook express.
Hey, don't do that! Now I have to wipe my monitor clean from the thinks I
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
I'm trying to install apache from the mandrake installation CD. I'm using
kpackage to install the rpm but i keep getting dependecy problems.
Here they are:
m is needed by apache-1.3.12-12mdk
libmm.so.10 is needed by apache 1.3.12-12mdk
You'll have to
Michael Scottaline wrote:
Tryn adding these lines to /etc/resolv.conf
search your isp
nameserver dns#
nameserver dns#
Your isp should provide you with two dns#'s
HTH,
Mike
I offered similar advice, but I did notice a qwerk when I double checked
my
testing123
I installed Mandrake 7.1 which came with Apache and mysql installed.
Everything works great. This may seem like a stupid question but do I have
to recompile apache to use mod_auth_mysql? For php v4 support for example I
was able to compile php and insert a pointer to the module inside of
Who is the manufacturer of the huv and NIC? At work I have had some problems
with 3Com 10/100 hubs not communicating with 10mb NICs. I know this isn't
your problem, I'm just interested to know.
I'm sure that the auto-negotiation which 10/100 hibs have to do to determine
the speed of the card
I had a similar problem with an NE2000 clone. The way i got it to work was:
1. Enable plugpray on card.
2. Run Lothar against the card, but change no parameters.
3. Change the card to non-pp, and give it an IRQ and address.
4. In Linuxconfig other net config app enter the card's parameters
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Bill Hudspeth wrote:
I am definitely a newbie - as of today.
The install went quietly, maybe quickly and in the end I selected
the wrong monitor. My Sony HG was not listed so I tried a
different Sony and after bootup I had a torn screen image and do
not know how to change
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, A V Flinsch wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote:
If Win NT is like a 5 ton truck and it's Win 9x counterparts are more like
3/4 ton and 1/2 ton trucks, how big would you say Linux is?
Has the hauling capacity of the biggest 18 wheeler there is, but the 0-60 times
and
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
How do you run a DOS program under Linux KDE?
Thanks.
Try figuring out "dosemu".
It is initially set to work only for root.
Paul
--
No man would listen to you if he didn't know
it was his turn to speak next.
)0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0(
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Jose Luis LG wrote:
I hope someone can help me out. I have installed mandrake7.0-2 on a Pentium
III 733Mhz with
256 MB of RAM. The instalation went straight forward but when looking at
the system properties it seems that only 64MB of ram has been detected. How
can I make
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
If Win NT is like a 5 ton truck and it's Win 9x counterparts are more like
3/4 ton and 1/2 ton trucks, how big would you say Linux is?
Its an M1A1 Abrahams (sp?) M60 battle tank, complete with computer
controlled
laser sighting so it always tracks
Frank Nazario wrote:
DITTO !
im with u in this too. lets just go linux not windows bashing
Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
You're a tad late on that, this thread has pretty much ended in the last day
or so - except for the few stragglers out there ;-)
Mike
Am
Hi Jose!
Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf (as root), there should be a line "append". Add
"mem=256M" to it.
HI,
I hope someone can help me out. I have installed mandrake7.0-2 on a Pentium
III 733Mhz with
256 MB of RAM. The instalation went straight forward but when looking at
the system
Hi!
When I install linux over an old installation (no upgrade), will the partition
with /home also be affected?
What if you chmod imwheel.pid ? Wouldn't that make it accessible to
all instances of imwheel? That's what I did to solve that problem when
I'm using Startx for multiple screens.
Seve
Original Message
On 7/21/00, 8:07:41 PM, "Ralph Day" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re:
Just rename them to something a bit more friendly.
Seve
Original Message
On 7/22/00, 12:41:11 AM, "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic?:
IN Mandrake 7.1, under KDE, my win partitions have weird names: win_c,
win_c2, win_d, wind_d2,
If /home is a different partition than the rest, you can
tell the new installation to mount the partition, but *not*
to format it. That's the way it works here, and should do
fine.
Phil
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Hellmut wrote:
Hi!
When I install linux over an old installation (no upgrade), will
Hi Kelly
You can do all of this with help from
a program called samba
the main config file is /etc/samba.conf
read the man page or start up a web browser and use
SWAT Samba Web Administration Tool "your-ip:901"
to use swat you need edit /etc/inetd.conf and add in the end
swat stream tcp
Hi Roman
sounds like something is wrong in your
/etc/X11/XF86config in the pointer section
good luck
Roman Korcek wrote:
Hi all,
Since my last mail didn't make it to the list I am starting a new
thread.
I have a PS/2 mouse and it behaves weird in MDK7.0. For some time it
works fine and
- Original Message -
From: "Martin B" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 8:07 PM
Subject: [newbie] isa modem
i have just installed 7.1 mandrake
and have a dynalink isa modem
when i try using kppp to dial provider
it gets as far as initilazing and
Anthony wrote:
What version of Gnapster do you have? Maybe an older version only had that
under File. If you don't have 1.3.10 (the lastest version) I'd highly suggest
upgrading since anything before that has some security holes.
http://www.faradic.net/~jasta/gnapster.html
Thanks, I'll do
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Hellmut wrote:
Hi!
When I install linux over an old installation (no upgrade), will the partition
with /home also be affected?
No. I have upgraded several times already, and everything at /home stayed
the way it was.
Paul
--
No man would listen to you if he didn't know
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, you wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 01:00:05 WEST you wrote:
Hello!
I have mandrake 7.02 Air and I am using the gFTP FTP client but I am
not
happy with it.
Is there any nice FTP client? (like WSFTP-LE)
You could try IglooFTP ( a search at Twocows
Okay, I d/l'ed the latest version of Gnapster, but I'm still having a
problem.
No matter what I put in, or if I leave it blank, everytime I connect, I
get an
"invalid password" error message. I checked new account, so what are you
supposed
to do here?
Thanks! ;-)
--
Yes there is.
lt's called lglooFTP and you can find it in www.tucows.com
From: Steve Howes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Graphical FTP client
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:32:16 +0100
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 01:00:05 WEST you wrote:
Al invented everything guys.
John
K0DXX
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:17:05 -0400, Darryl wrote:
We hams, as one poster pointed out, are a small sample of the linux
community, but we have contributed enormously to its cause. We were
doing wireless packet before the
Yes, another modem problem. I have 7.1 up and running, but in the
install I think I told it the wrong dev for internet connection. Anyway,
now when I dial up the connection is immediately broken. Error log
says:
"date;time:pppd[1325]:By default the remote system is required to
authenticate
Hey all, I have an idea to contribute,
if you want your monitor to blank,
suspend, then power off when you are
*not* logged in and away from your
station, please check out this url of my
sample XF86Config file.
http://www.kittypuss.org/~ntr/XF86Config
Remember that I used the XF86Setup app,
and
For the maximum security, if one has to log in as root
to do maintenance, I would suggest switching to either
runlevel 1 or 2 or whatever runlevel you have set to
bring the network down.
Runlevel 1 or S brings the network and other services
down so you get root access but no chance of a network
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 11:29:50PM +1000, Michael Khachiki wrote:
HI all
can any one tell me what is the difference between Unix and Linux scripts? I
have made small Unix script and it works... but the same script wouldn't
work on Linux. I am perplexed on why would the same script work on
Quote from a PC magazine:-
"Let's face it: getting support for Windows is much easier than
getting
support for Linux. That's because there are a few things militating
against
the development of a useful Linux support network.
The first is that Linux is a derivative of Unix, a true programmer's
In spite of its little quirks I love it,
it doesn't freeze up the whole machine
if I happen to run an app with a bug in it,
there are more and more apps for it
popping up every month, and its
a heck of a lot more secure than
my old windows box (now deceased),
and when I had a room mate, we had
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 01:33:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally managed to get Mandrake 7.1 installed after going down a number of
blind alleys.
One final (hopefully) glitch. Sendmail is not installed. When I try to rpm
it, I'm informed that I need "smtpdaemon".
Mandrake ships
It works. Marcia
I went through the list during the install
and just unticked postfix and ticked sendmail,
so the installer makes it easier.
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, you wrote:
On 21 Jul 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote:
Doesn't Mandrake use Postfix instead of Sendmail??
Mike
Postfix is what Mandrake installs.
First triple-check that you put in the right password and username. Secondly,
try unchecking the new account box. See if that helps.
Okay, I d/l'ed the latest version of Gnapster, but I'm still having a
problem.
No matter what I put in, or if I leave it blank, everytime I connect, I
get an
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Quote from a PC magazine:-
"Let's face it: getting support for Windows is much easier than
getting
support for Linux. That's because there are a few things militating
against
the development of a useful Linux support network.
The first is that Linux is a
I'm a Stephenson fan too...and the Command Line essay is great! Funny,
intelligent, and well worth reading. :)
wrote:
Makoto Miyamoto wrote:
In "In the Beginning was the Command Line" from Neal Stephenson
(http://www.cryptonomicon.com/command.zip), Linux is compared to a
tank and
I changed the names of their icons on my KDE desktop, but thast name does
not stick when I am using say MC or something else. How do you "hook the
FSTAB entries back to /mnt/c /mnt/d etc."? :-) (Newbie here)
Thank you.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
-
Thats a bummer!!
I wonder if you need to make a symbolic link
somewhere? Unfortunately this is one of the
gi-normous gaping holes in my linux knowledge. I'm a
linux idiot savant.
Sorry I can't help ;-(
Dacia
--- "Ronald J. Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
I
wow...however wrote that is an idiot ;-)
Dacia
--- Adriaan Barel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quote from a PC magazine:-
"Let's face it: getting support for Windows is much
easier than
getting
support for Linux. That's because there are a few
things militating
against
the
look on your CD...and install ALL " devel " rpms
then install apache again
Jim Dwyer wrote:
I'm trying to install apache from the mandrake installation CD. I'm using
kpackage to install the rpm but i keep getting dependecy problems.
Here they are:
m is needed by apache-1.3.12-12mdk
OK I've gotten further along here, this is where I'm stuck.
I do a ./configure --with-mysql=/usr --with-apxs
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking
This may have been true a few years ago, but now there are
quite a few friendly resources available. I have learned
everything about Linux from: 1) books; and 2) distibution
mailing lists such as this one. I used SuSE before
Mandrake, and SuSE has a user-friendly mailing list as
well. Can you
There are always those who will expound upon the weaknesses of something
strange or disliked even though they may have no experience with the
strangeness. There are those who will also lie outright to achieve their goals.
So I frequently told my children as they grew up to believe only 10% of
Oh, in case you are using bash, the "logout" script file is called
~/.bash_logout
Paul
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
Or put the command in the root's ~/.logout (or something
like that) file, The commands in there are executed when root logs out.
That sounds like a winner.
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Roger Pithers wrote:
It expresses itself in newsgroups where flaming is a matter of course,
anyone who can't phrase a question in hexadecimal is torn to bits, and
medals are awarded for answers couched in the most cryptic terms
possible."
Adriaan Barel
Hello Adriaan,
Paul, thank you for the umpth time. Sounds very clear I will try it.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions -
"Ronald J. Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Makoto! I've read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, and I just
finished
"Cryptonomicon" and thought both were great. The latter covers a lot of
Internet and Unix related topics... Pretty cool stuff in all. ;-)
Yeah! I love the Cryptonomicon; I
Oh I have no problem with the hda1,2,3; hdb1,2,3; etc. It is the weird
names I have which are win_c; win_c2; followed by win_b and then win_b2,
etc. That seems really weird and I cannot figure their logic. . But it is
OK. I got a handle on it now.
Thanks.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The WP 8 that comes with Mandrake is the DL version whereas Corel apparently
provides the "full" edition.
If you have Mandrake's WP8 dl version, is there a way to complete it to the
PE version by downloading files from somewhere?
Thanks.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user
Thanks.
For others who have imwheel problems, I found a great URL at
http://mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xmouse.html
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 5:05 PM
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
OK I've gotten further along here, this is where I'm stuck.
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.html
You didn't get started right either ;-
--
~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I do a ./configure --with-mysql=/usr --with-apxs
creating
Hey, has anyone tried to install font drake in 7.02?
The one thing that I really liked about 7.1 was being
able to use my wandows fonts. I'm going to download
the RPM for it when I get home from work tonight and
give it a try. I'll post my experience for the
edification of all.
Thanks for any
It's on my (7.0) system as
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/linux8x16.pcf.gz.
I can email it to you as an attachment if you want. It's
only a few kilobytes.
Phil
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Since I upgraded to mdk7.1 I noticed that the font "linux 8x16" is no
longer an option in
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Linux newsgroups provide friendly support for new and old users.
The politics involved in writing articles by 'ghost writers' for some of
these PC magazines is laughable?
Let's take it a little further. Windows isn't original. Isn't it a
derivative?
Well, Adriaan, you might have quoted the whole thing to
begin with or posted a link where it could be read. That
would prevent such misunderstandings from occurring.
Phil
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Adriaan Barel wrote:
FUD ?
The article goes on to say:-
" Suss out a newsgroup before you ask a
I appreciate the link but the configure script is running with no
errors. I'm not sure what you mean by "I didn't get started right". Can
you explain? If the configure script is running with no errors.
Regards,
Ran Hooper
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: Tom
I have a Compaq Presario AMD 533 Mhz with 128mb Ram and 20 Gig. HD.
model number is 7479. I am having great troubles getting Linux 7.0 to
install
on this machine. I had to format it twice because all I got when I rebooted
was
zero's and one's filling up the screen. I tried to boot off of the disk
I have just upgraded my system to 7.1 and have found, upon starting KDE
that I am missing items that used to be there. The KDE Control Panel,
for backgrounds, power mangement, etc. is missing. I have lost the
ability to open a term window from the panel. Is this a different
version of KDE than
Hugo,
I have the same problem. There is no open windows buttons on my task bar. The
only way to restore them is to open my pager and do it that way. I would much
prefer to have the buttons back though. If anyone knows a fix, [we] would
aprpreciate it.
Wayne
Well, here's another problem I ran into upgrading to 7.1. I tried
specifying LILO when DrakConf asked me which bootloader to use. The
lilo configuration returned a syntax error. I went ahead and chose
GRUB. when I booted to my first hard driveLILO stopped after the I,
so I used my handy
First thanks to Michael, Phil, Alexander and Vic for replying to my mail
problem.
Second, an apology for a basic error. It is not Sendmail that is causing me
grief, (as I indicated) it's FETCHMAIL.
And for some reason, when I try to install it, I get the message that I
need "smtpdaemon" before
Absolutely. Many ghost writers can go as far as asking the creators of
the product if they like the article before it goes to print.
Cheers!
Roman
Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Linux newsgroups provide friendly support for new and old users.
The politics involved
On 22 Jul 00, at 9:47, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Bill Hudspeth wrote:
I am definitely a newbie - as of today.
The install went quietly, maybe quickly and in the end I selected the
wrong monitor. My Sony HG was not listed so I tried a different Sony
and after bootup I had a torn
well i tryed changing the pre and post init delay
to 100 and its still not getting past initilizing
and to be honest Darryl would you explain a little more what Did you setup a
dial string? I.E. ADT 123.4567
means as i im at a loss to it
yes i have put in the number to dial if that is what you
I have had the exact same situation. I have two hard disks, with Windows
on hda, and Linux on hdc. Normally, I install LILO to the MBR of
hda. After installing Mandrake 7.1, I could boot into Linux through GRUB,
but Windows was inaccessible. I could boot DOS with a floppy disk, but the
C:
greetings...
question.
i have a compaq 5304 (kinda junky but works) and of course it has the video card built
into the motherboard. i'm thinking of getting a second video card so that when i run
Windoze98 / Photoshop i can utilize duel display abilities (or so i hope, will i
really work?
I have been visiting www.grc.com for quite some time under Windoze98 checking it
out. Steve's site is wonderful -- if you use Windoze98 or such, you should check it
out explore some of the software Steve recomends. I have not been there under
Linux (haven't gotten connected yet, still
I can't explain it, but somehow 7.1 decided to allow Fetchmail to be installed.
I guess it found the smtpdaemon somewhere on the system.
Again, I apologize if I wasted anyone's time.
Michael Coady
Thanks for the response Torrey. This is the third time I've wiped
winslows in a year. I have all my critical stuff on cd/rw..so it won't
be a big deal getting what I need back. I hate to use that os
anyway...it's too slow and inflexible. Norton 2000 couldn't fix the
GRUB problem. I just
Martin B wrote:
and to be honest Darryl would you explain a little more what Did you setup a
dial string? I.E. ADT 123.4567
means as i im at a loss to it
yes i have put in the number to dial if that is what you are asking
Yes, that was what I was asking. I realize it was a basic question,
No apologies needed. Happy mail-fetching. Those daemons
can be sneaky.
Phil
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, mrc wrote:
I can't explain it, but somehow 7.1 decided to allow Fetchmail to be installed.
I guess it found the smtpdaemon somewhere on the system.
Again, I apologize if I wasted anyone's
Thanks for the URL. I'll have to recommend it to all of my associates.
Seve
Original Message
On 7/22/00, 5:51:23 PM, "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [newbie] Linux security in Internet:
I have been visiting www.grc.com for quite some time under Windoze98
checking
I am having problem installing Mandrake 7.1 from my hard disk..i
downloaded the /Mandrake and /images trees. i used LeechFTP(M$ windoze)
to download them. the whole download is like 1G.
after i reboot the computer in to mandrake setup and located the
mandrake directory. it said "loading
Title: rules (filters) on staroffice to handle mail?
Is there a way to use rules (filters), to handle mail using star
office?
I've just finished installing 7.1, everything looks pretty good, so now
I want to set up a programming environment. I have 2 questions:
1.) Is there a decent IDE (X) for C/C++ in the distribution (or
where)?
2.) Is a place (book) that generally outlines a fairly usable
development
Do you know if Compaq is still putting part of the BIOS on the MBR
portion of the harddrive? Is your Windows still working?
Seve
Original Message
On 7/22/00, 4:10:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kandace Little) wrote
regarding [newbie] Install help:
I have a Compaq Presario AMD 533 Mhz with
Title: Re: [newbie] rules (filters) on staroffice to handle mail?
Take a look at the popup when you right click on your inbox. Look at
properties and then rules, it provides some ability to filter. Good
luck, Dennis
Original Message dated 7/22/00, 9:59:47
PM
Author: German Sanchez Urrutia
Adriaan Barel wrote:
Quote from a PC magazine:-
snip
for wimps'. A lot of this attitude has rolled over into the Linux
community.
It expresses itself in newsgroups where flaming is a matter of course,
anyone who can't phrase a question in hexadecimal is torn to bits, and
medals are
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