Re: [newbie-it] mandrake con partizione superiore a 1024 settori!!

2000-09-15 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 06:22:09PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Qualcuno ha idea di come creare un'unica partizione con oltre 1024 settori ed evitare che il lilo (nel mio caso silo) si inkazzi nella fase di creazione/configurazione del bootloader? Credo che le ultime versioni di

[newbie-it] Scheda sonora II

2000-09-15 Thread Davide Pedroni
Non riesco a configurare la mia SB 128 PCI. Tenete conto che: -Harddrake la riconosce come una Ensonique ma quando faccio il test appare il messaggio di errore: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.0: init_module: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb:0: insmod failled

Re: R: [newbie-it] ho appena iniziato con Linux

2000-09-15 Thread freefred
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, a day in the life, BELLAN Andrea wrote: Da quello che ne so chi possiede un K6 è meglio che non installi linux Per renderti le cose più facili un consiglio da amico è installare un windows nt 4 wrk o 2000 prof prima di linux ehm, qualcosa di piu' costoso no?:-) --

Re: [newbie-it] mandrake con partizione superiore a 1024 settori!!

2000-09-15 Thread freefred
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, a day in the life, Fabio Coatti wrote: On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 06:22:09PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Qualcuno ha idea di come creare un'unica partizione con oltre 1024 settori ed evitare che il lilo Credo che le ultime versioni di lilo abbiano risolto questo

[newbie-it] configurazione grub

2000-09-15 Thread bube
salve a tutti avrei un piccolo quesito per voi , dopo aver configurato il kernel e aver dato tutti i vari make dep , make bzImage , etc, aver cambiato nome il nome del vecchio kernel in vmlinuz.old , aver editato il file /boot/grub/menu.lst che cavolo devo fare ??? con lilo dopo aver editato

Re: [newbie-it] ho appena iniziato con Linux

2000-09-15 Thread Giambattista Giannoccaro
Non mandarmi più e-mail. Basta! - Original Message - From: "Simone Ravarotto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mauro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: RE: [newbie-it] ho appena iniziato con Linux Ciao,per tua info : il mio K6-III 450 vola a quasi 1000 Bogomips

Re: [newbie-it] ho appena iniziato con Linux

2000-09-15 Thread Luca Caruso
Salve!!! Vorrei sapere se qualcuno e' riuscito a configurare la Matrox G400 Max Dual Head con Linux Mandrake 7.1 Mi risulta alquanto difficilino configurare il doppio monitor sotto Linux ma ho gia' scaricato i drivers dal sito dela Matrox. Se ci fosse qualcuno che ha tentato con successo non

Re: [newbie] Spanish co.

2000-09-15 Thread Roger Pithers
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: Greg Stewart wrote: I'm going to post something on-topic again one of these days, I am. :/ Kathleen Thank you. :-) --Greg *blink* Ouch. I thought I was joking...making a comment about the number of off-topic posts recently, but apparently I

Re: [newbie] Network Card Address

2000-09-15 Thread g . lauwers
You can use ifconfig in a konsole window.

[newbie] Windows ME

2000-09-15 Thread Jay
-- Here are some excerpts from a report by John Spooner of ZDNet about the installation of Windows ME. His are in quotes: "The Windows Me install wasn't terribly traumatic, but it wasn't exactly fun either. It took me about six hoursincluding time to download drivers. Two things helped

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2

2000-09-15 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Well, remember that it's beta and things WILL be broken. If you're looking for the latest features, wait a few more weeks and the final will be out. If you like to tinker, than by all means, download away! I'm getting beta 2 right now, beta 1 was quite nice yet had a few problems with X among

[newbie] permissions on /dev/scd0

2000-09-15 Thread bascule
could some kind soul tell me where i have gone wrong in my thinking: 1. cdparanoia will run as the user calling the program if not setuid or setgid - right? 2. if my user - bascule- is a member of group 'cdrom' then whatever group 'cdrom' has permission to do, bascule does too - right? 3. if

[newbie] DNS weirdness

2000-09-15 Thread Richard Davies
The following is the portion of resolv.conf dealing with the DNServers for mysetup. They work just fine but don't point to the servers for my current ISP. I haven't used this ISP for dial up in 6 months. The question is why do they work and equally importanly when I change them to the

[newbie] Spanish VIPER II

2000-09-15 Thread Richard Davies
what the heck buddy this is an english speaking news group and we don't like advertisements! This is a LINUX speaking newsgroup and I'll talk to anybody. -- Regards Richard http://www.tollyboy.com

[newbie] LICQ

2000-09-15 Thread Richard Davies
I am trying to install LICQ on this system. the main program installed fine from the tar.gz but when I come to instal the GUI ./configure checks everything until it gets to X then reports no and stops with the message you need X11 libraries and headers. I rather think they are installed and

[newbie] Napster Broken

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
PLease excuse my rude roommate, he tends to be very presumptuous, especially using other peoples accounts. Now to the point I noticed that for some reason, Napster does not work. I don't know why, I don't have a clue. All I do know is that it is un-able to locate an IP. I had pmfirewall and

Re: [newbie] Major window manager slowness and quirky netscape issues

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
those who are write Netscape for Linux are lazy and don't try very hard, thats why Netscape stinks. On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: I'm running Mandrake on a pentium II 400MHz/128MB at the resolution one up from 1024x768 and with a medium size

Re: [newbie] VMware

2000-09-15 Thread TRBishop
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Oliver L. Plaine Jr. wrote: On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:36:57 EDT, you wrote: Dear Anyone, Is VMware in Linux-Mandrake 7.0 complete? If so, where can if be found ? Thank you, Marcia Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:16:45 Dear Marcia...not absolutely

Re: [newbie] dual booting with win2k and linux

2000-09-15 Thread Greg Stewart
Can linux see an NTFS filesystem and the for NT of Linux? Regards, John If your kernel is compiled with NTFS read support, then 'yes'. If you go to recommpile your kernel you will see read and write options for NTFS. Slect the 'Read' option, but DO NOT (sorry for yelling) select the 'Write'

Re: [newbie] dual booting with win2k and linux

2000-09-15 Thread Larry Marshall
Not to be defending windows but it was most likly the way your anti-virus was configured that keep changing your boot record back to its orig. state. Good point Charles...Mr. Norton does has a way with things himself. I gave up running virus software all the time and went to scanning for

Re: [newbie] Bravooo Carol !Bravo Dennis!

2000-09-15 Thread Larry Marshall
Is this a mailing list for people who want to learn ? about linux? and to get help ? Is there a difference (Grin)? I guess if there is it would be some expectation that, as a help line, that it would work and/or that responses should be expected. If that's the distinction then it's a place

Re: [newbie] Solicitar información

2000-09-15 Thread L. H. LOO
Yes, There is nothing wrong to post a message asking help in that person's mother tongue. I have seen postings on the net in Chinese(GB2312), Chinese(Big5), Indonesian National Language, and Malaysian National Language and lastly in English. I myself read the first two Chinese and English,

Re: [newbie] Re: [newbie] Solicitar =?unknown?q?informaci=F3n?=

2000-09-15 Thread L. H. LOO
Ms Kohler, I salute you, you upheld the spirit of this list. Best Regards from a 63-year-old Chinaman At 14-09-2000 09:52 AM, you wrote: .

RE: [newbie] Zip drive

2000-09-15 Thread L. H. LOO
Linux Mandrake 7.1 also set up my zip drive 'auto'. I am surprised. My Zip 100 is "fond of awol" it disappears and appears of its own will, I do not know how to nail it down. Regards. At 14-09-2000 07:04 AM, you wrote: You may want to try 7.1. It set up my zip on my desktop without a single

Re: [newbie] Windows ME

2000-09-15 Thread Larry Marshall
I know that a lot of you hate the Microsoft bashing, but when the hell is the public going to wake up and realize that the joke is on us. Just as soon as Linux reaches a point where most of the questions asked here are unnecessary. Cheers --- Larry

Re: [newbie] Napster Broken

2000-09-15 Thread Adam
Well, I've noticed if you're trying to connect through any university/college networks most of them have it blocked out, so that could be a reason. It also could be that your firewall is blocking it, god knows why. Anything past that isn't clicking in right now, but I'm sure I can think of

RE: [newbie] Zip drive

2000-09-15 Thread hugh
Thats strange I havent had a problem yet, I wonder what would cause that to happen? On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: Linux Mandrake 7.1 also set up my zip drive 'auto'. I am surprised. My Zip 100 is "fond of awol" it disappears and appears of its own will, I do not know how to nail it

Re: [newbie] User can't login

2000-09-15 Thread Magicshooter1 P
Dear Fred, I am a new user too, perhaps we could keep in touch but i too a newbie, anyway i m luckier than you , at least i could run up almost everything , but just couldnt add user Kppp. which i am having some problem with . If you are able to help , next time email me . As for your

Re: [newbie] 386/387 coupling

2000-09-15 Thread Magicshooter1 P
Dear Mark, i m new linux user too i dont know why all mails came to me for i myself need alot of help from linux.com. Beware u could try themremember dont email to me for question. As i know so far, you better try linux mandrake ver7.1 , dont use those lower. bye now -

All the emails come to me (Was: Re: [newbie] 386/387 coupling)

2000-09-15 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
i m new linux user too i dont know why all mails came to me . All the emails come to everybody on the list. That's so everyone can see both the questions and the answers.

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread Magicshooter1 P
Hallo, infact i m a newbie too, but i myself got a lot of question to ask Linux mandrake dot com for help i dont know why all newbie questions came to me . anway , next time dont email me ..i m a nw bie .know nuts only. As for your problems., me too had

[newbie] Which CD-RW drive should I buy?

2000-09-15 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I wish to buy an internal CD-RW drive. I have a rather small budget, so I am looking at the low-end EIDE models. What is the best drive in this category, considering factors like Linux and Win2k compatibility (though I can do without Win2k if I need to), speed, reliability and overall

Re: [newbie] dual booting with win2k and linux

2000-09-15 Thread peter bunce
IBM boot manager will keep M$98 in its place, boot magic seems only to work with ms osesses it is ms, a few months ago an ms enthusiast completely messed up my system (removed my partitions) then to make amends re installed os2, 98 and linux using b magic two days later os2 would not boot, I had

Re: [newbie] Re: [newbie] Solicitar información

2000-09-15 Thread peter bunce
I can understand french german spanish and some dutch, but I cannot write much in them, mandrake is french, and supposed to be world class, so expect some other languages, which I for one welcome. is american realy english anyway? or just a sometimes charming variation. mind you I 'd like to

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Austin L. Denyer
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Trevor Reynolds wrote: I don't do it graphically. I use a perl script called multiseti.pl. Its parameters let me do all I need; -status to show what it is doing -connect to send the processed units and get new ones -work to run seti on the units And it can be

Re: [newbie] Spanish co.

2000-09-15 Thread patrick
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, you wrote: Greg Stewart wrote: I'm going to post something on-topic again one of these days, I am. :/ Kathleen Thank you. :-) --Greg *blink* Ouch. I thought I was joking...making a comment about the number of off-topic posts recently, but apparently I

Re: [newbie] Can't browsing to internet

2000-09-15 Thread Eduardo Arauz
if you can ping another site... another pc in the internet but you cant resolve names... your problem is mos likely the DNS in your netconf file... check out your DNS value (s) and try again El jue, 14 sep 2000, escribiste: Hi Greg, I'm very-very appreciate your help. Thanks. Here's

Re: [newbie] Spanish co.

2000-09-15 Thread Mark Weaver
Well said Denis...Well said. Mark Denis Havlik wrote: Hi Folks, I am really sorry to see such a flamethread over a guy who posted a question in spanish. So what? We are supposed to be a friendly bunch of linuxers, not a bunch of wicked old men who have nothing better to do than

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thurs. 9/15 Ozz wrote [snip] However, my main Internet connection is currently ADSL, with a USB modem that is NOT recognised by Linux. Therefore I have to log out of the ADSL account (currently hooked up to my Wife's Windoze machine, hence all my posts from Outlook Express) and

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Austin L. Denyer
If your Linux and Win machines are networked it is very easy to install and configure DCHP so that both machine can share your DSL conection. I also have a USB DSL modem and that is how I set-up my system. Unfortunately the machines are NOT networked. I wish they were. However, until

[newbie] Adding apps to desktop

2000-09-15 Thread Roger Sherman
First of all, thanks to everyone who helped me get Kppp rolling...and this is my first posting to the list from linux! :-) OK, the problem of the day is, I've downloaded and installed Pan, and want to add a shortcut to it either to the KDE desktop or the taskbar across the bottom (doesn't matter

[newbie] Menu Editor (Where?)

2000-09-15 Thread Deno
Menu Editor (Where?) (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2915075142) Steven Adcock writes "Hey, I don't know about the rest of you, but where is that fabulous menu editor, which should appear when you click on the "K" menus properties. I have the two install CD's and have

Re: [newbie] Need driver for unsupported soundcard?

2000-09-15 Thread Paul R
"olof.liungman" wrote: Since I'm new to the list this may be common knowledge, but here goes anyway... If you can't find a driver for your soundcard, in my case ESS Maestro-3 on a new Dell Inspiron laptop (Mandrake 7.0-2), check out OSS by 4Front Technologies (www.opensound.com). I

[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modem to work

2000-09-15 Thread Josh Shirey
Just loaded Mandrake 7.1 complete install on my pc at home and I am having trouble getting my Multi Tech PCI modem to work when trying to initate a dialup to my ISP. The modem say's that it's ready but when I try to connect it just says "initalizing modem" and never does anything. I

[newbie] login problem

2000-09-15 Thread Timothy S Hare
Hello, I cannot login anymore. I just upgraded a few packages. In particular I upgraded initscripts to something like 5.27-20mdk. and a few others that shouldn't effect anything (ie., rpm 3.0.5 rpm-devel, rpm-python). When I rebooted I found that after typing my name and password I was returned

Re: [newbie] Linux portable computers

2000-09-15 Thread Paul R
Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! I'm about to purchase a portable... will Linux work fine with it? What about the energy savings?? Thanks! P.D.: Do you recommend me any made/model?? -TFT, DVD...- -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395

Re: [newbie] DSL setup

2000-09-15 Thread Paul R
Glenn Johnson wrote: Yes. You need to type (as root), 'adsl-start' and you will see a few dots echoed, and then it will (should) say 'Connected!'. At that point you can surf the web, get your mail, etc... To disconnect you type 'adsl-stop'. I'm assuming you have a dynamic IP address? I

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modem to work

2000-09-15 Thread John Rye
Josh Shirey wrote: Just loaded Mandrake 7.1 complete install on my pc at home and I am having trouble getting my Multi Tech PCI modem to work when trying to initate a dialup to my ISP. The modem say's that it's ready but when I try to connect it just says "initalizing modem" and

[newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread George Brooks
Where can I find information on how to allow incoming connections to my Mandrake 7.1 box? I downloaded the software from the net so I do not have the documentation. If I can get this service to work, I will buy the software when version 7.2 is released. Is there any online documentation?

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread GAPrichard
Abe, The extra speed that comes as a result of overclocking IS noticable, but not a big change. A more significant question is: if a system is overclocked but stable, how long will it remain stable, and what will you go through before you find the culprit: how much trouble will it cause

Re: [newbie] Newbie:Lost partition table - grub - lmk7.1

2000-09-15 Thread GAPrichard
Alan, I just ran a win98 scandisk (thorough) and defrag with startup optimization (after running a backup, as I normally do before system level work). Wont98 boots operates fine, and Linux Mandrake (7.0 upgraded to 7.1 and with booting changed from LILO to GRUB for dual boot) also

Re: [newbie] Napster Broken

2000-09-15 Thread Joan Tur
Vic escribió: Now to the point I noticed that for some reason, Napster does not work. What program are you using? I was using gnapster 1.3.10 and the solution was to upgrade to a newer version. Hope this helps... ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ

[newbie] ippp0 error when restarting

2000-09-15 Thread Pungki
Hi.. Now I can connect to internet. I've tried using KMail, and browsing with Mozilla and everything is OK. But when I restart (or halt) my linux box, I see a message like this : 'Shutting down interface /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K90network line 4 2680 Initlog $Initlog_ARGS -0 $ *4[FAILED]' Then I

Re: [newbie] Linux portable computers

2000-09-15 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 15-Sep-00 10:53:40 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! I'm about to purchase a portable... will Linux work fine with it? What about the energy savings?? Thanks! P.D.: Do you recommend me any made/model?? -TFT,

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread John Rye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abe, The extra speed that comes as a result of overclocking IS noticable, but not a big change. A more significant question is: if a system is overclocked but stable, how long will it remain stable, and what will you go through before you find the culprit: how

Re: [newbie] Linux portable computers

2000-09-15 Thread Joan Tur
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Joan Tur wrote: I'm about to purchase a portable... will Linux work fine with it? What about the energy savings?? if you want to take a look at portable computers to get a good judge of what works, check out "elinux.com" Thanks! It will be useful!! ;-)

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Magicshooter1 P wrote: Hallo, infact i m a newbie too, but i myself got a lot of question to ask Linux mandrake dot com for help i dont know why all newbie questions came to me . anway , next time dont email me ..i m a nw bie .know nuts only.

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Mark Weaver
I'll take a look at the scripts from the site and see if I can decypher what's going on in them, then let you know. Mark "Austin L. Denyer" wrote: On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Trevor Reynolds wrote: I don't do it graphically. I use a perl script called multiseti.pl. Its parameters let me do

Re: [newbie] Adding apps to desktop

2000-09-15 Thread Roger Sherman
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: Roger Sherman wrote: First of all, thanks to everyone who helped me get Kppp rolling...and this is my first posting to the list from linux! :-) OK, the problem of the day is, I've downloaded and installed Pan, and want to add a shortcut to it either

[newbie] What's the different between /usr/bin and /usr/sbin

2000-09-15 Thread Mark Johnson
What's the different between /usr/bin and /usr/sbin? Sorry for the laziness but I just thought someone could jot down a quick explanation rather than tracking down a Linux document Also, when you down load an application to install where to you usually download it too and what if it

Re: [newbie] Napster Broken

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
Ok, I am not at a college, so that rules out that one, and I have uninstalled the firewall temporarily. I have my own T1 line. The mystery continues. Thanx for your input. Until next time, thanks again. :) On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: Well, I've noticed if you're trying to connect

Re: [newbie] Napster Broken

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
Oh boy. Well I can sure upgrade. When did the last version come out? On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: Vic escribió: Now to the point I noticed that for some reason, Napster does not work. What program are you using? I was using gnapster 1.3.10 and the solution was to upgrade to a

[newbie] warning no access to tty

2000-09-15 Thread Timothy S Hare
Hello, After failing to be able to login as I describe below from my previous message, I was able to login using csh instead of sh but I received the following error message: warning no access to tty (inappropriate ioctl for device) thus no job control in this shell I want to fix it so I can

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Austin L. Denyer
I'll take a look at the scripts from the site and see if I can decypher what's going on in them, then let you know. Mark Thanks - much appreciated. Regards, Ozz.

Re: [newbie] Napster Broken (OT)

2000-09-15 Thread Vic
Oi, I'm ecstatic to have my Napster back again, that Joan Tur person is the best. I was scared to death at first I thot napster was gone, as per the court thingy, I prayed "Oh dear lord don't let it happen now!" I have a lot of new CDs to buy now that I can use Napster, try before you buy thats

RE: [newbie] ipchains

2000-09-15 Thread Yacketta,Ronald J
would not a virtual nic work here? eth0:1, eth0:2 etc..?? =-Original Message- =From: Adrian Wildey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 4:01 PM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: [newbie] ipchains = = =Hi, = =I am currently seting up ipchains with masquerading

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2

2000-09-15 Thread Wilson
I downloaded and installed beta 1 and couldn't get it to boot past Partition Check. But beta 2 installed and is running fine. I don't have sound or printer but those didn't work in Mandrake 7.1 either. The sound card and printer are there in harddrake but I can't get either one to work. I

Re: [newbie] ippp0 error when restarting

2000-09-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Pungki wrote: Hi.. Now I can connect to internet. I've tried using KMail, and browsing with Mozilla and everything is OK. But when I restart (or halt) my linux box, I see a message like this : 'Shutting down interface /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K90network line 4 2680 Initlog

Re: [newbie] how to updating the kernel

2000-09-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Paul R wrote: No need to uninstall. If you can spare the few Kbytes, just leave it there. I have 6 kernels on the /boot partition, no problem. They're not in my way Paul what do they do there, can you or do you ever use them, and why could/would you? I am too lazy to

RE: [newbie] Star office loading

2000-09-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Abe wrote: I know what the drive is rated at. Its a 5400 rpm ATA66 (UDMA) 17.4 gig drive from Western Digital. I just assumed that telling linux to use harddrive optimizations would imply using the full capabilities of the drive. I'm going to try setting it to use a

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote: I don't do it graphically. I use a perl script called multiseti.pl. Its parameters let me do all I need; -status to show what it is doing -connect to send the processed units and get new ones -work to run seti on the units And it can be

[newbie] RPM destination

2000-09-15 Thread Robert \JTBob\ Holland
Hi, I was installing StarOffice 5.2 when it got to the point of not finding a Java environment. So I go to the Java site and download JRE 1.3 from Sun. It has a .rpm file and I run rpm to install the file. Ok, so I try the StarOffice installation again, but it still can't find the Java. I can

Re: [newbie] Adding apps to desktop

2000-09-15 Thread Roger Sherman
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Rob wrote: On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote: I've added applications to my desktop by right-clicking on the desktop itself and click on new - application.then type whatever application but leave the .kdelnk in. then click okay.

RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread Abe
Yes, the sentence "How much faster is it going to be at 800mhz or even 900mhz then it is now?" from my previous email was intended as sarcastic irony not a true question. I have experience with over clocked ram and cpu's. Like you I've learned that it is not worth it. If I need pc-150

RE: [newbie] Star office loading

2000-09-15 Thread Abe
great. thank you. Abe = Original Message From Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Abe wrote: I know what the drive is rated at. Its a 5400 rpm ATA66 (UDMA) 17.4 gig drive from Western Digital. I just assumed that telling linux to use harddrive optimizations would imply

Re: [newbie] RPM destination

2000-09-15 Thread Roger Sherman
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Robert \"JTBob\" Holland wrote: Hi, I was installing StarOffice 5.2 when it got to the point of not finding a Java environment. So I go to the Java site and download JRE 1.3 from Sun. It has a .rpm file and I run rpm to install the file. Ok, so I try the StarOffice

[newbie] 7.1 install funkiness

2000-09-15 Thread Don W. Jenkins
I saw another posting about a problem with 7.2 beta 1 not wanting to get past the partition check on the installation. Well, I had the same problem with the "stable" version of 7.1, for which I paid far too much money apparently. I go through the whole process of making my partitions on a

RE: [newbie] RPM destination

2000-09-15 Thread Abe
you are correct. = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Robert \"JTBob\" Holland wrote: Hi, I was installing StarOffice 5.2 when it got to the point of not finding a Java environment. So I go to the Java site and download JRE 1.3 from Sun. It has a .rpm

Re: [newbie] RPM destination

2000-09-15 Thread lselinger
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Robert \"JTBob\" Holland wrote: Hi, I was installing StarOffice 5.2 when it got to the point of not finding a Java environment. So I go to the Java site and download JRE 1.3 from Sun. It has a .rpm file and I run rpm to install the file. Ok, so I try the StarOffice

[newbie] RV: Screen Problem, please help!!!

2000-09-15 Thread carol
-Mensaje original- De: carol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: viernes, 15 de septiembre de 2000 12:28 Para: newbie Asunto: Screen Problem, please help!!! Hi everybody, I had my Linux working fine, only that I wanted to change the screen resolution to 800 x 600 (it was setup to

Re: Re(1): RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying to get modem to work

2000-09-15 Thread adam sheridan
i have a usb modular-tech modem and i cant get it to work all i get is modem busy. will i need a new modem? - Original Message - From: Rodrigo Villela LAB17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:10 PM Subject: Re(1): RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 / Trying

Re: [newbie] User can't login

2000-09-15 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:30:21 +0800, Magicshooter wrote: clip: As for your problem, you must go bookshope to buy related books with linux command which you had to go by the hard way to learn and read first. Linux is not a user friendly O.S...infact i had read and bought few books which cause

[newbie] Wordperfect 8

2000-09-15 Thread Paul
Hi all, I went and did it. I set up Wordperfect 8. Looks great!! But download.com fooled me!! It said that people with not a fast reliable line should get the 7 parts separately. I did so, and after more than an hour I could not install it, since it was not complete. So I downloaded it

Re: [newbie] OT video cards gaming OT

2000-09-15 Thread dwyatt
I haven't played UT in several weeks (been playing ole' Starcraft again), but before I quit I was in the top 100 CTF players worldwide according to ngWorldStats. I just bring that out to show that I'm not just some nobody who doesn't know what I'm talking about. I understand your want for

Re: [newbie] User can't login

2000-09-15 Thread Greg Stewart
Try logging in as root, and at a command prompt, type the following: msec 3 [enter] let the script to it's job, and this will reset your "paranoid" security configuration to approximately "medium" I found that using the DrakConf security settings was of no use. I actually had to use "msec 0"

Re: [newbie] Spanish co.

2000-09-15 Thread GAPrichard
The curious part of this deal is that here have been other non-English messages in the last couple of months. Why the stink this time? If any given message isn't applicable to you bypass it; leave it for those that want to help others. I have read several postings about people

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Austin L. Denyer
The script I use is something I downloaded at www.linuxapps. Just search for multiseti and it is bound to show up. If not, let me know and I will send it over to you. Ok, I went to www.linuxapps.com and could only find something called mseti - a tcl script. The other thing is, how the blazes

RE: [newbie] OT video cards gaming OT

2000-09-15 Thread Abe
I'm used to being in the minority. Doesn't bother me at all. Abe = Original Message From "dwyatt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I haven't played UT in several weeks (been playing ole' Starcraft again), but before I quit I was in the top 100 CTF players worldwide according to ngWorldStats. I

Re: [newbie] RPM destination

2000-09-15 Thread Patti Wavinak
Bring up Konsole -- type in "whereis java" (without the quotes) and it will tell you where it is. Mine is at /usr/bin/java Good luck, Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/15/00, 1:22:33 PM, "Robert \"JTBob\" Holland" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] RPM

Re: [newbie] Menu Editor (Where?)

2000-09-15 Thread Greg Stewart
What about the problems that MDK Auto-Menu was causing resetting the menu configurations? Has/will this be fixed? I was personally upset to see that I couldn't have my deafult Gnome menu, as I couldn't find anything. Could the Auto-Menu be an option, rather than installed by default? --Greg

Re: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread Greg Stewart
Exacltly what are you trying to do? Create an FTP Server? an HTTP Server? A Proxy/Firewall? There are innumerable configurations possible for this, and yes, depending on how you configure your machine you can serve a VPN connection with SLL.There are many packages available for SSL services.

Re: [newbie] ippp0 error when restarting

2000-09-15 Thread Greg Stewart
I thought you said the errors went away after you recompiled your kernel for ISDN module support? If not, you must have accidentally configured an ISDN modem somewhere in your system and need to remove that device configuration... The system is trying to find the ISDN modem it thinks you told it

Re: [newbie] Menu Editor (Where?)

2000-09-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: The menu editor is there, but not available graphically. Just type kmenuedit in xterm and it will bring it up. or type it as root and it will give you global menu options. You can then easily set up kmenuedit as an icon on your desktop by adding /usr/bin/kmenuedit to the

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-15 Thread Patti Wavinak
Ozz -- No need to hide your face :-) the first time I went into linuxapps it took me forever to figure it out. In the box that explains the application, etc look in the lower left corner...there is a little picture of a house with an N after it...click that on. It is a redirect to the

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread markOpoleO
Your not down with www.hardocp.com then eh? :) Overclocking is the best thing since sliced bread, when i got a 700mhz and O/ced to 840mhz it was awsome, tests showed it. :p markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Abe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15,

RE: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread George Brooks
Greg, I am trying to do two things. First and most importantly, I want to be able to dial into my server using a phone line. When I dial in, I want to be able to access the server and the windows machines on the network. If possible, I would like to access the Internet using NAT so that I can

Re: [newbie] Major window manager slowness and quirky netscape issues

2000-09-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Mark Johnson wrote: I'm using KDE. I forgot to mention that I'm using a Voodoo3500 video card. I'll check the BIOS stuff tonight... Hi Mark. Its off this threads subject, but does your 3500's TV tuner work? I tried an ATI Wonder TV-tuner that a friend loaned me and never could get it to

RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Thread Abe
its funny. The hardcore anti-overclocking people hate me because I don't care if people do it and defend the fact that they can do whatever they want with thie hardware. Meanwhile, the rabid overclockers talk shit about me because I don't feel the need to overclock. Why do I feel like I'm

[newbie] Remote Administration Confusion

2000-09-15 Thread Eric Mings
I have been trying to get a handle on how to remotely administer a linuxbox I would like to have colocated at my ISP. I have read howtos and minihowtos until my head is spinning. God what I wouldn't give for a simple Timbuktu like approach to this problem in linux. So far I have gotten ssh2

[newbie] oh where has my kde gone?

2000-09-15 Thread _lee _kinkade
I had kde working fine. I went to add another user and typed startx and then i got the blue screen and the generic window manager and then tried xinit and initx and so now I have that damn generic window manager for all my users. I want my kde back! Please help. It was months ago I set this

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