Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

2000-09-16 Thread Roger Pithers
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > In a message dated 16-Sep-00 08:52:10 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > << The AOL Client for linux is called Gamera, it's not released in America > yet, > though it's been seen before around here because from what I understand an > emplo

Re: [newbie] Testing new versions of kernels with a floppy

2000-09-16 Thread Anthony
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 the_linux_kernel_version I think that should work. > Hi everybody, > > It's been a while. Does any one know the exact files or instructions for > testing new kernels by copying them to a floppy? I'm using mdk7.1b. > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 --

Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up

2000-09-16 Thread Don W. Jenkins
markOpoleO wrote: > > Ok i got a second hardrive for linux, had 7.0 installed on it but some > reason is said Kernel was corrupt, so i get 7.1 in mail and when i try to > boot up from CD it just goes to LILO and not the CD, how the heck do I > format my linux drive so i can do fresh install on 7.

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

2000-09-16 Thread Don W. Jenkins
Paul wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, pungki wrote: > > >Hi everybody > >Is there any mail-client software besides Messenger or KMail ? > >Thanks. > > Pine, Mutt, Mahogany, Balsa, to name a few... > > Paul > > -- > "I think there is a world market for about five computers." > (Thomas Watso

Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up

2000-09-16 Thread markOpoleO
im a idiot, i figured it out, i have no idea why i was trying to boot from hd and not the CDROM. hehe markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up >

[newbie] Samba master domain

2000-09-16 Thread pungki
Hi I've cretead s network at my home between linux and windoze. Then I activate the options Master Domain through Linuxconf. ( (Networking -> Samba FIle Server -> defaults). Even I don't know what Master domain is.) And I made it enable at startup. Then I got error like this : [2000 /09/ 16 2

Re: [newbie] i cant get netscape to work

2000-09-16 Thread Paul Payne
Is your DNS info set to the numbers given by your ISP?  Paul - Original Message - From: adam sheridan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 7:03 AM Subject: [newbie] i cant get netscape to work everytime i try to go somewhere on my netsc

Re: [newbie] Security for Single Client

2000-09-16 Thread Dennis Myers
No Problem, glad I could help. You might also want to run the free test on " http://hackerwhacker.com/ ". It does a more thorough scan of your machine. I have done mine and it looks like pmfirewall is a great success! The first time is free and I guess you can sign up for other services. Anyway,

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2000-09-16 Thread Philip Muchiri
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Re: [newbie] Security for Single Client

2000-09-16 Thread Barry Premeaux
Sorry to take so long in getting back to you. I finally had time to run the install last night and it went well. I tested it at grc.com and it came out well. A check on ports reminded me to comment out telnet. Portsentry is next. Again, thank you for the help. Barry :-) "Myers, Dennis R NWO

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

2000-09-16 Thread George Brooks
Thanks for the quick replies!! The IP addresses are on a x.240 subnet and the pipeline is set to pass all traffic at this point. The reason that I would like to force an Internet connection is so that I can then access my network from the Internet. I do not want to do this all the time, but dep

[newbie] Stuck getting Mutt to run on cable

2000-09-16 Thread Romanator
Has any one got Mutt to work on their cable modem? Please let me know how it's done? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

2000-09-16 Thread Romanator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 16-Sep-00 08:52:10 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > << The AOL Client for linux is called Gamera, it's not released in America > yet, > though it's been seen before around here because from what I understand an > employee wh

Re: [newbie] dual booting with win2k and linux

2000-09-16 Thread Romanator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 16-Sep-00 09:29:12 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > << Sorry to butt in...I wonder what kernel 4.0.xx.rpm will be like? I think by > then we will have moved to Linux 100% and be able to safely import our > documents from Mac

Re: [newbie] xfree86

2000-09-16 Thread abramo
there are RPMs for 4.0.1 in the mandrake cooker list too. > Original Message --- > From: pungki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 06:44:13 +0700 > > http://www.xfree86.org > > -Pungki > > On Min, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > does anyone know where i can get xf

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

2000-09-16 Thread pungki
:-) That's why I ask another mail-client software. KMail looks too heavy on my system. -Pungki On Min, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Paul wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, pungki wrote: > > > > >Hi everybody > > >Is there any mail-client software besides Messenger or KMail ?

Re: [newbie] xfree86

2000-09-16 Thread pungki
http://www.xfree86.org -Pungki On Min, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > does anyone know where i can get xfree86-4.0.1 or later (hopefully in rpm form) > ADAM.

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

2000-09-16 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 16-Sep-00 08:52:10 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << The AOL Client for linux is called Gamera, it's not released in America yet, though it's been seen before around here because from what I understand an employee who was testing it had posted it around th

Re: [newbie] dual booting with win2k and linux

2000-09-16 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 16-Sep-00 09:29:12 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Sorry to butt in...I wonder what kernel 4.0.xx.rpm will be like? I think by then we will have moved to Linux 100% and be able to safely import our documents from Mac and/or Windows without a hitch. Many c

[newbie] Diamond Monster Sound MX-80

2000-09-16 Thread dwyatt
Anybody had any success w/ getting this to work in 7.1?     TIA       dwyatt

[newbie] [Fwd: Remote Printing Problem]

2000-09-16 Thread Jeffrey Morse
I am having difficulty getting remote printing to work, I have a very good "Red Hat-Installation and Configuration" handbook and have followed the instuctions completely. But I get the error message 'print job has been qued' but cannot start dameon, connection refused, then it crashes my edito

[newbie] stat-ed

2000-09-16 Thread Barry Winch
Hi, I am was running fine Mandrake 7.0 kernel 2.2.14-15mdk on a i586. I am using SAMBA to provide access between Linux and a couple of windows machines. One of the windows machines (98SE), has a habit of committing suicide at regular intervals (Thanks Micro$oft). After I have resuscitated the wind

Re: [newbie] Network StarOffice Install

2000-09-16 Thread abramo
as far as I know the /net switch only works for staroffice 5.1. 5.2 has a completely different installation scheme. Abe > Original Message --- > From: Rick Bonczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:58:04 -0400 > > > When I downloaded the StarOffice 5.2 fr

[newbie] Network StarOffice Install

2000-09-16 Thread Rick Bonczek
When I downloaded the StarOffice 5.2 from Sun, the download was named "so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin". When I executed this, the installation was a local installation. I have several users of the workstation. The StarOffice instructions were to run "Setup /net" from the CD-Rom for a network insta

Re: [newbie] 2nd hardrive follow up

2000-09-16 Thread Dennis Myers
Do you have the Bios set to read CDROM, C, SCSI? It sounds like you are still booting from the main Hard drive. If you don't know how to get in bios just hold down the delete key when the computer is first booting up like when it is reading ram, primary master, secondary master etc. Some motherboa

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

2000-09-16 Thread Roger Sherman
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Paul wrote: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, pungki wrote: > > >Hi everybody > >Is there any mail-client software besides Messenger or KMail ? > >Thanks. > > Pine, Mutt, Mahogany, Balsa, to name a few... > > Paul Does anyone think highly of any particular email client? Lowly? A

Re: [newbie] Yamaha DS-XG

2000-09-16 Thread Paul
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Theborian wrote: > > http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/yamaha_alsa.html > >The above page has instructions on how to get a Yamaha DS-XG working in >Linux, but the directions have ALSA as a tarball: > >What do you do if ALSA comes as an RPM with your distribution a

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

2000-09-16 Thread Paul
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, pungki wrote: >Hi everybody >Is there any mail-client software besides Messenger or KMail ? >Thanks. Pine, Mutt, Mahogany, Balsa, to name a few... Paul -- "I think there is a world market for about five computers." (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM 1943) http://nlpagan

[newbie] xfree86

2000-09-16 Thread adam sheridan
does anyone know where i can get xfree86-4.0.1 or later (hopefully in rpm form) ADAM.

[newbie] Testing new versions of kernels with a floppy

2000-09-16 Thread Romanator
Hi everybody, It's been a while. Does any one know the exact files or instructions for testing new kernels by copying them to a floppy? I'm using mdk7.1b. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293

[newbie] Yamaha DS-XG

2000-09-16 Thread Theborian
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/yamaha_alsa.html The above page has instructions on how to get a Yamaha DS-XG working in Linux, but the directions have ALSA as a tarball: What do you do if ALSA comes as an RPM with your distribution and not as a tar? Does it matter? __

Re: [newbie] i cant get netscape to work

2000-09-16 Thread adam sheridan
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, adam sheridan wrote: > > >everytime i try to go somewhere on my netscape navigator it tells me that the host >name is not there and i cant get it to go to any address, even if the modem is >connected an isp. > >adam > > Make sure that /etc

Re: [newbie] Network Card Address

2000-09-16 Thread Eugene C. Zesch
Larry Marshall wrote: > > Can anyone tell me a command, or config tool that will enable me to find the > > address of my network card? (XX-XX-XX-XX-XX) Thank you. > > I believe you'll find that "cat /proc/pci" will yield up what you > want. > > Cheers --- Larry I don't think that will work with

Re: [newbie] RV: Screen Problem, SOLVED!!!!!! YEAAAAAAHHH!!!!

2000-09-16 Thread Carolina Kohler
Hi everybody, First of all thank you very much to all of you who tried to help me. After spending so many hours trying to type something between the screen flashes with no luck and almost getting crazy, I can't believe the solution was SO EASY: I JUST HAD TO TIPE LINUX 3 AT THE LILO PROMPT !!!

Re: [newbie] Spanish & co.

2000-09-16 Thread Mark Weaver
Good point Peter! :) -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: [OT] [newbie] Napster Server IP Address Wanted

2000-09-16 Thread Mark Weaver
Well, the music industry being what it is, and this may vary from country to country, I can almost guarentee you that *someone* is paying for that library to just "loan" that CD out on a regular basis. Who funds the public library system in England? -- Mark --

Re: [newbie] Is there a 'Nix command for...

2000-09-16 Thread Paul
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, flupke wrote: > for i in *[A-Z]* ; do mv $i `echo $i |tr "A-Z" "a-z"` ; done This helped me get my "for if grep" problem soved! Yay! Thanks!! Paul -- "I think there is a world market for about five computers." (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM 1943) http://nlpagan.net - I

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

2000-09-16 Thread Paul
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, carol wrote: >Just one more question: >How do you get into single user mode??? On the lilo prompt type linux single (You can do this also from the Grub prompt) Paul -- "I think there is a world market for about five computers." (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM 1943) htt

[newbie] Video Card Installation prob's

2000-09-16 Thread IssxePunK
When I try to install my Video Card for Linux using Xconfigurator i get errors like " There was an error detecting the video ram on your card. You should try configuring the video card manually " and i try to do that then i get " There is a problem with your Xconfiguration. You may go bac

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

2000-09-16 Thread Mark Weaver
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: > > Linux is fast with 128 megs. It is much faster with > 256 and when you put 384 in it really starts to cook. > I imagine that a 'hammer with a gig of ram would > pretty much do everything right as the thought to do > it first crossed your mind. > > Imagine a world

Re: [Re: [newbie] Linux & portable computers]

2000-09-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
Robert Wertzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, Tuxtops has a line of laptops pre-loaded and configured with Linux > (Redhat 6.2, if memory serves). They have a variety of models and > options, all the way up to one with a 30GB hard drive (Too much $ for my > budget, but a guy can drool can't

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

2000-09-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I received an email a while back about them getting a port for AOL on Linux, > then there was a whole bunch of hype over it, but now nothing. Im still > looking out for this, if anyone knows any info on it and could tell me id > really appriciate it. > > ~Lance =

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

2000-09-16 Thread Greg Stewart
> How do you get into single user mode??? At lilo prompt type: linux single Almost too easy? --Greg - Original Message - From: "carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Greg and Mwinold (I dont know your name, sorry), > Thank you for your help, I'll try all what you've said and I'll let you kn

Re: [newbie] Installation Problem: No valid device for filesystems?

2000-09-16 Thread Dan LaBine
Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure that the ATA 100 controller is not supported by Linux yet. I know for a fact that there are significant similarities betwwen ATA66 and SCSI controllers ( afriend of mine regularly modifies ATA66 cards to use them as SCSI cards ), so I imagine that those

Re: [newbie] Installation Problem: No valid device for filesystems?

2000-09-16 Thread Goldenpi
Ultra ATA 100 Controller for Windows-there is a possible problem. You know the problem with winmodems, that label 'for windows' doesn't look good. Still, I never heard of a wincontroler before. That scsi-ide thing is probably just a bad setup, and shouldn't effect linux is any way. - Origi

Re: [newbie] Spanish & co.

2000-09-16 Thread peter bunce
I agree with all this, Spanish and english are after all dialects of latin separated by 2000years peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 mess

[newbie] Sendmail+Perl

2000-09-16 Thread Antti Linno
Hallo. I have a problem related to Mail::Sender, perl and sendmail. I have Mandrake 7.1 , and I installed sendmail from rpm-s. Now at the startup sendmail is ran, and is accepting connections. BUT, when I want to send a mail thru script, it does nothing. So could anybody instruct me how to set up

[newbie] Installation Problem: No valid device for filesystems?

2000-09-16 Thread Brian Rourke
Hello. Sorry to trouble you all, but I've been having a terrible time trying to install Linux 7.0 Complete on a new Gateway 750 Pentium III system. First I'll list the details about my system: Processor and Motherboard: Intel Pentium III, 800 MHz

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

2000-09-16 Thread carol
Hi Greg and Mwinold (I dont know your name, sorry), Thank you for your help, I'll try all what you've said and I'll let you know if it works. I hope I can do all that, the typing is really difficult, I have to type letter by letter taking care of when I have to type it or if not it doesn't work, t

Re: [newbie] Zip drive

2000-09-16 Thread L. H. LOO
Thank you for the info. Regards. At 16-09-2000 02:11 AM, you wrote: >OK, here I am again with the zip thing. Take a look at " >http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html ". See if >the directories and files that are in the instructions are there. If not >go ahead and do what the

Re: [newbie] RE: seti

2000-09-16 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Patti Wavinak wrote: >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...c