Re: [newbie] Registering my mandrake linux ..

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Hello all! > > I would like to register my mandrake-linux with the company, but they > require all sorts of personal info like street address, phone number etc. > If I omit these fields and click on the submit button, it comes back with > saying that these fields

Re: [newbie] Let me go!!!!

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > how do I get off this list? -- Go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com find the mailing list link and follow the instructions or you can go change your e-mail address, notify all your friends and family of the change, and your other list that you are on, and you

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I really am new to this and I can't seem to get Mandrake 6.0 uninstalled. > > I have it installed on a 4 gig drive. I have windows installed on another hard drive. > > What can I do? > > Thanks for any help. > > Brian T > -

Re: [Re: [newbie] mail-client software]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2036, you wrote: > Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jay, > > > > Where at Tucows is Mahogony? I was looking all over and couldn't find it. > > > > BTW...I like your new sig line. > > > > -- > > Mark > = > Hi Mark, > I think I found mahogony but using

Re: [Re: [newbie] mail-client software]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2036, you wrote: > Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jay, > > > > Where at Tucows is Mahogony? I was looking all over and couldn't find it. > > > > BTW...I like your new sig line. > > > > -- > > Mark > = > Hi Mark, > I think I found mahogony but using

Re: [newbie] Let me go!!!!

send a message with the word un s u b s c ri be in it, only you have to spell it correctly of course, to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had to spell it that way because otherwise the list server would have picked it up as a "no-no" word! :) -- Mark --

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

Roger Sherman wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've recently come back to Mandrake after trying several other distros. > > > I'm using 7.0 as I prefer the menu design over those in the newer > > > release. I've found that Sound Mix

[newbie] XFree86 version?

I have L-M release 7.1 and I think I understand that it came with XFree 86 3.3.6 and 4.0. How can I tell which version was intalled? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] printer help

I have the Deskjet 600 hooked-up to mandrake 7.02 I tried to print a website's CGI page contents'... and for some reason, the printer doesn't print out anything but symbolsand won't stopjust keeps printing and printing...etc...won't stop at all. How do I get it to stop...? I've tri

Re: [newbie] Can't browsing to internet

In Kppp, you shoul *only* need to specify "Dynamic IP Address". remove everything else. > Tab Gateway : 192.168.0.1 This is *only* for your internal network (your ethernet cards that connect linux and windows) *not* for an external interface. The gateway address will be assigned by the DHCP serv

[newbie] Let me go!!!!

how do I get off this list?

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

> Brian Taylor wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I really am new to this and I can't seem to get Mandrake 6.0 > uninstalled. > > I have it installed on a 4 gig drive. I have windows installed on > another hard drive. > > What can I do? > > Thanks for any help. > > Brian T Brian, There is no uninsta

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

Roger Sherman wrote: [snip] > > I use emacs so I would type > > emacs rc.local > > > > > > OK, tried that, but it said bash:emacs:command not found. Am I doing something > wrong, or do I not have emacs? [snip] Rogerif you have a copy of the emacs executable in your /usr/bin directory then em

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Roger Sherman wrote: > [snip] > > > I use emacs so I would type > > > emacs rc.local > > > > > > > > > > OK, tried that, but it said bash:emacs:command not found. Am I doing something > > wrong, or do I not have emacs? > [snip] > > Rogerif you have a copy of

Re: [Re: [newbie] mail-client software]

Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jay, > > Where at Tucows is Mahogony? I was looking all over and couldn't find it. > > BTW...I like your new sig line. > > -- > Mark = Hi Mark, I think I found mahogony but using google. In fact, the address MAY have been www.mahogo

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > open the file with a text editor. If your in a gui right click and choose "Open >With.." and choose the text editor of your choice. If you are at the command prompt, >navigate to the directory the file is in and type > rc.local > > I use emacs so I would typ

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

Brian Taylor wrote: [root] > I'm really green, how do I do that ? > > I don't know where the root is. [snip] Brianthen before we go on let me ask why you want to uninstall/remove Mandrake 6.0? Otherwise, what is it you want to do with that 4 gig of hd space? Alan

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

What is it that you're trying to do to uninstall Mandrake 6.0? There really isn't anything to do persay except the format the partitions that 6.0 is already occupying and then do what ever you want to do with that space. If you intend to install a newer version of Mandrake in that space, then as I

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

Yes...I would definately disable supermount and then to make the boot disk just use the utility that comes with Mandrake. If you open Drakeconf you'll find it right there on the menu. It's called Drakeboot. -- Mark ** =/\=

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

Thanks Alan, I'm really green, how do I do that ? I don't know where the root is. Brian T - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0 > > Brian Taylor wr

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

> Brian Taylor wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I really am new to this and I can't seem to get Mandrake 6.0 > uninstalled. > > I have it installed on a 4 gig drive. I have windows > installed on another hard drive. > > What can I do? > > Thanks for any help. > > Brian T Brianuse fdisk as root

Re: [newbie] Thanks for the help for the KDE problemo

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear All, Where would the kderc. file be? > > I had alot of problems getting my Xscreen down to size. I went back into > xconfigurator,made some changes and it is almost down to normal size but not > quite. Does anyone know what else I can do to get it to normal? >

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've recently come back to Mandrake after trying several other distros. > > I'm using 7.0 as I prefer the menu design over those in the newer > > release. I've found that Sound Mixer (in KDE) settings are reset bac

[newbie] Uninstall Mandrake 6.0

Hi folks,   I really am new to this and I can't seem to get Mandrake 6.0 uninstalled.   I have it installed on a 4 gig drive. I have windows installed on another hard drive.   What can I do?   Thanks for any help.   Brian T

Re: [newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've recently come back to Mandrake after trying several other distros. > I'm using 7.0 as I prefer the menu design over those in the newer > release. I've found that Sound Mixer (in KDE) settings are reset back to > default when I reboot the machine

Re: [newbie] Cannot enter in SSL web page ?

Joan Tur wrote: > > Hallo!! Forget the following message! It's working since i've upgraded > from NS 4.73 to 4.75 -but i don't know why!?- ;-) > > Joan Tur escribió: > > > Hallo! > > > > When i try to get into a SSL secure web page i get a message: > > > > There's an error with the security

Re: [newbie] Installing SSH

I did install the OpenSSL packages. It's still a problem. I get the following message: error: failed dependencies: rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 is needed by openssh-2.1.1p3-2mdk Any other ideas? Thanks, Philip >Philip Trauring wrote: > >> I've been trying to install SS

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

Hi.. Im' trying to make a bootdisk. But when I try mkbootdisk --device/dev/fd0 2.2.15-4mdk, I get an error message : mount : /dev/fd0 already mounted on /tmp/mkbootdisk busy. Then I try to umount fd0 (umount -f /dev/fd0), and I get an error message like this : umount2 : Device or resource bu

Re: [newbie] Dam - I stuffed it again - SOLVED

Awesome...John. I'm glad I could help. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496 ---

Re: [newbie] Athlon thunderbird & ka7-100

As any overclocker will tell you, results vary. I am overclocking a PIII-500e to 750MHz. I have zero stability problems. It was no extra work to reach this level of overclocking. I am using a stock Intel HSF. All I had to do was set my front side bus to 150MHz, and BAM, my 225 dollar (at the

[newbie] Another problem with Zip drive

Hi This is the my first email in this mailing list. I just tried to configure my Zip drive (100 MB) When I typed "modprobe ppa" ( i knew this command from Linux mandrake 7.0 installation guide) at the console prompt I got the following message: "Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than /lib/

Re: [newbie] Cannot enter in SSL web page ?

Hallo!! Forget the following message! It's working since i've upgraded from NS 4.73 to 4.75 -but i don't know why!?- ;-) Joan Tur escribió: > Hallo! > > When i try to get into a SSL secure web page i get a message: > > There's an error with the security bibliotheque. You probably won't be >

Re: [newbie] Dam - I stuffed it again - SOLVED

John Rye wrote: > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > John, > > > > What were you working on just before these errors started popping up? > > > > -- > > Mark > > > > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > > ** <_|

Re: [newbie] xfree86

Go to init3, make sure there is not an X running, use rpm -Uvh foo.i586.mdk.rpm If the packages won't go you may have to use the --nodeps flag and possibly even it and the --force flag. It would look like this: rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps foo.i586.mdk.rpm I've used the binaries from xfree86 m

[newbie] Sound Mixer settings lost a reboot

I've recently come back to Mandrake after trying several other distros. I'm using 7.0 as I prefer the menu design over those in the newer release. I've found that Sound Mixer (in KDE) settings are reset back to default when I reboot the machine which is just a tad annoying. When merely restarting

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

Dennis Myers wrote: > I have a puzzle to solve. Whenever I shut down the computer and then > later reboot, the lists show "swap not configured". I have to go to > diskdrake and format and mount the swap partition. Also the home page in > Navigator doesnt hold and I can't find where it points to o

Re: [newbie] Installing SSH

Philip Trauring wrote: > I've been trying to install SSH will little success. I downloaded the > files from one of Mandrake's mirror sites and tried to install the > RPM, but when I try to do so I get an error message saying the the > openssh RPM has a dependency called rpmlib. I don't know what

Re: [newbie] xfree86

[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > there are RPMs for 4.0.1 in the mandrake cooker list too. It is a silly question, but... what i have to do is just install those rpms? All of them (XFree86, -xvfb, -server, ...)? 8-? Thanks. -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 1140

Re: [newbie] scheda sonora (plus translation)

Ciao Iacopo. Non posso aiutarlo con il vostro problema tecnico, ma ho tradotto il vostro alberino in inglese in moda da potere capire il resto della lista il vostro problema. Scusare mi Italiano - Io lavore in Italia per solo dieci meze - Io parlo solo un poco Italiano... To the rest of you guy

Re: [newbie] Thanks for the help for the KDE problemo

Dear All, Where would the kderc. file be? I had alot of problems getting my Xscreen down to size. I went back into xconfigurator,made some changes and it is almost down to normal size but not quite. Does anyone know what else I can do to get it to normal? Plus, My graphic login page does not c

[newbie] Cannot enter in SSL web page ?

Hallo! When i try to get into a SSL secure web page i get a message: There's an error with the security bibliotheque. You probably won't be able to connect this site in a secure way. And i cannot go further. It doesn't enter that page. I'm using NS 4.73 and i've got openssl-0.9.5a-3mdk insta

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

there's the major flaw in the "Napster is like a library" arguement. Libraries aren't corporate ventures trying to make a profit. > Original Message --- > From: Mike & Tracy Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:00:00 -0700 > > I don't know about England, b

[newbie] Installing SSH

I've been trying to install SSH will little success. I downloaded the files from one of Mandrake's mirror sites and tried to install the RPM, but when I try to do so I get an error message saying the the openssh RPM has a dependency called rpmlib. I don't know what rpmlib is nor how to find it

Reverse engineering (was Re: [newbie] Athlon thunderbird & ka7-100)

> IBM was trying to do something similar, but Phoenix reverse engineered > (first successful (in court) reverse engineering ever?) the motherboard > BIOS chip. > That act began a chain of events that resulted in PCs as we know them. > Have any of you wondered about the "reverse engineering" claus

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

I don't know about England, but in Washington state, taxpayers fund the library system. Also, people donate books, etc to the library. It's not a commercial venture. Mike >Well, the music industry being what it is, and this may vary from country >to country, I can almost guarentee you that *so

Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem

Ok here what i tryed, i noticed that it only goes up to ttyS0-ttyS3 in Mandrake 7.1..BUT my modem is on COM 5 in windows..which would be ttyS4 right? I tryed changing it in windows but it still goes back to com 5. I also tryed doing the instructions with modem that says: #./MAKEDEV ttyS4 ,it doe

Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem

Odd! well then the thing to do is check devices and see if the modem is listed and what ttys? it is on. Except at the moment I can't remember where to go. A little help here. What is the best way to check /dev/modem even if it is not working? Dennis Charles A Edwards wrote: > > I do not want to

Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem

I do not want to argue with anyone but I have an Actiontec PCI modem. It is on Com 5 in both Windows and BeOS but in linux (any distro) IT IS ttyS3. Charles - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:06 P

Re: [newbie] Mail Server Problem - Very strange

Carolina Kohler, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > it's me again, it seems as if I must have a new problem every day. > Today it's something really strange. I have 2 mail (pop3) accounts on the same > mail server - The one I normally use doesn't work, it always says WRONG > PASSWORD, when I try to

Re: [newbie] scheda sonora

Now, please don't get overexcited, and tell the guy that there is an italian mandrake newbie list "newbie-it". I don't speak italian myself... cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlik Mandr

Re: [newbie] Athlon thunderbird & ka7-100

Newbies, I want to clarify a couple of points, given all of the discussions since my posting: having done modest overclocking (15%) I found it to be more trouble than it was worth overall (that is, the overclocking wasn't worth the time and effort spent solving instability problems a year a

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

Dennis, Not sure about the first one. Going to have to think about that one for a bit, but the second is easy. The file that controls what Netscape does is the preferences.js file that is located in the .netscape dir in your home directory. -- Mark --

Re: [newbie] Network StarOffice Install

> > 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 > ne

[newbie] XFree86 - 4.0.1 - Cannot open "fixed"

XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)Release Date: 1 July 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)O

[newbie] Mail Server Problem - Very strange

Hi, it's me again, it seems as if I must have a new problem every day. Today it's something really strange. I have 2 mail (pop3) accounts on the same mail server - The one I normally use doesn't work, it always says WRONG PASSWORD, when I try to receive any mail (though it's OK for sending - SMTP

[newbie] FW: Printer + mail problems ....

> > Hello World! > > I am the newest newbie in this list. Thanks to the archives of this list, I finally figured out how to connect to my ISP (Earthlink). This after 3 years of struggling with various (Red-Hatx.y, Corel) linux versions and reading several books!! > > Now I need to progress to

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

:) spelling never was my strong suit. No wonder I couldn't find it. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Register

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: >Jay, > >Where at Tucows is Mahogony? I was looking all over and couldn't find it. It is Mahogany, not Mahogony... Paul -- When is wisdom forfeited? Wisdom is lost in toxic words spread by poison-mongers, in unthinking words spread by empty headed non th

Re: [newbie] activating soundblaster

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Don W. Jenkins wrote: As root, run 'sndconfig' Paul >Does anyone recall how one turns on a plug-n-play Soundblaster 16 soundcard? I >know this came up before on the list, and I was able to turn it on then, but I >have had to reinstall, and I've forgotten the procedure. It

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

Anthony wrote: > > 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. > > > > -- > > Roma

Re: [newbie] ttyS5 modem problem

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, markOpoleO wrote: COM1 is TTY0, so COM5 should be TTY4. Paul >I got MD7.1 installed and was trying to install my Zoom PCI (NON-winmodem) >card, it came with instructions on how to set it up in linux, so i followed >them BUT there are only 4 serail ports on linux and my mode

[newbie] memory and graphics problems

i have mandrake 7.0 and i have 160mb of ram and a riva tnt2 m64 graphics card: Now, can anyone tell me how to get my system to notice i have 160 mb of ram 1. i installed it with linux4win so i dont think there is a lilo.conf file i haven't found it yet! 2. i cant upgrade my version of xfree86 to x

[newbie] open local file with netscape

Hi If I'm offline, and I want to open a local file with netscape, I always get an error message (ex : file on /home/pungki/myhtml.html) : Netscape is unable to locate the server keyword www.netscape.com Please check the server and try again. But if I open doc file (/usr/doc/...), I get no

[newbie] Mail Password Problem

Hi, again I have a problem: In Kmail I can't receive mail, I haven't changed the settings at all and now it says INCORRECT PASSWORD, I've checked it many times and it's ok, so what's happening??? Does anyone know what it could be? Ah! the same thing happens in W98/Outlook, so I guess it's not MY p

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

Pungki I really like Pronto (http://www.muhri.net/pronto). Nice perl client that supports multiple pop/local accounts, using the GTK widget set. Nice installer as well - if you already have perl installed, run the ProntoInstaller.pl script on the download page and it installs the additional packa

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/CNET/cnet_aol000530.html > http://www.canada.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1980986.html > http://www.zdnet.de/news/artikel/2000/05/30020-wc.html > > unfortunately the sites that used to have the files have taken them down, I > s

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

Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something just occured to me as I reading through this post again. > (no... I know what you're thinking and that's not it...I was cleaning up > my mail and this happened to catch my attention.) Anyway, at the moment > I'm running SETI@home, which is very r

[newbie] Modem and Conection Problems SOLVED

Hi everybody, Last week I said I would explain how I solved my modem and conection problems in case it could help someone, as I've seen there's so many people with this tipe of problems. Well, I don't know "exactly" what my problems where, but I guess something to do with IRQ, ports, modem, etc.

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Roger Sherman wrote: >> Pine, Mutt, Mahogany, Balsa, to name a few... > >Does anyone think highly of any particular email client? Lowly? And why? I know >in the week I've been online with Linux, Kmail has been driving me nuts...it >freezes up good about once a day... I have

[newbie] Dam - I stuffed it again

I not sure how (or when) I did but I've lost the content of /etc/sysconfig/network, and I think it's responsible for these bootup/shutdown errors showing in /var/log/netconf.log: Executing some Sysv init scripts Executing: /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S50inet restart * /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S50inet: [

[newbie] scheda sonora

salve a tutti sono solo pochi giorni che mi sono affacciato al mondo linux e dopo aver installato linux mandrake 7.1 mi sono accorto che la mia scheda audio una Sound Blaster live! non funzionava! viene rilevata giustamente da Harddrake ma mi da un errore se provo a fare il test del tipo: >/

Re: [newbie] mail-client software

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Hi everybody > Is there any mail-client software besides Messenger or KMail ? > Thanks. > > -Pungki -- Mahogany is a good one. Do a search on http://www.tucows.com. Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/CNET/cnet_aol000530.html http://www.canada.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1980986.html http://www.zdnet.de/news/artikel/2000/05/30020-wc.html unfortunately the sites that used to have the files have taken them down, I suppose for legal reasons, they were unable t

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

In a message dated 17-Sep-00 02:04:28 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > > The client is definitely called Gamera, though last I heard it hadn't even reached Alpha stage. You may be able to find it through one of these addresses:- www.observers.net, www.inside-aol.com,