[newbie-it] Corel e fonts di X windows

2000-09-23 Thread cosscara
Salve a tutti, per la seconda volta vittima di Corel, chiedo il vostro aiuto. Installando Wordperfect 8, alla domanda "aggiorno il file magik?" ho inopinatamente risposto di si. Al Riavvio X windows non partiva perchè non trovava i fonts. La stessa cosa mi è successa installando Corel Paint 9

[newbie-it] Mandrake update

2000-09-23 Thread Daniele Morabito
Qualcuno ha già utilizzato l'Update di Mandrake 7.1? Funziona? Io non capisco perchè sciegliendo un singolo pacchetto debba selezionare automaticamente tutte le dipendenze; avviato poi il downloading non viene monitorato "l'avanzamento lavori", per cui non capisco quando l'operazione vada a buon

[newbie-it] Di nuovo io col modem!

2000-09-23 Thread Ciro
Ciao gente spero di non infastidirvi piu' di tanto; sono Ciro il tipo col modem 33.6, ho seguito i vostri consigli e ora il modem risponde, fa il numero si collega con l' altro modem, negozia la velocita' e poi piu' niente e dopo un po' si sconnette. Posso dirvi che visualizzando la finestra

[newbie-it] Configurazione modem isdn esterno.

2000-09-23 Thread Vincenzo Forciniti
Salve a tutti, vorrei poter configurare il mio modem su una mandrake 7.1 ... Il modem e' un Asuscom IsdnLink 128-ST, esterno installato su COM1 (o ttyS0 che dir si voglia),mi si verifica il seguente problema: Riesco a connettermi al provider, e prima di poter effettuare il login mi muore il

Re: [newbie] Trinux

2000-09-23 Thread dwyatt
qnx is the OS on the Netpliance I-opener dwyatt - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trinux www.qnx.com did the same thing along time ago its not that new qnx fits on a 3.5 floppy it has a

[newbie] Remote Install

2000-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Morse
Greetings, I'm curious if anyone knows how to do a remote install to a workstation from a server. I have several workstations that do not have cd-rom drives only a 3.5 floppy drive. As always thanks for your help. Jeff begin:vcard n:; x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;; version:2.1

Re: [newbie] Novice Help

2000-09-23 Thread Jay
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, you wrote: I have an older system with a k6200 mz AMD processor 49meg of ram with a 6.5meg hard drive. I am using Windows 95 so the hardrive is partitioned into three 2.1 meg drives. The problem is that the boot drive C does not have enough room for both windows,

Re: [[newbie] Aol and Linux]

2000-09-23 Thread Jay
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote: In a message dated 22-Sep-00 19:35:52 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The connection may say 50,333 or something like that, but I dare you to compare the true speed to a real ISP ok here is something i bet you didnt know aol will

[newbie] fetchmail + wheelmouse

2000-09-23 Thread Andrew W Rounds
I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 and am having a few teething problems which I hope someone can give me guidance on. 1. Fetchmail I have setup fetchmail (via fetchmailconf) and it all works ok. However, when I put a symbolic link to fetchmail in my KDE autostart folder, it doesn't seem to

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Larry Marshall wrote: I have 2 machines here, a PentiumII/400 handbuilt, and a P-II/350 pre-built. Mandrake 7.1 runs fine on both of them. I think it is more a matter of having more or less well supported hardware than where the system comes from. I agree about the

RE: [newbie] Trying to do a rpm -Uvh

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Philomena wrote: I realised that :-) you should be seeing a second mail from me soon saying I should have been more specific in my reply - I'm not at my linux machine so I can't check this out myself - I've never seen "dbrebuild" as an rpm command - only "rebuilddb" -

Re: [newbie] Novice Help

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, kubacki wrote: Questions are: 1. What are my alternatives? Load Linux on another disk, allow it to install LILO or GRUB on the MBR and you can run Linux and Win by selecting your choice at boot. 2. Can I load Linux on a non-boot drive and

[newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Fabian Jennings wrote: prepared to try it if there's no other way. Also, I'd try KOffice if I knew where to locate it, and felt I had any chance of making a successful install. I think you should be able to locate KOffice through Google.com, or otherwise from www.kde.org a

RE: [newbie] Trying to do a rpm -Uvh

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Josh Shirey wrote: Do you think doing that will convert the database to db3? joshs Yes, I think so. I have no proof or wise men nodding here that it will be so, since I have not tried it. So, it is my thoughts against your doubts... Paul -Original Message- From:

[newbie] Wine, Dine and 69

2000-09-23 Thread Julio C. Gutierrez
Can someone tell me what wine is and what it does, and if possible how to use Your help will be greatly appreciated

Re: [newbie] LM 7.1 and 4.0.1 of xfree86

2000-09-23 Thread Adam
I'm running LM 7.1 and XFree86 4.0.1, I went to rpmfind.net, got all the rpms (including XFree86 font rpms) then after they were downloaded, i typed 'rpm -Uvh XFree*' and it installed all the XFree rpms for me. I switched init levels, scrapped the current X session(restarted X) and had my nice

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Adam
Paul, you "HAVE" to run XFree 4.* I suppose because the new netscape uses new libraries? (I don't know) as for rpmlib I have that problem too, but usually I fix every dependancy except that, then use --nodeps to get past it. I've never had a problem with the packages after that. Adam -

Re: [newbie] xfree86

2000-09-23 Thread Mikael Bergsten
Hi!! From the propt just run XF86Config [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.

Re: [newbie] Wine, Dine and 69

2000-09-23 Thread Adam
windows emulator, allows you to run windows programs without windows :P this is a cheap alternative to VMWare Adam - Original Message - From: "Julio C. Gutierrez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:20 AM Subject: [newbie] Wine, Dine and 69

Re: [newbie] Wine, Dine and 69

2000-09-23 Thread Ronald Brown
better to use VMWare http://vmware.com Adam wrote: windows emulator, allows you to run windows programs without windows :P this is a cheap alternative to VMWare Adam - Original Message - From: "Julio C. Gutierrez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ....too many bugs

2000-09-23 Thread Romanator
If any one has WinNT4 SP5 and tries out IE5.5., it will screw up your Windows NT4 SP5 operation. Stay away from it like the plague .Just my $0.02. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Sent: Friday,

[newbie] no response...

2000-09-23 Thread gavin
Friends of Mandrake 7.1, I need your help, I'm using linux on one drive and windows on another, I defraged the windows drive and since then I get no response from the programs on the tile bar.i.e E-mail client, xterm etc. I did nothing to the linux drive only the windows drive.. Help!!!

Re: [newbie] fetchmail + wheelmouse

2000-09-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Andrew, Fetchmail is a daemon that runs in the background and if you've already set it up with fetchmailconf, then when you start X the daemon is running already. It contacts the server when it senses a connection has been made, therefore it doesn't need a shortcut in the autostart folder.

[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?

2000-09-23 Thread Yankees007
How do i run AOL on linux? they wont give me the DNS numbers, if i cant run AOL on linux does anyone know a good free ISP for linux?

Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]

2000-09-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do i run AOL on linux? they wont give me the DNS numbers, if i cant run AOL on linux does anyone know a good free ISP for linux? Why a "free" one? You're probably paying over 20 buck a month for the crap service provided by AOL. Drop `em

Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]

2000-09-23 Thread Yankees007
Thanks for the info what ISP do you live because i am in NJ.

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Patti Wavinak
Original Message On 9/22/00, 2:22:21 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem: Hi all, I am running into strangeness here... I want to install netscape 4.75. As per indication, I removed the old netscape stuff (meaning the communicator

[newbie] Help for 6.5 networking 7.1 installation

2000-09-23 Thread yuanhuang
I got serious problem while installing 7.1, which I downloaded from mirror site. Inserting CD into drive, I boot system from CD, it "Load second stage ramdisk", "ramdisk error", once I choose OK, "initializing CD-ROM", show just stoped here. I have tried support site, got a clue for a

Re: [newbie] fetchmail + wheelmouse

2000-09-23 Thread Patti Wavinak
Original Message On 9/23/00, 1:50:14 AM, Andrew W Rounds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] fetchmail + wheelmouse: I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 and am having a few teething problems which I hope someone can give me guidance on. 1. Fetchmail I have setup fetchmail

Re: [newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?

2000-09-23 Thread Jase Hoad
Ok if you got Windoze on your box ypu can do he following to get your ISP's DNS addy. 1. In Windoze connect to ISP. 2. Click on START button and select RUN. 3. In the OPEN box type winipcfg. 4. In IP CONFIGURATION box you will then see MORE INFO, click on that. 5. You will then see a DNS

[newbie] Install Errors

2000-09-23 Thread Lora
I have recently purchased the Linux Namdrake 7.1 Complete . I run the install and all goes well until it trys to install certain packages. Part of them error out and I have written down the RMPs and tried the command to test the cd and cd rom I get the following error. Illegal mode for this

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
2000-09-23. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Paul, you "HAVE" to run XFree 4.* I suppose because the new netscape uses new libraries? (I don't know) as for rpmlib I have that problem too, but usually I fix every dependancy except that, then use --nodeps to get past it. I've never had

Re: [newbie] Meta key defined where?

2000-09-23 Thread Jeff Malka
Don't know about a Meta key - I use F9,c,f - works every time Yes that would work. But that is pressing 3 keys to get there. The drop down menus in MC show several shortcut keys. The one for Find files is listed as M-? In NC (Norton Commander, of which MC is a variant) uses Alt-F7 which I

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
2000-09-23. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [root@internet paul]# rpm -iv netscape-common-4.75-7mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: XFree86 = 4.0 is needed by netscape-common-4.75-7mdk rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) = 3.0.3-1 is needed by

Re: [newbie] ATI Rage 128

2000-09-23 Thread mrweb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 22-Sep-00 01:16:05 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have a ATI Rage 128 Xpert 128 vid card but its not supported by LM 6.5 what can i download for it so its supported and install it -Rob upgrade your xwindows client is

Re: [Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]]

2000-09-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info what ISP do you live because i am in NJ. = I use i-2000.com. I have since 1995 and I don't remember ever getting a busy signal and I've NEVER been cut-off. Try www.i-2000.com for a phone number near you. I believe they cover

Re: [newbie] 00 stuck key

2000-09-23 Thread GAPrichard
Jeff, You didn't say, but is this stuck key message a POST error [that is an error during the self-diagnostics, before your motherboard turns control over to an o/s to boot itself] ? If so, with the power off, disconnect the keyboard and inspect the connector and if possible the socket on

[newbie] creative vibra128 sound card setup by lothar(or sth else)

2000-09-23 Thread ozgur cagdas
dear sirs/mams; im a beginner Mandrake7.0(and linux) user. This means i dont know much about linux. Ive newly installed a copy of Mandrake 7.0 to my computer with a great excitement and made hardware configs by using easy setup tools. But when i tried to configure my creative vibra128 pci

Re: [OT] Smartkid movies (was [newbie] SCSI card, Where to buy?)

2000-09-23 Thread Michael
I like Sneakers and The Lawnmower Man too. The Revenge of the Nerds movies are funny too. See Red Dwarf? Is a British comedy series that is somewhat geeky. I own way to many movies though. LOL *^*^*^* Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sungod robes on a pyramid with a

Re: [newbie] 00 stuck key

2000-09-23 Thread David Bliss
Don't want to use oil on plastic keys. Use silicon so it doesn't deteriorate the plastic. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 00 stuck key Jeff, Most keyboards

Re: [newbie] 00 stuck key

2000-09-23 Thread Michael
Buy a new keyboard. I like the $10 ones I find at Comp USA. Light, fully plastic (no cold plate on the bottom so I can lay it on my legs even when wearing shorts), and the keys feel just right when I hit them. *^*^*^* Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sungod robes on a

Re: [newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-23 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, you wrote: Actually, I think wordperfect is an excellent word processing for linux. I've download it last week as was very impress by the way it performed. It's almost like the Windoze versions. I think it worth the time to download. I dont personally like Staroffice.

Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]

2000-09-23 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, you wrote: Thanks for the info what ISP do you live because i am in NJ. When did AOL released a version for Linux? Havent heard about it other than that Gamera Story.

RE: [OT] Smartkid movies (was [newbie] SCSI card, Where to buy?)

2000-09-23 Thread Eric Hill
why am I the only one who has that dream...? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Smartkid movies (was [newbie] SCSI card, Where to

Re: [newbie] files ending with a ~

2000-09-23 Thread Veit Waltemath
flupke wrote: On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Veit Waltemath wrote: Hey folks, after running a perl-script al files an directories on a separate partition are now ending with a ~ like file~ or directory~ and are only visible in the shell. How can i get this back? I can't figure out what

Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]

2000-09-23 Thread Mwinold
there is gamera wich is an alpha test that is not supposed to be in the publics hands, it is not very functional and most likely you can not connect with it due to the fact its configured for company accounts, although reports have suggested users have managed to access with it, i have a copy

[newbie] Iomega

2000-09-23 Thread Mwinold
ok i duel boot my system and my partition for mandrake is small plus i only run a 6gb drive to begin with, so i bought an iomega zip drive, im wondering how can i configure it to operate with linux??? also if anyone has a toshiba laptop can you help me with the display mine is quite large and

Re: [newbie] Iomega

2000-09-23 Thread Dennis Myers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok i duel boot my system and my partition for mandrake is small plus i only run a 6gb drive to begin with, so i bought an iomega zip drive, im wondering how can i configure it to operate with linux??? also if anyone has a toshiba laptop can you help me with the

Re: [newbie] Iomega

2000-09-23 Thread Mwinold
no such address denis??? In a message dated 23-Sep-00 20:38:32 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For the zip drive go to " http://www.linuxnewgie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html " The set up there works very well. All done in root btw. Good luck, Dennis --

Re: [[newbie] How do i run Aol on linux?]

2000-09-23 Thread Yankees007
can you send me a copy of gammera?

Re: [newbie] Iomega

2000-09-23 Thread Patti Wavinak
Try http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html instead of linuxnewgie -- typo I would guess Patti -- Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/23/00, 6:40:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Iomega: no such address denis??? In a message

RE: [newbie] Iomega

2000-09-23 Thread webmaster
Typo ... linuxnewbie.org rather than linuxnewgie :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Iomega no such address denis??? In a

Re: [newbie] Network Card Fails on Startup

2000-09-23 Thread Leonard Smith
Justin, if you go to the D-link site and look for Linux drivers the 528CT is not listed as supported. The 530TX and the 530 TX + are supported and the drivers (modules) are on the Mandrake 7.1 cd. 530TX = via-rhine 530 TX + =realtek 8129/8139. You might need to load the module each time you

Re: [newbie] 00 stuck key

2000-09-23 Thread Mark Weaver
I myself perfer the old IBM monster keyboards. I have one but the cord went bad and it doesn't work anymore. :( The weirdest thing about this keyboard is that the cable attached to the keyboard connects via an RJ45 jack on the keyboard end. Never seen anything like it before. I've never used

Re [newbie] PC-2-Phone]

2000-09-23 Thread Altoine Barker
With a little sluething, I found out that DialPad uses Jave VM but right now only for Microsoft. They posted on their website in the Help section, that they are in development for Mac, Linux, and other OSes. When they will be ready? Is anybodies guess. And yes, HotTelephone.com is of no help

Re: Re [newbie] PC-2-Phone]

2000-09-23 Thread Vic
Sometimes, my fellow linuxer, you might have to bend the rules, as long as you don't totally duplicate the process, you can get away with a similar process, kind of like Creative Labs and Ensoniq (before Creative bought out Ensoniq). But I still respect your beliefs, if you do not feel

Re: [Re: [newbie] DVD setup?]

2000-09-23 Thread Altoine Barker
I would love to help you but I find it easiest if I knew what files exactly that you were missing. But if Anthony's suggestion and link helped you, then never mind, except...smile I would like to know as the informations makes me a better problem solver and more helpful to all of us newbies in

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Barry Premeaux
I got similar dependency complaints, although nothing refering to to XFree86. I also told it to ignore and simply upgrade. It seems to be running fine. The web page that caused 4.74 to fold up and close moments before, loaded just fine with 4.75. Can't explain the dependency/error messages.

Re: [newbie] Pine and dialup

2000-09-23 Thread Ralph Lambert
Thank you everybody I am now happily using Pine for reading email and news. Ralph Ralph Lambert wrote: OK Since nobody answered my first post does this mean I can't use Pine with a dialup connection? Ralph On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Ralph Lambert wrote: Where can I find information about

Re: [newbie] Pine and dialup

2000-09-23 Thread Ralph Lambert
Oh, I almost forgot. This was the method I used. I had it all except the last part. Now on to samba. I can print using my linux printer from win98 box. I can see everybody bothways in Network Neighborhood. I just cant copy or write. Sigh. Love it though. Ralph The following

Re: [newbie] Pine and dialup

2000-09-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Ata boy Ralph. Pine's the only way to go...it's the Unix way, you know? -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...|

Re: [newbie] files ending with a ~

2000-09-23 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote: usually a ~ is a backup copy. You can always delete or rm the file that had the change and cp the ~ file back to a reg file. It had been convenient for me t whenever I alter a file. and after saving it. it automatically store the original file to a ~ file

Re: [newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-23 Thread yuanhuang
How where to get a copy of WP for Linux ? I need a good editor, especially for programming use. (is it free ?) Robin Regennitter wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, you wrote: Actually, I think wordperfect is an excellent word processing for linux. I've download it last week as was very impress

Re: [newbie] Installing ATI-TV wonder ...

2000-09-23 Thread Mary-Carol Thompson
Mark: Thanks for your email. I was able to configure .pinerc successfully and read mail, but I was not able to send mail. It gave me an error everytime I tried it, including after a shutdown and reboot. Unfortunately for me I am typing this email from Windows :( . Mary. [Original Message]

Re: [newbie] StarOffice and other wordprocessors

2000-09-23 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, you wrote: yeah it's free. The one for programming use, I'ld use CoolEdit, which is a very awesome word processing for programming. It's has a bug editor features and everything else. You wont find in in the menu or anything. But you will find it in the /usr/bin/

Re: [newbie] Only one Linux book opens

2000-09-23 Thread phil
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Anyone, When I put in my Linux Mandrake 7.0 #3 CD in order to read some of the books only one book will open for me. This happened before with my first install of Linux, too, before the crash. They all opened with

[expert] toshiba laptop

2000-09-23 Thread Mwinold
ok if you have a toshiba laptop you would be the best help. ok no matter what changes i do to my resolution everything is still somewhat large and its kinda hard to play a game when i can only see half of the programs window, any help would be great Keep in touch with