Re: [newbie] installation

2000-10-06 Thread peter bunce
hola wouldn't we all!! peter bunce Santiago Canez wrote: Okay, so yesterday I finally bought Mandrake 7.1. The installation was going fine until towards the end it ejected the installation cd-rom and asked for the extensions cd(x86). The cd's i got when I bought it were installation cd(x86),

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote: It was Oct 5, 2000, 13:59, when Jay keyboarded: If anybody here reads Linux Format, the UK based Linux mag, then you already know this fact...Linux-Mandrake received a 10 out of 10 rating for 7.1. They called it the best distro around now. Hi Jay,

Re: [newbie] demande info

2000-10-06 Thread Denis Havlik
Hi, Hassan This with registration number is kind of stupid... I have no idea what to do. Anyway, your problem looks really simple, so there are certainly plenty of people on a mailing list who can help you. However, you are looking for answers in a wrong group: there are french mailing lists,

[newbie] Unreal Tournament...

2000-10-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, it appears to be that same old problem. I have a Voodoo 3000 card, and all these games work: Quake3 (demo) Soldier of Fortune Terminus Descent3 HeavyGear2 They find, or I can point them to, libGL.so.1 (or in Q3's case, the MesaVoodooGL file) and they all work fine. Not UT. Well, it

[newbie] Security alert?

2000-10-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Enclosed are 2 attachments. They were sent to my root account by my system. They look like trouble...can one of you "guru's" look at them and tell me why I'm getting these messages? Thanks! PS In the case of the ports warning, I am running pmfirewall so... --

[newbie] ./configure

2000-10-06 Thread Rick Cawood
Whenever i try and ./configure anything i get the error "no acceptable C++ compiler found in $PATH". What do i do to remedy this please? Richard CawoodICQ. 841290http://www.teampicard.co.uk/http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hi Jay, Any idea if there is a place on the web to see what Linux Format is about? There is No Linux Mag here in Holland, and I hate that. Perhaps I can get a subscription from the UK? tia, Paul Paul, Goto www.linuxformat.co.uk Andrew

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
With klseti, click on the + button to add an instance. It will show you a dialog box. Click the browse button, and select the directory that setiathome is running in. Click OK, and give it a name in the box over the path. Click OK again, et voila! Thanks, Your instructions were

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
The commas would not help. The problem is that when there are messages waiting, the dialtone changes. The modem does not recognize this other dialtone, hence the 'no dialtone' error. Adding x3 to the modem init string should work - that tells the modem not to wait for a dialtone. Regards,

Re: [newbie] Um... HELP!?

2000-10-06 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 01:10:18 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: partition magic also includes a boot loader that will load just about any operating system, but the partitioning software i think just works in windows and dos, but dont quote me on that Yes the software does need to load in either

[newbie] error loading ramdisk

2000-10-06 Thread Lee Shelp
The ramdisk error is caused by downloading the file as anything other than binary ( netscape and some ftp clients don't). When I first downloaded the 7.1 iso I did it with Netscape and got the error when I tried to install. I ftp'd the file and it worked fine. Some of our users want to try Linux

Re: OT [newbie] Antique systems [was: Off-topic posts.]

2000-10-06 Thread Paul
It was Oct 3, 2000, 10:42, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded: Strike one for bloatware, I agree. I once set up a 50-user stock control system running on a low-end 486 with 16Mb RAM with Novel NetWare 3.12... I know about that too. And indeed. Netware 3.12 would run on that, but not on much

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Paul
It was Oct 6, 2000, 08:25, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded: Out of interest, how long are the work units taking on your machine? Mine is a little under 20 hours on an AMD K6-2 at 380Mhz. I am sure that many manual writers are competing in some form of obfuscation project... Hey Ozz et al, I

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread Paul
It was Oct 6, 2000, 13:22, when Andrew Scotchmer keyboarded: Thank you everyone who has helped in clarifying this! Paul Hi Jay, Any idea if there is a place on the web to see what Linux Format is about? There is No Linux Mag here in Holland, and I hate that. Perhaps I can get a

Re: [newbie] Security alert?

2000-10-06 Thread Paul
It was Oct 6, 2000, 04:32, when Ronald J. Hall keyboarded: Enclosed are 2 attachments. They were sent to my root account by my system. They look like trouble...can one of you "guru's" look at them and tell me why I'm getting these messages? Thanks! PS In the case of the ports warning, I am

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Paul
It was Oct 6, 2000, 11:09, when Dennis Myers keyboarded: Ozz, I put in the X3 in the initialization string, still no dialtone when I have a message on voice mail. Should it be Capital X or lower case x for the X3? I am trying to find out from Cox Cable if there is a nother way to signal

Re: [newbie] Use of ampersand in .rc files

2000-10-06 Thread Paul R
I'm not familiar with this program, but my understanding is that you end a comman in in order to be able to reuse the terminal and not have to leave it open and unusabel while the program is running. Try it was other programs. -Paul R Jeff Malka wrote: In using a command like xsetroot in a

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Ozz, I put in the X3 in the initialization string, still no dialtone when I have a message on voice mail. Should it be Capital X or lower case x for the X3? I am trying to find out from Cox Cable if there is a nother way to signal voicemail other than the stutter tone. What is your current

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Dennis Myers
"Austin L. Denyer" wrote: With klseti, click on the + button to add an instance. It will show you a dialog box. Click the browse button, and select the directory that setiathome is running in. Click OK, and give it a name in the box over the path. Click OK again, et voila!

Re: [newbie] ./configure

2000-10-06 Thread gene
Title: Re: [newbie] ./configure At 11:57 AM +0100 10/6/00, Rick Cawood wrote: Whenever i try and ./configure anything i get the error no acceptable C++ compiler found in $PATH. What do i do to remedy this please? Try these commands, and tell us what you get: which g++ which gcc whereis g++

[newbie] Samba, autofs and fstab

2000-10-06 Thread Izak Fourie
Hi, I am trying to configure smb filesystems for mounting with samba. I was just wondering if anyone can tell me what exactly the format for SMB filesystems is in /etc/fstab? Also, I read about autofs is the Samba doc's, but they are not clear at all and my man pages don't seem to have

Re: OT [newbie] Antique systems [was: Off-topic posts.]

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Strike one for bloatware, I agree. I once set up a 50-user stock control system running on a low-end 486 with 16Mb RAM with Novel NetWare 3.12... I know about that too. And indeed. Netware 3.12 would run on that, but not on much less. Never underestimate Novel NetWare. I used to have

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Hey Ozz et al, I am running seti-stuff too since quite a while. I got the version 3 software just this morning, and it is running no problem. I got the i686 which is very compliant with my Pentium-II/400. A work unit is completed in abour 12 hours here. Envy!! I'm running AMD-K6/2-380

[newbie]

2000-10-06 Thread linux mandrake
I need to read files off a Novell hard drive, would anyone happen to know how to mount the drive with Mandrake 7.1. Thanks Vic __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Re: [newbie] Security alert?

2000-10-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Paul wrote: Hello Ronald, These mails are sent to you from the automatic system that runs through Cron. These mails are composed by your own computer. All kinds of checks are performed, on ports, world-writeable files and what not. Results are sent to you by mail. This is nothing to worry

Re: [newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 and Xfree86

2000-10-06 Thread GAPrichard
Jose, I had the same thing when I updated to LM7.1 and used the new XFree86 4.0 option (on custom install), where version 3.x worked fine. When I changed back to the version 3 XFree86 it again worked, but don't make my mistake: I tried making changes while using this illegible screen and

[newbie] Grub help?

2000-10-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, I installed an old Seagate IDE drive as "slave" on my 2nd IDE channel off my motherboard. My Zip drive is master on this channel. This works fine so far, I've got an icon "dos" on my KDE desktop that lets me look right into the DOS hard drive, and I can cp, rm, mv, even view pics and anims

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Dennis Myers
Paul wrote: It was Oct 6, 2000, 11:09, when Dennis Myers keyboarded: Ozz, I put in the X3 in the initialization string, still no dialtone when I have a message on voice mail. Should it be Capital X or lower case x for the X3? I am trying to find out from Cox Cable if there is a nother

Re: [newbie] positioning an app in KDE desktop

2000-10-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: I discovered a cute clock called asclock which looks good on KDE desktop. I therefore created a kdelnk for it which I put into my autostart folder. Unfortunately asclock comes in my distribution with no docs, no man, info or readme. It opens on login nicely BUT it

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
I am running seti-stuff too since quite a while. I got the version 3 software just this morning, and it is running no problem. I got the i686 which is very compliant with my Pentium-II/400. A work unit is completed in abour 12 hours here. I think they made a mistake by slowing down the

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread paul
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 12:39:26PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: The AMD K6-2 at 400 Mhz is taking about 15.5 Hrs per work unit, the AMD K6-2 333 on windows 98 looks to be about 31 hrs. ? Don't understand that, nothing else is running. Just shows that the Penguin is superior in just one more

RE: [newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 and Xfree86

2000-10-06 Thread Steenland, Jonathan
I too spent the better part of last night trying to get XFree86 4.0 working with my Rage Mobility P on a Dell Inspiron 5000 after installing LM7.1. However, I get no lines, just a black screen. Tried changing res, monitors settings, etc. w/ no luck. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I

[newbie] Samba TNG

2000-10-06 Thread Vinay Kudithipudi
Hello Newbies :-), I don't think that this is a question directly related to Mandrake, but since the program does run Mandrake, I am asking this question in this forum. I was reading on the net that "SAMBA-TNG" is a version of samb that supports win2k clients. I have tried unsuccesfully to

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Richard Davies
Hi I have, British Telecom's call minder enabled on this phone there are currently about 12 messages and the modem dials out fine so we know it is possible The settings on this system are just whatever the defaults are the modem is an external US Robotics Sportster Vi 28.8 If you tell me where

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Trevor Reynolds
Hi, To speed up seti in Windoze you have to change the setting on the screen saver to blank out the screen. I think it's in the advanced settings. All that graph drawing the screen saver uses up tons of resources. Even with that Mandrake 7.0 is about 2 hours quicker (16 vs. 18)

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Dennis Myers
"Austin L. Denyer" wrote: Hey Ozz et al, I am running seti-stuff too since quite a while. I got the version 3 software just this morning, and it is running no problem. I got the i686 which is very compliant with my Pentium-II/400. A work unit is completed in abour 12 hours here.

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Out of interest, how long are the work units taking on your machine? Mine is a little under 20 hours on an AMD K6-2 at 380Mhz. I am sure that many manual writers are competing in some form of obfuscation project... Happy ET hunting! Regards, Ozz. The AMD K6-2 at 400 Mhz is

[newbie] Tulip update and config

2000-10-06 Thread zc
Hi, The Tulip driver for download from: ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdriver-2.0.src.rpm comes with these instructions. # Transfer the Scyld PCI Netdriver package rpm -i ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdriver-2.0.src.rpm # Build the binary version for your kernel cd

Re: [newbie]

2000-10-06 Thread Vince Tognaci
What version of Netware? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/6/2000 12:23:48 PM I need to read files off a Novell hard drive, wouldanyone happen to know how to mount the drive withMandrake 7.1. ThanksVic__Do You Yahoo!?Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints,

[newbie] wine.conf

2000-10-06 Thread Luis Rodriguez
Does anyone can send me a wine.conf file? I have been trying to make it, but it does not work ¿Alguien me puede mandar un archivo wine.conf? He tratado de hacerlo pero no funciona. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament...

2000-10-06 Thread dwyatt
I don't really know what I'm talking about, because I haven't tried any games in Linux yet, but, since you have a Voodoo, shouldn't you be using Glide? UT runs under Glide much better. Is the problem that there isn't any Glide support under Linux? I don't really know so I'm just asking.

Re: [newbie] KPPP and No Dialtone

2000-10-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Dennis Myers wrote: [snip] Ozz, I put in the X3 in the initialization string, still no dialtone when I have a message on voice mail. Should it be Capital X or lower case x for the X3? I am trying to find out from Cox Cable if there is a nother way to signal voicemail other than the stutter

Re: [newbie] ./configure

2000-10-06 Thread KompuKit
install ALL the "dev" RPMs...and you be fine Rick Cawood wrote: Whenever i try and ./configure anything i get the error "no acceptable C++ compiler found in $PATH". What do i do to remedy this please? Richard Cawood ICQ. 841290 http://www.teampicard.co.uk/

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread markOpoleO
I have not run seti in Linux yet, but when i run Distributed.net, it runs much faster in windows than it does linux. Like OGR is just a little faster in windows, than on linux, but Rc5 is like a million more packets a second faster in windows. Kinda odd i would of thought the opposite.

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread Mark Weaver
I wonder...could a fella get that here in the states? -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux user #182496

Re: [newbie] Help! I know nothing of networks!

2000-10-06 Thread Doug McGarrett
When you set up your Linux OS, it should have found your ethernet card, and it should have asked you if you have DHCP, which practically everybody has. You say yes, or whatever the correct answer is, and the installer will do the rest for you. Perhaps your ethernet card is not really

Re: [newbie] Grub help?

2000-10-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
You need to clarify: Are you runnin Windoze on hda1, Linux in a partition on hda, or a 'second' drive (hdb), and then DOS on that 'added' (3rd?, hdd) harddrive? (your zip drive being hdc) I'd guess from what you wrote, that the added DOS drive isn't bootable, not because it's a

[newbie] Recommendations? Fax/Answer Software

2000-10-06 Thread John Rye
Hi All All ready for the final migration. Does anyone have any recommendations for A Fax/Answering Machine system. I'd like something after the style of the Cheyenne Bitware app for windows.. Cheers -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown

Re: [newbie] Setiathome

2000-10-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hi, To speed up seti in Windoze you have to change the setting on the screen saver to blank out the screen. I think it's in the advanced settings. All that graph drawing the screen saver uses up tons of resources. Even with that Mandrake 7.0 is

Re: [newbie] wine.conf

2000-10-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote: Does anyone can send me a wine.conf file? I have been trying to make it, but it does not work wine.conf is peculiar only to your system. somebody else's won't work, 'cept as an example. The best wine.conf example is in the wine how-to. wine is actually

RE: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread Rick Commo
I buy it occasionally at BarnesNoble here in Bellevue, WA. It costs $795 if I remember correctly. -rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 5:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux

Re: [newbie] Linux Format

2000-10-06 Thread Roger Sherman
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 20:13:31 -0700, you wrote: I buy it occasionally at BarnesNoble here in Bellevue, WA. It costs $795 if I remember correctly. Damn! Oh wait, $7.95 ;-) Ya just knew someone had to point that out, right? lol -rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Modem Blaster Config

2000-10-06 Thread Calvin Milles
I have a modem from Creative Labs "Modem Blaster" PCI , the exact model is a "Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 PCI DI5630-4 any help configuring it would be greatly appriceated. I am running Mandrake 7.1 complete on a dual boot system with win98. When I run harddrake I see a modem listed, but no

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-06 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Have a good look at http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=2928103525mode=flat. This was written by Deno (a Mandrakesoft employee) on Thursday September 28. In this he writes, "we have to finish our ISO-images by the end of next week". So LM 7.2 could be out any time now. One

[newbie] Cable modem problem

2000-10-06 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I recently signed up to @home and have set up my Linux machine to connect at bootup using dhcp-client (dhclient). One problem I have noticed over the past few days is that after a while the network stops responding to any calls from my browser, download manager, ping, etc. They don't give a

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2- Afterstep Enlightment OpenSSH OpenSSL Kerberos 5

2000-10-06 Thread Mandrake
First off thank you for finally fixing the boot sequence when it pretains to pcmcia cards and laptops. This new release helps my laptop get on the network immediately because the pcmcia card is initialize before the network dhcp is. KDE looks good and for that matter so does Gnome. Some of

Re: [newbie] Grub help?

2000-10-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Tom Brinkman wrote: You need to clarify: Are you runnin Windoze on hda1, Linux in a partition on hda, or a 'second' drive (hdb), and then DOS on that 'added' (3rd?, hdd) harddrive? (your zip drive being hdc) I'd guess from what you wrote, that the added DOS drive isn't bootable,

[newbie] CD-ROM won't open

2000-10-06 Thread erik nord
Question for you all. I have just installed Mandrake 7.0. Everything installed fine. At the very end right before rebooting I tried to remove the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM will not open. Is there a something I need to do to get the CD-ROM open to be able to use it in the future. Thanks Erik