[newbie-it] Disattivazione del servizio ISDN

2000-10-11 Thread Tosato Diego
Salve, ho installato una MK 7.1 tutto va a meraviglia, ma durante l'avvio mi da un errore sull' ISDN, non ricordo l'errore specifico. Vorrei sapere come fare per disabilitare il servizio ISDN in quanto io non ho l'ISDN. Grazie

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[newbie] problems with server identity

2000-10-11 Thread Fraser Kendall
Please could you help. I am a complete beginner with the linux-mandrake system. Through a hair-raising process of trial and error, I am slowly getting to grips with the power that it confers. I am having a problem with getting information online, e.g. email (sending and receiving) and

[newbie] glimpse files???

2000-10-11 Thread Ricardo Zevallos
Hi friends, Bothering again! I am trying to learn about using C++ with KDevelop of Linux Mandrake 7.0. During the installation it tells me that I am missing the glimpse and glimpseindex files. Where can I find them? I installed my system as a normal user but now have run the upgrade to

Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-11 Thread Mark Weaver
Greg, Take some canned air and blow the crap out-a the fan. Then put a few drops of 3-in-1 oil on the fan shaft and no more noise. I've had to do this for a few of the older PC's in our building and the users think I'm performing some kind of magic! works great. -- Mark /* I never worry

[newbie] How to apply patches

2000-10-11 Thread Francois Massonneau
Hi, I've got a cd-rom which comes with kernel 2.4.0-test2. I have patches "test3" to "test7" also. How can I apply those patches ? The only things I did, were : - to delete the link between /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/linux-2.2.15 - Then I copied the file linux-2.4.0-test2.tar.bz2 in my /usr/src

[newbie] Re: smbmount question

2000-10-11 Thread freeman
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:49:49 -0400, you wrote: I am using SMBMOUNT to mount an NT share. I have set up an init script, = so that my linux boxes will mount the share on boot, however, I havent been able to pass a password to SMBOMOUNT, so essentailly the script just = hangs.=20 Any

Re: [newbie] ip_chains

2000-10-11 Thread David Boles
On 11 Oct 2000 01:33:37 EDT, David Boles said: Thank you to all who replied. The tests show that I have ip_chains setup properly. Finally. I don't know just how safe this make me feel but it does make me feel better. smile I am attempting to setup a firewall to protest a box connected to

Re: [newbie] Where is PATH set?

2000-10-11 Thread Paul
It was Oct 11, 2000, 09:58, when [EMAIL PROTECTED] keyboarded: I have set PATH in .bashrc; however, it is reset later so that my changes get overwritten. Where does this happen, and what can I do? I know that .bashrc is being run because I put an echo in which I see. as you may have missed, the

Re: [newbie] problems with server identity

2000-10-11 Thread Paul
It was Oct 11, 2000, 09:16, when Fraser Kendall keyboarded: any of this. I can connect to the internet via kppp; when online, if I enter the address of a page in its numerical form (e.g. the LineOne home page, http://207.200.83.29) into the Location box in Netscape, I load this page, whereas if

Re: [newbie] Newbie: Windows Opera3 bookmarks to Linux Netscape

2000-10-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Larry: Through the intervening years, there have been a lot of changes to this PC. Not all of them were planned - like the HD wipeout, wandering from Win 3.1 to win 95 to win 98 to Redhat 6 to Mandrake 7 to Mandrake 7.1. This was an old file used as a backup probably when I installed IE 4 in

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Jeff Malka
Thank you. Your comments are taken to heart and appreciated. . Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Jeff Malka
Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm yesterday (the one that included all the necessary subfiles) on my Mandrake 7.1, but though it's screen looks great on opening up, it starts with "internal error 32868" and later with "internal error 32878", many features are non functional and

Re: [newbie] problems with server identity

2000-10-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Fraser Kendall wrote: [snip] I am having a problem with getting information online, e.g. email (sending and receiving) and netscape.. I keep getting the error message that 'the following hosts are unknown' these include home.Netscape etc. The message tells me that there is a problem

Re: [newbie] Problem Loging in ISP

2000-10-11 Thread Goldenpi
For the login problem-Use chap, not pap For the unable to access web problem-Are your DNS servers entered. For the modem-Might be a winmodem, but I dont know any winmodems that fail like that. Cant help you there. Unless you want to change the port it uses, but its a long shot. - Original

Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Goldenpi
The second most through format I know. The most through is the low-level bios format, but only old bios will do that. - Original Message - From: "Kelly, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:35 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Ultimate

Re: [newbie] Where is PATH set?

2000-10-11 Thread Paul
# User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin: And don't forget to export PATH from there then! Paul -- VENI, VIDI, VICE I came, I saw, I partied. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-

[newbie] Strange messages on boot...

2000-10-11 Thread Scott Allan
Hi - I am getting the following entries in /var/log/messages and would appreciate any insight as to what they mean; or directions on where to go for more info :) Oct 10 20:58:47 mozz sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.tcp_timestamp' is an unknown key Oct 10 20:59:03 mozz modprobe: Note:

[newbie] another apache question

2000-10-11 Thread freeman
I have loaded a web page on my server and was wondering if there was an easy way to have a login screen pop up first? Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your

[newbie] Can not boot to windows after installation

2000-10-11 Thread ercan
Hello, just installed LM-7.1 in automatic installation mode, installation went smoothly (as implied by the term "automatic") but after I reboot I noticed that I had some problems ranging from desperate to minor. I have been reading previous archives for two days and after trying suggested

Re: [newbie] another apache question

2000-10-11 Thread Michael
Use PHP and code it in? Is a simple process. I think Apache does offer auth support but I've never bothered using it (as I find that sort of auth annoying). *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Adrian Smith
Larry said:: Here are the instructions to go from 7.0 to 7.1. 1) Make system bootable from a CD. 2) Stick CD in and reboot. 3) Select "upgrade" 4) Read a good Linux book until the process is complete I suspect you can hang onto these instructions Jeff; they'll work from 7.1 to 7.2 as

RE: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Kelly, Christopher
How would I do that? -Original Message- From: Goldenpi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting The second most through format I know. The most through is the low-level bios format, but only old

[newbie] PPP Problem after Kernal Compile

2000-10-11 Thread John Rye
Panic!!! I'm in geo-stationary orbit after a 2.2.19-9mdk installation. Everything appeared to go OK. A few warnings about syntactic things but I assume 'Warning' still has a non-fatal conotation - yes? So after the makes - I reboot and decide to check my mail. Pull up kppp and dial -

Re: [newbie] 3comUSR56K faxmodem -was Lilo configuration

2000-10-11 Thread GAPrichard
Newbies, I have an ISA internal 3com U.S.Robotics 56K faxmodem that I know is not a winmodem, and I have had a problem with Linux Mandrake's isapnp not assigning IRQs to it [error message re what to do about ...(series of IRQ #s.)..]. It is PnP, and on COM2 in Windon't. I set up the

Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-11 Thread GAPrichard
Rod, Also look in the archives for discussions of "hdparm" -- it's not exactly like overclocking the discs, but... The first time I did it (using 33MHz on the disc) I got something like a 10x increase in throughput. When I switched the hard drive to 66MHz (for the sake of Windon't) it

Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-11 Thread GAPrichard
Greg, Mark's advice is good. And do it now while the fan is still squeeking. This won't work once the fan seizes, which is coming soon. When seized you will probably want to replace it. [*speaking of computer chassis from here down*] It: it's normally easier and better to replace the

[newbie] Linux friendly isp's

2000-10-11 Thread Glenn Thorpe
Hello all, I have recently got my linux box on my home LAN and have got my "real modem". I want to know what isp's are Linux friendly or at least willing to give me the required info and also if there are any free isp's that can be used. Thank you, Glenn

[newbie] kppp statistics

2000-10-11 Thread ai4a
Hi: When kppp connects to my ISP it docks onto the panel (which is the way I have it set up). If I right click on the modem icon and select details, a window with details about the connection (of all thing!) pops up. In the bottom of the window is a display of the transfer rate (bps?). This is

Re: [newbie] 3comUSR56K faxmodem -was Lilo configuration

2000-10-11 Thread ai4a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Newbies, I have an ISA internal 3com U.S.Robotics 56K faxmodem that I know is not a winmodem, and I have had a problem with Linux Mandrake's isapnp not assigning IRQs to it [error message re what to do about ...(series of IRQ #s.)..]. It is PnP, and on COM2 in

Re: [newbie] Linux friendly isp's

2000-10-11 Thread Michael
@Home isn't bad if you want to try cable modems. Tell them you are considering switching to a Mac and they almost always give you a static IP. They won't help you with Linux but they won't yell either and their info sheet provides everything ya need. *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own

Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Greg Stewart
OK, the best, most reliable way to low-level format your hard drive is to go to the manufacturer's website, follow the support links or download links to their utilities pages, and download the utility they make especially for the drive you have. It will probably be a windows installation

Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Goldenpi
You have to boot into the bios and look for an option to format the drive. It will rewrite the low level drive stuff but will not write any partitions. Every byte will be errased. I have only found one bios that does it and it was in a 386. There isn't much need for it now, because drives all

Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-11 Thread Greg Stewart
Thanks! The fan isn't actually squeeking, it's more like vibrating--not quite so much as those quarter-fed beds in an hourly motel, more like a sex toy, if you know what I mean (Ooops, this might get too suggestive!) I do have a backup power supply if I need to change it, but that one makes

Re: [newbie] Linux friendly isp's

2000-10-11 Thread Les Finch
Try www.uklinux.net site all moneys go to open software. Les On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hello all, I have recently got my linux box on my home LAN and have got my "real modem". I want to know what isp's are Linux friendly or at least willing to give me the required info and also

Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Dennis Vetch
Goldenpi wrote: The second most through format I know. The most through is the low-level bios format, but only old bios will do that. Depending on the drive manufacturer, they may have available low-level formatting software. I beleive Quantum Has such a thing. If the drive is scsi the HBA

Re: [newbie] Can not boot to windows after installation

2000-10-11 Thread bascule
hi, i'm no expert but i noticed in your lilo.conf the line 'lba32'if this refers to what i think it does you might try leaving this out, i think it refers to some sort of hard drive optimisation and although it may only affect the booting of linux and have nothing to do with windows i can't see

Re: [newbie] Can not boot to windows after installation

2000-10-11 Thread bascule
well what do you know, by pure coincidence i have just read over on 'expert' that the 'lba32' line in lilo.conf allows lilo to boot from from beyond the 1024 cylinder barrier so i figure that maybe removing that line won't help at all! bascule

Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD??

2000-10-11 Thread Jack Rene Kroon
All my attempts to create a CD from the ISO-image failed. With all the programs i tried (nero, winoncd, easycdcreator) Is there an error in the iso-file? jakro - Original Message - From: "Wignall, Mark T" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 9:29 PM

[newbie] Installing the korn shell?

2000-10-11 Thread Jason Diana
Does anyone know if it is posible to install the korn shell in Linux Mandrake? If so where can I find a download and how can I install it.I appreciate any any helpyou can provide. Thank-you.

Re: [newbie] Can not boot to windows after installation

2000-10-11 Thread Ercan Solak
Hi bascule, I tried removing the line you mentioned in lilo.conf and when I run lilo it complained about having a large disk and such stuff and adviced I put the line back so I did. Anyway thanks for answering. regards. On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, bascule wrote: hi, i'm no expert but i noticed in

Re: [newbie] Can not boot to windows after installation

2000-10-11 Thread Adrian Smith
hi there. i'm a newbie myself, but maybe this will help. did you install from a mandrake package that you bought has instrutions? i ask because i purchased the delux version of 7 7.1. in the install instructions you are warned that if you are duel booting, do NOT use the automatic

Re: [newbie] kppp statistics

2000-10-11 Thread Dennis Myers
ai4a wrote: Hi: When kppp connects to my ISP it docks onto the panel (which is the way I have it set up). If I right click on the modem icon and select details, a window with details about the connection (of all thing!) pops up. In the bottom of the window is a display of the transfer rate

Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

2000-10-11 Thread Rod Baxter
Try my method. If it still plays up at 94% you may have a media problem. But with a new master boot record it should go OK. - Original Message - From: "Ty Hunt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:25 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting

[newbie] Mysql for mandrake

2000-10-11 Thread KompuKit
Where can I find a newer version of MySql,than whats on the 7.02 CD? I need one that will work under Mandrake 7.02. and preferably 3.22 or higher...and I need it in RPM...not tar.gz -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit= Kit Goins

[newbie] newbie Help me!!!Netscape...

2000-10-11 Thread Andrei
Ludi pomogite!!! Kak normalno nastroit Netscape chtob russki bil! A tochnee chtobi i pisal na russkom i videl nekotorie veshi na saite!! Jas imeu vvidu knopki nekotorie i nadpisi!!! Hot u mena on i russki no to chto est tolko nazvanie russki!

Re: [newbie] HD lost linux partition

2000-10-11 Thread Larry Marshall
My hard drive was partitioned 2 gigs for windows and 4 gigs for linux. I was running mandrake pkg 6.5. I was loading 7.1 and really messed up. The drive now shows 2 gig windows and 4 gigs free space. I cannot reclaim the free space so I can get my linux back in. Tried fdisk and other

Re: [newbie] Where is PATH set?

2000-10-11 Thread Larry Marshall
I have set PATH in .bashrc; however, it is reset later so that my changes get overwritten. Where does this happen, and what can I do? I know that .bashrc is being run because I put an echo in which I see. as you may have missed, the last thing .bashrc does is check if there is an

Re: [newbie] 3comUSR56K faxmodem -was Lilo configuration

2000-10-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Gary: I had a problem with my Zoom ISA modem when I first installed it in win95. It plugged, but it didn't play. I cured the problem by jumpering it from Plug-n-Play to com4 (no idea why I picked com4, but it seemed like a good idea at the time). It works. I've never changed it since then, for

RE: [newbie] Mysql for mandrake

2000-10-11 Thread Tyler Longren
Try http://www.mysql.com They've got source, and binary there. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of KompuKit Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:25 PM To: Linux-Mandrake Subject: [newbie] Mysql for mandrake Where can I find a newer version

[newbie] X Server Connection Error

2000-10-11 Thread SoloCDM
I keep getting the following 0.0 error. I need to remove it from the configurations . . . how? Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Note: Detailed Document(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome. When you reply to this message, please include

Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-11 Thread markOpoleO
Of course if your fan pushes 131.5 CFM that is a good thing it squeaks :) markOpoleO - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] computer internal fans -was HP Jetdirect printing

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Larry Marshall
so when one does the upgrade option with mandrake, when it's finished all of your exiting installed programs will still work? and all of your user preferences will still exist? and all the little tweaks and changes you have made will still be there?? this sounds simply too good to be

[newbie] Automatic User Changes

2000-10-11 Thread SoloCDM
What continually changes the username when logged into an account with the correct user? How can the configurations be altered? Note: Detailed Document(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome. When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list and my email address.

[newbie] newbie test sorry!!!

2000-10-11 Thread Andrei
test!!!

[newbie] Fastest X for linux to use?

2000-10-11 Thread markOpoleO
I was wodnering which uses less resources for linux, i heard Windowsmaker used only a few megs, while KDE used like 20 megs to run. I am planing on running some Memory intensive stuff in Linux and would like the fast most Resource freindly one out there. Also a few suggestions of web browsers

[newbie] newbie test

2000-10-11 Thread Andrei
test

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Adrian: I just looked at my notes from when I upgraded last summer. It went pretty smoothly, but very, very slowly. I was accustomed to doing fresh installs in about 45 minutes, so I wasn't prepared for what may have been an all night session. I started at 10 pm. An hour later, the installer said

[newbie] newbie test!!!

2000-10-11 Thread Andrei
test

Re: [newbie] Mysql for mandrake

2000-10-11 Thread KompuKit
Okay, I just got thru installing the Perl 5.6.0 base RPM, and the sister RPM...for the complete pkgfrom off the mandrake 7.1 rpmfind site. I installed DBI 1.13.rpm and a few other pkgs. I'm trying to setup a Mysql web interface admin...it requires DBI and DBD...I use to get DBI errors,when

[newbie] Cleared a Segmentation fault, line1

2000-10-11 Thread Dennis Vetch
The only time this would occur was after the shutdown sequence. This error would pop up right after the system said to power down the machine. I do not have all the numbers written down any more but some of what it said was: segmentation fault /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S00halt line 1 2922 halt -i -d -p

[newbie] Problems compiling 2.4.0

2000-10-11 Thread Synapse
After a four month war to get linux installed and running, I found that I needed a 2.3 or higher kernel to recognize my modem. I've extracted and configured the 2.4.0-test9 kernel, and I'm now attempting to compile it. I have had to change the links in some of the included files to direct it

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Roger Sherman
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:45:10 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm yesterday (the one that included all the necessary subfiles) on my Mandrake 7.1, but though it's screen looks great on opening up, it starts with "internal error 32868" and later with

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Jeff Malka
Well I am running Mandrake 7.1 I downloaded the rpm version of the "statically linked" Opera version for Linux from their website. It installed without a wimper in Mandrake. BTW, the errors I got were apparently because I was not online when I first started it up and it was trying to get on

Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-11 Thread Jeff Malka
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm

[newbie] wp8

2000-10-11 Thread Pungki
Hi. I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ? If yes, please share me about your experience, and then, is WP8 freeware program ? Thanks for your help. -Pungki

[newbie] theme with extension .jl

2000-10-11 Thread Pungki
Hi I have some desktop themes for linux. When I extract it, some of themes contains file 'theme.jl'. I don't know how to install this theme. And I also don't understand, which window manager that support this theme. I've tried Enligtment, WindowMaker, BlackBox, and Gnome, and nothing happen.

Re: [newbie] wp8

2000-10-11 Thread Paul
It was Oct 12, 2000, 10:58, when Pungki keyboarded: WP8 is indeed free, works great, is fast, and has all the features you can dream of :) Paul Hi. I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ?