[newbie-it] Font

Ciao a tutti, come posso installare nuovi font sotto Linux indistintamente che sia MDK 7.1 o una qualsiasi altra distro? Devo semplicemente metterli in una dir particolare? In tal caso il drakefont come fa ad importare i font di Windows, li prende dalla dir di winzozz e li copia sotto una

R: [newbie-it] Installazione disinstallazione

-Messaggio originale- Da: Alan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Inviato:mercoledi 8 novembre 2000 8.20 A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto:[newbie-it] Installazione disinstallazione Scusate, ma quando l'installazione mi chiede dove installare il bootloader dove lo devo

R: [newbie-it] KDE 2

scusate l' intromisione ma vedo che tutti anno o la 7.1 o la 7.2 io ho la 7.0 ma c'e cosi tanta differenza? conviene? tenendo conto che i "fronzoli " non mi interesano minimamente ciao lobax -Messaggio originale- Da: Fabio Coatti [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Inviato:mercoledi 8

Re: R: [newbie-it] KDE 2

lobaxteen wrote: scusate l' intromisione ma vedo che tutti anno o la 7.1 o la 7.2 io ho la 7.0 ma c'e cosi tanta differenza? conviene? tenendo conto che i "fronzoli " non mi interesano minimamente ciao lobax Se ti va bene tienila. In istituto la macchina Linux piu` usata ha ancora una

Re: R: [newbie-it] KDE 2

- Original Message - From: lobaxteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: Re: R: [newbie-it] KDE 2 - Original Message - From: "Andrea Celli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:28

Re: R: [newbie-it] KDE 2

- Original Message - From: "Andrea Celli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:28 PM Subject: Re: R: [newbie-it] KDE 2 lobaxteen wrote: scusate l' intromisione ma vedo che tutti anno o la 7.1 o la 7.2 io ho la 7.0 ma c'e cosi tanta

[newbie-it] CD di mandrake 7.2

prima cosa vorrei ringraziare tutti chi mi ha aiutato per scaricare mandrake... ho scaricato due file di image iso, per installazione ed Extension, vorrei sapere se possibile trovare sull'internet altri file di image iso, per fare altri due CD. Grazie ragazzi per aiuto... -- =- °MusTanGi° -=

Re: [newbie-it] problemi con SANE

Silvano Pisoni wrote: ho installato SANE da RPM (Mandrake7.0) ma non riesco a lanciarlo. Se lancio scanimage mi dice che non trova i devices per SANE Come faccio? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at

Re: [newbie] LM 7.2 swap file size vs ram?

I had performance problems earlier this year when I had 64MB RAM. Upgrading it to 192MB made a *big* difference. Your system should run fine after the upgrade. Your swap looks fine. You shouldn't ever need more than this, unless you're running something *really* memory hungry like a VMware

[newbie] Lost Grub and lilo only appears

Hi everybody, It looks like I cannot retrieve Grub in 7.1. I'm only getting lilo. In addition, it looks like my superblock is corrupt and I cannot mount C to access my Windows partition. The C drive icon has disappeared from the virtual desktop. Should I install 7.2 as an upgrade or delete the

[newbie] need help on sound driver of chip VIA 97

Dear any linux user or expert: I had compaq notebook , it had VIA 97 pci sound card, but my sounddrake response as Can not read /usr/share/harddrake/soundcard it also show a panel Select an Sound Card it default put me as SB that is not my card, and I can not find VIA chip on it I check

[newbie] My experience and problems with Mandrake 7.2

Hello everybody I would like to write about my experience with the installation of Mandrake 7.2 (release 7.2rcl). My computer is a Pentium III 800 bus 133, 128 Mb RAM, Quantum HD 30 Gb, Yamaha CDRW, Hitachi DVD, Avermedia Capture98, Voodoo3 3000, Epson Stylus Color 760 printer. I tryed a first

[newbie] Upgrade Mandrake 7.2

Hello, I have finally installed 7.2 on my computer; when I did the installation using a booting disk I had a lot of problems with KDE2, but doing the installation from the CD-ROM more of the problems have dissapeared. Most of the problems, but not all; I have the next ones: a) under 7.1 my

Re: [newbie] New to list

jeeez I recommend deaf AND prozac for the whole list ... maybe some lithium too. those who have helped so many newbies can get frustrated with people who will not read the freaking directions and those of you you can not find the info you need in the direction should (imho) chill out before

[newbie] X on 7.2 and Toshiba490CDT

I have done a custom install of 7.2 on my Toshiba 490CDT. The graphical install works perfectly - the resolution is correct for my LCD, going to the edge of the panel in 800x600. When I reboot and X starts the display justs whites out and the system freezes totally - even the caps lock light

[newbie] RV: Upgrade Mandrake 7.2

Hello again, I have another problem (remember, I am a newbie!) rpmdrake was trying to read the rpm packages from the cdrom (cdrom 1) that at the moment I can use as reader (is a Yamaha CDRW and mandrake 7.2 just can read cd when it is used with xcdroast) I tryed yesterday to force rpmdrake

[newbie] RV: Upgrade Mandrake 7.2

Hello again, I have another problem (remember, I am a newbie!) rpmdrake was trying to read the rpm packages from the cdrom (cdrom 1) that at the moment I can use as reader (is a Yamaha CDRW and mandrake 7.2 just can read cd when it is used with xcdroast) I tryed yesterday to force rpmdrake

RE: [newbie] No icons...

I'm referring to the icons on the desktop in the graphical logon... -Original Message- From: Eddie Torres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] No icons... What icons are you referring to? The ones on the

RE: [newbie] No icons...

I did make the users during the install. Last night out of curiousity, I installed it on another one of my machines and this time I got the icons that I wanted. Go figure! However, I did do the expert install these past couple of times. Maybe I missed something and it never knew to place the

RE: [newbie] No icons...

Ok, here's what you do Kelly. Login as root ( I haven't been able to su and do this) and go to the K icon and open the menu ( I'm assuming you are using KDE) under the configuration options go to boot and ini submenu and open login manager, there you can change the options on your graphical

Re: [newbie] Improving Xwindows on my laptop

Bombardier Systems Consulting wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 1230 laptop with a NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV+ display adapter and an 800X600 display panel. I have installed 7.1 and I have not found info on how to configure KDE X to be very readable on my laptop. The setup stuff that I find

[newbie] login as root goes in as Icewm even if I choose KDE

in 7.2, login as root results in Icewm popping up even if I choose KDE. What gives? -- Disclaimer notice: This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed.

RE: [newbie] No icons...

Thanks, Eddie, I will try it. -Original Message- From: Eddie Torres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] No icons... Ok, here's what you do Kelly. Login as root ( I haven't been able to su and do this) and go

[newbie] another upgrading question

i'm going to upgrade to 7.2 eventually i am going to try the "upgrade" install since i have never done that before, tho if all fails i'll just start over since my /home is on a seperate partition and i'll do a fresh. but one other thing i wonder about the upgrade function obviously it

Re: [newbie] random dhcpcd drops

I have the same problem with my cable modem, which I connect to the Internet with dhcpcd. I have tried dhclient, but there is no difference. dhcpxd is supposed to be the best dhcp client there is right now, but I haen't been able to get it working with my setup. Perhaps that solves this

Re: [newbie] Network problems

Christopher, You may have to disable Plug and Play on the card, particularly if it is an ISA card. Hopefully you should have received a disc with your card containing a utility allowing you to disable PnP. You may have to run it from DOS (not a Windows DOS prompt) for it to work. Also, if it

Re: [newbie] 7.2 ISO's

Did you burn the ISO image file to the CD directly (i.e. if you look at the CD's contents you see only the ISO file) or did you actually extract the ISO and burn it as an image? You are supposed to do the latter, and most CD recording programmes (mkisofs/cdrecord, Nero, Adaptec Easy CD

Re: [newbie] rsync

Try gFTP or Igloo-FTP to get your file. It may help to turn off passive file transfers (PASV), which is enabled by default in gFTP. On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:16, Robert Byrnes wrote: I have been patiently downloading 7.2 from a University server and suffer from getting disconnected when the ftp

Re: [newbie] another upgrading question

On Thursday 09 November 2000 08:40 am, Adrian Smith wrote: i'm going to upgrade to 7.2 eventually i am going to try the "upgrade" install since i have never done that before, tho if all fails i'll just start over since my /home is on a seperate partition and i'll do a fresh. but one

Re: [newbie] Network problems

it appears as though you have a hardware conflict. reboot your machine and go into the BIOS and be sure that you have answered the "plug and play OS" as NO because linux is not a plug and play OS (operating system) then reboot if you still have problems try moving the card to another slot and

Re: [newbie] Netscape/kppp

Hi Andrew , if poss post your ISP info over and I may be able to suggest something. Never had connection prob. with Mandrake 7 once configured. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Andrew To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:43

[newbie] printing too light

Printing on my HP III in Mandrake 7.2 comes out very faint on the paper. How can I adjust this? Thanks -- Jeff Malka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux user 183185

[newbie] printing in 7.2 too light

Printing on my HP III in Mandrake 7.2 comes out very faint on the paper. How can I adjust this? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux user 183185

Q10RE: [newbie] Network problems

I am having exactly the same problem as Chris. However, my card is a Silicon Integrated System SiS900, IRQ10. According to what I have found, it should be supported and use the module rtl8139. When I run System Setting/Information, the card is showing up under PCI devices. I ran Lothar and again

RE: [newbie] Network problems

Problem fixed. I took Steven's advice. I pulled the a fa310tx out of one of my other computers. Linux recognized the card with no problems... Moral to this story - use a good networking card :) Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven

Re: [newbie] another upgrading question

thanks to all for the comments on my questions regarding this topic. Tom said: I'll continue to recommend a fresh install of 7.2, specially if you're going from XF3.3.x to XF-4. I've also found that some KDE1 apps just don't work or work right with KDE2. Also if you have any hardware

[newbie] how do I get 7.2 to mount a win2k partition?

It can be done yes? There is no entry in my fstab file for hda or windows. ANyone know what the entry should look like?

[newbie] My first upgrade to 7.2 experience

Hi all, I just upgraded the first machine, my test-pc, to MDK7.2. The upgrade itself went okay, as it showed all kinds of things being installed. But then the fun started. No way that the original X settings were retained. I counted myself lucky for having kept my XF86Config file on a

Re: [newbie] New to list

fred banana wrote: get a grip you all, or I will send my neighbor over to BUST A CAP IN YA. YOU FIGURE OUT THE TYPE OF CAP YOU WANT. Brave words, banana, for someone who has to run to his neighbor to get the job done. Do what you have to do, just spare me your stupid bitch life story :-D

Re: [newbie] another upgrading question

On Thursday 09 November 2000 01:42 pm, Adrian Smith wrote: me sayz -- i think i will stick with XF3.3 as the XF4 with ML7.1 did not work with my system. but that doesn't mean that XF-4.0.1 in 7.2 won't. I had the same experience with 7.0 and 7.1, too many problems with my voodoo3 on

[newbie] Unable to launch Photopaint

Hi... I've just installed Corel Photopaint which I've downloaded from the Corel Linux Website but I can't launch it. Instead the following message appears: "Unable to add FontTastic font server to the font path. The font server is probably not installed or not running. Correct this problem

Re: [newbie] New to list

Rolf Pedersen wrote: fred banana wrote: get a grip you all, or I will send my neighbor over to BUST A CAP IN YA. YOU FIGURE OUT THE TYPE OF CAP YOU WANT. Brave words, banana, for someone who has to run to his neighbor to get the job done. Do what you have to do, just spare me your

Re: [newbie] My first upgrade to 7.2 experience

Paul , not quite sure - but I'm sure I read somewhere that some files are allocated to new slots in 7.2 - hence problems reading info! Anyone shed more light on this thought (or better suggestion?) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL

[newbie] Patti

It was Nov 9, 2000, 16:09, when patrick keyboarded: hi everybody, has anyone heard from patti lately I talked to her on AIM a few days ago. She had to unsub from Newbie, too much mail for her working day... Paul -- Balderdash (n.): a rapidly receding hairline. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208

Re: [newbie] Laptop driver support

I posted recently that I had been unable to get an LT Winmodem Global to work so I bought genuine hardware PCMCIA card which worked "out of the box" (Cost approx £45), I tried running sndconfig on my Sony and it returned the message that NeoMagic sound card was not supported, hope negtive

RE: [newbie] New to list

"Look, if you two kids can't play nicely together I'm going to have to separate you." --My mom, 30 years ago -Original Message- From: Rolf Pedersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] New

Re: [newbie] No icons...

I have installed expert. Again and again but always on the one computer. I have found a lot of ways to destroy a linux box. I never saw anything about makeing icons. - Original Message - From: "Kelly, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000

Re: [newbie] Unable to launch Photopaint

I've just installed Corel Photopaint which I've downloaded from the Corel Linux Website but I can't launch it. I think I found the solution myself. The installation routine did not install all the packages needed by Photopaint. So after a manual reinstallation everything works fine now...

Re: [newbie] small network plus internet question (solved-sort of)

after playing around with the 'route' command (thinking i had failed to set up the box that was connected to the internet properly) i ran 'route' on my second box and realised that it didn't know what to do with packets for an ip address that wasn't part of the local network i.e. 192.168.0.0 or

Re: [newbie] New to list

that was a CAPs lock key I intended to bust...totally non-violent person here(ever since I got out of Leavenworth for fragging my lieutenant in 'nam) - Original Message - From: "patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:09 PM Subject: Re:

[newbie] JDK RPM

Hi... Can anyone tell me if there is a Java Developement Kit RPM for Mandrake 7.2 Thanks

Re: [newbie] New to list

Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG wrote: "Look, if you two kids can't play nicely together I'm going to have to separate you." --My mom, 30 years ago -Original Message- From: Rolf Pedersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:08 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] New to list

Ed Tharp wrote: that was a CAPs lock key I intended to bust...totally non-violent person here(ever since I got out of Leavenworth for fragging my lieutenant in 'nam) rolling on the floor - Original Message - From: "patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Patti

Paul wrote: It was Nov 9, 2000, 16:09, when patrick keyboarded: hi everybody, has anyone heard from patti lately I talked to her on AIM a few days ago. She had to unsub from Newbie, too much mail for her working day... Paul -- Balderdash (n.): a rapidly receding hairline.

Re: [newbie] New to list

realyyy I want to take this opportunity to beg for forgiveness around here I meant no harm nor any real threats... (yeesh) - Original Message - From: "Rolf Pedersen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] New to

Re: [newbie] Does 7.2 come with Helix Gnome?

I don't know the official answer, but my guess would be yes. I don't see anything that would not make it compataible with something else. Hello Does it mean that it is 100% compatible? Thanks Eduardo It doesn't come with the exact copy of Helix Gnome like you'd download off the

[newbie] SCSI tape drive -- hows it work?

Hi list, Say, I've got an SCSI HP Colorado T4000s tape drive. What do I do to make it work? I've got a ton of 4GB tapes sitting in a box just collecting dust. Seems a shame to waste them all. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered

Re: [newbie] New to list

Ed Tharp wrote: realyyy I want to take this opportunity to beg for forgiveness around here I meant no harm nor any real threats... (yeesh) - Original Message - From: "Rolf Pedersen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:08 AM

Re: [newbie] Netscape/kppp

Steve, Well here is the info you asked for... Device Modem: /dev/ttyS2 Flow: CRTSCTS Line Termination: CR Connect Speed: 57600 Lock File is checked Modem Timeout: 120sec Modem Commands Pre-Int Delay: 121 Init String: ATZ Post Int Delay: 122 Dial String: ATDT Hangup String:

Re: [[newbie] My first upgrade to 7.2 experience]

Paul, What I did was maniacal. I removed my X Server config file before I upgraded my computer. (Of course, I kept a copy of the original on a floppy) I upgraded by using the network(ftp) install/upgrade method. When all was said and done. My X worked! I can't get my Unreal Tournament to work

Re: [newbie] JDK RPM

You can get the RPM from either Sun or IBM. You can also get JDK from Blackdown but theirs is a bzip file. Charles - Original Message - From: "Cal Shepherd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:06 PM Subject: [newbie] JDK RPM Hi... Can

[newbie] CDRW can read CD-ROMs!!!!

Hey, I discovered in the mandrake page (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/) that the problem with my CDRW is a problem of Mandrake (of kudzu) and the Mandrake equipement shows how to solve it. It works great, now I have my Yamaha CDRW working fine. So one problem

[newbie] Graphical File Sharing

Hello: I have a qestion concerning file sharing in Linux-Mandrake. I have two computers networked together and can ping both machines and share the Internet. My question now is: How can I access the others machines file using a graphical interface? Is there a way to use Konquer to show my other

[newbie] startup problem-mandrake 7.2-

when my box starts up it gets to the part where it says: freeing unused kernel memory...ok 128k freed -then nothing- my box booted fine for a couple of days (about 20 boots) and then this started. i had this problem with mandrake 7.1, so i put 7.2 on it tried at lilo putting: linux mem=128 but

Re: [newbie] How to change graphical environment in 7.2

Um, I don't have a .Xclients-default file...so I'm a little confused...help please... -- On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:02:17 xaos wrote: On Wednesday 08 November 2000 09:33, you wrote: I think KDE2.0 is great and all, but how do I change my default window manager to Enlightenment, or maybe even

Re: [newbie] problem setting up kppp

Scott Flicker wrote: I having problems setting up kppp. I am using a terminal based logon which is required in my case. The dialout and password authentication are fine. When I press the OK button the kppp just stops and I get an error message on the command line something like "Can not

[newbie] SCSI Card

When I installed 7.2 on my computer, it recognized the SCSI card as an Adaptec AIC-7881U. When the computer boots, it sees and Adaptec 2940U and since there is no boot device the bios does not turn on. On openning the computer, I am fairly certain that I have only one SCSI card and it is the

[newbie] System Sound Weirdness

Can anyone give me a clue as to why, on one of my boxes, system sounds only work when the Windows kdeTheme is chosen? My other boxes have sys sound with other themes, but this one requires the Windows--which I hate. And, I can't get system sound in Gnome at all--separate problem, but maybe

[newbie] 7.2 and disabling PCMCIA during install

hello all, trying to install Mandrake 7.2 on my Sony 505FX. I couldn't get the CD to recognize the CDROM drive it was booting off of at first (Sony CD5, pcmcia card) until I found the 'ide2 = 0x180,0x386' voodoo. now I'm at a different impass. the CD boots fine and finds the second stage

Re: [newbie] SCSI Card

On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, you wrote: When I installed 7.2 on my computer, it recognized the SCSI card as an Adaptec AIC-7881U. The correct Adaptec 2940u scsi card driver is "aic-7xxx" When the computer boots, it sees and Adaptec 2940U and since there is no boot device the bios does not turn

[newbie] startup services

In 7.02; Drakconf Startup services settings: when I click the button to enter...so I can select which ones I want...it won't open...anymore... it used to...but it won't now...How do I fix this? -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit=

Re: [newbie] another upgrading question

On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:40, Adrian Smith wrote: obviously it will upgrade existing packages, but i assume (dangerous to do) that it will add any packages that i do not have installed? am i correct. You are correct. does the "upgrade" have that part where you select which packages to

Re: [newbie] How to change graphical environment in 7.2

It was Nov 9, 2000, 21:43, when Trevor Ramoutar keyboarded: Um, I don't have a .Xclients-default file...so I'm a little confused...help please... -- add "exec gnome-session" or "exec enlightenment" or "exec wmaker"(without the quotes of course) to your .Xclients-default file Then make a file

Re: [newbie] Netscape/kppp

Andrew wrote: Steve, Well here is the info you asked for... DeviceModem: /dev/ttyS2Flow: CRTSCTSLine Termination: CRConnect Speed: 57600Lock File is checkedModem Timeout: 120secModem CommandsPre-Int Delay: 121Init String: ATZPost Int Delay: 122Dial

Re: [newbie] startup problem-mandrake 7.2-

On Thursday 09 November 2000 08:30 pm, eric h wrote: when my box starts up it gets to the part where it says: freeing unused kernel memory...ok 128k freed -then nothing- my box is a homeade aopen ax6bc motherboard running at 83mhz fsb scsi card Not a Linux (or any other OS) problem.