Re: [newbie-it] XMMS

2000-11-12 Thread Steo
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 02:13:06 +0100 Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Salve! Mi si è verificato un'inconveniente con XMMS: non riesco più a riprodurre nulla: se faccio partire un file MP3, per esempio, il player lo "scorre tutto" a velocità impressionante e non si sente assolutamente nulla...

Re: [newbie-it] Masterizzatore

2000-11-12 Thread Steo
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 02:15:42 +0100 Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mi si presenta l'occasione di acquistare un buon masterizzatore Philips a un ottimo prezzo: qualcuno ha esperienza con tale marca? Credete andrei incontro a problemi? Grazie Corrado sei OT, cmq io uso il mio

Re: [newbie-it] XMMS

2000-11-12 Thread Floods
Il 12/11/00, Corrado parlò così: Salve! Mi si è verificato un'inconveniente con XMMS: non riesco più a riprodurre nulla: se faccio partire un file MP3, per esempio, il player lo "scorre tutto" a velocità impressionante e non si sente assolutamente nulla... Dal menu di xmms: options -

Re: [newbie-it] Masterizzatore

2000-11-12 Thread Corrado
Steo wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 02:15:42 +0100 Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mi si presenta l'occasione di acquistare un buon masterizzatore Philips a un ottimo prezzo: qualcuno ha esperienza con tale marca? Credete andrei incontro a problemi? Grazie Corrado sei OT, cmq

Re: [newbie-it] Masterizzatore

2000-11-12 Thread Steo
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:00:58 +0100 Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steo wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 02:15:42 +0100 Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mi si presenta l'occasione di acquistare un buon masterizzatore Philips a un ottimo prezzo: qualcuno ha esperienza con tale marca?

Re: [newbie-it] gcc

2000-11-12 Thread Casa
Il sab, 11 nov 2000, hai scritto: scusate la domanda, forse idiota, ma GCC è un ANSI C compiler? se no, dove lo posso trovare un ANSI C compiler? grazie mille, osva Io uso regolarmente gcc per compilare i programmi in ansi c, appunto. Ciao, Nicola.

Re: [newbie-it] kvirc

2000-11-12 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 02:21:03AM +0100, trasca wrote: Salve a tutti, ebbene si, lo ammetto, sto diventando scemo. Ho scaricato l'RPM di kvirc 2.0.0 Chad (da Tucows) , ho installato l'rpm senza problemi ed ora come caspita si fa a lanciare quel benedetto programma? Ho

Re: [newbie-it] Prelievo mandrake 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread Fabio Coatti
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 10:14:04PM +0100, Giuseppe Giudice wrote: Salve, volevo sapere se anche a qualcuno di voi e' successo che prelevando la iso del primo cd si blocca l'installazione arrivati alla lettura dell'irq 15 "arrivati alla lettura dell IRQ 15" non è esattamente chiaro...

Re: [newbie] Cups server problems

2000-11-12 Thread phil
On Monday 13 November 2000 03:41, you wrote: phil wrote: Hello, After running the Mandrake printer configuration tool I can print from Koffice and Konqueror but not from any other application. The desk top printer icon doesn't show any printers and when I run Kups I receive and error

Re: [newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic?

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Koch
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 5:24 PM Subject: [newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic? I have been having problems with my system for a while and am in search of Partition Magic, does anybody know where I can get

[newbie] help quickly please

2000-11-12 Thread kompukit
This is Kit of Kompukit...I'm on windows 98...right now. due to I can't log onto to my ISP...and/or retrieve my mail for some odd reason...and I can't figure it out. I went into my "host.allow" file...and my "hosts" file and inserted my new domain name (even though it is not activated yet)...I

Re: [newbie] Cups server problems

2000-11-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
phil wrote: Hello, After running the Mandrake printer configuration tool I can print from Koffice and Konqueror but not from any other application. The desk top printer icon doesn't show any printers and when I run Kups I receive and error message "Can't connect to cups server. Check

Re: [newbie] CUPS and the HP Deskjet Portable

2000-11-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
Did you really try all the three alternatives for the DeskJet 500, the "HP DeskJet, Foomatic + deskjet" and the "HP DeskJet Series, CUPS v1.1"? Especially the "GIMP-Print" drivers are of a very high quality. You also should check the options of the drivers, often a low resolution is set as

Re: [newbie] printing too light

2000-11-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
When you are using a GIMP-Print driver, then it is a bug of GIMP-Print (gimp-print.sourceforge.net). I have already made a new RPM package of the fixed version 4.02, this will be available soon. A quick fix is using an alternative driver, try HP LaserJet 3, Foomatic + ljet3 HP LaserJet

Re: [newbie] ML7.2 and Printer + ML7.2 and GeForce

2000-11-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
At first do a "killall -9 cupsd" then "rm -f /var/spool/cups/* /var/spool/cups/tmp/* /etc/cups/ppds.dat" and afterwards a "service cups start". If the daemon does not start up correctly now (check with "lpstat -t"), reboot and repeat these steps. If this does not help, do "rm -f

Re: [newbie] Epson Stylus Scan 2000 printer driver??

2000-11-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
Did it work with Mandrake 7.1? Our printer support is based on linuxprinting.org. Please check for information there. There is also a forum for printer-specific questions. You should post your problem there, too. Till -michael- wrote: I tried most, if not all, of the epson

Re: [newbie] Enable/Disable Telnet.

2000-11-12 Thread kernell32
In mandrake 7.2 you can (after installing openssl ans openssh packages clients servers etc.) add ssh modules to linuxconf so you can configure it from there too linuxconf control control files and system configure linuxconf modules there you can enable linuxconf to show your ssh setup so

[newbie] (...) Ethernet detection failed??

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
I ran harddrake and he detected my PCI Ethernet ALN-201 Card but when I reboot he tells me this in the boot: Cant find a dhcp client how can I configure this dhcp server or how can I get my ethernet to work properly? thx

Re: [newbie] Re Telnet.

2000-11-12 Thread kernell32
On Sunday 12 November 2000 09:25, you wrote: Ok I turned on inet in the linuxconf but when I try to login from another machine it says trying ip# and then says connected to ip# but it waits about 10 seconds and then shuts down. Can some one tell me how to fix this?

Re: [newbie] (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 13:39, you wrote: Can you help me with my sound card config? OPTI 82C924 Realtek Semicondutor Co., ltd. Model: 8029 PCI I run dnsconfig and I configure it so listen to the samples he plays but then when I exit he tells me this: MAD16 / Mozart: Invalid Midi

[newbie] Paul (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
You could do a search for the opti number on Google.com. Perhaps there is a site where you can find more info. The chipset used is the same as used on the Mozart 16bit card, and the specs for the Midiport are probably off in this set. 0x0 would mean that the midi port is configured on port

[newbie] Gnome Toaster

2000-11-12 Thread Geoff Thomas
I can use Gnome Toaster without problem when logged in as root but it won't run when I am logged in as my user account. I've changed permissions on my cd-rom, on cdrecord etc. Any ideas? Linux-Mandrake 7.1 distro Thanks GT

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread Jeff Malka
I am a newbie and this confused me too. But I solved it. xscreensaver is included in the 2nd 7.2 CD BUT is not installed by default. Drag it's rpm from the 2nd CD into kpackage (started as root) and it will install. But then your troubles will not be over. You will discover that the

Re: [newbie] SOLVED cut and paste with mouse

2000-11-12 Thread Jeff Malka
I solved it. In the re-install, 7.2 installed my mouse as "standard" instead of intellimouse. Now all is fine. Normally when you block a text area and then click with the middle button elsewhere that causes the text to be pasted. Since I re-installed Mandrake 7.2, the middle button no

Re: [newbie] Paul (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 13:51, you wrote: on the Mozart 16bit card, and the specs for the Midiport are probably off in this set. 0x0 would mean that the midi port is configured on port 0x0, so if they are off how can I turn them defenetly off? because I configure it all and I listen to

[newbie] CD-RW's

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
Hi all, Since I have now found that a tapestreamer is not always a good thing (since mine still refuses to read my backed-up tapes), I am thinking of getting a CD-RW instead. Easier to check if things are okay. In the archives I saw many references to things, and on the page of the author of

Re: [newbie] 7.2 again

2000-11-12 Thread Jeff Malka
The biggest problems is simply learning the differences (Where is that feature now?) between KDE2 vs KDE1. I agree. I wish there was a list somewhere that tells you what they changed from kde1 to kde2. The old autostart on my desktoip for instance, was non functi0onal, because they put a

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread Jeff Malka
On Saturday 11 November 2000 06:57 am, you wrote: Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, But it is not the complete package. It lacks many of the screensavers included with the 7.1 xscreensaver. --

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
"John R. Cain" wrote: Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, THanks, John ok, i dont have 7.2 yet. can u tell me why anyway , why they moved the x screensaver out of the screensaver place. i m

[newbie] Paul (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
Hmmm.. ?? You mean that while configuring the card with sndconfig, you can hear the midi sample that is played? Very weird... Paul YES! THAT'S IT! I can hear the man talking and then the midi sample (freq up then freq down) but when I exit he says: "Invalid midi port 0x0" dont i need to

RE: [newbie] (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
Ok now we got some info. On the network card you have to use the ne2k-pci module for it to run. You can set that up in linuxconfig. I'm looking into the sound card. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:39:04 - -- Can you help

[newbie] Something like Macromedia Flash

2000-11-12 Thread Javier Marcon
Does anyone know where could I get a tool like Macromedia Flash (ovbiously for linux), to make graphical and animated web pages? Thanks. JavierMarcon

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
Jeff Malka wrote: I am a newbie and this confused me too. But I solved it. xscreensaver is included in the 2nd 7.2 CD BUT is not installed by default. Drag it's rpm from the 2nd CD into kpackage (started as root) and it will install. But then your troubles will not be over. You will

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
Barry Premeaux wrote: patrick wrote: sorry i dont know how to start a new thread but does mandrrake 7.2 have kde 2.0 and koffice and kernal 2.4 or not. The boxed version has kde 1.99 from what I have been hearing. The CDR version I got from www.lsl.com has KDE2.0 with

Re: [newbie] cut and paste with mouse

2000-11-12 Thread Tom
On Saturday 11 November 2000 10:32 pm, Jeff Malka wrote: Normally when you block a text area and then click with the middle button elsewhere that causes the text to be pasted. Since I re-installed Mandrake 7.2, the middle button no longer causes a paste action. Does anyone know where the

RE: [newbie] Paul (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
That card is running in PNP mode. The only thing I can tell you to do is the following to see if it works. Type this at the console: pnpdump Your soundcard should show up on there: Then do this: pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf then, isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf REBOOT and see if it works. Have you

[newbie] (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
That card is running in PNP mode. The only thing I can tell you to do is the following to see if it works. Type this at the console: pnpdump Your soundcard should show up on there: Then do this: pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf then, isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf REBOOT and see if it works.

Re: [newbie] (...) Sound Card Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
Ok now we got some info. On the network card you have to use the ne2k-pci module for it to run. You can set that up in linuxconfig. I'm looking into the sound card. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:39:04 - -- Can you

Re: [newbie] CD-RW's

2000-11-12 Thread Tom
On Sunday 12 November 2000 07:54 am, Paul wrote: Anyone have any experience with Ricoh, Teac or Sony? (IDE version.) If you follow alt.comp.periphs.cdr for a while I believe you'll find Plextor and Yamaha's are the favored cd-rw's, in that order. Number one rule is don't buy a

[newbie] (...) Resolution and Xstart stinks..,

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
What happened to my xwindows?? all I can see now is a console window in a blue background, there is no start bar, icons and the resolutions stinks! what can I do to configure xstart to run gnome or kde instead of that blue background where I have to choose the place to place a window when I

[newbie] veloct: thx!!

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
thk u for the xplanation about the sound card. It's running well now :)) I'm already listening to slayer lol but one thing I would like to be doing was listening to slayer and in the net at the same time... but my ethernet keeps letting me down... give me some other hints ok? thx once again []

[newbie] (...) Ethernet Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
I have a AOpen PCI ALN-201 card but I cant configure it! I already changed the kernel module to "ne", "ne2k-pci" but he keeps telling me this in the boot: "Cant find a dhcp client" I also have something else: in my windows configuration I got all the IP's and port's that I could get before

RE: [newbie] Eddie: read this (sound card info)

2000-11-12 Thread gcobb
The Opti cards are 99% Yamaha. If it's the lower-end card you may have considerable trouble getting it to work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Krulo Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 6:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie]

RE: [newbie] (...) Ethernet detection failed??

2000-11-12 Thread gcobb
If you don't have something on your network handing out addresses you'll get that error. I had the same thing when my router stopped working. If you're networking systems, be sure that the system you're going to use as a DHCP server is doing its thing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] new install

2000-11-12 Thread philomena
Hi Bob, If you are running KDE2, the themes aren't there anymore - KDE2 doesn't do themes as it did in KDE1 :-( There is a tool to import old themes (found in Configuration - Other - Legacy Theme Importer) , but I couldn't get it to work yet. There are supposed to be KDE2 themes showing up

Re: [newbie] Something like Macromedia Flash

2000-11-12 Thread Vic
I second the motion, I would like to start a petition for shockwave to make a version of interactive shock wave for linux, all they make is flash player which will not play the shockwave movies. On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Javier Marcon wrote: Does anyone know where could I get a tool like

RE: [newbie] Re Telnet.

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
Did you check to see that the telnet entry didn't have a # in front of it in inetd.conf? You probably have to restart inet. Go to console and type killall -HUP inetd and then type inetd. --- Original Message --- Top sites [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Sat, 11 Nov 2000 23:25:52 -0800 (PST)

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
patrick wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, For specific reasons beyond my control, I still require Windows NT for certain applications. However, I prefer to work in a Linux environment. Do most people have Linux installed on a separate drive or partition? Is there a Linux boot

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
patrick wrote: sorry i dont know how to start a new thread but does mandrrake 7.2 have kde 2.0 and koffice and kernal 2.4 or not. Mandrake 7.2 has kde 2.0 using kernel 2.2-17 -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293

Re: [newbie] CD-RW's

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:19, Tom keyboarded: If you follow alt.comp.periphs.cdr for a while I believe you'll find Plextor and Yamaha's are the favored cd-rw's, in that order. Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. I am convinced that Plextor is favorite by most people, it is great stuff.

RE: [newbie] veloct: thx!!

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
In linuxconf you setup your ip and your DNS,etc... also you checked DHCP and you get an error, what's happening is that dhcp-client is not istalled. Try this as root on the console: modprobe dhcp-client (i think that's right) All you need is the module for the dhcp-client to be loaded and

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
Jon Dowd wrote: On Saturday 11 November 2000 18:29, patrick wrote: sorry i dont know how to start a new thread but does mandrrake 7.2 have kde 2.0 and koffice and kernal 2.4 or not. Without mentioning shame... I'll say yes, yes and no. Jon Dowd Thanks Jon. -- Roman

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
sobe wrote: - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive? Hi everybody, For specific reasons beyond my control, I

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread Jeff Malka
They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or xscreensaver -demo Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh

Re: [newbie] Lost Grub and lilo only appears

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
I noticed that if you do not run a cold boot, some these changes to do not work correctly. Roman Ross Levis wrote: That should be fdisk /mbr Ross. brian wrote: I had similar problems after my win98 installation become corrupted. Make shure you have working rescue discs for both

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Michael Lueck
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 11:47:45 -0500, Romanator wrote: I have lots of space. I think I'll wait for System Commander to arrive. PowerBoot runs circles around System Commander - I use it with Win2K and Linux. You can try it at www.bmtmicro.com - I suggest partitioning with Linux vs their FDisk

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread John R. Cain
Is there a way to start this automatically without the need to type the command everytime I start my system? John On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:50, you wrote: They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
Romanator wrote: Jon Dowd wrote: On Saturday 11 November 2000 18:29, patrick wrote: sorry i dont know how to start a new thread but does mandrrake 7.2 have kde 2.0 and koffice and kernal 2.4 or not. Without mentioning shame... I'll say yes, yes and no. Jon Dowd

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
Romanator wrote: patrick wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, For specific reasons beyond my control, I still require Windows NT for certain applications. However, I prefer to work in a Linux environment. Do most people have Linux installed on a separate drive or

[newbie] (...) Ethernet handing out address??

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
So what can I do to fix that problem? no, I'm not networking systems. Im just one user. (if that was the question...) so what do I type in handing out addresses? Im not sure what i'm asking so... if you were me what would you do to make it work? thx - Original Message - From: "gcobb"

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update

2000-11-12 Thread patrick
Romanator wrote: Jon Dowd wrote: On Saturday 11 November 2000 18:31, patrick wrote: what is happening to mandrake. i havent been on this newbiew thing for awhile and it seems that mandrake by changing so much of the basic linux stuff may have published a bad version. is anybody

[newbie] STILL cannot mount CDROM!!!

2000-11-12 Thread S. Stubbs
Please read addendums below to my story: Please if someone who is expert can assist here is the problem. I am running mandrake 7.2 complete retail box from walmart, and I use bootmagic for bootloader. my hardware config: 2 IDEharddrives, hda has windoze hda also has linux swap hdb has linux

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
Erylon Hines wrote: On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, you wrote: Hi everybody, For specific reasons beyond my control, I still require Windows NT for certain applications. However, I prefer to work in a Linux environment. Do most people have Linux installed on a separate drive or partition?

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
Erylon Hines wrote: install windows2k first on its own partition. Assumeinging you have some space not yet partitioned for mandrake and let mandrake partion it for you it will install grub and you should be able at boot up determine which oss you want running Are you actually

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Saturday 11 November 2000 12:56, John R. Cain keyboarded: Is there a way to start this automatically without the need to type the command everytime I start my system? Sure. Add it to ~/.xinitrc (and create that file if it does not exist.) Paul On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:50, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] (...) Resolution and Xstart stinks..,

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:17, Krulo keyboarded: Something strange must have happened during your installation. A quick fix would be to select the window manager you want to use, e.g. gnome, and put that in .xinitrc: echo "exec gnome-session" ~/.xinitrc That loads Gnome. Use exec kde to

[newbie] (...) veloct: modprobe not working fine

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
Well that modprobe dhcp-client gives this msg: "Cant locate module dhcp-client" But tell me how did you configured your network access?? I'm not running liek a server I'm just a user so it would be easy (I think...) how did you did it? thx - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Graphical File Sharing

2000-11-12 Thread Phil Connor
On Friday 10 November 2000 06:44 pm, you wrote: I have used LinNeighborhood for some time. It is simple and nice. Sorry don't have the URL with me. Or Knetmon works, too. rpmfind has it -- Phil Connor Emory Booty Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 189889

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

2000-11-12 Thread Jon Dowd
On Saturday 11 November 2000 20:56, patrick wrote: are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. Um... I have Mandrake 7.2 and I just typed "xscreensaver" in a teminal and it worked just fine.

Re: Fw: [newbie] Please Help

2000-11-12 Thread Phil Connor
On Sunday 12 November 2000 12:22 am, you wrote: I have been subscribed to one of your consumer tech email list(or whatever list that gives me peoples questions and answers to tech stuff) and I have been getting about 100 emails a day..I dont need all that,so can you please unscribe me from

Re: [newbie] (...) Ethernet Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sunday 12 November 2000 09:22, you wrote: I have a AOpen PCI ALN-201 card but I cant configure it! I already changed the kernel module to "ne", "ne2k-pci" but he keeps telling me this in the boot: "Cant find a dhcp client" I also have something else: in my windows configuration I got

Re: [newbie] (...) startx / xf86config problem again

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 22:00, Krulo keyboarded: run XConfigurator (as root), and check that you select a video mode that is supported by your card. Paul When I run startx he loads all those things and then enters and exist right away and gives me this msg: waiting for X server to shut

Re: [newbie] Applications/Menus

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 22:09, Dan Hathy keyboarded: I downloaded the web browser, OPERA- it is what I use 95% of the time in win98. I finally found it on my drive and was able to open the program. (Still can't use the internet, but that is a different problem which I believe I will need to

[newbie] Enabling Anon. FTP Uploads

2000-11-12 Thread TimD
I cannot seem to enable WUFTPD to allow for incoming or uploaded files from anonymous users. i have added the following line to my ftpaccess file: upload /home/ftp /incoming yes ftpadmin ftpadmin 0400 nodirs my personal account of course works fine upload/download I also have tried the

[newbie] StarOffice

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
I am trying StarOffice as my email client. How do I configure it to download the messages off th pop mail server? Also how do I make my scrolling mouse work in StarOfffice? TIA. Paul

[newbie] display or videocard problems

2000-11-12 Thread Vladimir Morozov
Dear Mandrake Linux people: PLEASE HELP! I have installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my Pentium 1, 90MHz, 32MB computer. My videocard is ATI Tech Mach64GX, rev D, display is ViewSonic 7, 1024x768, 70Hz During the installation Linux said something like "cannot recongnize your ISA SCSI ... " smth, I

Re: [newbie] display or videocard problems

2000-11-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
Your #1 problem is that you do not have enough power or Ram to efffectivly run 7.2 using X. You need at least 64MB. Sorry Charles - Original Message - From: "Vladimir Morozov" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 5:01 PM Subject: [newbie] display or

[newbie] What happened to icons on desktop for partition C and D under 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread Roman Bysh
Hi, I installed as developer. Under KDE, I noticed that my partitions C and D icons are missing from my virtual desktop as user. However, when I log in under Gnome, I can see them. What am I missing? Roman

[newbie] 403 Forbidden

2000-11-12 Thread Matt
Hello Everyone, I have just installed 7.2. My problem in when I try to view my HTML file at http://208.186.253.54 I cannot veil the default warpage, I get a 403 forbidden error. It comes up fine under SQL protocol http://208.186.253.54 it works just fine. At first I thought it was a permission

[newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic?

2000-11-12 Thread EzraLutton
I have been having problems with my system for a while and am in search of Partition Magic, does anybody know where I can get it. Ezra

[newbie] newbie] A ADSL Question

2000-11-12 Thread scarimonger
Hello, I am soon to be able to setup an adsl connection on my linux/windoze box. Verizon sent me the necessary filters, cables, ethernet card and modem as part of a package deal. Next weekend is my target to install and setup. My question is in regard to the "mini" HOWTO on setting up DSL. I

Re: [newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic?

2000-11-12 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been having problems with my system for a while and am in search of Partition Magic, does anybody know where I can get it. Ezra http://www.powerquest.com/ -- Alan

[newbie] Can't Install

2000-11-12 Thread EzraLutton
I have Mandrake 7.1 running on a P133 with a 10 gigabyte hdd and 80mb ram. I have been trying to install Star office, when I try to run the install program it says that executables can only been run on local drives. Ezra

Re: [newbie] Graphical File Sharing

2000-11-12 Thread Riker
I found it and am currently setting it up. Thanks for pointing out the program to me! Riker Phil Connor wrote: On Friday 10 November 2000 06:44 pm, you wrote: I have used LinNeighborhood for some time. It is simple and nice. Sorry don't have the URL with me. Or Knetmon works,

RE: [newbie] (...) veloct: modprobe not working fine

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
I have a static ip so I don't need DHCP. If you need DHCP you need to install the dhcp client and i think the rpm for that is in the mirrors. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2000 17:42:24 - -- Well that modprobe dhcp-client gives

[newbie] 403 forbidden Problem #2

2000-11-12 Thread Matt
HelloEveryone, Iamrewrittingthisforsomereasonthesupportlistmessedupthetextinmyfirstemailand confuseditalittle.Sohereismyproblem. Ihavejustinstalled7.2.MyprobleminwhenItrytoviewmyHTMLfileat http://208.186.253.54 Icannotveiwthedefaultwebpage,Igeta403

RE: [newbie] Tar Installs

2000-11-12 Thread veloct
On the console: whereis firestarter or which firestarter --- Original Message --- "gcobb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:19:11 -0600 -- I've got this really basic question that I haven't been able to conquer just yet. When I do a TAR -zxvf filename then I run

RE: [newbie] How are serial ports initialized?

2000-11-12 Thread Bill Shirley
/etc/rc.d/rc.3/S99local is a symlink for rc.local. I just got in the habit of doing it that way. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] How

RE: [newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic?

2000-11-12 Thread Romanator
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Where can I get Partition Magic? I have been having problems with my system for a while and am in search of

Re: [newbie] new install

2000-11-12 Thread Bob Schmidt
Hi, I have one more question for those of you in the know. I have tried once again to find this in the help file first and could not find it. I have ver 7.2 on my dell inspiron 3700 laptop. It has a built in usb port, and I have a usb zip drive. How do I may it work? Drakz finds the usb

RE: [newbie] Tar Installs

2000-11-12 Thread bishoju
Traditionally the bulk of rpms end up in /usr, /usr/local is where you put stuff you install while /usr/src is where you place the source for stuff you install. there is also /opt which sometimes has a symplic link back to somewhere with more space such as /usr. Hope that helps a little bit.

[newbie] Is there a digest mode for this list?

2000-11-12 Thread bishoju
Is there a digest mode for this list? How can we get on it? Jud Bishop - This mail sent through IMP: imapssl.eng.auburn.edu

[newbie] (...) where is my kernel???

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
just a little question... err in my /usr/src dir I have nothing else except a /RPM dir... shouldnt it have a /linux dir that contained kernel?? that's weird... can it be in somewhere else? or hidden...? thx

Re: [newbie] daemon died

2000-11-12 Thread scott
when you read the log file from kppp this is the information that it states Nov 12 18:28:25 localhost pppd[1041]: pppd 2.4.0 started by drizzt, uid 501 Nov 12 18:28:25 localhost pppd[1041]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 12 18:28:25 localhost pppd[1041]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Nov 12 18:28:35

Re: [newbie] Can't Install

2000-11-12 Thread Tom
On Sunday 12 November 2000 04:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Mandrake 7.1 running on a P133 with a 10 gigabyte hdd and 80mb ram. I have been trying to install Star office, when I try to run the install program it says that executables can only been run on local drives. Ezra

[newbie] aim instant message through IPchains

2000-11-12 Thread Ed
anyone having set up a firewall that allows users on the inside network to connect to aol instant messageing? It is beating the pulp outa me. any ideas or help would be welcome I can connect to the net through the proxie, but when I set up the proxie settings in my wife winblows box for AIM I get

Re: [newbie] (...) startx / xf86config problem again

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
Xconfigurator??? there is no Xconfigurator... at least "unknown command" that now?? - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] (...) startx / xf86config problem again On Sunday 12 November

Re: [newbie] Got RealPlayer?

2000-11-12 Thread Don McKee
I already tried that. The problem is that after I select UNIX, there is no Mandrake 7.0 in the selections on the next page. There are 2 Redhats and a few others that I am not familiar with. I am a newbie and have only had experience with Open Linux, Mandrake 6.2 and Mandrake 7.0. I tried one

[newbie] pleased with Mandrake 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread sobe
Hi all I started with mandrake 7.1 and said to myself "Wow Linux has come a long way since my first futile attempts of working with Linux back in 96 The next week 7.2 was released, chomping at the bit i waited a whole week to download the latest... Well it was well worth it. Previous

Re: [newbie] (...) startx / xf86config problem again

2000-11-12 Thread Eddie Torres
run xf86config in the console On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, you wrote: Xconfigurator??? there is no Xconfigurator... at least "unknown command" that now?? - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Re:

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