[newbie-it] SANE

non riesco a lanciare il daemon SANE che ho installato da rpm (mandrake7.1) ho seguito le istruzioni in "man saned" ma una volta digitato SANE non trova il comando. se digito scanimage mi dice che non trova i devices per SANE.

[newbie-it] scanner

ciao, chi mi pu dare una mano? vorrei configurare il mio scanner LG Electronics parallelo ma non so da dove cominciare, ho mandato una e-mail alla LG ma non ho avuto risposta. spero tanto che qualcuno mi risolva il problema, per cortesia siate chieri perch sono alle prime armi con Linux.

[newbie-it] Installazione RPM

Ciao! Da qualche giorno, quando tento di installare alcuni programmi in formato RPM, mi appare il seguente messaggio :"only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM"; cosa significa esattamente, e come posso ovviare all'inconveniente? La mia distro è la 7.1. Grazie

Re: [newbie-it] scanner

"pol.do" wrote: ciao, chi mi può dare una mano? vorrei configurare il mio scanner LG Electronics parallelo ma non so da dove cominciare, ho mandato una e-mail alla LG ma non ho avuto risposta. spero tanto che qualcuno mi risolva il problema, per cortesia siate chieri perchè sono alle

Re: [newbie-it] Installazione RPM

Corrado wrote: Ciao! Da qualche giorno, quando tento di installare alcuni programmi in formato RPM, mi appare il seguente messaggio :"only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM"; cosa significa esattamente, e come posso ovviare all'inconveniente? La mia

[newbie-it] GRUB

Avendo un hard disk molto capiente ho riservato tre partizioni per altrettante distribuzioni linux (una “di lavoro”: Mandrake 7.1 e le altre due per provare altre distribuzioni e fare un po’ di pratica visto che sono un newbiessimo). Fino ad ora ho sempre installato il loader (lilo o grub) sulla

Re: [newbie-it] Installazione RPM

On Monday 13 November 2000 17:31, you wrote: Ti sconsiglio di aggiornare a rpm-4.0 perche' non e` ancora molto affidabile. Pare, non ho esperienza diretta, che faccia pasticci nel gestire il data-base dei pacchetti installati precedentemente con rpm-3. ciao, andrea Ci avevo anche

Re: [newbie-it] gcc

Casa wrote: 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. Se, dal prompt della

[newbie-it] Mandrake 7.1 e scheda audio

Ho usato per oltre un mese la 7.1 con una Creative PCI 128, senza problemi. Improvvisamente, senza ragioni apparenti non essendo stato modificato nulla nel software, la scheda audio non funziona piu' (l'unica cosa avvenuta e' stato il cambio di slot della scheda, che comunque funziona

[newbie-it] 7.2 con icone di floppy e cd rom mancanti

Ho installato la 7.2 con kde come interfaccia grafica, e le icone del floppy e dei due CD-rom che ho non compaiono sul desktop. Le relative righe di mount nel fstab ci sono, ma se cerco di richiamarle dal desktop mi dicono che non ho il permesso per montare il dispositivo. Se entro come root,

[newbie-it] USB CAM

Ciao a tutti, non e' la prima volta che scrivo qua e qualcuno mi riconoscera'. per quel che puo' importare;-)! Per correttezza dico che non ho ancora provato il programma di Email "PRONTO", non mi sono molto applicato a dire il vero per motivi di tempo, a parte tutto Linux funziona

Re: [newbie-it] 7.2 con icone di floppy e cd rom mancanti

Il lun, 13 nov 2000, hai scritto: Ho installato la 7.2 con kde come interfaccia grafica, e le icone del floppy e dei due CD-rom che ho non compaiono sul desktop. Non saranno mica le icone il problema ? :-) Le relative righe di mount nel fstab ci sono, ma se cerco di richiamarle dal

[newbie-it] Posta elettronica.

Non riesco in alcun modo,per quanto abbia tentato, ad utilizzare ( tranne con Messenger di Netscape e StarOffice 5.2) la posta elettronica con Linux. Kmail si blocca e non va piu' avanti costringendomi al kill; Spruce, un programma di posta elettronica di cui si parla sulla rivista LinuxC di

[newbie-it] Prelevievo 7.2

allora eccovi la schermata d'errore che mi da subito dopo che avvio l'installazione di linux dopo aver premuto il tasto enter all'atto della richiesta se installare linux o F1 per le options in tutte e due i casi mi da l'errore: (premetto che con la mandrake 7.1 questo errore non lo da)

Re: [newbie] Login without window manager choice

Je ne connais pas grand'chose en linux. Cependant, lors de ma premiere installation de mandrake 7.0, il y a trois jours, j'ai eu le même problem. J'avais choisi l'option Custom. Si tu as mandrake sur une partition toute seule, tu n'as qu'à démarer l'ordinateur avec ton cd-rom de mandrake et

RE: [newbie]printing

Title: RE: [newbie]printing Or, when you select the object or file you want, hold down the shift key and then click, you should get a save to box that will start the download to a location like /home/dennis/ filename. That is the quickest way I know of to start a download. You can change the

[newbie] VIA Apollo Pro 7.2

What happened to the VIA Chipset and 7.2? I have 7.1 Running on my SOYO 6VBA133 M/B with the VIA Apollo Pro Chipset. Yet while attempting a fresh install of 7.2 or an upgrade through FTP install, I can't get past the hard drive partition setup portion of the install. Using the expert mode on

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Re: [newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)?

Jamie Kerwick wrote: To quote mandrakeuser.org, "In LM 7, run XFdrake as 'root'. For enhanced options, try XFdrake --expert If these don't work for you, try XFree's own setup utility xf86config" Jamie Guys, I don't know what the diff is, but on my setup, (using the 3DFX stuff

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Donald Jr Saxton wrote: Hello, All. Just a quick question...Please don't kill me. What does i386, i486, i586 refer to? Intel 386 , Intel 486 and Intel 586 _ Get Your Private, Free

Re: [newbie] RPM Problems

You are using RPMs that were intended to be used with an older version of RPM than the one you have. I would suggest using the --nodeps and --force flags for the install if a test run of doing the rpm indicates that there are no other unsatisfied dependencies [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

[newbie] (...) XF86Setup / xf86config problem

I know that XF86Setup is case sensitive but the problem I have is with xf86config. this one IN NOT case sensitive and the "command not found" errors he gives me are internal (i think) it's not the same thing has when you write some shit on the console and he says "command not found" but this one

Re: [newbie] (...) XF86Setup / xf86config problem

Heavy. We need more detail. Copy us /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB which gives the details of the errors. You look in /usr/X11R6/bin and there is something like Xconfigurator or Xfsetup or something along those lines that you can execute from the command line that will get you sorted without

[newbie] telnet : connection refused

i have an error in mandrake 7.2 i have an error connection refused by foreign host... could you help me ?

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

Krulo, Are you attempting to run this command as root (su)? If not, that would be why you're getting this error. Try this... At the LILO prompt type linux 3. That will drop you at a console login. Login as root and at the command prompt type setuptool. From here you can configure X-windows far

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

Guys...guys.the correct command is "setuptool". This will bring up the interface that will allow you to configure not only X-windows, but sound, mouse, and a few other things that I can't think of at the moment. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS!

[newbie] RE: [Toshiba CDROM XM6102B

Hello, I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 in an old Pentium 200 MMX with a Toshiba CDROM XM6102B, but the installer doesn't recognized this CDROM model; it gives me question about if it is an IDE or SCSI CDROM, and doesn't recognized it as IDE, but it seems that there is not any special module

Re: [newbie] Geoforce 256 + mandrake 7.2

I tried following these steps, however, the GLX file doesn't make properly because on my system the .../modules/extensions dir doesn't exist, there is a file called extensions but no dir, also some of the settings, in XF86Config file, that i need to change aren't there in the 1st place. when

Re: [newbie] RE: [Toshiba CDROM XM6102B

One option is to copy the contents of the CD onto your windows partition and then boot an install floppy, hit F1 for options and do linux all which will allow you to choose your installation medium of choice which in your case is a local FAT (windows) HDD partition [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

[newbie] /proc/kcore - what is it?

Hello Can anyone tell me what the file /proc/kcore is? Can I delete it? Many thanks Eduardo

[newbie] problem swapping CDs during installation of Mandrake Linux 7.1

Hello, I was wondering whether anyone could help me with an installation issue. I have a Pentium machine running at 100mHZ, 32MB RAM, with a brand new Sony 48X CD-ROM drive. The installation proceeds smoothly until I try to swap CDs from the installation CD to the Extensions CD. The Installation

[newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

well here is my situation: I'm under a PI 120, 81Mb RAM, Mandrake 7.1 I already made it to setup sound card and ethernet but now the only thing that I could do before (configuring X) is making me MAD! this is what I get from some commands in the console: XConfigurator bash: XConfigurator :

[newbie] size of log files

Hi, I installed PMFirewall recently and have been getting a ton of the same message in my syslog and messages files - they are "deny" messages, but of my own static IP address, so I must have something set up wrong. As a consequence, these files have been getting huge, and have caused me some

RE: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)? -Original Message- From: Krulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 November 2000 12:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???) well here is my situation: I'm under a PI 120, 81Mb RAM, Mandrake

Re: [newbie] XFree86 4.0

It's my impression also that 4.x.x normally installs. I have seen depending on which video card you have for it to install 3.3.6 instead. You can get this as an option by doing an Expert install. Now of course, there is a whole other range of issues that you will have to deal with yourself, so

[newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)?

I dont think so... I tried: xconfigurator XConfigurator Xconfigurator xConfigurator xconfig Xconfig XConfig xconf Xconf XConf nothing works... anyone got any idead?? - Original Message - From: "Lewis Bishop" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 1:23 PM

RE: [newbie] (...) XF86Setup / xf86config problem

You have to run these as root. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:18:05 - -- I know that XF86Setup is case sensitive but the problem I have is with xf86config. this one IN NOT case sensitive and the "command not found" errors

RE: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

1) you MUST be root to run xf86config 2) Do you know anything about your video card and monitor? Because you'll need it to setup the proper xserver. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:43:02 - -- well here is my situation:

Re: [newbie] problem swapping CDs during installation of Mandrake Linux 7.1

Well can you type in " mc " from the command line? This will start MidnightCommander, which is a nice file-manager/viewer/editor application. There is also a command line in mc that you should be able to type in rpm -i Uvh somename.rpm. This will get your packages installed, The cdrom is on

RE: [newbie] size of log files

I'm not in front of my computer at home but if I am not mistaken you can set a rule to reject traffic from your IP, but I'll have to look at my firewall at home to see how the syntax will go. --- Original Message --- philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:26:29 +

Re: [newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)?

some clever grepping for regexps recommended [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/11/2000 14:08:06 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)? I dont think so... I tried: xconfigurator XConfigurator

[newbie] USB

This is my problem... and I need help badly When I installed 7.2 half way in the installation my USB keyboard stopped working, but my USB mouse was ok all the way. When The system rebooted the keyboard worked fine but the mouse was dead. In the aurora booting section the mouse didn't move,

[newbie] No Midi using Sound Blaster PCI 128 Sound Card

Hi, I am running Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a AMD Duron 700, 64meg ram. The installation went okay except that HardDrake thinks my sound card is a Ensoniq 5880 Audio PCI. This driver works okay with Waves but not Midi files. I bought the card for its midi wave table so I'm guttered! I've tried

[newbie] Mandrake v7.2 question?

Can I assume that the Powerpack deluxe version of Mandrake v7.2 is the one most of us would want to get? (full installs, with the ability to compile our own software, and KDE v2.0 [not pre]?) Thanks in advance! ;-) --

[newbie] I can't get connected to internet

I have a pctel modem installed on my computer with mandrake 7.0. When dialing up the internet number everithing is going fine, but when it says "starting pppd" it hangs up. I dont know if is the modem or the drivers, i'm very newbie, like 2 months of xperience.

[newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

I have a voodoo 5 5500, pentium II 266, 128mb ram, with mandrake 7.0. When I installed Red Hat 7.0 it automatically detected my voodoo 5 5500 but a friend told me that mandrake 7.0 was better then I installed mandrake 7.0 but it didn't detect my 3dfx card. What should I do?

Re: [newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)?

Did you try XF86Configurator?

Re: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

Hi Head on over to http://linux.3dfx.com You'll find all the drivers you need and good install instructions too, which is a bonus! Good Luck! "Admiral" Ian Bridgeman 8)

RE: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

For Mandrake 7.0 you'll have to download the drivers for it. Mandrake 7.2 has voodoo5 built in support. --- Original Message --- Mauricio Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:42:04 -0300 -- I have a voodoo 5 5500, pentium II 266, 128mb ram, with mandrake

Re: [newbie] Re: (...) is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)?

To quote mandrakeuser.org, "In LM 7, run XFdrake as 'root'. For enhanced options, try XFdrake --expert If these don't work for you, try XFree's own setup utility xf86config" Jamie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: (...) is it

Re: [newbie] I can't get connected to internet

Hello Mauricio , is your modem a winmodem? You say your modem is installed on your PC. If so it is probably a winmodem and won't work under Linux usually. If modem is external , it's usually going to work with Linux. Let me know and I'll try to help if I can. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [newbie] I can't get connected to internet

On Monday 13 November 2000 18:03, you wrote: Hello Mauricio , is your modem a winmodem? You say your modem is installed on your PC. If so it is probably a winmodem and won't work under Linux The future is here, winmodems under Linux: http://www.linmodems.org -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \

Re: [newbie] Mandrake v7.2 question?

I think you have the essence of the problem well-centered. In other words, good assumption! Civileme On Monday 13 November 2000 15:59, you wrote: Can I assume that the Powerpack deluxe version of Mandrake v7.2 is the one most of us would want to get? (full installs, with the ability to

Re: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

Arguably in your case Red Hat appears to be "better"... [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/11/2000 15:42:04 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card I have a voodoo 5 5500, pentium II 266, 128mb ram, with mandrake 7.0. When

[newbie] sound problem

I have recently installed Mandrake 7.2 in my Toshiba Satellite 315CDS and all running great except for the soundcard - OPL3-SA2/3/x sound chip. Tried Harddrake and it cannot even see the card. Tried sndconfig but the same, I have no sound. Does anyone have any idea. Any help would be really

Re: [newbie] I can't get connected to internet

On Monday 13 November 2000 16:41, you wrote: I have a pctel modem installed on my computer with mandrake 7.0. When dialing up the internet number everithing is going fine, but when it says "starting pppd" it hangs up. I dont know if is the modem or the drivers, i'm very newbie, like 2 months

[newbie] Terminalogy

Hello, All. Just a quick question...Please don't kill me. What does i386, i486, i586 refer to? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your

Re: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

On Monday 13 November 2000 16:42, you wrote: I have a voodoo 5 5500, pentium II 266, 128mb ram, with mandrake 7.0. When I installed Red Hat 7.0 it automatically detected my voodoo 5 5500 but a friend told me that mandrake 7.0 was better then I installed mandrake 7.0 but it didn't detect my

[newbie] free used disk space

How do I determine free used disk space? Thanks, Don a novice Linux, but loving it user _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

intel based prossessor, 386, 486, or pentium.

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

CPUs. A pentium is an i (i.e. Intel) 586. A Pentium II or such is an i686. A Pentium III or a Duron is (I think) an i 786 [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/11/2000 17:39:44 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] Terminalogy Hello, All. Just a quick

Re: [newbie] free used disk space

du and df. They both have good manpages explaining how to use them There are also GUI versions. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/11/2000 17:41:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] free used disk space How do I determine free used disk space?

[newbie] Giving users rights to use applications

Hello, All. I recently installed an application as a root user an it placed icons on the desktop. Logging in as another user does not have the icons on the desktop. I tried to create icons but was unable to. Was receiving errors. What is it that I need to do to give another user access to

Re: [newbie] free used disk space

Donald Jr Saxton wrote: How do I determine free used disk space? Thanks, Don a novice Linux, but loving it user _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about

Re: [newbie] free used disk space

Try the command du from a command prompt or use the kde program Dale Kosan Tech Support Chi Corporation 26309 Miles Road #4 Warrensville Heights,Ohio 44128 Voice-1-800-828-0599 Fax-1-216-360-8301 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.chicorporation.com

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

On Monday 13 November 2000 11:39 am, Donald Jr Saxton wrote: Hello, All. Just a quick question...Please don't kill me. What does i386, i486, i586 refer to? Proccesors, eg, 368DX/40 (old AMD), 486DX2/66 (old Intel), and i586 is Pentium class, which includes other cpu's besides Intel.

Re: [newbie] I cant configure my 3dfx card

get version 7.2 of mandrake which will automatically detect and configure your V5. Mandrake 7.0 will not detect the V5 because it uses x 3.3.6 and you need x 4.01. Abe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arguably in your case Red Hat appears to be "better"... [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/11/2000

Re: [newbie] LM7.2/Macmillain -- KDE2-Final?

Benjamin The 7.2 Complete Does Not include kde 2.0 final. You can update it to 2.0 using Mandrake Update, except in 7.2 it is now just Updates. Charles - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Sher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, patrick wrote: I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I

Re: [newbie] size of log files

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, philomena wrote: I will subscribe to that list, but my question is not really a PMFirewall question - its about controlling the size of the system log files - since I saw a syslog.gz , which I know I didn't create, I am assuming there is some system utility that compressed

Re: [newbie] 7.2(initial install) error installing packages:

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Mitchell Hagerty wrote: There was an error installing packages: setup-2.1.3-22mkd, filesystem-2.0.5, ld.so, glibc, termcap, libtermcap, readline, bash. Go On anyway? I click on 'Yes' and recieve this. error opening RPM database: cannot open file /mnt/var/lib/

RE: [newbie] size of log files

Title: RE: [newbie] size of log files This also begs the question, is there a file or files that one should periodically clear out to prevent filling up a disk with garbage? I have found nothing in my reading that says it is necessary, but just maybe I missed it. -Original Message-

[newbie] re Terminology

Just a quick question...Please don't kill me. What does i386, i486, i586 refer to? These point to the intel (i) processors: 80 386 80 486 80 586 (pentium) 80 686 (pentium II) Paul -- http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake

Re: [newbie] 7.2(initial install) error installing packages:

down There was an error installing packages: setup-2.1.3-22mkd, filesystem-2.0.5, ld.so, glibc, termcap, libtermcap, readline, bash. Go On anyway? I click on 'Yes' and recieve this. error opening RPM database: cannot open file /mnt/var/lib/ rpm/nameindex.rpm: Invalid argument... You

[newbie] rpmdrake

Ok im about to loose my nerves rpmdrake wont accept any media that i tell it it worked before but after (dont ask me why ) taking out the default media (cdrom ) it tells me that it could not find any package and i should check if my network drives are mounted in case i did a network install

Re: [[newbie] free used disk space]

"Donald Jr Saxton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I determine free used disk space? Thanks, Don a novice Linux, but loving it user == The command df in a terminal will return such info to you for all mounted drives (including a floppy, if it happens to be mounted at the

Re: [newbie] re Terminology

On Monday 13 November 2000 21:50, Paul wrote: Just a quick question...Please don't kill me. What does i386, i486, i586 refer to? These point to the intel (i) processors: 80 386 80 486 80 586 (pentium) 80 686 (pentium II) so 786 is pentium III ? I have never experienced any package

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

How come the tarball i downloaded from sun this morning with their newest java in it was an ...i386.tar.gz then? Wouldn't you think they of all co's (except of course Mandrakesoft) would be up to date on their optimization? my .02 US Vic wrote: the i386 means optimised for the old 386

Re: [newbie] re Terminology

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote: 80 386 80 486 80 586 (pentium) 80 686 (pentium II) so 786 is pentium III ? Don't know, I have never seen that. I have never experienced any package meant for 586 og 686 that have conflicted with my system (running

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

Thanks, Paul. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Terminalogy Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:40:41 + CPUs. A pentium is an i (i.e. Intel) 586. A Pentium II or such is an i686. A Pentium III or a Duron is (I think) an i 786

Re: [newbie] Tar Installs

Jeff Malka wrote: Is there a way to force it to install in a specific directory. Like /opt? When I do a TAR -zxvf filename then I run ./configure, make and make install, I can see on the console screen that there's nothing wrong after the install. My big problem is not knowing where

Re: [newbie] Mandrake v7.2 question?

civileme wrote: I think you have the essence of the problem well-centered. In other words, good assumption! Civileme On Monday 13 November 2000 15:59, you wrote: Can I assume that the Powerpack deluxe version of Mandrake v7.2 is the one most of us would want to get? (full installs,

Re: [newbie] mounting windows partions

You could give the group owner and group rights to write and everyone else just read rights. Then put anyone you want to have the ability to write into the group Kevin On 13 Nov 2000, Ramandeep wrote: i am using mandrake 7.1. by default my win98 c:\ d:\ and e:\ drives are mounted in

Re: [newbie]printing

Dale Kosan wrote: You are using Netscape I bet,right click on the file or link and choose save as.The other way,as you have found out is not easy to understand.After all the code is done,go up to file,save as and you are done.Just easier to right click... You can also shift left

[newbie] PMFirewall question...

Okay, I'm currently using ipchains/PMFirewall. My question is, since I *think* I've got everything installed correctly (the script said it installed OK), should I not be able to see PMFirewall running, using something like ktop or top, after I've connected to the 'Net? I picked the options where

Re: [newbie] free used disk space

Try df This will give you the amount of freespace on all your mounted partitions On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Donald Jr Saxton wrote: How do I determine free used disk space? Thanks, Don a novice Linux, but loving it user _

Re: [newbie] size of log files

Hi Paul, That was it - I did a 'man logrotate' and got tons of info - the files can be controled based on timing as well as size - very neat. Thanks for the pointer, philomena On Monday 13 November 2000 08:18 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, philomena wrote: I will subscribe to that

Re: [newbie]printing

In Netscape press and hold the shift key while you click the url to download the file. On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I went to the site to download Cups and I got alot of computer language or code printout to my screen instead of an RPM package that I expected. I went to a

Re: [newbie] zip drive

On Monday 13 November 2000 16:38, you wrote: Hi all, I have a dell inspiron 3700 pIII 450mhz, I installed ver 7.2 and everything worked fine. When I installed linux I had my usb iomega zip drive installed. During the installation the os found the zip drive, and installed the folder in the

Re: [newbie] Terminalogy

Huh, good question. On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, -michael- wrote: How come the tarball i downloaded from sun this morning with their newest java in it was an ...i386.tar.gz then? Wouldn't you think they of all co's (except of course Mandrakesoft) would be up to date on their optimization? my

[newbie] (...) X reinstall seems to be the only solution...

I dont know what else to do... I already tried XF86Config, XF86Setup, Xconfigurator... the first gives me internal "command not found" errors, like "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config: modeline: command not found" the other 2 run well but everytime I try to "startx" he starts and exits imediatly with this

[newbie] Problem with DiskDrake

Hello Friends, Yesterday i was installing Mandrake 7.2 on AMDk7 - 750MHz, VIA- Chipset(Soyo Mother board) 128MB, Diamond Viper 200(32MB)AGP and 30GB Hard Disk I had 4 partitions on this Harddisk, is connected to primary IDE (master), of the following size 1) Partition 1 = 6000GB 2) Partitoon 2

Re: [newbie] free used disk space

Civileme, Welcome back to the list! It's great to see you posting once again. It has been a while. How is everything with you these days? -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182496 =/\= PINE 4.21

Re: [newbie] newbie] A ADSL Question

Download the package rp-pppoe from Roaring Penguin.com. Follow the installation instructions contained in the tar package. Piece of cake. Ihave DSLfrom Verizon also. Works like a charm! -- Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user #175132 Powered by Linux-Mandrake 7.1

[newbie] domain setup

can someone help me setup my server for my new domain name... this is the first time doing this... I have Mandrake 7.02 with Apache 1.3.9 -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit= Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071

Re: [newbie] Problem with DiskDrake

just how big deem hard drives? and where did you get a 6000 gig. drive anyway, from the starship Enterprise? Kirk will be mad. - Original Message - From: "Raju Krishnappa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Problem with

RE: [newbie] Tar Installs

Use: tar -zxvf filname -C /directory/where/you/want/it/to/go HTH, Bill P.S. Uppercase C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of gcobb Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 4:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Tar Installs I've got this

Re: [newbie] (...) X reinstall seems to be the only solution...

On Monday 13 November 2000 04:43 pm, Krulo wrote: I dont know what else to do... I already tried XF86Config, XF86Setup, Xconfigurator... try typing 'apropos xf86' you'll get back a ton of commands/statements related to XF86 Prob'ly towards the end of the output you'll see :

Re: [newbie] LM7.2/Macmillain -- KDE2-Final?

Charles A Edwards wrote: Benjamin The 7.2 Complete Does Not include kde 2.0 final. You can update it to 2.0 using Mandrake Update, except in 7.2 it is now just Updates. Charles - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Sher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Problem with DiskDrake

Ed Tharp wrote: just how big deem hard drives? and where did you get a 6000 gig. drive anyway, from the starship Enterprise? Kirk will be mad. - Original Message - From: "Raju Krishnappa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:46 PM Subject:

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