Re: [newbie] Windows isn't written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Drak
>Indeed. > Someone I know is now going to load Mandrake on his new computer. After 3 > weeks he still has not managed to get Windows ME (Millenium Edition, the > Win2000 for home use) to boot without the famous BSOD... Interesting... I run ME, BeOS R5 pro, and LM 7.2 all on the same machine.

[newbie] Closing Port 25

2000-11-30 Thread Barry Premeaux
I reinstalled PMfirewall and Portsentry after upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2. Went through scans on www.grc.com, www.whackerhacker.com and on Secure Design. I keep coming up with the following Ports still open - 25 tcp smtp 177udp xdmcp 631tcp (cups) 1025 tcp listen 1026 tcp nte

Re: [newbie] 3c509 not operative

2000-11-30 Thread John W
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 03:23, you wrote: > Hi, I have a problem: > > My 3c509b ISA does not work with 7.2, nor did it it work with 7.1. > > I selected the correct module at install, but it hasn't ever worked. I've > gotten it to work before with RedHat 6 and dhcpcd, but I'm having trouble

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-11-30 Thread -michael-
> > I try to be OS agnostic - after all it's not a religion, nor should it be. > So I try to judge the merits of any OS on how it "treats" me and what I can > get done with it. > > > > Now let's bring it back. Personally, I enjoy the innards of computers and > OSes, wish I know more about all

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Spoonman
WinME doesn't have the reboot to dos option. I was going to dual boot a machine that already had ME on it until I tried to use Partition Magic (included with LM 6.1) and it required a rebbot in dos mode. I drop kicked ME and Linux and I lived happily ever after. --Original Message-- From:

Re: [newbie] apache help

2000-11-30 Thread KompuKit
thats not it...I can't even get a 127.0.0.1 or a localhost it says tcp error: no root to host -michael- wrote: > > On Thursday 30 November 2000 16:26, you proffered: > > I have mandrake 7.2 download version installed > > with apache 1.3.14 along with apache mod perl > > I can't seem to bring

RE: [newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network?

2000-11-30 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Instead of pouring thru the entire Samba installation and documentation...   Try   "smbclient -L NTBOX -U USER"   where   NTBOX is the name of your NT server and USER is the name of the authorized user you have set up on the NT machine.   This will produce a list of shares. If you can see th

[newbie] Where's Gnome

2000-11-30 Thread John W
I have LM 7.2 installed on my box but can't seem to use Gnome. I initially set it up with a default user logon and KDE as the deskop. I tried to open Gnome and get no response even after several minutes. Not even an ide light! The other window managers seem to work alright with the exception of

RE: [newbie] [Newbie] XFREE font problem

2000-11-30 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Is your font server running? -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kim White Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:45 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] [Newbie] XFREE font problem Hi I am getting an error starting up Xfree. I have

Re: [newbie] apache help

2000-11-30 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 30 November 2000 16:26, you proffered: > I have mandrake 7.2 download version installed > with apache 1.3.14 along with apache mod perl > I can't seem to bring up my website > > it ran under 7.02 with apache 1.3.9 > but this time it says this: > > unable to connect to server: > (TCP ER

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] XFREE font problem

2000-11-30 Thread eryl
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 22:45, you wrote: > Hi > > I am getting an error starting up Xfree. I have an S3 Trio 64V+ and am > getting the following error: > "An error has occurred: > could not open default font 'fixed' > try to change some parameters." > > Please help, this is for a demo for m

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-11-30 Thread Rick Commo
--- Dave Sherman [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --- Actually, the Windows versions from 1.0 thru 3.11 were written in a combination of C and C++. Win95 and later are pretty much all C++, except some older libraries that are still around. Even Microsoft isn't foolish enough to write their OS in VB -- that pro

[newbie] USB Logitech ifeel mouse - does not accept address

2000-11-30 Thread Luis Vargas
Hello: I have a problem that is bugging me for over 2 weeks, I've installed Mandrake 7.2 on a Winchip 200MHz w/ 128 MB ram, the Mobo is a super7 pc100 with everything onboard, LAN, 8MB AGP, sound, modem and 2 USB(four pin connector) where i purchased an standard 5 pin cable in Bestbuy to be able

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Romanator
I agree. At least for now, I refuse to install Netscape 6. Mozilla yes. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Mark Weaver wrote: > > well...to each his/her own, but really there isn't all that much wrong > with Netscape 4.7x. Netscape 6 on the other hand is awful! Mozilla is a > different stor

Re: [newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network?

2000-11-30 Thread Phil Connor
On Thursday 30 November 2000 06:01 pm, you wrote: > > Can anyone direct me towards to the quickest way to figure out how to get > my linux box to see my WinNT shares? Samba http://www.samba.org -- Phil Connor Emory Booty Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 189889

Re: [newbie] LinCity - The Game

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi Adrian, You've heard of SimCity, right? Thats the name of the Windows Simulation game where you build and manage cities and stuff. It's been around almost as long as Windows itself. Anyway, there's a Linux program out there called LinCity, or so I gather from the postings here on the list. I h

Re: [newbie] Majordomo install

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Whats wrong with using Sympa? Have you read the startup and install requirments and instructions at all? The only way I'd ever even consider going through all that is if I had to do it for my job. I'd certainly never want to do it voluntarily! -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock

RE: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Rick Commo
>>one correction. ME is the next progression on 98. Win 2000 is the next NT. Whistler Personal, the next "consumer" OS from them will be on the NT kernel. Finally, at long last, DOS based windows will be dead (or at least maintenance mode only).

Re: [newbie] LinCity - The Game

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
I've tried playing it, but it's somewhat below the original SimCity in complexity. - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] LinCity - The Game : Hi Adrian, : : You've heard of SimC

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]
On Friday 01 December 2000 02:40, you wrote: > That's correct. There is no DOS prompt available, either in "reboot to..." > form, or even just a simple DOS window. The dos prompt in windows is there, and the fact that the option to reboot to dos isn't there doesn't mean it's not possible, there'

[newbie] apache help

2000-11-30 Thread KompuKit
I have mandrake 7.2 download version installed with apache 1.3.14 along with apache mod perl I can't seem to bring up my website it ran under 7.02 with apache 1.3.9 but this time it says this: unable to connect to server: (TCP ERROR:xp_get builtinstring:7105 not found) this also happens when I

Re: [newbie] Linux and TFT screens

2000-11-30 Thread onepatrick
Spoonman wrote: > > Since I didn't really get a reply to my rather broad question last time, let > me word it this way: > Should a laptop TFT be considered a LCD display or VGA/SVGA? > > Thanks, > Mark i hope someone helps u. i dont know

Re: [newbie] Need xf86config help

2000-11-30 Thread Joseph Burden
Hey... I'm having a similar problem with my Compaq Presario 12XL325 laptop. I just upgraded from MK 6.0 to 7.2 and the monitor will not configure correctly. It will work fine for the install but not with any of the GUI's. If you can get any information, could you send it to me? If I get any inf

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
That's correct. There is no DOS prompt available, either in "reboot to..." form, or even just a simple DOS window. Dave At 02:12 PM 11/30/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Quoting Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the covers. > > You won't

[newbie] Is there a quick an easy t-file for setting up my Linux box on the network?

2000-11-30 Thread Rich Auriemma
Can anyone direct me towards to the quickest way to figure out how to get my linux box to see my WinNT shares?   Same with allowing telnet access into the Linux box?     I've got the network card drivers loaded and I can get on the internet through the LAN..  just don't know how to see my N

Re: [newbie] Video Cards

2000-11-30 Thread onepatrick
"Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > What do you guys think of G-force Video Cards? What do you think the best > Video card for a Linux box is? > > Thanks, > Chris Kelly > Registered Linux user 185775 i have a guillemot proher ddr geforce. i love it. linux finally loads my gforce driver and it work

[newbie] Creative PCI128 under Mandrake7

2000-11-30 Thread Abraham Pinzur
I'd like to know whether anybody has successfully configured Mandrake 7 for use with Creative Labs' Sound Blaster PCI128. It's unclear to me whether the driver for the Creative/Ensoniq Sound Blaster AudioPCI is supposed to meet this need, although based on the link below, the two cards appear to

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]
On Thursday 30 November 2000 23:54, you wrote: > Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the covers. You > won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a system with > WinME preinstalled. An upgraded system may still have those artifacts lying > about. Win2000 i

[newbie] RE:NEWBIE

2000-11-30 Thread Dale Kosan
Dale Kosan wrote:> > Well,lets get this war going! I come from a Windoze 98,NT 4.0,2000> background,I love Linux,more stable than the above,but.When a company> sells software as complete and it is beta.I think it is a true shame> that Mandrake has let the other company make them look

RE: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Abraham Pinzur
> Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the > covers. You > won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a > system with > WinME preinstalled. *Technically*, best I can tell, WinME's relationship to DOS is no different from Win95 or Win98. Take it from a guy

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
thank you Vic. I believe you are correct. At least it looks a lot more as it should from your spelling then from mine. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * RE

RE: [newbie] How to debug C++ code in linux?

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Johnson
Probably a little off topic here, here is a VC mailing list to check with: [EMAIL PROTECTED] also check with the comp.os.ms-windows.programming.* newsgroups for info... -Original Message- From: Yacketta,Ronald J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:19 AM To: [EM

Re: [newbie] Linux and TFT screens

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
TFT is simply a certain type of LCD, so use LCD. Dave At 04:39 PM 11/30/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Since I didn't really get a reply to my rather broad question last time, let >me word it this way: >Should a laptop TFT be considered a LCD display or VGA/SVGA? > >Thanks, >Mark Dave Sherman SoftServ

Re: [newbie] Anti-Microsoft Sentiment

2000-11-30 Thread onepatrick
Dale Kosan wrote: > > Well,lets get this war going! I come from a Windoze 98,NT 4.0,2000 > background,I love Linux,more stable than the above,but.When a company > sells software as complete and it is beta.I think it is a true shame > that Mandrake has let the other company make them look

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the covers. You won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a system with WinME preinstalled. An upgraded system may still have those artifacts lying about. Win2000 is simply Win NT5 with a new name for the new milleni

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
windows is written in assembly language?? Jeez, if it is, why does it take up so much space? I thought it was written in compiled batch language. : > No, Windows isn't written in VB. Windows is written in assembly language. : >

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
It didn't say KDE on it, but it is the default one that comes up when you install. the gnome login has a picture of a penguin in an igloo. - Original Message - From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] login

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Dave DeGear
Quoting Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the covers. > You won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a > system with WinME preinstalled. An upgraded system may still have Are you saying that WinMe doesn't have

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread chronos
That has got to be the most interesting thing I have read on the forum in quite awhile. Thanx, Chronos. Quoting Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of > DOS under the covers. You > won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of > those files on a sys

Re: [newbie] Gnome Vs. KDE

2000-11-30 Thread Paul R
Does anybody know which is more memory and resource intensive? KDE1/KDE2 or Gnome? Kelly, Christopher wrote: > Okay, I'm curious. How can I use Gnome instead of KDE? And what are the > differneces? > > Thanks, > Chris Kelly > Registered Linux user 185775 > > > >

[newbie] Linux and TFT screens

2000-11-30 Thread Spoonman
Since I didn't really get a reply to my rather broad question last time, let me word it this way: Should a laptop TFT be considered a LCD display or VGA/SVGA? Thanks, Mark

[newbie] Windows isn't written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Paul
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote: >one correction. ME is the next progression on 98. Win 2000 is the next NT. Indeed. Someone I know is now going to load Mandrake on his new computer. After 3 weeks he still has not managed to get Windows ME (Millenium Edition, the Win2000 for home u

[newbie] cups problem

2000-11-30 Thread poogle
Whenever I start MD7.2 (I switch off my pc when not in use) I have to go into Drakconf and setup my printer - all of the settings are still there, I just have to go through the motions of clicking on boxes until I get to "done". If I forget to do this and try to print, whatever I'm trying to pri

Re: [newbie] 2 questions

2000-11-30 Thread onepatrick
Mark Weaver wrote: > > Patrick, > > If I remember correctly Magellan was/is a lightweight Konquerer type > browser based on the Mozilla "gecko" rendering engine. I'm not sure if it > ever really got out of the beta stage. For a while there was a lot of talk > about it, but then as the release of

Re: [newbie] 2 questions

2000-11-30 Thread onepatrick
Anthony wrote: > > > 1. is it possible to combine kmail into konquerer > > As in use Kmail to send email from Konquerer? Mine is set up like that from > installation. > > > > > 2. what is magellan > > I'm pretty sure that it is the next generation of Kmail, and is supposed to > be like Outlook

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread Paul
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, pablito wrote: >After updating a few files, the login screen switched to the gnome login >instead of the previous login screen. The other login screen had more >features. how do I switch back? What was "the previous login screen"? We do need to know where you came from if w

[newbie] Where's sndconfig ?

2000-11-30 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! I had some configuration problems, so i have installed 7.2 again. What is not working is the SB32 pnp... sndconfig is not in the path (and i haven't been able to find it) and DrakConf - hardware says that /dev/dsp is busy 8-? Note: it's been working under this installation, but it stop

Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Yayan Irianto
I think ME is another name for Win98 and Win2000 is another name for NT. > > No, Windows isn't written in VB. Windows is written in assembly language. > > Additionally, Windows is a "DOS Shell", even '98. The only version of Windows which is a true OS is NT, and that's only because it's the ver

RE: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
one correction. ME is the next progression on 98. Win 2000 is the next NT. -Original Message- From: paddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB Mr. Mark Weaver -- Good sir -- No

Re: [newbie] Chastity belt on CD-ROM and Floppy

2000-11-30 Thread Goldenpi
The padlocks just mean it isn't there. Did you check there were disks in the drive :)? Have a look in /etc/fstab. The drive setup is in there. - Original Message - From: Riker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:55 AM Subject: [newbie] Chastity

[newbie] Printing problems with Kmail and Konqueror

2000-11-30 Thread Scott and Janet Miller
Configuration: LM 7.2 GPL edition Mandrake Updates installed CUPS updates recommended on Mandrake Forum installed HP Laserjet 6L with foomatic + ljet4 driver HP Deskjet 812C with foomatic + stp-gimp-print driver When printing from Kmail and Konqueror, text at page bottom is cutoff and overlaps on

[newbie] Strange RPM problems

2000-11-30 Thread Phil Garrett
Ok, long story short. I'm trying to add an Adaptec 1542c SCSI card to an existing mdk7.2 system. I want to recompile the kernel to include SCSI support. I go to install the kernel-sources rpm and am told I need to install dev86. I rpm -i dev86, it runs for about 30-40 seconds. I then get

[newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB

2000-11-30 Thread paddock
Mr. Mark Weaver -- Good sir -- No, Windows isn't written in VB. Windows is written in assembly language. Additionally, Windows is a "DOS Shell", even '98. The only version of Windows which is a true OS is NT, and that's only because it's the version of OS/2 which IBM was working on when t

[newbie] Partition Question...

2000-11-30 Thread Andrew Vogel
I've got Linux Mandrake 7.2 that I want to install on one of my small spare machines (a Pentium I/200mhz with 64 megs of memory). That machine has two hard drives: * a 515 megger and * a 1220 megger My question is this: How should I partition these drives, and what sizes should I use for the par

RE: [newbie] Anti-Microsoft Sentiment

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Hmmm... -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ <*REPLY SEPERATOR*>> On Thu, 30

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Vic
Sorry for butting in, if I may offer an answer to the spelling request, I think it is "euphemism" but I may be incorrect also. On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > as everyone knows "that" wouldn't surprise me at all, nor anyone else for > that matter that knows M$ to any extent. but you kn

RE: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
I agree. But mozilla isn't there quite yet! -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:28 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6 well...to each his/her own, but really there isn't

RE: [newbie] Video Cards

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Sounds like more trouble than it's worth, Tom. Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Cards On Thursday 30 November 2000 09:4

RE: [newbie] Anti-Microsoft Sentiment

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
I think that you'll find that those who are truely interested in Learning Linux, refrain from MS bashing. Fact of the matter is, a newbie like myself still needs Windows once in a while...Unpleseant as it is, it's the truth. I agree with RJ to an extent that we need to stop bitchin' and and keep l

Re: [newbie] Installed Server programs?

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
first make sure that telnet is indeed installed on your system. at a command prompt type whereis telnet it should return a message of /usr/bin/telnet if it is installed if you get a message that says no such file or folder then telnet was not installed on your system and you will have to in

RE: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
well...to each his/her own, but really there isn't all that much wrong with Netscape 4.7x. Netscape 6 on the other hand is awful! Mozilla is a different story, and from what i've seen from the progression of Mozilla releases when Mozilla is finally matured into a fully functional browser/email cli

[newbie] Anti-Microsoft Sentiment

2000-11-30 Thread R J Booysen
Before I get bashed for saying anything, remember that I am just commenting on all the emails I read here on this list.    A lot of people are emailing with how they need help with Linux and explain how they tried to find out what was wrong using Windows.  I find this quite amusing as most

[newbie] Partition Question...

2000-11-30 Thread Andrew Vogel
I've got Linux Mandrake 7.2 that I want to install on one of my small spare machines (a Pentium I/200mhz with 64 megs of memory). That machine has two hard drives: * a 515 megger and * a 1220 megger My question is this: How should I partition these drives, and what sizes should I use for the par

Re: [newbie] Video Cards

2000-11-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 30 November 2000 09:40 am, Kelly, Christopher wrote: > What do you guys think of G-force Video Cards? What do you think the > best Video card for a Linux box is? I don't have one, but I'm prob'ly gonna build a new Tbird- 1000/KT7 box after Christmas, and I haft'a consider a GeF

[newbie] Installed Server programs?

2000-11-30 Thread Dave DeGear
I did a full install of Mandrake 7.2 and it took about 1.5 gigs. I then tried to telnet and ftp into my computer and it wouldn't allow me. I'm fairly new to Linux and so am not sure if my permissions are set wrong or if the telnet and ftp servers aren't running. I tried "ps ax" and didn't see

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
After updating a few files, the login screen switched to the gnome login instead of the previous login screen. The other login screen had more features. how do I switch back?

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Daniel Anderson
Hi, I've tried Netscape 6 with both Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2. In both cases it ran well until I accessed a page with java applets,then it crashed,taking the xserver with it. In both cases I was never able to start the xserver again without reinstalling. Don't remember the error messages,I just gave

[newbie] Video Cards

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
What do you guys think of G-force Video Cards? What do you think the best Video card for a Linux box is? Thanks, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Installation Fragmented Par

2000-11-30 Thread Charles A Edwards
- Original Message - From: "John Sendak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie Linux Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Sendak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:49 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Installation Fragmented Par > > > I am running Windows ME, and atte

Re: [newbie] kpilot

2000-11-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 30 November 2000 05:54 am, noam wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions and can anyone > tell me how to get linux to recognise COM2/ttys1? I don't think linux > recognises the serial port at the moment as it doesn't show up in > Hardware > Configuration? What does 'dmesg' say?

RE: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Johnson
Are you sure that a lot of Windows was written in basic and VB? I was under the impression that most of it was written with MFC, especially MS Office, I know for a fact that Wordpad is written in MFC (not that that's a significant piece of software or anythning). I think most of 3.1 was written i

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] XFREE font problem

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
I had the same problem. I was trying to speed up my system by removing some fonts I didn't use (so that xfm wouldn't need to load them into RAM), and I accidentally removed one or more fonts that X needed for startup. Next time I rebooted my laptop, WHAM! Same error message you are getting. Aft

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
Yes, there is no "LCD" monitor type listed (which was what originally threw me off, since Caldera DID have such an option). So, I went looking at IBM monitor types, and found a simple match saying 1024x768x24bpp, or something like that. I think the monitor model # was a 9416 or something. But i

Re: [newbie] Grub/LILO--why?

2000-11-30 Thread bpremeaux
On Thu, 30 November 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > > LILO forever...grub sounds like a fat, gooie worm that squirmed out from > under a log to be breakfast for a Robin. > > -- > Mark > Mark - Resistance is futile, you WILL be assimilated Barry :-)) ___

RE: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
Please read my previous post in this thread re: incorrect or suboptimal monitor driver for X. Dave At 01:41 PM 11/29/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Mine is definitely way slower than Windows. When dragging my mouse around >the screen it appears to periodically get caught on some virtual "rug", it >ta

RE: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly, Christopher
I am using opera beta for Linux and I love it. After reading this strand, I think that I am taking Netscape off my machine! -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Anybody having

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
windows is indeed written in VB. Do some checking and you will be very surprised at what you find. And yes I know VB is an interpreted language and not compiled. Non the less they are writing Windows in VB. Next time you have your VB editor open and you're putting together a program, and after you

Re: [newbie] FAX software for LM7.2

2000-11-30 Thread Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]
On Thursday 30 November 2000 14:23, Joseph wrote: > Anyone knows where I can find a program so that I can send a fax in > LM7.2? kfax in the kde2 package.. :) -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 /

[newbie] FAX software for LM7.2

2000-11-30 Thread Joseph
Anyone knows where I can find a program so that I can send a fax in LM7.2? Joseph

[newbie] shell scripting / aliasing

2000-11-30 Thread Jamie Kerwick
I'm trying to use the following script, #!/bin/sh !!:s/lpadm/give/ $1 The problem i'm having is accessing the history, i know that this script opens its own shell and references that history, which is why i get a 0:event not found error. What I want to do is reference the history of the curren

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
as everyone knows "that" wouldn't surprise me at all, nor anyone else for that matter that knows M$ to any extent. but you know...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. hm...you know...that I hear that uphamism (spelling) again I'm not so sure that's a good thing. -- Mark / * Someti

Re: [newbie] Date won't stay set

2000-11-30 Thread bascule
i have definitely read that some computers will display gmt only in the panel of kde, however i don't remember where, i think it was a kde/hardware thing but you will have to do a search on it, from what i read you aren't doing anything wrong, sorry to be of no more help but at least you know y

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Tim Holmes
Well that's not really an indicator. Just look at MAC and Windoze appz that you buy one CD, and you can install on MACs, Windoze, or what have you. Just like installing CompuPic for Windoze and Linux. So that's not really an indication. But there's also a possibility that MicrosOFF has started

Re: [newbie] kpilot

2000-11-30 Thread bascule
a quick thought, is the irq and io for the serial port set correctly, on my machine when lm boots it detects three seperate serial ports but with two having the same irq when in fact they don't, i have to use setserial to put this right bascule On Thursday 30 November 2000 11:54 am, you wro

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Installation Fragmented Par

2000-11-30 Thread John Sendak
I am running Windows ME, and attempting to install Mandrake 7.2 I have two partitions on my hard disk, which were set up when I got the PC, but which I have resized using Partition Magic * C for programs and data, and * D for a compressed backup. At install, I chose the option "Use existing

RE: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
I don't think they "own" Corel, however they did buy a HUGE chunk of Corel stock recently. But it was non-voting stock. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * R

Re: [newbie] Grub/LILO--why?

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
LILO forever...grub sounds like a fat, gooie worm that squirmed out from under a log to be breakfast for a Robin. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTE

Re: [newbie] gates gets linux

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
they haven't written anything for the windows platform as a whole OS since window 3.1. When they left DOS/GUI win 3.1 model and went to integrated DOS/virtual GUI model a lot was already being written in basic and later Visual Basic. In windows 3.1 the OS operated much like X does in Linux. The G

RE: [newbie] Connection speed

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
well...all I know is that I would LOVE to be obscene, but I can't get either one where I live cause the telco where I live is holding us all hostage while the rest of the country enjoys this wonder of technology. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get th

Re: [newbie] Date won't stay set

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
you might also try unselecting the CMOS checkbox while you're in there setting your time zone. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 18

[newbie] kpilot

2000-11-30 Thread noam
Hello, Could anyone suggest a way to resolve this problem. I am trying to synchronise my Palm III with kpilot and korganiser. For some reason when I hit synchronise on the cradle no information passes between it and the computer. I know it is not a hardware fault because it works under Windoz

Re: [[newbie] Chastity belt on CD-ROM and Floppy]

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
bad idea Mike... -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ <*REPLY SEPERATOR*>> On 30 Nov

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Umm...it's a RAM hog because it leaks like a sive.(spelling) And it's crashing for the same reason. The memory leaks are so bad if this were a person bleeding after running the program for 30 minutes they would have bled to death. In my opinion this program never left the alpha stage. -- Mark

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Absolutely Roman...Mozilla is definately the way to go. I've checked both the Windows and Linux versions of Netscape 6 and they're both buggier than a roach trap. While I found the Linux version to be a little more stable it was also very slow and cumbersome. There are also "still" quite a few mem

Re: [newbie] Anybody having any luck with Netscape 6

2000-11-30 Thread Joseph
Paul wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: > > >I downloaded the stable version of Netscape 6 and it definitely renders > >pages better, but crashes often. It doesn't seem to work with Tucows, when > > I have heard nothing but complaints about it. On all platforms that it > exist

Re: Re: [Re: [newbie] Posting to the list]

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Pardon me for jumping in here, but I used to suffer from this same problem, but that before I went from using Netscape Messenger to Pine full-time. When I started using Pine I could then also use Procmail to filter the messages. That opened a whole new door to mail filtering. Far more effective fo

[newbie] kappfinder

2000-11-30 Thread Oder Santos
I don't know if this is a off topic question but can someone point me in the direction of finding kappfinder in Mandrake 7.2 ? Thanks in advance, Oder.

Re: Phil / CDRW (was Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake Version 7)

2000-11-30 Thread Mr S Ganesan
At the command prompt, # or $ please type mount /mnt/cdrom If the system says nothing further , then the CD has been mounted. It will go to the CD after u give the command cd /mnt/cdrom Again type ls -l to see the contents of the cd and so on. To remove the CD go to the root directory bytyping cd

Re: [[newbie] after startx]

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,friends: > > what should I do after I run startx? > how to set the size of font and screen resolution? > > thanks, > Michael zhao > lµJ\¢akyëayg> ër¢êß­ç^?׫?ëZqǬ±«a¶Ú ÿ 0ÖËT¥Ê& == Before running startx, you could run XF86Setup (careful

Re: [Re: [RE: [newbie] Performance...]]

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Scottaline
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > I tried Blackbox, but I can't get the "feel" for it as I do with xfce. To > each his/her own, right? > There's more than one way to do it. The linux way :) > Paul > === Hey Paul, I couldn't agree more :o) That's one of the genuine

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