Re: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
agreed. I got fed up with my linux installation and blew the whole damn thing away and installed win2k. I started at 10:40pm, it's now 11:05pm. Default install, i got sound (good sound -all the time, right out of the box), good screen resolution, detection of EVERYTHING, networking configured to i

Re: [newbie] Crystal 4235

2000-12-04 Thread Frank
I use Mandrake 7.2 on my 400i, and the sound card works just fine, although I did have to bump up the volume Frank On Monday 04 December 2000 17:39, you wrote: > Is that in an emachine? I have a 400i. > > Any help would be appreciated... > > Th

RE: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Vic
That would be neat, a little question at the beginning of the installer that says something like- [] I don't want all that techno stuff right now OR- [] I'm a technician dangbustit, gimme a shell!! and the person could click on what they wanted, and it would proceed as such, more choic

[newbie] KDE Crashes every time I line up icons

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Dickman
Okay, here' s one I haven't seen on the list before. Every time I change my desktop, KDE Crashes... Line up Icons - crash change background image - crash change colors - crash I'm losing faith in KDE, and long for the days of Enlightenment. -JD-

Re: [newbie] how do i get off this mailling list

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Dickman
To be a Registered Linux User, you must send 1 dollar to everyone on the list. :-) I did - I have my number around here somewhere -JD- On Monday 04 December 2000 14:18, you wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Jay wrote: > > Roger Sherman wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Jeff Dickman wrote: > >

[newbie] AGP Video, cool or sucks???

2000-12-04 Thread Vic
hello again. I am wondering what some of the pros and cons of AGP video are. Is there a webpage somewhere I could read what is in plain English? Replies also welcome. thanx

Re: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Robin Regennitter
Linux is licensed under the GNU which means "Free Software". I dont think the face of Linux will change unless GNU change its rules to make it not a free software which I doubt that will ever happen. -- Original Message - From: "Rick Commo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: M

Re: [newbie] Want something better for resume

2000-12-04 Thread Vic
Again thankx, another test to do, cool. I will test it, and thanx again :) On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 03 December 2000 01:33, you wrote: > > Klyx don't work, tex is too hard > > I would like something easier > > if you please > > > > Thank you > Try LyX. KLyX was written a

Re: [newbie] Crystal 4614/22/24

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Dickman
MDK is identifying my soundcard as above... how can I set up different drivers to run this sound card? I could have sworn it was a CS4235... -JD- On Monday 04 December 2000 05:49, you wrote: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 07:29:27PM -0800, Jeff Dickman wrote: > > Does anyone know when the subject

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

2000-12-04 Thread rbh
enough...I am very sorry to have started the entire topic... ... this entire thread started when I asked, via a PRIVATE POST, what Mark what his source was for the statement that Windows was written in VB... sadly, many emails later, I have yet to see this question answered...and why Mark did not

RE: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Rick Commo
-Original Message- From: David Grubb Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux I can understand what you are saying here, that the face of Linux will change and it will no longer be recognised as the free OS it is now. I disag

[newbie] At last my Pavilion sound is working!

2000-12-04 Thread rick
Special thanks to Mark Weaver and sSpoonman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])! Some history first. I have never gotten the sound to work on my son's HP Pavilion 3265. Both the installation procecure and sounddrake failed to detect the on-board audio. A few months ago I put my son's original Win98 HD back i

Re: [newbie] how do i get off this mailling list

2000-12-04 Thread R Edward McCain
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, you wrote: > your boyfriends / girlfriends phone number and address > and a JPG image of that person. Not too picky, are ya? *grin* -- R. Edward McCain [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 599146 Registered Linux User #196613

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Locks up when installing.

2000-12-04 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Sirs, I also tried to load MKL7.2 on a Fujitsu HDD of 4.3 GB using a boot floppy made for that purpose. After initially searching for my CDROM drive it said that no hard disk is found on the system. I tried with many utilities to detect the hard disk and none of them could detect it. A similar pr

[newbie] Help - USB Printer - Urgent

2000-12-04 Thread Ashley Moore
I've connected my Epson Stylus 740 using USB to my LM7.2 m/c How do I go about accessing it. (what device do I use?) I used the same printer sucessfully thru lpd (parallel port) on LM 7.1 After upgrading I want to give the USB support a shot. I'm totally blank on the subject. Any pointers on where

Re: [newbie] goldwave equivalents

2000-12-04 Thread bob
phuqwit wrote: > > Does anyone know of a Linux equivalent sound processing/recording program to > Goldwave (for windoze)? I would greatly appreciate any input, seeing as how > it is te only app i have yet to find a comparable alternative for. > -- > Sometimes, I just don't know anymore. Studio

Re: RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread David Grubb
>I am of the feeling that if Linux, no >matter what flavor, were to become "more" new user friendly, or to put it >a better way, extreme novice user friendly, then it would no longer >"be" linux. It would be Microsoft...or very much like it and not much at >all like Linux. I can understand what

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Well said Jozef! Well said! Actually, I don't hate Windows, I just HATE the bad habits that have become part and parcel of the entire windows experience. -- 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

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread R Edward McCain
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, you wrote: > A/S/L ??? > > Um...Can you interpret that for me? heh, sorry, old AOL term that you see on IRC all the time. Stands for Age /Sex /Location. Thought you might be familiar witht he term and thus enjoy the joke a bit more. -- R. Edward McCain [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread John Rye
ed wrote: > > Hi all I was wondering if anyone here uses tripwire and if so where can i > get it and how hard is it to install. >thanks all . www.tripwire.org -- ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more e

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > Cracker = script-kiddie - general, all arouind pain in the ass that should > have their heads handed to them in a bucket cause it's painfully apparent > that they have no intention of doing anything constructive or useful with > their talents in the near f

[newbie] Creative SB16 PCI

2000-12-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
How is the PCI version of Creative's SB16? Is it quick to setup with the bundled drivers? Seve

Re: [newbie] RPM dependency

2000-12-04 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Don Mayhew wrote: > I purchased ver 7.2 from the Mandrake site along with the Extension > disk. Install locks up on attempt to add files from the Extension > disk so I did not get the doc manual for Mandrake which shows up as > one of the RPM files on it. > > When I try to

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
A/S/L ??? Um...Can you interpret that for me? -- 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*>>>

Re: [newbie] how do i get off this mailling list

2000-12-04 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Jay wrote: > Roger Sherman wrote: > > > > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Jeff Dickman wrote: > > > > > Which sounds vaguely like "how to become a registered linux user" :-) > > > > > > -JD- > > > > > > > Good composers borrow; great composers steal! ;-) > > > Without sounding too h

[newbie] goldwave equivalents

2000-12-04 Thread phuqwit
Does anyone know of a Linux equivalent sound processing/recording program to Goldwave (for windoze)? I would greatly appreciate any input, seeing as how it is te only app i have yet to find a comparable alternative for. -- Sometimes, I just don't know anymore.

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Ummm...Netscape 6 sucks because AOL can't program to save their lives, and a hacker IS a programmer. If you're refering to the "script kiddies" that have way too much time on their hands and no proper motivation to properly direct and use their God given talents for something other than to jerk ar

Re: [newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread Daniel J. Ferris
Tripwire is a program that uses cryptographic checksums (like md5, crc32, and SHA1) to perform accounting on the filesystem. Tripwire is generally used to make sure that a program like login, or ps, or netstat isn't substituted for a version that is trojaned, because the MD5 sums on the trojane

Re: [newbie] Thank you, Rog.

2000-12-04 Thread Roger Sherman
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, R Edward McCain wrote: > Rog, thank you ever so much. > I finally managed to get both my cd burner and cd-r to work with this tip. > You have my eternal gratitude. > > [...] No problem, man! See Mark, and you thought it was gonna torch the guy, just cause I trashed my system

[newbie] Thank you, Rog.

2000-12-04 Thread R Edward McCain
Rog, thank you ever so much. I finally managed to get both my cd burner and cd-r to work with this tip. You have my eternal gratitude. [...] > > Before you try that, do what they say to do here: > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ > > I don't know if it works (it should

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Av, I hear what you're saying, and to a small degree I ...well, sort of agree, but only to a small point. Actually, my supervisor and I have this very converstation at times. He's said, and still continues to say, a lot of the same things that you're saying. I am of the feeling that if Linux, no

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
abso-friggin-lutely! ;) I was just giving you a hard time for giving your poor Penguin a headache! As I do myself when I'm being unkind to the little guy. He treats me so good and sometimes I do some,um...rather...shall we say...things that if I'd have thought about then a little longer I proba

Re: [newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread David Grubb
a google search returned http://www.tripwire.org might be a good starting point > Hi all I was wondering if anyone here uses tripwire and if so where can i > get it and how hard is it to install. >thanks all . > > ___

[newbie] RPM dependency

2000-12-04 Thread Don Mayhew
I purchased ver 7.2 from the Mandrake site along with the Extension disk. Install locks up on attempt to add files from the Extension disk so I did not get the doc manual for Mandrake which shows up as one of the RPM files on it. When I try to install that file via an rpm -install command, I

Re: [newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
what is tripwire? I've heard that name before somewhere. -- 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 SEP

[newbie] Code Crusader Icon too large to add to kpanel

2000-12-04 Thread Romanator
Hi everybody, I downloaded Code Crusader. However, I would like to reduce the icon. It's too large. Does any one know the correct proportions and how to edit it so that it can be added to kpanel. Which graphical program is best suited for this? Oh yeah. Any positive comments about Code Crusader?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 on a Dell Laptop...

2000-12-04 Thread Romanator
Whoah Dave, Can you increase your font size, we can't read your questions? Roman

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Locks up when installing.

2000-12-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Denis: Could you expand on how you arrived at your conclusion? Is there a problem with some or all WD drives and LM7.2? Does it extend to other hard drives? I thought that they were all pretty much the same. While I don't have a WD disk, I have been having problems getting a stable installation of

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Romanator
Hello Jozef, That is untrue. Man of the users still use some sort of application that runs on Windows OS. It's just we hate to admit it or rather talk about Linux OS or Linux related topics. Don't be discouraged. Yes, there have been some very goofy going ons on the newsgroup. But, as on many new

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Romanator
Strike that -it's a PC. Romanator wrote: > > Laptop. > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > Rick, > > > > what "is" a Pavilion? I've never heard of one of > > those. Laptop? desktop? what kind of sound card is in it? Mandrake 7.1 has > > a lot of support for a lot of hardware, and I'm told that 7.2 has

RE:[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 on a Dell Laptop...

2000-12-04 Thread Dave Peat
Is it hanging on the floppy drive?  I installed Mandrake on a DELL Laptop also and even though I never had the floppy drive in the machine it automagically mounted it during startup.  Then it would hang trying to unmount it.  If this is the case, edit the /etc/fstab and comment out the line

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Kmail - can receive, not send messages

2000-12-04 Thread Avi Nehori
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Kmail - can receive, not send messages Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:08:16 -0800 From: Bill Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Let me say at the start of this that the install was very very easy and I was up and running right away and connect

RE: [newbie] Crystal 4235

2000-12-04 Thread Dickman, Jeff
Is that in an emachine? I have a 400i. Any help would be appreciated... Thanks, -JD- -Original Message- From: Spoonman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Crystal 4235 If I'm not mistaken, CS423x is already

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Jozef Glonek
Dear WinHaters, I cann't help it, but I feel the urge to adres me like that to you all (my apologies for the few ones who are a bit more normal). I have followed this 'discussion' for a while, and I'm a bit dissapointed. I always have been thinking of Linux-users as some pioneers. But as it sound

RE: [newbie] Crystal 4235

2000-12-04 Thread Spoonman
If I'm not mistaken, CS423x is already supported. I have a Crystal 4232 and it works fine. --Original Message-- From: Jeff Dickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake Newbie User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 4, 2000 3:29:27 AM GMT Subject: [newbie] Crystal 4235 Does anyone know

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Locks up when installing.

2000-12-04 Thread Denis HAVLIK
Probably your WD drive. Compile a kernel for your machine using 7.0 install, dump it on floppy made with "blank.img", and you'll be fine. cu Denis On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Bill wrote: :~>I've tried installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 twice now, and it seems to lock up :~>everytime right after it

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Goldenpi
If you thought that was fun just have a look at the folling files: file(editor) c:\io.sys(hexedit)-mess with error messages c:\msdos.sys(asciiedit)-try adding logo=0 or bootgui=0 c:\windows\folder.htt(asciiedit)-the annoying message. - Original Message - From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 ISO's not right size...

2000-12-04 Thread Helsby, James
Try running an md5 checksum on the iso image. Compare it to the md5 that is listed where you downloaded the image. Most likely, you lost a few bits during ftp-ing. Also, you might have downloaded it with ASCI, and not with binary. This WILL cause the problem. Cheers, James. -Original

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 on a Dell Laptop...

2000-12-04 Thread Peak Mail
I'm having several problems with Mandrake on my laptop. I have a Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 100 + Modem card and since I've installed Mandrake 7.2 I can't get an ip address when booting into Linux. I had Red Hat 6.2 and it worked fine then... Any thoughts? Also, when shutting down Linux it's not un

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Locks up when installing.

2000-12-04 Thread Bill
I've tried installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 twice now, and it seems to lock up everytime right after it detects my hard drives and cd-rom's. It just sits there at a flashing prompt after detecting them. I've even waited for 15 minutes to see if it will continue. 7.0 will install fine. I have a

Re: [newbie] Midi Module failure

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, mcoady wrote: DO you boot into graphics mode or into text mode? For graphics, read 5 where it says 3 (textmode): go (as root) to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and do grep midi * There should be a file that is referencing the midi loading. You need to set that file to not being loaded. Th

Re: [newbie] Kmail - can receive, not send messages

2000-12-04 Thread Bill Fisher
Let me say at the start of this that the install was very very easy and I was up and running right away and connected to internet and sending messages. My only disappointment is with the failure of kmail, an apparently integral part of KDE. On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, you wrote: > Bill Fisher wrote: >

[newbie] Adding Desktop themes

2000-12-04 Thread Marcia
Dear All, When I had Linux Mandrake 7.0 I loved to download the desktop themes from Tucows or www.kde.org and then I would add them to the thememanager in the control center so easily. Now I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and I cannot figure out how to put these themes I downloaded into the theme choices

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake, can't find "D" drive

2000-12-04 Thread Paul R
That URL can be found here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3 Second error scenario at the bottom. -Paul R Charles A Edwards wrote: > If you are saying that you had 2 Win partitions, C and D, and that your D > partition no longer shows up in Windows this is caused by a bug in th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 ISO's not right size...

2000-12-04 Thread Dave DeGear
I've downloaded and burned quite a few ISO files. I always like to check the md5sum for the file and make sure that it is correct. Normally I do this under Linux but I also found an md5sum utility for Windows. Just type "md5sum mandrake7-2.iso" and see what you get. I don't remember wher

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster AWB64 on MandrakeLinux 7.1

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Marcos Vinicius Amorim Ferreira Guimaraes wrote: >Hi ALL, > >yesterday I installed Mandrake 7.1 on 64Mb K6-II 500 Mhz machine. >But my SoundBlaster card don't work. > >What i need to do? Is necessary recompile linux kernel how some HOW-TOs >docs about sound and soundblaster sa

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake, can't find "D" drive

2000-12-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael wrote: > > fdisk -l gives me: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System > /dev/hda1* 1 261 2096451 6 FAT 16 > /dev/hda2 2621027 615289585 Linux extended > /dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6

Re: [newbie] midi

2000-12-04 Thread S. Anderson
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:43:43AM -0800, Julian Ellis wrote: > I am running Mandrake 7.2 and I must say it is really great !! I do have > one major problem, i am unable to play any midi files. Whenever I try > to, I get an error message saying ' unable to open /dev/sequencer > probably another d

Re: [newbie] Old wp5 files

2000-12-04 Thread Vic
cool thanks On Sun, 03 Dec 2000, Doug McGarrett wrote: > Any modern version of WordPerfect will read them. > Probably MS Word will read them. (You obviously must > run Windows to do that, or maybe Wine works?) Try > StarOffice. I don't know if that works or not, but > it's free. --doug > >

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Steven Kinch
Dear Newbie (whoever you might be), My sincere apologies. The e-mail under reply is well reasoned and infinitely more comprehensible than the one in which I was so rude. Please forgive me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Se

Re: [newbie] How to "mount" a network machine (not Samba)

2000-12-04 Thread Paul
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: >Is it possible for me to mount a network computer. For example, I have >files on a solaris machine that I constantly need to bring over onto my >linux machine. I'm getting tired of ftp'ing what I'd like to do is just >some how mount that solaris machine

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Paul R
I think the many strengths of Linux can only be added to by smoother installation. Linux remains a very strong, felxible, stable, and free os. Sure, it may take the fun of the chase out of installing for a few souls, but you can be rest assured (I hope) that any work done on usabillity and U

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 ISO's not right size...

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Ok...thanks a ton guys...I"ll check into this. -- 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*>>>

[newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread ed
Hi all I was wondering if anyone here uses tripwire and if so where can i get it and how hard is it to install. thanks all . Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Re: [newbie] Apache wont execute some CGI scripts, and no PHP scripts...help!

2000-12-04 Thread NeoMatrix
I think the more likely problem is script configuration. check whether you provide the correct full server path(not relative) in configuration of script( that is always causing no file or directory) Neo http://www.iamnewbie.com http://www.iamnewbie.com/neobook.pl (my Guestbook script) On Mon, 0

RE: [newbie] midi

2000-12-04 Thread Abraham Pinzur
I've got the same problem, though I don't consider it major. I've got a SB PCI 128, which doesn't appear to have a traditional MIDI interface. (Windows plays MIDIs through a software synthesizer.) Does my Mandrake 7.2 installation come with a sw synth that I've failed to configure properly? Can

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Abraham Pinzur
Mark wrote: > I've noticed that most linux apps do a lot less error > checking and are a lot more rough around the corner's, but this is > understandable since a lot of the programs are created during the > programmer's free time. Thanks, Mark. I'm still trying to develop my Linux paradigm, and

Re: [newbie] Want something better for resume

2000-12-04 Thread civileme
On Sunday 03 December 2000 01:33, you wrote: > Klyx don't work, tex is too hard > I would like something easier > if you please > > Thank you Try LyX. KLyX was written as a demo of Qt widgets and not really maintained, but the REAL LyX is there too, and is almost as easy as KLyX. Civileme

[newbie] Midi Module failure

2000-12-04 Thread mcoady
For the longest time i get the following notice on boot up of my Mandrake 7.0: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/opl3.0 failed loading midi module opl2 failed. It mustn't be a critical part of my system as everything I need runs ok. But I was wondering what I might do so that the boot up se

RE: [newbie] How to "mount" a network machine (not Samba)

2000-12-04 Thread Helsby, James
Use NFS (network file system). -Original Message- From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:08 AM To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) Subject: [newbie] How to "mount" a network machine (not Samba) Is it possible for me to mount a network computer. For example,

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake, can't find "D" drive

2000-12-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael wrote: > Hi All, > > I just upgraded form RH 6.0 to Mandrake 7.1 on my M$Win95 > box and everything went fine. I got my sound card, modem > and network card configured without a problem. However, I > just noticed when I went install a program on 95 so I could > use it via WINE, that my "D

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot

2000-12-04 Thread Andy Judge
take a look at /etc/lilo.conf make sure it points to the right partitions and everything is right as far as you can tell. Should look like: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.x-xx label=linux root=/dev/hdax read-only other=/dev/hdax label=win t

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Eddie Torres
Thank you Jeff, I appreciate the kind words. On Monday 04 December 2000 09:05, you wrote: > > I happen to agree with David 100%. I too am a computer enthusiast > > and have a few computers at home but only one runs linux, my > > wife's and daughter's run Win98 and I have them running trouble >

Re: [newbie] FAX software for LM7.2

2000-12-04 Thread Joseph Markham
Dear Christian, I know about kfax which is a fax viewer, but I wanted a program which allows me to write a letter, say and send a fax. Regards Joseph - Original Message - From: Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Joseph <[EMAIL PR

Re: [newbie] V7.2 questions!

2000-12-04 Thread civileme
On Friday 01 December 2000 22:03, you wrote: > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > A friend of mine installed the download version of 7.2 on his Pentium > > machine with 64 megs of RAM and a i810 video setup. (its a 667mhz > > machine). Anyways, he has an external modem and no matter what we do, it > > do

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 ISO's not right size...

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi LIst, I was wondering about something. This morning when I attempted to burn a few CD's with the Mandrake 7.2 ISO's that I downloaded over the weekend I got a very strange error message back from the software. It told me that the length of the file was not a multiple of the sectors on the CDROM

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

2000-12-04 Thread Eunice Thompson
why not? start your own little list. I really couldn't care less what Windows is written in. I personally think you guys should find another topic (that concerns Linux) to discuss here. There aren't that many of you who are carrying on this discussion; why don't you do it privately? Mark Weaver w

[newbie] How to "mount" a network machine (not Samba)

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Johnson
Is it possible for me to mount a network computer. For example, I have files on a solaris machine that I constantly need to bring over onto my linux machine. I'm getting tired of ftp'ing what I'd like to do is just some how mount that solaris machine and treat it like another directory. Is this

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Malka
> I happen to agree with David 100%. I too am a computer enthusiast and > have a few computers at home but only one runs linux, my wife's and > daughter's run Win98 and I have them running trouble free and many > times for weeks at a time without a problem. I see nothing evil about > M$, free

Re: [newbie] how do i get off this mailling list

2000-12-04 Thread Adrian Smith
actually, there were some changes made over the weekend. from now on the procedure for "getting off" this mailing list is as follows: submit and email with the the following information your full name number and experation date of all your credit cards your boyfriends / girlfriends phone number a

Re: [newbie] Linux and TFT screens

2000-12-04 Thread civileme
On Thursday 30 November 2000 22:39, 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 Best results with a LCD, however this is chipset dependent and tin

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot

2000-12-04 Thread Doug McGarrett
At 12:24 AM 12/04/2000 -0600, Abraham Pinzur wrote: > > If you're willing to spend $30, you can download Partition Commander > >URL? > >- Av - > >-- >Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav > > >/snip/ And attached a .vcf file. Please turn off your .vcf

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot

2000-12-04 Thread Abraham Pinzur
You wrote: > And attached a .vcf file. Please turn off your .vcf generator. > It's some kind of microsoft plot to fill up my machine with > useless attachments. Sorry - I know those extra 762 bytes are going to add up fast... - Av - -- Abraham P. (Av) Pinzur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispg

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Malka
You are dead on correct. The situation is precisely as you describe even though enthousiasts insis on deluding themselves.. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: David Grubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, Decem

Re: [newbie] X doesn't work on Trident9750 3DImage

2000-12-04 Thread civileme
On Friday 01 December 2000 19:11, you wrote: > Hi, > > I have a PIII 800 Mboard SOYO 6VBA+133 videocard Trident9750 3D Image, 64MB > Ram, the problem is when I try to start Xwindows, It doesn't work on > Trident9750 3D Image video card. > I've been tryed to set the resolution and driver, but my v

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Jeff Malka
> > The Point Linux will never win its way into peoples homes until > > manufacturers decide to start porting their code to linux, so us people at > > home can use our digicams, scanners etc... just as easy as ever! (without > > even so much as a chmod etc) > > > why should they wish to

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Johnson
>-Original Message- >From: Steven Kinch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 4:20 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux > > >On Sun, 03 Dec 2000, you wrote: > >> > In a message dated 12/1/00 4:54:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> >> [EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake, can't find "D" drive

2000-12-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 04 December 2000 02:18 am, Michael wrote: I just noticed when I went > install a program on 95 so I could use it via WINE, that my "D" drive > is not visable. It is visable on my linux desktop and I can read > everything that's on it. Did I hose some kind of regedit file or > somethin

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
yes...Edward...we heard what you said in the first version of this message. all this second message does is further convince us that you should be horse whipped for mistreating your Penguin. Penguin abuse is a very serious offense. The penalty for which is VERY unpleasant. -- Mark / * Sometime

[newbie] Linux and digital cameras

2000-12-04 Thread Jerry Sternesky
Kodak DC240. Inexpensive, great pictures, well supported on linux. I use them in training presentations all the time. Use usb and gphoto, outperforms downloads using windows on same box. Stock Mandrake 7.2 install. Make sure you have usb on in bios. Turn on the usb service at boot time. Edit

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot

2000-12-04 Thread Charles A Edwards
NO This is not correct. LILO as included in 7.2 does not have the 1024 limit. And even if it did this would not effect installing LILO to /dev/hb5. I am running Storm from /dev/hdb5 and I am running 7.2 from /dev/hdc5 and using SystemCommander to boot to any of 5 OSes on that system. Charles

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread R. Edward McCain
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, you wrote: > And you point is? All you've managed to do is cause a few applications a > mild headache and they refused to operate any further. You hadn't cause > the actual OS to suffer any hardship. If you're really having that much > trouble, then I would suggest one of two

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread R. Edward McCain
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, you wrote: > yes...Edward...we heard what you said in the first version of this > message. all this second message does is further convince us that you > should be horse whipped for mistreating your Penguin. Penguin abuse is a > very serious offense. > > The penalty for which

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
> > At present, Linux is still relatively complex to set up and use, however it is >progressing at a rapid pace. > > But until it reaches the point that your average Joe Bloggs (sorry Joe, just picking >a name out of the air :) who works in the bakery down the street, can go home, turn >on h

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Av...what was so well stated about that. All that proves is that he's able to do embarrase himself in public and mutilate his Penguin. You know what I do with users like that at work? I sit them down and compell them to READ the user manual(s) for the apps that they're proving unable to get along

Re: [newbie] MandrakeUpdate and librpmio.so.0

2000-12-04 Thread Paul R
I've been having the exact same problem. Have you figured out how to get around this yet? -Paul R U2Zoo wrote: > Oops. I spoke too soon. > > Mandrake 7.2 > I am still unable to update rpm (which is where the librpmio.so.0 file that > I need lives) using MandrakeUpdate. > > I get a dependenc

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
And you point is? All you've managed to do is cause a few applications a mild headache and they refused to operate any further. You hadn't cause the actual OS to suffer any hardship. If you're really having that much trouble, then I would suggest one of two things is true. 1) there's something wr

[newbie] MDK72/CUPS-Paralel port problem

2000-12-04 Thread Jancs
Hi there! i got strange problem - i installed CUPS service ans survey showed that i do not have parallel port initialized - i cant add printers etc. The strange fact is that during the install of MDK72 it is possible to print the test page, but, alas, it is the first and the last time when th

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake, can't find "D" drive

2000-12-04 Thread Marlon Guzman
try to install your cd rom driver ok... __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot

2000-12-04 Thread Mark Weaver
correct -- 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 Mon, 4 Dec 2000

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