Re: [newbie] Word Perfect 8

2000-12-11 Thread s
Yep, couldn't do it. Can't remember the error, so installed StarOffice, but... -s On Monday 11 December 2000 22:50, you wrote: > Is there anyone else out there having trouble getting WordPerfect 8 to > install in LM 7.2. I had it working great in 7.0 but after installing 7.2 > it won't insta

Re: [newbie] How to configure pop3 under LM7.2, using xinetd?

2000-12-11 Thread Damon Lynch
Hello Mr Ganesan, That may have worked under 7.1, which used inetd. It seems like 7.2 uses xinetd, which as far as I can tell, requires a different type of configuration. The line you suggested was already uncommented. Any other suggestions? Are you in Bangalore? If so, you can call me at 35

Re: [newbie] 7.2 -- XFree -- is my monitor going to blow up?

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Adrian Smith wrote: >hi Paul -- >thanks for responding. i checked my config file and it contains >ViewPort 0 0 >already. does this mean i should try changing those settings? >or would my problem be something else? >thanks yet again=) Hmmm. This should show that the pro

[newbie] Word Perfect 8

2000-12-11 Thread John Batt
Is there anyone else out there having trouble getting WordPerfect 8 to install in LM 7.2. I had it working great in 7.0 but after installing 7.2 it won't install.

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim V. wrote: May be that I am mistaken on the name... On my page http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm there should be a working link (have not checked that lately though) Paul >I have tried every combination of .org/.com and .linux/.aureal. that I >can think of to find those drive

Re: [newbie] Another KDE2 2.0.1 ?

2000-12-11 Thread Daniel Velzi
- Original Message - From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Another KDE2 2.0.1 ? > On Monday 11 December 2000 15:43, you wrote: > > > > Really can´t understand. First Mandrake quit 2.0.1 version of KDE,

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread Doug McGarrett
Try the same thing I sent to the list earlier: "I think I answered this for somebody else yesterday. do an ls-l on your cdrom you will find that it is a link to some other filename and the other name does not have the necessary permissions. whatever name the file points to (-->) do a chmod on

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 11 December 2000 05:26 pm, you wrote: > Wilson wrote: > > Tried your suggestion, didn't work. The cd wil play you can see the time > > counting up but no sound. There is no problem with mp3's and system > > sounds. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Have you made any hardware changes to yo

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-11 Thread Rick Commo
There was a recent article on burners in a local computer rag that you pick up free at grocery and computers stores. The Yamahas were the most highly recommended followed by the Plextors. Of course the cost a little more too. Rick

RE: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread Wilson
Thanks for the response. Yes it works in Windows and I did check the cables so I'm not sure what is wrong. Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Rye Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: [ne

Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows

2000-12-11 Thread Anthony Daniell
Hi, I have been using windoze for ten years. I am moving away from windoze now and have got suse 7, mandrake 7 & 7.1, corel 1 & 1.2 R H 6 & 6.2 I find linux very easy to install and run, the only problem I am having is installing software. I have a scanner which I would love to use under linux

Re: [newbie] Lexmark Z31 ?

2000-12-11 Thread Anthony Daniell
Hi, You should check out http://www.lexmark.com I contacted them and they said they had drivers for the Z32 and Z52 printers. But you never know what you will find untill you look. I hope this helps you out. Regards Anthony Daniell. - Original Message - From: Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[newbie] HP 722c

2000-12-11 Thread Justin W Udelhofen
Has anyone had any luck setting up this printer or a similar one on Linux? I am using RedHat7, but I tried figuring it out on my Mandrake machine using the file from linuxprinting.org, but I had no clue how to do it. If anyone has any guidance, it would be appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Justin

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Monday 11 December 2000 17:00, you wrote: > Tried your suggestion, didn't work. The cd wil play you can see the time > counting up but no sound. There is no problem with mp3's and system > sounds. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Wilson > > On Monday 11 December 2000 04:48 pm, you wrote: > > --

[newbie] Aureal Drivers

2000-12-11 Thread eryl
OOPS! I sent ya-all a dead link. The updated site is here: http://www.geocities.com/bofh_666/aureal.html >From personal experience, these drivers WORK!

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 mail formatting.

2000-12-11 Thread mdw1982
Paul, To change the "format" that you compose with click on Edit-->Preferences-->Mail and Newsgroup-->Send Format then click on "convert the message to plain text" Under Edit-->Mail/News Account settings the first panel near the bottom is a check box. Left unchecked the composi

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread Wilson
Tried your suggestion, didn't work. The cd wil play you can see the time counting up but no sound. There is no problem with mp3's and system sounds. Thanks for the suggestion. Wilson On Monday 11 December 2000 04:48 pm, you wrote: > -Original Message- > > You can try this (as root)

RE: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]

2000-12-11 Thread mdw1982
Heck yea...Diskdrake will do a real nice job of resizing the DOS partition so you can make some Linux partitions. One thing you want to watch that you don't do and that is to make the new Linux partitions behind an extended DOS partition. This is a very bad thing to do and will result in partition

[newbie] Yay! a successful server installl

2000-12-11 Thread Beckycould
I had to install using "Expert" and increase the partition sizes. Security had to be "Medium" NOT "High". Finding KFTP never happened but, I did successfully use GIFT! Thanks Newsier Group! Becky

Re: [newbie] OT Mandrax??

2000-12-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Paul: I noticed this a few months back when I was getting a lot of bounce-backs. My recollection is that it occurred on postings that had multiple reply-to addresses that included mandrax.org, and that they often originated with the good people of Mandrake. Regards, Carroll Paul wrote: > >

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread John Rye
Wilson wrote: > > Tried your suggestion, didn't work. The cd wil play you can see the time > counting up but no sound. There is no problem with mp3's and system sounds. > Thanks for the suggestion. Have you made any hardware changes to your box? Check your cables from Sound card to CDrom driv

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread eryl
"Jim V." wrote: > > Does anybody have any idea where I could find drivers for the Aureal > Vortex Soundcard (Turtle Beach, Montego, etc)?? > > This is for Mandrake 7.1. > > -- > _ > Jim Van Cleaf > Motley + Associates, P.C. Sourceforge has them, as does the following si

[newbie] kde 2.0.1 for mandrake 7.2

2000-12-11 Thread falcaraz
You can get this update in: http://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/2.0.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/ Is very convenient to download not only the rpm files, but also the README, with interesting advice about how to update. In my case some of the rpms didn't want to update, I did the

RE: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Charles A Edwards
Jim The Aureal site is no more other than the home page. You can download the Vortex drivers from http://www.vortexofsound.com/drivers/drivers.htm Just choose your card and the Linux OS from the drop down menus. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message-

RE: Re: [newbie] USB support

2000-12-11 Thread falcaraz
- Mensaje Original - Remitente: Graham Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Lunes, Diciembre 11, 2000 11:26 pm Asunto: Re: [newbie] USB support > Huh??? > > Ive got both a USB scanner (Primax) and webcam (only god knows who > made it..), > Can I use these setting for my gadgets??? > >

Re: [newbie] Supermount Samba FS ?

2000-12-11 Thread Renaud OLGIATI
I have added the line /mnt/magc /mnt/magc supermountfs=smbfs, dev=//mags/MAGC,username=ron,password= 0 0 in /etc/fstab. When I reboot, I get the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /mnt/magc, or too many mounted file systems The mount point (/mn

Re: [newbie] 7.2 -- XFree -- is my monitor going to blow up?

2000-12-11 Thread Adrian Smith
hi Paul -- thanks for responding. i checked my config file and it contains ViewPort 0 0 already. does this mean i should try changing those settings? or would my problem be something else? thanks yet again=) Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Paul

RE: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread falcaraz
http://www.voterxfsound.com/drivers/drv_lnx.htm Read the page and... Try to download the unofficial drivers, the link is at the end of this webpage, they are improved. Francisco Alcaraz (Murcia, Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: "Jim V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Lunes, Diciembre

Re: [newbie] USB support

2000-12-11 Thread Graham Kerr
Huh??? Ive got both a USB scanner (Primax) and webcam (only god knows who made it..), Can I use these setting for my gadgets??? Cheers Monster On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, you wrote: > In my case I have a scanner Epson Perfection 1200U and I have to do the > next: > > a) create the devices typin

RE: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Helsby, James
There are no drivers for the vortex soundcards. Either 1, 2, or 3. -Original Message- From: Jim V. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex I have tried every combination of .org/.com and .linux/.aureal.

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Jim V.
I have tried every combination of .org/.com and .linux/.aureal. that I can think of to find those drivers, but apparently that site is down I wonder if it is for good. I know that Aureal go taken over by Creative Labs Anybody have any other ideas? Paul wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim

Re: [newbie] Lexmark Z31 ?

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Joan Tur wrote: >Hallo! > >Does anyone know if there are drivers for such printer? I haven't been >able to find them in linuxprinting.org 8-( This printer is NOT supported Do not even try to use it with a Z1 or Z10 or something driver, I have heard that this is capable of

[newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Jim V.
Does anybody have any idea where I could find drivers for the Aureal Vortex Soundcard (Turtle Beach, Montego, etc)?? This is for Mandrake 7.1. -- _ Jim Van Cleaf Motley + Associates, P.C.

Re: [newbie] Configuring Grub

2000-12-11 Thread Jim V.
Thanks Paul, This is actually my second installmy first was on a partitioned hard drive. I obviously did not save my documentation from the first time I went through this process!! That should fix it. JimV Paul wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim V. wrote: > > >I just recently installed

Re: [newbie] Aureal Vortex

2000-12-11 Thread Paul
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jim V. wrote: >Does anybody have any idea where I could find drivers for the Aureal >Vortex Soundcard (Turtle Beach, Montego, etc)?? > >This is for Mandrake 7.1. www.aureal.linux.com (might be .org) Paul -- How do you set a laserprinter to stun? http://nlpagan.net - ICQ

Re: [newbie] Configuring Grub

2000-12-11 Thread Jim V.
Just a note of warning... I had already tried the option stated below and that caused major problems. It apparently was trying to replace settings for Grub with Lilo settings, and basically produced a non-bootable drive. This only happened when you used the "Boot" section to edit boot options ins

[newbie] ftp update doesn't work

2000-12-11 Thread Sven Heinicke
Nobody followed up, but I figured out my problem. I was running MandrakeUpdate from an NFS mounted directory. If I move do a local directory, like / and try run MandrakeUpdate it works. I don't know why it matters as it doesn't seem to write anything to that directory but it matters.

Re: [newbie] Another KDE2 2.0.1 ?

2000-12-11 Thread civileme
On Monday 11 December 2000 15:43, you wrote: > > Really can´t understand. First Mandrake quit 2.0.1 version of KDE, but can > download it, but not installed because some guys from the list said it´s > bad. And now in tucow´s ftp I find an update ONLY for Mandrake 7.2. This > have minor size than

[newbie] Configuring Grub

2000-12-11 Thread Jim V.
I just recently installed Linux Madrake 7.1 Complete. I am interested in finding out how to edit the configuration of Grub (default boot). In specific, I am interested in changing the # of seconds before it is automatically loaded, and which hard drive (I have two hard drives with two operating sy

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-11 Thread Jim Crossley
Mark Johnson wrote: > > While I'm at it, can anyone suggest a descent burner that works well in a > dual boot system with windows and linux? I've been very pleased with my Acer 8432A with an 8MB buffer, not to be confused with the Acer 8432IA, with a 2MB buffer. You should be able to find one f

[newbie] PHP on 7.2

2000-12-11 Thread hohage
Hi, I've installed 7.2 on weekend and it's very nice. I've got one bigger problem. PHP4 is installed(rpm -q) but in the Apache-config file it's not adjusted and Apache doesn't read php or php3 files. Where should I start to adjust my installation. I'm afraid to make some bad mistakes if I follow

[newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-11 Thread Mark Johnson
Does anyone know if there is a place that lists hardware compatibility with linux. I want to get a cd burner, but don't want to risk buying one that won't work with linux. My first CD-ROM wouldn't work in conjuction with my motherboard and linux, I don't want to go through that headache again.

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-11 Thread Dale Kosan
Not sure about the list but I have a Yamaha scsi burner that works in both Windows and Linux : )

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility lists?

2000-12-11 Thread Dave Sherman
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 At 09:25 AM 12/11/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a place that lists hardware compatibility with >linux. I want to get a cd burner, but don't want to risk buying one that >won't work with linux. My first CD-ROM wouldn't work in co

RE: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine.

2000-12-11 Thread Michael, Steve
It is fixed now. I read a post that just came down. Thanks Dave Degear. -Original Message- From: Michael, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:29 AM To: Mandrake Linux News group (E-mail) Subject: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine. I have inst

[newbie] Unauthorized Portmap Connection

2000-12-11 Thread SoloCDM
1) What does the following entry into /var/log/messages mean? 2) How can I stop future connections? portmap[29706]: connect from 202.156.38.254 to dump(): request from unauthorized host Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list and my email address. **

[newbie] Another KDE2 2.0.1 ?

2000-12-11 Thread Daniel Velzi
Really can´t understand. First Mandrake quit 2.0.1 version of KDE, but can download it, but not installed because some guys from the list said it´s bad. And now in tucow´s ftp I find an update ONLY for Mandrake 7.2.  This have minor size than previous. And have a Readme very usefull to upgra

RE: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine.

2000-12-11 Thread Yacketta,Ronald J
look for the telnet-server rpm on the cdrom, it is there ;) =>-Original Message- =>From: Michael, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =>Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:29 AM =>To: Mandrake Linux News group (E-mail) =>Subject: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine. => => =>I have in

[newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine.

2000-12-11 Thread Michael, Steve
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 in all three modes, and since I will be doing some Java development, I ended up using the Developer install. I love the install and almost everything works great, however, I cannot Telnet in to the box from another machine. I did start the service, however it didn't

Re: [newbie] Enabling Telnet & FTP

2000-12-11 Thread Dave DeGear
I also had this problem with my initial install of Mandrake 7.2. Make sure that you have the telnet server installed. Type "rpm -qa |grep telnet" and see if you have both the telnet and telnet server rpms installed. I then had to install the proftp rpm to get the ftp server running. My la

Re: [newbie] I'm Becky and have installed Mandrake 7.0 as a server and

2000-12-11 Thread Tim Holmes
Hello Becky! Welcome to the "club." :0) Well here goes my crack a your issue. Somebody already answered saying that it's best to go with a full install, and I'm going to have to agree. I have NOT run an upgrade from lower version # of the OS to the "Latest & Greatest." I've always backed up s

[newbie] Save selected packages on install

2000-12-11 Thread philomena
Hi all, Is there a way to save the packages selected during an expert install of 7.2, so that if you install again, you don't have to make all those selections all over again ? If the option is there, I keep missing it. The auto-install feature is not feasable to use on a multi-boot workstatio

Re: [newbie] Star Office 5.2 with mdk 7.2

2000-12-11 Thread civileme
On Monday 11 December 2000 00:52, you wrote: > Hi, I have mdk 7.2. I burned my own ISOs and installed > it. It is all updated through mandrake update, and I have > it all set up with the internet just fine. > However, I have explored the CDs from crappy > macmillan walmart mdk7.2.on which > I foun

Re: [newbie] How to configure pop3 under LM7.2, using xinetd?

2000-12-11 Thread Mr S Ganesan
please edit the file /etc/inetd.conf using the gedit on the Startx or any other editor. Go down the file and u will find an entry pop2 etc etc and another line below it starting with pop3 etc etc These two lines will be commented. Please remove the comment on the line starting with pop3 etc etc

[newbie] How to configure pop3 under LM7.2, using xinetd?

2000-12-11 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi, I installed LM7.2 using the normal workstation (i.e not server) method, and it seems to not have enabled pop3 by default. At least, when users go to check their email from another machine on the network, they are getting the message "server unexpectedly terminated the connection". I can

[newbie] automatic Get Msg in the night

2000-12-11 Thread Gustavo Halperin
Hello I don't pay internet en the meddle night, so I want to right some script that do it form this every night, this mean connect with the pppd daemon ( I think ) and put the message in some temporary local Inbox in order to take this in the morning with my netscape. This is possible???

[newbie] Restore Palm Pilot

2000-12-11 Thread Barry Orton
I am trying to reconnect jpilot to the Palm Pilot after a hard reset and get the message"use pilot-xfer to restore the palm and install-user to add a username and user id to the palm". Can anyone tell me in simple terms how to go about this? Barry Orton