Re: [newbie] need help with installing KDE 2.1 Beta 1

2001-01-02 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 03 January 2001 00:21, you wrote: > All I have now is 33 rpm files in a dir and I have no idea what > to do next.. when I try to unpack a file it says it can't because > it depends on another file.. I'm really confused here :) > > -Johan- You may need to go through clearing out the c

[newbie] LM 7.2, Windows NT proxy server & the Internet

2001-01-02 Thread Andrew Ward
Hello, I am trying to set up a Linux machine to be part of a Windows NT domain. The first (of many) problem I am having is connecting to the Internet. In Windows 98, the browser can be configured to use the proxy server we have (10.0.0.2:80). If I do this in Netscape under Linux, however, it does

[newbie] Netscape 6 and RealPlayer8

2001-01-02 Thread Traci Collins
Hi! I'm in the process of moving from Communicator to Netscape 6. I have Realplayer8 and Xmms installed on my system and I would like to launch them appropriately from Netscape 6 the way I did with Communicator. I'm having some difficulty getting them set up properly. To begin with the application

Re: [newbie] KDE 2 - KDE 2.01 Update

2001-01-02 Thread r
Does KDE2.01 offer any significant improvements over KDE2? Seve

Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming

2001-01-02 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Please try and load the new version of Sendmail 8.11.2 and the problem will be over. Get the SW on www.sendmail.orgOn Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Holly Henry-Pilkington wrote: > Michael Falzon wrote: > > > > Hi All > >ok i have a server at work that is using sendmail 8.9.3/8.8.7 > > i have stop my

RE: [newbie] KDE Fonts Gone Hogwild Large - Solutions?

2001-01-02 Thread Skhumbuzo Mhlongo
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Re: [newbie] How do I change linux IP address?

2001-01-02 Thread r
Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I change linux IP address? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:21:35 -0800 From: r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <00c001c07508$6e160960$02

[newbie] KDE Fonts Gone Hogwild Large - Solutions?

2001-01-02 Thread r
I'm running LM7.2 & KDE2 . Problem: the menu fonts are way too big. It happened after I tried adjusting the panel's clock to am/pm. How do we get the greatly oversized fonts down to normal? Seve

[newbie] How Does Linux Use Memory RAM/Swap

2001-01-02 Thread Nevile Cobb
I have 128Mb RAM and 98% is used when KDE is fully loaded. Is part of the 98% still available for programs ie. sort of reserved? When I start StarOffice Kde System Guard shows 7 threads I believe. Each is running the same program 'soofice.bin' and each is the same size with different process ID

Re: [newbie] KDE 2 - KDE 2.01 Update - all gone wrong

2001-01-02 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Monday 01 January 2001 05:01 pm, you wrote: did you type in the console mode this: updatedb rpm --rebuilddb update-menus ? I believe that will solve your problem. Rob > On Tuesday 02 January 2001 04:19 pm, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just downloaded all the files needed to update my Mand

Re: [newbie] Looking for Code Warriors

2001-01-02 Thread Dan LaBine
Dear Group; I'm looking for Programmers familiar with Linux. My company is starting a major push with complete corporate network solutions, including hardware, software, and custom end-user software. Anyone living in Quebec may be interested can contact me at the following email address. I apologi

Re: [newbie] So far, how's it going with the downloadable ISO?

2001-01-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 09:32 pm, you wrote: > Hello fellow linuxers. > > If I do a fresh install of 7.2 from the downloadable ISO, > does anyone think there would be any of the bugs > left over or have they ironed out most of them? > > I am getting a Plextor cd recorder and > I'm considering t

Re: [newbie] Modem will not respond

2001-01-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 08:41 pm, you wrote: > Hi i have just installed Linux madrake version 7.1 on my system pII 400, > 196mbram, voodoo3 video 16mb, ensoniq audio. Everything works except the > modem. I have tried every possible combination of settings in the kpp > program. My modem is a D

Re: [newbie] So far, how's it going with the downloadable ISO?

2001-01-02 Thread KompuKit
Vic...if you do a complete fresh install...I don't see a problem... this means formatting all partitions...and i know you don't want to do that by the way...I finally got my domain up and running... Vic wrote: > > Hello fellow linuxers. > > If I do a fresh install of 7.2 from the downloadab

[newbie] So far, how's it going with the downloadable ISO?

2001-01-02 Thread Vic
Hello fellow linuxers. If I do a fresh install of 7.2 from the downloadable ISO, does anyone think there would be any of the bugs left over or have they ironed out most of them? I am getting a Plextor cd recorder and I'm considering the possibility of upgrading. Thanks Vic

Re: [newbie] Cups-printing-problems

2001-01-02 Thread Kipling Cooper
Till Kamppeter wrote: > > It seems that you have an old version of CUPS with a bug. See > > > http://www.mandrakeforum.com/commentShow.php3?sid=20001116101952&pid=75 > > and go to > >http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 > > You will find updates for all CUPS-relat

Re: [newbie] Netscape server refuses newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Anthony Daniell
Romanator wrote: > > Anthony Daniell wrote: > > > > Romanator wrote: > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > When I try to subscribe to a newsgroup, I'm getting a message indicating > > > that the Netscape server is refusing connections, or it's busy or try > > > aagain message. > > > > > > Ehh. Wh

RE: [newbie] Modem will not respond

2001-01-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
In 7.1 you will need to use cat/pci and the setserial commands. The complete instructions can be found in the Newbie Archive. If for some reason you ae unable to find it let me know and I will email you a copy direct.      Charles  (-:   Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original

[newbie] Modem will not respond

2001-01-02 Thread Jason Lucier
Hi i have just installed Linux madrake version 7.1 on my system pII 400, 196mbram, voodoo3 video 16mb, ensoniq audio.  Everything works except the modem.  I have tried every possible combination of settings in the kpp program. My modem is a Diamond SupraExpress modem, which is not a winmode

Re: [newbie] text editor

2001-01-02 Thread Mark Weaver
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 08:03 pm, you wrote: > Thankyou...I installed "cooledit" ...it's great... > exactly what I need... > > civileme wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:23, you wrote: > > > What editor in 7.2 will save text or .pl files in true text? > > > > > > I'm having a terrible t

Re: [newbie] Fetchmail problem

2001-01-02 Thread Mark Weaver
On Monday 01 January 2001 10:55 pm, you wrote: > Thanks, problem taken care of...courtesy Mark Weaver, who is the man! > > > peace, > > Rog You are very kind Rog...now if I can get this Cups thing sorted out as easily I will be a very happy linux camper. -- Mark "If you don't share your concep

RE: [newbie]WIN vs Linux Fileserver (was Gates...)

2001-01-02 Thread Bill Shirley
I have been using linux for a Windows file servers for about 6 years now. My Winders PC's run Office 2000 from the linux share. You just need to get some disk space and set up samba correctly. There is plenty of help here in the newsgroup. Bill It also allows every PC on the home LAN to acce

Re: [Re: [newbie] USB Mouse Recognition Problems]

2001-01-02 Thread Mark Weaver
CTK, Could you Please turn off the HTML on your posts and just post to the list in plain text? Please!? your HTML posts REALLY f$^@#ed up my KDE this morning and changed around the font settings. I thought I was going to pull out all my hair till I realized what was going on and fixed it. An

[newbie] Cannot use gnutella with firewall

2001-01-02 Thread David Kanter
I got an ipchains script from openlysecure.org and have been using it as a firewall. However, I can't get a gnutella client to connect and download *any* files with the firewall up; everything works fine with the firewall down. Does anyone know anything about the gnutella protocol, so I can ad

Re: [newbie] need help with installing KDE 2.1 Beta 1

2001-01-02 Thread Michael O'Henly
I can't say whether this is the "best" way, but here's what I did: 1. Starting with a reasonably fresh install of 7.2... 2. From the URL in the announcement message, download all the RPMS. Put them in a directory. 3. Create a subdirectory called "libical" and move the libical RPMs into it. 4.

[newbie] Compiling KICQ with kde2

2001-01-02 Thread Carl Lafferty
Did a fresh install saturday and decided to try out kicq at the prompting of Ron "darklord" hall so I download the src and the src for icqlib that it suggests. ICQlib compiles/installs just fine but kicq will NOT compile. I configured it with ./configure --with-kde-version=2 and it worked

Re: [newbie] KDE 2 - KDE 2.01 Update - all gone wrong

2001-01-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 04:19 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > > I just downloaded all the files needed to update my Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2 to > KDE 2.01. Now a lot of my links on the desktop don't work now. > > Please help me ! > > Sean. Sean, did you download all of the files? How did you install? Kpackag

Re: [newbie] text editor

2001-01-02 Thread KompuKit
Thankyou...I installed "cooledit" ...it's great... exactly what I need... civileme wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:23, you wrote: > > What editor in 7.2 will save text or .pl files in true text? > > > > I'm having a terrible time editing files that have ".pl" > > extensions ...the edit

Re: [newbie] KDE 2 - KDE 2.01 Update - all gone wrong

2001-01-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Sean Spencer wrote: > Hi, > > I just downloaded all the files needed to update my > Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2 to KDE 2.01. Now a lot of my links on > the desktop don't work now. > > Please help me ! > > Sean. Seantry the below link, I believe it'll help you. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/troubles/tqu

[newbie] need help with installing KDE 2.1 Beta 1

2001-01-02 Thread Johan
All I have now is 33 rpm files in a dir and I have no idea what to do next.. when I try to unpack a file it says it can't because it depends on another file.. I'm really confused here :) -Johan-

Re: [newbie] Fixing time settings to am/pm

2001-01-02 Thread Romanator
Mark Weaver wrote: > > On Monday 01 January 2001 05:34 pm, you wrote: > > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Sunday 31 December 2000 08:58 pm, Romanator wrote: > > > > > >Under Date & Time format, on the Locale tab, try setting > > > > > > country to USA and see if that doesn't fix it. > > > > > >

Re: [newbie] Netscape server refuses newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Romanator
Anthony Daniell wrote: > > Romanator wrote: > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > When I try to subscribe to a newsgroup, I'm getting a message indicating > > that the Netscape server is refusing connections, or it's busy or try > > aagain message. > > > > Ehh. What's a matta'? > > > > -- > > Roman > > R

Re: [newbie] firewall app

2001-01-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
KompuKit wrote: > > go to my download section > http://kompukit.dyndns.org/entance.html > > click on downloads...and floow the links to > linux/security/guarddog I've been using Guarddog. I like it quite a bit. ;-) --

[newbie] KDE 2 - KDE 2.01 Update - all gone wrong

2001-01-02 Thread Sean Spencer
Hi, I just downloaded all the files needed to update my Mandrake 7.2 KDE 2 to KDE 2.01. Now a lot of my links on the desktop don't work now. Please help me ! Sean.

[newbie] Changing font in Advanced Text Editor

2001-01-02 Thread Michael O'Henly
Hi... Am I missing something or is it really not possible to change the font in the Advanced Text Editor? I'd like to use a different fixed-width font, but I can't see how to change it... Cheers. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design

[newbie] Re: Changing font in Advanced Text Editor

2001-01-02 Thread Michael O'Henly
Sorry. Should have waited one more minute before posting. ;-) Control Centre / Look'n'Feel / Fonts / Fixed width. By the way, 10 pt Courier appears to be the default. This is pretty unfortunate since it's almost illegible. On the other hand, it's a good reason for figuring out how to change de

[newbie] How do I change linux IP address?

2001-01-02 Thread David Thompson
While playing with IP Configurations on my Pentium 90 MHz machine with Linux version 7.0, I can no longer "ping" my linux server from my client computers. How can I verifiy the server's IP address, and change it, if necessary? (You can probably tell, I'm VERY newbie). I don't even have S

Re: [newbie] Printer print

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
For PostScript files the font size is given by the file, but for simple text file, scripts, program sources, and so on you can adjust the size. Use the command xpp & to print the file. Then you get a window where you can choose the printer. After choosing the desired printer click on "Option

Re: [newbie] Printer support in 7.2

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
With CUPS you can adjust all options of your printer driver and so get a higher quality than with the one which is used by LPD. In addition, there are the GIMP-Print drivers, which give a higher quality in general. See also http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Till Herman Christian

Re: [newbie] Re: Printer Error

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
Go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001129095531 Till Paul wrote: > > (going there too, to see if WP is able to print on a Canon BJC4200 > through kups) >

Re: [newbie] SMB 2.0.6 printing under Mandrake 7.2 w/ CUPS

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
Have you already read http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups4.html#wincl You are really using Samba 2.0.6? Mandrake 7.2 comes with 2.0.7. Can you tell me how your printer is connected and which driver you have used? Which default options do you use? Especially there can be bugs in some o

Re: [newbie] Printer set-up

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
- Enter the "lsmod" command and look whether there is a "printer" entry. If not, add a line "PRINTER=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/usb and enter the commands service usb restart chkconfig --add usb - Try to connect the printer to the parallel port. - Read http://www.mandrakef

Re: [newbie] Installing rpm's never stops

2001-01-02 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 16:00, you wrote: > Since I installed KDE 2.1 when I try to install or uninstall an rpm, either > from a terminal window or with rpmdrake, it just keeps the harddrive going > and you can't really move the mouse or anything. I finally have to hit the > reset button to ge

Re: [newbie] Cups-printing-problems

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
It seems that you have an old version of CUPS with a bug. See http://www.mandrakeforum.com/commentShow.php3?sid=20001116101952&pid=75 and go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 You will find updates for all CUPS-related packages there. To fix your problem, you

Re: [newbie] Print problem

2001-01-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
"lpstat" is only there since Mandrake 7.2 where CUPS (Common Unix Printing system, www.cups.org) was introduced. Till mcoady wrote: > > Paul, > When I run that command I get the message: > Command unknown. > > Michael Coady > > > > > You may want to run lpstat -a and see what printer is s

[newbie] help configuring a SMB printer on LM7.1

2001-01-02 Thread Liaw, Andy
Hi everyone, Can someone help me configuring LM7.1 to print to a printer on our NT network? I was told that I should not run the LM7.1 box as a Samba server, so all I want to do is print to this network printer. The info: The printer is a HP 4050 (Postscript) on our corporate NT network. The s

Re: [newbie] Installing rpm's never stops

2001-01-02 Thread Greg Sarsons
as root rpm --rebuilddb your dbase might be messed up Wilson wrote: > > Since I installed KDE 2.1 when I try to install or uninstall an rpm, either > from a terminal window or with rpmdrake, it just keeps the harddrive going > and you can't really move the mouse or anything. I finally have

[newbie] Installing rpm's never stops

2001-01-02 Thread Wilson
Since I installed KDE 2.1 when I try to install or uninstall an rpm, either from a terminal window or with rpmdrake, it just keeps the harddrive going and you can't really move the mouse or anything. I finally have to hit the reset button to get out of it. If anybody has any idea of what I ca

Re: [newbie] gcc tutorial

2001-01-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 31 December 2000 10:46 pm, Abraham Mandac wrote: > Thanks, Tom. I've come accross google being recommended several times > already on this list. I've never tried it. I guess I should before > asking the following question, but I'll ask anyway :) Is it more, uh, > linux-oriented than Yaho

Re: [newbie]WIN vs Linux Fileserver (was Gates...)

2001-01-02 Thread James Mellema
Mark Hillary wrote: > > Dosen't SAMBA work. > > Mark Hillary > - Original Message - > From: "James Mellema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:15 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie]WIN vs Linux Fileserver (was Gates...) > > > Mark Hillary wrote: > >

Re: [newbie] installation splash-screen

2001-01-02 Thread Pieter De Troyer
Paul wrote: > > Hi Pieter > > > > on all the sources and also the gcc compiler being installed. > > they are installed. The problem is that i cannot boot the system (unable > > to mount root fs), i think it is because probably the kernel uses a scsi > > module to access the scsi devices, but the

Re: [newbie] installation splash-screen

2001-01-02 Thread Paul
Hi Pieter > > on all the sources and also the gcc compiler being installed. > they are installed. The problem is that i cannot boot the system (unable > to mount root fs), i think it is because probably the kernel uses a scsi > module to access the scsi devices, but therefor it needs to have the

Re: [newbie] Linuxs kills gates (was 'gates gets Linux')

2001-01-02 Thread Daniel Anderson
Hi, Only for one program,the one that makes the floppy for my firewall/gateway,Share The Net,uses windows. The gateway uses linux,but requires windows to make the flopppy. Dan Mark Hillary wrote: > > Oh my god man why, why. Get it off, A. > > Mark Hillary >

Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming

2001-01-02 Thread Michael (Nozy) Falzon
Hi Sorry forgot to add that in, linux mandrake 6.1 > > Michael, > > What type of server? If it's a Linux server, linuxconf has a menu for > sendmail configuration that's pretty easy to use and will work for those > versions of sendmail. For other types of *nix and later versions of > se

Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming

2001-01-02 Thread Holly Henry-Pilkington
Michael Falzon wrote: > > Hi All >ok i have a server at work that is using sendmail 8.9.3/8.8.7 > i have stop my one form sending spam mail ( by just only adding the local > system to email out ) but this server will not do that it just keeps say > will do not relay ( to all mail ) if som

Re: [newbie] installation splash-screen

2001-01-02 Thread Pieter De Troyer
Paul wrote: > > > to boot in a kernel during installation from cd-rom, someone said here > > that i had to press F1 when the splash-screen appeared. Which > > splash-screen is meant? > > Hi Pieter, > The splash screen is the initial screen you seen when booting from the cd. Where you >can > hit

Re: [newbie] installation splash-screen

2001-01-02 Thread Paul
> to boot in a kernel during installation from cd-rom, someone said here > that i had to press F1 when the splash-screen appeared. Which > splash-screen is meant? Hi Pieter, The splash screen is the initial screen you seen when booting from the cd. Where you can hit ENTER to install/upgrade or F

[newbie] disk usage

2001-01-02 Thread istvan bereti
HI, I installed linux mandrake server version at home. I'm connected to the internet via ADSL modem. I'm not doing anything on the server and I noticed that the hard disk led is sometimes blinking. The sometimes means in every 2 minutes it blinks. I'm just wondering if it's normal or I misconfigu

Re: [newbie] Portsentry reporting

2001-01-02 Thread A V Flinsch
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 00:55, you wrote: > On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Should be in /var/log/messages You can also take a look at /etc/portsentry.history to see what ended up being blocked. > >Hi again everyone, this has been puzzling me for a while. I have > > portsentry

Re: [newbie] text editor

2001-01-02 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:23, you wrote: > What editor in 7.2 will save text or .pl files in true text? > > I'm having a terrible time editing files that have ".pl" > extensions ...the editors I'm using mess it up... > > I tried kwrite, kedit, gedit...what app will save these > files > in true

Re: [newbie] Word Compatibility of - Kwork - Abiword - WP - StartOffice - etc

2001-01-02 Thread John Rye
Neville Cobb wrote (in Part): > > Abiword or Kwork can open Ms Word files. Or you could just save them in RTF > > which can be opened by anything. I my self am at Sixform an my school have a > > windows NT network with word 2000 and there is not a drop of windows on my > > box anymore. > I've be

[newbie] installation splash-screen

2001-01-02 Thread Pieter De Troyer
Hi, to boot in a kernel during installation from cd-rom, someone said here that i had to press F1 when the splash-screen appeared. Which splash-screen is meant? the only screens i see when i start the installation are the following: -scanning scsi etc. -select the media that contains the packa

Re: [newbie] Word Compatibility of - Kwork - Abiword - WP - StartOffice - etc

2001-01-02 Thread Mark Hillary
> I've been using StarOffice spreadsheet and word. I use StarOffice and > save as word97 and take it to work. I have even used word templates and > they appear to be reasonable although not 100% compatibility (I guess > you'd expect that). > > I've had limited success with StarOffice spreadsheet.

Re: [newbie] segmentation fault

2001-01-02 Thread civileme
On Monday 01 January 2001 21:06, you wrote: > Yea, I tried running it from both the KDE app launcher, the desktop icon > and also using /usr/bin/netscape from the terminal. Same result. > > TIA for any help. Someone else suggested deleting all netscape dirs and > reinstalling. Is that the best

Re: [newbie]WIN vs Linux Fileserver (was Gates...)

2001-01-02 Thread Mark Hillary
Dosen't SAMBA work. Mark Hillary - Original Message - From: "James Mellema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:15 AM Subject: Re: [newbie]WIN vs Linux Fileserver (was Gates...) > Mark Hillary wrote: > > > > Why are you using windows 98 on a fil

RE: [newbie] MANDRAKE FIRST INSTALL - PARTITIONING QUERY

2001-01-02 Thread David and Alicia
Yep 56k modem it is, at the moment our connection costs ¢G10 p/m with ADSL coming in at ¢G30 plus ¢G80 one off for the adaptor. I'm sorely tempted. Thanks for your reply Anthony David and Alicia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony S