Re: [newbie-it] star office

ioadamo wrote: -IO ho trovato il file /etc/X11/xdm/XSession e c'era scritto cosi': #!/bin/sh exec /etc/X11/Xsession $* # Xsession ends here dice di prendere gli argomenti con cui viene lanciato ($*) /etc/X11/xdm/XSession e di lanciare (exec) /etc/X11/Xsession con gli stessi

Re: [newbie-it] Java

Stefano Salari wrote: Prova sul sito della Sun alla pagina http://www.sun.com/software/index.html Ho visto tra le possibili scelte un "Java runtime environment" che dovrebbe essere quello che fa al caso tuo. Attento a prendere la versione giusta! Dovrebbe essere la vecchia "1.8"

Re: [newbie-it] connessione a internet

On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:14:13AM +0100, Andrea Celli wrote: MASTERIZZATORE Cosa c'è in /etc/fstab? /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 (questo è il masterizzatore) Ops, ci sono dei

[newbie-it] Password profili.

Salve a tutti, ho da poco installato Mandrake 7.1. Ho provato a creare 4 profili per altrettanti utenti, e funziona tutto perfettamente, ma non riesco a mettere le password per ciascun profilo. Cosa devo fare? Grazie Marco

Re: [newbie-it] DVD rom compatibile con Linux, quale mi consigliate?

Sono intenzionato ad acquistare un DVD ROM che mi permetta di vedere sia i film che di masterizzare, c'è qualcuno che mi può dare qualche consiglio su qualche marca e modello? L'unica cosa che posso consigliarti e' di prendere due apparecchi diversi, un DVD ro e un masterizzatore. un mio

Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up

On Wednesday 03 January 2001 13:01, you wrote: Dear All, I have Mandrake 7.2 and the cups printing with an Epson Stylus Color printer. It has been working fine with all applications except for the StarOffice 5.2 that I recently downloaded. I followed the directions for setting it up with 5.2

Re: [newbie] core file

Hi Bascule thanks tom, yes i have 96mb ram, it's a bit unnerving to know that file sizes can be lied about/misreported like that, is it just /dev/ entries that do this ? i know this has confused me before, i'm a gui person really and i need to know when to trust what konq is telling me!

[newbie] wonder if anybody can help

Hi all This is first time ive posted to the list think what im about to ask is ok. I was wondering if anybody in the UK had a spare copy of the Linux Mandrake from the xmas edition of Linux Format or could lend me one it will be returned and expenses covered postage etc. My wife has tried

[newbie] Kodak DC3400 camera

I recently bought a Kodak DC3400 digital camera which works well under Windows but, not surprisingly, I haven't been able to use it with Linux and gphoto. I tried selecting several different cameras from the list in gphoto but nothing seems to work. Has anyone had any success with this

Re: [newbie] core file

You are not being lied to. All of the files in /proc do not realy exist. This means that until you read them there is nothing there. When you do read them the kernel creats the information that is displayed on the spot. Try cat /proc/meminfo or cat /proc/mounts and the command line to see what I

[newbie] Sound Blaster Live...Problem

I'm trying to get sound blaster live card to work, but everytime I do a sndconfig, the card registers and Modprobe tell me there is a problem. Here is the message: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k.o:init-module :Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k.o:init-module

[newbie] Linux Red Hat 6.2

Original Message Time Is Thursday, January 04, 2001 , 2:43:22 AM Hello, CD-ROM : Teac CD-532E HD : Seagate ST34321A (4,3 GB) Grafic Card : S3 Virge-DX/GX PCI (375/385) (4 MB Video memory) Sound Card : Yamaha OPL3-SAx Reserved Modem : Rockwell RCV336ACF/SP ( R6741-41 ) Maintboard

Re: [newbie] I thought I was super user??

That's the answer. I don't even have a subdirectory "/sbin/". I installed Mandrake 7.0 (Air) from CD and selected all options when prompted for which files to load. Guess I'll just do without for now... :-( - Original Message - From: "bosmanp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "David

[newbie] Can't get changes to stick

With Mark's help, I have Mandrake 7.1 installed on my notebook. My current issue is that I can't get changes to take and stick. I run sndconfig, and get the test sounds with no problem. But I can't get KDE to allow me to setup system sounds. Even the test button doesn't generate anything.

Re: [newbie] aol

No.. it runs as an AIM client. Not an AOL clone. It will allow you to log on with AIM, ICQ, and a few other chat programs. That's all it does. tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/ "Real Men use Vi." doesn't "Everybody" run as an AOL clone? just wondering.

[newbie] Mandrake Coporate Server 1.0 SSH installation and Frontpage andSamba problem

I have resently installed mandrake coporate server 1.0 on a petium 100 with 48 megs of ram and a 2.1 gig hard drive... It installed fine. and its main purpose is to be a mail, samba and web server for a university residencs server with internet connection. the appache web server that came

Re: [newbie] core file

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: Hi Tom, No, Bascule's not asking about core dumps, but about the core device, which definitely shouldn't be deleted. A plain english Ah, oops. My error because of speed. Sorry, I hope Bascule did not follow my advice!! Core dumps can be

[newbie] FYI - Reason for boot hang 7.1 7.1

Aftermonths of hassles trying to get 7.1 and 7.2 to run on my system (Kernel locks in bootup)I have tracked it down to one of two things: It doesnt like my Canapus Spectra 2500 or my 2x Diamond Monster 3D II in Sli mode, both of which were fairly main stream cards a year or two ago. So

Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up

Dear All,Thank you for your suggestions. I do not have PrintPro so I guess there is no conflict there. I tried the changes on this list and it still does not work. I was setup with xpp however it does not print from that either. Last night I switched to qtcups and no printing again. When I had

Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up

Yes, is there a way to set up printing in 7.2 like it was in 7.1? I have had all kinds of trouble with CUPS, never had a problem before this "improved" system. thanks! Fred - Original Message - From: "marcia" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:27

Re: [newbie] core file

Some time ago read about a way to delet all core file from hard disk when booting or so. Anybody knows how to do it ?. I´m newbie and core file only ocupied some space for me. thanks Daniel On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, bascule wrote: You can delete it. This is generated when (usually as root) you run

[newbie] holy shrinking / batman!

Hi folks, I'm confused. (Surprise). I'm new to 7.2 (and mandrake, generally), so I used the installation guide when deciding on partition sizes. This is what I have: / 492MB /boot 9.5MB /home 4.24GB /usr3.17GB and then swap of 64MB

Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2

David Grubb wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave 2.2.17

[newbie] xscanimage and gimp again?

Sorry to be asking this again but how exactly do you make the link for xscanimage so I can use my scanner in the gimp? My scanner shows up on the usb in drakconf and the gnome usbview but xcanimage always says there is no device.

Re: [newbie] holy shrinking / batman!

what is in /tmp? -Chris On Thursday 04 January 2001 19:57, you wrote: Hi folks, I'm confused. (Surprise). I'm new to 7.2 (and mandrake, generally), so I used the installation guide when deciding on partition sizes. This is what I have: / 492MB /boot 9.5MB

Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2

If you're at your machine, a quick of finding this out is: uname -a Cheers. M. On Thursday 04 January 2001 16:41, you wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave -- Michael

Re: [newbie] holy shrinking / batman!

Hi Chris, in /tmp I find 9 sub directories: .ICE-unix .X11-unix .esd .font-unix .sawmill-john .sawmill-root ksocket-john orbit-john orbit-root and several .bak files for a finance program i use (CBB) - these files are

[newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard

Anyone know what drivers to use for this board so that ATA100 and RAID will work? TIA STeve

RE: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux

Hi See the linux-mandrake.com site for electronic docs. Regards Ron -- Original Message -- Does any body know where i can download a manual for Mandrake Linux (or any other linux for that matter) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brett Royles ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming

Hi holly Michael, What type of server? Linux Mandrake 6.1 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 sendmail, hmmm that works ok with one

[newbie] cdrecord error

G, I am soo tired of trying to get this damn dc writer working, it worked fine in 7.1. It starts to record then pukes out about 3% to 6% into the burn and this is the output: pregap1: -1 Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

[newbie] Installation problem at Boot Loader install

Hi everyone, I'm a new Mandrake user from over in the SuSE-world, and I'm having trouble getting Mandrake to install properly. The main problem I'm encountering, is that it seems that the boot loader is never installed. When it gets to the step to install it, it simply says "Can't divide HASH

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Re: [newbie] FILESERVER, PROXY, FIREWALL, and DHCP Server

Pentium 200 out perform II 450 ? no way man give me the same computer! it's better ! about the powerpoint ! linux has it in the staroffice --- Jeremy Sudderth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news everyone. I have a convert. My company has decided to have a contest. Here are the terms: 1.

[newbie] Star Office Printing Problems

Hello guys. I have printing problems with starOffice 5.1, my printer works good under other aplicantions, like kword, netscape, etc. only starOffice cant print anyting, my printer are epson lq 850. i am using Mandrake 7.2 Please Helpme. Best Regards

Re: [newbie] xscanimage and gimp again?

On Thursday 04 January 2001 07:15 pm, you wrote: Sorry to be asking this again but how exactly do you make the link for xscanimage so I can use my scanner in the gimp? My scanner shows up on the usb in drakconf and the gnome usbview but xcanimage always says there is no device. Mine too, and

Re: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard

why would you need drivers for this board? Mine is working fine with an IBM ATA-100 drive. Just make sure you have the latest BIOS installed and double check the BIOS settings. I initially have some trouble but now everything is fine. Greg Steve Gulick wrote: Anyone know what drivers to

RE: [newbie] ABit KT7-RAID Motherboaard

I don't know Greg. When I install Mandrake it asks me to choose my scsi card. Mandrake install does not list the High Point HTP370 controller. If I bypass it install won't find the drives. I'm not sure how to get around this. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] windows partition read only file system ?

Hello, (newbie right?) I'm trying to delete some files in my windows partition (fat16) from an terminal logged in as SU and I get an error message that /mnt/hda1 is a read-only file system. I have tried to chmod the file system but am not sure if this is what I need to do nor the syntax. I

[newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Im not a newbie to computers anymore. I have survived the dark ages of DOS and all the flavors of Windows. I want to enhance my skills and move on to the next level. So I decided to learn Linux. Problem is I'm new to Linux

Re: [newbie] windows partition read only file system ?

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Jon Dowd wrote: Change the mount rule in /etc/fstab to /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 There probably is 'nouser' or something in there, which is what prevents you, as user, from deleting files on the win-partition. Paul Hello, (newbie right?) I'm trying

Re: [newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Engr. OBA, Ryan Rudolf Castroverde wrote: If you have enough time, a charge-free phone-line and a cd-burner, you can download the ISO images of the CD's and burn them yourself. I do need to mention that upgrades from 7.1 to 7.2 are not as easy as previously was, since some

Re: [newbie] 7.1 to 7.2 upgrade questions...

On Thursday 04 January 2001 21:43, you wrote: *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Im not a newbie to computers anymore. I have survived the dark ages of DOS and all the flavors of Windows. I want to enhance my skills and move on to the next level. So I

Re: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux

Hi Brett Does any body know where i can download a manual for Mandrake Linux (or any other linux for that matter) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brett Royles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Well, a simple search for "linux tutorial" will turn up much of use. Web pages can be saved or printed

[newbie] LinModems!

Hi all, I just stumbled upon a neat thing. People have started writing Linux drivers for WinModems. And the one that came with my system has a driver. Yay! I was really bummed when I found out that I had a WinModem. And hopefully this will be an immediate help. I do plan on getting a

[newbie] ide3 doesn't like me any more + mknod for ide4 ide5

I am running an Athlon based system in a In-Win Q500 (300W P/S) case and an ASUS K7V m/b w/ latest patches as of mid November. I started off running the system with a 10 GB 7200 RPM IBM drive (Ultra33) as the boot on ide2 and a 45 GB 7200 RPM IBM drive (Ultra100 capable, but running at Ultra66)

Re: [newbie] FILESERVER, PROXY, FIREWALL, and DHCP Server

Andri Genio wrote: Pentium 200 out perform II 450 ? no way man give me the same computer! it's better ! about the powerpoint ! linux has it in the staroffice --- Jeremy Sudderth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news everyone. I have a convert. My company has decided to have a

[newbie] isdn problems

mdk7.2 installed. configureing kernel (support isdn) config.isdn modem, isdn modem (card)has beenfound (dynalink, Asuscom), config. provider etc. and connecting: mdk can´t connect and ask for reconfig. of isdn modem.why? isdn4linux (kisdn) only runs once then I am not able to restart the

Re: [newbie]StarOffice5.2 Printer set-up

On Thursday 04 January 2001 15:27, you wrote: Dear All,Thank you for your suggestions. I do not have PrintPro so I guess there is no conflict there. I tried the changes on this list and it still does not work. I was setup with xpp however it does not print from that either. Last night I

RE: [newbie] Does any body know where i can download manuals for linux

Brett Have you tried http://63.209.80.231/en/72doc.php3 which is Mandrakes own documentation page. Alternatively try http://www.linuxdoc.org/ which is the home of the Linux Documentation Project and contains load of useful stuff. Mike -Original Message- From: Penndragon [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Kernel in 7.2

On Friday 05 January 2001 01:41, you wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave 2.2.17 Of course 2.2.18 and 2.4.0(test) are available, both basically unpatched (no ATA/100 in 2.2.18).