Hi,
I'm interested. I have DSL connection.
Thanks,
Bill Jacobs
this isn't a cdrw is it? Just checking mind you.
Abe
Paul wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> >/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,dev=/dev/hdb 0 0
> >
> >I know something doesn't look right on the /mnt/cdrom line, something
> >missing
>
> Hi Dennis,
> Try this:
>
Kenneth Legg wrote:
>
> I've installed star office but can not get it to run under any account other
> than root. I installed it under my own account not the root account but
> still can only run it as root. I've tried adding my self to other groups but
> can still not run the application. I also
Jordan wrote:
>
> I'm not having much luck with sound.
> I installed Mandrake onto another computer (where again W98 has sound),
> and I get the same sort of error messages - seem to point to INT and I/O
> conflicts.
> Thing is, whatever combination of these I try, sound doesn't work. Nor
> does
Anyone know if/how to get a DVD player working in mandrake 7.2? I would
really like to watch my DVDs in linux. 7.2 come with a program called
nist but I can't seem to get it to work. It tells me that it can't read
the first sector of the .vob file and then dies leaving a core file. Is
there an
hey, I've got one of those CDRW's and it works just fine in 7.2, 7.1 and
7.0. What problems are you having? What have you tried?
Abe
Roger Sherman wrote:
>
> Hey civilme, any idea if IDE CD-RWs like mine (LG CD-RW CED-8042B) will
> work in 8.0?
>
> peace,
>
> Rog
> http://www.slammingroov
I've installed star office but can not get it to run under any account other
than root. I installed it under my own account not the root account but
still can only run it as root. I've tried adding my self to other groups but
can still not run the application. I also tried to change the permission
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, [X-UNKNOWN] Peña Arellano Fabian Erasmo wrote:
If you replace one IDE drive with another IDE drive, you should not have a
problem. Kudze will however detect changes like that.
Paul
> Hi,
>
> The cdrom drive of a computer I need to install linux to just
>broke dow
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Beckycould wrote:
>I need to change passwords so my ex-partner can't telnet into my linuxbox.
>What are the commands?
>I tried changing root through Linuxconf but it wouldn't take.
>Thanks alot
>Becky
Log in as root, and type "passwd " (without the quotes).
Then you can chang
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dennis Myers wrote:
>The question is : How do you get xscanimage to show up in the Gimp? I have
>tried opening the man on xscanimage and the gimp. I don't get anything. Maybe
>I'm doing it wrong? So, I am still struggling to get a scanner functioning.
>xtns in my gimp show n
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dennis Myers wrote:
>/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,dev=/dev/hdb 0 0
>
>I know something doesn't look right on the /mnt/cdrom line, something
>missing
Hi Dennis,
Try this:
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
Paul
--
##signature line##
I'm not having much luck with sound.
I installed Mandrake onto another computer (where again W98 has sound),
and I get the same sort of error messages - seem to point to INT and I/O
conflicts.
Thing is, whatever combination of these I try, sound doesn't work. Nor
does it help to allow the BIOS t
On Saturday 06 January 2001 05:47 pm, you wrote:
> I'll be working in the GIMP and it will mysteriously crash - with no
> warnings, no error messages, nothing - it's just not there anymore!
>
> I assume there's an error log or something somewhere that will help me
> isolate the cause. Where can I
Hello Mark,
Wednesday, December 27, 2000, 8:22:48 PM, you wrote:
MW> On Wednesday 27 December 2000 16:09, you wrote:
>> Also, I plan to have Linux and Windows on the same disk. Can I
>> place logical Linux partitions in an extended partition that also
>> contains logical FAT32 partitions?
MW>
Dennis:
Try changing the entry for your cdrom in fstab to:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,dev=/dev/hdb 0 0
That oughta work!
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> I have been all over the web, and the newbie archives and tried all indicated
> solutions to get to my cdrom as root or user. Nope? e
The question is : How do you get xscanimage to show up in the Gimp? I have
tried opening the man on xscanimage and the gimp. I don't get anything. Maybe
I'm doing it wrong? So, I am still struggling to get a scanner functioning.
xtns in my gimp show nothing of "acquire image". I'm not having
Actually, you can get a mandrake specific bladeenc RPM at rpmfind.net...
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #19071
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Holly Henry-Pilkington wrote:
> hellmut wrote:
> >
> > I use grip as frontend and bladeenc as encoder. Works fine!
> >
> > > What
Im a big fan of bladeenc from the command line...I'm pretty sure the
version I have is .92
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #19071
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Jon Doe wrote:
> What is a good mp3 encoder to use?
>
>
Hey civilme, any idea if IDE CD-RWs like mine (LG CD-RW CED-8042B) will
work in 8.0?
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #19071
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, civileme wrote:
> On Friday 05 January 2001 22:51, you wrote:
>
> Unusual is what we want--It does no good to make a d
Hi,
The cdrom drive of a computer I need to install linux to just
broke down. If I install LM 7.2 using another cdrom drive, will I have
problems with the drivers when I get mine fixed or changed? Does LM 7.2
search for the kind of CDROM devices installed every time it boots and
l
wow...
> jack dugas wrote:
>
> i have a cable connection
You are so right about this!
Use the IMAP protocol to access your mail if your server supports it. The
advantages are so many that I would have to write more than i want : ) but
for starters, you get the message headeres first and then you decide wich
messages to download or delete without downlo
I'm in charge of the computer sciences dept. at a university in Veracruz,
Mexico.
We're in the process of migrating all our servers and development
workstations from Windows NT 4 to Linux and we are evaluating both Red Hat
and Mandrake. I would certainly like te oportinity to try Mandrake's latest
Greetings fellow Mandrakeusers...
Just a small note to let you know...that I just created
a Majordomo Mailing list ; called:
mandrakeusers
If you wish to have another resource for help...along with
this one...please send:
subscribe mandrakeusers
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Note: this list will o
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> Mine has been set up during the installation... maybe you should run
> HardDrake and configure it there.
> Good luck!
>
[snip]
I just put in a SBlive! and reinstalled, the card was recognized but I still
had to do config in HardDrake. It told me something like "
I'll be working in the GIMP and it will mysteriously crash - with no
warnings, no error messages, nothing - it's just not there anymore!
I assume there's an error log or something somewhere that will help me
isolate the cause. Where can I find it please?
--
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If you have to do that, use winroute lite 4.1
I've never senn anything better on windows.
http://www.winroute.com
- Original Message -
From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:38 AM
Subject: [newbie] M$ machine as gateway inst
I have been all over the web, and the newbie archives and tried all indicated
solutions to get to my cdrom as root or user. Nope? error message is
/mnt/cdrom is not a block device. What have I missed. Here is my fstab.
/dev/hdc1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdc6 /
hellmut wrote:
>
> I use grip as frontend and bladeenc as encoder. Works fine!
>
> > What is a good mp3 encoder to use?
I'm a bladeenc fan too. Another one you'll have to install from source,
but that's not hard to do. I use ripperX for my frontend -- probably just
a bias because a friend was i
Ok, but isn't there a Mandrake specific kernel like 2.4.0-mdk?
Or the generic one from kernel.org will do?
- Original Message -
From: "Roger Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Where do i find the latest mand
I use grip as frontend and bladeenc as encoder. Works fine!
> What is a good mp3 encoder to use?
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(o o)
+--oOOO--(_)---+
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|H E L L M U T |
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Mine has been set up during the installation... maybe you should run
HardDrake and configure it there.
Good luck!
> Does any body know how to get a sound blaster 128 to work under KDE
>
> Any help
>
> Thanks
> :-)
> Brett
--
,
(o o)
+--oOOO--(_)-
Thanks again. Boy, I'm looking forward to the day I can answer more
questions than I ask...
John
civileme wrote:
>
> On Friday 05 January 2001 19:09, you wrote:
> > Thanks c,
> >
> > I'll do that (one small newbie step at a time)...
> > when backing up /home, can I simply cp to another drive t
Try Lame, it does only come in source code though so you will need to
complie it. It is the best mp3 encoder for linux. You could also use ogg
vorbis, which creates a bit bigger files than mp3 but they are better
quality. It is also completly free, unlike mp3 which are patented. Both of
these are
What is a good mp3 encoder to use?
John Batt wrote:
>
> After using LM 7.2 for about 2 months I received the following, and still
> receive, the following error on at the end of booting:
>
> error: No such user John Batt!
>
> I then have to type in the user name and password to login. How do I get my
> autologin feature back?
>
->to see about Kicq. The next thing I knew when I browsed through the bin
->directory and there is was kicq. How weird, after all this time I never had
->a clue that kicq was already installed. I just dont understand why isnt it
->in the Kmenu.
->
I have found licq things there but nothi
If there is better support for the things that I am trying to do, I would be
quite interested. Also, I have one machine set up as a Windows ME / Linux test
system that I could also do testing on. (I have an Linux experiment in flight
on the system, but I have options.)
I have cable modem access
I need to change passwords so my ex-partner can't telnet into my linuxbox.
What are the commands?
I tried changing root through Linuxconf but it wouldn't take.
Thanks alot
Becky
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to switch from KDE to Gnome? switchdesk used to
> work a while back.
>
> Greg
Hi, just log out and then change desktops at the button that says KDE on the
login screen. Click on it and you should see all the available desktops.
--
De
On Saturday 06 January 2001 11:24 am, you wrote:
you know kicq is already installed when you first installed Mandrake 7.2. It
just isnt listed anywhere in the menus. its' in the /usr/bin directory. At
first I thought it wasnt installed, so I took a look around at various site
to see about
On Saturday 06 January 2001 13:53, you wrote:
> i have a cable connection
That's nice So do I , If your wondering about the test project civileme wants
us to send to his E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] not the the list
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1
I did that.
at first it complained about not having icqlib, so I go get icqlib,
install it and then the configure script executes just dandy as I
stated.
Still got the message described below.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark
Can someone tell me how to switch from KDE to Gnome? switchdesk used to
work a while back.
Greg
--
It said use Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux.
On Saturday 06 January 2001 02:53 am, you wrote:
I think if you go to DrakConf and then go to Graphics Configuration. The
latter of the configuration will ask you if you want to startx when boot.
reply with a yes and then it'll ask you which user you want to log on as and
in what desktop.
i have a cable
connection
Hey Alan,
> Mephit appears that on this execution of lilo, lilo was
> written to the MBR of hda. Have you tried rebooting since
> running it?
Finally took the time (Well, time ~is~ limited during the week,
after all) to reboot. I'm still getting grub. I don't get it at
all.
Is just
Hi Layne
Thanks your quick response. The advice in the faq didn't work - i have
version 0.8 of webmin, maybe that is the problem.
But -- on the webmin site is an html webmin manual. Down loaded that
and the first page gave the clue and hey presto I'm in to webmin using
root+root passwd
My postfix
Oh My It happened right here in the main office.
I have been printing copies of responses to my recruitmet notices using KMail
and CUPS
First of all, KMail starts off with a bad attitude. It comes up pointing at
a printer from a list of available printers and the 'OK' button is grayed out
After using LM 7.2 for about 2 months I received the following, and still
receive, the following error on at the end of booting:
error: No such user John Batt!
I then have to type in the user name and password to login. How do I get my
autologin feature back?
--
John Batt, OSL
[EMAIL PROTECT
Personally I like that bounce feature when I'm going through the
default mail account, and all the messages that couldn't be delivered
are put there due to qmail. From there I can then go in, if I see
fit, then bounce that message to the correct address with out any
body being the wiser. That's
Oh... but were's the fun in that? lol But it was more an issue
of figuring out how to do it, then rather something being implemented
is all. Just a bit of geek fun is all.
What you mentioned below is a good idea, and the correct approach, having
worked at an ISP previously I've dealt with issue
After long months of trying to get my Zip drive working in all flavors of
linux I discovered that you have to have your BIOS set the parport to EPP
ONLY on booting, no ECP, no EPP+ECP or anything else. The other thing that I
found that makes using Zip drives under Linux easy is a program calle
On Saturday 06 January 2001 10:48 am, Paul wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, jiten wrote:
> >there was a posting on this recently but i missed. is it possble to
> >resize the linux partions (non destructively)?
> >--jiten
> Yes. You can use the commercial Partition Magic for it, FIPS, which
> is on th
On Saturday 06 January 2001 10:37 am, Vic wrote:
> What do I type if I want to put a user in more than
> one group?
>
> If I want o put user in groups root and audio and cdrom and
> programming, what exactly do I type in the bash shell?
Vic, Take a look in DrakConf | User Manager. You can a
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
>IMO, the best solution for unwanted email is the delete key. In a
>mail bomb situation the best recourse is to filter it and find out the
>sources ISP and report the situation to them.
This is what I did. It was easy enough to find the website of the
there was a posting on this recently but i missed. is it possble to
resize the linux partions (non destructively)?
--jiten
Thanks!
I have it working now. I downloaded the latest install boot images and they
fixed the problem.
The new problem I am experiencing now is when I do a 100% install of 7.2 I
get to cd4 and it reports package headers missing and skips some of the
packages. Then quits the install before finish
yeah...how about just plain old ./configure ?
--
Mark
###
## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature
## Registered Linux User # 182496
##
#
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 Carl Lafferty spake passionately saying:
> Got the 2.0.0.b1 tar.gz of kicq as well a
At 11:57 PM 1/5/01 -0700, Miark wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I dual-boot to Windoze and Mandrake 7.2. In Windoze, the
>hard drive light on my case acts as you'd expect, but in
>Linux, it _never_ turns off. Does that mean that my drive is
>always running, or that the hardware mechanism that controls
>the lig
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> On Friday 05 January 2001 22:51, you wrote:
>
> Unusual is what we want--It does no good to make a distro that runs on only
> "usual" machines.
>
> I will send you some software to analyse your system--I think I probably know
> what doesn't work CDRW, LS1
Tim,
It really depends on the program and your system. I don't have aim, but
yahoo's install didn't put anything anywhere, except the executable, which
crashes with a core dump when conecting. You didn't say which GUI menu
system you are using, so it would be difficult to try to tell you how to
Okay, I decided to take the plunge and try CUPS for printing. Local
printer works fine. I have an HP LaserJet 5L on a Windows 98 box that
worked fine with good old lpd under 7.1, but I can't get beyond connection
refused using CUPS.
The share on Windows is set with a password (but not a user nam
"Michael (Nozy) Falzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All
> How do i fix the memory size on a mandrak 7.2 ( i have 256mg of
> ram ) and she showing up as 64
==
Edit /etc/lilo.conf
There should be an append line.
Make it read:
append="mem=256M"
HTH,
Mike
"Many loads
Folks, my email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
is real and I do receive mail there. There is no need for testers to send me
mail on the newbie list. ASAP, I will be setting up a testers list.
Civileme
On Friday 05 January 2001 22:51, you wrote:
Unusual is what we want--It does no good to make a distro that runs on only
"usual" machines.
I will send you some software to analyse your system--I think I probably know
what doesn't work CDRW, LS120
Civileme
> Well I would say I have an unu
I installed the new rpms but nothing changed. A loopbackdevice is
installed as shown in the mandrakeforum.
What is printerdrake changing at my system, so that I can connect to the cups
server after starting printerdrake?
After starting printerdrake I get the following messages:
Alles bereits i
Just as suggestion, being vindictive and all (lol), try setting that
same app up to BOUNCE all those messages back to that person. So at
the end of the day you dump those same 400 messages back into their
box to download.
Maybe set up a ASCII file that has the text of most MAILER DAEMONs,
attac
Dear Civileme,
I would like to try it too. After I get my new machine running this
weekend, I will have the old 7.1 machine available to play with. My linux
experience is limited, but I've been programming since the 70's on many
platforms and basically live and breathe computers a byte at a tim
I just setup Internet Connection sharing on my Win2k machine and started
working more
with my LM 7.0 box and the internet. I installed an instant messenger clone
as something to mess with. Upon installing it (no errors) I can't seem to
find it on any
menu??? I searched and found a file called aim
I'll let you know if my Dual PIII-600 with Dual UW Adaptec 78xx Onboard
controllers has any problem. I plan to load Mandrake 7.2 on it this
weekend. I will be Dual Booting with 98, NT4, or Win/2000, to be used for
hardware resource info and problem isolation (ie: if hw prob, nether os will
work,
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:14:46 +0100, Till Kamppeter said:
> The old packages do not need to exist for the update, but you should
> have a complete set of packages for being able to print:
> and to remove and install all the cups-related packages afterwards. In
> this case I recommend
Hi everyone,
If you have a modem connection and you want to prevent downloading all
kinds of junk, you can set up "mailfilter". Some idiot is sending me 100s
of mails an hour with windows attachments, ranging upto 14 megs per hour.
I dial in through an ISDN line, and don't feel the need to pay f
I would like to get in on this, if it is still open.
Tim Parker
44 Reason Lane
Coatesville, PA 19320
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 3:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Recruitment Notic
On Friday 05 January 2001 19:09, you wrote:
> Thanks c,
>
> I'll do that (one small newbie step at a time)...
> when backing up /home, can I simply cp to another drive then cp back, or
> will this mess up links and such?
>
> merci
>
> John
Just use cp -a in both directions and everything will be
On Friday 05 January 2001 17:42, you wrote:
> Is there an updated boot img for corp server 1.1 that will enable dma
> access as the new 7.2 boot img does?
Umm, just add
idex=autotune #where x is the number of the channel
# you want to be optimized
to the "append" blank usi
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Adrian Smith wrote:
>yup yup yup, i got one also. they are pretty nice. not those yucky
>"soft-touch" where you don't know if you hit the key unless you are
>looking at the screen. also the company that makes them is suppose to
>be developing software to expand the use of t
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Engr. Oba, Ryan Rudolf Castroverde wrote:
>driver should I choose for my Epson LX-300 9-pin dot-matrix printer?
I think when you try FX80 that should work.
>Are external modems supported by Linux-Mandrake? Can I just by any brand of
>external modem, and hope that it will wor
Goldenpi wrote:
>
> Easy. The problem is that factory formated carts are formated on partition
> 4. user-formated carts are formated on partition 1. Supermount does not like
> this. You will just have to mount them manually.
Um, small problem. I'm not using Supermount. Here is the relevant line
Adrian Smith wrote:
>
> yup yup yup, i got one also. they are pretty nice. not those yucky "soft-touch"
>where you don't know if you hit the key unless you are looking at the screen. also
>the company that makes them is suppose to be developing software to expand the use of
>the Tux keys.
On Friday 05 January 2001 16:08, you wrote:
> I am trying to install 7.2 and after it loads the second stage install it
> gives me an error message:
>
> an error occured insmod'ing module ide-cd failed
>
> Any idea how to fix this?
>
> TIA
> Steve
I think you are using a hd.img file from cooker
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