[newbie-it] Scheda TV su Linux

2001-02-01 Thread Giancarlo Sessa

[newbie-it] tastiera e suono

2001-02-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ciao, ho un pc portatile toshiba 160cdt, 600 mhz. ho inst. redhat 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22 non funzionano i tasti backspace, delete pageup...nella konsole, mentre in emacs si. la mia scheda audio crystal 4281 PCI NON DA segno di vita. HELP!

Re: [newbie-it] live

2001-02-01 Thread WhiteBase
C' modo di far funzionare la scheda anche dopo aver reimpostato il bios come "bios PnP"? Mi secca dover cambiare impostazioni ogni volta che passo da win a Linux e ho paura che usando win (che era gi installato e configurato) con l'opzione "bios PnP" disattivata si incasini qualcosa nella

Re: [newbie-it] xine e fullscreen

2001-02-01 Thread Sebastiano Cordiano
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:11:28 +0100 Alberto Zanoni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vedo appunto che tra le altre cose dice: video_out_xv: no video port found forse e' proprio quello che dici. E' cosi ? Io ho una voodoo3 3dfx, puoi indirizzarmi ad una qualche soluzione ? Grazie ancora per tutto,

Re: [newbie-it] Problema scaricamento

2001-02-01 Thread Andrea Celli
Corrado wrote: "Francesco M. Landolfi" wrote: ,.. Tasto destro del moise e salva link con nome None era shift pi tasto destro del mouse? Non c'e` mai un unico modo per fare una cosa. Non escluderei che ci si riesca anche se Invece di farmeli salvare su

[newbie-it] Configurazione Ispell

2001-02-01 Thread Mario
Salve, nel mio sistema ho istallato in versione rpm Ispell e il relativo dizionario in italiano. Vorrei sapere come configurarlo per poter effettuare la correzione ortografica. Grazie

Re: Fw: [newbie-it] Asuscom isdnlink 128k interno

2001-02-01 Thread Beatrice
Anche io ho un modem isdn e ho risolto la cosa con il pacchetto qtisdnlinux (si trova anche su freshmeat se non sbaglio) Il kppp non funziona perche' per connettersi tramite linea isdn necessario mandare il proprio numero di telefono (cosa che kppp non fa essendo fatto per modem

RE: [newbie] Help!! Ayuda!! (en espa ñol de preferenci a!!!)

2001-02-01 Thread falcaraz
Yo intentara con Mandrake 7.1 o mejor 7.2; si tienes problemas con las X a mi me fueron mejor ambas versiones usando el modo texto de instalacin; para ello cuando sale la pantalla inicial pulsas F1 y en la siguiente pantalla escribes text (Return); ahora bien, es conveniente que primero

RE: [newbie] CD player

2001-02-01 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Did you guys make sure that your Audio Jumper is still connected from your CD-ROM to your sound card? Simplest things first! The Moose -Original Message- From: Allen Joseph M Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[newbie] Checking integrity...

2001-02-01 Thread Matt Schroeder
Is there any way to check my CD's I burned from ISO images for integrity? Unfortunately I tossed the ISO's after I had the CD's burned. If so, please let me know. Even if it is something as simple as just number of bytes at least I'll know somewhat closely. I'd like to check both the install

[newbie] cd roms

2001-02-01 Thread Ian Keil
ok..this is probably real dumb.. but neither of my 2 cd roms will show up on my system.. im obvioulsy real new to this so any help woould be great. is this just an issue of an idiot user not knowing where to look.. the idiot being me of course

RE: [newbie] Voodoo3 3500 TV card

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Johnson
Sorry, I wasn't very clear was I. I'm talking about trying to watch tv via the tuner. I noticed on the mandrake compability list that this card is not one but wondering if anyone actually managed to get it to work anyway...the tv stuff that is... -Original Message- From: Tim Holmes

[newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Johnson
I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it. It installed fine when I tried the same

[newbie] Emergency?

2001-02-01 Thread michael
If anyone can tell, the ip from which this comes is different than usual. Hence my apparent emergency. I tried to turn on my main computer , running Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.1 Beta2, earlier tonight...well, alright, several times over the past few hours. Now I can't get by "Verifying DMI pool

[newbie] KDE 2.0 not working

2001-02-01 Thread otto
Hi, I changed the partitions of my HD and re-installed everything (LM7.2) formatting every new partition and KDE is crashing continuosly. WindowMakeris working well. Let's start with the questions: Since the first instalation worked fine, I assumed it had something to do with the different

[newbie] Setuid

2001-02-01 Thread otto
Hi, I want to run gnome-ppp as user, but I get an error log saying that I must be root since pppd is not setuid-root pppd is set -rwxr-xr-x, root root my uid is 501 How should I set the rights and whar should I change? Thanks Otto

[newbie] Attn: Lee

2001-02-01 Thread Bill Barto
I think we finally got it working. Using Netscape Messenger right now to send this test out. Deselecting Plug + Play in the BIOS did the trick. Not sure if that's gonna' be the end tho'. Win98 complains about my Ensoniq sound card configuration now ??? But I seem to be online now. Thank you

[newbie] Mandrake update falis

2001-02-01 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
Whenever I run Mandrake Update and select the programs i wan to update the hard drive's activity light goes on and my machine hangas after a minute or so. This happens every time Any ideas?

[newbie] Abiword spelling check

2001-02-01 Thread Mike Cochrane (MC)
How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Jon Doe
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 08:02 pm, Sevatio Octavio loudly grumbled: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Ok, done. Now what? I don't see anything on Xmms to record or anything.

[newbie] HardDrake sound configuration, AWE64 Gold

2001-02-01 Thread David Willey
Hi, I'm having problems getting sound to work properly. I have installed everything(almost) from Mandrake7.2, with an expertinstall. I have an ASUS P2B (original) with a Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold. The PNP OS installed setting in the BIOS is off. The sb module loads at startup. The mixer

Fw: [newbie]Vmware installation in 7.2

2001-02-01 Thread Lee
I suggest, those who said no problem and something wrong post out what you do step by step. and compare them, where the problem is will be obvious. downloading the lastest pakage is not the solution, maybe she do it according to your suggestion, but the problem is still there, and the

[newbie] kernel panic - swapper

2001-02-01 Thread donald hinds
I can boot graphically, but NSB or Failsafe it gets to something about the SWAPPER end then Aieee kernel Panic ... in sync swapper not syncing and the computer totally locks up. Any help out there? Don Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread jfrancis
Mark, I am using the AT version of this board (P5A-B)with a K62/450 and have not had any problems . Ati Expert98 agp, 256 meg ram Jim On Thursday 01 February 2001 09:15, you wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on

[newbie] Mandrake 7.3

2001-02-01 Thread Skye Louey
Hello all, Does anyone know when Mandrake 7.3 is due to be released? I cannot find any information on it but going by release trends one is due quite soon. Thanks =) SkYE Zankoku na tenshi no youni.

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor

2001-02-01 Thread Michael O'Henly
Try highlighting in the text editor, then clicking the middle mouse button in Netscape. Works for me. M. On Thursday 01 February 2001 03:22, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears that none

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor

2001-02-01 Thread Michael O'Henly
Try highlighting what you want to paste in the text editor, then middle-clicking into Netscape. Works for me. M. On Thursday 01 February 2001 03:22, you wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying to copy and paste text from one the text editors in Linux. It appears

[newbie] kdvi in kde2.01 rpms on cooker

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
Hi, did anybody else notive that kdvi seems to be missing from the kdegraphics-2.0.1-1mdk rpm on cooker? It seem to have nbeen in that rpm for version 2.0. WHere did it go? Andreas PS: LM 7.2 with a few upgrades from mandrake and mandrakecooker. -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I'll 2nd that. I'm running 2 linux boxes with the P5A AMD 500Mhz K6/2. Always had smooth installs from LM6.0 to LM7.2. Seve Original Message On 2/1/01, 12:49:41 PM, Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus: Mark: Howdy! There shouldn't be

[newbie] Modem troubles..

2001-02-01 Thread Jim
I'm having huge problems trying to get my modem to work... lspci -v shows this info 01:0e.0 Communication controller: Conexant PCI Modem Enumerator (rev 08) Subsystem: DIGICOM systems, Inc.: Unknown device 1035 Flags: bus master, fast back2back, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 Memory at

RE: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Johnson
I actually have 7.2 running on the dell just fine. That's why I got this other MB so I wouldn't have to keep dual booting. I'm using a sony cdburner -- *shrug* seems to work fine. I was finally able to find a CD rom that would work with the Gigabtye board but then I couldn't get the NIC to

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor

2001-02-01 Thread Angela Danen
Sorry I lied it works with Konqueror not Netscape (my bad) Ang =( On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:41:09PM -0700, Angela Danen wrote: I've used kedit, at your command line type kedit it will pop up and you should be able to copy and paste into Netscape =) Hope this helps, Ang On Thu, Feb 01,

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor

2001-02-01 Thread Dave Sherman
If you are using Ctrl-V to paste, it won't work. You need to use your middle mouse button (if you only have two mouse buttons, then you should be able to use them both simultaneously to simulate the middle button) to paste. This is how X apps that are non-kde and non-gnome generally work.

Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.2 failed dependencies

2001-02-01 Thread Romanator
The Conways wrote: Mandrake Linux 7.2 Celeron 433 Abit BH6 Mobo 64 meg of ram Diamond Speedstar A50 I tried to install the package that Tech Support recommended. Here is the list of files: XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from text editor

2001-02-01 Thread Romanator
Angela Danen wrote: I've used kedit, at your command line type kedit it will pop up and you should be able to copy and paste into Netscape =) Hope this helps, Ang On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:22:14AM -0500, Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, On quite a few occasions, I have been trying

RE: [newbie] Modem troubles..

2001-02-01 Thread David Sizemore
I had the same trouble, but with a Win(ugh!)modem that someone had written drivers for. I first ran the init strings from the terminal, but when it connected, I got a lot of useless characters that kept me from inputting username/password. I found that it was hanging up trying to set

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Romanator
Mark Johnson wrote: I actually have 7.2 running on the dell just fine. That's why I got this other MB so I wouldn't have to keep dual booting. I'm using a sony cdburner -- *shrug* seems to work fine. I was finally able to find a CD rom that would work with the Gigabtye board but then I

Re: [newbie] Problem copying text to Netscape email from texteditor

2001-02-01 Thread Romanator
Dave Sherman wrote: If you are using Ctrl-V to paste, it won't work. You need to use your middle mouse button (if you only have two mouse buttons, then you should be able to use them both simultaneously to simulate the middle button) to paste. This is how X apps that are non-kde and

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-02-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Yeah, that's the same problem I had when I tried to install from the rpm. So, here's what you do with that source RPM. It's quite easy... First log in as Superuser and go to the directory with your source RPM. Then type in the following commands: rpm -i gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.src.rpm

Re: [newbie] Setuid

2001-02-01 Thread Otto Duarte
Hi again, I managed to fix this point, it was very easy! I setuid for root and changed the rights on the /dev/ttS1 - /dev/modem and that's it Thanks anyhow Otto Hi, I want to run gnome-ppp as user, but I get an error log saying that I must be root since pppd is not setuid-root pppd

[newbie] need help loading debugger

2001-02-01 Thread mike smalheiser
ok, this is the first time i've ever posted a question, and i'm not very knowlegdeable with linux at all, so forgive me if i ask questions with painfully obvious answers. first off i guess i should say that i am using linux mandrake 7.2 complete. i am trying to learn c programming, so i need

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Ed Tharp
gee... I have added *.wav files to audio CDs I was burning for my daughter and here friends and they were able to catch the jokes the wave files contained. (nothing like a loud "buurrp" after track three, I always say.) - Original Message - From: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :( -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing

Re: [newbie] CompuPic and Mozilla

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Riker, Launch Mozilla from a terminal window and post the output to the list so's we can get a gander at it. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Riker wrote: Date: Sun, 28

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Todd Flinders
No, no, no!!! Your CD players does NOT play .wav!! Your burning software knows to convert .wav to the proper format! You need to convert your .mp3 to a .wav so that the burning software can burn the audio CD. If you tell your burning software that you are burning a data disc, then you will

Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Rob, have you used XFdrake yet to setup your display? That is an awesome tool. In console mode type "setuptool" as root user and you have a whole menu of tools with which to do basic config of your Linux system. Xfdrake is just one of the items on the menu. -- Mark "If you don't share your

Re: [newbie] What other linux os's are there?

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
aside from Mandrake there are "no" other distros worthy of your attention and admiration. However, there are of course ones that long to be what Mandrake is and is becoming. SuSE, RedHat, Slackware, Caldera, VaLinux, OpenLinux...these are the ones that I can think of right off the top of my head

Re: [newbie] Abiword spelling check

2001-02-01 Thread John Agapito
Download the latest version from www.abisource.com it has a spellchecker. John "Mike Cochrane (MC)" wrote: How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike

Re: [newbie] Mozilla question

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Hey s...you got a firewall up and running cause Mozilla doesn't come with the KDE upgrades? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, s wrote: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:52:21 +

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.3

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Skye, that's just a vicious rumor dripping with conjecture and wishful thinking. :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Skye Louey wrote: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:52:05 +0800

Re: [newbie] Notice: heimdall firewall* pm Firewall

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Anthony, Check the permissions on /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. The permissions should be at least 700. Next, check to make sure that pmfirewall is selected in startup services to start when the system is booted. These are two things that will keep PMfirewall from operating. You may also want to test

Re: [newbie] How do i get rid of grub?

2001-02-01 Thread Mark Weaver
Aaah heavens...thats easy. But before you do it make sure you have a boot disk before you get rid of the bootloader. (grub) then load your DOS boot disk into the floppy drive, boot to an A:\ prompt, and issue this command. fdisk /mbr Now, boot linux to runlevel 3, by typing

Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC

2001-02-01 Thread Romanator
Yeah. That would be great!! Roman Mark Weaver wrote: I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :( -- Mark "If you don't share your

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 on IBM A20p

2001-02-01 Thread Dave Sherman
Here I am, replying to my own message! I just got my modem working this evening (about 15 minutes ago), with the free (as in beer) binary-only driver supplied by Lucent Technologies, which I downloaded from linmodems.org. Dave On Thursday 01 February 2001 17:50, you wrote: Well, I'm not

Re: [newbie] Mozilla question

2001-02-01 Thread s
Well yes, pmfirewall, but I don't see the connection. ?? -s On Friday 02 February 2001 12:48 am, you wrote: Hey s...you got a firewall up and running cause Mozilla doesn't come with the KDE upgrades?

[newbie] mandrake with GF2mx

2001-02-01 Thread Ribbo
hi, sorry if this had been discused before could mandrake 7.2 detect geforce2 mx during installation? or i have to wait the next release before purchasing that card? thanks in advance -- Ribbo "Destruction and turmoil are my companions." -- Doom , Quake 3 Arena

Re: [newbie] missing swap file

2001-02-01 Thread Barry Premeaux
The Conways wrote: When I use the KDE control center and look at some of the memory properties, it shows 0 swap memory available. Before I installed Mandrake 7.2, I used a 3rd party disk partitioning utility. I created a swap partition, so I know it is there. Why would it not be

Re: [newbie] Emergency? Solved

2001-02-01 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 01 February 2001 12:44 am, regarding [newbie] Emergency?, you said: If anyone can tell, the ip from which this comes is different than usual. Hence my apparent emergency. I tried to turn on my main computer , running Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.1 Beta2, earlier

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Jon Doe
On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:47 pm, Dave Sherman loudly grumbled: Hmm. Well, I guess I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Dave On Thursday 01 February 2001 16:22, you wrote: CD players do read .wav music. Don't ask me the technicality's of it, but I have made many CD's by burning

Re: [newbie] Can't Surf???

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have small problem and can't seem to figure it out.I recently purchased a non-winmodem. External US Robotics modem. I can hook up to the net via my isp. The computer dials logs in and everything seem to be great. However, when

Re: [newbie] Linuxworld Expo NYC

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah. That would be great!! Roman Mark Weaver wrote: I wish I could go...Say! any chance of one or all of you getting some pictures and then posting them? I would love to see what it all looks like. I can't get away because of work and school. :(

Re: [newbie] missing swap file

2001-02-01 Thread Tom
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 09:01 pm, The Conways wrote: When I use the KDE control center and look at some of the memory properties, it shows 0 swap memory available. what does (run from a terminal) 'free' say ? How much physical ram? ..and how big a swap? FWIW I use 256 hard/ 80

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Robert Wertzler
On Thursday 01 February 2001 07:15, you wrote: I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2 [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems. I had a gigabyte board and linux refused to install with the CDROM I got

RE: [newbie] missing swap file

2001-02-01 Thread Charles A Edwards
Tom Brinkman wrote, as he stockpiled ammunition and began shoring his precarious defenses Prob'ly not a good idea, both Windoze and Linux come with all the partitioning tools needed, and it's much better to use them. 3rd party tools including the often touted 'Partition Magic' are just

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Thread Tom
On Thursday 01 February 2001 05:47 pm, Romanator wrote: I own two Dell computers and have never had a problem. I think "junk" is a little extreme. They currently have an add on TV for a 933mhz PIII for $999. A lot of built in junk on a Dell motherboard. Yes, the supplier for the board

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread -michael-
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 03:43 pm, regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?, you said: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? I could not believe how, when I installed the latest version of gtoaster, the default

[newbie] Emergency...solved

2001-02-01 Thread -michael-
Somehow my bios values were changed...I reset them and its ok again. -- -michael-

[newbie] SWAT

2001-02-01 Thread -michael-
I had to share this one Have you discovered http://localhost:901 ? If you want to share Linux resources with a Windows machine. Login as root and enter your root password -- -michael-

Re: [newbie] need help loading debugger

2001-02-01 Thread Tom
On Thursday 01 February 2001 06:19 pm, mike smalheiser wrote: ok, this is the first time i've ever posted a question, and i'm not very knowlegdeable with linux at all, so forgive me if i ask questions with painfully obvious answers. first off i guess i should say that i am using linux

Re: [newbie] Scroll wheel not working with Netscape

2001-02-01 Thread Jim Anderson
Hi all, sorry I'm a bit behind on e-mail... I'm having the exact problem as Andrew. My Intellimouse wheel doesn't work in Netscape 4.75 but does in Konqueror and other apps. If I take Sridhar's suggestion of running "imwheel -k" and then go back to Netscape, the mouse wheel works! Go back

RE: [newbie] Is it so much to ask---

2001-02-01 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Eh, packAGE The output is being truncated... -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it so much to ask--- thanks. I was trying to install lp