[newbie] how to get a rtl8019 ISA card working.

2001-02-08 Thread OxO MaXoMa
Hello all. I need some step by step guide by someone out there, i have a realtek8019 ISA card, it's supposed to be a ne2000 clone, so i used the ne2k module from the module configurations to get my card working, and i was unable to did it. i checked my windows IRQ and IO port but theres a  problem

[newbie] Huge swap file!!!

2001-02-08 Thread John Arkoulis
I was installing LM 7.1 to a friends computer. During the installation process I created two Linux partitions. One Linux native (ext2), bootable, 2.2 GB and a Linux swap of 128 MB Installation finished OK. Because the H/D is shared with Win 98 I use System Commander to boot. System Commander detec

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 09 February 2001 00:09, you wrote: > with Mozilla, or Beonex Communicator. The latter one is totally > > > un-AOL-afied. They took all the crap AOL code out of the Netscape 6 > > > code and produced a FINE Netscape Communicator suite. > > > > > > http://www.beonex.org > > > > Mark: > >

Re: [newbie] telnet and ftp access

2001-02-08 Thread Adi W. Rahadi
It happens to me, but more details: i've already choose server, and now all i can't telnet,ftp, and talk my mandrake even from localhost. #telnet 10.65.1.25 Trying 10.65.1.25... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused #ftp 10.65.1.25 ftp: connect: Connection refused please

[newbie] Problem with modules dependency on kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-08 Thread Blomquist, Niklas
Hello all! I have installd the new 2.4.1 kernel, but I can't get the sound or nic to work. When I'm booting up the systems is says, problem to find the modules dependency and unresovled symbol. PLease help! /N > -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Skicka

Re: [newbie] Is there a way to access ext2 or ReiserFS from windows?

2001-02-08 Thread P_dog
Hmmm depends on your install choice i think If ya did the Linux4win install it has links to your windows from linux but the other way around I would have to say I truly doubt it If you find out please post that.. - Original Message - From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

[newbie] Is there a way to access ext2 or ReiserFS from windows?

2001-02-08 Thread Ian
Is there a way to access ext2 or ReiserFS from windows?

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread Robin Regennitter
I went to a website that has chat rooms that used java. Once I had it up. it was making a ding-ding noise. it wouldnt stop till I shut it down. after I closed netscape6.1. My sounds is inoperable until I reboot. So much of that. - Original Message - From: "-michael-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Double data rate sdram PC2100

2001-02-08 Thread Linux Tests
The DDR board from Epox ran fine under all of the distributions. HTH On Thu, 08 Feb 2001, you wrote: Anyone set up a system using DDR sdram? currently building a ddr system which I hope to use as a Mud server and am hoping its compatible with linux mandrake. Excuse me if i sound to newbi

Re: [newbie] Partitioning and ReiserFS

2001-02-08 Thread Ribbo
Tanggal 09 Feb 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan mengatakan, > rebooted. The kernel startup halted when trying to mount the new > ReiserFS partition as /, giving an error. what was the error said? > After some failed attempts > at fixing this, I just decided to do a minimal upgrade of Mandrake 7.2 >

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Ribbo
Tanggal 08 Feb 2001, Mark Weaver mengatakan, > > K D E ! > > There -- is -- no -- other. > this is what i like from linux. Choices... :D -- Ribbo "Armor break. Bone break. Soft inside." -- Klesk, Quake III Arena.

Re: [newbie] Path

2001-02-08 Thread Victor Parra
plaaassse take out of your list -michael- wrote: > On Thursday 08 February 2001 10:15, you wrote: > > On Thursday 08 February 2001 12:23 pm, -michael- wrote: > > > How do I, "add /usr/bin to my path?" > > > -michael- > > > >typeecho $PATH to see what your current paths are.

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Thursday 08 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: > you should have a name that @home gave your pc. mine is similar to > cc1234567-a Ok I tried that... still won't let me get an IP of the DHCP server of @home. How do you get the dhcpcd to load at startup? Did you need to install the DHCP pa

Re: [newbie] Problem with gcc

2001-02-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 08 February 2001 08:23 pm, Craig Rowan wrote: > I'm using the version of gcc that comes with mandrake 7.2. > I try to compile and it said I it couldn't find some header files > (stddef.h and stdarg.h), I got those and then it said it couldn't > find crtbegin.o, I got that and now it sa

[newbie] starband & linux

2001-02-08 Thread angry
Hi, just got starband and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it, mostly did you get your NIC working to get a ip via dhcp. Mine works if I configure it manually, but won't get an ip via dhcp

Re: [newbie] Re: [S] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread s
Good ideas. Thanks. -s On Friday 09 February 2001 01:59 am, you wrote: > *haha* i also learn best by breaking. but since you were asking about > books and such. let me recomend anything by O'Reily. i bought Linux In A > Nutshell. very good. $35, but worth it. make sure you get the 3rd > ed

Re: [newbie] Modem Problem

2001-02-08 Thread s
Unless you tried to set up your internet connection when you installed, kppp probably didn't get installed. This attempt is necessary, tho rarely successful. You can install it through rpmdrake, search for kppp and install. Then as I advised another elsewhere: You can open a terminal while

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 08 February 2001 17:29, you wrote: > best fix I know of is to totally remove the miserable POS and never use it > again. If you've really got yer heart set on it you'd likely do better > with Mozilla, or Beonex Communicator. The latter one is totally > un-AOL-afied. They took all the c

Re: Re[8]: [newbie] The NVIDIA Kernel Compile

2001-02-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 08 February 2001 11:20 am, s wrote: > Thank you so much for your reply, and I would do that as I have seen > it for he has posted it in several places; except for (okay, this is > really embarrassing) that I don't seem to have a supermount.o module. > I remember an automount choice in

Re: [newbie] New system-failed install

2001-02-08 Thread S. Stubbs
Try this site for how to install mandrake 7.2 onto an A7V. http://www.themonsens.org/michaelfamily/a7v_and_mandrake_7.2 Sincerely, susan - Original Message - From: Robert F. Trettel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 6:13 AM Subject: [newbie] New system-failed

Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread P_dog
You are correctPlease excuse my ignorance - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support > > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > > > -Or

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > *HA* > > what you truly seek young grasshopper is -- > > Enlightenment > > Adrian Smith = Admittedly beautiful, and quite functional. Blackbox is even beter 8^) Mike -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, kil

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > K D E ! > > There -- is -- no -- other. > > -- > Mark === Give Blackbox a try. You'll be surprised at how quickly it comes up compared to KDE, yet you have access to ALL KDE apps (not to mention Gnome apps also

Re: [newbie] Red Hat to Mandrake

2001-02-08 Thread Meph Istopheles
Blaine, > ...In the meantime another co-worker who I have helped out on > Unix systems where I work has given me Mandrake 7.2 CD's along > with StarOffice CD's. I would like to try out all this but I > have a question before proceeding - do I need to "wipe out" the > Red Had before proceeding or

Re: [newbie] KDE, GNOME start-up problems

2001-02-08 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Greetings from O-town, Mickey-ville aka Orlando, FL! > > I have Mandrake 7.2 installed on a Gateway laptop. Each and every time I > boot-up the laptop Mandrake defaults to 'console' mode. I can't figure out > how to start KDE or GNOME. I have KDE set as my defau

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 08 February 2001 17:29, you wrote: > best fix I know of is to totally remove the miserable POS and never use it > again. If you've really got yer heart set on it you'd likely do better > with Mozilla, or Beonex Communicator. The latter one is totally > un-AOL-afied. They took all the c

Re: [newbie] KMail: New mail notification

2001-02-08 Thread Meph Istopheles
Hey, > Steven Boothe wrote: > > Greetings: > > Would someone please help me change the sound notification > > of incoming mail? > > There is an[...] option to "Execute command line on new > > mail", but I don't have any idea of what to put there. > > Version: KDE 2.0.1 > > As a side note, w

[newbie] Modem Problem

2001-02-08 Thread Craig Rowan
I have a problem with my modem, I don't know what brand it is, I just use a generic rockwell driver in windows98, it is ISA.   I have succeded in dialing through minicom, nowhere else. I thought I should use kppp, but I can't seem to find that, maybe it wasn't installed although I couldn't s

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread Mark Weaver
best fix I know of is to totally remove the miserable POS and never use it again. If you've really got yer heart set on it you'd likely do better with Mozilla, or Beonex Communicator. The latter one is totally un-AOL-afied. They took all the crap AOL code out of the Netscape 6 code and produced a

[newbie] Problem with gcc

2001-02-08 Thread Craig Rowan
I'm using the version of gcc that comes with mandrake 7.2.   I try to compile and it said I it couldn't find some header files (stddef.h and stdarg.h), I got those and then it said it couldn't find crtbegin.o, I got that and now it say t cant find -lgcc.   I stuck now, anyone know what to

Re: [newbie] telnet and ftp access

2001-02-08 Thread Mark Weaver
Ok...first, did you install a server, workstation, or developer install when you installed Mandrake? Very likely the reason you can't connect to your box on with either of these programs is because the servers for these services are not installed on your system. If you didn't specify the servers

[newbie] has anyone tried out this office software

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
has anyone tried out this office software? http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~AUIS/ Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] connecting to compuserve

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
i recall someone a while back was trying to connect to compuserve, as am i. anyhow, i found this and thought i would post it. i have not tried this yet, only just found it and wanted to pass it on. http://www.yolinux.com/LinuxTutorialPPP-compuserve.html Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telec

Re: [newbie] Re: [S] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
*haha* i also learn best by breaking. but since you were asking about books and such. let me recomend anything by O'Reily. i bought Linux In A Nutshell. very good. $35, but worth it. make sure you get the 3rd edition. and, as i like to remind people, check your library. my library her

Re: [newbie] Red Hat to Mandrake

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
hi, thought i'd toss out an answer to this -- with a warning -- i have never done this. =) remember what free advice is worth. anyhowz, i recall some time ago on this very list someone wrote that they did exactly that. they had Red Hat (i don't recall the version however) on their box. t

[newbie] CD burner simply stops

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
i think i have messed up something, 'cause i use to not have this problem, and i suspect a reinstall might fix, but let me see if anyone has a suggestion or such. here is the deal. start up XCDRoast set up everything to burn a CD start burning. green light on CD burner turns red XCDRoast gener

Re: [newbie] Re: [S] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
S: Ok. Like you, I enjoy and learn fix broken things. Thanks. Chava >From: s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: [S] Distro >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:04:52 + > >Well, I'm still learning. I picked up an almost useless book back

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Richard T. Waters
you should have a name that @home gave your pc. mine is similar to cc1234567-a "Daniel B. Haun" wrote: > On Wednesday 07 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: > > > If I remember correctly, as root, edit the following file: /sbin/ifup > > > > Look for a section that looks like this: > > > > f [ "X

[newbie] Re: [Adrian] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Thanks Adrian. I liked your honest opinion. Chava >From: "Adrian Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:39:52 -0700 > >having only used Mandrake i can not make valid comparisons, but i will say

Re: [newbie] Partitioning and ReiserFS

2001-02-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:54, Ribbo wrote: > Tanggal 08 Feb 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan mengatakan, > > > Okay, I was able to cp (this time I used the command "cp -dpRvx") > > my data from my ext2 partition to the ReiserFS one. After doing a > > du on both partitions, I noticed that the ReiserFS files t

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
*HA* what you truly seek young grasshopper is -- Enlightenment Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:05:43 PM 2/8/01 >>> K D E ! There -- is -- no -- other. -- Mark "If you don't share your co

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Mark Weaver
K D E ! There -- is -- no -- other. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Ribbo wrote: > Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 01:39:58 +0700 > From: Ribbo <[EMAIL PRO

[newbie] Red Hat to Mandrake

2001-02-08 Thread Owens, Blaine C
A couple of years ago I was given a dual boot Win98/Red Hat 5.2 PC for some computer related work I had done for a friend. At the time my ISP was dialin and I had all working very well. Since (about 2 weeks ago) I have gone to cable modem and just haven't taken the time to try to figure out how to

Re: [newbie] KMail: New mail notification

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Steven Boothe wrote: > Greetings: > > Would someone please help me change the sound notification > of incoming mail? > > The way I currently have it set up is to "Beep on new > mail", however that sound is beginning to drive me a little > cranky... :0 > > There is another option to "Execute comman

Re: [newbie] mounting Problem

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Hertoto Eko Prasetyotomo wrote: > Hi linux'ers > > I'm really newbie in linux (that's why I'm asking a basic > question). > > I have linux installed in my computer. Right now I have two > hardisks. One hardisk has 3 windows partition plus 3 linux > partition. The other disk has 2 windows partition

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread Robin Regennitter
On Thursday 08 February 2001 03:11 pm, you wrote: Netscape has just released 6.1 yesterday. Supposely it fixes a numuous bugs on 6.0. I downloaded it today. seems to start up faster and be more stable. > I have been using Netscape 6 for a month and every now and then it > crashes. I already

[newbie] Double data rate sdram PC2100

2001-02-08 Thread Ryan
Anyone set up a system using DDR sdram? currently building a ddr system which I hope to use as a Mud server and am hoping its compatible with linux mandrake. Excuse me if i sound to newbieish, i have only been reading the manuals and havent even dived into the install yet.

Re: Re[8]: [newbie] The NVIDIA Kernel Compile

2001-02-08 Thread s
Thank you so much for your reply, and I would do that as I have seen it for he has posted it in several places; except for (okay, this is really embarrassing) that I don't seem to have a supermount.o module. I remember an automount choice in the config, but apparently I completely missed the

Re: [newbie] HD bad sectors

2001-02-08 Thread jason-snyder
Sometimes Windows will erroneously mark sectors as bad especially if it has been more than a few months since the last time that you re-installed Windows or if you use (or have used) an old version of Norton Utilities, like 3.0. Normally I say that once a disk (floppy or hard) starts to go bad, ch

RE: [newbie] scanners

2001-02-08 Thread falcaraz
- Mensaje Original - Remitente: Pavel Zubkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Jueves, Febrero 8, 2001 7:09 pm Asunto: [newbie] scanners > hi to all! can anybody recomend a scaner to use with Linux? > > >

[newbie] Netscape 6

2001-02-08 Thread Carlos Berardi
I have been using Netscape 6 for a month and every now and then it crashes. I already tried re-installing it, but its the same. have anyone found a way to fix it? Carlos Berardi

Re: [newbie] Re: [S] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread s
Well, I'm still learning. I picked up an almost useless book back in the beginning: Linux complete compiled by Grant Taylor. I am recommending that you do *not* get that one. I hear "Running Linux" is good, tho I haven't bought it yet. Basically, I did just what Tom suggested, and read all

Re: [newbie] How do i install Kernel 2.4.1?

2001-02-08 Thread s
Here's some decent instructions: http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/kernel.htm -s On Thursday 08 February 2001 06:30 pm, you wrote: > How do i install Kernel 2.4.1? > I need it to run quake 3 > > thx

Re: [newbie] KDE, GNOME start-up problems

2001-02-08 Thread s
will it boot to a gui if you type in startx? startkde? If not you most likely have a video card or monitor config problem. u may have to run xfconfig, but first find our your video card's actually memory, your monitor's horizonal and vertical sync rates (there are some defaults to choose from,

Re: [newbie] Path Solved

2001-02-08 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 08 February 2001 09:23, you wrote: > How do I, "add /usr/bin to my path?" > -michael- Twas already there.

Re: [newbie] More info needed on swap files

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
The Conways wrote: > Does the swap partition have be on a partition in front of > the Linux partition??? > What properties does the swap partition have??? > > Since my installation was missing the swap file. (my > mistake during installation) I tried to add one but I > didn't realize that it doe

Re: [newbie] Re: Boot disks only

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Thursday 08 February 2001 16:49, you wrote: > I've had problems when I tried ' fdisk /mbr ' to remove the boot menu > and > restore Windows as the default. A few times, I lost Windows and had to > do > a reinstall to get it back. And, it seems to make floppy booting some > of > the Linux dist

Re: [newbie] Path

2001-02-08 Thread -michael-
On Thursday 08 February 2001 10:15, you wrote: > On Thursday 08 February 2001 12:23 pm, -michael- wrote: > > How do I, "add /usr/bin to my path?" > > -michael- > >typeecho $PATH to see what your current paths are. >/usr/bin ought'a already be there > > but

Re: [newbie] Boot problems

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Martin Cleaver wrote: > > > I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake > > > just shot past the option without even letting me make > > > one) but it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't > > > Mandrake at least check :-( > > > > Martinyour descriptions of the assorted problems

[newbie] KDE, GNOME start-up problems

2001-02-08 Thread Andrew Breeden
Greetings from O-town, Mickey-ville aka Orlando, FL! I have Mandrake 7.2 installed on a Gateway laptop. Each and every time I boot-up the laptop Mandrake defaults to 'console' mode. I can't figure out how to start KDE or GNOME. I have KDE set as my default X Window environment. Any advice woul

Re: [newbie] Deleting Netscape lock file--how?

2001-02-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 08 February 2001 02:35 pm, Travis Hardin wrote: > When I open Netscape in Linux Mandrake 7.1, it tells me "Netscape has > detected a /home/[username]/.netscape/lock file." I'm further told > that another user is probably using my Netscape setup. Guilty as > charged--as root I use the s

[newbie] gnome mime-types in mandrake

2001-02-08 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
Changing mime-type bindings in gnome ought to be easy. In the file manager you first add the mimetype (if necessary) and then add the appropriate actions for `open', `view' and `edit'. For example *.nb files should be of type application/mathematica and should be opened by mathematica %f `ou

Re: [newbie] roadrunner South Carolina

2001-02-08 Thread North Lilly
Aries wrote: On Thursday 08 February 2001 09:23, you wrote: What's missing ? We need more info so that we are able to help > > I need some settings info for my cable modem. I have the IP and card is > recognized, just one or two things missing, can anyone help?  Im only weeks > away from comp

[newbie] Re: Boot disks only

2001-02-08 Thread radsky
Thanks for the advice on eliminating LILO (or GRUB) I've been installing various Linux distributions the easiest way, ie., 'recommended' because it never dawned on me that there may be some way to block the boot menus in the 'expert' or 'custom' installations. This seems to best way, preferabl

Re: [newbie] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread Adrian Smith
having only used Mandrake i can not make valid comparisons, but i will say this -- the install is easy easy easy. in 7.0 & 7.2 it found all my hardware & set it up correct (SCSI, printer, CD burner, sound card). in 7.1 it didn't set up the printer for so odd reason. when i got the CDs and

Re: [newbie] Boot problems

2001-02-08 Thread Martin Cleaver
> > I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake just > > shot past the option without even letting me make one) but > > it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't Mandrake at > > least check :-( > Martinyour descriptions of the assorted problems are > somewhat incomplete, but it

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread abe
yea, windowmaker is pretty much it for desktops. Fast, light, pretty, intuitive, customizable and all your favorite gnome and kde apps work just fine with it. What not to like? Abe Ribbo wrote: > > Tanggal 08 Feb 2001, Dave Sherman mengatakan, > > > > > > Mmmm Window Maker > > > >

Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread abe
I had to pass the location of my ATA100 controllers to the kernel at boot time for the install but other then that all is well on my A7V Western Digital ata100 drive T-Bird 900 My brother has a similar system except a duron 600. Abe P_dog wrote: > > I have the KT133A chipset and a Anthlon 80

[newbie] Deleting Netscape lock file--how?

2001-02-08 Thread Travis Hardin
When I open Netscape in Linux Mandrake 7.1, it tells me "Netscape has detected a /home/[username]/.netscape/lock file." I'm further told that another user is probably using my Netscape setup. Guilty as charged--as root I use the same email address and called Netscape. I have unchecked "Use Lock F

Re: [newbie] roadrunner South Carolina

2001-02-08 Thread Aries
On Thursday 08 February 2001 09:23, you wrote: What's missing ? We need more info so that we are able to help > > I need some settings info for my cable modem. I have the IP and card is > recognized, just one or two things missing, can anyone help? Im only weeks > away from complete withdraw

FW: [newbie] Boot disks only

2001-02-08 Thread Charles A Edwards
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:53 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Boot disks only Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > -Original Message- > From: [

Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread P_dog
I have the KT133A chipset and a Anthlon 800 duron and I just did a regular install and all three hdd's where detected just fine. No additional steps where needed here. Amd Anthlon 800 (duron, which has thunderbird stepping) Tyan kt400 MB (kt133 chipset) 384 meg ram two WD hdd 45 gig ata/100 7

RE: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread Charles A Edwards
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of P_dog > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support > > > I have the KT133A chipset and

[newbie] Broken kcontrol -- archives searched file not found

2001-02-08 Thread Vic
My Kcontrol center is broken, nothing to click on. Searched arkives, file not found please help Tank you

Re: [newbie] Boot problems

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Martin Cleaver wrote: > Last week I had help installing Mandrake 7.2 to replace an > old 6.1 set up with Samba support as Linux machine and file > server... > > However, a few days later, the machine crashed, I had to > reboot and Mandrake could not find it's etc directory... I > assumed that the

Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread Knut Lunde
- Original Message - From: "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support > None that I know of, except for the ATA100 IDE Interface. You have to connect > your hard drives to the ATA33/66

[newbie] popcorn kernel or 2.4 kernel....

2001-02-08 Thread Alan Carpenter
I have a quick question about kernel 2.4.0 rpm files. I installed the headers, the kernel, the mod utils, the doc's, the utils, everything I think I needed to install. When I installed one of the rpm's it gave me some kind of conflict error. So I rebooted, and it displays the new kernel at the

[newbie] hp4050

2001-02-08 Thread Rooms Frédéric
Hello, I installed the mandrake 7.2 distribution. When I try to print via the network with a HP4050 printer, I only get PJL commands. I downloaded the latest version of the driver but it still doesn't work. Has someone an idea ? Thanks a lot. Frédéric Rooms

Re: [newbie] Ack! can't get back to KDE from Gnome!

2001-02-08 Thread Anthony
Try this: As root, open up /etc/sysconfig/desktop. If you want to use KDE, the only thing that should be in this file are the letters KDE in upper case. Cheers, Anthony Mark Johnson wrote: > > I was playing around with the various window managers and finished off with > Gnome. When I decided

[newbie] Re: [Charles and Peggy] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Charles: ok, thanks. I reviewed l.c. and ordered some CD´s. Are they good in selling distros? byebye Chava. >From: Charles & Peggy Robunson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:37

[newbie] Re: [Kompu] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Kompu: So you are really a follower of Linux distros! What you say is nice to know when the time for improvements come. Thanks Chava >From: KompuKit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:29:51 + > >Yo

[newbie] Boot problems

2001-02-08 Thread Martin Cleaver
Last week I had help installing Mandrake 7.2 to replace an old 6.1 set up with Samba support as Linux machine and file server... However, a few days later, the machine crashed, I had to reboot and Mandrake could not find it's etc directory... I assumed that the disk was messed up and reinstalled

RE: [newbie] chmod

2001-02-08 Thread Gene Moreau
you're home dir can stay the same 700, just have to change the public_html one I prefer "chmod a+r" rather then having to figure out the binary myself. -Original Message-From: North Lilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: February 7, 2001 5:48 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject

[newbie] Re: [S] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
S: Thanks!!! But how the process of learning MDK has been? Did you bought books? Did you downloaded documents or what did you do? Chava >From: s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:22:49 + > >I chos

[newbie] Re: [Tom] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Tom: Quite a story uh? I am sure everyone of us has a tale to tell, about the aproach used to install and become acquainted with linux. That is what I need, some distro easy to learn while leaving ms windows behind. Thanks. Chava >From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [newbie] Off topic, I but need some advice guys! ;)

2001-02-08 Thread graham
>my free advice: purchase everything seperately. when i look at these high >end systems for 3000 and such, i really think you can make a system just as >good or better piece by piece. >of course, if you are poor folk like me, they you don't have much choice to go >with an integrated & cheap sys

[newbie] Re: [Flinsch] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Flinsch: Thanks for your reasons. Bye, bye. Chava >From: A V Flinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:55:16 -0500 > >On Wednesday 07 February 2001 18:42, you wrote: > > Knowing that this list belongs

Re: [newbie] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread Mark Weaver
actually, it "used" to be that way. but no longer. there are many differences between the two now-a-days. RPM is one of the biggest differences that really sticks out. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerfu

[newbie] Re: [to philo] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
philo: ok, thanks for commenting your experiences. So far I have an inclination to cope with the distribution Mandrake. Now I am waiting for my distribution to arrive to install it. Bye, Bye. Chava >From: philomena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject

[newbie] Re: [to Jon] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread scxxx linux
Jon: Thanks for your comments about your experiences. How did you get your number to be a registered linux user? Bye, Bye. Chava >From: Jon Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro >Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:53:17 -0500 > >On Wedn

[newbie] graphire usb tablet

2001-02-08 Thread Tony Branch
I was wondering if there was anyone out there is using a drawing tablet with Linux. Especially the Wacom Graphire tablet using a usb port. There is word that the lastest kernel build has yet more support the device.

[newbie] Boot disks only

2001-02-08 Thread radsky
I don't know if I'm in the right forum for this I'm trying to install a variety of Linux systems onto a 30 GB HD which is in Primary Slave position. I may be wrong on this but there seems to be no option to NOT install a booter during a Linux installation. Each Linux installs its own booter

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 20:42, you wrote: > If I remember correctly, as root, edit the following file: /sbin/ifup > > Look for a section that looks like this: > > f [ "XXX$DHCP_CLIENT" != "XXX" ];then > case $(basename $DHCP_CLIENT) in > dhcpcd) > [ -n "$DHCP_HOSTNAME" ] && DH

RE: [newbie] Ack! can't get back to KDE from Gnome!

2001-02-08 Thread Charles A Edwards
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:38 AM > To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail) > Subject: [newbie] Ack! can't get back to KDE from Gnome! > > > I was playing around with the various window manag

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2001-02-08 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 21:38, you wrote: > Hey is there an advantage in booting up to KDE, GNOME or the other > desktops Just wondering what the differance in options were or if you > guys had a favorite one. > > BTW Im a three day Newbie to Linux-Mandrake 7.2 with the rpms upgrades

Re: [newbie] Distro

2001-02-08 Thread johnc
This is the only problem I see with Linux. The fact that it is free to download and try all the distro's you want. I have tried Debian,RedHat,Storm(basically Debian) FreeBSD and MAndrake. I always end up back at Mandrake. I really like the DrakConf feature as I am a windows convert to Linux.

Re: [newbie] 3D HW acceleration with G400 ?

2001-02-08 Thread =?x-unknown?q?Pe=F1a_Arellano_Fabian_Erasmo?=
Hello Gigi, I use Linux Mandrake 7.2 in a computer with motherboard integrated graphics, namely Intel's 810 chipset. It is able to work work 3D acceleration support. When I installed Linux, I was asked which of the XFree86 versions I wanted to use. Among the three options I picked

[newbie] roadrunner South Carolina

2001-02-08 Thread Scott Cundiff
I need some settings info for my cable modem. I have the IP and card is recognized, just one or two things missing, can anyone help?  Im only weeks away from complete withdraw from windows...lol  HELP !!

[newbie] Ack! can't get back to KDE from Gnome!

2001-02-08 Thread Mark Johnson
I was playing around with the various window managers and finished off with Gnome. When I decided I currently prefer KDE best I logged out and selected KDE again from the login window but it kept coming back up with Gnome/Sawfish. What did I do wrong here?

Re: [newbie] VIA KT133A ANd duron support

2001-02-08 Thread Lanman
None that I know of, except for the ATA100 IDE Interface. You have to connect your hard drives to the ATA33/66 Interface first, do the install, then edit some files to support the ATA 100 interface, then shutdown, change connections then restart. That's how it's done with an Asus A7V. Mine roc

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