Re: [newbie-it] CD-Rom e Floppy...

2001-02-14 Thread Enrico Mischi
Il 11:41, mercoledì 14 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao, scusa ma forse ho capito male . Il cd e il floppy vanno montati e smontati per poter essere utilizzati ogni volta ! Puoi agginugerne le icone sul desktop per facilitarti montaggio e smontaggio. Se ho capito male il tuo problema scusami

[newbie-it] accesso a cdrom

2001-02-14 Thread Loris
Dopo varie peripezie sono riuscito a far "vedere" anche il cdrom a xcdroast (se a qualcuno interessa sono andato in /boot/grub/menu.lst e sotto la voce "title linux" ho variato la stringa: "kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi" in: "kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5

[newbie-it] Problemi di installazione, rilevamento periferiche SCSI

2001-02-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao a tutti. Ho appena comperato una catena SCSI, ma non riesco a installare la Mandrake 7.2 ! In installazione il rilevamento del controller viene effettuato correttamente, poi la luce del masterizzatore inizia a lampeggiare e tutto si blocca. Il mio sistema è così composto: MB Asus P2B

[newbie-it] ..sulla compilazione..

2001-02-14 Thread Gigi Cyber
ciao a tutti, come mai dopo aver scompattato i sorgenti del kernel in usr/src, e aver cambiato directory in ./linux il comando make xconfig mi risponde che make sconosciuto? prima non me lo faceva...:) grazie __ Do You Yahoo!?

Fwd: [newbie-it] Problemi d'installazione

2001-02-14 Thread Pasquale
Ciao Ragazzi! Spiego meglio il mio problema! Sono un pinguino da circa 2 mesi ed avevo nel mio pc oltre alla skifezza Windows (o winzozz!) anche Linux Red Hat, poi un giorno un mio amico mi mostra Linux Mandrake e me ne "innamoro", quindi procedo tramite partition magic 6.0 alla semplice

[newbie-it] Client telnet per linux

2001-02-14 Thread a . marcedone
Un buon client telnet per collegarsi ad un sistema linux? Ho provato putty (ottimo, solo 240K), ma crea dei garbage nello schermo. Suggerimenti? Alberto

Re: [newbie-it] Problemi d'installazione

2001-02-14 Thread a . marcedone
Anche io ho tentato di far partire l'installazione da floppy, ma con scarsi risultati. Se hai il cd-rom che non f il boot, la procedura piu' rapida e' questo: Formatta l'hd con una partizione dos. Fai il boot da un dischetto (anche il disco di installazzione di winzozz) che ti permetta di vedere

[newbie] Swap Partition missing

2001-02-14 Thread Jack Gillis
When I installed Mandrake 7.2 I neglected to set up a Swap Partition believe it or not. How it happened, like J. Buffetts tattoo, I haven't a clue. Can I fix this any way? I was thinking of using Partition Magic to create and format one and hope to have Mandrake recognize it? Maybe by

[newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...

2001-02-14 Thread Aston
Greetings. I would like some feedback on a power user workstation I am considering to purchase. I am particular interested in whether the system will work with Linux almost out of box (ie I am interested in a smooth installation). I am considering either Mandrake 7.2, Redhat 7.0, or SuSE 7.0.

Re: [newbie] Configuring LILO

2001-02-14 Thread Tydings
Changed setting called default to windows, also checked to make sure that was the label for windows and it is. Still boots into Linux. Could there be something else that I'm missing? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Adam In a message dated 2/13/2001 1:06:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails

2001-02-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 10:52 pm, Dave Horsfall wrote: Mandrake 7.2 on a nondescript P133, 32Mb memory. I did a "developer" install (which doesn't install everything, as I later found) and tried to get the live updates with the GUI. It picks a site at random, and I select "Update All",

Re: [newbie] commands

2001-02-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith dalpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: totally new in the old world i came from dos/widoze you would type cd/dir to change directories could some one please show me a type of directory change command i would be greatful Check

Re: [newbie] crashing x

2001-02-14 Thread eryl
shygrrl wrote: what version of X =) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of misha .com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] crashing x x crashes , leaving no details 100 % of the time with

Re: [newbie] Failed to activate ppp0 with error 2

2001-02-14 Thread Kipling Cooper
* Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] [14 Feb 01 00:19]: did you recently compile a new kernel?? Actually, no. I did something even more reckless for a Linux Newbie- I tried to configure postfix (ohhh, nooo!) One of my doomed attempts included a visit to Linuxconf to try and find a hostname

Re: [newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...

2001-02-14 Thread Stefaans Mostert
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:37, Aston wrote: Greetings. I would like some feedback on a power user workstation I am considering to purchase. I am particular interested in whether the system will work with Linux almost out of box (ie I am interested in a smooth

Re: [newbie] crashing x

2001-02-14 Thread mishaco
this is the only solution i can think of as well , though it makes little sense to me as well . the nic worked normally on another machine of mine ( win 98se ) . also on an abit motherboard ( bh6 ) and the motherboard also worked normally with a windows install . the machine ran with the

RE: [newbie] WordPerfect 8 license key and PhotoPaint install

2001-02-14 Thread Adrian Smith
i run photopaint with X 4.0.1 and i don't get any error messages. i don't have a clue what that could be. i'm lots of help i know. =) Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Liaw, Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7:00:24 AM 2/14/01 Much thanks for the help on WP8 and

[newbie] Star Office

2001-02-14 Thread John W
Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2? I'd rather not download SO if I don't have to. Thanks, -- John W

[newbie] Burner fix?

2001-02-14 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR

Re: [newbie] Star Office

2001-02-14 Thread Adrian Smith
yes it will. i have SO 5.2 from mkd 7.1 on a 7.2 system. no problems Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] John W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12:05:17 PM 2/14/01 Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2? I'd rather not download

RE: [newbie] Star Office

2001-02-14 Thread John Arkoulis
Yes it will work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John W Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Star Office Anyone know if the star office that is on the Mandrake 7.1 CD will work in 7.2?

[newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem

2001-02-14 Thread Jack Gillis
I have a normal IDE CDROM attached as the master device on IDI channel 1 and an HP 7200 CDRW attached as slave on that channel. Both work under OS/2 and Windows. However, under Mandrake 7.2 the CDRW does not allow me even to read it. I've not tried writing to it yet. There is no Icon for

Re: [newbie] crashing x

2001-02-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 12:47 pm, mishaco wrote: the machine ran with the case off for the whole time . Bad idea unless it's for a short time to see if overheating is the source of hardware problems, and then you should have a table fan pointed into the case. If then the system

[newbie] subscribe newbie

2001-02-14 Thread David Standen

[newbie] LILO configuration

2001-02-14 Thread Édison Andrés
Hello everybody I want to know how can i do to configurate the lilo for I can boot with Linux and Windows. thanks. -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln - Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usb-med.edu.co/~neos

Re: [newbie] How to give myself rights to install RPMs?

2001-02-14 Thread Anthony
"urpmi" is supposed to allow you to install rpm's as a user, but I'm not sure how to get it to work. It tells me "permission denied" when I try to run it as a user. I'm getting tired of using KonquerorSu to install stuff. I don't mind having to su to configure files in etc but it's just a

[newbie] Re: Broken Internet connection

2001-02-14 Thread Don Mayhew
OK , I have made an internet connection, and learned some things: 1. Do not use any of the specifics in "ISP-Hookup-HOWTO" 2. The correct script file is: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 3. Entering kppp config via su from user mode of KDE never showed me option to

RE: [newbie] commands

2001-02-14 Thread dalpe
you are right "failure is not an option" i will succeed are the only words worth knowing ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] commands ** Original Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:42:39 -0500 (EST) ** Original Message follows... keith dalpe [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] locked directories

2001-02-14 Thread Anthony
I'm not sure what you mean by "locked" but I'm guessing that they appear locked because nothing is mounted on them. Try inserting a cd-rom or floppy disk and see if they still appear locked. I have LM7.2 installed it shows that both cd's and the floppy are locked directories how can this

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault

2001-02-14 Thread Anthony
It shouldn't matter how you installed N6, I installed as root and it works just fine for me as a user. Try deleting the .mozilla directory in your home directory "rm ~/.mozilla", that might fix the problem. 1) Installation: I reinstalled Netscape 6.01 as ROOT, instead of user. I finally

[newbie] Newbie Help

2001-02-14 Thread JohnFox
I have upgraded from 6.1 to 7.0, but I have a problem I cannot use Drakeconf, as it does not open. What do I need to accomplish for this application to work? Do I run upgrade again or do another full install of 7.0. John Fox _ Free

Re: [newbie] Security Question - Windows Partition

2001-02-14 Thread Anthony
I suppose if a cracker got into your Windows system, they could read ext2 (linux) files if they used one of those ext2 file viewer programs. Linux being on a second hard drive wouldn't matter in that condition, since it'd still be part of the system. However since your Linux partitions

Re: [newbie] How to give myself rights to install RPMs?

2001-02-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 23:39, you wrote: "urpmi" is supposed to allow you to install rpm's as a user, but I'm not sure how to get it to work. It tells me "permission denied" when I try to run it as a user. I'm getting tired of using KonquerorSu to install stuff. I don't mind having

Re: [newbie] Re: Broken Internet connection

2001-02-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
O removed 5. Doing modem query from (4) above showed a single digit error in the phone number for my ISP but I could not find a place to edit that number there (must be my thick glasses !! ) Right there directly in the kppp widget. -otherwise cklick the setup tab. removed (I had

[newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2

2001-02-14 Thread Michael
I was tring to run configure on apache 1.3.17. permissions are 777. I ran ./configure in the correct directory. The response was "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" I am logged in as root, and the user and group are both root. The first line of configure is # !/bin/sh, the same as

Re: [newbie] i would like feedback on a system configuration ...

2001-02-14 Thread Ryan
From reading your post, I dont think your system you're building is really a power workstation. I hope you arent purchasing it retail. You could build it for a lot less on pricewatch.com. I have no feedback on linux tho... but if I were you, why not shell out for a DDR Sdram system? The ram is

[newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions

2001-02-14 Thread CastleKidd
When I install Windows 98 Second Edition it runs a test to see if the primary master hard drive is partitioned into 2 or more drives. I have a 40 GB which I split up into 2 20GB drives. When I install windows it erases the 2 partitions and creates one large 40 GB making it impossible for me to

Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes MultiPartitions

2001-02-14 Thread David Grubb
Hi Lance, I've a dual-boot 98se/Linux box at home, and I didn't have this problem. Are you using a system restore version of 98SE (perhaps one that came with your computer) - the restore may be re-imaging the HD, partitions and all. A way around this my be to start with a clean HD, install

Re: [newbie] LILO configuration

2001-02-14 Thread seveman
On Thursday 15 February 2001 14:28, you wrote: Hello everybody I want to know how can i do to configurate the lilo for I can boot with Linux and Windows. thanks. -- dison Andrs Rivera Norea Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Informtica Universidad de San Buenaventura Medelln -

Re: [newbie] Burner fix?

2001-02-14 Thread seveman
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 14:10, you wrote: Has anyone tried the burner fix in the tutorial in LM.com with good results? I gave it a shot and it didn't work. CR Are you trying to get your CDRW going? Seve

Re: [newbie] re : crashing x

2001-02-14 Thread Meph Istopheles
resolution is 1280 x 1024 . on a viewsonic 17 inch monitor . at 16 bit res . admittedly , the res is high , but nothing the 3dfx card couldnt handle . Perhaps. But have you ~tried~ a lower res? You see, it's not a matter of what any piece of hardware can handle, it's the driver being

[newbie] If you have Gateway sblive problem read this

2001-02-14 Thread Richard Kleeman
After much frustration I believe I have located the reason why sblive soundcard doesn't work on a Gateway Performance PC. The reason: the card produces analog output by default whereas the speakers sold with this PC (Boston 735 typically) are DIGITAL (well done guys). Windoze/Gateway has a

Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions

2001-02-14 Thread KompuKit
Try Partition Magic 5.0 it's great... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions When I install Windows 98 Second Edition it runs a test to see

Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2

2001-02-14 Thread Cyber Sam
I to am in the process of installing Apache 1.3.17 and hitting a few block's along the way. I call them learning opportunities. Anyways, did you decompress the tar file you downloaded before trying to configure it (tar -zxvf apache_1.3.17.tar.gz). Hope this helps - Original Message -

Re: [Re: [newbie] Configuring External Modem]

2001-02-14 Thread nobody noway
Thanks for your response. I thought about disabeling the winmodem but I could not figure out how to do it using hardDrake. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance for any help you can give Da From: donald hinds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails

2001-02-14 Thread Dan LaBine
Dave, I concur with Romna,...download the updates seperately from multiple sites if necessary. Then install them in a logical sequence. Here's a tip that saved me a few times - When installing the KDE updates, make sure that you're running Gnome, and not KDE. In Drakconf, disable as many

Re: [newbie] Burner fix?

2001-02-14 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Hi Seve, Yes but more than that. Because of a foulup in the install routines (sez the tutorial) for LM 7.2 Full, I can't access the reader either. There's a "fix" to gain access on Linux-Mandrake.com/em/demos/tutorials (er, this may not be exactly right) that's supposed to get the linkage

[newbie] assistance with nmb/smb

2001-02-14 Thread S. Stubbs
Hi, I have asked in the past how to keep my network on my linux box running. Here is what happens: I have samba services on my linux box. After a few days or so, my windows box cannot see my linux box in network neighborhood. So I go into the linux box and try very hard to see what the problem

[newbie] I could calculate faster on my finger then the 2.4.1 Kernel!!!!!

2001-02-14 Thread Adam Greene
I just installed kernel 2.4.1 onto Linux Mandrake 7.2 and now it is slower than all get out. I downloaded, extracted, ran make mrproper, make menuconfig, didn't change much (sound, ethernet, etc) and then compiled, installed, rebooted, and it takes a LOOONNN time to boot. I switch back

Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem

2001-02-14 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Hi Jack, Go here, http://www/linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ There's an explanation of the problem and a fix to apply. It didn't work for me but at least I understand the problem. Maybe it'll work for you. Let me know. CR

Re: [Re: [newbie] Configuring External Modem]

2001-02-14 Thread Dan LaBine
Da ,...Don is not necessarily right about ignoring your internal modem. If you plug your external modem into a com port which uses the same IRQ and/or I/O address as your internal one, it won't work. I assume that your internal modem is built-in? If not, the easiest way to solve your problem

Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem

2001-02-14 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Dam*it, I made a typo in the URL; it's http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/tutorial/CDburner/ Sorry, CR

Re: [newbie] CDROM (CDRW) Problem

2001-02-14 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Gawd! I hate typing these out, especially when I'm all theums. (:-( One more time: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/

Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions

2001-02-14 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 10:15, you wrote: Try Partition Magic 5.0 it's great... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Windows 98 Second Edition Removes Multi Partitions I use

RE: [newbie] commands

2001-02-14 Thread Roger Sherman
One book that's been tremendously helpful to me is Linux System Commands, by Patrick Volkerding and Kevin Reichard from MT Books. It lets you look up commands by function, name, or DOS equivalent, and gives pretty thorough descriptions of the commands and their arguments/options. peace, Rog

Re: [newbie] Gnome desktop icon colors

2001-02-14 Thread Barry Premeaux
Scuba wrote: Can anyone please tell me how i can change the color of the font on desktop icons in gnome please ? Rgds Go into the KDE Control Center and select LookNFeel-Desktop-Appearance. You will see a menu item 'Normal Text Color'. Click on the colored bar and it will open up the

Re: [newbie] re : crashing x

2001-02-14 Thread mishaco
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:23:19 -0800 (PST) Meph Istopheles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: resolution is 1280 x 1024 . on a viewsonic 17 inch monitor . at 16 bit res . admittedly , the res is high , but nothing the 3dfx card couldnt handle . Perhaps. But have you ~tried~ a lower res? You see,

Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2

2001-02-14 Thread Tuan tran
I have same problem. I could not run it. I installed OK, but when i ran apache it did not work. It said something like "... can not start..." Does anyone know about this? Please help Thanx --- Cyber Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I to am in the process of installing Apache 1.3.17 and hitting a