[newbie-it] File RAR

2001-02-15 Thread Daniele Micci
Mi stato inviato un file RAR. L'utilit di archiviazione mi restituisce un errore ("l'utility rar non si trova nel tuo PATH"). Come posso fare per aprire questo tipo di file? Grazie a chi vorr rispondermi. Daniele

[newbie-it] POWER OFF

2001-02-15 Thread Fabio Gambini
qualcuno sa come ripristinare la funzione di spegnimento automatico del computer quando linux dice "POWER OFF" ? il mio coputer fino a ieri la supportava, poi c' stato un disguido con il bios ed ora

Re: [newbie-it] ..sulla compilazione..

2001-02-15 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 00:06, gioved 15 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: 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 Non ne ho idea, ma se il

Re: [newbie-it] Client telnet per linux

2001-02-15 Thread a . marcedone
Si, debbo collegarmi da un sistema windows. CRT dove lo trovo? Come si chiama? Grazie Un buon client telnet per collegarsi ad un sistema linux? Ho provato putty (ottimo, solo 240K), ma crea dei garbage nello schermo. Suggerimenti? Alberto intendi un client per windows? in tal caso io

Re: [newbie-it] Client telnet per linux

2001-02-15 Thread Rocco T
On 15-Feb-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Si, debbo collegarmi da un sistema windows. CRT dove lo trovo? Come si chiama? Grazie Si chiama proprio CRT. Eccolo qui winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/terminals.html ..il primo della lista con tanto di link al sito della casa Occhio anche a secure crt ..

[newbie-it] Non complicarti la vita Pasquale!!!

2001-02-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mi spiace che tu abbia incontrato cosi' tanti problemi per installare la Mandrake7.2!!!Io personalmente ritengo che sia l'installazione + semplice di tutte le distribuzioni...a patto che imposti xo' l'avvio da CDROM nel Bios del tuo computerbasta che all'avvio premi Canc quando ti viene

[newbie-it] modem usb

2001-02-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao a tutti, oggi ho (re)installato Mandrake 7.2 e con mia grande sorpesa ho notato che Hard Drake riconosceva il mio modem usb (chip sgs Thomson)!! Il modem e` collegato alla posrta usb 2.Vorrei sapere come faccio a farlo funzionare con kppp, per esempio. a quale porta in dev e` collegato?

[newbie-it]

2001-02-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao a tutti, ho (re)installato mandrake 7.2 e con mio grande stupore ho constatato che il mio modem usb (sgs thomson) viene riconosciuto correttamente da Hard Drake! Vorrei sapere come fare ad utilizzarlo ad esmpio con kppp. Visto che e` collegato alla seconda porta usb nella directory dev

[newbie-it] Scheda grafica

2001-02-15 Thread Bruno Maiolo
Ciao mi chiamo bruno, e ho da chiedere un consiglio alla ML ho provato ad installare MDK 7.2 sul mio pc (PIII800 256Mb Ram 20 Gb HD Matrox g450 dual head) e non riesco a far funzionare il server x. Qualcuno in grado di darmi qualche dritta sulla configurazione della scheda grafica? seconda

[newbie-it] cd

2001-02-15 Thread Fabio Gambini
ciao a tutti, c' qualcuno che mi pu indicare come fare a vedere i cd con linux mandrake? dove devo guardare? grazie 1000 Fabio

[newbie-it] installare

2001-02-15 Thread Fabio Gambini
sembrar incredibile, ma non riesco ad installare null su linux. mi manca il famosissimo file qt-1.4. io ho provato su tucows a trovare una cosa simile, ma non riesco neanche ad installare quello. c' qualcuno che sa come si fa? plis ciao Fabio

R: [newbie-it] Scheda grafica

2001-02-15 Thread Antonio Bonifati
il supporto per la tua matrox probabilmente non c' ancora. guarda qui: http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/Status.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/Status18.html#18 ti funziona se usi il server X per la G400? hint: prova con # XFdrake --expert la lista delle schede grafiche supportate dai vari server

Re: [newbie-it] modem usb

2001-02-15 Thread Casa
Il 14:33, gioved 15 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao a tutti, oggi ho (re)installato Mandrake 7.2 e con mia grande sorpesa ho notato che Hard Drake riconosceva il mio modem usb (chip sgs Thomson)!! Il modem e` collegato alla posrta usb 2.Vorrei sapere come faccio a farlo funzionare con kppp,

Re: [newbie] commands

2001-02-15 Thread angry
good info, thx to all others: this is a "newbie" list and I would hope that we would advocate linux as much as possible even if it means spoonfeeding newbies. If you want to show your superior l33t skillz, then get on IRC and respond to all questions with "RTFM". Every user that is converted to

Re: [newbie] crashing x

2001-02-15 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
The best advice I got on this was to install using the vgalo option. This got X to work and then I could get into the video and screen resolution without its crashing. CR

Re: [newbie] LILO configuration

2001-02-15 Thread Romanator
dison Andrs 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 - Colombia [EMAIL

[newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Scott Cundiff
I got it on my laptop now I cant get it off. How do I tell lilo to hit the hills and give me back control of my computer?

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Quaylar
At 06:34 15.02.2001 -0500, you wrote: I got it on my laptop now I cant get it off. How do I tell lilo to hit the hills and give me back control of my computer? "fdisk /mbr" in a dos environment will wipe the mbr and lilo (if it was installed in the mbr) but beware if u have a dual boot

Re: [newbie] LILO configuration

2001-02-15 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:23, Romanator wrote: dison Andrs 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

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread BruceCadieux
If it is 95/98/ME then fdisk /mbr will get rid of Lilo and will restore your windows mbr when windows reboots. If you have 2000 then there are two comands, first fixboot and then fix mbr. That will repair the bootsector and the MBR. You should create a boot disk for linux. Then you can boot

Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2

2001-02-15 Thread Édison Andrés
Do you change the config archive? Tuan tran escribi: 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

[newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Tafta Zani
hi guys, I have heard that linux is relatively faster then windows. But why do windows can open such large application like MS Word 2000 in less than five seconds but LM 7.2 needs more than that to open Star Office 5.2 Could any body recommend mesomething to be done (kernel compiling,

[newbie] OT - MS Luna interface

2001-02-15 Thread Dave Sherman
Sorry about the OT post, but I'm just wondering if anyone else thinks MS' new Luna interface for WinXP looks like a bad ripoff of Aqua. Apple may need to gear up for another 'look-n-feel' lawsuit... Just my $.02 Dave -- Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

[newbie] i586 or i686

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
Hi all, I have a little question,, If I download a kernel rpm, they are all listed as i586,, if I have a i686, does that mean that I am not using a kernel for a 686? and I am assuming that I need to get the source and compile a new kernel to get the full benefits of a Ppro/PII system? are my

[newbie] can't configure internet connection

2001-02-15 Thread Hatch169
Can't seem to configure my cable modem. Mandrake sees my nic card and I got the information from my ISP about host name , IP adress, net mask. @home wasn't much help with the http proxy or ftp proxy. Can anyone help

RE: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Owens, Blaine C
Remember that MS Word is a stand-alone of a whole family of MS Office products. Star Office launches the entire office suite. If MS Office did the same it would need to launch Word, Power Point, Excel, etc., etc. You are not comparing apples to apples. -Original Message-From:

[newbie] still crashing x

2001-02-15 Thread mishaco
ran win 98se all nite long abit ka7 64 mb , generic s3 virge dx linksys etherfast sound blaster live value serial 2 button mouse maxtor drive 1024 x 768 , 16 bit woke up and the mouse had crashed like a drunk 3 year old into a play pool the system is still usable with the keyboard , so i

Re: [newbie] Re: info on harddrive optimization in mandrake install?

2001-02-15 Thread Kipling Cooper
* walter hanagriff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11 Feb 01 16:40]: I reasked my original questions with this info incase somebody has already tested it with a quantum fireball Everything I have read says before you tinker with your hardware, back-up your files!

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Michael O'Henly
Star Office is an astounding resource hog. I think Sun's promoting Star Office (and now Open Office) as a relatively inexpensive way to irritate Microsoft and create warm, fuzzy feelings about their "support" for Linux. It depresses me to see all the effort being put into Open Office. It's

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Édison Andrés
Open StarOffice 5.2 in Windows and take the time You can't compare with two tools differents... See ya. Tafta Zani escribi: hi guys,I have heard that linux is relatively faster then windows.But why do windows can open such large application like MS Word 2000in less than five seconds but LM

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Ribbo
Tanggal 15 Feb 2001, dari Tafta Zani : hi guys, I have heard that linux is relatively faster then windows. But why do windows can open such large application like MS Word 2000 in less than five seconds but LM 7.2 needs more than that to open Star Office 5.2 thats because windows already

Re: [newbie] i586 or i686

2001-02-15 Thread manuel dopp
its for all pentium 1, 2, 3 and amd/ibm cpu's i am running and amd 6x86 and it's running fine regards, manuel -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: donderdag 15 februari 2001 17:29 Onderwerp: [newbie] i586 or i686 Hi

[newbie] cookfire

2001-02-15 Thread Bryant Morrison F47743C
Does anyone know what this new "cookfire" version is? I'm guessing it is a firewall version of Mandrake. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Morrison;Bryant FN:Bryant Morrison ORG:FedEx;EC Marketing TITLE:LAN Administrator TEL;WORK;VOICE:901-263-7749 TEL;PAGER;VOICE:1-877-722-8538

RE: [newbie] Re: info on harddrive optimization in mandrake install?

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
wow,, I am impressed as hell with that,, my cached reads went from 6 to 20mb/sec... sh(i)t hot -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kipling Cooper Sent: Friday, 16 February 2001 12:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails

2001-02-15 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 15 February 2001 02:41, you wrote: Dave Horsfall wrote: Mandrake 7.2 on a nondescript P133, 32Mb memory. order, instead of making a dependency tree). Anyone seen this? Try as I might, even with different mirrors, I get the same bland error message... Specifying

Re: [newbie] SAMBA setup/web config

2001-02-15 Thread eryl
Devin Rader wrote: Hey all! I am trying to set up Samba on my Linux machine but am totally lost. is make sure you have the samba package installed correctly by using this command: rpm -q samba When I run this it says I don't have that package installed. Nope, you haven't

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread eryl
Tafta Zani wrote: hi guys, I have heard that linux is relatively faster then windows. But why do windows can open such large application like MS Word 2000 in less than five seconds but LM 7.2 needs more than that to open Star Office 5.2 SO is a real pig. It basically takes over your

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 15 February 2001 12:34, you wrote: I got it on my laptop now I cant get it off. How do I tell lilo to hit the hills and give me back control of my computer? What do you mean? wisdom, Harm Bathoorn

Re: [newbie] RPM musings....

2001-02-15 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 15 February 2001 15:43, you wrote: RPMs are a funny thing, it's a very anti-climatic experience, it just kind of runs and then stops. I think there should be a little more fanfare like a message box that says "Successfully installed your-most-favoritest-application!" at the end

Re: [newbie] can't configure internet connection

2001-02-15 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 15 February 2001 17:12, you wrote: Can't seem to configure my cable modem. Mandrake sees my nic card and I got the information from my ISP about host name , IP adress, net mask. @home wasn't much help with the http proxy or ftp proxy. Can anyone help yep, Use drakconf,

RE: [newbie] SAMBA setup/web config

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
Think this is what you were chasing... http://www.q-linux.com/Tutorials_Guides/Samba/samba-DIAGNOSIS.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of eryl Sent: Friday, 16 February 2001 1:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SAMBA

Re: [newbie] Problems Configuring Apache on LM 7.2

2001-02-15 Thread Michael
I finally just scrapped 1.3.17 and went back and downloaded 1.3.14, which works fine. Apparently, this is something unique to the newer version. -- Michael Lewis Registered Linux User #197864 Tuan tran wrote: I have same problem. I could not run it. I installed OK, but when i ran

Re: [newbie] 3D accelerated X seems no different...

2001-02-15 Thread Mark
If you have installed the Nvidia 0.9-6 drivers then you should have X 4.0 or better. There is a problem with these drivers if you are running a Geforce 2GTS, but I don't know if the same applies to the TNT cards. Go and have a look at www.evil3d.net they have a fix for the driver. And BTW it

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Scott Cundiff
Where is the lilo installed so that if I want to reformat I can take it off? Is there a way to access it after the hard drive has been reformatted because it is still there and the only boot option is linux, which isnt there. lol got myself into a knot... :) - Original Message - From:

RE: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Bryant Morrison F47743C
If your referring to REMOVING LILO, boot up with a Win 9x boot disk and type "fdisk /mbr" This will remove lilo from the MBR on your hard drive and allow you to boot WinDozE again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of H.J.Bathoorn Sent:

[newbie] Ram optimization also

2001-02-15 Thread drak
I red and did the HD optimization... now i was wondering if there is any memory ops I could also do? Does xwindows really take that much that much ram? running a abit bx6 r2 P3 500 128 mbs ram rage lt pro 3com 5909b nic to a dsl router (cisco 675) also I use iceWM and cannot figure out how

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails

2001-02-15 Thread Matt Schroeder
I have had good experiences with some things. I just do a few at a time. For instance I have no more updates listed under the category "bugfix" I had 4 and did them this lunch hour. Some have dependency conflicts and unfortunately as far as I know it has no dependency checking. I wonder if

Re: [newbie] SAMBA setup/web config

2001-02-15 Thread Martin Cleaver
I am trying to set up Samba on my Linux machine but am totally lost. I quite understand and Samba is far too complex for non-techies like you and me. I eventually get it done by resorting to the Samba Step by Step, that just gives yu a very basic fairly low security and very low tech recipe to

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread carjam
Notice that office is only about 10 meg? Where does it go? Well, the windows directory grows by a few hundred meg. - Original Message - From: Ribbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and

RE: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
u need to lose the mbr (master boot record.) from your hd,, I thought that format did that anyway,,, I think you can just make a windows boot disk from another machine(win95/98/ME), then make sure that you have sys.com on it,, (if not it is in the Windows/command dir of a winblows machine...)

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Édison Andrés
And How can I put again Bryant Morrison F47743C escribi: If your referring to REMOVING LILO, boot up with a Win 9x boot disk and type "fdisk /mbr" This will remove lilo from the MBR on your hard drive and allow you to boot WinDozE again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Ram optimization also

2001-02-15 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 15 February 2001 20:13, you wrote: I red and did the HD optimization... now i was wondering if there is any memory ops I could also do? Does xwindows really take that much that much ram? running a abit bx6 r2 P3 500 128 mbs ram rage lt pro 3com 5909b nic to a dsl router

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Sebastiaan Vandenbore
Boot with a DOS disk. At the command prompt type : 1) FDISK /MBR 2) SYS A: C: This will create a new MBR an give you back control of your PC. --- "Scott Cundiff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is the lilo installed so that if I want to reformat I can take it off? Is there a way to

[newbie] full install isn't really full

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
Hi all, Just noticed a couple of things, you can't really beat a per-package install, I selected all on the install screen and have since discovered that alot of what I wanted was missing. Also, thought I'd use the package manager in x,,, so I ran it, and noticed that many times, it would

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

2001-02-15 Thread Scott Cundiff
Right on this was the answer. Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Bryant Morrison F47743C" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo If your referring to REMOVING LILO, boot up with a Win 9x

RE: [newbie] (OT) want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Liaw, Andy
Sorry for the OT... I installed M$ Money 2001 on the Windoze part of my machine the other day. Anyone wants to guess how much disk space it took up? "Complete install" = approx. 250 MB Andy -Original Message- From: carjam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001

[newbie] Downloading Updates

2001-02-15 Thread Jack Gillis
I have seen several references to downloading updates for MD 7.2. Have looked all over the linux-mandrake site and haven't found them. Would someone please point me to them? Thank you.

[newbie] System is becoming slower

2001-02-15 Thread Mark Johnson
I installed 7.2 on a K6 200 w/ 128MB and 10G 5400rpm drive. I was dubious that linux could run on such a system, but it actually ran way better than expected until now. Now having been used everyday for about a month things are getting progressively slower. Whenever I'm running Konquerer it

[newbie] How to turn off network tasks. - security question

2001-02-15 Thread Paul Rodríguez
I ran nmap on my system and found that I have a lot of open ports (apparently I have a lot of network services running). For example, MySQL, FTP, HTTP, etc. My question is, how much of a security risk is this, and how do I shut of these services and/or close these ports? Does the x11 port

[newbie] dialup in startup

2001-02-15 Thread andrew
I am sure that there is way to get Mandrake 7.1 to dialup after the machine is rebooted without the user being at the machine Can someone tell me how to do that? I runa script that starts the modem up dialing Perseus

[newbie] Is there something like these in Linux?

2001-02-15 Thread jf arocha
Having been a Mac user for many years (and a recent Linux convert with LM7.2)), there are a few things that I have become used to while doing day-to-day work. One of them is a macro program (QuickKeys, OneClick and KeyQuencer). I am interested in getting something like this for Linux or even

Re: [newbie] System is becoming slower

2001-02-15 Thread eryl
Mark Johnson wrote: I installed 7.2 on a K6 200 w/ 128MB and 10G 5400rpm drive. I was dubious that linux could run on such a system, but it actually ran way better than expected until now. Now having been used everyday for about a month things are getting progressively slower. Whenever

[newbie] Missing some programs on Mandrake 7.2

2001-02-15 Thread Keith Christian
I used the "custom" install on my store-bought Mandrake 7.2 set, and some programs that were installed on Mandrake 7.0 are not there, among them: Apache, PHP, MySQL, and some smaller utilities such as mtools, compress, etc. Have these been removed from the CD set, or did I choose an incorrect

[newbie] RAM Disk Error

2001-02-15 Thread Rem
I have had a very odd problem: I have a computer, with Athlon 700 Mhz, 30G HD, and 512MB RAM. I wanted to put Mandrake 7.2 on it and it will give "ramdisk error" (It can not generate the ramdisk) at the begining of installation and quit. Any idea why? The oddest thing perhaps, is that i didn't

[newbie] Netatalk and cups.

2001-02-15 Thread James Little
We are using a PC as a print/file server. We do this, so we can print from Linux, Unix, Windows, Novell, and MacOS and have them all use the same spool, and also have them all be able to use the same shared directory. I've had this machine set-up before with Mandrake 7.1, and all these things

[newbie] KDE 2.1

2001-02-15 Thread Rem
Hi again, I have Mandrake 7.2 and KDE 2.0 I am afraid to upgrade KDE to 2.0.1 from the software update wizard. Can anyone tell me if it is really installable? Sometime ago when I tried, I could not get to install the KDE rpms. Another thing is that whether it would be worthwile to upgrade

RE: [newbie] Missing some programs on Mandrake 7.2

2001-02-15 Thread Franki
yeah, I just commented on the same thing, selected "install everything" and if forgot most of what I wanted.. so I installed manually, they are all there,, make things quicker and use the package manager in drake config on the desktop. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1

2001-02-15 Thread Michael O'Henly
Personally, I'd hold off a few weeks for the release version of KDE 2.1. This is a significant upgrade and, in my experience, even more stable than 2.0.1. M. On Thursday 15 February 2001 13:41, Rem wrote: Hi again, I have Mandrake 7.2 and KDE 2.0 I am afraid to upgrade KDE to 2.0.1 from

Re: [newbie] DB2 and cron.daily problem solved!

2001-02-15 Thread Meph Istopheles
Jacqueline, Update . . . I found the answer with a search of the http://www.google.com/linux site. It's from the newbie archives, but for some reason the message didn't come up when I first searched. - So for the first time, today, I did not get this

[newbie] Pstricks

2001-02-15 Thread Carlos Berardi
i'm making figures in LaTeX with PsTricks. When watching the dvi file, figures (the ones made with pstricks) look good, but when translating to PostScript, they scramble a little. Does anyone have an answer for this? Carlos Berardi

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

2001-02-15 Thread Mark Weaver
Adam Greene wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Mark Weaver
isn't there a way to filter HTML mail from the list? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful."

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 15 February 2001 08:06 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: isn't there a way to filter HTML mail from the list? We could issue 12 ga shotguns ? -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails

2001-02-15 Thread Romanator
Dave Horsfall wrote: On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Romanator wrote: Rather than using the update utility, I would recommend navigating to one of the many ftp sites and downloading the updates. Probably easier - thanks. Someone else mentioned it could be lack of memory - 32Mb can't quite cut

[newbie] Change dpi resolution on HP850 DeskJet

2001-02-15 Thread Alexander Rhoads
I am stumped at how to change the default resolution on my HP850 DeskJet from 150 to 300 dpi. Mandrake 7.2 found the printer just fine, but it got configured at 150 dpi and I have not been able to find a setting that will hold it at 300 dpi. I've tried CUPS Admin and the HP DeskJet Control

[newbie] Help with X

2001-02-15 Thread Aldo Colussi
Hi there. I have a Matrox G450 video card. When I first intalled Linux Mandrake 7.2 I had to copy in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/modues/drivers the mga driver provided in the matrox website, and to change a little bit the XF86Config-4 file. Everything was working ok. Now I installed I

RE: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread max . bernard
Try http://mandrakecampus.com/ "Owens, Blaine C" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/15/2001 08:23:14 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Max Bernard/BCP/International Thomson Publishing) Subject: RE: [newbie] want my linux work faster

[newbie] printer key

2001-02-15 Thread dalpe
has any one tried using lexmark z52 w/7.2 looking for linux printer wondering how well it works also has anyone got a favorite key board please don't say ms natural won't but anything w/ms on it how about happy hacker

Re: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Daniel B. Haun
On Thursday 15 February 2001 21:24, you wrote: On Thursday 15 February 2001 08:06 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: isn't there a way to filter HTML mail from the list? We could issue 12 ga shotguns ? Set the email reader to only display text? :) Or... in Kmail's case... uncheck " Prefer

[newbie] Epson_777

2001-02-15 Thread s
Ok, what's the trick? :) I've tried through cups. I've downloaded a 'driver' from linuxprinting and followed directions. What is the trick to get it to work? It is supposed to be "perfectly" supported, so I know that there must be a way. But when it sends a test page to it's daemon, I

Re: [newbie] Epson_777

2001-02-15 Thread Jon Doe
On Friday 16 February 2001 12:43 am, s loudly grumbled: Ok, what's the trick? :) I've tried through cups. I've downloaded a 'driver' from linuxprinting and followed directions. What is the trick to get it to work? It is supposed to be "perfectly" supported, so I know that there must be a

[newbie] about XMMS

2001-02-15 Thread Bernardus Yosef Juli
I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.2 and I use XMMS to play my mp3 files. Evrytime i play mp3 file with XMMS, the song always stop in the middle and sometime it does not repeat to another song. Can some one help me? thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Get

Re: [newbie] Epson_777

2001-02-15 Thread eryl
Jon Doe wrote: On Friday 16 February 2001 12:43 am, s loudly grumbled: Ok, what's the trick? :) I've tried through cups. I've downloaded a 'driver' from linuxprinting and followed directions. What is the trick to get it to work? It is supposed to be "perfectly" supported, so I