Re: [newbie-it] aggiornamento di glibc

2001-02-26 Thread Eugenio Odorifero
Fabio Coatti wrote: On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 03:55:53PM +0100, Eugenio Odorifero wrote: Pentium 233Mhz 64Mb HD20MB Mandrake 7.2 Salve, vorrei fare l'upgrade alla libreria glibc2.2.2 (richiestissimo a sua volta per ulteriori upgrade). Ho provato di tutto per aggiornarlo ma: -

Re: [newbie-it] Partizioni impazzite

2001-02-26 Thread Andrea Celli
Nino Pisani wrote: Ho 2 HDD uno da 15Gb e uno da 1.2Gb. Sul primo ho Windows 98 e 2 partizioni C (primaria) e D(estesa), sull'altro ho installato Mandrake7.2, al riavvio Linux ha montato entrambe le partizioni di win, ma windows di D non ne vuole + sapere la vede come partizione non-dos,

Re: [newbie-it] Defrag: l'avete provato?

2001-02-26 Thread Andrea Celli
Mario Romano wrote: Il 15:59, venerd 23 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao a tutti, Qualcuno ha provato defrag, l'utility di deframmentazione per ext2fs scaricabile da E' praticamente inutile utilizzarlo per l'ext2 perch per sua natura sempre poco deframmentato, altro che quello

Re: [newbie-it] Blocco kde

2001-02-26 Thread Andrea Celli
Antonio Bonifati wrote: che versione di KDE hai? La 2.0 ha alcuni bug e dovresti aggiornare a KDE 2.0.1 (che trovi sul sito della Mandrake) io l'ho fatto e non ho pi avuto problemi. Se aspetti un po' dovrebbe uscire a breve kde-2.1. Hanno chiuso lo sviluppo il 12 febbraio, quindi non

[newbie-it] Installazione audio su Compaq Armada 1750

2001-02-26 Thread Giancarlo Sessa
Ciao a tutti. Ho installato Mandrake 7.2 su Notebook COMPAQ Armada 1750 con processore PII 350, sch. video Ati Rage LT Pro AGP, memoria 128 Mb, Cdrom, HD 4.5 Mb, Usb, porta TV out : tutto OK tranne che per l'audio che è muto; il sistema con Hard Drake non ha visto alcuna scheda audio, nè in

Ri:Re: [newbie-it] casino partizioni!

2001-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao a tutti, intanto grazie per le risposte... ho ripartizionato con cfdisk e provato a smontare e rimontare come dicevi tu, veramente anche prima di leggerti, ma cmq non mi dava la possibilità di riassegnare il tipo alle partzioni, se non come ext2, il che era ovvio... Alla fine ho

[newbie-it] Mandrake appena installato adesso ?

2001-02-26 Thread Massimo
Ciao a tutti come ho detto ho appena installato Mandrake e comincio a camminarci un po ma sono mlto disorientato :Prima domanda come si fa a vedere se il cdrom va mi sapete dire una applicazione e cosa devo selezionare per fare questo test Seconda Domanda è vivamente consigliabile che

R: [newbie-it] Modem Conexant. Ci sono RIUSCITO!!!!!!

2001-02-26 Thread Demis
Beh non esagerate!!! Se vogliamo prenderci una soddisfazione sul mondo WINDOWS dobbiamo collaborare. Tuttavia ho ancora delle difficolt. Forse dipende davvero dalla linea un po' intasata ma certamente una rottura dover lanciare kppp un'infinit di volte prima che il modem faccia il suo

[newbie] ram incompatibility

2001-02-26 Thread Tea Pot
By the way, I'm also kind da type that waitin for .. Man, misconfigured yahoo mail platform, dun displays all messages, therefore one may let nope informed on wut is goin on from the mails before, that also the reason for the desperated emails prior, actually the emails was not filetered out,

[newbie] Root problems???

2001-02-26 Thread John Barr
Title: Root problems??? Tried to install lnx4win with Mandrake 7.2 went through the installation and configuration and was told to reboot. Once I did I received a kernal panick error with an unable to load root fs error. I have a Athlon 700 with a FIC SD11 motherboard, creative CDRom, BTC

[newbie] Program to Play Windows Audio Stream?

2001-02-26 Thread Coy L. Scott
There is a web site with recorded radio programs which I would like to listen to. The programs are only stored in some Windows media format. (Microsoft Windows Media player will play the programs.) The files which the web page links to are ".asx" files. I assume this must be like the ".ram"

Re: [newbie] CUPS

2001-02-26 Thread Micha POZARZYCKI
Oh yeah! And what type should I choose for my HP 640C Deskjet which is not supported? Micha On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, KompuKit wrote: Can someone tell me, what HP driver do I choose for a DeskJet 648c I don't see that one listed...in 7.2 cups -- Registered Linux User:

Re: [newbie] Linux partitioning

2001-02-26 Thread Mark Weaver
Gregg, What is the size of your drive cause if I understand you correctly your installation, if it installs at all, won't work very well. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Sun, 25 Feb 2001,

RE: [newbie] Terminal Linux

2001-02-26 Thread Daryl Johnson
Well, the easiest way of allowing a 286pc to be used like a terminal is to use a terminal program. The last time I did anything like this (10 years ago I think) I used Procomm plus. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

[newbie] playing the Mandrake Update game

2001-02-26 Thread Adam Baxter
Well, as you can tell, I'm a newbie to Linux. I have a few problems with this OS. First and foremost is the Mandrake Update thingy. Its possessed by the satan, I swear. First, it lured me into thinking that it worked correctly, then it turned on me! I don't know what it did, but the whole

Re: [newbie] playing the Mandrake Update game

2001-02-26 Thread Dave Sherman
We will probably need some more detailed information, if anyone is to help you. By "detailed", I mean specific error messages you are receiving, which applications did you update or are trying to update, which applications crash and what are you doing when it happens, etc. Dave On Monday 26

RE: [newbie] Linux partitioning

2001-02-26 Thread blacksun
Thanks for all your help! -Gregg. I'll keep this in the keep folder for sure. On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok...but what does he do if he wants his system to run correctly? He's clearly going to need more room on "/" then 10MB. What about /etc, or /var which both have a tendency

RE: [newbie] Linux partitioning

2001-02-26 Thread Daryl Johnson
Including my error where I refer to /root instead of /boot? scarlet blushes Well, I've been sick :o( regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of blacksun Sent: 26 February 2001 20:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] playing the Mandrake Update game

2001-02-26 Thread Matt Schroeder
I too am having problems with the Mandrake Update prog. I tried upgrading it manually today with an RPM and it still acts the same as it did for me. Mine acts differently than yours in that it looks on the mirror site, looks as though it's transferring data and the info file and then the list

Re: [newbie] Add themes to theme manager on KDE2.1 beta 2

2001-02-26 Thread Romanator
s wrote: On Sunday 25 February 2001 05:14 pm, you wrote: s wrote: On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, you wrote: s wrote: That one's a little different. the instructions are at the site where you downloaded it, but it amounts to cp the theme.rc to the kstyles/themes folder and

Re: [newbie] playing the Mandrake Update game

2001-02-26 Thread Jay needs a Guinness
On Monday 26 February 2001 19:29, you wrote: Well, as you can tell, I'm a newbie to Linux. I have a few problems with this OS. First and foremost is the Mandrake Update thingy. Its possessed by the satan, I swear. First, it lured me into thinking that it worked correctly, then it turned on

[newbie] installing sony CRX100E/X2

2001-02-26 Thread Marley, Mike
I just did a complete install of 7.2 and nowI want to add a sony USB cd-writer with the model # CRX100E/X2. I think I read somewhere that it is supported. Unfortunately I do not have the first clue as to how to get Mandrake to see it. All I did was plug it in and rebooted, hoping hardware

[newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Cyber Sam
You my knowledge, having an autoreply assigned to my email is not spamming, if in the opinion of the moderators of this list it is considered spam, I should let you know that I run a legal business on the web that requires that my customers get a timely reply to all of there queries. I

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread angry
legal arguments aside, its unsolicited email that i (and others) receive from you it is rude and inconsiderate, you can just as easily filter it Cyber Sam wrote: You my knowledge, having an autoreply assigned to my email is not spamming, if in the opinion of the moderators of this list it is

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Michael
For starters, you could be a little more apologetic and have explained your position, rather than trying to make into a "list" problem, especially in light of the fact you are apparently on this list for help;-) How does it go..."You can catch more flies with sugar than with sh*t"Don't bite

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
less see. a quick look at a whois database on cybersam shows... registrant: qq corporation ( cybersam3-dom ) 126 belmont drive, unit 42 london, on n6j 4w1 ca ca domain name: cybersam.com administrative contact, billing contact: a., sam ( sa6132 ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] qq corporation 126

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Michael O'Henly
Presumably you subscribed to this list becuase you're a LInux-Mandrake user who can benefit from the help of other users. The request that you not send autoreplies to the list is perfectly legitimate. (And if one person actually expressed it, you can be sure lots of others are at least

[newbie] Cannot Execute binary file

2001-02-26 Thread BamBam
When I try to execute .tar.gz and .tgz files from the terminal window, I get a message that says cannot execute binary file. I've tried ./filename and sh filename with no success. Can someone help me out with this one? Oh yea... I almost forgot. chmod 755 filename was also tried, but I

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
wither "YOUR LEGAL department" considers Spam or not .. I consider it Spam, I will do everythingin my power to see that no one I know will do any sort of business with any one as pompass (THAT is how I wanted it spelled) asyourself.. consider yourself bozo-filtered.. I will be setting up a

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Carl Kehley
I don't really know which is more annoying-the autoreply, or the poor spelling. Cyber Sam wrote: You my knowledge, having an autoreply assigned to my email is not spamming, if in the opinion of the moderators of this list it is considered spam, I should let you know that I run a legal

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
the truth is that unsolicited e-mail IS Spam. and just what kind of BS business are you hoping for help here.. maybe that someday you will have a "real" website.. instead of just a "dotcom" name your mommy thinks is catchy.??? If you do not like the fact that my company has an

[newbie] XFree86-4.0.2 and Trident cyber9540

2001-02-26 Thread Ralph Brown
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on my laptop after having much success with 7.2 on my workstation. But...i can't seem to find the correct settings for the x-server. I downloaded and installed XFree86-4.0.2 hoping that the SVGA driver would cover my cardbut it doesn't.

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread rob
I vote for the poor spelling and improper grammar (it's=it is, as an example). Spam can be dealt with. Incorrigibles cannot. Rob On Monday 26 February 2001 21:56, you wrote: I don't really know which is more annoying-the autoreply, or the poor spelling. Cyber Sam wrote: You my

Re: [newbie] Cannot Execute binary file

2001-02-26 Thread Michael O'Henly
A file with the extension .tar.gz or .tgz is an archive (similar to the *.zip files you may be familiar with from Windows). The first step is to unpack it. We can tell from the extension that it has been archived with the linix command "tar" and then compressed with the "gzip" command. In

RE: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Adam Baxter
Actually, this whole kinda thing is getting annoying. You guys are becomming no better than the spammer. Please don't hate me for asking this, but why are we dragging this out? Its getting kinda boring. You know where he lives. Anyone who's in the general area go kick his butt, in the meantime,

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread KompuKit
I agree.. Adam Baxter wrote: Actually, this whole kinda thing is getting annoying. You guys are becomming no better than the spammer. Please don't hate me for asking this, but why are we dragging this out? Its getting kinda boring. You know where he lives. Anyone who's in the general area

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Kyle Baker
The incredibly poor grammar and egregious spelling (in)ability was far worse than the autoreply, which is saying a lot... --- rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote for the poor spelling and improper grammar (it's=it is, as an example). Spam can be dealt with. Incorrigibles cannot. Rob

[newbie] Changing the command line prompt

2001-02-26 Thread Robert Fleming
Currently the prompt on my machine is: [user@localhost currdir]$ I want to change it so that: - it displays the full path rather than just the current directory - user@localhost is not displayed how can I do this? thanks wade

[newbie] motorola SM56 SoftModem ?

2001-02-26 Thread Tea Pot
hi folks, I'm still alive although sent un.. to sympa.. ke ke keh, show mah teeth ;x I bed that one got not eno power, with da unicast protocol ... I'd better unpack mah javacodes.tgz gzip -cd javacodes.tgz | tar -xvf - run the process in background: (put the codes together, CS-architecture

[newbie] Running executables - strange behavior

2001-02-26 Thread Robert Fleming
I have an executable named 'hello'. If I cd to the directory it is in and type 'hello' it says file not found. However, if I type './hello' it works properly. Why is this? and is there any way I can resolve it? thanks wade

Re: [newbie] Running executables - strange behavior

2001-02-26 Thread Michael O'Henly
In linux, executables must either be located in your PATH, or the executable name has to have the path prepended -- which is what you're doing when you use "./". (Actually, you _can_ add "./" to your PATH but this is considered a poor idea from the security standpoint.) M. On Monday 26

[newbie] Installing and upgrading for the first time

2001-02-26 Thread Joshua Hutchison
I'm pretty new to linux and so before I finally install my copy of Mandrake I was hoping to get some answers on a few questions (Im hoping no one minds me asking more than one question in the e-mail). 1. Because I'm not the only person to use this computer I want to keep Win98 on as well. What

Re: [newbie] Installing and upgrading for the first time

2001-02-26 Thread KompuKit
Personally...i would wait and buy/download 7.2 as it is much better/easier...for install/use etc. but if not, install on your HD...6.0 will run you thru the setup process...but it is very hard to understand at first... if you've never installed linux before...it might take several trys...

Re: [newbie] Running executables - strange behavior

2001-02-26 Thread Kelley Terry
On Monday 26 February 2001 09:31 pm, Robert Fleming wrote: I have an executable named 'hello'. If I cd to the directory it is in and type 'hello' it says file not found. However, if I type './hello' it works properly. Why is this? and is there any way I can resolve it? thanks wade hello

RE: [newbie] Running executables - strange behavior

2001-02-26 Thread Kevin_Bergner
The directory is not in your path. ./ means run this in the current directory. You can edit the PATH in your environment to include the path. But some people don't add the PATH to our home directory for security reasons -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Terminal Linux

2001-02-26 Thread Evan Flynn
I can't tell if this is off topic. If you want to run Linux on a 286, forget it, Linux is a full 32-bit OS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daryl Johnson Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Running executables - strange behavior

2001-02-26 Thread Anthony Daniell
Hi, thats because it is a hidden file I believe. Just visiting this planet, Please sign the Linux Driver petition http://www.libranet.com/petition.html http://ants.www4.50megs.com/linux.html Http://www.50megs.com Anthony Daniell - Original Message - From: "Robert Fleming" [EMAIL

[newbie] HELP!!!

2001-02-26 Thread Matt Harrison
I just went out tonight and purchased Mandrake 7.2. I am trying to install it onto a Toshiba Tecra 510CDT. I am having the most trouble getting the X server configured. I know my video card, and it is in the database...but I am having problems with my monitor. If anyone could possibly help me, I

Re: [newbie] Impossible question?

2001-02-26 Thread John Rye
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:57:24 +0100 DRX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as_png.c:41: X11/xpm.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [as_png.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/AfterStep-1.8.0/asimagelib' make[1]: *** [../../asimagelib/libasimage.a] Error 2 make[1]:

[newbie] kde2.1

2001-02-26 Thread Robin Regennitter
hi all, They just released the KDE2.1 today and I went to the site to see if they have the rpm for mandrake. the directory there is empty while RedHat, Suse, and Caldera have their RPM available. What's with the Mandrake's RPM? why are they not ready when all the other one are? Rob

[newbie] GCC

2001-02-26 Thread Robert Reed
Hello, I just installed Linux today, and then installed the gcc compiler, and its dependencies. I built a simple program hello.c: #include stdio.h main() { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0; } After writing that, I compiled the code using: gcc hello.c I tried running it by typing: a.out

RE: [newbie] GCC

2001-02-26 Thread Kevin_Bergner
type ./a.out -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Reed Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] GCC Hello, I just installed Linux today, and then installed the gcc compiler, and its

Re: [newbie] kde2.1

2001-02-26 Thread Kyle Baker
True, true. All of L-M's sites/mirrors are slow in offering updates. They still (as of this posting) don't have the recently released CUPS security update, nor do they have today's "sudo' security fix (and one other whose name escapes me, starting with a Z). What gives? And anyone know why