Re: [newbie] Coffee Coaster try adapter and tea!

2001-03-26 Thread michael
On Monday 26 March 2001 10:48 pm, you purportedly scrawled: > Well, I just burned a copy of Mandrake 8.0b2, and it is quite useless. Oh > it burned fine, it just doesn't run. It loads the install and freezes > solid. The only thing I can think of is it's my USB Optical Wheelmouse > (just your s

[newbie] Coffee Coaster

2001-03-26 Thread Adam Greene
Well, I just burned a copy of Mandrake 8.0b2, and it is quite useless.  Oh it burned fine, it just doesn't run.  It loads the install and freezes solid.  The only thing I can think of is it's my USB Optical Wheelmouse (just your standard 2 button, 3 if you count the wheel click).  Anyone got

RE: [newbie] I can't enter X

2001-03-26 Thread Franki
HHmmm, is there something wrong with this list,? or is PM firewall pissing me off again. Tis weird, I have been gettin heaps of mail through my server every day, just downloaded another 33, but not a single one from this list... can someone email me off the list and tell me if they got it? Fra

[newbie] Mandrake IRC channel

2001-03-26 Thread michael
On xchat there is an IRC channel called mandrake type /join #mandrake -- -m-

Re: [newbie] I can't enter X-Altoine

2001-03-26 Thread michael
On Monday 26 March 2001 08:08 pm, you purportedly scrawled: > >will have to post that one later as my > daughter is demanding my attention. BRB. All hail a good daddy! -- -m-

Re: [newbie] I can't enter X

2001-03-26 Thread Altoine B
> Well, hear goes my XF86Config, XFree86.9.log and XFree86.0.log. The > option "non-interlaced svga" at 800x600 (16 bits) makes the same that the > others. My video card is an S3 Virge Dx/Gx. > Now I'm receiving also an error related to the X fonts server "Could not > init fonts path unix

Re: [newbie] DHCP and LM 8.0B2 Solved

2001-03-26 Thread michael
On Monday 26 March 2001 07:27 pm, you purportedly scrawled: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:01:21 -0800, you wrote: > >I reinstalled!!! the refuge of weinies i know, but hey it works! > > YOure lucky...I tried that, and I still can't get online (DHCP, cable > modem..). I'm hoping b3 solves my problem...h

[newbie] Sympatico and the D-Link 530-TX problems

2001-03-26 Thread paul pianta
I live in Quebec, Canada with high speed internet provided by Bell Sympatico.  I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my PIII - 733mHz machine and my D-Link 530-TX ethernet card (supplied by Sympatico) was not detected.  After a couple of reinstalls it was always the same thing with this error message

Re: [newbie] DHCP and LM 8.0B2 Solved

2001-03-26 Thread Rog
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:01:21 -0800, you wrote: >I reinstalled!!! the refuge of weinies i know, but hey it works! YOure lucky...I tried that, and I still can't get online (DHCP, cable modem..). I'm hoping b3 solves my problem...hopefully it'll be out soon. > >michael wrote: > >> Hey is there a

[newbie] no access to cdrom and writer ?

2001-03-26 Thread Mark Boutilier
I am running LM 8 beta 2 and can not access ether drive. I am getting errors reporting that I don't have access rights to this location. This is as both user and "root". thanks in advance for the help :-> I have checked scd0 and hdd and they are set as follows: hdd marko cdrom

Re: [newbie] DHCP and LM 8.0B2 Solved

2001-03-26 Thread michael
I reinstalled!!! the refuge of weinies i know, but hey it works! michael wrote: > Hey is there a separate list for Traktopel? > > I installed and configured my rtl8139 with a private ip and through a > gateway. > Now I'm on a dhcp server with my home ISP and can't figure out what to > do... > li

[newbie] HP 9350i Hangs system on bootup, reboot, drive access

2001-03-26 Thread DJW
I just install a HP 9350i (used to have a Memorex 1622) and it has totallymessed up my 7.2.During the boot, it hangs for about 5 minutes during the mnt drives section(with or without a cd init).  When I access the cd in the mnt directory after it finallystarts it locks that program up  for

Re: [newbie] ESS1869 problem

2001-03-26 Thread FreezeR
try sndconfig ! On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, nick wrote: > Kernel Module : Unknown. > Bus Type : ISA > Information : This device hasn't identified by HardDrake, please send a > pnpdump output and this device ID 'ESS1869' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

RE: [newbie] traceroute for linux

2001-03-26 Thread FreezeR
On 24 Mar 2001, David Boles wrote: > Hey Mark - try this "locate tracerroute" ( no quotes ) from a command line. > Only root can run things in /usr/sbin.You will get the "command not > found" error message. you have to write the full path if u want to use it... or the simple way is.. jus

[newbie] Where is artsd?

2001-03-26 Thread Eric Burns
I just installed LM 7.2 followed by MandrakeFreq, and I find that artsd was not installed. Could someone please tell me which package it lives in, so that I can fix this. -- Eric Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-26 Thread kramer SETH
Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives

[newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-26 Thread Ammon Cooke
I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goe

Re: [newbie] Cruddy little laptop

2001-03-26 Thread s
You could get one of those iddy bity little distros that fit on a floppy. I've tried several and muLinux is great. You can even dial up and surf the internet with lynx and do email and ng with mutt if it has a modem. You can run it from the floppy (in ram actually), but with 4 megs...hmmm.

[newbie] emailing the ifconfig file

2001-03-26 Thread Jennifer Davis
I seem to use my computer as much remotely as I do locally. In addition, I use PPPoE to run my internet connection and there are times when it gets wonky. I was just wondering if there was a perl script or something out there that I could set in my crontab to mail me me ifconfig file every 15

RE: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question

2001-03-26 Thread kramer SETH
or type teleinit 3 at konsole and you will boot into console startx will bring up the gui -Original Message- From: C. CLOSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question Barbara Pfieffer wrote: > > > Whe

[newbie] Cruddy little laptop

2001-03-26 Thread kramer SETH
I'm trying to get a Linux distribution on a cruddy little laptop (486 w/4 meg RAM 200 MB HDD) and I'm having some problems. 1. no CD-ROM 2. no NIC 3. no easy method of installing Linux from floppies. Now I could use LOAF, but I'd like to not need a boot disk. I'm basically looking for a cr

Re: [newbie]RealPlayer

2001-03-26 Thread Romanator
marcia wrote: > > Dear All, I decided I really wanted to get the RealPlayer installed on > my Linux Mandrake 7.2 however the rpm will not install. Does anyone know > how I can install RealPlayer on LM7.2? Also, if there is another program > for Linux that will play pieces that are supposed to be

Re: [newbie] RPM Version 3 / 4 problem

2001-03-26 Thread Civileme
On Monday 26 March 2001 13:07, you wrote: > Hi, > Im running Mandrake 7.1 and have come across a problem with the Version of > RPM I am using. > It seems many packages are now prepared using version 4 which is not > compatible with 3 > I just get an error message stating words to this effect. > Fu

RE: [newbie] Sound on 7.1

2001-03-26 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Disable the on-board sound in the bios. Moose -Original Message- From: Jeffrey Sparks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound on 7.1 I have a SoundBlaster 16 (PCI) that I am using instead of the on-board ESS Allegro

[newbie] Sound on 7.1

2001-03-26 Thread Jeffrey Sparks
I have a SoundBlaster 16 (PCI) that I am using instead of the on-board ESS Allegro for my Compaq. When I run sndconfig, it only finds the Allegro & tells me it isn't supported. How do I get the machine to see the SoundBlaster?

Re: [newbie] RPM Version 3 / 4 problem

2001-03-26 Thread Adrian Smith
i don't remember the whole story with this, but i can give you the short version. mandrake does not do RPM 4 yet. stick with version 3 you can somehow force 4 to work, however the person who posted how to do this also pointed out that it will trash your system. so the point is what? =) if yo

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Java woes

2001-03-26 Thread Dale Kosan
Thanks for those who replied to my question, will try it when I get home this evening. Dale Kosan

[newbie] RPM Version 3 / 4 problem

2001-03-26 Thread Wayne
Hi, Im running Mandrake 7.1 and have come across a problem with the Version of RPM I am using. It seems many packages are now prepared using version 4 which is not compatible with 3 I just get an error message stating words to this effect. Fun part is, I cant install the version 4 RPM as its pa

Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.2

2001-03-26 Thread AndyMonks
What is the spec of it? then somewon may know the answer. AGM

Re: [newbie] network services not started automatically

2001-03-26 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi, What is your default run-level when you boot into linux?? If my memory serves, I think that runlevels 3 and 5 start up network devices. You can check if this is so by looking in "/etc/inittab". This should then laod up all your networking devices. Does this answer your question?? Regards,

Re: [newbie] java in Konqueror web browser

2001-03-26 Thread Syamsul Anwar
I didn't have any luck getting the Sun JREs to work in Konqueror 2.1 - but once I switched to the IBM JRE v1.3, all the Java applets I've come across works! On 25 Mar 2001, at 20:37, michael wrote: > On Sunday 25 March 2001 07:23 pm, you purportedly scrawled: > > I had noticed that the java a

Re: [newbie] Partition Corrupted.

2001-03-26 Thread Civileme
On Sunday 25 March 2001 17:55, you wrote: > Thanks Civilme for the tips. > > However, when I get into rescue mode and type > > fdisk -l /dev/hda > > I get nothing but the prompt back. No error message. > When I try to mount, it doesn't give me an error, but > instead just doesn't mount anything.

Re: [newbie]RealPlayer

2001-03-26 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Marcia: You need to install it as root: $su root password then install it as follows: #./nameoffile.bin Then go back as user and install it as user: $realplay This will bring up the RealPlay dialogue box for you as user. I think I am right. I may be wrong since I am still using Real Pl