Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8

2001-04-04 Thread Eugenio Odorifero
Qualcuno ha provato ad installare la beta 2? da me si incarta ignobilmente quando si inseriscono i dati del provider internet, ed ha seri problemi a far partire Xwindow (G400 16Mb, quindi niente di strano) Se qualcuno prova, si prapari ad un impatto un po' forte con le immagini che

Re: [newbie-it] Scheda grafica

2001-04-04 Thread Alessandro \Sgama\ Amadori
At 01.09 04/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Anch'io ho una Matrox 450 dualhead, ora scusate se faccio un passo indietro. Ho linux mandrake 7.2, non ho aggiornato il kernel. All'installazione mi da la possiiblit di optare per Xfree 4.02, ma poii non riesco a settare monitor/risoluzione/scheda senza

RE: [newbie] SAMBA

2001-04-04 Thread John Douglas
Thank you for your advice Fred. I will check these web sights you mention Kind regards John

Re: [newbie] Zoom ISA Modem = WinModem ?

2001-04-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So..the only modem that will work with Linux is an external or a usb type? No ISA's or PCI's ? TIA !! Lee = NOT true. Many ISA internals will work (especially those w/jumpers). Some, though few PCIs will work also. the only real requirement is

RE: [newbie] Problems FreeS/WAN compiling the kernel

2001-04-04 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Make bzImage does not automatically install the kernel, while make modules_install DOES install the modules... With what you've done, Linux is booting the old kernel but attempting to use the new modules. This is why things are not working. You'll need to copy the appropriate files to the right

RE: [newbie] GRUB problems

2001-04-04 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Boot from your Linux boot disk, Login as root, goto /boot/grub/menu.lst and do a ./install.sh This will get things going. Moose -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] GRUB

[newbie] RE:SAMBA

2001-04-04 Thread Dale Kosan
I just got Samba working on my home network, I used Webmin to set it up and boy was it easy! One problem with my Mandrake box, I have a 30 gig drive mounted as /public but Webmin wont let me share it. On my Redhat box I tried sharing a directory and it went well. Is there a bug with the

[newbie] New PC

2001-04-04 Thread Lúcio Costa
Hi Folks ! I have a new PC in my home, and it will be a Linux-Mandrake 7.2 only. It's a AMD Athlon 1GHz, 128 Mb Ram, HD 20Gb MB Asus A7v kt133, Modem 56.6 USRob, PCI netcard 10/100. My old pc is a AMD K6 III, 400 MHz, 128 Ram, SCSI PCI Card, CDRW SCSI, CD rom SCSI, HD 1.2Gb SCSI, HD 6.0 GB

[newbie] RPM Installation Disk Thrashing

2001-04-04 Thread Jason Tanner
Hi, I recently did a clean mandrake 7.2 installation. No problems there. However, when I try to install a new/upgraded package via the rpm command or via the gui interface the system seems to process the rpm (ie. I hear lots of disk activity and see the steps if I increase debugging/verbosity)

RE: [newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?

2001-04-04 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy H. Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC? Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC? I am using several

RE: [newbie] ati Radeon

2001-04-04 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Serge Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:07 PM To: Linux newbie Subject: [newbie] ati Radeon Hi Despite the XFree 4.03 and the 2.4 kernel in the Mandrake 8.0 beta3, i cannot use my

RE: [newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1

2001-04-04 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1 root wrote: Help! I was unsuccessful in obtaining a cd

[newbie] Error message ????

2001-04-04 Thread jason . a2 . greene
Any one ever seen this??? I shut down my server last night and moved it to another room. When I booted it back up I got this during the boot up process. These are the last four lines before the error... /dev/hda1; clean... /dev/hda3; clean... end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 Floppy, sector

[newbie] GRUB problems (update)

2001-04-04 Thread willcoxa
Do you mean you want me to add that line to the menu.lst file or do you mean you want me to execute that command while in that directory. When I try it as a command it says permission denied even though I'm logged in as root.

Re: [newbie] KDE2.1.1 in Mandrake?

2001-04-04 Thread s
/usr/sbin/sndconfig has never failed to set up my sound cards. And I can't imagine what's wrong with your kde2.1.1 upgrade provided you installed these dependencies. I'm not sure, but I think it does require one of the 4.0.3 flavors of XFree86. Basically, satisfy those dependencies. And

Re: [newbie] ld.so missing in Mandrake 7.2

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Bergman
Frederico Figueiredo wrote: I've recently installed Mandrake 7.2... I'm now using a software application (Limes) that uses the dynamic linker ld.so, but this file (library) doesn't exist in the rpm ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i586.rpm (for Mandrake 7.2)but it exists (for example) in the same rpm but

RE: [newbie] LI boot prompt

2001-04-04 Thread Sean Coyne
fdisk /mbr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of cyberclay Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] LI boot prompt Hey, When attempting to upgrade to a newer version of Mandrake, apparently grub failed

Re: [newbie] DiskDrake won't resize my partition

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Monday 02 April 2001 05:08, you wrote: When I click on the Resize button in DiskDrake (after entering expert mode) during the installation of Mandrake 7.2, I get the following message: "this partition is not resizable". I have a single windows (win98) FAT32 partition that takes up the

Re: [newbie] New PC

2001-04-04 Thread David E. Fox
It's a AMD Athlon 1GHz, 128 Mb Ram, HD 20Gb MB Asus A7v kt133, Modem 56.6 USRob, PCI netcard 10/100. I just upgraded here too - similar configuration to yours, in fact. My other machine is just a Pentium 100 :(. I might be putting it back to- gether, dunno. How can I use the linux machine

Re: [newbie] LI boot prompt

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Bergman
Sean Coyne wrote: fdisk /mbr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of cyberclay Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] LI boot prompt Hey, When attempting to upgrade to a newer version of

Re: [newbie] Setting homepage in konqueror web browser?

2001-04-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Anthony wrote: Is it possible to set personal homepage in konqueror web browser? Anthonywhen you are web browsing with konqueror there is a selection under the Window pull-down menu labeled 'Save View Profile "Web Browsing"'. When you at the 'personal homepage' you want konqueror to

Re: A twist on the OpenSource paradigm: (was RE: [newbie] Linux Tax S oftware?)

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Monday 02 April 2001 10:44, you wrote: This got me to thinking. I really like the idea of open source, however, it confounds me on it's viability. I think it's really admirable that so many programmers donate their time to the whole GNU/FSF movement. I cannot believe the effort put into

Re: [newbie] Vmware

2001-04-04 Thread AndyMonks
i thought this was an english site? or was i mistaken??

Re: [newbie] my time is broken and I can't fix it PLEASE RESPOND

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 02:46, you wrote: I'm in Central time I can't make my machine set the rimt right that sucks and pisses me off I want my time right OK off your install CD load rdate.(rpm install it) then run this as root in a terminal rdate -s time.nist.gov hwclock --systohc he

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:52, you wrote: G'day Is it possible to install Mandrake RedHat on the same drive using seperate partitions, if so how??? Search the archives on www.mandrakeforum.com with the string "Two Mandrake" I wrote an article in December 2000 about how to run one or

Re: [newbie] Vmware

2001-04-04 Thread Nima S. Panahi
Hi, Well, you have to be more specific about "accessing" a cdrw-drive. Do you want to be able to burn cd's? If that is the case, then you are out of luck as far as I know, because VMware does not support that yet. If not, then in you vmware configuration, you point your CDROM to /dev/scd0

Re: [newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 12:47, you wrote: Well its tulip but i never did get it to work, instead got a realtk 8139 it works! At 10:41 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC? I have a Linksys LNE100TX which works fine with the

Re: [newbie] Zoom ISA Modem = WinModem ?

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 00:17, you wrote: So..the only modem that will work with Linux is an external or a usb type? No ISA's or PCI's ? TIA !! Lee Most ISA s and a few PCIs are normal modems Some USBs are winmodem junk All external serial are normal modems Civileme

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 ISDN

2001-04-04 Thread Gez Keenan
Configured with conf-isdn-account. Get a connection but browser wont go anywhere. Think its something to do with DNS and routing but blowed if I can figure it out. Anybody help? Gez

[newbie] MDK 8b3 where ?

2001-04-04 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! Where can i find beta 3 ?? Thanks!! ;-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

Re: [newbie] MDK 8b3 where ?

2001-04-04 Thread Philomena
You can try here: ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-iso Cheers, Philomena At 11:14 PM 4/4/2001 -0400, you wrote: Hallo! Where can i find beta 3 ?? Thanks!! ;-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org

RE: [newbie] RPM Installation Disk Thrashing SUCCESS!!!

2001-04-04 Thread Jason Tanner
How does rpm --rebuilddb affect the process you describe? Civileme I did that as you suggested, as well as installing that latest glibc rpms. Not sure which of those two things solved the problem but now rpm works like a dream. Many thanks, Jason.

Re: A twist on the OpenSource paradigm: (was RE: [newbie] Linux Tax S oftware?)

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 12:16, you wrote: On Monday 02 April 2001 10:44, you wrote: This got me to thinking. I really like the idea of open source, however, it confounds me on it's viability. I think it's really admirable that so many programmers donate their time to the whole GNU/FSF

[newbie] wmv or asf files in Linux?

2001-04-04 Thread Chubby Vic
Is there any way to play or convert wmv or asf files to mpeg in Linux? I do not have a windows partition Thanks

Re: [newbie] wmv or asf files in Linux?

2001-04-04 Thread Syamsul Anwar
I am not certain about wmv, but avifile will allow you to play ASF in linux. http://divx.euro.ru On 4 Apr 2001, at 18:12, Chubby Vic wrote: Is there any way to play or convert wmv or asf files to mpeg in Linux? I do not have a windows partition Thanks

Re: [newbie] Vmware

2001-04-04 Thread Syamsul Anwar
I am presently evaluating VMWare too. Which device in /dev points to the parallel port? I have no idea what to get VMWare to use for parallel port emulation. Thanks! On 4 Apr 2001, at 15:05, Nima S. Panahi wrote: Hi, Well, you have to be more specific about "accessing" a cdrw-drive. Do

Re: [newbie] wmv or asf files in Linux?

2001-04-04 Thread acar
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 16:12, you wrote: Is there any way to play or convert wmv or asf files to mpeg in Linux? I do not have a windows partition Thanks Under Wine, some windows programs can apparently play ASF files; howevert, there is no pure linux solution nor is there likely to

Re: [newbie] RE:SAMBA

2001-04-04 Thread Dan LaBine
Dale; Could be that you need to set the proper permissions to access the drive first. The username you use for the second PC needs to be setup on the Mandrake box as a user, then using Konqueror, give the new user permission to access the 30 Gig drive. When that's done, restart samba and all

Re: [newbie] wmv or asf files in Linux?

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Bergman
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 19:19, you wrote: I am not certain about wmv, but avifile will allow you to play ASF in linux. http://divx.euro.ru On 4 Apr 2001, at 18:12, Chubby Vic wrote: Is there any way to play or convert wmv or asf files to mpeg in Linux? I do not have a windows

Re: A twist on the OpenSource paradigm: (was RE: [newbie] Linux Tax S oftware?)

2001-04-04 Thread marcia
Dear Civilme, Thanks for your advice. This sounds very feasible and I, not a developer, like the idea that anyone can generate some interest in new software projects. I will check out the SourceForge web page. I half to admit I am still a newbie and have not totally understood the open source

[newbie] networking question

2001-04-04 Thread BJS
Ok Box #1 runs windows 2000 Box #2 runs mandrake 7.2 and windows 2000 they are networked together with a lynksys 4 port router. I have a cable modem for internet access. I know how to get them networked for file sharing when they are both windows 2000... but what about when Linux is running?

[newbie] Printing in WordPerfect

2001-04-04 Thread marcia
Dear All, I have the WordPerfect demo on my LM7.2 but cannot get printing to work with my Epson Stylus Color printer. My printer is not listed. Does anyone know what I can do to get my printer to work with WordPerfect? Thank you. Sincerely, Marcia

Re: [newbie] Printing in WordPerfect

2001-04-04 Thread David E. Fox
Dear All, I have the WordPerfect demo on my LM7.2 but cannot get printing to work with my Epson Stylus Color printer. My printer is not It's been sometime since I worked with WordPerfect, but if you can print with other applications, you probably should choose generic postscript, and have

[newbie] Re: LI boot prompt

2001-04-04 Thread cyberclay
Hey, Yes, I have a rescue disk. By rescue disk, what I mean is: I have the bootdisk I used to start the initial installation, and if the bootdisk and cd-rom are both in my computer when it boots, I can type rescue at the mandrake prompt and it will eventually drop me to a root prompt.

Re: [newbie] Setting homepage in konqueror web browser?

2001-04-04 Thread Anthony
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 15:09, you wrote: Anthony wrote: Is it possible to set personal homepage in konqueror web browser? Anthonywhen you are web browsing with konqueror there is a selection under the Window pull-down menu labeled 'Save View Profile "Web Browsing"'. When you at

[newbie] Installing GTK+ manualy

2001-04-04 Thread Jafet Sánchez Rodríguez
How can I instal GTK+ correctly in the manualy way?? I've downloaded the rpms. Im using Linux Mandrake 7.2Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[newbie] Do I need to worry about these worms?

2001-04-04 Thread Jon Doe
Do I need to worry about these worms that are going around? I don't run any services, I don't even have inetd running and I use PMfirewall for my dialup connection, no networks either.

Re: [newbie] Printing in WordPerfect

2001-04-04 Thread marcia
you probably should choose generic postscript, and have WordPerfct print through lpr or cups. Thank you for your help. I did that and it did the trick. It works fine, now, thanks. Sincerely, Marcia

[newbie] ports 1024 and 1025 are killing me

2001-04-04 Thread Jon Doe
Does anyone know what could possibly be running on ports 1024 and 1025? the port tester page says it can connect to both ports and I can't figure out why, I don't run any services and I have PM firewall installed, everything else is stealthed, why oh why is 1024 and 1025 open?

[newbie] X upgrade problem

2001-04-04 Thread cyberclay
Hey, I recently upgraded to the newest version of mandrake, but now (despite the seemingly successful upgrade) my X isn't working. gdm starts up just fine, but after entering the correct password for my local user (or root) I get returned right back to gdm's login screen. I have no idea where

[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 - do I also need to update XFree86?

2001-04-04 Thread Michael Leone
Hello all. I'm using KDE 2.1, on XFree86 4.0.1. I want to upgrade to KDE 2.1.1, from sunsite.uio.no/pub/kde/stable/2.1.1/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/RPMS. I realize I need all the k*.rpms (well, not all the other languages), and all the qt*.rpms. BUT .. are the XFree86 updates actually

Re: [newbie] MDK 8b3 where ?

2001-04-04 Thread Joan Tur
Philomena escribi: You can try here: ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-iso Cheers, Philomena Thanks. When i posted the message i wasn't able to access mandrake.com ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395

Re: [newbie] networking question

2001-04-04 Thread Christopher
How did you get Linux to see your network card? I've Mandrake 7.2 Deluxe, and have yet to get it to see my LinkSys 10/100 card. I'm lost. Any help there? Thanks, Christopher. - Original Message - From: "BJS" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001

Re: [newbie] 8.0 Beta 3 and Toshiba Laptop 1715X

2001-04-04 Thread Oder Santos
david wrote: What a pleasent surprise, installed beta 3, started it up and the sound drivers were already there, no need to download them from OSS. It is the same with me. And your modem? I don't know how to solve the problem of this winmodem. Any help would be really appreciate. Oder.

[newbie] 8.0 Beta 3 and Toshiba Laptop 1715X

2001-04-04 Thread david
What a pleasent surprise, installed beta 3, started it up and the sound drivers were already there, no need to download them from OSS.

[newbie] Installation probs

2001-04-04 Thread Karel Herman
Hi I have a problem during installation: After initializing the Cdrom my mandrake gives an error after second stage install: _X11TranssocketUNIXConnect: can`t connect: errno = 111 (he gives this error twice) and then: Thu may 5 16:25:13 1994