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[newbie] Creating LM 8.0 ISO in gtoaster

I've not been able to find the answer to this question in the archives: I'm trying to create bootable ISO's for Mandrake 8.0 in gtoaster running under Mandrake 7.2. I've run md5sums and everything checks out on both the ext.iso and the inst.iso download files. When I burn the CD's in

Re: [newbie] KOffice Problem

Graham Watkins wrote: Ric Tibbetts wrote: Try opening a window, and starting it from the command line. Many times you can get the error messages that way, and get a clearer idea of what's failing. Thanks, /usr/bin/kword: error in loading shared libraries:

Re: [newbie] Removal of Linux

- - MShort - - wrote: I need to remove Linux that is installed with a dual boot with Win98. I haven't really used it as I thought I would and will reinstall it on another machine in the future. So how do I uninstall Linux and the boot menu? Linux is installed on a separate drive from the

[newbie] Re: Segmentation Fault

On Fri, 4 May 2001, Michael D. Viron wrote: % Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 09:41:58 -0500 % From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] % % This sounds like a problem with the rpm database, not with the program % itself. You'll need to run the following commands as root: % % rpm --initdb % rpm

[newbie] Can't log-in first time as root

Hello, can somebody advise me why I can't log in direct as a root? First I can log as any user except root, than with su as a root. It happens after last installation M8. I have used default security level. Is it in security level setting? If so, how can I switch it back? I've installed M8

Re: [newbie] Creating LM 8.0 ISO in gtoaster

cdrecoord -v speed=4 dev 0,0,0 mandrake.iso Set the speed to what ever your system will support. --- Alexander Rhoads [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've not been able to find the answer to this question in the archives: I'm trying to create bootable ISO's for Mandrake 8.0 in gtoaster running

RE: [newbie] Numlock in X

ever seen a notebook computer with a numeric keypad built in?? I haven't -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay DeKing Sent: Monday, 14 May 2001 10:24 AM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Numlock in X Yes, I'm using 7.2 -

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

i'm glad this is a newbie list or i would have to FLAME you to death. heh heh. linux, is better in overall DESIGN than the Windows OS as far as memory management and less-likely-to-crash goes. support for linux? not so hot. quite simply, it's not a commercial product so it's not going to get

Re: [newbie] LM 8.0 / Matrox G450 - mga agpgart modules not loading

On May 14, 2001 01:23 am, you wrote: Boy, and I thought my VooDoo 5500 was a pain to config in LM 8.0 for 3D accel. I only wasted 2 days on the VooDoo to get it working - 6 days and counting for my Matrox G450 so far (2nd machine btw). I also have a Voodoo5 5500 AGP and cannot get 3D

Re: [newbie] About to take the plunge with a Asus av133 - any issues? - jrt

Lanman wrote: John; That's exactly what I have. Install went A.O.K., and system is rock-solid stable. What video card and hard drive do you have? On Sunday 13 May 2001 9:48, you wrote: Are there any known issues with installing Mandrake 8.0 on the mew (Mid April?) Asus A7V133

Re: [newbie] USR Internal Modem

Lee, You're welcome! Two more things: 1. Apparently some USB modems are winmodems. 2. Even though a plug and play modem might not be a winmodem, you might have to disable plug and play -- I've never set one up under Linux. The plug and play modem I have now runs under dos. On each bootup

[newbie] Monitor

Hello, I am new in this mailing list and I would like first of all to introduce myself. My name is Mohammed, I discovered linux last year and I use it as my best development platform. Since last year I have used linux Mandrake 7.0 with Xfree3.3.6 and it worked well. yesterday, due to the

Re: [newbie] Can't log-in first time as root

At 10:18 14.05.2001 +0200, you wrote: Hello, can somebody advise me why I can't log in direct as a root? First I can log as any user except root, than with su as a root. It happens after last installation M8. I have used default security level. Is it in security level setting? yes

[newbie] Waiting for Mozilla 0.9

Dear friends: Any news as yet of when Mandrake will release their version of the latest Mozilla 0.9? Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Removal of Linux

boot up with a win 98 boot disk if you are using win 98. press shift+F5 and at the prompt type fdisk /mbr - Original Message - From: - - MShort - - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: [newbie] Removal of Linux I need to remove Linux

Re: [newbie] Numlock in X

On Sunday 13 May 2001 13:56, you wrote: I have numlock enabled in my startup programs, but when X starts it gets turned off. I found the enable_X11_numlock program, but am having trouble getting it to start automatically. I put it in various xinitrc files, including my home directory's

[newbie] kernel-headers

I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and reinstalled last night for a stupid reason (BIG MISTAKE) anyway where is kernel-headers-2.4.3-20mdk located? It should be in /usr/src but the only thing there is the RPM folder. I tried to install the kernel-header rpm from the cd and its response was that its

[newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

Hi all. I am new to Linux and have no idea how to access the floppy, CD rom, Hd's on my computer. I'm using KDE 2.0 and Mandrake 7.2. I think I have to mount but I'm not sure how. Can anybody help me out? Thanks, Raj __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!

[newbie] Internal modem on a Compaq Presario 5030

I'm having problems with my Compaq. It's a 300 Mhz PII, 64 Mb. I don't know how to get Linux to find my modem. All info I can find about the modem in Windows is this: Compaq Presario 56K-DFi. It's installed as COM4 under win, using IRQ 10. But when I query my computer for modems under the

Re: [newbie] Detect only 2GB from 20GB

I've had the same problem. It was because my hard drive was formatted with FAT16. 2GB is as big as FAT16 can go. You need to use something like fdisk (comes with Windows) to repartition the drive, making the primary dos partition as big as it can be. This should turn out to be the true size

Re: [newbie] Waiting for Mozilla 0.9

On Monday, May 14, 2001, Benjamin Sher wrote: Any news as yet of when Mandrake will release their version of the latest Mozilla 0.9? It's now in the cooker... -- --=-=-= Name: mozilla Relocations: (not relocateable) Version :

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers

On Mon, 14 May 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and reinstalled last night for a stupid reason (BIG MISTAKE) anyway where is kernel-headers-2.4.3-20mdk located? It should be in /usr/src but the only thing there is the RPM folder. I tried to install the kernel-header rpm from

Re: [newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

Raj, It depends upon your Linux setup. If you have the automount daemon running, then your removable drives will mount whenever you insert a disk. Accessing the disk then becomes a matter of opening the konqueror file manager and navigating to /mnt/floppy or whatever. If you do not have

Re: [newbie] libXext

It was Sun, 13 May 2001 19:16:01 -0400 when Danny Gordon wrote: If you go to http://rpmfind.net and search for libXext, I am sure you will find an RPM that has what you want. Paul Does anyone know what libXext is ? On ./compile of a program it gives the error message We need a working libXext

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

Hi Taz, Wanna ask ya,if you don't mind, what would you reccomend instead of star office ? k-office perhaps ?? Just curious..and thank you. Lee star office? CRAP. quite simply. why are you using it? that's what you really need to think about man. it does SOME things really nice but other

Re: [newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

It was Mon, 14 May 2001 09:31:58 -0700 (PDT) when Damodaran Raja wrote: Hi all. I am new to Linux and have no idea how to access the floppy, CD rom, Hd's on my computer. I'm using KDE 2.0 and Mandrake 7.2. I think I have to mount but I'm not sure how. There is a file browser in KDE. You can

[newbie] Installing on 2nd HD

I've got Win98 on my first HD, and an old 7.2, non-booting version of LM on the 2nd HD. When I laid down win98,it stepped on the boot sectior, so lilo was wiped out and I haven't been able to boot in LM since. Both drives are IDE. I've given up trying to upgrade the 7.2 install (the boot

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

You might want to try Open Office instead--supposed to be somewhat better performance than star office. Latest release is 6.27, I believe Michael At 01:09 PM 05/14/2001 -0700, Lee wrote: Hi Taz, Wanna ask ya,if you don't mind, what would you reccomend instead of star office ? k-office perhaps

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers

On Monday, May 14, 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and reinstalled last night for a stupid reason (BIG MISTAKE) anyway where is kernel-headers-2.4.3-20mdk located? It should be in /usr/src but the only thing there is the RPM folder. I tried to install the kernel-header rpm

[newbie] ipchains

I've moved from Red Hat 7.1 to Mandrake 8.0 out of frustration with trying to get masquerading to ppp to work. With Mandrake, ppp started to work, but then all of a sudden it stopped working completely upon connection with the message 'serial line is looped back'. I read a recent post on this,

RE: [newbie] Detect only 2GB from 20GB

if you have a windows 98 computer handy, put the hard disk in that as drive,, then start windows and go to start/accessories/system tools/drive converter then select d drive,,,follow the prompt, and it will convert the drive to fat32... if fat16 was the problem, that will fix it. regards

RE: [newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

try typing mount /mnt/floppy without the inverted commas.. (in console or xterm) then open konqueror or whatever and browse to /mnt/floppy and if you had a disk in the drive, it should now be accessable.. If you are not using automount, then its a good idea to type umount /mnt/floppy good luck

[newbie] swap space

Hello! I would be grateful if you could help me with the following problem I have with Linux. I am currently using Linux-Mandrake 6.1 but I need to increase the swap space on my machine. How do I go about doing it ?I did try to install diskdrake from the website but I wasn't able to do that

[newbie] VMware 2.0.3 vs LM 8.0

Hi Folks ! I have a problem to install the VMware 2.0.3 in LM 8.0, the program give me a message about the module. I don't understand, but in LM 7.2 I install this program without problems ! So, can Anyone tell me how to install this Modules in this New Kernel Version ?? Sorry, my English is

[newbie] Security issues

Up to now I've been connecting to the internet from home through a corporate firewall, both under Windows and now Linux. So I haven't given the issue of security much thought. I plan to get a private ISP pretty soon, though. What should I be worried about if I'm connected under Linux? What

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

Greetings, I am a StarOffice user. Once it starts up it is quite responsive. Moreover it has great M$ office import filters. It is also quite feature rich. If you bypass the plash screen at startup you save a couple of seconds. With KDE/GNOME you have several desktops. So, what I do is

[newbie] Internal modem on a Compaq Presario 5030

To a terminal and try minicom perhaps ?? Make sure your pp is turned off. Lee I'm having problems with my Compaq. It's a 300 Mhz PII, 64 Mb. I don't know how to get Linux to find my modem. All info I can find about the modem in Windows is this: Compaq Presario 56K-DFi. It's installed as

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

I've never heard of Open Office ? Will go in search however..thank you. Lee You might want to try Open Office instead--supposed to be somewhat better performance than star office. Latest release is 6.27, I believe At 01:09 PM 05/14/2001 -0700, Lee wrote: Hi Taz, Wanna ask ya,if you don't

Re: [newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

just start with your home directory and just remember that .. is the directory above your current directory. your hard drive should be listed as /mnt/win_c for the windows drive, if you set it up as diskdrake defaults. the top folder (to use a windows concept) is / the next folder down would

Re: [newbie] VMware 2.0.3 vs LM 8.0

You have to go to vmware's website and download version 2.0.4. Its working fine for me right now On Monday 14 May 2001 03:22 pm, you wrote: Hi Folks ! I have a problem to install the VMware 2.0.3 in LM 8.0, the program give me a message about the module. I don't understand, but in LM 7.2 I

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers

Pete, That showed me kernel-headers-2.4.3-20mdk, but not where that folder was. Do you know where the folder is? Thanks DOn --- Petre Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 14 May 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and reinstalled last night for a stupid reason (BIG MISTAKE)

RE: [newbie] Numlock in X

I don't know why they don't just ask the question at install, are you loading this onto a notebook y or n,, and then install correctly wouldn't be that hard would it?? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay DeKing Sent:

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

On Mon, 14 May 2001 05:27, tazmun wrote: Hi all.just a quickie question that has been bugging me. I was under the impression that the Linux OS was a more efficient program then windowsbut the only 2 programs I have for true comparison since I run them on both OS's is Star Office

Re: [newbie] Star Office and Netscape start faster in windows???????????

Take a look at http://www.openoffice.org At 04:37 PM 05/14/2001 -0700, Lee wrote: I've never heard of Open Office ? Will go in search however..thank you. Lee

RE: [newbie] troubleshooting vmware Xfree86 DGA support

You MAY get X 3.3.6 to load with the nv driver using a GeForce 2 MX, but if you want 3D accelartion (Open GL), you must use Nvidia's drivers from nvidia.com. Nvidia's drivers REQUIRE X 4 to work. The instructions on the site specifically state that they will not work for X 3. So, you are

Re: [newbie] Chmod chown and files with spaces in their names..

Try putting quotes around the directory's path. --- Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have put my script for chmod and chown of /var/www in cond.daily When it runs, it errors on alot of directorys because some of the old web sites have spaces in their directory or file

[newbie] how to tell LM about MS Trekker mouse

I have an MS Trekker mouse, which LM recognises as a Standard PS/2 2-button mouse. I tried telling MouseDrake it was a Generic PS2 wheel mouse, but that resulted in weird things as if one button was permanently down. The wheel worked perfectly in LM 8.0B1. What can I do to get back to those good

Re: [newbie] ipchains

On Monday, May 14, 2001, Clarence Donath wrote: Another problem I have is ipchains. It doesn't install by default even though I installed every package? I don't know about the other problems, but if you're using the 2.4.3 kernel with Mandrake 8.0, it uses iptables instead of ipchains. --

[newbie] various email issues

hiho all ! i am planning to set up my own email server, i read several howtos and man pages but there are still some things which are not clear to me. first let me describe what i want to do : 1) i want to fetch email from various pop3 servers 2) spam-filter them 3) scan their attachments for

Re: [newbie] USR Internal Modem

Lee, Go to this URL to see if your modem if there http://linmodems.org Don --- Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool Randy..I appreciate the education there. I did hear some drivers are being(have been) written for the winmodems,I think that's really cool.I'm anxious to try a usb modem with

[newbie] Apache stops responding?

hi yall, i'm a total noob to linux, so plz excuse my ignorance :) i just installed linux-mandrake 8.0 yesterday. over night and today, i finally got 3 named Vhost running. plz look over my vhost settings and let me know if i have them configured the RIGHT way... and apache quits

Re: [newbie] libXext

On Monday 14 May 2001 14:50, John Farrell wrote: On Mon, 14 May 2001 09:16, Danny Gordon wrote: Does anyone know what libXext is ? On ./compile of a program it gives the error message We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure cant find it itself, we stop here assuming that

[newbie] Default GUI

Hey All, Just want to know if there is an easy way to change the default GUI when the computer boots up...It is set to auto-login with my personal account, and right now it boots to IceWM and I want to go back to KDE. I am running Mandrake 7.2 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420CDT (Pentium 100,

[newbie] test i subscribed yesterday lol

testing it took about 24 hours to get a reply

Re: [newbie] net nanny

On Monday 14 May 2001 14:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a net nanny for mandrake 7.2? If not is there a way to keep my children safe from undesireble sites? Any help would be appreciated. Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE,

Re: [newbie] Apache stops responding?

on 5/14/01 6:12 PM, RDWest at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last question what does telnet do... what is it used for Telnet is a virtual terminal that allows you to log into a remote computer via a network of some sort, and presents you with a command prompt with which to run commands and programs

[newbie] themes

ok - i downloaded a them from kde.thems.org and installed BUT when i go to k configuration lokkandfeel style and click it starts to load the module (is this the correct term?) but then it disappears from the pannel and nothing loads. what could be a-miss pre tel??? = cosmic systems

[newbie] Scanner

Hi there again... I am having problems with my Scanner on LM 7.2, again here are some of the specs (done correctly this time) Pentium 133mhz 80mb RAM 10gb hard drive (IDE) 8gb hard drive (IDE) 24X CD ROM drive (IDE) 4X4X32 CDRW drive (IDE) 100mb Zipdrive (SCSI) Everything else works

Re: [newbie] Waiting for Mozilla 0.9

Will installing the Mandrake-packaged Mozilla 0.9 break Galeon and Nautilus? The latter 2 refused to run after I'd installed the Mozilla 0.9 RPM from mozilla.org. Are updated Galeon and Nautilus packages also available? Thanks. On Tuesday 15 May 2001 01:42, Paul Cox wrote: On Monday, May 14,

Re: [newbie] kmail

On Monday 14 May 2001 14:18, Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, I just installed Linux-Mandrake8 and so far so good. I decided to use kmail for my email and the Konqueror web browser. I set up my kmail successfully but now I am trying to set up my husband's account and it keep's telling me I have

Re: [newbie] VMware 2.0.3 vs LM 8.0

Does VMware 2.04 now officially support XFree86 4.0x? Can't seem to find any info on this at their site. I could never get VMWare 2.03 to run in full-screen mode in LM7.2. Thanks. On Tuesday 15 May 2001 05:12, J Mulvaney wrote: VMware just released a version that supports the 2.4 kernel with

[newbie] Default GUI

What happens if you logout of IceWm normally..then log back into KDE,,then logout again..this time checking the restore session next time button ? Lee Hey All, Just want to know if there is an easy way to change the default GUI when the computer boots up...It is set to auto-login with my

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers

Sorry for this off-topic post and probably stupid-sounding post. :P But which key on the keyboard exactly does one depress to get that character after qa and before grep? I still can't find it. Thanks. --- Petre Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what does rpm -qa | grep kernel-headers shows

Re: [newbie] test i subscribed yesterday lol

RDWest wrote: testing it took about 24 hours to get a reply RDWest: Welcome, and prepare for the deluge. -- Carroll

[newbie] pc dvd encore 12x by creative ........

Good evening all...:) My question is short and sweet. Does anybody have any experience with above dvd player and Mandrake ?? Ingo -- * A positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible

Re: [newbie] kmail

Dear All, I just installed Linux-Mandrake8 and so far so good. I decided to use kmail for my email and the Konqueror web browser. I set up my kmail successfully but now I am trying to set up my husband's account and it keep's telling me I have the incorrect password and/or user name but I know

Re: [newbie] Apache stops responding?

On Monday, May 14, 2001, Darin Lang wrote: About the Set up below, you have 3 different domain names pointing to the same IP. Apache chokes because it can't decide which page to deliver /gsp, /tcoclan, or /shs Not true... NameVirtualHost 24.9.19.5 As long as he has this, it should work

Re: [newbie] kernel-headers

the pipe | for me (using a windows keyboard) is shift + \ it looks like a broken verticle line on the keyboard On Monday 14 May 2001 21:11, Sam wrote: Sorry for this off-topic post and probably stupid-sounding post. :P But which key on the keyboard exactly does one depress to get that

Re: [newbie] USR Internal Modem

You may have misunderstood me Randy,if so I am sorry 'bout that. This comment I'm anxious to try a usb modem with linux on a laptop setup was for a future project. I'm aiming for a laptop running on a, satellite delivered internet set up. as I understand it they use usb modems.So..now you see my

[newbie] LM 8.0+Xcdroast

To those of us that love xcdroast (0.98 alpha 8), and can't run it under LM 8.0: at www.xcdroast.org there is a work around: 1. just type: chmod -s /usr/bin/xcdrgtk and 2. install cdrecord 1.9. That's all. For me, works fine. Carlos

Re: [newbie] kmail

Ummm, could you add a little detail? You see, I need to know if he is using a different SERVER for his mail... Are you trying to set up both accounts in one user account or different ones. Either will work, but it requires different techniques. Civileme Dear Civilme, I have a separate

Re: [newbie] VMware 2.0.3 vs LM 8.0

You don't HAVE to get the new version. There has been TONS of info on this problem on this very list. Go to www.mail-archive.com and search this and other mandrakes lists. In fact, there are all the patches you need for the thing to work on the freely available vmware news groups (go to vmware

[newbie] PHP

I need to add snmp to php for an application I am trying to run. How do I do that? Thanks Mike

[newbie] USB ZIP 250

was wondering if anyone got theirs to work and how! :) peace... -- +- + Jeffrey M. Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508)792-6070 +-

Re: [newbie] kmail

the only thing i can tell you is to triple check your settings .. when you're modifying your incoming accounts, the name should be whatever you want to call it @home-personal, etc. the login should be everything before the @ the host is the POP3 (assuming) server name and then you can put

RE: [newbie] About to take the plunge with a Asus av133 - anyissues?- jrt

I have the regular Asus a7v, Athlon 1100 TBird, 512mb PC133 RAM, Radeon AllInWonder, SBLive 5.1 Platinum, DLink 10/100 ethernet, HP9100 CDRW, Creative Encore DVD with hardware decoder card, Maxtor 45gb 7200rpm and Maxtor 20gb 7200 ATA100 drives. Installation was flawless with all hardware being