[newbie] Cant mount floppy or CDROM

I have Mandrake 8.0 installed. I installed from the CDs and booted from floppy. But now that I'm running Mandrake, I can't seem to mount any of my two CD drives or my floppy drive. All the drives are recognized at boot. But I keep getting the error: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block de

Re: [newbie] Electric Circuits

Electronic is ok. As long as I can draw resistor, transistors, etc. --- Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OOzy Pal wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Anybody knows any programs to draw electric > circuits? > > > > = > > Regards, > > OOzy > > > > What is the purpose of life? > > > >

Re: [newbie] Lilo

How? I rebooted my comouter again. Still nothing changed --- A V Flinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 02 June 2001 19:38, you wrote: > > I have dual boot. Mandrake starts and quickly goes > to > > Linux. I tried to edit /etc/lilo.conf but not > help. > > Which file has the timeout. >

Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

I had to put the links in manually.. Ed Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA Just another day in paradise... }B->) On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Romanator wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel > after installation in LM8? > I can't get it to work.

Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and understand the....

I will look into it. Earthlink has me on a 'list' for information when it becomes available in my area For now, it bellsouth or charter pipline (cable). I get the feeling that bellsouth would not appreciate connection sharing. I keep it out of the conversation when I talk with them. I

Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and understand the....

On Saturday 02 June 2001 07:32 am, you wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s > > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 3:28 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and > > understand the

Re: [newbie] NNTP access to this list

On Saturday 02 June 2001 03:02 am, Richard Turner wrote: > Is there an NNTP gateway to access the messages on this list, please? Don't think so, but there is a Mandrake-specific newsgroup you might find interesting: alt.os.linux.mandrake is by no means a mirror for this list, so I read both. --

[newbie] Any clues or fixes for the pgp command line problem in 8.0?

Any clues or fixes for the pgp command line problem in 8.0?

Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

On Saturday, Jun 02, 2001, Romanator wrote: > The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with > LM7.2. > Argh... I installed it from my Powerpack and it added the icon just fine. It's in the Office group. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ#: 25370820, OpenPGP key at www.keyser

[newbie] Lilo

I have dual boot. Mandrake starts and quickly goes to Linux. I tried to edit /etc/lilo.conf but not help. Which file has the timeout. Then I tried to go Mandrake Control Center|Boot to configure the the bootloader but I get an error lilo failed no images or default image... (or so) = Reg

Re: [newbie]No Printing so far

On Monday 28 May 2001 14:49, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Marcia Waller wrote: > > Dear Alan & All, Thank you Alan so much for your help. I > > have lpd installed and working now. Whew! I had to have > > some printing working. Now that I have it installed it > > reminded me why I was so happy to have c

[newbie] SU FIND

If I use the SU file manger to do a find for a file I have noticed that it runs and runs and runs. I know that there are a lots of files in Mandrake 8.0 but 30 plus minutes and still going strong? Has anyonr else had this problem? Thanks Don __

Re: [newbie] Zip?

Use bzip2 to zip them and bunzip2 to unzip them. And if memory serves me right you will bw able to unzip it with windoz zip. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't know if it was something that I did during > the install but I can't > zip up files with zip...at school we use mandrake > 7.2 an

[newbie] can't find X library

and the installing woes continue...i still haven't completely installed one program in LM8 yet...when i tried to install some programs yesterday it says that it can't find the x library..any idea what that means?  the problem arose because KDE media player says it plays mpeg-1 files but i tried

[newbie] Zip?

I don't know if it was something that I did during the install but I can't zip up files with zip...at school we use mandrake 7.2 and red hat 7 and i'm using to zipping up files using "zip filename.zip filestozip" but when i tried to zip up files at home on LM8 it doesn't find the zip command.  D

Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

Barry Premeaux wrote: > > Romanator wrote: > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel > > after installation in LM8? > > I can't get it to work. > > > > Roman > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > I had to go into the Menu Editor and manua

Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

Eric Lauritzen wrote: > > On Saturday 02 June 2001 16:56, you wrote: > > Eric Lauritzen wrote: > > > > Did you install it as user or root? Any extra commands? > > > > > > I think I did it as user - pretty sure I did. I just clicked on > > > the icon in my office menu and it ran a configuration /

[newbie] Slow network on Linux-Mandrake 7.2

Sorry for reposting this, but I forgot a subject. I'm having a problem with my internet connection on Linux-Mandrake. I've just installed LM 7.2, and the connection is very slow. I know it's not the servers because my Windows connection works just fine, so I'm trying to figure out if my configura

[newbie]

I'm having a problem with my internet connection on Linux-Mandrake. I've just installed LM 7.2, and the connection is very slow. I know it's not the servers because my Windows connection works just fine, so I'm trying to figure out if my configuration is wrong. Here are my ping results from 2

[newbie] mod_frontpage

Good Day,   Has anyone had any success getting the mod_frontpage that can be found @ rpmfind (for LM8) working with apache?   Does anyone know of a good howto for that?   Thanks, Nelson

Re: [newbie] How to Compile Kernel

Tim - I downloaded the recent src but the explanation in the README was a little cryptic at the end. I read the chapter in the Reference Manual for LM and it is a lot more specific for someone with my level of experience with kernel configuration. I'll let you know how it goes... Thanks - Ed

Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

Romanator wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel > after installation in LM8? > I can't get it to work. > > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /ho

[newbie] Do you set uo Xfree 4.0.6 before installing Mesa?

Hi all, Can I get Open GL support under XFree 4.0.6? Roman

[newbie] Mounting CDs and floppy

I hope this is an easy/dumb question. First, doesn LM8 when it's installed need configuration to make CDs and floppys able to mount? With RH7 I didn't have to do anything but stick a CD in and I could browse it. There were icons for the CD drives and floppy drive and I simply had to click

[newbie] Linux for the Totally Ignorant

Ignorant meaning not stupid, just not educated. Would anyone be interested in previewing some documentation that I've written for the absolute beginner? It's written on the premise that there's just one operating system available for computers, Linux, so no one has any experience or training

Re: [newbie] What about Kernal 2.4.3?

On Saturday 02 June 2001 15:02, you wrote: > On Saturday 02 June 2001 14:15, Eric Lauritzen wrote: > > On the box it says Mandrake 8 has 2.4.3 but on the control panel > > it says release 2.2.16-22 Do I need to compile if I want 2.4? > > Did you do an upgrade? No, I did a install.

[newbie] printing woes w/mdk8.0 and canon bjc-2000

CUPS isn't quite working with my Canon BJC-2000 printer on mandrake 8.0. Specifically, there are two problems: 1) I'm unable to make it print more than one page of a document from netscape or opera -- it hangs up right at the end of the first page, and then delays about 2 minutes before printin

[newbie] artsd problem in lm 8.0 - system sounds

i am having trouble getting system sounds to work, they appear to be configured and the arts server set to start at start-up. playing in xmms and noatun works fine, investigating shows that when i run artsd from a console i get: [artsd] ** Warning ** unix_connect: can't connect to server (uni

[newbie] kernel halts with udma66

hello i have some problems with my friends pcwhen i install a linux distribution with kernel >= 2.2.17 when the kernelfinds my hard drives it enables UDMA66 the kernel halts if i install the new kernel and disable the UDMA when i start xwindow ican't see anything to my screen the controller

Re: [newbie] What about Kernal 2.4.3?

On Saturday 02 June 2001 14:15, Eric Lauritzen wrote: > On the box it says Mandrake 8 has 2.4.3 but on the control panel it > says release 2.2.16-22 Do I need to compile if I want 2.4? > > Thanks, > Eric Did you do an upgrade? Civileme

[newbie] What about Kernal 2.4.3?

On the box it says Mandrake 8 has 2.4.3 but on the control panel it says release 2.2.16-22 Do I need to compile if I want 2.4? Thanks, Eric

Re: [newbie] How to Compile Kernel

Hey Ed. Well, first of I'm not going to be able to fix your problem, but a few things came to mind as I read the message. Have you tried to locate that bzImage? Mandrake has a cron set up so it will update the locate database at like 4 AM every day. I'm assuming it's been a day or so later,

Re: [newbie] DOS Label under linux?

> I have to set an specific label for a floppy disk... and i don't want to > reboot to win... is there any way to do so? Surprisingly, yes, if you have the 'mtools' suite. 'mlabel', according to 'apropos volume' makes a DOS volume label. (I was skeptical myself this could be done :). > J

Re: [newbie] Renaming files...

> I wonder how i can rename, for instance, *.mp3 to *.ogg files... You can't rename them - if you simply did that you would have a bunch of mp3 files with an 'ogg' extension, which is something I don't think you want. Converting them inside of a shell script would be the approach I'd take. mpg12

Re: [newbie] Disappointed

> Thats the trouble though, - can't install Mandrake 8 because it > hangs on bootup... So far nothing has worked. Every other distro > has worked on this laptop so far.. If you've already tried this forgive me, I've missed a lot of mail due to my own technical problems. I had a problem with

[newbie] mounting a win2k NTFS partition

anyone know if i can mount a W2Krap NTFS partition in LM8? i don't know if it is the same as NT4 NTFS or not. i have decided to dump my w2krap OS. it is simply too fragile. but i have a bunch of stuff on those partitions that i want to keep now, if i can get my PPP to work, i am away to th

[newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?

Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293

[newbie] test 3

Third test of gpg. -- "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit. (No fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money." - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. public_key.asc public_key.asc public_key.asc

Re: [newbie] Linux Blue Screen of Death

On Friday 01 June 2001 19:26, you wrote: > CHAN Kin Poon wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I wonder if anyone experienced this. > > > > I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and Kmail to download emails from my ISP. > > If I have approx 300 or more emails Kmail will crash out after > > downloading all the emails. W

RE: [newbie] PGP on Mandrake 8.0

I'd be glad for a working Mandrake 8 :-) > -Original Message- > From: 136 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 June 2001 16:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] PGP on Mandrake 8.0 > > Hi, > > has anyone a working PGP (preferably 6.5.8) on Mandrake 8.0? > Compiling so

[newbie] How to Compile Kernel

I have been trying unsuccessfully to recompile a kernel under LM8 to enable r/w for ntfs. I have been following the instructions by the grand creator of Linux that can be found in /usr/src/linux but the new compressed kernel will not boot. It returns the following error: Error 13: Invalid or un

[newbie] Which NVIDIA Linux rpm download for GeForce 256 & LM8.0?

Hi all, I am using the GeForce 256 NVIDIA on a Dell Dimension XPSB733r At http://nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html The following rpms are available for LM8: Mandrake 8.0, one CPU, uniprocessor kernel: NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.mdk80up.i386.rpm NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.i386.rpm Mandrake 8.0,

[newbie] PGP on Mandrake 8.0

Hi, has anyone a working PGP (preferably 6.5.8) on Mandrake 8.0? Compiling source fails (in particular for "incompatible types" errors), and copying binaries over from 7.1 fails for library problems. Any suggestions? (other than using Gnu PG) Regards, Jiri

Re: [newbie] Don't know what to do

I got the same error yesterday when I first installed Mandrake 8.0. I didn't think, I just reinstalled Mandrake 8.0 and worked fine. I am sure someone else will have a better suggestion. Wait and see. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Last night my Mandrake 8.0 box, a Toshiba Tecra 8000 > I'm using

Re: [newbie] Renaming files...

The mv command will perform that function. For example, you take a JPEG named test.jpg and you want to name it background.jpg. The following command will do the trick for ya. mv test.jpg background.jpg It takes the test.jpg and moves it to the destination you specified. This of course works

[newbie] System is Ok. Should I?

Hi Guys I got my system with following features Processor: AMD Thunderbird 1.3Ghz Memory: 128MB PC133Mhz Mainboard: MSI K7T Turbo-R Hard drive: 30GB ATA 100 7200RPM CD-ROM: Sony 52X IDE CD-ROM Video Card: nVIDIA TnT2 M64 4X AGP Sound Card: Integrated VIA Sound Modem: Aopen FM56K V.

[newbie] nVIDIA TNT2 is ok

Hi Guys I got my system with following features Processor: AMD Thunderbird 1.3Ghz Memory: 128MB PC133Mhz Mainboard: MSI K7T Turbo-R Hard drive: 30GB ATA 100 7200RPM CD-ROM: Sony 52X IDE CD-ROM Video Card: nVIDIA TnT2 M64 4X AGP Sound Card: Integrated VIA Sound Modem: Aopen FM56K V.

[newbie] Don't know what to do

Last night my Mandrake 8.0 box, a Toshiba Tecra 8000 I'm using mostly for a mail and web server over my DSL line, froze for about a half an hour and I shut it down. On rebooting, I get the following message: "execue failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)" It then goes into a forced run of fsck on th

[newbie] Working Modems List

Hello When I asking about modem, someone sent a link to madrake's Linux compatible modem. Can any one send this page again. = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail -

RE: [newbie] Disappointed

Ok thanks. Thats the trouble though, - can't install Mandrake 8 because it hangs on bootup... So far nothing has worked. Every other distro has worked on this laptop so far.. :-( I'm at work now but Ive got a Caldera ISO downloading at home. Would rather use Mandrake but my hand is forced

Re: [newbie] udm66

Why did you disable UDMA66? If it works with that enabled, then leave it enabled. It may need that for the drives. tdh T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Us Vi!" | hello i have some problems with my friends pc | when i install a linux dis

[newbie] udm66

hello i have some problems with my friends pc when i install a linux distribution with kernel >= 2.2.17 when the kernel finds my hard drives it enables UDMA66 if i install the new kernel and disable the UDMA when i start xwindow i can't see anything to my screen the controller is Promise UltraDMA6

Re: [newbie] Disappointed

Adam, Didn't you once say that you has Mandrake 7.2 running on that laptop, and that the only reason you couldn't switch back to 7.2 was that you no longer had the CD available? I could burn you a CD and mail it to you... Dave On Saturday 02 June 2001 03:45, thus spake Adam Henson: > Keith, >

RE: [newbie] Disappointed

Francisco, Thanks for your comments. I'm still playing with it, and will see if I can get any further. I take it you installed 7.1 and then upgraded it to 8 rather than a clean install? A. > -Original Message- > From: Francisco Alcaraz Ariza [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 Ju

[newbie] DOS Label under linux?

Hi! I have to set an specific label for a floppy disk... and i don't want to reboot to win... is there any way to do so? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

[newbie] Renaming files...

Hi! I wonder how i can rename, for instance, *.mp3 to *.ogg files... It was very easy with dos, win, os2 but under linux i don't know how 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usua

RE: [newbie] OT: Network Hub Question

Managed versus unmanaged has little to do with being connected to a server. A managed hub provides an admin with fairly advanced reporting, diagnostic and chatter correction capabilities (among a few other things). This in turn differs from a switch (which may also come, managed or unmanaged).

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

Thanks for evryones help. In the end. I just updated my system using the install disk and it found it and configured it! I'm now burning away ;-) Thnks for evryones help, Jord On Friday 01 June 2001 19:56, you wrote: > Jordan, this is what worked for me. Edit /etc/modules.conf, and add the >

Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and understand the....

Dear s: I used to be a Bellsouth ADSL customer -- for 2 years. They are extremely unreliable. Forget Bellsouth and switch to Earthlink/Mindspring's Covad ADSL. Covad is available through their affiliates (Mindspring/Covad, Juno/Covad, etc.). I highly, no, VERY HIGHLY recommend Covad, especially

RE: [newbie] Disappointed

Keith, Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately the laptop completely freezes when it gets to INIT. Nothing will work, and it won't switch to any other consoles. Can't call the manufacturer as I think its now out of warranty and they won't support Linux anyhow. Really don't understand whats caus

[newbie] NNTP access to this list

Is there an NNTP gateway to access the messages on this list, please?