Re: [newbie-it] Hard Disk rallentato

2001-06-04 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 23:40, giovedì 31 Maggio 2001, scrivesti: Il 02:30, giovedì 31 Maggio 2001, Daniele Micci ha scritto: [cut] 2. ACCESSO AL DISCO. Non so da cosa possa dipendere, ma quando lancio un qualsiasi programma (uso KDE; ho verificato che con GNOME non succede: in quel caso il PC va veloce

[newbie-it] help lan

2001-06-04 Thread max . za
Salve a tutti, chiedo a voi ( con gentilezza ) aiuto per quanto riguarda la configurazione di samba con mandrake 8. Nel mio caso , ho una lan di circa 10 pc con SO windows 9x , ho già creato con samba le cartelle condivise , ma il problema è che NON CAPISCO come si possa proteggere le

[newbie-it] keymap attiva ?

2001-06-04 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Ciao, un'informazione, cme faccio a sapere quale keymap attiva ho ? Quali sono i files da vedere (ed eventualmente da modificare) ? Grazie, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie-it] keymap attiva ?

2001-06-04 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 19:27, sabato 02 giugno 2001, Alberto Zanoni scrisse: Ciao, un'informazione, cme faccio a sapere quale keymap attiva ho ? Quali sono i files da vedere (ed eventualmente da modificare) ? Dando una rapida occhiata arc.sysinit: rc.sysinit: loadkeys $KEYMAP /dev/tty0 /dev/tty0

[newbie-it] staroffice

2001-06-04 Thread bellotti
Dove posso trovare i driver per stampanti su staroffice 5.2 la mia stampante è una epson stylus color 670 e su staroffice stampa male invece con altri programmi tipo kword e perfetto . C'è un modo per fare usare la stampante di sistema a staroffice? Grazie per l'aiuto. Lele

Re: [newbie-it] staroffice

2001-06-04 Thread Andrea Celli
bellotti wrote: Dove posso trovare i driver per stampanti su staroffice 5.2 la mia stampante è una epson stylus color 670 e su staroffice stampa male invece con altri programmi tipo kword e perfetto . C'è un modo per fare usare la stampante di sistema a staroffice? StarOffice ha solo i

[newbie-it] GR

2001-06-04 Thread Corrado
Scusate il subject, ma in realtà dice tutto...! ^_^ Quando installai Mandrake 7.2, mesi fa, successe una cosa strana: fallito l'upgrade dalla 7.1, riformattai la partizione / mantenendo intatta la partizione home, con utenti e settaggi definiti; mi successe che sotto Gnome e solo come utente

[newbie-it] migliorare la connessione?

2001-06-04 Thread Marco
salvecortesemente volevo sapere se esiste un modo (non troppo complicato :o) ) per ottimizzare la velocita' di connessione o cmq renderla piu' stabile la mia connessione attualmente e' una ISDN a 64 grazie

[newbie-it] Navigare in Internet !

2001-06-04 Thread GiulioF
Ciao prima di tutto 1 grazie a chi risponderà!! Il mio problema è che dopo tante fatiche sono riuscito a configurare un winmodem su mandrake 8.0 ma con il mandrake Control Center nella sezione sicurezza/livello di sicurezza mi da il livello 'benvenuti cracker' e quando seleziono il livello

Re: [newbie] Divx

2001-06-04 Thread s
On Monday 04 June 2001 12:50 am, you wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus You're going to have to read the readme and install doc that comes with it. It's not a simple 1-step process. However, follow the

[newbie] Static and Virtual IP's for ADSL not working.

2001-06-04 Thread Franki
Hi all, We have a mandrake box here, (7.2 with all updates) that is permanently connected to the net via ADSL with a static IP address... That is working just wonderfully, It uses an Alcatel Modem, that connects to the ph line at one side and via a crossed over network cable to eth0 of the

RE: [newbie] New LM 8.0 Box, not much joy! Help!!

2001-06-04 Thread Franki
don't know if this has been answered yet, so I shall try for you... shutdown -r now to reboot, shutdown -h now to stop it completely As for your video card, I haven't got the same card, but I have had non listed cards before, and when I do, I usually try similiar cards. one will usually

[newbie] File sharing with windows question

2001-06-04 Thread s
Can two windows98 machine file share thru a linux gateway with tiny firewall without samba? My family's two windows machines can't share. The names of these computers and the gateway show up in network neighborhood, but no files. If I try to map them, I get an error about not finding the

[newbie] Orinoco w/Mandrake 8

2001-06-04 Thread Jeff Kowalski
Has anyone successfully gotten an Orinoco Silver wireless lan card to work under Mandrake 8? I've got an orinoco that wants to talk to an apple airport. I've read the messages on this list, and also the http://lists.samba.org/listinfo/wireless list, but I still don't see the final conclusion

Re: [newbie] File sharing with windows question

2001-06-04 Thread n6tadam
Hi, It would be very difficult, without the use of Samba. In fact, it is almost impossible. You'll definately need Samba to do it. I can help you set it up if you like. Regards, Thomas Adam - Original Message - From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04,

[newbie] Who turned out the lights?

2001-06-04 Thread George Petri
Hi! A few weeks ago, I downloaded and installed the KDE 2.1.1 packages for Mandrake Linux 7.2 (beforehand I upgraded to XFree 4.0.3). Now, whenever I boot up using vga=0x314 or 0x315 (or any other VESA mode that I've tried) in /etc/lilo.conf, all the KDE components on the screen (starting

Re: [newbie] Who turned out the lights?

2001-06-04 Thread n6tadam
Hi, I have had a similar situation like this on my laptop. It seems that it is linked to the framebuffer that you use to boot up, and the default colour depth that X-window runs in. I would suggest, that as a test, you change your vga= in lilo.conf to vga=normal. Save the file, and then run

[newbie] telstra adsl

2001-06-04 Thread ben
Is anyone connecting to telstra's ADSL service to a Win2000 box and running Linux off that? I want to connect using the Win2000 box, but have a net connection from my Linux box running Mandrake 8 Possible out of the (Mandrake) box? Or is this something for the [expert] list? ;-) Or should I

RE: [newbie] telstra adsl

2001-06-04 Thread Franki
you should just be able to setup the window2000 box to share its connection, (when connected, open the connection properties and select share this connection) Then in your linux box, set it to use the telstra dns, and set its gateway to the ip of the win2000 ethernet card... you should be

RE: [newbie] telstra adsl

2001-06-04 Thread Franki
well first get normal networking happening on the linux box, you should have a network cart in both the windoze and linux box's.. connect them using a hub or a crossover cable (cheaper then a hub) you then set the ethernet card in the windows 2000 box to 192.168.0.1 (I think it might do it for

[newbie] when is lm 8.1 coming out ?

2001-06-04 Thread bart deglorie
when is lm 8.1 coming out ?

[newbie] Using VNC

2001-06-04 Thread Brett
Just a quick question regarding VNC Viewer. I've been using VNC for a while under NT4. Having gotten into linux I'm now using it to get to my NT Boxes. What I have found is that I don't be able to send the CONTROL-ALT-DELETE as per the Windows interface. Is there a way I can do this? Brett.

Re: [newbie] File sharing with windows question

2001-06-04 Thread s
Oooo, yes please. I would like. :-) I have installed the mdk samba server, client and common files on the gateway, and samba client on my workstation. I tried setting the ip #s up in Samba conf using webadmin. (But that didn't do anything.) But that's about as far I got. I'm afraid I

Re: [newbie] Lilo

2001-06-04 Thread John Farrell
On Sunday 03 June 2001 09:38, OOzy Pal 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. Then I tried to go Mandrake Control Center|Boot to configure the the bootloader but I get an error lilo failed

Re: [newbie] New LM 8.0 Box, not much joy! Help!!

2001-06-04 Thread Michael Scottaline
Please, what is the Linux command to power down and off? Many thanks, Mick = Try:Shutdown -h now HTH, Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century

[newbie] Lan Browsing

2001-06-04 Thread Anthony Hologounis
Anyone get lan browsing to work under LM8? I don't remember seeing this feature in 7.2 , it would be nice if it worked... it seems like it would be like Network Neighborhood. thanks! -- ---Anthony Hologounis--- If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it - Albert

[newbie] System hungs up after installation.

2001-06-04 Thread Fuzzy
The system is a Pentium III 450, 96MBytes of RAM, Trident 975 AGP video board, Adaptec 1520 SCSI interface, CW-7502 CD-R drive, and Hp Deskjet 840C USB. The installation goes fine, even the printer is correctly detected. The system reboots after the installation, which is normal, and it gets

Re: [newbie] How to Compile Kernel

2001-06-04 Thread Tim Holmes
Well here's the deal. Start out with this web page. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade3.html It tells you that you can go through and create your own .config file but I suggest you use the make xconfig. I didn't want to do it that way to start, but having tried to do it

Re: [newbie] usb modem configurating

2001-06-04 Thread Tim Holmes
Good luck is right! 90% USB Modems are WinModems. I found this out two months ago when I was trying to give a USB modem I have to a friend to use with a dual boot Mandrake/Windows machine. IN trying to make sure it would work on my machine, I found out it was a WinModem! So it didn't work.

[newbie] netgroup support is disabled

2001-06-04 Thread Brock Murch
I am trying to set up a mandrake 7.2 box to use netgroup for authentication in hosts.allow , etc... I get this message in /var/log/messages: Jun 1 06:58:00 fox xinetd[585]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 7: netgroup support is disabled OR Jun 1 11:00:09 fox portmap[378]: warning:

Re: [newbie] Cant mount floppy or CDROM

2001-06-04 Thread John Farrell
On Sunday 03 June 2001 10:24, Eric Lauritzen wrote: 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. But I keep getting the error: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a

RE: [newbie] telstra adsl

2001-06-04 Thread Brandon Caudle
or you could buy a linksys router brandon caudle From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rules Address for MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED], ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] telstra adsl Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:31:25 +0800 well first get normal networking happening on the linux box, you should

Re: [newbie] How to Compile Kernel

2001-06-04 Thread Brandon Caudle
download the kernel from kernel.org place it /tmp or where ever go to the directory you placed it in say /tmp [timh@r2d2 timh]$ gzip -cd linux-2.4.5.tar.gz | tar xvf - [timh@r2d2 timh]$ cd linux [timh@r2d2 timh]$ make mrproper [timh@r2d2 timh]$ make xconfig now configure with the options you

RE: [newbie] OT: Network Hub Question

2001-06-04 Thread Jamie Kerwick
Can i start by saying thanks everyone that replied to this post, your replies have been very helpful. I didn't realise that an unmanaged hub can be used to connect a server to the workstations. Can i just recap then, I can use an-managed hub to join a server to 2 workstations without any

Re: [newbie] Cant mount floppy or CDROM

2001-06-04 Thread Eric Lauritzen
Eric, does /dev/cdrom point to /dev/hdsomething like this? [john@localhost john]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 May 30 21:31 /dev/cdrom - hdc [john@localhost john]$ ls -l /dev/hdc brw---1 john cdrom 22, 0 Apr 14 21:06 /dev/hdc

Re: [newbie] Linux Docs for the Totally Ignorant

2001-06-04 Thread a9401336
hy, why dont you post your documentation on a website? sent it me, ll post it on mine. if you want. regards On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, - wrote: I'm getting so many requests in response to my Linux for the Totally Ignorant that I'm unable to answer each one directly. So, I hope it doesn't break

Re: [newbie] Electric Circuits

2001-06-04 Thread Salvatore Enrico Indiogine
Try DIA or KIVIO. The first one is part of GNOME office, the second one of KOffice. Ciao, Eric Indiogine On Saturday 02 June 2001 19:10, OOzy Pal wrote: Hi Anybody knows any programs to draw electric circuits? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life?

[newbie] LAN Cable connection set up

2001-06-04 Thread Ilya Sterin
I am trying to install NetGear ethernet card to use with my cable modem (RoadRunner service, dynamically assigns IP addresses) which is recognized and uses the tulip driver on Mandrake 8.0. It seems like the detection using the Mandrake Internet Configuration, goes fine. It detects an

Re: [newbie] upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0

2001-06-04 Thread Paul
It was Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:08:16 -0700 (PDT) when Jesse C. Chang wrote: Has anyone done this? Were there any problems encountered, such as when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2? I want to upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0, but I'm wondering if it will be a headache to do without having to wipe my hard drive and

[newbie] licq won't work -adsl router-

2001-06-04 Thread Joan Tur
Hi! I've got a problem. Since i have adsl licq won't work fine. It desconnect and reconnect again several times. I've got an Efficcient Networks Speedstream 5660 router. It's working in multiuser mode. I know it isn't a linux question but... can anyone help me configuring napt? (I think

[newbie] Registered users

2001-06-04 Thread Pablo García Durán
If Linux is a free operating system under the GNU/GPL License, etc., etc., why do people insist in showing the rest that they are registered users? Coming, as I do, from the[often fanatic] Apple Macintosh environment, it scares me to see how the Linux paranoia increases as its amount of

Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE

2001-06-04 Thread Romanator
Eric Lauritzen wrote: On Sunday 03 June 2001 14:09, you wrote: Well, I installed XFree 4.x and I must admit that the graphics aren't as crisp. Personally, I think XFree 3.3.6 looked better. Any way to fix this? When I was doing my upgrade (I needed to add the development stuff so I

Re: [newbie] network problems

2001-06-04 Thread David Beahm
As I suspected (since this card was already working under W95, NT, and even FreeBSD for some time on the same PC), this wasn't a hardware issue. I finally did a format and re-install (the update didn't work) to kill this stupid problem. I was really hoping there was a better way, and that I

Re: [newbie] network problems

2001-06-04 Thread David Beahm
As I suspected (since this card was already working under W95, NT, and even FreeBSD for some time on the same PC), this wasn't a hardware issue. I finally did a format and re-install (the update didn't work) to kill this stupid problem. I was really hoping there was a better way, and that I

Re: [newbie] Registered users

2001-06-04 Thread Michael Carr
If Linux is a free operating system under the GNU/GPL License, etc., etc., why do people insist in showing the rest that they are registered users? For the reason that, as a freely redistributable operating system, the scale of its use can't be determined by sales figures alone; the less Linux

Re: [newbie] Registered users

2001-06-04 Thread s
On Monday 04 June 2001 04:03 pm, you wrote: If Linux is a free operating system under the GNU/GPL License, etc., etc., why do people insist in showing the rest that they are registered users? Coming, as I do, from the [often fanatic] Apple Macintosh environment, it scares me to see how the

Re: [newbie] Unable to access CDWriter CD-Rom drives

2001-06-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Donald Jr Saxton wrote: Hello All, I'm unable to access my CD-Rom CD-Writer drives. When trying to access them in Konqueror. They have padlocks on them. I also receive the following error message: Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom2. You do not have access rights to this location. This

[newbie] I can install my cdrom Backpack

2001-06-04 Thread Gabriel Marrero
Hello, I am new in it, but I want to learn, I installed Mandrake 8.0 in my PC ( Pentium II 233, 128MB memory HD 8 Gb) everything is working ok, but my backpack cdrom no, I was reading how to and the cdrom backpack is includen in the kernel 2.4.3, I was looking the make

[newbie] RPM 4

2001-06-04 Thread Ciro Durn
I´ve installed LM7.0 in my computer... It runs fine (except that my sound card doesn´t work because it is integrated to the motherboard, and the drivers are for Windows only (It´s an Intel Motherboard)... Well, that´s not the problem... the problem is that I have a software modem... I had

[newbie] Sound

2001-06-04 Thread Brett
I have MD8 on a machine with two sound cards, a SB16 and a Hoontech multi channel card. I wish for it to use the SB16 as I'm sure the hoontech will be unsupported. They're both showing up in the sound section, but no sound seem to be coming out. How do I ensure it's going through just the

Re: [newbie] $$

2001-06-04 Thread Jose
I checked with the hardware compatibility lists throughout the web before I made the plunge. I did have to buy another modem, but I knew that going in because of the list. While it is late advice, you may find a work around on the lists. On Monday 04 June 2001 00:28, Eric Lauritzen wrote:

[newbie] Re: New LM 8.0, Not much joy!

2001-06-04 Thread Mick
Hi again List, I think the root of my problem is this clock timer error. It reads: Clock timer configuration lost: Probably a VIA 686a motherboard: Restoring chip configuration. This error writes itself across the screen every few seconds. No matter where I am. Logged in as root or user, or

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Penguin Paranoia

2001-06-04 Thread Dennis Myers
OOPs, ment for this to go to the list, I keep forgetting the reply is set to originator. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Penguin Paranoia Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:22:48 -0500 From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pablo García Durán [EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [newbie] IPChains Rules help

2001-06-04 Thread Jeff
--- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My firewall won't allow me to connect to my news server or ICQ, can someone help me out with rules I can add to let news and ICQ connect? I'm assuming your still using kernel 2.x with IPChains, but if I'm wrong you may have better luck with IP Tables

Re: [newbie] Re: New LM 8.0, Not much joy!

2001-06-04 Thread Ilya Sterin
Talk about Linux throwing errors, have you tried Windows? I'm preatty sure you did. I've worked with Windows environment (NT) for years as a developer, and it's pure sh#@. And NT is supposed to be more stable then Windows, I feel sorry for the home users. Linux is very straight forward

[newbie] configuring USB mouse

2001-06-04 Thread Pupeno
Is there any good tool to configure my new usb mouse on X-Windows ? thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar

Re: [newbie] configuring USB mouse

2001-06-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Pupeno wrote: Is there any good tool to configure my new usb mouse on X-Windows ? thank you. mouseconfig -- Alan

[newbie] Wine

2001-06-04 Thread OOzy Pal
Hi Which is better to run wine with Windows already installed or or without Windows installed? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!

[newbie] Penguin Paranoia

2001-06-04 Thread Pablo García Durán
Comes from "Registered users"... As an experienced Mac-user, ittook me months to become skeptic about OS-evangelism. The first Macintosh (1984) was designed to be silent, small and discrete. The computer for everyone tried not to look nor behave like a traditional computer. It was intended

Re: [newbie] Divx

2001-06-04 Thread Jose
I use AviPlay to play my DivX's. It is simple ti compile and even easier to use. On Monday 04 June 2001 01:50, Magnus Stenemo wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus -- Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: [newbie] when is lm 8.1 coming out ?

2001-06-04 Thread bart deglorie
8.0 is buggy enough to brin,g out a 8.1 , i'm using redhat 7.1 now b'cose half of the lm 8.0 included stuff doesnt work properly or doesn't work at all. -- Doorgestuurd bericht -- Subject: [newbie] when is lm 8.1 coming out ? Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:53:17 -0100 From: bart

[newbie] upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0

2001-06-04 Thread Jesse C. Chang
Has anyone done this? Were there any problems encountered, such as when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2? I want to upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0, but I'm wondering if it will be a headache to do without having to wipe my hard drive and install from scratch. Thanks, Jesse

Re: [newbie] RPM 4

2001-06-04 Thread tester8080
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 02:44, Ciro Durán wrote: I´ve installed LM7.0 in my computer... It runs fine (except that my sound card doesn´t work because it is integrated to the motherboard, and the drivers are for Windows only (It´s an Intel Motherboard)... Well, that´s not the problem... the

[newbie] IPChains Rules help

2001-06-04 Thread Jon Doe
My firewall won't allow me to connect to my news server or ICQ, can someone help me out with rules I can add to let news and ICQ connect?

Re: [newbie] Windows Font Installer takes a very long time to install fonts in LM8

2001-06-04 Thread Salvatore Enrico Indiogine
I also purchased a LM8 Powerpack. The problem is still there. First you need to upgrage Drakfont from cooker and then you can install the fonts without any problem. Ciao, Eric Indiogine On Friday 01 June 2001 16:43, Romanator wrote: Salvatore Enrico Indiogine wrote: There is a bug in

[newbie] Linux Docs for the Totally Ignorant

2001-06-04 Thread -
I'm getting so many requests in response to my Linux for the Totally Ignorant that I'm unable to answer each one directly. So, I hope it doesn't break protocol when I send a few samples on this list. Look for them in ___for the Totally Ignorant. Don't expect nice pretty pages, I don't

[newbie] wrong rpm !

2001-06-04 Thread Joan Tur
Hi! What can i do if i've upgraded to rpm-4.0-33 and i get an error when trying to run it (segmentation fault) ?! Ah! It was from cooker... O8-) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari

Re: [newbie] refreshing menus

2001-06-04 Thread A V Flinsch
On Sunday 03 June 2001 21:01, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Pablo García Durán wrote: I just installed new applications using RPM, but I cannot see them. I went to Control Center but this didn't help. What should I do? Thank you! -- Pablo García Durán Pablounless the rpms are

[newbie] Unable to access CDWriter CD-Rom drives

2001-06-04 Thread Donald Jr Saxton
Hello All, I'm unable to access my CD-Rom CD-Writer drives. When trying to access them in Konqueror. They have padlocks on them. I also receive the following error message: Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom2. You do not have access rights to this location. This occurs even if I'm logged in

Re: [newbie] network problems

2001-06-04 Thread David Beahm
etharp -- yes, in the BIOS I have PnP OS set to No, and Resources are configured Manually, w/ IRQ10 set to LEGACY ISA. I ran the nic diags util (off a DOS floppy) just to check, and the settings are correct -- no PnP support, set to I 10 / P 300 (BTW, the nic is an ISA). mshinet -- not sure I

Re: [newbie] LAN Cable connection set up

2001-06-04 Thread Ilya Sterin
Why do I need a router or a computer server. I am not trying to run a network, but rather get on the internet. Yes I do use a ethernet switch to connect two pc's, but that has nothing to do with it, since only one is on at the same time. The switch or not the switch (even when the cable