Re: [newbie-it] Konqueror ed i plugins

2001-06-19 Thread Daniele Micci
Il 18:17, domenica 17 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Ci sono passato pure io: in pratica l'installer non installa il modulo di KDE per la gestione dei plug-ins. Ergo lo devi installare con il software manager (o il comando rpm se trovi il pacchetto sul cd della Mandrake): fai una ricerca con la

R: [newbie-it] problemi con floppy

2001-06-19 Thread Giuseppe Lucente
Che distribuzione usi?? Se è la 7.2 aveva un piccolo bug dovuto al supermount che ha fatto impazzire tanta gente.In effetti questa opzione creava dei problemi del genere.Toglieva i permessi dei vari device Anche io ho formattato parecchie volte. Ora a dir la verita non so se il bug è stasto

[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 e mouse seriale

2001-06-19 Thread Tiscali
Ho installato da alcuni giorni mandrake 8.0. Purtoppo, anche in fase di installazione, il mouse, un seriale a tre tasti, pur essendo stato riconosciuto correttamente non viene attivato e la freccia rimane sconsolatamente bloccata al centro dello schermo. Tutto il resto funziona (e questo aumenta

Re: [newbie-it] make

2001-06-19 Thread freefred
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 06:54, luca laghi wrote: A proposito, una domanda a superesperti: mentre configure è specifico per le cose che si stanno installando, tant'è vero che si lancia dalla directory nelle quali sono state decompresse con ./configure, come fa make a capire cosa deve fare

Re: [newbie-it] alsa

2001-06-19 Thread Mr_Brain
Risposta a: 'Re: R: [newbie-it] alsa', ricevuta alle 20:00, lunedì 18 giugno 2001 Ciao Luca ecco quello che mi appare dopo aver dato ./configure : loading cache ./config.cache cheking for gcc... no Come fai a compilare senza un compilatore (gcc)??? ;-)) Installalo e riprova :)) --

Re: [newbie-it] Ancora su Artsd

2001-06-19 Thread Daniele Micci
Il 18:37, martedì 19 giugno 2001, hai scritto: Da utente senz'altro no, ho provato proprio ora - e ti sto scrivendo con Kmail, quindi con X e kde avviati... Se invece ripulisci da root, non eliminare quelle nascoste - iniziano con un punto... Ciao, alla fine non c'è stato bisogno di mettere

Re: [newbie-it] chromium

2001-06-19 Thread bosva
Luca wrote: Ciao bosva, bti sono un neofita entusiasta di linux, ho mdrk7.2 e mi piace bti moltissimo...ma...qualcosa mi sfugge...come mai un gioco come chromium (tutto sommato non bti penso sia un gioco particolarmente pesante) gira super lento? mi sembra di bti guidare delle lumache

Re: [newbie-it] chromium

2001-06-19 Thread bosva
In effetti è probabile che la tua scheda grafica non sia ancora supportata completamente da Xfree od anche che non si riesca ad attivare il dri. Prova a fare un giro su www.free.org per controllare lo status della tua scheda. allora...su drakconf, aprendo configurazione di X...il pinguino

Re: [newbie-it] Kernel 2.4.5 e driver scheda video

2001-06-19 Thread Stefano Salari
Ok, ora tutto funziona ma in questo modo (con opzioni lilo al boot): - vecchio kernel 2.4.3 precompilato, con i driver NVidia installati da rpm (se compilo i sorgenti la compilazione va bene ma depmod mi risponde con una sbrodolata di unresolved symbol). - nuovo kernel 2.4.5 ricompilato, con i

[newbie-it] Aurora, Mandrake 8.1, USB

2001-06-19 Thread Tommaso Leddi
Sono finalmente passato anch'io alla mandrake 8.0. Ho trovato miglioramenti, ancora vecchi bachi e uno strano messaggio di errore persistente in Aurora. Preciso che ho installato e riinstallato la distribuzione a 2 CD e quella a 7 mantenedo lo stesso problema. Mi viene segnalato un problema

Re: [newbie-it] Ancora sul ReplyTo

2001-06-19 Thread Tommaso Leddi
Anche se non servira' a nulla volevo farvi sapere questa cosa, e mi piacerebbe anche sentire il parere di altri, almeno per capire se sono il solo a pensarla cosi' oppure no:-)) Non sei solo, credo anch'io che il sistema di risposta vada modificato... ma non so come farmi sentire dai

Re: [newbie] Getting legacy applications to execute

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
I've just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my laptop, and although all the KDE apps work just fine, I can't seem to run any legacy applications -- either through the file manager or a console window. When I type the name of a program on the command line, all I get is a message saying that

Re: [newbie] Linux SETI Client assistance needed

2001-06-19 Thread s
Well, it should do it by default unless you specify otherwise. What command are you using to start it? ./setiathomeis the basic command you need. Use -nice 19 to make it play nice when you use another app that requires your resources. One needs to use -stop_after_process to get it to

Re: [newbie] CD Burning Trauma

2001-06-19 Thread s
Install should set it up for you during install. There's very few that isn't supported. Look thru the list here for a post from Civileme with the subject of scsi emulation. (It is instructions how to do it manually, needed by me after the install of hardware after setup of OS.) If you

Re: [newbie] WP and Mandrake8

2001-06-19 Thread s
It might work. But I tried several before finding that only libc5-1.0-2.i386.rpm would install without conflicts with glibc. -s On Monday 18 June 2001 11:55 pm, you wrote: hello I found this file instead libc5-5.4.38-3.i386.rpm Would it work? --- KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[newbie] How to abandon to this mail conference (newbie)?

2001-06-19 Thread
Hello people, How to abandon to this mail conference (newbie)? Best regards, Dimon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] kdelibs update

2001-06-19 Thread bascule
are other people getting dependency errors when doing the recommended kdelibs seucrity update? bascule

[newbie] mandrake-update service

2001-06-19 Thread Gunner Carstens
I have tried to do some mandrake update for the first time and have experienced this (upgrading MR7.2): 1)getting ftp servers goes fine 2)getting list of updates goes fine 3) downloading files goes fine 3) preparing for install goes vvery slow 4) installing freeses everything, takes very long

Re: [newbie] Backup/Upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread poogle
On Monday 18 June 2001 19:45, you wrote: I hope someone can help me out. I'm thinking of upgrading from Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0, but I've spent a LOT of time getting my 7.2 system to where I want it in terms of networking, file sharing, proxy server, etc. I don't want to lose all this for an

Re: [newbie] Linux SETI Client assistance needed

2001-06-19 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 09:06, s wrote: Well, it should do it by default unless you specify otherwise. What command are you using to start it? ./setiathomeis the basic command you need. Use -nice 19 to make it play nice when you use another app that requires your resources. One needs

Re: [newbie] Linux SETI Client assistance needed

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
I suspect what he wants is for seti to make a dialup connection, send and receive its stuff, then hang up the phone. Which in windows is a system-wide setting for all internet apps and is in fact set up somewhere in the MSIE defaults. I imagine this could be scripted in LInux

Re: [newbie] Linux SETI Client assistance needed

2001-06-19 Thread etharp
I guess he could add the lines demand and idle 300 to his /etc/ppp/options file to get dial on demand and timeout after 300 seconds of inactivitiy. read man pppd On Tuesday 19 June 2001 05:15, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Tuesday 19 June 2001 09:06, s wrote: Well, it should do it by default

Re: [newbie] Lost Sound on Startup

2001-06-19 Thread Romanator
I wonder why my sound disappeared when I updated libarts. Shouldn't all of the library updates be in a specific order? Is this a bug? Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: This is a problem with the recently-issued kdelibs 2.1.2 update. A fix has been issued in the form of another kdelibs package. More

Re: [newbie] CD Burning Trauma

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
Install should set it up for you during install. There's very few that isn't supported. The LM 8.0 installer did it well for me last night. No problem there. (Just still trying to get ISDN up and running) Paul if someone can walk me through the setup for the CDRW so I can get it going

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2001-06-19 Thread Andre

Re: [newbie] Lost Sound on Startup

2001-06-19 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Libarts is part of kdelibs. If you compile a kdelibs .src.rpm package you will get a number of packages, including libarts.Yes, this sound problem is a bug, and by reading what you have said I'd say it is a bug in the libarts component of kdelibs. On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:43, Romanator wrote:

Re: [newbie] mandrake-update service

2001-06-19 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Upgrading 7.2 to 8.0 is not really a recommended exercise, despite it being an installation option. This is because there have been many changes made between 7.2 and 8.0, so an upgrade is quite likely to break something. Upgrading also takes far longer, since your system must be analysed to

[newbie] Upgrading 7.2 - 8.0

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
Upgrading 7.2 to 8.0 is not really a recommended exercise, despite it being an installation option. This is because there have been many changes made between 7.2 and 8.0, so an upgrade is quite likely to break something. Upgrading also takes far longer, since your system must be analysed

RE: [newbie] Backup/Upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Mark Johnson
I second this, having a spare hard drive in removeable bays is the way to go -Original Message- From: poogle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Backup/Upgrade On Monday 18 June 2001 19:45, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] mandrake-update service

2001-06-19 Thread Gunner Carstens
If everything appears fine afterwards, then you should have nothing to worry about. If you go to a console screen (press ctrl+alt+F1), you should see the version number of your Mandrake displayed on the screen. I did not make myself clear. Whar I wanted to say was that I did security

Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.2 - 8.0

2001-06-19 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:17, Paul wrote: Upgrading 7.2 to 8.0 is not really a recommended exercise, despite it being an installation option. This is because there have been many changes made between 7.2 and 8.0, so an upgrade is quite likely to break something. Upgrading also takes far

Re: [newbie] mandrake-update service

2001-06-19 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Oops! I just reread your question and I realise that I misunderstood it the first time. My apologies :-) A six-hour wait is not normal at all. You should be able to check through an RPM programme like gnoRPM or Kpackage, or from the command line (rpm), if your files have been installed. Just

[newbie] How to edit modules.conf

2001-06-19 Thread Mark Johnson
I read the man page on modules.conf and I understand in theory what to do with it, but I don't understand how I know what to enter. For example, I needed to activate appletalk and so the entry is: alias net-pf-5 appletalk But how does one know that you need to add 'net-pf-5' for the alias

[newbie] Desktop Publishing

2001-06-19 Thread Kevin Fonner
I want to get into graphics and animation, but at the same time I am beginning to use Linux more and more. Do any professional graphics editing, desktop publishing, and animation programs exist out there? Kevin Fonner Vice President and CTO Greenfern Corporation Email: [EMAIL

[newbie] I simply have not a clue

2001-06-19 Thread Velusip R
Could some one be a tutor for me for like half an hour sometyme? We could use LICQ or something, because I am sooo lost here. I have been a M$ Geek for t long and now I have no clue what to do with this Linux thing. I would really appreciate it. - Velusip

[newbie] Interrupted Install of Mandrake8

2001-06-19 Thread mrc
Using the text install (my SiS6326 card not recognized by the graphic install program), I have tried both automated and expert installs and in each case the first disk gets ejected prematurely. Strangely the install then jumps to root password and carries on to the end. I end up with a rather

[newbie] Internet/network access control

2001-06-19 Thread Howard Cooke
I need to be able to block individual users network and intrnet access from time to time. What is the best way to do this with mandrake 8.0? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

[newbie] pppd and dialing out

2001-06-19 Thread Greagh
Madainn mhath... Greetings all, I have been "lurking" as it were on the list for several weeks now. It's great to see so many people that are knowledgable, and so many who want to be ... excelent. Firstly I am not the kind to ask questions until I have read and tried to find answers

[newbie] Linux installed :) new problem :(

2001-06-19 Thread strab dogg
OK i installed linux : swap file was 256 and all the other / . Ok now if i turn on my comp a blach screen comes : linux windows floppy and stuff is written there and there is a boot: if i write there windows it says VIRUS ALERT i click continiue and then yes . I got into windows :) . if i

[newbie] Printer Question

2001-06-19 Thread Matt Harrison
I have a USB HP Deskjet 841C and I have had it sucessfully set up in Mandrake before, but right now I have done something wrong, and I need to know how to delete the printers (added another one by mistake) from Mandrakes existance. Any help would be appreciatedand please keep in mind I am

[newbie] printing to Laserjet 4000 Series PS

2001-06-19 Thread Norman Teferle
Hi all, I really need advice here. I have installed LM8 and want to set up a printer. We have a LaserJet 4000 Series PS on a network and use Netware (ipx,spx protocol) for the Windows pc's to print on it. I have set up the HP JetDirect print server on the printer and can talk to it via its ip

RE: [newbie] Careers in Linux

2001-06-19 Thread Sven Heinicke
A unix sysadmin doesn't to know how to programm in any programming language really. They have to just be able to make modifications to every programming languages used at the site. Though C, Perl and Bourn Shell good starters an OOP language is a good idea too. Just so long you can read code

Re: [newbie] Linux installed :) new problem :(

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
It was Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:20:43 +0300 when strab dogg wrote: Heres the problem ( 4 ) *How can i make LILO graphical ? not the white text on black background like in dos . You can use drakconf for that. In the boot section you tell what you want :) *Whats up whit the virus ? Ill scan in

Re: [newbie] CD Burning Trauma Update

2001-06-19 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Go to Mandrake cooker; select a server and dowload: cdrecord-1.10-1mdk.i586.rpm cdrecord-cdda2way-1.10-1.i586.rpm mandrakedesk-8.0-10mdk.i586.rpm mkisofs-1.13-7mdk.i586.rpm xcdroast-0.98-8mdk.i586.rpm Put them in a directory and type from that: rpm -Uvh *.rpm --force --nodeps And then you'll

Re: [newbie] Linux installed :) new problem :(

2001-06-19 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 19 June 2001 11:20, thus spake strab dogg: OK i installed linux : swap file was 256 and all the other / . Congratulations! Ok now if i turn on my comp a blach screen comes : linux windows floppy and stuff is written there and there is

[newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt??

2001-06-19 Thread preston smith
Hi!! A friend of mine (who is in the business and is pro-OS/2 and anti-windows tells me that he heard the Mandrake had gone bankrupt. Is there any truth to this? Before I load Mandrake for the first time, i would like to make sure I am not going down a dead end street. Hopefully, he is

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 03:52 pm, Carlos Cifuentes wrote:  Hi.  I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont  know what machine work in linux     Almost all, a few better than others.  CD burning with any OS is currently more of an art than a science, and like everything, Linux will do a

Re: [newbie] I have strange letters in all Browsers...

2001-06-19 Thread Demosthenes
jan wrote: Hi, on some websites, the letters, or the whole text if you want, looks strange on my MD 8.0 system. It seems as if all the letters are on a different level of height in one line. ( seen from far away, it looks for me as if they always go up and down. ) I have this problem with

Re: [newbie] No-one uses Linux, says Microsoft

2001-06-19 Thread Michael Leone
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 01:45, Solver wrote: As for the permissions, no offence taken. But, you'll be very surprised to know that I am a sysadmin. Additionally, I often repair stand alone PCs. My network currently runs W2K, which I hate for everything except the increased security, but I'll

Re: [newbie] I simply have not a clue

2001-06-19 Thread etharp
I would be pleased.. but I bet if you go through the demos and tutorials fromm linux-mandrake.com, you would feel so damn smart, you would want to help newbies yourself... On Tuesday 19 June 2001 13:37, Randy Kramer wrote: Velusip R wrote: Could some one be a tutor for me for like half an

RE: [newbie] printing to Laserjet 4000 Series PS

2001-06-19 Thread Tuan Duc Tran
Well, The best way to setup is using CUPS. First, I assumed you installed CUPS Second, you need to open browser (Ex. Netscape) and type http://localhost:631 it will ask you ROOT password. from this page you can add new printer. When it ask you the port; select app/jet direct. It will show

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt ?? -- No Way!!

2001-06-19 Thread Kevin Fonner
Whew!! Am I glad. After you said that earlier I immediately scanned all the linux news sites and couldn't find it anywhere. Mandrake is the only linux distro I'll use! - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: preston smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] iptables

2001-06-19 Thread Jeffrey M. Reed
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 21:10, Ross Slade wrote: It appears all my masquerading problems revolve around the Bastille firewall. I have some things working now but many issues remain... Is there an iptables (newbie) mail list? If not I'll start bugging you guys... 8-) -Ross real men use

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt ?? -- No Way!!

2001-06-19 Thread Jeffrey M. Reed
think about it like this...they (Mandrake) never really were a business...it all starts as a project and that's all it takes. take a look at Slackware...no commercial representation or support, yet miraculously, it still gets worked on/updated (every eon or so - LOL) On Tuesday 19 June 2001

[newbie] About i815em

2001-06-19 Thread
Hi, my notebook: Asus M1375, i815em chipset inside. Installed with 8.0, Xfree86 4.0.3 with driver i810 and drm. After start X, the screen will flash if something is running, otherwise it seems ok. Is anybody using a i815 desktop? And have the same problem? And any suggestion? Thank you.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt??

2001-06-19 Thread OOzy Pal
They better not. This is the only distro I like and works for me. I don't think so. I think this is a cold war between Windows and Linux. Linux is kicking a**. --- preston smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!! A friend of mine (who is in the business and is pro-OS/2 and anti-windows tells

[newbie] Corel Paint and FontTastic

2001-06-19 Thread OOzy Pal
Hello I installed corel paint fine but when I run it, it asks about FontTastic server? Where can I find it. = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

[newbie] question about ess modem

2001-06-19 Thread Dave Crouse
Hello everyone, I have a question about a specific modem. I was able to get Linux 7.2 installed on my Toshiba Laptop working great--using pcmcia 33.6 x-jack modemLove using linux. I also have a IBM P350 166 that I have installed linux mandrake 7.2 on but can't get the modem

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt??

2001-06-19 Thread Lanman
To all concerned; I saw the article about Mandrake, and it was totally wrong. Mandrake let some of their U.S. staff go because they had expected to grow much faster than they have been, or something like that. It had nothing to do with anything else. NADA! I spoke to the Mandrake guys at

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
It was Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:52:30 -0500 when Carlos Cifuentes wrote: I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont know what machine work in linux Can some person help me? Any decent CD-RW will work, IDE or SCSI. I use Plextor, which is great. Paul -- A day without light is like, eh... night!

[newbie] How can I use ipchains with Mandrake 8.0

2001-06-19 Thread Adriano Grassi
Hi I just installed 8.0 and I am not really familiar with iptables but I am familiar with ipchains, how can I use ipchains instead of iptables? What's the difference between then, except syntax? Which one is better? Thanks for your time. Any help is appreciated. Best Regards, Adriano

Re: [newbie] How can I use ipchains with Mandrake 8.0

2001-06-19 Thread Jeffrey M. Reed
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 00:56, Adriano Grassi wrote: Hi I just installed 8.0 and I am not really familiar with iptables but I am familiar with ipchains, how can I use ipchains instead of iptables? What's the difference between then, except syntax? Which one is better? Thanks for your time.

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Jose
Hi! Just about all Linux distros have a web page. On their web pages they will either have a Hardware Compatibilty list or a link to one. I suggest you print out the section pertainingto what you want and shop from there. On Tuesday 19 June 2001 16:52, Carlos Cifuentes wrote: Hi. I want to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Bankrupt ?? -- No Way!!

2001-06-19 Thread Romanator
Preston, There is no truth to this at all. I don't know where your friend reads his news. In fact, Mandrake's sales have never been better. Their sales surpass RedHat's. I would recommend that you refer to the news section on the Mandrake web site. Make a print out and show it your ill informed

[newbie] a mouse click away??

2001-06-19 Thread Kevin Fonner
I just got a wierd and annoying problem. When I click on my mouse it clicks on something that is about half an inch to the left. Rebooting didn't help. My mouse icon doesn't seem to lined up with what the system thinks it is over? Any ideas??? Kevin Fonner

[newbie] OT: anybody ever built a custom rack chassis

2001-06-19 Thread Mark Johnson
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I was wondering if anyone has attempted to build a custom chasis for their linux machine. I want to put mine in a rack, but rack chassis are too expensive. I thought about going to the local hardware store and buying some aluminum strips plexiglass to build my

[newbie] Linux as Route

2001-06-19 Thread SK
Hi! I just wonder. Can Linux replace a Route ? Example ..we have 9.6 Lease-Line connection from A office to B office with Motorola Lease Line Modem I want to configure my Linux as a Route support serial connection from my Motorola Modem. So that we can connect to our B offfice with 9.6 Lease

[expert] cardmanager doesn't find PCMCIA

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Audard
Hi, After putting more memory on my laptop (512 MB), the card manager doesn't want to to load my PCMCIA card anymore. Apparently, it complains that there is no pcmcia entry in the /proc/devices file (which is true indeed). I think that it is due to the upgrade, but I wouldn't put my hand into

[newbie] CDROM

2001-06-19 Thread Matt Harrison
I have 2 CD drives...well one DVD (cdrom2) and a CDRW (cdrom). The DVD drive is the only drive hooked up to the sound card (Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1 integraded). The system is a Blaster PC 700mhz system by Empac ordered from Tiger Direct. Linux is booting off of the secondary slave

Re: [newbie] Desktop Publishing

2001-06-19 Thread jan
Give gimp a try, its quite nice! Jan On Tuesday, 19. June 2001 11:04, you wrote: I want to get into graphics and animation, but at the same time I am beginning to use Linux more and more. Do any professional graphics editing, desktop publishing, and animation programs exist out there?

[newbie] I have strange letters in all Browsers...

2001-06-19 Thread jan
Hi, on some websites, the letters, or the whole text if you want, looks strange on my MD 8.0 system. It seems as if all the letters are on a different level of height in one line. ( seen from far away, it looks for me as if they always go up and down. ) I have this problem with all browsers,

[newbie] Gnome Applets not redrawing

2001-06-19 Thread Sven Heinicke
I Use Mandrake 8.0's Gnome on two systems and on both of them some of the applets don't redraw correctly. To be specific Character Picker works fine but if I slide the menu on and off the screen it doesn't redraw correctly until I move my mouse over the buttons. Sven

[newbie] Re: GDK_warning + unable to shutdown

2001-06-19 Thread Demosthenes
Demosthenes wrote: uh ohhh...I seem to have trashed my system again. It all started with a simple reboot. I launch the Gnome menu, Choose logout and nothing happened for a full minute or 2. So I choose the menu again and it just wouldn't comply with my desire to log out. No response