[newbie-it] Openoffice

Ciao, sono Frank ed ho appena istallato Mandrake 8.0 sul mio laptop (XE3). Siccome vorrei utilizzarlo per lavoro, ho bisogno di openoffice o Sunoffice 5.2. Purtroppo no riesco ad installarlo, perche dopo aver lanciato il setup il sistema rallenta vertiginosamente fino ad andare i n crash!

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner

Tutto a posto, very very very thanx! E pure con Gimp :) Non ci credereste ma avrei ancora un dispositivo da collegare: la fotocamera sulla COM2. Ho qualche speranza. Conoscete qualche how-to? Cmq non è indispensabile, non scarico foto tutti i giorni, se anche mi tocca entrare per qualche

[newbie-it] autoshutdown

Salve, siccome sono un po distratto e lasci spesso il pc accesso tutta la notte mi chiedevo se è possibile automatizzare la procedure di shutdown su un ora prestabilita. La procedura manuale ( shutdown -h 21:30) è semplice ma bisogna ricordarsi di lanciare il comando... Saluti a

Re: [newbie-it] RAM

- Original Message - From: CaMiX [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux ML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:30 PM Subject: [newbie-it] RAM Ciao! Qualcuno mi saprebbe dire a grandi lineee (molto grandi) come avviene la gestione della memoria in Linux. Chiusa un'applicazione X, ad

Fw: [newbie-it] autoshutdown

- Original Message - From: Marco Seno [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] autoshutdown - Original Message - From: max [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:20 PM Subject:

Re: [newbie-it] Aurora, Mandrake 8.1, USB

Il 03:20, mercoledì 04 luglio 2001, hai scritto: [CUT] li ho visti e ne riporto i passi USB: Jul 3 20:34:50 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs Jul 3 20:34:50 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub Jul 3 20:34:50 localhost kernel: usb-ohci.c: 00:07.4

Re: [newbie-it] A proposito di compilazione

Il 14:10, mercoledì 04 luglio 2001, hai scritto: Visto che in questa lista ci sono dei cervelli (grazie a loro e a tutti quelli ci aiutano sulla strada di linux) chiedo due cose che dovrebbero essere semplici: - a proposito del mio dannato winmodem (sono 3 settimane che provo in tutte le

Re: Fw: [newbie-it] autoshutdown

Marco Seno wrote: siccome sono un po distratto e lasci spesso il pc accesso tutta la notte mi chiedevo se è possibile automatizzare la procedure di shutdown su un ora prestabilita. La procedura manuale ( shutdown -h 21:30) è semplice ma bisogna ricordarsi di lanciare il

[newbie-it] modem x travelmate

Ciao chiamo Gianluca Io ho un travelmate 507, e propio in questi giorni ho installato linux mandrake 8.0, ho provato a configurare il modem interno (credo sia un lucent, almeno i driver sotto win erano per questo modello), ma facendo lspci mi appare la stringa: 00:02.2 Modem un Intel

Re: [newbie-it] CONNESSIONE A INTERNET con Mandrake 8

Lino Garbellini wrote: Ciao a tutti,ho installato Mandrake 8.0non risco ha configurare la connessione a Libero,ho un modem interno su pci!!! Mi potete aiutare???GrazieA prestoLino Riguarda solo Libero? Se così fosse, per prima cosa controla di aver inserito la username seguita da @libero.it

Re: [newbie-it] LILO

Alessandro Rocca wrote: ... Purtroppo in modalità rescue non riesco a dare il comando lilo... quale errore ti da'? perche' forse dopo aver montato il disco potrresti dover dare un chroot. Aehm... effettivamente non ho montato l'hd su quale ho Linux... Controlla prima

[newbie] Windows logon server

Hello all, I have finally got mandrake 8 up and running, but have a problem with logging in from a windows box. I can ftp in to any of the accounts I have set up and all Linux services start ok with no errors in smb.conf When I try to logon from a windows box I get The

Re: [newbie] Windows logon server

Hello all, I have finally got mandrake 8 up and running, but have a problem with logging in from a windows box. I can ftp in to any of the accounts I have set up and all Linux services start ok with no errors in smb.conf When I try to logon from a windows box I get

[newbie] Lilo

At the moment I have a primary HDD with just win98 on. I also have a 2nd HD with Mandrake on an ext2 partition. It boots to LILO when i unhook the primary HDD, and asks me if i wanna boot to drake or DOS(my 3rd drive, on my secondary slave) I wanna get LILO onto the MBR of my primary HDD and

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Windows logon server

I can ftp in to any of the accounts I have set up and all Linux services start ok with no errors in smb.conf When I try to logon from a windows box I get The Domain Password is not correct or access to your logon server has been denied. P Did you add the name of the

Re: [newbie] Lilo

I wanna get LILO onto the MBR of my primary HDD and get it to ask if i wanna boot to win98, Drake, or DOS. Any idea how? In my view, DrakBoot would be the solution here. That can help you select what and where and when. Oh, right. The when is still up to you. And setting up /etc/lilo.conf

Fw: [newbie] Windows killed Linux- can't find fs

I too got the same problem as Craig. Windows is working fine, can't use linux not even failsafe. kris - Original Message - From: Craig Hagerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:23 PM Subject: [newbie] Windows killed Linux- can't find fs

[newbie] Switch to 2.2.19

After reading Civileme's advice to use the 2.2.19 kernel because of the Via bug, I have installed the kernel like he explained. In Mandrake control center I configured Lilo like this with the roll down menus: Name : linux_2-2-19 Image:/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-10mdk root: /dev/hda6

RE: [newbie] Playing videos

yep, I have come accross them before,, they are enbedded players,,, designed to be windows only, However, you could possibly get it changed to another format using the logitech software, make it into a .dat or mpeg or whatever,, that would by my suggestion,, however, I would guess that

Re: [newbie] Network configuration help...

Well is it actually installed? Have you checked looking in HardDrake? Does it show the card there? Better yet, try these things: [timh@r2d2 timh]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep eth0 alias eth0 3c59x [timh@r2d2 timh]$ cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth0 3:1161676 XT-PIC usb-uhci,

RE: [newbie] Windows logon server

Smbaddpasswd For each user... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Colin Jenkins Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 2:41 PM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Windows logon server Hello all, I have finally got mandrake 8 up and running, but

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Windows logon server

encrypted password=yes? on linux and no on winders? or vice versa? On Friday 06 July 2001 04:39, Paul wrote: I can ftp in to any of the accounts I have set up and all Linux services start ok with no errors in smb.conf When I try to logon from a windows box I get The

Re: [newbie] Switch to 2.2.19

After reading Civileme's advice to use the 2.2.19 kernel because of the Via bug, I have installed the kernel like he explained. In Mandrake control center I configured Lilo like this with the roll down menus: Name : linux_2-2-19 Image:/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-10mdk root:

[newbie] TUXRACER ERROR

Yes this is the same problem, but I added the additional error that I get and it might now make sense to someone. I have just installed 8.0 on a Pavilion n5450 and it went GREAT.. everything was detected and working. Haven't messed with the nic card yet though. When i try Tuxracer I receive

Re: [newbie] Error When Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

It seems that someone (or myself ;)), have deleted the source (ftp (CD)) from the sources information on rpmdrake, can you tell me how to get it back so that then I can see what programs I have installed on my hard drive. I really appreciate this or else I won't be able to do easy

[newbie] Notebook and LM8

Hi all, I am about to purchase a new laptop to run Mandrake 8.0 (I haven't yet attempting a Linux install on a notebook) , and I wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions on what to avoid (specific hardware components, models, etc) or perhaps some particular hardware/models that work

Re: [newbie] Switch to 2.2.19

Op vrijdag 6 juli 2001 10:50, schreef u: Is your root pasrtition reiser? If so, 2.2.19 will not work. The reisr changed betwen the kernels. Civileme Yes it is, :~(( I do have A few gigs unused space left on my harddrive. Maybe I can use it to fix that?

RE: [newbie] Eyes applet

lol, thats the funniest thing ive heard all day.. Can help you with your problem though.. sorry :-) Cant you just kill the process? -- From: Kernell32[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 July 2001 15:26 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Font Questions

Civileme wrote: Well, you need an international keyboard. Go to Mandrake Control Center--Hàrdwárë--Keyboard Sélèct U S International Close Mandrake Contröl Center. Now you will find some keys appear to be dead. ` ' for example. They must be typed twice. If you type them once, then they

RE: [newbie] Font Questions

This might sound a bit stupid but have you read through the how-to's? The should be a load installed on your system under /usr/doc/how-to/, and im sure i saw one about extended charecters on your keyboard. Sorry, i cant remember the name of the document. -- From: Judith

Re: [newbie] Playing videos

Dear All, Thank you for your suggestions. I think I will tackle installing and using Wine. Does anyone know of good documentation or instructions for installing and running Wine? This has interested me for some time and now I think this video movie thing will motivate me to get Wine going.

RE: [newbie] Notebook and LM8

Hiya, i would advoid Yamaha sound chips as i cant for the life of me get the one working in mine. Everything else in my laptop was picked up fine, i hear that Dell's are particurly good for Linux compatibility. -- From: Scott Pletcher[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 July 2001 20:25

[newbie] Mandrake install doesn't see NTFS

I'm trying to install Mandrake 8 onto a machine with Windows 2000 but Hardrake does not see that there is Windows 2000 Pro (NTFS) already installed and I would like to dual-boot. It acts as if there is nothing there. Any ideas? Thanks, Paco Arocha

Re: [newbie] Windows killed Linux- can't find fs

Hi again, Thanks for the replies thus far. I don't think that I have a separate /home partition (duh!). I did before with Mandrake 7 but I believe that I just went with one big partition (yeah I'm lazy) when I reformated and installed Mandrake 8. I have tried to upgrade with the Mandrake 8 CD -

Re: [newbie] WINE runs Windows proggies! ok?

On Friday 22 June 2001 16:08, Jeffrey M. Reed wrote: http://www.winehq.com/ read it...love it...learn it... i would LOVE to help all you guys figure this out but everyone's problems are going to be different. you all have different PC's and different setups. Dear Jeffrey, I am ready to

[newbie] Glossary of linux-unix terms

I'am a very newbie in linux. I will appreciate to advice me about a site in internet where to find a good glosary related with Linux-Unix terms (spanish english). I feel lost with some words or terms when I read how-to's and other info. Thanks for your attention Edelmiro Guerra V. E-Mail:

Re: [newbie] WINE runs Windows proggies! ok?

El Vie 06 Jul 2001 12:19, escribiste: Dear Jeffrey, I am ready to begin installing and running Wine. You are the only one that I have seen on this list who has been able to run MSOffice or Photoshop, etc, with Wine. Could you explain how you did it for your system? I am curious. I have LM8

[newbie] Problem With Keyboard???

I've noticed when I'm replying to emails (I use Hotmail) and I use the arrow keys to scroll through what I'm replying to sometimes I can't either move anymore to the left or to the right, so then I have to click somewhere else with my mouse and then start scrolling again and then it'll act up.

[newbie] K button

How do I make it work? I press it and nothing happens. -- Linux is cool

[newbie] Remote X-windows session

How do I log on to a Remote computer through the internet and pull up a Xwindows session for it. I thought that this was possible... Thanks, Kevin

Re: [newbie] Couldn't log on tty1-6/ kdm crashes/ gdm crashes/ X crashes

Saturday 30 June 2001 07:51, etharp wrote: slot. If so, you can either move the WINTV to another PCI slot, form the system BIOS you might be able to enable a PCI slot for bus mastering. my experiance has been that video cards, winTV cards, IDE and SCSI controllers, network cards and sound