[newbie-it] powerpoint

2001-07-11 Thread bosva
salve...se ricevo come allegato un documento powerpoint (gr) secondo voi è possibile visualizzarlo? se si...con quale programma? grazie mille osva

Re: [newbie] PPP Dialler

2001-07-11 Thread Michael Scottaline
Judith Miner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have also been unable to get the Gnome dialer to work. The Kppp dialer works fine and set up with no problems. The last time I tried it, the Gnome dialer did dial but immediately dropped the connection. This has happened every time I've tried

RE: [newbie] Running program on Linux Machine

2001-07-11 Thread Boliver Allmon
Since Mr. Sanchez feels that my question of if this was possible on a Linux machine is not for this list, I guess I will end the thread. Perhaps Mr. Sanchez feels that I have no business on the list either. To everyone who offered suggestions and help, thank you for your time and service.

[newbie] Switch between LAN and Modem Connection (2)?

2001-07-11 Thread Brian Durant
It looks like I was too optimistic. I am still having problems with both LAN and modem based Internet connections. The modem has the priority at the moment. It is a US Robotics Sportster 56 Kbps modem. The modem worked fine under a Red Hat Linux 7.0 quick diagnostic install to see if it worked

[newbie] Last Chance - Radeon Video Card

2001-07-11 Thread Cliff Gosden
I am fed up with trying to make my LM system work. All I can get is a console login which is boring and takes me back to the days of DOS. What is more I don't now how to do anything useful from the console. I think the problem is likely to be my video card or screen. When the system tries to

Re: [newbie] some security questions..

2001-07-11 Thread Michael D. Viron
now I realise that apache.apache is basically the same as nobody.nobody and that means that the files are basically world writeable,, so its a bad idea yes? Frank, (I'm sure someone will correct me if this is way off base) Actually, as nobody:nobody or apache:apache, you are better off. And no,

Re: [newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole

2001-07-11 Thread Judith Miner
Tim wrote: I have Klipper active, and a Ctrl-C on highlighted text in Konsole places the text on the Klipper clipboard; but Ctrl-V doesn't paste it in another application (i.e. KMail or Netscape Messenger), and I can't find anything in the Klipper help files to suggest that I'm an idiot... In

Re: [newbie] CodeWeavers Wine Question.

2001-07-11 Thread Van Winssen Ramaakers
Op zondag 8 juli 2001 17:29, schreef u: Also I want to know if there is any linux program to send SMS? Thanks. Check out http://gnokii.org Let me/us know if you have it working. Gerard

[newbie] everybuddy msn ports

2001-07-11 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I am setting up everybuddy for my icq/msn client. However, I have also set up tinyfirewall in control centre and all services were disallowed. Which service should I allow to turn on ports 1863 and 443 to allow msn to communicate? Otherwise, which file do I alter to allow these

[newbie] Linux-capable photo printer?

2001-07-11 Thread Dr. Evil
I have a new digital camera (Canon Powershot) and it's great. Now I want to print some of these photos out. I have found two photo printers (one from Canon and the other from Epson) which can print these photos out. These printers can interface directly to the camera, or take a CF card

[newbie] logon server

2001-07-11 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hi, After following advice from many people, I finally got Mandrake 8 working as a logon server for the windows boxes on my home network. I had to reinstall on a larger HD, but now cannot get it working again. (logon from windows) I have DHCP running and serving ip's and I have full use of the

Re: [newbie] PPPOE/Roaring Penguin/Network card

2001-07-11 Thread s
I haven't been following this thread and don't know if you've tried it, but (no offense to the fine and talented ppl at mdksoft), in this one particular instance you might be better off with the newest version from the roaring penguins site. I couldn't get mdk vs. to work, but the one

[newbie] How difficult is Nautilus 1.0.4 to install ?

2001-07-11 Thread Charles Darcy
Hello, I'd like to upgrade Nautilus to the latest version (1.0.4), but I find the installation instructions a little daunting. Has anyone had any success with this upgrade ? Will a failed installation destabilize the system ? Thanks for any info, regards, Charlie.

[newbie] Timeout

2001-07-11 Thread Leland L Waters
Hello Is there a timeout in kppp? When downloading mail from isp everything works great unless I get a large attatchment. Kmail and Netscape mail fail at the same point. The only way I have been able to get these attatchments is to shut down and boot Windows. I have also been unable to use

Re: FW: [newbie] curious ....

2001-07-11 Thread Tim Holmes
I just got around to this post after going through my email. Just wanted to make a few quick comments. Windows9x CAN survive with out IE, but IE is there way in. That's how they keep tabs on what's going on the machine, and that's how they update the OS. Ever wonder why an update for IE is

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1

2001-07-11 Thread s
there's been no announcements, but I read some speculation of about sept or oct. -s On Tuesday 10 July 2001 04:42 pm, you wrote: Just planning migration timetables for some of my machines and wondering what (if any) schedule is planned for 8.1? thanks, ::mark

[newbie] LM8.0 and 3ware 3DM Disk Management Utility

2001-07-11 Thread nteferle Last Name
Dear all, I have installed a 3ware Escalade 6200 IDE RAID controller on my PC and re-installed Mandrake 8.0. During installation HardDrake recognised the controller and my installation was successful (as has been reported in previous posts to the mailing list archive). My question now is,

Re: [newbie] Copying/Pasting in Konsole

2001-07-11 Thread Randy Kramer
civileme wrote: And your suggestion has been pasted somewhere appropriate... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course there may be a libely discussion on how user-friendly such an extension would be, with its attendant complications. Civileme, Thanks! I'll have to go there and listen for the lively

Re: [newbie] PPPOE/Roaring Penguin/Network card

2001-07-11 Thread Rife
Yyes! Finally got it going. Had to change pci slots. Started linux, and it assigned my card a proper hwaddress. Tried adsl-start, and worked like a charm. Still seems a bit flaky (i rebooted, and when i came back into linux my hwaddress was back to 0s.. had to reseat my card to get it

Re: [newbie] Java (again)

2001-07-11 Thread Marcia Waller
How did you configure it? I first tried to use the GUI Konqueror configuration tool, where you can put in the path to your java file, but it didn't work for me. I then did it manually, using the console and it worked. 1- open a console 2- su to root 3- cd to /etc/ in it you

[newbie] Printer

2001-07-11 Thread Gonzalix le Druide
Hello! I have an installation problem with my Canon BJC-240. I have LM 7.2 on a Pentium II MMX 350. The machine says that CUPS has conflicts with printpro-4.1.2-1 But if I try to uninstall the printpro archive I don't found it... I need help, please. If you needs some more specs, please let

Re: [newbie] Internet Security -J.Miner and Microsoft

2001-07-11 Thread Judith Miner
Thank you for your very gracious message, Sridhar. Misunderstandings and misjudgments are a common problem in e-mail lists and forums, especially when we aren't very well acquainted. I think I was expecting too much too soon with my Linux installation. I wanted to get it up and fully useful

[newbie] Boot failure - Mandrake 8.0

2001-07-11 Thread I.C.Mourão
Dear Friends, I get the message Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05 when I try boot my computer. With the 7.2 version it boots well. Could someone help me? Thanks

Re: [newbie] Running program on Linux Machine

2001-07-11 Thread etharp
I would hope you would not take offence to the remarks on this list. some times when presented with an obstical with no obvious personal enrichment, some folks feel a need to speek of the top of their heads. I am sure no personal derogotory statment was intended. after thinking about your

Re: [newbie] Test.

2001-07-11 Thread etharp
Dan, have patience. I heard a rumour that one e-mail like this and from now on you will get duplicates of some e-mails from the list on an almost daily basis On Wednesday 11 July 2001 12:28, Dan Gordon wrote: Sorry not getting anything from the list in 12 hours. Is it working ?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1

2001-07-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
As someone posted a few weeks back, the boxed 8.0 PowerPack set includes a rebate on Mandrake PowerPack 8.1 purchased between September 15, 2001 and June 30, 2002. Early fall sounds good. And, until I get my new USB crystal ball configured, that's the best that I can do. Regards, Carroll s

Re: [newbie] USB : 56K V90 Modem

2001-07-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Scott: This may be a winmodem, in which case you have a problem. I went to the Buslink site, and they list Win98 as one of the requirements. That ain't good. Read over the winmodem-and-Linux-HOWTO for an explanation of winmodems versus real modems. If you do have a winmodem, go to

[newbie] PCL, HPGL file formats

2001-07-11 Thread Kevin Fonner
Are their any veiwers for PCLand HPGL file formats? I have heard of swiftview however I was looking for a cheap or even free solution. Thanks. Kevin

Re: [newbie] USB : 56K V90 Modem

2001-07-11 Thread Michael F. Aube
Scott, I ran into a similar problem running Linux Mandrake 8.0 on my Dell Laptop. I decided to research the available PCMCIA Modems on the market to ensure that I purchased one that was known to be Linux compatible. I bought a ZOOM/PC CARD 56K Dual Mode Fax/Modem card, Model 2957, plugged it

RE: [newbie] Boot failure - Mandrake 8.0

2001-07-11 Thread Navin Daryanani
yes. I have had that msg before - but only when I have tried to install from a CDROM. Not sure why it does that. The way I solve it is 1) reboot, 2) boot into a different o/s like Win, 3) reboot again, 4) get your installation cdrom in again. Poof! the error kernel panic errors goes away. If you

[newbie] Mandrake as a exchange client

2001-07-11 Thread Tashildar, Dinesh
Hi all, I am very new user of Mandrake Linux 8.0. I have just 3 days exp. on this. I have one question: I had install Mandrake on my home PC and I am connecting to my office network by using this Linux box. In my office we have Microsoft exchange server, I want to configure my Mandrake Linux as a

[newbie] Video Problems - Mandrake 8.0 on Dell Latitude C800 Laptop

2001-07-11 Thread Michael F. Aube
Hello, I am trying to get Mandrake 8.0 up and running on a brand new Dell Lattitude C800 Laptop, but I am seeing some really nasty video behavior. It acts like it doesn't want to use the right-most 1/3 of the screen. The video card is an ATI M4, with 32 MB RAM. Has anyone else seen this type

[newbie] Running ./configure, make and make install on card game in LM8

2001-07-11 Thread Romanator
Hi everybody, I downloaded a card game that was in tar.gz format to my /home directory. I ran ./configure, make and make install. The make install should have moved it to /usr/local. Not successful. Should I have copied the tar.bz file to /usr/local, and then run /.configure, make and make

Re: [newbie] IP aliasing

2001-07-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:59, etharp wrote: snip I don't really know how to solve your main problem (since I've never tried it myself), so I'll just say this. There are plenty of console text editors out there. GNU Nano is a GNU clone of Pico (which is not GPL). I personally am a big fan

[newbie] Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:05

2001-07-11 Thread joel lopez
I have two operating systems Linux Mandrake 8.0 and Windows ME and i have read the how-tos and i have not found this error message anywhere and it isnt the first time it has happened. The first time it happened i ended up reformatting my hard drive ended up getting a new computer. If anybody

[newbie] What is the command to copy from console to text editor

2001-07-11 Thread Romanator
As a follow up, when in console mode, the copy command is a little different. I would like to copy the status of ./configure, make and make install from console to a text editor. Roman Original Message Subject: Running ./configure, make and make install on card game in LM8

[newbie] Installation Problems

2001-07-11 Thread preston smith
To anyone who can help me! Epox 8KTA3 motherboard, 128 megs RAM, ATI Xpert 2000 Pro video card with AGP (2x selected), Microsoft Optical Wheel USB mouse (in previous installs of MD 8.0 the mouse has/has not worked through both a USB port and a PS/2 port with an adapter). Installed done from

Re: [newbie] mouse in X

2001-07-11 Thread Willy Sutrisno
On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:40, Willy Sutrisno wrote: Have you tried mousedrake? I didnt install it, and may i know whats the use of that prog. oh ya, by the way. if I shutdown the x server and press the startx command again, my mouse will work fine. only when I load X at the first time

Re: [newbie] mouse single click treat as double click

2001-07-11 Thread Willy Sutrisno
my mouse act strangely today. i have been using mandake 8.0 for about half a year. and today my mouse act very strange, everytime i single click using the left button, sometimes they send a double click signal. i mean, if i click one time, almost 70% of the time the mandrake or the mouse

Re: [newbie] Java (again)

2001-07-11 Thread Anguo
Marcia, Try one more thing and if it doesn't work, we'll have to ask more advanced people for help. In the console, type 'which java'. - $ which java /usr/local/j2re1.3.0/bin/java - Thanks for the instructions. I went into the file as root and did what you described Exactly? Can

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:05

2001-07-11 Thread Charles A. Punch
joel lopez wrote: I have two operating systems Linux Mandrake 8.0 and Windows ME and i have read the how-tos and i have not found this error message anywhere and it isnt the first time it has happened. The first time it happened i ended up reformatting my hard drive ended up getting a new

Re: [newbie] sorting a file/list in a special way

2001-07-11 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
Thanks for your help. While I must admit I didn't quite understand the final form you gave, that comes from me being rather dumb both in awk/gawk and RE. I will read the docs and try to work it out myself rather than just pasting your answer into my script. I did understood tough the great idea

Re: [newbie] Use of Linux

2001-07-11 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
Yes I quite agree with Jim- I probably have messed up Window$ much more than my 5-yr old nephew has. :^) That is why it is a good idea not to log in as root unless needed. As for Sridhar( I wonder how should I pronounce your name?), you actually are a genius. While starting to learn

Re: [newbie] Chess

2001-07-11 Thread David E.Fox
On Sunday 01 July 2001 08:18, you wrote: Dear All, I downloaded a statically linked program called rgXnetchess_static that the author told me should work on my LM8. His well, that's pretty much all you need to do. Was it in a .tgz archive? Of course if so you need to unpack it. Static

[newbie] more help with script -converting an string to integer

2001-07-11 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
I need more help with my pet script. Apparently bash lacks any type converting commands, and I need to convert a variable that stores the line number of a certain file -which was created with wc-l file - but I can't. I tried gawk but the bash script seems to reconvert the integer when passed by

RE: [newbie] Running program on Linux Machine

2001-07-11 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Since Mr. Sanchez feels that my question of if this was possible on a Linux machine is not for this list, I guess I will end the thread. Perhaps Mr. Sanchez feels that I have no business on the list either. Eh, you take offence much too easily, seeing dragons where none exist. I mentioned

Re: [newbie] Java (again)

2001-07-11 Thread Michael F. Aube
Hi Marcia, Here's what I think you will need to do to get your Java working again. I am assuming that when you login to Linux, you do so as a regular user, NOT AS root. In order for Java to run, you need to set up a minimum of two environment variables so that it can find the files it needs

Re: [newbie] Definitions

2001-07-11 Thread David E.Fox
On Monday 02 July 2001 11:12, you wrote: Link: link can have more than one meaning in the computer world. In this context (AFAICT) you want to know about the act of linking several parts of a computer program together to make one. (I'm not a C or C++ Right, but I think he was referring to

Re: [newbie] What can I get rid of in '/var' ?

2001-07-11 Thread Miark
Judy, I have no idea why anything would stay there. (?) As an addendum, I've been reading a book on Linux security, and the author has said that sometimes crackers try to wreak havoc on a system by placing destructive scripts with command names in different places (i.e. a script to bloat up the

Re: [newbie] System logs overflowing with 'gconfd' messages.

2001-07-11 Thread Charles Darcy
Adam Greene wrote: Well, I'm sure what gconfd is either, but my guess is that it has something to do with GNOME as GNOME uses CORBA objects as it's basis (rather than Microsoft's ActiveX / COM/ DCOM models like Windows does) and that is a CORBA IDL message probably trying to tell you that

Re: [newbie] PPP Dialler

2001-07-11 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On July 11, 2001 02:52 am, you wrote: Does there seem to be a problem with the ppp dialler set-up running gnome 1.4 under Mandrake 8. I have previously installed Mandrake 8 with the KDE desktop option and had set-up the dialler up in a matter of minutes. Has anybody else had a problem