[newbie] dns and mdk8.0

2001-07-14 Thread eryl
I've been off the list for a couple of months, but I've got a name resolve problem that's driving me nuts, so here I am again. My mdk 8.0 box fails to resolve hostnames after connecting to my isp. I've even re-installed thinking that something was screwed with the original installation--to no

[newbie] IBM Websphere HomePage Builder for Linux -- Opinions?

2001-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I've recently downloaded the IBM Websphere HomePage Builder v. 4 for Linux (60-day trial version). I would very much appreciate your opinions on this program. First, you can get the program from: http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/hpbuilder/linux/download.html Here are

Re: [newbie] Knotify error

2001-07-14 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On July 14, 2001 10:33 am, civileme wrote: On Saturday 14 July 2001 02:25, L.V.Gandhi wrote: Thank you very much. I asw in top that kapm-idled uses nearly 50 to 60 % of CPU. How to disable it. in gkrellm I don't have anything for cpu temp. How to know whether mb supports lm_sensors? I

[newbie] Mandrake V8 PowerPak

2001-07-14 Thread John Rigby
Hi folks, Very pretty pak! Went on very well for this Newbie at Linux. However: I can't get the logic of adding all the extra programs that came with it. E.G. I know somewhere in there is IBM's ViaVoice program. Also I was told... Websphere trial is there. Has anybody found alternative

[newbie] Internet Configuration bug

2001-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Civilme: Just wanted to report a minor but critical bug in the Internet Connection Configuration. It happens both during Install and when trying to configure Internet Connection from scratch in the Mandrake Control Center. This little bug caused me no end of confusion and agony when I

[newbie] Applixware Office 5.

2001-07-14 Thread Brian Durant
Hi again. Has anyone tried to install Applixware Office 5 on Mandrake 8 and gotten the following error: Applixware error: Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkgc.c: line 484 (gdk_gc_set_font): assertion `font != NULL' failed. Koffice fonts start looking odd as well. I tried SmartBeak.Com which is

Re: [newbie] Terminal not fully functional

2001-07-14 Thread Len Lawrence
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Peter Ruskin wrote: I don't know what I've done, but now I get this message using any xterm as a user - root's OK. I can only use the spacebar to page forward in a man page. [20:14 peter@penguin:~]$ man bash WARNING:

[newbie] default router?

2001-07-14 Thread Ravi Malghan
Hello all: which file has the default router entry? When I do a netstat -rn, it shows me two entries for the default router. I am using xinetd (most recent version). Thanks Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

[newbie] XF86Config Issue.

2001-07-14 Thread Brian Durant
Hi again, I have a question about entering monitor resolutions in advanced mode in another Linux flavor and PPC hardware, but as far as I understand, the principle should be one of the few universal elements in all Linux distros. I am trying to install Yellow Dog Linux on a UMAX Pulsar (Mac

Re: [newbie] Compiling while using Reiser FS in LM8

2001-07-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Application source code usually consists of many (often hundreds) small text files. Since ReiserFS is optimised for small files (while not sacrificing speed on larger files), compiling source should be much faster than ext2, AFAIK. On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:45, Romanator wrote: Hi everybody,

Re: [newbie] Via Voice

2001-07-14 Thread etharp
comes in the power pack.. that's where I got mine, worked when the sound and memory are up On Saturday 14 July 2001 01:26, L.V.Gandhi wrote: On July 14, 2001 03:38 am, etharp wrote: Via voice installed and works great for me, I use a ISA Sound blaster awe64 gold, and 192 meg ram. how much

[newbie] Lacking MAKE command

2001-07-14 Thread Brett W Tippet
Being only new to mandrake I found this odd. Not long installed Mandrake 8, went to install a package and bash didn't understand the make command. How can I rectify this or get around it? B. http://www.pullmyfinga.com

Re: [newbie] Lacking MAKE command

2001-07-14 Thread Tim Holmes
When you run the command 'which make' what do you get? Do you get output like this? [timh@r2d2 timh]$ which make /usr/bin/make What's the error message you get when you type make? Does it say it can't find make, or that there isn't a make file to user and read? tdh -- T. Holmes

Re: [newbie] WinGate and Mandrake Linux problem (again, again).

2001-07-14 Thread Cyphfer
If you still cannot connect after you change your DNS settings try this: I run Wingate Standard 4.3 with Extended Network Service (ENS). The ENS allows non-wingate client machines to connect to the network. I dual boot my server and my workstation. The Linux workstation works seemlessly no

Re: [newbie] Mandrake V8 PowerPak

2001-07-14 Thread Juan Carlos Conde
On Sat 14 Jul 2001 13:29, you wrote: On Saturday 14 July 2001 09:06, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Very pretty pak! Went on very well for this Newbie at Linux. However: I can't get the logic of adding all the extra programs that came with it. E.G. I know somewhere in there is IBM's

[newbie] InteractiveBastille killed my sound!

2001-07-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Hey everyone, I ran InteractiveBastille and configured my system security settings. After I rebooted and returned to GNOME, I found that my sound no longer works. The Esound daemon (ESD) is running, but nothing comes out of my speakers. My mixer settings are fine, and sound still works

Re: [newbie] Batch File In Linux???

2001-07-14 Thread Juan Carlos Conde
You can use vi or kedit to write the file. Here is an example of a batch file: #!/bin/sh /* This line must be included always */ cd /home/jcc/setiathome-3.03/* A go to a directory and run an file */ ./setiathome -nice 19 /* Current

Re: [newbie] Via Voice

2001-07-14 Thread poogle
On Friday 13 July 2001 18:08, you wrote: Via voice installed and works great for me, I use a ISA Sound blaster awe64 gold, and 192 meg ram. how much ram do you have? I could not get it running worth beans when I had 64 meg ram. btw, the processor is a celery 366 256meg on a K6II - 450 - looks

Re: [newbie] kwintv compile error.

2001-07-14 Thread John Layt
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 17:57, you wrote: Did anyone compile kwintv for 7.2 or 8.0?; I had kwintv runing fine for 7.1 but I never could install it in 7.2 and 8.0; I have tried with different releases, using tar and rpm -tar, but ever lots of errors, libs that in fact are in my system not

Re: [newbie] Lacking MAKE command

2001-07-14 Thread Romanator
Brett W Tippet wrote: Being only new to mandrake I found this odd. Not long installed Mandrake 8, went to install a package and bash didn't understand the make command. How can I rectify this or get around it? B. http://www.pullmyfinga.com Did you log in as root? Roman

Re: [newbie] MP3-CD

2001-07-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 14 July 2001 12:13 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: From where to get DiskWriter plugin? What is the file name. xmms-diskwriter-1.2.4-13.1mdk an older one is probly on your CD's. IIRC, Xmms rpms were updates with MandrakeUpdate (Software Manager). I was running xawtv and from terminal I

Re: [newbie] Need reinstallation advice

2001-07-14 Thread Judith Miner
Thank you very much for answering all my partitioning questions, Civileme. I have printed out your message so I can have it right in front of me when I get to work on this. You are a prince! --Judy Miner

Re: [newbie] InteractiveBastille killed my sound!

2001-07-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 14 July 2001 04:03 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I ran InteractiveBastille and configured my system security settings. After I rebooted and returned to GNOME, I found that my sound no longer works. The Esound daemon (ESD) is running, but nothing comes out of my speakers. My mixer

Re: [newbie] gkrellm on top ?

2001-07-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 14 July 2001 12:31 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: On July 14, 2001 12:30 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: BTW, I configured Gkrellm to only show cpu temp, minimum height (2p), How to get to show cpu temp. I didn't find any options? When I run 'sensors' my cpu temp is shown as temp2. This

[newbie] 15 O'Reilly computer books free for download

2001-07-14 Thread Mark Winchester
Just found this posted on another site. Many free Perl books. HTML - The Definitive Guide CGI Programming JavaScript - The Definitive Guide WebMaster in a Nutshell Java in a Nutshell Java Language Reference Java AWT Reference Java Fundamental Classes Reference Exploring Java Perl in a Nutshell

Re: [newbie] New HDD

2001-07-14 Thread David E.Fox
On Monday 09 July 2001 13:19, you wrote: Well I reckoned that now that I recently built A Tbird 1.55 gig (wow) been runnin Linux on for years. I bought an OEM HDD that only came with IBM's version of ez-bios on a floppy ($135 from MegaHaus Dickinson, TX). Prices sure have come down. I

[newbie] microsoft hassling Aussie Charity.

2001-07-14 Thread Franki
check this link out... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/20378.html

RE: [newbie] Mandrake V8 PowerPak

2001-07-14 Thread Jason Guidry
However: I can't get the logic of adding all the extra programs that came with it. E.G. I know somewhere in there is IBM's ViaVoice program. snip yes yes, I had the same trouble finding kDelvelop and the like. try, when you're in your software manager, toggling between the catagorized

Re: [newbie] No system sounds.

2001-07-14 Thread Frans Ketelaars
Geof Steichen wrote: Yes, sndconfig finds the card and plays a message although it is very low volume. The system log shows it finds the card just fine also. It plays the cd ok, but still no system sounds. I re-booted and checked the system log again. The messages are still there. They