Re: [newbie-it] Configurazione di SendMail

2001-08-23 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 19:57, mercoledì 22 agosto 2001, hai scritto: Ciao Credevo di avere configurato correttamente la mia macchina linux (monta mandrake 8) ma ho un problema con la posta: Ho chiamato la macchina pippo. Se mando un messaggio da root@pippo a root@pippo il messaggio sparisce se mando un

Re: [newbie-it] Re:connessione fallita

2001-08-23 Thread Stefano Salari
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: no steo grazie per avermi risposto, ma compilarte il kernel non e' ancora cosa facile x me, ti andrebbe di darmi una mano? Volentieri, pero' ti confido una cosa: non sono sicuro al 100% che il problema legato al tuo modem sia dovuto a

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake su Toshiba Satellite 1800

2001-08-23 Thread Leonardo Orazi
Ti consiglio di chiedere quii: http://support.toshiba-tro.de/forum/linux/default.asp Ciao Leonardo

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake su Toshiba Satellite 1800

2001-08-23 Thread fabio
feazie mille Ti consiglio di chiedere quii: http://support.toshiba-tro.de/forum/linux/default.asp Ciao Leonardo

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake su Toshiba Satellite 1800

2001-08-23 Thread Marco
Ti consiglio di chiedere quii: http://support.toshiba-tro.de/forum/linux/default.asp Ciao Leonardo Grazie! Marco

Re: [newbie-it] Quale Proxy Server?

2001-08-23 Thread Andrea Colanicchia
Il 20:35, mercoledì 22 agosto 2001, hai scritto: Vorrei installare un Proxy Server, sono indeciso tra WWWOFFLE e SQUID. Ma leggendo un'articolo su Linux M. mi pare di aver capito che servono risorse hardware non indifferenti e la configurazione non è delle più semplici. WWoffle invece pare

R: [newbie-it] Quale Proxy Server?

2001-08-23 Thread LordZe
Vorrei installare un Proxy Server, sono indeciso tra WWWOFFLE e SQUID. Ma leggendo un'articolo su Linux M. mi pare di aver capito che servono risorse hardware non indifferenti e la configurazione non è delle più semplici. WWoffle invece pare sia semplice da configurare. Qualcuno che magari

Re: [newbie-it] Configurazione di SendMail

2001-08-23 Thread Michele Bigi
Utilizzo kmail. Probabilmente l'errore sta nella configurazione della rete. Ciao Michele

Re: [newbie] Software Manager not really installing

2001-08-23 Thread Doug X
Hi Jeremy, I don't know about your other issues, but you can always use 'df' or 'df -h'. The -h option tells df to print numbers for humans like KB and MB. fearless1 -Original Message- From:Jeremy Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:03:52 -0500 To:

Re: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

2001-08-23 Thread Michael F. Aube
Dear Dr. Evil, I too have installed Sun's jdk1.3.1 on Mandrake 8.0, and I use it every day to write software in Java. As long as you set up the appropriate environment variables (namely PATH and CLASSPATH), you shouldn't have any trouble writing, compiling, and running Java programs. If you

[newbie] DCOPserver failure

2001-08-23 Thread Mohammed Arafa
hello over the weekend, there was a brown out at my place and my box went down. i got myself a UPS but now when i switch on there are several problems left: 1. my modem (practical peripherals 33.6k) no longer connects to the internet even tho kppp see the modem and does all the tests 2. when i

[newbie] Samba make problem

2001-08-23 Thread Kirby Urner
I'm sending this to the samba list too, but maybe has something to do with MDK specifically. When I make the latest Samba (downloaded and untarred from website) I get: Compiling printing/pcap.c Compiling printing/print_svid.c Compiling printing/print_cups.c printing/print_cups.c:25:23:

[newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction

2001-08-23 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear W.C. Baker: Correction below. My apologies. You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the MANDRAKE CONTROL CENTER icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The Connection interface is

Re: [newbie] Samba make problem

2001-08-23 Thread Kirby Urner
Problem solved -- just needed more devel type files from CD, the cups library stuff (used software manager, searched on cups, installed from rpms). make is now complete. Onward!... Kirby Compiling printing/pcap.c Compiling printing/print_svid.c Compiling printing/print_cups.c

[newbie] KDM, XDM, GDM???

2001-08-23 Thread Robert MacLean
Hi What are KDM, XDM, and GDM? I know they have something to do with XWindows but that is about it? Also what are there differences? Thanks Robert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] KDM, XDM, GDM???

2001-08-23 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
KDM, XDM GDM are all display managers. They permit both local and remote X windows sessions to occur and provide client support (the remote is the server in X, parlance). If you have two Linux boxes running any of the above it is possible to log into a remote machine's X-Windows using the

Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

2001-08-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
1. Ensure the gdm package is installed 2. Open /etc/sysconfig/desktop in a text editor as root and change DESKTOP=KDE to DESKTOP=GNOME. On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:53, Doug X wrote: Hi Dave and all, I tried changing /etc/sysconfig/desktop to {GNOME, Gnome, gnome} and rebooted each time, but

RE: [newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction

2001-08-23 Thread Adams, Jamie
Sorry, i might be missing a bit of this story, but couldnt you use KPPP? its pretty simple to configure and you should be good to go in a couple of minuites. -- Jamie -- From: Benjamin Sher[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 August 2001

Re: [newbie] DCOPserver failure

2001-08-23 Thread bascule
hi, it is possible to have a modem that kppp thinks is fine but doesn't connect, following a lightning strike my modem became like that, i found that it couldn't sustain a dial tone any more, instead of investigating ways round this - like, is a dial tone necessary, is there a initialisation

RE: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

2001-08-23 Thread Michael McGibben
Hi there, Have a look at 'man kppp' and you will get a list of errors and what they mean. Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Les Jacobson Sent: 23 August 2001 03:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] ISP - KPPP

Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

2001-08-23 Thread Randy Kramer
Hmm, I would say it is plain text, going by your (Glenn's) headers: List-Owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary=--=_998539848-1464-2315 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 This is a multi-part message in MIME format...

Re: [newbie] eth0 not up on boot

2001-08-23 Thread Kevin Khaw
I have the pcmcia version of it and it doesnt not install under mandrake. I have tried various things with it but still no luck. I use redhat 7.1 now and it works. Harddrake detects it but doesnt want to install the module. 8139too.o is there but when you insmod it, it says irq errors i think.

Re: [newbie] KDM, XDM, GDM???

2001-08-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:34, Robert MacLean wrote: Hi What are KDM, XDM, and GDM? I know they have something to do with XWindows but that is about it? Also what are there differences? These are all display managers (hence the DM on the ends of the names). GDM is part of the GNOME Project, and

Re: [newbie] tuxracer :)

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:16:59 -0500 pepe torrres [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: snip PT and by the way does someone knows how to configure a hotmail account PT in PT mozilla messenger? If I'm not mistaken, M$ only allows hotmail accounts to be configured for their own

[newbie] Unable to surf...

2001-08-23 Thread Jason Guidry
OK, Kppp (LM8) sees my Modem Blaster External, dials out to my ISP. most of the time Kpppd crashes somehow (no connection timer) but is still running when I look for it with $ top. I try killing the processes, but they won't die. when Kpppd doesn't crash and I get the timer, etc, I'm unable

RE: [newbie] Unable to surf...

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Are you able to resolve anything else? For example, can you ping you ISP's webserver? Can you ping the microsoft site, slashdot or freshmeat? When kppp dies, does your modem stay online or does it drop the carrier - should be easy to tell by looking at the lights, seeing as it's an external

[newbie] semi transparent terms

2001-08-23 Thread Olly Marshall
HI all, Does anyone know a way to get a terminal window to be have a transparent red background ? ie red in colour, but so you are able to see the desktop picture through it ?? Olly Marshall IT Manager Absolute Internet

[newbie] help hurry

2001-08-23 Thread Kit Goins
I just upgraded my ram from 64 mgs to 128...on reboot...mandrake 8.0 would not start...well, it started...but would not go all the way thru...any suggestions...? I have linux on one drive...and win98 on another.. after rebooting win98, on same computer...it would not reboot either. I run

Re: [newbie] help hurry

2001-08-23 Thread Robert MacLean
sounds like the ram doesn't work well. could be that it is a different speed to the other ram chips if any Robert MacLean IDWS Technical Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.idws.com Tel: (011) 955-5613 ext 14 Fax: (011) 955-5611 NOTE: Please include this message in your reply. -

Re: [newbie] mp3info

2001-08-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
XMMS can edit MP3 tags. I don't know what versions of tags it supports, though. On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:42, bascule wrote: having upgraded freq3 to kde2.2 and a few other things from cooker (who'd have thought a windows stylee volume control could make a guy so happy?) i've discovered that

Re: [newbie] Kernel-2.4.6 and Automount !!!

2001-08-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:17, Lúcio Costa wrote: Hi Everybody !!! I have a newbie question to do. I founded in http://www.rpmfind.net the Kernel 2.4.6-20.mdk.rpm and modutils-2.4.6-2mdk.rpm. I did the download and executed this package. When Aurora start I saw one massage the automount

Re: [newbie] help hurry

2001-08-23 Thread Kit Goins
All the new ram is the same...got it yesterday...from spartantech.com and sorry, it was xms memory not ems... I took out two chips...just to see what would happen and it then read 64 mg...on memtest bootup...so i don't think that could be it...(possiblity, but don't think so) I think it may

RE: [newbie] help hurry

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Do you use LILO? If so, boot linux with a parameter of MEM=64M. This will force the kernel to only use the first 64 meg of memory. If it boots OK, you probably have a bad ram board or similar. If you use GRUB, then do whatever you need to do to append the above MEM= line. Try swapping the

[newbie] Mixer will not execute - says permission problem, but already tried that fix

2001-08-23 Thread Stanton, Curt (NCI/IMS)
I have a K7VZA motherboard with an onboard VIA VT82C686A AC97 audio sound card. I can't get my sound to work. I tried to open mixer and it give me an error saying that it failed and that it might be because the permissions aren't set up and that I need to log in as root and 'chmod a+x mixer'.

Re: [newbie] Modem Busy

2001-08-23 Thread d
LURKER here, I just had this problem myself and found a little assistance on this list. When you are booting up go to the CMOS and set the PNP (Plug 'n Play) to NO or OFF. Linux will do this for you and that interferes with it's operations. HTH's! At 10:37 PM 8/22/01, you wrote: Hi

[newbie] find in subdirectories

2001-08-23 Thread Anguo
a very simple question from a very newbie. How do I get the command find to search all the subdirectories. I had a look at man find but to no avail. I tried many different options including find -depth find -mindepth -maxdepth but I still can't get find to find anything beyond the

Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

2001-08-23 Thread Doug X
Hi Bill and s srlinuxx, Thank you both. Both solutions worked like a charm. I don't know why kcontrol comes with 'kde' by default if it needs 'KDE' but anyway all is well. As for s srlinuxx's solution, what I did was change /etc/X11/prefdm from preferred= if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop

RE: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

2001-08-23 Thread Adams, Jamie
You might also want to make sure you are using the correct protocil, ie PAP or CHAP. -- Jamie -- From: R C[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2001 04:42 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ISP - KPPP - error 19

Re: [newbie] Version Differences

2001-08-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
There may have been holes found _after_ support for that version was discontinued. This is a common occurrance. It is best to stick will a well-supported distro. For an i486, I would suggest that you use Red Hat, since it is very up-to-date, well-supported and compiled for i386 machines. Do a

RE: [newbie] NetMeeting - Is Linux in the way?

2001-08-23 Thread Michael McGibben
Hi Ron, I am sorry that this isn't a reply to your question, rather it is a request for info. I notice that you have a home network. I'd like to set one up but haven't been able to make sense of networking. Would you mind explaining it to me it simple terms? I have 3 i486s with 8Mb Ram and 212Mb

Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

2001-08-23 Thread etharp
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 23:37, Glenn Holden wrote: Thanks Matt ifconfig and ping both return some data, but I think it's just a local loopback. When I ifconfig eth0, I get No such device. Where/how do I configure the eth0? Glen first, the command to start an interface is ifup so if you

[newbie] Kernel-2.4.6 and Automount !!!

2001-08-23 Thread Lúcio Costa
Hi Everybody !!! I have a newbie question to do. I founded in http://www.rpmfind.net the Kernel 2.4.6-20.mdk.rpm and modutils-2.4.6-2mdk.rpm. I did the download and executed this package. When Aurora start I saw one massage the automount isn't supported for this Kernel or something like

Re: [newbie] semi transparent terms

2001-08-23 Thread Robert MacLean
I meant theme. they don't do the transparency, the actual console window does the transparency, it just uses the skins/themes for the colour/tone of the transparency. Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Olly Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] eth0 not up on boot

2001-08-23 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do a search on Google for 8139too, and it appears that this driver has had some problems. It is based upon a more stable driver called rtl8139 (for the same NIC chipset), which I have had good experience with. You might just try switching drivers.

RE: [newbie] File Renaming Perks: Did someone say 'bash script'?

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
It's a pipe. Basically, it acts just like a real pipe does in your plumbing system, but instead of water flowing through it, data does. The pipe below connects the output from the echo command to the gawk command. Try this for an easy example: Ls -al | less The output from the ls command will

Re: [newbie] semi transparent terms

2001-08-23 Thread Robert MacLean
the colour would be done by what ever skin you are using. to make it transparent there is a setting in one of the menu options of the console windows that allows that Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Olly Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[newbie] Differences between ML8.0 and ML8 Freq #3

2001-08-23 Thread Lúcio Costa
Hi ML Users. Can Anyone tell me something about the differences between ML8.0 and ML*Freq#3 ? Thanks ! Lucio _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Unable to surf...

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A. Punch
How are you Killing the process? Did you try deleting this file? /home/chal/.kde/share/apps/kppp/kppp.pid the chal is my user name, so apply whatever yours is there. I had a similar problem and this solved it. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 Patience is a minor

[newbie] X Server over SSH

2001-08-23 Thread Olly Marshall
If i wanted to work on my linux box at home using an xWin client, is it possible to configure X to run over SSH ?? Olly Marshall IT Manager Absolute Internet www.absoluteinternet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] just wondering

2001-08-23 Thread Mohammed Arafa
just wodnering if my mail doesnt get thru to the list n doesnt bounce back ..where is it going? who is getting it? thankx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] MDK 8.0 on IBM T21

2001-08-23 Thread Oren Gozlan
Hi, i'm having problems installing mdk 8.0 on ibm T21, the mouses (treckpoint and ps2) are not detected, while trying to detect scsi, the installation freezes.. Does any one installed the 8.0 on the IBM T21 ??? THNX -- - Oren Gozlan Mobixell Networks Inc. p: +972 9 776 0121

[newbie] Mapping keys in Gnome/Sawfish Mandrake 8.0

2001-08-23 Thread Keith Christian
Where can I find info for mapping keystrokes (e.g. Alt-F4 to close a program, Alt-Tab to switch among windows, etc.) ? Thanks! =Keith _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] eth0 not up on boot

2001-08-23 Thread DStevenson
On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:29, Kevin Khaw wrote: I have the pcmcia version of it and it doesnt not install under mandrake. I have tried various things with it but still no luck. I use redhat 7.1 now and it works. Harddrake detects it but doesnt want to install the module. 8139too.o is

Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me?

2001-08-23 Thread Solver
May I send you the source code, please? I have it. Solver - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Solver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Why won't you help me? On Wednesday 22 August 2001 11:12, Solver

[newbie] Resending question 2

2001-08-23 Thread Solver
Resending as HTML this time, with HUGE letters. OK, I have clarified the fact that my WinModem is supported under Linux! Iagain downloaded the drivers, this time for my kernel version, it all workednice, but now I wonder about one thing. One of the modules I insmod , refersto dsp.a file,

Re: [newbie] semi transparent terms

2001-08-23 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:32 am, thus spake Olly Marshall: HI all, Does anyone know a way to get a terminal window to be have a transparent red background ? ie red in colour, but so you are able to see the desktop picture through it ??

[newbie] Accessing ext2 from Windows

2001-08-23 Thread Solver
Most modern Linux distributions can read and write to FAT, and read NTFS systems. I wonder if there are any drivers, which allow Windows to read, and preferably read-write to ext2 partitions. Solver Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Resending question 1

2001-08-23 Thread Solver
I am resending my first time now, to me it is plain text, checked three times :). OK, I have clarified the fact that my WinModem is supported under Linux! I again downloaded the drivers, this time for my kernel version, it all worked nice, but now I wonder about one thing. One of the modules I

Re: [newbie] Good source for icons?

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 23 August 2001 03:12 am, Michel Clasquin escribió: On Thursday 23 August 2001 03:32, s wrote: On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:18 pm, you wrote: Does anybody have a good source for high-quality icons for linux (or just high quality icons in general)? I've been searching all

Re: [newbie] Resending question 2

2001-08-23 Thread Tim Barnard
When you downloaded the drivers, did the download include source code? If so, you should find a file under the directory where the source was installed called INSTALL or sometimes INSTALL.unx. Read that file to find out how to rebuild dsp.a for your kernel version. If the download did not

Re: [newbie] Accessing ext2 from Windows

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:57 am, Solver escribió: Most modern Linux distributions can read and write to FAT, and read NTFS systems. I wonder if there are any drivers, which allow Windows to read, and preferably read-write to ext2 partitions. Solver

[newbie]

2001-08-23 Thread Mohammed Arafa
this is a test message as i have sent 3 or 4 times and it hasnt shown on the list sorry for the inconvenience _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Installing Adaptec AHA-1540/42CF SCSI controler

2001-08-23 Thread Richard Layton
Hello! I have just recently installed Manadrake 8.0 and it discovered my Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI controler but it did not load my Adaptec AHA-1540/42CF(ISA). Can someone explain to me how to do this? Thank you!

RE: [newbie] find in subdirectories

2001-08-23 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Ahem... Are you running 8.0 [opjose@bluebox opjose]$ find --version GNU find version 4.1.6 [opjose@bluebox opjose]$ find /usr -name *adsl* find: /usr/lib/pgsql/backup: Permission denied find:

[newbie] archives?

2001-08-23 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I may have some questions regarding configuring a network printer and possible cups problems but if there are archives, I would like to check them first. Are there any archives to this list? If so, would you please supply the url? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to

RE: [newbie]

2001-08-23 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Well, they are appearing here, so they are showing on the list... Cc'd to his real email also... Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Mohammed Arafa [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:40

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction

2001-08-23 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Jamie: Yes, KPPP is fine for dial-up but to configure Cable/ADSL you need to use the Network and Internet tool. Benjamin On Thursday 23 August 2001 04:09, you wrote: Sorry, i might be missing a bit of this story, but couldnt you use KPPP? its pretty simple to configure and you should

RE: [newbie] networking issues

2001-08-23 Thread Paul H Upton
Hi there.. My cable modem set-up see's this change between OS's as a different pc and therefore requires a reboot before it will work with Linux Hope that helps... Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tameem Ali Sent: 23 August

RE: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux? On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:07 pm, Dr. Evil escribió: It seems

Re: [newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:07 pm, Dr. Evil escribió: It seems very difficult to get the Linux java stuff working. When I installed Mandrake, it came with a bunch of java stuff: /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/javadoc /usr/bin/javakey /usr/bin/javap However, when I set my java

Re: [newbie] Re: Benjamin: Thanks! Mandrake 8.0 internet desktop iconproblem cleared up

2001-08-23 Thread Sergio Vergara Gando
Can you share your experience with us. How to resolve this problem? sevega WCBaker wrote: Thanks heaps Benjamin!It all got cleared up. I found out that Linux was just responding to the fact that somehow I had misconfigured, and I didn't have access to the Internet, so it wouldn't

RE: [newbie] 8.1 release schedule

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
If the release adhears to the same marketing restraints as did 7.2 (the now infamous Wal Mart edition of 2000) then 8.0 will be released in Oct. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

[newbie] Re: hostname + domain in LinuxConf - proper fomat is ??

2001-08-23 Thread WCBaker
In LinuxConf to set one's host name it has a space for hostname + domain. I have not set this correctly. Although I can surf, my attempts to set up Qmail have made the fact that I've made a mistake with hostname + domain quite clear. For example, when I try the configuration step in the install

Re: [newbie] Re: hoping to use CD-only install of Mandrake 8.0 on a Libretto palmtop. . . possible??

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A. Punch
set your BIOS to boot from CD. That workerd for me. Floppy drives seem to hate me and are always breaking. I think that there are two things we need to get rid of (in the USA); floppy drives and pennies. Both are worthless. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 Patience

Re: [newbie] 8.1 release schedule

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 23 August 2001 01:56 pm, Miark escribió: What's the release schedule (or URL to it) for 8.1? I'll pass on the first beta, but I don't know if I can hold out for the final, or if I'll have to break down and try beta 2. :-) Miark All I've heard is 2 possibly 3 betas, and 1 or

RE: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
What is your output from cat /proc/pci for network controller. If it is sharing an IRQ with either your graphics or sound card that my be causing the problem. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

Re: [newbie] mozilla config

2001-08-23 Thread Guilherme Cirne
At 01:05 22/08/01 -0400, you wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 08:41:05PM -0400, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Just d/l'd and installed Mozilla 0.9.3 in my user directory. Is there any way I can set a configuration so that the program does not start with the sidebar open. I find that I

[newbie] Booting with LILO on a SCSI drive

2001-08-23 Thread Jean-Luc Terré
I have 3 disks attached to my motherboard: 1 IBM 9Gb SCSI U2W through an Adaptec 2940U2W 1 IBM 12Gb on IDE1 master 1 MAXTOR 13Gb on IDE2 master The disks on IDEs are for data only. I have 3 Win9x bootable partitions on the SCSI disk and the Linux partition in the first logical partition

Re: [newbie] Resending question 2

2001-08-23 Thread Matt Greer
on 8/23/01 10:35 AM, Solver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Resending as HTML this time, with HUGE letters. Just don't send as HTML at all. If you send plain text then it's up to us and our email clients to decide how large or small to view it. If you send as plain text, you can't go wrong. HTML

RE: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

2001-08-23 Thread Glenn Holden
Thanks Charles the result from cat /proc/pci is what looks like four entries. None of them are a NIC and none of them are using IRQ 10. This NIC is an ISA device. Earlier I tried another (newer) 3Com 3c905 instead of this 3c509. I was just installing the system then and it prevented the

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder

2001-08-23 Thread hardcorepush
I read somehwere..perhaps a usenet group about a problem with something timing out...maybe soundserver??? I dont recall exactly, but I ran across this problem somewhere. Maybe a google/dejavu search would be helpful...as i wasnt rob On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:56:45 -0600 Mark Lane [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] download manager

2001-08-23 Thread d
LURKER here, Excuse me for jumping in here but when I clicked on this link a window popped up saying RealPlayer could not be found would I like to download? and I clicked NO then everythingy STOPPED. No download for that RPM, I am still using WindBlows, EudoraLitev5.1, and NetScape v4.77 for

[newbie] ETerm RPM

2001-08-23 Thread Olly Marshall
Does anyone know the instructions for install the eterm rpm that (might off) come with Mandrake v8 ?? Olly Marshall IT Manager Absolute Internet www.absoluteinternet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] SSL

2001-08-23 Thread Paul H Upton
First posting on this list so appologies if protocol is broken... Managed to setup my first Linux box ever and have implemented Neomail for remote email access... Ideally, I would like to use SSL for the whole session... No problems so far as Apache-ssl runs right after an install but I'd

Re: [newbie] Oh F***

2001-08-23 Thread Skippipix
and look, Windows2000 has personalized toolbars. wow, what will the mental giants at Mico$haft come up with next. how can Linux compeat with that. i'm fdisking my mandrake box and rushing to the local M$ retailer right now. Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] download manager

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A. Punch
d wrote: LURKER here, Excuse me for jumping in here but when I clicked on this link a window popped up saying RealPlayer could not be found would I like to download? and I clicked NO then everythingy STOPPED. No download for that RPM, I am still using WindBlows, EudoraLitev5.1, and

[newbie] SMTP and POP3 Mandrake 8

2001-08-23 Thread Brian Blater
I'm not new to Linux but am new to Mandrake and had some questions on a recent install. I have a Mandrake 8 box that is behind a RH 7.1 firewall using iptables. I've set up iptables to forward smtp and pop3 to my Mdk 8 box. It is working but not so well. I've noticed that if I telnet to port 25

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.0 on IBM T21

2001-08-23 Thread asmiller
Hi, i'm having problems installing mdk 8.0 on ibm T21, the mouses (treckpoint and ps2) are not detected, while trying to detect scsi, the installation freezes.. Does any one installed the 8.0 on the IBM T21 ??? THNX Installed fine on mine, under expert mode. You might try connecting a PS2

Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

2001-08-23 Thread etharp
thank you very much, abso-ltly correct sir On Thursday 23 August 2001 17:42, DStevenson wrote: You don't need to su to root to view ifconfig data. /sbin/ifconfig as normal user to view the data. Least time spent as root the better. Just my cents worth! On Wednesday 22 August 2001

RE: [newbie] Promiscuous mode?

2001-08-23 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
You ran an application which sniffs your local network... Such as TCPDUMP, or IPTRAF. These programs put the Ethernet card into promiscuous mode. Where it will receive ALL packets floating by on your network and display them to you. Exiting these programs normally switches things back to

Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?

2001-08-23 Thread etharp
this reminds me of not having plug and pray aware OS to OFF in BIOS. and maybe while in BIOS setting the ISA IRQ to reserve it. On Thursday 23 August 2001 17:19, Glenn Holden wrote: Thanks Charles the result from cat /proc/pci is what looks like four entries. None of them are a NIC and

Re: [newbie] find in subdirectories

2001-08-23 Thread Anguo
Jose M. Sanchez banged on their keyboard and produced the following arrangement of letters: | Ahem... Are you running 8.0??? err yes... fortunately the GUI version in file manager works... so i'll use that until I figure out what I am doing wrong. thanks. Anguo Want to buy your

[newbie] k-menu Transparency

2001-08-23 Thread rife
Just out of curiousity, and i know this isn't a kde mailing list =), but does anybody know what file settings need to be changed in order to make menus transparent in KDE? i've seen it in several themes for kde, but when i install them, changes to the k-menu and kicker don't take effect. Any

[newbie] Update KDE?

2001-08-23 Thread Jon Doe
I follow the directions for the update of KDE 2.2 for Mandrake but I keep getting dependancy errors, I thought urpmi was supposed to download the dependancies for me? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] archives?

2001-08-23 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Bill Go to the Mandrake home page. In the column at the left, under the heading Support, click on Mail Lists. Wait a second or two and, voila, there are links to the various archives. There is also some very good stuff on these topics -- and plenty more -- at Mandrakeuser.org (just below the mail

Re: [newbie] Re: Benjamin: Thanks! Mandrake 8.0 internet desktop iconproblem cleared up

2001-08-23 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Sevega: Be glad to help, but please be more specific. Exactly what is it that you need help with. State it clearly and I'll try to help you. Benjamin On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:54, you wrote: Can you share your experience with us. How to resolve this problem? sevega -- Sher's

Re: [newbie] 8.1 release schedule

2001-08-23 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello! Wanna spoil all the excitement? We have a release schedule in mind, but it always unravels, so we just let it be thrilling and don't make liars out of ourselves. Having a schedule in mind is good if you are alone. As soon as you have customers, you need to pull your schedules

Re: [newbie] Hard drive optimisation errors..

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 23 August 2001 10:18 am, Franki escribió: In an effort to increase the speed of my hard drives, particularly the one with the swap on it.. I did these hdparm commands: hdparm -a 8 -d 0 -r 0 -u 0 -m 32 -c 1 -A 1 -K 0 -P 0 -X 12 -W 1 -S 0 /dev/hda hdparm -a 8 -d 0 -r 0 -u 0 -m 32

[newbie] java plugins for moz 0.9.2 and netscrote

2001-08-23 Thread Ant 'DS Boulton' Erickson
g'day, likewise for shockwave, whenever i go to to a page with shock or java, it always asks me to get the plugins and lord knows i've gotten them and installed them many a time. with java i let moz do the installing, as it should, and it still doesn't work, and with shockwave, i've

Re: [newbie] tuxracer :)

2001-08-23 Thread pepe torrres
i got a diamond stealth 3 n im not sure about the MESA dirvers how do i look at tthat? From: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] tuxracer :) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:38:05 +0200 what graphics card do you have? and have you

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