[newbie] network question

2001-08-29 Thread Robert MacLean
Hi I was setting up network and it asked if my IP address is "Manual", "DHCP", or "BootP". What is the difference? I know what DHCP is in Windows terms (dynamically assigned IP address), so that's the same thing, right? TIA Robert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to h

Re: [newbie] SiS 735 chipset/ecs k7s5a

2001-08-29 Thread hosey
Based on what civileme wrote about the other sis chipsets being the most linux friendly I would think that the sis 735 has a good chance at working with Mandrake trouble free. Linux on the Nivida Nforce http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/2599 that could be questionable.. Steve M.

[newbie] Praise for Mandrake

2001-08-29 Thread John W
I just wanted to send a little thanks to the Mandrakesoft team. I bought a new SB Live card today and booted Linux turned Kudzu back on and then removed my old soundcard booted Linux and Kudzu instaled the card flawlessly. Perhaps for some this was to easy but I find it simply fantastic. On

Re: [newbie] mplayer

2001-08-29 Thread Len Lawrence
Sorry, should have said - mplayer works fine for mpeg video and some AVI but not for encrypted DVDs using the x11 driver and X 4.0.1. Decryption _seems_ to work and usually the video_ts.vob file runs, albeit at breakneck speed (blink and it's gone) but for all other VOBs it either reports unsuppo

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
"Aqua" is the name Apple have given to their GUI interface design (because it looks like liquid). M$ have made an inferior copy for WinXP and have called it "Luna". No surprises there. On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:29, Robert MacLean wrote: > whats Apples "Aqua"? Is it Mac OS X? > > > - Original M

Re: [newbie] cleaning gcc-3.0.1 installation files

2001-08-29 Thread Gabriel Arcos
I did the instalation, but I wanna know if I can remove source directory? - Original Message - From: "David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cleaning gcc-3.0.1 installation files > > Hi, I had compiled

Re: [newbie] cleaning gcc-3.0.1 installation files

2001-08-29 Thread David E. Fox
> Hi, I had compiled gcc-3.0.1 but the installation files get to much spa= > ce from my little HardDisk. Somebody knows what directories I can delete wi= > thout problems? there is a make clean? I can delete the source directory ? I seem to recall there is a makefile option that deletes the u

Re: [newbie] Konqueror bookmarks and kmail backup

2001-08-29 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 20:31, you wrote: > Hi all, > > Here are some KDE questions for you: > > I am working on my backup procedure... > > Where does Konqueror store the bookmarks? > I didn't find them so that I can include them in the backup. > > Also, for Kmail, I am including in the backup

[newbie] kde 2.2

2001-08-29 Thread Eric Caron
Hi everybody, I'm trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2 just to get some experience in installing new stuff on my box. I managed to find most of the dependencies I need, but the libSDL1.2 is giving me trouble. It needs XFree 4.1.0 and I have XFree 4.0.3 (from my distribution ISOs). How do I go about up

[newbie] audiogala satellite

2001-08-29 Thread pepe torrres
how do i make that prog work? whish one do i have to download? the static or the glibc whats the difference? i run that and go into the page http://www.audiogalaxy.com/betatest and i cant create a n account.. help! _ Descargue GRAT

Re: [newbie] Mailing list in Spanish.

2001-08-29 Thread paul rodríguez
sounds good to me, don't know if I'd use it as much, but would help out where i could me suena bien, no sé si lo usaría tanto, pero ayudaría cuando puedo - Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail

Re: [newbie] tar.bz2 -- thanks!

2001-08-29 Thread Michael D. Viron
At 12:38 PM 08/29/2001 +0200, you wrote: >what does the -k on man do? >normally i use just man > >Robert MacLean Doing a man man, shows the unelightening: -k equivalent to apropos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] SSL, Webmin and Apache frustrations, help!

2001-08-29 Thread Michael D. Viron
By default, it will deny all connections except those user / password combinations that are either in the group groupname (from any domain), or are listed in the require user line -- user1, user2, and user3 from any domain. This .htaccess example does work, as I am using one almost identical to t

Re: [newbie] SNF packet forwarding problem.

2001-08-29 Thread John Turnbull
I am sorry to repost this request, but I have still not managed to turn on forwarding in Mandrake SNF (original description follows). I do know a little more. I have managed to install a different firewalling distro - smoothwall (www.smoothwall.org), so I do know that the problem is not due to s

[newbie] ERROR??? perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Fonner
I am getting the error below... perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = "en", LC_ALL = (unset), LC_MESSAGES = "en", LC_TIME = "en_US", LC_NUMERIC = "en_US", LC_CTYPE = "en_US", LC_MONETARY = "en_US", LC_COLLATE = "e

Re: [newbie] Re: Low Resource Window Manager

2001-08-29 Thread Erylon Hines
Michael Scottaline wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:18:46 -0700 > Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > > EH> I'm an Xfce fan. I've used all of the small footprint gui's. > EH> Blackbox > EH> is to minimal for me. Ice is nice, but harder to configure than > EH> Xfce. And

Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness

2001-08-29 Thread Isaac Curtis
jennifer wrote: > On Wednesday 29 August 2001 17:09, Isaac Curtis wrote: > >>This is a bottom-posted new thread, I encourage anyone interested to >>please skim the quote for context before reading below. >> >> >> >>(from the thread Re: [newbie] kde2.2 broke Konqueror Flash plugin) >> >>Ron Bouwh

Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness

2001-08-29 Thread Isaac Curtis
Matt Greer wrote: > On Wednesday 29 August 2001 16:09, you wrote: > > >>what I did supported my community and helped strike a(n >>admittedly small) blow at Borders and everything it stands for. >> > > You also struck a blow at a very innocent, and undeserving bystander...the > author(s) of th

RE: [newbie] Do We really have to download both ISOs?

2001-08-29 Thread Greg G
i ordered the 2 disk set but could not get it to work __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

[newbie] Re: Subject changed by request of previous poster

2001-08-29 Thread Charles A. Punch
> >LURKER here, > > > >These two subjects are NOT what I would call appropoe for this Mail > >List. ONE, slamming others is NOT very NICE even though you may have > >thingys correct or NOT. TWO, the subject is NOT correct for what is placed > >in each message. I do thank you for responding but

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:29:36 +0200 "Robert MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was inspired to comment: > whats Apples "Aqua"? Is it Mac OS X? It's the user interface for OSX. Mike -- "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you h

Re: [newbie] Console Mail Readers

2001-08-29 Thread Paul Cox
On Wednesday, Aug 29, 2001, Matt Greer wrote: > While I'm here, I have a question about console based mail readers. For the > people that use them, how do you keep up with large amounts of mail in a > short time, like this mailing list? I originally started using elm and found > that it was such

[newbie] Ximian mines for gold in Linux desktops

2001-08-29 Thread Mark Johnson
Just FYI... http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096249,00.html If you can afford it and it suites your needs I would encourage you to support Ximian and purchase their products. It would be a shame to see them go under like Ezeal... Think of it as a donation?!? However, it seems

[newbie] Re: [SLE] Sendmail and DNS Settings

2001-08-29 Thread Brandon Caudle
you can see files at http://64.192.99.49/config/ Brandon Caudle -- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger - Original Message - From: "Christian Kli

Re: [newbie] Linux VPN?

2001-08-29 Thread rand
> From: "Ingo Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:59:08 -0300 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux VPN? > > well . now lets see better make that 6 ...:) > > -Original Message- > From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMA

Re: [newbie] Uh-Oh! Here's something new???

2001-08-29 Thread Jeff Reed
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 15:09, Lanman wrote: > Just caught this on the news. Might be worth watching out > for. > > http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentSe >rver?pagename=Corel/PressRelease/Details&id=8DJU86H > > Lanman Content-Ty

[newbie] Sendmail and DNS Settings

2001-08-29 Thread Brandon Caudle
I have been trying to set up dns and sendmail and I can not get it to work when I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (expanded from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) - Transcript of session follows - 554 5.0.0 MX

[newbie] Re: /bin/login missing

2001-08-29 Thread Brandon Caudle
Is that the only way? Brandon Caudle -- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger - Original Message - From: "Taylor, ForrestX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

[newbie] cleaning gcc-3.0.1 installation files

2001-08-29 Thread Gabriel Arcos
    Hi, I had compiled gcc-3.0.1 but the installation files get to much space from my little HardDisk. Somebody knows what directories I can delete without problems? there is a make clean? I can delete the source directory ?   Thanks!

[newbie] /bin/login missing

2001-08-29 Thread Brandon Caudle
Hey Everyone, Recently, I have been unable to telnet into my machine (Suse 7.2). This is because /bin/login is missing, (I am very suspious about this) So how do I go about replacing it? Thanks, Brandon Caudle -- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Cha

Re: [newbie] Console Mail Readers

2001-08-29 Thread Brendan
Yeah, it uses Pico for its' editing, but is really not bad for all-around ASCII mail handling. Large volumes of mail make Pine look like driving a Model T on the Autobahn though. Just not capable (realistically) of sorting through large chunks of mail. Besides, Pine Is Not Elm. > The major d

Re: [newbie] Console Mail Readers

2001-08-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:10:07 +0100 "Adams, Jamie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was inspired to comment: > Hi all, > > Can anyone suggest a good console mail reader? I have been using Kmail > for a while at home but i dont really like it that much and the console > is kinda growing on me now :) ==

RE: [newbie] resizing partitions

2001-08-29 Thread Cashman, Daniel J
You may find it is eaiser to use 3rd party software such as partion magic to resize your drive. I have setup various dual boot systems several times with win 2k and win 98. I have found that partion magic is very simple and effective. I recommend letting LILO handle the booting as it is easy un

RE: [newbie] tar.bz2 -- thanks!

2001-08-29 Thread FLYNN, Steve
It might be worth mentioning to the gentleman struggling to unzip his tar, that the one method which is guaranteed to work on all versions (well, since 6.5 where I first used it) is to use bunzip2 to firstly unzip the .bz2 file to a flat tar file and then un-tar it. Don't try to run before you ca

[newbie] Re: Low Resource Window Manager

2001-08-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:18:46 -0700 Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: EH> I'm an Xfce fan. I've used all of the small footprint gui's. EH> Blackbox EH> is to minimal for me. Ice is nice, but harder to configure than EH> Xfce. And, the Gnome panel runs really well with X

Re: [newbie] SiS 735 chipset/ecs k7s5a motherboard

2001-08-29 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 06:04, hosey wrote: > I read an interesting review on the SiS 735 chipset and how it outperforms > the AMD 760 at http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q2/010611/ , I > then checked to see if there were any Duron/Athlon motherboards > manufactured with the SiS 735 c

Re: [newbie] Dialup Connection

2001-08-29 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 01:42, Idea.ListBT wrote: > Am very new to linux. (all attempts having failed previously) > Have installed Mandrake 8.0 > > It wont go online although I've entered all the parms for my > adsl modem. Strangely the install never prompted me for a phone > number for the di

[newbie] resizing partitions

2001-08-29 Thread Michael
Found the easiest and less hassle was to install on two HD's. One linux and one Windoze 98. With windoze already installed Mandrake installed first time. Make windows the master, the master boot record will be rewritten and your windows virus checker will spot this. Jeremy Davidson wrote: > I've

Re: [newbie] MB & CPU Suggestion Please

2001-08-29 Thread Doug X
Hello, Just looking through some motherboard manuals (I wish I had got around to doing that research project on MB for class:-( Anyway, the processor talks through the fsb to the North Bridge chip at 100/133/200 MHz, the NB talks to RAM at 100/133/200/(266?) and also to the AGP at 66MHz whi