Ri:[newbie-it] Masterizzare le ISO

2001-09-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
usa Xcdroast Ciao, Germano come faccio a masterizzare le ISO con Mandrake 8.0 ??? devo masterizzare il secondo CD della Mandrake 8 (visto che l'ho scaricato da internet) e il GTOASTER mi masterizza le ISO come se fossero dei file normalissimi. come faccio a masterizzare le ISO ?

R: [newbie-it] Masterizzare le ISO

2001-09-06 Thread LordZe
non e vero... il g toaster puo gestire le iso.. tu la sdevi aggiungere nella lista delle trcce non in quella dei file. LordZe-- Un Computer sicuro è un computer spento. - Di Maria Antonio System Administrator -Credito Italiano- Italy(MI) UIN 123773221 /join #linux-mi

Re: Re: [newbie] Win X Client

2001-09-06 Thread Mohammed Arafa
also at tridiavnc.com - Original Message - From: Jim Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Win X Client VNC might be a better solution. Linux VNC should be included

Re: [newbie] Setting up for autorun

2001-09-06 Thread Paul
Hello, been lurking a bit and had a question that the gurus can help me with. I recently installed MySQL from source code and thusly, didn't get everything entered automagically into my etc/rc.d/init.d folder for execution at bootup. I copied the mysql.server file into init.d and ran

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-06 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Where did you look all of this up? -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sridhar |Dhanapalan |Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:32 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; |[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Setting up for autorun

2001-09-06 Thread Incubus
I tried dragging the mysql.server file into the rc3.d directory and making a link to it but it didn't autostart on the reboot. I also tried rc5.d to no avail. I did notice that when i drug the file and linked like that, the link is missing the S01, S02, etc. tags at the beginning of the

[newbie] what does ...

2001-09-06 Thread Mohammed Arafa
Xlib: extension XVideo missing on display ,0:0 mean? and i m trying to watch mpegs, avi, divx etc on my linux box any hints at all are extremely welcome thanks _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] Setting up for autorun

2001-09-06 Thread Michael D. Viron
At 06:33 AM 09/06/2001 GMT, you wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_999758021-7607-1676 Hello, been lurking a bit and had a question that the gurus can help me with. I recently installed MySQL from source code and thusly, didn't get everything entered

[newbie] nice command help needed

2001-09-06 Thread Andrei Raevsky
I understand the basic usage of the nice command. However, I did not find any documentation on the possible uses of this command. For example, I would like to find several examples of what can be achieved with this command, what type of priority should or should not be given to any one

Re: [newbie] Kernel Make Commands

2001-09-06 Thread A V Flinsch
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:44 pm, you wrote: Alex, thank you very much for your help. In fact, I was not sitting in the correct directory as you politely pointed out in your note. Glad to help, after all, that is what this list is here for. One point of confusion that I've had is how

RE: [newbie] Kernel Make Commands

2001-09-06 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Bill, I think maybe you have misunderstood what the make command actually does. I think you were attempting to roll your own kernel, and you were calling 'make menuconfig' and suchlike, but with no luck. Probably getting a No rule to make menuconfig or similar... What

RE: [newbie] simple command line question

2001-09-06 Thread FLYNN, Steve
CTRL-D will end it the continuation... Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: jennifer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[newbie] Switching to KDE 22 usual look and feel

2001-09-06 Thread Alex K
Hello, I finally installed KDE 22 on my LM8 box. Unfortunately I got a problem. Each time I am starting the system the login manager is displaying a list with only two windows managers: One is 'Default' which in my system is Ximian Gnome and another one is KDE 22. The point is when I log on

Re: [newbie] Setting up for autorun

2001-09-06 Thread Incubus
Thanks so much Michael, that was what I was looking for. Everything booted up and started right up on cue. Now to learn what to do with PHP and MySQL, lol. Thanks again! At 11:17 PM 9/5/2001, you wrote: More specifically, you'll need a symlink in /etc/rc.d/rc[3-5].d/ . The usual link for

RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Does your camera have some storage device (like SmartMedia) ? -Original Message- From: etharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rob Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0 try a web search on google for

Re: [newbie] Switching to KDE 22 usual look and feel

2001-09-06 Thread skinky
On Thursday 06 September 2001 22:33, you wrote: Hello, I finally installed KDE 22 on my LM8 box. Unfortunately I got a problem. Each time I am starting the system the login manager is displaying a list with only two windows managers: One is 'Default' which in my system is Ximian Gnome

RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread Mark Wheeler
Title: Message I get 'no cameras detected' with gphoto. I guess what I really need is a working/hack driver for the Quickcam Pro (USB). -Original Message-From: Michael Spivak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:29 AMTo: '[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-06 Thread s
On Thursday 06 September 2001 09:31 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 05 September 2001 10:39 pm, mike cola escribió: the new linux drivers Version: 1.0-1512 for nvidia cards are out now at http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux .. im getting my geforce2mx next week so anyone

[newbie]

2001-09-06 Thread Hipolito Lopez

RE: [newbie]

2001-09-06 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Problems getting Kmail to work? :-) Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Hipolito Lopez [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 6:49 PM To: Linux-Newbie Subject:

RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Title: Message is your USB daemon up ? test is with 'modprobe usb' anyway, if it doesn't run (as root ): '/etc/init.d/rc.d/usb start' this will start your usb, then you'll have to look for some driver for your cam If you has an SmartMedia or something, like mine - Toshiba PDR-M5, then

[newbie] MDK 8.0 and IBM ThinkPad T21

2001-09-06 Thread González
I instaled MDK 8.0 on an IBM ThinkPad T21 and every thing works properly with an exception, the mouse. I tryed to activated the PS2 device (dev/psaux) using the MAKEDEV and mknod programs, without results of any kind. When i did a cat over the device it answer me the device don't exist.

[newbie]

2001-09-06 Thread Hipolito Lopez
unsusbribe

[newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Does anyone here configured an Voodoo 3 3000 on linux mandrake 8.0 ? I need help *** Michael Spivak Topaz QA Team Leader Mercury Interactive Ext. - 2586 Cell. - 054-543234 Home - 09-8358599 ***

RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread Mark Wheeler
Title: Message Again, just to be clear. This is a WEBCAM, not a digital camera. The USB daemon is running. -Original Message-From: Michael Spivak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:57 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE:

RE: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
I edited my XF86Config-4 file, added the 'load glx' and 'load dri', but the log file says, that it failed to load DRI becouse it needs voodoo 3 or higher, and 2 lines before, it said Voodoo 3 inc. chipset found, so, i don't know what to think and what to do, i just bought the Mandrake and the

RE: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Typically, I'm at work and my MDK box is 180 miles away. I'll post you my XF86Config file on Friday evening for comparison purposes... However, I'm sure you'll get help with it before the from other members of the list. Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386

Re: [newbie]

2001-09-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Hipolito Lopez wrote: unsusbribe Hipolito, See http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Test/UnsubscribingFromMailingLists, perhaps the portion labeled En Espanol. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Michael Spivak wrote: Does anyone here configured an Voodoo 3 3000 on linux mandrake 8.0 ? I need help *** Michael Spivak Topaz QA Team Leader Mercury Interactive Ext. - 2586 Cell. - 054-543234 Home - 09-8358599 *** Hi. My 2nd machine

Re: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Michael Spivak wrote: I edited my XF86Config-4 file, added the 'load glx' and 'load dri', but the log file says, that it failed to load DRI becouse it needs voodoo 3 or higher, and 2 lines before, it said Voodoo 3 inc. chipset found, so, i don't know what to think and what to do, i just

[newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Jon Doe
I can't beleive I have never needed this up untill now, but what is the keyborad equivilent of paste? In windon't it was Ctrl + v Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 September 2001 09:38 am, s escribió: On Thursday 06 September 2001 09:31 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: If you are using LM 8.0 and haven't upgraded the kernel from 2.4.3-20mdk, I suspect you'll have some luck with them. I'm using a 2.4.8-18 kernel and d/l'd and rebuilt

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/6/01 10:27 AM, Jon Doe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't beleive I have never needed this up untill now, but what is the keyborad equivilent of paste? In windon't it was Ctrl + v are you in console mode or using a terminal emulator in X? In terminal emulators, pasting is typically the

RE: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Actually, i bought the Voodoo before the LM, and when i installed it, the card was already in -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help please ... Michael Spivak

RE: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Lionel Pitaru
In Linux too. I just can respond this kind of questions, :( Hope it helps -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Doe Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] paste in console? I can't beleive I

RE: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Lionel Pitaru
At least, it works for me in X -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lionel Pitaru Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] paste in console? In Linux too. I just can respond this kind of

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Matt Greer wrote: are you in console mode or using a terminal emulator in X? In terminal emulators, pasting is typically the middle button (your wheel if you have one, or both buttons if you don't). One of my biggest peeves against X. If you're in console mode, I don't believe you can cut

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/6/01 10:50 AM, Randy Kramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but in console only the middle button works, and I usually have to have the (mouse) cursor very close to where I want the paste to occur. Are you refering to true console mode where X isn't running at all? I can't get the mouse to

RE: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Lionel Pitaru
All days you can learn something new . . . -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] paste in console? Matt Greer wrote: are you in console

[newbie] Squid + https, cannot connect to https url's

2001-09-06 Thread DStevenson
HI all, Can anyone help with the above subject please? I have Squid and DansGuardian installed. DG is listening on 8080 which connects to Squid on 3128. The SSL connection is directed to 3128 as per DG website FAQ. I am expecting Squid to tunnel directly thru the proxy with a CONNECT

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dijous 06 Setembre 2001 11:27, en Jon Doe va escriure: I can't beleive I have never needed this up untill now, but what is the keyborad equivilent of paste? In windon't it was Ctrl + v It's the same as in windows or the middle mouse button... ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 September 2001 10:43 am, Matt Greer escribió: on 9/6/01 10:27 AM, Jon Doe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't beleive I have never needed this up untill now, but what is the keyborad equivilent of paste? In windon't it was Ctrl + v and it is in Linux also. Ctrl+c to copy,

Re: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread etharp
try a web search on google for openh323 and openphone and openmcu. On Thursday 06 September 2001 00:58, Rob wrote: On Wednesday 05 September 2001 11:24 am, you wrote: there is a quickcam express driver in development at www.sourceforge.net. Right now it's in Alpha development (seems it been

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop(FIXED)

2001-09-06 Thread D. Hoyem
Colin, Thanks, that did it. I basically redid the ksmserverrc to match what you had.. First I made a copy of it for backup reasons. But yes the Desktop is correct and no more 9 gmc's. Thanks again. Don --- C.H. Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D. Hoyem wrote: --- Preston [EMAIL

[newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
8.0 Video will work First install and let the recommended configuration be made for the SiS. Next, go to console and login as root (select NOT to have X start at boot) from a console use your favorite editor to edit /etc/lilo.conf add the line or change the vga line for the linux boot to

[newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel

2001-09-06 Thread Robjohns, Ashley - COMPAQ
Title: CD Burner - changed ISA channel In order to use 'on the fly' burning, I had to move my CD Burner to another ISA channel as it was a slave to my DVD drive, and thus data transfers would be unreliable. Just wondering what the best way to re-configure the ide-scsi emulation, mountings,

RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Title: RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0 Did you check the gphoto ? -Original Message-From: Mark Wheeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:07 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [newbie] HELP: QuickCam USB for Mandrake 8.0 The

[newbie] Enabling Disk Quotas

2001-09-06 Thread jrodri
Hi everyone I hope that someone could help me with these... I'm trying to set quotas for my users, i want that each user of a group named mailgroup has a restriction of 5 Mb of space on disk, i already have mount my filesystem with quotas support... so I guess that i'm on half of the

RE: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread FLYNN, Steve
I've got my Voodoo 4 4500 working with MDK 8.0, but not very well. Switching from X to console or vice-versa can take 3 or 4 seconds. Saying that, I've not had the time to spend on fixing the problem and generating a proper XF86Config-4 file. However, my card worked straight out of the install -

Re: [newbie] Help please ...

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
On Thursday 06 September 2001 11:22, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Michael Spivak wrote: I edited my XF86Config-4 file, added the 'load glx' and 'load dri', but the log file says, that it failed to load DRI becouse it needs voodoo 3 or higher, and 2 lines before, it said Voodoo 3 inc. chipset

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.0 and IBM ThinkPad T21

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
On Thursday 06 September 2001 10:59, Sigifredo González wrote: I instaled MDK 8.0 on an IBM ThinkPad T21 and every thing works properly with an exception, the mouse. I tryed to activated the PS2 device (dev/psaux) using the MAKEDEV and mknod programs, without results of any kind. When i

Re: [newbie] Graphics in C++

2001-09-06 Thread NULL
Title: Blank well, if you wish to try to learn OpenGL go to http://nehe.gamedev.net you would find a many tutorials related to OpenGL, Have fun, Dejan Lozanovic - Original Message - From: amit !! To: newbie Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:04 PM Subject:

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/6/01 11:17 AM, Tom Brinkman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 06 September 2001 10:43 am, Matt Greer escribió: on 9/6/01 10:27 AM, Jon Doe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't beleive I have never needed this up untill now, but what is the keyborad equivilent of paste? In windon't

[newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8

2001-09-06 Thread mcoady
Since installing Mandrake8 I cannot get WP8 for Linux to install. Is it probable that the newer Mandrake version has dropped certain files necessary for WP8? Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8

2001-09-06 Thread s
On Thursday 06 September 2001 03:07 pm, mcoady wrote: Since installing Mandrake8 I cannot get WP8 for Linux to install. Is it probable that the newer Mandrake version has dropped certain files necessary for WP8? Michael Does installing the libc5 rpm not help this time? I believe I have

Re: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel

2001-09-06 Thread Miark
You have a burner on an ISA channel? Don't you mean an IDE channel? Miark - Original Message - From: Robjohns, Ashley - COMPAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:57 AM Subject: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel In order to use 'on

Re: [newbie] Find Command

2001-09-06 Thread Miark
Yes, what Ron said does also apply to bash. You'd need the quotes. Thanks, Ron. Miark - Original Message - From: Ron Bouwhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Find Command Careful! The Unix

[newbie] hostname: bash-2.05

2001-09-06 Thread antoine rivoire
hi i think i might have seen somebody emailing about that prob before, but i cant find it in the archive: in term windows, my hostname has been replaced by bash-2.05$ anybody? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 September 2001 12:10 pm, Matt Greer escribió: on 9/6/01 11:17 AM, Tom Brinkman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and it is in Linux also. Ctrl+c to copy, Ctrl+x to cut, and Ctrl+v to paste Unfortunately only some of the time. Other times you need to use the middle mouse button

[newbie] ksmserverrc and kde session start

2001-09-06 Thread bascule
i am a bit concerned at what i believe to be unnecessary processes that i see when i run ksysguard, i believe they may be related to the entries for kdesu that are in my ~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc file, if i start kde and do nothing but launch xmms, kmail and everybuddy and ksysguard i

RE: [newbie] hostname: bash-2.05

2001-09-06 Thread Lionel Pitaru
Does the user that you were loged in have permissons on his assigned home directory? The same happened to my a couple of days before, and I see in LunxConf that the home directory of the user I was logging in was created by the root and the user ddidn't have permissons . . . Maybe it's just a

RE: [newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8

2001-09-06 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of s Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8 On Thursday 06 September 2001 03:07 pm, mcoady wrote: Since installing

[newbie] Choosing flavors and Window Managers

2001-09-06 Thread Mark Johnson
I'm not sure I truly understand the advantages of all these different flavors of linux. I understand that Debian is the super secure, and Mandrake is the super friendly, and Redhat is enterprise oriented. But what I find is that flavors mean non-standard directories and other nuances. The only

RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Franki
believe me, I am the last person to defend microsoft,, I really don't like them much at all.. HOWEVER, keeping your servers up to date and patched is imperative, regardless of wether you are using NT/2000 linux/unix or pretty much anything else... The problem is that M$ convinced people

[newbie] question

2001-09-06 Thread David Cox
can someone tell me what all i need to be able to do this. i want to get the newest kernel, compile it for just what i need,(server, ssh, firewall, ect...) and put it on a fresh disk. I know i need some sort of .img file i think, and i'm sure i'll have to compile from an existing linux

[newbie] first time scripter has problems

2001-09-06 Thread bascule
i have a stack of roms for xmame that are in zip format and xmame won't recognise them (though i thought it would) i want to unzip each to a directory of the same name minus the .zip extension, however the default for unzip is to extract into the current directory, i can't get the -d option to

Re: [newbie] hostname: bash-2.05

2001-09-06 Thread antoine rivoire
On Thursday 06 September 2001 13:38, you wrote: Does the user that you were loged in have permissons on his assigned home directory? The same happened to my a couple of days before, and I see in LunxConf that the home directory of the user I was logging in was created by the root and the

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-06 Thread Dave Kufta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:37 pm, you wrote: Joan Tur wrote: Thank you for the responses I've received so far. However, I still can't seem to send mail reliably using kmail. A few more specifics, since I probably didn't explain the problem

[newbie] Gator for Linux?

2001-09-06 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Is there a program like Gator that works on Linux? I'm refering to the free Windows program available at gator.com that automatically or manually completes forms with name, address, etc. as well as filling in ID and password. The latter is part of Netscape 6.1, but I miss the convenience of

Re: [newbie] first time scripter has problems

2001-09-06 Thread Ron Bouwhuis
--- bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a stack of roms for xmame that are in zip format and xmame won't recognise them (though i thought it would) i want to unzip each to a directory of the same name minus the .zip extension, however the default for unzip is to extract into the

[newbie] Using Visioneer USB scanner?

2001-09-06 Thread Peter Rymshaw
I have a Visioneer 6200 scanner and not only that model, but no Visioneer scanners seem to be supported by Linux (or SANE). Is there any generic software that might work? Would something besides SANE be difficut anyway? I also have a Umax Astra 1220P , which is supported by SANE 1.05 (I have

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The main aim of the LSB is compatibility across _distros_, not across multiple platforms within a distro (BASH, X, GNOME, KDE, etc.). What you propose would be covered by other bodies such as freedesktop.org. BTW, directory structures are covered in the FHS (Filesystem Heirarchy Standard), which

Re: [newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8

2001-09-06 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 13:07:27 -0700, mcoady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since installing Mandrake8 I cannot get WP8 for Linux to install. Is it probable that the newer Mandrake version has dropped certain files necessary for WP8? Michael Look for a package called libc. This is needed to run

Re: [newbie] Using Visioneer USB scanner?

2001-09-06 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Just checked SANE site. I would need 1.0.5 to do the Umax (umax pp) backend, but when I went to the SANE download page, it gave me a choice of frontend or backend. Do I need to install both to upgrade my desktop (non-server)? --- Peter Rymshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Visioneer 6200

Re: [newbie] first time scripter has problems

2001-09-06 Thread bascule
yes this helps! i take your point about using * like that, the backquote thing seems quite useful, i have been doing some surfing just prior to reading your mail as and as i read things the backquotes mean that you can execute a command and have the result take that place in the script, i

Re: [newbie] Firewall/networking tutorial?

2001-09-06 Thread Ben Bayer
Thanks! That looks pretty neat! On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:14 am, you wrote: Date: 09/04/2001 07:14 am (Tuesday) From: Leonard Miller To: Ben Bayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET.MN-CCGate.DM-MN-05 Subject: Re: [newbie] Firewall/networking

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Warren Post
Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. Warren Post The Cybercafé at Pizza Pizza Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://sites.netscape.net/srcopan/ Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm the first one

Re: [newbie] New install M8.0 - modules don't work. What did I do wrong?

2001-09-06 Thread Mark
I just installed my Mandrake 8 disk, and I get messages in /var/log/messages that say modules cannot be loaded, kernel isn't module enabled, etc. I can't even post my messages file because I can't get online without ppp. It was working fine before, I reinstalled because I downloaded the

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Tim Holmes
I've been a 100% Linux user now for a year and half. I was an advanced newbie when I converted from a dual boot machine to a full time Mandrake box. I'd done UNIX administration even before that. But after all that time, I've still found a use for Micro$HAFT products! MSN sent me a disc about

RE: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Mark Johnson
does the LSB address issues like this or is do they only concern themselves with directory structures? -Original Message- From: Matt Greer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] paste in console? on

Re: [newbie] paste in console?

2001-09-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Matt Greer wrote: Are you refering to true console mode where X isn't running at all? I can't get the mouse to work in the console. I could with RedHat. Is this supported in Mandrake? Matt, Sorry, I meant konsole, the X term in KDE. I understand the mouse can be run in true console mode,

[newbie] Adding menu items to Enlightenment

2001-09-06 Thread Terry
Does anyone know how to add menu items to Enlightenment? I have recently installed StarOffice, and would like to add a menu item to be able to run it, rather than having to open a terminal window everytime I wish to run it. Thanks in advance! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network

Re: [newbie] Choosing flavors and Window Managers

2001-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 September 2001 01:01 pm, Mark Johnson escribió: I'm not sure I truly understand the advantages of all these different flavors of linux. I understand that Debian is the super secure, and Mandrake is the super friendly, and Redhat is enterprise oriented. Any Linux distro is

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

2001-09-06 Thread Valerie Cheng
I changed the PCI slot of my sound card and it's working now. Ok.. I checked w/ /sbin/lsmod... no OSS/free driver loaded... PNP is off (turned it off long time ago when I was tyring freebsd). and... my modules.conf: alias net-pf-4 ipx pre-install pcmcia_core

RE: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel

2001-09-06 Thread Robjohns, Ashley - COMPAQ
Hmm, apologies - that's what happens when you haven't slept for 72 hours! Yes I did mean IDE! -Original Message- From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 2:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel You have a burner on

Re: [newbie] Switching to KDE 22 usual look and feel

2001-09-06 Thread Joseph Braddock
You need to run the Login Manager (in KDE it's under the control center, I'm not sure where it is in Gnome). Select the Sessions tab and at the lower part of the window, type KDE for the new type and click the Add new button. KDE must be in all caps. Save the settings and log out and see if

RE: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-06 Thread Navin Daryanani
exactly. Somehow after many many tries I got these steps (IN THAT ORDER) and finally got it to work. I do not mind booting into the console first. Rather I prefer that. BUT the problem with me still remains that once I get into X there is no way I can get back into the text only mode. I mean, if

[newbie] NVidia Drivers 1.0-1512 and newer kernels works for 2.4.8-17mdk

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
OK, folks, I can't really help you on this one. I think closed source drivers are the quintessence of evil and I'll have to put a wreath of garlic on my computer, and sprinkle it with holy water after this cross-post. But here it is FWIW Hi Here is how I did it, on an older installation

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Dr. Evil
Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently quite a few

Re: [newbie] Choosing flavors and Window Managers

2001-09-06 Thread jennifer
Randy...I just read the first few sentences of that article and knew i had to respond. I work for a good size company (5000 or so users) and will tell you that not all of them are secretaries who use word, excel spreadsheets and the like. I also think it is condescending to subrscribe to that

[newbie] Linux Mandrake in Sun 420R (Sparc)

2001-09-06 Thread Anggie
Hi guys, Any body have experience install Linux Mandrake in Sun 420R (Sparc) ? Please giff me your guidline. Thanks a lot Regards,ANGGIE

[newbie] Accessing DOS partitions from Linux Mandrake

2001-09-06 Thread Randy
Howdy gang! Quite an evening. Got Linux installed, X-windows working, and even connected to the Internet. So, I need to access some large data files on the DOS side of this beastie. It's like 5 Mb, so a floppy is out. I'd rather not upload to the FTP server at work and then download, as my

Re: [newbie] Accessing DOS partitions from Linux Mandrake

2001-09-06 Thread s
On Thursday 06 September 2001 10:55 pm, Randy wrote: Howdy gang! Quite an evening. Got Linux installed, X-windows working, and even connected to the Internet. So, I need to access some large data files on the DOS side of this beastie. It's like 5 Mb, so a floppy is out. I'd rather not

Re: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel

2001-09-06 Thread s
If it were me, I'd turn on kudzu (new hardware detection in Mandrake Control Center Services) and reboot first. -s On Thursday 06 September 2001 06:51 pm, Robjohns, Ashley - COMPAQ wrote: Hmm, apologies - that's what happens when you haven't slept for 72 hours! Yes I did mean IDE!

Re: [newbie] ISDN still not working :-(

2001-09-06 Thread Paul
In reply to David's words, written Thu, 6 Sep 2001 21:49:34 +0100 Having had no luck with getting the BT speedway ISDN PCI card to work on linux mahdrake 8.0 i decided to try 8.1 beta2 . However the exact same problem is still there ... the card is just not seen by harddrake at all and even

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread skinky
On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 21:02:50 -0600 Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. Warren Post The Cybercafé at Pizza Pizza Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

[newbie] Oracle

2001-09-06 Thread angelayu
Hi all I am wandering what is different the Oracle running on Solaris and Linux? Thank you Regards Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Oracle

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
On Thursday 06 September 2001 13:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I am wandering what is different the Oracle running on Solaris and Linux? Thank you Regards As far as functionality and command structure, basically none. The binaries and the library calls are different. Oracle is