[newbie-it] modem e scheda audio

2001-09-10 Thread luigi pinna
ciao ragazzi ho un winmodem e non so dove andare a pescare il modo di farlo funzionare (e` un connexant v90 da 56k) e lo stesso problema l'ho con la scheda audio (aureal vortex 2 au8810). con questa mi sono impegnato un po di piu` ma non e` stato possibile recuperare i driver della aureal perche`

[newbie-it] Knapster

2001-09-10 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Ciao, visto che Napster è diventato quello che è diventato, vorrei sapere se ci sia (ed eventualmente dove sia) qualche altro tool da usare per scambio di file, al posto di knapster. Grazie anticipate. Alberto -- [EMAIL

[newbie-it] Corel draw per Linux

2001-09-10 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Ciao, qualcuno sa di un'applicazione usabile per vedere /scrivere/modificare file prodotti da Corel Draw ? Grazie anticipate, Alberto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie-it] aiuto: accesso negato a floppy e cdrom

2001-09-10 Thread Andrea Colanicchia
Il 17:29, domenica 9 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Urka, ma devo patchare il kernel?! 8-) Pensavo che i sorgenti forniti dalla mdk fossero gia` patchati! (e, a pensarci bene, se il kernel non fosse patchato non dovrebbe esserci la casella da attivare per il supporto... o no?) Ogni

[newbie-it] Problemi con i font

2001-09-10 Thread GiulioF
Ciao !! ringrazio in anticipo x qchi mi risponderà ! Allora, uso Mandrake 7.2 e usando DrakeFont (volevo installare i font di window) il sistema grafico è andato in crash !Al riavvio del computer mi è partito in modalita console e quando ho digitato startx mi ha dato errore : il server dei fonts

[newbie-it] Distro Linux su un dischetto (o due)

2001-09-10 Thread Stefano Salari
Ciao a tutti, Mi e' venuto in mente che tempo fa avevo letto di una distribuzione linux (di cui non ricordo minimamente il nome) super compatta, tanto da stare su uno o due dischetti, che poteva essere un buon candidato per essere usata come rescue disk in situazioni di emergenza. Qualcuno

Re: [newbie-it] Corel draw per Linux

2001-09-10 Thread Andrea Celli
Alberto Zanoni wrote: Ciao, qualcuno sa di un'applicazione usabile per vedere /scrivere/modificare file prodotti da Corel Draw ? Teoricamente ci sarebbe CorelDraw per Linux che, stranamente, e` in vendita solo in Nord America. Prova con gimp ciao, Andrea

Re: [newbie-it] Chiusura sessione con tastiera

2001-09-10 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 14:57, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Per riavviare il server X (e quindi fare un logout) credo tu faccia Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Questo però tronca di brutto la sessione, quindi i programmi in esecuzione non ne sono molto contenti. direi che dovrebbe essere possibile rimappare

Re: [newbie-it] Distro Linux su un dischetto (o due)

2001-09-10 Thread Stefano Salari
--- Andrea Celli [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: credo ce ne siano una decina e un howto su come fartene una personale. Un nome quasi a caso: mulinux (tra parentesi e` italiana) Cerca su freshmeat.net per altri nomi. Poi c'e` sempre il floppy di boot che puo` essere usato in modalita`

[newbie-it] Agpgart con NVidia

2001-09-10 Thread Stefano Salari
Ciao a tutti, Ho una scheda video NVidia GeForce su una Mdk 8.0 con kernel 2.4.9. Ho ricompilato il kernel includendo il supporto per l'agpgart ed ho configurato i driver NVidia per sfruttarlo. Tutto ok, pero' mi chiedevo questo: ho letto nella documentazione NVidia che i driver hanno un

Re: [newbie-it] Knapster

2001-09-10 Thread freefred
On Monday 10 September 2001 10:07, Alberto Zanoni wrote: Ciao, visto che Napster è diventato quello che è diventato, vorrei sapere se ci sia (ed eventualmente dove sia) qualche altro tool da usare per scambio di file, al posto di knapster. per mia esperienza niente tipo morpheus per

Re: [newbie-it] modem e scheda audio

2001-09-10 Thread dragx
luigi pinna wrote: ciao ragazzi ho un winmodem e non so dove andare a pescare il modo di farlo funzionare (e` un connexant v90 da 56k) e lo stesso problema l'ho con la scheda audio (aureal vortex 2 au8810). con questa mi sono impegnato un po di piu` ma non e` stato possibile recuperare i

Re: [newbie-it] modem non risponde

2001-09-10 Thread Andrea Celli
mario wrote: ecco altri dettagli il modem interno Allora al 99% non e` un modem ma una scheda audio che un programma proprietario (rilasciato solo per Win) fa` fischiettare come un modem, sobbarcando la CPU di tutto il lavoro di MOdulazione/DEModulazione del segnale. Per alcuni di questi

Re: [newbie-it] Chiusura sessione con tastiera

2001-09-10 Thread Andrea Celli
Alberto Zanoni wrote: Una domanda per il logout. Poichè sono un appassionato della tastiera ed uso pochissimo il mouse, bravo ho un bottleneck quando chiudo una sessione. Con Ctrl+Alt+Del chiudo KDE Questo dovrebbe provocare un reboot Per riavviare il server X (e quindi fare un

[newbie-it] Blocco di CD ROM e Floppy

2001-09-10 Thread Marco
Ciao a tutti, so che questo argomento è stato trattato i giorni scorsi ma un problema mi ha portato a reinstallare tutto perdendo i messaggi che non avevo ancora letto. Vi espongo il mio problema sperando che qualcuno possa aiutarmi. Ho installato Mdk 8.0 sul mio nuovo portatile. Dopo

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-10 Thread Mohammed Arafa
no budget?? how come? how many linux ad servers are out there? would the owners mind slipping a Linux NOW!: get your OS for free for ever! ad into one of a thousand or more rotating banners? that doesnt even come down to 1/1000 % of his revenue. What about sites running on linux? they already

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

2001-09-10 Thread Robert MacLean
IMHO you have 3 choices of graphic cards 3dfx - bad idea as they no longer exist (so no more drivers) ATI - don't support Linux :( nVidia - provide closed drivers for Linux. and personally closed drivers are better than no drivers. Robert MacLean -

[newbie] Button up your UDP ports

2001-09-10 Thread Paul
Hi folks, as a report from the register tells: there's a Linux trojan out there. See more at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/21538.html Apparently it attaches itself to binaries and opens up a communication gateway on UDP ports 5503 or higher. Official quote from the page: I don't think

[newbie] PARTITIONING HARDRIVE

2001-09-10 Thread Ivor Westwood
Hi Michael Thank you for the information on fdisk. Everything worked OK. One further question. F drive, the CD drive, has now become D drive. Do I leave it in or delete it? Thank you Ivor Westwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

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

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 02:20 am, Robert MacLean wrote: IMHO you have 3 choices of graphic cards 3dfx - bad idea as they no longer exist (so no more drivers) ATI - don't support Linux :( nVidia - provide closed drivers for Linux. and personally closed drivers are better than no

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

2001-09-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
Sorry about the lateness of this post, but £30 buys you 256Mb of SDRAM and even DDR! Whats the problem? Unless of course you're after some older memory type! -Original Message- From: Warren Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 September 2001 04:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

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

2001-09-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
I wish I had read the other answers before sending that last one. Sorry :o( -Original Message- From: Warren Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 September 2001 04:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough? I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I

[newbie] Advanced Extranet Server + Frontpage2000

2001-09-10 Thread Eduardas Paulavicius
I would like to learn, how to install Advanced Extranet Server (1.3.19 or 1.3.20) with Frontpage2000 support (mod_frontpage and FrontPage2000 server extensions). Or where I could read about this ? Thank you. Eduardas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] hostname: bash-2.05

2001-09-10 Thread antoine rivoire
u'r right jay. what might be helpful is if someone could mail me a fairly standard /etc/bashrc , bashprofile and /home/.bashrc, to see what it looks like and does. On Sunday 09 September 2001 11:55, you wrote: The later version of bash does not mess up your bashrc, but it won't restore

[newbie] unsubsribe

2001-09-10 Thread huxiaojie
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Re: [newbie] Need some some file/directory system structure. -- Thanks.

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks, and I discovered the Standard after posting. --- Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The file locations for applications can often be modified before compilation (via the configure script). For packages like RPM and DEB, there is no need to worry about where the files go.

RE: [newbie] Linksys router.

2001-09-10 Thread Mark Johnson
hmm... all I can tell you is first make sure that the machine is setup for DHCP. If it is, then remove the router from between the machine and the internet and see if you can get an ip address that way. If all else fails give the machine an ip address and tell it were the router is that

Re: [newbie] Need some some file/directory system structure.-- Thanks.

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks. Just re-read your message and am going to try the configure command as you gave it. I was unsuccessful in trying to access gnuCash with simply ./configure --- Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:29 PM 09/07/2001 -0700, you wrote: Thanks for all the information and pointers,

Re: [newbie] Need some some file/directory system structure.-- Thanks.

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks. And I did find some information in a Caldera book of a couple years ago. --- Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Peter Rymshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: PR I'm overwelmed with the combination of newness and PR choice in

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome -- Thanks

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Thanks. --- Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Johnson wrote: I don't know of any comparisons between KDE and GNOME. On the surface KDE is more Windows like and GNOME is more Mac like, but it's only cosmetic. I was a KDE user for a long long time, but I downloaded the Ximian

Re: [newbie] hostname: bash-2.05

2001-09-10 Thread Tim Holmes
I can't find the original email sent on this topic, but it says that the hostname was replaced with the bash-2.05$. Are you simply referring to the prompt? Or is the hostname actually saying it's bash-2.05$? As for the request for a standard /etc/skel/.bashrc and /etc/skel/.bash_profile,

[newbie] 8.1b3 upgrade and Remote SMB printer invocations

2001-09-10 Thread Rick Commo
Just put 8.1/b3 up. Did an upgrade to 8.1b2 and things appeared to go smoothly except when it was time to reboot it hung (running a Duron on an Asus A7V133 mb with 12MB). Waited over 10 minutes at the same screen and didn't see any disk activity so I reset the machine. The next boot brought

Re: [newbie] Nvidia Drivers / RAM filesystem / Want to make Eterm nexus font larger...

2001-09-10 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Marcin Jendrzejewski wrote: Hi everyone, Howdy! ;-) 3. And thirdly, I'm using Eterm with the nexus font and at a resolution of 1024x768 it's a tad small for my eyes. I'm wondering whether it's possible to make the nexus font any larger. I suspect it's not, but if not, does anyone have

[newbie] Ask about quotas

2001-09-10 Thread Julio Rodriguez
Can I enable quotas on a partition mounted in / ???

[newbie] KDE 2.2beta1 to KDE 2.2 final

2001-09-10 Thread Carlos Arigós
I just download KDE 2.2 but can't install it over KDE 2.2beta1 (Spanish). Archives are: bash-2.05# cd /mnt/cdrom bash-2.05# ls XFree86-libs-4.1.0-10mdk.i586.rpm alsa-lib-0.5.10-2mdk.i586.rpm arts-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeaddons-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeaddons-static-devel-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm

RE: [newbie] can't compile - please help

2001-09-10 Thread Harry Burgin
Thanks for the tip - I will check out the kernel header situation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David E. Fox Sent: 08 September 2001 05:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] can't compile - please help Seems to be looking

RE: [newbie] Linksys router.

2001-09-10 Thread nathan wainwright
the main problem i have is that i am using a installer disk, (slackware bare.i boot disk, color.z root disk, network addon disk for drivers) its doesnt have dhcp (for some reason... they FORGOT to add the crap for doing dhcp on the installer disks... )and if i dont have dhcp how do i do nfs?

Re: [newbie] Installing

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
I forgot to ask you, re: I had trouble with the RPMs also. Keep at it. Did you discover anything that made the RPM download work, or did you just keep trying over and over? The actual installation of the packages from the source is rather easy. I had to load up a bunch (I don't

[newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread Juliana
I installed mandrake in my computer and now i can't find any of the graphical intarfaces. I tried typing KDE and kde after loging in and the screen became black. maybe that's not the right command, then if it's not, what is it? Another thing i noticed is that the only folder under the

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread Paul
In reply to Juliana's words, written Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:24:41 -0300 Try typing in startx That should do the trick for you. Paul I installed mandrake in my computer and now i can't find any of the graphical intarfaces. I tried typing KDE and kde after loging in and the screen

RE: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread Franki
Try typing: startx if it starts something other then kde go to your home directory (like : /home/myname), and type: touch .xinitrd (think thats right..and don't forget the dot at the start of the name.) that will make a file by that name, edit it and put the word: startkde in it...

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 12:24 pm, Juliana wrote: I installed mandrake in my computer and now i can't find any of the graphical intarfaces. I tried typing KDE and kde after loging in and the screen became black. maybe that's not the right command, then if it's not, what is it?

RE: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread Julio Rodriguez
and if you want to configure the graphicalresolution and stuff you should try: Xconfigurator - Original Message - From: Franki To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:28 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Can't find KDE Try typing: startx if

RE: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread Scott Thurmond
From the command line, try typing startx. /tmp under the user directory is typical. -Scott -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JulianaSent: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:25 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Can't find

RE: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread Franki
then you need to configure x... I am surprised you didn't do it when you installed Mandrake.. Xconfigurator will do it for you... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Juliana Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 1:53 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread s
ewww. X don't seem to be set up. As root, type: XFdrake to set it up and try startx again. -s On Monday 10 September 2001 12:53 pm, Juliana wrote: Well I tryed typing startx and a lot of shit came up on the screen. Some of them were: **None of the devices configured devices

Re: Re: [newbie] bash: java: command not found

2001-09-10 Thread antoine rivoire
allen, i think the proper way to do this is to put the line: export PATH=/usr/java/~/bin:$PATH in you .bash_profile On Sunday 09 September 2001 00:33, you wrote: Would this work? I wonderso I can call it randomly. $ pwd /home/alienboi $ ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java

[newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
I'm looking to install Mandrake 8.0 as a dual boot system. I've got 2 hard drives -one which is 1Gb - which has Windows98 on it and is currently called C: and another 6Gb one which has been partitioned up into 2Gb partitions (so that my old Win95 could use it). This HD has partitions D: E: and

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/10/01 12:41 PM, Mr Cripps at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my main question - if I install on F: and the disk is reformatted by Linux, how will I get Windows to eventually claim it back? Will it be easy, or am I committed? Will Win still recognise the HD as F:? When you install

Re: [newbie] unsubsribe

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 08:43 am, huxiaojie wrote: nothing nope, can't do it. there's no way off the list. didn't you read the fine print? once you subscribe, you're stuck for life. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Errot Sending mail

2001-09-10 Thread Sergio Vergara Gando
Hello List. I have a little problem when i try to send a message to other person. It show me when i send a mail: mail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Prueba desde linea de comando Esperemos que esta informacion llegue hasta su destinatario sevega . Cc: send-mail: open maildrop/784E698F6 send-mail:

[newbie] accessing the floppy drive

2001-09-10 Thread Lee Melville
Hi, I have recently installed mandrake 8, whenever I try to access the floppy drive when it has a disk in (tested on boot disk in case non linux file system was the problem) I get the message - Unable to enter file:/mnt/floppy. You do not have access rights to this location. I have not altered

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0 install on small machine

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
Thanks Matt - sounds fine to me, although scary. I guess I'm just going to have to go ahead and install. I did try and install on a smaller machine (as a pre-test) that I managed to salvage from work - 500m hard drive, AMD200 processor, 49MB ram, - which was going to be a dedicated LINUX machine

Re: [newbie] CD Player

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 01:05 pm, Admin wrote: Hello: Wondering, just installed LM 8.0 about a week ago or so.  What programs are available to listen to music played in the CD-ROM?  I found cdp, a terminal based program.  Seems to work fine, but was curious what other programs were

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
Matt and original poster, In a single word--no. Actually, you won't be able to remove the ext2 partitions with windows fdisk--what you've done if you clear the mbr first is provide yourself no way to get into linux (other than via a boot disk) to remove the ext2 partition information.

[newbie] HELP: Linksys PCMCP100 on Mandrake 8

2001-09-10 Thread Mark Wheeler
Need a little assistance configuring a Linksys PCMCIA Ethernet card On Mandrake 8. Doesn't seem like the card is recognized as a valid NIC. I have it configured to use the tulip driver/module in netconf. This is running on an Acer Travelmate 517te. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

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

2001-09-10 Thread markie
Warren, chances are that those not so young boxes of yours run with 133 Mhz memory like my old pentium 75 does. Over here (Belgium) is 133Mhz memory cheaper than 100Mhz. Marc Adrian Lynch wrote: Sorry about the lateness of this post, but £30 buys you 256Mb of SDRAM and even DDR! Whats the

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0 install on small machine

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/10/01 1:46 PM, Mr Cripps at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Matt - sounds fine to me, although scary. I guess I'm just going to have to go ahead and install. Check for what Michael Viron had to say. My instructions were incorrect. Sometimes we think we know more than we really do :) I

[newbie] Radeon AGP64MB

2001-09-10 Thread The Spider
My radeon card doesn't work correctly with LM8. Programs that use hardware acceleration (like opengl tuxracer) hang up continuosly and are unplayable. I tried to upgrade to xfree 4.1 but without lucky. Has anyone succede under LM8, and if yes how?(which kernel and xfree) Thanks, Ragno The

RE: [newbie] Radeon AGP64MB

2001-09-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of The Spider Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:34 PM To: Mandrake Subject: [newbie] Radeon AGP64MB My radeon card doesn't work correctly with LM8. Programs that use hardware acceleration (like

RE: [newbie] SNF

2001-09-10 Thread Scott Thurmond
Thanks for the input. I am downloading it now and am going to test it out. -Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of markie Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SNF I can vote for its

Re: [newbie] Printer Setup for Staroffice

2001-09-10 Thread Geof Steichen
My SO5.2 printer options does not include raw Postscript. It only has Generic Printer. Is this what you recommend? I have an HP870Cxi defined to CUPS and Generic Printer using /usr/bin/xpp which works ok. The test page prints very slowly (almost 2 minutes) on a printer rated at 4 color

Re: [newbie] SNF

2001-09-10 Thread Lanman
Scott; I haven't seen any of your previous posts to the Mandrake list regarding SNF - assuming that there were previous posts, but I wanted to mention that, while SNF is absolutley sweet, it can be a pain if you're setting it up for a cablemodem. If sent a detailed email recently on this, so

Re: [newbie] Printer Setup for Staroffice

2001-09-10 Thread Geof Steichen
My SO5.2 printer options does not include raw Postscript. It only has Generic Printer. Is this what you recommend? I have an HP870Cxi defined to CUPS and Generic Printer using xpp which works ok. The test page prints very slowly (almost 2 minutes) on a printer rated at 4 color pages per

Re: [newbie] Mandrake SNF 7.2 internet connection trouble

2001-09-10 Thread Lanman
Marc; Secure WEBMIN interface would not be port 84433, but 8443. That oughtta get you in. Lanman On Monday 10 September 2001 03:33 pm, you wrote: snipped Having done all that, my connection still can't get thru. While configuring with the secure connection (https://10.0.0.1:84433) a test

[newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread Juliana
I'd like to thank you all guys who helped me with the KDE thing, i think i got it right now, the only problem is my monitor, i have to configure it, I think i can do it by myself :) What i need now is to know the commands for the other interfaces, I installed all the

RE: [newbie] SNF

2001-09-10 Thread Scott Thurmond
Lanman, I have not yet decided on a cable modem or DSL. I have heard pros and cons for both but still haven't made up my mind. I am gathering the necessary hardware and software to build an infrastructure before I go online - what an idea, huh? :) So, over the next few weeks I should be in a

Re: [newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 03:38 pm, Juliana wrote: I'd like to thank you all guys who helped me with the KDE thing, i think i got it right now, the only problem is my monitor, i have to configure it, I think i can do it by myself :) What i need now is to know the commands for

[newbie] Trying to automate aumix

2001-09-10 Thread Robt. Miller
I'm trying to automatically set my volume where I want it in KDE when the system comes up with the command.. aumix -L ..which works from a command line but it doesn't do anything in the rc.local file. Is there some special syntax that differs from the command line or am I putting it in the

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread Jon Doe
On Monday 10 September 2001 01:58 pm, you wrote: then you need to configure x... I am surprised you didn't do it when you installed Mandrake.. He may have configured X during install. I had the same problem with mandrake 8.0. For some reason x would just crash even though I configured it and

Re: [newbie] accessing the floppy drive

2001-09-10 Thread Jon Doe
On Monday 10 September 2001 02:37 pm, you wrote: Hi, I have recently installed mandrake 8, whenever I try to access the floppy drive when it has a disk in (tested on boot disk in case non linux file system was the problem) I get the message - Unable to enter file:/mnt/floppy. You do not

Re: [newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread Juliana
yeah.. i have no idea of how to install files and i lost the address to the site... whatever i'll just give up thanks anyway Juliana

Re: [newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 04:16 pm, Juliana wrote: yeah.. i have no idea of how to install files and i lost the address to the site... whatever i'll just give up thanks anyway Juliana Ain't no need in all that. Here I'll repost it, and it includes the instructions: You can

Re: [newbie] Mandrake SNF 7.2 internet connection trouble

2001-09-10 Thread Lanman
Close but no cigar- 65,535 Lanman On Monday 10 September 2001 06:01 pm, you wrote: LURKER here, I think the ports only go to 6, right? At 03:45 PM 9/10/01, you wrote: Marc; Secure WEBMIN interface would not be port 84433, but 8443. That oughtta get you in. Lanman On Monday 10

[newbie] silly question (OT)

2001-09-10 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
whats with the 'message.footer' file attachment? (Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ) or is it just an OE thing Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX :

Re: [newbie] HP-8200 CD-Writer doesn't work

2001-09-10 Thread etharp
I have a USB HP 8210e, and while i wish i could help you, it was found and setup on the install so that all I had to do was start gcombust from the kde menu and burn. what speed are you trying to burn at ? are you running anything else off the USB bus? (I have found that I get errors when

Re: [newbie] silly question (OT)

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
On Monday 10 September 2001 18:00, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: whats with the 'message.footer' file attachment? it's this below... (Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ) right there, that little advert. or is it just an OE thing

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?

2001-09-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
d wrote: LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the http;//xxx.x.xx.xx or what ever, is posted and this one time instructions say, Go to the Red Hat home page, . Did that touch a

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-10 Thread Michael Leone
I am actually curious as to how someone without internet access is supposed to get this unlock code. has microsoft addressed this You are offered the choice to register over the Internet, or read off the code to MS over the phone, who will then read you out the activation code, which you will

Re: [newbie] KDE/Gnome -- Thanks,

2001-09-10 Thread Charles A. Punch
Peter Rymshaw wrote: Thanks for the info. Since I come from Win, I guess I'll keep things simple with KDE...for now. I just downloaded Ximian GNOME and it seems to be pretty easy to use. I don't like the term user friendly, because that usually means limited configuration. Ximian seems to be

[newbie] Re: i want some help!

2001-09-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i am from greece and i have the same problem with you.i have the linux mandrake 7.2 and modem pctel micromodem 56k.i need some help from your about this problem.please send me e-mail if you are there. thanxx. -- Dezavoo: I don't have a PCTel modem, but I was

Re: [newbie] HELP: Linksys PCMCP100 on Mandrake 8

2001-09-10 Thread Derek Jennings
Mark Check out http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html It is very comprehensive, and also has lots of links to other good resources. It helped me get my PCMCIA adapter for my wireless LAN working when I had thought I stood no chance. Derek On Monday 10 September 2001 14:59, you

Re: [newbie] Need some some file/directory system structure.

2001-09-10 Thread Peter Rymshaw
Followed your instructions. Checking found some things missing and stopped. Returned this: checking for working autoconf--- missing checking for working autoheader--- missing checking for gcc--- no checking for cc--- no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in #PATH Now what? --- Michael D.

Re: [newbie] Linksys router.

2001-09-10 Thread nathan wainwright
yes my main machine connects no prob, both mandrake linux, and windows have no problem connecting to the net okay the slackware that i am using is JUST A INSTALLER... nothing full just three disks loaded into ram... the problem i have is trying to get a ip address assigned to that machine.

[newbie] Upgrading XFree

2001-09-10 Thread Michael Spivak
Can someone explain me how i can upgrade my XFree from 4.0.3 (came with PowerBox MDK 8.0) becouse it have problems with my Voodoo 3 3000. I've tried the Mandrake 8.1 Beta that use the XFree 4.1.0 with kernel 2.4.8, and it works great (the X i mean) My main problem, is that i don't know what

RE: [newbie] Let's play a game!

2001-09-10 Thread Michael Spivak
I know that Quake runs good on linux, but you'll need to work a little to make it run I never did it myself, but i know many people did. Sorry that i can't help you more than advise about nice game ... -Original Message- From: Dr. Evil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September

Re: [newbie] Linksys router.

2001-09-10 Thread jennifer
Can you get connectivity to the internet with any machine or just the slackware? You might want to go into the router config (software based) and turn off DHCP and test a static IP config. If you get connectivity via a static IP address then the problem is most likely not the router. The

Re: [newbie] tcp port blackjack found open?

2001-09-10 Thread jennifer
Do you use yahoo instant messanger? On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:08, Ben Bayer wrote: Hi everyone, I found these ports open this morning: tcp port 1024, blackjack, 6000, ssh udp port router, xdmcp What is blackjack? Should this port be open after setting my machine up for high

Re: [newbie] next saga for my linnux slackware server

2001-09-10 Thread richied
2. or... what is the slackware equal to dhcpcd cmd in mandrake to have the machine talk to my dhcp server? You might want to try looking for material on 'bootp', I seem to remember that was the first incarnation of dhcp on Linux... Richie Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?

2001-09-10 Thread d
Thank You for being a little more informative and direct. www.redhat.com LURKER, At 07:13 PM 9/10/01, you wrote: d wrote: LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the

Re: [newbie] Printer Setup for Staroffice

2001-09-10 Thread Linus Drouhard
On Monday 10 September 2001 3:35, Geof Steichen wrote: My SO5.2 printer options does not include raw Postscript. It only has Generic Printer. Is this what you recommend? I have an HP870Cxi defined to CUPS and Generic Printer using /usr/bin/xpp which works ok. The test page prints very

[newbie] where to get new kernel?

2001-09-10 Thread Paul Rodríguez
I am looking for the kernel 2.4.7-3.12mdk.rpm (recommended in MandrakeUpdate to cure security hole) where can I find it? -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] where to get new kernel?

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
On Monday 10 September 2001 22:32, you wrote: I am looking for the kernel 2.4.7-3.12mdk.rpm (recommended in MandrakeUpdate to cure security hole) where can I find it? -Paul Rodríguez Did you by chance mean kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.i586.rpm? If so, it's at www.rpmfind.net Matt Want to buy

[newbie] next saga for my linnux slackware server

2001-09-10 Thread nathan wainwright
okay, for the next part in this saga with my getting a webserver online... 1. how could i setup a ip address on the 486, using the slackware disks (bare.i color.z network.dsk), and without rebooting the machine?! 2. or... what is the slackware equal to dhcpcd cmd in mandrake to have the

Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?

2001-09-10 Thread d
LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the http;//xxx.x.xx.xx or what ever, is posted and this one time instructions say, Go to the Red Hat home page, . Did that touch a soar spot? I

Re: [newbie] where to get new kernel?

2001-09-10 Thread Bill R
I dont know why they recommend that you upgrade. The security hole only affects you if you are running an FTP server. You do know that you will lose supermount if you upgrade. On Tuesday 11 September 2001 10:36 am, you wrote: On Monday 10 September 2001 22:32, you wrote: I am looking for

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 10:19 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: s wrote: What you need to do is ifdown eth0 first then dial up. (and ifup eth0 to restart it) -s Hey there! I was wondering about that. I've been trying to get my 3 computer systems setup with 2 windoze boxes and my

Re: [newbie] pine setup question

2001-09-10 Thread WCBaker
Hi! I really like Pine, even though it is only partially set up! I've got several e-mail accounts and I want to use them in pine. So how can I make pine not be tied to my user name and therefore limit me to sending mail from username@host?? I want to be able to send mail from a number

[newbie] SNF

2001-09-10 Thread Scott Thurmond
Is anyone using the SNF firewall? Can you suggest pros / cons? Ease of setup for the non guru firewall admin? Thanks -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread Juliana
Well I tryed typing startx and a lot of shit came up on the screen. Some of them were: **None of the devices configured devices were detected** Fatal Error: no screens found Maybe it's just not installed... What should I do now? Try typing: startx. Don't worry

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