[newbie-it] colori menu xconfig

2001-11-28 Thread Perfect Dark
Salve, in sede di ricompilazione del kernel il primo comando che lancio è 'menu xconfig': purtroppo la finestra delle opzioni che appare è color panna con lettere nere e a malapena si riesce a capire se l'opzione è y, m o n. Sapete per caso come si fa a cambiare colore della finestra di

Re: [newbie-it] colori menu xconfig

2001-11-28 Thread Leonardo Osti
E' la mia prima installazione di Linux in assoluto. Ho la 8.1 in versione grafica e devo installare e configurare una scheda di rete Hamlet PCMCIA. Come faccio ad entrare nella configurazione del kernel da riga testuale

Re: [newbie-it] cdrom-cdrw

2001-11-28 Thread kroton
Alle 16:39, martedì 27 novembre 2001, hai scritto: cia mdk8.1 pIII 733MHz HD primary master CDRW secondary master CDrom secondary slave ho provato ad installare qualche pacchetto dai 3 cdrom di mdk 8.1, che non avevo installato all'inizio. tutto bene: mi trova i pacchetti che

Re: [newbie-it] scheda di rete hamlet (era: colori di xconfig))

2001-11-28 Thread Marco
E' la mia prima installazione di Linux in assoluto. Ho la 8.1 in versi one grafica e devo installare e configurare una scheda di rete Hamlet PCMC IA. Come faccio ad entrare nella configurazione del kernel da riga testual e Perché vuoi entrare nella configurazione del Kernel? A mio

Re: [newbie-it] scheda di rete hamlet (era: colori di xconfig))

2001-11-28 Thread Leonardo Osti
Scusa la mia infinita ignoranza...ma cosa è kudzu???!! - Original Message - From: Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] scheda di rete hamlet (era: colori di xconfig)) E' la mia prima installazione di Linux

Re: [newbie-it] cdrom-cdrw

2001-11-28 Thread Marco
(CUT) ho provato ad installare qualche pacchetto dai 3 cdrom di mdk 8.1, c he non avevo installato all'inizio. tutto bene: mi trova i pacchetti che po sso installare, li scelgo, controlla le dipendenze e mi dice di inserire il cdrom n°1, 2 o 3 (a seconda del pacchetto) nel cdrom2.

[newbie-it] Partizioni linux e.... modem

2001-11-28 Thread Emma e Gigi
Salve, mi sono appena iscritto a questa ML (non so nemmeno se sto procedendo bene per spedire queste mie righe...) Ho installato Mandrake 8.0!! Non ci capisco ancora molto ma... mi piace Ho notato che la partizione che le avevo assegnato (13 Giga su 19 del mio secondo HD) è così suddivisa:

Re: [newbie-it] scheda di rete hamlet (era: colori di xconfig))

2001-11-28 Thread Marco
Kudzu è un demone, cioè un servizio che ha come compito quello di rilevare e configurare nuovo hardware. Da Mandrake Control Center vai in Sistema e poi in Servizi (vado a memoria, qui in ufficio ho solo win), scegli kudzu e seleziona Avvio al boot sempre che non sia già selezionato.

Re: [newbie-it] Partizioni linux e.... modem

2001-11-28 Thread Emma e Gigi
Il fatto è che non essendo riuscito a collegarmi (Linux mi dice sempre che il modem è occupato...) ho provato ad informarmi, e mi hanno riferito che il mio modem non va bene (per la verità mi crea qualche problema anche con la connessione Wind sotto Windows). Per quanto ho potuto capire dalla

[newbie-it] floppy e cdorm su 8.1 mandrake

2001-11-28 Thread seygues
Scusate, avevo anche io problemi con il floppy e ho ricevuto consigli da questa lista. Pensavo di aver risolto tutto, ma stasera mi sono accorto che il cdrom e il masterizzatore non venivano ne' letti, nè montati. Ho provato a rimettere il comando devfs=mount (l'originale) che avevo cambiato

[newbie-it] devfs

2001-11-28 Thread Stefano Sebastiani
1) Come si possono fissare le modifiche, come proprietari e permessi, link, sui vari device? Post script Non riesco ancora ad avere il suono perche sndconfig che vede benissimo la mia scheda non trova isapnp che è installato, ma con lsmod non compare mai!!!

[newbie-it] MuLinux

2001-11-28 Thread CyberPenguin
Egregi tutti, un saluto a Voi. Non so come ma ci sono riuscito! Alcune settimane fa, su consiglio di LukenShiro, ho scaricato MuLinux http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/ una minuscola ma interessante versione del nostro sistema operativo installabile anche e direttamente da un'unica partizione DOS. Dopo

Re: [newbie-it] Partizioni linux e.... modem

2001-11-28 Thread CyberPenguin
Emma e Gigi hanno scritto: Salve, mi sono appena iscritto a questa ML dato che il mio è uno stramaledetto WinModem interno della Conexant Sto per acquistarne uno esterno: sono graditi suggerimenti per un modem compatibile con Linux !!! Ciaooo e grazie per la vostra pazienza!!

Re: [newbie-it] Partizioni linux e.... modem

2001-11-28 Thread Emma e Gigi
Per quanto riguarda la partizione: ho cancellato e reinstallato Mandrake. Al momento di scegliere dove reinstallare Mandrake, mi ha segnalato l'esistenza della vecchia partizione creata precedentemente. Chiaramente ho scelto questa ed è proprio allora che mi è apparsa una finestra con le due

Re: [newbie-it] installazione xine divx 4.02

2001-11-28 Thread luigi pinna
La 0.9.5 l'ho scaricata ma non ho ancora provato a compilarla. Quella che sono riuscito ad installare io era la 0.9.4. Puoi provare a ri-scompattare il file: magari tar non ti ha estratto tutto quello che ti serviva... Ciao. Steo. ho provato a installare le librerie 0.9.5. operazioni

RE: [newbie] sound does work but xmms dont - mandrake 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Len Lawrence
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: KDE is part of the stock LM8.1 release. Yep, I did know that. This is the first time I left it out. If you haven't installed it you'll probably also be missing other tools you'll need to get your system to run properly. This may be why you are

[newbie] SRPMS

2001-11-28 Thread Moshe Kaminsky
Hi, Maybe someone can explain what are the SRPMS? I usually install programs from a .tar.bz2 file, using the 'configure, make, make install' sequence. What should I do with the other files that I find the SRPM? (Especially the SPEC files, and the patches). What is the advantage of using these

RE: [newbie] install newbie

2001-11-28 Thread Caspar Kennerdale
i'll try that- i forgot about pico- i use it remotely on my server ( brain like a seive) I tried startx as this is what i thought it was- however i may have done start x thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of skidley Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [newbie] Internet Explorer

2001-11-28 Thread Steve Weltman
Matt, Considering that Wild Bill and the Redmond Bunch just called open source (ala Free) software Unamerican, I doubt that they would ever put their browser on my beloved desktop (it would find it's way pretty quickly to the /dev/null directory!). Gimme a chance to break outa the fog I've

Re: [newbie] InteractiveBastille error messages.

2001-11-28 Thread Charles Darcy
On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 17:33, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Whoa, sorry, I was a bit tired. I actually meant iptables, I read your message as iptables, not chains. You should check to make sure iptables is installed. I've now installed iptables (as well as ipchains). Bastille now complains:

Re: [newbie] y linux sucks (humor)

2001-11-28 Thread Robin Turner
Matt Greer wrote: At the moment I just open a different browser on different desktops (including Lynx) for the hell of it. Deffinitly UN-productive:) Al least let there be a bad one among them so I can kick one out:( Oh there is, Netscape still comes with Mandrake. Yeah, but even

Re: [newbie] SRPMS

2001-11-28 Thread NDPTAL85
SRPMS are Source RPM's. RPM's are Red Hat package Manager installs. Mandrake, is an RPM based distro so you can use RPM's to install things instead of compiling from source as you have been. Enter man rpm into your terminal to learn more. Once you have gotten the basic commands down check out

RE: [newbie] SRPMS

2001-11-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Source RPM's are used to create the final distribution rpm's for software. The spec files and patches are all applied against the base distribution. The software is included this way so that changes can be easily isolated against a base. However you should -NOT- be dealing with any of this.

[newbie] ssl not working after updating apache

2001-11-28 Thread Jhun Bacala
Hi! The ssl of my LM8.1 was working fine not until I updated the apache to 1.3.22-1-1.mdk Can anyone here tell me what's wrong with this update? TIA Jhun Bacala New City Commercial Corporation MIS-Dept. Davao Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] gimp print trouble

2001-11-28 Thread Derek Jennings
try replacing the print command in printer setup with 'qtcups' (without quotes) That worked for me. Derek On Wednesday 28 November 2001 05:48, you wrote: Anybody know why printing would work in ee, mozilla, and command line, but not the gimp? -Paul Rodríguez

[newbie] wassup with the texstar files, then?

2001-11-28 Thread Michel Clasquin
OK, I've installed the Texstar KDE files, and i can see that things are a little faster. Not so much faster that my monitor is in danger of meltdown, but a little faster. Some of the files are also less bulky than the cooker versions. Could some kind soul please explain in word of 2

Re: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Derek Jennings
I think you are right. I have not seen any facility for Samba to use Netbeui. But there is no need. Windows computers by default bind file sharing to both Netbeui and TCP/IP Is there a particular reason why it has to be Netbeui ? Derek On Wednesday 28 November 2001 03:11, you wrote: On Tue,

[newbie] How to find Space on HD?

2001-11-28 Thread Neil R Porter
Hi All Might sound like a trivial question (and most prob is!)... but if on windows I want to know how big each partition is and how much space i have left and have used etc it's easy... how can I do this in linux... I installed LM8.1 and took the default partitioning (if memory serves it was a

Re: [newbie] y linux sucks (humor)

2001-11-28 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 23:46, A V Flinsch wrote: Tell me about it, but it is not the choice of browsers that I have a problem with, it is the 30 different window managers I have installed. One for each day of the month! And just how many text editors can one human being be expected to

RE: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Neil R Porter
If you already had filesharing setup in windows then (as Derek suggests) samba will just work out of the box (if not goto control panelnetworksmake sure filesharing is ticked/installed... and make sure you have firewall settings on linux such that it doesn't stop it working. Again, Derek has a

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Ed Tharp
if you read in linux, then the viri ain't your problem, if you are a M$ user, look for a file called setup.pif. On Tuesday 27 November 2001 23:28, you wrote: Franki wrote: Hi all, Frank McKenna just sent the list the above virus/worm.. the email will try to automatically save the

Re: [newbie] IE way OT now

2001-11-28 Thread Ed Tharp
yep, I am considering getting arrested then asking the judge if for my punishment I can offer to claen the highways for 25 dollars an hour, since I normally charge 85 dollars an hour for my time... and do it when and where _I_ feel like it, so _I_ can make sure the section of road deserves

[newbie] 8.1, supermount and samba sharing a floppy.

2001-11-28 Thread Franki
Hi all, One of the Pc's here, (the old ladies) doesn't have a floppy drive (its a network PC, Compaq 4000N) So I thought, no problem, I'd setup a network drive linked to the linux box's floppy (using Samba).. so she can just stick a floppy in that and save away. Anyway, then I realised that

RE: [newbie] sound does work but xmms dont - mandrake 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
I'm not exactly sure which RPM's need to be installed to get everything working. I know that prior to having installed all of the packages and THEN installing the missing RPM's from the CD's (the ones which DO NOT get installed by default) I could not get full sound blaster support. Out of

RE: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
|-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Neil R Porter |Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:51 AM |To: Linux Newbie |Subject: RE: [newbie] Servers | | |If you already had filesharing setup in windows then (as Derek |suggests) samba will

RE: [newbie] sound does work but xmms dont - mandrake 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
More drivel from me... From a prior post... -JMS --- SNIP - |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Oscar |Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 6:17 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [expert] SB Live! - no midi devices in kde

RE: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Neil R Porter
|-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Neil R Porter |Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:51 AM |To: Linux Newbie |Subject: RE: [newbie] Servers | | |If you already had filesharing setup in windows then (as Derek |suggests) samba

RE: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
|-Original Message- |From: Neil R Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 7:05 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: Linux Newbie |Subject: RE: [newbie] Servers | | | |-Original Message- |As does Komba2... by default I think it puts the shares in

Re: [newbie] Error compiling NVIDIA kernel...

2001-11-28 Thread joe
On Saturday 24 November 2001 08:27, you wrote: On Saturday 24 November 2001 16:50, you wrote: Install the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages first. They aren't by default . Then you'll be upaway:) Thanks, That's _EXACTLY_ the problem. When I went to install kernel-source using the

Re: [newbie] Error compiling NVIDIA kernel...

2001-11-28 Thread Marek M
Problem with Realtek 8139(abc) lan card. My LAN is connected to a LAN (13 comps). everyone runs WINxx, but i decided to install MAndrake 80. There's a problem because while initializing system (loading modules) there's a problem with my card (eth0). I've fot 2 DNS, gateway ip and my ip. Is it

[newbie] Quake 3 problem solved...

2001-11-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, if you recall my message about not being able to run Q3 after installing Mplayer, Aviplay, and Gkrellm, I decided to experiment a little bit. I had compiled Mplayer and Aviplay, so I removed the RPM's for Lm-sensors and Gkrellm... Reinstalled Q3 and it works fine... Anybody else have

RE: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Neil R Porter
|-Original Message- |From: Neil R Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 7:05 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: Linux Newbie |Subject: RE: [newbie] Servers | | | |-Original Message- |As does Komba2... by default I think it puts the shares in

[newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Cortney M. Masters
Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to obtain my ip address. Basically what happens after I stop and restart the netowrk is

Re: [newbie] install newbie

2001-11-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
caspar kennerdale wrote: I just installed 8.1 on a linux partition (my computer also has win 2k on it) Congratulations on the Mandrake installation, my condolences on Windows. I have two questions- fistly lilo has set a defualt of 5 seconds to choose the desired os./ Can this be

Re: [newbie] Backup MySQL Data

2001-11-28 Thread Michael Viron
There are a couple different methods for backing up information on a server. You can backup over smb, ftp (or nfs) to another PC on your local network, or you can backup to a different disk on the same PC or you can even backup to an 'offsite' location. Of course, you didn't need to send two

Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?

2001-11-28 Thread Michael Viron
do a 'df -h' which will tell you how large each partition is, how much you've used, how much is available for use, and what percent of the partition is being used. If any % is higher than about 75-80%, it's usually time to take a look to see where you can free up some room. Michael -- Michael

[newbie] Samba/NFS Newbie tip

2001-11-28 Thread Derek Jennings
While we are discussing samba today, here's a little tip for the newbies out there. (well it is a newbie list) This is particularly useful if you have used SWAT to set up your samba. if once you have samba working you open KDE Control Center Information Samba status you will (probably)

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force it. Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk? even with cable internet it still takes 10 hours to download one

Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
Michael, et al: Just a tidbit of info (as in - suggestion), that I follow all the time. When installing Mandrake (for a workstation or stand-alone PC), on a large drive, I'd like to suggest that you break your /home partition into 2 partitions. Typically, DiskDrake will setup 3 partitions

Re: [newbie] XINE reccomendation: [was] mplayer error

2001-11-28 Thread ethan
I was able to install from the link but get the error when I try to play the DVDs: xine-panel: PLAY xine_play: xine open xine-ui version 0.9.5cvs, start pos = 0, start time = 0 (sec) xine: cannot find input plugin for this MRL can I know what is causing this ? thank you. /ethan Paul

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Mark D'voo
i had some trouble getting dhcp to work with att@home also, if you have a windows machine, get it running and find out your ip address. you should be able to just use that static address as mine never changed once in the year i had it. If your address does constantly change, you can purchase

Re: [newbie] Internet Explorer

2001-11-28 Thread Mark D'voo
I love galeons tabbed browsing. It's a godsend when you end up at a page with 50 pop-ups On Wednesday 28 November 2001 16:14, you wrote: Ok, you guys convinced me. With all the nice talk about galeon I'll be giving that a try. I always have my work computer with windows and IE installed for

Re: [newbie] Samba/NFS Newbie tip

2001-11-28 Thread Derek Jennings
SNIP To show a combined log in KDE samba status then configure SWAT to use the Log file /var/log/samba/log. and configure samba status to use the same file. SNIP Just realised two things. 1/ You have to restart Samba before it will start logging to the new destination. 2/ By default your

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
Grant; a couple of tips here. First, if your downlad speeds are that slow, try a different FTP site. On cablemodem, I usually hit speeds over 100kbps., and so should you. If your download is slow, it's probably because your connected to an FTP site that is really busy. Second, when you do

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
First, make sure that you're running a DHCP Client and not a DHCP Server. A client goes looking for an IP, a server hands out IP's. But the IP you need is handed out by ATT@HOME not by your machine. Secondly, make sure you have the DNS numbers for ATT's DNS servers properly configured. Make

Re: [newbie] wassup with the texstar files, then?

2001-11-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 05:09 pm, Michel Clasquin wrote: OK, I've installed the Texstar KDE files, and i can see that things are a little faster. Not so much faster that my monitor is in danger of meltdown, but a little faster. Some of the files are also less bulky than the cooker

RE: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?

2001-11-28 Thread Neil R Porter
Thanks to all who replied.. I only knew about du.. So df and kwikdisk were nice to find out about! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: 28 November 2001 14:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How to

Re: [newbie] No printing in 8.1 now

2001-11-28 Thread Terry Smith
Marcia, This would be in the FWIW department. I'm a newbie myself and don't pretend to understand the ins and outs of printing. I have a HP PSC 500 (all-in-one type printer) hung on my parallel port. It was configured and printing on LM 8.0. There were 3 drivers available for that printer in

Re: [newbie] Cable modem setup

2001-11-28 Thread Matt Greer
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 08:07 am, you wrote: Well, I'm new to linux here, and finally settled with Mandrake after trying many different ones. However, I seem to have gotten stuck on my cable modem configuration. I have att@home and should be using dhcp to obtain my ip address.

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Grant Fraser wrote: I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install setup which conflicts with bash and I cant force it. Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk? even with cable

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread g
Ed Tharp wrote: if you read in linux, then the viri ain't your problem, if you are a M$ user, look for a file called setup.pif. thank you, ed. i use both linux and ms, but do email in ms. i like early version, 4.07, of netscape, and it is not available for linux. would you know what date

Re: [newbie] How to find Space on HD?

2001-11-28 Thread Lanman
Hey Michael; Actually, I meant to send the email to the person to whom you were responding as well. Nice to see I'm not the only Common Sense person here! I imagine that most folks on the list are! After all, Linux is based on common sense (amongst other things) . Lanman On Wednesday 28

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, g wrote: Ed Tharp wrote: if you read in linux, then the viri ain't your problem, if you are a M$ user, look for a file called setup.pif. thank you, ed. i use both linux and ms, but do email in ms. i like early version, 4.07, of netscape, and it is not available

[newbie] messin with PPPD and KPPP.

2001-11-28 Thread Franki
Hi all, In an effort to start preparing to replace my one last winblows box, I am trying to get dialup working. I have tried the mandrake connection setting for it.. and I have dikked with it endlessly myself.. all to no avail. KPPP can do it just fine.. for some reason, once or twice a day,

[newbie] File transfer under komba2

2001-11-28 Thread D. Lee Wiggers
Hi list I went to bed last night with a satisfied smile. mp3 files on the old windows box were transferring slow but sure to my 8.1 linux box. Whew When I got up 6.1 gig had transferred, leaving 4 gig behind, and the linux box was frozen with the monitor black. Windows box was laughing away,

Re: [newbie] Evolution RC2 problem

2001-11-28 Thread Dave Sherman
On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 10:10, Jim Dawson wrote: I finally managed to get Evolution RC2 installed on my LM 8.1 system, but now the 'Contacts' and 'Mail' portions don't work, Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance. When I upgraded to Evo RC1, I found that I had to log out and

[newbie] NVidia and Shutdown problem

2001-11-28 Thread Mr.E.
I don't know if the two are related, but I installed the Nvidia rpm's from MandrakeUser then did XFdrake (all steps done from console with no X running). then did a Shutdown now so I can come back with a cold re-boot. BUT, the system wouldn't shut down all the way. I got a going to single

[newbie] Is This Badtrans ?

2001-11-28 Thread poogle
Someone (not on this list) sent me an e mail which I opened in kmail. It contained a lot of text which looks like code, a snip of the source is shown below, is it badtrans ? Content-Type: audio/x-wav; name=SETUP.DOC.scr Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: EA4DMGBP9p --

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread g
Manuel Drake wrote: I think it's the 4.08 netscape navigator that you use, and yes, it's available for linux too, as I use it now. actually, i am using 4.06. or are you refering to what is avaiable for linux? not sure about version diffs between linux and ms, but there was a drastic change

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, g wrote: Manuel Drake wrote: I think it's the 4.08 netscape navigator that you use, and yes, it's available for linux too, as I use it now. actually, i am using 4.06. or are you refering to what is avaiable for linux? I thought I was talking of both. not sure

RE: [newbie] Is This Badtrans ?

2001-11-28 Thread Franki
yes, it probably is, badtrans has a number of different filenames that it can use... I think that the .scr extension is the predominant one. (I think there is a pif file as well, thats one of the other variations.) rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] No printing in 8.1 now

2001-11-28 Thread Marcia
Dear Linus, Thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately I cannot even get a test page to print now. Test pages were printing for awhile but not anymore. It is very strange, because everything worked at first then just slowly stopped working. I do not know what else to do. I think I would

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread g
Manuel Drake wrote: I thought I was talking of both. was not sure. why i asked. Hrmm, unsure, yes, nothing before 4.08 is findable for me. Ah, messenger... no, never, bit of a security hole letting your browser know your email address. interesting. would you please elabarate? i have a

Re: [newbie] No printing in 8.1 now

2001-11-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 22:01, you wrote: Dear Linus, Thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately I cannot even get a test page to print now. Test pages were printing for awhile but not anymore. It is very strange, because everything worked at first then just slowly stopped working.

RE: [newbie] galeon

2001-11-28 Thread Mark Stewart
Thanks for the tip about the RedHat version of mozilla-0.9.6. Alas, I don't really have the time at work to install all the -devlop rpms and compile galeon from it's src.rpm. I tried the rh6 version of the ready-made rpm (installed along with mozilla) but it immediately hiccups:

[newbie] Floppy drive question........

2001-11-28 Thread E Estes
I did a fix to get myfloppy driveworking. NowI havejust one more questionabout it. When I click the floppy desktop icon I see the activitey light go on but only the first time I click it. If I click it agian with a different disk in there it just brings up the same files that were on the

Re: [newbie] galeon

2001-11-28 Thread Derek Jennings
Tobias over on the expert list posted this recently http://www.mail-archive.com/expert%40linux-mandrake.com/msg45156.html for all those who want to use the cooker rpms of mozilla with their mandrake 8.1, i've rebuild the source rpm. you can find them here: http://rpm.digitalprojects.com.

[newbie] subscribe newbie

2001-11-28 Thread Reid Pennebaker

Re: [newbie] Servers

2001-11-28 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:55:58 -0500, Jose M. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip WHAT? Check out SMBClient and SMBMount... All Komba2 does is invoke these programs, which are part of Samba. I.E. smbclient -L \\Windowsmachine -U Validuser

Re: [newbie] Error compiling NVIDIA kernel...

2001-11-28 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 05:22:42 -0800, joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 24 November 2001 08:27, you wrote: On Saturday 24 November 2001 16:50, you wrote: Install the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages first. They aren't by default . Then you'll be upaway:)

Re: [newbie] Internet Explorer

2001-11-28 Thread Flotcho
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 08:53 am, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: Many good valid points snipped here 2) Elitist? Being elitist does not necessarily mean a negative trait, its just most people associate elitism with snobbishness and arrogance. I dont think this list is elitist (negatively

Re: [newbie] Batchfile in Windows to check mail on linux mail server

2001-11-28 Thread Mark
I have a linux mail server on my network that is checking mail over a dialup link once an hour. I'd like to setup a batchfile that I could run on another windows computer when I want to check mail on the linux server in addition to the once an hour check. While I can set this up pretty

[newbie] dying connection

2001-11-28 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello! I have noticed that my internet connection dies after a (relatively long) timeout when I don't use it. I have an ADSL router, and it is supposed to allow 24 h /24 connection time, so I guess the timeout might be internal (I mean, depending on the OS). I don't care too much for my home

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Ed Tharp
That was just the name that was attached to that one mail in question. as I understand it, it can take a number of names from the hard drive of the person who sent it to you really why , if you have a box that can run Mdk, and you do have MDK, would you run the risk? it seems to me

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-28 Thread Richie
On November 27, 2001 04:48 am, Franki wrote: you have a small flaw in your logic... No, I don't. There was no Logic in the first place, I told you that snip And while we're at it the day Linux starts acting completely like Windows is the same day I have to defragment my ReiserFS partition

Re: [newbie] Floppy drive question........

2001-11-28 Thread bascule
you aren't unmounting the first disk before removing it, you need to do this, right click on the icon and choose 'unmount' (in kde anyway) bascule On Thursday 29 Nov 2001 2:51 am, you wrote: I did a fix to get my floppy drive working. Now I have just one more question about it. When I click

[newbie] LAN and eth0 loading

2001-11-28 Thread Marek M
The problem is that my eth card doesnt want to load while starting linux M8.0. How to fix it ? DAMN! som errors i dont understand. - Original Message - From: Anuerin G.Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mandrake Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] LAN and eth0 loading

2001-11-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 20:51, you wrote: The problem is that my eth card doesnt want to load while starting linux M8.0. How to fix it ? DAMN! som errors i dont understand. Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Have you tried the command ifup eth0 or eth1 wichever your card

Re: [newbie] LAN and eth0 loading

2001-11-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 20:51, you wrote: The problem is that my eth card doesnt want to load while starting linux M8.0. How to fix it ? DAMN! som errors i dont understand. - Original Message - I forgot to mention that you can look in your /etc/modules.conf file to see if

Re: [newbie] how do I save any html page

2001-11-28 Thread pesarif
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 04:20, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:13:18 +1100, pesarif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 06:45, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:33:48 -0500, Paúl Mancheno H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... i want to

[newbie] a good help to mandrake 8.0

2001-11-28 Thread Marek M
Fellows!I piss on MS and i wont buy any netter, faster, more stable, cheaper system. OVER ! I WANT LINUX !!! But I'm green socan you tell me (Give) an address where i could download tutorial or getting started to Mandrake8 ?Better in Polish - if not EnglishRemember: The MS stategy

Re: [newbie] how do I save any html page

2001-11-28 Thread Mark D'voo
upgrade to 2.2.2 On Thursday 29 November 2001 09:15, you wrote: On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 04:20, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:13:18 +1100, pesarif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 06:45, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:33:48 -0500, Paúl

Re: [newbie] a good help to mandrake 8.0

2001-11-28 Thread Mark D'voo
www.linuxdocs.org has a bunch of good faqs for the newbie mark On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:02, you wrote: Fellows! I piss on MS and i wont buy any netter, faster, more stable, cheaper system. OVER ! I WANT LINUX !!! But I'm green socan you tell me (Give) an address where i could

[newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-28 Thread Jon Doe
Help! I'm tired of this computer freezeing! My XP box never freezes, my Mandrake box freezes multiple times a day. I know mandrake is better than this. I am pretty new to linux and don't know where to start checking, but somthing has to be done, I can't rely on this linux box anymore. I was

[newbie] Printing with a HP PSC750 via USB

2001-11-28 Thread Steve Weltman
Hey group, I am using an HP all-in-one thng...Prints, copies, scans (well, sort of), connected via USB, and was detected at my original install correctly. I am not able to print to this device ever, but I really want to get rid of MS on this system if I can. Can someone help me on this?

Re: [newbie] No printing in 8.1 now

2001-11-28 Thread Linus Drouhard
Marcia, hang in there. Printing can be (is) often frustration. I don't pretend to know all of the answers. I'm just a newbie that has struggled through this a couple of times. I just know what worked for me. I have an Epson Stylus 777 (good quality printer, but very expensive cartridges).

Re: [newbie] InteractiveBastille error messages.

2001-11-28 Thread Paul Rodríguez
I had this trouble some time ago as well (can't remember what version of Bastille, and iptables I was running). I any case, I was advised, that to get rid of that message, i can get rid of linuxconf from the list of services that Bastille audits. I don't know much about the issue, and can't

Re: [newbie] No printing in 8.1 now

2001-11-28 Thread christian posratschnig
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 28 November 2001 22:01, you wrote: Dear Linus, Thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately I cannot even get a test page to print now. Test pages were printing for awhile but not anymore. It is very strange, because everything worked at first then just slowly

Re: [newbie] Searching for Image Browser

2001-11-28 Thread Mr. E.
You can also try CompuPic.. but it's commercial software.. you can download a trial version of the Pro or Standard: http://www.photodex.com/products/index.html (Linux and Windoze versions) At 09:01 PM 11/27/01 -0500, you wrote: GQview, included in most Gnome installs is a very fast and useful

Re: [newbie] Floppy drive question........

2001-11-28 Thread Mithrilhall2000
Yep, I'm a dummy. Thanksit's been really bothering me. - Original Message - From: bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Floppy drive question you aren't unmounting the first disk before removing

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