Re: [newbie-it] Domanda

2001-12-07 Thread Andrea Celli
Milko Ferioli wrote: Ciao Andrea, grazie per le risposte Grazie anche a Daniele. Dunque vediamo un pò, io sò a malapena cos'è il kernel, ho installato Mandrake 8.1 circa un mese fà e per mè è già stato un successone riuscire ad installare i driver, saresti cosi' gentile di spiegarmi come

Re: [newbie-it] ma che strano questo messaggio

2001-12-07 Thread Andrea Celli
Daniele wrote: spero tu non l'hai aperto... il norton antivirus mi ha bloccato il pc trovando un virus... visto che siamo su una ML di Linux, mi sembra abbastanza naturale che io la posta la maneggi con Linux e che me ne possa abbastanza infischiare di win-wirus. :-) purtroppo, essendo

[newbie-it] qtella

2001-12-07 Thread yahoo
Ciao a tutta la maillist . Ho da poco installato mdk 8.1 e devo dire che e formidabile sencondo il mio parere. Ora sono riuscito a fare partire si la mia scheda tv che il mio dvd che prima nella 8.0 non riuscivo , per motivi mistriosi. Ora mi manca solo lo scanner un Epson 4200c che purtroppo

[newbie-it] Connessione da remoto consiglio

2001-12-07 Thread max
Salve, dopo lunghe ricerche ho trovato un gestionale che gira sul mio server linux mandrake 8. Nella rete aziendale funziona tutto a meraviglia mi connetto da qualsiasi punto della rete con ssh. Ora vorrei connettermi da remoto via telefono (non internet...), credo che il programma che

[newbie-it] suono

2001-12-07 Thread SkyHeart
Mandrake 8.1 La scheda (sounblaster) è riconosciuta e configuratya correttamente ma al reboot non mantiene le impostazioni, infatti gnome mi dice che non può aprire il device... stessa cosa con kmix Il modulo e le impostazioni sembrano essere caricate all'avvio leggendo i messaggi al boot

Re: [newbie] Wine under 8.1...Anybody?

2001-12-07 Thread robin
PBone wrote: I never had any success with the stock mdk wine rpms. I did have success with the transgaming wine x packages. You have to pay for the rpms (source is free) but its pretty cheap. Most importantly for me it runs Champinship Manager 01/02 flawlessly :-) Upgrading to the

[newbie] Spam

2001-12-07 Thread poogle
I received an e mail, obviously spam, which came to the e mail address which I use exclusively for this list, it appears that addresses may have been harvested (has any one alse had it ?) Strangely though, it does not appear to be addressed to me, any ideas how it got to me, the message

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
Spam? maybe, worm? more than likely. i got to you because Uncle Bill wants to drag the internet to his knees so he can sell more stuff. On Friday 07 December 2001 05:20, you wrote: I received an e mail, obviously spam, which came to the e mail address which I use exclusively for this list, it

Re: [newbie] start up file

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
On Thursday 06 December 2001 22:50, you wrote: Hi, I would like to get the sound mixer to start when I log in as user. I seem to remember that there is an init file that I edit for this purpose. For the life of me I can't remember which one. Anyone help me with this one? Thanks and

Re: [newbie] start up file

2001-12-07 Thread Derek Jennings
By a remarkable coincidence there was a tip posted on www.pclinuxonline.com on that subject just yesterday. I tried it out it works just dandy :-) Derek On Friday 07 December 2001 03:50, you wrote: Hi, I would like to get the sound mixer to start when I log in as user. I seem to

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Mario Michael da Costa
Fred Schroeder wrote: Hi, I noticed this evening when I logged in to our server at work and ran who that I show being still logged in a couple of different places, though my workstation is shut down. How do I kill these connections? Thanks, Fred

Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
On Friday 07 December 2001 05:10, you wrote: Dear All, I am considering either going with vmware in Linux or doing a dual boot with Win95 and LM 8.1. I know that everyone says to always install Windows first, however may I install it now somehow without erasing my Linux 8.1 if I use the

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-07 Thread David
On Friday 07 December 2001 10:20, you wrote: About half my daily spam is e-mail that does not have my e-mail address. I got around this by setting up a filter that puts to trash anything that does not contain any of my actuall e-mail adresses. I received an e mail, obviously spam, which came

Re: [newbie] Still no printing in LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Mario Michael da Costa
Marcia wrote: Dear All, I have not gotten anywhere so far with the printing so I may install vmware put on my Win95 and print from there. Does anyone know how I would mount or access Linux files in Windows95 (without using Samba) when the Windows 95 is running in Vmware? Any help will

[newbie] remove

2001-12-07 Thread Shakaz

Re: [newbie] Vmware in LM8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 05:06:26 -0500 Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, Does anyone know if vmware version 2.03 will work in LM 8.1. I would like to run my Windows 95 in it on 8.1. Thank you. Yes it will. During installation it will build itself for the kernel and the versions of

Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 05:10:37 -0500 Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, I am considering either going with vmware in Linux or doing a dual boot with Win95 and LM 8.1. I know that everyone says to always install Windows first, however may I install it now somehow without erasing my

[newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread magnet
Hi... I want my windows laptop to be the gateway to allow my linux machines to connect to the internet. I also need each machine to be able to ftp to any other machine thro the ethernet cables and hub. (cat5e 100mbps) I'm going mad here trying to find non-confusing information to set this up.

Re: [newbie] Security

2001-12-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 December 2001 08:48 pm, Michael wrote: This is an interesting little article http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/anti-virus.html Any Takers of his offer? I doubt he'll get many. FWIW a more pertinent site concerning security for Mandrake users would be

Re: [newbie] environment variables not loading?

2001-12-07 Thread Jason Kary
Have you got the format right? E.G. TERM=vt100 ; export TERM If you don't export the variables they will not be seen outside of the current process. I put my environment definitions in .bashrc JK Anuerin G.Diaz wrote: On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 21:57:30 +0900 tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Fred Schroeder
On Friday 07 December 2001 05:21 am, you wrote: Fred Schroeder wrote: Hi, I noticed this evening when I logged in to our server at work and ran who that I show being still logged in a couple of different places, though my workstation is shut down. How do I kill these connections?

Re: [newbie] Still no printing in LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Fred Schroeder
On Friday 07 December 2001 06:23 am, you wrote: Marcia wrote: Dear All, I have not gotten anywhere so far with the printing so I may install vmware put on my Win95 and print from there. Does anyone know how I would mount or access Linux files in Windows95 (without using Samba) when

[newbie] kill a zombie process?

2001-12-07 Thread Dave Sherman
I should know this, but I am too lazy to look it up when the answer is probably just an email away... How do I kill a zombie process? I have tried kill -9 as root, I have tried rebooting, and neither one worked. The process is still there. Dave -- marriage, n.: An old, established

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-07 Thread poogle
No, not a worm some sort of invitation to subscribe to an internet trading service - I send details, they set it up for free... yeah, right. On Friday 07 December 2001 10:53 am, you wrote: Spam? maybe, worm? more than likely. i got to you because Uncle Bill wants to drag the internet to

Re: [newbie] Sound card not working

2001-12-07 Thread Ben Lee
None. Everything works, but there is just no sound like it's muted. BUT, If I used HardDrake to config the CODEC I do get an error. It says cannot find isa-pnp. Ben Lee On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 17:54, Grant Fraser wrote: I have the same chip and a similar problem I have just about every sound

Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Steve Maytum
Sorry to post this way , but you could use FIPS! any problems or queries , feel free to contact myself directly if you wish. Will help as muuch as i can Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001

Re: [newbie] environment variables not loading?

2001-12-07 Thread tek1
thanks to all those who replied. :) as i mentioned in my original post, i did put export $MYVARIABLE in the .bash_profile file, but still wasn't working. i will try putting my variables in the .bashrc file... thanks again, and have a great weekend... :) At 15:04 01/12/07 -0500, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] No floppy drive, now what?

2001-12-07 Thread tek1
perhaps you can try reinstall linux in linux-safe(?) or other of the other safe-boot modes and then running kuduz(?), the hardware detection program. not 100% sure, but might work... At 07:38 01/12/07 -0800, you wrote: Hi list, I had installed LM 8.1 last week and thought all was well.

[newbie] Setting up Printing via CLI

2001-12-07 Thread Donnie Green
I am running LM 7.2. Does anyone know how to setup printing via the command line interface (CLI)? I know that I can do it from GUI, but I would like to know what files to create/alter and such. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The alternative, possibly, is to set it up using the GUI

Re: [newbie] Vmware in LM8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Marcia
Dear Charles, Thank you for your answer. Do you know if printing works with vmware 2.03 in LM 8.1? Do you know how to set it up? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Marcia On Friday 07 December 2001 08:09, you wrote: On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 05:06:26 -0500 Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear

[newbie] Email notification question

2001-12-07 Thread Dave
Hello everyone. I have a question regarding email. I use Kmailand under KmailSettingsConfigureMisc Is a box that saysExecute Command Line on New Email Does anyone have (or know where I can find) a executable that opens some type of screensaver or soemething that shows up graphically

[newbie] wizdrake

2001-12-07 Thread Stojs
hello, Just got my first linux, mandrake 8.1. in the tutorial on the first cd there is a feature called WizDrake. How do I find it and how do I activate it? And do I have to install extra packages? I am so much of a newbie that I do not know how to without reinstalling and choosing them during

Re: [newbie] Email notification question

2001-12-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Dunno about an application to put in that box, but you could run Mail Monitor from the KMenuNetworkingMail menu You can dock it into your start bar, and select icons to display when there is either mail or no mail. If you add it to your .kde/Autostart folder then it will open up every time

Re: [newbie] Vmware in LM8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:47:33 -0500 Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Charles, Thank you for your answer. Do you know if printing works with vmware 2.03 in LM 8.1? Do you know how to set it up? Thanks for the help. Sorry, Marcia. I installed it a couuple of weeks ago. I then

Re: [newbie] Another TuxRacer question

2001-12-07 Thread Dragon .
Agreeded, it didn't work for me either, I copied all files and folders and changed all permissions. The list didn't get many of my posts, they don't seem to be getting to the list, this will be a good test... From: Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[newbie] Mail

2001-12-07 Thread Mark Lucas
I've managed to set up a very successful email server using fetchmail to access my ISP, sendmail to distribute mail and UW-imapd to allow remote access (both pop3 and imap). What I would now like to do is filter the mail that arrives into folders ie. all the mail from this list to my 'Mandrake'

[newbie] No floppy drive, now what?

2001-12-07 Thread Mick
Hi list, I had installed LM 8.1 last week and thought all was well. Today I went to view some files on a floppy disk and Linux reports 'device unknown' . Now how can this be? I thought the install procedure with LM 8.1 had progressed so far as to make this just a forgone conclusion. A floppy

Re: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread Richard Wenninger
You are suggesting a highly irregular setup. Usually, you want the notebook to be portable. Does the notebook have 2 network cards in it? Why have you chosen it as the internet portal? Linux would make a much better portal. On Friday 07 December 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: Hi... I want

Re: [newbie] wizdrake

2001-12-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Congratulations. Welcome. Its not as hard as you might fear Just think differently. As for wizdrake. Wizdrake is not installed as standard unless you select the sever install. No problem its real easy to install additional packages. You will be doing it a lot soon :-) To install a package

Re: [newbie] folder options

2001-12-07 Thread Warren Post
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 09:28, Caspar Kennerdale wrote: I have just installed mandrake something that is annoying me with KDE is that the default view within the file manager is with icons. Is is possible to have the tree or detailed view as the default. 1. Make sure you are in the

Re: [newbie] XFree86 gamma adjustment

2001-12-07 Thread Warren Post
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 12:32, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: Warren, have you tried to adjust manually on the monitor itself? mine all have the capability to set or adjust rgb and gamma manually with push buttons on the monitor case. Maybe that will get you a better screen. Dennis M. That

Re: [newbie] Mail

2001-12-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Procmail does the job read the guide on www.mandrakeuser.org read 'man procmail' and 'man procmailrc' Fetchmail will run procmail automatically if the users home directory of the process which is running fetchmail contains a file called .procmailrc (That file must have read and write

Re: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread magnet
I had a sneeky feeling i'd get a debate rather than an answer on this one The setup is for a reason, hence the carefully chosen wording of the request. I'm aware that linux is probably the better gateway but at this moment in time, my ISP cannot get a faster connection to my external modem

[newbie] vmware in LM 8.1 continues

2001-12-07 Thread Marcia
Dear All, Thank you for your answers and help. I was installing my vmware 2.03 on my LM8.1 and got a complaint about not having the correct module and they needed to know what file my C ++ header files were in. I did not know the answer to that one. Does anyone know what files I need to have

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 07 December 2001 02:50 pm, Ed Tharp wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 08:59, you wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 05:21 am, you wrote: Fred Schroeder wrote: Hi, I noticed this evening when I logged in to our server at work and ran who that I show being still logged in

RE: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread Franki
I have network setup here, and if I dialup with the linux box, (which is the norm) I can access it with any other windows and linux box's,, and if I dialup with my laptop (win2000) I can change the gateway settings in the other machines, and they can share that connection.. in TCP in any of the

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Fred Schroeder
On Friday 07 December 2001 01:50 pm, you wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 08:59, you wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 05:21 am, you wrote: Fred Schroeder wrote: Hi, I noticed this evening when I logged in to our server at work and ran who that I show being still logged in a

Re: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread Richard Wenninger
Have you tried flashing your external modem? Make it current, and maybe you'll get a faster connection. Just a thought. On Friday 07 December 2001 03:07 pm, you wrote: I had a sneeky feeling i'd get a debate rather than an answer on this one The setup is for a reason, hence the

[newbie] ripperX proHi,blems

2001-12-07 Thread joe
I can't get ripperX to create mp3 files. I am working backwards and can create the WAV files but when I try to create mp3 direct from the audio cd I end up with a 0K file...even though ripperX reports completing the job satisfactorily... joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
when you use top, try U the fred to get only the instances owned by fred. then try T (or h as it will bring up help) for time. showing you the process up the longest. Note: there is no need to hit enter after you enter U or T but is needed after you type: U fred. On Friday 07 December 2001

[newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread NDPTAL85
I have 4 boxes on my home network. A WinXP box, a Mac OS X box, Mandrake Linux workstation and a FreeBSD workstation. Earthlink is my ISP and they have 3 DNS servers. I want to set my Linux and FreeBSD boxes up as local DNS servers so I figured I would just add their IPs to the list of

Re: [newbie] remove

2001-12-07 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:04:26 + FDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/, on the left side: SUPPORT E-Support Mailing lists There you can find (un)subscribe info. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread Lee Roberts
At 02:52 PM 12/7/2001 -0500, Ed Tharp wrote: why ftp? could use samba and be up and running and sharing files and drives and printers w/ the winders boxes in no time? Speaking of Samba, I get the icon for the Linux box to show up on my Win2K Win95 clients but I can't browse the Linux box.

Re: [newbie] Dual boot with Windows 95 LM 8.1

2001-12-07 Thread Harm Bathoorn
On Friday 07 December 2001 11:10, you wrote: Dear All, I am considering either going with vmware in Linux or doing a dual boot with Win95 and LM 8.1. I know that everyone says to always install Windows first, however may I install it now somehow without erasing my Linux 8.1 if I use the

RE: [newbie] internet sharing setup

2001-12-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
First: Are all three machines members of the same workgroup? Are you SURE that you've defined the Workgroup name in Samba the SAME as that used on your other Winblows boxes? Second: When you log into windows you are asked for a user name and password. This user name and password, gets passed

Re: [newbie] vmware in LM 8.1 continues

2001-12-07 Thread Matt Greer
On Friday 07 December 2001 07:44 pm, you wrote: Dear All, Thank you for your answers and help. I was installing my vmware 2.03 on my LM8.1 and got a complaint about not having the correct module and they needed to know what file my C ++ header files were in. I did not know the answer to

Re: [newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread shane
first, i have also been told 3 is all they check. second, wow i thought my 2000/98, linux mandrake, BeOS network was tough to straighhten out! you really have all those? On Friday 07 December 2001 14:40, you spoke unto me thusly: I have 4 boxes on my home network. A WinXP box, a Mac OS X

Re: [newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
not only true..but legal and any more than three are ill-legal On Friday 07 December 2001 17:40, you wrote: I have 4 boxes on my home network. A WinXP box, a Mac OS X box, Mandrake Linux workstation and a FreeBSD workstation. Earthlink is my ISP and they have 3 DNS servers. I want to set my

RE: [newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread Franki
I don't understand what you mean?? is it illegal to have more then 4 machines using one earthlink conection?? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ed Tharp Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2001 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread Franki
sorry,, I am a dumbass,, I realise you mean the 3 dns... sorry, been awake for 20 hours straight.. much to long to think straight. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ed Tharp Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2001 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL

[newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-07 Thread Harm Bathoorn
Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present: a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video card. Sheer horror! The whole lot put together. The motherboard has a (not too helpful) cd-ROM with it. It

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

2001-12-07 Thread pesarif
IE and Netscape can in File/Save As Complete Web Page or Web Archive. pesarif - Original Message - From: Lance Dow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pesarif [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 2:38 AM

Re: [newbie] DNS settings

2001-12-07 Thread NDPTAL85
On Friday, December 7, 2001, at 06:49 PM, Ed Tharp wrote: not only true..but legal and any more than three are ill-legal On Friday 07 December 2001 17:40, you wrote: I have 4 boxes on my home network. A WinXP box, a Mac OS X box, Mandrake Linux workstation and a FreeBSD workstation.

Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-07 Thread civileme
On Friday 07 December 2001 03:27 pm, Harm Bathoorn wrote: Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present: a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video card. Sheer horror! The whole lot put together.

Re: [newbie] killing a connection

2001-12-07 Thread Fred Schroeder
On Friday 07 December 2001 04:30 pm, you wrote: when you use top, try U the fred to get only the instances owned by fred. then try T (or h as it will bring up help) for time. showing you the process up the longest. Note: there is no need to hit enter after you enter U or T but is needed

Re: [newbie] ripperX proHi,blems

2001-12-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 07 December 2001 05:28 pm, joe wrote: I can't get ripperX to create mp3 files. I am working backwards and can create the WAV files but when I try to create mp3 direct from the audio cd I end up with a 0K file...even though ripperX reports completing the job satisfactorily... joe

Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-07 Thread _nasturtium
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:57, civileme wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 03:27 pm, Harm Bathoorn wrote: Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present: a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video

Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 07 December 2001 07:27 pm, Harm Bathoorn wrote: Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). You have my sympathies on both, mostly the mobo I swear: I will never purchase anything from Intel again if there's an AMD

[newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?

2001-12-07 Thread Dr. Evil
I have a question: There are some websites which I never want to browse or load from, ever. Is there a way to tell Konqueror to never fetch anything from a certain domain? Specificly, I never want Konq to fetch anything from doubleclick.net for any reason. I just have no interest in anything

[newbie] reloading .bashrc without logging out?

2001-12-07 Thread tek1
is there a way to do this, so that environment variables newly defined in .bashrc will take effect without logging out and back in? thanks... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] reloading .bashrc without logging out?

2001-12-07 Thread Admin
Hello: yup type: source .bashrc Good luck. Dexter - Original Message - From: tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:54 AM Subject: [newbie] reloading .bashrc without logging out? is there a way to do this, so that environment variables newly

[newbie] oops

2001-12-07 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I would like to know where I can select a 'kernel' reinstall in the 'update' option of the installation cd. I screwed up a kernel update and now the machine will not boot into linux. When I do a 'rescue', I can see all my dirs so my data is all safe, I just need to get the kernel back. It

Re: [newbie] reloading .bashrc without logging out?

2001-12-07 Thread tek1
thanks dexter!!! :) have a great weekend! At 23:06 01/12/07 -0700, you wrote: Hello: yup type: source .bashrc Good luck. Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] oops

2001-12-07 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 08 December 2001 09:14, you wrote: Hi, I would like to know where I can select a 'kernel' reinstall in the 'update' option of the installation cd. I screwed up a kernel update and now the machine will not boot into linux. When I do a 'rescue', I can see all my dirs so my data

[newbie] missing PostScript fonts

2001-12-07 Thread Len Lawrence
Dear fellow explorers Under Mandrake 7.2 I had access to certain fonts which seemed to have disappeared from my 8.1 system. These were Hershey, Antiqua and English Gothic. No idea where they came from but suspect they might be available on Windows systems. I don't have Windows installed so

Re: [newbie] What's this dependency nonesense all about?

2001-12-07 Thread Matt Greer
On Saturday 08 December 2001 01:27 am, you wrote: Hi list, Being new, I'm sure I'm going to have lots of questions and stuff I just don't like. However this dependency stuff when installing software in Linux is making me nuts! Take a number and get in line :) Why in Linux does software

[newbie] Re: Where do you come by this knowledge?

2001-12-07 Thread Ed Tharp
and it is NOT FORMAT!!! it is FDISK /MBR On Friday 07 December 2001 18:34, you wrote: Hi Ed: I am asking this in order to gain some knowledge here. Where do you find information about the format /mbr command and option. It is not in my PC Pocket Reference. Thanks, Dennis in Victoria