[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 e Windows ME

2001-12-29 Thread Marco Fortini
Provo per la prima volta ad inserire un quesito sulla mailing list; spero funzioni. Vorrei sapere se posso installare Mandrake 8.0 su un PC ove è presente Windows Me, e se Linux provvede autonomamente a partizionare l'Hard Disc in modo da convivere; mi risulta che poi al momento

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8.0 e Windows ME

2001-12-29 Thread Daniele Micci
Il giorno 15:05, sabato 29 dicembre 2001 hai scritto: Provo per la prima volta ad inserire un quesito sulla mailing list; spero funzioni. Vorrei sapere se posso installare Mandrake 8.0 su un PC ove è presente Windows Me, e se Linux provvede autonomamente a partizionare l'Hard Disc in modo

Re: [newbie-it] Materizzatore

2001-12-29 Thread Giovanni Mazzamati
Alle 14:55, venerdì 28 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho un masterizzatore HP 9100 installato, come faccio a farlo riconoscere a Mandrake 8.1? Non avendo la più pallida idea di come si masterizza sotto Linux potreste aiutarmi. Grazie mille per gli aiuti, e Buon Anno Milko Per

[newbie-it] ADSL e Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Nicola Girardi
Sono piu' che newbie... Ho appena installato Mandrake 8.1 che so utilizzare (male) solo con KDE. Dopo numerosi tentativi ho installato il tutto senza riuscire a configurare la connessione via Internet con linea ADSL (Infostrada Verde-pro). Il modem e' un 3com Home Connect Dual link modem

[newbie-it] Compatibilità con Scheda grafica ATI 2000 Expert 32 Mb

2001-12-29 Thread Marco Fortini
Prima di cominciare ad installare Linux Mandrake ho verificato la lista degli hardware supportati; del mio PC è risultato conosciuto quasi tutto tranne: - il DVD Rom Hitachi GD-7500 (che mi preoccupa poco perchè è conosciuto il GD-5500) - la scheda Video ATI Expert 2000 32 Mb (è risultata

Re: [newbie-it] ADSL e Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Marco Summo
Alle 17:08, sabato 29 dicembre 2001, hai scritto: Sono piu' che newbie... Ho appena installato Mandrake 8.1 che so utilizzare (male) solo con KDE. Dopo numerosi tentativi ho installato il tutto senza riuscire a configurare la connessione via Internet con linea ADSL Il modem e' un 3com Home

Re: [newbie] FINAL DESPERATE TEST

2001-12-29 Thread jal
Yesa success and well worth the effort. Kmail now works like a charm. WOHO! On Friday 28 December 2001 21:28, you wrote: If you're reading thismy kdenetwork upgrade was a success! -- ---** Holy

[newbie] Cannot mount CDWriter

2001-12-29 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi All People, (Only one CDWriter without CDRom) I could not mount CDwriter for unknown reason. Linux ran without problem after having a new kernel installed for a few days. During booting, following warning pop-up ; /etc/rc.sysinit: line 741: 286 Segmentation fault modprobe ide-cd

Re: [newbie] How long to wait???

2001-12-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 02:03:48 -0500 Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Hi All, I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster

Re: [newbie] How long to wait???

2001-12-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Saturday 29 December 2001 20:03, Andrew wrote: | Hi All, | | I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 | w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only reads | 65m or so, it is much faster. Maybe it would be faster still if | *128m* was reading?

[newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Rich
Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when

Re: [newbie] hotmail

2001-12-29 Thread Jose Mirles
I found this tip on http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ I believe it is the solution you want for reading emails at Hotmail.com. BTW - Hotmail.com does not support pop3. The server used for Outlook Express is an HTTP server with the address of http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp

[newbie] managed to freeze the system!

2001-12-29 Thread Doug Lerner
In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!

2001-12-29 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:57:15 +0900 schreef Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can you still access a terminal window? If so, do kill process id If that doesn't work do kill -9 process id where process id is the id that you got from starting jrxvt Paul In the console I issued the following

Re: [newbie] floppy does not work

2001-12-29 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7 in use Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Looks like

[newbie] Re: [Galeon-user] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:48:48 -0500, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top;

Re: [newbie] How long to wait???

2001-12-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:42 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 20:03, Andrew wrote: | Hi All, | | I have been having a long wait to do anything in Mandrake 8.0 | w/KDE on 32m RAM. A few hours ago I put in *128M* and it only | reads 65m or so, it is

Re: [newbie] floppy does not work

2001-12-29 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f7

Re: [newbie] Unable to read partition table

2001-12-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Dr. Antonio Botelho de Sousa wrote: slip .then the booting goes on apparently without problems. But when i am in the OS if i try (as root) to type the command cdrecord -scanbus, instead of displayng the CDRW and the Optical drive it says: cdrecord file or directory not found;

[newbie] Soundcard not working

2001-12-29 Thread Rick
I'm having another problem after my installation of 8.1. I cannot get my soundcard to work. My soundcard is a Crystal 4236. It worked fine when I had RH 7.1 installed. Mandrake 8.1 doesn't seem to recognize it. I ran Harddrake and tried to configure it and I get a popup message that says:

Re: [newbie] Windows partition won't load anymore

2001-12-29 Thread Ed Tharp
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 23:17, you wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:02:20 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Well, I didn't mention responsibility or anything like that. :-) But since the Mandrake online information *does* say that you can

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Rich
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 09:59, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to

Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!

2001-12-29 Thread Derek Jennings
If ever you manage to freeze your desktop there are a whole lot of things to try before you resort to that reset button. Windows unfortunately has trained us to reach for that button too soon. First If in KDE hit Ctl+Alt+Backspace - This returns you to KDE Login If no good then :- Ctl+Alt+F2

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:28:01 -0500 Maureen L. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled gleefully: I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost

[newbie] Alias question...

2001-12-29 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe Bash always complains

Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug

[newbie] problem with Software Manager

2001-12-29 Thread Nathan Pryor
Hello. The Mandrake Software Manager freezes on startup when it attempts to refresh the security update source I defined (ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu). I have checked the ftp site and can logon anonymously with no problem. I did not provide a username and password for the security update source

Re: [newbie] Compiling a new kernel...

2001-12-29 Thread tester
David Bovill wrote: The instructions I have say download the 2 RPM's (source and header), but I just need to add a custom kernel based on the existing configuration. How do I go about this, as the packages are already installed? Thanks, David

Re: [newbie] ML 8.0 install CDROM can't find my CDROM

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Roland Berger wrote: When I try to install ML8.0 I get the following problem. First I describe the installation steps I did. - CD is deteced as a boot cd. System tells that drive letter is mapped to A and the floppy is now B -The Mandrake welcome screen is displayd where you can choose to

Re: [newbie] c compiler and its problem in 8.0

2001-12-29 Thread tester
eric wrote: Dear mandrake 8.0 standard user: I used simple c program hello world, in printf(hello world) it did not print at all, until I add \n\n at the end of the line of hello world, then it print as what it should be. but that kind of result is not correct. it never happen at redhat 7.1

[newbie] modprobe

2001-12-29 Thread poogle
I can access my Olympus USB camera quite easily by su and then modprobe usb-storage mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/cam I would like to create a desktop icon to do this with one click but modprobe requires root privileges. Is there any way I can execute modprobe as user ? -- Poogle Registered

Re: [newbie] c compiler and its problem in 8.0

2001-12-29 Thread eric
Dear tester: Thanks your fast replay, but whether put \n or not put \n at string will violate the c syntax so it wont print in printf still worth to discuss-I will check my c programming book later to discuss with our community. /* I actually download and install many new gcc and its related

[newbie] software manager gives errors on all rpms

2001-12-29 Thread Daniel McCarthy
I downloaded and was attempting to install firestarter. The rpm had dependencies that were on the Core System Install disk. Unfortunately after inserting the disk the computer completely froze, leaving me no other option than the reset button. I thought I had an idea of the files that were

Re: [newbie] problem with Software Manager

2001-12-29 Thread Derek Jennings
There seems to be quite a rash of people reporting trouble defining upgrade sources recentlly. If you want to remove the update source there is a console command urpmi.removemedia I do not know how it is used, but I'm sure the manual has full details. derek On Saturday 29 December 2001

[newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner

2001-12-29 Thread Jon Doe
Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms? --

Re: [newbie] modprobe

2001-12-29 Thread Miark
Poogle, You can use sudo which allows normal users to perform operations that would normally require root priviledges. Just install sudo and then change the config file to allow poogle (or whoever) to perform modprobes. Miark - Original Message - From: poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] modprobe

2001-12-29 Thread poogle
Thanks for the reply (blushes furiously at this point) I just realised that the problem was simply that modprobe wasn't in my path statement, using /sbin/modprobe usb-storage as user worked On Saturday 29 December 2001 18:50 pm, you wrote: Poogle, You can use sudo which allows normal users

[newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!

2001-12-29 Thread Wes Gregg
Hi everyone, I think I just screwed up installing my nVidia drivers. I downloaded these two files (they are supposed to be compatible, the newer kernel just fixes an install issue and something else(?)): NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.src.rpm

Re: [newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Jon Doe wrote: Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms?

Re: [newbie] Change Time

2001-12-29 Thread skidley
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Ed Kasky wrote: But does it work??? ;-) I forgot to mention before to look at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for an explanation of how the time server strata works and for any special requirements when using any of the public time servers. Ed At

Re: [newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!

2001-12-29 Thread Miark
[snip] And then changed the reference of nv in xf86config-4 to read nvidia. You may have done this and forgot to say it, but you also have to add Load glx to the Module section. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] problem with Software Manager

2001-12-29 Thread mr_tortoise
Thanks Derek. urpmi.removemedia ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu worked like a charm. Software Manager is such a great tool (even though I did hose myself once by installing a new kernel using it dooh!). After running the command I tried another udpate site and it worked fine. On Saturday 29

Re: [newbie] nVidia Splash Screen - Yes 3D/OpenGL - No!

2001-12-29 Thread Wes Gregg
Is this fubar repairable without major surgery? I really am tired of reinstalling, and it seems stable, just primitive (2d) graphics. I would almost deal with it rather than reinstall (again). In your XF86Config-4 did you remember to create the entry Load glx in the moudule

[newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init

2001-12-29 Thread Joe Sotham
This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment from my old system. The windows ME side works fine. I have freshly installed Mandrake

[newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates

2001-12-29 Thread Rob K
Sorry if this has already been asked! I'm installing MDK 8.1 mainly to act as a server for my ADSL connection here in the UK. I've managed to get it running and was happy till I tried to do the mandrake updates. One of them is a kernel update which I thought "Hmm looks important better do

Re: [newbie] floppy does not work

2001-12-29 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24 02:34:02 gerald kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 24

Re: [newbie] Soundcard not working

2001-12-29 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:33:15 -0500 Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having another problem after my installation of 8.1. I cannot get my soundcard to work. My soundcard is a Crystal 4236. It worked fine when I had RH 7.1 installed. And you don't happen to have the /etc/modules.conf file

Re: [newbie] Alias question...

2001-12-29 Thread Spencer Collyer
On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:06, you wrote: Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\

[newbie] Re: Unable to read the partition table

2001-12-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Antonio Sousa wrote: Thanks Kaj for your help. Isen you a copy of my two files: mtab and fstab. OK Antonio, I'll try to help you out : When looking at your /etc/mtab - file it seems that no CD-roms are mounted, eh ? To mount that one, several possibilities are at hand, included the

Re: [newbie] floppy does not work

2001-12-29 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:09 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't mount /dev/fd0 and my log file say: Dec 24

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init

2001-12-29 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:45:36 GMT Joe Sotham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment from my old

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates

2001-12-29 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Rob K wrote: As far as I know, you've done the ONLY upgrade that is *NOT* recommended through Mandrake update!! You have to download it and install using rpm -ivh kernel.rpm I've done this way and it was just perfect!

Re: [newbie] floppy does not work

2001-12-29 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:29 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:09 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 29 December 2001 10:05 am, you wrote: Op Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:52:15 -0500 schreef Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:13 pm, you wrote: I can't

[newbie] bash scripting for beginners

2001-12-29 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hello, I am looking for a good bash scripting tutorial/manual for BEGINNERS who are new Bash, Linux and scripting. Ideally - a book in PDF format or something in HTML. Please let me know if you know were I could find such an item. Thanks! Andrei

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init - Fixed

2001-12-29 Thread joe
adding the parameter nobiospnp to the append line in lilo.conf fixed the problem as Franz pointed out. Thanks, Franz! Joe On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:36, you wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:45:36 GMT Joe Sotham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong...

[newbie] editing $PATH

2001-12-29 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hello, I would like to add a subdirectory to my $PATH. I triend the export command but it told me that it is not valid. Mandrake seems to offer a shared path to all users taken from bashrc (I am not sure about this). How could I edit ONLY MY PATH (my user path - not my root which I don't

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Rob K wrote: As far as I know, you've done the ONLY upgrade that is *NOT* recommended through Mandrake update!! You have to download it and install using rpm -ivh kernel.rpm I've done

Re: [newbie] bash scripting for beginners

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hello, I am looking for a good bash scripting tutorial/manual for BEGINNERS who are new Bash, Linux and scripting. Ideally - a book in PDF format or something in HTML. Please let me know if you know were I could find such an item. Thanks! Andrei

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2001-12-29 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:17:59 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sunday, December 30, 2001): One of the things that _no_one_ should be concerned about any longer is compatibility with MS Office. This is absolutely

[newbie] Unable to read the partition table

2001-12-29 Thread Antonio Sousa
Thanks Kaj for your help. Isen you a copy of my two files: mtab and fstab. Maybe you can help me now Thanks once more Antonio The mtab file /dev/hda5 / ext2 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda1

[newbie] headers and kernel not matching..

2001-12-29 Thread Franki
Hi all, I just looked at the cooker site at: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandra ke/RPMS/ and I downloaded the latest kernel (2.4.16.11mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm) then I went to download the headers and they are a completely different version:

RE: [newbie] The Wait just got a lot longer!

2001-12-29 Thread Franki
Look at your motherboard, for the make and model, then go to their web site and download the manual for it.. While your at it, get the latest bios, it may help. The manual will help you find out where everything goes. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] software manager gives errors on all rpms

2001-12-29 Thread skinky
On Sunday 30 December 2001 07:31, Daniel McCarthy wrote: | I downloaded and was attempting to install firestarter. The rpm had | dependencies that were on the Core System Install disk. Unfortunately | after inserting the disk the computer completely froze, leaving me no | other option than

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread skinky
On Sunday 30 December 2001 02:48, Rich wrote: | Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now | have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: | | Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to | any setting changes to let something else