Re: [newbie-it] grazie mike

2002-01-28 Thread Stefano Salari
--- Fabio Manunza [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: vga=normal = bingo! Tutto qua. Gli altri problemi sono scomparsi con l'avvio da HD, come subodoravo... Il sottoscritto c'ha mdk8.1 con 2.4.16. Effettivamente una bella soddisfazione.. Grazie Fabio Acc, sono arrivato tardi...! Si,

[newbie-it] Configurazione Stampante

2002-01-28 Thread Emma e Gigi
Salve a tutti!!! Ho installato Star Office 5.2 Primo problema: come stampante configurata risulta una generica. Ora io ho una HP 690C, la quale viene regolarmente riconosciuta da Mandrake 8.1, infatti con KWord, per fare un esempio, è la stampante predefinita. Come posso fare per

Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete

2002-01-28 Thread syd
Alle 23:08, sabato 26 gennaio 2002, mike ha scritto: cut allora aggiungi in /etc/modules.conf la riga: alias eth0 8139too al riavvio avrai l'ethernet caricata cut ricompilare non ti serve, a meno di problemi particolari di instabilità, di mancato supporto, o volontà di attivare cose

[newbie-it] [OT] star office 5.2

2002-01-28 Thread Cinzia Delogu
Ho scaricato star office 5.2 dal sito della sun, ma il file è in formato *.bin; che cosa posso utilizzare per masterizzarlo? Stefano

[newbie-it] SUSE 7.3

2002-01-28 Thread Francesco Speranza
Anche se questa mail-list e' dedicata a Mandrake volevo porre un quesito sulla distribuzione di Suse. Sto cercando di scaricare Suse 7.3 da uno dei siti italiani (ftp.uniroma2.it/linux/suse/suse/i386) ma noto che la quantita' di MB da scaricare e' enorme ( molto piu' di un singolo CD

Re: [newbie-it] grazie mike

2002-01-28 Thread miKe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 19:55, domenica 27 gennaio 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] grazie mike, Fabio Manunza ha scritto: vga=normal = bingo! Tutto qua. Gli altri problemi sono scomparsi con l'avvio da HD, come subodoravo... Il sottoscritto c'ha mdk8.1 con

Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete

2002-01-28 Thread miKe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 15:32, lunedì 28 gennaio 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] Scheda di rete, syd ha scritto: Alle 23:08, sabato 26 gennaio 2002, mike ha scritto: 1)E' vero, al riavvio ho potuto verificare da shell (ifconfig lisci e non) di avere eth0 caricata

[newbie] Mandrake 7.0: can't install rpm files

2002-01-28 Thread Manny Baveas
Hi all, here are some specs. *Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz-133 *Intel 845E Chipset *512 MB RAM *80GB IDE HardDrive *TNT2 – M64 32mb Video Card *Linux Mandrake 7.0 *Linux-kernel 2.2.14 *I recently purchased a new PC and installed linux Mandrake 7.0 using DrakeX. The PC has been partitioned as

Re: [newbie] Running a shell script at boot

2002-01-28 Thread Hal Wigoda
Put it in the /etc/rc3.d directory and label it as starting with S and it will be run at startup. This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1012203894-762-3426 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have written a shell script I would like to run

[newbie] Re Fax programs

2002-01-28 Thread Graham Watkins
Is anybody aware of a simple Linux fax program that will work with a group 1 fax modem (Hayes Accura external). I have tried to use Hylafax but found the setup impossible. -- For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. -- Frequent Flyer

[newbie] Mounting an install of 8.1 or 8.2beta as RO to prevent any damage

2002-01-28 Thread Joe L. Casale
I would like to make a few terminals, and these will only be used for running Rdesktop. I wanna be able to mount the root as RO and what ever else is required so even if the user turns the power off, the install would not be affected, nor run fsck at bootup. Can anyone advise on all the

Re: [newbie] Redirecting OpenOffice.org old files

2002-01-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
I am using 641C and it leaves the annoying viewdbg.txt each time I close OpenOffice in the ~/ I would suggest to make some script to delete this file. I have no idea what the purpose it of it... Greetings Ralph On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Anuerin G.Diaz wrote: hi, whenever i finish using

Re: [newbie] Redirecting OpenOffice.org old files

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
yeah, i have one with deletes it together with all the *tmp files that it leaves scattered in the home directory. but this approach is like stemming the effect without curing the cause. ciao! On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:07:03 +0100 (CET) Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me:

RE: [newbie] Re Fax programs

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
I kinda recall having problems getting my fax to work. Eventually I got it working with KdeprintFax using EFax as the back end with this as the command line used in 'Settings' /usr/bin/fax 'NAME=%user' DEV=%dev PAGE=%page 'FROM=%from' send %res %number %files You can test if your serial port

Re: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
With which program did you use to burn to the cd-rw in Windows? I know that Adaptec has this wonderful way of dragging and dropping through your Explorer to add files to it, and if you did it in this way, ONLY Adaptec can read the file. I had this problem one too about 3 years ago. It freaked me

Re: [newbie] Redirecting OpenOffice.org old files

2002-01-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
But I have no other tmp files in my home directory Maybe it's to do with the 641C version, I can't remember. Yes I aggree, why these files are there in the first place baffels me. If they were to be put in the local OpenOffice install directory I could understand.. Oh well, maybe 641D won't

Re: [newbie] Re Fax programs

2002-01-28 Thread Graham Watkins
Derek Jennings wrote: 20020128103634.TBFE7206.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@there"> I kinda recall having problems getting my fax to work. Eventually I got it working with KdeprintFax using EFax as the back end with this as the command line used in 'Settings'/usr/bin/fax 'NAME="%user"' DEV=%dev

Re: [newbie] Redirecting OpenOffice.org old files

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
amen to that... *grin* anybody know when 641D will come out? if its within 2 months time then i will have to put off downloading 641C. thanks! On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:54:31 +0100 (CET) Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: But I have no other tmp files in my home

Re: [newbie] Running a shell script at boot

2002-01-28 Thread Brian Parish
Thanks Hal, That did the trick. cheers Brian On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 20:26, Hal Wigoda wrote: Put it in the /etc/rc3.d directory and label it as starting with S and it will be run at startup. This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1012203894-762-3426

[newbie] Errors on boot up -vs-13048

2002-01-28 Thread David Park
I have suddenly encounted multiple errors on booting my system running 8.0. the following error occurring is vs-1308: reiserfs_iget: bad_inode. stat data of (6 17826) not found. this appears several times with the number in brackets incrementing each time. Can any one help me sort this out or

Re: [newbie] copying files from cd

2002-01-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
FLYNN, Steve wrote: I've never used Nautilus, so I can't comment, but what you are doing sounds correct. or at least plausible. No ida why it gives you an empty file though. Any Nautilus users who can comment? I'd like to know what happens when the original poster just plain drags 'n

Re[4]: [newbie] Automatic Windows Mount

2002-01-28 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, My windows driveis automatically mounted when I go into Linux. How do I turn this off? comment the entries in your /etc/fstab by placing # marks before each line. I wonder, what should I do so that the drives don't get mounted but I can mount them with a simple mount /mnt/win_c without

Re[2]: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, Can any of you with late model HP printers let me know about drivers and support?  I'm looking to buy one this weekend and would like to have a bit I am not a fan of HP for Linux printing...They are not really into supporting the drivers nor do they want to get 'into' the game. A

Re[2]: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, I am having trouble reading a cd-rw cd. This is a brand new installation of 8.1. I am trying to look at a cd that was created in windows. My Sony crx0811 seems to see cd-r but not cd-rw. It mounts but shows only two files: autorun.inf and udfrinst.exe. With which program did you use to

[newbie] CD-ROM settings...(Byte size)

2002-01-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
This is directed to all the CD users out there... I've got 2 SCSI devices, my DVD drive and a CDRW. My question is, what settings is everyone using on their jumpers? Specifically, I'm wondering about the byte size option. Either 512 or 2048 are offered. Both of mine are now using 512. Does

[newbie] KDE Gnome

2002-01-28 Thread Walter Logeman
Hi, I have just upgraded Evolution from 0.13 that came with mandrake 8.1 to Evolution 1.0.1 I think it is all looking quite good. I used gnorpm to install the downloads. I usually run KDE and Evolution keeps taking me into the gnome Control Center - and suddenly my KDE screensaver

Re: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread thedoghouse
It's Adaptec. And I did drag and drop. I'll check out Nero, thanks for the help. -Jeff On 28 Jan 2002, you wrote: With which program did you use to burn to the cd-rw in Windows? I know that Adaptec has this wonderful way of dragging and dropping through your Explorer to add files to it, and

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread thedoghouse
Roman, thank you for your help. I was thinking there was something wrong with the setup of Mandrake, I really have so much to learn. I will check out the other Win programs for burning, I was just hoping to be lazy and transfer some files from my win box. -Jeff On 28 Jan 2002, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] KDE 3 and Mandrake 8.2

2002-01-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 27 January 2002 11:16 pm, Miark wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nope. I mean I dunno, an' I've been usin 8.2 most all this year ;) Still don't have a clue ; My best guess, is kde2.2.2,.. 2.2.17, maybe 2.2.18 kernel, That would be

RE: [newbie] Mounting an install of 8.1 or 8.2beta as RO to prevent any damage

2002-01-28 Thread Joe L. Casale
Well, what I am actually after is a single floppy with a slim FB kernel (ip, and video mode hard coded) nano-X, and rwin. I am a complete win2k/XP enviro, so I don't have NFS. This is a temp solution till I figure out how to make the floppy! I forgot about about tmp...If I mount my root as RO, I

RE: Re[2]: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Daft question, but what is UDF? I've never understood some of the odd types of CD you can create. -Original Message- From: Roman Korcek [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:15 PM To: Ralph Slooten Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] cd-rw Hi, I am having

RE: [newbie] installing 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread Tom Harris
that is the laptop i've got. tom. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robin Sent: 27 January 2002 20:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] installing 8.1 I think you have a Pentium 90, check this page too see

RE: [newbie] installing 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread Tom Harris
i have 40mb of ram. here is what the bios says about the processor (copied exactly): CPU [90mhz]: Pentium i don't know whether that means pentium 1 or not but the website robin suggested says that i have a Pentium 90. tom. p.s. i was worried that i would have to use another version but i don't

Re: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
Don't forget to copy everything from the CD onto your HD before you install Nero as it WILL uninstall Adaptec. Nero and Adaptec, actually anything and Adaptec cannot live in harmony :-) Good luck Ralph On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's Adaptec. And I did drag and drop. I'll

[newbie] kde 2.2.2

2002-01-28 Thread marvin
Hello. kde was upgraded to 2.2.2 on the 21st November, yet MandrakeUpdate doesn`t have it available. why ? Yes, I know I can install it manually, but if I wanted to do it that way, I would have picked a basic distribution and isntalled it all from source. Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] Console Colors

2002-01-28 Thread JSheble
First of all, I'm new to the list. I had been running Mandrake 7.1 for a few years, and just this weekend went ahead an upgraded to 8.1. Even though I've been running the Linux for a few years, I rarely used it. I originally had it set up as a router and firewall for my internal network,

RE: [newbie] Mounting an install of 8.1 or 8.2beta as RO to prevent any damage

2002-01-28 Thread FLYNN, Steve
Is there any reason why the workstations have to be runing under slim kernel and nano-X. I think there are packages out there which allow an X desktop ontop of Windows - all of the processing is done on the servers - the client just displays the X desktop environment. If you don't need X, you

[newbie] Startup sound in KDE?

2002-01-28 Thread Mick
Hi list, I am using KDE in LM 8.1. Each time I logged out I had the option checked to save and restore session next time. Then one evening, logging out in a hurry I accidentally unchecked it. the result was the next time I logged in my startup sound didn't play, and all the background images

[newbie] Startup sound has stopped?

2002-01-28 Thread Mick
Hi list, I am using KDE in LM 8.1. Each time I logged out I had the option checked to save and restore session next time. Then one evening, logging out in a hurry I accidentally unchecked it. the result was the next time I logged in my startup sound didn't play, and all the background images

[newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread marvin
Hello again. Well, I`ve already addressed the kde 2.2.2 upgrade question as Mandrake 8.1 comes with kde 2.2.1. Originally, I had Mandrake 7.2. Everything worked pretty well, printing etc. Instead of doing an upgrade which I dislike in any OS, I removed the 7.2 H/D and put in a new H/D for the

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-28 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:27, you wrote: On Saturday 26 January 2002 09:53 am, Andre Dubuc wrote: I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the LinuxConf - Service Control, I notice that apache is not listed, and both

RE: [newbie] installing 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread FLYNN, Steve
That's a Pentium I I believe. I suspect that the packages it's going to install, if you ever get it to install, are all optimised for Pentium II's. I don't even know if they will work correctly? Would you like me to burn you a copy of MDK 6.5 and post it to you, so you can at least get

Re: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Randy Kramer
Roman Korcek wrote: I disagree... according to www.linuxprinting.org their suport is fine. Let me quote, As for the DeskJets, HP recently released an open-source driver kit for the bulk of its modern consumer DeskJet line. After finishing a lengthy patent search, with version 1.0.1 they made

Re: [newbie] Running a shell script at boot

2002-01-28 Thread Hal Wigoda
Cool. This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1012216218-762-3454 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Hal, That did the trick. cheers Brian On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 20:26, Hal Wigoda wrote: Put it in the /etc/rc3.d

Re: [newbie] printing to tcp/ip port

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 26 January 2002 13:34, Evert van den Bos wrote: Hello everybody, I would like to install my HP 970 cxi printer in Mandrake but I want to assign it to a tcp/ip port. My printer is not attached to the Mandrake box but to a freesco box acting as a printer server. In windows this is

RE: [newbie] installing 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread Robin
8.1 should work fine, I have a working 8.1 on a P166 with 56MB of RAM. However, what you can do with it is limited, try using a lighter WM. Maybe you want to get a copy of 6.5 or 7 from Steve as I am in Canada (a bit far compared with Steve). BTW, did you ever get the installation started?

[newbie] Ram .. Where is it going ??

2002-01-28 Thread David
I have an SMP PIII system running Mandrake 8.1 with (was 512M ram) however while working on an image in the GIMP i was shocked to discovered my ram was at 99% and 7% swap. OK the image was 100M in size but what about the rest. After i have finished and have closed down GIMP etc not all my ram

RE: [newbie] Benefits of using XFS...

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
If you look in the archives Civileme wrote about the file systems and had favourable things to say about XFS. I have been using it since 8.1 on all three of my computers, and have had absolutely zero problems with it, even after a non graceful power down. I use it with NFS without any issue,

Re: [newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread skinky
On Tuesday 29 January 2002 06:33, marvin wrote: [snip] So, this morning, I tried to do some WP with KWord. Looks O.K. on the screen, ah, a preview button (new). Garbled mess. I print it out and the text is really close together, no spaces (that I can see) and in bold. This works fine in

Re: [newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Monday 28 January 2002 19:33, marvin wrote: b) pasting problems into AbiWord (v0.9.2 ditto) You *will* have problems trying to cut and paste between QT and GTK programs. Try this instead: have both apps open. highlight the text you want to transfer. Do NOT press ctrl-c or choose copy

Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

2002-01-28 Thread skinky
On Monday 28 January 2002 23:49, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: The man's a genius, sort of! I had the speakers plugged into the headphones socket and sweet nothing was coming from the speakers. At least with the correct hole chosen I can just hear the sound, if I hold the speaker to my

Re: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Lee
On Monday 28 January 2002 01:21 pm, you wrote: Roman Korcek wrote: I disagree... according to www.linuxprinting.org their suport is fine. Let me quote, As for the DeskJets, HP recently released an open-source driver kit for the bulk of its modern consumer DeskJet line. After finishing a

RE: [newbie] How to work PCMCIA

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
Well first check you have rpm kernel-pcmcia-cs loaded. Next check your pcmcia cards are able to be recognised. In a root terminal type probe You should then be told which model of pcmcia bus adapter you have fitted, and how many sockets. Next open Mandrake Control CenteHardwareNetwork cards

[newbie] Urpmi Problems

2002-01-28 Thread NDPTAL85
For some reason whenever I add a source to my urpmi database it becomes corrupted in a way that won't let me update it. For example no matter which Cooker source I add, whenever I use urpmi.update to update it I get this back: [root@Dreadnaught ndptal85]# urpmi.update the entry to update is

Re: [newbie] CD burning setup

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
I'm coming in a bit late here, but here are a couple of suggestions :- 1/ You do not need to use CDwriting software as root so long as you set it up correctly. Create a group called cdwriter or somesuch, make yourself and any other required users members of that group. Edit the permissions of

[newbie] [FYI] Soundblaster Audigy support

2002-01-28 Thread Frans Ketelaars
You can download a Creative Soundblaster Audigy driver in .tar.gz format: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44773 Have fun! -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread thedoghouse
Thanks Ralph, I am going to search the internet for freeware for cd burning. I have found over the years that often the best solution does not come from a big company. I have to be careful though, as my wife likes the Windows box just the way it is. -Jeff On 28 Jan 2002, you wrote: Don't

RE: [newbie] Ram .. Where is it going ??

2002-01-28 Thread Neil Davidson
if you load GIMP again you should see that it loads much faster then when it did the first time, that's because of all the cache Linux is using. On the register there is a story about the AthlonXP 2000+ vs. P4 2200Mhz (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23845.html) One of his tests is to

Re: [newbie] name of 8.1 install file

2002-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
You could try a network install. If you have a broadband connection you can create a boot disc and then boot from an ftp site. The boot disc will try to get your Ethernet interface working, and then ask you for an ftp address to load from. Here is one you might try

Re: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Ralph Slooten
Sorry, this question was not directed to me, however I have a Canon C80 and it's great :-) Up to 12800x1440 dpi, so pretty much photo-quality I would say. It's a fairly new one, so it would not be the one you bought your mother. Maybe it's misconfigured (although I doubt that)? What's the

[newbie] mailing list manager help

2002-01-28 Thread Todd Slater
Has anybody on the list had any luck at setting up mailman or sympa? I'm trying but can't find any documentation (man or help) and the web sites haven't proven useful. TIA Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Randy Kramer
Lee wrote: My answer was to find a wall directly into the reservoir and drill a small hole. I filled the reservoir through a hypodermic, then screwed a #4 machine screw into the hole, sealing my entry. Bingo! Lee, Thanks for the response. I'll have to get the model number of the Xerox

Re: [newbie] kde 2.2.2

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
i reckon its not yet considered 'stable' and 'relatively bug-free'. dont the cooker sites have it yet? ciao! On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:37:12 GMT marvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Hello. kde was upgraded to 2.2.2 on the 21st November, yet MandrakeUpdate doesn`t have it

[newbie] Transfer Mandrake 8.1 to new computer

2002-01-28 Thread Eric McRae
I am planning on purchasing a new mobo/processor shortly and was wondering if I should plan on a re-install or not? Any info would be appreciated. Also... any known issues with MSI mobo's? Thanks Eric -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = MadMax99[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] OT AOL and Linux

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:25:59 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:36:07 -0500 Anuerin G.Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: seems like it AOL was _not_ buying RH, but a merger in the future may happen...

[newbie] WINE In LM 8.0

2002-01-28 Thread Robert Todd
Hey all. This is actually my first query to this group. =) I am running LM 8.0 alongside Win2K Advanced Server. I am wondering how I can get WINE to work in this setup (ie use 2K's DLLs if possible). TIA! Robert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] cd-rw

2002-01-28 Thread Joseph Braddock
It sounds like you have used DirectCD to record your CDRWs. To view them under Linux, make a directory under /mnt called something like udf (or whatever you like). Next, as root, edit /etc/fstab and duplicate the line in it for your CDROM except where it says either auto or ISO9660, change

Re: [newbie] OT AOL and Linux

2002-01-28 Thread shane
or maybe it was just the thought that future AOL cd's mass mailed to the world would, upon insertion in a winbox, say: this will install the AOL internet client, press ok to repartition your harddrive. :-D On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:25, you spoke unto me thusly: i think i banged my

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-28 Thread Skippipix
well, I'm not talking from experience here but, my understanding is that open office is the u... i can't think of the word it's StarOffice, at least originally, but the code is open to the public to modify and improve. so -- star office is only modifyed and worked on by Sun, but

Re: [newbie] Book question.

2002-01-28 Thread Skippipix
i'm a big fan of books. first, i recently discover the linux cookbook do a google search, the whole text is available on the internet. it's great. second -- 'linux in a nutshell' from o'reilly. this book is the bomb. if you get no other, this is the one. it has most all the commands in

Re: [newbie] OT AOL and Linux

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:58:56 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: or maybe it was just the thought that future AOL cd's mass mailed to the world would, upon insertion in a winbox, say: this will install the AOL internet client, press ok to repartition your harddrive.

Re: [newbie] HP Printers

2002-01-28 Thread Lee
On Monday 28 January 2002 07:13 pm, you wrote: Lee wrote: My answer was to find a wall directly into the reservoir and drill a small hole. I filled the reservoir through a hypodermic, then screwed a #4 machine screw into the hole, sealing my entry. Bingo! Lee, Thanks for the

[newbie] Copying Files to Floppy

2002-01-28 Thread Pauljames Dimitriu
I'm sure this is a very easy question to answer and I'm being very brain deaded about it How do you copy a file to a floppy drive via terminal? Is it cp filename /mnt/floppy? Everytime I try this and I do an ls in the /mnt/floppy directory, it shows up. However when I bring it to a

Re: [newbie] Copying Files to Floppy

2002-01-28 Thread David Cooper
The cp command is cp filename /mnt/floppy/ The forward slash is very important otherwise you are trying to create a file called floppy in the /mnt directory. The directory entry floppy in /mnt is a symbolic link (in terms of winblows as short cut) to the actual device /dev/fd0. This is

Re: [newbie] Copying Files to Floppy

2002-01-28 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:06:17 -0800 (PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: I'm sure this is a very easy question to answer and I'm being very brain deaded about it How do you copy a file to a floppy drive via terminal? Is it cp filename /mnt/floppy?

[newbie] Perl problem

2002-01-28 Thread Robin Turner
This got bounced back to me for some reason . Every time I've tried to install a perl program/module I get the following message: Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code This despite the fact that Mandrake (8.1) seems to have installedPerl in one of the