Re: [newbie-it] Swap qui..swap lì

2002-02-21 Thread Andrea Celli
syd wrote: Due domande: 1) La partizione swap io l'ho messa tra / e /home; e se la mettessi come prima partizione o come ultima? Insomma qualche delucidazione su dove conviene metterla. Se pensi di non usarla (RAM di centinaia di MB, applicazioni leggere,...) mettila dove vuoi. Se,

Re: [newbie-it] Swap qui..swap lì

2002-02-21 Thread syd
Andrea Stefano Marco e Nino wrote: [supercut] Grazie ancora. -- syd p.s. Il post di Nino mi compare in modalità geroglifico. Html? Non lo so.. in ogni caso meglio se TESTO e naturalmente grazie lo stesso!

[newbie-it] il boot-floppy ed il mio codice fiscale

2002-02-21 Thread syd
Ho provato a boottare da floppy (mdk 8.1) e con mia amara sorpresa ho scoperto che non va. Se al prompt dell'avvio non scrivo nulla mi dice che non trova initrd.img, se ci scrivo vmlinuz l'avvio mi parte ma poi si blocca su un kernel panic con un paio di righe più su in cui mi chiede di

[newbie-it] foglio elettronico

2002-02-21 Thread max
Esiste un foglio elettronico che funziona senza interfaccia grafica? ..Sarebbe bello! Grazie max

Re: [newbie-it] foglio elettronico

2002-02-21 Thread Stefano Salari
--- max [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Esiste un foglio elettronico che funziona senza interfaccia grafica? ..Sarebbe bello! Su freshmeat ho trovato sc (http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/linux/apps/financial/spreadsheet/!INDEX.html) ma non so dirti come sia. Non c'e' neppure uno screenshot... Ciao!

Re: [newbie-it] Swap qui..swap lì

2002-02-21 Thread Fabio Manunza
Alle 11:46, giovedì 21 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: Anch'io ho ricevuto una e-mail in geroglifico da nino, e quando ho tentato di scrivergli per avvertirlo di cambiare impostazioni mi è stato dato indirizzo inesistente, o comunque un messaggio simile dal provider. Okkio... :-\ Fabio Andrea

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner USB Agfa e25

2002-02-21 Thread Pollo
Il mer, 2002-02-20 alle 11:37, Pollo ha scritto: Devi aggiungere la seguente riga al file /etc/modules.conf: optioms scanner vendor=0x06bd product=0x2095 Dimenticavo... devi aggiungere anche la riga scanner al file /etc/modules

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner USB Agfa e25

2002-02-21 Thread Mario Lodi Rizzini
-- Initial Header --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : Date: 21 Feb 2002 17:04:22 +0100 Subject : Re: [newbie-it] Scanner USB Agfa e25 Il mer, 2002-02-20 alle 11:37, Pollo ha scritto: Devi aggiungere la seguente riga al file

[newbie-it] Avvio automatico demoni e/o programmi

2002-02-21 Thread Nicola
Buona sera a tutta la Ml vorrei chiedere se esiste un metodo per lanciare delle applicazioni automaticamente quando un utente fa il login. In particolare quali files devo modificare e come. Grazie Nicola

Re: [newbie-it] OpenOffice

2002-02-21 Thread ku68
Daniele Micci wrote: Salve, vorrei un parere su OpenOffice. Tempo fa avevo scaricato la versione 638 (mi pare); dopo qualche giorno l'avevo disinstallata, esasperato dai continui blocchi dell'applicazione. Ora vorrei scaricare la versione 641C, sulla quale ho letto un paio di buoni

[newbie] Installation problem on SparcStation 20

2002-02-21 Thread KH Wong
I just downloaded the Mandrake Corp Server 1.0 for Sparc and installed to my SparcStation 20 machine but failed. Since I did not have keyboard/mouse and monitor for this machine, I installed the Linux via the PC console connected to port A of the Sparc machine. The following is the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake not booting correctly

2002-02-21 Thread ed tharp
so let mae ask, is this 8.X or 7.x? what kernal are you booting and what xfree version. next what keys do you use to go ack to the previous session ( [alt-f7] or [alt-f9] )? as I understand it, boot should work from ext3, there are/were so problems under some conditions when a ReiserFS (or

Re: [newbie] Digest?

2002-02-21 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: %_What does a list digest do? is it like an archive? On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:40, Matt Chinn wrote: Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. It's a once a day posting of all the days messages in one email -- Gerald Waugh

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Derek Jennings
A little bit off topic: I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run Microsoft Outlook under Linux. The review pointed out that it was then possible to infect a Lindows computer with an e-mail borne Outlook virus

Re: [newbie] How to use openssl create a SSL certificate for my apache server

2002-02-21 Thread C.Heaven
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu February 21/02 02:35 am, you wrote: Sorry this is probably a very basic question but I really cannot find the answer. Can anyone please teach me step by step how to create a SSL certificate, sign it by myself, and install it into apache

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread John Richard Smith
On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:02, you wrote: Hello! No real need , I have never had a virus in Linux. I don't say it's impossible, but the ease of which viruses spread is due to the simple PC origine of Windows. No system of permissions for example. Yes, for the time being, no known

[newbie] Setting defaults for kppp?

2002-02-21 Thread cervix couch
I have kppp up and running but my problem is that if I'm logged in as root, the default login name and password I've chosen show up in the initial kppp window, but if i'm logged in as anyone else, the information isn't there and it has to be manually typed in. What would I need to do to have

[newbie] Setting up two hardware configurations in Mandrake 8.1?

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
I set up my first modem under Linux -- I cheated -- I did it during the Mandrake 8.1 install and it was simple, easy, and worked after I fixed one problem that is really irrelevant to a normal modem install. But I'd like some advice about that problem. Dann: Perhaps it is the same problem

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Kenn Yahoo
| (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use | Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) well, at the risk of being flamed ... computers are TOOLS ... if you want to play, that's fine i like playing, too ... but when it's time to get some work done, i have to

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Thursday 21 February 2002 14:32, you wrote: I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run Microsoft Outlook under Linux. The review pointed out that it was then possible to infect a Lindows computer with an

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread shane
the demo, IIRC of lindows ran as root only.. :-) On Thursday 21 February 2002 08:13, Michel Clasquin opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: I stand open to correction, but while that virus would be able to replicate itself to other computers and maybe demolish the ~/.wine

Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend

2002-02-21 Thread Hanan Shargi
let it be a stab in the daylight... Dell Inspiron 7500 NIC = Genius FM3000SE ( http://www.genius-kye.com/html/download.html) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Adding a partition

2002-02-21 Thread Marcia
Dear All, I meant to setup my partitions differently when I installed LM8.1. I ended up just mounting one small partition and now I would like to add or mount a partition to give my LM and vmware more room. I have about 8 GB's of disk space covering a masterIDE drive and slave IDE drive. I

Re: [newbie] ext 3

2002-02-21 Thread RichardA
Hi Maurizio, Mandrake 8.1 already supports ext3. The advantage of choosing it is that it is a journalled file system, so no more fsck every nth boot, and less chance of corrupted files if you manage to crash it / fall over the power lead / let your laptop battery run down. There are other

[newbie] email from command line

2002-02-21 Thread Jim Dawson
I need to send an email message to my ISP mail server via the command line. something like: mailcommand [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s message subject message.txt Can someone tell me how I might accomplish this? By the way, I don't have sendmail, postfix, etc. installed and don't really want to go to

Re: [newbie] Displaying the Directories of Linux in Windows

2002-02-21 Thread Jesus Hinojosa
you will have to install a samba server in your linux box in order to make it available for windows. Got to www.samba.org for more information in how to configure samba. - Original Message - From: Pete Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:57

[newbie] [Fwd: Security Updates]

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Relayed for Mick, who can't subscribe to the list for some reason. ---BeginMessage--- Hi Randy, I've decided to use you as a relay.(Since I can't post to the list) I am trying to update my security on my LM 8.1. Each time I go to the Software Installer, I choose Security Updates, and then it

[newbie] Netscape New vs Old Comments and One Problem

2002-02-21 Thread JOHN HEMMER
Since I spent a few hours figuring out the following, I thought I would pass it on. If I am in error on any comments please correct me. I am really new at this Linux stuff. I have 2 verisons of Netscape on my Mandrake 7.0 system; the old 4.7 version, and the new 6.2 version which I just

Re: [newbie] rules for evolution

2002-02-21 Thread Rich
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 14:13, Damian G wrote: hi..! does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email from different senders in different directories? thanks! damian I don't know which version you're using, but in v1.02 you can set up new folders in File -

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Pena Family
That is the exact set up in my own home. Windows is the mainstream since family is used to it, but Windows for the mundane, Linux for the fun and exploration, but Mac for all my home video editing. Frankly, I just don't differntiate between the three. I am just glad to have access to all three

[newbie] rules for evolution

2002-02-21 Thread Damian G
hi..! does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email from different senders in different directories? thanks! damian _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Re: [newbie] rules for evolution

2002-02-21 Thread Andy Gay
Go to your Tools menu and use the filters. It can build filters based on the fields in the open email posting if you wish. On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 13:13, Damian G wrote: hi..! does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email from different senders in different

[newbie] tv card problems

2002-02-21 Thread Paul
I have a AverMedia TV-Studio TV card and the video worked fine under 8.1 and 8.2 Beta but the only problem is there is no sound! I use the card in windows so I know that the cables are hooked up corectly and I can get sound when playing MP3's under Linux. So I was wondering if there was

[newbie] Problem with X when I go to any of the consoles with ctr-alt-f#

2002-02-21 Thread Roberto Armenteros
Everything was working great until one day! If I am using any graphical interface like KDE, and then I switch to any of the consoles using the shortcut ctr-alt-F2 lets say, when I try to go back to kde using ctr-alt-F7 or sometimes F9 it will show a black screen with a whole bunch of messages

[newbie] Postfix Problems

2002-02-21 Thread Leonard W.Miller
I thought I had this figured out, but it doesn't look like it. I am running Postfix on Mandrake 8.1 I am trying to get all systems messages sent to my internet e-mail address, but it is not making it there. Here's the funny part, it is going to the ROOT account of the internet provider. It's a

Re: [newbie] Problem with X when I go to any of the consoles with ctr-alt-f#

2002-02-21 Thread shane
have you checked other F#'s? it is possible your kde or other xsession is not running on F7. just a thought. On Thursday 21 February 2002 13:57, Roberto Armenteros opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Everything was working great until one day! If I am using any graphical

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:32, Derek wrote: I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run Microsoft Outlook under Linux. (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use Microsoft

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 and Lilo vs Win98: Solved

2002-02-21 Thread Tony
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:50:09 +, you wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:52:25 +, you wrote: Theproblem is that booting Windows from the Lilo menu I can no longer see the D: drive under Windows. this also sounds like the old bug regarding the 'relabelling' of the extended partition' to a

[newbie] Help with internet connection -SOLVED THANKS

2002-02-21 Thread Paul Clyne
A bit thanks to all who replied. I have successfully got my connection working. Jeff Madore, I think yours was the final straw that broke the monsters back. Thought I will admit that I'm ot 100% certain. Erylon, the line you mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/network didn't actually

[newbie] Proview LCD Monitors - Feedback?

2002-02-21 Thread Sevatio
I'm thinking about buying an LCD Monitor made by Proview. Have any of you used this brand and would you recommend it? Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-21 Thread CastleKidd
Any luck networking Linux and Win XP? I cant get the Linux box to log on on dhcp. It will make a static connection at 192.168.0.1 but Win XP can not see it. Neither machine can ping each other. Neither machine is running a firewall. Thanks in advance ~Lance Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] devfs and sound

2002-02-21 Thread L.V.Gandhi
For me saytime program was working in mdk 8.0. But in mdk 8.1 it is not working and msg says /dev/audio could not be found. I did ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/audio I am getting garbled sound. How to go about to make saytime to work? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-21 Thread shane
i have heard that XP is crippled in the networking area if you run the home edition. do you have home or pro? On Thursday 21 February 2002 17:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Any luck networking Linux and Win XP? I cant get the Linux box to log on on dhcp.

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-21 Thread CastleKidd
In a message dated 2/21/2002 8:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have heard that XP is crippled in the networking area if you run the home edition. do you have home or pro? professional

[newbie] boot.img to floppy?

2002-02-21 Thread Jon Doe
How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to boot my PC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] ncpfs installation

2002-02-21 Thread Hakan Duran
Hi everyone, I am attached to a novell network at my workplace. My computer (P133-128 RAM) runs Mandrake 8.1. By prior communication with this list, I had the information that a program called ncpfs is used to access a novell sever. I downloaded the latest version from ftp.gwdg.de

Re: [newbie] tv card problems

2002-02-21 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Thursday 21 February 2002 17:28, Paul wrote: I have a AverMedia TV-Studio TV card and the video worked fine under 8.1 and 8.2 Beta but the only problem is there is no sound! I use the card in windows so I know that the cables are hooked up corectly and I can get sound when playing MP3's

Re: [newbie] boot.img to floppy?

2002-02-21 Thread dfox
How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to boot my PC. just use dd: dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-21 Thread Mithrilhall2000
I have XPprofessional and Mandrake 8.1 networked and working fine. Do you have Samba setup yet and if so do you have a user (with the same name) on each computer with the same password (same on each computer)? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[newbie] Update question

2002-02-21 Thread Mithrilhall2000
Every time I try to use the MandrakeUpdate I get errors saying it wasn't able to install anything. Does anyone know what the problem might be or if there was originally a problem when 8.1 shipped? Thanks Mithrilhall _ Do You Yahoo!? Get

[newbie] MandrakeUpdate

2002-02-21 Thread Mithrilhall2000
Every time I try to use the MandrakeUpdate I get errors saying it wasn't able to install anything. Does anyone know what the problem might be or if there was originally a problem when 8.1 shipped? Thanks Mithrilhall _ Do You Yahoo!? Get

RE: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Franki
That is always the case, windows apps cause probs and are generally slower then native linux apps.. HOWEVER.. In order for companies to consider linux as a workstation OS.. it would have to be worked out with regard to the total cost. Although the OS is free, alot of the tools are not yet up