Re: [newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
That's great to hear! You may also want to take a look at gphoto, an app designed specifically for digital cameras. On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:07:47 -0500, Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not usually the cheerleader type, but here goes. > > One of the things that prevented me from making

[newbie] Mandrake 8.2 on Powermac G4 AGP

2002-03-02 Thread Rustina
This is my first attemp at installing Mandrake 8.2 on a Powermac G4 AGp. All went well except that the Apple USB Keyborad is not displaying the correct charactors when using xwindows and gome . IE a typed "a"returns a "8 "etc . I am sure this is a minor config problem but not sure how to tackle it

Re: [newbie] uninstall

2002-03-02 Thread Brian Parish
With XP, W2K or NT, you can just use the disk manager to do this. Log in to W$ as an administrator, run the disk manager, delete the non-windoze partitions and recreate them as FAT32 or whatever. My memory of XP's menu structures is hazy as I run it as rarely as possible, but I think you'll find

[newbie] share the DSL & more

2002-03-02 Thread Hanan Shargi
Hi All, I'll get str8 to the point here I have a (PC with Win98 on it and will install LM on it too ) + a Notebook that dual boots Win + LM. The notebook has an NIC connected to DSL internet ( no DSL modem just an Rj45 running from the NIC to the wall , with an internal IP 10.x.x.x then

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 02 March 2002 08:56 pm, Michael Viron wrote: > Nope -- it's actually a standalone process, which can be turned on via > "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start" or via webmin. > > Make sure that you have all openssh packages installed (including > openssh-server). Not to disagree, but it can be

Re: [newbie]

2002-03-02 Thread Erylon Hines
Just a guess--possible error in .src package related to where in your tree the GTK package was installed, or possibly the GTK installed soomewhere besides where Sylpheed is looking for it, which might be Mandrake related or might not. I installed 7.1claws from the tarball with no problems what

[newbie] gtk-config (previously no subject)

2002-03-02 Thread David
Greetings I am trying to install Sylpheed-0.7.2claws from source. The only dependency I can find for it is for "GTK+ 1.2.6 or higher". I have tried with both GTK+ 1.2.6-1 and 1.2.8-6. Either way I get the same results. When I run ./configure I get the following error message: checking for GT

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Michael Viron
Nope -- it's actually a standalone process, which can be turned on via "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start" or via webmin. Make sure that you have all openssh packages installed (including openssh-server). Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://findaschool.org/~

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Michael Viron
At 10:18 AM 03/02/2002 -0800, Steve Weltman wrote: >On Saturday 02 March 2002 09:53 am, you wrote: >> I'm trying to set up Squirrelmail so I can have access to my mail via web >> interface. It requires IMAP, which I believe I have running, but when I >> try to log in I get an error about contactin

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 02 March 2002 02:54 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > I have openssh installed, but I can't figure out how to start it. I typed > sshd and I get errors: > > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ss

Re: [newbie] canon printers

2002-03-02 Thread David P
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 09:39, you wrote: > > Does anyone know of a print driver that applies to Canon bubble jet > printers? > More specifically, bjc 5100 and bjc 211o? > Thanks > Mike Garcia > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have a BJC 2100 and use the cups drivers without a problem. Includes driv

Re: [newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Todd, Sorry about that empty reply -- hit the wrong button. (Maybe I need more sleep?) Anyway, a wonderful article on Imagemagick that hepled me "discover" its potential: http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/July2001/article211.shtml Actually, anything on that site is well worth reading. Ht

Re: [newbie] Microsoft USB Keyboard and Mouse Not responding at install

2002-03-02 Thread Merv Curley
On Saturday 02 March 2002 07:05 am, you wrote: > Are USB "Natural Keyboard Pro" and USB "Inteli Mouse" Supported > properly in versions above 8.0? > > Thank you. > Well my USB Msoft optical Trackball was recognised and works well, including the wheel. I've no idea what fancy stuff the Redmond

[newbie] sending a keystroke to an application

2002-03-02 Thread chuck
This is kind of a weird question but here goes. Is there a way to send a key to an application from the command line. Here's an example. While playing a file in xmms (assuming it has focus) if i hit 'c' the track pauses. Is there a way I could send the 'c' key to xmms from the command line? I'

Fwd: Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Dennis Myers
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:58:28 - From: "Heather Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Heather > > I find the whole Mandrake-Linux thing to be very powerful and gratifying in > so far as if the

Re: [newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 02 March 2002 13:07, you wrote: > I'm not usually the cheerleader type, but here goes. > > One of the things that prevented me from making the jump to an all-Linux > machine was that I assumed I would have problems downloading pictures from > my digital camera to my computer (10 minute

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Heather Reed wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Erylon Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question > > > SB Live is well supported by 8.0, so my first inclination is to think that > your mixer

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Heather Reed wrote: > > Hello all, > I hope you can help with this one :-)) I am very new to linux - > installed Mandrake 8.0 yesterday on a 550mHz athlon system. All has gone > smoothly so far except for audio. The SBLive driver seems to be installed > and is in the hardware list in KDE, but

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Todd Slater
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:18:41 -0800 Steve Weltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you allowing Telnet to run as a service? You can tell if you look at > this command: > ps -aef |grep tel* > or try telnet to your loopback address (127.0.0.1). > IF it's refused, you are not running the telnet serve

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 02 March 2002 11:42, you wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Erylon Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question > > > SB Live is well supported by 8.0, so my first inclination is to thi

Re: [newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Steve Weltman
On Saturday 02 March 2002 09:53 am, you wrote: > I'm trying to set up Squirrelmail so I can have access to my mail via web > interface. It requires IMAP, which I believe I have running, but when I > try to log in I get an error about contacting the mail server. I had my > ports probed and that rev

[newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Todd Slater
I'm not usually the cheerleader type, but here goes. One of the things that prevented me from making the jump to an all-Linux machine was that I assumed I would have problems downloading pictures from my digital camera to my computer (10 minutes on comp.os.linux.hardware solved that), and I was a

[newbie] how to open IMAP port?

2002-03-02 Thread Todd Slater
I'm trying to set up Squirrelmail so I can have access to my mail via web interface. It requires IMAP, which I believe I have running, but when I try to log in I get an error about contacting the mail server. I had my ports probed and that revealed that POP3 and IMAP are closed. I checked my Tiny

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Heather Reed
- Original Message - From: "Erylon Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question > SB Live is well supported by 8.0, so my first inclination is to think that your mixer volume is either muted or turned all

Re: [newbie] full Distribution on a floppy disk?

2002-03-02 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
shane wrote: > > have a look at > >http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Distributions/Tiny/Floppy_Sized/ Tnx > > Also would a minimalist GUI also be able to be included? > > gui? good luck there. perhaps something like the old DOS gui's used to look like and nothing as f

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Erylon Hines
SB Live is well supported by 8.0, so my first inclination is to think that your mixer volume is either muted or turned all the way down. Since you have 8.0, go to the Control Panel>System (it's near the bottom)>KDE System Control>Audio,video and game controllers If your SB Live (EMU 10) s

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Heather Reed
- Original Message - From: "James M K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SBLive question > Maybe your PnP is ON. Turn OFF PnP in BIOS and install again (boot itself > will not help). My SBLive use to work even in 7.2

Re: [newbie] Kernel Decision - Which one?

2002-03-02 Thread Paul Rodríguez
:) I think you had the right idea, no need to worry too much, it is rather like pool. You can do all of the work you need to do in any command line environment, that is opening up a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+1 or 2 etc), or in a terminal window, like the ones you use in KDE, xterm, aterm, eterm

Re: [newbie] uninstall

2002-03-02 Thread Hari Yellina
Hi, use fdisk from windows. and remove the partition and reformat the drive and recreate the drive. This helped me. Just formating will not help. Regards, Hari Yellina. On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 03:11, you wrote: > On Saturday 02 March 2002 04:57, you wrote: > > hello , i asked this about a half

Re: [newbie] uninstall

2002-03-02 Thread ed tharp
On Saturday 02 March 2002 04:57, you wrote: > hello , i asked this about a half year ago , but the answers were deleted > and i hadnt time to deal with it . A keyword search of the list e-mail archives is sometimes quicker than typing a question, in my opinion. > ok , i need to know how to uni

Re: [newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread James M K
Maybe your PnP is ON. Turn OFF PnP in BIOS and install again (boot itself will not help). My SBLive use to work even in 7.2 - Original Message - From: "Heather Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:21 AM Subject: [newbie] SBLive question > He

Re: [newbie] ISDN: how to preserve connection after reboot?

2002-03-02 Thread Paul
On 02 Mar 2002 12:47:51 +0100 Marco wrote: >Hello, > >When I reboot my system I have to take the following steps to be able to >connect to the internet with ISDN: > >1. login as root >2. open console >3. isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf >4. modprobe hisax ...etc. > >I can recall there is a sort of init fi

Re: [newbie] 8.1 Installation Problem

2002-03-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:23:02 -0500 Louis Breger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Louis, are you choosing a generic or a specific mouse during the installation? the error y

Re: [newbie] Bastille DrakGW and logs

2002-03-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:28:22 -0800 (PST) Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > I asked this before, but I am still confused on this. > > > I set up internet connection sharing with DrakGW, and > set up a firewall on the gateway with Bastille. But > when

Re: [newbie] devfs log messages

2002-03-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On 01 Mar 2002 17:10:01 -0500 Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Nobody knows what these errors are? > > - paul > Paul, it would appear that there's something wrong with the program DevFS. Try reinstalling the package containing this program and see

Re: [newbie] crontab no space on device?

2002-03-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:14:28 -0500 Dan B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > 40 Characters shouldn't fill any editor today. Did you look in your > /tmp subdirectory? I would like to know what is causing your > problem too! You are using root permissi

[newbie] Microsoft USB Keyboard and Mouse Not responding at install

2002-03-02 Thread Leonid Vaner
Hi! i am trying to install mandrake 8.0 unfortunatelly during installation (at some randome point ... i think the more i use the mouse the more chanse of crashing) my Microsoft USB "Natural Keyboard Pro" and USB "Inteli Mouse" Stop responding all together.. Just wanted to know if anyone had the sa

Re: [newbie] Kernel Decision - Which one?

2002-03-02 Thread Derek Jennings
Of course you are correct. I should have said 'the 8.2 Beta3 kernel' Before long there will be a 'non-beta 8.2' kernel which can be used with confidence. derek On Friday 01 March 2002 22:16, you wrote: > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:48:17 + > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[newbie] ISDN: how to preserve connection after reboot?

2002-03-02 Thread Marco Verheul
Hello, When I reboot my system I have to take the following steps to be able to connect to the internet with ISDN: 1. login as root 2. open console 3. isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf 4. modprobe hisax ...etc. I can recall there is a sort of init file where the modprobe statement has be be inserted, so

Re: [newbie] Transparent menu

2002-03-02 Thread Onur Kucuk
Saturday, March 02, 2002, 10:27:55 AM, you wrote: M> How do you enable this? I have looked in: "Control Center-->LookNFeel" and I M> don't see the option anywhere. Just go to http://plf.zarb.org/ and download kde-moreartwork-liquid. You will have the new "style" and translucency options.

[newbie] SBLive question

2002-03-02 Thread Heather Reed
Hello all, I hope you can help with this one :-)) I am very new to linux - installed Mandrake 8.0 yesterday on a 550mHz athlon system. All has gone smoothly so far except for audio. The SBLive driver seems to be installed and is in the hardware list in KDE, but I get no sound, and the mixer wi

[newbie] uninstall

2002-03-02 Thread strab dogg
hello , i asked this about a half year ago , but the answers were deleted and i hadnt time to deal with it . ok , i need to know how to unistall linux mandrake 8 . i have two hard disks : * one 20 gb what is divided(partitioned) into two : C:/ - it has windows on it (10gb) E:/ - it has l

[newbie] Transparent menu

2002-03-02 Thread Mithrilhall2000
How do you enable this? I have looked in: "Control Center-->LookNFeel" and I don't see the option anywhere. * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net *