Re: [newbie] cacheing dns server question

2002-04-14 Thread Jay
I use webmin for that, its a great tool and makes things easy https://localhost:1 if it is installed. Quoting Mike Shilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anyone know the name of the file where the DNS server entries are > stored, so I can modify it?!? > > Im running a dns server and I need to

Re: [newbie] IDE for C/C++

2002-04-14 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 08:06, rsch77 wrote: > Hello all, I need an advice. > Does anybody know a good IDE for C/C++, and where I find it ? > Thanks in advance, > > Rodrigo > I've tried xwpe, rhide, and Kdevelop. I really liked xwpe for it's simplicity and resemblance to the old Borland C IDE; b

[newbie] how to change language in LM82?

2002-04-14 Thread Andy Liaw
Hi all, I've just managed to upgrade my box from LM80 to LM82. While I was at it, I decided to tried the Chinese language. It is very impressive, but some text in dialog boxes are garbled up. Does anyone know how I can change the default language to English? I looked in Mandrake Control Cente

Re: [newbie] cacheing dns server question

2002-04-14 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Sunday 14 April 2002 08:45 pm, Mike Shilling wrote: > Anyone know the name of the file where the DNS server entries are > stored, so I can modify it?!? > > Im running a dns server and I need to make some changes for the other > computers on my network. > sometimes local entries are in /etc/hos

Re: [newbie] never-ending story

2002-04-14 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 21:00, FemmeFatale wrote: > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > See for yourself at http://rox.sourceforge.net/. > > > > ROX-Filer is a small file manager. ROX Desktop is a desktop based around > > ROX-Filer. > > > > -- > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > > > "So

Re: [newbie] OK I need some sylpheed advice

2002-04-14 Thread FemmeFatale
Is there a way to force Sylpheed to check the spelling before its sent automatically? I don't want to have ot hit "Spell Check" In the menus every time... its a pain. Oh yes, & I hate apps that have No help files. like... at all ;p Ty. Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do

[newbie] jstest, jscal - where can I get them?

2002-04-14 Thread _nasturtium
Hello, Please tell me where I can get the joystick testing utilities jstest, jscal etc. I want either the source code (perferably) or a Mandrake RPM for 8.1. I haven't been able to find them through google or rpmfind. Thanks, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandra

Re: [newbie] Dual CPU Query

2002-04-14 Thread Ed Tharp
gee, I have a two CPU linux box that installed MDK SMP right out of the box, and both of my cpus seem to be running all the time. (MDI d6vaa, P3 1ghz) - Original Message - From: "Andrew Tuson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re

Re: [newbie] never-ending story

2002-04-14 Thread FemmeFatale
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > See for yourself at http://rox.sourceforge.net/. > > ROX-Filer is a small file manager. ROX Desktop is a desktop based around > ROX-Filer. > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > "So fix the stupid API. > The above is just idio

[newbie] cacheing dns server question

2002-04-14 Thread Mike Shilling
Anyone know the name of the file where the DNS server entries are stored, so I can modify it?!? Im running a dns server and I need to make some changes for the other computers on my network. Thanks! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.c

[newbie] Fwd: Can't post to newbie

2002-04-14 Thread Carlos Arigós
-- Mensaje reenviado -- Subject: Can't post to newbie Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:00:20 -0300 From: Carlos Arigós <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Foro Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I need some help because I can't reply messages to the list. I only can send mails, but not reply. This are t

Re: [newbie] I've Got Mail!!!! :-( can't answer it.

2002-04-14 Thread Tom
On Sunday 14 April 2002 03:56 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > this spam crap is causing everyone a HUGE pain in the butt. I'm > forced to relay all the mail I send from my Mandrake mailserver > from Work to my home machine and the through my ISP. It's just a > huge pain in the ass. > > Mark > a.k.a. daRc

Re: [newbie] Suse vs Mandrake

2002-04-14 Thread Jose Mirles
Brian York wrote: > In October i started my exploration of Linux with Redhat wanting to try the > major distrobutions in the span of a year to see which i liked the best. I > have been running Mandrake for 3 months now and find it better than redhat. > Suse is the last distro that i want to try

[newbie] Changing defaults in a distribution rpm

2002-04-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
Using Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL from the LM8.2 distribution, register_globals defaults to "on". After building my prototype db-driven website with globals on, I decided to switch to $_SESSION: I had to turn globals=off. I edited the php.ini file and changed register_globals to off. Unfortunate

[newbie] Can't post to newbie

2002-04-14 Thread Carlos Arigós
I need some help because I can't reply messages to the list. I only can send mails, but not reply. This are the symptons: final-recipient-field: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] action-field: failed status-field: 5.0.0 remote-mta-field: ESMTP diagnostic_code_field: smtp; 450 Client host rejecte

[newbie] Xine- No Sound,

2002-04-14 Thread Brian York
When i play avi files with Xine i get the picture but no sound _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sound card problems

2002-04-14 Thread Matt Blake
Frans, Ok, so i have done all the things you suggested, but to be honest i'm not to sure what i'm looking for in the 'cat /proc/isapnp'. I'll put it at the bottom of this message so if some kind person decided to help me out you can see it but everybody else can ignore thee long post! The '/

Re: [newbie] xine only works for root

2002-04-14 Thread Damian G
El Dom 14 Abr 2002 06:18, Jesper Nyholm Jensen escribió: > Hi, > When I run xine as a regular user I get > > This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.8 > (c) 2000, 2001 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team. > Built with xine library 0.9.8 [Sun 14 Apr 2002 03:42:50]-[gcc versi

Re: [newbie] Suse vs Mandrake

2002-04-14 Thread Robin Turner
Speaking of Suse, do Suse RPMs generally work with Mandrake these days? I manged to install a few back in Mandrake 7.0 days, but I was wondering if the distros had drifted apart - I've heard Suse is a bit quirky. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://w

Re: [newbie] I've Got Mail!!!! :-( can't answer it.

2002-04-14 Thread daRcmaTTeR
- Original Message - From: "Warren Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I've Got Mail :-( can't answer it. > What is the rejection message? I had the same problem: my messages to > this list started bo

Re: [newbie] Halt on a fresh instllation of Mandrake 8.2

2002-04-14 Thread civileme
Javier Marcet wrote: >Hi mates, > > I have grabbed the three Mandrake 8.2 ISOs from a near FTP mirror. I >made space on my HDs to do a fresh installation. I booted the computer >from the first CD and started an expert installation (it's been like 6 >months that I have not used Linux, but I do k

Re: [newbie] Suse vs Mandrake

2002-04-14 Thread shane
On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:58, Brian York opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > In October i started my exploration of Linux with Redhat wanting to try > the major distrobutions in the span of a year to see which i liked the > best. I have been running Mandra

[newbie] xfs config file

2002-04-14 Thread Robin Turner
I suspect the problems I've been having with OpenOffice spadmin (hangs whenever I try to run it) are to do with changes I've made to my xfs config file. Is there a way to create a new standard config file (as per installation)? I've tried various drakfont options to no avail. Sir Robin Wa

Re: [newbie] Suse vs Mandrake

2002-04-14 Thread Jay
I also have a question regarding SuSe. It seem Red Hat is targetting corporate america, Mandrake is targetting newbies, Slackware is targetting the hardcore users. What is SuSe targetting? Or are they just trying to be an allround distribution. It is the one major distro I have never tried. -Jay

[newbie] Is the Speedtouch USB supported on the SNF?

2002-04-14 Thread Wayne Bornall
Can someone tell me how I can configure the Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem on the Single Network Firewall, or is it not supported? Thanks, Wayne Bornall _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotma

Re: [newbie] Can't login the SNF

2002-04-14 Thread Wayne Bornall
I've got it fixed now. I forgot the / at the end of the adress. >From: "Wayne Bornall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [newbie] Can't login the SNF >Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 15:23:06 + > >Hi, > >I installed the single Network Firewall on my net

[newbie] Suse vs Mandrake

2002-04-14 Thread Brian York
In October i started my exploration of Linux with Redhat wanting to try the major distrobutions in the span of a year to see which i liked the best. I have been running Mandrake for 3 months now and find it better than redhat. Suse is the last distro that i want to try before i go back to colle

Re: [newbie] VNC

2002-04-14 Thread shane
don't ya hate it when you solve it yourself mere moments after you post it? for those are wondering, if you use bastille and let it screen out tcp wrappers, rfbdrake as a server or VNC as a server will not run. naterally you also need to open the neccisary ports in the firewall... On Satu

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

2002-04-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Try this:- At the lilo splash screen ,hit Esc tab, and at the boot screen, type linux(or whatever it is listed as) nobiospnp When on desktop go to /etc/lilo.conf and edit the append=line by additng "nobiospnp" within the already established qyotes. John On Sunday 14 April 2002 14:09, you wr

Re: [newbie] KMAIL ADDRESSBOOK / LM8.2 _Solved

2002-04-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Thank you all, and so it proved to be. On Sunday 14 April 2002 02:08, you wrote: > /$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kab > > A dot as the first character of a name makes that a hidden directory or > file, so make sure the file browser of your choice is set to show hidden > files. In the above directory, I h

Re: [newbie] KMAIL ADDRESSBOOK / LM8.2 _Solved

2002-04-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Thank you all, and so it proved to be. On Sunday 14 April 2002 02:08, you wrote: > /$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kab > > A dot as the first character of a name makes that a hidden directory or > file, so make sure the file browser of your choice is set to show hidden > files. In the above directory, I h

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

2002-04-14 Thread Hanan Shargi
I had the same problem with Mandrake 8.2 after install went all smooth, I rebooted and the same thing happened: : : kernel panic attemp to kill init! : and I had to shut down the system manually. I was installing it on a system with the following specs: Intel P4 1.6 GHz mainboard: ATX / XP4 c

Re: [newbie] Dual CPU Query

2002-04-14 Thread Andrew Tuson
Thanks for your suggestions, but I haven't managed to get it working, yet. The second CPU is working - it is recognized at boot up, and Windows XP Pro recognizes that there are 2 CPUs. I have tried booting with the Mandrake smp kernel and get the same result as my own kernel; only one CPU is i

[newbie] Can't login the SNF

2002-04-14 Thread Wayne Bornall
Hi, I installed the single Network Firewall on my network but I can't login from my other computer. I can ping the other computer from the firewall though. I have entered the https://192.168.0.1:8443 in a browser but then I can't login and get only a time out error. Does someone know what the

[newbie] cannot fully shutdown

2002-04-14 Thread Blood Slap
I have an atx mobo, so in windows, when shutting down, the pc will turn itself off.  In linux however, when I shut it down, it seems to attempt to shut it off, but I get a large error message, where it then just stops.  I will post any relevant data from the error message shortly.

Re: [newbie] never-ending story

2002-04-14 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:44:07 +1000 Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:20:09 -0600, FemmeFatale > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Todd Slater wrote: > > > > > > Playing with window and file managers. My latest--blackbox + rox. > > > Talk about fast! Dang, I love pl

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

2002-04-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 14 April 2002 2:09 pm, Hong Sun wrote: > Hi, All: > > I am pretty new with linux. Actually, this is my first time to install > the Mandrake linux 8.1 (2 CD disks) to a desktop. The installation was > very smooth. But after the installation and reboot, nothing happened and > the screen wa

Re: [newbie] Dual CPU Query

2002-04-14 Thread LtCdData
On Saturday 13 April 2002 8:15 pm, you wrote: Hi ive had 2 vp6 motherboards so far, atm im using a gigabyte.. i got a bit annoyed at 2 vp6 motherboards going down :( the second vp6 gave me similar problems shortly before i replaced it the fix was to do a flash bios update, usually got the second

[newbie] Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

2002-04-14 Thread Hong Sun
Hi, All: I am pretty new with linux. Actually, this is my first time to install the Mandrake linux 8.1 (2 CD disks) to a desktop. The installation was very smooth. But after the installation and reboot, nothing happened and the screen was black! After re-login with the "failsafe" mode, the follow

Re: [newbie] /mnt devices slow

2002-04-14 Thread ed Tharp
are you running "named", "yppassword", "bind", "ypbind" or a local name server? it sounds to me like you have a service running that you don't "need" and is miss-configured. how about sending the dmseg file also so we can try to figure what service is running that should not be. On Saturday

[newbie] xine only works for root

2002-04-14 Thread Jesper Nyholm Jensen
Hi, When I run xine as a regular user I get This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.8 (c) 2000, 2001 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team. Built with xine library 0.9.8 [Sun 14 Apr 2002 03:42:50]-[gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.2 2.96-0.76mdk)]-[Linux 2.4.1

[newbie] tv-out

2002-04-14 Thread Jesper Nyholm Jensen
Hi, I have an nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra graphics card with tv-out - how du I get a signal through the tv-out-socket? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT: 3Dwm WAS never-ending story

2002-04-14 Thread David
Speaking of WMs has anyone tried 3Dwm http://www.3dwm.org/frameset.html? IF so, what are your opinions? speed, stability, configurability etc Dave Sridhar Dhanapalan said onto me: > On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:20:09 -0600, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:> Todd Slater wrot

Rox (was Re: [newbie] never-ending story)

2002-04-14 Thread Paul
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:20:09 -0600 FemmeFatale wrote: >Whats Rox pls? > >Femme Rox is a very particular file manager which plugs into your desktop manager. See http://rox.sourceforge.net/rox_download.php3 Paul -- Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or wha

Re: [newbie] never-ending story

2002-04-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:20:09 -0600, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Todd Slater wrote: > > > > Playing with window and file managers. My latest--blackbox + rox. Talk > > about fast! Dang, I love playing with this stuff! > > > > -- > > Todd Slater > > 11:20pm up 12:19, 2 users, load avera