Re: [newbie-it] Windoz 98 e samba

2002-05-18 Thread Paolo Astengo
Saluti alla lista! Sono riuscito a risolvere il problema degli accessi personalizzati a Samba. In sostanza (spero di aver capito bene), mancava un PDC (Primary domain controller). Gli utentiW98 potevano entrare nel server, ma

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner riconosciuto ma......

2002-05-18 Thread ku68
Il ven, 2002-05-17 alle 16:53, Andrea Celli ha scritto: On 17 May 2002 15:00:25 +0200 ku68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ho già risposto a domande simili. Devi usarlo come root (anche se Xsane s'arrabbia). Anche da root no funziona... Altrimenti, devi configurarlo a mano come dispositivo di

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner riconosciuto ma......

2002-05-18 Thread ku68
Il ven, 2002-05-17 alle 21:12, Pollo ha scritto: cut Prima di tutto, che scanner posiiedi? Mustek 1200 ub plus Hai controllato che sia supportato da sane? Ce ne sono di simili ma lo'ho comprato lo scorso anno quindi credo non dovrebbero esserci problemi Prova a dare i seguenti comandi:

Re: [newbie-it] impostazione locale

2002-05-18 Thread LukenShiro
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Biss wrote: Dopo aver ricompilato il kernel 2.4.18 su una mdk 8.1 quando utilizzo urpmi esce questo avviso: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. [..] L'installazione avviene comunque ma mi piacerebbe capire cosa c'è che non va. Io non ho la più pallida idea di dove

Re: [newbie-it] 8.2 e xine e dvd del commercio

2002-05-18 Thread paolo brusasco
scopro che rawdevices e' fermato anche prima che io lo tocchi. disinstallo il plug penguin avvio xine clicco bottone dvd esco messaggio unable to open dvd drive /dev/dvd: no medium found (provato a vederlo in win e funziona) LukenShiro wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2002, paolo brusasco wrote: esiste

Re: [newbie-it] 8.2 e xine e dvd del commercio

2002-05-18 Thread LukenShiro
On Sat, 18 May 2002, paolo brusasco wrote: messaggio unable to open dvd drive /dev/dvd: no medium found (provato a vederlo in win e funziona) Mi sa tanto che il problema e' esterno a xine e riguarda il montaggio dei dispositivi: - prova a riportare il contenuto di /etc/fstab; - usi

Re: [newbie-it] impostazione locale

2002-05-18 Thread Claudio Duchi
On 18 May 2002 at 8:08, Biss wrote: From: Biss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie-It [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Sat, 18 May 2002 08:08:31 +0200 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie-it] impostazione locale Dopo

[newbie-it] Problemi con la stampante usb

2002-05-18 Thread Luca
Ciao a tutti, ho un problema con una stampante usb, descrivo brevemente i passi che ho fatto: ho eseguito da root printerdrake dopo aver cliccato su modo esperto, aggiungi nuova stampante, stampante locale configuraz manuale, mi è stato chiesto di indicare la porta su cui è connessa la

Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con la stampante usb

2002-05-18 Thread Luca
Scusate ma per sbaglio avevo cancellato un pezzo Ho provato a reimpostarla su usb ma se esco e rientro in printerdrake me la indirizza di nuovo su /dev/null Questa potrebbe essere la spiegazione al fatto che sia printerdrake che gli altri programmi (openoffice, gimp, ecc ecc) non mi danno

Re: [newbie-it] Boot lento:-(

2002-05-18 Thread Massimo
Non ho sintomi particoli, sembra che il sistema debba riflettere;-) grazie per la risposta Alle 19:45, venerdì 17 maggio 2002, hai scritto: On Fri, 17 May 2002, Massimo wrote: ho una mdk 8.2 e mi sembra che il boot sia notevolmente lento Nella schermata introduttiva l'indicatore di

[newbie-it] Kmail che si impasta (non solo)....

2002-05-18 Thread Massimo
Ciao a tutti, ho un altro pb con la mia MDK 8.2 Se controllo la posta OFF-LINE dopo circa 5-10 minuti Kmail si impasta, bloccando TUTTO il sistema (non funziona puiù neanche l'orologio)!!:-( Qualcuno mi può aiutare??? Grazie

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner riconosciuto ma......

2002-05-18 Thread Marco Canapicchi
ku68 wrote: Il ven, 2002-05-17 alle 21:12, Pollo ha scritto: cut Prima di tutto, che scanner posiiedi? Mustek 1200 ub plus Ciao Io ho un problema simile: il mio scanner e' (non ridete) un Trust USB Flatscan 19200. Sono arrivato a questa conclusione: la configyrazione di mdk control

Re: [newbie-it] Boot lento:-(

2002-05-18 Thread nicola
Alle 18:51, sabato 18 maggio 2002, hai scritto: Non ho sintomi particoli, sembra che il sistema debba riflettere;-) grazie per la risposta Alle 19:45, venerdì 17 maggio 2002, hai scritto: On Fri, 17 May 2002, Massimo wrote: ho una mdk 8.2 e mi sembra che il boot sia notevolmente

Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con la stampante usb

2002-05-18 Thread LukenShiro
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Luca wrote: mi è stato chiesto di indicare la porta su cui è connessa la stampante ed io ho scelto USB printer #0 inquanto è la prima stampante (nonchè unico dispositivo) su usb, ho risposto no alla richiesta se la stamp è multifunzionale e dopo averle dato un nome e

Re: [newbie-it] Scanner riconosciuto ma......

2002-05-18 Thread nicola
Alle 11:34, sabato 18 maggio 2002, hai scritto: Il ven, 2002-05-17 alle 21:12, Pollo ha scritto: cut Prima di tutto, che scanner posiiedi? Mustek 1200 ub plus Hai controllato che sia supportato da sane? Ce ne sono di simili ma lo'ho comprato lo scorso anno quindi credo non dovrebbero

[newbie-it] Ancora su xine

2002-05-18 Thread Brunini Alessandro
Salve alla lista, ho notato che ci sono stati dei problemi su xine. Non ho seguito un granchè il tutto. Volevo però informarvi che ho aperto un sito sul quale il mio primo articolo riguarda proprio come installare e configurare xine per vedere i DVD. Sarebbe bello leggere anche le esperienze

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 20:50, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Actually, Derek, it's worse than that. From what I've been reading at www.theregister.co.uk, it seems that the UK government is setting up their web sites so that you will not be able to access them unless you are using MicroSoft

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 16:47, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Lyvim, I can assure you that the danish government is no better, if that can comfort you. It is owned by Micro$oft. However, let's not get too depressed. By and by things seems to develop : In France there's a strong movement towards

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 21:17, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Tony has been sucking up to Microsoft for a while now. The last time Bill Gates visited, he was treated like royalty, and Tony was even at the product launch of Office XP as part of his election campaign. Apparently, the gateway.gov.uk

Re: [newbie] tar; sane; snapscan; how to

2002-05-18 Thread Simon Matthews
If you don't have any success with the agfa packages try installing the gphoto2 package via the Software Manager in Mandrake Control Panel. I have a Nikon 880 USB camera and got things working fine using GTkam which is part of this package. simon On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 23:02, Birger wrote:

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 20:20, FemmeFatale wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: The government taxes the individuals, while it's buddy MicroSh*t provides a spy conduit by which the government can track individuals that don't like the taxes, while MicroSh*t taxes the individuals, while the

Re: [newbie] Winex Supported Games

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 12:06, Randy Kramer wrote: Just to weigh in on the other side, I don't -- I get worse performance under Linux, and that's been consistent across quite a few installations by now. Some will say (have said) that I am not comparing apples to apples -- my comparison is

Re: [newbie] Kmail funnies

2002-05-18 Thread Alan Dunford
On Friday 17 May 2002 11:17 pm, you wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2002, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 May 2002 3:43 pm, Alan Dunford wrote: May I please request a little help. When editing my own text in Kmail (2.2.2, Mandrake 8.2) , or attempting to cut and paste comments from other

RE: [newbie] Samba issues.

2002-05-18 Thread Franki
Ok, DarcmaTTeR.. I tried that, went into smb.conf and set it to announce as win95, restarted samba, and verified that win2000 now saw it as win95.. then I tried the image copy again.. samething, it still had all the data files.. So something else is up here.. I'm gonna do some testing and see

Re: [newbie] Winex Supported Games - Quake (original)

2002-05-18 Thread Miark
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 23:01, FemmeFatale wrote: Miark wrote: Cool--I was looking to install Quake1 last week, and couldn't find anything that was easy to implement. Twilight makes it child's play. Two problems, though: * Setting are apparently not saved anywhere. Can I set up a

RE: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Franki
Lets be honest here, pollies rairly do anything thats not designed to make them look good in the majorities eyes.. sad statement of fact, but nontheless true.. Billybob gates is world known and as far as the pollies known, in a good way. (after all, what do pollies know?) as the one of the

[newbie] Printing to XP

2002-05-18 Thread Mark Annandale
Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the XP box as well as see and access shared directories on my

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Robin
Sridhar wrote Tony has been sucking up to Microsoft for a while now. The last time Bill Gates visited, he was treated like royalty, and Tony was even at the product launch of Office XP as part of his election campaign. Apparently, the gateway.gov.uk site, which is part of the e-government

[newbie] Can't Save StarOffice Files

2002-05-18 Thread Jim Dawson
Help! When I try to save StarOffice Writer 6 files, it crashes. First I get a dialog that states: Error saving document Untitled1: Wrong Parameter The operation was started under an invalid parameter Then I get an error that states: An unrecoverable error has

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Derek Jennings
Another solution is to go to www.codeweavers.com and download their Crossover plugin. The installer will automatically download and configure Windows Media Player 6.4 and configure your Browsers (Mozilla/Konqueror/Opera) to use WMP for embedded media streams. It works absolutlely great, with

Re: [newbie] Printing to XP

2002-05-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 18 May 2002 9:16 am, Mark Annandale wrote: Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the

[newbie] efax

2002-05-18 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Sirs Having used the 'faxsrv-Mini-HOWTO' to configure efax on Mandrake 8.2, I lost my modem. I followed the instructions to the letter and on calling up my modem, the message was 'Error : can't open serial port /dev/modem: is a directory'. The problem seems to be with the /dev/modem file. My

Re: [newbie] DHCP Server

2002-05-18 Thread Jim Dawson
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 10:19, Ricardo Marques wrote: Hi. This is my first time with Linux. I'm trying to install a DHCP Server in a Mandrake 8.2 without sucess. Please, could anyone help me? How can I install a DHCP Server. I've tryed the expert instalation without sucess. I'd

Re: [newbie] tar; sane; snapscan; how to

2002-05-18 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 17 May 2002 05:48 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: On Friday 17 May 2002 16:02, you wrote: How do i unpack this files? and where do they go? should i rightclick on the tar file an choose openwithterminalshell, and the write the tar-command to unpack the files? The easiest way

Re: [newbie] mp3's left side only.

2002-05-18 Thread darklord
On Friday 17 May 2002 06:13 pm, you wrote: nah...remember he said in the original post that this is happening both Windows and Mandrake. sounds like something on the hardware maybe? Sorry - missed that part. You're right though, if its doing it under multiple OS's then its probably

Re: [newbie] Printing to XP

2002-05-18 Thread Stormjumper
just wondering why, when running Printing Manager, that all my backend selection are greyed out when running the add printer wizard... so i can't add any printers. currently running mandrake 8.2, just installed cups common. printer is physically connected to a win98 pc, with print and file

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread darklord
On Saturday 18 May 2002 01:53 am, you wrote: snip You have two options, Tom. First you can go to sourceforge and download something called Avi4Xmms, and that will require you to recompile Xmms. snip The latest version of the Crossover plugin will install the Windog media player,

Re: [newbie] Winex Supported Games

2002-05-18 Thread darklord
On Saturday 18 May 2002 12:49 am, you wrote: Im going to re-run some demos b/c I think you may have nailed it. I am not totally sure about running them equally the same. AFAIK I did...but I may have made a mistake. I will let you know... I just wondered if I was the only one too who had

RE: [newbie] help on pcmcia card

2002-05-18 Thread Louis Dallara
Greeting's; where I've been.. I've installed 8.1 and it install hot swap pcmcia and the tulip driver which gave a 90% loss when I did a ping on my network. I could find a easy update and help for locals.. Deicided to bite bullet, update to 8.2 surely they would have fixed this problem with

[newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files

2002-05-18 Thread Jim Dawson
(This is a repost, the first copy apparently didn't get posted to the list.) Help! When I try to save StarOffice Writer 6 files, it crashes. First I get a dialog that states: Error saving document Untitled1: Wrong Parameter The operation was started under an invalid

Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files

2002-05-18 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 18 May 2002 11:03 am, you wrote: (This is a repost, the first copy apparently didn't get posted to the list.) Help! When I try to save StarOffice Writer 6 files, it crashes. First I get a dialog that states: Error saving document Untitled1: Wrong Parameter

[newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread Chris Ames
Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I tried, it gave me an error message when the file was at the end of being copied that it

Re: [newbie] Winex Supported Games

2002-05-18 Thread shane
On Friday 17 May 2002 09:06, Randy Kramer opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Just to weigh in on the other side, I don't -- I get worse performance under Linux, and that's been consistent across quite a few installations by now. this isn't 8.1 with the

Re: [newbie] OT:Fun sig lines from this list--any to add?

2002-05-18 Thread shane
'Tis some script kidd3z, I muttered, tapping at my server port- Only this, and nothing more. - Edgar root Poe. The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged. - Tim O'Reilly Microsoft, Windows, Windows

Re: [newbie] Glad i don't surf with Windows

2002-05-18 Thread shane
On Friday 17 May 2002 15:18, daRcmaTTeR opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: has anyone actually tried any of this so-called spy software on a properly firewalled system? My windows machines are sitting behind a firewall running on a Mandrake machine.

Re: [newbie] mp3's left side only.

2002-05-18 Thread Chuck Stuettgen
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 07:54, Franki wrote: Hi people,, I have recently discovered mp3's and have downloaded a heap of them.. For some reason they all play left channel only.. even though the player identifies them as stereo. I have tried to play them on windows and linux, and used

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Graham Watkins
Thomas Beno wrote: I have only recently become acquainted with Linux through Mandrake-Linux 8.2. Is there a Linux version of a media player that will allow one to log onto Internet radio stations? If so, where can I go to download it? Tom Beno

Re: [newbie] Winex Supported Games

2002-05-18 Thread Randy Kramer
shane wrote: this isn't 8.1 with the default kernel is it? that kernel has terrible memory performance and i doubled or even tripled my speed by upgrading the kernel. just a thought. No, similar problems with Caldera 2.2 and 2.4, RedHat 5.somethings, Mandrake 6.2(?), 7.0, 7.2, and 8.1, some

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 18 May 2002 18:03, you wrote: Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I tried, it gave me an error message when the file

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 12:30, Graham Watkins wrote: Realplayer 8 for Linux will play Internet Radio. I listen to BBC 6 Music, BBC London Live and WYYB (The Phoenix) with it. -- Graham Watkins It will and I have it; however it will not decode Windows Media streams. LX --

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Thomas Beno
Graham Watkins wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">Thomas Beno wrote: I have only recently become acquainted with Linux through Mandrake-Linux 8.2. Is there a Linux version of a media player that will allow one to log onto Internet radio stations? If so, where can I go to download it? Tom Beno

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread Charlie
Saturday 18 May 2002 10:03 am,Chris Ames wrote: Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I tried, it gave me an error message when the

[newbie] Canon BJC 4200 Printer Problem

2002-05-18 Thread Graham Watkins
Does anyone know why this printer will only print photographs properly in black white. When I try to print in colour no black ink is used giving them a decidedly aneimic appearance. Seems most odd. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Thomas Beno
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 12:30, Graham Watkins wrote: Realplayer 8 for Linux will play Internet Radio. I listen to BBC 6 Music, BBC London Live and WYYB (The Phoenix) with it.-- Graham Watkins It will and I have it; however it will not

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Graham Watkins
Thomas Beno wrote: Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com On the download page they ask for an OS. Which one that they list would be comparable to Mandrake Linux 8.2? Tom Beno You'll be wanting the UNIX version. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft

Re: [newbie] OT:Fun sig lines from this list--any to add?

2002-05-18 Thread Damian G
On Sat, 18 May 2002 09:13:44 -0700 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Tis some script kidd3z, I muttered, tapping at my server port- Only uhm... do they all need to be anti-ms?? you know, windows IS great, i used it to download Linux... ;oP some of these i find quite funny. ( sorry for the

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Damian G
On the download page they ask for an OS. Which one that they list would be comparable to Mandrake Linux 8.2? Tom Beno well if they don't have a Mdk RPM, try the RedHat one. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DHCP Server

2002-05-18 Thread et
are you using kde? on the desktop is control center, login as root, network and internet, Connection Sharing, answer the wizards questions.. (I Know,,, it seems so simple it couldn't really work that well, especially in linux with a GUI, but heck they gotta do something to earn the

Re: [newbie] mp3's left side only.

2002-05-18 Thread Lee
I have had xmms decide to play only one channel. Have also had win98 do that under stress in the old days. A defrag was then in order. Miss the old defrag every week sigh LeeOn Saturday 18 May 2002 09:48 am, darklord wrote: On Friday 17 May 2002 06:13 pm, you wrote: nah...remember he

[newbie] Audio CD,No Sound Revisited!/FIXED!!!Thanks Charles!

2002-05-18 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
Thanks Charles, I opened the box just to find out that the cable that connects the audio from CDROM, well DVD-ROM actually, was pulled out from its proper place on the sound card. Pulled it in and everything works perfect. Thanks again, it seems that sometimes one misses the obvious things

[newbie] Gnorpm RDF error

2002-05-18 Thread Jerry
Using gnorpm 0.96, MDK 8.2: When trying to use the web find I just get an error message in the status bar of the main gnorpm window saying Was not expexting a rdf:Description element. In the rpmfind window it has a package list but all the entries are empty. K lets see... some info on

Re: [newbie] UPDATE Can't even get beyond user name!!!

2002-05-18 Thread et
hey if you want to send me that bad HD I would be more than pleased to have it. my guess is that you did not install some network service that was not only installed previously but was mis-configured, and since you did not install it this time, you are not waitting for it to time out everytime

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Graham Watkins
Thomas Beno wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 12:30, Graham Watkins wrote: Realplayer 8 for Linux will play Internet Radio. I listen to BBC 6 Music, BBC London Live and WYYB (The Phoenix) with it. -- Graham Watkins It will and I have it; however it will not decode Windows

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Roger Sherman
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Not that the Australian government is much better. Prime Minister John Howard bent over backwards to meet with Bill Gates the last time he was here, yet he totally ignored Scott McNealy and Larry Ellison when they visited. What part of

Re: [newbie] UPDATE Can't even get beyond user name!!!

2002-05-18 Thread Dave Conroy
Hi et, Saturday, May 18, 2002, 9:28:07 PM, you wrote: e hey if you want to send me that bad HD I would be more than pleased to have e it. my guess is that you did not install some network service that was not e only installed previously but was mis-configured, and since you did not e install

[newbie] I can't get telnet or ktelnet to work

2002-05-18 Thread Joe Davidson
I have an out-of-the-box 8.2 installation on Intel. When I boot up, the only failure I get is proftp. I have connectivity, I can browse with Mozilla. When I open a shell window and say telnet , I get a no such command message. When I open ktelnet and try to connect to anything, even

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread Warren Post
The book Linux in a Nutshell is very handy for this. Bookpool.com has it for about $20. Or type info in a terminal window and browse the topics. Once you've found a command you want more detail on, type man [name of command]. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Networking

2002-05-18 Thread Marcia
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Networking Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:58:57 -0400 From: Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 09 May 2002 02:23 am, you wrote: On Thursday 09 May 2002 8:41 am, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I have a desktop

RE: [newbie] hardware requirements

2002-05-18 Thread Alexandre Barra
Does anyone confirm that? A friend of mine told me yesterday that Mandrake 8.2 can be run under PC486 DX-4 100 MHz. Thanks, Alex At 14:16 17/05/02 +0100, you wrote: As far as I am aware Mandrake 8.1 upwards will only run on Pentium 1's and upwards..no support for 286/386/486. Same applies to

Re: [newbie] I can't get telnet or ktelnet to work

2002-05-18 Thread et
try ssh instead? On Saturday 18 May 2002 05:26 pm, you wrote: I have an out-of-the-box 8.2 installation on Intel. When I boot up, the only failure I get is proftp. I have connectivity, I can browse with Mozilla. When I open a shell window and say telnet , I get a no such command

Re: [newbie] UPDATE Can't even get beyond user name!!!

2002-05-18 Thread et
goes to say you have already tried to boot into runlevel 3 (init 3, or in lilo type linux 3) and login as root run mousedrake, try the logitech mouseman+ if you have the wheelmouse On Saturday 18 May 2002 05:26 pm, you wrote: Hi et, Saturday, May 18, 2002, 9:28:07 PM, you wrote: e hey if

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Networking

2002-05-18 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 18 May 2002 23:01, you wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Networking Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:58:57 -0400 From: Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 09 May 2002 02:23 am, you wrote: On Thursday 09 May 2002 8:41 am,

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Paul Rodriguez
You can download realplayer 8 from the following link. http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?src=serviceandsupport You probably are looking for the red hat version (compatible with Mandrake). - Paul On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 13:05, Thomas Beno wrote: Graham Watkins wrote:

Re: [newbie] Interner connection speed

2002-05-18 Thread Roger Sherman
On 17 May 2002, Klemm wrote: Hi Very wondering about the speed I get I use ADSL internet connection and the downstream speed should be 256Kb/s I made some test and all monitors show that it gets no more than 63 kb/sek Could there be some settings somewhere that are restricting that as

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 19 May 2002 09:44, Roger Sherman wrote: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Chris Ames wrote: Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I

Re: [newbie] hardware requirements

2002-05-18 Thread Michael Adams
Mandrake definately is designed for pentiums up. http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake-old/8.1/i586/ quote 2. Installing See the install.htm file. IMPORTANT COMPATIBILITY NOTE: Mandrake is built with CPU speed optimizations for Pentium-class

[newbie] That ELX distro

2002-05-18 Thread Dennis Myers
Just spent a couple of days (off and on) trying to install the new ELX distro that is supposed to be so like windows that everyone will use it. Well I wouldn't hardly install on a 4gig HD so I went to the 8gig HD and installed it there. Everything seemed to go well but once it rebooted it

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Chuck Stuettgen
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:36, Paul Rodriguez wrote: You can download realplayer 8 from the following link. http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?src=serviceandsupport You probably are looking for the red hat version (compatible with Mandrake). - Paul Where do you find

Re: [newbie] That ELX distro

2002-05-18 Thread David
Dennis Myers said onto me: -- |Just spent a couple of days (off and on) trying to install the new ELX distro |that is supposed to be so like windows that everyone will use it. Well I |wouldn't hardly install on a 4gig HD so

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread David
Chuck Stuettgen said onto me: -- |On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:36, Paul Rodriguez wrote: | | You can download realplayer 8 from the following link. | | http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?src=serviceandsupport

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Chuck Stuettgen
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 07:58, David wrote: Do a Google/Linux searchwait a minute.I'll do it.. http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=rpbform just fill in the form and you're off. -- --

Re: [newbie] That ELX distro

2002-05-18 Thread shane
On Saturday 18 May 2002 17:23, Dennis Myers opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Just spent a couple of days (off and on) trying to install the new ELX distro that is supposed to be so like windows that everyone will use it. Well I wouldn't hardly install

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 18 May 2002 17:29:51 -0400 (EDT), Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What part of Australia are you from, Sridhar? I'm going to be visiting a friend in Queensland sometime around Aug/Sept/Oct... I'm in Sydney, New South Wales. Not exactly very close to Queensland: about 1000Km to

Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player

2002-05-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Thomas Beno wrote: I have only recently become acquainted with Linux through Mandrake-Linux 8.2. Is there a Linux version of a media player that will allow one to log onto Internet radio stations? If so, where can I go to download it? I think XMMS can handle some kinds of streams.

[newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-18 Thread Thomas Beno
I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-18 Thread mike
Thomas Beno wrote: I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread John McQuillen
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 09:07, Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 19 May 2002 09:44, Roger Sherman wrote: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Chris Ames wrote: Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal

Re: [newbie] Command-line command list

2002-05-18 Thread FemmeFatale
Chris Ames wrote: Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I tried, it gave me an error message when the file was at the end of being