Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread James Thomas
I don't know about all cable providers but all I had to do was enter my computer's name that the cable company gave me and dhcpcd set the rest up for me - I didn't need to input nameservers or anything. James >We have a slight misunderstanding here. I'll try to be clearer >(wouldn't be diffic

Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread Brian Parish
We have a slight misunderstanding here. I'll try to be clearer (wouldn't be difficult). 1. Write down on a piece on paper the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS servers provided by your cable operator. 2. Click on the console icon - if you are using KDE, that's the third icon from the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake PPC question

2002-05-28 Thread Paul Rodriguez
>From a reliable source: On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 15:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm considering either Mandrake 8.2 or YDL 2.2, and am hoping someone here > can help with some questions. > > On YDL's web site, they suggest placing Linux and Mac OS 9 on separate disks, > and ma

Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread jbarron201
I quess this is what it should do but most everthing else ask for root but konsole,choose root console and does nothing ,logout and login as root screen turn,s red then warning about this is a bad ideal.I stop and got out there to unsure. - Original Message - From: "Brian Parish" <[EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] plz help - 8.2 and wine install problem

2002-05-28 Thread mike
mike wrote: > > When I try installing wine from an rpm, I get the following error: > > installing binary packages > file /usr/bin/expand from install of wine-cvs-unstripped-052802-1 conflicts > with file from package textutils-2.0.17-7mdk. > > As a result, wine will not install. > > I am runni

[newbie] plz help - 8.2 and wine install problem

2002-05-28 Thread mike
When I try installing wine from an rpm, I get the following error: installing binary packages file /usr/bin/expand from install of wine-cvs-unstripped-052802-1 conflicts with file from package textutils-2.0.17-7mdk. As a result, wine will not install. I am running Mandrake 8.2 download editio

[newbie] Sound - one door opens...

2002-05-28 Thread Brian Parish
I now have alsa 0.9.rc1 under 8.2 playing nicely with my Delta 66 multi-channel card and XMMS is doing it's thing faultlessly for 16 hours or so per day. BUT This seems to have been at the cost of tuxracer, chromium and probably other apps that use 3d acceleration. These worked albeit without s

Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread Brian Parish
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 15:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank,s Brain,I made the changes still no contection I haven,t got much time > in with linux GREEN-GREEN and you lost me on checking with the > /ect/resolv.config didn,t understand were to do it. >From a console, type: cat /etc/resolv.conf

Re: [newbie] subscription

2002-05-28 Thread shane
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 07:22 pm, et opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > On Monday 27 May 2002 11:31 pm, you wrote: > > On Monday 27 May 2002 07:07 pm, alex opened a general hailing frequency > > and > > > > transmitted to all open stations: > > > one hell o

Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread jbarron201
Thank,s Brain,I made the changes still no contection I haven,t got much time in with linux GREEN-GREEN and you lost me on checking with the /ect/resolv.config didn,t understand were to do it. - Original Message - From: "Brian Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sen

Re: [newbie] accesss shareing

2002-05-28 Thread jbarron201
- Original Message - From: "Brian Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] accesss shareing > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I was trying to share my cable connection in win2000 sste

Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again

2002-05-28 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 04:30 pm, Robin wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 17:44, shane wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:04 am, Gerald Waugh opened a general hailing > > > > frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > > > I am using KDE 2.2.1-7 It installed with my Mandrake 3 CD set. > > > I

[newbie] Re: video card replacement/system won't boot

2002-05-28 Thread Joe Sotham
Charlie writes: > May 28, 2002 02:07 pm,Joe Sotham wrote: >> I've been running a dual-boot Mandrake 8.2/Windows system since 8.2 became >> available. Today, I had to upgrade/replace my old video card because it >> has gone bad (GeForce 2 with an ATI Radeon 8500.) I'm using a stock kernel >> and

Re: [newbie] Latest Nvidia drivers

2002-05-28 Thread Tim
Derek Jennings wrote: >On Tuesday 28 May 2002 4:18 pm, Tim Ford wrote: > >>I just downloaded and installed the latest nvidia drivers, but im still >>having problems loading up glx on my computer. Anyone had any similar >>problems with nvidia drivers? >> > >A few thoughts for you to check out:- >

Re: Re: [newbie] Tv Card

2002-05-28 Thread et
mobo= MOtherBOard, chipset is the chip used as controllers on the MoBo, ALi Is Acer labs, Via is VIA technoldeges, Intel you know, Brooktree is the chipset (and drivers) for the Video card. On Tuesday 28 May 2002 09:37 am, you wrote: > Yes, it works under windows. what is Mobo? > I think brook

Re: [newbie] Samba - Half there?

2002-05-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 5:40 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Monday 27 May 2002 4:58 pm, you wrote: > > > > Have you used webmin to make sure Micky is a 'normal' user and the > > password is set to the same as the Linux password? > > (Of course it is case sensitive) > > Yes -

[newbie] [Fwd: could i ask you to resend this to the newbie-list?]

2002-05-28 Thread FemmeFatale
"Anuerin G. Diaz" wrote: > > hi femme, > >again i would like to ask for your help. i already posted this to the > local LUG but have not received any reply for the past two days and i > sort of need this while i have the free time. thanks... > > = > to the list members,

Re: [newbie] video card replacement/system won't boot

2002-05-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 23:44, you wrote: > > I've been running a dual-boot Mandrake 8.2/Windows system since 8.2 > > became available.  Today, I had to upgrade/replace my old video card > > because it has gone bad Just for curiosity: How do you recognize a video card going bad? Lines on the scre

Re: [newbie] video card replacement/system won't boot

2002-05-28 Thread Charlie
May 28, 2002 02:07 pm,Joe Sotham wrote: > I've been running a dual-boot Mandrake 8.2/Windows system since 8.2 became > available. Today, I had to upgrade/replace my old video card because it > has gone bad (GeForce 2 with an ATI Radeon 8500.) I'm using a stock kernel > and without the NVIDIA 3GL

[newbie] Bad floppy filecopy under KDE?

2002-05-28 Thread darklord
Just wondering - seems like I read this somewhere before...is there a bug in the drag 'n drop filecopy to an open floppy window under KDE with v8.2? The reason I'm asking is - I did it, from an window on /home/darklord to an open window on /mnt/floppy and I got a complete and total system wide

Re: [newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.

2002-05-28 Thread et
boy I don't know if stuff has changed or what, but used to be SINGLE Network firewall mean only one lan and one external interface no wonder you have a problem with SINGLE NETWORK on MULTIpul eth interfaces... have you ever considered useing only eth0 for the inside lan as the gateway (192.168

Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again

2002-05-28 Thread Robin
On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 17:44, shane wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:04 am, Gerald Waugh opened a general hailing > frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > > > I am using KDE 2.2.1-7 It installed with my Mandrake 3 CD set. > > I found this URL for the rpm, but it won't download. > > f

Re: [newbie] video card replacement/system won't boot

2002-05-28 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 28 May 2002 13:07:05 -0700 "Joe Sotham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been running a dual-boot Mandrake 8.2/Windows system since 8.2 > became available. Today, I had to upgrade/replace my old video card > because it has gone bad (GeForce 2 with an ATI Radeon 8500.) I'm using > a stoc

Re: [newbie] Re: Mandrake PPC question

2002-05-28 Thread Dwight Hines
I'm running Powerbook G3/400, system 9.2.2 with 128 meg ram and 6 gig internal. I have a backup of 20 gig on the firewire. I can add another firewire drive but want to avoid that expense if possible. My objectives for going to Linux are: 1) It's open source. 2) It's more robust; 3) It is more fle

[newbie] video card replacement/system won't boot

2002-05-28 Thread Joe Sotham
I've been running a dual-boot Mandrake 8.2/Windows system since 8.2 became available. Today, I had to upgrade/replace my old video card because it has gone bad (GeForce 2 with an ATI Radeon 8500.) I'm using a stock kernel and without the NVIDIA 3GL drivers installed, I do not startx at boot ti

RE: [newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.

2002-05-28 Thread Chris Lynch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes. The ETH interfaces are the gateways for the respected LAN segments. I do have RIPv2 running on the network and all of the routers "see" the other subnets. Like I said, I can SSH into the firewall from the IP Address 192.168.150.1, do what I

[newbie] Re: Mandrake PPC question

2002-05-28 Thread okamoto
> What mac system and hardware are you running? A blue/white G3 currently, but I may trade up to a G4 since my G3 has the Rev 1 IDE chip and can't support a 2nd drive on the internal IDE bus. I can't use an IDE card, because I wouldn't be able to boot from the drive connected to it. Jeff Want

Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again

2002-05-28 Thread shane
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:04 am, Gerald Waugh opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > I am using KDE 2.2.1-7 It installed with my Mandrake 3 CD set. > I found this URL for the rpm, but it won't download. > ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/8.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS

Re: [newbie] Mandrake PPC question

2002-05-28 Thread Dwight Hines
These are great basic newby questions and I'd like to know the answers too. Please keep a notebook of why you're making certain decisions as you go along and let us all read it as you go along. What mac system and hardware are you running? d > Hello all, > > I'm considering either Mandrake 8.2 o

[newbie] Mandrake PPC question

2002-05-28 Thread okamoto
Hello all, I'm considering either Mandrake 8.2 or YDL 2.2, and am hoping someone here can help with some questions. On YDL's web site, they suggest placing Linux and Mac OS 9 on separate disks, and making the drive with YDL the master on the IDE bus. Is this also recommended for Mandrake? Also

Re: [newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.

2002-05-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 12:41 pm, you wrote: > Does anyone have any good FAQ links for the Mandrake SNF 7.2 build, > other than the one on Mandrake's site? > > Also, I have a problem with the firewall itself. I have the firewall > setup in the diagram attached. I have static routes in the init.rc >

Re: [newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.

2002-05-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 12:41 pm, you wrote: > Does anyone have any good FAQ links for the Mandrake SNF 7.2 build, > other than the one on Mandrake's site? > > Also, I have a problem with the firewall itself. I have the firewall > setup in the diagram attached. I have static routes in the init.rc >

[newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.

2002-05-28 Thread Chris Lynch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone have any good FAQ links for the Mandrake SNF 7.2 build, other than the one on Mandrake's site? Also, I have a problem with the firewall itself. I have the firewall setup in the diagram attached. I have static routes in the init.rc startup

Re: [newbie] Samba - Half there?

2002-05-28 Thread Anne Wilson
Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 27 May 2002 4:58 pm, you wrote: > > Have you used webmin to make sure Micky is a 'normal' user and the password > is set to the same as the Linux password? > (Of course it is case sensitive) > Yes - I checked, and I have re-entered a 'new' password, just to

Re: [newbie] x config

2002-05-28 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 18:05, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > > > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: > > > > > -pgpenvelope processed message > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [newbie] x config

2002-05-28 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 18:05, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: > > > > -pgpenvelope processed message > > > > > > > > I would like to remove any garbage from my x config fil

Re: [newbie] Quake 3...again

2002-05-28 Thread darklord
On Monday 27 May 2002 09:39 pm, you wrote: > Anyone able to help? > > Thanks > Brian Brian, I had that same signal 11 exiting problem with my version of Q3 (full commercial Linux version from Loki Software). I followed this link, d/led this file (its big, like 26-27 megs) installed it, and

Re: [newbie] DosEmulator

2002-05-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 05:14, Chris Ames wrote: > How do I access the DOD emulator? Or, for that matter, does Mandrake 8.2 even > COME with one? > > On a happier note, I managed to get something to install! Now I get to try it > again with somethingthat's actually USEFUL. > > I can't wait 'til

Re: [newbie] Quake 3...again

2002-05-28 Thread darklord
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 08:55 am, you wrote: > Some CD-RW drives (eg, Plextor, Yamaha) are known to work well > with even poor media. Other drives (eg, Sony, HP) are know to be > more fussy. 'Bout all you can do to minimize these situations is thru > trial'n error, find media that works we

Re: [newbie] Sound Card Configuration

2002-05-28 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Spyros Spyropoulos wrote: > Hi, > > How do I configure my soundcard on Mandrake 8.0 ? > > Thnx, > spyross > > hmmm...lets see if I can remember that far back. I haven't seen 8.0 for a few years, so if I get this wrong, please someone correct me. at any rate Spyros, y

Re: [newbie] Tv Card

2002-05-28 Thread John Richard Smith
On Monday 27 May 2002 21:15, you wrote: > On Monday 27 May 2002 10:55 am, Misael M. wrote: > > I have a Brooktree Tv card but I cant watch tv in my linux box. > > xawtv does not found any channel. > > Does anyone know how to fix this? > > thanks > > try scantv or look for their site for a config

Re: [newbie] x config

2002-05-28 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: > > -pgpenvelope processed message > > > > I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where > > should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my > > computer ? Bye the way, I'm gett

Re: [newbie] x config

2002-05-28 Thread shane
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 07:04 am, Pupeno opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: > disabled for 5 minutes. any of a number of things. i have seen that because the default manager (usually

[newbie] Sound Card Configuration

2002-05-28 Thread Spyros Spyropoulos
Hi, How do I configure my soundcard on Mandrake 8.0 ? Thnx, spyross Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] x config

2002-05-28 Thread Pupeno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my computer ? Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Do you know what do

Re: Re: [newbie] Tv Card

2002-05-28 Thread Misael M.
Yes, it works under windows. what is Mobo? I think brooktree is the Chipset, and is a pci tv card. You Wrote: -- nope no need to mount anything. do you dual boot? does it work under windows? what Mobo and chipset do you have (known problems with Ali and via chipsets, and pci tv cards)

Re: [newbie] Latest Nvidia drivers

2002-05-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 4:18 pm, Tim Ford wrote: > I just downloaded and installed the latest nvidia drivers, but im still > having problems loading up glx on my computer. Anyone had any similar > problems with nvidia drivers? A few thoughts for you to check out:- Look in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/e

Re: [newbie] KDE startup question...

2002-05-28 Thread darklord
On Monday 27 May 2002 01:20 pm, you wrote: > Hey Darklord, Getting ready to have some ribs over here in Gas Fork > holler. > Randy You woof-woof, I love bar-b-que ribs Well...eat 3 for me... ;-) -- /\

[newbie] Latest Nvidia drivers

2002-05-28 Thread Tim Ford
I just downloaded and installed the latest nvidia drivers, but im still having problems loading up glx on my computer. Anyone had any similar problems with nvidia drivers? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Driver insallation problems with Cisco Aironet 350 PCIwireless network card wth mandrake 8.2

2002-05-28 Thread Terry S.
I use the Cisco Aironet Wireless card on my laptop here at work, and the only thing I had to do to get it to work was to simply plug it in .. it automatically loaded the appropriate drivers and installed the necessary kernel module to be able to access it. I didn't even have to go to Cisco's webs

[newbie] Netatalk - compiling

2002-05-28 Thread yvan_linux
Did anybody of you install netatalk on your Mandrake Distro? I downloaded the source code from www.anders.com/projects/netatalk, followed the instructions and after the first make command I got the following errors: /usr/lib/libwrap.a(hosts_access.o): In function `host_match': hosts_access.o(.t

Re: [newbie] Quake 3...again

2002-05-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 27 May 2002 08:06 pm, Brian Koppe wrote: > Ok - weird. I decided, just going on a limb, to switch the disc > from my CD-RW to my DVD-ROM. Now I can read it just fine - with > setup.sh and all. However, the interesting part is that I don't > see the files I see when I read it with my C

Re: [newbie] DosEmulator

2002-05-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 04:14 am, Chris Ames wrote: > How do I access the DOD emulator? Or, for that matter, does > Mandrake 8.2 even COME with one? Cut'n paste this line, file:/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/DOSEMU-HOWTO.html into a browser and hit --or-- on your main menu, under

[newbie] "blackhawk digital" in linux ?

2002-05-28 Thread Rodney
Hello, Could someone tell me how to add/use my Gravis blackhawk digital joystick in Mandrake 8.2 , it is connected through my Creative 128 sound card. Thankyou, Rodney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Driver insallation problems with Cisco Aironet 350 PCI wireless network card wth mandrake 8.2

2002-05-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 2:26 am, Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: > Looking for help when installing cisco aironet 350 PCI wireless network > card. > > When installing and configuring help page from cisco says to type sh > ./kpciinstall but I do not see or have that file to my knowledge. I have > tried t

Re: [newbie] Canon S200SP

2002-05-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 1:57 am, Brian Parish wrote: > A friend running LM8.2 has a Canon S200SP printer. PrinterDrake sees > it as a BJC-240. It prints fine, but is very grey - like draft quality > all the time. Anyone having success with this printer? > > cheers > Brian I do not have a Canon

[newbie] Voodoo3 TV

2002-05-28 Thread Barry Michels
Anyone know if there's drivers for a Voodoo3 3500TV? Specifically, what programs would be used to watch TV using the video input feature of that card? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Video again

2002-05-28 Thread Nicolas VERITE
Robin Turner wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:37, Nicolas VERITE wrote: > > > > > USB is for photos and the MPEG low quality videos, > > FireWire (or iLink) is made for DV video. > > Ah, all is now clear! So I can, in theory, get my camcorder to > stream crappy video through the USB port,

Re: [newbie] Tv Card

2002-05-28 Thread et
nope no need to mount anything. do you dual boot? does it work under windows? what Mobo and chipset do you have (known problems with Ali and via chipsets, and pci tv cards) On Monday 27 May 2002 10:57 pm, you wrote: > I have already changed this settings but Im unable to watch tv. > Do I have

[newbie] DosEmulator

2002-05-28 Thread Chris Ames
How do I access the DOD emulator? Or, for that matter, does Mandrake 8.2 even COME with one? On a happier note, I managed to get something to install! Now I get to try it again with somethingthat's actually USEFUL. I can't wait 'till I can build my dream system! Iceburgh69 Want to buy yo

Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again

2002-05-28 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Monday 27 May 2002 10:12 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > Gerald: > I got the same rpm from www.rpmfind.net; it worked fine for me. What KDE > are you running? > -- cmg I am using KDE 2.2.1-7 It installed with my Mandrake 3 CD set. I found this URL for the rpm, but it won't download. ftp://rpmfi

Re: [newbie] Video again

2002-05-28 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 02:37, Nicolas VERITE wrote: > > USB is for photos and the MPEG low quality videos, > FireWire (or iLink) is made for DV video. Ah, all is now clear! So I can, in theory, get my camcorder to stream crappy video through the USB port, but if I want to do anything serious,

[newbie] Power Mac G3 Desktop built in ethernet card help

2002-05-28 Thread Lawrence Bolton
Can someone who is running Mandrake 8.2 PPC on an original Power Macintosh G3 Desktop tell me whether you have successfully configured the built in ethernet card? I am trying to determine whether this ethernet card is supported or whether I've got an issue with my setup... The Power Mac G3 drive

Re: [newbie] Digest version of Newbie available

2002-05-28 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 28 May 2002 15:12, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Mon, 27 May 2002 20:46:01 -0600 (MDT), Jim Turner > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone else here may be better qualified to answer about how big each > > partition should be; but then, it really depends on what you want to do > > anyw

Re: [newbie] Quake 3...again

2002-05-28 Thread FemmeFatale
Brian Koppe wrote: > > Hello everyone, > I just reinstalled Linux this past weekend using ext3 and just began to > reinstall Quake 3 Arena. So, I open up the manual and so as it says - > go to /mnt/cdrom and then "sh setup.sh" Now, I know this works because, > well, I've done it twice before -