[newbie] 8.2 Powerpack install problems

2002-06-02 Thread Stewart Taylor
Hi All like a lot of people I've regarding missing rpm's. Someone told me that mandrake had issues an installer patch to overcome this problem but I've been unable to find it. Does anyone know where I can get this patch from. TIA Stewart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] Yet again, how to mount all three iso images

2002-06-02 Thread mbayme
Hi all! Once again, what is the exact syntax to mount all three iso images from mandrake 8.2 into one big file? I iunderstood that it's something like: mkdir /cdrom mount (and some option) iso-file, etc DO I have to issue the mount command three times (once for each file), or is there a way t

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:32, Paul_Vortex wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Newbie at MDK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:42 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs > > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: > > > Over the

Re: [newbie] Testing another Mail setup

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:50, Dennis Myers wrote: > Hoping this goes out to the list from another machine. Just a test. > Dennis M. LOL Congrats again... a bleeding expert now. You won't be on this list anymore. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:00, civileme wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > >On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 > > > >Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 > >>100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them.

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Thread civileme
Dennis Myers wrote: >On Sunday 02 June 2002 11:57 am, you wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot >>mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? >> >>cheers >> >>/giannis >> >You may not have permission as user. Go to a console and type in "su" and >then e

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread civileme
Anne Wilson wrote: > OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, > W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo > back without having to reinstall Mandrake? > > Anne > > > >--

Re: [newbie] Whats up with gcc?

2002-06-02 Thread civileme
darklord wrote: >Guys, I can't even compile one single program?! Whats up with that? I get the >following error everytime I do a ./configure: > >Your gcc does not support even "i386" for '-march' and '-mcpu'. > >Any ideas? Geez, you have to be able to compile... > > >

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Thread civileme
Michael Adams wrote: >On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 > >Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 >>100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. >>Ideally a hub is the way to go and it allows expa

[newbie] Testing another Mail setup

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
Hoping this goes out to the list from another machine. Just a test. Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread Paul_Vortex
- Original Message - From: Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Newbie at MDK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs > On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: > > > Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old > > CDs in a

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread Roger Sherman
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: > Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old > CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. > Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with > them? > > Miark Skeet shooting, anyone?> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread s
On Sunday 02 June 2002 04:01 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:27:37 -0400 > > Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 > > > > Bart Salien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: > > > this is my lilo.c

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 08:32, Michael Adams wrote: > > This patch doesn't need to be written as an image using rawwrite does it? > Just checking. > > -- > Michael > No, it's just copied as a DOS file. Worked fine for me. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to h

Re: [newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:33, Dennis Myers wrote: > > I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I > > went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the > > security updates on the Firewall box. This mail going t

Re: [newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:33, Dennis Myers wrote: > I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I > went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the security > updates on the Firewall box. This mail going through will make me a happy > camper cause I know th

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:12, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: > > I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm > > trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the > > Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 02 Jun 2002 9:07 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Derrick, > > Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to know it will work! > > I followed your instructions:- > root cd to spadmin > ./spadmin > click new printer > click 'Connect to Fax' No do not select 'Connect a fax device' Just select

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread Robin
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 20:06, ai4a wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, > > W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo > > back without having to reinstall Mandrake? If you made a bootdisk at install

Re: Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Berry
I run in the Kicker ksysguard and system monitor to see cpu usage, memory usage, and hard disk accesses. This morning I had a crash, and the frozen image on the kicker showed about 25% cpu usage, 50% free RAM, and 60% free swap. I've also had it crash while using IceWM. Andrew

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:27:37 -0400 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 > Bart Salien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: > > this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put > > the ide-scsi relati

Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Thread RichardA
If this always happens under Linux (not X11) and never Windows, are you using memory chips with different timings? Windows is much more tolerant of this than Linux. And if the kernel crashes, there's no-one around to write error messages... RichardA Andrew Berry, Sunday 02 June 2002 21:06: >

[newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the security updates on the Firewall box. This mail going through will make me a happy camper cause I know then that the updates are ok on the SNF box. Let us s

Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:06:57 -0400 Andrew Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running: > > Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. > > Hardware: > P166 MMX > 64 Mb Ram > 120 Mb Swap > S3 Virge 2D card > Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card > Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO.

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 Bart Salien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: > this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put the > ide-scsi relation but still in my /dev directory there is only the > scd0 link from my cd-rw , even after

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Derrick, Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to know it will work! I followed your instructions:- root cd to spadmin ./spadmin click new printer click 'Connect to Fax' click default driver Print Command qtcups --stdin Name Fax However, when I click print on OO, the print box offers Fax or

[newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Berry
I am running: Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. Hardware: P166 MMX 64 Mb Ram 120 Mb Swap S3 Virge 2D card Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO. My computer seems to randomly freeze up. It stops responding to everything (mouse, keyboard, CT

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread Bart Salien
Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put the ide-scsi relation but still in my /dev directory there is only the scd0 link from my cd-rw , even after a reboot . I understand correct that this second scdx link should be created aut

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: > I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm > trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the > Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on > a floppy with windows 98

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:40:41 +0200 Bart Salien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Sunday 02 June 2002 00:42, schreef u: > I have the same problems with my DVD reader under Xcdroast , there are > some previous mailings about this subject that say you should let this > reader work a a scsi emulated dri

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Thread Bart Salien
Op Sunday 02 June 2002 00:42, schreef u: I have the same problems with my DVD reader under Xcdroast , there are some previous mailings about this subject that say you should let this reader work a a scsi emulated drive , i couldn 't get it to work . So i can 't realy help you , it might give yo

[newbie] Cable Modem and SNF

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
Now have the cable modem running with SNF on a stand alone and filtering all of my LAN. YEEEH! The previous problem with the SMTP error appears to have occured after downloading security updates. I do not know which one could have affected the SMTP connection but it made the server thi

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 11:57 am, you wrote: > Hi, > > I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot > mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? > > cheers > > /giannis You may not have permission as user. Go to a console and type in "su" and then enter your root password. Then at

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Thread Nick Baker
On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:57 am, you wrote: > Hi, > > I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot > mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? > > cheers > > /giannis Giannis-- I had a similar problem and found the the solution on the Frankenlinux page about fstab: www.

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 02 Jun 2002 11:16 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Sirs, > > Has anyone any ideas on how to fax from OpenOffice. > > I have HylaFax set up, which can be used from the command line within my > Mandrake 8.2 . But using the ./spadmin tool to add a printer within > OpenOffice and 'Connect a Fax

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread ai4a
Anne Wilson wrote: > > OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, > W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo > back without having to reinstall Mandrake? > > Anne > > -

[newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Thread Giannis Krodiris
Hi,   I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot mount a floppy. Any suggestion??   cheers   /giannis

Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome & errors

2002-06-02 Thread Joan Tur
Es Diumenge 02 Juny 2002 16:05, en Sridhar Dhanapalan va escriure: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:33:52 +0200, Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hallo! > > > > Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start > > Gnome control center to change settings?? 8-? > > It works fine f

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread Sevatio
Anne Wilson wrote: > OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, > W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo > back without having to reinstall Mandrake? > > Anne > > > > --

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread David
Anne Wilson said onto me: -- |OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, |W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo |back without having to reinstall Mandrake? |

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:21 am, you wrote: > OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, > W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo > back without having to reinstall Mandrake? > > Anne Anne, if you can use your boot floppy, you did make on

[newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Thread Anne Wilson
OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome & errors

2002-06-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:33:52 +0200, Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo! > > Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start Gnome > control center to change settings?? 8-? It works fine for me. What seems to be the problem? Try loading it from a terminal (the comma

[newbie] Whats up with gcc?

2002-06-02 Thread darklord
Guys, I can't even compile one single program?! Whats up with that? I get the following error everytime I do a ./configure: Your gcc does not support even "i386" for '-march' and '-mcpu'. Any ideas? Geez, you have to be able to compile... --

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 23:51, Brian Parish wrote: > On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 22:50, Scott Wagner wrote: > > I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to >make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can >anyone tell me how to mak

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 22:50, Scott Wagner wrote: > I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make >a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can >anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My

Re: [newbie] Gnome-Desktop Problems

2002-06-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 23:46:38 +1000, Fordy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im having some trouble putting icons on my desktop. My desktop has no > icons whatsoever on it, and it doesn't have a pop-up menu when i right > click on it. In fact there seems to be nothing I can do to change the > desktop

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread John Inkpen
On June 2, 2002 12:50, Scott Wagner wrote: > I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm > trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the > Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on > a floppy with windows 98? My patc

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Thread John Inkpen
On June 2, 2002 03:27, shane wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 01 June 2002 07:55 pm, Brian Parish did speak unto the huddled > > masses, saying: > > > I will get one P1 running 8.2 working for my flatmate to use the > > > printer on the P3 and perhaps load W

[newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Thread Scott Wagner
I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page.  Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98?  My patch isn't working and I'm thinking its because

[newbie] Ximian Gnome & errors

2002-06-02 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start Gnome control center to change settings?? 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Balears AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from M

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread darklord
On Saturday 01 June 2002 04:27 pm, you wrote: > Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old > CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. > Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with > them? > > Miark Hey. If they are old versions of Mandrake, why not do what I did? Every t

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 20:00, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 > > Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 > > 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. > > Ideally a hub

[newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Sirs, Has anyone any ideas on how to fax from OpenOffice. I have HylaFax set up, which can be used from the command line within my Mandrake 8.2 . But using the ./spadmin tool to add a printer within OpenOffice and 'Connect a Fax device', I am required to select a driver. Ihave tried the 'Gener

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 > 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. > Ideally a hub is the way to go and it allows expansion. But i have > Scottis

Re: [newbie] Hibernation support for Linux?

2002-06-02 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 June 2002 10:59 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: > I was curious .. > > Does linux support hibernation on a laptop computer like window$ > does? It's all there - if you're running KDE look at the Control Center then under PowerControl. Not s

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 02 June 2002 3:37 am, Derek Byram wrote: > Pardon me BUT!, > > Isn't this off topic, off Linux, and off Mandrake??? It's not off-topic because I destroyed about 100 _Windows_ CDs (with old backups and similar) by putting them in the micro

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Thread Steve Maytum
One last thought! Where i come from they use them for visual toys for special needs kids. Any kids like that near you? Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Derek Byram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] W