Re: [newbie] Off Topic (post to list)

2002-08-22 Thread et
On Thursday 22 August 2002 07:30 am, you wrote: > I must apologise to everyone on this list. After i replied to a couple of > postings i realised i'd messed up! Posted at TOP not Bottom. Purely > unintentional and please forgive me. Any flame gracefully accepted at this > point. Regards [EMAIL PR

[newbie] Re: An apology to daRcmaTTeR and the list

2002-08-22 Thread Mark Weaver
Fred Fraley wrote: > I'd like to offer an apology for my tone to daRcmaTTeR and the list. I > posted a message "Problem with updates at end of installation", and got a > bit, well, pissy at daRcmaTTeR's response to me. > On another users tip, I looked back at daRcmaTTeR's posts and

[newbie] IP scaning

2002-08-22 Thread Bruno Reis
Can anyone tell me how do i do an IP scanning, scanning a range of ip´s under linux to know if they are alive and are their names. Anyone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop

2002-08-22 Thread UrLoverGuy13
In a message dated 8/22/2002 2:57:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: probably a bad download, or a bad CD burn. try downloading and burning your CD again. those 'failed' packages are sign of big trouble. it shouldn't happen. (oh BTW during the installation, make sure you

[newbie] kmail with nested folders -> Evolution?

2002-08-22 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm considering moving, and there appears to be a problemette with Evolution's import. Although it can import a 'single file' mbox, it cannot import a folder hierarchy containing multiple mbox files, as my installation of kmail has. (Entering /hom

Re[2]: [newbie] CD burning software

2002-08-22 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, >> Dose any one have any suggestions on CD duplication software? I copy a >> lot of cd's. I have tried X-CD-Roost but it only can read and copy >> from the CD Write drive. > If you want to write on the fly you will need to add scsi emulation for > your cdrom drive and then set it as your re

Re: [newbie] 1024 cylinder limit

2002-08-22 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:02:58 +0100, "Peter Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many thanks to everyone who replied to my question about swap file sizes. > > Now I have another concern. > > I have an 80GB hard drive with one partition containing windows XP and > formatted NTFS. > > I plan to us

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 and Linux Standard Base

2002-08-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday August 21 2002 09:46 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Wednesday 21 August 2002 12:27 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > http://www.opengroup.org/lsb/cert/cert_prodlist.tpl?CALLER=index.tp > >l > > > > Right from the horses mouth. Note that Mandrake was LSB > > certified before either

Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop

2002-08-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 4:44 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I am a linux newbie, and I am very interested in learning linux. I > downloaded Linux 8.2, and i tried installing it but it has about 5 errors > while installing the packages. Installation went through fine, and the > packages didn

[newbie] An apology to daRcmaTTeR and the list

2002-08-22 Thread Fred Fraley
I'd like to offer an apology for my tone to daRcmaTTeR and the list. I posted a message "Problem with updates at end of installation", and got a bit, well, pissy at daRcmaTTeR's response to me. On another users tip, I looked back at daRcmaTTeR's posts and see he is not a typic

Re: [newbie] 1024 cylinder limit

2002-08-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:02:58 +0100 "Peter Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However the PM manual containds dire > warnings about a linux bootable partition needing to be below the 1024 > cylinder (8GB) boundary. > > Is this still a problem with LM 8.2 and if so what would be the best > way r

Re: [newbie] Off Topic (post to list)

2002-08-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 12:30 pm, you wrote: > I must apologise to everyone on this list. After i replied to a couple of > postings i realised i'd messed up! Posted at TOP not Bottom. Purely > unintentional and please forgive me. Any flame gracefully accepted at this > point. Regards [EMAIL PROTE

[newbie] 1024 cylinder limit

2002-08-22 Thread Peter Watson
Many thanks to everyone who replied to my question about swap file sizes. Now I have another concern. I have an 80GB hard drive with one partition containing windows XP and formatted NTFS. I plan to use Partitionmagic 7.0 to shrink this partition to 40GB thus leaving me 40GB to install LM 8.2.

Re: [newbie] What version (distro?) to run on my new box?

2002-08-22 Thread Derek Jennings
My vote would be to use Mandrake 8.2 download edition. Thanks to a screwup in the building of the Powerpacks, there are actually fewer applications on it, than on the download edition. (Apart from the commercial applications which apart from SO6 are not usually of much interest) A download ed

[newbie] Off Topic (post to list)

2002-08-22 Thread Steve Maytum
I must apologise to everyone on this list. After i replied to a couple of postings i realised i'd messed up! Posted at TOP not Bottom. Purely unintentional and please forgive me. Any flame gracefully accepted at this point. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. C

Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop

2002-08-22 Thread Steve Maytum
No offence intended , but how did you begin the installation and set-up? Some background along with error messages will help people to advise in a better fashion. If possible , post soon while it's fresh in your mind. Actually , i know just how you feel , i've been there with many others , but we

Re: [newbie]Single Network Firewall, Xwindow Configuration Problem

2002-08-22 Thread et
On Thursday 22 August 2002 04:59 am, you wrote: > Not sure where to ask this (Don't think there's an SNF Mail list and if > there is, its hidden in some cave somewhere run by a Yogi who subsists > on rice & fish with my luck). > > Anyway... To the point of this email... or blunt end...whichever yo

Re: [newbie] 8.2 installation, and desktop

2002-08-22 Thread et
On Thursday 22 August 2002 01:06 am, you wrote: > (response below quote) Bottom posting is considered "good form" here, thanks. > On Wednesday 21 August 2002 23:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, I am a linux newbie, and I am very interested in learning linux. > > > I welcome > > downloaded

Re: [newbie] What version (distro?) to run on my new box?

2002-08-22 Thread Steve Maytum
Unless i'm mistaken , all distros revolce around the kernel capabilities. Therefore whichever distro you use is O.K. Personally i use Mandrake (the first distro i installed sucessfully!) However Slackware and Debian are two alternatives that are supposedly better for somethings as long as you are

Re: [newbie]Single Network Firewall, Xwindow Configuration Problem

2002-08-22 Thread Dan LaBine
Dear Femme; All is well! Do not dispair! You must have missed the part - during the last page or two of the install regarding how to administer your firewall. Enhance your calm! Open a browser on a different machine, and point it to the IP address which you gave to SNF for your internal network ca

Re: [newbie] What version (distro?) to run on my new box?

2002-08-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 5:52 am, you wrote: > All right folks, > > I'm about to order all the parts for my new machine, and I'm going to order > the OS along with it. What do I order? I'm open to anything. I would be > very interested in beginning a Debian learning curve, so that's one > possibili

Re: [newbie] Mounting devices

2002-08-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 21 Aug 2002 11:48 pm, you wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > 1) How can I mount the Datafab card reader? > > > 2) Is the film scanner unusable unless I can find a sane driver for it? > > When I tried to install it with a driver that looked possible I trashed > > my installation, so I

Re: [newbie] Mounting devices

2002-08-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 21 Aug 2002 10:41 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:32:21 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Canon file scanner which I have not yet been able to access, and > > a USB SmartMedia/CF card reader. Both appear to be recognised, but this > > is as far as

Re: [newbie]Single Network Firewall, Xwindow Configuration Problem

2002-08-22 Thread FemmeFatale
Not sure where to ask this (Don't think there's an SNF Mail list and if there is, its hidden in some cave somewhere run by a Yogi who subsists on rice & fish with my luck). Anyway... To the point of this email... or blunt end...whichever you prefer. I've successfully setup the SNF Distro that M

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Geometries

2002-08-22 Thread John Richard Smith
Ron Bouwhuis wrote: >--- John Richard Smith ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I once took the problem up with two harddrive >>manufacturers, as to why >>you get >>two different sizes for the same drive , depending >>upon which machine >>you put it in, >>and indeed why the manufacturers siz

Re: [newbie] Upgrading Mozilla

2002-08-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 15 Aug 2002 10:18 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I'm fairly sure my Mozilla got corrupted a while back, as I seem to have > > problems that didn't exist before. Is it possible to d/l 1.0 and use it > > to upgrade the current installation, so that I can ke