RE: [newbie] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cablemodem.

2002-09-29 Thread Bo Rosén
mån 2002-09-30 klockan 08.35 skrev Mark Berkwitt: > Then you chose the 'network' option when mandrake install asked for you to > cofigure eth0? Eh, not sure, probably. I do remember it said "lan" though, but I used the installer in Swedish and don't know what minor differences in wording there ma

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Les Henderson
On 29 Sep 2002, Bo [ISO-8859-1] Rosén wrote: > sön 2002-09-29 klockan 02.55 skrev Eric S. Dye: > > I am using Mozilla browser, which I assume is a derivative of Netscape. > The other way aound is closer to the facts, I suppose. Netscape 6.x is > based on the open source Mozilla 1.x. > > > I am un

RE: [newbie] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cablemodem.

2002-09-29 Thread Mark Berkwitt
Then you chose the 'network' option when mandrake install asked for you to cofigure eth0? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bo Rosén > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] New instal

Re: [newbie] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cablemodem.

2002-09-29 Thread Bo Rosén
mån 2002-09-30 klockan 05.59 skrev Mark Berkwitt: > I know this should be so simple, but Mandrake just doesn't get it. > eth0 using tulip is connected to my cable modem. I have it set to dhcp as it > should. On installation I have 2 nics. eth1 is for a nic I plan to use in > the future, but it's n

[newbie] Was Mandrake 9.0 ready for release?

2002-09-29 Thread Mark Berkwitt
Too many problems. 1) I use a MS Intelli-mouse and just like in 8.2 if I select a wheel mouse the cursor goes nuts. 2) Whether I select "cable" or "network" my browser won't work. If I start with 2 nics and later try to reconfig with just one in the box it still won't access the internet. 3) While

[newbie] mandrake 9.0 questions

2002-09-29 Thread Vincent Chen
Hi, all I just got 9.0 installed and found the following problem: 1. the banner showes Mandrake Linux release 9.0 (Cooker) for i586 why cooker? where does the dophin go? just curious. 2. I pass 'console=ttyS1' to kernel during boot. I tries the same staff in 8.2 but got nothing while startup

[newbie] Install freeze

2002-09-29 Thread The Antiwesley
I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds

Re: [newbie] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cable modem.

2002-09-29 Thread jbarron201
I,m running 9.0 with the same setup I use two nic,s because I use it both ways on cable modem.Mine came right up ,the one not connected fails. Joe > I know this should be so simple, but Mandrake just doesn't get it. > eth0 using tulip is connected to my cable modem. I have it set to dhcp as it > s

[newbie] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cable modem.

2002-09-29 Thread Mark Berkwitt
I know this should be so simple, but Mandrake just doesn't get it. eth0 using tulip is connected to my cable modem. I have it set to dhcp as it should. On installation I have 2 nics. eth1 is for a nic I plan to use in the future, but it's not connected for now. During install I specified to use et

[newbie] LISa

2002-09-29 Thread Berkeley Lab
Trying to set her up and have encountered some problems. I have gone though the inital setup and have confirmed that it is running however when I try to browse my lan in Konqueror it tells me the lisa daemon is not running and needs to be setup by the admin. Any ideas? Thanks Want to buy y

[newbie] re: USB visor syncing

2002-09-29 Thread Pat Koch
Greetings, I was able to get my visor to sync with Evolution by changing the user name to my user name in Mandrake, and the name of the Pilot Name setting to the proper name for Handspring Visor in the Pilot Setting under Gnome configuration peripherals.Somehow after I installed Mandrake 9.0 with

Re: SOLUTION --> RE: [newbie] Getting "mount -t smbfs" to connectto a windows Fileservershare!

2002-09-29 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 12:56, Ralph M. Los wrote: > Mount -t smbfs -o username=,workgroup= > //device/share /mnt/ > > That works perfectly. It just asks me for a password and I'm good. Good deal. So are we having fun yet? ;) --LX > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

Re: [newbie] Mandrake9.0 with WindowsXP

2002-09-29 Thread Michael Notforyou
Yes, but ONLY IN READ-ONLY MODE! On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 22:03, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: > Hi All, > > This may sound dumb, but when Mandrakes website says it can support > NTFS natively, does that include WindowsXP's version of NTFS (NTFS 5.1 I > think). Can someone help. Thanks in a

[newbie] hdparm and cd drive

2002-09-29 Thread L.V.Gandhi
Should hdparm be run for a cdrom device say /dev/hdd after it is mounted? I have HP 9100c cd writer. Enabling dma for it is worthwhile or not? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA

[newbie] Mandrake9.0 with WindowsXP

2002-09-29 Thread Craig Williamson (ENZ)
Title: Mandrake9.0 with WindowsXP Hi All,     This may sound dumb, but when Mandrakes website says it can support NTFS natively, does that include WindowsXP's version of NTFS (NTFS 5.1 I think).  Can someone help.  Thanks in advance. Craig

[newbie] more newbie questions

2002-09-29 Thread William Chan
Thanks to those who helped answer my previous questions, and now I have some more. I'm planning on doing a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0. Before doing so, I'd like to know how I should partition my 15 gig hard drive. I'd like to run both a small web server and an ftp server for friends' to anon

Re: [newbie] burning ISOs

2002-09-29 Thread Technoslick
I see that your Dell Inspiron 7500 either has a CD-ROM/Floppy Drive or DVD-ROM/Floppy Dive unit in the Media Bay. Assuming that I understand correctly: 1) your CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive is able to read commercially produced CDs flawlessly; 2) you aren't specifically speaking of being able to b

Re: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 2:37 pm, Derek Jennings did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > urpmi.addmedia contribs > ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/contrib/RPM >S with ./synthesis.hdlist2.cz i _REALLY_ needed th

[newbie] Upgrading

2002-09-29 Thread Chris
I ordered the 9.0 Power Pack the other night, when it comes in what is the best way to upgrade? Install over the old 8.2 or backup my /home partition, clean off the drive, install 9.0 and then restore my home partiton. Also, does anyone know if 9.0 supports the HP Scanjet 4400c or will I stil

Re: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 29 Sep 2002 11:06 pm, shane wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 September 2002 2:37 pm, Derek Jennings did speak unto the > > huddled masses, saying: > > urpmi.addmedia contribs > > ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/contri

Re: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 29 Sep 2002 10:06 pm, shane wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 September 2002 2:10 am, fifner the dragon did speak unto the > > huddled masses, saying: > > > you don't need to have the samba server running, but you do need the > > > samba client stu

Re: [newbie] burning ISOs

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 1:57 pm, Paul Rodriguez did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: >I have attempted to burn the Mandrake 9.0 ISOs several times. In all > occasions, the CD was not readable on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. The > CD d

Re: [newbie] xtra cd's in powerpack?

2002-09-29 Thread Mike Bujtas
- Original Message - From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: [newbie] xtra cd's in powerpack? > Hi there all, > > Could anyone tell me what is on the xtra 4 cd's that comprise the powerpack edition, as compared to

Re: [newbie] msec question

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 18 September 2002 10:10 pm, Mohammed Sameer did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > > I've been using wvdial on my LM8.1 box to connect to my ISP. I've not > > been able to get a normal user account to be able to use wvdial. I >

Re: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 2:10 am, fifner the dragon did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > > you don't need to have the samba server running, but you do need the > > samba client stuff.. > > > > then just install komba2 and off you go. > >

Re: [newbie] Constant computer crashes

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 1:45 pm, Sharrea did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Can't remember exactly which KDE styles were causing problems at the time > but "System++", "System-Series", "Keramik" and "Mosfet's Liquid" (the > latter two

[newbie] burning ISOs

2002-09-29 Thread Paul Rodriguez
I have attempted to burn the Mandrake 9.0 ISOs several times. In all occasions, the CD was not readable on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. The CD did, however, work on my desktop. When I put the CD in the laptop tray, it seeks for approximately 15 seconds before giving up. I have tried differen

[newbie] net mon

2002-09-29 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 since knetload appears to not be part of 9.0 anyone else recommend a good traffic graphic? or just know a command to start the one that mandrake starts if you connect after booting? - -- Vini, vidi, Linux. I came, I saw, I got a real OS. shane Pro

Re: [newbie] Constant computer crashes

2002-09-29 Thread Sharrea
On Sunday 29 Sep 2002 8:39 pm, Marcia wrote: > This sounds like it could be my problem. I just remembered that KDE > started to give me some problems with my older machine and there was > nothing wrong with my machine. I am going on intuition about this but I > really think that is it. Thanks for

Re: [newbie] LM 9 scsi problem

2002-09-29 Thread Norman
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: >I installed Mandrake 9 yesterday, no apparent problems. I tried using my HP >5p SCSI scanner today and xsane can't see it. If I do "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" >both my SCSI devices are recognized. I have a CD burner set up as IDE-SCSI >that had been working fine along with th

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Linus Drouhard
I tried that. Her XP box refuses to let me in. I should be ok with the three computers. Is this three computers networked to the XP machine? (total of 4) or three computers total? What did you use to network your XP box? Komba? Samba? something else? Thanks for the help. Linus On Sunday

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Linus Drouhard
Thanks, but where/how do I enter the smbpasswd? Is this on the XP box? On my Linux box? Thanks again. Linus On Sunday 29 September 2002 03:02 am, Franki wrote: > Sorry, that should have been: > > smbpasswd -a username > > its sunday, what do you expect??? :-) > > > rgds > > Franki > > -O

Re: [newbie] Unable to sync Handspring Visor on 9.0: SOLVED!

2002-09-29 Thread Dale Morris
Not sure what I did, tryed to sync with kpilot and got a connection, after that I am able to sync with with j-pilot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xtra cd's in powerpack?

2002-09-29 Thread Angus Auld
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:43:02 +0500 "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there all, > > > > Could anyone tell me what is on the xtra 4 cd's that comprise the powerpack >edition, as compared to the standard or download editions...besides StarOffice 6? > > > > I don't need to k

[newbie] Mozilla craches KDE

2002-09-29 Thread fifner the dragon
Hi, I installed Mandrake 9 and Mozilla keeps hanging the system. The only solution I have found is to reboot using the computers power button. Has anyone else had the same problem? Or maybe someone has a solution? By the way, where in the file structure can I find Mozilla? Cheers, Fifner --

RE: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread Franki
Nice simple answer would be to open a console window and type: urpmi komba2 that should do it for you. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: fifner the dragon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2002 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] accessing win20

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Bo Rosén
sön 2002-09-29 klockan 02.55 skrev Eric S. Dye: > I am using Mozilla browser, which I assume is a derivative of Netscape. The other way aound is closer to the facts, I suppose. Netscape 6.x is based on the open source Mozilla 1.x. > I am unable to get any sound when I open up web pages. I have

RE: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Franki
Sorry, that should have been: smbpasswd -a username its sunday, what do you expect??? :-) rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2002 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Newbie Subject: RE: [newbie

RE: [newbie] Setting Up Modems, Printers, and a Home Network

2002-09-29 Thread Franki
have you setup usernames and passwords for her login onto your linux box and vice versa??? smbpasswd username (its also handy to make a unix login for her using her username and password on your box.) Then do the same on the XP machine, add a username and password that you can use in Komba2 to

RE: [newbie] accessing win2000 partition without samba

2002-09-29 Thread Franki
you don't need to have the samba server running, but you do need the samba client stuff.. then just install komba2 and off you go. as for your NTFS queston..: yes to Read, no to write. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of fifn