[newbie] OT websites

2005-02-17 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi I have a server here at home that I mess around with running a none too interesting family site :-) I have a second site that i would like to get up and running. I was wondering if its possible to run two totally separate websites from one server on the same IP. Cheers -- John Willby

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 02:33, h k ball wrote: Yankl, Anne ... ... tried XFdrake, not there ... tried whereis X, find X, no XF's ... Did you do this as root? If you didn't it would report 'not found', as it is invisible to a user. To become

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In

Re: [newbie] OT websites

2005-02-17 Thread et
On Thursday 17 February 2005 04:01 am, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi I have a server here at home that I mess around with running a none too interesting family site :-) I have a second site that i would like to get up and running. I was wondering if its possible to run two totally separate

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote: Kaj ... ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded (1) ... need to connect to the net in CLI mod (how???) (2) ... download the Nvidia Vanta video card (how ? ... put in what directory so Xconfigurator can find it ) (3) ... rerun

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks, h k Where do you live ? I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as root) : ifconfig eth0. That is if

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In

[newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Lanman
Hey Folks. I'm having an interesting (read that as strange) event happening. Using KDE's Component Chooser (KDE 3.3.2) I selected Mozilla Firefox as my default browser. For the most part, everything is fine. But when I click on a hyperlink in an email (using Mozilla-Thunderbird which is also

Re: [newbie] Maintenance, what if any?

2005-02-17 Thread Chuck Mattsen
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:17:44 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you fail to do your maintenance there will be no noticeable effect until one day you cannot boot because your disc is full. (Just like the poster last week) Well, if you're referrin' to my dilemma of last week, not

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:36, Michael Hahn wrote: SNIP 1/ In MandrakeControlCentreNetworlManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. It is set up for DHCP, but the network it's on has a hardware router with a

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address.

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 14:36, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your

[newbie] Preferred applications

2005-02-17 Thread Jose Rafael Carrero Leon
how do i set the preferred applications, like the default web browser?. i'm using MDK10.1 and KDE 3.2.3 -- In a World without walls and fences who needs WINDOWS and GATES? - Jose Rafael Carrero Leon Linux User #355756

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-17 Thread H. Crissman
On Thursday 17 February 2005 01:46 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Did you install OOo with MDK10... It has a reasonable WYSIWYG html editor - no need to worry about syntax. What's the name of it? H. Crissman Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-17 Thread Philippe Landau
H. Crissman wrote: Did you install OOo with MDK10... It has a reasonable WYSIWYG html editor - no need to worry about syntax. What's the name of it? NVU, or it's predecessor OpenOffice composer. kind regards philippe Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] keyboard problem

2005-02-17 Thread Joris Hooijberg
Hello Rosemary, It looks like your keyboard-language settings are not right configured. You can fix this by running MenuDrake-System-configuration-configure your computer in KDE. Enter your root password, and click: Hardware, than click Keyboard. Now you see a listing of counry's, select the

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet

RE: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread h k ball
Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got program not found ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed mcc then my root password, got type root pasword for maintenace ... one other thing, the other day I got locked up, had

RE: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread h k ball
Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front ... (1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI (2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ? (3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried whereis XF, find XF ... nothing .. (lastly) .. I don't know what x

Re: [newbie] Desktop Background program

2005-02-17 Thread Travis Crook
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:22 +, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 23:44, Travis Crook wrote: Hi all, Quick question: when I try and manage my desktop background I get the following error message. snip Have you tried renaming

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-17 Thread Graham Watkins
BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Well my plans are moving ahead and I need to know if there is a user friendly web page design software package for linux that those of you have used and like. I'm using Mandrake 10.0. TIA B.J. Tracy I like Arachnophilia although if you are a complete novice regarding

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got program not found ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed mcc then my root password, got type root pasword for maintenace ... one other thing, the other day I got

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread hkball
Mikkel, Anne, Kaj ... ... did as you said, Mikkel, then said y to all fix questions, rebooted cleanly just fine, right into my user ... then did su entered my root password, logged into root, typed XFdrake, got bash: XFdrake: command not found HK -Original Message- From: Mikkel L.

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:41 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to

Re: [newbie] MySQL

2005-02-17 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
SOTL wrote: Hi All As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data base using MySQL. I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions that are not answered in the book. This computer is set up with all data located on a separate partition called

Re: [newbie] MySQL

2005-02-17 Thread David G Stevenson
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data base using MySQL. I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions that are not answered in the book. This computer is set up with all data located on a separate

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread bascule
you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies bascule On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 19:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: typed XFdrake, got bash: XFdrake: command not found -- And the child had a permanently runny nose

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 21:36, bascule wrote: you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies That is su (root password) urpmi drakxtools-newt Anne - -- Registered

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 17 February 2005 19:33, h k ball wrote: Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front ... (1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI (2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ? (3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried whereis

Re: [newbie] amaroK 1.2 final

2005-02-17 Thread Glenn
On Mon February 14 2005 18:05, Greg Meyer wrote: Does it work correctly with a new user? If so, you might try removing or renaming the following files and directories, which will start over and lose all your stats, but might work. Start with removing ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc and then

Re: [newbie] [OT]10 Gmail Invites

2005-02-17 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 February 2005 04:33, Amy wrote: Let me know if the original 10 offered are gone, I've got more than I can ever give out, and will be more than happy to share. ^_^ Why don´t you all get rid of these gmail invites at the site:

Re: [newbie] amaroK 1.2 final

2005-02-17 Thread Dan Gordon
On February 13, 2005 12:29 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: For anyone that have been using my beta packages of amaroK, I have test packages up for 1.2 final. I have been testing all morning, and everything seems good, but before 1.2 final is officially announced by the amaroK team, they would like to

Re: [newbie] How get from dos mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread yankl
On Thursday 17 February 2005 13:33, h k ball wrote: Kaj ... ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front You may be a Redneck if your Linux system boot in CLI. What part of Atlanta. I may be can call you since I am in Marietta. E-mail me off line. -- Yankl Tiny

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread joe
Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the

[newbie] About SpeedStream 5200 router

2005-02-17 Thread Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores
Hello all. I'm trying to set up an Internet server. I am connected through an ADSL, and the router is a Speed Stream 5200. The mandrake server is connected to such router, and this is connected to my phone line. However, I can't access my server's main web page (the server is Apache). Meanwhile

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying

[newbie] NTP

2005-02-17 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp which: no ntp in

Re: [newbie] NTP

2005-02-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp which: no ntp in

Re: [newbie] NTP

2005-02-17 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp

Re: [newbie] NTP

2005-02-17 Thread jdow
From: Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I get in terminal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q bash: ntpd: command not

Re: [newbie] Maintenance, what if any?

2005-02-17 Thread Duncan Anderson
Tim wrote: I noticed a few days ago somebody mentioned deleting log files tmp files, is this necessary? If so what else should i be doing? If i don't will it have an adverse affect on my system? The reason i ask is i,ve noticed Firefox Thunderbird are taking longer to load, only a few

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or links embedded in

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Lanman
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or

[newbie] Fwd: [Wylug-discuss] 'Firefox' Talk Notes

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I thought this may be useful to firefox users Anne - -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [Wylug-discuss] 'Firefox' Talk Notes Date: Thursday 17 Feb 2005 23:13 From: Smylers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wylug Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-17 Thread SnapafunFrank
Graham Watkins wrote: BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Well my plans are moving ahead and I need to know if there is a user friendly web page design software package for linux that those of you have used and like. I'm using Mandrake 10.0. TIA B.J. Tracy I like Arachnophilia although if you are a