[newbie] Any XyMTeX users out there?

2005-03-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, all the listers. I wish to use the XyMTeX package to type chemical structures, but am having difficulties. 1) The source file has the extension .lzh, which I've never seen. How do I unpack and install it? 2) I'm a plain TeX user, whereas XyMTeX is said to be called within LaTeX files.

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am Samstag, den 26.03.2005, 10:03 +1100 schrieb John Layt: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul There's always the Gimp, but for something easier

[newbie] Problem with openssl installation

2005-03-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, listers: in order to install w3m in my system (Mandrake 10.1 Community) I'm trying to install the package openssl-0.9.7e.tar.gz, with: $ ./config $ make $ make test $ make install as suggested in the install file, but during the '$ make' step the following message went on appearing:

Re: [newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-devel, and so forth for all the packages you need. The libraries are probably already installed, but you need the development packages that go with them if you want to compile your own programs that use them. Unfortunately: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rodolfo]# urpmi libXaw3d7-devel no package named

Re: [newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rodolfo Medina wrote: From: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/R6.3/ I downloaded the package Xaw3d-1.5.tar.gz but have problems with its installation (I have Mandrake 10.1 Community). Can anyone provide help? when I build Emacs CVS it doesn't detect the presence of Xaw3d in my system:

[newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, all the listers. From: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/R6.3/ I downloaded the package Xaw3d-1.5.tar.gz but have problems with its installation (I have Mandrake 10.1 Community). Can anyone provide help? In the README.XAW3D file contained in the distribution the following steps are

Re: [newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rodolfo Medina wrote: From: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/R6.3/ I downloaded the package Xaw3d-1.5.tar.gz but have problems with its installation (I have Mandrake 10.1 Community). Can anyone provide help? In the README.XAW3D file contained in the distribution the following steps

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I mounted the macos disk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda112.9G 2.3G 430M 85% / /dev/hda108.2G 7.9G 266M 97% /mnt/macos is -la /mnt/macos produced the info below. nb - Notice the date Jan 1904! I checked

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd forgotten to edit my email 'to' in the header. Hope this is now corrected. As regards the permissions problem - What is really needed is a command that tells all my macos files to forget _all_ their file permissions. Then perhaps I can start again...? Reverting or resetting doesn't seem

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried chmod +wx * ( you did mean * =/mnt/macos?) It didn't unlock any files,I'm afraid... n. On Tuesday 08 February 2005 09:52 am, David G Stevenson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mounted the macos disk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stevenson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried chmod +wx * ( you did mean * =/mnt/macos?) It didn't unlock any files,I'm afraid... n. su cd /mnt/macos chmod +rx * locked = not writable (or executable) permisions ? Just checking we have the correct terminology :-) On Tuesday 08

[newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was trying to change the permissions of my macintosh OS 9 partition and I inadvertently locked all the mac files. I've unlocked the majority of files again,by hand,but I was wondering if there was a mandrake konsole command that would unlock every file on that partition,just incase I've missed

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was trying to change the permissions of my macintosh OS 9 partition and I inadvertently locked all the mac files. I've unlocked the majority of files again,by hand,but I was wondering if there was a mandrake konsole command that would unlock every file

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I checked my .bash_history and I did two things: 1)chmod 4755 /mnt/macos 2)chmod 666 /mnt/macos I tried chown but didn't get it to work. On Monday 07 February 2005 05:03 pm, RickSisler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think chmod (and chown) got me into this problem

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Could you post the output of: # ls -la /mnt/macos It gave this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -la /mnt/macos total 8 dr--r-x--x 2 root users 4096 Jan 8 18:03 ./ drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 Jan 8 11:20 ../ btw.. if you didn't know.. you could take a look at the info pages for chmod

[newbie] RealPlayer

2005-02-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know how to record realaudio streams? I tried using mplayer but either set it up incorrectly,or,because I use'tkpppoe' and an external modem, which uses ethernet, I wasn't able to connect. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] RealPlayer

2005-02-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: --On Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:50:10 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to record realaudio streams? I tried using mplayer but either set it up incorrectly,or,because I use'tkpppoe' and an external modem, which uses ethernet, I wasn't able to connect. Try vsound

Re: [newbie] Linux commands...???

2005-02-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'll try thiis fix tonight! -thanks so much. On Thursday 03 February 2005 11:44 pm, Eric Huff wrote: I get the eth0 internet connection failure thing.It works OK though.It just annoying... A couple solutions: - Thanks to several tips I found my problem.

Re: [newbie] KwikDisk

2005-02-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in a similar way. Having said that, I'm now working with some programs I could never have got working with the old distro. On Friday 04 February 2005 02:03 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux

Re: [newbie] Linux commands...???

2005-02-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I get the eth0 internet connection failure thing.It works OK though.It just annoying... On Thursday 03 February 2005 01:02 pm, Graham Watkins wrote: Dunno what it means but I get it all the time. In my case eth0 refers to my internet connection which works perfectly once the computer is up

[newbie] KwikDisk

2005-02-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've never been able to start KwikDisk. It tries to start and then just hangs. Is there a patch that fixes it,or is it just me? I suppose PPC users have a lot more bugs...? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] no memory left can't get to kde

2005-01-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was able to get in as root at the command prompt. Then ls'd the root directory and rm'd loads of files. Thankfully it worked after I had rm'd about 30 files! Serves me right playing around with ardour.It can create large snd files. I had to rm file by file and the permissions wouldn't allow me

[newbie] 'muse' on ppc 10.1 official

2005-01-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed muse and when I try to start it I get: xfatal error: open /dev/rtc failed: No such device or address I ran mknod and created an rtc device like this: mknod /dev/rtc b 11 0 chgrp root /dev/rtc chmod 666 /dev/rtc I started muse again and got the same error message. I'm trying to use

Re: [newbie] Xscreensavers not working from within KDE control Center

2005-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like to update my xscreensaver as well. Where can it be found? Should I use easy Urmp to configurei? On Wednesday 12 January 2005 09:40 am, frengoGorgia wrote: Il mer, 2005-01-12 alle 04:28, Mikkel L. Ellertson ha scritto: Troy Wolfe wrote: All, I am haveing a problem getting the

[newbie] 'i18n' directory

2005-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, all. My system (Mdk 9.1, but also Mdk 10.1 Community) lacks of the subdir 'i18n' within the dir '/usr/share'. Does anybody know how to install it? It contains the two subsubdirs 'charmaps' and 'locales'. Thanks for any help, Rodolfo

Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure (2)

2005-01-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rodolfo Medina wrote: I understand that giving as root a command like urpmi.addmedia thac http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ./hdlist.cz , an urpmi repository will be set up in my system, and after that the urpmf command will hopefully be able to find, e.g., that the gconf-2.0.pc subpackage

Re: [newbie] Install Question

2005-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. Is it feasable to remove the XP drive, attach the FAT32 drive to the Primary Interface, Install Mandrake Linux and then move the drive back to the secondary Interface to permit Windows XP boot record to control where I boot from? Cy Halbach -- Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 07

[newbie] Mandrake Linux 10.1 will not install.

2005-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Mandrake Linux 10.1 on CD and I also downloded the DVD ISO. On either I boot from teh CD and start the Install. It starts the process, then reboots and the XP Boot Menu comes up, the CDROM (Or DVD) reboots and the process starts all over again. I have removed all drives and

Re: [newbie] Install Question

2005-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Mikkel, I will try subscribing to the expert list and see if someone can help. Cy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't remember if the standard install offers the option, or if you need to pick expert, but there is an option to have lilo install to the boot partition. I believe

[newbie] Install Question

2005-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a new Mandrake CD 10.1 Linux and I have XP already on my system. I installed a FAT32 Hard Drive on the Second IDE interface as a Slave since the CDROM is primary. Can I install Linux on that drive and expect it to BOOT up since Windows XP seems to provide a BOOT from any device?

[newbie] 1)booting failsafe kernel? 2)Openmotif for 10.1 ppc?

2004-12-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've installed 10.1 ppc on a Mac G3 pismo. Everything kinda works but I've two questions. I'm having to boot the failsafe kernel. How can I have the failsafe load automatically so I can stop typing '2681-122' each time? Is there an openMotif mdk.ppc.rpm and where can I download it? The

[newbie] Any 'Wine' expert out there?

2004-12-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. Does anybody have any experience about Wine, how to install it and how to make it work? I've had problems with it, and the help I got from the wine-users mailing list didn't manage to solve them. I installed Wine in order to run MS Word with it, since *unfortunately* in job applications it

[newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
directories except for the /mnt dir, and that the other users could not even read those directories (except for /mnt, again). I obtained the following output of 'ls -l /' [EMAIL PROTECTED] rodolfo]$ ls -l / total 52 drwxr-x--x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 16:05 bin/ drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 Dec 20 11:41

Re: [newbie] Re: The effect of

2004-12-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. The /dev, /proc and /sys dirs have turned back to be readable by other users, what I don't want. Any other hints will be appreciated. The system will not work with those set unreadable to other than root. {^_^} I just checked and indeed, even with a sec level=4 and even 5, some subdirs of

[newbie] How to make changes to the current security level?

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. I set a security level 4, with # msec 4 . After that, a normal user can't reboot the system any more with '$ reboot', and I wanted to restore this possibility. In 'man msec' it is said: If you want to make changes to the current level, use [...]

[newbie] The effect of 'chgrp' is not pemanent?

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. I've noticed that, strangely, the effect of the command 'chgrp' is not permanent: I did # chgrp rodolfo /* and then # ls -l / and got the following output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rodolfo]# ls -l / total 52 drwxr-x--x 2 root rodolfo 4096 Dec 17 16:05 bin/ drwxr-x--x 3 root rodolfo

[newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Todd, thanks Richard: Todd wrote: I really question the need to have your entire system group owned by a simple user. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. Better to su when you need to, or learn how to set up sudo. Richard wrote: Are you sure you know what you're doing? To me this

[newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...Maybe a simple solution would be to add rodolfo to group 'root' in addition to group 'rodolfo'? I'm looking for the proper linux command to do so. Rodolfo Regala e regalati Libero ADSL: 3 mesi gratis, navighi veloce e scarichi

[newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, Derek. You say: [...] you are completely ruining security by trying to give a user access to root files. [...] So you mean that security level 2, which gives a user access to *read* all the files of the '/' dir and its subdirs except for the /root dir, completely ruins security? Why

Re: [newbie] Re: The effect of

2004-12-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Removing read permission from directories would indeed limit user rodolfo as well as user alberto, but that is where sudoers can help you. sudoers would give rodolfo permission to perform certain commands as if he were root user. Yes, the problem with sudoers is that (as far as I know) one

[newbie] How to give different permissions to different users?

2004-12-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the 'man chmod' page I couldn't find an answer to this question: how can the administrator give permissions of a certain file or directory say, to user Paul but not to user Peter? E.g., suppose I'm the superuser and want to give Paul but not Peter the permission to read the directory '/'. With

[newbie] Output of 'ls -l ...'

2004-12-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I do ,e.g., $ ls -l / , I get: total 52 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:44 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 18 21:32 boot/ drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3800 Dec 18 21:32 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 Dec 18 21:32 etc/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:45 home/

[newbie] Re: How to give different permissions to different users?

2004-12-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rodolfo wrote: In the 'man chmod' page I couldn't find an answer to this question: how can the administrator give permission of a certain file or directory say, to user Paul but not to user Peter? E.g., suppose I'm the superuser and want to give Paul but not Peter the permission to read the

[newbie] More about file permissions

2004-12-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By clicking onto a file's icon with the mouse's right button and entering 'Properties', it is possible to change at pleasure and in detail all the possible options about permissions: wether the owner, group and others can read, read and write or neither that file or directory. is it possible to

[newbie] PPTP with 10.1

2004-12-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone able to give me help in getting PPTP working with 10.1? Issue seems to be MPPE support Gary Hunter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

[newbie] Mdk 10.1 Community unable to install kernel-source?

2004-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi. In my Mdk 10.1 Community, when I tried to install the kernel-source with the command '# urpmi kernel-source', first I got the message unable to read rpm file [/mnt/cdrom/media/main2/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-10mdk. i586.rpm] from medium Installation

Re: [newbie] Mdk 10.1 Community unable to install kernel-source?

2004-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rodolfo Medina wrote: In my Mdk 10.1 Community, when I tried to install the kernel-source with the command '# urpmi kernel-source', first I got the message unable to read rpm file [/mnt/cdrom/media/main2/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-10mdk. i586.rpm] from

[newbie] billing system

2004-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, Can any one help me to get the billing system on Linux, I am running an Internet cafe with sixteen computers and eight phones. I am trying to get billing system that could help me. i am running mandrake 10 on the computers. Regards Solly

[newbie] bandwidth management tool.

2004-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, Can you help me to get simple network management tool i have tried MRTG but is complicated to set it up. Regards Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

[newbie] Mandrake on portable hd

2004-10-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, I'm new for linux. I would like to know if is it possible to install linux on a hd portable usb 2. Without lilo. My notebook have the boot from usb. I want to know how it is possible. Now I have two partition FAT32 on the hd portable. Thanks Nico

Re: [newbie] Mandrake on portable hd

2004-10-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think is very expensive! I spent 100 euros for an hd of 120MB! Da: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:36:49 +0100 A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto: Re: [newbie] Mandrake on portable hd On Thursday 07 October 2004 12:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm new

[newbie] Keyboard Problem

2004-08-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I have a Notebook on which is installed Linux Mandrake, now i have a problem using the keyboard. I can't type these 2 digits '{' and '}', so i think i have problems with the keypad, i tryed to set the keyboard using the KDE configuaration tool and even by the shelldoes any anyone can

Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem

2004-08-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
driver for notebook keyboards ? sorry 4 my bad english. Tanks -- Initial Header --- From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : Date : Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:41:13 +0100 Subject : Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem During installation you should

Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem

2004-08-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mine too...the layout is ITif this can help you when i try this sequence under the shell FN+ALT+(keypad nums to make ascii signs) the shell tell me all linux commands ! thanks -- Initial Header --- From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc

RE: [newbie] Samba server not working

2004-05-26 Thread Misinezis Efstratios ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
using SWAT...so I assume the problem is how to resolve your host.. -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: , 26 2004 4:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba server not working On Wednesday 26 May 2004 13:00, Video 4Linux wrote: I'm trying

[newbie] MDK / 366 Celeron, 64 megs / DNS server ?

2004-01-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a spare 366 Celeron with 64 megs of ram and about a 5 gig hd. I am connected through a broadband router. I was wondering if it might be possible to have the Celeron comp be a domain name server for my main computer, my mdk 9.2 box. I have been asked -- what kind of DNS server ? well, i

[newbie] i am looking for a multiserver multipriroity binary usenet reader for gnome

2004-01-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i am looking for a multiserver multipriroity binary usenet reader for gnome can anyone recommend one ? does it exist ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] nforce Chipset and Mandrake 9.2

2003-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, Is anyone using or had experience getting the nforce chipset to work under 9.2? I downloaded the nVidia driver (NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar.gz) but I haven't been able to compile it. I got a bunch of compile errors. I upgraded from 9.1 and my soung and ethernet both were working

Re: [newbie-it] Sony Vaio PCG-GRT815E

2003-11-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hai verificato se il portatile usa un acpi nella blacklist del sito http://acpi.sourceforge.net Controllerò. consiglio una letta a http://www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html spiega un pò di cose su acpi Va bene insomma... il portatile potrebbe affidarsi ad esso perl'enumerazione delle

[newbie-it] xine

2003-11-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ciao a tutti chi è che ha la slackware 9.1 e riesce a vedere i dvd con xine? se c'è qualcuno, mi saprebbe dire come cavolo fa, visto che ci sto uscendo matto? grazie a tutti gianluca

[newbie-it] pppd

2003-11-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
provo a collegarmi ad internet con kppp su una slackware 9.1, e dopo aver composto il numero, ho un messaggio di errore che dice che pppd è terminato in modo inaspettato con exit status 1. ho dato un'occhiata al man, ma non è esplicativo più di tanto riguardo al codice di errore. premendo sui

[newbie-it] Sony Vaio PCG-GRT815E

2003-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ho acquistato un Sony Vaio PCG-GRT815E, poichè il modello compatibile con Linux, illustrato da un utente in Linux-on-laptop.com non è più in commercio. Le uniche distribuzioni che sono riuscita ad installare sono: Mandrake 8.2 e Slackware 9.0, tutte le altre si bloccavano, durante

[newbie-it] internet connessione e stato

2003-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao a tutti, Uso Linux Mandrake 9.2 da 2gg con gnome sono un principiante assoluto, scusate per cui la banalita' dei miei problemi: ho una connessione con modem funzionante a 56kbit che attivo e disattivo con una procedura che mi sembra piuttosto contorta: centro di controllo | psw di root |

[newbie-it] Desktop virtuali, multisessioni contemporanee, startX

2003-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao, Scusate, lo so che esistono i manuali e li leggero' ma ci vuole tempo, potete dirmi voi come creo un nuovo utente? come chiudo l'interfaccia grafica una volta effettuata la login grafica? come faccio a dire al S.O. se partire con l'interfaccia grafica o meno? come faccio a passare da un

Re: [newbie-it] Desktop virtuali, multisessioni contemporanee, startX

2003-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grazie a tutti, per i suggerimenti... c'e' un modo per vedere i comandi che vengono inviati alla shell quando si fa un click col mouse? il Tuesday 18 November 2003 12:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto riguardo a [newbie-it] Desktop virtuali, multisessioni contemporanee, startX Ciao, Scusate

Re: [newbie-it] driver modem

2003-11-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Monday 17 November 2003 15:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok tom, mandameli. ok,te li mando ora. ho visto che hai la slackware 9.1. hai provato a installare dei paccheti rpm? a me scrive sempre Segmentation fault... rpm?? per la Slack?? i pachetti precompilati per la slack in genere

Re: [newbie-it] driver modem

2003-11-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sunday 16 November 2003 22:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: se li avete, potreste gentilmente mandarmeli? quelli generici, si intende... se non li hai gia ricevuti fammi sapereio ho questi. |11:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED]~|$ ls documenti/trgz-dload/*hsf* documenti/trgz-dload/hsflinmodem

[newbie-it] driver modem

2003-11-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
che avete per caso i driver per i modem con chipset conexant HSF in formato .tar.gz COMPLETI? sul sito www.linuxant.com quelli completi si pagano, io ho quelli completi per la mandrake però avendo installato la slackware quelli che ho non vanno bene... :((( se li avete, potreste

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, If I install LM9.2, will the last install step of automatic update take care of updating everything installed including the kernel itself? Or is there something peculiar to LM9.2 that is not so automatic? Is there something else I would need to do? Will the kernel be updated automatically

[newbie-it] plugin xine

2003-11-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ho provato a vedere un DVD (il signore degli anelli: le due torri) con xine su mdk 9.0 ma mi dice che non trova i plugin adatti. mi sapreste consigliare un URL da dove si scaricano? grazie a tutti Gianluca

Re:[newbie-it] x session su netboot

2003-11-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nel dubbio che il mio problema risieda nel file XF86Config, ho rinominato il suddetto file ed ho provato a far testare a xfree il mio hw: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:root]$ XFree86 -probeonly XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build

Re:[newbie-it] Sempre Open Office

2003-11-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Utilizzando il foglio di calcolo di Open Office 1.1 ... Dato che la tabella creata è abbastanza lunga come posso fare per tenere la 1 riga, ovvero l'intestazione, fissa, in modo tale che quando scorro i dati con la scrollbar ho sempre l'intestazione della tabella di riferimento bloccata in

Re: [newbie] Redhat = traitors???

2003-11-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Read the excerpt, follow the link for the complete story: Spot on! My 2 cents worth- the greatest impediments to broad acceptance of Linux are *)a lack of readable instruction material, *)problematic configuration issues, especially in relation to networking and graphic

Re: [newbie] Hardware diagnostics (old Dell)

2003-11-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Björn Olsson wrote: Any suggestions welcomed DOes it appear to be booting? Has the system been set correctly for the graphics card? Have you tried a mainboard reset- MB's will have an onboard jumper where you can force a reset. Watching for your posts... -- Pierre Final Filer Software

[newbie] reason to upgrade to 9.2?

2003-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I ran 8. SPent months getting it going. I upgraded to 9.0 - absolute disaster. In despair did a clean install. Great. Everything worked. I upgraded to 9.1 - disaster. Network kaput. Dial up to ISP broken. SAMBA zilched. Two month later, seems OK. Except writing to SAMBA from a Win box is

[newbie] Why is it..

2003-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... that BEFORE you get Linux, those who speak in favour of it say things like oh, get Linux coz it is far less demanding on hardware or you have much more control configuring hardware or you are in control Then when you do install Linux and the gee whizz GFX card won't work or the CD-ROM

Re:[newbie-it] WM e orologi

2003-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ancora su WindowMaker... c'e' un modo per far comparire un orologio, tipo quello della barra di kde, sul desktop? Certo. Probabilmente ci sarà già una dock app per l'orologio (prova scrivendo in una shell wm e dando doppio tab per vedere tutte le applet che già ci sono installate). In ogni caso

Re:[newbie-it] MW, mutt, terminali e CARATTERI

2003-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Buongiorno ;-) Ho deciso di passare a un uso intensivo di windowmaker, e il primo impatto problematico e' quello visivo: come posso regolare la dimensione delle finestre della shell Bè, tutte le finestre le puoi ridimensionare trascinando l'angolo in basso a destra. Oppure puoi clikkare col

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2003-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carroll Grigsby wrote: A suggestion: How about a topic-of-the-week? -- cmg ... or an 'award' for the most obfuscated, geekie response? This could be determined by the number of newbies left bewildered with heads spinning by the answer to their question. :-) I'm kidding. I think. :-) --

Re: [newbie] Evolution or no?

2003-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I really like Evolution. Honestly though, I've never used anything but Evolution. So far it does everything I need it to do. -A On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 15:51, Grant wrote: I'm slowly migrating from Windows software to Linux software with the help of Win4Lin. It's time to ditch Outlook, and

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2003-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carroll Grigsby wrote: upon the amount and nature of various chemical substances consumed by the contestant within the previous 24 hours. Only those producing mind altering states, I hope. :-D -- Pierre Final Filer Software http://www.finalfiler.com Worrigee, NSW, Australia 2540

Re:[newbie-it] strano kde 3.1.3

2003-10-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ciao a tutti ho fatto l'aggiornamento a mandrake 9.2. tutto ok se non che mi sono sparite le icone dei dispositivi sul desktop. ho provato dal menu configura desktop ma mi fa vedere solo le icone dei filesystem montati. ho provato a ricrearle, ma se monto un filesystem ad es. da terminale,

Re: [newbie] ICS, Shorewall stops rest of network

2003-10-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Derek, Your wrote: Shorewall is a very effective firewall, but there are a couple of things you should know. Many thanks for that - it is the clearest explanation I have yet read about this issue. Great! More importantly, following your steps suggestions EVERYTHING is working as I want.

[newbie] ICS, Shorewall stops rest of network

2003-10-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It has taken me several months to work out that the reason I can't access the SAMBA server I have set up is because of the Shorewall settings configured by invoking MDK9.x ICS. At least that is my reading of it. Essentially, everything else on my network seems to work - ICS, and the Linux box

[newbie] hmmm, odd

2003-10-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just joined this list, but when I sent a post I got: Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: linux-mandrake newbie,emc (The name was not found at the remote site. Check that the name has been entered correctly.) However, I received my post via the list address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], so I

Re: [newbie] ICS, Shorewall stops rest of network

2003-10-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everyone, especially those who responded to my thread. You've given me a fair bit to go on with. Many thanks -- Pierre Final Filer Software http://www.finalfiler.com Worrigee, NSW, Australia 2540 -- Life's like a roll of toilet paper- The closer it gets to the

Re: [newbie] hmmm, odd

2003-10-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Margot wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message came to the list, but you have your Reply-to set to Thanks. Done! -- Pierre Final Filer Software http://www.finalfiler.com Worrigee, NSW, Australia 2540 -- Life's like a roll of toilet paper- The closer it gets

Re: [newbie-it] unallocated area sull

2003-10-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alle 19:53, mercoledì 22 ottobre 2003, Pierluigi Peggiani ha scritto: Sull'hard disk (visualizzato con partition magic) ho una area definita UNaLLOCATED. Può essere un problema durante l'installazione di mandrake 9.2? Lo spazio non allocato non ti creerà nessun problema. Puoi inglobarlo

Re: [newbie-it] 9.2: dove sono i sorgenti?

2003-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 01:47, martedì 21 ottobre 2003, Antonluigi ha scritto: Io a mandrake ci sono affezionato, mi sono iscritto al club per supportarli, ma quando fanno così mi farebbero venire voglia di mandarli a quel paese. Possibile che su tre cd

Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients

2003-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
? -A On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 10:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded aMSN and got it working okay. It crashed about 30 seconds after I logged in for the first time. Had to kill -9 the process. We'll see how it goes. It was easy to install.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients

2003-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
at 16:34, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 21 Oct 2003 10:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is it that after I start aMSN via the terminal the terminal session that I used to start aMSN is dead. Meaning, I can't do anything with that terminal session unless I close out aMSN

Re:R: [newbie-it] OT attenzione utenti Libero :(

2003-10-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SE Qualcuno solo ora si accorge che Wind è ladra come gli altri gestori, deve essere vissuto davvero nelle favole del nostro presidente dl consiglio operaio sino a oggi, mi pare. QUESTO è UN PAESE DI LADRI E MAFIOSI IN TUTTE LE ATTIVITA' PROFESSIONALI E LAVORATIVE, PERCHE' DOVREBBE FARE ECCEZIONE

[newbie] i586 vs i686

2003-10-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All the things I read when doing research on getting Linux running mentioned i586 as the designator for modern PC-type chipsets. Looking around in KDE's start menu, I saw the KDE Control Center. I have been using the Mandrake Control Center so I decided to see what the KDE one looked like. Under

Re: [newbie] i586 vs i686

2003-10-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, thanks. So while I downloaded the i586 distro's and installed them, the control center is just recognizing my machine architecture as i686. So I'm really running the non-optimized i586? On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 10:40, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday October 18 2003 10:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] i586 vs i686

2003-10-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greg, thanks for the link to your article. I read the first 2 pages and most of it made sense to me. I'm still a raging newbie, so I don't understand most things. However it looks like a really good article that I'll be able to finish later since I dl'd it. Gotta get off the computer for a

Re: [newbie] Permissions solution

2003-10-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good point. I do have a portable mp3 player. And space isn't an issue as the /mp3s partition is 25GB. ;-p -a On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 15:57, Todd Slater wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:55:57AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm now copying over all my backed up mp3s from CDs to /mp3s

Re: R: [newbie-it] mandrake 9.2 pre order

2003-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
il bonifico internazionale costa almeno una dozzina di euro. guarda se puoi pagare con un assegno circolare. costa molto meno Leggi qui: http://www.europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gtdoc=IP/02/941|0|RAPIDlg=ITdisplay= Tra l'altro, c'è scritto che: «Prelievi di

[newbie-it] about mozilla firebird

2003-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ho provato mozilla firebird 1.6.1... è veramente velocissimo... ma... se voglio aprire due finestre di mozilla non lo posso fare, cioè... lancio la prima ed è ok. poi quando lancio la seconda mi compare il profile manager: se scelgo il profilo che sto usando con la prima finestra mi dice che il

[newbie-it] about gdm

2003-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ho dei problemi con il display manager di gnome: gdm. quando uso gdm ed entro con gnome, a volte succede che se provo a riavviare o a spegnere il computer, il controllo ritorna sulla finestra di login di gdm. poi quando clicco su sistema-shutdown o reboot, una volta iniziata la procedura di

[newbie-it] kernel

2003-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sapete se esiste qualche tool che esamina l'hardware e genera automaticamente il file .config da usare per ricompilare il kernel? scusate se sono sfaticato :)) grazie gianluca

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