Re: [newbie] mouse stops pointing correctly

2001-09-30 Thread Ben Bayer
> Ben Bayer said: > "I think power supply might be another possible culprit. Installing the K6 > eliminated weird x-windows behaviour during boot-up, where the pixels > appeared to scatter a bit, and fonts were fuzzy. I think the 145 W power > supply may have been m

[newbie] mouse stops pointing correctly

2001-09-29 Thread Ben Bayer
Hi all, I recently built a computer with a K6-2 500 Mhz processor, MVP4 chipset, shared memory graphics, chipset-integrated AGP, LM 8.0, and a weird persistant but infrequent mouse problem. Basically, the mouse stops pointing to the correct spot on the screen. What I mean is, when moved to a

Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem

2001-09-21 Thread Ben Bayer
- Original Message - From: "etharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:18 AM Subject: Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem > zoom and aktiontec both make less expensive pci (and linux compatible) > modems. the call waiting from actionte

Re: [newbie] tcp port blackjack found open?

2001-09-11 Thread Ben Bayer
Blackjack is the yahoo instant messenger then? What a relief. It sounded sinister. Thought I might have had a virus or something. Thanks! Ben On Monday 10 September 2001 10:25 pm, you wrote: > Do you use yahoo instant messanger? > > On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:08, Ben Ba

[newbie] ethernet card/modprobe/irq problem

2001-09-11 Thread Ben Bayer
I have a quick question, how do you get a module to work that needs to get a correct parameter passed to it, such as irq? I have this ethernet card which I got to work, then I repositioned it in a different slot, getting it its own unique IRQ, but now modprobe 8139too returns (this is a realte

Re: [newbie] Firewall/networking tutorial?

2001-09-06 Thread Ben Bayer
Thanks! That looks pretty neat! On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:14 am, you wrote: > Date: 09/04/2001 07:14 am (Tuesday) > From: Leonard Miller > To: "Ben Bayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at > INTERNET".MN-CCGate.DM-MN-05 >

Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem

2001-09-03 Thread Ben Bayer
Admin, Getting a modem to work in Linux can be a pain. I have an internal Actiontec real modem, and whenever I switch it around from one computer to another, I have to follow this basic sequence: Plug in, boot up In a terminal: cat /proc/pci Examine for the modem, noting the first I/O addres

[newbie] Firewall/networking tutorial?

2001-09-03 Thread Ben Bayer
Hi all, I want to set up an old computer I installed mandrake 8 on as a firewall for my main PC. Does anyone know of a howto, forum discussion, book, or article that might help me get started networking and firewalling? Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] StarOffice can't find sofficerc

2001-09-03 Thread Ben Bayer
Hi all, I recently reinstalled Mandrake 8 on an old computer. After installing staroffice in the user home directory, I ran staroffice, but instead of starting it ran a repair program, telling me I needed sofficerc in ~/office52/user/sofficerc. Well, sofficerc is there alright, but staroffic