[newbie] Linux fragmentation?

Dear friends: There is endless talk on Linux forums about the fear of fragmentation. Some say it's true. Others say it ain't true. Yet, the bottom line remains that right now you can't (or shouldn't) install a debian package or even a susu rpm on Red Hat or Mandrake (where the option to install D

[newbie] Star-Linux mailing list -- Open Invitation

Dear friends: This is my official invitation to all of you who use StarOffice for Linux. I will send copies of this invitation right away to some of the major Linux sites on the Web. Please feel free to send a copy of this letter to anyone you like, or to any other Linux mailing list or distro or

[newbie] Star-Linux mailing list!

Dear friends: May I ask our list members who are subscribed to other Linux distros to spread the word about the new star-linux mailing list I just started today. It's an unmoderated list opend to everybody in Linux. For details see my original letter or go to: http://www.egroups.com/group/star-

[newbie] Star-Linux mailing list now open!

Dear friends: My thanks to John Aldrich for suggesting egroups.com. Hope I know what I am doing. The new StarOffice mailing list is now ready to accept members. Let's start with Mandrake. If it's a success, I will publicize it on various Linux sites and other mailing lists. Let's first see if I

Re: [newbie] Liszt.com -- Correction

Dear John: Thanks a million. Am setting up the Star-Linux mailing list right now. Hope I can do it. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Sounds under Netscrape -- plugger

Dear Seung-woo: You can get the "plugger" (v. 3.2) plugin for Netscape from: http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/plugger.html Be sure to get the plugger RPM package. Be sure to read all the instructions on the home page. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://

[newbie] Liszt.com -- Correction

Dear friends: www.liszt.com is just a list of mailing lists, not a place to start one. Which only goes to show that if anyone is interested in starting a StarOffice mailing list, then we'll have to look for someone who can direct us to information on how to do it. Anybody know anything about t

[newbie] How to start SO51 mailing list?

Dear friends: Since I brought up the subject of a StarOffice mailing list, I would like to try to do something about it. I thought of contacting Sun, but I have a feeling that they would see this as clashing with their support plans for StarOffice. The most obvious way to start a list is to do

[newbie] SO51 "autocomplete" -- footnote 2

Dear friends: OK, I have isolated the problem: SO will try to complete a word that's already in your document. For instance, I typed "arch..." SO first tried to complete the word with "archangel." When I deleted the "-angel" part, it tried to complete the word with "archipelago". Both of these wo

[newbie] SO51 "autocomplete" -- footnote

Dear friends: I just checked again: the annoying "autocomplete" I spoke of appears in existing documents. It does not seem to appear in a new document. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Turning off "autocomplete" in SO51

Dear Steve: I did post a message cocerning my now solved problem of saving and backing up in SO. Got one response, which was off-target. I am grateful to the list for their patience while I tried to figure it out. Thanks to the list, I did. I always thought you had to be root to untar. Looks like

[newbie] Turning off "autocomplete" in SO51

Dear friends: A simple question about SO51: As I type, many words seem to try to complete themselves automatically. For instance, if I try to type the word "transformation" and begin with "tran...", before I get a chance to complete the word, i.e. when I get to the letter "t", SO tries to comple

Re: [newbie] lpr .46 -- lpq still dead

Dear Axalon: Many users have reported this bug. Is Mandrake aware of it? Or are some people reporting that it works fine? If it is a bug, will it be fixed soon? Thanks. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] lpr .46 -- lpq still dead

Dear friends: Just updated the new lpr v. 0.46. It fixes some security problems. But the lpq command is still dead ("no entries"). lpq didn't work either in 0.38. Does Mandrake plan to fix this soon? Thanks. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.web

[newbie] SO51 -- Backup on Save -- SOLVED!

Dear Alan: OK, subject closed. That's exactly what I get, too. Each .bak copy is always one generation behind the .sdw file and I only need to use Save to save. No need for Save As. When I delete the extra material (which I added by stages, i.e. by "generations") from .sdw, the .bak will not dele

Re: [newbie] SO51 -- can you backup on Save?

Dear Alan: Thanks so very much for taking out the time to check this for me. It may be that Backup works differently in StarOffice than, e.g. in WP8 or in MSWord. That's what may be confusing me (and maybe others). I would very much like to have this clarified, close this issue and get back to w

[newbie] SO51 -- can you backup on Save?

Dear friends: Simple question: Can you backup a file in StarOffice on Save? I can backup a file by using Save As or by closing the file and overwriting it when prompted to save, that is, when StarOffice recognizes the filename. But I cannot backup a file by just clicking Save as I do my work. Th

[newbie] SO51 backup -- works but only...

Dear friends: Again, my thanks to everyone who helped. OK, here is the lowdown after an hour or so of playing around with SO's backup feature. First, I downloaded the 70 meg binary from Sun into my home directory, then untarred it as a user and installed it as a user in my /home partition (into

[newbie] SO51a new install -- backup succeeds!

Dear Axalon: You did it! In StarOffice, as you suggested, I did the following: Do this, File->New->Text document type blah File->close yes to save, file name is blah, Ok Now, File-># (it's 1 if you've fresh install) type "blah blah", so now you have three blahs File->Close yes to save Now l

[Fwd: [newbie] Re: soundcard config]

Seung-woo Nam wrote: Dear friends: How many messages like the one below will it take for Linux distros to at last include sound configuration as part of the regular Install? Is this request unreasonable? In my opinion, it's plain common sense and needs no justification. Thanks for listening. B

[newbie] SO51a new install -- backup still fails

Dear friends: Realizing, after what Axalon said, that perhaps I had messed up my permissions in StarOffice for good, I decided to download a completely new copy of SO51a from Sun. Before doing anything, I first deinstalled SO through SOSetup, then deleted every trace of my old SO, including Offic

[newbie] S051A -- Can you backup files?

Dear Civilme and friends: I am so happy to hear that you can successfully backup files in SO51a. I just tried it again, making sure that the "Always create backup" is checked in Options, General, Save" and then trying both the default paths for work folder and backup and my own. Both options invo

[Fwd: [newbie] SO51 save/backup -- Solved! (mostly)]

Dear Axalon: Thanks so much for the suggestion, but I am unsure what I should actually do. Should I add "cp -a" somewhere in StarOffice? I know I can always just copy the file in xterm and backup manually. But why in the world would StarOffice now save perfectly but not do a backup? Any idea?

Re: [newbie] ICQ

Dear Thomas: You can use Gnomeicu in KDE, yes, in KDE. Just type in xterm, as user: gnomeicu -a The -a allows you to run gnomeicu independently of the Gnome desktop. You will NOT see the gnome desktop at all. You can even add an icon to your KDE desktop and in the Properties, Execute box type

Re: [newbie] Upgrade from Mandrake Linux 6.0 to 6.1

Dear Tom: Mandrake 6.1 allows you to update your kernel along with many other essential files automatically by using the MandrakeUpdate by way of the Internet. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Where is Mandrake support?

Dear Gregg: Thanks so much for writing. You are absolutely right. I have been amazed at the willingness of Linux experts (first on the Red Hat list, where I started, and now on the Mandrake list) to come to the rescue of us newbies as well as more advanced users. In fact, in many cases, I have

[newbie] Where is Mandrake support?

Dear friends: I just registered my PowerPack with Mandrake support. I received a letter asking me to confirm my registration by writing my registration number in the subject header and sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this about an hour ago. I know this is Saturday, so I am wondering when I

Re: [newbie] No Sound

Dear Ger-Bil: I also have an AWE64. If you run sndconfig as root, you should have no problem configuring your sound card. It's easily recognized by Mandrake. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] kernel-smp question

Dear Axalon: Thanks so very much for the very informative reply. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Cannot save or backup in SO -- No luck

Dear friends: Reinstalled StarOffice51a. No luck. Still can't save new files or backup new or existing files. I am told that it is a permissions problem, but all my SO files are in my home/sher directory. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web

[newbie] kernel-smp question

Dear friends: A simple question: In an earlier installation, I let Linux autodetect SMP and set up entries for both the regular kernel and the kernel-smp in my /etc/lilo.conf. This time, I choose to say "No" during Install. I assumed that SMP is for dual or multimple processors and that theref

[newbie] Cannot save or backup in SO

Dear Steve: Thanks so much for writing. I checked and double-checked: I set the path to my Work Folder and to my Backup folder to /home/sher/docs. I have used StarOffice before and never had this problem. Will try to reinstall and see what happens. Benjamin Steve Philp wrote: > > Be

[newbie] 2.2.13-7 AND 2.2.13-22 kernels

with that new number after installation (and updated my /etc/lilo and /sbin/lilo) and everything works fine. But the first entry for the kernel includes BOTH kernel numbers, the original one and the updated one. Can anyone explain this? Thanks so very much. Benjamin [sher@adsl-77-232-173 she

[newbie] Where is list of rpms?

Dear friends; Another suggestion to Mandrake: It would help immensely if users, especially paying users, had a full and complete list of all Mandrake rpms, either on the installation CD or the rpm contrib, in fact, there should be, I believe, a full and up-to-date list of all rpms, programs, doc

[newbie] /home install -- Success! -- footnote on sound

Dear friends: A footnote on my request for sound configuration during install. Just wanted to clarify that when I forgot to configure sound (sndconfig) and turned on Real Player G2, I did not simply hear nothing. I got an error message: "Sorry, audio device being used by another program" or some

[newbie] /home install -- Success!

ain this? Thanks again to everyone. Benjamin [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-headers kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-173 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-source kernel-source-2.2.

[newbie] MPG video files - Playing them in Linux

Dear Seve: Aktion is great for Quicktime 2.1 and Avi files but handles mpeg-1 video files very poorly. You need to get MpegTV (known as MTV for short) for Linux from: http://www.mpegtv.com Two points: 1) It is NOT free. It is shareware and costs $10. It will stop working at 30 seconds if you d

[newbie] Seeking Timothy Lewis

Dear Timothy: I had a request today from someone on our list for your wonderful step-by-step instructions on installing Java in StarOffice. I told him I would send him and the list your instructions after I got your official permission since your instructions contain personal data that you might

Re: [newbie] RealPlayer G2

Dear Mike: To get your RealPlayer G2 Alpha for Linux, go to: http://proforma.real.com/real/player/linuxplayer.html Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!

Dear friends: Some said earlier that Opera has "let go" of its Linux team. I don't know where they got their information. I would sure like to know. I just checked Opera's Alternative Operating Systems page. Opera for Linux is NOT dead. On the contrary, it is moving along fast towards completio

Re: [newbie] alternative browser?

Dear friends: Mark is right. Read Dave Whitinger's The Battle that Could Lose us the War in LinuxToday at: http://linuxtoday.com/stories/11954.html Since the world of computing and information has become Web-centric and since Microsoft is not about to port IE 5.0 to Linux, then the Open Source

Re: [newbie] Books

Dear Jeff: Get "Using Linux" by Bill Ball. In my opinion, tt's one of the best all-around introduction to Linux. And reasonably priced ($30) Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Lilo - Zip -- Suggestions for Mandrake

Dear Linux-Mandrake: 1) During the kernel update process (MandrakeUpdate), I was informed that I would have to update my lilo.conf file. That was indeed user-friendly and very critical. Unfortunately, details were lacking and I had to rely on other sources. In the process, I forgot to run lilo af

Re: [Re: [newbie] alternative browser?]

Dear friends: NeoPlanet will be available for Netscape 5.0. It is already available as a beta. See: http://www.mozilla.org Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Real PLayer 5.0

Dear Mike: Forget about RealPlayer 5.0 and download the new RealPlayer G2 Alpha for Linux (get the RH rpm) from: http://proforma.real.com/real/player/linuxplayer.html Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Netscape

Dear Karen: You enable Java in Edit, Preferences, Advanced: Enable Java and Javascript. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Old Netscape 3.04 for Linux -- OK?

Dear friends: I am currently using Netscape 4.7 like most of you, I gather. However, I am interested in installing the old Netscape 3.04 for Linux, which I got from Netscape's archives. The name of the file is: netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz I would like to install this ver

[newbie] StarOffice newsgroups -- info below

Dear Karen and friends Here is the URL listing all of StarOffice's newsgroups (in English and other languages). http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/newsgroups.html If you lose the address, just go to Sun's home page (www.sun.com) and type in the Search box at top "newsgroups". Yours, Benja

Re: [newbie] Star Java -- Is it worth it?

Dear Jeanette: Thanks so very, very much, Jeanette. Nothing like the voice of experience. After struggling for hours to install Java in StarOffice, it finally occurred to me to ask the simple question of whether it would even be worth it. I just asssumed that Star's Java would be better. If, as i

Re: [newbie] Printer lpq unsolved -- data

Dear Ronald: Thank you so much for suggesting lpc. I am fortunately familiar with it by now and will use it if necessaary. Still, it would be nice if lpq worked, too. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Apology on address error

Dear friends: Apologize for an inadvertent error. It was pointed out to me by several people, and Ramon Gandia gets the credit for solving this newbie error. By checking the "Send email address as anonymous FTP password" I had inadvertently (even after Unchecking it) put that line in Netscape's M

[newbie] Creating directory in KFM?

Dear friends: Am I imagining this or is it true that there is no way to create a directory in KFM? I don't see an option for that anywhere. I have to do it in xterm. Is that true or am I missing something? Surely, I must be missing something. This can not be. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher

Re: [newbie] Time settings !

Dear Barry: Thanks a million. It worked! And I was about to take out the hammer :) Now why couldn't my Teach Yourself KDE 1.1.1 in 24 hours ($25 plus tax) tell me how to change my time? Unbelievalbe! Thanks again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian W

Re: [newbie] Gnomeicu won't work in KDE!

Dear Rib: Once again, all my thanks. I did check gnomeicu -- help and found all the options, including the -a for no applet. Great detective work. My thanks again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Gnomeicu won't work in KDE!

Dear Rib: God bless you! How simple the solutions sometimes are: I typed gnomeicu -a and that did it. Works perfectly. Just thrilled. By the way, what does the -a add to it that makes it work in KDE when without the -a option it seems to be dead? Thanks a million. Benjamin -- Benjamin and

[newbie] Cyrillic fonts in KFM -- poor quality

Dear friends: I am thrilled to see that KFM supports Cyrillic as a browser. My thanks to KDE for thinking of us Slavicists. However, I must be frank in saying that the Cyrillic fonts selected for KDE are ugly. There is no other word for it. Just plain ugly. Why couldn't KDE use the same quality

[newbie] Gnomeicu won't work in KDE!

Dear friends: I hope you don't mind my repeating this message. My main reason is that I tested Gnomeicu in Gnome (which I should done earlier) and it works fine. But it won't work in KDE. Is there any to make it work in KDE? Thank you, folks, so very much. Benjamin Here is the data for KDE: [

[newbie] Graphical Text Editors for programmers

Dear friends: Those of you who are planning on becoming programmers and are looking for a GRAPHICAL programmer's text editor, you might wish to consider Nedit and Cooledit and a number of other graphical text editors (including, I believe a Java text editor) available by searching at http://www.f

[newbie] Netscape 4.7 Java freezes!

Dear friends: I am using Mandrake 6.1 and the brand-new Oct. 29, 1999 Netscape (all three files) from ftp.rpmfind.net (linux/Mandrake/update/6.1). Everything is fine, but I am having problem with the Java. On certain sites, it starts (Java starting), then the progress bar on the left freezes. An

Re: [newbie] Graphical text editors?

Dear Rib and friends: I sincerely congratulate you on having learned how to use Vim so well and, to think, you are only 13. Well, to tell you the truth I spent a solid hour (and more) wracking my brains doing the Emacs tutorial (just out of curiosity). Drove me insane. I just spent a few minutes

Re: [newbie] Graphical text editors?

Dear friends: With all due respect to both Emacs and Vim, the two great programming languages on Linux, may I, as a newbie, suggest to all other newbies who do not plan to become programmers but who want to use a text editor for normal configuration files: THINK TWICE AND THRICE BEFORE STEPPING

[newbie] Gnomeicu -- not working -- Why?

Dear friends: Could someone please interpret for me the data below and explain to me how to make gnomeicu work. I also couldn't find it on the Gnome menu. Thank you so much. Benjamin [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ /usr/bin/gnomeicu ** CRITICAL **: file giop-msg-buffer.c: lin

Re: [newbie] Graphical text editors?

Dear Ribbo: Try mcedit (in xterm). A beautiful and easy to use text editor. Just time "mcedit" (without the quotes) at the command line or type mcedit , e.g. #mcedit /etc/fstab Benjamin Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Mandrake Updates -- How often?

Dear friends: This question is addressed to anyone on the Mandrake staff: I understand that the MandrakeCooker directory is your development directory (sort of like Rawhide is to Red Hat). I notice that there are over 250 rpms in it. Does Mandrake automatically update any rpms (that is, make it

[newbie] My thanks for Mandrake's Nescape 4.61

Dear friends: I have noticed that Mandrake's glib5 Netscape 4.61 is much more stable on my AMD k6-2 400 (128 megs of Ram) system than the Netscape 4.61 on RH 6.0. If so, then Mandrake deserves our thanks for going out of their way to tweak and optimize and stabilize Netscape. Netscape has not cra

[newbie] Utilities -- Reading bottom -- Solved!

Dear friends: Thanks so much to all of you for your help. OK, I feel like an idiot. But, you all know (putting on my Chinese wise man hat :) if you fail to get past the first step of a set of instructions (no matter how simple), you'll never get to the next step. (Taking off his Chinese wise man

Re: [newbie] Utilities menu -- Reading the bottom?

Dear Andrew: Could you put me out of my misery, please :) and show precisely how to move a menu item from one submenu to another? I created the submenu Utilities II, so now I have Utilities I and Utilities II (I always said I was a mathematical genius!). Now, for the life of me, I can't figure ou

Re: [newbie] Utilities menu -- Reading the bottom?

Dear Andrew: Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I'll have to do the same. :-( Thanks again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] StarOffice Web browser -- Opinions?

Dear friends: I have recently started using StarOffice. I was quite surprised to discover that SO has its own Web Browser WITH Java. I have used it and am quite impressed. SO's File Manager is also its Web Browser, just as in KFM. The quality seems good except that the fonts look better in Netsca

[newbie] Utilities menu -- Reading the bottom?

Dear friends: How do you see the bottom of the Utilities menu. The menu is so long that it is cut off at KPilotdemon. So what do you do? -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] StarOffice $39.99 edition

Dear Friends: My thanks to all of you who wrote in about the original $39.99 StarOffice edition. Appreciate. I still have the original free StarDivision download version (5.1). I wonder if there is anything to be gained by sticking with it rathen than upgrading to 5.1a? Benjamin -- Benjamin an

Re: [newbie] modprobe ppa does not work -- footnote

Dear Bertalan: I forgot: To unmount, you also need to be at [root@ /] [root@adsl-77-232-189 /]# umount /mnt/zip [root@adsl-77-232-189 /]# -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] modprobe ppa does not work

Dear Bertalan: With a cartridge inserted in my 100 Zip parallel drive, I su - to root, then switch to / It will not work with [root@root]# You have to be [root@ /]# Hope this helps. [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ su - Password: [root@adsl-77-232-189 /root]# cd / [root@adsl-77-232-189 /]# mod

Re: [newbie] Fortify install

Dear Jeanette and friends: You need to fortify Netscape Communicator and Netscape Navigator separate. After you fortify Communicator, quit Fortify, then reenter the Fortify directory and restart it with ./Fortify.sh and this time choose option 2 for your directory (as before) and type /usr/lib/ne

Re: [newbie] Printer lpq -- any solution yet?

Dear R_Yeo: Thank you so very much for your suggestions. Will try them first thing tomorrow when I get up. Thanks again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] StarOffice -- original $39.95 version?

Dear Sam: Thank you so much for the info. Just ordered Que's Special Editon Using StarOffice by Michael Koch (for Linux only) the 15,50+ pages version from Macmillan (http://www.mcp.com). Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Fortify install

Dear Hugh: First make sure your Netscape (all windows) is CLOSED. Use the following command: tar -xzf Fortify-1.4.5-unix-x86.tar.gz Then cd to the Fortify directory (Fortify-1.4.5-unix-x86) and type as root: #./Fortify.sh When it asks you for the location of Netscape, do NOT say: /usr/bin/ne

[newbie] StarOffice -- original $39.95 version?

Dear friends: Before StarOffice was bought by Sun, it was offered free for personal use by StarDivision. There was also the option to purchase it for $39.95 from StarDivision. Does anyone know what that original $39.95 Personal Edition contained: e.g. was there a Font Installer? More fonts? More

Re: [newbie] Printer lpq -- any solution yet?

Dear R_Yeo and friends: This is what I mean: Just sent two print jobs to the printer and immediately typed lpq. Here are the data: [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ lpr shore [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ lpr shore [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ lpq no entries [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ Benjamin

[newbie] Test -- please ignore

Test -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Printer lpq -- any solution yet?

Dear friends: Is your printer's lpq command (and lprm) working? Mine says: no entries. I have checked with others. This seems to be a bug. What's your experience? Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] Deleting URLS in Netscape -- Solved!

Dear friends: The answer, I am embarrassed to say, is simply to close down Netscape and relaunch it. All of the old URL's disappear and you begin with a new slate. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site

Dear Eduardo: >From my experience, the download site that is most consistently fast for T1 (ADSL in my case) in the U.S.A. is ftp.rpmfind.net. (Directory: /linux/Mandrake/6.1) Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] SB AWE64 install

Dear Warren: In xterm, type as root: sndconfig This will take you through the sound installation. I have the same card: AWE64. It is automatically recognized by Mandrake. If not, select it manually. Then you will hear two samples: a voice sample featuring Linus Torvalds speaking and a midi mu

[newbie] StarOffice mailing list -- You see what I mean!

PROTECTED] > Action: failed > Status: 5.1.2 > Remote-MTA: DNS; onelist.co > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 21:48:43 -0400 (EDT) > > ---- > > Subject: subscribe > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 01:47:04 +0

[newbie] StarOffice mailing list?

Dear friends: Anybody know if there is a StarOffice mailing list (or newsgroup)? Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[newbie] WP8 Preferences fail -- Major flaw?

Dear friends: I have been using WP8 for Linux for over six months. I used to use WP6 for Dos and Windows years ago when, like so many others, I was persuaded to follow the standard (pun intended) and switched to MSword 2, 6 and then even for a while 97. I do not wish to discuss the merits of Wo

[newbie] NO Need for ttfonts -- Thank you!

Dear friends: Looks like I won't need the True Type fonts I requested earlier. I want to thank all of you who either wrote to me or thought of writing to me or sending me the fonts. Thank you all very much again. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web h

[newbie] Need ttfonts -- Can you help?

Dear friends: I did something wrong and lost half of my true type fonts. I have fixed X Font Server but even when I reinstall my ttfonts. rpm (rpm -Uvh ttfonts.rpm I still only get half of them. Could one of you folks who has broadband kindly send me all the fonts in the true type font direc

[newbie] Zip Configuration -- Instructions

Dear friends: I am resending this message because apparently many of you failed to receive it due to my inadvertent failure to switch from "read" receipt in Netscape to "delivery" receipt. I know I personally sometimes refuse to acknowledge receipt of a letter from a stranger. Obviously, this is

[newbie] RealPlayer URL -- SOLVED!

Dear friends: Thanks so much for your help and sympathy. What was the big problem? Well, I had installed the Linux 2.0/2.2 x.bin file instead of the Red Hat rpm (which as you know had expired and was not available for a while). After scratching my head for a long time, I finally decided to

[newbie] ZIP configuration instructions

Dear friends: I had earlier sent my own version of configuring a zip drive in Rh/Mandrake including detailed step-by-step instructions. I just noticed that I had set my delivery receipt inadvertently (or rather kept the default) as reader receipt rather than server receipt. So, some of you may h

[newbie] Please check this URL for me

Dear friends: I have been unable to access the URL for Radio Free Europe (RFE) Russian Service. As a Russian translator, I listen to it all the time. However, there is something wrong. Could you please check the following URL and let me know if you can access it: http://www.rferl.org/bd/ru/ru-re

[newbie] Zip and floppy configuration and use

Dear friends: There are different ways of configuring your zip drive. It can be a pain in the neck. This is my way and it works every time without exception. It worked in RH 5.2, 6.0 and now in Mandrake 6.1 [Using Mandrake 6.1] Configuring your standard 100 Iomega zip drive: 1) create a zip di

Re: [newbie] 3com ethernet card

Dear Thomas: Your card is in effect the 3c59xc Vortex driver. Try it. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

Dear Seth and friends: Whenever you exit Linux improperly (su - to shutdown -h now), Linux will run the fsck on your hard drives to check and fix and file system errors. It does this magnificently, by the way. It's like the ScanDisk in Windows, only (I am told by experts) much better and more rel

Re: [newbie] NetScape 128bit encrypted

Dear Paul and friends: Think twice about Netscape's 128 encryption version! It is only secure and effective on sites that support 128 encryption. Otherwise, you are getting only 56 encryption and a false sense of security. To read all about it and get your free real, total 128 encryption securi

[newbie] Mandrake 6.1 installs perfectly!

Dear friends: Am too tired after a night of downloading (just 90 minutes), installation, organizing desktop, etc. The printer problem, as Jose Sanchez suggested, was caused by the switchbox that connects my two computers. With the printer cable connected directly to the computer, Mandrake had no

[newbie] Bootnet.img -- the right one?

Dear friends: I am reinstalling Mandrake 6.1 by FTP. I installed it originally from ftp.rpmfind.net using a bootnet.img. I am unable to do so now nor to any of a half dozen sites, even though they are clearly not full (One had only 5 out of 110 connections used). I want to be sure that I have the

[newbie] URGENT: Printer won't stop! -- revised

Dear friends: You can see how distraught I am! I did in fact lprm 7, and not lprm, but for some reason, when I performed the operation in order to copy and paste it into my letter, I forgot and typed lprm. I have done this a hundred times in RH. I have no idea why it doesn/t work in Mandrake. F

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