Re: [newbie] Clearing a print job

2001-01-05 Thread Bob Chin
Phil wrote: Hello, While trying to set-up my printer under Gimp the printer runs amok if I select a printer, or an option, from the list that is not compatible with my own (Epson colour 680). My question is, how do I clear the print job without having to reboot? This works but it soon

Re: [newbie] Getting the user to be able to use the internet

2000-10-28 Thread Bob Chin
Robert Valska wrote: Have gone through the installation of 7.1 and am able to get on the internet as root and even able to dial up as a user, but when I try to run Netscape or the mail I get:Netscape says it is unable to locate server www.fidnet.com and to please check the server name and

Re: [newbie] List of services

2000-05-25 Thread Bob Chin
Luis Aragon wrote: Can anyone tell me were I can find a list of services and their descriptions so I can choose which to auto start? Thanks use ntsysv to see/set services to be started on bootup. chkconfig can also be used. you can look in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory to see a

Re: [newbie] libjpeg.so.6 HELP!

2000-04-11 Thread Bob Chin
Eljaibo wrote: Anybody knows where can I get the libjpeg.so.6 library ? I want install PENGUS a LEMMINGS clon Linux and I need this library. I've MANDRAKE 7.0 Thanx :) Did you try installing the libjpeg-6b-11mdk.i586.rpm package? This is from Mandrake 7.0-2. You might have a

Re: [newbie] Crontab

2000-04-06 Thread Bob Chin
Monty Malik wrote: Hello all, I just have a quick question about crontab. How do I get a program to run every 10 minutes. I know that for something to run every hour the format would be: 1 * * * * /usr/bin/... would I use decimals or fractions to

Re: [newbie] Crontab

2000-04-06 Thread Bob Chin
Monty Malik wrote: Hello all, I just have a quick question about crontab. How do I get a program to run every 10 minutes. I know that for something to run every hour the format would be: 1 * * * * /usr/bin/... would I use decimals or fractions to

Re: [newbie] Makin' Room

2000-04-03 Thread Bob Chin
Lane Lester wrote: I've managed to stuff my 1.3 gig partition full, and I need to make room. I created another 1 gig partition and assigned it to /opt. I've moved some stuff over there, but more needs to go. One problem is that I don't know where all the fat is. Is there a utility that

Re: [newbie] ssh

2000-04-02 Thread Bob Chin
"Michael N. Proffitt" wrote: Hi, I just installed Mandrake 7.0 Complete and was hoping to use ssh to connect to a remote host securely, but don't find the command anywhere. Is it really here installed already or do I need to install it somehow? Thanks for any help/pointers! Mike --

Re: [newbie] root

2000-03-26 Thread Bob Chin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 03/26/2000 9:15:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Type in root and your password. Root requires a password. How do I login as root? At the login I typed in root and no password, and it rejected it...

Re: [newbie] HOW TO STOP XSERVER FROM LOADING

2000-03-21 Thread Bob Chin
Bob Chin wrote: "Gunther C. Hebein" wrote: I got another problem: My root-partition is full. As I decided for an graphical login when I installed Mandrake, the XServer is loaded before you can login. But the Server doesn't start anymore, maybe because the root-partition

Re: [newbie] DSL problems

2000-03-18 Thread Bob Chin
Tom H wrote: I have DSL and I am trying to set it up for my gateway to the internet. Also I would like to have it be my firewall. I currently have Pac Bell and it came with the Alcatel external modem. I have got it to the point where it will dial up and when I run ifconf I get this reading

Re: [newbie] HELP NEEDED URGENTLY...

2000-03-09 Thread Bob Chin
Gerald Davies wrote: Hi, I`m still trying to install Mandrake 7 on a P75 16meg RAM via a local win2k FTP server as i have no cdrom. It gets to a point where i get the following message 'Loading second stage ramdisk...' and hangs or proceeds to do nothing for a very very long time ;) any