[newbie] Licq problems =(

2000-02-18 Thread Bobby Welch
Hello, I have just installed the licq-0.75.3.a-2mdk and licq-data-1.5-1mdk RPMs but I cannot get licq to work. It starts up but just seems to hang. Has anyone had this problem?? I have been running licq-0.70.1-2mdk and did not experience anything like this. Any help would be appreciated.

[newbie] star office???

2000-02-09 Thread Bobby Welch
Does anyone know where i can find an rpm for the new version of staroffice?

[newbie] netscape .. slow startup

2000-02-04 Thread Bobby Welch
When I first start up netscape after logging in to my account, it seems to take a while for it to fully initialize. It almost seems like it is going to hang, but, it finally starts up. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated =)

[newbie] cdrw and fstab

2000-02-04 Thread Bobby Welch
I beleive that someone had posted a solution to fixing the problem with a cd-rw not being reconginzed by a file manager. Could someone please re-post that message .. I would really appreciate it =) thanks

[newbie] mouse and the resolution setting

2000-02-04 Thread Bobby Welch
I am trying to speed up my mouse. I have read that the Resolution setting can be added to the XF86Config file under the pointer section. I have also read that this only works with some of the OSs .. is Linux one of them?? Also, does anyone know what the allowable ranges for the Resolution

[newbie] netscape startup??

2000-02-01 Thread Bobby Welch
Does anyone know how to get the following file: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html to stop being displayed everytime netscape is started up?? I have the "browser start with blank page" option selected but i still get the mandrake html page (file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html) when i start netscape. Any

[newbie] file permissions and pppd

2000-01-31 Thread Bobby Welch
Hello, I would like for a user to be able to use the /usr/sbin/pppd command .. this is so that the user can connect to the internet via a modem using custum scripts. Now .. when i am logged in as user and I issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd: must be root to

[newbie] usb wheel mouse

2000-01-24 Thread Bobby Welch
I was wondering if anyone who has a usb wheel mouse has been able to get the wheel to function properly in linux. I have tried imwheel but it does not appear to work correctly with a usb mouse. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Re: [newbie] install 7.0 problems

2000-01-19 Thread Bobby Welch
I downloaded the iso and used Nero to burn the image onto a CD. The install went without a hitch .. even got my usb mouse working =) If you do use nero to burn the CD, you must note that Nero (version 4.0.7.5) is unable to open a *.iso file and properly recognize it(or at least I could not