[newbie] hostname change

How do I change the PC host name ? Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] KDE unable to start

On my other PC I get teh message:- error trying to start KDE No write access to '/home/carlton/.ICEauthority' KDE is unable to start. On further investigation, the file appears to be owned by root how do I change ownership back to carlton? Thanks In Advance Carlton

[newbie] Cant find the printer

Following previous advice, I added the line lp to the file /etc/modprobe.preload lsmod now gives [EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod Module Size Used by md5 3584 1 ipv6 230916 10 autofs415268 0 i810_audio 33236 0

Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer

gt;From: Anne Wilson lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;Subject: Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:50:51 + gt; gt;On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 19:28, Carlton Matthew wrote: gt; gt; Following previous

[newbie] still Cant find the printer :

: Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:25:01 -0600 gt; gt;Carlton Matthew wrote: gt;gt;Following previous advice, I added the line gt;gt;lp gt;gt;to the file /etc/modprobe.preload gt;gt;lsmod now gives gt;gt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod gt;gt;Module

RE: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window

Paul Ksnapshot is the program you require. Carlton gt;From: Paul Smith lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;Subject: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:49:01 + gt; gt;Dear All gt;

[newbie] printer problem solved

using printer set-up in expert mode located the printer. Thanks for the help everyone Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] bad signatures

Why Do I get bad signatures when attempting to upgrade packages using mandrakelinux update ? shouldn't this be the safest plave to get the software from Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] printer recognition.

I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] networking two mandrake 10.1 PC systems

I have two PCs sharing the same internet router, which I would like to network together. Both PCs are running mandrake 10.1, but I can't seem to make any network connections. Do I need to install something like samba on both machines? Thanks in Advance Carlton

[newbie] cups installation

I have two PCs running MDK 10.1 On attempting to install cups, one PC downloads the files from the internet, and reports bad signatures, the other PC installs from the CDs with no apparent errors. Can i force the install package to read from the CD rather than download the software? Thanks

[newbie] parallel port recognition.

I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton gt; gt;Hmmm. That's a new one to me. I've never has problems with HP gt;Laserjet