[newbie] urpmi can't locate URPM.pm

, the file urpm.pm does not exist as far as I can see. So the big question! Can I fix this or will I have to make a fresh install? Any help you can offer is much appreciated. Steven Carrie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] anyone see my question?

talking about and/or how to get past it??? Thanks, Carrie

[newbie] Installation

it down). Anyone have any clue what I'm talking about and/or how to get past it??? Carrie

[newbie] RPMs

Hey Y'all, Does it make any difference "what kind" of rpm I see/install? What's the difference between an i386.rpm and a noarch.rpm? There is sometimes the option to download i386.rpm, i586.rpm or noarch.rpm, and sometimes there are even rpms with the same name from different companies

Re: [newbie] new user - new installation

Alan Pitts wrote: Would someone also be kind enough to tell me the correct way to close down, exit linux from either kde and/or gnome so that I can reboot into windows. Sorry, can't help you with the screen problem, but many people here can! If you will log out of kde or gnome (hit the X on

Re: [newbie] Another installing programs question

Randall Randall wrote: On a side note, I am unable to get tar to even show me a list of a tar archive, so this might not work properly. It doesn't give errors, just stops. Thanks for the great help. I'm now getting my system all organized! Regarding the above, I'm not sure if what I'm

Re: [newbie] netscape not working

JAMIL HUSSAIN wrote: i know i need my ISP DNS etc?? where do i get them from and where do i put them in mandrake # You get your DNS numbers from your ISP. If they sent you some sort of connection software (for Windoze), you might find those numbers in that documentation. If you have

Re: [newbie] Graphical FTP server

I'm so new I haven't used FTP yet, but I have kind of poked around some, and the qftp reminds me of ws-ftp. I found it very good for uploading my homepage files -- at least, when I "tested" the ability to connect and upload a file or two, it worked great! Lance "Jason M. Shatto" wrote: I'm

[newbie] Another installing programs question

Hey Y'all, Thanks for the help! Starting to get a grip on how the whole Linux system fits together! I know to uninstall an rpm package, all I have to do is go to the rpm packager and hit uninstall...easy. What do you do if you ever want to uninstall a program that you installed from a .tar

Re: [newbie] Installing Programs

Hey Anthony...THANKS for that description! I've spent my first 2 weeks as a Newbie searching through HOWTOs, bookstores, newsstands and internet, just trying to get some sort of "this is the basic overview" for the silly .tar files. Your summary is a great help! Lance Anthony Huereca wrote:

Re: [newbie] Installing Programs

Hey Anthony...THANKS for that description! I've spent my first 2 weeks as a Newbie searching through HOWTOs, bookstores, newsstands and internet, just trying to get some sort of "this is the basic overview" for the silly .tar files, and haven't found one. Your summary is a great help! Can you

[newbie] ksendfax

Hey Y'all, I'm trying to use KSendFax (Mdk 6.1) as user, and it will only let root fax. When I try, I get the following message: "Neither /etc/mgetty+sendfax/fax.allow nor /etc/mgetty+sendfax/fax.deny exist, so only root may use the fax service. Sorry." I want to give permission for me to fax as

Re: [newbie] Modem Prob. RESOLVED!

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