Re: [newbie] modem installation

2003-09-14 Thread Charles-Roberts
d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote: Hi, I'm using a U.S Robotics 56k modem and I can't get it to work. I set it up and rebooted then I ran the query and it found it. I tried to connect to the internet and it stays on initializing modem. From,

Re: [newbie] how to "find files" and look everywhere except /mnt?

2003-09-12 Thread Charles-Roberts
Merlin Zener wrote: Hi, I wonder if it's possible to make the "find files" look everywhere *except* in the /mnt directory? I notice that it takes ages to find anything, and it seems to be when it get to the /mnt part of the search - it rattles the floppy and click-clicks the CDRW, even though ther

Re: [newbie] Lost New Mozilla

2003-08-31 Thread Charles-Roberts
Margot wrote: I finally took the plunge this morning and upgraded from the Mozilla 1.1 that came with my Mandrake 9.0 to the Mozilla 1.4. I downloaded it, unzipped it, untarred it and installed it following the instructions it came with - and now I can't find it! For the 1.1, I had some desktop

Re: [newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?

2003-07-24 Thread Charles-Roberts
Erylon Hines wrote: ]On Wednesday 23 July 2003 05:21 pm, ThinKer wrote: Hello All, I've just inherited two very old machines (Original Pentium with 16MB RAM each). I was wondering if there was anything I can download and install on these machines. They are currently running Windows 95 and they

Re: [newbie] Install Problem

2003-07-20 Thread Charles-Roberts
jeepcreep wrote: Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening? Need to know a little more ab

Re: [newbie] Network activity indicator

2003-07-10 Thread Charles-Roberts
Burrows, Scott wrote: Hi all, I'm using MDK 9.1. Love it. Is there any way to have a network activity indicator in the task bar at the bottom, similar to to the two network computers that "turn on/off" when there is network traffic on a Windoz box? That is one small feature about Windoz that I

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS

2003-06-26 Thread Charles Roberts
John Richard Smith wrote: Charles Roberts wrote: Yes. This way uses 2 lilo.conf. One in the MBR (by having 'boot=/dev/hda' in the 1st OS lilo.conf, and the other lilo.conf goes in /dev/hda9 (by having 'boot=/dev/hda9' in the 2nd OS lilo.conf. If you would like to be more pr

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS

2003-06-26 Thread Charles Roberts
John Richard Smith wrote: Charles Roberts wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: I'm thinking about dual booting the same OS but updating the second to test. I'm not sure of all the implications. I have a /boot partition. That means I will be overwriting the first kernel init etc, wit

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS

2003-06-25 Thread Charles Roberts
John Richard Smith wrote: I'm thinking about dual booting the same OS but updating the second to test. I'm not sure of all the implications. I have a /boot partition. That means I will be overwriting the first kernel init etc, with the same, cannot think that is likely to be any problem. Lilo

[newbie] Mandrake Control Center configuration

2003-03-23 Thread Charles Roberts
Are there any configuration files for Mandrake Control Center. Specifically for Software Management. I would like to make the 'Software Install' window come up in 'show all files, alphabetical' mode. Charles Roberts Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [newbie] 56k modem

2003-03-21 Thread Charles Roberts
Anonymous wrote: I've reinstalled mandrake 9, and now the modem works; however, the symptom (being able to surf for awhile, then for some odd reason not) remains. This happened with Redhat 8 as well ... I'm testing an old machine with Mandrake 9 -- it has an ISA internal 56k modem, and DOES NOT hav

Re: [newbie] No icons in KDE 3.1

2003-03-08 Thread Charles Roberts
robin wrote: I'm sorry if this was dealt with when KDE 3.1 came out, but after trawling through the archives for a while, I haven't found anything. (That reminds me to plead once again for people to start a new thread when the topic changes - it's a minor irritation when I'm reading my mail, bu

[newbie] petroglyph wallpaper

2003-02-16 Thread Charles Roberts
In Mandrake 7.0 there was a wallpaper named petroglyph. It was a reproduction of the southwest American Indians rock painting of a dancing man playing the flute. It is not in Mandrake 9.0. Does anyone know what happened to it? Where can I find a copy of it? tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] maudio

2000-08-26 Thread Charles Roberts
Hi, I am running Mandrake 7.0 & /proc/pci shows : Bus 0, device 12, function 0 Multimedia audio controller: Unknown vender Unknown device (rev 16) Vender id=13f6 Device id=111 Medium dvsel IRQ 10 Master capable Latency=32 Min Gnt=2 Max Lat =2 I/O at 0xde00 [0xde01]. I ho