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

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

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

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

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: 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

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 precise about it, read

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.

[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 MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

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,

[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

[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