[newbie] Unreceived

2000-08-31 Thread Daniel Bodanske
I have not received a message since the 18th I was waiting awhile because I knew that the server was having problems, but. Daniel _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] Updating kernel w/ Mandrake Updater

2000-08-10 Thread Daniel Bodanske
Ian McLeod wrote: > > First, I would suggest that you download the RPM file rather than use the > updater (I read this in the update program or somewhere, can't remember) Auto-Updating the kernel is highly discouraged by Mandrake, and I wish I would have read that before I toasted a bunch of stuf

[newbie] XConfigurating a Monitor

2000-08-10 Thread Daniel Bodanske
Anyone familiar with a website posting monitor specs? I know there was one mentioned about a year and a half ago __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] KDE's Trash Can

2000-08-08 Thread Daniel Bodanske
My question is -- why does mine already function like this? I have the empty or non empty trash kdm wrote: > > The idea of **NOT** dropping everything you choose to **DELETE** into the > recycle/trash bin, is that the user is **SMART** enough to judge whether he/she > really wants to delete that

Re: [newbie] Install to a laptop without a CD drive?

2000-08-08 Thread Daniel Bodanske
for laptops I always LOVED the Laplink disks -- try and find an old copy then do a HD install Jeff Malka wrote: > > I have an old laptop I want to install Linux on but it does not have a CD. > Is this possible? Is there a way to connect the laptop to a desktop that > has a CD drive and install t

Re: [newbie] How can I configure MDK7.1 with another OS using BootMagic?

2000-08-08 Thread Daniel Bodanske
I'm behind on mt reading, but I used to install LILO onto my /boot bartition, and then point Boot Magic to that -- works quite well. But now I use GRUB Dan Romanator wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > Has any one been successful configuring Linux Mandrake 7.1 and another > OS such as WinNT4? > BootM

Re: [newbie] Thai Linux resources online.was..Chinese on Mandrake

2000-08-06 Thread Daniel Bodanske
Related topic .. the thai howto is woefully out of date, and doesn't seem to work for X any way: anyone know how I can get Thai into my KDE -- adding the keymap to the languages is NOT the fix. Dan Steve Weltman wrote: > Hi Brian. I am sorry to tell you that I am functionally illiterate in > Chi

Re: [newbie] X configuration

2000-08-06 Thread Daniel Bodanske
DO NOT do the test in the install. answer with a resolution that you KNOW will work e.g. 800x60016bpp and then do NOT boot automatically into X. When you boot up, type startx and then in the configuration you can change and test to your heart's content, and then set up to boot into X if you want

Re: [newbie] Linux resources online

2000-08-06 Thread Daniel Bodanske
My first job was selling Sanyo 8086 and 8088s back in 84, and I started programming on tandies in 81 > Anybody else on this list old enough to remember when the "suits" > didn't run things, and games/software were ported to every single > platform, just because they could/it was neat? Circa '8

Re: [newbie] modem connection

2000-08-03 Thread Daniel Bodanske
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Have you tried creating a connection with kppp? It's much easier for > > someone new to Linux to make a connection because the interface it > > straight-forward. > > > > -- > > Mark > > Hi... > Well, I was actually trying that on Kppp... > My problem is with the authe

Re: [newbie] AMD 500 CPUs???

2000-08-03 Thread Daniel Bodanske
Bill Hudspeth wrote: > Has anyone out there had a successful Mandrake operating > on an AMD 500 CPU? > > TIA > > Bill AMD K6-2/500 196Mb FICMB w/ 1024K Cache. Perfect. Currently trying to set up diskless boot on another system from it. __ Do Yo