[newbie] arrow-keys not work properly

Hi I installed mandrake linux 8.0, in xterm, the arrow keys work correctly, but in application, e.g in gnuplot, when i press the up-arrow key, it did not display the history commands, but ^]A something like that. Can you tell me how to set it correctly. thanks, Dechao _

[newbie] ftp not work

I installed Mandrake Linux8.0, defaultly, proftpd was installed. But when i use ftp, i got the following message Connect: connection refused I am sure that the proftpd is running. Because when I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd restart, it says as follows Shutting down proftpd: [ OK ] Starting p

[newbie] windows on linux

Does anybody know what and where is the program that I can run windows' applications from linux box? Cheers, Dechao Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] disk

Hi, in /mnt, I saw that there are cdrom, disk, and floppy, what does disk mean here? does it mean flip disk can be accessed? Dech Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] printer

I set up a printer using printtool. After that, I can print file by typing lp file1.ps but I cannot print webpage from netscape by selecting file-> print? Can you advice me what is the problem? Many thanks Dechao Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrake

Re: [newbie] shutdown

Hi Paul, Many thanks for your message. But I cannot find apmd from the services in the system menu. Can you tell me how to disable system suspension in my BIOS? Thanks dech Paul Rodríguez wrote: > > Hmm... don't know about the Toshiba, but it sounds like a partitioning > problem as your comp

[newbie] Flip Disk

Hi everyone, I know this may be off topic, but any ideas or help with this would be very useful! Is there any possibility of trying to recover data from my corrupted drive? The drive is a portable 20Gb Amacom 'flip disk', that apparently has a Toshiba hard drive installed. It has USB connecti