Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy ofLinux-Mandrakeversion 7.0 in Australia.

-- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.

[Fwd: [newbie] GPGP]

-- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup. John Couturier wrote: I don't know the answer the your problem but you may want to go out to http://geheimnis.sourceforge.net and try geheimnis

[newbie] GPGP

I am trying to run gnupg with the gpgp gui front end in L-M7.0. When I try to decrypt with gpgp I get the error message: gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Device not configured Gnupg works fine in a term. I cannot find any info on configuring /dev/tty. Can anyone assist? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2

Re: [newbie] X-Window, Mandrake 7.0, SiS6326

le to id:5:initdefault if you want to routinely start X on bootup. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.

Re: [newbie] Netscape Fonts

PROTECTED] http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/ -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.

Re: [newbie] XFree86 version 4 and the SIS 6326 chip

it). Has anyone any ideas to help me run v4 other than "buy a better card"? Thanks. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com I have it fixed, thanks. Thanks for your copy of XF86Config. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2

Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse

but when I restarted X , I received an error message stating there was no executable for the program---where did I go wrong? Thanks for your help Thanks from me too. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: P

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my kppp error message. I have not used make menuconfig but make xconfig works fine. Sorry I can't help with your problem. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia

Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE

or xconfig? Try again and good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.

[newbie] CAN'T MOUNT FLOPPY

f possible. Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.

Re: Netscape problem was Re: [newbie] system freezes after 1 -2days

Moscow, ID 83843 =+=== Have you configured netscape in edit-preferences so it knows where to look? -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first

[newbie] Multi-session CD

to mount the cd but is unable to see it in linux, whereas he can in Windows. TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.

Re: [[newbie] no sndconfig?]

. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Dennis Robertson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia PH/FAX: 61 7 5474 2343 - Phone before sending fax.

Re: [newbie] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

, If you read the archives about 2 weeks ago, or so, you will see that Axalon helped me do this. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] StarOffice 5.1 Registration Key

should get SO 5.1a which does not need to be registered. SO 5.1 will not be supported with patches and upgrades. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [[newbie] is this list still working]

://webmail.netscape.com. Same here. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [Re: [newbie] ppp error]

Michael Scottaline wrote: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW nice image - how do you do that? Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first

Re: [newbie] KDE screen help

ause I still have that setup in KDE. Wouldn't you think this would be resolved before distros were supplied to users? HTH. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect

nstall. I dunno what is going on. Thanks. | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Appologies, I mis understood. Look in the untar'd distribution for the SO51a installe

Re: [newbie] Kernel Confusion

Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: [..] My question is how do I revert my system to full -7 kernel operation without -22 interference? I would not like to do yet another install! Thanks for any help. mount /mnt/cdrom # mount the original cdrom cd

Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect

"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: | Hello List, | | Well this is really strange. I have 5.1a for Windows and it connects, | downloads email and browses no problem. Apart from some minor cosmetic | improvements it look

[newbie] Star Office won't connect

for Linux. I am just not connecting somehow. Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart

Dennis Robertson wrote: Frank Arnold wrote: Autostart Look inside the folders in Autostart and you will find lots of icons for applications that are not on your desktop. Like to have one or more on the desktop? Drab it from autostart to the desktop and select "Copy&qu

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart

Alan Shoemaker wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: snip I tried your excellent template suggestion to create an icon for midnight commander. I got as far as an icon that opens konsole but I can't get mc to start. Could you elaborate for a newbie, please. Also, I can't get the Autostart

[newbie] Fax Programs

performance to WinFax or is there a better option? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart

on that opens konsole but I can't get mc to start. Could you elaborate for a newbie, please. Also, I can't get the Autostart directory to open; instaed I get the error: The config file has no "Type=..." line. Can you help, please? Regards, -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street

[newbie] Annoying Error Messages

screwed up doing that. Can anyone help? ( I am posting to this list because I feel it is not an SO-specific problem.) Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting

? You need to put a server/host in there, such as "time.nist.gov" The server, time.nist.gov, is the atomic clock in Colorado. The command line would be (minus the quotes) "rdate -sp time.nist.gov" It works here... John John, I got it to work as user, thanks. I

Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting

nterpreter I'll be seeing this week to correct any problems. Thanks, John, for spotting the deliberate error with /dev/floppy for /dev/fd0(which of course I had to use.) Thanks again. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Kernel Update

Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello list, I have been absent during a re-install of L-M6.1 to try to cure my problem with kppp disabling my desktop. I decided to go for broke and updated the kernel etc with the Mandrake update function

[newbie] Linux Time Setting

. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] XF86Config

the prompt and type startx. It should work. If not go back into mc and try another modeline. A friend showed me how to do this when I was about to abandon Linux. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] Yamaha OPL3-Sax Sound Card

alias sound opl3sa2 pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options opl3sa2 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=7 mpu_io=0x388 io=0x370 HTH -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] Kernel Update

the new kernel to the old boot disk? Thanks for any help. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] KDE Desktop

de to open, say, Netscape or once I have used Kppp I can no longer use icons (including Kppp itself) after disconnect. Has anyone a cure short of full reinstall of M6.1, which I really would prefer not to do? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA P

Re: [newbie] Blackbox

Sean Armstrong wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Sean Armstrong wrote: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me

Re: [newbie] Scanner

guess "some support"= not very much since I can't find the files needed. She who must be obeyed says it's my present scanner or nothing! Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops

n sc600 as well) that simply not adding the 0 to lp during install provided a fix. I think there is a setup error that says a printer is detected at lp0 but then looks for it at lp. But then I am an absolute newbie so take that with a grain of salt. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Str

[newbie] K Desktop

Steve, I have tried all possible combinations of IP, DNS and Gateway entries in Kppp and still find that the panel and desktop icons do not work after using Kppp. Is there anything else I can try, please? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone

[newbie] Scanner

which should be in /usr/local/lib/, /usr/local//etc/sane.d/ and /usr/local/man/ do not exist. GIMP cannot see the scanner. Can anyone tell me what to do from here ( to get my scanner working, that is ), please? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA

Re: [newbie] Blackbox

not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 PowerPack

with SO5.1 (Sun version) for Windoze. Maybe your experience will be different - I hope so. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] K Desktop

Warren Doney wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Steve, I have tried all possible combinations of IP, DNS and Gateway entries in Kppp and still find that the panel and desktop icons do not work after using Kppp. Is there anything else I can try, please? Thanks. -- Dennis

Re: [newbie] Scanner

not to use Windoze. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] K Desktop

Steve, Thanks for advice about KPPP. When I checked the option was disabled so I enabled it to see if that works. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] Blackbox

something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

[newbie] PRINTER

Thanks to all who pointed me to man lprm etc. Next time I'll know. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] K Destop

Steve Philp wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello All, Every now and then the icons in the panel cease to work - I click on them, they appear to work but nothing happens. I have to restart X to get them to work again. Anyone any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. Did you happen

[newbie] PRINTING

the job from the queue. I am asked are you sure? and on responding yes nothing happens and printing continues. I have switched the printer off but it cranks up the same job when restarted. I am very pleased to be able to print but does anyone know how to stop it mid-process? Thanks. -- Dennis

[newbie] Utilities

Here is a real newbie question. When I click on K and scroll to Utilities I get a list that exceeds the max height of the screen. It shows from A at the top to P at the bottom. How do I access utilities at the bottom which are off the screen; ie those from Q to Z? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson

Re: [newbie] sending man pages to printer

$* | lpr He says to put this in/usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.

Re: [newbie] Utilities

task. Please check the mail archive for further discussion and other work-arounds. HTH, Matt From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Utilities Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:27:02 + Here is a real newbie question.

[newbie] K Destop

Hello All, Every now and then the icons in the panel cease to work - I click on them, they appear to work but nothing happens. I have to restart X to get them to work again. Anyone any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA

[newbie] Epson Stylus Color 600

hope someone does. Why should it be so difficult? Linux will never fly if, as in my case, essential tasks can only be done in Windows. Thanks in advance. - Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.