[newbie] X font server

2000-07-29 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hello, after trying to install sawfish I have trouble with my X font server and can't start X. Error: FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno=111 Failed to set default font path ' /usr/.etc..' Fatal server error. Could not open default font 'fixed'. Any help fully

RE: [newbie] Fatal Server error?

2000-07-29 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Have the same pb too. Indeed xfs is not running. But after several reboots the result is the same. So I would reinstall XFree86-xfs but rpm says 'package already installed' and stops. When I do an rpm -e XFree86-xfs... then rpm says 'package NOT installed' ! By an rpm -q XFree86-xfs... rpm

[newbie] HP

2000-07-15 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Want to buy a HP printer ? This is what I received from HP-support: (received 06 jul 2000) Thanks for E-mailing, Eric. Thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard's Customer Care. I understand you are looking for a Linux driver. Overview Linux is a UNIX (R) clone available free of

Re: [newbie] special script for isdn devices ?

2000-07-10 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Alexander Skwar wrote: On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 11:57:13PM +0200, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Alexander Skwar wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 11:03:58PM +0200, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Paul, take a look at www.millenniumx.de. Sure, kISDN is kinda nice, but how do you use your

Re: [newbie] LILO Mandrake 7.1

2000-07-10 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Wienand Drenth wrote: With older versions of Mandrake and corresponding LILO, the Linux partition had somehow to start before cylinder 1023 (roughly speaking). However, for LILO version 21.4.4 this barrier seems broken. Question: does Mandrake 7.1 come with a LILO that supports placement of

Re: [newbie] urgent help

2000-07-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Qt-2.1.1 is separate from 1.44. So 1.44 is not uninstalled ! If you didn't. Now you have 2.1.1 and 1.44 installed. Must be ! If you uninstalled 1.44, reinstall that package. Insert your CD and install flopyy. Do an upgrade and select it. Eric KompuKit wrote: I tried to upgrade qt-1.44 in 7.0

[newbie] openmail

2000-07-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
has anyone installed openmail in linux ?? If yes, how did you ? Thanks. Eric

[newbie] Another vision.

2000-07-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Indeed. Started with a little VICTOR 25 years ago,more a calculation machine who's could also type letters and has his own programming language. After that a little computer without HD (not available), just a floppy 5 1/4. Just a 8086 chip. Then 8286, 8386,8486, etc.. Programmed in assembler,

Re: [newbie] Free space available?

2000-07-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! I just don't know how to know the free space available in any partition 8-) Thanks. - Joan Tur - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ibiza - Spain Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de Run 'kfsstatus', 'free', 'gnome system monitor', etc..

Re: [newbie] special script for isdn devices ?

2000-07-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Alexander Skwar wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 11:03:58PM +0200, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Paul, take a look at www.millenniumx.de. Sure, kISDN is kinda nice, but how do you use your ISDN setup when X is not running? Alexander Skwar The (good) OLD way. I think this is not a serious

Re: [newbie] Two printers in Mandrake 7.0?

2000-07-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Marcia Waller wrote: Dear anyone, I have Linux-Mandrake7.0 Complete and successfully configured my Epson Stylus Color printer. I would like to use a 2nd printer with this-an Okidata Ole 400 laser printer. I use them both with my Windows 95.May I do this with Linux? How can this be done?

Re: [newbie] special script for isdn devices ?

2000-07-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Paul, take a look at www.millenniumx.de. Never pbs any more. Eric Paul wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Quaylar wrote: does anybody of u know whether theres a special script under mandrake that creates the isdn devices ? i experienced that my update to ver 7.1 deleted somehow my

Re: [newbie] Printer Epson

2000-07-06 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
When in KDE click on 'Drakconf'. Then click on Printer configuration. Eric Gustavo Halperin wrote: Sorry, but I don't understand what is mean : and set-up your printer and spool. Can you explain to me please. Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Try to reconfigure your printer

[newbie] To the GRUB users

2000-07-06 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi guys, Well, I decided to try the GRUB bootloader instead of LILO. Need help to do it. Hard-disks: 2 /boot installed at HD1 hda5 = logical partition in extended. / installed at HD2 = primary partition. To try it, I want to boot from the floppy (fd0) No pb with 1024st cyl. are LBA's. Thanks in

Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.

2000-07-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Dennis Myers wrote: Here I am with all indications that real player 7 down loaded and installed. It shows up in RPM/files and is set in /usr/bin and usr/local with a whole bunch of /usr/lib files. Ok, how do I know it is working? It also shows up in /usr/local/netscape/plugins. I don't

Re: [newbie] Star Office 5.2

2000-07-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Federico Silva wrote: -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: miércoles 5 de julio de 2000 12:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Star Office 5.2 On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote: The one thing about Windows that I liked more than in

[newbie] PMfirewall

2000-07-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hello list, I setted-up PMfirewall with the help og Dennis Myers. Very impressive. All ports closed. This on a STANDALONE WORKSTATION Not connected to a network ! I recommend it fully. Eric

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Programs

2000-07-04 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Patrick Dyer wrote: How do I uninstall programs which were installed from files of type *.tar.gzip or *.tar.Z? Can someone help me please. patrick __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ In

Re: [newbie] listname

2000-07-03 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PLEASE, I have registered my LINUX mandrake 7.0 and cannot access the support email system. My question is how to install staroffice 5.1? Please help or point me in the right direction. Thank you Manuel Desa *.rpm or *.tar.gz install ? For an rpm install:

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

2000-07-02 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Marcia Waller wrote: Larry Marshall wrote: that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup My guess is that you've

[newbie] Openmail

2000-07-01 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi all, is there anyone whos has experience with Openmail ? To set-up and configure it correctly. What are your impressions ? Eric

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

2000-07-01 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Marcia Waller wrote: Dear All, Thank you everyone who gave me wonderful advice. Unfortunately I found out that my CD rom is not bootable. In the Bios setup it shows that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the

Re: [newbie] Installation problems...

2000-06-30 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
You are right. Don't do the X test. And SCSI test if you haven't. All goes well. Eric Bouropoulos Andreas wrote: Hello there, I have some trouble installing Mandrake on my system and would like some help. The problem is that, when I boot from a disk (being created by rawrite using

Re: [newbie] 2nd Hard Drive

2000-06-30 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Jason Angus wrote: Got a question for all of you Linux Experts out there. I am buying a new Hard Drive this weekend, I want to have Windows 98 on the master drive and Linux on the slave. I want to know how to address installing Linux in that environment and how will Linux see that

Re: [newbie] Removing Linux Partition

2000-06-30 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
This Linux partition on your first HD can be changed to a windoooz extended partition. But be carefull, /boot of linux must reside in totaly before the 1024st cylinder to be safely. So you can setup an extended dos partition and a primary Linux /boot partition on your first HD. To do with

[newbie] group setting of named.

2000-06-22 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi guys, named failed. Say group is not set ! What group is needed by named ? Thanks in advance. Eric

Re [newbie] Problèmes techniques

2000-06-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Alain COULOMBEAU wrote: J'ai installe Linux Mandrake 7.0 a partir d'un CD-ROM joint a PC Expert n? 95. Apres quelques deboires dus a mon inexperience sur lesquels je passe, je viens de reinstaller Linux avec succes, mais aussi quelques problemes. 1. Apres installation, impossibilite de

RE: [newbie] trouble with 7.0 deluxe install and lilo

2000-06-09 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
When setup LILO did yu select also DOS ?? If not resetup LILO with lilo.conf and run lilo. Take a look at info or man lilo. Or at page 275 of your User Guide and Reference Manual. If it don't help you can utilise loadlin. Eric MC -Original Message- From: Lance [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] test, ne pas lire

2000-06-04 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: est-ce que ça marche ? @+ olivier __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message

Re: [newbie] pbm cdrom à l'installation de la mdk 7.0

2000-06-04 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bonjour, j'ai une mdk 6.0 et j'ai essayé de l'upgrader en mdk 7.0. le pbm, c'est que l'installation se lance depuis le cdrom et puis ça bloque sur "Initializing CDROM" J'ai même laissé tourner 30 min, mais rien à faire ça bloque. Le serveur X n'est même pas

Re: [newbie] Oh say can you C??

2000-06-03 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
vern wrote: Hello, Where to start? I am still in the transition mode, coming over from the darkside (microsoft/DOS/windows/BASIC etc.) I tried to learn C about 10 years ago, when everyone had their own version. Before ANSI C was in full use. I had parts of a Borland compiler and did a

Re: [newbie]

2000-06-03 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
michael wrote: Is there a defrag type program for linux or is it so superior to DOS/win that there aren't any lost clusters or anything to clean up? Or is it that hte constant re-installation keeps the disk clean? ;-) -- -michael- By my mind, no defrag-type in linux.(Am I wrong ??)

Re: [newbie] re-install

2000-06-02 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
rharvey wrote: If I re- install and I want to install everything... what partitions do I need and how much space does each of them need? The autoconfigure does not know what I want to install so it does not set the partitions right thanks Robert Mine is: 1 prim partition = /boot

Re: [newbie] Command execution

2000-06-02 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Barry Winch wrote: Can someone please explain the concept behind ./ in executing a command. If I am in the directory where the programme resides and type the programme name, I get a: "bash: programme name: command not found" message This is because your PATH is not defined in your

Re: [newbie] passwd

2000-06-02 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
"N. Kofi Amu" wrote: Thank you Anthony for your response. I appreciated the need to repeat the password on the terminal or in the GUI. What I need is I have over twenty users to setup and I do have these users names in a database. All I need is to add their passwords and export them as

Re: [newbie] An Word on Linux Drivers for Iomega ZIP Drives?

2000-05-27 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Romanator wrote: Has any one tried the Linux drivers for Iomega ZIP drives? Roman What driver ? I have an Iomega zip 100MB. ATAPI. No driver needed, I've set it up without pbs. Eric -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you)

[newbie] kISDN

2000-05-27 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
I'm sorry, I referred several times times to a misspelled site: www.millennium.de -- must be www.millenniumx.de. The download site for kISDN. Eric -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you)

Re: [newbie] No login after installing StarOffice!

2000-05-26 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
What I did without pbs: Reinstall as root Staroffice; before remove the '.sversionrc' file. Get the java runtime environment 'jre117'.(from blackdown.org : JRE_1.1.7-V1a-glibc-x86.tar.gz, and of course untar it) To complete the installation of Java on Linus before running the application

Re: [newbie] LM7 installation woes, continued

2000-05-24 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Well, I forget how I did it but these are the files I have on my TEXT-INSTALL floppy: boot.msg339 help.msg866 initrd.img 927483 ldlinux.sys 5480 syslinux.cfg420 vmlinuz 498701 bytes Eric Kenny wrote: I'm having the same problem Upon doing an alt.f2 f3

Re: [newbie] Error when running LILO

2000-05-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 label=linux append other=/dev/hdb1 label=dos table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy table=/dev/hda Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Send me your lilo.conf file to see how it's done. Eric Phil Murphy wrote: I've edited my /etc/lilo.conf file

Re: [newbie] Error when running LILO

2000-05-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 label=linux append other=/dev/hdb1 label=dos table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy table=/dev/hda Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Send me your lilo.conf file to see how it's done. Eric Phil Murphy wrote: I've edited my /etc/lilo.conf file

[newbie] Running KDE1.1.x and KDE2.0 Snapshots on same machine

2000-05-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi all, I'm running MDK 7+ Is there anyone who's installed both kde's to run on the same machine ? Eric -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you)

Re: [newbie] Still problems with ISDN setup

2000-05-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Christian, Are you connected to your ISP? And how ? Is there a message displayed from your browser ? What kind of browser do you use? Eric ChristianMathes wrote: Hi all, I still have big problems to install my internet connection via ISDN. I thorougly studied the manual at

Re: [newbie] Serial Mouse Hell

2000-05-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Try to disable gpm on startup. I have the same problem when I selected gpm (running the mouse in console). So, I disable it and all runs fine. ERIC Raptor wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 7.0 air on a k6-2 233. I installed it fine on my k6-III 400 with a PS/2 mouse. the 233 has

Re: [newbie] Printing man pages

2000-05-20 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Sorry, on my machine as ex.: ESC x man ENTER manual-entry Enter Replace manual-entry by the man page (ex. dump) Eric Denis HAVLIK wrote: I suppose Rials answer is correct, but if all you need is just printing a page or two from time to time, (x)emacs will make you happy 1) start (x)emacs

Re: [newbie] re Zip Drive

2000-05-20 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Michael, there are several way's to do it, 2 of them are: 1-compress it with 'bzip2' 2- do a 'dump' See, execute 'man bzip2' and 'man dump' on a term or console. Eric mcoady wrote: Thanks to Ron and Eric for great assistance in getting the Zip drive working. I see that this 100 meg. disk

Re: [newbie] printer HP deskjesct 930C

2000-05-19 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Take a look at www.picante.com Eric Charles A Edwards wrote: Almost all HP printers will work in Linux. If you have not done so already use Printer Config. and in turn pick each HP DeskJet listed, try to print a test page, continue untill you find one that will print. I should have

Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 760

2000-05-19 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Emanuele La Rosa wrote: Does anybody know where I can find the driver of the printer epson stylus color 760 take a lokk at www.picante.com Eric

Re: AW: [newbie] once again: ISDN setup

2000-05-17 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Take a look at www.millenium.de. There is a prog to dial-up with ISDN without pbs. Try it free. Eric Christian Mathes wrote: Dear Paul, thank you for your e-mail. What is ISDN4Net ? Is it a software ? A configuration tool? Or an URL in the WWW ? With kind regards Christian My

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade

2000-05-17 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
I tryed the 2.3.(31 I thought) under redhat 6 months ago and had no pb. Eric PS: now I'm on the latest mandrake. Eric Ron Greer wrote: 2.3.xx is beta. All odd numbers are beta: 2.2.14 z.y.xx xx == Release version, it just increments, get the highest one. yy == Major version, get the even

Re: [newbie] I need help to install KDE 2.0 and how to install a als100 sound card

2000-05-16 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Fernando Camacho Olmos wrote: Please anyone know how to install kde 2.0 when i try to install, that eliminate the kde. and what i have to do whith the als 100 sound card when i run sndconfig it mark one error and i have to put manually instalation. KDE installs on /opt. Go throug the

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

2000-05-15 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
The location of netscape 6 is /opt/netscape. So, click on the desktop-icon 'autostart' and select 'new', 'application', give it a name ex. 'netscape6.kdelnk', etc fill-in what's needed. Eric Paul wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2000, Eunice Thompson wrote: S, Anthony is there a way to

Re: [newbie] lost X! help

2000-05-15 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
You mean /tmp ?? There is no so much space to win when deleting this one. Try: mkdir /tmp mkdir /tmp/.X11-unix mkdir /tmp/.font-unix and reboot with runlevel 3, startx. If you mean /my account/tmp, There is no any file X need. Eric bascule wrote: well just when i thought i was doing ok, i

Re: [newbie] Version number on new compile

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
If you compiled a new kernel, then you created a 'bzImage' or 'zImage'. So, do: (xxx is what you want) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.xx cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.xxx rm /boot/System.map ln -s /boot/System.map-2.2.x

[newbie] user window-sig

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi, is there a way to see what user is actually running-on ? I mean on the workstation; on the panel or with a little widget/image. Eric

Re: [newbie] What's wrong with TAR???

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: Hi all! After I've installed X 4, when I tar -xvf something, I get this error on every file, but the files *do* unpack: $ tar -xvf kde-qt-support-1.90.tar tar: couldn't set uid 1002 gid 1002 using chown: Operation not permitted The error message is not

Re: [newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Paul, thanks for the respons.I'm reassured. Eric Paul wrote: On Fri, 12 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Hi all, why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'. What did I wrong ? Thanks Eric I don't think you do something wrong. I assume that the packages that were

Re: [newbie] Where's the experts??

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
vern wrote: What has happened to the experts mailing list? No mail for almost 3 days! vern -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! Silly hacker,

Re: [newbie] user window-sig

2000-05-13 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Hi, is there a way to see what user is actually running-on ? I mean on the workstation; on the panel or with a little widget/image. Eric HI Eric, I am not sure if I know what you mean, but this might help: run who -H in a terminal

Re: [newbie] Server partitions

2000-05-12 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Add a /usr/local to preserve own progs. Eric Victor Richardson wrote: I'm doing a custom server install of Mandrake 6.1 for our office and was wondering about some partitions and their sizes. The server will only be accessed by 15 users (Win Mac) for basic fileshare and some

[newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

2000-05-12 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi all, why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'. What did I wrong ? Thanks Eric

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
"A.CAnela" wrote: Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my system doesn't recognize my Sound Blaster AWE 64. How can I install it? Run 'sndconfig' w/c in console. Eric

Re: [[newbie] ISP NETSCAPE]

2000-05-03 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Look also at your resolv.conf AFTER (while) the connection with your KWvDial. He must be changed by your dialer. See what happen. Eric Michael Scottaline wrote: "Jeffrey Buckley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got my computer to dial out connect to an ISP. I used KWvDial. Then once I

Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem in X

2000-05-02 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Anders Linden wrote: Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows How can I write the $, ] and } in X? When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0. I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE). I've already tries to

Re: [newbie] Install Problems

2000-04-29 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Paul wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Matthew Clegg wrote: I'm completely new to Linux and am having difficulties with the Mandrake install program. When it gets to the point where it is supposed to test X no window appears and the install program does not go back to the previous step after a

Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem in X

2000-04-29 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Anders Linden wrote: Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows How can I write the $, ] and } in X? When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0. I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE). I've already tries to change the

Re: [newbie] Compiling from source - guess I'm just not getting it...

2000-04-27 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just downloaded the Linux version of cthugha from the web - in tar.gz form - followed the installation instructions, and as usual, the program doesn't work - Can't seem to find the executable, when I do a Find Files in KDE for " cthugha* ", I don't find an

Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(

2000-04-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: I was trying to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Pentium-S machine. I don't get the graphical installer, probably because my memory is to less (16MB) or my graphic card is not good enough. I don't mind. It is running well until the point where Mandrake is supposed to ask

Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(

2000-04-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, J D wrote: did you partition your hdd? or do you have an empty hdd? are you running any other os's? if you can, provide a little more info, and we'll see what we can think of. Thanks for you mail, also to Eric! Yes, there were no

Re: [newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen

2000-04-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan You are right about Corel,

Re: [newbie] (newbie] Yet Another Programming Question

2000-04-21 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I'm a newbie to Linux, and I know that this might sound like a silly question, but I was wondering about Visual Basic for Linux. Now I know that VB is a Microsoft product so VB for Linux would be an oxymoron, but still, I'm a college student and would rather

RE: [newbie] HELP!!

2000-04-18 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
To do this, there are several steps as follows: 1. set hidden and read-only files attibutes to 'archive' == attrib -r -s -h *.* You can also output the results to a file: 'attrib -r -s -h foo.txt' for later review. Do this for ALL the dir's. Take care of user.dat user.da0 system.dat and

RE: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1

2000-04-17 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Did you set your 'mount' dir to the right permisions ? Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cox Family Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 3:24 PM To: Linux Mandrake, Newbie list Subject: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1 another

[newbie] bacspace

2000-04-14 Thread ERIC MC DECLERCK
Hi everyone, my backspace key do not work in user mode. It do it when logged in as root. Why ? Eric

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!

2000-04-10 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi, I have a S3 Virge card to without any problem !! On a mdk 7. Eric -Original Message- From: Mike Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:12 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on

RE: [newbie] Netscape files

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
last year I tryed out and it didn't work for me. Naothing at all, nor the bookmarks ! Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Netscape files

RE: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back?

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Try it out with 'FIPS' ?? Eric -Original Message- From: Seth Hollen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back? Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I got the same problem

RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
, April 08, 2000 8:59 AM To: Eric MC DECLERCK Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0 On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Did you also install the X contrib ? Which X contrib? I was trying to install the following packages: XFree86-100dpi-fonts

RE: [newbie] X11R6-contrib

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Go to www.xfree86.org. There you'll find what you need about it. Eric -Original Message- From: wolfen999 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 3:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] X11R6-contrib where can i get this file for X 4.0 and still no

RE: [newbie] Netscape files

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
NO NO NO NO Eric -Original Message- From: kiriakos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 12:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Netscape files Hi all, I was wondering if it is possible in a dual boot system (linux, win98) to have Netscape for

RE: [newbie] How to change resolution in X

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Run Xconfigurator. Eric -Original Message- From: Glen M. Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 12:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to change resolution in X Hi, I'm using KDE and want to change the resolution to 1280*1024 -

RE: [newbie] RPM

2000-04-08 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Via console of course ! Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lance Borden Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM wolfen999 wrote: i am downloading the latestest rpms for

RE: [newbie]

2000-04-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Begin making room on your 1st HD. You need 'FIPS' and the doc about it for more security. Eric -Original Message-From: Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:52 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Hi gang, Ok, I have just got a copy of

RE: [newbie]

2000-04-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Run 'FDISK', nothing will be done before you give the command 'w' in fdisk ! and you can keep away at any time. So, keep in mind that the linux boot must be below the 1024st cylinder ! You can divide your HD in 4 primary partitions: 1. Linux native or dos (add a swap partition to linux) 2. dos or

[newbie] new isdn4k-utils

2000-04-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi, I installed the new isdn4k-utils and isdn4net. (cooker) Mandrake 7.02, kernel 14-15. is there everyone who can tell me what to do with following messages : - configuring kernel with 'IP re-routing' ? (IP routing is configurable in the kernel, but 're routing' ?? - why did modprobe 'ippp0' not

RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0

2000-04-06 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Did you also install the X contrib ? Eric -Original Message- From: Claus Atzenbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:09 PM To: Mandrake Listing Subject: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0 I was downloading XFree86 version 4.0 as RPM. I was trying to

RE: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or mi nor number...

2000-04-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Diod you copy your new vmlinuz to your (win) loadlin dir ? Eric -Original Message- From: Pittman, Merle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or mi nor number...

RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.

2000-04-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
I have a AWE64 and works fine. Try 'sndconfig' in the console (no on X). This would setup your card correctly. Eric -Original Message- From: Oliver Stieber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 11:28 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Sound Card

[newbie] rpm trouble

2000-04-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi everyone, I lost my rpm database (kpackages.rpm). Is there anyone who can help me to rebuild it ? txs Eric

RE: [newbie] Loadlin

2000-03-30 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
-Original Message- From: Eric MC DECLERCK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Loadlin STARTING LINUX WITH LOADLIN. Step by step installation: - make a dir in windoz (ex: loadlin) - copy

RE: [newbie] Loadlin

2000-03-29 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
STARTING LINUX WITH LOADLIN. Step by step installation: - make a dir in windoz (ex: loadlin) - copy loadlin.exe to your dir. Modif of 'MSDOS.SYS' : -click on this file and disable 'readonly' -open with an editer the file and set BootGUI=0 ( in section [Options](this don't start the logo of

[newbie] netscape

2000-03-06 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find