[newbie] Installing 10.1 from HD- questions

2004-11-11 Thread Fred Fraley
I'm downloading the DVD-ISO and am going to copy its contents into an empty partition. I plan to add a line to the boot loader pointing to that partition. 1. I have two paths to vmlinuz in the isolinux directory, alt0 or alt1. Does anyone know which I should point to, or how to det

[newbie] DSL modem/firewall/router vs. Firewall vs. ???

2004-11-04 Thread Fred Fraley
Should I rely on a DSL gateway with NAT, or do I NEED a dedicated destop for a firewall? I recently got DSL with a Westell Versalink 327W modem/router/hub/gateway, which has a built in firewall with NAT. The Versalink has a DHCP service built in. I also have the option of

[newbie] Bittorrent setup

2004-11-04 Thread Fred Fraley
Is anyone familiar with seting up a sevice for Bittorrent on a Westell Versalink 237W? Thanks, Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

[newbie] Where does grpmi go w/o Update?

2003-08-17 Thread Fred Fraley
Running Mandrake Update, grabbing 29 megs or so over 56k modem. Got an error message box, now Update is gone according to the process list in ksysguard. The DL is chugin merrily along according to the grpmi progress bar, though. So, I'm trying to figure out how it will end up

[newbie] Coordinating dialup and cable connections

2003-02-13 Thread Fred Fraley
Just called my dialup ISP and asked how to route all connections to their news server thriough my modem. I want to use my cable connection for all other addresses. Told them I was using Mandrake 9. Their tech support said the only practical way was to physically disconnect the

Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-02-01 Thread Fred Fraley
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 16:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Something you could try is to delete all the .kde* files from your > ~/home/yournamehere/ directory as well as and files in the /tmp that > have DCOP or .KDE-YOURNAME in them - then after that, try starting KDE > again... > > It could be sev

Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-01-30 Thread Fred Fraley
Many, many thanks to all for the sugestions. My thoughts as I sort through them... I am using a Duron 850 with 512 megs. The system boots fine. KDE through Debian loads <> faster on a slower machine with less memory, so to me that rules out memory/CPU and points to configuration, eit

Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-01-29 Thread Fred Fraley
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:07, et wrote: > I wonder if either of you have installed "crossover plugin demo"? and did > you install Quicktime? I noticed this after I killed a failed install of > quicktime via the plugin, but only as root. Actually, yes. But it was the full install, no

[newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-01-29 Thread Fred Fraley
When I start KDE, from the graphic login screen, it takes 1:10-1:15 before I get to the KDE splash screen, then another 1:00 on just the loading peripherals section. Everything else seems to load fairly quickly. Gnome is about as slow, but I haven't timed it. IceWM and WindowMaker loa

[newbie] Asking for CD - What file does it want?

2002-09-26 Thread Fred Fraley
When I try setting a HP Laserjet IIp+ up through MDK Control Center it asks "Please insert the medium named "disc 1 Mandrake Linux 9.0 beta4 Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1)" on device [/dev/hdc] ". Now, that's fine, except I don't have that CD, or even the ISO, anymore. How can

[newbie] Changing hda

2002-09-20 Thread Fred Fraley
Last time I tried this I managed to lose my /home partition, so I'm going to ask for help first, this time :-) How do I manage this without losing anything? I'm going to remove /dev/hda, the original 30 gig HD, from this machine. I am keeping /dev/hdb (60 gig), which will beco

[newbie] An apology to daRcmaTTeR and the list

2002-08-22 Thread Fred Fraley
I'd like to offer an apology for my tone to daRcmaTTeR and the list. I posted a message "Problem with updates at end of installation", and got a bit, well, pissy at daRcmaTTeR's response to me. On another users tip, I looked back at daRcmaTTeR's posts and see he is not a typic

Re: [newbie] 9.0.b3-Problem with updates at end of installation

2002-08-20 Thread Fred Fraley
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 09:19 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > Hi Fred, > > Please keep in mind that what I'm about to say is said with the best of > intentions and no offense is meant. But, which part of bleeding edge, > _Beta_ release isnt' quite clear? > > first, since it's a beta release you're guar

[newbie] 9.0.b3-Problem with updates at end of installation

2002-08-20 Thread Fred Fraley
Has anyone else had a problem with the update part tripping up if they selected an item from the list? One example, autoconf was checked, and I also checked autoconf.x.x.. It immediately tossed me an error mesage and took me back to the start of the update process. Happened with sev

[newbie] msec settings

2002-04-25 Thread Fred Fraley
I have a single machine, no local network, with a broadband (cable modem) connection. Using msec,level 3, which uses a default umask of 022. Is there any reason to create a perm.local file rather than simply edit the settings in the /usr/share/msec/perm.xx files? I want to chan

[newbie] msec --PERM.LOCAL file format

2002-04-23 Thread Fred Fraley
Can someone point me to the format for the perm.local file for msec? I find references to "same as ..." but the files referred to don't exist on my system. Specifically -- at level 3 the umask of 022 doesn't allow write access to my /mnt/windows directory for wine. I have cre

[newbie] Sound problems forever-- I'm lost

2002-03-31 Thread Fred Fraley
SuperMethaneBrothers game -- works xmms -- works GnomeCDplayer -- works Grip -- works Ogle -- works RealPlayer -- ERROR "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it" Click "more Info" button > nothing happens Quicktime via CrossOver Plugins -- no soun

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-13 Thread Fred Fraley
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:48, Hanan Shargi opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Walnut Creek (bay area) California here > > and bar hoping would _not_ be a good idea. can see a bunch of rowdy linux > geeks in one bar? ;-) Gee, I recall a special Linux tour to Germany a cou

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-13 Thread Fred Fraley
US - Great Lakes region Akron-Cleveland Ohio area Medina, Ohio, US to be specific But I miss the Eastern Kentucky mountains. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cable connection glitch

2002-03-09 Thread Fred Fraley
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:56 pm, you wrote: > I am using Mandrake 8.0. I just got hooked up to cable. I got an SMC > 1211TX ethernet card and an RCA DCM245R modem. I was able to get the > status: not connected > Any help appreciated. > Thanks, I had a problem with connecting with 8.

[newbie] Single Network Firewall

2002-02-22 Thread Fred Fraley
Anyone here using it? I'm thinking about it for a 4 desktop home network with a cable connection. I have a 166mmx w/32 megs and a 3 gig HD laying around I can use. (laying around! and it was only last spring I was still getting by with a 486/25, 8 meg, 540 HD. Sheesh!!) Wid

[newbie] How do I get a Wine app to run from icon?

2002-01-02 Thread Fred Fraley
Running Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, wine 20010305 Gray haired grandfather ( so be gentle:-) started with Apple //e, DOS experience back to 3.3, WIN to 3.1, new to really using Linux, though I installed it all the way back to Slackware and Yggdrasil from floppies (kernel 0.9something as I recall)