[newbie] DPMS Instructions

2000-07-21 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
seems to work. A Pointer to a reliable factual document would also be fine. The exact url please if possible. TIA -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"

RE: [newbie] Proxy Connection FROM 98 to Mandrake?

2000-07-21 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
-Original Message- From: Rob Ogilvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Proxy Connection FROM 98 to Mandrake? Help! The free ISP I use in Linux (FreeWWWeb) was just bought out by Juno! :::refraining from

RE: [newbie] Windoze

2000-07-20 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
-Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Windoze On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 06:25:25PM -0500, Gilbert Baron wrote: Linux is so great, where are all of the applications.

RE: [newbie] Wheel Mouse

2000-07-20 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Gilread these docs /usr/doc/imwheel-0.9.8/ Alan Gil Baron W0MN wrote: I have a new wheel mouse. It is actually the Intellimouse Ps2 and USB compatible attached to PS/2. I installed 7.1 for the supposedly provided

RE: [newbie] UPDATE from 7.0 to 7.1 is Ridiculously SLOW

2000-07-20 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
I understand that now but it is poor design. An index and data base of some kind similar to DARE I SAY IT the windows registry or some other design that has what is there would be what is needed. There is a long way to go here. It does not take that long to upgrade a large AS/4000 with a new OS,

RE: [newbie] Wheel Mouse

2000-07-20 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
Well I do get wheel mouse now but only in root. It is also not very good, you turn on notch and the screen moves practically top to bottom. Not smooth. There must be ways to fix this but I can't find them. -Original Message- From: Gil Baron W0MN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

[newbie] Wheel Mouse

2000-07-19 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
I have a new wheel mouse. It is actually the Intellimouse Ps2 and USB compatible attached to PS/2. I installed 7.1 for the supposedly provided wheel mouse support. It is not supported. Where do I go from here? -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050

RE: [newbie] Wheel Mouse

2000-07-19 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
ttons that you can program. Default is forward and back although I turn them off. I hit them too easily accidentally. It does come with support but it doesn't do a good job of setting it up for you. Hope this helps. John -- Original Message -- From

[newbie] PCI Ethernet card problems

2000-07-18 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
and LinkSys cards work just fine. Well that is the LinKSys works fine on 192.168.0.2 but not on the cable modem. Very Strange. The only card that worked in both places is the RealTek card. Any Ideas? -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "H

[newbie] Diamond Monster Sound Card not supported Wahhhh

2000-07-18 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
Does anyone know where to get an RPM for the Diamond Monster sound card. I already had to buy a new video card, hope I don't need a new sound card too. It is not recognized and not supported. -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "H

RE: [newbie] PCI Ethernet card problems

2000-07-18 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
-mandrake.com/en/demos/Networking/NetBasics/pages/ there is a list of network cards and modules, with configuration: http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld-11.html Bye james bond non-registered linux user nr 007 From: "Gil Baron W0MN" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-

[newbie] Network problems with proxy

2000-07-18 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
to the other and back with no problem? -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"

[newbie] xfree86 RPM not found

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
install. This takes forever as it is over 1900 megs for the developer version. TIA -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"

[newbie] Turnaround time on list

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
My post from about 50 minutes ago have not shown up. Is this list really that slow? I don't get bounced so it must be going some place? -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"

[newbie] Slow turnaround

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
Can anyone tell me why my messages are taking THREE HOURS to get posted while I see others here in minutes? Not very useful if it is a 6-12 hour turnaround! Is there a good newsgroup for help? -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "H

RE: [newbie] X window

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
I have much the same problem. See my post on Expert. It stands to reason they should test this better. The WORST thing that an happen in my opinion is REGRESSION and that is what has happened. I realize the y can't test all possibilities and maybe my video is unusual but S3, gimme a break! I

RE: [newbie] MDK7.1 IDE Configuration Freezes During Installation onDell Dimension XPS PII 200 MMX

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
You are not alone with install problems with this poorly tested version 7.1. See my video problems on expert. Xfree86 (the thing I needed most in the upgrade) fails with my configuration. In fact , with 2 different configurations on two different machines. -Original Message- From:

RE: [newbie] Reply text goes ON TOP-Walt

2000-07-16 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
After my troubles with 7.1 I have about the same feeling. I am doing this as a learning experience and something to play with. It is obvious that for serious work for the home user, LINUX is NOT there yet. Maybe some day. Install trouble and lack of applications are the villains. Even if install

RE: [newbie] test

2000-07-10 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
Very strange. This one made a liar of me. It was up in 16 minutes. I have sent some since that took over 6 hours. This list needs a LOT of work in that area. I got a reply form one that said they had seen one take a week -Original Message- From: Gil Baron W0MN [mailto:[EMAIL

[newbie] Access DOS files from LINUX

2000-07-10 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
I moved this to newbie list where it is probably more fitting. I do not know how to get the files I downloaded (to my E:\linux folder to copy them to the root so that I can proceed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am sure there is some simple command but I do not know what it is. This

[newbie] Network not enabled at start

2000-07-10 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
I used Drak Conf to configure my ethernet. It works. I shutdown and boot. It no longer works. I am forced to go back to Drak Conf and enable the adapter again. IS there a way to make it permanent so it sticks across shutdown restart? TIA -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04

[newbie] TEST TEST Roundtrip test

2000-07-10 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
It has been taking a VERY long time to see my messages. I wait 3-8 hours most of the time. I may have had the address goofed up. In any case this is a test only so you can ignore it as you wish. POSTED JULY 10 0853 -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W