RE: [newbie] Dad hates MS!! Now what?

Well Tommy, If he's dangereous (as you said) I guess he's exactly the right person to try Linux, beside with distributions like Mandrake you dont need to be an expert to play around with Linux, and even betrer you dont have to suggest any applications, Mandrake is full of em, you just tell

[newbie] RE: setting a 10/100 NIC 's speed

Hi All, I have posted last week asking if there is a way I can set the 10/100 NIC's speed to 10, and some one suggested that it is easer to set the hub's speed instead. I tried netconf, harddrake, Mandrake control center, I couldnt find anyplace hat lets you set the NIC's speed ?! I checked

[newbie] setting a 10/100 NIC 's speed

Hello everyone, Is it possible to manually set the NIC's card speed like in Windows ? I have a 10/100 ethernet PCMCI card and I dont want it to connect withe the 100 speed, where can I set this ?? Regards. - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] LAN with 2 IP's from DSL povider ?

Thank you Brian, but the point is I already had this connection sharing, and I was able to set it up with the help of some list members ( infact you were the one who helped me out alot back then :) ) but the problem is that while having this sharing, and Linux was used as a firewall, and

[newbie] LAN with 2 IP's from DSL povider ?

Hi, picture this setting : linux box with 10.x.x.x IP ( IP prvided by the DSL provider ) HUB W2K box with 10.x.x.y IP ( another IP prvided by the DSL provider ) the two boxes connects to a HUB and the UP-link on the HUB connects to the DSL coming from the phone line on the wall ( the DSL

[newbie] tar/zip then untar/unzip (in detail though )

Hi, Hi All, On my machine that dual boots Linux 8.1 and Win89 ( which I have no CD burner on ) I need to do the following: 1- tar and zip my /home folder and save it on the D: partition ( a win fat32 partition ) 2- I'll split the partition I have linux on right now into two partitions: /

Re: [newbie] tar/zip then untar/unzip (in detail though )

Many Thanks Darwin Robin ...and they say Linux lacks the support !! cheers - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] You folks are great

Civileme, Thank you so much for all the help... I'v been a list member for I guess 2-3 months only, but It was THEE most fruitfull experience I'v ever had in any of the lists I'v ever joined in my internet life, apparently because of the wonderfull people like you. Hope you have a good time

RE: [newbie] ssh / telneting

Okay how about when you want to telente to a computer that is behind a firewall ? my linux box home is part of a network and I think it is behind a firewall ( not really a firewall but a router I guess ) meaning that all PC's here share one IP on the internet ( and every on's got an internal

[newbie] RE: gaim went silent ?!

Hi again, I fixed this problem, I thought I'd post the solution so that the person who said he/she share the same problem would fix it too and enjoy sounds again :) go to: Tools | preferences | Sounds then in the options box | Sound Method == choose : Command and when the box below

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

I had the same problem with Mandrake 8.2 after install went all smooth, I rebooted and the same thing happened: : : kernel panic attemp to kill init! : and I had to shut down the system manually. I was installing it on a system with the following specs: Intel P4 1.6 GHz mainboard: ATX / XP4

Re: [newbie] Question about a Linux box in an Windows Domain

Randy, What is the name of this samba client u run in the linux box ? and can i use urpmi to install it ? thanks. - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?

Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows desktop using NetBEUI? Can't use TCP/IP at the moment because the desktop's ip is assigned via the cable modem. Wally, I have a similar situation, but with LM on the notebook and W2k on the desktop. ( my notebook doesnt travel

Re: [newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

I just did that..added: TRUSTED_IFACES=lo eth2 noting changed. and yes I restarted the network on both machines. But thanks, I lost hope that someone would ever reply to my question :) Any other suggestions ? - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

Hello again, There seemed to be a missing post somewhere ..as I found some suggestions in Gerald's reply whcih I never seen before !? Anyway, I tried configuring the bastille-firewall.cfg with the notes in this post, and I finally was able to ping the linux box from the w2k machine

Re: [newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

Ohh I forgot , when I ran InteractiveBastille from as root, this is what I got: [root@hanan hanan]# InteractiveBastille Using Tk user interface module. Only displaying questions relevant to the current configuration. Can't locate Bastille_Tk.pm in INC (INC contains: /usr/lib

Re: [newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

I added all the ### entries I'm very very thankful, you cant imagine how this problem was getting on my nervs !! Be careful of the hosts file in windows. 192.168.0.1 hanan.localnet.tld hanan The '1' in 192 must be at the absolute begining of the line no spaces, no tabs I checked that,

Re: [newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

Go to linuxconf/networking and look at resolution.. It should be hosts, dns If it isn't, then you will have problems linuxconf | networking | Misc | hostname search path shows hosts, dns what does [cat /etc/sysconfig/network | grep HOSTNAME say does it say hanan.homelan.com ? It

[newbie] iptables / ipchains / bastille ??!!

Hi every one, I spent the past 2 days ( almost ) reading about how to set ip masquerading , iptables, ipchains, setting NFS etc. just to be able to put my hands on the problem why cant my w2k machine ping the linux machine ( both on a lan where linux machine has 2 eth cards, one IP for

[newbie] OT CHEER UP Femme :)

Hey Femme, keep your spirits and your lovely nutty posts flowing ... for those who can't stand your spirit, I still believe that subscription here is volantar. As for those who are charged for their connection by the BITs and BYTES,,, uum ,,, perhaps its time for them to switch ISP's ???

Re:[newbie] ftp to share files

Brian , yes indeed thats what I have 2 NIC in the gateway machine ( linux ) with eth0: having te ISP's IP eth1: have 192.168.0.1 as an IP thats is why I'm CONFUSED where the hell did that eth2 come from ?! my second NIC is a pcmci 3COM megaherts 10/100 and it got recognized automatically by

[newbie] I have two NICs but Mandrake sees 3

okay Brian ;) Hi All, I started a post 2 dyas ago wnating to know how can I share files between 2 machines on a local home LAN ( LM 8.1 and a w2k ) connected to another bigger lan,( bothe machines are sharing the internet connection of course) yet I found that I have deeper problems than I

Re:[newbie] adding date to tar.jz file?

Thank you jon :) Buying your new service pack ... $70 Buying your high tech JAVA IDE .. $682 Writting your own backup_with_no_date_shell_script...Priceless for everything else... there is this NEWBIE LIST ;) okay lets make this a true low_noise_mailing list Can anybody add to/ modify this

Re:[newbie] ftp for file sharing

Sorry, the bastille firewall IS ON, I tried service bastille-firewall stop and some rules scrolled on the screen = it was working ():-) but after i stopped it, I noticed the following: 1- I lost the connection sharing , the win machine cannot see the internet anymore. 2- I CAN ping 192.168.0.1

Re: [newbie] laptop

Hi Shane, I am running LM8.1 on Dell Inspiron 7500, it worked nicely on it, ever since L.M 7.0 and before trhat I was using Red Hat. and I guess witrh older notebooks you wont have to suffer with uncompatible pieces of hardware ( modems, display cards, .etc.) Just make sure that it doest

[newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

Paul Vortex wrote this on his reply to programs running on wine post, and since there is this trend in the past 2 days in the list where people are posting things that are not neccesarily == ( never mind the spelling ... hint would be nice to add a spell checker in Kmail /hint) related to the

[newbie] I got the 2nd NIC start another round ?

Hi All, Its me again, I'm glad the Shame we live in diff countries mail got this much replies today :) Now lets not let this take us away form our main list objective ;-) If you remember I asked for your cooperation in my little project ( connecting a linux and a W2K machine through a mini

[newbie] I got the 2nd NIC start another round ?

Well before I move on to connection sharing, shouldnt tha LAN be working first ? I tried switching the cards in the pcmci slots, to see if that 3rd eth wold go away ,, still there !! where the hell did this come from ? - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] I got the 2nd NIC start another round ?

in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts I have the following entries (files): ifcfg-eth0, ifcfg-eth1, ifcfg-eth2 respectively: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=10.0.0.140 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=10.0.0.0 BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 ONBOOT=yes DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.0.1

Re: [newbie] I got the 2nd NIC start another round ?

Hey Gerald guess WHAT I'm able to see the internet form the w2k Machine !!1 Hhh :)) and I dont even know how I did it !!! I cant belive this : from the w2k machine i cant ping anything but the gateway ( the actual isp gateway ) and

Re: [newbie] I got the 2nd NIC start another round ?

Ohh dont worry about that Gerald, thats a fake name anyway :) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cd-rw thoughts?

Hey Folks, Tom Brinkman is on the list right now, if you are in need for some prof. replies ():-) okay any thoughts about external CD Writers ? - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] samba - online books

Try this link http://maththinking.com/boat/languageBooksIndex.html - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

Hi, I need some advise ( actually I'd rather specifuc steps :)) to get from Initial state below to Goal state ( also below ): Initial State: I have a 2 machines: First machine: a dual booting notebook ( LM 8.1 + Win98 SE) connected to DSL + printer. Second machine: a dual booting Desktop ( LM

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

Dennis, you gussed it I have many questions, here is the starter: If I'm to set the NIC IP in the first machine to have 192.168.0.1 address , then where does the IP that I'm given by the ISP gonna go ?!? and I dont have a DSL modem, the building is prewired for DSL, there is a cable that comes

Re: [newbie] Do I nees 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

Dennis you are right, maybe I wasnt clear when i described it, it is a cat5 cable that runs frp, my NIC to the adapter in the wall ( the adapter then adpats it to a regular phone like output excuse my informal description ) If I got you right ,, I think all i have to do is set the W2K machine

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

when trying Mandrake control center connection sharing ( the first screen ) there is a note saying: Note: you need a dedicated Network adapter to set up a local area network (LAN) I guess I do need 2 NIC's !! - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

Okay Folks, Thanks for the overwhelming replies :) I ordered an NIC, and I'll tell you how it goes after I get it, so be prepaired for some more Q's :) Good night ... or Morning wherever you are :) Isn't it great to be a Linuxian ():-) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy

[newbie] Is it Reiser or is it something else ?

Hi All, I Spent last night in an infinit loop of reinstalling LM 8.1 on a new machine, till I dropped asleep!!! here is the full story... Got a new P4 desktop machine with, 256 RAM and a 40G HD drive and had the following intention: make it a dual boot machine ( as simple as that used to be

Re:[newbie] Is it Reiser or is it somthing else

Thank you shane,, this memory check is it on windows ? I suppose it must be on windows ? since linux is not installed yet if you can give me a hint where is this utility I can go and look for it ( BIOS , DOS ?? ) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Is it Reisre or is it something else ?

I found the msg you reffered to in the archives and said something about this memtest86 rpm on the second CD, yet I couldnt figure out how to make this rpm run from a floppy ():-) ?!? shall I copy it to a floppy and use this floppy to boot up the machine ? or what :) many thanks.

Re: [newbie] Is it Reiser or is it something else ?

Hey Tom, That sure was a heavy weight reply ... I'm glad some of you experts do look at our newbie list from time to time ;) But that warning on http://users.ev1/ sure is scary,,, I dont think i wanna go ahead and stress my new system's cpu :) and by the way while I was waiting for replies

[newbie] Cheers Geeks :)

I dont know if this breaks the listiquitte or not, but I want to make a statement here : Dont you just love it when people get motivated, and you find the same person posting replies for more than one post ?? I mean here we are on a Sat night ...staying in...I mean staying infront of our PC's

Re:[newbie] share the DSL more

Gerald, do you mean this: run both machins in linux set up a lan between them, then switch both to win and do the same. okay then what happens after that ? i mean when i switch one of them back to linux will they be able to see each other form that point ? or there is something else to

[newbie] share the DSL more

Hi All, I'll get str8 to the point here I have a (PC with Win98 on it and will install LM on it too ) + a Notebook that dual boots Win + LM. The notebook has an NIC connected to DSL internet ( no DSL modem just an Rj45 running from the NIC to the wall , with an internal IP 10.x.x.x

Re:[newbie] applications start at KDE startup

I closed everything and used the restore session next time option, logged out and in againthey are GONE . What a reliefe. Thank you ALL :))) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] applications start at KDE startup

Hi, I'm running LM 8.1 and KDE, 2 weeks ago for somereason (I cant remember it now ) I killed X while there was some applications running ( Dia, gaim, and Konqueror ) and ever since after that, everytime I startup KDE those applications startup automatically !!! I kept up with this

Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend

let it be a stab in the daylight... Dell Inspiron 7500 NIC = Genius FM3000SE ( http://www.genius-kye.com/html/download.html) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re:[newbie] installing the new mozilla

skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) now i tried installing the new mozilla ( as root )using the following command: rpm -Uvh mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk.rpm --nodeps and it gives me the following error: file /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so form install of mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk conflicts ith

RE: [newbie] installing the new mozilla

Skinky, Many many thanks... I used the --force option and I'm running mozilla 0.9.8 now :-) This is a GR8 list Regards , = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:13, Hanan Shargi wrote: skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) now i

Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend

well... I dont connect through DHCP, my machine is given a static internal IP ( 10.0.0.xx) so i guess i'm not connected directly to the internet i'm connected through the building's gateway ( all appartments in the building connect to one network and then connect to the internet through a

[newbie] network restart after suspend

Hi, I'm running Mandrake 8.1 on a dell inspiron notebook with a DSL connection ( I connect to the building's DSL network through the lan card only -internal IP withinn the network ) my problem is that when I resume working after a suspend mode, I cannot connect to the internet, I have to