RE: [newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Jim Howarth
This is lame, but you need to define the metamail temp directory. Check the man page for the exact environment name, but I just created a tmp directory in my home directory then put "export METAMAILTMP=/home/username/tmp" and it worked for me. on my second install I just bypassed the metamail in

RE: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL

1999-10-06 Thread Jim Howarth
Sounds as though you are trying to run it in console... I believe it is supposta be used in under X. I've never used it so I dunno if I'm right though.. :) Jim > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of cyril.thibout > Sent: Wednesday, Octob

RE: [[newbie] Setting up a modem]

1999-10-06 Thread Jim Howarth
Get a PS/2 mouse and free up com one.. :) There are also serial device sharing gadgets out there as well. This is why USB was thought up. The present seral port system became more and more inferior as more and more external devices came out and needed their own little resource. Jim > -Ori

RE: [newbie] POP3 docs?

1999-10-01 Thread Jim Howarth
Yup... Sendmail does both. As for not responding.. no clue... is sendmail running as a process? Can't help you with Postfix though as I quite honestly don't know what it is Jim > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Freitas > Sen

RE: [newbie] POP3 docs?

1999-10-01 Thread Jim Howarth
http://www.sendmail.org Enjoy.. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Freitas > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 1:18 PM > To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie > Subject: [newbie] POP3 docs? > > > Does anyone know where I can find docs for the P

RE: [newbie] (sin asunto)

1999-09-30 Thread Jim Howarth
Heh... you should create a script of some sort ot automate this.. :) Then pass it out to all of us so we can spam them back... :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ripcrd6 > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PRO

RE: [newbie] eth0

1999-09-30 Thread Jim Howarth
working setup for windoze without putting any thought into it because I do it every day... unfortunately. Jim > Jim Howarth wrote: > > >Can someone tell me where I can define my ne2000 network cards info for > the > >kernel. Linuxconf is useless to me. I need a text file... I&

[newbie] Procmail Woes

1999-09-27 Thread Jim Howarth
sts < rc.testing >- :0: * ^Subject:.*test IN.testing --------- Jim Howarth - Resident Geek "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever" - Tennyson

Re: [newbie] display properties

1999-09-27 Thread Jim Howarth
to get to a terminal screen. From there kill X and then rerun setup to get your term set right. Then run startx to test it out. If it fails, then redo above until it does.. :) --------- Jim Howarth - Resident Geek "For men may come an

RE: [newbie] ppp established but...

1999-09-23 Thread Jim Howarth
Do have your DNS set up? Do you have TCP/IP installed and pppd running? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barry Marler > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] ppp established but... > >

Re: [newbie] init

1999-09-20 Thread Jim Howarth
Sorry, I wasn't in front of the machine in question at the time of the message. It is "Kernel Panic: no init found" My inittab has the proper entry and to my lilo config is fine i'm assuming. (attached) Any ideas? On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, you wrote: > >

RE: [newbie] How do I quit X when it starts automatically?

1999-09-20 Thread Jim Howarth
By hitting ALT+F7 you should get back to X. This is assuming that tty7 isn't being used by another app. Ie. I redirect all output from Seti@Home to tty7 so I would hit ALT-F8 to get to X when X is running. Jim > Ty Mixon wrote: > > > What I usually do is start X/KDE automagically, and if I wan

[newbie] RE: [expert/newbie] init=?

1999-09-20 Thread Jim Howarth
Thanks alot guys (gals?), the advice below seems to be the same thing everyone agrees on so I'll give that a try when I get home... Jim > I seem to be getting a kernal error on bootup. For some reason its > telling me I need to provide an init number. I would assume this would be > 3 as I wan

[newbie] init=?

1999-09-20 Thread Jim Howarth
I seem to be getting a kernal error on bootup. For some reason its telling me I need to provide an init number. I would assume this would be 3 as I want it to go multiuser, but unfortunately, I don't know where to put this. I've buggered something up and am now quite confused.. :) I'm using ke