[newbie] Hard drive recognition (2nd post)

I posted this before, but got no responses so I thought i'd post it again. Thanks for any help :) Hello again, I apologize for posting this again, but I became extremely busy after I first posted this topic, and I misplaced all emails pertaining to it... so here goes: I am having

[newbie] access permissions, please help

Hello again, I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can someone direct me to where I can change these settings please? I am using Linux

[newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

Hello, I found this mailing list on the Mandrake site, and thought you all might be able to help me with my problem. I purchased a hard drive yesterday (maxtor 40GB 5400rpm) and installed it thru windoze. I can see and use the drive fine in windoze, however when I access my linux setup

RE: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux

please. Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joe Brault Sent: 22 August 2001 20:19 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Hard Drive addition in Linux File: message.footer Hello, I found this mailing list

Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD??

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[newbie] C++ program?

? Free is even better! :) Any help is greatly appreciated! - Joe :) - Original Message - From: "Joe Brault" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? Charles, Thanks for the instructions!

Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD??

e What message does the program give when the simulation fails? If it is failing due to buffer you may not have enough Ram avaialible. Try using Alt-Ctrl-Delete to close all your running apps except for Nero, Exlporer, and Systray . Charles - Original Message - From: &

[newbie] Um... HELP!?

Hello again, I have an interesting situation on my hands... I am redoing my Desktop computer to have Win98 and LinuxMandrake7.0 installed using dual boot. I have purchased the Complete Linux software package that is available( I think that's what it's called) so it has some goodies with it

Re: [newbie] Um... HELP!?

Hey other Joe! It's good to know i'm not alone with this problem... Is it possible to re-partition this segment I need now that my computer is all set (I have both os's installed). Without losing any data? If so, how should I go about doing that in DiskDrake..? Thanks in advance! - Joe

Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD??

00 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? - Original Message - From: "Joe Brault" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 11:54 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? Hello all, I have a question about burning a CD of linux man

Re: [newbie] Linksys LNE100TX and Mandrake 7.1

Neal, Hi Neal, I too had problems with this network card in my computer. However, I was unable to get it to work no matter what I tried. I went to a generic ne2000 card, which was recognized automatically by lothar, and have had no problems whatsoever with it. Sorry I can offer no advice

[newbie] 7.1 Install CD??

Hello all, I have a question about burning a CD of linux mandrake 7.1... I have downloaded from the mandrake website the image needed to install mandrake (649mb) And now I'm unsure of what to do. I would like to burn a CD that I can use to install LM on my machine. Is it possible to burn

[newbie] test message

Hello all, I haven't received mail from this list in several days... Am I still subscribed to it? Is it still in operation? Hello? :) Can someone fill me in... Thanks... - Joe :) -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered

Re: [newbie] Network setup

Dennis, I had this problem too when I first set up my network... My solution was I had incorrectly typed the IP address in under my TCP/IP properties for my network card. After I fixed this, I was able to ping perfectly. Hope this helps. - Joe :)

[newbie] Network Firewall Question

Hello all, In the last few days I have seen many postings on the list pertaining to different firewall software that is based on Linux. I am looking to set up my own firewall for my computers at college, and I am wondering which of these programs I have heard about would work better...

[newbie] Another Firewall Question...

Hello again, Thanks everyone for the previous advice, PMFirewall sounds like the way to go! I do have one more question... Since I will be using both Winbloze and Linux, should I put the PMFirewall on a separate Linux Box and run my Ethernet connection thru that, then into my other

Re: [newbie] Network quirk

on 192.168.0.1 is shut down and then 192.168.0.2 is the lowest IP, and then the original machine starts up and doesn't know what IP to take. Try running WinIPCfg on them and see if they are taking similar enough IPs. Rob --- Joe Brault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello again all, I have

[newbie] Network quirk

Hello again all, I have an interesting problem I need your help with. I loaded both of my computers tonight into windows and tried to browse each of the machines from the other (I was able to do this previously) However, I am unalbe to see the other computer on either machine. I am not

[newbie] List archives

Hello all, I have seen reference here to the list archives, and I was wondering where I could access these? Thanks! - Joe :) -- | Have you petted your penguin today? :) | | Registered Linux user #183248 |

[newbie] Modem help... PLEASE!!!

Hello all, I have an interesting problem... Yesterday I finally got my home network finished and working. At the time I had finished it, I was able to log onto the Internet fine with my modem. However, today when I turned on my computer, I was not able to get online. I receive an

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Steve Gibson's July/2000 News from GRC.COM ...

John, Where did you sign up to recieve these emails? could you give me the link please? This is definatelly something to keep watching... - Joe :) From: John Arkoulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Fwd: Steve Gibson's July/2000

[newbie] Modem help continued...

Hello again, In an earlier post today, Mark mentioned that I should delete my lock file that was blocking my modem from connecting to the intenet... where would I find this file at? Will I need to reconfigure my modem again? Thanks in advance - - Joe :)

Re: [newbie] Multiple questions on Mandrake 7.0

Andrew, To answer you first question, I have the exact same card on my Gateway SOLO 2500 laptop, and it was doing the exact same problem. I was able to fix mine by using the 3c575_cb driver (comes with kernel) and not using dhcpcd. You can change these settings in LinuxConf... Hope this

[newbie] Ethernet at bootup

Hello again all, Thanks for the suggestions on the Linksys card. I unfortunatelly was unable to get it working at all, and have switched to my old trusty ne2k card... I was delighted after 8 hours of frustration to see Linux automatically detect it at bootup :) ANYWAYS... I have now

[newbie]

Hello all, I have an interesting problem with my pcmcia network card... When I boot Linux, I recieve the error that my ethernetwork initialization has failied (something similiar to that) and My network card is not activated, however if I remove the card and reinsert it, it will become

[newbie] Network Card trouble

Hello all, I have an interesting problem with my pcmcia network card... When I boot Linux, I recieve the error that my ethernetwork initialization has failied (something similiar to that) and My network card is not activated, however if I remove the card and reinsert it, it will become active as

[newbie] Linksys Network card help needed...

Thanks everyone who helped with my pcmcia card, but now i'm onto an even more difficult one for my desktop. I have a Linksys LNE100tx card, and am unable to get it to work no matter what i do. I tried to downnload the latest driver and get that compiled,but it wil not compile... I tried the

[newbie] PCMCIA troubles...

Hello all, Today I decided to take on the task of getting my pcmcia network adapter to work in my laptop. I am trying to create a home network here with my desktop and laptop, both running Linux-Mandrake 7.0. Both systems are dual boot and are already networked in Windows. I have a

[newbie] KDE2.0 question

Hello all, I have a question about upgrading my current xwindow system (KDE1.1.2). Does KDE get updated if I click on the update icon on the desktop? If not, what exactly do I need to do to upgrade KDE? And if the upgrade option doesn't upgrade KDE, what does it update...? Thanks

[newbie] Installing GRUB

Hello all, I have recently installed Linux-Mandrake 7.0 on my system, making it a dual boot system. I have a 7gb partition for Linux and the rest of my 15gb partitoin is used for winbloz. When I installed Linux, I used Partition Magic to partition my drive, and I then installed Boot

Re: [newbie] Netscape problem

Eugene and Seth Not to worry, I had this problem yesterday when I installed my modem and was able to fix it. Here's what you need to do: 1) You need to be able to connect to the Internet for starters (sounds like both of you can). When you get connected wth KPPP goto the details on your

[newbie] zip drive troubles... Please help!

Hello all, I recently tried to connect my zip drive up to my computer, but ran into some problems... as root, I ran insmod parport with no problems, but when I ran insmod ppa I got the following: sda: read capacity failed sda: stating = 0, message = 00, host = 0, driver

[newbie] Please Help! I'm totally lost!

I also am trying to get my 3com network card to work. This card is recognized by linux, but i get this error in my log when I insert it: localhost kernel: cs: could not allocate 136k memory for cardbus socket1 3c575_cb: Request IO: out of resources I am unsure of how to reallocate the memory

[newbie] pcmcia help needed

Hello all, I am in desprate need of help. I am trying to get my gateway solo 2500 on the internet, via my pcmcia modem (xircom credit card modem (cm-56t)). I have cardmgr installed, and all the necessary pcmcia software ( I think) but I can't get linux to recognize my card. When I insert

[newbie] memory allocation troubles...

Hello again, I have another question for all you linux-lovers out there. I am still trying to get my pcmcia network card to work, and have encountered a wierd problem. My computer will recognize my card, but in my message log, it gets as far as seeing it and trying to get info on it (dev

[newbie] ip address...

Hello, I am trying to telnet into my linux-mandrake computer from my win98 laptop. I have not been successful in finding the ip address of my linux computer to do so, however. Where can I find my IP address, or is there another way to get into my computer? Thanks! Joe :)

[newbie] Network problems...

Hello, I have several questions... (1) When I load my user, I can get to a command line fine, however, when I try to load KDE, I am unable to. I get a message that says a new version was installed, then it asks me if I want to install or not. No matter what I click, I am booted out of

[newbie] Samba 2.0

Hello, I am wondering if linux mandrake comes with Samba 2.0? I have version 6.0 of linux-mandrake, and would like to use Samba. If it does ship with it, what do I ahve to do to get it installed and up and running? THanks in advance! Joe :)

[newbie] Several Linux Questions...

Hello, I have several questions... (1) When I load my user, I can get to a command line fine, however, when I try to load KDE, I am unable to. I get a message that says a new version was installed, then it asks me if I want to install or not. No matter what I click, I am booted out of

[newbie] A question for licq users...

Hello all, I have recently installed ICQ, but would like to change the user I have it installed under (my alies, UID, and password). Is there a set place to do this? As of yet, I haven't found it Do I have to completely redo the installation, or was a way build into the prog to

[newbie] error when try to mount zip

Hello, I have put the commands in my /etc/fstab file that Jack recommended in a previous post (yesterday) but when I try to mound the drive with mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /mnt/floppy/ it tells me: mount: mount point /mnt/zip doesnot exist What does this mean and what can I do to

[newbie] loading modules

hello, How do you load a module??? I'm trying to load insmod ppa Thanks! Joe :)

[newbie] Thanks for the help!

Hello all, Thanks so much for the zip drive help! I've got it up and running fine now! Couldn't have done it without you! Joe :)

[newbie] printing in Word Perfect

Hello again I have recently set up my printer, and can print text fine, but my printer (cannon 4200) is not supported in Word Perfect. Is there a place where I can get this driver, or how do I get my printer to work?!? Thanks in advance. Joe :)

[newbie] zip drive help

Hello, I am in the process of installing my zip drive, and have hit a snag. I have linux mandrake, and while following the mini-howto, I hit this problem: I cannot find the file mentioned as local.boot the howto says: You also need to load the modules somewhere. On my system I just

[newbie] What now?

Hello, I have finished all of what the mini howto tells you to do to install a zip drive, but I do not know how to actually access my drive. What is the command to actually mount the drive? Or am I forgetting some steps in between. Thanks in advance! Joe :)

[newbie] Armed Linux

Has anyone heard of this version of linux before? If anyone has used it... what do ya think? I'm interesed in trying it out on my laptop, but i'm not sure if I want to risk it or not... Joe :) [DEFAULT]

[newbie] Staroffice install help

I have downloaded staroffice while logged in as the root user, and would now like to use it in my user account, but do not know how to make it available to this user. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance! Joe :)

[newbie] the programming language

Sorry for the overly simple question... but can anyone tell me what language Linux was written in? Thanks in advance and don't laugh too long and hard! Joe :)

[newbie] Network card install

Does anyone know how I can install the drivers for the NE2000 ethernet card??? I bought an ne2000 compatible ethernet card, installed it, but don't know where to go from here... Is there a setting to change in my linux system somewhere? does it work like Win95/98?? I have linux mandrake if that

[newbie] Network Cards

Can anyone tell me if a soho basic network card is supported by linux?? Also, how do I get my computer hooked up to a network? What command(s) do I use??? Thanks in advance!

Re: [newbie] Network Cards

uggestions. Civileme Joe Brault wrote: Can anyone tell me if a soho basic network card is supported by linux?? Also, how do I get my computer hooked up to a network? What command(s) do I use??? Thanks in advance!-- Rejoice, the wait for Windows 2000 is over! http://www.ms-wi

[newbie] partitioning hard drive

Does anyone know of any program that will work in dos, or win95 that I can get off the internet that will lwet me delete a linux partition??? I have an exteded partition on my system with linux on it, and I want to wipe the whole system and start over, but I can't even get it to reboot with my

[newbie] wierd lilo thing...

I have an interesting problem... I have totally wiped my hard drive, (thanks for all the help guys!) and I formatted it, even reinstalled DOS, but it still boots with the lilo and starts to run linux, then I get a kernel panic error. Does anyone know how to get rid of linux for good??? I wan to

[newbie] more about partition trouble

I tried to load Linux from my boot disk, but I am not able to, If I am unable to start the setup program to use a linux disk, how will I be able to use disk druid or fdisk for linux??? Thanks in advance! Nighthawk

[newbie] installing modem

How do I install a modem in Linux-mandrake in the kde environment, or is there a command line command that I must use??? Thanks in advance! Nighthawk

[newbie] Ethernet card help!!!

I am trying to get my Linux box ready for my trip to college this fall, and have a question. I have a SohoBasic Plug and Play Ethernet ISA Adapter in my box at this time... Will this card work with Linux as is? Do I need to get other drivers?? Is it a lost cause??? Thanks in advance!

[newbie] changing video card driver

How would I change my video card driver after my setup is complete? My icons are quite small, and I am wondering if there is a way to change this? Nighthawk

[newbie] installing new drives/video cards

If I wanted to install a new drive, how would I go about doing this? Also, If I wanted to change the driver for my monitor, how would I do that? Thanks for your help!!! Nighthawk

[newbie] executing an '.exe' file???

This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for linux) How do I do this?? THanks!

[newbie] Syquest Drivers???

Can anyone tell me if there are syquest drivers out there for Linux? I have a syquest drive, and I despratelly want to use it, but I don't think the drivers I have will work. Any help is greatly appreciated!!! Nighthawk

[newbie] dos emulation??

I read sowhere that is was possible to emulate a dos session in linux, but I can't find out how, is this possible? and if so, how do you do it?? Thanks! Nighthawk

[newbie] mounting a floppy??

I downloaded some utilities on my win98 machine, and want to transfer them over to my linux machine, but when I put the disk in the drive and click on the icon, it says: could not mount error log: mount you must specify the filesystem type Can anyone help me with this?? Thanks in