Re: [newbie] PPP possible?

1999-12-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Content-Type: text/x-vcard;

Re: [newbie] Modem Settings

1999-12-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Ryan Gardner wrote: I've used search and everything and looked all across my computer to configure my modem. As of now my computer doesn't know I have a modem. Where can I go to configure it? Thanks a lot. I've heard of a util called "modemtool" but I've never used

Re: [newbie] Netscape Configuration

1999-12-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Eric Hanks wrote: I have my Voodoo3 3000 up running. I got my Modem all plugged in and happy. I can not seem to configure Netscape to find or see anything...I typed in my server, Pyramid.net, typed in my name and all that other Sh*tShould be pretty simple...But I

Re: [newbie] Install woes (con't)

1999-12-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: John GlennI'd not be editing my /etc/inittab file till I'd successfully executed a startx command at least once. You're correct! Thanks for catching that. :-) John

Re: [newbie] CD Burning

1999-12-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nathan Barney wrote: I was wondering what I need to do to use my ATAPI cd-rw to burn cd's in Linux? This is a FAQ. Please visit the list archives via the link at WWW.LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM. Basically you have to edit your /etc/lilo.conf and make a few other config changes as

Re: [newbie] A question

1999-12-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: I have a question. After spending my day at work fixing some problems with Windows it lead me to think about this. Why is Linux more Stable than Windows??? Ok. I'm not sure if this is a TECHNICAL enough reason, but here's the real problem (from what

Re: [newbie] FTP Server - Please Help Clarify what's installed from LM6.1

1999-12-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: How do you find out what FTP Servers have been installed from linux-mandrake 6.1? Easy way to do it would be to open a console window, type "rpm -qa | grep ftp" (minus quotes) and see what comes up. On my RH 6.0 system the following things come up: anonftp-2.8-1

Re: [newbie] News reader???

1999-12-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: I am defiantly a newbie to linux. Can someone tell me if there is a news reader with linux that works like news rover or free agent if there is could you also instruct me how to get it working. Is anyone using Wine to run win/dos applications??? I am having a

Re: [newbie] Virus Protection

1999-12-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.)

Re: [newbie] Setup network card

1999-12-16 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello, I'm try to setup a HP EN1207D-TX 10/100 network card on my machine. I could get the card detected at bootup but got a error which is something like: Delay initialise of eth0 I have managed to get the SCO Unix drivers for Accton EN-1207D-TX network

Re: [newbie]

1999-12-16 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is is just me, or many messages are repeated 4 or 5 times? They WEREdon't think they still are. :-) John

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Install]

1999-12-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Chmouel/Axalonthis is the 10th time I've received the below message. There are many other messages I've also received multiple times. This situation is taking away the enjoyment I once had by participating

Re: [newbie] CanĀ“t telnet to my own PC

1999-12-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi, Eduardo, If you want to telnet and ftp between all machines in your local network, you should have these two lines in /etc/hosts.allow: in.telnetd: LOCAL in.ftpd:LOCAL A machine with these lines in its /etc/hosts.allow will let other

Re: [newbie] QUERY: Install bug in L-M 6.0?

1999-12-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Joe Marcom wrote: Like many newbies, I have had stubborn problems, which I wound up "solving" by doing a complete re-install. I have noted some odd variations in my setups, mostly with KDE and internet access. Sometimes, I can get my ISP, but Netscape won't work; or just

Re: [newbie] More Trouble Logging Into Mandrake

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, you wrote: Thanks for the reply. I tried this very carefully but it did not solve the problem. I imagine the answer is quite simple but I do not have it yet. I have numbers in the password is that a problem? I know the password for the administrator rights but I do not

Re: [[newbie] Office]

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, you wrote: I have heard much about star office. I am assuming it is like any other. Does anyone know how much it takes up? Also, where would I find it? www.stardivision.com (a division of Sun now) will allow you to download it. However, it's a rather large tarball. Best

Re: [newbie] The FREE In Linux

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, you wrote: you should go out to a local comp store and buy linux. yeah, it's free but the reason that you have to pay for it is for the tech support and printed manuals. if you go buy it, it'll save you A LOT of headaches and time. plus, you'll get lots of utilities, a

Re: [newbie] ip address...

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, you wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] test

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, you wrote: test Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: It worked. However, you posted in HTML, which makes your post hard

Re: [newbie] Diamond SupraExpress Problem

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, you wrote: To anyone that can help, I just installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and it did not setup my supraexpress 56k V.90 modem, chipset 2120. That is because the modem is pnp i'm guessing, went to www.linuxnewbie.com and read their article on installing an isapnp modem.

[newbie] what's with all the dupes???

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
Hey, all... Anyone else noticed a whole bunch of duplicate messages? I'm thinking someone's mail server must have barfed! John

DUPE ALERT!!! Re: [newbie] batnam

1999-12-13 Thread John Aldrich
I think this is the THIRD time I've seen this particular message...any idea why we're getting these dupes??? Axalon? John On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is your CDROM an ATAPI CD-ROM? Matt From: "Dreja Julag" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] virtual consoles

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Bill Barnes wrote: Hello All: Is there a way to switch virtual consoles without logging out of x-server.? I'm starting KDE. Tried Ctl-Alt-Fn and wound up with all kinds of mess on the console in use. So, try a different virtual console. :-) X typically takes up two

Re: [newbie] QT 2.0.2 install

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, M L Cates wrote: I am trying to install the QT 2.0.2 rpm in order to run LICQ. However, when I try to install it, Kpackage gives me a dependency error box with a long list of dependencies. What do I need to do to install this rpm and get LICQ up and running? Try a

Re: [newbie] Sound inoperable after re-install

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Chip Rose. wrote: Sound doesn't work at all after re-installing Mandrake6.0 - it worked just fine last week under the same Mandrake6.0, right out of the box. Now I did a full install and it doesn't work, but still works fine in MS-Windows. I'm using KDE, and switching

Re: [newbie] Sound inoperable after re-install

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Chipwhen you re-installed you wiped out any updates that may have been previously installed. Linux Mandrake 6.0 had 2 or 3 sound related updates, you probably need to install them. I'm running 6.0 and I don't recall doing any sound

Re: [newbie] mandrake and creative

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Joe Yoon wrote: P.S. Any way of NOT having KDE automatically start up? Sure...go edit your /etc/inittab to change the line that looks like this: id:5:initdefault: to look like this: id:3:initdefault: Then you'll boot in console-mode instead of in GUI mode. :-)

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Install

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Tom Kyle wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Tom Kyle wrote: How would i go about that? Replaceing or adding? -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Install

1999-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Tom Kyle wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Tom Kyle wrote: How would i go about that? Replaceing or adding? -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon

Re: [newbie] somebody did something...

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 09 Dec 1999, Kit wrote: well, I'm using all my email clients to send to this list, and they are getting postedfinally. Somebody must of fixed a problem on THEIR end...not mine ==Kit== ICQ#: 7110071 E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage:

Re: [newbie] enough already

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 09 Dec 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: I am afraid it is hopeless. I suggest that unsubscribe information be placed on the bottom of every message posted. Jeanette AMEN!!! John

Re: [newbie] will this modem work

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 09 Dec 1999, you wrote: http://www.3com.com/client/pcd/products/prod-faxmod5686-ext-spec.html Above is the url for a modem I think I'm getting...can you tell me if this one will work under linux? It should. John

Re: [newbie] Info!!

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, you wrote: If some one can help, i am cary to start using my new os, so i can let the creppy biily toy a side, but i need help on how to configured. I known by searching ur dbase that my vcard it's not supported by mandrake-lin 6.0, i got a ati rage fury 128, but how

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic Sorta) SCO-Linux

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, you wrote: This is a stretch. But... Speaking of SCO. Is it possible for Linux to read SCO disks? I have dBase IV for SCO, (really, it is a licensed copy), and would like to try to install on Linux, but I can't mount the floppy. I get an error saying wrong filesystem,

Re: [newbie] OT - uptime

1999-12-10 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, you wrote: Maybe off topic, I don't know. I'll respond anyway cuz I find the subject interesting. I tend to leave mine on all the time. When you turn your computer on and off, the hardware heats up and cools down (expands and contracts). This can make them break

Re: [newbie] LILO

1999-12-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: does anyone know how to remove Lilo boot loader ? i've taken linux off and loaded NT but i can't boot it because the Lilo boot prompt always comes up and doesn't give me the NT option. help. Content-Type:

Re: [newbie] Getting off

1999-12-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi all! Does anybody know how I could get off from this mailing list ? Send a message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with a body message "unsubscribe newbie" That should do it. John

Re: [newbie] VMWare

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: I bought linux-mandrake 6.1 powerpack from Singapore.and i have 6 CD's on it. I install mandrake. I find vmware in application 1st CD.And i going to install it by MC and i found : vmware-LinuxMandrake.tar.gz I click here to install, I find :-

Re: [newbie] sound prob.

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: I use mandrake6.1, i hear sound when i confg my soundcard. but when i like to play MP3 song or video I only able to saw movie not sound, why. please someone help me . under X-windows? You may need to change your mixer settings. I think, by default, they

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Leonard Targett wrote: If you get off this list PLEASE tell me how... I have tried for 4 days... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send an email to 'sympa@linux-mandrake' with the subject 'UNSUB newbie' The list was just changed over from

RE: [newbie] Netscape -- 128 Encryption

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: Am I missing something or am I just thick. If two sites are communicating, and one DOESN'T support 128 bit encryption, then how do you get 128 bit encryption. That would seem to me like both of us talking in Swahili but actually one of us really doesn't?

Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.1

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: Just loaded up 6.1 on a smp system. Can anyone point me in a direction to find the procedure to enable the second chip. I would assume a kernel upgrade to smp kernel. And the second question is: I have 96 megs of ram, but it is only reconizing 64 megs of it.

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey! I did that also, and still am getting the messages, I even got a message back from Majordomo, saying im unsubscribed. I think somethings screwed. They just switched to sympa, so you need to replace "majordomo" with "sympa" in your to: address. At least

Re: [newbie] Telnet problems w/IP chains

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, you wrote: I have a Linux server and a Windows 98 SE workstation. Their IP's are 192.168.0.1 and 0.2 respectively. I used the masqway script to enable ipchains and therefore this windows machine can access the internet freely... but... I can't telnet into the linux

Re: [newbie] test to check HTML is off

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, duncan wrote: hi all Hope this gets thru without HTML. If not can someone tell me how to turn it off in Netscape please? Then I can safely come into the water. Duncan Plain text here! :-) John

Re: [newbie] Fw: Unsubscribing method [OT]

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, Ken wrote: Send an email to 'sympa@linux-mandrake' with the subject 'UNSUB newbie' The list was just changed over from majordomo, the website should be updated (soon?) Above is a copy of a recent message from Axalon. If you wish to leave this excellent group

Re: [newbie] Fw: Unsubscribing method [OT]

1999-12-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Ken wrote: Send an email to 'sympa@linux-mandrake' with the subject 'UNSUB newbie' The list was just changed over from majordomo, the website should be updated (soon?) Above is a copy of a recent message from

Re: [newbie] Preemptive strike

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote: Yes, everyone just recieved Fridays mail again. take your mouse off that compose/send button. ;) And Saturday's AND Sunday's. ;-) ;-) John

Re: [newbie] Netscape

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote: I need 128 bit encryption. Is the version that is in the update list 128 bit? If not, which one of the 128 bit for Linux 2.0 on the Netscape site is the correct one for Mandrake 6.1 (with the other updates)? Go to www.fortify.net and download the 128-bit

Re: [newbie] Sound Card.. CMI8338 PCI

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi all I am in need of a driver for the following sound card...on mother board. Running Linux OS. CMI 8338 C-Media Has anyone seen or know where I or we can get this driver. Well, I'm not familiar with that make of sound chip. Is it

Re: [newbie] Mail client that handles many different pop accounts???

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote: Wonderful! I had completely forgotten about installing Staroffice. I tested it before in my ex-windows-now-linux box. It ought to do the trick. Of course, I'm not sure how much faith to put in SUN maintaining and updating it. So, Mahogany wil get a trial run

Re: [newbie] editors

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 06 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello ALL!!! I am looking for a rtf (rich text file) editor for linux.. is their such a beast (I know it is winblows crap!!) Sure...most of 'em will save files as RTF. Star Office (free) is pretty good at that. John

Re: [newbie] How can I get Secure server edition?

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: I recently found Macmillan Mandrake Secure Server version of Red Hat 6.0 at Staples office Supplies. Emphasis on the "Secure Server" aspect as I hope to learn how to do some e-commerce with it. Though I couldn't get it at the time I went back later but they

Re: [newbie] editors

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: I am looking for a rtf (rich text file) editor for linux.. is their such a beast (I know it is winblows crap!!) I am also looking for a simple word processor for my kids such as Windows 3.1 Write. I had some expectation with gnotepad but without any

Re: [newbie] duplicate mail

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: I keep getting a lot of duplicate mails from this list. Is anyone else having this problem? YeahAxalon and Chmouel are working on it :-) It seems to have been fixed. I haven't seen any "old" messages since this morning. John

Re: [newbie] KPPP Earthlink, part 2

1999-12-07 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: SO! I try kppp! I put all the information as I have seen in message to a couple different people and let 'er rip. kppp dials, handshakes and it even says Connecting to Network. Then the little connect window minimizes itself on the desktop. Bingo. I think I

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: 'preciate it John No prob. I don't know if it's SUPPOSED to work that way, but that's what worked for me... John

Re: [newbie] Samba 2.0

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: 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! Mandrake 6.0 came

[newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hello, After one downloads a kernel update how does one install it to make it work? RPM??? RPM -ivh kernel*.rpm Then, go edit your /etc/lilo.conf to add the new kernel to LILO and run /sbin/lilo (one can NEVER run that TOO many times! G) After that, it

RE: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: i agree with kit... list way too picky... lighten up. =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins =KIT=== Going by the "standard" your sig is probably still too

Re: [newbie] how to cd to cd

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: this may sound "dumb" but, how do I "see" the contents of my CDROM? in DOS the command is similar to :: C: cd D:\ thanks for any assistance with such a small prob. from a console, type "mount /mnt/cdrom" and then browse the cd as you would any other file, OR

Re: [newbie] USB modem.

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_I have a modem connected to USB. When I tried to query it I couldn't. Does Linux support USB devices?. If yes, how can I define my modem. Thanking you for your help. Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed"

Re: [newbie] Linux fragmentation?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: There is endless talk on Linux forums about the fear of fragmentation. Some say it's true. Others say it ain't true. Yet, the bottom line remains that right now you can't (or shouldn't) install a debian package or even a susu rpm on Red Hat or

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: I know this question has been asked before, but I never quite understood the answer. Why do we always see the "KCharactset -- Wrong Character Set!" message when returning to the console? It's a minor nuisance, of course, but why are we seeing

Re: [newbie] KPPP

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hey Running 6.1 and everything's fine. Except Netscape - but I suspect it's a dial up problem. Plugged in all the relevant details to KPPP for my 'spare' Freeserve account and do the connect. I get in and the modem stays connected but Netscape won't find

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: This is a subject that is of interest to me, as I guess it is to everyone expect experts. I have compiled my kernel a few time but sometimes ran into troubles and felt I just didn't do everything correctly. Like there were dependencies problems on boot up in

Re: [newbie] Re:

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: 4.If I want to retain the current kernal images in my boot dir do I need to do something during the process of upgrading other than redoing my lilo.conf of course? Seems to me downloading tar files and upgrading used to require renaming system maps to

Re: [newbie] KCharset -- Wrong character Set! -- Why?

1999-12-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear John: Thanks a million! At last, that dreadful error message is gone! I've been seeing this error message ever since I switched to Linux early this year. I won't say that it has driven me crazy. Not really. But it has made me feel very uneasy, anxious

Re: [newbie] Basic doubts

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_Hi I am very new to Linux and I've installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday. I am trying to use Netscape without success since it couldn't find any URL. Seems it can't resolve DNS. After dialling with KPPP I can ping and telnet any IP and login too. I couldn't

Re: [newbie] It crashed!

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: How much memory do you have and how much open drive space and how much swap did you install? Netscape is a memory hog as is KDE. 128 meg of real RAM, 128 meg swap I imagine even hogs can wallow in that much space.. Hmm...yeah. Should be sufficient. Both

Re: [newbie] This is a directory and not a file:.....

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Everytime I send mail I get the msg: "I/O Error This is a directory and not a file: /home/." I'm trying to retrace my steps to when I setup Kmail. Funny thing is that I can still send and receive mail, so I wouldn't think this is a really bad message.

Re: [newbie] Rage 128 X-Windows Problems

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: %_I have two questions regarding X-Windows. My system is running a Rage 128 AGP card with 16 MB RAM. I had to go to SUSE's site to get the proper server for that card, but it works fine now. However, I can't run in 16 or 24 bit color, and I can't go above

Re: [newbie] eth0 problems HELP!

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: p.s. how do i ping an IP w/o it going on forever? Hit CTRL+C when you're done pinging, OR, use the "Network Tools" in the KDE menu (K - Internet - Network Tools) John

Re: [newbie] is this okay

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Boy, this list is incredibly PICKY... is this sig to your liking? -- =KIT=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins =KIT=== Going by the "standard" your sig is probably still

Re: [newbie] ppp/dial up questions

1999-12-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote: Backround, I've got vanilla Mandrake-Linux 6.1 installed. I am currently working on getting Linux to talk to my ISP. I've got my modem properly configured, but I've had trouble with kppp actually connecting to my ISP. Neither CHAP or PAP work. I tried

Re: [newbie] riva tnt drivers

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: John Aldrich wrote: John, Which revision of XFree from the Mandrake mirrors is the first that has the Riva TNT upgrades already in it? I would like to check to see if I am using the full support on my hardware and I don't know which rev number the upgrade

Re: [Fwd: [newbie] Re: soundcard config]

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: Wow! Thanks for your reply..however! I can't seem to figure out where the command line is inside the KDE or how to get to it in order to issue the sndco nfig command! Any ideas? : ) You're booting straight into KDE, right? :-) On your taskbar at the

Re: [newbie] mp3 encoder/decoder

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Thanks for replying. Globecom sounds good but I have a couple questions: 1) It says that it can rip from CD to mp3 but can it go the other way? (i.e. decompress mp3s into wavs

Re: [newbie] Liszt.com -- Correction

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: Dear friends: www.liszt.com is just a list of mailing lists, not a place to start one. Which only goes to show that if anyone is interested in starting a StarOffice mailing list, then we'll have to look for someone who can direct us to information on how

RE: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! Mini How-To

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: So I decide to keep updating stuff. I ran the Updates feature on the KDE desktop. So I run it and it finds about 10 updates. So I figure what the hell and run the update. Now one of these updates is a new kernel. Not thinking I downloaded and installed all

Re: [newbie] mp3 encoder/decoder

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: Disk Writer plugin 0.9... duh! I'll try it when I get off work. Thanks, John! Hehe. :-) I hadda go ask the experts myself. I didn't SEE a disk writer plugin myself, but... :-) John

Re: [newbie] PCI Modem

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is it possible to set up a PCI Modem (It is not a WIN modem ) (it is a USR PCI voice data fax type). I'm not sure if PCI modems are supported by linux. Any help is well come Just because it does not SAY it's a "WinModem" does not mean that it is not a

Re: [newbie] test

1999-12-03 Thread John Aldrich
It is currently 21:13 here. But I don't know what time this actually arrived at my ISP's mail server.. :-) John On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: someone please let me know if this email gets posted..quickly. for some reason, none of my emails are getting thru. -- Website

Re: [newbie] Before I start?

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi John .. (Re: what am I planning to do with the system) (Re: .. Swap file size) Well, Most likly I'll use it to .. learn linux, fool around with KDE and other window managers, edit web pages and graphics, play games, Play cd-music, surf the net ..

Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: John, I got it to work as user, thanks. It's good. Ain't it nifty? ;-) John

Re: [newbie] background

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: From Unix, it's just a case of putting an ampersand after the command to move it to the background. I have not tried it for Linux. That often does work in Linux. :-) John

Re: [newbie] background

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: padlocke wrote: Fellas... What in tarnation is the command line switch that runs an application in the background? Thanks ya'll :) *sorry about that... I'm working on my southern dialect* PadLocke the Ogre OOOooo... there's a new Voyager on

Re: [newbie] Telnet went bye-bye after update.

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: I'm still relatively new at Linux (1 month) but I started out with LM 6.0. I recently ran the update program and it updated some stuff like Netscape, init-scripts, etc. Previously I could telnet and ftp to my linux box. Now I cannot seem to telnet or ftp to my

Re: [newbie] linux on power pc mac

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi :) First time for this. I'm working on setting up a Linux server on a PPC Mac. Is there a distribution for the PPC or will RH 6.1 work fine? First, Mandrake 6.1 is NOT RH 6.1 :-) Second, yestwo versions: MKLinux and LinuxPPC. John

Re: [newbie] Test

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is this message gitting through as I have tried several times to post and have seem nothing. Pat __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping:

Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Well. I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know what its doing but I have a couple of problems. 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of

Re: [newbie] Lexmark Printers

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is there any support for Lexmark Printers? Drivers and the like? Suggestions are eagerly encouraged. You are encouraged to visit the "*nix Compatibility list" at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/#2 John

Re: [newbie] Before I start?

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: I'm curious as to even needing 128mb swap (?) I have 128mb's ram, and no matter what, I never get into the swap for more than 2 to 5 mb's. I asked for 80mb, but Diskdruid gave me 88. Should'a asked for 40. Well, my machine at home here has 192 megs

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade without rebooting?

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: I just upgraded to kernel 2.2.13-22 from -7 and wondered if there's any way to switch to the new kernel without rebooting. I don't figure there is but I've got 22 days of uptime under my belt and had been hoping to keep it up as long as possible :) Is that

Re: [newbie] CDROM PROBLEMS

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Well its upgraded to a pentium, the cdrom is a Mitsumi KEPanasonic CDROM on I/O 0630h-0637h the driver is mkecr5xx.mpd on the windows system area and I don't know which mdk version It's a "panasonic interface" non-standard. It uses the SoundBlaster as it's

Re: [newbie] Config network card

1999-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: I am wondering how to get Mandrake-linux6 to detect my network card. I have a LAN with a printer installed on a third system at home, that I would like to use. The card is a 3com isa type card and also the hub is a 3com HomeConnect product. Thanks in

[newbie] Re:

1999-12-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: I just installed Mandrake Linux6 on my system. I have no manual and can't find an answer to why my sound card was not detected. It's a Creative Labs Ensoniq pci card. It's seems to be compatible but I don't understand all the terminology about fixing it.

Re: [newbie] kWvdialer and PPP

1999-12-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: Currently I am playing around with different dialers. I am having trouble getting the kWvdialer to work. Everything appears to be working but evidently it is not truly connecting to the nameserver. Log in to my ISP (ppp and pap) goes well and pppd negotiation

Re: [newbie] Lots of questions, need help!

1999-12-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: where the Lilo.conf file located? how can i check if my network card is setup right? if not, what can i use to set it up (linuxconf?)? how can i test to see if the card is working once it is set up? and finally i installed mandrake, i had it on

Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting

1999-12-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: John, Thanks. I did it but get a response: Usage: rdate [-s] [-p] host ... as user. Can you interpret, please? rdate needs to be SUID root first of all (otherwise it won't run at all.) Second, how exactly are you calling rdate? You need to put a server/host

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