On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Lionel and Brianon my Mandrake 6.1 CD there is no fortune, but there
is a kfortune that runs in KDE.
Then download and install fortune. :-) Typically, I think
it's in /usr/bin.
John
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I am wondering about downloading from netscape. I click on a thing to download
and the next page is a grey page with goobly-guk writing on it . is that the
code?
Yep. Right click on the link when it does that and select
"save" or "save as." Sometimes
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
How can i change the video setting under kde (i.e. 16-bit to 24-bit and/or
resolution)?
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config to specify 16-bit or 24-bit,
or, if you're booting to console, type startx -- -bpp 16 or
-bpp 24 or even -bpp 32. Just make sure you leave a
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks for the tips Alan John. I put "modprobe ppa" at the end of my
rc.local file and guess what? It works! Just like you guys said it
would.
Now, does anyone know how to get "imwheel" to invoke during bootup? I
tried putting that in the rc.local file and
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
First is that r u using DHCP or Static IP the edit the etc/hosts be sure
that the entry is like this
etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.1 server
save then reboot the system
Don't need to reboot. Just type (as root) "ifconfig eth0
down" and
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I would rather enjoy using GNOME or FVWM, etc... Does anyone know what the
commands for those are?
Well, if you're in KDE, click on K - System - Desktop
Switching Tool. Select "Gnome" for Gnome. I don't know how
to get FVWM as the default.
John
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I've seen too many people kick butt with a mouse. There's
just so much more maneuverability and better aiming!
John
is that a challenge?
Are you kidding? I'm NOT a good Quake player... :-) Now,
I'll forward your note on to a friend of mine who
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
When i telnet into mandrake box from another unix machine I get the
following:
trying...
conected to server.name.com
local flow control off
connection closed by foreign host
is this a permission problem. Am I not allowing hosts??
Go get
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I was given a Packard Bell 486/33MHZ box recently. I have been trying to
load Red Hat 5.2 onto it so I can (hopefully) set up a home LAN. I can't get
past the CD-ROM part. There is a Matsushita CD-ROM in the box and that is
not listed as a choice for the
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
OopsI was incorrect, I found it. In my installation of mandrake 6.1
(where I installed everything) the console version can be found here:
/usr/games/fortune
Good! Here's a tip... "find / -name" and you'll find EVERY instance
of what you type :-)
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have a Dos partition on a 2nd hard drive that I would like to access from
Linux or Win98. However, I can't write to it as a user, and I can't change the
file permissions or group as root.
Any idea what's up?
By default, Linux (or at least RedHat and
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Would really appreciate someone's help. I can't figure this out. The
boot sequence using my boot diskette is perfect: everything is normal
and everything got an OK. So, why won't Linux boot up from the HD. Never
had this problem before.
Thank you all so
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
It's just that every time I want to use the Zip drive I have to go into
terminal and type "modprobe ppa", and then mount it. I guess I would be
happy if I could just get "modprobe ppa" to run automatically at boot
up. I guess your right, automounting a
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I was doing some searching and found that Opera is moving to port their browser
to Linux in a couple of weeks(www.opera.com i think thats where i was). also
Sun has HotJava. but I do not know what that is. it seems like a browser. i
have not downloaded it
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Well, I know there aren't any drivers for my Lexmark printer yet, but
someone told me that as long as I had it set up as a plain text printer,
it would print. Is this true? I set it as a plain text printer during
install, but it won't print anything. Just
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, TR-4i tape drive)
and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux
Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on
the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have two network cards and both are working fine . I am able to ping the
other system, and the linux box shows up fine in network neighborhood on the
windoze machine. I have internet connection sharing working fine from the win
only box. I dual boot
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi John Aldrich !
On 11/9/99 2:46:53 PM, you wrote:
Much as I hate microsoft software, if I had the money, I'd
probably get their new optical PS/2 scroll mouse.
It does seem interesting, and it'll fit a large hand too..
Yeah...nice thing is you don't
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Yeah...but try using a trackball for Quake. ;-)
actually i prefer using the keyboard for quake. or a joystick!
I've seen too many people kick butt with a mouse. There's
just so much more maneuverability and better aiming!
John
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi all,
I´m not sure this subject has already been discussed, but here it goes.
Does the mandrake 6.0 include support for the TNT untra?
I tryed using the RIVA TNT in the Xconfigurator setup, but whatever I do,
the X-windows doesn´t show corretly. The
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
How/where does one get Quake for linux??
Presumeably in the software store. :-)
John
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on HP NetServer LH Pro, and love it so
far..
I am in the process of decommisioning an HP9000 UNIX server that is serving
our web page and just can't see how paying the $3000/year maintenance fee
on HP-UX is a benefit,
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the
resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do
this?
As root, rerun "setup" and choose "video" or run
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config or /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup
John
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi,
I have a Motorola PCI modem SM56, how to configure it?
I can see that it takes the "COM4" in Window98.
Thanks in advance.
Can you say "WinModem"??? At this point I almost guarantee it won't
work under Linux. 99.9% of all PCI modems are WinModems/HSP
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I believe you have to buy the other platform version. There are how-tos to
make it work for linux.
Oh...yeah. Original Quake you have to have the Dos/Windows version,
plus download some stuff for Linux. Quake II is the same way. Quake3
has a version that is
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I'm having troubleI just installed latest Mandrake and I can't get
Xwindows to run.
I have both a PCI and a AGP sis 6326 video cards and have tried both of them
in itany suggestions?
ps, I live in a small town and would you believe all the computer
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Yes.. This is all dealing with L2 cache.. All P-Pro versions had full speed
cache on the chip. Thats the primary reason the P-Pro was so expensive when
it was released. Today, even the 1 meg P-Pro chips are still pretty
expensive.. Around $350 each.
Heh.
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have a SB Live sound card tht is not being recognized under linux? Could
anyone offer some help?
http://opensource.soundblaster.com
Download compile the drivers there. Check the archives of
this list for information about HOW to compile it.
Depending on
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Yeah I tried it as root. Any other possibilities? Thanks.
At 11/8/1999 9:52:00 AM you wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks John and Seve. I ran sndconfig; It said it didn't find any PNP devices,
even though I
have a standard Sound Blaster Pro
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I would like to get a new external modem and a PS/2 mouse, OR an internal modem and
a PS/2 mouse (that's how my system has to be set up).
I would appreciate anyone's brand name recommendations for the least hassle getting
these to work in Linux-Mandrake.
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Just did fresh install of 6.1 on what will hopefully become our NT Ftp Server's
competitor.
startx automatically brings up fvwm which I am trying to change to kde
Hmm. . .perhaps you might want to try startkde? Im not
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Does anyone know how to run AOL from linux, or if it's even possible?
The only way *I* can think of is to use VMWARE or WINE to have a
"windows" session under Linux and run AOL under that.
John
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
My guess Pete is that maybe you have netscape open already and you need to
close every window of it down first before you can continue the
installation.
Or he's got a stale lock file and needs to nuke it. It's typically in
~/.netscape and the file name is
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
(Supra is now owned by Diamond MultiMedia) Compaq/Microcom
And sadly diamond is owned by s3. . .a shame. . .i was looking forward to a
Diamond geForce board. . .ahh well.
Does anyone know where to find any GOOD docs for E?
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I just installed Mc millan 6.0 on a TI laptop. All went well except the
dialer dosent find the modem. Neither minicom or Kppp can find it.
Has anyone run across this before?
Any chance it's a "WinModem"??? My boss had a similar situation. He
had a modem
On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have created a 2nd partition on my BACKUP (2nd) hard disk
in my windows/linux system. This HD was previously all DOS.
Q. How do I reformat my newly created disk partition, which is still DOS
formatted, for linux?
I am not trying to install linux on this
On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
what are the steps involved in getting removed from this list?
I thought it was
remove newbie [email_address]
Correct, but you DON'T send it to the list, you send it to
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (minus quotes.)
Had you bothered to go read the instructions on
On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I haven't heard of any PCI modem that wasn't a Winmodem. If the modem is a
Winmodem, you won't be able to run it in Linux.
There are a couple NON-WinModem PCI modems, as well as a couple
LIN-Modems (Linux-only software modems.)
John
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote:
the command is "startx" (no quotes)
if your runnning in runlevel 5 (X auto starts) or have one X session
already open you'll need to tell it to start a second
On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Yep. I'm getting 'em too. I put "private.mindspring.net" in my
filters. Now, any mail I get from ANY of those servers is going
straight into my trash. :-)
John
GuysMe too! Today was the first time. One for each reply.
Yeah...Axalon said
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
++ 01/11/99 13:27 -0500 - John Aldrich:
I use Konsole here for all my command-line apps, and I have
color *shrug*
John,
does your lynx looks colored in Konsole?
Yep. Sure does. :-)
John
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I was actually more worried about the pm4.zip file being offered. I didn't
take the time to download and investigate, just wondering really.
Me either. :-) I think I heard of someone at PowerQuest
once saying "if you're smart enough to try the FTP server,
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
please help me, I can not make this card work fine in graphical
environment (I'm novice), I mean I hope look kde like windows but I
can't read the little words of the icons and the pop up menu leaves a
shadow after use it.
Can somebody helpme please?
It's
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Any idea why the ne2k-pci driver didn't work? Re-reading the ethernet-HOWTO
it says if the current ne2k-pci driver doesn't detect a particular PCI card
to contact the maintainers of the driver. Is this my big chance, my once in
a life time opportunity, for I,
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks for the reply! So, KDE is a Window Manager, as is Enlightenment,
correct? So I don't need Enlightenment, correct? How can I get rid of it or
tell if it is indeed installed? I have the default installation of Mandrake,
that should use KDE, not GNOME. (I
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Could you please elaborate on that? I've created this username on
installation, given it some privileges in the Linuxconf user privileges area
but I still can't can't get e-mail sent out when I am the 'user'. What do you
mean 'Simply by creating the
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
How do you get the NumLock Key to come on automatically upon reboot?
Go into your system BIOS and in one of the menues there
should be an option "numlock status at boot" or something
similar. Scroll through the options and you'll be able to
set it there.
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I installed to that directory, yes, and I followed all directions in the
installeation file. Thanks again.
Ok...I'm baffled... It SHOULD work from what you've said..
What happens when you open up Netscape (shut it down and
then open it back up *after*
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi John Aldrich !
On 11/1/99 8:32:30 PM, you wrote:
Try Sybase... :-)
Is it free? Can I get RPMs of it somewhere? If not, I'll pass thanks.
I believe Sybase *is* free (for now... later versions MAY
cost money.) Check out the following UR --
http
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
From: Ronald A. Yacketta
Hello all!!
is it possible to run wine on a winblows less system?
I use linux and only linux, but recently I have a need to run a couple
applications that are
winblows.
is it possible? could it be??
If I understand how WINE
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Is there a utility that handles files created by WinZip or Pkunzip? gzip
doesnt seem to want to. . .
Yesjust use "unzip" :-) gzip is a totally different program.
There's a PKZip compatible program called "zip" strangely enough. ;-)
John
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
You're probably right about going for name brand, you get better performance
etc, though the HOWTO gave me the impression that the Realtek 8029 was a
well supported chipset, though I see what you mean, the driver might just
assume it's an ISA card.
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
My Bios has it on as default but that method works for windows not Linux.
Ahh...Ok. I wouldn't know... I prefer my numlock OFF. :-)
John
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Unfortunately, the application they need to run is Windows-only. Requests
for bugfixes from the vendor are usually replied to with a pricetag, so I'm
not counting the days for the applications to be available on an alternate
platform.
Ah well, this is why I
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Nope. The common package is needed for either the communicator or the netscape
(browser only) package.
Umm...isn't that what I said? ;-) Seriously. I said you'll
need netscape-common and your choice of netscape-navigator
or netscape-communicator.
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Guillermo Belli wrote:
Go to my address below and there you'll find a version of partition magic
I didn't realize that Powerquest had made a freely distributable version
of Partition Magic.
Well, let me put it to you this way ever hear of an RPM
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very
important for prevent Netscape crashes).
Hmm...isn't that normally installed automatically?
John
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
You also need the compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586.rpm package (very
important for prevent Netscape crashes).
I've been having a lot of netscape lockups. I've found the
compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.1.i586 file in both the mandrake and redhat rpms on my
cdrom.
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I am the original querant and I said that *one* time (don't confuse all the
other things I've been doing with this isolated incident I mentioned) I tried a
reinstall telling Mandrake *not* to format my hda2 drive (linux native) but it
did anyway and I lost my
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
What about xf86config? xf86setup??? I think xf86config will let you
put in the infohaven't used it nearly as much as xf86setup,
though... :-)
xf86config allows it, as does xf86setup. Xconfigurator wraps a "comfy"
interface around the configuration
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Forgive me if this comes up twice, but I've had a few problems with my
e-mail, and didn't remember seeing it get to the list.
I want to make a dir (my FTP dir) +rw for all real users, so that
anyone I
create a log on for can log in and read/write to that
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Try Sybase... :-) It rocks!!! At the ISP where I work, we are hosting
the FIRST authorized electronic check conversion system (authorized
by the Feds and by the banking industry!) and it has a HUGE database,
and is being run off a couple Sybase servers. :-)
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
If you haven't bought a 3D card yet, I'd suggest a TNT2 or TNT. Both are
supported in Xfree86 3.3.4 and later, and Nvidia is one of the vendors
working with Mesa and X free on setting up 3D API's for Linux. I'm running
the Leadtek TNT2 board and it works
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks.
I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no
problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my
web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little
chance of someone
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
This is second reply. Read the post again. You may have to make the program
executable, unfortunately, I do not know how to do this, as I have never had
the need to do so - I am not a programmer as yet - maybe someday.
"chmod +x" is how you mark something as
On Sun, 02 Nov 1997, you wrote:
I have a ne2000 compatibility .But my linux cant find it.It report as "core
dump".what can i do?
Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description:
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hello all,
I just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Power Pack and managed to get my X
server configured. I am able to run startx and get into KDE. The
appearance of KDE is, to say the least, weird. It's pretty much
unusable. Here's whats wrong:
Click on any
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
What's the best way to go about setting up Mandrake for IP-Masquerading?
Sorry if this has been asked already, but I'm a newbie to this newbie group.
:) I already set up internet access on my Linux machine, and also networked
it to my Win98 computer, so
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
Thank you for all the response on my Monitor configuration problems. I got a lot of
response and would like to ask a couple more question.
1. I will try to run XF86Config or XF86Setup to try to configure my monitor setting
manually. However, I
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
terminal is one of my important tool,since i still using Mutt, Pine, Vim, Lynx and
BitchX
the problem is, all of those terminal could not support color for Lynx except Kvt.
i dont know how to solve that problem.
i though it must be the environtment setting
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Two quick questions on the mounting of removable storage media.
In the case of floppies, or Zip disks, where you might use both ext2 and
vfat filesystems, is there any way of having a single icon, or rather a
single mount command so that it can mount both
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
This all seems well and good but I seem to have another problem. The
time setting is correct but it continually shows the wrong time zone.
It is showing MST and it should be PST. How do I change the time zone.
I have tried various permutations of including
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I would like to know how to cleanly uninstall Linux. I'm having peculiar
problems that I think can only be fixed with a clean install.
try "fdisk /mbr" to remove LILO from the master boot
record. Then, you should be ready to do a clean install,
although just
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
hello all,
is there a program like frontpage98 for Linux?
Not AFAIK. However, you CAN run the frontpage server
extensions on an Apache web server. :-)
John
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I am interested in this also. I have apache installed and it does run. I can
connect to my pages from any pc in my home network. The next part is this -
How do we (I) get to our pages from the outside world? Don't we need a
connection to the internet, other
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Aldrich I'm going to have to give up this video card and get a 3d card,
Anyone know where I can find information on setting up a
Matrox m3D under Linux?
Have you looked at www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html to make
sure it's supported? If it is, then it should
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
In KDE, right? Your kernel time may be unchanged. Type
Umm...nope. From a console prompt. :-)
in a terminal and see what you get. If you don't like what you see,
the following command will set the kernel time:
date -s hh:mm:ss
That's the hard way...
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi,
I followed the Ebooks instructions for partitioning in Disk Druid so I
could make a separate partition for /home.
I chose my native partition which was 5GB and deleted it, and tried
adding two partitions--one 2GB, one 1.5GB (allowing for lots of extra
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I have a monitor manual with all the spec such as horizontal and vertical range, but
Xconfigurator doesn't allow manual input the range. Unless, I am missing something.
What about xf86config? xf86setup??? I think xf86config will let you
put in the
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Sorry was rushing out the message and didn't notice the HTML formatting was
turned on.
No sweat... :-) Now, for the "no route to host" question try
opening up a window and typing "nslookup hostname" next time you
get that "no route to host" error and see if
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hi.
I'm new to Linux and C++... (what a dangerous combination!), but I have
not been able to figure out how to complie and link my rookie
programs... can someone please point me in the right direction.
Did you install the GCC++ stuff? Generally if you
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Been forced to send this msg under the other OS, since kppp is misbehaving.
I had one of those misconfigurations of etc/resolv.conf -- although I am not
sure how that happened to begin with, since I haven't fooled with it
lately -- that have been mentiond in
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
unless mkfs is erroring dureing format (check tty5) it's eraseing it all
Sorry but I'm too much of a newbie to know how to check tty5 just yet... Is this
something I should do now, or something I do during a format, and how do I check it?
;-)
alt+F5
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:40:03PM -0500, Damien Mc Kenna wrote:
For doing a pretty large databased web site for a college department
(with all the cool stuff in PHP), which would people recommend I use:
PostreSQL or MySQL? I've noticed that a lot of the
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Of course, I know about having to have a swap partition and I'm not having a
problem with that. It's only 128Mb.
I deleted a 5GB partition and tried to make one 2 GB and
one 1.5 GB partition which only totals 3.5GB. That would leave 1.5GB for Linux
to
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
In KDE, right? Your kernel time may be unchanged. Type
Umm...nope. From a console prompt. :-)
Though one might think otherwise from reading postings to this list
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
And the problem with that is? All my Linux partitions lie within and
extended partition, which has caused absolutely no problem with SuSE 6.2,
or Mandrake 6.0/6.1. Furthermore MDK 6.1 is an upgrade, as opposed to a
fresh install.
Were you the original
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Hello all! I am a bit new, just as a warning... I downloaded and installed a
netsacape version - the only version available - from the linux-mandrake ftp,
and i also downloaded shockwave from the maker's sitte. The problem I
encounter is that it doesn't
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Greetings,
I am running Mandrake 6.1 in a predominately solaris 2.6 network, and am
having trouble ftp'ing and telneting to my system. I can use these
services to get to other hosts, but am unable to get into my own system
from any other workstation. I have
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I find this very bothersome. Because I like to participate in distributed data
processing projects, and if Mankdrake can't handle Setiathome... Well what
other applications will it have problems with.
Of course I'm still not ruleing out the possibility of my
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I am attempting to set up a server using ip masq connecting a mixed
linux/win 98 and nt network to a cable modem. The system works using
Win2000 as server, but I have been unable to get linux to recognize more
than one of the ethernet cards.
The system is a
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Hi All:
I just ,make a clear install of LM 6.1 all the installation process
went OK but once installed i have trubble with Kde.
It hangs very often suddenly I cant open any application on the desktop and I
have to restart the X windows again to make
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1,
but I want to give 6.0 a try. I am having some printer troubles with 6.1,
however I have heard that these problems don't exist in Mandrake 6.0. I
have been using AltaVista to search
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I just got a home lan set up (sort of anyway)
Everything works fine when all boxes are running under win98.
However when both machines are running different os's (Linux/WIn98 or
Win98/Linux) combos (both are dual boot), neither machine can ping the other.
I
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Good Morning newbie-list,
Just as a reminder, in order to display the correct time on your linux
system, if the cmd: date shows you the correct time you can simply run
the cmd: clock -w to correctly set your hardware clock.
Interestingly enough, my system
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Any reason why only about every third message I send here gets through???
quite frustrating...
Here goes again:
Hi all,
Total newbie. Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Pentium 2 266mhz. 128meg RAM
Video card: Jaton Video87AGP
Monitor: IBM 6556 p72
According to
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
I am trying to learn how to do some C programming and my question is this: How
do I execute the program after it is compiled? I have tried typing the name
of the program in at the prompt and it says "command not found". I have tried
to type "sh" before the
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Good day, all:
My L-M 6.0 user guide claims that the icons in KDE allow one to mount
and unmount floppys CDs without using the command line. However, I
only get the error message: " KFM error - could not mount mount: you
must specify the file system type."
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote:
How do you get RealplayerG2 to act as a Netscape Plugin?
You can't. You can only get Netscape to spawn a RealPlayer
session. I just checked. The "plugin" option for RealPlayer
is grayed out completely on my system. I can't even select
it. The only way to use
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,Tom Brinkman wrote:
| On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
| Yup, when you re-install Win98, it's gonna wipe the MBR, and LILO won't be
| there any more. Make sure you have a boot dosk if you keep LILO in the MBR so
| you can get back
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