[newbie] Newbie troubles with installing

I am trying to install Xine - on a Mandrake 8.0 setup. I have downloaded xine-lib and xine-ui. I have successfully run ./configure, make and make install for xine-lib. When I run ./configure for xine-ui it fails with a message telling me that I have not installed xine-lib. Is there some stage I

RE: [newbie] Aurora

The only advantage I have seen in Aurora is that you can go back to it after the boot has finished to see what happened. (Ctrl-Alt-F12 on mine). But surely all the messages are logged somewhere aren't they?? > -Original Message- > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent

RE: [newbie] creative modem

, September 26, 2001 4:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] creative modem > > > John Clegg wrote: > > If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it > only has a serial > > connection! > > But I understand there are some external

RE: [newbie] creative modem

If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it only has a serial connection! > -Original Message- > From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] creative modem > > > Hi > > Does anyon

RE: [newbie] is this a good way to test a modem

Logic would say yes, but life often isn't like that! If it will run under DOS it isn't a Winmodem, so the omens are good, but you do need to check for available drivers. > -Original Message- > From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 PM >

RE: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

Please don't assume that just because someone is a Linux newbie they are an email newbie. Some people have their HTML habits DEEPLY ingrained! John > -Original Message- > From: george [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject

[newbie] Telnet refused

Last time I booted my Linux box I could telnet in to it, now I can't. I can ping it, and I can connect with VNC, so the connection is obviously working, but when I try telnet it is refused. Can anyone help me with any basic pointers please? John Clegg Want to buy your Pack or Services

RE: [newbie] Samba- problem - asking for an unkown password

Try running smbpasswd > -Original Message- > From: Roderick Scotto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Samba- problem - asking for an unkown password > > > > I managed to run samba and to see the linux machin

RE: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without overheating

Why not switch the monitor off as soon as you leave the PC - even in standby mode monitors use more power than when they are switched off! > -Original Message- > From: FLYNN, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:45 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject:

RE: [newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

I've been talking about it at length - in a suitable place. Could all the rest of you go somewhere suitable as well please? Now, can somebody point me at a place where I can get simple words-of-one-syllable advice for setting up Samba so that I can access shares on an NT machine from my KDE/Gnome