[newbie] Mandrake update falis

2001-02-01 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
Whenever I run Mandrake Update and select the programs i wan to update the hard drive's activity light goes on and my machine hangas after a minute or so. This happens every time Any ideas?

Re: Re: [newbie] Goodbye

2001-01-29 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
Have you checked that your cd's audio cable is connected to the cd-in pins on your sound card? - Original Message - From: "Allen Joseph M Hernandez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:40 AM Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Goodbye I have both SuSE and

[newbie] Linux password policy

2001-01-26 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
I'm in the process of migrating all my NT servers to Linux Mandrake 7.2 Currently, there's a PDC holding all the user's network folders and a couple of SDC's running a variety of services, including IMAP, SMTP, LDAP, web cache, printing, etc. All my users authenticate against the NT domain. So

[newbie] Interrupt sharing

2001-01-07 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing. My Adaptec SCSI controller is sharing its interrupt with the system's USB controller. Could this be the reason for the install to hang while installing the SCSI drivers? Being a little anxious as I am and since bandwith is not a

Re: [newbie] Where do i find the latest mandrake specific kernels?

2001-01-06 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
Ok, but isn't there a Mandrake specific kernel like 2.4.0-mdk? Or the generic one from kernel.org will do? - Original Message - From: "Roger Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Where do i find the latest

Re: [newbie] Recruitment Notice

2001-01-06 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
I'm in charge of the computer sciences dept. at a university in Veracruz, Mexico. We're in the process of migrating all our servers and development workstations from Windows NT 4 to Linux and we are evaluating both Red Hat and Mandrake. I would certainly like te oportinity to try Mandrake's

Re: [newbie] Tip: Mailfilter

2001-01-06 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
You are so right about this! Use the IMAP protocol to access your mail if your server supports it. The advantages are so many that I would have to write more than i want : ) but for starters, you get the message headeres first and then you decide wich messages to download or delete without

[newbie] Where do i find the latest mandrake specific kernels?

2001-01-05 Thread Jorge Ramírez Llaca
I guess it is 2.2.18-mdk Can anyone tell me where can I download it from?