Jerry,
Maybe you would be willing to contribute some of your time to improve Mandrake's
stability. There were numerous beta and release candidates for Mandrake 9.0. If you
are having stability issues, the time to have them fixed is prior to the release being
official. When Mandrake 9.1 is
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:28:03 +
Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Should it be necessary to reboot to get new hardware recognised? In specific
terms, in my struggle with usb devices, I have not yet got my camera
recognised. If I try different usb connections, will I need a reboot? I
On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 21:17, Frank Bax wrote:
I downloaded Mandrake ISO's to one machine; then used these for an ftp
install on a second machine. Sometime after the installation, access to
anything through the nic wouldn't work. I finally did get some results
when I changed from DHCP to
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 12:17, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 10:24, Robin Turner wrote:
Joseph Braddock wrote:
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:36, Ken Walker wrote:
In LM9 when i try and do a rm -rv *, i keep being asked if i want to delete
this, for all and every file.
How
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to put
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On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 07:41, Jim Snyder wrote:
Hi
I recently loaded mandrake 9.0 and am thrilled with it overall. I have had
some problems with a HP CD-writer that I finally unplugged as I have another
USB HP CD-RW that works fine. I am suspecting a problem from doing this.
When Linux
On 16 Nov 2002 21:29:34 +1100
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 12:49, - netmaniac - wrote:
Thanks very much for the answer!
Can I remove KDE simply using rpm -e command and what files I must delete in
order to get rid of it?
netmaniac
If you
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:42:56 -0500
Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way in OpenOffice Calc to convert a cell from a
formula (=A5*1.15) to a string (2.30)? To, in effect, render it?
Thanks,
Miark
Highlight what you want to convert (ie. cell(s) with formula in it). Right click
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:08:33 -0800
Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know why but when I try to use aspell to check my mail
spellings, I get an error message, unable to start Aspell, check
Path.. I have aspell installed in /usr/bin/aspell and my when I issue
echo $PATH I get the
On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 19:42:46 +
Ongkie Singgih [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Friends,
I just finish to install Linux Mandrake 9.0.
Is there anybody out there who knows what I have to do to change the screen
resolution when the installation of Linux Mandrake 9.0 is done?
Thx,
Ongkie
What is the font and where did you get it from?
Joeb
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:46:28 +1100
Trevor Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I'm in need of a font. I used a font from 8.2 to create a rather large
document that I need to have remain the same. How would I get that font
On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 06:10:06 +
Len Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Steve.
Did not know about tabbing. And the 'other' tab in common preferences was
hidden. The default entry mozilla -remote 'openURL(%s,raise)' corrupts the
URL. mozilla '%s' works fine.
Change
On 29 Oct 2002 18:26:34 -0500
Langsley T Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For what it's worth, I've tried to install Mozilla 1.1 on ML 8.2 any
number of times and I always get the message that 0.9.8 is necessary for
Nautilus and the Gnome core. So I gave up and didn't install it into the
I read Direct CD CDRWs by mounting them with a file system of UDF, works fine. If
you are seeing autorun.inf and udf.exe, then Mandrake is probably detecting it as the
iso9660. If you manually mount the drive and use -t udf you should be OK. Try
something like:
mount -t udf /dev/cdrom
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:29:05 +0200
Markus Bela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just installed 9.0 from scratch. When start KDE, I get an error message
that /home/user/.DOCP. list doesnt exist..
What the hell is this? I installed MDK several times but have never seen
such a message.
Bela
If you installed OO from the .tar.gz file, it installed in the directory you
specified, most likely under /usr/share/OpenOffice.org or something like that. The
problem is that that directory is not in your path. You have two solutions, either
add it to your path or create symlinks under
On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 02:22:26 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there
I am using OpenOffice 1.0 and trying to use spell-check function, but it does not
seem to work. Could you tell me how to activate spell-check on OpenOffice 1.0 please?
Regards,
Oyaji
If you are using the
Assuming you are using Windows (since you sent your email from Outlook), your computer
or cd recorder should have come with some type of cd burning software. If you have
already download the iso images, try double clicking on one of them and see if the cd
burning software starts
I recall reading that this is not specific to Mandrake but is an X problem (I think
even Redhat 8.0 has it). After switching the mouse to the wheel mouse, you need to
restart X (ctrl-alt-backspace or reboot) or the mouse pointer goes crazy.
Joe
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:24:11 +0800
Franki
What type of modem do you have (brand name or chipset on the modem)?
Joe
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:32:53 EDT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
when i use kppp i push connect and it says modem ready then it says sorry,
the modem doesnt respond anyone know why it says this? im guessing its cause
i
On 12 Aug 2002 12:32:33 -0700
Brandon Vanderberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, I think I broke something. ;)
I'm running Mandrake 8.2. Was working perfectly using both KDE2 and
Gnome. I was using Gnome and removed KDE2 and installed KDE3 to see
what's new.
But somethings radically
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:31:46 -0500
Joseph Braddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It appears that when you removed KDE2.2, you also removed the KDM it was using.
When you installed KDE3, it installed the KDE3 version of KDM, but your system is
unaware of it. To fix it you to change the line
I've run into this when I'm logged in as a regular user and have a CD mounted and then
open a terminal window and SU as root and change the CD. It appears that mtab shows
both the regular user and root CDs. When it happens, the regular user gets all kinds
of wierd things (i.e. can't eject
If I'm not mistaken, the directories for the Power Pack and download editions are
different. Giving just the first three CDs may not have all of the files the download
has. Also, the software manager is going to assume all of the power pack CDs are
there.
If the problem is downloading the
Thanks for the reply, but I have upgraded all packages available which in the
past has resolved the cdrw problem, and no go. The problem with the compact
flash reader is that I can not find it recognized as any device anywhere.
Does not show up under /dev/usb, /scsi , /sda , or
Although it makes no claim to Linux compatibility, I am having very good results with
the PNY SmartMedia reader (this is not the combined compact flash AND SM reader). It
is a simple black blob of plastic with a slot for the media and a usb cable on the
back. No lights, or leds or anything
Dennis,
After you reinstalled Mandrake (I'm assuming 8.2), did you update the CD burning
software you are using. If I recall, most were broken out of the box and had to be
patched or updated.
One other thing on your compact flash (although this poster was asking about smart
media readers).
I figure this isn't the proper place for this, but maybe the right people will see it
or forward it to Mandrake.
I have a suggestion for Mandrake on a change to the Mozilla they ship with Mandrake.
It would be really nice if a link for www.mandrakelinux.com was included in the
personal
It sounds like you installed OpenOffice as a standalone app when you wanted to do it
as a network app (and after the install, you would run setup as a user and it would
copy some configuration files to your home directory). I believe you have to add
-network to the install command line. Just
I would guess that you still have KDE2 still loaded on your system. If so, it is the
kdm that loads instead of the KDE3 version (which is what you are configuring). To
get KDM from KDE3 to load change the last line in /etc/inittab to read:
x:5:respawn:/opt/kde3/bin/kdm -nodaemon (instead of
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:47:58 -0500
Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All would work I bet if I didn't get the following message:
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
anyone have an idea of how to create sda1. All the usb and scsi modules are
loaded as far as I can tell. Hope
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 23:00:58 -0500
Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if i understand you correctly (i likely don't) just make a
/mnt/compactflash directory.
I did that and I get mount: fs type fs=vfat not supported by kernel. So
the line I have in fstab is: /dev/sda1
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:30:09 -0500
Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all, I bought a PNY compact flash card reader, usb type and had seen where
several folks were able to use it on Mandrake 8.2. I tried mounting it but
it is not coming up. I used mount -t vfat /dev/sda1
I'm using a PNY Smart Media reader. Got it from Staples for $19.99. While it doesn't
mention Linux (the diskette with the drivers were Windows only), it works like a charm
under Linux.
Joe
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:06:46 -0600
Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'd like to get rid of
I believe he is asking for something to use instead of Exchange that can talk to M$
Outlook. The connector would let Evolution talk to Exchange.
Joe
On Wed, 29 May 2002 20:12:47 -0700
shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i believe their is a ximian product that does what you are looking for.
Are you sure your modem is an i810? I'm pretty sure the modem you gave in your other
post should use the pct789 setting, but if you really do have an i810, then use it.
As long as you are using kernel 2.4.something, you should be okay. You don't need,
nor do you want to go back to, 2.4.0.
Go to www.linmodems.org
Then go to Jan's PCTEL Resource link (www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel)
From Jan's site, download the pctel-0.9.2.tar.gz (I actually am using the
pctel-0.8.6.tar.gz and the directions I gave are for it, but the newer version should
be similar).
Since it is a tar.gz file,
running ./configure will create/edit the makefile for you. You could use vi to edit
the makefile, but you probably want to read up on it first, because it's not very
intuitive (although very good once you get used to it).
On Wed, 22 May 2002 23:33:28 EDT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its in .c
That would be correct, the problem is some conflict between KDE 2.2.2 and KDE 3.0. I
don't recall the specifics, but deleting the konsole icon and recreating will fix it.
If you don't have 2.2.2 installed, then you won't have the problem. Check Mandrake's
web site for more info.
Joe
I
Boot off of CD1 and when the installer displays, type rescue (instead of doing an
install or update). Once rescue mode loads, you should have an option to reinstall
lilo. Select that and follow any prompts or directions. When done, you should be
able to reboot and have lilo be the boot
Surely it would be cheaper to buy a new scanner than to purchase VMware simply to use
a windows only scanner. Wouldn't it? Nothing against VMWare, it does what it does
very well, but this seems like overkill.
Joe
On 06 May 2002 22:53:24 -0500
Jim Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do we have
You might want to try renaming any .kde .kde2 .kde3 (etc) and qt directories in your
home directory to something else (i.e. mv .kde .kde-old). Do this while you are not
in KDE. After doing this, start KDE3 and it should rebuild all the directories and
settings it needs.
Joe
On Sat, 4 May
Of Joseph Braddock
Sent: April 28, 2002 8:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: KDE 3.0 - question on installation
Assuming you are using KDM login shell, login with the default session.
Hopefully, that will open up either KDE or Gnome. Next go to the K or
foot menu and go
Assuming you are using KDM login shell, login with the default session. Hopefully,
that will open up either KDE or Gnome. Next go to the K or foot menu and go to
Configuration. Go to KDE, then System, the Login Manager. There should be a tab
called Sessions. At the bottom, there should be
I am using a modem based on the PCTEL HSP56K. The driver I'm using was downloaded
from Jan's site (http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel). It is the pctel-0.8.6. To
install it, though, you will also need the kernel source and header files installed.
Untar it and then su to root. Next from
Many people simply install everything under /. But, I would recommend having a
separate /home partition. The main advantage to this is that when you go to install a
later (or same) version of Mandrake, it won't automatically format the /home
partition, which means any files that you have
Sorry it took so long to get back. The package in LM 8.2 is
sylpheed-claws-0.7.2claws-1mdk
Joe
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:16:41 -0600
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joseph Braddock wrote:
I'm using the Sulpheed-claws (0.7.2) that is included with the LM8.2 CDs. While
it doesn't pop
Is it possible that you are not running devfs? If you issue the command cat
/etc/lilo.conf from a shell, it will display the various boot options that appear on
the menu when you first boot. Under your linux entry, there should be a line that
begins with append=. On that line, it probably
What version of Mandrake are you using? Also, have you installed the kernel source
and headers? I believe you need both installed to compile the driver. I'm using
Mandrake 8.2 with 0.8.6 drivers. If you still are having problems, I can email you the
compiled files.
Joe
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002
It sounds like you have a winmodem. Do you know what type of modem you have? If you
are dual booting into windows, you can tell from that. If you can get the
Manufacturer and model number, then you can get the right drivers for linux from
www.linmodems.org
Usually the message you are
What are you using on the Windows partition?
Joe
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:00:53 -0600
Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's your favorite calendar or personal information manager (PIM) application? I
had high hopes for Evolution, but it's task management isn't robust enough for me. A
If you are just wanting to get to the console outside of X, you could press control
alt F1. That would create a new session in linux (you would have to log in
again). When finished doing whatever it was that you were doing, you can press
control alt F7 to return to your X session.
Joe
On
Try running menudrake and tell it to save. That should bring back your menus after an
upgrade to KDE3. If they still don't all show, you can use menudrake to tell it
display the mandrake menus instead of kde or gnome.
Joe
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:50:12 +
Brian York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
at 0xd680 [0xd681].
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd87f].
--- Joseph Braddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Look at
/proc/interrupts and see what IRQ Linux is finding it at or if
something else is using IRQ9. Then, maybe you can change the settings on the
modem or whatever is using the interrupt
Look at /proc/interrupts and see what IRQ Linux is finding it at or if something else
is using IRQ9. Then, maybe you can change the settings on the modem or whatever is
using the interrupt.
Joe
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 18:02:07 -0300 (ART)
Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you have the kernel sources installed? You need them to compile the driver.
Also, pctel-0.9.0.tar.gz is the current version of the driver. I'm using the
pctel-0.8.6 driver with 8.2 without any problems. If you're going to compile the
driver, you might as well get one of the two above.
Under the software manager, go to development -- development -- others and select
kernel-source. If it's not there, then check under installed and make sure it shows
as installed.
Also, when you are compiling the drivers, are you root or have you used su to become
root?
Joe
On Tue, 02 Apr
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:10:14 -0700
Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From Sun: Beta products are designed to run for a limited period of
time and the StarOffice 6.0 beta product is set to expire on Sunday,
March 31, 2002.
You may as well get OpenOffice.
Miark
Sun has a patch posted
I am only printing with Cups and it works under both KDE and Gnome. Under Gnome,
usually the print dialog comes up with generic printer or something like that. I
simply select the name of my printer from the dropdown list. I do happen to have both
KDE and Gnome loaded, so I don't know if
Okay, the 2.4.7 should work. Have you installed the kernel source? You need it to
compile the drivers.
Joe
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 06:04:53 -0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The kernel is 2.4.8-26mdk, I installed LM 8.1 3 weeks ago so I've not
changed or upgraded anything yet. By the way,
There should be a pctel chip on the modem itself. What does it say the model is?
Joe
On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 00:59:32 -0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:07 p.m. 08/03/2002, you wrote:
I shouldn't jump into the middle of a thread, and I'm not sure of this,
but the CM8738 number sounds
That's strange. I've got half a dozen of them running in various windows and linux
boxes and have never had a problem with them.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:20:23 -0500
ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just a personal opinion here, and I promise not to rant on forever... really.
if you value
What driver did you use for this modem? I've got half a dozen in various windows and
linux boxes. I've had good success with the pctel-0.8.6.tar.gz and the older
pctel-2.4.7.tar.gz drivers. You can get either of them by going to www.linmodems.org
and then go to Jan's PCTel site.
I just
pctel
insmod ptserial
Should I put them in /etc/profile or there is a better place for them ?
Thanks again,
Rodrigo
Joseph Braddock wrote:
Go to www.linmodems.org and from there select the link for Jan's PCTel
Resources. Her site will have the latest drivers for the PCTel modems
(I'm
Go to www.linmodems.org and from there select the link for Jan's PCTel
Resources. Her site will have the latest drivers for the PCTel modems (I'm
using them now). If you have problems, let me know and I'll try and help you
through it.
Joe
On Thursday 14 February 2002 09:09 am, you wrote:
by Mandrake, while others
aren't. I'm going to give Redhat 7.2 a shot tomorrow, and see if it does
any better.
Joseph Braddock wrote:
Out of curiousity, what's your fstab got in it for the device?
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 10:42 am, you wrote:
I checked the Sandisk website
I was able to get my PNY SmartMedia reader to work by changing vfat to msdos
in /etc/fstab. My entry for it is: /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia msdos user,noauto
On Monday 04 February 2002 05:09 pm, you wrote:
Does anyone have one of these working? I have plugged it into my USB port,
and Linux seems
Out of curiousity, what's your fstab got in it for the device?
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 10:42 am, you wrote:
I checked the Sandisk website, and this is what they have to say
about the reader I bought:
Please Note: SDDR-55 is not mass storage compliant (not supported under
Linux).
I got my SB16 to work by removing the options sb isapnp=1 line in my
/etc/modules.conf and replacing it with:
options sb io=0x220 irq=9 mpu_io=0x300 dma=0 dma16=5
Otherwise, it kept trying to use irq=5 which was in use by another adapter.
Of course, you want to do acat /proc/interrupts to
Glad to be of help. - Joe
On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:51 am, you wrote:
Thanks Joe. I don't know how you guys know so much but I'm
glade you are there! -Jeff
On 28 Jan 2002, you wrote:
It sounds like you have used DirectCD to record your CDRWs. To view
them under Linux, make a
It sounds like you have used DirectCD to record your CDRWs. To view them
under Linux, make a directory under /mnt called something like udf (or
whatever you like). Next, as root, edit /etc/fstab and duplicate the line in
it for your CDROM except where it says either auto or ISO9660, change
Under /proc there are all sorts of informational files. You can few them
opening a terminal or shell and type cd /proc and then you can issue, for
example, cat dma to see what dma channels are in use. cat
ioports will tell you what ports are used by what devices and cat
I only responded to the first part of your message, sorry. You normally
would not have to put your printer into /etc/modules. I believe it is
compiled into the Mandrake kernel. For example, the only thing in my
/etc/modules is scsi_hostadapter and usb-storage, and Mandrake put both
Alsa is probably going to use whatever IRQ the card thinks it has. I don't
know that for sure, but I'm pretty sure you'll still have the same problem.
Are you able to change the IRQ for your printer port through CMOS? That
might work or if you have a PNP OS setting in your CMOS, you might
It sounds like your sound card and printer are both using irq 7. I had this
problem with a soundblaster 16 and solved it by adding the following to my
/etc/modules.conf file
options sb io=0x220 irq=9 mpu_io=0x300 dma=0 dma16=5
alias sound-slot-0 sb
Of course, you will need to check
I don't know if this will help, since I don't have a USB scanner, but I do
have a USB smart card reader. It shows up under /proc/bus/usb and also as a
SCSI device as sda. Have you tried loading Harddrake and seeing if it sees
your scanner?
Joe
On Saturday 12 January 2002 08:47 pm, you
It sounds like your sound card and lpt port are using the same IRQ, most
likely IRQ 7. It would be best to change the IRQ of the sound card as IRQ 7
is usually the standard for printer ports. If the sound card doesn't have
jumpers (which most don't anymore), then you will need to find a way
Assuming you told the installer to format the partitions after you
re-assigned the names, it should have done just that. If what you were
having problems with related to configuration files in your home directory,
then when you logged in, you would have received the same home directory and
I don't have a winmodem with the Lucent chipset (mine uses PCTel), but even
after the drivers are installed, you still have to configure the irq and
stuff. Usually, if this is incorrect, you will get a device/busy error
message. The easiest way to configure the modem (after the drivers are
Try this. Open a shell or terminal window. SU and then type/run modemconf.
This will display a window with an option to autodetect. Select it and if it
finds your modem, it will configure the /dev/modem appropriately. For
instance, under Windows98, my winmodem is on IRQ 3, under Linux, it
My son had a similar problem with a report for school. I just tried it now
and had the same problem. Maybe it's a new feature, but for now, I'll stick
with StarOffice 6.0 beta.
Joe
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote:
hi,
i got my printing to work, woohoo!! you
I believe KMail can import Outlook Express mail files directly. Also, while
Eudora saves their mail in the same format, the windows version adds an
extension to the filenames that you need to rename after copying them to the
Mail folder in your Linux home directory.
On Wednesday 14 November
I had intermittent sound problems under KDE until I told it to use OSS
instead of ALSA. The easiest way to check/change is to go to the
Configuration menu, then KDE, then Sound and finally, Sound Server. On the
General tab, make sure the Start aRTS Soundserver on KDE startup is checked
(if
If your errors are only on creating files, you are probably using the
default settings in /etc/fstab, your windows partition is mounting with
nosuid which means it shouldn't try to change the userid of any files it
creates. Unfortunately, it appears to ignore this and tries to change the
/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
-Paul RodrÃguez
On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 23:15, Joseph Braddock wrote:
I had a typo in my message. It should have read ... if you go to /dev
and look at the links... not /etc. Sorry for any confusion. Also, to
see where the cdrom is linked, while root (or su), cd
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 03:06 pm, you wrote:
Winmodems were produced to accomplish 2 things:
1) Reduce the cost of computers by reducing the cost of the components.
Winmodems are much less expensive to produce since they lack the
circuitry of a real modem. It's basically just a
Arthur H. Johnson II wrote:
Here here! Good post! I have a Lucent and it works Awesome on my Duron
800 at home. It even worked decently find with 166 and 200 Pentiums.
Some of us have lives and need to pinch pennies.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Joseph Braddock wrote:
There sure is a lot of talk
If you're hesitant to edit /etc/inittab, you can, while in KDE or Gnome, run
the Mandrake Control Center (should be on an icon on the desktop). From
their, select Boot Config (under Boot) and uncheck the box that says Launch
the X-Windows system at start. Doing so will have Mandrake make the
You don't use Earthlink, do you? For some reason before upgrading to 8.1
which also upgraded my KMail, I had to change my login for mail. It used to
be in the format eln/username (which IS how the dialer is set). For some
reason, though, I had to remove the eln from the user name in the
Of course, using the lower g might be offensive to the Almighty! :)
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 01:13 pm, you wrote:
Ummm... Perhaps because the vast majority of the world's population (about
five-sixths and growing, last time I checked) do not call their supreme
being(s) (if any) God? Most
Whata PCTel chipset is on your 3Com modem? I've using several different
winmodems based on the PCTel chipset on several linux boxes and haven't had
any problem. What problems did you have with the driver?
Joe
On Saturday 18 August 2001 12:33 am, you wrote:
I'm using both COM ports already
If you are using KDE 2.1, then this is a bug. 2.2 (and 2.2.1) fix it.
On Friday 21 September 2001 08:44 am, you wrote:
I can add a launcher to my panel *manually*, and I can add a launcher to
my panel from menus *other* than mandrake menu, but if I try to add a
launcher from the mandrake
, at times,
installing a new app doesn't break existing ones (well, unless you use
--force :)).
Joe
On Tuesday 18 September 2001 11:55 pm, you wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:21:10 -0500, Joseph Braddock
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wrote:
I know dependencies are a pain, but so is Windows when some program
As others have stated, ideally, you would use an external or real internal
modem (versus a Winmodem). That said, either of those options tend to be
expensive. I have had very good luck with several several different brands
of Winmodems that are based on the PCTel chipset. There are drivers
You need to run the Login Manager (in KDE it's under the control center, I'm
not sure where it is in Gnome). Select the Sessions tab and at the lower
part of the window, type KDE for the new type and click the Add new button.
KDE must be in all caps. Save the settings and log out and see if
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