[newbie] YOUR MESSAGE #57288 - IDE CONTROLLER PROBLEM

. The computer is an HP Vectra 525MCx. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Ken Bowmer 3218 Twig Road Richfield, OH 44286-9636 Tel: (330)-659-4607 Fax: (928)-395-9766 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] How big is a block ?

Is a Linux block 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes. If i give a user 130,000 blocks of quota space, windows reports it as 126 Meg So if i want a user to have 130Mb do i set 133120 blocks or 13 blocks ? Or is windows wrong again. Many thanks Ken

[newbie] Raid 5 stops LM boot but will mount through diskdrake

theres a problem. Can anybody advise me where to go from here. Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

RE: [newbie] Quotas :o(

( On Thursday 03 March 2005 08:22 am, Ken Walker wrote: I'm trying to set up quotas on a LM8.1 server Ken hey Ken, if you want an answer around here, then don't mass mail the same question to both newbie and expert -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks

[newbie] Quotas :o(

get lots of quotactl() man pages but there a bit beyond telling me where to look Had anybody any ideas they can pass to me. Many thanks Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

[newbie] 802.11G support

I have purchased a new HP model ZE4805 which has a Broadcom 94306 chipset. Does anyone know if 10.1 supports this out of the box? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

RE: [newbie] MS Wants The Skin Off Our Backs!!

At least they haven't (yet) started trying to use our bodies to generate power ;^). When they're granted a patent on that, I'll start getting nervous. Mmmm, perhaps MS have been looking too closely at the Matrix films ! Is the Oracle actually Bill Gates in another form ! Ken -Original

RE: [newbie] import ms fonts?

. It did take a long time on my lappy, but it did them all in one go. Ken -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 July 2004 2:33pm To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] import ms fonts? On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 23:09, Thereidos wrote: Dnia czw 15

RE: [newbie] import ms fonts?

I can honestly say that is how I did it not three days ago. And it did all of them at once. I went to the folder, went into the folder, put a star where the selected font name would go and just said go for it babe. Remember * in Linux is a wildcard meaning all, it's dos equivalent is *.* Ken

[newbie] Printing to a D-link 3 port print server with CUPS ?

/tcp openprinter What do I choose for the connection type ? Printer on remote lpd server Network printer tcp/socket Printer on SMB/Windows server Enter a Printer device url Has anybody got one of these working with CUPS ? Many thanks Ken ( currently printerless :o

[newbie] Quotas ! - sort of long but had to explain

or when he reaches his hard limit If anybody can give me advice and past experience on quotas id be eternally grateful. Ken, quotaconfussed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

RE: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)

to use a proxy ? And why would it say its checking and then do nothing ? ken -Original Message- From: Greg Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2004 2:54:am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable) On Saturday 21 February

RE: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian

Before you wipe off Debian, make a disk image, you may be going back to it. I recently installed 9.2 ( last week ) onto my laptop which loved MDK8.2. I wanted to know what this wonderful new version had to offer. So I ticked everything. On reboot, it wouldn't set-up my video or network. It gave

RE: [newbie] Matrix screensaver-stick to Debian

going somewhere else, running it on another desktop or lappy, and having to set everything up again, and again, and again. It's not a scratch on Knoppix. Ken many thanks for your comments :o) BTW; Tried Mandrake-Move yet?? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate

[newbie] Good Updates to Poor Updates

of the programs and applications such as it did to my 9.2. I installed and reinstaalled 10 last weekend and narrowed it down to one or more of the 24 Bugfixes Updates. Do you have any idea if the corrupted update(s) was/were fixed? Regard, Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] Can't connect with SpeedTouch 510 ADSL Ethernet

t what to do. As I'm not trying to connect with a USB, the Ethernet modem shouldn't be too hard to get working. Also, I'm not convinced that the Alcatel SpeedTouch 510 Ethernet modem is unsupported by Mandrake 9.1, as drakconnect says.I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me out on this one. Sincerely, Ken.

RE: [newbie] New Users ?

of home's when they will never be used ! Ken :o) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Sexton Sent: 21 October 2003 7:01:pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] New Users ? Ken could you explain more in detail what you want. David

[newbie] New Users ?

When I create new user for access to pre-defined samba shared folders, with an associated password in smbpasswd. Do I have to create a home directory and a private group if they will never ever be near the server ? Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

RE: [newbie] urpmi --auto-select

Many thanks Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charlie M. Sent: 23 September 2003 3:34:pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] urpmi --auto-select -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 23, 2003 06:06 am, Ken

Re: [newbie] Teach yourself unix in 24 hours

Found this link for Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition can download html or pdf file: http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:43:21 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Teach

Re: [newbie] Teach yourself unix in 24 hours

This link didn't work for me: http://www.programming-hub.com/Linux_Rute_Users_Tutorial_and_Exposition __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3

Thanks for that link! :) :) :) - Original Message - From: Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:41:04 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3 Ken Rhodes wrote: Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat

[newbie] XFCE4 rc3

Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized

Re: [newbie] Another 'windows only' service

trouble installing the Alcatel modem? Ken Rhodes -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers

RE: [newbie] How do I UPDATE my urpmi database ?

urpmi.update followed by the web address of the update server as root :o) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

Xperience -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Fox Sent: 29 March 2003 4:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; robin Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake? On Thursday 20 March 2003 02:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in

[newbie] Lost bash Shutdown command

Hello Everyone, I have been using Mandrake since version 6.0 and have continually upgraded with no real problems. However, after recently upgrading to 9.1, when I use the bash command shutdown I get a command not found error message! Can anyone tell me what happened and why? Or what is the

Re: [newbie] Lost bash Shutdown command

Thanks to all who responded... logging in as superuser allows me to use shutdown. I haven't tried the other suggestions yet. Maybe I changed my security level/permissions or something when I upgraded this time. Regards, Kenneth Rhodes --

RE: [newbie] Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 - Dual Boot

Another thing that might be of interest to people is that XP uses NTFS 5.1, whilst windows2000 uses NTFS 5.0. The problem here is that if people are ghosting partitions, then only ghost 7.5 Corporate and upwards will properly ghost XP (NTFS 5.1), Any version lower will only do NTFS 5.0.

RE: [newbie] tar questions, ta

It depends on how you define a kilobyte. Crappy ms say 1kb = 1000 bytes. The true world of computers says 1kb = 1024 bytes. Because hex is to the base 2 and decimal is to the base 10 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Negus Sent: 06

RE: [newbie] normal user can delete root owned files!

to their folder and the copied file will have their permissions. ken -Original Message- From: Raffaele Belardi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 March 2003 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] normal user can delete root owned files! This is a good explanation, thanks! After your

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio man grep (that should tell you about grep and I believe that willd o what you want. Ken

Re: [newbie] HTML e-mail client

Linux, I think there might be something to pull it done to your system and possibly read it from there, if there is not, something could be written by using something like wget, probably. Ken -- Now I am depressed

Re: [newbie] HTML e-mail client

. One reason not already listed is that a malicious person can really cause problems by coding html with javascript and.or activex objects (the latter only on MS machines) which may spread virii or worms. Ken -- Just to have it is enough

Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored

/c it is modeless ergo less of a headache/more intuitive. It is simple. vi is a text editor, emacs is an os. :-) Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Recognition of Todd Lyons

with. Eventually they become bankrupt (or micro$haft). Ken --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Localization glitch with StarOffice

things work. Thanks. Ken Maurer --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Transferring users from LM8.1 to LM9

Many thanks Anthony :o) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony Abby Sent: 23 December 2002 7:09 PM To: Mandrake-Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Transferring users from LM8.1 to LM9 Copy of all homes directories yes Copy of smb.conf

[newbie] Transferring users from LM8.1 to LM9

? many thanks Ken ps. To all those who helped me with my missing kernel...many thanks, i now have kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk up and running on me LM8.1 I'm still having a problem on boot where i get mount: can't find /proc in /etc/fstab /etc/mtab And i still can't authenticate with a win2000

[newbie] how do i make hardrake changes permanent for the next boot

I did a LM8.1 install, quite a while ago and the system had a scsi card installed at the time. I have since changed the scsi card for a different make and now ever time i reboot it still thinks the original scsi card is there, so it fails to mount my scsi drives. I have to go into hardrake on

[newbie] NIC Card set-up details

Is there any way of finding out if a 3com 508 is in half or full duplex mode without shutting down the server and running 3coms set-up program. Come to think of it, is there any way of finding out if ANY NIC is in 10 or 100 mode and full / half duplex without shutting down the machine. Many

RE: [newbie] NIC Card set-up details

: [newbie] NIC Card set-up details Ken; Most NIC's, hubs switches, etc. will display the speed of your connections by using 2-color LEDS. The general rule-of-thumb is that a 10Mb connection will show an amber or yellow LED color on the NIC, hub, etc., and a 100 Mb connection will show a green LED

RE: [newbie] UserDrake problem

You could write a very simple script and call it summat like MyUserDrake that deletes the said mentioned files and then runs UserDrake. But does anybody know why it does this Mr Smiley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lanman Sent: 10

[newbie] LM9 keeps changing permissions on its own !

I have a folder called Cad12. I originally created it su root. so i log on as me, say kenny then i su to root i change the group ownership of that folder to Cad then i go to a LM8.1 machine and smbmount to Cad12. no prob. do a couple of cp's to cad12, check out everythings doing what i

[newbie] Cups..works on LM8.1, LM8.2 but not LM9

I've been trying every combination possible to get CUPS on LM9 to print to a shared printer on a windows machine. On setting up the printer in printerdrake, On LM8.1 it worked first time. On LM8.2 with the same settings it worked first time. On LM9 it just sits there and laughs at me, with the

RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4

well for max file sizes, i found out for win95/win98 its 4Gb-1Kb, and for ntfs its 4Gb-1byte, on ntfs5.1 its t big to cause anyone any problems, in the trillion bytes range. So the 2Gb limit i'm having is not the target max file size limits. NTFS r/w problems only occur when the drive is in

RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4

Well, m i thought. So i set-up a quick LM9. did a tar of about 4Gig ( a 9G i borrowed :o) but he wants it back :o( )and tried to copy it to the NT machine using cp Cad.tar ///xxx Cad.tar Stopped at 2G did a copy to a win98 machine cp Cad.tar //x/xxx Cad.tar Stopped at 2G But

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

tools/options/language settings/writing aides/available language modules /highlight oo myspell spellchecker and hit the edit button on the right, when in there tick what you want to be active. Mr Smiley :o) -Original Message- From: Michel Clasquin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29

[newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4

I'm trying to tar 8.4Gb to a NT4 machine. But tar stops at 2,097,153. Stating 'File size limit exceeded'. I know that the system partition for NT4 can't be bigger than 2G. I'm Tar'ing to a 36G Raid drive. I'm logging in as a superuser. I know i have the option of taring to specific file sizes,

RE: [newbie] userdrake

I found this problem when i started using Linux as a server. If i renamed the files it was complaining about (i remember there being two files ), it worked, but, when i went to use it again, after closing and then opening it again, it again complained. So i renamed them again and it worked again.

RE: [newbie] userdrake ps

When i say renamed. I mean to anything but the original names...ie kenny. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Walker Sent: 25 November 2002 12:50 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] userdrake I found this problem when i

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

Yep i have had lots of head scratching getting it working. I installed Myspell, and it still didn't work, but the clue is in the message below. You have to go into Tools Options Language Settings Writing Aids and then check the first box in the top section (turning on MySpell spell checker).

[newbie] warning on tcpdump and libcap

warning on tcpdump and libcap I've just recieved the following, don't know if its true ! Hi, Apparently libpcap and tcpdump have been trojaned, in a similar way to openssh earlier this year. Information about how long this has been the case is sketchy. Trojaned versions appear to have made it

[newbie] keeping ownership/groups and permissions using tar and smbmount

If i share a folder using samba on a LM8.1 machine. and then smbmount from a LM9 machine. The files on the LM8.1 machine as seen by the LM9 machine are owned by root and group root. But on the LM8.1 machine the owner and groups are the original owners of the files. The LM8.1 is about to be

[newbie] Tar'ing - I'm confused

I tried to Tar to dat from a smbmount and use the following, tar cvf /dev/nst0 *.* It stopped after about 400mb Tried it again and it did the same, so i tar'd to the hd such as tar cvf /usr/Cad12/tartest *.* and it did the same thing, stopped at about 400mb. It tar'd one folder and the loose

RE: [newbie] Tar'ing - I'm confused

Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Ken Walker Sent: 06 November 2002 13:55 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Tar'ing - I'm confused I tried to Tar to dat from a smbmount and use the following, tar cvf /dev/nst0 *.* It stopped after

RE: [newbie] A Different shutdown problem

I have the same problem on a dual p2 lx motherboard. Didn't do it on MD8.2. I did a full install of MD9 over 8.2 I looked around and also found nothing relating to this problem. The only thing i could connect it with was who has rights to shut down / reboot the machine. But that's as far as i

[newbie] Tar'ing to tape :o) who has rights and when ?

When doing a backup to a tape driver using Tar, only root has those privileges. So to do the backup, one must be logged in as root. BUT Everybody in the know, says that you must never be logged in as root longer than is necessary. So how does one do a Crontab to do a regular tape backup, but

RE: [newbie] A Different shutdown problem

Well, there are several security level settings that can be changed in Mandrake Control Panel. At the highest setting of ( wait for it 'High') the system becomes a super secure server. Such that, it turns off all net protocols and other services in the background and you have to enable all

RE: [newbie] OO Writer

I've just had a look and OO does a save as word/xp ect Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] hardware requirements

As far as I am aware Mandrake 8.1 upwards will only run on Pentium 1's and upwards..no support for 286/386/486. Same applies to RH Please correct me if I'm wrong FreeBSD will still run from 386 upwards. :o) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf

Re: [newbie] LAN and COX cable modem

Title: LAN and COX cable modem Cox supplied a software package fot connecting a Surfer Or Toshiba Cable Modem here in Tucson. Simple installation! - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:15 AM

Re: [newbie] Samba Login Password

Further, there are encryption issues. Make sure you read the encryption.txt file included in your samba distro. In order to get my smb login working I had to run mksmbpass on /etc/passwd to get it into the right format, then I added each user with smbpasswd, and then it worked. HTH --- Michael

Re: [newbie] SAMBA / Permissions

I'm not as familiar with share level security, but, here's what I dug up from the samba doc's. First, depending on your client machine, you may have to enable share level security on the client machine. Check this doc for that.

Re: [newbie] Configuring Samba

smbpasswd to set the passwords for each account. That should do the trick. Ken --- tek1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try creating samba users with the same user name and password as those on your win2k machine using the command: smbpasswd -a username the username also needs to be defined

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

Either use iptables, or use the InteractiveBastille setup script. Either of which will do the trick for you. There's an internet connection sharing setup wizard in the mandrake control center as well, but I didn't have much luck with that particular thingy. HTH Ken --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [newbie] Samba/Windows XP

are permissions/password issues btw. I'd reccommend that you peruse the fault tree and How-To troubleshoot samba sections included in the using_samba book that comes with the distro or is available here: http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/using_samba/ch09_01.html Ken Nowack

[newbie] is client scanning possible with samba?

much rather enable scanning via the server if possible. Anyway, thanks for your time, Ken __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Windows partition won't load anymore

No, the issue is that win2k/NT *has* to be on the first partition on the drive or it won't load. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] drive doesn't want to be partitioned

I had the same problem the first time I tried to install Mandrake. The thing that worked for me was to use partition magic. At the very least, if it doesn't work for you, you're in no worse shape than you currently are. But if it does work, you can handle the resize and also create your linux

[newbie] Failed partition and X

for this I would greatly appreciate it. I looked through mailing list archives, user manuals, forums and elsewhere and couldn't find the right commands I need to use. Thanks for any help and if I left out any neccessary information I apologize. Thanks, ken

[newbie] install Star Office freezes mouse mdk80

Trying to run/complete the installation of Star Office 5.2 freezes my MS Intellimouse and stops install dead in its tracks. I've tried installing from the CD and from a 90+ MB download. Same results. Any ideas? Athlon 850, Epox MB, 128mb RAM, Mandrake 8.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] Kups says no ports!

I installed Kups and its required cups today in an effort to get my HP LJ3 working as a local printer. LPR just doesn't seem to be available anywhere in ML 8. Alas, it was not to be! Kups shows up on the KDE menu now, but when I run it it says there are no ports (the LJ is connected to the

[newbie] Printing with 8 - repost

was made for me and I was printing in no time. I was disappointed in this new no-printer-choice set-up in MD 8. I would prefer this system as it has always worked well for a local printer in many previous Linux distributions including Mandrake 7.0. TIA Ken

Re: [newbie] Can't get on-line

to try: 1) Adding CR at the end of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets 2) Commenting out 'Gateway' line in /etc/sysconfig/network I used a '#' for the comment symbol and followed these instructions. I haven't tried e-mail or news aps yet. Any suggestions? Another modem program? TIA Ken Ken

[newbie] KDE mail newsreader doc?

anything. I have found Kmail doc at the KDE site, but in HTML, which doesn't lend itself to easy printing. (Or is there a secret to printing out a whole HTML doc without pulling up each section from the TOC?) TIA Ken

[newbie] Can't get on-line

/sysconfig/network I used a '#' for the comment symbol and followed these instructions. I haven't tried e-mail or news aps yet. Any suggestions? Another modem program? TIA Ken

[newbie] Printing with 8

suggestions appreciated. In previous versions I selected my printer from a long list, told the computer which port, a printcap entry was made for me and I was printing in no time. I was disappointed in this new no-printer-choice set-up in MD 8. TIA Ken

[newbie] System Crashing During Installaton of LM 8.0

with CDROMs and I've downloaded the fix for windows. Could this be my problem installing Mandrake? I had a simular problem when installing Windows. Thanks, Ken/NJ

[newbie] Installing VIDEO DRIVERS

, and explain in "dummy" terms,,, THANKS! -Ken __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

[newbie] How do you install a video driver?

My video card wasnt listed for xwindows in the drake setup utility. I found the driver online, and now I have no idea how to install it. I have mandrake 7.0. Thanks a lot! --Ken __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from

RE: [newbie] Linux for Windows Installation Help

At 23:13 02/04/00 , you wrote: Are you booting from the CD, or using a boot disk? Apparently there are problems when booting from the CD. See http://www.pcplus.co.uk/discs/ Ken Rodgers

[newbie] Install failure for LM 6.5

e response: no hard drive detected, check your hardware configuration. I can get to the menu and setup everything else, but it won't detect the hard drive to complete the actual installation. Have to ctrl-alt-delete to get out eject the disk. Any thoughts out there? Thanks in advance... Ken in Alaska

Re: [[newbie] audio cds]

Just installing Linux and noted that Sound Blaster Live will not work due to driver licensing restrictions. ...despite OS 'recognition'

[newbie] CD-ROM won't mount, demands filesystem type specification

I cannot open any CD. When I try to mount the CD by clicking on the CD-ROM icon in GNOME it says: mount: you must specify the filesystem type. This happens whether I'm logged in as Ken or root. I've run linuxconfig. It says the cdrom is set to "auto" for file system. Both root a

[newbie] Power Management won't stop

the forced checks. I like power management, but Any hints out there? Ken in Alaska

[newbie] Forgiveness??

only assume I've grievously insulted the list by my ignorance. Would someone be so kind as to answer (directly to free others from unneeded mail) what my sin has been? [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken Fisher Loving Linux but clumsy as all

[newbie] Xwin problems (Video Card?)

Hi everyone, Thanks in advance to anyone that takes the time to read this. I've exhausted my minimal linux support and haven't been able to make headway at all with this problem. First let me give you a little background about my relevant system info. I'm running an AGP ATI XPert 128

Re: [newbie] sound card w/mandrake 7

sndconfig is the exact command :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the proper command i believe is soundconfig or something to that effect. -dave

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7 download

You can also try ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso I got very fast downloads from this server. -Original Message- From: Steven P Hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7 download Try

[newbie] startup error

I have Mandrake 6.0, it is installed on /dev/hdb1. Every once in a while I get the following error when starting up. "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced." It then goes on and loads fine. It also operates fine. Should I be concerned about this? Ken Har

RE: [newbie] unsubscribe

These people are probably not as 'switched' on as you state. They bought into Linux chique and now find themselves in over their heads. -Original Message- From: Des Wass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 31, 1999 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

RE: [newbie] RE: Source Code

I am going to hazard a couple of guesses here. One is it is more than likely written in C. The second is that the files you want to view follow the standard Unix convention for text files and have only a single linefeed/carriage return (can never remember exactly which one it is, might even be

RE: [newbie] Uninstall? Please Help a Newbie!

Try using the DOS fdisk command. 'fdisk mbr' should get rid of Lilo on your master boot record. After that just install Windows on the drive you want and then re-install your Linux and run Lilo again. -Original Message- From: Tyler Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 21,

RE: [newbie] EL MEJOR DVD Y AL MEJOR PRECIO !!!

Beauty, now we're getting spammed in Spanish. -Original Message- From: Moises Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 21, 1999 7:13 AM To: Moises Lopez Subject: [newbie] EL MEJOR DVD Y AL MEJOR PRECIO !!! Buenas tardes, os informo que tenemos en Stock DVD'S de Panasonic a

RE: [newbie] Sound Setup

First off, because someone is going to tell you anyway, turn off the html. It is considered poor netiquette. Secondly, it's not '(VERIFY N)', it's '(VERIFYLD N)' that goes in the file. -Original Message- From: Jamey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 18, 1999 10:17 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Want To Lose Weight For The Holidays-New Pill Can DoIt -gpav

Report it through www.spamcop.net I did. Maybe if the host gets enough spam notices they'll do something about it. -Original Message- From: Toyswins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: December 18, 1999 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Want To Lose Weight For The

RE: [newbie] make?

It appears you may not have some of the development tools installed, of which 'make' is one. Ensure you have all the necessary ones installed, check the file list for the packages you don't have installed to see if any of them included 'make'. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Kersenbrock

Re: [newbie] The FREE In Linux

Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, root wrote: What does it says it's trying to download, as it's obviously not locked This may not be a unique problem. I have a fairly stable and fast cable modem connection. I have tried connecting to a local mirror (right here in town) and

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

have tried for 4 days... [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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. Ken

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