[newbie] need help adding external modem to mandrake 8

2004-02-24 Thread Kenn
. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks. Kenn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Fw: [newbie] The MD Alternative to W2K and MacOS9.2

2002-12-25 Thread Kenn Murrah
and quarkxpress, i haven't been able to find it so as much as i'd like to use linux for a professional color design workstation, the software just isn't there ... yet. MYO, kenn --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 25 Dec 2002 2:35 am, Aurélio Diniz wrote: I want the same has you

[newbie] trouble getting PHP to work ...

2002-12-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings ... I know I've done this a dozen time before, but today I'm having trouble installing PHP on my Mandrake Linux Server 8.2 ... I've installed php, mod_php, php-mysql, and php-gd, but my php-encoded web pages still refuse to work (i.e., they display the php code) ... what am i doing

Re: [newbie] trouble getting PHP to work ...

2002-12-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
, I've used mandrake 8.1 non-server edition, but I don't know if that's really relevant) any other ideas? thanks, kenn --- Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:44:26AM -0800, Kenn Murrah wrote: Greetings ... I know I've done this a dozen time before, but today

Re: [newbie] trouble getting PHP to work ...

2002-12-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
type make, did you look closely for any errors? One of many known errors may pop up when compiling. Paul --- Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, i've never had to do that manually before, but I did go into the commonhttpd.conf file and add those lines ... actually, they were

[newbie] connecting linux to windows

2002-12-16 Thread Kenn Murrah
for now, i don't care about see my linux box from a windows machine ... i ONLY want to be able to reach a windows computer from my linux box, so that i can run wine ... do i need samba for this? or something else? i'm confused about whether samba is ONLY for making a linux box appear on a

Re: [newbie] Have you got your LM90 preorders?

2002-12-13 Thread Kenn Murrah
geez i dutifully paid my money for 8.1 and 8.2 and was considering doing so for 9.0 ... but is it just me, or does Mandrake WANT me to change to a different distro? some of the user-hostile things they've done lately makes me wonder my two cents, kenn --- Dale Huckeby [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users???

2002-11-20 Thread Kenn Murrah
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kenn Murrah Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users??? Okay, gang ... I've won most of the battles here ... Thanks in no small part to the help I've received from

[newbie] running linux from a windows box via cygwin/XFree86

2002-11-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings. I want to access my linux box from my windows computer using X ... I've installed cynwin/XFree86 but i'm unclear how to actually start a session of X from my windows computer ... what am i missing? can anyone point me in the right direction? thanks.

RE: [newbie] running linux from a windows box via cygwin/XFree86

2002-11-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
trust me ... i want the simplest solution i can find :-) i presume i need to install tightvnc server on my linux box ... will multiple people be able to login that way simultaneously? as though they were linux users (which they are?) ??? thanks, kenn --- Tony S. Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users???

2002-11-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
direction to learn about how to mirror (if that's the correct word here) my EngardeLinux mail to the intermediate box ... Of course, I'm a true newbie here, so feel free to tell me i'm nuts and suggest a better way to accomplish my goals. thanks, kenn

Re: [newbie] postfix problem? or something else?

2002-11-07 Thread Kenn Murrah
may have a cron job, or an entry in /etc/logrotate.d which is 'tidying up' every day and restarting the server. derek On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:59 pm, Kenn Murrah wrote: Greetings. I've just set up a postfix mail server on an Engarde (community) Linux box ... The good news

Re: [newbie] postfix problem? or something else?

2002-11-07 Thread Kenn Murrah
is University of Washington imap, and there are a couple of others too. derek n Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:42:30 -0800 (PST) Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks, derek ... it occurs several times a day at seemingly random times ... i've looked in /var/log/ and i can't figure

Re: [newbie] postfix problem? or something else?

2002-11-07 Thread Kenn Murrah
which is 'tidying up' every day and restarting the server. derek On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:59 pm, Kenn Murrah wrote: Greetings. I've just set up a postfix mail server on an Engarde (community) Linux box ... The good news is that is works ALMOST all the time

[newbie] logrotate error ??

2002-10-25 Thread Kenn Murrah
wrong? i've followed the man pages as closely as possible, but something ain't right with this ... thanks in advance, kenn __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] log analyzer for squid? can't get calamaris to work

2002-10-24 Thread Kenn Murrah
i have my transparent proxy working now (thanks in no small part to the generous of some you on this list) ... all that remains to be done now is to find a log analyzer that works ... i've tried calamaris running from webmin, but i can't get it to display my logs ... i've set the path for my log

[newbie] syncing of palm500?

2002-08-29 Thread Kenn Murrah
what i've told (and have read online) of problems syncing a Palm m500 to mandrake linux ... and though i've installed pilot-link, i can't get my palm to see it ... any ideas? thanks, __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

[newbie] palm programming tools for linux?

2002-08-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings. I'm looking for programming tools for programming my PDA on my linux box ... In the Windows world, I've been using PocketC with great success, but would like to find a way to program my PDA on my linux box (preferrably in C, though I'm willing to look at other options). I came up dry

Re: [newbie] palm programming tools for linux?

2002-08-19 Thread Kenn Murrah
should have made it clear that it's PALM OS that I'm working with --- Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings. I'm looking for programming tools for programming my PDA on my linux box ... In the Windows world, I've been using PocketC with great success, but would like

[newbie] running X remotely

2002-08-16 Thread Kenn Murrah
i THINK that's what i found) what's the best way to achieve this? thanks in advance, kenn __ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] somewhat OT: putting my server box on the Internet

2002-08-12 Thread Kenn Murrah
of the world will find www.mydomain.com ? thanks, and please feel free to tell me to RTFM ... i just don't know WHICH manual to read. thanks, kenn __ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] postfix / webmin config problem ...

2002-08-09 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings. I've just installed postfix from the original packaged CDs of Mandrake 8.1 ... and when I try to use webmin to configure it, it tells me that it can't understand the configuration file and that i need to configure postfix manually ... heck, if i knew how to do THAT, i wouldn't be

[newbie] automatic printing of email?

2002-08-02 Thread Kenn Murrah
i know this is gonna sound odd, but ... for one application, i need emails to automatically print immediately upon receipt, with no human intervention. any ideas how this could be accomplished? is there a program that will do that? can it be scripted? thanks in advance for the help. kennM

[newbie] OT: linux equivalent of WinProxy?

2002-06-26 Thread Kenn Murrah
a similiar product I can run on my Mandrake Linux box ... it needs to be fairly user friendly, because I'm the only Linux person in the company, and a couple of other people will need to help me monitor the activity. Any suggestions? Thanks, Kenn Murrah

[newbie] mail server recommendations, please

2002-06-26 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings. I need to set up a mail server on a Mandrake Linux box ... hopefully something relatively simple to set up, seeing as I'm not the most knowledgeable Linux guy around (i'm not the LEAST knowledgeable, either, and i do have some experience with linux, but not with mail servers) ... Any

Re: [newbie] child-protection for Linux?

2002-06-25 Thread Kenn Murrah
WHAT A GREAT IDEA !!! Ground the kid so you can get to the computer yourself ... i wish I had thought of that! :-) --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just now he's grounded from his computer, and I'm giving all the time I can to Mandrake, so I'll get to that one as soon as I can

Re: [newbie] OMG u have to see this!!!

2002-03-28 Thread Kenn Yahoo
works for me ... try again ... (and the subject is a hacking of microsoft's web site) ... - Original Message - From: Damian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OMG u have to see this!!! El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 17:22,

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-27 Thread Kenn Yahoo
not to bring up a sore subject, but after last year's presidential election disaster, i'll no longer be surprised at ANYTHING the supreme court decides ... - Original Message - From: James Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:09 AM Subject:

Re: [newbie] Win4Lin ready for 8.2

2002-03-20 Thread Kenn Yahoo
any idea when the power pack 8.2 will be ready to ship? - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Win4Lin ready for 8.2 | Jim Dawson wrote: | | WooHoo! | | Does anyone know if VMWare 3.0

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-14 Thread Kenn Yahoo
BEER ??? someone mentioned beer? i could use a guinness myself ... - Original Message - From: Bill Spatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:52 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all | Sounds good! | | Bill | Syracuse UT,

Re: [newbie] gimp v. photoshop [was minimizing the cult factor]

2002-03-11 Thread Kenn Yahoo
AND the lack of CMYK colorspace in the Gimp is a SERIOUS drawback for professional print design ... there is absolutely no way to do prepress work without CMYK, not to mention L.A.B., yet another colorspace used by some professional color technicians ... humbly, kennM | | Well having

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-22 Thread Kenn Yahoo
forgive me if this question is silly, but should he be able to ping even without samba installed? if i remember correctly, that was MY experience so i'm thinking the problem may be somewhere else (but BELIEVE ME, i'm the greenest of the newbies, so i could certainly be wrong) ...

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-22 Thread Kenn Yahoo
sorry ... not enough coffee yet ... what i meant to ask was, "shouldn't he be able to ping even without samba installed?" ... with apache on my linux box, i could use a browser to reach the linux box with no problems ... - Original Message - From: Ken

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread Kenn Yahoo
| (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use | Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) well, at the risk of being flamed ... computers are TOOLS ... if you want to play, that's fine i like playing, too ... but when it's time to get some work done, i have to

Re: [newbie] Mac OS X versus Linux - factual please

2002-02-14 Thread Kenn Yahoo
i DID see that post, i checked out the article you recommend, and it was PHENOMENAL !!! thought *slightly* slanted toward BeOS, it was one of the most informative comparison of operating systems I've seen ... thanks for the suggestion. kennM | | I have not seen my post, so I repost : | | The

[newbie] quicktime plugin for linux ?

2002-02-12 Thread Kenn Yahoo
is available. Thanks in advance for the help. Kenn _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] quicktime plugin for linux ?

2002-02-12 Thread Kenn Yahoo
] quicktime plugin for linux ? | On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:22:48 -0600, Kenn Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Greetings. | | Does anyone have a recommendation for a quicktime plugin for linux browsers? | A search on Google turned up Crossover from Codeweavers ... does anyone have | any feedback about

Re: [newbie] Mac OS X versus Linux?!

2002-02-12 Thread Kenn Yahoo
okay, i'm curious .. WHICH linus t book? - Original Message - From: Andrei Raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mac OS X versus Linux?! | | | Sorry, I forgot to ask this in my first reply but why do you feel

[newbie] benchmarking

2002-02-09 Thread Kenn Murrah
I'm about to get up my courage to compile my own kernel, and I'd like to be able to benchmark my system both before and after the build, so I can see how much (if any) speed enhancement I get for my effort. How would you recommend that I benchmark my linux box's performance ? TIA, kennM

Re: [newbie] Evolution

2002-02-01 Thread Kenn Yahoo
http://www.ximian.com/products/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Evolution | Can someone please let me know where I can download a copy of Evolution | 1.0 from | | Thanks :) | |

Re: [newbie] personal organizer

2002-01-29 Thread Kenn Yahoo
for my money (okay, it's free, but whatever), i've really liked the newly released Evolution ... has the features of outlook (mail, contacts, calendar, etc.) but without the bugs and viruses that plague the MonopolySoft product ... - Original Message - From: Mario Michael da Costa

[newbie] rpm src install problem ...

2002-01-24 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings ... I'm attempting to install gdk-pixbuf ... i could only find a src.rpm at rpmfind, not an i586 version ... so i was attempting to build it ... i'm getting a file not found message, even though, as you can see the file is there ... what am i doing wrong? thanks, kenn Script

[newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)

2002-01-16 Thread Kenn Yahoo
Greetings ... In trying to install Evolution on my Mandrake Linux box, I've encountered a slew of dependency problems, most of which I was able to solve ... but at this point, I still have one dilemma ... When I tried to install Evolution, I get the message that it requires gtkhtml ... no

Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)

2002-01-16 Thread Kenn Yahoo
typing 'rpm -ivh all the rpm's in a list' as root. | | I find that telling RPM about all of the dependant rpms on one line solves this problem. | | Dave. | | On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:21:19 -0600 | Kenn Yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Greetings ... | | In trying to install Evolution on my

Re: [newbie] problem with chicken or egg dependencies problem (or so it seems)

2002-01-16 Thread Kenn Yahoo
the answer was SO obvious ... once you pointed out the problem :-) once i solved the problem with conflicting version numbers, all was well, and the install was easy ... thanks to both you and david for your help ... kennM | | but it also appears you need newer versions, at least for

[newbie] libcurl and cURL conflict ...

2002-01-15 Thread Kenn Yahoo
dependencies ... curl-lib is needed by rpmdrake . libcurl.so.2 is needed by rpmdrake ... libcurl.so.2 is needed by grpmi what am i doing wrong? thanks in advance, kenn _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie] the opposite of startx

2002-01-09 Thread Kenn Yahoo
just discovered that ctrl-alt-backspace restarts x - Original Message - From: Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] the opposite of startx | On Wednesday 09 January 2002 21:40, Kenn Yahoo wrote

[newbie] cleaning up after kernel build

2002-01-03 Thread Kenn Murrah
okay, i'm finished experimenting for the day ... for no reason other than to see what i could learn, i copied the source code onto my hard drive, configured a new kernal with make menuconfig, made the kernel, installed it, and tested it ... and i gotta admit, i learned a lot doing it ... but

Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system

2001-12-28 Thread Kenn Murrah
thanks to everyone who helped me on this question, especially you, Anuerin ... this is a terrific reply. --- Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:08:22 -0800 (PST) Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay, i know this is a trivial issue but it's driving me

[newbie] clock on dual boot system

2001-12-27 Thread Kenn Murrah
, gang ? thanks, kenn __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] how do i know if USB was detected? and iomega external CDRW ?

2001-12-26 Thread Kenn Murrah
Greetings. I've done a default 8.1 installation on my laptop and everything seems to be functioning properly, including an ethernet connection that i was a little concerned about ... how do i tell if USB installed properly as well? the only USB gadget i have with me today at the office is an

Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?

2001-12-24 Thread kenn yahoo
and, i know this is a long shot (please feel free to laugh at me for even asking) but do any linux spreadsheets support VBA? i have an INCREDIBLE collection of scripts I've written over the years, and i hate to give that up when i go to linux? what are my options? thanks in advance, and merry

[newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread kenn yahoo
Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread kenn yahoo
Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:55:05 -0600 kenn yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: thanks, derek

[newbie] odd message on attempted laptop installation of 8.1

2001-12-09 Thread kenn yahoo
i'm trying to install LM 8.1 on a Compaq Armada 1550MDT ... since i can't boot from cd, i've created a boot floppy to use in conjunction with the cd ... after booting, i begin to load from cd and get: Loading initrd.img ... Loading vmlinux after which the screen is filled

[newbie] cheap notebook?

2001-11-17 Thread kenn yahoo
i'm looking to install mandrake on a CHEAP notebook ... anyone have any suggestions on a good choice? unlike desktops, i have to get the component choices right from the beginning. thanks, kenn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cheap notebook?

2001-11-17 Thread kenn yahoo
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kenn yahoo Sent: Saturday, 17 November 2001 10:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] cheap notebook? i'm looking to install mandrake on a CHEAP notebook ... anyone have any suggestions on a good choice? unlike

[newbie] problems creating floppy installation disks

2001-11-17 Thread kenn yahoo
it this weekend to create the floppy) ... what am i doing wrong ? can anyone help? thanks in advance, kenn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com