[newbie] Access to win partitions

2002-06-04 Thread Matt Blake
I posted yesterday about changing access rights to my windows partitions but i'm not sure it came up as i never actually received it! anyway, since reinstalling 8.2 i cannot get write permissions to my windows hard drives where basically all my documents that i need are stored etc. The 1st time

Re: [newbie] Access to win partitions

2002-06-04 Thread Matt Blake
Ok so now i have edited the fstab file but when i do 'mount -a' i get told line 7 and 8 in the fstab are bad. Line 7 and 8 are about my 2 windows partitions and looks like this: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,umask=0,defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat user,umask=0,defaults 0 0 Can anybody

[newbie] Handspring Visor

2002-06-03 Thread Matt Blake
How do i get mt Handspring Visor working in 8.2 and Ximian Gnome - it is on a USB port. First of all, am i correct to do a symbolic link from /dev/pilot to /dev/usb ? Secondly if i try and sync by saying i have used other syncing software with the pda before - which i have in windows it cannot

Re: [newbie] Strange problem with the mouse/screen

2002-06-01 Thread Matt Blake
Thanks for that Kaj, it's been bugging me for ages - and i do indeed have a Trident Cyberblade. cheers Matt On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 00:49, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 01 June 2002 01:05 am, Matt Blake wrote: Every now and again using any windows manager - mainly gnome or kde, i get

[newbie] Importing address book and outlook pst settings

2002-06-01 Thread Matt Blake
Now that my linux system is up and running properly and i'm happy with how everything works i want to use evolution instead of ms outlook for my calendar/tasks/mail etc. How can i install my outlook .pst files into evolution? Also how can i import my address book from outlook express - i have got

[newbie] Instant Messengers

2002-05-30 Thread Matt Blake
Does anybody know which (if any) instant messengers are compatible with MSM Messenger on Linux? Seeing as most people still use windows, it would be useful to have something that is. cheers Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Instant Messengers

2002-05-30 Thread Matt Blake
Thanks for those answers - have just picked up CCMSM and am just getting everybuddy - so i'll give them a go. Cheers. Another question: For downloading in windows i was using Get Right which was able to queue up and pause downloads etc and would reconnect automatically when my ISP cuts me off

[newbie] Soundcard freezes mouse

2002-04-26 Thread Matt Blake
restored /etc/modules.conf back to how it was and all is ok again – well except i still have no sound. Any more ideas as to what i can do? Cheers On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:24:38 GMT Matt Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just installed 8.2 but am generally new to Linux having only

Re: [newbie] KDE 3

2002-04-25 Thread Matt Blake
I have followed the instructions from alastair to install KDE3 in 8.2 and all goes fine, but it doesn't appear in the drop down list when i log out and try to log back in. KDE is in the menu but it simply loads KDE2 has before. Any ideas would be appreciated Cheers Matt Original Message

Re: [newbie] Updates

2002-04-24 Thread Matt Blake
. Don't do that for a new kernel though! For that it's: rpm -ivh kernelx HTH Brian On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 09:26, Matt Blake wrote: I want to download the updates for 8.2, but due to a winmodem need to do it through windows. Is it better to download the RPM's or SRPM's? How do i

[newbie] Updates

2002-04-21 Thread Matt Blake
I want to download the updates for 8.2, but due to a winmodem need to do it through windows. Is it better to download the RPM's or SRPM's? How do i then install the updates? Cheers Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sound card problems

2002-04-14 Thread Matt Blake
Message On 13/04/02, 16:12:24, Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Sound card problems: On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:24:38 GMT Matt Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just installed 8.2 but am generally new to Linux having only used Redmond Linux before. During

[newbie] Sound card problems

2002-04-13 Thread Matt Blake
Hi, I've just installed 8.2 but am generally new to Linux having only used Redmond Linux before. During setup my soundcard wasn't configured properly and the setup told me to run sndconfig later on. So i did that and the ISAPNP Probe Results found my sound card: Model: Crystal Codec:GAME