[newbie] Old-World install problem

2003-11-28 Thread Max Malzkuhn
t the same result if I use the benh kernel and all-benh.gz image or the vmlinuz kernel and the all.gz image. Always just stops at the same point. Any suggestions? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't start X, "No Devices"

2003-11-03 Thread Max . Benitz
HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 11/03/2003 11:26:48 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Can't start X, "No Devices" On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:51:01 -0800 Aronsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Can't start X, "No Devices"

2003-11-03 Thread Max . Benitz
on this drive, so that drive was probably ok too. Is the answer: Nope, MDK9.1 won't run on that piece of junk, install Win and sell it for less? Or is it: Sure, just adjust the Kaiser Module and MDK9.1 will be fine on there? Bah!, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Display Manager FAILs to close

2003-10-28 Thread Max . Benitz
Greg, Yes, it sounds right. With Mandrake 9.1 and KDE (default version) where do I find the second autologin setting? The one I know about is in MCC:Boot, if I remember right. Thanks. Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@aurora.gkmweb.com on 10/27/2003 10:42:27 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROT

[newbie] Display Manager FAILs to close

2003-10-27 Thread Max . Benitz
on" in MCC:Boot:Bootdrake, but then I'd need to logon everytime. I'd rather not logon every time, and I'd rather not have to logoff twice. Any ideas? Thanks, Max Mandrake 9.1 KDE 3.1 Fujitsu L-470 PII w/192 RAM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Serial port problem

2003-10-27 Thread Max . Benitz
is split. I'm concerned when two software ports point to the same hardware because it may indicate that I've munged something, and it may reduce the efficiency. Thanks for your help, Max P.S. I have another problem which I believe is unrelated. In keeping with the FAQ I'll put it

[newbie] Evolution

2003-10-17 Thread Max . Benitz
er version comes with MDK 9.1) to do this? I've looked at every tab, every menu 4 or 5 times now and can't find it, but sometimes I miss stuff.Those of you who have upgraded to 9.2, is there a newer version of Evolution with this ability included? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] rwho

2003-10-15 Thread Max . Benitz
elieving that I might as well turn that service off or does it have some other function? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-15 Thread Max . Benitz
Ok, we now know which wallpaper this is, but which KDE theme is it? Thanks, Max Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 10/12/2003 03:26:24 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] wallpape

[newbie] pilot rpm corrupt?

2003-10-08 Thread Max . Benitz
- when I just try to synch while in Evolution it seems ok until it errors out "unable to open gnome-cal". What should I look for there? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-07 Thread Max . Benitz
(I'm 3 days behind in my reading, apologies if this has been covered to death). Thanks Ed. I'm new here these last few weeks and felt it wasn't my place, but I wholeheartedly agree. Too much unrelated blathering going on. ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 10/05/2003 04:51:

[newbie] Desktops and their progs

2003-10-07 Thread Max . Benitz
ing a working palm sync scheme with Kpilot, and then trying it with Evolution, Kpilot had a lot of trouble and it seemed to be because Evolution had switched the deamon to gnome-pilot . . . Thanks, Max Fujitsu PII L-470 Lifebook with 192M RAM & Mandrake 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Servi

[newbie] .directories

2003-10-03 Thread Max . Benitz
ries? Why would the /.kde/ directory be hidden? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Max . Benitz
Someone said yesterday "All of these commands need to be run as super user or root" These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)

2003-09-30 Thread Max . Benitz
You might also look at your BIOS settings. I seem to remember that changing mine from P-n-P to non Plug-n-Play made a difference (or was it vice versa?). Max yankl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/29/2003 05:31:22 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:

[newbie] Re: USB PALM sync woes continue

2003-09-30 Thread Max . Benitz
are known to exist for the 7135. I may be able to modify these files with the appropriate information, but that will have to wait until this weekend. Until then it's serial sync for me. I mention this in case anyone else runs into the same problem with a USB device. Thanks to all of you who t

[newbie] USB PALM Sync woes continue

2003-09-24 Thread Max . Benitz
couring google, and I've come to the conclusion that something's good and broken. The palm is set to use USB for sync, every instruction has been followed and refollowed. I'm out of ideas. Thanks for any help, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Damn "newbie" user!

2003-09-22 Thread Max . Benitz
Everytime I get one I reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with "Fix your email." Doesn't bounce back, but it might go to /dev/null, I suppose. =-=-= Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @english-quest.com.br on 09/20/2003 01:06:44 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:

[newbie] load average

2003-09-22 Thread Max . Benitz
so that's obviously wrong (unless he typed this as a joke . . .). Also, what are the other 2 values? They seem related to the first, I'm thinking [avg last minute], [avg last hour] Curiously, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] My clock is fast

2003-09-19 Thread Max . Benitz
In the special relativistic frame of reference you describe time would appear to slow as you *approach* the speed of light. Exceeding it would not be necessary and, iirc, time would seem to reverse if you somehow did manage to do it. Doesn't much matter since there's all sorts of asymptotic beh

Re: [newbie] My clock is fast

2003-09-19 Thread Max . Benitz
rd. But since installing M9.1 a couple of weeks ago, my laptop clock has been spot-on accurate! Good luck, Max Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/19/2003 12:13:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:newbie <[EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] Palm USB sync

2003-09-18 Thread Max . Benitz
know you don't like that), thanks for the link, I'll try it when I get home -- it's what I've been looking for! I'd not realized that Visor and Palm used the same module. Thanks, Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Palm USB sync

2003-09-18 Thread Max . Benitz
king, chmod:] Splash status on console 0 changed to off hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xc88/0x21) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-2 address 2 Can anyone direct me to a working solution? Thanks, Max

Re: [newbie] URPMI again

2003-09-17 Thread Max . Benitz
What are you using to display the system status in the upper right corner of that screenshot? Max =-=-= HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/15/2003 06:53:52 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: S

Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-12 Thread Max . Benitz
Is there a significant difference between chmod 666 /dev/nvidia1 and chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia1? Max Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/11/2003 03:17:13 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:mandrake newbie <[EMAIL PROTE

[newbie] Number of users > than created

2003-09-10 Thread Max . Benitz
When I run tops in a terminal it tells me that there are 3 users. One is root, one is my current logon, what would the other be? I created only one account when I installed 9.1 on Sunday. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Just bragging.

2003-09-10 Thread Max . Benitz
How many "There is no such user as 'newbie' messages" did you get from some SMS in Russia? =-=-= HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/09/2003 12:29:29 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [new

[newbie] 3 simple questions

2003-09-05 Thread Max . Benitz
ject to change by the /dev/wife), I've been thinking about installing 9.2. Anyone here have bad experiences with this yet? Should I wait 6 months? Since Mandrake 9.2 was released the day after I installed 9.1, would I be doing the linux community a disservice to install 9.2 tomorrow and thus spur the r

Re: OT - [newbie] somebody disliking mandrake - stupid newbie

2003-09-04 Thread Max . Benitz
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off! Douglas Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/04/2003 01:13:10 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:"Beginners' Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:Re: OT - [newbie] somebody

Re: [newbie] I need more info before I do it ( Ice cube)

2003-09-04 Thread Max . Benitz
Is there a list/chart of the various keystroke options? You can hit ctl-alt-F7 and it should return to the xserver screen you had been in. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow

2003-09-03 Thread Max . Benitz
hanks, Max Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 09/03/2003 04:22:30 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow On Thu, 2003-09-04

[newbie] Fujitsu L470 very, very slow

2003-09-03 Thread Max . Benitz
the /home resource. It tries 3 times and fails 3 times. I suspect this is because the OS itself is using that resource, but maybe it's related. Any advice on what to look for, or to fix, is greatly appreciated. I hope I've included enough and the right kind of information. Thanks, M

Re: [newbie] Samba Question

2002-02-05 Thread Anke &amp; Max
button each time you use it or no changes will occur. All this is a bit vague I know but it's all from memory. HTH max Mithrilhall asked Monday, February 04, 2002 > Where do I find "webmin". I am still very new to Linux. > > As for users and passwords. I have the sam

Re: [newbie] Samba Question

2002-02-03 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday Mithrilhall I know nothing of XP, but I am using Samba (via webmin). Do you have a samba user of the same name and password? In webmin it's easy, you tell it to convert all linux users to samba users. rgds max > I'm setting up Samba and I think I have just about everythi

Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0

2002-02-03 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday Lyvim and Jim (and others) I have to say thank you to you guys for answers to questions I was going to ask soon, and thanks to Mike for asking. rgrds max > On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:28, you wrote: > > Mike, > > I know how bad it can be when you're starting from

Re: [newbie] Unable to log on to Samba - Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer

2002-02-02 Thread Anke &amp; Max
/sendmail:error while loading shared libraries: libsfio.so.1999: cannot load shared object files: No such file or directory TAIA max > Gidday All > I've got a problem accessing my schools samba server. When I left Friday > everything was working but there had been a power cut ov

[newbie] Unable to log on to Samba - Error writing 4 bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = connection reset by peer

2002-02-02 Thread Anke &amp; Max
smb Hoping someone has some idea of what I've done/has happened TIA rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Tiny Emacs

2002-01-26 Thread Anke &amp; Max
help out. > > Thank You, > Regards, > mario > > Gidday Mario You wanna be careful wearing asbestos, You might be safer copping the flames rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cron

2002-01-26 Thread Anke &amp; Max
> > Gidday Derek and everyone else > > > > I've been using webmin from a Mac and I can't for the life of me, get it to > > accept the certificate > > It asks again and again if I want to continue and I can't find anywhere to > > turn it off. You

[newbie] Wanted, easy to administer Web Based Email

2002-01-26 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday all Does anyone know of / have experience with, a good Web Based Email system that I can install on a server running LM 8.0? I need it to be secure, easy to administer, and easy to use. TIA max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] internet monitoring

2002-01-25 Thread Anke &amp; Max
t around 2 grand and then you have > to have another win2k server setup so all of a sudden my cost for this > little task is around 5 thousand. > Gidday Paul For the windows machines you could look at Surf Rat. I can't remember if you can set up the sites yourself or if it is a safe su

Re: [newbie] Cron

2002-01-25 Thread Anke &amp; Max
ryone else I've been using webmin from a Mac and I can't for the life of me, get it to accept the certificate It asks again and again if I want to continue and I can't find anywhere to turn it off. You wouldn't know of a cure would you? TIA max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Users and groups not working in Webmin 0.84

2002-01-15 Thread Anke &amp; Max
r mac to access Webmin. When I view the source for the page the html is incomplete and I'm wondering if this is the cause of the problem. Could someone withWebmin 0.84 please send me a copy of their "edit_user.cgi" so I can compare. TIA rgrds max Want to buy your Pack or Serv

Re: [newbie] Who Is Gary? (GeniusWeb)

2001-12-18 Thread Anke &amp; Max
waste of time and bandwidth these things are! Also, they cast so much FUD on new users. (my 71yo Mum is a brand new user) regards max > Can anyone tell me who Gary is? Everytime I send in a > question to this list, I get this in return: > > > "Thanks for your email. >

[newbie] Problems accessing Samba when having 2 mandrake servers

2001-12-09 Thread Anke &amp; Max
webmin by typing in something like 192.168.1.5:1 in a browser from a win98. Where do I start to look? What other info do you need? TIA max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] fetchmail config. for more than one collection point

2001-12-06 Thread Anke &amp; Max
im lines back out until you find what you need to have in there. Otherwise is there a fetchmail specific list maybe? rgrds max > yes,, I did that, then it checked the yahoo and not the other one.. > > I would take that to mean that one fetchmail rc file could only contain one > mai

Re: [newbie] Still no printing in LM8.1!

2001-12-04 Thread Anke &amp; Max
got were in no way helpful and it was mere trial and error to beat it. The errant fonts were something like "School...?" Needless to say these fonts have been deleted. Maybe this helps rgds max Marcia asked on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:39 AM > I have been reading everyth

Re: [newbie] Upgrading kernel-2.4.13-12mdk.i586.rpm problem

2001-12-04 Thread Anke &amp; Max
I'm no guru. In a situation where I have something which depends on another and vice versa I put them all into an empty dir and use # rpm -Uvh * This seems to work well. rgds max > Hello, gurus! > > I am using Mandrake 8.1 and I just downloaded the kernel-2.4.13-12mdk.i586.rp

Re: [newbie] fetchmail config..

2001-12-04 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday Frank Don't know anything about fetchmail but I have a silly question. Have you swapped the two around and put Yahoo first? rgds max Frank asked on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:38 PM > I have a small fetchmail problem.. > > I have a .fetchmailrc file in /root that is sup

Re: [newbie] empty messages anyone?

2001-11-30 Thread Anke &amp; Max
ne Alarm. My ISP filters for viruses. Should really stop using OE but have 5 yrs of emails I want to access. You might ask why not Linux, but the simple answer is, I can't get it to work on the net yet. In fact I can't even get it to work my home network yet. More to do with hardware tha

Re: [newbie] booting in console mode and seeing booting logs to diagnose problem

2001-11-23 Thread Anke &amp; Max
I think) change from one running kernel to another. Regards Max Anguo asked on Friday, November 23, 2001 6:53 PM for help booting into linux > Ouch! > I just saw this: > http://www.linux.com/howto/LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4 > "You MUST make emergency boot disk fr

[newbie] newbie Has anyone settup a G3 Server with PPC LM in a school

2001-11-19 Thread Anke &amp; Max
ettup a G3 Server with PPC Mandrake with logging and hopefully even the ability to view what's happening on student screens? Thanks for your time max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Boot floppy: no initrd.img

2001-11-14 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday Hugo I've been using part.exe which is a powerful partitioning tool and has a boot manager that is capable of running up to 31 OSs from 31 different partitions http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/ Could be worth a try? HTH Max - Original Message - From: "Hug

Re: [newbie] Tripwire-1.3.1-1.tar.gz

2001-11-13 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday G So what would one use in addition to (instead of) tripwire and how can things trick tripwire? Thanks Max g answered Anuerin G. Diaz on Monday, November 12, 2001 6:32 PM > Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: > > > > and what does tripwire do anyway? > > basically, it is a

Re: [newbie] My personal response to msn.com and Internet Explorer.

2001-10-30 Thread Anke &amp; Max
Gidday All Franki, I like it but the paragraph below has a problem. I think it would be better to put it this way. This is not necessary. You may have full functionality but we just can't guarantee it, and neither can anyone else other then Microsoft and its partners. Max > Thi

Re: [newbie] Unable to mount root FS on 07:07

2001-10-22 Thread Anke &amp; Max
again. Still no go in either PC. (one batch of 20 sticks, and this guy got all 3 faulty ones, for the same repair job, the others were fine) I think the moral of the story is "Don't trust nuthin' unless you've tested it yourself" Max Randy Sweeten said on Sunday,

Re: [newbie] Flip Disk

2001-10-19 Thread Anke &amp; Max
cing the first table with the second, but I've no chance of remembering where. :-{ Sorry. As I'm a newbie with Linux, I haven't come across anything in this area. Hope this helps Max Dechao Wang asked on Friday, October 19 > I know this may be off topic, but any ideas or he

Re: [newbie] shift causes beep? (and fans stop)

2001-10-05 Thread Anke &amp; Max
ncy, it's worth remembering. Regards Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] All your numbers are belong to us

2001-10-05 Thread Anke &amp; Max
04 error when > > you try to access the main index page. > Have you tried to search on google and get the cached page? Regards Max Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] failed dependencies: menu < 2.1.5-29mdk conflicts with rpm-3.0.5-27mdk

2001-09-25 Thread Anke &amp; Max
.5-27mdk   When I tried "rpm -Uvh --force rpm-3.0.5-27mdk.i586.rpm" I still get the same error.What can I do to overcome this problem?(I've backed up rpm using "tar cvf rpm.Backup.tar /var/lib/rpm" in case I break something)   thanks max

Re: [newbie] XConfig

2001-02-19 Thread max . bernard
Xconfigurator [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/19/2001 08:28:47 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Max Bernard/BCP/International Thomson Publishing) Subject: [newbie] XConfig are there any xf86 (ver 4?) config tools for mndrake 7.2 that do not use x

RE: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread max . bernard
Try http://mandrakecampus.com/ "Owens, Blaine C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/15/2001 08:23:14 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Max Bernard/BCP/International Thomson Publishing)

[newbie] modprobe 2.3.1.??

2000-07-29 Thread Max Kahn
I am completely new to linux(and its making me climb the walls) but i'm understanding it I don't think this would call for the specs on my machine but my problem is lothar was not working so I installed a program called HardDrake and now when I try to configure my hardware it tells me I need to u

RE: [newbie] TV howto set it up (fwd)

2000-06-18 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
Am Sun, 18 Jun 2000 schrieb Jose M. Sanchez: > My $.02 > > Have you brought up a mixer for your sound card and ENABLED the Line-in > port? > > It may be off by default. Everything except "MIC" is higher than 0% in "alsamixer". > Note that with some of the original Brooktree drivers there was a

Re: [newbie] Please help!!! SB Live

2000-06-18 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
Frank van Polanen wrote: > Hi! > > I've installed a few days ago Linux Mandrake 7.1 , I really like it, it > works pretty fine! > But there's one thing i can't get to work, and that's my Soundblaster Live! > I've tried to install the newest Emu10k1 drivers, won't work. > I've disabled OS PnP in th

Re: [newbie] TV howto set it up (fwd)

2000-06-17 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
card is a Soundblaster Live (emu10k1). Any ideas to get it work? Max Moritz Sievers

[newbie] no ftp access with Netscape !!!

2000-03-15 Thread max
i´m using a NT server with wingate for connecting to the web browsing http sites works perfect !! but wehn i click on an ftp link only the error message " the port u tryed to access is vorbidden " what can i do ?? mfg max

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2000-02-23 Thread Max
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[newbie] Intel USB PC Camera

2000-02-19 Thread Max Ader
Has anyone gotten the USB INTEL PC Camera, to work under Linux ? I am running the 2.2.14-15 kernel under Mandrake 7.02.. TIA Max Ader [EMAIL PROTECTED]