[newbie] Display problem

2005-04-04 Thread Michael Hahn
I've been working on setting up a new system at work, using an older Linux box. The only trouble is the display settings for xwindows are not correct for the new monotor, and as a result, when I run startx, I get nothing but lots of moving horozontal lines. I found xorg.conf, but I'm not sure what

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michael Hahn wrote: > > >First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE > >session. Worked like a charm. > > > >Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, whi

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the > DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There > should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care > if you use a static a

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: >> >> That NIC is very common and usually "just works". Before you start worrying >> about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of >> network problems. >> >> 1/ In MandrakeControlCe

[newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the network, but each time I bo

[newbie] login in to shell as default

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
Sorry for such a basic question - but I installed Mandrake 10.1 last night on a server I'm setting up, and I wanted it to default to the shell, rather than KDE, on boot. I can't seem to figure out how to bypass the very pretty, but unnessary, to even get it to just the shell.

Re: [newbie] 10.1 Installation Error

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Hahn
I found the problem. The Md5 checksums of the files I downloaded don't match up the correct checksums. >< Back to waiting for a download. - Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:54 PM Subject: [newb

[newbie] 10.1 Installation Error

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Hahn
Ok, on the advice of several people from this list, I downloaded the 10.1 ISO files, and burned them to CD. Initially the installation seemed to be working fine, until I reached the end of Partitioning step. I set up the partitioning, and selected next. I then received an Internal Error: no kernal

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Richard Urwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 1:53 pm, Michael Hahn wrote: > > I choose 8.2 because I > > already had the OS, and I can't really afford to pay for a new OS as > > well as a new hard drive. >< > > Fair enough.

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Saturday 01 Jan 2005 22:58, Michael Hahn wrote: >> I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and >> decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when >> I tried to

[newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-01 Thread Michael Hahn
I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda (my new hard drive, a Hitachi HTS424040MSAT00 40 GB) it freezes. It is accessing the HD, but nothing