RE: [newbie] Not getting anywhere - IGNORE THIS TROLL!

This guy is trolling you all. (for the newbies a troll is someone who instigates flamewars by using inflammatory language) Please don't pander to his wishes by responding. (Ithought I sniffed a troll the other day ; ) ttfn nick

Re: [newbie] Re:

At 10:16 16/08/99 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, you wrote: (ati rageIIc video card). According to www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html this does not appear to be a supported video card (at least not directly.) You might want to consider getting a different video card that IS supported by X.

Re: [newbie] Modem problems. - Motorola Voice Sufer?

At 11:37 16/08/99 -0400, you wrote: Does anyone know of any Known problems installing this modem on Linux? I can get it to detect that there is a modem - but it cannot seem to operate it. ttys2 is com3 correct? that is what the settings are in Windows Com3 irq2 ANyone successfully installed

Re: [newbie] shutdown problem fixed

At 12:20 13/07/99 -0400, you wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, you wrote: For a program to run as root and not when su - root, it would have to step thru parent pid's looking specificly for su (it could test the parent pids uid, they all eventualy lead to root), which is posible but ugly. As for

Re: [newbie] test... Hmmmm

I tried to reply to you as requested. I got this back Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) The original message was received at Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:56:44 +0100 from thicko.nexnix.co.uk [192.168.100.18] - The following addresses had permanent

Re: [newbie] mounting extended fat32 partition

At 09:16 26/05/99 +0200, you wrote: After instalation of LM5.3 I managed to mount primary fat32 partition. But I somehow can't find logical drive (known as drive d: in msdos) on extended patrition. Can somebody please tell me how to do this? Thanks, Tomaz If it's an IDE drive this partition

Re: [newbie] Sendmail 551

At 08:57 24/05/99 PDT, you wrote: Hello all, I'm getting this error bounced back to me " 551 we do not relay" when I try to send mail to the linux-mandrake box, now note this IS NOT SENDING MAIL FROM THE BOX but TO THE BOX. I am able to send out just fine but when anybody tries to send a

Re: [newbie] dual boot with lilo problem

At 06:53 21/05/99 -0700, you wrote: I have linux on one hard drive(the master drive) and win95(the slave) on another. I set up lilo to let me choose between the two systems, but when I select win95, win95 claims there is a non-system disk in the floppy drive and then it hangs up. There isn't any

Re: [newbie] Zip question

At 07:50 06/05/99 +, you wrote: Linux detects my hardware allright. Zip is hdc and gives info about it when it starts up (partition table, cylinders, etc). Funny thing, underneath that info it repeats hdc as unknown partition table even though it recognized hdc perfectly in the previous

Re: [newbie] Wrong date! NEED HELP.

At 16:08 07/05/99 +0800, you wrote: Hi: I am runing linux based Intel CPU . I found the linux cannt read system date from BIOS,isnt it? Here is my problem: 1. I type "date" and the system show "Fri May 7 22:20:00 CST 1999". But the BIOS time is "14:48:00" . 2. I type 'date -s

Re: [newbie] modems

At 05:49 06/05/99 -0500, you wrote: Com 1 : Mouse = Com 4 : Modem Com 2 : Mouse = Com 3 : Modem This is because most PC's are only allowed 2 serial ports. Usually, Internal Modems have a Com 4 setting which means you have to set it to cua3, External Modems have Com 3

Re: [newbie] Super Disk CD Recorders

At 13:15 29/04/99 +0300, you wrote: I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are supported under Linux. If they are, which brands (CD recorders). I can't vouch for LS120 SuperDisks since I don't own one and haven't ran across any info one way or another about

Re: [newbie] rh 6.0

At 10:48 29/04/99 -0400, you wrote: At 01:19 PM 4/29/99 +0100, Nick Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was released on Mon26 April, but I heard a rumour that an error has been found necessitating a repress of the cds. However it is appearing on the highest ftp mirrors. (I got mine down yesterday

Re: [newbie] How to install my 56k modem

At 10:03 29/04/99 -0500, you wrote: Does this mean that Diamond MM modems won't work? I have a 28.8 and a 56K. Both have software drivers (.inf files) that are loaded, but I think both have processors on them.I think I will just need to reset the jumpers on the modem to disable PnP and set

Re: [newbie] do not have a DNS entry!/ kPPP

At 08:12 23/04/99 +0200, you wrote: Hi! Do anybody now how to get my kppp up? I've managed to connect my pc to the remote server, and everything looks ok, BUT when I write an ordenary url, it doesn't check the server at all(I can not see any blinking at SD (send data) at my modem), I just get the

Re: [newbie] No rule to make target

At 00:43 23/04/99 -0500, you wrote: "No rule to make target" What does this mean? I'm trying to configure my sound card, SB Awe 64. When I try to run "make xconfig" or "make menuconfig" this is what I get. NetZero - We believe in a FREE

Re: [newbie] Dual OS Install

At 10:45 21/04/99 -0400, you wrote: I have a 486Dx2/66 computer with a Pentium overdrive chip and a 1.2 GB HD. I would like to install Linux on this machine as well as keeping the copy of windows 95 that is already loaded on the machine. I have seen references for doing this with two hard

Re: [newbie] umount error

At 07:36 19/04/99 -0400, you wrote: April 19, 1999 Good Morning to all, I have a problem unmounting CD-ROMs, floppy drives, samba mounts, etc. When I umount anything it always tells me the device is busy, try later.' Is there a way to get around this?? Usually this is caused by a process

Re: [newbie] Virtual E-Mails

At 00:36 16/04/99 -0500, you wrote: I am wanting to setup virtual e-mails (i.e.- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.) I have looked through the sendmail faqs and docs and I can't seem to figure our what exactly needs to be done. I am new to Linux after running an NT 4.0 Server for the

Re: [newbie] mounting FAT partitions

At 07:48 14/04/99 -0500, you wrote: Steve how can I make my windows fat partition mount and unmount automatically on start up and shut down. I know you have to add something to fstab can you show me what to add, thanks my mount point is /dos and I am using the -tvfat but tired of mounting and

Re: [newbie] Questions

At 16:53 08/04/99 +0800, you wrote: Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: Hi there, Hope you're all fine. I've some general questions which I've not been able to find answers as yet. 1. Can a normal ( ordinary ) user shutdown a Linux system ? Yes you can. You'll need to change the permissions on

Re: [newbie] Rescue Disk problems

At 14:56 08/04/99 +0100, you wrote: I tried to compile a new kernel the other day but it didnt boot (yeah, I know I should have used a floppy to check it out first). My problem is that I have created a rescue disk but it doesnt seem to work. I'm using Mandrake 5.3 (Festen) and when I type rescue

Re: [newbie] X11Amp Problem(s)....

At 13:25 25/03/99 -0500, you wrote: Nick Kay wrote: At 10:21 24/03/99 -0800, you wrote: At 13:19 23/03/99 -0500, you wrote: My CPU speed is a little ole 486 DX2/66. I have a feeling that this might be the problem. I am not really sure about what you told me to try. Should that be typed

RE: [newbie] More Sound Card Issues...

At 02:49 16/03/99 -0800, you wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if putting your sound card on int8 is a good idea as that is reserved for the real time clock. (Which might explain why the sound is choppy with .1 sec frequency). By default an sb16 will be on int5 (second lp port) and that has always

Re: [newbie] Klogin?

At 10:50 11/03/99 -0500, you wrote: OK, so what do I do if I accidentally set my runlevel to 5 BEFORE reading your warning, Gael? ;) I am indeed caught in a loop... and can't exit the X server without rebooting. Paul - Original Message -From: GaelDuvalTo: