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2000-03-28 Thread PC Hoon
. PC Hoon

[newbie] comparision squid/netscape proxy

1999-12-27 Thread PC
sorry but my question is not mandrake distro specific; but just to find out if any one knows the performance difference between squid on mandrake and netscape proxy server on NT? thanks.

[newbie] applications for Mandrake

1999-12-15 Thread PC
My employer (a major telco) is interested in deploying linux in some of it's depts BUT the problem is the lack of applications. So i'm wondering if there are any other 1. fax server applications apart from Hylafax; 2. browsers other than netscape (too darn big and resource hungry) I'm also a

Re: [newbie] Updating Mandrake v6.0 - 6.1 = HOW?

1999-11-01 Thread PC
Ernest The version number is a way of identifying the distribution. As soon as I wrote/posted my6 inquire, I realized this. ;-) Sometimes it helps to write out my query for me to "reason" it out. If your kernel version is 2.2.13-7mdk 2.2.9-19mdk and there is a name (Helios) on the log in

[newbie] linux games, no keyboard via WINE

1999-11-01 Thread PC
On a whim, I wanted to try StarCraft via WINE. The operation of the game (once it loaded) didn't seem slow at all, but I had absolutely no keyboard support. For me, the game is unplayable without a keyboard/ mouse combination. Suggestions?

[newbie] Linux RESCUE disk?

1999-11-01 Thread PC
Ernest you must boot from a floppy disk, with a rescue disk running. When booting from a BOOT floppy, and I use "rescue" at the Lilo Boot prompt, I am instructed to insert a "RESCUE"(?) disk. How do I make one?

[newbie] linux games, and Matrox m3D

1999-11-01 Thread PC
Aldrich I'm going to have to give up this video card and get a 3d card, Anyone know where I can find information on setting up a Matrox m3D under Linux?

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk kernelversion

1999-10-30 Thread PC
Why isn't it mentioned in the HOWTO?? I agree that it SHOULD be listed in the "newbie" info. :-) A group of newbies (those who actually learn as they go along) should conspire and write a real Newbie ICHTU (it could happen to you) QA. ;-) How would I point it to my LS-120 Floppy? Would

[newbie] Aliases and such...

1999-10-29 Thread PC
I cannot believe this wasn't my VERY FIRST question! I fashion myself the alias/macro/shortcut King. It didn't take long for me to figure out how to write a simple alias in Linux (Linux% alias xx=exit) or something similar. I have X.BAT in my C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND subdirectory... just to let you

[newbie] WARNING: this message is NOT for the weak of heart...

1999-10-28 Thread PC
*** CREATIVE CD-ROM drive data *** hdd: CREATIVE CD2423E, ATAPI CDROM drive hdd: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM drive, 382kB Cache Is there any way to get Linux to utilize the drive's "24X speed"? *** QUANTUM harddrive data *** hdh: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, ATA DISK drive hdh: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A,

[newbie] Updating Mandrake v6.0 - 6.1 = HOW?

1999-10-28 Thread PC
Installing ALL the updates (available via any one of Mandrake's FTP *mirror* sites) will update my system to Mandrake v6.1?? I had read (I cannot recall where, perhaps even on this mailing list, perhaps a WWWeb page about Linux/SoundBlaster) that after upgrading to v6.1, "sndconfig" installed

[newbie] mkbootdisk kernelversion

1999-10-28 Thread PC
On that note, when updating the kernal and initscripts for instance, how do I get the package to install? John Aldrich just RPM a new kernel in and add it to your /etc/lilo.conf, making it the default. Then re-run /sbin/lilo. Then rpm the new initscripts and reboot. To me, this is an

Re: [newbie] X-Windows Font Server Problem

1999-10-24 Thread PC
This specifically deals with KDE. I can't start it up. Here are the messages: failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Thanks to the very person who got me *into* Linux, I have the answer for you. Or, at least a "work-around". Personally, I would like to know **WHY** this should even be