RE: [newbie] WOW,imagine that...eh?

1999-12-21 Thread Patrick Putteman
Great, spam sent to this list through an open relay (oem.net) listed in the ORBS database Handy tool: http://spamcop.net Patrick -Original Message- From: Kit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 4:26 PM To: Mandrake Linux Subject: [newbie] WOW,imagine

Duplicate again : RE: [newbie] Post Instalation problem

1999-12-15 Thread Patrick Putteman
To ilustrate what I said ealrier about duplicate messages: this one I got for the 4th time. I included the message headers. This shows that sympa@localhost (mandrake list server) has sent this particular mail 4 times between december 12 and today. Received: by sol2 (mbox mb10149) (with Cubic

Re: [newbie] Multiple postings?

1999-12-14 Thread Patrick Putteman
No, you're not the only one. After the entire repost of an entire day last week, the same is happening now: mails from yesterday (and this morning) are coming in again one by one. Patrick - Original Message - From: "Joseph S. Gardner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Newbie" [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Liszt.com -- Correction

1999-12-03 Thread Patrick Putteman
try www.freshmeat.com, that's where I found my copy of Mailmain. It installed like a breeze, is easy to configure, runs like a charm, has loads of features and is blazing fast. Hey, why not include it in Cooker? Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - Member of the Advalvas Group

[newbie] Good Backup solution

1999-11-29 Thread Patrick Putteman
backup sollution I could try out (and perhaps adopt)? Thanks all, Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - Member of the Advalvas Group www.net7.be - www.advalvas.be

[newbie] KDE Backup scheduler

1999-11-15 Thread Patrick Putteman
Hi all, According to Linuxberg and KDE, there should be a KDE backup scheduler to be used with Kdat somewhere in the KDEAdmin package. The thing is: I can't find it. Anyone have a clue? Patrick

Re: [newbie] Time settings !

1999-10-31 Thread Patrick Putteman
So was mine, time changed automagically to my happy surprise ;o) - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Time settings ! On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote: Good Morning newbie-list,

[newbie] Important: Intel 810 Chipset and Mandrake

1999-10-28 Thread Patrick Putteman
Hi All, I have a pretty ordinar question but I need it answered urgently. I have to build a new Linux Box and I have a spare Chaintech MB with an Intel 810 chipset. The board runs Win95 and Win98 without probs, but NT crashes about 10 times a day on it. I've had the board replaced with the

Re: [newbie] vmware hardware compatibility

1999-10-09 Thread Patrick Putteman
of several expensive machines. But then PCPLUS only talks about Redhat, Suse and Debian as being THE linux distro's Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - member of the Advalvas Group - Original Message - From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

[newbie] Password on entering a webpage using Apage Server

1999-10-07 Thread Patrick Putteman
to have to enter a password upon entering the confidential parts of the server. How do I configure Apache so that it asks a password upon browsing to certain files/dirs? I had a look at the apache docs, but they're not entirely clear on this. Thx, Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager

[newbie] Apache + Linuxconf on Mandrake 6.1 Helios

1999-10-07 Thread Patrick Putteman
to disable the apache linuxconf module, to no avail. Any Ideas anyone? Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - Member of the Advalvas Group

Re: [newbie] Linux very slow to load - repost

1999-10-05 Thread Patrick Putteman
seems like a problem with the spin-up for your harddisk to me... What kind of hard disk is it? SCSI or IDE? Size, make/brand... ? Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net7 - Member of the Advalvas Group - Original Message - From: Eric Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Re: [Re: [[newbie] In Search of an Email Client capable of Multiple Accounts]]]

1999-08-21 Thread Patrick Putteman
I never got mahogany to work properly on Mandrake. Perhaps it would be something to include in cooker...? Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 (Member of the Advalvas Group) www.net7.be - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: [RE: [[newbie] realy dumb and revisited Q]]

1999-08-17 Thread Patrick Putteman
Not exactly LILO is the LInux LOader and offers you a prompt at system startup where you can choose wich OS to boot. I'd rather say that the rc files and initscripts are the very far away cousins of autoexec.bat and config.sys. Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 (Member

Re: [newbie] First time linux user in DIRE need of help!

1999-08-13 Thread Patrick Putteman
I don't think dell has their monitor specs on the site, BUT, i might be able to help you as I have 3 dell monitors successfully configured with Mandrake ;o)) Firs, boot your llinux in Command Prompt, for that, boot from your disk and at the lilo prompt, type linux 3 you will boot in 'text

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Patrick Putteman
, type rmmod soundcore then insmod soundcore insmod -f emu10k1 The kernel mismatch error you get is just a warning and can safely be ignored Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 www.net7.be - Original Message - From: alann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!

1999-08-08 Thread Patrick Putteman
to get past the 'device busy', unload the soundcore module (rmmod soundcore) and then manually reload the two modules. If you're talking about sblive, that would be : modprobe soundcore insmod -f emu10k1 sound should work ok. Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 www.net7

Re: [newbie] scripting problems

1999-08-07 Thread Patrick Putteman
try : echo $IPADDR and verify if the address is what you expect it to be Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 www.net7.be - Original Message - From: Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] scripting problems

Re: [newbie] How to use terminal

1999-08-02 Thread Patrick Putteman
If I'm not mistaking, the prompt is the shell Xwindows is the GUI server and on top of that you run a Window Manager in wich you can open a terminal window Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 www.net7.be - Original Message - From: Tom Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah

1999-07-27 Thread Patrick Putteman
Congrats for this wonderful explanation of hard/symlinks. Patrick On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote: I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't tre since everything that has been

Re: [newbie] turning KDE off

1999-07-27 Thread Patrick Putteman
Type 'linux 3' at the lilo prompt and/or change the initdefault:5 entry in your etc/inittab file to initdefault:3 Patrick - Original Message - From: russ proudman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:32 AM Subject: [newbie] turning KDE off I've got

Re: [newbie] Redhat 6 and Soundblaster Live

1999-07-26 Thread Patrick Putteman
Did you download and install the SBlive drivers from the Creative development site? If so, did you unload any existing sound drivers from the kernel, including soundcore? Please give us some more info. Patrick On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, you wrote: %_I recently installed a Soundblaster Live on my

Re: [newbie] blank screen on X

1999-07-26 Thread Patrick Putteman
What hardware are you using: Graphic adaptor? Monitor? Please give us some more info Patrick On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, you wrote: %_hi guys, I cant get my X running after I installed linux. I run Xconfigurator, and when it came to the part of testing of the conguration all I get is a blank

Re: [newbie] blank screen on X

1999-07-26 Thread Patrick Putteman
no effect. Joe - Original Message - From: Patrick Putteman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] blank screen on X What hardware are you using: Graphic adaptor? Monitor? Please give us some more info Patrick

Re: [newbie] Redhat 6 and Soundblaster Live

1999-07-26 Thread Patrick Putteman
Have a look at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux If you are using redhat 6, you should be able to run the automatic installation procedure. Patrick On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, you wrote: %_Yeah, that would be great if u could cc the instructions, but where on sb's site am I looking

Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?

1999-07-23 Thread Patrick Putteman
try booting of a win95/98 startup disk and run fdisk /mbr this will restore the mbr to 'normal' and let you reinstall NT or whathever os without lilo popping up all the time BUT: to regain acces to your linux partitions, you will need a linux startup disk and rerun lilo to reinstall it.

Re: [newbie] SBlive in Mandrake 2.2.9

1999-07-22 Thread Patrick Putteman
the sblive works just fine with mandrake 6. Download the driver from the creative labs development site: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ Uncompress it and read the readme file for installation instructions. FOLOW THE MANUAL INSTALLATION PROCEDURE as otherwise the installation script will

Re: [newbie] kernel re-compilation

1999-07-22 Thread Patrick Putteman
Try make xconfig that will work ;o) Patrick On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: I wonder if I can get help with recompiling my kernel in order to support ntfs file system. When I tried "make xconf" it failed saying there are no rules for target xconf. -- Regards, Periklis

Re: [newbie] Voodoo 3000

1999-07-19 Thread Patrick Putteman
Folow the step by step instructions on www.linux3d.org Worked fine for me Patrick - Original Message - From: bfernand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 10:08 PM Subject: [newbie] Voodoo 3000 I just installed Linux on a separate partition on my

Re: [newbie] Banshee under LM

1999-07-17 Thread Patrick Putteman
Have a look at www.linux3d.org You'll find all the info there - Original Message - From: RB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 1:46 AM Subject: [newbie] Banshee under LM Hello,Do someone know how I can use my banshee under Xwindows ?I was

Re: [newbie] LM install - moniter data

1999-07-14 Thread Patrick Putteman
Yes, your 'monitor data' is very important as giving wrong data might blow up some older monitors (don't get dramatic about this though, I've maltreated several monitors, and I never had one blowing up in my face) What you need to know about your monitor is: The highest resolution it can handle

Re: [newbie] installation problem: no enough disk space

1999-07-14 Thread Patrick Putteman
Seems you ran out of space on your root partition. Don't forget, everything you don't put in a separate partition goes in your / Ok, I'll try to make this a step by step. First of all, don't use disk druid to partition your disk, it is a question of taste, but once you get used to fdisk,

Re: [newbie] Login passwords

1999-07-14 Thread Patrick Putteman
A bios password is totally useless. Bioses can be reset in different ways. Either by removing the battery and putting it back, or if the battery is soldered on the MB, by removing and putting back the bios chip. Some MB's have jumpers to reset a bios. Absolute security for a PC is

Re: [newbie]were do i get my money back

1999-07-12 Thread Patrick Putteman
To give help it is important to know HOW EXACTLY the install was initiated to try to track down the problem. Support people don't have a crystal ball where they can discover the steps taken by users. Patrick Not mandrake support - Original Message - From: douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[newbie] Missing Posts

1999-07-12 Thread Patrick Putteman
I have the strange feeling I'm not getting all the posts in either newbie, expert or cooker mailing lists. Just seems I'm missing some messages of some threads... Anyone else experiencing the same? Patrick

[newbie] Maggelan

1999-07-11 Thread Patrick Putteman
Hi, First of all, sorry for cross-posting to expert newbie. On ftp.kde.org in the 'demos' directory, there are screenshots of a mail/news reader called 'magellan' for KDE. Does anyone know where to find it, or will we have to wait for KDE 2 (any news on that one btw?). This packages

Re: [newbie] SBLive under Mandrake 6.0

1999-07-04 Thread Patrick Putteman
You will find a SBlive driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux The driver is for 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels but can be made to work using insmod -f sblive. Works flawlessly for me, bu... no midi yet :/ Just folow the manual installation procedure and use the 2.2.5 kernel module.

Re: [newbie] VMWARE

1999-06-29 Thread Patrick Putteman
Vmware works fine on the original mandrake 6.0 kernel (2.2.19) but stops working and crashes with a segfault with the latenst kernel update from mandrake Patrick .. On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, you wrote: Hi Has anyone managed to successfully get VMWARE(any version) working on linux-mandrake? I

Re: [newbie] Burning CD from ISO image

1999-01-02 Thread Patrick Putteman
necessary. and then burn it. Other than that ... don't know what to tell ya. On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:58:37 +0100 "Patrick Putteman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, Might be a basic question, but I ran into this problem and can't find the sollution: Back when Mandrake 5.2 a