Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Scott Wagner
Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an

[newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-08 Thread Scott Wagner
Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and

Re: [newbie] Virus laden e-mail

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
Inhabitant of Zion wrote: So zap them before they even hit your machine: Just found out how to set my server to return to sender all mails to unknown users. Not ideal but at least I am getting a bit of peace and quite again! :-) I'm not sure if you want to do that. If it's anything like

Re: [newbie] upgrade 9.2 to 10.1 using urpmi

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
Fajar Priyanto wrote: I guess I'd better ask for help here too. On Thursday 16 December 2004 09:12 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 08:08 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi folks, Can I upgrade my mdk9.2 to 10.1 using urpmi? The reason is because I haven't got the time to

Re: [newbie] win- linux

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent two hours looking thru umpteen pages to find a torent site to dld the live cd for knoppix so I might see a demo or something to try learning about linux. I live in NY state so a site nearby would be nice if anyone knows of one. On 16 Dec 2004 at 18:43,

Re: [newbie] help on port forwarding

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
amalasingh wrote: Folks, I am a mdk10.1 user. I am trying to access my localhost by typing my WAN IP address. But it just goes to the Router firewall page. I checked my router settings(especially virtual server configuration) all set correctly. Also confirmed with the router vendor. The vendor

Re: [newbie] Change Pass in PostGreSQL

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 18 December 2004 01:12 pm, Eric Scott wrote: Heya; Webmin isn't changing my password on PostGreSQL accounts when I tell it to... hit the save button... the works. It's just not being chipper. Any help? I don't necessarily need Webmin how would I change

[newbie] Mail server setup 9.2?

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
Okay, I tried this a while back with no success. Basically, I need a basic, step-by-step explanation of how to set up a sendmail server and courier-pop server on Mandrake 9.2, and how to add oodles of pop3 clients. I'm setting this up for a medium-large buisness, as they've had no success

[newbie] Change Pass in PostGreSQL

2004-12-17 Thread Eric Scott
Heya; Webmin isn't changing my password on PostGreSQL accounts when I tell it to... hit the save button... the works. It's just not being chipper. Any help? I don't necessarily need Webmin how would I change a user's password in PostGreSQL manually on my Mandrake 9.2 Server? Thanx,

Re: [toread] [newbie] MDK 10.1 Official SiS 180 Sata

2004-12-12 Thread Richard Scott
Good question, not working for me, either. Richard On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 21:41, António Jorge Mota Vasconcelos wrote: Hello. I have a problem installing the MDK 10.1 Official. It can´t load the sis_sata modules correctly. I saw (trough Google) this is a general problem. My question is if

Re: [newbie] Linux on the rise

2004-12-08 Thread Eric Scott
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:06:53 -0800 (PST) Thomas Wilkowski disseminated the following: I found this article interesting and thought it would be good to share. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2577377,00.html This inspired me to redo an old wallpaper I'd abandoned

Re: [newbie] Ethernet ADSL modem

2004-11-28 Thread Scott Manning
problem fixed.. got a D-link 4 port modem router thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Manuals?

2004-11-28 Thread Scott Manning
- Original Message - From: eric jackson When I first started using Mandrake I printed out Mandrake's online documentation. The only on-line documentation is basicly the install manual... not the user manual... is that all there is? Thanks Scotty

[newbie] Manuals?

2004-11-26 Thread Scott Manning
I am having more toruble than I thought with MDK10 and I was thinking that getting the box set with the manuals might be a big help. Does anyone have the box manuals? Are they very helpful or like most manuals these days refer you to the how-tos or mandrakeclub? Maybe the best thing is to get

[newbie] Ethernet ADSL modem

2004-11-26 Thread Scott Manning
Hello again; I am in Australia and thinking of just buying an ethernet adsl modem to save the USB set-up hassels. So in an effort to determine what exact models were supported I ran the wizard in KDE. Now here's the thing... it asks you for your provider and Australia is not even listed! :( So

[newbie] Mandrake Boxed Set

2004-11-26 Thread Scott Manning
I can get the Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official Boxed Set - PowerPack Edition for $70 even tho I use 10.1. I really just want the manuals.. is this a good idea? Thanks again Scotty Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Returning Newbie

2004-11-25 Thread Scott Manning
Hi ppl, Been about 5 years since my last foray into Linux...heaps has change..2 q's if I may; Dumb question 1. What directory are the How-to pages in again? Not so dumb question 2. USB? Is it plug and play as in Win or does it need to be mounted like other drives (ie when using a thumb drive)

Re: [newbie] Returning Newbie

2004-11-25 Thread Scott Manning
- Original Message - From: John Wilson Click the Star/Foot thingy on the left, More Applications, Documentation, English Howtos. If, of course, you installed them :) Thought I had... maybe I didn't...hmmm Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru

2004-11-24 Thread Eric Scott
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 6:39 pm, Bill Mudry wrote: I have heard a lot of terms, but - what is a mobo?? Lol, motherboard. It can get even more confusing if you switch to a Mac list... then MB, Motherboard, Mobo, AND LB, LoBo, Logic Board are all used interchangeably ;-).

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru

2004-11-23 Thread Eric Scott
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 9:58 am, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: In fact, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was Asus that was in the news recently for breaking the ethernet on their motherboards in a way that makes it only work with Windoze but not with Linux, and responding to complaints

Re: [newbie] M$ using pirated software

2004-11-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 19 November 2004 11:42 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 19 November 2004 10:16 pm, John Layt wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:07, Stephen Khn wrote: But now, since Ballmer the Bouncing Bimbo has gotten into IP legalaties to fight the GPL/OSS world, they better do something about the

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 19 November 2004 2:55 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 19 November 2004 21:18, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 19 Nov 2004 15:17, Eric Scott wrote: Am I supposed to define a mail.mydomain.org or something? I tried what I could find in the TWiki, the only thing that looked like

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-19 Thread Eric Scott
In an earlier post I told how to set up a simple server using the Mandrake mail server Wizard, I tried finding that post in the archives, but it was overwhelming to search for it. Could you give me a brief summary? Supposedly I have Postfix, ProcMail, and Courrier-IMAP/POP3 installed... but

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-19 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 19 November 2004 05:00, Eric Scott wrote: In an earlier post I told how to set up a simple server using the Mandrake mail server Wizard, I tried finding that post in the archives, but it was overwhelming to search for it. Could you give me a brief summary? Supposedly I have

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-18 Thread Eric Scott
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 08:35, Rene Borchers wrote: Hi, I think you should have a look at the courier site http://www.courier-mta.org/intro.html it looks like it could be the solution to you problem. mandrake has: Name: courier-imap-pop Version : 2.1.2 Release :

[newbie] What's on port 32768?

2004-11-18 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; Me and my MDK 9.2 server are back... but it's not a tuffy on this string. This evening I noticed a connection from the internet to port 32768 on my server. What's this port used for? Can this be a security threat? I tried google, but all I found was something about some trojan peeps

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-18 Thread Eric Scott
Okay, so I got the Courier POP3 server installed. Now what? Lol, I was raised on Mac, and have only been using Linux for a couple years... when there's no webmin module I'm stuck. Who/what/wen/where/how do I configure it? Thanx, SigmaChi Courier requires mail to be

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-15 Thread Eric Scott
On Sunday 14 November 2004 22:22, Carroll Grigsby wrote: BUT, (a) few users install Windows themselves, Perhaps not, but sooner or later they do reformat and reinstall -- sometimes frequently -- often at the suggestion of MS tech support. Perhaps 2000 and XP are better in this regard, but it

[newbie] Kernal not booting in 10.1

2004-11-15 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I've got 10.1 PPC, and am trying to install it on a PowerMac 7300/180. I'm trying to boot up w/ BootX to the kernal, which then launches the installer off CD, but with no luck. The mandrake icon appears in the upper left-hand corner, but everything else stalls and stays black, with none

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-11 Thread Eric Scott
On Thursday 11 November 2004 08:00, David Feldman wrote: I'm evaluating various Linux distros in order to recommend one to novice users, particularly Windows switchers. Mandrake has been recommended to me, especially since it can resize NTFS partitions. I downloaded 10.1 Community and tried

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-11 Thread Eric Scott
It's supposed to be equivalent to 10.1 x86 download edition. Is that the Community or the Official? Basically official, except PPC is not a supported platform, so you probably won't see it being referred to as an official edition anywhere. The PPC port was a community driven project,

[newbie] Netbios-ssn connections?

2004-11-11 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; Once again, another question to be applied on my Mandrake 9.2 server box, which you're probably starting to become friends with. I leave KDE System Guard open at times on my SuSE box monitoring the Mandrake server remotely. I've noticed that a TCP connection opens occasionally,

[newbie] Memory filling up on 9.2?

2004-11-11 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I've got a Mandrake 9.2 box that I run 24/7 as a http/pop3/ftp server.  As time passes the available memory steadily goes down.  For example: I rebooted it yesterday morning and KDE System Guard told me it had ~170 MB of free memory.  Now KDE System Guard tells me it has ~50 MB of free

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Move CD?

2004-11-10 Thread Eric Scott
; SigmaChi On Tuesday 09 November 2004 23:25, Bill Mudry wrote: At 10:14 PM 11/9/04 -0500, you wrote: On Tuesday 09 November 2004 08:42 pm, Eric Scott wrote: Yo; I'm burning 9.2 discs for a friend, and I've got a disk labelled Mandrake 9.2 Move CD. Is this important or worth

[newbie] 10.1 PPC?

2004-11-10 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I just downloaded Mandrake 10.1 PPC and am trying to install it on my PowerMac 7300/180. It seems chipper; I've got Yellow Dog on it and want to try Mandrake. BootX is configured with the ramdisk and kernal specified in the documentation for the install... it seems chipper here, kills

[newbie] Memory clog on 9.2?

2004-11-10 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I've got a Mandrake 9.2 box that I use as a web server. On my SuSE box at home I leave KDE system guard open 24/7 connected to the server via ssh, all that fun stuff. I've noticed that as the server is on for long periods of time, the ammount of free memory goes down, at roughly 3MB/hour.

[newbie] Starband on Linux?

2004-11-10 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I've got Starband's basic satellite internet package/modem/dish/whatever. The don't officially support Linux with this hardware and have taken great pains to create their own protocal to make sure that you have to have a Windows boxconnected to their modem. Neway, anybody know of an

[newbie] Faster mirrors?

2004-11-10 Thread Eric Scott
I'm quite unimpressed with the speed I'm getting from the mirrors for Mandrake 10.0 Official via FTP. Anybody know of a particularly good mirror? Or a bittorrent/jigbo download like there is for Debian? I tried to download 10 earlier with no success (20KB/s download didn't cut it for me),

[newbie] TCP logging?

2004-11-09 Thread Eric Scott
Yo peeps; I'm trying to set up some simple TCP connection's logging on my Mandrake 9.2 box.  Is there a simple script or something I can write and execute that will do something like execute date html_logs/ssh.log netstat -a | grep tcp html_logs/ssh.log every ten seconds or so? I'm sure

[newbie] 9.2 Move CD?

2004-11-09 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I'm burning 9.2 discs for a friend, and I've got a disk labelled Mandrake 9.2 Move CD. Is this important or worth burning? He's brand new to Linux, I'll actually probably start him with SuSE 'fore MDK 9.2, it seems more Windows-user-friendly. (I dunno 'bout MDK 10, it's not done

[newbie] Download HTTP?

2004-11-09 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; does anybody know where I can download Mandrake 10.1 PPC via http instead of FTP? On the FTP mirrors I'm getting an average of about 9KB/s. That just won't do when download 2100MB of data. My satellite broadband has roughly a 600k down/4k up connection... .Yes, I said four up, not forty.

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin? - wandering on to proFTP and ssh

2004-11-08 Thread Eric Scott
On Monday 08 November 2004 00:55, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 06 November 2004 03:34 am, Eric Scott wrote: Hold up. Reinstalling proftpd got me a default that worked... supposedly... but then why does it say 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1) when I ftp into my domain. lol. Gee wizzle this is getting

[newbie] Setup NFS access?

2004-11-07 Thread Eric Scott
Yo peeps; I'm trying to set up an NFS server on my Mandrake 9.2 server with client access from a SuSE 9.1 box. Here's what I did on the server: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ssh sipca.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eric]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eric]# vi /etc/exports snip

Re: [newbie] Setup NFS access?

2004-11-07 Thread Eric Scott
On Sunday 07 November 2004 14:08, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 07 November 2004 19:12, Eric Scott wrote: Yo peeps; I'm trying to set up an NFS server on my Mandrake 9.2 server with client access from a SuSE 9.1 box. Here's what I did on the server: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ssh sipca.org

Re: [newbie] Setup NFS access?

2004-11-07 Thread Eric Scott
On Sunday 07 November 2004 17:24, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 07 November 2004 23:45, Eric Scott wrote: /home/eric *(rw) /var/www/html *(rw) It says permission denied when I try to access. Any help? Just open /home/eric with konqueror and rightclick the directory you want to share

Re: [newbie] Setup NFS access?

2004-11-07 Thread Eric Scott
On Sunday 07 November 2004 17:53, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Monday 08 November 2004 00:32, Eric Scott wrote: Well sharing home direcories won't help me. I need the html directory. So what are you trying to share? /var/www/html sounds more like a webserver to mewhich could be reached

[newbie] Firewall Admin?

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
Yo.  In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my firewall on Mandrake 9.2?  I need to make sure the FTP port is open.  (FTP's not working... and by golly if there's a firewall on it it wouldn't work then, would it?)  Anyway, I know nothing of firewalls and need some basics.          

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin?

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 05 November 2004 16:47, Eric Scott wrote: Yo. In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my firewall on Mandrake 9.2? I need to make sure the FTP port is open. (FTP's not working... and by golly if there's a firewall on it it wouldn't work then, would it?) Anyway, I

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin?

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 05 November 2004 11:52, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Eric Scott wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 16:47, Eric Scott wrote: Yo. In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my firewall on Mandrake 9.2? I need to make sure the FTP port is open. (FTP's not working

[newbie] POP3 on 9.2?

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
Okay, so I gotta get a POP3 server on my MDK 9.2 box. Any suggestions on what I should use? I need something simple; I've never run a mail server before. And, at that, how do I set it up? Thanx, ES -- Registered Linux user #366862 Not that you care, but this message was

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin?

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 05 November 2004 12:13, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 17:43, Eric Scott wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 16:47, Eric Scott wrote: Yo. In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my firewall on Mandrake 9.2? I need to make sure the FTP port is open

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin? - wandering on to proFTP and ssh

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 05 November 2004 12:51, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 18:32, Eric Scott wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 12:13, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 17:43, Eric Scott wrote: On Friday 05 November 2004 16:47, Eric Scott wrote: Yo. In risk

Re: [newbie] Firewall Admin? - wandering on to proFTP and ssh

2004-11-05 Thread Eric Scott
Yo. In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my firewall on Mandrake 9.2? I need to make sure the FTP port is open. (FTP's not working... and by golly if there's a firewall on it it wouldn't work then, would it?) Anyway, I know nothing of firewalls and

[newbie] ProFTPD not Jiggy

2004-10-30 Thread Eric Scott
Yo people. I've got a Mandrake Linux 9.2 server running ProFTP v1.28. I thought I had it all set up to run with anonymous FTP access (Using a sample /etc/proftpd.config from proftpd.org for now), and starting through xinetd... but apparently it isn't set up right, or at least it's not wanting

[newbie] ProFTPD?

2004-10-14 Thread Eric Scott
Heya. I have a server at work running Mandrake 9.2. I'm administering it remotely through webmin/vnc/ssh and all that fun stuff. Here's the problem: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and

Re: [newbie] OpenGroupware

2004-09-24 Thread Scott Rineer
be pointing back at the other and saying that you are the problem. I guess that goes with the territory. -- Scott R. Rineer M.C.S.A., M.C.S.E Network Administrator STABLER COMPANIES INC. 635 Lucknow Road Harrisburg, PA, USA 17110 Phone (717) 236-9307 X 248 Mobile (717) 571-9369 Fax (717) 236-1281

Re: [newbie] OpenGroupware

2004-09-23 Thread Scott Rineer
, it sounds an awful lot like the same old story. Just my 2 cents. And mine. -- Scott R. Rineer M.C.S.A., M.C.S.E Network Administrator STABLER COMPANIES INC. 635 Lucknow Road Harrisburg, PA, USA 17110 Phone (717) 236-9307 X 248 Mobile (717) 571-9369 Fax (717) 236-1281 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] 10.1 community on bittorrent = slow

2004-09-20 Thread Scott Mazur
, that's just my opinion (slow day)... Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] [OT] Yet another MS threat

2004-09-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 19:04, Carroll Grigsby wrote: For all of us anti-MS folks, here's Bob Cringely's latest: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040916.html -- cmg Lol, ranks right up there with freeyourmachine.org, only this stuff's logical instead of the ramblings of an

[newbie] TightVNC Server... wassup??

2004-09-20 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I have TightVNC running on a Mandrake 9.1 box on a network with several Windows NT based computers. I've figured out how to get vncserver running... and have it running on display 2. When I access it from the remote computer, however, it starts to load the KDE desktop... then the taksbar

Re: [newbie] [OT] Yet another MS threat

2004-09-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 21:19, JoeHill wrote: On 20 Sep 2004 14:34:45 -0500 Eric Scott disseminated the following: Lol, ranks right up there with freeyourmachine.org, only this stuff's logical instead of the ramblings of an overemphasizing MS-hater. This link is... um... the logical

[newbie] OT Basic C/MySQL error?

2004-09-19 Thread Eric Scott
I'm exploring basic C/C++ programming in accessing MySQL server. I'd prefer PostgreSQL in C++, but the only tutorial/example I found easily was MySQL in C. I know very little about C/C++ or SQL; just barely enough that I see a little more than jibberish... I see intelligent

[newbie] Domain access wtih Samba?

2004-09-18 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I use Samba to connect my Mandrake 9.1 box to my Windows 2000 Server box. The Wintel Server has a domain network setup... can I join this via Samba? Or maybe from some other program; I'm just familiar with Samba. It really makes no difference in efficiency or other, ask

Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Scott Mazur
. IMHO it's entirely an Linux Kernel bug that should have been put to rest a long time ago. My final solution was an inexpensive PS2-to-USB adapter cable to make all my keyboard/mouse problems USB problems. Seems USB mice just don't suffer from the same confusion. Scott -- Nothing goes

Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

2004-09-16 Thread Eric Scott
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 01:06, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 12:06, Eric Scott wrote: You have been paying too much attention to CBS the like we still havent given up to the neocomms. I know how you feel, as I had just about the same view a year or so ago. But I've found

[newbie] Good, Intuitive developement platform?

2004-09-16 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; Though I'm not a proficient or experience developer, I like to tinker with code every now and then and learn what I can. What are some of the best development environments can I run on my Mandrake 9.1 box that have something like the intuitiveness of KDevelop and something in the

Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

2004-09-15 Thread Scott Mazur
power to you. But if you feel you have to start dissing Canada to do it you're going to find yourself on the filtered end of many null buckets. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy

[newbie] Web hosting 101...

2004-09-15 Thread Eric Scott
Yo. I'm done some experimenting with web hosting, but I'm really quite new at it. I have a little home network with a single static IP. The internet server (Windows 2000 Server... I'd prefer a Mandrake box, but anyway) is the only computer with the static IP. I also have an ol' Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Web hosting 101...

2004-09-15 Thread Eric Scott
On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 23:57, frankieh wrote: Eric Scott wrote: Yo. I'm done some experimenting with web hosting, but I'm really quite new at it. I have a little home network with a single static IP. The internet server (Windows 2000 Server... I'd prefer a Mandrake box, but anyway

[newbie] VS.net SQL clones?

2004-09-12 Thread Eric Scott
Heya, I am just now making the switch from Windows to Mandrake 9.1 as my primary operating system. Really the only two things that I'm missing from Windows are Visual Studio .net and SQL server. What are the advantages and disadvantages of MySQL/PostgreSQL or any others over MS SQL Server 2000?

Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?

2004-09-12 Thread Eric Scott
On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 14:38, Vincent Voois wrote: Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, I don't know. I'm trying to deal with a faulty Windows installation, and as I'm sure you know, Windows' installer

Re: [newbie] Can only run mozilla as root

2004-09-06 Thread Scott Wagner
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 07:16, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 04:18 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hi I downloaded mozilla RPMs on my daughter's computer into her /home directory and installed them with rpmdrake. libnspr4-1.6-12mdk.i586 libnss3-1.6-12mdk.i586 mailcap-2.0.4

[newbie] Can only run mozilla as root

2004-09-03 Thread Scott Wagner
of the executable are, ls -l /usr/bin/mozilla -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6603 Mar 22 11:14 /usr/bin/mozilla* the same as on my box, where it runs properly. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't run. Cheers, Scott Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] wireless card for M10

2004-08-25 Thread Scott Wagner
Can someone recommend a wireless PCI card that works with Mandrake 10? I'm using an 802.11b AP but would consider getting a 802.11g card in anticipation of upgrading later -- as long as it's backward compatible. Thanks, SW Want to buy your

[newbie] rescue disk probs

2004-08-23 Thread Scott
Hello I'm trying to use my 10.0 rescue disk to re-write lilo in hda. The problem is I have an improperly named kernel image in /etc/lilo.conf, so the rewrite fails whenit runs "lilo". I don't seem to be able to open lilo.conf with vi to change it from the rescue console though. I just get

[newbie] rescue disk probs

2004-08-23 Thread Scott Wagner
Thanks, I'm back in Mandrake. I did # mkdir /mnt/tmp and then # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp and then found /etc/lilo.conf at /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf Vi was acting a little sickly, but I was able to delete the bad stanza. Thanks all, SW

RE: [newbie] DHCP Server

2004-08-13 Thread Scott Mazur
nicely with webmin...which is supposed to reflect a standard... I've had no problem setting up a dhcpd server, and it shows up nicely in webmin. Out of the box, the default settings should work without further tweaking. Are you sure the dhcpd server package is really installed? Scott -- Nothing

Re: [newbie] XFree or Xorg?

2004-07-22 Thread Scott Mazur
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:13:33 -0400, Lanman wrote Scott Mazur wrote: On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:19:19 -0400, Lanman wrote Can someone provide info regarding switching from XFree86 to Xorg? I've been trying for day to get it working properly, and I'm still stumped. I'm running an ATI Radeon

Re: [newbie] XFree or Xorg?

2004-07-20 Thread Scott Mazur
Xfree86. No extra kernel modules, no ATI kernels, no ATI drivers. Just stock MDK 10.0. Seems to me, the motherboard chipset may ultimately be a factor as different agp modules are needed for each (which has nothing to do with your ATI card), so your mileage may vary... Scott -- Nothing goes

Re: [newbie] TV Card recommendation

2004-07-07 Thread Scott Mazur
relatively cheap). I never had much luck capturing anything to file (never tried very hard) but install and config is fully supported in Mdk. Other than these I can't comment. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade and IPv6 default

2004-07-06 Thread Scott Mazur
that ifconfig reports IPV6 information even on a non IPV6 network. I suspect the nic hardware was just not being setup properly, and lacking a solid IPV4 ip address, ifconfig reported only the IPV6 info. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca

Re: [newbie] CD playing? :-\

2004-07-06 Thread Eric Scott
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 17:22, PM wrote: On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 23:09, Eric Scott wrote: I recently reinstalled Mandrake Linux 9.1 on my good ol' Pentium 1 @ 233Mhz. It's an old computer, but it had a 40x12x48 CD RW drive. I have sound up and running fine (via sndconfig), but the CD

Re: [newbie] CD playing? :-\

2004-07-06 Thread Eric Scott
9.1 and don't dare to put anything too much more advanced on this ol' computer, it runs slow enough after choosing 9.1 over 8.2. :-P On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 17:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 06 July 2004 22:09, Eric Scott wrote: I recently reinstalled Mandrake Linux 9.1 on my good ol

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade and IPv6 default

2004-07-06 Thread Scott Mazur
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:43:12 -0600, Scott Mazur wrote On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:49:55 -0400, Ryan Steffes wrote This is possibly a dumb question or at least a question with not enough information, but I'm was trying to upgrade my kernel from the 2.6.3-7mdk rpm to the source 2.6.7 from

Re: [newbie] CD playing? :-\

2004-07-06 Thread Eric Scott
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 22:13, Aron Smith wrote: On Tuesday 06 July 2004 01:49 pm, Eric Scott wrote: Yeah. I thought I already had a cable... but I can't find it newhere :-S. It's wierd, under windows I can just plug into the headphone jack on the CD player and it'll go fine, but I still

[newbie] Displaying certain resolution @ certain frequency

2004-07-02 Thread Eric Scott
Yo; I have a Panasonic E15 monitor attatched to an old Pentium 1 box running Mandrake 9.1. The default setup in the Mandrake Control Center for this particular monitor doesn't function right, so I have it set at a generic 800x600 screen @ 60Hz, which is what it is... but to display 1024x768

[newbie] KDE scroll wheel flakey?

2004-06-28 Thread Scott Mazur
experience this? Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-28 Thread Scott Mazur
just don't see the point. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-28 Thread Scott Mazur
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:06:27 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote On Monday 28 June 2004 11:42, Scott Mazur wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:19:46 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part12 24601004 3389416 19961900 15% /backup Cool! Someone else

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-28 Thread Scott Mazur
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:14:43 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote On Monday 28 June 2004 12:56, Scott Mazur wrote: As another personal preference, I always create a single partition mounted as /system at 1g size. I use this partiton to keep custom scripts (like backup/recovery and setup), copies

[newbie] CD burn verify

2004-06-18 Thread Scott Mazur
I've installed MDK 10.0 (network upgrade from 9.2), and I'm beginning to suspect the CD is corrupt so I googled for some method to compare the CD against the ISO, but came up with scratch. Is there an easy way to verify a burned CD against the original ISO? Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little

Re: [newbie] CD burn verify

2004-06-18 Thread Scott Mazur
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:03:24 -0400, Marc Lijour wrote Le June 18, 2004 03:47 pm, Scott Mazur a écrit : OK, so I downloaded the ISOs for Mandrake 10.0, and the MD5s all check out. I burned each one to CDROM without any reported problems, but I'm having a heck of a time trying to install

Re: [newbie] CD burn verify

2004-06-18 Thread Scott Mazur
! That was the ticket. The burned MD5 matched the ISO MD5, so at least my burner is working fine. Only now I've got to find out what the problem is with the box I'm installing :( Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca

[newbie] File needed to make... where can I get it?

2004-06-14 Thread Eric Scott
Hey, I have Mandrake 9.1, and I've been trying to install Boson 0.10 from source. (I've never installed from source before) I've managed to configure the files, and supposedly install all the dependancies, but when I make it, it can't find a file libGL.la I had a similar error with

Re: [newbie] File needed to make... where can I get it?

2004-06-14 Thread Eric Scott
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] File needed to make... where can I get it? On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 06:31, Eric Scott wrote: Hey, I have Mandrake 9.1

Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what?

2004-06-11 Thread Eric Scott
- Original Message - From: Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what? Eric Scott wrote: Yo, I recently backed up some stuff from on Lintel/Wintel hybrid

Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what?

2004-06-11 Thread Eric Scott
- Original Message - From: Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what? On Friday 11 June 2004 09:50 am, Eric Scott wrote: Failsafe doesn't work, I already tried that. I can

Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what?

2004-06-11 Thread Eric Scott
- Original Message - From: Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what? Eric Scott wrote: - Original Message - From: Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Good Rich Office

2004-06-09 Thread Eric Scott
Definately Open Office. KOffice is good to, but it can only import from MS, not export (At least the versions I've used) Cheers, ES - Original Message - From: PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Good Rich

[newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what?

2004-06-09 Thread Eric Scott
Yo, I recently backed up some stuff from on Lintel/Wintel hybrid box to another by putting the hard disk from the first computer into the second, copying about 250MB of data to the second HD, and then removing it. As I semi expected, my Mandrake Linux 9.1 OS went haywire when it realized

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