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

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

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] Can only run mozilla as root

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

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-2.0.4-12mdk.noarch mozilla-1.6-12mdk.i586 I can only start the browser from the konsole if I su to root. The permissions of

[newbie] wireless card for M10

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

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

[newbie] sound blaster pci 128

Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] sound blaster pci 128

On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:17, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 01:45, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

- Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry On Tuesday 04 June 2002 05:28 am, Scott Wagner wrote: Hi I've copied the patch numerous times and each time I try

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

Adams wrote: On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:12, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone

[newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page.Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My patch isn't working and I'm thinking its because

[newbie] 8.2 install problem

I tried to install 8.2 power pack last night and ran into some problems. It gets to the part where it's supposed to install the packages and no packages seem to be available. I get error messages like "depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files". After 8.2 failedI tried to go back and

[newbie] 8.2 install problems

I tried to install 8.2 last night and ran into some problems. When I got to the part where the packages install, no packages seemd to be available. I got an error message like "depslist.ordered mismatch against hdlist files" and "Basesystem package not selected.". After this failed I tried

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problems

any help. ThankSW - Original Message ----- From: Scott Wagner To: newbie Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: [newbie] 8.2 install problems I tried to install 8.2 last night and ran into some problems. When I got to the part where the packages install,

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problem

Thank you . SW - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.2 install problem On Saturday 01 June 2002 06:25 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I tried to install 8.2 power pack last night

[newbie] installing nic driver

I'm trying to install drivers for my smc1211tx ethernet card so I can get my cable connection configured correctly. I'm running 8.0. I have a couple of questions about the directions that came with the cd before I try it. The directions say to verify that you have the source code for your

[newbie] cannot re-edit XF86Config-4

I had a problem with the X font server (Mandrake 8.0)starting so I took someone's advice (not on this list) to change the port for xfs from "unix/:-1" to port "7100". I changed this in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs. It didn't work. I opened the files from the command line

[newbie] X won't start default font fixed

Hi I got home from work today and turned my computer on, and was confronted by the error message could not open default font path unix/:1 Fatal server error: could not open default font fixed and X would not start. I have been told that one way to fix this problem, at least temporarily, is to

[newbie] Gimp freezes

The version of gimp that comes with Mandrake 8.0 (1.2.1) freezes up when I click on the tools. I have talked to another user who has experienced similar problems with this version of gimp on 8.0. Is this a known bug? If so is there any fix for it? Thanks sw