[newbie] Boot manager

2005-04-03 Thread Teilhard Knight
Could you recommend a good boot manager, please? I mean, to boot several OSs, but not relying on Lilo. Not Xosl, because it doesn't work together with a Drive Overlay. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to ht

Re: [newbie] Location of a driver for a softmodem?

2005-03-28 Thread Teilhard Knight
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: The Alsa distribution contain a module which is the driver for my laptop (soft)modem. It was in the form "snd-atiixp-modem.ko.gz" in the directory /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdksmp/kernel/sound/pci. Now, I decompressed it and put it in /l

[newbie] Location of a driver for a softmodem?

2005-03-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
The Alsa distribution contain a module which is the driver for my laptop (soft)modem. It was in the form "snd-atiixp-modem.ko.gz" in the directory /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdksmp/kernel/sound/pci. Now, I decompressed it and put it in /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdksmp/modem and ran "modprobe snd-atiixp-mo

Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Julie Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 06:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question

Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 05:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question

[newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1

2005-03-22 Thread Teilhard Knight
Hello: This is a simple question for you. My konqueror wouldn't launch and perhaps you can tell my why this can happen and possible fixes. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Joi

[newbie] Wireless adapter

2005-03-14 Thread Teilhard Knight
I have this laptop I bought me recently, and the wireless adapter driver fails to install. I get the error message when I select to configure a wireless connection: "Driver ath_pci failed on /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 302". Do you think I have any hope to put this adapter (Atheros AR5

[newbie] Sound in a laptop

2005-03-13 Thread Teilhard Knight
I just installed Mandrake 10.1 on top of 10.0 in my laptop. That's the only way I can get the multithread boot option. My problem is that I have no sound. For what I gather the problem is that /dev/dsp does not exist in my system. I have gone through the troubleshooter and the driver doesn't see

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-09 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 05:59, Teilhard Knight wrote: > The advice Kaj gave is good install xmms-cdread and configure xmms to > read audio CDs through IDE >

[newbie] It can't just be me

2005-03-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
I have installed Mandrake 10.1 in several computers and I NEVER get into X. I am left with a blue screen with "Mandrake 10.1" in the lower right hand corner of the screen and that's it. Someone told me to add the line "ServerVTs=-7" to the "General" section of the /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc file, but i

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: "Greg Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Sunday 06 March 2005 07:24 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Windows does not need the analogue cable since it reads audio CDs using the IDE interface. So to save money many computer manufac

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Monday 07 March 2005 00:03, Teilhard Knight wrote: The wiring is OK in the three computers. I can listen to CD music in other OSs. Teilhard That is not proof

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: "Kaj Haulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Sunday 06 March 2005 23:23, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was a

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:23 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was

[newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was all happy until I decided to listen to a CD. No sound. I have looked everywhere I can see and see no problem. Also, when one goes to "configure your desktop->sound->sound system", there i

[newbie] Re: I want to migrate to Mandrake

2005-02-26 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:59:35 -0600, Teilhard wrote: I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2 which uses the same wi

Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake

2005-02-26 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:59:35 -0600, Teilhard wrote: I cannot set wireless Internet in computer1. Now computer2 which uses the same wi

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-26 Thread Teilhard Knight
Thanks. To all those who replied to this thread. Sometimes Mandrake amazes me. I never imagined it had support for hyperthreading. I thought that it was going to treat my processor as a single processor as in the recent past. If I just could solve the Internet problem I would migrate to Mandrake

[newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? That's it, thanks. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://w

[newbie] I want to migrate to Mandrake

2005-02-24 Thread Teilhard Knight
I would be delighted if my default OS was Mandrake. But I have three computers where I have installed the OS on and in each of these there is one problem. I once posted a couple of problems in the same message and was told not to do so. Therefore I will post my three problems separately. Now le

Re: [newbie] Silly move

2005-02-24 Thread Teilhard Knight
Subject: Re: [newbie] Silly move -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 11:03, Teilhard Knight wrote: Thank you, Anne, it's good to know this stuff, I've never had problems with screen resolutions I can manage. I do not remember if in other computers I

Re: [newbie] Silly move

2005-02-24 Thread Teilhard Knight
Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain "out of range resolution" screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change?

Re: [newbie] Silly move

2005-02-24 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Silly move -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 02:46, Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as

[newbie] Silly move

2005-02-23 Thread Teilhard Knight
I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain "out of range resolution" screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. Teilhard

[newbie] Very simple question

2004-12-14 Thread Teilhard Knight
What's a USB mouse port? I know that a PS/2 mouse is /dev/psaux, but I do not know what a USB mouse is. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox Want to

Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-12-04 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Thursday 02 December 2004 1:27 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: Bad news, Rob. I can uninstall the package kdebase-kdm, but when I type "urpmi kdebase-kdm", I get an error message telling me the package has the wrong signature, and it is not installed. What to do now? NO biggie, all t

Re: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-12-02 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:51 AM Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE E138: Can't write viminfo file $HOME/.viminfo! I wouldn't concern yourself with this one. You are in single user m

Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-12-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 01 Dec 2004 19:23, Teilhard Knight wrote

Re: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-12-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:51 AM Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE E138: Can't write viminfo file $HOME/.viminfo! I wouldn't concern yourself with this one. You are in single user m

Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-12-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot enter KDE On Tuesday 30 November 2004 7:40 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: I just installed Mandrake 1

[newbie] Cannot enter KDE

2004-11-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
Hello: I just installed Mandrake 10.1 Official (Download), and everything went all right except that on boot, I cannot enter into KDE. The boot process reaches only the point of the blue screen with the Mandrake logo in the lower part, and that's it. It doesn't go further from there to enter KDE

[newbie] Ping Derek Jennings

2004-08-03 Thread Teilhard Knight
Derek, I am sure you can help me configure my wireless card under 10.0 Official. I haven't had much luck with feedback from the list, but here it goes my original post: && Hello: I just erased Mandrake 9.2 because I could never configure access to Internet, and installed 10.0 officia

Re: [newbie] PCI wireless card

2004-08-03 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI wireless card > Teilhard Knight wrote: > > >Hello: > > > >I just erased Mandrake

[newbie] PCI wireless card

2004-08-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
Hello: I just erased Mandrake 9.2 because I could never configure access to Internet, and installed 10.0 official trying to take advantage of its wireless support. The machine has a SMC2402W wireless PCI card which works fine under Windows. To my disappointment, mandrake 10 does not recognize my

Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card

2004-06-28 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Glenn wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > > > >>I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 > >>works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works > >>with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out o

Re: [newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-28 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the > > installation program asks me to insert the "Additional Drivers Floppy". > > Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? > > > > Teilhard > > >

[newbie] Sorry ...

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
... for the duplicate message (winblows). Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the installation program asks me to insert the "Additional Drivers Floppy". Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

[newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the installation program asks me to insert the "Additional Drivers Floppy". Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? Teilhard - This mail sent through CWMail: http://www.crosswin

[newbie] Quick question

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the parallel port "0" or "1" in Linux? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ___

[newbie] Test2

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
This test is intended to see whether I can post from Windows. I apologize for so many posts today. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

[newbie] Puzzled

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
Until now I have been using Windows (OE) to send messages to the list. I could never got one through (had to do it in the web); the server refused to rely. But when I came to Mandrake to post, all my messages get through. What on earth happens? Teilhard __

[newbie] Scanner

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
Is there any work around to be able to use an scanner which doesn't support Mandrake 10.0 Official? My scanner is an HP 2300c. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : ht

[newbie] Test and thanks

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
This is a good opportunity to tell you I can print. Thanks to Cezary who poitm me to the right port. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] LILO

2004-06-19 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > Can you think any reason why Mandrake 10.0 Community, and also the > > Official, report that there is a sector of 80 Gb, and another sector > > of 891 !! Gb overlapping? > > > > When I installed the Official for a second time,

[newbie] LILO

2004-06-19 Thread Teilhard Knight
Can you think any reason why Mandrake 10.0 Community, and also the Official, report that there is a sector of 80 Gb, and another sector of 891 !! Gb overlapping? When I installed the Official for a second time, I got a worse thing saying that the partition table was too messy for Mandrake. I trust

Re: [newbie] Sound

2004-06-12 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Thursday 10 June 2004 08:18 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > | > Teilhard Knight wrote: > | > > | > > | > | > | Indeed. Although most of the things you say are new to me, I can appreciate > | command-line Linux is a much more powerful OS than DOS ever was. To be

Re: [newbie] Sound

2004-06-10 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:33:38 -0400 > Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...} > |> But perhaps there are > |>ways I do not know about to check which|installed programs there > |>are, huh?| > |>Cordially, > |> > |>Teilhard > [..

Re: [newbie] Sound

2004-06-10 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > > > Thanks a lot. I think I know now how the Linux world works. It is such a > > surprise for me to realise I have to know by memory about hundreds of programs > > in order to make them work. For someone from the Windows world it

Re: [newbie] Sound

2004-06-10 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:26:00 -0400 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Done, I downloaded and installed drakxtools-newt. My problem now is: > > where are the tools the package gives? I know there are thousands of > > Well, in this case, it should have deposited 'draksound' and some other > files

Re: [newbie] Sound

2004-06-07 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 06 June 2004 00:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Saturday 05 June 2004 19:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On Saturday 05 June 2004 11:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks a lot. Actually I played a bit with that. However, I got a > > > Home Theatre, and one of the light

Re: [newbie] Internet on 10.0

2004-05-09 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Monday 03 May 2004 05:55, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Derek Jennings, in this list, led me through the process of enabling > > Internet > > for Mandrake 9.2 and a wireless adapter. I now have another computer which > > I want to run wi

[newbie] Internet on 10.0

2004-05-02 Thread Teilhard Knight
Hello: Derek Jennings, in this list, led me through the process of enabling Internet for Mandrake 9.2 and a wireless adapter. I now have another computer which I want to run with Mandrake 10.0, but the configuration which worked in 9.2 doesn't work for this version. What Derek taught me: Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Erased mounting points of my IDe devices

2004-02-15 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Sunday 15 Feb 2004 11:33 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > On Sunday 15 February 2004 15:33, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > I had to move my IDe devices (2 HDs, 2 burners and a DVD-ROM), and > > > > consequently Mandrake detected that and asked me to do a

Re: [newbie] Erased mounting points of my IDe devices

2004-02-15 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Sunday 15 Feb 2004 3:33 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I had to move my IDe devices (2 HDs, 2 burners and a DVD-ROM), and > > consequently Mandrake detected that and asked me to do a simple > > actualization of the configuration. But because I have very short time

Re: [newbie] Erased mounting points of my IDe devices

2004-02-15 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Sunday 15 February 2004 15:33, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I had to move my IDe devices (2 HDs, 2 burners and a DVD-ROM), and > > consequently Mandrake detected that and asked me to do a simple > > actualization of the configuration. But because I have very short >

Re: [newbie] Sound and Video Update

2003-12-12 Thread Teilhard Knight
Thanks a lot Brian. I will have to look in a hardware USENET group to hopefully get help about the DVD contrivances. Teilhard. > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 07:44, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > First, I would like to thank all those who answered my post "Sound and > > Video" >

[newbie] Sound and Video Update

2003-12-11 Thread Teilhard Knight
First, I would like to thank all those who answered my post "Sound and Video" On the video side, I have downloaded the NVIDIA package, but I have not installed it because I do not know how to switch off KDE. Could you tell me how? And also how to start it again? On the sound side, I seem to have

[newbie] CD drives problem

2003-12-09 Thread Teilhard Knight
My computer has a DVD reader, a CD burner, and a DVD burner. Three drives. My problem is that Mandrake seems to have problems reading the contents of a CD (DVD) in any of the drives. Usually Konqueror feezes the computer for something like 3 min, and after that it says it cannot access the drive. I

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-09 Thread Teilhard Knight
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 08 December 2003 10:12 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Open Source Sound (OSS), or Alsa. Which? > > How do I tell? Here goes another of those damned "Charlie" books. Sorry for length in other words. Your posting of the

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Rick is rigth you can use aumix to adjust the volumen > level. No mather if you use a simple speaker set or > if you use a home treater audio sistem.. they will > recive the same output from the pc. so install aumix > then execute them and ajust the sound volumen levels > and you are done. Tha

Re: [newbie] UPS's was Re: Complete failure

2003-12-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Monday 08 December 2003 06:03 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > Lanman wrote: > > > On 12/7/2003 at 3:22 PM John Richard Smith wrote: > > >>Lanman wrote: > > >>>John; The basic purpose of a UPS is to filter or condition the > > >>>electrical power which your computer > > >>>receives. Typ

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sunday 07 December 2003 6:23 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > Sound server? I do not follow. Do I need a sound server to get sound? > > Open Source Sound (OSS), or Alsa. Which? How do I tell? Is artsd con

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-08 Thread Teilhard Knight
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sunday 07 December 2003 6:14 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Sorry to reply so late. My server or the list are not behaving in a decent > > way for me. I appreciate your feedback. Only problem is that it seems there &

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-07 Thread Teilhard Knight
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Saturday 06 December 2003 12:38 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Actually my questions are dumb questions. > > > > First: is there a master volume control in Mandrake 9.2? I can only hear > > sound when the am

Re: [newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-07 Thread Teilhard Knight
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Friday 05 December 2003 1:23 pm, RickS wrote: > > > *HOLD IT! > > > IA32 or IA64 are Intel architecture 32 and 64 bit > > AMD64 is well ..you guessed it .. for your AMD Athlon 1.4, s

Re: [newbie] Re:

2003-12-07 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Friday 05 Dec 2003 11:47 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > Hold on. I just realised something. > > > You are using Class B addressing in this network. > > > In that case the broadcast address I gave you is wrong. It should be > > > BROADCAST=172.16.255.25

[newbie] Sound and video

2003-12-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
Actually my questions are dumb questions. First: is there a master volume control in Mandrake 9.2? I can only hear sound when the amplifier of my home theatre is at its maximum. Second, I want to install the NVIDIA drivers, and there are the IA32, and the AMD64, both supporting my Geoforce3 (Plat

[newbie] Re:

2003-12-05 Thread Teilhard Knight
> Hold on. I just realised something. > You are using Class B addressing in this network. > In that case the broadcast address I gave you is wrong. It should be > BROADCAST=172.16.255.255 Good news, Derek. I could get into Internet already. I sometimes find that I cannot get rid of what I am used

[newbie] Ping Derek

2003-12-05 Thread Teilhard Knight
I have been having problems with receiving from the list, and with searching for another addy. If you posted a reply of my last post, I would appreciate if you could post it again. It seems I am receiving now. If you would click in "reply all" I would have a copy as a personal email, which would b

[newbie] I'm not receiving

2003-12-02 Thread Teilhard Knight
I am not receiving messages from the list since yesterday at about 5:30 PM. My addy is working all right. Can someone tell me why I cold be having this problem? Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Dumb question

2003-12-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
How do you start/stop a network connection (Internet mainly) from a command line? Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2

2003-11-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> SNIP > > > > When you type iwconfig and see eth0 appear that tells me that the > > atmelwlandriver has been loaded. (It uses eth0 by default) If the > > at76c503c driver was loaded the device would be called wlan0 > > > > Follow the advice in my workaround and it will work. > > All you have to d

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2

2003-11-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 > SNIP > > > > When you type iwconfig and see eth0 appear that tells me that the > > atmelwlandriver has been loaded. (It u

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2

2003-11-29 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 7:44 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. > > > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet access o

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 and a SMS 2662W USB NIC

2003-11-29 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Saturday 29 November 2003 11:44 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. > > > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet a

[newbie] Mandrake 9.2

2003-11-29 Thread Teilhard Knight
I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop computer by means of an SMS2662W USB adaptor On Mandrake 9.2. Derek advised me to use one

[newbie] Upgrading to 9.2?

2003-10-02 Thread Teilhard Knight
I recently installed version 9.1 both in a desktop computer and in my laptop. Do you think it is all right to just erase and install 9.2 in both machines? I am specially concerned with my wireless access to Internet. Are there any improvement for that? Derek: I am sorry I have had a lot of work, a

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-10-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 1:57 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > SNIP > > Huff, Derek, I don't know what I am doing wrong because I do not succeed in > > connecting to Internet. > > > > M

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 8:16 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > SNIP > > > > > And does it then present you with a list of wireless parameters for you > > > to fill in? > > > > Yes, I do not know what to write in those parameters. I cannot write > > anyt

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 7:24 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, an > > > > Mandrake 9.1 should > > > > > recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... > > > > Thank you. I'll tr

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Wi

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> The 2Wire cards are, in fact, Orinoco cards, an Mandrake 9.1 should > recognize it natively...it did with mine at the very least... Thank you. I'll try to get going the PCMCIA card in the laptop, but if you have some advise for the SMC USB adapter it will be greatly appreciated

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
> On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 5:06 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Wi

Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Interet > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:55 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Hi there. > > &g

[newbie] Wireless Interet

2003-09-29 Thread Teilhard Knight
es by hand. But besides I do not know which they are, I do not even know how my driver is called. Also, if things are like in Windows, I have to feed somehow a ten digits number to the configuration. Can you help? -- Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your P

[newbie] My USB modem on 9.1

2003-04-04 Thread Teilhard Knight
I tried to install the drivers for my external USB modem, and the Mandrake 9.1 installer reports they are "the wrong signature". Does that mean I am doomed and the drivers are no good for me? Is there any way to get around this?. I installed anyway, and the modem doesn't work.

Re: [newbie] My USB modem on 9.1

2003-04-04 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Friday 04 April 2003 16:28, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 04 Apr 2003 11:00 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I tried to install the drivers for my external USB modem, and the > > Mandrake 9.1 installer reports they are "the wrong signature". Does that > > mean

Re: [newbie] 9.1 installation a real mess

2003-04-03 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Thursday 03 April 2003 10:27, John Richard Smith wrote: > Teilhard Knight wrote: > >On Thursday 03 April 2003 03:36, you wrote: > >>On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 13:34, Teilhard Knight wrote: > >>>On Thursday 03 April 2003 02:13 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >>>>

Re: [newbie] 9.1 installation a real mess

2003-04-03 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Thursday 03 April 2003 03:36, you wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 13:34, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > On Thursday 03 April 2003 02:13 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 09:58, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > As I posted before, I installed 9.1 on

Re: [newbie] Second HD

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 06:06 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:32:37 -0600 > > Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, it was my first setup. hda (primary IDE channel 1) contained a > > > windows, hdb (secondary IDE

Re: [newbie] How do I do a home partition?

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
:: if you have 128 MB RAM , you should define 256 MB for swap . > sir ... > > Hope u , correct your problem sir ... > pratchaya Thanks a lot, Pratchaya. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I do a home partition?

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 03:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:41 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I mean, I know how to partition my HD. What I want to know is how to have > > a home partition, how to make Mandrake install to recognize I am > > selecting a pa

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
for both rpm and tar. > > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but > > not sure! > > urpmi deals with all of that. Even if I have the package in my HD? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 03:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > MM, > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > ./configure > make > make install > > This for both rpm and tar. > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but &

Re: [newbie] more very basic questions

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
./.bin Thank you, but I was getting a "permission denied" message before Derek told me I had to make it executable. After that, I did what you said and it worked all right. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Second HD

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
d > when they started booting from -- gasp!! -- CDROMs. I hope they changed so I can boot from the master of the secondary IDE channel. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Second HD

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
er the details since it was more than a year ago, but > since it was my first linux installation and worked immediately, I > assume it was straightforward. > > raffaele Cool, thanks, Raffaele. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Se

Re: [newbie] Want to upgrade to 9.1

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Monday 31 March 2003 10:18 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote: > The latest Nvidia drivers I have seen for Dolphin. Does it work for > Bamboo ?. This is cool, but what is Dolphin and what is Bamboo? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Service

Re: [newbie] Want to upgrade to 9.1

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Monday 31 March 2003 03:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 31 Mar 2003 4:33 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > Most of you are running 9.1 already. I am confy with 9.0, but, things > > move and we should move with them, so, I would like to upgrade. First > > question: c

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