Re: [newbie] back to Windows

On Apr 1, 2005 9:43 AM, Anders Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too! Except I'm going to use my Atari Falcon from now on! No, even better, I'm going back to my Atari 800XL! Those were the days! carefully looking at todays date before replying :-) Hehehe...well, Ronald you might

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:58 +1100, András Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 14:11, Deep Thinker wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop

[newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

Hello All, I have a friend that has given me several older machines because she no longer needs them. For one reason or another these machines will not work. Either bad hard drives or cracked screens or whatever. The one machine she gave me that may be of some use is a Compaq Presario 1275. In

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop hard drives offer a feature of setting a password on the drive itself. I figured as much. That is why, if at all possible, I would

[newbie] Just installed 10.1 official from 3 ftp'd isos

Hello everyone, Happy Holidays. I have just installed Mandrake 10.1 official from 3 iso discs downloaded. Question 1. The machine is a Gateway profile. The only network/Internet connection will be through a 3Com PCMCIA Card (3CRPAG175). What steps do I need to take to make this work, or should

[newbie] 3Com Wireless PCMCIA card to work on Gateway Profile

workstations. This Profile is being used as a 'test subject'. The 10/100 Network is working fine as well as everything else except the wireless card. Can anyone offer any help or advice on how to get this working? Thanks in advance .:Thinker Want

[newbie] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book, synchronization (without Outlook)

? .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Dropped DSL for Cable, now I need a firewall/router

the fire-walling and handing out of IP's to my two other machines as well as my wireless access point. Thanks in advance, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

[newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)

anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] review of updating proceedures

. After the update is complete, type 'alt+F1' then, reboot the machine. Is this order correct? Is there more that I should do, or am I doing too much? How often should I run these commands? Also, what command can I use to get a current listing of the urpmi sources I am using? Thanks, .:Thinker

[newbie] p2p software search

Hello Everyone, I tried 'urpmi apollon' and 'urpmi mldonkey-gui' as root and both times I got something along the lines of package does not exist or cannot be found. Am I doing something wrong here? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] p2p software search

OK.. so I didn't have plf added. How exactly do I add plf as a source. I am currently running cooker but I would like to stabilize as soon as I can find stable 10.0 mirrors. Any help would be appreciated. -=Thinker On Mar 16, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED

[newbie] one software missing...

Hello All, I was just reading the post on software recommendations and I noticed that 'file sharing' or 'p2p' was not listed. Is there a good file sharing program for linux? I know about Bittorrent, but it seems to be lacking in GUI and search capability. Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy

[newbie] moving files over the network using CLI

out. I was wondering if there was a way to transfer files over my local network from one machine to the next using the trusty command line. Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

I attempt to update everything? What is the safest environment to be in when updating? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] making 10.0rc1 into 10.0 release via cooker.

and what to and what not to check would be appreciated. It is all explained in the TWiki. Where can I look this information up in the TWiki? Thanks -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 10.0RC2 ? anyone?

Hello All, Does anyone have any ideas as to when RC2 will be released to the public? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 9.2 now: 10.0 later?

%. Does Mandrake offer an ftp installation? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 9.2 now: 10.0 later?

, because of transparency proxy the IP they get here is different from the IP the BitTorrent tracker can see. I am not a club member yet. I plan to be in the near future, but I don't have the $$ right now. When will 10.0RC2 be available? -=Thinker On Feb 27, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Floyd Hagen wrote

[newbie] install 9.2 now: upgrade to 10.0 later?

and greatest stable packages once it is installed. Then, when 10.0 is stable and released, I would like to upgrade to it. Will the upgrade to 10.0 be possible from 9.2.? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel

On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:21 am, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake 10.0rc1 running

[newbie] Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel

good and, um.. up to date? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)

.pre7.3mdk #1 jeu fev 5 16:29:56 CET 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Thanks, -=Thinker On Feb 22, 2004, at 7:31 AM, Lanman wrote: On February 21, 2004 06:52 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:19:07 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: install. 10.0 will have 2.6.3 in it as default

Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)

that, zoom. How did you manually change lilo to select the 2.6.3 kernel ? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)

release candidate to the first public version, will it? If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the 10.0rc1. Thanks as always, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] from OS X back to Linux (for now)

1. What is the most effective way to get the latest and greatest if not FTP install? 2. Is cooker stable? I am not familiar with how cooker works or is different from the normal distribution. Can someone fill me in on this? Thanks, -=Thinker On Feb 20, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Charlie Mahan wrote

[newbie] from OS X back to Linux (for now)

on that machine. I plan to go with the FTP install. How can I make sure I get the latest distro with the latest KDE and Gnome Desktops and all the security patches. I was having a few issues with my Linux Partition before, so I suppose I would like to start over. Thanks, -=Thinker Want

Re: [newbie] another network.img install issue (HELP) (updated)

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:09, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 11 November 2003 7:20 am, Thinker wrote: I tried to ftp install it but something has gone very wrong. Using the mirror ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/9.2/i586

[newbie] waiting for Mandrake 9.2 ISOs....

Any idea as to how long we will have to wait for the ISO's? Is there another way to download and fully install 9.2 without the ISO's, like a Net_install? -Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] waiting for Mandrake 9.2 ISOs....

Any idea as to how long we will have to wait for the ISO's? Is there another way to download and fully install 9.2 without the ISO's, like a Net_install? -Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Download Mandrake and make discs

? I would much rather have the ISO's (since that is what I used last time) if they are available. Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Samba/NFS/SSH to access a Mandrake Box

. I can see the box in LinNeighborhood but I cannot copy any files. How do I 'share' a directory so that I can copy the contents to both the Windows and SuSE 8.2 boxes? What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0]

On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 12:35, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 2:25 pm, Thinker wrote: Sorry, I forgot to copy you on this. -Forwarded Message- From: Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003

[newbie] install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 ?

I need to install and start ssh on Mandrake 9.0 in order to retrieve files using another Linux box. How do I do this? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0

sshd: [FAILED] Generating SSH1 RSA Host key: [FAILED] - Is there something that I am missing or another way to start ssh on the machine? -=Thinker On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:09, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Install ssh, use urpmi or mcc, it is on the cd's. Tony. -Original Message

Re: [newbie] ssh on Mandrake 9.0

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 13:38, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 Oct 2003 5:48 pm, Thinker wrote: From what I can tell, ssh is installed. I just cant figure out how to start it. In the Mandrake Control Center-System-Services I see the listing for sshd and sshd-xinetd. sshd

Re: [newbie] (2nd post)exporting directories via Samba or NFS?

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 13 Oct 2003 6:10 pm, Thinker wrote: Could someone please point me in the right direction on how to accomplish this? As I said, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I

[newbie] (2nd post)exporting directories via Samba or NFS?

and exporting directories. How does this work? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] exporting directories via Samba or NFS?

suggested that I start NFS on the Mandrake box and export the directory to the SuSE box. Then start Samba on the Mandrake box and export the same directory to the Windows machine. I am not too familiar with NFS and exporting directories. How exactly do I do this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker

Re: [newbie] old mandrake 9.1 drive in new machine

Thanks. This worked and I am now in X. Now if I could figure out how to get my network card running. It is a DLink DFE-530TX+ Rev. D2. I went to the network configuration as root but my card is not among the options in the drop down menu. Any ideas on this? -=Thinker On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 23

[newbie] old mandrake 9.1 drive in new machine

hardware. This machine has a network card and it is functioning as far as hardware is concerned. I am not sure if Mandrake is reading anything from my network. Is there a way to configure x from the command line? Or verify that I can get out? Am I on the right track? -=Thinker Want to buy your

[newbie] OT--General Linux Questions

for the shipment of the free software discs. If I install them, and then pay the $699 can I not sue them for fraud? Just a few questions from a newbie trying to make sense out of all this posturing. Thanks for your time. -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

I have been watching this thread for a while and .. well, I may not know much about Linux but I can say that ... 1. Being an American that is married to a German woman, everyone I know drinks Warsteiner Dark at room temperature. They say it is not so much that American beer is weak, it is more

Re: [newbie] Need SWAP before FTP install of Madrake 9.1 on oldsystem (1 more try)

, the machine won't even boot. Any help on this? Anyone? Please? -=Thinker On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 10:31, Miark wrote: Glad to hear of your success thus far. Swap space won't help you when it comes to installation--it's memory that counts. (Not sure why, but I'd love to know

[newbie] New plans for old hardware.

on one, view on the other). Is this possible? -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Looking for options for a scrap PC

, ideas welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- ThinKer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://thoughtprogress.com ...fear controls knowledge controls fear ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Learning Linux on a Pentium ?

and browse the Intenet. I would like to install some flavor of Linux. Maybe a network or boot-floppy installation (since they only have 3.5 inch floppies) that will help me get more familiar with the way Linux works. Thanks, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Backing up the important stuff for an upgrade.

, Netscape, and Quanta. What exactly do I need to back up, and how should I go about backing it up so that either Mandrake or Red Hat will be able to utilize my old files? Thanks in advance, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] problems with BitTorrent

does anyone know where I can download and install BitTorrent for Mandrake 9.0? I found some RPM's at http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=BitTorrent but none of them seem to be installing correctly. Thanks, Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] Treo 180 vs. Evolution (attempt overview - still unresolved).

My System: Mandrake 9 (2.4.19-16mdk kernel) on a 500 Mhz PIII with 256MB RAM. I am using KDE 3.0.3, Evolution 1.2.1 My PDA: Handspring Treo 180 (GSM phone/PalmOS PDA hybrid). The Treo is running Palm OS 3.5. I use the USB connection to connect with my PC. According to WebMin, my USB is set to

[newbie] apt-get update gives strange message

In trying to keep my system up to date... as root I typed apt-get upgrade -f This is the message I got. Can someone please explain this to me? --begin error-- Reading Package Lists... Collecting File Provides... Building Dependency Tree... Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages

Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting

I just looked at the archives... I am not getting all of the messages either. (I though everyone was just ignoring my questions :-)) Also, whenever I post to the list I get a bounce message from the list admin. What would cause these issues? TP On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 07:36, Robert Wideman

[Fwd: NDN: Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting]

Below is the bounce I am getting when I post. My messages are still being posted. -Forwarded Message- From: Mailer-Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NDN: Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting Date: 26 Jan 2003 01:17:51 +0800 Sorry. Your message could not be

[newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux (again)

Sorry to be a pest by asking this again but this is really important in my Linux Evolution. One of the last steps in being windows free in my daily computing is my ability to sync my contacts, to-do and calendar with my PDA. I searched Google for Treo USB to sync with Linux and I found nothing

Re: [newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux(again)

Terry, When I tried to run 'usbview' I got command not found. /// Adolfo, I tried your method. Please See results inline First of all, when I do a ls /dev/usb the only active USB port shown is hid, the one used by the mouse. When I do a ls /dev/usb after placing the Palm on the cradle

Re: [newbie] emails i am not getting

32.) Solar flares cause magnetic fluctuations in the Van Allen Belt's, hence interrupting with normal data transmission. This is solely the fault of the sun, and although a trouble-ticket was put in on this product, there has not been any resolution of the issue as of yet. Projected ETA

Re: [newbie] I need help syncing my Handspring Treo USB with Linux(again)

New Error. I just tried to sync again. This time, I did the 1. What version of Evolution are you using? I have version 1.2 Evolution 1.2.1 2. Also, at this point, you have to make yourself sure that the PDA is trying to synchronize. In other words, press the cradle hotsync button just

[newbie] apt-get produces puzzling output ..

Hello all. As root, I ran 'apt-get upgrade' and received the following output. --begin output -- Reading Package Lists... Collecting File Provides... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages have been kept back XFree86-devel XFree86-libs XFree86-xfs arts aspell aspell-en gnome-spell

[newbie] OpenSource AutoCad for Linux?

Hello All, I looked at LinuxCAD ( www.linuxcad.com ) but to be honest, the site looks a little desperate (sales oriented) and the fact that I can't download the demo version is a bit of a deterrent as well. I am currently looking for options for an engineering group that would be interested

[newbie] problems getting USB Handspring Treo to sync with j-pilot

Hello All, I have been trying to get j-pilot and pilot link installed and updated so that I might try to sync my Handspring treo 180 usb with my linux box. For some reason it is just not working. So far I have (# urpmi install j-pilot) and (# urpmi install pilot-link). Now when I try to

Re: [newbie] problems getting USB Handspring Treo to sync withj-pilot

You have to create a symbolic link to your pda USB port with: ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot (this is my settings. Yours might be different). Tried this. Nothing changed, it still doesn't work. In my case, before turning on the pda, if I do a ls /dev/usb there is only a subdirectory

[newbie] changing to a webserver

Hello, I have been using my Mandrake 9 Box as a desktop since I installed it. I now want it to also be a webserver that will allow me to place a few informational pages for others on my network to view. I think I have the webserver set up. The problem is I can open a browser on the linux box

[newbie] 2 users shown via monitoring tools

is that possible? How can I tell what or who the other user is? Is this common? Thanks, (kinda worried) TP On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 04:48, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 14:31, ThinKer wrote: Newbie Question Alert!!! In these screenshots...(from the This is personal thread... http

[newbie] where can I get these nice monitoring tools

Newbie Question Alert!!! In these screenshots...(from the This is personal thread... http://clevername.homeip.net/gallery/screenshots/2003_01_12_23_26_50?full=1 and http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/fluxbox.png The users have those nice processor and network interface monitoring tools.

[newbie] How to install Pine ? - (because I want Pico...)

Hello again, Can someone please tell me the best way to install Pine so I can get pico on my machine as an editor. I went to washington.edu and got completely confused with the instructions. I also tried rpm find and I did find an rpm but after the install pico simply doens't work properly. I

[newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)

Hello, I recently decided to give openoffice.org a try for the first time to create a .doc file for a proposal. When I clicked on the openoffice.org writer link to application, the program appeared to start fine, but once it opened up I noticed that there is no text on any of the menus in both

[newbie] Registered Linux User ?

How does one become a registered Linux User? I have seen several signatures at the bottoms of posting numbers indicating their registration as a Linux User. I want a number. How do I get one? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)

the archives? Thats it. I am on my way to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list so I can get some help on fixing my OOOWriter. TP On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 18:40, Robin Turner wrote: ThinKer wrote: Hello, I recently decided to give openoffice.org a try for the first time to create a .doc file

Re: [newbie] no OpenOffice.org fonts on menus (at all)

in the typing of this email. -TP On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 20:36, Azrael wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 01:30, ThinKer wrote: OK.. I see how this works. Star Trek Nemesis and US Foreign Policy get all the replies and attention. Meanwhile, I ask a question that is very much on topic(that yes

[newbie] how do I sync my Handspring Treo 180 USB ?

Hello, My mobile phone/personal organizer is a phone/PDA hybrid Handspring Treo 180 (Palm OS 3.5H) with USB cradle. I would like to be able to sync it on my Mandrake 9.0 box with some equivalent software to the Palm Desktop or even better with Evolution. Of course Handspring's website was no

Re: [newbie] Installing pico/PINE with problems

Part answer part 'nother question. Pico is the text editor that comes with pine. I recently downloaded pine from http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms/ When I installed pine, everything seemed to go as planned and I got no errors.

[newbie] automatic logout

Hello, I asked this question a while back and got a clear answer as to what was happening, but no clear answer on how to disable it. When I walk away from my machine for what seems like more than 20 minutes(xlock and all) and then return to it, I have somehow been logged off the system and have