Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-28 Thread Todd Flinders
An easier way is to just make a boot disk (you can use the dd command or the Mandrake Control Center). After installing Windows, boot into GNU/Linux using your boot disk. After you log in, become root and type: /sbin/lilo -v That will reinstall lilo. On Sunday 27 October 2002 12:46 pm,

Re: [newbie] No rear sound, SBLive!

2002-10-28 Thread Todd Flinders
Try AlsaMixerGUI. On Sunday 27 October 2002 02:40 pm, Miark wrote: With 8.2, Kmixer had a slide control that changed the volume of my rear speakers for my SoundBlaster Live! value card. Now, running 9.0, I have no rear sound, and none of the KMixer controls is helping. Ditto with Aumix.

Re: [newbie] learn to system program Linux

2002-10-28 Thread Todd Flinders
This book is a must have for any UNIX system programmer: http://www.textbookx.com/product_detail.php?detail_isbn=0201563177type=keywords=advanced+programming+in+unix+searchtype=stdstart_num=0order_by= Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment Stevens, W. Richard ISBN: 0201563177 Published:

Re: [newbie] Gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory

2002-10-14 Thread Todd Flinders
: SekurityWizard | stupid people + +ICQ: 2206039|in large groups+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -Original Message- From: Todd Flinders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 12

Re: [newbie] kernel configuration

2002-10-14 Thread Todd Flinders
kernel? Just wondering Noah On Saturday 12 October 2002 10:14, Todd Flinders wrote: You're not in the correct directory. You need to be in the directory that holds the Makefile. cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig On Saturday 12 October 2002 07:38 am, Noah Hicks wrote

Re: [newbie] tar files

2002-10-14 Thread Todd Flinders
Have you told Konqueror via its settings to display hidden files? On Sunday 13 October 2002 11:23 pm, Michael Adams wrote: Just curious, does this work for hidden files and directories as well. Konq will go into a tar but not see the . files. On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:49, Franki wrote: simple

Re: [newbie] Gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory

2002-10-12 Thread Todd Flinders
understimate the power + +AIM: SekurityWizard | stupid people + +ICQ: 2206039|in large groups+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -Original Message- From: Todd Flinders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] kernel configuration

2002-10-12 Thread Todd Flinders
You're not in the correct directory. You need to be in the directory that holds the Makefile. cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig On Saturday 12 October 2002 07:38 am, Noah Hicks wrote: This must be a stupid question but I am going to ask it anyway. Is it not true that to

Re: [newbie] Gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory

2002-10-12 Thread Todd Flinders
+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -Original Message- From: Todd Flinders [mailto:flindet;attbi.com] Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory Well, you may have got more errors, but that's okay. You will never compile if you can't

Re: Re: [newbie] can't copy to A:

2002-10-11 Thread Todd Flinders
No, this is not hardware specific. 8.2 worked fine in this machine as well. Plus many other 9.0 users on the list reported similar problems. I'm almost certain it's a 9.0 supermount problem. Disabling supermount allowed me to immediately install those same CDs without problem. My guess is

Re: Re: [newbie] can't copy to A:

2002-10-11 Thread Todd Flinders
This seems silly to me, but I happen to have a Pioneer DVD-115 and a Yamaha 8/8/16. Again, it seems like you're missing this. Supermount worked perfectly on this exact hardware with 8.2. As soon as 9.0 was installed, certain CDs could not be read by supermount. Lots of testing showed this

Re: [newbie] Installation problems with 9.0

2002-10-11 Thread Todd Flinders
This probably won't help, but check in the laptop's BIOS and make sure that Plug Pray OS is turned off (if applicable). It sounds like it's having difficulty detecting your hardware. Turning this off should help. On Friday 11 October 2002 02:07 pm, Jason Drushel wrote: Hi guys, new to the

Re: [newbie] compile rdesktop on PPC?

2002-10-10 Thread Todd Flinders
Well, this is odd that you would get a .c by itself. You should normally have a configure script and a Makefile. If you do, you should also have a file called INSTALL which is a textfile with installation instructions. If you don't have INSTALL most compilations and installations using

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-10 Thread Todd Flinders
If the military makes changes to OOo and the binaries of those changes stay in-house, then they are not violating the GPL if the code stays in-house as well. The violation would only occur if they distributed the binaries, which in your scenario of a raised security classification wouldn't

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-10 Thread Todd Flinders
+ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -Original Message- From: Todd Flinders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Windblows If the military makes changes to OOo and the binaries of those

Re: Re: [newbie] can't copy to A:

2002-10-09 Thread Todd Flinders
Several of my GNU/Linux native games from a variety of vendors (Loki, LGP, etc) had problems installing from the CD-ROM as well. When I disabled supermount, they all installed flawlessly. Something is definitely up with supermount. But it seems to be working fine for small day-to-day tasks.

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Todd Flinders
The problem is that if they started with GPL code, it is not entirely their work and they must honor the license of the code they chose to incorperate. I don't know much about this situation, but if they distributed code in binary form that included GPL'd code nested within their logic then

Re: [newbie] p2p programs

2002-10-08 Thread Todd Flinders
There are tons of them. I believe kazaa has a linux version itself. Check http://www.google.com/linux and http://freshmeat.net On Sunday 07 October 2001 09:53 am, Robert Beach wrote: Is there a program for linux that you can use for finding mp3's or movies. Sorta like Kazaa or Morpheus?

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Todd Flinders
On Tuesday 08 October 2002 06:42 am, Damian wrote: I'm sure your interpretation of it is the correct one Todd. I just don't think the correct answer was to force development to stop by being obnoxious. I was not advocating anyone being obnoxious. I also had nothing to do with the

Re: [newbie] -Question about Java Applet and Browser Upgrade and Flashplayer

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
Hi, Eric: Just hit the space bar to go past the more. It's going to make you page through the entire license so that you have the opportunity to read it before it will create the .rpm file for you. When that's done just type: rpm -ivh j2sdk*rpm On Saturday 05 October 2002 09:41 pm,

Re: [newbie] Networking

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
I'm not familiar with Komba, but I do set up Samba networks. In Komba there's probably a place to send your username and password. Make sure that is correct. In your Samba Configuration, I believe you need to tell it to send encrypted passwords. If memory serves me correctly GNU/Linux

Re: [newbie] sympa???

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
A lot of programs are indeed missing. I think this was done to make room for the Internationalization on the 3rd CD and to keep a 100% separation in the distro between Free and non-Free software. I have found that MOST (not all) of the missing software is found under the contrib section of

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
Go to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 Assuming you are using an Athlon or a Pentium, click on Mandrake 9.0/i586 ISO Image. Choose a mirror closest to you and then download: README md5sums.90 Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
It's been a long time since I've used Windows, but in Adaptec there will be an option of some sort to to from an image/iso. That's what you want. The README file you'll find on the FTP site you download the .iso's from will actually have instructions on how to burn using Adaptec. Once you

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and Realplayer

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
I would check your /etc/pluggerrc file and make sure nothing screwy is going on there. Then check in Konqueror's Settings under File Association for any of the Realplayer associatations. Make sure RealPlayer is at the top of the General and Embedding tabs. On Sunday 06 October 2002 12:36

Re: [newbie] Another Voodoo enigma? 3.3.6 installed.

2001-05-29 Thread Todd Flinders
Or try: XFDrake -expert --- Carl Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed 8.0 on a celeron 433, 128 ram and voodoo3 2000 tonight. I wasn't given a choice of versions concerning XFree86 and it installed 3.3.6. I have a K6-2 450 with Voodoo 3 2000 that installed fine (although I

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
Using your windows boot disk type the following at the prompt: fdisk /mbr --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all. I'm having a big, big problem. I can uninstall LM just fine, but after I do I'm stuck with a computer that refuses to boot! It comes up with that GRUB program, but it can't

Re: [newbie] looking to buy new hd, size an issue?

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
I just asked this question a few days ago. In short, Civileme said one partititon can have up to 128 gigs and multiple partititons and drives can have more. Check the archive for the exact details. The subject was: Can Linux see 90 gigs? --- Paul R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I going to buy a

Re: [newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ --- Roberto Herrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed LM 7.2 on my brand new desktop with a Pioneer DVD-116 drive and a CD/RW Samsung SW-408. The drives seem to be recognized by the installation, since directories cdrom and

Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
In Software Manager change the drop down list (just above the where the packages are listed) to either Updates Only or Uninstalled Only to see only new packages (updates being new versions of installed packages, of course). For updates, I prefer the Flat List tab. --- Marc Audard [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Problems with CD/RW Samsung SW-408

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
Type: lsmod and look for ide-scsi --- Roberto Herrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 May 2001 19:22, Todd Flinders wrote: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ I've followed the recommendations in that page. Now, I have lrwxrwxrwx1 root root

Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Flinders
In Software Manager change the drop down list (just above the where the packages are listed) to either Updates Only or Uninstalled Only to see only new packages (updates being new versions of installed packages, of course). For updates, I prefer the Flat List tab. --- Marc Audard [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-23 Thread Todd Flinders
PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 22 May 2001 12:56, Todd Flinders wrote: Yes, I'm especially interested in Civileme's tool he's working on to install a Maxtor controller card. I wonder if I should get that for RAID 0 instead of the 3ware. 3ware has good support, but only goes up to ATA 66

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-23 Thread Todd Flinders
. I haven't heard anything from anyone using a TDK in Linux. --- Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was Tue, 22 May 2001 15:21:23 -0700 (PDT) when Todd Flinders wrote: Plextor and TDK's are rated as the best in the Windows' world. I haven't personally tested them in Linux, but when

Re: [newbie] invulnerable processes

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
For particularly stubborn processes, use: kill -9 PID --- bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have just had to reboot to kill two processes that i otherwise couldn't kill; cdda2wav and cdrecord, both were left running after xcdroast crashed, and although i issued the command 'kill (pid

Re: [newbie] how to install CD writer with Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
To link ide-scsi to hdd, type: ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom1 Although, this was probably already done for you if the writer was installed during the Mandrake installation. --- John Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2001 05:26, Walter Luffman wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2001 06:21,

Re: [newbie] Sound and Network card setup problems

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
After you've installed Linux Mandrake 7.2, just use Linuxconf to setup the LNE100TX. Crazy, I know, but that is what worked for me. With Linuxconf, I just chose the tulip driver it offered me in the drop down list. milt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 the other night. It

Re: [newbie] RE:problems setting up telnet, ftp and ssh on Mandrake Linux

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Make sure you have installed and are running the telnet and ftp deamons. For example: service telnetd status --- Diane Mairs-Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have mandrake linux installed on machine that I want to be able to telnet, ftp or ssh into from other hosts on the LAN.

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
hdparm -Tt /dev/hda or whatever --- Irv Mullins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2001, you wrote: Please let us know as soon as you have the disk optimizer available for testing, I'll be happy to test it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, I'm especially interested in Civileme's tool he's working on to install a Maxtor controller card. I wonder if I should get that for RAID 0 instead of the 3ware. 3ware has good support, but only goes up to ATA 66. How important is ATA 100 anyway for RAID 0??? Should I even be concerned

Re: [newbie] Fwd: that sucks

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, this can be troubling. However, Chris Molnar wrote a reply on Slashdot that was interesting. I'm very bummed that he quit. He was definitely a large help to this list! It was because of him that my KDE 2.1 on 7.2 was so easy. Chris Molnar, Civileme, and Todd Lyons are three developers

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Plextor and TDK's are rated as the best in the Windows' world. I haven't personally tested them in Linux, but when this was discussed before, someone said they were successfully using a Plextor. --- TezcatlipocA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Creative Labs 4224E. Old and slow but it works.

Re: [newbie] Free86 key sequences

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Ctrl-Alt-F7 is where X is hanging out. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When breaking out of X to go to another virtual terminal (using Ctrl+Alt+Fxx), how do you bring X back up? I noticed that doing this doesn't kill X like doing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, so I would think that there would be a

Re: [newbie] kmix labels

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Hold the cursor over the meter for a moment (in Sound Mixer) and a help box comes up telling you what the particular meter will adjust. --- bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having a sound blaster live means having lots of mixer entries that i don't understand, having played around i have

Re: [newbie] Fwd: that sucks

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
You can mail order the boxed set, I'm sure. Yes, here is the URL. It ships at the end of May: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/buyit/getit?wslang=en --- poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 22 May 2001 14:40, you wrote: Yes, this can be troubling. However, Chris Molnar wrote a

Re: [newbie] Sound setup problems

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
so. Then this may fix the sound for KDE. What applications have you tried for sound? --- milt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:29 PM 5/21/2001 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: After you've installed Linux Mandrake 7.2, just use Linuxconf to setup the LNE100TX. Crazy, I know, but that is what

Re: [newbie] Archiver

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
gunzip filename.zip -or- gzip -d filename.zip --- Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcia, do you mean using Archiver with .ZIP files in LM8? You'll first have to install the zip package using Mandrake Software Manager - it isn't installed by default. On Monday 21 May 2001 06:14,

RE: [newbie] Looking for a Notebook to run dual boot LM 8.0 and W indows

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
You could also buy a notebook with Linux already loaded. Therefore, you could expect everything to work without hassles. One such place to purchase Linux notebooks is the following: http://www.qlitech.net/products/laptops/index.html I believe that Dell now also offers notebooks with Linux

Re: [newbie] Boxed Set

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
Yeah, complete is simply a workstation install. It does have some stuff that the download version doesn't have. The download version is ONLY GPL software. The Complete boxed set will have non-GPL software (like Star Office and Real Player). However, the linux itself is a bit slim because it

Re: [newbie] Boxed Set

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
Do they offer the PowerPack at Walmart? --- Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in Quincy, IL in the Midwest of the US. It was there as of Saturday and was sold out today. They had five copies on the shelf when I purchased my copy. Riker On Sunday 20 May 2001 12:25 pm, you

Re: [newbie] rebuilding redhat src package for a mdk system. (netcfg)

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, I successfully installed netcfg several months ago on 7.2. It should work. In fact, every Red Hat RPM that I've tried has worked with my Mandrake so far. If you have the choice, get the mdk rpm. However, Red Hat rpms do tend to work. Afterall, mandrake does claim to be red hat

Re: [newbie] Bind-RPM-ICS

2001-05-21 Thread Todd Flinders
The bind package you installed was the source code. You need to compile it. To compile it, go to the directory where you download it to and type the following (as root): rpm --rebuild bind*src.rpm That should compile the source code and if all goes well it will create a binary file of bind

Re: [newbie] Accidentally deleted files installed with an RPM, want to get them back

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Flinders
Try rpm -Fvh rpmname.rpm -F freshens. So, it should only update with files that are newer and replace missing files. --- brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you still have the original rpm, you can do a: rpm -qpil rpmname and that will show you what files the rpm has it will also tell

Re: [newbie] lost lilo

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Flinders
edit /etc/lilo.conf to include windows 98. Then run /sbin/lilo See this page for details: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/iboot.html --- marshall weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I just upgraded to Mandrake 8.0 from 7.2. I can no longer dual boot between linux and Win

Re: [newbie] Is Linux-Mandrake mailing list a Newsgroup?

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, all messages sent from this list will have [newbie] in the subject line. Therefore, you should be able to create a filter based on that and have the newbie messages go to their own folder. --- TezcatlipocA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Please excuse my Newbieness but I have a

Re: [newbie] Firewall - Your Personal Choice

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Flinders
Also try http://www.bastille-linux.org --- brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't use a firewall, but I found this one: http://www.astaro.com/products/index.html it seems to have a nice graphical interface to configure with. Hope it helps you.. Brandon On Fri, 18 May 2001, Rod

Re: [newbie] Network printing problem

2001-05-18 Thread Todd Flinders
Have you tried setting the printers up with kups? That makes it super easy. Configuration-Printers-Kups --- John Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a cross-post. I've set up a local network of 2 1/2 machines (well one is only half working til I find some monitor specs grin), and I

Re: [newbie] java. why doesn't it go?

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
Okay, first of all, Mandrake comes installed with kaffe which is basically a clone of Java 1.1 (I think). It's old and tends to be rather inconvenient these days. You want to remove that before you install the new java. Well, maybe you can have both, but I always remove kaffe. rpm -e kaffe

Re: [newbie] Forgot wheel mouse thing

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
I have a Logitech cordless Mouseman+ which gave me wheel problems. As a work around, I was able to get the mouse to work by first selecting the Logitech Mouseman driver. Then I cancelled out and chose the Generic PS/2 with Wheel driver. That worked perfectly. If I chose the generic driver

Re: [newbie] unsubscribing.

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Be sure to check unsubscribe after entering your email address. --- manic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, how do I get off the mailing list as I am being innundated with E-mails. manic.

Re: [newbie] java. why doesn't it go?

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
Actually, I wondered about that too. rc1 will mean Release Candidate 1 which means it is not the final release. It is past beta testing, but not considered final. I don't know what FCS is. It had the more current date and it is what I am using. To uncompress a .bz file do the following:

Re: [newbie] How to set up Diamond Viper V770D on LM 8.0

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
You have to load the NVIDIA_kernel driver AND the NVIDIA_GLX driver. The fact that you only mentioned the GLX driver makes me suspicious. In a terminal type: lsmod And see if you the driver Nvidia is listed. If not, you do not have the kernel module loaded. You need to install NVIDIA_kernel

Re: [newbie] Stop and then restart iptables

2001-05-16 Thread Todd Flinders
Probably: service iptables restart --- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I stop then restart iptables? -- ICQ# 27396393 Registered Linux User #181996 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices

RE: [newbie] troubleshooting vmware Xfree86 DGA support

2001-05-14 Thread Todd Flinders
You MAY get X 3.3.6 to load with the nv driver using a GeForce 2 MX, but if you want 3D accelartion (Open GL), you must use Nvidia's drivers from nvidia.com. Nvidia's drivers REQUIRE X 4 to work. The instructions on the site specifically state that they will not work for X 3. So, you are

Re: [newbie] Chmod chown and files with spaces in their names..

2001-05-14 Thread Todd Flinders
Try putting quotes around the directory's path. --- Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have put my script for chmod and chown of /var/www in cond.daily When it runs, it errors on alot of directorys because some of the old web sites have spaces in their directory or file

Re: [newbie] HP 840 setup : CUPS, LPD ?

2001-05-12 Thread Todd Flinders
Try KDE's kups. I find that easiest for me to set up printers. My HP 850C works fine. You'll likely get about 3 drivers to choose from. It will behoove you to try them all and pick the best for your default. I understand you can tweak them and certain drivers are better at certain tasks.

Re: [newbie] Help on getting 2cd set of LM 8.0

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
I have sent the CDs. You'll have them in a few days. They're on their way. Enjoy. --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll send it to you. I assume you want it sent to the address at the bottom. You should have it in a few days. --- Bob Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all

Re: [newbie] Networking

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, use eth1 for the second card. One card should be hooked up to the DSL. The other card should be hooked up to the internal private network. This server with the two cards can act as the router and the firewall. Give eth1 similar information as eth0. It's probably easiest to get them both

Re: [newbie] full screen gaming [WAS]Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
from .src.rpm on my mdk 8 system with no problems for a few weeks now ;-) Try downloading the src.rpms and rebuilding them yourself. Abe --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I just found out some more. Avatar from evil3d.net posted that there was a problem

Re: [newbie] Where are all the games in 8.0

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
Or better yet just use the Software Manager to install the games packages. --- Darin Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5/10/01 12:11 PM, A. Rick Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are all the games located? I've only loaded KDE (ie no Gnome). In previous releases, they were

Re: [newbie] Where are all the games in 8.0

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
: I tried that. All I get is Toys and five really dumb demo-type games. According to package manager, I should have freeCiv and a bunch of others loaded. They ain't showing up. At 03:25 PM 5/10/2001 -0700, Todd Flinders wrote: They are under Amusements. Right at the very top

Re: [newbie] 3 programs i'd love to get

2001-05-11 Thread Todd Flinders
I saw in the CVS that WineX is working on getting Black White to run. Check out www.transgaming.com for more details. --- Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 May 2001 15:49, matty mo wrote: are any of the following available for linux? i'm willing to buy them if they

Re: [newbie] full screen gaming [WAS]Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-10 Thread Todd Flinders
! --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abe, I am using a GeForce 2 GTS like you are. However, my Shogo immediately crashes complaing about SDL when I try to use OpenGL mode. It works under Software Mode, but obviously that is undesirable. Since Shogo is working for you

Re: [newbie] 3 programs i'd love to get

2001-05-10 Thread Todd Flinders
Civilization II is not out for Linux (AFAIK), but you can play with freeciv. It came with your Mandrake and it is very similar. Also, there is Civilization: Call to Power. You can purchase that here: http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?gameref=6id=77856nc=989531480 You can purchase SimCity

Re: [newbie] Where are all the games in 8.0

2001-05-10 Thread Todd Flinders
They are under Amusements. Right at the very top of the K Menu. --- A. Rick Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are all the games located? I've only loaded KDE (ie no Gnome). In previous releases, they were located under a games menu option. Now, even though the package manager

Re: [newbie] Help on getting 2cd set of LM 8.0

2001-05-10 Thread Todd Flinders
I'll send it to you. I assume you want it sent to the address at the bottom. You should have it in a few days. --- Bob Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been reading the mail in here for a couple weeks. I've tried getting both disks via modem but my 28.8 connect isn't

Re: [newbie] full screen gaming [WAS]Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-10 Thread Todd Flinders
some help from them with smpeg. good luck! Abe --- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Abe: Thanks for the advice. I am using the nvidia drivers. I did rebuild them from source and I did remove the conflicting mesa files. I am VERY confident that X is loading

Re: [newbie] OT: OEM Hardware

2001-05-09 Thread Todd Flinders
Well, Retail vs OEM will require research. Sometimes they are identical. Sometimes there are vast differences. However, I will say that the Plextor is BY FAR superior to the Yamaha. This is especially true of Yamaha's latest drive. I own a Yamaha and I would gladly switch to Plextor. The

Re: [newbie] full screen gaming [WAS]Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-09 Thread Todd Flinders
Abe, I am using a GeForce 2 GTS like you are. However, my Shogo immediately crashes complaing about SDL when I try to use OpenGL mode. It works under Software Mode, but obviously that is undesirable. Since Shogo is working for you, would you be so kind as to post what version of SDL and SMPEG

Re: [newbie] Quake for linux ?

2001-05-09 Thread Todd Flinders
You can get Quake 1 here, but you'd better check for availability (Note that this link is the publisher): http://www.macmillansoftware.com/detail_software.cfm?item=1575952718 You can get Quake 2 here, but again, check availability (This is also the publisher):

Re: [newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Thread Todd Flinders
Oh, I forget the exact steps, but basically right click on the time and choose Edit Date and Time (or something like that). It will bring up a window. There is a country selection that defaults to Africa (I guess it's in alphabetical order?). Change that to US and it will be fine once you

Re: [newbie] Creative USB WebCam III

2001-05-08 Thread Todd Flinders
Here's the info for Webcam II. It MIGHT be useful: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/usbcreativevideoblaster.html Here's something else that MIGHT help: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ezwebcam.html --- LĂșcio Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everybody. Can

Re: [newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Thread Todd Flinders
In KDE: Right click on the clock. Click Date Time Format. For country select United States of America (us) (assuming you are US for desiring this time). --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ronald How do you change the (default) military time (I want a 12 hour Ronald clock) on the panel

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
Okay, again, I am in NT. :( I wish I had received this message while I was still at home. You need to add the user parameter toward the end of the entry in your /etc/fstab and you will have what you want. It will mount the partitions upon bootup and it will be accessible to normal users.

Re: [newbie]

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
Try an md5sum on your .iso files to make sure the download went okay and that the files weren't corrupt. I would expect X to work fine with your video card. Something peculiar is happening. --- Per Einar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have downloaded the 2 Mandrake 8.0 CDs, and burnt

Re: [newbie] sharing printer

2001-05-07 Thread Todd Flinders
First set up smb-client so that Linux can access the Windows machine. You can do this easily under Networking-Samba Configuration. Then load kups (I think it's Configuration-Printer)and (if your samba is working) it will easily install the windows printer. --- Mike G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] Getting Java to work

2001-05-04 Thread Todd Flinders
Fonts: Konqueror-Settings-Configure Konqueror-KDE Web Browsing-Appearance KDE Control Center-LookNFeel-Fonts Anti-Aliasing: KDE Control Center-LookNFeel-Style __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices

Re: [newbie] mount win files

2001-05-04 Thread Todd Flinders
If D: is the second partition on that drive it is hda2. If it is the second hard drive, it should be hdb1. --- kaab kaoutar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way how to unmount :() I mean if i delete the mounted files does it delete from windws ? :( how to mount D drive ?cause when i typed

Re: [newbie] Mounting windows partition

2001-05-04 Thread Todd Flinders
You can add this mounting to your /etc/fstab file. This will cause Linux to mount windows upon booting. You need to add the users permission to allow users to mount/umount the drive. I don't remember the exact syntax (unfortunately, I am in NT right now), but you will see others in /etc/fstab

Re: [newbie] Lines going across screen in X

2001-05-03 Thread Todd Flinders
This is an NVidia driver error. I've never experienced it, but I've read about others with it. Try older drivers, read the troubleshooting section of the README, and contact Nvidia. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at

Re: [newbie] rm 'ing stuff

2001-05-02 Thread Todd Flinders
They do have an alias. I don't remember where it's defined, though. Until you find it, you can do rm -f, but please be careful. --- Jordan Elver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How do I remove stuff i.e. rm -r folder/ without having to type yes to every file in the folder? I thought there

Re: [newbie] rebuilding the kernel

2001-05-02 Thread Todd Flinders
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade.html --- Carlos Berardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all 1. What packages do i need to download to rebuild my kernel 2. Where can i find a guide or how-to to rebuild my kernel Carlos Berardi

Re: [newbie] Missing /var/log/XFree86.***.log file??? (Mandrake 8.0 rc1)

2001-05-02 Thread Todd Flinders
X -version --- Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just trying to find this so that I could check to see which version of X I am running, and to my surprise, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't seem to have one??? I am running the Release Candidate 1 (FWIW). Thanks, Steven

Re: [newbie] Hard to read fonts in text editors. [OT]

2001-05-02 Thread Todd Flinders
Steve, First of all try turning on Anti-Aliased fonts. Bring up the KDE Control Center. Click LookNFeel. Click Style. Click the Use Anti-Aliasing for fonts and icons checkbox. Click Fonts on the left. Go through the listed fonts replacing them with the fonts you prefer. Note that you can

Re: [newbie] Missing /var/log/XFree86.***.log file??? (Mandrake 8.0 rc1)

2001-05-02 Thread Todd Flinders
Or, you can simply type: X -version from either the terminal or the console. [pj_hooker@flindet pj_hooker]$ X -version XFree86 Version 4.0.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 16 March 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months,

Re: [newbie] Read from CD-RW Drive

2001-04-30 Thread Todd Flinders
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ --- Jim Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone tell me how to configure LM7.2 to read from a IDE CD-RW drive? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at

Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home

2001-04-27 Thread Todd Flinders
Okay, now that you have that Aureal file, copy it to a directory where you would like to expand it. For example: cp Aureal*tar.gz /home/g-couch/ Then you can execute the following command to expand the compressed file and it should place everything in it's own subdirectory: cd /home/g-couch

Re: [newbie] Hey Ex Windows Users: How to read message log via clicking on Home

2001-04-27 Thread Todd Flinders
You're trying to execute messages which (correct me if I'm wrong) is a log file. You said you want to read it with more so type this instead: more /var/log/messages Or even better, use less: less /var/log/messages --- g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 27 April 2001 01:51 pm, David E. Fox

Re: [newbie] Re: Retain MBR (reload GRUB?)

2001-04-27 Thread Todd Flinders
I've had problems with this as well. I select grub during install, but I usually get LILO anyway. Once it installed grub, but did not load the console with the resolution I requested. I have tried several times with Mandrake Control Center to load Grub and it always boots with Lilo. I try to

Re: [newbie] Toshiba PCX1100U USB cable modem on linux?

2001-04-27 Thread Todd Flinders
I am using LNE100TX flawlessly in all of those environments. There must be some sort of conflict with your LNE100TX and the onboard network card??? Can you disable it? You should be able to use both, but something weird is happening to you. LNE100TX certainly works in Linux and Windows. ---

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