Re: [newbie] Error installation

1999-04-02 Thread Tom Houghton
I had that problem too. See http://mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg00410.html It's nothing you've done wrong. There is a problem with hard-disk installation. The link above puts you onto another page with the answer. You actually want the mv program (unzipped) inside the RedHat

Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade

1999-04-01 Thread Tom Houghton
Dear Steve, I'm sorry to bother you once again, but I still seem to have a major problem. I wanted to try to compile my kernel, but if I try to do 'make xconfig' from /usr/src/linux I get the error 'make: *** No rule to make target `config'. Stop.' [same with make xconfig] I checked around on

Re: [newbie] An idea

1999-04-01 Thread Tom Houghton
I think this would be great. I feel bad to be pestering people, mainly Steve I guess, for information they've already passed on. I guess a large proportion of people using Mandrake are very new, particularly since it was recommended as the best distribution for beginners, and the same questions

[newbie] Kernel Upgrade

1999-03-31 Thread Tom Houghton
I just attempted to upgrade my kernel according to the official guidelines on the web site, but it didn't work. I did everything on the list, putting in the kernel and kernel headers and upgrading all the packages. I used rpm -ivh for the kernel and headers, and rpm -U for all the others. I ran

Re: [newbie] Please, color xterm

1999-03-23 Thread Tom Houghton
The xterm color and color xterm commands work OK (seem to do the same thing), and I found I could get colour with my spartan program when I forced the X-server to deliver 16 bit colour. However I'm still getting the aforementioned error about fonts, (see below, the remote computer is bohr): bohr