Re: [newbie] wmv or asf files in Linux?

On Wednesday 04 April 2001 16:12, you wrote: > Is there any way to play or convert wmv or asf files to mpeg > in Linux? > > I do not have a windows partition > > Thanks Under Wine, some windows programs can apparently play ASF files; howevert, there is no pure linux solution nor is there likely

Re: A twist on the OpenSource paradigm: (was RE: [newbie] Linux Tax S oftware?)

On Wednesday 04 April 2001 12:16, you wrote: > On Monday 02 April 2001 10:44, you wrote: > > This got me to thinking. I really like the idea of open source, however, > > it confounds me on it's viability. I think it's really admirable that so > > many programmers donate their time to the whole GN

Re: [newbie] Zoom ISA Modem = WinModem ?

On Wednesday 04 April 2001 00:17, you wrote: > So..the only modem that will work with Linux is an external or a usb type? > No ISA's or PCI's ? TIA !! > Lee Most ISA s and a few PCIs are normal modems Some USBs are winmodem junk All external serial are normal modems Civileme

Re: [newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?

On Tuesday 03 April 2001 12:47, you wrote: > Well its tulip but i never did get it to work, instead got a realtk > 8139 it works! > > At 10:41 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC? I have a Linksys LNE100TX which works fine wit

Re: [newbie] Mandrake & Redhat on same 'puter

On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:52, you wrote: > G'day > > Is it possible to install Mandrake & RedHat on the same drive using > seperate partitions, if so how??? Search the archives on www.mandrakeforum.com with the string "Two Mandrake" I wrote an article in December 2000 about how to run one or s

Re: [newbie] my time is broken and I can't fix it PLEASE RESPOND

On Tuesday 03 April 2001 02:46, you wrote: > I'm in Central time > > I can't make my machine set the rimt right > > that sucks and pisses me off > > I want my time right OK off your install CD load rdate.(rpm install it) then run this as root in a terminal rdate -s time.nist.gov hwclock --systo

Re: A twist on the OpenSource paradigm: (was RE: [newbie] Linux Tax S oftware?)

On Monday 02 April 2001 10:44, you wrote: > This got me to thinking. I really like the idea of open source, however, it > confounds me on it's viability. I think it's really admirable that so many > programmers donate their time to the whole GNU/FSF movement. I cannot > believe the effort put in

Re: [newbie] DiskDrake won't resize my partition

On Monday 02 April 2001 05:08, you wrote: > > When I click on the Resize button in DiskDrake (after entering expert mode) > during the installation of Mandrake 7.2, I get the following message: > "this partition is not resizable". > > I have a single windows (win98) FAT32 partition that takes u

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 AND 1.NVIDIA drivers 2. Matlab

Hi all, I have 2 questions: I have recently installed Mandrake 7.2 Beta, which seemed to be a necessity for XFree86 to operate properly with NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS card.I was unable to run XFree86 with Mandrake 7.1. I had to install lots of things extra. Anyway, 7.2 sees GeForce2 card and I have a

Re: [newbie] Lib's of 7.2 Beta

an install it. > > Thanks in advance > > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:38:41 -0700 (PDT) Burak Acar > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > >Hi, > >I have recently downloaded Mandrake 7.2 beta version, which I really > need > >to run my GeForce2 GT

[newbie] Lib's of 7.2 Beta

Hi, I have recently downloaded Mandrake 7.2 beta version, which I really need to run my GeForce2 GTS video card properly. Installation was OK. However, I need to run matlab (5.3) and it requires 'libdl.so.1' library. But 7.2 has a newer version and I cannot install libdl.so.1 on top of a newer v