[newbie] Default Viewing Font - Kwrite/Konquerer

2001-05-20 Thread Ed Kasky
for view a file's contents... In settings/configure konqueror/appearance there is a tab for appearance which lists fonts for various things but none make any changes to the font in the viewer or in Kwrite. Ed -- Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA ~~~ Everyone has a right to be stupid.  Some

Re: [newbie] Default Viewing Font - Kwrite/Konquerer

2001-05-20 Thread Ed Kasky
That worked! Thanks... I tried the anti-aliasing but it caused some strange behavior in a terminal window so I shut it off for the time being. I need to do some reading on what anti-aliasing is and why it would cause the font in my term window to be underlined... Ed At 08:18 PM Sunday, 5

Re: [newbie] fstab and /mnt/windows

2001-05-19 Thread Ed Kasky
I got it mounted using fstab which is what I wanted. However using the following: /dev/hde1 /mnt/windows ntfs user,exec,umask=0 0 0 it is browsable but read only... Am I missing something to make it writeable?? Ed ~~ At 09:26 PM Friday, 5/18/2001, Dave Sherman wrote -= Yep. Dave

[newbie] fstab and /mnt/windows

2001-05-18 Thread Ed Kasky
What would be the proper entry in /etc/fstab to automatically mount my windoze partition from hde? I would like to at least have read access to be able to access files. Is this correct? /dev/hde1/mnt/windows ext2defaults 1 2 Thanks in advance Ed ~~ Ed Kasky Los Angeles

Re: [newbie] fstab and /mnt/windows

2001-05-18 Thread Ed Kasky
If it's an ntfs formatted partition do I use ntfs in place of vfat? Ed At 01:20 PM Friday, 5/18/2001, Dave Sherman wrote -= Try this: /dev/hde1/mnt/windows vfatuser,exec,umask=0 0 0 It should give you full read/write access. Dave On Friday 18 May 2001 10:33, thus spake Ed Kasky

Re: [newbie] AIeee! server problems please help!

2001-05-17 Thread Ed Colmar
security warnings that had symptoms similar to this... Am I in trouble? Is there anything I can do to correct this problem? Please help! tia -ed-

[newbie] AIeee! server problems please help!

2001-05-15 Thread Ed Colmar
, and weird things are happening with top and ps. I saw some security warnings that had symptoms similar to this... Am I in trouble? Is there anything I can do to correct this problem? Please help! tia -ed-

Re: [newbie] Access Floppy drive in Linux

2001-05-14 Thread Ed Tharp
just start with your home directory and just remember that .. is the directory above your current directory. your hard drive should be listed as /mnt/win_c for the windows drive, if you set it up as diskdrake defaults. the top folder (to use a windows concept) is / the next folder down would

Re: [newbie] install problem?

2001-05-13 Thread Ed Kasky
it for emergencies... Ed At 12:00 PM Wednesday, 5/9/2001, Alan Carpenter wrote -= During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails

Re: [newbie] Detect only 2GB from 20GB

2001-05-12 Thread Ed Tharp
can you give us a clue about how old the Motherboard is? and is it setup correctly in BIOS, and did you install a drive overlay when installing it? do you have LBA setup in BIOS? On Sat, 12 May 2001, Goh Huade wrote: Hi, I just buy a new IBM 20GB hard drive, while installing mandrake

Re: [newbie] OMG! I'm back on the list!!!

2001-05-11 Thread Ed Tharp
glad to have you back... I had the same Random enhancement happen to me a few months ago, I thought it was because I had been on the newbie list about a year.. time to join the expert list too, I have noticed a drop of numbers of e-mails from newbie... - Original Message - From: Sridhar

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

2001-05-10 Thread Ed Kasky
I have found Netscape Messenger to work just fine for NG's... Ed ~~ At 09:11 PM 5/10/2001 +0200, Paul wrote: It was Thu, 10 May 2001 14:24:40 -0400 when Rog wrote: One program I'd love to see is Agent/Free Agent, since I don't like the newsreaders I've found in Linux. Agent works very well

[newbie] Re: Homepage [ALERT] Virus alert...

2001-05-09 Thread Ed Kasky
/demime.html Ed At 09:41 AM Wednesday, 5/9/2001, Devon Null wrote -= At 07:59 05/09/2001 -0400, Dorian_750 wrote: Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool ;O) Attachment Converted: C:\applications\EudoraPro\Attach\homepage.HTML3.vbs === Re: [newbie

[newbie] Still Unable to mount root fs

2001-05-09 Thread Ed Kasky
hdf1? Thanks in advance Ed ~~ Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.

[newbie] Unable to mount root fs

2001-05-08 Thread Ed Kasky
on the second drive? Watching the boot process it appears to recognize both drives. Any ideas or suggestions as to what to look at next? Thanks in advance Ed ~~ Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . Bad day: Spouse is reading a new book : Celibacy. The Secret Weapon.

Re: [newbie] sound card help

2001-05-06 Thread Ed Tharp
sorry to get into this thread late, but... I may know what the problem is (I have the same sound cared and had a hell of a time figuring out why no sound...) can you go into a sound mixer program and set the volume? this card default to so low volume that I could not hear a thing, although it

Re: [newbie] If this will not turn businesses to Linux I don't know what will.

2001-05-02 Thread Ed Tharp
- Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. Com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:32 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] If this will not turn businesses to Linux I don't know what will. If you think about it, Microsnot,, is just a bunch of

Re: [newbie] networking question

2001-04-05 Thread Ed Tharp
first step...turn off Plug and pray in bios... - Original Message - From: "Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] networking question How did you get Linux to see your network card? I've Mandrake 7.2 Deluxe,

Re: [newbie] root security mail messages

2001-03-29 Thread Ed Colmar
ck786", Permission denied Does anyone know how to make this stop? Ideally how to fix it? Thanks! -ed-

[newbie] root security mail messages

2001-03-27 Thread Ed Colmar
ck786", Permission denied Does anyone know how to make this stop? Ideally how to fix it? Thanks! -ed-

Re: [newbie] Pb installing LM 7.2

2001-03-18 Thread Ed Tharp
thank you tom.. I did not even realize I was sending in the same format as the original... - Original Message - From: "Thomas Webster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Pb installing LM 7.2 I also would recommend you

Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list

2001-03-11 Thread Ed Tharp
let's not start banning people.. I might be next... - Original Message - From: "Miark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list Hans! That is an excellent idea! I'm gonna do that immediately, too.

Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

2001-03-10 Thread Ed Tharp
so... Qua why don't you tell us a name - Original Message - From: "Quaylar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss At 17:51 08.03.2001 -0600, you wrote: On Thursday 08 March 2001 10:15 am,

Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

2001-03-10 Thread Ed Tharp
your dsl provider... I missed it if you said it earlier.. - Original Message - From: "Quaylar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss At 09:24 10.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: so... Qua why

Re: [newbie] MODEM Com port?

2001-03-10 Thread Ed Tharp
first charley... can you access the bios (CMOS) setup when the computer starts, and turn OFF "plug and pray aware OS" (since *nix -like linux- are not plug and pray aware OS) then run (SU to root in a console window - without the quotes-) "cat /proc/pci" and read the info printed out... looking

Re: [newbie] What's up with the list?

2001-03-10 Thread Ed Tharp
it's not a "mystery" it's a "random enhancement" of the list.G - Original Message - From: "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] What's up with the list? it happens. sometimes i post it shows up 3 days

Re: [newbie] OFF TOPIC 8.0 beta response

2001-03-09 Thread Ed Tharp
just to keep this up... (with tongue firmly implanted in right cheek) and when did the almighty leave you in charge to decide what is or is NOT "political correctness" (ands heck ain't you from an island name Ireland, if-n you-n a Celt? and by the way do you all know what the phrase (excuse

Re: [newbie] change animated .gif to open source format?

2001-03-09 Thread Ed Colmar
I'd like to see it! -e-

[newbie] microsoft Quake

2001-03-08 Thread Ed Tharp
GATES: "QUAKE JUST A SAMPLE OF OUR POWER" In a warning to the US Government, Microsoft demonstrated their power by launching a major earthquake in Seattle. Bill Gates issued a statement from the Microsoft "Campus". "The time for talk is over. We will not be broken apart. We have

Re: [newbie] Why is 7.2 so much slower than 7.1?

2001-03-08 Thread Ed Tharp
have you tried to do with out such a large swap? - Original Message - From: "Michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:28 PM Subject: [newbie] Why is 7.2 so much slower than 7.1? Hello, I just installed 7.2 on a 300PII with 64M Ram and a 256M

Re: [newbie] USB CDRW

2001-03-05 Thread Ed Tharp
I have a USB cd writer, I have not been able to get working under any flavor of linux (altho I must admit I have given up on most flavors other than L-M. I have been using 7.2. I do get a lot of buffer errors, more when I run seti-at-home. I Strongly would recommend an IDE or SCSI burner. -

Re: [newbie] Installing a netgear FA311 NIC...help!!!

2001-03-03 Thread Ed Tharp
first step... go into bios setup and set plug and pray aware OS to NO. this should not effect your windows as it will still find the cards, but they will be initialized by the BIOS instead of the OS. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March

Re: [newbie] usb cd writer

2001-03-01 Thread Ed Tharp
I would also like to know that... I have the same USB CD writer - Original Message - From: "Jamie M. Dyer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Newbie (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:31 AM Subject: [newbie] usb cd writer Is there any chance of getting my HP usb

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
less see. a quick look at a whois database on cybersam shows... registrant: qq corporation ( cybersam3-dom ) 126 belmont drive, unit 42 london, on n6j 4w1 ca ca domain name: cybersam.com administrative contact, billing contact: a., sam ( sa6132 ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] qq corporation 126

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
wither "YOUR LEGAL department" considers Spam or not .. I consider it Spam, I will do everythingin my power to see that no one I know will do any sort of business with any one as pompass (THAT is how I wanted it spelled) asyourself.. consider yourself bozo-filtered.. I will be setting up a

Re: [newbie] SPAM

2001-02-26 Thread Ed Tharp
the truth is that unsolicited e-mail IS Spam. and just what kind of BS business are you hoping for help here.. maybe that someday you will have a "real" website.. instead of just a "dotcom" name your mommy thinks is catchy.??? If you do not like the fact that my company has an

Re: [newbie] Disappeared Internet access

2001-02-17 Thread Ed Tharp
most often you will need to correctly set your ISP's DNS Server in whatever program you use to dial-in - Original Message - From: "DRX" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 5:33 AM Subject: [newbie] Disappeared Internet access The modem beeps

Re: [newbie] Installation

2001-02-17 Thread Ed Tharp
if the problem happens as the same area of the source medium is read, perhaps you might want to not install that section of packages. try to get the cups update from mandrake's web site. - Original Message - From: "Ryan Le Gros" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday,

Re: [newbie] [OT] What would be an ideal (but reasonable) LM7.2 desktop platform

2001-02-17 Thread Ed Tharp
as I under stand it a bogomip is a "bogus" million instructions per second. not a "true" MIPS - Original Message - From: "Carroll Grigsby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT] What would be an ideal (but reasonable)

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Ed Tharp
gee... I have added *.wav files to audio CDs I was burning for my daughter and here friends and they were able to catch the jokes the wave files contained. (nothing like a loud "buurrp" after track three, I always say.) - Original Message - From: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Correct NIC module for Realtek8029?

2001-01-31 Thread Ed Tharp
make sure plug and pray aware OS is turned OFF in your BIOS - Original Message - From: "Bill Barto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Correct NIC module for Realtek8029? /proc/pci says: BUS 0, device 11,function 0

[newbie] ms-linux again?

2001-01-26 Thread Ed Tharp
an intersting article from http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41454,00.html wired news But sources close to the company insist that Microsoft had indeed been the victim of a denial of service attack on Thursday. It also appears that Microsoft has now handed over the management of its

Re: [newbie] ms-linux again?

2001-01-26 Thread Ed Tharp
] ms-linux again? Ed: Isn't this the same Microsoft that I read about a week or two back? The one that is proposing to convert the US election process to an internet-based system in place of the current hodge podge of paper ballots, electromechanical machines, punch cards and scanners curre

Re: [newbie] ppp error 15

2001-01-12 Thread ed tharp
This did NOT make any difference... - Original Message - From: "civileme" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ppp error 15 On Wednesday 10 January 2001 00:40, you wrote: I have been having a hell of a time with my

Re: [newbie] ppp error 15

2001-01-11 Thread ed tharp
I have no problem connecting, and the dns numbers I have put in are the ones I used in two other (windows) computers for earthlink. the dialup and log-on are fine, just no connections to the net past the computer I am dialing into. - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] ppp error 15

2001-01-10 Thread ed tharp
thanks I will give it a try and let you know. ed - Original Message - From: "civileme" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ppp error 15 On Wednesday 10 January 2001 00:40, you wrote: I have been hav

Re: [newbie] Signal 7....

2000-12-26 Thread Ed Tharp
NEED MORE RAM - Original Message - From: "ZER0 FREQUENCY" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Newbie Mailing List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 10:31 AM Subject: [newbie] Signal 7 I'm trying

Re: RE: [newbie] Installation with older Bios

2000-12-26 Thread Ed Tharp
Type startx. OR "r.t.f.d." (DO NOT type that) Donald Munson wrote: OK well I took the plunge and let Mandrake load onto the drive. I told it to erase the Dos partition and load to the entire drive. The setup went OK (I think?). Now when I boot to Linux I get a command line prompt

Re: Re: [newbie] new to list - happy holidays

2000-12-26 Thread Ed Tharp
hey les... do you know of a linux users group near charlotte? (I am in Monroe, and at least on other person on this list is from rock hill or fort mill. maybe we ought to start one for mandrake users - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [newbie] Tulip drivers will not work/compile

2000-12-26 Thread Ed Tharp
not to press what may have been obvious, but have you turned off all Plug and Pray awareness in your bios? was my problem... with the tulip drivers - Original Message - From: "Gil" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 4:04 PM Subject: [newbie] Tulip

Re: [newbie] Im Sorry,

2000-12-23 Thread Ed Tharp
as a spokes person for "Richard" I would (note tongue protruding from cheek) take great umbrage at the use of " dick" in the preceding post like Mr. Kerr said ( currently with tongue in correct placement) "Merry Crimbo" and to all a good night - Original Message - From: "var1x"

Re: [RE: [newbie] breaking out of a gui]

2000-12-20 Thread Ed Tharp
try [ctrl]+[alt]+[f3] (or any f* key up to [f6]) and then to get back into your xwindow sesion [ctrl]+[alt]+[f7] - Original Message - From: "Michael Scottaline" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:06 AM Subject: Re: [RE: [newbie] breaking out of a

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
Abe Lincoln said that I will let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,,, and Bob Dylan said that... - Original Message - From: "paddock" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux "You can please

Re: [newbie] Winmodem

2000-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
ARG... no more HTML!!! no more backgrounds either - Original Message - From: skalvin To: Lista correo Mandrake Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: [newbie] Winmodem hi! Has

Re: [newbie] Mike Scott Mandrake Newbie

2000-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
you won't need luck just a good understanding of boot records and hard drives, and study a bit on linux partitioning schemes. Partition magic works wonders, (although in my dual boot machine I use both PM and lilo so I have a second chance to change my little mind as I boot.) and

Re: [newbie] Winmodem

2000-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
ARG - Original Message - From: skalvin To: Lista correo Mandrake Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: [newbie] Winmodem hi! Has anybody installed a winmodem in Linux? I've Mandrake 7.2 and my modem is a Lucent Winmodem

Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
DUDE!!! I did not think anyone else would remember that song - Original Message - From: "-michael-" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux On Friday 15 December 2000 15:51, regarding Re: [newbie]

Re: [[newbie] securing Mandrake]

2000-12-13 Thread ed
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to be asking this, as I'm having no hardware config or install problems, but I need a bit of advice on making Mandrake more secure. I have already gone through and commented out various stuff in

[newbie] Tripwire ??

2000-12-04 Thread ed
Hi all I was wondering if anyone here uses tripwire and if so where can i get it and how hard is it to install. thanks all . Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

[newbie] Partition still weird?

2000-11-23 Thread ed
Hey all I am still confused about my permissions settings on linux that say windows is DRWXRWXRWX and when I try to change the permissions nothing happens anybody got an answer for me. tia Get free email and a permanent address

Re: [newbie] Shut down problem

2000-11-22 Thread Ed Tharp
try (in a console or alt-ctrl-f5- as root)with out the quotes type "shutdown -h now" - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shut down problem On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, speed of light wrote:

Re: [newbie] Aurora

2000-11-22 Thread Ed Tharp
Title: RE: [newbie] Aurora I personally like JED - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:13 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Aurora Pardon me for butting in but, how do you edit if you can't get

Re: [newbie] Boot Defaults

2000-11-22 Thread Ed Tharp
ctrl-alt-f2 (or any "f*" key up to f6) and ctrl-alt-f7 to go back into xwindow that was open - Original Message - From: "Dickman, Jeff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Boot Defaults Joel, You can open a

[newbie] permission Question

2000-11-21 Thread ed
Hi all I have a couple questions on my LM7.2 when Iam root and do a $cd /mnt then a $mnt ls -l My windows/ is set to drwxrwxrwx so figuring this is unsafe I do a chmod 600 windows/ but the permissions stay the same nothing happens ? so what if anything am I doing wrong,as ROOT shouldnt I

Re: [newbie] Network Card Woes

2000-11-19 Thread Ed Tharp
have you tried disabling Plug and pray aware OS in BIOS? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 2:36 PM Subject: [newbie] Network Card Woes Hi list, I have been running two boxes for a while, one Mandrake and one Windows.

[newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-19 Thread ed
Hi heres my Question how do I remove the linux partitions on my HD without having to format the whole HD. I used partition magic to make the partitions on my HD and then I used diskdrake to shrink them to have /hda5,/homehda7,swaphda6,/usrhda8 and hdawindows for a dual-bootbox.I've done this

[newbie] Printing with STAR OFFICE

2000-11-18 Thread Ed Santiago
Help! Please! I have 7.2 installed and can print with the following: KWord AbiWord Advanced Editor Text Editor Dia KIllustrator Sketch The printer works great in those, however in StarOffice it doesnt print. I have changed the "connect" to qtcups and to xpp, when I try to print the qtcups

Re: [newbie] bone to pick with Macmillan

2000-11-17 Thread Ed Tharp
heck, in MY book, that's what happens when you support WAL-MART - Original Message - From: "TimD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] bone to pick with Macmillan I think you all need to stop bitchen. This is Linux.

Re: [newbie] Take me off the E-Mail

2000-11-17 Thread Ed Tharp
with tongue firmly implanted in cheek I make the following suggestion, just to change the standard answer send $10.00 US (cash only, no personal checks, money orders are acceptable but may require longer to process) to everyone posting on this list within the next forty eight hours, and we will

Re: [newbie] group psychologist

2000-11-17 Thread Ed Tharp
- Original Message - From: "patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] group psychologist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Ed writes:) Liear. LIER, Lier we all Know NO-ONE named PAtrick would have ANY friends (j

[newbie] Re: StarOffice 5.2 printing

2000-11-16 Thread Ed Santiago
as been sent. I can print out the email I get with Netscape and I can print out of KWord and AbiWord with no problem. Any other ideas??? HELP! Thanks in advance, Ed P.S. KWord is most impressive KDE 2.0 is very cool along with all the Office programs. If you haven't used KWord chk it out

[newbie] StarOffice 5.2 printing

2000-11-15 Thread Ed Santiago
it has printed but my printer does nothing. When I used Mandrake 7.1 I didnt have this problem. Anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance, Ed

Re: [newbie] Problem with DiskDrake

2000-11-13 Thread Ed Tharp
just how big deem hard drives? and where did you get a 6000 gig. drive anyway, from the starship Enterprise? Kirk will be mad. - Original Message - From: "Raju Krishnappa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Problem with

[newbie] aim instant message through IPchains

2000-11-12 Thread Ed
anyone having set up a firewall that allows users on the inside network to connect to aol instant messageing? It is beating the pulp outa me. any ideas or help would be welcome I can connect to the net through the proxie, but when I set up the proxie settings in my wife winblows box for AIM I get

Re: [newbie] New to list

2000-11-10 Thread Ed Tharp
- Original Message - From: "patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] New to list Ed Tharp wrote: realyyy I want to take this opportunity to beg for forgiveness around here I meant no ha

Re: [newbie] New to list

2000-11-09 Thread Ed Tharp
that was a CAPs lock key I intended to bust...totally non-violent person here(ever since I got out of Leavenworth for fragging my lieutenant in 'nam) - Original Message - From: "patrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:09 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] New to list

2000-11-09 Thread Ed Tharp
realyyy I want to take this opportunity to beg for forgiveness around here I meant no harm nor any real threats... (yeesh) - Original Message - From: "Rolf Pedersen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] New to

[newbie] freei

2000-11-06 Thread ed
Hi all I was wondering has anyone been able to surf the web on linux with freei, I am able to get a connection and surf the web for like 10-15mins then I'll suddenly lose my connection. anybody out there have a solution to this besides pay-forisp, well thanks all...

Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user

2000-11-03 Thread Ed Tharp
Just set up the DNS servers, you can do it from linuxconfig, or KPPP options - Original Message - From: "Robert Valska" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user I do not feel all

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

2000-11-03 Thread Ed Tharp
but what about the original post in this thread that said he wanted swap first, before /usr or / - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem I've

[newbie] 7.2 and USB

2000-10-30 Thread Ed Tharp
reasons I use windows now is to once a day scan and fax my paperwork to the front office, and for that I have to reboot. Thanx in advance Ed

[newbie] portsentry help

2000-10-25 Thread ed
Hi all I was wondering does anyone here use portsentry cause I have it on my boxx and it works fine except for the wav.file that is supposed to warn me when someone scans me the ip is blocked and put in the host.deny file but I never hear the wav.file does anyone here know how I can correct this.

[newbie] start up sound

2000-10-24 Thread ed
Hi all I was wondering how do I make wav.sound files play like at kde startup, do I have to add the wav file to my path ? Iam running mdk7.1 thanks all. Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions

2000-10-24 Thread Ed Tharp
is it possible that you are directing the install program to set your boot sector into the dos (hda1) partition? - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux

[newbie] RE tbs II aureal

2000-10-23 Thread ed
I have that sound card on my system mandrake 7.1 and downloaded the drivers from aureal.linux.com something like that and did an make install and got the busy error so then I did a make clean and did the make install again and my soundcard works now. hope this helps

Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions

2000-10-21 Thread Ed Tharp
HY? - Original Message - From: "Ed Tharp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions maybe the defrag is running scandisk, and auto settings are set to repair the boot sect

[newbie] who answers?

2000-09-29 Thread ed
Hey all I was just wondering who answers these questions we all ask because ive read some I could help answer but NOT sure if I can. Can anybody that knows the answer respond. I have a question about security if I dont use linux for the internet only windows do I still have to disable my ports

[newbie] Good book

2000-09-22 Thread ed
HI all I am wondering if anybody knows of a good linux security book that will explain firewalls,ports,scaners..etc... To use to secure my linux box and learn more about security. thanks in advance. Get free email and a

Re: [newbie] Let me go!!!!

2000-09-18 Thread Ed Tharp
gee whiz guys.. I keep telling you to not give these directions out... if they want off of this list, they (really I sware, and I look just like Bill Gates, so every one should believe me) just send 10 dollars (US) to every one who posts within 24 hours (better make that 48 hours) of your

Re: [newbie] Network Card Address

2000-09-14 Thread ed
ifconfig, if you have it configured and running On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, you wrote: Can anyone tell me a command, or config tool that will enable me to find the address of my network card? (XX-XX-XX-XX-XX) Thank you.

[newbie] whats going on

2000-09-14 Thread ed
Hey why am i getting all this email from you guys ? Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

RE: [newbie] PCI Hardware Modem Says Sorry, the modem is busy.

2000-09-12 Thread Ed
just a thought, have you tried to adjust the setserial command to point to "/dev/modem" instead of "/dev/ttyS2"? and set the modem in linuxconfig "initial system services" to point to ttyS2, and turned offf all PNP on the BOIS? including PNP aware OOS to NO? On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] Getting online with Earthlink

2000-09-11 Thread ed
this may be as simple as extending your timeouts or trying a different DNS server number. I use Earthlink and connect with mandrake with no problem. are you using kppp or ifup ppp0? the dns servers numbers I find work for me wiith earthlink are 207.217.77.82 and 207.217.126.81 On Sun, 10 Sep

Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem

2000-09-11 Thread ed
try dis-abling P-n-P in your BOIS and setting the P-n-P operating system to NO in bios if you have such settings. On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, you wrote: It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it

Re: [newbie] how do you unsubscribe???

2000-09-11 Thread ed
no, no, no, reallly (toungue firmly implanted in cheek) don't do it that way... the best idea is to send $10.00 US to every emial address on the i list within 48 hours. really... would I lie to you, I look just like bill gates...reallly.just $10.00(US) each.. ok? (damn that toungue may never get

Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem

2000-09-11 Thread ed
one other note, in the setserial nomencalture; instead of "setserial /dev/tty1[etc] or what evwer serial port you are selecting, try "/dev/modem" On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "John" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11,

Re: [newbie] last one to be answered :(

2000-09-10 Thread ed
try jed ( I like it) command line or console... prettty colors.. On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, you wrote: emacs will from from a command line and doesn't require X windows to be available. Save is ctrl x s exit is ctrl x c should be enough to get you through basic

Re: [newbie] Question on Partitioning

2000-09-06 Thread Ed Tharp
first run scandisk, then run defrag, let scandisk fix the crosslinked files. then run partition magic then install mandrake.you might wish to get an additional hard drive you will need the space 4 gigs ain't enough for both 98, and a good (read expert, developer, all packages) mandrake install...

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Ed Tharp
try "man fsck" (wid out da quotes, A'course) - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Goldenpi wrote: Inetd has nothing to

Re: [newbie] umm i have no sound!!

2000-09-02 Thread Ed Santiago
root wrote: Well it appears as if the install worked fine except that my sound card doesn't work. I have no idea what could be wrong with it as this is the first time i have ever worked with linux... please someone i need some help! - Stickus - Log on as root and in a shell type

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