[newbie] Changing desktop

2004-12-24 Thread George N. Conover
I just installed Mandrake 10.1 and I can't get KDE to come up. How do I change the Desktops from the command line? I want to try GNOME. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

[newbie] Help needed configuring SSHD and PAM

2004-01-05 Thread George P. Stathis
Hello, I'm new to Linux and I'm running Mandrake 9.2. I have just installed the sshd server that came with the installation disks. My sshd service is running fine but I'm unable to login to localhost with the root password. I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ssh localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s

Re: [newbie] Help needed configuring SSHD and PAM

2004-01-05 Thread George P. Stathis
for now. Thank you for your time! --- Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 05 January 2004 08:46 pm, George P. Stathis wrote: Hello, I'm new to Linux and I'm running Mandrake 9.2. I have just installed the sshd server that came with the installation disks. My sshd service

[newbie] Building the source to reflect current config

2003-12-30 Thread George P. Stathis
Title: Message Hello, I am running Mandrake 9.2 and I am trying to install VMware Workstation 4 on it (http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html). This software requires the header files of the Linux kernel since it makes some changes to them. When I downloaded the 3 disks of

Re: [newbie] Building the source to reflect current config

2003-12-30 Thread George P. Stathis
to configure VMware without any further problems. -GS --- Sharrea Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:00, George P. Stathis wrote: Firstly, please lose the Reply-to address. It causes replies to go directly to you rather than the list. Thanks. When I open my KDE control center

Re: [newbie] reading books on my palm

2003-08-14 Thread George E. Hamilton
j-pilot has install under file in the menu bar. This will install your books if they are in pdb, or prc format. George On Tuesday 12 August 2003 08:47 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:21:24PM +0300, Anarky wrote: hi, I've got a palm m105 ... and though I have found

[newbie] Evolution

2003-01-16 Thread George Baker
I've just installed MDK 8.2 and was really pleased to find Evolution. Is it possible to import Outlook 2000 info into Evolution. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. -Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680) Want

[newbie] Getting LILO back after installing Win XP

2003-01-09 Thread George Baker
LILO back. I'm a bit worried now that the C: drive is NTFS. If I use the MDK 7.0 boot CD will I damage something? I have never used NTFS before and don't want to mess things up. I unfortunately don't have a MDK boot floppy disk. Please advise. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Can anyone use XMMS and select a dir to play in the playlist?

2002-12-24 Thread George Baker
.directory - if I deleted this file then back in Linux everything was hunky dory. Since the reinstall this has not been a problem George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The world is your oyster.but the future's your clam - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] Upgrading xmms

2002-12-17 Thread George Baker
Is it possible to upgrade xmms to a newer version on MDK 7.0? I have downloaded xmms 1.2.7. - MDK 7.0 came with xmms 0.9.5.1. I see I need glib 1.2.2 or better. Can I download the necessary libraries and then compile the new xmms? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 The soul would

[newbie] vmware

2002-12-17 Thread George Baker
From reading this list I gather you can run Win within Linux using vmware. It seems as MDK 7.0 did not come with this - so is it possible to download vmware and install it on MDK 7.0 or do I need to upgrade to 8.2. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 I declare a permanent state

[newbie] syslogd

2002-12-12 Thread George Baker
Last night a process called syslogd -m started and my hard drive went mad for over 7 hours until I killed the process. What is it doing and how often - will it always carry on for so long or was it just a once off due to me moving MDK to a new drive?? Please advise George Want to buy your

[newbie] A big thank you

2002-12-11 Thread George Baker
I have been on this list for a few months and have saved all messages I thought were important. Today I installed a new hard drive and moved MDK over to it and resized the partitions without one problem. All due to the advice given this list. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714

[newbie] RE: core dumps

2002-12-04 Thread George Baker
Can you delete Core Dump files? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes did not have tears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Can't access hda1

2002-12-01 Thread George Baker
permissions for it alone. WHAT have I done. Please help George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. - Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT? Tech Support Letter - A good laugh

2002-11-19 Thread George Baker
Dear Tech Support: This year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this was included with the product information. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself

[newbie] Moved CDROM

2002-11-13 Thread George Baker
access the drive. I presume they are still trying to access /dev/hdb instead of /dev/hdc. Where do I change these settings? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Africa is not for sissies - tata ma chance - Syd Kitchen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Modem not responding

2002-11-12 Thread George Baker
I'm using MDK 7.0 with an external Rockwell modem on serial A or Com 1. Using kppp if I query the modem the lights flash but then it says modem not responding. Does not matter if I choose dev/modem or dev/ttys0. Either one the modem lights flash but same result modem not responding. Help please.

Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE

2002-10-24 Thread George Baker
reinstalling MDK as I was going to upgrade to Ver 8.2 anyway. Any info would be appreciated. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder

2002-10-14 Thread George Baker
I presume this is true for Mandrake later than MDK 7.0 but as I am still living in the dark age is it possible to download the ogg encoder/decoder and implement them in Xmms and Grip? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer

Fw: [newbie] Lilo

2002-09-27 Thread George Baker
George Baker wrote: I've got a Compaq DP 4000 P166 which creates a partition with the software to change any CMOS settings (you push F10). After installing MDK 7.0 with LILO I can't get into the Cmos settings. Is there a way of pointing LILO to this partition. Luckily I still have

Re: [newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385

2002-09-27 Thread George Baker
George Baker wrote: Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move

[newbie] Lilo

2002-09-25 Thread George Baker
settings. Thanks George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Africa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385

2002-09-22 Thread George Baker
Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move a window it leaves shadows behind. I

[newbie] Linux machine in an NT environment

2002-02-22 Thread george Pitcher
? If it helps, I can use SMB to connect to a network printer within the workgroup. MTIA George in Edinburgh _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] Linux machine in an NT environment

2002-02-22 Thread george Pitcher
Hi all, I have setup a laptop in an NT environment and I would like to be able to swap files directly, just as I can with my last remaining Mac. I haven't a clue where to start. I have an NT Worgroup with 4NT clients (all running NTServer4) one Win2K laptop and a Mac with MacOS9. Any

[newbie] Linux on an NT network - and more

2002-02-13 Thread George Pitcher
main aim is to have a LAMP setup with PHP. MTIA George in Edinburgh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux on an NT network - and more

2002-02-13 Thread George Pitcher
). George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] LinuxMandrake on a Mac

2002-02-11 Thread George Pitcher
or MkLinux. HTH George in Edinburgh - Original Message - From: Brian Durant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] LinuxMandrake on a Mac Is there a LinuxMandrake for a MAc computer I have a Mac LC3

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership??

2002-02-08 Thread George Pitcher
Tomek, I don't think so. Just say that you'll join later. G - Original Message - From: Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership?? Hi, Maybe I don't understand well english, but... DO

Re: [newbie] Re: [Cooker] Wp8/libc5 and bus error.

2002-01-24 Thread George Czerw
Thanks for the suggestion, Dan, but I already have those RPMs installed (and reinstalled for good measure!). WP8 was working fine for me under both LM 8.0 8.1, but got hosed after I installed the Cooker release. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] DHCP trouble with Comcast.net

2002-01-21 Thread George Czerw
= NETWORK= BROADCAST= ONBOOT=yes After DHCP passes the parameters, the blanks should be filled in with the correct information. 4. If you haven't turned your cable modem off since the conversion, you should do so, so that will clear any cached information out of its memory. Hope this helps. George

Re: [newbie] I've got a strange one

2001-12-19 Thread Andrew George
GMC fire up Theres always the nuclear option of killing .kde and .kderc if all else fails :( -- Andrew George --- Equality is not when a female Einstein gets promoted to assistant professor; equality is when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel

Re: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake

2001-12-17 Thread Andrew George
-by-side with existing kernel, then checking lilo initrd before rebooting good -- Andrew George --- It's a brave man who, when things are at their darkest, can kick back and party! -- Dennis Quaid, Inner Space Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] Still having problems with Apache Local Directories

2001-12-17 Thread Andrew George
an everyone read attribute -- Andrew George --- If anyone has seen my dog, please contact me at x2883 as soon as possible. We're offering a substantial reward. He's a sable collie, with three legs, blind in his left eye, is missing part of his right ear and the tip of his tail

[newbie] custom cd linux installation.

2001-09-26 Thread george
noted a post asking info to make multi installations of linux. did you find help? if not, reply your request. i can offer contact with someone on another list, who, iirc, wrote a custom installation, burn bootable cds. tc,hago. g . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] 2nd CD and sharing files

2001-09-26 Thread george
Frank McKenna wrote: [snip] Difficulties increase the closer we approach our Goals that they do frank. Plato ~ It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,an hour to like someone and a day to love someonebut it takes a lifetime to forget someone. this is true. so please disable your

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Thread george
Anke Max wrote: Gidday All [snip] it is easier to teach good habits, than it is to change bad habits. Well said g Thanks Max thank you max. i do hope all of this does help 'all us newbies'. -=- perseverance can be a reward. -=- tc,hago. g . Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Thread george
Richie de Almeida wrote: Sorry George, I was just contributing to the conversation. I kinda wondered if I wasn't making myself clear but you understand your position well enuff you didn't take any offence! The thread itself was talking about a particular bad response to HTML email so

Re: [newbie] 2nd CD and sharing files

2001-09-26 Thread george
Frank McKenna wrote: Thanks but I just checked and these messages are supposed to be going out in plain text. If these are going out in HTML format then I am sorry but I am not sure where else to change my settings you must have found it. this is 'text/plain' Please find below a copy of

Re: [newbie] A bit of foward thinking?

2001-09-26 Thread george
Joseph Braddock wrote: Sorry, Nostradamus never said/wrote that. You left off the date of 1654 which normally is at the end of this, not true. i only passed along what i found in enews, -=- from old email -=- Web Site Review [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~*~*~ Tuesday, September 18, 2001 ~*~*~

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-25 Thread george
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: [snip] thank you for your responce. i follow this list. i am threading subject. i will reply thru list to this subject... -- Jeremy S. Anderson another wise man... -=- beauty of real is revealed only to those who persevere. -=- perseverance can be a reward. -=-

Re: [newbie] Gartner Group Suggests Dumping IIS

2001-09-25 Thread george
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Good god this is funny: God if you can 'Good'. tymGBu. ;) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/24/1814256 did not see it there, but did note similar on a few other enews list. you will note 'trends' thru enews list and is hope fully an indication that 'fresh

Re: [newbie] Hayes external modem

2001-09-25 Thread george
PENA FAMILY wrote: This is for the interest of anyone who is planning on buying a Linux compatible external modem. [snip] hayes is good. have used slower 'early models', grew faster with usr, now motorola. All in all I enjoyed and recommend the Hayes external modem. The only trouble now is

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-25 Thread george
Mark Johnson wrote: Agreed. You know it's amazing how many times we assume the worse in others [snip] no agrument with you points of this issue. before long, this thread can make a good 'faqs for newbie'. but will they bother to read it. surely, a newbie to a list will note that majority

Re: [newbie] Hayes external modem

2001-09-25 Thread george
FLYNN, Steve wrote: ROFL! I'd be absolutely stunned if a modem was asking for an email account name! [snip] my sides are still sore. ;) at least anyone else doing a 'subject:' search on hayes external modems, will know a little more about setting 'hayes commands' if you ever come to

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-25 Thread george
Miark wrote: [snip] i thought that was 'cheese and mac'. use tip of a spoon handle. works for me. tc,hago. g . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Hardware help

2001-09-22 Thread george
PENA FAMILY wrote: Just finished building my Linux box a few days ago. I took an old 4Gb Quantum Fireball which suddenly Linux doesn't recognize and keeps asking me for SCSI drivers and gives me a list to pick from. Nevertheless, I just want to turn this 4Gig drive as extension for raw

Re: [newbie] 3.5/5.25 drive help

2001-09-22 Thread george
Paul Rodríguez wrote: Thanks, Randy. That sounds like it. I live in the NY Metro area, I'll look arround. I don't really know of any hobbyist places, but there must be some. Thanks! I guess this betrays my age a bit. I'd never seen one of these before. :) -Paul Rodríguez you

Re: [newbie] The 2nd Mandrake 8 CD

2001-09-13 Thread George Petri
) if you are using a modem connection. George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] The 2nd Mandrake 8 CD

2001-09-12 Thread George Petri
On Monday 10 September 2001 00:07, George Petri complained about Mandrake 8.0 expert-mode graphical installation not even prompting for the 2nd CD :). btw, I made a pure reiserfs 600 mb / partition and a 64 mb swap. I was looking at /root/ddebug.log and found this: * step `miscellaneous

Re: [newbie] The 2nd Mandrake 8 CD

2001-09-09 Thread George Petri
, when someone tripped over the power plug and when I forgot to choose reiserfs. Is there a single-cd version of mandrake? Perhaps my friend burnt that and the 2nd cd of the two-cd version? thanks again, george Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How to change default login group

2001-09-08 Thread George Petri
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 17:03, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:59, George Petri wrote: I know this is a very, very trivial question but for some reason I can't find the manual for it: How do I change the default login group for a user? I've looked in /etd

[newbie] The 2nd Mandrake 8 CD

2001-09-08 Thread George Petri
miss something in the install? TIA, George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: What is a Gateway? - WAS Re: [newbie] Internet Problems and [expert] wuftp server is unresponsive

2001-09-08 Thread George Petri
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 20:53, etharp wrote: that gateway is for the computer you are on, so the gateway would be the IP your ISP assigns via dhcp, the gateway to the client computers (the rest of your home network that is connecting to the Internet) would be the linux box eth0 IP.

[newbie] How to change default login group

2001-09-04 Thread George Petri
. Now, if for some reason I wanted to change the group that I start up in (so that new files that I make are owned by george.newgroup), how would I do it? Please point me to the relevant manuals or just give me the answer :) Thanks in advance, George Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Asking too many questions!!!

2001-08-24 Thread George Petri
Sorry everyone but I queued a lot of messages in my outbox than my drafts so a few too many messages got sent to this list. Sorry! George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] tuxracer getting bad framerates

2001-08-24 Thread George Petri
Just a guess but have you tried running X in 16bit? Is X running in the same video mode as Tuxracer (640x480???)? Hope it helps, george On Saturday 25 August 2001 13:31, Jeremy Davidson wrote: I finally got Tuxracer to work -- had to tell RPMDrake (Software Manager?) to install the mesa

Re: [newbie] user X resolution

2001-08-24 Thread George Petri
800x600 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 800x600 EndSubsection EndSection George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Query: How to enable chooser in GDM, KDM, XDM under 8.0?

2001-08-24 Thread George Petri
To bring up the chooser at startup, I guess, you will have to add the line x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -indirect localhost just before the last line of /etc/inittab (mandrake 7.2), x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon: No warranties, though! I have given up trying this anyway! George

Re: [newbie] Strange Disk Access Messages

2001-08-13 Thread George Petri
this mean?: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=42366, sector=407538 thanks, george Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Who is nobody?

2001-08-13 Thread George Petri
:*:11513:0:9:7::: xfs:!!:11513:0:9:7::: How come xfs has a !!, instead of a *? Thanks again, george Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] newbie and hardware questions

2001-07-26 Thread George Baker
it only has Genius Netscroll on PS2. I have a serial Netscroll mouse - any ideas how I can set it up? -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]Virus and telnet commands

2001-07-26 Thread George Baker
the mail (thought it was top). What is the command? Anyway the 2 mails were both 49+megs, so I deleted them. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]User privilages

2001-07-26 Thread George Baker
. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]Using RPM

2001-07-24 Thread George Baker
. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]disk partitioning

2001-07-22 Thread George Baker
be able to copy my existing setup over to the new drive or will I have to reinstall. I understand that I will have to point LILO to the new drive. Thanks George Baker South Africa At 10:28 PM 07/19/2001 +, civileme wrote: On Thursday 19 July 2001 19:52, George Baker wrote: Sorry, I am new

Re: [newbie] C Compiler

2001-07-22 Thread George Baker
civileme wrote: On Friday 20 July 2001 20:56, George Baker wrote: A V Flinsch wrote: On Wednesday 18 July 2001 17:03, you wrote: Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed gcc

[newbie] Debian package

2001-07-22 Thread George Baker
I downloaded koffice from tucows but it is a Debian package, ending in .deb. How do you install it. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie] Internet Problems

2001-07-20 Thread George Petri
lhost.localdomain". Please help me fix my config files so that I can use my Internet connection again in Linux! Thanks,George

Re: [newbie] Internet Problems

2001-07-20 Thread George Petri
- Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: George Petri [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Problems -- /etc/resolv.conf (note: I use an isp

Fw: Re: [newbie] Internet Problems

2001-07-20 Thread George Petri
oops, forget to send to list! - Original Message - From: Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: George Petri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Problems Check out your resolv.conf You should have before you connect

Re: [newbie] Internet Problems

2001-07-20 Thread George Petri
I'm using Windows 98, the DNS server is there but the Default Gateway section is blank! Why is this? Thanks again, George - Original Message - From: Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: George Petri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet

[newbie] Disk full problem

2001-07-18 Thread George Baker
I installed LM 7 on a 1.2 gig extended partition. Now I see that /root partition is nearly full, yet I have 300 MB free in /home. How can I give more space to /root or specifically /usr. Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie] C Compiler

2001-07-18 Thread George Baker
Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed gcc and gcc -c++. This is the config.log I get: Thanks George Baker South Africa This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running

Re: [newbie] mouse in X

2001-07-10 Thread George Petri
and say so in /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. If you get the wrong one then you get funny (and annoying) mouse behaviour. I may be wrong but I guess it's worth a try :) - George

Re: [newbie] Help~! Help~!

2001-07-10 Thread George Petri
card so that i can listen music? If you are using OSS (very likely), then run the command sndconfig as root. You should avoid running it X (or so the warning says!) but it runs fine for me in X. If you are using ALSA, I point you to www.alsa-project.org :) - George

[newbie] KDM won't start anything other than KDE

2001-07-07 Thread George Petri
...(with the exception of the failsafe option). Now this is not neccessarily a bad thing :) but some users want to use gnome and ice. So what have I done wrong? And how do I get gnome etc. back? Typing startgnome from failsafe does work so it's something to do with KDM and/or X. Thanks, George

[newbie] What does Load Average mean?

2001-07-04 Thread George Petri
0.49 out of 10, 1 minute ago...or is it out of 5 or what? Please help me :) Thanks, George

Re: [newbie] What does Load Average mean?

2001-07-04 Thread George Petri
at appoximately what load average should I start to get worried about the system being too busy (i.e. becomes so unresponsive that I can't do any work)? Thanks, George

[newbie] What is the MFT?

2001-07-04 Thread George Petri
in the middle? What does it mean? Is it important or a warning or something? Thanks, George

Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups

2001-06-30 Thread George Petri
subgroups, a games group which includes all multimedia and games groups etc. Thanks, George On Thursday 28 June 2001 08:10, n6tadam wrote: Hello George, I apologise. I was not clear enough with my explanation!! I know what you meant, when you referred to NT as having groups, within groups

[newbie] Groups within Groups

2001-06-27 Thread George Petri
Is this possible? Thanks, George

Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups

2001-06-27 Thread George Petri
Hi! Yes, I meant can I have a big group called Power User, which contains groups within that such as Games, Office etc. But you've answered my question anyway :) Thanks, George On Wednesday 27 June 2001 14:34, Michael D. Viron wrote: George, If you mean, can a group be part of another

[newbie] What is nsmail?

2001-06-27 Thread George Petri
Hi! I've just noticed a new folder in my home directory, called nsmail. What made it? What is it for? And do I need it :)? Thanks, George

[newbie] How to use the joystick

2001-06-23 Thread George Petri
Hi! I know this may sound trivial but: How do I enable the joystick? I have an integrated ES1373 sound chip on my motherboard and I plug a cheap analog Radioshack joystick into the sound port. I am using OSS in Mandrake 7.2 (2.2-17 kernel), at the moment. Thanks, George Petri

Re: [newbie] Windows Shutdown Problem in Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread George Petri
root4 Mar 30 16:03 reboot - halt* Thanks, George Petri Nope, more likely it is your chipset. Some KT133 and KT133A chipsets have a problem about halting/rebooting, especially on FIC AZ11 motherboards, limited to specific runs. There may be others as well that we don't know

Re: [newbie] Who turned out the lights?

2001-06-06 Thread George Petri
manufacturer but still within the limits of my monitor (VX700). Thanks, George Petri

[newbie] Who turned out the lights?

2001-06-04 Thread George Petri
time I boot into Linux. But why does this happen in the first place and how do I fix it, permanently? Thanks, George Petri

RE: [newbie] Sound Card Probe Problems

2001-05-25 Thread George Petri
Try typing 'sndconfig' in a console. It is a Red Hat program (that should come with your system) but it works for me in Mandrake 7.2. Avoid running it in an X Session. Hope it helps, George

[newbie] TCP/IP stalling in LM 7.2 -- HELP!!!

2000-12-20 Thread George Czerw
should be looking for and where, I'd appreciate it. I'd really like to get this straightened out, but I'm totally lost! George ...surfing with Warp4 for now...

[newbie] Release date for 7.2

2000-10-05 Thread George Labuschagne
Good Day Does anybody know what the estimated release date for LM7.2 is? ___ http://www.webmail.co.za the South-African free email service

[newbie] Some questions regarding 7.2

2000-10-03 Thread George Labuschagne
with the geforce2 not working. Thanks in advance. George ___ http://www.webmail.co.za the South-African free email service

[newbie] ipchains and ssh

2000-09-27 Thread george . f . workman
ined. Any suggestions? Thanks, George

Re: [newbie] ipchains and ssh

2000-09-27 Thread george . f . workman
something else wrong elsewhere. Any generic ideas on what to check to make sure ssh works?And if I can get out the server here with telnet, I should be able to get out with ssh also, right? Thanks, George "Daniel J. Ferris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mailed by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 09/28/2000 08

[newbie] Incoming ppp connections?

2000-09-25 Thread George Brooks
I am still having trouble configuring my system for incoming calls. I found something on the Internet about it, but it did not work. I have a 3com USR voice faxmodem hooked to S1 (com 2). I can get a dialtone and the modem can call out. (I have not successfully authenticated to my ISP, but I

RE: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-16 Thread George Brooks
has something to do with Samba. If I get same problem again, I will shut down that service to see if that solves the problem. I do not know about SSH so I will try to find something online about it. Thanks again, George -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread George Brooks
program to allow me to run a program similar to linuxconf(sp?) in a graphical mode. Now I can only seem to run it in a very annoying text mode. Any help would be appreciated. George

RE: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread George Brooks
(it's a RedHat thing). If you have questions on configuring Firewall, Masquerading, LAN, etc, please let me know. --Greg - Original Message - From: George Brooks Where can I find information on how to allow incoming connections to my Mandrake 7.1 box? I downloaded the software from the net so

RE: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.

2000-09-15 Thread George Brooks
acount to be configured? --Greg - Original Message - From: "George Brooks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greg, I am trying to do two things. First and most importantly, I want to be able to dial into my server using a phone line. When I dial in, I want to be able to access

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