Re: [newbie] Pre-newbie here!

2003-11-10 Thread lduvall
When you go to install Linux, it will ask you which drive and you will have the opportunity to set up the required swap file as well as the Linux file system. The installer routine will format everything as you request. I will leave it to others to tell you WHICH specification to use for

Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-09 Thread lduvall
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! I had the same problem, but (probably) with a different program. I don't remember which program, but there were inter-dependencies between two or three sets of files, and none of them would install because they all needed each other. What a pain! I finally got fed up and told

Re: [newbie] duel booting help

2003-11-06 Thread lduvall
I think it was either Linux Format or Linux Magazine that had an article on this a couple of months ago. Check out their websites and see if the article on how to set up a multi-boot system is posted. LeRoy What is the best wa y to set up a duel boot between two different Linux distros? I

Re: [newbie] teething problems with 9.2

2003-11-05 Thread lduvall
When you are in command line/text mode, does the GUI start if you type startx? LeRoy I have just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.2 and My computer is now running about as well as when I ran windows :o( Firstly, In lilo if i select linux 9.2 boots ok, but into text mode. The nice pretty GUI has gone

Re: [newbie] Xfree86 nv vs. Nvidia drivers (was: Why do I have to start KDE manually?)

2003-11-04 Thread lduvall
When I installed the Nvidia drivers for my Dell Inspiron 8500 the image went from having a 3-4 cm black band on the left and right sides (with the nv driver) to completely filling the screen! I don't play games under Linux (yet) so I can't address any possible fps changes. Also, a very important

Re: [newbie] Elsewhere in the news

2003-11-04 Thread lduvall
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 04:05 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 09:05 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: According to this article, Novell has just purchased Suse for $210 million: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101680.html -- cmg I think this is A Good Thing for

Re: [newbie] Suggestions on Mandrake books

2003-10-28 Thread lduvall
I looked high and low for a Mandrake-specific book. The only one I could find was the Definitive Manual. I got it and it appears to be very comprehensive - but I have only looked at parts of it - not had it long enough to give an overall impression - but at least for my needs it is the only

Re: [newbie] Suggestions on Mandrake books

2003-10-28 Thread lduvall
Without a doubt there are numerous web sites that have lots and lots of valuable information - much more useful at times than a whole library of OS books! However, they are hard to read when (1) the computer is down, traveling, or whenever going on-line is not convenient. LeRoy On Tuesday 28

Re: [newbie] Mozilla - resolving host

2003-10-25 Thread lduvall
A quick test with Mozilla and IE comes up with the same upmquabank not found. Thus I would be inclinded to think their server is down. LeRoy On Saturday 25 October 2003 10:58 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Friday 24 October 2003 19:22, Russ wrote: Hi Rob, The 2 that Mozilla won't go to

Re: [newbie] BitTorrent

2003-10-22 Thread lduvall
I am curious. Are you a member of Mandrake Club and trying to downlaod through the Special download mirror list exclusively for Club members? I ask as a non-member who has been thinking of making the commitment. However, I am quite pleased with 9.1, so . LeRoy Duvall Registered Linux user

Re: [newbie] CDROM fails on detection

2003-10-22 Thread lduvall
As a former tech support person for the evil empire I find this thread somewhat interesting. We used to say that software does not break hardware - then we had video card settings breaking monitors. Now we have Linux taking it to a new level LeRoy Duvall Linux user #258988 On Wednesday 22