Re: [newbie] cdplayer trouble in mandrake

2001-09-20 Thread s
devices and make sure you either own them or have permission to use them. All the ones I can think of right off hand are: [s@tuxmachine s]$ ls -hal /dev/audio lrwxrwxrwx1 root audio 6 Sep 19 09:49 /dev/audio - audio0 [s@tuxmachine s]$ ls -hal /dev/dsp crw---1 saudio

Re: [newbie] A bit of foward thinking?

2001-09-20 Thread s
On Thursday 20 September 2001 04:42 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: In the year of the new century and nine months, some wanker will make up stuff that I didn't actually say - Nostradamus 1654 chuckle -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Original desktop colors

2001-09-14 Thread s
change that back to 4 and every reboot it reverts to two. Ummm, I find if I shut down from the cli, things don't stay put on the kde desktop. I need to log out thru kde to get them to stick. You may even have to try the checkbox for save settings for next login. Just a thought. -s Want to buy

RE: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread James S Bear
I think this is because most people know more about Windows than LInux. I know I do. If somebody has a question to ask and I know the answer(and I had the time to read e-mail that day), I answer it. jim Quoting John W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes this is a Linux mailing list. I am often amazed

RE: [newbie] Grub problems

2001-09-14 Thread James S Bear
yep, or if it's a win95 or win98 boot disk, it is on the A: drive. Quoting Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Adam, not two weeks ago I did exactly the same thing, and it was a weekend so I had no way of finding out how to fix it. you might want to wait for someone to confirm this answer, but

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread s
I had a similar idea, but maybe this yours is better. Could call it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) -s On Friday 14 September 2001 03:36 pm, jennifer wrote: This was recieved by the list... I would like to extend the invitation to those would like to keep discussing our

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
joking, just joking... couldn't resist. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread s
it'd get ugly. sing song I told you so :-D -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 06:15 pm, jennifer wrote: On Friday 14 September 2001 18:57, s wrote: On Friday 14 September 2001 05:40 pm, jennifer wrote: I have been searching for a post regarding how to expand and collapse the subject groups in kmail's threaded messages. I would rather

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
of expanding and the subject group to view all messages with a specific subject header. Sorry if I can't explain it more clearly. Naw, it was me. My brained forked for a minute. However, the setting in the config was correct. Tick it to expand them or untick to close them. -s Your

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 07:10 pm, jennifer wrote: No, there is a radio box in the settings to default all your threads to collapsed and then you use the + or - in the subject list to expand them. -s No, there isn't one...it must be my version...bascule has reccomended (with cuation

Re: [newbie] filters in Kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 05:25 pm, Stan Lockaby wrote: In replying to this post, I wish to thank all who responded. I'll play with all of this a bit, and see what happens. Thanks much. Peace, Stan Well... we were getting bored... no problem. :-) j/k -s Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Problems configuring network card

2001-09-13 Thread s
you further. -s On Thursday 13 September 2001 12:56 am, Admin wrote: Hello: Got a problem.  I was trying to configure my nic using the Mandrake Control Center - Connection.  I entered the information as best I thought.  I am pretty new at Linux and admitedly  some of it was guess work

Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA

2001-09-13 Thread James S Bear
This is all assuming that it was bin Laden. If it was, we need to look at his motives. I think we will find that his motives are not much different from ours if we decide to go kill a bunch of innocents. Quoting Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: jennifer wrote: Don't get me

Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA

2001-09-12 Thread s
Thank you for this. One get a little weary constantly hearing how they are the bad guys. -s On Wednesday 12 September 2001 03:37 pm, jennifer wrote: This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage

Re: [newbie] Let's play a game!

2001-09-11 Thread s
and there are several mods for quake3 out there (like urban assault). Also available are binaries for quake1 and 2, and doom. Now, go out there and have some fun! :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.x /PPoE

2001-09-11 Thread s
and doesn't like it). Marius Well, there is a command line wizard (of sorts). Just type as root: adsl-setup and input your info, then: adsl-startto connect. Also there is a setup during install and in the mandrake control center. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-11 Thread s
. Even in this electronic communication age (or because of it) a single physical snail-mail letter gets more results than any number of phone calls or emails. Next time roll your own. :-) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA

2001-09-11 Thread s
tv tuner. This could start a big ass debate/thread that will undoubted get ugly, so I'll keep my opinions to my self. As this is list has respected members from all over the world, let's try not to vent our frustrations and anger here. There are specific forums for that. -s Want to buy

Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-10 Thread s
. Robert MacLean Yeah, I hear ya'. That's what I been doing. Just have to put up with the quirks and hassles every new version I guess. Small price to pay I guess for using linux. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE

2001-09-10 Thread s
the hidden ones that are not put there until you use the app for the first time. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread s
ewww. X don't seem to be set up. As root, type: XFdrake to set it up and try startx again. -s On Monday 10 September 2001 12:53 pm, Juliana wrote: Well I tryed typing startx and a lot of shit came up on the screen. Some of them were: **None of the devices configured devices

Re: [newbie] unsubsribe

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 08:43 am, huxiaojie wrote: nothing nope, can't do it. there's no way off the list. didn't you read the fine print? once you subscribe, you're stuck for life. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CD Player

2001-09-10 Thread s
are standard and should be installed, but if not search your software manager. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread s
for the other interfaces, I installed all the possible interfaces. Could you guys help me? Juliana This might be a good time to download that file of Civileme's he mentioned in your last thread. It simplifies this tremedously. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Other Interfaces

2001-09-10 Thread s
would be glad to tell you the individual commands for each window manager if I knew them. But due to these aforementioned methods (and the fact that I prefer kde), I never learned them. startgnome maybe, startsawfishprobably not... I don't know 'em. -s Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Can't find KDE - sitll nothing

2001-09-10 Thread s
On Monday 10 September 2001 10:19 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: s wrote: What you need to do is ifdown eth0 first then dial up. (and ifup eth0 to restart it) -s Hey there! I was wondering about that. I've been trying to get my 3 computer systems setup with 2 windoze boxes and my

Re: [newbie] DVD Divx ;-) under Linux?

2001-09-09 Thread s
/ and for downloaded divx (tho I've heard of people using this one for dvds too): http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/news.html -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: FW: [newbie] Network Card compatibility

2001-09-08 Thread s
, then service network restart. post ifconfig if this don't work. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Choosing flavors and Window Managers

2001-09-07 Thread James S Bear
I'll tell you that I am planning on going 'school-wide' with Linux. But it's a gradual process. and we're a small organization. In our school, we have one computer lab with 20 machines and about 3-4 machines in every classroom. The lab is completely linux now, with all but two of t eh

Re: [newbie] Network Cards

2001-09-07 Thread s
On Friday 07 September 2001 09:40 am, Michael D. Viron wrote: If you can't get the dlink card to work (and I remember having problems with dlinks and the ne cards), you should pick up a 3com card. I've never had any problems with everything from the early 3c509's to the newer 3c905's

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread s
windows for one thing. To check if the occasional hardware failure is due to my incompetency in linux or actually hardware failure. Not that it's definative, but if something does work in windows, then I could figure it's probably me and I need to dig deeper. It's just another test. -s

Re: [newbie] enabling ATA100 drives

2001-09-07 Thread s
hdd) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-06 Thread s
' won't start. I've gone back to the open source drivers Mandrake ships with. 2d is 'clearer' with the open source drivers than any of nVidia's closed source drivers, including the 1512's. Have you tried the tarballs? -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] WordPerfect8 Mandrake 8

2001-09-06 Thread s
had wp8 on 8.0 but I had to install libc5-1.0-2.i386.rpm first. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Accessing DOS partitions from Linux Mandrake

2001-09-06 Thread s
? Congradulations. You should be able to see it from mandrake, cd = change directories, /mnt/win_c/=first windows partition on mine (cd /mnt ls to find yours), cp = copy, -r = recursive (descend into directory), -f = force (don't confirm). So an example: cp -rf /mnt/win_c/Archives/mp3 /home/s

Re: [newbie] CD Burner - changed ISA channel

2001-09-06 Thread s
If it were me, I'd turn on kudzu (new hardware detection in Mandrake Control Center Services) and reboot first. -s On Thursday 06 September 2001 06:51 pm, Robjohns, Ashley - COMPAQ wrote: Hmm, apologies - that's what happens when you haven't slept for 72 hours! Yes I did mean IDE

[newbie] Linux Mag's Editor's Choice Awards

2001-09-05 Thread s
in 3rd) Best IM GAIM (everybuddy not even mentioned) :-( Thanks, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] keyboarding

2001-09-05 Thread James S Bear
This year, at our small rural North Dakota school, we pretty much have made the change to Linux in our computer lab. There is one problem, though, the fifth and sixth grade teacher wants to bring her kids in to practice their keyboarding skills. I don't want to buy windows for these machines

RE: [newbie] keyboarding

2001-09-05 Thread James S Bear
Thank you very much to all who responded. I will be checking them out. jim Quoting Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: check some of these out: http://freshmeat.net/search/?site=Freshmeatq=typing+tutorsection=projects -Original Message- From: James S Bear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Has anyone got KOffice 1.1 to install?

2001-09-04 Thread s
/search.php?query=libkdeprint -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cannot find -ldb1 ?

2001-09-04 Thread s
locate anything like it on rpmfind.net, except for db1, a BSD database library. Thanks for pointers! *Paul That's it. It's also the cds (I think). -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread s
On Monday 03 September 2001 08:08 pm, Andre Dubuc wrote: On Monday 03 September 2001 21:01, you wrote: xcdroast gtoaster is another excellent choice. It's easy to set up, intuitive, and has excellent docs! Andre I prefer gcombust for isos and such. -s (Damn linux - so many choices

Re: [newbie] How to set Default paper size?

2001-09-02 Thread s
have to change it each time before printing. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Serial IRQ problem

2001-09-02 Thread s
and I haven't RTFM enough yet :) There are different protocol choices in kppp, experiment with the different settings. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?

2001-09-02 Thread Mr S Ganesan
try using ocs webmail or twig or squirrelmail. these are available free for the asking at www.screwdriver.net and at www.squirrelmail.org Enable imap in the /etc/inetd.conf file and reboot. You have your own web-based emai which can be accessed from anywhere provided you box is on and running.

Re: [newbie] Linux box for Mandrake Linux

2001-09-01 Thread s
interest to some or maybe all. Yeah, sounds neato. But look at this one: http://www.designercase.com/cgi-bin/dcase.cgi/showProduct/sku/PENGUIN How can you resist this one? -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] PCI modems

2001-08-31 Thread s
I have the pci 5610 (as harddrake calls it) and have never had a bit of trouble with it. A simple setserial with kernels 2.2.x and nothing but setting up kppp in kernels 2.4.x. It cost like $80 or so back in the fall of '99 I guess it was. -s On Friday 31 August 2001 09:41 pm, R C wrote

Re: [newbie] Mounting CD burner

2001-08-31 Thread s
and put cdwriter in your user's group. If that don't do it for you, I've got a how-to written by civileme somewhere I can dig up for you. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] tuxracer getting bad framerates

2001-08-25 Thread s
the nvidia drivers and read the instructions carefully cause alot of those mesa libs you just installed conflict. (nvidia.com) -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] just wondering

2001-08-24 Thread s
rule that only addresses the part that *you* are upset about. why not be positive and illustrate a reasonable alternative? I wasn't upset until you turned into an asshole. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] k-menu Transparency

2001-08-23 Thread s
install them, changes to the k-menu and kicker don't take effect. Any ideas? Thanks guys, Scott You need to be using kde2.2 and pick the megagradient theme. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Trouble installing 8.0 on an IBM TP 380ED

2001-08-23 Thread s
and the instructions for making an install floppy. The method will differ with the os you are making it from, but again the instructions are included. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] k-menu Transparency

2001-08-23 Thread s
On Thursday 23 August 2001 08:11 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: megagradient eh?.. i am using kde2.2, i'll have to give it a try when i get home tonight! Many thanks s. Actually that's in the styles section. You might want to check out a theme call mosfet-liquid. It is spoken

Re: [newbie] just wondering

2001-08-23 Thread s
try bottom posting. I wouldn't want to fart in public or use the wrong fork... -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Everybuddy Question?

2001-08-23 Thread s
and maybe new version is all that's needed now). -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] just wondering

2001-08-23 Thread s
On Thursday 23 August 2001 10:45 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: (I've been married for 43 years -- to the same woman) My God, I'm impressed! I've broken my record with my current, little over 4 years. :-) it occurred to me that I had been inflicted with my first email worm! And, for all that

Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

2001-08-22 Thread s
Yeah, that little shortcut wouldn't work for me either. There is a file called /etc/X11/prefdm in which you can switch the preference order of kdm and gdm. It might work tho I don't know for sure cause I switched to booting to console then startx. But I've heard it does. -s On Wednesday

Re: [newbie] Test Post - is format readable, etc?

2001-08-22 Thread s
-2183 -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Good source for icons?

2001-08-22 Thread s
to spruce up the ol'X desktop =) Thanks, Scott I found some really cute penguin ones once a while back. I think the site linked off of kde's. I don't have the url, but I still have the tarball somewhere, let me know if you want a copy. (yep I just checked - still got it. 82kb). -s Want

Re: [newbie] CD player, volume very faint

2001-08-21 Thread s
a year ago. ;-) Maybe you had one hooked up the analog and the other to the digital. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] LM 8.1 Beta

2001-08-21 Thread s
=} chuckle -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Where can I find a logo for pc case?

2001-08-20 Thread s
://www.securisysagency.com/shop/linux.html And thinkgeek had some a while back too. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] download manager

2001-08-19 Thread s
without one... TIA there's a good one called nt or X webdownloader. You can find it at rpmfind, search for nt. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] reiserFS and RH

2001-08-19 Thread s
On Sunday 19 August 2001 07:53 pm, you wrote: someone told me that ReiserFS was not compatible w/RH. since I have nt tried RH since RH5 something I had no idea, Any one know ? yep that's what I understand. they consider it still experimental so it's not offered. -s Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] U.S.Robotics/3Com

2001-08-18 Thread s
It sounds like the one I have. Does harddrake call it a 5610? Anyway, did you try to connect with it? What did kppp say? -s On Saturday 18 August 2001 02:25 am, you wrote: Hi folks, The last time I sent in a question about my modem not being detected, I found that the modem itself

Re: [newbie] U.S.Robotics/3Com

2001-08-18 Thread s
enter ln -s /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem enter now choose /dev/modem in kppp and try to connect. Come back with what kppp says. -s On Saturday 18 August 2001 02:25 am, you wrote: Hi folks, The last time I sent in a question about my modem not being detected, I found

Re: [newbie] nvidia install

2001-08-18 Thread s
On Saturday 18 August 2001 06:40 pm, you wrote: Please help a TOTAL newbie. I just got an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX400 64mb AGP graphics card and I am having trouble getting it to function properly. Here are my specifics: LM 8.0 SMP Kernel Super Micro PIIIDME motherboard Dual PIII 650's 384 M

Re: [newbie] nvidia install

2001-08-18 Thread s
. cd to_where_the_tarballs_are (ex: cd /home/s/Archives/) 3. tar -zxvf the_file's_name.tar.gz (ex: tar -zxvf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.tar.gz) 4. tar -zxvf the_glx.tar.gz 5. cd NVIDIA_kernelwhatever-1.0-1251/ 6. make (and wait) 7. s 8. cd NVIDIA_GLXwhatever-1.0-1251/ 9. make (wait) 10

Re: [newbie] Sensors (was AA fonts)

2001-08-17 Thread s
On Friday 17 August 2001 02:18 am, you wrote: On Friday 17 August 2001 01:26 am, s wrote: Did you lose some of your sensors functionality with the newer kernels? I did and couldn't get em back until I went back to the old kernel. Any ideas there? (I ran sensors-detect, but it didn't

Re: [newbie] Audiograbbers and tape media

2001-08-17 Thread s
will grab music off a cd, I assume it will off a cassette. It should be on your mandrake discs, and there's a manual for it. man cdparanoia There's also a gui frontend for it on the discs too. grip. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] PROBLEM: Installing XMMS 1.2.5

2001-08-17 Thread s
with cooker). -s On Friday 17 August 2001 05:48 pm, you wrote: HI 2 EVERYONE, I finally got my Audio Galaxy Satellite to work thanks to those who helped me, so I thank all of U :) However, now I want to install the latest version of XMMS (1.2.5) but when I run the ./configure command it gave me

Re: [newbie] Re: eth0 timing out

2001-08-16 Thread s
I don't know, could you give us a hint? -s On Thursday 16 August 2001 01:55 am, you wrote: If I press ctrl-f12 and I read there, it says that my network card has timed out. I can't see the network either. What do you think is the problem Thanks Ray Booysen Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] AA fonts

2001-08-16 Thread s
Anybody else loose aa fonts with freq3 or XFree 4.1.0? -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] installing kde 2.2 stable

2001-08-15 Thread s
, don't y'all jump on there at once ; I'm waiting until tomorrow. Come back and share your experiences, will you? TIA, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE locks up the machine during logon

2001-08-15 Thread s
seen this too. It's more pervasive with beta software, but I have seen it on final releases occasionally. (I usually just ctrl+alt+backspace to console and startx.) But I haven't heard anything concerning them. This sounds like a question for Civileme. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Xawtv -still- locks system up tight! ;-(

2001-08-14 Thread s
There turns out to be a mandrake version of this zapping that seems a bit more stable, but not quite as many features. http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=zappingsubmit=Search+... -s On Monday 13 August 2001 11:53 pm, you wrote: I found another tuner app with potential

Re: [newbie] Damn Radeon

2001-08-14 Thread James S Bear
I thought that was Radon, no e. jim Quoting Richie de Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Remember when having Radeon in your basement was a bad thing? But more to the point, has anyone out there had any success using an ATI Radeon AGP card with Xwindows 4.1.0? X starts up and runs, it even

Re: [newbie] one more driver question

2001-08-14 Thread s
If it was an rpm, just type as root: rpm -e the_file_name If it was a tarball, just install the others over it. It will write over them. I've done it several times. I flipflop back and forth with the nvidia drivers too. -s On Tuesday 14 August 2001 10:36 am, you wrote: Hi How do I

[newbie] Where to cop our gaming fix now?

2001-08-14 Thread s
Loki filed for bankrupcy. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kmail key bindings

2001-08-14 Thread s
There's a setting in the config that allows you to start with them all closed and only expand the ones with new postings, I think, if that helps... -s On Tuesday 14 August 2001 03:20 pm, you wrote: hi folks, does anyone know if there is a key binding for expanding/contracting threads

Re: [newbie] upgrading kernel on LM7.2

2001-08-14 Thread s
Well, if I remember correctly, you need to get egcs and upgrade your ppp to 2.4. Then fix your path in mandrake_everytime to point to the new supermount directory before you reboot. But other than that, it was painless. -s On Tuesday 14 August 2001 03:03 pm, you wrote: Hello, I have

[newbie] reiser vs.ext2

2001-08-14 Thread James S Bear
I've been listening to your file system talks and have come to the conclusion that reiser is better. Is it not for any reason? I have a bunch of machines all formatted ext2. Is there a way to convert it to reiser without reformatting? I went into linuxconf and just changed the filesystem type

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Freq?

2001-08-14 Thread s
I think you can do it either way. -s On Tuesday 14 August 2001 04:29 pm, you wrote: So do you just do a clean install with freq? or Update? How does it work? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Floppy CD work fine, then not

2001-08-13 Thread James S Bear
A little trick I learned, from a command line: supermount -i disable Reboot Locks should be gone. Apparently(somebody could clear this up for me)there is a bug in supermount? jim Quoting Donnie Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What does your fstab look like for your floppy drive and cdrom? I had the

Re: [newbie] Floppy CD work fine, then not

2001-08-13 Thread James S Bear
/mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 == petew On Monday 13 August 2001 04:04, James S Bear wrote: A little trick I learned, from a command line

RE: [newbie] Floppy CD work fine, then not

2001-08-13 Thread James S Bear
. -Donnie, I brought my fstab to work with me today to post, and now I can't find it. I'll post it tonight, if that's OK... -Original Message- From: James S Bear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 11:05 PM To: Donnie Green Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: [newbie] Slow Printing using Cups

2001-08-13 Thread s
for sure, but play with settings in qt-cups and see. -s On Monday 13 August 2001 09:25 am, you wrote: Does anyone know why printing with cups is so slow? I have used other distros with this printer using lpr and it prints near the rated speed but with cups drivers, it prints quite slow

Re: [newbie] Plancks constant... ;-(

2001-08-13 Thread s
On Sunday 12 August 2001 09:58 am, you wrote: s wrote: On Saturday 11 August 2001 10:46 am, you wrote: PSS Anyone -ever- got Kwintv to compile and work under 8.0? Nope and I tried. I even had trouble trying to install the dependencies. I think the biggest insurmountable obstacle

Re: [newbie] joystick module

2001-08-13 Thread s
. You may want to try it out in games first, because it may be unnecessary. Hey, I didn't think of that, jstest --old/dev/js0. I may fiddle with it. I would like to free up that usb port. -s On Monday 13 August 2001 12:19 pm, you wrote: I also have a Logitech wingman extreme digital

Re: [newbie] libgtkxhtml.so.1 -- where can I find it?

2001-08-13 Thread s
What's it to you? -s On Monday 13 August 2001 02:14 pm, you wrote: s, What's your flipping problem? s wrote: You ain't on my list, man. And fix your freaking clock. -s On Sunday 12 August 2001 09:49 am, you wrote: please remove me and my gsm number from your list I dont't want

Re: [newbie] 2.4.7 kernel

2001-08-13 Thread s
have the via thing. Ignoring that, what parameters are you using? I have put: hdparm -A1 -c1 -d1 -m1 /dev/hda in my rc.d/rc.local file. By setting the read ahead and multiple sector count I upped mine by 5mb/sec. If you're the *brave* type, you might try it. -s Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Xawtv -still- locks system up tight! ;-(

2001-08-13 Thread s
://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/zapping.html Scroll to the bottom of the page and get the source tarball. -s On Sunday 12 August 2001 09:49 am, you wrote: Okay, Gradio works fine, and I used the Mandrake RPM software manager to completely uninstall and then reinstall Xawtv, including manually del

Re: [newbie] installing Bastille

2001-08-12 Thread s
I would suggest checking that you have the Bastille-Tk-module rpm installled. -s On Sunday 12 August 2001 01:55 pm, you wrote: Thanks, s. I have tried running from the command line, and I get the message can't find Bastille_Tk.pm in @INC. Any ideas? Thanks again, Stan

Re: [newbie] joystick module

2001-08-12 Thread s
modules.conf when it did work off the gameport. -s

Re: [newbie] Plancks constant... ;-(

2001-08-12 Thread s
mandrake currently uses. I know I had qt1 and 2 installed on 7.2, but it's a no go for me with 8.0. So anyway, xawtv works. If you work out this qt thing, come back and share. -s

[newbie] efax help requested

2001-08-10 Thread s
I have setup efax to answer incoming faxes, but it's not working correctly - I'm getting errors that I don't know how to fix. Hoping someone here can. Here's the output of the communication: [s@tuxmachine s]$ efax -d /dev/ttyS4 -w -iS0=6 21 /home/s/fax.log efax: Fri Aug 10 01:14:27 2001 efax

Re: [newbie] Modem Config!

2001-08-09 Thread s
of hand! It took me a week to get my modem to work when I first tried out any linux! Then almost another week to get sound. :-) I had to wait until 2.4.x for graphics acceleration (mobo issue). So, this is a learning process. :-) -s

Re: [newbie] 2.4.7-8mdk automount

2001-08-09 Thread s
On Thursday 09 August 2001 06:04 pm, you wrote: s escribió: I understand supermount is broken in this kernel version. -s Thanks! Do you know what's the last secure kernel? 2.4.3-20? 8-? No, I don't keep up with that too close. I think it was 2.2.19. If you mean stable: 2.4.3-20mdk

Re: [newbie] Modem Config!

2001-08-09 Thread s
I just check the compatiblity chart at: http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010604b.html and I'm afraid it's listed as not compatible. I was afraid so when windows called it an enumerator. :-( -s On Thursday 09 August 2001 11:32 am, you wrote: On Thursday 09 August 2001 12:33 am, you wrote

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