Re: [newbie] Open Source Code (follow-up)

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 17:15, Anthony V Guillen wrote: Thanks to all who sent their response to my question. I have another question, I think this is a ridiculous question, but I have nothing to do but to ask this question just to know, I know that if we compile a program like an assembly

Re: [newbie] Not why only graphical - Why no graphical?

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 22:43, john rigby wrote: Ha there folks, Well, a new machine and same result. I purchased the full bottle M8.0 and need to get SOME value back :-) Many people complained of it not being very successful and it failed for me several times on 3 machines. It would seem to

Re: [newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 15:15, Randy Kramer wrote: Bill Davidson wrote: I seriously doubt it. NetBEUI is an old protocol that Microsoft hardly supports anymore. If at all. On Wednesday 03 April 2002 05:53 pm, Wally wrote: Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows

Re: [newbie] Open Source Code (follow up 2)

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 18:19, Anthony V Guillen wrote: Is there any difference in the syntax and the compiler use in c programming assembly programming in windows and in linux? or the compiler itself? Yes, there are large differences. gcc is closer to ANSI compliant, but has all sorts of

Re: [newbie] KDE3.0

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 03:33, Steven Spears wrote: Hello: What is the best method of installing KDE 3.0. I've got in downloaded and want to install it on my 8.2 system, but want to do it in the best possible way. Any tips or hints? Thanks, Steve Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] KDE3.0

2002-04-04 Thread tester
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 13:07, FemmeFatale wrote: Damian wrote: actually there is a better way. last night i installed KDE 3.0 by getting all RPMS, opening a terminal and doing a urpmi ./+ it asked me for the three MDK cd's and got a lot of packages to solve dependencies...

Re: [newbie] Mysterious confirmation demands by SYMPA??

2002-03-17 Thread tester
On Thursday 14 March 2002 11:12 pm, J Rigby wrote: Ha there folks, Despite having sent hundreds - well, several - messages to the list, my last few produced this strange email in return: Can anyone tell me what it is? Haven't gone direct to M - this will no doubt be quicker... :-)

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] xfice

2002-03-15 Thread tester
On Thursday 14 March 2002 09:22 pm, Colin Jenkins wrote: Hello civileme, Friday, March 15, 2002, 8:56:19 AM, you wrote: c Colin Jenkins wrote: It looks like I have really stuffed something up here. (lm8.1) I followed some instructions I came across for booting up with Xfice (I was using

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Release date

2002-03-15 Thread tester
On Thursday 14 March 2002 10:29 pm, Aryan Ameri wrote: Does Anyone know when will Mandrake Linux 8.2 Gold be officially released? I am very eager to purchase it. For most of you, pre-orders at www.mandrakestore.com are possible. Also, if you decide to join Mandrake Club, you will likely

Re: [newbie] DelTree

2002-02-12 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: How do I delete a directory that contains files and more directories. I want to erase everything in the folder. Command Line please. I hated the command line but its like crack, very addictive. Its actually easier and much more efficient then the gui. If your not using

Re: [newbie] FrontPage like applicatiopn for Linux ?

2002-02-12 Thread tester
Mark Finlay wrote: check out http://html.about.com/cs/linuxunixeditors/ Mark Finlay On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 18:41, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote: Does anybody know of any visual web building application for linux such as Front Page ?? Regards, -- Hanan Z. Shargi

Re: [newbie] Space left

2002-02-12 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: How do I see how much space is left on a drive? ls -lt doesn't show space left. I prefer command line. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake

2002-02-06 Thread tester
Kevin Old wrote: Hello all, I have an issue with some software licensing and thought I'd be able to find help here. I have setup a network for my church - Win2k Adv. Server - Clients are Win 98SE To keep from having to purchase a Win Server license to handle more clients I was

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-05 Thread tester
Chris Keelan wrote: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:03:33 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do

Re: [newbie] networking - I can get into my box but not back out

2002-02-04 Thread tester
Elizabeth Jones wrote: Hi - I just installed mandrake 7.1 on a new box. I am trying to duplicate a box that died last week and reusing the same server name and IP address. But I clearly have something set wrong. I can see this new box from the network and I can telnet and ftp in to it,

Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0

2002-02-02 Thread tester
mike wrote: What backup apps are there for LM 8.0 that actually work? Looked into Partimage but couldn't get / or /home to unmount to use . Help ? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition

2002-02-02 Thread tester
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I attempt tonight to try another install should I use RaiserFS (Seen somewhere in the instalation guide) or a linux native partition? Will RaiserFS create any sticky situations for a newbie? thanks for your help ;x Richard

Re: [newbie] install does not recognize keyboard/mouse

2002-01-30 Thread tester
Ravi Malghan wrote: Hello: I am trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on a laptop (Micron Transport XT). After the first screen comes up (graphical screen asking me to choose the language), I cannot go forward since the installation script does not recognize any keys from the keyborad nor

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often]

2002-01-30 Thread tester
Original Message Subject: Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:42:48 -0500 From: David Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: DGSSoftware To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: 000d01c1a94f$d7cad7b0$fd00a8c0@pavilion [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Time changes

2002-01-30 Thread tester
Carl Kehley wrote: Help!!! I have suddenly started to get cyclic time changes, about every 2 seconds, sometimes accompanied by video blanking, and usually a hard lockup. This is occurring in 8.1, and also RH 7.2 and Libranet (multiple boot machine, along with Win98SE), but Windows is not

Re: [newbie] .xsession-errors

2002-01-29 Thread tester
FLYNN, Steve wrote: Is it just me or everyone get ever growing .xsession-errors files for each userid who uses X? Mine seem t be full of: kicker: WARNING: KDE detected X error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major Opcode 14 Anyone got any clues as to why I get

Re: [newbie] EVOLVE

2002-01-29 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: Are there any tool to import an outlook pst to evolve? Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com http://www.pelsupply.com We are working on one called transfugdrake that will

Re: [newbie] ESS Solo 1 Audiodrive

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Terry Smith wrote: Short version: Got one, doesn't work :-( Longer version: My new linux box has returned from its original birthplace in San Francisco (Micronux Computers) with a new mobo. The week old machine had quit on me a couple of times finally, on Jan 6, dropping out altogether.

Re: [newbie] Installer Distorted

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Tighe!!! wrote: Alright, I'm really tired of trying to get Linux Mandrake installed. I am on an old-world Mac (7200/90) and I've attempted to install Linux... around 20 times, seriously. First I kept trying LinuxPCC, which didn't go too well. So a friend told me of Mandrake Linux, and in my

Re: [newbie] Trying to install Linux-Mandrake

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Jeff wrote: Hey Everyone I need some help I am trying to install Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop. When I get to the screen where it says it is configuring PCMCIA or whatever...hehe...it seems to lock up!!! Does anyone know why it would be doing this? I have a new Toshiba

Re: [newbie] Trainging / Documentation

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: Is there any good documents, books, or pdf?s (preferably free and downloadable) that will help me learn linux quickly? I don?t need all the unix background or this is how tho mouse works crap. I am a systems admin for NT and 2000 I just want to learn linux. The

Re: [newbie] When is Mandrake not Mandrake?

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Mark Lucas wrote: I have been downloading, compiling and installing sources - new kernel, modules etc. When does my Mandrake 8.0 distro cease to be Mandrake and become a 'generic' Linux (if thewre is such a thing)? Just a questions out of idle curiosity. Mark

Re: [newbie] Posting FROM a Perl script

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Miark wrote: Found my answer. Miark Hi all, I can't seem to find anyplace that describes how to POST data _from_ a Perl script to the WWW. Every hit I get with search engines is a page that describes the other way around. Anybody know of a tutorial or site that covers what I need?

Re: [newbie] backup script

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Jesse Angell wrote: I found a script and just eddited it and saved it.. but I can't launch it like I could the script before, The script simply backs up a file.. I get a Bad Interrepture error trying to launch it AND i notice that the orignal script was green on ls and this is just grey

Re: [newbie] Star Office

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: Someone posted earlier that star office was on the mdk8.1 cd's. Where is it located? I can't find it. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Tiny Emacs

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Mario Michael da Costa wrote: Charles Muller wrote: I am trying to learn how to use the Emacs package that came with ML 8.1, but the program runs as a tiny window in one corner of my screen, with microscopic menu fonts. Is there a way to make this window larger, with larger menu fonts?

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice

2002-01-25 Thread tester
Paul Kraus wrote: I can not install the software. I am running a gateway solo 5300 laptop. 733 mhz p3 with 196megs of ram. I click on setup it starts but right before the first dialog appears it locks. Screen has background install image and the options box is completly blank except the

Re: [newbie] How to speed up Linux Mandrake 8?

2002-01-20 Thread tester
Assassin wrote: I think it is very slow on my machine (K6-II 450, 128 RAM, TNT2, 20GB Quantum, with kernel 2.4.3). How can I optimise it so it can load and run applications faster? Thanks in advance. -- Zaradite odmah na Internetu +++ mnostvo besplatnih stvari! URL:

Re: [newbie] mandrake update broken?....

2002-01-20 Thread tester
chris huston wrote: Hi, Is there any fool proof way to get the security updates I can handle the manual way... but i m trying to help a newbie set up their computer with mandrake 8.1.. and i've yet to get mandrake update to pull a secure source update from any mirror I 've left it

Re: [newbie] Trouble with (an) OAF!

2002-01-20 Thread tester
Terry Smith wrote: Hi all, Today's problem (actually I've been fooling with this off and on for a coupla weeks!) is installing Evolution 1.0.1. I'm going the route of downloading source files from the Ximian site. The first package that needs to be installed is bonobo-config-0.14.

Re: [newbie] is tthere an archive

2002-01-20 Thread tester
Derek fowler wrote: of this mailig list?? Just about got all my problems sorted, just licq to fix some GL problems to fix.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work NOW: you got troubles?

2002-01-18 Thread tester
Brian Parish wrote: John, Try becoming root first. Brian On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 15:04, John Rigby wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:37, your wisdom was such..: ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one

Re: [newbie] OT: VB on Linux???

2002-01-18 Thread tester
ngn wrote: Hi folks!!! I'm a programmer [not a senior programmer but not a newbie at all] and I have the question if Linux has the need of VB or any Visual Language which runs on Windows to be ported to Linux. If exists any Visual language that runs on linux, I'd like to know it!!!

Re: [newbie] apostrophe's

2002-01-18 Thread tester
Anuerin G.Diaz wrote: On 18 Jan 2002 03:20:12 -0500 Paul Rodr$ByH(Buez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How come in some emails, apostrophe's [heh] show up as little square boxes in Evolution? - Paul Rod$Bmg(Buez must be conflict in locale and charsets. i have my locale set to japanese

Re: [newbie] OT: But I had to tell somebody !

2002-01-16 Thread tester
poogle wrote: Today is a day for celebration in the Poogle household - I'm Windows free, got the USB Snapscan scanner working today which was the last link in the chain. Now for the Wine (which is not an emulator but a beverage !)

Re: [newbie] Software raid install

2002-01-15 Thread tester
Daniel Olynsma (ENZ) wrote: I have just got a new 40 gig drive and would like to use it with my current 20 gig drive in a software raid0 configuration. Does the installer support setting up software raids during the install, or do I have to set up the raid after installing mandrake to

Re: [newbie] Cdrom supermount

2002-01-14 Thread tester
Nick wrote: I think that this question was asked before, but I never saw much of an answer. After updating from 8.0 to 8.1 my system no longer mounts CDs automatically. It will not even read aduio CDs when I try to mount them with iso9660. In fstab it is using supermount for the drive

Re: [newbie] Bastille error

2002-01-14 Thread tester
Todd Slater wrote: When I try to run Interactive Bastille I get the following error: Using Tk user interface module. Only displaying questions relevant to the current configuration. Can't locate Bastille_Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux

Re: [newbie] can u read this?

2002-01-14 Thread tester
Damian G wrote: Civileme, this is the output of those commands... [root@localhost root]# dmesg Linux version 2.4.8-26mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk)) #1 Sun Sep 23 17:06:39 CEST 2001 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820:

Re: [newbie] can u read this?

2002-01-14 Thread tester
Damian G wrote: -OK try this - -chkconfig --del alsa -in a terminal as root - -You have an oss driver loaded and Alsa is default and probably -overriding your driver. -BTW your hard disk drive does not support linux according to the -manufacturer and also it does not have the right

Re: [newbie] OK I got LICQ working...

2002-01-14 Thread tester
FemmeFatale wrote: Took installing on Mandrake 8.1. I never did get it working on 8.0..the default install of Licq that is. As to what i did, i just installed the package, found my password was wrong; had to figure out where the dir. ~ was then edited the config file for Licq. Put in the

Re: [newbie] Share Internet

2002-01-13 Thread tester
Jesse Angell wrote: How do i setup my linux box to be a router so i can share my cable modem to other computers on the network. I do not have X installed... Jesse Angell _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-12 Thread tester
Barb wrote: I know this is a mandrake list, but I have a couple of old dells like that and I install Debian with a few floppy images and the rest a network install. Barbara At 03:59 PM 1/11/2002, you wrote: Shane, thanks for the response, but I am really looking for something

Re: [newbie] Error messages during shutting down

2002-01-11 Thread tester
Mandrake Newbie wrote: Hello everybody! =) I'm currently using Mandrake 8.1 on Asus CUVR4X-C motherboard, Intel Pentium III 800 Mhz, 384 MB SDRAM and 20 GB Seagate Barraccuda 7200 RPM hard disk drive. My problem started when I successfully installed kernel-2.4.16.9mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] can u read this?

2002-01-11 Thread tester
Damian G wrote: hey... i thought i was asking a simple question... ( perhaps too simple to be answered? ) did the list get my message? this is not the first time i get no response when i come here with a question.. :o/ a simple dunno will do... i was asking why i have to open

Re: [newbie] deleted partition HELP!

2002-01-08 Thread tester
Ric Parsons wrote: YES I DID examine the display, it did not say which partition was what, all I know is that it is the third partition, /boot / then /home, but it was not displayed that way because it did not even TRY to read the drive just the damnb partition table, I want something

Re: [newbie] [ OT ] Recommended motherboard for Mandrake 8.1

2002-01-08 Thread tester
Mandrake Newbie wrote: Hello everyone! Can you recommend to me a good motherboard that will support at least 3 GB of RAM and dual Intel Pentium 3 using Mandrake 8.1? Or anyone from this list has successfully installed Mandrake 8.1 using either of the following motherboards: - Intel

Re: [newbie] file sharing

2002-01-07 Thread tester
chuck wrote: Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you are sharing files among linux

Re: [newbie] Re: Linux distro

2002-01-06 Thread tester
Amish K. Munshi wrote: Randy Kramer wrote: Amish K. Munshi wrote: Thanks a lot but I guess I live a very long way away. I am in Mumbai, India. I guess you might have heard about this city somwhere atleast. Not until now. Someday I'll enquire at the post office and see how much it

Re: [newbie] Mouse and keyboard stop responding

2002-01-05 Thread tester
Lee wrote: On Saturday 05 January 2002 04:13 pm, Roberto Armenteros wrote: I recently bought a monitor-keyboard-mouse switch so that I can share a set of monitor-keyboard-mouse between my two boxes. When I switch from the linux box to my other box and then comeback to linux, my mouse doesn't

Re: [newbie] Mouse and keyboard stop responding

2002-01-05 Thread tester
Lee wrote: On Saturday 05 January 2002 04:13 pm, Roberto Armenteros wrote: I recently bought a monitor-keyboard-mouse switch so that I can share a set of monitor-keyboard-mouse between my two boxes. When I switch from the linux box to my other box and then comeback to linux, my mouse doesn't

Re: [newbie] diskdrake doesn't show partitions

2002-01-04 Thread tester
0192116 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda8 2498348283956 2087484 12% /home /dev/hda1 13159416 9178120 3981296 70% /mnt/windows tester wrote: Barbara Pfieffer wrote: I used Diskdrake to add a partition, and now, when I run it, it shows an empty

Re: [newbie] SecurityUpdates and Kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk

2002-01-03 Thread tester
Michael Viron wrote: At 09:44 PM 01/02/2002 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: Well, I finally got SoftwareUpdate to work again. Browsing through the updates I notice the new kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk. Now, I vaguely recall Civileme or someone else warning against updating the kernel through Update.

Re: [newbie] KDE Startup Sound

2002-01-03 Thread tester
Startup Sound Civileme, It doesn't seem to do anything. Do I need to restart a service or reboot? Miark - Original Message - From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE

Re: [newbie] RE: Zip Drive and fstab

2002-01-02 Thread tester
tester wrote: Maureen L. Thomas wrote: I am using Mandrake 8.1. I can access my floppy and my cdrom but not the Zip disk. It is an internal Atapi drive. My fstab entry looks like this: /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto user,icharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 when I try

Re: [newbie] Another new problem.. :(

2002-01-02 Thread tester
Eric Budinger wrote: Hey All, Well I got my box backup and working. Now here is my other problem. I have only 7.9 megs left on /dev/hda1 which is my root... my /home has over 300 megs. I have a several hundred meg hard drive sitting here that I want to install and run the programs off

Re: [newbie] Update problem in 8.0

2002-01-02 Thread tester
Barbara Pfieffer wrote: I have Mandrake 8.0 installed on a Dell Inspiron 2500. I run Mandrake Update, and setup a security update site. As soon as I do that (and I've reinstalled Mandrake just to check it) it starts filling the trees and when it gets to the security site, it stops at 26%

Re: [newbie] can not read acrobat files

2002-01-02 Thread tester
Stojs wrote: When I click a pdf it starts up something called PS and PFD Viewer, in wich I can see the page numbers in the left of the window. The problem is that all the pages appear blank. I tried a number of different pdfs and every single one does the same. do I have to somehow configure

Re: [newbie] Conflict between Printing Sound in LM8.1

2002-01-02 Thread tester
Marcia wrote: Dear All, I have been having a long struggle getting my ethernet, sound, and printing all working at the same time. I have studied all relevant files, how-to's, and asked many questions but so far no answer that has worked. I do have a clue now. My sound module is not

Re: [newbie] Zip file system not recognized

2002-01-02 Thread tester
Todd Slater wrote: I thought everything was OK when mounting my zip, until I put a disk in it. I have the type set to auto, which works fine for floppy and cds, but when I insert a zip disk, I get an error message that it can't recognize the file system, and none is specified. I'm using

Re: [newbie] AOL CDROM help!

2002-01-01 Thread tester
AOL Systems wrote: ok i install Linux by CD i know that im just asking that I cannot mount the cdrom when im inside the Linux Systems already (KDE and Gnome) I dont want to reinstall again so what will I do so i will not re-Install again Thanks Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com Julian

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2002-01-01 Thread tester
Dave Sherman wrote: On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 08:51, robin wrote: Dave Sherman wrote: [cut] I think Civileme's point was that if/when the UCITA law passes in Washington, USA, then Microsoft (headquartered in Washington) will be able to make a minor change to their proprietary .doc/.xls/whatever

Re: [newbie] RE: Zip Drive and fstab

2002-01-01 Thread tester
Maureen L. Thomas wrote: I am using Mandrake 8.1. I can access my floppy and my cdrom but not the Zip disk. It is an internal Atapi drive. My fstab entry looks like this: /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto user,icharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 when I try to mount with the icon

Re: [newbie] My 3 year old computer, is it compatible?

2001-12-31 Thread tester
Michael Viron wrote: If it is a Pentium or above, you'll be able to install Mandrake. If it's a 486, you'll still be able to install Mandrake 7.0 for i486 (although that might be a bit sluggish). Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2001-12-31 Thread tester
Michael Leone wrote: I think Civileme's point was that if/when the UCITA law passes in Washington, USA, then Microsoft (headquartered in Washington) will be able to make a minor change to their proprietary .doc/.xls/whatever file formats, and it will be illegal for Sun or anyone else to

Re: [newbie] CPU Speed Question

2001-12-30 Thread tester
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I am rather new to Linux, I go back to before the CP/M days in computing. However, I have a question pertaining to the CPU requirement for Mandrake V8.1 vs other distributions, Specifically SuSE V7.3. The systems I run here on Linux are based on the old AMD

Re: [newbie] Unable to browse via Netscape

2001-12-30 Thread tester
minhaz_islam wrote: I having problems browsing the Internet using Netscape. I have Linux Mandrake 7.1 and can connect to my ISP using my external 56k modem. Everytime I browse the Internet, I receive a message saying the home.netscape.com cannot be found. I can browse using web IP addresses,

Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP

2001-12-30 Thread tester
Hugo Saro wrote: Guys, i didn't find any other place to post this, so if anyone can help me here.. My new computer came with Windows XP (Pro) installed. It was running fine till suddenly, somethings began not to work. The search (F3) only showed a blank area, User Accounts under control panel

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:28:01 -0500 Maureen L. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled gleefully: I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost

Re: [newbie] managed to freeze the system!

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: In the console I issued the following command: jrxvt The process id returned and after that I am unable to do anything except move the cursor. No windows respond. No mouse buttons respond. Before I force a restart - any suggestions? doug

Re: [newbie] Compiling a new kernel...

2001-12-29 Thread tester
David Bovill wrote: The instructions I have say download the 2 RPM's (source and header), but I just need to add a custom kernel based on the existing configuration. How do I go about this, as the packages are already installed? Thanks, David

Re: [newbie] ML 8.0 install CDROM can't find my CDROM

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Roland Berger wrote: When I try to install ML8.0 I get the following problem. First I describe the installation steps I did. - CD is deteced as a boot cd. System tells that drive letter is mapped to A and the floppy is now B -The Mandrake welcome screen is displayd where you can choose to

Re: [newbie] c compiler and its problem in 8.0

2001-12-29 Thread tester
eric wrote: Dear mandrake 8.0 standard user: I used simple c program hello world, in printf(hello world) it did not print at all, until I add \n\n at the end of the line of hello world, then it print as what it should be. but that kind of result is not correct. it never happen at redhat 7.1

Re: [newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Jon Doe wrote: Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms?

Re: [newbie] MDK 8.1 Updates

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Rob K wrote: As far as I know, you've done the ONLY upgrade that is *NOT* recommended through Mandrake update!! You have to download it and install using rpm -ivh kernel.rpm I've done

Re: [newbie] bash scripting for beginners

2001-12-29 Thread tester
Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hello, I am looking for a good bash scripting tutorial/manual for BEGINNERS who are new Bash, Linux and scripting. Ideally - a book in PDF format or something in HTML. Please let me know if you know were I could find such an item. Thanks! Andrei

Re: [newbie] Segmentation+misc. install errors ?

2001-12-28 Thread tester
lee wrote: Hi Folks, Well I'm back to my son's box still trying to get 8.1 installed. Here is the gist of the guts :-) It's an FIC motherboard (va-503+) w/192 mg. of ram. Now the memory consists of 2 sticks,1 is a 128 mg of crucial ram that is cl2. The other is a stick I bought from Tiger

[newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out before you get tired of trying. Another question: My box (Mandrake Linux 8.1 Powerpack) says I have kernels 2.4.8 and 2.2.19. But when I installed (over and over) I never saw a place for choosing

Re: [newbie] kernel update

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Eric wrote: I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get on the internet. I tried modprobe -v ppp and it can't seem to find it. I am out of ideas. Crapola I shouldn't have

Re: [newbie] AOL Help!-Hardisk!

2001-12-28 Thread tester
AOL Systems wrote: How to mount and unmount second hardisk on my linux box Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well it should be in your /etc/fstab for convenience

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel?

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Nelson Bartley wrote: Civilme, this brings me to a new question, Does the DraX installer use a 2.4 kernel to perform the install? if so, what revision is it? NB On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:14, tester wrote: Someone writes in another subject's post... I hope you get it all worked out

Re: [newbie] kernel update

2001-12-28 Thread tester
- From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel update Eric wrote: I did a kernel header, doc, and kernel update with mandrake on my 8.0 system. Everything installed just fine but I can no longer use ppp to get

Re: [newbie] Some MDK 8.1 Problems

2001-12-28 Thread tester
Amichai Rotman wrote: Hello all, I have been running Mandrake Linux since it's 7.2 release. I never had problems untill I upgraded to v8.1. I am running the following: An MSI 6163 Lite (VIA Chipset) M/B (with a Creative CT5880 Sound Card onboard) 533 MHz Intel Celleron CPU 128 MB RAM 1 15 GB

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. Why i18n? I would have never thought of looking there for languages! doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friday, December 28, 2001): Doug Lerner wrote: I was hping to do Japanese reading and writing without installing a Japanese OS interface. Every time

Re: [newbie] Linux - slave drive

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Mithrilhall2000 wrote: I just put in a slave hard drive into my linux computer and when starting up the computer it sees the slave drive but when I'm in linux I don't see it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. The slave drive currently has windows on it. Thanks in advance, Mithrilhall

Re: [newbie] Linux - slave drive

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 28 December 2001 01:30, you wrote: Ok, I must be an idiot because I can't find diskdrake anywhere. Can you point me to where it is? Thanks again - Original Message - From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 0.9.4?

2001-12-27 Thread tester
dfox wrote: On Monday 17 December 2001 06:04, Brian Parish wrote: 1. install apt (apt-0.3.19cnc51-1mdk.i586.rpm) I could not find this in my 8.1 Mandrake archive. Where can I get a copy? I've heard of some really good experiences with apt from Debian people, and have wanted this on Mandrake.

Re: [newbie] Linux - slave drive

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Mithrilhall2000 wrote: Ok, I must be an idiot because I can't find diskdrake anywhere. Can you point me to where it is? Thanks again - Original Message - From: tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux - slave

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Maureen L. Thomas wrote: I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost a thing. I am very pleased with it. Some small improvements in K-Spread are needed, like

Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 25 December 2001 07:17 pm, Doug Lerner wrote: What do people think about free vs commercial software in general? I myself don't object to commercial software. In fact, I work for a company that makes very high-quality commercial software with a great, loyal

Re: [newbie] is an anti-virus mandatory ?

2001-12-26 Thread tester
tek1 wrote: hi robin. is there a detailed description as to what each mandrake security level entails (e.g. what settings are changed)? also, is there a way to change the level easily after installation? thx and happy holidays! :) At 14:39 01/12/25 +0200, you wrote: There are a

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo H well since you have one partition open where win2k was, try searching on Two Mandrake at

Re: [newbie] drive doesn't want to be partitioned

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, tester wrote: Civileme! Isn't possible that using a third party program (like Norton System Works) the windows swap file is located at the end of the disk? This happened to me once! I had

Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?

2001-12-25 Thread tester
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 10:25:10 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Thanks, Steven. Well, everybody seems quite psyched abotu OpenOffice and StarOffice. I will give those a try. Nobody seems to mention Hancom Office. Has anybody tried them? Of

Re: [newbie] Re: Cannot send email to list..?

2001-12-25 Thread tester
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Merry Christmas to all, especially Civileme, Sridhar, Ed, Tom and all of you helpful people ! Who can help Mick (a fellow-newbie in need) ? - He had a hard time setting up his new linux-mandrake-system, and I've tried to help him to the best of my ability. After some hazzles

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