Why would I need a router? The modem itself won't work?
Quoting David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> You don't need the MSN exporer garbage. You should configure your gateway
> router to supply the username/password to the DSL service, then all machines
>
> behind (in your private network) c
Does anyone know how I can configure ML to use my MSN Broadband service? Is
there a way to load the MSN Explorer stuff? I don't even know how to install
anything on ML. I need this info in stupid newbie terms. I am using ML 9.0
RC2, on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS, with a LinkSys PCMLM56 Eth
Thanks. I knew someone here would have a suggestion.
LPH
On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 14:50, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Monday 24 December 2001 02:15 pm, LPH wrote:
> > When KDE 3 starts up there is a really nice set of images. Where
> > are these images located? I was looking in /opt/kde3 ... but
> >
Thank you for the compliments. Elizabeth and Sarah are giving
themselves high fives after reading your email.
They'll do the expert installs after playing with KDE 3.0beta1. The
last file downloaded a little while ago and they wanted to start playing
with it.
Happy Holidays.
Layne
On Sun, 200
On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 15:32, s wrote:
> Is this the gaming edition review? Well, nice review up to a point... the
> point at which you forgot to comment on wineX and the gaming part. I've
> heard that the simms plays flawlessly, but the wineX the comes with mdk
> doesn't cooperate with other
OK,
I'm not sure what I've typed wrong. Therefore, let's try this ...
simply go to http://www.killertux.com and then follow the link to the
review that is at the top ... maybe that will work. Not sure why the
link I sent is wrong.
Must be my fingerz !
Forwarded message:
> On Sunday 23 Dece
Ed,
That should be the correct link.
Since you've been so kind to reply, go to http://www.killertux.com
directly - click on the link - because it looks right to me. And I was
able to follow the link in the reply email from newbie.
Curious. Any else see where I've made a mistake on the link?
Wa
Forwarded message:
> Hello,
>
> My daughters have been working with MandrakeLinux 8.1 and helped write
> this review.
>
>
>http://www.killertux.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Review&file=index®=showcontent&id=14
>
> Please take a look at it and make some comments. This list has always
> help
Hello !!
I have 2 very newbie questions:
1- I had a disk with WinME and Win2000Server in dual boot. I then installed
Mandrake-Linux 8.0 in a free partition, with all success. It modified my
boot with this screen that lets me choose the O.S. tu use. Ok, now I plan to
remove my Mandrake-Linux from
Hello!
I've just installed Mandrake-Linux 8.0 and found
this great list, with you message on it.
Well... I have a PC with a cable modem, connected
via USB port. It is a 3Com Cablemodem.
The point is... I do not reach any internet access
with it.. I think it's not even detected. But whe
Steve:
Did you ever get an answer
I have the same prob.
Thnx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Dressler
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 8:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] DSL
I have 2 win98 machines, and n
Hi:
I was wondering if my LinkSys cable router will DHCP an ip to my Linux b0x.
I have a working nic card, and my other machine[98] connects with no
problems.
If I set my netconfig to DHCP, and netdevice eth0 and irq: 5 , would that
accept the dhcp.
I love linux, but hate to config it ;)
Actually, the lockout on debates is why I sent this message to Ralph Nader.
snip
=
I am a registered Republican. I'm also a former business owner and work for
a company that Ralph Nader generally targets as being 'anti-consumer' ...
With that understanding, I made my decision for electi
Try your DRAKCONFIG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dan farley
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Configuring LAN connection
hi. i log onto a LAN at syracuse university. how do i con
Hello:
How do i get out of grub login?
Its like a dos prompt/login.
I want the GUI Login.
Thanks Guyzz
FLUIDNYC
Hello Newbies:::
OK well as i found out, I made a boot disk for mandrake 7.1
I attached it to this email. (patch.pl) got it from linux-mandrake.com--
Its a perl script.
ENJOY!
PS: not to spam or anything, I made a newbie website for us linux users.
It will be fully functional by the end
Hello/morning
I just formatted my C: drive.
Im looking to do clean install [mandrake 7.1]
Do i need a boot disk to install it?
Where can i find a boot disk or how can i make one from the DOS prompt.
Remember my c: drive is now formatted.
Im at the GRUB command line. Im needing some help
Typo ...
linuxnewbie.org rather than linuxnewgie :-)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Iomega
no such address denis???
In a messag
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From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FW: Mandrake Win4Linux 7.1
-Original Message-
From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:42 AM
To
the joke site resides at http://www.mslinux.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eugene C.
Zesch
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:10 PM
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Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Linux
could'nt get the link
Would you contact me directly please with the list of video cards,
manufacturers, models, etc. The e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a few more questions and would like to do a follow up.
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Excuse for asking ... but why are you suggesting PCI?
It seems that if the board supports AGP 4x or even 2x then you can certainly
use the Nvidia based chipset video cards under Mandrake 7.1. Since I'm
jumping in the middle - maybe there was part of the thread that I missed
like the type of
Correct, PCI slots are usually white and the components mounted on the PCI
board face away from the CPU. ISA slots are usually black and the
components on the ISA PCB board are mounted facing the direction of the CPU.
AGP is brown and usually closest to the CPU (not to be confused with the
brown
NO, that is incorrect. That statement is a myth promoted through ignorance.
I've seen enough destroyed product from overclockers - that I can stand
straight and tall and tell you bluntly - overclocking DESTROYS parts.
Period.
"If you buy it - then it is yours" - is a defense statement that I he
You may dl Gentus from their website, www.gentus.com
ABIT also has a comparison chart for the differences between 1.0, 2.0, and
3.0
/LT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug McGarrett
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PR
A couple of things.
First, RH 6.2 installation will proceed on a Tbird or Duron but you will
receive a Kernel panic on reboot.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
This issue appears to be related to a Processor Serial Number function
supported by Redhat that the Duron does not. There are two possible
resolutions
What motherboard?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Fry
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Anyone tried [successfully] to get email support?
I've been trying to get help on a Mandrake 7.1
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike & Tracy Holt
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 6:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
> >> But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very easy to install
I don't mean to be argumentative .. but I disagree with one of your ideas.
The Crown for fastest installation of an OS belongs to Linux.
Linux-Mandrake has got to be THE easiest installation when the correct
hardware is matched with the OS. A fully usable office desktop is complete
after very li
QIII fps is better for nVidia products. Tom's hardware just did a nice
write up on comparing the nVidia based chipsets .. Sadly he didn't go into
great detail on how he reached his high fps scores. Maximum Linux also did
a write up in their latest magazine issue. They also didn't discuss their
Sorry to break into this thread. It caught my attention.
A friend of mine told me a story about the birth of Win95.
A few guys who worked for a company were bought by "MickeySoft" ... one of
the guys for this purchased company thought it would be interesting to move
DOS to 32 bit. As the story
1960's - Used crayons to color in punch cards while waiting in the computer
room.
1976 - In high school we did some time sharing.
1979 - The college I attended thought they should start teaching this PC
stuff.
1983 - Finally owned my own PC
1988 - Thought I knew enough to own my own
No comment, some people are quicker than others though. If you realized,
the E-mail subscription is CGI based and you get every message sent to the
E-mail address. You get all the problems from the Linux community and
answers to the problems you have. That's the beauty of this. Don't ruin it
f
Linux Community,
I was thinking of adding a section to my website devoted
to
the problems of the Linux community and Linux development.
I would appreciate comments/feedback about the idea.
[EMAIL PROTECTED
Hello Linux community,
I have a problem with my Best Data 56k
External Linux Modem connecting to the internet. It connects but the KPPP
only lets me stay on for 1-10 minutes before kicking me off. This is the
message I get back-
"The remote system does not seem to answer to configuratio
Try out IglooFTP
or perhaps gftp .. I prefer IglooFTP cause of the cool icons... You
probably have that installed already.. type IglooFTP from a console to find
out.
Aaron Sinclair
Webmaster, Regional Communications
Mercy Ships-Pacific
http://www.mercyships-pacific.org.nz
> From: &qu
If you installed the Xserver then type startx at the command prompt.
Aaron newbie2
> From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> i dont understand what the opperating screen is supposed to look like
> when im done installing, but all i get is a command promt. i cant get
> gnome or kde or anything to come
Yeah, so I avoided doing a fresh install because I need to take my laptop
apart to remove the mouse everytime I install... You need to install a C
compiler... either install pgcc , pgcc - c++, pgcc-obj and dependencies from
your CD, of ftp
Here is the url were to get it:
http://rpmfind.net/linu
gnomeicu ... rpm inculede on your disk.
aaron newbie2
> I have Mandrake 6.1, is there any icq clones on the 6.1 cd??
from Xserver you can use Ctrl F1-F4 for switching your desktop.. to get to
another console press Ctrl Alt F6, then Alt F1 (which is the console that
Xserver is running on) all the way up to Alt F7, five more consoles to log
in with..
Aaron newbie2
> I'm pretty sure what you're talking about is don
Opps.. dang computers, make me look like a fool.. lols. alright so i got the
wrong package Downloaded gcc-r.95.2-4.i586.rpm and installed with all
dependencies... No worries... tried configuring mysql again, this time it
tells me:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc
Well here goes... thanks to all of you that hang out and help on these
lists.. I should think that this would be a common problem for anyone
wanting to install stuff on their system...
I am attempting to install mysql onto my system
I run the ./configure script, but get the error..
checking for
The RPM (redhat package manager) has a package, gnomeicu that is an icq
clone.. easy to install and set up.. ICQ me if you like . my icq no. is
46118629 -- PS Remove HTML Formatting from your list emails.
Aaron Sinclair
Is there like a realy EZ way to install programs in linux ?
i realy want
I solved the problem by using a rescue disk to load a minimal linux on my
system, using fdisk to create my partitions, then restarting the install.
James Potts
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-Original Message-
From: James Potts, Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 2
Mandrake's not asking me about Fdisk or Disk Druid, if that's what you're
asking. and no, I haven't gotten to the part where it asks where to install
to.
James Potts
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 11:54
I don't have a cc installed on my sys, and for the life of me cannot find
one. Is there a list that describes that packages on the mandrake cd so that
i can identify which one to install, or do i have to go through them one at
a time... Still I have not much of an idea of what i am doing, but the
try at the boot. linux expertexpert noprobe . didn't work for
me, but worth a try none the less.
>> > When trying to install my machine freezes after the probing of the
>> > mouse.
>> > It says that is has found a PS/2 compatible mouse and then the keyboard
>> > freezes completely. Any
I did not find a way of disableing the mouse autoprobe during install.. One
option that i came across was to copy the cd to hard drive and replace the
mouseconfig 3.9 with the redhat mouseconfig file,(which apparantly didn't
freeze). It seemed a long way around for me, so i pulled my laptop apart
I have finally installed 6.0 onto my laptop. Killed the mouse by pulling the
computer to tiny little bits, and then putting it back together agian, and
like all good mechanics was left with a few too many screws and wires at the
end of it.. I presumed this to be the mouse.. So it installed fine, w
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>From: Bob Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] 4 days without install.
>Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 7:12 PM
>
> Aaron Sinclair wrote:
>>
>> My fourth day of attempting 6.0 installation leaves me speachless. No i am
>> not an imbecile, yes I have half
error is:
checking command line arguments
expert mode enabled, unknown option 'noprobe'!
> enter 'expert noprobe' at the boot prompt should skip the mouse autoprobe.
>
>> The problem arises during install, after the packages have been
>> copied from the CD, Mouseconfig 3.9 attempts
stion?
--
>From: David P.Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Regional Webmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] The slow and painfull process averted
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:34 PM
>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Reg
e are two HOWTOs that may help you:
http://amelia.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO.html
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
Kind Regards
Aaron Sinclair
Webmaster, Regional Communications
Mercy Ships-Pacific
http://www.mercyships-pacific.org.nz
troy, boot in dos or win
cd d:\dosutils\rawwrite.exe
copy the image from d:\images\boot.img to your a:
for more info check http://www.linux-mandrake.com
look for documentation / install
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>From: "Troy Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'Linux Newbie'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject:
I tried running the BeroFTPD on my system and never did get it working
properly. The only difference is that I was trying to log in as a user. I
could log in anonymously with no problems. Have you run the BeroFTPD config
yet ? This allows you to configure your anon accounts, directorys, and
ratios
Is there anyway to install RPM's from the command line using a GUI ? I
remember there being a GUI when I first installed Mandrake that gave you the
options of installing packages, but I don't know how to get back to this (or
another) GUI.
I would like to install the KDE invironment, but I get lost
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>
> you can find out all the files with 'rpm -ql BeroFTPD' or in one of the
> gui rpm tools, it's helpful for tracking down manpages.
>
I ran this, and everything looks fine. For whatever reason when I bring up
the manpage for ftpaccess all I get is heiroglyphics on the screen. Is there
some ot
I have a Linux Mandrake 6.0 box up and running, and I am experimenting with
switching over some or all of my NT servers over to Linux.
I am having a problem, however, with gaining access to the box VIA FTP. I
have set up the user accounts (using linuxconf) with FTP being a
supplimentary group, an
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