[newbie] Hard disk repartitioning

Dear all, I have a 20GB hard disk with a 5GB primary partition(C drive, DOS partition) and 15GB logical partition(D drive, extended DOS partition). The C drive has WinME and all application softwares and has 3.74 GB of free space. The D drive has all my data and has 9.84 GB of free space. I want to

[newbie] RTL 8139(A)

start to do it. X-A-W-K -- Zagraj z finalistkami Miss Polonia [ http://miss.onet.pl/start.html ] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] VMware under MD8.1

Hi, Just wanted to ask if somebody is using VMware in Mandrake 8.1 or was using it under 8.0? What do yuo think about it? What are your experiences? Thanks, X-A-W-K -- Zagraj z finalistkami Miss Polonia [ http://miss.onet.pl/start.html ] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] MB & CPU Suggestion Please

Hello, Just looking through some motherboard manuals (I wish I had got around to doing that research project on MB for class:-( Anyway, the processor talks through the fsb to the North Bridge chip at 100/133/200 MHz, the NB talks to RAM at 100/133/200/(266?) and also to the AGP at 66MHz whi

[newbie] MB & CPU Suggestion Please

Hi everyone, I am considering upgrading my MB and CPU and would like to know which would be a better choice for LM8. I am looking for AMD Duron 900 - 1GHz or Athlon T-bird 1GHz. and maybe Microstar K7T Turbo or GigaByte GA-7ZXR-C I am a student with not so much $, so I am looking for CPU und

Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

te it? > > > > Thank you > > fearless1 > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From:Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starti

Re: [newbie] Software Manager not really installing

Hi Jeremy, I don't know about your other issues, but you can always use 'df' or 'df -h'. The -h option tells df to print numbers for humans like KB and MB. fearless1 -Original Message- From:Jeremy Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:03:52 -0500 To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE

Message- From:Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:55:34 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kdm not starting KDE -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:47 pm, thus spake Doug X: > > Hello LM users, >

[newbie] Mailing list in Spanish.

Hola,   Se nota que hay bastante gente que habla español en la lista.   A lo mejor se podría hacer nuestra propia lista como la tienen los italianos   Qué piensan?   X - A - W - K Jest niezly ... i liscik napisze OnetKomunikator [ http://ok.onet.pl/instaluj.html ]

Re: [newbie] VIA bug?

On Saturday 18 August 2001 05:23, Kirby Urner wrote: > >This is (halfway) fixed in our most recent kernel update, meaning > >we have a workaround for the _hardware_ bug, but not a high- > >performance one. Your computer will seem fairly normal, having > >jumped from 1.8Mb/S to 13.40Mb/s ide read

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

; of WindowsNT using Northon Goust... and then I could insall winblows without any problem... If this doesn't work... I think you need to change your hard drive X - A - W - K - Original Message - From: "Greg Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-Newbie&q

[newbie] Linux Mandrake vs RedHat

Hi, I just would like to ask somebody to explain me the main difference between Linux Mandrake and RedHat. I just want to know the strong points of each one... For what is better to use Mandrake... and for what RedHat? Thanks X - A - W - K -- Jest niezly ... i liscik napisze

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel

08, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2001 23:35, Doug X wrote: > > Hello, > > As stated, I have a CL SB AWE 64 ISAPNP, 128MB, P1 200MHz, Scsi, > > LGburner IDE, CD IDE, 10GB Maxtor, 2GB Fujitsu, 4MB ATI PCI. My problem > > is that through all versions of RH5.0 an

[newbie] Microsoft Latin America and Linux.

Hi, I just wanted to send this link to all of you who speak or understand Spanish. http://www.microsoft.com/mexico/ebusiness/contenido/2001/windows-linux.asp In this page you will find a comparation of Linux vs Windows made by people form Microsoft... just one thing more I would suggest to send

[newbie] Configuration of Realtec rtl8139.

Hi, I have LM80 on my laptop, I would like to install a PCMCIA Realtec RTL8139. By now Linux recognize card bus as realtec rtl8139 but when I try to connect to internet (I use LAN connection) pops out a window saying: modules'ing error in usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 510 I'd like to ask s

Re: [newbie] VMware

Hi Marcia, I'm glad it worked. I am not familiar with DOS at all either. But as long as VMware concerns, make sure the devices are "conected" to the virtual machine if you're trying to use Fdisk on a floppy. Look on the "Devices" part of the VMware menu. If no one on this

[newbie] Intel AN430TX Onboard Sound

Anybody know where I can get drivers for the built in sound on the Intel AN430TX board? Thanks, Mike _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: [newbie] 3D HW acceleration with G400 ?

tput of the "XFree86 -version" command is: XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 1 July 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a

[newbie] lpr: : temp file write error

Hello, I cannot print on a printer attatched to a computer which uses Linux mandrake 7.0. I get the following error: lpr: : temp file write error I cannot print even as root. The problem araised while using kghostview Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Fabi

RE: Re: [newbie] Is there anyone run linux on Intel 810?

Hi, Here you have the information. Greetings. Fabian. > 1)less /proc/pci > 2)less /etc/modules.conf > 3)lsmod > 4)ls -al /dev/dsp > 5)ls -al /dev/audio > 6)ls -al /dev/mixer --- /proc/pc

Re: Fw: [newbie]Vmware installation in 7.2

Hello Lee, I think you're right. I did not mention any procedure since I did not do anything else besides the instructions supplied by the VMware company. Steps I suppose everybody follows to install succesfully such software. If I had done an extra effort or had known of any prob

Re: [newbie] Is there anyone run linux on Intel 810?

Hello Richard, The computer I work with in the university I study uses the CA810A motherboard, which has the Intel's 810 chipset. I haven't had any serious problems related to the sound and graphics configuration with Mandrake 7.2. The installation procedure was a somewhat

Re: [newbie] Basic question re startup scripts

t I can't find > > it... > > > > In Linux Mandrake, (specifically 6.x, 7.0 and 7.2): what is the basic > > order of startup scripts that are executed when the system starts up > > the first time, and on subsequent logins? What directories and in > > what order shou

Re: [newbie] Is the Korn shell freeware?

Hi, I don't know much either, but I can tell you what I know. A shell is the command interpreter people use to tell Linux to do things. When we see the "shell" prompt: [fabian@axolotl fabian]$ we know the system is waiting for the user to tell it to do something. Different shell

Re: [newbie] smb.conf file.

Thanks Michael! Fabian. On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, -michael- wrote: > On Sunday 14 January 2001 18:07, regarding [newbie] smb.conf file., you said: > > Hi, > > > > By mistake I erased some parts of the /etc/smb.conf file. Can > > anyone can send me the one which comes with sam

Re: [newbie] free VMWARE

Hi, Does plex86 support Windows 98 as a guest OS? Fabian. On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 12 January 2001 08:38 am, Emilio Correa wrote: > > Hi, thanks for all whose answer my questions. I could fix my problem > > with kppp. No I wonder if exist a f

[newbie] Printing from X Windows disables CUPS printing. Partial solution.

Hello again, I read the cups log for erros and found the following: After sending the printing job via Netscape (or any X Windows application in KDE) with lpr command into a samba server, the /var/log/cups/error_log had this Job 18 queued on 'lp' by 'fabian&#

[newbie] Printing from X Windows disables CUPS printing.

. Everything went fine, even the printing test succeded. From a shell any user could print with lpr. But as soon as I tried to print from an X Window application (I tried Netscape and KWord) or tried to configure the printer for Star Office, the printer was disabled and nothing was printed. The session

[newbie] Security check.

Hi, The system sent me a message containing the following warning: Security Warning: the md5 checksum for one of your SUID files has changed, maybe an intruder modified one of these suid binary in order to put in a backdoor... - Checksum ch

[newbie] Reloading KDE desktop from a shell.

Hi all, Is it possible to reload the KDE desktop using a shell command without restarting the X server? How does an installation program sets an icon on the desktop? Thanks in advance to all. Fabian.

[newbie] Bridged networking in VMware.

Hi, I just installed VMware in a computer running Linux-Mandrake 7.2, and haven't been able to set up the bridged configuration networking properly. The guest operating system is Windows 98. When I configured the virtual machine I included both options of networking, brid

[newbie] Question on change of CDROM drive.

Hi, The cdrom drive of a computer I need to install linux to just broke down. If I install LM 7.2 using another cdrom drive, will I have problems with the drivers when I get mine fixed or changed? Does LM 7.2 search for the kind of CDROM devices installed every time it boots and l

[newbie] Multisession cd writing

Hello everyone, I use Linux Mandrake version 7.2 in a computer which has the i810 chipset and a HP CD writer 9150 (9100 series). The cd writer was already installed by the time I installed Linux. The problem is that I have't been able to write more than two sessions in a

Re: [newbie] Cannot supermount CDs or floppy

Hi Rosiher, If your using the download version of 7.2, the kernel should already have scsi emulation enabled. I have a LG 8,4,32 (HP re-labled) burner and it works out of the box on the download ISO image. Doug -Original Message- From:Rosiher Sibaja [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Dual boot Problem!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual boot Problem! Doug X wrote: > > Hi all, > I have just installed the Mandrake 7.2 as a second OS to Win95(or it used to be:( > When it installed grub the first time it destroyed my win FAT on /dev/hda1 and so >Win would not load obv

[newbie] Dual boot Problem!

Hi all, I have just installed the Mandrake 7.2 as a second OS to Win95(or it used to be:( When it installed grub the first time it destroyed my win FAT on /dev/hda1 and so Win would not load obviously but neither would 7.2! Thanks to a previous post regarding the hd optimizations switch(now

[newbie] A Broken Mandrake

at first, but then the "not cleanly unmounted errors" and "check forced" messages came up again as usual. But after that it booted normally into X. Atleast so I thought. At first I was simply amazed that I was actually looking at X again, until I realized the desktop was a

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] No more Mandrake.....

Thanks for the inspiration Andrew! I can certainly use it right now! At 10:04 PM 05/14/2000 +0100, you wrote: >-- Forwarded Message -- >Subject: Re: [newbie] No more Mandrake. >Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 15:25:30 GMT >From: "J D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > But now here I am

Re: Fw: [newbie]I need Modem Help Still

going to have to reinstall after some unknown cataclysmic event nuked everything in Linux last night! -=Drake X=- == for one, I dn't know if you typed this the first time, but in your rc.local it should be /dev/ttyS2 instead of dev/ttyS2. Also, I forgot

Re: [newbie] No more Mandrake.....

7;ve had to play around and set up mandrake. if you decide that >mandrake is worth one more try, great. but if you decide not, we're sorry >to lose ya. >good luck >jd > > >>From: X Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL

[newbie] No more Mandrake.....

I think I may finally be ready to throw in the towel on Linux. Everything is gone, and I wasn't even doing a damn thing other than browsing with Netscape. One 2nd everything was great, then for no apparent reason the browser went blank - nothing but a white screen - and it wouldn't close. So I

RE: [newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!

Thanks Joe! By the way, I didn't hear any suggestions about cracks, and I know exactly where I won't think of searching for one! :-) At 09:01 AM 05/12/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I use VMware in Linux to run Win2000 in a virtual machine, and I use VMware in >Win NT to run Linux in a virtual machin

Re: [newbie]I need Modem Help

"setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig" ##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2, 2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port, e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usuall

Re: [newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!

Thanks! How does it actually operate - basically just as a regular Linux application? Does it look like it would be easy to get rid of if it stops when the trial ends? At 07:21 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: >On Thu, 11 May 2000, Drake X wrote: > > Anyone know anything about VMwa

[newbie] VMware 2 run Linux/Win together!

Anyone know anything about VMware? I was looking at their website (vmware.com) recently. They say you can run both Linux and MS Windows on 1 computer at the same time in their own virtual desktops! They have a 30 day Linux trial copy to download. I don't know what happens after the trial perio

[newbie] RPM

I have mandrake 6.1 installed, on an AMD 133 mhz, and everytime I try to install any rpm from the mandrake CD, with an i586 extention, it says that the package is for a different architecture. Any ideas what I can do? (i386 files install fine)

[newbie] Voodoo 3 3000 Drivers????

Anybody know where i can find drivers for a Voodoo3 3000 AGP for SuSE linux 6.2?

Re: [newbie] Sound

wow steve i fear your ability to forward emails from a list to companies that proly get so many emails a day they delete it all. and i didnt boast about cracking it.. someone asked if i decompiled it to crack it and i said i used a keygen.. so again, blow me you geek. eye fear joo :) Mr-X- On

Re: [newbie] Sound

# Logical device id ADS7180 > > # Device support I/O range check register > > # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38 > > # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a > > # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d > > # Device sup

Re: [newbie] Sound

served register @ 0x3a # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d # Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f i dont understand most of that.. anyone know if it will work or i should just buy another sound card.. Mr-X- On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. said: > Yup

Re: [newbie] MandrakeUpdate as user -- SOLVED!

Hi again.. i was just playing around with the update and i went to a diferent mirror site and wanted me to update the screen package that i updated just a few minutes ago. doesnt it write to a file somewhere so that it knows youv already updated that package ? On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher s

Re: [newbie] MandrakeUpdate as user -- SOLVED!

Bloody finaly thanx guys Mr-X- On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher said: > Dear friends: > > The credit for this solution belongs to Andrew, a member of our list. I > apologize for not remembering his surname. I hope he comes through to > confirm this. > > OK, the s

Re: [newbie]

"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: > Since I have started using Linux, I seldom run Windoze any more, because there > are few things I can not do in Linux Yeah, same here. I guess I'll have to keep windows until Corel Draw, PaintShop Pro, and Colin McRae Rally make Linux versions, and

Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site

Hmm i remember using gozilla ages ago.. think it would be compatible with wine ? On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, M Thompson said: > If you are still running Windows, download a program called Go!Zilla. It's > a download manager that will search thru FTP sites to find the fastest > server. It will start

Re: [newbie] Device Drivers

try downloading OSS from www.opensound.com, it supports well over 100 more sound cards than the normal sndconfig does. the only problem is its a 3 hour trial so you gotta find a crack or buy it heeeh. On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said: > Does Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) support the SoundB

Re: [newbie] Fastest Download Site

ummm if your on a T1 you should just be able to download from any of the mandrake mirros cause they wouldnt be any slower than cable/T1 either On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Eduardo Jimenez said: > What is the fastest site where I can download Linux Mandrake 6.1 (Helios)? I'm on a >T1. >

Re: [newbie]

1.1 in 24 hours", "Teach yourself GIMP in 24 hours", "Teach yourself Linux in 24 hours", "Linux Unleashed 6" and "Using Linux - special edition" all included on the cdrom. I hope that helps you in someway. Mr-X- On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, ibi said: > He

Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin

i did that and it worked, to get it fullscreen in X (in KDE) i have to set vid mode to 1024 and when i start a game it is incredibly slow and chunky, if i change the driver from X11 to my voodoo2 it does this: --- Loading ref_gl.so --- ref_gl version: GL 0.01 R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed

Re: [newbie] Installing kdelibs on a 486 style machine

hmm i never thought of doing that.. i just rpm -Uvh --force kdelib* and half the other kde packages like kdebase and it worked fine.. also in Work Station install it doesnt install MandrakeUpdate, i had to find the rpm on the cd and install it myself, and it still doesnt work.. It collects the mir

Re: [newbie] Essential sys admin tool for us newbies

i was just downloading it as your email arrived heeeh it looks pretty good but as it said on the linuxquake.com review the problem is that if you shoot something like csh your program terminates. anyway, back to the testing! Mr-X- On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Aaron deRozario said: > Probably old news

Re: [newbie] Quake2 in Xwin

Thanks everyone who replied to my email. i will try killing gpm and running quake after i have sent this, whats more important than the mouse is getting quake2 to run in X. I changed my init levels to 5 so X starts up at boot and you cant log out into console. when i run quake and it closes my X

[newbie] Quake2 in Xwin

README file but it still will not work, anyone have any ideas ? Thanks Mr-X-

Re: [newbie] newbie-remove

John Aldrich wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > > > > > Maybe they're just stupid. :-( > > > > Maybe they ,like myself, lost it from having to reinstall several times > > trying to make things work. Maybe you forget what it was like when you got > > started. > > > Geeever think ma

Re: [newbie] loading imwheel at x startup?

pete moss wrote: > > what do i need to do to get imwheel to startup whenever i startx? > > :P Ok, this may not be the answer you're looking for but, I copied it from /usr/X11R6/bin/imwheel to the autostart folder on my KDE desktop and it runs at bootup. Jay Deacon -- Be the first one on you

Re: [newbie] ICQ for Java in Linux

Rick Murphy wrote: > Give gnomeicq a whirl. It is already installed if you are using mandrake 6.0 > or 6.1. I've added it to my desktop. It is easy to run from KDE and works > great. Well, ok, I looked for it and found the RPM on the CD but it won't install. Says it needs libpanel-applet. Gro

Re: [newbie] Chix

Hidong Kim wrote: > > David P. Greenberg wrote: > > > > --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could > > get chix with it... > > > Yes, you can. Yeah..but they look like Penguins. --

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

Fred Macinster wrote: > > I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at > the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it. > > How do I detect & connect to it? Eh? 1. Open door. 2. Insert CD. 3. 2 1/2 to 3 minutes on high, more for crispy. -- Be the first one on your block to put

[newbie] HP 722C printer no fly.

My HP 722C won't even flinch on any of the HP prfiles in printtool. They cover the 5xx, 6xx, and 8xx series machines though. Is there a reason this model isn't supported? This is the last hardware knot on my semi-painless maiden linux voyage(except for the P-port scanner, but I ain't asking for mi