Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

2000-03-06 Thread Mandrake Account
By default root cannot login remotely. It is not suggested to do this as it is a security risk. This can be gotten around if you really need to do it by editing /etc/securetty file. As for the problem with X windows, not sure what is causing that as I have the graphic log in and have no pro

Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

2000-03-03 Thread steve harris
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:57:25 -0600 i got 2 problems: 1. I can't login as root, but i can login as my user and su to root. 2., Startx works with root bu

RE: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

2000-03-03 Thread Foung Vang
t manually. Anybody??? Thanks! -Original Message- From: FlipZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i i got 2 problems: 1. I can't login as root, but i

Re: [newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

2000-03-03 Thread FlipZ
i got 2 problems: 1. I can't login as root, but i can login as my user and su to root. 2., Startx works with root but not the other users Any help would be greta. FlipZ

[newbie] mandrake 6.0 with pentium II, Apache Server, Oracle 8i

2000-03-01 Thread Michael Choi
I want to set up Apache Server and install Oracle 8i. Any adivice will be appreciated. I installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday. "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitut

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 => 7.0 with backup

2000-02-20 Thread Vincent DECOUX
Hello, I've burnt the Mandrake 7.0 install CD. I'm currently running a Mandrake 6.0. How can I install Mandrake 7.0 without losing the current 6.0 installation in case the 7.0 installation fails for any reason ? (I do have a free partition, but it is a secondary partition, and it is located at th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

2000-01-30 Thread Jason M. Shatto
at this point, typing "startx" without the quotes shold get you in windows, if that fails, type "xf86config" and setup your x information. Remember, you're in Unix now, things are case sensitive. ALSO, you can type "startx -- -bpp 16" to load in 16 bit more or you can also do 24 and 32 bits. jas

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

2000-01-29 Thread Monte Milanuk
Jake Pettengill wrote: > > Hi, > > My name is Jake and I bought your Maximum Linux magazine #1. I enjoyed > the magazine but i have trouble installing the Linux Mandrake 6.0 in my > computer (h.p) I have install it several times now, but failed to work. I'm > don't familiar with Linux but I want

Re: [[newbie] Mandrake 6.0]

2000-01-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Jake Pettengill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My name is Jake and I bought your Maximum Linux magazine #1. I enjoyed > the magazine but i have trouble installing the Linux Mandrake 6.0 in my > computer (h.p) I have install it several times now, but failed to work. I'm > don't familiar

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

2000-01-29 Thread Lawrence G
Jake Pettengill wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Jake and I bought your Maximum Linux magazine #1. I enjoyed > the magazine but i have trouble installing the Linux Mandrake 6.0 in my > computer (h.p) I have install it several times now, but failed to work. I'm > don't familiar with Linux but I want to

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0

2000-01-29 Thread Jake Pettengill
Hi, My name is Jake and I bought your Maximum Linux magazine #1. I enjoyed the magazine but i have trouble installing the Linux Mandrake 6.0 in my computer (h.p) I have install it several times now, but failed to work. I'm don't familiar with Linux but I want to learn from it. I'm going to expla

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 -- Disk Druid Hang-Up

2000-01-19 Thread Valued Customer
Disk Druid won't let me install a swap partition (of any size), for no reason that I can figure out. When I try to "Add" the swap partition, I get an error: not enough room on the partition (63 ??). I am installing the swap partitian on a 2nd hard disk (1 GIG; slave) - hdb1 - that has WIN98 o

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-31 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1, > but I want to give 6.0 a try. I am having some printer troubles with 6.1, > however I have heard that these problems don't exist in Mandrake 6.0. I > have been using AltaVista to sear

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-31 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1, > but I want to give 6.0 a try. I am having some printer troubles with 6.1, > however I have heard that these problems don't exist in Mandrake 6.0. I > have been using AltaVista to sear

Fw: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Please Disregard my last request. I figured out how to make an ISO in widows. Seve -Original Message- From: Seve Octavia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso... >Does anyone know how

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Does anyone know how to make the ISO in a windows box? Sorry but my Linux box is a bit crippled right now. Seve -Original Message- From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [newb

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
> -Original Message- > From: Bill Munden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:38 AM > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso... > > > >Does anyone know where I can download this off of th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Steve Philp
Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > Do you know how to make an ISO file from a Mandrake6.0 cd? If so, tell me how and I >could make one to put on my FTP site for you. dd if=/dev/cdrom of=mandrake-6.0.iso > > >Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1, > >but I want t

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
8 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso... >Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1, >but I want to give 6.0 a try. I am having some printer troubles with 6.1, >however I have heard that these problems don't exist in Mandrake 6.0. I >have been

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 iso...

1999-10-30 Thread Bill Munden
Does anyone know where I can download this off of the Internet? I have 6.1, but I want to give 6.0 a try. I am having some printer troubles with 6.1, however I have heard that these problems don't exist in Mandrake 6.0. I have been using AltaVista to search for it, but I can't locate it anywher

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth theeffort??

1999-10-03 Thread Bernardo Rodrigues
Hi there, I am already missing the Xterms. Where did the console go to? What about the xterm. I haven't been able to acess the comand line driven environment. Unless I use the ones provided by Gnome. Is this a new feature in 6.1. I have been noticing a strange behaviour of the X-windows since the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??

1999-10-01 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Rick" == Rick Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rick> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: >> I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with all the patches. If I take the time to >> upgrade to 6.1 what will it give me? Rick> I liked the things I've found with 6.1. It has Netscap

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??

1999-09-30 Thread Rick Murphy
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, bay56 wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Rick Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Eric L. Damron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:49 AM > Subject:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??

1999-09-30 Thread bay56
- Original Message - From: Rick Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Eric L. Damron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort?? >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??

1999-09-29 Thread Rick Murphy
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: > I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with all the patches. If I take the time to > upgrade to 6.1 what will it give me? I liked the things I've found with 6.1. It has Netscape 6.1, the latest kde which will now load gnome applications, xcdroast already install

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 - - - Worth the effort??

1999-09-29 Thread Eric L. Damron
I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with all the patches. If I take the time to upgrade to 6.1 what will it give me?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - 6.1

1999-09-05 Thread Ty Mixon
Will just grabbing the updates via the Mandrake update option bring us online with 6.1? Or do we have to do something extra? -- Ty Mixon e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:26147713

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - 6.1

1999-09-03 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Paul Hendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 1:31 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - 6.1 > Hi, > Does anyone know of the differences between Linux Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1? I'm > getting a

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - 6.1

1999-09-03 Thread Paul Hendrick
Hi, Does anyone know of the differences between Linux Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1? I'm getting a pre release version of 6.1, and I would like to know it it's worth installing it over my present installation? -- Best Regards, Paul Hendrick http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/linux.htm

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-26 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Hi there: Thanks for the suggestions. I tried to get the cooker mirror as suggested by Axalon. However, I am unable to do so because I do not have a working version of Linux-Mandrake installed. I cannot boot my machine with the provided boot kernel because I get access errors to both the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: >Thanks for the feeaback. Does this mean that the HP CD-R/RW 8200i drive > I have is incompatible with the Mandrake 6.0 kernel I am using to boot up? > No problem. :-) That's what we're here for. :-) > > >"Cooker" is the pre-release version of Mandrake. Thin

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-25 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Gabriel Fernández wrote: > Dear John: > > >What he's saying is CD drives are more particular > >about the system trying to access them using DMA/UDMA > >(another way to access an "IDE" device) than hard drives > >when they don't support that method of accessing the drive. >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-25 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Dear John: >What he's saying is CD drives are more particular >about the system trying to access them using DMA/UDMA >(another way to access an "IDE" device) than hard drives >when they don't support that method of accessing the drive. Thanks for the feeaback. Does this mean that the HP CD-R

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-25 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > > >There's some bad logic in the code that desides which drives to enable DMA > >cdroms are less tolerant than hardrives when you try and activate it and > >they do not support it. > >I am confused by this statement. I think I understand the kernel does

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Gabriel Fernández
D]> >Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems >Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:57:25 -0700 > > I used the Mandrake-Macmillan Linux and managed to install though it > is my first time. Maybe just good luck. > > Anyway, I probably took the wrong turn somew

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Hi there: >Sorry, I'm a busy person I'm sure you can understand. Nothing personal. Just frustrated that my message started a list of messages not related to my question. ;-) I appreciate all the help that I can get. >VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) >hdb: lost interrupt >

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Dear all: OK, I am starting to dislike this mailing list and Mandrake 6.0. I sent a question to the list asking for help and what I get back is a flame war. Could somebody please focus on the issue at hand and provide any type of helpful information that will assist me in resolving my p

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Dear all: OK, I am starting to dislike this mailing list and Mandrake 6.0. I sent a question to the list asking for help and what I get back is a flame war. Could somebody please focus on the issue at hand and provide any type of helpful information that will assist me in resolving my p

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread John Aldrich
that knows anything besides Windows! :-) John - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems > Don't be so offended. I just was stating

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't be so offended. I just was stating the fact that from my peronal experience, >I had no problems with RedHat as opposed to Mandrake. Well, except for the fact that your key silently broke in the upgrade. Try wrapping those lines at 75 characters, Sparky. -

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread
ilson >First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is >irrelevant >(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Ripcrd6
Gee, Chuck thanks for sharing. Next time just wave, it's quieter and more productive. You didn't say what you didn't like, what equipment you had trouble w/, why it was so much trouble. Thanks for your stunning input and insightful commentary, but next time just wave, my inbox will silently tha

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread Ken Wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems > > > I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, > it was just too much trouble to bother

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-24 Thread
I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems. -- On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:23:53 Gabriel Fernandez wrote: >Dear all: > > I am a Slackware user, but

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems

1999-08-23 Thread Gabriel Fernández
Dear all: I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive experience . . . My machine is configured as follows: Pentium 75MHz 64MB RAM ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book

1999-08-11 Thread Joseph Gardner
: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Joseph Gardner wrote: > I just latched on to a series from IDG books. Titles include "Linux > Configuration & Installation", "Linux Network" , "Linux System Administration" > & "Linux Intern

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book

1999-08-11 Thread Richard Lamont
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Joseph Gardner wrote: > I just latched on to a series from IDG books. Titles include "Linux > Configuration & Installation", "Linux Network" , "Linux System Administration" > & "Linux Internet Server". They are well written, very informative, don't > assume too much and c

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book

1999-08-10 Thread Joseph Gardner
igner / Technical Support Kirby Company -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book Hi all, Wondering what is the best Linux book to use as a guide for Mandrake 6.0? Is there one out yet? Doug application/ms-tnef

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 book

1999-08-10 Thread enpj1
Hi all, Wondering what is the best Linux book to use as a guide for Mandrake 6.0? Is there one out yet? Doug

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-04 Thread John Aldrich
TED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs > > try ftp.linux-mandrake.com > > Uh... sorry. This computer (which I do not have constant access to) has > a slow modem, and my PC

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-03 Thread Ezequiel Santamaria
- Original Message - From: Colin Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs > > > > > Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread Andy Goth
> try ftp.linux-mandrake.com Uh... sorry. This computer (which I do not have constant access to) has a slow modem, and my PC doesn't have a modem at all. Downloading the whole thing is out of the question. Compiling the whole thing should take way too long as well. It takes DJGPP at least a m

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 02-Aug-99 Colin Eddy wrote: > I am using a 486DX2/66 for this. I have read all the Mandrake and RedHat > documentation/hardware compatibility lists and they both say that anything > Intel above a i386 are fully supported. Although on another list, Mandrake > says all Intel and compatibles,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread Bert Bullough
try ftp.linux-madrake.com Andy Goth wrote: > > > Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do > > > the exact same thing and hang in the same place. Plus I wouldn't think > > that > > > pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything > > > re

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread David M. Kufta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 02 Aug 1999, you wrote: > DL all of the SRPMS and edit the spec file to use std gcc to compile. Then I > would assume you would have to play with the install prog to get it to install. > > Start with RH6.0, and fix it (a lot of work doing that to). >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread Bert Bullough
Mandrake 6 is optimized for Pentiums and above < that includes the clones > if you have a 486 your best bet would be an older version of RedHat or one of the other less processor-heavy *nix flavors like slackware Colin Eddy wrote: > > > Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 instal

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-02 Thread Bill Moshier
, and had it up and running without problems. Bill -Original Message- From: Colin Eddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs > > Actually I've tried both t

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread James J. Capone
Can Attain Uncommon Results" -Original Message- From: Andy Goth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 2:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs << File: ATT4.txt; charset = x-user-defined >>

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread Andy Goth
> > Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do > > the exact same thing and hang in the same place. Plus I wouldn't think > that > > pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything > > really happens. > > If they both hang in the same place,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread William Meyer
> Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do > the exact same thing and hang in the same place. Plus I wouldn't think that > pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything > really happens. If they both hang in the same place, that points t

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread Andy Goth
> Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do > the exact same thing and hang in the same place. Plus I wouldn't think that > pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything > really happens. What kind of a processor _do_ you have? If you do

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread Colin Eddy
EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs >Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 19:23:08 -0700 > >It's my understanding that Mandrake is built with Pentium optimizations in >place. You may wish to try Red Hat 6.0 instead. > >- Original Message -

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 02-Aug-99 Colin Eddy wrote: > I currently am running RedHat 5.0 on my old 486 and would like to install > either Mandrake 6.0. Unfortunately no matter what I've tried, the install > continually hangs in the same places (depending on the method). I have > tried both and FTP and HD install.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread William Meyer
It's my understanding that Mandrake is built with Pentium optimizations in place. You may wish to try Red Hat 6.0 instead. - Original Message - From: Colin Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 7:01 PM Subject: [newbie] Man

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

1999-08-01 Thread Colin Eddy
I currently am running RedHat 5.0 on my old 486 and would like to install either Mandrake 6.0. Unfortunately no matter what I've tried, the install continually hangs in the same places (depending on the method). I have tried both and FTP and HD install. I made disks of both the boot and boot

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install on ASUS P5A ALi chipset

1999-07-20 Thread Seth Rosen
Hello everyone I'm new to Mandrake but I've been a LiNUX user since '96. I need help getting Mandrake 6.0 installed, I keep getting an abnormal termination message at various times through the install process. I'm doing an FTP install from my main server that has the ISO image mounted in /home/ftp

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - kppp Problem

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hi Andi! Did you forget - I´m a newbie!!! ;-))) Where can I get this newer version of kppp, how do I install it and what relationship does it have with KDE 1.1 regards Hans

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - kppp Problem

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
Hi, At Mon, 21 Jun 1999 you wrote: > Hi there! > > Since having changed from SUSE to Mandrake, I cannot get a Kppp connection. > Dialing is ok, but connecting to the net doesn´t work. After some time, kppp > stops. Have tried everything. I had a similar problem a few weeks ago. I think the prob

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 - LILO problems

1999-06-02 Thread Terje Bjerkelia
After upgrading from Mandrake 5.3 to 6.0 LILO fails to update. I'm getting the following error message when I run lilo; VGA mode presetting is not supported by your kernel" This results in that I'm not able to update my kernel after compiling... Terje

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL)

1999-06-02 Thread Bill Calvin
"Philip W. Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/01/99 11:17:43 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL) Okay, I've asked twice and no one will email me regarding how to get off this l

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL)

1999-06-02 Thread Putteman Patrick
ction) you would already been off this list. Get a life man! -Original Message- From: Philip W. Huff To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 6/2/99 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL) Okay, I've asked twice and no one will email me regarding how to get off this list. I w

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL)

1999-06-01 Thread Sean
> Okay, I've asked twice and no one will email me regarding how to get off > this list. I will commense in sending an extremely high amount of emails > to this screen name if I don't get any assistance. I hate to be so brash, > but maybe we all can sympathize a little better when an unwanted ema

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL)

1999-06-01 Thread Philip W. Huff
Okay, I've asked twice and no one will email me regarding how to get off this list. I will commense in sending an extremely high amount of emails to this screen name if I don't get any assistance. I hate to be so brash, but maybe we all can sympathize a little better when an unwanted email creep

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 for Sell Now (GPL)

1999-06-01 Thread James J. Capone
If you goto the LSL site www.lsl.com they are selling Mandrake for something like $4 and also one for like .95 cents. And yes I know this is not about Red Hat but they are also giving away for free Red Hat 6.0 (GPL) Just wanted to let you all know, James J. Capone === Webm

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-06-01 Thread Greg Gray
g 11), but I cannot shake the feeling that the catalyst is software related. Again, thanks, Greg - Original Message - From: David Peerless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, co

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Ben
I had the exact same problems when trying to install 5.2 for the first time.  In my situation, I concluded the problem was 1. A faulty cd  or 2.  My cd-rom.  Have you had any problems with other burned cd's?  I've got a cheap 24x speed drive, and have noticed that it sometimes has problems w

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Greg Gray
Thanks for replies to my posts.  Taking given suggestions, I attempted install again.   1.  Set partitions to 100M swap, 1000M / (growable), formatted, install failed with sig 11 during format of hda1 (/).   2.  Tried again, same parameters, same result.   3.  Tried again, this time selected

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Greg Gray wrote: > Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from > first), burned another CD. Booted from new CD, removed all > partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr, > 350M /var, 200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Putteman Patrick
; From: Kuraiken [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 11:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued > > Putteman Patrick wrote: > > > > your partitionning seems a bit strange to me. > > &

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-31 Thread Kuraiken
Putteman Patrick wrote: > > your partitionning seems a bit strange to me. > > Try this: > > make 4 partitions: > > / 1000M > /usr 100M > swap 1000M > /var 350 > 1 gig of Swap?! Isn't that a bit excessive? /usr 1000M swap 100M sounds better IMHO... > don't realy see why you have a /usr and

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-30 Thread Putteman Patrick
ED] > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued > > Continued from previous message... >   > Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from > first), burned another CD.  Booted from new CD, removed all > partitions, created new partitions (200M

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued

1999-05-30 Thread Greg Gray
Continued from previous message...   Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from first), burned another CD.  Booted from new CD, removed all partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr, 350M /var, 200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I'm po

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 pgrade woes

1999-05-30 Thread Greg Gray
I am having extreme difficulties installing/upgrading to Mandrake 6.0.  My system is a Pentium 133 w/ 48 Meg RAM, 1.2 & 1.6 HDD, S3 Virge DX w/ 4 Meg, no Modem, 2 NICs (1 for cable modem, 1 for internal net), dedicated to Linux.   I successfully installed RH 5.1, then new install of RH 5.2,

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0 kernel upgrade problems

1999-05-28 Thread SalsaDoom, Lord of Cybernia
Hi all, Umm, I just installed Venus (previously had RH6), and its pretty smooth, except I found a really lame thing was sadly carried over from RH6. Normally, when I upgrade the kernel, I tend to do it like i'm on a slackware box (where I learned linux =), so I simply tell lilo.conf to poin

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 and Lothar

1999-05-12 Thread Jeanette Russo
Kuraiken wrote: > > Jeanette Russo wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > i have confidence that Mandrake 6.0 will be better because of the Lothar > > > project > > > and also the fact that they integrate KDE better in my opinion : ), > > > > > > just my opinion > > Ok that sounds go

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 and Lothar

1999-05-12 Thread Kuraiken
Jeanette Russo wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > i have confidence that Mandrake 6.0 will be better because of the Lothar > > project > > and also the fact that they integrate KDE better in my opinion : ), > > > > just my opinion > Ok that sounds good can't wait! Hey whats Lothar? > Je

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-11 Thread Steve Winston
But how much longer? Adios, STeve W --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have confidence that Mandrake 6.0 will be better > because of the Lothar > project > and also the fact that they integrate KDE better in > my opinion : ), > > just my opinion > __

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-11 Thread Jeanette Russo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i have confidence that Mandrake 6.0 will be better because of the Lothar > project > and also the fact that they integrate KDE better in my opinion : ), > > just my opinion Ok that sounds good can't wait! Hey whats Lothar? Jeanette

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-11 Thread SciFyKid
its a project that provides a nice lil' gui to setup all your hardwear during setup

[newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-11 Thread SciFyKid
i have confidence that Mandrake 6.0 will be better because of the Lothar project and also the fact that they integrate KDE better in my opinion : ), just my opinion

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread JM
Thanks for the info...did you use the official release? Gracias por la info ...Usastes la version oficial?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread JM
I just hope that Mandrake 6.0 is not $79.99 Solamente espero que Mandrake 6.0 no sea $79.99

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Ghost Master
ine it to be better than KDE with > Mandrake > Jeanette > > - Original Message - > From: Birchall, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 12:30 PM > Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 > > > > R

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Jeanette Russo
I would like to try GNOME but can't imagine it to be better than KDE with Mandrake Jeanette - Original Message - From: Birchall, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 12:30 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 > Ripcrd6 [[EM

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Jose Alberto Abreu
Ripcrd6 translated his thoughts to electrons: > They are going to stay with KDE I would bet. On second thought, Lothar > won't be ready even for day-time much less prime time by the end of the > month. I looked at the pages again today and they are on ver. 0.3 or > something. Oh well. Def

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Duke16
What changes are they going to be? will it just be a kernel update? is it something that is easy to update? (NEWBIE) - Original Message - From: Ripcrd6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Ripcrd6
They are going to stay with KDE I would bet. On second thought, Lothar won't be ready even for day-time much less prime time by the end of the month. I looked at the pages again today and they are on ver. 0.3 or something. Oh well. Definitely look for stuff from BeroLinux to be integrated su

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Birchall, Richard
Ripcrd6 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >Probably mid to late May. May be longer if they are making serious >headway on Lothar. I would be happy if MandrakeSoft waited until GNOME 1.1 was released. GNOME 1.0 behaves like buggy beta software. I've tried the default environment of Red Hat 6.0, GNOM

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0

1999-05-07 Thread Ripcrd6
Probably mid to late May. May be longer if they are making serious headway on Lothar. Rip -Original Message- From: Craig Burlingame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 7:17 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 >Sorry if

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0? Me too

1999-05-07 Thread Steve Winston
Yes, yes, I want to know. I want it!! Steve W --- Craig Burlingame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if I am repeating anything that's been asked > before, but I've been without e-mail for a few days. > Anyway my question is this. When is Mandrake 6.0 > coming out, and will there be an ISO9660

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