Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:36 am, Richard Gilbert wrote: > THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... > > I still have some significant problems... > > (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 > only. > > (2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? Th

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:09 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the > huddled masses, saying: > >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:09 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Yes, I have done this -- they are all 8.1 in this section. > I'm about to give up. i am concerned then, cause i have it open now, and it has no 8.1,

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
Yes, I have done this -- they are all 8.1 in this section. I'm about to give up. - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
Shane, Now I am back to where I started -- this is what I downloaded, and it is 8.1 Please advise Richard - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Hel

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 September 2002 8:36 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 > only. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftptmp/1032279120.560904864db6f6126a1ba

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Gilbert wrote: >THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... > >I still have some significant problems... > >(1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 >only. > >(2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? This is my only choice. > >Please HELP! > >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... I still have some significant problems... (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 only. (2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? This is my only choice. Please HELP! Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:19, Damian G wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:01:36 -0400 > > Richard Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:45:56 -0300, Damian G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:02:41 -0700 > > > > > > shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [newbie] Help with Hub

2002-09-10 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 05 September 2002 2:46 am, Franki did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > or your could setup NAT on your linux box. or, since e all love options, if you have old hardware around, i have mandrake SNF on an old p90 with 2 NICs and

Re: [newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

2002-09-05 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:51 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Chris Spackman wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 02:13:57 -0600 > > > > Jan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Have you tried a different keyboard? That would be the first step in > >>ruling out a hardware problem with the keyboard. > >>

Re: [newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

2002-09-05 Thread Chris Spackman
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 02:13:57 -0600 Jan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried a different keyboard? That would be the first step in > ruling out a hardware problem with the keyboard. > > If the borrowed keyboard works, get a new keyboard and don't worry > about it. If it does the s

RE: [newbie] Help with Hub

2002-09-05 Thread Franki
, 5 September 2002 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with Hub On Wednesday 04 September 2002 05:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > im getting dsl and i want to use my hub i want a win2k box and a linux box > on the same dsl. > > i want to know if i can use my hub a

Re: [newbie] Help with Hub

2002-09-05 Thread Brian Craft
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 05:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > im getting dsl and i want to use my hub i want a win2k box and a linux box > on the same dsl. > > i want to know if i can use my hub and get win2k box to to give my linux > box internet access or the other way around doesnt matter

Re: [newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

2002-09-05 Thread Jan Wilson
* Chris Spackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020904 13:30]: [snip] > Anyhow, I put mandrake 8.2 on it and it works fine except for one or two > things. The major problem is that the keyboard repeat rate is totally > f**ked up. Typing quickly (normal speed for someone used to typing) > causes a large numb

[newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

2002-09-04 Thread Chris Spackman
Hi all, I was given a new computer at work and they allowed me to put linux on it (they don't care what i use as long as the work gets done). They were even nice enough to get starsuite for me. :-) (The computer guy said that starsuite is selling like crazy - one of the most popular programs at t

Re: [newbie] Help with home network selection

2002-08-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 12:07 am, you wrote: > I'm not sure about wine over a network connection, since I can't even > get it to work on the local machine to a Windows XP Pro installation, > but... I know you can network the two machines, period. My setup here at > home is very similar to yours.

Re: [newbie] Help with home network selection

2002-08-20 Thread et
On Monday 19 August 2002 10:34 pm, you wrote: > On 19 Aug 2002 16:11:57 -0400 > > "Terence J. Golightly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > I have two machines one is my workstation running 8.1 on an Athlon 2100 > > + 256mb of ram and two maxtor hard disks a 40gm and a 12gb. My oth

[newbie] Help with home network selection

2002-08-19 Thread Terence J. Golightly
Hello List, I have two machines one is my workstation running 8.1 on an Athlon 2100 + 256mb of ram and two maxtor hard disks a 40gm and a 12gb. My other machine is a K6 300mhz box running 95 rel 2. I would like to netwok these two where sharing a network connection 'might' be possible and the ab

Re: [newbie] help with kppp

2002-08-18 Thread Paul
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s mail, d.d. Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:04:52 EDT: >i need some help and theres 2 ways i could do this. > >1. i had to change /dev/modem to /dev/modem2 how can i make kppp use modem2 > >instead of modem? > >2. how do i change /dev/modem2 back to /dev/modem? > an answer to e

[newbie] help with kppp

2002-08-18 Thread Xecut1on
i need some help and theres 2 ways i could do this. 1. i had to change /dev/modem to /dev/modem2 how can i make kppp use modem2 instead of modem? 2. how do i change /dev/modem2 back to /dev/modem? an answer to either of these would be very helpful thanks

Re: [newbie] help with linux install

2002-08-11 Thread Graeme J Hosking
Hi, > shuttle ak35gtr motherboard w/ via 8366a chipset. An athlon xp 1800+ > cpu, 512mb ddr/266 ram, and a nvidia gforce 3 128/ddr video card. > One hard disk has windows xp pro on it. The other I would like > mandrake 8.2 on it. I had the same problem with similar hardware (ABIT KR7A-RAID) an

[newbie] help with linux install

2002-08-10 Thread MICAH
This is the first time I have tried installing anything other then windows on a hard disk. Currently I have two hard disks Maxtor 6L040J2’s 40gb/133ata. I built this computer with a shuttle ak35gtr motherboard w/ via 8366a chipset. An athlon xp 1800+ cpu, 512mb ddr/266 ram, and a nvidia gforce 3 12

Re: [newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-04 Thread Randy Kramer
Anne Wilson wrote: > So are you saying that in changing to a lower resolution the refresh rate is > raised? I would have expected the other way round. No, it's a little more complicated than that -- the same resolution can have several different refresh rates depending on some of the characteris

Re: [newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 02 Aug 2002 11:21 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 02 August 2002 11:37 am, you wrote: > > Don't want to hijack your thread, but - > > > > Interested in this, I tried it and after Ctrl-Alt-Minus got the message > > '85 Hz Refresh Not Recommended', which I saw when I tried to run Tux > > Racer.

Re: [newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-02 Thread et
On Friday 02 August 2002 11:37 am, you wrote: > Don't want to hijack your thread, but - > > Interested in this, I tried it and after Ctrl-Alt-Minus got the message '85 > Hz Refresh Not Recommended', which I saw when I tried to run Tux Racer. > Could someone explain what is happening, please. > > A

Re: [newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-02 Thread Anne Wilson
Don't want to hijack your thread, but - Interested in this, I tried it and after Ctrl-Alt-Minus got the message '85 Hz Refresh Not Recommended', which I saw when I tried to run Tux Racer. Could someone explain what is happening, please. Anne On Thursday 01 Aug 2002 6:31 pm, you wrote: > When

Re: [newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-01 Thread Miark
When X is running, try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Plus or Ctrl-Alt-Minus. (The plus and minus on the numeric keypad, that is.) If that doesn't work, drop out of X and type XFdrake as root to reconfigure X. Miark > When installing Linux I accidentally change my screen > area from 720 by 480. I want to

[newbie] Help with screen area resolution and ethernet adapter

2002-08-01 Thread ©¿©¬
Hello, I am just a Linux Newbie... When installing Linux I accidentally change my screen area from 720 by 480. I want to change it back to 1024 by 768 or higher resolution but i dont know how. I just need your help guys. Also Linux did not detect my Ethernet Card. I have a driver tar.gz format

[newbie] Help with a specialized fan.

2002-06-26 Thread Terence J. Golightly
List, I just bought a Hardcano 3 Combo hd cooler cpu fan controller and temp sensor. It has a digital display for the temp a fan and a switch for 3 speed settings. Has anybody set something like this up? I have a Soyo K7VXA-2BA2 MoBo running an XP 2000 + chip. Most of the setup is from there w

Re: [newbie] Help with an upgrading hardware

2002-06-20 Thread Terence J.Golightly
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 10:25 pm, Terence J.Golightly wrote: > Hello, > > I post infrequently, so if the problem I am about to address has been > discussed as such in a faq or a web page I would be gratelful if someone > could send me the url otherwise, here goes. > > I am upgrading my hardware.

Re: [newbie] Help with an upgrading hardware

2002-06-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 19 June 2002 03:25, Terence J.Golightly wrote: > Hello, > > I post infrequently, so if the problem I am about to address has been > discussed as such in a faq or a web page I would be gratelful if someone > could send me the url otherwise, here goes. > > I am upgrading my hardware. I

[newbie] Help with an upgrading hardware

2002-06-18 Thread Terence J.Golightly
Hello, I post infrequently, so if the problem I am about to address has been discussed as such in a faq or a web page I would be gratelful if someone could send me the url otherwise, here goes. I am upgrading my hardware. I would like to swap my current harddrive out of my 586 box and putti

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-13 Thread John McQuillen
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 15:12, Miark wrote: > > Is that a new feature? I don't see that in the Evolution that > came with 8.2. It is in the 'View' menu, not the 'Edit' menu, second section down. Make sure you're in a mailbox though, or you won't see it. Regards, John... Want to buy your Pac

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-13 Thread Miark
> Evolution doesn't move trashed messages. It marks them for later > deletion. "Edit | Hide deleted messages" will hide what you've marked > for deletion. > > Warren Is that a new feature? I don't see that in the Evolution that came with 8.2. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from Man

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-13 Thread Warren Post
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 14:15, Langsley T Russell wrote: > Much to my surprise I managed to download and install the Evolution > e-mail client. It does seem to have much of what I'm looking for in an > e-mail client. Although a few things are annoying like putting a line > through a deleted or moved

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread rfriedman
As far as the line through deleted messages is concerned... while looking at your mailbox, go to the top menubar and click on View. Then click on: Hide Deleted Messages. Once you've done this, deleted messages will get a line through them and then disappear from your mailbox and go to your tra

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Vincent Colombo
On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 21:03, robin wrote: > IIRC, Ctrl-Y will apply filters, which includes sending deleted messages > to trash (of course you need to block the directory first) Hmm. Ya know, I never even noticed the trash bin in Evolution. Vince Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mand

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread robin
Langsley T Russell wrote: >Much to my surprise I managed to download and install the Evolution >e-mail client. It does seem to have much of what I'm looking for in an >e-mail client. Although a few things are annoying like putting a line >through a deleted or moved e-mail rather than deleting it

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Vincent Colombo
I'm assuming Evolution is looking at the permissions on the signature file itself (or the directory it's in?). I don't think it's Evolution itself that is telling you you don't have permissions. Check the file permissions. Perhaps you moved or created the file as root? As far as putting a line th

[newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Langsley T Russell
Much to my surprise I managed to download and install the Evolution e-mail client. It does seem to have much of what I'm looking for in an e-mail client. Although a few things are annoying like putting a line through a deleted or moved e-mail rather than deleting it from the folder. Currently I'

Re: [newbie] help needed for Java and Konqueror

2002-06-08 Thread Charlie
June 8, 2002 03:22 am, Stormjumper wrote: > If installed, uninstall 'kaffe'. Go to > http://wwws.sun.com/software/java2/download.html and D'l > 'j2re-1_3_1-linux-i386-rpm.bin' > > Open a console, log as root and type: ./j2re-1_3_1-linux-i386-rpm.bin > > If everything go OK you get a file named jr

Re: [newbie] help needed for Java and Konqueror

2002-06-08 Thread Stormjumper
e 07, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] help needed for Java and Konqueror El Jue 06 Jun 2002 01:50, escribió: > hi, > > i'm trying to get Java working on Konqueror. > i'm using Mandrake 8.2, default installation. > > specifically, my younger brother goes to www.games

[newbie] help needed for Java and Konqueror

2002-06-05 Thread Stormjumper
hi, i'm trying to get Java working on Konqueror. i'm using Mandrake 8.2, default installation. specifically, my younger brother goes to www.games.com to play monopoly, and i'd like to be able to set it up. right now, i've gone to Konqueror -> Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Konqueror Browse

RE: [newbie] help on pcmcia card

2002-05-18 Thread Louis Dallara
Greeting's; where I've been.. I've installed 8.1 and it install hot swap pcmcia and the tulip driver which gave a 90% loss when I did a ping on my network. I could find a easy update and help for locals.. Deicided to bite bullet, update to 8.2 surely they would have fixed this problem with Link

[newbie] HELP!!!

2002-05-07 Thread Brian R Koppe
Boy did I learn my lesson not to play around as root! :-[ Alright, I decided to install some Texstar RPM's last night and some said they needed the latest RPM's from the KDE3 CVS - so, I figured, what the heck, why not install them? So, silly me, I decided to install *some* of the RPM's from KDE

Re: [newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Whenever you find ./configure stops saying it needs a file just open Mandrake Software Manager and search for an rpm of that name. If one is not found then press the 'search by file' button and search again. Once you have found the correct RPM install the '-devel' version of that RPM. The deve

Re: [newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-06 Thread Head
ok i got gcc installed, now it wants setupterm or tgetnet, and it says it can't find it, i did some searching on google for setupterm and it said it was in libtermcap, and its already installed, but cant find it, where can i find it? >Im trying to install BitchX, >i've downloaded it and un-tar'

Re: [newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-05 Thread civileme
Head wrote: >Im trying to install BitchX, >i've downloaded it and un-tar'd it, and then the >instructions say to run ./configure --with-plugins >it says >checking for gcc. no >checking for cc. no >checking for cl no >configure: error: no acceptible C compiler found in >$PATH > >so i

Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!

2002-05-05 Thread Dan LaBine
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!! > Thanks, but this hasn't fixed it I'm afraid. > > I've discovered that I can log in if I startup in 'failsafe' mod

Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!

2002-05-05 Thread Mark Lucas
Mark - Original Message - From: "daRcmaTTeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!! > > in that case you may want to check to make sure the IP address of the > m

Re: [newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-05 Thread Derek Jennings
You only need gcc and it is on your Mandrake discs. Just open Mandrake software Manager and seach for it. In 8.2 two versions of gcc are supplied 2.96 and 3.0 2.96 is the one your system is compiled with, so you should generally use that one. HTH derek On Sunday 05 May 2002 9:41 am, Head wr

[newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-05 Thread Head
Im trying to install BitchX, i've downloaded it and un-tar'd it, and then the instructions say to run ./configure --with-plugins it says checking for gcc. no checking for cc. no checking for cl no configure: error: no acceptible C compiler found in $PATH so i guess my question is wh

Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!

2002-05-04 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: > Thanks for the help, I'll give this a try. > > I don't think the problem is actually to do with authentication. The system > logs suggest that the authentication is OK. The problem is in trying to set > up a console session over SSH or locally. SSH says it

Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!

2002-05-04 Thread Mark Lucas
Thanks for the help, I'll give this a try. I don't think the problem is actually to do with authentication. The system logs suggest that the authentication is OK. The problem is in trying to set up a console session over SSH or locally. SSH says it connects OK but the server closes the session im

Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!

2002-05-04 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Mark Lucas wrote: > Thanks for the help. > > First, I don't use a firewall, I don't think I need it. I *can* login to > Webmin etc quite happily remotely. The problem is that I can't log in > locally or via SSH. SSH seems to validate OK but then fails to set up a > consol sess

Re: [newbie] Help on importing Ms Outlok Personal folders to Evolution ?

2002-05-02 Thread David
I use Claws now. But IIRC, that is covered in Evolutions helpYou must first import your PST file(s) into a program that utilizes the mbox format. From there you can import the mbox files directly into Evolution, under file > import. HTH Dave Kristjan Klementi said onto me:

[newbie] Help on importing Ms Outlok Personal folders to Evolution ?

2002-05-02 Thread Kristjan Klementi
Hi Newbies question Is there some way I can convert mail items from MS Outlook personal folder files. I prefere to import them to Evolution if that ever would be possible. Any ideas and help would be apprechiated. --- just another "Second Day Linux User" ---

Re: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.

2002-04-17 Thread A V Flinsch
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 17:11, you wrote: > Yes, it just had a single line about loosing connection to X server. > > Are there any log files I could submit to the list for your > inspection that would be helpful? > Can you bring up an x session other than KDE? if so, try deleting everything

RE: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.

2002-04-17 Thread Burrows, Scott
is somehow the culprit here. Scott -Original Message- From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE. Do you have a .xsession-errors file in your home directory? Miark On Wed,

Re: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.

2002-04-17 Thread Miark
Do you have a .xsession-errors file in your home directory? Miark On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:30:45 -0500 "Burrows, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > On my MD 8.2 system while I was attempting to get my internet connection > working > the speaker started a continuously repeating sy

[newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.

2002-04-17 Thread Burrows, Scott
Hey all, On my MD 8.2 system while I was attempting to get my internet connection working the speaker started a continuously repeating system beep. It was as if I was holding down the delete key when there was nothing there to delete. The system hung when I attempted to reboot it. I powered it

Re: [newbie] Help w/ Laptop (winbook xl)

2002-03-29 Thread Joan Tur
Es Divendres 29 Març 2002 04:11, en Timothy J. Ryan va escriure: > but does your PCMCIA card(s) work??? > My only network card is PCMCIA. Yes, they did work ;) > --- Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Es Dijous 28 Març 2002 21:14, en Timothy J. Ryan va > > > > escriure: > > > I have tried t

Re: [newbie] Help w/ Laptop (winbook xl)

2002-03-28 Thread Timothy J. Ryan
but does your PCMCIA card(s) work??? My only network card is PCMCIA. Thanks TJR --- Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Es Dijous 28 Març 2002 21:14, en Timothy J. Ryan va > escriure: > > I have tried to install Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 on my > Winbook XL and it locks > > up when I looks for PCMCI

Re: [newbie] Help w/ Laptop (winbook xl)

2002-03-28 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dijous 28 Març 2002 21:14, en Timothy J. Ryan va escriure: > I have tried to install Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 on my Winbook XL and it locks > up when I looks for PCMCIA devices. That happened to me and I solved it turning off "PnP OS" in Bios. Try that... -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL qu

[newbie] Help w/ Laptop (winbook xl)

2002-03-28 Thread Timothy J. Ryan
I have tried to install Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 on my Winbook XL and it locks up when I looks for PCMCIA devices. I have heard something about the Kernel not supporting older PCMCIA archetecture, but I'm not sure about that. I have gotten 8.2 istalled using the command "linux pcmcia=0" but then I cant

Re: [newbie] HELP: File System Errors

2002-03-27 Thread civileme
Pauljames Dimitriu wrote: >I've got an ugly problem. > >When I boot my computer I get a message saying "File >System Errors, would you like to fix this problem" > >In the Graphical startup, I get what looks like two >buttons at the bottom of the screen saying "Yes or >No", but I can't do antyhing

Re: [newbie] HELP: File System Errors

2002-03-27 Thread Damian
anyway, what filesystem is this? is it journalized? Damian El mié, 27-03-2002 a las 20:01, Miark escribió: > I know sqwat about fixing this type of error, except this: > the command is fsck rather than fsch. > > Miark > > Pauljames Dimitriu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > > > I've got an

[newbie] HELP: File System Errors

2002-03-27 Thread Pauljames Dimitriu
I've got an ugly problem. When I boot my computer I get a message saying "File System Errors, would you like to fix this problem" In the Graphical startup, I get what looks like two buttons at the bottom of the screen saying "Yes or No", but I can't do antyhing w/ them. When I boot into failsaf

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Help With Gateway/Router

2002-03-24 Thread FemmeFatale
U... K You give new meaning to "Headless/zombie Gateway" ! Sheesh! Frankenstein would be proud! You don't say if you have: - A HUB/Switch/Router to the other terms on the LAN. - Speed of your preferred LAN *may be irrelevant, i'm just trying to

[newbie] [Newbie] Help With Gateway/Router

2002-03-24 Thread Chris Howe
Hello I have just been switched over from DSL broadband to PPPoE service and I am not able to get a working setup. I have tried Mandrake SNFno go I have tried Smoothwallno go and I have tried E-Smiths gateway and again no go. with SNF I wasn't able to get onto the internet at all. wi

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-03-15 Thread FemmeFatale
I don't remember if I wrote back to tell you things worked out. I basically did as Ed said, & tried to fiddle in the install with the settings. Seems to have helped. That and the Nvidia drivers may have helped too. Not sure. But everything seems good again. :) Thx Ed. Femme ed tharp wrote:

Re: [newbie] help with postfix and setting up a full e-mail system.

2002-03-10 Thread Dan & Lori Buchanan
yep that worked. I had either gotten ahold of some old information or some bad info because the info I had said that postfix didn't do pop3 and told me about the transfer map setup. Now i just have to set up the other accounts :). As for the relay server no i don't want one. I had just finish

RE: [newbie] help with postfix and setting up a full e-mail system.

2002-03-10 Thread Robin
anan Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] help with postfix and setting up a full e-mail system. I need a good how to on setting up a postfix program. Becuase of work i've been poisoned by m$ exchange and just can't seem to get postfix fully con

Re: [newbie] help with postfix and setting up a full e-mail system.

2002-03-10 Thread civileme
Dan & Lori Buchanan wrote: >I need a good how to on setting up a postfix program. Becuase of work >i've been poisoned by m$ exchange and just can't seem to get postfix >fully configured. I have an intresting reguriement as my internal >domain (interal) and my external domain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] help with postfix and setting up a full e-mail system.

2002-03-10 Thread Dan & Lori Buchanan
I need a good how to on setting up a postfix program. Becuase of work i've been poisoned by m$ exchange and just can't seem to get postfix fully configured. I have an intresting reguriement as my internal domain (interal) and my external domain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) are not the same. I have 3 p

Re: [newbie] Help! System won't boot!

2002-02-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Jim Dawson wrote: > > I had to reboot my Linux box this morning and was greeted with a 'File not found' >message in Grub. (I didn't get the exact message text as I was on my way out the door >but I think the 'file not found' was the kernel.) I suspect that I may have >inadvertantly updated the

[newbie] Help! System won't boot!

2002-02-28 Thread Jim Dawson
I had to reboot my Linux box this morning and was greeted with a 'File not found' message in Grub. (I didn't get the exact message text as I was on my way out the door but I think the 'file not found' was the kernel.) I suspect that I may have inadvertantly updated the Kernel using MandrakeUpda

[newbie] Help required, after crash cannot start X

2002-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Guys I have a major drama, after installing Win4Lin 3.0 on my Mandrake 8.1 box, things were running great, THEN I had a free of my desktop, not while Win4Lin was running though and I had no choice (that I am aware of anyway) of sorting everything out except using the old 3 finger shuffle (C

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-24 Thread ed tharp
to avoid this problem, install as "expert" and check the video configuration durring install. what video card do you use? some cards are not supported in xfree4.0 and I would bet the "respawning to fast" is related to the video config setup. if you have the problem after you reinstall, then we

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread Chris Keelan
Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:33:50 -0700: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > No i don't need a Journalizing sys. But i wanted to try it, seeing as it seems> faster. Ext2 is slow, and i'm trying ot find what works for me & learn all at> once.

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread FemmeFatale
No i don't need a Journalizing sys. But i wanted to try it, seeing as it seems faster. Ext2 is slow, and i'm trying ot find what works for me & learn all at once. Maybe a bad way to go about it but I'm still having fun. Femmey Chris Keelan wrote: > Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:19:32 -0700: In attempt

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread Chris Keelan
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:19:32 -0700: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > I think they are called terms... when you press ctrl-alt-F*.? > > If i used ext3 with ML8.1 I get garbage... as in the terms won't show up just> garbage at the top o

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread FemmeFatale
my god someone tried to answer that morass of junk, thx Ed. ;0 no i haven't tried that & don't know how to. In the end, my windows partition melted as it was, so i just deleted linux & will reinstall (once again). If it occurs again though, how would i try your suggestion? And this only seems

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread ed tharp
terms sounds correct enough to me... some folks might call them ttys or vty or "text console". I likie console... have you tried starting at run level three and correcting the xconfig? On Friday 22 February 2002 18:19, you wrote: > I think they are called terms... when you press ctrl-alt-F*.?

[newbie] Help with internet connection -SOLVED THANKS

2002-02-21 Thread Paul Clyne
A bit thanks to all who replied. I have successfully got my connection working. Jeff Madore, I think yours was the final straw that broke the monsters back. Thought I will admit that I'm ot 100% certain. Erylon, the line you mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/network didn't actually seem

Re: [newbie] Help with internet connection.

2002-02-18 Thread Paul Clyne
At 01:57 PM 18/02/02 +0530, Mario Michael da Costa wrote: [snip] >you can ping to your ISP ip i.e. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx but cannot open a >page like google.com ? Maybe I didn't make myself clear in my original email. I can ping both the local and remote IP address as reported by Kppp but thats it.

Re: [newbie] Help with internet connection.

2002-02-18 Thread Mario Michael da Costa
Paul Clyne wrote: > > Hi all, > > You help would be VERY appreciated.. > > I'm running MDK8.1 and for the life of me can not get my Internet > connection to work properly. > > I can dial, connect (all seems ok upto here) but can not connect to any > named services. > > I can ping the remote a

Re: [newbie] Help with internet connection.

2002-02-17 Thread Erylon Hines
Check this: In /etc/sysconfig/network The line for GATEWAYDEV=eth0 Comment it out to this: #GATEWAYDEV=eth0 If that doesn't work, we may need to adjust your /etc/resolv.conf to something like this: domain yourispname.com search yourlocalLANname If that doesn't do it, get back to the list

[newbie] Help with internet connection.

2002-02-17 Thread Paul Clyne
Hi all, You help would be VERY appreciated.. I'm running MDK8.1 and for the life of me can not get my Internet connection to work properly. I can dial, connect (all seems ok upto here) but can not connect to any named services. I can ping the remote address given in kppp but I can not ping

[newbie] help with Alcatel USB ADSL drivers

2002-02-14 Thread JIm Killock
Hi all, i'm having a problem with my new install of Madrake Standfard 8.1 - which i bought cos it runs these drivers out of the box .. but I'm getting two problems: The internet connection wizard reckons I need the second Commercial apps CD - true or not?? The connection script in /usr/share

[newbie] Help with pop-before-smtp

2002-02-08 Thread Dennis Cardinale
Hi, All. This is my first post here...hope it helps. I've spent the last few weeks setting up a mail/ftp/http server for my company using Mandrake-Linux 8.0 on a Pentium II 233 with considerable success. The server exists at the office, and ties to the internet via a 1.5 Mbps DSL line. I exist

[newbie] Help with TV out...

2002-02-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
I've got an Nvidia Geforce 2 Titanium with 64 megs of Ram, running under Mandrake v8.1 and I'm wondering if I can use the TV-out port on the back of this video card. I did a search of "nvidia" and "tv out" in the mailing list archives but came out empty handed. I also did a search on Google, and

Re: [newbie] help installing openoffice.org?

2002-01-26 Thread Robin Turner
On Saturday 26 January 2002 01:58, Nelson Bartley wrote: > Now that you've installed it w/ the -net, you need to run the setup > program again for each user, so the program can install settings in > their home directories. > > You'll find the soffice executable in the location you install it > to

Re: [newbie] help installing openoffice.org?

2002-01-25 Thread Todd Slater
On Friday 25 January 2002 06:58 pm, Nelson Bartley wrote: > Now that you've installed it w/ the -net, you need to run the setup > program again for each user, so the program can install settings in > their home directories. > > You'll find the soffice executable in the location you install it to >

Re: [newbie] help installing openoffice.org?

2002-01-25 Thread Nelson Bartley
Now that you've installed it w/ the -net, you need to run the setup program again for each user, so the program can install settings in their home directories. You'll find the soffice executable in the location you install it to after you run setup from each user. Make sense? NB On Fri, 2002-0

[newbie] help installing openoffice.org?

2002-01-25 Thread Todd Slater
Finally getting around to trying to get openoffice.org installed, and I know this has come up here before. I dl'd and extracted it in my home directory. Ran setup -net. Specified install directory as /usr/share/openoffice. Installed fine. changed to /usr/share/openoffice/program and ran soffic

Re: [newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin

2002-01-12 Thread Ed Tharp
On Monday 17 December 2001 13:36, you wrote: > Originally to: All > > This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your > E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. > > --=_tcob1.net-7179-1008635553-0001-2 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Con

[newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin

2002-01-11 Thread Dennis Herndon
Originally to: All This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_tcob1.net-7179-1008635553-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have installed the RealPlay

Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Leone
> while true, do you really think any but the most dedicated can install dozens > of packs (some _very_ large) on any number of machines and even pretend to > get any other work done? Yep. Me. :-) Altho I only have a couple servers; not dozens or hundreds. > ...been there, done that. Ditto. >

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