Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Adam
hat. Adam - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem Hi all, I am running into strangeness here... I want to install netscape 4.75. As per indication, I remov

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Patti Wavinak
Original Message On 9/22/00, 2:22:21 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem: Hi all, I am running into strangeness here... I want to install netscape 4.75. As per indication, I removed the old netscape stuff (meaning the communicator

[newbie] Help for 6.5 networking 7.1 installation

2000-09-23 Thread yuanhuang
I got serious problem while installing 7.1, which I downloaded from mirror site. Inserting CD into drive, I boot system from CD, it "Load second stage ramdisk", "ramdisk error", once I choose OK, "initializing CD-ROM", show just stoped here. I have tried support site, got a clue for a

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
2000-09-23. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Paul, you "HAVE" to run XFree 4.* I suppose because the new netscape uses new libraries? (I don't know) as for rpmlib I have that problem too, but usually I fix every dependancy except that, then use --nodeps to get past it. I've never had

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
2000-09-23. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [root@internet paul]# rpm -iv netscape-common-4.75-7mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: XFree86 = 4.0 is needed by netscape-common-4.75-7mdk rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) = 3.0.3-1 is needed by

Re: [newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-23 Thread Barry Premeaux
I got similar dependency complaints, although nothing refering to to XFree86. I also told it to ignore and simply upgrade. It seems to be running fine. The web page that caused 4.74 to fold up and close moments before, loaded just fine with 4.75. Can't explain the dependency/error messages.

[newbie] Help, Netscape 4.75 install problem

2000-09-22 Thread Paul
Hi all, I am running into strangeness here... I want to install netscape 4.75. As per indication, I removed the old netscape stuff (meaning the communicator 4.73, and also netscape-common 4.73). Now I am ready to install 4.75 and this happens: [root@internet paul]# rpm -iv

[newbie] Help, I can't connect to Internet

2000-09-21 Thread xavi
I can't connect to internet with linux. When I try to connect to internet, pppd die and I can read the following message on /var/log/messages: Sep 20 19:07:58 localhost pppd[1027]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0Sep 20 19:07:58 localhost pppd[1027]: Using interface ppp0Sep 20

[newbie] HELP..... LM 7.1

2000-09-21 Thread Josh Shirey
Yo! I needs some help. I'm trying to install xfree86.4.0.1as a single 15 meg file onto my LM 7.1 box and I am receiving an error "Only packages with major numbers =3 are supported by this version of RPM." I'm a newbie so take it easy on me. Thanks a bunch!!! Joshs [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] HELP..... LM 7.1

2000-09-21 Thread Paul
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Josh Shirey wrote: I needs some help. I'm trying to install xfree86.4.0.1as a single 15 meg file onto my LM 7.1 box and I am receiving an error "Only packages with major numbers =3 are supported by this version of RPM." I'm a newbie so take it easy on me. Thanks a

RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-08 Thread Richard Garand
This time I did a full install, with 4 linux partitions, got a bootdisk, and it works. But, when i was done the install, i deleted everything except windows from grub. What are the default choices and the commands to run them? (My partitions are windows, linux/, linux/home, linux/boot, swap, or

[newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Richard Garand
Yesterday i tried to install mandrake, but with problems that got worse every time i tried to fix them, i had to repartition my disk and reinstall windows. Here's everything i remember, can anyone help me with these problems? The first time i tried to install mandrake, i chose "customized"

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Mark Weaver
Richard Garand wrote: Yesterday i tried to install mandrake, but with problems that got worse every time i tried to fix them, i had to repartition my disk and reinstall windows. Here's everything i remember, can anyone help me with these problems? The first time i tried to install

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread John A. MacLaughlin
or Safe mode. If in Safe mode, shut down repeat this process. I have never had to do this more than twice. - Original Message - From: "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:45 AM Subject: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard does...

2000-09-07 Thread Mwinold
another thing you can do is select log to /bootlog.txt. for some reason it works well on my comp, or you can on the dos prompt, do not go to it from the boot disk, windows actually suggests this and it works, type scanreg /restore

RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
mess with Win partitions (resizing) to install Linux, reducing the risk of a problem. Hugo - Original Message - From: "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:45 AM Subject: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed window

RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Adrian Smith
me thinks (thinks being the key word) that if the registry is totally gone, when you boot in safe mode it will rebuild it as best it can. there are also some ways to restore a saved registry from a dos prompt i don't know them off hand as i have only read about them, never used them. this

RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Richard Garand
: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured.. me thinks (thinks being the key word) that if the registry is totally gone, when you boot in safe mode it will rebuild it as best it can. there are also

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread John A. MacLaughlin
offer panaceas---just hints that are likely, but not guaranteed, to be helpful. - Original Message - From: "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! (Thank Yous)

2000-09-07 Thread GAPrichard
Don't be put off by the zealots. There is much good help to be had here. And I agree, I appreciate the help I get here. -Gary- In a message dated 9/6/2000 5:54:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would really like to thank the following people for giving me

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Larry Marshall
Would this cause the grub problem and destroy the windows registry? There were only 2 problems (in getting the operating systems to cooperate): grub wouldn't boot windows and something (during the install?) destroyed my registry. If i know what did this and how to avoid these problems, i'll

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Mark Weaver
Richard Garand wrote: I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, why grub wouldn't load windows, how to install mandrake without destroying windows, how to install mandrake without installing another bootloader, how to make a

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Larry Marshall
Sometimes these msgs really confuse me as there's no information that explains how these problems could possibly occur. I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, If your registry got destroyed, Windows did it, not Mandrake

RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Richard Garand
, September 07, 2000 7:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured.. Richard Garand wrote: I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know

Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......

2000-09-07 Thread Dennis Myers
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured.. This might work, but what will happen if all the registry files are gone? -

[newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread Jon Roig
I'm fairly new to Linux, and I've mostly been able to puzzle stuff out... but this has me stumped. I've been working on it for hours, and I think my brain is about to melt. Right now, I can receive email as [EMAIL PROTECTED] but not [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know it's not postfix -- it's not a

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread Aaron Lynch
Your honor: on 9/6/00 12:37 AM, Jon Roig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] confessed: 'hoover' doesn't reply, and smersh isn't authoritative with Network solutions. -- Aaron Lynch System Administrator NineWire Digital Solutions || http://ninewire.com If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread Mark Weaver
Jon Roig wrote: I'm fairly new to Linux, and I've mostly been able to puzzle stuff out... but this has me stumped. I've been working on it for hours, and I think my brain is about to melt. Right now, I can receive email as [EMAIL PROTECTED] but not [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know it's not

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread Jon Roig
Ummm ok. This was registered through CORE, if that's what you're talking about... Otherwise, I remain totally befuddled. -- Jon From: Aaron Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 01:09:10 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP ME

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-06 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
I've spent more time reading howto's and mailing lists and any other kind of linux documentation I could find then I care to even think about. I've used windows since 2.0 and I have never bought a book on how to configure it. I've got a stack of linux/unix books 3 feet tall next to my desk.

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread Jon Roig
like when that's the problem. -- Jon From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:18:44 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email. Jon Roig wrote: I'm fairly new to Linux

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread patrick
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, you wrote: I'm fairly new to Linux, and I've mostly been able to puzzle stuff out... but this has me stumped. I've been working on it for hours, and I think my brain is about to melt. now this is what linux is REALLY about. your brain melting especially if u do too much

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! (Thank Yous)

2000-09-06 Thread John I. Azeke
First of all (IN DEFENSE OF MYSELF): I would just like to say that I am new to the world of Linux. I haven't even heard the word until I started college 4 years ago. This is now my second month of actually using the OS. I am moving over from Windows because I am sick of being ripped off for

Re: [newbie] HELP ME! DNS/Bind problems... especially with email.

2000-09-06 Thread lselinger
Try creating another MX record to the domain you are trying to reach... IN MX 10 smersh.jonroig.com. ---this was your only MX record hense the username@smersh.jonroig.com working. Also .. I'm not sure I understand your start of authority SOA jonroig.com.

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! (Thank Yous)

2000-09-06 Thread Mark Weaver
"John I. Azeke" wrote: First of all (IN DEFENSE OF MYSELF): I would just like to say that I am new to the world of Linux. I haven't even heard the word until I started college 4 years ago. This is now my second month of actually using the OS. I am moving over from Windows because I am

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Goldenpi
To: Linux Mandrake Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 9:18 PM Subject: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! I was looking at some of my windows 98 mpeg files under L. Mandrake 7.1 yesterday and when I rebooted the computer into windows, The partition of windows

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Goldenpi
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! patrick wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: No, you have to read, Read, READ, before you do an install. that way you can do the expert install and you have total control over everything

RE: [newbie] Help with Internet conection

2000-09-05 Thread carol
fácil o tan rápido. Un saludo desde Lanzarote, la isla de los volcanes, Carol^ -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: martes, 05 de septiembre de 2000 12:21 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] Help with Internet conection carol wrote: Hi

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Paul
Did you just install mandrake? Also, they files you can't see, are they on a non primary partition? _ "John I. Azeke" wrote: I was looking at some of my windows 98 mpeg files under L. Mandrake 7.1 yesterday and when I rebooted the computer into windows, The partition of windows that contains

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
hahahahahahaha!! Thanks for the laugh Mark. Dacia --- Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abe wrote: he's the best auto mechanic in the world why shouldn't he be able to fix my VCR = Original Message From "Goldenpi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = By asking the school IT

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Paul
"John Azeke (Big John)" wrote: I have 2 hard drives. One has Mandrake installed on it. The other has 2 windows partitions (C and D). Windows is installed onto the C: Drive and D: has all of my personal windows files. On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok...first question. Is

RE: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Abe
and there we have it. As an interesting aside, I'm enrolled in a Cisco network engineer program at my local community college. I bought my first text book which is an A+ Certification book. As I was browsing through the table of contents I was shocked to see that apparently only DOS, win

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Mark Weaver
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: hahahahahahaha!! Thanks for the laugh Mark. Dacia ;-) no problem. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/=

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Ed Tharp
try "man fsck" (wid out da quotes, A'course) - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Goldenpi wrote:

[newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-05 Thread Doug McGarrett
I hedged an answer yesterday. It will probably work. But here's the scoop from the horse's mouth: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3 Good luck. --doug

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
John, It sounds an awful lot like your partition table has been corrupted. If you enabled supermount during the install I would suggest that you now disable it. If that is even possible at this point. Next, if you have a copy of Norton System works stick the CD into the CDROM, bring up Disk

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mwinold
back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure you are very careful installing with the options they give, i had to go with the auto install because if i hadnt then sianara windows

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Kathleen Dickason
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure you are very careful installing with the options they give, i had to go with the auto install because if i hadnt then sianara

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
No, you have to read, Read, READ, before you do an install. that way you can do the expert install and you have total control over everything that you're doing during the install. I've done the developer install each and everytime for ever install I've ever done. From RedHat 5.2 over a year

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mwinold
well i read everything possible on what seems to be a real simple install of mandrake 7.1 and i had nothing but problems, grub wouldnt load the kernel properly by telling it i had no memory, x windows didnt want to load said i had no usable screens, i ran the auto install as a final attempt

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread patrick
Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure you are very careful installing with the options they give, i had to go with the auto install

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread patrick
Mark Weaver wrote: No, you have to read, Read, READ, before you do an install. that way you can do the expert install and you have total control over everything that you're doing during the install. read the instructions. is there anybody out there that has really read the instructions.

RE: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Washington Andrade
HOW I CAN DO MY SERVER FILE/PRINTER?? WHIT LINUX? -Mensaje original- De: patrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: Lunes, 04 de Septiembre de 2000 11:46 a.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!! Kathleen Dickason

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread patrick
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote: Washington Andrade wrote: HOW I CAN DO MY SERVER FILE/PRINTER?? WHIT LINUX? I DON'T KNOW! -- Mark when it comes to servers, im completely clueless. keep up posted though :)

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Kathleen Dickason
patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure you are very careful installing with the options they give, i had to go with

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Romanator
Washington Andrade wrote: HOW I CAN DO MY SERVER FILE/PRINTER?? WHIT LINUX? -Mensaje original- De: patrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: Lunes, 04 de Septiembre de 2000 11:46 a.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Romanator
Mark Weaver wrote: No, you have to read, Read, READ, before you do an install. that way you can do the expert install and you have total control over everything that you're doing during the install. I've done the developer install each and everytime for ever install I've ever done. From

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Doug McGarrett
I would go to Linux and run fdisk. Bring up the partition list and see how the "missing" partition is typed. I would guess that for some reason it is no longer marked as a fat32 partition. If that's the case, then change the type so that it is, save the change, and reboot. DO NOT CHANGE

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure you are very careful installing with the

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Kathleen Dickason wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Doug McGarrett wrote: I would go to Linux and run fdisk. Bring up the partition list and see how the "missing" partition is typed. I would guess that for some reason it is no longer marked as a fat32 partition. If that's the case, then change the type so that it is, save the change, and

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Kathleen Dickason
Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!{OT}

2000-09-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snipped all of the on-topic stuff Funny, I didn't remember the Linux lyric.

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Kathleen Dickason wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!{OT}

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Carroll Grigsby wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snipped all of the on-topic stuff Funny, I

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread patrick
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING! linux likes to total windows on an install that and you should make sure

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread patrick
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote: You hit it on the nail 1000 percent. And, it takes a real user to admit that they have goofed up big time. I'm sick and tired of people always blaming when the are too afraid to admit they screwed up. Always...always back up your data before partitioning

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread philomena
rtfm = "read the f#*@ing manual" ! :-D philomena patrick wrote: On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: patrick wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back up BACK UP BACK UP DIDNT YOUR MOTHER TEACH YOU ANYTHING!

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread L. H. LOO
PMJI, Yes, this 63-year-old Chinaman does that, but very often instructions writers write for *themselves* to read - forgetting that readers are *dummies*. As a result, after RTFineM newbies are still in the dark-age. Regards. At 04-09-2000 11:51 AM, you wrote: read the instructions. is

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-04 Thread Hugh
I read everything I could on the subject of Linux and mandrake for weeks before trying to install. You know what? Didn't help much, I found the answers to my questions online and in news groups. The written is much watered down or doesn't go into the detail needed On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you

[newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-03 Thread John I. Azeke
I was looking at some of my windows 98 mpeg files under L. Mandrake 7.1 yesterday and when I rebooted the computer into windows, The partition of windows that contains all of my personal files was gone! Confused, I went back into Mandrake and the partition was still present with all

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Ok...first question. Is this "partition" we're talking about on a seperate drive from the one that contains your windows installation? I'm assuming, of course, that this is the case. At any rate, if you can see the files and the partition for that matter while running Mandrake then they're still

Re: [newbie] HELP! Linux stole my windows partition!!!

2000-09-03 Thread John Azeke (Big John)
I have 2 hard drives. One has Mandrake installed on it. The other has 2 windows partitions (C and D). Windows is installed onto the C: Drive and D: has all of my personal windows files. On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Ok...first question. Is this "partition" we're talking about on a

RE: [newbie] Help setting up DSL

2000-08-31 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Linux user #175132 Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Check out the latest in independent media at http://www.indymedia.org . -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey P. Jolma Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie

[newbie] help - lnx4win installation kernel panic

2000-08-31 Thread Bhavin Parikh
Hi, I have spent almost two days in Mandrake Linux for Windows installation in my machine. I am getting following error when I tried to install lnx4win in Windows 98 operating system. --- VFS:Cannot open root device 08:21 kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 8:21

[newbie] Help setting up DSL

2000-08-30 Thread Jeffrey P. Jolma
I am having troubles getting using my DSL account from my linux box. I have had DSL for a while functioning properly on a windows box. I bought a new machine and am dual booting it with win98 and mandrake 7.1. The different computers access the same DSL line via a hub. Win98 on my new machine

RE: [newbie] (newbie) Help: Mandrake 7.1 and Weird X

2000-08-21 Thread BANESTO
packages.(you may need to reinstall KDE) I am working now with KDE only. Next Step, the DVDPLAYER for Dxr2 which I made it run in RH6.0. - Original Message - From: Prashant Krishnamurthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:48 AM Subject: [newbie] (newbie) Help

Re: [newbie] help

2000-08-20 Thread Anthony
Hi there, What package(s) do I need to install to have iostream.h in my system? Thanx I had the same problem as you, and I think http://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/contrib/libc6/i386/libg++-devel-2.8.1-2.i386.html was supposed to give you that file. However, my suggestion is that if you

[newbie] (newbie) Help: Mandrake 7.1 and Weird X

2000-08-20 Thread Prashant Krishnamurthy
Hi all, I installed Mandrake 7.1. When I typed startx, I would get a blue screen with the mouse and then the X windows would close with the message "Waiting for X to shut down". Someone told me it is a problem with KDE and I should instead use xinit to start. So, I tried that with icewm-gnome,

Re: [newbie] help

2000-08-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hi there, What package(s) do I need to install to have iostream.h in my system? Thanx libstdc++-devel If you're looking to compile source, you should check here: http://mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.htmlhalf way down the page is a list of

[newbie] Help!!!

2000-08-18 Thread Patrick Phu
hi there, After finished installation mandrake 7.0, during the boot up process it stop in between the error msg was "unable to open display" "error in loading share libraries can not open share object file. I don't get a chance to the LOGON screen. Any help appreciated!! pat,

[newbie] help steps to setup network

2000-08-18 Thread Jerry Chen
Hi, I just got my fixed-ip DSL setup via an ISP. My PC was preinstalled with Mandarke 7.x - I was able to hook it up and connect the machine to internet after setting a few parameters. What I really want to do is to make it a server for my internal small network for emails/www/etc. I've

[newbie] help

2000-08-18 Thread Hiep T. Nguyen
Hi there, What package(s) do I need to install to have iostream.h in my system? Thanx

[newbie] help: nvidia 4.01 drivers

2000-08-13 Thread soulreaver
CPU; amd 500 k2 Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 256 SDR Mandrake 7.0 i have managed to install xfree86-4.01 and set up my x86config so its working great with the standard 'nv' drivers; so i then tried to load in the new Nvidia 0.9-4 drivers, now the problem starts, all i get is a black screen; have

Re: [newbie] HELP!!! PLEASE, I AM AT MY WITS END

2000-08-11 Thread Jose Alberto Abreu
Kalu Chijioke wrote: 2. I can't get my modem to work too. As described by the ChenLi Tien CM8738 driver, I am supposed to compile the "pctel.o" module, that, I can't find anywhere, I have gone to websites to attempt downloading the file but to no avail, and it isnt included in my

Re: [newbie] HELP!!! PLEASE, I AM AT MY WITS END

2000-08-10 Thread Anthony
You might want to try "cat /dev/sndstat" and not sndstart. 1. I can't seem to be able to configure my sound card to work with my motherboard(System Specifications at end), I am using a CM8738 Sound Card, which, ChenLi Tien, designed the driver that should work with the Linux Box, but I

Re: [newbie] HELP!!! PLEASE, I AM AT MY WITS END

2000-08-10 Thread Eric MC.D
Kalu Chijioke wrote: Goodday All, Please I pray and hope anyone and I mean anyone can end up helping me resolve my problem. Do take time to read this, cause it's littered with a newbie request structure. I just acquired my Mandrake 6.1, having dumped my old Slackware 2.0 version.

Re: [newbie] HELP!!! PLEASE, I AM AT MY WITS END

2000-08-10 Thread patrick darcy
Kalu Chijioke wrote: Goodday All,Please I pray and hope anyone and I mean anyone can end up helping me resolve my problem.Do take time to read this, cause it's littered with a newbie request structure.I just acquired my Mandrake 6.1, having dumped my old Slackware 2.0 version. Hoping that the

[newbie] help apache new install

2000-07-29 Thread KompuKit
I just tried to upgrade Apache...using the rpm's on the rpmfind site. apache 1.3.12-14mdk and all its companion rpm's... I did have apache 1.3.12 from the last update... when I tried to upgrade this time,however... I get this: unsatisfied dependencies: mm=1.1.3 libmm.s0.11 where's the

[newbie] HELP!!! My kppp connection stalls constantly

2000-06-30 Thread Khem ...
My modem installed just fine. I set up DNS, kppp and ppp0. I can dial in and get connected, check mail and move around on the web. BUT if I encounter anything over 10 or 20 k or try to download, the transfer rate dwindles down to nothing and it stalls. Every time. I've check everything and I'm

[newbie] Help me please

2000-06-22 Thread Mario Molina
I have a question: please a need know if is posible make aliases with users of another server ie: i have a user:user1 in my server myserver.com and user1 have a email account in latinmail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] y want make an aliases user1:[EMAIL PROTECTED] i edit

[newbie] Help with 6.0 (retail) install...

2000-06-22 Thread Dwayne
Well after having fits trying to figure out fdisk, (which I did), I went ahead and installed the rest of the system only to find that the install program failed to write the boot sector, or to the MBR, in other words, no LILO. Then it also decieded that it could not write the boot floppy.

[newbie] help with install tar

2000-06-21 Thread KompuKit
WHERE is the GNOME path in mandrake...and what all is needed in installing gnome...? I'm trying to install the latest version of screem using a TAR.GZ file... but I keep getting this...in error: attached is the error I get...whether I install 0.2.5 or 0.2.6 of screem I have all gcc

[newbie] help tar files installing

2000-06-19 Thread KompuKit
Whenever I try to install tar.gz files from a terminal... I get the following errorwhy? and how do I fix this? checking whether C compiler (gcc) works...no configure error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables I installed all the gcc files...I could

[newbie] help tar files installing

2000-06-19 Thread KompuKit
Whenever I try to install tar.gz files from a terminal... I get the following errorwhy? and how do I fix this? checking whether C compiler (gcc) works...no configure error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables I installed all the gcc files...I could

[newbie] Help!

2000-06-18 Thread Mike Dempsey
I need to install mandrake without an X based setup. My alpha box won't do X. Please help Mike

Re: [newbie] Help!

2000-06-18 Thread Michael H. Collins
I think you have to make a nonX bases floppy to boot from. It is in the images directory on the cd IIRC. root wrote: Mike Dempsey wrote: I need to install mandrake without an X based setup. My alpha box won't do X. Please help Mike Just do a custom install and when it comes

Re: [newbie] Help!

2000-06-18 Thread KompuKit
FIRST...i would get out of root and do these things in a root terminal or use drakeconf within your user dir root wrote: Mike Dempsey wrote: I need to install mandrake without an X based setup. My alpha box won't do X. Please help Mike Just do a custom install and when it

[newbie] help tar files installing

2000-06-18 Thread KompuKit
Whenever I try to install tar.gz files from a terminal... I get the following errorwhy? and how do I fix this? checking whether C compiler (gcc) works...no configure error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables I installed all the gcc files...I could

[newbie] help! cant get mysqld working

2000-06-17 Thread Jeremy
Hi everyone, I have read the READMEs the FAQs and the excellent beginners tutorial at www.devshed.com but I cant get MySQL working. when I run mysqld as root it gives 'cant change dir to /var/lib/mysql errcode:2' and that directory doesnt exist. I have installed all the mysql RPMs off the

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