Re: [newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error

2003-01-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 27 January 2003 12:48 pm, Abid Latif Sheikh wrote: > Hi: > > I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being > installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. > I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its > inst

Re: [newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error

2003-01-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:48 pm, Abid Latif Sheikh wrote: > Hi: > > I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being > installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. > I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its > installat

[newbie] ? Mandrake 9 and faces-1.61-16mdk.i586 Error

2003-01-27 Thread Abid Latif Sheikh
Hi: I am unable to surpass the error of not having the subject package being installed successfully and so does my Mandrake installation fails as well. I tried different options but of no use. Any help, how can I skip its installation ? Abid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9

2002-12-29 Thread Jose
Roz and Steve Gugenberger wrote: To list, Hoping that someone can assist. I would love to stop using Windows and start using Mandrake. I just love it but cannot get my ADSL to work and as my wife uses the Internet a lot (and I do also) I have to keep booting into Windows to use i

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9

2002-12-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try drakconf. Go into the network settings and use the wizard to configure pppoe. If it needs to install something it will ask you to put in the disc. On Sunday 29 December 2002 04:47 pm, Roz and Steve Gugenberger wrote: > To list, > Hoping that someone can assist. I would love to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9

2002-12-29 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 09:47, Roz and Steve Gugenberger wrote: > To list, > > Hoping that someone can assist. I would love to stop > using Windows and start using Mandrake. I just love it but cannot get > my ADSL to work and as my wife uses the Internet a lot (and I do also) > I have

[newbie] Mandrake 9

2002-12-29 Thread Roz and Steve Gugenberger
To list,     Hoping that someone can assist.  I would love to stop using Windows and start using Mandrake.  I just love it but cannot get my ADSL to work and as my wife uses the Internet a lot (and I do also) I have to keep booting into Windows to use it and check emails.  Surely M

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 - lin4win or lnx4win

2002-12-23 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 23 December 2002 18:42, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I have toyed with Mandrake in the past but never really got it working > 100%. Always had little issues that I couldn't iron out. Now I am back to > give it another go. I want to install it into a Windows directory first to > see if I can

[newbie] Mandrake 9 - lin4win or lnx4win

2002-12-23 Thread Russ
Hi All, I have toyed with Mandrake in the past but never really got it working 100%. Always had little issues that I couldn't iron out. Now I am back to give it another go. I want to install it into a Windows directory first to see if I can get it up and running before I tackle the partitioning th

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 05:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You could leave the partition as NTFS, but you would only be able to read data off >of the NTFS partitions. If you wanted to share files, both Read and Write, then you >would either create a FAT32 partition, or I do believe there are some N

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-20 Thread lynch00
efano Pogliani Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook Thanks ! /Stefano Anne Wilson wrote: >On Friday 20 Dec 2002 5:08 pm, Stefano Pogliani wrote: > > >>Do you mean that if I have a single "C Disk" on W2K,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-19 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan: > lnx4win? I thought this died when 8.0 was released. It was aimed at > Windows users who wanted to experiment with Linux without > experiencing the thrill of repartitioning, and it was never > intended to be anything except a tool for experim

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-19 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:12 pm, Belkie, Dan wrote: > Hey guys! > I am looking at installing Mandrake 9 on my notebook. I am running win2000 > and have over 20 GIG free on my d drive. > Should it be pretty easy, without harming my 2000 install? Would this be > the correct steps? > Insert the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 19 December 2002 18:12, Belkie, Dan wrote: > Hey guys! > I am looking at installing Mandrake 9 on my notebook. I am running win2000 > and have over 20 GIG free on my d drive. > Should it be pretty easy, without harming my 2000 install? Would this be > the correct steps? > Insert the fir

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-19 Thread Adolfo Bello
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Belkie, Dan > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:13 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook > > > Hey guys! > I am looking at installing Mandrake 9 on my notebook. I am > running win2000 an

[newbie] Mandrake 9 on my notebook

2002-12-19 Thread Belkie, Dan
Hey guys! I am looking at installing Mandrake 9 on my notebook. I am running win2000 and have over 20 GIG free on my d drive. Should it be pretty easy, without harming my 2000 install? Would this be the correct steps? Insert the first CD, Reboot the system, Press [F1] when the Mandrake Linux screen

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-15 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Thank you for everyting! Cheers, Andrei gShield doesn't need an RPM.. It comes as a tarball... unzip the tarball and dump everything in it to /etc/firewall Then edit the one config file.. /etc/firewall/gShield.conf (it tells you exactly what to do in there, most answers are 'OPEN' 'CLOSE'

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-14 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 14 December 2002 06:25 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Thanks for your posting! Could you be more specific please? Why is this > better than Mandrake's firewall? Does it also use iptable or ipchains? > > and also, > > where can I get it (preferably in RPM format)? > > (rpmf

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-14 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi Frank, Thanks for your posting! Could you be more specific please? Why is this better than Mandrake's firewall? Does it also use iptable or ipchains? and also, where can I get it (preferably in RPM format)? (rpmfind does not have it) Cheers and thanks, Andrei I suggest you forget th

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-14 Thread Franki
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrei Raevsky Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question Hi, When I launch my firewall configurator in the Mandrake Control Center, I get the following message: "make sure you have confi

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-13 Thread Graham
You can install the firewall but if you are using ppp to access the net you will have to make a change or two so the the firewall recognises that you are accessing via a modem 1.install the firewall and it will ask some configuration questions check the appropriate boxesfor the serv

[newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-13 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi, When I launch my firewall configurator in the Mandrake Control Center, I get the following message: "make sure you have configured your Network/Internet access with drakconnet before going any further" Well, I have not. I installed Mandrake 9 on a laptop with a modem, so I could not conf

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 22:52, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Do you really reckon it's something to do with the drive, or the hdparms > settings for that particular drive? > I would generally tend to think so. Test out the different settings - also, make sure your IDE controller is operating at the spee

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 22:33, Technoslick wrote: > Ricardo, > > Thanks for that 'interesting' tip on Seagate. Did you read this somewhere, > or were told by 'word-of-mouth' that there was a problem between these > drives and Linux? If the former, can you point to the source? I would like > to learn

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Technoslick
in today's boxes. But, if it's working for you, that's great. I really would like to know what you have found out. Thanks! T :-) - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-13 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
Em Qua 13 Nov 2002 21:21, Stephen Kuhn escreveu: Wow! this is quite interesting! MY machine is almost the same as yours, exceptions are 1600XP and 256mb pc2100 DDR It was the finest install I have ever made! Just dropped in the mdk9 CD into the CD tray and watched the show! It was a real

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-13 Thread Mike Norrish
Regarding the BIOS settings, I think so- as far as I'm aware, at least initially, the BIOS was untouched on both. As of yesterday, though, the BIOS on the first machine has been upgraded to version 1004 of the firmware, with no noticable change. I'll try an absolute minimum install, and see where

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:07, Mike Norrish wrote: > Can anyone help with this? > > CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP > Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). > Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) > Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) > Ethernet: RealTek 8100 > RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR > DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40

[newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-13 Thread Mike Norrish
Hi all! We've got two machines in our office, both with identical configurations (at end of post), which are both giving us grief... First of all, on one machine, Mandrake won't even finish booting after installation. Here's what happens: 1. Bootup freezes on "Finding Module Dependencies" This

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 and "Gnome" config

2002-10-24 Thread Ralph M. Los
Steve Jeppesen [mailto:ampster40@;attbi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 and "Gnome" config just open up a console and type vi .xinitrc then enter what ever you want in there and to save it type :w to save it then :q to qu

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections-- more info

2002-10-14 Thread Robert Björn
Hi Mike, No, it isn't a notebook. Just a typical PC. Regards, Robert Mike Burgener wrote: > > > is that a notebook??? from compaq? > > > > At 08:55 13.10.2002 -0400, you wrote: > >> I am not sure about all the problems, but the last one; "(EE): No device >> found" is not from the monitor, it i

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections -- more info

2002-10-14 Thread Tony S. Sykes
I thought the video card was the killer clue. -Original Message- From: Michael Notforyou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections -- more info On Mon, 2002-10

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections-- more info

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Björn
I'd just like to add that I've now also tried the text based install mode, with the following results: * I am unable to select packages -- the list of packages simply never appears. * Sometimes not all text will fit on my screen, due to the screen mode the installation appears to have selected.

[newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Björn
Hello all, I am having some installation difficulties with Mandrake 9. The first time, the problem occured after I had selected and prepared the partitions. It was about to write the partition table to disk when the mouse pointer stopped working and the computer hanged. I patiently waited for

[newbie] Mandrake 9 review (with sensible installation hints)

2002-10-03 Thread Alastair Scott
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27377.html The only real problem with it is that the author doesn't understand Mandrakesoft's policy regarding licensing of packages - in download editions, GPL or equivalent or the package is not included. Given that there is _general_ misunderstanding o

[newbie] Mandrake 9 in "high security" mode...tearing my hair out!

2002-09-26 Thread Ralph M. Los
Hey all, I must be more of a noob than I thought. Apparently, I expected to install with "high security" mode, and have a semi-functioning system which I can at a later date "open up" as needed, right? Apparently I'm either doing something wrong, or something's not working. I'v