Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 17 November 2002 03:09 pm, Robin Turner wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Sunday 17 November 2002 01:28 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > [snip] > > >>Why are we talking about "buy Mandrake" when it's freely downloadable? > >>This is free software - you pay for packaging, support and the > >>

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-17 Thread Robin Turner
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 17 November 2002 01:28 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: [snip] Why are we talking about "buy Mandrake" when it's freely downloadable? This is free software - you pay for packaging, support and the likes...otherwise, it's free software. We should be promoting it as free sof

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-17 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 06:46, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Yeah, buy, I do crashtesting and beta testing on ML since 8.0 and still buy > the boxed set from Mandrake just to give the company support. I also need to > join the Club but haven't yet cause I keep spending money on the wrong > things. : )

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 17 November 2002 01:28 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 23:43, Peter Watson wrote: > > On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 23:40, Robin Turner wrote: > > > Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: > > > > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > > > > because I want

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-17 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 23:43, Peter Watson wrote: > On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 23:40, Robin Turner wrote: > > Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: > > > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > > > because I want to. > > > there are cheaper alternatives - > > thrid-party distri

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Robin Turner
Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it because I want to. I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the desktop so I have to reinstall. Now my internet, ne

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 6:38 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:13:27 -0500 > > Bryan Tyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 16 November 2002 11:59, Alexa Pongracz wrote: > > > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > > > because I want to. > > > > Have

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 03:59, Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > because I want to. > I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. > Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the desktop so I ha

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 08:59:49 -0800 Don and Alexa Pongracz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > because I want to. > I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. > Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X th

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 16 November 2002 10:59 am, Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > because I want to. > I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. > Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the deskt

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Saturday 16 November 2002 11:59, Alexa Pongracz wrote: > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > because I want to. Have you noticed more and more women are using Linux? I remember just a couple years ago it was rare to encounter a female Linux user. To me thi

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 4:59 pm, you wrote: > Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it > because I want to. > I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. > Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the desktop so I have to > reinsta

Re: [newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread John Richard Smith
Don and Alexa Pongracz wrote: Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it because I want to. I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the desktop so I have to reinstall. Now my internet, n

[newbie] well, help!

2002-11-16 Thread Don and Alexa Pongracz
Hi, I'm Alexa, and really new to the Linux route but sticking with it because I want to. I had Mandrake 8.2 installed and don't have any dollars to get the upgrade. Well, it bombed on me and I lost my X thing for the desktop so I have to reinstall. Now my internet, never a problem before won't inst

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell

2001-09-11 Thread etharp
Ahhh,,, come on if you at least give us some clues, we might be able to waste your time,,, err,, get you connected to the net, after all some of use are connected thru Mandrake to the internet. (damn how I wish I had gotten this mail when I had dual booted into winders, but ever si

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell

2001-09-03 Thread etharp
Ahhh,,, come on if you at least give us some clues, we might be able to waste your time,,, err,, get you connected to the net, after all some of use are connected thru Mandrake to the internet. (damn how I wish I had gotten this mail when I had dual booted into winders, but ever si

Re: [newbie] Well....

2001-08-28 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 28 August 2001 12:26, John Simmons wrote: > At 10:46 AM 8/28/2001 +0200, you wrote: > >Ummm, I did ask what is in /etc/hosts--we have not looked at that file > > The comment about not seeing what I posted was concerning the resolv.conf > contents. That file just contains the DNS server

Re: [newbie] Well....

2001-08-28 Thread John Simmons
At 10:46 AM 8/28/2001 +0200, you wrote: >Ummm, I did ask what is in /etc/hosts--we have not looked at that file The comment about not seeing what I posted was concerning the resolv.conf contents. That file just contains the DNS servers (even after a reboot). >If it doesn't have the right stu

[newbie] Well....

2001-08-28 Thread civileme
Ummm, I did ask what is in /etc/hosts--we have not looked at that file If it doesn't have the right stuff there, it also could frustrate your resolver. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-26 Thread civileme
On Sunday 26 August 2001 16:36, John Simmons wrote: > At 05:42 AM 8/26/2001 +0200, you wrote: > >On Sunday 26 August 2001 03:33, John Simmons wrote: > > > At 02:34 AM 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: > > > >cat /etc/resolv.conf > > > > > > # search satx.rr.com > > > search viewplan > > > >^

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-25 Thread civileme
On Sunday 26 August 2001 03:33, John Simmons wrote: > At 02:34 AM 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >cat /etc/resolv.conf > > # search satx.rr.com > search viewplan ^^^ nameserver 24.28.131.114 > nameserver 24.28.131.113 > > # ppp temp entry > >

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-25 Thread John Simmons
At 02:34 AM 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: >cat /etc/resolv.conf # search satx.rr.com search viewplan nameserver 24.28.131.114 nameserver 24.28.131.113 # ppp temp entry >lsmod Oops, forgot this one... :-) >cat /etc/modules.conf pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-25 Thread civileme
On Saturday 25 August 2001 19:32, John Simmons wrote: > As promised, here's the results of running those commandline tools: > > This is after a clean re-install (including re-partitioning the drive) of > LM 8.0. I haven't installed anything else, haven't changed any of the > settings from how the

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-25 Thread John Simmons
As promised, here's the results of running those commandline tools: This is after a clean re-install (including re-partitioning the drive) of LM 8.0. I haven't installed anything else, haven't changed any of the settings from how they were installed, and STILL can't do anything but ping. Also

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell - hey Civileme!

2001-08-25 Thread John Simmons
>OK let's see the output of > >/sbin/ifconfig > >cat /etc/sysconfig/network > >The KDE tools are perhaps the wrong toolset to be using--in an xterm, try > >draknet > >or use the mandrake control center, but better yet, reinstall and use the >detection >at install time in expert mode (nowhere nea

Re: [newbie] Well, Hell

2001-08-24 Thread Randy Kramer
John Simmons wrote: > I guess I'm just not destined to run Linux. > Perhaps not, but if you're seeking help, you're going to have to provide more information than that. I guess we can infer that ping works and nothing else that you've tried works, and maybe we can also infer that you have a Win

[newbie] Well, Hell

2001-08-24 Thread John Simmons
After pounding on LM8 for two weeks trying to get something other than ping to work (problems connecting to the internet), I tried reinstalling all over again. No dice, no workee. I guess I'm just not destined to run Linux. /*===*/ There are

[newbie] well now i have a new problem and it sucks

2000-09-10 Thread Mwinold
after trying to find problems with my linux xf86config file and discovering a poor install such as very few if any utilitys could be found i figured i havent done much with the system and simply formatted my linux partition and reloaded linux, well i figured i had a successful install i managed

[newbie] Well I'm back in the saddle again

1999-10-22 Thread Rick Murphy
Thanks for the help guys and gals. I appreciate it. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB

[newbie] Well kernel compilation could go smooth...

1999-08-01 Thread Jacek Andreas Matulla
Hi all, well just compiled a new kernel...and of course all worked with 2.0.xx kernels, but we needed improvements so now I have a problem with kernel 2.2. The sound does not work. I have an old ISA SB16. This is how sound was configured in the kernel: CONFIG_SOUND=m CONFIG_PCSP=m CONFIG_PCSP_M

[newbie] Well....Hello

1999-07-19 Thread Morpheus The Sinful Weeper
Ok Everyone here knows my sad story of my SiS 620 nowi downloaded XSiS and XSuSe instead of xfree-whatever but when i type "XFCom_SiS" , the screen just completely clears and goes black thats it, i have to reboot after that cuz absolutely nothing happens help out ? anyone ? please ?