Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-11 Thread RichardA
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:24:04 -0500, Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok so if I backup /home, does that also backup the user information (username and passwds?) I know each user has a directory under /home. If you back up /home, you do back up personal data, but usernames and passwords

[newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Wilson, Jack
I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming

[newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Wilson, Jack
I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:53:15 -0500, Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their product only covers the Redhat kernels. I am assuming you CANNOT compile a RedHat kernel in Mandrake. Linux

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:53:15 -0500 Wilson, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Derek Jennings
3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? Just for now? ifconfig eth0 down. Permanently? Not sure, why not just ignore it and not plug anything in? Actually, there must be something in the init files which

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:45, Wilson, Jack wrote: I have a Mandrake 8.2 system that I have been using to learn mandrake on. I have a few questions I hope someone might answer for me 1) What antivirus platform seems to be the standard for Mandrake? I looked at Trend Micro's product, but their

Re: [newbie] Newbie questions

2001-06-08 Thread Jeff Needle
Thanks for this! I'll give it a try. Not Command Center (not correct name) or Control Center. If you are using KDE then you click on the Kpanel icon and on the pop up list click on networking remote accessinternet dialer Kppp . All of your connection settings should be configurable from the

Re: [newbie] Newbie questions

2001-06-08 Thread Jeff Needle
When I click on Networking, I get the following submenu, with their submenus: File Transfer Lftp Instant Messenger Gaim Mail Netscape Messenger News Netscape Collabra WWW Bookmark Editor Konqueror Web Browser Links Lynx

Re: [newbie] Newbie questions

2001-06-08 Thread Jeff Needle
Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 Ok, then Kppp must not be installed. you can check that with software manager by doing a find kppp and if it is not installable then you should have it somewhere. I am guessing that it didn't install. So if you have a software manager icon on the

[newbie] newbie questions

2001-01-22 Thread Riza Manshuri
hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ? what should i do ? 2. i have configured the

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2001-01-22 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:58, Riza Manshuri wrote: hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ?

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2001-01-22 Thread Riza Manshuri
- Original Message - edited-- What type of modem do you have? Is it Linux-compatible? Err..i'm not sure..it's just a usual plain 56 K modem with a rockwell chipset. when i detect it in harddrak, the result is unknown.should i change it ?? Also, please don't post in HTML on

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2001-01-22 Thread John Catral
--- Riza Manshuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello forum i just installed my first linux, and intend to do that for a small networking. i have several questions (sorry if my english is bad): 1. My sound card is Yamaha PCI. how come my linux don't detect it ? is it not compatible yet ?

[newbie] newbie questions

2000-03-06 Thread John White
Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on VRAM. Thanks, John

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2000-03-06 Thread Anthony Huereca
What's the difference between Air and Helios? Air is Mandrake 7.0. Helios is Mandrake 6.1. As for differences, 7.0 has all these things updated or new listed here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airfeat.php3 Where can I find a minimum hardware requirement list for Mandrake? I'm low on

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2000-03-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
JohnAir is version 7.0 and Helios is version 6.1. Hardware info can be found at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan John White wrote: Two questions for which I have not located answers on the web site: What's the difference between Air and Helios? Where can I find

[newbie] newbie questions :)

1999-08-17 Thread root
Hi there, 1. I'm using the KDE environment, and whenever I type e-mail addresses, the @ key isn't where it should be on a UK keyboard. I now have to pressshift '2', instead of shift '. Running setup and changing to a UK setup doesnt make any different...anyone with any ideas? 2. When I installed

Re: [newbie] newbie questions :)

1999-08-17 Thread Guillermo Belli
I have no idea about the keyboard. but the StarOffice executable is located in usr/local/Office51/bin/ and it's called soffice. El mar, 17 ago 1999, escribiste: Hi there, 1. I'm using the KDE environment, and whenever I type e-mail addresses, the @ key isn't where it should be on a UK