Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-26 Thread Duncan Anderson
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: nonfb translates into booting without using the frame buffer. Basicly, writing to the screen like DOS does, instead of directly into video memory. (Simplifed explination.) This does not affect the GUI mode, only the command line mode. Using the frame buffer, you can do

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-26 Thread Teilhard Knight
Thanks. To all those who replied to this thread. Sometimes Mandrake amazes me. I never imagined it had support for hyperthreading. I thought that it was going to treat my processor as a single processor as in the recent past. If I just could solve the Internet problem I would migrate to Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Teilhard Knight wrote: When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? That's it, thanks. Teilhard smp is for more then one processor, or a P4 with hyper threading turned on. nonfb translates into boo

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Dan Gordon
On February 26, 2005 12:17 am, Roland Hughes wrote: > I believe the "linux-nonfb" means no frame buffer loaded in case you > are having video problem. > Roly > Sounds logical captain, hope i never need to use it :-) Thanks Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Feb 26 01:05:29 EST 2005 01:05:29 up 9:36,

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Roland Hughes
I believe the "linux-nonfb" means no frame buffer loaded in case you are having video problem. Roly On Friday 25 February 2005 07:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: > "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference betw

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread SigmaX
Dan Gordon wrote: On February 25, 2005 10:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? I'm going to guess that you have an Intel hyperthread processor, This is

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Dan Gordon
On February 25, 2005 10:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: > "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference > between these? > I'm going to guess that you have an Intel hyperthread processor, This is what i have and so

[newbie] Quick question

2005-02-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? That's it, thanks. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://w

[newbie] quick question........

2004-09-28 Thread Ian
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Re: [newbie] Quick question

2004-06-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 25 June 2004 05:47, Teilhard Knight wrote: > Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the > parallel port "0" or "1" in Linux? > > Teilhard LPT1 in DOS (Windows) = lp0 in UNIX (Linux). Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.

[newbie] Quick question

2004-06-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the parallel port "0" or "1" in Linux? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ___

Re: [newbie] Quick question

2004-06-24 Thread Cezary Morga
Dnia pią 25. czerwca 2004 05:50, Teilhard Knight napisał: > Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the parallel > port "0" or "1" in Linux? it's lp0... -- Cezary Morga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GG# 169903 Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-20 Thread Dale Kosan
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 20 Oct 2003 12:40 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 20 Oct 2003 12:40 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: > Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote: > >>I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like > >>the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and > >>yum, now I guess I need

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-20 Thread Dale Kosan
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have n

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 17 Oct 2003 1:13 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: > I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not > like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt > and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the > contrib directory but I have now idea how or w

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:48 am, kosan wrote: > Trey Sizemore wrote: > > Dale Kosan wrote: > >> I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like > >> the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and > >> yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to a

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote: > I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like > the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and > yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib > directory but I have now idea how

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread kosan
Trey Sizemore wrote: Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supp

Re: [newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread Trey Sizemore
Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have fou

[newbie] quick question

2003-10-17 Thread Dale Kosan
I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have found the easy urpmi

Re: [newbie] Quick Question

2002-12-11 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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[newbie] Quick Question

2002-12-11 Thread Chris Benedict
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Re: [newbie] Quick question...

2001-07-20 Thread john
On Saturday 21 July 2001 12:58 am, s wrote: > http://mail.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/?S=A > -s > > On Friday 20 July 2001 11:01 pm, you wrote: > > Hey gang, > > > > What was that web address for the small program that checks if the > > NVidia tarball was installed correctly? > > Thanks, >

Re: [newbie] Quick question...

2001-07-20 Thread s
http://mail.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/?S=A -s On Friday 20 July 2001 11:01 pm, you wrote: > > Hey gang, > > What was that web address for the small program that checks if the NVidia > tarball was installed correctly? > Thanks, > > John

Re: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-22 Thread Scott Mills
t; > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question > > Hi Christopher , > > My Name is Scott , No you do not need to do

RE: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-22 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Have fun, Chris Kelly --- Men are from Earth Women are from Earth Deal with it... -Original Message- From: Scott Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question Hi Christopher , My

Re: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-22 Thread Scott Mills
    "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. -Original Message- From: Po Kwok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do

Re: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-11 Thread Jordan
I loaded Mandrake 7.2 recently and partitioning was automated. Just put in the CD and go. If you want to keep existing partitions it's a different story. "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. >

Re: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-10 Thread Paul
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: >Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > >Thanks guys and gals, >Chris Kelly Quick answer: no Paul -- Many people treat this world as if we have a spare one. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Maytum
not someone else reading the list will put me right. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Kelly, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Newbie' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:13 PM Subject: [newbie] quick question > Do I nee

RE: [newbie] quick question

2001-01-10 Thread Kelly, Christopher
That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. -Original Message- From: Po Kwok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive befor

[newbie] quick question

2001-01-10 Thread Kelly, Christopher
Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. Thanks guys and gals, Chris Kelly --- Men are from Earth Women are from Earth Deal with it...

[newbie] quick question about blackbox on mandrake 7.02

2000-05-08 Thread freeman
I finally got a proper install on my low-end mandrake box and I decided, because it is a slower machine, I would use blackbox X session to speed things up. I actually enjoy using it and appreciate the opinions I got on this channel. I do have one quick question though. I went to the Blackbox

RE: [newbie] quick question on WINE

1999-08-16 Thread Linux James
As far as Wine, you might want to check out TkWineSetup (search for it on www.freshmeat.net). Also, you can find PLENTY (and I mean plenty) of docs on the web site for Wine: www.winehq.com. On 16-Aug-99 Will wrote: > I finally figured out how to access my windows drive, so now how do I go > abou

Re: [newbie] quick question on WINE

1999-08-16 Thread Steve Philp
Will wrote: > > I finally figured out how to access my windows drive, so now how do I go > about running some windows apps? I found 2 WINE files, wine.conf and > wine.sym. how do I configure it? I looked for docs but I couldn't find > any on running and configuring WINE. http://www.winehq.com mi