Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: Mikkel ... ... have a wireless network system in my office, my computers all have their C:, D:, etc files shared, send stuff back and forth all the time .. for purposes of discussion, my too main players are: My Desktop - Workgroup: HKwork, Computer name: Faster (has MD 6.0 worki

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread h k ball
PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject:Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? h k ball wrote: > Mikkel ... > > could only install 10.1(only paid 6 bucks, not too bad) on VM on my > laptop (see my message just now to Kaj for the gory details) .

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread h k ball
Kaj ... ... if Linux can read Windows files, that's all I need, will give it a try .. HK -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:08 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos&

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: Kaj ... ... haven't given up on 6.0 yet, kind of a challenge ... have it working in partiton in CLI (you taught me that terminology) on my desktop (Intel32, 256mb ram, 700mH, 20 gb hd), now that I have 10.1 running in VMware on my new (AMD64, 500mb ram, 2.0mH, 60gb hd) laptop, wi

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: Mikkel ... could only install 10.1(only paid 6 bucks, not too bad) on VM on my laptop (see my message just now to Kaj for the gory details) ... 1024X768 working just fine without an nVidia card ... ... have been trying to figure out the smb4k alternative you suggested, read

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 05 March 2005 18:55, h k ball wrote: > Kaj ... > > ... haven't given up on 6.0 yet, kind of a challenge ... have it > working in partiton in CLI (you taught me that terminology) on my > desktop (Intel32, 256mb ram, 700mH, 20 gb hd), now that I have > 10.1 running in VMware on my new (AM

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread h k ball
: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? h k ball wrote: > ... Hi Kaj, Anne, Mikkel, Snap, et al ... > > ... I'm the newbie that showed up for the first time about 3 weeks ago, was > overwhelmed with your responsiveness, but was way over my head, and felt > guilty

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-05 Thread h k ball
s local LAN network just fine, could Windows send stuff to Linux over that LAN network ? HK -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 6:31 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" m

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 04 March 2005 19:47, h k ball wrote: > (1) ... if I'm going to migrate to Linux from Windows I need to > transfer alot of files, there's got to be a better way from what > I'm doing, which is sending stuff to my webpage, then > accessing/downloading them through Firefox ... any more dir

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: ... Hi Kaj, Anne, Mikkel, Snap, et al ... ... I'm the newbie that showed up for the first time about 3 weeks ago, was overwhelmed with your responsiveness, but was way over my head, and felt guilty ... have a confession to make ... ... back in 1999 I bought Mandrake 6.0 ($35), tr

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-03-04 Thread h k ball
ruary 17, 2005 6:02 AM To: h k ball Cc: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject:Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote: > Kaj ... > > ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded > > (1) ... need to

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread yankl
On Thursday 17 February 2005 13:33, h k ball wrote: > Kaj ... > > ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front You may be a Redneck if your Linux system boot in CLI. What part of Atlanta. I may be can call you since I am in Marietta. E-mail me off line. -- Yankl Tin

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 17 February 2005 19:33, h k ball wrote: > Kaj ... > > ... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on > every front ... > > (1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI > (2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ? > (3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried > wh

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 21:36, bascule wrote: > you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use > urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies > That is su (root password) urpmi drakxtools-newt Anne - -- Registere

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread bascule
you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies bascule On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 19:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > typed XFdrake, got "bash: XFdrake: command not found" -- And the child had a permanently runny nos

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread hkball
ot; HK -Original Message- From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Feb 17, 2005 1:48 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? h k ball wrote: > Anne, Kaj ... > > ... typed XFdrake in root di

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: Anne, Kaj ... ... typed XFdrake in root directory, got "program not found" ... Kaj, I don't have a GUI yet, that's my main problem .. rebooted, when I got to sign-in, typed "mcc" then my root password, got "type root pasword for maintenace" ... one other thing, the other day I go

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread h k ball
7;t know what x server is, how do I tell if it's running ? HK -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:02 AM To: h k ball Cc: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode i

RE: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread h k ball
run fsck manually give root password for maintenance... ... maybe need to start over, re-install Mandrake ??? HK -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:27 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from &q

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Thanks, h k Where do you live ? > > I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do... > > (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as > root) : "ifconfig eth0". That

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote: > Kaj ... > > ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded > > (1) ... need to connect to the net in CLI mod (how???) > (2) ... download the Nvidia Vanta video card (how ? ... put in > what directory so Xconfigurator can find it ) > (3) ... rerun Xc

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 02:33, h k ball wrote: > Yankl, Anne ... > > ... tried XFdrake, not there ... tried whereis X, find X, no XF's ... > Did you do this as root? If you didn't it would report 'not found', as it is invisible to a user. To become

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread hkball
ROTECTED]> Sent: Feb 15, 2005 3:56 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? On Tuesday 15 February 2005 08:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority ___- ~ try deleti

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread riccardo
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 08:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority ___- ~ try deleting that .Xauthority file best not to use KDE to log on to Internet Log on to internet only as User. Have you yet set up X-windows using XF86 ,

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread hkball
know yet how to read a file, much less edit it ... ... am about as "newbie" as you can get, nothing but windows experience ... HK -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Feb 15, 2005 2:53 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread hkball
TED]> Sent: Feb 15, 2005 2:32 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 19:07, h k ball wrote: > ... sent this last night, but think to

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 20:07, h k ball wrote: > ... sent this last night, but think to the wrong place > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ... > - >--- so far I have: > > (1) made a 2.5 meg Linux Ext2 pa

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 19:07, h k ball wrote: > ... sent this last night, but think to the wrong place Hi, hk, and welcome! > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ... > --- >

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
h k ball wrote: ... sent this last night, but think to the wrong place ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ... so far I have: (1) made a 2.5 meg Linux Ext2 partition and a .5 meg Linux SWAP partition with

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-15 Thread riccardo
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:07 pm, h k ball wrote: > have not been able to get out of the "dos" mode and into the > "windows" mode, namely KDE ... how do I do that ?? __ ~ maybe, log-on as User [ your personal user name ] [ not as root ] then, as User, execute command :-