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 passwor

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 th

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

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

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.

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

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
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 access>internet dialer >Kppp . All of your connection >settings should be configurable fr

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

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

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 y

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

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 :)

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 k