Re: [newbie-it] user group

2000-07-09 Per discussione Choppo Man
Ciao! Cerca il sito di LUGGE. Oppure scrivi a Roberto Foglietta [EMAIL PROTECTED] che è il coordinatore del gruppo LUGGE di utenza linux a Genova. Ciauz Choppo -- Sto per andare lontano lontano, spero di avere una bella giornata

Re: [newbie-it] editor di menu

2000-07-09 Per discussione Ivano Diodati
- Original Message - From: "freefred" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:33 PM Subject: [newbie-it] editor di menu salve a tutti uso il kde la mandrake 7.1 non mi ha installato l'editor di menu qualcuno sa quale pacchetto sia? byez --

Re: [newbie] Communigate

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Romanator wrote: If you want to run a few hundred tests, I would recommend creating a dummy hotmail account? Then, you can run as many tests as you want. Roman I assume that folks at Linux-Mandrake.com are playing around with a new mailserver program and that these

Re: isdn4k-uitls makedev.sh script (was: Re: [newbie] special script for isdn devices ?)

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote: No? It's not? Okay, I'll attach it, so it can be found in the future. Thank you! Always handy to have :) Paul -- The deepest truth cannot be spoken )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Steve Howes wrote: Hi all, I get this error when I 'su' programs. What setting do I need to set and where to correct this problem. MTIA Looks like a language-specific issue. Did you set things to UK instead of US in your system? I run it completely US (not NL ;)

Re: [newbie] Where is SuperUser in 7.1? -- Footnote

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Thanks so all of you who responded. I am glad to know that I was wrong. Too bad LM chose to bury the SuperUser under Applications, File Tools. It needs a special icon all to itself. That's how important it is. A follow-up question: From

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dennis
SBLive don't work well with Coppermine. You need to patch it. Dennis/sg - Original Message - From: Mike Koceja To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 09 July, 2000 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live No i didn't have to do anything. I just

Re: [newbie] Using a zip drive

2000-07-09 Per discussione L. H. LOO
Dennis, that file is just an advertisement, you can kill it. No ill effects. Regards At 08-07-2000 10:01 PM, you wrote: see a file called "50ways.exe" on the zip(what is that? It's a Fujifilm zip cartridge.)

[newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dariusz S Stochmal
I have installed Mandrake Linux 7.1 for the first time. During installation it detected my external modem, and it did setup my internet connection. My problem is that when I login into kde desktop, and use kppp tool (there is a icon on the desktop which says Internet and it looks something

Re: [newbie] make command not found in Bash

2000-07-09 Per discussione Hellmut
When I try to execute the make command as normal user, I get an error message saying, that only root is allowed to run this command. Any user should be able to use make, not just root. Hi Kenny! You have to be root to run the make command... I'm trying to compile and install

Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Dariusz S Stochmal wrote: I have installed Mandrake Linux 7.1 for the first time. During installation it detected my external modem, and it did setup my internet connection. My problem is that when I login into kde desktop, and use kppp tool (there is a icon on the desktop

Re: [newbie] make command not found in Bash

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Hellmut wrote: When I try to execute the make command as normal user, I get an error message saying, that only root is allowed to run this command. This is not what I have experienced. I can run make as user without a problem. There must be something wrong with your

[newbie] mouse driver and CD-ROM problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Roman Korcek
Hi everyone, I am a total newbie, so, please, don't kill me for questions which might seem so easy. Thanx in advance. :-) I just installed Mandrake 7.0 and wanted to find my way round in KDE as I discovered that the mouse cursor is sometimes jumping around the screen and behaving as if I were

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08,

Re: [newbie] RPM failure/coredump suggests GetRight!

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
They are working on a Linux version of GetRight but they do not have even a Beta of it available yet. Charles - Original Message - From: "T. Wang" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:47 PM Subject: [newbie] RPM failure/coredump suggests GetRight!

Re: [newbie] Another vision.

2000-07-09 Per discussione AOLShopGAM
In a message dated 7/8/00 4:28:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BUT ONLY MY PERSONNAL VISION. Eric I forgot; have a lot of old computers, keyboards, monitors, printers on my garret. .points to the "storage closet" containing all the parts for a basic Z-80

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on

Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Harry I might also help us to know what ISP you use. You can not simply take the word of the person you spoke to at your ISP that PAP is "acceptable". They either use the PAP protocol or they don't. 5 will get you 10 that if you tried each of the other settings as well as increasing the

Re: [[newbie] Where is SuperUser in 7.1? -- Footnote]

2000-07-09 Per discussione Michael Scottaline
Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends: Thanks so all of you who responded. I am glad to know that I was wrong. Too bad LM chose to bury the SuperUser under Applications, File Tools. It needs a special icon all to itself. That's how important it is. A follow-up question:

Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Phil Burton
When I first started using Linux almost a year ago, like everyone else I tried using kppp. I found it generally frustrating and useless, especially trying to configure a PAP script thing that worked. I gave up on that. My only suggestion to others with kppp problems is: dump it and use

Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Bush
Hi Charles, Yes, my provider helpdesk says they do use PAP. Pls excuse unclear wording in my letter. As for trying each and any setting in all their combinations... well, I would prefer to know what I am doing and why, and my time is somehow limited... That's why I paid for "official"

Re: [newbie] mouse driver and CD-ROM problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Roman
Hi Roman, I have MDK7.1 and noticed that when I selected Intellimouse PS/2 it jumped across the top of the screen. If you encounter this, hold down the following keys: Cntrl+Alt+Backspace This should get you back to the kde prompt and log in again. The sensitivity settings are well... very

[newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
I know that Mandrake 7.0 comes with a wheel mouse driver. How do I enable this under KDE? Supposedly, that was one of the last updates was for it. Is it possible to use the wheel mouse under KDE? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484

[newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Gist
I am getting ready to do my first 7.0 install. I have a 6Ghz drive with Win 95 which I want to keep. If I install by booting from the #1 CD will I be offered the chance to partition for dual boot or will my 95 be wiped? Thanks John

[newbie] PCTEL linmodem driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Ot Ratsaphong
Hi all, I have one of those PCChips all-in-one motherboards with onboard PCTEL modem chips. I have also downloaded the pctel.o driver. There is no documentation as to what I do with it. Has anyone got this driver to work? I would much appreciate some help on how to install and get this driver

Re: [newbie] RPM failure/coredump suggests GetRight!

2000-07-09 Per discussione T. Wang
Thanks. I just downloaded the same RPM from several different places (I searched the name in Lycos), and guess what? NONE of them work! They all say "execution of script failed"! Could all copies of that version be corrupt? Or could it be something else? I'm going to try an older version. On

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install of mdk7.0

2000-07-09 Per discussione Romanator
John, Ensure that have created a separate partition for Linux. MDK7.0 will create dual boot loader called lilo. After installing MDK7.0 and the the computer reboots, in DOS, a lilo prompt will appear. If you want to boot to your Windows 95 partition, type in: dos If you want to boot to your

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
John The install will allow you to partition for dual boot.Or if you have the 7.0 Complete you can install PM from disk #3 and resize your Win partition with it. Charles - Original Message - From: "John Gist" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday,

Re: [newbie] RPM failure/coredump suggests GetRight!

2000-07-09 Per discussione T. Wang
Thanks. That's pretty much what I discovered at the site. They have a mailing list for anyone wanting to be notified when the Linux version is ready. In the meantime they say that the Windows version works via Wine. One day in 2000 Charles wrote: They are working on a Linux version of

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Gist wrote: I am getting ready to do my first 7.0 install. I have a 6Ghz drive with Win 95 which I want to keep. If I install by booting from the #1 CD will I be offered the chance to partition for dual boot or will my 95 be wiped? You will be offered the option to

Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: I know that Mandrake 7.0 comes with a wheel mouse driver. How do I enable this under KDE? Supposedly, that was one of the last updates was for it. Is it possible to use the wheel mouse under KDE? Log in as root, (or do "su"), find "imwheelrpm" on

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione jtraylor
Charles A Edwards wrote: John The install will allow you to partition for dual boot.Or if you have the 7.0 Complete you can install PM from disk #3 and resize your Win partition with it. Charles - Original Message - From: "John Gist" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie

Re: [newbie] PCTEL linmodem driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Here is a FAQ from the PCTel web site. To me it says that you have a Win NoModem but you can judge for yourself. Can I use my modem with Operating systems other than Windows 95? Yes! PCTEL HSP technology operates in all Windows operating systems. These include Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows

Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Andrew Scotchmer
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, you wrote: I know that Mandrake 7.0 comes with a wheel mouse driver. How do I enable this under KDE? Supposedly, that was one of the last updates was for it. Is it possible to use the wheel mouse under KDE? Thanks. Harry Hi, I use a microsoft intelli-mouse

Re: [newbie] Who needs the SuperUser File Manager?

2000-07-09 Per discussione Alexander Skwar
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 09:00:10AM +0200, Paul wrote: In the end it always boils down to "do it the way it works for you". Or as Sure, but mentioning "more secure against errors" and "graphical interface" in one sentence really, really hurts IMO. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage:

Re: [newbie] Who needs the SuperUser File Manager?

2000-07-09 Per discussione Alexander Skwar
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 10:59:42PM -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: However, if you are trying to copy, move or delete large directories (with many subdirectories), it is both much more convenient as well as much safer to use the SuperUser FileManager. The fear of losing EVERYTHING by typing the

Re: [newbie] Who needs the SuperUser File Manager?

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote: On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 09:00:10AM +0200, Paul wrote: In the end it always boils down to "do it the way it works for you". Sure, but mentioning "more secure against errors" and "graphical interface" in one sentence really, really hurts IMO. I

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Sean David McCurry-Nieto
I did the auto-allocate when I was installing the linux partition. Sean On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles

Re: [newbie] Hard drive compromised by Mandrake install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Mark Myatt
Hi Graham - your problem happened to me a week ago. It seems that when I was deciding how big the Linux partition was going to be I thought the size recommended was a mite to small. So I went for a much larger size. What seems to happen is when you get to creating the swap file the software has

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Gist
Paul wrote: On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Gist wrote: I am getting ready to do my first 7.0 install. I have a 6Ghz drive with Win 95 which I want to keep. If I install by booting from the #1 CD will I be offered the chance to partition for dual boot or will my 95 be wiped? You will be

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione bascule
hi john, if you have bought pm, have you tried making the rescue disks and using those to boot your computer and do your partitioning? this will avoid doing anything from win95 if that is what causing the problem with pm, bascule John Gist wrote: Thanks for your reply Paul. I should have

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Alan Shoemaker
Harryit sounds as if your D partition is set as hidden, if so use PM to unhide it. Alan Harry Flaxman wrote: When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Gist
Thanks Bascule, I will give that a try. John bascule wrote: hi john, if you have bought pm, have you tried making the rescue disks and using those to boot your computer and do your partitioning? this will avoid doing anything from win95 if that is what causing the problem with pm,

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Gist wrote: You will be offered the option to repartition, but you should make sure beforehand that you have free space (non-partitioned) before you start. Repartitioning from inside the install will cause your existing partition to be killed. Thanks for your reply

[newbie] RPM failure/coredump suggests GetRight!]

2000-07-09 Per discussione Altoine Barker
The word I received is that it isn't the linux fault for working with dialpad but the website itself! Dialpad's server identifies what type of browser and operating system you have. With that information, the server supports your profile unless it is linux. I don't if the reason they do not is

RE: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dacia and AzureRose
Cool. Congrats and enjoy. Dacia --- A J Benamu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I am up and running.. Internet is ok THANKS A LOT... AJ -Original Message- From: Dacia and AzureRose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 7:32 PM To: [EMAIL

[Cooker] ANNOUNCE: KDE Snapshot Binaries available 2000-07-08

2000-07-09 Per discussione Christopher Molnar
VERY IMPORTANT: THESE BINARIES ARE CREATED FROM THE CVS AND MAY NOT BE IDENTICAL TO THE BETA THAT WAS RELEASED. THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL KDE BINARIES. (DEVELOPERS: The date in kapp.h is changed to 2708). A new version of the KDE Snapshot binaries are available at us.mandrakesoft.com.

[newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Per discussione Phil Bossaers
Hi all, I have just installed LM 7.1 on my AMD K6-2 500 MHz. I am having trouble with screen distortion, mostly on the left hand side of the screen. I have a generic Voodoo Banshee video card which the OS has had no trouble recognising. Do I need to reconfigure the monitor or video card in

Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
Thanks for the info Paul. I have imwheel installed. It starts, but still I get no wheel support in KDE. Is the package supposed to be started before KDE comes up? I haven't tried that yet. Again, thanks. Harry Paul wrote: On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: I know that

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden. Harry Alan Shoemaker wrote: Harryit sounds as if

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2000-07-09 Per discussione majid L
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Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Steve Elliott
I too have been battling a modem install under 7.1 all weekend. Tried all the timeout tricks on this list, tried the noauth option - still no go. In the end i had to download a program called qppp i think it was, and that did the trick once it was configured. But using either ppp under Linux

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dana
Windows does not play well with others. It has to be installed first in a dual boot system. - Original Message - From: Harry Flaxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie]

RE: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione A J Benamu
Thanks a lot Dacia... AJ -Original Message- From: Dacia and AzureRose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Ethernet problems. Cool. Congrats and enjoy. Dacia --- A J Benamu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I

Re: [newbie] Need Help with USB Modem

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Joseph The fact that your Viking modem is offered in both a Win and Mac version leads me to believe that though you tecnically have an external modem it is still a Win Nomodem. If it is a real modem it should be listed under devices and in kppp there would be a listing for acmo. Charles

[newbie] licq qt

2000-07-09 Per discussione Gerald Davies
Hi all, anyone managed to get the *latest* version of licq running (note - not the one on the mandrake cd... but the one on the www.licq.com site)? it throws up qt dependency problems.(qt = 2.1 needed).. if someone can throw some light on this solution i'd be very grateful... or even better

Re: [newbie] Modem Problems

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dennis Myers
I was fooling with the networking configurater and all of a sudden from having a perfect Kppp modem set up I started getting exactly as described below. So I went back in and took out all of the network config stuff and rebooted and voila! I have my connection back. My suggestion is to go into

Re: [newbie] Disk Partitioning on install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Fran Parker
Another helpful item is to turn off the windows swap file if it is on the drive you are repartitioning...especially if you have a large swap file that windows placed way out there on the partition. Bambi Dacia and AzureRose wrote: You have to run partition magic from within DOS. Boot with

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access (Dana)

2000-07-09 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Dana Windows could care less when you install it or were you install it. On diferent drives and systems I have bootable Win partitions on the beginning, middle, and ends of the drive mixed in between BeOS, Linux and multiple versions of Win. Win might like to think it is the boss but

Re: [newbie] Who needs the SuperUser File Manager?

2000-07-09 Per discussione Fran Parker
Hi, I pretty much do what Paul does, except I either go to a Alt-Cntrl-F1 and log in as root and do what I need to do from command line or in midnight commander or just go to Gnome ... I use Gnome exclusively for root stuff and use KDE for user stuff. Simple stuff, like moving mp3s and other

Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access (Dana)

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
Charles, I just repartitioned that drive that I was having problems with. I put the swap partition at the end of the drive and the windows partition at the beginning. All of my problems have disappeared. Windows always recognizes that drive now. Maybe it's because it is a large drive, I don't

Re: [newbie] licq qt

2000-07-09 Per discussione kdm
I would love to solve this problem myself. The configure script for the qt-gui plugin can't find the 2.0 qt libraries in mandrake 8( I have tried the --with-qt-libraries flag with no success... So now I use KXICQ 8) Hi all, anyone managed to get the *latest* version of licq running (note -

Re: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione Romanator
Good for you. Nice to here you haven't given up. Enjoy the software. Roman Dacia and AzureRose wrote: Cool. Congrats and enjoy. Dacia --- A J Benamu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I am up and running.. Internet is ok THANKS A LOT... AJ -Original Message-

Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Per discussione Romanator
Hi Phil, What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the resolution and amount of colors on your color palette? In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your resolution to 800 X 600. Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a

Re: [newbie] licq qt

2000-07-09 Per discussione Digital Wokan
Which Mandrake version are you running? kdm wrote: I would love to solve this problem myself. The configure script for the qt-gui plugin can't find the 2.0 qt libraries in mandrake 8( I have tried the --with-qt-libraries flag with no success... So now I use KXICQ 8) Hi all,

[newbie] X Screen Resolution

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
When I tried to select a higher screen resolution than I have 1280x1024, X won't do it for some reason. My card has been properly configed by drakconf during the initial install, but I can't for some reason change the res. Can anyone provide me with some tips as to where I can look for

Re: [newbie] Free space available?

2000-07-09 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! I just don't know how to know the free space available in any partition 8-) Thanks. Methinks its something like df (diskfree?) Read the man pages for options with df... /\ DarkLord

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live

2000-07-09 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
This is so weird. So many people have had problems with the SB Live cards. I've got one, and it worked out of the box with both 7.0 and 7.1. Only problems I've ever had (with both) is that I can't get music (sound fx is fine) with Doom or Heretic. Am I just lucky? ;-) --

Re: [newbie] X Screen Resolution

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
Oh yes, forgot to say that I can do 1280x1024, it's done under winslows. I just can't for the life of me get it going under Linux. Maybe the monitor wasn't selected properly? Where would I find that info? Thanks. Harry Flaxman wrote: When I tried to select a higher screen resolution than I

[newbie] Printer/Modem on or off for install

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Gist
When I boot from the CD for my 7.0 install should I have my printer and modem turned on? John

[newbie] Got Kppp working now for IRQ 5

2000-07-09 Per discussione Wilson Waguespack
Well I got Kppp working now everytime I log into Linux I have to change the IRQ for ttyS2 to 5. How can I change it and get it to be permanent? I have plug and play disabled in my BIOS. Thanks. Wilson

[newbie] 7.1 Drak* tools fail

2000-07-09 Per discussione Keith Robinson
Am trying to run the new Drak tools with Mandrake 7.1. All were installed by rpm and no dependancy problems showed. Drakfont works fine and is a nice step towards beautifying my desktop. But, when i try to run the other tools they fail with variations on the following: Can't load

Re: [newbie] Netscape problem

2000-07-09 Per discussione Digital Wokan
Or you could do something easier like check your /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure your nameserver entries are there (and are IP's, not ns1.isp.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Linux-Mandrake 7.0. I am trying to use Netscape, but after I try accessing a webpage like www.netscape.com or

[newbie] Screen Resolution

2000-07-09 Per discussione Harry Flaxman
Thanks, I found what I was looking for in my last post. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769

[newbie] INN help please

2000-07-09 Per discussione rebel
Does anyone have a suggested FAQ, etc. on setting up INN? I am looking for a "guide" for some who was "breed on Windows" and now going to Linux. (read : something that is easy to understand for a new Linux user). Thanks

Re: [newbie] Corel Graphics 9 changing KDE menu

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Murphy
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, you wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, John Murphy wrote: Can anyone give me an idea on how track down what changed. I did a re-install of KDEbase and KDEadmin from CD but still have the same problem. John Hi John, It sounds at least as if your application associations

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Catral
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: This is so weird. So many people have had problems with the SB Live cards. I've got one, and it worked out of the box with both 7.0 and 7.1. Only problems I've ever had (with both) is that I can't get music (sound fx is fine) with Doom or Heretic. Am I just lucky?

[newbie] kppp weirdness..

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Catral
Hello! I have noticed when installing mandrake 7 or 7.1 and you configure a network in the installation process, you cant access the iInternet using KPPP. What I mean is that when I try to use KPPP, it keeps reseting when it tries to log on. It doesnt give errors but KPPP just keeps on

Re: [newbie] Corel Graphics 9 changing KDE menu

2000-07-09 Per discussione Mogens Jæger
Paul wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, John Murphy wrote: Can anyone give me an idea on how track down what changed. I did a re-install of KDEbase and KDEadmin from CD but still have the same problem. John Hi John, It sounds at least as if your application associations got messed up bigtime.

[newbie] Server assign DNS address

2000-07-09 Per discussione john lin
Can anyone tell me how to set up kppp to connect to a ISP that uses "dynamic DNS" (not sure if this is the right name), in Windows this is the "let server assign DNS address" option in dial up networking. Some of the new ISPs in my country (New Zealand) starts to use this type of setup and do not

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2000-07-09 Per discussione Jaguar
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Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Alan Shoemaker
Harryhave you read the files in this directory? /usr/doc/imwheel-0.9.8/ Alan Harry Flaxman wrote: Thanks for the info Paul. I have imwheel installed. It starts, but still I get no wheel support in KDE. Is the package supposed to be started before KDE comes up? I haven't tried

[newbie] G++ ( Trying again )

2000-07-09 Per discussione PatMc
Sorry for the possible repetition. Was having trouble with return my address. With 7.0 the g++ libraries are not installed in the standard installation therefore I can't compile any C++ source. Does anyone know what RMP I need to install to fix this. Thanks Pat

Re: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione Jonathan Spearman
This card is actually made by Accton, a division of SMC networks. Use the rtl8139 driver in linux. this should get the card to work. For more info, go to http://www.smc.com. A J Benamu wrote: *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Hi, I hope I can get

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live

2000-07-09 Per discussione John T. Seebold
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: This is so weird. So many people have had problems with the SB Live cards. I've got one, and it worked out of the box with both 7.0 and 7.1. Only problems I've ever had (with both) is that I can't get music (sound fx is fine) with Doom or Heretic. Am I just

RE: [newbie] test

2000-07-09 Per discussione Mark Weaver
I'd like to know the same thing. I've sent things that sometimes I don't see until weeks later. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. Registered Linux user # 182496 On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: Can you explain why your

RE: [newbie] Netscape problem

2000-07-09 Per discussione Seth Hollen
I have the EXACT same problem, and I have checked everything. I am connected to the internet but NO programs can get the information. Perhaps they can't talk with my modem? any ideas anyone. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Digital Wokan

[newbie] dpms

2000-07-09 Per discussione Jeff
Hello everyone, I was just curious if there is a way to turn off dpms for good. I have to turn it off every time I reboot wich wouldnt be bad but every time I forget about it the system hangs beyond recovery (bug in the hardware or bios does it with windows too), and I have to use the power

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Arkoulis
Hey Dennis . You got me confused. What is coppermine and what do you mean patch it. I have Mandrake 7.0 and a Live sound card and now I am thinking twice before I upgrade to 7.1 On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, also sprach: SBLive don't work well with Coppermine. You need to patch it. Dennis/sg

Re: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione Danny E. McCormick
Your digital id doesn't match your email address anymore. Please update... So you don't scare the heck out of us scaredy cats. Thanks - Original Message - From: Jonathan Spearman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ethernet

Re: [newbie] Server assign DNS address

2000-07-09 Per discussione Dennis Myers
john lin wrote: Can anyone tell me how to set up kppp to connect to a ISP that uses "dynamic DNS" (not sure if this is the right name), in Windows this is the "let server assign DNS address" option in dial up networking. Some of the new ISPs in my country (New Zealand) starts to use this

[newbie] Aliases

2000-07-09 Per discussione John Catral
Hi! I want to add some aliases to mandrake 7.1. How would I do it? Where do I put the entry and how do I apply it? Thanks in advance =) John

Re: [newbie] Aliases

2000-07-09 Per discussione Keith Robinson
put them in your /etc/aliases file. take a look in there and you will likely find some aliases pre-defined. the general format is ALIASNAME=ALIASVALUE (you don't have to capilize.) one good place to start is from any terminal, type: "help aliases" if your shell is bash (omit the quotes). hope

Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse Driver

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: Thanks for the info Paul. I have imwheel installed. It starts, but still I get no wheel support in KDE. Is the package supposed to be started before KDE comes up? I haven't tried that yet. Again, thanks. Harry As you may have seen or missed:

Re: [newbie] dpms

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Jeff wrote: Hello everyone, I was just curious if there is a way to turn off dpms for good. I have to turn it off every time I reboot wich wouldnt be bad but every time I forget about it the system hangs beyond recovery (bug in the hardware or bios does it with windows

Re: [newbie] Printer/Modem on or off for install

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Gist wrote: When I boot from the CD for my 7.0 install should I have my printer and modem turned on? John That would be good. Otherwise Kudzu can't detect it. Paul -- Quantity is no substitute for quality )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ

Re: [newbie] Aliases

2000-07-09 Per discussione Paul
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote: Hi! I want to add some aliases to mandrake 7.1. How would I do it? Where do I put the entry and how do I apply it? Thanks in advance =) John John, Edit your ~/.bashrc (.bashrc in your home directory) There are some aliases set up already, just add

[newbie] New Partition Question

2000-07-09 Per discussione Jim Dwyer
I have 2 HDD. Winblows is installed on the first HDD and the second HDD has 2 partitions. Before i installed Mandrake, i had MP3's on the extended partition on the second HDD. Then i installed Mandrake on the Primary DOS partition. Now i can't access the Extended partition from windows. Is

[newbie] Upgrading kernel

2000-07-09 Per discussione Wilson, Al
Hello, all, Has anyone been successful upgrading the kernel using MandrakeUpdate? I have tried a number of times, but always end up having to re-install. Any instructions (that work) would be appreciated. Oh, yes, I am using ReiserFS and Grub. Al Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Ethernet problems.

2000-07-09 Per discussione toyswins
Can you see your zip drive at all or just can't access it? If you don't see it at all, there is a thread just a couple of days ago that worked for me. Basically you have to manually enter the drive in the list and then tell the system to find it. It's a SCSI device on the parallel port. Not a

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