Re: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1

Adriano Archetti wrote: Salve a tutti, ho un piccolo problema sull'installazione della mdk 7.1. Quando, dopo il partizionamento e la formattazione dell' hard disk cerca i pacchetti da installare mi esce un messaggio di errore tipo: ERROR, MISSING PACKAGES, e l'installazione non può più

R: [newbie-it] Reti locali

Mi servirebbe solo un pò di procedura per configurare la rete locale. Ho già provato circa 76 volte ma si vede che salto qualche passaggio. Dove sta il problema?

R: [newbie-it] Reti locali

Hai provato a controllare se la tua scheda viene riconosciuta? se si controlla che il plug an play della tua main non abbia assegnato un irq o un addr che utilizzano altre periferiche isa (se la scheda lan e pci). Io per scongiurare ogni pericolo uso una normale isa ne2000 compatibile da 20.000

[newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1

Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a completo digiuno di LINUX e quindi vorrei sapere il nome di un buon testo oppure di un sito dove poter scaricare il manuale di Linux mandrake per iniziare a capire come settare

R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1

- Original Message - From: Leon2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:39 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1 Carissimi amici dopo svariatissimi anni di uso di WINZOZZ ho deciso di installare Mandreale 7.1 Vengo al punto sono a

R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1

ci sono stato ma non ho avuto aiuti sufficenti Leon - Original Message - From: Ivano Diodati [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: R: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1 - Original Message - From: Leon2000 [EMAIL

Re: [newbie-it] Installazione Mandrake 7.1

Ciao, questo sito per me è sempre stato un punto di riferimento: www.pluto.linux.it; nella sezione degli how-to trovi la documentazione di configurazione x linux. Per la scheda audio prova con DrakeConf, se hai una scheda supportata è semplice da usare. Inoltre nei prossimi numeri di "LinuxC"

[newbie-it] Passo a Linux?

Passo a Linux, capendone poco anche di uindous! installazione di mandrake 7.1: dopo vari tentativi sono riuscito a configurare scheda audio, scheda video e monitor (anche se nessuna di queste componenti si trova nell'elenco dell'hardware supportato)e mi stupisco di me stesso! l'unico problema me

Re: [newbie] ethernet card

You can try forcing linux to find the hardware by shutting down, removing the NICs, rebooting without them...shutting down again, replacing the NICs, and rebooting with them. This should bring up kudzu, or whatever MDK uses at startup to detect new hardware, and you can config from there. You

Re: [newbie] error on boot-up

Marcia Waller wrote: Dear Paul, I went to the Lilo boot prompt and typed "linux failsafe".I got back "no such image. [tab] shows a list. I then used the tab key and then I got : linux windows floppy. I do not know what this means or what to do now. By the way how do you exit the

[newbie] Mandrake Development installation

Dear who ever If I install mandrake 7.0 as development machine would it install xwindows or not??? regards

[newbie] Basic (?) Networks Shares

I would really appreciate a little help with a couple of things. I'm currently running a dual-cpu server with a dual-boot configuration (Win2K Server LM7.1). I left it that way until I'm a little more up-to-speed on Linux. I'm also running a couple of client workstations (K7-850's, Windows

Re: [newbie] Basic (?) Networks Shares

Edit your /etc/inetd.conf. At the bottom you will see the line with "SWAT" on it commented out, un-comment it. Then run "killall -HUP inetd". Now if you go into a web browser and depending on your setup go to localhost:901, or pcname:901 and use your regular root userid and password when it

[newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install

Just wondering how I would manually enable HD optimisations after installing and specifying during the install that they should be turned off. I was trying to figure out a problem I was having (turned out to be automount) and thought reinstalling with optimisations might do the trick. How can

Re: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after install

first of all, I don't know whether what I am about to suggest is what is meant by "disk optimistation," but here goes: In the console if you enter: hdparm -t /dev/hda (where hda is a hard disk, probably the one on which you have installed Linux) then you will get an answer after a number of

[newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file

What is the correct procedure in extracting a tar.bz2 file? I also had trouble with a tar.gz file that appears to be extracted but still will not work. I have looked in the HOWTO sections of some websites and it looks like I need to do /configure which I am not familiar with. Thanks for any

[newbie] Knapster problems

I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have something setup wrong?

[newbie] Netscape lockup problems in Mandrake 7.1

My netscape works in Mandrake 7.1 but it will freeze up and totally blank out to a white screen and I have no option but to Kill it. Is there a fix for this or have I setup something wrong? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company

[newbie] Soundblaster live sound card

I have a Soundblaster Live sound card that is recognized by Mandrake 7.1 and appears to be installed (it loads the EMU10K1 module or driver) but it does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks... Stan "The Crippler" Wilburn Mid-Range Systems Engineer Rock Hill Telephone Company 803-323-6366

RE: [newbie] What printer do you have?

Joan, Nice to hear your experiences with Linux thus far have been mainly good! I too had serious problems with printer support, but if you buy the boxed version of Mandrake - I think you need the "super deluxe" full version - you get a program called ESP Print Pro (CUPS) included. However, I'm

[newbie] Heretic

I installed Heretic from the Mandrake 7.1 CD but I cannot find it anywhere. No icon, no menu item. Help :) TIA

RE: [newbie] How to manually enable HD optimisations after instal l

Thanks, that should do it. I found the relevant script that mandrake executes if you've enabled optimisations in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime. I'll either try to change the conditional to cause the script to execute here or just copy the relevant optimisations stuff (which looks very

[newbie] Installing plustek9630.0.30 driver with SANE

Dear friends, I am trying to install the plustek9630.0.30 driver with SANE following your HOWTOO, but after I had bd been succeed in the commands (1); (2); (3) (4) in this step I got a little bit confused, because when I unpakced the plustek9630.0.30 in the /usr/local/temp directory, it had

Re: [newbie] Knapster problems

Stan Wilburn wrote: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have

RE: [newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file

Hmmm... OK we seem to be dealing with two things here. .tar.gz files are Tape Archive files which have been compressed with GZip. .tar.bz2 files are Tape Archive files which have been compressed using BZip2 instead. The commands for "Untarring and unarchiving" each of these are as follows:

RE: [newbie] Knapster problems

Stan, As I understand it Knapster was shut down recently by the US Government for Copyright reasons - anyone else confirm this? I wouldn't expect we'd have to wait too long though before something else comes along. Mark. -Original Message- From: Stan Wilburn [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Yo

ummmwhat is it exactly that you're trying to tell us? Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo I have Windoze 98 Se installed on a 10 gig hd. Then I have Linix installed on a 10gig hd. seconday drive. My system under windows is a bout an 7. My same system under Linux is a 10. The system just

[newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c: (/dev/hda1) is windows, 2GB, FAT32; d: (/dev/hda5) is windows stuff, 16GB, FAT32; /dev/hda6 is Linux /, 1.72GB, Ext2, /dev/hda7 is Linux swap, 128MB (the rest). Now my question is - how can I delete that /dev/hda6 partition? I need it for

Re: [newbie] error on boot-up

Dear Paul, Alan, Mark, Thank you for your help. I would definitely agree that my system is stalling as it's attempting to mount the 'root' file system in read/write mode. I typed the' linux single' and it made no difference. I have not found a way to get to a console or linuxconf. I have read

Re: [newbie] Knapster problems

Stan Wilburn escribió: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake 7.1 and everything seemed to work fine. I have the Knapster icon on my desktop but when I click it nothing happens. I don't receive and error so I am stuck as to what is exactly happening. Has anyone seen this or do I have

[newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1

Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they

Re: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

Roman Korcek escribió: Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c: (/dev/hda1) is windows, 2GB, FAT32; d: (/dev/hda5) is windows stuff, 16GB, FAT32; /dev/hda6 is Linux /, 1.72GB, Ext2, /dev/hda7 is Linux swap, 128MB (the rest). Now my question is - how can I delete that

RE: [newbie] Knapster problems

No ... because they appealed, I am pretty sure that Napster is still up and active. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Homoky, Mark MJ SSI-ISEC-34 Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Knapster

Re: [newbie] Knapster problems

I tried that after getting your e-mail (./knapster) and I get an error about not being able to open shared libraries...Thanks for the suggestion and any help you can give me on this error. At 11:37 AM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote: Stan Wilburn wrote: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake

[newbie] linux freezes when close laptop cover

My linux Madrake 7.1 freezes when I close my laptop. Is this normal? I thought Linux was ulta-stable. I have a Dell Inspiron 7500. -P __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

[newbie] Netscape freeze

Hello I'm using Mandrake 7.0 And then, if I want to access Netscape Communicator (not Netscape Navigator, because my GNOME has 3 icon for Netscape), it will freeze up. There is an information about 'reading file' at the left corner. And Netscape does not show anything (blank). But if I open

Re: Fwd: [newbie] grub Xserver4.0 Xserver3x

I don't think you do. Just make sure that you don't format you partions and things should work ok. Mark Hillary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I got no response, I'm sending this again. I didn't get an "upgrade" option when upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1, and I don't want to spend the time

RE: [newbie] Knapster problems

Napster is up and running strong! They appealed the courts decision and they can keep running until the issue is settled. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Knapster

Re: [newbie] Knapster problems

I tried your suggestion and it tells me that it cannot open shared libraries. Would this not have been setup with the RPM install or is there something else I have to do? Very confused... At 06:49 PM 8/28/00 +0200, you wrote: Stan Wilburn escribió: I installed the Knapster rpm in Mandrake

[newbie] Heavy Gear

OK, what am I doing wrong? I installed Heavy Gear II demo off the MaximumLinux CD. I can not find it. Used Kpackage and searched for it. Not in kpackage. I watched it "unpack" in a terminal window. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Frustrated in NY :)

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster live sound card

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Stan Wilburn wrote: I have a Soundblaster Live sound card that is recognized by Mandrake 7.1 and appears to be installed (it loads the EMU10K1 module or driver) but it does not work. Any suggestions? Thanks... How do you know it does not work? Did you try to "play

Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake7.1

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Lynn Johnson wrote: I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work. Everything else APPEARS

RE: [newbie] error on boot-up

Title: RE: [newbie] error on boot-up Try one last thing, at the prompt, type just linux or just failsafe and hit return. That about uses up my help knowledge on this subject J -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marcia Waller Sent:

Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement

When you download a new theme (I use e.themes.org), you put them in the ~/.enlightenment/themes directory. If they are tarballs, still put them in the themes directory then untar them. Once you have done that, don't regenerate the menus, simply click on restart enlightenment. Then when you middle

[newbie] Question about some of Mandrake's install prompts

I'm just curious: (fyi, this concerns version 7.0) How come after Mandrake asks me to select what packages I want installed it tells me it will take, for example, 1128MB to install and I might not get all the packages but I can try anyway (when I've got over a gig of free space available). Then

Re: [newbie] Knapster problems

Stan Wilburn escribió: I tried your suggestion and it tells me that it cannot open shared libraries. Would this not have been setup with the RPM install or is there something else I have to do? Very confused... Please especify rpm package and shared libraries... At 06:49 PM 8/28/00 +0200,

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster live sound card

I have tried all of these things...the files appear to be playing on the player themselves but no sound comes out of the speakers...this setup does work in Windows, however, so speakers are turned on... At 05:32 PM 8/28/00 +0100, you wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Stan Wilburn wrote: I have a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Development installation

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Michael Khachiki wrote: Dear who ever If I install mandrake 7.0 as development machine would it install xwindows or not??? I am not sure, but according to my memory, X is a very basic part of any Linux install. Paul -- Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with

RE: [newbie] linux freezes when close laptop cover

Mine does something similar on my Inspiron 3700. When I close the cover and then open it again I get a weird plasma-like psychadelic display and the machine is fully locked up. I haven't upgraded the machine to 4.01 which may cure that hiccup. Has anyone else seen this problem? Thanks, Will

[newbie] Problems with Acrobat install

Hello all, I realize this is a very newbie question, but please forgive me. I was trying to install Acrobat 4 from the LM 7.1 cd (Ebooks directory, tar format). I had problems at first, because there was no version of ED installed. After installing that, and it working fine, acrobat

[newbie]

Coca-Cola's use of HFCs to cool its drinks contributes to climate change.That's not cool.Tell the Real Thing to do the Right ThingJoin the Coke Challenge Campaign!http://www.cokespotlight.org

Re: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

There is a nice little freeware utility called DelPart. It can be found online, I don't have an exact URL, you'll have to search for it. Very handy to have around. Can delete any partition. Aaron At 04:31 PM 8/28/2000 +0200, you wrote: Hi guys, I'd need some help. I have a 20GB disk, c:

Re: [[newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1]

Lynn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

_ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Um... 1, Gates created the first version DOS. 2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of OS/2. 3. OS/2 would still be written by Gates if his head didn't explode and his greed take take over. Yes, Linux is not yet a viable all-round desktop OS, and needs quite a bit of knowledgeable

Re: [newbie] How to stop printing

Wow, this si the by far the most interesting problem with linux i have ever heard. I will listen politely while someone help u, i hope. Original Message On 8/28/00, 5:58:41 PM, =*= [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How to stop printing: On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, William Presho

Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1

Lynn Johnson wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I partitioned

[newbie] PPP daemon dies unexpectedly

I keep getting these; my log files shows the following: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 local IP address 209.117.51.112 remote IP address 209.117.123.122 Hangup (SIGHUP) Modem hangup Connection terminated. Connect time 0.9 minutes. Sent 1905

Re: [newbie] Directcc is great.

On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Goldenpi wrote: One of the network programs I find useful under windows is direct cable connection, which allows me to run file shareing between my two windows computers. Now I would like to network linux and windows, but I have no network cards, just a long serial cable.

[newbie] finding the KFM executable file

howdy all what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with KFM*.*.. got a ton of files. so i tried

Re: [newbie] UPGRADING RPMS

yup, found it the other day it works fine though there is a delay between a message arriving and the sound being played, version 0.8.1 bascule Adam wrote: If you want a really good aim clone, use gAim from http://www.marko.net/gaim

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

When you have linux, why in hell would you want to emulate dos? (use vmware or something if you need windows / ms-dos prompt) I don't mean to sound bitchy, but...it's hard not too - Original Message - From: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] finding the KFM executable file

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Adrian Smith wrote: howdy all what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

Erik Hällsten wrote:

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Actually, Gates did not write DOS, he bought/stole it. But it is true that MS did write O/S 2 and did a great job of it while IBM must have made a no compete deal with him under the table. They could not otherwise be that stupid to sit on a winner and let it go down. I too like Mandrake and I

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Um... 1, Gates created the first version DOS. Um... 1. Gates !Bought! the first version of "MS"-DOS. First of all, DOS is the Disk Operating System, so he was not the first to create one, not that he did with MS-DOS. He, Balmer, and Allen bought their DOS and then licensed it to IBM. Be

Re: [newbie] Problems with printer and modem install in Mandrake 7.1

Carroll Grigsby wrote: Lynn Johnson wrote: Hi! I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had Windows 98 on it. I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig

RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

I would agree with most of this mail. I would say that i am expecting in the near future that linux will become much easier to use. Original Message On 8/28/00, 6:10:38 PM, Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user):

Re: [newbie] finding the KFM executable file

Try creating a locate database, using locate -u as root. Then use loate, or whereis to find your files. kfm resides in /usr/bin. The filename is, as it should be, "kfm". In linux, there need not be a file extention to denote an executable, scrpt, or other file. Executable files are set

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: I too like Mandrake and I only chose dosemu as an example. Most of Linux config also requires significant knowledge. A graphic config exists for many items (like in OS/2), but not for enough items - including dosemu. A graphical config for dosemu? There

[newbie] viewing source code

Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi symbols and letters? Rob

[newbie] Viewing Source Code

Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi symbols and letters? Rob

[newbie] open ports security problem

How do you close ports and/or shut down servers running on these ports (is this synonymous?). I run Mandrake 7.1 and I need to find an answer to this because my @Home service provider has informed me that I cannot have servers running on my machine (obviously set up by default since I don't know

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Well...semantics... Although gates must have stolen the concept and "basic inteface" from another OS, IBM contracted Gates to write "DOS" in a deal that took place after the huge company was made to wait an hour (yes, only an hour) by the company in California that wrote CP/M. --Greg

RE: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, you wrote: I think Linux has came a long ways, compared how easier it is to install now than how it was 5 years ago. I think along with everything else as more distribution comes out with their version of the software, it just gets better. I would agree with most of this

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Jeff Malka wrote: As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to because of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe it still has a way to go before it can be used by the

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

P.S. OS/2 does indeed rock. I used it when I first worked at IBM (dont work there anymore) and it was lovely. Then "upgraded" us all to Windows. Oh, the pain... Kathleen

RE: [[newbie] ]

Nothing! :) I'm sorry about that. I sent an email asking about PPPoE, but somehow the content didn't go through. That was an old signature I used to have that somehow passed through instead. Sorry folks! -Paul -Original Message- From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [[newbie] ]

So what the Puck does this have to do with Linux? Please include at least a "I love Linux" with $hit like this For the Linux content. IMPOO ( In My Pi$$ed Off Opinion) Jaguar Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: 

Re: [newbie] File sharing Win-Linux

Thank you for your advise. Now my linuxbox can appear on Windoze machine. But I can't access it from Windoze. Widoze ask me for password. But now the message is change. Sounds like this (on Windoze machine): //craven is not accessible. The computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure you

Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement

Thank you very much. It work. -Pungki - Original Message - From: Robert Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing themes in enlightement When you download a new theme (I use e.themes.org), you put them in the

Re: [newbie] File sharing Win-Linux

Thank you. I think it work. Now my linuxbox can appear on Windoze machine (Network Neighborhood). But I can't access my Linux from Windoze. Windoze ask me a password. As I remember I didn't make any password for user on Windoze machine. And on Linux machine, when I run smbclient, I get a respond

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Because there are literally thousands of free programs available on DOS that do not yet exist in Linux which are nice to use and which unless you are a programmer you cannot write yourself. Obviously there is a need or dosemu would not have been written. As for vmware that costs a fair amount

Re: [newbie] Viewing Source Code

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Robin Regennitter wrote: Hi Everybody, I was wondering how do I view the source code of any program. I tried using various editor and developing tools. All I got is a bunch of symbols and letters. How am I suppose to modify a program if I cant understands these multi

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

It is not to use dos commands that one might need dosemu, but to run legacy dos applications that one does not wish to leave behind just yet. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: =*= [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

Well...maybe Linux isn't for everyone, but then no OS is for everyone, IMO. Choice is good... It is, but for an OS to survive it must attract and "keep" a sufficient audience, Otherwise it might have the same fate as OS/2 which is also an excellent multiuser stable OS. Do not ask why I am

Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)

You are correct. That is what I remember too. I was just simnplifying the story. As I remember it, Gates then turned around and bought something which he lightly modified and sold to IBM as DOS. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From:

[newbie] USB Failure on Startup?

I am running Mandrake 7.1 and I have always had USB failures when Linux was booting up, but it was no big deal because I didn't have any USB devices so I just disabled the USB module at startup. Well that was fine until I just bought a USB mouse and now I need to try and find some answers. It

Re: [newbie] Broken? Bug? can't compile please help

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Vic wrote: Hello, would some kind soul please help me with a compiling problem? I downloaded kleandisk its an app that is supposed to clean extra files off the harddisk, but these error messages on the ./configure command are all it gave which I do not understand what