[newbie-it] Re:[isdn]

2001-01-12 Per discussione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nature ciao, hai problemi anche tu per la configurazione del modem asus adapte 128k isdnlink? Se ci riesci mi dici come fai?Ho la la 7.1 Mandrake se mi dici come fare per trovare i moduli che a te servono te li manderĂ² voletieri. Sono una profana su linux, addirittura me hanno installato

Re: [newbie-it] star office come desktop in mndk-7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione ioadamo
NAME=StarOffice ICON= DESC=Star Office Environment EXEC=/usr/bin/soffice SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/soffice Oggi Ho corretto questo e adesso va..allla grande e quindi non ho pi nessun problema stata una bella faticaccia, per adesso finita..adesso dovrei imparare a usare questo

Re: [newbie-it] Volume audio

2001-01-12 Per discussione Daniele Micci
Il 00:04, gioved 11 gennaio 2001, scrivesti: Sono un neofita. Ha installato il primo CD della 7.2. Qualcuno sa dirmi come si pu regolare il volume dell'audio in uscita dalla scheda sonora? Non credo si possa agire solamente sugli altoparlanti. Grazie a tutti per l'aiuto. Alberto Devi

[newbie-it] Sicurezza password -- GRAZIE

2001-01-12 Per discussione Alberto De Petri
Ricevuto. Alberto De Petri

Re: [newbie] Network solution

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
no problem Don. Thanks for taking care fo that for us all. Abe Don Munson wrote: Gentlemen: I apologize for the problem since this apparently started with me. This was not an issue of request a read from the list but I have this setting on my machine always on for other issues. As

Re: [newbie] Dual processors ??

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
and later this year is when I'll be building her that system. She's saving her money already. Abe "Liaw, Andy" wrote: If the install program sees two CPUs, it will install the SMP kernel. For example, the kernel installed on our dual P3 Xeon box is 2.2.15-4mdksmp (from LM7.1). As

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
I thought he was full of it too. When I first started using mandrake (5.2 I think?) I got a working linux system in a 500 M partition with enough room in ~/abe to keep me happy. Now, if you just say yes to everything then you are going to get one hell of an install! But my favorite passtime

Re: [newbie] Version Declaration and Realplayer8

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
my experiences with realplayer in linux have been flakey to say the least. Oh, and unless thet've released an update in the past week or so, the linux version is real7 not 8. Could be part of your problem with that site. Abe Traci Collins wrote: Hi! I have downloaded and installed

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
sure and with no development tools you will never be able to recompile the kernel or an app that you use all the time. Most new programs that you download won't install because they need libraries to work. Development tools are required to have a whole linux operating system. Tke away the

[newbie] logrotate process does not stop

2001-01-12 Per discussione Renato Tognaccini
Hi, I have the following problem on my Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15: the process logrotate that reorganizes the system messages directory /var/log and which is daily launched by cron does not stop anymore. So each day a logrotate starts , after 3 days on my computer 3 logroate process are running

Re: [newbie] Lost memory after bios update

2001-01-12 Per discussione Joseph Red
ai4a wrote: Thanks Tom. Yes PC Chips is the worst of the junk but I own it! I may just buy another motherboard. Thanks again. Charles I just *had* :) to buy a new MB. For some reason my Asus p2b has just been flaky, even though I've always heard good things about them. So I just got an

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
Congratulations on an excellent reply to a pathetic article. I couldn't have done it better myself. On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:54, Dan LaBine wrote: Just for the record, here's the response I sent to Mr. Volz ; Dear Todd; Interesting article . Was this picaresque novella written to judge

[newbie] Helix Code is now Ximian

2001-01-12 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
Has anyone tried going to the Helix Code website (http://helixcode.com/) lately? If you do, you shall receive a nice message stating that they have changed their name to Ximian. In their name change FAQ, they state that the change is so they can "provide trademark protection for our work"

[newbie] dynamic ip server installation

2001-01-12 Per discussione Pieter De Troyer
Hi all, i installed succesfully M7.1, i selected server installation, like i did on my laptop a few months ago. There is a difference however: the laptop has a fixed ip, the workstation has a dynamic ip. Is it possible that some serverdaemons are not starting because of the dynamic ip? On my

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione Penndragon
Hi Abe Agrered here completely. Sadly, companies like microsoft seem to be willy to tell you what you want.. The various Linux distros on the other hand seem to be willing to give you the choice. This later approach is what I much prefer myself. Sure, you choose all options then you get one hell

RE: Re: [newbie] Mouse wheel not running

2001-01-12 Per discussione falcaraz
Thanks Meph Istopheles, I used Microsoft IntelliMouse and it works fine. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Francisco Alcaraz Ariza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Jueves, Enero 11, 2001 5:16 pm Asunto: Re: [newbie] Mouse wheel not running Meph Istopheles

[newbie] Gnome in Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione JOSEP BONET DOMENECH
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 and in the login menu (graphical,x-window) I choose the Gnome Desktop, but it starts the X-window and it doesn't appear anything. Is there some bug? I can start the system without x-mode, in terminal mode, what program or file do I modify to start gnome when I

[newbie] Gnome in Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione JOSEP BONET DOMENECH
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 and in the login menu (graphical,x-window) I choose the Gnome Desktop, but it starts the X-window and it doesn't appear anything. Is there some bug? I can start the system without x-mode, in terminal mode, what program or file do I modify to start gnome when I

Re: [newbie] logrotate process does not stop

2001-01-12 Per discussione Paul
Hi, I have the following problem on my Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15: the process logrotate that reorganizes the system messages directory /var/log and which is daily launched by cron does not stop anymore. So each day a logrotate starts , after 3 days on my computer 3 logroate process are

RE: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vicar In A Tutu
= Original Message From David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Thursday 11 January 2001 11:26 pm, Vicar In A Tutu wrote: Hail Eris! Firstly, the cursor. It's just a white square, ladies and gents, and weird as it might sound, but I actually like to see the things I click on. I recall

RE: [newbie] Dual processors ??

2001-01-12 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
This is not strictly true. In an SMP environment the "other" processor is always available to handle normal chores. Since the Kernel rapidly switches tasks to whichever processor is more lightly loaded even doing minor things such as word processing is much quicker. For instance, one

RE: [newbie] logrotate process does not stop

2001-01-12 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Renato TognacciniSent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:15 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] logrotate process does not stopHi, I have the following problem on my Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15: the

Re: [newbie] Re: Win4Lin - Does it do WinMe?

2001-01-12 Per discussione Po Kwok
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must be a windoze convert. Why bash a linux product. No Win4Lin does not support WinMe ...yet, but why would you want to. Native win98Se is far more stable than WinMe IMHO. I use both, but find 98SE a better product if you're not using Win2000. People could

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione Denis HAVLIK
Folks, don't worry about it. Journalists think that it's fancy to cryticise linux this season, so they do. What Henri said counts, and that's: "Obviously, things need to be simple for users, but I don't think restricting choice is really the answer." yust my .022 euro... cu Denis On

Re: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione Po Kwok
Vicar In A Tutu wrote: = Original Message From David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Thursday 11 January 2001 11:26 pm, Vicar In A Tutu wrote: Hail Eris! Firstly, the cursor. It's just a white square, ladies and gents, and weird as it might sound, but I actually like to see the

[newbie] Many Port Requests

2001-01-12 Per discussione SoloCDM
I'm getting many udp port requests through ipchains on 137/netbios-ns. Is this the port NTs use for the nameservers or is it a cracker? Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list/newsgroup address in Cc: and my email address in To:.

Re: [newbie] File Manager Performance Differences

2001-01-12 Per discussione civileme
On Friday 12 January 2001 03:55, you wrote: When I open the /mandrake/RPM directory on md 7.2 CD1 using Konqueror it takes ages for it to load the list of rpm files whereas if I use either GMC or XWC File Manager the list appears almost instantly. Don't know there would be any difference at

Re: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione civileme
On Friday 12 January 2001 06:26, you wrote: Hail Eris! Eh, me dears, I seem to be in a bit of a fix here. You see, I have made the transition from Dragon Linux 2.2.4 (a clone of Slackware 7.1) to Mandrake 7.1 (a hard decision inspired by the rants of certain irc curmudgeons) both versions,

Re: [newbie] LM7.2 Win2000

2001-01-12 Per discussione Po Kwok
AL wrote: Hi! A friend's computer currently has Windows 2000 installed in his primary master 20GB hard drive. His 8.4GB primary slave hard drive is currently free and wishes to install Mandrake 7.2 in it. Will this setup be hassle free in the sense that: 1. No re-partitioning on

[newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-12 Per discussione Kelly, Christopher
I know that this has been covered, because I remember seeing it. So, please forgive my ignorance. How can I edit the Grub menu after it has been installed? I know that the list resides in /boot/grub/menu.lst. How can I edit that file? Thanks y'all, Chris Kelly --- Boy of Destiny King of

[newbie] VMware

2001-01-12 Per discussione James Hallam
hi all, i am trying to get VMware to run on Mandrake 7.2 the install goes ok, but when i run the config script vmware-config.pl it throws back an error about half-way thru the set-up it asks something about header files. i was wondering if anyone came across this prob and if they managed to fix

[newbie] MALE or MAIL

2001-01-12 Per discussione GARRY JONES
Hi guys just letting you know that mail that people are sending to newbie is all coming to me.Can you tell me how i can stop all this mail coming to me. Desperate - WANT A NEW JOB? THEN LET THE JOB FIND YOU Visit

Re: [newbie] MALE or MAIL

2001-01-12 Per discussione Dennis Myers
You have somehow subscribed to the linux-Mandrake newbie mail list. You need to go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3and follow the instructions for unsubscribing. It's a fun list you oughta stick around. GARRY JONES wrote: Hi guys just letting you know that mail that

Re: [newbie] VMware

2001-01-12 Per discussione D.
I had this problem as well sometime back. I never actually got a handle on exactly what was going on, but here is my take. I'm not an expert, but I got it to work. When you recompile your kernel, the header files change. If you try to configure VMWare and the current header files are not

Re: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 11 January 2001 11:26 pm, Vicar In A Tutu wrote: Eh, me dears, I seem to be in a bit of a fix here. You see, I have made the transition from Dragon Linux 2.2.4 (a clone of Slackware 7.1) Jeez, last time I used Dragon it was slack 4. There's a fix for your cursor problem, I

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione bpremeaux
This wasn't a new question, so I pulled this up from the archives. Hope it helps. Barry :-) From: Sridhar Dhanapalan Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing KDE to Gnome Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:19:51 -0800 How do

Re: [newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-12 Per discussione Michael O'Henly
Just become the root user (i.e., do "su", then enter your root password) and open up /boot/grub/menu.lst in an editor -- at the command prompt enter "vi /boot/grub/menu.lst" (replacing "vi" with the name of your favourite editor). On Friday 12 January 2001 04:11, you wrote: I know that this

[newbie] Voodoo3 Hardware 3D Accel - Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione hayward
Hey, I'm having the darnest time getting this voodoo3 to work under Mandrake 7.2 with hardware 3D acceleration. It installed XFree86 4.0.1 lsmod shows 3dfx, agpgart, tdfx. (I ran modprobe 3dfx, then tdfx before starting X) 3dfx module shows up as "unused" even when GL is being used. If

RE: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64

2001-01-12 Per discussione Meph Istopheles
Hey, Don't really wanna "horn" in, but I've a simillar situation with my Diamond Viper 770D (it's got the tnt2 chip). With XFree4.01 it's almost dead. I'd installed the glide module some games picked up, but (I suppose those not using glide) are unchanged. Switched to the other XFree

Re: [newbie] LM7.2 Win2000

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
I found that mandrake 7.2 and win2k played pretty well together. If you are going to use LILO or Grub as the boot loader be prepared to add a boot win2k line manually after mandrake is installed and running. Abe AL wrote: Hi! A friend's computer currently has Windows 2000 installed in

[newbie] Printing from X Windows disables CUPS printing.

2001-01-12 Per discussione =?x-unknown?q?Pe=F1a_Arellano_Fabian_Erasmo?=
Hello, I have LM 7.2 in my computer using CUPS to print. There is an HP DeskJet 840C attached to the parallel port and a HP LaserJet 5M attached to a samba server in the local network. I configured the printer in the samba server with the utility included with DrakConf.

Re: [newbie] Re: Win4Lin - Does it do WinMe?

2001-01-12 Per discussione kbb0927
I agree. I have Win98SE running under Win4Lin 2.0 and sound works. Improved but not native TCP/IP networking. Can retrieve e-mail using Outlook 97 without problem. WinME users should stick with windoze if they have to have it under linux (just my opinion). Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[newbie] VMware

2001-01-12 Per discussione James Hallam
hi all, i am trying to get VMware to run on Mandrake 7.2 the install goes ok, but when i run the config script vmware-config.pl it throws back an error about half-way thru the set-up it asks something about header files. i was wondering if anyone came across this prob and if they managed to fix

Re: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione Ribbo
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Vicar In A Tutu wrote: Oh, and there's a huge problemola with fetchmail - the .fetchmailrc file is there, it belongs to the proper user and has got the proper permission level (710). However, when I start fetchmail, it freezes as it begins to download the first message.

RE: [newbie] 2.4 Kernel

2001-01-12 Per discussione Michael, Steve
Not to bash the 2.4 upgrade, but it didn't sound like it went all that well for you. I don't think a newbie could have done what you have done, that is, without some serious help. Hopefully the upgrades will get better over time. -Original Message- From: Kevin Tambascio

Re: [newbie] Voodoo3 Hardware 3D Accel - Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 12:10 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having the darnest time getting this voodoo3 to work under Mandrake 7.2 with hardware 3D acceleration. It installed XFree86 4.0.1 lsmod shows 3dfx, agpgart, tdfx. (I ran modprobe 3dfx, then tdfx before starting X) 3dfx module

Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64

2001-01-12 Per discussione Joseph Red
I've got the Diamond 770U (tnt2-ultra). I have quite decent performance using XFree 3.xx. I just used whatever the install (7.2) recommended. If I'm not mistaken Nvidia has special drivers for the TNT2 based cards, though. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From:

RE: [newbie] a painless transition, please

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vicar In A Tutu
Thanks! Of course it was that; there was even a comment in XF86Config referring to that. Should have paid the wretched thing more attention... Cheerio, Mick. do you use a S3 graphic card? sorry if you had mentioned this already ... if you are using one of the S3 graphic card, then this

[newbie] quake2 as non-root?

2001-01-12 Per discussione abe
anybody know how to setup quake2 so you can play it as a normal user? I'm really iffy about running a game as root but it refuses to start up for any other user. Abe

Re: [newbie] 2.4 Kernel

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 08:36 am, Kevin Tambascio wrote: Have any of your tried the 2.4 kernel yet? I've tried several over the past few months. They're get'n better, either that or I am ;) 'Course my usual formula is to have a few beers and then decide to give 2.4.x another try ;

Re: [newbie] free VMWARE

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 08:38 am, Emilio Correa wrote: Hi, thanks for all whose answer my questions. I could fix my problem with kppp. No I wonder if exist a free version of VMWare and where I can download it and where to find information abut the free soft. Plex86, supported by

Re: [newbie] 2.4 Kernel

2001-01-12 Per discussione Kevin Tambascio
Well, part of my problems is that the SCSI card drivers and sound card drivers are not part of the standard linux-mandrake distribution, so I had to download drivers to work with Mandrake 7.2 out of the box. When I tried to use the source or binaries from the 2.2.17 based drivers, they didn't

[newbie] Xitel Storm Platinum PCI

2001-01-12 Per discussione Carson Christian
Can anyone explain to me what I need to do to get this sound board working in Linux? I have ML 7.2, and I'm running Enlightenment as my WM, if that makes any difference. If this is a RTFM issue, just point me to the right docs, otherwise help is much appreciated! Thanks -C

[newbie] Kodak cameras

2001-01-12 Per discussione Dennis Myers
Has anyone set up a Kodak DC3400 to work in gphoto or whatever in linux. Or is there a site set up to check on drivers for digital cameras. Kodak support is ok but this camera isn't listed in gphoto. TIA for any help. -- Dennis Myers Registered Linux user #180843

[newbie] Trident Blade 9880 and Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione Manuel Moises Miranda Velasco
Hi! I have two years that use linux, this week I buy a new computer. I install suse 7.0 and i don't have problem (more or less). But when i try to install Mandrake 7.2 i have problem with video, the image are broken in two parts and i don't understand why. I have a Trident Blade 9880, monitor

Re: [newbie] Just a simple question

2001-01-12 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, you wrote: Reply to Darklord I'm not sure what you meant by natively or wine but that is quite a list. I thought for sure the software for ultima online said it would work on Mandrake. That's like my favorite game. You don't have to tell me any of your secrets, but

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 and Mime Types

2001-01-12 Per discussione Dave
DO NOT USE NETSCAPE 6 FOR EMAIL! Trust me, you don't want to go there. The mail client is horribly slow, crashes on a regular basis for no apparent reason, and is just generally not even up to beta quality at this time -- all in my not-so-humble opinion. I like the Netscape 6 browser

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione Miark
Dan, great letter, and good follow-ups from the rest of you. I do a decent job of trying to understand others' viewpoints before condemning them to eternal fire and Liberace records, but Todd's view here is just lame. Again, the truth is beautifully expressed thusly: "Obviously, things need to

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Dennis Myers wrote: When it boots to the login box that wants either the user + password or root + password there is a button that has kde on it click on that button and all of the installed choices including gnome will drop down. Click gnome and pull up a mushroom. Oh, then click "go"

Re: [newbie] Re: Win4Lin - Does it do WinMe?

2001-01-12 Per discussione Dave
Hi all, While it is indeed annoying that MS has decided to try and wring the last possible penny out of the dinosaur known as Windows 95/98/98SE/ME, I must disagree with your sentiments regarding Win4Lin support of Win ME. The quality and stability (or lack thereof) of Win ME vs. Win 98 is

Re: [newbie] Juno ISP in Linux?

2001-01-12 Per discussione Miark
Hi Benjamin, If you _need_ the Juno program to successfully log on, then you won't be able to use it in Linux because they don't have any Linux software. Wait a sec... yep. This is from Juno itself: "Sorry, at this time, Juno is available for only personal computers (PCs) running Microsoft

Re: [newbie] I can't see any WEB page

2001-01-12 Per discussione Kearney
Emilio Correa wrote: Hello, I am Emilio and my OS is Mandrake 7.0. with 96 of RAM and a HD of 8.0 GB. FaxModem USR ext. I recently setup an internet account by kppp, but I didn't fill in the DNS address. Now I can't see any WEB page with Netscape when I'm on line. My ISP doesn't

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This wasn't a new question, so I pulled this up from the archives. Hope it helps. Barry :-) How do you start X? If X automatically loads at startup, you should get a graphical login screen that has a drop-down menu from which you can select an environment. If

[newbie] Printing from X Windows disables CUPS printing. Partial solution.

2001-01-12 Per discussione =?x-unknown?q?Pe=F1a_Arellano_Fabian_Erasmo?=
Hello again, I read the cups log for erros and found the following: After sending the printing job via Netscape (or any X Windows application in KDE) with lpr command into a samba server, the /var/log/cups/error_log had this Job 18 queued on 'lp' by 'fabian'. Started filter

Re: [newbie] free VMWARE

2001-01-12 Per discussione =?x-unknown?q?Pe=F1a_Arellano_Fabian_Erasmo?=
Hi, Does plex86 support Windows 98 as a guest OS? Fabian. On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 12 January 2001 08:38 am, Emilio Correa wrote: Hi, thanks for all whose answer my questions. I could fix my problem with kppp. No I wonder if exist a free

RE: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
Instead of using startx since it will launch the default kde, use the commands startgdm or startkde and you need not worry about the default. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J.

Re: [newbie] Xitel Storm Platinum PCI

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 10:13 am, Carson Christian wrote: Can anyone explain to me what I need to do to get this sound board working in Linux? I have ML 7.2, and I'm running Enlightenment as my WM, if that makes any difference. If this is a RTFM issue, just point me to the right docs,

Re: [newbie] Kodak cameras

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 12:29 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Has anyone set up a Kodak DC3400 to work in gphoto or whatever in linux. Or is there a site set up to check on drivers for digital cameras. Kodak support is ok but this camera isn't listed in gphoto. TIA for any help.

Re: [newbie] free VMWARE

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 01:49 pm, Pea Arellano Fabian Erasmo wrote: Hi, Does plex86 support Windows 98 as a guest OS? They say it does, but plex86 is still in very early development Plex86, supported by MandrakeSoft http://www.plex86.org/ -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Miark
In lieu of having a .Xclient-default in your home directory, there is a default configuration that specifies KDE. But you can still _add_ a .Xclient-default to your directory. In it, put "exec manager" (no quotes) where "manager" is the window manager you want. You can do a list of available

Re: [newbie] KDE2.0 Menu -- Konqueror as root -- Where?

2001-01-12 Per discussione Neville Cobb
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 11 January 2001 12:00 am, Benjamin Sher wrote: Is there a menu item in KDE 2.0 which would allow me to launch Konqueror as root (with a dialog box asking me for my root password) so I can access my files. On the menu, Applications | File tools | File

Re: [newbie] Juno ISP in Linux?

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vic
Sorry to butt in, here, just my 2 cents, Juno, unfortunately like alot of worthless microsoft-advocates, will not pull their heads out from their armpits, they are hopelessly strung to winblows stuff. A few are shockwave (not flash player, surprisingly there is flash for linux), Goldwave,

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vic
Don't the devoted hackers work on any gui development stuff anymore? On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, john rigby wrote: Disk B: All the Developer stuff - and certainly no GUI needed. Hackers like to get dirty and "change their own oil". :-)

[newbie] midi

2001-01-12 Per discussione Mickey Soltys
Hello all, Has anyone had any luck with midi in Mdk 7.2. I have a SB Live soundcard and cd's, mp3's, etc. all work fine. Kmid will open a midi file and do everything but play sound. What am I missing. Thanks, Mickey Soltys

[newbie] Worthless RPM software

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vic
I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says: "only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM" what bullsh** is this?

RE: [newbie] Voodoo3 Hardware 3D Accel - Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione falcaraz
I had the same problem, this is the solution: 1) Download the files tdfx_dri-4.0.1-1.386 and tdfx_drm-1.0-3.src.rpm from the next URL: http://linux.3dfx.com 2)Be sure your Mandrake have installed the Glide3 lib. 3) Open a Konsole an type from the directory where you have the two mentioned

Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64

2001-01-12 Per discussione Neville Cobb
Joseph Red wrote: I've got the Diamond 770U (tnt2-ultra). I have quite decent performance using XFree 3.xx. I just used whatever the install (7.2) recommended. If I'm not mistaken Nvidia has special drivers for the TNT2 based cards, though. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [newbie] menu system problem

2001-01-12 Per discussione Phil
On Thursday 11 January 2001 09:56, you wrote: Is there a way to fix multiple entriesin the Kmenu system? after an attempt of installing an app called: "rmagic" for analog (which also used CPAN to install some needed modules) I now have multiple entries of everything in my kmenu...

RE: [newbie] Voodoo3 Hardware 3D Accel - Mandrake 7.2

2001-01-12 Per discussione falcaraz
I had the same problem, this is the solution: 1) Download the files tdfx_dri-4.0.1-1.386 and tdfx_drm-1.0-3.src.rpm from the next URL: http://linux.3dfx.com 2)Be sure your Mandrake have installed the Glide3 lib. 3) Open a Konsole an type from the directory where you have the two mentioned

Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software

2001-01-12 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Friday 12 January 2001 03:36 pm, Vic wrote: I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says: "only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM" what bullsh** is this? user error -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] no mouse under Drak X (newbie)

2001-01-12 Per discussione c-3
Hi! I tried to install Mandrake 7.0 and got immediately one problem. I booted directly from the Mandrake CD, the installation program started but my mouse didn't response. I first tried to make the installation just with the keyboard, but there are options I only can reach by mouse, so what

[newbie] Voodoo3 3500 TV card

2001-01-12 Per discussione Mark Johnson
Is there anyone using the Voodoo3 3500 TV card successfully on linux?

RE: [newbie] no mouse under Drak X (newbie)

2001-01-12 Per discussione falcaraz
Have you tryed the text installation? just start using the cd and in the presentation screen type F1 and in the next screen type text. I have one time the same problem using MDK 7.0 and the mouse worked using the text installtion. Nevertheless, I had any problem in the same computer using

Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software

2001-01-12 Per discussione Michael O'Henly
You're attempting to install a package built with RPM version 4 using RPM version 3. Did you get the packages you're trying to install from Mandrake Cooker? M. On Friday 12 January 2001 13:36, you wrote: I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says:

Re: [newbie] Worthless RPM software

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vic
ok what is my user error? On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 12 January 2001 03:36 pm, Vic wrote: I would like to know why every time I attempt to install something worthless RPM says: "only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM"

Re: [newbie] Nutzo-insane RPM software

2001-01-12 Per discussione Vic
Whoa. I do not think it was, at least it did not say 'cooker' from where I downloaded it from, how do I install another version of rpm without it beanhatching about stupid libraries? On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Michael O'Henly wrote: You're attempting to install a package built with RPM version 4

Re: [newbie] ppp error 15

2001-01-12 Per discussione ed tharp
This did NOT make any difference... - Original Message - From: "civileme" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ppp error 15 On Wednesday 10 January 2001 00:40, you wrote: I have been having a hell of a time with my

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Barry Premeaux
The man for startx says that there is a file called .xinitrc in the user's home directory that references the last xwindow session used and runs that one. If the .xinitrc is not in the user's home directory, it uses the file called xinitrc in the xinit library directory. I didn't find it in my

Re: [newbie] problem with nvidia tnt2 m64

2001-01-12 Per discussione Meph Istopheles
Hey Nev, Sorry for butting in as well - but I too have a diamond viper 770 and I just came off SuSE to mandrake. In SuSE I had to download the latest drivers nvdriver.rpm and nv_glx.rpm and activate the 3D part of it in the XF86Config - and ensure the nvidia was selected in preference to

Re: [newbie] Getting support

2001-01-12 Per discussione Meph Istopheles
Yes it is. [Snipped a bunch of very important but unnecessary stuff];-) For my money I thing Mandrake is really triying, while other distro's are not. So Mandrake keep up the good work. Dude (et al), I apologize to have given the impression that I don't care for lm's support. I've been

Re: [newbie] VMware

2001-01-12 Per discussione Michael Falzon
I had that too but it still works ok . I'm running 98 (right now) and win2000 and nt 4 and win me ( is not running will at all ) Michael Falzon Mozy's Swamp Red Dwarf BBs The Last Of The BBs Sysop's www.mozysswamp.yi.org - Original Message - From: "James Hallam" [EMAIL

[newbie] modem..kernel Hsp56 micromodem

2001-01-12 Per discussione german torres
some1 know what to do with my problem, i just get the right linux driver 4 my modem and now ther is a problem because of im using lnx4win and the driv3er said that it was 4 kernel 2.2.5 and ln4win is 2.2.17k im new at linux and i would like to know what to do, i dont know maybe updating kernel

[newbie] menu editor changes don't work

2001-01-12 Per discussione bascule
can someone tell me exactly what files menu editor edits because on my system it does not edit those files under ~/.kde/share/applnk/i know this because if i use the menueditor to change the command for kpackage to include kdesu at the beginning it is not reflected in my menu, in fact menu

Re: [newbie] xinetd restart oddity

2001-01-12 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Saturday 13 January 2001 01:45 am, you wrote: following a deperate force install of glibc 2.2 to try and compile koffice to try and obtain kpilot and the subsequent need to reinstall the system because whatever i did it trashed EVERYTHINGi can no longer access the net, my modem is

[newbie] Earthlink and CHAP and PAP

2001-01-12 Per discussione Carroll Grigsby
Strange. I've been logging on to Earthlink for four years using PAP. But Tom swears by CHAP. Since things are kind of slow around here, I decided to see what would happen if I tried CHAP. It worked! Being a somewhat pragmatic guy whose interests do not include the more esoteric elements of

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Secure Shell

2001-01-12 Per discussione Mark Weaver
Hi Holly, I got it running. The problem was the firewall and the hosts.deny file. I'm not sure how, cause I never edited that file before last night, but the address I was attempting to log into ssh with was listed as a host to be denied. When I changed that and then reconfigured the firewall

Re: [newbie] Setting Up Secure Shell

2001-01-12 Per discussione Mark Weaver
actually all the keys were created when I installed the packages. I really appreciated that because at the time when I was installing them I wasn't able to find any kind of documentation anywhere for this app. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"

Re: [newbie] xinetd restart oddity

2001-01-12 Per discussione Robert
See: http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November2000/article175.shtml http://www.xinetd.org http://www.macsecurity.org/resources/xinetd/tutorial.shtml - Original Message - From: "bascule" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

2001-01-12 Per discussione Miark
Doh! Right. Every time I referred to .Xclient-default in my last message, I should have said .xinitrc. Duh. Miark - Original Message - From: "Barry Premeaux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.

Re: [newbie] xinetd restart oddity

2001-01-12 Per discussione bascule
thanks to robert and dennis for replies, i now have my system working using inetd (it didn't before and i have no idea what i did to make a difference!) however since xinetd was installed by the lm install when i selected samba i guess i am going to have to sort it - but not now! now all i

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