Re: [newbie-it] Che modem posso prendere ??

2001-03-29 Per discussione Alberto Zanoni
Il 22:26, marted 27 marzo 2001, hai scritto : Ciao a tutti ! Purtroppo adesso ho un winmodem (LT Winmodem) che non penso sia supportato da linux. Con Mandrake 7.2 va bene un qualsiasi modem esterno seriale ?? (cerco un 56K v90) che cosa mi consigliate? Ciao Ciao, io ho un

[newbie-it] GCombust

2001-03-29 Per discussione Alberto Zanoni
Il 22:17, martedì 27 marzo 2001, hai scritto : Alberto Zanoni wrote: GCombust - meglio ancora, questo parte e finisce pure, solo che mi ha rovinato il CD, mannaggia a lui. Per la multisessione, ho lo stesso problema anch'io :-) Ma per quanto riguarda Gcombust, se usi la release compresa

Re: [newbie-it] [LM 7.2] Il DRI non vuole proprio andare

2001-03-29 Per discussione Alessandro \Sgama\ Amadori
At 09.51 29/03/2001 +0200, you wrote: Il 20:09, mercoled 28 marzo 2001, scrivesti: Ancora sono troppo inesperto per la compilazione di un nuovo kernel, quindi vorrei riuscire ad andare avanti con quello fornito dalla distribuzione. Chi mi puo' aiutare? Dunque, se non so se il kernel

Re: [newbie-it] KDE 2.1 e temi...

2001-03-29 Per discussione Alessandro \Sgama\ Amadori
At 11.33 29/03/2001 +0200, you wrote: Ieri ho upgradato il KDE alla versione 2.1beta2. Sembra essere andato tutto bene in quanto l'ambiente grafico lo utilizzo senza errori. Qualche dubbio mi venuto per la gestione dei temi con il theme manager. Alcuni dei temi presenti nella lista non vanno,

Re: [newbie-it] GCombust

2001-03-29 Per discussione Corrado
Alberto Zanoni wrote: Pensavo appunto di far cosi': sai dove posso trovare l'ultima versione di GCombust ? Ora, con la versione di GCombust aggiornata, riesci a fare la multisessione ? Ho visto che si presenta molto bene, e se funzionasse a dovere mi sa che lascerei anch'io XCDRoast...

[newbie] Corrupted menu

2001-03-29 Per discussione Ammon Cooke
Hello, I did a dumb thing, installed a menu support rpm that came with CorelPHOTOPAINT9 not realizing that it was the KDE 'K' menu (StartMenu?? What is the Linux term??) . It put 4 entries in the menu for every item that was there. I uninstalled it. It removed the items, I used

[newbie] host login problem:

2001-03-29 Per discussione B.V.L.S.Prasad
Hello, I have LM7.2 installed. Everything is fine but: I am unable to login/ftp into my linux box from outside(other linux and windows systems). I am able to login/ftp into other machines from this machine where did I screw up during installation...can anybody help??? I

[newbie] ftp

2001-03-29 Per discussione Andrew
Well you need to start the ftp daemon running... and plus I wouldnt recommend running ftp I would run sftp...thats what I have going now on my machine... laters Andrew

[newbie] System sound config not working...

2001-03-29 Per discussione Jeremy H.
I am needing to get help with making my system sounds work in KDE w/MD 7.2. All other sound is working. CD,MP3, WAVE, MIDI, etc. I have assigned the system specific .wav files in the control center, but cannot use them... I have an old SB 16 ISA card. Thank You.. http://www.funknpunk.com

[newbie] what are the cd's for?

2001-03-29 Per discussione srinivas sastry
hi i'm new to linux . i bought mandrake power pack 7.2 deluxe box . i could install it using the first four cd's ( number 1 to 4 ). i want to know what the cd's numbered 5 to 7 are for? ( they are of nouse while installing ). also where in those cd's do i have to look for linux books

Re: [newbie] FTP Help

2001-03-29 Per discussione Nadin Merali
where do I go to configure it once it is installed. On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Civileme wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2001 10:29, you wrote: Hello all This is actually two questions. First is there anything for mandrake which is GPL equivalent to ftp servers like servu? When I mean

Re: [newbie] ftp

2001-03-29 Per discussione B.V.L.S.Prasad
can you please tell, where/how to start sftp and telnet demeons... sorry, this might be a very silly question,..but... thankyou for the help.. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. * AIM OF SCIENTIFIC

[newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione michael
I am trying to read a .doc file. In mc, I hit f3 and get : Error /tmp/mcextUXczIm: word2x: command not found then Empty output from child filter Any idea how to do this in linux? -- -m-

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Claudio
Do you run X? In that case just open the file with Staroffice (download free from http://www.sun.com ) C. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens michael Verzonden: donderdag 29 maart 2001 19:42 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [newbie]

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Jennifer Davis
You will find that abiword, which comes with 7.1 and 7.2 is pretty good too. A 99MB download of Star Office may be too much for some computers Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Claudio wrote: Do you run X? In that case just open the file with Staroffice (download free

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Nadin Merali
or try wine which will let you open word in linux ( not sure if it works with word2000 completely but I heard you can do it this way) On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Claudio wrote: Do you run X? In that case just open the file with Staroffice (download free from http://www.sun.com ) C.

Re: [newbie] Sympatico and the D-Link 530-TX problems

2001-03-29 Per discussione paul pianta
in case anyone was wondering i have abandoned all hope with this card and have installed another. i'm really dissappointed but maybe LM8.0 will have a fix for it!!! Thanx all bye paul

[newbie] scsi drivers for Mandrake

2001-03-29 Per discussione Joel Carvalho
Hello! I got a scsi card and i got Linux Mandrake. Well, it just don't recognize the scsi card... It is an adaptec. I need to now if you can help me, anyone! I need it working, its a question of live or death! Can you tell me where to find such drivers? And how can I join this mailing list? If

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Ammon Cooke
How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name."

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Kelly, Christopher
This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr. Moose -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Claudio
Does abi read word files? C. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Jennifer Davis Verzonden: donderdag 29 maart 2001 20:29 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux? You will find that abiword, which

[newbie] Alpha 800 5/333

2001-03-29 Per discussione William R. Nash
I need some help. At work i've have been using linux 7.2 without any problems. I have a old alpha computer 800 5/333 that has not been use for approx a year.I have downloaded a copy of linux for alpa server. Burnit to a cd. then tryed to install that software. I neverplay with a alpha

Re: [newbie] Repost Request

2001-03-29 Per discussione Civileme
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 21:17, you wrote: If anyone knows what I'm talking about please repost I remember it vaguely, and it was just posted yesterday or the day before, about the person who put the line in boot.ini and got Linux as an option in their Windows 2000 boot menu, it would be

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Jennifer Davis
Yes, I used abi to read and edit word files. One feature it lacks that I do miss are the styles. If you are merely reading, it should not be a concern. Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Claudio wrote: Does abi read word files? C. -Oorspronkelijk bericht-

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Nadin Merali
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk however I have no clue how to

Re: [newbie] root security mail messages

2001-03-29 Per discussione Ed Colmar
Replying to my own message here: The workaround I found is to go into the /etc/cron.hourly and locate the files that don't work. Mine was installed with mandrake 7.2: inn-cron-nntpsend I wonder why it doesn't work... Anyway, I moved it to: /etc/cron.hourly.old/ Seems to be ok now... -e-

Re: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Eric
I am not sure what your goal is, but StarOffice is able to read just about all M$ Word documents. KOffice is also able to read M$ Word documents. Eric On Thursday 29 March 2001 10:41, you wrote: I am trying to read a .doc file. In mc, I hit f3 and get : Error /tmp/mcextUXczIm: word2x:

[newbie] FTP qestion

2001-03-29 Per discussione Nadin Merali
ok I posted a message about a couple of ftp probl

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Kelly, Christopher
This is not true. I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the OS starts.

RE: [newbie] scsi drivers for Mandrake

2001-03-29 Per discussione Daryl Johnson
Well, if you don't indentify the card how do you expect anyone to help with it? If it's an Adaptec 1505 you're in for an interesting time - maybe :o) Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joel Carvalho Sent: 27 March 2001 20:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] what are the cd's for?

2001-03-29 Per discussione AndyMonks
do not send e-mails like that. it was a html e-mail (not good) try to send text e- mails. some people may not even open this e-mail, it was reported to carry a picture??? picture files are good for carrying virus!!! AGM

Re: [newbie] HSP56 MicroModem

2001-03-29 Per discussione WaSPLava
HSP means it doesn't have its own Digital Signal Processor, but it uses the computers processor. It can slow down your computer badly. Its way worse than a winmodem, its not even a modem, just a cheap chip. You would have to find some sort of linux drivers to establish communication with

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Nadin Merali
SHIT I wish i knew before oh well On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: This is not true. I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy

[newbie] Help? HELP! USB ports

2001-03-29 Per discussione donald hinds
How do you tell HardDarke or Linux to look on the USB ports for devices? I have a supported (ZOOM USB) modem (linux-USB.org). LM-7.2 sees my TWO USB ports. When I run HardDrake to install a modem, it gives me options of Serial, ISDN and so forth, but not USB. What file to I change

Re: [[newbie] CorelPHOTOPAINT9 Install]

2001-03-29 Per discussione donald hinds
Where did you get FontTastic? I installed PP9.0 from 2 sources (download CD) and all I get when i try to run it some error it can't initialize FontTastic (and I can't find any such files). Don This may not be the right place to ask, but I thought someone here said something

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
If you are infact using Lilo as your bootloader, the best way to remove it especially where Win2k in conserned is to boot to linux. From the command line, or open a terminal and su to root, then uninstall lilo with the command /sbin/lilo -u. This not only will remove Lilo but will also restore

[newbie] kmail

2001-03-29 Per discussione Jeffrey Sparks
Having a devil of a time with kmail wondering if anyone can help. Here's how I've set it up: (under Settings) Name: me Organization: blank Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To Address: same Signature File: /home/me/sig [Sending Mail = SMTP] Server: mail Port: 25 [Incoming Mail = Pop

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Kelly, Christopher
It is a common misconception... Don't worry. -Original Message- From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:07 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble SHIT I wish i knew before oh well On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly,

Re: [[newbie] CorelPHOTOPAINT9 Install]

2001-03-29 Per discussione Adrian Smith
the fonttastic RPM is in there with the PP9 RPMs. i had the same problem, it didn't install with the rest of PP. you have 2 RPMs. a 2.0 and a 2.1. use the 2.1and install it as Alex said to do. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] donald hinds [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Creating kernel

2001-03-29 Per discussione André D. Martinsen
Thanx for the info. I downloaded the newest Kernel (2.2.19) and the make xconfig worked, but when I try to boot my newly made kernel from GRUB I only get a black screen and nothing more. Back to the drawing board I guess :-) Andr There are several things you need and I can't recall all of

Re: [newbie] Which tool to establish ISDN connection?

2001-03-29 Per discussione André D. Martinsen
Hiya Hellmut, I supose we are both in the same boat as im trying to get online with my ISDN card too. The easy way to do this is to get yourself an external ISDN-adapter like f.eks. Dynalink TAS400 witch is greate because it functions with exactly the same comands as a normal modem, but with

Re: [newbie] Manual

2001-03-29 Per discussione André D. Martinsen
Do I need to use Linux to download the files? I have yet to get my ISDN card up and running for the moment, so im using MS Exploder to download the files I need. I have tried holding shift, ctrl, alt, and about every comination of those before, during, and after the download but I stil only get

RE: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione bpremeaux
You may still be able to get the CD from http://www.lsl.com. I believe it goes for $1.89. Barry :-) On Thu, 29 March 2001, Jennifer Davis wrote: You will find that abiword, which comes with 7.1 and 7.2 is pretty good too. A 99MB download of Star Office may be too much for some

RE: [newbie] kmail

2001-03-29 Per discussione Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] kmail Right away I see that you need the true mail server name from your ISP. As an example, instead of just mail for the server name, my setup uses mail.earthlink.net or previously I had pop.omah.uswest. So what ever the server name is that you used in windows or whatever

[newbie] wordperfect any good?

2001-03-29 Per discussione mike hodder
I like StarOffice (used it in the old OS/2 days, too). However, it doesn't have a driver for my HP970Cse and its envelope feature is both arcane and non functional for me. Not to mention I have no help files, for some reason. Does anyone have any experience with WordPerfect for Linux? I've

RE: [newbie] Manual

2001-03-29 Per discussione Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Manual Andre, you should be able to download with netscape. Explorer should do it to since it is only text. (Explorer seems to have issues with downloading some linux based programs) I don't hardly use windows anymore so have forgotten a lot of how to do stuff for

[newbie] Crystal Audio PnP soundcard Problems.

2001-03-29 Per discussione Stefan Buller
I have a Crystal Audio PnP soundcard. Harddrake comes up with 3 components: Crystal PnP Audio System CODEC Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401 Crystal PnP Audio System Control Registers The CODEC seems to be fine, under Kernel Module the MPU-401 Control Registers say: unknown. The Control

Re: [newbie] kmail

2001-03-29 Per discussione Civileme
On Thursday 29 March 2001 15:01, you wrote: Having a devil of a time with kmail wondering if anyone can help. Here's how I've set it up: (under Settings) Name: me Organization: blank Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To Address: same Signature File: /home/me/sig [Sending Mail =

Re: [newbie] wordperfect any good?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Civileme
On Thursday 29 March 2001 16:28, you wrote: I like StarOffice (used it in the old OS/2 days, too). However, it doesn't have a driver for my HP970Cse and its envelope feature is both arcane and non functional for me. Not to mention I have no help files, for some reason. Does anyone have any

[newbie] Partition confusion

2001-03-29 Per discussione michael
df: /dev/hde5 5117916 1790596 3327320 35% / /dev/hde1 5115628 1691424 3424204 33% /mnt/windows /dev/hda7 6136576 5873224263352 96% /hda7 /dev/hda6 5116476 2296668 2819808 45% /hda6 /dev/hde7 2381264938040

Re: [newbie] kmail

2001-03-29 Per discussione Eric
Can you ping your mail server? Check also spelling and use fully qualified domain names for the mail servers. Anyone knows how to set up mailing lists on KMail? Eric Indiogine On Thursday 29 March 2001 13:01, you wrote: Having a devil of a time with kmail wondering if anyone can help. Here's

Re: [newbie] Manual

2001-03-29 Per discussione Alan Shoemaker
Andr D. Martinsen wrote: Do I need to use Linux to download the files? I have yet to get my ISDN card up and running for the moment, so im using MS Exploder to download the files I need. I have tried holding shift, ctrl, alt, and about every comination of those before, during, and after

[newbie] 8.0 installation

2001-03-29 Per discussione Carl Kehley
Anyone else running into these problems? Running the installer from the cd, I get an error "second stage ramdisk not uncompressed", hit enter to continue. After that, I can get to the partitioning, where I cannot get the installer to recognize the swap partition (running Win98, Mandrake 7.2,

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Ammon Cooke
That is good in theory, but if you read my message you would notice that I already tried that, it just doesn't work. I also can't boot from a Win 2K Install CD. Which is weird it seems like the CD aught to boot regardless of the MBR of a Previous install. Thanks Ammon sAt 02:39 PM

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble

2001-03-29 Per discussione Ammon Cooke
if fdisk/mbr only removes the MBR... Does someone know how to do that from Linux?? Could this possibly be some kind of Bios setting trouble?? The Win 2K Install CD doesn't boot. Why?? Sorry about making that two posts, I didn't think about these other questions until after I hit Send. Ammon

Re: [newbie] BlackBox

2001-03-29 Per discussione Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Wow!! I just tried BlackBox, it was an awesomely light, but useful gui. I also installed Enlightenment. It looks like fun, but for some reason I don't get my applications menu. All that I can do is look at the help file. Any ideas why?? Are there

Re: [newbie] Penguin Case

2001-03-29 Per discussione Rog
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:28:58 -0500, you wrote: Hey guys and gals, Check this link out. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/computerheaven/penlinatxtow.html Moose Heh...cool... peace, Rog

Re: [newbie] Word doc reader in linux?

2001-03-29 Per discussione michael
On Thursday 29 March 2001 12:04 pm, you purportedly scrawled: You may still be able to get the CD from http://www.lsl.com. I believe it goes for $1.89. Barry :-) Thanx Barry! I also ordered some other stuff- they're kinda like cheapbytes but easier to type-[:-)

Re: [newbie] BlackBox

2001-03-29 Per discussione Rog
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:40:04 -0700, you wrote: Hi, Wow!! I just tried BlackBox, it was an awesomely light, but useful gui. I also installed Enlightenment. It looks like fun, but for some reason I don't get my applications menu. All that I can do is look at the help file. Any ideas

[newbie] No screens found error - help?

2001-03-29 Per discussione Riker
Have a problem a need a little help. A friend is trying to install Linux on his new board and everything goes swimmingly until X tries to start and then it dies and gives a "no screens found" error. I have tried editing fx86config manually to no avail. Has anyone got any thoughts? Here are

[newbie] squid error

2001-03-29 Per discussione SKLIM
Hello Linux User I need help ... my squid having some error when try to browse http://mail.leaderuniversal.com:90 Below is my squid.conf files setting. Need HELP # If not set (default) or set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it # can. That is, there will be no limit on the total amount

Re: [newbie] kmail - hey Civileme

2001-03-29 Per discussione michael
On Thursday 29 March 2001 08:07 pm, you purportedly scrawled: example, mail.ptialaska.net or pop.gnflspork.com. Civileme You really +did+ live in alaska, eh Civ? -- -m-

Re: [newbie] BlackBox

2001-03-29 Per discussione ~*Mark*~
Roger, You can borrow my 7.2 disks if you want. I don't mind sending them to you. ;) Mark Rog wrote: On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:40:04 -0700, you wrote: Hi, Wow!! I just tried BlackBox, it was an awesomely light, but useful gui. I also installed Enlightenment. It looks like fun,

Re: [newbie] kmail

2001-03-29 Per discussione Michael A Duffy
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, you wrote: Pop Mail Network Error: Account name is OPEN 'The server not found' error I just had this exact error message before I signed on for my mail tonight. Here is what I did: I changed the account information. I actually changed my full name to just my first name.

Re: [newbie] Documents about Linux

2001-03-29 Per discussione PENA FAMILY
I too would appreciate the same documents. So far most of the ones I have go right over my head with no info on commands for me to get familiar with first before actually typing them in and sitting back to see what happens. Thank you in advance.

Re: [newbie] Penguin Case

2001-03-29 Per discussione PENA FAMILY
Thats very cool apparently, Apple isn't the only one with a flair for style for the rest of us PC users.

[newbie] Installing RealPlayer8.bin file -- Instructions

2001-03-29 Per discussione Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: You can get RealPlayer 8 from RealPlayer home page at http://www.real.com by selecting the free RealPlayer 8 Basic and then choosing under OS "Unix". This will take you directly to the Unix Community Supported RealPlayer page at:

[newbie] squid

2001-03-29 Per discussione SKLIM
Hi ! Did anyone know how to solve this problem at Squid.Conf ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved While trying to retrieve the URL: http://mail.leaderuniversal.com:90/ The following error was

[newbie] [Newbie] Getting online

2001-03-29 Per discussione phil
Anyone help me with this error message: "warning the following hosts are unknown. home.netscape.com,home6.netscape.com and internic.net this means that some or all hosts will be unreachable. Perhaps there is a problem with your name server If your site must use a non-root

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Getting online

2001-03-29 Per discussione Benjamin Sher
Dear Phil: I think the message means that you have been disconnected from the Internet. I imagine you are using broadband (ADSL or Cable). You need to first do a cold reboot (shut down, disconnect your power cord from the wall and disconnect the power cord to your modem), reconnect, wait 15

Re: [newbie] kmail - hey Civileme--Off Topic

2001-03-29 Per discussione Civileme
On Thursday 29 March 2001 23:43, you wrote: On Thursday 29 March 2001 08:07 pm, you purportedly scrawled: example, mail.ptialaska.net or pop.gnflspork.com. Civileme You really +did+ live in alaska, eh Civ? Kotzebue, the land of the midnight sun. Civileme