Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8

2001-04-03 Per discussione Mauro Scacco
At 07.48 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Qualcuno ha gi scaricato e provato la release 8 ? Ci sono miglioramenti sostanziali? Se s sarei interessato (pagando) ad avere i cd. Ciao! Ho disponibili Mandrake 8 beta 1 e 2,sto scaricando ora la beta 3(tra un paio di giorni disponibile) Ultime

[newbie-it] fstab rinominato!!!

2001-04-03 Per discussione Cristiano Orlandelli
Ciao a tutti, ho rinominato il file etc/fstab e non mi si riavvia pi Linux, il sistema mi da per la possibilit ad un certo punto(da utente root) di accedervi da modalit testo, per riparare il problema. Nella mia dir /etc/fstab ho 2 fstab rinominati uno come #fstab# e l'altrocome fstab~ Qual'

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8

2001-04-03 Per discussione Giovanni Anselmo
At 08.43 03/04/2001, you wrote: At 07.48 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Qualcuno ha gi scaricato e provato la release 8 ? Ci sono miglioramenti sostanziali? Se s sarei interessato (pagando) ad avere i cd. Ciao! Ho disponibili Mandrake 8 beta 1 e 2,sto scaricando ora la beta 3(tra un paio di

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8

2001-04-03 Per discussione Mauro Scacco
At 08.54 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: At 08.43 03/04/2001, you wrote: At 07.48 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Qualcuno ha gi scaricato e provato la release 8 ? Ci sono miglioramenti sostanziali? Se s sarei interessato (pagando) ad avere i cd. Ciao! Ho disponibili Mandrake 8 beta 1 e 2,sto

Re: [newbie-it] fstab rinominato!!!

2001-04-03 Per discussione Fabio Coatti
Il 08:49, marted 03 aprile 2001, scrivesti: Ciao a tutti, ho rinominato il file etc/fstab e non mi si riavvia pi Linux, il sistema mi da per la possibilit ad un certo punto(da utente root) di accedervi da modalit testo, per riparare il problema. Nella mia dir /etc/fstab ho 2 fstab rinominati

Re: [newbie-it] Per installare office

2001-04-03 Per discussione Germano
Il 12:37, venerd 30 marzo 2001, hai scritto: Scusate l'enorme banalit della domanda, ma dopo due giorni di tentativi non resisto pi: come si fa ad installare openoffice in linux (dal CD della rivista Linux C)? - esiste una via col punta-e-clicca FACILE? - se no la via suggerita dalla pagina

Re: [newbie-it] Mandrake 8

2001-04-03 Per discussione Fabio Coatti
Il 11:13, marted 03 aprile 2001, scrivesti: At 09.17 03/04/2001, you wrote: At 08.54 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: At 08.43 03/04/2001, you wrote: At 07.48 03/04/2001 +0200, you wrote: Qualcuno ha gi scaricato e provato la release 8 ? Ci sono miglioramenti sostanziali? Se s sarei

[newbie-it] Postfix e IPv4.. (secondo tentativo)

2001-04-03 Per discussione Matteo Merlin
Ciao! Ho appena reinstallato MDK 7.2 (dopo aver provato la Red Hat 7.0 e esserne stato deluso) e subito sono comparsi degli strani messaggi all'avvio di postfix (in aurora): [60G [[1;31mFAILED[0;39m] Starting Postfix:OK Allora mi sono messo a spulciare nei file di log e ho

Re: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Aries
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:11, you wrote: Time Warner is not Officialy Linux Friendly but It does work with Linux at least in my area, Western New York, All I do set my network connection in DrakConf as a cable modem connection for that card and it works with no problem. Aries LA county San

Re: [newbie] dos and Linux

2001-04-03 Per discussione Graham Watkins
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi folks.. A Linux virgin here. I have LM7.2 on a separate drive. W98SE on the other drive with Grub as the boot selector. Why does LM not show up in DOS? Is it possible to make it do so? TIA(thanx in advance). Lee There

[newbie] [Newbie] DHCP

2001-04-03 Per discussione phil
Can anyone tell me what /etc/dhcp file is supposed to contain? right now mine has Dhcpcd executable,The gear symbol LOL at boot up my system is failing to determine IP info for eth0(NIC) via Dhcpcd? Oh yes I am trying to access the net via a roadrunner cable

Re: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jay needs a Guinness
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 00:41, you wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! I know of one www.celticweb.com. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com

[newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione michael
G'day Is it possible to install Mandrake RedHat on the same drive using seperate partitions, if so how??? -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~mtd

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Ananyev Vladimir
Sorry for this question, but why you need it? Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, michael wrote: G'day Is it possible to install Mandrake RedHat on the same drive using seperate partitions, if so how??? -- Michael Doyle Adelaide,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione michael
Why is the world round??? On Tuesday 03 April 2001 18:34, you wrote: Sorry for this question, but why you need it? Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, michael wrote: G'day Is it possible to install Mandrake RedHat on the same

RE: [newbie] my time is broken and I can't fix it PLEASE RESPOND

2001-04-03 Per discussione Robert E Wipfler
Login as root, double click the time and change it to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)should be 6 hours ahead of you (don't set the time to your actual time). Then set your timezone properly and viola.. Robert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Dan LaBine
The world is round because Volvo already had a patent on square, boxy things that are hard to destroy. - Original Message - From: "michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter Why is the

Re: [newbie] Merge several html docs into one?

2001-04-03 Per discussione n6tadam
Hi, I would just like to say, that if you are merging html files, then using cat is not all that effective, try the following: cat filehtml | mv file2html amalg HTH, Thomas Adam - Original Message - From: Meph Istopheles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 01,

Re: [newbie] my time is broken and I can't fix it PLEASE RESPOND

2001-04-03 Per discussione Quaylar
to disable GMT set "UTC=false" in /etc/sysconfig/clock --quay

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Lee
The result of billions of years of flying thru space.Aerodynamic whittling if you will... Lee At 06:39 PM 4/3/01 +0930, you wrote: Why is the world round??? On Tuesday 03 April 2001 18:34, you wrote: Sorry for this question, but why you need it? Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP

Re: [newbie] Baby Questions - StarOffice

2001-04-03 Per discussione Eric
Regarding the StarOffice installation. On Monday 02 April 2001 16:52, Anthony wrote: 1- Install Star Office that comes with CD-3 (extras). General question is how to install applications from CD driver. To install Star Office, just go to the cdrom directory, usually /mnt/cdrom, and

[newbie] Install Exited Abnormally

2001-04-03 Per discussione Johan de Bruin
Hi All Thanks to those that replied on my previous issue "1st Stage Install Failure". For the record, I solved my CD-ROM failure to be recognized by hooking it up as a MASTER on the PRIMARY channel... However, A NEW PROBLEM: (Mandrake 7.2) After the CDROM has been detected, it says -

RE: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Sparks, Charley
so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux...

RE: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

RE: [newbie] SAMBA

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
In many ways samba is quite easy to set up... There are a few "gotcha's" though stemming mostly from unclear documentation... Read the Samba howtos, paying particular attention to the smb.conf file. You edit this file and restart Samba... and you are up... You then add Linux users to

RE: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Ananyev Vladimir
Depends of a Country! Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Philomena
I figure I would reply to your actual question, as opposed to the reasons why you ask:-) Yes, it is very possible - what I do is only mount the partitions applicable to each distribution when each boots, and have separate boot partitions on my hard drive for each distro. I use GRUB as my

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Paul Aprendiz
Actually, why the hat of RedHat is Red ? =) paul From: Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 10:25:27 -0700 The result of billions of years of flying thru space.Aerodynamic

RE: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
http://www.compuhelp.com/ It's even posted on their web site... -Original Message- From: Sparks, Charley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:08 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp so please.. tell us who it is

[newbie] Problems FreeS/WAN compiling the kernel

2001-04-03 Per discussione Paul Aprendiz
Hello I want to install FreeS/WAN 1.8 in Mandrake 7.1 I did cd /usr/src/linux/ make menuconfig make dep make bzImage make install make modules make modules_install lilo No message errors so far =) When rebooting, I choose the new compiled kernel, but the network cards don't work anymore eth0

[newbie] NIS XFree86 login problem

2001-04-03 Per discussione Morrell, Mike A
Hello: I just setup a NIS server on a Debian box and have a Mandrake 7.2 client that I setup to login using NIS. I added +:: to the passwd file and see all the users on the login screen, but when I try to login it looks like the desktop is going to start but I get a grey screen and it jumps

Re: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jeremy H.
yes, please tell us.. - Original Message - From: Sparks, Charley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez

[newbie] Problem copying files to linux partition from windows partition

2001-04-03 Per discussione Lon Lentz
I've done this several ways. I'm trying to copy an MP3 file onto a Linux partition. I've tried copying it off a CD and I've tried copying it right out of the windows partition. I'm getting an error when I do this, and the error message suggests that maybe I don't have permissions for this.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jeremy H.
because the MS agent wears black! - Original Message - From: Paul Aprendiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Redhat on same 'puter Actually, why the hat of RedHat is Red ? =) paul From: Lee [EMAIL

RE: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Philomena
who is the provider ?? At 10:50 AM 4/3/2001 -0400, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent:

[newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1

2001-04-03 Per discussione root
Help! I was unsuccessful in obtaining a cd which burned correctly to install 8.0 beta 2 or 3. So I tried upgrading to KDE 2.1 via the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages off of Sourceforge.net. How do I get it to work? I click on one of the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages, it downloads then stops the

[newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jeremy H.
Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC?

[newbie] ati Radeon

2001-04-03 Per discussione Serge
Hi Despite the XFree 4.03 and the 2.4 kernel in the Mandrake 8.0 beta3, i cannot use my Radeon video card. Is there anyone if the same problem and fixed it? i have a radeon 64 ddr card Thanx

Re: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jennifer Davis
I came across this back when I was doing dialup with Slackware. I switched over to ADSL just before I started using Mandrake, so I am not sure if their help is terribly useful. It is from my old ISP. They claim that they don't support Linux, but maybe the documentation could help someone.

[newbie] double mounted root partition [wrong list?]

2001-04-03 Per discussione michael
my root partition is mounted twice. Huh? [root@michael /root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda105.9G 2.5G 3.4G 43% / /dev/hda105.9G 2.5G 3.4G 43% / /dev/hde1 4.9G 2.0G 2.8G 42% /mnt/windows /dev/hda6

[newbie] unable to connect to my news server

2001-04-03 Per discussione ai4a
Hi: I am using a machine with dual boot - windows 98 and LM 7.2. I use netscape on both systems. On windows, I set up news groups by going to preferences mail newsgroups newsgroups server - then entering news as the name of my newsgroup server. Then I can enter the names of any newsgroups I

[newbie] Printing to printer shared on Novell Server

2001-04-03 Per discussione Mike Carlson
I need to print to a printer that is shared off of a Novell 4.x server. Obviously I am a newbie, so if anybody knows of a simple howto or has detailed instructions that would be great. I am running Mandrake 7.2 Thanks, ~M

[newbie] Fwd: Baby Question - StarOffice

2001-04-03 Per discussione Daniel
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Baby Question - StarOffice Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:24:19 -0400 From: Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quick coment on sugested processes to Install StarOffice_5.1a in a Linux Mandrake 7.0 environment: 1- /mnt/cdrom directory shown as empty. CD did

[newbie] Baby Question - StarOffice

2001-04-03 Per discussione Daniel
Quick coment on sugested processes to Install StarOffice_5.1a in a Linux Mandrake 7.0 environment: 1- /mnt/cdrom directory shown as empty. CD did not move inside drive. 2- DrakConf option: RPM packages shown on screen but no Staroffice-en or -fr found. What I did: Went through Gnome, and

Re: [newbie] Help with fancy KDE Mail Filter

2001-04-03 Per discussione David
On Monday 02 April 2001 19:55, you wrote: Hello, I noticed recently that most of the spam I recive does not have any of the email addresses I use in the message's To: field. I would like to take advantage of this to filter spam into the trash. The filters I would like to create would be

Re: [newbie]Linux Isp

2001-04-03 Per discussione bpremeaux
You should check out http://www.eskimo.net They provide nation wide dial up service as well as ISDN and DSL support. There are also shell accounts for those the have a need. Barry :-) On Tue, 03 April 2001, Jennifer Davis wrote: I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs

RE: [newbie] Merge several html docs into one?

2001-04-03 Per discussione Daryl Johnson
There is a program on freshmeat that does this. It's a perl script I believe but if you search freshmeat using 'merge html documents' it will show up as an answer. Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

Re: [newbie]PDF

2001-04-03 Per discussione Derek Rayne
--- phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can Linux handle PDF? YES it can, there is a reader for it, written by the people of Adobe. I am not sure if there is a PDF Creator for Linux. I have the one that can read them and it is terrific. =

[newbie] PDF to ASCII test utility

2001-04-03 Per discussione Mark Johnson
does anyone know if there is a linux utility that will convert PDF to a plain ol' text file?

Re: [newbie] unable to connect to my news server

2001-04-03 Per discussione ai4a
ai4a wrote: Hi: I am using a machine with dual boot - windows 98 and LM 7.2. I use netscape on both systems. On windows, I set up news groups by going to preferences mail newsgroups newsgroups server - then entering news as the name of my newsgroup server. Then I can enter the names of

Re: [newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1

2001-04-03 Per discussione Alan Shoemaker
root wrote: Help! I was unsuccessful in obtaining a cd which burned correctly to install 8.0 beta 2 or 3. So I tried upgrading to KDE 2.1 via the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages off of Sourceforge.net. How do I get it to work? I click on one of the Mandrake 7.2 RPM packages, it downloads then

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] DHCP

2001-04-03 Per discussione phil
NO its ever changing?Dynamic At 09:16 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: Don't you have a static IP? - Original Message - From: "phil" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:15 AM Subject: [newbie] [Newbie] DHCP Can anyone tell me what /etc/dhcp

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] DHCP

2001-04-03 Per discussione phil
Thanks very much Im aware of all this.windowz and Linux Same Box Same NIC So THat s should not be the prob,thanks At 07:33 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: phil wrote: Oh yes I am trying to access the net via a roadrunner cable modem. and my NIC is recognized by harddrake.

Re: [newbie] LINKSYS ETHERFAST NIC?

2001-04-03 Per discussione phil
Well its tulip but i never did get it to work, instead got a realtk 8139 it works! At 10:41 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone have a pre-compiled driver for a Linksys etherfast NIC?

[newbie] Vmware

2001-04-03 Per discussione LĂșcio Costa
Hi folks !!! Can anyone tell me how can I configure the last vmware to access cdrw-drive ? This cdrw is a scsi and I can mount it in LM 7.2. TKS ! Lcio _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie]PDF

2001-04-03 Per discussione phil
Yes this is the same card in one box with win and Linux.Win gets on no prob. actually This isn't to confusing im following you. I think my problem is Dhcp. Also i will try your suggestion about the etc/dhcp file thanks At 05:37 AM 4/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: Phil; I caught both

[newbie] HTTPd

2001-04-03 Per discussione michael
in the boot process, i get the message starting httpd perl failed starting httpd failed failed failed failed failed what's going on? How do I fix this? -- -m-

Re: [newbie] HTTPd Solved

2001-04-03 Per discussione michael
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 12:35 pm,an entity purporting to be you posited: in the boot process, i get the message starting httpd perl failed starting httpd failed failed failed failed

Re: [newbie]PDF

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jon Doe
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 02:33 pm, you wrote: YES it can, there is a reader for it, written by the people of Adobe. I am not sure if there is a PDF Creator for Linux. I have the one that can read them and it is terrific. You can txt2pdf to convert text files to pdf and you can use htmldoc

Re: [newbie] Creating Calendars

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose Marcos Rodriguez Contte
- Original Message - From: "marcia" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: [newbie] Creating Calendars Dear All, I do a bi-montly 5 page newsletter using MSWord. I use the calendar Wizard for the calendars and events. I want to begin to

Re: [newbie] Help with fancy KDE Mail Filter

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose Marcos Rodriguez Contte
- Original Message - From: "David" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with fancy KDE Mail Filter On Monday 02 April 2001 19:55, you wrote: Hello, I noticed recently that most of the spam I recive does not

Re: [newbie] Vmware

2001-04-03 Per discussione Jose Marcos Rodriguez Contte
- Original Message - From: "Lcio Costa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:53 PM Subject: [newbie] Vmware Hi folks !!! Can anyone tell me how can I configure the last vmware to access cdrw-drive ? This cdrw is a scsi and I can mount it in LM

Re: [newbie] my time is fixed thank you thank you thank you

2001-04-03 Per discussione Chubby Vic
thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you I had to install setuptool, somehow it got not installed still thank you thank you thank you Did you set your clock to GMT? If not, do so. If so, undo it. When installing 7.2, it asked me if my hardware clock was set to

Was [newbie]PDF Now pdf netscape

2001-04-03 Per discussione Meph Istopheles
Speaking of pdf, I'd noticed something really cool on my girl friend's install of lm7.2 that's not in mine. She can open pdf's right in netscape, but my netscape wants me to save a pdf to disk. Was that a fluke of the html on the page I'd opened that file from, or is there a netscape

Re: [newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1

2001-04-03 Per discussione G
Alan - Thank you. Your procedures are definitly in my saved file. However, I finally got working cd's of 8.0 beta 3, but now i can't find the FBDev under the Hardware Display. My screen is pushed to the right and off at the top of the monitor. I tried several different choices but none

[newbie] User permissions

2001-04-03 Per discussione Brett
I want to be able to to telnet to a machine running mandrake-linux. How do I set a normal user to have "superviser" rights, so that I can restart the machine remotely. Thanks guys.

[newbie] Font server not loading

2001-04-03 Per discussione BJS
Hi All My first question to this list. I am running Mandrake 7.2 on a celeron 500 machine w/256M of ram. Creative TNT2 ultra vid card and no sound card. I got it installed no problem. It booted up fine right into X windows. My buddy came over this weekend to help me set it up so I could

[newbie] so, I broke my mouse

2001-04-03 Per discussione Adam Willcox
Hehe, accidently set my mouse to usb when it is in fact ps/2... HEHE. Anyone know a common file where linux stores all this stuff so I can edit it with vi? :) BTW, how do I get my mouse wheel working?

Re: [newbie] so, I broke my mouse

2001-04-03 Per discussione s
Well, this section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 defines it at least in part. This is mine (using XFree 4.0.3-3) for a ps2 logitech scroll/wheel mouse: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""MouseManPlusPS/2" Option "Device"

Re: [newbie] so, I broke my mouse

2001-04-03 Per discussione ai4a
Adam Willcox wrote: Hehe, accidently set my mouse to usb when it is in fact ps/2... HEHE. Anyone know a common file where linux stores all this stuff so I can edit it with vi? :) BTW, how do I get my mouse wheel working? Hi Adam If you use X windows try the following. I have LM 7.2.

RE: [newbie] so, I broke my mouse

2001-04-03 Per discussione Ingo Bauer
Hi Adam ; The file you are looking for is called XF86Config or XF86Config-4 depending on what version of Mandrake and X you are using. In that file is a pointer section the beginning of my section looks as follows: The important parts to make your wheel work are Option

[newbie] Linux-Friendly ISP? Try ASANet

2001-04-03 Per discussione excalibur
Hello, In order for an ISP to be Linux-friendly, all you really need is for it to be accessible via dialup and its dns number(s). And with Mandrake's Dialup applet, it is super-easy. Such a service is ASANET INTERNET SERVICE which I have used for four(five?) years

Re: [newbie] my time is fixed thank you thank you thank you

2001-04-03 Per discussione Rog
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:58:48 -0500, you wrote: thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you I had to install setuptool, somehow it got not installed still thank you thank you thank you Anytime ;-) Did you set your clock to GMT? If not, do so. If so, undo it. When

Re: [newbie] Very Frustrated 8.0 and kde 2.1

2001-04-03 Per discussione Alan Shoemaker
G wrote: Alan - Thank you. Your procedures are definitly in my saved file. However, I finally got working cd's of 8.0 beta 3, but now i can't find the FBDev under the Hardware Display. My screen is pushed to the right and off at the top of the monitor. I tried several different choices

[newbie] LI boot prompt

2001-04-03 Per discussione cyberclay
Hey, When attempting to upgrade to a newer version of Mandrake, apparently grub failed to completely delete the portion of my MBR containing lilo, because now when I boot up grub doesn't run and an "LI" is printed on the screen. How can I fix this? The computer doesn't have windows on it, but

Re: [newbie] Automatic Day light Savings Time Change

2001-04-03 Per discussione Romanator
Meph Istopheles wrote: Yes, though I wasn't expecting it -- my previous os (RH 6.0) only did so on one of three boxes, though each was set to do so. I wonder why it works on some configurations and not on others? Can't say -- beyond bad coding. This kind of thing is much

Re: [newbie] LI boot prompt

2001-04-03 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Do you have the floppy boot disks? Use those to boot back into the system. Go into your console, log in as superuser, use "lilo" command and that should correct Lilo. Original Message On 4/3/01, 7:34:15 PM, "cyberclay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] LI boot prompt: Hey,

[newbie] Zoom ISA Modem = WinModem ?

2001-04-03 Per discussione Lee
So..the only modem that will work with Linux is an external or a usb type? No ISA's or PCI's ? TIA !! Lee

[newbie] KDE2.1.1 in Mandrake?

2001-04-03 Per discussione Dennis Myers
Has anyone been able to upgrade the KDE files to 2.1.1? I have tried three times and the time wasted is not enjoyed. It ends up with a never ending list of dependencies or I end up with an Xwindow that's broken and won't come up. Maybe it is due to the XFree86 files but I don't think so. At

[newbie] GRUB problems

2001-04-03 Per discussione willcoxa
Well, being new to linux I screwed up enough stuff that I thought it good to do a fresh install, but this time something got screwed up with GRUB. On previous installations I was able to have linux on my second drive and grub was able to load windows2000 from my first drive... something that

Re: [newbie] Zoom ISA Modem = WinModem ?

2001-04-03 Per discussione Barry Premeaux
Lee wrote: So..the only modem that will work with Linux is an external or a usb type? No ISA's or PCI's ? TIA !! Lee I have a generic ISA - 56k modem that is working fine. It has a Rockwell Chip set and is jumpered for COM2. Check out http://lhd.zdnet.com or the compatible hardware