Re: [newbie-it] Installazione M8???????

a me dava problemi all'inizio del setup poi prova e riprova ci sono riuscito edopo una marea di tempo circa un ora e 1/2 ci sono riuscito ma non mi funziona gran chealmeno credosono all'inizio con linux :) non mi funziona la connessione ad internet con isdn, mi spariscono i caratteri

[newbie-it] set stampane

un saluto a tutti vorrei proporvi un mio problema: ho un pc collegato in rete a cui devo collegare la stampante di rete locale. 1.Da DrakConf sono andato su STAMPANTE REMOTA poi su STAMPANTE DI RETE. 2.ho inserito il nome della stampante lasciando vuote le opzioni DESCRIZIONE e POSIZIONE

Re: [newbie-it] Installazione M8???????

Il 20:45, giovedì 03 Maggio 2001, hai scritto: a me dava problemi all'inizio del setup poi prova e riprova ci sono riuscito e Come ci sei riuscito?? ma non mi funziona gran chealmeno credosono all'inizio con linux :) non mi funziona la connessione ad internet con

[newbie] Konqueror: bookmark toolbar is missing?

Just another little thing I'm missing that I used to enjoy about 7.2 is the way I used to be able to configure my own bookmarks into buttons on a third custom toolbar via the bookmark menu. This was kinda cool for keeping one-click access to things like google, alltheweb, etc. Any help as to

[newbie] hi!

hello everyone!i downloaded a driver for winmodem from motorolla i donot know how toinstall the samekindly guide me step by step because i am toddler in this arena.thank you in advancebye!

[newbie] Sound Card Ensoniq

Hi Folks !!! Can anyone tell me how is the correct configuration for this Sound Card ??? I have a Athlon 1GHz, 128 Ram, MB Asuss AV7P, Nvidia AGP video card and Ensoniq (creative) sound Card. I try rum sndconfig, but I don't have sucess. Can You Help Me?? Lucio Costa Sao Paulo/Brazil

Re: [newbie] Switching from LM 7.0 to Win2000 Pro

1. Get a new boss. Failing that, 2. Make sure the BIOS is set to boot from floppy first; 3. Boot with a dos diskette; 4. a:\fdisk /mbr Dave On Thursday 03 May 2001 17:24, thus spake Victor Richardson: I know this is going to get me a serious heckling, but... Unfortunately, my boss wants me

[newbie]

Hello everyone! I am new to this stuff... Could anyone tell me how can I install telnet server and check if it is working properly? How can I make remote access? The remote computer does it need to have some application running or just be in /root ? Thank you all. Alexandra Greece

[newbie] VFS Error!?!

I installed mandrake 8 on a friend's pc. The install went perfect but when it boots up I get this message.VFS: Cannot open root device 2145 or 21:45 please append a correct root= boot option. Kernal panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 21:45. 7.2 ran fine on his machine. Any help or

Re: [newbie] Switching from LM 7.0 to Win2000 Pro

Hi, Just to clarify a point, I would make sure that the diskette that you use, is a standard windows 95,98,etc bootup disk, with command.com, etc on it. Otherwise, just putting in a disk with nothing but fdisk will cause the computer to hang. HTH, Thomas Adam - Original Message -

[newbie] riddle me this -- chmod

here is a question for you folks. i have a directory with subdirectories which contains my web site. it is /backup/website and files subdirectories exist under that. when i cd to /backup/website and run chmod -R 644 *.jpg *.gif *.htm it will not work on the contents of the subdirectories.

[newbie] digital camera friendly to Linux

Greetings! I would like to purchase a digital camera in the USA. Does anyone know about any one that works well with Linux? Thanks, -- Salvatore Eric Indiogine Computer Specialist - Power Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-241-2431

Re: [newbie] [OT] Question about HUBs

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you're going from port 1 to port 1 you need a x-over cable. If you can't find one, they are easy to make if you're a little handy w/ stripping retieing wire. I have an SMC hub that actually has a x-over port so you can use a patch (str8 thru)

Fw: [newbie]HELP: Athlon, M7M and Radeon

I have an Athlon 800 with an AMD chipset. I also have an ATI Radeon card and cannot seem to get X to work. Tried 7.2... no luck. Tried 8.0 Won't even boot after install just hangs. Running x configuration during install locks system. Can anyone recommend a good ultra low end

RE: [newbie]

i've noticed that when I do a regular install telnetd doesn't get installed by default. Usually if your try telenting to your box you'll get a connection refused. I have always attempted the telneting from another box on so I'm not sure what would happen if you didn't have telentd running and

RE: [newbie]

Actually, a better idea would be to use ssh -- packages are openssh-*.rpm, as it is an encrypted remote connection. Telnet leaves you wide open, as it passes user / password information as plain text. Just an FYI, Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web

[newbie] kppp in mandrake 7.2

Good Day, I have just re-installed mdk 7.2, and now my kppp will only stay conected for 5 to 6 minutes.. I did put a new videocard in and installed window 2000 on the drive as well. The video card that I installed is a ATI ALL-IN-Wonder 4mb Mach 64. It is one of the first ones to come out.

Re: [newbie] riddle me this -- chmod

chmod -R 644 *.jpg *.gif *.htm doesn't work because chmod look for jpg, gif and htm files under the current directory. since they are all files (not directories) the -R switch is simply ignored. chmod -R 644 website/ *.jpg doesn't work because chmod will first recursively change everything under

[newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install

Hi, I'm trying to install 8.0. I downloaded the two iso images, burned them, and when I put the inst CD in the drive, it just sits there (under w98/2000). I downloaded the iso images through IE, and burned them on a W98 platform usin Easy-CD Creator (the Adaptec one). It looked like the

[newbie] modem installation hassles

Sorry this is kind of long, but I wanted to get all the info in System: Asus A7v133 mobo / Athlon 1.2G OS: dual-boot WinMe / Mandrake 7.2 Modem: Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI Modem is claimed to NOT be a winmodem, and there are Linux installation instructions in the user's manual.

[newbie] Getting Java to work

I thought I'd installed Java on my system, but Netscape and Mozilla give errors indicating that they can't find it, and Konquerer, while not giving any error messages, cannot display any Java, either. I was directed to the http://home.netscape.com/plugins/jvm.html page to get Java for Linux

[newbie] Sound problems

I'm setting up a new LM 8.0 system and am running into some weird problems with my sound configuration. First, computer specs: Compaq Presario 1800T Laptop PIII 750 320 megs RAM ATI Mobility Rage video card ESS Solo integrated sound card 3.5 gig partition for Linux system programs, ReiserFS

Re: [newbie] Lines going across screen in X

This is an NVidia driver error. I've never experienced it, but I've read about others with it. Try older drivers, read the troubleshooting section of the README, and contact Nvidia. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at

Re: [newbie] Getting Java to work

Go to http://www.konqueror.org and follow the instructions for Java. On Thursday 03 May 2001 12:39, Kriselda Jarnsaxa wrote: I thought I'd installed Java on my system, but Netscape and Mozilla give errors indicating that they can't find it, and Konquerer, while not giving any error messages,

[newbie] Novell Client

Ok, new question, has anybody loaded the Novell Client for Linux? I downloaded what they said was the Linux client, isntalled it, and started the deamon .. now what? How do I access dirs on a novell server?

Re: [newbie] Getting Java to work

It was Thu, 3 May 2001 13:39:55 -0500 when Kriselda Jarnsaxa wrote: Hmmm... very strange... I have not done anything special for it, and Java works without a problem here in Netscape... (mdk 7.2) I thought I'd installed Java on my system, but Netscape and Mozilla give errors indicating that

[newbie] Sound Card Problem with Dell CPi-366A

Hell All! Well, I've installed the 8.0 on my laptop over a week ago, and I've been playing around with it. Its awesome! I love the eye-candy on startup. Everything works together so seamlessly. My problem is with the sound card. The installer correctly recognizes the sound card as a

Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install

You should be able to modify your bios so that you can boot off a cd-rom. Failing that, there are a bunch of utilities in the /dosutils/ directory. I believe there is a rawrite program that will create a boot disk from the image, also in that directory. On Thu, 03 May 2001 10:14:26 -0700,

[newbie] RPM's

I downloaded the new kernel 4.1mdk, Alsa and reiserfs. They are in a directory called /root/download/ I went to package update under ddrakconf, but i can't get it to find them, i did media, local yet it only sees the -17mdk's How do i update these packages. i tried clicking on them via

[newbie] Thanks! Burn the CD with the .iso image correctly

Thanks to everyone for pointing out how to burn a CD from an .iso file. For Easy CD Creator 4, go to the file menu, choose Create CD from CD image, browse to where the .iso (or .cif - what's that?) file is, select and open, and then it will give you the CD Create Setup window. Put in the blank

[newbie] charecters in Mandrake 72

Stupid question: I am very new newbie in linux. How can I get the character @ in Mandrake 7.2. I am using KDE, lengauge is spanish (from mexico) and the keyboard is configured as latinoamercan. I tried using the key Alt and 64 at same time as in Win95/98, but there is no answer Help will be

Re: [newbie] rm 'ing stuff

On Wed, 2 May 2001 14:46:06 -0400 Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most shells have what I like to call dumby aliases. In the .shellrc, and when I say .shellrc I mean .YOUR_SHELLrc file. So if you are using bash, in your .bashrc you will find various dumby aliases. Just to add to

[newbie] Which application fro .AVI files in V8

Hi everybody, Which application can I use to view .AVI files in V8? Cheers! Roman

Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install

Do you have the BIOS on this box configured so that it reads the cd, then the floppy then the Hard Drive? It sounds like thats what you need to do, so that when you do a reboot it see the CD first and then will load the Mandrake installation program. --- William V. Clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Why?

Hi there, I awm wondering why when I go on the web, a lot of times the character of the single quote (') looks like a ? Richard Wegner = Richard Wegner - Linux User - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Derek Rayne is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Re: [newbie] charecters in Mandrake 72 - Spanish

Hola Edelmiro. Yo tuve problemas similares para configurar mi teclado. Antes que nada, puedes usar todas las teclas de tu teclado correctamente? me refiero a que si los acentos y caracteres especiales funcionan bien? si la respuesta es afirmativa, el teclado latinoamericano tiene la @ al

Re: [newbie]HELP: Athlon, M7M and Radeon

The chipset is the 751 Irongate. Unfortunately, I can't trade in the radeon as I have had the system for some time now. I got lazy this time around and bought a gateway about a year ago. My original video card in the unit had the GeForce 256 chipset but when that died, they swapped it out for

[newbie] Thanks to everyone for helping w/ the Win2000 install

It hurt a little to bring down a perfectly good Mandrake server w/ 8 months uptime for a tester of Win2000 Pro, but if that's what the boss wants, that's what he gets. One thing I did notice was that Microsoft assured everyone that Win2000 would put an end to endless reboots when installin and

Re: [newbie] Can't start/boot 8.0 install

Can you read the CDs under Windows? Do you see just one large file with a .iso extension on each, or do you see a full directory structure? If you see just one large file with a .iso extension, you've put the iso file on the CD rather than the iso image. Those are probably the wrong words to

Re: [newbie] Why?

It has somethign to do with smart quotes that only Microsoft uses I believe. So since Linux cant' render them, it displays it as a ? mark. I awm wondering why when I go on the web, a lot of times the character of the single quote (') looks like a ? Richard Wegner -- Anthony

Re: [newbie] Update-Alternatives

If you are trying to change the window manager go to Config -- Other -- Mandrake Control Center -- Boot Configuration and at teh bottom of the GUI you cna make the change. --- SoloCDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What RPM file for LM8.0 has update-alternatives? Note: When you reply to this