Re: [newbie-it] Blocco del Mouse

2001-05-08 Per discussione Marco
Tenendo premuta la rotellina del mouse muovilo velocemente e vedrai riapparire il cursore ... non sarà scientifico ma da me funziona! Ciao Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Francesco Speranza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 5:51 AM

[newbie-it] Mouse con scroll vertica e orizzontale!!!

2001-05-08 Per discussione Vincenzo Picariello
Ciao a tutti, Ho un mouse Trust Ami scroll con scroll verticale e orizzontale, vorrei sapere se qualcuno sa come si fa a far funzionare lo scroll orizzontale con Xfree. Ciao e grazie a tutti, ENx __ Get Paid... With Your Free Email at

[newbie-it] Samba

2001-05-08 Per discussione Enrico Mischi
C'è qualcuno in questa ML che utilizza su una proria rete locale il software Samba?? Grazie e Ciao a Tutti -- ---Enrico Mischi--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L)ICQ # 42663101 ---Happy Linux user---

[newbie-it] Rubrica

2001-05-08 Per discussione Enrico Mischi
Ciao a tutti... Domanda: Come si e dove si puo' salvare la rubrica degli indirizzi di Kmail?? Grazie e Ciao a Tutti -- ---Enrico Mischi--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L)ICQ # 42663101 ---Happy Linux user---

[newbie-it] samba

2001-05-08 Per discussione ioadamo
esistono dei manuali on line su samba ? ciao grazie per eventuali risposte

R: [newbie-it] Blocco del Mouse

2001-05-08 Per discussione Tommaso Leddi
ho un problema che ogni tanto mi si presenta sia quando avvio che quando chiudo Mandrake ( 7.2 e/o 8 ) : mi si blocca il mouse ( con rotella. gia settato ) e l'unica cosa che riesco a fare e' resettare il computer. Qualcuno mi sa dire come risolvere questa situazione senza che resetti

[newbie-it] CD di Mandrake 8 a Milano

2001-05-08 Per discussione Tommaso Leddi
Sono anch'io impaziente di installare la Mandrake 8.0 C'è qualcuno a Milano che ce l'ha? Tommaso

[newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Per discussione Delagarza, Gilbert
Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it?

Re: [newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Delagarza, Gilbert wrote: Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it? Sorry, I may be misunderstanding your question, but won't su do what you want? (If not, do you really want to change the UID for your user account to some low

Re: [newbie] BSOD=Blue Screen of Death

2001-05-08 Per discussione SteveC
have a look in te kde screensavers list there is a bsod saver that emulates the dying moans of about 10 different os'seven my old favourite atari creeping bombs ( where will they stop nobody knowsbut if u really know how crash an atari u cna get more than the bombcode list said was

Re: [newbie] Scroll Wheel

2001-05-08 Per discussione Tim Holmes
In the custom install, you can specify your Mouse information, but it doesn't make you go through that. If you notice on the side during the install there's a little start with Mouse Config, or something like that next to it. CLick that little start and it will let you configure your mouse.

Re: [newbie] Http

2001-05-08 Per discussione Tim Holmes
Sounds like there may be a problem with your /etc/hosts file. In /etc/hosts you can run a min-DNS server for lack of a better concept. Every time you try and connect to another machine, it checks that file for the names first. So as root vim /etc/hosts and make sure there aren't more then

RE: [newbie] mounting D drive?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Russell Hoffman
Check the boot-up log at (/var/log/dmsg) - i think that's the correct path, sorry, not on linux here at work... Then, if it's not already, add it into /etc/fstab...If you're not used to that, I think there is a KDE front end for it. I don't remember the name, but if it's not already installed,

Re: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Jennifer Williams wrote: #1 where did windows go? i want to be able to select a os to boot (so i wanted to add window to that) but either i am just dim or i seriously can't locate it. which maybe the result because i am sooo dim. :0 fyi: windows was/is on the fat drive. How did you install

RE: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione hingram
Windows should still be there but you should have installed GRUB on the master boot record. This would give you the option to boot the OS's on your PC. Any external modem should be fine. -Original Message- From: Jennifer Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08,

Re: [newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Per discussione Petre Daniel
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Delagarza, Gilbert wrote: Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it? to create a user equiv to root try this /usr/sbin/adduser admin -g 0 -u 0 that means a user with gid and uid 0 -- Petre Daniel Romanian

[newbie] Unable to mount root fs

2001-05-08 Per discussione Ed Kasky
I am in the process of upgrading one machine and installed a Promise Ultra 100 controller. I have Win2000 installed on the first ata100 hd using NTFS. I installed Mandrake 8 using lnx4win on a second ata100 hd. The install went fine. However when I try to boot to linux, Grub comes up and I

Re: [newbie] How do I ...

2001-05-08 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Tim Holmes wrote: However, keep in mind that Windows is... retarded for lack of a better word. It will take any random IRQ it wants, and uses software to make everything work. If you have a motherboard that will display the IRQs, you may see several IRQ conflicts, but Windows ignores it and

Re: [newbie] No sound

2001-05-08 Per discussione Danny Gordon
sndconfig fails with this error The following error occured running the modprobe program /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: inet_module : device or resours busy /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: failed

[newbie] Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-08 Per discussione s
I haven't heard much news from the Mandrake front lately. Why so quiet? Main reason for posting: Has anyone heard about any fixes, patches, upgrades forthcoming for the voodoo3 problems? -s

Re: [newbie] I screwed something up - ~/.bash_profile is never read

2001-05-08 Per discussione Tim Holmes
Did you do a new install and leave the /home intact? I ran into that problem myself, but I'm not sure what else caused this. When you source your .bash_profile do you get any errors? When you source your .bashrc do you get any errors? Does the .bash_profile appear to be missing anything?

[newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
How do you change the (default) military time (I want a 12 hour clock) on the panel clock in v8.0? Thanks! -- /\

RE: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Franki
Not true about the external modem,, do not get a USB modem unless you know for SURE, its not a winModem, many are... If you are getting an external, get a serial modem,, at least that way you can be sure its not a winmodem,, and make sure its hayes compatable... as for windoes... do you have a

[newbie] any drivers for wireless networking in Mandrake 8.0?

2001-05-08 Per discussione skip
Does Mandrake 8.0 support any wireless networking (802.11b) cards out of the box? If not, are there drivers available on the net to support any cards? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (847)971-7098

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
s wrote: I haven't heard much news from the Mandrake front lately. Why so quiet? Main reason for posting: Has anyone heard about any fixes, patches, upgrades forthcoming for the voodoo3 problems? -s Hi. U having problems too? Games running in full screen? Can't get mine to do it...

Re: [newbie] Scroll Wheel

2001-05-08 Per discussione Paul
It was Tue, 8 May 2001 06:00:21 -0400 when Tim Holmes wrote: The thing with the wheel is that it works sometimes, and doesn't others. Or it will work with one web page in Netscape, but if you click a link it won't work on that web page. For this you can run imwheel -k Paul -- Love thy

Re: [newbie] Konqueror network browser!

2001-05-08 Per discussione Sam
Hi, prior to KDE 2.1, clicking on the Network icon in Konqueror would bring up the list of Samba shares in my home network. However I haven't been able to get it working since LISa showed up in the KDE Control Center. I am sure that I have entered the correct IP address range, subnet and even

[newbie] Games (full screen) under 8.0?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Hi, I've got v8.0 installed and I have several commercial games that I can not get to work. Hardware acceleration for my Voodoo 3000 was detected and setup during installation. Games like Chromium and Mesa gears run fast in a window. I installed Quake 3, Descent 3, Soldier of Fortune, etc, but

Re: [newbie] I screwed something up - ~/.bash_profile is never read

2001-05-08 Per discussione skip
I seem to have screwed something up when installing LM8.0 I have a large amount of initializations and definitions in my .bash_profile but that file is never executed unless I explicitly enter ... Kind of embarrasing as I'm far from new on Linux. Same here. Since it

Re: [newbie] No sound

2001-05-08 Per discussione Paul
It was Mon, 7 May 2001 22:51:56 -0400 when Danny Gordon wrote: sndconfig fails with this error The following error occured running the modprobe program /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: inet_module : device or resours busy /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: insmod

Re: [newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Per discussione skip
Ronald How do you change the (default) military time (I want a 12 hour Ronald clock) on the panel clock in v8.0? I pressed the right mouse button while the pointer was over the clock display and selected the desired entry from the format submenu. This is under Gnome. YMMV w/ KDE. --

Re: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Paul
It was Tue, 08 May 2001 08:05:40 -0500 when Jennifer Williams wrote: #1 where did windows go? i want to be able to select a os to boot (so i wanted to add window to that) but either i am just dim or i seriously can't locate it. which maybe the result because i am sooo dim. :0 fyi: windows

[newbie] KOffice Problem

2001-05-08 Per discussione Graham Watkins
Hello Folks, A little problem - I just installed KOffice 2.01 over the top of the version that came with Mandrake 7.2. This appeared to go OK but now it won't start. When I try to start it, I get the revolving disk icon on the KDE taskbar but it then disappears and ... er that's it. All the

Re: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Mehmet KARAKAYA
Hi there Jenny I had some problems with modems before...But dont mention them...all of the external modems (usually 98%of them) works with linux...i have an us.robotics 56k v90 modem and i dont have any problems with it...you can even buy a datron 56k its good also..Byz..

[newbie] sound again

2001-05-08 Per discussione Danny Gordon
Ok i found the problem does anyone know how i can fix it? audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG how do i enable these in the config ? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Dan Gordon

Re: [newbie] Games (full screen) under 8.0?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Paul
It was Tue, 08 May 2001 12:27:49 -0400 when Ronald J. Hall wrote: Is there some trick to getting full screen access under 8.0? I'm using Xfree 4.03. Perhaps it is because the notice on the screen says that acceleration in 4.0.3. is still experimental? Paul -- Love thy neighbor, tune thy

[newbie] Me be back

2001-05-08 Per discussione Paul
Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66, build 20010508

Re: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Jason Lindsay
To get a selection of an OS to boot: The easiest way that I know of is to use klilo, which will create a lilo.conf file for you, and reinstall lilo, which will give you your startup options. However, I have had a good number of problems with this approach. The way I do it is to look at

Re: [newbie] KOffice Problem

2001-05-08 Per discussione Ric Tibbetts
Try opening a window, and starting it from the command line. Many times you can get the error messages that way, and get a clearer idea of what's failing. Graham Watkins wrote: Hello Folks, A little problem - I just installed KOffice 2.01 over the top of the version that came

[newbie] TO ALL WITH SOUND PROBLEMS

2001-05-08 Per discussione Dave Sherman
Hi all, I just wanted to let you know what worked for me, in the hopes that it might help you. I am running Mandrake 7.2, with most/all available software updates, on an IBM ThinkPad with the ESS Solo-1 sound card (snd-card-es1939 driver). After doing a recent update of alsa and the kernel

Re: [newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Per discussione Todd Flinders
Oh, I forget the exact steps, but basically right click on the time and choose Edit Date and Time (or something like that). It will bring up a window. There is a country selection that defaults to Africa (I guess it's in alphabetical order?). Change that to US and it will be fine once you

Re: [newbie] Creative USB WebCam III

2001-05-08 Per discussione Todd Flinders
Here's the info for Webcam II. It MIGHT be useful: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/usbcreativevideoblaster.html Here's something else that MIGHT help: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ezwebcam.html --- Lúcio Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everybody. Can

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo fixes?

2001-05-08 Per discussione Robin Regennitter
On Monday 07 May 2001 10:05 pm, you wrote: Yeah same here, Voodoo3 crashes when start a full-screen games in Mandrake 8.0. I posted a complaint about it in the forum and they immediatley took it off. I guess they cant stand getting embarssing, Rob s wrote: I haven't heard much news

Re: [newbie] Military time on clock under 8.0...

2001-05-08 Per discussione Todd Flinders
In KDE: Right click on the clock. Click Date Time Format. For country select United States of America (us) (assuming you are US for desiring this time). --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ronald How do you change the (default) military time (I want a 12 hour Ronald clock) on the panel