Cos'è, si è scatenata una guerra fratricida tra sostenitori di distribuzioni
diverse? Mettiamola così: usate quel che vi pare. Purchè sia Linux! ;-)
Le distribuzioni principali sono, da quel che mi risulta, tutte ottimi
prodotti. Quindi la scelta tra l'una e l'altra è spesso una questione più
Ciao, c'è qualcuno che può aiutarmi a risolvere il mio problema? Ho
installato la Mandrake 8.0 e stranamente ha riconosciuto l'HD montato sul
Controller pci della Promise. Non mi sembrava vero...e infatti finita
l'installazione il lilo parte tranquillamente, ma scegliendo di avviare
linux il
Il 19:46, venerdì 22 giugno 2001, Andrea Conti ha scritto:
E' inutile aprire una guerra delle distribuzioni.
Così come ritengo penosa la diatriba KDE vs. Gnome.
Tra le tante cose eccellenti di Linux c'è la libertà di scelta (free
software!).
Il punto è che questa ML è dedicata a Mandrake, a
Riposto il mio problema, la volta precedente non ho ricevuto risposte.
Ho installato la MDK8 e ne sono contento funziona a meraviglia pero' si
verifica uno spiacevole inconveniente, ogni volta che riavvio la macchina
perdo la configurazione per il collegamento in internet e devo ogni volta
I asked before how to apply the new nVidia drivers to a patched kernel. Well,
I found my answer at nVidia (duh). They have a src rpm for the job. So I do
the rebuild, but then when I install it, I get the following errors:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
Hi all,
Things have changed not much after going back to kernel 2.2.19. The initial
look that the connection was much better that way has proven wrong. It is
better, but still stays behind on what I am used to.
So if someone has a smart idea...
Paul
--
UNIX was not designed to stop you from
Hello
although i give the command 'samba start', samba status says it is
stopped and i do not see the computer on the net.
Here is my smb.conf ... :
[global]
printing = bsd
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
guest account = Etsoft
null passwords = yes
log file =
Lin Kenham wrote:
Hi everyone.
As one who enjoys messing with Linux, I dont risk my system by fiddling
with major updates or reconfiguring. Instead I have 3 different systems,
Caldera, Mandrake 7.2 and now Mandrake 8.0.
So it doesnt matter if I destroy one. What we need is a quick
Where are our big guns? Please read this story when you have time.
However, it's not all doom and gloom.
http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/0,12249,2778923,00.html
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
Email Powered By Tux Email Utility
On Friday 22 June 2001 07:31 pm, Michael Leone wrote:
No. There's no permissions in Winblows, which is one reason
it's so inherently insecureable. M$ uses those attributes (ie,
hidden and
Windows most certainly has file permissions. Or have you never looked
at WinNT or Win2K? Check
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,...Here we go again. I'd like to suggest that we send in
Duke Nuke'm to slap these guys around. What they don't seem to realize (Or
maybe they do???Hmmm.) is that they're not just reporting the news (?) but
they're one of the biggest reasons that popularity of Linux is being
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:49, Romanator wrote:
This is what people want, the freedom to choose and write and
reconfigure their systems to their liking. Just because Word is not
included as part of the operating system, it isn't the end all. It would
be interesting to find how many C++ companies
This is proof that the Wintel Cartel lives on after the antitrust trial
(where Intel testified against M$). After all these years, did you think that
it would just roll-over and die? Of course not. Here, we have a symbiotic
relationship. Both Intel chips and M$ apps have become ubiquitous
And contrary to popular belief, you don't HAVE to be root to run ifconfig.
The only problem is it's not in the usual users's PATH. So you'll have to
either edit your PATH, or just type out the entire path location.
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
I have LM8 installed and am trying to install Star
Office (down load version) How do you do it?
I don't use a GUI mail client, but my sister uses KMail. I thought I saw an option for
import/export. Not sure if that means you can assimilate mail into your mail boxes,
but if
you can, all you should need to do would be copy the folders to your $HOME and then use
Kmail's drop down menus and
Hi everybody,
How can Linux allow the user to print out the root directory and include
the sub folders only?
For example /root/1st sub/2nd sub/ and so on. Rather than dragging the
folder over the printer icon on the desktop, there must be a more
user-friendly way of implementing this feature.
On Friday 22 June 2001 10:33 pm, Michael Falzon wrote:
Hi All
ok i'm using mandrake 8.0 it running ok but i had slow
started to run out of drive space on both windows and linux, so to
fix this i have move my windows
to a new drive so now linux is on /dev/hda and windows is now on
For a couple of weeks my logs have been full of reportedly blocked icmp
probes. I mean FULL, all day long every second. I hope Bastille has got me
covered. (I mean it only logs blocked attempts, it don't log what gets thru).
I configured Bastille with the Interactive setup, and chose most
Lanman wrote:
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,...Here we go again. I'd like to suggest that we send in
Duke Nuke'm to slap these guys around. What they don't seem to realize (Or
maybe they do???Hmmm.) is that they're not just reporting the news (?) but
they're one of the biggest reasons that popularity of
Civileme, this one is for you, I guess... ;-)
I recently used your website to purchase the Mandrake 8.0 Powerpack (7 CD's
chock full of wonderful stuff!), and I was wondering how to check its status.
I went thru the website and I apologise if I missed it. (its not like I'm
eager to get this or
Yep. I just ran a check as user with no problems.
Tim Holmes wrote:
And contrary to popular belief, you don't HAVE to be root to run ifconfig.
The only problem is it's not in the usual users's PATH. So you'll have to
either edit your PATH, or just type out the entire path location.
Cliff Gosden wrote:
I have LM8 installed and am trying to install Star Office (down load
version) How do you do it?
Cliff,
If you have Linux Powerpack it will be on your CD. Otherwise, navigate
to www.sun.com and register. You will be able to download the file.
Hold down the shift key and
This brings up an interesting point. Many people and organisations don't
switch to GNU/Linux because they don't know of any real-world case studies
that demonstrate its success. My information systems subjects at uni are full
of real-world case studies, and we (well, at least I) learn well by
Try the tree command. It's basically a clone of the old DOS programme. For
details:
$ man tree
You can send the output to a text file for printing (or directly to a printer
if you really want):
$ tree filename
Note that if there are many files this can take a *very* long
In the Mandrake menu system: Networking - Mail - KMail Import
Or kmailcvt from a command line.
There's no option for importing other MBOX (standard UNIX) mailboxes, but
perhaps the Eudora or Pegasus import filters may work -- maybe with some
changing of file extensions of the mail files to
Did you do this in a console window? If you did a:
rm file_name
And told it verified that you wanted it deleted, then it's gone, and you can't get it
back.
Now if you had an icon some place and highlighed the icon and then clicked delete,
then it
should be in your TrashCan if you haven't
This may be of interest:
I tried Gnome out, and it was just as slow .. but I did get to a
point where it asked me if I wanted to disable the LAN
configuration. I tapped the disable button, but it still shows
up when I try it again.
Why is it going so slowly? Memory info: total 62,460/51,544
Chris Keelan wrote:
On Sunday 17 June 2001 12:34, you wrote:
Hi list,
I'm trying to get KNode working. However, how do I find out what my port
number is for Host, POP and SMPT?
Just checking things out.
Unless your ISP has some special settings, SMTP servers usually listen on
TCP
right... asking experienced people for help... it is this kind of mail that
push me off linux... I did gave linux a try, post a few mails on this
mailing list... how? got any help? NO!!!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey M. Reed
On Saturday 23 June 2001 11:17 am, Romanator wrote:
You also hit the nail. Our market is flooded with so much substandard
ICs and boards. I have caught many errors or crashes caused by
hardware of which I thought was caused by software. I ended up
replacing a board or chip and the crash
people can only help if they know of your problem,,,
I have had many problems that I've had to solve myself,, because others
have no knowledge of it...
the fact is, that for many of the problems I have had, this list has been
invaluable...
The best way of fixing probs i have had, is to go to
Did you know that we are agreeing with you?? We were quoting news articles on
various web-sites and bashing them, O.K.??
Dan
I have to agree with Franki; The PC revolution in the last 10 to 20 years
have created a demand for a ton of hardware and apps, but has not created the
willingness to RTFM !! If people want to become mnore efficient with their
PC's They're just going to have to open a book and (GASP!!) read !
Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Saturday 23 June 2001 11:17 am, Romanator wrote:
You also hit the nail. Our market is flooded with so much substandard
ICs and boards. I have caught many errors or crashes caused by
hardware of which I thought was caused by software. I ended up
replacing a board
I don't understand what are you trying to put through to me... basically, my
language is on the weaker side...
I do hate what Microsoft is doing, and I am impressed with Mandrake, trying
to provide a user friendly os, but it will stop there if other applications
do not provide the same user
John wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 02:44:34 -0400, Lanman wrote:
I have to agree with Franki; The PC revolution in the last 10 to 20 years
have created a demand for a ton of hardware and apps, but has not created the
willingness to RTFM !! If people want to become mnore efficient with their
Hi.
I decided to reinstall LM 8.0 using Reiser FS partitions. It is
my understanding that this FS is more robust against accidental
system shutdowns than standard ext2 Linux partitions. In addressing
these questions, please keep in mind that I put higher value on
stability than on speed and
I did it again, ment to send this to the list not just the individual..
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux bashing again by Intel??
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:54:50 -0400
From: Dennis M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jeffrey M. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Saturday 23
Hey Franki; Thanks for handling this guy. He was replying to me, and I
explained a few things to him as well. I hadn't seen his original posts about
his problems, but of course, given enough information, and the time required,
I'm sure someone would be able to help him. but he doesn't seem
On Saturday 23 June 2001 03:41 pm, Kouros Owzar wrote:
I have a dual Xeon II system with 256MB RAM + 18.2 GB U2 SCSI drive.
It currently has 4 NTFS + 1 FAT 32 partitions AND
/ /boot /root /home /usr /usr/local /tmp /var + 2 Linux
swap partitions. The latter were all created using diskdrake.
I am on the verge of having this problem solved for myself. Thought I would let people
know so no one waste their time replying to my post. I will post back with a
description of what I did once I have it perfectly clear in my own mind.
Have a great day!
David Nelson
--
This could be directed to any one that is connected to cable through the
@Home service.
I can email to myself via roman@cr820141-a to the server(my computer
Hostname) to my local @Home domain and back through Netscape 4.77 and
back. Seems Look'N'Feel-Personalization-Email and Kmail are all tied
How about
ls -lR | grep drwx lp
or whatever the printer re-direct is. It may not be as pretty as you like
it, but it's a start. You could write a script to re-format it.
Miark
- Original Message -
From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001
Here's one to tighten your shorts:
lwn.net/daily/#t48
After calling Linux unAmerican (that always plays well outside of the
USA), and a cancer, Microsoft's latest deal is to refer to Linux as
viral software, following Chairman Bill's interview earlier in the
week. Orwell was right, he just had
Help Me!
1. when i 1st time install Linux Mandrake 7.1, i got
no problem. But i dont know how to uninstall it.
2. Then i try to install Linux Mandrake 7.2, it still
can work. But there is a problem, i dont' want Linux
as a default OS (I have Windows 98 that is still in
the hard disk)
On Sunday 24 June 2001 01:34, Miark wrote:
How about
ls -lR | grep drwx lp
or whatever the printer re-direct is. It may not be as pretty as you like
it, but it's a start. You could write a script to re-format it.
[...]
I think that should be ls -lR | grep drwx | lp, otherwise you should
Hi!
I know this may sound trivial but: How do I enable the joystick? I have an
integrated ES1373 sound chip on my motherboard and I plug a cheap analog
Radioshack joystick into the sound port. I am using OSS in Mandrake 7.2
(2.2-17 kernel), at the moment.
Thanks,
George Petri
Harry Hansman wrote:
Hello,
I recently installed LM8. Kmail was working fine, then I installed tiny
firewall through the mandrake control centre, now Kmail won't send mail.
It still receives. After disabling the firewall the problem remains.
Thanks for any help
Harry Hansman
Hi
Completely unprofessional. Orwell was right. This is very sad.
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
Here's one to tighten your shorts:
lwn.net/daily/#t48
After calling Linux unAmerican (that always plays well outside of the
USA), and a cancer, Microsoft's latest deal is to refer to Linux as
viral
Hi
I'm having a problem using the su command, this is the error i'm getting:
File size limit exceeded
thanx
--
Amien Salie
Registered Linux User #172465
Register @ http://counter.li.org/
Hi Miark,
It's a good command. I know it works but my printer is out of ink. While
in KDE, can some one open /.kde and see if this command will start up
and send a simple text file to a printer? It would make a good tip.
Roman
Miark wrote:
How about
ls -lR | grep drwx lp
or whatever
I have MD 8.0 installed and also 5.2 staroffice. Everything seems to be
working except for the java in Staroffice. It works fine in Netscape and
Konqueror The program did find a runtime environment for jdk 1.3.1 by sun
which I installed ahead of time. Well at least I ran the RPM for the
Dave Miers wrote:
I have MD 8.0 installed and also 5.2 staroffice. Everything seems to be
working except for the java in Staroffice. It works fine in Netscape and
Konqueror The program did find a runtime environment for jdk 1.3.1 by sun
which I installed ahead of time. Well at least I
Dear friends:
I have a dual-boot LM 8.0/Win98 SE. Thanks to Mandrake, I've been using True
Type fonts in Netscape and Mozilla since LM 7.1.
Question: Is there any way to use these True Type fonts in StarOffice 5.2?
StarOffice's print fonts are fine. They look very good indeed. But its screen
I just went thru the same thing last week. Some nice gents from the expert
list told me to look in /etc/security/limits.conf and comment out the line
about fsize at the bottom.
-s
On Saturday 23 June 2001 09:17 pm, you wrote:
Hi
I'm having a problem using the su command, this is the error
Roman, You're talking about printing a tree of folders? Nice idea. Can't see
myself using it a lot, but what the hey. How about the option of customing
the right-click menu for just about anything, or for repetitive jobs. Kinda
like a wizard that sees the things you do most, and allows you to
I would like the option of customizing the right-click menu. Sort'a like
a kpanel for right-clicks. I like it already.
Gotta get to work.
Lanman wrote:
Roman, You're talking about printing a tree of folders? Nice idea. Can't see
myself using it a lot, but what the hey. How about the option
Linux is gaining ground. And, I don't think Intel is totally ignoring
Linux. So, some blame is being placed on the writers presenting their
articles! I thought they were supposed to be pro Linux. You know - hang
in there and all that... What'ya mean Linux desktop is dead? If we took
that attitude
Did you mount the floppy?
mount /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy
Do that as root of course, and then try to access the floppy. I'd suggest cd
/mnt/floppy
and then doing an ls -la, but you could also try to click on the icon and use the GUI
as
well.
tdh
i--
T. Holmes
-
UNIXTECHS.org
On Saturday 23 June 2001 06:47, Rita F. Koenigs wrote:
MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be
linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at
CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely
configured now that I've done some seeking.
For one thing in
Meanwhile, I'm not exactly sure how those routers identify themselves, but I have a
guess.
I THINK the router's switch port has a MAC address. And that's probably why it's
causing
a problem. RoadRunner identifies machines on it's Cable network via MAC address.
When you
had your machine
As for your problem with ADSL, I remember emailing you (think it was you.)
to let you know that because there are so many variations on how ADSL is
setup, that its neearly impossible to point you to any one howto on the
subject.. I have an ADSL modem that connects to my hub or directly to a
On Saturday 23 June 2001 18:04, civileme wrote:
Check MandrakeFreq. Damien has been working really hard on ADSL
support. Still, a lot of hardware is unsupported because
manufacturers just make it and write windows drivers for it and
market it, leaving the linux community with a job of
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
Romanator wrote:
Chris Keelan wrote:
On Sunday 17 June 2001 12:34, you wrote:
Hi list,
I'm trying to get KNode working. However, how do I find
out what my port number is for Host, POP and SMPT?
Just checking things out.
Unless your ISP has
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 02:44:34 -0400, Lanman wrote:
I have to agree with Franki; The PC revolution in the last 10 to 20 years
have created a demand for a ton of hardware and apps, but has not created the
willingness to RTFM !! If people want to become mnore efficient with their
PC's They're just
On Saturday 23 June 2001 18:49, Loke Kit Kai wrote:
I don't understand what are you trying to put through to me...
basically, my language is on the weaker side...
I do hate what Microsoft is doing, and I am impressed with
Mandrake, trying to provide a user friendly os, but it will
stop
Help Me!
1. when i 1st time install Linux Mandrake 7.1, i got
no problem. But i dont know how to uninstall it.
2. Then i try to install Linux Mandrake 7.2, it still
can work. But there is a problem, i dont' want Linux
as a default OS (I have Windows 98 that is still in
the hard disk)
Help Me!
1. when i 1st time install Linux Mandrake 7.1, i got
no problem. But i dont know how to uninstall it.
2. Then i try to install Linux Mandrake 7.2, it still
can work. But there is a problem, i dont' want Linux
as a default OS (I have Windows 98 that is still in
the hard disk)
MandrakeLinux 8.0 and the modem that is supposed to be
linux-compatible were both installed by the Tech Center at
CompUSA ... I'm not sure if the modem was completely
configured now that I've done some seeking.
For one thing in Harddrake, nearly all the components are
assigned a module, while
Romanator wrote:
Chris Keelan wrote:
On Sunday 17 June 2001 12:34, you wrote:
Hi list,
I'm trying to get KNode working. However, how do I find
out what my port number is for Host, POP and SMPT?
Just checking things out.
Unless your ISP has some special settings, SMTP servers
It would be great topic. Go for it!. I think GNU/Linux as a whole can be
provided for all schools. I can't see a school turning down a free OS.
Educating the public is of paramount importance. However, we need wome
one to teach the teachers. The public is ready for alternatative. I am
sure that
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