[newbie-it] Upgrade?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Guido Milanese
Una domanda, mi rendo conto, piuttosto rozza. Utilizzo da tempo la Mandrake 7.2 e va bene (non riesco a usare il fax, ma pazienza, per quello uso Windows). Domanda: vale la pena di passare alla 8.x? Ho letto di parecchie difficoltà nell'upgrade. Conviene forse attendere una release

Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con il LILO Boot

2001-09-04 Per discussione MadMax
Il Monday 03 September 2001 23:24, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, quando si avvia il PC, il LILO mi chiede di selezionare LINUX, e non posso accedere alla partizione con WINDOWS 2000 (LINUX è su C:, mentre WINDOWS 2000 è du D:) come faccio a selezionare anche windows senza rimuovere il LILO ?

[newbie-it] Configurazione X server

2001-09-04 Per discussione sisni06
Ciao Ragazzi, non riesco a configurare X server sul mio notebook toshiba 4600 pro. La scheda video è una TRIDENT CyberBlade 3d 16M qualcuno può aiutarmi ? Grazie

[newbie-it] Configurazione X server

2001-09-04 Per discussione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao Ragazzi, non riesco a configurare X server sul mio notebook toshiba 4600 pro. La scheda video è una TRIDENT CyberBlade 3d 16M qualcuno può aiutarmi ? Grazie

Re: [newbie-it] Configurazione X server

2001-09-04 Per discussione Fabio Coatti
Il 09:53, martedì 4 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao Ragazzi, non riesco a configurare X server sul mio notebook toshiba 4600 pro. La scheda video è una TRIDENT CyberBlade 3d 16M qualcuno può aiutarmi ? Prova ad installare XFree86 4.1.0, ci sono già gli rpm e tale chipset è supportato

Re: [newbie-it] Configurazione X server

2001-09-04 Per discussione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Il 09:53, martedì 4 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao Ragazzi, non riesco a configurare X server sul mio notebook toshiba 4600 pro. La scheda video è una TRIDENT CyberBlade 3d 16M qualcuno può aiutarmi ? Prova ad installare XFree86 4.1.0, ci sono già gli rpm e tale chipset è

Re: [newbie-it] Fwd: Sceda Tv

2001-09-04 Per discussione Tommaso Leddi
12:36, domenica 02 settembre 2001, viger71: Ho un piccolo problema non riesco a visualizzare le immagini con xawtv sotto l'User ma ho solo l'audio, ma sotto root va tutto bene ma soprattutto dopo aver avviato xawtv sotto root per la prima volta poi su l'utente norm. va tutto bene, come mai?

Re: [newbie-it] LyX e pdf

2001-09-04 Per discussione antonio.volpi
Credo di aver risolto il problema , almeno nel mio caso funziona. Precisiamo che sto parlando di LyX 1.1.6fix1 su mdk 8, ma non dovrebbe essere cosi importante. Da LyX, con il documento da esportare aperto, seleziona: Layout -- Document -- Font -- pslatex Cosi facendo gli dici di usare

[newbie-it] Masterizzatore

2001-09-04 Per discussione max
salve, ho installato un masterizzatore LITEON 16x10x40 harddrake lo vede e lo individua come dev hdd. Ho provato a scrivere un cd con gno buster ma niente da fare. Se monto un cd dal masterizzatore ad una directory (mount /dev/hdd /mnt/masterizzatore) riesco a leggere i file del cd...ma ho

[newbie-it] Chips and Technologies 65555 su Notebook ERA1000

2001-09-04 Per discussione Luca
Ciao ! Sono un nuovo utilizzatore di Linux e un nuovo iscritto alla lista di discussione newbie-it. Ho installato la distribuzione Linux Mandrake versione 8.0 sul mio notebook DUAL - ERA1000 cosi' composto: Processore Intel 266 MHz MMX - 64 Mb RAM Chip grafico Chips and Technologies 6 -

Re: [newbie-it] LyX e pdf

2001-09-04 Per discussione Guido Milanese
Il problema riguarda la gestione dei fonts bitmapped in Acrobat. La soluzione che uso io è quella di utilizzare uno dei font standard PS. Da LaTeX ciò significa usare ad es. \usepackage{palatino} nel preambolo. Da LyX, andare su Struttura-Document-Font e selezionare ad es. palatino o times o

[newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-04 Per discussione g. sanders
I'm having a problem sending mail with kmail. My smtp server requires password authentication, and I can't seem to figure out how to get kmail to send the authentication. Also, because of a recent change in isp's, the smtp server is with a different company, and a different user name than the

[newbie] kernel panic

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mohammed Arafa
what does 1. kernel panic: trying to kill init and 2. error referencing 00 mean? i got that and my linux refuses to boot nor even install any more sigh ..help? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: [newbie] viewing pdf in mozilla

2001-09-04 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
No, there is a separate GNU/Linux plug-in. On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 06:27, Valerie Cheng wrote: Sridhar - You mean you want me to install the windows version onto linux? ^^;; Go to adobe.com and get their Acrobat reader. Like the Windos version, it has a Netscape plug-in, allowing you to open

Re: [newbie] kernel panic

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mohammed Arafa
sometimes it goes all the way up to kswap sometimes a black screen and sometimes it says somethign about unable to handle kernel paging address at virtual address 736f6962 there's more about bad eip oops: Aiee: killing interrupt handler and lots lots more whats all this mean? and this is

Re: [newbie] I need libraries for KDE 22

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mohammed Arafa
say does it matter if i use the i586 version or the i686 version? on top of that does it matter if i use the mandrake version or some other distro's? - Original Message - From: Alex K [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: [newbie] I need

[newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
My Creative modemblaster is working now, under kppp, although I'm not getting full 56k connect speeds. I did enable kppp's log, and right after it connects, it shows a LAPM protocol message. Anyone have any idea what that means? Thanks! --

RE: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
You never will get 56K connections unless you are in laboratory conditions and the modem you are connecting to as around 3 feet away. Dragging back to my BBS days, I seem to recall LAPM is an error correction protocol, but as I don't have my USR Courier manual with me, I can't be certain. If

Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome

2001-09-04 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:10, Mark Weaver wrote: Since this Gnome thing is relatively new to me could you clue me in a little as to what exactly this anti-aliasing thing is all about? Anti-aliasing is a technique where the jagged edges of shapes are slightly blurred to make them look smooth. An

[newbie] Re: NIC detection/installation/update

2001-09-04 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
In your BIOS settings, there should be an option called something like PNP OS or ISAPNP. Make sure it is set to OFF, then try installing Mandrake again. On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:18, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Hello Sirdhar, The only reason I am sending this to you directly is because you have

Re: [newbie] LILO install Uninstall

2001-09-04 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:18, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Thank you Sridhar, Thank you for your recent suggestion. AS you will soon realize I am a complete novice. I am not even sure if LM has installed or not, it seems this is not the case. This LILO issue arose after the initial attempt of

RE: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Paul
You never will get 56K connections unless you are in laboratory conditions and the modem you are connecting to as around 3 feet away. Dragging back to my BBS days, I seem to recall LAPM is an error correction protocol, but as I don't have my USR Courier manual with me, I can't be certain.

Re: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
FLYNN, Steve wrote: You never will get 56K connections unless you are in laboratory conditions and the modem you are connecting to as around 3 feet away. Dragging back to my BBS days, I seem to recall LAPM is an error correction protocol, but as I don't have my USR Courier manual with me,

Re: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Paul wrote: According to google: Link Access Protocol for Modems. (LAPM) The Automatic Repeat Request system used in the V.42 protocol. http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?LAPM Paul Thanks Paul! ;-) --

Re: Re: [newbie] Mounting CD burner

2001-09-04 Per discussione etharp
SCSI Emulation is in two parts--first a message to the kernel to tell it to assume emulation is done Second is a modprobe of scsi and a link to the appropriate SCSI device The first part is simple in /etc/lilo.conf or in drakboot (Control Center Boot Config) make sure you have this

Re: [newbie] Dumb Email Time Question

2001-09-04 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Don Wilson wrote: Randy - If is has you stumped, how do you do with spring forward, fall back? LOL I've had my difficulties! ;-) Seriously, here is a world time zone map http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html Thanks! There are 24 full hour time zones and 10 1/2 hour time

Re: [newbie] kernel panic

2001-09-04 Per discussione amit !!
Can u tell me which version of linux are you using and if you are facing probs regarding the installation u can try this u go in to the rom bios setting of ur comp and in the HDD section , make the access mode to NORMAL then re partition and try installing linux i hope u'll get thru it

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-04 Per discussione amit !!
well i think that for authentification u have to check mail before u try to send only in that manner it can authentificate if it is not working try using this SMTP server 61.0.0.33 it dosent ask for authentification - Original Message - From: g. sanders To: [EMAIL

[newbie] Graphics in C++

2001-09-04 Per discussione amit !!
Title: Blank Hello friends i want to use graphics in C++ running under Red Hat Linux 7.0 can any one help me how to do that hey ! for sure i dont want to use that QT, KDE, GNOME programming by KDevelop i am rather talking about something related to usage of Xlib Amit Kumar B.E Comp Sc

Re: [newbie] Has anyone got KOffice 1.1 to install?

2001-09-04 Per discussione s
On Sunday 02 September 2001 04:10 pm, Jim Dawson wrote: When I try to install KOffice I get an error: libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-1mdk Does anyone know what RPM file that library is included in? kdelibs (yours might need upgrading...)

Re: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione etharp
Also good to remember that connect speed and file transfer speed are two different things, you might only connect at 34364, but depending on a thousand factors from sun spots to construction in L.A. Calif. to a racecar running near your phone lines to a neon lightbulg going bad in a walk/dont

RE: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer xcdroast On Monday 03 September 2001 16:35, you wrote: Hello everyone Some one know of a

[newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
Hello Call me dummy, but, after reading the man page of patch I sill can't make it owrk well. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and BlackBox 0.61.1 as my window manager, without any other desktop manager. So I have a lot of modularised and light weight patchs for my window manager. What I have to do with

[newbie] How to cope with bad RAM

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mark Johnson
After running some memory tests on my RAM I have discovered that it had some bad parts, is there a way I can tell linux not to access those bad sections because right now things will spontanteously crash... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
Please Help me with this! Hello Call me dummy, but, after reading the man page of patch I sill can't make it owrk well. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and BlackBox 0.61.1 as my window manager, without any other desktop manager. So I have a lot of modularised and light weight patchs for my window

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
Well, what exactly are you trying to patch and why? It's a bit like say I have this vehicle, please tell me how to change the cam belt. The answer usually depends on what kind of vehicle it is. From your message it sounds like you are attempting to apply patches to BlackBox 0.6.1.1. Correct?

[newbie] Modem and upgrade question

2001-09-04 Per discussione Eyedeal
Hello all, I managed to find a linux driver for my modem sm56 motorola. Unfortunately I have Mandrake 6.1 (a friend had it gathering dust somewhere !!) but the rpm of this driver is said to only work with red hat 7.1 and kernel 2.4.xx Now I want to know if I upgrade my kernel (as I have been

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-04 Per discussione Eyedeal
Well you're right there !! Anyways, please give me details of the changes you made to work your modem ? Thankx - Original Message - From: d [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem... At

[newbie] rpm

2001-09-04 Per discussione Rooms Frédéric
Hi, How can I know what dit the installation of a rpm ? I am wondering because I installed the GSL rpm but I do not find the gsl_math.h file. Something went perhaps wrong during the installation... Thanks a lot Fred Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-04 Per discussione Eyedeal
I got the drivers, but the rpm doesnt run on my 6.1 mandrake. what should i download to upgrade this ? - Original Message - From: Don Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem... I

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
So I have a lot of modularised and light weight patchs for my window manager . . . that is blackbox-0.61.1. I have one of many patches called toolbar_menu.patch. The man patch page said that it usually requiers just to make a patch -p0 (for example) toolbar_menu.patch in the directory where the

[newbie] Mac OS X and display managers

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mark Johnson
My wife went out and bought OS X but I really don't know a thing about Macs or OS X. But I do know that OS X is running on some version of the BSD kernel. If that's the case does anyone know if it would be possible to: 1) access the linux desktop from the mac? 2) access the mac desktop from

[newbie] how to setup a telnet server?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lin
hello, I have Mandrake 7.2 installed, but I don't know how to setup to have the telnet server to work. It says: telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused I couldn't find a telnet in startup program, so I just enabled rlogin at boot time, but it still doesn't work. Could

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

2001-09-04 Per discussione Frans Ketelaars
Valerie Cheng wrote: hi. i am using Mandrake 8.0 and i'm using alsa 0.5.11 for my SB Live! 5.1. but it gives me the following message during modprobe: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect

RE: [newbie] rpm

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
In the man rpm page there is an extense list of commands and options but I usually use rpm -q name_of_the_rpm_package. This will display a list of all the files that the rpm contains. This is the first step. If the fil that you are looking for it's in the package you can make an rpm -e

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Robert MacLean
It will run on 32 Megs (you'll just need a big swap partition) I suggest a minimum of 64 Megs or if you can get more 128 Megs. I have 384Megs and it is perfect, it virtually never uses the swap (and if it does it uses no more than 20Megs) so everything is fast. HTH Robert MacLean - Original

[newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Per discussione D. Hoyem
Somehow I now have 9 gmc's on my desktop and to remove them I go to the bottom of the screen and delete them one at a time. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 on a Dell 5450 Lpatop. What do i need to do to stop this from happening. Thanks. Don __ Do You

Re: [newbie] sane and Mustek scanner

2001-09-04 Per discussione Michael Leone
When logged in as root everything works fine. I think the solution has something to do with permissions but I've no clue how to fix it. Had the same problem with my USB Epson. Try doing (as root) a chmod a+r and a chmod a+w on the device that the scanner uses. For me, that was

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Matt Greer
on 9/3/01 10:13 PM, Warren Post at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more RAM, but how much is enough? Box 1 is a Celeron 366 MHz with 32 MB, box 2 is a K5 100 MHz with 16 MB. Both will be used for public

[newbie] Updating

2001-09-04 Per discussione Scott Thurmond
I have LM 8.0 installed and everything is working beautifully. My question is this: There are some updates out there that I want -Evolution being one of them. I opened the software manager and tried defining a new source (an FTP source that I got from the LM download site.) I tried several of

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
Hey! Grate . . . it's sounds grate. I will give it a tray at home and tel you of those bits . . . but sounds grate!!! What about already installed apps that want to be patched. How do you find the source directory or you must specify all the files patched when the patch apps ask for it? Sorry

Re: [newbie] I need libraries for KDE 22

2001-09-04 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 03:23 am, Mohammed Arafa escribió: say does it matter if i use the i586 version or the i686 version? on top of that does it matter if i use the mandrake version or some other distro's? I assume you're refering to rpmfind results? Type 'arch' in a teminal, if

Re: [newbie] Concurrent Remote X Login

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
Start X in failsafe mode. run xhost +, then run ssh -X speedy. Then start your window manager. By the way, X in failsafe mode should only produce an xterm, nothing else. You will have to hover your mouse over the term to get keyboard support. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux

Re: [newbie] ModemBlaster help...

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
Most of the time your connect speed is due to the age of your phone system. I connect at 56K in ann arbor, but in flint/davison areas I only get 42666 at the most. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Arthur H.

Re: [newbie] Another opinion, please.

2001-09-04 Per discussione Eyedeal
Yup - I sure can. You will probably come to the bash shell when you boot up. first try and locate your XF86Config file. It should be in a X11 folder either in /usr/ or in /etc/ then, type vi /etc/X11/XF86Config to come to the text editor. in the device section, under where the video ram is, type

[newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Warren Post
I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more RAM, but how much is enough? Box 1 is a Celeron 366 MHz with 32 MB, box 2 is a K5 100 MHz with 16 MB. Both will be used for public Internet access: IceWM, Konqueror and/or Netscape, KOffice and/or

[newbie] RE: I need libraries for KDE 22

2001-09-04 Per discussione Michael Leone
Does someone have any idea where I can find these libraries: libSDL.so.0 I used the libSDL1.2-1.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm libSDL1.2-devel-1.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm available from KDE's site. http://www.rpmfind.net should have them, too. libpcreposix.so.0 libpcre.so.0 libpcre0-3.4-4tex.i686.rpm

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
You are quite correct - you can't patch the .tar or the .tar.gz file. What you need to do is to get the source files and unpack them into a source directory. You then place your patch file in the same place. You CD into the source directory and apply the patchfile to the source via 'patch'.

Re: [newbie] a stupid ftp server question

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
Is your FTP server running? Check /etc/xinetd.d/wuftpd. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Linux Newbie wrote: Sorry for the really dumb question, I cannot seem to find anything that tells me why my ftp server says: $ ftp

RE: [newbie] What is LAPM protocol?

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
I was half-right then - it performs error correction by requesting the packet to be sent again. If only I had Web access from work - email only for me though... :-( Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
Basically, if you want to apply a patch to any installed program you *need* the source for the program and the patch file, and once you've applied the patch you *have* to compile it yourself and then install it over your current copy of the program. To produce a binary patch file, as you'd

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
I would recommend 128 Megs. You may be able to get away with 64 on the k5. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Warren Post wrote: I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Mark Johnson
Warren, I know we are all on a budget but RAM is dirt cheap right now... you can get a 256MB for about $33 now... This is a mom and pop shop down the street where I always buy my computer stuff... http://www.microchipcomputers.com/ -Original Message- From: Arthur H. Johnson II

RE: [newbie] Help wif X

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
Which version of Mandrake? Which version of X? If you log in at the console prompt, and enter 'startx' what happens? Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Hugo Saro [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday,

[newbie] Proxy Server

2001-09-04 Per discussione kitkaiml
Hi, May I know which proxy server would u recommend for mandrake, and where do I get information to configure it? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
No worries - get your source unpacked, play about with 'patch' until you get a clean patch of your source and if all goes well, excellent. If you still get problem, pop back in here and let us know what problems you are getting... May the hand of God be with you, and Maradonna. :-) Steve Flynn

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

2001-09-04 Per discussione Valerie Cheng
Frans, Hi. Thanx for your reply. I did the depmod. But it still doesn't work. But the messages seems less scary then before : ). This time it says: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
Hahahahaha! Curious, i hate football. Ok, thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FLYNN, Steve Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:03 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Please!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch No worries - get your

[newbie] Sis 735 / ECS K7S5a and Linux

2001-09-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
For those of you following the thread last week about the new SIS735 chipset and the Elite K7S5A motherboard, I have received my motherboard, and installed Mandrake 8.0 on it, and can share the following results. The K7S5A seems well constructed, but only 1 IDE cable is supplied. Two negative

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Per discussione Preston
Hello D., Tuesday, September 04, 2001, 11:28:25 AM, you wrote: DH Somehow I now have 9 gmc's on my desktop and to DH remove them I go to the bottom of the screen and DH delete them one at a time. DH I'm using Mandrake 8.0 on a Dell 5450 Lpatop. What DH do i need to do to stop this from

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

2001-09-04 Per discussione Frans Ketelaars
Valerie Cheng wrote: Frans, Hi. Thanx for your reply. I did the depmod. But it still doesn't work. But the messages seems less scary then before : ). This time it says: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod

[newbie] Xscreensaver enlightenment

2001-09-04 Per discussione Terry
Curious, How can I get enlightenment to use xscreensaver as its default when it sits idle for a certain amount of time? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #

Re: [newbie] Modem and upgrade question

2001-09-04 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Monday 03 September 2001 11:54, you wrote: Hello all, I managed to find a linux driver for my modem sm56 motorola. Unfortunately I have Mandrake 6.1 (a friend had it gathering dust somewhere !!) but the rpm of this driver is said to only work with red hat 7.1 and kernel 2.4.xx Now I want

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-04 Per discussione gunner carstens
Joan Tur wrote: Es Dilluns 03 Setembre 2001 23:47, en g. sanders va escriure: I'm having a problem sending mail with kmail. My smtp server requires password authentication, and I can't seem to figure out how to get kmail to send the authentication. Due to filters used by my ISP i'm now

[newbie] Chips and Technologies 65555 on ERA1000 notebook

2001-09-04 Per discussione Luca
Hi, I'm a new Linux user and a new member of newbie discussion list. I installed the Linux Mandrake 8.0 version on my DUAL - ERA1000 notebook: Processor Intel 266 MHz MMX - 64 MbRAM - LCD 14.1" TFT - VGA 1024x768 - graphic chip Chips and Technologies 6 - PCI - CD-ROM Teac CD-220EA I

RE: [newbie] Newbie having problems with modem...

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
Years ago, well back around 1990 I was involved in the UK BBS scene (I still miss Fidonet to be honest!). Anyway, we ran a fairly large BBS in Lancashire called Red Rose and I was the Co-Sysop. I used to handle the questions we'd get from some users regarding their modem settings and whatnot,

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Per discussione Charles Punch
"D. Hoyem" wrote: Somehow I now have 9 gmc's on my desktop and to remove them I go to the bottom of the screen and delete them one at a time. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 on a Dell 5450 Lpatop. What do i need to do to stop this from happening. Thanks. Don Are you running it from GNOME.

[newbie] TEst, don't open

2001-09-04 Per discussione falcaraz
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Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Per discussione Charles Punch
I'm sorry! I asked a stupid question in my last response as a result of not paying attention to the title. In KDE you can still XKill them as I stated in the last post, but you have to take the "restore session" option when logging out. You also may want to go into GNOME and see if it does the

Re: [newbie] Updating

2001-09-04 Per discussione Peter Watson
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 4:35 pm, Scott Thurmond wrote: I have LM 8.0 installed and everything is working beautifully. My question is this: There are some updates out there that I want -Evolution being one of them. I opened the software manager and tried defining a new source (an FTP

RE: Please!!!!!!! FW: [newbie] HowTO patch

2001-09-04 Per discussione Lionel Pitaru
You were an enlightener! Thank you very much (and sorry for my argentinian english) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FLYNN, Steve Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:03 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Please!!! FW: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
For that price you can migrate to Duron! Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Matt Greer wrote: on 9/4/01 11:18 AM, Mark Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warren, I know we are all on a budget but RAM is dirt cheap right now...

Re: [newbie] Cannot find -ldb1 ?

2001-09-04 Per discussione s
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:19 pm, Paul wrote: Hi everyone, What or where is -ldb1 ? When trying to compile gchbkgrd (an automatic background changer) I get this error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb1 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [gchbkgrd] Error 1 I can't

Re: [newbie] how to setup a telnet server?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Miark
It is possible to telnet as root, but you have to make sure that /etc/securetty and /etc/usertty don't prohibit it. (Do a man login for more info.) But I agree with Frank: SSH is the better way to go. Miark - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Arthur H. Johnson II
Too true. My ppro melted this weekend ( got rest her soul ) and was still using 72 pin sims. At my favorite shop, http://www.atrcomputers.com, I purchased an 800 Duron, Motherboard, 256 Megs of Ram, and a CPU Fan all for $219.00 bucks. Not a bad deal. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Charles Punch
"Arthur H. Johnson II" wrote: I would recommend 128 Megs. You may be able to get away with 64 on the k5. Arthur H. Johnson II On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Warren Post wrote: I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more RAM, but how

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Per discussione Matt Greer
on 9/4/01 11:18 AM, Mark Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warren, I know we are all on a budget but RAM is dirt cheap right now... you can get a 256MB for about $33 now... That's true for RAM intended for recent computers. But if a computer uses SIMMs and such, it's not so cheap. A 128MB

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-04 Per discussione Joan Tur
Es Dilluns 03 Setembre 2001 23:47, en g. sanders va escriure: I'm having a problem sending mail with kmail. My smtp server requires password authentication, and I can't seem to figure out how to get kmail to send the authentication. Due to filters used by my ISP i'm now using postfix to send

Re: [newbie] I need libraries for KDE 22

2001-09-04 Per discussione Joan Tur
Es Dimarts 04 Setembre 2001 04:23, en Mohammed Arafa va escriure: say does it matter if i use the i586 version or the i686 version? i686 is i586 compatible so it doesn't ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de

RE: [newbie] hard drive recognition

2001-09-04 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
Does the second hard-drive mount OK? Is it formatted as a FAT(32) drive or EXT2/Reiser? Do you have an entry for it in /etc/fstab? Steve Flynn NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst * 01603 687386 -Original Message- From: Joe Brault [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Updating

2001-09-04 Per discussione Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 18:39, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 4:35 pm, Scott Thurmond wrote: I have LM 8.0 installed and everything is working beautifully. My question is this: There are some updates out there that I want -Evolution being one of them. I opened the

RE: [newbie] Updating

2001-09-04 Per discussione Bryan Harper
I've had the same problem as well. But today for some reason the Find archive list worked and I am able to update a couple of packages at a time. I have found that it does quit for some unknown reason. It has been my experience that if the path settings aren't exactly as it expects it just

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop(Still)

2001-09-04 Per discussione D. Hoyem
--- Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello D., Tuesday, September 04, 2001, 11:28:25 AM, you wrote: DH Somehow I now have 9 gmc's on my desktop and to DH remove them I go to the bottom of the screen and DH delete them one at a time. DH I'm using Mandrake 8.0 on a Dell 5450 Lpatop.

RE: [newbie] How to cope with bad RAM

2001-09-04 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
There is a patch to the kernel to avoid bad RAM locations, but at current RAM prices, this is far more effort than it is worth. In addition you need to recompile at the least, the bad ram module to get it to work, which requires some sort of working system to begin with... -JMS [EMAIL

[newbie] Fw: Remote Administration

2001-09-04 Per discussione Nelson Bartley
- Original Message - From: Nelson Bartley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:11 PM Subject: Fw: Remote Administration - Original Message - From: Nelson Bartley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: Remote

Re: Re: [newbie] Mounting CD burner

2001-09-04 Per discussione Geof Steichen
I needed to download a more current version of cdrecord than the one that comes on mdk 8.0 to get my cdrw to work correctly. Geof * On Monday 03 September 2001 08:45 pm, you wrote: I am having the same problem as David. No

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

2001-09-04 Per discussione Valerie Cheng
Ok.. I checked w/ /sbin/lsmod... no OSS/free driver loaded... PNP is off (turned it off long time ago when I was tyring freebsd). and... my modules.conf: alias net-pf-4 ipx pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias usb-interface

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2001-09-04 Per discussione g. sanders
Joan Tur wrote: Thank you for the responses I've received so far. However, I still can't seem to send mail reliably using kmail. A few more specifics, since I probably didn't explain the problem well to begin with: my incoming mail is through mail1.myoldisp.com outgoing is through:

[newbie] fatal io error 104 connection reset by peer

2001-09-04 Per discussione Robt. Miller
While I'm waiting for my Mandrake drisk to arrive I installed Redhat 7.1 and get the error.. fatal io error 104 connection reset by peer when I try to run startx. I couldn't get past the X configuration during the install - is there an easy way to fix this or should I just wait for the

RE: [newbie] Sis 735 / ECS K7S5a and Linux

2001-09-04 Per discussione Navin Daryanani
thanks for that derek. i did not realise that the SiS sound system driver posted on the sis website was a LAN Driver. actually i haven't tried compiling them either. have u written to them to change the link or do u want me to do it? I have waited long for a sound driver and am preety eager :-)

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