[newbie-it] LaTeX

2001-09-26 Per discussione luigi pinna
qualcuno mi sa dire dove e come scaricare il tex e il latex? poi mi date anche eventuali istruzioni sull'installzione? grazie __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Re: [newbie-it] LaTeX

2001-09-26 Per discussione Luigi De Pascale
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, luigi pinna wrote: qualcuno mi sa dire dove e come scaricare il tex e il latex? poi mi date anche eventuali istruzioni sull'installzione? grazie Ciao, non hai bisogno di scaricarlo, e' gia' sui dischi di Mandrake. Ti diro' di piu': potresti averlo gia' installato nella

Re: [newbie-it] LaTeX

2001-09-26 Per discussione luigi pinna
Ciao, non hai bisogno di scaricarlo, e' gia' sui dischi di Mandrake. Ti diro' di piu': potresti averlo gia' installato nella installazione di default. (Io non me ne ero accorto). Devo dire che l'installazione di default e' favolosa. Ciao Luigi io ho la mandrake 8.0 e

Re: [newbie-it] LaTeX

2001-09-26 Per discussione Fabio Coatti
Il 11:02, mercoledì 26 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao, non hai bisogno di scaricarlo, e' gia' sui dischi di Mandrake. Ti diro' di piu': potresti averlo gia' installato nella installazione di default. (Io non me ne ero accorto). Devo dire che l'installazione di default e'

[newbie-it] Riconoscimento scheda di rete

2001-09-26 Per discussione Alessandro Piaser
Ciao a tutti, ho da qualche settimana installato Linux, per la prima volt, Mandrake 8.0 it. Nella fase di riconoscimento dell'hardware: con Hardrake se non mi ricordo male, non mi ha riconosciuto la scheda di rete, che compare nella voce del ?. Andando a vedere i dettagli c'è scritto che la

[newbie-it] basta !!

2001-09-26 Per discussione massimo t
Per favore cancellatemi da questa dannata lista ! ho mandato più di una volta la mail con il desiderio di cancellarmi, ho seguito le istruzioni, ma la mia casella continua ad essere infestata da questi messaggi ! qualcuno li fermi ! GRAZIE

Re: [newbie-it] Richiesta info using MDK...

2001-09-26 Per discussione freefred
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 12:37, Stefano Salari wrote: Generalmente i programmi che non sono utility di sistema vengono installati sotto /usr/local/bin. Come diceva Luigi, se installi da rpm puoi vederlo con rpm -ql pacchettoinstallato, se invece compili da sorgenti puoi vedere la

Re: [newbie-it] mdk 8.0 si dimentica della stampante

2001-09-26 Per discussione -= Mang =-
Ciao a tutti, Ciao C.Ch. Anche il mio pinguino è smemorato e si dimentica della stampante. Strano caso, anche lei è una Epson Laser (epl 5700) Forse si tratta proprio di un bug tra cups e le laser Epson... ps. Una curiosità: La stampante è già attesa al momento del boot (o meglio dell'avvio

[newbie-it] Iomega Zip 100 USB

2001-09-26 Per discussione Alessandro Piaser
Ciao a tutti, c'è qualcuno che saprebbe dirmi ome si fa a far riconoscere lo Zip USB su Mandrake 8? Grazie in anticipo. Alessandro

[newbie-it] Problema con Modem esterno + GPA

2001-09-26 Per discussione Sergio Dogliani
Ciao a tutti! Innanzitutto scusate scrivo con Outlook Express e non con Kmail, ma come capirete fra un po' ho un problemino da risolvere, anzi due. -- 1° PROBLEMA: Sono andato sul sito di GPG e mi son scaricato GPA. Sono riuscito ad

[newbie-it] Linux

2001-09-26 Per discussione Pierre Houben
Un saluto a tutti. Visto che sono nuovo, due righe. Mi chiamo Pierre, vivo a Ferrara, e' da tre anni che uso computer ed ho cominciato per caso ed anche un po' per scelta sul lavoro con Apple. Mai avuto esperienze Win od altro prima. Attratto dalla filosofia Open Source e dalla gratuita' ho

Re: [newbie] Help Please peoples?? is this a reiser problem???

2001-09-26 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:08:48 +0800, Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi ,, I mentioned this last night, but noone really knew so I am asking again in the hope that someone can give me a tip here... I have a mandrake 7.2 system, and when I rebooted it last night, all sorts of things went

Re: [newbie] Gartner Group Suggests Dumping IIS

2001-09-26 Per discussione shane
all i know is if god is lurking on the list, (so as to be offended) he (or she) might post once in awhile and answer some questions... On Tuesday 25 September 2001 20:00, you spoke unto me thusly: Of course, using the lower g might be offensive to the Almighty! :) -- If you don't know

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA on Toshiba335CDT Laptop

2001-09-26 Per discussione Mike
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 17:49, Shaka Zulu wrote: Hi All I just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my Toshiba335CDT Laptop. However, in order to get it to work I had to go through an interactive boot and disable the PCMCIA service, then once I got it up and running I had to chmod the

[newbie] linux for sony ps2?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Mohammed Arafa
just wondering but is there a mandrake version or any linux version for the ps2? if yes.. where can i d/l it? and will i still be able to play the ps2 games? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

[newbie] i686?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
Hi all Is there an i686 compile of Mandrake (or any other distro for that matter), and what (if any) real world advantages would it have over a similar i586 version? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44

Re: [newbie] Nimda virus

2001-09-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 22:27, you wrote: The Javascript method is only a problem if you use any IE version below 6. Of course, the media seems to think the whole world uses IE too. =) And sadly, my server logs say they're right. Sheep, meet cliff... jump. As a matter of interest.

RE: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-26 Per discussione FLYNN, Steve
It's been done to death loads of times. The overall result is don't worry about it, it's an idle task which soaks up unused cycles for accounting purposes. It's not really using ANY of your processor cycles. Look at the output from 'top' in a console. Check out the CPU utilisation figures at

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-26 Per discussione etharp
we have answered this so many times, you know we should come up with a better answer, something with a little humour, kinda like the unsub fee for folks trying to unsub on list. On Wednesday 26 September 2001 08:05, you had thoughts to the concept of: It's been done to death loads of times.

Re: [newbie] is this a good way to test a modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
if the modem states it will run under Dos will it run under Linux? I would think so Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key

Re: [newbie] i686?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
It depends on the program. XFree86 seems to run better on my system compiled i686. did you just download it, or compile it yourself? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037

RE: [newbie] is this a good way to test a modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione John Clegg
Logic would say yes, but life often isn't like that! If it will run under DOS it isn't a Winmodem, so the omens are good, but you do need to check for available drivers. -Original Message- From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 PM To:

[newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-26 Per discussione Niklas Herder
I'm thinking about buying a CD Writer, so I would really like some tips and advice on which is the best price/performance/Linux - wise? Cheers /Niklas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] linux for sony ps2?

2001-09-26 Per discussione shane
well you can start here http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2085867,00.html but it doesn't look promising. On Wednesday 26 September 2001 02:37, you spoke unto me thusly: just wondering but is there a mandrake version or any linux version for the ps2? if yes.. where can i d/l it? and will i

Re: [newbie] creative modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione s
On Wednesday 26 September 2001 09:31 am, Robert MacLean wrote: Hi Does anyone here have a creative blaster modem (external or internal). I just want to check that it is a real modem rather than a winmodem. And does M8 or M8.1 support it? Thanx a ton Robert My husband has the isa

[newbie] Question on SiS 6326

2001-09-26 Per discussione Allen H
I have an old sis6326(AGP) card and have a question to anyone using it or has used the card. Why is it that I can't go up to 24bpp on 800x600, or even 16bpp on 1024x768 in X ? It won't work with any window manager, even blackbox; or doesn't this matter at all. I read somewhere on the

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-26 Per discussione Robert MacLean
I have an AOpen 16/10/32 and it is wonderful. Speed is fast. I wrote M8 to CD in about 4 minutes per CD from ISO. It's got all the JustLink and JustSpeed stuff so you don't ruin cd's. So far I've written 25 odd CD's and only had 1 coffee cup holder, and that was due to windows more than the

RE: [newbie] creative modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione John Clegg
If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it only has a serial connection! -Original Message- From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] creative modem Hi Does anyone here

Re: [newbie] DiskDrake resize

2001-09-26 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:03:26 -0400 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reply to Miark's words, written Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:57:34 -0600 Does DiskDrake resize ext2 and/or Reiser partitions? Miark I am not sure if it can resize non-destructively. For resizing (at least for ext2) you can

Re: [newbie] linux for sony ps2?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Robert MacLean
try this it's in Japanese (sorry if I spelt that wrong) but there is a link to translate it to English http://www.jp.playstation.com/linux/ Robert MacLean . - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [newbie] creative modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione John Clegg
As far as I know even a USB modem can't be a Winmodem. A winmodem has a lot of its processing done by the main processor, and to achieve this it has to be internal and on a fast bus. -Original Message- From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001

[newbie] sony memory stick floppy adapter

2001-09-26 Per discussione Valerie Cheng
i lost my usb cable, and decided to go for the floppy since it's less of a hassle to use. does the sony memory stick floppy adapter(MSAC-FD2MA) work like any floppy? linux would be able to read it if i put it into the floppy drive right? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Linux on iMac (ppc)

2001-09-26 Per discussione Steve Borrett
Hi, The ISO image you downloaded should be bootable already, you don't have to do anything extra to make it bootable, other than hold down the c key to force the Mac to boot from CD. So simply burn the ISO image to a cd, using Toaster or similar, and reboot with CD 1 in the drive. Steve. I

Re: [newbie] creative modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione Randy Kramer
John Clegg wrote: If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it only has a serial connection! But I understand there are some external USB modems. Don't know what software they require or whether there is any chance one or more of them aren't supported under Linux. Anyone know?

[newbie]

2001-09-26 Per discussione José Albano
Hi! I wanna to know if someone has installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 in a PC with the following configuration: Processor: AMD Athlon 1 Ghz Motheboard: Gigabyte 7DXC RAM: DDR 256 MB PC2100 Card Video: nVidia TNT2 m64 Is this hardware compatible with this operating system? Thanks. José

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione Ric Tibbetts
ROTFL!!! Good one Mark! When I'm home, on my Linux box, VI Pine are tools of choice. Unfortunately here at work, I'm on a Win2k PC (shudder), and Mozilla is the best I can do from here... It serves the purpose. Ric Mark Weaver wrote: :) i'm told that real men us VI and Pine.

Re: [newbie] M$ Works file format

2001-09-26 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 26 September 2001 05:54, Tim Holmes wrote: Do y'know how funny that Micro$HAFT made a program called Works just like the rest of their products, it's horrible. Microsoft Works makes just laugh doesn't it? Actually the last DOS version (v3) was great - I ran a 4 -year

[newbie] Auto email check

2001-09-26 Per discussione adam
Right, I'm getting really lazy in my old age. Since recent posts have indicated that it's ok to leave your pc on for long periods of time, I would like mine to dial up and check my email. I'm using Netscape6.1 for email and news. Is there any script or package out there which will do this for

[newbie] Buy ML best way? Install updates? desktops?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Altaira
Good Day to everyone, I did a half ass install as a dual O/S. Then the three stooges (root, user, admin =ME) deleted all hda's and did a proper install. BIG DIFFERENCE! After years of working at a job where I had to be compatible with them, and no longer having the job, I went to a local

[newbie] custom cd linux installation.

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
noted a post asking info to make multi installations of linux. did you find help? if not, reply your request. i can offer contact with someone on another list, who, iirc, wrote a custom installation, burn bootable cds. tc,hago. g . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

RE: [newbie] creative modem

2001-09-26 Per discussione Franki
not true, there are usb modems that are winmodems, I know because I had one,, it even used a commonn lucent windmodem chip.. It was a KTX usb winmodem, and it was basically a rebadged pegasus. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

RE: [newbie] Auto email check

2001-09-26 Per discussione Franki
I created some files for the newbies here... called dial and hangup I but them somewhere in the path, (like sbin) and dial basically contains the command: ifup ppp0 (and it restarts postfix and sets sendmail to send queued mail...) and hangup contains: ifdown ppp0 then you can make a cronjob

[newbie] MySql port?

2001-09-26 Per discussione Scott Thurmond
Hi, all. I am looking to write some apps that will connect to a mysql database. I have the jdbc driver but I am not sure what port mysql is listening on. Can anyone help me find the port number? Thanks in advance, -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] 2nd CD and sharing files

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
Frank McKenna wrote: [snip] Difficulties increase the closer we approach our Goals that they do frank. Plato ~ It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,an hour to like someone and a day to love someonebut it takes a lifetime to forget someone. this is true. so please disable your

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
Anke Max wrote: Gidday All [snip] it is easier to teach good habits, than it is to change bad habits. Well said g Thanks Max thank you max. i do hope all of this does help 'all us newbies'. -=- perseverance can be a reward. -=- tc,hago. g . Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Linux on iMac (ppc)

2001-09-26 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Steve Borrett wrote: The ISO image you downloaded should be bootable already, you don't have to do anything extra to make it bootable, other than hold down the c key to force the Mac to boot from CD. So simply burn the ISO image to a cd, using Toaster or similar, and reboot with CD 1 in the

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
Richie de Almeida wrote: Sorry George, I was just contributing to the conversation. I kinda wondered if I wasn't making myself clear but you understand your position well enuff you didn't take any offence! The thread itself was talking about a particular bad response to HTML email so

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione Randy Kramer
george wrote: i mean cleaning up posts, cutting out slim and other none help. editing posts of unneeded quotes, sigs, repition. such, that in end, you have a neat, consice, informative bit of info gathered, so that a newbie can gain understanding and help from. Well, Ok, yes, in a sense.

[newbie] installing Linux over Win NT or viceversa

2001-09-26 Per discussione fred august
Hi, I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux over Win NT (have to use an old version, unfortunately) or viceversa. Which is suggested? I've tried both and haven't really succeded in any. Windows has a nazi approach of eliminating everything it finds... Please don't answer why installing WIN NT at

Re: [newbie] forwarding mail w postfix, procmail fetchmail -woe is this newbie

2001-09-26 Per discussione WCBaker
Hi!Using postfix, procmail fetchmail on Mandrake 8.0 I got fetchmail to poll other addresses and to ostensibly forward mail to another account. Fetchmail polls successfully but the following code in .procmailrc doesn't seem to do the trick: :0 H *^From.*Janet@uvic\.ca ! somemailaddress.com

[newbie] Installing Zip drive on 8.0

2001-09-26 Per discussione Gordon Burgess-Parker
Can anyone tell me how to do this please? Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-26 Per discussione Gordon Burgess-Parker
Has anyone heard of aol being got running using WINE or WIN4LIN or something like that? I ask because I'm using aol as a dial-up (flat rate unmetered access) while waiting for NTL cable modem to come to my area! Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Installing Zip drive on 8.0

2001-09-26 Per discussione Jeremy D
Are you adding the drive to your machine (i.e. post-install of Mandrake)? My parallel port Zip100 drive was detected during installation (v8.0) -- works great! I had fewer problems with it than I had with my floppy drive (permission stuff if I remember correctly). All the necessary drivers

Re: [newbie] Digital Camera use with Linux

2001-09-26 Per discussione tazmun
Dear Group I want to thank all of you for your helpful input on this subject. I wound up with an Olympus D-100 which I believe is even the Gphoto list only it shows a D-100z??? However in windows 2000 it does set up exactly like ultima notes below. So I have every reason to believe that this

Re: [newbie] Hardware: Soltek SL-75MAV KM133A

2001-09-26 Per discussione skinky
On Thursday 27 September 2001 01:28, you wrote: Hi Does anyone know of any problems running Mandrake 8.0/8.1 on the following hardware: AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV series mainboard with: North Bridge VIA VT8365A (KM133A) South Bridge VIA VT82C686B Integrated Savage4 2D/3D Video

Re: [newbie] Installing Staroffice on 8.0

2001-09-26 Per discussione Joan Tur
Es Wed 26 Sep 2001 21:49, Gordon Burgess-Parker va escriure: I have staroffice as a *.bin file - how do I install it on 8.0? ( I want to do a network install 'cos I have multi users, I know about the -net filter 'cos I did it in Windoze!) Run it: ./staroffice_5.2.bin /net and choose for

[newbie] SWAT

2001-09-26 Per discussione Mark Annandale
Hi gang When trying to start SWAT I get the log on screen asking for a username and password. However nothing I enter allows me access. I have tried as root and as a user, but to no avail. Is there a trick to this. Thanks and regards Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] downloading installing

2001-09-26 Per discussione Peter Rymshaw
I have not once, with the exception of files on the CDs, been able to download and install files without difficulty. Partly, it has simply been because I didn't know how, but it seems that even when I try to build on my painfully acquire experience, or follow the directions given (which seem to

Re: [newbie] SWAT

2001-09-26 Per discussione Joan Tur
Es Thu 27 Sep 2001 04:20, Mark Annandale va escriure: Hi gang When trying to start SWAT I get the log on screen asking for a username and password. However nothing I enter allows me access. I have tried as root and as a user, but to no avail. It works for me logging in as root. Check with

Re: [newbie] Hardware: Soltek SL-75MAV KM133A

2001-09-26 Per discussione Oleksiy Dushyn
I have almost the same hardware except processor (I have AMD K-7-850). Up to this time I have no problems with the LINUX Mandrake 8.0. The RedHat 6.2, Mandrake7.x have had problems like processor panik. So, do not worry your computer will work very good. Alexey - Original Message - From:

Re: [newbie] SWAT

2001-09-26 Per discussione Admin
Hello: I just installed swat. Have you made sure the proper entries were made in the xinitd.conf and services file? Regards, Dexter On Wednesday 26 September 2001 20:20, you wrote: Hi gang When trying to start SWAT I get the log on screen asking for a username and password. However

Re: [newbie] downloading installing

2001-09-26 Per discussione Sleeper N
Hello; When you installed your Linux did you include the development tools? When you download the software I found that you must have a fast and reliable connection. Then you need to make sure that you download inst.iso (the installer) and the ext.iso (the extensions for the development).

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione Jesse C. Chang
Mark Weaver wrote: :) i'm told that real men us VI and Pine. Pine? Real men use mailx. :) Jesse, not a real man (I use elm). -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best. -- Oscar Wilde Want

Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

2001-09-26 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Thursday 27 September 2001 00:47, Jesse C. Chang wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: :) i'm told that real men us VI and Pine. Pine? Real men use mailx. :) Sorry, real men don't need no steenkin' computer ... Michel (obviously not ...) -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Installing Zip drive on 8.0

2001-09-26 Per discussione Charles A. Punch
I'm not sure,but I think there might be way do that during boot up in interactive mode,in the part where you mount or unmount local drives. Might be worth a try before re-installing ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user #217118 Jeremy D wrote: Are you adding the drive to

Re: [newbie] 2nd CD and sharing files

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
Frank McKenna wrote: Thanks but I just checked and these messages are supposed to be going out in plain text. If these are going out in HTML format then I am sorry but I am not sure where else to change my settings you must have found it. this is 'text/plain' Please find below a copy of

Re: [newbie] A bit of foward thinking?

2001-09-26 Per discussione george
Joseph Braddock wrote: Sorry, Nostradamus never said/wrote that. You left off the date of 1654 which normally is at the end of this, not true. i only passed along what i found in enews, -=- from old email -=- Web Site Review [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~*~*~ Tuesday, September 18, 2001 ~*~*~