[newbie-it] devfs and sound

2001-12-08 Per discussione Stefano Sebastiani
Come consigliatomi ho dismesso il devfs. sndconfig a quel punto ha fatto il suo dovere, ascolto file midi con playmidi e file wav, (da mc). Però da interfaccia grafica non ho suoni di sistema, non posso sentire file midi (kmidi abortisce ) e non ho più il dev/cdrom (qualcuno conosce il major

[newbie-it] shutdown and usb

2001-12-08 Per discussione Stefano Sebastiani
Ho un problemino da qualche giorno, lo shutdown abortisce, costringendomi ad un halt hardware nel momento di smontare l'usb. Come rimediare?

Re: [newbie-it] devfs and sound

2001-12-08 Per discussione Dragx
Stefano Sebastiani wrote: Come consigliatomi ho dismesso il devfs. sndconfig a quel punto ha fatto il suo dovere, ascolto file midi con playmidi e file wav, (da mc). Però da interfaccia grafica non ho suoni di sistema, non posso sentire file midi (kmidi abortisce ) e non ho più il

[newbie-it] mandrake 8.0 su win2k

2001-12-08 Per discussione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
E' possibile far girare la versione 8.0 da una sessione Windows 2000? Esiste qualche software per caricare Linux da W2k? Tipo quello per W98 che c'era... tutto questo per evitare lunghi reboot per far partire Linux! Cu s%N!Ciaociao Byez ! L8r \\marco[www] http://members.xoom.it/verbal_666

Re: [newbie-it] mandrake 8.0 su win2k

2001-12-08 Per discussione CyberDevil
E' possibile far girare la versione 8.0 da una sessione Windows 2000? Esiste qualche software per caricare Linux da W2k? http://www.vmware.com -- CyberDevil Se non sai a cosa serve disinstallalo !!!

[newbie] RAID SUPPORT

2001-12-08 Per discussione Brandon S. Neily
Ok People, I have an ASUS motherboard with built in (Promise) RAID support and i was wanting to know if Drake 8.0 Supports this and how i can get it to work properly if it does. I have never used RAID in linux, and i need to know how i install linux on a system running XP and have support for

[newbie] linux fitness/health programs?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Matt Greer
I know this is a super long shot, but does anyone know of any of these? I found one (Diondine) but it was closed source, cost money and wasn't so great. Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RAID SUPPORT

2001-12-08 Per discussione civileme
On Friday 07 December 2001 11:02 pm, Brandon S. Neily wrote: Ok People, I have an ASUS motherboard with built in (Promise) RAID support and i was wanting to know if Drake 8.0 Supports this and how i can get it to work properly if it does. I have never used RAID in linux, and i need to know

Re: [newbie] vmware in LM 8.1 continues

2001-12-08 Per discussione Jun Liu
install kernel-headers and kernel-source, then vmware-config.pl can find the right location. /Jun On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 08:44:10PM -0500, Marcia wrote: :Dear All, : :Thank you for your answers and help. I was installing my vmware 2.03 on my :LM8.1 and got a complaint about not having the

Re: [newbie] What's this dependency nonesense all about?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:27, you wrote: Hi list, Being new, I'm sure I'm going to have lots of questions and stuff I just don't like. However this dependency stuff when installing software in Linux is making me nuts! I read a great review about a great little program called KcreatCD,

Re: [newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Yes there is a fairly simple way. On the 8.1 discs is an application called junkbuster. This is a proxy server which you run as a daemon, and you point your browsers to the proxy instead of to the internet. Any time doubleclick or any other domain you despise tries to hijack your browser

Re: [newbie] missing PostScript fonts

2001-12-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Len. Search the list archives. This one came up a month or so back. I think it was Cilvileme who have a URL for some neat fonts, and also where to find Microsoft fonts on their web site. HTH Derek On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:50, you wrote: Dear fellow explorers Under Mandrake 7.2 I

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-08 Per discussione poogle
No, nothing like that, just an HTML attachment which when opened produced a form inviting me to subscribe to some sort of credit checking/e commerce service, I have just noticed that there is an e mail on this list from Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the source of my mysterious e mail

Re: [newbie] oops

2001-12-08 Per discussione g
hello oops, check /boot for your old kernel. anytime you make a kernel change, before creating new kernel, cp old kernel to *.old or what ever, add image for *.old to lilo or grub config so you will still have a working kernel selectable at boot tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree,

[newbie] lilo

2001-12-08 Per discussione Bob Kauffman
I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. I want to have lilo default to Windows, instead of Linux. How do I do this? I assume I need to edit the lilo.conf file and move the windows section to the top of the list, right? If I am right,

Re: [newbie] lilo

2001-12-08 Per discussione lykaslair
On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:44 am, Bob Kauffman wrote: I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. I want to have lilo default to Windows, instead of Linux. How do I do this? I assume I need to edit the lilo.conf file and move the

Re: [newbie] RAID SUPPORT, OT now;, Civileme? go on a rant? never

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
IMHO I would only qualify as a rant if you were not asked the question so often As it is, in my view, you are 'patiently answering a question too often repated. I would be temppted to just give the URL for the list archive and say search. Sorry to go on a rant, but this one really annoys

Re: [newbie] lilo

2001-12-08 Per discussione Darwin Gottfried
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:44, you wrote: I just installed Mandrake on a Dell Pentium III machine. It runs well alongside Windows ME. Easiest way to get used to how lilo uses the entries, as root: copy to lilo.conf.old. (cp lilo.conf lilo.conf.old) Assuming your using 8.1: Open Control

Re: [newbie] error: Id x respawning too fast

2001-12-08 Per discussione lee
I've had better luck with this problem by electing NOT to start x automatically..just my view tho :-) Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] error notification

2001-12-08 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:47, you wrote: Hi, Since yesterday, everytime I want to 'su' in A terminal and give my root paasword I get: 'maximum filesize exeeded' Well it's A translation from Dutch. It's really annoying me, does somebody know how to get rid of it? TIA, Gerard

Re: [newbie] conflict between modem and Com 2?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
Less see... take two aspirins, no more caffeine for 10 hours, post the output of (in a text console, as root, without the quotes) cat /proc/pci and the real model number of your modem would be good. the part we are looking for in /proc/pci is about a communication controller or something else

Re: [newbie] lilo

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
write to lilo as root. just change the default info, does not matter where in the list it is. after saving lilo.conf, run (as root in a text console, without the quotes, lilo or /sbin/lilo to have lilo check and write the configuration to the boot record. On Saturday 08 December 2001 09:44,

Re: [newbie] Epson Printer ~ Which one?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Carlos Arigós
El Sábado 08 Diciembre 2001 08:46, escribió: Hi there all, I just need a little advice on a new printer. I currently have a HP printer, but due to it's age the quality sucks :-/ Bacause of this I want now to buy an Epson printer (a friend of mine has one) as the quality is great :-) What

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
I wonder what country has .PL? I always think .pl is a perl script? On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:46, you wrote: poczta.tvfamilijna.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] yamaha sound card problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Roy Barton
I am looking for a module called 'isa-pnp' to make my sound card work. Does any one know where i can find it? Roy

RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Carl Lafferty
In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) That would be cool!! Now we will install microsoft office xp on your machine :) /me ducks outta way of heavy thrown objects:) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Spam ok .pl is poland

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ed Tharp
ehhh. do you have the cds? rpm.sourceforge.net? google.com search? On Saturday 08 December 2001 11:33, you wrote: I am looking for a module called 'isa-pnp' to make my sound card work. Does any one know where i can find it? Roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Roy Barton
i have the down load version of the cd's.. but when i run the modprobe command and tell it to install isa-pnp is replys something to the effect of cannot find module isa-pnp.o roy - Original Message - From: Ed Tharp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 08,

Re: [newbie] conflict between modem and Com 2?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 15:52:37 +0200 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John B wrote: Unfortunately, it *does* sound like a winmodem problem. AAA Not a Winmodem!! I have asked the shop again and there is an internal USR PCI Sportster V90 56k in there on Com

Re: [newbie] conflict between USR modem and Com 2?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Less see... take two aspirins, no more caffeine for 10 hours, No More caffeine for 10 hours, are you SICK! Someone also said I should see a doctor after a headache lasted a week so I quit Aspirin and am now waiting for the doctor to have an open appointment :) post the output of (in a

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Carl Lafferty wrote: In fact, next Mandrake update (8.2), methinks there will no longer be dual-booting... ;-) That would be cool!! Now we will install microsoft office xp on your machine :) /me ducks outta way of heavy thrown objects:)

Re: [newbie] SPAM FILTER

2001-12-08 Per discussione alex
Take a look at Postini http://www.google.com/search?q=Postinichk=on Alex Matt Greer wrote: From: Matt Koppelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am a new sysadmin for my ISP.. we have a horrible spam problem here, and no one has done anything in the past to resolve it. I have decent linux experience,

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question

2001-12-08 Per discussione shane
i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am NOT putting a win partition on here, soo On

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question

2001-12-08 Per discussione Matt Greer
On Saturday 08 December 2001 12:40 pm, you wrote: i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am

Re: [newbie] error notification

2001-12-08 Per discussione Gerard van Winssen
Op zaterdag 8 december 2001 16:00, schreef u: Gerard, this is due to a bug in the InteractiveBastille configuration. You will need to go into the /etc/limits.config file and find the line that shows a file limit of 1 and add a couple of zeros to it. Thanks! That was it! Although is was

RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup)

2001-12-08 Per discussione Lee Roberts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 06:12 PM 12/7/2001 -0500, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: First: Are all three machines members of the same workgroup? Yes, they are. Are you SURE that you've defined the Workgroup name in Samba the SAME as that used on your other Winblows boxes?

Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-08 Per discussione Harm Bathoorn
On Saturday 08 December 2001 01:57, you wrote:  Hi all,  Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto  motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present:  a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video card. Sheer horror! The whole  lot put together.  

Re: [newbie] error notification

2001-12-08 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Saturday 08 December 2001 14:14, you wrote: Op zaterdag 8 december 2001 16:00, schreef u: Gerard, this is due to a bug in the InteractiveBastille configuration. You will need to go into the /etc/limits.config file and find the line that shows a file limit of 1 and add a couple of

Re: [newbie] Clock Synchronization

2001-12-08 Per discussione Lee Roberts
At 07:23 AM 11/27/2001 -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: hwclock --hctosys Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock. hwclock --systohc Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time. (see man hwclock) I use this alias in bashrc to set both hardware and

Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.

2001-12-08 Per discussione Harm Bathoorn
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:09, you wrote:  I swear: I will never purchase anything from Intel again if there's an  AMD option available!!     Easy now Harm, lately AMD is the better choice, granted. Not too long ago Intel was.  What's best next is always a toss up. Often a monthly

[newbie] xawtv - mouse kills sound

2001-12-08 Per discussione Richard Wenninger
xawtv works... until I move the mouse, then the sound goes off. Sound works fine with everything else. I have a pinnacle studio tv pro card. Anybody have any suggestions where to look to diagnose this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

RE: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Carl Lafferty
Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) You obviously don't know I am cold blooded so there ya go. :) hehehehe:) Seriously have you tried the IPX stuff with starcraft yet?? Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Harm Bathoorn
On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly subcription of $5... I've

[newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem

2001-12-08 Per discussione Stojs
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome I got on this list. I want my linux machine connected to the internet on eth0. Eth1 I want connected to my windows machine. At least one of them should have read/write permission on the other. I do not wish to share the internet connection. The windows machine

RE: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem

2001-12-08 Per discussione Carl Lafferty
When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? What do you mean it keeps pinging forever? does it return

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex question

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
shane wrote: i have been wondering, does the winex (or wine for that matter, never even read up on either) require a windows install or dual boot? or just select files from windows, or niether. i would love to play diablo and starcraft and TFC, but i am NOT putting a win partition on

Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Frans Ketelaars
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:02:52 -0600 Roy Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have the down load version of the cd's.. but when i run the modprobe command and tell it to install isa-pnp is replys something to the effect of cannot find module isa-pnp.o roy snip The LM8.1 standard kernel has

Re: [[newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?]

2001-12-08 Per discussione Dr. Evil
Thanks for the tip on Junkbuster. I used to use it but it definitely doesn't work for some sites. I'm not sure why. Wouldn't this be an awesome feature for Konq? Have a menu where you can list domains that should never ever be visited? It seems like it would be a really easy feature to add.

Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem

2001-12-08 Per discussione Matt Greer
On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:58 pm, you wrote: When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and if this is the case, wich one? That's

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Harm Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!) works. Its about a 4 meg d/l, and costs a monthly

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Carl Lafferty wrote: Not only are they heavy (metallic) thrown objects, but I right-clicked on properties and made them heat-seeking as well... ;-))) You obviously don't know I am cold blooded so there ya go. :) hehehehe:) Seriously have you tried the IPX stuff with starcraft yet??

Re: [newbie] yamaha sound card problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Randy Donohoe
The LM8.1 standard kernel has isa-pnp support compiled in, not as a module. The sound section of Mandrake Control Centre doen't seem to know this... Try, as root, in a text console, running 'sndconfig' :) -Frans I've been trying to get a scsi card working for my scanner and when I try

Re: [newbie] xawtv - mouse kills sound

2001-12-08 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Richard Wenninger wrote: xawtv works... until I move the mouse, then the sound goes off. Sound works fine with everything else. I have a pinnacle studio tv pro card. Anybody have any suggestions where to look to diagnose this? Xawtv is very picky about IRQ conflicts. Make sure that you

[newbie] rescue and copy directories

2001-12-08 Per discussione Bill Winegarden
Hi, I have decided to do a re-install since my kernel mishap. I can get into my existing linux installation with the installation cd #1 and 'rescue'. Once at a command prompt, I would like to copy the entire /home/bill directory to /mnt/windows and then use it to re-establish my data

Re: [newbie] Transgamings Winex (I can play Diablo 2)!!!

2001-12-08 Per discussione Harm Bathoorn
On Saturday 08 December 2001 22:26, you wrote: Harm Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Its not free, but if you're like me, and live for the day that -nothing- Windoze is around me, then you'll appreciate this. Transgamings WineX (wine on steroids!)

Re: [newbie] rescue and copy directories

2001-12-08 Per discussione Matt Greer
On Saturday 08 December 2001 04:48 pm, you wrote: When I try a cp /home/bill /mnt/windows I continue to get a 'omitting directory' message and only files in the root of the directory are copied. Is there a way that I can copy the entire directory and maintain the directory structure? by

Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows connection problem

2001-12-08 Per discussione skidley
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Matt Greer wrote: On Saturday 08 December 2001 02:58 pm, you wrote: When I ping the linux from windows I get an ok message (100% ok, 0% dropped) but when I ping from linux it keeps on pinging forever. Does this mean that only one of my machines is misconfigured, and

RE: [newbie] lilo

2001-12-08 Per discussione Glenn Johnson
As root, edit lilo.conf and change 'default = windows' to 'default = linux'. Save the file. In a terminal (again as root) type '/sbin/lilo -v' without the quotes of course. Reboot and watch. Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #175132 Usually Powered by Linux Mandrake 8.1!

[newbie] joystick problem (it won't work)

2001-12-08 Per discussione ptz
I have a standard analog joystick and it is hooked up to the gameport on my sb live! soundcard. I am running linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake won't detect it. Is there any way you can configure it manually? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] rescue and copy directories

2001-12-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Erm.. I may be talking(writing) rubbish, but is it a good idea to copy your home directory to a FAT partition? You will not be able to save the same file permissions and ownership. When the files are copied back again it will be a complete mish mash won't it? If you can boot from floppy you

Re: [newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Fred Schroeder
On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:27 pm, you wrote: Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?'

[newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Mick
Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor? I

Re: [newbie] HELP: I Lost LILO

2001-12-08 Per discussione Damian G
hmm.. i did this one, too... but with XP.. so at least there´s two of us.. boot the linux installation CD. choose expert install, when it goes into the partition manager, tell it NOT to format ANY partitions. when it asks you which packages to install, of course, select none. right from there,

[newbie] Editors won't save file, why not?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Mick
Hi list, I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file, discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor? I

RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup)

2001-12-08 Per discussione Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee Roberts Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] SAMBA (was: internet sharing setup) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 06:12 PM 12/7/2001

Re: [newbie] Spam

2001-12-08 Per discussione Michael Viron
.pl is poland, I believe. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 11:17 AM 12/08/2001 -0500, you wrote: I wonder what country has .PL? I always think .pl is a perl script? On Saturday 08

[newbie] Upgrade File Location?

2001-12-08 Per discussione Dennis Myers
Ok, I give up, where is the file that has the upgrades or updates from Mandrake Control Center. I've been to archives, I searched my files and I thought I had kept a bookmark on it but, guess not. Can someone feed me that info? I know that It is here somewhere cause I made a copy to CD a

Re: [newbie] joystick problem (it won't work)

2001-12-08 Per discussione Erylon Hines
On Saturday 08 December 2001 15:12, you wrote: I have a standard analog joystick and it is hooked up to the gameport on my sb live! soundcard. I am running linux mandrake 8.1 and harddrake won't detect it. Is there any way you can configure it manually? Yup, there is. I run 8.0, and this is

[newbie] driver for Dell Trinitron

2001-12-08 Per discussione Elijah Jacobs
Hi all, Does anyone know where I can find the driver for a Dell trinitron monitor? - eJ

[newbie] IBM PCMCIA Etherjet NIC Config Problems

2001-12-08 Per discussione Jason Oppel
Hello all! I've been trying the past couple of days to get my IBM Etherjet PC Card to install under Mandrake but I don't seem to be having much success. When I do a 'cardctl status' it tells me that I have a slot 1 and 0 and that a 5v 16bit card is sitting in slot 0 and is ok. I can't seen