Re: [newbie-it] ICQ

2002-03-05 Per discussione jclark
icq e' un messenger molto carino che sotto windows puo' portare a qualche problema di sicurezza, per linux esiste licq e un altra versione di cui non ricordo il nome io personalmente non lo uso sotto linux, solo sotto win per via del fatto che principalmente lo usa mia moglie e con linux non ha

Re: [newbie-it] lan da konquero

2002-03-05 Per discussione Andrea Celli
Germano wrote: Il 10:42, venerdì 01 marzo 2002, hai scritto: che se riesco a usare 34GB da una macchina senza disco o da una con una partizione linux da 1.3GB significa che lo spazio nfs non viene addebitato alla mia macchina. 1) Come fai ad avere una macchina senza disco? mai

[newbie-it] MANDRAKE e SAMBA

2002-03-05 Per discussione MarcoVentra
MANDRAKE Dopo lunga e penosa malattia, sono riuscito ad installare MANDRAKE 8.0 (e solo quella) su un vecchio Pentium I. Ho riscontrato questo problema: scegliendo una istallazione text o expert o tutte e due il sistema di BootStrap da Floppy, non riconosceva il lettore CD. Aspettando invece la

Re: [newbie-it] Documento Troff

2002-03-05 Per discussione Andrea Celli
e/tacc wrote: Mi sono imbattuto in un documento Troff con manpage macro Di cosa si tratta ? Con cosa posso leggerlo ? Ciao E` un modo di formattare i testi, ad esempio (unico ?) le pagine man In un certo senso e` simile al TeX o all'html Scrivi un testo normale e vi inserisci delle

[newbie-it] shutdown improvviso

2002-03-05 Per discussione bosva
salve ragazzi...mi trovo una bella gatta da pelare... tempo fa avevo avuto problemi con il mouse...ad un certo punto aveva iniziato a bloccarsi, muoversi superlentamente...etc etc...visto che la cosa era un problema sia sotto linux mandrake, sia sotto suse, sia sotto uindos...ho dedotto fosse

Re: [newbie-it] shutdown improvviso

2002-03-05 Per discussione Andrea Celli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: salve ragazzi...mi trovo una bella gatta da pelare... tempo fa avevo avuto problemi con il mouse.. adesso se avvio linux mdk a volte si spegne improvvisamente che aurora non ha neanche finito, preni l'abitudine di entrare senza aurora ( linux-nofb) oppure,

[newbie-it] ZIP

2002-03-05 Per discussione tom
Salve a tutti Qunado vado ad aprire i file zip mi dice Spiacente , l'utilità zip non si trova nel tuo PATH Per favore installala o contatta ma la finestra di utiliy si apre regolarmenete Che significa?l'utente non ha il permesso di usare l'utility? che devo fare? Grazie delle eventuali risposte

Re: [newbie-it] ZIP

2002-03-05 Per discussione Daniele Micci
Il giorno 14:59, martedì 5 marzo 2002 hai scritto: Salve a tutti Qunado vado ad aprire i file zip mi dice Spiacente , l'utilità zip non si trova nel tuo PATH Per favore installala o contatta ma la finestra di utiliy si apre regolarmenete Che significa?l'utente non ha il permesso di usare

Re: [newbie-it] ZIP

2002-03-05 Per discussione syd
tom wrote: Salve a tutti Qunado vado ad aprire i file zip mi dice Spiacente , l'utilità zip non si trova nel tuo PATH Per favore installala o contatta ma la finestra di utiliy si apre regolarmenete Che significa?l'utente non ha il permesso di usare l'utility? che devo fare? Avevo lo

Re: [newbie-it] ZIP

2002-03-05 Per discussione tom
Alle 16:23, martedì 5 marzo 2002, Daniele Micci ha scritto: installalo Tutto qui Daniele Grazieora che è installato funziona che un piacere :) Ciao , Tom

[newbie-it] lilo

2002-03-05 Per discussione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
salve a tutti sul mio pc avevo sia win 2000 che mandrake 8.0 ho cancellato tutto per reistallare i due sistemi operativi ma alla partenza continua a partirmi lilo, come fare per eliminarlo? se gli dico di partire da floppy mi da errore 0x80 sia con disco linux che win autopartenti.

[newbie-it] Aggiornamento del kernel : quanto serve ?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Stefano Lena
Ciao, faccio girare felicemente ( cioe' senza blocchi di sistema, ne' riavvii, riuscendo a fare praticamente tutto quello che mi serve, con tutte le periferiche che funzionano e questo grazie soprattutto a questa mailing list - grazie ! ) ) Mandrake 81 con kernel 248-26 Visto che sono stati

Re: [newbie-it] lilo

2002-03-05 Per discussione Fabio Manunza
Alle 19:22, martedì 5 marzo 2002, hai scritto: salve a tutti sul mio pc avevo sia win 2000 che mandrake 8.0 ho cancellato tutto per reistallare i due sistemi operativi ma alla partenza continua a partirmi lilo, come fare per eliminarlo? Da DOS un buon vecchio fdisk /mbr e fai piazza

Re: [newbie-it] ICQ

2002-03-05 Per discussione Pollo
Il mar, 2002-03-05 alle 10:05, jclark ha scritto: icq e' un messenger molto carino che sotto windows puo' portare a qualche problema di sicurezza, per linux esiste licq e un altra versione di cui non ricordo il nome io personalmente non lo uso sotto linux, solo sotto win per via del fatto che

Re: [newbie-it] Il computer si blocca!!!

2002-03-05 Per discussione Nicola
Secondo me e' un problema hardware: potresti dare qualche specifica in merito? Ciao Sarò molto sintetico: AMD Duron 700 Asus A7V Abit GeForce2 400Mx 64Mb Sound Blaster Live! 3 HD

Re: [newbie-it] ICQ

2002-03-05 Per discussione Corrado
Il mar, 2002-03-05 alle 20:22, Pollo ha scritto: io personalmente non lo uso sotto linux, solo sotto win per via del fatto che principalmente lo usa mia moglie e con linux non ha proprio dimestichezza. Per gnome esiste anche Gnomeicu e per KDE Kxicq, che era il mio lient preferito due

Re: [newbie-it] programma di diagnostica

2002-03-05 Per discussione Claudio Duchi
On 4 Mar 2002 at 22:43, miKe wrote: From: miKe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie-it] programma di diagnostica Date sent: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:43:27 +0100 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il

Re: [newbie-it] ICQ

2002-03-05 Per discussione Vittorio
Sisi.. anche su win.. e da lì non è mai un problema (o quasi) (ma molto meno spesso) Corrado wrote: Il mar, 2002-03-05 alle 22:11, Vittorio ha scritto: Licq però non mi funziona proprio alla grande... alle volte non riesco a comunicare con qcn online pur vedendolo.. i miei messaggi

[newbie-it] Navigazione non in linea

2002-03-05 Per discussione Roberto Farigliani
Saluti a tutti. Volendo navigare non in linea ho selezionato, nel centro di controllo di kde- proxy e cache, la relativa casellina. L'opzione funziona a dovere però quando assegno un'indirizzo nuovo da visitare in linea mi comunica che non esiste. In definitiva se tengo la cache aggiornata

Re: [newbie-it] ICQ

2002-03-05 Per discussione Corrado
Il mer, 2002-03-06 alle 00:21, Vittorio ha scritto: Sisi.. anche su win.. e da lì non è mai un problema (o quasi) (ma molto meno spesso) Bè, a questo punto vorrei sapere se qualcuno ha evidenziato problemi simili; comunque che versione hai installato? Corrado

[newbie-it] per Andrea

2002-03-05 Per discussione Arwan
Ti avevo risposto per quei file audio da testare sotto KDE, ma il messaggio mi e' tornato indietro come se avvesse un indirizzo sbagliato. Dove mando la risposta? -- Arwanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have

Re: [newbie] odd screensavers [was Fw: Screen Savers]

2002-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:26, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Along these lines, has anybody gotten those cool odd network aware screensavers to work, such as electric sheep or the one that plaays with files off the net? - Paul Rodriguez Do you mean WebCollage? If so yes. I have it working with

[newbie] Thank you Paul.

2002-03-05 Per discussione FemmeFatale
I didn't search the archives *Sheepish grin*. Mostly because I wasn't sure how to search for a Question like that. *Blushes* Learned my lesson I will check there first ;) Femme Paul Rodríguez wrote: One from the vault: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:28:21 -0700:

[newbie] Mouse pointer

2002-03-05 Per discussione Michael
I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list It is a new one on me Is the skull and cross bones mouse pointer normal when in this mode? Where do i read up on all these little tricks? I seem to just get them drip fed by following the list Michael --

Re: [newbie] Portmap ?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Marc Oestreicher
2/25/02 4:17:19 AM, jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc Oestreicher writes: I have a bit of a problem with a new mandrake 8.1 installation that I have beem fighting for weeks with no success. Wen shutting down or rebooting my machine locks on shutting down portmap

Re: [newbie] odd screensavers [was Fw: Screen Savers]

2002-03-05 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 10:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:26, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Along these lines, has anybody gotten those cool odd network aware screensavers to work, such as electric sheep or the one that plaays with files off the net? - Paul Rodriguez

Re: [newbie] mid button of 3-button mouse.

2002-03-05 Per discussione Wei Wang
Thanks, Dennis, I set the mouse to Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse instead It doesnt work at all at first The system gives warning sounds when I move the mouse around The cursor keeps moving at the edges of the screen Then I logout by Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace and relogin, then it works fine Wei

RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Per discussione Tom Harris
What do you mean by the 486 optimized version? Tom. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erylon Hines Sent: 01 March 2002 21:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 I've run the 7.0 486 optimized version on a

Re: [newbie] odd screensavers [was Fw: Screen Savers]

2002-03-05 Per discussione Paul Rodríguez
Thank you! I most wanted to try out WebCollage. What a cool program, no idea I needed libjpeg-progs (not the error i was getting) but looks great now. Thanks! What an interesting sociologiical tool. :) Running WebCollage with vidwacker says that I need to set an image directory in

Re: [newbie] odd screensavers [was Fw: Screen Savers]

2002-03-05 Per discussione Paul Rodríguez
One mroe question: How come webcollage doesn't show up in the gnome configuration tool, and only in xscreensaver-demo? - Paul Rodriguez On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 03:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:26, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Along these lines, has anybody gotten those cool

RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Per discussione Paul Rodríguez
The different versions of Mandrake (and most RPM programs) are compiled for certain processors This means that the human-readable source code in which the program is written is translated into computer-readable bits and bytes in the language specific to each type of computer chip Sridhar

[newbie] Network card configuration

2002-03-05 Per discussione Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I would like to connect my Win box to my current Linux box as the win box has all my documentation on it I have a NIC (Realtek 8139) in in each machine and a cross-over cable connecting them The win machine is running Win95 and the Linux one is on Mandrake 8 I get an error when starting Linux

RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Per discussione Tom Harris
What is meant by optimized though? Tom. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodríguez Sent: 05 March 2002 16:50 To: newbie Subject: RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 The different versions of Mandrake (and most RPM programs) are

Re: [newbie] odd screensavers [was Fw: Screen Savers]

2002-03-05 Per discussione Paul Rodríguez
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 11:40, Paul Rodríguez wrote: Running WebCollage with vidwacker says that I need to set an image directory in .xscreensaver, but right now it is set up for -standin, -standout, with the obvious place for setting a directory. Off the top of your head, you wouldn't know

Re: [newbie] 'ls' doesn't sort the way it used to?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Steven Boothe
On Monday 04 March 2002 09:49 pm, you wrote: Why not try an alias in your bashrc file, so that ls does it YOUR way? That's a fair question I suppose. First, this is a multiuser operating system and I want to fix the problem where it exists, so that it fixes it for all new accounts that I

[newbie] dragon plus

2002-03-05 Per discussione Gerald Waugh
Maybe this is OK http://wwwlinuxnewbieorg/nhf/intel/distros/mandrake/mdk_nvidiahtml -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom

Re: [newbie] I have a proble with the mouse

2002-03-05 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!!! I'm new in this S.O. I can say I use it in my work. Sometimes, when I'm doing my normal things, the mouse get a problem, i don't know what is it, it looks to be in other situation, i mean, when i try to click in one place, it does but 2cm left from i did.

Re: [newbie] File Sharing App

2002-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 18:42, RichardA wrote: gtk-gnutella works. There used to be a Morpheus client for Linux, but the file was pulled for legal reasons - anyone know of another place to get it? And would the recent business about about blocking the Windows client affect it? I think you

Re: [newbie] OK new question... ya i'm full of em.

2002-03-05 Per discussione shane
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 14:22, civileme opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: I know that this is not something a lot of people want to face, but a significant portion of this industry is sales hype. If you don't believe that, look at the processor speed ads of a few years ago where

Re: [newbie] Thank you Paul.

2002-03-05 Per discussione civileme
FemmeFatale wrote: I didn't search the archives *Sheepish grin*. Mostly because I wasn't sure how to search for a Question like that. *Blushes* Learned my lesson I will check there first ;) Femme Paul Rodríguez wrote: One from the vault: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2001

Re: [newbie] 8.1 Install

2002-03-05 Per discussione Robert Gray
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 3:13 pm, you wrote: Hi all, I purchased Mandrake 8.1 to see what Linux was like. I have a very limited knowlage of window but I am quite adapt at pointing and clicking. I decide to install it on my lap top but did not have sufficent resources. The next move was the

Re: [newbie] HSP56 Pctel modem OT- ET's favorite rant

2002-03-05 Per discussione Joseph Braddock
That's strange. I've got half a dozen of them running in various windows and linux boxes and have never had a problem with them. On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:20:23 -0500 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just a personal opinion here, and I promise not to rant on forever... really. if you value

Re: [newbie] 8.1 Install

2002-03-05 Per discussione civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I purchased Mandrake 8.1 to see what Linux was like. I have a very limited knowlage of window but I am quite adapt at pointing and clicking. I decide to install it on my lap top but did not have sufficent resources. The next move was the home computer. A 1

Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer

2002-03-05 Per discussione Jeff Quandt
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the skull and cross bones mouse pointer normal when in this mode? Where do i read up on all these little tricks? I seem to just

Re: [newbie] HSP56 Pctel modem

2002-03-05 Per discussione Joseph Braddock
What driver did you use for this modem? I've got half a dozen in various windows and linux boxes. I've had good success with the pctel-0.8.6.tar.gz and the older pctel-2.4.7.tar.gz drivers. You can get either of them by going to www.linmodems.org and then go to Jan's PCTel site. I just

Re: [newbie] mid button of 3-button mouse.

2002-03-05 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 12:11:56 + Wei Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Dennis, I set the mouse to Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse instead. It doesnt work at all at first. The system gives warning sounds when I move the mouse around. The cursor keeps moving at the edges of the screen.

[newbie] Buying hardware

2002-03-05 Per discussione Robert Gray
Hi all. Is this of interest to anyone? Have there been any previous threads? When we buy our new laptop or PC many of us may have acquired a Microsoft OS. How much extra has this cost us? Have we paid for something we did not want? If we said to Dell, Dan, Gateway, Tiny et al; we like your

Re: [newbie] OK new question... ya i'm full of em.

2002-03-05 Per discussione H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 23:22, you wrote: OK I feel better.  I hope it wasn't at the expense of making you folk feel worse. -- You never do Civileme. I personally find your rants a very good read and humorous to boot:) Nice to have things put 'right' every now and then. -- Good hunting,

Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer

2002-03-05 Per discussione Gerald Waugh
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:43 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the skull and cross bones mouse pointer normal when in this mode? Where do i read

Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer

2002-03-05 Per discussione Jeff Quandt
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 12:30 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:43 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the skull and cross bones

[newbie] pdf printing trouble

2002-03-05 Per discussione Jeff Quandt
I searched the archive and found that many people seem to have this problem, but I did see a good answer Most involved try this or that prog One mentioned xpp which I tried as well So my problem is I can't print pdf I have to go to xpdf and output to postscript and then print it While

Re: [newbie] 'ls' doesn't sort the way it used to?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Peter Watson
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 18:01 pm, you wrote: On Monday 04 March 2002 09:49 pm, you wrote: Why not try an alias in your bashrc file, so that ls does it YOUR way? That's a fair question I suppose First, this is a multiuser operating system and I want to fix the problem where it exists,

Re: [newbie] pdf printing trouble

2002-03-05 Per discussione Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 19:38, you wrote: I searched the archive and found that many people seem to have this problem, but I did see a good answer Most involved try this or that prog One mentioned xpp which I tried as well So my problem is I can't print pdf I have to go to xpdf and

Re: [newbie] OK New install, probs with virtual Terms

2002-03-05 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Bizarre. Guess it's a bug? or what? Femme ed tharp wrote: yep, it's how mine allways has been On Monday 04 March 2002 23:38, you wrote: Ya but that Term with the Hooks msg, looks as if it has hung, and won't go further. Is that normal!? Its the F12 Term IIRC. Femme Ed

Re: [newbie] 8.1 Install

2002-03-05 Per discussione FemmeFatale
If you can afford the program use Partition Magic ver 6 or 7. They're a godsend for dualbooters :) I use it with few problems except the ones I've caused myself. Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I purchased Mandrake 8.1 to see what Linux was like. I have a very limited knowlage of

Re: [newbie] LILO substitute?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Brendan
First: http://wwwtuxedoorg/~esr/faqs/smart-questionshtml Second: http://wwwlinuxdocorg/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoshtml Brendan Is there any way or substitute to load Linux instead of using LILO? because I'm afraid that I will have trouble again in using Windows when I put back LILO in my

Re: [newbie] OK new question... ya i'm full of em.

2002-03-05 Per discussione FemmeFatale
A decent enough answer thank you for the info :) Femme civileme wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: Is there a LM 8 ver that is optimized for P3 machines? Or is it the ones with the 586 in their RPM names? Thx Femme

Re: [newbie] Program with ./configure

2002-03-05 Per discussione alex
I once had the same problem and posted it and got replies similar to what you're getting. I insisted that I did cd to the directory that held the tar file before running './configure ' Eventually, I did an ' ls -aF' and discovered that the tar file was not there. Then I remembered, I had

Re: [newbie] OT, program to rescue your info

2002-03-05 Per discussione FemmeFatale
- RIP! Recovery Is Possible (RIP) is a floppy boot/rescue/backup system It has support for a lot of filesystem types (reiserfs, ext2/3, XFS, JFS, UFS, MS

[newbie] kernel-2.4.17.17mdk

2002-03-05 Per discussione Gerald Waugh
[root@gail kernel-2417]# rpm -Uvh kernel-241717mdk-1-1mdki586rpm error: failed dependencies: iptables = 124-1mdk conflicts with kernel-241717mdk-1-1mdk I have installed this kernel on another system, but never had this problem I guess I veen a version of iptables 124-1mdk Is that

Re: [newbie] Defrag, Scandisk utilities on linux?

2002-03-05 Per discussione civileme
Arik Ashepa wrote: are there any? Arik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom It depends on the filesystem for defrag Reiser, XFS, ext2 and ext3 hardly need them

Re: [newbie] Printing from a windowz thing

2002-03-05 Per discussione Brian Parish
Paul, The user name mapping is done in /etc/samba/smbusers You can edit this file as root or use swat or webmin to set up the access If you haven't checked out webmin, I can recommend it Not too much you can't control from there! HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 05:15, Paul wrote: On 04 Mar

Re: [newbie] Portmap ?

2002-03-05 Per discussione Brian Parish
Try setting your USB line on /etc/modules.conf as follows: alias usb-interface uhci There is a known usb related system hang on shutdown problem that this fixes. Not sure if this is yours, but it's worth a try. HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 23:16, Marc Oestreicher wrote: 2/25/02 4:17:19

Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer

2002-03-05 Per discussione Michael
Jeff Quandt wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 12:30 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:43 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the

[newbie] Internet Connection Problem

2002-03-05 Per discussione Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-
I have a problem with Mandrake 8.1 If anyone is familiar with Mandrake please offer some advice (offer it even if your not). When I used to click on the Internet icon on the desktop it would prompt for the root password. It still does this but when I enter it the window that would normally show