Re: [newbie-it] permessi connessione internet

2002-03-11 Per discussione Andrea Celli
Filippo wrote: Ciao a tutti, da poco tempo sono riuscito ad installare la Mandrake 8.1 ed a utilizzare il nuovo S.O., riesco anche a connettermi ad internet, ma solo come root (cliccando sull'icona rispettiva), qual'è la procedura per cambiare i permessi e a quali file per connettersi come

Re: [newbie-it] Kernel e boot

2002-03-11 Per discussione Andrea Celli
Pollo wrote: Ho appena compilato il kernel 2.5.2 (quello generico, non della mdk), e sono riuscito ad ottimizzarlo per il mio sistema. L'unico inconveniente è che quando viene caricato il SO mi segnala molti messaggi con la scritta FALLITO in rosso. Domanda: come si possono eliminare? Come

Re: [newbie-it] emulazione scsi

2002-03-11 Per discussione Andrea Celli
Fabio Manunza wrote: Alle 18:02, sabato 9 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Tanto per iniziare ho notato che il masterizatore(Yamaha CRW2100E)è gia impostato come scd0 (penso sia stato fatto in automatico,io non ho messo mano) Ora per far emulare pure il lettore hdc che devo fare?

[newbie-it] supermount

2002-03-11 Per discussione Stefano Bigotta
ho appena installato una mdk 8.0 su un vecchio portatile 586... ora, prima di esporre i miei problemi, volevo chiedervi una cosa: come si elimina il supermount? ho provato a cercare fra i vecchi articoli ma non l'ho trovato...

Re: [newbie-it] supermount

2002-03-11 Per discussione Fabio Manunza
Alle 15:57, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, hai scritto: ho appena installato una mdk 8.0 su un vecchio portatile 586... ora, prima di esporre i miei problemi, volevo chiedervi una cosa: come si elimina il supermount? ho provato a cercare fra i vecchi articoli ma non l'ho trovato... Prova ad andare

[newbie-it] wine

2002-03-11 Per discussione Fabio Manunza
Salute alla lista. Qualche giorno fa ho voluto installare l'RPM di wine, dalla mdk8.1, sul mio computer che, oltre alla succitata distribuzione, ha anche WinME. Il risultato però è alquanto miserello, poichè non sono riuscito a far partire alcuna applicazione win, ne cliccando sull'icona, ne

Re: [newbie-it] supermount

2002-03-11 Per discussione Stefano Bigotta
Prova ad andare in Mandrake Control Center quindi Hardware e Punti di Mount. Da li clicca su Removeable Media ed in opzioni. Dovresti trovare cosa fa per te.. ma, alla fine ho deciso di passare alla 8.1, ma i miei problemi non sono migliorati...

[newbie-it] scheda audio

2002-03-11 Per discussione Stefano Bigotta
ho installato una mdk 8.1 su un portatile (pentium 166, 32 mb di ram) con scheda audio CrystalPNP Audio system 4236, dal sistema perfettamente riconosciuta. il problema é che non riesco a farla funzionare se lancio il tool di configurazione mi viene: modprobe: can't locate module isa-pnp tra

[newbie-it] Sceda rete pcmcia

2002-03-11 Per discussione Stefano Bigotta
ho installato una mdk 8.1 su un portatile (pentium 166, 32 mb di ram) al momento dell'installazione il sistema riconosce la scheda di rete pcmcia e mi chiede di configurare indirizzo ip, dns... finita l'installazione, della scheda non ne so piú nulla... se lancio draknet, la scheda non viene

Re: [newbie-it] Sceda rete pcmcia

2002-03-11 Per discussione Luigi De Pascale
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Stefano Bigotta wrote: ho installato una mdk 8.1 su un portatile (pentium 166, 32 mb di ram) al momento dell'installazione il sistema riconosce la scheda di rete pcmcia e mi chiede di configurare indirizzo ip, dns... finita l'installazione, della scheda non ne so piú

Re: [newbie-it] scheda audio

2002-03-11 Per discussione tom
Alle 18:48, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, Stefano Bigotta ha scritto: il problema é che non riesco a farla funzionare se lancio il tool di configurazione mi viene: modprobe: can't locate module isa-pnp tra láltro vedevo che in /dev non esiste né un file sound ne un file audio... Stessa cosa

[newbie-it] sistema bloccato per..inattivit

2002-03-11 Per discussione syd
Problemino con MDK 8.1-2.4.8-26mdk: sia in modalità konsole che in kde se non tocco né mouse né tastiera per circa 20 minuti... non posso far altro che resettare da case. Dove devo sbirciare per risolvere? Grazie -- syd

Re: [newbie-it] emulazione scsi

2002-03-11 Per discussione Giovanni Mazzamati
Alle 16:51, domenica 10 marzo 2002, hai scritto: prima di spedire la mail sopra ho fatto alcuni esperimenti ho creato il link come segue ln -s /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd /dev/scd1 e mi sono accorto che ho fatto qualche danno. i dispositivi si sono invertiti

[newbie-it] c6 o non c6

2002-03-11 Per discussione Claudio Duchi
esistono client linux per c6? grazie claudio

Re: [newbie-it] supermount

2002-03-11 Per discussione Fabio Manunza
Alle 18:13, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Prova ad andare in Mandrake Control Center quindi Hardware e Punti di Mount. Da li clicca su Removeable Media ed in opzioni. Dovresti trovare cosa fa per te.. ma, alla fine ho deciso di passare alla 8.1, ma i miei problemi non sono

[newbie-it] kernel

2002-03-11 Per discussione vaiconlinux
di howto sulla compilazione del kernel ce ne sono a bizzeffe, forse troppi per seguirne uno con sicurezza. Quello che dicono tutti è la sequenza: make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install poi alcuni riportano operazioni da fare con system.map, altri sullo spostamento dei

Re: [newbie-it] emulazione scsi

2002-03-11 Per discussione tom
Se hai letto il messaggio che ti ho mandato sabato dovresti trovare le risposte che cerchi... se lo hai cancellato... scrivimi. ;-P Ero convinto ke la mail fosse arrivata in listama a quanto pare non è arrivata..neanche a me Ti ringrazio ho fatto come mi avevi detto tuora sono

Re: [newbie] rpms and OpenOffice.

2002-03-11 Per discussione Seedkum Aladeem
Ralph, I am having a problem with the dictionary. The spell checker flags all words in the document as wrong, which suggests that it does not have a valid dictionary. I checked the Tools-options-OpenOffice.org-Paths and the entry for Dictionary has the path

[newbie] rpm and binary only installations - do they mix?

2002-03-11 Per discussione Walter Logeman
Hi, I have just upgraded Xfree86 in Mdk 8.1 to 4.2.0. I used the binaries on the XFree site. It was recommended i do this on the gatos site where I wanted to grab a driver for my ATI card. It occurs to me that the rpm database does not understand this upgrade and is operating as if i have

Re: [newbie] Re: ximian gnome

2002-03-11 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
I've started to agree Shane. Gnome just keeps pissing me off. for me its the other way round, gnome is perfect duck -- 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

[newbie] Mandrake udate to 8.2

2002-03-11 Per discussione vovag
After upgrading Mandrake8.1 up to 8.2 it is impossible to start XWindows from any user except for root Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
What do you think StarOffice and OpenOffice do? I haven't found a ppt,xls, or doc file that it can't read yet, keeping the format intact. There is more to word docs than just the text and its formatting. Once you have grasped that you will realise that NON of the linux wordprocessors open word

Re: [newbie] Keyboard repeat delay problem

2002-03-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you will see a line saying Option AutoRepeat 250 30 I think the 250 is the time in msec before autorepeat, and 30 is the time between repeats. You will need to restart X before changes take effect. HTH derek On Monday 11 March 2002 00:56, Pen Gwynne

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 01:49, FemmeFatale wrote: In a different post I agreed with Dvorak however I did forget why I still use M$, games. Gaming on Linux will only happen when there are enough boxes on desks. loki and the like failed because the market is just to small (that and once you have

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Lee
On Monday 11 March 2002 05:30 am, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: What do you think StarOffice and OpenOffice do? I haven't found a ppt,xls, or doc file that it can't read yet, keeping the format intact. There is more to word docs than just the text and its formatting. Once you have grasped that you

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box. VMWare :) -- 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] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Heather Reed
- Original Message - From: Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rick [Kitty5] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box.

Re: [newbie] Re: ximian gnome

2002-03-11 Per discussione Hari Yellina
Please use KDE is wonderful. On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:35, you wrote: I've started to agree Shane. Gnome just keeps pissing me off. for me its the other way round, gnome is perfect duck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Hari Yellina
As a Microsoft developer and using Microsoft product for many day. I want to tell u guys. Microsoft is going to survive, but remember. After using mandrake linux, I suspected linux is gonna sit in a conner. It is gonna take substantail amount of users from the server market as well as desktop.

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-11 Per discussione Paul_Vortex
Thankyou Femme! PV. - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] programs running on wine Browse in a Filemanager to /root, then I believe /mnt, then the windows drive letter *mine are kind

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Lanman
Heather; As a Network Consultant, I fully understand your perspective. I hear these kinds of concerns every day from clients who are unfamiliar with Linux, but curious enough that they are willing to experiment. My best guess (for the moment) is that Linux will acheive gradual acceptance over the

Re: [newbie] Installing sane plustek scanner driver

2002-03-11 Per discussione David
On Saturday 09 March 2002 20:36, you wrote: Hi Y'all Still trying to get my scanner to work using Mandrake 7.2 and Sane 1.03. Trying to make install the plustek driver, I got the following: [root@graham plustek_driver]# make install mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc install -c -m

[newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Per discussione rigby
Hi folks, I'm bck! Nothing much seems to have changed.. (sigh) Heather said (in part): Hope I've got the right poster here :-)) As a total linux newbie I will add my two pennorth - I work as a coordinator and support person for housebound people - repairing pcs, getting them on the

Re: [newbie] gimp v. photoshop [was minimizing the cult factor]

2002-03-11 Per discussione Kenn Yahoo
AND the lack of CMYK colorspace in the Gimp is a SERIOUS drawback for professional print design ... there is absolutely no way to do prepress work without CMYK, not to mention L.A.B., yet another colorspace used by some professional color technicians ... humbly, kennM | | Well having

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

2002-03-11 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. Every time I reboot the time on the clock is off by usually 8 hours. I reset it then if I have to reboot to go to Window$ then I have to set it again. It's not a big deal, but doesn anyone have an idea? Yes! ;-) And yes, the clock in the

Re: [newbie] video conferencing

2002-03-11 Per discussione Mitch . Wilson
I have set up video conferencing on windows machines but not linux. This was a college project from 2 years ago -- I'm not a pro -- that I set up videoconferencing among 4 homes over the Internet. But I did learn a few things. Are you using wine? Not sure which cameras would work with linux.

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

2002-03-11 Per discussione Randy Kramer
Hanan Shargi wrote: If I'm to set the NIC IP in the first machine to have 192.168.0.1 address , then where does the IP that I'm given by the ISP gonna go ?!? and I dont have a DSL modem, the building is prewired for DSL, there is a cable that comes out of the phone jack on the wall, and this

[newbie] Toshiba tecra800 Networking

2002-03-11 Per discussione Brent Briggs
I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on a Toshiba Tecra8000. I have a Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 PCMCIA network card. I have not been able to get neworking up on this machine. I have gone through the setup process and configured networking much the same way that I have my other machines and

Re: [newbie] video conferencing

2002-03-11 Per discussione ed tharp
On Monday 11 March 2002 09:36, you wrote: I have set up video conferencing on windows machines but not linux. This was a college project from 2 years ago -- I'm not a pro -- that I set up videoconferencing among 4 homes over the Internet. But I did learn a few things. Are you using wine? Not

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Tim Holmes
| On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 11:34:55AM +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: | Indeed, thinking that Linux needs PhotoShop, man what do you think the | GIMP does? Clearly not well researched as the only thing PhotoShop does | that GIMP doesn't yet is CYMK colour - that's coming though. | I think the

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione ed tharp
On Monday 11 March 2002 10:03, you wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 10:30:04AM +, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: What do you think StarOffice and OpenOffice do? I haven't found a ppt,xls, or doc file that it can't read yet, keeping the format intact. There is more to word docs than just the

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

2002-03-11 Per discussione Michael
Hanan Shargi wrote: Randy Wrote : with the setup you described so far, you are not quite in the traditional share an internet connection scenario. You are behind a gateway, and the gateway is inherently sharing the internet. BINGO !! This is EXACTLY what's been mkaing me go in

Re: [newbie] alias problem

2002-03-11 Per discussione Tim Holmes
Okay, let's back up here a second. 1) If you want ot add an alias, let's do this right. a) Edit your ~/.bashrc, adding this line at the very bottom of the file: source ~/.aliases 2) Create your ~/.aliases by opening your favorite editor. vim ~/.aliases

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione ed tharp
On Monday 11 March 2002 02:48, you wrote: about the taking or not taking on M$ .. don't you think that all those people ( i.e. me ) that leave windows and use linux are growing in number because of this kind of competition? M$ has blown away every single competitor till now, using

Re: [newbie] alias problem

2002-03-11 Per discussione Hamster
I have made an alias in /etc/bashrc, $HOME/.bashrc and $HOME/.bash_profile as given below alias l=ls -alF --color=yes |more this doesn't give the desired/actual result as given in command line. I'm no expert but I'd figure that you would have to tell it which colour otherwise it

Re: [newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Per discussione poogle
On Monday 11 March 2002 13:04 pm After a lifetime spent studying flat-pack furniture assembly instructions [EMAIL PROTECTED],finally published his translation to a waiting world as :- : Hi folks, I'm bck! Nothing much seems to have changed.. (sigh) Big Snip Linux in ANY flavour

Re: [newbie] alias problem

2002-03-11 Per discussione Tim Holmes
| Okay, let's back up here a second. | | 1) If you want ot add an alias, let's do this right. | | a) Edit your ~/.bashrc, adding this line at the very bottom | of the file: | | source ~/.aliases | | 2) Create your ~/.aliases by opening your favorite editor. |

Re: [newbie] descent3 demo install

2002-03-11 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Stojs wrote: I downloaded the descent3 demo, it is a file called descent3-demo-x86.run. How do I run it? When I click it nothing happens. Thanks in advance, Stojs From a shell type in sh descent3-demo-x86.run, and you might have to do it as root to access the various places its going to

Re: [newbie] gaim - I did it - here's how :-))

2002-03-11 Per discussione Heather Reed
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] gaim - I did it - here's how :-)) Ya but he may remember my names Heather too ;p Is why I use Femme instead. Keeps me easier to find in a list

[newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

2002-03-11 Per discussione rick
ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a toshiba cable modem that uses usb (mandrake set it up and it works. Yea!). I have a nic and with a

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Rick [Kitty5]
(Linus said the very best thing he has going for him is that he is not Bill Gates) Linus also said 'I am you're God' .. -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037

[newbie] Samba networking VMware

2002-03-11 Per discussione Marcia
Dear All, I have vmware 2.04 operating my guest Win95 in LM 8.1. I have studied Samba and I am using the vmware samba for my networking setup. I finally have it set up so that I can go to Win95(vmware guest) and open and work with my Linux files. However, I have not been able to view my

Re: [newbie] Reality STILL intrudes: the geek factor persists

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Monday 11 March 2002 19:55, poogle wrote: [snippets] I'd agree but only to a point, software written for Windows is regularly updated and a lot of people feel the need to upgrade, e,g, Word/Excel95 to Office97 to Office2000, likewise with non-MS software such as Photoshop. Similarly

[newbie] 8.1 install error /tmp/imm.o no such device

2002-03-11 Per discussione pabrusas1
I am trying to install 8.1 from distrib cdroms and i have such messages when I get to the try config: /tmp/imm.o no such device /tmp/ppa.o no such device and system hangs. if I reboot linux boots but hangs on login or blinks on login video card config seems okay - S3savage

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Monday 11 March 2002 17:05, Zlatko Savic wrote: I think there is a great divide among current linux users. Some want to see linux become commercialized so that the average Joe can use linux as if it was winblows and they make every attempt to market linux as a great OS (I am such a

Re: [newbie] Re: ximian gnome

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
*wonders what I can throw Rick* Go die! I didn't ask for your input :P Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Oh right, I opened your post :) Femme Rick [Kitty5] wrote: I've started to agree Shane. Gnome just keeps pissing me off. for me its the other way round, gnome is perfect duck

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Thats not a stick Rick, thats a tree trunk. :) Femme Rick [Kitty5] wrote: So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box. VMWare :) -- Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Must congratulate you, I believe you're right on the money my dear. Heather Reed wrote: So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box. Hope I've got the right poster here :-)) As a total linux newbie I will add my two pennorth - I work as a

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
NP. Now help me fix my own probs! :) Femme Paul_Vortex wrote: Thankyou Femme! PV. - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] programs running on wine Browse in a Filemanager

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Sorry to cut your post by 3/4 but the rest is irrelevant. You've said it all right here. :) A true activist/anarchist in the making. Well said Sir. Femme Zlatko Savic wrote: I think there is a great divide among current linux users. Some want to see linux become commercialized so that

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
I hate to debate. However you're sucking me in. *Sigh* shane wrote: the real point here is that you can have the full KDE or the CL only and about 20 flavors in between. how many can you get on most other operating systems? ok now how many of those come with it? Yes I'll agree with

Re: [newbie] OK New Q, OT Small Linux! ;)

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Yes yes, stop groaning, I haven't even asked yet! :) From the README: Q: How do I get images onto diskettes? A: Make sure both root and boot diskettes are formated 1.44 dd if=root of=/dev/fd0 where root equals file name of the root image as stored on your system. Is that the

Re: [newbie] descent3 demo install

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Only with a SPOrb (Space Orb, out of business now I believe :() Femme Ronald J. Hall wrote: PS Descent is a great game! -- /\ DarkLord

Re: [newbie] gaim - I did it - here's how :-))

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
*S* Very cool nick. :P I don't play much anymore, but should you wish to play, email me. I'm always interested in playing with other women, we're too few. And I don't get hit on by them as much (oh i wish? :) Femme Heather Reed wrote: - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

2002-03-11 Per discussione FemmeFatale
Pray? Sorry I have no other answer other than a facetious one ;) FF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Miark
Doubtful, and the install is not the largest problem. The largest problem is the way *Nix was evolved. It wasn't meant to be anything but a distributed computing environment. So it was not meant either to be used by anything but gurus. Configuration use aren't easy on Linux. Maybe that

[newbie] Where are the sources???

2002-03-11 Per discussione Zlatko Savic
Hey everyone, I downloaded MD 8.1 (all 3 cds) recently but i noticed a backdraw...the source rpms for my apps are missing. I checked the rpms on all 3 cds and the only source i found was apache source. Isn't it required by the GPL and all the other licenses to INCLUDE source codes in the the

[newbie] Re: [expert] I have no CD mount entry on my desktop

2002-03-11 Per discussione Damian Gatabria
How can I get the CD mounting icon/utility on to my desktop? I had reformat the drive that had my home directory, when I made a new user the desktop is now missing the CDrom mounter. right click on the Desktop, choose create new -- CDRM drive. fill in the info, ( name of the shortcut, and

[newbie] fpversion

2002-03-11 Per discussione Pauljames Dimitriu
Hi, Unix has a real nice command called fpversion that gives you information on your system from a terminal. I'm guessing there is a version of this for Linux, but I can't find it. Where can I obtain a copy? Which package is it in? Thanks, Paul

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-11 Per discussione Paul_Vortex
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... NP. Now help me fix my own probs! :) Femme HA!... If they *aren't* Linux related, then there might be a hope in hell I could help you out! :o) -PV. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:42, Miark wrote: Doubtful, and the install is not the largest problem. The largest problem is the way *Nix was evolved. It wasn't meant to be anything but a distributed computing environment. So it was not meant either to be used by anything but gurus.

Re: [newbie] fpversion

2002-03-11 Per discussione David Cooper
Paul, Try the command uname -a standard bsd unix command. Output from SunOs is as below. SunOS servername 5.6 Generic_105181-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4 David Cooper Senior Computer Systems Officer Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 08 9486 3157 Fax : 08 9486 3162 This correspondence is for

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione ed tharp
On Monday 11 March 2002 18:04, you wrote: I hate to debate. However you're sucking me in. *Sigh* shane wrote: the real point here is that you can have the full KDE or the CL only and about 20 flavors in between. how many can you get on most other operating systems? ok now how many of

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Monday 11 March 2002 17:38, shane wrote: Either way, we all will use the programs/software we find best for us. optimist! :-) Yep - if only. I once read (OK, skimmed) a book called Butterfly Economics (after the notorious butterfly effect) which explained, amongst other things, why

Re: [newbie] Where are the sources???

2002-03-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
2 CD's of source code are included in the powerpack derek On Tuesday 12 March 2002 00:01, Zlatko Savic wrote: Hey everyone, I downloaded MD 8.1 (all 3 cds) recently but i noticed a backdraw...the source rpms for my apps are missing. I checked the rpms on all 3 cds and the only source i

Re: [newbie] Where are the sources???

2002-03-11 Per discussione shane
i believe the sources come with the boxed (i can check, i have it here somewhere) but, do you really want to download a few more cd's just to get the source? i am sure the files are on the ftp download tree somewhere though. On Monday 11 March 2002 16:01, Zlatko Savic opened a hailing

Re: [newbie] descent3 demo install

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Monday 11 March 2002 20:44, you wrote: Stojs wrote: I downloaded the descent3 demo, it is a file called descent3-demo-x86.run. How do I run it? When I click it nothing happens. Thanks in advance, Stojs From a shell type in sh descent3-demo-x86.run, and you might have to do it as

Re: [newbie] descent3 demo install

2002-03-11 Per discussione Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 03:23, Robin Turner wrote: Yes, but I can't get hold of it since the demise of Loki. Does anyone know where I can download the demo? Sorry, ignore that question - the answer is ftp.chemo.tuniv.szczecin.pl Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] OK New Q, OT Small Linux! ;)

2002-03-11 Per discussione shane
On Monday 11 March 2002 15:13, FemmeFatale opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: A: Make sure both root and boot diskettes are formated 1.44 dd if=root of=/dev/fd0 where root equals file name of the root image as stored on your system. Is that the only way to put the

OT games Was: [newbie] gaim

2002-03-11 Per discussione shane
On Monday 11 March 2002 15:27, FemmeFatale opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: I don't play much anymore, but should you wish to play, email me. I'm always interested in playing with other women, we're too few. And I don't get hit on by them as much (oh i wish? :) not to jump in

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

2002-03-11 Per discussione Carlos Arigós
El Dom 10 Mar 2002 03:28, escribió: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. Every time I reboot the time on the clock is off by usually 8 hours. I reset it then if I have to reboot to go to Window$ then I have to set it again. It's not a big deal, but doesn anyone have an idea? And yes, the clock in the

Re[2]: [newbie] OK New Q, OT Small Linux! ;)

2002-03-11 Per discussione Onur Kucuk
F Yes yes, stop groaning, I haven't even asked yet! :) F From the README: F Q: How do I get images onto diskettes? F A: Make sure both root and boot diskettes are formated 1.44 F dd if=root of=/dev/fd0 F where root equals file name of the root image as stored on your F

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-11 Per discussione Dr Joe Brand
I found a good web site for my memory stick reader: http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~hjew/zio/ There is a SDDR09-HOWTO the help point me in the right direction. I was able to read the memory stick. Thanks Joe FemmeFatale wrote: If you'd like I can scan an article on

RE: [newbie] OK New Dumb question on Small Linux

2002-03-11 Per discussione Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-
Which one 8 or 8.1? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: March 11, 2002 11:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OK New Dumb question on Small Linux I know I know, this is a LM8 list... tell me to shoo if i get