Re: [newbie-it] Cerco programmi per...

2002-06-02 Per discussione Giuseppe Ferruzzi
Arwan wrote: 1) cerco un programma che faccia quello che realizza Photoshop [...] Gimp il miglior programma di grafica fornito con il sistema operativo linux e migliore di tanti programmi di grafica sotto windows ma, se non ti

Re: [newbie-it] Cerco programmi per...

2002-06-02 Per discussione Guido Milanese
On 19:42, venerdì 31 maggio 2002, Arwan wrote: Ritorno con alcune domande che feci secoli fa, cui nessuno (o pochi) rispose. Posso rispondere alla seconda, ossia: 2) cerco un programma simile a FileMaker, per gestire il mio archivio di libri. Ho bisogno di qualcosa di semplice, ad

[newbie-it] Ordinamento icone desktop

2002-06-02 Per discussione e/io
Non riesco più ad ordinare le icone sul desktop. Ad ogni riavvio si dispongono tutte in verticale od orizzontale a secondo della selezione fatta sul centro di controllo. Ho la mdk 8.2 Ciao Elio

Re: [newbie-it] pc che si pianta quando accedo al floppy

2002-06-02 Per discussione Luca
Ciao a tutti, scusate se rompo ancora ma non riesco a trovare un modo di risolvere questo problema (Il pc mi si pianta quando cerco di scrivere sul floppy) Ho provato a togliere il supermount (modificando lilo.conf) ma non sembra essere la soluzione al mio problema, se non è il supermount

Re: [newbie] Re: LM 8.2 Configuration

2002-06-02 Per discussione 4444 4444
Hi Paul I've already tried that, but halfway it tells me I/O device error? Cheers mate! From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: LM 8.2 Configuration Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 18:59:29 +0200 In reply to 's mail, d.d. Sat, 01 Jun

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione Steve Maytum
One last thought! Where i come from they use them for visual toys for special needs kids. Any kids like that near you? Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Derek Byram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 02 June 2002 3:37 am, Derek Byram wrote: Pardon me BUT!, Isn't this off topic, off Linux, and off Mandrake??? It's not off-topic because I destroyed about 100 _Windows_ CDs (with old backups and similar) by putting them in the

Re: [newbie] Hibernation support for Linux?

2002-06-02 Per discussione Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 June 2002 10:59 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: I was curious .. Does linux support hibernation on a laptop computer like window$ does? It's all there - if you're running KDE look at the Control Center then under PowerControl. Not sure

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. Ideally a hub is the way to go and it allows expansion. But i have Scottish

[newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Per discussione Malcolm Candlish
Sirs, Has anyone any ideas on how to fax from OpenOffice. I have HylaFax set up, which can be used from the command line within my Mandrake 8.2 . But using the ./spadmin tool to add a printer within OpenOffice and 'Connect a Fax device', I am required to select a driver. Ihave tried the

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Per discussione Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 20:00, Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. Ideally a hub is the way

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione darklord
On Saturday 01 June 2002 04:27 pm, you wrote: Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with them? Miark Hey. If they are old versions of Mandrake, why not do what I did? Every time

[newbie] Ximian Gnome errors

2002-06-02 Per discussione Joan Tur
Hallo! Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start Gnome control center to change settings?? 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Balears AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Scott Wagner
I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page.Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My patch isn't working and I'm thinking its because

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Per discussione John Inkpen
On June 2, 2002 03:27, shane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 June 2002 07:55 pm, Brian Parish did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: I will get one P1 running 8.2 working for my flatmate to use the printer on the P3 and perhaps load W95 or W98SE

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione John Inkpen
On June 2, 2002 12:50, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My patch

Re: [newbie] Gnome-Desktop Problems

2002-06-02 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 23:46:38 +1000, Fordy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im having some trouble putting icons on my desktop. My desktop has no icons whatsoever on it, and it doesn't have a pop-up menu when i right click on it. In fact there seems to be nothing I can do to change the desktop, or

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 22:50, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98? My

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 23:51, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 22:50, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a

[newbie] Whats up with gcc?

2002-06-02 Per discussione darklord
Guys, I can't even compile one single program?! Whats up with that? I get the following error everytime I do a ./configure: Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'. Any ideas? Geez, you have to be able to compile... --

Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome errors

2002-06-02 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:33:52 +0200, Joan Tur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo! Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start Gnome control center to change settings?? 8-? It works fine for me. What seems to be the problem? Try loading it from a terminal (the command is

[newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione Anne Wilson
OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:21 am, you wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne Anne, if you can use your boot floppy, you did make one?,

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione David
Anne Wilson said onto me: -- |OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, |W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo |back without having to reinstall Mandrake?

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione Sevatio
Anne Wilson wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne

Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome errors

2002-06-02 Per discussione Joan Tur
Es Diumenge 02 Juny 2002 16:05, en Sridhar Dhanapalan va escriure: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:33:52 +0200, Joan Tur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo! Have any of you installed Ximian Gnome? If so are you able to start Gnome control center to change settings?? 8-? It works fine for me. What

[newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Per discussione Giannis Krodiris
Hi, I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? cheers /giannis

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione ai4a
Anne Wilson wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 02 Jun 2002 11:16 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote: Sirs, Has anyone any ideas on how to fax from OpenOffice. I have HylaFax set up, which can be used from the command line within my Mandrake 8.2 . But using the ./spadmin tool to add a printer within OpenOffice and 'Connect a Fax

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Per discussione Nick Baker
On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:57 am, you wrote: Hi, I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? cheers /giannis Giannis-- I had a similar problem and found the the solution on the Frankenlinux page about fstab:

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 11:57 am, you wrote: Hi, I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? cheers /giannis You may not have permission as user. Go to a console and type in su and then enter your root password. Then at the

[newbie] Cable Modem and SNF

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
Now have the cable modem running with SNF on a stand alone and filtering all of my LAN. YEEEH! The previous problem with the SMTP error appears to have occured after downloading security updates. I do not know which one could have affected the SMTP connection but it made the server

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione Bart Salien
Op Sunday 02 June 2002 00:42, schreef u: I have the same problems with my DVD reader under Xcdroast , there are some previous mailings about this subject that say you should let this reader work a a scsi emulated drive , i couldn 't get it to work . So i can 't realy help you , it might give

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:40:41 +0200 Bart Salien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Sunday 02 June 2002 00:42, schreef u: I have the same problems with my DVD reader under Xcdroast , there are some previous mailings about this subject that say you should let this reader work a a scsi emulated drive ,

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to make a DOS file system on a floppy with windows 98?

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione Bart Salien
Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put the ide-scsi relation but still in my /dev directory there is only the scd0 link from my cd-rw , even after a reboot . I understand correct that this second scdx link should be created

[newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Per discussione Andrew Berry
I am running: Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. Hardware: P166 MMX 64 Mb Ram 120 Mb Swap S3 Virge 2D card Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO. My computer seems to randomly freeze up. It stops responding to everything (mouse, keyboard,

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Per discussione Malcolm Candlish
Derrick, Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to know it will work! I followed your instructions:- root cd to spadmin ./spadmin click new printer click 'Connect to Fax' click default driver Print Command qtcups --stdin Name Fax However, when I click print on OO, the print box offers Fax

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 Bart Salien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put the ide-scsi relation but still in my /dev directory there is only the scd0 link from my cd-rw , even after a

Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Per discussione Bill Davidson
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:06:57 -0400 Andrew Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running: Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. Hardware: P166 MMX 64 Mb Ram 120 Mb Swap S3 Virge 2D card Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO. My

[newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the security updates on the Firewall box. This mail going through will make me a happy camper cause I know then that the updates are ok on the SNF box. Let us

Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Per discussione RichardA
If this always happens under Linux (not X11) and never Windows, are you using memory chips with different timings? Windows is much more tolerant of this than Linux. And if the kernel crashes, there's no-one around to write error messages... RichardA Andrew Berry, Sunday 02 June 2002 21:06:

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:27:37 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 Bart Salien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: this is my lilo.conf file and hdc is my DVD drive , i already put the ide-scsi relation but still

Re: Re: [newbie] XFree86 freezes

2002-06-02 Per discussione Andrew Berry
I run in the Kicker ksysguard and system monitor to see cpu usage, memory usage, and hard disk accesses. This morning I had a crash, and the frozen image on the kicker showed about 25% cpu usage, 50% free RAM, and 60% free swap. I've also had it crash while using IceWM. Andrew

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione Robin
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 20:06, ai4a wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? If you made a bootdisk at install time,

Re: [newbie] Hylafax from OpenOffice

2002-06-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 02 Jun 2002 9:07 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: Derrick, Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to know it will work! I followed your instructions:- root cd to spadmin ./spadmin click new printer click 'Connect to Fax' No do not select 'Connect a fax device' Just select 'Add a

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:12, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:50 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: I am reduced to using windows now since trying to install 8.2 and I'm trying to make a floppy with a patch on it like it tells you on the Mandrake errata page. Can anyone tell me how to

Re: [newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:33, Dennis Myers wrote: I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the security updates on the Firewall box. This mail going through will make me a happy camper cause I know then

Re: [newbie] SNF and updates messing with mail?

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 June 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:33, Dennis Myers wrote: I have had a problem with SMTP after downloading security updates. So I went back to the old configuration on my workstations and did the security updates on the Firewall box. This mail going through

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

2002-06-02 Per discussione Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 08:32, Michael Adams wrote: This patch doesn't need to be written as an image using rawwrite does it? Just checking. -- Michael No, it's just copied as a DOS file. Worked fine for me. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] mixing scsi and ide cds with xcdroast

2002-06-02 Per discussione s
On Sunday 02 June 2002 04:01 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:27:37 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:38:22 +0200 Bart Salien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Sunday 02 June 2002 21:01, schreef u: this is my lilo.conf file and hdc

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione Roger Sherman
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with them? Miark Skeet shooting, anyone? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione Paul_Vortex
- Original Message - From: Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie at MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old CDs in a pile. I'm

[newbie] Testing another Mail setup

2002-06-02 Per discussione Dennis Myers
Hoping this goes out to the list from another machine. Just a test. Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Per discussione civileme
Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. Ideally a hub is the way to go and it allows expansion. But

Re: [newbie] Whats up with gcc?

2002-06-02 Per discussione civileme
darklord wrote: Guys, I can't even compile one single program?! Whats up with that? I get the following error everytime I do a ./configure: Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'. Any ideas? Geez, you have to be able to compile...

Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!

2002-06-02 Per discussione civileme
Anne Wilson wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne Want

Re: [newbie] floppy mount problem

2002-06-02 Per discussione civileme
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 02 June 2002 11:57 am, you wrote: Hi, I 've installed mandrake 8.2 everything works fine so far, but I cannot mount a floppy. Any suggestion?? cheers /giannis You may not have permission as user. Go to a console and type in su and then enter your root

Re: [newbie] A cheap home network to play with.

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:00, civileme wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:28 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the P3 500 box running 8.2 at present. I have been given two P1 100 machines. I want to have a go at setting up a network with them. Ideally a

Re: [newbie] Testing another Mail setup

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:50, Dennis Myers wrote: Hoping this goes out to the list from another machine. Just a test. Dennis M. LOL Congrats again... a bleeding expert now. You won't be on this list anymore. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs

2002-06-02 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:32, Paul_Vortex wrote: - Original Message - From: Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie at MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: Over the course of two