On Saturday 16 December 2000 17:12, you wrote:
Thats the same problem Im getting...
How the hell do you add it, my font server is already running!
By the way, It worked just fine in MDK 7.1, its only happened since i
upgraded to mdk 7.2
There should have been a fontastic rpm
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 10:52, you wrote:
When I try to install WP8 I get the following error:
"Can't Find libm.so.5" Where can I find this lib?
John Batt
[alex@homer alex]$ locate libm.so.5
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libm.so.5
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libm.so.5.0.6
[alex@homer alex]$
On Saturday 09 December 2000 15:47, you wrote:
Hi! I just copied my mp3 dir from the winbites partition of my PC to
the Linux, in my user profile, and when I checked the permissions, it
listed as access being given to user, group, and others. Now, what I
want to do is to make it so only user
On Saturday 02 December 2000 13:41, you wrote:
Does anyoone know what the deal is with WordPerfect Office 2000 for
Linux and Mandrake 7.2. WPO used to work fine with 7.0 and 7.1 but
when I try to install it in 7.2 it tells me that the Fonttastic Font
Server (?) package contains something
On Wednesday 15 November 2000 05:19, you wrote:
KDE 2 is final on download and ALL PowerPacks. KDE 2.0 is a pre on
"Complete" editions that were distributed to MacMillan for some large
stores who needed to send something to their members to put on the shelves
Not quite. The MacMillan 7.2
On Monday 13 November 2000 16:38, you wrote:
Hi all,
I have a dell inspiron 3700 pIII 450mhz, I installed ver 7.2 and everything
worked fine. When I installed linux I had my usb iomega zip drive
installed. During the installation the os found the zip drive, and
installed the folder in the
On Tuesday 07 November 2000 22:48, you wrote:
Hi,
I have installed 7.2 which I really like. I am having trouble getting the
user dirs to work. I have created public_html in my home directory, but
when i try to access it, apache tells me I do not have permission. What do
I have to do to get
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote:
find / -name "iostream.h"
but no return :)
#I check with webmin and kpackage to confirm this and my box have this package is
this enaugh? or is there any more package i'm missing?
- gcc-c++-2.95.2-7mdk.i586.rpm installed
-
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote:
someone told me they think a friend of thiers was using netzero with linux is
this possible and iff so how can i configure it, hopefully it is as easy as
123 with kppp.
first the bad news -
netzero requires the netzero application to connect. This app
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, you wrote:
hmm, this compiled and ran fine on my installation of 7.1... what kind of
error did you get?
And so it should as it's perfectly legitimate (and basic) code. The error
is caused by the lack of existence of the iostream library. I'm kinda
surprised that
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, you wrote:
thanks for all you answers.
Can you please tell me how to create a mountpoint. It seems i don't
understand the meaning of a mountpoing
thanks again
vinayak
A mountpoint is simply a directory somewhere in your filesystem tree.
mkdir will create the directory
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, you wrote:
The release notes say that a minimum of 128MB are required to install the
Oracle product. Has anyone tried it with less??
I had 8.1.5 running on a machine with 96M. I did have to upgrade to 128M to do
the install however. Once installed, it ran acceptably
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, you wrote:
If you have installed Java and StarOffice it did not find it during the
install. You will need to edit the ~/Office52/user/config/javarc file. Just
remove the offending version from the "ExcludeVersion" line. Then restart
StarOffice and select bookmarks -
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
Is a version of the java virtual machine included in the Mandrake 7.1
Complete package? I chose the developers option during install, so I would
assume that it would be installed for me if it's there...I tried to install
StarOffice, but it could not find an
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
Here is a weird one.
I have LM 7.1. Today I went to check my e-mail, and turned on
the monitor. Unfortunatly, the screen was blank. No kdm. Very
strange. So I hit alt-f2 and no virtual terminal. No virtual
terminals when I hit alt-f1, or alt-f3-f6.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
I went to http://boxnetwork.net on mistake--there was a black page with a
hand with an eye on it, and no links. Do you happen to know what that
page is?
[alex@homer alex]$ ping boxnetwork.net
PING boxnetwork.net (194.1.129.227): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from
On Sun, 08 Oct 2000, you wrote:
Look what I found at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/version30.html:
Optimization of the FFT computation. We have adopted the highly optimized
Ooura FFT routines developed at the University of Tokyo. Our tests show a
60% client speed up over version 2.x with a
On Sun, 08 Oct 2000, you wrote:
from a bit over 8 hrs, to about 9 1/2 hrs. That's about an 18 or 19 % change
Interestingly enough my machine now does 5 wu's in 2 days, compared to 4
in 2 days with version 2.4
Probably got a "fast wu" or 2 in there over the last few days.
--
Alex
(Go
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote:
smoothing". I can't wait to see what comes of this. I do not notice any
degradation of processor speed. Have an AMD K6 II 400MHZ onboard and it
from the seti website
'For Linux systems on the AMD K6 processor, only the binaries
i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, you wrote:
I think it is http://alu.blackbox.com but a search for it on Google
(www.google.com) would be best
close, but no cigar, it is http://blackbox.alug.org/
The Bible was written by the same people who said the Earth was flat.
Actually, those folks just
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Maybe my newbieness is really showig here but I was checking out the other
desktops last night and after I check out Enlightenment I checked out Gnome.
I got the Gnome task bar and file manager and etc. but it had Enlightenment
window borders and desktop
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote:
At the command line, type in: rpm -uvh kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm
That should be -Uhv, for most packages. When updating a kernel use -ihv. If you
use -Uhv, you will uninstall the current version, then install the new version.
Using -ihv will just install the
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
I am new to linux and I really need you all to help me
out for the Installation problem.
I have Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe. and during the
installation, I only can install the first CD
(Installation CD) when the computer ask me to change
the CD to Extension
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote:
--
Out of curoiusity, what are all of your's preferred Window Manager? I tend to
switch between KDE and Gnome. I have tried Fvwm, but I am not too competent on
this OS to have full confidence in my command line ability.
I tend to use blackbox, while running
On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, you wrote:
I have just installed Mandrake 7.0 with no apparent problems other than a
boot manager issue I'm pursuing in a separate message.
After booting and signing on, I try to run netscape from a kde desktop
icon. Nothing seems to happen either as root or user.
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have two questions about mdk7.1
Q1.
Has any one experienced freeze ups after updating the kernel in the
developer installation of mdk7.1?
nope, and I am using reiserfs and have another patch going in right now (the
new cuecat decoder)
On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, you wrote:
I just upgraded X and forgot what I need to do in order for it to be
started at boot.
Suggestions?
change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Hi everybody, i have a mandrake 7.1 and when i run startx it's run
with kde, and i whant change this for gnome or windowmaker or other
one.
how can i do it???
switchdesk
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Kinda like setting up a 2.5Ghz Pentium V to run Pong...
but it's a full virtual reality 3d 16 billion color multi player network
version.
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
I'm a new user of Linux from India. I've with me LM 7.1 Complete. I've two
problems
1. When I issue the Shutdown command from the console of KDE desktop, it
will close X-Windows and restarts (without rebootng) Linux in character
based single user
On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
Hi list,
I was shutting down for a storm this afternoon, and accidentally I hit
the ` key, next to the 1 on the top row. I lost my Bash prompt, and the
screen displayed a . I pressed the ` key again, and the bash prompt
reappeared. Did I leave the Bash
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Is there anything to warn me about having a totally full harddrive? Today Linux
was deleting everything I opened up, and I had no idea why. Eventually it
struck me to check how full my /home partition was, and low and behold it was
100% full. I didn't lose
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen.
I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version
to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now.
You need to be running the text version in the background before you start
i respond:
i was using AOL back when they were... darn, what were they called...
bloody heck, i can't remember now -- anyhowz, before they were AOL, and the
Wayback when they were called q-link?
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Works fine for me.
Has anyone else besides me had trouble getting to Freshmeat.com the past few
days?
I have been having problems on and off for the past week. It seems to depend on
which of my isp's dialup numbers I use. I can get to freshmeat using one,
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, you wrote:
PS BTW, are ebooks really any good/use? Just
curious!
IIRC they are the same ones that were in the macMillian 6.5 (Mandrake 6.1)
package. Some of the SAM's Teach Yourself (???) in 24 Hours. I think they were
KDE, GIMP and Linux versions, along with something
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Does anyone in the list run setiathome? On my Mac and peecees I do (as
Yep, working on unit # 639 right now.
My newbie question is, which is the appropriate version to use for a
celeron 400 MHz running Mandrake 7.1? I'm still figuring out the
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, you wrote:
I'm just a little confused about the differences between the Deluxe and
Complete versions of 7.1.
Which is the better package to buy? I did check
Mandrake's site, but still didn't glean much...
There are a bunch of ebooks in the complete edition along with
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, you wrote:
I'm trying to compile and install a new kernel, and when I go to the
"make xconfig" command, Bash doesn't recognize make. Also, the command is
not located in /bin. Do I need to update Bash? Any suggestions?
What type of install did you do? You might need
On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
Has any one noticed in MDK7.1b, when you choose KPanel-Edit Menus, a
warning message appears"
" The menu editor is not installed. "
This used to work in MDK7.0. Does any one know where a patch can be
obtained?
I think this might have been
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction? I would
like to know how to add menu items to the menus and buttons on the task
bar. Specifically in ICEwm running in Mandrake 7.1. I know how to take
care of this in Gnome and KDE, but
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote:
hey everybody
I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the
latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has
The kernel that shipped with 7.1 has some of the usb stuff in it, my USB Zip
drive worked great
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Does anyone have any idea what and/or where the CD's labeled 3 and 4
are.
During the installation of 7.1 they are listed, and also using Kpackage
or RPMdrake to add additional packages they ask for one or the other CD.
I noticed that also. My guess is that
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote:
I have mine set up as a cron job. Create a .fetchmailrc in your normal user's
home directory that will fetch mail from all your accounts, then set up a cron
job to run as that user at a specifed interval. I get lots of mail so my
interval is 4 minutes. Works
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Hey All:
I'm wanting suggestions for "Best Of" type of Internet Utilities.
I currently use Agent Newsreader, Pegasus Email, Cute Ftp or WsFtp, ICQ, and
Netscape Browser in Windows 98 Second Edition (or 98SR2 depending on
who you talk to... ;-) )
This
Does anyone out there know how to burst a digest after it has been recieved
into kmail?
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Thu, 01 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Hi Guys!
Somebody work with Oracle on Linux? I am looking for a package's editor.
I know this Email isn`t for this kind of question, but maybe someone can
help me.
I have been playing around with it, but don't know of a package editor, but
take a look a
On Fri, 26 May 2000, you wrote:
G'day,
I have been a Sendmail user uptill now, after installing Mandrake V7.0-2, I find
Postfix is now the default MTA, the problem I have with this is all my incomming mail
is going to /varspool/postfix/deferred, thus being unavailable for pickup.
What
On Thu, 25 May 2000, you wrote:
I have LM 7.
I wonder is there a way during the install that I can
tell it to not install postfix because I am incapable of
Use the expert and custom options during the install, then you can pick and
choose what is installed.
Or is there a way I can get
On Thu, 25 May 2000, you wrote:
:~Any comment on what "extras" might be included in the 7.1 powerpack edition?
WTH are you? Press?
Not the press, just a happy Mandrake user, who buys both the cheapbytes cd's
and the powerpacks. The cheapbytes cd's since they are usually available right
On Wed, 24 May 2000, you wrote:
:~Denis
:~
:~Is there any chance of LM7.1 being releases for Linux-Expo in London next week?
no comment
Any comment on what "extras" might be included in the 7.1 powerpack edition?
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote:
Hi List,
I have found an occasion or two to use the 'Ctrl, Alt, Backspace'
command a couple of times which has been a saving grace, but I have only
had a need to kill a runaway (unresponsive) app, rather than my xserver.
My question, is there a way to kill
On Wed, 17 May 2000, you wrote:
what could I do to recover this file ? can I change some
coding with a hex editor or something and make them decode? take a
look at the file fragment below I obtained, using the tar test (first
line below).
=
[olly@localhost Lintech]$ tar -tf
On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote:
Well, I had my first big Linux problem today. I had been in this morning
looking at some rpm packs and shutdown as usual. After lunch when I booted,
lilo went through its checklist with all [OK] and gets to the black screen
that you see just before the KDE
On Wed, 17 May 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can
run xterm or any of itsvariations (xterm,konsole,Eterm,gnome-terminal,kvt)
and you have the equilivant of console mode.
I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e.
On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote:
What has happened to the experts mailing list?
No mail for almost 3 days!
vern
Nothing in the archives since Thursday morning either. The list must have died.
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Hi
Hi! I just installed Mandrake 7.02 and it works great but I thought mounting
a cdrom was automatic? I have 1 cdrom and 1 cdrw (Smart Friendly CD Pacer
RW2224). Mandrake installed icons on my desktop for both cdrom and cdrw but the cdrw
will not
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Hello,
I have been trying to set up my telnet connection. I can ping my
hostname and localhost. However, when I try to telnet, using telnet
localhost, I get the following message:
connection closed by foreign host
I have checked the /etc/hosts.allow
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, you wrote:
You were right I did not have the telnet server installed - I installed this but
am still getting the same message. Do you know if there is a website with some
information on trouble shooting networks with mandrake?
Now you need to uncomment the telnet
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Does anyone know of a mainframe (3270) emulator for Linux? Nothing special, just
tcp/ip connectivity...
x3270 is a fairly good terminal emulator. It should be on your Mandrake install
disk.
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, you wrote:
check the man page, there should be a way to extract the version info
from the command line ie. 'python -V'
just type python, to put into interactive mode and read the first line.
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, you wrote:
ummm when compiling c programs.i remember you need an output and input
file
Actually, you don't need the name of the output file, if not given, the output
will be a.out
for example "cc -o hello hello.c"
i forgot what the -o stood for...but i did
On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, you wrote:
when i compile a real simple program in c ,ie hello.c i write :cc hello.c
but then i get an error message stdio:no such file or directory,i find this
strange because i have that library.can you help?thanks in advance.
if you look at your source, you will
On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Anthony Huereca wrote:
As we all know, X crashes every once in a while, causing us to have to kill
it. However, I was wondering if there was a way to kill X without being root.
The reason is that my brother had X crash on him, and you can't kill it while
On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Hi,
I recently installed linux mandrake and am able to login as root as well as the user
I created.
The line I get:
[username@localhost username]$
How do I get from here to KDE or Gnome interfaces?
startx
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Evening all,
finaly got around to trying some of the OTHER features and ran into
Kmail. Does any one know how to get this thing to automagically go
out and check for new mail every 10 - 15 minutes. I have'nt found
any thing in the Settings YET but I'll
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, you wrote:
I just bought a Viking 56k External Modem / windows version
model#RFM5SKEXT V.90 k56 flexit says it's 100%
compatible with win98/95/NT/3.11/DOS.
will this modem work under linux?
Most likely it will. it is external and mentioned 3.11 Dos. Sometimes
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Hello
As a newbie I did worse thing possible: rm -rf /etc. As a result I have
to install linux again (Have I?). The previous installation was RedHat 6.1 and
now I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0. Ok, here are my questions:
About the only worse thing
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Just for information why isn't it possible to simply decline to open large
attachments (not that I make a habit of sending them) , I open very few
attachments of any kind on security principle unless I know where they come
from.
Opening the attachment is
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, you wrote:
I have some problems with setting up my sound card and modem, somebody
emailed back and said that you have to turn off PnP in the Bios settings. I
have a newer computer HP Pavilion and when it boots up it doesn't give you
and option to enter into bios so
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, you wrote:
All,
When I try to uninstall any RPM packages I have on my machine I get a "XXX
package not installed". Is this typical? DO you have to run the uninstall
from the directory where the package is installed?
You do not have to uninstall from the same directory,
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote:
-rwxrw root audio is what I have
And mpg123 works??? Id like to keep it like that, but I have to chmod
o+rx it, otherwise mpg123 gives me permission denied errors :\
leave it as
-rwxr-x--- 1 root 81 31628 Dec 9 11:42 /usr/bin/esd
then
On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Is there a way to rename files under linux from upper case to lower case all
at once? I need to rename about 300+ files from upper to lower and don't
want to do it manually everytime.
Thanks!
Not directly, but there are as about as many scripts to do it
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
I too have a CD-ROM a CD-burner, and Mandrake 7 recognises both, but
does not allow a mount on the burner - it complains of an invalid format
or bad disk or something like that.
I had both reading under my old Mandrake 6 install, but the ver7
install
On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, you wrote:
Why is it that I can telnet to my box as an unprivilidged user, but not as
root?
Security.
Try logging in as a regular user then su
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Anyone out there going to Linux World tomorrow?
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, you wrote:
with the same name from different companies (mandrake, suse, red hat, etc.) --
does it make any difference in the world which one I download and install? I
Try to get either a Mandrake or a RedHat rpm, as the config files and whatnot
will be in the same
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, you wrote:
Hi!
Which file do I have to download on my PC with Mandrake 7 for SETIATHOME?
setiathome-2.0.i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1.tar is the one that you want. Don't
download any of the 1.xx versions as they will be unable to work with any of the
newer workunits
I have an older colorado 250mb qic80 tape drive and cannot seem to get it
working under linux (works fine under w98, was working fine on the win3.1 box
I swiped it from, it is on the supported hardware list).
when i do an insmod, nothing happens
[root@linux1 alex]# insmod ftape
[root@linux1
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, you wrote:
Mark Fitzgerald wrote:
jeff wrote:
I'm in the process of installing Star Office, for Mandrake 6.1 Package.
I's askingme for Company/Campus Key.
Jeff
Did you get StarOffice with Mandrake 6.1?
(With Mandrake Power Pack .. that is?)
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, you wrote:
Does anyone know if MandrakeSoft is going to have a pavilion at the
LinuxWorld Expo in New York City this February?
Both the LinuxWorld and Mandrake websites say they will be there.
I just got my tickets in the mail today, anyone else on the list going?
--
On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, you wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, Payne Stanifer wrote:
i was wondering what you all thought was the best C/C++ programming
environment (compiler,linker,etc.). I was looking for something fairly
I was using Code Crusader for a while, which was/is pretty neat. . .then i
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Seung-woo Nam wrote:
The tulip driver included in Mandrake doesn't seem to work very well with
any ethernet cards. I myself had the same problem with tulip driver.
However, after I compiled and installed tulip driver came on the driver
diskette for my
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Can someone tell me the difference between the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel and
the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel
smp is for multiprocessor motherboards
I am asking because I cannot compile a driver for the smp kernel for my
SB live sound card. My linux box is set up with
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Seth Gibson wrote:
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Jim Ockers wrote:
Okay, thanks for the .bash_profile hints. I have successfully configured and
"make"(d) the QT Toolkit. Now trying to run through the "Hello World" tutorial.
Checked many times for syntax errors but I still
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Sounds more like she has an irq conflict. Sounds like every thing
works fine for the mouse until whatever else it is trys to take the
irq or address and boom ..crazy mouse
Something else is trying to use the same irq or address as the mouse.
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Logitech Mouseman+ PS2 Same in Linux.
I'm fixing to re install for the third time since this started having this
trouble which was about 4 days ago.
I have the same mouse and told Linux that it is a generic ps2 mouse, and have
had no problems with it.
--
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Look at the How-to at www.linux.com , it's a good tutorial on IP Chains and
will get you up and running with a basic config.
There is a really good step-by-step set of instructions at linuxnewbie.org also
I'm looking for a good Linux Mandrake book. I
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
YES! You can lose weight with FAT ABSORB and still eat what you want!
Must be a new product. It seems to absorb your vfat drives.
Look at some of Fat Absorb's benefits!
ยท Has no stimulants of any kind.
Translation:
Means it has no caffine either. It is
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Hello,
Is it possible for Linux and Windows to share a modem connections?
On a dual boot machine - yes, as long as the modem is compatible with both
linux and windows
Over a lan - doing it right now.
if so, how do I do it?
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, you wrote:
I know this is off topic(at least some what), if you disprove don't respond and
I'll get the hint. But, I am really curious about how many of you leave your
personal systems running all the time. I shutdown everynight. I've heard the
system isn't designed to
On Sun, 05 Dec 1999, you wrote:
this may sound "dumb" but, how do I "see" the contents of my CDROM?
in DOS the command is similar to ::
C: cd D:\
first mount the cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
then cd /mnt/cdrom
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999, you wrote:
p.s. how do i ping an IP w/o it going on forever?
"ping host -c nnn" where nnn is the number of pings to send
--
Alex
(Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote:
Dear friends:
I feel that I am in a quandary. There is no mailing list for StarOffice,
or rather there is one with 23 members on it, which I subscribed to.
Never got a message from them except for my subscription confirmation.
With millions of people using
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote:
This is probably outdated by, I'm late getting to my backlog of email.
It's been my experience in reading books from Que and Sams that they contain
a lot of typos and misleading if not to say incorrect information. Perhaps they
have better publishers now, but I
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, you wrote:
You could try a search for macmillan on the 'net. They may have e-books for
your parusal, not sure of it though. Jusat an idea.
They used to have a site at http://www.mcp.com but all of the ebooks have moved
to http://www.informit.com
--
Alex
"Karen M. Heiby" wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative browser for Linux?
I don't like Netscape's, KFM, or Star Office's very much. I won't dare
go into all the problems, though ;-)
if you want lightweight and fairly simple, try grail. Entirely written in
python, you
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Okay, looks like the driver is bad. There was another message on the list
saying that there is a known problem with the shipped driver and the
SOHOware card. Check the archives at the Mandrake website for resolution.
That fixed it.
Thanks -- I owe you a
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
Machine 1 - windows1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
Machine 2 - linux1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
Is this a mistype? Check 'ifconfig eth0' on Linux and 'winipcfg' on Windows
to see what each thinks it's IP is.
Yes that was a typo,
the corrected numbers
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
On a linux terminal, start a 'ping 192.168.1.2'. Then switch terminals
and run
did taht and it's pinging away happily
tcpdump -i eth0 | tee tcpdump-output
[root@localhost alex]# tcpdump -i eth0 | tee tcpdump-output
tcpdump: listening on
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