[newbie] USR/3Com Sportster 005686-03 56k

I have looked at the USR page entitled Configuring U.S. Robotics Modems for use under Unix-Type Systems ... but I can't understand the instructions. I'm using kppp as the dialer, and still have the init strings that were suggested by Stephen Kuhn (btw, Stephen, I am unable to send email to you

Re: [newbie] USR/3Com Sportster 005686-03 56k

I made a tiny change in the modem settings ... changed it from 57600 to 38000 or therabouts ... and got online. I was happy to be surfing until I realized the persistent symtom was there ... as with the internal PCI hardware modem ... first session online for hour and 20 ... then got message

[newbie] used external modem (sportster model 0701)

Earlier on this list, I was asking many questions about my USR hardware PCI modem that was seen by Mandrake 9.0, but that acted inconsistently once online. I've had my system and modem troubleshot, but the modem works fine in windows (according to the modem vendor, but not the system vendor), so

[newbie] modem/browser/genl flakiness on ONE machine

I have a general question: if I get the Mandrake 9.0 installer to reformat/erase the drive, would that get rid of any possible virus, that might be causing wierd Mozilla behavior? I've installed another PCI modem, and the flaky connections continue Also, this ISA modem is doing great under

Re: [newbie] 56k modem

--- et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see your modem and your video and share an IRQ, (11) have you considered that might be the problem? are you installing these modems in the same PCI slot? I did notice that IRQ 11 stamped twice, but didn't know what it meant; however, I took out the

Re: [newbie] 56k modem

if it just stayed on ... Rita --- Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see your modem and your video and share an IRQ, (11) have you considered that might be the problem? are you installing these modems in the same PCI slot? I did notice that IRQ 11

[newbie] 56k modem

I've reinstalled mandrake 9, and now the modem works; however, the symptom (being able to surf for awhile, then for some odd reason not) remains. This happened with Redhat 8 as well ... I'm testing an old machine with Mandrake 9 -- it has an ISA internal 56k modem, and DOES NOT have that

[newbie] 56k modem problem

(I've not looked at the archives to see if this is a FAQ ... I apologize, and would like to be directed to a past thread if there is such a thing) I've used this US Robotics/3COM hardware modem (internal) with RedHat 8.0, and I know that it works ... I installed Mandrake 9.0 after having

Re: [newbie] MoDeM

Diamond is having a clearance on several SupraExpress Modems, both internal and external. The external is under $50. http://www.diamondmm.com/products/current/clearance.cfm - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999

[newbie] MOdems that work with linux

On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.0 a few days ago. Now i found out that my modem only works in windows. What type of modem do i get that would work with linux? What brand of modem would work good with linux? there is a compatibility

RE: [newbie] How do I burn the CD?

You need more than just the I386 folder. I would recommend you download the ISO file if yoru CD Writer will write ISO's. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Griffin, Michael Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 8:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'

Re: [newbie] How do I burn the CD?

Actually, an easier way (if you have the bandwidth to download the whole thing anyway) would be to go to the iso/ folder on one of the ftp sites and download the file "mandrake60-1.iso" which is an image of the whole mandrake cd (version 6 anyway, are earlier ones still available?) The ftp

Re: [newbie] How do I burn the CD?

At 09:40 28.06.99 -0400, you wrote: I am downloading the i386 folder from the ftp site (a friend said that this was the right folder). I want to make a cd with it. The easiest and safest thing is to download the ISO image, and follow the simple instructions to burn it. Find a mirror near you

Re: [newbie] How do I burn the CD?

You can download an burn a cdrom image (prolly the best idea if your new) the image is in: /packages/Mandrake/iso/ (of your chosen download site) the image file is mandrake60-1.iso (or something like that. the readme file tells how to bur it under easy cd creator. this image is all you

Re: [newbie] help with X11amp

Again I need help with installing X11amp. I did a reinstall to fix my glib and gtk+ problem. Now that both are installed, I go to install X11amp and it installs. But when I launch it I get this error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/x11amp: error in loading shared libraries /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0:

Re: [newbie] MoDeM and new question

RickStar's keys are calculated using personal info that you supply them when you register. If the info has been entered in your computer installation exactly as the info you provided them then the key works. If there's a discrepancy, then it doesn't work. Alan - Original Message -

[newbie] Installing Mandrake using Mandrake for Windows

Hi Today I downloaded Mandrake Linux and burn the ISO to the CD. Right now i trying to install Linux in a computer with no CD. I downloaded the entire CD (via Windows network) to a subdirectory in the hard disk c:\cdrom. I began installing using Mandrake for Windows which

Re: [newbie] help with X11amp

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, you wrote: Again I need help with installing X11amp. I did a reinstall to fix my glib and gtk+ problem. Now that both are installed, I go to install X11amp and it installs. But when I launch it I get this error message: /usr/X11R6/bin/x11amp: error in loading shared

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake using Mandrake for Windows

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, you wrote: I began installing using Mandrake for Windows which install very easy. After the reboot the install continues but then it needs the files to continue, but after trying both obtions I cannot continue. Can anyone help me. TIA

Re: [newbie] MoDeM and new question

try this ...REg Key GNJ79WW710KJPLPP08IUA5Y3AV35 cus# 1003860 PER key GNJ89WWTAOKU8A8RO8I8R8 if these don't work try swaping the letter O for the Number 0 rick wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, you wrote: I've got star office 5.0 loaded on the puter but it is asking for my key (numbers) and

Re: [newbie] help with X11amp

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, J Mann wrote: /usr/X11R6/bin/x11amp: error in loading shared libraries /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info By any chance, are you trying to use a Mandrake 6.0 RPM on top of Mandrake 5.3 or something similar? As per the readme file it said

[newbie] Messed up control-center

I decided to upgrade my Mandrake 6 GNOME 1.0.11 libs and 1.0.7 core. That worked all I changed was the install path to /usr/. Now when I try to change any settings in the pager it crashes and control panel comes up with the ok etc buttons but no content in all of the selections. I hope someone

RE: [newbie] MoDeM and new question

Hi - just a note - this will probably NOT work unless Mike provides his entire registration information - name, address, phone, email, etc. Staroffice requires that the registration info match EXACTLY (a pain! :) the original registration. Bill -Original Message- From: Mike Julien

Re: [newbie] X-Server Probs...

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, you wrote: I tried installing 6.0 today and I had some problems with my x-server setup. Basicly I couldn't find my monitor and being the stupid person as I am, i just put on a monitor that was the same brand and size as mine. Now my x-server goes all freaky. It worked

[newbie] MoDeM

I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.0 a few days ago. Now i found out that my modem only works in windows. What type of modem do i get that would work with linux? What brand of modem would work good with linux?

[newbie] Mount in 6 the same ?

I have a second partition on my primary drive. If I remember correctly when I had 5.3 I just created a directory in /mnt and added a line to the /etc/fstab. So when I installed 6.0 I created a directory called hda2 and added the line to fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda2 ext2defaults

[newbie] connecting to the internet

Hi I am trying to connect to my aol account using a 3 com modem. I have configured minicom to use device ttys1(com2) which is the port device to which my external modem is attached. I am trying to dial in and have entered the number and id/password in the configuration for the aol account in

Re: [newbie] connecting to the internet

i cant give you much on the hanging altho i know lots have had trouble with that, but i can tell you this, AOL wont work with linux, it needs its software : ( sorry.

[newbie] Cant get back to KDE

While I was in KDE I clicked on something to change to a different window manager. Now when i type startx i always go into fvwm...how do I get it to start KDE instead?

[newbie] DSL and Mandrake

Hi gang, have some new info and I will recap some of the old for any newcomers. I still haven't got it to work yet, but learned a couple valuable things. First the Linux box has two network cards (eth0 and eth1) The eth0 card is configured as 192.168.1.1 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 The

Re: [newbie] Cant get back to KDE

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Roy Cormier wrote: While I was in KDE I clicked on something to change to a different window manager. Now when i type "startx" i always go into fvwm...how do I get it to start KDE instead? desktopcfg

Re: [newbie] Cant get back to KDE

install and/or run desktopcfg On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Roy Cormier wrote: While I was in KDE I clicked on something to change to a different window manager. Now when i type "startx" i always go into fvwm...how do I get it to start KDE instead?

Re: [newbie] connecting to the internet

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Michael Asbridge wrote: Hi I am trying to connect to my aol account using a 3 com modem. I have configured minicom to use device ttys1(com2) which is the port device to which my external modem is attached. I am trying to dial in and have entered the number and

Re: [newbie] DSL and Mandrake

From: Rich McCabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] The eth0 card is configured as 192.168.1.1 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 OK, it sounds like your router is configured to be on a different network. Assuming that your eth0 card is the one that's connected to the router, set its IP to 10.0.0.x, where

RE: [newbie] DSL and Mandrake

Hi Dan, I will give that a try. I am not sure what you meant by "where 2=x=254". I think maybe a typo in there. The reason for two ethernet cards is because the Cisco 675 is an external router and it hooks up to a NIC with a crossover cable. So the first one is for the router and the second is

Re: [newbie] can someone tell me?

Jeanette Russo wrote: I was thinking this was a linux list, sorry Jeanette - Original Message - From: Hugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 8:28 PM Subject: [newbie] can someone tell me? Hi all, I was wondering if we had a list for

Re: [newbie] Did the Lothar project get onto Mandrake's 6.0?

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, John Aldrich wrote: What's the Lothar project http://www.linux-mandrake.com/lothar LLaP bero

[newbie] generic.spec for easier RPM creation

Since a couple of people asked for it, I've put up a generic spec file for autoconfed applications on ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/bero/generic.spec For most stuff, filling in the empty fields should be enough to create a working RPM. LLaP bero

Re: [newbie] discovery of the boot problem--FINALLY!!!

Paul Benjamin wrote: Thanks for the hint. I don't have a turbo switch but by setting the PIO mode for the IDE channels in the BIOS setup screen I was able to boot. Now I am experimenting on how high I can set the PIO mode. So far I am up to PIO mode 3 no DMA for the hard drives PIO 0 no

[newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

Hi All, Sorry my mail is a little long. Please be advised of that. I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being developed by hackers throughout

[newbie] disk druid

I am not the first to ask the question, but hope to be the first to get an answer... Where can I find disk druid? I want to use it to partition a second hard disk in my machine which has mandrake Linux already installed. fdisk is in the /sbin directory, but where do I find disk druid? Rgds

RE: [newbie] Mandrake and DSL

Hi Aaron, It is not set up as a bridge, I heard from someone else the US West used to do that. Under windows the only settings are obtain IP address automatically and use DHCP for wins resolution. On the bridge they have you set. (off the top of my head and probably not exact) set

[newbie] root pppd

Sorry if this is an old question, but how do you get normal users appart from root to be able to run pppd???

Re: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: Linux. My answer to that was that he could either install Staroffice or WordPerfect in his home machine so that he could port the job. But that was all said in theory, since I do not have either of the two tools in my machine to prove a

[newbie] libjpeg6b? Can't compile anything KDE...

Hi, I know I'm probably not the first one to ask about this, but I can't find the answer anywhere. I've tried to compile some KDE apps on my Mdk6 box, but they won't. The configure scripts say I haven't got libjpeg6b, or that I haven't installed KDE-Support. What to do? Where can I find an

[newbie] Mouse doesn't get recognized

Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this?

Re: [newbie] disk druid

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Martin Cleaver wrote: I am not the first to ask the question, but hope to be the first to get an answer... Where can I find disk druid? I want to use it to partition a second hard disk in my machine which has mandrake Linux already installed. fdisk is in the /sbin

[newbie] IP Masquerading and Linux Mandrake

Does anyone know of a good resource with step-by-step instructions for setting up IP masquerading on a Linux box. The HOW-TO details how to set up a proxy server and we don't need a proxy server. Principally, we just need network address translation so we can share a DSL connection with our

[newbie] UFS file system

Has anyone been able to us the UFS file system to accesss CDs? Adaptec's cdwriter 95 driver can leave its cd's in a UFS format. I was wondering the UFS support in linux is able to read those cds. If so, is there a mechanism of setting the automount for the cd to recognize if it is in the iso

Re: [newbie] Mouse doesn't get recognized

Fotios Moumoulidis wrote: Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this? I had the same problem ( I have a laptop ) The cure was to remove the modem during boot up... Dont know if

Re: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, you wrote: Hi All, Sorry my mail is a little long. Please be advised of that. I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being

Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading and Linux Mandrake

Hi, Sanford, Try http://jgo.local.net/LinuxGuide/. . I haven't used the document myself for IP Masquerading setup. But a quick look at the document tells me that it is possibly a good starting point. Hope this helps. Bernardo

[newbie] Networking with Mandrake (help!)

I have a working two computer network with file, print, and internet sharing in Windows. I would like to have the same thing in Linux, but I know almost nothing about networking in Linux. Both computers have 2 NIC cards. My internal IP is 192.168.244.132 and the other computer has an IP of

RE: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

I just finished installing MDK6.0 on my system and then proceeded to install StarOffice5.1. I then took a Word97 doc from my windoze machine, copied it to a floppy and opened it up in StarOffice. With the exception of having to adjust some minor formatting issues, I was pleased with the

Re: [newbie] Mouse doesn't get recognized

I don't know if this will help..but while in console mode mode you can reconfigure the mouse anytime with the command "mouseconfig"what kind of mouse are you using...if it's 3 button mouse don't activate the "emulate 3 buttons" thingy..cuase that's only for two button mouses (or is that mice

Re: [newbie] StarOffice won't install on mandrake6.0

Hi, Don I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in which you admit to have successfully installed the aforasaid software. Can you please provide me with a step-by-step guide of what you've for that installation to be successfull. I've got Mandrake6.0 and it keeps

Re: [newbie] Mouse doesn't get recognized

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Hugh wrote: Fotios Moumoulidis wrote: Linux loaded fine, recognized a generic 3 button ps/2 mouse when actually run linux mandrake 6.0 the pointer doesn't move can somebody help me on this? I had the same problem ( I have a laptop ) The cure was to remove the

Re: [newbie] IP Masquerading and Linux Mandrake

"W. Sanford May" wrote: Does anyone know of a good resource with step-by-step instructions for setting up IP masquerading on a Linux box. The HOW-TO details how to set up http://members.home.net/ipmasq/ Has all the info you're looking for. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Networking with Mandrake (help!)

I have installed linux several times. This procedure always works. 1. Edit /etc/smb.conf and change the following MAKE SURE that the line "workgroup = MYGROUP' is CHANGED to be "workgroup = (what ever you have in windows under workgroup in settings-control panel-network-identification" 2.

RE: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

with the exception of star office's messed up bulleted lists (graphics have wierd off-white background) the .doc export works perfectly in my experience - I've used it extensively for business. So does it's rtf export. wordperfect's rtf is gibbled though, although I think it always has been in

Re: [newbie] StarOffice won't install on mandrake6.0

just download version 5.1 from the staroffice website and install it - and ignore the warnings about missing libraries (keep installing). Don On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, you wrote: Hi, Don I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in which you admit to have

Re: [newbie] Networking with Mandrake (help!)

Ok. Now what drivers do I use for my ethernet card? The autoprobe in the installation said it was a tulip card. I don't know what that is, but my card is an NDC 10/100 PCI card. After I went into Linux it seemed fine until every 10 seconds it kept popping up messages in the console saying

Re: [newbie] StarOffice won't install on mandrake6.0

Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: Hi, Don I've found your mail regarding the installation of Staroffice, in which you admit to have successfully installed the aforasaid software. Can you please provide me with a step-by-step guide of what you've for that installation to be successfull. I've got

Re: [newbie] Networking with Mandrake (help!)

Your card use's the tulip driver. Go into netcfg and enter your machines IP address and the DNS. On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:20:03 -0700, Jason Riesa wrote: Ok. Now what drivers do I use for my ethernet card? The autoprobe in the installation said it was a tulip card. I don't know what that is,

[newbie] Kernel Optimizations

Linux Mandrake 6.0 is said to be optimized for Pentium-type processors. This means that it was compiled using pgcc instead of gcc, correct? So if I wanted to compile a custom kernel (i.e. include NTFS support) I'm guessing that I should use pgcc instead of gcc, to keep the optimizations.

Re: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

also, if he's desperate to run windows apps, try downloading and installing the free trial version of vmware (www.download.com's linux area) - it let's you install windows 3.1, 95, 98,. NT and DOS on your linux box that run in windows within your linux environmentthe best of both worlds

Re: [newbie] StarOffice won't install on mandrake6.0

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Steve Winston wrote: Concerning StarOffice and its humongous download time (I don't have ISDN or anything like that):Is there a downloader of some kind that allows resumption of a download after it has been interrupted? Something that resumes at the point where the

Re: [newbie] StarOffice won't install on mandrake6.0

Don, I tried that and ended back at the prompt without it installing. Any other ideas? Brian Don Kelley wrote: just download version 5.1 from the staroffice website and install it - and ignore the warnings about missing libraries (keep installing). Don On Fri, 25 Jun

Re: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

I have got a friend whom is trying to move away from the Windows environment, but is having a lot of concerns on whether he'll succeed or not with Linux. He believes that because Linux is being developed by hackers throughout the world and it does not have a certified authentication, it

RE: [newbie] Need a strong convincing argument

Excellently put, and I too am a linux lover. The OS is and will always be a means to an end. A tool, what. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael R. Batchelor Sent: 25 June 1999 19:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Video problem

[this thread is almost a month old, but I noticed it and would be interested to hear if someone has a method that works (personal experience.] I wished that worked, but it didn't when I just tried it. I went and commented out every one of the "Virtual screen" lines in my XF85Config, and there

Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde

two further simple questions: 1) kdm what is it and how do I 'fire it up'? what does kdm stand for? do you mean I just boot up linux and log in as root--and then what? or do I just go into the kde and do it from there? basic questions I know! 2) What other windows managers does

Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde

two further simple questions: 1) kdm what is it and how do I 'fire it up'? what does kdm stand for? do you mean I just boot up linux and log in as root--and then what? or do I just go into the kde and do it from there? basic questions I know! 2) What other windows managers does

Re: [newbie] Core Dump

- Original Message - From: Alex Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Core Dump On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Suryo Mataram wrote: Hi all, I'm new with LINUX. Can anyone tell me what Core Dump is all about?

[newbie] pager in enlightenment

Anyone know how to get the enlightenment pager running in the mandrake gnome/enlightenment setup??? I used to use E15.5 on RH5.2, and it was there in that but not under Mandrakeis it even compiled in to the Mandrake rpm I wonder?

Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote: two further simple questions: 1) kdm what is it and how do I 'fire it up'? what does kdm stand for? do you mean I just boot up linux and log in as root--and then what? or do I just go into the kde and do it from there? I quote from the docs: What

[newbie] Not Mandrake Related

This is a general linux question. What does /dev/zero do? I've found that if I type in cat /dev/zero myfile.tmp it can create a very big file! Jason

Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde

- Original Message - From: Michael Asbridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde two further simple questions: 1) kdm what is it and how do I 'fire it up'? what does kdm stand for? do you mean I just boot up linux and log in as root--and then

[newbie] Boot disk creation

Hi, first time I've strayed from MS and I'm stuck. Six attempts to install 6.0 and they all hang at the mouseconfig screen. Apparently I have installed it but not configured it. Unfortunately I didn't get to the creation of the bootdisk so my question is how to do this from DOS in the

[newbie] kppp callback

Hi all, i've a problem with my provider. He has installed a M$-like callback protocol. I'm not allowed to use it, but since it was installed, kppp in not more able to connect to the server. It seems that kppp receives a "^F" signal before authentication and stops connection. Any suggestion?

Re: [newbie] pager in enlightenment

Alex Brown wrote: Anyone know how to get the enlightenment pager running in the mandrake gnome/enlightenment setup??? I used to use E15.5 on RH5.2, and it was there in that but not under Mandrakeis it even compiled in to the Mandrake rpm I wonder? According to what I've heard from

Re: [newbie] using xwindows instead of kde

I guess most of your questions will be answered if you look on the web page, or more importantly (since you have the mandrake 6 cd) by installing mandrake 6. Upon installing it I learned that it comes with kde, gnome, afterstep, ice, etc etc - all nice managers. If you did the default install

Re: [newbie] Boot disk creation

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote: Hi, first time I've strayed from MS and I'm stuck. Six attempts to install 6.0 and they all hang at the mouseconfig screen. Apparently I have installed it but not configured it. Unfortunately I didn't get to the creation of the bootdisk so my question

[newbie] Something to look into?

This was taken from LWN: There have been consistent reports of file corruption errors in 2.2.9 and beyond. This is a strange problem - it affects relatively few people, and has proved to be very hard to nail down. It was initially

[newbie] Mandrake and DSL

Can some one give me the information (step by step) to get my Linux machine hooked up to my DSL line. I am lost and have tried everything. Either it is a very complicated process or I have missed something obvious. My current setup is: Mandrake 6.0 with two ethernet cards eth1 IP

RE: [newbie] Mandrake and DSL

You've answered your own question, you don't have an IP so why are you setting one? You need to set up DHCP -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rich McCabeSent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:40 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:

RE: [newbie] Mandrake and DSL

Aaron do you mean all I need to do is change the eth0 interface to a DHCP protocol ? Or is there more to setting up DHCP than that. The information I have listed below regarding the Cisco is right out of the USWest book and does get the Router logged in. I just need to make the Linux box

Re: [newbie] Boot disk creation

except generally a dos prompt won't work, you have to reboot into dos mode. It's a memory addressing problem as far as I can tell. As a result, you can't do this from NT :-( Don -- On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote: when the floppy is formatted..it won't be bootable unless you do a

Re: [newbie] Newbie internet ????

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, jsm wrote: Being new to Linux , I've noticed ( I don't think it's my imagination ) that the internet is much faster that Win98 with the same hardware . Can someone explain why ? Easy - the TCP/IP stack of Windoze sucks as much as the rest of the OS. ;) And Windoze does

[newbie] Did the Lothar project get onto Mandrake's 6.0?

Bero, My subject line tells it all? I still have 5.3 on my computer. Linda At 12:52 AM 6/26/99 +0200, you wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, jsm wrote: Being new to Linux , I've noticed ( I don't think it's my imagination ) that the internet is much faster that Win98 with the same hardware .

Re: [newbie] Did the Lothar project get onto Mandrake's 6.0?

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Linda and Mike wrote: My subject line tells it all? No, because it's not yet generally usable. It's more likely to make it for 6.1... LLaP bero

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and DSL

Well, if the Cisco is anything like my Netgear router (ISDN) you'll need to assign an IP address to it. The IP address for my Netgear ISDN Router INSIDE is 192.168.0.1. I manage this box by telnetting to it at the aforementioned address. My Ethernet is 192.168.0.x, where x is greater than 1, but

Re: [newbie] boot disks?

There are actually a bunch of mini-distributions that can be used for rescue/boot purposes...there are some that even run X! look for tomsrtbt and go to hteir webpage...they have links to other mini-distributions on one/two/several floppies (example : tomsrtbt, loaf, lrp, mulinux, cclinux,

Re: [newbie] Installing kernel RPMs

On 24 Jun, Flight16 wrote: I just upgraded my kernel via an RPM, but the old kernel still loads. How do you get the new kernel to work? Flight16 U might have to edit lilo.conf adn run lilo to let the mbr know where ur new partition is if u r not comfortable editing lilo.conf

Re: [newbie] kppp

Still no luck. I am using the login script that you suggested with one modification. Each time I tried to log into MSN I got a 'bad password' error. After checking and rechecking I established that the password is the same one that I use to connect to MSN through Window 98. I removed the

Re: [newbie] discovery of the boot problem--FINALLY!!!

Thanks for the hint. I don't have a turbo switch but by setting the PIO mode for the IDE channels in the BIOS setup screen I was able to boot. Now I am experimenting on how high I can set the PIO mode. So far I am up to PIO mode 3 no DMA for the hard drives PIO 0 no DMA for the CD-ROM. A

RE: [newbie] Mandrake and DSL

well, when I was on US West, the cisco 675 was a bridge, not a router, so it has no IP of it's own. you need to set the computer to DHCP. I dunno how to do that in Linux except at install, but I'm 99% sure if you are assigning a IP to a us west dsl bridge it's wrong. How is your win box

Re: [newbie] boot disks?

Jeremy Mann wrote: At 06:51 PM 6/24/99 -0500, you wrote: I'm thinking more on the lines of a self-contained mini kernel and a very small editor... Found it sooner than I thought ;) http://www.freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/05/20/927180998.html CCLinux. Just what you were looking for!

Re: [newbie] Did the Lothar project get onto Mandrake's 6.0?

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Linda and Mike wrote: > My subject line tells it all? No, because it's not yet generally usable. It's more likely to make it for 6.1... LLaP bero Why was it said at the Mandrake site that it would have "Lothar" I've been looking all over my

Re: [newbie] download mess-want WP8 more than most things

Get me off of this stupid list!! ASAP MIME:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06/22/99 12:21:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @ INTERNET3 cc: (bcc: Michael Thorp/NOTES) Subject: [newbie] download mess-want WP8 more than most things Dear Abby, I keep trying to download WordPerfect 8 for Linux. When I click

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