[newbie] udpate KDE using urpmi?

Is it possible to update KDE using URPMI? I've searched and haven't found the syntax fo do that. Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] dicer toaster daemon

What is the DTD Dicer-Toaster daemon and how can I get it to work? There seem to be more than a a couple applications that make use of it. Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Changing Kernels in Mandrake 10

the 2.6kernel? Or maybe a better question is how can I install and use the 2.4kernel? Thanks to all. Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Installing Speedtouch USB

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Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp

hi hoyt i had the same issue - i struggled with it for a few days writing scripts and using wvdialer or whatever it was called - and then i installed kde and used kppp. much better! cheers ben On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:21 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

. the doco is at http://www.mandrakeclub.com/docs/9.2/en/Drakxtools-Guide.html/drakboot.html cheers ben --- Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have myself in a pickle. I set the system to automatically log me in. This was ok, the only problem I was loged into the last session. Now the last

Re: [newbie] Mandrakesecure.net

successfully installed it on NUMEROUS other multi-boot systems without even a hiccup. Good luck! -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still

Re: [newbie] system crash....why?

Another tool Mike may find useful is gong to linuxconf and checking out the status tab then clicking on logs, etc. hth, Ben On Tuesday 05 August 2003 12:53, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Mike, Have a look in /var/log/ and you will find various log files in there including syslog. These should

Re: [newbie] Beonex

, the binaries for flash and java are just as easy to install for the latest build of Mozilla. If I'm missing something, please tell me. Just wondering. Thanks! -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others

Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports

running. -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. - Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Remote Desktop Sharing

for VNC. If you have any other routers in your network, you'll also want to open that port as well and point it to the IP of your box running VNC server. For multiple boxes, the display numbers (configured on the server) will determine which server you get to. hth, -- Ben Reeves He who knows

Re: [newbie] DSL connection (SBC)

talking to the DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexer) over your phone line using frequencies over 8khz (reserved for voice). If you've configured your PPPoE connection in mandrake Network Setup, then you'll need to make sure that the authentication is taking place. Hope this helps. -- Ben Reeves He who

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

Foster's to be decent but not more, but then again I am more of a Belgian Ale, and wheatbeer person /Anders I'll drink to that! MmmmHoegaarden Blue Moon isn't bad either. The commercials SHOULD say, Fosters, Australian for crap! -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others

Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports

'closed'. A quick look at the FAQ on the shorewall site at http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq4 tells me that shorewall will by default leave these ports 'closed' because it cuts down on 'chatter' in Windows/Samba networks. So thats another mystery solved :-) derek -- Ben Reeves

[newbie] Log entry

Server worm from a few months ago? If anyone can provide any insight to this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself

Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp

after doing that, you can do the ifup eth0 to bring it back up. Don't mean to state the obvious, but also don't want to A S S U M E anything! ;-) Good luck! HTH, -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

me, for example Granted... this is simply a matter of my opinion. It's based upon the information that I have at hand. Additional information of course could always alter my opinion. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go abroad in search of monsters

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

management team has not even had a chance to prove itself, it's direction, and it's attitude yet. In short, it seems premature and very disloyal, no matter what Ben Reser's claims to the contrary. I think Mandrakesoft should be given time to prove itself before somebody kicks them when they are down

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

Vahur Lokk wrote on Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:54: I read his proposal in a little bit different way. Supporters of Mandrake are currently doing big efforts to keep the company alive but it is true that our money goes to cover old debts, not to develop a new better distro. Ben shows a way to get rid

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

about the bankruptcy filing. Further, I'd been writing the article since the 29th of December. It's timing was simply conicidence. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

with time. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion only of her own. -- John Quincy Adams, July 4th, 1821 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

is the alternatives are either: a) Technically insufficent. b) Have closed development processes. c) Laking a good community. d) Simply a pain to install and use. This is a summary, I won't mention names or point fingers to avoid turning this into xyz distro suxxors. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

they are best at, developing a distro. Despite the struggles people have with betas, often forgetting that they are in fact betas, we like what we get. I have no idea really how French bankruptcy works. So I'm not sure. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

. You better get started on those cookies though. :) -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion only of her own. -- John Quincy Adams, July 4th

[newbie] making space

i have 2 harddrives 1.2G and 540M i wan wondering if i could set up the 540M as the swap file harddrive. because if i install linux on the 1.2G i get about 530M of space to install stuff to. i really need some extra space. or is there any other way to utilize the 540M HDD to clear some space

[newbie] Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

hey guys, im trying to install mandrake on my old computer. its a: Intel P3 550 SDRAM 192M 1.2G HDD 8M Onboard Voodoo 3 Onboard Creative SB 128 i get an error message saying: Code: 8b 01 85 45 fc 74 52 31 c0 9c 8f ec fa c7 01 00 00 00 00 0Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! attempt to access

Re: [newbie] Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

im using Mandrake 8.0 On Monday, June 24, 2002 at 10:49:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 24 June 2002 09:54 pm, you wrote: hey guys, im trying to install mandrake on my old computer. its a: Intel P3 550 SDRAM 192M 1.2G HDD 8M Onboard Voodoo 3 Onboard Creative SB 128

[newbie] Disk Concatenaton in Mandrake 8.1?

out there that can explain how to do this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sound card not working

None. Everything works, but there is just no sound like it's muted. BUT, If I used HardDrake to config the CODEC I do get an error. It says cannot find isa-pnp. Ben Lee On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 17:54, Grant Fraser wrote: I have the same chip and a similar problem I have just about every sound

[newbie] Sound card not working

open it. Anyone have any ideas? Ben Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Telnet display problems

temp% The next line starts where the line above it ends. I've tried other terminal types, but nothing seems to change it. Anyone have any ideas? I'm running ML 8.1. Ben Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] mouse stops pointing correctly

, and fonts were fuzzy. I think the 145 W power supply may have been marginal for the P200 installed then, operating at 3.3 V. The K6 works at 2.2 V, and the problem is gone. The infrequent mouse-drunkeness persists though. Suggestions? TIA, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Install CD won't bootup on mac g4

the c key, it doesn't bootup from the disk. has anyone else had any problem burning the intall cd with toast titanium 5? thanks ben __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Re: RE: [newbie] Need a cheap non-Winmodem

transparently in linux or windows--the modem rings when you get a call, you can answer and talk briefly, or hang up and keep surfing. The only difficulty I've had is having to put a setserial line in rc.local to configure the irq and i/o port. Actiontec's website describes how to do that. Ben Want

[newbie] ethernet card/modprobe/irq problem

(this is a realtek 8139 card): invalid parameter parm_irq if I set parm_irq correctly, I bet I'll be back in business with the home network. How do I do it? Thanks in advance, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] tcp port blackjack found open?

Blackjack is the yahoo instant messenger then? What a relief. It sounded sinister. Thought I might have had a virus or something. Thanks! Ben On Monday 10 September 2001 10:25 pm, you wrote: Do you use yahoo instant messanger? On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:08, Ben Bayer wrote: Hi

[newbie] CD writer

I have recently installed mandrake 8.0. Mostly everything is Ok, but I have one big problem. Although I can access my DVD drive, attempting to access my CD writer inariably crashes the system. Going into harddrake, there appears to be a problem of some sort - the device is listed as both a scsi

Re: [newbie] Firewall/networking tutorial?

Thanks! That looks pretty neat! On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:14 am, you wrote: Date: 09/04/2001 07:14 am (Tuesday) From: Leonard Miller To: Ben Bayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET.MN-CCGate.DM-MN-05 Subject: Re: [newbie] Firewall/networking

[newbie] Firewall/networking tutorial?

Hi all, I want to set up an old computer I installed mandrake 8 on as a firewall for my main PC. Does anyone know of a howto, forum discussion, book, or article that might help me get started networking and firewalling? Thanks, Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] StarOffice can't find sofficerc

, but staroffice can't see it or open it or something. I can't run staroffice, and I think it's the high security I set, but I don't know how to troubleshoot this. Help please! Ben Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Getting closer to a working modem

actually loads several ppp modules). Ben On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:47 pm, you wrote: Carroll: Admin wrote: Hello: Well, some progress on my attempts to get the modem up and going. I switched to XON/XOFF and can now reach the point where the o/s attempts to initialize the modem

[newbie] Sony vaio F701/X problems/go to NT?

but using the NeoMagic drivers the best I can get is a corrupted screen at 640*480 using 8 bit. Anyone got this laptop working? Regards, ben *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44 (0)7970 269 522 * * Campaign Against proper English

[newbie] Sony vaio F701/X problems

I am trying to get a sony vaio f701 working with X. I have tried using Xconfigurator but using the NeoMagic drivers the best I can get is a corrupted screen at 640*480 using 8 bit. Anyone got this laptop working? Regards, ben

[newbie] telstra adsl

do it the other way round? ciao TIA Ben

RE: [newbie] Installing LM 7.2 on a Sony Vaio Laptop

get 2 fresh cds, i had the same problem, fresh cds fixed this -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Doe Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing LM 7.2 on a Sony Vaio Laptop On Sunday 18

Re: [newbie] MODEM Com port?

ttyS4 /dev/modem Then you can use the device /dev/modem in any dialer from then on. Hope this works for you. Regards, - Ben --Original Message-- From: "Ed Tharp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 10, 2001 11:28:45 PM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] MODEM Com p

[newbie] ncftp installing

how do i install ncftp off the mandrake 7.2 cd?

[newbie]

(everyday account) use the shutdown command is there another command i can use to halt or reboot the sys?? i tryed chmod and chgrp and chown to give my normal account acces plus in userconf i granted my normal accout access to the shutdown command.. thanks ben

RE: [newbie] USR 5610 Modem on 7.2

this helps. Just in case you need help with any of the instructions feel free to contact me. - Ben "We give up our dreams for what we call 'wisdom.' I often wonder, is it a good exchange?" - Charles Dickens __ FREE Personalized Email at Mai

RE: [newbie] USR 5610 Modem on 7.2

Oops! My apologies. It appears that the file has been moved around on the server. It's new location I'm not certain of, although some digging through the main site could probably turn it up. To save us all some time and effort the contents of the file are following Bill's message.

Re: [newbie] ssh/vnc not working, this is getting silly

Thanks for replying. I am using Mandrake 7.2, ssh was installed from the standard 2 CD distribution so I dont think I am using a strange flovour. I have done the keygen already. Was trying at one point to get a firewall/internet sharing working, but SSH did not work before this anyway. Maybe

[newbie] ssh/vnc not working, this is getting silly

how to get telnet working. Regards, Ben *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44 (0)7970 269 522 * * Campaign Against proper English, Dyslexia division * * Homepagehttp://www.gifford.co.uk/~bedwards * * i-Contact

Re: [newbie] ppp error 15

oad on your local pop number(I believe) and a list of other things. - Ben Sauls [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We give up our dreams for what we call 'wisdom.' I often wonder, is it a good exchange?" - Charles Dickens __ FREE Personalized Email at

RE: [newbie] Portsentry reporting

- Ben --Original Message-- From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 1, 2001 4:42:29 AM GMT Subject: [newbie] Portsentry reporting Hi again everyone, this has been puzzling me for a while. I have portsentry installed and configured on two machines

[newbie] telnet

I can ping my linux box from Windoz 2k but not telnet or ftp. I anve my linix ip set to 192.168.1.1 and windoz to 192.168.1.10. Any ideas? Regards, ben *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ * Ben Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]+44 (0)7970 269 522 * * Campaign Against

Re: [newbie] No sound in linux?

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Wayfarer wrote: When I run sounddrake (as root of course) it finds my sound card fine. When I hit 'test' I hear Linus's voice fine, but if I click on 'ok' I get: sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp' No such device- Only clicking 'exit' lets me out. I have checked the

Re: [newbie] UsRobotics PCI Modem

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote: whatever. If you do decide to go to the above site, it would be a good idea to know the FCC ID number for your modem, as that is the primary means of identification. The FCC ID is usually written on a white paper tag on the card, which means that

[newbie] Video resolution oddities

I installed Mandrake 7.1 (my first Linux) on Monday morning. Since then, I've been trying to get my display resolution down to 800x600. My video card, a 32M ATI Rage Fury Pro ("detected as Rage 128 (generic)"), is capable of much more than my 15" monitor can comfortably display, and X

[newbie] Bunch o Questions (MDK 7.1)

and hangs with a kernel panic. Any ideas? -ben ben ruset : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : www.stormrage.net

[newbie] Win2k is killing my Mandrake install

it freezes. Do you know why this might be happening? I have used Linux for about three months, but don't feel quite comfortable enough yet to have it as my only OS. Thanks, Ben Send FREE Greetings for Father's Day--or any day! Click here: http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/redirects/fathers_day.rdct

[newbie] Qt

could someone tell me where it is or how to find it. Thanx in advance :-) Ben Donahue [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Install Guide

While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in Recommended mode) and at the Setup filesystems section, the instructions tell me that normally I won't have anything to do. I only had a Windows partition. I did have to do something. Auto Allocate seemed the most logical option to select. The

Re: [newbie] Any Linux web server to recommend ?

www.linuxstart.com (free accounts) for the guy who needed web hosting with mysql and *nix

Re: [newbie] Networking Cookbook

http://www.linux.org/help/howto.html more information than you can shake a stick at. Anyone know where I can get a good cookbook type help for networking? I've got 5 computers to network, including one 486 Win95, two Pentium Win 98 systems (one dual boots LINUX), an Apple iBook with AirPort

Re: [newbie] Lexmark Printers

freshmeat has a couple of drivers listed as well. I've got my lexmark 1100 working just fine.

Re: [newbie] video card Intel 740 server

http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp/archives/linux/RedHat/XBF/ it's also available on the mandrake 6.0 cd under /apps you need to grab the xf86config.tar as well. it's available at the above address as well. instructions are included in the readme file. I have so far downloaded the sources from

[newbie] Netscape

hi... I'm using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and i want to upgrade Netscape version 4.61 to version 4.7. I went to www.rpmfind.net and downloaded the netscape-common, communicator, and navigator rpm files that were version 4.7 mdk and installed them, but it does not run... Can anyone help me? Ben

RE: Re: [newbie] modem configuration problem

i believe, and this just might be me... but i don't think that you can use winmodems with linux hence the name winmodem i think they will only run with windows i know they won't run under dos anyone know if this is true? ben

Re: [newbie] Apache/public_html

check your .conf file for apache. in /httpd ( i think?). there should be a line in the file the specifies what the public directory is named. Although I think public_html is the default. Also check your folder permissions. I suspect that there is some configuration step that needs to be

Re: [newbie] X-server

If your using 6.0 you can use the XBF server. I believe it is located in the /apps folder on the cd. Just follow the instructions in the readme file. Version 6.1 has support built in. It has several different i740 cards listed, as well as a generic agp and pci i740. Good Luck Ben

Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!

Here is the post from Helmar Rudolph, Opera's marketing guy; you have been waiting patiently for news from the various fronts, particularly the Mac, OS/2, Amiga and Linux versions. Here is a brief update. More info will follow later, and will be posted on both the respective newsgroups as well

Re: [newbie] alternative browser?

hoose from. Ben

Re: [newbie] Apache

check your apache error logs, I'm guessing you haven't run the setup for midgard, or didn't install mod-midgard. - Original Message - From: Alec Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 7:26 AM Subject: [newbie] Apache Hi I have just installed

[newbie] stdarg.ph

'usr/bin/gcc --print-file-name include' /usr/bin/h2ph *.h does not work. ( or I could be executing it incorrectly.) Any help getting this to work would be apreciated. Ben "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good me

Re: [[newbie] MS Internet Explorer]

Don't let Steve hear you say that :) Ben - Original Message - From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] MS Internet Explorer] This makes me even more anxious for Opera to release their Linux version

Re: [newbie] Intel 740AGP video

I'm using the Real3d version here. The X server that ships with 6.1 supports various models, and also has a generic i740 pci / agp if your exact model is not listed. I had it working in 5.3, 6.0 as well. Ben - Original Message - From: WH Bouterse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Missing - Garbled Pixmap

Thanks for the help, everything is working well now. kdelibs does not fully install, most of it makes it in, but it does not register with the rpm batabase and some files don't make it. Uninstall the kcmclock rpm, then run rpm -Uvh on the kdelibs package. If you want to use the Brett Jones

[newbie] Missing - Garbled Pixmap

is the output from "rpm -V $(rpm -qa | grep kde)" Any help would be much apreciated, Ben "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Hunter S. Thompson Rpm.out

[newbie] opera

I read on opera's web site that the linux version is being developed under Mandrake. If anyone at mandrake had a hand in this, then Kudos to you. Ben "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like

Re: [newbie] Netscape Fonts

http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/6.1/Mandrake/RPMS/XFree86-100dpi -fonts-3.3.5-3mdk.i586.rpm Add the correct info to your config file. Ben - Original Message - From: David van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 1:46 PM Subject: Re

Re: [newbie] Video Config in Linux *Help!*

I have the 24meg Starfighter. Works fine with the XBF server, and is supposed to be inlcluded in the new xfree86 release. ( As a side note, I have reinstalled so often, I know the Real3d PCI card is #414 during setup..tada ) Ben Also, has anybody tried the i740 X-Server on a Real3d

Re: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem.

:) Ben - Original Message - From: Caymen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 11:59 AM Subject: [newbie] Hopefully Last problem. I finally got Linux to load using boot magic (had to make it easy for sis to start Win98 if she needs to print some homework

Re: [newbie] ReWriting the MBR to linux?

Edit lilo.conf to reflect your new kernel. run /sbin/lilo - Original Message - From: Paul Hendrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:39 AM Subject: [newbie] ReWriting the MBR to linux? Hi, Where/what is the command that I use after rebuilding

Re: [newbie] aim chat

www.freshmeat.net search for gaim I know this is a bit off topic, but awhile back aol released the source for aim. Has anyone developed a linux based version of aim? So I may stay away from my other partions. Thanks Robert

Re: [newbie] True Type Fonts using Windows 98 fonts ?

I had to change the permissions on the imported win ttfonts..run mkttfdir and whala..(none of the dingbat fonts worked however?) - Original Message - From: Gerry Doyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 8:03 AM Subject: [newbie] True Type Fonts

Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Evil Empire]]

Is it worth it? Do we really want to pay $35 for something we already get for free? Do we want closed source when there's a big pile of Netscape code sitting there for the taking? I just don't know... Actually, I think it is worth it. And from my understanding, after reading the posts on

Re: [newbie] Changing the default X windows color depth.

solution, but if your default runlevel is 5, I don't think that would work. Also run the vi tutorial, so if it doesn't work, you can fix it without having to reinstall :) Ben - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wayne Boaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: [newbie] gcc - not found

You need to install the development packages.. I believe they are listed as C development, C++ development, KDE-GNOME development..etc... On a side note, I would again suggest that those packages should be a default selection during a custom install. Ben - Original Message - From

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

You could try staroffice..It's an entire office suite for linux. In fact, if you are familiar with spreadsheets, you could make your own simple check registry. - Original Message - From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 8:30 PM Subject:

Re: [newbie] Trouble with resolution

Mount your distro cd and look under apps. I believe there is an xserver for 3dfx there, just follow the instructions. You may also benifit from searching this mailing list's archives, as this subject has been discussed before, and there may be a more complete answer to your question.

Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr

Use a windows/dos boot disk to start the system, and issue the command fdisk /mbr that will get rid of lilo for you. Ben - Original Message - From: Toby Sheets [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:02 AM Subject: [newbie] deleting /mbr Someone

Re: [newbie] Modem

the pcmcia in stock.. If you do plan do purchase one, I would suggest calling them to order, as their online store still has glitches they need to resolve. Ben - Original Message - From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 4

Re: [newbie] compiler

of the documentation that is presented during the install was tacked on as an afterthought, and offers very little help to the new linux user. / end rant Ben - Original Message - From: Bob Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 2:15 AM Subject: RE

Re: [newbie] Slow bandwith

In kppp check your connection speed. Setup - Device - Connection Speed Try setting it to 115200 and see if that helps. mdk6.0 kppp says i am connecting @ 38400 but whenever i pull up a site, ftp, download, etc., the maximum i pull is between 300- 600 bytes. under windows i average between

Re: [newbie] kernel recompilation

I'm guessing you did a custom install and neglected to install the development libraries. Ben - Original Message - From: Periklis Chrisotodoulou [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] kernel recompilation Dan Brown wrote

Re: [newbie] INTERNET ACCESS

check these sites. http://www.linuxhardware.net/ http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html http://www.kc.net/%7Egromitkc/winmodem.html - Original Message - From: Mark Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 12:36 AM Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

if you have more than one xf86config file. Ben I also got my TT fonts to work. If I configure my X server with XF86Setup I can say goodbye to TT fonts and color to the Netscape and WP8 toolbars. This doesn't happen when using Xconfigurator. Can anyone tell me why?

Re: [newbie] I'm back..... and with a few problems......

quot;Multi sync" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Hope this helps, as I had the same problems just a few weeks ago, Ben Yes I have an i740 too, and use XBF for it. But there is just one XF86Config and is located in /etc/X11/ El Sab, 03 Jul 1999, escribiste:

Re: [newbie] Opening Windows files

0 0 This assumes that windows is located on the first partition of /dev/hda, and you have created a directory /Windows. Modify to taste. Ben - Original Message - From: Hans Goetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Mailingliste [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 2:44 AM

Re: [newbie] More Kernel Questions

procinfo can be found on the 5.3 cd, or from many of the mirrors that have the 2.2 upgrade rpm's. http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/updates/kernel2.2/RPMS/updates/p rocinfo-15-1.i386.rpm hope that helps, Ben

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