[newbie] Newbie troubles with installing

I am trying to install Xine - on a Mandrake 8.0 setup. I have downloaded xine-lib and xine-ui. I have successfully run ./configure, make and make install for xine-lib. When I run ./configure for xine-ui it fails with a message telling me that I have not installed xine-lib. Is there some stage I

RE: [newbie] Aurora

The only advantage I have seen in Aurora is that you can go back to it after the boot has finished to see what happened. (Ctrl-Alt-F12 on mine). But surely all the messages are logged somewhere aren't they?? -Original Message- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

RE: [newbie] is this a good way to test a modem

Logic would say yes, but life often isn't like that! If it will run under DOS it isn't a Winmodem, so the omens are good, but you do need to check for available drivers. -Original Message- From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:29 PM To:

RE: [newbie] creative modem

If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it only has a serial connection! -Original Message- From: Robert MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] creative modem Hi Does anyone here

RE: [newbie] creative modem

:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] creative modem John Clegg wrote: If it is external then it can't be a Winmodem because it only has a serial connection! But I understand there are some external USB modems. Don't know what software they require or whether

RE: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list

Please don't assume that just because someone is a Linux newbie they are an email newbie. Some people have their HTML habits DEEPLY ingrained! John -Original Message- From: george [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[newbie] Telnet refused

Last time I booted my Linux box I could telnet in to it, now I can't. I can ping it, and I can connect with VNC, so the connection is obviously working, but when I try telnet it is refused. Can anyone help me with any basic pointers please? John Clegg Want to buy your Pack or Services from

RE: [newbie] Samba- problem - asking for an unkown password

Try running smbpasswd -Original Message- From: Roderick Scotto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Samba- problem - asking for an unkown password I managed to run samba and to see the linux machine on my

RE: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without overheating

Why not switch the monitor off as soon as you leave the PC - even in standby mode monitors use more power than when they are switched off! -Original Message- From: FLYNN, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:45 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE:

RE: [newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

I've been talking about it at length - in a suitable place. Could all the rest of you go somewhere suitable as well please? Now, can somebody point me at a place where I can get simple words-of-one-syllable advice for setting up Samba so that I can access shares on an NT machine from my