Re: [newbie] A question, comment, and observation oh my!

1999-05-30 Per discussione Martin Barnard
Ben wrote: 1. How do I get kde to start with "num lock" on? 2. After upgrading to netscape 4.6, i've lost the use of my "delete key" in netscape. How do I get netscape to use the "delete" key? 3. Does anyone know of the progress Troll Tech is having porting the "Opera Web Browser" over

Re: [newbie] Pppd dies unexpectedly

1999-05-17 Per discussione Martin Barnard
lp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Barnard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Too much is not enough.

RE: [newbie] Upgrade Mandrake 5.3 to KDE 1.1.1 ?

1999-05-12 Per discussione Martin Barnard
Snip RH 6.0 installs KDE 1.1.1pre2 in /usr/local/kde (?) instead of /opt/kde. Worse. RH 6.0 installs KDE in straight /usr, which is not only stupid but also a violation of FSSTND. Unfortunately, we have to stick with it in Mandrake 6.0 because we want to remain compatible. snip An

Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?

1999-05-07 Per discussione Martin Barnard
On Fri, 07 May 1999, you wrote: Tried it and it does not work here Jeanette Snip That is because the shutdown command is not available for su root, as the standard su root path doesn't include /sbin. I would recommend putting a symlink maybe in the /usr/bin or somewhere where the path is on

Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.

1999-05-07 Per discussione Martin Barnard
I wish I could, then I would :( Martin On Sat, 08 May 1999, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hehe ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and

Re: [newbie] Q: XMessageBox

1999-05-02 Per discussione Martin Barnard
Much thanks, it works perfectly :) If you were wondering, I want to use it in one of my scripts, which cycle through a range of dynamic ip's looking for my friend, who sometimes doesn't use icq/shells it's difficult to get in touch with him. Snippety snip xmessage should do what you want.

Re: [newbie] network

1999-05-01 Per discussione Martin Barnard
On Sat, 01 May 1999, you wrote: anyone know why Linux doesnt see the win98 box and why win98 keeps saying a password is required to access the linux box? I can ping both machines and login via ftp to the linux machine, but that is the extent. You can telnet the linux box from win98 and

RE: [newbie] Super Disk CD Recorders

1999-04-30 Per discussione Martin Barnard
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, you wrote: The LS120 work very well (I have one), the only problem is that you cannot create a rescue floppy during the installation. Toshiro Hi All, I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are supported under Linux. If they are,

Re: [newbie] How to install my 56k modem

1999-04-30 Per discussione Martin Barnard
the IRQ manually.Am I wrong here anyone? I'm reading everything before I install. I may just do it this weekend though. grin Rip6 Snip I'm using a Diamond SupraExpress 56e Pro on my installation with no problems if that helps you? Dunno if it's a multimedia tho'. Martin Barnard

Re: [newbie] Super Disk CD Recorders

1999-04-30 Per discussione Martin Barnard
bought a cd recorder would like to figure out how to use it under Linux. Thanks for any help. Martin Barnard

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Ps2 Mouse

1999-04-24 Per discussione Martin Barnard
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, you wrote: On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 11:53:41PM +0300, Martin Barnard wrote: Hi I have just bought a new mouse (Ps/2 variety) and am wondering which port etc it uses. Any help would be appreciated. I have tried cua0-3 and ttyS0-3 for most of the mice. /dev/psaux

[newbie] [Newbie] CD-ReWritable

1999-04-23 Per discussione Martin Barnard
Hi Does anyone know how to configure the Phillips PCA362RW CD ReWriter for linux? I have it set as my secondary slave (My normal cd is my secondary master). Also, since I have installed it, I had to rearrange my cdrom etc to fit it now /dev/cdrom is a node to /dev/hdc1 and not /dev/hdd1 (what's

[newbie] Lots of fatal system crashes.

1999-04-17 Per discussione Martin Barnard
Hi, I was wondering if you could help my friend, he has installed Mandrake on his system and for some reason it keeps crashing (SIGHUP 11) when he does things in X (the whole thing rebooting). His system is: Pentium 166MMX Diamond Stealth 3D2000 (2MB) Video card 32 MB RAM Generic 32x CDRom 6 GIG

RE: [newbie] Lots of fatal system crashes.

1999-04-17 Per discussione Martin Barnard
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, you wrote: What are the exact errors he gets. Could be many things but would be much narrower with specifics. Make sure his Hardware isn't bad. I had that problem with the Computer Re-booting out of X, I found that I had a bad stack of memory chips causing the