[newbie] graphical boot up under 8.2

hiho all, I am wondering why i haven´t already read such a question here (or did i miss it ?). Anyway - as the subject says - how can i get rid of this graphical bootup screen - it SUCKS ! I want the normal text bootup back, black background and linux kernel messages floating down my screen.

Re: [newbie] network

At 18:59 12.03.2002 +, you wrote: Hello all, I have my network up and running great. I can access the Linux machine from the win box. Could some give me a point in the right direction on how to access the win box from Linux? Thanks --

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

At 16:28 11.03.2002 -0700, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a toshiba cable modem that uses usb

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

At 16:28 11.03.2002 -0700, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a toshiba cable modem that uses usb

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

At 22:28 11.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: * Carlos Arigós [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11 Mar 02 21:53]: Install rdate rpm. As root, type: rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu hwclock --systohc Enter I don't know how to automate this task; any idea? I added it to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local u could

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

At 06:46 12.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines. What is a good Antivirus program to use with Linux? Are there any freeware ones that are worth using? Thanks in advance! Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

At 06:46 12.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines. What is a good Antivirus program to use with Linux? Are there any freeware ones that are worth using? Thanks in advance! Want to buy your Pack or Services from

RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

At 12:52 12.03.2002 -0600, you wrote: Lake Mary, Florida (town just north of Orlando). It's 79 here. Brr. :) Scott Burrows Austria(no cangaroos and boomerangs here *g*) 20° Celsius --dave -Original Message- From: DanLori Buchanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Halt command

joan, another solution would be to add your username to the /etc/shutdown.allow file and then shutdown your machine with shutdown -h now as that user --quay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cron ???

At 14:12 24.12.2001 +0800, you wrote: [root@smtp /root]# cat /var/spool/cron/root # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. did u see this line ? *g* # (/tmp/crontab.8868 installed on Mon Dec 24 10:11:33 2001) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.1 and mandrake-update

At 18:33 20.12.2001 -0500, you wrote: On Thursday 20 December 2001 18:21, you wrote: At 21:47 20.12.2001 +, you wrote: hi derek, 1) why the hell is the window which lists all the updates so SMALL ? on my screen the list of all the updates is about 2cm in height -

[newbie] mandrake 8.1 and mandrake-update

- please dont flame - we´re on the same side ;) i am just really sick of non-working apps under X that *should* make life easyier - but dont do. all suggestions/advices/opinions are welcome ;) --quaylar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.1 and mandrake-update

At 21:47 20.12.2001 +, you wrote: hi derek, 1) why the hell is the window which lists all the updates so SMALL ? on my screen the list of all the updates is about 2cm in height - with scrolling arrows next to it. its not possible to resize the list - to see more

Re: [newbie] cant receive any email

At 12:45 18.12.2001 +, you wrote: i cant get any email from any of my pop accounts, no matter which email client i try they all come back with an error connecting to pop.email.net ..etc . i do seem able to send email ok andwill have to use the 2k box on the lan to receive my email .. David

Re: [newbie] IP settings

At 03:15 04.12.2001 -0500, you wrote: How do I manually set or change my IP thru the terminal? Does it have something to do with ifconfig? Thanks. yes it does have something to do with ifconfig, read the manual page for ifconfig - it will tell u all the available options. --qu Want to

Re: [newbie] Internet connection sharing

everything in console... give it a try --quaylar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] FTP Problem - Please help if you can thanks :)

At 11:24 04.12.2001 +, you wrote: hi neil, this error indicates that your ftp client was not able to establish a data connection to your home pc at target port 20 (this is ftp-data). so either u have a firewall at work that doesnt allow traffic from/to port 20 or - and this is more likely

Re: [newbie] Modem setup help required

At 10:48 27.11.2001 +, you wrote: Can someone guide me step by step in simple language please how I install a US Robotics 33.6 Sportster Modem on 8.0? Many thanks Gordon gordon, try out this excellent guide : http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cppp.html hth --qu Want to buy

[newbie] linux on a Dell I 4100

hiho ppl ! i am thinking of buying a new Dell Inspiron 4100 notebook and was wondering whether anybody could give hints/advice regarding its compatibility with linux. i already searched the linux-notebook.com website - but unfortunately its rather outdated (at least regarding the Dell

Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail

At 12:14 31.10.2001 -0800, you wrote: Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine runing 8.1. The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an idea of how to write procmail recipe. My

Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail

from /etc/procmailrc (if present). Care must be taken when creating /etc/procmailrc, because, if circumstances permit, it will be executed with root privileges (contrary to the $HOME/.procmailrc file of course). read more carefully ;) --quay On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, quaylar wrote

Re: [newbie] Security for Mandrake

At 05:14 25.10.2001 -0400, you wrote: Hi all, This is probably a FAQ, but I can't find the answer in the e-mails I have so far Some background is needed. In common with quite a few people, I would expect, I'm a long-time Windows hack trying out Linux because of Borland's Kylix, aka Delphi

Re: [newbie] cdrecord and my ricoh burner

At 18:47 24.10.2001 -0500, you wrote: On Wednesday 24 October 2001 03:53 pm, you wrote: At 15:51 23.10.2001 -0700, you wrote: On Tuesday 23 October 2001 02:42 pm, you wrote: hi ppl i have lm 8.1 and cdrecord version 1.10 i just tried to burn an audio cd (mp3 files

Re: [newbie] cdrecord and my ricoh burner

At 15:51 23.10.2001 -0700, you wrote: On Tuesday 23 October 2001 02:42 pm, you wrote: hi ppl i have lm 8.1 and cdrecord version 1.10 i just tried to burn an audio cd (mp3 files converted to wav) with eroaster and upon clicking the burn button i got this : scsidev: '0,0,0'

[newbie] mandrake 8.1 on promise ATA100 controller

hiho ppl ! is someone out there having the same problem i have ?: installing mandrake 8.1 on the onboard promise ATA100 controller of motherboard ASUS A7V KT133). i have a 30 gig IBM hd on the primary promise controller jumpered as slave (i already tried master) and i´m getting L 01 01 01

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.1 on promise ATA100 controller

At 13:51 05.10.2001 -0400, you wrote: On October 5, 2001 01:26 pm, quaylar wrote: hiho ppl ! is someone out there having the same problem i have ?: installing mandrake 8.1 on the onboard promise ATA100 controller of motherboard ASUS A7V KT133). i have a 30 gig IBM hd

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.1 on promise ATA100 controller

u sure that that will work if i turn off the bootable flag from my first hd (win2k running) then i wouldnt be able to boot it ??? The bootable flag just lets the BIOS know which hard drive to give control to. It does not effect a partition's ability to boot an OS. yes - and i

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.1 on promise ATA100 controller

theres one more thing i just remember : when first installing lilo - i got the messages : Warning : BIOS drive 0x83 may be inaccessible ! what confuses me about this is : 0x83 would be secondary slave - so it would be my LS120 floppy disk drive. it seems to me that lilo is trying to access

Re: [newbie] Telnet refused

At 14:20 22.09.2001 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 22 September 2001 14:01, John Clegg wrote: for some reason I can't quote your message. this is regarding telnet working at first but not after a reboot. Go into the mandrake control center, it's likely on your desktop. Then system services.

Re: [newbie] LiLo conflicts with Win NT - What to do?

At 10:54 20.09.2001 +0200, you wrote: Hi there! I recently tried to install Mandrake on the very same HD (3GB for WinNT boot(C:), 20 GB for NT (D:), 18GB for Mandrake) like my current Win NT. Everything worked fine, until I tried to start NT again. NT could not find Disk D, where all the

Re: [newbie] LiLo conflicts with Win NT - What to do?

At 10:54 20.09.2001 +0200, you wrote: Hi there! I recently tried to install Mandrake on the very same HD (3GB for WinNT boot(C:), 20 GB for NT (D:), 18GB for Mandrake) like my current Win NT. Everything worked fine, until I tried to start NT again. NT could not find Disk D, where all the

Re: [newbie] Port forwarding

At 09:39 01.08.2001 +, you wrote: Can anyone shed a little light on how to configure port-forwarding or port redirection from a Mandrake 7.2 SNF firewall to a mandrake 8.0 web-server? I realize that SNF has it's own web-server built-in, but this is for a special configuration.

Re: [newbie] RAM full

At 23:23 12.06.2001 +0200, you wrote: I'm using a Mandrake 7.2 on a Pentium 3 with 128MB RAM, on a newly installed system. I found it a bit slow and quite a bit of the programs - like KDE mediaplayer - won´t start up. I found out that with NO programs started from the desktop by me, the RAM is

[newbie] mailserver with antivir

? (/var/spool/mail/user in my case) or maybe u can recomment any other scanner ? any help would be greatly appreciated. greetings --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

[newbie] PAM problem

hi all ! i am experiencing following problem : i am trying to login to my qpopper (pop3) server and get following PAM error : PAM_pwdb[2237]: authentication failure; (uid=0) - mylogin for pop3 service does anyone know why this happens ?.. this is mysterious because my user login doesnt

RE: [newbie] PAM problem

At 14:45 01.06.2001 +0200, you wrote: with isp are you shure it sisn't pop2 . Ben de man running LM8.0 using KDE2 DT on a AMDk6-3-450mhz 196ram voodoo2 and rivatnt 2, 6,4 gb hd and tv-card (pinnacle tv rave) and CDRW 4/4/24 and DVD 40/12 hi its not the server of my isp but my OWN..and

[newbie] md5 passwords

hi all i think i found the solution to my qpopper problem. it seems that qpopper cant deal with my md5 encr. passwords- i remember i chose md5 at install-time, but now i would like to change it back to dont use it, so i am able to user qpopper does anybody know how i can disable md5 passwords

[newbie] pop3 server problem

hi all ! i have following problem with the pop3 server that came with mandrake 7.2 (imap package, ipop3d executable): it always complains about a invalid format of my mailbox file. although its a standard unix mailbox format, created by procmail which delivers my mails into the mailbox. if

[newbie] imap/ipop3d UW problem

read all those mails pretty fine, so why does ipopd complain about a invalid mailbox format ? can anyone give any advice on this ? thx --quay - -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

[newbie] pop3 server problem

hi all ! i am running lm 7.2 and ipop3d on my inet gateway. when i try to connect to it via telnet to port 110 from my windows client i get this: +OK POP3 x.localdomain v7.64 server ready +OK User name accepted, password please -ERR Unable to open user's INBOX above occurs after entering

Re: [newbie] Can't log-in first time as root

At 10:18 14.05.2001 +0200, you wrote: Hello, can somebody advise me why I can't log in direct as a root? First I can log as any user except root, than with su as a root. It happens after last installation M8. I have used default security level. Is it in security level setting? yes

[newbie] various email issues

hiho all ! i am planning to set up my own email server, i read several howtos and man pages but there are still some things which are not clear to me. first let me describe what i want to do : 1) i want to fetch email from various pop3 servers 2) spam-filter them 3) scan their attachments for

Re: [newbie] delaying eth0...

At 19:14 17.04.2001 -0500, you wrote: Actually, I guess i should of said it's a 3Com 509b in a PC. type "dmesg |more" and have a look at the part where eth0 init takes place. also see /var/log/messages. i think it probably gives a message somewhere for the reason of the delay. when i had this

[newbie] counting up/down transfer

hi all ! i have a dsl connection with limited transfer volume (approx 4 GB) and therfore i would like to count the traffic going in and out my box. i have ipchains installed on my linux server and i think i remember that i somwhere read that its possible to do this "counting" via ipchains.

Re: [newbie] my time is broken and I can't fix it PLEASE RESPOND

to disable GMT set "UTC=false" in /etc/sysconfig/clock --quay

Re: [newbie] Documents about Linux

this one : http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/LDP/sag/ and this one : http://www.linuxnewbies.org/ also u should get tons of information bei searching for "linux" "newbie" "guides" or "linux command reference" via google. ;) hth --quay -

[newbie] autologin again

hi all ! i have a question regarding the auto-login feature of LM 7.2: i want autologin to auto-login as a specific user, but in console mode ! the README says that one would have to create a autologin file with USER and EXEC values. now i dont want LM to start X (like the sample in the

Re: [newbie] REMOVE ME

At 08:35 21.03.2001 -0800, you wrote: TAKE ME OFF THIS LIST PLEASE! REMOVE ME! - Original Message - From: "mta2001" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: [newbie] test http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 just to break

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and multi processor

At 08:20 21.03.2001 -0600, you wrote: How do I set up multi-processor support in Mandrake? Regards, Jason hi jason, u would have to compile support for it into your kernel..check out : http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMP-HOWTO.html hth --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq

[newbie] choosing packets under 7.2

was in expert mode !) this is really disappointing, those things make installing mandrake a pain ! has anyone else experienced those things ? --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

[newbie] autologin in 7.1

heyho all does anybody know whether the autologin-package of 7.2 will also work on 7.1 ? --quay

Re: [newbie] autologin in 7.1

At 02:50 16.03.2001 -0800, you wrote: Hi, The auto login works for me on 7.1, even though it was designed for 7.2!! Ok? Thomas Adam - hmm..shouldnt autologin install a /etc/sysconfig/autologin file ?..i installed 1.0.0-3, it had only 8 kB (is this possible ?), but i dont have a

Re: [newbie] Telnet/IP MASQ

At 10:31 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: I dont know what I changed, but I can telnet into my Linux machine (Firewall) from my internal network, however I can do it from the internet. well.if u are the only user on your internal network and no security concerns are against it u could allow

Re: [newbie] 3com card problem

cat /proc/interrupts cat /proc/devices is your card recognized at bios initalization, that means does it show up when u power up your computer (after the ram count) ? --quay - Original Message - From: "Quaylar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, Marc

Re: [newbie] Telnet/IP MASQ

At 13:57 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: crap I meant I can access myLinux machine through telnet, ftp and XDMCP from my internal network, however I cant do any of it from the internet. I want to be able to do it. I have pmfirewall installed, but I also have fbuilder installed, and it might be

Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

maybe it was just a bad line... greets --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

Re: [newbie] 3com card problem

At 02:51 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: I have a model 3c509b ethernet card. I use a utility from 3com to disable PnP. I get the following error message when using modprobe 3c509 at command prompt: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io

Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

At 17:51 08.03.2001 -0600, you wrote: On Thursday 08 March 2001 10:15 am, Quaylar wrote: i know for sure that its not the isp, because they say they dont have an idle timeout.. --quay and you've never caught 'em in one of their lies ? yet ;) hehe.no..they dont

Re: [newbie] automatic login?

At 00:06 10.03.2001 +, you wrote: On Friday 09 March 2001 8:51 pm, you wrote: Sure, it's an option right in the install of Mandrake 7.2 When it asks if you want to automatically start X answer yes. Then when it asks you if you want it to automatically log in a user say yes and

Re: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

At 09:24 10.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: so... Qua why don't you tell us a name which name ?

RE: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

?.but wouldnt it then always disconnect after the same amount of time ?. ok...maybe somthing on my network is causing traffic in unregular intervals.that my explain it... but if theres an idle timeout value .it must be able to set it...dont u think so ? -- -Quaylar

[newbie] masq and napster

ice on how to "tune" the linux router or the win box ? greets --quay ------ -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

Re: [newbie] remote access

At 03:43 07.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: My linux box has a 24/7 cable modem connection. If I put a modem on my linux box, would it be possible to dial in to it from a remote site, say with my laptop from work, and get onto the internet? Thanks. i am sure that that is possible but wouldnt u then

RE: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

At 05:44 08.03.2001 -0600, you wrote: I don't know if it is an idle timeout or not, some ISP's from what I understand are setup to timeout connections if they are idle for a period of time. That's what was going on with my connection. Since then, I changed the company I was using for my ADSL/ISP

RE: [newbie] adsl and connection loss

?.but wouldnt it then always disconnect after the same amount of time ?. ok...maybe somthing on my network is causing traffic in unregular intervals.that my explain it... but if theres an idle timeout value .it must be able to set it...dont u think so ? -- -Quaylar

RE: [newbie] attached to : repost : lan problems

At 21:22 06.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: Got in late on this, but here goes. Do you know if the eth0 card is on the LAN and the eth1 is dsl? Maybe the are reversed. no i know which card is dsl and which card is lan... anyways i solved the mystery : i plugged out the lan card from the win

Re: [newbie] repost : lan problems

it has to be a configuration failure somewhere, i just switched the lan card on the linux box and it still doesnt work. has anybody suggestions on common conf. mistakes in win2000 and linux ? --quay

[newbie] adsl and connection loss

s this LCP thingy ? thx in advance, --quay ------ -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

RE: [newbie] repost : lan problems

At 17:29 04.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: Go back to basics... With your lan card you should have gotten a utility disk. On that disk are two important programs (assuming that you are using a 10base2/10baseT card). The first program sets up the hardware on the lan card. It allocates IRQ's/IO, etc

Re: [newbie] repost : lan problems

to all accidentally reading this : the ips ARE DIFFERENT it was just a mistype ;) --quay

RE: [newbie] repost : lan problems

jose, today i tested my wiring : over the 15m BNC cable (with both T and resistors connected) i have 9 ohm resistance. T-conns are ok. resistors have 58 ohm. are this values ok ? --quay

[newbie] repost : lan problems

are known to be ok, because switching them for new ones didnt solve my problem. problem : ping timeouts from win - linux and vice versa...100% packet loss plz, i would appreciate any advice, this is driving me crazy... --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] repost : lan problems

At 17:45 03.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: I hope that your ethernet addresses were a mistype... You have both machines with the same address according to your message, which of course will not work! -JMS hi jose, yes u are right, it was a mistype. i would have noticed such a dumb failure

RE: [newbie] repost : lan problems

At 19:48 03.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: Thinnet networks are subject to something akin to "standing waves". The signal "bounces" off of one end of the cable and back. This results in an "echo" which is 180 degrees out of phaze with the next incoming wave... The two cancel out and you end up with

Re: [newbie] filenames - bright green with * after them

At 21:55 28.02.2001 +1300, you wrote: Several files on our system appear bright green with a * immediately after them when a directory listing is performed. What does this indicate? wde i think this is indicating that they are executable --quay -- -Quaylar

Re: [newbie] Who is connected?

At 07:59 27.02.2001 -0800, you wrote: Hi people I just could setup a ppp server, and it is working well But I need to know who is connected to what port! I use /etc/ppp/pap-secrets to validate users If I do like root this: ps x|grep pppd I get the number of conections but no the user who is

[newbie] a few questions to 7.2

oing on here ?...do i have a broken isdn pakage ? i know that the isdn rpms that came with 7.1 were broken.but are these too ? has anybody experienced the same problem ? thx for any help... --quay ------ -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For

Re: [newbie] NumLock

At 10:40 18.02.2001 -0300, you wrote: How can I start the NumLock key in initialization ??? type "ntsysv" on a console and select numlock --quay []`s Lcio Costa (From Brazil) _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: [newbie] no PCi cards in Mandrake 7.2

At 17:57 18.02.2001 +1000, you wrote: hi i have just installed Mandrake 7.2 but for the life of me i cannot get the NIC(intel PRO100B) or the sound card (creative vibra 128) to work. i can cat /proc/pci and they are listed but when i go in thru hardDrake i cannot modprobe them. what if u try to

[newbie] resource conflict with 2 nics

z, --quay ------ -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP

Re: [newbie] How to turn off network tasks. - security question

At 18:31 15.02.2001 -0300, you wrote: I ran nmap on my system and found that I have a lot of open ports (apparently I have a lot of network services running). For example, MySQL, FTP, HTTP, etc. My question is, how much of a security risk is this, and how do I shut of these services and/or

Re: [newbie] help a poor goober out with lilo

At 06:34 15.02.2001 -0500, you wrote: I got it on my laptop now I cant get it off. How do I tell lilo to hit the hills and give me back control of my computer? "fdisk /mbr" in a dos environment will wipe the mbr and lilo (if it was installed in the mbr) but beware if u have a dual boot

Re: [newbie] Digest/Archive?

At 07:11 12.02.2001 -0800, you wrote: All, Can anyone tell me where to find an archive of past messages. I hate to ask questions that have already been answered. TIA, CR i think u can access the archives at the site where u subscribed to this list.. or try a search in

[newbie] Lilo problems......

..i cant imagine.this HAS to worki have a 1:1 copy of the root fs, lilo.conf is ok and lilo is in the MBR.so.i cant imagine why this doesnt work. thx for any advice u can give... --quay ------ -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power

Re: [newbie] What is the commandline X config program?

At 16:10 05.02.2001 +0800, you wrote: Hello all, there are: XF86config XF86Setup setuptool Can someone please tell me what the X config program is from the commandline. I used to use YAST from SuSE, and now I cannot remember what other programs there are to configure it. Thanks

Re: [newbie] RPMs

At 12:32 04.02.2001 -1000, you wrote: Can anyone tell me how to install rpms that I have downloaded, this is the first time I actually install one so any help will be appreciated Thanx! Julio either use "kpackage" (to have a gui) by typing "kpackage" at a console in X, or install them by

Re: [newbie] disk partitions

At 08:42 03.02.2001 +, you wrote: did you change the partition in /etc/fstab? yes i did...the new user partition is correctly mounted..but its too small...anyway... - Original Message - From: Quaylar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday

Re: [newbie] Adding software

At 19:54 02.02.2001 +1030, you wrote: Hi to the group. I am very new to Linux and would welcome some help. I have installed Mandrake 7.2 and think it's the best I've tried. Firstly would someone please take me throught the procedure for installing new software both from a

Re: [newbie] Can't Surf???

At 19:53 02.02.2001 +0800, you wrote: Jason, I am also using USR modem with Netscape in Linux Mandrake 7.1. If your modem connects OK; did you set up Netscape by {filemenu -Edit -preferences - setup all the parameters}. Just my $0.002 At 01-02-2001 -0500, you wrote: Hello, I have small

[newbie] disk partitions

advice. --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power

Re: [newbie] Whats the user and pass to DL at ...

At 18:22 02.02.2001 -0500, you wrote: I tried to DL some files from http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=kfirewall and it ask me for user and pass, How I can I obtain a user and pass? -- "Bloated confidence can impair the reality of the situation" Tony i downloaded several things

Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86

At 00:21 31.01.2001 -0800, you wrote: Type XF86config at the command line and dabble with it as root. theres also a command XF86Setup and Xconfigurator which provide a gui for what XF86config does..i dont remember the the case of the command, maybe its XF86setup or something.try

Re: [newbie] Activating Mulitcast

At 09:54 29.01.2001 +, you wrote: I need to activate IP multicast on my linux (mandrake 6.2) install. I am reliably told I need to do the following: ifconfig etho multicast route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0 However, when I try these I end up with an error

Re: [newbie] Stuck! Can't update anything with Mandrake Update.

At 01:25 29.01.2001 -0600, you wrote: I have had no end of trouble with MandrakeUpdate freezing up everything. I sent a note to Mandrake support, and they replied I should install 'MandrakeUpdate-7.2-19mdk.i586.rpm' which I tried to do. It requires 'librpmio.so.0' which I found in

[newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

this ?. greets --quay -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power

RE: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

alright.many thanks to u guys for those hints..think i will prepare a clean installation of 7.2 instead of upgrading and fiddling around trying to get things working again...;) --quay

[newbie] disk partiton problems......

no change. LILO just seems to be unable to start from the scsi disk.. has anyone any hints on this ?.. -- -Quaylar- Icq# 30932448 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Knowledge is power

RE: [newbie] Activating Mulitcast

At 16:22 29.01.2001 +, you wrote: -Original Message- From: Quaylar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Activating Mulitcast At 09:54 29.01.2001 +, you wrote: I need to activate IP

Re: [newbie] linux-win lan thoughts.......

At 15:59 21.01.2001 -0800, you wrote: are you using DHCP on the windows machines or static IP's? i use static ips.no DHCP Quaylar wrote: hiho... as u will possibly know from various earlier posts i am trying to connect a linux and a win machine through thin ethernet. up

Re: [newbie] What file was it?

At 19:46 21.01.2001 -0800, you wrote: Hello! I just forgot what file and where is the file that I can enter commands so that it starts off daemons? I guess its like an autoexec.bat for windows but Im looking for the one in Linux. I want to start a oidentd daemon everytime I boot up. Thanks!

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