Re: [newbie] LI boot prompt

2001-04-03 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Do you have the floppy boot disks? Use those to boot back into the system. Go into your console, log in as superuser, use "lilo" command and that should correct Lilo. Original Message On 4/3/01, 7:34:15 PM, "cyberclay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] LI boot prompt: Hey,

Re: [newbie] realplayer install; different architecture

2001-02-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
That's not a surprise. You need to download the source-rpm and install the program that way. Seve Original Message On 2/11/01, 4:06:09 AM, KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] realplayer install; different architecture: where did you get the RPM for realplayer 8.01?

Re: [newbie] Partition sizes for / and /usr

2001-02-09 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Assuming you're installing LM-7.2: /usr should be 3Gigs - initial install will put 2.5GB on here leaving you with 0.5GB /usr/src - 250MB - make this bigger if you like messing around with different kernels /usr/local 800MB / - 350Mb (that's because this contains

Re: [newbie] Swap file crash and burn

2001-02-05 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Does it boot off the floppy? Original Message On 2/5/01, 8:00:42 PM, "The Conways" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Swap file crash and burn: My Linux partition wasn't recognizing or using my swap partition. So I used Diskdrake so that the partition was recognized as the swap

Re: [newbie] TV Tuner cards -- recommendations?

2001-02-04 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
WinTV with Stereo SAP audio also comes with FM tuner. Hauppauge is the brand name. http://www.pcupgrader.com/tvtuners.htm will take you to the pictures. Http://www.hauppauge.com is their website. I didn't have to do anything to set it up. LM7.2 had it done for me. Seve Original Message

RE: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Barry, You can even safely clockup that combo to run at 575Mhz or 577Mhz. The CPU's core voltage would still remain within specs at 2.3Volts. Stability remains the same. Seve -Original Message- From: Barry Allan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:27

Re: [newbie] Greetings

2001-02-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
2/2/01, 1:40:28 PM, Brad Lathem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Greetings: Hello, I've just switched to Mandrake from Storm (because of their bankruptcy), and am pretty impressed. 2) Having switched from Storm (and Corel prior to that), I am used to the debian package manager.

Re: [newbie] Can anyone tell me the byte size on a DL ISO burned toCD?

2001-02-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Aren't those around 600MB? Original Message On 2/2/01, 9:28:33 AM, "Matt Schroeder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Can anyone tell me the byte size on a DL ISO burned to CD?: Can anyone tell me the byte size on a downloaded ISO burned to CD? How about the extras disc as

Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus

2001-02-01 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I'll 2nd that. I'm running 2 linux boxes with the P5A AMD 500Mhz K6/2. Always had smooth installs from LM6.0 to LM7.2. Seve Original Message On 2/1/01, 12:49:41 PM, Riker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus: Mark: Howdy! There shouldn't be

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-02-01 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Yeah, that's the same problem I had when I tried to install from the rpm. So, here's what you do with that source RPM. It's quite easy... First log in as Superuser and go to the directory with your source RPM. Then type in the following commands: rpm -i gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.src.rpm

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-30 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Gnapster Links for RPMs: Source: ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/contrib/SRPMS/gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.src.rpm Bin: ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/contrib/RPMS/gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm Seve Original Message On 1/29/01, 7:02:52 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan

Re: [newbie] Printer recommendations

2001-01-30 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I heard that Epsons are linux-friendly.

Re: [newbie] Telnet server: /usr/sbin/in.telnetd: No such file !???

2001-01-29 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
It is most likely that you will have to install it from the CD. This is because telnet was not installed by Mandrake's initial install. Reasons being...security, thus ssh should be used instead.. la dee da... la dee da. Original Message On 1/29/01, 8:49:51 AM, bretzel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] More problems as if I did not have enough

2001-01-28 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Sorry, for those that are not sure where this thread began... what kind of printer mandrake/cups do you have? Original Message On 1/28/01, 1:06:16 AM, Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] More problems as if I did not have enough: Stupid printer again I could just throw it

RE: [newbie] Screen fonts are huge!!!!! Help!!

2001-01-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Salut, I finally tracked down the solution to this annoyance with oversized fonts. As per my previous email, this is caused by attempting to change the KDE panel clock to am/pm format through the right-click-option "Adjust Date Time". Solution: EDIT THIS FILE:

Re: [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?

2001-01-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
A Definite Yes. 7.2 is a good leap from 7.1 so put your energy and time into adjusting 7.2 and skip 7.1. Seve Original Message On 1/26/01, 5:38:44 PM, "michelle cain" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] should i get 7.2 over 7.1?: hi, i have 7.1 already, but its not running

Re: [newbie] How do I install .tgz files in Mandrake 7.2?

2001-01-14 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I'm not familiar with Slackware but what you do in Mandrake is unpack it with... tar -zxvf applicationname.tgz Then look at the "Readme" file for specifics but typically it's... configure make make install Seve Original Message On 1/14/01, 8:19:18 PM,

[newbie] KDE Fonts Gone Hogwild Large - Solved!

2001-01-03 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Salut, I finally tracked down the solution to this annoyance with oversized fonts. As per my previous email, this is caused by attempting to change the KDE panel clock to am/pm format through the right-click-option "Adjust Date Time". Solution: EDIT THIS FILE:

[newbie] ShoutCast, *.pls, Netscape - MIME type Setup?

2000-12-30 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
How do you get Netscape to run xmms when you click a ShoutCast *.pls link? I've tried messing with netscape but it just won't respond correctly. Seve

Re: [newbie] XMMS won't start

2000-12-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Were we ever able to resolve this problem with Xmms? I'm having the exact same problem. I've also tried deleting "/.xmms" folder and reinstalling xmms. Seve Original Message On 12/19/00, 11:14:38 PM, Mr S Ganesan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] XMMS won't start: xmms

Re: [newbie] SIS6326 Video

2000-12-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Which X version did you choose? Try version 3 instead. Seve Original Message dated 3/6/00, 5:39:24 AM Author: "Riker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [newbie] SIS6326 Video: Hello: I'm setting up Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a new machine. The install goes fine but after the first boot, and it tries to go

[newbie] Creative SB16 PCI

2000-12-04 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
How is the PCI version of Creative's SB16? Is it quick to setup with the bundled drivers? Seve

[newbie] 7.2 Install Problem w/ Floppy Lilo

2000-12-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Hi there, I'm having trouble with installing Mandrake7.2 into a K6/2 500Mhz box. The installation step of creating a boot floppy isn't capable of activating my floppy drive. Then the following step of installing Lilo/Grub has a 'HASH' error. Proceeding beyond this results in not having a

Re: [newbie] I REALLY NEED MY MONITOR TO WORK!!

2000-08-18 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Chris, First go with the one that's good enough to see with. Then edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. In that file, go to "Monitor Section" and you'll find "HorizSync" "VertRefresh". Seve Original Message dated 8/18/00, 7:00:26 AM Author: "R J Booysen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Re: [newbie] I

Re: [newbie] eth0 doesn't initialisesnip HardDrake Bug?

2000-08-17 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Is this a bug with HardDrake? "According to HardDrake, the card uses I/0 = -1 and IRQ = -1... is that normal? It doesn't allow me to choose any other values for these parameters... Besides, HardDrake doesn't explicitly display my card as being mounted as device eth0... is that normal also,

Re: [newbie] ld-linux.so.

2000-08-16 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Run Ktop and ld-linux.so should be listed. Select it and kill. Seve Original Message On 8/16/00, 12:18:14 AM, Hugo Kuylman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] ld-linux.so.: Hi, Does anyone know what the above process is and how to kill it? Sometimes after my wife is done with

Re: [newbie] AMD 500 CPUs???

2000-08-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Yes, I have a AMD 500Mhz It appears to be running fine. Why do you ask? Seve Original Message On 7/29/00, 4:21:55 AM, Hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] AMD 500 CPUs???: Hi Bill. I'm very close to it, I have an AMD K6-2 450 Mhz and Mandrake runs just fine.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 need help

2000-08-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Is LILO coming up after bootup? Original Message On 7/27/00, 8:54:18 PM, Jeff Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 need help: I need help getting it installed and setup. I can't seem to get it to boot off of a second HD. Please help?

[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Installation Disk Question

2000-07-24 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I just installed 7.1 and was disappointed that all my important apps were missing. This leads me to wonder why the installation process was asking me for an "applications" CD. Are these the extra discs that you can only get from the package? May I also confirm that you only get two discs if

[newbie] testing123

2000-07-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
testing123

Re: [newbie] imwheel probs

2000-07-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
What if you chmod imwheel.pid ? Wouldn't that make it accessible to all instances of imwheel? That's what I did to solve that problem when I'm using Startx for multiple screens. Seve Original Message On 7/21/00, 8:07:41 PM, "Ralph Day" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re:

Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic?

2000-07-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Just rename them to something a bit more friendly. Seve Original Message On 7/22/00, 12:41:11 AM, "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic?: IN Mandrake 7.1, under KDE, my win partitions have weird names: win_c, win_c2, win_d, wind_d2,

Re: [newbie] Linux security in Internet

2000-07-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Thanks for the URL. I'll have to recommend it to all of my associates. Seve Original Message On 7/22/00, 5:51:23 PM, "Adrian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Linux security in Internet: I have been visiting www.grc.com for quite some time under Windoze98 checking

Re: [newbie] Install help

2000-07-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Do you know if Compaq is still putting part of the BIOS on the MBR portion of the harddrive? Is your Windows still working? Seve Original Message On 7/22/00, 4:10:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kandace Little) wrote regarding [newbie] Install help: I have a Compaq Presario AMD 533 Mhz with

Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.

2000-07-06 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Dennis, I hope these will help you out. Put these into /usr/share/icons/ Seve -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc. Here I am with all

Re: [newbie] Menu help!

2000-07-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
For your KDE menu, go to /usr/share/applnk Seve -Original Message- From: Donny [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:11 AM Subject: [newbie] Menu help! Hi. I have been using Linux for awhile now, and just got mandrake 7.1. I did a

Re: [newbie] Missing RPM

2000-07-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Go to the link below: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/MandrakeSoft.html Seve -Original Message- From: Rodrigo P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:02 AM Subject: [newbie] Missing RPM Hello folks... I just had my LM reinstalled and

Re: [newbie] More than 128M

2000-07-02 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
128M ram is not the limit. I think that lilo.conf is where you put a statement for it to see all 196Mgs. I hope that leads you in the right direction till someone with more knowledge writes back. Seve -Original Message- From: Rodrigo P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

[expert] Corel Photo-Paint for Linux - FYI Download Links

2000-06-30 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Below are the direct links to download the free Corel Photo-Paint so you don't have to waste your time trying to surf linux.corel.com ftp://ftplinux2.corel.com/pub/linux/PhotoPaint9/CorelPHOTOPAINT9Lnx.tar.gz CorelPHOTOPAINT9Lnx.tar.gz 182520 Kb Wed Jun 28 21:00:00 2000 Unix Tape Archive

Re: [newbie] VirtualHost

2000-06-29 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Let me take a look at your Vhosts.conf and httpd.conf and I'll help you get it going. Seve -Original Message- From: Christopher Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] VirtualHost There are some

Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?

2000-06-24 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Where did you get it from? Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It? On 21 Jun, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Sevatio Octavio wrote

Re: [newbie] audio CD's

2000-06-24 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
You don't mount audio CDs. Just play the CD from the software. Seve -Original Message- From: nikolaos mpenias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 7:18 AM Subject: [newbie] audio CD's How can i mount an audio cd? I can use them when i

Re: [newbie] Kernel Panic

2000-06-24 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Is your /etc/lilo.conf 's image statement pointing to the right kernel? Also, check what /boot/vmlinuz links to. Seve -Original Message- From: Curtis W. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 10:14 PM Subject: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux

2000-06-23 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Cut down your VFAT partition to 8Gigs and try the install again. Seve -Original Message- From: Hugo GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:02 AM Subject: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux Hello everyone. I had

Re: [newbie] Danger in accessing Win partition?

2000-06-22 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
No problems here. Just add "umask=0" to your vfat line in fstab so that you can write to vfat partitions as non-root user. Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie]

[newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?

2000-06-21 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Have any of you know if there's a Linux Shockwave or a GPL equivalent? Seve

[newbie] StarOffice 5.2 Available - but site is overloaded.

2000-06-20 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
FYI

Re: [newbie] trouble with Star Office

2000-06-19 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Have you tried to connect using Kmail to check if the mail server is down? Seve -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: [newbie] trouble with Star Office Hi all, I was wondering if

Re: [newbie] E-mail Clients

2000-06-17 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
StarOffice can handle the multiple accounts to some degree. Although it's rather cumbersome in layout. Then there's Magellan. It's supposed to be really good when ready. Check it out at http://www.zamolxe.csis.ul.ie . If there are others out there, please let us know. Seve -Original

Re: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure

2000-06-16 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Michael, sorry so slow to answer... I don't remember which one I chose. Advice: You can smooth-out the video by lowering audio quality and changing to mono. Seve -Original Message- From: michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, June 04, 2000

Re: [newbie] MPEG Player and Action failure

2000-06-04 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Go to http://www.mpegtv.com and you shall find a much better mpeg player. The GUI version is $10. Command line version is free. I hope you have greater than 400Mhz CPU. Seve -Original Message- From: Emanuele La Rosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user

2000-05-06 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Alan, umask=0 works! I didn't know it was possible for regular users to access FAT till now. Thanks. Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows

Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here

2000-05-05 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and you activating it? Seve -Original Message- From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here Im

Re: [newbie] Any Windows Media Player for Linux?

2000-05-01 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I know it exists. I had it once but lost the file since it didn't work %100 for me. I think a couple of years ago M$ had the Windows Media Player available for download from its website and has since removed the page. ...Probably because at the time Linux was insignificant in their eyes.

Re: [newbie] linux versus windows

2000-04-30 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Fully understandable. Despite some of these frustrations, we are still drawn to linux because it represents the right thing to do. This way the next generation won't live under Microsoft protocols anymore than we have to. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] supermount?

2000-04-28 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
bascule Sevatio Octavio wrote: I doubt supermount ever worked when installed by the mandrake CD. For what I'm about to say, there should be a newer solution for your problem. I just installed Mandrake without the supermount option. Then I activated it later. Also, you should go

Re: [newbie] Hate Netscape! ... or is it me?...

2000-04-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
what version Mandrake are you using? seve -Original Message- From: Nickolay Belostotsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 11:35 PM Subject: [newbie] Hate Netscape! ... or is it me?... Hello! Somehow, for some unknown to me

Re: [newbie] supermount?

2000-04-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I doubt supermount ever worked when installed by the mandrake CD. For what I'm about to say, there should be a newer solution for your problem. I just installed Mandrake without the supermount option. Then I activated it later. Also, you should go to the MUO area in mandrake's website. It

Re: [newbie] adsl

2000-04-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Actually, setting up DSL for linux is much much easier than setting up that freakin' KPPP. As far as your connectivity with DSL. You can go a couple of routes. The first option (which I prefer) is to get a couple of static IP addresses from your ISP. One for each of your machines. The

Re: [newbie] supermount?

2000-04-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
of this file wrong it makes no difference even when not using supermount and doing it manually, i notice that the error message that i get appears immediately i attempt to mount the floppy even though the floppy drive light stays on for a while bascule Sevatio Octavio wrote: I doubt supermount ever worked

Re: [newbie] realplayer problem

2000-04-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
By "link", do you mean the Kmenu or do you mean a link on your desktop? Regardless, it sounds like a permissions problem with your realplayer file. 1. get into your console as Superuser 2. type in: chmod 755 /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/realplay that should correct the permissions problem. Seve

Re: [newbie] Video mini problem

2000-04-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I take it you don't have a digitally controlled monitor that holds its settings? One thing though, is your XF86Config file set with the correct monitor settings for horizontal and vertical frequencies? It's likely that you will have to do it manually to get it setup correctly. Seve

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

2000-04-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Perhaps it's the CD Player software. I have the same problem with that kde cd player. Try out another cd player software. "Grip" can play CDs and uses CDDB. It will also convert to MP3 for you. Seve -Original Message- From: Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Many Questions

2000-04-26 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
listenings... Seve -Original Message- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Many Questions Perhaps it's the CD Player software. I have the same problem with that kde cd player. Try

Re: [newbie] Num Lock

2000-04-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
This link should get you that file. ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/numlock-1.0-7mdk.i586.rpm Seve -Original Message- From: Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Num

Re: [newbie] lots of crashes???

2000-04-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Mohamed, What services do you have running while these things occur? Also, are you using Mandrake 7.0-2 ? seve -Original Message- From: Mohamed Saad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000 5:21 AM Subject: [newbie] lots of crashes???

Re: [newbie] lots of crashes???

2000-04-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
That's odd... I had the same problem w/ Netscape when I was using Mdk6.1 . But since going to 7.0-2Mdk, netscape has zapped only twice. And this timeline goes back to the day 7.0-2mdk was made available for download. Seve -Original Message- From: steve harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] LILO help can't reboot

2000-04-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I get this once in awhile too. Just boot up with your boot diskette. Then login as usual. Open up the console as superuser and just enter "lilo". That alone should correct your problem. I'm still curious as to why this happens. If anyone of you guys know... please share. Is it something

Re: [newbie] Where do Programs Go?

2000-04-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Andy, Before we start... let's drift back to windows for a second... For installations, you just click the install file and it pretty much does everything for you. RPM files are also capable of this - IF the author included the icon, documentation, and a Kmenu entry. This is not always the

[newbie] Barely Related But Funny

2000-04-06 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
You guys have got to check out this avi of Bill Gates. http://www.atella.com/seveman/bill.avi * *Of course we don't condone such actions in real-life. Seve

Re: [newbie] How do I install a video card?

2000-04-06 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Use "setup" as superuser. Do your best at selecting the closes thing to your monitor and test to see if it looks okay. It doesn't have to be perfect because you can do the fine-tuning in the next step. Then open up "/etc/X11/XF86Config" in some editor. Now go to the "Monitor Section".

Re: [newbie] How do I mount an IDE Tape drive?

2000-03-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
You don't have to mount an IDE tape drive. As long as your system recognizes the tape drive you can just run "taper -T ide". Seve -Original Message- From: Don Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: [newbie] How do

Re: [newbie] [NEWBIE] NIC 3C905b problems

2000-03-20 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Are you working with Mandrake 7.0-2? Seve -Original Message- From: Scala, Lino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:17 AM Subject: [newbie] [NEWBIE] NIC 3C905b problems Hello everyone, this is my very first Linux install and I'm

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-17 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
lists and checking pricewatch and its tough to find the perfect card...I'd love to have something that functions on the first try... - Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS

[newbie] MainActor Video Editor - Must See!

2000-03-16 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Hey Y'all, If you're looking for a video editor... I just downloaded one from http://www.mainactor.com . So far it looks pretty nice. I've gotta get used to it. If this works out... it will eliminate the last reason for me to use Windurz. Man, it sure is nice having all these companies

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-16 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
riel Spahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:44:30 -0800 I had the same problem with the 6326. You get graphics but blacked

[newbie] CHMOD - help!

2000-03-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I'm trying to understand chmod. There's one area I'm stuck in... How would you recursively set files to 644 and directories to 744 in one statement? -this way I don't have to go into each directory to set file chmod. Seve

[newbie] CHOWN of FAT32 partition

2000-03-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I am not able to do a chown on a mounted fat32 partition. It is still owned by "root". Is this because it is a fat32 partition? Or is there another way to chown a fat32? Seve

Re: [newbie] SiS 6326 Help with Video config

2000-03-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I had the same problem with the 6326. You get graphics but blacked-out text. I'm sorry but I don't believe there has been a fix for this. Xfree86.org says that the next version should resolve this situation. Look at this page for the bad news http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#A50 . What I did

Re: [newbie] Reconfigure Mandrake 7.0 kernel

2000-03-14 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Go into your console and ... cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig Seve -Original Message-From: Sharon Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:46 PMSubject: [newbie] Reconfigure Mandrake 7.0 kernel Hi

Re: [newbie] How do I tell if a process is working, or its just sitting there?

2000-03-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
one way is to... run ktop aka kmenusystemtask manager seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 9:04 PM Subject: [newbie] How do I tell if a process is working, or its just sitting there? I'm

Re: [newbie] avoid YAMAHA Audio Chips

2000-03-09 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
DO NOT go for the OSS drivers for Yamaha. You're much better off spending that same amount on a SoundBlaster Card. Even with the commercial OSS, it is still not fully functional and has a couple of bugs. If I could do it all over again, I would get an SB card. I've seen some nice ones around

Re: [newbie] avoid YAMAHA Audio Chips

2000-03-09 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
They cost $20 PLUS the extra charge of $10 for the Yamaha module. Seve -Original Message- From: Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, March 09, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] avoid YAMAHA Audio Chips Sorry I thought that they cost $20???

[newbie] FYI - G2 Player V7 is due within 30 days

2000-02-27 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Finally, Real.com says that G2player V7 is due out within 30 days. Wow, they must be taking linux seriously. Check out the article at http://www.realnetworks.com/company/pressroom/pr/2000/rhlinux.html Let's hope they develop a Netscape plugin for the embedded G2player. Seve

Re: [newbie] YAMAHA Audio Chip Supported ?????

2000-02-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Samir, Which Yamaha Chip set is it? Most likely, it is not supported because Yamaha won't release their codes to ALSA. So you will have to fork-out $30 ($20 + $10 for the Yamaha Module) for a driver from http://www.opensound.com. If you take that route you'll need to remember the following:

[newbie] FAT32 Defrag Software - In Search Of...

2000-02-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
What's a good linux defrag program for FAT32 partitions? Seve

Re: [newbie] People who get LI at boot up rather than LILO BOOT:

2000-02-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I'm still a bit puzzle about this "LI" freeze on bootup instead of LILO BOOT. This is on a lin/win box dual boot using lilo... It just happened for the second time and I can't figure out why. I had to boot with a floppy and reinstall LILO. But before it was done installing lilo, it stopped

Re: [newbie] YAMAHA Audio Chip Supported ?????

2000-02-25 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
eg TV" (shareware). Seve -Original Message----- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] YAMAHA Audio Chip Supported ? Samir, Which Yamaha Chip set is it? Most likely, it is not support

[newbie] Mdk7.0-2 and Laptops - Installation Questions

2000-02-23 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I'm contemplating installing Mdk7.0-2 on a Compaq 466MHz AMD Laptop. I've never installed Mandrake on a laptop before. For those with such experience, is the level of difficulty similar to that of a desktop install? If not, what problem might one encounter when doing a laptop install? Seve

[newbie] Supermount Activation Help

2000-02-19 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
When I installed Mdk7.0-2, I did not choose the "supermount" option. Since then, I've upgraded to Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk to that supermount is supported. Now, how do I get supermount to work? Do I need to update/install any software? Seve

Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab

2000-02-18 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
I did choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of the known problems. Since then, I've upgraded the kernel to support supermount. In order for me to get supermount to work, do I have to install any software? Or, do I just modify my fstab? Seve -Original

Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab - correction

2000-02-18 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
y my fstab? Seve -Original Message----- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.0 -- Supermount fstab I did choose the "supermount" option when I installed Mdk7.0-2 because of

Re: [newbie] AUDIO CD's

2000-02-18 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Can you get sound from the CD player software on your taskbar? Seve -Original Message-From: Eunice Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:40

Re: [newbie] Defragging

2000-02-18 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Would you still have to defrag a FAT32 partition even if linux is the primary OS for it? Seve -Original Message- From: Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:24 PM Subject: [newbie] Defragging Is there any regular maintaince

Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?

2000-02-16 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Rib, Thanks! I'm checkin' it out. Seve -Original Message- From: Ribbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 3:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program? On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote

Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?

2000-02-15 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Try StarOffice. But, I'm still looking for a linux email client that can handle multiple accounts for sending. Seve -Original Message- From: Aaron Zuercher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
What Mandrake are you using? Seve -Original Message- From: J Winkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup Hi All, I am using a cable modem (Comcast @Home in NJ) to connect to the internet and

Re: [newbie] How do I install programs?

2000-02-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Also look at http://www.linuxberg.com for additional software. As far as how to install software... (Assuming you know as much as I did when I first started - Zero) When you download files with the extension of RPM, you can click the RPM files and the install process is similar to that of

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Did @Home give you a static IP address? Seve -Original Message- From: J Winkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:42 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup Sorry, Mandrake 7.0 Network Adapter = Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+/

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem Setup

2000-02-12 Per discussione Sevatio Octavio
Ok, here we go... fire up DrakConf Click - Network Configuration Go to - Basic Host Information - for Hostname Tab| Hostname: put in the Host name from TCP/IP Properties | DNS Configuration Tab from your winbox Go to - the Adapter 1 Tab (linbox) "Primary name + Domain" should be the same as

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