Re: [newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root

I've experienced this problem too, In my case, i had the devices mounted as supermount filesystem when there was no media in the drives i would get similar errors, however putting media in them did the trick. also got the same type of errors with blank cd's. since you brought up that you have a

Re: [newbie] cdrecord

As the original poster of this, I'm thinking its time to put it to rest, It was not my intention to start a MS vs. Linux discussion as I feel this is not the place for it. I think those of us on this list have mandrake and/or some other distro for our own reasons, probably most of us also use

[newbie] cd/rw compatiblity Aopen CRW1232

With my previous dissappointment with my current cdrw, I'm looking at buying a new one. I'm looking at the Aopen CRW1232 it is not listed int the compatible list but I'm wondering if this is just because its relatively new on the market place or if it is really not compatible. If anyone is using

RE: [newbie] MS Outlook

I've never used outlook so i can't speak for it, but here's what i have done with netscape i've created sym links to the netscape mail folders to somewhere in my linux home directory and pointed kmail/mutt whatever at those folders. works for me maybe for you too

Re: [newbie] MODEM Com port?

I'm thinking you can just sym link it to /dev/modem to get dialers to work with it. but I'm no genius Charley Peggy Robinson wrote: I'm using a 3-Com (USR) MD-U56P2977 PCI hardware (they told me) MODEM. The BIOS in the 'pooter assigned it to Com 5, according to win dev mgr. Trouble

Re: [newbie] Xwindows configuration

you didn't mention what card you have Derek Rayne wrote: Hi there, I am still stuck on configuring my Xwindows, I am having very bad luck, even if I try the standard VGA or SVGA. Could my card be not one supported? Richard Wegner Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Text login vs. graphical login

edit /etc/inittab comments within the default file are fairly plain Keith Christian wrote: Running Mandrake 7.2 - how do I set the machine to give a plain text login page instead of the graphical login? I didn't get an option with 7.2 to choose what I wanted. Thanks! Keith

Re: [newbie] SPAM

legal arguments aside, its unsolicited email that i (and others) receive from you it is rude and inconsiderate, you can just as easily filter it Cyber Sam wrote: You my knowledge, having an autoreply assigned to my email is not spamming, if in the opinion of the moderators of this list it is

Re: [newbie] Yet another question.

I am a newbie too, so I jump at the chance to answer a question the proper way to shutdown would be something like: shutdown -h now the -h passes the halt command to the shutdown scripts and is, as I have read, the cleanest way to shutdown your machine. Matthew Harrison wrote: As I am a

Re: [newbie] pppd dies ????????

edit /etc/ppp/options add the line noauth that'll fix it Liz wrote: hi everytime i try to get online i get "the pppd daemon died unexpectedly" with the blow log file Feb 21 22:22:18 localhost pppd[943]: By default the remote system is required to authenticate itself Feb 21 22:22:18

Re: [newbie] Real rm?

try rm -f DRX wrote: When I give the command "rm annoyingfile" I expect annoyingfile to disappear -- not to be asked rm: remove 'annoyingfile'? What's the point of asking that? I wouldn't have given the command rm if I didn't want to remove annoyingfile, would I? How do

Re: [newbie] commands

good info, thx to all others: this is a "newbie" list and I would hope that we would advocate linux as much as possible even if it means spoonfeeding newbies. If you want to show your superior l33t skillz, then get on IRC and respond to all questions with "RTFM". Every user that is converted to

Re: [newbie] USB Hubs

never used linksys myself, i use a belkin and it works fine i also have some generic piece of crap that werks good too Aaron Benedict wrote: Are there any 4 port USB hubs that can be recommended for use with LM 7.2? Is the Linksys one any good? Thanks, Aaron -- Aaron Benedict [EMAIL

[newbie] irc/dcc with ipchains

I've read until my eyes bleed but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere on how to troubleshoot dcc send failures behind a masq'd connection. from what i have read i know i need ip_masq_irc loaded and it is [root@satan Documentation]# lsmod Module Size Used by ip_masq_irc

Re: [newbie] Window Maker desktop screenshot

sweet Ribbo wrote: Tanggal 11 Feb 2001, dari abe : hey here's my windowmaker desktop. I just figured out how to take screen captures and I thought I'd share ;-) http://www.foramenmagnum.net/windowmaker.html and here's mine, http://www.gauli.com/~des/audi.jpg taken from Acer

Re: [newbie] win98 freezes after 7.2 install

you don't need it anymore :) seriously tho, its two seperate systems i doubt it is causing any problems with win98 Craig Rowan wrote: I just installed mandrake 7.2 and now my windows 98 seems to pause for about 20 seconds at certain times. I'm not sure whether its mandrake or not, maybe its

[newbie] starband linux (sorry if this is a repeat)

I dont see that my original message went through so I'm trying again Has anyone got any experience with starband and linux, if so, how did you get your NIC to get an ip via dhcp? mine works if I enter in an ip manually but I am thinking dhcp would be better. any help would be appreciated.

[newbie] starband linux

Hi, just got starband and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it, mostly did you get your NIC working to get a ip via dhcp. Mine works if I configure it manually, but won't get an ip via dhcp

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

this has been a very informative discussion, i have learned much, thanks to all who contribute. this is a great community. Todd Flinders wrote: No, no, no!!! Your CD players does NOT play .wav!! Your burning software knows to convert .wav to the proper format! You need to convert your

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 not detecting RAM correctly

SpeedMan wrote: On January 28, 2001 12:32 pm, you wrote: Well, here is my linux.conf file: boot=/dev/hda5 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz

Re: [newbie] install with /home unchanged

yes, just choose to not format that partition Busterfred wrote: I run mandrake 7.1, with /, /home, /user/storage, swap on separate partitions. I wish to install mandrake 7.2. Can I leave everything except / untouched and retain my music binaries in /user/storage and my four

[newbie] restore aurora

its a long story, but i edited /etc/inittab to start in runlevel 3, after my problems with X were fixed, i re-edited to start in runlevel 5, but i did not get aurora back, anyone know how to restore it?

Re: [newbie] Running shell script at startup or shutdown, how?

i was wondering the same thing, i pulled this off the kde user archives: Start the Control Center and select "Loook Feel"/"Desktop"/"General". There's a setting named "Autostart path" on the "Desktop" tab. You can enter your autostart folder here. Jon Doe wrote: How do I run a shell script