Re: [newbie] Software for avi files?

i like mplayer best. -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo Want to buy your

[newbie] How can I use gcc 3.01 instead of 2.96?

Hi! I know that I have installed both gcc versions - 2.96 and 3.01. I'd like to use the 3.01 version, but how? -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+

Re: [newbie] hehehe

Better would be rm -rf /usr/bin/laden;o) rm -r usr/bin/laden -- 9:12pm up 15 days, 52 min, 2 users, load average: 0.39, 0.19, 0.06 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA

i just came home from work... i can't believe what i'm just seeing on cnn. whoever did this has caused a war i think. i'm shocked! -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | ||

[newbie] how to play mov files?

hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. cheers, -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+

[newbie] another nvidia question

hi! i got the nvidia drivers running here, but on the console it says that it was unable turn on agp - how do i activate agp? take care, -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | ||

Re: [newbie] Nvidia Drivers, what's reccomended

Hi! I have a K6-2, 450 mhz, 256 megs ram and an ELSA Erazor III Pro videocard (TNT 2 chip). I also installed the RPM's for Mandrake 8 and it runs very well, only one time the X-server lost connection and dropped me to a shell. Games are also working very fine. Do you have Mandrake 8 and XFree

[newbie] fvwm

Hi! I have been advised to use fvwm to start 3d games, cause it isn't so performance eating like KDE. Well... how do I start it? Cheers, -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | |

Re: [newbie] nVIDIA TnT2

I've got it working here and it is a blast. Try the following: Install the Descent 3 demo and run it once before you install the Nvidia drivers and then try it after the installation... On Sunday 27 May 2001 13:57, OOzy Pal wrote: Hello Guys What do you think about the this video card?

Re: [newbie] sound problems LM7.0

Hi! Is there maybe an onboard soundchip in your system? I once had problems with this onboard crap and had to to manually configure the soundcard. Using the onboard chip made my system hang, too. I experience system hangs when trying to play mp3's.My hardware:Western Digital 18 Gb hd(7200

[newbie] parsehdlist

Hi! I just checked my running processes and stumbled over two very busy processes: parsehdlist. What are they doing? I'm running the download version of mdk 8.0 on an AMD K6-2, 450 mhz and they nearly eat 50% of my cpu power!!! Bye, -- , (o o)

[newbie] What is kapm-idle?

Hi! I just found out about the next resource hungry process: kapm-idle! This little evil thing always gets PID 3 and can not be killed. And I haven't found any daemon which starts it, so can anyone please tell me what the heck it does? And much more important: How the hell do I switch it off

[newbie] Lopster freezes Linux

Hi! I'm using Lopster 0.9.8 and sometimes it completele freezes my Linux, I can't kill X with CTRL - ALT - DEL, I can't move the mouse and CTRL - ALT - F* won'zt drop me into a new shell. Did anyone else experience this problem too? -- , (o o)

[newbie] Which tool to establish ISDN connection?

Hi! I've an ISDN connection from now on, but I don't have a clue how to connect, except using DrakConf... isn't there a tool to connect as unprivileged user too? -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T |

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

But when you burn a wav file to a CD it will be written in a way that a CD player can read it, I've tried it out! Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 not detecting RAM correctly

Have you executed lilo every time you changed the config file? I used to forget that again and again and again and... But now it works just fine. Salman, I have exactly the same problem as you. I have tried every combination of append=xxx and label=xxx, upper case M's and lower case m's

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 not detecting RAM correctly

You have to execute the command "lilo -v" on a console, you have to be root to do this. I did that, but on boot-up, Mandrake is still reporting 64MB, as is the KDE Control Center. What else could be the matter? Take care, Salman -- , (o o)

Re: [newbie] Lost memory after bios update

Have you edited the append line in /etc/lilo.conf? I have a pc chips m598lmr motherboard. I can't help myself ;, pcchips is the worst of the worst junk If anyone has a copy of the old bios, I could use a copy of it. Or if anyone has any ideas about how to get linux to see the upper

Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster 128

Mine has been set up during the installation... maybe you should run HardDrake and configure it there. Good luck! Does any body know how to get a sound blaster 128 to work under KDE Any help Thanks :-) Brett -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ |

Re: [newbie] MP# encoder?

I use grip as frontend and bladeenc as encoder. Works fine! What is a good mp3 encoder to use? -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | |

[newbie] How to make xcdroast executable for users?

Hi! Does anyone of you have a clue how I can make xcdroast executable for users? chmod +x user /usr/bin/xcdroast didn't work. -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | |

Re: [newbie] Distorted sound in LM72

Hi! I'm using this card too and I'm not having any problems with it. Does it distord the sound only when playing CDDA's? Maybe then you have a broken cable. hello: I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on one of my friends computer, and I just ran in to a problem with the soundcard:

Re: [newbie] how do i get off this mailling list

Wow, $4! You really want to get off of this list, right? ;) Jeff Dickman wrote: To be a Registered Linux User, you must send 1 dollar to everyone on the list. :-) I did - I have my number around here somewhere -JD- Here you go$1! -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland

Re: [newbie]penguin

On the other hand, a Window is a great image for Windows, a big fancy frame with nothing much inside. ...or a great chance to throw it out of itself! ;) -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | |

Re: [newbie] Reiser FS

Hi! I read a lot about Reiser and forgot the most. ;) But there is one big advantage: You don't have to go through partition checks anymore, it won't even have to check them if you have accidently switched off your computer without shutting it down. Cheers! Hi! I saw in the list mails about

[newbie] Creative Soundblaster live! Player 1024 troubles

Hi! I've just done a fresh install (7.1) on a new computer with the Creative Soundblaster Live! Player 1024 in it... when I try to configure it with Sounddrake, it chooses "Creative Labs SB Live!" which is okay. It also plays the sample when I press "test", but when I click on "okay", I get the

Re: OT [newbie] Antique systems [was: Off-topic posts.]

Hi! A friend has sent me a file ending on .asx. I don't know how to open it, does anybody know which program I need? Thanks in advance, -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | |

Re: [newbie] Setting the time

You can set it in the BIOS or as root on console typing "timetool". Hello. I have a quick one for whoever is interested. How do I set the time? I know I set my time zone correctly when I installed Linux, but for some reason my clock is off by 3 hours. Any thoughts? Phil

Re: [newbie] KDE problem

Hi! I have experienced the same problem and I found out where it came from (On my machine): Every time I ran kdesu on my users desktop, I wasn't able to change the color scheme anymore. It had to with kdesu here, but I don't know which file got locked... :( -- Here is an interesting one.

Re: [newbie] VCD player?

whenever I run KDE, which in order to use MpegTV , I see only 7 Mb of my RAM free. Well, I'am sure all of those utilized RAMs are probably put into good use like networking stuff. Hey, thanks for the tip. From: Hellmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] unsubcribe

Too few "s", wrong address... too much email -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+

Re: [newbie] (none)

Type "switchdesk". Hi everybody, i have a mandrake 7.1 and when i run startx it's run with kde, and i whant change this for gnome or windowmaker or other one. how can i do it??? thanks for all Carlos Enrique Morán Garabito -- , (o o)

Re: [newbie] VCD player?

Hi! MpegTV plays VCDs. Cheers! I need a program to play VCD's".dat" files. Thanks in advance. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create

Re: [newbie] Extracting a .BZ2 file

Hi Stan! The easiest way under KDE is to open kfm, change to the diirectory where the file s located, move the mouse over it, click the ROGHT button and choose "archiver" to uncompress it. The not so easy way is to open a shell, change to the directory with the compressed file in it and then

Re: [newbie] Ping

Pong ;) Testing. One ping only. Bob -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ |

Re: [newbie] Lilo Failure

of the IDE channel. So, Ineed to change the placement of the drive on the cable? So, if I correct this, then do I need to re-format/re-write the partition table to get the drive re-asigned to /dev/hdax? Thanks, Michael On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Hellmut wrote: Hi! It means that /dev/hda1 would

Re: [newbie] Lilo Failure

Hi! It means that /dev/hda1 would be on the first disk. /dev/hda is the primary channel of the first ide string (Or whatever it is called in English). /dev/hdb is the secondary channel of the first ide string. I don't use klilo anymore, it destroyed my lilo too... Trying to get my system to

[newbie] CD Rom problem after new install

Hi! I've just done a new install of 7.1 and now my CD Rom is inaccesable. And I found a very strange process with ktop, it's called "mount", has the pid "414" changes every time I reboot and is owned by: (!) "". I can't kill this process and every time I shutdown the system tries to

[newbie] Fixed one problem, got the next...

Hi! I just fixed the problem with the CD Rom drive (I had to deactivate a daemon), but now I've git the next: When kppp has established a connection, I cannot start any applications from the bottom bar anymore. It's possible to run a problem through pressing ALTF2 and then enter it's name,

Re: [newbie] /home question

Thanks! The /home directory is on an own partition and survived the new install. ;) Take care! On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hi! When I install linux over an old installation (no upgrade), will the partition with /home also be affected? Is your Linux installation all in one

[newbie] Strange network experience with 7.1...

Hi! I've just upgraded to 7.1 and now I can't launch any applications via the cantrol bar (This bar at the bottom, I forgot the English word for it) when a connection with kppp is running. Has anyone a solution for this? Be well, -- , (o o)

Re: [newbie] Memory detection problem

Hi Jose! Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf (as root), there should be a line "append". Add "mem=256M" to it. HI, I hope someone can help me out. I have installed mandrake7.0-2 on a Pentium III 733Mhz with 256 MB of RAM. The instalation went straight forward but when looking at the system

[newbie] /home question

Hi! When I install linux over an old installation (no upgrade), will the partition with /home also be affected?

Re: [newbie] unscribe

Hey! Before getting off of this list you owe us following letters: "ubs"... Is it that difficult? Read your welcome message to see how to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe messages to this address are useless... oh, and you should really take some spelling lessons! unscribe -- ,

Re: [newbie] TEST

Yes, they do! ;) Are these messages getting there? -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+

Re: [newbie] CD RW compatibility

I use a Yamaha CRW8424E, it works fine! not sure if first message went through... anyone know of any CD RW drive that are for sure compatible with Mandrake 7.1? I would like one that mandrake allready has the drivers to... Im looking for an external SCSI. Is USB supported with Mandrake...

Re: [newbie] make command not found in Bash

When I try to execute the make command as normal user, I get an error message saying, that only root is allowed to run this command. Any user should be able to use make, not just root. Hi Kenny! You have to be root to run the make command... I'm trying to compile and install

Re: [newbie] make command not found in Bash

Hi Kenny! You have to be root to run the make command... I'm trying to compile and install a new kernel, and when I go to the "make xconfig" command, Bash doesn't recognize make. Also, the command is not located in /bin. Do I need to update Bash? Any suggestions? Kenny --

Re: [newbie] unsuscribe

Hi Jose... unsuscribe O*viously your key*oard is messed up, it seems to me that the key *etween "v" and "n" is missing. Here, take mine, I don't need it anymore, I decided to use a "*" instead of the ... the... the key *etween "v" and "n". -- , (o o)

Re: [newbie] Still having memory problems!

Hello Cy! Maybe you're already having one append- line in your lilo.conf, Linux will only read one them and ignore the other. Hopefully this is the solution to your problem! I've reinstalled linux I don't know how many times trying to get it to recognize all of my memmory. I've tried

Re: [newbie] Unsubcribe

Hi Luis. Here's a present from me, an "s"... Unsubcribe -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | |

Re: [newbie] Netscape Addressbook - Where?

Hi Nev! Just open the addressbook and chose "file" in the menu and then "export". This should do. Can anyone tell me which file contains netscape addressbook information under linux? I've found all the other bits and pieces but this one - I'd like to back it up instead of recreating it each

Re: [newbie] Why MPEGs are so slow??

Hi Nickolay! Aktion sucks for MPEG, try out MpegTV. It's on the fifth or sixth CD or available at www.mpegtv.com. It has to be registered ($10) to play the anims with sound, but it also has a command line version which offers sound, but no gui. Cheers! Hello! I tried to use aKtion to play

Re: [newbie] Brahms

Hi David! I don't know this program, but every application I've installed so far came along with a readme file which told me how to install. Usually you have to open a shell, change to the directory with the program files (after decompressing it) in it and then type "./configure", "make" and

Re: [newbie] reaching maximal mount count

Hi Wade! You haven't done anything, after a certain times of booting (You can change it somewhere, but I forgot where) Linux checks it's partitions if they're still okay. Don't be afraid, you did nothing wrong anbd your system is just maintaining itself. Bye! During boot up this morning I

Re: [newbie] hello mothers

No to forget all the motherboards out there! Happy Mother's Day for all motherboards!!! ;) Happy Mother's Day...to all you mothersout there. -- Registered Linux User:73821 ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ#

Re: [newbie] cookies

Hi Michael. Delete /home/your-user/.netscape/cookies Take care! Hello all, Can someone tell me how to clear cookies from netscape? Mike -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA == The Penguins are coming!!!

Re: [newbie] IDontLoveYou (fwd)

I talked to a friend, he said AVIs and MOVs instead of mp3s are okay! Hellmut What do I do if I don't have any MP3s? Can I delete my AVIs instead? Charles - Original Message - From: "Vic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:41 AM S

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Help File

Hi Romanator! (Will you be back too?) Hi, MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the emails to create a very good manual and help file. Roman -- That's avery good idea, it really should cover all the problems you may get confrontated with when starting with Mandrake. If I had

Re: [newbie] Configuration

Hi Glenn. Just run Lothar, you can set it up there. Hi all. Installing Mandrake 7 there is a option to setup a dialup connection or a LAN. I want both. How do I get back into a 'setup' program to install the LAN support? Glenn... -- , (o o)

Re: [newbie] Linux Does not see all my memory.

Hi! You are having two "append" lines, as far as I know lilo just interpretes one. It should look like following: append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=164M" Don't forget to run lilo after doing this. Hello, I have 164megs of memory, I have read alot of the post regarding the append line to put in

Re: [newbie] Xauth not writeable

Hi Andrew. Sounds very similar to something I once had... while being on the command line, I typed "su" and then "startx", but unfortunately without changing to the /root directory before. I logged in as root in my /home/hellmut directory and when I tried to start X as hell

[newbie] Strange hdparm experiences

Hi! Today I wanted to speed up my hd, I've read the man page before. Following options have been added to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: m32 c3 d1 I tested all these options on the command line before and the hd's speed increased from 3.something to 12.something. A good value I thought, I tested it

Re: [newbie] lost+found folder

he authors of linus :-) kenny - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder That's just what I've been told... what's right then? now thats really a a

Re: [newbie] lost+found folder

Grmpf... 28... and you? now i have ot ask how old are you hehe - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder Ooops, gut you wrong. Thought you meant my "

Re: [newbie] Getting rid of Netscape bookmark message?

Hi! Have you already checked the rights on the file? Maybe they're for root only and you have to change them. Take care! Dear friends: I keep getting the following message from Netscape every five or so minutes: "Bookmarks have changed on disk and are being reloaded". Then I have to

Re: [newbie] login book

Hi! There are no "*" shown when typing your password, just type it and press return, no matter if it shows nothing. it won't let me type in my password at the login box -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T

Re: [newbie] lost+found folder

Hi! If your system dosn't get shutdown properly and some errors occur on the harddrive, linux puts the files there which have been damaged. What is this folder for? I've never seen anything in it. -- Michelle -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ |

Re: [newbie] lost+found folder

That's just what I've been told... what's right then? now thats really a a fascinating concept - Original Message - From: "Hellmut" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] lost+found folder Hi! If your sys

Re: [newbie] login

I never used the graphical login, but it doesn't use any "*"'s in the non- graphical login. Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01,

Re: [newbie] Quanta HTML editor

Hi! I have to agree Paul, I'm using Quanta+ too since it was on the CD of the german mag "PC Intern" 5/2000, it's very self explaining. It's made for people who know HTML and who don't need the unnecnessary code StarOffice for example produces. Hellmut Hi all, I have gotten and

Re: R: [newbie] a couple of questions...

Hi! Edit /etc/lilo.conf as root. Look for a line with append="". If between the brackets is already something like hdd=ide-scsi type mem=128M behind it. Example: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=128M" Example without ide-scsi: append="mem=128M" Then in a console type lilo -v That should do it.

Re: [newbie] unsbscribing from lists

Believe it or not - I thought about writing the unsubscribing informations into my singnature file... I wonder if I should set up an automatic mailer from my server to at the most maybe once every 2 weeks send out a mail with unsubscribing instructions? On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, you wrote:

Re: [newbie] unsbscribe

Wow... my favourite one so far... two characters are missing. How did this guy make it to suscribe, oh sorry, meant sbcribe? User wrote: unsbcribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T |

[newbie] MPEG player?

Hi! I just got some really huge MPEGs from a friend, mpegtv from one of the Mandrake CDs shuts down the sound after one minute, the "mtvp" command line program hasn't got a GUI and doesn't offer a pause option. Is there any free MPEG player? I tried to register mpegtv, which gets done by an

Re: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No comment... Kurt donald Cobain wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 7:32 PM Subject: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE! -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ |

Re: [newbie] LILO prob

Hi! Hi folks, I have install MDK7.0 using linux4win and everything works just perfect. My box has 192mb of memory, but mdk only tells me that I have 64mb. I went into /etc/lilo.conf (which I made as there was no file) and edited it with -- append="mem192m" But it did not, still shows that

[newbie] fstab for CD writer?

Hi! I'm runnig Mandrake 7 and I have just bought a HP CD writer from a friend. How does the fstab entry have to look like for a CD writer? Thanks in advantage, -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | |

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

Hi! This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody accesses the internet with knowledge about what to