Re: [newbie] KSplashML

you are using. It works here but I'm using Mandrake cooker (8.3). In any case, it is in the subdirectory RPMS2 on mirror sites. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] KDE3 - Can't start ksmserver

trying to fix it (*groan*... more grey hairs). Any help much appreciated. skinky -- Oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 2 distributions on 1 computer?????

On 06 May 2002 08:48, skinky wrote: I just installed redhat and had lilo/boot problems also. You only need the one swap partition. I have a separate /boot partition which I share between the distros - be sure NOT to format the /boot partition if you have the same setup. During

Re: [newbie] Early distro on older PC (was 2 distributions on 1 computer?????)

On 06 May 2002 22:57, Michael Adams wrote: While I'm here, can anyone tell me if Mandrake 7.2 runs on the older pcs and if it is much different to 8.0/8.1? skinky I have 7.1 running on a p1 circa 95-96 second PC and it is graphically very different. Mandrake won't run on a 486 or 386

Re: [newbie] 2 distributions on 1 computer?????

runs on the older pcs and if it is much different to 8.0/8.1? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Can't su to root

it was a chmod a+x /bin/*. So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully that will solve my problem. Many TIA skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't su to root

of a quick look at Linux in a Nutshell and # chmod 4755 /bin/su and all is well again : ) . After searching thru so many different mailing list archives and various articles on the net the good ol' faithful Mandrake Newbie list comes up trumps again! Thanks. Cheers skinky -- oxymoron

Fwd: RE: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?

to stop burning a 730MB avi if I use a 700MB disc, because it can be burnt...! I found only burncenter and cdbakeoven usable in linux BAT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of skinky Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:42 AM To: Randy Kramer

Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?

python (to start with). How 'bout it? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] What programs are you looking for?

On 27 Mar 2002 14:19, Randy Kramer wrote: skinky wrote: Sorry for the LATE reply... WAY behind with my email... For quite some time I've been looking for a diary/journal that contains daily entries with a search facility on say a subject heading or just be able to search all text

Re: [newbie] alias problem

place I put them is into etc/bashrc, do a save and then reboot. You don't have to reboot. Just type $ source path to file eg. $ source ~/.bashrc skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Firewall setup

named Bastille What needs to be done to fix this? You could try updating your rpm database. In a terminal as root type # rpm --rebuilddb skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] wine install on mandrake 8.1

breath. Good luck. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works On Monday 25 February 2002 09:12, Robert Gray wrote: Dear All I use Windows to run a couple of legacy apps, Wine now runs most of these (thank you Skinky) and as soon as I can print from Quattro Pro 7 in Wine (help please I cannot

Re: [newbie] Where's my LILO? (edited)

a previous post: You can boot with the first Mandrake cd then at the prompt type: F1 rescue chroot /mnt Now you can check/edit the entries in /etc/lilo.conf then type lilo and reboot. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Where's my LILO? (edited)

will be in /mnt/etc/. IOW check/edit the entries in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf. I apologise for the oversight. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Email

. The server may be having problems. Over the last 3-4 days I have received answers to questions that I never received (the questions still haven't arrived). However my messages seem to show up. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Installing the new Mozilla

to your home dir. Importing/Exporting bookmarks is also handy for sharing your bookmarks between different browsers. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re:[newbie] installing the new mozilla

On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:13, Hanan Shargi wrote: skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) now i tried installing the new mozilla ( as root )using the following command: rpm -Uvh mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk.rpm --nodeps and it gives me the following error: file /usr/lib

Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix

should I put here? All help is appreciated, Kevin Not that I know much about postfix but... [skinky]skinky$ whereis postfix postfix: /usr/sbin/postfix /etc/postfix /usr/lib/postfix /usr/share/man/man1/postfix.1.bz2 So I guess you should put '/usr/sbin/postfix' HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft

Re: [newbie] VCD/Mpeg Application

different rpms and orig sources). Will try mplayer. Thanks for the replies guys. The Mandrake xine rpm works fine. Look for it at www.rpmfind.net I have ths one: xine-0.4.3-1mdk.i586.rpm but there is likely a newer version out now. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Running slow [OT]

On Tuesday 19 February 2002 16:54, Carroll Grigsby wrote: To give fair credit, however, I understand that MS has replaced the legendary BSOD (R). It's black now. Yet another market-driven innovation. Oh good so the acronym BSOD still stands? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want

Re: [newbie] wine install on mandrake 8.1

where the win app is located, then issue the command wine win app executable. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Backups

. Those two apps (together) are for backing up your entire system to CD. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] (OT) LAN/network hardware requirements

appreciated. TIA skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Re: [newbie] Booting problems

. After F1 and rescue type chroot /mnt without the quotes. This simulates mounting your partiitions and you can access your files. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.17 install

- package, and as it turns out, I don't seem to be missing anything. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kernel-2.4.17 install

the config is the config used for your kernel. If you wanted to change just one or two things in your kernel, you could install the kernel source and edit that config file with your changes and compile a new kernel using that edited config. Hope this makes sense. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft

Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition

. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Printer Problem - BJC 4200 - prints garbage at bootup

? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] bash/Konsole resetting to top of screen

) to prevent subsequent commands from writing output over the top of previous output. This is very annoying. Anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition

/winbackup is vfat. Obviously not all kernels can handle reiserfs and after all it is a relatively new fs. Haven't tried any of the other journalling fs for /boot. skinky Are you running raid0 and/or raid1? Ext3 is the only one I've checked out for root-raid operation so far. I can

Re: [newbie] Unexplained crashes

and run XFdrake to choose a different setting for screen resolution, monitor type or driver. You may need to try several different combinations before you get it right. If that doesn't work, get back to the list. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Booting problems

with the first Mandrake cd then at the prompt type: F1 rescue chroot /mnt Now you can check/edit the entries in /etc/lilo.conf then type lilo and reboot. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] (OT) AT or ATX

factor the case is? Any help is greatly appreciated. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB memory leak?

referring to is a known bug. Go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ and click on the link for the errata page - the workaround/fix is given there. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] BIG thanks ;o)

files at the same time. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Video Problem (I think)

again. Same thing. Please, does anybody have an idea on what could be causing this? Others have had this problem. Search the mailing list archives. The fix was fairly simple, but I don't know what it is. http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/ skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft

Re: [newbie] Can't mount my CDROM anymore

a similar setup please give Nic a hand with his fstab file? HTH somewhat skinky PS. Don't forget to make a backup copy of these files before you edit them. -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm

make this change in Mandrake Control Center Boot Boot Config System mode. To start X from console, just type startx MIGHT help... skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] emu-tools

before compiling. --- Try setting AC3PASSTHROUGH=no (if you haven't already) in the emu10k1.conf file. I haven't had any problems with it (well apart from digital not working properly). You could check the FAQ at Creative. Umm... can't think of anything else... skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft

Re: [newbie] DiskDrake And WinXP

umm... how about... ... forget the broads... and check out the boards... ? sorry, couldn't resist ;) seriusly now... I don't know anything about ntfs. Hopefully someone else can help. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works On Monday 11 February 2002 13:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just

Re: [newbie] Building a PC (3).

and not to have to niggle too much with post install configuration to get the box up and running. Cheers, Brian OTH, I have onboard sound (AC97) on a Soltek SL-75KAV mobo and later installed a pci SB 5.1 Live! card: No problems at all. So ? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want

Re: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC.

very nice - I like ; ) skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works On Thursday 07 February 2002 11:51, Roger Sherman wrote: I just put together a new PC about three days ago, with an AMD XP1800 cpu and an Abit KG7 motherboard. It rocks pretty hard... Also under the hood (in case you care

Re: [newbie] Building a PC.

, this is still a bargain. Not only will your hard drive be cached, you also minimise HDD accesses by eliminating the need to use swap. Very true. This (below) with only konsole and kmail open: [skinky]skinky$ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem

Re: [newbie] Man--Konqueror STINKS

stop. I get the same error with Midi Karaoke Player but Midi synth works fine. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Frozen RPMDrake

--rebuilddb skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] KDE and Gnome

and posted the above message from the archives) Well I know zilch about monitor power management but I don't understand what you mean about trying to run emu-config. I'm using emu10K1 with the tools so perhaps I _may_ be able to help if you explain what you mean by running the config. skinky

Re: [newbie] boot question

/lilo.conf) to ensure your boot partitions are as they should be in case you made changes whilst installing win. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE and Gnome

you like best. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 8.1 CD-ROM install problem

on your pc??? BTW, I later ran memtest which gave 0 errors so ? Oh, and Civileme has mentioned in a post to this list this type of problem sometimes indicates that its your cdrom thats the problem. Perhaps you could search the list archives. Good luck skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works

Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0

On Sunday 03 February 2002 17:48, shane wrote: once you get used to tar another option, if you find you haven't enough room for a full backup is to (after a fresh install) make the replication disk. you know where it asks if want to make an install disk that remebers everything you just

Re: [newbie] backup app for LM 8.0

and other files. Although I do intend to check out the backuponcd app and run a script to do it for me while I sleep. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE problems

which is the offending file in your home dir. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

all compressed, that bug is fixed in koffice1.1.1 As usual Texstar has an RPM on his site that works great. derek skinky Thanks for the info derek, I'll start downloading. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] ldconfig failed

what to do now. I have separate partitions for /, usr, and home. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, paco I had that happen a few times. Try turning your computer off (not reboot) for at least 15 seconds, then turn it on and try again. If that doesn't work repost to the list. skinky

Re: [newbie] KDE problems

an eye out for the offending file that prevents kde from starting. Might me worth a try. If it doesn't work you could rename it back to ~/.kde until you find the solution. Can you start Gnome or any other wm? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Boot disk failure

boot disk Now you should be able to boot from the boot floppy. Good luck. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

shame because I really liked kword for WP. I use OpenOffice.org instead. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

others had very low volume and they did find a solution. Good luck skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] accessing cdrom causes segv

can't get the hang of devfs). So I guess you could try editing your /etc/lilo.conf file and in the append line add or change the devfs bit. Good luck. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

the blue headphones socket. Any ideas where the fault could be or do I need to pack it back in the box and return it to the store and tell them I'm too fffing stupid to own a PC? Just a guess, but shouldn't the speakers be plugged into the green socket with the speaker next to it? skinky

Re: [newbie] Configuring a scanner w/Sane in LM 8.1?

On Thursday 24 January 2002 10:17, Graham Watkins wrote: skinky wrote: To start xscanimage just type xscanimage without the quotes in a terminal. I don't know anything about parallel port scanners. Hopefully your scanner was automatically detected during ML installation. skinky My

Re: [newbie] Adding WM-specific startup scripts

and the Blackbox script if I login with BB. Any suggestions? You could create an alias: alias BB='startx BlackBox' then at login (init 3) just type BB skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem

in Windoze and /dev/ttyS1 = COM2 (just in case you have plugged your modem into your second serial port). skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] LILO won't load linux

and it will install the original kernel again. You should be right from there on. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Wine

work. That version appears to be broken. Uninstall that rpm then download and install the latest from http://wine.dataparty.no and you'll find it'll work fine. If this is what you have already done then I'm sorry I can't help you but perhaps someone else has a suggestion. skinky

[newbie] Adding a zip drive

to reinstall the system? I don't understand mknod or MAKEDEV and I certainly don't know anything about major and minor. Perahps if I knew what major and minor to use I could try mknod. I am using the 2.4.16.3mdk-1-1mdkenterprise kernel. Any help much appreciated. TIA skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft

Re: [newbie] Extra Programs on Installation CD's

the database as above may correct this. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] My middle button mouse doesnt work,

work without imwheel. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kppp's temporary entries :-(

with a dynamic ip address. Maybe you could compare? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How to reset monitor type (SVGA etc.)?

if it was displayed correctly, choose No - this will allow you to change your settings. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] can u read this?

to devfs=nomount to disable devfs at boot. Might help? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Gnutella Client

| reinstall I won't lose everything. | | I would like to know if there is any kind of gnutella type program | for Linux, and if it is included on 8.1's powerpack cd's? lopster is the best! Its on the third cd. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Kernel update question [How to]

and enjoy! skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ouch - I cannot install the C/C++/Make packages...

scratch, any ideas??? You could try updating the rpm database. In a terminal as root rpm --rebuilddb without the quotes. That usually fixes the problem for me when rpmdrake starts telling me that all my packages are bad. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] KDE Startup Sound

? | | Miark I had this problem with same sound card. I think to fix it, I unchecked Run soundserver with realtime priority in KDE Control Center (kcontrol) Sound Sound Server General tab. I think that was it. I don't have that problem anymore. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.

1. 80+ 2. 35 3. F 4. Dial-up 5. 2 good luck with your project skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] problem correctly detecting cdrom

NOT update your kernel but INSTALL it with rpm -ivh kernel-package_name.i586.rpm - see the archives] skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] problem shutting down

down sound but keeps running. Your post prompted me to look in BIOS so I disabled ACPI but that didn't help either. Its got me stumped. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How to REMOVE GL libs/etc and nVidia 2313/2314?

are built for the 2.4.8-34.1mdk, so you could try installing that kernel (http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=kernel) and those drivers. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RPM or just a script?

/apps/ksplash/pics with the downloaded ones. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] software manager gives errors on all rpms

. In a terminal as root: # rpm --rebuilddb That may set things right. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

Types click the plus next to text and select html in the list. Now you can change your settings on the right and click Apply. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Re: [nVidia on Mandrake]

. And sorry for the long post everyone. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How long to wait???

.(-: (-; :-) hynotising? ; ) u... well last time I tried that it took approx 3-4 hours (IIRC) but then I can only connect at 19200 bps... skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Off topic? How things are going with Linux...

as not to say I told you so or if only you'd listen! grin skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Question about directory and file permissions

Reference Manual Chapter 3 - Introduction to the Command Line 3.2.2 chmod: Changing Permissions on Files and Directories Thats where I learned about dir/file permissions. There is also man chmod and info chmod. HTH skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing

Re: [newbie] emails

itself soon! skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] I've got a strange one

of it. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] SCSI Emulation of CD-ROM

as supermount is broken in the 2.4.8-26mdk kernel. The important bit is the /dev/scdX part. And lastly (I'm not sure if this is absolutely necessary) reboot - I'm not sure if just remounting the cdrom will do it so I just reboot. HTH skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced

Re: [newbie] kppp help

reinstalling the package that contains kppp, whatever package that is, don't know sorry. I see that rpmfind.net has kppp-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm - perhaps you could install that package??? Hopefully someone with more know will help you out here. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer

Re: [newbie] nvidia on kernel 2.4.13-12mdkenterprise

to 3.3.6 - and I'm absolutely stoked that my fonts are a normal size again! I had to set helvetica to size 13 because size 12 was unreadable... well barely readable... now its back to normal anyway. Thanks again. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems

Re: [newbie] Kaj Haulrich, lost your address!!

your email address, so I may once again setup my two | CD-ROM drives for Burning. Thank you much, | Mick Duffy Mick, if Mr Haulrich sent his reply to the list you can look it up in the mailing list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/ skinky -- But what

Re: [newbie] NVidia

On Thursday 13 December 2001 11:49, Steven Spears wrote: | She's running 3. | | How, through command line, do I upgrade to 4. | | I tried through control center, but it didn't work. In Mandrake Control Center you need to choose Expert. Then you can change it. HTH skinky -- But what

[newbie] nvidia on kernel 2.4.13-12mdkenterprise

kernels is for the large amount of ram. My graphics card is nvidia GeForce2 GTS PRO 64MB w TV-out. I apologise for the long message but I was just letting ya'll know what I've tried so far. I'm not worried if nobody can help me on this one but any advice would be greatly appreciated. skinky

Re: [newbie] mandrake xdos and vintage dos games

skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mandrake xdos and vintage dos games

which will give you access to those dirs. For example you'd end up with: /var/lib/dosemu/drives/C /var/lib/dosemu/drives/D /var/lib/dosemu/drives/E /var/lib/dosemu/drives/F and your /etc/dosemu.conf accesses all links in your drives dir. HTH skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer

Re: [newbie] Bastille

- that will show your ports as being in stealth or closed mode. If that shows as closed something's wrong which I can't help you with because I use Tiny Firewall (in mcc) but hopefully someone else can help you. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems

Re: [newbie] Problem in Changing to Single User Mode (runlevel 1)

your new kernel the default by replacing the current kernel's label with the new kernel's label. Run /sbin/lilo Reboot and select your new kernel to boot (if you didn't make it the default selection). Enjoy! skinky PS. You should probably also install the new kernel docs, headers

Re: [newbie] taskbar empty

. Right-click in the taskbar and select Preferences. In the window that pops up, select Taskbar on the far left. There you can choose your settings. HTH skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

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