Re: [SLUG] Suse 7.1 on a Compaq notebook

2002-03-10 Thread Bob Hubbard
Suse was again installed - OK - but unfortunately, I put lilo on the MBR and winME would not reinstall. It hung with the A/: prompt. I tried to format drives C D with msFDISK. Drive D: was successfully formated but I could not format drive C: /s and winME would not reinstall. Tried

[SLUG] Installing internal modem

2002-03-10 Thread Simon Bryan
Hi all, Still on my quest to setup this new server. I have a PCTEL internal modem I would like to use, it is a Winmodem. I have downloaded a driver to try and install. The instructions are: --with-kernel-includes=/path/to/my/kernel-sources/include If you don't have your kernel sources at

Re: [SLUG] Installing internal modem

2002-03-10 Thread Tony Green
On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 21:21, Simon Bryan wrote: Hi all, Still on my quest to setup this new server. I have a PCTEL internal modem I would like to use, it is a Winmodem. I have downloaded a driver to try and install. The instructions are:

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2002-03-10 Thread OhSo Spunky
anyone point me in the direction of a bios upgrade.. for an ol 486 on a PB450M+ PNP x1.17 currently with Pheonix Bios 4.03 dated 17/8/94 would like to able to boot from cd if possible... or any tips thanks _ Get your FREE

Re: [SLUG] debian woody is easy

2002-03-10 Thread Jamie Honan
Tale of joy about Debian install : Also found the 'rtl8139' module had changed names to '8139too'. So further emboldened (is that a word?) by all this success I had a go at getting sound working, which never did before (it's an old ISA sound blaster 16). Already had the sound and

Re: [SLUG] ask summary of installed programs

2002-03-10 Thread Grant Parnell
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, henry wrote: Dear List: Everytime I install Redhat ,the summary(package name,size, it's use) of installed programs will flash in front of me . I wish to know what package I have it's use. Could someone know any

Re: [SLUG] Another one:set ip address etc

2002-03-10 Thread Grant Parnell
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Simon Bryan wrote: OK, I have stuffed the IP addressing on my system, I thought I couldd use linuxconf but apparently that requires an X desktop. I only have a text based server, where the hell is this stuff stored? linuxconf does work in text mode as well. If you've

Re: [SLUG] Help configuring a sound card with Debian

2002-03-10 Thread David Fitch
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 01:43:02AM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, I've been reading the Sound Howto, but I'm still confused as to how to go about getting my sound card to work. While installing Debian I opted to load the sound modules, so I thought I wouldn't have to recompile the

[SLUG] LaTeX, PsTricks and Colour Problem.

2002-03-10 Thread Bill Bennett
Using PsTricks, the following command will draw a thick lined polygon:--- \rput(46.0,247.0){\PstPolygon[linecolor=MyYellow,unit=55,PolyNbSides=9,PolyOffset=2]} Unfortunately, it will also fill the polygon with white. Is there any way (command/option) to ensure that the polygon is clear? I'd

[SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread Bill Bennett
I've got a file on the laptop that I'd like to download to floppies. Unfortunately the file will run to 3 floppiesworth. When I used to use pkzip, I could tell the programme to download and if the floppy filled up it would add a to be continued and tell you to bung in a second (or third etc.)

Re: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread Peter Hardy
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 15:12, Bill Bennett wrote: When I used to use pkzip, I could tell the programme to download and if the floppy filled up it would add a to be continued and tell you to bung in a second (or third etc.) floppy. The only thing to be remembered was to upload the discs in

Re: [SLUG] Help configuring a sound card with Debian

2002-03-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, I've been reading the Sound Howto, but I'm still confused as to how to go about getting my sound card to work. While installing Debian I opted to load the sound modules, so I thought I wouldn't have to recompile the kernel. Last time

Re: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:12:35PM +1100, Bill Bennett wrote: I've got a file on the laptop that I'd like to download to floppies. Unfortunately the file will run to 3 floppiesworth. When I used to use pkzip, I could tell the programme to download and if the floppy filled up it would add

Re[2]: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread evilbunny
Hello Anand, I have a similar problem however I'd like to use compression if possible, I need to do backups of about 9Gigs of hdd space to CDs, I can all but do this, my biggest problem at this stage is the restore not so much the backup it self, any suggestions appreciated... -- Best regards,

[SLUG] Unknown USB storage device

2002-03-10 Thread Harry Ohlsen
Hi, I bought a small USB memory stick reader/writer the other day. Unfortunately, the device isn't recognised when I insert it. The USB module sees it has been inserted, but just doesn't know what it is. I'm assuming it actually looks like an IDE or SCSI drive, so the usb-storage module

Re: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread Bill Bennett
Many thanks to those who suggested solutions. I'm grateful: the change to Linux was not easy, but something like this makes it well worthwhile. Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

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2002-03-10 Thread kiran hiriyanna
i want to instal linux on my PC. how do i set up so i can have dual boot mode? and are all drivers for printers, scanners, dv cards available for linux? also where is the best place to download the kernel from? Kiran Hiriyanna [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake + Linux Workshop [Was: Firewire???]

2002-03-10 Thread Heracles
On Thursday 07 March 2002 23:42, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: Pfft, installing Debian is childs play. All it requires is a small amount of literacy and some common sense. Or is that too much to ask? A. I was not trolling on this occasion. Installing and configuring a basic (for today) system