> > > (And no, I don't think viruses - I've only been reading stuff off the > > RH CD-ROM - which I suppose might have one? - and text email.) > > > Well, all sorts of people who shouldn't _can_ burn a CD...Micro$oft,... > [EMAIL PROTECTED],... > > > > Chris > > .. obsolescence precedes reliability > > > If you need a virus to blame, this is the only one I have handy that > works on linux. > > Lawson > > > YOU HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE UNIX VIRUS > This virus works on the honor system: > > If you're running a variant of Unix or Linux, please forward > this message to everyone you know and delete a bunch of your > files at random. > I tried that, and now nothing works. Must have deleted the wrong file, I guess ;-) Well, seriously, I'm back! :) Many, many thanks Lawson for your advice during my disasters. It gave me enough hope to keep me sane :) I'll sum up the current state of my system in case it's informative for anybody. (RedHat 6.2 with KDE and Gnome loaded). Currently, Kppp still drops out on loading (with 'cannot connect to X-server' and grumbles about magic cookies) but Rp3, also called RH PPP, works fine straight out of the box. Kmail (KDE Mail) is now working, both incoming (POP) and out (SMTP). The problem with SMTP was, when I configured Kmail, I typed 110 in as the SMTP port number when it should have been the default 25 suggested by Kmail. (Most mail setups never seem to ask or require the SMTP port number). This mistake caused _no_ error messages, nothing in any log I could find, Kmail 'talked' to the ISP's mail server but the outgoing emails just didn't go. Simple as that! Now, question, I have a separate DOS hard drive on the system, and I made sure it was there and connected when I installed Linux, but if I try to mount it I get a message "Kernel does not support FAT16" (or Umsdos if I try that option). Does that mean I have to recompile the kernel? The thought somewhat alarms me. Chris slowly recovering - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
