On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 02:47:31PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -> Sorry for this boneheaded query, but I can't figure this out and this list should
>be the quickest answer::
> ->
> -> ftp, interactive mode. How the heck can I retrieve a whole directory st
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Axhold it! I don't think so! You mean to tell me that both of my
> 6.1 CD's are 'faulty'! Two different CD's from two different sources!?
> One is an official MandrakeSoft CD and the other is a LinuxMall CD and
> neither one has an /images/rescue sub on it
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I know this is not probably meant for this area. My system, for whatever
> reason has expired ALL my user accounts, including root. I figure the only
> way into the system now is with a rescue disk. I dont use lilo for normal
> boot, I use loadlin (the system dua
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Dear John:
>
> Very reassuring to know that SO will save across all drives and
> partitions. By the way, I have the same problem even when I use the
> default Office51 Work folder and backup directories.
>
> By the way, what is NFS, please, and how does it facto
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I am refering to the "autofs". I have several machines here - most of them
> with Mandrake 6.1, one still has RedHat 5.x on it. "home" is always
> exported to a whole NIS group and mounted on request as "/homes/MACHINE".
>
> StarOffice is installed everywhere (as
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I told you did I not, that StarOffice 5.1 will not navigate over mount
> points. This would indicate that SO is not using the standard file system
> commands. [which should be warning enough to stay away]
>
Baloney. It *does* work over mount points. I do it a
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> First, my thanks to all of you who have written in with your
> suggestions. Unfortunately, none has yet really figured it out.
>
> Here is another piece of the puzzle:
>
> I installed and USED StarOffice 51 before several times, although as a
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Sher wrote:
>
> > Well, it didn't do the trick. Tried to save a new
> > document and got the same error message about permissions. So far, no
> > luck.
>
> Ideas:
>
> 1. StarOffice just will not navigate past any mount points it encounter
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I was going through my Mandrake archives and saw your posting about a dual-celeron
>system. Tell me you're serious! I was told that all the SMP circutry was removed
>from the celerons and only P3 & P2 chips would run in parallel. Is anyone else
>running a sy
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Microway makes a nice quad smp board. It might be RISC based though.
>
> www.microway.com
>
Just visited their site -- either ALPHA or Pentium III/Xeon based.
John
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> To append the directly above:
> I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part
> is as follows.
>
> Checking filesystems
> fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1
> (null):
> The sup
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This may seem like a really silly question, but I'm wondering about
> Kernel upgrades.
>
> I'm a home user. If I am happy with my system is there a reason to
> upgrade?
>
Only if there are features in the new kernel that you don't
currently have. O
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
>
> > what wuftp version you use ? i think i have fixed all these thing in
> > wu-ftpd-2.6-2mdk.
>
> Where can I find it? I've look on the mdk ftp site and some mirrors and
> can't find 2.6-2.
>
Try rpmfind.net.
John
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > what wuftp version you use ? i think i have fixed all these thing in
> > wu-ftpd-2.6-2mdk.
>
> Where can I get it? It's not on your ftp server or on a couple of the
> mirrors
> I checked.
>
Have you tried looking in "cooker"??? Try going to www.rpmfind.net
and
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > IIRC, the Realtek cards use a version of the Tulip chipset. It's my
> > understanding there are two drivers for that chipset. Check the
> > archives. I think you'll find the answer...
> > John
>
> ;) read again, it uses a custom module "rtl8139"
>
Ok...I
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Trying to install RH6.0/Mdk6.1 on a Compaq LTE5100 laptop, everytime I get to
> the point where the mouse is detected (correctly as PS/2) the machine locks
> up, how do I disable the mouse detection during installation so I can
> manually set it up later? I'v
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> John,
> I downloaded Fortify and applied it against the Mandrake
> supplied netscape4.61.
>
> It behaves almost exactly like the netscape4.7- 128bit
>
> after I go to http://boeing.ris.ssga.com and click
> [pick here]under the fourth bullet it takes me to a log
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I just upgraded my Kernel from 2.2.9 to 2.2.13
>
> I copied the files, did make dep; make clean; make bzlilo; make modules;
> make modules_install
>
> sorted out lilo by getting it to boot from /testboot/bzImage and copied the
> new System Map over the old one i
On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I downloaded the 128 bit encryption from Netecapes site
> and it get past the 128 bit test when the one shipped
> with my Mandrake 6.1 does not.
>
That's correct. Mandrake doesn't SHIP a 128-bit encryption version.
You either need to download the 128-bit encryptio
No offense intended, but you might get better results
posting this to the French-Language "Expert"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
John
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Bjr,
>
> Je souhaiterais comprendre le fonctionnement des ALIAS IP
> Ma machine à une carte ethernet eth0 avec 2 adresses IP
>
> J'
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > No question. I just think you're seeing the glass as "half-empty"
> > when I'm seeing it as "half-full." ;-)
> > John
>
> I think the glass is twice as big as it needs to be (hehehe)
>
Well.I think there's a lot of apps that currently run
only unde
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My printer, which is a supported model, is slaved to my scanner, which
> probably is not. Will the printer work as configured, or do I need to
> connect it directly?
>
I would connect it directly and get a second parallel port
and hook your scanner to L
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> It is SCSI
>
It's my UNDERSTANDING that "Sane" =="Twain" under Linux (at least
that's the gist I got.) I've never tried setting up a scanner, mainly
because I haven't got one. ;-)
John
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>
> >
> > No, there's also Visio, PVCS, Visual Studio, Schedule+, Macromedia
> > Director, Adobe Premiere/AfterEffects, TruSpace, AutoCAD, etc., etc., etc.
> > Besides that, Star Office does not interoperate with
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> GIMP is not a powerful graphics editor IMO. I mean its good if you do
> web/computer graphics [RGB] but for people like me who does PRINT [PAPER]
> graphics, it sucks. I'll switch to GIMP once it has CYMK SUpport.
>
Just wait. I predict a Linux version of Photosho
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>
> I have yet to load Star Office, but have it sitting next to me. Gimp does
> net even come close to a Image Composer of sorts. I will play with Star
> Office to see what that plugs up. The off the shelf stuff like Quiken,
> TurboTax and the lack of a VB is reall
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> No, there's also Visio, PVCS, Visual Studio, Schedule+, Macromedia
> Director, Adobe Premiere/AfterEffects, TruSpace, AutoCAD, etc., etc., etc.
> Besides that, Star Office does not interoperate with my other desktop
> applications.
>
Agreed. However, I was
I've got KMail 1.0.21 with PGP 6.5.1. KMail recognizes PGP, and I've
generated a keypair for PGP and I just tried to sign my first message
and it asked for the passcode but it never sent the message... It
just sat there and wouldn't send until I UNCHECKED the "sign" option.
Any ideas? Is that ver
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>
> He obviously does not use, or do business with anyone who uses,
>
> Quicken, TurboTax, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, need a powerfull graphics
> editor, do any VB programming..
>
> I think you understand.
>
There is a good "Excel-compatible" spreadshee
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I have checked SANE and cannot find a reference for this scanner.
>
> Do they work under Linux?
>
Paralell or SCSI?
If the latter, it *should* work under Linux. AFAIK,
paralell scanners aren't yet supported.
John
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Now this is really beginning to bug mehas anyone found a method to
> make Netscape 4.61/4.7 stable under Mandrake/Redhat when Java is
> enabled?
>
> It appears that I can make it fallover almost within 30sec of starting 2
> sessions of netscape if I switch be
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I am running Mandrake Linux 6.1 and Netscape Communicator 4.7 w/128 bit
>
> encryption.
> When I log onto a certain secure site I do not see pages that
> have a graphics figures on them.
> When the screen is through xferring data I can view page source which
> s
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >%_OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
>
> Config is as follows;
>
> Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> Elsa Erazor I
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Take a look at this:
>
> http://www.redhat.org
>
> ?:-O
>
"Connection refused by server" :-(
John
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Well, I now found that my lp.o module is not being loaded at boot time.
>
> How do I make lp to load at boot time?
>
Is the printer turned on and hooked up at boot???
John
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> how much say for a 10BaseT swtich for say 8 ports?
> and 100 baseT? for 8 ports?
>
Went to C|Net's Shopper.com site and found an 8-port
Asante' Technologies switch for $124.00 +shipping, etc.
Reasonable price, including expedited shipping, insurance,
etc $150.00
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had to change my IP and default gateway on my machine, and now my
> default gateway has dissapeared! I have had to put a "route add" command
> in rc.local to keep it in place when the system restarts. What would
> normally set the default gateway
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> This is not correct. It depends on whether your cdrw is scsi or
> ide. If it is scsi, nothing special needs to be done. If it is ide,
> you need to emulate a scsi drive.
>
You're correct. My apologies. I assumed it was IDE. :-)
John
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> You're close. The command is: append= "hdx=ide-scsi", "X" being
> the device where your cdrom is.
>
Thanks... I knew it was something like that, and it seemed
to me that I remembered it being like that, but it didn't
"look" right to me. :-)
John
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> What is the exact line to add to lilo to get a cdr to work and is there any
> thing else I need to do to actualy burn cd with it? Also I've only got this
> one cdrom in my system so how do i use it as a burner and regular cdrom at the
> same time.
>
> an exampl
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Dear John:
>
> Thanks so much again. We are all still babes in the woods. Well, at
> least I am.
>
No sweat. Just sharing a story of my own pitfalls so you don't feel
so bad! :-)
John
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> U
>
> How about an IDE HDD in a drawer? I use two of them and leapfrog and
> backup is down to single user for maintenance and the copy command. The
> backup (20 Gb worth) takes less time than my UPS is able to stay up.
>
I understand what you're saying,
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Tapes are good if you know what they are doing. Must keep the heads
> clean. Cannot expect to take a tape made in one and read it in another
> (most of the time works but sometimes it doesnt). You have to have a
> schedule of testing the tapes. Something like once
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Dear John and friends:
>
> John has got it! Thanks a million.
>
> I feel embarrassed, folks. Did everything right. Changed the version
> number of the kernel in /etc/lilo.conf. Just forgot to initialize it by
> doing /sbin/lilo. Just did it, and Lilo is working
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> John,
>
> OnStream only produce tape drives - I hate tape drives . .
>
Understood.. but at this point, it would appear that it's
the only "multi-gig" removeable media drive available for
Linux users.
John
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I have tried a couple of times to use the rescue floppy disk (produced
> by the first installation). The panic message says something like "No init
> console available".
>
> What I did is:
> boot it from the rescue floppy
> type "rescue" for the firs
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >Anyone have any experience with an ORB drive. Had 2 Sparq drives that
> >crashed and burned and damaged discs as well. I noticed on their web
> >site that the same guy that ran Syquest before declaring bankruptcy or
> >whatever is now running Castlewood, the comp
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Im looking for a new inject printer for my computer,but i don know what
> brand/model work best under Linux.
>
> I want to buy a printer that is suppoterd with black and color printing.
>
>
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
That should help y
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > > Does anybody know if linux has the ability to run internet based mail?
> > > If so how does it work?
> > >
> > HmmI gu
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I purchased a copy of Mandrake about 3 months ago.
>
> I successfully managed to install this on a PC whose BIOS supports CDROM boot.
>
> Recently I thought I'd put it onto an older PC. Spec:
> Cyrix 486 DLC 33 MHZ processor
> 8 MBytes DRAM
> Maths coprocessor (
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I%m having two problems:
>
> 1. I%m trying to compile a program and when I type ./configure I get the
> following:
>
> checking wheter the c++ compiler (g++) works no
> configure: error initialization or configuration problem: c++ compiler cann
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I'm not sure how to update the installation diskettes to use them
> (assuming I find them). I get a kernel panic during installation. It
> says something (I don;t have the error in front of me) about
> Aiee, killing interrupt handler -- unable to sync swapper t
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Mdk 6.0 on a Compaq Consignia 300 with 82mo ram and Linux see
> only 16mo should i pass the mem parameter with lilo( LILO: linux mem=82M).
>
Yep. That should do it. Also, you might try going into your system
bios and making sure the "memory ho
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I have had the DC390F and the Adaptec 2940U2W work under Linux Mandrake
> 5.3, but neither will work under Mandrake 6.x for me.
>
Have you checked for newer revisions of the drivers?
John
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed G2player-6.0-0.99092901. My system is a PIII with a
> soundblaster live and Mandrake 6.0. The player continually closes with a
> segmentation fault immediately after opening the GUI. Has anyone else been
> able to su
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> :~>Crontab goes in /etc. Then there's a "cron.daily," "cron.hourly,"
> :~>etc :-)
>
> This is only for root. If you need a cron as a user,
> /etc/crontab & co are a no-no
>
> try reading the "man crontab"
>
Hmmwell, I admit to only having used cron once
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > SCSI emulation. Add the following to the end of your /etc/lilo.conf
> > (I *think* this is correct) "append='ide=scsi'" (minus the
> > double-quotes, but WITH the single quotes around the ide=scsi)
> > John
>
>
[mega-chomp]
>
>
> It seems (to me anyway)
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I have been having quite a time installing Mandrake v6.1/KDE on a machine
> that has happily been using Mandrake 6.0/KDE for some time now. It's taken
> me a week to get a half way decent XWindows resolution, but at least that
> problem appears to be fixed.
>
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for Linux sofware that can be use to manage a cybercafe.
> Like a customer book the PC for one hour, after one hour the linux box will
> automatically stop the PC access to internet ..
>
> Is there any available script to do this ?
>
Take a lo
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Greetings,
> According to the couple of Linux books I have cron is supposed to store
> the users crontab file in /usr/spool/cron/crontab. There is no default
> directory by that name included with M6.0. Can I create that directory and have
> it work fine or
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
> What is the "single-floppy Linux Router project"? Is there an active
> support group for this and do they have a URL?
>
LRP is a project to allow the use of a small (386, 486)
system as a router for multiple machines, often
Windows-based machines. It will usu
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I actually enjoy Mandrake; it's the best distribution I've used. Of course,
> I've only used two others (Redhat, Caldera). However, it would be interesting
> to hear what more seasoned Linux users have to say about Mandrake vs. Slackware.
>
Lemme ask you this...a
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I remember when it freezes... It often had to do with the network being
> unavailable.
> For instance: being on a dialup - the modem dropped and there is Netscape...
> 'hanging' instead of telling:
> 'he the network is down'
>
> I still try to find out why it
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Anyone know if one needs to have a scsi adapter installed in one's
> system in order to run cdrecord and/or xcdroast with an ATAPI CD-RW?
>
SCSI emulation. Add the following to the end of your /etc/lilo.conf
(I *think* this is correct) "append='ide=scsi'" (minu
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Been using 4.7 here under Mandrake 6.0 since it was released (4.7, that
> is). Only time I have it quit is when I'm "doing java" or occasionally
> when I login to a secure site. Never happens twice, though. That's a
> plus.
>
I won't say it's the ONLY time I've ha
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
> I fully agree. Some people use computers to get stuff done with. Not to learn
> how to adminstrate systems. If the answer is not readily available in the
> manuals at hand, it is only natural to ask the list. That is the purpose of
> these lists.
>
> If the Li
Just FWIW, my boss bought a new laptop and purchased an
inexpensive (I think it was a RealTek) PCMCIA ethernet card
and another distribution (*cough* Caldera Open Linux
*cough*) saw it and the LCD display just fine. :-) I
suspect Mandrake 6.1 might be better at this than 6.0 was,
as he tried to in
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> At 07:47 27/10/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >> > And where are the answers? ;-) Oh, yeah, I know, in the archives
> >> > .
> If the answers are here, why not make #1 and #2
>
>
> #1: Search the archives first before posting
>
> #2: Archives located at http://www.wh
Has anyone tried using KPalm with the Handspring Visor?
That's the new Palm-OS PDA. It's got a hot-synch cradle
just like the Palm Pilot series and everything. My
understanding is that the cradle is serial-based. Is that
different than 3Com's products?
thanks...
John
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Huh, challenging stuff ;-). However I've to finish these pages on PPP
> first (boring, 4 pages and no land in sight...) and then have to write
> something which interests me more (like diald or masquerading)
> before I can come back to this one.
> We'll see :-).
>
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
> I'll add my problem about kde-themes to this discussion.
>
> I've found a lot of kde-themes on Linuxberg, but the
> the kde-theme-manager isn't able to install them.
> May be they are in an "old format".
> How can i convert and install them?
>
Get ktheme-per
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> BTW, I see from my 'newbie-digests' that you are also quite active in
> the newbie list. Do you think a joint FAQ would make sense? (I'm only
> skimming the digests...) What are the most frequently asked questions
> there?
>
A lot of the same... :-) I definitely
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> So, whqt is the url for the mailing list archive.. It's not at the end
> this email?
>
Nope. But it *IS* on the Linux-Mandrake.com website. :-)
To save you the trouble of looking it up:
http://mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/
and
http://mail-archive
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Sylvain GIL wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Tom Berger wrote:
> > > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers
> > > > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post t
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Actually, I wanted the 128 bit version, and I couldn't find it as an RPM. Your
> suggestions worked, and netscape 4.7 runs now. But ...
>
Ahh...just get the regular version and use Fortify with it
(http://www.fortify.net)
>
> when I launch the netscape e
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Sylvain GIL wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Tom Berger wrote:
> > > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers
> > > > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Who is it known to?
>
Umm...anyone who's been reading this list for any time...
:-) Plus, if you check the archives, and search for "lynx"
I think you'll find a LOT of responses on this. :-)
John
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Sylvain GIL wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Tom Berger wrote:
> > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers
> > > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post them weekly. This is really
> > > getting a
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Sorry. If I had known the answer, I would not have asked the question.
> Not every answer is seen by everyone which may cause some repeat
> questions.
>
Have you visited the archives of this list? :-) Seriously,
that's one reason they exist...to spare us from r
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Since upgrading to 6.1 last week I can not get music output from my sound
> blaster 16 non-pnp. I've seen this problem mentioned, but was unable to
> find a solution on the list or on deja.
>
> Root access works fine, so I assume it's a permission problem with s
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> When I try to browsw with Lynx, the error message says it can't open a
> temporary file. I can ping and send email. So what to do?
>
"mkdir ~/tmp"
This is a known problem
John
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Compex NIC which is using the tulip driver. I've connected the
> linux box with my win95 with a crossover cable.
>
> I think the card is capable of 100Mbps.
>
> How can I find out the speed the connection is made?
> How can I force the tulip dr
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
> xcdroast 0.96e does not recognize my IDE-CDROM (TEAC 32x) on /dev/hdd,
> so I can not make direct copies and have to copy a CD with the help of
> an image.
> Can anybody help me to solve the problem, or know anybody another
> burning programm that offers the
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I am currently moving from IDE to SCSI and I would like to know which card
> and eventually hd I should get. Right know I am looking at a Quantum
> Fireball 4.3 and a Adapted 2940AU (2nd hand). Are these ok?
>
Well, Adaptec is now supporting Linux, but Advansys
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >%_Can anyone tell me how to compile scsi support in the kernal?
>
> I did not find the README.APATI file very helpful.
>
Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Descrip
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I have been meaning to ask this for some time.
>
> If you go to ftp.rpmfind.net, then switch to linux/Mandrake/6.1, you
> find yourself facing two directories, the Mandrake directory that hold
> all of Mandrake rpms, etc. and the Red Hat direct
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > Every line ended with two blanks and a line feed. It appears I am
> > overflowing a length set somewhere for /etc/exports. Linuxconf allows this,
> > by setting up as many accesses to the same mount as you wish. I had 14
> > accesses defined for this one moun
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 08:20:16AM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:36:36AM +, Ramon Gandia wrote:
> > > > Larry Sword wrote:
> > > > >
> > >
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:36:36AM +, Ramon Gandia wrote:
> > Larry Sword wrote:
> > >
> > > Try /dev/sdc0
> >
> > My ATAPI cd burner mounts as /dev/sga
>
> Mine shows as /dev/sr0 in the boot logs, but mounts from /dev/scd0.
>
> Strange little buggers, are
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Has anyone successfully shared an inkjet printer attached to a Linux box
> with Windows clients using Samba?
>
> I have a printer that is attached to a Linux box through its printer port.
> It works fine if I print from the Linux box but the Windows clients won't
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:36:36AM +, Ramon Gandia wrote:
> > Larry Sword wrote:
> > >
> > > Try /dev/sdc0
> >
> > My ATAPI cd burner mounts as /dev/sga
>
> Mine shows as /dev/sr0 in the boot logs, but mounts from /dev/scd0.
>
> Strange little buggers, are
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > >
> > > Try /dev/sdc0
> >
> >
> > That should be /dev/scd0
>
>
>
> Actually, /dev/sr0 worked. Just got around to trying it. Thanks to
> everyone who responded.
>
Ahh..great! :-)
John
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hoyt wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know how to change a NIC from 1/2 duplex to full duplex?
> > > Cheers
> > > Jim Adams
> >
> > The card manufacturer usually has at their website a utility program to do
> > this.
>
> You suppose that's a Linux app?
>
Nope...
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Dear John:
>
> Thank you for the correction. I willingly accept it and shall in the
> future refer to Mandrake as a separate distribution. And I do hope my
> suggestions are given a hearing.
>
:-)
Hope you won't think I was yelling at you. :-) I know it's a mino
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > Do you have the drive set up using SCSI emulation? If so, just create a
> > > link between /dev/cdrom and /dev/sg1.
> > >
> > Problem is, I *think* he's already got a CDROM in there
> > and he wants to be able to use BOTH.
> > John
>
> If you're usin
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> In Netscape, under Go, you will find a list of all the places you have
> recently visited.
>
> I would like to delete them all and start over again. How do I do that,
> please? How do I delete these recently visited URL's?
>
Edit -> Preference
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > Do you have the drive set up using SCSI emulation? If so, just create a
> > > link between /dev/cdrom and /dev/sg1.
> > >
> > Problem is, I *think* he's already got a CDROM in there
> > and he wants to be able to use BOTH.
> > John
>
> Yes. Yes. That
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > Do you have the drive set up using SCSI emulation? If so, just create a
> > link between /dev/cdrom and /dev/sg1.
>
>
>
>
> Hmm... you mean a symbolic link? (ln -s /dev/sg1 /mnt/cdrw). I can do that
> but it doesn't do me much good since the link isn't
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Is there an FTP Client that comes with Mandrake6.1? Also, are there recommendations
>for a graphical FTP Client?
Yep... command line use either "ftp" or "ncftp" if you
want an "intelligent" FTP client (ie you don't have to
specify "bin" for binary files, etc! )
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Mandrake is Red Hat plus, that is Red Hat customized for the newbie with
> user-friendly features designed to make life easy for him/her. That's
> why I switched from Red Hat proper to Mandrake 6.1 and I am glad I did.
>
Please understand I'm not "chewing you out
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