[expert] ide cd burner

2001-09-01 Thread mwinold
ok my delema is i have a cd burner that is connected via pcmcia card and it registers as a ide adapter, is there any way i can use it as linux has programs that only use scsi based cd burners. also another isue is no matter which file tool i use like nautilus or such if i go to the directory

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-22 Thread mwinold
ok well im an et in the navy so i might be able to help, now you have ip addresses and hub and new cables however you must also check access rights now usually with a unix based system there are host databases which contain ip address host name and security access(may or may not be included)

[expert] alsa rpm for my version of mandrake

2001-04-22 Thread mwinold
ok i need alsa 0.5.10 because its the only one compatible for my sound card however the only rpms i find are made for a slightly newer kernel 2.2.19 i am running 2.2.17 and i cannot upgrade do to bandwidth constrictions, can anyone help find or make alsa-0.5.10_2.2.17.rpm?

Re: [expert] Menuconfig don't work

2001-03-15 Thread mwinold
i think that is one of the microscopic things i liked about win2k is if i didnt like something on the menu or i wanted to add something i could right click on where i wanted it or what i wanted to delete and make the change right then and there, if i could write code better i would change it

Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread mwinold
well i agree windows has screwed up your partitions, you may be able to use partition commander to repair the damage, but as for salvaging your data, most likely only windows data can be salvaged, im unsure how to salvage data from linux partitions, the cause seems to be that when windows was

Re: [expert] alsa-need to find info on soundcard

2001-03-07 Thread mwinold
well using lspcidrake it gave me cirrus logic|crystal cs4281 pci audio (multimedia_audio unknown) vendor=0x127a device=0x2013 (unknown unknown) i also rebooted my linux box and then tried to get a listing of modules using cat /proc/modules and all of the snd modules were gone, tried

[expert] alsa-need to find info on soundcard

2001-03-05 Thread mwinold
hi im trying to configure my sound card to work in linux, alsa has recently released a compatible driver for my sound card however i need to find info on the i/o port and dma channels to update /etc/conf.modules, i am using a crystal fusion cs4281 pci soundcard in a toshiba satellite laptop.

Re: [expert] Netzero problems

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
i have changed the password to the encrypted version but still cannot log on

Re: [expert] is this list seeing double yet again???

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
i guess you are refering to the double copies of email, i think it may be the users fault since not all emails are duplicated so everybody please quit double clicking on your send button

Re: [expert] I give up on linux

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
? well some people have all the bad luck, me i like linux i just cant get the darn thing online, to many windows ap isp's around here

Re: [expert] I give up on linux

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
uhm yes they do they are the major stock holders of apple computers! didnt you ever watch that biography on tbs called the pirates of silicon valley?

Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
all good no bad i dont think there is a bad to reiser fs

Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
well this is the only thing i liked about windows when it came to file system converting, i was able to convert the whole system without moving any files. into a new filesystem without any problems i wish i could do that here with my ext2 sysytem into rieserfs

Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?

2000-11-22 Thread Mwinold
what do you think for an average user is the file system stable enough and offer enough advantages to warrant switching file systems??

Re: [expert] Netzero problems

2000-11-21 Thread Mwinold
well can you give an example on how the name is supposed to be typed, i tried it in windoze first and couldent connect

Re: [expert] Netzero problems

2000-11-21 Thread Mwinold
netzero encrypts the password into a different password, there is a special program that encrypts it for you so you can use the new password with linux but im not sure where it is on the net, in my case i cant get kppp to get that far i get "pppd daemon died unexpectedly"

Re: [expert] Ping of death ?

2000-11-06 Thread Mwinold
ping of death, sends a signal as direct as possible to the other users ip address, this sometimes knocks there computer off line

Re: [expert] VMware finding Win98

2000-10-30 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 30-Oct-00 14:31:44 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: VMWare provides a *complete* virtual environment, including its own BIOS. So yes, you can configure its boot device to be the CDROM. i got the idea but it only anoys me because i am trying to save room

Re: [expert] root password

2000-10-29 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 29-Oct-00 18:07:05 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: how do you setup a second user to have the same access as root a user that will be able to change root password. In novell that is one of the first things we were taught was to have 2 admin accounts so

Re: [expert] VMware finding Win98

2000-10-29 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 29-Oct-00 15:49:22 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any other OS. You can start two or more VM with different OS

Re: [expert] Laptop installation - need help ASAP!

2000-10-16 Thread Mwinold
well that depends if it is in fat32 then yes you can resize it, and then install the linux partition, but if it is ntfs or hpfs then you are going to need to find a partitioning tool that can work with the nt based file systems, im not sure about nts system tools but win2000's will let me

Re: [expert] Well, well...building the NEW XFree86-4.0.1-26mdk.src.rpm

2000-10-15 Thread Mwinold
well i would say get the damn module and see if it works, it obviously is programmed to not complete the process for a reason, so their must be a tid bit of additional info from those modules that it needs to complete, just try it and if it doesnt work, dont throw a tantrum just calm down

Re: [expert] problem with mandrakeupdate

2000-10-15 Thread Mwinold
i still say its a bug yolu discovered! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Linux Madrake 7.2

2000-10-14 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 10/14/2000 4:51:01 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That sounds like a plan! I think I'll wait for Mandrake 8.0 well its taken over a year to get to 7.2 so i think your in for a bit of a wait. i will probably upgrade to the final release of 7.2 and

Re: [expert] Trouble with soundcard.

2000-10-13 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 10/10/2000 4:26:59 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is that I don't find drivers for it. Anyone can tell me where can I find them? I tried at www.aopen.com, but they only have RedHat drivers. guess what mandrake and redhat are compatible i suggest you

Re: [expert] LCD Flatscreen Flickering

2000-10-13 Thread Mwinold
use 0hz an lcd doesnt use a refresh rate, in fact your xf86config file should read lcd panel in which case no refresh rate would be set, if you can use drakconfig (when your in x windows) and change the monitor to an lcd with the display you have like my laptop uses lcd panel 600x800 Keep

[expert] off the topic: i should be a linux salesman

2000-10-08 Thread Mwinold
i know i shouldnt post this but i think i should be a linux salesman, i just had somebody on my warez icq activelist ask me if i knew where he could find a copy of win2000 server, no given i am upgrading my windows partition to 2000, i still had to ask because he mentioned the server edition,

[expert] cd copying

2000-10-08 Thread Mwinold
i have a mandrake cd and a friend of mine doesnt have a cd rom drive, so i was thinking of copying the whole cd and sending it as one compact file trying to fit it in a zip file for him wouldnt be ideal it would be quite large so what could i do? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com:

Re: [expert] Security levels? - aside: quote trouble

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 07-Oct-00 18:28:07 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: $ cat junj cat: junj: No such file or directory $ ^nj^nk cat junk # contents of "junk" spilled here... $ i think this would be better used for much longer commands, because saving time for not

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
im sure this is a real nice feature if you can connect to the net with linux!! i work for the gov. so money is tight and i spend enough as it is so no im not going to buy a new modem to replace this winmodem, instead im duel booting downloading and communicating with one os and im

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
as they say in the navy if it works , why shell out money for something better! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel]

2000-10-07 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 07-Oct-00 20:42:35 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Computer Renaissance ewww thats a horrible company their employees are idiots! and they sell gear for twice as much as i can get it on the net, as far as this comp goes i am probably giving it

Re: [expert] Penguin Happy Mother Board

2000-10-04 Thread Mwinold
not sure, although i believe the kernel will eventually be compatible, they are constantly retrofitting it to adapt, from what ive heard most amd processors can be accomadated with linux, but im not sure Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing

[expert] usb video camera

2000-10-04 Thread Mwinold
is their any way i can configure my video camera to run in linux its a d-link usb camera Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] FAQ

2000-09-29 Thread Mwinold
interesting concept but not all fixes work for everyone, eventually the faq would be over a meg, i have problems with my system that mandrake still wouldnt begin to realize maybe they have but i have yet to see anything on it, and since i did not buy a service pack i get no help from them In

[expert] windows booting after running linux

2000-09-29 Thread Mwinold
ok the duel booters can obviously answer this if they have that problem, for some reason after i run linux for an extended period of time or i run a linux installation program when i try to boot windows 98 it starts to load and then reboots itself and its a pain to get it to load, sometimes it

Re: [expert] Software

2000-09-28 Thread Mwinold
man you just complicat things, a server first of all the program would be installed on the system its recording, which works a lot better, sure you could try and record a keystroke across the net but the error rate would be a little high, if its on the system it can record it then if you

Re: [expert] Software

2000-09-28 Thread Mwinold
well you may deplore me for suggesting such a thing but check a site called hackers.com they have files that can record keystrokes along with other files you probably shouldnt use except in certain circumstances, however im not sure how many of them will work in linux, but if they have one it

Re: [expert] laptop installation: success but one annoying problem

2000-09-24 Thread Mwinold
hey i remember this prob it is in the boot loader, im thinking your using grub unless you specified lilo when the boot loader starts i believe you type c then find the line that indicates ram you might have to add it boot: linux mem=128M -this is for lilo i believe grubs line looks like

Re: [expert] toshiba laptop

2000-09-24 Thread Mwinold
toshiba satellite 1675cds ati rage lt pro 4mb 64mb ram 6gb hard drive mandrake reports everything correctly but everything is still large every attempt to adjust the size looks exactly the same i have tried just about everything xf86config, drakxconfig, what else can i do? i tried that site but

[expert] iomega

2000-09-24 Thread Mwinold
ok i went to the site and the commands make sense but the drivers it listed well i tried to download them and the site said i wasnt allowed to have it, so does anyone know where i can find drivers for my parallel port zip drive Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the

Re: [expert] Does Mandrake install on Nec laptop?

2000-09-20 Thread Mwinold
well from what little specs you listed i say yes. i think most notebook laptops are compatible now adays if you see a simular computer on a listed site then i would say your chances are high however three main things will get you, modem, video card, and sound card, like for me i have a toshiba

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-17 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 17-Sep-00 10:00:32 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: how about "make clean" when your finished uhm i couldnt start the process so how am i suposed to finish it?? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: [expert] Re: [Announce] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Beta 2 available

2000-09-16 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 16-Sep-00 11:15:12 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quite frankly I am tired of your trollish remarks and comments. If every time you open your mailer and begin to enlighten the list with a YARSC (Yet Another Ron Stodden Criticism) then perhaps you should

Re: [expert] HelixGnome installs but NO desktop -- Solved!

2000-09-16 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 17-Sep-00 00:36:53 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I decided to go ahead and reinstall my Linux Mandrake. Afterwards, I went back to HelixGnome and reinstalled HelixGnome. Everything is now working fine. hmm well onething i noticed is during my own

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-15 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 14-Sep-00 20:18:06 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hope this helps: become root Do the following, character for character: assume pr0g.tar.gz is the file you downloaded cd /root cd tmp mkdir downloads cd downloads tar zxvf pr0g.tar.gz ls

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-15 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 15-Sep-00 21:50:35 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hope this helps: become root Do the following, character for character: assume pr0g.tar.gz is the file you downloaded cd /root cd tmp mkdir downloads cd downloads tar zxvf pr0g.tar.gz ls

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-14 Thread Mwinold
ok well i finally got make installed it was missing, so here is a transcript of what i tried [root@localhost /root]# makemake: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. [root@localhost /root]# make install make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop. [root@localhost /root]#

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-14 Thread Mwinold
well its not in a package it was stored in a tar.gz file there was a makefile and i tried to use that as well but i cant make heads or tales of the damn thing and the man file for make was no help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok well i finally got make installed it was missing, so here is a

Re: [expert] 7.1 install - security packages.

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
configure it manually !! those packages are rpms you can install them through the rpm configurator Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] installing special files?

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
how do i install files that i need for my computer, they arent rpms, but i need them installed and i cant find the install command in linux, the readme file that came with it says to use "make install" but linux says there is no such command, so what am i supposed to use??? Keep in touch

Re: [expert] 7.1 install - security packages.

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 13-Sep-00 20:43:18 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: configure it manually !! those packages are rpms you can install them through the rpm configurator what packages are they? someone was asking about security packages, on the install disk that

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
well how can i fix this In a message dated 13-Sep-00 20:54:06 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): how do i install files that i need for my computer, they arent rpms, but i need them installed and i cant find the install

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 13-Sep-00 21:58:15 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Normally, if you were to install source code you would follow these steps: As your normal user: - download the .tar.gz tarball - Type tar zxvf foo.tar.gz to untar/zip it - cd foo to change into the

Re: [expert] Eating Crow with mandrake 7.2 beta and sound issues

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
i dont test betas to many problems that drive me insane, i will wait till the final release hopefully my laptop will be upgraded by then Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] installing special files?

2000-09-13 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 13-Sep-00 23:08:10 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: send the exact error message (copy paste it to your mailer) you get when you type "make install" or just "make" also send the o/p that you get after typing "rpm -qa | grep make" then prolly we can

Re: [expert] A very good WINE questions

2000-09-12 Thread Mwinold
probably work better if you tried using it as a network card Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] well now i have a new problem and it sucks

2000-09-10 Thread Mwinold
space given that every format kills sets of blocks In a message dated 10-Sep-00 18:36:15 Central Daylight Time, Mwinold writes: after trying to find problems with my linux xf86config file and discovering a poor install such as very few if any utilitys could be found i figured i havent done

Re: [expert] IE5 for linux

2000-09-10 Thread Mwinold
i wonder if you can do that with a win modem??? wich would be awesome, less crap to buy Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] well now i have a new problem and it sucks

2000-09-10 Thread Mwinold
formatting eventually causes sectors to go bad any manufacturer of a hard drive will tell you that granted its not a whole lot maybe a few bytes worth but id like to find another way to resolve this problem with a corrupted kernel Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the