Re: Bus error in Netscape

1999-05-23 Thread Michelle Coelho
On Sun, 23 May 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > Edit the wrapper script to uncomment the allow root. > > You can find the wrapper script by following the symlinks. Start with > ls -l /etc/alternatives/netscape George, /etc/alternatives did not have a link, so I added one using ln -s /usr/X11R

Re: Bus error in Netscape

1999-05-23 Thread Michelle Coelho
On Sat, 22 May 1999, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 1999, Michelle Coelho wrote: > > > what I get: > > bash-2.01$ netscape > > Netscape: Ignoring unsupported netscape contenttype in user > > mailcap file. > > Warning: > > Cannot allo

Bus error in Netscape

1999-05-22 Thread Michelle Coelho
I have 16MB of swap space on the primary hard disk , /dev/hda (where / is mounted as well as the rest of the file systems) and 116MB of swap space on /dev/hdb. Actually, I had been using /dev/hda. Then when netscape gave me a bus error, I connected the second hard disk and ran cfdisk, and dedi

Re: CDROM Installation problems

1999-05-18 Thread Michelle Coelho
On Wed, 19 May 1999, jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: > The position is different from one manufacture to another; even from one serie > to another! > > > Are you sure the CD-ROM doesn't need a second jumper to be set in slave mode? > Is your HD (alone) well auto-recognized by the bios? > Yes, the ha

CDROM Installation problems

1999-05-18 Thread Michelle Coelho
This seems to be more of a hardware problem thanan OS problem. My BIOS is very old, so all I see when the PC is powering up is just the amount of RAM, extended memory and some other stuff on the memory. No mention of the drives detected. The BIOS setup has provisions for 2 IDE drives, but when I se

Configuring X server

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
I installed the following: twm xf86setup xfree86-common xserver-vga16 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi zlib6g xterm xbase-clients xfonts-scalable xserver-common xfonts-base xserver-svga xdm I have the following: Video adapter VGA Monitor VGA color Video Memory: 0kb VGA chipset: Western Digital My mouse

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
Oh..so then using the md driver is the only choice if I split /usr? Michelle Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 On Sun, 16 May 1999, Rob wrote: > > ~> This is how I plan to partitiion th

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
Yes, thanks..Someone suggested using the md driver. I guess either alternative will work, huh? Michelle Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 On Sun, 16 May 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: > ~>

Re: How do I load CDRom driver?

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
No, I bought this CDRom after indtalling linux Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 On Sun, 16 May 1999, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > do you have an over OS (Win95,WinNT, BeOS) that found your

Re: How do I load CDRom driver?

1999-05-16 Thread Michelle Coelho
I did a dmesg|grep 'hd'. All I got was hda1, hda2. So I guess the CDrom was not detected. Michelle Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742

Minimal requirements for xwindows and slave hard disk installation

1999-03-03 Thread Michelle Coelho
Hi, I just got myself an old 270 MB hard disk...to supplement the 120Mb I have on my current disk. I've got debian Linux installed on it..Anyone knows how I should go about it. Also, I have about 72MB of free space left on the current disk. Add to that the 270MB(if I pass the smoke test!)..can some

Minicom installed and ppp working...at l o n g last

1999-01-30 Thread Michelle Coelho
Thanks for all your help...and patience..I managed to install minicom successfullyand hence was able to edit my /etc/chatscripts/provider file accordingly (My ISP takes pleasure in making things cryptic for Non-Win enthusiasts!!)..Everythings working just fine now..I can dial in with absolu

Problem installing minicom

1999-01-30 Thread Michelle Coelho
l minicom and/or wvdial from floppy? -Original Message- From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michelle Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:53 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Help!!! Can't connect to my ISP using pon >On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Michelle Co

Mistaken UART

1999-01-30 Thread Michelle Coelho
    oops, I interchanged digits in the following message: my UART is 16540 not 16450...But does that make nuch of a difference?   The problem? Well, I can't connect to my ISP, though my modem is dialing out..I can here it do so, and I can hear the screeching sound.   The answers I gave to p

Help!!! Can't connect to my ISP using pon

1999-01-29 Thread Michelle Coelho
First of all I'd like to thank all of you for responding to my problem..Here I am giving you all the pertinent data to try and fix my problem.   The problem? Well, I can't connect to my ISP, though my modem is dialing out..I can here it do so, and I can hear the screeching sound.   The answe

Modem trouble

1999-01-27 Thread Michelle Coelho
I have connected an external 56k modem to com1 (ttyS0). I ran pppconfig and filled in the info to the best of my knowledge. Then I ran pon. Then I did a 'plog' and got the following diagnostics: abort on (NO DIALTONE) abort on (NO ANSWER) send (ATZ^M) expect OK --got it send ATDT2785620 ex

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1999-01-26 Thread Michelle Coelho
Hi , I'm the person whose mail you'd replied to regarding whether I'd have problems with my mouse since it wasn't plugged in at the time  of installing Linux... Anyway now, I'm having problems with my modem. As you advised me, I bought a 56k External modem. It's a Cardinal Connecta V.34. I