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We don't need no dependencies
by Nikhil Joshi 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

The dependency stuff in Linux is really frustrating . I mean when I download some new software and try to install it , it shows some dependency problems. To give you an example recently I downloaded a a mail client called mahogany which had 2 dependencies. Now I downloaded the reqd package to solve it. To my surprise that package had 5 unsolved dependencies ! I gave up the idea thinking that I would be running around in circles. I had same nightmarish experience when I tried to upgrade rpm 3 to rpm 4 Is there some distribution available which gets over this problem ? Linux is so well organized in other ways then why this irrational dependency thing . Why can't developers make standalone software ?

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Workspace, Viewport and Desktop
by Philip S Tellis 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

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debian display problemoo
by sachin g 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Hi everybody I recently had the rock stable debian beast my pentium !!! box, everythin went fine but it could not gulp my sis6326 dumm card, later i tried xconfigurator after gspillin all the neccesary info when i tried to save it gave the eror, no xf86config file to write. Is anybody here running on 6326 on debian thanx Ankur _________________________________________________________ For Rs. 2,000,000 worth of Aptech scholarships click below http://events.rediff.com/aptechsch/scholarship.htm

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Mailer/Browser for J. Random End-User
by Chrisil 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

I just exorcised windoze from my comp. Now, Dad uses the comp for mail and browsing. So, I'd like to have luggers suggestions, about which mailer/browser to suggest to my Dad. Some obvious options are Evolution, Balsa, Kmail, Kconq, Mozilla, Opera. I'd choose a Evolution/Opera combo. What do you say?? Chrisil -- Your supervisor is thinking about you. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Mounting NTFS partition
by Mayur Joshi 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Dear Linuxers, While mounting NTFS partition, mount replied NTFS module not installed in kernel. Is there any way I can mount it without re-compiling the kernel. I heard there are some third-party drivers for mounting NTFS partitions. Do you know any? Well I tried the following, mkdir /nt mount -t ntfs /dev/hda* /nt Awaiting your replies, Regards, Mayur _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Disk Partitioning for RHL7.1
by Sameer Shinde 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Hi all, In the installation of the RHL7.1, I found that it does not allow me to install Workstation mode in a dual bootable system with a lilo prompt. So I decided to give cusom setup. But I still stucked up at the disk partitioning part. So can somebody tell me how should I partition the disk & mount it to the different mount points. My present disk partitions are: The Disk Druid shows the following chart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Partitions Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type <not set> hda1 3898M 3898M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda5 3859M 3859M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda6 3859M 3859M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda7 3961M 3961M win95 FAT32 Add Edit Delete Reset Make RAID device (BTW wht is RAID) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drive Summery Device Geom [c/h/s] Total(M) Free(M) Used(M) used (%) hda [2481/255/63] 19461M 3883M 15578M 80 % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So I have around 3.8GB for linux. How much minimum space should I assign to these mount points: / /boot /usr /home /var /opt /tmp /usr/local Do I need to assign any FAT partition to any mount point I tried this & found that only /home & /opt are allowed in the FAT partitons. Will it be OK if I assign them to FAT partition Thanks & Regards, SAMEER :)) ~~~~ Try Try till you get succeed My Messanger IDs MSN : s2sameer Yahoo! : s9sameer RediffBol : s2sameer Indiatimes: s2sameer AIM : s2sameer

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Re: How do I get rid of that ugly graphical boot kernel selector in
by Navin 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

remark the line containing "message=something" in lilo.conf, most probably the name of the graphic file. this did it for me Navin

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importing outlook mails
by bhaskar shanbhag 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

I have recently switched to linux networking. But sometimes i have to boot to windows just to read some old mail in outlook Does any one some mailing software which can import outlook mails from my windows partition __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Re: Pablo's modem trouble
by Sagar Sule 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

Pablo, Check out the handshake required between ur pc and the remote terminal(server). maybe ur handshake is not correct or there is some spelling mistake or something. if it is possible, for the remote host ur r dialing to, to monitor its connections ask them to do so. set up a time when some admin guy will sit at the terminal there and see if u are actually talking properly with that server there! i dont think having an old modem is the cause of the trouble. check out the protocol ur using. :) regards sagar sule ===== When you have hit rock bottom, The only way you can go is UP! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Disk Partitioning in RHL 7.1
by Sameer Shinde 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

Dear Friends, Yesterday I tried to install Red Hat Linux (RHL) 7.1 on my m/c. Everything goes fine abt detecting kbd & mouse. After that I start with system installer with the workstation mode for the installation. The next step was the Disk Partitioning. Let me tell u 1st abt my disk partitioning. I have 20GB hdd with 4 partiton of approx 4GB with FAT32 (total 16GB) for windows & remaining 4GB is left free for Linux. Drive Disk Space SetAS C 4GB pri dos D 4GB logical | In E 4GB logical | Extended DOS F 4GB logical | & remaining 4GB is free for Linux. I AM UNABLE TO INSTALL LINUX ON THIS FREE SPACE. I'm STUCK UP AT THIS PLACE. Here the Auto partitioning failed (in workstation mode, other options r server, laptop & custom mode) giving the resion that, " There is not sufficient disk space in order to automatically partition your disk space. You will need to manually partition your disk for RHL to install." Giving 2 options for disk partioning 1st manually partition with Disk Druid & 2nd with fdisk (expert mode) The Disk Druid shows the following chart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Partitions Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type <not set> hda1 3898M 3898M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda5 3859M 3859M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda6 3859M 3859M win95 FAT32 <not set> hda7 3961M 3961M win95 FAT32 Add Edit Delete Reset Make RAID device (BTW wht is RAID) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drive Summery Device Geom [c/h/s] Total(M) Free(M) Used(M) used (%) hda [2481/255/63] 19461M 3883M 15578M 80 % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If I try to mount the entire free disk space (3883MB) as linux native with mount point as / (root) then the system gives the message that, " There are currently unallocated partition(s) in the list of requested partitions. The unallocated partition(s) are as shown below, along with the reason they are not allocated. / Not enough free space " ...& the installation get aborted & I need to reboot the system. How can I come out of this? & make the partition for root swap & home 2nd thing if I try to assign swap partition (let it b 1mb or 128 mb) from the free space of hda device the Disk Druid chart show Requested is 128MB & Actual is 2047MB & free space remains is only 1836MB. The same happend even if i assign swap of just 1MB. here only requested mem changes & other parameters remains same. Why is this happening? Thanks & Regards, SAMEER:)) ----- My Messanger IDs MSN: s2sameer Yahoo!: s9sameer RediffBol: s2sameer Indiatimes: s2sameer P.S. Can anybody show me the actual installation of the RHL 7.1 with disk partitioning on his/her pc.

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