Re: [newbie] Laptop Installation problem

2005-01-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:07 pm, András Keszei wrote: Thanks gang am giving up on using Mandrake on that POS will try Damn Small Linux (Hey it only takes 12 floppys) Sort of hijacking here, but does anyone know if is it possible in any way to install mandrake on a laptop that has no

Re: [newbie] Laptop Installation problem

2005-01-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:30 pm, John Layt wrote: On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:17, András Keszei wrote: As during the install the kernel is configured to make the most of the machine it was installed on, it will panic when it finds itself surrounded an unknown processor, mainboard, etc. The

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 06 January 2005 05:25, Miark wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:16:40 -0500, Carroll wrote: æ, ø and å or even the Euro-symbol ___. While I can't speak for David, using KMail 1.7 under KDE 3.3.0-5 I could read all of the Scandinavian characters as well as the Euro symbol in

[newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Anders Lind
Hello friends, I have a question, I might have to go back to W2K for a short period of time because I cannot find a software that is similiar to DVDShrink in Windows for Linux (If somebody has an idea for a program that can do the same thing in Linux I am happy to listen. I can't get DVD::Rip to

Re: [newbie] Problems with more than two linux partitions [solved]

2005-01-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: In 10 Gigabyte space I have 4 linux partitions (besides the swap partition), each of them about 2.5 GB size. One is the partition dedicated to the /home directory; of the other three, one contains a Mandrake installation whose bootloader is installed in the

Re: [newbie] CorelDRAW

2005-01-06 Thread poogle
On Thursday 06 January 2005 07:18, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:37:31 +1100, John Layt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:55, julie wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 10:59 am, Curt Tresenriter wrote: On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:44:37 +0530 Mrugesh Karnik

[newbie] C++ question

2005-01-06 Thread linux
Hi all, Perhaps this is not the place to ask, but I am getting nowhere searching the web. I am trying to learn C++ programming. At my work (for which I need to learn this) I am futzing with a program which so far works. The machine I use runs on Tru64 Unix. When I try to compile the same program

RE: [newbie] C++ question

2005-01-06 Thread jmaay ody
try writing : using namespace std; after the headers From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] C++ question Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:39:51 +0100 (CET) Hi all, Perhaps this is not the place to ask, but I am getting nowhere searching

Re: [newbie] CorelDRAW

2005-01-06 Thread John Layt
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:18, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:37:31 +1100, John Layt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inkscape: No to open or import Karbon14: No to open or import OpenOfiice.org Drawing: Not sure, but looks to be no to open or import Gimp: Nope, not there either...

Re: [newbie] CorelDRAW

2005-01-06 Thread John Layt
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grabbing at another straw http://www.xnview.com/ Nope, sorry, that just shows the (optional) embedded preview stored in the CDR file, not the actual drawing. So it might be useful for checking what's in a file, but not for using it :-(

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Meanwhile, I have found a nice text editor with auto-replacement. It is called TEA and it is available at: http://tea.linux.kiev.ua/ Regards, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy

[newbie] Re: C++ question

2005-01-06 Thread linux
try writing : using namespace std; after the headers This indeed seems to solve my problem. Thank you! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Problem with building a rpm from a src.rpm

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I downloaded a source package and I tried to build a the binary for that, but I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# rpm --rebuild cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm Installing cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm error: cannot create %sourcedir /root/RPM/SOURCES error: cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-06 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 23:26:56 -0800 Amy disseminated the following: or reply all and share with the list. Just to make sure people are aware, this is in fact *not* the standard way. 'Reply List' is the appropriate method, wherein one copy of the mail is sent to the list. 'Reply All' is a Bad

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 20:41, Anders Lind wrote: Hello friends, I have a question, I might have to go back to W2K for a short period of time because I cannot find a software that is similiar to DVDShrink in Windows for Linux (If somebody has an idea for a program that can do the same thing

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-06 Thread Miark
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:45:34 +0100, Kaj wrote: ...citizens of English-speaking countries rarely need anything besides us/uk-ascii Anyway, an easy way to check what charsets are installed is : Open a browser, i.e. Firefox. Select View --Character Encoding. Ah ha! ISO-8859-1 is

Re: [newbie] Problem with building a rpm from a src.rpm

2005-01-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 06 January 2005 13:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I downloaded a source package and I tried to build a the binary for that, but I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# rpm --rebuild cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm Installing cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm error: cannot create

Re: [newbie] Laptop Installation problem

2005-01-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 05 January 2005 05:28 pm, Aron Smith wrote: I have an old Compaq Armada here with no CD-ROM by removing the HDD (6Gb) and u7sing an adapter I was able to install ? Mdk 10.1 on the drive. After reinstalling the drive I find that I have

Re: [newbie] ISO's

2005-01-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 06 January 2005 12:01 am, Noel McG. wrote: Can someone please help me with what I'm sure is a very basic query. For the first time I have downloaded an Iso [Ipcop]. However I cannot seem to find out what to do next ie. burn it as an ordinary CD. I have Roxio WinOnCD 3.8 as the

Re: [newbie] Laptop Installation problem

2005-01-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
András Keszei wrote: Sort of hijacking here, but does anyone know if is it possible in any way to install mandrake on a laptop that has no CD or floppy drive. I have a machine that's like this, and it could also help Aron stay with the wonderful world of mandrake. I have googled, but haven't

Re: [newbie] Problem with building a rpm from a src.rpm

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:09:08 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a source package and I tried to build a the binary for that, but I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# rpm --rebuild cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm Installing cb2bib-0.3.2-1.src.rpm error:

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: No problem, I think it went to the list last time. However, if you get no video output at all, not even a bios listing on start up, then it has to be the card or a connection. Let us know how the windows boot disk goes. You know, I'd

Re: [newbie] firewall

2005-01-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:34 pm, Miark wrote: On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:03:10 -0800, John wrote: I wish I could say that Mr Eastep was either helpful or nice. I've actually found him quite the arrogant, insulting boor. Particularly when he knows you use Mandrake. Oh well, perhaps

[newbie] Any 'scim' users out there?

2005-01-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi, all the listers. I downloaded and installed scim, but am getting mad in trying to properly configure my system so to use scim. My purpose is to input and read simplified and traditional chinese. Any mandrake and scim users our there than can suggest what lines on earth I should put into the

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Ian
On Thursday 06 Jan 2005 14:33, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 20:41, Anders Lind wrote: Hello friends, I have a question, I might have to go back to W2K for a short period of time because I cannot find a software that is similiar to DVDShrink in Windows for Linux (If somebody

[newbie] linux simulator

2005-01-06 Thread alfonso flores
hi everyone, happy new year, once upon a time i found a web site that offers a linux simulator desktopthat run under the browser does anybody knows where can i find or have any idea, i work in a school and we one to gradually change from windows to linux, thanks and best regards to everyoneIan

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Bruce Ellison
Why would anyone want to convert a DVD quality movie and downgrade it to SVCD standard? I have been buying wy too many CD-Rs and need to use them up some how? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] linux simulator

2005-01-06 Thread Paul
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 10:01 -0800, alfonso flores wrote: hi everyone, happy new year, once upon a time i found a web site that offers a linux simulator desktop that run under the browser does anybody knows where can i find or have any idea, i work in a school and we one to gradually change

[newbie] FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
The following tips came from this link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts I implemented these procedures and I must say they really makes a difference: Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit

Re: [newbie] konqueror and info

2005-01-06 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 Jan 2005 00:28, Richard Urwin wrote: From time to time here people pop up and say Wow, Konqueror understands man pages! That's neat, and it's a bit easier than trying to read the page in a console window. It isn't the best way to

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 06 January 2005 16:07, Miark wrote: On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:45:34 +0100, Kaj wrote: ...citizens of English-speaking countries rarely need anything besides us/uk-ascii Anyway, an easy way to check what charsets are installed is : Open a browser, i.e. Firefox. Select

[newbie] batch res reduction

2005-01-06 Thread Lee Wiggers
Dear List, I have a pile of high res pics to reduce to 800x600 or 640x480 for the website. Anyone have a batch script or prog to do a directory at a time? TIA Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-06 Thread Amy
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:49:36 -0500, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: No problem, I think it went to the list last time. However, if you get no video output at all, not even a bios listing on start up, then it has to be the

[newbie] Kmail not forwarding with full headers

2005-01-06 Thread Chris
Greg, did some checking and KDEbug 57008 has been submitted previously for this. The fix is to select full headers in the view menu, shutdown and restart Kmail, this will display the full message headers in forwards whether in-line or as an attachment no matter what other header view mode you

Re: [newbie] konqueror and info

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:48, Anne Wilson wrote: snip For some strange reason I can't type *anything* into a konqueror address line under 3.2.3. Is this a problem of my system, or do others have the same problem? /snip No. I can type anything in K's address line (3.2.3 here). Kaj

Re: [newbie] batch res reduction

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 06 January 2005 19:12, Lee Wiggers wrote: Dear List, I have a pile of high res pics to reduce to 800x600 or 640x480 for the website. Anyone have a batch script or prog to do a directory at a time? ImageMagick is your friend. Try : man convert. It's a little awkward, but

[newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Jonesy
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. : : 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0. This value is the amount of time the browser waits

[newbie] What the Hell are They Thinking?

2005-01-06 Thread JoeHill
Quote: Should KDE should port its applications to Windows? A debate has flared up in parts of the KDE community, filling inboxes and blogs with arguments long and short. The question is really whether the KDE community should encourage this, since it is already happening. Link:

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 07 January 2005 00:55, Jonesy wrote: On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0. This

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:55 +, Jonesy wrote: On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. : : 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0.

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread David Reynolds
On Thursday 06 January 2005 06:13 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 07 January 2005 00:55, Jonesy wrote: On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 01:13 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I've tried it for about a week now, and honestly, I can't tell any difference. Do you have Broadband? Dumb question - of course you do, but I wonder what the variable(s) could be that enables this to work for me and evidently others

Re: [newbie] batch res reduction

2005-01-06 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:53:54 +0100 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 06 January 2005 19:12, Lee Wiggers wrote: Dear List, I have a pile of high res pics to reduce to 800x600 or 640x480 for the website. Anyone have a batch script or prog to do a directory at a time?

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 18:44 -0600, David Reynolds wrote: This 'scheme' was proposed elsewhere last week to almost universal condemnation. There are pieces in it that are worthwhile (like #3), but as Kaj mentioned, there's a lot that's unethical as well:

[newbie] adding new features to 10.2

2005-01-06 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, What is the process for requesting new features to be included in the upcoming release? Is there a place to add suggestions? Thanks Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Kmail not forwarding with full headers

2005-01-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 06 January 2005 06:30 pm, Chris wrote: Greg, did some checking and KDEbug 57008 has been submitted previously for this. The fix is to select full headers in the view menu, shutdown and restart Kmail, this will display the full message headers in forwards whether in-line or as an

Re: [newbie] adding new features to 10.2

2005-01-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 06 January 2005 12:42 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, What is the process for requesting new features to be included in the upcoming release? Is there a place to add suggestions? If discussion is necessary, you should make a post to the cooker mailing list. Check here too, because

Re: [newbie] adding new features to 10.2

2005-01-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 06 January 2005 11:42 am, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, What is the process for requesting new features to be included in the upcoming release? Is there a place to add suggestions? Thanks Bill W. Take a look in cooker wiki at

[newbie] sound recording in Mandrake 10

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Greene
What's a good Linux application to use for digitizing music from a cassette tape player connected to the microphone jack on a PC soundcard? I have a bunch of older cassette tapes that I'd like to burn to CD and/or copy to disk. PG Want to

Re: [newbie] adding new features to 10.2

2005-01-06 Thread Bill W.
Thanks Dennis. - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] adding new features to 10.2 On Thursday 06 January 2005 11:42 am, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, What is the process for

Re: [newbie] sound recording in Mandrake 10

2005-01-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 06 January 2005 10:59 pm, Paul Greene wrote: What's a good Linux application to use for digitizing music from a cassette tape player connected to the microphone jack on a PC soundcard? I have a bunch of older cassette tapes that I'd like to burn to CD and/or copy to disk. Try

Re: [newbie] sound recording in Mandrake 10

2005-01-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Paul Greene wrote: What's a good Linux application to use for digitizing music from a cassette tape player connected to the microphone jack on a PC soundcard? I have a bunch of older cassette tapes that I'd like to burn to CD and/or copy to disk. PG You will have beter luck using the line in

Re: [newbie] sound recording in Mandrake 10

2005-01-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 06 January 2005 07:59 pm, Paul Greene wrote: What's a good Linux application to use for digitizing music from a cassette tape player connected to the microphone jack on a PC soundcard? I have a bunch of older cassette tapes that I'd like to burn to CD and/or copy to disk. Audacity

Re: [newbie] ISO's

2005-01-06 Thread Noel McG.
- Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ISO's On Thursday 06 January 2005 12:01 am, Noel McG. wrote: Can someone please help me with what I'm sure is a very basic query.