Re: [newbie] kcpuload

2002-11-26 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:49:47 -0500 To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kcpuload Hi all, I've installed kcpuload twice--once from CD, once from a download site. Whenever I run it, the computer bogs down, kcpuload

[newbie] ~/.xsession-errors ??

2002-11-27 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I have a newbie question about the file, ~/.xsession-errors. Just what is the purpose of this file? I haven't heard it mentioned, and I was wondering if it is useful for debugging. I keep an eye on it and notice some messages that seem significant. The following is an excerpt of

Re: [newbie] help w/printing in Opera

2002-11-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:19:52 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] help w/printing in Opera On Friday 29 Nov 2002 1:33 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, I am needing some help to set up printing

Re: [newbie] Opera seg fault solution

2002-11-30 Thread Angus Auld
it. derek On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:38 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, I have been experiencing occasional seg faults w/Opera 6.1 shared qt on my Mdk 9.0. I learned of the following solution on the opera-linux list: http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?s=threadid=6395

Re: [newbie] open with menu entries

2002-11-30 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:01:52 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] open with menu entries On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:22 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, on my Mdk 9.0, when I right click on a plain

[newbie] flashplayer 6.0beta

2002-12-01 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, for anyone trying to get flash to display in Opera 6.1..get the latest 6.0beta here: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/#linux It's working OK for me so far. Konq 3 and Moz 1.1 are happy with it too. Flash anyone? Regards. --Angus --

[newbie] lilo default boot time

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings...another newbie ques. I have changed the default boot time for lilo in MCC from 10 seconds to 30. However, I need to know how I can change the text message to read 30 instaed of the default 10. I am using lilo w/the text display. I have tried editing the file /boot/message-text,

Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 09:48:32 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time On December 2, 2002 06:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings...another newbie ques. I have changed the default boot

Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 10:45, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the pointers Charlie, Stephen. I am now getting a 30 second delay, for some reason however, lilo has switched to a graphical login mode! I want the text mode, and I had it since installing 9.0. I have tried changing

[newbie] editing of /etc/profile /etc/ld.so.conf (to Stephen)

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
02 Dec 2002, in response to; Subject:Re:[newbie] 9.0 Email Problems!!, Stephen Kuhn wrote: In quite a number of installations of MDK so far, I've found that particular path statements need to be put in place for applications to be happy campers as it were. First and foremost would be to edit the

Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time (something weird?)

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03 Dec 2002 12:44:30 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:35, Angus Auld wrote: On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 10:45, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks

Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time (something weird?)

2002-12-02 Thread Angus Auld
On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 10:45, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the pointers Charlie, Stephen. I am now getting a 30 second delay, for some reason however, lilo has switched to a graphical login mode! I want the text mode, and I had it since installing 9.0. I

[newbie] unreadable files? :-/

2002-12-03 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I am having a strange thing happen I am quite certain that just a couple days ago I was able to read, and even edit, a file/s. Now I am not even able to read them. Not as plain text anyway. They are now being identified as unknown type. When I open them, they are just so much

Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/

2002-12-03 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 04:47:21 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/ is that so? mine seems perfectly normal to me... # ls -l /boot/message-text -rw-r--r--1 root root

Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/

2002-12-03 Thread Angus Auld
screen. well, working purely on guesswork here, so pls correct me if i'm wrong. :) - Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/ - Original Message

Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time (something weird?)

2002-12-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03 Dec 2002 20:50:49 -0500 To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time (something weird?) If you're making the changes and re-running lilo and not seeing any response then the

[newbie] Flash 6.0beta rpm

2002-12-04 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I can recall someone on the list looking for an rpm package to install Flash. Well, I see that Tex has released an rpm of the latest 6.0beta plugin for Mozilla 1.1. It would be available for Galeon to use w/this rpm install too I believe. I use the Flash 6.0beta and it's working

Re: [newbie] Flash 6.0beta rpm

2002-12-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Andrei Raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 00:17:55 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Flash 6.0beta rpm Hi Angus, Thanks for the link! But who/what exactly is this tex? Cheers, Andrei Greetings, I can recall

Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/

2002-12-04 Thread Angus Auld
of 'them'. And they will come for you, just as they have for me. Oh yes, they will come - Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/ Greetings, I am having

Re: [newbie] about to give up (OT)

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:52:14 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] about to give up On Sunday 08 December 2002 07:39 am, you wrote: A Cherokee Prayer: Oh Great Spirit, Help me always to speak the

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
, 2002-12-08 at 10:20, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, I have a question about an error that I occasionally encounter when booting my Mdk 9.0 system. It also occurs sometime when shutting down too. I am using an MS Intellimouse optical mouse, which I have connected via PS/2. I was never sure

[newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, another newbie question. :-) This is something I have been wondering about for awhile. Is there a program on my Mdk system that looks after log files? To keep them from getting too large? Or is there a ceiling on how big these files can get? Seems like wasted space after a while. My

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09 Dec 2002 13:01:20 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, another newbie question. :-) This is something I have been

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:39:57 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:18, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] mail formatted incorrectly in newbie archives

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
Sorry if a copy of this went through blank. :-( I was just looking through mail in the list achives, and discovered that my postings are not word wrapped in a sensible manner, and that you must scroll horizontally to read them! :-( I hate it when that happens! Is there some way that I can avoid

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:29:53 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote

[newbie] mail formatted incorrectly in newbie archives

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
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Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: RichardA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:06:45 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files On Monday 09 December 2002 05:02, Angus Auld wrote: I'll leave my comp on overnight and let logrotate do it's thing

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 14:23:02 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error At 09:57 PM 12/8/2002 -0300, you wrote: Thanks for the replies...I'm pretty certain there is a loose nut

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-10 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:51:47 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error At 11:19 PM 12/9/2002 -0300, you wrote: ** Thanks for the reply Femme, I was actually under the

[newbie] Kalarmd/Korganizer question

2002-12-12 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings to all, I have a question about Kalarmd. I don't use Korganizer, and I am wondering if I can safely shut down it and it's companion daemon, Kalarmd? Is there some other processes that use Kalarmd that would cause me to need it running? I don't want to waste resources on things I don't

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-12 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:32:46 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error At 01:38 AM 12/11/2002 -0300, you wrote: - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [newbie] recompiling your kernel? :-/

2002-12-12 Thread Angus Auld
Thanks so much to everyone who replied to my post with all the great info. I think I need to do a bunch of reading now and try to absorb that info. I'm pretty green when it comes to all this, so I better just go easy on this one for a bit. ;-) Thank you all very much. Best regards. --Angus

[newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
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[newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings everyone, Whenever I try to open a midi file, I get the following error message: Couldn't open /dev/sequencer. Probably there is another program using it. Well, I can't even find /dev/sequencer on my system. Anyone have any advice as to how I can get midi files to play on my Mdk 9.0

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:05:41 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer?? On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 7:51 pm, Meliton wrote: On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 20:10, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings

Re: [newbie] Some odd errors with LICQ, Mouse Windowmaker

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:28:04 -0700 To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Some odd errors with LICQ, Mouse Windowmaker First off: Can't seem to run KDE LICQ from the KDE Start menu. Haven't tried it

Re: [newbie] Some odd errors with LICQ, Mouse Windowmaker

2002-12-14 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15 Dec 2002 11:25:39 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Some odd errors with LICQ, Mouse Windowmaker On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 11:23, Angus Auld wrote

Re: [newbie] Some odd errors with LICQ, Mouse Windowmaker

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
FemmeFatale wrote: First off: Can't seem to run KDE LICQ from the KDE Start menu. Haven't tried it from a term yet so I don't know the error. FemmeFatale * Hi Femme, as to your KDE LICQ issue, check to see if

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:44:05 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer?? On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 8:41 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the replies, I don't understand too much

Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer??

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
Subject: Re: [newbie] Couldn't open /dev/sequencer?? On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 8:41 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the replies, I don't understand too much at all about midi. But, is there a way to get my Mdk system to produce the required sounds

[newbie] file types/associations

2002-12-15 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings all, I have a question about file types and associations. I see in CC in the file associations, when you expand, say the audio section, there is a listing of known types. What I would like to know is what the seeming duplication of types is about? There will be a listing for say,

Re: [newbie] file types/associations

2002-12-19 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Chris Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:48:19 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] file types/associations Angus Auld wrote: What I would like to know is what the duplication of types is about? Why are there two

[newbie] KAddressBook 3 problem?

2002-12-20 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings everyone, Anyone else out there experiencing the annoyance that I am with with KAddressBook 3 in Mdk 9.0? Every time I open KAdressBook, all of the columns are jammed against the left margin, making it impossible to read names or addresses w/o adjusting columns to the right. I

Re: [newbie] How to find Abiword on system?

2002-12-22 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:35:13 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How to find Abiword on system? On Sunday 22 December 2002 12:10 pm, Seth Williamson wrote: Just yesterday I installed Mandrake 9.0 on my

Re: [newbie] first message

2002-12-27 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:30:10 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] first message On Friday 27 Dec 2002 1:59 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello ! Needless to say, I am new to Mandake Linux and have just

Re: [newbie] supermount :-/

2002-12-27 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:53:40 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] supermount :-/ On Friday 27 Dec 2002 3:04 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I think I have come to the conclusion that supermount

Re: [newbie] supermount :-/ (Dennis)

2002-12-27 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:46:44 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] supermount :-/ On Friday 27 December 2002 09:04 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I think I have come to the conclusion that supermount

Re: [newbie] supermount :-/ (Dennis)

2002-12-27 Thread Angus Auld
* Angus Auld wrote: Thanks Dennis for your reply. I thought there was some special precedure to create the icons that would allow me to mount/unmount. Sorry if I didn't communicate very clearly what I was trying to do. I

[newbie] Phoenix 0.5

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I just wanted to pass along my observations of the latest Phoenix 0.5 releasevery nice! I'm using it now in fact. I'm an Opera enthusiast, but this one is pretty fast and light. I don't think it is any faster than Opera, but it seems a lot faster than Mozilla or Konq. And,

[newbie] trash icon broken :-(

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I have a broken trash icon on my Mandrake 9.0. It doesn't show the full icon when there are files within, just shows an empty icon w/cover on. I can remember seeing a method to repair this somewhere, but I can't find it now when I need it. The trash will empty OK, just not display

Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Pilagá [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 17:05:49 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5 El Dom 29 Dic 2002 18:19, Charles Roberts escribió: Hi Angus. Where can I download Phoenix? An URL would be helpfull. TKS Charles

Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-(

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 30 Dec 2002 11:53:38 +1100 To: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-( On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 10:52, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn

Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-( (OT)

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 18:37:54 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-( At 10:15 PM 12/29/2002 -0300, you wrote: Thanks Stephen! That has worked on this side of the world too! My trash

Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5

2002-12-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: David Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:05:25 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5 On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:44 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote:

Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5

2002-12-30 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: David Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:14:07 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5 On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:51 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I just wanted to pass along my observations

[newbie] a poem for the new year :-)

2002-12-31 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings everyone. This isn't one of my dumb questions for a change. I wanted to share this poem with you all. I hope that's OK, and that you find it an inspiration, as I have. Innermost Sense of Purpose The sacred flow within us That draws us into life Teaches us to be grateful, For the

[newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrepancy??

2003-01-03 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings everyone, I have something going on here with what seems to be a discrepancy between what my Install software and Remove software programs are telling me. :-/ I have found several packages that are showing as installed in 'Remove software, but in Install software there is an update

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-03 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:19:43 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrepancy?? Greetings everyone, I have something going on here with what seems to be a discrepancy

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:12:52 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript snip There's something very odd about the whole subject. I appear to have exactly the opposite of you - javascript

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Seth Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04 Jan 2003 08:10:34 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:02, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Anne, just to pass along something I recently discovered concerning

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 10:40:39 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:02, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Anne, just to pass along something I recently discovered

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:40:08 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy?? El Vie 03 Ene 2003 12:45, Angus Auld escribió: Just an addendum.. I

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
, Angus Auld escribió: Thank you so much for the reply Pilaga. I have tried the rpm --rebuilddb, and I still am seeing the same thing. I will run updatedb manually and then see what happens. I think updatedb runs automatically as a cron job weekly though

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
On Saturday January 4 2003 10:34 am, Angus Auld wrote: Thanks for the reply Tom. I ran : rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ( ^^ that's two underscores ) rpm --rebuilddb as you suggested, but I still see identical named packages appearing in Install/Remove software

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-04 Thread Angus Auld
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:41:55 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too ;) ... but I don't use the gui tools for package management, prefering to do it all on the CL ... with the exception that I like Software Sources Manager for adding/removing or just temporarily

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-05 Thread Angus Auld
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:58:37 -0300 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran the rpm -q for several packages in question, and they all show matching version and release as the available ones. There was no sources shown so they are all indicated as installed. Charles wrote: Just

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-05 Thread Angus Auld
On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 17:45:05 -0300 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everything is working like a top. No probs except for this. Charles A Edwards wrote: You are fine. Just run Update once a week or any time you get an advisory and stop worrying about the other. My creed

Re: [newbie] urpmi error (was installed/installable...)

2003-01-06 Thread Angus Auld
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:07:30 -0600 Richard Babcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: unable to take medium Updates for Mandrake Linux 9.0 (ftp1u) into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Updates for Mandrake Linux 9.0 (ftp1u)] exists Can't call method arch on an undefined value at

Re: [newbie] supermount :-/

2003-01-06 Thread Angus Auld
is to explicitly deselect supermount. This forces the user to manually mount and unmount the removeable media. To do the same for harddrives select noauto. On Friday 27 Dec 2002 3:04 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I think I have come to the conclusion that supermount is a great mystery to me. Perhaps

Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server

2003-01-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 Jan 2003 07:16:44 -0500 To: NewbieMandrake-List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 10:52, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday January 6 2003 08:00 pm,

[newbie] urpmi --auto-select?

2003-01-14 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I was just updating my system with the latest bunch of updates from Mdk (BIG bunch). I installed a few packages, and then decided it would be simpler to just use the urpmi --auto-select command, and go to bed. When I issued the command however, urpmi informed me that two packages have

[newbie] Latest Mdk updates = no internet :-(

2003-01-15 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I did some updating of my Mdk 9.0 system with several of the latest update packages from Mandrake Security..now I am accessing the internet from my WinME system! :-(( I can't get internet access with kppp, which is what I usually use to connect with my conexant hcf winmodem.

Re: [newbie] Latest Mdk updates = no internet :-(

2003-01-15 Thread Angus Auld
On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 1:21 pm, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I did some updating of my Mdk 9.0 system with several of the latest update packages from Mandrake Security..now I am accessing the internet from my WinME system! :-(( I can't get internet access with kppp, which is what

Re: [newbie] urpmi --auto-select?

2003-01-15 Thread Angus Auld
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 18:00, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I was just updating my system with the latest bunch of updates from Mdk (BIG bunch). I installed a few packages, and then decided it would be simpler to just use the urpmi --auto-select command, and go to bed. When I issued

[newbie] Xine/Kxine?

2003-01-18 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I wonder if someone could explain to me just exactly what Kxine is? I know that it says in the description that it is a graphic frontend for Xine to integrate into KDE. I already had an entry in my KDE menu for Xine, so what does Kxine do that Xine can't, in relation to KDE? I

Re: [newbie] Xine/Kxine?

2003-01-18 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 09:23, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I wonder if someone could explain to me just exactly what Kxine is? I know that it says in the description that it is a graphic frontend for Xine to integrate

Re: [newbie] Xine/Kxine?

2003-01-19 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 18 Jan 2003 10:23 pm, Angus Auld wrote: I installed Kxine, and now I have Xine and Kxine in my menu :-/ I tried to gain understanding from Kxine's Handbook, but the writers are obviously practical jokers

Re: [newbie] Xine/Kxine? (OT)

2003-01-19 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 20:03, John Richard Smith wrote: Gawd, we start whinging when it gets to 30c, cannot immagine what 40c is like, Right now it rained hard last night, here in uk, rivers are up again, spoil my

Re: [newbie] OT: website usability

2003-01-23 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] RANT All web designers should be forced to sit behind an average user while he tries to find something. He should be bound and gagged for the duration, then whipped soundly afterwards. /RANT Anne

[newbie] Heartwarming/hopeful article about MandrakeSoft

2003-01-24 Thread Angus Auld
Here's something in a more positive vein: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=193 --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** *Reg. Linux User #278931*

Re: [newbie] Java installation

2003-01-24 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Ongkie PDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Anne, Robert, Stephen. I did download the j2re-1_4_1_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin file. What I have to do to install it ? Thx, -OS- Hi Ongkie, you can find pretty good installation

Re: [newbie] ? Modem problem (still)

2003-01-26 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: mbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello newbie, Sorry to bother you all again and again about this matter. But I'm getting frustated to find the (right) driver to make my modem work. Please, with all do respect, don't say that I have to go to winmodem or

[newbie] Theme Manager errors

2003-01-28 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings all, I have been content thus far with the default KDE theme, + a few modifications of my own thrown in, on my 9.0 system. I decided to try another theme just for kicks, so I went to Theme Manager (via KDE Control Center), and attempted to make the changes there. To my surprise, I

RE: [newbie] Theme Manager errors

2003-01-28 Thread Angus Auld
Angus Auld brought forth, Greetings all, I have been content thus far with the default KDE theme, + a few modifications of my own thrown in, on my 9.0 system. I decided to try another theme just for kicks, so I went to Theme Manager (via KDE Control Center), and attempted to make

Re: [newbie] Abiword in 9.0

2003-01-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Rob Blomquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it that will run. I purchased the

Re: [newbie] Removing Removable Media

2003-01-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Rob Blomquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every reboot of KDE is giving me a copy of the Removable Media folder. I took the floppy icon and the CDROM icon out of it, and don't want the removable Media icon showing back up. Rob -- Rob Blomquist

Re: [newbie] how to automatically upgrade mandrake

2003-01-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Steve Jeppesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:58:26 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to make it automatic putting these commands in a cron job will get all applicable updates for you automatically. urpmi.update -a

Re: [newbie] Email Sig Fortune question

2003-01-31 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: heather [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see lots of ppl have the Fortune program make them a sig for email. Usually random. How do I do this or where can I go for information on how to do this neat trick? :) Ty Femme ** Hi

Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel

2003-01-31 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:34 pm, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:44 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: AFAIK, install

Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored (OT)

2003-02-07 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 11:32, FemmeFatale wrote: *giggles* Mike: I'd love to say theres no flames cause I put my foot down in the subject line. I can't say that though cause this list really is civil most days.

Re: [newbie] Modem help

2002-08-19 Thread Angus Auld
Hi there, some Lucent modems are supported under Linux. My friend has one, (I'm not sure what chipset) and it has worked well for him w/Mdk Linux 8.2. You can check out this site for drivers for Lucent modems, but you will have to know what chipset you have:

[newbie] KSysGuard applet won't leave

2002-08-26 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings to you all, I have a problem trying to get rid of the KSysGuard applet on my taskbar/kicker. I was just experimenting, and set the applet to display. Then I wanted to get rid of the thing, so I just right clicked on it and chose remove display. The display is gone, but now I still

Re: [newbie] KSysGuard applet won't leave

2002-08-27 Thread Angus Auld
Thanks Patrik! that's done it for me...no more applet window :) Some things can be right in my face, but be unseen. All the best to you. --Angus - Original Message - From: Patrik Marxer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:58:02 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] defrag and linux

2002-09-03 Thread Angus Auld
Hi there, I've been running a dual-boot on my Dell Dimm for a few months now w/Mdk 8.2 and WinMe, and they seem to cohabitating peacefully on my hd. I have defragged my Win partition a few times and it hasn't caused any problems for Mdk. Am I courting disaster and holding out on luck alone??

[newbie] Re: How to associate Opera w/Mdk (Thx Joan Tur!)

2002-09-04 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, Thanks for the replies to my post. Thank you Joan Tur, Opera is now set as my default browser 8) The procedure was as follows: Start Menu=Control Center=FileBrowsing=File Associations=text=html=then, in the application list click 'add'. In the application box type in,

[newbie] newbie rebuilding src rpm=no fun yet

2002-09-22 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings all, I thought maybe I could do this, but it looks like I was mistaken. I am trying to rebuild a source rpm, and having some problems. I have installed the following packages on my 8.2 system so far in my noob attempts to rebuild src: rpm-build, spec-helper, libtool, XFree86

Re: [newbie] newbie rebuilding src rpm=no fun yet

2002-09-22 Thread Angus Auld
On Sunday 22 September 2002 08:41 am, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, I thought maybe I could do this, but it looks like I was mistaken. I am trying to rebuild a source rpm, and having some problems. I have installed the following packages on my 8.2 system so far in my

Re: [newbie] newbie rebuilding src rpm=no fun yet

2002-09-22 Thread Angus Auld
Have you installed kernel-source ? That one is needed for sure. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 - Thanks Dennis for the fast reply. No, I haven't installed the kernel-source. I didn't get any messages that it was

Re: [newbie] newbie rebuilding src rpm=no fun yet

2002-09-22 Thread Angus Auld
--- I tried to install kernel-source for my kernel, which is 2.4.18-6mdk, with Software Manager. When I clicked on install, Software Manager was going to install kernel-source for 2.4.18-8.1mdk from my update site ftp.sunet.se!!!

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