Re: [newbie] haywire's (joehill) bounce

of spam ya, I got a bounce, but as long as my post reaches the list, all is well... uh, for me at least ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http

Re: [newbie] haywire's (joehill) bounce

to the good ol' Joe :-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our

Re: [newbie] leaving linux again

ignorance and feeding radiation On Television . . . -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The more laws

Re: [newbie] Syncing Pilot With Evolution

you more specific info. if you *do* have all the appropriate software installed already, one thing to try, before you sync, is: export PILOTPORT=/dev/ttyUSB1 or whatever USB port it is plugged into. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Re: Wine (or others)

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:45:18 +0200 Erix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (W)ine (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator. Ya, just like (L)AME is not (A)n (M)p3 (E)ncoder... ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Local SMTP server?

record or that you are coming from a block of dynamic (consumer) IP's, your mail will come back as undeliverable. ...and, ya, it may also violate your Terms of Service, but who gives a rat's ass about that ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] GnuPG - getting it set up

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:25:41 -0800 Melissa Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eek! Which media am I removing? The CD's. Everything on the CD's is also in main, which you added. So instead of it constantly prompting you for the CD's, it will just download from main. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ

Re: [newbie] Eek! Am I really connected?!

network restart what does it show in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0? you should have something like this: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] bash argument

: ...prompt]$ kcalc insert argument here ...prompt]$ instead of: ...prompt]$ kcalc loading blah blah loading blah blah ...running... It's been a while since I've used Linux untill a few days ago and I just do not remember. IIRC, it's nohup, ie. nohup kcalc args -- HaywireMac

Re: [newbie] MS Fonts?

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:40:05 + Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy Birthday http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, but even easier: http://ben.reser.org/corefonts/ I always forget, google.com/linux is my best friend... ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux

[newbie] SCO is on the ball!

Thank god, SCO fixed a nasty vulnerability in Sendmail, it could have been a very serious issue! Waitaminnit... http://lwn.net/Articles/58911/ -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

Re: [newbie] sylpheed and gtk2

to be completely recoded to use the GTK2 widget set. There is a Sylpheed GTK2 project on Sourceforge, that's what I use, but I don't know about Claws. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

Re: [newbie] website test, please

. And, on that note, what's your favorite mailing list site? I have been on and adminned groups at topica, and it's easy to use, but it won't be it i can't get it to show up. At the moment I am not up for running one at home... Seems to work fine in Galeon. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:34:24 -0800 John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I'm still trying to figure out why someone from Ontario would name himself after a labour activist who did his thing in the Kootenay's of BC, Eastern Washington and Montana. :-) cuz the class struggle crosses all

[newbie] Inner Peace

I have a feeling this is kind of old, but I thought for a Friday it would be a nice morning guffaw. I am passing this on to you people because it has definitely worked for me. By following the simple advice I read in an article, I have finally found Inner peace The article read: The

Re: [newbie] upgrading glibc? possible?

, but the whole enchilada. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment

Re: [newbie] Weird things in 9.2

a problem with KDE. EG -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

, just to see. Many thanks to our new friend Melissa for pointing me to the errata page. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Pre-newbie here!

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:06:38 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: First let us say it's OK to be new to the world of Linux, we all were new once. Well, except of course Linus Torvalds, he was never new ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

is expecting my DHCP server to hand out a hostname or something, which it doesn't. I'm just gonna wait for the ISO's, unless someone knows a way around this error. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Download Mandrake and make discs

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 20:52:50 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: You need to wait a few more days. They said that more than a few days ago! LOL! Ah, well, what can ya do, it's free right? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

off base on that? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ A man said to the Universe: Sir, I exist

[newbie] Great Interview with RMS

Can FS users be apolitical, can we separate politics from our choice of an OS? Or maybe the question should be, can we *risk* being apolitical when our choice of OS is under attack so to speak? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Weird things in 9.2

issue. I do believe that is limited to KDE, no? Otherwise, I have heard very few complaints... -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Great Interview with RMS

and put an end to it. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The savior becomes the victim. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] another network.img install issue (HELP)

weeks. From the Mandrake site: NOTE: Based on information we have received from LG Electronics' technicians, only CD-ROM models are affected by this bug. DVD-ROM/R/RW and CD-RW devices are not affected. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] another network.img install issue (HELP)

and firmware version have been tested as Ok. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ If a man has a strong faith

[newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

with the ISO's, I'd ray appreciate it, save me this hassle. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

the original. I just snagged the img about an hour ago, but I'l try one from a different mirror, thanks! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:43:21 -0500 HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Get a new network.img from your favourite mirror and use that. The trees have been updated to get rid of the .10.mdkBOOT kernel image and that would cause a conflict since the image you're using was likely from

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

, it keeps timing out. I'll keep trying, thanks! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ He who knows

Re: [newbie] Network Install Fail, Signal 11

it be that it's just all us trying to hit it at the same time? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ You can't push

[newbie] Kernel 2.6 *almost* trojaned

Eric's adage, there are really *no* eyes on the Windows kernel (or whatever you call it). How many unknown/deliberate backdoors could be in *there*? Link: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/06/1532223 -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] web radio broadcasts

. one thing you might want to try is Streamtuner, which is available from urpmi. many, many, many varieties of broadcasts available through the Shoutcast network, music, talk, etc. Very easy to install and use. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] installing Pekwm

. Lemme know how it goes. I would, however, recommend installing all of the tools in MCC Software Manager under Development anyway, you should have those around you ever want to build anything from source. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] installing Pekwm

://www.surffi.net/~shared/pekwm/docs/nochunks/pekwmdocs.html There's some cool stuff you can do with autogrouping of browser windows and such, if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] installing Pekwm

= Dynamic ~/.pekwm/pekwm_themeset.pl ~/.pekwm/themes }} -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The truth

Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:42:11 -0800 E. Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: But Mac, I do have a life and don't want to spend all day (or 2 days) configuring my Deb install. One word: webmin -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] web radio broadcasts

? strictly sound, don't care about video. mplayer should do it. get it from PLF sources and it should come with the necessary codecs. urpmi --media plf mplayer -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] web radio broadcasts

-8859-1q=Failed+to+create+AF_INET6+socketbtnG=Google+Searchmeta= I'm not sure if mplayer can even deal with IPV6 connections, if that's something you have to compile into mplayer of your kernel... -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe

or not eg and I plan to make it part of my business plan to wipe out the use of Windows in the Greater Toronto Area, later the world EG, and I ain't gonna do that with Debian (yet). -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe

... ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're

Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:49:11 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Haywire makes a good point I made a good point?! Drugs must be wearing off... -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Redhat = traitors???

. A better day awaits us when Windows is forever banished into the garbage heap of history where it belongs. If Linux is too hard for someone to understand and use, which is difficult to believe, then there's always the Mac. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] SHould I get SuSe

, if anything at all, to do with Suse. Biig deal. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Either I'm

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

MLDonkey and Ralph Slooten's Direct Connect stuff, I'll really be stickin' it to the MPAA! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

and Distribution side 'o things, so they're intent on preserving a model that is no longer feasible or relevant. To hell with 'em all, it's fair game now. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's

Re: [newbie] Can't start X, No Devices

which will give you access to the BIOS to turn off features such as anti-virus, PNP, or whatever. The BIOS has probably overwritten some part of the boot or other sector of the drive, and this may be what is causing the prob. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046

Re: [newbie] Can't start X, No Devices

, but it's not finding anything there. It could be a hardware prob, but it's more likely software. Post your XF86Config-4 and /var/log/XFree86.0.log, there might be something in there that will point to why it's not connecting. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

being more aggressive on the Enterprise front, but what the hell do I know about that side of the business... I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Nvidia and 9.2

the kernel sources, the Nvidia driver should install fine, no matter which kernel you are running. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Nvidia and 9.2

, it would be better for *everybody*, including Nvidia. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ God

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

the impression in some people's minds that Mandrake made a mistake, and not LG. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

a boot floppy and do a net install. Got one right here actually... But it is *nice* of them to do it, you know, in the spirit of Free Software and all that. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

are unacceptable. Well, don't let the door hitcha on the ass on the way out ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Audio recording levels

files as a backup, you can play with this ad infinitum 'til you get the result you want, and not have to keep grabbing the audio from a deteriorating cassette. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges [slightly OT]

disrespectful, arrogant, and condescending. If you want to voice your opinion, fine, but keep your characterizations of other's to yourself. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2

putting something between your ISP and your wkstn, like a router firewall that would negotiate the connection for you. How are you connecting, is it a DSL/PPPoE connection? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] reason to upgrade to 9.2?

their hardware will *not* get fried by Windows. If you are having difficulties, I understand your frustration, and certainly am willing to try to help, as is anyone here. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] OT - We should help this guy find another job

is retreating more and more into a position of reactionary paranoia. Don't worry about Hanscom, he'll get his 15 minutes of fame and probably a job offer from Apple ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges

his weed! LOL! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Life sucks, but death doesn't put out at all

Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2

in 9.2 to do with either the global /etc/bashrc config or network settings... Anyone have any thoughts on this? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:17:25 -0800 (PST) Tango Echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I would suggest that you look into the legality of having an operating network tarpit in your state. Tarpit? What tarpit? Oh, was my computer doing that? I had n idea! LOL! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges [slightly OT]

never served us well in the past, I see no reason to expect anything different for the future. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] left start menu kaboomed

submenu, all of the others have finished for some reason! check the archives, this has come up numerous times, and there is a simple command line fix, which escapes me for the moment, which will rebuild the KDE menu. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] Audio recording levels

level a bit more ? For existing .wav files, if you want to increase the volume, do: normalize -g x where x is a multiplier, like say 2 to double the volume. see man normalize for more info. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges [slightly OT]

out of it. I will never sit down with MPAA or RIAA or MS lawyers and work out a compromise. When you choose the lesser of two evils, you choose evil. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

Re: [newbie] mouse speed

, the way I like it. See man xset for how those values work, I can't remember offhand. Reducing the 50 would mean less acceleration, I'm pretty sure of that. If you run Fluxbox from a GUI login, I believe in that case you would want to add the entry to .xsession instead. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ

Re: [newbie] compiling openldap source

missing some development libraries, openldap-devel would be my 1st guess. Again, just urpmi openldap-devel, depends on what version you are building though as well. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:09:37 +1100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: This could be determined by the number of newbies left bewildered with heads spinning by the answer to their question. :-) Problem is, I would win that one every time ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458

Re: [newbie] msec (originally Gcombust Question)

advise you on that, good or bad. IIRC, it was either Vincent or somebody who mentioned they always remove msec on a new install. Check the archives, there was a short thread about it. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:11:47 -0800 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I do remember Wilma, though... Oh, ya, I was gettin' to 13 then, so you can imagine the response to those satin tights... ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:18:26 -0500 Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: A suggestion: How about a topic-of-the-week? This week's topic: What would you do with Steve Ballmer if you could be alone with him for a half hour and no legal consequences? EG -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:07:40 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I guess now they'll have to add a little bomb icon for hardware that blows up when used with Mandrake ;-) Hows this: http://www.orderinchaos.org/bomb.png -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:40:23 -0800 aronsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: It would involve a catheter a blender and the Cds from Win$ux 2000 and a soundproof room ROTFLMAO! Oh, what you and I have in common, it's a very BAD THING. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046

Re: [newbie] mouse speed

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:41:53 +0200 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: how do I set my mouse movement speed? I didn't find it at the mouse ocnfiguration in mcc :-( what desktop you runnin'? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:09:45 -0800 (PST) Sam Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: FAGGOT SPAMMER QUIT SPAMMING ME WTF?! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:36:10 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: And if someone doesn't want a user-friendly Linux, I say, let them use Debian. But as I said, this isn't the issue here. http://lwn.net/Articles/49967/ I think you should have used a better example ;-) -- HaywireMac

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:41:07 + Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Half an hour? You think it would take me that long to do with him what he's done with the rest of the computing world? ;-) No, but who's to say you would only do it once? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:32:07 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I think you're being a little unfair to the people who bought LG - how were they to know it was junk hardware? Cuz it cost = 20 dollars ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

you buy something and it turns out it's garbage, tell everybody you know. We got tha powah! LOL! Oh, and as to your main point, ya, stay away as far as you can from prepackaged cookie-cutter systems like Dell and Compaq. Those aren't for real superusers like us, eh? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:45:03 -0800 Mark Kirschner [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Cuz it cost = 20 dollars ;-) Since when was price indicative of quality? Compare price and quality in the software market (specifically desktop OS) Please not the ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

personal choices is one part, but it's not the whole answer. In other words, ignoring Microsoft's monopoly will not make it go away, and if it doesn't go away, you will not have the choices you now have. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] shell prompt

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 05:01:51 -0400 Paul Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Found all the answers at: www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/index.html yup, that's where I figgered out how to make mine yellow :-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage

Re: [newbie] Slightly OT - procmail question, and a few tips

. Cheers matey! Oh, and your sig is driving me nuts, though I suppose it's been serving it's purpose, it got me reading about Chomsky and Topological Dependency Grammar...you are one nasty mofo. Redundant and contradictory at the same time...evil. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user

Re: [newbie] downloadable 9.2 LG cdroms

will be on the mirrors, but not on the ISO's? I'm pretty sure I'm not affected anyway, since my LG is a burner, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

[newbie] MPAA and your computer

innovation. Link: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/27/broadcast_flag/index.html -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] msec (originally Gcombust Question)

lowering your security level. *Some* people uninstall msec altogether. Unless you make it a habit of running around changing perms on random directories, it's not really necessary, esp if your machine is not running servers that need to be secured. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered

Re: [newbie] Very basic question, don't shoot me please

? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] msec (originally Gcombust Question)

there. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first

Re: [newbie] Where to post on reply

preference, I prefer the bottom post for general reply, inline for multiple point replies. Of course, you are also supposed to set your line wrap at less than 72 chars as well ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Moving Home partition

, which makes sense, how can I resize a mounted and running partition. if not doing it that way, boot with cd1 go thru the install to the partitionging tool point. This would be more likely to work. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Hi, I cant boot up my mandrake 91

have alredy set no for plug and play bios M best guess is a bad install CD. Try burning a fresh ISO of the install CD and see if that doesn't help. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake

[newbie] Mandrake Package Mngmnt 2nd only to Debian!

We all knew it anyway, but just to confirm: http://lwn.net/Articles/49967/ Credit for the link goes to Tom Karmo from my local LUG. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] Hi, I cant boot up my mandrake 91

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:53:25 -0800 Aronsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: most of this group can't read anyway. speak fer yerself, hayseed! -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's

Re: [newbie] My posts don't show up in my mail

On 27 Oct 2003 13:35:29 -0500 Maurice O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: When I post a new message or answer a message they don't show up in my mailbox. I receive other messages from the list but not my own. I tried to thank Tom Brink and Haywiremac for their help and I have no way

Re: [newbie] My posts don't show up in my mail

On 27 Oct 2003 15:32:14 -0500 Maurice O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: The original was addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as this one is. Sorry, no, I mean what was the subject? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] downloadable 9.2 LG cdroms

, no? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ He knows not how to know who knows not also how to unknow

Re: [newbie] My posts don't show up in my mail

that matters :-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ You can't take it with you -- especially when

Re: [newbie] Dual display on GeForce 4 mx

can also install through urpmi. So: urpmi nvtv yanc both need to be run as root in order to configure your etc/X11/XF86Config-4 this is assuming your urpmi sources are configured, if not, go here: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and follow the instructions. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ

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