Re: [expert] Re: MDK 9.2 ISOs Released (was:Public downloadable 9.2 ISO's for non club members)

2003-11-14 Thread Piero Piutti
SOs that overcome the LG bug. I've checked a mirror and the 9.2 ISOs come with a "Readme LG" text file suggesting to upgrade the drives' firmware anyway... -- Piero Piutti Powered by Kmail 1.5.3 - KDE 3.1.3 - Mandrake Linux 9.2 "To mess up a Linux box, you

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Piero Piutti
On Friday 13 June 2003 22:41, James Sparenberg wrote: > Subscription version... Ah! The wrong answer... :-) Do you know if the cvs works fine as well? -- Piero Piutti Powered by Kmail 1.5.2 - KDE 3.1.2 - Mandrake Linux 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine

2003-06-13 Thread Piero Piutti
cuse me, but, what version of WineX did you actually successfully install and got working? thesubscription one or the free cvs one? tia, -- Piero Piutti Powered by Kmail 1.5.2 - KDE 3.1.2 - Mandrake Linux 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert]

2002-11-08 Thread Piero Piutti
no S3TC hardware on the TNT2. THIS IS NOT A UT2003 BUG. Please upgrade if you want to play. Time to buy a GeForce 4 MX 440... -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake L

Re: [expert]

2002-11-08 Thread Piero Piutti
. I have a Elsa Erazor III LT (TNT2 M64 32Mb) + latest nVidia drivers. I guess what's wrong! -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake Linux 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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2002-11-06 Thread Piero Piutti
uot; missing on display ":0.0". OpenGL renderer relies on DXTC/S3TC support. History: Exiting due to error -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake Linux 9.0 Want to

[expert] cdrecord & mitsumi drives

2002-11-04 Thread Piero Piutti
AW/R16 RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1343488 = 1312 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB /usr/bin/cdrecord: Drive does not support SAO recording. /usr/bin/cdrecord: Try -raw option. /usr/bin/cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive. Any help? Thanks -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - T

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-13 Thread Piero Piutti
"old style" commodities that used to make the 8.2 vesion very easy to use. PS: if there is someone here that's also subscribed to the cooker list (I'm not) that thinks that this or other mails about this topic could be interesting for developers working on 9.1, maybe he/h

Re: [expert] 9.0 and SCSI scanner

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
packages and revert MDK 9.0 to its original state, correct the conf file and see what happens... :-) -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake Linux 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
didn't go in this direction, that's it, but I understand your points/concerns even if I don't always agree with them. Take care, keep up the great job, -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
ll its limitations...). -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake Linux 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
rom within one single window is somewhat upsetting. Calling rpmdrake from the panel MMC icon makes the "new look" one a little more bearable. Still miss the old one, though. Ok, I will stop complaining about rpmdrake now, enough is enough... :-) -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ri

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
and see wether one package is installed or not without having to call two separate apps... maybe in MDK 9.1 (hopefully)? Take care, regards -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0

Re: [expert] 9.0 and SCSI scanner

2002-10-08 Thread Piero Piutti
more by 9.0. Maybe the MDK developers forgot something rushing to release MDK 9.0 a few days earlier than R**H** 8.0! ;-) -- Piero Piutti --- Ticket to Ride - The Unofficial Ride Website: http://www.mareasub.it/ride Message mailed with: KMail 1.4.3 ~ KDE 3.0.3 ~ Mandrake Linux 9.0 Wa

[expert] Pc as dumb X-Terminal

2002-01-05 Thread Piero
it that way without actually loggin in to the PC. > > > > I'd be interested in knowing whether is it possible to use a PC as a dumb X-Terminal (is it the same as a Light Terminal?), and how. With real dumb terminals, like the ones made by Wise, a special software is needed for that, at least so it is under Windows NT and Unix (in the last case such software is very expensive). If anybody knows, thank you. Piero. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Rpm: packages with major numbers <=3

2001-02-05 Thread Piero Caracciolo
The problem I'm submitting to the competent and kind mandrake community seems to have been fairly common fìof late. May be somedy who solved it can help me. I have Mandrake 7.0 and Rpm 3.03-43mdk. A few days ago I attempted to install a new package using Rpm -i, and got the answer: "On

Re: [expert] troubles with star office

2000-06-23 Thread Piero
d about the list. Sooner or later somebdy will help you. -- Piero

Re: [expert] zenith monitor scan frequencies needed

2000-06-20 Thread Piero
t get another monitor :( > I was not expecting to use X on this server when I bought it. > And the extra costs...yada-yada...the wife... > > Thanks... Dan. Doesn't it have anyhing to do with the cohoice for a virtual monitor when you confugure X? If you havn't tried that, try it! You just say "no" when you are asked if you want a virtual monitor, larger then your screen. -- Piero

Re: [expert] Backing everything up

2000-06-15 Thread Piero
? (I use kde) Thank you for helping. -- Piero -- Dr Piero Caracciolo Ecole Normale Superieure ...humani nihil ...

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-13 Thread Piero
#x27;t need it. Under Unix, file management doesn't create fragmentation. Nice, is'nt it? :-) -- Piero -- Dr Piero Caracciolo Ecole Normale Superieure ...humani nihil ...

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

2000-06-12 Thread Piero
> Tell: +27 11 805-1711 > > Cell: +27 83 491-0955 > > Fax:+27 11 405-0955 > > -- Piero -- Dr Piero Caracciolo Ecole Normale Superieure ...humani nihil ...

[expert] i386 i586 : what difference?

2000-06-03 Thread Piero
Which is the difference between packages marked i386 and packages marked i586? Thanks, Piero -- Dr Piero Caracciolo Ecole Normale Superieure ...humani nihil ...

[expert] Boot disk on LS-120

2000-05-09 Thread Piero
I am uneasy not having a boot disk. The problem is taht, instead of a normal floppy disk I have an LS-120. All the scheems for making boot disk that I have seen request to format the diskette doomed to be used as boot disk. So, I'd need to know 1 is it really necessary to fomat the diskette?

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user

2000-05-07 Thread Piero
On Sun, 07 May 2000, you wrote: > Piero wrote: > > See my mail "Coordinating address books2, where I ask the same question and > > give a (ugly) solution. > > Or use Netscape's solution at: > http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19990926-7.html > Yes,

Re: [expert]Thank you, Ron (Address Books)

2000-05-07 Thread Piero
Thank you, Ron, this is a clear answer and a clean solution. On Sun, 07 May 2000, you wrote: > Piero wrote: > > > All the files in the Windows partition belong to root and have mode: rwxr--r--. > > When I work under Linux I work under username piero. > > No, all

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user

2000-05-06 Thread Piero
On Sat, 06 May 2000, you wrote: > Michael(as root) add the below option to the options in > the line listing your dos partition in your /etc/fstab file. > > umask=0 > > Alan > > > "Michael A. Kellogg" wrote: > > > > Hi Folks! Gotta a question . . . > > > > I really enjoy Mandrake 7.0 a

[expert] Coordinating Address Books

2000-05-06 Thread Piero
n the process of doing this napoleonic manoevre, I stumbled over something that made me perplexed, and for which somebody has perhaps an explanation. All the files in the Windows partition belong to root and have mode: rwxr--r--. When I work under Linux I work under username piero. Since the chang

[expert] A spare console

2000-05-06 Thread Piero
Could anybody help me with the following? I have two computers, a desktop (with Linux) and a notebook (without Linux). Is it possible to connect the notebook to the desktop (via a serial port, for instance) and use it as console to the desktop?

[expert] Re: Repost: [newbie] Problems with boot disk.

2000-05-03 Thread Piero
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > No one answered my original query. Thought I would try again. > > - Original Message - > From: Michael E. Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:20 AM > Subject: [newbie] Problems with boot disk. > > > > I hav

[expert] Re: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations?

2000-05-03 Thread Piero
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > I am looking for a good video card with video-out jacks (don't really need PC > TV). I have been longing for a Diamond Viper 550 card for a long time, now, but > since I have been toiling with Linux, I have heard some disparaging comments > about S3 cards in gener

[expert] Re: [newbie] Disk drives

2000-05-03 Thread Piero
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > Is there any way to change the name of a DOS_hda1 drive to something easyer? > And where can i get Linux Games like Quake on the net? Yes: 1 (easiest) just keep it like this, but make a symbolic link to it : ln -s/mnt/DOS_hda1 /win for instance.

Re: [expert] Proper Partitioning and Mount Points

2000-05-03 Thread Piero
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > I have a 20gb drive, and am already running Micro$oft Windows 98. > > > Although a newbie to Linux, I know PCs very well, and have worked in the > industry for several years. > > > My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would

[expert] Re: [newbie] CD-player kscd versus Kfind

2000-05-03 Thread Piero
"man find" giveves you the answer... > Mogens Jæger wrote: > > > > Hello > > Does anyone know how to tell Kfind, to searche all > > partitions, but not my CD-rom drive - it's pretty anoying to > > have your musik cut-off, just because you have to find a > > file > > > > Regards > > > > Mogens

[expert] [newbie] Ugly StarOffice Fonts!

2000-05-02 Thread Piero
Does anybody have an idea on how to make the look better on the screen?

[expert] Netscape window's fonts

2000-05-02 Thread Piero
I just installed a directory of true type fonts, that I made availeble to X (i.e. the fonts already present in the window partition). Everything works agreably fine, except for a bizarre side effect: the menu bar, bookmarks, location and navigation toolbar fonts of Netscape Navigator, as well as