[newbie] 9.2 Installing many packages trashes menu

2003-12-25 Thread Guy Rouillier
I brought this subject up before but the conversation veered off, so I thought I would raise it independently. Each time I install a multitude of packages, my menus seem to get reset to some tiny set. For example, the entire Packaging submenu is missing from Configuration. I tried logging ou

[newbie] Software Media Manager

2003-12-25 Thread Guy Rouillier
I'm having difficulty understanding the proper way to configure the Software Media Manager (SMM). I was trying to install the latest Anjuta 1.2.0, and I found it here: ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586 I started by adding the following to the source

Re: [newbie] Re: Desktop Icons

2003-12-25 Thread David
E. Hines wrote: I'm still on 9.1 here. The old Kaddressbook (assuming you use kmail, of course) was the /home/your_username/.kde/share/apps/kab-- If it has been changed in the newest version of kde I wouldn't know. One way to check is to open it up and see if it is an addressbook file.

[newbie] Webam chat in Mandrake

2003-12-25 Thread Carren Stuart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am currently using Eyeball Chat for webcam chat in Windows (actually, I use Eyeball for the webcam part and ICQ for chat as it has better chat options) Unfortunately there is not yet a linux version of Eyeball. Is there anything I can use

Re: [newbie] xwin config

2003-12-25 Thread ronald
Op vrijdag 26 december 2003 00:16, schreef Steve Hammond: > > PS: someone give me the link to the online database of all these > problems/solutions are. I need to bookmark it for future reference. > http://www.frankscorner.org/ was a great help to me setting up wine HTH ronald -- Registered L

[newbie] xwin config

2003-12-25 Thread Steve Hammond
Can anyone give me an examply of an xwine config that is similar to situation? I DONT have a seperate windows partition and was planning on installing a game and Flash MX into the windows folders that xwine provides in it's subdirectory. I've got to be misunderstanding something about how xwin

Re: [newbie] Re: Desktop Icons

2003-12-25 Thread E. Hines
On Thursday 25 December 2003 01:19 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > Thanks Anne and 'e' but it woulld appear that do not have a > > /~/.kde/share/apps/kab directory. Will await the new year and see > > my Guru. > > I wonder if Erylon was thinking of ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail - your mail > account det

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] To all

2003-12-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 25 December 2003 4:19 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Thursday 25 December 2003 20:32, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > > > > Who pissed in your breakfast cereal? > > > > May you be blessed with peace. > > > > Charlie, what's up ? - We _are_ blessed wi

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] To all

2003-12-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 25 December 2003 20:32, Charlie Mahan wrote: > Who pissed in your breakfast cereal? > > May you be blessed with peace. Charlie, what's up ? - We _are_ blessed with peace and a Merry Christmas :-) - I hope you are too. Kaj Haulrich -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free comput

Re: [newbie] Re: Desktop Icons

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 20:54, David wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 25 December 2003 03:07, E. Hines wrote: > >>First, try creating another user, and see if the default icon > >>placement is correct after restart. If so, the below will very > >>likely work. > >> > >>Back up your

[newbie] USB Card Readers

2003-12-25 Thread David
Ramin M wrote: Thanks David for the tip. I will check if i need to recompile the kernel for usb support. I hope not because i am not that knowledgeable in these. Regards, Ramin */David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* You and me both Ramin. Ramin to quote from the 9.2 Definitive Guide "if you are recom

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Sergey Berezka
Ð ÐÑÐ, 25.12.2003, Ð 13:28, Manolo Canga ÐÐÑÐÑ: > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 11:41, Sergey Berezka escribiÃ: > > My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1. When I click on the icon " > > CD-ROM" in the KDE, led on the panel of cdrom blinking a long of time, but > > when Konqueror opens any d

Re: [newbie] Re: Desktop Icons

2003-12-25 Thread David
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 25 December 2003 03:07, E. Hines wrote: First, try creating another user, and see if the default icon placement is correct after restart. If so, the below will very likely work. Back up your /~/.kde/share/apps/kab directory as well as your ~/Mail and then delete th

[newbie] Re: [expert] To all

2003-12-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 25 December 2003 1:01 pm, Chris Fox wrote: > On Thu December 25 2003 10:30 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > (damn, thats the longest I've had on since the last time > > I was forced/beaten into using a Windoze machine!) > > I would have gotte

Re: [newbie] MandrakeMove Key USB key locks up

2003-12-25 Thread E. Hines
On Thursday 25 December 2003 11:28 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > I have d/l'd and made the CD and run Mandrake Move. The first time it > detects the usb flash stick and the second time to boot it can't find it. > No USB device detected. The 128 MB memory stick is Advance Modules 2.0 > usb. It shows up

[newbie] MandrakeMove Key USB key locks up

2003-12-25 Thread Dennis Myers
I have d/l'd and made the CD and run Mandrake Move. The first time it detects the usb flash stick and the second time to boot it can't find it. No USB device detected. The 128 MB memory stick is Advance Modules 2.0 usb. It shows up on the USB view but I can not access it in any way. This is the

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread robin
Christoph Eckert wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 16:37 schrieb robin: typing something like "rm ./*" Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. Actually I was thinking more

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread robin
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:09, Paul wrote: On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since then I nev

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 25 December 2003 01:03 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: -> Allow me to quote the legendary Civileme : He ruled - I miss him on this list... :-) -- /\ D

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 25 December 2003 5:57 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > a question. http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org is your web? > > Correction - twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org is hosted by another user, and I'm > ashamed to say that I can remember who, at his own expense.

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:09, Paul wrote: > On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: > >Well, I never do a general ./* > > > >I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - > >textfile*.txt. > > > >I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since > >then I n

Re: Solved: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-25 Thread Ramin M
Thanks David for the tip. I will check if i need to recompile the kernel for usb support. I hope not because i am not that knowledgeable in these.   Regards,  RaminDavid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Paul
On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . That is _the_ way to learn... My

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 16:37 schrieb robin: > typing something like "rm ./*" Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory,

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread robin
Paul wrote: On 12/25/2003 02:36 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Have a look at $HOME/.b

Re: [newbie] Mandrake move proceeding please wait...

2003-12-25 Thread robin
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:08:59 +0800 Anguo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hello, I just tried Mandrake move. It boots (part 1,2,3...) but then the screen becomes black and I have a message at the bottom saying: "proceeding, please wait". I then fail to notice anything happening. I a

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 15:42 schrieb Manolo Canga: > /etc/profile.d/alias.sh many thanks, I just found it occasionally. Changed the file and will see after a relogin if it behaves as I'd like it to. Gruß / regards

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Manolo Canga
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 14:46, Paul escribió: > Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc. > There probably is an alias in it stating alias rm='rm -i' > Replace that by alias rm='rm' and you are fine. /etc/profile.d/alias.sh -- Manolo Canga Mi Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mi web: http://bailandode

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 14:46 schrieb Paul: > Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc unfortunately, I have had a look to $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.profile, /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile. But there are some aliases in /etc/profile.d/alias.sh. I changed t

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Paul
On 12/25/2003 02:36 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc. There

Re: [newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Manolo Canga
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 14:36, Christoph Eckert escribió: > On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple > files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). > > The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. > > Can I disable this question in any manner? use: rm

[newbie] rm-command

2003-12-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, short question: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Gruß /

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:39, Manolo Canga wrote: > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:33, Anne Wilson escribió: > > On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:24, Manolo Canga wrote: > > > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:12, Anne Wilson escribió: > > > > > Can you put "ls -l /dev/sd0" result h

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:39, Manolo Canga wrote: > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:33, Anne Wilson escribió: > > On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:24, Manolo Canga wrote: > > > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:12, Anne Wilson escribió: > > > > > Can you put "ls -l /dev/sd0" result h

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Manolo Canga
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:33, Anne Wilson escribió: > On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:24, Manolo Canga wrote: > > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:12, Anne Wilson escribió: > > > > Can you put "ls -l /dev/sd0" result here? > > > > > > === > > >

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 12:24, Manolo Canga wrote: > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:12, Anne Wilson escribió: > > > Can you put "ls -l /dev/sd0" result here? > > > > === > > typo: /dev/scd0 > > that. :) > Very thank you Anne > You're welcome :-) > ¡

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Manolo Canga
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 13:12, Anne Wilson escribió: > > Can you put "ls -l /dev/sd0" result here? > > === > typo: /dev/scd0 that. :) Very thank you Anne ¡Mery Christmas! -- Manolo Canga Mi Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mi web: http://bailandodesvan.

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 11:36, Sergey Berezka wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Manolo Canga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation > > El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 11:41,

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Sergey Berezka
- Original Message - From: "Manolo Canga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 11:41, Sergey Berezka escribió: > My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1.

Re: [newbie] Mandrakemove and Quanta

2003-12-25 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Hello Ronald, > > Has anyone here noticed whether MM has Quanta? I use it and would love > > to be sure it is in MM before I purchase. It is the main thing I would > > need. > yes it has :-) > http://www.archlug.org/kwiki/MandrakeMoveReview Thanks mate. Much appreciated. I'll be ordering it

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Manolo Canga
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 11:41, Sergey Berezka escribió: > My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1. When I click on the icon " > CD-ROM" in the KDE, led on the panel of cdrom blinking a long of time, but > when Konqueror opens any disk seems to be blank. CD-WRITER (/dev/scd0) > works fin

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Sergey Berezka
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation > On Thursday 25 December 2003 10:41, Sergey Berezka wrote: > > My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1. When

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 10:41, Sergey Berezka wrote: > My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1. When I click on the icon > " CD-ROM" in the KDE, led on the panel of cdrom blinking a long of > time, but when Konqueror opens any disk seems to be blank. > CD-WRITER (/dev/scd0) works fine. ??? >

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-25 Thread Sergey Berezka
My fstab already have line dev=/dev/scd1. When I click on the icon " CD-ROM" in the KDE, led on the panel of cdrom blinking a long of time, but when Konqueror opens any disk seems to be blank. CD-WRITER (/dev/scd0) works fine. ???   Sergey Berezka.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake move proceeding please wait...

2003-12-25 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:08:59 +0800 Anguo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello, > > I just tried Mandrake move. > It boots (part 1,2,3...) but then the screen becomes black > and I have a message at the bottom saying: > "proceeding, please wait". > I then fail to notice anything happening. > I a

Re: [newbie] Mandrakemove and Quanta

2003-12-25 Thread ronald
Op donderdag 25 december 2003 07:02, schreef Trevor Rhodes: > Hi Peeps, > > Has anyone here noticed whether MM has Quanta? I use it and would love to > be sure it is in MM before I purchase. It is the main thing I would need. > > Comments on other editors not needed or solicited. :^) > yes it ha

Re: [newbie] Re: Desktop Icons

2003-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2003 03:07, E. Hines wrote: > First, try creating another user, and see if the default icon > placement is correct after restart. If so, the below will very > likely work. > > Back up your /~/.kde/share/apps/kab directory as well as your > ~/Mail and then delete the /~/.kd

Re: [newbie]

2003-12-25 Thread Len Lawrence
On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:12:41 - (UTC) "Patrick Dempster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anne Wilson said: > > One thing I would advise, > > though, is when you get to the partitioning screen, create a separate > > partition for /home - and make it a reasonably big one. If you feel > > the need t