Re: [newbie] SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive
On Sunday 18 July 2004 01:56 am, Carl J. Bauman wrote: -Okay, this is in the Boy, do I feel stupid category. I was plugging -it into a front-of-the-case USB slot and I guess I didn't hook it up -correctly when I installed the mobo in this case. After reading your -response, I tried one of the rear onboard slots and it works fine. Oh, -well. Sorry I wasted everybody's time... - -Thanks, -Carl Sometimes (like my Soyo Dragon Plus) you also have to turn it on in BIOS and/or hardware jumper on the motherboard itself. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real Audio Player
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Are you trying to install it as root, or as yourself? My earlier reply appears not to have been delivered. Installing as root - as always. -- Graham Watkins Don't be lucid and ironic; people will turn this against you to show that you aren't a nice person. - Albert Camus Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xmms crashes
On Friday 09 Jul 2004 12:07, Bryan Phinney wrote: arts is the default sound system in KDE. You can, however, turn arts completely off and use OSS directly, you just won't get sounds in KDE or if you do get sounds, they won't coexist with other items such as xmms. To disable arts, disable it in Configuration, KDE, Sound System by turning system sounds off. However, as a first step, let me recommend that you add the PLF repository, or Charles' repository to urpmi and install xmms and xmms-arts plugin from those sites to make sure that you have the newest versions. Also, you might consider switching your hardware sound drivers from OSS to ALSA which is a newer architecture and might be better supported under newer versions of Mandrake. Thank you very much for all your help :) I've been having some other problems with my Mandrake 10 installation for music, and this is the 2nd reinstall... I've disabled sound and for once Xmms has now managed to and is playing MP3s :) Cheers Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] XawScreen
Hiya Is there a log file entry somewhere for XawScreen? I'm trying out a TV card and it keeps crashing. Or rather, all it does it starts to load then just vanishes??? Running Mandrake 10 Cheers Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dell Dimension 3250 ok for Mandrake?
Hello Lee and Paul, On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:36:47 +0200 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed 9.1 and 10.0 on my Dell 4200 and it runs like a charm... I heard of many other Dells being fine with Mdk. Friday, July 16, 2004, 9:40:32 AM, Lee wrote: LW I here negative comments about Dell in general but don't recall LW any install problems Dell specific. Thanks for the replies. He's going to try it when he gets back home, but is still VERY nervous about not having the illusory M$ crutch. Despite all the troubles he's had with XP, as a super-newbie he still views it as safer. The key to getting him to try it was to tell him how to back up everything in case he needs to reinstall XP. It's an uphill battle -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
On Tuesday 06 July 2004 15:46, Amy wrote: Jeff Reid wrote: Hello, I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My primary concern right now is getting online. I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that they do not support Linux. I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the Internet connection. I do recall a notice that the download version may not work with some DSL modems due to not having commercial software included with it. Is this the issue I am having, and is it possible to get online with the free download version over a DSL connection? Thanks very much, Jeff Would it be possible to get a cheap router, and connect through that? I had no problems connecting to SBC yahoo! DSL when I switched from Windows to Mandrake and I have a router because I have to share the connection with my dad. You just toss your login and password into the router configuration, and set your mandrake box to connect to the router. Should be easy as pie, no? At least, it's something to consider if the other advice you've received in the list here doesn't fix it and let you connect to the external modem directly? Jeff It is likely that you are already online so this may not help. I am running 10.0 Official and have had my problems. Do not call the help line the people who answer that line know nothing about computers and have a computer program based on M$ so IMHO they are worse than nothing. My problem was resolved as a username password problem which you cannot set unless you can contact yahoo. I would suggest that you call DSL Maint @ 1-877-274-6275 Ext. 7202 or 6228. They know their system and are helpful altho they dont know linux. -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Thanks a lot for all your help. I'll give it a try when I come back from my holiday. Thanks again. -Henriette <-Original Message-> >From: Kaj Haulrich >Sent: 7/16/2004 11:17:48 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG > >On Friday 16 July 2004 21:56, Henriette Holm wrote: >> Now here comes the silly question (since I've never touched the >> kernel before). Do I just installed the rpm file and hope for the >> best, or? Step-by-step instructions, please :o) >> >> Thanks >> -Henriette >> >> >> <-Original Message-> >> >>From: Kaj Haulrich >>Sent: 7/16/2004 6:06:45 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [newbie] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG >> >>On Friday 16 July 2004 17:49, Kaj Haulrich wrote: >>> On Friday 16 July 2004 17:08, Henriette Holm wrote: Hi. Has anyone here any experience getting a Intel pro/wireless 2200BG to work under (Mandrake 10) linux? Apparently it's only suppose to work with a 2.6.4+ kernel (see link below) and since I'm running a 2.6.3-something kernel I probably need to do something about this - help please. -Henriette http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> Eventually, you can install Thomas Backlund's kernel 2.6.4. >>> Can't remember where it is right now, but google is your >>> friend. >>> >>> HTH >>> Kaj Haulrich. >> >>Sorry to repost to my above answer, but here it is : >> >>http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/10.0/contrib/i586/kernel-t >>mb-2.6. >> >> 4-1.tmb.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586.html >> > >Henriette, there are no silly questions on this list. > >The beauty of "urpmi" makes it a snap to install a new kernel : > >1. Download the kernel you want form the above URL into some >directory,i.e. /home/henriette/downloads/kernel-2.6.4.blahblahblah.rpm >2. Open a terminal (console), and type : su >3. Give your root password. The prompt should change to # >4. Type : cd /home/henriette/downloads >5. Type : urpmi kernel(now, hit TAB) and check if it is the kernel >you want. If correct, hit ENTER >6. Relax and watch all the hashes (##) >7. When the prompt reappears, you are done. > >Now you have a new kernel alongside your old one(s), thus giving you >a choice at boot-time. If you want your new kernel as default when >booting your system, proceed as follows : > >8. Still as root in the terminal, type : mcedit /etc/lilo.conf >(if you don't have mc (Midnight Commander) installed, use any text >editor of your liking, as root) >9. Scroll down, and take an exact note of your new kernels label >10. Scroll up again, and edit the *default* stanza to your new >kernels label. >11. Save your changes (in mc, press F2) >12. Exit your text editor (im mc press F10) >13. Still in the terminal (as root), type : lilo >14. Check the * (asterisk) at default (new kernel). >15. Type : exit (to become Henriette again) >16. Type : exit (to leave the terminal) >17. Reboot. > >If all this is too obvious, I apologize : It is hard to know your >level of experience, but after all : this is a newbie list. > >HTH >Kaj Haulrich. >-- >*sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* >*http://haulrich.net* >*Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7*
[newbie] BitTorrent
Hi all, I want to start exploring BitTorrent. What client and/or setup do you recommend for mdk 10.0? Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] import ms fonts?
- Original Message - From: John Layt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:32:40 +1200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] import ms fonts? On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:21, Angus Auld wrote: Hi everyone, I finally have installed Mdk10.0, and I'm in the process of getting things set up the way I would like. Thus far, I haven't encountered too many bumps, and I am quite impressed. One thing I would like to ask the list however; is there any way to import my ms fonts from my dual-boot xp all in one step, like in previous versions of Mdk? Can I just copy and paste my fonts from ms to Mdk? The automated process that Mdk had was so easy. TIA for your time and any feedback on this. Best regards. --Angus I have old Texstar rpms from 9.1 containing the MS core fonts, not sure if he still has it posted at http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ but you could do a google for msfonts-1.2.1-2tex.noarch.rpm and msfonts-style-1.2.1-2tex.noarch.rpm which could be floating around somewhere... John. * Thanks to everyone who replied. I installed the Texstar rpms, and now have ms fonts available. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 10.0~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cdrom4 woes
Greetings all,
I am stumped as to how to get around the insert cdrom4
message when I try to install some softwares with rpmdrake.
I do not have cdrom4, and therefore cannot insert it. Is there
some way to get around this??
Google hasn't been a lot of help.
I tried disabling cdrom4 in software manager, and that didn't help.
I also tried using urpmi --excludemedia cdrom4 {package name},
but that proved fruitless as well. :-((
I am a bit less than impressed.
What am I missing?
Many TIA's for any feedback on this.
Best regards.
--Angus
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around
in awareness. -- James Thurber
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Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
On Sunday 18 Jul 2004 14:32, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings all, I am stumped as to how to get around the insert cdrom4 message when I try to install some softwares with rpmdrake. There is a 4 CD pack for members of Mandrake's website... Otherwise everyone else has a 3 CD pack HTH Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Link to Charles Edwards site please?
I don't know how it happened, but I've managed to lose the URL for Charles Edwards's RPM site. Would someone be kind enough to send it along? TIA Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Link to Charles Edwards site please?
Lanman wrote: I don't know how it happened, but I've managed to lose the URL for Charles Edwards's RPM site. Would someone be kind enough to send it along? TIA Lanman Thanks, I found it ! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Link to Charles Edwards site please?
On Sunday 18 July 2004 11:38 am, Lanman wrote: -Lanman wrote: - I don't know how it happened, but I've managed to lose the URL for - Charles Edwards's RPM site. Would someone be kind enough to send it along? - - TIA - - Lanman - -Thanks, I found it ! - -Lanman and just for the archives, a quick search on Google for Charles Edwards will bring up his site (as well as some other interesting CE stuff). :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Updates
Newly updated for Mdk 10.0 bogofilter-0.92.2-0.1mdk.i586.rpm freelords-0.3.3-0.1mdk.i586.rpm gaim-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gaim-festival-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gaim-perl-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gaim-tcl-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gimp2_0-2.0.3-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gimp2_0-python-2.0.3-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm libgaim-remote0-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm libgaim-remote0-devel-0.80-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm libgimp2.0_0-2.0.3-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm libgimp2.0-devel-2.0.3-0.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm Charles -- Earth Destroyed by Solar Flare -- film clips at eleven. -- Mandrake Linux 10.0 on BigBoy #184142 Registered Linux user #182463 *http://www.eslrahc.com* 2.6.5-1.tmb.6mdkenterprise -- pgpLiXMESkOZ7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 July 2004 08:25 am, Todd Slater wrote: snip Josenildo, are you talking about installing Mandrake in general or Balsa in particular? I installed 10.0 without a hitch, but there were many apps i wanted to install that were on cd 4, so urpmi didn't work. I did eventually find what I was looking for online, it just wasn't as convenient as urpmi. Todd Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. are still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The exception is Club packages, you're on your own for those. Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from the list of package sources and add a main and a contrib source from one of the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the package you want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff available from the disks. The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs recently were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. The new LG was trash. It happens. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 09:14:33 up 7:00, 0 users, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00 If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+psRZqvqlrLPr5YRAmu/AJ9TKqZxEa6cnQyj5ryViWqpIxnonwCfTSGl U0kLp66cp6y8ErMCZCh2TCw= =ITF/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Link to Charles Edwards site please?
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 18 July 2004 11:38 am, Lanman wrote: -Lanman wrote: - I don't know how it happened, but I've managed to lose the URL for - Charles Edwards's RPM site. Would someone be kind enough to send it along? - - TIA - - Lanman - -Thanks, I found it ! - -Lanman and just for the archives, a quick search on Google for Charles Edwards will bring up his site (as well as some other interesting CE stuff). :-) Thanks Ron. That's how I found it. Should have thought of that before sending the post. DoH! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:43:00 -0400, Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Try this. Mandrake 10.X carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.15cnc5-4mdk.i586.rpm I think apt-get is part of this package. I found the package by doing a search at http://rpm.pbone.net/ Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Link to Charles Edwards site please?
On Sunday 18 July 2004 12:01 pm, Lanman wrote: -Thanks Ron. That's how I found it. Should have thought of that before -sending the post. DoH! - -Lanman Don't even mention it Lanman, if I had a dollar for every doh moment I've pulled...well...I wouldn't be on this list talking to you - I'd be on some sunny beach, surrounded by bikini clad babes, tossing off brewskis. :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] little OT gimp question
On Sunday 18 July 2004 06:50 am, Thereidos wrote: Silly to ask but have anyone tried to move a layer around the canvas in gimp? I cannot find the way to do that... help :) There is a Gimp muser Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Jul 18, 2004, at 10:54, Eric Jackson wrote: On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:43:00 -0400, Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Try this. Mandrake 10.X carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/ 10.0/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.15cnc5-4mdk.i586.rpm I think apt-get is part of this package. I found the package by doing a search at http://rpm.pbone.net/ What is the advantage apt-get has over urpm*? I used it only for a short amount of time on Debian and as far as I can tell, the urpm* suite of programs seem to be equivalent to apt-get. But as I said, I am not fluent when it comes to apt-get. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
Avi Schwartz wrote: On Jul 18, 2004, at 10:54, Eric Jackson wrote: On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:43:00 -0400, Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Try this. Mandrake 10.X carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/ 10.0/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.15cnc5-4mdk.i586.rpm I think apt-get is part of this package. I found the package by doing a search at http://rpm.pbone.net/ What is the advantage apt-get has over urpm*? I used it only for a short amount of time on Debian and as far as I can tell, the urpm* suite of programs seem to be equivalent to apt-get. But as I said, I am not fluent when it comes to apt-get. Avi Just trying an experiment, that's all. I like to play and see how easy it is to break my test system. Just my idea of a Good Time. Go Figure! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Grip on Mandrake 10
Hi Folks Whats the setup to get Grip to rip CDs to MP3? At the moment I've got the encoding setup to oggenc because all the others wont work :( Others tried are: gogo, mp3encode, xingmp3enc, l3enc, lame, bladeenc For mp3encode for example I've got the following settings Encoder Command Line: -p 2 -l 3 -b %b %w %m Encoder File Format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%t_%n.ogg If it's encoding to MP3 surely the extention of the file format should be mp3 not ogg? The error message I get is Invalid Encoder Executable Check your encoder config Which is where I am stuck. Help! Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Grip on Mandrake 10
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:10:20PM +0100, SME Server Admin wrote: Hi Folks Whats the setup to get Grip to rip CDs to MP3? At the moment I've got the encoding setup to oggenc because all the others wont work :( Others tried are: gogo, mp3encode, xingmp3enc, l3enc, lame, bladeenc For mp3encode for example I've got the following settings Encoder Command Line: -p 2 -l 3 -b %b %w %m Encoder File Format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%t_%n.ogg If it's encoding to MP3 surely the extention of the file format should be mp3 not ogg? The error message I get is Invalid Encoder Executable Check your encoder config Which is where I am stuck. Help! Elwyn MandrakeSoft can't package mp3 encoders due to licensing restrictions, so you'll have to download and install an mp3 encoder like lame. If you add plf to your urpmi sources I think you can get lame and other mp3 encoders. If you don't need the tunes for a portable player, I'd recommend sticking with ogg anyway; it's better and free. Todd -- Name that tune #2: Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS Wants The Skin Off Our Backs!!
John Wilson wrote: On July 17, 2004 06:24 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Thursday 15 Jul 2004 8:03 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On July 15, 2004 12:51, Graham Watkins wrote: Literally http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1254911,00.html At least they haven't (yet) started trying to use our bodies to generate power ;^). When they're granted a patent on that, I'll start getting nervous. The patent says the body could generate the power needed to run its various attached devices in a similar way to self-winding watches. snippity snip snip Try to take the things off and you'll find that all those doors that open automatically by pushing them (bank, office, home) don't work any more, because they aren't reading a password from your cyber-ware. Even more worrying you're locked out of the bathroom just as you need desperately need it. Or, worse, you're locked in after. Of course such things don't take into account playful house cats, kittens or puppies. Nor do they do much for those of us who work in trades where our skin and clothes are often subject to dirt, grime, grease, hammers, slivers, direct sunlight and electricity. I'm just trying to think of what this device would do after I've been jolted by ringing generator while working on someone's phone line. Fine for suits in clean rooms but probably pretty useless to the rest of us. ttfn John You guys all seem sure that MS actually plan to release a product based on this.. I'd say that is unlikely. I also think it will be thrown out the first time it is challanged, they didn't even difine a method by which the data or power is transfered. no protocols, no schemas, nothing. all they patented was an idea I'd say they are likely to try and sit on it, and later one when someone else does all the work, there will be MS, holding out their hands. Thats the way the IP industry is corrupted nowdays.. and you think MS would be any different? rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] little OT gimp question
On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 23:50, Thereidos wrote: Silly to ask but have anyone tried to move a layer around the canvas in gimp? I cannot find the way to do that... help :) I choose the layer in the navigation window and then can hover the mouse over the bit you want to move around (say, for instance, text) and I'm able to do it like that...or do you mean move an entire layer that is the image size? stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products Arthur felt at a bit of a loss. There was a whole Galaxy of stuff out there for him, and he wondered if it was churlish of him to complain to himself that it lacked just two things: the world he was born on and the woman he loved. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT? Running compiled kicker applets?
On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 23:58, hackhound wrote: I just downloaded a applet called Webklip (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=13241), compiled it, and installed it. I assume that after restarting X-windows it should show up in the 'Add Applet menu' when I right-click on Kicker, but it does not. What am I missing? Thanks, Hackhound Sometimes with some apps, I've had to run: export KDE_DIR=/usr ./configure --prefix=/usr ...where did the binary end up going? stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. -- B. Franklin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
- Original Message - From: Charlie Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 09:45:21 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 July 2004 08:25 am, Todd Slater wrote: snip Josenildo, are you talking about installing Mandrake in general or Balsa in particular? I installed 10.0 without a hitch, but there were many apps i wanted to install that were on cd 4, so urpmi didn't work. I did eventually find what I was looking for online, it just wasn't as convenient as urpmi. Todd Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. are still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The exception is Club packages, you're on your own for those. Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from the list of package sources and add a main and a contrib source from one of the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the package you want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff available from the disks. The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs recently were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. The new LG was trash. It happens. Regards; Charlie *** Hey Charlie, thanks for the info. I just noted what you say to be the case indeed. I was trying to install eslrahc.com's k3b package and rpmdrake told me it couldn't unless I inserted cdrom4. It needed libid3_3.8_3-3.8.3-6mdk, which it wanted cdrom4 to access. I searched a main source mirror, and guess what?..there was the libid3 I needed. Go figure. Do the main mirrors have all of the packages from all 4 cd's? Regardstake care. --Angus PS. I recently purchased a LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. :-|| Mine seems to be working OK for my purposes though. Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 10.0~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 July 2004 12:23 pm, Angus Auld wrote: chomp Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. are still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The exception is Club packages, you're on your own for those. Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from the list of package sources and add a main and a contrib source from one of the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the package you want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff available from the disks. The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs recently were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. The new LG was trash. It happens. Hey Charlie, thanks for the info. I just noted what you say to be the case indeed. I was trying to install eslrahc.com's k3b package and rpmdrake told me it couldn't unless I inserted cdrom4. It needed libid3_3.8_3-3.8.3-6mdk, which it wanted cdrom4 to access. I searched a main source mirror, and guess what?..there was the libid3 I needed. Go figure. Amazing how that works isn't it? g It's easy to add Charles site, just click the link in his signature, pick your version and follow his easy urpmi add instructions. His link is: http://www.eslrahc.com/ Do the main mirrors have all of the packages from all 4 cd's? Regardstake care. Since Mandrake Linux is intended to be *totally* GPL compliant yes. The only exceptions are driver and evaluation packages on the power pack Cd's. Those are generally binary only. There are actually more toys available from the main and contrib sources than the 4 disk download editions or the power packs anyway. I have a copy of the 10.0 Official tree on one hard drive. Including updates but excluding the ISOs it's 6.7 GB total. I just used it with the boot.iso from the images directory to install the system I'm writing this on. Slicker than greased owl $h!t. Fast too. g Think about _that_ next time you wonder which has more packages. (-: Just kidding Angus. Peace; Charlie PS. I recently purchased a LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. :-|| Mine seems to be working OK for my purposes though. Since the price is right for those drives I'll keep using them. I just got one bad one out of roughly the last 30 to 40 that I've used. Mass production and Murphy's law in operation. Still that's the first bad one I've had since they were first available locally. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 12:36:53 up 10:22, 0 users, load average: 3.62, 3.20, 3.03 Information Center, n.: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is to tell you why you cannot have the information you require. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+sZnZqvqlrLPr5YRAjyVAJ92uJOBbvIZRGfrxlzCAFz2olwU/QCgl6mN IwqMcSScb88DME6oinnsmcA= =Klbd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Grip on Mandrake 10
On Sunday 18 Jul 2004 18:47, Todd Slater wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:10:20PM +0100, SME Server Admin wrote: Hi Folks Whats the setup to get Grip to rip CDs to MP3? MandrakeSoft can't package mp3 encoders due to licensing restrictions, so you'll have to download and install an mp3 encoder like lame. If you add plf to your urpmi sources I think you can get lame and other mp3 encoders. Ahh, I see :) Thanks for telling me... If you don't need the tunes for a portable player, I'd recommend sticking with ogg anyway; it's better and free. Todd Ok. Winamp can cope with OGG can't it?!? Down the line I'm planning on getting an iRiver HP 120/130/140 whatever and that does OGG Cheers Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] little OT gimp question
Dnia nie 18. lipca 2004 20:13, Stephen Kuhn napisa: On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 23:50, Thereidos wrote: Silly to ask but have anyone tried to move a layer around the canvas in gimp? I cannot find the way to do that... help :) I choose the layer in the navigation window and then can hover the mouse over the bit you want to move around (say, for instance, text) and I'm able to do it like that...or do you mean move an entire layer that is the image size? I meant moving any layer, may it be image size, bigger or smaller... Anyway thanks.. I think I'll go for Josenildo's 'M' button.. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Can't find RealPlayer
On Monday 05 July 2004 12:14, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 23:00, Thomas Ewald wrote: Mandrake 10.0 had the smoothest installation of any distro of Linux I've used. I'm really happy with it. I tried installing RealPlayer, and the system says it's installed, but I can't find it anywhere, and the browser doesn't acknowledge it. Does anyone know where that puppy would be hiding? Thanks, Tom Ewald Detroit area It SHOULD be somewhere in your menus - but if not, just open a term and type: realplay ...that should fire it up...and if so, then you can manually edit the menus and add it Look under Multimedia Video -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Xmms crashes
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 08 July 2004 01:24 pm, C. Tresenriter wrote: I'd thought it had something to do with the Arts soundwrapper - which I remember solved another problem in the past but removing it from the xmms info in the menu tool didn't help. Seems like I resolved this in an earlier version of MDK but I'm coming up blank this time. Does this behavior sound familiar to anyone? Yes. Install the xmms-aRts plugin and open up xmms, go to Options, preferences and under output plugins, select the newly installed Arts plugin. Change the buffering to your desire and you should be good to go. This worked for me :) -- John Zoetebier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Grip on Mandrake 10
On Sunday 18 July 2004 10:10 am, SME Server Admin wrote: Hi Folks Whats the setup to get Grip to rip CDs to MP3? At the moment I've got the encoding setup to oggenc because all the others wont work :( Others tried are: gogo, mp3encode, xingmp3enc, l3enc, lame, bladeenc For mp3encode for example I've got the following settings Encoder Command Line: -p 2 -l 3 -b %b %w %m Encoder File Format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%t_%n.ogg If it's encoding to MP3 surely the extention of the file format should be mp3 not ogg? The error message I get is Invalid Encoder Executable Check your encoder config Which is where I am stuck. Help! Elwyn ! do you have lame installed if not do you have plf as a urpmi source if you do then as root # urpmi lame otherwise go to http://freshmeat.net/projects/lame/ and get the tarball afterinstalling run updatedb and update-menus (as root) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
I did a bad, bad thing, and I'm hoping that someone can help me with it. I used Partition Commander to wipe out the Mandrake 9.1 partition on my secondary's machine's hard drive, then gave all of the free space to Windows [not to worry; it's a gaming machine. My primary box is still blissfully MS-free. ;) ]. The problem is that now Windows won't boot. I didn't restore my Windows bootloader beforehand, and when I try to do so now (the only way I know how, from the utility provided by the Mandrake 9.1 installation CD), I can only get so far in the process before Mandrake setup stops being able to read from the CD-ROM drive. So when I turn on the machine, I get this: grub I have no idea what do do with that. And without a /boot/grub/menu.lst, grub has no idea, either. I've been through all the help that grub provides, and none of it suggests an obvious solution. Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. Marv -- Help in the research to fight devastating diseases like Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's-- donate your computer's leisure time to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT? Running compiled kicker applets?
I've fixed the problem with the --prefix=/usr option in configuration. If I remember correctly, the binary ended up in /usr/local/share or something. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
Marv Boyes wrote: I did a bad, bad thing, and I'm hoping that someone can help me with it. I used Partition Commander to wipe out the Mandrake 9.1 partition on my secondary's machine's hard drive, then gave all of the free space to Windows [not to worry; it's a gaming machine. My primary box is still blissfully MS-free. ;) ]. The problem is that now Windows won't boot. I didn't restore my Windows bootloader beforehand, and when I try to do so now (the only way I know how, from the utility provided by the Mandrake 9.1 installation CD), I can only get so far in the process before Mandrake setup stops being able to read from the CD-ROM drive. So when I turn on the machine, I get this: grub I have no idea what do do with that. And without a /boot/grub/menu.lst, grub has no idea, either. I've been through all the help that grub provides, and none of it suggests an obvious solution. Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. Marv Try booting to DOS, and run fdisk /mbr and see if that fixes it. (Undocumented option in DOS fdisk to restore the Master Boot Record.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
On Sunday 18 July 2004 23:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Marv Boyes wrote: I did a bad, bad thing, and I'm hoping that someone can help me with it. I used Partition Commander to wipe out the Mandrake 9.1 partition on my secondary's machine's hard drive, then gave all of the free space to Windows [not to worry; it's a gaming machine. My primary box is still blissfully MS-free. ;) ]. The problem is that now Windows won't boot. I didn't restore my Windows bootloader beforehand, and when I try to do so now (the only way I know how, from the utility provided by the Mandrake 9.1 installation CD), I can only get so far in the process before Mandrake setup stops being able to read from the CD-ROM drive. So when I turn on the machine, I get this: grub I have no idea what do do with that. And without a /boot/grub/menu.lst, grub has no idea, either. I've been through all the help that grub provides, and none of it suggests an obvious solution. Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. Marv Try booting to DOS, and run fdisk /mbr and see if that fixes it. (Undocumented option in DOS fdisk to restore the Master Boot Record.) Mikkel ...and if you can't even get into DOS, get a Windows rescue diskette from someone, boot from it and type : FDISK /MBR or look here : http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] x-mplayer2
_nasturtium wrote: Thanks, _nasturtium. I have just installed KMPlayer, but the problem persists at the problematic site: http://www.tsf.sapo.pt/online/primeira/default.asp I cannot hear anything at the site above. Does KMPlayer work on any other sites (if not, do you see the embedded player)? Also, does downloading the file and playing it with KMPlayer or mplayer work? _nasturtium, I have not been able to have KMPlayer working on any other sites. However, it plays the mp3 files in my hard disk. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
On Sunday 18 July 2004 03:29 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: | On Sunday 18 July 2004 23:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: | Marv Boyes wrote: | I did a bad, bad thing, and I'm hoping that someone can help me | with it. | | I used Partition Commander to wipe out the Mandrake 9.1 | partition on my secondary's machine's hard drive, then gave all | of the free space to Windows [not to worry; it's a gaming | machine. My primary box is still blissfully MS-free. ;) ]. | | The problem is that now Windows won't boot. I didn't restore my | Windows bootloader beforehand, and when I try to do so now (the | only way I know how, from the utility provided by the Mandrake | 9.1 installation CD), I can only get so far in the process | before Mandrake setup stops being able to read from the CD-ROM | drive. So when I turn on the machine, I get this: | | grub | | I have no idea what do do with that. And without a | /boot/grub/menu.lst, grub has no idea, either. I've been | through all the help that grub provides, and none of it | suggests an obvious solution. | | Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- | as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? | Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in | advance. | | Marv | | Try booting to DOS, and run fdisk /mbr and see if that fixes | it. (Undocumented option in DOS fdisk to restore the Master Boot | Record.) | | Mikkel | | ...and if you can't even get into DOS, get a Windows rescue diskette | from someone, boot from it and type : FDISK /MBR | | or look here : http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm | | HTH | Kaj Haulrich. http://www.bootdisk.com However, if you do go the re-install route, it shouldn't hurt anything--as long as you don't format the hd. . A simple install over a previous copy of Windows is one way to repair a fubar'd Win system. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
On Sunday 18 July 2004 05:44 pm, Marv Boyes wrote: Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. You didn't mention which version of windows you are running. WinXP, 2K, NT - Boot from the Windows CD, Choose Rescue mode and go to console. Type fixmbr and allow it to recreate the windows bootloader. Remove CD and restart. Win98, ME, and other 16 bit versions, Boot from the CD or boot floppy, get to a command prompt and type fdisk /mbr (IIRC) and that should recreate the windows boot sector on the hard drive. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning: SOLVED
Everything's cool. ;) You see, the _real_ reason I panicked is that I was certain I didn't have a WinMe (the version, BTW-- sorry I didn't specify) boot floppy anywhere. Or if I did, there was no telling in which cardboard box of other woefully obsolete stuff it ended up in. As it turns out, there was a dusty old boot floppy in a box of diskettes in my bottom desk drawer. Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat. Thanks for your help everyone. Here's hoping I don't post another Windows-related question in here for a very long time. ;) Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 18 July 2004 05:44 pm, Marv Boyes wrote: Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. You didn't mention which version of windows you are running. WinXP, 2K, NT - Boot from the Windows CD, Choose Rescue mode and go to console. Type fixmbr and allow it to recreate the windows bootloader. Remove CD and restart. Win98, ME, and other 16 bit versions, Boot from the CD or boot floppy, get to a command prompt and type fdisk /mbr (IIRC) and that should recreate the windows boot sector on the hard drive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Help in the research to fight devastating diseases like Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's-- donate your computer's leisure time to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning
On Sunday 18 July 2004 05:53 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: snip Try booting to DOS, and run fdisk /mbr and see if that fixes it. (Undocumented option in DOS fdisk to restore the Master Boot Record.) Mikkel Mikkel: I believe that in the newer versions of Windows the command is now fixmbr. The new name is yet another Microsoft innovation aimed at improving the user experience; less keystrokes, and no more searches for that pesky / thing. Ah, progress. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Fw: Fw: Abbott Costello buy a computer
Begin forwarded message: A clever parody of Abbott and Costello's famous sketch Who's on first? Costello calls to buy a computer from Abbott .. ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou. ABBOTT: Your computer? COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou. ABBOTT: What about Windows? COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here? ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows? COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows? ABBOTT: Wallpaper. COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software. ABBOTT: Software for Windows? COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything? ABBOTT: I just did. COSTELLO: You just did what? ABBOTT: Recommend something. COSTELLO: You recommended something? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: For my office? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yes, for my office! ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows. COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, lets just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need? ABBOTT: Word. COSTELLO: What word? ABBOTT: Word in Office. COSTELLO: The only word in office is office. ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows. COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows? ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue W. COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue w if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet? ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One. COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need! ABBOTT: Real One. COSTELLO: If it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 4. Can I watch them? ABBOTT: Of course. COSTELLO: Great! With what? ABBOTT: Real One. COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do? ABBOTT: You click the blue 1 . COSTELLO: I click the blue one what? ABBOTT: The blue 1. COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w? ABBOTT: The blue 1 is Real One and the blue W is Word. COSTELLO: What word? ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows. COSTELLO: But there's three words in office for windows! ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world. COSTELLO: It is? ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there. COSTELLO: And that word is real one? ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office. COSTELLO: STOP! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: I need money to track my money? ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer? ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge. COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much? ABBOTT: One copy. COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money? ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money. COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money? ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT! A FEW DAYS LATER...AFTER COSTELLO BUYS A COMPUTER: ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off? ABBOTT: Click on START. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 21:46:06 up 4 days, 13:59, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.11, 0.06 +++ Rule $19.99 (Brad `Squid' Shapcott): The Internet *isn't* *free*. It just has an economy that makes no sense to capitalism. ---BeginMessage--- Title: FW: Abbott & Costello buy a computer Pretty cool Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's infamous sketch "Who's on first?" might have turned out something like this Costello calls to buy a computer from Abbott ... ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou. ABBOTT: Your computer? COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou. ABBOTT: What about Windows? COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here? ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows? COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows? ABBOTT: Wallpaper. COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Sunday 18 July 2004 12:13 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: What is the advantage apt-get has over urpm*? I used it only for a short amount of time on Debian and as far as I can tell, the urpm* suite of programs seem to be equivalent to apt-get. But as I said, I am not fluent when it comes to apt-get. On the command line, the differences are minimal IMO, but there is a large group of people that prefer the gui frontend called synaptic. I am speaking for them here, but they prefer the integrated functionality as opposed to the simple approach taken by rpmdrake. Personally, it doesn't much matter to me because I work primarily from the command line now, but as they say, difernt strokes for difernt folks. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Noob question of the day
EH So, if i have xinetd and sshd running, is that duplicating EH services? Only if your xinetd configuration has sshd enabled under xinetd. If not, you can run xinetd and sshd simultaneously (since, like I said, xinetd is basically just a wrapper for services, and if sshd isn't enabled, it won't be served) EH Or does xinetd intercept calls and then pass them to sshd? Yes, xinetd does intercept incoming connections and passes them to the *xinetd* version of sshd. If you have a standalone version of sshd running, it won't get the connections that are accepted by xinetd. I know this is confusing, but just remember that you can have multiple instances of the same server daemon running (think of it as multiple web browser windows open at the same time). Ok. I just turned xinetd off, and everything stillseems to be working... Thanks for the rundown. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Big troubles after re-partitioning: SOLVED
Hey Marv, I haven't followed the thread so don't know what help you have been given. However the follwing website may help for the future: http://www.shaneo.com/bootdisks Regards, Phil On July 18, 2004 20:02, Marv Boyes wrote: Everything's cool. ;) You see, the _real_ reason I panicked is that I was certain I didn't have a WinMe (the version, BTW-- sorry I didn't specify) boot floppy anywhere. Or if I did, there was no telling in which cardboard box of other woefully obsolete stuff it ended up in. As it turns out, there was a dusty old boot floppy in a box of diskettes in my bottom desk drawer. Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat. Thanks for your help everyone. Here's hoping I don't post another Windows-related question in here for a very long time. ;) Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 18 July 2004 05:44 pm, Marv Boyes wrote: Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. You didn't mention which version of windows you are running. WinXP, 2K, NT - Boot from the Windows CD, Choose Rescue mode and go to console. Type fixmbr and allow it to recreate the windows bootloader. Remove CD and restart. Win98, ME, and other 16 bit versions, Boot from the CD or boot floppy, get to a command prompt and type fdisk /mbr (IIRC) and that should recreate the windows boot sector on the hard drive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] same problem in mdk 10
Hi All, Just install Mandrake-10.0. Everything went OK without any kind of problem. Lots of improvement in graphic. Love it for that! KDE is going candy style IMHO. I've been always been a good GNOME Desktop guy. Except only that it have the same problem as in Mandrake-9.2. This problem is that I can't cycle my application windows with 'Alt-Tab'.I see that it's config automatically. If anybody is using GNOME Desktop in Mandrake-10.0, can you please tell me if you have the same problem or how can you fix it. TIA. PS. Congratulation for the Mandrake Team. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Noob question of the day
HB Ok I don't pretend to understand but mine are different can you explain HB the relevance: HB [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ nmap localhost -p 0-65535 HB WARNING: Scanning port 0 is supported, but unusual. HB Starting nmap 3.50 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-07-17 08:26 HB CDT HB Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1): HB (The 65528 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) HB PORT STATE SERVICE HB 25/tcpopen smtp HB 111/tcp open rpcbind HB 631/tcp open ipp HB 783/tcp open hp-alarm-mgr HB 921/tcp open unknown HB 6000/tcp open X11 HB 10026/tcp open unknown HB 32768/tcp open unknown Hi Hoyt, nmap is a tool that scans open ports on your (or someone else's computer). As a quick refresher, these tcp ports are how other people access your computer's services (and how you access other's. For example, when you open a web browser to www.cisco.com, the browser is connection to port 80 of www.cisco.com, which is the HTTP port. I asked for this information to find out why exactly he couldn't get there. THis information is useful to you too, however. For instance, you have port 25 open, which means that you are probably running a mail server such as postfix or sendmail (postfix is a default service in a default mandrake install). You also are running an X server (which is your KDE desktop), you are running CUPS (a print server, as indicated by port 631 (internet printing protocol) being open. __ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [newbie] SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 18 July 2004 01:56 am, Carl J. Bauman wrote: -Okay, this is in the Boy, do I feel stupid category. I was plugging -it into a front-of-the-case USB slot and I guess I didn't hook it up -correctly when I installed the mobo in this case. After reading your -response, I tried one of the rear onboard slots and it works fine. Oh, -well. Sorry I wasted everybody's time... - -Thanks, -Carl Sometimes (like my Soyo Dragon Plus) you also have to turn it on in BIOS and/or hardware jumper on the motherboard itself. Well, thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt, but I'm pretty sure I just didn't get all of the little wires from the case hooked up to the right pins on the board. The case cable for the front USB slots has individual leads for each USB pin on the board and I have big fingers and bad eyes. It wouldn't be the first time I've screwed up on the detail work. I haven't had time to actually crack open the box and look at it but I did check the BIOS and everything seems to be enabled there. The mobo manual doesn't indicate any hardware jumpers. Thanks again, Carl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Setting up CPAN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For instance, the site tells me that I should do this: cpan makepl_arg: LIB=/path/to/my/site_perl but I don't know what Mandrake 10's /path/to/my/site_perl should be. You should be able to determine the path to your installations site_perl directory by issuing the following at the command line: $ perl -V | tail -20 On my Mandrake 10.0 Official installation I get: Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT Built under linux Compiled at Feb 3 2004 13:50:20 @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl . In my case, my site_perl directory is /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl. HTH, Carl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Blank LogDrake Mail Alerts
I asked about this 3 days ago and got one response which didn't help. Every hour, about 24 times a day (though some are skipped), I'm getting an email which says it's a logDrake Mail Alert in the subject. The body of the email has the date and time. There is no other information. Is it trying to tell me something? If not, how do I disable this? Isn't there supposed to be some text telling what the alert is about? Here was the latest: =-=-= *** Sun Jul 18 22:01:00 PDT 2004 *** =-=-= As someone else pointed out, I already have a clock on my screen, so I don't need an email bulletin of the time. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
