Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Hoyt Bailey wrote: Now, a launcher that would fire old CD's at 1000 FPS and 300 rounds per minute would be a *gas*. If CD's have any metal in them, couldn't you even build like a CD railgun? Heh. Look out Bill, yer about to feel the pain you've inflicted on others oh these many years... Aerodynamicaly unstable like windows. Maybe one disc, but if you clue a set of 5 together, they're a bit stronger. Just drop em on a clay stud launcher and yell "Pull". I think that's not only more fun, but also a bit more challenging then have 'm at a direct aim in front of you. 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
Carroll Grigsby wrote: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. snip Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) ;-) What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in the microwave? -- cmg I don't waste my microwave oven (and the enegry required) on that! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!
> > Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to > > visualise where all your drive space is being consumed. > > > > (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl > > says "This is Unix. I can use this!" and then flies through a 3D > > visualisation of a file system.) > That is way cool!. Apparently (too bad) it only allows you to > 'visualize' your file system, you can't actually do any operations > on the file(s)/system though. There is also kdirstat, which is not 3D but does let you delete things (and maybe look into, not sure). 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 07:30 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 > > Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: > > > > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > > >>> > > >>> snip > > > > > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the > > > environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) > > > ;-) > > > > What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in > > the microwave? > > ...doesn't fulfill the ultimate purpose of popping off a few rounds > from a great big gun, which is of course to compensate for > below-average physical characteristics in certain areas ;-) > > Now, a launcher that would fire old CD's at 1000 FPS and 300 rounds > per minute would be a *gas*. If CD's have any metal in them, > couldn't you even build like a CD railgun? Heh. Look out Bill, yer > about to feel the pain you've inflicted on others oh these many > years... Aerodynamicaly unstable like windows. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User $363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 20:30, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 > Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: > > > > > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > > > > >>> snip > > > > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment > > > (the M$ crap not the target practice) > > > ;-) > > > > What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in the > > microwave? > > ...doesn't fulfill the ultimate purpose of popping off a few rounds from a great > big gun, which is of course to compensate for below-average physical > characteristics in certain areas ;-) So you've been running around examining or taking samples? It's about time you came out of the closet. It's all starting to make sense now. > > Now, a launcher that would fire old CD's at 1000 FPS and 300 rounds per minute > would be a *gas*. If CD's have any metal in them, couldn't you even build like a > CD railgun? Heh. Look out Bill, yer about to feel the pain you've inflicted on > others oh these many years... If we extrapolate your original premise, then by your own logic your preference for a railgun means you are "outgunned" by the gun owners in the "certain physical characteristics" category. Tongue in cheek alert for the comically impaired. :) LX 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: > > > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > > >>> snip > > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment > > (the M$ crap not the target practice) > > ;-) > > What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in the > microwave? ...doesn't fulfill the ultimate purpose of popping off a few rounds from a great big gun, which is of course to compensate for below-average physical characteristics in certain areas ;-) Now, a launcher that would fire old CD's at 1000 FPS and 300 rounds per minute would be a *gas*. If CD's have any metal in them, couldn't you even build like a CD railgun? Heh. Look out Bill, yer about to feel the pain you've inflicted on others oh these many years... -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:24:11 up 31 days, 20:09, 10 users, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.15 +++ "President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq. And when you make out that check, remember there are two L's in Halliburton." -- David Letterman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 07:07 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Saturday 04 September 2004 01:14 pm, Aron wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: > > > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > >>> > >>> snip > > > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the > > environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) > > ;-) > > What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in > the microwave? > -- cmg A waste of power besides shooting them sounds like fun. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User $363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 01:14 pm, Aron wrote: > On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: > > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. >>> snip > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment > (the M$ crap not the target practice) > ;-) What's wrong with the traditional practice of popping old CDs in the microwave? -- cmg 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 log in
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 02:47, Aron wrote: > How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Login as root. Once done, su to your user account: su aron (it won't ask for a password) Once done, type: passwd Enter a new password (or the old one) twice Exit from su, exit from the root login, login as yourself. -- 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 __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Department chairmen never die, they just lose their faculties. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for a WYSIWYG DocBook editor
Dear All Could you please advise me a good WYSIWYG DocBook editor? Thanks in advance, 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] Re: Specific software to write FAQs
Björn Lundin wrote: Is there some specific software to write FAQs? I think docbook has a questions and answers set I thank you, Björn, and all people who answered my question. 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] update installation
Martin Foster wrote: On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 12:25, john wrote: Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to one conflicting with the other. Since neither has installed, I don't see how they could conflict. It doesn't say which file so I am not sure which way to go from here. Would appreciate any help on this. Exactly the same happens when I try to install either of these packages too. The offending file is reported in the output from urpmi: -- 8< -- installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/cups-drivers-1.1-138.1.100mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...## Installation failed: file /usr/lib/cups/backend/mtink from install of cups-drivers-1.1-138.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package printer-utils-1.0-133mdk -- 8< -- Sorry I can't offer a solution. Solution: urpme cups-drivers printer-utils (to remove the old versions of both packages), then urpmi cups-drivers printer-utils (to install the new versions of both packages) 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 02:45 pm, aron Smith wrote: > On Saturday 04 September 2004 11:33 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: > We just finished a 3 month shutdown of our range You wouldnot > believe the amount of lead we recovered especially from the skeet > range > > > Kaj Haulrich. Yea expeced lead, steel, copper but how much windows cd crapO? -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User $363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] update installation
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 12:25, john wrote: > Hello > I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups > printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install > together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to > one conflicting with the other. Since neither has installed, I don't see > how they could conflict. It doesn't say which file so I am not sure > which way to go from here. Would appreciate any help on this. Exactly the same happens when I try to install either of these packages too. The offending file is reported in the output from urpmi: -- 8< -- installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/cups-drivers-1.1-138.1.100mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...## Installation failed: file /usr/lib/cups/backend/mtink from install of cups-drivers-1.1-138.1.100mdk conflicts with file from package printer-utils-1.0-133mdk -- 8< -- Sorry I can't offer a solution. -- Martin Registered Linux User #357086 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 11:33 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: > > > > Windows-CDs absorb coffee, Coke and beer almost as bad as > > > > wisdom. On the other hand, if you've never seen one of those > > > > CDs take a hit from a 7,62 mm rifle at 300 meters, try it. It > > > > is spectacular and gives you a warm, inner joy. > > > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the > > environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) > > ;-) > > Not on a shooting range, it doesn't. Those Windows-CDs had to end up > somewhere, eventually. Preferably in an incineration facility, > rather then in someones innocent computer. On a shooting range, > all debris, including brass jackets, lead and "fragmented" > Windows-CDs is incenerated, separated and re-used. Maybe > Windows-debris can get a new and better life as Linux-CDs ? We just finished a 3 month shutdown of our range You wouldnot believe the amount of lead we recovered especially from the skeet range > > Kaj Haulrich. 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: > > > > > > Windows-CDs absorb coffee, Coke and beer almost as bad as > > > wisdom. On the other hand, if you've never seen one of those > > > CDs take a hit from a 7,62 mm rifle at 300 meters, try it. It > > > is spectacular and gives you a warm, inner joy. > > Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the > environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) > ;-) Not on a shooting range, it doesn't. Those Windows-CDs had to end up somewhere, eventually. Preferably in an incineration facility, rather then in someones innocent computer. On a shooting range, all debris, including brass jackets, lead and "fragmented" Windows-CDs is incenerated, separated and re-used. Maybe Windows-debris can get a new and better life as Linux-CDs ? 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] Modem needed for UK Broadband
PM wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 18:35, John Richard Smith wrote: Much has been written on this thread about, Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem Netgear DM602 router/modem but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here in the uk. The model most often suggested is the, NETGEAR DG834 ADSL Firewall £52.17 £61.30 inc VAT Product Information Anyone got any experience with this model ? Does work well ? See http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1291 Interesting ! one report in that review said, "I have had one problem: every time my ISP renewed my IP address, the router failed to reconnect automaticaly and had to do it manually.It was really annoying since I am running a website behind the router, and this handicap compromised its stability.It turned out to be a firmware bug which was resolved after installing 1.03.07 firmware". Also, "A feature I miss is the SNMP support.There is no SNMP support at present for the DG834 nor it is previsted for the forthcoming firmware". What pray is SNMP support ? and is that important? I also note that DHCP can be turned off, if that should ever be important, cannot think when that would be,but maybe there are times when you need to do that. John 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 log in
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 09:51, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 5:47 pm, Aron wrote: > > How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? > > Unless you want to run a cracker program, you don't. It's a one-way > encryption. > > Far easier to change it. See "man passwd" > > On second thoughts, that is far too obscure. (Who writes those manual > pages?) > > Type >passwd > into a root console. Du-Oh thanks 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: > > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > > > > > > J or M Montgomery wrote: > > > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:04:39 +0200 > > > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>am. Fifthly, some years ago she used some Windows-installation > > > >> CDs for rifle practice, and now she wants to do do the same > > > >> with those "restore-CDs". > > > > > > > > There is a nice final solution to the MS crap. > > > > > > > > Take all of your Win Cds and make them as for a darts board. > > > > The rules subtract 25 points for each total miss and instant > > > > loss of game if you hit the center hole. Damage must be done > > > > in order to score points. > > > > > > > > When a winner is declared he/she gets the opportunity to boot > > > > boot the computer and reformat the HDD. If left at this point > > > > you could call it an uninstall party. Better though is to let > > > > a MS user install Mandrake and then you have an install party. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > John Montgomery > > > > Windows-CDs absorb coffee, Coke and beer almost as bad as wisdom. > > On the other hand, if you've never seen one of those CDs take a hit > > from a 7,62 mm rifle at 300 meters, try it. It is spectacular and > > gives you a warm, inner joy. Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) ;-) > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > I have a few wincds for target practise, I'll have to ask my brother > maybe he'll take me out plink'n some time ;> > > terry > > > Terry Golightly ... t_dot_golightly-at-verizon_dot_net ... Pittsburgh, > Pa > Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel > 2.6.3-15mdk-i686-up-4GB > 09:58:48 up 15 days, 17:28, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.17, 0.22 > > No friendship is so cordial or so delicious as that of girl for girl; no > hatred so intense or immovable as that of woman for woman. -- Landor > > > > __ > > 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
Re: [newbie] Can't log in
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 5:47 pm, Aron wrote: > How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Unless you want to run a cracker program, you don't. It's a one-way encryption. Far easier to change it. See "man passwd" On second thoughts, that is far too obscure. (Who writes those manual pages?) Type passwd into a root console. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 2:56 pm, Terence Golightly wrote: > On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 11:28, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to > > visualise where all your drive space is being consumed. > > > > (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl says > > "This is Unix. I can use this!" and then flies through a 3D > > visualisation of a file system.) > > > > derek > > Derek, > > That is way cool!. Apparently (too bad) it only allows you to > 'visualize' your file system, you can't actually do any operations on > the file(s)/system though. The application in Jurassic park does exist out there somewhere, can't remember what it's called now, and it doesn't let you do anything either. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Can't log in
How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? 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 - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: > > I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. > > > > J or M Montgomery wrote: > > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:04:39 +0200 > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>am. Fifthly, some years ago she used some Windows-installation > > >> CDs for rifle practice, and now she wants to do do the same > > >> with those "restore-CDs". > > > > > > There is a nice final solution to the MS crap. > > > > > > Take all of your Win Cds and make them as for a darts board. > > > The rules subtract 25 points for each total miss and instant > > > loss of game if you hit the center hole. Damage must be done > > > in order to score points. > > > > > > When a winner is declared he/she gets the opportunity to boot > > > boot the computer and reformat the HDD. If left at this point > > > you could call it an uninstall party. Better though is to let > > > a MS user install Mandrake and then you have an install party. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > John Montgomery > > Windows-CDs absorb coffee, Coke and beer almost as bad as wisdom. > On the other hand, if you've never seen one of those CDs take a hit > from a 7,62 mm rifle at 300 meters, try it. It is spectacular and > gives you a warm, inner joy. > > Kaj Haulrich. I have a few wincds for target practise, I'll have to ask my brother maybe he'll take me out plink'n some time ;> terry Terry Golightly ... t_dot_golightly-at-verizon_dot_net ... Pittsburgh, Pa Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk-i686-up-4GB 09:58:48 up 15 days, 17:28, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.17, 0.22 No friendship is so cordial or so delicious as that of girl for girl; no hatred so intense or immovable as that of woman for woman. -- Landor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!
On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 11:28, Derek Jennings wrote: > Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to visualise where > all your drive space is being consumed. > > (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl says "This is > Unix. I can use this!" and then flies through a 3D visualisation of a file > system.) > > derek Derek, That is way cool!. Apparently (too bad) it only allows you to 'visualize' your file system, you can't actually do any operations on the file(s)/system though. Terry Terry Golightly ... t_dot_golightly-at-verizon_dot_net ... Pittsburgh, Pa Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk-i686-up-4GB 09:53:30 up 15 days, 17:23, 2 users, load average: 0.30, 0.37, 0.30 Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. Love isn't love 'til you give it away. -- Oscar Hammerstein II Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 4:35 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Of course this equipement isn't only a router/modem but also a 4 port > 10/100 LAN switch. I could just about cope with a 4port put this > leaves me with no room for expansion. > > I already have a DES1008D 8 port D-link . Is it then possible to just > cross link the two to provide additional ports ? Yes. Not a problem. These days switches are getting so clever you don't even need a cross-over cable. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 18:35, John Richard Smith wrote: > Much has been written on this thread about, > > Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem > Netgear DM602 router/modem > > but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests > the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here in the uk. > > The model most often suggested is the, > > NETGEAR DG834 ADSL Firewall £52.17 £61.30 inc VAT > Product Information > Anyone got any experience with this model ? > Does work well ? > > See http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1291 > Of course this equipement isn't only a router/modem but also a 4 port > 10/100 LAN switch. I could just about cope with a 4port put this leaves > me with no room for expansion. > > I already have a DES1008D 8 port D-link . Is it then possible to just > cross link the two to provide additional ports ? > > Or should I look around for an alternative model possibly the same but > with an 8port switch. > John -- pm Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. Peter Ustinov Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:34:45 -0700 "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? > > Thank you, > Steve *** Try.. df -h. All mounted partitions will be shown with usage and what is left. -- Johan Sch Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 16:34, Steve wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I > have left? System/Configuration/KDE/Information/Sorage Devices works here :-) I'm sure there will be a quicker way...if its just your Home dir.right click and select properties.. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?
On Saturday 04 September 2004 17:34, Steve wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk > space I have left? > > Thank you, > Steve In a terminal : df 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] Update site for Mandrake 10 official
On Saturday 04 September 2004 08:21 am, Al James wrote: > > Many thanks, have gone with the download all optionI love > > > this broadband stuff..Wish it was available in New Zealand > > > > :(:(:(:( > > > > Regards > > > > Al > > I'm wondering how mant CD's were required? >Not including Mandrake itself. >12 cds for Main,PLF,Contrib and Updates. >after using WinRar to compress it all into 700Mb files 1 file per cd >HTH >Al Thanks interesting. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User $363264 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
[newbie] Disk Space Left?
Hi, I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? Thank you, Steve
Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband
Much has been written on this thread about, Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem Netgear DM602 router/modem but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here in the uk. The model most often suggested is the, NETGEAR DG834 ADSL Firewall £52.17 £61.30 inc VAT Product Information Four products in one, DG834 multitalented firewall router combines an ADSL modem, router, four-port 10/100 LAN switch, and SPI True Firewall to deliver broadband access that's continuously available for sharing with all your networked devices. Simple to use, it plugs directly into your ADSL line for instant connectivity to network resources and the Internet, and an integrated switch lets you directly connect up to four computers or any combination of four computers, access points or printers. Setup couldn't be easier with NETGEAR's unique Smart Wizard install assistant helps to guide you each step of the way. The Smart Wizard also automatically detects and makes the optimal connection to your ISP while the True Firewall protects your network with business-class security against intruders, including logs and alerts of break-in attempts. VPN pass-through makes it safe to connect to your business network from home or office. The unit's contemporary, sleek design suits your home or office, and it's wall mountable to save valuable desk space. It is upgradeable with new enhancements via the Internet. Anyone got any experience with this model ? Does work well ? Of course this equipement isn't only a router/modem but also a 4 port 10/100 LAN switch. I could just about cope with a 4port put this leaves me with no room for expansion. I already have a DES1008D 8 port D-link . Is it then possible to just cross link the two to provide additional ports ? Or should I look around for an alternative model possibly the same but with an 8port switch. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] IMAP server?
Tony S. Sykes wrote: I've been using e-mail for over 2 decades, and even though I haven't saved everything, I have several Gb of mail stored up in various formats (basically MH or mbox). I continue to get hundreds of messages a day, and after killing the spam, I keep maybe half of what's left. One thing I'd really like is to be able to keep all my e-mail, old and new, in a single, searchable archive that gets backed-up regularly. I've been thinking that a good way to do that is to run an IMAP server on my Mandrake 10.0 box, so I can access the mail from anywhere (Windows, Palm, etc.). My first choice would be to convert all the mail to MH format, but I'm open to other formats. I understand the Univ. of Washington IMAP server supports MH, and I assume there are others. Do IMAP servers typically provide any search or indexing capabilities? I imagine that would have to be on the server side. Anyone have any experience setting up a machine like this? How painful is it? Derek has got a good write up on how to install a mail server www.jennings.homelinux.net hope that helps. Thanks for the pointer. It looks pretty comprehensive. Thanks! -pd -- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: > Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = > 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) > Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = > 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) I forgot to deal with this in my last reply. For your board, SYS is your chipset, SBr can be taken as your case temp. 26C is 79F, and that should be close to, but a touch higher than your ambient room temperature. Which it appears to be so. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: > On Friday 03 September 2004 09:50 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > SYS = SBr On most all boards the SB temp is from a > > thermistor at or very near the boards main chipset. The > > warmest part of your motherboard. Usually taken from a pin > > on the chipset. Normally around 40C, should stay under 45C, > > but 50C would be the upper limit. Mine'll hit 46C running > > cpuburn's 'burnK7' (extreme load), CPU is in the upper 50C's > > at this point, also an upper limit, with ambient room temp > > around 80F. > > From the googling done, SBr is the southbridge chip, but, as I > said earlier I don't know what its function is. South bridge is part of the Mboard's chipset. EG, VIA KT600, nForce2, SiS M741, etc. As to function, start here http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm and keep lookin ;) Basically the chipset (north&south) bridge, is just that... a bridge between the CPU and other parts of the system. > Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: CPU Temp: 46.9 C (limit = > 59.9 C, hysteresis = 55.1 C) > Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = > 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) > Sep 3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord: SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = > 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) > > These are reported twice an hour with logcheck and emailed to > me. That's fine, but if you're temps are in the normal range, which yours are for an Athlon, you really only need to monitor them while under heavy to extreme load. EG, using mprime's torture test './mprime -m, choose 17' http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm in one console, start another and run 'sensors' frequently to monitor temps. At least till they stabilize at an upper limit. This is a very good stress test and is a first step if hardware problems are suspected, eg, system lock ups, freezes, random reboots, failed compiles (at different points), etc. FWIW, I use an alias to display CPU, SBr, and HDD temps alias sc='sensors | grep Temp: && /usr/sbin/hddtemp /dev/hd[ab]' tom $ sc CPU Temp:+46°C (low = +35°C, high = +55°C) sensor = thermistor M/B Temp:+40°C (low = +20°C, high = +45°C) sensor = thermistor /dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0: 62°C /dev/hdb: MAXTOR 6L040J2: 38°C -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] update installation
urpmi cups-drivers printer-utils HTH, Bill > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of john > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 7:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] update installation > > > Hello > I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups > printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install > together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to > one conflicting with the other. Since neither has installed, I don't see > how they could conflict. It doesn't say which file so I am not sure > which way to go from here. Would appreciate any help on this. > Thanks > John > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Update site for Mandrake 10 official
Many thanks, have gone with the download all optionI love this broadband stuff..Wish it was available in New Zealand :(:(:(:( Regards Al I'm wondering how mant CD's were required? -- Regards: Hoyt Not including Mandrake itself. 12 cds for Main,PLF,Contrib and Updates. after using WinRar to compress it all into 700Mb files 1 file per cd HTH Al Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Okay, one more on SP2...
On Friday 03 September 2004 00:15, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > My parents taught me that I should never ever laugh at the misery of > others. But then they knew nothing of Microsoft. that's a sig if there ever was... -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
SnapafunFrank wrote: Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into "forever" . the disk light stayed on and the box "hanged". The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. Hi Johan, Also check out TestDisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html). It has performed a couple of miracles for me. The site has a lot of info, and the author offers personal assistance. Asa Follow Asa advice. Testdisk is not only the tool for your problem but you can send the results back to the testdisk people and they will help you get things right. Do this and get it right the first time. Have you tried Spinrite? www.grc.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE - KPPP
John Rye wrote: On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:04:36 +1200 SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David wrote: I've just recently upgraded to MDK 10 Official and have upgraded all my kde files. Since installing 'kdenetwork-kppp-3.2-17.1.100mdk.i586.rpm' I've experience problems with the dialler. After installing the /etc/ppp/options were changed,(cann't remember exactly how it went in the 3rd line but it was something like this: lock noauth n***default [where * = a letter]) and now does not want to always connect. If I use 'wvdial' to connect and then disconnect and try 'kppp' I can then get a connection with it sometimes. Has anyone else experienced problems with this upgrade and if so how did you overcome them if you have. [EMAIL PROTECTED] MDK_Updates]$ cat /etc/ppp/options lock debug noauth defaultroute lcp-max-configure 45 ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote idle 600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MDK_Updates]$ These settings were given by a linux knowledgeble helpdesk person from my isp. ^ David Taylor Taranaki, New Zealand http://windwand.co.nz proudly using a 100% Linux, Mandrake OS, computer === if replying please leave the filter code,ie [] & contents, in subject line=== The public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble. -- Thomas Carlyle The .100 in the version number suggests to me that you are using thacs.rpm. Is this true? If so then you may have to consider updating all of kde from thacs site or uninstalling that rpm and issuing: In this case these are the rpms as listed in an announcement from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( MDKSA-2004:086 - Updated kdelibs and kdebase packages fix multiple vulnerabilities). The "100mdk.i586.rpm" part indicates these rpms are for 10.0. The 9.2 rpm are labeled "...92mdk.i586.rpm" John (nz) Thank you for putting me right on that. It was updating those very packages that got me in strife in the first place AND they came from thacs.rpms. Good to see thac is not at fault 'cause I like his site and prefer to use it. I have since also learnt that when updating or even installing kde one must do so from a text console with all WMs closed. NB. Do not use kppp or any other kde app whilst installing/upgrading kde. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table
Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into "forever" . the disk light stayed on and the box "hanged". The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system. Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK. Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted. There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. Kindly please may I have the names of these utilities. Thanks dd_rescue *might* be what you're looking for. Hi Johan, Also check out TestDisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html). It has performed a couple of miracles for me. The site has a lot of info, and the author offers personal assistance. Asa Follow Asa advice. Testdisk is not only the tool for your problem but you can send the results back to the testdisk people and they will help you get things right. Do this and get it right the first time. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] update installation
Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to one conflicting with the other. Since neither has installed, I don't see how they could conflict. It doesn't say which file so I am not sure which way to go from here. Would appreciate any help on this. Thanks John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
