Re: [newbie] Thunderbird 0.6: switching message formats
Marv Boyes wrote: Hello, everyone. I recently upgraded to Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6, and am having a hard time finding an option to change a message I'm composing from plain text to HTML. I generally try to stick to plain text for everything, but there are times when an HTML message is more appropriate. If I remember correctly, Thunderbird 0.5 had that option in Options -- Format, but that's not there now. The only way I've been able to find to change my composition format is under my account settings for Composition and Addressing, but this is awfully cumbersome. Any ideas? Thanks very much in advance. Its under optionsformat for me at the moment... Try re-installing. Or have a look in toolsoptions, then click on composition, see if anything look untoward here. Alex Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 10.0 Official CD's
Hi Di Hi Campers! Just wondering if anyone has any idea when the 10.0 official CDs will appear on the public mirrors, as the MDK home page says: *April 14th, 2004 - Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official is available!-...* The public FTP tree of Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official has also started to appear on mirrors, and public ISO images will be released on early May. It's the 12th of may and still no sign... Before anyone says, I was intending to try MDK out and get it working before I think about becoming a club member. Thanks for your help. Alex Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Translation Assistance!
JRH wrote: Anyone on here Danish? I have a short bit of text that is written in Danish and I need it translating to English! I have tried Babelfish on the Altavista site, but for some reason, it dont want to play with Danish! Many thanks, JRH Try translate.ru
Re: [newbie] Delivery failure notice (ID-00003CB3)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mail Part Delivered --- 220 Welcome to [linux-mandrake.com] Mail type: multipart/related --- text/html RFC 2504 MX [Mail Exchanger] mx.mt2.kl.linux-mandrake.com Exim Status OK. External message is available. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Umm Netsky Virus? you might want to clean ur machine.
Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 01:54, John Layt wrote: On Mon, 03 May 2004 14:45, David B. Williams wrote: Nothing ever works that easy for me. Downloaded the 5336 run pkg. Run it and get errors said that I needed to recompile Made sure I had the Kernal sources loaded and tried the installer and then I get an error from the installer that it can't determine the NVIDIA Kernal level. Now I am running 2.6.3-7 and the NVIDIA files are for 2.4 I expected to recompile for the 2.6 but it don't seem to get very far. Where do I go from here? DBW You need to make sure you have the same kernel source rpm installed as the kernel you are running when you try to install. Due to a bug in the installer, this should be the ONLY source rpm you have installed. After that, the installer should work (did for me). Alternatively, if you're a club member, there are RPM's available in the Club Commercial download section, which also work for me. John. Are you running kernel 2.6? LX I managed to get it working on 2.6, but NOT when 2 sources were installed. (The installer gets confused then and goes for the 2.4, realises somethings gone wrong, and falls over.) Alex
Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers
Kevin Ferguson wrote: David B. Williams wrote: On Sunday 02 May 2004 11:14 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:57, David B. Williams wrote: OK- Tried the install and that went off without any problems. When I changed the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to use the nvidia driver instead of nv, the system booted to the command line. I check the config file and it had been changed back to nv. What I am trying to do is get the 3D stuff working so that I can use some of the options on xscreensaver as well as a solitare game that I bought (and had working under 9.1). I have Mesa loaded and installed. I guess that I don't have some config file set correctly, but am at a loss as what to look for next. DBW You need to get the latest Nvidia drivers from the Nvidia website and run the installer. When you do it will tell you if it has an interface ready and available for the kernel. If it doesn't, then it will tell you that as well, and at that point it will ask you about recompiling. Run thru the questions and you should have some new Nvidia drivers installed. After that you naturally need to follow the directions listed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-5328 Or whatever other /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_* directory was created. These directions will tell you what you need to do to the XF86Config-4 file. If you get it working ok a report back telling about success would be nice. LX Nothing ever works that easy for me. Downloaded the 5336 run pkg. Run it and get errors said that I needed to recompile Made sure I had the Kernal sources loaded and tried the installer and then I get an error from the installer that it can't determine the NVIDIA Kernal level. Now I am running 2.6.3-7 and the NVIDIA files are for 2.4 I expected to recompile for the 2.6 but it don't seem to get very far. Where do I go from here? DBW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Mate I had a problem trying to get the nvidia drivers 5336 with 2.6.3.4mdk kernel so I upgraded to 2.6.3.8mdk. When I installed the drivers they were complied automatically and it worked find. Regards Kevin Also, lets not forget what kernel is installed if the LSB (Linux standard base) box is ticked on install, (2.4.something, AND 2.6.something, only 2.4 is used) and what sources are included on the install CD's (2.6.whatever ONLY) -Thats correct for mandrake 10.0 CE anyway. The only way I could get it working was by obliterating all kernels and their sources apart from the 2.6 kernel, as that was the only one with sources. Bye-bye LSB compatibility! ;-) Alex Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Took the plunge - CUZ I HAD TO
Theres always qmail, thats got a VERY good reputation in some circles... Alex frankieh wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: Ok, y'all - no flames, no laughs, no jests. The day before yesterday I hosed my PRIMARY linux box - running RH 7.3+. Because the partition table was mucked up beyond recognition, I lost my email, bookmarks, contacts, yadda yadda yadda...you name it, I lost it. Mind included. I was a big redhat fan from 4.x to 6.2, then I changed to mandake and haven't looked back. Resolution to the issue was at first trying to get RH 8.0 on NICELY - didn't work. Actually, the performance was so lousy, and setting up a SIMPLE BLOODY HCF MODEM was so complex, I gave up. It was sickening. Hours gone for nothing. Ok - so now I've installed MDK 9.1rc2 - installation of EVERYTHING (and some) was less than an hour. Even setup my / and other FS's as ReiserFS without a hitch. Changed to the NVidia driver (via source compilation) in no time at all. Had to dig for KPPP, though - cuz it wasn't installed by default and the MCC still don't play nicely for doing simple setups - but that's another story...even got my IP masquerading done rather quickly - few minutes - nice. I have to say that KDE 3.1 is a beaut. MDK 9.1 has quite a bit of polish, quite a bit of performance - quite a lot of getting used to because, remember, I was enslaved to the RH world - but no mo. Nada. Done. Finito. Even mdk7.2 was polished.. I still have abox running 7.2, and its uptime is about a year now. The only issues I have now are that I have to get Postfix (yech) working nicely as it ain't playing nicely - and I'm far from being a Postfix freak - so I'm wondering about blowing Postfix and putting Sendmail on... Postfix is faster, more secure, and the only skill you need to configure it is the ability to read. In other words, no nasty M4 macros and no need to speak the gibberish that sendmail.cf uses. (I used sendmail for ages on readhat and initially on mandrake as well.. so I got to know it reasonably well, but I never particularly liked it.) Also, postfix content_filter rocks, it beats the hell our of sendmail's milter iterface... Take the time to learn postfix, I guarantee that once you know its ins and outs, you will be a fan. If you really do want to run sendmail instead of postfix, doesn't contrib have sendmail packages? (I think your nuts for wanting to, but to each his own.) SO, if y'all got something to tell me - some bits of wisdom or advice, please PLEASE tell me - cuz I've already lost three days of productivity with this and well, I'm really tired now...(grin) BUT, I'm happy it's working like a champ (performance is still mind boggling for me...really - not a joke) Whats so hard about postfix? you actually prefer sendmail.cf to main.cf?? One is commented and in english, the other is gibberish... I know which one I prefer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
