Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council
Graham wrote: [snip] Bush = US government Graham Graham, your equation is out of balance by roughly: 1 = 200,000,000+ If we're not doing the job properly, then blame us -- not our hired help. -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] which word processor
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've written a couple of letter in Open Office just lately, and have to say I'm disappointed with the formatting. Open Office seems to do some strange things after using bullet points. It doesn't allow me to go back to original margins. A backspace on a new bulleted line will get you out. Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Freecell Help?
On a box running LM 9.1 (updated from 9.0 a year or so ago), I have been playing freecell at random moments from time to time, and got to a score of 2330. The next game I played, I tried to check the score after winning, and found that the Line containing Game Setting Help is missing. I tried ctlG, ctlS ctlH, and they don't work either. so I can no longer check the score. Logging on as another user, the problem is not there, so the problem is only for me. If anyone knows how to get that function back and rescue the score, I would greatly appreciate the information. Much thanks, Bob. -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kmenu icon disappeared
Derek Jennings wrote: To get the Menu icon back right click on the start bar between icons and select PanelMenuAddSpecialButtonKmenu To get back any other application just drag it out of the Kmenu onto the start bar. derek Much thanks Derek. I had started down that route, but hadn't gone far enough. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kmenu icon disappeared
I'm running LM9.1 on this machine. sometime today the K/gear Icon on the left end of the taskbar disappeared. Can anyone help me to get it back and working? Much Thanks, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hard disk clone
Miark wrote: On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:31:37 +0200, Alan wrote: Is there another product (linux based) that I can use instead of Ghost (bear in mind it has two ntfs partitions on it as well. http://www.mondorescue.com will backup or clone any system running Linux (even if it's a multi-boot system). http://www.mondorescue.org works better. Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem
John Richard Smith wrote: Bob Read wrote: I use Mozilla mail heavily. (Mozilla 1.3) I normally use Inbox opened fully so that I can scan the incoming files quickly. A couple days ago, that screen seemed to have reduced the type font size so that it is now difficult to read. As a check, I counted the number of lines shown, and found that it is now 32 lines rather than the 31 it has had previously. I have tried every thing I can think of to change this, but no success. Any suggestion will be much appreciated. My eyes are hurting. Bob Mozilla - edit - preferences - appearance - fonts - Minimum font size Just increase that minimum font size You can also change the font types. you can also allow document to use other fonts. But I guess you have tried these ? John Thanks, John, but I have tried those. The minimum only affects documents and pages. The preferences don't affect displays directly produced be Mozilla, like the contents of Inbox, or any other folder, nor menus, etc. If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-) Again, Thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem
John Richard Smith wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 15 September 2004 21:15, Bob Read wrote: snip If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-) /snip What about updating ? - Your Mozilla 1.3 is quite old by linux standards. Besides, there are a few security flaws in Mozilla previous to Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1 ORC. I just updated to those, and although they don't come as Mandrake rpms, they are blindingly easy to install. Only issue was a somewhat hairy java-plugin. Kaj Haulrich. I think Kaj is correct because minimum font size does control display on my mozilla. John Thanks to both of you. I guess that's the best route to take. I hope I can carry my 300mb of saved mail along. I've been accumulating it since early Netscape on windows. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem
I use Mozilla mail heavily. (Mozilla 1.3) I normally use Inbox opened fully so that I can scan the incoming files quickly. A couple days ago, that screen seemed to have reduced the type font size so that it is now difficult to read. As a check, I counted the number of lines shown, and found that it is now 32 lines rather than the 31 it has had previously. I have tried every thing I can think of to change this, but no success. Any suggestion will be much appreciated. My eyes are hurting. Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mortgage Payment Calculation program?
Can anyone suggest a good Linux program for calculating mortgage payments with breakdown? TIA Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Emails are being sent with my username but I didn't send them :(
Most likely, someone else who has your email address in their addressbook on a windows box, has a virus. Best action is to do your best to laugh and otherwise ignore it. LtCdData wrote: sounds like someone has a virus ?? On Saturday 21 Aug 2004 H:47, Terence Golightly wrote: -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm 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 electrial question
A resistor won't solve your problem. You _might_ get a replacement thermostat from/thru: Parts for the La machine maybe available through Regalware in Wisconsin : Tel. 262 626 2121 . Despite Moulinex products have not been sold in the United States for several years, we may still have the part you are looking for. Please send us the product name and/or type number as well as a description of the part that you are looking for to the following e.mail. Thank you http://www.nelsonappliance.com/moulinex.htm Greg wrote: Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 02 July 2004 05:16, John Richard Smith wrote: I have an old Chip pan fryer that I use to boil bait. It's a 240v 50hz 1600W by Moulinex, and the bi-metal strip thermastat has stuck at permanently on which means that the juices boil over before the work is done. Since I never need more than the one setting , that is just below boiling ,simmer temperature, I thought I might just replace the thermostat with a permanent resistor. Can anyone advise me what sort of value resistor might well do the job ? Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Billy aint the richest man anymore...
frankieh wrote: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-239838.html?legacy=cnet Now we just have to get him below the top 100 and we'll be on our way... Maybe we should work to get Linus onto the list?? :-) Strange -- the Headline at the top of the article shows: Gates loses title as world's richest man Last modified: April 28, 2000, 6:30 PM PDT Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] openoffice sous win et linux?
Could it be that you are not using identical fonts in Win and Linux? Olivier Esser wrote: Hello everybody, Please excuse me!. I am subscribed to both French and English list and I have use the wrong address! My problem was that a same word document does not open exactly in the same way under openoffice 1.1 under linux and windows. This concerns essentialy the page breaks. -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
Not addressing the problem directly, but try GNOME PPP and see if you have the same problem. (Kmenu networking remote access GNOME PPP ) Bob Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:09 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: Hi all, I am having problems with accessing the Internet with Mandrake 9.2. KPPP dials correctly into my ISP but when I try to browse web sites I get messages telling me the page cannot be found (same access problem with email software). Internal network and web server are working fine. I use the standard security setting and no firewall. I am pretty sure this is a security settings issue but I can't seem to find a solution. Does anyone know how to fix this ? Thanks, Chris _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Why does tilde seem to equal %7E ??
Does anyone know why the ~ (tilde) in a URL often shows up in the URL box in Mozilla as %7E ?? If I click on the bottom line in my sig file below, Mozilla shows the page I've reached as: http://users.ids.net/%7Ebobread/cotm.htm Also, if I type %7E in the URL box, it functions the same as if I had used the ~ sign. ~ and %7E seem to be interchaneable here. Puzzled, Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why does tilde seem to equal %7E ??
Thanks Aavo -- glad I asked. ;-) Bob Aavo Tambur wrote: Tsiteerin Bob Read [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone know why the ~ (tilde) in a URL often shows up in the URL box in Mozilla as %7E ?? 0x7E or 126 in decimal is the ASCII code of tilde symbol. In urls a few special characters (most notably the space within a filename) get automatically converted, but you can also represent the entire url in encoded form: http://users.ids.net/%7E%62%6f%62%72%65%61%64/%63%6f%74%6d%2e%68%74%6d Aavo -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
PMFJI asking a dumb question, but isn't the master on the 2nd IDE channel automatically hdc ?? Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Crossposting (wasRe: [newbie] How to stop Auto connect internet on boot?SOLVED)
Thanks Anne. I'll try not to let it happen again. Bob Anne Wilson wrote: Just a warning to those who haven't been around long. Sympa does not handle cross-posting well. If you send one message to newbie and expert, the list that you put first will get both copies. The only answer we have found is to send the message to one list, then re-send it to the second one. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to stop Auto connect internet on boot?
Can anyone tell me how to discontinue the automatic connection to the internet on boot? This is a machine that was originally Mdk 8.1 then updated to Mdk 8.2. If it fails to connect for any reason, it just keeps trying, and won't continue the boot. Much thanks, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to stop Auto connect internet on boot?SOLVED
Jerry Barton wrote: (snip) Now as far as I can see, in /etc/init.d internet looks for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up. if it locates it then it starts up your internet connection. else it skips that. rename /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up1. init won't find net_cnx_up now. (snip) I've never had to do this myself so someone correct me if I'm wrong. Renaming net_cnx_up did the job! Thanks Jerry, Anne, Melissa and all, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word Perfect conversion to Open Office
try: http://wp.openoffice.org/ robin wrote: Smith Joe wrote: Hi all, I recently installed Mandrake 9.0 on a K6 III based machine and I am impressed by the overall comfort level. Having come from a DOS background I have a lot of WP51 files I would like to convert to use in OO... Any pointers to where a converter can be found? I don't know of any Free/Open Source converter. Star Office can convert WP files, and I believe this functionality will eventually be available for OO. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PC to PC Connect -- Xover serial Or USB/USB ??
Can someone point me to Information for connecting two PC's by either crossover serial cable -- or USB cable? Mainly for File transfer/backup. One is running Mdk 9.1, the other Mdk 8.2. Much thanks, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ShockWave for Mozilla ??
I've been doing searches for Shockwave for Mozilla on Linux but all I'm finding is questions from others. Does anyone have answers they can point to? Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse Config from CLI ?
I recall seeing command line settings for mouse functions such as repeat delay/speed etc. But I don't remember them, or where to find them. If someone could point me in the right direction it will be much appreciated. TIA, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No matching freedb entry found ??
Can anyone tell me what the message in the window of kscd means? I also wonder why repeat doesn't work? Much thanks, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dialup problem
ed tharp wrote: in KPPP, click the setup tab, make sure the accounts tab is active, highlight the name of the dialup account you created and click edit, then click on the tab that says DNS and make sure auotmajic is got the dot. click OK, click OK, and try to dialup again If still having problem, try: In KPPP, click the setup tab, make sure the device tab is active, and check the use lock file box. (If it's already checked, you might try unchecking it. Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SpellCheck in OOo 1.0.2
I am running LM 9,1 with OOo 1.0.2 as well as SO 6.0. SpellCheck works fine on SO but apparently has no dictionary on OOo, since it never finds an error. Is it reasonable to copy the SO dictionary to OOo (or link to it.) ? If so, can someone ell me where to find it? Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats
Carroll Grigsby wrote: Aren't we supposed to blame everything on SCO now? -- cmg Isn't that now == MicroSCOft ? (Now no SCOffing at MS.) Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Spell check in OO.o
Hi, I'm running LM9.1 and have both SO 6.0 OO.o. Spellcheck work fine on SO, but finds no errors on OO.o Any Clues? Much thanks, Bo -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Punctuation Problem pasting to Mozilla
I've been noticing for some time that when I paste text into Mozzila, characters such as and ' e.g. change to mroups of characters instead. If I then cut from Mozilla and paste back to the original file, the change remains. Anyone have an answer for this? Much thanks, Bob -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MS in trouble, sorry it's kinda OT
Miark wrote: (SNIP) Speaking of which, what's the likelihood that M$ is using GPLed code in their crap? 100% Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Acrobat on Linux?
Anne, thanks for your detailed response. My concern is for a friend of ours who runs a (very successful) one-woman advertising business. She is fed up with the, inherent problems with XP, 2000 etc. And is just digging out from her second virus problem this year. She is now ready to consider Linux, and I want to have as many answers ready for her as possible. (I'm hoping to find someone in the Rhode Island area who has the expertise to make this happen smoothly.) Again, thank you, Bob Anne Wilson wrote: (snip) Bob - I'm not a heavy user of Acrobat, but I have installed the full Acrobat 4.0 under Win4Lin, and it appears to be working well. I opened one existing file and imported a picture, and then opened a .pdf which I had created with Serif PagePlus 8+PDF and highlighted areas of text. The files save OK. If you want me to do anything in particular to test it for you please mail me off-list. BTW - I am using the PagePlus as a combination DTP and pdf creator for Parish Magazines. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Acrobat on Linux?
I see. Then if we kept all email, browsers, address books etc. out of the Windows layer, then we should be fairly immune? Bob Frankie wrote: No... A virus is just a program like any other.. If you are running win98 inside linux, and windows runs a virus, it can do anything it could do if windows was running on its own. The only difference is that it can't trash your linux install. can still trash the windows install though.. As I said, a virus is a program, and if a program couldn't run in win4lin windows it would be useless... regards Franki http://htmlfixit.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Adobe Acrobat on Linux?
Are there any good ways of working (heavily) with Adobe Acrobat in Linux? Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] web site displays source instead of HTML
Just add .htm (no quotes) and you get the page. Curt Tresenriter wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 15:22, Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 01:43:33PM -0500, Curt Tresenriter wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:28, Graham Watkins wrote: Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to access a web site - an audio archive - but it's only displaying the code. Konq, Galeon,Opera - doesn't matter. I would have suspected the web site itself, but for other folks on the list it is displaying properly , links are accessible etc. So it must be hereright? What could it be? thanks, Curt Give us the URL then we can all have a look - might be able to give you an opinion that's worth something then. Here it is: http://www.angelfire.com/or2/awakingdream/realNeville It has no extension (.html, .htm, .shtml, .php etc.). It's not a directory, so it just gets displayed as text. HTH, Todd __ I don't get it If it wasn't saved as *.html even IE wouldn't display it as HTML, right? The html at the top of the page is what a browser uses to identify it as an html page. Would you clarify what you're saying? Thanks, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla disappears when trying to Print
More data: I've found that the print problem is only with email. Web pages print ok, and Everything prints ok for other users on the same box. (Puzzler ! ) Bob Bob Read wrote: I've been using Mozilla Mail under LM9.0 for some time and it has been printing email w/no problem. A day or two ago Mozilla started to disappear every time I try to print. This happens under KDE, Gnome and IceWM.Other programs print with no problem. Anyone have a clue as to what's happening and how to correct it? Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla disappears when trying to Print
This from Rolf Pedersen on the expeert list, solved the problem. I've had such a problem for *sending* mail and tracked down a bugzilla report that seemed related: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168516 Deleting the XUL.mfasl file (it gets regenerated and continues to grow in size) in my profile under .mozilla worked for this and is the first thing I try for other mozilla crashes. Rolf Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 23:34, Bob Read wrote: More data: I've found that the print problem is only with email. Web pages print ok, and Everything prints ok for other users on the same box. (Puzzler ! ) Bob So have you determined as to if Moz is actually crashing/dumping when this happens, or actually DOES disappear? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New hard drive
Hi Jon, If you just want to copy and expand the contents of the old drive to the larger new drive, Drive Copy does an excellant job. Bob Jon wrote: One of my hard drives is starting to bite the dust and I'll be replacing with a newer hard drive. Since the old drive consists of both linux and windows partitions and I want to copy the data across to the new hard drive (which is bigger) how do you do it? Also what's the correct sequence in formatting the hard drive? If this is covered in a FAQ somewhere then please just point me in the appropriate direction. Thanks. Jon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Package errors during install
The Other wrote: 07/03/03 Hello Tobi, The difficulty I'm having now may be the same problem you're having. Mandrake 9.1 PowerPack CDs installed flawlessly on a Maxtor hard drive. I never got them to install on a Western Digital 6.4GB drive I bought a few years ago. The Maxtor was a bad drive and it's been sent back for repair/replacment. So at this time I can't confirm that I've damaged the Install 1 CD from the PowerPack, or if it is indeed the older Western Digital drive that is causing the problems. I used the Western Digital utilities to confirm that the WD drive is working properly. Hi The Other, Did you try Writing All Zeros to the WD drive from WD Utilities? The only time I have had a problem with a WD drive is when I let Partition Magic correct what it said was an error in a partition set up by Linux. After that, the only way I could get the drive to function properly was Write All Zeros. That was about two years ago, and that drive is still running fine now. I'm currently using about fifteen WD drives (and one Maxtor). All are running well on Linux, FreeBSD, and one even has Win98 too, in case I have to run something in that. I don't let the Windows unit access the Internet though. ;-) Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Open filename.mny.pif in Linux?
I'm running LM 9.0 at the moment. Can anyone tell me how to open a file with extension; .mny.pif?? (/filename./mny,pif) Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Turn off auto connect to ISP on boot??
I installed LM8.1 then upgraded to LM8.2 and have been automatically connected to my ISP on boot. Now I am using that computer as a backup, and don't want it normally connected. Can someone tell me how to turn off the automatic KPPP connection? Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux program like Quicken ?
Robert, Stephen and anyone else whose response I may not have reached yet, Much Thanks --GNUCash looks like just what I had in mind. Again, Thank you, Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Star Office Or OO.org can't save /wrong parameter
I've been thru the books and searched back posts but no help. I can't seem to get Star Office or OO.org installed properly! Every time I try to save a file I get a message like can't save. Program started under wrong parameter. Could someone steer me to some info on how to initialize SO/OO for an installation with several users on one machine, each using their own space? I've just installed LM9.0 on a new machine with several users, but haven't initiallized them yet. I'd really like to get it right this time. Much Thanks, Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Netscape Email print problem
I have been using Netscape for email for years (currently 4.78) and haven't had problems. Recently when trying to print an email where the body is HTML, only the header is printed. Anyone have an idea why, and how to print the whole email? This is happening both on 8an 8.1 updated to 8.2 and also on an 8.1 updated to 8.2 and then to 9.0. Using CUPS and an HP Deskjet 600C Much thanks, Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT]: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which
Robin Turner wrote: Jim Dawson wrote: Ok, That's enough. Let's get on with something more important Which is better. vi or emacs? ducks and runs... Very fast I use KWrite - does that make me a liberal wuss? No, it just indicates that you're smart. ;-) Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade
Keith wrote: Buy back up to another HDD..They are CHEAP now adays... On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:59 pm, you wrote: Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up that much data - Mark Keith wrote: Do not mess around...BACK UP important files/folders Yes! Personally, I generally use a dual boot drive. When I want to try something -- update/upgrade, or anything risky -- I first clone the drive and try the update, etc. on that. If anything goes wrong I still have the original drive. DriveCopy, or one of the other cloners, makes a great backup. Bob On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:49 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote: I have a machine running windows 2000 server and Mandrake 8.0 I want to upgrade to Mandrake 9. Is there anything I should beware of before upgrading a dual boot machine. If I lose my 2000 install I will be screwed. - Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Using Netscape 4.78 on LM8.1/8.2
Have been using Netscape 4.78 with LM 8.1/8.2 I have no major problems with it, but a minoir annoyance -- I can't Increase/Decrease fonts. The choices are shaded out on the View menu, and I haven't been able to change that. Has anyone been able to correct this? Much thanks, Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] StarOffice Wrong Parameter?
Star Office 6.0 will let me create a documemt and print it -- but not save it. It tells me it has been started under a wrong parameter, and then closes abruptly. What am I doing wrong? TIA Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Have you got your LM90 preorders?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Is there anybody on this list that has NOT recieved their LM90 preorders? Besides me? Yes. I received an email from Mandrakestore with apology saying the batch of mis-directed orders would be shipped starting Monday December 2. It has now been more than two weeks since that email. What really gets me is that they have been on the shelves in the local Best Buy store for weeks. I should have waited and bought it locally. Bob -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Defrag?
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Tuesday 05 November 2002 07:29 pm, you wrote: After two weeks of trial and error I began to wonder about defraging my Mandrake dedicated box. I have version 8.2 with a standard installation. Does this version have a defraging utility? TIA, Owen This gets asked a lot but basically, because of the way Linux is setup (superior), you don't have to defrag I've known this for some time, but can anyone direct us to an online explaination/description of Linux file systems? TIA Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] clock help
Sounds like the system clock is set for 50Hz power line frequency, and you are using 60Hz power line. Bob Richard Urwin wrote: Three hours a day sounds like Linux is mis-understanding some clock rate on your system. Maybe a mismatch between some motherboard part and the corresponding driver. I should check the motherboard manufacturer's web-site and do a web search with Linux and the motherboard model. Have you over-clocked the CPU? Background: The hardware clock is only used while the machine is switched off. It is too slow to use during normal running and OSs do not do so. Linux reads it at start-up and writes it at shutdown. During running OSs set up a regular interrupt and count them to keep track of the current time. -- Richard Urwin, Private No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of windwalker Sent: 31 October 2002 21:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] clock help I Installed mandrake. NOW I have to reset taskbar clock twice daily !! its gaining three hours a day.. It didnt do that when I only had win 98 on box any thoughts on how to correct? Mike -- Bob Read // Registered Linux user #287118 http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
No, you aren't the only one. It has been happening to me as well. I see this one got thru though. This must be a problem at Mandrake. I have forwarded one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and included a backround note. Maybe someone on this list has a more direct connection? Of course I don't know if this one will get through, Bob Charlie M. wrote: I'm getting Nondeliverable message notices from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time I send a message to this list. I don't recall ever sending anything direct to this person and if they don't choose to read my messages that's fine. This seems to say there is no such address though. Am I the only one this is happening to? This is all I get back: --Transcript of session follows --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The system cannot find the path specified. plus my messages returned as attachments. Both messages from today were posted and I don't have a reply to address specified in this mail client so why do I get this direct if the message is undeliverable? Shouldn't this be going to sympa? -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org I'm sorry, but my karma just ran over your dogma. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Of course, I noted that the reply to address has also been changed to a hotmail address. As in MSNhotmail. Do you suppose. . . No, that couldn't be. ;-} - Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT]Nondeliverable messages?
Charlie M. wrote: On Thursday 19 September 2002 2:07 pm, Bob Read wrote: Of course, I noted that the reply to address has also been changed to a hotmail address. As in MSNhotmail. Do you suppose. . . No, that couldn't be. ;-} Hotmail? I just looked at the headers for the one I just received 'cause I sent the original whine to the list. It's from hetnet.nl wherever and whoever they are. :-) Charlie, the ones returned to me from the netherlands showed that they had been sent by me to an address in the NL, but that my mail showed a Reply To address at hotmail. In other words, my post to Newbie had the header changed to a different addressee and showing a Hotmail Reply to address. If the post had gone out to the list and bounced from a list member, it should have had Newbie as the Reply To address. Weird! ??? Bob -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get rid of menu bar
Just right-click on the desktop, left-click on disable desktop menu. (Only a single on each) Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get rid of menu bar
Robin I'm sending a copy to you directly because my earlier post to newbie bounced. Have you tried simply right-clicking on the desktop, then left-clicking on disable Desktop Menu on the pop-up menu that appears? (only a single click in each case) I tried it and it works, but if you double click on Disable... it gives the very symptom you describe. The menu disappears, then comes back in seconds. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My 8.2 Stalls on Boot
Looking for best way to fix my 8.2. It has been working fine, and still seems to be OK when I boot from a floppy, but booting from the HD it gets to about press I for interactive and stalls. It is a dual boot with win98, and I had been updating windows (after a long period of disuse) between the time it last worked Ok, and now. Norton crashed several times in that process. Any advice on the procedure to fix this will be much appreciated. Bob -- Bob Read Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot patch for PI machines
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf OfJohn Silson Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] boot patch for PI machines I think I've got the first problem from the errata page on the mandrake site.I'm trying to load mandrake onto a Pentium I machine, but when I get to the package selection stage of the install, no packages appear.Apparently what I need to do is make a disk with the patch mandrake provides... the only problem is that I'm using a pcmcia cd-rom to load mandrake onto my machine, so I have to boot with a disk instead of the cds.So, how do I make the appropriate disk that contains both the pcmcia boot image, and the patch?? I don't believe that you can! But you can put your patch on a dos floppy, boot from the boot flopy and watch for the program to search for a cdrom. At That Point -- eject the boot floppy and insert the patch floppy. That's all it takes. john Bob -- Bob Read
Re: [newbie] My 8.2 Stalls on Boot
Michael: You're right that the problem is after lilo. Brian:I ran the upgrade and it completed -- but no change. John: Failsafe boots ok but doesn't find or solve the problem Tom: Updating lilo doesn't solve the problem, but experimenting with it proves that the problem is after it. et: I waited long enough -- about two hours when I went to lunch. Using failsafe -- or simply changing the linux section of lilo from append=devfs-mount quiet to append=devfs-nomount causes different scripts to run, and either of them will work and leave everything appearing to work ok. But that's just bypassing the problem, not solving it. I may have to bite the bullet and start fresh -- after making sure all the data is backed up. Much thanks to all. Any further thoughts will be appreciated Bob -- Bob Read Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.2 Install with patch boot disc?
I have been trying to install ML8.2 on a machine that won't boot directly from CD. I have a boot floppy, and a patch floppy, but haven't been able to find any way to use both. Is there a way to do that? If not, is there a way to get a CD that doesn't need the patch? Much thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Socketwatch/Network time protocol
Does Mandrake have a program similar to RoboMagic Software Corp's Socketwatch for Windows to maintain correct computor time? Bob -- Bob Read Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 6.0 can't save file
Civileme, your instructions worked quite well and SO6 is behaving nicely on the installation I tried them on. MUCH THANKS! HOWEVER, uninstalling SO6 took gnome and a number of other things with it, Is there any way to uninstall the SO6 without losing so much else in the process? I still have one more to do. Hopefully, Bob civileme wrote: (SNIP) You cannot upgrade to SO 6.0. System-wide upgrades are likely to cause some problems anyway but here is the method for SO 6.0 so that you can run it afterward It is not an upgrade artifact in this case but an improper installation. 1. Uninstall SO6 2. Look for two files named .sversionrc and .user60.rdb (note the leading dots!) and delete them if you find them (I found them in my home path) 3. In an xterm window, log in as root (su) 4. urpmi staroffice-en 5. /usr/lib/office60_en/setup to start the setup script 6. select the local (200MB) installation. Change the path for this installation to /opt/staroffice6.0 7. complete the installation (btw, if you don't have a Java runtime environment installed, you can do so by clicking the INSTALL button on the JRE screen) 8. exit 9. execute the setup script again as a local user, and this time select workstation installation. If you do not activate it exactly this way, you will have permissions problems with saving backup files and such. Please not that you can login as another user and run the setup script (just click the menu button for Staroffice writer) to set it up as another workstation installation for that user. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] StarOffice 6.0 can't save file
I have upgraded LM8.1 to 8.2 twice, once leaving StarOffice 5.2 in place and once after uninstalling 5.2. In the first case, SO Writer would load and function for a while -- and suddenly disappear completely. I suspected 5.2 had caused a problem, and tried an upgrade on another insallation (8.1 to 8.2) Now SO 6.0 seemed to be running okay, but when I try to save a file I get this notice: StarOffice 6.0 Error saving the document Untitled1: Wrong parameters The operation was startted under an invalid parameter. Also, trying to run setup. it starts to load, and the icon hourglass runs, and then it also disappears. An help will be greatly appreciated. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Zip disk
- Probably this is a stupid question, but this my first time with Linux. I'm trying install a Zip Disk (250 and parallel port) without success. Please, could someone help me? I'm working with Mandrake 8.2 and KDE. Not sure of your case, but in mine, I solved it by having a readable zip disk in the drive when booting. Then the drive was seen, and I could mount it. to /mnt/zip Bob Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm
[newbie] file.PUB in LM8.1 ??
Does anyone know how to open/read a file with a .pub extension while using LM8.1 ?? I just received this file and need to work on it. but can't open it. TIA, Bob -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.2 and SiS 620
In my case, I solved it by switching to 1024 x 768. for both Mandrake 8.1 and SuSe 7.2 7.3. Both Red Hat and Corel handled SiS 620 easily, But I dan't like working with either of them. Bob Flavio Figueiredo Cardoso wrote: XFree 4.2 doesn't run correctly on my system. The installation is OK, but after it the simple movement of the mouse is sufficient to distort the menus, the bottons, the icons etc. But there is no problem with XFree 3.3.6. Why? How can I use XFree 4.2? I observed the same problem in Mandrake 8.1! Mandrake 8.2 On board video card SiS 620 (with 8Mb) 128Mb RAM memory Intel Celeron 450MHz PS: this bad video card is very common here in Brazil, and many people have the same problem with Mandrake 8.2. Most of them are migrating to Conectiva 8.0 just because of this problem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install Debian Package?
Is there a good (reasonable?) way to install .deb packages on Mandrake 8.1? Is it easier or practical to copy an installed directory and then sweat out the dependancies, etc.? The first one I have in mind is: wp_ful_8.1-12_i386.deb TIA Bob
Re: [newbie] apm mand. 8.1 misworks
Hi, how can I get my mandrake 8.1 setup to restore properly, after APM kicks in? -What actually happens: if nothing is input to the PC (let's say I leave the room for dinner for 20 min. or so, so there's no mouse or keyboard input), there are 3 beeps heard, the screen goes blank. When I come back and hit a key or move the mouse -- nothing! The screen does not restore to where it was, there's no restore at all. I have to press reset button, and fsck has to do its thing on reboot. Seems to me I ran into this once in Gnome, and got out of it by entering my password with the screen blank, and it was restored. ? Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Floppy Problem w/8.1
I'm stumped trying to solve a floppy drive problem. I'm using a PC100 motherboard: AMD k6-II 500 512MB sdram (Using drive caddies for easy swapping.) Dual booting Mandrake 8.1 w/ win98, Win98 has no problem with floppy, but linux does. Identical drive, Red Hat /win98, neither have any problem. With Mandrake, when I try to mount floppy it tells me, Could not mount floppy The reported error: Mount /dev/fd0: unknown device. Ctrl Ctr: Block Devices: /dev/fd0 auto N/A /mnt/floppy 00.0 N/A HardDrake: Doesn't list it under floppy Drives. (But lists my external/parallel ZIP drive there.) Mandrake put a floppy icon on the KDE destop. POSSIBLY RELATED: When I go into KDE, I get a message The process for the file protocal died unexpectedly. I don't get any warning going into Gnome, but still no floppy. And am not aware of any other file problems in Kde fstab= /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults 0 0 /dev/sda /mnt/zip auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1fat vfat defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd2 /mnt/hdd2ext2 ext2 defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Any help will be much appreciated. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Can FreeCell be Moved?
Thanks Gary, Problem is that I want to move it to a new instalation on a new drive. Bob Gary Montalbine wrote: Hi Bob, I upgraded to 8.2 from 8.1 without losing the score in Free Cell. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm
Re: [newbie] Re: Can FreeCell be Moved?
Michael, Thank you! It was a bit more complex than that, but your clue led me to the solution. Again -- Thank You. Bob Michael wrote: Surely the freecell scores is just a saved file somewhere in your /home directory? Hang on... Yeah. Try looking in ~/.gnome/ for "freecell". Thats where mine is. Copy it to a floppy then back to your new system. Hope thats what you wanted. Michael Bob Read wrote: > > Thanks Gary, > > Problem is that I want to move it to a new instalation on a new drive. > > Bob > > Gary Montalbine wrote: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > I upgraded to 8.2 from 8.1 without losing the score in Free Cell. > > > > Gary > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > Bob Read > http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm > -- You love your home and want it to be beautiful. -------- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm
[newbie] Can FreeCell be Moved?
Does anyone know how to transfer FreeCell from one Linux operation to another cell -- Bob Read http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/bestill.htm Soli Deo Gloria-Solus Christus-Sola Gratia-Sola Fide-Sola Scriptura The Church of The Master [Baptist] Providence, Rhode Island http://users.ids.net/~bobread/cotm.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Errata List for 8.1 ??
Hi, Is there an errata list for 8.1 available? All I can find is for 8.2. Thanks, Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Not why only graphical - Why no graphical?
PMFJI late, but have you tried typing startx from the command line? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
