Re: [Cooker] Flash plugin

2001-04-28 Thread Elton Woo
something like that. > > seb No, you have to make sure to install the *plugger* package. It supports most Netscape MIME types (flash included), but not RealPlayer. Cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.or

[Cooker] Red Hat 7.1 vs Mandrake 8.0

2001-04-26 Thread Elton Woo
jump, IMHO..). FWIW, just my two shekels / escudos / pfennig / centavos... To the guys at Mandrake: keep up the good work! Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.

Re: [Cooker] Epson Stylus Color ESC/P2 driver in CUPS?

2001-04-21 Thread Elton Woo
michael wrote: > Has anyone gotten an Epson Stylus Color printer that can use the above > Windows driver to work with cups? > -- > pax > -m- I, too, have the original (no number) Epson Stylus Color ESC/P2 printer. Use the Epson Stylus Series CUPS or Foomatic drivers. I would prefer the CUPS

[Cooker] DHCP questions..

2001-04-17 Thread Elton Woo
amic addresses, which I cannot seem to resolve satisfactorily. Wether I select DHCP. DHCP-client, LAN, cable connection, the probelm still persists with Nautilus. ... any workaround or fix for this? Elton Woo -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL

[Cooker] additional comments about beta3

2001-04-16 Thread Elton Woo
mediately close down afterwards. OTH, if I selected the pacakge, _and_ the dependencies *myself* (rather than let SM do it), the Software manager wouldn't crash. Does this make sense? Elton Woo ;-) [... baffled to bits...] -- Have you be

[Cooker] Why version 8.0, and when?

2001-04-16 Thread Elton Woo
? ... and ideas about when the next offical Mandrake will be released? (a month, a week, just an approximation, please!). Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User

Re: [Cooker] even*further* comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
"hebrew" as I was about to sign off with "alikum salaam", so "shalom" instead! Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975

Re: [Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Alexander Skwar schreibe: > So sprach Elton Woo am Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:26:53PM -0400: > > I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the > > announcement. Could someone kindly > > direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of Nets

Re: [Cooker] using DHCP with Gnome...

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Blue Lizard wrote: > Never did that to me. > > On 13 Apr 2001 14:12:03 -0400, Elton Woo wrote: > > .. as much as I like KDE, I would also like to use > > Gnome . As I haven't used Gnome much in the past, I'm unsure if > > this is a Gnom

Re: [Cooker] CD blanks {was...MD5 sums and RC1}

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
sonable. I've also been using some cheapo "Hi-Val" CDRW disks, and those haven't failed even when I do a quick erase. HTH, and pax vobiscum à vous aussi! Elton Woo |-)) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - IC

Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
"mdk mailin list (Harry)" wrote: > On 4/13/01 9:38 AM, "Elton Woo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But where > > are the beautiful Princess Narda, and Lothar? ;-)) > > Lothar's there - check the name of some of the packages/projects th

Re: [Cooker] Via chipset bug

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
happens with big files between two ide hard drives at maximum > throughput and blah blah blah read the report Puts my mind at ease now, JoAnne kindly sent me the URL, and I see that it concens the newer mobos that support the Athlon. Mine is at its max, W

Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What *USB* devices are actually detected on > > installation? AFAIK, at least mice and keyboards should be no problem, > > do you have the usbd package installed and running ?

Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Pixel wrote: > Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# /proc/bus/usb/devices > > bash: /proc/bus/usb/devices: Permission denied > > try > > [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# cat /pr

Re: [Cooker] I have a DVD player and a Film. And now?! =:-)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
m. Does this mean that I should change my fstab to /dev/dvd? Does the current kernel recognise DVD drives as such or is one obliged to either run linuxconf, or manually edit fstab? TIA, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Also sprach Alexander Skwar: > So sprach Elton Woo am Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:26:53PM -0400: > > I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the > > announcement. Could someone kindly > > direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 8.0 (and 7.2) installation hangs at Xserver installation, will not complete

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
t;motherboard video" and brings up the Matsonic 8106C. Have you tried *disabling* the onboard video, and using a plug-in PCI or AGP card instead? .. at least, I hope this helps to point you in the right direction... cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have y

Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Pixel wrote: > Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > but Traktopel still sees my Logitech Optical usb (wheel) mouse as "usb > > generic" and *not* "usb wheel". During "expert" > > give /proc/bus/usb/devices I did

Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1

2001-04-14 Thread Elton Woo
Blue Lizard wrote: > On 13 Apr 2001 12:58:08 -0400, Elton Woo wrote: > > > > > NB: I do it this way, because > > 1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768 > > 2) I'm not a programmer > > 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least

Re: [Cooker] netscape plugins for konqueror

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
anything can go wrong, it will. > O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist. Murphy & O'Toole: my most favorite ancient Irish philosophers! Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 -

[Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
hould be no problem, but Traktopel still sees my Logitech Optical usb (wheel) mouse as "usb generic" and *not* "usb wheel". During "expert" install, when told to test the mouse, the pointer *invariably* loses itself in the _top right corner_ of the screen...

[Cooker] using DHCP with Gnome...

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
mplains that it can't find DHCP (since it's not in the hosts file). Is there some way to "fix" this? Elton Woo ;-) {yes, I AM a linux newbie!} -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ

[Cooker] installing updates via ftp fails? (beta 3)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
on to a mirror, "Cooker" or "Updates"I get the installable list, and select a newer package version. Installer fails, reporting that the package is "already installed" on the system. Doesn't the software manager recognise the n

[Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the announcement. Could someone kindly direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of Netscape Communicator 4.77? TIA, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See

Re: [Cooker] Apache fixed in 8.0? (issue solved)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
tron videotron.ca HTH and cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let

Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
quot; person, but not _too afraid_ to learn) salutations, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so

[Cooker] comment: Xearth doesn't run properly from the menu

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
ndrake... cordialement, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life eas

Re: [Cooker] I have a DVD player and a Film. And now?! =:-)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
ot; link. This should point you in the right direction... > -Must the dvd be mounted like a data cd or not, like an audio-cd? > ... ... as data, then use Xmovie with the DVD plugin, or another player (Cf. LiViD). HTH Elton Woo ;-) --

Re: [Cooker] Via chipset bug

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
se of the moon, or my cat biting me? <*sheesh*!!> ... so what do we do now? ... switch to Windows Me??? [NOT!!!] Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.

Re: [Cooker] Kernel 24319 and big problema

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
#x27;t be able to reboot into the system. Now shutdown / reboot (YMMV, since this is _advice from a newbie_) cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CAN

Re: [Cooker] OpenUniverse bombs - needs OpenGL GLX

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
feel reasonably certain that I *had* installed OpenGL, but will re-check my system. cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AM

Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
2) I'm not a programmer 3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least... 4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or software. . not necessarily in that order ... cheers, saluti, salutations ... Elton Wo

Re: [Cooker] Traktopel installation time

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
ould you elaborate on your system, and your installation choices? BTW, I'm no "expert" when it comes to linux, but I do choose "expert install" since it gives me more control over what / how I install things, and IMHO, I know enough by now not to really mess up! .

Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-13 Thread Elton Woo
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ah, so I guess the guys over at Red Hat do have a point in not > > releasing their > > next version with Reiserfs and an option during the install? ... or are > > the guys >

[Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-12 Thread Elton Woo
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It appears that Reiser is more stable than ex2fs, since I > > don't have the crashes that I > > had with KDE. Eazel seems the most likely candidate to "steal" my >

Re: [Cooker] Automounter screws things up !

2001-04-12 Thread Elton Woo
oppy in the drive, with a brief message about i/o errors, before resetting the system. 2) From the KDE desktop (my user account) it would not show the drive's contents, even when I tried a different superdisk. Oddly enough, after I shutdown and reboot the system, I was able to access the drive. W

Re: [Cooker] kcontrol blank

2001-04-12 Thread Elton Woo
cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

[Cooker] are these bugs? .. some comments on Traktopel (beta3)

2001-04-12 Thread Elton Woo
en though gabber 3.2 is installed. Following the links from http://help.mp3.com/help/, I changed to xmms as the helper application, still no success. Could these be bugs in Traktopel? ... or simply my own inexperience, or my hardware "misbehaving"? System: AMD k