Re: [Cooker] Re: how are users supposed to get added to the "audio" group?

2000-01-17 Thread Lou Guerriero
That's just it though. you can't "dumb down" the OS. but you sure as hell can make is accessible for those of us that just want to run some programs, do sys admin, etc. WITHOUT having to run / compile / create / hack any kind of code whatsoever... (well... not all at least

Re: [Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker......

2000-01-17 Thread Lou Guerriero
Ok, so what EXACTLY do I need to do? - Original Message - From: "Axalon Bloodstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 16, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker.. > On Tue, 14 Jan 1992, Lou Guerriero wrote: > >

Re: [Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker......

2000-01-14 Thread Lou Guerriero
ownloading? Hmm Lou. - Original Message - From: Timothy Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 14, 2000 1845 Loucifur Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker.. > so Lou, put in in a script and make an icon for it. > > > Lou

Re: [Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker......

2000-01-14 Thread Lou Guerriero
size is 669090376 speedup is 10945.73 > [root@cs5884-a /root]# cd /mnt/hd/mandrake/Mandrake/RPMS/ > [root@cs5884-a RPMS]# rpm --freshen *.rpm See? this is exactly the kind of thing I shouldn't have to do to test this software. That is crazy! If I wanted that much terminal action, I wou

[Cooker] Re: Upgrading cooker......

2000-01-13 Thread Lou Guerriero
ed to download to do this? the full dir? How do I go about this without burning a new CD? Also. network install? I have cable, so it would be no problem. Is there a doc on this? Thanks in advance.... Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] Re: how are users supposed to get added to the "audio" group?

2000-01-11 Thread Lou Guerriero
ntent to run WP or Star Office or netscape or (gasp!) GAMES. Basically, Linux is like a DOS with a GUI. Tons more commands, and people HATED DOS. hehehe Look at the marketing hype on mandrake "Linux for the desktop" This is where eveyrone wants to be. hey, it's not like they are ever going to take away your terminal screen.. are they? Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > fg > > # rm *;o > o: command not found

Re: [Cooker] Apache

2000-01-11 Thread Lou Guerriero
linux lacks. in a big way. Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Jae Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 9, 2000 7:50 PM Subject: [Cooker] Apache > I am getting upset with this release I can't get the web

Re: [Cooker] lothar-soundconfig-0.6.6-1mdk

2000-01-11 Thread Lou Guerriero
"Should" and "Does" are 2 radically different things; I've NEVER had Linux give me sound without tweaking. ANY version. (RH/Slack/Mandrake) Lou Guerriero Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > I never said to run anything. the very first boot, ve

Re: [Cooker] lothar-soundconfig-0.6.6-1mdk

2000-01-10 Thread Lou Guerriero
r did. it thought my SB32-AWE-pnp was an AWE64... and it had all the irq's dma's totally out to lunch. Thank god. lothar configged it really easy after i grabbed the settings from in windows. If it didn't... i'd be in the same loop like in 6.1.. no

Re: [Cooker] Apache

2000-01-10 Thread Lou Guerriero
bove Press return to close this window This is the error i get when i try to restart my Apache server. Anyone have any ideas? If recompiling is needed... how do i manage this? The instructions are not very helpful... Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] updating

2000-01-10 Thread Lou Guerriero
a ftp site and have it do it for me That would be Linux for the Desktop...:-)) BTW has anyone had problems with Apache? I set it up... it installs fine but I get an error and it won't display my html in the directory. very weird...... Lou Guerri

[Cooker] Is the cooker list gone?

2000-01-07 Thread Lou Guerriero
haven't received anything in a few days. Is the list down? Info on the web site still shows it being up... hmmm Lou Guerriero

[Cooker] Logins and Apache

2000-01-05 Thread Lou Guerriero
then it doesn't make the directories it says its going to.. and then even if you put files into the directories.. they don't show up. Apache still assumes there is nothing there. very odd. I've had both these problems both in my user account and in my root account. so

Re: [Cooker] Lothar

2000-01-05 Thread Lou Guerriero
the best distrib (mins a few glitches) i've used. (I live in Ottawa and love laughing really loud when I hear someone tell me about the ultra mini distrib CLOS.. heheh) Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] Mount points for hda1 hda2 etc.....

2000-01-03 Thread Lou Guerriero
rpm -U do? (I know, read the HowTO's... right? hehehe) Lou Guerriero. - Original Message - From: "Pixel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 3, 2000 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mount points for hda1 hda2 etc. > Lou Guerri

Re: [Cooker] 7.0 Installation bug #3: which packages are installed?

2000-01-03 Thread Lou Guerriero
ults" the first time, but tried to install over it ( a solution that worked before [6.0]) but the packages were not shown to me. Lou Guerriero - Original Message - From: "TRUB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 3, 2000 7:50 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Cooker] Usage report on Oxygen...

2000-01-03 Thread Lou Guerriero
lls... no doubt! :-) Lou Guerriero --- -licq is installed but appears neither in the KDE Internet menu or the X apps Internet menu. While I'm at it, why not make a single menu for both GTK, X and KDE apps? I mean, separating them is artificial at best and may confuse new users.

Re: [Cooker] DrakeConf and saving password...

2000-01-03 Thread Lou Guerriero
Heheh I've done that one already.. %killall kdesud It will likely give an error but it fixes the problem either way. Enjoy..... Lou Guerriero (From a newbie to a newbie) > Hello Linux, > > Newbie strikes again... > > I was playing with the DrakeConf. I was gettin

Re: [Cooker] Mount points for hda1 hda2 etc.....

2000-01-03 Thread Lou Guerriero
do it properly. > memo: must try vmware on a box > > > > My reason for asking I'm trying to run wine but the win-config file > > (after being chmod'ed to executable!) told me it can't find my c: .. > > which i think is kinda odd.. > > > > > > > > Help? > > > > Lou Guerriero > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >

Re: [Cooker] Mount points for hda1 hda2 etc.....

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
ones. Am I doing something wrong here? doh! Pixel wrote: > Lou Guerriero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Things like this make it hard for us M$ lamers to convert whole heartedly to > > Linux. > > > > How do I manage to fix this? > > update your kdebase to the 28mdk

Re: [Cooker] report on using Linux-Mandrake 7.0b BETA

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
I had the same problem with my Netscape! I clicked the messenger toolbar off and now it's gone forever! I can kinda see the edge of it, and if i click carefully. can access some of the items. doh! Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > The buttons on t

[Cooker] Mount points for hda1 hda2 etc.....

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
vert whole heartedly to Linux. How do I manage to fix this? My reason for asking I'm trying to run wine but the win-config file (after being chmod'ed to executable!) told me it can't find my c: .. which i think is kinda odd.. Help? Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] report on installing Linux-Mandrake 7.0b BETA

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
nking hda' :-) Hopefully this will make it into the final... Lou Guerriero > > > > While it was installing, I was wondering if Mandrake wasn't pushing > > quantity instead of quality in terms of bundled software. I mean, > > there seems to be a lot

Re: [Cooker] Experiences installing Oxygen.

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
The lothar configurator was only the second time i ever had sound working in linux... The other time. the darned eth0 wouldn't work. so don't knock my lothar! I loves it! hehhehe :-) Lou Guerriero. > I tried to configure the soundcard in Lothar. It's

Re: [Cooker] Cannot install

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
es on that drive as well. Plus, it's just so kewl. heheh much better than winlinux2000 what a pile of turds that is... ehehehe Lou Guerriero. - Original Message - From: "Wayne Gabler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 2, 2000 10:38

[Cooker] Re: partitions

2000-01-02 Thread Lou Guerriero
Whate are appropriate sizes for my HD? I have oxygen on my 3rd partition. Diskdrake did this: made a 600mb partition for the dist and about 64 ( I think ) for the swap and I think about 600 for the home. I find this odd. I modified it, made my swap 128 (to mach my ram) and increased the r

[Cooker] Messed Up rpmdrake

2000-01-01 Thread Lou Guerriero
know this is a small thing.. but for Linux (and mandrake) to take over the desktop.. THIS MUST BE DONE. Think about all the Windows users out there that would never ever be able to find the programs. That is all for now! Lou Guerriero [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] Cannot install

2000-01-01 Thread Lou Guerriero
"Auto Find" and search the users HDD for the proper subdir? 3. CD Rom install lnx4win: can't initialize the CD rom on boot. Maybe because i have 2 CD's, dunno. (i'm doubting this though.) 4. Solution: Mess with partitions and do a "real" install. Argg

Re: [Cooker] Messed Up rpmdrake

2000-01-01 Thread Lou Guerriero
installed but was not on any of my menus. Retstarting didn't add it! doh! I had to manually browse to the /usr/games/dir and execute it via a browser window. Darned command prompt wouldn't work either! hahaha Lou Guerriero > well you should get a .desktop or .kdelnk anytim