Re: [expert] turnoff monitor after 5 minutes

2002-04-13 Thread Sevatio
run "kcontrol" a.k.a. KDE Control Center. Go to PowerControl -> Energy. faisal gillani wrote: > i am using mandrake 8.2/gnome 1.4 & i would like to > turn off my monitor after 5 minutes of inactivity ... > i know how to do it in windows but not on linux can > you tell me how ? > > thanks > fai

Re: [expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2

2002-04-13 Thread kwan
On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > All; > Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know > this one. > > I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the > following error on DVDs: > > There is no available plugin to handle > dvd://video_ts.vob >

[expert] StarOffice 6 printing multiple copies problem

2002-04-13 Thread Mark Williamson
Hi All, I wonder if anyone has this problem.. I use a Epson900 printer, ever since the later releases of the Gimp print drivers I haven't been able to print multiple copies of a document.. I see that Star Office Ver 6 now supports the CUPS printing system.. Anyone know how to fix this problem

Re: [expert] Any issues with Cyber Drive CD writer?

2002-04-13 Thread Ron Stodden
Phil wrote: > > At long last I have made a move to buy a CD R/W drive. A local store sells a > Cyber Drive that is affordable. It is an IDE device and according to the box, > and Cyber Drive's web site, it Linux compatible. > > I was wondering if anyone knows of any issues that I should be aware

Re: [expert] OK a little OT humor for slow night

2002-04-13 Thread Ronald J. Hall
"J. Craig Woods" wrote: > > Ya, well it takes all kinds... > > Dr John, > The Night Tripper > > --- > > I have not heard anyone explain this as well as Cliff Clavin on Cheers. One > afternoon at Cheers, Cliff was exp

[expert] Monitoring cybercafe connections from the clients

2002-04-13 Thread ngn
Hi I'm in my way to use Mandrake-Linux as a server in a cybercafe to share the internet connection, share the printers, etc, etc. Also I'm very interested whether exist a software that could monitor the beginning of an internet connection from a client, count the time she or he is online, and

[expert] Can't mount floppy drive

2002-04-13 Thread kicho
I can't mount floppy drive I found this mesg: [root@lods kicho]# mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/ mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device [root@lods kicho]# mount /dev/fd0 mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device I saw it and lokking for boot mesg: [root@lods kicho]# dmesg | grep floppy ide-floppy driver 0

Re: [expert] Monitoring cybercafe connections from the clients

2002-04-13 Thread Alfredo Cole
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Sáb 13 Abr 2002 10:17, escribiste: > Hi I'm in my way to use Mandrake-Linux as a server in a > cybercafe to share the internet connection, share the printers, > etc, etc. Also I'm very interested whether exist a software that > could monitor t

Re: [expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2

2002-04-13 Thread civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > >>All; >>Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know >>this one. >> >>I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the >>following error on DVDs: >> >>There is no available plugin to handle

Re: [expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2

2002-04-13 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:42:14 -0800 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > >>All; > >>Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know > >>this one. > >> > >>I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpeg

Re: [expert] Box security

2002-04-13 Thread J. Craig Woods
Jay wrote: > I am running Mandrake 8.2 with ports 22(ssh), 25(smtp), 80 (http), > 443(secure-http) open. Does anyone know a a good site, or a few good sites that > will explain different types of hack attempts on these ports so that I can make > sure my box is secure. I do have a firewall up and r

Re: [expert] Mandrake Club advocates: Post Positive

2002-04-13 Thread KevinO
sda wrote: > RS has no problem with this at all, free > as in speech, not necessarily free as in beer. The heart of > GNU/Linux is still free as in beer, however the ease of use necessarily > isn't or shouldn't be IMHO. > But RMS's license states that once I buy, download, whatever some GPL'd c

Re: [expert] Mandrake Club advocates: Post Positive

2002-04-13 Thread Robert Barry
I'm not an expert, but doesn't Mandrake only have to provide the source for all the modifications Mandrake did. Can Mandrake NOT provide the ISOs for free? And does Mandrake need to provide the source for all the other applications, etc that they bundle up in the Mandrake distrio. The source fo

[expert] Soundwrapper

2002-04-13 Thread Sevatio
What is the purpose of "soundwrapper"? For example, the Kmenu has [soundwrapper xmms] as a command to run Xmms. Why not just "xmms" as a command? Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Soundwrapper

2002-04-13 Thread Kwan Lowe
Sevatio wrote: > What is the purpose of "soundwrapper"? For example, the Kmenu has > [soundwrapper xmms] as a command to run Xmms. Why not just "xmms" as > a command? My understanding is that only one process can have access to the sound device at a time. To allow multiple applications to u

[expert] 8.2 P166 and P200.....

2002-04-13 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
Hi all, I have an older machine that I use as a firewall, it is a P166 with 64MB ram and a 6Gig HD. I am trying to upgrade it from SNF7.2 to SNF8.2. I installed MDK 8.2 with the minimum install as suggested from the mailing lists and it installs with no problems but on upon boot it will not bo

Re: [expert] xscreensaver questions

2002-04-13 Thread mike
Telnet in from another machine and do a ps -ef. On Friday 12 April 2002 22:11, David Relson wrote: > At 09:49 PM 4/12/02, mike wrote: > >There really aren't THAT many. Just preview the screensavers, one at a > > time, from the xscreensaver-demo gui. Turn on the ones you like, turn off > > the o

Re: [expert] Monitoring cybercafe connections from the clients

2002-04-13 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 11:31:02 -0600 Alfredo Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > El Sáb 13 Abr 2002 10:17, escribiste: > > Hi I'm in my way to use Mandrake-Linux as a server in a > > cybercafe to share the internet connection, share the printer

Re: [expert] xscreensaver questions

2002-04-13 Thread David Relson
At 10:44 PM 4/13/02, you wrote: >Telnet in from another machine and do a ps -ef. Mike, An interesting idea ... I have been running top via a telnet session. Sometimes the screensaver is seeable in top's output and sometimes I don't see it (in a 25 line display), so that wasn't getting the jo

[expert] kernel panic on cardctl eject with buslink card

2002-04-13 Thread Aaron Peromsik
Hi, Last weekend I installed the 8.2 download edition. In general I am impressed. However, I can't install on my wife's machine until the following shutdown issue is addressed: I get a kernel panic when cardmgr tries to shut down. My machine is a Sony Vaio F-340, and the card in question is a B

Re: [expert] kernel panic: unable to handle paging requests /

2002-04-13 Thread Sergei Vorobyov
NULL pointer In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid Seems that Aaron's problem is more substantial than just cardmgr. I also started to get kernel Oops of the kind (pcmcia unrelated): Unable to han