[expert] Re: Shorewall Config

2003-09-30 Thread Alex Fisher
you can give > > Mike Try installing Webmin, then point your browser at https://localhost:1 (Note it must be https...) webmin has a module for Shorewall which allows much better control over the settings. I've personally stopped even attempting to use DrakGW, as it is essentiall

[expert] Re: Menudrake changes don't take

2003-09-27 Thread Alex Fisher
. I much prefer to do modifications manually. BTW, OO.o RC5 has much better KDE integration, and will install the mimetypes automatically. It is supposed to install the menu entries as well, but there are sometimes problems with permissions and the copying fails. The steps I've outlined are essential

[expert] Re: evolution 1.4 printing prob.

2003-09-25 Thread Alex Fisher
this is a real pain :( > > > TIA > Richard > Get rid of Evolution? (or should it be renamed?) -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-25 Thread Alex Fisher
other dms later. I'll suggest it to him. >> > hahah yup. I have another one for you. Make a super duper encrypted file > system with a minimum of 16 characters. So when it is booted or mounted it > requires a password. (naturally) Now, open the control center and go into > moun

[expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?

2003-09-11 Thread Alex Fisher
Club ? >> > I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think > the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia

[expert] Re: SCSI, Scanner... How?

2003-09-10 Thread Alex Fisher
T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Alex Fisher wrote: >> > Several things come to mind: >> > - Have you googled for that card + Linux to see whether this problem >> > has been encountered (and maybe solved) by others? >> >&g

[expert] Re: SCSI, Scanner... How?

2003-09-09 Thread Alex Fisher
T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:15:22PM +1000, Alex Fisher wrote: >> I recently (last Friday) got an old Umax Vista T-630 scanner. Uses an 8 >> bit ISA NCR 53c400 SCSI card. Main problem is, I can't seem to configure >> the card. It is not detected

[expert] SCSI, Scanner... How?

2003-09-09 Thread Alex Fisher
of what I need to put in there..). -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: Mouse problems.

2003-09-04 Thread Alex Fisher
Alex Fisher wrote: > In a few words, my mouse has ceased to function. Here's what happened: > > The machine had been idle for a while, went to logout from KDE, no > mouse > > > chipset causing this. > > So far, I've tried 1 trackball,and 2 different

[expert] Re: Mouse problems.

2003-09-03 Thread Alex Fisher
1/XF86Config (or XF86Confi-4, whichever version of X > I'm using). Once XF86Config is sorted, restarting X to test might be a > good idea. I have yet to look at XF86Config-4, that's next on the agenda. Running mousedrake didn't help at all, either in the console or from mcc.

[expert] Mouse problems.

2003-09-03 Thread Alex Fisher
nce. The machine is my secondary machine, used by my house-mate and her daughter. They need to use the mouse (they have no idea otherwise), so I need to work out the problem fairly urgently. Need more info, please ask... -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia W

[expert] Re: Re: Re: brouser gets redirected

2003-08-21 Thread Alex Fisher
Daniel Anderson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 06:25, ed tharp wrote: >> On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 02:31, Alex Fisher wrote: >> > Daniel Anderson wrote: >> > >> > >> > Any ideas why this redirection is happening or how to fix it? >> > >>

[expert] Re: Re: brouser gets redirected

2003-08-21 Thread Alex Fisher
en they get a phone bill showing a call to an overseas location, which was charged to them at a rate of roughly $10 (US) per minute... I think bandwidthplace needs to check their servers (and javascript code). -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: brouser gets redirected

2003-08-20 Thread Alex Fisher
mozilla, galeon doesn't have the problem on this mandrake > box, but does on the others.I've seen this happen before on a windows > box on a different site. Never could figure out how it happens. Well, Netscape 7.1 gets redirected, but Opera 7 and Mozzilla Firebird didn't... >

[expert] RE: Worried about resolution requirements for Mandrake

2003-08-19 Thread Alex Fisher
ation." after which the installer will exit. > > Besides, what is the big deal? you can pick up a second hand 15 inch > monitor for about 30 dollars AUD.. Where? I've yet to find one under $80 (Australian)... > > Thats not an expensive monitor. > > > > rgds &

[expert] Re: 2.4.21-0.25 hates my thinkpad

2003-08-17 Thread Alex Fisher
t from the console problem (suspect a mis-configuration of the video section there), the system works perfectly... > > James > >> >> Praedor Atrebates wrote: >> -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: Re: Internet blocked by the firewall? [was: Languages and 9.1]

2003-08-14 Thread Alex Fisher
Joerg Mertin wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 08:42, Alex Fisher wrote: >> Rolf Pedersen wrote: > [...] >> Actually, the problem is almost certainly in Shorewall. I had a similar >> problem, which started straight after I tried to confugute Connection >&

[expert] Re: cdbakeoven first try bad

2003-08-08 Thread Alex Fisher
since (in fact I haven't installed Gnoe since. One or two apps, but then only because there was no alternative for what I needed). > > : LX > > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > chan

[expert] Re: Internet blocked by the firewall? [was: Languages and 9.1]

2003-08-07 Thread Alex Fisher
nt to "fine-tune_ your firewall rules and policies, I recommend installing Webmin, and using that to set up the firewall. It offers much finer control over the ruleset. One of these procedures should work for you (My system... Mandrake 9.1/KDE3.1 on a Celeron 366, 384 MB, with a secon

[expert] Re: Re: Internet blocked by the firewall? [was: Languages and 9.1]

2003-08-07 Thread Alex Fisher
m kernel might help a bit there. As for what I do, apart from giving support to OpenOffice.org users, I also maintain the OpenOffice.org CD-ROM project page, and am producing the "official" standard ISO image (Planned for release to coincide with the release of 1.1 Final later this m