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Date: 19 Nov 2003 04:55:06 -
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Subject: MDKA-2003:030 - Updated rpm packages fix database locking
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> This is maddening. It is enough, literally, to drive me to
> uninstall MDK 9.2 and go SuSE 9.0. I have no sound in 9.2 on my
> desktop.
>
> Has anyone run into this and found a fix? I tried installing the
> 9.1 kernel-src-2.4.21-0.13mdk rpm but it will not build on 9.2.
> Errors all over the
> Of course, that doesn't anything to do with it though. A simple
> count of 100Hz ticks would fill an unsigned 32 bit integer in 497
> days, 2 hours, 27 minutes, 52.96 seconds.
> After which it would wrap around to zero.
>
> Interestingly enough Windows 95 had almost exactly the same
> situation,
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:18:28 -0800
Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the problem box did not have bash-completion in the RPM list, so I
> just added bash-completion-20030821-3mdk.noarch.rpm and checked
> that bash is at 2.05b-14mdk on several boxes. The double-slashes
> are now gone, but it
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:31:26 -0800
Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin/:/home/jack/bin/:/usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/:/sbi
> n/:/usr/sbin/:/usr/local/sbin/:/usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/loca
> l/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/java/j2re1.
> > In fact I'm so used to reiserfs being mounted
> > notail,noatime
>
> Allrighty. We'll see how it does tomorrow when i reboot.
It does seem to be quieter.
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> $ uptime
> 2:44pm up 154 days, 2:54, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.05,
> 0.02
>
> This is from a (Mdk 8.2) box thats already hit the 497 day Jiffie
> wrap limit...
Wat's that?
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> Eric from what I've seen and also from Hans' own mouth with the
> current version of Rieserfs it's the preferred method.
> In fact I'm so used to reiserfs being mounted
> notail,noatime
Allrighty. We'll see how it does tomorrow when i reboot. I'm too
sleepy right now...
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> I had a similar effect some time ago on a SuSE box. In my case I
> could make that repeating disk access to stop by mounting that
> specific *reiserfs* partition with the 'noatime' option.
Is there any problem with setting the fs to noatime? It keeps the
file access time from being updated.
Do
RE anacron
>
> Just install it. It will start as a service automatically. No
> config is necessary
>
> derek
Whoops. I guess it's not installed and shut off, my last email
doesn't make much sense...
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> Thx. Do I have tp set anything special for anacron? Do I need to
> run it also as a demon?
If you like the gui:
run the mandsrake control center (mcc at the cli)
system
drakxservices in upper right
then select anacron for boot, and might as well hit start too (to
run it now).
Want to buy yo
I quickly looked thru the top man page, but didn't find anything.
Is there a program like top that will show hardrive activity base on
process? Ideally it would just be a column in the top readout. This
would be useful in Björn's hard drive noise thread, too.
thanks,
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> > What is reading/writing on my harddrive every 5-6 seconds?
> > If I go to runlevel 3, whatever it is, stops.
> > Runlevel 5 uses Kde 3, so it must be something in there.
> > I turn every app I see off, but still no result.
> Thanks all for suggetions.
> I see in fstab that
You can also check out
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi
on the twiki.
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> I think people are supposed to ignore these posts in order to
> encourage the offender to repost properly. I unfortunately let
> myself be rude instead, for which I apologize.
The problem with that is that many people don't know about hijacking
until they are told, so i think it is best to spea
Thanks for the quick reply.
> > Does anyone know how to filter on the body text (and attachment
> > text) in sylpheed?
> Configuration -> Filtering -> Condition -> Define -> Match Type ->
> Body Part
> (It's tough to *do* it and type it at the same time.)
I know what you mean...
> If that
Hi folks,
I am in a pinch: i have all of a sudden started getting all bounces
from newbie (since i am listed as an "owner" to help with subbing
and unsubbing).
So, i am getting one bounce for every bad address for every post!
Does anyone know how to filter on the body text (and attachment
text) i
> > Sympa doesn't always tell us when it /dev/null's a mail. I have
> > an email i have sent over a dozen times, but it just doesn't go
> > thru, and i get no errors
> >
>
> funny thing is, it sent a copy back to me :-)
That's the sympa we know and love...
> You guys will probably
> get m
> > Yeah, i have a choice:
> > acpi=on and then no parallel port,
> > or
> > acpi=off, and then the comp doesn't shut down.
> >
> > Not sure what acpi=ht means. I'll hae to check it out
> >
> > This is all under 9.1.
> >
> > eric
>
> Hmm... I don't pretend to know about kernel stuff, but i
> > On my comcrap, i seem to have a choice: run acpi or run the
> > paralell port. i can't do both...
> >
> > eric
>
> Have you tried removing acpi from your lilo?
Yeah, i have a choice:
acpi=on and then no parallel port,
or
acpi=off, and then the comp doesn't shut down.
Not sure what acpi=ht
> Try watching a mail session with ethereal sometime... it's just
> telnet to port 25, though a server is faster and has fewer typos
> than a human.
> You can send mails though, -- I posted an example of
> how to do it earlier today, with the Dead Kennedies quote, but I
> think it's still floating
This is just a friendly note about hijacking.
See #3 at
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette
(gee, that was still in my kill ring...)
eric
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:57:38 +0100
Paolo Bonavoglia <[EMAIL PROTECT
> Whichever comes sooner, when people stop hijacking threads on this
> mailing list or when hell freezes over. Ooops, I'm sorry, was
> that sarcastic :-)--
In case you don;t know what hijacking is:
check out #3 at
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette
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> I just upgraded to 9.2 though, and noticed that when I
> shutdown the machine, it actually powered all the way off; instead
> of just stopping at the end and waiting for me to turn it off.
Do you have a printer hooked up to the paralell port? If so check
and see if it works.
On my comcrap, i
> I just upgraded to 9.2 though, and noticed that when I
> shutdown the machine, it actually powered all the way off; instead
> of just stopping at the end and waiting for me to turn it off.
Do you have a printer hooked up to the paralell port? If so check
and see if it works.
On my comcrap, i
James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
> >
> > APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
> errr APIC sorry.
Now this is getting freaky. This thread showed up several months
ago on newbie (i think) and i swear i wrote exactly what
Well, that would be a hijack.
It's ok: everybody does it a couple of times.
Chesk out #3 at
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST)
"Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic"
> for kicks.
>
> By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different
> things?
APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
> > There are definitely newbies that join expert, and may times we
> > have seen inadvertant hijacking, reply-tos and all the other
> > etiquette no-nos here. (i added the "inadvertant" because we're
> > hijacking as we type! This was an advertant hijack though...)
> >
> You're right, of course.
> Indeed, I have the same audio chip set, and after a few hours
> research, I eventually realized that the sound volume was set
> to zero in aumix..
Is there a such thing as aumixer in addition to aumix, or is that a
typo on the twiki? (for now i put aumix next to it)
http://mandrake.vmlinuz
> We have to try to find a way of getting people to use the TWiki.
> One of the main reasons for making it was to avoid the constant
> FAQs. This one, for instance has been covered there for ages.
> What can we do the make it more visible to users?
>
> Eric is now sending out regular introduc
> > > When I print to PDF file - where does it end up?
> Actually, I tried it from a VMWare session (WinXP) through Samba
> to the shared "Print to PDF" printer . . . It seemed to print but
> I can not find where the file is!
Well, i don't print thru samba, so this may not help, but whenever i
d
> > yup
>
> LOL! yup it's something different, or yup that's what LSB means?
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> > This must be due to Mandrake's signing on to the LSB? Or is that
> > something different?
>
> yup
Would that be a yup to the LSB, or a yup to something different?
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> I'd say you have "Virus Protection" set to "Yes" in the BIOS.
What's that, where the bios doesn't allow you to run or even look at
Windows partitions? :)
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James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If we keep putting stuff in the TWiki we are going to have to
> stop
> saying "check the archives" and start saying "check the TWiki"
> *grin*
That will be a good day, won't it?:)
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> > You could copy and paste most of your email to:
> >
> > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade
>
> Doing that right now. Hope not to screw up the wiki too much.
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgradeIssues
That's a helpful page, Luca. Thakns for posting it.
e
> Firebird is 0.7. I do have a ton of extensions loaded, but could
> not fine the one to stop www. and .com being added. I found that
> the backslash after the localhost ip solved it, i.e.
> https://127.0.0.1:1/
Here are the ones i modified:
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false
keyword.en
> Webmin set itself up to run at boot. I will leave it, but I wish
> it would load on demand or when requested I guess it is.
Yeah, that's the key for me.
I swear it used to load on demand, but maybe i am smokin it...
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> 127.0.0.1 worked fine. I'm using Mozilla-Firebird and could not
> find how to disable. I do have the extension that lets me modify
> all prefs, just could not find it.
Hmm... I just now read closely enough to see you use firebird. Which
version?
Do you have Webmin set to run at startup? (it
> This came up before. Verisign actually sold the domain
> "localhost.com", bloody arses that they are.
>
> Two sol'ns came up, tell your browser not to autmatically append
> ".com" to addresses, or use 127.0.0.1 instead.
>
> How you tell your browser not to append .com would vary according
> to
For anyone not on the mailing list:
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Date: 28 Oct 2003 05:41:13 -
From: Mandrake Linux Security Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MDKA-2003:021 - Updated kernel packages problems with
LG-based CD-ROM drives
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> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It had hit cooker 3 times instead. I will reply to GC and tell
> him. I think its really time to fix sympa ;)
I am surprised it made it to expert at all with cooker in the To
field. I have never seen an email go to more than one mandrak
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 04:40 pm, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> > > PS Is /mnt/cdrom using the size of /?
> >
> > Yes. /mnt/cdrom is just a directory on your root filesystem.
>
> You could make /mnt/game a symlink to a directory on your /home
> partition and then copy and start the game from there. D
> When I get some time later, I will make a new page with a proposed
> home page layout, that way, you can see what I am talking about
> without changing anything just yet.
That's cool. I was planning to start trimming the home page and
moving a lot of the TWiki stuff to contributing. If that's
> I have always used the Index link on the blue bar, but
> the problem there is that it just does not stand out. Is it
> possible to make that entry bold? I presume it is on a page
> template, somewhere.
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebPreferences defines the
title bar.
It's not edi
>From bugzilla:
going to about:config in firebird and setting
keyword.enabled to false kept localhost from keywording to "spams
are us".
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> > Once I get to the Index, I think the organization is good, it is
> > just very hard to find the index.
I added a "Table Of Contents" link at the very upper right.
I think it is very easy to find. Not sure thet Knowledge Base is
the best name for the section.
What do you think?
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> I was poking around on the community twiki tonight and I am not
> sure I came back with an entirely positive experience. I really
> don't want to be negative, but I also want to give some feedback
> that I hope those of you that have worked so hard will find
> constructive.
Well, feedback is wh
> > But why is the OS running attachments in an email w/o the user
> > saying so?
>
> Mozilla, Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts and Plugins,
> she's probably got them enabled for mail and news reader. If that
> isn't enabled, then they shouldn't be able to do anything, but if
> it is enable
> > I don't understand how she gets them on mozilla. i thought
> > mozilla was smart enough not to run stuff w/o permission?
> >
> > What are the virii taking advantage of? Is it an html issue?
>
> There are virii that use Java, Javascript, Flash, you name it, and
> then there's the evil code ma
> EH> Why *does* it do that?
>
> It's the default, but does seem to confuse some clients. If you
> all would rather have it off, I'll turn it off.
The only time it causes trouble is when i delete parts of threads.
After that, the mails get grouped in different places.
No biggie, but would be a l
> rikona uses The Bat!.
> It's the one that adds the number in
> brakcets to the subject line.
Why *does* it do that?
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> My daughter gets her email through Mozilla on windows98. She
> carefully deletes everything that she doesn't recognise as genuine
>
> mail. She runs antivirus and keeps it up to date. Still she
> keeps getting virused emails in from the people who are on a
> mailing group that she must use -
Rolf,
Thanks for the great summary. It's exactly what i needed.
eric
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Hello,
How can i search the names of rpms, and show the summary and
description?
If i urpmf, it appears to search more.
What i'd like is a command line version of what rpmdrake does: once
i get it open, it very nicely shows only packages with "nmh" (for
example) in the
name and i can quickly s
> In preferences/Navigator choose the smart browsing link.
firebird doesn't seem to have that option...
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> > Every once in awhile, if i go to webmin (which i have bookmarked
> > as
> >
> > https://localhost:1/
>
> Yep ... like the id10t's that they are verisign actually sold
> localhost.com. Disable the "autmatically add www and .com to a
> name if the domain is not found. feature under smart
Every once in awhile, if i go to webmin (which i have bookmarked as
https://localhost:1/
or
https://127.0.0.1:1/
i get
http://www.netbreakthroughs.com/
instead which is some insidious spam promoting site (don't click it
unless you are really curious).
I am behind a linksys firewal
> > I have a corrupt tar file from way back:
> Try running "file" against the archive to determine if it's
> actually a tar archive:
>> file KEEP.TAR
It's definitely a tar file.
Let's see what file says (never used that before) :
/stuff/keep_huff_sort/NewDir $ file KEEP.TAR
KEEP.TAR: POSIX
I have a corrupt tar file from way back:
/stuff/keep_huff_sort/NewDir $ tar -xvf KEEP.TAR
keep/
keep/c/
keep/c/arrays.c
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Emacs can see the file all the way thru, but i can't
> > > I suddenly can no longer send emails from my local
> > > mailserver. Is THIS getting through?
The best way to test this is usu to look at the archive:
http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/
That way, you can tell w/o waiting for a response or getting it
yourself.
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Recently there wa sa flurry on how to upgrade, so i compiled it and
put it here:
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade
If i got anything wrong, please let me know or fix it. (i plan to
use the page when i get around to upgrading!)
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> EH> That's the silly part: we're not really even asking for
> EH> development. We just want them to get rid of the rejection of
> EH> non IE browsers. It would mean *less* work and less code if
> EH> they didn't put it in to begin with.
>
> I think it would be more work. They'd have to test it
> The more honest ones have admitted they can't justify
> developing for more than IE, given the huge REPORTED market share.
> With so many people using spoofing, it just makes the market share
> look even bigger than it is. We can't win for loosing.
That's the silly part: we're not really even as
> > is that for real? the barbie stuff?
> Absolutely! In fact there is also a companion South Park version
> in which fsck is spelled correctly. ;-)
LOL!
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> > I am DETERMINED to get past their nonsense and access my account
> > information USING KONQUEROR DAMNIT! So there. It does still
> > happen, this nonsense, and spoofing a browser doesn't always
> > work.
> >
> > praedor
>
> oops forgot an example page
>
> http://supportwizard.com
This wor
> Honestly, maybe I don't hang out in the right places or something,
> but my wife and I do almost everything online using Mozilla and
> Galeon and hardly ever run into this problem. It's been at least a
> year since the last time I had to show her how to spoof a browser
> ID with Konqueror.
It st
> Well, Eric,
>
> Thanks for the tip, XFCE4 installs just fine under Cooker 9.2, but
> it will not run. I installed everything, Xtart cannot see it, it
> does not show up as a WM in any other WM menu. I tried from a
> terminal within blackbox, I'm at a loss. No error messages,
> nothing, just "
> I keep jumping between BlackBox and IceWM. Even on a P4 1.3GHz,
> 512Mb RAM, I love the quickness of a simple WM.
Have you tried http://pekwm.org/ (my favorite)
XFCE4 (rpms at http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ ) ?
They are also realy fast. XFCE4 is more of a desktop, pekwm is just
a wm.
> I have recently joined the Mandrake Club haveing been a lomg term
> SuSE
Welcome!
> trait. Every time the PC is booted when I open sylpheed for the
> first time it always complains that it can't find the address book
> and about ecery other time it makes me go through the full first
> time setu
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:13:47 +0200
Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. /etc/rc.d/init.d/numlock has to be run on boot. If you boot
> into runlevel 5 (multiuser graphical environment) then you have in
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d a link like @S85numlock which points to
> /etc/init.d/numlock
>
> 2
> I have a question for some of you, who may be closer to the
> Mandrake "happenings": it is my understanding that a direct
> purchase from Mandrake is much more helpful to them than a regular
> store one.
>From what i hear, the best way to support them is thru the club and
download, if that's an
> Note this, I'm not complaining one bit. However I'm in a bit of a
> quandry in that I can't find
>
> 1. The pages I put up before.
Hmm... Which pages were they? It is possible they were added to
other pages cut and paste style, and even more possible that they
were moved around. If you do
> I have the numlock rpm installed and numlock is enabled during
> boot. When I startx though, I lose numlock. I think it used to
> work, to tell the truth though, I´ve been too busy to really think
> about it.
I have the same problem. I think it *might* have started with a
recent X update?
I u
> >I preparation for the coming of 9.2, is the proposed Anthill
> >bug tracking system going to be available/used?
>
> This is part of the reason I've been so busy in the last 2 weeks..
> doing some frantic bug squishing in the Anthill code to make it
> ready.
So, will there be aplace to
> I have one last question. Is there any way to invoke multiple
> %TREEVIEW% commands on one page? Maybe it is just a bug, but when
> i try, only the first one works.
>
> I looked around the twiki help, but didn't find an answer..
Well, i looked some more, and it does appear to be a bug:
http:
> > And only WikiWords work with the treeview commands.
> >
> > Sooo, a page named VmWare works, VMware doesn't.
> Right, but that's only for the page. You can use something like
> this:
>
> [[VmWare][VMware]] which will link to the page VmWare but will
> display VMware to the browser (but will
> > Yeah that's me thanks. BTW, just some nitpicking--VMWare should
> > be spelled as VMware. Perhaps you may want to change that too?
> > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/VmWare
> >In the Twiki if you want something not normally a link to
> >become
> > a link do this [[this is no
> > > > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855
> > I personally also prefer the informal.
> > But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the
> > bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could
> > expand the "The 'rules' of internet usage..." line
> > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as
> > > > > this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more
> > > > > thorough authority.
> > > > >
> > > > > HTML
> > > > > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3
> > > Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much? 6
> > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this
> > one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough
> > authority.
> >
> > HTML
> > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3
> >
> > Plain Text
> > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
>
> Done, thanks
What? No "You got
> If you notice X starts up
> even though the entire init process is not complete and in fact
> you can actually start logging in before the init is finished.
I have noticed that. I wish they would do more multitasking like
that.
What i didn't realize was that a lot of the startup programs
them
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> Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this
> one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough
> authority.
>
> HTML
> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3
>
> Plain Text
> http://www.faqs.or
> not really... first, we must define what busy is :-) I have an
> impatient daughter standing at my elbow
speaking of busy...
> Processes aren't always bottlenecked by CPU, and the well behaved
> ones will let go of CPU when they're waiting on something else.
> Say that it's a database startup--
> > I'm only going to tell you one more time about hijacking threads,
> > then I am going to get very, very, very angry.
> what do you mean by saying that the author of this email 'hijacked'
> the thread? PLEASE be aware, I'm not trying at all to get in any
> conflict, I just really don't know wh
> > Paralleling obviously works great for human interaction (one web
> > page loading while reading another). But if the processes are using
> > up all the cpu, paralleling shouldn't help unless there is a piece
> > of hardware/peripheral it's waiting for, right?
> >
>
> once the kernel's up, yo
> There's an interesting article at
>
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04BootFaster
That is an interesting article.
So, if paralelling speeds things up, doesn't that mean that some
processes are waiting for hardware? Or do intel chips actually
paral
> Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the
> hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put
> that on if you like.
That would be great! Your responses on hijacking have been more
complete than mine...
Here is the etiquette page:
http://mandrak
> > Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters?
> > I have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i
> > turned threading on and saw my own hijack
>
> Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well.
> :)
I had planned to put a lis
Ok, Haywire is list nazi on newbie this week, i'll pipe in here.
I have seen 3 hijacked threads today.
Please, when you want to start a new thread in a mailing list, click
new.
If you click reply and then change the subject, the email shows up in
the middle of the thread.
Is there any way to g
> Sylpheed-Claws has such a plug-in to tell me when I have mail.
> Scared me to death the first time everything flashed. Thought kde
> had suffered a cardiac thing.
I got a good chuckle out of your post.
> I unplugged it. I always have new mail.
Hey, so do i :)
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> Oh and it seems that Outlook is really affected by this. One of our
> people sent an e-mail to 8 of us. One e-mail addy was mistyped. Yep
> you guessed it every 5 minutes or so it kept resending the e-mail
> because the Verisign site didn't return an error properly. It didn't
> stop sendin
> > Is anyone prepared to talk to me off-list about this. My daughter
> > wanted to watch dvd's on her win98 computer. Then she got a message
> >
> > that said'The DVD key exchange for copy protection has failed.
> > Playback is not possible.' Now she not only can't play any dvds,
> > but sh
Around here (it was Borders i think) Mandrake 9.0 was on the shelf nect
to RedHat. I noticed it just before 9.1 came out, and i didn't get the
idea it just showed up. Of coure, i live in pasadena, california, 1
mile from where the old US Mandrake office was...
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> Back in version 8 and 9 I had the exact same problem! It is the mirror
> you are using! I don't know why mirror sites continually get bad
> images, but it is true. Try an rsync to another site.
So, does rsync help when it is all one file?
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:24:05 +0100
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 5:55 am, Charlie wrote:
> > Is someone interested in ancestry of :- linux, Linux Mandrake or ?
> >
> Interesting one, that. Coming through with the Approved subject line
> I was immediately suspicio
> > Sometimes i log in in the morning (i hear other people read the
> > paper?), and occasionally when i take a break at work i log in.
> > We do seem to be online at the same time often enough
> >
> Yes - you seem to be around when I would expect you to be asleep. I
> guess that's why I thou
> > Whoops. UPN, which is the parent of Trek, shows it on wednesdays
> > (and then again on the weekend).
> > Other channels that pick it up show it on other days. In the US, i
> > think most people get it thru UPN.
> >
> Are you in the US, Eric?
Nah, I'm in California. :)
Actually, i have been
> > > *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN*
> >
> > This next wednesday the 10th, of course, being the season premier.
>
> Uh? Am I missing something? I've been watching on Mondays on Sky1.
> I understood that there wasn't going to be another season because it
> had not been popular
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