[newbie-it] dov'è il kernel?

2001-09-14 Thread luca laghi
Sono passato alla Mandrake 8 dalla redhat con kernel 2.2.16 giusto ieri sera e ho notato di non avere l'abituale directory linux-versione in /usr/src. Dove la mette Mandrake? Questo mi servirà per compilare manualmente i driver Alsa. Grazie mille Luca.

Re: [newbie-it] aiuto: accesso negato a floppy e cdrom

2001-09-14 Thread Andrea Colanicchia
Il 18:24, giovedì 13 settembre 2001, hai scritto: =20=20=20?= [EMAIL PROTECTED]) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Andrea Colanicchia ha scritto: Pensavo che i sorgenti forniti dalla mdk fossero gia` patchati! Per esempio, se hai il

[newbie-it] programma

2001-09-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ciao a tutta la ml, sono alla disperata ricerca di un programma che riesca a tradurre i file binari da numeri a testo, conoscete per caso qualche sito da cui scaricarmelo o un programmino che facca questa cosa? grazie in ogni caso Alessandro

Re: [newbie-it] problema con lilo

2001-09-14 Thread Andrea Celli
brain wrote: Andrea Celli ha scritto: Prova a reistallare (basta un finto upgrade) Per evitare altri problemi consiglierei di partire da cdrom (modalita` rescue), di editare il lilo.conf e di dare lilo -r /dev/hdb7 Si, ma dovrebbe montarsi la partizione di sistema, riuscire a

[newbie-it] openoffice da un utente diverso da root.

2001-09-14 Thread GiulioF
Ciao ! Ho installato Openoffice su una Mandrake 7.2 ma riesco ad avviarlo dal menu solo da root. Sapete quali file bisogna modificare x fare accedere al programmma anche gli altri utenti ?? Grazie x la risposta !! Ciao Giulio ps: questo programma ci impiega + di un minuto per caricarsi, è così

[newbie-it] spegnere il computer.

2001-09-14 Thread GiulioF
Ciao ! Per spegnere il computer uso: shutdown -h now ma funziona solo da root... per fare eseguire questo comando anche da un altro utente ?? ciao e grazie !!! Giulio

Re: [newbie-it] spegnere il computer.

2001-09-14 Thread a.marcedone
non puoi, a meno di dare il permesso all'utente. Per la gestione dell'utente prova linuxconf. Ciao alberto - Original Message - From: GiulioF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: [newbie-it] spegnere il computer. Ciao ! Per

[newbie-it] tux racer

2001-09-14 Thread lori cava
Qualcuno sa dirmi perchè tux racer, se lanciato da utente normale, mi blocca kde mentre da root tutto funziona? (mdk 8.0) Ciao. __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it

Re: [newbie-it] Corel draw per Linux

2001-09-14 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Il 00:19, venerdì 14 settembre 2001, hai scritto : Alberto Zanoni ha scritto: Ciao, qualcuno sa di un'applicazione usabile per vedere /scrivere/modificare file prodotti da Corel Draw ? Uhm, posta l'estensione del formato, magari gimp lo supporta (ma puoi controllare tu stesso). Ciao,

Re: [newbie-it] Chiusura sessione con tastiera

2001-09-14 Thread Alberto Zanoni
Il 14:57, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, hai scritto : Alberto Zanoni wrote: Una domanda per il logout. Poichè sono un appassionato della tastiera ed uso pochissimo il mouse, bravo ho un bottleneck quando chiudo una sessione. Con Ctrl+Alt+Del chiudo KDE Questo dovrebbe provocare un

Re: [newbie-it] openoffice da un utente diverso da root.

2001-09-14 Thread Giovanni Mazzamati
Il 09:18, venerdì 14 settembre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao ! Ho installato Openoffice su una Mandrake 7.2 ma riesco ad avviarlo dal menu solo da root. Sapete quali file bisogna modificare x fare accedere al programmma anche gli altri utenti ?? Grazie x la risposta !! Ciao Giulio ps: questo

Re: [newbie-it] dov'è il kernel?

2001-09-14 Thread Sebastiano Cordiano
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:39:50 +0200 luca laghi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sono passato alla Mandrake 8 dalla redhat con kernel 2.2.16 giusto ieri sera e ho notato di non avere l'abituale directory linux-versione in /usr/src. Dove la mette Mandrake? Questo mi servirà per compilare manualmente i

Re: [newbie] A meaningfull Subject-line would help us all

2001-09-14 Thread Tim Holmes
Very good point here! I for one, only respond to messages that have a subject matter that would interest me, or my knowledge would be helpful. Or if the topic becomes rather lengthy. But at the same time, sometimes it's hard to come up with a topic that really lets the list know what you need.

Re: [newbie] Linux Recover

2001-09-14 Thread SK
Yes ..I have the CD Best Regards, SKLIM - Original Message - From: Michael Falzon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Recover and it mandrake X.XX ? u do have the cd yes - Original Message - From:

Re: [newbie] Linux Recover

2001-09-14 Thread SK
OK ..Thank Best Regards, SKLIM - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Recover I don't have a boot disk. I believe my partition is currupted .. Best Regards, SKLIM Boot

Re: [newbie] Can't find StarOffice in KDE menu

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
It's not a bug. SO was designed for integration with KDE1, not KDE2. On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:52:34 -0700, Ed Kasky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I even reported this little bug to Star and never heard anything back... I just manually created the links. Ed At 07:07 PM 9/13/2001 -0400, you

Re: [newbie] Can't find StarOffice in KDE menu

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
StarOffice 5.1 was released when KDE 1.x was still the norm. It can add itself to the KDE 1 menu, but this is now pointless since most people use KDE 2 today. On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 00:23:05 -0400, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct. Star Office does not automatically insert

Re: [newbie] gnome VS kde

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:49:35 -0400, Naish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which are the important differences between them? (not the stupid ones, only the important) Thanks... Jorge Any kind of KDE vs GNOME review would be very subjective. In the end, it comes down to personal preferences

Re: [newbie] Libarary compatibility

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:18:01 -0400, mcoady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my ongoing attempt to get Mandrake8 to accept an earlier version of WP8, I tried to install the earlier library libc5 via rpm. However I get the message: file /etc/nsswitch.conf from install of libc5-5.4.38-3 conflicts

Re: [newbie] installing Bastille

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Got to http://www.bastille-linux.org/ and get the latest version. Mandrake 8.0 only includes a release candidate. On 13 Sep 2001 18:36:35 -0400, Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget to install the latest version of ip-tables first. -Paul Rodríguez On 13 Sep 2001 18:18:41

Re: [newbie] File access- Me?,Machine?, Manual?

2001-09-14 Thread Paul
Manual states cat /proc/pci Typed the following - su Password cat /proc/pci Did you make a typo here, or did you really type the in front of pci? password find /pci Again the that should not be there... Perhaps first an ls -l /cat/p* would clarify something. Am I doing

Re: [newbie] Original desktop colors

2001-09-14 Thread Frans Ketelaars
Robt. Miller wrote: I no longer have the four different background colors that came up the first time I booted Mandrake and I can't seem to get the 4 desktops either, it comes up with only 2. Is there a way to get it to come up as 4 with the original colors? If you're using KDE: KDE

Re: [newbie] filters in Kmail

2001-09-14 Thread Colin Jenkins
Hello Stan, Friday, September 14, 2001, 2:13:08 PM, you wrote: SL Greetings all. I have my filters set up in Kmail so that anything with I have the same problem, only I use thebat on win98 for reading mail (... hangs head in shame) I have multiple filters, but still occasionally one sneaks

RE: [newbie] Can't find StarOffice in KDE menu

2001-09-14 Thread Antonio Argentieri
As a complete newbie... Does anything automatically link itself into the menus? I've installed a number of things off the LM CD and never got links to them... Is linking part of the RPM standard? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ed

[newbie] [Fwd: [List-A-Day.com's] Listaday Review: USAttacked]

2001-09-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I am sorry and my thoughts go to those affected by the WTC air plane crash but will the people who want to discuss the attacks please take their chat to another forum i.e. like the one below: Original Message Subject: [List-A-Day.com's] Listaday Review: USAttacked Date: Wed, 12

Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-14 Thread Jeanette Russo
ATI does provide technical assistance to the XFree86 project it is on their web site Jeanette Original Message- From: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Bcc: Subj: Re: [newbie] new linux drivers for

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread etharp
Rog and everone else that cannot find the delete key. Please do not abandon this list, and do not ask to be killefiled or otherwise put your heads in the sand. world wide co-operation and humanization is almost the only way we have to prevent the types of tragedies we are living thru. I KNOW

[newbie] Grub problems

2001-09-14 Thread Adam Cripps
I installed a lnx4win Mandrake 8.0 on a pc, which would load a text bootloader fine. However, when I decided to uninstall, I deleted the lnx4win folder (in windows) and rebooted. Grub still starts and then, being a complete newbie, I don't know how to get past it. Is there any way of getting

Re: [newbie] Original desktop colors

2001-09-14 Thread Robt. Miller
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:50:30 +0200, Frans Ketelaars wrote: If you're using KDE: KDE Control Centre - LookNFeel - Desktop - Number of Desktops. There is a slider in the upper right corner that controls the number of desktops. I change that back to 4 and every reboot it reverts to two. Want

Re: [newbie] Grub problems

2001-09-14 Thread Paul
Boot with a win floppy and run fdisk /mbr (as so often we hand out winders info...) I installed a lnx4win Mandrake 8.0 on a pc, which would load a text bootloader fine. However, when I decided to uninstall, I deleted the lnx4win folder (in windows) and rebooted. Grub still starts and

[newbie] StartX-problems

2001-09-14 Thread Sebastian
I have any problems with starting X-windows since I have restart my compute. I working with the Mandrake linux v.8.00. During starting my system again Linux fixed any bugs which were made by shutting the system down. Then starts the Xserver and breaking down. The system opens the console prompt.

Re: [newbie] filters in Kmail

2001-09-14 Thread Richie de Almeida
On Friday 14 September 2001 00:13, you wrote: Greetings all. I have my filters set up in Kmail so that anything with Newbie in the subject line or in the to field should be sent to another folder. This mostly works, but many posts from this slip through to my inbox. Upon examination, I can

Re: [newbie] File access- Me?,Machine?, Manual?

2001-09-14 Thread Altaira
Paul, Thanks for the rapid response. Yes, I REALLY typed it, () Getting desperate! Trying anything. Yes I tried it without the also. Sending the list? I am on one machine using the WIN98 O/S with Netscape. The list is on the MDLIN O/S on the same machine. One thing I will explain root,root

Re: [newbie] StartX-problems

2001-09-14 Thread Richie de Almeida
When I log in and type startx the system tells me this text above. ... successfully loaded NV driver RIVA GLX Version=1.2 -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno=2 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error: Could not oen default font 'fixed' ... pleas send

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread Rog
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:49:17 -0400, you wrote: Rog and everone else that cannot find the delete key. Please do not abandon this list, and do not ask to be killefiled or otherwise put your heads in the sand. world wide co-operation and humanization is almost the only way we have to prevent the

Re: [newbie] Attention for everybody

2001-09-14 Thread Rog
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:32:27 +0200, you wrote: On a last and final note I think it is more than likely LA as it is Los Angeles which means, I think, Without Angels. Los means the. Los Angeles means The Angels. Greg G wrote: no it is not the city of god

Re: [newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

2001-09-14 Thread Rog
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:41:45 +0200, you wrote: As I said, shit happens and we just have to live each day to the best of our current ability. Regardless of how far away you are, regardless of the topic of this mailing list, I cannot believe you just distilled what occurred this past Tuesday to

[newbie] Samba being very Unruly - access denied

2001-09-14 Thread Marchetti, Peter
Building Mandrake 8 server and trying to Get samba working: When I try a net view \\server_name from a W2K box it returns: System error 5 has occured. Access is denied. This is the smb.conf file I am using: [global] workgroup = MVI #MVI is my NT domain name hosts allow =

Re: [newbie] Screen Resolution Problem

2001-09-14 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/13/01 2:44 PM, Charles A Edwards at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was saying that all resolutions are supported except for 24bpp. I could run 32bpp in both linux and windows as well as 16bpp and all lower settins but Not 24bpp. Heh heh, I feel pretty stupid. My computer (running the riva

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list -- some people pay for email access by volume

2001-09-14 Thread Randy Kramer
Tim Holmes wrote: But why are people a) complaining about it, b) messages like this suddenly being posted? It takes less time to delete an email then it does to compose a message in complaint saying that you want something done on the list about a certain topic. This message is intended to

Re: [newbie] Original desktop colors

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 06:43 am, Robt. Miller wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:50:30 +0200, Frans Ketelaars wrote: If you're using KDE: KDE Control Centre - LookNFeel - Desktop - Number of Desktops. There is a slider in the upper right corner that controls the number of desktops. I

Re: [newbie] Screen Resolution Problem

2001-09-14 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
On Friday 14 September 2001 08:40, you wrote: on 9/13/01 2:44 PM, Charles A Edwards at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was saying that all resolutions are supported except for 24bpp. I could run 32bpp in both linux and windows as well as 16bpp and all lower settins but Not 24bpp. Heh heh, I

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list -- some people pay for email access by volume

2001-09-14 Thread Paul
Out of curiosity, I would be interested in having some ideas about: * how many people (what regions of the world) have to pay a metered rate for their Internet access Most people in Europe that do not have access to ADSL or Cable internet (like me). Using a phone line already costs

Re: [newbie] maximal mount count error

2001-09-14 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
On Friday 14 September 2001 08:47, you wrote: When I boot up, I sometimes get a maximal mount count error, check forced. What does this mean? How do I avoid it? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at

Re: [newbie] filters in Kmail

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:53:20 -0400, Richie de Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 14 September 2001 00:13, you wrote: Greetings all. I have my filters set up in Kmail so that anything with Newbie in the subject line or in the to field should be sent to another folder. This mostly

Re: [newbie] Can't find StarOffice in KDE menu

2001-09-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
You can put whatever you like into an RPM package, including links. however, most independent packagers (i.e. those not packaging for a distribution company) don't bother doing this. Also, some distributions like Debian and Mandrake have their own menu systems, which are incompatible with the

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list -- some people pay foremail access by volume

2001-09-14 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/14/01 8:55 AM, Paul at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most people in Europe that do not have access to ADSL or Cable internet (like me). Using a phone line already costs money, local phone calls are charged between $0.60 and $1.00 per hour (as far as I know) What I mean is that the US is

[newbie] ultimate security on Mandrake box

2001-09-14 Thread Joe Lareau
Hi- I am trying to harden my Mandrake 8.0 box as much as possible. I would like your thoughts on what tools should be installed, and in what order. Specifically, I have heard I should install Bastille-Linux, ipchains, TCP wrapperswhat else is there? Does it matter the order? Does there

Re: [newbie]Dialling out problem

2001-09-14 Thread adam
John Rye wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 04:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Adam Cripps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed and am looking forward to getting on the net with Linux. My modem - (COM2) seems to be working fine, but when it dials the ISP number I get a woman on the network (recorded

RE: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread James S Bear
I think this is because most people know more about Windows than LInux. I know I do. If somebody has a question to ask and I know the answer(and I had the time to read e-mail that day), I answer it. jim Quoting John W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes this is a Linux mailing list. I am often amazed

RE: [newbie] Grub problems

2001-09-14 Thread James S Bear
yep, or if it's a win95 or win98 boot disk, it is on the A: drive. Quoting Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Adam, not two weeks ago I did exactly the same thing, and it was a weekend so I had no way of finding out how to fix it. you might want to wait for someone to confirm this answer, but

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list -- some people pay for email access by volume

2001-09-14 Thread Charles A. Punch
Randy Kramer wrote: rant (Except that my ISP has changed his rules since I signed up, and now considers that if I remain connected for more than 4 to 12 hours (I forget the exact rules), I am hanging, and he takes it upon himself to disconnect me. I can reconnect, but he seems to have his

Re: [newbie] Libarary compatibility

2001-09-14 Thread Charles A. Punch
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:18:01 -0400, mcoady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my ongoing attempt to get Mandrake8 to accept an earlier version of WP8, I tried to install the earlier library libc5 via rpm. However I get the message: file /etc/nsswitch.conf from install of

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list -- some people pay for email access by volume

2001-09-14 Thread Tim Holmes
Really, just to respond to the rant here, this is a problem that a lot of ISPs run into. Here's a basic run down of why. Some ISPs don't use very advanced equipment. And even those that do, there are always issues of software and of telecommunications isssues. Some small town ISPs are, for

Re: [newbie] filters in Kmail

2001-09-14 Thread skinky
On Saturday 15 September 2001 02:00, you wrote: On Thursday 13 September 2001 11:13 pm, Stan Lockaby wrote: Greetings all. I have my filters set up in Kmail so that anything with Newbie in the subject line or in the to field should be sent to another folder. This mostly works, but many

[newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread etharp
I have not received any mail from either the newbie list or the expert list since this morning, when I asked everyone to stay on the list to learn what we can. I hope we have not decided to take such measures at this time, when cool heads MUST prevail. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread Rog
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:52:30 -0500, you wrote: MR HAVLIK. How many of your Mandrake customers are dead or maimed? How many potential Mandrake business customers responsible for the re-building of IT infrastructure have you just alienated? Does the death of more than five thousand souls not

Re: [newbie] StartX-problems

2001-09-14 Thread Sebastian
Your font server, xfs is not running. One reason for xfs not starting may be that you have deleted or moved the folders where all the fonts are stored. To verify that you still have fonts to load, open this file at the shell command prompt: vi /etc/X11/fs/config You ought to see some

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
This was recieved by the list... I would like to extend the invitation to those would like to keep discussing our grief with members on this list to create a mailing list for that purpose. Email me and I will create a makeshift mailing list of those interested. Especially if you were

Re: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
I think the argument of whether or not various topics should be allowed in this list or not has gotten a bit out of hand. Lets quickly look at both sides and see if we can come to a conclusion. First we have those that want to post about seemingly unrelated topics. Should

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread s
I had a similar idea, but maybe this yours is better. Could call it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) -s On Friday 14 September 2001 03:36 pm, jennifer wrote: This was recieved by the list... I would like to extend the invitation to those would like to keep discussing our

[newbie] filenames with spaces causing error in script

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
hi, i have used the following to convert some homemade wavs into mp3s: $ for file in `ls *.wav`;do lame -b 256 -q 0 $file `basename $file .wav`.mp3;done it works fine except for file names with spaces, i can't work out how to rectify this, i have also tried: $ for file in `ls *.wav`;do lame

[newbie] OT?

2001-09-14 Thread Charles A. Punch
I have refrained from posting OT since Dennis HAVLIK posted about kicking people off the list. However, that was not the only one reason. The other is that I have had arguments in the past about posting OT, and I see some of the same people who flamed me about my opinion are now posting OT

[newbie] Fostering the linux comunity spirit...... and a question about mandrake security level..and another one on Bind..

2001-09-14 Thread Franki
Hi all, I have been scanning these off topic USA posts since they started on my windows box, and i never delete the mandrake posts. so my outlook.pst file is 700 mb... nasty that,,, anyway, my thought is this,,, some things that are off topic should be ok, if they help foster the linux

RE: [newbie] This is a linux mailing list

2001-09-14 Thread Mark Stewart
Gary, This list is for the people by the people and if we as a whole want to allow off topic conversations, then we should allow it. If not, we shouldn't. Actually this is a list that is hosted, operated and paid for by Mandrake. They set it up and contribute to it for the purpose of

Re: [newbie] filenames with spaces causing error in script

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
i have also tried the following: $ for file in `ls *.wav`;do lame -b 256 -q 0 $file `basename $file .wav`.mp3;done i think this is fine apart from the first line, i think this is feeding each seperate word in a filename as a filename to the lame command, i think that it might actually be

[newbie] i810 chipset support....

2001-09-14 Thread Steven Pellham
Getting a bad exit status trying to install the accelerated x-server for i810 chipset support. I can install the XFCom** file successfully but when I try to rebuild the kernal module I get the bad exit status listed below: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.57140 (%build) Has anyone

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread d
LURKER here, if I may? I have conversed with Mr. Havlik before and he is NOT the OGER you think of. He is just wanting to keep this On Topic for what it is supposed to be used. I have been bumped for unknown reasons about a year ago. That is NOT a big problem...just apologize and request

Re: [newbie] OT?

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
We seem to have the same idea if you refer to one of my posts earlier. If we can't do this on -list , lets do it off-list. Charles, Since I am guilty of flaming you and contradicting myself about posting OT, I again, offer my apologies. While I do still think there is a difference about that

[newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
I have been searching for a post regarding how to expand and collapse the subject groups in kmail's threaded messages. I would rather have my inbox set up so i would only see on message header for each thread instead of all messages in every thread. Similiar to using the plus and minus signs

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 05:40 pm, jennifer wrote: I have been searching for a post regarding how to expand and collapse the subject groups in kmail's threaded messages. I would rather have my inbox set up so i would only see on message header for each thread instead of all messages in

[newbie] Enlightenment vs Sawfish

2001-09-14 Thread ryan_steffes
Which one do most of you prefer? I use gnome, and in Mandrake 7 it default installed Enlightenment and in 8 it defaulted to Sawfish. I'm not sure if the features I liked in Enlightenment exist and I don't know how to set them up, or whether they were features of Enlightenment. For starters, my

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 05:07 pm, d wrote: LURKER here, if I may? I have conversed with Mr. Havlik before and he is NOT the OGER you think of. He is just wanting to keep this On Topic for what it is supposed to be used. I have been bumped for unknown reasons about a year ago. That is

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
hi, i highlighted this text (below the 'On Frid..etc) r. clicked and chose reply, voila! bascule On Friday 14 September 2001 11:40 pm, you wrote: am fairly certain this has been addresed before. I also read on somewhere that there is a feature where you can highlight text in an email and

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
It didn't work for me...perhaps kmail is corrupted. Would you mind telling me what version of KDE and kmail you are using? I am using the version contained in the original build of mandrake 8...I haven't upgraded yet. On Thursday 13 September 2001 19:19, bascule wrote: hi, i highlighted this

[newbie] Updates

2001-09-14 Thread Mark Annandale
Hello all did anyone ever figure out how to get the security update feature to work? When I try the ftp server is found, however the rpm manager just hanfs when trying to access the site. I'm using mandrake 8.0 by the way. Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 06:15 pm, jennifer wrote: On Friday 14 September 2001 18:57, s wrote: On Friday 14 September 2001 05:40 pm, jennifer wrote: I have been searching for a post regarding how to expand and collapse the subject groups in kmail's threaded messages. I would rather

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
perhaps thats it, i am using kmail 1.3.1, actually the 'about kmail' says kmail 1.3.1 (using kde2.2.1pre) but i don't understand since i am running mandrake freq2 with cooker kde upgrades so i thought kde would be full 2.2? bascule On Saturday 15 September 2001 12:29 am, you wrote: It didn't

[newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux?

2001-09-14 Thread Jon Doe
Anything availible in linux to read MS PowerPoint presentations? -- They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty. -- Benjamin Franklin http://home.woh.rr.com/thecraig/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
yes, I know how to thread my messages, what i don't know how to do is expand or collapse the threaded messages. For example, what i see is subject#1senderdate subject#1senderdate subject#1senderdate subject#1senderdate

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
aha! i'm sure i remember that behaviour briefly some months back - the plus and minus boxes not working - shortly after i upgraded or reinstalled i forget which, i think upgradeing kdenetwork (or is it kdeutils that has kmail?) is necessary, this could mean the whole of kde which itself could

[newbie] StarOffice in KDE menu

2001-09-14 Thread Valerie Cheng
While playing around w/ my menu... I found out that the StarOffice links are actually installed. It's just don't show up if Madrake costumization is enabled. Once I disabled it, I see the StarOffice links. and... sorrie... I lost the link for printing in staroffice. ^^;; can someone give it to

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 06:37 pm, jennifer wrote: yes, I know how to thread my messages, what i don't know how to do is expand or collapse the threaded messages. For example, what i see is subject#1senderdate subject#1senderdate

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
Your talking about ticking the little box with the plus or minus sign right? (i'm really not as stupid as my questions sound) It doesn't work for me. I am unsure whether kmail is corrupted or I have a different version. I am using KDE 2.1.2 and kmail 1.2. No, there is a radio box in

Re: [newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux?

2001-09-14 Thread Ed Tharp
star office presenter seems to do pretty well - Original Message - From: Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: [newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux? Anything availible in linux to read MS PowerPoint presentations? --

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread bascule
hmm, good luck if you decide to upgrade, but on reflection even if there isn't an option in 'settings' for default thread behaviour, wasn't there always an option hanging off the toolbar item 'folder' ?, i remember the plus and minus boxes not working but i'm sure that did, for any one who

[newbie] Video Cards, any good?

2001-09-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm about to buy a new video card, either a 3D Prophet 4500 PowerVR KyroII 64MB AGP, or a VIVID! XS Kyro II 32MB AGP. Can anyone tell me what the compatability is like with these and Mandrake 8.0, or a place I can find out? Lovely Jubbly :o) Hey Ho...lets go Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Think its time for farewell

2001-09-14 Thread Siavash Sefidvash
Hello, I really hope you don't mind me asking a windoz question. You see, I have still not managed to install Mandrake. Until I do I would like to continue receiving mail from this list for future reference. However since the average daily mail from this list tends to range between 50 to 80. I

Re: [newbie] TEST! was I thrown off the newbie list by Denis HAVLIK? is this a blow FOR Mandrake?

2001-09-14 Thread Ed Tharp
again and again I shall beg forgiveness for my self, this WAS NOT done by anyone but me and my ISP changing POPmail settings. (they changed, I did not) - Original Message - From: jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001

Re: [newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux?

2001-09-14 Thread Derek Jennings
Star Office works great Not aware of anything else? Derek On Friday 14 September 2001 19:28, you wrote: Anything availible in linux to read MS PowerPoint presentations? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer

Re: [newbie] Think its time for farewell

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
Siavash, I just did a quick run through on my windows box using the following instructions: they are a little crude, but they worked. Try running through again and see if you can't get it to work Tools Rules wizard New Move messages based on content with newbie in the subject or body

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread s
On Friday 14 September 2001 07:10 pm, jennifer wrote: No, there is a radio box in the settings to default all your threads to collapsed and then you use the + or - in the subject list to expand them. -s No, there isn't one...it must be my version...bascule has reccomended (with

Re: [newbie] Expand/collapse in kmail

2001-09-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 13 September 2001 06:30 pm, bascule escribió: perhaps thats it, i am using kmail 1.3.1, actually the 'about kmail' says kmail 1.3.1 (using kde2.2.1pre) but i don't understand since i am running mandrake freq2 with cooker kde upgrades so i thought kde would be full 2.2? bascule

[newbie] huge fonts!

2001-09-14 Thread Tom Picot
Hi, I run mandrake 8. I changed X to the 4.x version using mandrakes setup program (can't rem the name, but, it let's you change the version running. So, I changed from 3.x to 4.x and now X has HUGE fonts. Everythings giant. What should I do?! Thanks for any help. Tom.

[newbie] a positive end to OT

2001-09-14 Thread jennifer
Someone from Boston sent these sentiments out that I would like to share. I know that some don't want OT on this list, but lets end our discussions as friends... Subject: For the book... Yesterday's events have had a profound impact on me...especially once I got home last night

Re: [newbie] To subscribe?

2001-09-14 Thread Mark Annandale
On Friday 14 September 2001 21:04, you wrote: Linux fellows, how could I subscribe to this list, please? Thanks mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Go to www.mandrake.com and look on the left hand side for mailing lists. Scroll down the page and you will see the subscribe box, enter your email

RE: [newbie] Attention for everybody

2001-09-14 Thread Hans N.
I would think the city of God would be renowned for something more pure than capitalism, wealth, and the fact that if the city had public restrooms, they would be used as homes for those who live under boxes. Hans N. -Original Message- Behalf Of Mohammed Arafa another off-topic post ok

RE: [newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

2001-09-14 Thread Hans N.
I have an ISP I have to pay for. One of their major centers, which happens to be the one that affects me, is/was a quarter mile away from the world trade center. Now my connection sucks. I'm trying to dial up for the 50th time hoping I can go online and get my e-mail. *In a whiny cry-baby

RE: [newbie] Think its time for farewell

2001-09-14 Thread Siavash Sefidvash
Jennifer, my most sincere thanks to you for that solution as it worked. I seem to have missed implementing the last couple of steps, namely to check to turn on rule before clicking finish. In the meantime I have in excess of 100 messages in my inbox to move to approriate folder. Up till now I

Re: [newbie] multiple copies of ML messages

2001-09-14 Thread d
LURKER here, I am using the Eudora Lite v5.1 within WinBlow$ and receive multiple copies of first sent messages prior to any responses. I find the DEL key works great in my system and just ignore that prob. To me that is very insignificant compared to the benefits I am receiving from this

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