Re: [newbie-it] Rotellina mouse in Netscape 4.78

2002-02-17 Thread Sebastiano Cordiano
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:53:35 +0100 e/tacc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come far funzionare la rotellina del mouse su Netscape 4.78 Ciao Elio Questa versione di Netscape non supporta nativamente il wheel mouse, come invece fanno Mozilla/Galeon e Gnome per es., ma si avvale di un programma

Re: [newbie-it] C'è l'ho fatta finalmente !!!!!!

2002-02-17 Thread gheblond
[cut] Grazie a tutti. Nicola MT Complimenti... bravo!!! ;-)

[newbie-it] Re: [newbie-it] C'è l'ho fatta finalmente !!!!!!

2002-02-17 Thread Marco Fortini
Scusa Nicola se tichiedo che modem ADSL hai; io sono un 38-enne stanco anch'io delle angherie di windows; ho il modem Alcatel ADSL Speedtouch USB, ci sto picchiando da più di due mesi ma non c'è verso di farlo collegare su Linux 8.0 e 8.1; Io la mailing list ancora non la posso ringraziare perchè

[newbie-it] da mp3 a wav ed altro sugli audio

2002-02-17 Thread Arwan
Visto che finalmente sono riuscita a masterizzare un CD audio, vi chiedo: che programma posso usare per convertire un file da mp3 a wav? E poi: e se volessi registrare, tramite la scheda audio, dei file wav? Cosa consigliate? Ho provato con aRts (o come cavolo si chiama quello di KDE) ma non ci

Re: [newbie-it] Re: [newbie-it] C'è l'ho fattafinalmente !!!!!!

2002-02-17 Thread Brunini Alessandro
Il dom, 2002-02-17 alle 15:06, Marco Fortini ha scritto: Scusa Nicola se tichiedo che modem ADSL hai; io sono un 38-enne stanco anch'io delle angherie di windows; ho il modem Alcatel ADSL Speedtouch USB, ci sto picchiando da più di due mesi ma non c'è verso di farlo collegare su Linux 8.0 e

[newbie-it] togliere GRUB

2002-02-17 Thread dimmy
Salve, ho un problema: non so come togliere GRUB dal hard disk. Vorrei accedere al Linux soltanto tramite il floppy. Ho cercato informazioni a riguardo, ma invano. Qualcuno puo' darmi una mano? Grazie Dimitri -- Prendi GRATIS l'email universale che... risparmia: http://www.email.it/f

Re: [newbie-it] problemi con CD Audio

2002-02-17 Thread Marco Forti
Alle 17:26, domenica 17 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: Uso la Mandrake 8.1 e ho modificato i parametri di boot come più volte consigliato (devfs=nomount nobiospnp). In questo modo sono in grado di leggere i CD. Il problema è, relativo ai CD Audio. Se lo faccio partire direttamente dal lettore

Re: [newbie-it] togliere GRUB

2002-02-17 Thread Fabio Manunza
Alle 16:42, domenica 17 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: Salve, ho un problema: non so come togliere GRUB dal hard disk. Vorrei accedere al Linux soltanto tramite il floppy. Ho cercato informazioni a riguardo, ma invano. Qualcuno puo' darmi una mano? Grazie Dimitri fdisk /mbr ...Perlomeno

Re: [newbie-it] Rotellina mouse in Netscape 4.78

2002-02-17 Thread eltacc
Alle 11:56, domenica 17 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:53:35 +0100 e/tacc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come far funzionare la rotellina del mouse su Netscape 4.78 Ciao Elio Questa versione di Netscape non supporta nativamente il wheel mouse, come invece fanno

[newbie-it] XawTV

2002-02-17 Thread eltacc
Mandrake 8.1 mi ha installato il programma XawTV. Con la cam vedo l'immagine mezza verde e mezza grigia. Con l'ingresso composito vedo l'immagine Tv solo in bianco nero. Ciao a tutti Elio

Re: [newbie-it] togliere GRUB

2002-02-17 Thread gheblond
Il 10:42, domenica 17 febbraio 2002, hai scritto: Salve, ho un problema: non so come togliere GRUB dal hard disk. Vorrei accedere al Linux soltanto tramite il floppy. Ho cercato informazioni a riguardo, ma invano. Qualcuno puo' darmi una mano? Grazie Dimitri Giustamente... fdisk /mbr, ma

[newbie-it] Come si pronuncia Linux?!?

2002-02-17 Thread Manuela
Buona Sera a tutta la ML!!! Ho scoperto una cosa che trovo molto carina (non particolarmente utile.. ma simpatica :-) ) E' questa: esiste in Linux un file audio nel quale Linus Torvalds in persona insegna la corretta pronuncia di Linux. Problema questo che non riguarda noi italiani (io non ho

Re[2]: [newbie-it] da mp3 a wav ed altro sugli audio

2002-02-17 Thread Arwan
Scrive Sebastiano: (Sunday, February 17, 2002, ore 7:33:28 PM, a proposito di [newbie-it] da mp3 a wav ed altro sugli audio) SC decodifico tutti gli mp3 contenuti in una dir con uno script che si SC chiama MP3do (credo che sia qui http://spazioweb.inwind.it/stefko). Puoi SC farlo anche a mano

R: [newbie-it] XawTV

2002-02-17 Thread luca laghi
In questi giorno sto sperimentando un problema analogo. Ho una sccheda con ingresso composito, super-video e antenna. Con il collegamento videregistratore-computer tramite antenna ho immagini perfette, con gli altri due mezzi immagini scarse ( quasi in bianco e nero). Potrebbe dunque essere un

[newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Rich
I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Mark Evans
Hi Rich. Right click on the icon (on desktop).click on properties...then click on the icon. Mark On Sunday 17 February 2002 10:42, you wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Robin Turner
On Sunday 17 February 2002 12:42, Rich wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Depends on your window manager. In KDE you just right-click the icon and

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Rodrigo
One way to do it is to right-click on the icon and then click on properties. A dialog box will open with the icon on it, so click on the icon now and another box will open. There you will see a lot of other icons or you can choose a .png or .xpm file. Pick up a new icon and it's done. Hope

Re: [newbie] Charset in Star/Open Office

2002-02-17 Thread Onur Kucuk
RT I'm sure this one must have been asked and answered before, but I RT can't find it in the archives RT How do you get Star / Open Office to use a different charset? I need RT Latin5 (iso-8859-9) encoding and can't find anything there to set it RT (choosing language as Turkish has no

[newbie] programm for scsi streamer?

2002-02-17 Thread Paul Pak
Hi! As I have an external SCSI Streamer 4GB which I want to use, I am looking for an nice tool (GUI) for using it. I know there is good old tar, but are there any nice graphical tools? thanxs Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RPM File Installation

2002-02-17 Thread Rodrigo
You can try rpm -ql package_name (see man rpm or rpm --help). It will list all the files inside the package and in which directories they are placed. When you are installing it with software manager, before the installation, manager shows the files of the package. Before pressing next to

RE: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread Franki
I personally use icewm to do all my desktop stuff on the slower servers.. (my home sshd, samba, postfix, fetchmail gateway and firewall machine, is a 233MMX with 160mb of ram, and although its not what you'd call lightning, its certainly fast enough to serve its purpose,, I also use it to browse

Re: [newbie] Charset in Star/Open Office

2002-02-17 Thread Robin Turner
On Sunday 17 February 2002 13:32, Onur Kucuk wrote: RT I'm sure this one must have been asked and answered before, but I RT can't find it in the archives RT How do you get Star / Open Office to use a different charset? I need RT Latin5 (iso-8859-9) encoding and can't find anything

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Rich
I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type. Unfortunately, this also changes all of the other, similar, non-embedded icons on the desktop.

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:52:41 +0800 Tonton [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: When I go to KDE, my desktop in Gnome automatically open in my KDE desktop, what should I do to remove this? Open kpm and look for an instance of gmc running. kill that instance and any others

Re: [newbie] RPM File Installation

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 08:58:44 -0300 Rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: You can try rpm -ql package_name (see man rpm or rpm --help). It will list all the files inside the package and in which directories they are placed. When you are installing it with

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:33:51 -0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I had trouble with 8.1, mandrake 7.1 through 8.0 were blazing fast for me, then came 8.1 download edition, slow and unstable, Some people have had great luck with 8.1, other's like ours

Re: [newbie] HTP370 raid controller

2002-02-17 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 16 February 2002 11:22 pm, Eric Paynter wrote: I'm thinking about getting a mainboard with a High Point HTP370 IDE RAID controller to use RAID1. I can't find it listed in the compatible hardware list. Can anybody share any success/failure stories with this controller? Thanks,

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread Robin Turner
On Sunday 17 February 2002 15:46, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:33:51 -0600 Mark D'voo [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I had trouble with 8.1, mandrake 7.1 through 8.0 were blazing fast for me, then came 8.1 download edition, slow and unstable, Some

[newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread prontomail
I know how about the Ctrl-Alt-Bksp part, but when I do that it only brings me back to the X-Windows (KDE) logon screen and not to the prompt. Even restarting the PC does not make it stop at the prompt. It goes straight to the KDE. Also, how do I change my displayresolution in X-Windows.

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Leonard W.Miller
Go here and see if this helps you. http://192.168.1.65/books/Computer/MandrakeUserArchives/xwin/xset.html prontomail[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/17/02 3:10:00 AM I know how about the Ctrl-Alt-Bksp part, but when I do that it only brings me back to the X-Windows (KDE) logon screen and not to the

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Robin Turner
On Sunday 17 February 2002 10:10, prontomail wrote: I know how about the Ctrl-Alt-Bksp part, but when I do that it only brings me back to the X-Windows (KDE) logon screen and not to the prompt. Even restarting the PC does not make it stop at the prompt. It goes straight to the KDE. Depends

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 08:25:43 -0500, daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:52:41 +0800 Tonton [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: When I go to KDE, my desktop in Gnome automatically open in my KDE desktop, what should I do to remove this?

Re: [newbie] SbLive

2002-02-17 Thread Paul Kraus
I am not trying to get the spidif jack to work. I want the speaker output jack to be set for digital output so that it can run digital speakers. On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 04:31, Paul Pak wrote: In Case you are using the alsa sound drivers do the following: as root enter the command: alsactl

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:10:00 -0800, prontomail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know how about the Ctrl-Alt-Bksp part, but when I do that it only brings me back to the X-Windows (KDE) logon screen and not to the prompt. Even restarting the PC does not make it stop at the prompt. It goes straight to

[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3

2002-02-17 Thread geno
Any thoughts on how they compare? What is the Mandrake equivalent of the SuSE Online Update? Thanks. geno Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Randy Kramer
Leonard W.Miller wrote: Go here and see if this helps you. http://192.168.1.65/books/Computer/MandrakeUserArchives/xwin/xset.html Leonard, I don't think that will work for anybody out on the Internet -- that is a private IP, and does not work for me. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Leonard W.Miller
oops http://64.78.107.79/books/Computer/MandrakeUserArchives/xwin/xset.html how about now Randy Kramer[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/17/02 10:41:58 AM Leonard W.Miller wrote: Go here and see if this helps you. http://192.168.1.65/books/Computer/MandrakeUserArchives/xwin/xset.html Leonard, I

[newbie] MDK 8.1 freezes during new install

2002-02-17 Thread Gilbert Desmet
Hi, I have a recurring freeze problem during installation of Linux MDK8.1 on a PC with Win98SE. Partition during install runned ok. I partitioned half of my HD for Linux with approx 4 GB for the '/' mount en approx. 15 GB for the '/home' mount. Freezing occurs during further installation.

Re: [newbie] Modem PCTel

2002-02-17 Thread Rodrigo
Thank you very much ! It's working pefectly !!! :-D The last doubt is, I am not sure about where I should put the following commands: insmod pctel insmod ptserial Should I put them in /etc/profile or there is a better place for them ? Thanks again, Rodrigo Joseph Braddock wrote: Go to

[newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Jon Doe
does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I can't find it now. It rebuilds rar files that are missing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread Jeffrey Madore
I would like to say thank you to all who replied to my inquiries as to 8.1 operating slow on my P120. I have made some notes from your comments and thus will try an older dist or lighter X application. On the other hand I may just upgrade the machine...things to ponder. As to my 700Mhz

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3

2002-02-17 Thread shane
first the disclaimer, one mans theology is another mans belly laugh. a must have distro for me may be unusable for you, but... the 2 highest rated distros in most of the current reviews i have found are, you guessed it, suse and mandrake. most place them the same, a few give a slight edge

[newbie] Realplayer 8

2002-02-17 Thread Rodrigo
Hi, I've had problems with Realplayer 8 Basic, I don't get any audio playback from it. Some times when launching it, I get this message: cannot open the audio device. another application may be using it. I disabled the KDE sound server at startup but the problem remains the same. It plays video

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Chuck, The big question: did you keep Netscape 6.2? Is it worth the trouble? -- I'm developing a website and I'm just curious to see how it compares to the Netscape 4.xx that came with LM 8.0. I use Konqueror almost exclusively. (I'm not fond of all the clutter in Netscape.) Regards,

Re: [newbie] Set Backup

2002-02-17 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Charles Muller wrote: I had thought that I could run this file by going to the /chuck directory and typing the file name. But it doesn't run. I get the response: bash: backup: command not found Can someone tell me what I am missing here? I am sorry to be so slow. Thanks again,

Re: [newbie] How do I get out of X-Windows

2002-02-17 Thread Randy Kramer
Leonard W.Miller wrote: http://64.78.107.79/books/Computer/MandrakeUserArchives/xwin/xset.html how about now Leonard, Much better! Is there also a domain name for that IP address? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Rich wrote: I'm running Mandrake 8.1. How does one change the icon for an individual app on the desktop? I can change the icons of groups (all *.exe, I.E.), but not individuals. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're using KDE, then right click on the icon in question, pick properties,

[newbie] PCMCIA not detected

2002-02-17 Thread Vern W Heesch
I am in need of help. I thought I would install Mandrake on my Sony laptop but it didn't go all that well. The installation kept freezing on the check for pcmcia devices. I ended up installing by using the linux noauto option. So, now I have no pcmcia support. I don't know if it was the right

[newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread JSheble
Just out of curiosity I thought I'd take a look at some of the other WindowManagers that come with LM8.1. I did not originally install them when I installed LM though. So using the Software Manager in the Mandrake Control Center I installed Blackbox. Now however, I'm completely unsudre how to

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread Chris Keelan
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 10:38:13 -0700: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, JSheble [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: So what do I need to do to get Blackbox running as my defauly WindowManager so I can check it out, then switch back to Gnome when I want to??? If you're using the

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread shane
not really what you are asking, but a Cool Thing that might help. from your current manager, do a ctrl alt F6 (or F whatever ya want) to get a different term and login. then type xinit -- :1 this starts another instance of X windows, it will run on F8 while your original was on F7 (i

[newbie] LM 8.1 - Mouse focus rightshift problem

2002-02-17 Thread Prashant Nayak
Would appreciate thoughts/suggestions on fixing this weird problem I am having with my mouse. Every so often, the focus rightshifts by about 0.5 inches. One cause (unconfirmed) might be opening up more than a certain number of applications (any combination - xterms, Netscape, xmms, etc).

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3

2002-02-17 Thread geno
Thanks for your help. - At 09:12 AM 2/17/2002 -0800, you wrote: first the disclaimer, one mans theology is another mans belly laugh. a must have distro for me may be unusable for you, but... the 2 highest rated distros in most of the current reviews i have found

[newbie] (OT) LAN/network hardware requirements

2002-02-17 Thread skinky
Hi list This is a bit OT, but... I have ordered a pc that has a mobo with an integrated Network Card - Realtek 8100. My question is what other hardware is required to connect my current linux box to the new pc? Do I need to purchase a network card for my current pc also? What sort of

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA not detected

2002-02-17 Thread Nanook
Have you read this? http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3#vaio HTH Charlie On February 17, 2002 10:15 am, Vern spoke these words: I am in need of help. I thought I would install Mandrake on my Sony laptop but it didn't go all

[newbie] can't access rpmdrake or DrakConf

2002-02-17 Thread stan lockaby
Hi list, After running LM-8 for 3 to 4 months with near flawless performance, I have suddenly begun having many strange problems. My X session will often freeze, along with the keyboard, forcing me to do a reset. I have re-installed several times, to no avail. Now I can't get rpmdrake or

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:46:23 -0500 Jeffrey Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I would like to say thank you to all who replied to my inquiries as to 8.1 operating slow on my P120. I have made some notes from your comments and thus will try an older dist or

[newbie] How to resize partitions

2002-02-17 Thread Warren Post
Several people on this list have asked how to resize partitions. I, for example, needed to shrink /home and grow root. The answer is Parted, available at Freshmeat or at: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted Not only does it work, but the documentation is very newbie friendly. Highly

Re: [newbie] (OT) LAN/network hardware requirements

2002-02-17 Thread Randy Kramer
skinky wrote: This is a bit OT, but... I have ordered a pc that has a mobo with an integrated Network Card - Realtek 8100. My question is what other hardware is required to connect my current linux box to the new pc? Basically listed below -- a network card for your existing computer,

Re: [newbie] (OT) LAN/network hardware requirements

2002-02-17 Thread Randy Kramer
PS: Re cabling: Or make your own crossover cable of the proper length -- it's no more difficult than putting the ends on a cable yourself (with the proper crimping tool), but you interchange a few leads. If you decide to go that way, you can find instructions on the Internet, or somebody can

Re: [newbie] unzip not in path

2002-02-17 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Thanks to all. Archiver needed 'zip' in order to work. Rest assured that I can use the CLI but I just wanted to be able to see inside an archive quickly. In any case, thanks to all once again, Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 16 February 2002 09:07 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 16

RE: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread JSheble
Thank you, this did what I needed... So what do I need to do to get Blackbox running as my defauly WindowManager so I can check it out, then switch back to Gnome when I want to??? If you're using the 'startx' approach instead of gdm/kdm, I don't think you can change WMs on the fly (although

[newbie] Can't ping from or to Mandrake box

2002-02-17 Thread prontomail
Could someone please tell the best How-To resource available for Linux on the net? In the meantime, why is it that I can't ping my new Mandrake installation. I know connectivity is there because I access the web from this box through my MSWindows-hosted internet sharing. I just need a way to

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 11:38, JSheble wrote: Just out of curiosity I thought I'd take a look at some of the other WindowManagers that come with LM8.1. I did not originally install them when I installed LM though. So using the Software Manager in the Mandrake Control Center I installed

[newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-17 Thread John Richard Smith
I have new kit :- Bios : Fastrack100Lite TM Bios v 1.31.1.(build30) with AMI Bios setup, Case : MS-6380 ATX Mainboard Motherboard : MSI KT7266 Pro2 DDR with Raid, with 4 no. USB2, and 4no USB1 ports. Sound:

[newbie] Attempt to fake stamp??

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Meanwhile back at the ranch . . . Seems like I'm getting all sorts of bounced mail again through newbie. The latest returned mail included one that was from: nobody @localhost with Subject: Re: A few changes; From: ert [EMAIL PROTECTED]. [Never heard of him] I checked the logs and saw that

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote: does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I can't find it now. It rebuilds rar files that are missing. Just curious. What are rar files? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sunday 17 February 2002 04:06 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 11:38, JSheble wrote: Just out of curiosity I thought I'd take a look at some of the other WindowManagers that come with LM8.1. I did not originally install them when I installed LM though. So using the

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Michael
Try copying one of the other *.kdeink files on your desktop to that filename.kdeink. Then change all the details in that .kdeink icon to suit your file. The problem is generic files like text files don't really have their own icon. The icon is auto created for them. Rich wrote: I've received

Re: [newbie] cd burning trouble

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Todd, First off, if there are any errors in this, it's because I had to copy it from the archive. Sigh . . I think your problem is that you've no entry for the /dev/scd0 in fstab. I've tried xcdroast and others, and have found tha gtoaster works the best and is the easiest to set up.

[newbie] VCD/Mpeg Application

2002-02-17 Thread Allen Hernandez
I'm looking for a VCD playing app alternative to xine. I've been trying to get the xine-ui rpm from sourceforge but the d/l stops dead at 24kb. MTV looks nice but it's _nagware_. Xtheater won't compile on my machine. Anything left out there for me? I'm still using 8.0. TIA. allen. Want

Re: [newbie] Realplayer 8

2002-02-17 Thread s
On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:12 am, you wrote: Hi, I've had problems with Realplayer 8 Basic, I don't get any audio playback from it. Some times when launching it, I get this message: cannot open the audio device. another application may be using it. I disabled the KDE sound server at

Re: [newbie] @ *

2002-02-17 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:48:24 +1300 Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Hi, What do the * and the @ denote after a file - as in the following listing: 998 walter@psybernet:/sbin (04:45:25) $ ls agetty*ether-wake* ifup* killall5*

Re: [newbie] File Sharing

2002-02-17 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On 16 Feb 2002 17:52:48 -0500 Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Are there any good linux file sharing apps? Something along the lines of morpheus. Lime wire is hard to use because it searches by file name. I want something that will search descriptions. Thanks. PK

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:46:23 -0500, Jeffrey Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to say thank you to all who replied to my inquiries as to 8.1 operating slow on my P120. I have made some notes from your comments and thus will try an older dist or lighter X application. On the

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:38:46 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote: does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I can't find it now. It rebuilds rar files that are

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:10:52 +1100 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:46:23 -0500, Jeffrey Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to say thank you to all who replied to my inquiries as to 8.1 operating slow on my P120.

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
its really amazing that few people know about the small package Xtart. it allows you to choose your WM from the commandline. i like it better than booting to runlevel 5 (GUI) to select my WM. its in the installation CDs or you could just search it from rpmfind as it is a little file. I just

[newbie] Transparent Menu

2002-02-17 Thread Juris Zeltinsh
Hi, how to create transparent menu in Mandrake 8.1 kde 2.2.1 ?? Sanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Dual boot restore

2002-02-17 Thread JOHN HEMMER
I have a dual boot system. Windows on the first partition and the Linux and Swap partitions follow. I had to reformat and reinstall the Windows-98 partition; what else is new! Anyway, when I use to reboot the computer it would boot the Linux system; unless windows was typed at the boot

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread g.sanders
On Sunday 17 February 2002 18:22, you wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:38:46 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote: does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I

Re: [newbie] cd burning trouble

2002-02-17 Thread Todd Slater
Hi Andre, I did have /dev/scd0 in my fstab. BUT, I went ahead and added the CD-ROM in gtoaster, and was able to see the audio tracks. When I tried to burn WAVs to CD, I got a dependency error something about Disk At Once, so I just unchecked that in preferences, and I got it to work fine.

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Chris Keelan
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:22:08 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:38:46 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote:

Re: [newbie] Dual boot restore

2002-02-17 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:59:14 -0500 (EST) JOHN HEMMER [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: I have a dual boot system. Windows on the first partition and the Linux and Swap partitions follow. I had to reformat and reinstall the Windows-98 partition; what else is new! Anyway, when I use to

Re: [newbie] VCD/Mpeg Application

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:32:07 -0800, Allen Hernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a VCD playing app alternative to xine. I've been trying to get the xine-ui rpm from sourceforge but the d/l stops dead at 24kb. Try the PLF packages at http://plf.zarb.org/. MTV looks nice but

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:22:08 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:38:46 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote: does anyone know where I can find

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:23:53 -0500, daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:10:52 +1100 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:46:23 -0500, Jeffrey Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to say thank

Re: [newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:22:08 -0500, daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:38:46 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:21 am, Jon Doe wrote: does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility?

Re: [newbie] Icon Question

2002-02-17 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Which window manager are your running? On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 07:59, Rich wrote: I've received 3 identical answers, but it doesn't work here! Nothing happens when I click on the icon in the dialog box. I can change the icon by right clicking and then selecting Edit File Type.

Re: [newbie] File Sharing

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:02:41 -0500, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Feb 2002 17:52:48 -0500 Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Are there any good linux file sharing apps? Something along the lines of morpheus. Lime wire is hard to use because it

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation

2002-02-17 Thread Charles Muller
On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 14:11, Andre Dubuc wrote: Hi Chuck, The big question: did you keep Netscape 6.2? Is it worth the trouble? -- I'm developing a website and I'm just curious to see how it compares to the Netscape 4.xx that came with LM 8.0. I guess a big difference here is that my

[newbie] mail domains

2002-02-17 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Hi, I am trying to send mail from a mail server using sendmail. Emails sent to me@address1 and mails sent to me at me@address2 both seem to get to me. That box also serves web pages for www.address1 and www.address2. When I ssh in and use elm or mutt or pine, I can set my email address to be

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread mike
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is- Fatal Exception Error in MSBORG32.DLL BAH-HA-HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA SNORT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That's very funny

[newbie] Already asserted ?!?!

2002-02-17 Thread Damian G
Hello .. i've reinstalled linux completely due to some minor inconveniencies and i'm trying to reinstall vmware workstation. during the vmware-config.pl file you have to run after the rpm installation, i get some weird compilation warnings... like this. cpp: -lang-c: linker input file

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread shane
the school i worked for had 45 of them when i started their as sys admin and forced them to upgrade to pent 133's! every year the 6th grade did an eggdrop, ya know try to wrap an egg so you can drop it off the roof (two stories at our school) and it doesn't break? after they finished that

[newbie] Restarting dead processes

2002-02-17 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I have a quick question about monitoring processes. I have a process (adsl-connect) which should be running if the connection is live. Most of the time the connection is dropped by my ISP after about a week of online time. I'd like to write a shell script that can check and see if

Re: [newbie] File Sharing

2002-02-17 Thread Walter Logeman
Paul, Are there any good linux file sharing apps? qtella - seems ok, very like grokster i used on windows. But it is not as efficient - maybe i need to tweek it somewhere. -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Dual boot restore

2002-02-17 Thread JOHN HEMMER
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:59:14 -0500 (EST) JOHN HEMMER [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: I have a dual boot system. Windows on the first partition and the Linux and Swap partitions follow. I had to reformat and reinstall the

Re: [newbie] enlightenment oops

2002-02-17 Thread Mario Michael da Costa
Michael wrote: I was having a look around enlightenment and i pushed the virtual desktop windows right over to the right where they seemed to sit better. Then i rolled them up - right off the side of my screen... now how do i get them back? Yes i have RTFM, at least i scanned it looking

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