Re: [newbie-it] supermount

2002-03-12 Thread Stefano Salari
--- Fabio Manunza [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Alle 18:13, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Prova ad andare in Mandrake Control Center quindi Hardware e Punti di Mount. Da li clicca su Removeable Media ed in opzioni. Dovresti trovare cosa fa per te.. ma, alla fine ho deciso

Re: [newbie-it] Sceda rete pcmcia

2002-03-12 Thread Stefano Bigotta
Non viene riconosciuta o non viene vista? non viene vista... e se tento di configurarla a mano non trovo neanche il modulo per la scheda in questione, ma solo quelli per le schede normali, non pcmcia (ehm... potrei essere io che non so dove guardare) Se non viene vista potrebbe essere

Re: [newbie-it] kernel

2002-03-12 Thread Stefano Salari
--- vaiconlinux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: di howto sulla compilazione del kernel ce ne sono a bizzeffe, forse troppi per seguirne uno con sicurezza. Quello che dicono tutti è la sequenza: make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install poi alcuni riportano

Re: [newbie-it] Configurazione e Compilazione Kernel

2002-03-12 Thread Corrado
Il ven, 2002-03-08 alle 10:54, Stefano Salari ha scritto: - La seconda cosa e' la versione del gcc. Di default viene installato il 2.96 che a me pero' ha dato qualche problema di compilazione: (...) allora ho installato il 3.0.1 che mi sembra funzioni bene. Prova a controllare che

Re: [newbie-it] wine

2002-03-12 Thread Tommaso Leddi
Il 15:40, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Salute alla lista. Qualche giorno fa ho voluto installare l'RPM di wine, dalla mdk8.1, sul mio computer che, oltre alla succitata distribuzione, ha anche WinME. Il risultato però è alquanto miserello, poichè non sono riuscito a far partire alcuna

Re: [newbie-it] sistema bloccato per..inattivit

2002-03-12 Thread nicola
Alle 19:39, lunedì 11 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Problemino con MDK 8.1-2.4.8-26mdk: sia in modalità konsole che in kde se non tocco né mouse né tastiera per circa 20 minuti... non posso far altro che resettare da case. Dove devo sbirciare per risolvere? Grazie Il tuo sistema supporta APM?

Re: [newbie-it] Device cancellato

2002-03-12 Thread nicola
Alle 20:15, domenica 10 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Salve a tutti, ho fatto una cazzata: ho rimosso il file /dev/tts/LT0 convinto che si ricreasse al prossimo boot. Di fatto non accade. Cosa si fa in questi casi? Ciao Luigi L'unica cosa che posso consigliarti, è scoprire (se

Re: [newbie-it] Sceda rete pcmcia

2002-03-12 Thread miKe
Il 16:26, martedì 12 marzo 2002, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] Sceda rete pcmcia, Stefano Bigotta ha scritto: Non viene riconosciuta o non viene vista? non viene vista... e se tento di configurarla a mano non trovo neanche il modulo per la scheda in questione, ma solo quelli per le schede

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

2002-03-12 Thread Kipling Cooper
* Carlos Arigós [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11 Mar 02 21:53]: Install rdate rpm. As root, type: rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu hwclock --systohc Enter I don't know how to automate this task; any idea? I added it to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local -- Kipling Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
Hello folks! I assure you - this is not off-topic. A short time ago I wrote a small paper on the psychology of expectation. In having several hundred monitors read it, I was able to demonstrate from their commentaries the sex and approximate age of the respondees with 80% accuracy. It is all

[newbie] XXconfiguration for Toshiba Laptop

2002-03-12 Thread Maamar AbuMalik
Dear Linux users, I am having trouble configuring the Xwindows for a toshiba laptop (S8200-600) with 15 monitor. I have tried many possibilities to fix the problem but in vain. Any idea? Thanks, Maamar _ Get your FREE download

Re: [newbie] Where are the sources???

2002-03-12 Thread Ron Bouwhuis
At the ftp download site, you need to go up a couple of nodes and look for a folder called SRPMS. They are in there. (At mine, from the ISO folder, I go up one folder, into a folder called 8.1 - SPRMS is in there!) HTH, Ron. --- shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i believe the sources come with

[newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
Hi folks, Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs and obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, communications, ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few user utilities? WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARCANE COMMAND LINE APPROACHES. Can we even say that e.g. the

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 16:28 11.03.2002 -0700, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a toshiba cable modem that uses usb

[newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Barran, Richard
Morning all, I've received a very interesting Mandrake Community Newsletter this morning. I'm including here the two most relevant paragraphs: Even though all of us here at MandrakeSoft are excited about the upcoming release, we've also been distracted by financial concerns. Despite

Re: [newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 16:28 11.03.2002 -0700, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ya'll will have to type real slow because I am from deep in the piney woods of east texas and can't read very fast. In fact so far back in the woods that chickens wear overalls. I have a toshiba cable modem that uses usb

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 22:28 11.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: * Carlos Arigós [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11 Mar 02 21:53]: Install rdate rpm. As root, type: rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu hwclock --systohc Enter I don't know how to automate this task; any idea? I added it to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local u could

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
Hello to you Richard From what I have read visiting Mandrakes home page I understand that they really are in trouble so I hurried and subscribe myself to the Mandrake Users Club and intending to buy the new 8.2 Release to support them more.They face, I think, the dilemma of cutting out personnel

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-12 Thread Dr Joe Brand
My apologies. The site does say a smart card reader. However, I am reading a memory stick from my Sony camera. If you go to the Zio home page you will see a ZiO! for Memory Stick. My point was that I was searching for help on a way to access the device. That site helped.

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
I hope that this poisoned letter of yours comes only because you tried very hard as a Linux newbie to install and get some things working (apps) and obviously you didn't succeed in doing so. You will never make it, trust me. Never, as long as you are carrying in your back and in your mind the M$

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Nelson Bartley
Now, I have yet to find the replacement for Frontpage. This is something that bothers me a great deal. However, I have managed to install (what will be LM 8.2) several times (only because I like to tinker the machine to non-functionality :) a more-then-functional install. I was up and running in

[newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Donald E.Gulmire
I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines. What is a good Antivirus program to use with Linux? Are there any freeware ones that are worth using? Thanks in advance! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Metamorphysical
I didn't think you need an antivirus for Linux. - Original Message - From: Donald E.Gulmire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:46 AM Subject: [newbie] Antivirus I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines.

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:00, john rigby wrote: Hi folks, Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs and obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, communications, ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few user utilities? WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARCANE

Re: [newbie] fpversion

2002-03-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Pauljames Dimitriu wrote: Hi, Unix has a real nice command called fpversion that gives you information on your system from a terminal. I'm guessing there is a version of this for Linux, but I can't find it. Where can I obtain a copy? Which package is it in? Thanks,

Re: [newbie] execute in shell?

2002-03-12 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:36:41 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: *wonders if I should be offended or what?* OK so I'm good at something. Everyone has to have a talent! Heather is next in line I'm sure for this little title of Install Expert. :)

RE: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Barran, Richard
Regards Dimitris P.S. Question: I really didn't understand what the letter of your employer that you are enclosing is about.Why did he sent you this and what is this has to do with Mandrake's need for money? Forgive me if I, sometimes, am slowminded and don't understand some things.

Re: [newbie] Improve the Mandrake cd-rom install?

2002-03-12 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:48:23 -0500 Zlatko Savic [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Hey everyone, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post suggestions since i don't know a better one but i think that 2 important features are missing during the cd-rom installation

Re: [newbie] descent3 demo install

2002-03-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Stojs wrote: I did not have to be root to install. But there is another problem. the readme says run descent3_demo to start the game. I tried clicking it but nothing happens. Do I have to run it from a terminal or something? As always, thanks in advance, Stojs I always ran it from a

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 06:46 12.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines. What is a good Antivirus program to use with Linux? Are there any freeware ones that are worth using? Thanks in advance! Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:00, john rigby wrote: WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARCANE COMMAND LINE APPROACHES. How things have changed. I remember, back in 1991 or 1992, teaching our secretary how to use a computer. Typing was no problem, it was the mouse that freaked her out - I had to put her

Re: [newbie] rpm and binary only installations - do they mix?

2002-03-12 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:28:31 +1300 Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Hi, I have just upgraded Xfree86 in Mdk 8.1 to 4.2.0. I used the binaries on the XFree site. It was recommended i do this on the gatos site where I wanted to grab a driver for

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 13:43, Nelson Bartley wrote: (only because I like to tinker the machine to non-functionality Heh heh, me too! On all of these hardware configurations I was able to install LM just fine. I admit I've created errors for myself afterwards when trying to tinker, but as

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Paul_Vortex wrote: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... NP. Now help me fix my own probs! :) Femme HA!... If they *aren't* Linux related, then there might be a hope in hell I could help you out! :o) -PV. You guys r funny! lol I'd love to go bar-hopping beer! with this

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 06:46 12.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: I am new to Linux, just getting familiar with installing software and command lines. What is a good Antivirus program to use with Linux? Are there any freeware ones that are worth using? Thanks in advance! Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: OT games Was: [newbie] gaim

2002-03-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
FemmeFatale wrote: No you aren't Shane. The gods know I don't get it either. :\ You wouldn't believe the BS I hear/get when I say I'm not interested in men. Hell in Q1 no one believed I was a girl! A whole different problem...however, guys imitating girl nicks seemed common then.

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
- Original Message - From: Dimitris Ioannou To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma. Maybe YOU should do 2 things Dimitris: 1. Re-read my note 2. Re-read your reply.

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 11:26, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: I hope that this poisoned letter of yours ... Well, you were the one who posted in HTML :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Damian Gatabria
BTW: NOBODY has so far claimed to have met the condition I enquired of - a simple, one-go instal. ME !!! happy now? don't believe me? i don't care. MDK 8.1 install. sound, internet, video, HD's, memory and every single thing. ( of course there was still configuring to be done to make

Re: [newbie] alias problem

2002-03-12 Thread Tim Holmes
To the best of my knowledge, this is a Linux thing. Now, Manadrake may use the /etc/profile.d/alias.sh script, but Linux uses the /etc/profile.d to keep some of it's aliases like that. Checking on a RedHAT machine, I can see other *.sh as well as *.csh files in that directory for setting up

RE: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Barran, Richard
Ok, a slightly more elaborate response from someone who's recently come over to Linux, asked himself the same question, and eventually figured out a kind of answer :) There is nothing magical about Linux that makes it immune to viruses (this will probably put me on loads of hate-mail lists).

Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?

2002-03-12 Thread Randy Kramer
Hanan Shargi wrote: SO Finally If I may rephrase the question here: How do I connect my small LAN ( of 2 pc's ) to the bigger LAN ( the buildin's ) to make the smaller LAN see the internet ?! Well, I'm glad to have helped a little bit. Not sure I can help more, but I think you got good

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Metamorphysical wrote: %_I didn't think you need an antivirus for Linux. UNLESS it is a mailserver for Windows boxes!!! -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] clock keeping correct time?

2002-03-12 Thread Mohammed Arafa 2 Mailing Lists
yeah .. u r in a time zone that is 8 hours ahead of gmt. and u set up lm8.1 to set ur clock as set to gmt. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: [newbie] clock keeping correct

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Damian Gatabria
There is nothing magical about Linux that makes it immune to viruses (this will probably put me on loads of hate-mail lists). Viruses get into your average PC through two routes: I wouldn't bet that when Linux takes over the world there won't be loads of Linux viruses around... i think it

Re: [newbie] fpversion

2002-03-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Ronald J. Hall wrote: + uname -a for several things. ;-) You can do cat /proc/something for instance try cat /proc/cpuinfo do an ls /proc to see all the infor available -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:00, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: yes, in 8.0 i had to change a single thing, i messed with fonts, in 8.1 i simply installed. everything a ok. naturally that wasn't good enough, as i have several programs i added after that cause i prefer

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Michael Viron
4. Pro Geek. Makes an actual living as technician in the field. Highly paid for his (rarely her) work, if ANY good at all, due to general great lack of competence in the technical area. Always extremely busy. Extremely poor communicators. Need to simply be given the job to do. Never ask them

Re: [newbie] Printer Problems

2002-03-12 Thread Rich
Never mind. :) I did a little more research and found the CUPS administrative tool. CUPS required that I log on as root before it would let me delete the job. Maybe that was the problem with the Print Job Admin tool, I wasn't logged in as root. All is well... Rich On Tue, 2002-03-12 at

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-12 Thread Paul_Vortex
Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes,... You guys r funny! lol I'd love to go bar-hopping beer! with this crowd sometime! ;-) You mentioned *The Word*(tm.com)... I like that! Shame we all live in Different Countries and all. PV. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

[newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Hanan Shargi
Paul Vortex wrote this on his reply to programs running on wine post, and since there is this trend in the past 2 days in the list where people are posting things that are not neccesarily == ( never mind the spelling ... hint would be nice to add a spell checker in Kmail /hint) related to the

[newbie] Printer Problems

2002-03-12 Thread Rich
I have an HP 930C printer, but I don't think my problem is related to the printer. I believe the problem is software/driver related. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and was printing a large job that I didn't want to finish. I stopped the printing at the printer and went into the Print Job

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Paul_Vortex
Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Name: Hanan Country: Fairfax, VA United States IP: .. nah ;-) Greenock, Scotland here. PV. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Printer Problems

2002-03-12 Thread Damian Gatabria
Any ideas on how to get rid of the old job? Also, are there any HP print utilies out there similar to the one that HP supplies for Windows systems? TIA try NOT cancelling from the printer. delete the job while it's printing. it will print half a page probably, and then stop. note: if

Re: [newbie] Connection sharing forced reconfiguration.

2002-03-12 Thread David
Wei Wang wrote: hi, I got a WinXP box and a Mandrake box sharing internet connection. I set up the connection sharing in Mandrake Control Center, works fine. But the problem is everytime I reboot Mandrake I have to reconfigure it to make it work. Is there anything I could do about it?

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread shane
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:48, Hanan Shargi opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Walnut Creek (bay area) California here and bar hoping would _not_ be a good idea. can see a bunch of rowdy linux geeks in one bar? ;-) -- The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better.' So I installed

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Paul_Vortex
shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes... Walnut Creek (bay area) California here and bar hoping would _not_ be a good idea. can see a bunch of rowdy linux geeks in one bar? ;-) LoL... ever hear of Pigdog? Being a Sanfranciscan and all. PV. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread shane
i always kinda felt like buying every other box (and downloading the in betweens) was a pretty fair deal, but i guess not enough do that. just joined the club, and may have to consider a donation this year some time. i knew they were behind on the profit/cost thing, but i assumed they would

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread shane
me and 5 friends. that makes several on this list alone already. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 04:25, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: I certainly did fail! That was the whole point of the commentary! I have not found since Redhat 5.1 a SINGLE SOUL who managed to instal

[newbie] RPMdrake Problem...

2002-03-12 Thread Paul_Vortex
Hi... I'm having problems with RPMdrake. I need it so that I can install X-windows, but when I try to run it I get... "Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display" ... Does anyone know what might be wrong? (I think the Graphics card - ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder - is supported... it showed up in the

RE: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Tom Harris
i think the letter from employer is probablyan automaticly added signature that the company puts on themselves. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dimitris IoannouSent: 12 March 2002 10:49To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 09:18 am, sda wrote: That said I'd like to join the club, however each time I've tried it asks for a credit card number and won't let me proceed without entering one. I'm quite surprised that MandrakeSoft doesn't provide for alternative methods of payment. I for one,

Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...

2002-03-12 Thread David
Paul_Vortex wrote: Hi... I'm having problems with RPMdrake. I need it so that I can install X-windows, but when I try to run it I get... Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display ... Does anyone know what might be wrong? (I think the Graphics card - ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder - is

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
--- g. sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] : On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:48, you wrote: Paul Vortex wrote this on his reply to programs running on wine post, and since there is this trend in the past 2 days in the list where people are posting things that are not neccesarily == ( never mind

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Miark
Why dont we people post in what part of the world are we ?? starter: Name: Hanan Country: Fairfax, VA United States Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. It's the high desert but very close to mountains, lakes, lush forests, and hot springs. Miark Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] removing firewall

2002-03-12 Thread Stojs
I installed mandrake 8.1 with the firewall and lots of other stuff. Now I want to try my connection sharing with the firewall completely disabled or uninstalled. How do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread DanLori Buchanan
g. sanders wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:48, you wrote: Paul Vortex wrote this on his reply to "programs running on wine" post,and since there is this trend in the past 2 days in the list where peopleare posting things that are not "neccesarily" == ( never

Re: [newbie] http://buzz.bazooka.se

2002-03-12 Thread David
Stojs wrote: Now I´m getting somewhere, to an error message, saying Failed to load library [libGL.so]. Does this mean I have to install something else for the graphics? There is a savage4 in this machine. Ronald J. Hall wrote: Yes. The program is trying to use openGL and cannot find it

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Hakan Duran
Name: Hakan Duran Country: Norfolk, VAUnited States - Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Why dont we people post in what part of the world

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Pena Family
Southern California, near the home of the original Disneyland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...

2002-03-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:43:48 -0500 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul_Vortex wrote: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Simple, GTK needs X window to run. Run the utility from with in X window. I you don't have X window installed, you'll have to use another utility. Um, thanks

RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread quaylar
At 12:52 12.03.2002 -0600, you wrote: Lake Mary, Florida (town just north of Orlando). It's 79 here. Brr. :) Scott Burrows Austria(no cangaroos and boomerangs here *g*) 20° Celsius --dave -Original Message- From: DanLori Buchanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: Name: Dimitris Country: Greece it is 19.12 am, shit weather but very nice for a beer and chat Hello to you all What kind of a clock do you use in Greece [ 1912 AM ] -- Gerald Waugh Connecticut, United States of America BUSH Country

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Jim Gentry
- Original Message - From: Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Why dont we people post in what part of the world r we ?? starter: Name: Hanan Country: Fairfax, VA

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Paul
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:17:31 -0500 Gerald wrote: Gerald Waugh Connecticut, United States of America BUSH Country Paul Kater Netherlands -- The time is always right to do what is right. -Martin Luther King, Jr. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Nanook
Regardless of the Free nature of things Linux; I bought the 8.1 Standard Edition box as soon it was available here back in November. Before that I had tried 7.1, 7.2, and Freq. Downloads. Since I decided to go exclusively {no Windows at all for a year now.} I thought it only fair. As to the

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi Everyone, British Columbia Canada..just above 0 degrees C (32 degrees F) Home of hockey GOLD! Bill W. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:23 am, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Nanook
OK: Name: Charlie Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Spell checking works in KMail for me. Am I missing something? snip from kspell Class Index KSpell offers easy access to International ISpell or ASpell (at the user's option) as well as a spell-checker GUI (Add, Replace, etc.). You can

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Lanman
Bill; You forgot to say Raining and Damp ! Lanman Formerly of Abbotsford and now in Montreal, where it's a chilly -10 degrees Celsius, but it's a dry Chill! - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:30 PM Subject:

RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Michael T. Richards
Even though I'm only basically lurking and learning, I'm still here...:) Mike - Draper, UT, USA! Mike Richards Bill; You forgot to say Raining and Damp ! Lanman Formerly of Abbotsford and now in Montreal, where it's a chilly -10 degrees Celsius, but it's a dry Chill! - Original Message

RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Robin
Glade to hear from someone on the same boat as me. We just had some snow few days back and other people are enjoying sun already. Well, anyone one from Seattle want to jump in and complain about the weather? LOL Vancouver BC Canada Robin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Firewall setup

2002-03-12 Thread skinky
On Friday 08 March 2002 01:38, Dr Joe Brand wrote: iptables and Bastille are installed, but drakconf still can't find them. I've removed them and reinstalled them to no avail. I think there is a problem with drakconf and the wizards it uses. When I start drakconf the following message

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread jeff
jeff worcester MA, USA currently experimenting with: mandrake debian freebsd it's all good... Worcester, Worcester Regional Airport, MA, United States (KORH) 42-16-14N 071-52-23W 304M Mar 12, 2002 - 01:54 PM EST / 2002.03.12 1854 UTC Wind: from the SW (230 degrees) at 17 MPH (15 KT):0

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread chingasman
Orange County California don't know the temperature haven't been outside in a day or 2 - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Hi Everyone,

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Nanook
Hi Robin; Nothing to complain about here: Bright; sunny; -12 C. Last week was around -25 for daytime highs. This feels like spring. Then again; I spent almost 12 years working around the Barren lands and living in Yellowknife.. grin Charlie

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Damian Gatabria
Why dont we people post in what part of the world r we ?? starter: Name: Hanan Country: Fairfax, VA United States IP: .. nah ;-) Buenos Aires, Argentina. ;oP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] kde menu

2002-03-12 Thread Damian Gatabria
..does anybody know if that tool for editing the k menu you open in K --- configure panel --- menu editor is updated upon startup? i installed a program that added links in my menu i don need, and that app doesn show them.. do i have to restart kde? or maybe i'm looking in the wrong place?

RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Richard Eckles
Beautiful, sunny, hot, muggy, Florida, USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Why dont we people

[newbie] Feel like joining in?

2002-03-12 Thread Marco Verheul
Hello fellow Linux users, An idea popped into my head tonight and I want to do something with it rightaway. So let me explain. I'm relatively new to Linux and I got my LM 8.1 distro running for a couple of weeks now very smoothly (most of the times). I visited a lot of Linux related websites

Re: [newbie] Antivirus

2002-03-12 Thread Randy Kramer
If anyone needs extra confirmation that virii are possible under Linux, you might want to pay attention to a thread going on this week over on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail list. Someone has written a Virus HOWTO for Linux, and the maillist is discussing whether they should publish it. The

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Lee
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 04:00 am, john rigby wrote: Hi folks, Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs and obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, communications, ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few user utilities? WITHOUT RESORTING TO

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Bryan B Whitehead
I would have been a Gold member if I could have had Mandrake charge by the month instead of by the year They should fix that So I can upgrade... ;) On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 01:45, Barran, Richard wrote: Morning all, I've received a very interesting Mandrake Community Newsletter this

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Joe Brand
Dr Joe Frenchtown, New Jersey. - Original Message - From: Michael T. Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Even though I'm only basically lurking and learning, I'm still

Re: [newbie] RPMdrake Problem...

2002-03-12 Thread Paul_Vortex
Charles and Dave, Thankyou both very much for these suggestions. I'm going to see if the quick one will work first, then if it doesn't work, I'll try Daves. Dave, I never recieved your reply message at this end. but I got to read it through Charles'... Thankyou very much indeed! :o) I will

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread Michael
shane wrote: On Tuesday 12 March 2002 08:28, Tom Brinkman opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Otherwise you'll probly end up runnin RedHat . maybe even worse, M$ Linux paid for on a $ub$cription basis ;~ you really know how to scare a person, don't you? the thought of

[newbie] Chat (OT)

2002-03-12 Thread Michael
We are getting a lot of informal chat type email -(holds hand up and says guilty) so i just want to point out one IRC channel that we could use. irc.chatjunkies.org#Mandrake It is going 24/7 and hardly used at all. My X-Chat took me almost straight there. Michael -- It looks like blind

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Heather Reed
Greetings from Glastonbury, UK, home of King Arthur's tomb (well one of them anyway :-)), merlin and the famous Glastonbury festival - beer is terrible and weather always wet Heather - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Dan LaBine
Gee Jeff; Can't you be more accurate than that?? Looks like you left out the seconds in your time there, and a latitude and longitude would have been nice ! Grin! Grin! Lanman - Original Message - From: jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:36 PM

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Peter Watson
Hi, from Ardnamurchan, the most westerly point on the UK mainland (probably the wettest as well) Regards Pete Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] kde menu

2002-03-12 Thread Peter Watson
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 21:15 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: ..does anybody know if that tool for editing the k menu you open in K --- configure panel --- menu editor is updated upon startup? i installed a program that added links in my menu i don need, and that app doesn show them.. do i have

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