Re: [newbie] Getmail (was: best way to set up e-mail?)

2002-05-07 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Paul wrote: > In reply to daRcmaTTeR's mail, d.d. Tue, 7 May 2002 13:23:51 -0400 (EDT): > > >Getmail??? I've heard good and bad about it. Tried it once but wasn't very > >impressed. and you're right...it did complain a lot. > > It has run fine here always... > Paul > > -- > If

[newbie] Fax Ware

2002-05-07 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Sirs, Has anyone experience of using Fax on Mandrake 8.2. This is something I need, but unsure whether to go for Hylafax, efax, Kfax, Gfax, or Mgetty. Are there major advantages and is setting up a major problem. The advantage of fax over email, is that you know the recipient has down loaded a

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?

2002-05-07 Thread Brian Koppe
Read the book "More Guns, Less Crime" There was a LOT of research put into that book and it shows, quite well, that what you just claimed is not true. I submit to you the case of Switzerland. Every male in Switzerland is REQUIRED to own a gun - yet they have incredibely low crime there too.

[newbie] HELP!!!

2002-05-07 Thread Brian R Koppe
Boy did I learn my lesson not to play around as root! :-[ Alright, I decided to install some Texstar RPM's last night and some said they needed the latest RPM's from the KDE3 CVS - so, I figured, what the heck, why not install them? So, silly me, I decided to install *some* of the RPM's from KDE

Re: [newbie] start apps on log in

2002-05-07 Thread Damian G
On Tue, 7 May 2002 07:37:50 -0700 Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I used to know this.I want to get 'sound mixer' to start whenever I log > in. I'm pretty sure I have to put it in rc.d ...I think. > Anyway, tell me the syntax and I promise I won't forget agai

Re: [newbie] nt-2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm

2002-05-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 10:04 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anyone out there had the experience of getting the downloader > programme "nt" to work. > I installed abovementioned, just fine, > Seems interesting indeed, just one problem , I cannot seem to get > it to addopt a file from the net. > I

[newbie] start apps on log in

2002-05-07 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I used to know this.I want to get 'sound mixer' to start whenever I log in. I'm pretty sure I have to put it in rc.d ...I think. Anyway, tell me the syntax and I promise I won't forget again. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to htt

[newbie] nt-2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm

2002-05-07 Thread John Richard Smith
Anyone out there had the experience of getting the downloader programme "nt" to work. I installed abovementioned, just fine, Seems interesting indeed, just one problem , I cannot seem to get it to addopt a file from the net. I suspect I need to add konqueror to the NT downloader somewhere, so t

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread Charlie
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 03:30 am, Roman Korcek offered this for consideration: > Hey, > > >> Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of > >> packages during installation, can't you? > > > > *grin* to tell you the truth i dont know if i can switch to flat > > view during installa

Re: [newbie] OT Guns

2002-05-07 Thread shane
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 00:34, FemmeFatale opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > I'm gonna seriously beat whoever next posts on this topic & keeps it > going! my wife is out of town for meetings, i haven't been beat by a women in age monweek.

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread shane
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 00:26, David opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Come on now..Don't get me wrong, I support that guy in NO way. But > if there are two things in this world he is not they are: _poor_ or > _dumb_. i won't argue the "dumb" part,

Re: [newbie] Early distro on older PC (was 2 distributions on 1 computer?????)

2002-05-07 Thread shane
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 02:14, civileme opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > I guess the real difference will come with the hammer-core processors > which are x86 compatible unlike IA-64, but have significant enhancements > beyond the 64-bit wideness. There

Re: [newbie] i586 v i686

2002-05-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 06 May 2002 07:19 pm, Brian Koppe wrote: > Well, I have an Athlon T-Bird - am I correct in assuming that means > to equeate it to over a PII? Also, what if there is only one > option i.e. it comes in i586 but not i686 - will the i586 work for > me? Thanks a lot! :) You can use ei

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread David
daRcmaTTeR said onto me: -- |On Tue, 7 May 2002, David wrote: | |> |> |> daRcmaTTeR said onto me: |> -- |> |> | |> |Brian, |> | |> |Thats a terrible t

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?

2002-05-07 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 7 May 2002, David wrote: > > > daRcmaTTeR said onto me: > -- > > | > |Brian, > | > |Thats a terrible thing to say. even for Billy-bob. sure the guy is evil > |but geeZ. That's rather harsh. Maybe the poor bugger simply

[newbie] RPM's missing of Powerpacks?

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Check out this post on Mandrake user http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=366 This guy says that he has found 318 RPMs present on the Mandrake 8.2 download edition which are missing from the Powerpack. One of them is slocate which I recall Kaj saying last week he could not locate on h

Re: [newbie] help with ./configure

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Whenever you find ./configure stops saying it needs a file just open Mandrake Software Manager and search for an rpm of that name. If one is not found then press the 'search by file' button and search again. Once you have found the correct RPM install the '-devel' version of that RPM. The deve

RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Title: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?   -Original Message-From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:46 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Re

[newbie] mandrake-offtopic newsgroup

2002-05-07 Thread Alastair Scott
Following my original email it seems rather a lot of people want discussion of gun culture, United States constitutional issues, the wickednesses of Microsoft and so on elsewhere, so I've set it up as a diversion for such threads. You subscribe by sending a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?

2002-05-07 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On 7 May 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 03:16, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than > > the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too. > > > > Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same.

Re[2]: [newbie] OT guns

2002-05-07 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Roman Korcek wrote: > Hi, > > >> Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same. End of story > >> here in Canada. > > > Rediculous. Criminals kill people, > > Accidents can kill them, too. And easy access to guns makes it easy to > get guns for crimes. I think I agre

[newbie] How to print

2002-05-07 Thread Cesar Santos
Hello Using Mandrake 8.2 and HP LaserJet 1000 but cannot print at all. This printer is attached to USB port and Mandrake recognized both USB port and HP LaserJet 1000. I have some output results of those commands: $ rpm -q usbutils $ uname -a $ lspcidrake -v | egrep -i 'usb' $ cat /proc/bu

Re: [newbie] OT Guns

2002-05-07 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 7 May 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: > Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > > Yes, however those ideas have already been taken into account when doing > > an analysis of the crime rates in various disarmed countries. Once more > > I recommend the following from Amazon: > > > > See the book: "More Guns,

[newbie] KMAIL ADDRESSBOOK RESTORATION

2002-05-07 Thread John Richard Smith
I don't have any problem creating kmail addressbook.csv files from netscape.ldif original :- RESTORE FROM NETSCAPE ADDRESSBOOK.LDF Put up KMail File - addressbook , this creates a new addressbook.kab file - cancell File - import - KMail+kab importfilters Vxx - < change:import

[newbie] Problem with Eudora

2002-05-07 Thread Mr S Ganesan
I have configured a mail server with the latest avatar of Mandrake and the sendmail is running fine. However when I want to see my mails from a Windows machine using Eudora, the server is refusing the connection and mails are not sent or received by the windows client. The same machine works we

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
EhI forgot to include this in the last post. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/guns/gun-ethics.html LX On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > How do you know that? Have you lived in Australia or Britain? Have you actually > looked at the official statistics or simply some bia

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > How do you know that? Have you lived in Australia or Britain? Have you actually > looked at the official statistics or simply some biased interpretation by the > National Redneck Association [sorry, couldn't resist ;)]? The Australian Burea

Re: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread civileme
Roman Korcek wrote: >Hey, > >>>Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of >>>packages during installation, can't you? >>> > >>*grin* to tell you the truth i dont know if i can switch to flat >>view during installation. is there such an option during the >>graphical installatio

Re: [newbie] Follow-up question about bookmarks...

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 06 May 2002 18:10:28 -0500, Brian Koppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you so much, that really helped :-D Now, does anyone know how to > import IE bookmarks? Thanks Can IE export its bookmarks to an HTML file? If so, then do that and import the file in Konqueror. If not, then you

Re: [newbie] RE: setting a 10/100 NIC 's speed

2002-05-07 Thread civileme
Hanan Shargi wrote: >Hi All, > > >I have posted last week asking if there is a way I can set the 10/100 NIC's >speed to 10, and some one suggested that it is easer to set the hub's speed >instead. >I tried netconf, harddrake, Mandrake control center, I couldnt find anyplace >hat lets you set t

Re: [newbie] Very bad review of Mandrake 8.2 boxed set

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 6 May 2002 23:28:34 +0100, Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SNIP > > > > I would have to whole-heartedly agree with you. I enjoy dry british humor > > as much as the next guy, but these guys just don't get it. > > Hey don't get at us Brits The author was Thomas C Green who

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 6 May 2002 22:32:21 -0400, darklord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 May 2002 06:53 pm, you wrote: > > > A interisting point to ponder is that from what I have heard the crime > > rate in Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high > > compared to the r

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:39, Roman Korcek wrote: > Hey, > > > You know what I do whenever I get a new Mandrake distro? (well there > > are a lot of things BUT) I open the software (RPM) manager, go to > > flat list, and under the "not installed" part, I take the time to > > scroll down thru the

Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey, >> Still, you can choose between a categorized and a flat view of >> packages during installation, can't you? > *grin* to tell you the truth i dont know if i can switch to flat > view during installation. is there such an option during the > graphical installation? IIRC there is something l

Re: [newbie] VMWare problem

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 06 May 2002 22:53:24 -0500, Jim Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do we have any VMware experts here? > > I am trying to install Windows 98 under VMWare 3.1 on my Mandrake 8.2 > computer in order to operate my blankedy-blank Windows-only scanner. > When I start my Win98 session I get the fol

Re: [newbie] Audio issues...

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 06 May 2002 21:32:32 -0500, Brian Koppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have KDE3.0 set up to automatically preview files. When I leave the > mouse over an mp3 file, it plays until I move the mouse away. However, > after I have done that, I can't play mp3's in XMMS - I get this message:

Re: [newbie] best way to set up e-mail?

2002-05-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 6 May 2002 17:36:34 +0800, "Gobind Rudra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello folks, > > any suggestions for the best way to set up e-mail for dial-up > home use? > > I'm used to Mercury (Win32) which will send and fetch mail. Is > there a simple Linux equivalent? I'm not familiar wit

Re: [newbie] OT Guns

2002-05-07 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 03:34, FemmeFatale wrote: > Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > > Yes, however those ideas have already been taken into account when doing > > an analysis of the crime rates in various disarmed countries. Once more > > I recommend the following from Amazon: > > > > See the book:

Re: [newbie] OT Guns

2002-05-07 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Tue, 07 May 2002 01:34:02 -0600 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: >Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > >> >> Yes, however those ideas have already been taken into account when >doing> an analysis of the crime rates in various disarmed countries. >Once more> I recommend the following f

Re: [newbie] Early distro on older PC (was 2 distributions on 1 computer?????)

2002-05-07 Thread civileme
shane wrote: >On Monday 06 May 2002 14:55, Michael Adams opened a general hailing >frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Mandrake won't run on a 486 or 386 as it is compiled for pentiums. I beleive there is a 486 distro downloadable (from memory). >>>Thanks for the info,

Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey, >> Hmm, I always went through the whole list before (during) >> installation... > i dont think you could view all available rpm packages during installation > as many are intentionally hidden by the distro packagers to prevent > overwhelming the new users who are trying mandrake for the fir

Re[2]: [newbie] OT guns

2002-05-07 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, >> Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same. End of story >> here in Canada. > Rediculous. Criminals kill people, Accidents can kill them, too. And easy access to guns makes it easy to get guns for crimes. I think I agree with Femme. > and if you take away their guns, they w

Re[2]: [newbie] OT over reacting

2002-05-07 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey, > You know what I do whenever I get a new Mandrake distro? (well there > are a lot of things BUT) I open the software (RPM) manager, go to > flat list, and under the "not installed" part, I take the time to > scroll down thru the list and see just what was -not- installed. > Its pretty inf

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Miark
> Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than > the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too. That's not true. The murder rate in Canada was tiny compared to the States' _before_ the restrictive laws came into effect. Canada has less violent crime be

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 03:16, FemmeFatale wrote: > Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than > the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too. > > Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same. End of story > here in Canada. > > *dons the

[newbie] Locking me out

2002-05-07 Thread Lee
I was reading a post the other day about the potential 50 yr old newbie and it got me thinking. How about a script to lock me out of my box for random 8 hr periods. It would be just like old times with Windows reinstalling without the work. My wife would love it. Lee -- Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] E-term problems under 8.2?

2002-05-07 Thread FemmeFatale
darklord wrote: > > On Monday 06 May 2002 09:08 pm, you wrote: > > > Ironically I'm running a PIII 550. On an ancient but reliable > > BX board by Asus. Otherwise I would have tried that while back when it > > was mentioned on the list by Kaj. *sigh* Sorry thats not it. And I > > tried agai

Re: [newbie] OT Guns

2002-05-07 Thread FemmeFatale
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Yes, however those ideas have already been taken into account when doing > an analysis of the crime rates in various disarmed countries. Once more > I recommend the following from Amazon: > > See the book: "More Guns, Less Crime : Understanding Crime and > Gun-Control L

Re: [newbie] DVD?

2002-05-07 Thread FemmeFatale
Brian Koppe wrote: > > Sorry for the slew of questions as of late - I'm trying to get as many > things working just right in Linux so I can use Windows as little as > possible. So, onto the next subject :-p > > Anyone know of a DVD player for Linux and where I can get it? My box is > my primar

Re: [newbie] Converting Mozilla Bookmarks

2002-05-07 Thread FemmeFatale
Charlie wrote: > > On Monday 06 May 2002 05:53 pm, FemmeFatale offered this for consideration: > > > Just do an "Export bookmarks" To a floppy > > > > boot linux, in mozilla do a "IMport bookmarks" Point to the floppy > > drive. Done deal. Worked for me fine. And its less complex ;) > ~~~

Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?

2002-05-07 Thread FemmeFatale
Marc wrote: > A interisting point to ponder is that from what I have heard the crime rate in > Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high compared > to the rest of the state of georgia but after that law was in place for 3 months the > crime rate had droped to way belo