Re: [newbie] windows 98 installation

2002-05-20 Thread Damian G
On Tue, 21 May 2002 08:54:27 +0400 "Nashib .J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > Can someone help me, I have partitioned my harddisk with two primary >fat32 for windows98 installation and used the free space for M.Linux installation. I >installed M.Linux first on the

Re: [newbie] windows 98 installation

2002-05-20 Thread Chris Ames
>From what I've seen and heard (and know myself) Windows will kill LiLo when you load Windows after Linux. If you were to install them in the reverse order, you won't have any problems. Also, LiLo doesn't mind Windows. Windows doesn't really care for LiLo. LiLo will see Windows, no problem, and

Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread s
On Monday 20 May 2002 11:56 pm, Damian G wrote: > > Hi Damian. Well, I'm sorry you are having problems as well. I've not got > > a "soundcard busy"message, but its annoying none-the-less... > > > > What card are you using? I've got the SB Xgamer Live here... > > Creative Labs SoundBlaster PCI 64.

[newbie] windows 98 installation

2002-05-20 Thread Nashib .J.
Hi everybody,     Can someone help me, I have partitioned my harddisk with two primary fat32 for windows98 installation and used the free space for M.Linux installation. I installed M.Linux first on the hard disk. My question is, will the Lilo boot loader recognise windows98 when

Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread Damian G
> Hi Damian. Well, I'm sorry you are having problems as well. I've not got > a "soundcard busy"message, but its annoying none-the-less... > > What card are you using? I've got the SB Xgamer Live here... Creative Labs SoundBlaster PCI 64. Linux recognizes the chipset as Ensoniq ES1370 Damian

Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
&Sgr;&tgr;&igr;&sfgr; &Tgr;&rgr;&igr; 21 &Mgr;&agr;&igr; 2002 07:04, &ogr;/&eegr; Ronald J. Hall &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: Hi folks, I'm sorry to burst in but I have no problems, thanks God so far, I have an FM801 soundcard (4 Euros it costed when I bought it late 1998),. Only thing so

Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Damian G wrote: > >Oh, by the way, i've upgraded to a newer build now, but with the >3.0.0.0.0-released-30-seconds-ago KDE sometimes the aRTs sound server started on >it's own, unpredictably, leaving all my multimedia apps kinda confused... > >so, no. you are not alone. > >Damian > Hi Damian.

Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread Damian G
On Mon, 20 May 2002 23:04:16 -0400 darklord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone else notice that from the Control Center -> Look n Feel -> System > notifications, that if you preview an AU sound file that it not only doesn't > play, but you lose sound until the next time KDE is restarted. Is th

Re: [newbie] Integerateed Development environment.

2002-05-20 Thread Rodrigo
Hi, Unfortunately I don't know any comparison article about IDEs. As I told you, I am very newbie. Actually I am a college student who started learning C some months ago. I didn't know any IDE for linux, so I posted a message here and people told me to try Rhide, Anjuta, K-Develop and Xfce. I d

[newbie] KDE loses sound...

2002-05-20 Thread darklord
Anyone else notice that from the Control Center -> Look n Feel -> System notifications, that if you preview an AU sound file that it not only doesn't play, but you lose sound until the next time KDE is restarted. Is this a known bug or just something about my setup? Thanks! ;-) --

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread darklord
On Monday 20 May 2002 06:50 pm, you wrote: > Hey darklord, > Yeah, it was a disappointment that 3month old card died. Yeah, I'm working > on warranty replacement as we speak. Good luck, they should replace it > BTW, I didn't get your post. I only knew you responded by shane's > answering

Re: [newbie] OT: Free Software in Public Administration

2002-05-20 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Monday 20 May 2002 04:50 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Charlie wrote: > > An interview with the Peruvian Congressman that made MS's local chief > > look so stupid. That's my opinion of the rebuttal to the "Man from MS" at > > any rate. > > > > >From Linux Today: > > > > http://linuxtoda

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
> On Tue, 21 May 2002 04:21, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, jerry wrote: > > > Checked on that i'm dual boot on this ( boot to windows what...every > > > 6 months? lol) it's doing find in windows, shut puter off overnight > > > (unplugged)... time's still right on to the second i

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
> On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 00:56, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > On Monday 20 May 2002 09:21, daRcmaTTeR opened a general hailing > > frequency > > > and transmitted to all open stations: > > > > > > > It's the honey-moon period. getting to know the system and it's > > > > intricacies. > > There are two sta

[newbie] VPN Connection

2002-05-20 Thread William R. Nash
Hello,      I would like to set up a VPN so I can connect to my computer from work.  This is what I have .  I have a laptop with windows XP that I take to work.  I need to be able to connect Via VPN so I can get some files from my Linux mandrake 8.0 server at home.  I do not how to set up a

Re: [newbie] OT: Free Software in Public Administration

2002-05-20 Thread Charlie
Monday 20 May 2002 02:50 pm,daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Charlie wrote: > > An interview with the Peruvian Congressman that made MS's local chief > > look so stupid. That's my opinion of the rebuttal to the "Man from MS" at > > any rate. > > > > >From Linux Today: > > > > http://linuxt

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread Robin
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 00:56, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > On Monday 20 May 2002 09:21, daRcmaTTeR opened a general hailing > frequency > > and transmitted to all open stations: > > > > > It's the honey-moon period. getting to know the system and it's > > > intricacies. There are two stages I love in an

[newbie] CheckInstall 1.5.1 on ML8.2

2002-05-20 Thread David Johnson
Hello all, I've been out of Linux for a while, but just got an extra machine to play with again. I've installed CheckInstall 1.5.1 from source per instructions. When I run "checkinstall," I get the following: [root@timmy checkinstall-1.5.1]# /usr/bin/checkinstall -R checkinstall 1.5.1, Copy

Re: [newbie] OT: Free Software in Public Administration

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Charlie wrote: > An interview with the Peruvian Congressman that made MS's local chief look so > stupid. That's my opinion of the rebuttal to the "Man from MS" at any rate. > > >From Linux Today: > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-20-006-26-IN-LF-PB >

Re: [newbie] networking

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 02:10, Anne Wilson wrote: > > There is a lot of references on Mandrakeuser and in the archives of this list > > about setting up Samba and NFS. > > > > How does one access these archives? Sorry if it's a stupid question, > but there's too much in here to lose. > > Anne

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 21 May 2002 04:21, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002, jerry wrote: > > Checked on that i'm dual boot on this ( boot to windows what...every > > 6 months? lol) it's doing find in windows, shut puter off overnight > > (unplugged)... time's still right on to the second in win98...

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread s
On Monday 20 May 2002 04:42 pm, shane wrote: > On Monday 20 May 2002 12:58, darklord opened a general hailing frequency > and > > transmitted to all open stations: > > Hi s! I think thats kind unusual for a 3 month old card to die...maybe it > > was just bad luck? Any chance of a warranty resoluti

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread D. Olson
On Monday 20 May 2002 06:32 pm, you wrote: > ok, so i totally misread what you said. i blame lack of sleep due to an 8 > month old.. :) > > *note to self, re-read everything before posting until you get a full night > sleep. like when the kid is 7. :) Hehehe. No problems. :) -- D. Olso

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
> On Monday 20 May 2002 09:21, daRcmaTTeR opened a general hailing frequency > and transmitted to all open stations: > > > It's the honey-moon period. getting to know the system and it's > > intricacies. (sp) not to worry though. it'll wear off after while once > > you down some serious work you w

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread D. Olson
> the original, full quote is "There are two kinds of security problems. The > first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri > dish. I don't know why anyone uses it." -- James Gosling, lead engineer and > architect of Java at Sun Microsystems Yeah, I know. That's whe

Re: [newbie] firewall broken in 8.2

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
- Original Message - From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: [newbie] firewall broken in 8.2 > Hi > > I have tried to set up a bastille firewall in LM 8.2 > > after going through the InteractiveBastille setup > > the firewall

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread shane
On Monday 20 May 2002 12:58, darklord opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Hi s! I think thats kind unusual for a 3 month old card to die...maybe it > was just bad luck? Any chance of a warranty resolution? wow, my oldest working video card is 11 tears old.

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread shane
On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your > signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that > is supposed to mean, and that will g

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread D. Olson
On Monday 20 May 2002 04:59 pm, you wrote: > Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I > decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much > trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - > namely Xine. Yeah, IMHO, Xine sucks. MPlayer

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread Ralph Slooten
No problem, just glad to help (at the cost of too many e-mails LOL). I'm really impressed with their player, although it does not support divx.subtitle files. I still choose mplayer as it's file support is huge, and it's stable. There is a huge amount of documentation on their site, and includ

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Koppe
Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www

Re: [newbie] DivX Player

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Koppe
> > >... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 >different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any >reference to divxPlayer anywhere? > Sorry, I thought I had been clear on this but I guess not. The player I'm speaking of is the "The Playa," refe

Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found

2002-05-20 Thread Ralph Slooten
Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the "general" tab and uncheck "Check for new " and "Display splash screen..." Close off divxPl

Re: [newbie] DivX Player

2002-05-20 Thread Ralph Slooten
Just "worked out" your problem... at least I know the cure, not the problem. Delete your ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file (in your home directory). I'm not sure why it does this, but it plays once great, but yes, when you start it up the second time, it segfaults just like you said. Annoying

Re: [newbie] DivX Player

2002-05-20 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Mon, 20 May 2002, D. Olson wrote: > On Monday 20 May 2002 03:29 pm, you wrote: > > ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 > > different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any > > reference to divxPlayer anywhere? > > Probably the one from d

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread darklord
On Monday 20 May 2002 03:37 pm, you wrote: > I was desparate. My only 3 month old geforce2 died like 2 in the morning > Saturday. So the soonest I could have had a better choice delivered would > have been Tuesday. Well, I couldn't hang that long. I got this PNY Verto > from Circuit City in t

Re: [newbie] DivX Player

2002-05-20 Thread D. Olson
On Monday 20 May 2002 03:29 pm, you wrote: > ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 > different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any > reference to divxPlayer anywhere? Probably the one from divx.com. It segfaults a lot I hear. > Sounds lik

Re: [newbie] DivX Player

2002-05-20 Thread Ralph Slooten
Hi there, On Mon, 20 May 2002, Brian Koppe wrote: > Hey everyone, I just installed the DivX codec and player in ML 8.2. I ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any reference to divxPlayer anyw

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread s
On Sunday 19 May 2002 09:42 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > Harddrake kicks me out of X when I try to run it now. I put in a > > new video card today and wonder if anyone has heard of harddrake > From XFree86's pages, nvidia, 4.2.0: > Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (U

Re: [newbie] Unanswered 8.1 questions.

2002-05-20 Thread Derek Jennings
OK I've found a copy of koffice-1.1.1 compiled with KDE-2.2.1 as used on Mandrake 8.1 ftp://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/koffice-1.1.1/Mandrake/8.1/2.2.1/ Hope it helps derek On Monday 20 May 2002 11:12 am, Josef Lowder wrote: > I've sent several questions to the list to which I have

Re: [newbie] harddrake & new video card

2002-05-20 Thread s
Well, you were right partially. I had tried that before I posted, but after your post I tried again and found it on alt+F10. I hadn't tried higher than F7 previously. Thanks for your input. -s On Sunday 19 May 2002 08:09 am, et wrote: > I allso use a gforce 4 based card ( MDK 8.2) with out

Re: [newbie] How to create a cd from ISO file

2002-05-20 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 May 2002 6:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I downloaded the Mandrake 8.2 .iso files and I am having problems > getting them to work when I try to burn to a cd. Can someone please > provide me with a quick easy way to put iso files on

Re: [newbie] How to create a cd from ISO file

2002-05-20 Thread Derek Jennings
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/howtos/iso/howtoisoen.html On Monday 20 May 2002 6:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I downloaded the Mandrake 8.2 .iso files and I am having problems getting > them to work when I try to burn to a cd. Can someone please provide me > with a quick easy way to put

Re: [newbie] Unanswered 8.1 questions.

2002-05-20 Thread Derek Jennings
It is nothing personal Josef. Sometimes questions are not answered simply because no one knows the answer. In that case the discussion board at www.mandrakeuser.org is a good place to try. As for your questions -- I can tell you that koffice.1.1-7mdk which shipped with 8.1 is broken. The pri

[newbie] How to create a cd from ISO file

2002-05-20 Thread Michael . Hughes
I downloaded the Mandrake 8.2 .iso files and I am having problems getting them to work when I try to burn to a cd. Can someone please provide me with a quick easy way to put iso files on CDs thnks Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT: Free Software in Public Administration

2002-05-20 Thread Charlie
An interview with the Peruvian Congressman that made MS's local chief look so stupid. That's my opinion of the rebuttal to the "Man from MS" at any rate. >From Linux Today: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-20-006-26-IN-LF-PB -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 2449

Re: [newbie] Is VNC-Only possible?

2002-05-20 Thread shane
On Monday 20 May 2002 05:01, H.J.Bathoorn opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > On Monday 20 May 2002 12:47, you wrote: > > I have a Linux machine with no monitor. Is it possible not to run X, > > but just a VNC server on screen :0 for access from my XP mach

Re: [newbie] hardware requirements (more)

2002-05-20 Thread Robin
Mandrake has produced i386 versions for previous releases, and I suppose they may do so for 8.2, but it gets harder each time. In theory there's nothing to stop you compiling the whole distribution from source, but of course doing that on a 486 would take forever, not to mention a larger hard dis

[newbie] Hercules Fortissimo II

2002-05-20 Thread William Connolly
Hi Can anybody suggest a URl where I can go and get drivers for this sound card so it will work with LM 8.2? J Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] I can't get telnet or ktelnet to work

2002-05-20 Thread K Montgomery
You may not have the telnet program installed on your machine. At the command line, type "rpm -qa | grep telnet" (search for the string "telnet" in the list of all rpm packages). If nothing is returned, you don't have the telnet program installed. I have the "download version" of 8.2. The teln

Re: [newbie] Palm HotSync over USB

2002-05-20 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 May 2002 2:16 am, Dan wrote: > Thank you! I am going to try this! This might be the best advise I > have gotten yet as it makes sense to me. Why didn't I think of this! > Thank you Sir! It saves ages fiddling around with pilot-link

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 20 May 2002 03:46 am, Michael Adams wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002 03:21, Tom Brinkman wrote: >> > Could be your motherboard/chipset. Search the mailing list > > archives (expert and newbie). I believe there's discussion of > > this problem with the clock generator chip on some mot

Re: [newbie] Is VNC-Only possible?

2002-05-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 20 May 2002 12:47, you wrote: > I have a Linux machine with no monitor. Is it possible not to run X, but > just a VNC server on screen :0 for access from my XP machine? I will also > run a SSHD server so I would be able to restart the VNC server in the event > of an accidental logoff.

Re: [newbie] attbi

2002-05-20 Thread jbarron201
I,ve still got something wrong.if I fill in service name ,IP  ad,subnet,gatetway boot shows ok if I try bot detect all fail,s. - Original Message - From: jerry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] attbi i'm on attbi...

Re: [newbie] Re:Staroffice:Can't Save files

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 20:52, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: > If you insist on keeping OpenOffice, that's OK, but > > if > > you want to give SO 6 another try,I have and I can > > send it to you, a small batch file that you put it > > one > > level up from the dir where you have new fonts to be > > insta

Re: [newbie] console application in terminal

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 20:15, root wrote: > Hi ! > > I check incoming mail and files with F-prot for Linux, which allows a very > selective action. > > I made a desktop link to the application and added the necessary options. I > made it run in a terminal. Mandrake version 8.2 is used... > >

[newbie] Re:Staroffice:Can't Save files

2002-05-20 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
If you insist on keeping OpenOffice, that's OK, but > if > you want to give SO 6 another try,I have and I can > send it to you, a small batch file that you put it > one > level up from the dir where you have new fonts to be > installed in X and executes the mkfontdir and assign > commands automati

[newbie] Is VNC-Only possible?

2002-05-20 Thread Barry Michels
I have a Linux machine with no monitor. Is it possible not to run X, but just a VNC server on screen :0 for access from my XP machine? I will also run a SSHD server so I would be able to restart the VNC server in the event of an accidental logoff. :) Barry Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] console application in terminal

2002-05-20 Thread root
Hi ! I check incoming mail and files with F-prot for Linux, which allows a very selective action. I made a desktop link to the application and added the necessary options. I made it run in a terminal. Mandrake version 8.2 is used... My problem is the terminal disappears (closes ?) as soon as

Re: [newbie] Modem setup under linux mandrake.

2002-05-20 Thread root
On Monday 20 May 2002 09:20, you wrote: > On Monday 20 May 2002 08:49, Nashib .J. wrote: > > Can someone help me to change the modem under Mandrake linux.I got > > a connexant modem and linux detected a rockwell modem instead. > > AFAIK, they use the same chipset, so it shouldn't make any differen

Re: [newbie] ZIP files

2002-05-20 Thread Graham Watkins
Thomas Beno wrote: > Can .zip files be unzipped in Mandrake Linux 8..2? I have downloaded > and installed QCAD and they have available a parts library in .zip > format. Since QCAD is supposedly for Linux, I assumed that the .zip > parts library would be useable in Linux. > > Tom Beno > >

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-20 Thread Graham Watkins
Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:07 am, Jerry wrote: > >>I just used the realguide section of real.com at >> >>http://realguide.real.com/entertainment/ >> >>and clicked around in there for some that were audio only, some video >>and audio.. some worked, others didn't but i think th

Re: [newbie] OK... my turn again ;)

2002-05-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 20 May 2002 03:21, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:28 am, Jerry wrote: > > My clock here on the gnome panel (or the KDE panel... not sure > > about the other WM's, i didn't install them) just seems to set > > itself to whatever time it wants. it was saying throughout the >

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-20 Thread Graham Watkins
Thomas Beno wrote: > I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin > According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click > on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not > done something right or I've done something wrong. Eit

Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files

2002-05-20 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
Brian hello my friend, If you insist on keeping OpenOffice, that's OK, but if you want to give SO 6 another try,I have and I can send it to you, a small batch file that you put it one level up from the dir where you have new fonts to be installed in X and executes the mkfontdir and assign command

Re: [newbie] Installing to another drive when updgrading

2002-05-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 19 May 2002 02:33, Prashant Nayak wrote: > Hi > > I am planning to upgrade to 8.2. I currently have 8.1 installed and all > the Linux partitions are on a second (slave) drive. My primary drive has > Windows. > > I would like to get rid of the Windows install on the primary and use that

Re: [newbie] Modem setup under linux mandrake.

2002-05-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 20 May 2002 17:49, Nashib .J. wrote: > Can someone help me to change the modem under Mandrake linux.I got a > connexant modem and linux detected a rockwell modem instead. Rockwell was bought out by (or renamed) Conexant. Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 17:45, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: > Brian and Jim > > Please tell us if you have installed any additional > fonts in Staroffice's directory. If not still, go to > the fonts directory of the X-Server and copy fonts.dir > and paste it to the Staroffice directory ovewriting > its

Re: [newbie] AT LAST Can get beyond user name!!!

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 19:01, Dave Conroy wrote: > Hi Derek, and others > > Well, at the final hour just as I was about to kick Mandrake into the > 'can't be bothered trash can' I tried the 'hid' thing that Derek > pointed me to and it worked ... this was the third time I'd tried mind > you! > >

Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files

2002-05-20 Thread Dimitris Ioannou
Brian and Jim Please tell us if you have installed any additional fonts in Staroffice's directory. If not still, go to the fonts directory of the X-Server and copy fonts.dir and paste it to the Staroffice directory ovewriting its' own one. Then things should work OK hopefully. Also Jim check the

Re: [newbie] Modem setup under linux mandrake.

2002-05-20 Thread Robin Turner
On Monday 20 May 2002 08:49, Nashib .J. wrote: > Can someone help me to change the modem under Mandrake linux.I got > a connexant modem and linux detected a rockwell modem instead. AFAIK, they use the same chipset, so it shouldn't make any difference. Sir Robin -- "No discipline is ever necess