[newbie] Good for you, was:Re: Well OT:

2002-06-12 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 12 June 2002 03:33 pm, Cory did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > I'm sorry to all you out there > that ARE MCSE's... I'm sorry that you had to spend so much money to be > mocked by someone like me who can literally run circles a

[newbie] webmin cookies

2002-06-12 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I am trying to get webmin up and running. When I go to 127.0.0.1:1 I get the webmin login screen. However, when I try to login as root I get the message ... ... I checked the 'persistent data' in Galeon and it shows 'accept all cookies'. I have tried it with Apache running and wi

[newbie] blackbox configuration

2002-06-12 Thread Michael
I've recently gotten to really enjoy using blackbox as a KDE/Gnome substitute for it's speed, but was wondering if further customization/configuration could be done, such as mouse speed, key bindings? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread rfriedman
As far as the line through deleted messages is concerned... while looking at your mailbox, go to the top menubar and click on View. Then click on: Hide Deleted Messages. Once you've done this, deleted messages will get a line through them and then disappear from your mailbox and go to your tra

Re: [newbie] shareing

2002-06-12 Thread jbarron201
I have two system,s(1) running Windows2000 (2) running Mandrake 8.2. on AT&T cable thur ethernet cards.First I tryed connecting just the Mandrake system useing a 3com 905 wanting to use the linux as the server,couldn,t get it connected but could the Win2K so switch the around putting the extra nic

Re: [newbie] Intro and E-Mail client??

2002-06-12 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 07:12 pm, Charlie wrote: > June 12, 2002 04:26 pm, shane wrote: > > if good to you means sending html, unless netscape still does, your out > > of luck. > > > > do you want to be hated on email lists? all the html senders are, linux > > list and non alike. > > > > i stil

Re: [newbie] shareing

2002-06-12 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 05:30 pm, you wrote: > I,m still haveing trouble connecting to network I have got a message about > some manual fixing my need to be done about the firewall.I can control the > firewall on the Win2k system but the Mandrake is set for standard .Could > this be the problem?

Re: [newbie] Corrupt rpm database?

2002-06-12 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 07:26 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 12 June 2009 09:36 pm, you wrote: > > Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message: > > > > rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error > > rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518 > > error: db3 error(-3098

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Vincent Colombo
On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 21:03, robin wrote: > IIRC, Ctrl-Y will apply filters, which includes sending deleted messages > to trash (of course you need to block the directory first) Hmm. Ya know, I never even noticed the trash bin in Evolution. Vince Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mand

Re: [newbie] Corrupt rpm database?

2002-06-12 Thread D. Olson
On Friday 12 June 2009 09:36 pm, you wrote: > Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message: > > rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error > rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518 > error: db3 error(-30985) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database > verification

[newbie] Intalling GKT2 - Please help

2002-06-12 Thread Manuel Soto
I have at least 2 weeks installing gkt2 in my mandrake 8.1 and now 8.2 (I broke the 8.1 trying to install gtk), In the latest attempt I install rpm -i gtk2-2.0.2-4.i386.rpm glib2-2.0.1-2.i386.rpm pango-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm atk-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm libpng-1.0.8-2mdk.i586.rpm which satisfies all require

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread robin
Langsley T Russell wrote: >Much to my surprise I managed to download and install the Evolution >e-mail client. It does seem to have much of what I'm looking for in an >e-mail client. Although a few things are annoying like putting a line >through a deleted or moved e-mail rather than deleting it

RE: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see?

2002-06-12 Thread Cory
I have worked with MCSE's on and off for about 5 years now, and why is it that me, being a 23 year old has far greater knowledge with regards to computers, network administration, implementation concepts, etc. etc. than ANYONE I have ever worked with who holds the MCSE title? I worked with this o

Re: [newbie] loki went bust???

2002-06-12 Thread robin
D. Olson wrote: > > >So... Companies are starting to support us. Now we need to support them. > >Now, I totally DISAGREE with the whole "Linux users are stingy bastards" >point you and that software developer make. > Well, I didn't say that _all_ Linux users were stingy, but that is the reputat

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-12 Thread Tim Holmes
You didn't actually need to upgrade gcc. If you check the configure options, you'll find the option to --disable-gcc-checking. Mandrake was very nice to patch their built version of gcc for us. They've been doing this since 8.0. The configure script doesn't check for problems with it, it just c

[newbie] Corrupt rpm database?

2002-06-12 Thread robin
Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message: rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518 error: db3 error(-30985) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed I assume my database is corrupt, but how do I

Re: [newbie] Intro and E-Mail client??

2002-06-12 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 12 June 2002 08:54 am, John Richard Smith did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 22:57, you wrote: > Well, all this seems to be telling me that I cannot expect or hope > to ever get a good quality emailer

Re: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see?

2002-06-12 Thread robin
et wrote: >On Thursday 11 June 2009 09:23 pm, you wrote: > >>Qupte from the linked article: >> > Just as the AdTI showed that people who've actually worked with >> >>MCSE's have a higher opinion of them than people who haven't >> >>What? There are actually people out there who have a high opinio

Re: [newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread D. Olson
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 03:51 pm, you wrote: > On Wednesday 12 June 2002 03:05 pm, D. Olson wrote: > > Umm... If it acts like it works then it works... > > > > It would have installed checkinstall. > > Actually this is what it does. > > [root@gail gerald]# rpm -ivh chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm > P

Re: [newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Vincent Colombo
I'm assuming Evolution is looking at the permissions on the signature file itself (or the directory it's in?). I don't think it's Evolution itself that is telling you you don't have permissions. Check the file permissions. Perhaps you moved or created the file as root? As far as putting a line th

Re: [newbie] shareing

2002-06-12 Thread Miark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > I,m still haveing trouble connecting to network I have got a > message about some manual fixing my need to be done about the > firewall.I can control the firewall on the Win2k system but > the Mandrake is set for standard .Could this be the problem? Dude, you need to

[newbie] Help with Evolution

2002-06-12 Thread Langsley T Russell
Much to my surprise I managed to download and install the Evolution e-mail client. It does seem to have much of what I'm looking for in an e-mail client. Although a few things are annoying like putting a line through a deleted or moved e-mail rather than deleting it from the folder. Currently I'

Re: [newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 04:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > not a thing wrong there Gerald, but now you need to go to > "/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ " as root and at the prompt type "urpmi > chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm" It should then install the rpm or tell you if > there are unsatisfied dependenci

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread FemmeFatale
Marcia wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 June 2002 12:26 pm, you wrote: > I knew that you are not supposed to mix different kinds of memory so my plan > was to take out the simms and put in two 256 megs of sdram dimm ram into the > dimm 168 pin slots. I thought that might work for getting my much desir

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread FemmeFatale
Marcia wrote: > > Dear All, > > I mentioned lately that I have upgraded with simms EDO 72 pin memory to 128 > megs of ram. To my surprise when I opened my box I found 2 empty dimm 168 pin > slots. Does this mean that I could upgrade to 512 megs of ram using the 168 > pin dimm sdram memory module

[newbie] shareing

2002-06-12 Thread jbarron201
I,m still haveing trouble connecting to network I have got a message about some manual fixing my need to be done about the firewall.I can control the firewall on the Win2k system but the Mandrake is set for standard .Could this be the problem?

Re: [newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 03:05 pm, D. Olson wrote: > Umm... If it acts like it works then it works... > > It would have installed checkinstall. looks like this when I build it. See anything WRONG? [root SPECS]# rpm -ba chkrootkit.spec Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.66281 + umask

Re: [newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 03:05 pm, D. Olson wrote: > Umm... If it acts like it works then it works... > > It would have installed checkinstall. > Actually this is what it does. [root@gail gerald]# rpm -ivh chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm Preparing...##

Re: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see?

2002-06-12 Thread Joshua James
Where are all these companies paying big bucks for MCSE certification? I can't find them and I could install Win2k before I started studying. I gave up and now I'm learning linux. On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 15:31, civileme wrote: > shane wrote: > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 >

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 8.1 on 486 with 32Mb RAM

2002-06-12 Thread civileme
shane wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Tuesday 11 June 2002 06:42 am, Brian Parish did speak unto the huddled >masses, saying: > >>Sorry, 8.x is not going to run on a 486 no matter how much RAM you have >>- it's compiled for Pentium. Maybe try 7.2? >> > >7.2 is pent

Re: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see?

2002-06-12 Thread civileme
shane wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Thursday 11 June 2009 06:23 pm, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, >saying: > >>MCSE's have a higher opinion of them than people who haven't >> >>What? There are actually people out there who have a high opinion of >>MSCEs

Re: [newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread D. Olson
Umm... If it acts like it works then it works... It would have installed checkinstall. On Wednesday 12 June 2002 12:38 pm, you wrote: > Does anyone know why this doesn't work > It builds chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm and chkrootkit-0.35-1.src.rpm > But when I run rpm -ivh chkrootkit-0.35-1

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 11:26 am, Randy Kramer wrote: > And, if you don't have the manual for the motherboard anymore, try > to give us a model number. (I'm not sure that "200 megahertz > genuine Intel motherboard" pins it down -- does the 200 mhz refer > to the max. processor speed of to the m

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread Marcia
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 12:26 pm, you wrote: > dfox wrote: > > You might be able to add more RAM. It depends on your motherboard, and > > you should consult the manufacturer's manual to be sure. There can be > > problems mixing different types and speeds of RAM, and it might be an > > either/or

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread Randy Kramer
et wrote: > MOST times you can _not_ mix, in fact I do not ever remember a MOBo where you > can mix 128 pin and 72 pin. Just for the record, my "old standard" motherboard does allow this, with some limitations. It has 4 simm slots and 2 dimm slots, you cannot use both "slot 1s". In other words,

[newbie] Epson Stylus C40

2002-06-12 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! I'm wondering if this printer is supported by linux. I cannot find it at www.linuxprinting.org -it is not mentioned- 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Balears AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] building an RPM

2002-06-12 Thread Gerald Waugh
Does anyone know why this doesn't work It builds chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm and chkrootkit-0.35-1.src.rpm But when I run rpm -ivh chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm. I can't find any thing that it did, it acts like it works? #file chkrootkit.spec Summary: chkrootkit-0.35 Name: chkrootkit Version: 0.35

Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory

2002-06-12 Thread Randy Kramer
dfox wrote: > You might be able to add more RAM. It depends on your motherboard, and you > should consult the manufacturer's manual to be sure. There can be problems > mixing different types and speeds of RAM, and it might be an either/or > situation with respect to simms vs. dimms in that particu

RE: [newbie] CUPS and HP 2100 over JetDirect

2002-06-12 Thread Joshua James
I have since been able to make it work better. I have tried both samba and lpd as well. I am not using the lpd and set the printer to http://x.x.x.x/printername and it printed to the Win2k server. I also had to change the print drive to HP LaserJet series or something simpler than the 2100 series.

RE: [newbie] CUPS and HP 2100 over JetDirect

2002-06-12 Thread Cory
Please post any other info you find on this topic because I hit a similar problem and we have 6 of these printers in production. I can get it to work if I point each individual printer to the IP without cups, but the cups does seem to act a little funny. Cory Grey Coastal Pacific Xpress www.cpx.

Re: [newbie] Intro and E-Mail client??

2002-06-12 Thread John Richard Smith
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 22:57, you wrote: Well, all this seems to be telling me that I cannot expect or hope to ever get a good quality emailer from Mandrake. Plain text means lack of scope, one uniform font, one uniform font size , no resizing of sections of text, no bold type, no font colour

[newbie] evolution and the sync hole

2002-06-12 Thread Brian Parish
Does anyone understand what is going on with evolution as shipped with 8.2 and synchronization? It seems that the only options for pilot settings now are to sync with gnomecard and gnomecal, which are apparently separate apps to the contact list and calendar within evolution. So am I missing som

[newbie] CUPS and HP 2100 over JetDirect

2002-06-12 Thread Joshua James
I installed CUPS from my Mandrake v8.2 discs. When I try to install my HP 2100 and print a test page the yellow light on the printer comes on, goes off, and nothing prints. I attempted to install directly to the JetDirect by IP address and selected the HP 2100 from the pull-down lists for drivers

Re: [newbie] MS Access replacement (need to use MDB files)

2002-06-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 13:50, Joshua James wrote: > Please don't attack me (linux users do this) about using MS Access as a > simple database program. > > We use MDB files to hold simple information, and it is very easy to do > this. > > I would like to be able to (at least) read, maybe use MDB

Re: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see?

2002-06-12 Thread et
On Thursday 11 June 2009 09:23 pm, you wrote: > Qupte from the linked article: > > Just as the AdTI showed that people who've actually worked with > > MCSE's have a higher opinion of them than people who haven't > > What? There are actually people out there who have a high opinion of > MSCEs? ;-

Re: [newbie] Intro and E-Mail client??

2002-06-12 Thread et
or, you can just set a filter to /dev/null for any mail with or Linux Maniac wrote: > > Maybe there should be an other email format, let's call it nextmail. > > It would be xml based and would NOT be compatible with the current > > email system, even the adress would be different like > > newbie