Re: [newbie] dual boot M8.2 and XP

2002-07-31 Thread civileme
Felix Underhill wrote: I'm still confused on the same point: Some people talk about copying the boot record (the first 512 bytes from the linux partition) and copying it to the windows partition. Other people seem to be saying that linux will sort out the booting and never mention

Re: [newbie] OT (maybe) - Matter of Opinion

2002-07-31 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 31 Jul 2002 1:20 am, you wrote: Give 'em away. A lot of non profit groups have older machines that can't run Microsoft's latest but could run an older Mandrake release just fine. Help your community and promote Linux at the same time. I received my first set of disks from a kind

Re: [newbie] Civilme petition - PETITION???.

2002-07-31 Thread civileme
Colin Jenkins wrote: Hello John, Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 12:48:53 PM, you wrote: JR At 11:14 AM 31/07/02, you did spake with authority John Rigby wrote: JR Again, please stop shooting at the messenger - learn to look at things in JR an adult way. Don't be afraid of new/different

[newbie] Gnome-Card

2002-07-31 Thread Anne Wilson
Sending again, in the vain hope that someone knows something about Gnome-card :-) My contact details are all in a .vcf file read by Gnome-card. This gives an easy to read display, and all was well until I wanted to amend a record. When I saved the file I found that it would not read the

Re: [newbie] Thunderstorms/Powersurges/Powerfailures

2002-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 29 Jul 2002 9:17 pm, you wrote: This may sound a simple question but what if anything can computer owners do, that doesn't cost an arm and a leg , to protect their equipement from bad weather. Surge protected power strips are definitely better than

[newbie] normalize

2002-07-31 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, Just learnt how to use normalize, but am still confused about the normal and -mix mode. Let's say I have three files with the RMS volume of 3, 5 and 7 (1 being quietest, 10 being loudest). As far as I understand, normalize without switches raises the RMS volume of all the files to 10.

[newbie] Don't know how to install M8.2..HELP!!!

2002-07-31 Thread Sean Goh
Dear all, I'm having trouble installing Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Hope you can help. I chose the recommended method of install and chose "Use existing partition", after that it tells me to choose mount points. Here is what the screen says hda1 (2.2GB,Linux native)__ hda6 (1.5GB,Linux

[newbie] Don't know how to install M8.2..HELP!!!

2002-07-31 Thread Sean Goh
Dear all, I'm having trouble installing Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Hope you can help. I chose the recommended method of install and chose "Use existing partition", after that it tells me to choose mount points. Here is what the screen says hda1 (2.2GB,Linux native)__ hda6 (1.5GB,Linux

Re: [newbie] Civilme petition - PETITION???.

2002-07-31 Thread Todd Slater
I'm not on sylpheed, so this slipped through :( On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 12:48:53PM +1000, John Rigby wrote: At 11:14 AM 31/07/02, you did spake with authority John Rigby wrote: Linux is still a ^%$#$%^*^^ of a product to install and setup in a business-workable format.

Re: [newbie] Don't know how to install M8.2..HELP!!!

2002-07-31 Thread civileme
Sean Goh wrote: Dear all, I'm having trouble installing Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Hope you can help. I chose the recommended method of install and chose Use existing partition, after that it tells me to choose mount points. Here is what the screen says *hda1 (2.2GB,Linux native)__

Re: [newbie] normalize

2002-07-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 31 2002 07:47 am, Roman Korcek wrote: Hi, Just learnt how to use normalize, but am still confused about the normal and -mix mode. Let's say I have three files with the RMS volume of 3, 5 and 7 (1 being quietest, 10 being loudest). As far as I understand, normalize without

Re: [newbie] Don't know how to install M8.2..HELP!!!

2002-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
Sean Goh wrote: Dear all, I'm having trouble installing Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Hope you can help. I chose the recommended method of install and chose Use existing partition, after that it tells me to choose mount points. Here is what the screen says *hda1 (2.2GB,Linux native)__

[newbie] Message from MandrakeSoft CEO.

2002-07-31 Thread Gael Duval
Hi Mandrakians - I'm sending this message regarding yesterday's message about Civilme. This message is from Jacques Le Marois, CEO- he currently doesn't have direct Internet access- Gaƫl. __ Hello, We have been reading the messages in this thread and understand the strong emotions

Re[2]: [newbie] normalize

2002-07-31 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Tom, Just learnt how to use normalize, but am still confused about the normal and -mix mode. Let's say I have three files with the RMS volume of 3, 5 and 7 (1 being quietest, 10 being loudest). As far as I understand, normalize without switches raises the RMS volume of all the files to

RE: [newbie] Civilme petition - PETITION???.

2002-07-31 Thread Jonathan Shilling
John, I have a question for you, how much would YOU pay a geek? $9.00/hr, perhaps? Of course a geek doesn't need sunshine right? Yes I live in a cave, yes I can setup a Linux distro in a short time, yes I do all my office apps under Linux, yes I ONLY touch a windows box when I

Re: [newbie] Message from MandrakeSoft CEO.

2002-07-31 Thread Peter Watson
- Original Message - From: Gael Duval [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: [newbie] Message from MandrakeSoft CEO. SNIP Hi Mandrakians - I'm sending this message regarding yesterday's message about Civilme. This message is from Jacques

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] normalize

2002-07-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 31 2002 09:42 am, Roman Korcek wrote: Hey Tom, Thanks for your answer. I have read the manual thoroughly. I suspected you did, but it was a 'public' answer I'm a normalize fan ;) IMO, store bought CD's, ripped to wav's and normalized -m, then re-burned, sound better

RE: [newbie] dual boot M8.2 and XP suggestion

2002-07-31 Thread frankie
I have XP on NTFS on my laptop along with linux 8.2, I have loaded all the updates for XP, I have defragged and use it every day in either XP or 8.2 guise, and have not had a problem.. so maybe it only happens on specific hardware.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Civilme petition - PETITION???.

2002-07-31 Thread Charlie
July 30, 2002 08:48 pm, John Rigby wrote: Major snips I *KNOW* what that is - not a big problem under windoze any novice help list will show you how :_) Look, frankly who cares what *you* think? This was part of a serious offer to help a young fellow in a difficult circumstance and

[newbie] looking for mandrake PPC help for UMAX s900

2002-07-31 Thread Stefan Mintier
-- having a hell of a time getting mandrake installed on my machine and was wondering if there was anyone who had installed on an s900 or if there was a better list for this kind of support. Thanx in advance S Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] dual boot M8.2 and XP suggestion

2002-07-31 Thread Anand
Hi, I may be wrong about this... but I beleive that it depends on whether the XP is on NTFS or not. My friend installed Linux with XP on fat32 without any special precautions (like not installing lilo on MBR) and he didn't have any problems. I did the same thing with XP on NTFS and ended up

Re: [newbie] Bookmarks from KDE2 to KDE3

2002-07-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 31 Jul 2002 10:06 pm, Miark wrote: How does one get KDE2 bookmarks to show up in the KDE 3.0.2 that was recently released? Miark Copy them from ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml to ~/.kde3/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml Similarly for any other configuration data

Re: [newbie] 3Com USR Modem Installation

2002-07-31 Thread iggy
i saw that phanton account. on a previous install of 8.2, i did the initial wizard at first login (after the install). i had the same problem, could not delete the account. i needed to do a reinstall (other problems) and skipped the initial wizard and setup the accounts manually in kmail

[newbie]

2002-07-31 Thread Howard Stredwick
Hi Yall Im trying to install Mandrake 8.2 on a test box I have put together. However the install program hangs with Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root on 01:03. Whilst booting the install linux kernel. This occurred when the disk was un-partitioned, and still occurs when

[newbie]

2002-07-31 Thread Howard Stredwick
Hi Yall Im trying to install Mandrake 8.2 on a test box I have put together. However the install program hangs with Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root on 01:03. Whilst booting the install linux kernel. This occurred when the disk was un-partitioned, and still occurs when

Re: [newbie] Civilme petition - PETITION???. now OT-flamen John Rigby

2002-07-31 Thread et
but John do you, or do you not, like Bagpipes? let's get down to brass tacks On Tuesday 30 July 2002 10:48 pm, you wrote: At 11:14 AM 31/07/02, you did spake with authority John Rigby wrote: Linux is still a ^%$#$%^*^^ of a product to install and setup in a business-workable format.

Re: [newbie] dual boot M8.2 and XP suggestion

2002-07-31 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Wednesday 31 July 2002 13:06, Anand wrote: I may be wrong about this... but I beleive that it depends on whether the XP is on NTFS or not. My friend installed Linux with XP on fat32 without any special precautions (like not installing lilo on MBR) and he didn't have any problems. I did

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread _nast-mdk81
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:41, civileme wrote: frankie wrote: anyone fancy starting a Save Civilme petition snip Don't do that. That post to the list was inadvertant. I meant it as a private reply on 9.0 I was on this list and on the expert list with more than 1000 posts before I was

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread Miark
Hello, Well, I'm sure 90% of us will sign a petition anyway :-)! As everyone else mentioned, you're a great asset to Mandrake and all it's users. And so we should help you back, right? No, not right. Absolutely nothing can come of a petition, so crafting one would do nothing but pit us

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread Paul Clyne
Hello, Well, I'm sure 90% of us will sign a petition anyway :-)! As everyone else mentioned, you're a great asset to Mandrake and all it's users. And so we should help you back, right? I have only caught some

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread Miark
Did I miss it or has no-one thought to ask civilme what _he_ would like us to do? We did. He doesn't want us to do anything. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread Marc
7/31/02 8:36:26 PM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Well, I'm sure 90% of us will sign a petition anyway :-)! As everyone else mentioned, you're a great asset to Mandrake and all it's users. And so we should help you back, right? No, not right. Absolutely nothing can come of a

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 31 July 2002 5:45 pm, _nast-mdk81 did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Interesting how the 40+ replies there have been have all misspelt his name! bad speelers of the word untie! - -- warning: this sig file has been

Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.

2002-07-31 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 31 July 2002 09:07 pm, you wrote: Did I miss it or has no-one thought to ask civilme what _he_ would like us to do? We did. He doesn't want us to do anything. Miark So that is what we should do, nothing. Civileme is in the position to know what is best for him. He has all

[newbie] Is there anybody out there.... internet sharing question

2002-07-31 Thread freeman
I just want to no how to enable a port threw mandrake internet sharing? the port is 3602. please let me know Best regards Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Kpanel doesn't reload

2002-07-31 Thread eric jackson
I can't figure this out. I'm using 8.2. I have lost my Kpanel when seting up at least 2 different users. It's there when I shut down but it's not there when I reboot. I do see the message saying Loading panel but it doesn't load. Anybody know why this happens? Is there a command I can enter

[newbie] No highlighting in Konsole

2002-07-31 Thread Miark
KDE 3.0.2's Konsole is is not letting me highlight whole words by double-clicking them. How do I fix that? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com