Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Ray Henry
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 01:36, Martin L. Johansen wrote: > > That's an easy one..: Quanta Plus from KDE3 Yeah, that's what started all this trouble. Over 8 hours to finally get it installed, after having to figure out that Mandrake was lying to me. And now, more hours to get the modem working again

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Martin L. Johansen
On Monday 09 December 2002 08:29, Ray Henry wrote: > Yeah, well You know I was hoping for something better than > Composer... That's an easy one..: Quanta Plus from KDE3 > Now I just have to try to figure out what broke my modem in the > process. KdeprintFax now returns invalid modem res

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Martin L. Johansen
On Monday 09 December 2002 04:52, Joseph Braddock wrote: > PCI is funny that way. Your plug and play bios and/or OS have to > pick some order in which to initialize the cards. If one of the > cards has a limited number of IRQs it can use and a different card > grabs that IRQ first, then the limi

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Ray Henry
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 22:55, Michael Adams wrote: > Or Bluefish > Or for a gui one try Mozilla Composer or OpenOffice.org or StarOffice > All on the CD's Yeah, well You know I was hoping for something better than Composer... Anyway, finally figured out what I was doing wrong. Not using th

[newbie] Xft-2 and OpenOffice

2002-12-08 Thread Huub van den Heuvel
I installed the texstar Xft packages but now my user interface font in OpenOffice is gone, the menus and dialogs are empty. In documents all my fonts are available. Mozilla-xft works fine (and looks great), I seem to have no other font issues. Adding other paths fonts in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf did

Re: [newbie] network sharing scanner

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:53, Brent Hasty wrote: > well first of all my scanners plural, have sheet feeders, unfortunatly due to > a kernel bug between smp and usb, I cannot run the scanners directly on my > highpowered dual processor amd machine, instead I have them connected to a > lowly amd k

Re: [newbie] network sharing scanner

2002-12-08 Thread Brent Hasty
On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:43 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 13:59, Brent Hasty wrote: > > how does one go about setting up sane to share a flatbed scanner to all > > workstations on the network running mdk 9.0? > > This does not quite seem logical to me. The computer that the sc

Re: [newbie] Kmail help needed

2002-12-08 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 17:04, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 07:55, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 12:50 pm, Sascha Noyes wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Have a look in: > > > > > > .kde/share/config/kmailrc > > > > > > search for

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:39:57 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:18, Angus Auld wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 12:08, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:00, Ray Henry wrote: > > OK, this is EXTREMELY frustrating, an annoying time-consuming process > > the RedHat has been kind enough to deal with through their > > auto-updating. > > > > Regardless, Mandrake 8.2 comes with supp

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 14:21, Erik Farnsworth wrote: > Spence, > > Thanks! Unless I totally hose my mdk system, I probably won't need this > program because I boot XP only to use PageMaker (until I learn to use > Lyx better) and to update the anti-virus .dat files. [I did d/l > explore2fs, just in c

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:47:49 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You need to discover urpmi > The command > urpmi gcc (as root) > will do all you need. > Then read up about urpmi at > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3558 > http://www.pclinuxon

Re: [newbie] gtk-gnutella

2002-12-08 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 08 December 2002 05:45 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote: > hI, > When I run gtk-gnutella, there is an icon that shows that the prog thinks > I'm firewalled. I run a stock LM9 installation and I did not set up any > firewall when first installed. > This prog runs on port 6346. Is ther

Re: [newbie] gtk-gnutella

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:45, Bill Winegarden wrote: > hI, > When I run gtk-gnutella, there is an icon that shows that the prog thinks I'm > firewalled. I run a stock LM9 installation and I did not set up any firewall > when first installed. > This prog runs on port 6346. Is there a wa

Re: [newbie] recording audio

2002-12-08 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 18:10:32 -0500 Dennis & Sue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Peoples, > I would like to convert, and record mp3's to a cdr so that they can be > played on a regular cd player. > I've made 3 coasters trying. > this is one of two reasons why windows still resides on this harddri

[newbie] gtk-gnutella

2002-12-08 Thread Bill Winegarden
hI, When I run gtk-gnutella, there is an icon that shows that the prog thinks I'm firewalled. I run a stock LM9 installation and I did not set up any firewall when first installed. This prog runs on port 6346. Is there a way to check if the port is open/closed? tia, Bill W.

Re: [newbie] question about log files - OT a bit

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:18, Angus Auld wrote: > This list is sure a lot of fun. I never had half this much fun when I used that >"other OS". > > --Angus If you're on an email list and there isn't a slight bit of humor, then something's definitely wrong with the list. -- Mon Dec 9 13:30:00

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 09 Dec 2002 13:01:20 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, another newbie question. :-) > > This is something I hav

Re: [newbie] changing default browser

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 11:12, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > I'd like to change my default browser from Konqueror. URLs in mail messages > can be opened from within the message with Konqueror as the default browser. > If I go into "file associations" and change the default browser to anything > else he

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, another newbie question. :-) > This is something I have been wondering about for awhile. Is there a program on my >Mdk system that looks after log files? To keep them from getting too large? Or is >there a ceiling on how big these files

Re: [newbie] Text in OOo and Gimp

2002-12-08 Thread Jan Wilson
* Bryan Tyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021208 19:29]: > I was wondering if you could explain in more detail how you use OOo Draw > to create text which you then use in Gimp. Sure. Just create anything you like with text in OOo Draw. Make it larger than it will need to be, and then export it as a .p

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Derek Jennings
You need to discover urpmi The command urpmi gcc (as root) will do all you need. Then read up about urpmi at http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3558 http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3460 derek On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 11:00 pm,

[newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, another newbie question. :-) This is something I have been wondering about for awhile. Is there a program on my Mdk system that looks after log files? To keep them from getting too large? Or is there a ceiling on how big these files can get? Seems like wasted space after a while. My /

Re: [newbie] Accessing Postgresql

2002-12-08 Thread kjc
I had mucho headaches with respect to both Postgress AND MySQL access. Finally. I removed both and downloaded the newest versions from both web sites respectively. I installed and configured them. Now I can access both with zero problems. Also. You may want to have a look at firebird. It's ano

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Erik Farnsworth
Spence, Thanks! Unless I totally hose my mdk system, I probably won't need this program because I boot XP only to use PageMaker (until I learn to use Lyx better) and to update the anti-virus .dat files. [I did d/l explore2fs, just in case :) ] However, I have a friend who could probably use it.

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 11:57, Angus Auld wrote: > Thanks for the replies...I'm pretty certain there is a loose nut between the >mouse and the chair here Stephen, but I was hoping for some other explanation. LOL :-) > > I do have gpm running in runlevel 5, I wasn't sure whether I needed it or

[newbie] network sharing scanner

2002-12-08 Thread Brent Hasty
how does one go about setting up sane to share a flatbed scanner to all workstations on the network running mdk 9.0? -- 4:58pm up 4:56, 4 users, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 1.72 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 09 Dec 2002 06:49:36 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 06:23, rob wrote: > > I get the same thing here and I've just been ignoring it... > > > > Rob > >

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Spencer
On December 8, 2002 04:24 pm, Erik Farnsworth wrote: If you have a need to read or write data from Winduz, there is a program called - explore2fs - that I use successfully on my W2K Pro install. I don't know if it can be used with a NTFS partition but it works well from FAT32. Spence > Stephen

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My Inbox Happily Received This From Stephen Kuhn @ 09 Dec 2002 10:25:12 +1100 > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:09, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > > > > hey, that's mpg321 > > the problem is WITH mpg123! > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root6 No

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Erik Farnsworth
Stephen was correct...from mdk, you can read files on an NTFS system (XP, in my case), but you cannot write to them. On the 'doz partition that I want to share between mdk and xp, I have set it as vfat (FAT32) and can read/write to it quite well with mdk. [OTOH, 'Doz don't speaka-da-*nix, so it h

[newbie] changing default browser

2002-12-08 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
I'd like to change my default browser from Konqueror. URLs in mail messages can be opened from within the message with Konqueror as the default browser. If I go into "file associations" and change the default browser to anything else here's what happens: Here's the URL for example, http://hones

Re: [newbie] Accessing Postgresql

2002-12-08 Thread Gordon Bradbury
Well, I made some progress over the weekend. I realised I didn't have all the postgesql components loaded, incuding the docs, so I got them loaded. That put pgaccess onto the KDE menu. But pgaccess doesn't work so I suspect I still need to do some work with postgresql user accounts and stuff. I

Re: [newbie] asf (?) audiostream file

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:36, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to listen to a radio station on-line (which I could do without > any problems using MS Explorer 5 under MS W98) but neither Galeon, nor > Mozilla nor Konqueror could directly play it. All I could was download the > file

[newbie] Text in OOo and Gimp

2002-12-08 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:13, Jan Wilson wrote: > I do a lot of work with OOo Draw and The GIMP together ... using Draw > to create the vector stuff, like text, and then pull it into The Gimp > for fine tuning on the bitmap background, etc. Works great! I was wondering if you could explain i

[newbie] asf (?) audiostream file

2002-12-08 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi, I was trying to listen to a radio station on-line (which I could do without any problems using MS Explorer 5 under MS W98) but neither Galeon, nor Mozilla nor Konqueror could directly play it. All I could was download the file to my HD after which I tried to use xmms to listen to it, but t

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Dale Kosan
Well, he states he can read the files so it is not NTFS. Root should be able to read and write, to do this as a user you need to edit the /etc/fstab entry. Can not help with that because I do not have Windows on my machine. "man mount" for details. The option, from memory, is umask=0. Or you c

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Robin Turner
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:00, Ray Henry wrote: OK, this is EXTREMELY frustrating, an annoying time-consuming process the RedHat has been kind enough to deal with through their auto-updating. Regardless, Mandrake 8.2 comes with support for a number of devices that RedHat doesn

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:09, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > > hey, that's mpg321 > the problem is WITH mpg123! > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root6 Nov 25 08:14 mpg123 -> mpg321* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 178952 Apr 10 2002 mpg321* mpg123 is a symlink to mpg321 ...same diff...

Re: [newbie] palm pilot

2002-12-08 Thread Terry Smith
David, Are you using a USB cradle? I have a Handspring that I haven't quite got going but I haven't fooled with it for several months. Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 11:12, David Williams wrote: > On Sunday 08 December 2002 10:13 am, walt wrote: > > The palm pilot is palm m130

Re: [newbie] recording audio

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:10, Dennis & Sue wrote: > Hello Peoples, > I would like to convert, and record mp3's to a cdr so that they can be played > on a regular cd player. > I've made 3 coasters trying. > this is one of two reasons why windows still resides on this harddrive. > What is the appli

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My Inbox Happily Received This From Ralph Slooten @ Sun, 8 Dec 2002 21:21:06 +0100 (CET) > On 09 Dec 2002 07:05:16 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, this really sucks (for you at least) - and you've already said > > that s

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My Inbox Happily Received This From Ralph Slooten @ Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:04:12 +0100 > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:32:33 +0200 > Mohammed Sameer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have the same problem with GQmpeg > > when i run GQmpeg from an xterm it works

Re: [newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:00, Ray Henry wrote: > > OK, this is EXTREMELY frustrating, an annoying time-consuming process > the RedHat has been kind enough to deal with through their > auto-updating. > > Regardless, Mandrake 8.2 comes with support for a number of devices that > RedHat doesn't. > >

[newbie] recording audio

2002-12-08 Thread Dennis & Sue
Hello Peoples, I would like to convert, and record mp3's to a cdr so that they can be played on a regular cd player. I've made 3 coasters trying. this is one of two reasons why windows still resides on this harddrive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

[newbie] Updating libraries

2002-12-08 Thread Ray Henry
OK, this is EXTREMELY frustrating, an annoying time-consuming process the RedHat has been kind enough to deal with through their auto-updating. Regardless, Mandrake 8.2 comes with support for a number of devices that RedHat doesn't. Here's my problem: All I want to do is install an HTML editor

Re: [newbie] gimpprint / libgimpprint M9.0

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 07:11, John Richard Smith wrote: I replaced the standard M9.0 install of gimpprint and libgimpprint versions with , gimpprint-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm libgimpprint1-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm from the cooker stable, and they work. Lexmark Z52/Z53 printers now

Re: [newbie] gimpprint / libgimpprint M9.0

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 07:11, John Richard Smith wrote: > I replaced the standard M9.0 install of gimpprint and > libgimpprint versions with , > > gimpprint-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm > libgimpprint1-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm > > from the cooker stable, > > and they work. > > Lexmark Z52/Z53 printers now wor

Re: [newbie] palm pilot

2002-12-08 Thread James Dawson
On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:46 am, walt wrote: > Anyone manage to get a palm pilot to sync in mandrake 9.0? > > Walt I've manged to get my palm to sync using both j-pilot and evolution under Mandrake 9.0. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] gimpprint / libgimpprint M9.0

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
I replaced the standard M9.0 install of gimpprint and libgimpprint versions with , gimpprint-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm libgimpprint1-4.2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm from the cooker stable, and they work. Lexmark Z52/Z53 printers now work in M9.0, Many thanks to all concerned. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL

Re: [newbie]Newbie in way over his head... hpt370 raid drivers

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 08:31, Brian Metzler wrote: > I am down on my last leg here. I have been working at this for about two > weeks now and I am at a stand still. So any help or direction would be > much appreciated. Here is what I have so far. > > I have been trying to create a Kernel Loadabl

[newbie]Newbie in way over his head... hpt370 raid drivers

2002-12-08 Thread Brian Metzler
I am down on my last leg here. I have been working at this for about two weeks now and I am at a stand still. So any help or direction would be much appreciated. Here is what I have so far. I have been trying to create a Kernel Loadable Module to test out Linux support for hardware raid. Since

Re: [newbie] Fresh Install / Mandrake 9.0

2002-12-08 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 15:06:51 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis & Sue wrote: > > >On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:05 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > > >>Dennis & Sue wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Sunday 08 December 2002 04:03 am > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>O

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 07:50, Ralph Slooten wrote: > None ;-) > > Is it my guess, you aren't using the official 9.0 release? > Nothing meant by it, but I would presume that everyone has the saem > packages... unless there is a security update I don't know about :-0 > >

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
None ;-) Is it my guess, you aren't using the official 9.0 release? Nothing meant by it, but I would presume that everyone has the saem packages... unless there is a security update I don't know about :-0 = High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Pl

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 07:21, Ralph Slooten wrote: > No I haven't tried with others, because 'mpg123 ' works perfectly > in the console... Seeing as nothing else is using any sound device at > the same time, I presume this should definitely work, and not coredump, > true? > > Greetings > Ralph > -

Re: [newbie] Gimp

2002-12-08 Thread T C
To use Compupic to remove red eye: 1. Open the file containing the red eye in the Image Viewer. 2. Activate the red eye reduction tool by selecting Reduce "Red-eye" from the Image menu. 3. Click on the red eye. The red eye will immediately be reduced. 4. Continue to click on the areas contai

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
On 09 Dec 2002 07:05:16 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, this really sucks (for you at least) - and you've already said > that sound works for everything under all the desktops > (Gnome/KDE)right? Yes, sound works fine here on Gnome and Fluxbox, at least sounds that are i

Re: [newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 07:08, Tom Henry wrote: > I've installed ML 9.0 onto (Dell GX1 desktop system) it's own EXT2 partition > > From Linux I am able to read the files on the /windows/ partition _but_ > cannot edit anything ;-( > > How do I get it set up so I have 'write' permission to everyt

[newbie] Write to windows partition?

2002-12-08 Thread Tom Henry
I've installed ML 9.0 onto (Dell GX1 desktop system) it's own EXT2 partition From Linux I am able to read the files on the /windows/ partition _but_ cannot edit anything ;-( How do I get it set up so I have 'write' permission to everything on the /windows/ partition? Many thanks for any hel

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 06:55, Ralph Slooten wrote: > On 09 Dec 2002 06:51:06 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What about re-installing the RPM package(s) for mpg123 now? > > Nope, don't work either :-( > -- > Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ > Well, this really sucks (for

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
On 09 Dec 2002 06:51:06 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about re-installing the RPM package(s) for mpg123 now? Nope, don't work either :-( -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 06:34, Ralph Slooten wrote: > On 09 Dec 2002 06:20:35 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok - well, believe it or not, this just told me heaps. Now I'm > > wondering if the mpg123 libs are what are the cause - because gmpeg > > and mpg123 use the same lib base

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 06:23, rob wrote: > I get the same thing here and I've just been ignoring it... > > Rob > > On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 10:20, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings all, I have a question about an error that I occasionally encounter when >booting my Mdk 9.0 system. It also occurs somet

Re: [newbie] palm pilot

2002-12-08 Thread Daryl Johnson
Yes, but it was a bit idiosyncratic to start. Let's see, from memory... I'm using serial so made a soft link from /dev/pilot to /dev/ttyS1. Configured the conduits for diary files and to-dos etc... there is a good bit in the manual about this. Remember to identify the user. Once everything you

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
On 09 Dec 2002 06:20:35 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok - well, believe it or not, this just told me heaps. Now I'm > wondering if the mpg123 libs are what are the cause - because gmpeg > and mpg123 use the same lib base. Try adding the following in your > /etc/ld.so.conf and re-

Re: [newbie] Gimp

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
John, it's actually quite simple to reduce red eys with gimp. Took me a while to work it out too... but eventually I found a page explaining how to do it. Firstly, open the photo in Gimp. Make sure you have the "Layers" screen open. On the "Layers" screen, you will see "Channels" tab. Click that

Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse error

2002-12-08 Thread rob
I get the same thing here and I've just been ignoring it... Rob On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 10:20, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings all, I have a question about an error that I occasionally encounter when >booting my Mdk 9.0 system. It also occurs sometime when shutting down too. > I am using an MS Intel

Re: [newbie] Internet connection sharing with Windows?

2002-12-08 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 08 December 2002 04:08 am, you wrote: > My grandchildren's two '98 machines used to connect through my 8.2 setup > without problems (all is different now, both version and connection, but > still OK). Our setup was as far as I can see just what magnet describes. > Come back if you still

Re: [newbie] Gimp

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
T C wrote: I don't know if there is a specific reason you are trying to do this in in Gimp, but I use Compupic for simple photo clean-up. You can download it here: www.photodex.com/downloads/platforms/linux.html TC You know I had forgotten about compupic , and actually I already had it o

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 08 December 2002 06:50 am, you wrote: > Third... if it aint working still... try another PCI-bus. You might have > a conflict. I had that problem once. I moved the card, and all was a > bliss. You can do a "cat /proc/interrupts" and it should show if the card is causing an IRQ conflict

Re: [newbie] HD size

2002-12-08 Thread Jan Wilson
* walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021208 09:55]: > Is a 3.7 gig hard drive to small to run mandrake 9.0? one of my hard > drives is going and until I buy a new one, I only have this small one > to use for linux. That should be adequate for most purposes, assuming you need a fairly normal workstation

Re: [newbie] about to give up (OT)

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:52:14 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] about to give up > On Sunday 08 December 2002 07:39 am, you wrote: > > >A Cherokee Prayer: > > > >Oh Great Spirit, > > > >Help me always

Re: [newbie] Graphic formats, was: OT? LBA and CHS

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 1:13 pm, Jan Wilson wrote: > * Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021207 15:26]: > > The Paragon util sounds interesting, but I'm really trying to get rid of > > the dual-boot, so I don't want to buy another hd manager if I can help > > it. The main problem now is that I'm pick

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Ralph Slooten wrote: >HI there all, > >This last Friday night I finally got the chance to upgrade to LM 9.0. One >thing that I realized almost from the start was a problem with mpg123. > >At first I thought it had something to do with Fluxbox which I had to >manually install (as it's not included

Re: [newbie] Graphic formats, was: OT? LBA and CHS

2002-12-08 Thread Jan Wilson
* Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021207 15:26]: > The Paragon util sounds interesting, but I'm really trying to get rid of the > dual-boot, so I don't want to buy another hd manager if I can help it. The > main problem now is that I'm picking up the odds and ends - like most of my > clip-art

Re: [newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Ralph Slooten wrote: HI there all, This last Friday night I finally got the chance to upgrade to LM 9.0. One thing that I realized almost from the start was a problem with mpg123. At first I thought it had something to do with Fluxbox which I had to manually install (as it's not included on t

Re: [english] [newbie] Can't play game

2002-12-08 Thread Artis Rozentals
> Like it! Just how much time can one waste? More than one should... -- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15890 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [english] [newbie] Can't play game

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 1:04 pm, Artis Rozentals wrote: > > Anyone know why? > > Because it's played with the keyboard. The cursor would only get in your > way. Like it! Just how much time can one waste? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread John McQuillen
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 23:44, Dale Kosan wrote: > No. I think the problem is the nic is not initialized. He said he was > seeing initizing of eth0 failed error... If the nic fails to get an address because of a dhcp error, won't initialisation of the interface fail? It's not clear from the posts

[newbie] change package source

2002-12-08 Thread maqish
Hello, I wonder, is it possible to use a ftp source for installing packages after you've installed mandrake with cd's? thanks in advance.. Marc Bannink Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't play game

2002-12-08 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 12:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I fancied a look at Frozen Bubble, since I'm told it is addictive, but when > I launched it I found that my mouse cursor disappears behind the game. > Anyone know why? or what to do about it? Forget it? > > Anne Frozen bubble does not use a m

Re: [english] [newbie] Can't play game

2002-12-08 Thread Artis Rozentals
> Anyone know why? Because it's played with the keyboard. The cursor would only get in your way. -- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15890 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Fresh Install / Mandrake 9.0

2002-12-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Dennis & Sue wrote: On Sunday 08 December 2002 04:03 am Dennis & Sue wrote: Well the soundcard is an ISA avance sound als 110. The chip- Opti. The motherboard, an Epox something or other ( I built this about 3 years ago now ) AMD K6 500 with 198 MB Ram, TNT2 video . take a look

[newbie] Can't play game

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
I fancied a look at Frozen Bubble, since I'm told it is addictive, but when I launched it I found that my mouse cursor disappears behind the game. Anyone know why? or what to do about it? Forget it? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Dale Kosan
No. I think the problem is the nic is not initialized. He said he was seeing initizing of eth0 failed error... John McQuillen wrote: Hi Greg, This is getting to be a long story, so I'll only include the essentials from previous mails... If interested, here is what is in the modems intern

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Dale Kosan
You cant tell me his Realtec card is not supported? I believe every Linux distro supports that chip set. Can he try loading the correct module with modprobe? -- http://www.winsweptrottweilers.com ICQ# 55846749 Registered Linux user #191829 A Cherokee Prayer: Oh Great Spirit, Help me always

[newbie] mpg123 coredumps

2002-12-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
HI there all, This last Friday night I finally got the chance to upgrade to LM 9.0. One thing that I realized almost from the start was a problem with mpg123. At first I thought it had something to do with Fluxbox which I had to manually install (as it's not included on the CD's anymore :-( ).

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Martin L. Johansen
On Sunday 08 December 2002 12:54, Anne Wilson wrote: > I have a table set up on my router with static IP addresses. All the > machines use those static addresses, except the laptop which is set > to get an address from the router. The router has a fixed address > to offer that login, so it work

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread John McQuillen
Hi Greg, This is getting to be a long story, so I'll only include the essentials from previous mails... > If interested, > > here is what is in the modems internal software: > > PPP (VPI 8, VCI 35) ipa > > ipa 150.101.208.30 255.255.0.0 > > eth010.0.0.138 255.0.0.

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 11:50 am, Martin L. Johansen wrote: > On Sunday 08 December 2002 11:15, greg wrote: > > When installing Mandrake, I have selected (when setting up > > net/internet) the ethernet option, and selected bootp/dhcp instead of > > entering any details. This is how Red Hat is config

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Martin L. Johansen
On Sunday 08 December 2002 11:15, greg wrote: > When installing Mandrake, I have selected (when setting up > net/internet) the ethernet option, and selected bootp/dhcp instead of > entering any details. This is how Red Hat is configured (ethernet > connection/dhcp) and works no probs. After this

Re: [newbie] Install fails

2002-12-08 Thread Martin L. Johansen
On Sunday 08 December 2002 02:42, walt wrote: > It could be that mandrake 9.0 is not compatible with your machine. I > had to put mandrake 8.2 on my computer, which works beautifully, make > a boot disk using an older kernel image, boot to that disk and then > was able to do an update to 8.2. If I

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 10:48 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > If eth0 doesn't show up, no matter what you do, you're not going to get > on the internet (or any net for that matter). What about disabling > PNP/OS in your BIOS and see if that works? > > Once you can LEGITIMATELY get your ethernet card worki

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 10:15 am, greg wrote: > Anyway, I will try to answer the questions that you all asked in one > email, so that it is all in one place, and also give a run-down on what > my system is, and what I have done. > It does help to have as much information as possible in one place.

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 21:15, greg wrote: > When installing Mandrake, I have selected (when setting up net/internet) > the ethernet option, and selected bootp/dhcp instead of entering any > details. This is how Red Hat is configured (ethernet connection/dhcp) > and works no probs. After this, boo

Re: [newbie] Internet connection sharing with Windows?

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 16:23, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Got a 3 comp LAN. My main computer is running Linux - 56k connection and both > the other comps do sharing under Mandrake v8.2 just fine. Yeah, its slow, but > I let my sons browse to find school articles sometimes (with me right over > their

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-08 Thread Poogle
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 H:02 am, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi, > > This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and > not with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks > around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of > etiquette:

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-08 Thread greg
Hi all, and thanks to those who have replied with support (david, john, anne,joeb,alexa,marcia,jose,mark,stephan). Sorry for not replying sooner, but working very hard at the moment, and just turned my computer on today. I now have Red Hat back on, but I did a full re-install of Mandrake 9.0, and

Re: [newbie] Internet connection sharing with Windows?

2002-12-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 6:50 am, magnet wrote: > Hi, > > Right, just been here with this problem. Set a specific IP addy as you had > for the PC and use netmask 255.255.255.0 > Disable the WINS Configuration. > Add gateway to point to your linux box. > Here is the part I had to change for some reason

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