[newbie] Re: [newbie) Becoming a Linux hermit

2003-01-03 Thread Graham Pohle
After Todd told me how to unpack an archive file, my partner can't get me out of my study. I still have a load of questions, but half the fun is trying to make things work. It's only when we totally loose our patience that I turn to asking someone, I think that's what linux is about...discovery!! I

Re: [newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 03 January 2003 06:01 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > To head off people emailing me asking me where the hell I am... I'm writing > to say I'm leaving the list for a few weeks. Last time I left w/out a > note, I got ppl like Lyvim & Civilme emailing me asking where I > went! Gah! Thx for the

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 04 January 2003 12:14 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > I think you're the only one that got it, Ron. It was a tongue in cheek > deal... :-) > Geez, ya gotta step lightly these days to avoid a crucifixion. landmines, landmines... :-) > Well, the thread was worth it anyway; after all it

Re: [newbie] XMMS Update

2003-01-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 09:17 PM 1/3/2003 -0800, you wrote: > Much weirdness here in Linux ... I related how I couldn't get XMMS to read > my FAT32 files. Well I tried it on my b/f's comp. Works fine but Of course, fat32 is less efficient, but I'd hardly think that it would be a real issue when reading mp3 files. T

Re: [newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 20:20, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 12:39 AM 1/4/2003 +, you wrote: > >On Friday 03 January 2003 11:01 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > > > > Anyway as I'll be hospitalized for 2 weeks & laid up for > > > almost 2 months I'm going off the list for at least 2 > > > months total time

Re: [newbie] Bootsplash in 9.0

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 03 January 2003 05:05 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > Actually there's even more to it. From what I've read, nVidia > chipsets don't really do (incapable of) 16M (32bpp). Even if this is > what you pick, they default to 24bpp (still sort'a 16M). A shortcut > they took to get ahead of ATI. T

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Damian Gatabria
> What should I have set for my network card? > > Jody I might be wrong, but there's probably nothing wrong with your card. Just leave the defaults for now. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:10, you wrote: > > adsl-setup > > got "adsl-setup: command not found" > > > urpmi rp-pppoe > > get "adsl-setup: command not found" > > Any other way to get it? > > Jody i don't get it. you got a "command not found" error when you tried to use urpmi? anyway, here's a

RE: [newbie] WINE Questions

2003-01-03 Thread Russ
OK, I accidentally found rpmdrake (opened a console and typed rpmdrake, imagine that), Anyway I did a search for WINE and it was there but how do I tell if it is actually installed or just available to install? And if it is not installed should I get the newest version? Thanks Again Russ On Fri,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 15:53, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wouldn't that be construed as unfair to those that are using MDK but > > not wanting to shell out the USD for club membership? > > They obviously have not seen the

Re: [newbie] proftpd directory restriction

2003-01-03 Thread Todd Slater
On 03 Jan 2003 22:36:27 -0500 Nelson Bartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I need to restrict the upload user from seeing their current path when > they login to the ftp server. I can't seem to locate the setting to hide > current location, or change the location so the hierarchy star

Re: [newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 12:39 AM 1/4/2003 +, you wrote: On Friday 03 January 2003 11:01 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > Anyway as I'll be hospitalized for 2 weeks & laid up for > almost 2 months I'm going off the list for at least 2 > months total time. I will likely have my last postings > on Tuesday or Wednesday at

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Bob Read
Keith wrote: > > Buy & back up to another HDD..They are CHEAP now adays... > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:59 pm, you wrote: > > Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows > > partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up > > that much data

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Aurélio Diniz
In my case, has i said before, PM7 worked fine to make a new partition for my linux. But first you must do the following steps before using it: - Scandisk and Defrag - Backup all you important data (just in case) Ando go for it! The worst that can happen is that you'll have to reinstall your windo

Fwd: Re: [newbie] LAN/firewall setup

2003-01-03 Thread Dennis Myers
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] LAN/firewall setup Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 18:06:36 -0600 From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 03 January 2003 05:43 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 09:45, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Stephen, do

Re: [newbie] modem pci lucent v. 92

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 10:38, Josenildo Marques wrote: > HI > > I have just installed LM 9 on a new computer I bought. The problem is that my > modem is not detected. It is a Lucent (now Agere) v. 92, 56 kbps PCI modem. > In the other operating system it is at COM3. > > What can I do !!? PLease !

Re: [newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 10:01, FemmeFatale wrote: > So, Happy New Year to you all, & Merry Ho Ho! :) > > Oh yes, and do take care of Stephen & Robin. Or vice versa... hm... heh. :P > Shit...guess I'll just head back out to the bush...wombats don't argue about KDE or Gnome... -- Sat Jan 4 10:

Re: [newbie] XMMS Update

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 09:57, FemmeFatale wrote: > Much weirdness here in Linux ... ...that should go without saying...(g) > I related how I couldn't get XMMS to read > my FAT32 files. Well I tried it on my b/f's comp. Works fine but > slower than hell for a P4 1.7 ghz. Tried it on mine agai

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 09:24, Ralph Slooten wrote: > Shit, I can't say I didn't tell you so ;-) Pitty it had to side off onto > a political issue, probably one that most people bitching about it don't > even understand anyway, LOL... and just to think, it was my fault. For > this I'm truly truly so

[newbie] 8.2 Installation Hangs (during Partitioning, CD 1)

2003-01-03 Thread NeueZiel
I'll post the hardware I've got first, so I can get that out of the way:   Cognac + Mainboard Intel Celeron 667 mhz Processor 256 mb PC 133 Sdram (SimpleTech) 10 GB 5400 RPM Seagate HD LG Electronics 40x12x40x CD-RW Nvidia Riva TNT2 M64 Video card Some integrated sound (Cirrus Logic, I think)

Re: [newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 January 2003 11:01 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > Anyway as I'll be hospitalized for 2 weeks & laid up for > almost 2 months I'm going off the list for at least 2 > months total time. I will likely have my last postings > on Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. :) > Femme, be comforted th

Re: [newbie] Msec security configuration

2003-01-03 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry Mike S., I should have started my own thread, and it seems you have started another for your PROMISC_CHECK issue. What I am trying to do is disable password_aging while using msec level 4. Michael A. thanks for the reply, but I did read up on man mseclib first and this is how it describes t

[newbie] modem pci lucent v. 92

2003-01-03 Thread Josenildo Marques
HI I have just installed LM 9 on a new computer I bought. The problem is that my modem is not detected. It is a Lucent (now Agere) v. 92, 56 kbps PCI modem. In the other operating system it is at COM3. What can I do !!? PLease ! JM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go t

Re: [newbie] XMMS Update

2003-01-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 12:10 AM 1/4/2003 +0100, you wrote: HI there Heather, Maybe due to the fact that it got remounted during the boot? Although I can't say it for sure, not could I explain the reason why it would, but in the past (when I still had windows) my fat32 was skrewed due to window$ ME, and it did stra

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: "Jody Cleveland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:25 PM Subject: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How? > > What type of network card do you have? > > Linksys LNE100 TX I have that exact card - tulip is the correct driver

Re: [newbie] XMMS Update

2003-01-03 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:57:39 -0700 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Much weirdness here in Linux ... I related how I couldn't get XMMS to > read my FAT32 files. Well I tried it on my b/f's comp. Works fine > but slower than hell for a P4 1.7 ghz. Tried it on mine again, works > fine bu

[newbie] Small OT ... leaving the list for a bit

2003-01-03 Thread FemmeFatale
To head off people emailing me asking me where the hell I am... I'm writing to say I'm leaving the list for a few weeks. Last time I left w/out a note, I got ppl like Lyvim & Civilme emailing me asking where I went! Gah! Thx for the concern gents (and lady as I believe Anne emailed me too).

[newbie] XMMS Update

2003-01-03 Thread FemmeFatale
Much weirdness here in Linux ... I related how I couldn't get XMMS to read my FAT32 files. Well I tried it on my b/f's comp. Works fine but slower than hell for a P4 1.7 ghz. Tried it on mine again, works fine but again a bit slow. I couldn't figure that out. But now after its been reboot

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday January 3 2003 04:24 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: > > > I would just like to add off before this turns into a 500 > > > e-mail war here, but asking users their opinions between the 2 > > > is like asking which is better: Democrat or Republican, > > > Christian or Moslem, Star Wars or Star Tre

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-03 Thread Pilagá
El Vie 03 Ene 2003 12:45, Angus Auld escribió: > Just an addendum.. > I have keep my system updated with all the updated packages that I have > been notified off by email from MandrakeSecurity. Also I have run Mandrake > Update on a regular basis. It appears that my updates haven't been pro

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Ralph Slooten
> > I would just like to add off before this turns into a 500 e-mail war > > here, but asking users their opinions between the 2 is like asking > > which is better: Democrat or Republican, Christian or Moslem, Star > > Wars or Star Trek ;-) Shit, I can't say I didn't tell you so ;-) Pitty it had

Re: [newbie] Soundcard problem

2003-01-03 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
I think sndconfig could solve the problem, just install the rpm and run the package, it should detect and configure your sound-card automatically. El Vie 03 Ene 2003 22:43, Arash Vahdat escribió: > I have just installed Mandrake 9.0, everything works but the soundcard (SB > live). > I can't se

Re: [newbie] Soundcard problem

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:43, Arash Vahdat wrote: > I have just installed Mandrake 9.0, everything works but the soundcard (SB > live). > I can't see it in the hardwarelist, just a sound device with unknown > vendor. And I can't find it in the device-file. > Can anyone help me? > > > Arash Vahda

Re: [newbie] Bootsplash in 9.0

2003-01-03 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday January 3 2003 02:17 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Actually, before I checked my mail today (and this thread) I had > been playing around with this. It does seem to follow what you are > saying. I tried > > 788 > 791 > > 788 works, but will use bootsplash if present, 791 gives 1024x768 > (

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-03 Thread Kristjan
On 03 Jan 2003 14:57:41 -0600 Chuck Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Kristjan: Did you point Konq to the correct path? Mine is: > > > /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java > > > > > > Suerte. > > > Pilagá > > > > > > > Jep, i did, nothing happened > > > > > I have also gotten th

[newbie] Soundcard problem

2003-01-03 Thread Arash Vahdat
I have just installed Mandrake 9.0, everything works but the soundcard (SB live). I can't see it in the hardwarelist, just a sound device with unknown vendor. And I can't find it in the device-file. Can anyone help me? Arash Vahdat Luleå University of Technology Skellefteå Campus Skeria 3 S-93

Re: [newbie] Sorry To Be Off Topic

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:27, Mark Weaver wrote: > magnet wrote: > > BTW: If you respond to this email with "REMOVE" in the subject field remember, > > you will have just confirmed to this spammer that YES.. he has hit a valid > > email address and he will then sell it on and you will get even mor

Re: [newbie] Sorry To Be Off Topic

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Weaver
magnet wrote: BTW: If you respond to this email with "REMOVE" in the subject field remember, you will have just confirmed to this spammer that YES.. he has hit a valid email address and he will then sell it on and you will get even more spam but this time direct to you and not via the mailing l

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 07:25, Robin Turner wrote: > "Democrat or Republican" is like "Win98 or XP". > > Someone ought to put a line in the newbie-list FAQ that questions about > GNOME and KDE just set us off on interminable OT posts. We just can't > help it. > > Sir Robin (g) -> So everywhere

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Robin Turner
Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:49:44PM -0500, walt wrote: Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. If a Demo

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread et
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome? > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > K

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-03 Thread Chuck Burns
> > Kristjan: Did you point Konq to the correct path? Mine is: > > /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java > > > > Suerte. > > Pilagá > > > > Jep, i did, nothing happened > I have also gotten the same problem, easily solved by just not using Konqueror, and instead using Galeon Chuck

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:49:44PM -0500, walt wrote: > Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary > war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be > left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. If a Democrat were in power

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 03 January 2003 03:49 pm, walt wrote: > Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary > war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be > left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. > > Walt Well, I was being flip/f

RE: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread walt
Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Charles A Edwards
On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't that be construed as unfair to those that are using MDK but > not wanting to shell out the USD for club membership? They obviously have not seen the latest MandrakeClub Newsletter Begin quote: * Then there is the

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-03 Thread Kristjan
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:36:49 -0300 Pilagá <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El Jue 02 Ene 2003 19:15, Kristjan escribió: > > Hi > > > > I might be stupid > > But I don't get the javascripts run in Konqueror, they do in Mozilla > > I have selected the java and javascript in Konqueror browser settings. >

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > KDE has a superior architecture, and Republicans are far superior to > Democrats. I'll stop at that point. ;) > > --LX :-) --

Re: [newbie] Bootsplash in 9.0

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:26 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > Yes, at least my GeF2 does support fb, most all cards do, but > there's some, mostly ready made non standard ones that don't. So Ron, > just change to vga=0x311, you'll eliminate the bootsplash an get > bigger text ;> 'Course thru al

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 04:32, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 10:33, Poogle wrote: > > After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are > > there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? > > -- > > http://www.poogle.co.uk > > Very good question,

Re: [newbie] What the fark? PHP4 issues

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 18:11, Ralph M. Los wrote: > OK - this one's a bit weird. I follow the instructions for installing > PHP 4.2.3 on Apache2, and here's what I get when I do the 'make'. Let > me know if this makes any sense to y'all? > > stub.lo: file not recognized: File truncated > collect2

Re: [newbie] Which file records info about previous sessions?

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 17:34, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Hello all. Happy New Year. > > Am running LM8.1 and have tried to get KwikDisk to run. > > All that happens is that it tries to launch and appears to fail. > > However when I logout and restart X I appear to have 9? instances of KwikDisk > tryin

Re: [newbie] msec customization

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 17:02, mike wrote: > I made a change to my /var/lib/msec/security/security.conf file. > "CHECK_PROMISC=yes" and I was wondering how to apply this change? > My msec is set to level 3 but I want to enable this security check.Thanx. You can either reboot, or restart the service

Re: [newbie] Bootsplash in 9.0

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 02 January 2003 05:35 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Ron has an Nvidia card very similar to mine, which probably does support > the needed VESA standards. After searching my manual here for this Elsa > Gladiac Ultra, the best info I've been able to come up with on my card > is that it co

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 14:17, Steve Mendizabal wrote: > Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? > > TIA > > Steve-O > EASY - No docs necessary! FDISK, FORMAT -- Sat Jan 4 07:00:00 EST 2003 7:00am up 3 days, 13:29, 3 users, load average: 0.54, 0.28, 0

Re: [newbie] Bootsplash in 9.0

2003-01-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:57 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > I didn't see much console speed difference between the modes. Since > I've got a 20" monitor, I just left mine in 0x31A. ;) Now I can go to > vc/1, then cd to /usr/bin and halfway see a respectable amount all at > once with an ls. It

Re: [newbie] VMWare issues AND 8.2 and 9.0 install issues

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:43, A. Contreras wrote: > I have a win2k machine that triple-boots (win2k, win98 and Linux 9.0). Since > most of my work so far has been devoted to getting all my work done in win2k > (I know, let's not go there), I have been quite happy with the booting > arrangement. > >

Re: [newbie] Writing on NTFS partitions

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:18, Aurélio Diniz wrote: > I don't if anyone posted this question before: > Is there anyway that i can put my linux box to write on my win2k > (NTFS) partitions? > Till now, i'm using a small fat partition to put my linux files that i > want to open in windows but the proce

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
> What type of network card do you have? Linksys LNE100 TX > Is it on the hcl? ? Jody Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
> Well in Windows... do you have windows set up to pick up an IP from a > DHCP? Or is it static? I have it set to automatically detect IP. I thought the DHCP was my provider. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Anthony Abby
> Well, if I type ping localhost, it says the network is unavailable. But, if > I go into connection settings for network, it lists eth0 as having an ip > address. The weird thing is, the driver listed for the network card is > "tulip". Does that make any sense? Should I try to download a new drive

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Anthony Abby
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 14:16, Jody Cleveland wrote: > Hello, > > > Are you using your Belkin as a DHCP server? > > I don't know... Well in Windows... do you have windows set up to pick up an IP from a DHCP? Or is it static? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://w

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Anthony Abby
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 14:16, Jody Cleveland wrote: > Hello, > > > Are you using your Belkin as a DHCP server? > > I don't know... > That's irrelevant right now... you need to get your network card working first. If you can't pint 127.0.0.1 then you're immediate problem is linux isn't seeing y

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
Hello, > Are you using your Belkin as a DHCP server? I don't know... Jody Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: "Jody Cleveland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How? > Hello all, > > Well, I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 9. So far, I'm very impressed > wi

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
Hello, > Personally, i had many problems getting Mandrake Control Center > to configure my ADSL connection. In fact, i never could get > it to work. > > What i do is configure it from the command line. It's really simple > and fast. Even faster that configuring the same connection under > XP pro

Re: [newbie] converting a lot of images

2003-01-03 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 02:00:58PM -0500, Todd Slater wrote: > Check man mogrify, I think the "!" is used to force the dimension if the > aspect ratio is not 4:3, but I can't remember if it goes in front of > each number, after each number, or after the whole expression. Just checked, it's after

Re: [newbie] converting a lot of images

2003-01-03 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 08:35:47PM +0200, Kristjan wrote: > > Hi there > > I have learned that anything is possible with Linux. > only question is how to do that > > I have around 100 images that need to be prepared for a web presentation. That is >html only site, so I can not use any fancy mag

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: "Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 > partitions, provided it is installed on Windows. I only have V5 which > doesn't support anything past NT, but I t

[newbie] RPMDRAKE stopped working

2003-01-03 Thread Bela Markus
Hi, from one day to another RPMDRAKE and KPACKAGE stopped working (MDK 9.0. KPACKAGE hangs on immediately after start. Do not accept any command. In MCC update, install, remove hangs on at the same point when checks existing packages. Any advice? Regards... Bela Want to buy your Pack or Se

[newbie] converting a lot of images

2003-01-03 Thread Kristjan
Hi there I have learned that anything is possible with Linux. only question is how to do that I have around 100 images that need to be prepared for a web presentation. That is html only site, so I can not use any fancy magics on the webside. They are different sizes 1028x768 and some are bit s

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Adolfo Bello
Title: Message I have done this several times without any problem.   Adolfo -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark MitchellSent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:11 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrad

Re: [newbie] Have a look at this. Thanks Gavin!

2003-01-03 Thread Robin Turner
et wrote: On Friday 03 January 2003 04:54 am, Lanman wrote: Interesting Story. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103462,00.html you do realize that the date on this article is ;"17:04 Wednesday 30th January 2002" Hell, my system clock does that to me all the time! Sir Robin -- "Do

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 11:09, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 03 Jan 2003 3:33 pm, Poogle wrote: > > After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why > > are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? > > Possibly because unless you use automatic login it's not

Re: [newbie] Have a look at this. Thanks Gavin!

2003-01-03 Thread Lanman
YUP! I've been told already, but thanks. Lanman On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 13:10, et wrote: > On Friday 03 January 2003 04:54 am, Lanman wrote: > > Interesting Story. > > > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103462,00.html > > > > Lanman > > Dan LaBine > > President > > Maximum Lans > > [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Java - lost it

2003-01-03 Thread rluchor
Originally I did an upgrade on both of my computers, the laptop is still working, but my main computer crashed about a week later, reason unknown. I was unable to recover from the crash,so did a fresh install. I think my step step, if I can find the time, will be to hunt down all vestiges of java

Re: [newbie] Have a look at this. Thanks Gavin!

2003-01-03 Thread et
On Friday 03 January 2003 04:54 am, Lanman wrote: > Interesting Story. > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103462,00.html > > Lanman > Dan LaBine > President > Maximum Lans > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (514) 489-7825 > 6915 Fielding Ave. > Suite # 228 > Montreal, Quebec, > H4V 1P4 you do realize t

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 10:33, Poogle wrote: > After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are > there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? > -- > http://www.poogle.co.uk Very good question, Poogle. Why don't we go online and start asking them in the c

Re: Re: [newbie] Failed install

2003-01-03 Thread elnonio
Well, I did manage to get the install to work from FTP: on my good PC, I activated IIS5's FTP server, root is ./linux9 I copied the files from CD1 to ./linux9/d1, CD2 to ./d2 and CD3 to d3. Figuring that the installer would prolly not look at d2 and d3, I also copied ./d2/Mandrake/RPMS2 to ./d1/M

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread et
> >Do not mess around...BACK UP important files/folders > > > >On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:49 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote: > >>I have a machine running windows 2000 server and Mandrake 8.0 > >>I want to upgrade to Mandrake 9. Is there anything I should beware of > >>before upgrading a dual boot

Re: [newbie] ML 9.0 update mirrors don't work

2003-01-03 Thread bpx
I had this problem as well. Grabbing the urpmi update file after the initial install corrected the problem. I had some other issues the motivated me to re-install anyway. Barry > >Greetings, >I am trying to run Mandrake Update in ML 9.0 and get the dialog box (in >Gnome) which asks if I am conn

Re: [newbie] Installing WINE

2003-01-03 Thread David Williams
On Friday 03 January 2003 08:57 am, matt T wrote: > Hello all, i'm a user of mandrake linux since 7 hours ago and i am having > some troubles installing wine. i got this off the web elsewhere: > > first, untar the file: > tar -xf wine.tar > > second, go to the directory it untarred: > > cd wine > >

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Friday 03 January 2003 15:39, Jody Cleveland wrote: > Hello all, > > Well, I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 9. So far, I'm very > impressed with it. I like it quite a bit better than Redhat 8. Any way, I'm > trying to setup my DSL connection. No matter what I do, it says it's unable > to

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Keith
Buy & back up to another HDD..They are CHEAP now adays... On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:59 pm, you wrote: > Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows > partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up > that much data > > - Mark > > Keith wr

RE: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems

2003-01-03 Thread walt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Richard Smith Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems Does anyone happen to know if there is an updated rpm kernel to insta

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 03 Jan 2003 3:33 pm, Poogle wrote: > After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why > are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? Possibly because unless you use automatic login it's not worth the trouble for much of the time. Anne Want to b

Re: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems

2003-01-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Does anyone happen to know if there is an updated rpm kernel to install and try ? John Jason wrote: Look through the recent archivesthis has been covered on list A LOT recently. I have had the same troubles with a Packard Bell multiple media USB CF reader. The trouble seems to be with the

Re: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrep ancy??

2003-01-03 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:19:43 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrepancy?? > Greetings everyone, I have something going on here with what seems to be a >discrep

Re: Archives was Re: [newbie] Installing Java plugin for Mozilla

2003-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 03 Jan 2003 1:45 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 08:14:40AM +, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 03 Jan 2003 7:37 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I wish I had a dollar, (accounting for the current rate of >

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
Thanks for the help. I have reformatted the SM card as fat32 but it still doesn't work. I believe the problem is in how the Mandrake kernel handles multiple media readers (to make matters worse, mine is also a writer). Since Linux USB support is still patchy I am now convinced I will have to wa

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
I'm on ML 9.0but have tried it on the recent cooker box as wellstill no joy. Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Jason wrote: Mine is a multiple media device so if you figure it out...please let me know how you did it!! =) Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Funny thing, I

Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
Depends on what you mean by preferable. I use KDE. I prefer KDE. Judging by user numbers (based on many polls), KDE is used more and is therefore considered preferable by many. However, I have yet to find apps from either WM that won't run on the other, so I suppose it's all about personal choi

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
Hello, > Jody, does your system even see your network card? Can you ping the > loopback address, or manually assign it an ip and ping it? I'm not > familiar with the belkin, but if it's like the Linksys > firewall router I > use at home, can you ping the default gateway address on it? Need a >

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Anthony Abby
Jody Cleveland said: > Hello all, > > Well, I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 9. So far, I'm very > impressed with it. I like it quite a bit better than Redhat 8. Any way, > I'm trying to setup my DSL connection. No matter what I do, it says it's > unable to connect, and to check my configur

RE: [newbie] Java - lost it

2003-01-03 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Java - lost it Did you upgrade or do a fresh install. One of the features with 9.0 was supposed to be it's ability to upgrade over an older OS but I don't think that it works consistantly and may be you are better off with a clean install? Dennis M. -Original Message--

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:56 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Steve Mendizabal wrote: Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? TIA Steve-O Good God man! thats blasphemy! REPENT!!! Apart from just wiping out the partition there isn't a

Re: [newbie] USB compactflash reader problems

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
Look through the recent archivesthis has been covered on list A LOT recently. I have had the same troubles with a Packard Bell multiple media USB CF reader. The trouble seems to be with the Mandrake compiled kernel but I'm not certain yet. Have yet to get mine going despite many days (and n

Re: [newbie] Lilo graphical

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
MCC>Boot>Boot Config>Configure>Then in the dialog box that pops up, in the dropdown box under bootloader to use simply select "LILO with graphical menu". Done and save changes on exit of MCC. Hope this helps. Cheers Jason Russ wrote: Hi All, can anyone tell me how to change lilo to graphi

[newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

2003-01-03 Thread Jody Cleveland
Hello all, Well, I took the plunge and installed Mandrake 9. So far, I'm very impressed with it. I like it quite a bit better than Redhat 8. Any way, I'm trying to setup my DSL connection. No matter what I do, it says it's unable to connect, and to check my configuration. I dual boot with Mandrake

[newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Poogle
After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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