RE: [newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memoryhungrymonster

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 16:46, Eileen Lopp wrote: > Do you have another machine that could function as an NFS server? > That's what I did to get 8.2 installed on a similar laptop (150 mHz, > 40mb RAM, 5gb HD). FTP/HTTP simply aren't available for any version I > looked at if you have less that 48mb

[newbie] Contribs - 8.2

2003-01-10 Thread Len Lawrence
Good morning(?) lads & lasses Have just started investigating urpmi since everybody recommends it so highly. Successful addmedia for PLF but could not find contrib source for Mandrake 8.2. Mandrakesoft only seems to have version 9.0. Anybody know where to find contribs for 8.2? Len L

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 12:49, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > > > Hmm, I don't have an "Alt Gr" key on my laptop unfortunately. The > > combination does nothing for me except what alone usually > > does (eg. 'f' opens the 'file' menu) > > I know this is hardly an acceptable answer, Sascha, but it's

Re: [newbie] checking file systems when rebooting withoutunmounting

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:58:21 -0500 Pupeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why when I have a crash or some like that, when the computer boots, it asks me > to make the check of the file system ? shouldn't it ask to avoid the check ? > (I mean, shouldn't be the default to check it ?) > Anyway, how d

RE: [newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memory hungrymonster

2003-01-10 Thread Eileen Lopp
Do you have another machine that could function as an NFS server? That's what I did to get 8.2 installed on a similar laptop (150 mHz, 40mb RAM, 5gb HD). FTP/HTTP simply aren't available for any version I looked at if you have less that 48mb RAM. 8.2 runs ok on the machine, but I'd recommend avoi

[newbie] Localization glitch with StarOffice

2003-01-10 Thread Ken Maurer
I'm absolutely brand new to Linux, having just begun my escape from the dark side. I just installed Mandrake 9.0 as the only system on an old Gateway (266Mhz PII, 128Mb memory, 6Gb hard drive). I'm just using it as a learning project at this stage, and have come across a little glitch. Duri

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Pilagá
El Sáb 11 Ene 2003 00:19, Sascha Noyes escribió: > Hmm, I don't have an "Alt Gr" key on my laptop unfortunately. The > combination does nothing for me except what alone usually > does (eg. 'f' opens the 'file' menu) Try with the right 'alt' or right 'alt+shift' keys. Suerte.

[newbie] checking file systems when rebooting without unmounting

2003-01-10 Thread Pupeno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why when I have a crash or some like that, when the computer boots, it asks me to make the check of the file system ? shouldn't it ask to avoid the check ? (I mean, shouldn't be the default to check it ?) Anyway, how do I make mdk check without ask,

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Damian Gatabria
> > Hmm, I don't have an "Alt Gr" key on my laptop unfortunately. The > combination does nothing for me except what alone usually > does (eg. 'f' opens the 'file' menu) I know this is hardly an acceptable answer, Sascha, but it's what i've found so far; These are some ways to make the console

Re: [newbie] Script to change multiple filenames

2003-01-10 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:31:05 -0800 Matt Florido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if someone could assist me in creating a shell script > that will take the contents of a directory and rename them a certain > way. > > For example - 4 files in a directory: > a.jpg > ab.jpg > abc.jpg > a

Re: Re: [newbie] mdk 9 slow on 3d games

2003-01-10 Thread Aurélio Diniz
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Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Damian Gatabria
> If it's international charachters you are after with accents, change your > keyboard to US-International. This would not be for speed typists. It waits > for a second key press after letters with the accents. I loaded it by > mistake with my 8.2 install and it weirded me out. > > OT - Damian, Ho

[newbie] Script to change multiple filenames

2003-01-10 Thread Matt Florido
I was wondering if someone could assist me in creating a shell script that will take the contents of a directory and rename them a certain way. For example - 4 files in a directory: a.jpg ab.jpg abc.jpg abcd.jpg Renamed as: 1-pic.jpg 2-pic.jpg 3-pic.jpg 4-pic.jpg So it takes the contents of the

Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
SNIP > > Mark, what's the problem with shorewall ? - I'm running it > and don't like to be nervous. When I was on 8.x I had > Bastille, but I suppose Mandrake has good reasons to > replace it with Shorewall. Your opinion, please ? > SNIP I didn't like shorewall because i couldn't get to work w

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:21, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Saturday 11 January 2003 00:35, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 11:11, Sascha Noyes wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi, is there a way to input ASCII characters with a simple key > > >

Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 01:13, _nasturtium wrote: > Hello, > This is "kind-of" a follow-up to my base64 question. I have since found > source for a base64 encoder/decoder at gaim.sourceforge.net, under Eric's > plugins (of all places). > > I have now "extracted" my jpg (70kb so i won't

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive on Laptop

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:03:38 -0600 (CST) Noah A Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400. If I > boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot. This is just a > regular data cd with some picture files on it. If I boot with th

Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
SNIP > I have now "extracted" my jpg (70kb so i won't burden the list with it, i'll > send it individually). Using the "file" command it's an entirely legitimate > JPG, 72x72. However, in Konqueror, Kuickshow, GIMP i can't read the picture - > it seems it's corrupted. > > Anyone kno

Re: [newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memory hungrymonster

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 14:22, Gareth Hastings wrote: > I have a oldish laptop, its a digital HiNote VP (so yes its old) - > P133Mhz with 32Mb ram and a 4gb disk. I would like to install Mandrake > on it and want to do a http or ftp install but when I try to I get told > I need at least 52mb of ram t

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 14:19, Sascha Noyes wrote: > Hmm, I don't have an "Alt Gr" key on my laptop unfortunately. The > combination does nothing for me except what alone usually does > (eg. 'f' opens the 'file' menu) Wow - I just got a whole bunch of really strange characters from repeatedly

Re: [newbie] MySQL users DB corrupted

2003-01-10 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hi. On Thu 2003-01-09 at 11:21:49 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a small problem where a power outage has corrupted the user database > for mysql, now no users can authenticate/manipulate any databases hosted by > the MySQL Engine... This is rather annoying since I am no longer able to >

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Damian Gatabria
> Hmm, I don't have an "Alt Gr" key on my laptop unfortunately. The > combination does nothing for me except what alone usually > does (eg. 'f' opens the 'file' menu) > Well, i guess you got me beat. But someone with an english keyboard should be able to tell you... maybe i'll look further in

Re: Re: [newbie] mdk 9 slow on 3d games

2003-01-10 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:41, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 00:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, the guillemot has an nvidia chip: > > NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 > > > > What the correct linux driver for the chip? And where can i get it? > > > > thanks > > > > filipe > > Get the late

[newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memory hungry monster

2003-01-10 Thread Gareth Hastings
I have a oldish laptop, it’s a digital HiNote VP (so yes its old) - P133Mhz with 32Mb ram and a 4gb disk. I would like to install Mandrake on it and want to do a http or ftp install but when I try to I get told I need at least 52mb of ram to do either one??? Whats up with that, is there any way aro

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Saturday 11 January 2003 00:35, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 11:11, Sascha Noyes wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, is there a way to input ASCII characters with a simple key > > combination (as it is on windows) ? > > > > Thanks, > > Sascha >

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive on Laptop

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 13:03, Noah A Hicks wrote: > I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400. If I > boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot. This is just a > regular data cd with some picture files on it. If I boot with the cd > drive empty and place a cd

[newbie] CD-ROM drive on Laptop

2003-01-10 Thread Noah A Hicks
I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400. If I boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot. This is just a regular data cd with some picture files on it. If I boot with the cd drive empty and place a cd in the drive after boot up is complete, the system doesn

Re: [newbie] How to install Pine ? - (because I want Pico...)

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 12:45, ThinKer wrote: > Hello again, > > Can someone please tell me the best way to install Pine so I can get > pico on my machine as an editor. I went to washington.edu and got > completely confused with the instructions. I also tried rpm find and I > did find an rpm but af

Re: [newbie] rpm descriptions

2003-01-10 Thread Can Baytan
Hmm, there is no cd2 there are cd1 and 3 but instead of cd2 it says "update" URL: tp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS relative path: ../base/hdlist.cz I pressed update mistakenly (I meant to show cd2 to update), see what happens,-> said nothing??! C

Re: [newbie] How to install Pine ? - (because I want Pico...)

2003-01-10 Thread Azrael
Install this: http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/9.0/i586/pine-4.50-1plf.i586.rpm On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 01:45, ThinKer wrote: > Hello again, > > Can someone please tell me the best way to install Pine so I can get > pico on my machine as an editor. I went to washington.edu and got > com

[newbie] How to install Pine ? - (because I want Pico...)

2003-01-10 Thread ThinKer
Hello again, Can someone please tell me the best way to install Pine so I can get pico on my machine as an editor. I went to washington.edu and got completely confused with the instructions. I also tried rpm find and I did find an rpm but after the install pico simply doens't work properly. I kee

Re: [newbie] On board 3D audio?

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 12:24, Ibly Piblo wrote: > Ok it is called "AC'97 2.1 CODEC" > > It claims to be "compatible with soundblaster pro" > but I don't know whether to believe that or not. > > Thanks again > > Ibly > I had to download a driver for that under RH, but on MDK it worked quite righ

Re: [newbie] On board 3D audio?

2003-01-10 Thread Ibly Piblo
Ok it is called "AC'97 2.1 CODEC" It claims to be "compatible with soundblaster pro" but I don't know whether to believe that or not. Thanks again Ibly __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.c

Re: [newbie] mozilla crash & locked profile

2003-01-10 Thread Can Baytan
Sorry I forgot to say, after crash I logged out and in and then rebooted with no luck in both cases. Still can't start as default user. Can Baytan mike wrote: On Friday 10 January 2003 07:09 pm, you wrote: When I sending my previous mail, Mozilla crashed and won't start with default user an

Re: [newbie] System Hangs after GF4 install

2003-01-10 Thread Jordan Elver
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 9:07 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 23:43, Jordan Elver wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > > Doesn't sound stupid at all - but the question is how did you install > > > the ndvidia drivers beforehand? Did you have the rpm's, or did you > > > build from source? > > >

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE -- UPDATE

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
OK... the video quality still leaves much to be desired but. I found out a way to capture video sample (680K) at http://supertrouper.servebeer.com/capture.avi Here's what I did, so that it may help others at least with the capturing of video if not for video quality (which i hope we can sti

Re: [newbie] rpm descriptions

2003-01-10 Thread Derek Jennings
Sorry my typo.. In the contrib reference you should use ./synthesis.hdlist2.cz Also it looks like there is something wrong with your setup for CD2 Take a look at the configuration by opening MandrakeControlCentre>SoftwareSourcesManager Highlight the entry for CD2 and select 'Edit' What do

Re: [newbie] mozilla crash & locked profile

2003-01-10 Thread mike
On Friday 10 January 2003 07:09 pm, you wrote: > When I sending my previous mail, Mozilla crashed and won't start with > default user anymore, I had to create another one to send this mail, how > do I recover my previous profile, is there a lock file or something? > > Thanks & Bests. > > Can Baytan

Re: [newbie] rpm descriptions

2003-01-10 Thread Can Baytan
Thanks, both same results are below, am I missing something? unable to take medium "Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2)] exists added medium contrib examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installa

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE & video capture/video quality

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 11:45, Jerry wrote: > snip > > > > Frag - what size is OpenMotif? (I've got a 56k and might NOT download it > > during the daytime) > > > snip > > openmotif 2.9 MB > openmotif-devel 13.7 MB > (not sure if the devel is needed, but i installed to be on the safe side) > > Jer

Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?

2003-01-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 10 January 2003 05:54 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Milos Prudek wrote: > > Kesav Tadimeti wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Someone (Sir Robin I believe) said that V8.1 was bad and 8.2 was > >> Mandrake's > >> best release yet. Mandrake Linux 9.0 didn't receive a favorable review > >> from > >> OS news .c

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE & video capture/video quality

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
snip > > Frag - what size is OpenMotif? (I've got a 56k and might NOT download it > during the daytime) > snip openmotif 2.9 MB openmotif-devel 13.7 MB (not sure if the devel is needed, but i installed to be on the safe side) Jerry. -- Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #1

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE & video capture/video quality

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 11:33, Jerry wrote: > SNIP > > Strange - something that you might want to check, though, while I'm > > downloading the latest (as you just did) is to check your > > /etc/ld.so.conf file and make sure you have: > > > > /usr/lib > > /usr/local/lib > > > SNIP > > /etc/ld.so.co

Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?

2003-01-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 11:54 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Milos Prudek wrote: > > Kesav Tadimeti wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Someone (Sir Robin I believe) said that V8.1 was bad and 8.2 was > >> Mandrake's > >> best release yet. Mandrake Linux 9.0 didn't receive a favorable review > >> from > >> OS news .com.

Re: [newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 11:11, Sascha Noyes wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, is there a way to input ASCII characters with a simple key combination (as > it is on windows) ? > > Thanks, > Sascha Do you mean like creating a macro? -- Sat Jan 11 11:35:00 EST 2003

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE & video capture/video quality

2003-01-10 Thread Jerry
SNIP > Strange - something that you might want to check, though, while I'm > downloading the latest (as you just did) is to check your > /etc/ld.so.conf file and make sure you have: > > /usr/lib > /usr/local/lib > SNIP /etc/ld.so.conf is: /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/qt3/lib /usr/lib/gst /usr/lib /u

[newbie] Re: Mandrake Update is stuck on one lame mirror

2003-01-10 Thread James
Yes, all the suggestions were helpful and now I am able to download all the updates! Thanks again! james Jerry wrote: Open the Mandrake Control Center, got to software management and choose Software Sources Manager. Highlight "update source" and choose remove. click save and quit. then back a

Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?

2003-01-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 January 2003 11:54 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > personally am holding out for 9.2 to become official > before even going near any of my servers with the CD. > 9.0 is a gorgeous and stable workstation, but has a few > too many challenges where servers are concerned. I'm > really hoping th

[newbie] mozilla crash & locked profile

2003-01-10 Thread Can Baytan
When I sending my previous mail, Mozilla crashed and won't start with default user anymore, I had to create another one to send this mail, how do I recover my previous profile, is there a lock file or something? Thanks & Bests. Can Baytan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

[newbie] imputting strange characters

2003-01-10 Thread Sascha Noyes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, is there a way to input ASCII characters with a simple key combination (as it is on windows) ? Thanks, Sascha - -- Please encrypt all correspondence. PGP key available from: http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc - -- -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server

2003-01-10 Thread Mark Weaver
Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 08 Jan 2003 07:16:44 -0500 To: NewbieMandrake-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 10:52, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday January

Re: [newbie] Which version of Mandrake?

2003-01-10 Thread Mark Weaver
Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 11:08 am, Walt Frampus wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 02:18, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: Hi, Someone (Sir Robin I believe) said that V8.1 was bad and 8.2 was Mandrake's best release yet. Mandrake Linux 9.0 didn't receive a favorable review from OS news .com.

Re: [newbie] rpm descriptions

2003-01-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 11:14 pm, Can Baytan wrote: > Mike showed us the one of the bests rpm source at: > ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake/Mandrake/9.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS > > there are a lot of source even including games there, now, is there a > page or file about what are all the those rpm's for

Re: [newbie] Java - lost it

2003-01-10 Thread Mark Weaver
Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 4:02 am, Mark Weaver wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 4:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Success! OK, partial success. I removed all trace of java from my machine, ran the upgrade from the 9.0 discs and then installed the Blackdown

Re: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 10:49, Jody Cleveland wrote: > > Yes, you can do it with Samba via Webmin - easy as pie. > > Um... How? For the sync of unix to Samba users, there's an option in Webmin under Samba to sync users/passwords - towards the bottom of the screen. You can always do it by hand, but

Re: [newbie] Documentation

2003-01-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:15:25 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I have seen some documentation on sharing a printer with > Windows, but I can't find it. I have the printer set up in samba, and > it is seen on the windows box OK. Now I need to know what to do at > the win98 end

[newbie] rpm descriptions

2003-01-10 Thread Can Baytan
Mike showed us the one of the bests rpm source at: ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake/Mandrake/9.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS there are a lot of source even including games there, now, is there a page or file about what are all the those rpm's for, when and how to install, when we are not suppose to use

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Charlie
On January 10, 2003 04:01 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 09:59, Charlie wrote: > > On January 10, 2003 03:29 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > > > > Don't reckon ya wanna send a set to Australia, ay mate? > > > > I'll send the disk anywhere Stephen. I just don't know how useful it >

Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem

2003-01-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 10 January 2003 04:32 pm, ivette brusselmans wrote: > Did this at least 10 times. Always get the same answer : download failed > due to multiple CRC failures. > What could be the cause? > > > > > > From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 10 Jan 2003 8:09 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: and for those of us who have never done anything like this before - some guidance please. I propose to get rid of 8.2, keeping 9.0 and install a test distro to the newly empty partition. Is that right? Anne I

Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 09:32, ivette brusselmans wrote: > Did this at least 10 times. Always get the same answer : download failed due > to multiple CRC failures. > What could be the cause? Causes for this can range from bad CRC over your connection, bad read/writes to the disk you're downloading

Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem

2003-01-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 10:32 pm, ivette brusselmans wrote: > Did this at least 10 times. Always get the same answer : download failed > due to multiple CRC failures. > What could be the cause? > Where did you get it from? Perhaps there's another url? Is it the netscape-i686-pc-llinux-gnu-sea.tar.

Re: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-10 Thread Kelley Jernigan
Why is it that people miss that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was made with a country that no longer exists? Any treaties that are made with any country that ceases to exist are null and void automatically. JKJ On Thursday 09 January 2003 10:53 pm, bones wrote: > Hell, everybody has

Re: [newbie] problems with glibc install

2003-01-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:11:35 -0500 "Duke Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Mandrake godz, > > I am attempting to install glibc-2.3.1-21. When I run rpm -i it tells > me I need glibc-common 2.3.1-21. I have tried, but to no avail to > find an rpm for glibc-common 2.3.1-21. That Is Not

Re: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which isbetter:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 04:31, Kelley Jernigan wrote: > What a lot of nonsence. If it were about oil the Best thing the USA could do > is lift all of the sanctions. Then the US could have all the Iraqi oil it > wanted to buy. > > JKJ You might want to read up on "The War in Iraq" as covered by MS

Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem

2003-01-10 Thread ivette brusselmans
Did this at least 10 times. Always get the same answer : download failed due to multiple CRC failures. What could be the cause? From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem Date: 11 Jan 2003 08:4

Re: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-10 Thread Kelley Jernigan
What a lot of nonsence. If it were about oil the Best thing the USA could do is lift all of the sanctions. Then the US could have all the Iraqi oil it wanted to buy. JKJ On Monday 06 January 2003 8:22 pm, Todd Franklin wrote: > What gets me is that the whole Iraq thing is over the oil. There's

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 08:24, Charlie wrote: > On January 10, 2003 12:58 pm, et wrote: > > Thanks, with this dialup connection, it ought to be early next week befor I > > get the first ISO burnt > > > I just grabbed a good download (sums checked) of beta1; so if anyone that > wants to test wants

Re: [newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 07:23, Jody Cleveland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering, is there any way to synchronize windows users with Mandrake? > > -Jody Cleveland > Yes, you can do it with Samba via Webmin - easy as pie. -- Sat Jan 11 09:25:00 EST 2003 9:25am up 11:36, 3 users, load average

Re: [newbie] help with unistallation of wu-ftpd

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 07:17, Duke Glover wrote: > Hello all, > > Me again. I swear I will leave everyone alone if I can just get this > freakin ftp server up and running. :) > > I am running Mandrake 8.2, but do NOT have access to a gui. Everything must > be done via command line. I need to

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 10:17 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 10 January 2003 20:22, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 10 Jan 2003 8:09 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > >and for those of us who have never done anything like this before - > > > > some guidance please. I propose to get rid of 8.

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread mycal62
Anne, I triple boot, and to avoid problems I never install lilo on the second linux install. what I do is install the second OS without installing lilo or any boot loader. ( under an expert install ) then I copy 4 files from the /boot partition of the second to the first /boot partition I r

Re: [newbie] problems with glibc install

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 05:11, Duke Glover wrote: > Hello Mandrake godz, > > I am attempting to install glibc-2.3.1-21. When I run rpm -i it tells me I > need glibc-common 2.3.1-21. I have tried, but to no avail to find an rpm > for glibc-common 2.3.1-21. > > Can anyone point me in the right dire

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 04:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it possible to have mandrake running on a computer with no video card or > monitor on it at all? And then admin the box via ssh,vnc or something else? > Essentiall you're going to need at least SOME kind of video card in the box - to in

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 03:39, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Take note: LM91 beta 1 is now out on some mirrors. Now is the time to > start testing YOUR hardware and configurations. It's a prime > opportunity for you to make 9.1 friendly to your own personal hardware, > and in so doing a real world killer

Re: [newbie] help with pure-ftpd installation

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 03:09, Duke Glover wrote: > Hello Mandrake godz, > > I am running Mandrake 8.2. A uname -a shows 2.4.18-6mdk i686 > > I am attempting to install pure-ftpd. I ftp'ed the file into /var/tmp. > When I run rpm -i pure-ftpd-1.0.13-1.i686.rpm I receive this message. > > libc.so

Re: [newbie] netscape 7.0 installer problem

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 02:01, ivette brusselmans wrote: > Hello, > > when downloading / installing netscape 7.0, get the message: installation > has failed due to multiple CRC failures. > What does this mean and how can I solve the problem? > > Thanks > That literally means that the download fa

Re: [newbie] Documentation

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 01:15, Anne Wilson wrote: > I know I have seen some documentation on sharing a printer with Windows, but I > can't find it. I have the printer set up in samba, and it is seen on the > windows box OK. Now I need to know what to do at the win98 end. Can anyone > point me a

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 8:09 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >and for those of us who have never done anything like this before - some > >guidance please. I propose to get rid of 8.2, keeping 9.0 and install a > > test distro to the newly empty partition. Is that right? > > > >Anne > > It's prett

Re: Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Joe Braddock
---Original Message--- From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 01/10/03 01:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW > > OK, so what mirrors are showing 9.1 cooker? Actually, they are updated on Mandrake's normal download page with a link for something l

[newbie] possible to synchronize users with Windows?

2003-01-10 Thread Jody Cleveland
Hello, I'm wondering, is there any way to synchronize windows users with Mandrake? -Jody Cleveland Winnefox Library System Computer Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Chuck Burns
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But can I take out the video card? > That depends on your motherboard, as most, if not all motherboards do a check to see if the video card is there, and if not, it wont even boot. -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th plane

[newbie] help with unistallation of wu-ftpd

2003-01-10 Thread Duke Glover
Hello all, Me again. I swear I will leave everyone alone if I can just get this freakin ftp server up and running. :) I am running Mandrake 8.2, but do NOT have access to a gui. Everything must be done via command line. I need to remove all aspect of wu-ftpd from this system. I have rm'ed /

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 10 Jan 2003 5:03 pm, et wrote: On Friday 10 January 2003 11:39 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Take note: LM91 beta 1 is now out on some mirrors. Now is the time to start testing YOUR hardware and configurations. It's a prime opportunity for you to make 9.1 friendl

RE: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW OK, so what mirrors are showing 9.1 cooker? It is up on the Mandrake Download Mirror sites now.  Dennis M.

RE: [newbie] error during packages installation

2003-01-10 Thread ivette brusselmans
no results From: "Myers, Dennis R NWO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] error during packages installation Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:42:40 -0800 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EM

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread et
Thanks, with this dialup connection, it ought to be early next week befor I get the first ISO burnt On Friday 10 January 2003 02:38 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:03, et wrote: > > On Friday 10 January 2003 11:39 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > Take note: LM91 beta 1 is now ou

Re: [newbie] Rightmouseclick editor selection

2003-01-10 Thread John Richard Smith
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 10 January 2003 15:19, John Richard Smith wrote: How can I get the rightmouseclick on a text file, - open with - kwrite,- kedit,- kate to specifically include sciTe as well as these 3 , and not just in -other. John Right click on it, select , type sciTe

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:03, et wrote: > On Friday 10 January 2003 11:39 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Take note: LM91 beta 1 is now out on some mirrors. Now is the time to > > start testing YOUR hardware and configurations. It's a prime > > opportunity for you to make 9.1 friendly to your own per

RE: [newbie] error during packages installation

2003-01-10 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] error during packages installation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ivette brusselmans Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] error during packages installation Yes, tr

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread et
OK, so what mirrors are showing 9.1 cooker? On Friday 10 January 2003 01:52 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:40 AM > To: NewbieMandrake-List > Subject: [ne

Re: [newbie] Selective download of mail/filtering on server

2003-01-10 Thread Keith Powell
On Thursday 09 January 2003 5:23 pm, Jerry wrote: > SNIP!!! > > > If Sylpheed had the facility of scrolling through the message headers and > > messages using just the arrow keys, as with KMail, then it would be a > > winner. This makes KMail so fast and easy to use. > > > > I know that there are v

RE: [newbie] error during packages installation

2003-01-10 Thread ivette brusselmans
Yes, tried this, no result. slocate man-pages neither. only slocate man gives results From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] error during packages installation Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:39:02 -0600 -Original Message- From: [

Re: [newbie] OT's on this list

2003-01-10 Thread Keith Powell
Thanks Anne! On Friday 10 January 2003 2:21 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 10 Jan 2003 2:18 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > On Friday 10 January 2003 11:26 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > SNIP > > > > > > BTW, I'm getting a '--' between your quoted text and your reply. This > > > has the e

RE: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

2003-01-10 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:40 AM To: NewbieMandrake-List Subject: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW Take note:  LM91 beta 1 is n

RE: [newbie] help with pure-ftpd installation

2003-01-10 Thread Duke Glover
Title: RE: [newbie] help with pure-ftpd installation OK, I have gotten past the glibc conflict.  However I am still having probs with the wu-ftpd conflict.  I have rm'ed /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd and I have run rpm --rebuilddb and then rebooted just for good measure.  I still get the conflict wit

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Daniel Anderson
Should be able to. Most bios support that. MtnMan On Friday 10 January 2003 01:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So I'll be able to remove the video card so long as I set up the bios to > not stop on errors? > > On Friday 10 January 2003 12:45 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > Yes > > You will proba

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament

2003-01-10 Thread Jordan Elver
I followed the tip from Stephen and it is installing asI type this! :) Cheers, Jord > You can always do a "mkdir /cdrom" then "umount /dev/cdrom" then a > "mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom" and then try the installation again - that at > least will resolve the issue with UT looking for /cdrom - !! > > Chee

RE: [newbie] error during packages installation

2003-01-10 Thread Dennis . R . Myers
Title: RE: [newbie] error during packages installation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ivette brusselmans Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] error during packages installation installed

Re: [newbie] ximian red carpet

2003-01-10 Thread Daniel Anderson
On Friday 10 January 2003 12:04 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > > I tried it back when I had Mandrake 8.2, and at first it was ok, till I > > > noticed it completely wiped out the stock menu entries for Gnome. At > > > the time there wasn't a fix for it, so I did a complete reinstall to > > > get rid

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