RE: [newbie] c shell path

2003-01-22 Thread Moshe Kaminsky
Hi, I don't use any of these shells, so I don't remember the exact details, but if I'm not mistaken, tcsh reads both ~/.cshrc and ~/.tcshrc. So if you want to have this variable for both shells, put setenv JAVA_HOME In ~/.cshrc. If this file doesn't exist, just create it. Of course, if you are a

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 9:01 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: *snip* > Well.. ksensors wants QT2, and I'm using QT3.. in the configure script, it > complains about not having QT >=2.2.2, and I do believe QT 3.1.0 is higher > than 2.2.2. :p any suggestions here? I've also found about half a dozen programs th

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread erylon hines
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 06:47 am, you wrote: > The spontaneous logouts were causing havoc in my file, as every backup was > resulting in yet another corrupted file - at least that's what it looks > like. > > Are you backing up to another machine over a network? I had a bad NIC that caused s

Re: [newbie] GMC error on user only

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 10:14, Derek Jennings wrote: > Rob > According to rpmfind.net gnome-libs-1.4.2-2mdk is a Mandrake "Cooker" package. > > Unless you are an experienced Linux user it is unwise to mix Cooker packages > with the released distro. That way lies RPM hell. You will find installing 1

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 8:44 pm, Pilagá wrote: *snip* > Yes, Chuck, try with Ksensors. > > Suerte. Well.. ksensors wants QT2, and I'm using QT3.. in the configure script, it complains about not having QT >=2.2.2, and I do believe QT 3.1.0 is higher than 2.2.2. :p any suggestions here?

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Greg
Thanks Greg bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the system logs will be under /var/log/ > >bascule > >On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 2:07 am, Greg wrote: >> I had the same trouble with my system just once Where are the system logs >> so I can check them Thanks Greg >> > >-- >A marriage is always ma

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Pilagá
El Mié 22 Ene 2003 23:21, Chuck Burns escribió: > the trash can, ala MacOS/X. And.. is there a kicker applet that supports > lm_sensors? running gkrellm is out of the question for my setup, as I am > trying to be as minimalistic as possible with regards to screen clutter. Yes, Chuck, try

[newbie] OpenSource AutoCad for Linux?

2003-01-22 Thread Idea.list2BT
- Original Message - From: "ThinKer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello All, > > I looked at LinuxCAD ( www.linuxcad.com ) but to be honest, the site > looks a little desperate (sales oriented) and the fact that I can't > download the demo version is a bit of a deterrent as well. > > I am curre

[newbie] X not starting at boot

2003-01-22 Thread Pupeno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've installed MDK 9.0 and everything was working ok, but after making all the updates, X stoped starting at boot. If I run /etc/rc.d/init.d/dm start by had it works, but it doesn't work automatically. It was at position 30 which didn't seem to be ri

[newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
I have almost completely customized my kde panels to where I want them to be. But.. there is one thing that I can't find a way to change, although I know it's possible. How to change the icons of the things like the Icon for the KDE menu. I can change icons for the apps IN the menu, but not t

[newbie] newbie@linux-mandrake.com

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Re: [newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 12:36 am, Robert Wideman wrote: > Ok, since i was having so many problems i did/got the following: > # urpmi.removemedia -ac > # rm -rf /var/cache/urpmi/ > # rm -rf /var/lib/urpmi/ > # mkdir /var/cache/urpmi > # mkdir /var/cache/urpmi/partial > # urpmi.removemedia > the entr

[newbie] OpenSource AutoCad for Linux?

2003-01-22 Thread ThinKer
Hello All, I looked at LinuxCAD ( www.linuxcad.com ) but to be honest, the site looks a little desperate (sales oriented) and the fact that I can't download the demo version is a bit of a deterrent as well. I am currently looking for options for an engineering group that would be interested in

RE: [newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Wideman
Ok, since i was having so many problems i did/got the following: # urpmi.removemedia -ac # rm -rf /var/cache/urpmi/ # rm -rf /var/lib/urpmi/ # mkdir /var/cache/urpmi # mkdir /var/cache/urpmi/partial # urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of ) # cat /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg # urpmi.addm

[newbie] M9.1beta2 CD1andCD2

2003-01-22 Thread John Richard Smith
I have both cd's downloaded and md5sum tested. I am willing to send free of charge to anyone easy postal distance to me in uk up to 5 persons. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] v4l/camstream/apache/ftp question

2003-01-22 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 14:03, Jerry wrote: > I might have to wait on it to use it say when I re-install > I've never been successful at a kernel recompile If you have a relatively recent distro you should not need to recompile. With your present setup, type modprobe pwc and see what

Re: [newbie] GMC error on user only

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 9:54 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > God, another issue. > Per the discussion on file managers i installed GMC. I did not find it on > the MDK9 disks, so i DLed it from rpmfind, gmc-4.5.51-7.1mdk. I installed > it and MC, mc-4.5.51-7.1mdk. I am able to run the program as roo

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 01:39 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, et wrote: > > probly not mem,,, prolly the file itself, and might be "fixed" by sending > > as e-mail... off list I sent it back to you with the name changed > > slightly > > Well, it opened fine and looke

Re: [newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 9:34 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > Sorry, there is a "." when there should be a "/", my bad on that one. I > tried it in the browser (mozilla 1.0.2 on win32 and it wouldnt let me > connect, so i am using the you gave me > Ok, i used the one you gave me and put in the cor

Re: [newbie] Mozilla - SSL ?

2003-01-22 Thread Can Baytan
Disabling FIPS from prefs-> security-> certificates from Mozilla solved the problem both in Netscape and Mozilla, FYI, happy homebanking. Best. Can Baytan. Azrael wrote: > > Maybe Moz and netscape use same profile, and the new mozilla you > installed has pop-up-blocking turned on which blocks t

[newbie] GMC error on user only

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Wideman
God, another issue. Per the discussion on file managers i installed GMC. I did not find it on the MDK9 disks, so i DLed it from rpmfind, gmc-4.5.51-7.1mdk. I installed it and MC, mc-4.5.51-7.1mdk. I am able to run the program as root no problem, but as a normal user it wont open from the Menu, o

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 21:05, Marc wrote: >snip< >When it locks up I am unable to use the mouse and there is no > hard drive activity and as of yet I have founnd no keyboard > commands that work. The display stays frozen.and I am unable to do > anything but a hard shutdown but then that g

RE: [newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Wideman
Sorry, there is a "." when there should be a "/", my bad on that one. I tried it in the browser (mozilla 1.0.2 on win32 and it wouldnt let me connect, so i am using the you gave me Ok, i used the one you gave me and put in the correct info: # urpmi.addmedia --update Updates ftp://ftp.rediris.e

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-22 Thread Benjamin Jeeves
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 9:05 pm, Marc wrote: > 1/22/03 1:17:40 PM, Benjamin Jeeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 7:03 pm, Marc wrote: > >>I just installed 9.0 on a old toshiba tecra 510cdt laptop > >> 133mhz P1 20GB HDD 80MB ram It acts like way too much > > opera

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-22 Thread Marc
1/22/03 1:17:40 PM, Benjamin Jeeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 7:03 pm, Marc wrote: >>I just installed 9.0 on a old toshiba tecra 510cdt laptop >> 133mhz P1 20GB HDD 80MB ram It acts like way too much operating >> system for this old dog. It is Slow and instabl

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
> > > > Welcome Margot > > Two suggestions. First does this machine have an Ethernet interface? If > > yes, > > > and you do not need it for a local network then disable it either in the > > BIOS > > > settings, or by simply setting it to not start on boot in the Mandrake > > Network configuration

Re: [newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 8:26 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > I have still got a problem using the sources manager to add new sources. I > have just also run the MDK Update and got error "there was an error > douwnloading the mirrors list, couldnt connect...try again later", clicked > ok and it sugges

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 8:15 pm, Margot wrote: > > I do use kppp - I'll try adding the ip addresses and get back to you. As > for beating eurobell, I can't beat them and wish I'd never joined them! But > never anticipated running Linux when I signed up with eurobell:-) > Margot I've only half-fol

[newbie] Sources Manager still an issue

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Wideman
I have still got a problem using the sources manager to add new sources. I have just also run the MDK Update and got error "there was an error douwnloading the mirrors list, couldnt connect...try again later", clicked ok and it suggested to add a security source from sources manager. I tried that

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Margot
- Original Message - From: "Vahur Lokk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!) > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 15:09, you wrote: > > > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the connec

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Margot
- Original Message - From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!) >what did you put for "gateway".. I use 0.0.0.0 Where is "gateway"? (Probably a stupid question, but I'm

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Margot
- Original Message - From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!) > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 1:09 pm, Margot wrote: > > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 an

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Margot
- Original Message - From: "Aaron Mehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "linux newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!) > Hi What modem are you using?? 3Com US Robotics 56K Message Modem > Did you use

Re: [newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

2003-01-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
On 23 Jan 2003 06:26:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GMC aint' like it - similar, maybe, but it's definately different. Yea. gmc was the gnome GUI frontend for the CLI file mgr mc and up until the release of gnome-2.0 could also be used as the desktop handler for gnome. It wa

Re: [newbie] c shell path

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 05:24, Aaron Mehl wrote: > Can someone tell me how to create variables and add to the path in C > shell??? > > I can't use many programs because of this, Thanks > Aarom > You can edit the ~/home/yournamegoeshere/.bashrc to put variables into it or modify - but you'll have t

Re: [newbie] /dev/dsp warning message

2003-01-22 Thread John Richard Smith
Damian Gatabria wrote: On Wednesday 22 January 2003 18:27, John Richard Smith wrote: Every time I boot up I get a warning message in a terminal, /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy How can I check what is keeping the device busy. What can I do about it. John At which stage of the boot pr

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 23:18, Sendak, John wrote: > Mandrake 9.0 > > Hi > > As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. > > I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left > click the rpm. > They appear to have installed correctly and I can see

Re: [newbie] LINUX Financial Times Lex Colmn

2003-01-22 Thread Charlie
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 04:03 am, Lanman wrote: > Yes John. We all knew this! Didn't you? Why is it you're always the last to > find out? Grin! Grin! And we all believed it too! All 100% of it! It's all > true! > > (In a Pig's Eye that is !) > > LOL!! > > Just more "Wanna-Be" reporters publis

Re: [newbie] sending mail

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 22:27, tuija wrote: > Hi, > > I'm totally new with Linux and it probably shows too :-) > I finally managed to fetchmail, by reading man fetchmail :-) > Now I try to send mail also and when I type to: > mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > it asks subject, I wrote like test, > and then I

Re: [newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 06:17, Jerry Barton wrote: > > There IS a package called gnome-commander available from the plf site i believe >which is SIMILAR to gmc. There is also xwc which is very much like windows explorer >on the 9.0 install disks. GMC aint' like it - similar, maybe, but it's def

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

2003-01-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 09:40 am, et wrote: > Having been screwing with the same question a few time just lately (seems > in at least a couple of the boxes around here, the CDrom reader likes the > second disk of the download MUCH better than the second CD of the > PowerPack, and screwing aro

Re: [newbie] USB joystick recommendation?

2003-01-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 12:51 pm, s wrote: > the logitech wingmans are really nice and well support either gameport > or usb. I've used mine with both ports at different times and have > never been displeased with it or linux support of it. > > hth, > > -s Thanks, I'll go look for one on th

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 16:37, Paul wrote: > In reply to Anne's mail, d.d. Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:25:17 +: > > >On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 8:11 pm, civileme wrote: > >> On Tuesday 21 January 2003 10:57 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> > Once again I am encountering spontaneous re-boots in Star/OpenOffice.

RE: [newbie] Mappoint or similar program on Linux??

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 18:01, Robert Wideman wrote: > Ok, I requested for a PROGRAM, not a WEBSITE. > I need it for when I am ON THE ROAD with NO INTERNET. > Thanks > Rob > Have you checked to see if maybe the program you're wanting to run is able to run under WINE - and if not, have you checked o

Re: [newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

2003-01-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:59:55 -0500 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22 Jan 2003 06:25:14 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 04:48, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 00:02, Hylton Conach

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-22 Thread Benjamin Jeeves
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 7:03 pm, Marc wrote: >I just installed 9.0 on a old toshiba tecra 510cdt laptop > 133mhz P1 20GB HDD 80MB ram It acts like way too much operating > system for this old dog. It is Slow and instable to say the > least. Almost impossible to go more than a miniute or

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:56 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:41 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to > > > make a menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 ins

[newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-22 Thread Marc
I just installed 9.0 on a old toshiba tecra 510cdt laptop 133mhz P1 20GB HDD 80MB ram It acts like way too much operating system for this old dog. It is Slow and instable to say the least. Almost impossible to go more than a miniute or 2 with out a lockup!! Do you folks think 8.1 o

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:44 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make > > a menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. > > Can anyone give me a pointer? >

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 6:54 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:22:14 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make > > a menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. > > Can anyone

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:41 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make > > a menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. > > Can anyone give me a pointer? > > T

RE: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
you may want to look at /usr/local/kde/bin as that is where a few kde apps installed thereselves on my mdk9 system. Brian D. Klar - CVE Multimax Network Engineer WPAFB -Original Message- From: Jerry Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:22:14 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make a > menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. Can > anyone give me a pointer? > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make a > menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. Can > anyone give me a pointer? > The menu entry has meanwhile appeared :) I'd still like to know

Re: [newbie] kvirc menu entry

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I've just installed kvirc, but can't find the executable (I want to make a > menu entry) unless the entries in my 8.2 installation are relevant. Can > anyone give me a pointer? > > Anne Open kpackage search on package kvirc and you will see

Re: [newbie] /dev/dsp warning message

2003-01-22 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 18:27, John Richard Smith wrote: > Every time I boot up I get a warning message in a terminal, > /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy > > How can I check what is keeping the device busy. > What can I do about it. > > John At which stage of the boot process do you get this

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, et wrote: > > probly not mem,,, prolly the file itself, and might be "fixed" by sending > as e-mail... off list I sent it back to you with the name changed slightly Well, it opened fine and looked OK, so I opened the other file, the source for copying, that Tony

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Terry Sheltra
Hey Anne, I'd like to give it a try. I use OO off and on, and haven't had any problems with stability with it. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: The spontaneous logouts were causing havoc in my file, as every backup was resulting in yet another corrupted file - at least that's what it looks like. I

Re: [newbie] compile errors-- compiler cannot create executables?

2003-01-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:49:59 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 1:14 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > > On 22 Jan 2003 06:42:53 +1100 > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > > - THEN try it all over again...if > > > > > THAT doesn't work, then blame A

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 4:47 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > Do you have SO6 installed? I havent had a problem with mine. > I will be happy to try the files. I have SO6 and OOo so i can test it in > both. > Just send the files. Thanks, Rob & Damian. It looks as though one of the files is OK and the

RE: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Wideman
Do you have SO6 installed? I havent had a problem with mine. I will be happy to try the files. I have SO6 and OOo so i can test it in both. Just send the files. Rob >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson >> Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Damian Gatabria
> > Is anyone who uses SO or OOo willing to take one of the files and try to > open it to see what happens? It doesn't seem to put any of your other > files at risk. You would need to open it, navigate it a bit, copy and > paste to an empty file, and so on, to see if it behaves. > > Anne I wanna

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 6:06 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* > OK - I've tied it down a bit more. It always happens if I highlight more > than a few lines. Does that suggest anything? *insert smart-aleck remark* Well.. you could always only highlight one line at a time. :) -- Chuck Burns, Jr <[E

Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 5:37 am, robin wrote: *snip* > That's interesting - I've used PS/2 to serial adapters, but I've never > even heard of a PS/2 to USB adaptor - don't the two protocols work at > different speeds? *snip* USB Devices work at only what they need, therefore, it is quite conceivabl

Re: [newbie] re: java

2003-01-22 Thread Raffaele Belardi
To check the path(s), type $ env | grep PATH or $ echo $PATH I don't think java.rpm sets up the path to the executables. You can do it by hand adding it to your .bashrc. Or, you can create a /etc/profile.d/local.sh as root, and put those settings there, so they will be loaded by all the users

[newbie] c shell path

2003-01-22 Thread Aaron Mehl
Can someone tell me how to create variables and add to the path in C shell??? I can't use many programs because of this, Thanks Aarom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] re: java

2003-01-22 Thread Josenildo Marques
Hi ! Here's how I installed j2re-1_4_1_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin. chmod a+x j2re-1_4_1_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin then ./j2re-1_4_1_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin and fin'lly rpm -Uvh j2re-1_4_1_01-linux-i586-rpm Then, following the instructions on the mozilla plugins page $ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/plugin

[newbie] strange network slow down

2003-01-22 Thread qhwang
Hi there,   I don't know whether this is a discussed problem here. My laptop suffers from strange network slow down recently. The switch shows my network card is a 100 MB one but when I download something the bandwidth is about several hundreds bytes per second, while other computer in the s

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me This is off list now

2003-01-22 Thread et
S Sorry everyone...this should not have gotten back ON list Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me This is off list now

2003-01-22 Thread et
Dammn as I was repling a car hit a pole about three block from here,,, did not make the power go out but sure was enough to go for a quick shutdown... I can open it in SO if I have saved it to the home folder On Wednesday 22 January 2003 10:02 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 3:

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me This is off list now

2003-01-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 10:02 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 3:04 pm, you wrote: > > Is anyone who uses SO or OOo willing to take one of the files and try to > > open it to see what happens? It doesn't seem to put any of your other > > files at risk. You would need to open

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me This is off list now

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 3:04 pm, you wrote: > Is anyone who uses SO or OOo willing to take one of the files and try to > open it to see what happens? It doesn't seem to put any of your other > files at risk. You would need to open it, navigate it a bit, copy and > paste to an empty file, and so

RE: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Anne, Send it to me. Tony. -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Star Office beats me The spontaneous logouts were causing havoc in my file, as every backup was resulting in yet

Re: [newbie] mem=nopentium

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 2:11 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:52:18 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone add any source of reliable information and/or personal > > experience to throw light on this? > > mem=nopentium tells the Linux kernel not to use

[newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
The spontaneous logouts were causing havoc in my file, as every backup was resulting in yet another corrupted file - at least that's what it looks like. I decided to split the file, reasoning that if I took out all the info about ImageMagic use it would halve the size of it :) All went well, an

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

2003-01-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 09:23 am, robin wrote: > Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats > > the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions > > and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

2003-01-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:27 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats > the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions > and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or is there a > better w

Re: [newbie] compile errors-- compiler cannot create executables?

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 1:14 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On 22 Jan 2003 06:42:53 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > - THEN try it all over again...if > > > THAT doesn't work, then blame Anne. > > snip > > well Anne's off the hook this time-- i was missing gcc-c++ :P > > LOL > >

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

2003-01-22 Thread robin
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or is there a better way? Any suggestions are appreciated! I've

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread et
what did you put for "gateway".. I use 0.0.0.0 On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:39 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 1:09 pm, Margot wrote: > > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the > > internet. > > > > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the con

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 5:37 am, Paul wrote: > In reply to Anne's mail, d.d. Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:25:17 +: > >On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 8:11 pm, civileme wrote: > >> On Tuesday 21 January 2003 10:57 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> > Once again I am encountering spontaneous re-boots in Star/OpenOffice.

Re: [newbie] mem=nopentium

2003-01-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:52:18 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone add any source of reliable information and/or personal > experience to throw light on this? mem=nopentium tells the Linux kernel not to use the 4MB page table performance feature. This is said to be needed on

[newbie] modem toshiba 2410

2003-01-22 Thread Ivan Marchesini
Hy to all does anyone know how to install the modem of a toshiba satellite 2410??? thank you Bye Ivan -- Ivan Marchesini University of Perugia Italy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] USB joystick recommendation?

2003-01-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Since USB is now supported so well, can anyone recommend a good joystick for Mandrake? I really don't like models that have 10 gazillion buttons/features. I used to (I'm showing my age here!) really like the Wico "Boss". Something along those lines would be great! Thanks much. --

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Vahur Lokk
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 15:09, you wrote: > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the connection in MCC, and that bit seems > to work OK - it dials, verifies my username and password, and is clocking > up a penny a minute for the connection when I test it - but I can't get any > further than that.

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 1:09 pm, Margot wrote: > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the > internet. > > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the connection in MCC, and that bit seems > to work OK - it dials, verifies my username and password, and is clocking > up a pe

[newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

2003-01-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or is there a better way? Any suggestions are appreciated! --

Re: [newbie] sending mail

2003-01-22 Thread tuija
Viestissä Keskiviikko 22. Tammikuuta 2003 13:45, robin kirjoitti: > "Ctrl-d", then "q" to quit the program. It's all there in "man mail". ** Thank you Sir, that happened :-) Still wondering why the mail doesn't go if I jus

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Aaron Mehl
Hi What modem are you using?? Did you use the mandrake internet connection wizard?? Please give us some more information so we can help. Aaron On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 08:09, Margot wrote: > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the > internet. > > My ISP is eurobell.

Re: [newbie] compile errors-- compiler cannot create executables?

2003-01-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On 22 Jan 2003 06:42:53 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip - THEN try it all over again...if > THAT doesn't work, then blame Anne. snip well Anne's off the hook this time-- i was missing gcc-c++ :P LOL Jerrry. -- -- Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185

[newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-22 Thread Margot
I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the internet. My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the connection in MCC, and that bit seems to work OK - it dials, verifies my username and password, and is clocking up a penny a minute for the connection when I test it - but I can'

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 12:09 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi Anne, > > I am running OpenOffice on a Pentium 450 laptop with 191 RAM without any > problems. I don't think the problem is the power of your machine. > Thanks for that, Andrei Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy y

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 12:18 pm, Sendak, John wrote: > Mandrake 9.0 > > Hi > > As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. > > I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left > click the rpm. > They appear to have installed correctly and I can s

[newbie] How do I change to digest mode on this or the expert list?

2003-01-22 Thread Peter DeSimone
Thanks. I don't know the syntax to send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread robin
Sendak, John wrote: Mandrake 9.0 Hi As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left click the rpm. They appear to have installed correctly and I can see them in the list of installed software i.e. i

Re: [newbie] msec level 4 and samba help

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 2:56 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > Howdy list members, > > I recently merged our home firewall/router and fileserver into one > computer using mandrake 9.0 (with latest updates). Because I am not > sure if I should use a lower level of msec, I set it to 4 because of the > re

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread et
my guess is theese were not *MDK*.rpm, and you may have to either add them to the menu (menudrake) or you can try starting them from the command line (but it would be a "good thing" to know where the *.bin file is (as root; "locate Macaulay2") or once you know where they are and that they run, y

[newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Sendak, John
Mandrake 9.0 Hi As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left click the rpm. They appear to have installed correctly and I can see them in the list of installed software i.e. in the alphabetical lis

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 11:02 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 06:57, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Once again I am encountering spontaneous re-boots in Star/OpenOffice. It > > feels as though I hit some sort of ceiling, out of some resource. There > > must be some way I can see what's goi

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi Anne, I am running OpenOffice on a Pentium 450 laptop with 191 RAM without any problems. I don't think the problem is the power of your machine. Good luck! Andrei __ Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered Linux user: 22

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