Re: [newbie] wine worries

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 10:41, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > Hi again, > > Got a prob in wine which I have just installed from the tarball. > > "wine: error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory." > > Checked in /etc/ld.so.conf but fou

[newbie] wine worries

2003-01-26 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi again, Got a prob in wine which I have just installed from the tarball. "wine: error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory." Checked in /etc/ld.so.conf but found /usr/local/lib already there. Even so I still ran "ldconfig -v" j

Re: [newbie] Computer freezes

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 17:41, Moshe Kaminsky wrote: > Hi, > > It happened several times now. The computer suddenly ceases to respond. > I can not type anything (even the caps-lock and num-lock don't change > the led status), whatever was happening on the screen freezes. The mouse > pointer still mo

Re: [newbie] cups problems

2003-01-26 Thread Colin Jenkins
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 11:23:18 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had that often in the past. First reaction is to thrash about ;) > However, IIRC the solution was to logout and login again - presumably neither logging out or rebooting helped, reinstalled and everything seems o

[newbie] Digest list

2003-01-26 Thread Weber
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[newbie] Computer freezes

2003-01-26 Thread Moshe Kaminsky
Hi, It happened several times now. The computer suddenly ceases to respond. I can not type anything (even the caps-lock and num-lock don't change the led status), whatever was happening on the screen freezes. The mouse pointer still moves when I move the mouse, but does not respond to any button c

[newbie] Digest list

2003-01-26 Thread Weber
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Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 09:00, AndrewD wrote: > Not sure, how would I know? > > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 00:28, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:01, AndrewD wrote: > > > OK I have burnt the CD placed it in the CD Rom of the other computer, > > > but it is still loading Linux (the PC cu

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread AndrewD
Not sure, how would I know? On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 00:28, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:01, AndrewD wrote: > > OK I have burnt the CD placed it in the CD Rom of the other computer, > > but it is still loading Linux (the PC currently has mandrake 9) and not > > the CD (and yes the

RE: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread AndrewD
Thats how I originally made the CD from the command line On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 00:17, Richard Babcock wrote: > I've seen a number of posts to this list that indicate the cd is simply a > written copy of the iso. No insult intended but have you used the command > that Tom Brinkman suggested? That s

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:01, AndrewD wrote: > OK I have burnt the CD placed it in the CD Rom of the other computer, > but it is still loading Linux (the PC currently has mandrake 9) and not > the CD (and yes the PC does boot the cd first) so my next question is > how do I now use the CD with the ne

Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba ANDnfs

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 15:37, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > [shared] > writable = Yes > path = /mnt/shared/shared > read only = No > create mask = 0777 > force create mode = 0777 > directory mask = 0777 > force directory mode = 0777 > Any ideas? >

RE: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Richard Babcock
I've seen a number of posts to this list that indicate the cd is simply a written copy of the iso. No insult intended but have you used the command that Tom Brinkman suggested? That should make you a bootable cd. If your still having problems perhaps your cmos will let you disable the hd as a boota

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread AndrewD
OK I have burnt the CD placed it in the CD Rom of the other computer, but it is still loading Linux (the PC currently has mandrake 9) and not the CD (and yes the PC does boot the cd first) so my next question is how do I now use the CD with the new ISO do I need to make it 'bootable' somehow. On S

[newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I have just searched thru about a year and a half worth of posts concerning this subject, but have not found a simple way of fixing this. We have a "trusted" home network, 3 Win98 clients, 1 WinME client, 1 MD 9.0 client and a MD 9.0 server/router/firewall setup. You can guess whom the MD 9.0 cli

Re: [newbie] Evolution Sending

2003-01-26 Thread Joe
I think what he meant is "offline or online, i don't care. don't send any emails until i tell you so, evolution! keep 'em in the outbox first". The M$ Outlook or Outlook Express has the option not to send messages immediately. That's what he wants, i guess. best regards Joe On Sun, 2003-01-1

Re: [newbie] Evolution password

2003-01-26 Thread Joe
No.. both ways don't work. thanks for the help anyway. Best regards Joe On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 16:27, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 17:47, Joe wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > talking about Evolution (1.0.2)... i haven't been able to enter any > > contact into my Evolution's Contacts.

Re: [newbie] Making own screensaver ?

2003-01-26 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:09:48 +0700 Rifza Adriansyah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi friends, > I have some pictures ( jpg,bmp & png files ). In M$ Windows, I can > create a screensaver with tool like 1st Screensaver Builder 1.0 > (www.1stsb.co

Re: Re: [newbie] Need help installing gnucash

2003-01-26 Thread civileme
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2003/01/26 Sun PM 09:45:57 EST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Need help installing gnucash > > > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 22:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello

[newbie] making an extra hdd bootable

2003-01-26 Thread Richard Babcock
Greetings, I downloaded a nifty bootable Linux CD called Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/) and like the distro so I thought I would 'install' it on my spare 1 gig hd. I know I need to create some kind of boot partition and transfer 'system' files there somehow but haven't seen/found a lot o

RE: [newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Richard Babcock
I enjoyed that very much! R > http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Jason Greenwood
Or simply use K3b and use create an ISO from the image. Cheers Jason Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday January 27 2003 09:14 am, AndrewD wrote: I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I ne

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday January 27 2003 09:14 am, AndrewD wrote: > I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which > I want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do > I need to do something else with it first? > > Thanx If you d/l'd the iso with a browser, even if you di

Re: Re: [newbie] Need help installing gnucash

2003-01-26 Thread cwhmlist
> > From: Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/01/26 Sun PM 09:45:57 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Need help installing gnucash > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 22:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I need some help. I am new to Mandrake but not new to L

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 05:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > prevents the core temp. from reaching critical levels.. (Not to > > mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared to athlon's measly > > 200mhz.. :p) > > Thats interesting. I alwa

Re: [newbie] Need help installing gnucash

2003-01-26 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 22:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I need some help. I am new to Mandrake but not new to Linux. Anyway, I found a >website that talked about adding package sources and I have added several >(http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2002/12/03/mandrake_9_getting_more_sof

[newbie] Need help installing gnucash

2003-01-26 Thread cwhmlist
Hello all, I need some help. I am new to Mandrake but not new to Linux. Anyway, I found a website that talked about adding package sources and I have added several (http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2002/12/03/mandrake_9_getting_more_software.html). Using the information provided, I have tryied

Re: [newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 19:48, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 09:40 am, Lee wrote: > > http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html > > This appears to be a bullsh*t page. Microsoft doesn't have much if any > office space in downtown Seattle, their space is all in the suburbs. > > B

Re: [newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Scroll down to the bottom, hit the back button and you will see what this is all about LOL On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:48:36 -0800 Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 09:40 am, Lee wrote: > > http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html > > This appears to be a bullsh*t

Re: [newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 26 January 2003 09:40 am, Lee wrote: > http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html This appears to be a bullsh*t page. Microsoft doesn't have much if any office space in downtown Seattle, their space is all in the suburbs. Besides, it never made the papers here. -- Rob Blomquist Kirklan

[newbie] ARTICLE: MDK 9beta1 2 CD Installation - Reviewed

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
Another cool article. No FUD. Long live linux! http://www.distrowatch.com/review-mandrake.php -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:00:00 +1100 11:00am up 49 min, 4 users, load average: 1.39, 1.07, 0.75 -- |____ | kuhn

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 5:29 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: *snip* > Microsoft Answer: After checking throroughly through the > end-user-license agreement, and after carefully reading through all of > the documentation concerning this application, make sure you have all > the available patches and upgrade

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 1:03 pm, Paul wrote: *snip* > I guess these do not suffer from 'overweight problems' of fans. ;) > Paul No, it's because P4's don't overheat.. period. They throttle their clock speed, to reduce heat. if they detect overheating, so where thermal management on an Athlon mea

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 02:14, AndrewD wrote: > I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I > want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I need > to do something else with it first? > > Thanx Short answer: Just burn. Microsoft Answer: After checking

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 5:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: *snip* > Thats interesting. I always thought that AMDs' chips were better performers > at the same speed rangefrom what I've read. (but I'm no expert). Really dependant upon what your doing, AMD's ARE better performance/mhz usually.. but..

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Paul
In reply to Anne's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:49:45 +: >> And see.. this is why I spent the extra 20 bucks and bought a Pentium IV >> 1.6, instead of the Athlon 1800 (which runs at 1400mhz I think) > >No, I don't see. Why? I guess these do not suffer from 'overweight problems' of fans. ;

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the > fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. Many 3rd > party tests have sho

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread _nasturtium
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:14 am, AndrewD wrote: > I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I > want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I need > to do something else with it first? > > Thanx Hello, Compare the md5sum of the ISO image with the

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 11:49 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* > > > Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. > > > I do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say > > > nothing of the fact that I have a heart attack every time I have to try > > > to d

[newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread AndrewD
I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I need to do something else with it first? Thanx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] V4Linux Grabber

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
Just thought this link would be rather interesting for those that have experienced problems in grabbing video data from their v4lin devices... http://freshmeat.net/releases/110741/ Cheers! -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:40:00 +1100 9:40am up 10 days, 19:23, 6 users, load average: 0.09, 0.14, 0.16 -

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 08:46, Russ wrote: > HI Stephen, > > You may be onto something here. This is what I did; > > On my original try with Linux this go around I just disconnected my old HD > and partitioned a new one, Installed Win98 on the first half and Linux on > the second. Then I decided to

Re: [newbie] HDD temps?

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 03:41 pm, Pilagá wrote: > > see : http://coredump.free.fr/linux/harddrive.html#hddtemp > Something similar here, Tom: > > [pilaga@localhost pilaga]# hddtemp /dev/hd[acd] > /dev/hda: ST330630A: 59°C > /dev/hdc: IC35L060AVER07-0: 50°C <--- not in use (1 dedicate

Re: [newbie] 9.0 screensavers?

2003-01-26 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
I think the xscreensaver it so good; you can use it even with KDE (by default Gnome uses it). To use it just do: A) In kde control panel dissable screensaver B) put in /home//.kde/Autostart/ an script file named, for example, start-xscreensaver.sh with just this conten: xscreensaver -nosplash

Re: [newbie] HDD temps?

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 12:19 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 11:53:31 -0600 > > Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What are normal temp ranges?, what's too high? > > On my XP1900+ the 45Gig Maxtor does not even give a temp. > > # hddtemp /dev/hd[ab] > WARNING: Driv

Re: [newbie] HDD temps?

2003-01-26 Thread Pilagá
El Dom 26 Ene 2003 14:53, Tom Brinkman escribió: > OK, a little utility rpm for 9.1 showed up recently, hddtemp > (hddtemp-0.3-0.beta3.1mdk). I've been playin with it for a few days. > > see : http://coredump.free.fr/linux/harddrive.html#hddtemp > >tom# hddtemp /dev/hd[ab] > /dev/hda: Max

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Russ
HI Stephen, You may be onto something here. This is what I did; On my original try with Linux this go around I just disconnected my old HD and partitioned a new one, Installed Win98 on the first half and Linux on the second. Then I decided to slave them together. So I simply uninstalled Lilo. Now

Re: [newbie] write permission changes on restart

2003-01-26 Thread Sharrea
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:36, Sharrea wrote: > On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:50, fifner the dragon wrote: > > I set permissions for a folder to allow both group and others to write > > to it. > > > > Everytime I restart the computer I have to log in as root and set the > > permissions again. > > > > How do I

Re: [newbie] 9.0 screensavers?

2003-01-26 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 26 January 2003 03:50 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > I am not sure what is going on, but I would guess it is in the > Mandrake screensaver settings in the .kde directory. And poking > around in the directory sure didn't help, that directory under > Mandrake is far more complex than under KDE

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 9:08 pm, you wrote: > > Except that PM tells me I have a problem with my partitions, and doesn't > > go any further. > > > > Anne > > Here's the trick with PM - You HAVE to have some type of partition it > can write to - be it a diskette or be it an actual FAT/VFAT partition.

[newbie] apt-get update gives strange message

2003-01-26 Thread ThinKer
In trying to keep my system up to date... as root I typed "apt-get upgrade -f" This is the message I got. Can someone please explain this to me? --begin error-- Reading Package Lists... Collecting File Provides... Building Dependency Tree... Correcting dependencies... Done The following package

Re: [newbie] 9.0 screensavers?

2003-01-26 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 25 January 2003 02:00 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Okay, I'll give. I tried searching KDE's web site, the Mandrake > mailing list archive, and Texstar... > > so...where are screen savers for version 9.0? I didn't have but 4 > with the 3 CD download edition, which is understandable...but

Re: [newbie] write permission changes on restart

2003-01-26 Thread Sharrea
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:50, fifner the dragon wrote: > I set permissions for a folder to allow both group and others to write to > it. > > Everytime I restart the computer I have to log in as root and set the > permissions again. > > How do I make the permission changes permanent? Go to: http://www

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 06:29, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > Not to correct you Stephen, but isn't it something like fdisk -mbr or > something? Hate to see somebody run fdisk without that mbr option and > ruin their current setup.. > > OTH > Steve Generally, when you run FDISK, you are presented with op

Re: [newbie] Moving to HTTPS

2003-01-26 Thread Stefano Pogliani
Thanks, Sharrea. It seems to work. Now I will have to try with a "trusted certificate" to see if I will avoid the warnings I get on my client browsers. Best regards /Stefano On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 10:33, Sharrea wrote: On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:17, Stefano Pogliani wrote: > What should I do to

Re: [newbie] /dev/dsp warning message

2003-01-26 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:26:08 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well !, > [root@localhost root]# /sbin/fuser /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp: 3064 > > ok,now, > [root@localhost root]# ps aux | grep 3064 > root 3064 0.0 0.0 1632 452 ?S22:05 0:00 > /usr/

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Not to correct you Stephen, but isn't it something like fdisk -mbr or something? Hate to see somebody run fdisk without that mbr option and ruin their current setup.. OTH Steve On 27 Jan 2003 05:55:24 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > >

Re: [newbie] Installing an exe with WINE

2003-01-26 Thread robin
Russ wrote: Would I then have to install FreeDOS then install Win3.1 on top of that to run this program? The program I am trying to run is an older version of Logos Bible software. It has worked fine under Win3.1 and 98se. No, I meant that a lot of old Win 3.1 programs are actually DOS programs

Re: [newbie] ? Modem problem (still)

2003-01-26 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: mbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello newbie, > > Sorry to bother you all again and again about this matter. But I'm > getting frustated to find the (right) driver to make my modem work. > > Please, with all do respect, don't say that I have to go to winmodem

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > Shut down my computer last night and everything was just fine. Booted this > morning and got an "L" followed by rows of " 01". I did make a boot disk but > that was before I redid my system and now Linux is on the second disk, so > obviously t

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread Aaron Mehl
Wow. I just went to yoper and if what I read is true I will be switching to it as soon as the first release is out. Aaron On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 12:51, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:34 pm, et wrote: > > > > consider yopa. it is a new distro for th desktop, > > and while I hav

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Marc
1/26/03 10:24:16 AM, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:05:48 +: > >>from your replies, it is now to decide if problems is with mainboard >>or if you have a harddrive problem. >> >>with box in normal upright position, put harddrive on it's side. >>

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE SNIPPET: Rather amusing

2003-01-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 02:05, robin wrote: > One just did: Slammer (son of Code Red). > > Sir Robin As was discussed on the RH list, I do have to say that this was a well planned attack, and being that it actually brought out the attention of the US Secretary of Defense - AND brought Microsoft's

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:51 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:34 pm, et wrote: > > > > > consider yopa. it is a new distro for th desktop, > > and while I have not yet had a chance to check it out, > > it comes highly recomended by folks I have learned to > > trust. On thi

Re: [newbie] HDD temps?

2003-01-26 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 11:53:31 -0600 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What are normal temp ranges?, what's too high? On my XP1900+ the 45Gig Maxtor does not even give a temp. # hddtemp /dev/hd[ab] WARNING: Drive /dev/hda doesn't seem to have a temperature sensor. WARNING: This doesn't

[newbie] HDD temps?

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
OK, a little utility rpm for 9.1 showed up recently, hddtemp (hddtemp-0.3-0.beta3.1mdk). I've been playin with it for a few days. see : http://coredump.free.fr/linux/harddrive.html#hddtemp tom# hddtemp /dev/hd[ab] /dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0: 55°C /dev/hdb: MAXTOR 6L040J2: 31°C (case

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 5:47 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Sun, January 26 2003 11:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > *snip* > > > Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. I > > do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say nothing > > of the fact that I have

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 11:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* > Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. I > do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say nothing of > the fact that I have a heart attack every time I have to try to deal with > those c

[newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Lee
http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html -- Registered Linux user #223705 Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Anyone have a working supermount cdrom?

2003-01-26 Thread Charlie
On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:05 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday January 25 2003 07:16 pm, Charlie wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I've been fighting with beta2 for so long I think I may have gone > > into terminal brainf@rt mode. I finally have it recognizing the > > cdrom, the cdrw and the floppy at

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 5:04 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday January 26 2003 09:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Tom - I'm not doubting you, and I'll certainly keep this post for > > reference, but how is that affected by orientation? Why would it > > run longer if on its side? > > > > Anne > >

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 2:17 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday January 26 2003 01:43 am, Paul wrote: > > Yes, they both show on LM Sensors (through Gkrellm). > > The CPU (Athlon 1200) shows 78C (149F) and something else shows > > 29.2C (75.5F). I am not sure if I set the multiplier readings in > >

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread g
Paul wrote: > No, it keeps going. > No. There is still power on the mainboard led and the leds of the network > cards. > Both. Same result. > Yes and yes. > No, it is not. I cannot imagine that it does. I can leave the PC off for 2 > hours, which should be enough to cool off most parts. Wh

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE SNIPPET: Rather amusing

2003-01-26 Thread robin
Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 20:02, Stephen Kuhn wrote: ''People need to do a better job about fixing vulnerabilities,'' Schmidt said. ... --- Some of you might remember that, before taking the position of cyber-security czar, Schmidt was chief security of

Re: [newbie] Anyone have a working supermount cdrom?

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday January 25 2003 07:16 pm, Charlie wrote: > Hi; > > I've been fighting with beta2 for so long I think I may have gone > into terminal brainf@rt mode. I finally have it recognizing the > cdrom, the cdrw and the floppy at boot (no mount point errors) but > I can't for the life of me rememb

[newbie] Treo 180 vs. Evolution (attempt overview - still unresolved).

2003-01-26 Thread ThinKer
My System: Mandrake 9 (2.4.19-16mdk kernel) on a 500 Mhz PIII with 256MB RAM. I am using KDE 3.0.3, Evolution 1.2.1 My PDA: Handspring Treo 180 (GSM phone/PalmOS PDA hybrid). The Treo is running Palm OS 3.5. I use the USB connection to connect with my PC. According to WebMin, my USB is set to star

Re: [newbie] Installation fault

2003-01-26 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 25 January 2003 7:49 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 25 January 2003 04:24 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > > > > For information, the package was the Texstar > > > > Phoenix. I have heard some good reports about > > > > Phoenix and would like to try it. > > > > > > > > I am feeli

Re: [newbie] Installation fault

2003-01-26 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 25 January 2003 11:09 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 01:05, Keith Powell wrote: > > I have just spent about two and a half hours downloading a package and > > all its dependencies, using MCC Install Software. > > > > When it tried to install the packages, it couldn't, s

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 01:43 am, Paul wrote: > Yes, they both show on LM Sensors (through Gkrellm). > The CPU (Athlon 1200) shows 78C (149F) and something else shows > 29.2C (75.5F). I am not sure if I set the multiplier readings in > Gkrellm correctly, but this is what I also could see (plus o

[newbie] ? Modem problem (still)

2003-01-26 Thread mbot
Hello newbie, Sorry to bother you all again and again about this matter. But I'm getting frustated to find the (right) driver to make my modem work. Cos I really really really need to FULL MIGRATE to GNU/LINUX, and totally forget Winblowz Now, I give you more info about my modem (so you can

Re: [newbie] Toshiba laptop installation problems

2003-01-26 Thread Marc Oestreicher
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:08:08 + Benjamin Jeeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The L99 99 99 99 99 99 might be lilo or what you use as a boot manager > Have you try http://www.linux-laptop.net to see if anyone has had this problem > to. > Thanks Ben It was the boot mananger, it was a e

Re: RE: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop installation ?

2003-01-26 Thread Marc
1/24/03 11:06:53 AM, "Adolfo Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver >> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:58 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [newbie] Toshiba Laptop insta

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread Aaron Mehl
Well I did the same but came back to the rpm way. The problem is that everything is in a different place, has a different name, there is way to much to learn before doing the simplest thing. I also found that the debian community had a different mind set... And the clincher is that hardware isn'

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 02:43 am, Paul wrote: > In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:56:31 +: > >knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. > > > >if it is still running, i would suggest 3 possible problems to go after > >first. > > > >#1 = power supply: >

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread et
I think asking questions here is about the best way to learn what ever you don't know about computers and OSs, no question too dumb to be answered by more questions. I would stay right here, and if one day we disappear (heaven forbid) instead of debian or RH (they seem, to me anyway, to be not a

[newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread Graham Pohle
After beating my head against a brick wall for quite some time now, I've realised that I have to go back to basics to fully understand the concepts and mechanics of the Computer and how the various Operating Systems communicate with the hardware and then I might be able to learn the various languag

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Marc
1/26/03 1:46:32 AM, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In reply to Stephen's mail, d.d. 26 Jan 2003 12:21:17 +1100: > >> >>What if there is a mercury switch in either the PSU or somewhere within >>the casing itself that would cause this? > >I have been thinking about this also, but I have not been

Re: [newbie] cups problems

2003-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 8:36 am, Colin Jenkins wrote: > I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. > on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the > other box, I get 'client-error-forbidden'. (even when logged on as root) I > am also unable to delete som

[newbie] Making own screensaver ?

2003-01-26 Thread Rifza Adriansyah
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi friends, I have some pictures ( jpg,bmp & png files ). In M$ Windows, I can create a screensaver with tool like 1st Screensaver Builder 1.0 (www.1stsb.com). Could I create a screensaver in linux without having programming skill ?. If we need prog

Re: [newbie] Moving to HTTPS

2003-01-26 Thread Sharrea
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:17, Stefano Pogliani wrote: > What should I do to start using HTTPS **in addition to** HTTP on my site > ? > I installed SquirrelMail in order to access to my mails from everywhere. > But would like to do it in a secure way. > So, I installed mod_ssl. > In Konqueror, when usi

Re: [newbie] MPEG2 to .AVI conversion

2003-01-26 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:37:02 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > Yes I thought so too, but the case I exampled is a large .mpg file > derived from a > uk terrestrial digital tv box . How big is ths file? There is always the problem with large files, and mplayer ca

Re: [newbie] MPEG2 to .AVI conversion

2003-01-26 Thread John Richard Smith
Ralph Slooten wrote: >On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:44:22 + >John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>What if the mpeg2 is a large .mpg file on the haddrive. >>What sort of command line would achieve conversion to .avi in mencoder >>? >> >> > > >Hiya John, > >Well, again you would need t

[newbie] cups problems

2003-01-26 Thread Colin Jenkins
I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the other box, I get 'client-error-forbidden'. (even when logged on as root) I am also unable to delete some non-existant printers from both machines, they appear to