Re: [newbie-it] pinnacle tvpro

2003-03-04 Thread paolo brusasco
ciao, non scrivo risposte ma domande, scusa. aspettavo qualcuno al varco da mesi. sto cercando una scheda tv che vada con linux (ho una matrox G450etv (credo) e non se ne parla ma sono disposto a cambiarla) hai una scheda tv? quale? funziona? sotto che mandrake? รจ facile da configurare (il mio

Re: [newbie] network name cannot be found.

2003-03-04 Thread Seedkum Aladeem
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 01:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 2:57 am, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: On Monday 03 March 2003 01:06 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 18:35, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Hi, I can see the taboo OS machines from my MDK9.0 box running

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Civilme is POPULAR! Yeesh! (grin)

2003-03-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:16 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Very interesting. I think that if many of the magazines out there had any sense, they would be hiring Civileme to do tech article

[newbie] Intel cs330 webcam

2003-03-04 Thread Jamie . Kerwick
I have just found a cs330 webcam which we would like to use to take photos of our department to go on our intranet, can anyone point me in the direction of instructions on how I might do this?? If it matters, the webcam will go on the same PC as our intranet is hosted. Thanks, Jamie

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Civilme is POPULAR! Yeesh! (grin)

2003-03-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 05:30 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:16 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Very interesting. I think that if many of the magazines out there had any

Re: [newbie] network name cannot be found. SLOVED

2003-03-04 Thread Seedkum Aladeem
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 07:45 am, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: On Tuesday 04 March 2003 01:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 2:57 am, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: On Monday 03 March 2003 01:06 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 18:35, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: Hi,

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Civilme is POPULAR! Yeesh! (grin)

2003-03-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, on a lighter note, : I don't hope they hire him before he finishes *rpmdrakexaphir1.0.rpm*:-) LOL! Thanks for the thought, Kaj. ;) LX Not my idea really, Lyvim. Some time ago Civileme himself offered to *unify* the 4

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Civilme is POPULAR! Yeesh! (grin)

2003-03-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 08:53 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Not my idea really, Lyvim. Some time ago Civileme himself offered to *unify* the 4 software-screens you complained about under the appropriate name *rpmdrakexaphir.rpm*. I hope he's

[newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Sevatio
What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread ffacciola
How can I verify how much RAM is installed on a PC? What about to determine the CPU type speed? Also, what does the msec* script in cron.hourly? Frank J. Facciola (212) 431-2387 Network Services Group New York Law School - Original Message - From: Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Ken Stevens
Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio man grep (that should tell you about grep and I believe that willd o what you want. Ken --

[newbie] Twin head--but not

2003-03-04 Thread Miark
When I install Mandrake (any release) I choose the video card it selects (SiS 5597) and then I get a message that says, Your system supports multiple head configuration. What do you want to do? And it gives me the following choices: Configure only card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|5597

Re: [newbie] Twin head--but not

2003-03-04 Thread magnet
On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 8:42 pm, Miark wrote: When I install Mandrake (any release) I choose the video card it selects (SiS 5597) and then I get a message that says, Your system supports multiple head configuration. What do you want to do? And it gives me the following choices: Configure only

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 03:20 pm, ffacciola wrote: How can I verify how much RAM is installed on a PC? What about to determine the CPU type speed? Also, what does the msec* script in cron.hourly? Frank J. Facciola Hi Frank. I can't help you with msec in cron.hourly but... cat

Re: [newbie] Download manager, grab everything

2003-03-04 Thread Rifza Adriansyah
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 March 2003 12:15, Miark wrote: I use NT and the downloader that comes with KDE 3.1, but I'd like a download manager that will accept a URL, and give you the option of downloading _everything_ from that URL. Is there anything like that

[newbie] Mandrake Mirrors Down?

2003-03-04 Thread J. Kelley Jernigan
Are the mirrors down? All of them fail when I try to do Mandrake Update. They worked yesterday. J. kelley Jernigan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Twin head--but not

2003-03-04 Thread Franki
I think mandrake gives the same message if card supports two monitors, or pc has two cards.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of magnet Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2003 5:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Twin head--but

Re: [newbie] Download manager, grab everything

2003-03-04 Thread robin
Rifza Adriansyah wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 March 2003 12:15, Miark wrote: I use NT and the downloader that comes with KDE 3.1, but I'd like a download manager that will accept a URL, and give you the option of downloading _everything_ from that URL. Is

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 8:20 pm, Sevatio wrote: What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio slocate Install the slocate rpm and then run updatedb to compile the database of file names. derek --

Re: [newbie] Download manager, grab everything

2003-03-04 Thread Lanman
Rifza; Have you tried using Konqueror in KDE? Not only is it a file manager, web-browser, and FTP client, but it allows you to drag and drop entire folders from ftp sites, and manages multiple downloads very smoothly. Just a thought, but it's been bullet-proof for me. Lanman On Tue, 2003-03-04

[newbie] Mandrake Mirrors Down?

2003-03-04 Thread J. Kelley Jernigan
Are the mirrors down? All of them fail when I try to do Mandrake Update. They worked yesterday. J. Kelley Jernigan --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Intel cs330 webcam

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 03:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just found a cs330 webcam which we would like to use to take photos of our department to go on our intranet, can anyone point me in the direction of instructions on how I might do this?? If it matters, the webcam will go on the same

Re: [newbie] network name cannot be found. SLOVED

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 06:36, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: I re-installed SAMBA and the problems seems to have gone away. No clue as to what they were. I also installed SWAT for the first time but it seems to hang when I try to start it from the command line. It seems to start ok when I select

[newbie] Quotas

2003-03-04 Thread Jordan Elver
Hi, I'm experimenting with using quotas for the first time. But I cannot get them to work. I have changed the fstab and added usrquota like: /dev/hda5 /home ext2 defaults,usrquota 1 2 I've also created a blank file called aquota.user in /home. But, when trying to turn quotas on using:

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 07:20, Sevatio wrote: What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio You can use grep - open a terminal and type : man grep Great tool mate. -- Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:55:00 +1100 12:55pm

Re: [newbie] console question - search all files for text-string?

2003-03-04 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 12:20:19 -0800 Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the console command that I can use to search for all files (in a harddrive) for a string of text? Thanks, Sevatio You have gotten two correct answers for two different questions :) slocate for file names grep

[newbie] eureka urpmi

2003-03-04 Thread Todd Slater
I'm always running behind the times, just like this old train (name that tune). I feel like the only one on the list running 8.2 instead of 9.1rc1! Anyway, a few days ago I started looking into urpmi and had some success, updating gaim. Today I was surfing and came across a great tool for setting

Re: [newbie] eureka urpmi

2003-03-04 Thread Mike
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:02 pm, you wrote: I'm always running behind the times, just like this old train (name that tune). I feel like the only one on the list running 8.2 instead of 9.1rc1! Anyway, a few days ago I started looking into urpmi and had some success, updating gaim. Today I

Re: [newbie] eureka urpmi

2003-03-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:02 pm, Todd Slater wrote: I'm always running behind the times, just like this old train (name that tune). I feel like the only one on the list running 8.2 instead of 9.1rc1! Anyway, a few days ago I started looking into urpmi and had some success, updating gaim.

Re: [newbie] eureka urpmi

2003-03-04 Thread Yoel P. Krigsman
I would like to give it a try? I have a old copy of GAIM program on my system and I am tying to get this URPMI to upgrade my gaim but the interface said that its all installed... HOW does it work??? Thanks! YPK On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 22:31, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:02 pm,

Re: [newbie] eureka urpmi

2003-03-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 11:02 pm, Yoel P. Krigsman wrote: I would like to give it a try? I have a old copy of GAIM program on my system and I am tying to get this URPMI to upgrade my gaim but the interface said that its all installed... HOW does it work??? Thanks!

[newbie] OT switch

2003-03-04 Thread Todd Slater
I don't know if this has been posted before, so here goes. I came across this a couple of weeks ago and about busted a gut. http://www.ubergeek.tv/switchlinux/ Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT switch

2003-03-04 Thread Mike
On Tuesday 04 March 2003 11:47 pm, you wrote: I don't know if this has been posted before, so here goes. I came across this a couple of weeks ago and about busted a gut. http://www.ubergeek.tv/switchlinux/ Todd That is so funny. -- Michael Shinobi a.k.a. 'alfalfa' Mandrake 8.2 Homepage

[newbie] server confiuration wizards

2003-03-04 Thread brett dunkley
I am VERY new to all of this and am about to run home to NT. However if you all think I should keep going then I will try. This is the first time I have posted a question and I am not sure ifI'm even doing this right! here goes: The Mandrake quick configuration server guide tells me that

Re: [newbie] server confiuration wizards

2003-03-04 Thread Lanman
Brett! Welcome to the club! Everyone of us was New to Mandrake or Linux at one point or another! I don't think you'll get laughed at here for asking questions, but you may get a chuckle ro two when you remind us of the times when we went through the change from Windows to Linux, and the

Re: [newbie] server confiuration wizards

2003-03-04 Thread ivette brusselmans
Brett, install drakwizard. More info on: http://www.trylinuxsd.com/nuke/pages/ good luck From: brett dunkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] server confiuration wizards Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:52:05 +1100 I am VERY new to all of this

[newbie] CUPS: importing fonts

2003-03-04 Thread Len Lawrence
The importing fonts to CUPS saga continues. Please bear with me - this has turned into quite an essay. There must be somebody here who understands how CUPS references Type1 fonts. I have a problem which has resisted solution for well over two years now. No help from the CUPS documentation,

Re: [newbie] server confiuration wizards

2003-03-04 Thread Vahur Lokk
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 07:52, you wrote: how do I install wizdrake? First way. Open any of consoles (like konsole or rxvt). su to root (that is, type 'su' and give the password it asks). Type 'urpmi wizdrake'. Insert any CDs it asks. Done. Second way. Run Mandrake Control Center. Find