Re: [newbie] Is it OK to use KWrite as a text file editor?

2003-06-04 Thread Rob Lindsay
I use it all the time, starting it from a terminal having SUed. Have edited fstab and lilo.conf with it with no problems. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Scrolling in KDE

2003-06-04 Thread eric huff
Do you mean with the scroll wheel on the mouse? control center (kcontrol) --> mouse --> advanced --> go to bottom, there is a setting. eric On Wed June 4 2003 04:43 pm, Femme wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 19:36, Adriano Varoli Piazza wrote: > > Y así habló Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > how

[newbie] Hardware compatibility

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
I have searched the sources I know of, and can't find the info I need. I found one entry that says that Hauppage TV Tuner works well with Mdk 8.2 and 9.0. During the install, I think, I saw something about 'most' Hauppage tv cards being supported. I'm looking at the Hauppage nTV-Nova-T PCI.

Re: [newbie] config/start fetchmail

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 12:48, JoeHill wrote: > On 05 Jun 2003 12:18:06 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > Shall we then describe running it as a system daemon and manually > > editing the config files per the system and per user - which will > > cause him to be several hou

Re: [newbie] config/start fetchmail

2003-06-04 Thread JoeHill
On 05 Jun 2003 12:18:06 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > Shall we then describe running it as a system daemon and manually > editing the config files per the system and per user - which will > cause him to be several hours delayed in getting his mail? aye, and so be wiser for

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-04 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:36:15 -0700 Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > updatedb command of some sort? exactly, just su to root and run updatedb. it takes a little while, depending on the size of your drive and the amount of data on it. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Home

Re: [newbie] I think I found a bug..

2003-06-04 Thread John Rye
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:49:24 -0400 Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 02:46, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > > I think most of us have already seen this, mate. > > After you've completed your installation, you're supposed to > > "update" your "software sources" - some of us hav

[newbie] netscape can't access the startup configuration file

2003-06-04 Thread Veldrin.X
I'm using netscape 7.02 on my mandrake 9.1. Every time I start it up, it asks me for the register info ...every time. I try to start it from konsole, and it tells me this: -

[newbie] Bind Or Apache?

2003-06-04 Thread Yves Arsenault
Hello all, I got my server up, the domain is pointing to it's IP. The webserver and DNS server's are on the same Mandrake 9.0 box. I have a slight problem, when I type the dns.servername.com in the browser I get the web page that I want to display with www.domain.com. Also, one piece of informat

[newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the "slocate database is more than 8 days old". I read through the documentation and the -u option appears to create a database but my question is can I just run an updatedb command of some s

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Windows files on FAT drives "Solved"

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 5:20 am, The Other wrote: > 06/03/03 > > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:06 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > I read somewhere that leaving out the "umask=0" could cause that > > sort of problem on fat drives. > > > > Have you tried adding the umask=0 option to the /etc/fstab file? >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Windows files on FAT drives

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 2:45 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 6:31 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Seems to me that the partitions are mountedm but not with user > > accessbility. You need to add 'user' as in: > > > > /dev/hdf6 /mnt/OldData vfat > > user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850

Re: [newbie] MP3s

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 10:56 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 02 Jun 2003 11:16 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > Can anyone suggest what works to play mp3s in ML 9.1? I have > > > xmms loaded but apparently don't have a plugin for mp3s. Do

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 7:28 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it > > exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get ¤, > > but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all.

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 7:49 am, Robin Turner wrote: > Margot wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: >> > >> Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it > >> exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get > >> €, but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all. > >> > >>

[newbie] Joe - Spelling Mistake on Your Web-site

2003-06-04 Thread M. Ireland
G'day !! In the four separate spots to goto at the top of your website, http://nodex.sytes.net/, the last one should be spelled as "AlTernatives", not as "Alernatives". Don't worry mate, I won't tell anyone else. M. Ireland, Mandrake Linux Newbie "Cats maybe tempermental creatures, torment by

RE: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Maybe I should report my blindness for binary numbers. I kinda missed the 0 & 1 on the end of eth sorry. To used to my router for local lan and cable. -Original Message- From: Tony S. Sykes Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Need Cable-modem

RE: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Surly you don't want dhcp and a static address? -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help! On Tuesday 03 June 2003 04:28 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > Just go t

Re: [newbie] i'm looking for a Gnome usenet multi serverdownloading app for mdk 9.1

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 17:09, Arthur Rosene wrote: > I'm looking for a Gnome Usenet multi server downloading application for > Gnome that allows multiple Usenet servers with server priorities and the > ability to both post and decode yenc posted binaries. > > If someone could point me to a few ap

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:25, Aron Smith wrote: > actuality I am trying to burn Mp3s for my truck player I'm attempting to picture this: C'fed flag in the back window highlighted with a gun rack, Jensen speakers and subwoofer, 12 guage, Budweiser cans littering the floor, and "Elvira" blaring at e

Re: [newbie] I think I found a bug..

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:49, Femme wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 02:46, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > > I think most of us have already seen this, mate. > > After you've completed your installation, you're supposed to "update" > > your "software sources" - some of us have chosen to just copy the t

Re: [newbie] kppp questions

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Turner
John Rye wrote: On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:55:27 +0100 Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been playing around with kppp. Two questions: 1. Are my frequent Mozilla crashes anything to do with the fact that I now have it opening on connect rather than manually? Are these 'crashes' or discon

Re: [newbie] kppp questions

2003-06-04 Thread John Rye
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:55:27 +0100 Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been playing around with kppp. Two questions: > > 1. Are my frequent Mozilla crashes anything to do with the fact that I > now have it opening on connect rather than manually? Are these 'crashes' or disconnects? If

Re: [newbie] 9.1 boo hoo blues.

2003-06-04 Thread John Rye
On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 03:16:24 -0400 James Henry Maiewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you so much! Making the change in Mandrake Control center > let Kasper > the friendly dragon (does He have an official name?) come back, as > well as stopping the automatic login.

[newbie] i'm looking for a Gnome usenet multi server downloading app formdk 9.1

2003-06-04 Thread Arthur Rosene
I'm looking for a Gnome Usenet multi server downloading application for Gnome that allows multiple Usenet servers with server priorities and the ability to both post and decode yenc posted binaries. If someone could point me to a few applications i'd like to try out the best one. Not looking

Re: [newbie] I think I found a bug..

2003-06-04 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 02:46, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > I think most of us have already seen this, mate. > After you've completed your installation, you're supposed to "update" > your "software sources" - some of us have chosen to just copy the three > CD's locally to HD and never deal with slapping

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GBof RAM

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:38, Femme wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > Is there a particular order you want to do that in? Procedures MUST be > > stringently met, you know. > > (g) A-hem...I generally only flirt with girls that completely cover themselves with Mazola a

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:01, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:19 pm, ed tharp wrote: > > > no reason your linux box could not do the same thing, if you want, with > > 2 network cards, but you should have no problem with dhcp enabled. what > > does ifconfig say? maybe you are conn

Re: [newbie] I think I found a bug..

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:34, Femme wrote: > or its just me being a twit again. > > I found that if i used the CLI to try to do "urpmi kernel-source" it > asks for CD1. Fine. Tried putting in cd1 several times & even the > other cds! No joy. Thought I'd try logging out & in again, nothing. > Di

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Turner
Margot wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB> On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB> I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB> thing to look up the process and rem

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GBof RAM

2003-06-04 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Is there a particular order you want to do that in? Procedures MUST be > stringently met, you know. > (g) -- FLIRT -- Femme *** *Using Evolution on * *Mandrake 9.1 & Loving it!* Suck it M$hit! OWNED! * *

Re: [newbie] kppp questions

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Turner
ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:31, Robin Turner wrote: Brian Parish wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 00:55, Robin Turner wrote: I've been playing around with kppp. Two questions: 1. Are my frequent Mozilla crashes anything to do with the fact that I now have it opening on connect rather

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:45, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 15:27, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > our installation? > > > > > > What you CAN do, however, is to send ME all your Bluegrass CD's, I'll > > > rip them and burn them and send you

[newbie] I think I found a bug..

2003-06-04 Thread Femme
or its just me being a twit again. I found that if i used the CLI to try to do "urpmi kernel-source" it asks for CD1. Fine. Tried putting in cd1 several times & even the other cds! No joy. Thought I'd try logging out & in again, nothing. Ditto rebooting figureing maybe i'd screwed the pooch al

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Richard Urwin
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it > exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get ¤, but > if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all. IIUC, the right Alt, "Alt Gr" is used to construct accented ch

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:45, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 15:27, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > our installation? > > > > > > What you CAN do, however, is to send ME all your Bluegrass CD's, I'll > > > rip them and burn them and send you

Re: [newbie] MP3s

2003-06-04 Thread Rob Blomquist
> > > > Dennis, I use xmms to play mp3s in 9.1. Is it specifically giving you > > error messages? Give us a bit more info on what you do and see, and > > I'll compare it with mine. > > > > Anne > > That is part of the problem. I get no messages in konsole and all that > happens is xmms locks up

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 15:27, Aron Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > our installation? > > > > What you CAN do, however, is to send ME all your Bluegrass CD's, I'll > > rip them and burn them and send you the burnt copies back...that'd be as > > easy as pulling a g

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > our installation? > > What you CAN do, however, is to send ME all your Bluegrass CD's, I'll > rip them and burn them and send you the burnt copies back...that'd be as > easy as pulling a greased string outta cats' ass, ya reckon? Do that mean that

Re: [newbie] How/where is HOSTNAME & DOMAINNAME set?

2003-06-04 Thread eric huff
you can set it in linuxconf (run at cli) and it also explains it a bit... Click on the networking section. eric On Tue June 3 2003 11:00 am, rikona wrote: > Hello, > > I'm still trying to understand the ramifications of these variables in > networking, mailing, and ??? There seems to be a lot of

Re: [newbie] why is this

2003-06-04 Thread eric huff
Yeah, a lot of us get that. Just filter it out... Somebody somewhere has a server problem or something like that. On Tue June 3 2003 11:15 am, KVPSTAFF wrote: > The below is what I keep getting back... > === > NDN: [newbie] > > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: > [EMAI

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:18, Aron Smith wrote: > Have been trying to rip som tunes(bluegrass) from cd to Mp3 with grip, > However whin I rip and then burn them to a CD my CD/Mp3 player cannot > reconize the Mp3s any Ideas Also Grip insists on encoding WAV files as > Ogg That's certainly ogg, er,

Re: [newbie] HELP!

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 12:15, Thomas Williams wrote: > On 03 Jun 2003 15:21:16 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Generally, updating the kernel SHOULDN'T affect anything to do with KDE > > (KDE libs, QT libs and the likes) - but the QT lib dir should live > > underneath /usr/lib

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GBof RAM

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 10:19, FemmeFatale wrote: > I'm gonna pretend I didn't read that... lol > > i may need to take a trip to Aussieland just to see you & beat you > senseless & drink with you. :D > - > FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Is there a particular order you want to do that in?

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:19 pm, ed tharp wrote: > no reason your linux box could not do the same thing, if you want, with > 2 network cards, but you should have no problem with dhcp enabled. what > does ifconfig say? maybe you are connected. Thats what I've got right now - a Linksys card as eth

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:42, bascule wrote: > it seems that under the config>'mp3' section you haven't got a valid mp3 > encoder selected, you may need to install one, try 'notlame' available i > believe from the plf repository > > bascule > > On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 5:18 am, Aron Smith wrote:

Re: [newbie] CD Catalog

2003-06-04 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 02:44, Kristjan wrote: > Hi > Anyone knows of a good CD Database app. that would generate a catalog from files > found on Data CDs. > > Kristjan ...er, should already be one in your distro installation - GTKtalog Kmenu => Applications => Archiving => Other (or just open a

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread bascule
it seems that under the config>'mp3' section you haven't got a valid mp3 encoder selected, you may need to install one, try 'notlame' available i believe from the plf repository bascule On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 5:18 am, Aron Smith wrote: > Have been trying to rip som tunes(bluegrass) from cd to

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 04:28 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > Just go through the wizard in MandrakeControlCentre>Network and tick the > box for DHCP. It will start up. > > derek I'm pretty sure I did that - I picked the options to configure my modem, cable, and LAN. I picked dhcp for eth0 and a st

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Windows files on FAT drives "Solved"

2003-06-04 Thread The Other
06/03/03 On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:06 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > I read somewhere that leaving out the "umask=0" could cause that > sort of problem on fat drives. > > Have you tried adding the umask=0 option to the /etc/fstab file? > After doing so, just "umount /mnt/win_c" followed by "mount > /m

[newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread Aron Smith
Have been trying to rip som tunes(bluegrass) from cd to Mp3 with grip, However whin I rip and then burn them to a CD my CD/Mp3 player cannot reconize the Mp3s any Ideas Also Grip insists on encoding WAV files as Ogg -- Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [newbie] Club levels?

2003-06-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:55 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello, > > I'm considering the club, but I can't seem to find out what the > benefits are for each of the MD club levels. It says each level is > almost the same, but there is sure a big price range. :-) Could > someone suggest a pointer? The only

[newbie] Club levels?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello, I'm considering the club, but I can't seem to find out what the benefits are for each of the MD club levels. It says each level is almost the same, but there is sure a big price range. :-) Could someone suggest a pointer? -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GB of RAM

2003-06-04 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:44 PM 6/3/2003 +1000, you wrote: I'm wondering if the hair dye has begun to penetrate the scalp and cranial mantle to infiltrate the neural synapses and cause major dysfunction; else the perpetrator could possibly be prescribed pharmaceuticals in more than ample quantities coupled with dist

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GB of RAM

2003-06-04 Thread FemmeFatale
At 01:33 PM 6/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: Don't know if you still want this info, but kernel-enterprise-2.4.21.0.13mdk is on cd1 of 9.1 Anne heh ty Anne. :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that cha

Re: [newbie] I know the Enterprise Kernel is if you have 1.0+ GB of RAM

2003-06-04 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:21 AM 6/3/2003 -0400, you wrote: Well OK, then. No Offense meant! I hope none taken? Lanman None taken. I'm pretty tough to offend. :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Pe

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
COOL...that's the reason I was getting the reply from the list saying the below: Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: linux-mandrake newbie,emc (The name was not found at the remote site. Check that the name has been entered correctly.) it was the reply to section...thanks...for the sug

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
Thanks found it... On Tuesday 03 June 2003 11:17 pm, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:07:03 + > > KVPSTAFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I > > needed for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the > > server_

Re: [newbie] Acqua-Graphite theme for KDE 3.1

2003-06-04 Thread Gerard Godin
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 18:20, Gerard Godin wrote: > > So I began today's adventure by typing what you > > suggested: urpmi . "Everything already > > installed" was the reply. Just to make sure I urpme'd > > the pacage and urpmi'd it again - for a clean install. > > Went in fine. "Great, so now I

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
Ok how's thatI fixed the reply-to On Tuesday 03 June 2003 11:38 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:07 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: > > I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I needed > > for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the > > server_conf_gu

Re[2]: [newbie] What's in PLF?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello Greg, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 4:24:16 PM, you wrote: GM> If you add an urpmi source, you can view the descriptions through GM> rpmdrake. Excellent suggestion. -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:07 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: > I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I needed > for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the > server_conf_guide.pdf on the docs of mandrakes site...and it says to > install wizdrake , so that I can config alot o

Re[2]: [newbie] What's in PLF?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello JoeHill, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 3:46:01 PM, you wrote: J> if you wanted descriptions of the individual apps, you could just J> visit their homepage. it's just a repository, not really a J> descriptive list. True - I've looked up a few. I thought it might be easier if there was a summary. I

Re: [newbie] What's in PLF?

2003-06-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 06:46 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > I've seen several references to the PLF depository, and looked there > > to see what they have. Are there any descriptions for the rpm's they > > have? What specifically do they actually do? And, yes, I get the > > general nature of what they are

Re: [newbie] Acqua-Graphite theme for KDE 3.1

2003-06-04 Thread Gerard Godin
> So I began today's adventure by typing what you > suggested: urpmi . "Everything already > installed" was the reply. Just to make sure I urpme'd > the pacage and urpmi'd it again - for a clean install. > Went in fine. "Great, so now I should be able to just > restart KDE, open the theme manag

Re: [newbie] kppp questions

2003-06-04 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:31, Robin Turner wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 00:55, Robin Turner wrote: > > > >>I've been playing around with kppp. Two questions: > >> > >>1. Are my frequent Mozilla crashes anything to do with the fact that I > >>now have it opening on connect

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:07:03 + KVPSTAFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I > needed for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the > server_conf_guide.pdf on the docs of mandrakes site...and it says to > install wizdrake , so t

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 16:19, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 11:08 am, Kenneth E. Spress wrote: > > although you should remember to power cycle that cable modem so it can > > release the MAC address. But it would be a lot easier if you bought a > > router and allowed it to hand out

[newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I needed for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the server_conf_guide.pdf on the docs of mandrakes site...and it says to install wizdrake , so that I can config alot of the server stuff...I can't seem to find it...on the C

Re: [newbie] What's in PLF?

2003-06-04 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 15:29:09 -0700 rikona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I've seen several references to the PLF depository, and looked there > to see what they have. Are there any descriptions for the rpm's they > have? What specifically do they actually do? And, yes, I get the > general nature of

Re: [newbie] Epson IScan

2003-06-04 Thread Francisco Alcaraz
Sorry!, the line has: usb /dev/usb/scanner0 El Miércoles 04 Junio 2003 00:33, Francisco Alcaraz escribió: > I have iscan 1.5 runing fine under Mandrake 9.1, you just need to make a > change in a file: > > A) As root go to the /etc/sane.d/ directory > > B) edit the file epson.conf (for example

Re: [newbie] Epson IScan

2003-06-04 Thread Francisco Alcaraz
I have iscan 1.5 runing fine under Mandrake 9.1, you just need to make a change in a file: A) As root go to the /etc/sane.d/ directory B) edit the file epson.conf (for example with mc or kwrite); go to the end of the file, uncomment (erase the # symbol) the line that has: #usb /dev/usb/scanner0

[newbie] What's in PLF?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello, I've seen several references to the PLF depository, and looked there to see what they have. Are there any descriptions for the rpm's they have? What specifically do they actually do? And, yes, I get the general nature of what they are. They might want to change their intro graphic, given th

[newbie] why is this

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
The below is what I keep getting back... === NDN: [newbie] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Jun 3 22:09:36 2003 Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: linux-mandrake newbie,emc (The name was not found at the remote site. Check that

[newbie] HP Officejet K60 Printer?

2003-06-04 Thread Joe Skaggs
Hello All! I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 on my elderly Gateway Solo 2500 laptop. Kudos to Mandrake for putting together such a simple-to-install distro. X and its associated parts installed flawlessly, OPenOffice.org also, along with my orinoco silver wi-fi card. It's a far cry from the fir

Fwd: NDN: [newbie]

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
Attached is what i keep getting back from the list, everytime i send a email why is this happening? -- <*** http://www.kvp-pc.com ***> Admin= [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Begin Message --- Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: linux-mandrake newbie,emc (The name was not found at the remote site

[newbie]

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
test -- <*** http://www.kvp-pc.com ***> Admin= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Now I'm able to send /recieve email

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
Now I am able to send recieve email on kmail yaho But now I need to find out how to setup dhcp and DNS server... this is going to be hard...yes? -- <*** http://www.kvp-pc.com ***> Admin= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 03:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ron, go into the install software mode and do a search for dhcp. You need > dhcpcommon and dhcpclient and the dhcpd if I recall. Not sure but any one > of those can be a show stopper if not installed. HTH Dennis M. > > -Original Mess

Re: [newbie] Epson IScan

2003-06-04 Thread Miark
I have the same problem. iscan 1.5 does not work in MDK 9.1, although xsane works fine. It didn't seem to make any difference that the scanner was installed before iscan. The src rpm won't build either. Miark On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 18:37:36 +0100 "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 03 Jun

Re: [newbie] MP3s

2003-06-04 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 02 Jun 2003 11:16 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Can anyone suggest what works to play mp3s in ML 9.1? I have xmms > > loaded but apparently don't have a plugin for mp3s. Don't know > > what it is called either. I have looked in the

Re[2]: [newbie] File viewer (like QuickView for Win)?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello Todd, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 1:24:08 PM, you wrote: TS> You mean Pan the newsreader? Ummm... yes I did. I was monitoring an FTP download while I was typing this and I sure got it mixed up. :-) Pan's a nice newsreader - and I wish it could browse files. -- Thank you, rikona

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB> On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB> I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB> thing to look up the process and remember that goof

Re: [newbie] kppp questions

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Turner
Brian Parish wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 00:55, Robin Turner wrote: I've been playing around with kppp. Two questions: 1. Are my frequent Mozilla crashes anything to do with the fact that I now have it opening on connect rather than manually? 2. Is there a way to get kppp to connect on startu

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Technoslick
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:35 am, Ronald J. Hall graced me with: > Just got cable modem service yesterday: > > Tech (of course) said he had never heard of "Linux" (where the Hell > has he been?) > > Anyways, need "hand holding orientated" tutorial or guide to get it > up and running on Mandrake v9.

[newbie] test

2003-06-04 Thread KVPSTAFF
testing disregard -- <*** http://www.kvp-pc.com ***> Admin= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] yahoo finally connected

2003-06-04 Thread Kit
Testing...diregard On Tuesday 03 June 2003 07:04 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: > I did this also...can't figure it out... > also i finally got the staic IP numbers and dns > trying to figure out how to setup dhcp... > and a dns server...NOW. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto

RE: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Dennis . R . Myers
Title: RE: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help! Ron, go into the install software mode and do a search for dhcp. You need dhcpcommon and dhcpclient  and the dhcpd if I recall. Not sure but any one of those can be a show stopper if not installed. HTH Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAI

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 9:21 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:53 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Is the connection via Ethernet? > > If so just turn on DHCP and thats it done! > > > > derek > > Yes, its hooked to eth0. This is odd, I just went into MCC - services and > according

Re: [newbie] File viewer (like QuickView for Win)?

2003-06-04 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 12:32:32PM -0700, rikona wrote: > The closest thing I've seen so far is in Pan (a rather nice FTP app). > It has a large window across the bottom that shows the actual doc, > and you can scroll through it to see anything inside. All the text is > readable, and the images ar

Re: [newbie] Logging Out

2003-06-04 Thread Troy Davidson
Jim, Thanks for the info. I do want to keep the autologin on the one computer and I think this is the problem. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ++ Follow the adventures of a real life computer and gaming nerd! www.clandaith.com +

Re[2]: [newbie] File viewer (like QuickView for Win)?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello Warren, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 12:51:29 PM, you wrote: WP> So I see now. Sorry, rikona, can't help you there. I appreciate your trying to help. -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://w

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:53 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > Is the connection via Ethernet? > If so just turn on DHCP and thats it done! > > derek Yes, its hooked to eth0. This is odd, I just went into MCC - services and according to that, dhcp is turned on, set to run at boot, but is currently s

Re: [newbie] Need Cable-modem help!

2003-06-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 11:08 am, Kenneth E. Spress wrote: > although you should remember to power cycle that cable modem so it can > release the MAC address. But it would be a lot easier if you bought a > router and allowed it to hand out IP addresses like a DHCP Server so you > just plug in and g

Re[2]: [newbie] MBR scrubber?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello Kaj, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 12:06:59 PM, you wrote: KH> Hmm... Although I don't know much about windows (never had to use KH> it) I think it comes in handy when something has to be destroyed KH> Create a windows-boot floppy (from a DOS-prompt, type *sys a:* KH> with a floppy in the drive

Re[2]: [newbie] No GPG signature?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello eric, Monday, June 2, 2003, 11:20:10 PM, you wrote: eh> I asked the same ? and a couple people said not to worry about it if it was eh> from one of the "known/respected" sites. I guess it would depend on just eh> how paranoid you are I have a large amount of valuable-to-me info on my

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello Tom, > > Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: > > TB> On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: > >> TB> I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a > >> good TB> thing to look up the process and remember that goofy >

Re: [newbie] dreamweaver equivalent linux

2003-06-04 Thread Warren Post
El lun, 02-06-2003 a las 06:07, ivette brusselmans escribió: > Is there a dreamweaver equivalent in linux? The most Dreamweaver-like app for Linux is IBM Websphere. I'm not the best person to review it, as I prefer hand coding, but if I were to use a WYSIWYG tool I would prefer Websphere to Dreamw

Re: [newbie] File viewer (like QuickView for Win)?

2003-06-04 Thread Warren Post
El dom, 01-06-2003 a las 21:37, JoeHill escribió: > beatcha to it... You sure did. That happens to me a lot. I can only connect once a day (and that only if our lousy government run ISP happens to be working) so I often answer threads that unknown to me have already moved on. I must be on several

Re: [newbie] CD Catalog

2003-06-04 Thread Kristjan
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:58:46 +0200 "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 18:44, Kristjan wrote: > > Hi > > Anyone knows of a good CD Database app. that would generate a catalog from > > files found on Data CDs. > > > > Kristjan > > gtktalog it's on the cd's > > good

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