RE: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread Frankie
Isn't it ironic.. that Suns Java was and is being compromised by a clone called C# and .NET, and yet here they are teaming up with SCO and M$ to get some solaris sales from IBM's AIX/Linux market.. And if SCO senses at some stage that Solaris is taking sales from SCO unix, no doubt they will find s

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Crak600 - Michael
On Sunday 22 June 2003 01:28 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Mike: > You sound a bit confused about drive terminology. definetly :) Your board has > two IDE slots (or channels). One is the primary, the other is the > secondary. Each channel can handle both a master and slave drive. The drive > ju

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 21 June 2003 11:20 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > In another thread (I think it was Femme!) posted some Tux gaming pics 'n > stuff. I found a couple I had lying around the old HD, if anyone wants me > to send them offlist. Of course, many of you probably already have these. > > One is from

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Crak600 - Michael
On Saturday 21 June 2003 10:28 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > > 20GB hard drive i currently have - all for windows > > 100GB hard drive - 80GB for mandrake, 20GB for windows (that's my current > > plan, might go 60 linux 40 windows) > > That sounds a little excessive to me. Good call, now that you

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 21 June 2003 08:58 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote: > Ok, here's the situation. my new 100GB hard drive showed up today. i need > to put it into the computer and get everything set up. here's the way i > plan to set up. > > 20GB hard drive i currently have - all for windows > 100GB h

Re: [newbie] USB Flash disk

2003-06-21 Thread Len Lawrence
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 08:39:07 -0400 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 14 June 2003 04:44 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > Bought one of those little usb pendrives M9.1 reconizes it but it is read > > only any body know how to reset it to r/w ? > > I recall this happened to me somewhere

Re: [newbie] Install problems, OT Speaking of cable select on HDDs

2003-06-21 Thread Erylon Hines
CableSelect is a function of the controller, not the hd. Very few controllers use the CS function (I've never owned one, nor even seen one, so I can only take it on face value that they exist). e On Saturday 21 June 2003 02:18 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > I understood that newer drives on newer m

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread David E Fox
> On Sunday 22 June 2003 12:07 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > Ron, I would like to have them, part of a collection. I have a small > > collection of stuffed toy penguins also. Each has a name, since Tux is > > taken I named the first one " Throckmorton P. Custerbuddy" the P. stands > > for penguin

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 22 June 2003 12:23 am, LeaAnne Kolp wrote: > Ron, > > I would really like to have those also :) > > Tux is so adorable! :) > > Thanks! On the way! :-) -- /\ Dark<>Lord

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 22 June 2003 12:07 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > Ron, I would like to have them, part of a collection. I have a small > collection of stuffed toy penguins also. Each has a name, since Tux is > taken I named the first one " Throckmorton P. Custerbuddy" the P. stands > for penguin. : ) ;-)

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread LeaAnne Kolp
Ron, I would really like to have those also :) Tux is so adorable! :) Thanks! -- LeaAnne Kolp Don't forget to check out my sites! My Personal Site http://cowgirlk.shorturl.com My Cartoon Orbit Fan Page http://orbiters.funurl.com > From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Or

Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread MWafkowski
I think we all do..this is quickly becoming less than an amusement and more creepy. MRW - Original Message - From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag > On Saturday 21

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 21 June 2003 08:58 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote: > > which drive would i make the primary drive? my thought is that i'd make > the 100GB drive the primary drive, as the computer would have to access > linux before windows to give me the dual boot option, correct? Actually, Windows need

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
BINGO John!! I once again have my CDRW in my hardware list. Once again it appears twice, once as hdb and once as scd1. I opened xcdroast and it too sees the Samsung CDRW drive. Now I must ask if I should leave both entries for the CDRW in my hardware list? I checked mount points and the CDR

Re: [newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 21 June 2003 11:20 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > In another thread (I think it was Femme!) posted some Tux gaming pics 'n > stuff. I found a couple I had lying around the old HD, if anyone wants me > to send them offlist. Of course, many of you probably already have these. > > One is from

[newbie] Help with rpmdrake not able to read source cds

2003-06-21 Thread Terence J. Golightly
Greetings List, I just started having a problem with my cdrom not finding any files on my installation cds. I was getting listings before I started playing an audio cd. I wanted to install lm_sensors using rpmdrake. It requested that I place the "Medium Installation CD2 (x86) (cdrom2)" on devic

[newbie] Tux pics...

2003-06-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
In another thread (I think it was Femme!) posted some Tux gaming pics 'n stuff. I found a couple I had lying around the old HD, if anyone wants me to send them offlist. Of course, many of you probably already have these. One is from Penguin Computing (my fav!) One is Tux with a joystick One is

Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 21 June 2003 07:40 pm, Technoslick wrote: > No collusion, Joe. When an animal goes down, all the carnivores come > out for a piece of the kill. Sun's taking advantage of an opportunity > to get at IBM's market, not Linux in general. Others, big and small, > who see a way to take a bite

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 21 June 2003 01:44 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > I also vaguely remember somethin about cable length and that the > distances for master and slave are purposely different > (resistance), and that controllers and the drives firmware take > this into account. Master expects to be 18" w

Re: [newbie] IMAP trouble (Evolution)

2003-06-21 Thread Guy Rouillier
Todd Slater wrote: So at work I have an IMAP (Groupwise) account. I can open, read, and send with Mozilla, Thunderbird and Kmail. When I try to add the account with Sylpheed I get a segfault. I remember problems with Sylpheed and IMAP but I left the Sylpheed list so I'll go back and investigate. T

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 21 June 2003 05:58 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote: > Ok, here's the situation. my new 100GB hard drive showed up today. i need > to put it into the computer and get everything set up. here's the way i > plan to set up. > > 20GB hard drive i currently have - all for windows > 100GB h

Re: [newbie] cooker installation

2003-06-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 21 June 2003 02:21 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I decided I was going to get myself into some deep water and install > cooker. How should I go about doing this? At this very moment I am > mirroring a local copy of this: > ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
On 21 Jun 2003 20:44:00 -0500 Langsley T Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sent this earlier but I haven't seen it show up on the list. If it > comes through twice I apologize. > > OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed. > > Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd t > hdb=ide

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed. Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:

[newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-21 Thread Crak600 - Michael
Ok, here's the situation. my new 100GB hard drive showed up today. i need to put it into the computer and get everything set up. here's the way i plan to set up. 20GB hard drive i currently have - all for windows 100GB hard drive - 80GB for mandrake, 20GB for windows (that's my current p

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 21 June 2003 05:41 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 07:14 PM 6/21/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >To be pedantically accurate, the original is "When I hear the > > > > word 'culture', I reach for my gun." by one of the Nazis. > > > >I think it was the Brownshirt leader, not Goebbels, and he us

Re: [newbie] Failed Compilation of kdelibs-3.1-58mdk.src.rpm

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 05:12, Huw Blackwell wrote: > Okay guys, > > A bit stumped by this one, I am new to linux and learning quickly > (hence jumping in @ the deep end by optimizing mandrake for my > computer...) Not Sure if this should go on another mailing list > (please advise if you have one t

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
I sent this earlier but I haven't seen it show up on the list. If it comes through twice I apologize. OK, John, I believe I did everything as directed. Below is the new results of dmesg | grep hd [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306

[newbie] re re mnt/winc

2003-06-21 Thread Mike Carter
>From a terminal, cd to /mnt/win_d. Now type mkdir test. Post any errors. > Also, I can boot to linux, I cannot reboot, shutdown the computer or > change user from linux. Here I am not sure what you mean. How are you trying to reboot/shutdown? How are you trying to change users? Logout and log b

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread Marc Oestreicher
> > > >To be pedantically accurate, the original is "When I hear the > > word 'culture', I reach for my gun." by one of the Nazis. > >I think it was the Brownshirt leader, not Goebbels, and he used > > the actual name of a German gun - you historians can put me > > right. > > > >However, Tom's/Joe

Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread Technoslick
On Saturday 21 June 2003 06:49 pm, JoeHill graced me with: > http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1018669.html > > It's official, Sun is right in there with MS and SCO. They even > have an ad campaign telling "nervous" IBM customers that they can > switch to Solaris because SCO is not after Sun. No col

Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread Thomas Williams
On Saturday 21 June 2003 06:49 pm, JoeHill wrote: > It's official, Sun is right in there with MS and SCO. They even have an > ad campaign telling "nervous" IBM customers that they can switch to > Solaris because SCO is not after Sun. > Well, I read the whole article, and while I'm not defending S

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
On 21 Jun 2003 18:03:13 -0500 Langsley T Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here it is John. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount > hdb=ide-scsi > ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settin

Re: [newbie] hard drive partition sizes

2003-06-21 Thread eric huff
> On Saturday June 21 2003 09:46 am, eric huff wrote: >> A! If i were, theoretically, wanting to just reformat /boot, and >> rebuild it, how would i do that? >> >> I had this exact need last weekend... > > Disclaimer: I've never done this! But I believe you could do > an install with the

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 01:19, Andy Davidson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 09:12:22AM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > Also, it's correct practice to have master on the cable's > > end connector, not the middle one. > > That I didn't know. Why? > > andy Because by setting a jumpered MASTER/SLAV

[newbie] cooker installation

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
I decided I was going to get myself into some deep water and install cooker. How should I go about doing this? At this very moment I am mirroring a local copy of this: ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586 Do I need to mirror the entire .../Mandrake-devel/cooker

Re: [newbie] rox/pekwm crashes

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 01:12, eric huff wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ more /etc/ld.so.conf > /usr/X11R6/lib > /usr/lib/qt3/lib > > I checked those paths: all the links in them were good. What > exactly am i looking for? > > I reran ldconfig just in case. > > I have to run, but i'll check ba

Re: [newbie] hard drive partition sizes

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 00:03, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday June 21 2003 12:21 am, eric huff wrote: > > I'm still trying to figure out if /boot should be seperate, but > > here is an example of mine: > > > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda6 621M

Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 21 June 2003 03:49 pm, JoeHill wrote: > http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1018669.html > > It's official, Sun is right in there with MS and SCO. They even have an > ad campaign telling "nervous" IBM customers that they can switch to > Solaris because SCO is not after Sun. > > Well, fsck y

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
Here it is John. [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]$ dmesg | grep hd Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA

Re: [newbie] rox/pekwm crashes

2003-06-21 Thread eric huff
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:22:42 -0400 > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> I just updated to the latest CVS of Pekwm, transferred some files in >> ROX, no probs to report. >> >> I'll let ya know if I run into anything tho. > > ah ha! as soon as i tried to delete a file, *cash!* > > ya, it

[newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1018669.html It's official, Sun is right in there with MS and SCO. They even have an ad campaign telling "nervous" IBM customers that they can switch to Solaris because SCO is not after Sun. Well, fsck you too Sun. -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 +

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
On 21 Jun 2003 17:01:25 -0500 Langsley T Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again John. > > I managed to do a copy and paste to my etc directory by copying the new > fstab to my tmp directory as user and then copying and pasting it into > my etc directory as root. What follows is what I got

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
Hi John. I tried typing eject /dev for /hda, /hdb, /hdc, and /hdd. None of the commands ever ejected or opened anything.  this is the response I got to each of the commands. eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/hdb' These are the responses I got when I tried eject /dev/scd1 and /

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread Langsley T Russell
Hi again John. I managed to do a copy and paste to my etc directory by copying the new fstab to my tmp directory as user and then copying and pasting it into my etc directory as root. What follows is what I got when I typed mount -a in a terminal as root. mount: block device /dev/scd0 is writ

Re: [OT] Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:04:20 -0400 Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I often think that Che was partially motivated to leave by the way in > which he saw Fidel moving. absolutely, but you also have to understand that when the U.S. made it clear that would do everything they could

Re: [OT] Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 21 June 2003 02:04 pm, Michael Scottaline wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:28:50 -0400 > > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > >On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:38:06 -0600 > > > >FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> Joes makes me thinks "Gun nut". > > > >you misunderstand,

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread FemmeFatale
At 08:21 PM 6/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: I got the new disk form Maxtor today and have just made five attempts at installing 9.1 - the last one using rc2 or 3 - the install was smooth but on reboot, got this : EXT3-fs error (device ide0 (3,1)): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - ino

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread FemmeFatale
At 04:28 PM 6/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:38:06 -0600 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Joes makes me thinks "Gun nut". you misunderstand, I have a certain sympathy with the individualist who resists authority, and I recognize that *sometimes* it is necessary to take

Re: [newbie] Install problems, OT Speaking of cable select on HDDs

2003-06-21 Thread FemmeFatale
At 04:59 AM 6/21/2003 -0500, you wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:55:46 -0700 Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and check that your drive jumpers are in the proper > positions (looks like it is the master (hda) on the first ide (ide0). Oh man I didn't even look at the jumper - thought defa

[OT] Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:28:50 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: >On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:38:06 -0600 >FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> Joes makes me thinks "Gun nut". > >you misunderstand, I have a certain sympathy with the individualist who >resists authority, and

[newbie] Failed Compilation of kdelibs-3.1-58mdk.src.rpm

2003-06-21 Thread Huw Blackwell
Okay guys, A bit stumped by this one, I am new to linux and learning quickly (hence jumping in @ the deep end by optimizing mandrake for my computer...) Not Sure if this should go on another mailing list (please advise if you have one to suggest) but here goes. Compiling kdelibs-3.1-58mdk.src.rpm

Re: [newbie] re mnt/win_c*

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
On 22 Jun 2003 03:51:00 +0930 Mike Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > No errors on mkdir test. that directory is only an ftp folder. > "How are you trying to change users? Logout and log back in from the > Login Manager?" > Yes, pity it doesn't work. Ok, yer replies come in the weirdest place

Re: [newbie] webmin

2003-06-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 5:12 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:54:50 +0100 > > Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First make sure it is installed with your Mandrake Software Manger > (or 'urpmi webmin' in a root terminal) > > Then in any broswer enter the URL > https://localhost:10

Re: [newbie] looking for a tv card for Linux

2003-06-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 3:02 pm, Azrael wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 22:02, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 20 Jun 2003 5:13 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > >On Friday 28 Mar 2003 3:27 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > >>Does anyone know of a digital decoder tv car

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:38:06 -0600 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Joes makes me thinks "Gun nut". you misunderstand, I have a certain sympathy with the individualist who resists authority, and I recognize that *sometimes* it is necessary to take up arms against the imposition of an i

Re: [newbie] looking for a tv card for Linux

2003-06-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 8:58 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Friday 20 Jun 2003 5:13 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > If it's free digital tv channels, it must be terrestrial, which is > a pitty for me, because the signal for digital terrestrial tv in

Re: [newbie] rox/pekwm crashes

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:44:49 -0700 eric huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I am having a problem with pekwm crashing when i move files in > Rox-filer. > > I boot in init 3, and when it crashes, i am back at the cli in text > mode. I can happily startx again. I just updated to the latest CVS

Re: [newbie] webmin

2003-06-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:54:50 +0100 Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One very stupid question.. > > > How do I launch webmin?? > > > Thanks > > First make sure it is installed with your Mandrake Software Manger (or 'urpmi webmin' in a root terminal) Then in any broswer enter the URL https

Re: [newbie] This ROCKS

2003-06-21 Thread Derek Jennings
Question for you Warren Why choose LEAF Dachstein as opposed to LEAF Bering ? My understanding is Dachstein uses the 2.2 kernel with IPchains while Bering uses 2.4 with IPTables. I have used Bering with great success, but have never tried Dachstein. I just wonder why you prefer Dachstein? der

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
You right I might not need more than 512MB ram, but remember one Famouse person once said a pc will never need more than 640KB of ram... what happened there? hehehehe On Saturday, 21 June 2003 15:22, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday June 21 2003 06:00 am, Tsyko wrote: > > I have 1GB of

[newbie] webmin

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
One very stupid question.. How do I launch webmin?? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
Thanks all. I used a non graphical boot menu and told it not to use a frame-buffer. It now boots fine, I only see 800mb of ram but hell its better than 512mb. Thanks again On Saturday, 21 June 2003 13:20, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 > > Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [newbie] hard drive partition sizes

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday June 21 2003 09:46 am, eric huff wrote: > A! If i were, theoretically, wanting to just reformat /boot, > and rebuild it, how would i do that? > > I had this exact need last weekend... Disclaimer: I've never done this! But I believe you could do an install with the first CD,

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread Andy Davidson
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 09:12:22AM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: > Also, it's correct practice to have master on the cable's > end connector, not the middle one. That I didn't know. Why? andy -- Andy Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. Want

Re: [newbie] This ROCKS

2003-06-21 Thread Warren Post
El jue, 19-06-2003 a las 21:22, JoeHill escribió: > > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ It sure does. I put Dachstein LEAF on a client's abandoned 486 and saved them from buying a hardware router/firewall. The client has 25 brand new Windoze machines and the LEAF box is the only reliable 'puter in the

Re: [newbie] rox/pekwm crashes

2003-06-21 Thread eric huff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ more /etc/ld.so.conf /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/qt3/lib I checked those paths: all the links in them were good. What exactly am i looking for? I reran ldconfig just in case. I have to run, but i'll check back later to see if it helped. I'll have to investigate to see whi

Re: [newbie] How to add session types to users

2003-06-21 Thread John Richard Smith
eric huff wrote: >>How can I add session types ( kde, gnome etc ) to users when you >>are not yet on desktop. >>I can drop to a root terminal, but what do I call ? >> >> > > > > > >>Where do I go to add these desktops to the login managers session >>menu ? >> >> > >I thin kthis is what you want. >

Re: [newbie] ACPI - ohhh no what have I done...

2003-06-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Inhabitant of Zion wrote: q - quit, without writing I thought it was :q! for quit? VIM - Vi IMproved ~ ~version 6.1.165 ~ by Bram Moolenaar et al. ~ Vim is open source and freely distributable

Re: [newbie] K mail

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 05:17:26 -0700 Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just dumped the system (again) ((%-0 > lost evolution again using K Mail > question 1 is this plain text? Yes it is. You also shouldn't have a Reply-To, since then replies would go directly to you. Just leave that field

Re: [newbie] ACPI - ohhh no what have I done...

2003-06-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 9:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: On Friday 20 June 2003 10:05 am, Richard Urwin wrote: quick command ref: i - enter insert mode esc - exit insert mode x - delete character ZZ - save and exit According to running linux by O'reilly

Re: [newbie] hard drive partition sizes

2003-06-21 Thread eric huff
A! If i were, theoretically, wanting to just reformat /boot, and rebuild it, how would i do that? I had this exact need last weekend... eric On Saturday 21 June 2003 07:03 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday June 21 2003 12:21 am, eric huff wrote: > > I'm still trying to figure out if /b

Re: [newbie] Bookmarks in Galeon

2003-06-21 Thread eric huff
> > > You can open a folder in tabs, save a bookmark directly into > > > a subfolder, order them non-alphabetically, export them in > > > three different formats... > > > > Sounds very useful, but I don't see how to do this in 1.3.3. > > Could you give me an idiot's guide? > > > > TIA > > > > DougB

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday June 21 2003 04:59 am, C. Tresenriter wrote: > > and check that your drive jumpers are in the proper > > positions (looks like it is the master (hda) on the first ide > > (ide0). > Oh man I didn't even look at the jumper - thought default was > the master position - actually it's c

Re: [newbie] ACPI - ohhh no what have I done...

2003-06-21 Thread Jan Wilson
* Inhabitant of Zion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030621 07:13]: > vi is great isn't it! I find even having used it a lot I still forget to press i > before I start typing! > > Most annoying thing is when you do a load of changes and then go to save using shift > ZZ and it tells you that it is a read on

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday June 21 2003 06:00 am, Tsyko wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it > flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the > lights on the keybaord flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to > 512MB.. Add '

Re: [newbie] IMAP trouble (Evolution), OT Thunderbird

2003-06-21 Thread Todd Slater
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:22:21 +0100 Douglas Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 23:01, Todd Slater wrote: > > > > > It's not quite ready for prime-time for one simple reason: it can't > > pass URL's to a browser, so you can't just click a link in your > > email and have

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes > a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the > keybaord flashing.. This is an issue with the 9.1 installation see http://www.mand

Re: [newbie] looking for a tv card for Linux

2003-06-21 Thread Azrael
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 22:02, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 20 Jun 2003 5:13 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Friday 28 Mar 2003 3:27 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >>Does anyone know of a digital decoder tv card ? > > >> > > >>John > > > > > >John - I've got a Hauppa

Re: [newbie] hard drive partition sizes

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday June 21 2003 12:21 am, eric huff wrote: > I'm still trying to figure out if /boot should be seperate, but > here is an example of mine: > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 621M 86M 535M 14% / > /dev/hda5 172M 6.4M 157M 4

Re: [newbie] RTCW on linux (well, Mandrake to be more specific)

2003-06-21 Thread JoeHill
On 21 Jun 2003 07:42:07 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > well if "downstream" is the way most everyone else is going, and you > say; "Now I'm glad I was treated as an outcast in school, I wouldn't > want to be those "normal" people for anything in the world." > > normal folks, go

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a > message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord > flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing i

Re: [newbie] RTCW on linux (well, Mandrake to be more specific)

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:42, ed tharp wrote: > I have a story about that. As a teenager, (having spent most my life in > the Fla.Keys) I, and most all my friends were excellent swimmers, and > water polo was the game most often played. We also liked to play "tag" > on a bridge with a "catwalk" (a

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
It just flashes the message on the screen briefly, the screen goes black and then all he keyboard lights flash. (The machine locks up.) On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 11:50 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: > > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake,

Re: [newbie] REPLY FROM AUTHOR: Are all writers submitting to FUD

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 12:53 pm, Robin Turner wrote: > Another interesting feature of the article is his attitude to > programmers (who, as he says, love Linux). They are seen as a > necessary but inherently untrustworthy element in a business > organisation, and putting software too much in the

Re: [newbie] ACPI - ohhh no what have I done...

2003-06-21 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
> q - quit, without writing I thought it was :q! for quit? > > ZZ does work, and since I've never used vi when I didn't have to, I > remember the smallest set of commands I need. > vi is great isn't it! I find even having used it a lot I still forget to press i before I start typing! Most a

Re: [newbie] gcc-3.3.tar.bz2

2003-06-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:31:20 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ; > I downladed this (gcc-3.3.tar.bz2) from a mirror site in minneapolis. But > how do i access it? I want to have c, c++, compilers to compile programs. > I've tried tar, gzip, gunzip, etc, nothing seems to work. It's on my > des

Re: [newbie]OT , Chess Game: a personal plea/whine/rant/whatever

2003-06-21 Thread Robin Turner
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Robin Turner wrote: Incidentally, my "Mandrake experience" has been greatly enriched since I added contrib sources to urpmi. Contrib is where you find the funny, quirky or just plain obscure programs. Sometimes you might miss them because they have a boring-looking name;

Re: [newbie] REPLY FROM AUTHOR: Are all writers submitting to FUD

2003-06-21 Thread Robin Turner
David E Fox wrote: not ready for the enterprise--as in where it can't compete--then there would be something to talk about. But as it was, the column was just a Linux being ready for the "enterprise" is not the question. The question is rather "is the enterprise ready for Linux"? Mainframe-level

Re: [newbie] RTCW on linux (well, Mandrake to be more specific)

2003-06-21 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 18:52, JoeHill wrote: > On 20 Jun 2003 18:39:20 -0400 > ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > When you spend all that time and energy swimming upstream > > Who says I'm swimmin upstream? well if "downstream" is the way most everyone else is going, and you say; "Now I'

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:22:43 -0400, JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:21:34 -0400 > Thomas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > but I get concerned that any time the government gets involved > > One of my favourite quotes, I still have no idea where it came from:

Re: [newbie] SCSI Em- Again

2003-06-21 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:30:13 +0100, John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Langsley T Russell wrote: > > > OK John. > > > > I've done everything up to " /then copy your new fstab file to /etc > > directory./" The only way I could find to change the name of the > > fstab file to fstab1 wa

Re: [newbie] Bookmarks in Galeon

2003-06-21 Thread RichardA
On 21 Jun 2003 10:21:39 +0100, Douglas Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 14:13, RichardA wrote: > > > > > .. bookmarking in Galeon. You > > can open a folder in tabs, save a bookmark directly into a > > subfolder, order them non-alph

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a > message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord > flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. > > > System

Re: [newbie] RC SCRIPTS?

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 15:17, Philip wrote: > I am trying to install PortSentry in Mandrake 9.1 but am getting an error > message, saying that PortSentry needs rc-scripts, conflicts detected and it > aborts. Any ideas?? > > Thanks again people! No to use the old "RTFM" standby answer, but did y

Re: [newbie] Install problems

2003-06-21 Thread C. Tresenriter
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:55:46 -0700 Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and check that your drive jumpers are in the proper > positions (looks like it is the master (hda) on the first ide (ide0). Oh man I didn't even look at the jumper - thought default was the master position - actual

Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM

2003-06-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:22:43 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: >On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:21:34 -0400 >Thomas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> but I get concerned that any time the government gets involved > >One of my favourite quotes, I still have no idea where it came

Re: [newbie] rox/pekwm crashes

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 16:44, eric huff wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am having a problem with pekwm crashing when i move files in > Rox-filer. > > I boot in init 3, and when it crashes, i am back at the cli in text > mode. I can happily startx again. > > I am guessing it has someting to do with th

[newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. System configuration is Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chips

Re: [newbie] ACPI - ohhh no what have I done...

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 9:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > >On Friday 20 June 2003 10:05 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > >>quick command ref: > >>i - enter insert mode > >>esc - exit insert mode > >>x - delete character > >>ZZ - save and exit > > According to running linux by O'reilly > q - qu

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